The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1946, Page 2

PAGE TWO peirissckingiiSeis ~ Stroock wooLens for the smartest fashions-of-the- moment! Stroock woolens for year-after-year classics! This is a2 marvelous opportunity for you women who sew for yourselves (or have that jewel of a tailor!) to buy the lovely Stroock woolens leading designers are featuring this season. And, in addition, Stroock will send you one of their famous labels to sew inside your coat or suit! Fabrics by Stroock, master blenders of natt fibers, are America You'll love the bea colors in this exciti a Ll CAMPBELL'S DEATHHOUR ~ ADVANCED Continued from Page One ht temple bruise t ight eye were likely caused by a blunt instrument; that the bruise from a- blow which could have aused unconsciousness, dmight have en made up to 24 hours before h or within a very short time after the fatal cut. Other cuts on the face, neck fingers must have been made quite sharp instruments, such a sharp knife or razor—though death gash might have resulted frem ver heavy blow by a hatc (There was exhaustive ques- ning by the defense on how the of death was established.) That the cuts could have been while the victim was uncon- ad scious was no re-direct examina- Dr. Wk ad’s testimony noon recess until 2 o'clock oon, was taken immed- was excused There tion aind t I he as a fan Testifies Court Agent ssion op- of the Investigation idelius 1 the e day before and un- der eross-examination te Counsel J. J. O'Leary The first half hour this morning was a con- tinuous round of guestions put by O'Leary, objections to them by U. S. Attorney Patrick Gilmor Jr., and rulings by Presiding Judge J Kehos sustaining the objec- all interrupted intermittently p exhaust of a eet grader le drowning out the words n in the Court s objections were based on that O'Leary’s questions on xamina- to the on di- finally led to action on ipn improper were aminat Kehoe O'Leary sregarding the on that point Didelius was called ) noon ness, following testimony of Ken- yon MacLean, discoverer of Camp- bell’s body. In callin Gilmaore indicated that question itenin unless ling of ceased Court after- onday s at s the second prosecution wit- | 's rare most distinguished woolens. iful textures und the inspired PR ion! . Rehtends QaALITY SINCE 0-1-%4 i for testimor Goes was about the related he body December m., accompanied au Pol Chief John Deputy U. S. Marshal m. He described the » of the body and of the ground being wet and identified three the body at the and two others uncovered corpse Carter Mortuary otographs were placed in ev- a by M U ADE pictures he took found e tock the ater 2 Exar ation of ing, made ed, he s comb the mphell’s clo at the mortuary, disclos- d, only 69 cents in change, nd a pair of woolen gloves pockets. Repeated questions by Gilmc stressed the fact that no wrist watch found on deceased Woman's was Hair Curler Didelius related seeing and late! pocket woman's earlier described by 1} ing near the cor said, quite obviou face of thi roadway T “ ar It was, he . lying on the sur- cut bank bordering the \d appeared to have been mashed, as if by being stepped up- on He declined to give any opin- ions as to whether the curler had been exposed to the weathe In cross-examination, O'Leary re- peatedly tried to elicit that another FBI John Hugh had been concerned in the inv tion of Campbell’s murder. Ques ticns on that score w ruled out. Didelius also answered that he had contacted neither the defendant Meeks nor Kelso B. Hartness prior to the discovery of Campbell’s body and that he had no previous infor- mation regarding - Campbell No Tire Tracks Didelius said he saw no tire tracks at the which he considered significant and that he had not had the hair curler examined for fingerprints, even though it was the only phys cbject found near he body He later used the hair curler in the investigation of the on only one occasion—to com- with other curlers he saw in the room of a woman he had questioned, Margaret Lundy. The curlers in her room, he 1, were not the same' typ: Questions and replies trip the FBI man took E during January which I k the curler and other objects records concerned in the him, were instructed to disreg here was no search cene for a fountain pen, glasses or other specific objec delius answered O'Lear; s€ scene pare it regardin to A and case and the rd them made ruled out at eye- Di- Search the Williams, | esti- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1946 for any weapon that might caused Campbell's wounds, a knife—or hatchet. Eyeglasses Found Campbell's eyeglasses, the witness id, were found the evening of De- ember 10 among Campbell’s ef- in his room at Hannah’s Bearding House. A new shingler’s hatchet was also noticed there— not examined or fingerprinted. Though not discovered at the scene, a knife that he thinks could |have caused Campbell's wounds was 1 uncovered, Didelius responded to questioning. Other queries re- garding the knife were objected to and the objection sustained. O'Leary made much ado about the bhatchet found in Campbell’s rocm and the fact that it had not besn followed up. The defense counsel’s jaw visibly dropped when the witness stated that he had not picked up the hatchet to examine { but Also among Campbell's effects re three letters, Didelius reveal- but questions regarding one of them, bearing a Reno, Nevada, post- | Previously { had been dis- | were thrown out the letters addressed to Campbell Seattle and signed “Mother.” Testimony Ruled Out Following the Reno letter episode Kehoz ruled out and in- tructed the jury to disregard all} testimony regarding what was un- < d in the murdered man'sj room. | Apparently with the intent ofj making it app that Campbell vas too tough an opponent for a ingle assailant to overcome, the“ ense pointedly asked questions; all witnesses bringing out that the deceased was a strong, \'igor-, ous man. In inief re-direct examination of Didelius, Gilmore brought out that the FBI agent had been unable to) 't up the hair curler with the | ~though he had tried to do!| s0 had come to consider it an unimportant lead. Stjern On Stand One other witness was on the! tand this forenoon, Harold Stjern,| perintendent for the Alaska Con- | on Company, Campbell’s em- | ployer. Stjern related being called! to ides vy the body; that he had last n Campbell alive on De- cember 8, about noon. He alsol mark of from {the Territory than | DEBATE TEAMS ARE ROTARY GUESTS AT | TODAY'S MEETING |Scouting Activities Told- Hanks, Treat Honor- ably Mentioned Ketchikan ¢ cuneau - Geva.c tcams were gucsts of the Juneau Rotary Club ~t the regular noon i‘uncheon meeting in the Baranof (today which featured a movie film on cub scouting. Following intreduction of J. E Danielson, debate coach and Su- verintendent ot Ketchikan Schools Juneau Schools Superintendent A B. Phillips and debate teams ‘from Loth cities, the program was turned over to Jack Fletcher, program ~nairman. Mr. Fletcher introduced Delbert iHanks, Alaska Scout executive, as the man who has undoubtedly done more for general scouting in any other one man,” and Rev. Robert Treat, Cub Master, who received from Presi- dent Herb Hillerman official com- mendation in behalf of his work ith younger boys in this vicinity The movie, “The Cub Scouts In The Den" delineated the work and play projects aone by the cubs meeting in deas all over America Both Mr. Hanks and Rev. Treat spcke briefly on the need for scout direction and interest by civic- minded citizens of Juneau. Although Rev. Treat was given main credit for local work done in U JUNEAU, WEATHER DATA FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT 4 Max. temp. Jast 24 hrs. 23 -31 -3 38 5 11 Low Station tem; Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cordova Dawson Edmonton Fairbanks lentified picture of Campbell t the mortuary, the man! aw there and named as Cnmp«; bell | Defense Attorney Paul, on cross-! xamination, was cautioned by Judgs Kehoe against delaying the proceedings by bringing in| aterial points, a caution that| the jury out after the morn-| recess while Paul argued his, e of questioning was proper and | that the Court's remarks were pre-: judicial to his client Judge Kehoe affirmed his ruling!| ) the line of questioning and| nted out that his own remarks | culd be covered in final m.~u"uc~“ tions to the jury. 39 10 38 42 Haines Juneau Juneau Airport Ketchikan Kotzebue McGrath Nome Northway Petershurg Portland Prince George Prince Rupert San Francisco Seattle Sitka 3 Whitehorse 11 Yakutat 34 —(4:30 a. m. yesterday to 4:30 a. WEATHER SYNOPSIS: Yesterday . DEPARTMENT OF COMMER . X | f cub scouting, President Hlllerman“. ® e 00 0 0 e o ¢ o o v Richard Webber, medical; Ralph vard at mcetings of some of the «id that the Rotary Club as a unit will participate more effectively in the project in the future. A com- mittee to intergrate Rotary Club work in the cub scouting field was named as follows: Jack Fletcher, Don Skuse, and Hank Harmon. At the business session preced- the movie, Dr. William White- ad chairman of the Soapbox Derby committee, anounced the full listing of that committee. Don <kuse was named as general man- ger. Other members were: Ellis 2eynolds, Stan Grummett, Monty risholm, Hank Harmon, and serv ng ex officio, President Hillerman. A board meeting to discuss fu- ure use of the USO as a teen age yecreation center was called for ; pm. in John Young's office to- morrow. All members of the Ro- ary Club were invited to attend the special mecting. It was anno'nced that Tom Dyer, chairman of the District Conven- « WEATHER REPORT (U. B: WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 6:30 0'Clock This Morning | ° o o | In Junea faximum, 40; e minimum, 34. | At Airport—Maximum, 38; minimum, 36. WEATHER FORE (Juneau ana Vic Cloudy tonight rain. Variable cloudiness Wednesday with occasional light showers. Temperatures are expected to range in the lower forties, with light #e000 0000000000000 00 80 e o 0 o o —_— e ! COURT CASES A divorce decree has been grant- |ed by Judge J. W. Kehoe to Mar- Chase, surgical. Sunday, Mike Lyons, medical; | Haakon Rustoff, medical; Monday, Mrs. W. R. Edgecomb and Mrs. Kenneth Marlowe, surgical. Dismissed during the three days were: Sunday, Austin Gatlin, med- ical; Master Gene Creager, medi- al, and Mrs. Jasper Tyler, and baby boy. Yesterday, Mrs. Millie Brund ‘mrdical; Mrs. Clifford Mason, sur |gical; Mrs. Robert Thatch and baby bey, and Master Michael Kurt, medical PUBLIC CLINIC FOR SOCIAL HYGIENE T0 BE HELD HERE MAR. 9 The Gastineau Channel Health Council members at their meeting last night enthusiastically approved ion Commitee, would also. be edi-|jorie Newburn fiom Fred Newburn a program ouilined by Mis tor of the Windjammer, club per dical, for the next two months, Bob Goldstein, attending his last mceting as Ratary’s high school (epresentative, for February, spoke mn appreciation of the club’s hos- (itality to himn and extended an mvitation to attend the debate ession tomorrow night to all mem- 0 of Rotary. He pointed out that nis is the first time in 20 years that Juneau has participated in inter-city high school debates, and asked for support of all civic-mind- «d residents. Besides meribers of the debate group, guests ul the meeting were Harry Sperling, who supplied the equipment for the movie showing, Bob Jernberg, attorney from Ketch- wan and Cpl. Don Pegues of the Army. WEATHER BUREAU ALASKA BULLETIN :30 A, M., 120TH MERIDIAN TIME TODAY 24 hrs. Precip. [ Weather at 4:30 am. Cloudy st 4 30 am. temp. 0 Cloudy Rain Cloudy Cloudy Clear Snow Rain Rain Rain Clear Snow Clear Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Pt. 0 09 05 21 .06 .69 0 Trace Cloudy Clear Rain Pt Cloudy Cloudy 15 Rain m. today) There was no re-direct examina-|p.¢ moved northeastward and this morning is located through Southeast tion of Stjern, Dr. lowing him to the stand. Whitehead fol-| plaska while the eye of the storm is in the vicinity of Chirikof Island mal weather is oceurring throughout Scutheast Alaska with showers and occa: nally breaks in the clouds generally reported. Another storm AN(“OHAGE MNDIORD itcday is in the same area that yesterday's cccupied, being about 600 miles southwest of the Queen Charlotte Islands. MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN SENTENCED BY DIMOND | FOR OPA VIOLATIONS menths ¢nd a fine of $50 n each of seven counts, to run concurrently, vas the sentence ed Anchorage February 25/ by U District Judge Anthony J. Dimond cn Wili Key Jefferson, An- chorage landlord Four Reports from Marine Stati Station Weather Cape Spencer Eldred Rock Wive Pinger Light Guard Island Lincoln Rock Point Retreat Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Temp. Pt. Cloudy , ons at 12:30 P. M. Today WIND Height of Waves Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) ENE 28 4 feet E Calm Calm SSE 12 1 foot ESE 20 1 foot SE 22 1 foot N 8 Calm 40 37 44 45 42 38 MARINE FORECAST FOR THE PERIOD ENDING WEDNESDAY INIGHT: Winds In the cast-west channels of Southeadt Alaska will be The Court fuither “’d"c‘_’ that | casterly 25 miles per hour tonight and decreasing to 15 miles per hour if¢he. fing. 18 ‘“‘h}’a‘d the rate of | wednesday morning. Winds in the north-south channels of Southeast serving will be 25 days on each j Alaska will be variable and under 15 milcs per hour tonight becoming count, to run consecutively. 1southerly 25 miles per hour early Wednesday morning. Outside waters, Bond was returnable at 10 am.|piyon Entrance to Sitka—easterly winds 30 miles per hour becoming today, when Jefferson must be pre- !scuthefly 20 miles per hour Wednesday morning and decreasing to under himself for incarceration or |5 miles per hour Wednesday afternoon. Outside waters, Sitka to Yakutat e of a possible new bond 1 __yarigble winds under 15 miles per hour becoming easterly 25 miles per ay period in case of a|poyr Wednesday morning and veering to south 20 miles per hour contemplated appeal. Jefferson, who was declared y of violat.ons on seven separ- | te counts by a jury verdict return- | ed Feb. 5, has been involved in a| series of lawsuits stemming out ol! Tiolations of OPA rent regulations. | Two injunction actions by OPA, contempt of court charges and a 100 fine for such contempt, as well i Jefferson’s counter-suit asking | 550,000 damages and naming Alas- | :a OPA officiais, with the charge} at he had been unjustly involved inn court action by them, were high- lights of the well-aired series of le- gal tangles. LLAL S PA Y, HE Sl INDAY WEDDING Miss Ina M. Hill became the bride of Fred Lehto Sunday, Feb- juary 24, in a simple ceremony at |the home of U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray, with Commissioner Gray officlating. Mr. and Mrs, Zehto are both residents of Ju- neau BOSTON COUPLE VISIT Mr. and Mrs. Carey R. Wilkes of Bos at the Hotel Baranof. - WISCONSIN VISITOR Margaret R. McGregor of Spoon- Wis,, is at che Baranof. - CINCINNATIANS HERE and Mrs. W. R. Lynn and young son. Cincinnati resi- | s, are stayng at Hotel Baranof. f e FROM kAIRBANKS Andrew Johnson of Pair- has regisiered at the Bar- ton arc Mr snof .o - day with local light showers. DEB RESOLVED: That ev: citizen shall serve o HOONAH COUPLE HERE Mr. and Mis. C. D, Sharrett of the time would be only prelimin- was conducted in an area reaching Hoonah have registered at the Gas- ary, that the witness be about 100 feet from the deccased’s fincau, Wednesday afterncon. Rain showers tonight, variable cloudiness Wednes- ATE Wednesday—Feb. 27—7:30 P. M. - HIGH SCHOOL GYM KETCHIKAN HIGH SCHOOL JUNEAU HIGH SCHO Question (Compulsory Military Training) oL ery able bodied male ne year at full time military training hefore-the age of 24. ADMISSION FREE Please use 6th Streef Entrance fo Gym Cloudy | storm in the northeast Pacific | with plaintiff's change of name to Britton. Royal Wiseman was grant- {cd change of name . to Royal | O'Reilly with certificate to be is- |sred following appropriate publi- | cation. ! Decrees to Edwin Goodrich from | BIvi Goodrich and to John Rogan {Ellis from Pear] R. Ellis have also j been nted. HOSPITAL NOTES ( ool ! Daily records ac St. Ann's Hos- fimnl this morning showed eight| | patients admitted and seven dis- ‘rr::\rged, during the weekend and yesterday. | On February ! were admitt {son, medical; 23 the : Mrs. Cha Mrs, following John- his whiskey ! Make no m Calvert Distillers Corp. Don O’Connor; | AYBE he doesn’t know a stirrup from a saddle . . . but judging from that glorious Calvert highball, he sure knows ake, Calvert is very defi- nitely the real thing in whisk'ey. Fact is, we've blended more fine whiskey in our Clear Heads Choose calvert Tk zaret Welsh, Public Health Nur ior local obseivance of March as ‘Social Hygiene Month,” with spec- ial emphasis oa a public clinic to “e held Saturday afternoon, March 9. which everyone is invited to at- ftend. Dr. C. C. Carter, City Health Officer, will be in charge of the clinic, assisted by Miss Welsh and one or more Nurses' Aides, as need- «G. The hours set for the clinic are irom 2 o'clock tu 4 o'clock, with the | Public Health Center in the Terri- tovial Building as the probable nlace for holdiug the clinic. Blood tests will be given free of charge to all applicantz, and a good re- rponse of Juneau residents is an- ticipated. The tentative plans for the pro- gram had already been put for- member organiaetions of the Health “ouneil, ‘incluiing the Douglas Is- {land, Woman's Club and the Busi- !ness and Professional Women's Club, and full cooperation of these clybs has beeu promised. The month’s program as outiined by the U. S. Public Health Service, and by Dr. C.'Earl Albrecht, Ter- vitorial Commissioner .of Health, is designed mainly to be ecducaticnal and informative. Wednesday, March 6, has been especially designated as “Social Hygiene Day,” and on ‘hat evening a special radio pro- eram will be given with members | ct the Health “cuncil assisting Miss Welsh. ,eoe — | NEW VOLCANIC ~ ISLE REPORTED TOKYO, Feb. i6—A new volcanic isle has risen irom the sea 200 miles south of ti:e Yokosuka Naval base, reaching a height of 50 feet and a diameter of 200 yards in two weeks, American Naval officers said | ‘oday. Huge rocks occasionally tumble down its growing peak, and olack smcke puffs forth. The 1sie nrst was reporied by a Pritish ship, Lt. (jg) Daniel ¢ Ransohoff, of the U. S. Naval staf® at the Yokosuka base. Prof. Take- s1a Negata of Tokyo Imperial Uni- versity said a sumilar islet appearec near Iwo Jime in the early 1900's, but later receded into the sea. - e FROM SEATTLE H. J. Baker of Seattle is a Gas- tineau visitor. time than any other distiller in America and that magnificent Calvert blend has yet to be matched ! Moral (and this is right from the horse’s It’s the Real Thing BLENDED WHISKEY 86.8 Proof. Neutral Spirits.. mouth): It’s just plain horse-sense to make your next highball with Calvert. It's the real thing! Calvert “Special”—72%% Grain Neutral Spirits - / - Alaska Airlines #lans rovtes == DC-3 scheduled reutes A % feeder