The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 28, 1945, Page 2

~ey 3 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRL—-JUNEAU ALASKA TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1945 I{ONTH END CLEARANCE VALUES 5 Groups, excellent values in our August Month-End Clearance . Less than i Cotton Pinafore Printed cotton pinafores frock Sizes jumper ance ... Children's Oxfords Children’s sch and brown girls . . . Sizc Men's Felt Hats Better Men’s blue, gray in AUGUST haif price in most cases . . . . and Jumper Dresses Reg. 5.95-6.95 3. and rayon in a feature clear- 12-16. ool oxfords, both black styles for and s 814 to 3. Reg. 3.50-4.95 2.25 boy Reg. 6.50-8.50 Felt Hats, brown, tan, |ton. | 400 JAPS SURELY : THREE DEAD, GOVERNOR SEES GULF STORM i orion Millions ofrwlars, Prop- | Gruening Lauds Recom- erfy, Crop Damage | mendation of Alaska Done by Gale | Carrier, State Route Houston, Tex., Aug. 28.—What was Gov. Ernest Gruening today made left of the gulf hurricane which | | the following three-point statement caused a least three deaths and with regard to recommendations of millions In property and crop dam-‘tht Civil Aeronautics Board in the age as it lashed the Texas coast, | Pacific case, first reports of which was fast diminishing inland west of | were carried in yesterday’s Empire, Houston today. U which is reported more fully The weather bureau ordered all| C] Said Gov. Gruen- hurricane , warnings down on the ing Texas coast. It said the storm was| “On the basis of so far received not centered between Sealy and Colum- | wholly complete, and not quite clear, bus, Texas, 28 to 40 miles from Hous- ireports, it would appear that the ! recommendation of the the CAB But before it left the coast the|Examiners représent a great step storm had battered a stretch of some forward for Alaska. miles, demolished or heavily! 1—It recommends three interna- damaged buildings in exposed coastal tional carriers to link Alaska with towns, and scooped high water onto the United States and the rest of the low coastal plain. Heavy dam- the world, in place of the one we age to cotton and rice crops was re- have now. That is a distinct gain in ported. ,my view, since it means not ony in- rLu md service—but competition, —Among the three carriers, onz in Alaskan carrier—a distinet ad- antage—which should mean the lo- {cating of offices, repair shops and where today. is . Sizes 67%- 2. Men's and Young Men's T Shiris Fine merccriz Wilson Bros. large. ed cotton T Shirts by Sizes small, medium, Reg. 1.50-1.95 | 8 Men's and Young Men's Sport Coats Better Sport wool, tweeds & 36 to 40. I-ALARM BLAZE - RAGES TODAY IN ALASKA LAUNDRY : Damage Confined fo Small Area Centered Below |; Local Structure :‘ (Continued from Page One) | flash igniting cotton lint gathered in the cages below the dryer. The flames licked upward and shortly leter caused an explosion within the tumbler itself. The tumbler was damaged beyond immediate repair. The first fire call sounded this morning at 10:10 o'clock and the all clear was not finally blown until one and one-half hours later. Several hose lines were run by Juneau Vol- unteer Firemen and the Coast Guardsmen, who encountered con- siderable difficulty in reaching the center of the conflagration below the main floor of the building—a rock-filled tidal area studded with wcod piling supporting the laundry structure. No injuries resulted from the blaze as all the laundry workers were able to make their escape from the build- ing immediately and as actual {flames were kept from spreading through the laundry proper. All laundry operations were sus- pended for the remainder of today while wiring repairs were being mede. The laundry building and' cquipment is protected by insur- ance. 1 EDMONTON IS ; MAIN LINKON ORIENT ROUTE Edmonton, Alta., Aug. 28 —Edmon- ton will be & main link on the Sun- shine International air route from South America by way of Alaska, Russia, and the Orient, Steadham Asker of Denver, Colo., aviation ex- pert and teachnical advisor, said in an interview here. Acger, aviation consultant to the' city of Denver and the Denver Chamber of Commerce, represents those bodies on his present trip. The “Sunshine” route would enter the U. S. at Galveston or Houston, Texas, continue on through Denver, Colo., and intermediate points then/ to Great Falls, Mont., Lethbridge,’ Alta., Calgary, Edmonton and north| to Alaska. el SHULER HERE | Robert - Shuler, of Sitka, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. B e | LA VEILL HEBE H. J. La Veill, of Seattle, is a' guest at the Baranof Hotel. | l} 54 { | 'HERRICK PARCLE (Mrs. Herrick’s conduct in Seaftle sequently was taken prisoner, Coats in 1009 ind shetlands . . . pure Sizes Reg. 19.95-29.95 .- 8.-10. R M Behrends Ca QaALITY SINCE /887 PARACHUTING B-24 CREWMAN IS KILLED BY JAP {Wanton SIayTng Revealed in Surrender Negotia- | fions at Palaus By ROBERT MYERS GUAM, Aug. 28—The wanton killing by a Japanese officer of an o | American airman who parachuted |onto Koror Island, in the Palau :group, last May was disclosed in | negotiations for surrender of the | Palaus garrison of approximately 14,000 Nipponese. HEARING IS pu]l i Col G. L. Fike, Marine corps offi- WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod Ending 7:30 0'Clock This Morning e o o In Jugeat—Maximum, minimum, 49. At Airport—Maximum, 58; minimum, 46. 56; ° ° . 3 FORECAST . Juneau and vicinity: Vari- able cloudiness tonight and Wednesday. Mild Tempera- tures. e o 00 0 00 0 0 cer who carried on the negotiations | on behalf of Marine Brig. Gen. F. O. OVER ON(E MORE}RDgers, does not expect the Palaus garrison to capitulate until after for- | mal peace has been signed and re- ported much haggling with the Japa- nese at the Peleliu conference. Marie Eileen Herrick, dlias Eileen | Greenholgh, bigamist by conviction | at Ketchikan, took the Witness| ™ mpo parine corps officer sald that stand in U. S. District Court here |, probing the fate of the B-24 yesterday to testify in her own|crewman known to have bailed out defense against parole violation !, goror he was informed by a charges. Colonel Tada that detdils were not| No decision was reached at the gyajlable. hearing, Judge George F. Alexander “Tada said he regretted to inform | ordering the case continued until me that although the American crew | investigation has been made into member parachuted May 4 and sub- and San Francisco and at other fortunately he had been killed hlyma{ places where she spent her proba- Japanese officer between May 10 and‘l tion period. May 15,” Fike said. “He stated the The continuation followed testi- American was not killed as the result | mony by Oliver Mansfield, govern- of the carrying out of the sentence | ment witness, and introduction of of a military court, and added that la certified copy of a San Fran- | although the loss of life was ‘regret- | cisco jail sentence issued against table’ it was the opinion of the Eileen Coombs, on Dec. 18, 1944. Japanese the incident was insignif- DeIense Attorney M. E. Monagle's icant in comparison to the loss of argument that parole violation innocent women's and children’s lives charges cannot now be found since Caused by the atomic bomb.” the time of sentence has expired,| "5 ner cout proceedings nere PATIENT SWAPS ' HOSPITAL WARD FOR JAIL CELL yesterday afternoon, Judge Alex- ‘ander signed a Bill ‘of Exceptions | “Winnie” Groon, elderly St. Ann's Hospital patient, has been agreed to by opposing counsel for the appeal of the White Slavery. | transferred to the care of federal jailers, after allegedly creating a conviction of Maude Anderson,' Sitka house of ill fame operator. A sk i DIVORCE FILED | enforcement and executive branches Continued care and custody of the couple’s minor son, with $30 monthly support payments from defendant is asked by Elizabeth Olson, of Sitka, in an action in {divorce fifed here with the Clerk of the U. S. District Court against David A. Olson. Incompatibility is | charged. 2 L A BACK ON JOB Mrs. Peggy Mclvor, Deputy U. S, Court Clerk, was back at her post this morning, following a six- week vacation, spent right here in | Juneau. She visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ibach at their home on Le- mesurier Island and made a ftrip to Pelican during her vacation, disturbance and making a nuisance of himself at the hospital here. He was arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray this morning on a charge of disorderly conduct, which cited that defendant insisted on wandering abdut the hospital, getting into places where he was detrimental to the opera- tion of the institution, and that at one time he attempted to escape the hospital, via a fire escape. e FAMILY HERE Mrs. George Dykeman and chil- dren, Betty Jo and Robert, of Seattle, are guests at the Baranof Hote]. DYKEMAN other activities within Alaska. | “3—The decision opens up a new avenue of approach to Alaska; Ahrough Lh(’ M‘dwt‘ ) OUT, ANDHOW :czuamo visior ON WAY T0 SITKA Hakon Bjarnason, Iceland Forest Service head now locking into Alaska forest conditions, sailed for Sitka yesterday aboard a U. S. Forest Service vessel, accompanying Admir- alty Division Supervisor John Brill- hart on a regular field trip. Mr. Bjarnason will view logging operations at Fish Bay, enroute to Sitka, and will examine close range Southeast Alaska forest stands. Forest Service Administra- tive Officer Harry Sperling is escort- ing Mr. Bjarnason on the trip. They are to return to Juneau en Th day, by air. By RICHARD K O'MALLEY ABOARD A NAVY HELL-DIVER OVER ATSUGI AIRFIELD, Aug. 28. —American officers dressed in work clothes were greeted on Atsugi air- drome near Tokyo today by Japa- nese general resplendent in full dress uniforms with slanking Samurai swords and beribboned blouses. Two Navy torpedo bombers landed cn the airfield 20 miles from Tokyo shortly after General MacArthur's advance contingent of key men step- ped out of olive drab transport planes at 8:30 this morning (7:30 p. m., Monday Eastern War Time). “Those Japs certainly had every- thing organized just like a lawn party,” said Lt. Comdr. Don Thor- burn. “They even served orangeade.” American officers discussed busi- ness under pavilion tents, in easy chairs, on tables spread with white linen. The American were surpris- ed at the peculiar “party reception” atmosphere which the Japanese tried unsuccassfully to create. at - - SULLIVAN IN TOWN William J. Sullivan, of Spokane, Wash., is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. 5 - - KENNEDY HERE Alvin Kennedy, of Humansville, Mo., arrived via Pan American Airways from Seattle and is reg- FIELD MANAGER, = o e ANCHORAGE OPA ‘The appointment of Maurice G. Sucrow as Field Manager of the Anchorage District of the Alaska Office of Price Administration, is announced by Mildred R. Hermann, Director of Alaska OPA. During the past six months Mr. Sucrow has been engaged in OPA ‘Enforcement activity at various points in the Territory under as- signment from the Territorial En- forcement Attorney. He had been a member of the staff of the Mis- souri Office of Price Administration for more than a2 year before coming to Alaska. Other experience includes over 20 years of administrative, enforcement and investigative work with the law of the State of Missouri, also with the Ordnance Division of the War Department. e WOODWARD HERE George N. Woodward, of Anch- orage, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. SIS BEJCIK IN TOWN "l! munmmmmmzmmnlmmlmmmu|mumum|mnmm|muu|uummm||m||n|||mm|nuu|m|n1||lmmmmmmuummmmmu|mmmmnmummlmm|Hmmm|u||||||ml" Cyril Bejcik, of Anchorage, is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. — .- — ANDERSON ARRIVES Anton Anderson, of Seldovia, has arrived in Juneau and is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. - ee— ESTHER EVANS HERE X Esther G. Evans, of Petersburg, is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. - FLICK ARRIVES Bob Flick, of Pelican, has ar- rived in town and is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. — - HERN HERE Perry M. Hern, of Skagway, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. .- MRS. JACOBSEN HERE Mrs. L. O. Jacobsen, of Pelican, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. - MITCHELL HERE E. E. Mitchell, of Bremerton, Wash,, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel, D RUNNELS HERE C. A. Runnels, of Seattle, ar- rived yesterday via Alaska Airlines and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel, AL N s LUNDBERGS HERE Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Lundberg, of Port Angeles, Wash., have arrived n Juneau and are guests at Lhe Baranof, ?Nf'w POINT v DISCHARGE EVANDER LEEST BACK i FROM BOARD MEETING | H. R. VanderLeest, president of | the Territorial Board of Pharma- | cists, returned Monday by plane EOR ARMY from Fairbanks, where he had been ‘in attendance at a meeting of the ! board. | Others present at the board WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 — The meeting were Elwynn Swetman, of | Army’s plans for liberalizing its gewardl, Secretary-Treasurer; Wil-| point discharge system ‘“as S0On pyr Walker and Frank Dunham, as Gen. MacArthur tells us he doe: both of Fairbanks. Mr. Dunham, not need any more combat men” who is the oldest druggist in the were outlined to the House Mxlunry Territory, is. also a member of Committee today. the longest standing, having been | * The program is this: on the board since it was first 1—All points will be computed. organized. At present points are fizured on a| Al board May 12 basis. | store owners, 2—All men with 80 points more will be discharged. The have been doing a good job of it. present figure is 85" poin | Various items were investigated 3—All men with 60 points or at this meeting of the board, but more will not be sent overseas. The | no examinations were held, ‘since present f‘h““‘ is 75 Dm“(* no applications for licenses were received. TAKU lOD(E HAS | SIXTEEN GUESTS OVER WEEKEND Sixteen people spent the weck- end Taku Lodge, and three of the visitors are remaining at t.he resort for a longer st Guests at Taku Lodge were Hazel Surdey, Arthur Hicks, Trudy Niel- , Eugene Eberling, Elmo Biddle, Bernice Jchnson, Lew Levy and Capt. and Mrs. John Bardsley, who returned to Juneau aboard the Mary J, with Miss Joyce Monday night; Patricia and Harold Mayo, and Mr. Braum, who are still at the Ledge; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Olson, Claire and Carcl Olson, who made the Taku trip in their own boat, and returned Monday. Miss Joyee and Louis DeFlorian | returned to Taku today and will be in Juneau Friday to pick up guests who plan to spend the next week- end at the Lodge. | - - DAVENPORT HERE members are -drug and though working e Empire Want-c2: dring resuits! highest individual bidders Airport: latrine. ! gineer on or before 3:00 Buildings Nos. 6, 7, 8,10, 11, 13 and 20— all 16’ by 16’ Yakutat Huts, Also frame buildings: Building Ne. 1, 20’ x 100, Headguarters; Building No. Bath Hcuse; Building No. 4 Bath House; Building No. “A”, BID FORMS may be Engineer or the office of this ncwspaper. OFFERS are to be submitted to the Area En- Espionage Agent Is Nabbed by FBI | After Long Search ‘ WASHINGTON, Aug. 28-Capture wof a 25-year-old German espionage | agent, object of an FBI search for more than six months, was announ- ced today by the Justice department. The FBI identified him as Hans | Rudolf Christin Zhehlsdorff and said | he was an associate of William Cur- tis colepaugh and Eric Rimpel, Ger- man agents who were arrested by the FBI in New York after landing from a German submaring at Han- cock Point, Maine, in November, 1944. e — | MR., MRS. VALLE HERE OT | short-handed the past few years,| | Mr. and Mrs. Henrik Valle, € Seattle, are guests at the Baranof | Hotel. — e, ALLEN ARRIVES E. R. Allen, of Indianapolis, Ind., has arrived in town and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. OWQWO“MQ““ SALE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS THE ALASKAN DEPARTMENT will sell to the the following surplus build- ings located on the Housel tract adjacent to the ‘ 32, 27’ x 46, 0’ x 25, 12’ x 15°, Area secured from the p. m. September 10, 1945. Awards will be made by the Alaskan Department by written notice from the Area Engineer on or before W. E. Davenport, representing the Union Oil Company, of Seattle, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. - 'ATRICIA KANE HERE a Kane, of Hoonah, the Baranof Hotel. - MR., MRS. ROSS IN and Mrs. A. L. Ross, 2 3T guests September 17, 1945. P is guest at a States upon notification. } 1945. TOWV | of Los at the - STORDAHL HERE B. H. Stordahl, of Seattle, is a Lufs[ at the Baranof Hotel. YouCan Get There and Back ina AUKLAKE... SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS will immediately pay purchase price by either cash, certified check or money order payable to the Treasurer of the United All structures are to be removed from the Housel tract before October 10, FOR DETAILS, CALL AREA ENGINEER PHONE 811 ce. Or On a Scenie DPrive ROYAL BLUE CAB or LIMOUSINE Special Trips to: MENDENHALL GLACIER . . . EAGLE RIVER . .. SHRINE ISLAND .. . and OTHER POINTS Ask Us About Special Limousine Rates for Parties of Eight! 'ROYAL BLUE CABCO. PHONE 14 or 444 for Inlormahon on Rates and Trips' O TEE HARBOR