The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 18, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALl THE TIME” = VOL. XLVIL, NO. 10,814 MhMBI;R A bSOClATl:D PRESS PRICL TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1948 AID CHINA IS REQUEST OF TRUMAN (onsmuuon their first under would the very destroy as tion they AMERICANISM WEEK - OBSERVED; ADDRESS .nc.me o ciosh chaiis BY JUDGE 6. FOLTA = they have impesed mell‘ system to know exactly what mcn | techniques and procedures are Infilt-ate Then Destroy Under a condition of being in the minority they infiltrate, and then destroy. They are vocifer- ous in their demands for civil lib-| erty, proclaim loudly, their civil| rights under the constitution, and vet, where they have come to pow- er, they have, by force and vio- lence, immediately dgstroyed ev-| ery vestige of civil liberty. One of their first acts is to out- law the press. In order to be free of criticism should their leaders/ fail to deliver the social Utopia! y had promised, all freedom of | ress is at once eliminated. The first act of the dictator who|u has taken power into his hands| is to muzzle the press. Now, a new order has been at- and no longer does one of civil rights or liberties. Millions of people are Kkilled, so that those who survive no longer dare to voice opposition. Contrasting the msthods, under law, whereby prople of the United States of America can write into th constitution by peaceful means, any proposal which a sum-‘ cient number consider worthy of | adoption. Then, if the measur prcves unworkable, it can be re- moved from the laws of the land! by the same peaceful methods Communistic Purges i Not so, said the Judge, with Com- munism. When embraced, there no turning back. Purges are the order. Millions of people myster icusly disappear o wonder there is unanimous support of the ctator system. Death is the pen-| alty for non-support. e e S i e vt has become great does have its defects, and administration being ' in the hands of human beings, the element of human error is ecver' present. | However, the authority of gov ernment is in the hands of the pecple, and abuges can be rcmedlcd‘ at the proper time, through a legal | ballot, and those people in publlc% cffice who blunder with the des- | tiny of the: citizens'can be remov-| ed in due course of. the law.: What America needs, concluded | the Judge, is an abiding faith ny the system under which the m-| | dividual has attained to the great- est liberty ever known. We shomd | | I In a well-attended patriotic ob-| | servance of Americanism Week, Unit 4 of The American Legion Auxiliary host at the Legion Dugout Tuesday evening, Princi- pal speaker of the evening was George W. Folta, U. S. District Judge of the First District. Present also was Frank Nash of Fairbanks, Commander of the American Legion, Department of Alaska, who was introduced after the principal xpmkex bhad deliver- ed a highly informative and in- spiring address built around the histeric background of the Con-| stitution of The United States of WASHINGTON Pn“m.n Truman 70,000,000 1a 18. (M- Congress aid to “eb. ked for In a special message to the legis- lators, M Truman said that the ald wouid conditioned on Chi- taking adequate measures to tabllity and re- l | omic help would begin when Con- ted it and would continue June, 1949--roughly a one-| ng some of the factors P contribute confusion to the an way of life, Judge Folta bed the arduous experiences through which our founding fath- ers passed until a constitutional form of government had become firmly shed. Americanism, the Judge declared, has many aspects and such an ob- servance as that being commemor- ated by the Auxiliary suggests the wisdom of re-exanmjning the American way of lile as contrasted with othe» isms and ideologies. said economic | 1 China now is getting ite of the aid the United a5 given the Chinese m{ man situation worse in | i said, “are still laboring | double and related en of civil war and a rapidly eriorating economy.’ - s e o 0 8 v 0 @ ATHER REPORT & WEATHER BUREAU t24h 7:20 a.m. today 1 Ju - Maximum, 12; minimum, 8. At Airport- minimum, -1 1 cloudiness to- and ‘Thursday with new flurries by Trus- night. Not so cold with temperatures near rees in Juneau with 1al northeasterly gus- ty winds. (8 titution Challenged Our way of life is not only wrapped up in the constitutional processes of government, he de- clared, but is being seriously chal- | lenged by forces in our social fabric | which seek to overthrow our form of government by force and vio- lence. Direct refrience was made threcughout the addr to the methods and techniques of com- munism. The speaker declared that we must draw a line of distinction be- tween the government of a repub- lic, and the government adminis- tered by individuals to whom power and authority is delegated by the people. Where democracy fails, he add- ed, the iailure is not that of the system of democracy, but is the. failure of those in authority who administer the government. He pointed out that the founders of the original 13 colonies were those hardy people who braved the unknown in crder that they might escape the political oppres- sion and religious intolerance of the Old World; that they crossed the Atlantic in search of free- dom. Maximum, 15 is | HER FORECANT (Juncan aud Vieinits) PRECIPITATION >ast 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. tada In Juneau— None: since Feb. 1, 86 inche since July 1, 7387 inches. At Airport— None; Feb. 1, 38 inch July 1,. 4356 i | since since 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . - (Copyright, ‘couunued on Baéx* Thre-) i was four percent below what it was Ia year earlier. Tt was ‘16 percent| ol i i to sail | { scheduled o e e s BY APy Cargo Plane. its territories or possessions, those 1 who want to change our form of, BUTTE, Mont., Fel' 18— —-An Political Structure | government by force and violence.| Army C-82 cargo plane, piloted And in setting up the political While the people who have in thel Capt. Fred Pierce, Jr., of Mc- structure the resulting document! hands the administration of our,C Cherd Field, Wash,, made an emer- known as the Constitution was a public affairs have blundered und |gency landing with 28 men aboard series of compromises, but provis- erred, there has never been a sys- here last night ions were so wisely planned that tem of government to surj The plane of the Troop Carrier the constitution provides within ours in greatness, nor in guaran-|{Command, was enroute from Ladd itself the instrument of its revis-|teeing to the individual his right| Field, Alaska, to Los Angeles, when ion. | to life, liberty and the pursuit of | troukle developed in the port en-’ Said Judge Folta, further, that| happiness. A renewed faith in it,(gine : no one, including the Communists, he declared, is essential, for it! - - have come forward with a better cannot be improved upon. ‘ H plan. While the radicals and their Principles Endersed o AI k ( I fellow travellers, the so-called “lib- Fcllowing ll;m address of J\|u[_;~‘ ne as a ar’ler s erals” are frequent and vociferous Fclta, Frank Nash, Department S d d N R i in their condemnat'on of the sys- Commander of the Lv.gmnl u‘doxx-! “spe“ e o epor. tem of capitalism, they have not|ed the principles presented by the| ) ever given a concrete plan which | main speaker, and described the| WASHINGTON. Feb. 18.—P—The they \_xould adopt, were they to!interest of The American Legion ' Civil Aeronautics Board has suspend- ccme into power. Instead, he de-|in the perpetuation of the n'ev]ci the operating permits of 11 irreg-! clared, the revolutionary forces are!system of government for all thejular or Ron-scheduled air carriers u\ll!k’ persistent in seeking protec- | people. ‘ for failure to file'quarterly operating S ———--! The committee in charge of lh(‘|1(‘p(.l alfair was composed of these Aux-| The list announced by the Bnard The W ashlngton il members and officers: Mrs. | includes: | Waino Hendrickson, chairman, i Sourdough Air Transport of Fair- M G d assisted by Mrs. John Klein, Mrs.:banks, Alaska. errY— 0 - LOUNQ | trevor Davis, Mary sofoutis, Mrs. e e Lewis Walker and President of | & The Auxiliary, Mrs. Ray Day. MEAI ON Hoor IS B" DREW PEARSON Features of the opening che- 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Mouies included a piedge of allcg- Now AI low lEvEl Inc.) | fance to the flag, led by Mrs, Day, | ! T | singing of the National Amheml ASHINGTON — Kindly Gen. by the audience, after which Post| WASHINGTON, Feb. 18— Omar Bradley, known as the GI'S| Commander Lewis Walker recnchAmencab meat-on-the-hoof supply' best friend, had a birthday last|the preamble to the Comtnuunn}has dropped to the lowest level since week. He was 54 and his birthday |of The American Legion. 1939, ‘ fell on the same day as Abraham{ An appropriate touch in-the )ua-l An Agriculture Department 1eporv.1 Lincoln’s. {gram was a reading of the Abxa-]today said the number of cattle, hogs Having just been made Chief of ham Lincoln Gettysburg add,gss,|ax\d sheep on farms all went down Staff, the top brass of the Penta-|py Mary .Whittaker. Preg[dlng‘dllflng 1947, So did the number of' gon building were in something of; throughout, was the committee chickens and turkeys. a twitter as to who would be ln'rchuiman' Mrs. Waino Hendrickson, These are meat being grown fox vited to the General's birthday!and following the speaking p,o.lthe market and the breeding ani- party. It was known in advance gram ‘a fascinating series of color-|mals which must supply the future's| that a party was to be thrown in} meat. the Chief ot Staff’s office, but no- body could figure out who was on e # the ‘guest list. As the time of the party arrived,! Inwba'or (hltks lunf‘ex Jan, 1, 1944 the mystery was - easily solve 1 t Those invited were the clerks, sec- N 'D S w II: retaries, and enlisted men who: o o'“g ° e STEAMER MOVEMEN'S worked in Bradley's office. None ‘ Princess Norah, from Vancouve! of the brass hats was present ex-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—®—[scheduled to arrive Friday. cept. for one man—Bradley’s old|This year's incubator chicks have| Freighter Square Sinnet schedul- | friend, General Eisenhower. {reason to wish for the old-fashioned !ed to sail from Scattle today. — sitting hen. Aleutian scheduled to sail nom J. P. MORGAN MAN IN The Agriculture Department re.!bmum Saturday. FEDERAL RESERVE ! perted today that the modern, mech- | Clove Hitch scheduled When Franklin Roosevelt first|anical “mothers” arep't doing so well.! from Seattle Saturday entered the White House, one of | The fuel oil shortage, you know. Baranof, from west, nis toughest feuds was with the| That, coupled with a drop in de-!southbound Sunday. J. P. Morgan banking firm, which ) mand, caused commercial chick out-| W a Scnate probe disclosed as having |Put in January to drop nine percent SPOKANE VISITOR i {Lelow that of January, 1947, the B. W. Brerton of Spokaue is | Department said registered at the Baranof Hotel ,(Canlmued on Page Four) (4 | bu government and the || | ers, excellent | North Korea about the + mander. ' the letter started for Pyongyang but | soldiers looke | Koreans are STALIN BELIEVED T0 BE AUTHOR OF RECENT CHARGES (P —Exper- the Moscow Feb. 18 of MOSCOW ienced ' observers scene professed today their that the hand of Prime Minister Swalin definitely can be detected in authorship of recent Soviet accusa- tions against the western powers. They said the tone particularly of the fourth and last section of the Soviet Informations Bureau's statement entitled “Falsiiiers of History” was highly This tion, they added to show decided traces of the phraseology usually associated with Stalin Stalin has been exceptionally since he returned to Mos- ccw in December from his vacation !The Soviet leader, who celebrated his 68th birthday December 21, has appeared in public twice and re- ceived foreign guests five times in the past month. He has been frequency than They have health - e PROTEST LODGED INMANHANDLING OF 2 AMERICANS - SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 18.—(®—Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge today protested' to Soviet occupation . officials in recent man- handling of two American Liaison Officers in Pyongyang The U. S. Oc tion Command- s protest was addressed to Lt Gen, G. P. Korotkov, Russian Com- A Liaison Officer bearing seen with usual by reported foreign- him in expected to deliver it b(-for(- the end of the week, Hodge told press conference. Wording of l)u- st will be released afterwards two officers, stello of Imogene, Ia., rd C. Biggs of Berkeley, Calif., were pushed around and placed in is not {temporary custody as they attempt- ousine and ed to watch a Korean military par- ade in Pyongyang, Feb. 8. Russian d on but refused to in- tervene. A camera was stolen from Costello. Meanw! radio at Pj the Soviet-controlled yang reported North pporting the new with renewed excite- and emotion.” Existence of the viola International agree- men Army ments - > e - ‘Earth Slide Skids Train from Rails . SEATTLE, Feb, 18.—®—An earth slide derailed a Seattle-bound Great i Nerthern mail train about two miles south of Mukelteo at 6 am. today, injuring two trainmen. ‘The locomotive careened into Pu- t Sound after striking the- big de area. One baggage car came to a stop hanging over a sea wall adjact to the tracks, and two other coa .were derailed. oo - Falls on Bass Drum, Goes Boom, Hospifal PHOENIX, Anz Feb. 18 . Doris Elaine Edwards, 21, of i Avondale fell down and went boom She was under treatment in a hospital today for bruises suffered: when she fell on a bass drum while dancing. P R s Mississippi Women May Serve as Jurors! JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 18.—¥ The Mississippi Senate passed a serve on juries. Passage on a 25 to 17 vote, came { despite warnings of opponents that ll\e bill might make it necessary Ifor women to serve with Negroes {on the juries. e WASHINGTON VISITOR Mrs. J. H. Smith of Everett, Wash., is staying at the Baranof Hotel. R FROM KODIAK Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snyder Kodiak, are registered at of the " Baranof Hotel. e .- FAIRBANKS VISITOR G. A. Gustafson of Fairb is staying at the Baranof Hot Ks belief | more | ¢ UNION OFFICIAL IS UNDER ARREST; WILL DEPORT HIM \t\RK F(l) 18 —{P—Ferd- Christafer Smith, National of the CIO National Union, was arrested today jon wdrrant charg- alien Communist native of Jamaica, Indies, and a long- it Se tary M me eporta an a West NMU 1 agents at his home in | He was taken to Ellis authoritative. seemed | ortation warrant charged at the time of his en- and after- of an or- the violent S. Govern- this country a member advoeating the U. ANOTHER ARREST WASHINGTON, Feb. 18— The Justice Department today an- newnced the arrest for depertation Beatrice Johnson, described as | promotion manager for Mas: New York weekly tion s ihe son had publica- Department said Mrs. John- long been actlve in the { Communist party in this country, land that she lacked citizenship. She was taken into custody under the immigraticn laws providing lor the exelusion of aliens who belong ups advocating the violent ove row of the United States government. Mrs. Johnson is one of a score alleged allen Communists who ll(\\x‘ been seized recently for de- g Uv]mflm('m has also taken Into custody Ferdinand Christafer ‘ Smith, native of Jamaica, and nd- {tiunal secretary of the National Maritime Union - Princess Elizabeth Philipin Aulo Bump LONDON, FE?) 18.—Up—Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip escaped <mseratched today when their lim- a tax! bumped near Buckingham Palace. Court sources said the King and Queen were uneasy over the acci- dent. They recalled King George warning to Philip about his driv- ing efter his car crashed, without pjury to himself, before the Royal wedding last November, Philip was driving today from Kensington Palace to the Admiralty, where he has a desk job. Like a common motorist, Philip told a traffic policeman at a con- gested Hyde Park corner that his car and the taxicab “just bumped and I'm sorry it happened.” The cabtie apologized upon recog- nizing the Royal couple. He said the few dents in his fenders were noth- ing. Majors Darre!| and! > > - 15 SKIERS FROM FORT RICHARDSON COME HERE The Anchorage skiers arrived in Juneau at 12:05 p. m. today and are registered at the Baranof Hotel. Those attend- ing the ski meet are: Lt. Col Gerdon E. Dawscn, of Hq. and Haq. Co., of the US Army, Alaska; Capt. Oliver J. Easley of the 322nd Air Supply Sq.; Capt. William E. Neidner cf PostHq. and Hq. Co.; M-Sgt, Meredith H. Jelsman of the Hq. and Hq. Sq. of the Alaskan Air Cemmard; M-Sgt. Thomas J. Stan- | \ield, Post Hq. and Hq. Co.; T-Sgt.! i Richard A. Johnson, 628th Sp. Sv. i Platoon; T-Sgt. Charles W. Smith, {99th MRU; S-Sgt. Mitchell E. | Abood, Hq. and Hg. Sp. AAC; 8- | Sgt. Carl D. Evanson, 11th Weath- i er Group; S-Sgt. Clark Keller, Tth Weather Group; T-4 Vernon C. | Faulconer, 626th Sp. Sv. Platoon; { Cpl. Charles L. Black, 57th Fight- | er Group; Cpl. William E. Kash- \uba 331st Air Repair 8q.; { Robert T. Courtney, 57th Fighter ‘ Group. 8-8gt. ‘Abood stated this is the | first time their group of skiers have | participated in a ski meet. He s#id 'lhey left Anchorage at 6:20 this On Jan. 1, the number of animals! bill yesterday allewing women m| morning and arrived in Juneau at clear and' was uneventful. the weather the trip { noon, | very cold, lage and First Lt. Demond is the} 'Army Skiers medicine man. Col. | Dawson who accompanied the skiers ilrom Fort Richardson is the publicity director for the Military Ski meets {to be held in the Arctic Valley Ski Bowl March 4 to 7. > OSAGE, KEENEY BACK Chief - Deputy Collector George | W. Osage and Deputy Collector Al G. Keeney .of the Juneau office of the U. S. Bureau of the Revenue, returned here on the Baranof from a brief trip to other points in Sontheast Alaska 1 official, was picked up | the New' Fort Richardson | Pfe. | Internat | WALLACE'S CANDIDATE IS WINNER NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—-®— The smashing, unexpected triumph of Henry A. Wallace-backed Ameri- can Labor Party candidate in a | special Bronx congressional election handed Democratic party leaders a severe jolt today Third party strategists, other hand, were elated himself, in T a, Fla ingt tour, declared ! that the so-called third party can become the first party in 1948." Leo Isacson, the ALP captured yesterday's 24th contest easily by rolling votes than his three combined The victory size, ervers who had eyed the election closely for a hint as to tial candidate Wailace's power win votes fr#this national campaign year. The Democcratic candidate was expected to win handily, 3ince the 24th District has on the Wallace on a speak- “This proves ) District up more | opponents ! ind especially its year: 1 n who will member votes got 1 Party, Republican, The of Edward J. Flynn, a 38-year-old attorney become the second ALP) of Congress, won 22,687 Karl Propper, Democrat,' Dean Alfange, Liberal ) 1,482 ty chairman, who put his organ- izations solidly behind Propper. Mayor William O'Dwyer and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke ' the district the Democratic candidate. for - BUSINESS DROPS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, Feb. 18- —Store- keepers are complaining that de-! spite price reductions business has dropped coff more than is normal! for the Lenten season The resistance is becoming more tense. Day-to-day buying is be- coming common. Just two weeks after the break in commodity exchange prices, re- tail food prices appear to be steady- ing. Prices in the food stores are not reacting as quickly to whole-: sale fluctuations as they did last| week. But there has been no steadying = tendency in the Chicago commod- ity markets. A selling wave in the wheat pit started most grains md- ing downward again yesterday. There was an afr of unbertam- ty and an attitude of watchiul, waiting after the sce-sawing tac- tics of the commodity market. . -es — - 16 PASSENGERS ARE FLOWN HERE BY PAA; 12 ARE FLOWN our; Pan American nmde flights yes- terday and carried 28 pl\ssengem as iollows Seattle to Juneau ney, H. L. fall, Mrs. J. H. Smith, Jerry Cle- ment, Leo Gutman, Edith Gutman. Harold Bates, Amy Bates, Bavard, Jamés » MacCammond, { Carcl Koenig, Walter | Sarah McKenzi, Richard Fern Williams. Juneau to Seattle: Don C. Fost- ler, Dr. C. E. Albrecht; Bess Cross, Patsy Cross, Tom Casey Juneau to Fairbanks: Woods, J. W. Huddleson, Max Weiss, John Harness, Robert Mc-| Comb, Norman Haley, Marry Me- Crea. Rowell, Marion L. .o IOLAFSON, SECRETARY OF TROLLERS, OPENS Capt. Neidner is in charge of the' | Arctic Valley Ski Bowl in Anchor-( John Olnlwn Execunvc Secretary for the United Trollers of Alaska in| |the Southeast Alaska District, has arrived in Juneau and wiil make his headquarters here For the past 10 years, Olafson has| been agent at Ketchikan for the Al-! aska Fishermen’s Union and for four years was also head of the Ketchikan Industrial Union Council oo IN FROM CORDOVA Mrs. Gladys Cruz and son Joe McCormick, are registered at the Hotel Juneau. They are here from | Cordova for medienl treatment nominee, ' was amazing to political ob-/ Presiden- | to, sent mem“ bers of that party to Congress for | 3,840, and Joseph De Nigris, ! district is in the x».lrougl\oldi Bronx county | Democratic leader and former par- | retailers say that customer in-| Algiers Cha- ! Faulkner, Kelly West- | Nick ! Mangelsee, | HEADOUARIERS HERE! ALASKATMBER'S COAST GUARD *ooAv:wo rasees PLANE DOWN, MERCY IRIP WASHINGTON, Feb, 18.-® One and one-half billion cubic !c(’l! of Alaska timber was put up for sale today but there were no takers Men Picked Up at Sea- Ketchikan Civilian Plane Completes Flight It is in the Tongas National Forest, near Petersburg Before the time set for the auction, the D and F Company of New York, the only concern which previously had qualified to make a bid, noti- | fied the Forest Service it was not ready to submit its offer Forest Service officlals said if | KETOHUEAN, "““‘k“ Feb. . 18, the company decides to make a bid | P—Three Coast Guard fliers forced later, it will be considered. t sea on an Alaskan “mercy The preposed sale was to be the | were picked up lute last first step in establishing news night ty the Cutter Hemlock print mills n Alaska A civilian plane completed the | e | mercy missicn on which the disabled Coast Guard plane had been dis- patched. Piloted by Wesley Sande of the Ellis Airline, it picked up an elderly man who had been burred critically in a fire which destroyed his cabin at Cape Pole, about 90 miles from Ketchikan DE VALERA 1 cock, 73, outside his burned cabin, | clad only in underwear, after the 1 Monday night fire. He 'was badly turned about the hands, face and legs. The fire was attributed to a (BY ROBERT HEWETT) flareback from his stove DUBLIN, Eire, Feb. 18.-P—Ea-: The Coast Guard plane was forced mon De Valera was defeated by five down bty an oil leak from an en- votes teday for reelection as Prime ' gine. The three crew members were Minister of Eire. picked up at 11 last night. They His 16-year rule of the Republic|were identified today as Lt. (jg) J. | broken, the Dail (Parliament) el- R. Mackey, the pilot; Ens. R. H |ected silver-haired John A. Costel- Lemmon, co-pilot, and Angelo La lo of the Fine Gael (United Irish) ;Monk-a. Aviation Radioman. party as the new Prime Minister.! They taxied their plane about until De Valera, 65-year-old hero of escorted to a shelter by a 52-foot Ireland’s long fight for independence | Coast Guard boat at 10 pm. The from Britain, had refused to head Hemlock reached the scene to pick a coalition Government, despite the them up and hour later. pleadings of his supporters among e s e s . the independents, The New York-born Irish leader Here's Ho mustered only four votes outside| tkose of his own Fianna Fail (Sold- iers of Destiny) party. MCDONALD OBSERVATORY, FORT DAVIE, Tex. Fe:. 18— Costello, 56, a Dublin lawyer was nominated for Prime Minister and The green spots ou Mars may be some lower form of plant life. was supported by five opposition But they are not plants like the parties. earth’s trees and grass. Astronomers at McDonald Observ- vatory last night failled to give a flat answer to the intriguing ques- tion of whether there is life on Mars but Dr. Gerard P. Kuiper, Director of the Observatory, listed seyeral known factors for and against the pmsiblllty. For: 1. There is some water, 2. The temperatures are not too cold. Against: 8o far, it appears the deadly ultra violet rays of the sun would kill ahy form of plant growth, The observations have been aided by use of a new infra-red spectro- meter which was not available until the end of th war. The conclusion that the green spots are neither seed plants nor ferns- the two highest forms ot plant life—was reached by comparing infra-red photographs of such earth plants with those of the verdant areas of Mars, Dr. Kuiper explained. D s 'MARSHAL BRINGS THREE PRISONERS FROM PETERSBURG Three priscners were brought to the Juneau Federal Jail last nsght (to be tried here. They arrived on the S. 8. Baranof in the custody of Deputy U. 8. Marshal Sid Thomp- son Harry Eskelson was arvested at Petersburg on a Juneau warrant charging him with larceny by check. He is being held on $1,500 bend but has not been arraigned. Norman Nelsjon and Hugh F. Parmenteg have both been bound over to the Federal Grand Jury of charges o1 larceny from a boat. Both are being held in lieu of $1,000 bond. | > 8 SAILORS ARE MISSING; RESULT SWAMPING BOAT ! ABOARD THE U. S. AIRCRAFT »CARHIF‘H MIDWAY OFF HYERES ; ROADS, France, Feb. 18.—(P—A l~emch for eight men missing from ithe U. S. Aircraft Carrier Midway was abandoned today because of mqv. rain, and rough seas. ® The men are believed to have lost their lives when their shore-to-ship 'launch was swamped 2500 vards: off shore Monday night. No bodies have been recovered. Prayers for the men—One officer, |six seamen and one Marine—were !#aid over the ship's loudspeaker. A | duty guard rendered honors. | The men were part of the tig, ’ca.rrler's 3,500 - man complement.; ! They were returning from a farewell | party given at the small island of | Hyeres when the accident occurred.| { Fifty-three other men of the Mid-! {way were rescued from the water oof{ the Frcnch Riviera. - 'FIRE DESTROYS (AB STAND LAST NIGHT an exploding | A fire, caused by foll stove, completely gutted the Glacier Cab stand on South Franklin Street at 7:30 .o'clock last night, but was quickly brought "under control by the Juneau Vol- | unteer Fire Department and pre- '\ented frem spreading to nearby bundmgs The cab ccmpany, how- tever, was not affected by the fire tand its service was not discontin- jued. It is still operating today | from the same phone. Another alarm, at 10:15 last i night, was caused by a backfiring ! ofl stove in the Winter and Pond i Apartments, but no damage was done. | - - STOCK QUOTATIONS B Thugs Make Raid On 'Wealthy Man's Home PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 18— ®— | NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Closing, \quotation of Alaska Juneau mxmw stock today is 8%, American Can| 71%, Anacorida 31 1-2; Curtis-Wright | 4 1-2, International Hurw~ur 83%,1 | Kennecott 43%, New York Central 13, Northern Pacific 17%, U. S. Steel| Caleb P. Pox, Jr, socially prom- 70%, Pound $4.03% inent Philadelphia banker and Sales today were 610,000 shares. SPortsman, was robbed of ,000 Averages today are as follows: In- In valuables by four masked” ban- dustrials 16804, rails 48.80, utilities dits who invaded his home in su- 31.95 * | burban Rydal last night. police re- ! ported. The thugs herded the seven per- sons in the house into a bedroom. tied them up with strips torn irom bedsheets and left them there I while they ransacked the house. - WITH WEATHER BUREAU Shirley V. Heine of Rochester, Minn., has been transferred to the Weather Bureau in Juneau, and is staying at the Hotel Juneau