The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1946, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1946 neau; Maude Kunz, Juneau; Mrs. Anna S. Loken, Juneau; Mrs. J. W. McKinley, Juneau; son, Sheep Creek; Val A, Pom Douglas: John Rogers, Juneau; Skt Juneau; Mrs. Mildred Spalk& Hain W. Sumner, Sitka: Jo- Talkington, Juneau Rmh Sitka; Charles Frank 8, \’\'Jl~ attorneys M. E. Mon- Robertson for pos- » against one engaged or trade. Questioning one revealed such BROWN CASE IS ON TRIAL HERE TODAY Johnson Changbs Plea fo Guilty af Lost Moment This Morning fquor se. Ause with WCTU 1 meau twelve jurors first named were box when the noon Already excused serving on the present case Engstrom, M Glover, Mrs Poor and Mrs. Sp: They were Presiding Judge J. W. until 10 o'clock tomorrow merning, indicating possible pletion of the Brown cas ;.- STRIKE CONTROL MEASURE GIVEN SWAT IN ‘iOUSE Drastic Amendment Is Knocked Out-N.Y. Ship- ping Is Still Tied Up Page One) fr were Haas, charged Juneau and is alleged to ha today Principal lled by Attorney R. 1 ely presenting se is Thomas Park ) was a sec- carrying A for tl nge of Willard Johnson ed the way in Di trial of Junea G. Brown plea to sdemeanor without > mi of gir pilot. ¢ wWVS over Territo: the Cour when t one prosecution peremptory challenges €d before final sel jury Johnson, who to open the trial calendar this mo ing, Teversed his previous not gu ¢ plea to a charge of escaping the custody of a Federal officer. Plead- ing guilty t morning, Johnson now faces a possible maximum pen- aity of five years’ imprisonment and $5,000 fine Johnson was charged under Federal law, the charge grow- ing out of his breaking from the custody of a Marshal's deputy here after st aboard a ship from the Westward on an Anchorage war- rant charging theft of U. S. gov- ernment property. The Anchorage charge against Johnson still stands but is expected to be dismissed After leaping the shxp rail to the dock here following ‘his shipboard arrest, Johnson made his way south by small fish boat. He was return- ed here to face trial late last year. Jurors drawn today to hear charg- es against Brown were being comb- 1e par Brown was nc grand jury nst him into the Distric mation by the U ced ibl ndicted tead the brought directly Court upon infor- Attorney, a pro- in misdemean- and thr still remain trial in n of the e case had been s s iginal panel of 60 petit drawn at Ketchikan last fall 33 actually reported for service ternoon, the time set for petit panel. Those wction. of juror only or ROS “ontinued /n m what now under the allocation tem whereby the government allo ase of scarce materials only for bailding homes costing less than ten thousand dollars. Maud Dull, Ju- Pauley Controversy Junean: Su-| The Senate Naval Committee Canal: Fred continued its hearing on the nom Juneau: Bdna Rapuzzi, ‘nation of Edwin Pauley as Under- “,”h,,,‘ J. Reck, Juneau; Secretary of the Navy. Senator 1, Lynn Canal: Louis Charles obey of New Hampshire tersburg; Virginia B. declared that Pauley had put -his Kingsbury, Juneaw; Mrs. D, M. own pocketbook above the public Gould, Juneau; Mary E. Haas, Ju- interest in opposing a government neau; Matt Halm, Juneau. suit to obtain title to submerged me C. Bucher, Salmon Creek; 0il lands. Pauley denied he had Paul Ecklund, Sheep Creek; E. E.,tried to hamper the suit. Engstrom, Juneau; Mary D. Gio-| Another Investigation vanetti, Juneau; Ruth Glover, Ju-, The Senate Banking Committee — |agreed to investigate another of | President Truman’s nominees. He is Commodore James K. Vardaman, , ‘ Jr, who has been nominated to be | a member of the Board of Gov- William D. Mrs. William Juneau W. Kruse, 1 Skagway; Dora Spau Susort, F |ernors of the Federal Reserve Sys- | tem. | The House Naval Committee has iapproved a bill to allow President Truman to transfer small Naval | vessels to China. The measure also vould let him turn over battle- ships, eruisers and other large craft | if Congress approves in advance "BULL' ‘ISHIDA IS CONVICTED;GIVEN QUICK SENTENC YOKOHAMA Feb. 5—Kitaro fruif, Oranges, Pears, Apples 2 (The Bull) Ishida today was con- 2 3 v of having col itted atroc- AUl Finest Quality ice Skaiogt sty mpsnns BERT'S SPECIAL COFFEE CUPS WITH THE BEST .. % 5( Ih at hard labor Ground Your Way! EW DELIVERY SCHEDULE It was the second lightest sen- tence in six war crimes convictions in Japan. Two Japanese were sen- tenced to death, two to life im- MINIMUM ORDER $2.00 MORNING DELIVERY CLOSES DOUGLAS DELIVERY CLOSES AFTERNOON DELIVERY CLOSES prisonment and one to 20 years. The prosecution had asked the Tomatoes, Peppers, Radishes, Onions, Red Savoy and Green Cabhage, Leituce, Cauliflower, Sprouis, Broccoli, Mush- rooms, Bunch Carrots, Pink Grape- ecth penalty. Ishida was not ac-! cused of having caused, any POW | -+ 10 A. M. 10 A. M. 3P. M. ST. PAUL - Jack Fly, a alesman for an electr supply ! {company, has heen a ge old in St. Paul, too, ; as he prepared to take over Alaska sales territol “and | re buy refrigerato Super Maricet Phone 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily Just Received MANNING’S COFFEE Best Quality 2 pounds 7 5¢ We Grind the Way You Wish to Have It! EORGE BROTHERS Oscar A I’eal-‘ ” | experience COAL TO NEWCASILE CEDAR SENDS - REPORT FROM WRECK SCENE | " Nine Craft Aldmg in Res- | cue Work-Heavy Swells | and.Surfs Prevailing recess | com- | (Continued from Page One) sterical after they were taker rd the Onondaga and it was lecided to them rather than stand by in view of the stricke h' » and those still aboard. he rescue ships had (o Latouche becaus but sped to the qunu the of zero v 'L(‘lw at dawn All B-17 Flying Fortresses equip- | ped with power boats were ordered |to assist in rescue efforts by Gen- ‘eral Delos Emmons! Commanding ;Hn- Army’s Alaskan Department CREW MEMBERS SEATTLE, Feb. 5. — The Coast Guard announced today the crew of | the stricken steamship Yukon, com- manded by Capt. C. E. Trondsen Seattle, included: 5 Norman L. Kelly, Quartermaster, Port Angeles; John J. Robinson, | Junior Assistant Purser, Sequim; | ! John J. Humphrey, Chief Radio Op- erator, Moscow, Idaho; Malcolm S. MacDonald, Acting Water Tender. Kodiak; Everett J. LaVigne, Ogixr Ketchikan; Jesus N. Isturis, Mess- man, Juneau, and Warren J. Haines Waiter, Juneau. - Pertinent Problems Discussed at BPWC " Meeting Last Night | With the victories of our armed| forces over the enemy comparatively ercem events, it is much too soon to | ‘ask “Is America Losing the Vic-| tory?”, seemed to be the concensus of opinion among the participants {in the Round Table discussion of | | that question at the meeting of the ! | Business and Professional Women's {Club last night. Taking part in the discussion were | rgil Heath, Tom Stewart, Jack ! Glover and Sgt. Joe Rotskoff, with I r. James C. Ryan presiding. i v | Due to illness, Mrs. Estelle Wag- iner who was also to appear on the ! program was unable to be présent Rather than attempting to find | an aswer to such a guestion it would {be motre constructive to plan’ and | | work on long-range programs of | {reconstruction and along re-educa- | | 1l lines, at home as well as iabroad, it was thought. Impressions gained from pétrsonal and observations in the rious’ theatres in which "each I ed were related by the 'three | veterans and by Sgt, Rotskoff, \\-hn, is still in the Army. Comments dnd | 1questions from the audience, nnd‘ pertinent remarks by Dr. Ryan;.all {made for an exceptionally interest- { ing evening. Miss Ruth Ccffin opened the pro- gram. with explanatory remarks ! about understanding of other coun- ;m threugh their music, and play- {ed selections typical of Spain, the Samoan Islands, and Scotland. This | ; was followed by two voeal selections (of Russian music, . very pleasingly sung by Miss Joamne Nowell Tempting homemade chop sucy’ and tea were served by Mrs. Jenne, | lat whose home the meeting v:dq| held, and the co-hostesses, Mrs. { Edna Lomen and Miss Ruth Coffin. | 'Pcr the occasion, Miss Coffin don- | ned a stunning Chin costume, which brought forth many exclama- | i tions of admiration. | | WILL GIVE HELP IN SOLVING PROBLEMS INNATURALIZATION An opportunity to receive aSsis- tance or information relative to ob- taining naturalization or citizenship papers is offered for the next few days to anyone interested by Louis Buckmaster, of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Ket- chikan. Mr. Buckmaster is in Juneau at present on matters pertaining to his office, and has announced he will be glad to render any assistance possible during his stay here. He may be contacted at the Baranof Hotel. —— e SHOOTING (LUB MEETS TONIGHT Members of the recenty re-organ- ized Juneau rifle and Pistol club will hold their third weekly ahooti | this evening on the A. B. Hall range. i Time set for shooting is 7:30 o'clock, and it is emphasized that all per-| sons’ interested are welcomed. In-j ,structors will be on hand to drop pomn'n to those wanting to learn |lu ins and outs of firearms handl-| iing 5 - t-tailed maggott, breathes air by The r der wa extend-" {shere oil lands | posed tidelands suit with Ickes, h'xd not linked it with any political | lllKEl’ OBLIGES AUTOGRAPH FANS |HOUSING MEET IS HELD HERE LAST EVENING City Engineer to Be Clear- ing Agent for Housing Need Registrations The office of the City Engineer, the Juneau City Hall, has been “clearing house” for in- home seekers in named as a formation regarding here. That action resulted from a meet- ing called at the City Hall last night by Mayor Ernest Parsons and at- |tended by representatives of 16 lo- cal organizations. The meeting was called to cor needs in view of action toward se- curing additional Federal . housing here. Addressing Glenn Allen, the meeting were of the Alaska Hous- GEN. DWIGHT EISENHOWER obliges a mob of youthful autograph seekers as he leaves the Senate after ICKES ‘GOES RIGHT AFTER E. W. PAUI.EY WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—Interior Secretary Ickes today produced a memorandum to support his conten- tion that Edwin W.’ Pauley had brought up the question of political contributions in connection with !the government's tidelands oil suit. The memorandum was dated September 6, 1944 and in it, Ickes said he had written of the Pauley conversation: “This is the rawest proposition that has ever been made {to me.” | Ickes appeared before the Senate Naval committee to read from the memorandum a statement that Pauley, then treasurer of the Dzmo- cratic National Committee, had said that he could raise $300,000 from California oilmen if he could 'have a promise that the government would not seek to claim title to off- along the, U. S. consts. Pauley, who has been nominated for Undersecretary of the Navy, previously had told the committee that while he had discussed the pro- contribution PHA ES HERE TODAY; BACK TO WESTWARD Karl K. Katz, Alan Nona Yoch- were Harry B. Deland, Grey, stifying on Army demobilization. he | military affairs committee room (Interhational) | em, Sgt. Leonard Eisner, Willis J.\CL— son, and John Miils. On the return trip to Anchorage were James Stewart, Mrs. Douglas Keating and infant, Florence Brown, A. N. Burch, George Vin | Hee and I"lOanCe Kolb. KARlK KATZ | VISITS HERE sider Juneau's housing | ing Authority and John Carter, Jr., FHA Underwriter. Both the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars and Ameri- can Legion were represented and displayed the most active interest of any local groups. A second meeling is scheduled for next Monday eve- ning, when, it is hoped, there will be wider representation from local organizations. At next Monday’s meeting, it is expected that a permanent “emer- gency housing committee” will be named to gather data on housing needs here and press a program to secure Federal allocations. In the interim, it is asked that all persons presently in need of homes in this city register their needs with the City Engineer. TREASURE HUNT COFFEYVILLE, Kus. — altoona residents had a field day when authorities allowed them to salvage damage cartons scattered at the scene of a trunk-train collision. The truck's cargo: scarce bax soap, washing powder and shorten- ing. Two Free Deliveries Daily Just Phone 16 or 24 Karl K. Katz, one of the best- known railway transportation men who visited Alaska before the war, was in Juneau today wearing the uniform of Lieutenant Colonel and on terminal leave with the U. S. Army. Lt. Col. Katz is now General Traf- 'fic Manager for Pacific Northern Airlines with offices in Seattle. Be- l fefecnfefeerfefoefrfedefefet ‘ | oot fore the war he was General Pass- enger Agent for Alaska with the Northern Pacific Railroad. He has been in the Army for the past four and a half years. e NORTHEAST SITE IS RECOMMENDED AS UNO'S MAIN HOME : | LONDON, 'Fvb. —Thr 13-mem- ber United Nations interm commit- tee today approved a recommenda- tion to put the organization's pel manent home in the tamford- Gre vich-Westchester area of Connecticut Australia protested, still San Francisco for the site Col. W. R. Hodgson, the Austral- fan d!‘lc"l'(‘ id after the closed that he would ask rejec- of the recom 1 tomor- row when it is prese mb committee e et urgir to my successors. e e e " A on Having Sold the NEEDLECBA!‘T SHOP MRS. ELLEN MILLER AND MRS MERLEFLEMING I wish to thank the people of Gastineau Channel for their kind patronage during the past years and wish the best of luck ALYCE DALZIEL PAST EXALTED RULER’S NIGHT WEDNESDAY — !‘EBRIJARY SIXTH - Save th Jliving un-j ing its tall ‘to the surface, Yke AL} I diver's airline. 8:00 .P.M Visiting Brothers Welcome! INITIATION ... FEED... REFRESHMENTS A Good Time Assured! e Date?l