The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 14, 1950, Page 1

{ SATURDAY l P.M. Edition “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,401 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition AN L'ARY 14, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Worst Blow of Centu 'ALASKA OPERATION LA MOORE'S APPEAL 1§ REFUSED Juneau Slayer Must Hang For Kllhng in 1946 Rob- bery; in Federal Jail ‘ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ld‘ThE}' Ninth U. 8. Circuit Court yesterday | turned down the appeal of Eugene‘ La Moore, 44, of Juneau, under| death sentence for an Alaska hold- up slaying. La Moore and Austin Nelson were convicted of killing Jim Ellen, Ju- neau storekeeper, in a Dec. 22, 1946 | robbery. Nelson has been executed. “The circuit Court, in upholding the judgment of the U. S. District| Court in Alaska, dgimisj2d La Moore’s arguments that the state- ment he gave to authorities after the murder was not- made freely or voluntarily. LaMoore is now in the Juneau Federal Jail, under sentence to be hanged. PETERSBURG DRIES UP WITH PUDDLE BEHIND CITY DAM, PETERSBURG, Alaska, Jan. 14— | (M—Like New Yorkers, the residents of this Southeast Alaska fishing town worried about their water supply. Some housewives drew tubs of | water in preparation for an antici- pated drought. Others frantically washed everything in their homes and cast a disheartened eye at the snow drifts—they might soon have to melt for drinking water. All this is occurring 100 miles from Ketchikan, where 202 inches of rainfall set a new record in 1949. Petersburg’s reservoir was below normal when the first - freezing weather hit three weeks ago. Ken- neth Welde, superintendent of pub- lic works, reported yesterday there was only a puddle behind the dam. | No water is coming in during the ireeze. City officials over the danger if fire expressed concern piped in to cool the city’s diesel power generators. The City Council is pushing a request through the General Serv- ices Administration in Juneau tor planning funds to complete &klue prints for a new water storage dam. They hope to get it next sum: mer. The town had a dry spell last year, too. The Washington| Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1950, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) | Note—This is the second of Drew Pearson’s columns on gambling racketeers and how they affect our various branches of government.) ASHINGTON—-In 1932, when Franklin Roosevelt advocated the repeal of prohikition, one big ar- gument was that liquor racketeers had become a law unto themselves, a group above the government. That argument was valid. But now the liquor racketeers have moved | into the gambling racket where they still remain a law unto themselv- es. Last year a rash of stories on Frankie Costello were published by Time, Newsweek and Edward Fol-| liard of the Washington Post, a great newspaperman. These stories told how Costello lunched in stylc| \ at the Waldorf, wore custom-made clothes, owned an office building on Wall Street. Unwittingly, these articles tended | to paint such a glorified picture of America’s No. 1 gambler that nn} impressionable youngster might | have been persuaded that this was the life for him. 1t was even pointed out that Cos- tello still lived with the same wife; completely ignoring the files of the New York Police Department which are filled with recordings of obscene | telephone conversations between Costello and a score of mistresses. The tragic fact is that Costello " (Continued on Page Four® should | break out in town. Salt water was | PLEASES VISITING PAN AM OFFICIALS The recent recommendation by a Civil Aeronautics Board examiner | to authorize Pan American World | Airways for service between Juneau iand Anchorage and for Pacific Northern Airlines, an Alaska line, I to fly the Juneau-Seattle run, car- ried another provision of at least as great interest to Pan American, a San Francisco PAA official saia here today. ‘The examiners recommendation denied San Francisco and Los An- geles as co-terminals with Seattle,” Capt. Gordon F. Maxwell recalled “Use of these cities as terminals would give Pan American a one- carrier service from Alaska to South America, by use of the Guatemala-Los Angeles link. One- carrier operation is econom:cal for passengers and shippers, as well a for the airlina.” Maxwell, who is Paciiic-Alaska Division Operations Manager for | Pan American, estimated, on the basis of experience, that it will be mid-year or early fall before a CAB decision and activation in accord- ance therewith may be expected. | “The CAB examiner’s recommen- { dation for joint operation to An- chorage,” he said, “presents lots of problems. Both the lines named, as well as interested agencies such as h2 competing Northwest Airlines, had 20 days in which to file briefs n their exceptions. I understand | that these have all been filed. Then, | there usually is oral argument be- | fore the Board takes action, and after a CAB decision, it is still up to the President.” Asked about Pan American’s new ice from Seattle and Portland to Hawaii, Maxwell said, “That is cuilding up at a good healthy rate. jAnd of course, we have service west of Honolulu, too.” His companion, Jamés Weesner, Division Maintenance Manager, put !in a word here: “Those big Boeings | (stratocruisers) are deceiving. A full Alaska load would be lost in one of them—or maybe the passen- gers would all be downstairs at once, and the place would look de- serted. Two of those big Boeings on that run can carry tremendous loads.” Both Maxwell and Weesner are well satisfied with Pan American operation in Alaska. “We came up this time,” said Maxwell, “partly because we got tired of hearing people say, ‘No one ever inspects the line in winter, when conditions are tough” We | know how winter weather disrupts ichedules, but we were lucky; we left Seattle Tuesday and have beer to Fairbanks, Nome and White- horse, with every flight on schedule. "This trip has impressed us again with the fact that Pan American |in Alaska is the best air operation in the world. Other lines around the globe may be fancier and have more trimmings, zut I nominate our service here for economical and re- liable operation. We're worked for 17 years to get it solid on its feet.” Maxwell and Weesner were to g0 to Annette Island this afternoon, and to Seattle tomorrow, on their return to the Division headquarters in an Francisco. JAIL T00 CROWDED; OVERFLOW GETS "SWANK' QUARTERS FATRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 14—® | —Nine short-term residents of the city jail moved into new compar- atively swank quarters on Fifth Avenue last night. The new quarters were authorized to relieve congestion in the J‘aili proper. The new section, | reserved for | trustees, is equipped with a shower bath, nine spring beds, and read- ing and card-playing facilities. A It even has a separate entrance. But no exit. Unless authorized. FROMHOLZ OUTSIDE William Fromholz of the Forest Service staff here joined the PAA| Fairbanks-Seattle flight which over- nighted here and went out early this mornirg. FROM NOME Delayed by the weather in reach- ing Juneau by the time the edu- |cational conference opened ' Thurs-| day, W. L. Angell, Nome school | clusive principal, came in yesterday via PAA and is a guest at the Bar- anof Hotel. BRIDGES CASE IS DRAMATIC; RECESS NO W SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14—(®— The Harry Bridges perjury trial was in week-end recess today after one of its most dramatic and short- est sessions The drama was George H. Wilson, provided by the newspaper- man who headed the Harry Bridges | ‘efense committee in 1941. He pointed out three of his former close associates as men who attended Communist meetings with him The three were Bridges, president of Warehousemen’s Union, two co-defendants, ind J. R. Robertson, both top union des. The government of perjury for naturalization he was a Communist. His co-defend- ants, character witnesses at the hearing, are charged with conspir- acy. Wilson was the first in the long line of ex-Communists to testify Rokertson attended a Communist nceting. The defense, which often cross- examines witnesses for days, asked at his 1v40 only ten questions. The pru,ser'u-i tion was caught by surprise and did not have its next witness ready. Out of court Bridges explained the easy cross examination with he statement Wilson, an old friend, iad not been “vicious” in his t nony. He said Wilson testified “only because he was on a spot and nad to.” MILLIONAIRE SON OF DON LEE FALLS TO DEATH IN L. A. LOS ANGELES, Jan. nine-story plunge from a Wilshire Boulevard building took the life ot Thomas Stewart Lee, multimillion- aire head of a California radio, automobile and television empire. The 43-year-old Lee, mentally harrassed, dropped from a 12th- floor fire escape yesterday. His body was found minutes later on the third floor Theater building, He had been flown here from Palm Springs in his private plane for a dental appointment. Lee was nominal head of the Thomas S. Lee Enterprises, includ- ing the Don Lee Broadcasting Sys- tem, founded [ty his father, the late Don Lee, the automobile dis- tributing agency bearing his father’s name and television station KTSL, which the younger Lee himself pio- neered and built. He was declared mentn]ly in- competent in 1948 and guardians were appointed for the estate. He| had been under frequent treatment in sanitariums. JURY CHOSEN IN CIVIL CASE NOW IN FED. COURT A jury to hear a civil case brought by Peter Wood, real estate agent, against Rosario Dimatteo for $625 was chosen late yesterday afternoon, and after preliminary examination of witnesses, the case was recessed until Monday. Wood alleges in his complaint that Dimatteo had given him ex- listing of property to be sold, and that the listing was taken away, causing Wood to lose a 5 percent commission. Sitting on the jury are: Oliver Hollman Jr., Agnes Kieter, May J. Sabao, Shirley Fleek, J. C. | Kearney, Archie A. Klaney, William E. Boehl,. H. C. Bracker, Louis E. Elkins, Leonard King, J. C. Johns- ton and Margaret Harris. STEAMER MOVEMENIS Denali from Seattle due Tues- day. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Baranof scheduled southbound 2 p.m. Sunday. FROM KODIAK Al E. Miller of Kodiak is regis- tered at the Gastineau Hotel, the CIO Longshoremen’s and | and his | Henry Schmidt | accused Bridges | never | 14—P—A | roof of the Wiltern | 13DEADIN - CRASH OF AIRGLIDER ! FORT BENNING, Ga. Jan. 14— (#—The unexplained crash of an | Alrforce glider here brought death “ 0 13 of Uncle Sam’s top-light rough iuut ready fighting men. | Five of the 17 men aboard the glider survived yesterday’s crash, but one of the survivors died of in- {Juries early today. Three of the re- maining four survivors are in criti- force base hospital. | Among the victims were 11 stu- | dent paratroopers ready for their final exam—hitting the silk in one more jump. Also killed were a | sergeant-instructor and the glid- (er's pilot, Second Lt. Robert D. {Henley of Columbia, Mo, The crash—the cause of whith | was unknown—was the first fatal accident in the glider training | school since the death of one man Kin 1946. The glider, one of two released by a C-82 tow plane, was settling on | the runway normally when, witness- | es reported, one wing dipped sharp- |1y and struck the ground. | Like Confetti First Lt. Melvin L. Minnix, pilot jof the companion glider, said the crackup came at a 30 degree angle |and scattered wreckage over the | field “like confetti after a par- ade.” 3 s gliding speed seemed nor- | mal” Minnix continued in describ- |ing Henley's landing. “His altitude looked perfect and his angle to iglide appeared the same as mine, “He was still in his turn though, Minnix related, “when I noticéd | his glide angle had become fairly steep. He lost altitude fast and then hit the ground at about a 30 de- jgree angle with his left wing down.” Other witnesses reported the glid- er hit the runway, bounced into the air and began to disintegrate. De- bris and bodies were scattered tover 700 feet of the runway. Capt. A, C. Parker of the infantry | training center public information office said 15 of the men were tak- ing glider training in conjunction (with their six weeks training as paratroopers. The students all were members FIRST DOWNHILL RACE | 10 ATTRACT TOP LOCAL SKIERS TOMORROW Juneau skiers will show their speed tomorrcw when the first downhill classification races of the winter season are held on the Doug- las Island ski slope. The races will begin at 1 pm Conditions today appeared gocd and fast times are expected as the Class A and Class' B juniors speed through the control gates. The early season run will prob- ably not cover more than a half mile, Dean Williams, Juneau Ski {Club chief instructor, said toda but speeds on the well-packed slop | should exceed 40 miles per hour on ideal stretches. For pleasure skiers, the tow will be in operation from 10 a.m., Wil- liams said. 7 ARRIVE, 11 LEAVE WESTWARD BY PNA Pacific Northern Airlines brought seven passengers to Juneau from the westward yesterday, and took 11 to Anchorage and way point Arriving were R. E. Marsh, Miller and Pres Williams, from A: chorage; H. K. Frenich and D Hart, from Cordova, and Marvi and Audrey De Young, from Yaku- tat. Embarking here for the westward were Lowell M. Puckett, Bill Jones, Damor Ezi, Harry Truax, Harry jand Dorethy Carle, John Wallma: |and Manuel Avila, all bound I Anchorage; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Finch |to Yakutat, and Bob Logan, deep sea diver and salvage expert, re- turning to Cordova. | CALIFORNIAN HERE | N. L. Hallanger of the San Fran- ‘u:isco Pan American Airways office |is a guest at the Baranof Hotel PAA MAN HERE W. R. Nobs of Pan American World Airways is registered at the Baranof Hotel, cal condition at the Lawson Air-| of Company 4, Airborne Battalion. | NATIONAL SCOUT WEEK PLANS ARE | MADE AT MEETING 1z of “two new Boy Scout officers and preliminary for National Scout Week | ition in Gastineau District he results of Thursday eve- meeting at the High| according to chairman M Whittier, who presided Chosen by unammous vote of | those present to head up the com- mi er staff for the district, Wwith the title of District Commis- sioner, was Vance M. Blackwell, who has been serving since the beginning of the school year as a ncichborhood commissioner. In his new capacity, Blackwell will func- tion as liaison officer between the district committee and Alaska Council officers and the aubmas- ters, scoutmasters, and explorer advisors of the units in Juneau, Doy Sitka, Skagway, and H Blackwell’'s nomination is subject to ratification by the Ex- ecutive Board of the Alaska Coun- cil, cut because of his thorough knowledge of cub scouting methods and his present interest in Boy Scout affairs, committeemen feel that he is highly qualitied tor the position and is certain of appointment, r anning Second appointment was that of F. H. Tyvoll, who will be chairman of the important Camping and Activities Committee of the dis- trict. After his introduction Thurs- day night, Tyvoll led discussion of the major activities for Scout Week, outlining plans which will be carried out in Juneau and dup- licated in Douglas, Sitka, and £kagway, to the extent that Scout Agaders in those towns wish. City Government Day in Juneau promizes to be “bigger and better,” with more government agencies being invited to participate mm{ more organized selection of out- standing Boy Scouts to receive the honors. Scout Week is February 6 to 12, with Sunday, February 12, having been designated as Scout Sunday. Tyvoll said that all Cub Seouts, Boy Scouts, and Explorers will be urged to attend their own church Sunday morning in uni- form. Sunday afternoon will fea- ture a :ig court of honor for the Boy Scouts. Window decorating will be a competitive affair again this year, with prizes of troop and pack |equipment to the winning Boy | Scout and Cub Scout units. Complete rules for the window contest will be distributed among unit leaders later this month, Ty- voll promised. Entering of Scout| rally events by individual troops and pack and troop pot-luck din- ners with parents are also on the| agenda for the busy week when| the Boy Scouts of America will| celebrate the 40th anniversary ot their founding. The Rev. S. A. McPhetres, ad-| vancement committee chairman, | announced the plans for the honor court and also said that the board of review for Star-Life applicants would be held on the Afternoon ot February 7. | Henry Harmon, known as Organ- | ization and Extension chairman for | the Gastineau District, reported that there were now 16 active units enrolled, with a total boy member- ship of 307, plus 139 adults who ars ‘1 registered as leaders or committee- | men. This is an all-time high for| the district and represents con-| siderajzle progress, Harmon stated.| He ¢aid that the Sitka American Legion Post was organizing a Boy Scout troop for handicapped boys at the Orthopedic Hospital at Mt Edgecumbe, and expressed the hope that units might be started | at Hoonah, Angoon, and Haines. c e e e 3 8 WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum 16; minimum 8. At Airport—Maximum 5 minimum -12. FORECAST (Janesu ana Vieloity) Continued fair tonight and Sunday, with lowest temper- ature in Juneau 12 degrees, with -6 in outlying districts. Highest temperature Sunday about 20 degrees, PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 u m. today City of Juneau—None. since Jan. 1—99 inches since July 1—54.93 inches. At Airport—None; since Jan. 1—82 inches; ® since July 1—36.31 inches. ® 0 000 0 00 0 0 NO SIGNS OF | broken submarine Truculent in its| ; | were known |1934. She is the author | textbooks on the history of Al- LIFE ABOARD SUNKEN SUB 14 the CHATHAM, Frogmen England, crawled Jan, inside cean grave today and found no igns of life. Their report put the seal of fin- ality on a British Navy statement that there could be no hope for llu'i 5 men who were reported missing | when the underseas raider weat down Thursday night in the Tham- es Estuary. The toll stoed at 65 lost and 15 saved. Ten bodies have been picked up at sea, Some of the survivors estimated that as many as 40 of the 80 spewed out through escape matches into the icy waters. Many to have been swept away pn the tide. Divers and frogmen were trying to find the best way of raising the sunken submarine. holed so bad- ly that it sank 60 second after its collision with the Swedish tanker Divina. Six Year Program| 0f Inferior's Alaska Bureaus Worked Out Programs for Department of In- terior bureaus in Alaska for the years 1951-1956 were discussed and reports worked-out for presenta-| tion to Interior Secretary Oscar L. Chapman at the meeting of Field | Committée members in Ketchikan | this week, according to Kenneth J. Kadow, Field Committee Director who returned from the meeting yesterday. All member bureaus were repre- sented at the meeting with an at- tendance of fifteen, Mr. Kadow said. o “While we were working on a six-year program, it is really a| five year program beyond the 1951; kudget, funds of which have al-| | ready been programmed. We had a good meeting,” Kadow said, Mrs. Pilgrim Sees | 0ld Friends Here, On her first visit in a number of | years, the former Mariette Shaw| has enjoyed seeing friends of her Juneau residence, and has been honored at several informal affairs. The present Mrs. Earl Pilgrim, was principal of the Juneau Grade School when she left this city in of several aska. | Murs. Pilgrim, now Superintendent | of Schools in Fairbanks, came here Tuesday to attend the conference of educators meeting with Dr. Jam- es C. Ryan, Commissioner of Edu- tion. She has been a guest at| he Baranof Hotel, and expected to return to the Interior on today’s| Pan American flight. In Mrs. Pilgrim’s honor, Mrs. 3. Burford “gathered a group of ld-timers for coffee” Thursday a(-‘ erncon, for talk of former days. i Mrs. T. J. Pyle was a luncheon; inesday, and Mrs, Pilgrim enjoyed | seeing other old friends, among| them the Chris Wyller and Wallis | George families, and the A. F. Ghigliones. | FROM SEATTLE Carol C. Beamer of the Seattle an American office is registered | it the Baranof Hotel. | FROM N. Y. STATE | Daniel R. Minard of North Hud- | son, N. Y., is stopping at the Gas- tineau Hotel. FROM VALDEZ Harold K. French of Valdez is registered at the Baranof Hotel. PARK SERVICE MAN A. C. Kuehl of the National Park Service, San Francisco, is registered at the Baranof Hotel. FROM YAKUTAT Mr, Yakutat are stopping at the Bar- anof Hotel. FROM SITKA T. J. Cole of Sitka is a guest at | trict; | Already, and, Mrs. M. De Young of| U.S. PROPERTY IN PEIPING; RECALL ON WAS !h\(n’lON Jan. 14—P— Ihe State Department announced today that the Chinese Communists | are seizing U.S. government Con-} sular property at Peiping. It said the United States is re calling “all American official per- sonnel from Communist China.” Chinese civilian officials, the announcement said “invaded that American Con- sular compound” against angry American protests. There are 36 American official personnel in Peiping, including Con- sul General O. Edmund Clubb. Communications with this group have not been interrupted so far. The 86 had not [teen arrested at the time the announcement was made. Toere are 135 American officials and dependents throughout Com- munist China—at Peiping, Tient { sin, Shanghal, Tslangtao and Nan- | king. In addition there are an esti- mated 3,000 non-official American citizens in Communist China, and the State Department announced: “Facilities for evacuation from China which are arranged for our official personnel will be made | available for all American citizens who desire to depart.” Assistant Secretary of State Wal- ton Butterworth said of the recall order, “No one can keep represen- tatives in a foreign country if the foreign country does not wish them to be there.” He called the Communist seizure ‘a completely unprecedented ac- tion.” The announcement disclosed American protests to the Chinese Communist. authorities, including Foreign Minister General Lochon Lai. SPORTSMEN ASK ALL INTERESTED T0 ANNUAL MEETING All interested men and women,| { whether members or not, are invit-| ed to the annual meeting and el- ection of Territorial Inc, This will be at 7:30 p.m. Jan- uary 24, in the Juneau City Coun- cil Chambers. Explaining the” fact that inter- ested non-members are urged to at- | | tend, President Charles G. Burdick id. “Actual membership is im- material, if you are interested in sport fishing or hunting. It is up| to the sportsmen in a community | to determine whether there wil be good fishing and hunting. “The Alaska Game Commission has requested our recommendations ! on game laws for the coming year, and we should give them the best suggestions we can. “However,” he added, “laws alone have never kept the hunting good; |it requires the whole-hearted plan- | ning and backing of the sports- men in a district. “Our treasury now has several| |thousand dollars with which * we|snow drifts up to 12 feet in height J.|can start a program looking toward |and 70 mile an hour winds. fishing and| the betterment of hunting.” As possible: projects for the Ter- ritorial Sportsmen, some in co- life Service or the Forest Service, Burdick listed: planting fish overfished; planting moose on Ad- miralty Island and goats on Ad-| |miralty and Chichagof Islands; |Lmum, some species of upland rds that do well in this climate; ance of a quarterly or month- Iy bulletin for exchange of ideas on game management in this dis-! plans for a “bigger and bet- ter” Imon derby (one day? three day? seasonal?), nge of dates. Burdick said, “Many other pro- | jects can be considered. We want (the best possible program in order | to get maximum returns for money and effort.” Territorial Sportsmen are publicizing the Juneau Golden North Salmon Derby scheduled for | July 29, 30 and 31. | Serving with Burdick are Dean | williams, Vice President, | other directors: Jack O'Connor, | Fred Henning and Marshall Erwin, all of Juneau. FROM SKAGWAY W. W. Patterson of Skagway is a the Baranof Hotel. guest at the Gastineau Hotel, Communist police and ! Sportsmen, | in lakes or streams now barren or| with a possible| and mel ry Lashes at Northwest ‘CHINA REDS SEIZE DESTRUCTION WIDESPREAD AFTER GALES Many Iowngl_sglafed;IOOO Cars Marooned as"'Strong- est Warning” lssued SEATTLE, Jan; 14—(P—Biting cold and deep drifting snow lock- ed the Pacific Northwest and north- ern California tight today in the wake of the region’s worst blizzard of the century. At least five deaths were caused by the storm. Later reports put the total at seven. Destruction was widespread. Most highways were |closed and motorists were warned |against trying the routes except n ase of emergencies. Air traffic was grounded. Trains ran hours behind schedule. Buses cancclled many trips. Upwards of 1,000 cars were re- | ported marooned in various parts |of Washington and Oregon, but tall occupants were believed to have | made their way to safety, i Dozens of communities were iso- ilated. Snowplows fought drifts up to 12 feet deep to break through to {many of them needing emergency supplies. The Weather Bureau here forecast jcontinued extreme cold today— | with no break in sight—moderating winds, light snow flurries and clear- ing. “Sirongest Warning” | The blizzard, caused by the merg- |ing of two storms, spread from British Columbia to northern Cal- jifornia before sweeping eastward, {As it raced across the Rockies last night, the Helena, Mont., Weather Bureau put out what is termed the “strongest warining it had ever issued.” Motorists in western and south- jern Montana were advised to get joff the highway and seek shelter. | “All interests are cautioned that |this is a dangerous storm,” the { Bureau said, “and are advised to take the necessary precautions im- mediately. Moderate to locally heavy {snows and blizzard conditions. . . will prevail in western Montana |and spread to most sections east |of the divide today. . .with a severe cold wave.” The blizzard hit the Pacific North |west early yesterday after a mass |of polar air spilling down from ° | Canada collitied with a storm pour- ing in from the Gulf of Alaska. They met head on near Portland, Ore., with a giant turbulence that spawned a true blizzard. Full Violence { Snow-filled winds up to 75 miles lan hour battered across 1,000 miles Io: coastline, chocked western val- leys, hurdled the Cascades and | continued on with full violence over ]the eastern plateau into Idaho. Port Angeles, at the northwest 1t1p of Washington, was buffeted by north to northeast gale force winds which dumped nearly two feet of |snow that drifted badly. Belling- {ham, across Puget Sound, had a Friday maximum of 3 above zero, The Grays Harbor area midway |down the Washington State coast 1was virtually paralyzed as 60-70 !mile an hour winds brought in 20 | hostess to several close friends Wed- | operation with the Fish and Wild- | inches of snow. Twelve to 15 small fiching boats sank or were driven aground at Westport with damage estimated at $100,000. In the Interior of British Col- umbia, where subzero temperatures prevailed, 500 men of a Royal Can- | adian Engineer Corps detachment {were marooned at Chilliwack with jonly one day’s supply of food. The (Royal Canadian Air Force planned a parachute drop today. In eastern Washington the story was the same--high winds, drifts | and intense cold. ' JUNEAU HOMEMAKERS HOLD FIRST MEETING Juneau Homemakers met in theX first tailoring class Thursday at |the home of Mrs. Edythe Walker, 153 Behrends Avenue. Mrs. Walker | is home demonstrator with Univer- sity of Alaska’s extension service. The meeting was an organization sessian, and 15 og the 25 persons registered were present. Plans were made to begin work on casual coats at the next meeting of the Home- | makers in the Home Economics Room at Juneau High School Wed- nesday, Feb. 1.