The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 14, 1947, Page 2

PAGE TWO ,osrmmm TESTIFIES -~ INDEFENSE j (Cont ng, THE TIME ... . IINKING ABOUT NIN( NOW'S 0 'START T HOUSE ( /rom Fage U-e/ icharacter of Hanmng. 'Tae con- sy between Stabler and Bcochcver became so heated over what Brown, a government pen- cioner, should be allowed to say. ‘;,(l Judge Harry E. Pratt direct jed the jury to leave the court lroom until it could be decided !what tostimeny Brown had to offer could be considered. When the jury returned, Brown was per- mitted to testify that Hanning was of a violent nature. Following Brown's testimony, Judge Pratt adjourned the trial until 10 a. m today. Trial This Morniug morning, A. B. Hobbs, a barber at the Baranof Hotel, tes- tified that Hanning appeared to him to be a dangerous man. After Hobbs, Attorney Stabler called several character witnesses |to the stand to testify |of Ashby. Judge Pratt directed that ‘rnly five of the dozen or more Stabler said he had would be per- |mitted to appear. First, came I. Goldstein, Juneau {merchant whe said that he bad 'kpown Ashby for at least 55 years jand that he has always been a ' peaceful person. Goldstein was fol- ‘lowed by Dr. L. P. Dawes, who |admitted krowing Ashby for 32 years. H. R. VanccrLeest said | This Gocdman Jensen also said that he bad known him approximately the same length of time. an ex-prospector, said that he had known Ashty all during th. r <AEs s years ke had Leoen in Alaska. 4 Margquisettes . . . W asa_mglcn Spreads . . . five testified that Ashby Is Plain v ( peaceful, quiet and law-1biding 5 i " s are c er the old citizen W un; loul runk, de } Hanning Was Vicious 29.95 ' Albert Rush, a cook, appeared for the defense to tostify that Han- vicious and mean-act- Chenilles e id eclers r all white or with b A ""dmhi'o' ‘S ¥ ol i double boc g e O s r immediately fcllowing the shoot- lA-)G 10 ISJ 1 "\05 to 19 95 ing. The Harris residence is nex deor of the shoo:- ing said that he beard .“shby declars That mar was a ravinz maniac Later, ue and cclors said Ashby stated: “I'm very sorry ble, ¢ le bed size to have to take lif2—I don’t knc the man.” Harris, Jr.. corrobo: ' 11 85 portions of his father's t and the the number of per- ”‘_ ; e D \;m the scone following the Matchir e shoc S 8 2 Hlatcining Urapes . . . Ashby On Stand 10.95 10 11.50 11.95 Fi nony aid Hanning n arguing with his son, )‘ and that the dead man lnd a short punct 5 3 g —zgfl i a When that happened, was when he told Hannir aaaLITY SINCE /587 st 5 e BAND ane: b § s during the argument - ed, he yelled “Get cut, Ashby said he warn nning, - T ‘but after failing to per him to leave ths house, he went and got bis gun and held it behind him because he was afraid of Han- ning. Finally, he told Hanr \“I don’t want to hurt you, or no mean, now, get out.” At that time Hanning started to advance toward him, Ashby testified, and so “I Lruugnt my gun cut in front of {me. I was scared. He was a big man. 1 expecte® him to lunge for .leIlIIIIHlIIIHIHIIIIIIiIIIIlIiIiHIHIIIIiIIllllllllflHIIIHHHIIIHIIIIIHIIIIMUHIII!II!HHNIHIIIHIIIIHI!HIIIII|I|||II|IIIIIHI;. VARG ¥ me. When he got about seven SALE RfiNflGNEE EET feet from ime, I fired. He kept| coming at mc and I fired again and stepped aside at the same a i [ ] | time.” Hanning rclled onto the bed |then, according to Ashby. From |the bed, it appeared that he was| |going to com=z at Ashby again, Ashby said, “and so, I pointed the rwcl right at bis head this time, |and LO! out then.” Item sty Offered to Priority Claimants HICLES TRAILERS 1 Motore 1 Fruehauf Frame | 5 Moto g Semi-Trailers | Eer Athey Trailers 1 Sedan 2 | q 1 House Trailer | Station Wagons | > Materials Handling || Equipment Previou TRACTORS Clariceor Truck Hyster Lift FFork Lifts Crane 1 aterpillar 1 aterpillar } International 1 Stone-Set CONDITION r for Parts : ¢ | Sealed Bids Are DETAILED SALES LISTS j Invited AVAILABLE AT | able with Repairs srage W.ALA. Office 166 Phone: Main 766 * Recreational Hall Btn C and D Sts.) Fairbanks W.ALA. Office Bex 1029 Phone Old Engineers’ id ALA. Office 538 Phone: 836 rea Engineer’s Bldg. East 185B Bldg. on THESE ARTISTIC \*"‘l‘!.tl\ni for ale “As is Where urged to inspect property prior to submitting bids. dders -ar is”. Bi "|III|IIIINIIIIIIIHIIIllllllllIIHIIIIHIIII!IH!IHIIHIII!!I'IIIIIII R A in, behalf | he had known Ashby 33 years and ' Gus Brown. Ladies’ Waich Bands in WHITE, YELLOW and ROSE GOLD on display at THENUGGET SHOP REPLACE that OLD ONE you have, WITH ONE OF and REASONABLL ONES, and make youy old watch more STYLISH, and a thing of beauty—PRICED FROM $15.00 to $35.00 A large selection of @THER BANDS for MEN and WOMEN at THE NUGGET SHOP THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Ashby testified that he had own- BOMBER 10 “i.“"*"‘; FLY OVER | the gun for, 57 years, having/ n it in a ratfle About Hanning, Ashby said vas afraid for my life. ave killed me with his bare nds—that powarful man Rebuttal Threz rebuttal witnesses were called tc the stand when court sumed this afterncon by Booch-| ver. for the purpose of impeach- the tertimony of John Harris s morning, regarding the ar- iment between Ashby and Han- ning Nielsen were the first two called, but their testimony was alue to the prosecution since| ither werz in the house at the; me the argument took place. Raymond A. Hollingsworth, t. d witness called by Boochever 1id Hanning did not appear in xicated and that he seemed to k2| entleman and not a vicious character, contradicting testimony iven previously. Boochever began his closing ar-| gument Ly stating testimony had oven Ashby guilty of deliberately 1d maliciously killing Hanning, d that in his mind there could do doubt of his guilt. Defense Attorney Stakler, 35-minute final argument before the jury, accused Boochever of “di ng anything to get a convictior attacked the so-called death- d statement of Hanning, and id “it isn't worth anything at 1" adding he didn’t think Han- ning was telling the truth, because Hanning made no mention of the elf. Stabler went on to say that “ev- man has the right to act in defense.” He said there “is no doubt in my mind that Han- ng was a vicious and dangeroys rson, and under the influence of liquor.” Stabler asked the jury to bring a verdict of “not guilty” and uphold the law of self-de-| press time his concluding jury The jury following William Boochever was to argument to ve the is compcsed of the persons: Claudia Brow: L. Burkhart, Janet Sey, Lois I. Short, James Wheel e Davis, A. H. Goddard, Mr Gullufs: Katherine E. nnedy, M 2. D. Peterman, E. A. Peyton and Henry Straigier. - SHOWER GIVEN FOR MRS. JOHN GEYER ! e stork shower was giv- urday afternoon for Mrs r at her residence, with en Jchy 39 guests present. Mesdames Ken- th Millard, Ernest Lincoln, Dean edwin, dr and Caniel Mahoney hest- esses. l)uilmll‘ and storks were the decorations, with pink and ‘uAuc nut dishes in ) a diaper and crepe brellas at each plate, the shower theme. The cake was pink and blue, one half for a girl the cther half for a hoy. Many useful and lovely gift were roceived by the honor guest with pink being the predominating colo) were given for the one who to pin on the baby's nec ssity (the diaper), the ‘e going to Mrs. John the Lkooby prize to :. who incidentally receiv leal of advice from “ex- sidelines. - - IMMEFIZATION AT HEALTH CENTER IS T0 BE WEDS., A. M. regular moathly immuniza- clinic will be held at the \Ir\ G 2y pert || The | tion 'Health Conter, 318 Main Street, at| ,10:00 a. m., Wednesday morning.| !Dr. C. C. Carter, Health Officer. |will officiate. Children over 6 months of age who have not been immunized against smallpox, diph- ‘!hcrin and whooping coug are in- vited to attend with their par- Jem& of noj in a . BARANOF BEAUTY irgument betwean Ashby and him- \ = - NORTHLAND .‘ lconlmuca nam Page oney Solon Dore and Fdwnrd““mc made by Howard Hughes in|the Princess Norah at Juneau: |1938. { The route to Shanghai was over the breath-taking Himalayan moun- | tains. But the pilot, William Odom, | knew that treacherous route thor- oughly, having flown it regularly hile working for a Chinese ah} line. Frcm Shanghai, the course Ilies to Tokyo, Anchorage, Alaska, Canafla, and then the United States. Barring any mishaps, the | Reynolds Bombshell should thun- | {der into LaGuardia Field, New York—the starting pomt—some.ume MONDAY APRIL 14, I947 Norah Here GomgSo th Canadian Pacific steamer Prin- cess Norah arrived in Junecau fl:uthbuund from Skagway yester-| day morning at 7:30 o'clock and| sailed for Vacouver at 9 o’clock. The following persons boarded for| {Prince Rupert, Eric Freid, J. Chy- 'karda, Mr. and Mrs. W. Maloof; for Vanceuver, Mr. and Mrs. H. |A. Smith, Wright Thomas, William 1939. Parnes, L. Turnbull, N. Howatt, J. Gardner, J. M. Littl>, M. C. Smith| and A. Liptak. For Seattle, Mrs. L. Reinke, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Holbrook, Mrs. P. Herron, Mrs. Howard Baker,| Michael Baker, Mr. and Mrs. R.| L. Steear, Mr, and Mrs. Frank Boyle, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff| Bjelland, G. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ric2, Mr. and Mrs. Harry CHIEF OF POLICE IS GUEST SPEAKER AT LIONS' MEET Newly .appointed Police Chief Milo Clause was speaker at to- day’s Lions' luncheon in the Gold Rcom Chief Clause outlinod th> activities of his department and stated that crime within the city has been ca the increase since imao with murder and robbery rc- ivcaling the largest increases—17 land 15 percent respectively since Juvenile delinquency has |always been and continues to be a grave problem since no insti- \tution for confining delinquaont | youngsters exists within the Terri- |tory. Placement of these juveniles with outside institutions involves much red tape and often takes one ito two ycars kefore confinement occeurs. The largest headache, the Chief |concluded, is drunknesses, and in tomorrow. The plane left LaGuar-pee Mrs. Wright Thomas and Fo-|that matter, the cooperation of dia Field Saturday 5:11 o'clock. The plane’s call letters are NX- | 834. afterhoon al e — SHOP BOUGHT BY | MRS. PARMENTER | Sals of the Barancf Beauty Salon business to Idah Parmenter was anncunced today by Marie | Hammarley, three years. Mrs. Parmenter workad for sev- eral months last year on the staff |hearings on the Alaska statehood til April 26, ilix Grey. Sister Mary Mildred was llsted to Victoria. R BULLETINS WASHINGTON—A sieady ra.n at game time today forced the post- ponement of the opening game of the baseball season between the New York Yankees and Washington Senators. WASHINGTON—Judge Anthony Atwcod, editor of the Anchorage Daily Times, arrived today for bartenders and liquor |woud aid immeasurably. Tha proposad purchase of the |local lumber mill by interests who iplan year around operation prempted Cash Cole to suggest that |the Licns sponor a moverment for dispensers the construction of a swimming pool near that site with hot water being furnished from the mill's wced burner. President Blackerby said this project woud be breught up for discussion at the next meeing of the executive board. The President lso stated that the threatensd increase for club meals will not go into effect and that who has cwned and|Dimond, formerly Territorial Del- the price will remain at $1.25. erated the shop for the past|egate from Alaska, and Robert B.¢ Val Poor, chairman of the box social commitiee, anncunced that the event would be postponed un- instead of April 19, of the Baranof Beauty Salon and|bill which will open before a House s scheduled. previously owned and operated! beauty shops in the States, tefore' ccming to Alaska. | iss Hammarley stated she ha<j ulans at present, except for a| no two months vacation in the States, ,agxend to begin negotiations look- | ting the first of May e . H. E. McLEAN HERE AS NEW (PR AGENT D. H. E. McLean ba$ taken up kis new duties as Junea gent for the Canadian Pacific Steam-| smpany in the Baranof Ho- t21 Office. McLean, who L‘!)m(‘,\i’ to Juneau from Victoria, B. eeds Charles Young, who l"\\‘ en transferred to Nanaimo, McLean has been with the cince 1926, and during that has served in various capacitl s ticket and freight agent at Winni- peg and F n Williams in Cen Canada, at Vancouver aml! Victoria His recent in the ticket ofiice at V . \\hn v| he spent 12 years befcre his tr fer to Juneau. McLean that he is quite favorably impr ed with Juneau, and with Alaska, as this is the first time ke has keen to the Territory. Tke McLeans hav Gordon, seven years i, will en- ter school in the first grade, and| his younger brother, Donald, is four two Loys. years old il PSS « v e v - " | WEATHER RE l‘ORT i Temperatures fo. 24-Hour Perfod Eunding T7:ou 0'Clock This Morning. In Juneau—Maximum, 49; minimum, 30. At Airport—Maximum, 47; minimum, 30. . . . . . 3 . . . . . ¢ WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau 0ad Vicinlty) Variable cloudiness and not much change in tem- perature tonight and Tues- day. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 tours ending 7:30 a.m. today) In Juneau — .05 inches; since April 1, 211 inches; since July 1, 80.56 inches. At Airport - - .02 inches; since April 1, .85 inches; since July 1, 50.90 inches. ANDERSONS FETED r BEFORE DEPARTURE | Mr. and Mrs. John Clkeney en- tertained recently at the Salmon Creek Country Club at a dinner party in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Anedrson, who plan to lleave soon for Arizona. Mr. and !Mrs. Newton Young were also! guests at Lhc dinner party. ! Mr. Ancerson is a wellknown carpenter in Junecau, and Mrs. An- derson has been assistant to Dr. T. J. Pyle the past year. Due to |Mr. Anderson’s health, they will {make their home in Arizona for an | indefinite time, and have rented (their home on B Street to Mr. and Mrs. Don Newton of Douglas. Other affairs before their de- parture included a luncheon given by Mrs. Newton Young for her mother, at the Young's homg on Methodist Row, on the Glacier Highway. {Mesdames Dryden, Messed, Streed, L:chman, Hougendobler and Chen- ey. | Elizabeth Guests at the luncheon included | Committee tomorrow. WASHINGTON—The State De- partment announced today that Russia, after six requests, has {ing tcward settlement of the So-| viets $11,100,000,000 wartime lend- | lease accunt with the United States. SEATTLE—A final decision on the proposed interim plan ior con- tinued ship service to, from and within Alaska is expected made tcmorrew at a Cemmission meeting at Washing- ton, D. C., shipping men were no- { Lified today. WASHINGTON—The Senate La- Lor Committee teday aproved pro- visions of a general labor bill au- thorizing issuance of court injunc- “naticnal paralysis” SOUTHAMPTON, Eng. — A dock cfficial reported tonight that the Cunard White Star flagship Queen | from New York was agrcund off the entrance to South- | ampton harkor, but in no danger. MOSCOW—The Council of For-| cign Ministers apparently agreed in principle tonight to negotiate a four-pewer non-aggression treaty on Germany along the lines of the 40-year pact proposed by James F. Byrnes. WASHINGTON — The White House continued to maintain a hands-off policy today in the na- tion-wide telephone crisis. Presi- dential Secretary Charles Ross ad- | W vised newsmen that strike negotia- ticns are in the hands of the La-| bor Department. R e MASQUERADE DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT WAS ENJOYABLE AFFAIR The masquerade dance given at the Elks Hall Saturday night by the’ American Legion Auxiliary was |a decided success from all stand- points, wjth everyone evidently having a really good time. Cleverly costumed dancers, ranging from bunny rabbits to “Forever Amber” made a gay scene. The complete list of prize-win- ners will be announced later. Both Mrs. James Sofoulis, Auxillary President, and Edith Walker, dance chairman, have expressed their sincere thanks and appreciation to all who helped make the affair a success, with special thanks to the merchants who generously donated prizes. * - FOUND DEAD, WRANGELL U. S. Marshal William T. Ma- honey has, received advices that Shikato Unusuko, 67 years old, was found dead Saturday in his cabin | at Wrangell. Deputy U. S. Mar- shal Jack Krepps, who discovered’ the body, said that Unusuko had | apparently died of natural causes. o o GOING TO HAINES George A. Schnabel and Roy Powell, from'Klamath Falls, Ore- gon, registered at the Baranof Ho- tel on Saturday. They are on thej way to Haines. ————————— NEW STORE CLERK Henry Futor from Anchorage ar- rived in Juneau on Sunday and took a room at the Baranof Hotel. Futor is taking a position at the H. S. Graves clothing store. i frem—. . | The first important sugar plan- tation in the Hawaiian Islands was establishéd in 1835 to be | Maritime | Guests at tcday's meeting were {J. Gerald William of Anchorage, |Paul A. Monroe of Seattle, and |R. E. Sommers cof Ketchikan. ‘Thousands Swarm ToBeaches at L.A; 111 Are Rescued LOS ANGELES, April 14—#— Lifeguards . estimated there were 1,000,000 persons rushing the sea- son at Los Angeles area koaches |vesterday. There were 111 rescues but not a single reported drewn- ing | A pre-summer heat wave bli ered this locality for the th successive day, the mercury reach- ‘ing a high of 93 STRIKE IS AVERTED “AT 11TH HOUR BY WAGE ADJUSTMENT CAMDEN, N. J., April 14.—@— Less than four hours before a strike deadline at the RCA Victor plant in Camden, a settlement was an- nounced by Commissioner James Crockett of the U. S. Conciliation | Service. Crockett said terms of the agree- {ment were worked out jointly but that they would not be disclosed ntil they are submitted to a mass meeting of the union. The union had demanded general wage increases o1 29 cents an hour, while the company had offered two and one-half cents. | | | | '\Byrd's Expedition | Arrives Home Today (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Rear Admiral Richard Byrd came home today from the land of pen- guins and Polar ice—he arrived at the Washington Naval Gun Factory 'on the Potomac River aboard the Polar flagship, Mount Olympus. It was a triumphant return for the explorer and his men who left four and a half months ago for a Navy expedition to the Antarctic. Wives, mothers, babies and friends of the home-coming adven- {turers lined the dock. High Navy |officers and an honor guard also were on hand to meet them—along iwith the Navy band. Returning with Byrd was Rear Admiral Richard Cruzen, Comman- der of the Polar Task Force. — MOLLER FROM SITKA Dan Moller, manager of the Col- jumbia Lumber Mill at Sitka, flew ito Juneau yesterday on business and is registered at the Baranol Hotel. AR o G GUESTS AT GASTINEAU Among the Alaskans registering at the Gastineau Hotel over the weekend were L. R. Wafer and Claude Rhoades of Sitka, and L. A. | Florence of Ketchikan, a salesman. + EXCESS HOUSING MANSFIELD, Hl.—®—The vil- lage board has decided that the 700 inhabitants have no need for a jail, so they sold it at auction ior $375. There had not been a pri- soner here in 15 years and the vil- lage has had no night watchman Ifnr 25 years | ] | g e - -4 - - b i‘ | # |