The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 30, 1946, Page 1

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” —— i) VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,413 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAYi OCTOBER 30, 1946 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PR PRICE TEN CENTS — STANLEY HANNING SHOT BY TOM ASHBY MOLOTOV Rains, Snows STARTING Drench Two TROUBLE West States (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Challenging Policy Speech rains ana “snows which have is Made by Russian— | ey eve “haoving northeast. 4-Point Program | But in their wake are washed out | railroad tracks, stranded hunters (BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER) and stockmen, damaged crops and| broken telephone and power lines. | NEW YORK, Oct. 30—Fears of Union Pacific workmen expect new tensions between Russia and| to complete repairs on two points the western powers over atomic|of the railroad's main line by to- controls, disarmament, the veto and night or tomorrow. other critical issues swept through| Meantime busses are shuttling many United Nations Assembly passengers in each direction be- delegations today as diplomats from ' tween Moap and Caliente, Nevada. 50 other member countries debated | Some trains to and from Los the challenging policy speech hurl-| Angeles were diverted over Santa ed into the Assembly by Soviet|Fe tracks beiore the bus service| Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Moi-| was instituted. | otov. | The l-cavy weather retarded beet The Soviet leader topped off his|harvesting and damage to the crop' speech yesterday with a four-point may be extensive. Five of 17 deer arms reduction program, mcluding\nunters lost or isolated by snows a request for action by the Assemb-|in Utah are still unaccounted for in ly to try to get the United States, the southern mountains near Cedar| to stop making atomic bombs. | City. Eight managed to walk to American and other major dele-|towns. A party of four is believed to gation members were reported con-| have reached an isolated ranch sidering what response they might'house. make to this as well as to various e charges laid down by Molotov in blunt, sometimes harsh, language. Warren R. Austin, chief United!| States delegate, had an opportunity | to respond to the Russian leader today. He is scheduled to speak during the late afternoon Assembly H session, but aides reported he cer-! tainly will not revise the main FOR DE(ISION body of his address. { It was prepared before Molotov ! { tossed his oratorical bombshell in| | a lively session last night, and re-| portedly deals in a conciliatory| vein with the veto issue and other: UN constitutional - preblems. 4 i Molotov's Blast | Molotov assailed Winston Chur-| ngm bY Supers : chill as a “prophet” of “aggressive, | By GRAHAM HOVEY ‘I imperialist circles” in America and! Britain and blasted Bernard Bar-| WASHINGTON, Oct. 30—Secre-| tary of State Byrnes today sought uch, U. S. member of the UN h v : JTL 3% Atomic Commission, for allegedly“xe anfif&er to _lhxs ticklish ques- holding a “militant philosophy”| tion tossed at him by the War De- partment: Should he approve a leading toward a ‘“new agression.” : He attacked the atomic control| 0und-the-world ilight by a flect plan as designed to give this coun- | °f ArmY B-20 Superforts? try an atomic monopoly, nsserv.ecl‘ State Department officials re- abolition of the veto would wreck‘m’lm the ‘_Jmmem & - @icwie Iorl the United Nations, and demanded aeveral'rea;on-s ¥ o a UN report on American and Bri-!FF"s_"' b ”' ’ e &y A“j' tish troops in foreign lands. Cap-| T Crces Put Bymes on the spot by | 8 — without . cing October ping off his address with the four- | *nROUNCINE point ar production plan, he urg_;mmumng the State Department— A | that eight to 24 of the big bombers €d the Assembly to act on it = T pw;uced i “of‘ t:n; would make the flight “if the State| most dramatic incidents in the Departanent approves.' | Assembly to date. Actually, the formal request for| New Molotov Action | permission to carry out the pro-: Molotov had spoken in Russzan.\je“ sached Bytuee ek anty latej When he finished he had to wait|¥*5eraay: ¢ Then, some department officials/ through two long translations of! A ! 5 .. i believe' that since the end of the; his 7,000-word eech, o dinis one mw‘,war, both the Army and Navy on| Must Give‘ainion Re-| garding Round-World. | English, the other into French.| When the interpreters Mnished, | cccasion have attempted to edge Assembly President Pai ul-}lenr}:' into State’s field of charting Ameri—j Spaak -« of Belgium asked if them‘.can.foreign policy. They regard. the| was any more business before he}pl’fl]EC{ed B-29 flight as the latest of these attempts. adjourned the session. | o S el In this connection, there is a; was already largel, £ ¥ UEly emmpty | strong desire by many high-level| Molotov sprang suddenly to his G feet i said: “The Soviet delega- State Department officials to avoid any act that could be called “sword tion calls on the other delegation: ; { 8 s;rattlmxf‘ They believe any large| to express their views on disarma- ment.” scale demonstrations of American The military might could be exploited— | | particularly by Russia—to discredit,lr - | this country’s motives in interna- (Continued on Page Eight) tional dealings. —_———— i BARUCH SAYSNO | "SURRENDER" OF BOMB MAKING NEW YORK, Oct. 30 — Bernard M. Baruch says America will not “surrender” the atom bomb ‘“un- less and until we know that all - YOUTH OUTREAK other countries are prevented from’ R ! doing the thing we would be g'iv-l i $58_Up-Domb making JERUSALEM, Oct. 30. — Three! Wi o ey copumie. | Do, planied by Vesgin wield: sion also declared at the 50th An-| 8 youths.-whom, p_ouce descnbefl BB iy Yok Bawia. Trioune|™ 20w exvkded o Jeniaieuts; forum on Current Affairs last central railway station today. { night: . The explosions came about an 1 | hour after the youths stormed the| “Are we the only ones to dis-| . . ] arm? That way is suicide.” lstuuun from two taxicabs in a | other delegations were FLIGHT SHELVED WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. — The State Department said this after- nocn the Army has indefinitely| shelved its plan for a round-the-| world flight of B-29 Supérfortres- | ses. 'BOMB EXPLODED, Baruch’s statement was a reaf- hail of gunfire with the explosives. Hisnation f the Anterican plan for| The station had Been evacuated the atom bomb which envisages an | before the blasts. | ' i id Atom Bomb Treaty that would not| A road mine which police sa be subject to the yvew power once‘ was set by the Jewish underground it has been signed. exploded under a military convoy{ The Russian counter-proposal| here earlier today, wrecking two asks that veto power remain in|Barmy trucks, Kkilling two soldiers the enforcement of such a treaty, and injuring 10. IVEN: NO CONVOY 1S STRANDED ERUSALEM SEES MORE 'ONHIGHWAY TERRORISM | Bombs Brought in by Young Girl By CARTER L. DAVIDSON a large motor convoy, bound for: JERUSALEM, Oct Alaska, is stranded at Edmonton,jists who police said were Jews ex- Alta., by Canadian refusal to grantiploded three bombs at Jerusalem's permission to travel over the Alas- |Central Railway Station today ka Highway were denied in Ed- ter a.gun battle with authorities monton last night as the Seattle{and three persons were reported Chamber of Commerce asked | dead or missing. Northwest Trade Association inter-i At dawn, two soldiers were killed vention in the dispute. {and ten injured when persons de- The request was made by Glenn'scribed as Jewish underground Carrington, Chairman of the S attle group's Alaska Relief Com-|der a convoy inside the city. Four mittee, to the Association Presi-!bandits robbed two Polish cashiers dent, Stanley McKean in Van-{of $2,000 in Tel Aviv in other vio- couver, B. C lence of the day J. Eveleigh, an official of The entrance Northwest Defence Projects,iof the rail st said in Edmonton, however, that nojand part of the American trucks were “stranded” was demolished by the explosions. and if the convoy “is in Edmon-{A police sergeant carrying out one ton, they haven't applied for per-iof the bombs was blown to bits at Make Denial Following Seaftle Inquiry | SEATTLE, Oct. 30—Reports that; nd waiting ion were wrecked loading platform mission to go over the highway.|the doorway when it went off. “I issue the permits and they| Three of the terrorists, who ar- definitely haven't approached me.|rived with tommyguns in two f they did apply here, they would |taxicabs, were arrested. Two of get one since we would assume that {them were wounded all Customs regulations had been; From the various stories ing- complied with at the ' border.” (ing up, the most reliable evidence He suggested that “if” a convoy|pointed to this sequence of events: is being held up it would be at the! At 2:30 a young and well dre: border. girl entered the station wai Officials at the Amerjcan airiroom and put two heavy suit base in Edmonton also said they!in a corner of the room. A v had not heard of any convoy norition attendant questioned her had they been asked for assist-jabout the luggage and she started ance. running. She drew a revolver from The dispute is the outgrowth oflher handbag and fired a shot several similar reports of which ~have been recently alllwhich missed the attendant’ but denied by |served as a signal to two taxicahs Canadian officials but which theyiwaiting in the station drive 50 agree have prompted discussionsyards away. and four in British Army uni- BULLETINS fort, four of the youths fled on written by Hermann Wilhelm Goer- Ition of the old city. The girl ap- the four military governors felti them.” SHIPPING 15 CBS refused broadcast time to| {W. W. Smith, Chairman of the is the only alternative to higher supporting the Maritime Commis- ‘The Maritime head said his ag- Letween Canada and the United| The cabs pulled up to the sta- States. tion entrance and seven youtks forms. Police and guards around the station opened fire. BERLIN — The Allied Control | p a e f bs. Council for Germany announced'g’:; ’:::i ':‘]'1‘: Sglfé‘cw‘;],l:h: :;“m“_ ing in his cell at Nuernberg will e P i 4 not be made public. It was undel'-"&flt‘::m" escaped during the excite that Goering had written the let-{ ters so he “could make propaganda | cil sued the Columbia Broadcasting ( System for $15,000,000 in Federal pUT FORTH church and prohibition forces but nad scld it to liquor interests to A Maritime Commission, told th Interstate Ccmmerce Commission rates for coastal and intercoastal lshipping operators. Ision’s petition for an overall in- ivestigation by ICC of competitive ency felt that national security as well as national economy will be LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The National! Temperance and Prohibition Coun- | CHICAGO — Republican Senator Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska to-| day asserted that an all-powerful bureaucracy in Washington plans to keep power as long as possible. in an address here, he charged fur- ther that OPA has not wfllinglyl decontrolled anything. CONCORD New Hampshire — War veterans may be studying overtifhe to be able Yo talk to their war brides in the war bride’s na- tive language. State Librarian Mrs. - e i i » 04 ) ga]ighted. three with ‘tommyguns | In the subsequent get-away ef- today that the three suicide le"ers'nlng gun fight ensued in the direc- stood from a reliable source that ¢ g and try some legend-building with!SUBSIDY FOR court today on the grounds that glamorize wine and beer drinking.”} WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 — Adm today that a Government subsidy Smith made the statement in |water and rail rates and practices - ‘jeopardized unless the domestic Mudre;fh;\:cxay o :ew{ Han;xpsbxu'e merchant service is rescued from o ToguRe or forelgn | ypat he described as an increas- language books are getting more ingly and more numerous, and she thinks: g the reason may be linguistic e!-!mem forts on the part of veterans whoig., .. are married to foreign women. unprofitable operation. contended that the Govern- agencies responsible for de- are “obligated to find mea- sures to meet the problem.” Y 540 “If they do not,” Smith assert- WASHINGTON—Britain suggest- o, “then we are forced to the con- ed today that plans for an inde-, qusion that the only alternative ndent world food board be SCrap-|to the reestablishment of these do- 'Edmonton Xu_thorifies 'RailwaySféfion Blasted by; ? 30—Terror= | jmembers exploded a land mine un- an room | | sion jwhen pe! ped in favor of a more sweeping megtic services on a profitable bas- | international authority controlling is would be direct Government sub- commodities such as rubber and gjgy " metals as well as food. e e searmee oras of x| STOCK QUOTATIONS west Airlines expected the new stock issue, scheduled to be offered on the open market, will swell the company’s net worth by approxi- mately $5,000,000. Officials said the Airlines’ present net worth is $9,- 877,988.217. L e R. H. Tupper, a resident of Van- couver, B. C,, has arrived here from Seattle for a short visit in Juneau. He is registered at the Baranof Hotel. NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5%, American Can 79%, Anaconda 36%, Curtiss- Wright 5%, International Harves- ter 69, Kennecott 43, New York Central 14%, Northern Pacific 18%, U. S. Steel 70%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,940,000 shares. Dow} Jones. averages today are as follows: industrials 164.20, rails 46.64, utilities 34.23. Regulations Liberalized To Hunt Ol WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—Liber- alized regulations governing the exploration and development of oil and gas resources on Federal pub- lie lands were announced today by Undersecretary of the Interior Os- car L. Chapman "I'he new regulations are based on amendments to the mineral leasing act passed by the last Congr they set new standards for acreage holdings, rates of ren- tal and royalty, and terms of leas- ing public lands for oil develop- ment. Tt were described by Chapman as marking “in a real sense. . the beginning of a new era in oil development in the west in the government and both nd small operators in the in- dustry can work in closer coopera- ticn and with greater than before in the production of an adequate supply of this vital na- tional asset.” He'said they would be put into immetiate effect “in order that the benetits which they afford may be availlable to the industry at the earliest possible moment.” Amcng other things, Chapman said, the new regulations provide tor: an increase in the amount of land which a lessor may hold in one sLal irom 7,680 acres to 15,- 360 actcs. The old regulation limiting the amoum. of land that can be leased ’ m a known geological structure to 2,560 acres is eliminated. - v PICKETING N SEATTLE: NEW MOVE SEATTLE, Oct. 30—In a move described by union spokesmen as, “an effort to force a meeting with the Maritime Commission,” the Northwest Committee for Maritime Unity (CIO) today picketed the offices of the Commission here Thz unions have been on strike for reveral week: Union officials said the Commis- operates 80 percent of the nation’s shipping and declared a decision should be made immedi- ately whether the Commission will meet with them on the issues of preferential hiring of engineers, new safety-code regulations and a scparate steam schooner contract longshoremen, PICKETING CALLED OFF SEATTLE, Oct. 3C—Picketing ot sbips by the Masters, Mates and Pilo.s Association (AFL), ed- led for today, has been postponed pending members’ ratilicaldon ol the picketing decisicn. Capt. C. F. Peterson, Aciing Ag- ent for the Association here, said the decision tc postpone pi.ketin was reached after word irom San so that employers had agreed ume negotiations. ior to rei STALEMATE SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30—W.s Coast ship owners and the AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots resumed negotiations this morning, but the breakoff in negotiations between the operators and the CIO Marine Engineers indicates there might be an indefinite extension of the maritime strike in Pacific Coast ports. The stalemate occurred the Pacific American Ship Owners Association again turned down the preferential hiring for- mula which ended the East Coast tie-up. News that the operators had agreed to resume negotiations with the AFL ships’ officers resulted in cancellation of the union’s plans|® to picket ships at Seattie. Big Suit Maybe There has been nc employer commert on the announcement that the CIO Longshoremen’s Un- ion will sue the Waterfront Em- ployers Association for $6.200,000. Longshore Leader Harry Bridges indicated the suit would be filed today in San Prancisco. He said the action would be on behalf of| 20,0600 dock workers who “have not received retroactive pay due un- der a ecollective bargaining agree- ment signed June l4th.” incentive COTTON Hot Timein SLUMP | VICTIM DIES Politicsin EARLYTODAY ~ ALARMS DenverToday IN HOSPITAL (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) AT | Frincipal Exchanges Are! m.'cecetion campaien s pei- (:Iosed ‘I’Oday 10 Pl'e- ting hotter by the minute and per- {haps no place has it become more H ] 'heated than in Denver, Colorado vent Panic Selling "o coday, Colorado. Dmocratic - {Chairman Eugene Cervi is threat- NEW YORK, Oct. 30—The na-,ening to have the law on the Re- tion's principal cotton exchanges|publicans — and ‘he’s not foolir suddenly were slammed shut today|about it. Cervi is wrought up over for the third time in less than)tonight's scheduled Republican ral- two weeks after the price of King|ly at the Denver Auditorium to Cotton had tumbled by an extreme|which the public has n invited of more than $50 a bale in three| Now it's all right to have a rally, weeks. says Cervi, but The Tonight the New York Cotton Exchange Denver Republicans . acted swiftly this morning, only ajare planning to give away 182 pairs few minutes before trading was to|of nylon hose, 48 packages of soap cpen. The New Orleans and CF chips, 24 three-pound jars of short- cago Exchanges also closed. Thejening and fifty white shirts to |Dallas, Tex., Exchange refused to|holders of lucky numbers at the close \raily. Frank J. Knell, President of the| Says Cervi ‘We will take what- New York Exchange, said only that|ever court action is necessary to | snumerous requests have been re-{prevent Republican I s from ceived from shipping centers in violating election laws.” the cotton belt, pleading for a tem-| Cervi contends that the prizes porary suspension of trading mlr'un.s(ilulu illegal premiums offered cotton futures to allow for an or-;in exchange for votes. And, says derly survey of the spot .sil\mhunICe-rvi' in the South.” “The Democratic Party In an apparent move to pre-|the grocery business.” vent panic selling by hard-hit cot-| All of which had led GOP Pub- isn't in ton producers, the Department of|licity Director Ed Hunter to de- Agriculture in Washington issued! clare: a statement that the cotton crop “We're going on with the raily was in a atistical po-i We're just going to show the people sition.” |these are the things you can get The disruption of cotton trading(plenty of when you elect Reput in the last two weeks has been all!cans. but unprecedented. { 'The Republicans say it is defin- i On October 8 cotton for deliv-!itely not a case of a box of soap |e in December selling at ui(hms for a vote. But the Demo- |26-year high of 39.13 cents a pound.crats say they're going to go to |At the close of trading yesterdaylcourt to find out about that. |it had hit a low of 2015 &, pound; " i oo e e a drop of approximately $50 a | 80 pound. bale. {SMALL BOAT HERE cavse oF cortarse | FROM SEATTLE: HAS NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 30.—A cot- | it ton expert who would not be quot- FOODSTUFF ABOARD ed by name, asserted the cause of : & the market collapst was simple. He | g RS, S 7 5 [ blamed it on speculations by “far-| ArTiving from Seattle this after- mers, mérchants, doclors and ev~| 2008 was the Northern Pacic, first of the small privately owned craft released irom that strike- bound port to reach Juneau “favorable s erybody else all over the south,”| and said this was the same thing( that aiways happened in a “spec- ulator's market.” | She brought 85 tons of m gro- S ac ceries, fresh produce, butter, ezgs Senator George (D-Ga) called | ““"¢5 , B for. immediate price decontrol uniand shortening. 20th Century Mar- ket will receive 20,000 ‘pounds of manufactured cotton goods as a| means of stabilization, He contend- | Meat, 200 cases of eggs and two ed that because of price limitations tons-of - buttar plus ok, gropecies milis under OPA control “are lim- rand preduce. Sully’s bakery will = receive 10 tons of flour and some iting their purchases at a time when the new crop is coming in | and the supply is heaviest.” Cotten textile spokesmen in New York immediately backed the Ccorgia Senator’s plea. shortening ’ e 'PARENTS’ NIGHT AT il s‘ TEEN - AGE (LUB | TRUMAN TO GET BUSY H WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. — Ala-! Lama’s Senator John Sparkman | teday quoted President Truman as iy that he is studying ways to the cottn market, The ) sald W be uunsulung. As usual on Wednesdays, Par- ents Night will be observed thi evening at the Teen-Age Club. Because this i8 the weck of e eminations at Juncau Hi no teen-agers will be Er Ll adv.seis on the ques- night. Next week they wili o wn be welcomed if invited th i o respective parents. B fi Bp | Tonight's main feature 2 i the showing of some new and cfion ra rog‘arfl lfine birdlife motion pictures 1t color, presented by Jack O'Conno of the Fish and Wildlife Servite It is hoped also that there w a dufficiently large crowd pres {to insure square dancing and o Virginia reel later in the evening The doors will be open at o'clock. 0f OPA Speeds Up THE ASSOUIATED PRESS) I'he OPA is continuing its speeded 8 up decontrol program. The agency | has taken price lids off a host of things ranging from radios to fun-| Te A SRR erals—with the emphasis on small} | things that go into furnishing a:REv. TIEDEMAN" lo | home. OPA says that in all cases,| i the supply of these items either is BE (( GUEST SPEAKER |equal to the demand, or the item il ol itself is not important to the cmt:; Guest speaker at the Thamber of living. jof Commerce luncheon meeting to- In addition to radios of all types,!y iow will be the Rev. Karl price ceilings no longer apply to el- mieqemann, who is conducting o | ectric phonographs, kitchenware and ‘nicsion at the Holy Trinity Episco- glassware, lamps and small electri- a1 Church here, Mayor Waino {cal appliances, all clocks and scores | gepgrickson, program arranger | of other types of consumer durable |announced. g % i | - e | owever, ceilings remain on| | household mechanical re(merators,iu"vASS'"G BOAR | washing machines, electric ranges, | vacuum cleaners, cooking and hent-i W“.l BEG'" (HE(K ing stoves, floor coverings and alli It was announced here today that ‘major items of furniture and bed-‘the Canvassing Board will meet to- ding. | morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock i % '“*" T in the office of the Governor of | NORMAN GERDE HERE | Alaska to commence the canvass of 1 jieg the Alaska General Election of | Norman Gerde, Treasurer of El- October 8. The Canvassing Board |lis Airlines, and a resident of is comprised of the Governor, the Ketchikan, is here for the CAB Secretary of Alaska and the Col- | hearing. He is staying at the Bar- lector of Customs for the Alaska anof Hotel, | District. f Oldtimer, Son Are Placed in Custody as Result of - Midnight Tragedy Stanley Hanning, fisherman said to have arrived recently from Ketchikan, was shot twice last mid- night by Tom Ashby, 8l-year-old longtime resident of Juneau, and died early this morning at St. Ann’s hospital. Hanning had found “Chick” Ash- by, Tom Ashby's son, reported as intoxicated downtown, and took him in a taxi to the Ashby resi- dence on Courthouse hill. There was an argument between Tom Ashby and Hanning, it is said, with Ashby reported to have yelled two or three times “Get out of my house!” City Councilman . Eddie Nielsen, who lives near the Ashby house, heard the disturbance, then two shots. He ran to the police station in the City Hall and notified the police, who started up the hill with him on the run. In front of the AB Hall they met Hanning, who had gotten that far and was lean- mg cn a railing. The police took hira back to the statiocn and sent nim to St. Ann's hospital, Rcleaded Gun When the police reached the Ashby residence, Tom Ashby had re! d his gun in case Hanning returned, and the police took it |awsy frcm him. “Chick” Ashby had him nearby and held him for the pelice. Both Tom Ashby ., and his jon were immediatcly arrested and jailed, Hanning, it is believed, had been dinking; but how intoxicated he was, is doubtful. Neither is it known whether Hanning had had any previous encounters with Tom, Ashby, Ashby claimed last night aiter the shooting that it was done in self-defense. That there was an argument beiore the shooting is substantiated by Niclsen's report, and other people living in the vi- cinity may be able to corroborate the fact. Two Shots ired Two shots were fired at Hanning Ly Ashby, using a caliber .38 re- vielver, It is likely that either shot mizht have killed him; though the ccond, which passed upwards threugh Hanning’s body and lodg- d high i his lft chest, almest ubtedly toie through his lunzs case w.s turned over to the Marshal's cftice, and Di Iter B. Hellan expects atm nt from To nt g a wed cld born at Arlington, Washing- Self Defense Hellan reporte h# Ashby told him his story i morning, but had not sigued the statement. He admitted the shoot- ing and told how it occurred, say- ing he did it in self-defer when Hanning made a move theugh to approach him and take his gun. It is understood that Ashby’s first shot struck the button on the left front of Hanning’s double breasted coat. Hanning then moved to a table in the room and leaned over it while Ashby stood by. Ashby shot a second time, after again warning Hanning to leave, and that shot is understood to have hit Hanning behind and be- low the left shoulder, the bullet lodging high in the right side of his chest. 8 Deputy Hanning Falls Hanning fell over the bed while Ashby covered him with his re- volver, and lay there for a few moments. Then he got up and left the house. Ashby was to be arraigned for the murder before the Commis- sioner's Court sometime this after- noon. The statement made by Han- ning at the hospital before his death was given to a member of the police force. Assistant District Attorney Robert Boochever said that this statement had not been recorded officially by midafternoon. Ashby is cne of the wollknown cldtimers of this section and has 2ys been interested in mining.