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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-13
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
DIVE. DEPT. NOTES

The Douglas Volunteer Fire De- partment held the regular monthly meeting last evening with Gordon Gray presiding.
 The greater part of the evening was used in discussing the proper type of hose the Department should purchase with the proceeds of the last annual dance.
 Irl A. Thatcher of Ketchikan, was present at the meeting representing his company, the Fabric Fire x Hose Company. Gray appointed Rex Hermann, Alex Gair and Guy Rus so to check on the different types of hose and to contact the under writers and present their recommen- dations at the next meeting.
 Rex Hermann gave complete report on the last annual dance and reported a very successful affair, financially and socially. He praised the Channel businessmen Tor the fine support they give each year to the Douglas Department and to his committee He also reported the Empire and KINY had given free advertising for the affair.
 Robert Wagner, Scoutmaster, re- ported on the activities of the Fire Department that sponsored Douglas Boy Scouts at their two weeks out ing 1t Eagle River.
 It was decided that this year the Department would have compe- tition hose race on July Fourth between Hose Co. No. and No. 3, using the fire truck this year and using from four to five lengths of hose.
 Appointed on the refreshment committee for this month were Rex Hermann, James Wellington and Charles Whyte.
 Maintenance cc-mittee members are Alex GaiI, Mickey Pusich, Ray Mccormick, Robert Wagner and Allan Mackenzie.
 M F. Marshaii and rred Alberts were accepted as new members Of the Department. to be admitted at the next regular meeting.
 Following the meeting refresh ments were served by Tom Cashen, Alex Gair and their committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-13

Empire Want-aos for results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-13
PECK HAS GREAT ROLE IN 'DUEL"
 NOW AT CAPITOL

. Gregory Peck plays a fast shoot ing, quick k-tempered Texan in David o. Selznick's Duel in the Sun, now playing at the Capitol Theatre, and the fact that he got through the picture alive is to him, some what of a miracle.
 Three times during the filming, Peck was thrown from his horse, the first in Arizona where he was riding at breakneck speed beside a camera car used for a closeup.
 We were doing beautifully Peck recalled Then, after I'd gone perhaps a hGndred yards, I looked up to see directly in front of me, a 20 foot cactus tree. I refined the horses head to the right to go around the cactus, but the horse veered off and I found us heading directly into a four-strand barbwire fence. I tried to rein back, but the horse just wouldn't respond. We hit the fence head on, and I was thrown out of the saddle, landing on my shoulder about 20 feet away"
 The same horse spilled Gregory again during a scene in Culver City. This time the action took place on a sound stage, and called for Peck to rear his mount into the air for a closeup shot.
 That time the horse lost his balance and went over backward" !" Peck said. T was able to avoid be- ing mashed, but even so, the wind was knocked out of both of us"
 The third spill Peck took during the picture was when he was called upon to ride up to the veranda Of cottage. The floor had been cover ed with six inches of earth. The animals foot sank through the earth and slipped on the wooden floor below Down went both horse and rider, but neither suffered in- jurieS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-13
LYMAN ALLEN, SUpT. OF Fl. RICHARDSON
 SCHOOL, IS IN CITY

Lyman Allen, recently appointed Superintendent of the new Terri torial school at Fort Richardson, is in Juneau to discuss plans for the school with Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial Commissioner of Edu- cation. Allen has previously been principal at schools in Kenai, Ho- lner and Seldovia.
 Ryan stated that the new school at Fort Richardson will have many advantages over other schools in the Territory in that his office is only required to furnish faculty, books and supplies. The Army, he explained, will furnish the build ing, light, heat and other items of maintenance ill addition to living quarters for the faculty.
 Empire Want-aos for results!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-13
RITES FOR PERLAS

Rosary service will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the Charles w. Carter Mortuary for Domingo Per las and mass will be said by the Rev. Lee Sweeney. s. J., at the Catholic Church ot the Nativity at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
 Pallbearers, members of the Ju- neau Filipino Club, will be Ray Kahajay, Don Tucson, Mac Cor pug, Fable Memburam, Don Corpuz and Frank Peneda.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-13
PASSENGERS GO
 SOUTH ABOARD N0RAH

The Princess Norah arrived this morning at o'clock from Skagway and left at o'clock for the south with the following passengers from Juneau:
 Brian McDavitt, R. K. Overage, Miss Margaret Maland, Mrs. Elsie Buckner, Ben Frank, c. B. Holland, Sister Mary Ethelbert, Sister Mary Magalene, Sister Mary Joseph, C.. King, J. D. Gastonguay, Mrs. A.. Pearson, Irvine Bartels and wife.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-13

IF YOUR MONEY IS NOT EARNING FOUR PERCENT it will pay you to investigate our offerings in well chosen investments, ALAS KA FINAN CORPORATION, Cooper Building, 4th and Main.
 -adv.-574-tf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-13
SOAP BOX DERBY MEETING

A short meeting of the Soap Box Derby Boys Club will be held at 8 o'clock tomorrow night, and the boys are asked to take their entry blanks with them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-13

PLAN to spend your July 4th holiday at Taku Lodge. Contact Mary Joyce at the Baranof Hotel for reservations. -adv-605-tl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-13

When you pay Tor QUALITY why not get the FINEST-Buy FLOR SHEIM SHOES at Graves. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-13
NOTICE

I will not be responsible for any bills made by the Northwest Dairy Service.
 DAYTON F'LEEK.
 adv 505-t6
Valley frontiersman., 1947-11-15
Palmer Recipes, Valley Scene Are In ACCA Cookbook

The best from Palmer's kitch- ems and a scenic color photo graph of the Matanuska Valley both have prominent place in Out of Alaska's Kitchens" new cookbook just published by the Alaska Crippled Children's As sociation. @'...
 The book, which has been in the making for almost two years now, is compiled of tested re- cipes submitted by cooks from 21 Alaskan towns. Each recipe was given a trial in the kitchen of one of 25 Anchorage women, before it was included in the book. 52h.'.7V
 In addition to the original recipes for preparation of moose, caribou and other Alaskan game, the book gives many suggestions for a variety of dishes prepared fro mAlaska's native fruits and vegetables. 7oi -''a'1s}.. '.
 The book is printed on a glossy paper, and opens out flat for easy kitchen handling. It includes 16 full-page color illustrations of Alaskan scenes, in addition to it's kitchen helps.
 Palmer women who submitted contributions for Out of Alas ka's Kitchens" include:
 Mrs. Kay Hitchcock. Mrs.
 Joe Lentz. Mrs. B. J. Losing.
 Mrs. w. C. Mau. Mrs. Neil S.
 Miller and Mrs. Max Sherrod.
 Valley housewives who wish to order copies of the Alaskan cookbook may do so at the Ex- tension office or through Mrs. Max Sherrod. The ACCA sug- gests the book will be a useful item on any Christmas list. The. organization will mail a copy to any address for just 25 cents added to the regular purchase price of S2.50.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-11-15
Missing Man Sought

A mother in Cheyenne, Wyo., is seeking information about her lost son. He is Raymond c. Stan ton, 33. MT. Stanton is believed to be living somewhere within the territory.
 Anyone who knows the miss ing man, or. has information of his present whereabouts, is ask ed to communicate with the of flee of the, governor at Juneau. Mrs. Stanton may be reached di- rect by writing her at 9O8 w. 22nd St., Cheyenne.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-11-15
She's Real, After All

Miss Marilyp Johnson, home demonstration agent for this area, really isn't a myth. Her an- nounced arrival here, scheduled for mid-October, has been so long delayed, Valley Homemak- CT and All club members were beginning to wonder.
 But Miss Johnson did arrive in Anchorage this week, accord ing to information telephoned to the. Extension office Wednesday by Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen, home demonstration leader for the territory. The two workers were. scheduled to come to the Valley Thursday morning.
 Miss Johnson was to be intro duced to the Valley at a meeting of the Butte Homemaker's club on Thursday, and at the Wasilla Homemaker's meeting on Friday. She then expects to return to Anchorage for a time.
 The new home demonstration agent was expected to announce future dates for Valley visits be- fore she returned to Anchorage, Mrs. Fohn7Hansen probably will remain in the Anchorage-Valley area until late in November.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-11-15
Benefit Checks To-. Come Airmail

All old-age and survivors in- surance benefit checks will reach Alaskans by airmail here after, it was announced this week by Hugh J. Wade, regional direc- tor of the Social Security Admin iStartion.
 The checks are sent from the disbursing office in San Fran cisco, and in the past have been very irregular in reaching Alas kan points. They now will leave San Francisco on the third of each month.
 All Alaskans receiving such checks are requested to call at the postoffice earlier than in months past.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-11-15
Weather Behaves In Same Old Way

"Wettest fall I've ever seen here, and I've lived in the Valley since -'
 That was Palmer's favorite topic. of conversation just about a month ago today. Cold, damp, clammy, wet rain was pouring down from grey skies by the buckets, and for the first time in many month Valley residents were. whole-heartedly agreed on something. It was the "wettest" fal1.
 Only it wasn't. It was only half as wet as it should have been, judging by rainfall averages for the past nine years. During the whole month of October only .79 inches of rain dropped on the Valley. Any average year would have brought 1.65 inches of rain, and times were, back in 1885, when the Matanuska Valley has been blessed with a 3.48 inch rainfall.
 Furthermore October brought three days with a temperature high of 55. And there were 10 clear days, when the law of aver ages points to an expected six. i Last October Wasn'a so bad. That high temperature of 55 was II points below the norm, while the 11.4 low on Oct. 30 and 31 was just 4 of a point from aver age.
 l The quarterly rainfall from August through October has been a bit wetter than last year, for 5.13 inches of rain fell in those months in 1946, while 7.61 fell this year. The high dry point of those years was 2.5 inches for the quarter in 1941. At the other end of the scale, the .46 inches that fell in 1944 has been the wettest autumn quarter on record. | All of which goes to prove, that things are never as bad as they're remembered to be.
 Thus far in November, the weather man has been pretty normal in his behavior, too. He's probably erred slightly on the generous side, for these recent balmy days aren't exactly ac- ocrding to Hoyle. Even the plant life is reacting a little strangely, for silvery-grey pussyWillows are bursting out all over" the shrubs that line the streets near the fairgrounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27
Famed Leader, Marine Units, Passes Away
Brig. Gen. Evans Carlson Dies Early Today in
 Portland Hospital

PORTLAND, Ore, May 27.-iR- Brig. Gen. Evans F. Carlson, 51 famed leader of the Marine unit known as Carlson's Raiders in the Pacific war. died in Portland hospital at 6:30 am. today. The Emmanuel Hospital reported the famed veteran of two wars was admitted at 7:30 pm. He was stricken at his mountain lodge re- treat in the foothills of Mount Hood where he has made his home since retirement from active service in l946.
 Gen. Carlson suffered two earlier heart attacks, both critical, and was released Jan. 3 from the Astor- ia. Ore, Naval Hospital where he was patient for two months. For mer Vice-Pyesident Henry Wallace visited at the Carlson home Sun day.
 The General won recognition in the Pacific warfare leading Mar inc battalions behind enemy lines and in pre-invasion exploits, first at Maxim Island the summer of 1922, and then at Guadalcanal Terata and Saipan. His retirement was due to wounds received in the Saipan campaign
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27
BE- FISHING
 vf5SEL:CA5E
 GOES TO REC
Record of Hearing on Pa tifit Explorer Turn
 ed Over by TolIefson

WASHINGTON, May 27.-tR- Chairman Tollefson (R-Wash) of a House Fisheries Subcommittee to- day sent the record of it's hearing on the cannery ship Pacific Ex- plorer" to the Reconstruction Ff- nance Corporation without recom- mendation.
 The hearing was on complaints of the Southern California Tuna Canning and Fishing industry that the ship, constructed with REC funds, is engaging in tuna fishing instead of being used exclusively as research vessel in the Boring Sea.
 Nick Beg of Seattle, President of the Pacific Exploration Company, denied before the subcommittee that he is operating the ship in vio- lation of the terms of his contract with the REC.
 He said he intends to experiment with the fishing of king crabs in the Boring Sea eventually, but to raise the money to meet the re- payment provisions of his contract he must fish commercially. He said the contract permits him to do so in any waters of the Pacific Ocean.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27
NATION HEADING FOR DEPRESSION
 STATES WALLACE

PORTLAND, Ore, May 27.-lR- Former President Henry A. Wallace warned of century of fear" in a speech here last night and said it would result from the Truman doctrines in foreign policy and "one party coalition" in Con- gress.
 Wallace also called for interna- tionalization of the Panama Canal, the Dardaneiles and the Suez Cam al as steps vital to eliminate the causes of war. He said the control by one country of these strategic areas tends to break up peace 1 He told an audience of 5000 the nation was heading for a depres- sion, and said a. reduction of pric- es and raising of wages where pos sible must be accompanied by loans to European and Asiatic nations to raise their standards of living.
 He denom ,ced John Tabor, chair man of the House Appropriations Committee, and said American farmers should demand return of the AAA local committee system, which he said would be vital when prices decline. Wallace said Tabor and other Republicans took the AAA program out of the hands of the farmers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27
DRAWING0F JURY BEGUN,
 SANTA ANA
Louise 0vereII, George GoIIum, Accused of Kill-
 ing Formers 5 Parents
By FRANK FRAwLEY

SANTA ANA, Calf, May 27.--iH Baked in an attempt to disqual- ify special prosecutor Eugene D Williams, the case of Louise Overell and George Gollum, college sweet hearts accused of murdering her parents proceeded slowly today in questioning prospective jurors.
 Lawyers for the young couple ar gued vainly before Superior Judge Kenneth C. Morrison that the At torney Generals office exerted pol itical pressure in supplanting Or ange County District Attorney James Davis with Williams, who was a prosecutor in the Japanese war crimes cases.
 The defense has challenged two jurors for cause because they testi- fled they had formed opinions as to how MT. and Mrs. Walter E. Over- ell, wealthy Flintridge residents. came to their deaths aboard their dynamite blasted yacht in Newport harbor the night of March IS.
 Throughout the opening day of the trial, Gollum and his sweet heart, sole heir to her fathers esti- mated s60o,000 estate, listened with unswerving interest to attorneys arguments and questioning of pros- pective jurors. When court was ad- journed they shook hands with their counsel and were led back to jail. the husky, 220-pound Gollum in handcuffs.
 Lawyers estimate 1t, may take two weeks to select jury and from eight to nine weeks to complete the case.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27
NOME SAILING
 FROM SEATTLE
 x ANNOUNCED

SEATTLE May 27-lR- The motorship Reef Knot is listed by the Alaska Steamship Co.,, as it's first vessel of the year for Nome and other Bering Sea ports. Freight will be received until 3 p. m. Thursday.
 The Briggs Steamship Corpora tion, planning to enter service on weekly schedule from Prince Ru- pert, B. C., to Southeast Alaska ports. said the 132-foot freighter Southeastern is loading here for the trip north. It is 450-ton former Navy cargo vessel.
 Chartered by the Santa Ana Steamship Co.,, for operation in the Seattle -Kuskokwim River trade the motorship Coastal Rider was due today from San Francisco. She will make two trips this sum- mer to Goodnews Bay and Bethel, connecting at Bethel with the Alaska Rivers Navigation Co.,, for points on the Kuskokwim.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27
NATION URGED
 TO SPEND MORE
 FOR EDUCATOR
New York Times Editor Asks Larger Part of h.
 come Tax for Purpose

WASHINGTON, May 27.-tR- Benjamin Fine, education editor of the New York Times, said today the United States should spend at least five percent of it's national income for education instead of the present outlay of Is percent.
 He told a House Labor Subcom- mittee about $2,500 100000 annually now goes fer education in this country, as compared to $9,000,000,- 900 for liquor. and S4,00O 100000 for cigarettes.
 He added
 We spend more for beer than books. I'm not arguing against beer, cigarettes nor cocktails. All l am saying is that we have adopted a false sense of values. If we can af- ford to spend $20.000, 100000 for luxuries. we surely can afford to spend five billion for education"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27
NAVY SHIPS WILL TAKE SUPPLIES TO
 ARCTIC OIL AREA
Three Cargo Vessels, lee- breaker 10 Make Trip
 North in July

SAN DIEGO, May 27.-tR'-Car- rying twice the tonnage that the first expedition transported three years ago. squadron of Navy ships will leave here July 1 to deliver supplies at Pt. Barrow Alaska, for workers on the Navy's lonely Arctic petroleum reserve, the Navy announced today.
 The squadron commanded by Capt. Byron s. Anderson of Cor onado, Calif.. will carry l6,O0O tons of cargo ranging from canned beans to construction equipment a full years supply for the in- habitants of scattered camps on Naval petroleum reserve No. 4, a 35, GOO square area lying north of the Arctic Circle.
 To serve as beachmaster, the Navy has recalled to active duty Ccmdr., Glen Whaley of Seattle, who has had previous Arctic ex- perience. Capt. Leonard Frisco of Bronx, N. Y, another veteran Of Arctic operations, will serve as senior technical advisor.
 Ships leaving from San Diego will be the attack cargo ships Seminole, Union, and Muliphen and the ice breaker Burton Island. They will load supplies at Port Hueneme, Calf, and Seattle, and will be joined at the latter port by the LIST SAP.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27
VERDICT OF SUICIDE
 IN ELIZA MURPHY CASE

A Coroner's Jury brought back a suicide verdict yesterday in the inquest into the death Friday of Elza Murphy, B, in Juneau. The Jury said that he died from a self inflicted wound in the head by a bullet from .38 calibre Smith and Wesson revolver. The jury said that the motive was de- spondency. The shooting occurred in his home on Willoughby Avenue.
 The six jurors were: William L. Grisham, William Busch, Thomas N. Cashen, Dayton Fleek, G. E. Almquist and John J. Fargher.
 U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray is making arrangements for the disposition of the body. He said that there are possibilities that Murphy may be shipped to his parents in Flippin, Ark,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27
TEEN AGER KILLS FOUR
 TEEN-AGER5
Four Victims, Three Girls, One Boy, Found in Flow
 CT Pdftn, in East

INLAY CITY, Mich May 27.-
 (R- Slender, 16-year-old Oliver
 Terpenning, jr., was arrested near Toledo, O., today and was charged
 with murder in the flower-patch 1 staying of four teen-aged farm
 neighbors.
 Justice Albert Perkins signed a ] warrant on recommendation of
 Prosecutor Kenneth Smith of La- ! peer county, charging Terpenning with the murder of 16-year-old Barbara Smith. oldest of the four
 victims and girl friend" of Ter penning.
 The bodies of three girls and a
 boy, bouquets of flowers clutched in their hands, were found late Monday near swampy gravel pit. They were Barbara, 16, Gladys, 12, Janet, 2, and Stanley, IA; children of MT and Mrs. William Smith, living on farm nine miles northeast of here. Terpenn'ng was turned over to Ohio auttol ities shortly after a motorist gave him a ride as he hitchhiked south toward the Mich { igan-O Ohio line.
 Police officials in both states said he admitted shooting the | children about 3 p. m Monday, i but gave no reason for his act. /! Sgt Carl Siem of the Michigan state police post at Erie, Mich, said the high school boy appear led 1, to be in a fog
 The youth, a boy friend of the slain Barbara Smith, had been the
 object of a statewide hunt since another of the Smiths If children i found the bodies.
 {. The four Smith children were found dead of bullet wounds in , the backs of their heads. The boy was about 100 feet away from the
 girls, officers said, as though shot down while fleeing. | Two physicians examined the
 girls and said there was no evil dence of rape.
 ] Another Smith child, 19-year-old
 Ella Mae, left the supper table to
 look for the children and ran screaming back short time later
 to report her discovery of their
 bodies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27
BIG SQUADRON OF
 SUpERS FLYING TO
 AIRFIELD IN JAPAN
Another Squadron, Return ing from Training, to
 Fly Over Alaska

HONOLULU, May 27.-R--Nine B-29 Superfortresses of the Eighth Air Force arrived at Barbers Point airfield yesterday enroute to Yo- kota, Japan, for a month of in- tensive training. They were ac- companied by two C-54 transports carrying equipment Two more C-54s are due today.
 The squadron of PAS officers and men commanded by It. Col Jack J. Cation left Tucson, Ariz., Sunday night.
 Designed to be entirely self-suf- ficient, the squadron will replace an identical pioneer unit which ar rived in Japan one month ago and which is to start home to Fort Worth, Texas, via Anchorage, Alaska, before the replacements arrive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27

 TO DEATH
Operators of Infdmou! Nazi ConCentrd a lion
 Camp Die on GaIlows

LANDSBERG, Germany, May 27 -lR-Twenty-two operators. of the infamous Nazi concentration camp at Mauthausen were hanged today with 27 others scheduled to follow them to the galloWs tomorrow in the biggest mass executions o1 war criminals yet carried out by any Allied power.
 All were convicted by an Amer ican war crimes court of murders and atrocities against inmates al the big camp near Linz, at which more than 100000 Nazi victims al- legedly were exterminated during the war.
 On two galloWs in the yard ot Landsberg prison, where Adolf Hit Ter was once incarcerated, three U. S. Army executors dropped the first 22 of the 49 doomed camp operators to their deaths in two hours and 37 minutes.
 A muscular Austrian snapped the cords binding his wrists as he plunged through the trap and grabbed the rope above his head. Kicking and struggling violently he managed to forestall death for 18 minutes.
 The convicts included Austrians, Czechs, Hungarians and Yugoslavs as well as Germans. Most were members of the SS Elite Guard. Their ages ranged from p to 63.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-27
MAN, WIFE ARE SENTENCED TO
 TERMS, PRISON
Plead Guilty to Starvation SfrdnguIdtion of 16-
 Month Old Son

BREMERTON, Wash, May 27.-- R-Homer E. Wells and his wife, Ruth Helen, were sentenced to the state peniteniary yesterday after pleading guilty to respective charg- es of second degree murder and manslaughter in connection with the starvation and strangulation death of their 16-month- son last February.
 Superior Judge H. G. Sutton sen- fenced Wells to life imprisonment on the second degree murder charge, and the wife to maximum of 20 years for manslaughter. Charges of first degree murder against the pair were dropped. Minimum sen- tences will be set by the state pri- son board