The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 26, 1946, Page 8

'————__—" PAGE EIGHT U. 5. MARITIME COMMISSION 1 10 BE PROBED House Republicans Make Plans for Investiga- tion, Big Busines Man Slayéd o Late with Girl Friend; Is Killed S LOS ANGEI Dec. 26.—Lee H Hawley, 20, of Stanwoocd, Wash, was shot to death early Christmas morning and police said his death climaxed an argument with the| father of his girl friend over the lenghth of his Christmas Eve visit The father, Leslie Harner, 50, was booked on suspicion of murder. De-| tective Sgts. C. E. Drew and C. T.| Roberts quoted Harner as saying Lee stayed too late” on his visit with Barbara Harner, 20 The detectives said Harner told them he ordered Hawley to leave, that the young man struck him in the face during the argument and the shooting followed D TROLLEY SERVICE De 26—House groundwork investiga- WASHINGTON lar business of itime Com- bers disclosed that one thy 1 de- con- House ee be extend its probe tee has been ission opera- some been scratch- even s haven't d HITBY A. M. FIRE said p. Weichel (R-Ohio), a Ccmmittee member. e Ohican tola a reporter he is| SEA1TLE, Dec. 26—/ \ early- catisfied with progress of the morning fire at a city .ight build- 1 to date and contends ing has disrupted trolley service of the fa have been|in downtown S:.itle “suppr General Manager L. P. Graber Weichel was joined in his de- of the Seattle Transit Company says two ol three units supplying the transit system were mand for a further inquiry by Reps and Bradley Welch to ifornia power for of Michig one or the other of so badly damaged it may require whom will be chairman of the six months to complete repairs an emergency trans- tem has been devised Merchant Marine Committee in the Congress Meantime, portation new Welc d Bradley said the ship- with motor coaches operating a ping profits and ship construction shuttle service through a 90-square investigations have not been com- block area of downtown Seattle pleted and should be resumed, - i a— along with inquiry Com- mission accounting § DOUGLAS NEWS OPEN HOUSE The members oi Douglas Volunteer Fire Department held open house yesterday from 1 to 5 o'clock which well attended. Many of the boys and guests went W. (. Fields Passes On FIRE BOYS - PASADENA, Calif. Dec. 26 — to Juneau to that Department's Bulbous-nosed W. C. Fields, 66, affair. vaudevillian and movie comic whose MANY HOME PARTIES HELD capacity for liquor finally became a matter of court record, died Home dinner parties were the Christma day in a sanitarium rule in Douglas Christmas day with many affairs also given Christmas Eve. where for months he had been un- der treatment for a liver silment. d he quwpped a few hours before his Nurses them until wilit CATHOLIC CHILDREN PARTY death, he slipped into a coma. There will be a Christmas party o Sl loq for @il the Catholic children of ARt he ik “heen froubled )iy at 7 o'clock Friday night, by liver and kidney ailments for p. " o7 in the Eagles Hall two years, physicians said the im- o S mediate cause of death Was a droP-1o o o s o o o © @ o o o * WEATHER REPORT ¢ Borh Claude Willism . Dukin.|® (U, 8. WEATHER BUREAU) - @ field in Philadelphia, Jan 29, 1880, ® Tem»e B8 1br S Hour Berlod 1.8 he revised his last name, prsed | @ Ending 6:30 o'Clock This Morning . his initials and graduated from a|® In Juneau—Maximum 37: $5 a week juggler to the Ziegfield ® minimum, 22. . Follies and ultimately into films. |® At Airport—Maximum, 32; Of his nose, a trademark some- ¢ minimum, 16 o times believed connected with his|® S 2 love of strong beverage, he once WEATHER FORECAST said . (Juneau and Viecinity) . “The Fields nose was this size ® Fair and continued cold before I ever learned there was|® tonight with increasing o such delight in experimenting with | ® cloudiness Friday. Lowest spirits frumenti.” e temperature tonight near 21 e Forrest Lawn Memorial Park in|® degrees . nearby Glendale, resting place of /® o such movie figures as Jean Harlow, ® PRECIPITATIO? 2 Marie Dressler and Douglas Fair-|® et s banks, Sr, will be the scene of | ® » funeral services. The time has not L In Juneau — none; since @ vet been e Dec. 1, 500 inches; since ® s o e July 1, 54.14 inches. o STUARTS GO SOUTH . At Airport none; since £l e Dec. 1, 214 inches; since ® Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Stuart,| ® July 1, 37.01 inches. g retiring after many years at Sheld-| ® 2 on Jackscn School at Sitka, passed| ® ® © © © © ¢ o ¢ o o o through Juneau on board the North & A i SALMON CREEK COUNTRY Sea and visited friends here Mr. Stuart was instructor in the machine and engineering shops, at SJS, and Mrs. Stuart taught music. They plan to make their home with their daughter, Miss Doris Stuart, in Port Angeles, Wash. CLUB WELL ATTENDED Henry Hogue, nager of Salmon | Creek Country Club, which had its grand opening last Monday night, reported today that good crowds A e | were served both Christmas ELKS — ELKS — ELKS | and istmas. Approximately 100 Mecting tonight—large initiation. | guests atiended the club both eve- 460-1t. nings, he said. eve! LINOIS NEW COALITION IN HOUSE GOING 10 BE HOT ONE Powerful Bunch Develops as Result of Bitter Row in GOP Ranks WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—A po- tentially powerful coalition of anti- Dew Democrats appears likely today to| Bowl develop as a result of the bitter row within GOP ranks over the post of House Majority Leader. To a large degree, the contro- UCLA, ILL WORKING OUT FOR BIG GAME (By Bob Meyers) PASADENA, Calif, Dec. 26 — Their one-day holiday past, the Illinois and UCLA football teams returned today to the rather grim Republicans and Soulhern’ business of preparing for their Rose engagement, one that may be decidcc by the field generals™ | and passing of tre rival gleater- | backs. : ¥ The Tilir.. ras its Perry Moss, a versy has reflected the behind the|gi;qy broad shouldered blond lad scenes jockeying between the forc- ¢ og" w1, weighs about 174 pounds es favoring the presidential aspira-| o4 cands 5 feet 10; the Bruins Hons ot Gov. Thomas K. Sewey of | have Ernie Case, all-coast quarter- New York and Ohios still unde- |y, who is 26, married, a father termined cholce—Senators Taft or| ot " ovoron” ot combat, and phy- Bricker. 3 | sically about the same size as Moss With Dewey's support, Rep. Hal-| ", 0 pagsing department, Case | leck (Ind.) generally has been con-| .o t}e petter record. In steering .ded the inside rail in the floor the UCLAN's to 10 straight vic- ieadership contest. Reps. Jenkins tories, Case threw 95 passes comAi (Ohio) and Dirksen (Ill) &re tiie llori 4 for a total of s y“m»' other announced candidates, &nd g1 1) touchdowns, Moss passed| Rep. Brown (Ohio) declared him- g, inee and coxfiple\:ed 30 for| self “available.” 233 yards and two touchdowns. As an example of the heat that “ ol b "1 accounts, the two are has been engendered within the equal in coolness under fire, and | party, Rep. Hoffman (Mich.) lash- leadership. ed out today at what he called “a P ¥ g small clique” of House Republicans | Backing them up are two pretty fair quarterbacks in Benny Reiges “hogging all the jobs and trying, to run things.” of the Bruins and Tom Stewart of Hoffman told a reporter that! Illinois. While Case and Moss Halleck in his view is not entitled | Plaved most of the minutes of each, to the leadership post but prob-|8ame, Reiges isn't too much of a| ably will get it | drep from Ernie, and some Illini followers contend Stewart is as good, if not a better, passer than Perry. | Stewart, a freshman from Gary, Ind, got into every game but one, bossed arcund,” the Michigan low- nnq was a standout defensive man. maker continued. “They are against Reiges’ best performance was when belngs tald what to do by bosses e took over for a knocked-ont He added, however, that he does not intend to let Halleck, speaker- to-be Martin (R-Mass.) or other “insiders” tell him what to do. “The pecple are tired of being of the Republican party just as case in the Southern Cnuformu] much as they were by Porter, Bame. He ran the club according Bowles and Henderson (former to instructions and his punting Gb Ghtete ' was a big factor in the UCLAN 2 win. | | However, barring injury to either, | |the New Year's day contest will be a duel between the two first| Dr. Sefihour Sliine tring rterbacks. , whose Dies in California ©cm &0 s, wasn, “ame Y i here widely acclaimed. Case has become something of a local hero, and many believe he can move on into professicnal football—and stay there. Case is a modest young man, but he feels the same way. .- (ARL BLOOMQUIST IN ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY | carl Bloomquist, driving a Ply-| | mouth coupe with licehsh No. 758, was reported by the Highway Patrol | to have gone off the Glacier High- | way about 10:30 o'clock last night.| The accident occurred while Bloom- quist was coming to Juneau, and the car went out of control on the slippery road at the curve near the Salmon Creek powerhouse. sail‘ The car is said to have rolled over twice, but neither Bloomgquist Dr. Seymour I. Stone, California educator, died at his home in Long Beach, Calif., early Christmas morn- ing after a long illness, according to a eived in Juneau He is survived by his widow, the former Laura Troy, sister of the late John Troy. Dr. Stone and Mrs. Stone visit- ed in Juneau about fen years agc.' - STEAMER MOVEMENTS Northern Voyager, from Seattle, due Monday, Square Sinnett scheduled to sail from Seattle today. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Sword Knot scheduled to said from Seattle Saturday. Sailor Splice scheduled to from Seattle Jan. 3. e North Sea scheduled to sail from Dok, his- DERgCHigeR el BURTSL Seattle Jan. 10. : R TINBRE Bhrnar i ey Eabiadiled (’d‘;x'u‘]z'm‘ls‘ 70 kinds of seaweed are southbound Monday. | ; g Denali, from west, scheduled southbound Jan. 1. R - ROBERT HOOPES HERE | Robert Hoopes, representative- from the Fourth Division, as arrived in Juneau from Seat- tle where he has been on a busi- ness trip. ct - VISITOR FROM ANCHORAGE | Miss Dorothy Field arrived by | plane to spend the Christmas holi- days with her sisters, Mrs. H. C. Wallace and Mrs. K. H. Waller. | She plans to return to Anchorage Sunday. GAY rollicking » S o gn amcemeud _- HERE FOR HOLIDAY ]OYOUS Registering at the Hotel Juneau | over the holiday were Mrs. F. Dex-, |ter of Sitka, and George R. Betts DRESSES and Henry Moses, both of Hoonah. | S for fun-time IGLOO NO. 6 AND AUXILIARY NO. 6 PIONEERS OF ALASKA b Regular Meeting and Chrisimas Party FRIDAY-DECEMBER 27 LADIES . . . Bring a Gift for the Ladies MEN . . . BringaGift for the Men Dress-up for the gay, rollicking, joyous wel- come to the New Year —dress-up in our new, sparkling nailhead and sequin be-decked wools and crepes. Each one beautifully detailed and highlighted with glad- some touches of scin- tillating glamour! All Members Are Asked to Aitend ELECTION OF OFFICERS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA JONES-STEVENS “THE HOUSE OF SWANSDOWN" MIKE'S FIVETO NORTH SEA FROM PLAY STARR HILL SITKA GOES SOUTH TOMORROW EVE - The North Sea, Capt. C. C. Gra-| m and Purser C. D. Littlehales,| made her return visit to Juneau at 9 o'clock Christmas night, after touching at Sitka. She salled for Seattle at 7:30 o'clock this morn-} ing. Passengers arriving from Sitka were Mr. and Mrs. James Reed,| W. T. Stuart, Gertrude MacSpad-| den, Helen Hoskins and Genevieve Mayberry. | Passengers boarding the North| Sea for Petersburg were Mr. and Mrs, C. O. Christensen, J. O. Mon- | Fans interested in seeing some good basketball are invited to the Douglas Gym tomorrow night at 7:45 o'clock, when the undefeated Mikes quintet of Douglas will play hest to the highly touted Starr Hill Stars of Juneau.in a scrimmage game. Temorrow's game is the series of grudge games between the two teams who have heen fighting ® out on and off for the past seven seasons. another of | son, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Corpuz, | Playing for Mikes will be Jim| Raymond Cass, Pete Vogal, David| and Bill Devon, Mickey Pusich, Loy, Bettie Anstone, Mr. and Mrs. | Louis Bonnett, John Asp, all Ddug- C. Roundtree; Lyle, Lloyd andl las High School Alumni and Guy Owner Roundtree, and Mr. and Russo. Kenny Thibodeau, Les Ho- Mrs. Robert Simmons. gins, Herb Mead, Evan Scott, John Dapcevich and Bob Thibodeau will make up the Starr Hill team. All have formerly played for Juneau High Scheol This promises to pe one of the most exciting games this year. The game will start prompt at 7:45. For those who have no transporta- tion, the Channel Bus leaves the Bus depot at 7:40 tor Douglas. No admission will be charged as this Sailing for Wrangell were Syd Thempson, Geraldine Martin, Geo. | Murray and Sigrud Dewards; tol Ketchikan, Mrs. Matt Holm and J.| Bryan. | Southbound to Seattle were U. S.| Gregory, George Tenaka, Y. Miyo- sti, Clifford Chaney, Ernest Boe, C.| E. Wolf, H. C. Thoranes, Miss Vicky | Beal and E. A. Hildebrande. U. S.| Marshal William T. Mahoney :lndi Guards B. H. Mannery and Will-i is an unofficial game. Donations iam H. Wood with the following | will be accepted to help the school Prisoners: Ignacio Bussit, W. H.| pay for the refinishing of the Church, Bert Benson and Charles | Douglas basketball court. J. Taygook. | SERIRAE LS D | i CERTIFICATE TO ORDER | OF TOP OF WORLD IS George Sundborg received his cer- tificate of membership today from the Order of the Top of the World. He earned his entry to full- fledged membership in this unique club while crossing the Arctic Cir- cle last August during his trip there with Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug. The certificates are given cut by the Navy and Sundborg’s was made out by the Naval Petroleum Ex- ploration unit bas in Point Bar- Tow. slayer of the Lindbergh baby, died | yesterday. ‘[ TEERT | LOS ANGELES A driving| Christmas rainstrom that flooded | highways, isolated low-lying com- munities and contributed to South- ern California’s worst traffic death toll partially abated today and the weather bureau forecast only scat- tered showers tomorrow. MONTICZLLO, N. Y. — Nine hundred puests were routed from their sleep early today when a fire of undetermined ori in swept th Concord Hotel's Cohana playhouse. Police said no one was injured. e e JACK TALBOT HE Jack Talbot, of the Alaska Trans- portaticn Company, is visiting in Juneau and registered at the Bar- anof Hotel. He is also a member NEW YORK — Wendell Willkie oi the Alaska Development Board. left a gross estate of $849316.67 - and a net estate of $559,992.24 when be died October 8, 1944, an apprais- al filed today with the State Trans- fer Tax Department showed. P S DG CENEE AT THE JUNEAU HOTEL Among the visitors registered at the Juneau Hotel from other parts of the Territory are Henry F. Saft,| HERE FOR CHRISTMAS Jr. of Haines, R. J. Paxton of' Miss Waunalee Suess arrived on Skagway, and Rod Sudman of the Denali to spend Christmas and Windham. New Years with her mother, Mrs. SR e T Robert Coughlin and family. DOROTHY LANGSETH HERE - i A STAN GRUMMETT BACK Miss Dorothy Langseth, daughter, Stan Grummett, south on busi- of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Langseth,' ness, returned home to Juneau on arrived in Juneau for a surprise the Denali. i Christmas visit with her parents./ B o She graduated recently from nurse Mrs. Ray Stevens returned on training at Providence Hospital in the PAA plane after a buying trip | Seattle, and the trip was a present in the States. | from her uncle. i e | Miss Langseth will remain here, Arriving from Seattle over ‘ihe until January 12, when she will re- | Christmas holiday were E. Boe, Cor- | turn South to take her examina-|win Wolfe and M. F. Conelly. They tions for her final nursing papers. are registered at the Juneau Hotel. | left on the North Sea with four patients who will he delivered to | Mcrningside Hospital for the in- S : . | sane. NEW YORK — Edward J. Re“”"companied Mahoney as _“‘»‘*“;;“-V ":“f’ de“’“defil‘z":“:x:“h:;Wmngku and he will then return ard Hauptmann, convicte nap-{ ., juneau while Mahoney continues, it i THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1946 CANADIAW STEAMERS | ° TO (ARR' pASSENGERS | Baranof Gift Shop flew south this . JU"EAU 'I'o SKAGVIAY afternoon on Pan American, en- rcute to Palm Springs, California. She expects to remain in Califor- Passengers may continue to be carried between Skagway and Ju- nia for a time, doing further stu- neau on Canadian vessels, accord- dies in the design of jewelry. During Miss Lynn's absence the ing to official advices received by the Cusioms office from E. H. Fo- | JO LYNN GOES SOUTH Mis: Jo Lynn, proprietor of the Baranof Giit Shop will be open evenings only, between 7 and 9 o'~ ley, Sr., Acting Secretary of the! clock. Treasury ! - The right to carry passengers ELKS — ELKS — ELKS would be off on the last day of this month but the permission is now extended to March 31, 1947 This action is described as a re- sult of the Act of June 19, 1886. - D LAST RITES FOR JIM ELLEN HELD TOMORROW for Meeting tonight—Ilarge initiation Jim Ellen, local storekeepi who was found murdered Sunday morning, will be held tomorrcw afternoon at 2 o'- clock in the chapel of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. The Elks will conduct the serv- ice, and interment will be in the Elks plot of Evergreen cemetery. Active pallbearers will be G. G. Brown, Nick Bavard, James So- foulls, Gus Niketis, Pete Pappas and Tony TFlagg. For honcrary pallbearers, there will be two rep- resentatives from each, the Ameri- can Legion, the Elks and the Moose. R MARSHAL LEAVES Marshal William T. Mahoney Funeral s ices make appoiniments now —— for New Year’s Permanents ® BARANOF BEAUTY SALON Phone 538 Meeting tonight—Ilarge initiation. 400-1t. B e ——— | Deputy Syd Thompson ac- far as o - e THE TRANSFER friends and UNION hope their customers enjoyed the Merriest of Christmases, and that they have a HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! Fred an;i Lelah Turpin «“Sure, Mr. Abercrombie, Clipper express rates are lower, but the bear must be dca«{" Pin American flies live chicks, thousands of them, scratch- ing and peeping. But a live, healthy bear . . . with muscles *way out to here . . . is something clse again. We fly lots of furs Outside, but the bear, or other occupant, always has been removed first. Fur, gold, game— just about everything an Alaska businessman or sportsman wants to send — caa go by low-cost Clipper express, Get express and passenger imformation at the address below. Baranof Hotel Phone 106