The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 24, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” LONCRLSS ERIAL RECOS VOL. LXIV., NO. 9894 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1945 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS N CENTS — PRICE Tt JAP GARRISON AT MANILA CAPTURED Reds Ready for Flanking Drive on Berlin WIPING OUT LASTNAZI RESISTANCE Konev fo Make His Aftack from Southwest-Kon- | | TANG PUSH 1730t TOWARD (ITY HOUSE SESSION House of Represen:atives took up igsberg Evacuated Feb. | BULLETIN — LONDON, 24—A radio from Paris said the Germans have evacuated the East Prussian Capital of Konigsberg, abandening the | population to its fate. | LONDON, Feb. 24 — Russian| troops have cleared the supply lines for a frontal assault arc on Berlin and today are wiping out the last Nazi resistance in long-encircled | the bulk of yesterday’s efforts and appeared slated for another day of Eisenhower Praises Coop- s oo | First section to receive a buffet- era"o“ of Russian |ing about was that of the Office of 4 the Governor. Peterson sought to Liaison O'fi(efs |cut the Governor's entertainment fund from $5.000 to $4,000. Linck ought to cut the $2,500 figure for PARIS, TFeb. 24—U. S. troops| disseminution of information to fought to within 19 miles of Cologne. | $2000. Shattuck attempted to The huge two-army offensive, rip-!strike the $2,000 mansion upkeep ping Germany’s western defenses.|ijtem on the grounds that the proper= overran 17 towns and surged as deep |ty is Federal. All amendments fail- as three and a half miles beyond ed the Roer River. | An increase in the school fund to Infantrymen on the northern| double tuition payments to incorpor- wing of the 22-mile assault line are gted cities for students attending 12 miles from industrial Muncehen from outside the incorporated city and Gladbach and 24 miles from prought on lengt!fy discussion, but Dusseldorf. Bridgeheads, one (0 was left untouched. Statehood Memorial Turn- | ed Down-Liquor Act % Passeg_Today | The City of Wrangell had a re- hearing in the Territorial Senate | this morning, on its appeal for relief iwnh regard to $20,000 in' school bonds held by the Territory. Sen- | ator Don Carlos Brownell's bill, No. | 22, was unanimously passed, with an | emergency clause to make it im-| | mediately effective following House | ‘:‘xm)l'()\:'l and the Governor’s signa- | tus | | 2 STRUGGLE re. A former proposal, asking cancel- lation of the indebtedness, had me!l efeat in the Senate. The Brownell | s INTRAMUROS 4 ENTERED BY' ! YANK FORCES Tragic Scene of Civilian | Suffering, Atrocities Is Revealed | MANILA, Feb. 24 —Doughboys of the Thirty-seventh Division, burst- ing into ancient Intramuros yester- day through breaches made in the | thick outerwalls by a thunderous artillery barrage, engaged Manila’s last Japanese defense garrison, amid !a tragic scene of civilian suffering, The 20-foot-thick northeast wall of Intramuros was pierced by the most concentrated ground shelling of the Pacific war. Poznan and Arnswalde, and have three and a half miles deep, have also stepped up pressure on be- been formly established on the east siged Breslau in an effort to re- bank of the Roer. duce the German-Silesian strong-| Fourteen hundred prisoners were hold and free additional Soviet SWept up in the first day eof accault, units of Marshal Ivan S. Konev's Which was launched at 3:30 o'clock flanking drive on Berlin from lhe;Fl'ldfly morning, the troops crossing southwest. {ketween Juelich and besieged Duer- Poznan, Nazi stronghold in west- €n. They captured Niederzeir, '19 ern Poland, by-passed earlier in mil short of bomb-riddled Co- the drive by Konev's First Ukrani- logne. an Army, was taken in a large-? Baal Hopped scale tank battle, then artillery and| Farther north the Ninth Army infantrymen entered the city. |deepest surge toppled Baal, 12 miles The Russians are assaulting from Muenchen and Gladbach. The forces of the enemy on the Neisse American battle line is being pressed and Spree Rivers. forward over the trench-slit Colozna The German broadeast of the plain against an enemy stunned by day's communique said the Russian !the first shock of the assault. attempts to establish bridgeheads, Berlin broadcasts declared the full on the west bank of the Neisse force of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s have been beaten back. push is yet to be reached. “Forty ———————— | Anglo-American divisions are thus |far employed in the western offen- ELFIN COVE BOY IS [sive,” the German High Command HOME ON FURLOUGH |ieported. They said there was bit- [ter fighting but asserted the Amer- TOUGH ONE, IWO0 JIMA Terrific Bo—rtlwl;ardmeni from Off Shore Aiding which cut the substitute, it is hoped, will snarls in which the Rogge secome entangled. Senator At the close of yesterday's session., the University of Alaska appropria- tions were still under House scrut-| iny and President of the University | P% Charles Bunnell was on the stand.|in the rate When discugsion jopened in the|from 6% to 1° | bill, as amended on recommenda- tion of the Finance Committee, and | | ill ha ssed today, provides a reduction (> 1% o Nataraatran the uonds,g"f"“"‘ Lvmil xil drafting_the x‘u'\l for the next six-|measure, . with the prospect that \ Wi 5N bilt | year period | enators O. D. Cochran and N. R | morning on *Ways an eans bill, | Y€2 s 3 | Walker > in a s ffer- | Representative Bess Cross 'was given | Practically o oppostion developed | Walker will bring in a still differ the gavel as chaitman. {on one other measure voted.passage | "“,; :)'A’\‘:(l;dfitm:!?{; A":“"QIT(L v | —_—— - |in the mroning’s Senate session. | e hal, small matters | | ! I6L00 MEETING S(HOOI. DEBT SuBSTlTUTE called by the Grand Igloo of the S U R p R S E \ Pioneers and Auxiliary to complete Imembership requirements. The session will convene at 7:30 o'clock ]’hree_way A"a(k Made a' Mulled Measure for *“oe o tne sargect cvowes w0 ) o5 Bemos=2146 Cap- F h S' t tend a Pioneer and Auxiliary meet- ap resit Jlar dinner last night. There were many | ed ‘these durable difficulties they den was presented with a Past| MANILA, Feb. -Striking in have been having with Senate Bill Grand President’s pin. Installation|quick precision from sky, land and Friday afternoon’s ression, Senator ner [territory at dawn yesterday morn- | Leo W. Rogge withdrew his measure |ing, American troops and Filipino With that out of the way, the Solons dom to 2145 Allied co-belligerent delved back into their public hear- |captives in the civilian internmeni The Audit bill was withdrawn lof Manila with the understanding that a_sub- | Fift hundred men of the American led Filipinos slew the | The Third Battalion of the 120th | Japanese camp guard to the last Infantry Division then dashed from |carried to safety 1587 Americans, 320 office, crossed the wide boulevard | Britons, 56 Canadians, 35 Austral- and the old golf course. that was {wegians, 16 Italians, 1 Frenchman wrecked medieval citadel which be- snnd 1 Nicaraguan. |\ came a place of horror for the thou- lin the brief battle at the camp and ' walls by the Japanese, Ithe running battle which followed. Simultaneously the Second Bat- [ ( 'PIONEERS GRAND JAP CAMP INTEREST ON | JERKED FOR | 1 Another business session has been ’R AN |action on the proposed change in| ) ogge Withdraw. h- 99 guis MU( | tonight in the Odd Fellows Hall. | ing in fecent years enjoyed the big h'ves Fre'ed__Ki” Ni S Alaska’s Senators temporarily solv- impromptu speeches, and Henry Ro- | p No. 14, when, at the opening of of the new officers followed the din-{over the water deep into the enemy for auditing of Territorial Offices. guerrillas brought relief and ‘free- {ing on the Net Income Tax bill, camp at Los Bemos, 30 miles south stitute measure would be offered |Eleventh Airborne Division and man and within a matter of hours the protection of the general post- |ians, 89 Dutch, 22 Poles, 10 No:- once a moat and entered the shell- Only two captives \vex.v wounded sands of civilians held within its {Two of the rescuing force were kill- talion of the 145th Regiment swept ; D et was 15 to 1, Senator H, |ume before the Senate before that| " i wer 0 8 M % Afeciifcheon “Haying.” oh RENASRLENDY. WEN PR o 18 SHOTE. 4G I - MONEY GETS HOUSE VOTE Represefiives Spend ' First Half of Day on College Funds Alaska University of building iffunds 1 Bill No. 17, by Senator N. R. Walker, | The bill provides for a title change |in the Territory’s liquor control aet, | inserting the words “for purposes of | sal There was no discussion, bt | the author outlined the object of | the bill as: To prevent re-occurrence 'of an adverse judgment handed |down in the Fourth Division Di [trict Court, whereby the Territory |was not permitted to recover ap- proximately $7,000. w’tablish an “inconsistent condition, as described by Senator O. D. Coch- ran, the Senate, by a 7 to 9 count, | turned “thumbs down” on Hous | Joint Memorial No. 7, asking that | Alaska be admitted to the Union as the 49th State. Inasmuch as the appropriations totalling | genate had already voted passage ! Governed by a desire not to es-| | gressing Committee reported out, and the President signed Senate Bill No. 15, adding a new drug to the I'ist of narcotics under - Territorial {regulation. No, 15 has already pass- jed both houses of the Legislature | A communication was read from U, 8. District Judge George F. Alex- | ander, addressed to the President of {the Senate and setting forth recom- | mendations |coming difficulties in the adminis- tion and enforcement of the s liquor laws. They were ir ed for consideration to the |Judiciary Committee. | The Senate then sat on the In- come Tax bill for a couple of houl before adjourning ur 10 o'cloch: this morning. $225000 weathered a storm in the ,¢ , referendum bill to submit the | House of Representatives this m"r“'iissuu to the people, it was thought | s |ing and came out unscathed. | ‘DE('SION 'S MADE | | | Representative Curtis Shattuck had led the attack on the building fund, asking an amendment to strike lall the appropriations for new building work—$50,000 for an Agri- cultural Experimental Station-build- ing, $35,000 for eampus - residences $60,000 for the Eielson building, and $80,000 for the School of Mines ailding | The Shattuck amendment was in- {troduced yesterday afternoon, and |was still an order of business this | morning when Representative Mike | Walsh, of Nome, long a University |of Alaska friend, attempted to save that passage of the House memorial would be precipitant. Senator Allen Shattuck re-stated from the jurist for over-| |ed and two wounded. Attacking Marines The attack was opened by the GUAM, Feb. 24—Backed by tertis|pqyatroopers under command of Col, fic bombardment from heavy ar-ipoheri H. Soule and they dropped the Fleet Units standing offshore, ;,panese garrison at their morning Marines on Iwo Jima today opened calisthenics. their ‘most concentrited attack of | ¢ 1 At the same time the guerrille the six day battle. The Mll_““’i’ forces, which had infiltrated in the have inched forward against virtu-'gpco for several days, attacked by ally unyielding enemy opposition TaAa g A tank supported attack launched | The Japanese Commander, bis against the southwestern: tip of the [siarf and 243 guards were Kkilled 4 fl]“»"“‘l in the mvormnu had by noon| amphibious troops reached . the tinde Sy - TPRONEERG: beaches at Laguna de Bay, evacuat- Admiral Nimitz reports thatijne the internees. terrific resistance from Jap artillery.| he reseue brought the total res- mall arms and automatic weapons cueq this month to approximately made every inch gained bitterly|nqoo costly : However, the Marines appeared to' have reached the turning point in| their conquest of the island. Condi- tions on the besches are generally! improving and unloading of cargo A acr the Pasig River in assault boats and vaulted ashore near the wrecked Philippines Mint Building and leaped, through another breach [tillery, djreralt gnd nayal gund pligiectly on the carp, surprising the i, the wall, Blasted by Artilery Artillery blasted the interior with: a rolling barrage. The Yanks en- countered heavy sniper fire and strongly entrenched pilibox posi- tions. General Douglas MacArthur said,” in & communique todhy, fhat the Yanks, in bitter hand fighting, had “successfully seized all remaining points of resistance.” Many half-starved, frightened, and beaten civilians, who survived the merciless Japanese rule within the centuries’ old Spanish fortress, were dispatched to safety by the Yanks. Several nuns and priests were res- cued. A number were hurt by the intense, but necessary, American ar- tillery barrage. Wounded and dying civilians lay among the dead, in | his position cn the “statehood now" | | ‘issuc, declaring the Territory could | {not afford to maintain itself as a | State without upping taxes at least | ON IMPROVEMENT * "o ... T0 SCOUT CAMP TOP CABIN AREA ‘25%’1: ((J;’l‘llm embers of time” have| At a mcoun; of the Gastineau HAS Top SK“NG spoken, in the persons of the “Old |Channel Boy Scout Council, held at i | Men” of this body, against passage 8 o'clock last night in the offices P i B i { ety McGuteheon |of B d/CsXBude, ) Gougall, Wies-t. oo TORSSARARCHELE Cl;i"‘:: S declared. This is a measure for the | President, plans were made for ob-| go0., deep and came up with this fyounger generation. Our young men ! taining a pre-fabricated hut for announcement this morning. \'/;’ | want statehood. “The Old Men say‘erectmn at the Eagle River camp- quote: S ‘NO, T say ‘Yes!’” site and another hut to be erected| wywitnout exaggeration there will All three measures were brought|some place in town, a site committee 1, Dlsty kSR L e sdand | | | | ¥ BLASTED BY BIG PLANES upers Hit Docks and Har- bor Facilities in Day- Fourteenth Corps Commander, light Atfack S8R5y Maj. Oscar Griswold, called on the paths of the advencing Yanks. i Scenes of Atrocity Newsmen reaching Intramuros, re- ported scenes of Japanese atrocity and brutality against civilians matching anything done before in the Pacific war. One told of finding "a pile of Filipino bodies, hands tied behind their backs. Many civilians bore Japanese bullet and bayonet wounds. Some women had been imped. ‘somethlng from the shuffle with ‘“fw vote under suspended rules, in an 'to pick the lot i ; < S M d shine. Sun- | compromise amendment reducing | oror to clear the calendar for the | A letter was read irom the Ketch- 4 8 4pm SUNORIPRIR. Ox shins, Bune |the total new building monies by |ikan District Council inviting the ay’s weather forecast does not def $100,000, in consideration for whi {Income Tax bill, No. 12. e I‘J an 15517(, ”I“ VT ABYIGDE ihor Iitely indicate cither excessive rain | 'd‘ ¢ HGtBRE withdrew his | Two other measures were carried | Juneau LU\![S 0 camp mqfltn B mahine ilins trials Betwean amendment, Shattuck wi S| over in second reading until Mon- |with other Southeast Alaska Scouis'y i and Senfor teams may be ‘0“15"251 :“" r;?““t' & dkared | day: Senate Bill No. 16, to regulate {on Annette Island this summer. Af- Loooeq g 3 i ut when the smoke had ¢ 3 i i s | ter o In Wik 0 S {Walsh had happily withdrawn hb:uge practice of healing, and }{qusx ‘Ll.ex l:sccn_n a f;g;t@ (:h:j v\{.cs m\‘n‘_t “Proper footwear, going up the {amendment and offered anolherv‘?m No, 16, fhe Oleuiser Fnson ?(vner ?}:fiz}d;e;“‘u se]:d :"]‘;(;, trail, in the way of shoe-pacs, great- | 1° | increase. |8 as e dsin, ] which placed the entire appropria- | House Bill No. 7, to grant trust |notifying the Ketchikan Scouters as ly simplifies walking over ice and |ion back fn the bill with the pro-| .45 19 € g & thanking them for the | SIPPery footing. A small pack, large | ihat. the arilarial Boand of|SOVSIE 10 BINEE RERS M | olfer g enough to hold ski shoes and lunch, | Administration must pass on ihe | consideration for adoption of com-JOITE o N L o (should be standard equipment. Ski Ll the mansy to be | L1090 BO-RARRIRRE fobcee 7% | ; declde old the oo are not designed for walking; Isvaiiable. {taken until 1:50 o'clock this after-|annual fund drive in conjunction .,n.equently, they will last several L DF Titnall Rhdbidant of the Tini- B paky ‘w;;};r;'lwru:;r: Sf“;:t!; 3: We“as“:‘f. jears longer if given proper care. versity, asked the building monies to| & report was received by the Sen- | 8€n! s of both organizations "".congitions at the Top Cabin are 7 3 ilding | 2t of the audit, made under direc- Were used for the same purpose. j{ake. GRtg IR possible Federal building |y, “o¢ the Governor, of the office| These present at the meeting i reported excellent, Many are plan- o o 2 ar P p ning to stay over-night there. grants anticipated in the POStWarl oe'vyo perriorial Treasurer, cover- | Were: Scoui Commissioner C. s | Wingerson; President E. L. Keith-| e c ; ) “! There will be an open receptic=s P ing the period from January 1, 1941 {at/ the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe | WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—India- Japanese commander of Intramuos based B-29s of the Twentieth Bomb- ' a week ago to swrender and hon- |er Command struck at Singapore orably free thousands of civilians. Harbor today, crossroads of the war But, he received no reply. The Japa- |traffic between Japan and Japanese nese were determined to stand and !cecupied territory, in a daylight at- fight to the last man in the closing tack. | phase of the Battle for Manila. Headquarterse of the Twentieth e —— {here reported o “large force” of slo(K ouoTA“oNs | Superfortresses, a term usually in- | dicating upwards of 150 of the big | planes, hit the extensive, well-estab- NEW YORK, Feb. 24 — Closing The results of the mission will be quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine announced in the operational reports stock today is 7%, Anaconda 33, received in Washington. A prelim- Bethlehem Steel 71%, Curtiss- 79, Kennecott 39’5, North American New York Central Pacific 21, U. S. | { iln sent. !lished dock and harbor facilities. ary report was said to have been Wright 6'%, International Harvester Aviation 10%, 3%, Northern to Sepetmber 30, 1944. ahn, Vice-Pre ent Dr. J. O. Rude, Lt " * Werner, in the Henning Apartments, 1 62%, Pound $4.04. S Automobile Workers Local charges the company “speed-up” walkout began yesterday. argument were sounded by Repre- A spokesman for the CIO United | sentatives Steve Vukovich and Oscar‘mittee reported out two measures Gill, both Republicans. Said Vukovich, “We are going hog i |wild—this is & madhouse! - This | | Treasurer Mel Furness, and J. A, Thibodeau, Leo Jewett, Ray Wolf, Fred Henning, Don Foster and Joe Werner. The Senate Transportation Com- Sunday, between 4 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon. The reception will | honor Lt |“do pass”: Senate Joint Memorials and Mrs. Elmer Benedict, | Lt. Benedict is home on leave. | Nos. 6 and 7. | All Ski Club members are cordially in- | MtSdeeT&buhes Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 158.69; rails, 51.29; utilities, 28.02, ->> Pensacola Course The strike has halted production ! House is going to be the laughing {of parts for B-29 bomber engines, stock of the Territory. We're going anti-aircraft cannon, rockets and!to have $200,000 lying idle other weapons. Treasury! I hear a lot of talk about AR (B 5 SO \legislation for the service man. What BRINGS PASSENGERS TO kind of legislation is this? It's the JUNEAU FROM SEATTLE same old thing of playing politics A Pan American Airways plane as Congress did in the last war— in the; To Sef Early Pace PENSACOLA, Fla, Feb. 24 Harold “Jug” McSpaden set a sizz- ling pace for the other traveling pro golfers to follow here. He blast- ed the course for a record-tying, “GOEBBELLS.” | SUGARROBINSON | DElEéAfiW&IfiD b o S "IN GARDEN BOUT OBTAINHIGHWAY ' 6ppey scijooL “Sugar” Robinson, “Uncrowned King Bud Brown, son of Mr. and MIS. jeans were “unable to penetrate our Robert Brown of Elfin Cove, iSimain battlefield in major depth.” now at home on a 30-day rurlough; Progress 0. K. after spending two years at Nome| Gep. Eisenhower termed the pro- and Attu Island. |press of the First and Ninth Armies | “certainly satisfactory.” When ask- = :ed on the question of coordination The washlngion:between the Eastern and Western fronts, he replied, “our liaison has |a1ways been as close and intimate Merry - Go - B.Ound | as necessary to meet the situation at |any particular moment. The Russ- |ians have always furnished me all e CEVRR?M EE&&,S,O& active | the information I have needed and service with the Army." |nave done it willingly and cheer- 2 Ifully. If the Germans continue to WASHINGTON — Advisers Who/ghoy the present spiritiof determin- sat at FDR’s elbow at Yalta tell a g¢ion there is only one way they can colorful inside story about what e gestroyed. That is when the Al- happened between Roosevelt, Stalin |}jeq armies meet the Russian Army and Churchill during the negotia-|in the center of Germany. tions over Poland. 1 e, 7 o6 A TGOS They were tremendously impres-| sed with Stalin—his simplicity, di-| rectness and modesty. Most of the 1 1 400 MEN time he remained seated, seldom [ seemed to get aroused. A big- , necked interpreter wearing a No. | 17 collar sat beside him, trans- T STR'KE lating with skill and effectiveness. [ Only during the Polish conversa- tions did Stalin rise from the con- AT ference table to argue vigorously.| 2 $ o thven seas ‘aiain s eon| War Production at Big tended that the Curzon Line, fixed H by is!.-cu"\'l Curzon, then Foreign Dodge Plam in De' Minister of England, and agreed H to by Clemenceau, should be the frOIf Ceases @ew boundary between Russia and — .Poland. He repeated this at Yalta,| DETROIT, Feb. 24—Virtually all reminding Roosevelt and Churchill war production at the big Dodge that American geographic experts main plant ceased today when had charted the line for Lord 11,400 workers went out on strike Curzon as the best division between over firing of eight employees the Polish and Russian peoples. |whom the company accused of loaf- Then, rising from his chair, ing and refusing to meet produc-| Both sides of the appropriation | alin said dramatically: ition rates. | “Do you want me to tell the Russian people that I am less Russian than Lord Curzon? Do you want me to tell the Russian people that I am less Russian than Clem- enceau? Do you want me to ac- cept less than they proposed for Russia? Then Stalin sat down while the interpreter translated. v s o STALIN WINS POINT Then, telling how Russia wanted a strong Poland and a friendly passengers to Juneau from Seattle: Poland to help protect her from John Lange, Marshall Germany, Stalin rose again. Leonard Pete, Warren Graham. “You say the Germans will not cross the Polish Corridor,” he con- tinued, looking at Churchill. “But ., — FROM LOS ANGELES the fact is that twice in 25 years Angeles, California, is a guest at| they have crossed it to attack the Baarnof. Russia. You speak of English honor, AR oo YR Mr. Churchill. But will your army METCALF HERE - Frank A. Metcalf, of Sitka, (Continued om Page Four) staying at the Baranof, Hoppin, is |but when we came for our bonus |they turned machine guns on us!” | said Gill: “There isn't an organ- |ization in this coyptry that isn’t do- |ing postwar planning. Whether I John Lange, .registering from Los like to spend money or not, I'm go | ing to vote for this appropriation. 1 never saw a postwar plan | this postwar planning.” The appropriation remained intact motto, the only man to hold a d by a vote of 17 to 7, that | didn't cost something, and I call | yesterday brought “the following |‘boys, nothing is too good for you’' | of the Welterweights,” absorbed ev- |erything that Jake Lamotto threw at him last evening in Madison | Square Garden, then went on to |gain a unanimous 10-heat decision |over the Bronx battler. It was the third time in their four meetings that Robinson camne out on top, hoisting his record to 54 victories in 55 bouts. Robinson boxed rings around the heavier La- cision over him, AID FOR ALASKA WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Alaska | Delegate E. L. Bartlett has intro- rduced a bill proposing Federal High- | way Aid benefits be extended to | Alaska. | B The Alaskan Territorial Chamber of Commerce will meet at 2 o'clock temorrow afterncon in the Senate Chambers. This is the second in & ie- series of meetings which will be)mld,‘hunv“ yield was the worst in 20| and a large attendance is expected. | MONDAY “IGHT | eight-under-par 64 in the first round ! Ted cCarter will conduct the Gar- | of the $6,500 Pensacola Open |den School next Monday night,| Trying for his first championship Istarting at 8 o'clock in the Grade|in twelve winter tourneys, McSpad- School * Auditorium, to which the|en was one of 24 links artists to | better the par figures of 72. He & | got six birdies and three pars going | BEES ARE GROUNDED |out on the first nine, for a count | LONDON AP—There are now ; of 30, six under par, then came in |twice as many beekeepers in Brit- | With a 34 score, two under regula- |ain as before the wor but the 1944 | tion figures, McSpaden’s closest rival Samy Snead, who shot a 67. public is invited e = was years. Bad weather is blamed. | CAPf. RYNNING DIES, SEATILE SEATTLE, Feb. 24—Capt. Arthur Rynning, for many years an em- | ployee of the Alaska Steamship |Co. is dead died following a long illness. Capt. Rynning was for time master of the Stari |out of Seward to the Bris section. a long sailing tol ‘Bay I R L e FROM MINNESOTA Leonard G. Peter, registered from {Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a guest at the Baranof.