The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 13, 1946, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT Manslaughler Plea Made by James Willis: Only Meeks Case Now Left on Court's Slate-Mur- der Trial Monday st of the preliminaries to the m event on the current District Ceurt calendar here ended in a quick TKO this morning when James Franklin Willis, negro Navy firer indicted for murder in the s degree, withdrew his plea of not guilty to that charge and substituted a plea of guilty of manslaughter. The change of plea by Willis came ! as a last minute surprise, both Go ernment and defense counsel hav- ing affirmed yesterday that the case would go to trial. With the Willis case out of the way, only two charges against George Harrison Meeks now remain on the District Court’s criminal slate. A possible third case may come from the recent Spokane, Washington, arrest of a man secret- ly indicted by the grand jury here and against whom removal proceed- ings have been commenced. Meeks' Indictment Of the two indictments against Meeks—first degree murder and as- sault with a dangerous weapon—the murder charge is set to be heard first and it is anticipated that its outcome will determine whether the assault charge will ever be tried. The Meeks murder trial, first scheduled to have commenced Mon- day morning of this week, then shifted to follow on the heels of the Willis trial, has now again been set by Presiding Judge J. W. Kehoe. This morning, at the request of U. S. Attorney Patrick Gilmore, Jr., Judge Kehoe set the Meeks trial over till next week—to open next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Thirty members of a special venire of petit jurors drawn to hear the two murder cases reported this morning for the opening of the ‘Willis hearing, in company with the 32 members of the regular petit jury panel. Special Venire Sixty new names had been drawn for the special venire, but only half of that number reported today. No report has been received on jurors served at Sitka and it is possible that more will be coming in from there in time for the Meeks trial. Those of the special panel in court this morning were qualified by the U. S. Attorney and excused until 2 o'clock this afternoon when they were to report back for instruction by the court. Members of the regu- lar petit jury panel were excused until 10 o'clock “tomorrow morning, | when a civil action—Sam and Iris | Adams vs. A. S. Glover—is to be heard by jury. | Before recessing court this mmorn- ing, Judge Kehoe ordered the pre ence of all defendants that hav pleaded guilty and have not yet‘ been sentenced in court this after- | noon at 3:30 o'clock, when, he said, he would annoupce the time for shortage of steel, W. H. Clark, per-|for tie agents here, v their sentencing. Included in the list are: Willis, Thomas Sumstad, | Louls J. Sedlauk, Charlie Chuck, | Joseph William Johnson, Carroll Hambrick, Jr., and Ernest McKinney. | By entering a plea of guilty of | manslaughter this morning, Willis made himself liable to a penalty of | from one to 20 years’ imprisonment. | The second degree murder charge | on which he was indicted carried a minimum penalty of 15 years, to life | imprisonment, - s e 0000 e 00 0 . WEATHER REPORT (U. 5. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod Ending 6:30 o'Clock This Morning e o o In Juneau—Maximum, 41; minimum, 33. At Airport—Maximum, 37; minimum, 34. i WEATHER FORECAST H (Juneau and Vicinity) Occasional light rain and not much change in temper- atare tonight and Thurs- day. Southeasterly winds 25 to 80 miles per hour decreas- ing Thursday. eececscecceccsccce ® 00 00000 230 ,ee WOOD TELLS NFFE VIEWS ON ALASKA Peter Wood, publisher of Alaska Newsletter and Alaska Business Directory, spoke this noon on “Alaska’s Development As I See It” before members of the National Federation of Federal FEmployees, Juneau Branch, at their regular monthly luncheon-meeting in the Baranof Gold Room. The pubh.sher,w William_ L. Paul, Jr., son of Mr. | stated that in order for Alaska to be developed, both her assets and her liabilities must be realized. “Immediately after President Roosevelt's Bremerton speech in which he invited all returning vet- erans to come to Alaska, I wrote " neces: !“gold-rush-day prices” of her almost unbelievable gorgeous scenery, of her rich resources. “I have also mentioned the mos- quitoes of the interior, the rainfall uf Ketchikan housing, etc he said. Alaska can and must be develop- now,” he continued. “I believe the real Alaska Development and is encompassed by everyone you in this room. It is your {opinions and attitude that will most affect the future of Alaska.” Mr. recent visitors have reported Federal employees told them jed lthat “Alas- ka will never be developed in your | life time.” If I believed that,” said the speaker, “I would go back to my home town in Colorado and die in peace in the lovely climate of that ¢ instead of risking my neck in A]nka Mr. Wood said his Newsletter is | ! open to all letters of opinion and | criticism from Alaskan residents who do not agree with his expres- | sion of “truth as I see it.” the lack of :!d(‘qua'(" Wood deplored the fact that' HIHL; | In speaking of the work bemg‘ done by Office of Price Adminis-' tration, Mr. Wood said that the' office was doing a hard and vitally | ry job in keeping down in Alaska. | Previous to Mr. Wood's talk, Walter Heisel gave a brief eulogy on the late Myrven Sides, who had | been a member of the Federation .of | Federal employees since 1922. Mem- | and guests at the meeting| d for 30 seconds in silent tribute | to the memory of the deceased | Deputy Collector of Customs. \ Warren L. King, of USED andl George W. Folta, Counsel at Large' for the Department of the Inter- | ior, were introduced as new mem- kers of Guests were: Mrs. Katherine Porter and two Territorial staff members, Stevens and Griff Nordhng st new ! BULLETINS LONDON—A United Nations As- sembly committee voted overwhelm- ingly today to establish temporary | United Nations headquarters in New York City. The committee re- jected a proposal that the tempor- | ary site should be in San Fran-| cisco. The action puts the site question up to the whole assembly. BUENOS AIRES—The military | goverrment of Argentina is said to be preparing a reply to United States charges that many of its members were pawns of Nazi Ger- ! many during the war. WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators received today a state- ment by Maj. Gen. C. A. Willough- by that proper analysis of inter- cepted Japanese messages in 1941, would have indicated an attack on Pearl Harbor. FRANKFURT, Germany — Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt arrived by plane | today and was greeted by Maj.! Gen. Harold R. Bull, chief of staff | of the U. S. Army in the European | the Federation. { Bess Winn, ‘ George | «sons were reported inju |0 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1946 Poslwar Pearl Harbor Aircraft carriers, LS of the Pacific base in Hawaii taken some four year; after the Jap sneak attack. u. 'BRITISH TROOPS FIRE GN INDIAN MOB IN CALCUTTA Rioters Usmr(h, Smash Store Fronts and Raid Homes of Europeans CALCUTTA, British troops 1ed fire on an Indian mob to- alter rioters put two postof- to the torch, smashed store- fronts and raided the homes of Eurcpean residents. At least 25 per- cd in the demonstrations. Urofficial estimates said 17 per- sons were killed and at least 200 injured in yesterday's street fight- ing, which resulted from an In- dian demonstration protesting con- iviction and sentencing of a Mos- llem. officer of the Japanese-spon- sored “Indian National Army. Yesterday's injured included 18 . S. soldiers Rnd 20 pnnmmu, Crew of Wredked | Crown Reefer Is South from Alaska SEATTLE, reb. Dfficers and theater. Mrs. Roosevelt is a dele- |crew of the 5100 t g gate to the United Nations, now .ship Crown Reefer, which was situng n London. iwrecke in a storm off Amchitka {Island of the Aleutians Jan. 17, WINDSOR Ont—The Ford of today were on their way to San Canada plant here will close at Pedro aboard the steamship Elk midnight Friday because of a Basin, C. L. Dodd, district manager 'sonnel manager, annoumced today ! MANCHESTER, N. H. — George Herman “Babe” Ruth has been ofA' {fered a contract to* manage the | | Manchester team in the New Eng- | land League, C. Eward Bourassa, club president, said today. VIENNA—British Security Police have arrested a former American arrested at Villach, Austria. He will ities. He is charged with making short-wave broadcasts beamed to Uulled States was at war. Seattle February 21. Denali, from westward south- |bound, scheduled to arrive at 8 lo'clock tomorrow morning. Baranof, from westward, sched- uled southbound Saturday. Wed Wm. L. Paul, Jr. | The engagement |Starr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hairy Starr of Smithville, OKla., ‘and Mrs, Willlam L. Paul of this' city, was announced at a charming' tea at which a few intimate friends were present. Miss Starr is on the staff of the Ofiice of Price Administration, coming here last September from San Francisco. ‘and published facts proving his "point both ridiculous and im- possible. I have written of the, marvelous potentialities of Alaska, ! The wedding plans of the young (nb[.lc have not yet been announc- ed, newspaper correspondent who is | undey indictment for treason. The correspondent, Robert Best, was | be turned over to American author- | {America for the Nazis while the‘( ‘faku, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive late tonight or tomorrow morning. i Columbia sailed from Seattle at 10 a.m. today and scheduled to ar- rive about Saturday noon. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Friday. Margaret Shafer scheduled to sail frem Seattle Saturday. Tonugass scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. North Sea scheduled to sail from \Miss lone Starr Is to, of Miss Ione' | | | who suffers from cystic fibrosis of s notified. n sailed from Adak The ‘Elk E yesterday with 39 men of the offi- cers and crew, all but the third mate of the vessel, who took an- other ship for San Pedro. The Crown Reefer has been jabandoned =s a total loss, Dodd vas mformed. | = e i | First Shipment Of Crude Rubber Arrivesin U. 5. LONG BEACH, Calif,, Feb. 13— | The first shipment of crude rub- | her since the war started—24,000 | bales from, India and Singapore— | is bemng unioaded from the British | motorship Empire Wilson. It is des- | tined for the U. S. Commodity | Credit Corporation. Saved by New Cure ble ailment, seven-months=-old Sandra Evans is shown in a Los Angeles hospital under a plexi- glass tent inhaling vaporized peni- cillin held ‘n a glass container and diluted in a saline solution. Sandra | SUFFERING from a hitherto incura- ; | the pancreas was given six years to live. Doctors say she will be cured. (International Soundphoto) first book FIRST BRIDE, ‘IOKYO STYLE A pretty San Francisco WAC Licutenant paraded down the aisle of Tokyo's St. Luke’s Chapel Jan- uary 16, the first American girl {o be marricd there since the cceu? pation of Japan. She is First Licu- tenant Jean Marie Loattit, daugh= ter of Mrs. Irma E. Louttit of San Francisco and of James E. Loultit, industrial manager of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Her bride- groom is Major Peter Roest, former professor at Reed College, Salem, Ore., later an cfficial of the De- partment of Agricalture, Wash- ington, D. C. oster about 1440. 5 and other craft are drawn u) te the busy dvck-. of l’t'.u‘l lli\rbur in lhh aerlal view (AP Wirephoto from NO NEGOTIATIONS CF SECRET NATURE TAKEN BY CHINESE "Informfliscussion,” However, Held with Russia, Says Chiang SHANGHAI, Feb. 13.—China is conducting no secert negotiations wifh Russia regarding Manchuria or another subject, Chiank Kai- shek told Chinese and foreign newsmen in a brief press confer- ence today. He acknowledged “in- formal discussions” were being held however. Chiang said that such discussions concerning economic conditions in Manchuria, are continuing between Russia and China, but there is nothing secret about them. In re- ply to a question as to when Rus- sians will withdraw from Man- churia, Chiang said only that they had been scheduled to withdraw Fobruary 1. He did not elaborate. Private reports circulated in Chungking yesterday that the Rus- sians were building barracks in Manchuria, tending to support ru- mors that they would not complete their withdrawal before June 1. S e BURDICK TO WASHINGTON | Chailes Burdick, Assistant Re- gional Forester, left his headquart- ers here yesterday, enroute to | Washington D. C. where he will at- | tend a meeting of forest adminis- | procedural trators concerned with of Ahm].wm printed the | problems. The meeting is expected | to last one week. Beautifui Soft Tones pXe All Sizes SEESSS ST PO JONES -STEVENS House of Swansdown 14 INJURED ished in Ardmore, Oklahoma ARDMORE, Okla.,, Feb. 13.—At least 14 persons were injured, none | seriously, in a tornado which struck |this southern Oklahoma city of 120,000 early today, strewing homes gln its path and disrupting tele- | | phone and oower lines. The city was plunged into com- plete darkness when telephone and | power lines were snapped by the {storm as it centered its force in the southeastern part of Ardmore. | Lt. Arch Merriott bf the State Highway Patrol reported that 14 persons had been hospitalized and that rescue workers still were groping through the debris for other injurad. At least 25 houses were demolish- |ed and a aumber of others were ‘unromed or att‘erw)sc dam;ped, 'TOWNSEND CLUB HAS BIG NIGHT SESSION At the regular meeting Townsend Club last night, the bus- iness meeting was presided over by |Jack Wilson. After the reading of ‘zm national bulletin by Mrs. Carl |Collen, Mrs. F. I. Timm took charge of the program, introducing first Mrs. Mabel Darling, who gave a piano solo, Mrs. A. Rosness a reading, and a Hawaiian dance by Mrs. Stella Wagner. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Goddard were welcomed home after a two months trip as far south as Los Angeles. Mr. Goddard expressed himself as glad to be back, as he did not like the rationing system “down there.” Bert Harold was re- ported in the hospital for an oper- ation. Flowers were ordered sent to him. Coffee and cake were served in honor of Mrs. L. H. Nunamaker, who had her birthday on February 11, and her brother, Charles Boyer, whose birthday was yesterday. Dancing was ‘enjoyed until 11:30 o'clock to music provided by the Townsend Orchestra, Mrs. Carl Collen at piano, Ed MecIntyre, violin, Karl Kroonguist accordion and Carl Collens at the drums. - e WILLIAM SHORMAN HERE William A. Shorman of Cordova is a guest ats the Baranof. 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Peach Blossom Cake Flour is sifted and resifted to insure fine-textured cakes. At your grocers’ in .the white package with the blue band! CENTENNIAL PEACH BLOSSOM CAKE FLOUR RRRRTRRRRRRS RESRRRRS A e p e Ol e T R IERRRRRIRRTERS ARG IR R IR IR R IR R RRRATER = ELKS BANQUET SATURDAY NIGHT, February 16that7P. M. BARANOF GOLD ROOM For Elks and Ladies Only! Make Reservations at the Elks’ Club Honoring the Elks from Keichikan Ladies’ Night at the Elks’ MATHENY'S ORCHESTRA * Ballroom AT 10 0'CLOCK