The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 14, 1945, Page 5

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1945 {thc shooting as Axson entered his | home, which was followed almost | immediately by a shot from within the cabin Investigation which followed | showed Axson had attempted to end his life with the same 32-30 he ¥ | had used to shoot Cavanaugh. His own wound was along the head just pE'ERSBuRG back of ‘the jaw and in front of the ear. | Kake police immediately started e for Petersburg with Cavanaugh and = ? Axson. Cavanaugh died on the Chal'lle AXSOH BE|IeVG | way, about 3 c'clock in the after- noon. Demented When He Shot | y | Axson is now in the Petersburg RKhard cavanaugh | hespital under care of Dr. Benson | Extend of his wound is undetermin- PETERSBURG, Aluska, Feb. 14— €d. U. & Deputy Marshal Christ- Richard T. Cavanaugh, sometimes enson is in charee known as Dick Thomas, widower of | Inquest and arra;znment is today. Kake, with seven children, was Axson is said to have been demented fatally shot at 11 o'clock Monday for sometime and had not been out- cide of his cabin for days until Cav- morning at Kake by Charlie Axson, who, following the shooting, at- THE DAILY ALASKA TWO SPIES COASTAL AIRLINES | ON SITKA FLIGHT | Alaska Coastal Airlines, on 2| flight to Sitka yesterday, carried the following passengers to that| port—T. F. Wilson and Blanche | Sargeant. i Sitka to Juneau—Jack Gucker,| Io DEAIH Fay Grifftth, Homer Crewson, | i o i‘i‘f . _Rm“m{Sub - landed_Espionage, LILUAN GARDINER . Sabotage Agents to GOES T0 ANCHORAGE Die by Hanging | NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—William ters today for a two weeks' inspec- | Curtis Colepaugh, 26, and Erich tion trip and conference with Gimble, 35, were convicted today of public health nurses in the An-|being Nazi sples and were senten- |chorage region, is Miss Lillianced to be hanged ; | Gardiner, Director ¢f Public Health| The duo heard the sentence with- | Leaving her Juneau headquar- EMPIRE_JUNEAU, ALASKA _ - 'ATFL DELEGATES (THOUSANDS | ousEbiino s OF PLANES Adoption of Safety Codes H |T R E I ( H and Teeth in Health i . ‘ Act Urged Both American and RAF| Alsska Terrivorial Federation of| _Heavies Give Supporf Labor delegates, in a brief meeting | '0 Ground For(es this forcnoon, adopted additional | BULLETIN ~. ZONDON, Feb. resolutions to be incorporated in | memorials addressed to the current!| 14.—More than 2,250 American Territorial Legislature. bombers and fighters struck | Increased openings for resident| Germany today in widespread Alaskans were sougth in one resolu- attacks delivering the main blow | tion that urged the employment of | on Dresden already burning | residents of the Territory wherever from a night assault of 800 RAF \ possible in Federal and Territorial | heavies. The U. S. Fifteenth | |reduced progressively fromn death to | advised Chai PAGE FIVE HENRY WEBER IS GIVEN FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE NOW Was Death Igenalty But Now Reduced Down from Life Term WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The| ’ court martial sentence of Pvt. Henry — Weker, 27, who refused to drill at oo a California army camp has been GRACE M RE $tar of the Metropolitan Operg ya, jave vied Arrid for yeary i like it lmmsn)e!y.”uwd 1 noti i that Arrid is useq by meny » of my friends in the stage, screen and radio world imprisonment, Major- Ty Judge Advocate, Thomas of the Senate Military Affairs Committee. He gald the modification was mads to “equalize the sentence in accord with War Department pol- five General n tempted suicide, Johnny Young and Seth Williams, Kake, police, started to investigate anaugh was passing. He then came | Nyrging, Territorial Department of out a sign of emotion. Colepaugh, out and shot him in the chest, and | geaith. 3 standing over his victim, waved his | —————— rifle until the police approached, | Empire want ads get quick results. UNCLE SAM’S YEARS OF WAR WEAPONS ARE RESEARCH, TRIAL, S ARE FRUIT OF IMPROVEMENT e THE “FLYING DUTCHMAN"—This 27-foot plywood uirborne fifeboat, recently developed by the AAF Materiel Command, eight miles an hour. tains, faod, clothing, By BRIG. GEN. K. B, WOLFE Air Technical Service Command DAYTON, O.—In the special jobs of invasion and ultimate drives on Berlin and Tokyo, our Atrimefi Wil tontinue’ to fly in and flg’g.l with tailor-made weapons. “Their creation and consequent |performance in combat represent P a stirring chap- ter in the com- bined effort of men, industry and government t0, wage victori- ous war. Take the B-17, one of the worlds out- standing bomb- ers. This fight- ing machine has been so modi- fied and per- Brig. Gen. Wolfe fected _un der supervision of the Materiel Command (recently superseded by the Air Technical Service Command) that it has be- come ‘one of the best known and effective bombers in the air. Or the Douglas A-20, -about whose superb exploits you know, and the-A-26, recentiy announced, of whose great fightability you will read as the months pass. The Douglas company and our experts at ‘Wright Field combined %o make these truly lethal machines. Now, one does not simply de- sign an airplane to perform speci- fic services in the war, then see it roll off the production line a few weeks later ready to fight. If we look back to those years prior to Dec. 7, 1941, we find we had brought to successful use the “WOrlds firs\ nign-powered, e cooled engines, the turbo-super- charger, mcdern rescue equipment, Though it is now being super-| seded by the A-26, the Havoc is an excellent case in point. Val- uabie in its original form, as de- signed for the French and later the British, the A-20's efficiency’ and powers of destruction have been constantly increased in sue- cessive models by various modifi- cations and changes. For example, horsepower output has been increased from 950. to 1700; maximum weight has been more than doubled; speed,” bomb load and ceiling have been upped; number and calibers of the guns have been increased, doubling fire-power; each plane of the latest model carries either a fighter or bombardier nose, to fulfill imme- diate requirements of the battle fronts. Similarly, the A-26 will be tailored and improved as time goes on. Perfection Takes Years Because several years are re- quired to perfect a model, it is obvious that research must be pointed toward the future. From Wright Field, the ATSC pushes ahead with all stops out to conceive or approvec new de- signs, to rush experimental de- velopment and get these improved models into quaniity procuction as rapidly as is humanly possible—or perhaps a little faster. All sorts of ideas are winnowed in our laboratories. It may be a ball turret, perhaps big rubber pillows, or even sky hooks which fall through the air, like maple seeds, with the greatest of ease. Only recently rubber pillows big enough to provide sleeping com- fort for the head of a legendary giant have been added to standard is fitted so snugly to fuseloge of a B:17 its burden reduces plane’s speed but Dropped by parachute to stranded’ @irmen the “Flying Dutchman” boat con- medical supplies, radio and other essentials necessary fer o 1,500-mile voyage. AAF equipment. They are used for packing up aircraft large as the C-47 and C-54 on soft ground and raising crashed planes Equally ingenious, thougi not yet time-tested, is ‘the so-called “sky hook.” This clever device, recently created by the personnel equip- ment laboratory, not only re- sembles a maple seed pod, it falls through the air much like a leaf. The “hook” consists of a pod and a flat stem, or wing, or blade if you prefer. Its bulbous plastic container carries approximately 65 pounds of mecidines, food or other emergency supplies. Waging air war involves far more troublesome problems than merely building planes and guns. If an airman parachutes down into the Pacific, he does so in the knowledge that his seat pack con- tains a compact kit including a one-man inflatable rubber boat, drinking water, emergency rations, signalling devices, fish hooks and medications, a miracle of equip- ment developed by the equipment laboratory. His oxygen mask, by the same token, gives him abso- | lute safety with minimum incon- venience and maximum comfort. Masks or airplanes—the problem is the same. Without one, the’ other cannot wage global war. But what about the future? Our ex- perimental engineers strive to keep five years ahead of current de- velopments. Only by conscientious, continu- ing research, by both industry and government, can we stay a jump ahead of the enemy. Investment in “thinking and planning” in the fleld or aeronautics is the best possible safeguard against future aggressions. !who deserted the United States and went to Germany for the purpose ‘cf joining the army, and Gimble, {radio expert, arrived in the U. S. on |November 29 by submarine. e 'MANY PASSENGERS ARRIVE IN PORT ON NORTHBCUND BOAT A northbound steamer, arriving in port early this morning, dis- charged the following passengers here: Lillian Carl, Stéphen O. Casler, Mrs. Elsie M. Curry, Norma Grupe, !Charles J. Johngon, Oswald E. | Neuman, Lowell M. Puckett, John A. Sobieraj, Virginia B. Sullivan, | Leonard V. Dudacek, | Einar W. Jackson, Henry Loren- zen, L. M. McConnell, Neil G. | Myers, C. O. Taylor, Grace Taylor, Gecrge B. Pushney, Levi Tillotson, Margaret Tillotson, W. L. Turner,| Arthur S. Vienola, Axel C. Carlson. | the boat were the | Leaving on followinng: Mrs, Bertha Asbach, Willilam As- bach, Mrs. M. Metcalfe, Ella De Roux, Carmen Waldal, Alex Pet- roff, K. J. Maloney, John Heueisen, E. R. Levin, A. M. Maggard, Lillian Gardiner, Wilbur Wester, R. G. Cook, Earl Munch, Lulu B. Ed- munds, Morgan Edmunds. JOHN WALMER IS NAMED TO CLERK'S POST | Succeeds to Position Va- cated by Robert E. Coughlin Appointment of John Walmer, of | Juneau, to the post of Clerk of the U. 8. District Court here was an- {nounced this, morning by Judge | George F. Alexander. The appoint- |ment is effective as of March 1. Mr. Walmer succeeds Robert E. Coughlin, who is at present in the States for his health. Mr. Coughlin’s iresignation became effective De- cember 31, 1944. J. W. Leivers, form- erly deputy clerk, was appointed as Acting Clerk of the Court on Jan- uary 1. He will continue to serve as Acting Clerk until Mr, Walmer | takes office. - 'THIRTY-ONE MORE NIP SHIPS SUNK BY U, S. SUBS Tofal of All Types Is Now One Thousand Twenty WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—U. submarines, operating in Far East- ern waters, sunk 31 more enemy vessels, including a converted llghti cruiser, a converted gunboat, and an| escort vessel. This haul of Japanese shipping was one of the largest ever reported. offices Adoption by the Territory of the national building safety code, with special safety codes for electric wir- ing and plumbing, was urged in another resolution; while it was voted to memorialize the Legislature 1 for passage of House Bill No. 8,/ which provides for direct election of National Committeemen and | Committewomen and Delegates and | Alternates to national political par- | ty conventions. | Another memorial urged would {seek action from the Legislature to | put teeth into health and sanitation | laws, create a Department of Health | for the Territory and set up a fund . Air Ferce, based in Italy, blasted oil targets and communications around Vienna and railyards in Yugoslavia ‘were struck for the second consecutive day. LONDON, Feb. 14.—The Royal Air | Force loosed one of its heaviest blows of the war last night on Dresden and American bombers swept over the Reich today, possibly carrying out a clean-up action | against that nerve center of the Germans on the southeastern front. Flying in direct support of Konev's Red Army troops, now only 68 miles northeast of Dresden 800 British heavy bombers hit Dresden twice, iey.” D NEW POSTAL NOTES NOT FOR ALASKAKS | | Postal Notes Postal ‘Smmp.".. previously arnc new medium fo; small amounts, Postal Money Or vice, are not |to be scld or cashed in Ala ac- cording to announcement ) Mrs, Martin, Lavenik, Acting Post- master here. The notes, which are sold in even- 8 avd Note to Cream Deodorant Safely helps Stop Perspiration 1. Does not irritate skin. Does not rot dresses or mea's shirts. Prevents under-arm odor. Helps stop perspiration safely. A pure, white, antiseptic, stain- less vanishing cream. No waiting to dry, Can be used right after shaving Awarded Approval Seal of American Institute of Launder- ing — harmless to fabric. Use to pay for frequent health examina- | jn attacks three hours apart. { tons of employees and inspection of Altogether, the RAF dispatched establishments coming under the {1,400 aircraft over Germany during sanitation code. | the night. Other targets were the | Communications were read from | synthetic oil plant at Bohlen, south President Willlam Green of the |of Leipzig; Magdeburg, 75 miles | American Federation of Labor and southwest of Berlin, and the rail- | from Michael J. Haas, Special Agent | road towns of Nuernberg, Bonn and for the U. S. Department of Labor. Dortmund. Both officials wished success to the | Sixteen bombers are missing. Alaska convention. | e — The delegates went into session a - 110 o'clock this morning at the I. O. b i {later had completed their routine | business. The remainder of the | ferenoon was devoted to committee work. .o RESISTANCE OFGERMANS v IS B ROK E N Advisor fo Amer- ican Group Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 — Con-| gress found itself in a position to exercise an early. possibly a de- clsive voice, about American par- ticipation in the projected World Security Organization. Four legislators were designated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as members of a delegation of eight to attend the San Francisco, United Nations conference. They are Senator Connally, chairman; Senator Vandenberg, of the Senate Foreigh Relations Committee; Sol | Bloom, chairman; and Representa- tive Eaton, House Foreign Affairs up to a half-mile in the muddy, Committee. | tortuous terrain through fresh All four have worked closely with breaches in the Siegfried Line op- former Secretary of State Cordell| posite northern Luxemibourg. |Hull on preliminary plans for in-| | ternational peace in cooperation | {with him. Hull was named by the, "Ip SpoKEMA" | President as a member and also| S SB G EE Harold Stassen, former Republican pOWER poll‘l(s Governor of Minnesota, and Dean ,Virginia Gildersleeve of Bardard | College. Secretary of State Edward | v Room-He'll Get Along An official Japanese spokesman was quoted by Domei, Japanese| Ponce de Leon, whom our history news agency, on Wednesday as de- books relate long sought the foun- | as senior adviser to the American Stettinius heads the group. nouncing the “Big Three” Yalta tain of youth, would certainly have| O. F. Hall, here, and by 45 minutes | Kellen almost io the Rhine ferry cressing facing th.e industrial center of Emmerich. The tanks, huge sky fleets and paratroopers powered the British Empire’s assault steadily rolling up the soggy ground on German posi- tions between the Rhine and the Meuse, threatening Nazi defenses on the Cologne plain between the flood- ed Roer and the greéat Rhineland cities. More than 100 miles to the south, the American Third Army gained delegation. —— e Chinese Believe Japs will Shortly Offer Nego- | Give an Alaskan tiated Peace (By Asscciated Press) | | | i | S.|agreement and declaring world jerked in his goatee in delight yes-| peace was only possible by acting terday in the House of Representu—l on the principle of Nippon’s foreign tives. minister, “not to reject any hand, In amending a memorial to Con-{ that offers peace.” 1grs:ss asking for development of | The Domei broadcast was re- salmon streams in Alaska, the corded by FCC and quoted Sadao House contented itself with a sec-| Iguchi, spokesman for the Japa- tion which gives rise to nmhlguous“ nese Information Board. 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'/ Somie of our greatest war-time devélopments include the perfected sélf-sealing fuel tank; high alti- tude flying equipment, as pressur- !l'ed “cabins; automatic landing gear;’ tricycle landing gear; in- . creased efigine horsepower per pound of weight; power operated turret; bomb-sight refinements, and the world's best photographic equipment. All these things have been de- veloped by the Materiel Command and by industry under the direc- tion of the command. In sum, they represent more than two de ades of research, trial and im- provement. Only by moving swiftly can we excel the enemy in plane design and performance, for a new air- craft design generally requires three to five years from drawing hoard to quantity production. Even now, three years since Pearl Harbor, we are fighting largely with planes designed and developed prior to that attack. The meaning is clear: what we accom- plish today in both government and private laboratories deter- mines the quality of the fighting machines we may be building in 147! center of picture, freezes. turn warms the aircraft. engi # | The single communique presumably ! | covering severa! months of figures, i |boosted to 1,020 the total of Japan-| ; |ese vessels of all types that have| i |fallen prey to American sub- { marines. i Among those claimed today were 14 medium cargo vessels, a small transport, seven small cargo ves- sels, two medium tankers, a small| tional power politics” less than 24 hours before Iguchi made his state- ment. In China, the Chungking Central Daily News opined that the recent reshuffle of the Japanese Koiso cabinet was a forerunner of a Nippon “political offensive” to ob- the Big Three agreement “interna- | salmon” is found lacking in an| argument on redsons for increasing | | Alaska spawning areas. The section reads: “An increase | 'of population within the Territory of Alaska would be encouraged by | additional spawning areas . . .” We Alaskans need living space. | | " New building — | Graehl Circle Bar Fairbanks, Alaska sunken dance floor — WARMING UP—The small, manually operated heater, at left, is for | use where the Arctic weather is so cold that the iarge ground heater, The small heater warms the large one which es_of heavy-bombers _before start. tain a negotiated peace. it 38 R STOCK QUOTATIONS “osP"Al fio“s | NEW YORK, Feb. 14. — Closing H | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Mrs, Douglas Babcock and baby stock today is 7', American Can girl have been discharged from St.| 907, Anaconda 327%, Beech Aircraft Ann’s Hospital, | 12%, Bethlehern Steel 71%, Curtiss- Mrs. Jos Foss, a surgery patient, Wright 6, Imternational Harvester | has been discharged from St. Ann's | 78%, Kennecott 38, North Amer- Hospital. | ican Avigtion 10%, New York Cen- Mrs. V. V. Boiton gave birth to!tral 24% Northern Pacific 20%, U. |a baby boy at 7:42 o'clock last night | S. Steel 62'%, Pound $4.04. lin St. Ann’s Hospital. Weight 8| Dow, Jones averages today are pounds, 12 cunces. | as follows: industrials, 157.08; rails, Anna Jensen, a medical patient, |50.49; utilities, 27.90. has been admitted to St. Ann's Hos- | e ST S pital. AXFORD THROUGH Mrs. Jacob Jackson has been ad-| Fred Axord, former Juneau cafe mitted to St, Ann's Hospital for|operator, passed through the Capital | medical treatment. icny over the weekend, returning B e — to Anchorage from a trip South. CREWSON HERE | Axford and former Juneauite Homer Crewson, Seattle, is a ‘Mickey” McManamin are now part- guest at the Qastineau Hotel. | ners in an Anchorage jeweiry store. cargo transport, a medium cargo| |transport, a large cargo transport Iand a small tanker. | 'PAN AMERICAN OFF f A 'Pan American Airways plane | took the following passengers to | Tew, W. R. Granston. Juneau to Fairbanks—Col. Shayer Robinson, Lt. Col. Roy L. Baber, Dr. Lawrence Risem. e The regular weekly Well Baby Conference will be held tomorrow afternoon’ between 1 and 4 o'clock at the Juneau Public Health Center, it was anpounced today. e - H. 8. Henretta in tax revaluation work, arrived in town today from Ketchikan. He will collaborate with Henretta in the Juneau survey tax survey. For the present he is stay- ‘.ms at Hotel Juneau. ON SEATILE FLIGHT ;Seattle today: Joe Romberg, Robert | L. M. McConnell, associated with | cats 300. This is the largest and finest NITE CLUB in the Fairbanks district. FOR FULL INFORMATION WRITE GRADELLE LEIGH REALTY CO. FAIRBANKS, ALASKA B e e Pt e et ettt et e et CABINETS FIXTURES LG.FULTON & COMPANY BUILDING CONTRACTORS REPAIRING and REMODELING ALL TYPES OF GLASS WORK Panes Replaced-New Frames Made PHONE 433 149 So. Main Street, ——— it