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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
Shot, Killed
By Mouniies

The Whitehorse Star of July 28,
in a special dispatch from DaW-
son says James Croteau, well known
French Canadian trapper and
hunter on Dominion Creek was
killed Monday July 24) in a run
ming fight with R.CM.P. in bush
back of his cabin near Old Jen-
sen Road House on Dominion Creek
road. kF
He took his stand against
Mounties who had gone out to in
vestigate reports that the man was
deranged and had made threats
against lives of certain old time
acquaintance.
Trying to approach him in a
kindly manner the police were re-
buffed and had to take certain
measures as it became evident the
man was violently inclined. He died
shortly after being taken. Police
had to shoot him. Major T. v.
Sandys- Wunsch, commanding the
R.C.MP. in Dawson, was in charge.
During the fray bullet from
Croteau's gun grazed the Majors
hand. No one else in the party was
harmed. Inquest held Wednesday.
Believed in late seventies, Gro
teau was active many many years
as trapper and hunter during the
winter and did odd jobs for gov
eminent on road or for mining
company during summer. He was
well known about town and usu-
ally arrived in Dawson during
spring and fall for vacation from
quiet of the hills. OF late he had
been in a disturbed frame of mind
and had made threats against sew
eral old time acquaintances in the
locality. His sudden death was a
shock to many who had known him
for years.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
DOUGLAS ISLAND
! HERRING FISHING
IS UNDER ATTACK
Move Launched 10 Close
Area 10 Fishermen Of
Reduction Plants

Data on the old old controversy
of salmon VS.. herring is to be pre-
pared by the Local Industries Com
mittee of the Juneau Charber of
Commerce in an effort to obtain
closing of commercial herring fish
ing, except for bait, in the area
from Point Bishop to Point Arden
and from Point Retreat to Benjamin
Island.
At the Chamber meeting today
DR.. w. W. Council reported he had
consulted Seton Thompson, Assist
ant Alaska Agent of the Bureau of
Fisheries, in the matter and had
learned that the herring catch to
date this year in the area men
toned has been 1900 barrels, worth
10 cents a barrel to the fishermen
The injury to commercial and sport
salmon fishing as result of the
herring operations amounts to much
more than the $1,000 which herring
seiners have obtained, DR.. Council
claimed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
SKAGWAY BRIDE is
HONORED AT SHOWER

The Skagway Alaskan reports that
a shower was held at the home OF
Mrs. Ed Kast last week in honor
of Mrs. F.. E. Steele, nee Miss Dor
othy Gardiner, whose marriage was
solemnized the previous week. The
guests included Mesdames Alden
Hanson, B. Burfield, r. Alice, w.
Wilson, H. Murray, v. Selmer and
Miss Pat Murray.
A kitchen shower was also held
in honor of Mrs. Steele at the home
of Miss Joan Hannah with the Miss
es Ann Cosian, Mary E. Gault,
Beryl Johnson, JEAN ReynoldSon
and Charlotte Sparks in attend
ance.
The bride is the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. r. c. Gardiner, the for
mer the popular and well-knoWn
agent for the Alaska Steamship Co.
in SkagWay.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
MISS CARPENTER
ANNOUNCES HER
WEDDING PLANS
Ceremony Will Be Held at
Northern Light PresbY-
ferian Church

At a family dinner held last eve
ming at the Distin Avenue home
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ S. Whittier.
plans for the marriage Of their
son, DR.. M. J. Whittier, to Miss
Clara Carpenter, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Carpenter of Hol-
lywood, Cal, were announced and
the date has been set for Septem-
Der g.
The ceremony will be held at
o'clock in the evening at the
Northern Light Presbyterian Church
with the Rev John A. Glasse Of
ficiating.
Miss Carpenter will be given in
marriage by Mr.. Stacey Norman.
and her attendants will be Miss
Clara Walther and Miss Mary
Jeanette Whittier, sister of the
groom. DR.. Whittier's best man
will be Mr.. Curtis Shattuck.
Since her arrival in this city two
years ago, Miss Carpenter has
made many friends. She attended
Los Angeles Junior College and
George Washington University in
Washington, d. O.. where she is
member of the zeta Tau Alpha
sorority. While in Juneau. Miss
Carpenter has been employed as
secretary to the Federal COMMUNE
cations Commission.
Dr. Whittier, well known in the
Capital City, attended Oregon
State College for three years where
he was a member OF the Kappa
Psi fraternity. He later attended
the National College of Chiroprac-
tic at Chicago, ILL.,, where he was
a member of the Sigma Phi Kappa,
a professional fraternity, and was
graduated from the school in 1885.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
GETS coon JOR

Edwin Wentworth, resident of
Ketchikan for many years, buyer
of the New England Fish Company
has been appointed fish culturist
for the State of Idaho.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
OSCAR HARRI IN HOSPITAL

Oscar Harri of the Harri Ma
chine Shop, was admitted to st.
AIMS Hospital yesterday AFTERNOON.
He is receiving medical supervision.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
MAIL FOR COBLE

There is mail at The Empire Of
flee for Ray Coble, who may have
it by calling.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
RESULTS At new
FL0TATI0h PLANT
SUCCESSFUL, WORD

The new flotation plant of the
Chichagof mine is now in opera
ton, handling from $50 to 800
tons per day with successful re-
suits, Jack Littlepage, superinten-
dent, said today on visit to Ju-
neau.
Littlepage flew here late yester-
day with Shell Simmons and will
go back to the islands as soon AS
weather permits.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
PREMIUM LIST
FOR SOUTHEAST
FAIR IS ISSUED
ST, 500 in Cash Is Offered
for Exhibits Here Mid
die OF Next Month

A premium list, rules and regula-
lions for the 18th annual Southeast
ern Alaska Fair has been prepared
by the fair association and will be
distributed this week, Ralph b. Mar
tin, Manager, announced today.
The fair is to be held here Sep
TENDER IA to 16.
Fifteen hundred dollars in cash
premiums are offered this year for
agricultural, horticultural and in
dustrial exhibits.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03

bombers would take off for a flight
across the North Sea toward Great
Britain. At the same time Nazi
land forces will be concentrating
in Southeastern Germany closer to
the Polish frontier.
Poland is watching developments
in Moscow with no little concern.
Announcement that the Anglo
French Soviet staff talks would not
begin until next week added to the
anxiety in the Polish capital. 1t
was felt that the blow may fall
before the British, French and So
Wet staff officers can formulate
plans for joint action against ag-
erosion.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
CRISIS in
POLAND IS
NOW NEAR
Impending Showdow n
Over Danzig May Devel-
op Within Few Weeks

tContinued from s'nge One)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
GU5TAvUS FOLK
ARRIVE IN TOWN

-Four Gustavusites (from Straw
berry Point in Icy Straits came to
Juneau today aboard the gasboat
Edith A. with cargo of strawber-
ries from the famed Strawberry
Point fields.
Aboard the boat was Les Parker
Henrietta White, Dorothy White
and Bernice Mead.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
LIVINGSTON .WERNECKE
SUFFERS BROKEN COLLAR
BONE IN CAR ACCIDENT

The Mayo News-Miner reports
that about ten days ago Mr.. Liv-
ingston Wernecke, general mana
ger of the REHABILITATION Cor
poration, was injured in a car ac-
cident 70 miles from San Fran
cisco, Cal. He is stated to have
suffered a broken collar-bone and
minor injuries which necessitated
his removal to the hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
Alaskan Movies
Shown Last Night

Moving pictures of Alask
scenes taken throughout the Ter
ritory were shown last evening by
A. B. Cain, editor of the Alaska
Catholic, at the East Street resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Grover c.
Winn.
A number of friends and out-of-
town guests we're present for the
occasion.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
1900 JOIN POLICE BRUTALITY
PROTEST

Detroit, Aug. 10, (ANP-More
than 1000 people jammed into Be
thel AME church Sunday after.
moor at a demonstration of pro-
test against police brutality which
has been running rampant in this
city for some time in the form of
wanton killings and beatings with
out slightest provocation and en-
tering private homes without
search warrants.
A citizens committee headed up
by DR.. J. J. McClendon, president
of the local branch of the NAACP,
has decided to call a halt on these
police officers who set themselves
up as judge, jury and execution
er.
Both the nolice Commissioner
and the county prosecutor have
atedfastly refused to do anything
about it and both have been ex-
tremely hostile towards the group
whenever a committee appeared be-
fore them. The prosecutor would
not issue warrants for policemen
unless authorized to do so by the
commissioner.
1t is also believed here the mayor
himself condones this sort of thing
as he has not attempted to put a
stop to it although in every case
the mayor was acquainted with
the facts. This was brought out In
the meeting Sunday before Atty.
Charles Houston of Washington
delivered a stirring address.
Atty. Houston said among other
things that police brutality is on
" the "second stage of lynch
ing" and that the club is not held
alone by the policeman on the
heat who yields it but is held
Jointly by higher officials.
The group has been aroused to
fighting pitch and is going into
courts. They have petitions out
seeking $4,000 signatures for the
removal of the police Commission
err This will be laid on the desk
of the mayor and then if something
is not done, citizens will know
that the city's chief executive IS
in favor of police brutality. The
| next step then will be to seek re-
moval of the mayor at election
time.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
CIVIL RIGHTS HELD
BETTERS RESPECTED

New York, August II (CNA)-
Under the stimulus of the demo-
constitutional guarantees have re-
ceived unprecedented support in
the last twelve months, the annual
report of the American Civil liz
berries Union made public this
week, shows.
The Union cited as examples of
increased respect for the Bill Of
Rights Attorney General Frank
Murphy's creation of a civil liber-
ties unit IN the Department of
Justice and the creation of civil
rights committees by the Ameri-
can Bar Association ard many
bar associations
Interference with he rights of
political, racial and REL gious mino-
rites has steadily diminished,
though propaganda agaielg them
is ominously increasing" the re-
port said.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19

The PWOC, a CLIO affiliate,
charged Armour and Company
with violating the Wagner Act in
the course of a labor board cleo
ton in Armour's Oklahoma City
plant.
The CLIO union claims that Ar
mour's "vicious and illegal actions
have demonstrated that an honest
election in any Armour plan is
impossible according to Don Har-
ris, national director of the
POWC.
The loss of the Oklahoma City
election by the narrow margin of
1873 to 3O8 on a Eyes Or nor" bal
lot was attributed by union Of
ficials to anti-union circulars sign
ed by Armour and Company urg-
ing employees to vote against the
union, and to visits made by COM
pany foremen to workers in their
homes.
Charges against the company
were filed together with a demand
that a scheduled poll of Armour
workers in Fit. Worth, Texas, be
called off due to the company's
illegal actions. Similar charges
had been filed in Chicago follow
ing the distribution of an anti
union circular on the day previous
to the election won by the PWOC
in the Chicago 31st street by
products plant August 3.
A national strike among Armour
plants has been threatened by
PWOC leaders should the company
continue to refuse to meet with
the union to negotiate a contract.
The union has already been GER
titled by the NLBR as sole collec-
tive bargaining agent in Is major
Armour units.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
N BURDETTE ST.

Wednesday August 9Th
On the ball field was a series
of ball games. Looked like a soft
ball tournament. a games IN all.
Everybody broke ever. Hezzle
Stars beat the HISS 8 to 6 after
most of the game that was brok-
en- up July 81. The &C beat the
Stars 0 10 . In 5 innings. Then
the HISS came back and got re
venge on the hard hustling Wood
son Center. Score 6 to 4. Stems
2 successive errors paved the
way for the HISS victory. Then
the south siders came right back
in the 4th game of the afternoon
to trounce the &C to the tune of
5 to 0. The fans enjoyed a lots
of baseball for one afternoon in
four we'll played games.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19

7 of the lads departed for Chi
about 3 weeks ago by the side door
Pullman route, seems like the boys
did not fare so well on 45th and So.
Parkway as they do on oath and
Lake. AS you know the sack house
there only takes are of the boys
that live there. So things wasn't
so rosey. All the boys are home
now and what information have,
they r going to stay home
Home is the place where you are
treated the best and grnmhle the
most.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
From clearinghouse
Workers Organizing
Committee

Chicago, August A Clio packing
house workers yesterday scored a
signal victory in a National Labor
Relations Board election at Ar
mour's 31st Street auxiliary plant
here. On a Eyes or no" ballot the
clearinghouse Workers Organizing
Committee, Clio, received $50 votes
to 148 in the negative.
This brings to Is the number of
Armour plants throughout the
country in which the Clio union
has won elections or been certl-
fled as sole collective bargaining
agent by the NLRB.
A similar vote taken in the Cud-
ahy plant in Denver, Colorado,
last Monday, gave the Clio union
a majority of 142 to Is.
Meanwhile there is no indica-
ton that Armour and Company
has altered its position and &C
cepted the unions offer to meet
and discuss the basis on which a
mutually acceptable contract might
be worked out.
Officials of the PWOC declare
that Armour, by its refusal to
parley, is forcing a nationwide
strike in the industry.
Don Harris, national director OF
the union, stated:
armour seems determined to
settle TINS dispute by force. The
company has even refused the re
quests by the federal Department
of Labor conciliators and the Chi
cage City Councils Committee on
Labor and Industrial Relations to
negotiate the question of collec-
tive bargaining.
THE nationwide strike which
seems inevitable will work a hard
ship on the whole country %particu-
larly the live stock farmers. Yet
Armour shows no concern over the
gravity of the problem.
"The farmers of this country
have themselves had bitter exper-
fences with the "Big Four pack
ers. We believe that the unions
program of more employment and
better pay checks will do much
toward increasing purchasing pow
er and providing a sorely needed
domestic market for farm pro-
ducts.'
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
Drive For Vote
Started In South
Birmingham, Ala, August 10
(CNA)-Under the slogan Of Full
Citizenship Rights for ALL" TO-

Citizenship Rights o All, III,
900 Negro young peaple in fifteen
Southern states in a crusade for
the right to vote. The organiza-
ton plans an intensive II months
campaign.
For several months past officials
of the Congress have been care
fully studying the laws pertain
ing to voting in every Southern
state. The youth volunteers will
receive thorough instruction ON
the law governing registration
in their respective communities,
on poll tax laws and other ques-
tions pertaining to the franchise.
This knowledge will be spread "a
mong the disfranchised section Of
the Negro population to increase
their interest in civic affairs.
The methods to be used have
been selected on the basis of
the past experience of the Youth
Congress in citizenship drives.
Specials efforts will be made to
reach first voters before high poll
taxes have accumulated. Citizen
ship Institutes will be held where
people will be instructed in the
procedure of registering and quail
flying as voters.
"The Full Citizenship Rights
for All campaign" said Edward
f. Strong, Executive Secretary of
the Congress, ais an important de-
velopment among Southern Ne
gro youth. 1t indicates that Ne
gro young people are working to
achieve the most fundamental and
essential right in a democracy
the right to vote. We have come
to recognize the ballot as the ma
ior instrument for attaining ade-
ouate housing, improved health
conditions for the rural youth in
the South, and for the general
raising of the cultural level of our
youth"
The Birmingham Council of the
Congress already has begun its
voting drive, assisting the Bir-
mingham branch Of the NAACP
Registration books in this city o.
pen August 9th. A series of meet
ings each week up to that date
is scheduled in the drive to get
a large number of Negroes to reg
ster.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19

Try Flushing Excess Poisons
And Acid Thru Kidneys
And Stop Getting Up Nights
35 Cents Proves 1t

When your kidneys are overtax-
ed and your bladder is irritated
and passage scanty and often
smarts and burns, you may need
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules,
a fine harmless stimulant and
diuretic that starts to work at
once and costs but 35 cents at any
modern drugstore.
It's one good safe way to put
more healthy activity into kidneys
and bladder-you should sleep
more soundly the whole night
through. But be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL-it's a genuine medicine
for weak kidneys-right from
Haarlem in Holland.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
SEEN WITH MY BLUE EYES

SEEN WITH MY BLUE EYES
Just hundreds Of little kiddies
having the time of their lives on
the slides and other play ground
equipment having a merry time.
When they got tired, they made a
bee line for the feed basket got
their fill and headed again for
the slides. Nobody got hurt. All
in all, everybody had a wonderful
time. | wonder why the City Park
Department don't put some slides
and swings on the north side. |
am sure they would be appreciated
by the young folks and the old.
/ am positively they won't rust
from lack of usage. There must
have been 1000 kids alone at the
picnic. 21st and Burdette st. would
make a wonderful place for a play
ground on the extreme end. / think
/ would like TO see the plan car
ried out. Anyway here's hoping
that someday the kids on the
Northside will have a playground
fully equipped like they have in
other sections of the city.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
o's and As

| Which of these words 4 miss
spelled?
Definite?
Diphtheria1
Religious?
Grandure7
Soliloquyf
What is the unit Of weight IA
the metric system?
3 What ancient German race
overran the Roman Empire?
;. Who originated the sayingt
NO more privacy than a gold
fish?
If 1t is so that Oku was a jap
anese general who fought in
the Russian war, then it is so
that Hsia is the Golden Age Of
Chinese history?
3. What American general was
known as Fighting Joe?"
I. What American icteroid sing
ing bird is the only Il of our
-soDgsters, according to Bur-
roughs in Birds and Poets"
that the mocking bird cannot
parody or initiate?
8. What port is at the entrance OF
the Suez Canal?
9. A squg is a grotesque figure
obtained by making a blot on a
sheet of paper. folding it over,
then opening it out fiat. Is
this statement right or wrong7
0. What adjective means distant,
but within view?
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
CASH COAL WINS

They beat the Leavenworth Mer-
chants 9 to 8. The superb Pitch
inc of lefty Davis held the white
bows in check. The Cash Coal
boys had lots of fight and hitting
bower Home runs was plentiful
on the Coal boys sides. The best
hitting amateur team IN town
barring none. Just a good throw
ing catcher and n more pitcher
like Davis and watch their smoke.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
CASH COAL LOSE 6 TO 2

United Cash Coal lost a heart
breaker before a large crowd al
Fiontenelle Park. Angelo Ossino
Star pitcher for the Harmony
Bar let the Coal boys down with
only 3 hits. By losing Sunday
Contest the colo.ed lads lost all
chances of winning the pennant.
The best they can do is to finish
second. Not so bad.
Richard Stanley
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
TO THE OF
THIS COLUMN

If you have some funny joke
on your friends that is not too
personal, lets you and | get to-
gether and tell Omaha. | am for
fun and fun only. You and | can
make if funny. So come on, and
dig your friends. If you like my
column tell the boss. If you don't,
keep it to oyourself. SHH, SHH.
See you next week. Fun for all, all
for fun. Solid sender, man.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19

omaha's population has increas-
ed slightly with addition of several
young men and their families
from Missouri here to work for
the Government in the Engineer
ing Department at the Florence
Docks. In what capacity, | can not
say Their headquarters at present
is 22O6 N. 28th avenue. Mrs. Edna
Lawson residence.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
4 O'CLOCK
in the MORNING
On N. 24th St.
By Richard Stanley

lucky College.
Mss Anderson is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Anderson
who are also visiting friends in
Omaha will leave Omaha Monday
for a extended trip east before
returning to Lawrence, Ky. Miss
Anderson, while in Omaha is the
house guest Of Mrs. Leota White,
251e Writ St.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19

Chicago, Aug. II -(CNA) The
North Central Jurisdiction of the
Methodist Church, one of six set
up three months ago at a confer
enc which united the three prin-
cipal branches of Methodism, will
hold its first conference in Chi
cago next June, it was announced
this week.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
SEEN WITH MY BLUE EYES

SEEN WITH MY BLUE EYES
Miss Margret Burton of Mar
shall, Mo, and Mrs. Margaret
Mozee of st. Joseph, Mo-, a visi-
tor to our city. Miss Burton is at
present teaching school in Mar
shall, No. She spent her summer
vacation in Omaha for the last
3 years. She is the house guest
Of Mrs. Edna Lawson.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19

Hezzie All Stars gained a tie
game with the Woodson Center
A in all. The game was a hard
fought game. All through the
Stars came from behind twice to
knot the count. Mart had to call
the game because of darkness. The
game will be played on a later
date.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19

Miss Vonceil Anderson arrived
in town for a short visit with
her old school chums and her
many friends. Miss Anderson is
q recent graduate from the Ken
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
From clearinghouse
Workers Organizing
Committee

Chicago, Aug.@Charges against
Armour and Company for vicious
anti-labor acts were filed today
with the NLBR by the Packing
house Workers Organizing Com
mittee.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19

Mr.. Dewitt Bell, Mr.. James
Woods, Mr.. Dick Artesen, Mr..
Charley Martin, Mrs. Clara Con-
lev. Party of five enjoying life
merry and gay. Mrs. Margaret
Starks attendent to their wants.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
NSWER

1. Grandeur.
2. Gram.
3. Goth.
A.. Irwin s. Cobb.
5. Both statements correct
s. Hooker.
Z. Bobolipk.
3. Port Said.
8. Right.
10. Yon.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
Elmwood Park

Elmwood Park
The HISS beat the &C 5 to 2 be-
fore a extra large crowd in a
well played. The hard hitting HISS
banged the ball all over the lot.
The &c played a bang up game
but couldn't solve the delivery of
Joe Brooks.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
AT THE COTTON CLUB

Mrs. Ora Baker from Sweet
Spring, Mo-, in company with Mrs.
Matte Stevens, Mrs. billiard
Johnson.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19

The DC beat Hezzie Stars a to
3 to win a twin bill. Almost cinch
2 place in their league.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19
MORE SOFT BALL

August 18th Hezzie Stars beat
the HISS a twin bill score 10 to 9
the first game and 5 to 2 the
second. The boys are fighting hard
to see who goes to Falstaff Park.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-19

Paul Lenrod, Miss Nellie Bas-
sett. Miss Ruby Vandermeer, Mr..
Harvel Mcneil, Miss Hazel Napier
lust having a lovely time. Paul
waiting on hisself. What a time!