The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 21, 1944, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1944 WILLIAM WAGNER IS KILLED IN MINE ACCIDENT MONDAY William Wagner, 32, a resident of Douglas, was killed instantly by a rock cavein on the eighth level of | the Perseverance section of the Al- ska Juneau Gold Mine shortly after 5 o'clock last evening. He was pinned above the chute by the rock, and was alone at the time of the accident. The body was recovered about 3 o'clock this morning Relatives living in Douglas include the widow and two children, Bonnie and Dently; the mother, Mrs. Flora r, and brother Louis and / family. Mr. Wagner was well known in Douglas and espected in the co He bad worked the mine for some starting again last August as a contractor and bulldozer. The remains are at the Charles Mortuary, and funeral nents are pending - HALIBUT SEASON ! OPENS APRIL 15 According to announcement from the office of the Fish and Wildlife Service, the halibut season will be opened at midnight on April 15 The season is the same as the previous four years. The Collector of Customs has re ceived the follow from the In- t ational Fisheries Commission at Seattle regarding the halibut regu- lations The 1944 halibut regulations per- mit fishing on April sixteenth. Li-| censes may not be validated for| fishing in areas one or two, more than three days, and in areas three or four more than five days beforz| opening of season. | Vessels fishing with any kind of | net are prohibited from possessing | halibut. | B | WOODLEYINAND | OUT AGAIN WITH 9FOR WESTWARD A Woodley Airways plane arrived foday from Anchorage, and depart- ed carrying the following passen- gers to the westward—V. G. Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Roberts, Sharon | Roberts, William Holcomb, Conrad Albrecht, Morris Andresen, Fred Andresen, and Cyril Camp. t Mi Is Held Here, No clear-cut decision appeared | to be reached in the discussion held in the Juneau Grade School audi- torium last night on the subject “Shall the City of Juneau require that all milk sold within the city limits be pasteurized?” Approximately 70 persons attend- ed the meeting, which lasted two and one-half hours. Probably 15 persons made talks for or against the question, while numerous others asked questions of various speakers. The program was divided into two sections by Curtis Shattuck, who presided as moderator, the first being confined to talks for or against- the question, the second being questions and answers. Opinion at the meeting appeared to be about equally divided, and as the meeting drew to a close it was evident that differences of opinion had not been composed. Many interesting points were ad- vanced by both sides, and persons who attended for the purpose of seeking information were well re- paid. A referendum on the milk issue will be held at the regular city election on April 4 e -———— BOB COUGHLIN'S NEPHEW SHOOTS DOWN 3RD ZERO John Allen Coughlin, nephew of Robert Coughlin, Clerk of the Dis- trict Court in Juneau, recently downed his third Jap Zero, it was announced at the headquarters of the heavy bombardment group with which he is serving in China in' Major General Claire L. Chennault’s Fourteenth United States Air Force. Coughlin, who holds the grad~ of Staff Sergeant, accounted for his latest Zero when the B-24 bomber, | of which he is a crew member, was intercepted by enemy aircraft while making a bombing run on a target in Jap occupied territory. He is an armorer gunner and is a member of an outfit that has earned the title, | “Liberators of China.” Sergeant Coughlin has three brothers in the service, one of whom is stationed at Attu, CHISSSIEE S ATTENTION PIONEERS AND AUXILIARY Members of the Pioneers, you are requested to attend the funeral of Mrs. J. B, Marshall Wednesday at 2 pm. from the Carter's Mortuary. adv. Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leota’s Leot IkDebafe VESSEL ARRIVES WITH 76 PERSONS FROM SOUTH A vessel docked in Juneau this morning from the South, bringing the following passengers from Se- attle: Ray Revell, Thomas Dolan, Har- old C. Helland, A. L. Brown, Wil- | liam D. Blond, William Holcomb, Sgt. Harold Lundeberg, Mrs. Lina M. Oveson, William T. Mahoney, R. E.. Copstead, Mrs. R. E. Copstead, Mrs. Ingrid Georgsen, Mary L. Espeland Mrs. Louis Robe: Louis Roberts, Sharon Roberts, Russell O. Nelson, Marvin McDonald, Albert Mé&Grud- er, Cline Reed, Roy L. Rutherford, Leo Kachel, Cyril D. Camp, Lloyd V. Winter, Mrs. Anna Webster, H. V. Jorgensen, Michael C. Gavril. Joel W. Johnson, George E. Com- best, A. J. Olson, George J. Cox, Metro Basarba, Bill Godman, Irene E. Hudgens, Mrs. Betty Little, Michael Little, Constance Paddock, Emiy S. Hawley, Harvey Boland, pe Mrs. Ha y Boland. Mrs. Betty Abel, Joe Abe Hockman, LaVern Hoagland, Bert | € H. Bertholl, John D. Cleoudi T L. Flesher, Charles Mills, Miss Viola Mountnay, R. W. Rockwell, Ray- mond Redifern, Melchor Padilla, Wm. E. Walk Burton E. Walker, Spurgeon McSw Hart, From Ketchikan—John Herman, Jack Koby, James O'Neil, Carl Mis- undstad, B. C. Larrabee, Mrs. B. C. Larrabee, Walter Kangas, Frank Marshall, Mrs. Frank Marshall, and Mrs, B. Murphy. From Wrangell-Ralph Mize, J Gillingham ,and J. Taylor. From Petersburg—Henry Roden Joe Green, Mrs. Marie Tagaba Mary Sahamota, Lucy Sahamota, Violet Hoar, and James C. Ryan. - - Sons of Norway Card Party Next Saturday Night The Sons of Norway are sponsor- ing a card party Saturday night at 8 o'clock in the Odd Fellows Hall. The affair is open Yo the public. Mrs. George Jorgenson and Mr. Trygve Hagerup are on the enter- tainment committee and the kitchen committee is composed of Mrs. Pete Hildre and Mrs. Anna Lowell. B ENROUTE TO ANCHORAGE Mrs. Louis C. Roberts and family | are guests at the Gastineau Hotel while stopping over here enroute to Anchorage. INSURANCE MAN | - TALKS TODAY AT | ROTARY MEETING ‘Salvation Army Represen- | tative Also Is Speak- er af Luncheon 'Hownrd Bjodstrup, insurance ad- Jjustor here in connection with the Juneau Lumber Mills fire, spoke at | the Rotary Club meeting this noon, telling of many humorous incidents connected with his work and ex- | plaining the theory of insurance | Bjodstrup, whose hobby is his work |and studying the peoples of various eas with relation to their environ- ment, commented on the hospi lof Alaskans as developing naturall lin a pioneer community. | He urged, as a means of cutting | down the cost of fires to the average man’s pocketbooks—$4 per capita y —better inspection of haz- ards by fire marshals, pointing out [that insurance premiums do not r inspection in all of its pl Also a guest and speaker Brig. Chester O. Taylor of the & vation Army, director of one of |largest USO clubs located on M ket Street in San Francisco. He ¢ e average attendance at this {club was between 82,000 and 90,000 {service men and women a month Commenting that he was not too {worried about the post-war read- Jjustment period for returning service men, he id that 95 percent of them are coming back “normal” |ready to take up civilian life where they left off. | Brig. Taylor was in Alaska 28 years ago, and he commented on the changes. | Tom Dyer, heading the Rotary committee investigating better air service for Juneau through the es- tablishing of range stations to fill | present gaps in the system, reported | progress and said a letter had been | sent to Marshall Hoppin, CAA chief for Alaska, asking his help and | extending an invitation to meet with v‘the Juneau committees of the Ro- | tary Club and the Chamber of Com- merce. Other guests were Dr. R. W. Mac- Clamont, Sgt. Bryce Meilke, Brig. J. 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