The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 26, 1945, Page 8

JURY FINDS FISHERMEN NOTGUILTY Neumann Changes Plea fo Guilty on One Count- Criminal Cases End First acquittal verdict 1 any criminal action tried at the present term of the U. S. District Court here was brought in yesterday af- ternoon by the jury sitting on the into U. S. Commissioner’s Court on |ahead on case against four Petersburg fisher- meh alleged to have violated mercial fishing regulations. After less than one hour of delib- eration, the jurors reported that they had agreed and the Court was called back into session to hear the ver- dict, as submitted by Jury Foreman Charles O. Sabin. Each of the four defendants, Kurt Nordgren, Richard Harris, Harold Stolpe and Oscar Burman was found “not guilty.” (om-l and a gold Alaska ring The ring was later found on Neu- mann’s person by Deputy U. S. Mar- shal John Cashen, at the time the arrest was made. The guilty plea to the offense makes Neumann liable to sentence of from one to 15 ye: {in prison Hot Sofip 'Lands Nellie In Pretty Pickle “There wasn't enough soup and !it wasn’'t hot enough,” Nellie B. | Atchison, cook at the Victory Cafe, | € ed her feelings yesterday after she had flung a ladle of hot soup into the face of her divorced spouse, Jasper Frambough. Later, however, she changed her tune to a lower pitch when she was hailed a charge of assault and battery. The irate Negro woman pleaded guilty to the complaint, sworn to by her ex-husband, following her arrest by U. S. Deputy Marshalls. Judge Felix Gray sentenced her |to six months in jail, but suspended the sentence when she declared her intention of taking the next north- land boat south to return to her former home in Chicago. - e — The Court was convened yesterday | afternoon at 3 o'clock, at which time Judge George F. Alexander deliver- ed his instructions to the jurors, LATE WAR following which the jury retired to| consider a verdict The acquittal completed the cur- rent criminal calendar, as Warren Neumann, merchant seaman, whose trial on two counts of burglary in a dwelling was to open today, chang- BULLETINS Edouard Herriott, LONDON THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR GAINS MADE BY YANKEES ed-Important Hill Seiz- ed-Casualties Given By Leif Erickson (Associated Press War Correspondent) GUAM, April 26-American troops, killing the Japanese at a rate of about 19 to every Yank, surged southern Okinawa yes- |terday in the first general vance reported since the big push |started a week ago. of a stiff line, and the of another important ele- vation on ‘the east coast, is re- ported by Admiral Chester W.| Nimitz, whose communique also | listed 21,269 Japanese dead and 299 {prisoners taken in the Okinawa campaign as of yesterday. | The Japanese casualties are esti- {mated to be about one-third of the jenemy garrison on Okinawa. This | center seizure erican dead of 1,146 in ground | |night. In addition, the Yank toll | ONOKINAWA| {Kakuzu Vill_aaa Recaptur-| ad- | The recapture of Kakuzu village, | ‘!the Baranof Hotel's GOODWILL GUEST POINTS OUT LIKE PROBLEMS T0 CC Bartholomew Suggesl; Need for Mutual-Aid Between Alaska Cities Members of a goodwill tour from Ketchikan were guests at the Cham- ber of Commerce meeting, held in {the Baranof Hotel today at noon A. M. Spaeth, Ketchikan's Chamber | of Commerce President, upon intro- | duction by President W. M. White- head, in turn introduced these tour members: Hugo H. Schmolck, plumbing and heating; W. C. Stump. jattorney, and their spokesman, {Ralph A. Bartholomew. The latter {brought greetings from Ketchikan and invited all members of the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce and Department Heads to a cocktail party from 4 to 6 p. m. today in penthouse— | |room 702. | In spite of the distances separat- rmg different cities and towns in | Alaska, each one has the same ‘pmblemfi “so that if you put all |communities tcgether, making a largc city, each community would Mr. The problems,” Burtholomc\\ | cations, tourists and lumber.” Con- to find places for them to stay?” JUNEAU, ALASKA we going to wait until they get here J. V. Roscoe; Assistant Sector Manager for Pan American Airways, | carried on the tourist travel in Al- aska train of thought by giving some very helpful ideas along the line of | constructing and advertising for | tourists. “These ideas are not given as an outsider with nothing but big | ideas, but as a representative of a | firm which has been located in Ju- | neau for 10 years and who has faith | in it.” He also brought the problem | before the members of the proposed | airport terminal facilities and sub- mitted a few timely ideas for their consideration. Guests at this meeting included: R. A. Bartholomew, Jack Sherman, J. V. Roscoe, Kenneth Alexander, Dan Moller, R. D. Peterman, Winn | Goddard, Ralph Weeks, Alex Hold- en, Raymond Stough, Lana Kurt- zer, Robert Bantoo, Tony Schwamm, A. D. Lawrence, Mrs. Frank Barnes, Lt. W. G. Dwyer, Ed. Lacken, A. G. Webb, Paul E Hickox, M..S. Burch- ard, Don McMorran, Don Styke and Sydney D Smith. PR S B ADJUDGED BANKRUPT Fred F. Schrey was adjudged a bankrupt on voluntary petition by Judge George F. Alexander in Federal District Court here late yesterday. R MRS. MAZIAKI HERE Mrs. W. J. Mazaika is a guest jcompares with the announced Am- [bring the exact problems’of others. at the Gastineau Hotel. She is en- /route to her home at Yakutat {fighting up to last Sunday mid- | waré, of course, fish, communi- | from Sitka, where she has spent | the past few days visiting friends ""Cl‘mes 5982 wounded and 296 goquently organization should be and relsmves | missing. The total does mnot in- 'clude American or Japanese naval casualties. ed his plea to guilty on the second three times Premier of France and| Supported by heavy naval gun-' count. The Government then dis- missed the first count of the indict- ment against him. Neumann waived time for sentence, but the Court de- clared itself not prepared to give an immediate judgment. The District Court was ope¢ this morning only long encugh for Judge Aléxander to excuse the petit jury panel until 10 o'clock on the morning of May 7. Criminal pro- ceedings still to be considered by the Court at this term include mo- tions for new trial filed in three cases where “guilty” verdicts have already been returned. They arve: The United States vs. son, convicted on a White Slave charge; the Uniled States vs. Lois Rouse, convicted of polygam 1 nine counts of fraudule soldier’s family allowance, and Wini- fred and Horace ibach, convicted kidnapping, assault with a dangerous weapon and burning a gasboat. ‘The charge to which Neumann n here pleaded guilty was that of break- ing and entering, with intent to com- | the residence in the Earl mit larceny therein, of Frank Donalson apartments, night, on May 26, 1944, Neumann ‘was appre ded by Donalson, who came home to find Neumann with two of Donalson’s suitcases packed with Donalson’s clothing and other articles, including a dozen shirts, suit of clothes, shaving parapher nnl Maude Ander-' in Juneau, during the | persistent opponent of Vichy col~ laboration policies, has been freed by Russians from a German con- centration camp west of Berlin. | LONDON—The nigh ericans Swiss radio to- link-up between Am- sians in the Elbe place this afternoon.” LONDON-—Marshal Rokossovsky's forces, the Second White Russian Army, is reported to have cap- tured the port of Stettin. region took LONDON—Stalin announced to- night the capture of Bruenn, Ger- man armament center in the middle of Czechoslovakia. U RO FISHING SEASON - IN STIKINE AREA STARTS ONMAY 1 SEATTLE, April 26—The opening date for the commercial salmon fishing season in the Stikine area, Alaska, has been advanced to |a. m, May 1, the Department of In- terior Fish and Wildlife office an- a Inounces. The opening was originally |set for May 10. Schilling VACUUM PACKED C OFFEE Two Free Deliveries Daily 20th Century Meat Markef OLD MR. BOSTON Blend of Siraight Bourbon Whiskey for 8$6.50 Juneau Liquor Co. firé and low-level air raids, three American Divisions pushed slowly through the toughest defense line encountered’ in the Pacific war. | Kakuzu village, recaptured by the Twenty-Seventh Division, had been abandoned by the Americans five days ago under heavy mortar fire from nearby ridges. ! The important elevation seized is Hill 178, the strong-point over- looking thc Yonabaru airfield. el T R ANNIVERSARY IS CELEBRATED BY REBEKAHS The Rebekahs last evening cele- brated the 126th anmiversary of Odd Fellowship, with the Odd Fellows as their guests. George Jorgenson gave an interest- ing talk on Odd Fellowship and the founding of the Rebekahs. Following o shorts business ses- sion, cards were enjoyed for the re- mainder of the evening, and delic- icus refreshments, consisting of candwiches, cake, ice cream and cof- fes were served. The centerpiece was a lovely large birthday cake, de- corated with the words “126th An- niversary, Odd Fellows.” The committee in charge of re- freshments were Ruth Kunnas, Dor- othy Russell, Anna Jackson, Norma Callow, Myrna Marin, Mary Pink- ley, Bonnie Viland, Frances Beebe and Ellen Shaffer. ‘The next meeting of the Rebekahs, on Wednesday, May 9, will honor all mothers at a social meeting. A food sale will also be held by the Rebekahs on Saturday, May 12, with further details to be announced later. ————— VETS ROLLING TOWARD DANO, MINDANAO ISLE By l“nd Hlmpson (Associsted Press War Correspondent) MANILA, April 26 — Mindanao, the last large Philippine Island in Japanese hands, is passing swiftly into American control as veterans of the Twenty-Fourth Division rolled to within 57 miles of Davao! i on Tuesday. | By far the toughest of many, fights is that around Baguio, where ' the Yanks have pushed down the highway from the northwest to within 2,000 yards of the center of the shattered summer capital \city in north Luzon. Guerrillas have captured a good part of Vigan and its adjacent airfield. Vigan is one of the or- iginal Japanese invasion points. i . HOSPITAL NOTES Baby Virginia Johnson was ad- |mitted to St. Ann's Hospital yes- {terday for medical care. | Albert Johansen has entered St. |Ann’s Hospital, where he is a medical patient. Antoinette Huston was yesterday dismissed from the Government Hospital, where she had been re- ceiving medical attention. Annie Wallace, of Douglas, has left the Government Hospital to return to her home. | Dorothy, Peterson, of Angoon, is |a medical patient at the Govern- {ment Hospital. ) Mrs. H. M. Porter, {patient at St. Ann’s Hospital, {returned to her home. | S S B A ESTELLE IN JUNEAU' Howard Estelle, of Anchorage, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. a surgical has |established among the different communities, to help each other and | | “we thought it offered an excellent | opportunity to take a cruise andl visit the different communities, get | acquainted and to help Southeast Alaska realize there is such a place | as Ketchikan and not to forget it.” Mr. Bartholomew further stated | that their trip had been a suecess, | that their ideas had been met with | favor, and have enjoyed meeting | the different department heads and | attending the CAB meeting in | Juneau. | | The problem racing the Juneau | Chamber of Commerce this week was Delegate Bartlett's House Reso- lution No. 2704 which installs the power in City Council’s hands to issue revenue bonds without the | consent of the voters . After much discussion the bill was laid on the table to be taken up again at the ‘next meeting. 5 Charles Goldstein was welcomed back to Juneau from his trip in Seattle where he has been settling the plans of his new building on which building procedures will com- mence around May 15 and should be finished about December 1. Gold- stein expressed the wish that it will 2 “help the town.” Before introducing the guest speaker, President Whitehead put three questions to the members re- | garding the coming tourist travel | “Are we going to try and raise the | capital to build a lodge and small | cabins around it? Are we going to 3 ask the people outside to take care } of this problem by building cabins | around their own propen.y’ Or are | |ler's eagle nest refuge, HIDEOUT OF HITLER IS HIT DIRECT | Sumptuous . Chalet Is De- stroyed by Six-fon Bomb LONDON, April 26—Italy-based RAF Liberators struck the German redoubt city of Freilassing last night in an explosive follow-up of the historic bombardment of Hit- his chalet near Berchtesgaden. American and British airmen are jubilant over the coordinated strike at Hitler’s hideout yesterday, when the sumptuous chalet was déstroyed by a direct hit of a six-ton bomb. Freilassing, road and railway junction 13 miles due north of Berchtesgaden, is itself now only 72 miles ahead of the American ground troops and a few miles more from Russian vanguards. It was disclosed 350 Lancasters were used in the strike against Hitler's properties, rather than 200 as originally reported. Two RAF planes were lost on U mission. e Empire wanu ads get quick results. 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