FINE WHIZ FISH CO. FOR
EMPLOYING MINORS
JUNEAU, (/P) — U. S. Disrtict
Judeg George W. Folta Friday
fined the* Whiz Fish Co., and one
of its superintendents, Thor Good
man, $500 apiece for hiring work
ers under 1G years of age.
The. company and Goodman
pleaded guilty to criminal charg
es of violating the fair labor
standards act on two counts.
(1) They employed minors un
der 16, and <2) they failed to keep
birthdate records of all employees
under 19 years of age.
The company and Goodman
were fined $250 on each charge.
The case was the first of its type
in the Territory to be tried, al
thought similar cases are pending.
Rocky Marviano
May Get Crack At
Heavyweight Title
NEW YORK, (/P)—Rocky Mar
ciano, who has become the sensa
tion of the heavyweight division
after less than two years of pro
fighting, may get a crack at the
championship this summer.
An awkward 183-pound boxer
with a powerful kick in both fists,
the unbeaten, 25-year-old ex-GI
moved right into the top ranks of
the big boys Friday night by
smashing his way to a split, ten
round decision over previously
unconquercd Roland la Starza,
187, at Madison Squar Garden.
A1 Weill, matchmaker for the
International Boxing Club, said
“We may put him in with Ezzard
Charles ‘the N.B.A. titleholder)
this summer, if Charles still is
! Freebooter Wins
Aintree National
AINTREE, England, (/P)—Free
booter won the 104th Grand Na
tional steeplechase Saturday at
Aintree. Wot No Sun was second,
20 lengths behind.
Acthon Major was third in the
field of 49 starters. Le Daim was
scratched just before post-time for
the world’s toughest jumping
classic, w'hich was run before a
huge crowd, including the royal
family.
F r e ebooter, a nine-year-old
gelding by Steelpoint-Proud Fury,
closed ae the 10-1 favorite. He
was the first favorite to come
home the winner since Spring, at
8 to 1, did it in 1927.
The race, over 4 miles and 856
yards with 30 stiff jumps, was
' held under bright sunshine.
The winner, who didn’t race in
' the National last year, is owned
I by Mrs. L. Brotherton. Freebooter
had been favored in all betting
callovers in recent weeks.
Wot No Sun closed at 100-7 and
Acthon Major at 33-1.
Rowland Roy was fourth and
Monaveen. owned by the Queen
and Princess Elizabeth, finished
fifth. Monaveen was leading in the
early part of the race.
It is estimated the average per
son has two colds a year.
champion, or even with Joe Louis
if Joe intends to come back. This
kid hits like that atom bomb and
he's liable to knock out anybody.”
The victory over La Starza was
Rocky’s 27th consecutive triumph,
including 24 knockouts.
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Lathrop Records
Quashed By Court
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munications since Jan. 1, 1930.
Subpoenas served on the La
throp firms asked for complete
records o fboth firms back as far
as Aug. 9, 1919. Both also were
asked to produce all records deal
ing with all coal contracts and to
produce any records which show
a method of arriving at the price
of 50a!.
Also asked was any information
or records which would show the
firms prevented and attempted to
prevent others from leasing any
United States coal lands in Alaska.
They also were asked for any
exchange of information between
the Healy River Company and
anyone else with respect to bid
ding on contracts or obtaining
such contracts from the army, air
force, navy and Alaska Railroad.
The Lathrop Company was
asked to produce records relating
to purchase and rental of film
shown in commercial theaters con
trolled by Lathrop since Jan. 1,
1940.
The subpoenas showed the gov
ernment was proceeding under the
1890 Sherman anti-trust act.
Court records disclosed the fol
lowing firms, or officers of firms
who have received or are to be
subpoenaed to testify before the
grand jury starting today. The list
includes 163 firms and individu
als. They include:
Buchan and Heinan Packing
Co., Seattle; Alaska Pacific Sal
mon Co.; Pacific American Fish
eries, Inc.; Arentson and Co.;
Alaska Fish Reduction; Alaska
Terminal and Stevedoring; Alas
ka Freight Lines, Inc.; Alaska
Transportation Co.; Lomen Com
mercial Co.; Perry Brothers, all
from Seattle.
Tongass Trading Co., Juneau;
Cordova Fish and Cold Storage;
Aleutian Cold Storage Co.; Libby,
McNeill and Libby; Alaska Steam
ship Co.; Briggs Steamship Co.;
Ocean Tow, Inc.; Archie Fergu
son, Nome; Alaska Ship Lines,
Inc.
Berter Transportation Co.; Ko
diak Fisheries; Petroleum Naviga
tion Co.; Pacific Navigation, Inc.;
Coastwise Lines; Alaska Fish Oil
Extractors; Alaska Fish Reduc
tion Co.; Alaska Freight Express;
Uganik Fisheries; Ket c h i k a n
Wharf Co.; Parks Canning Co.;
Newport Fisheries; San Juan Fish
ing and Packing Co.; S. H. Hen
drickson, Seattle; Bailey Covey,
Anchorage wholesaler; Art Burs
ton, Anchorage Drug Store owner;
Keith Capper, former night club
and radio station owner, now in
receivership.
Anchorage Cold Storage; J. 13.
Gottsetin, Anchorage wholesaler:
John D. Black, Anchorage bar
owner; Pacific Bottling Supply;
National Grocery Co.; Tacoma
Grocery Co.; West Coast Grocery
Co.; American Wholesale Co.;
Ketchikan Wholesale Grocery Co.;
Evan Jones Coal Co., of Anchor
age; Usibelli Coal Mines, Inc.
Alaska Distributing Co.; K and
L Distributors; Odom and Co.;
Seattle; Liquor Dealers Associa
tions of Kodiak, Ketchikan, Fair
b a n ks, Sitka and Anchorage;
Alaska Retail Liquor Dealers As
sociation; Carstens Packing Co.;
Arthur N. Olin, Internatio n a 1
Longhoremen’s and Warehouse
men’s Union <CIO> Local 61,
Ketchikan; Swift and Co., Seattle;
George Hormel Co.; Armour and
Co.; Frye and Co., Columbia Pack
ing Co.; S. and W. Fine Foods;
Pacific Fruit and Proluce; Grocers
Wholesale Co.; Associated Gro
cery and Produce Co.
Two Killed In
Head-On Crash On
Alaska Railroad
«Continued from Page one
Nels Pitskoa, 52, Spenard, a sub
urb of Anchorage, and George Du
chon, 52, Wallace, Idaho.
Hospitalized with lesser injur
ies were Peter J. Valentine, 31,
Mountain View; John T. Anton,
38, Drake, N. D., Fred Kizman,
30, Anchorage; Daniel Wheeler,
26, Noatak, Alaska; Carl Larson,
about 50, Seattle; Artis Headrick,
33, Anchorage; Tavleri Andreoni,
51, (hometown unavailable; Har
old F. Rathger, 36, Palmer, Alas
ka, and crew foreman, Burton
Waters, 35, Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Several others escaped unscath
ed when they jumped from the
speeder after the driver set his
brakes and shouted a warning.
The crash occurred 23 miles
south of here nad about 1 Vi miles
' below Rainbow Camp where con
I struction crews were working on
the Turnagain Arm Highway pro
! ject had their headquarters.
The gas speeder was taking the
men back to camp at the end of
their day’s work.
The passenger train was enroute
to Seward with empty cars to
. pick up passengers debarking
from the S.S. Baranof. Fireman
Lester Sheriff first saw the speed
! er as the locomotive rounded the
blind curve and yelled to engineer
J. M. Desico “plug her.” Desico
slammed on the emergency brakes
I but could not halt the train in
time.
The dead and injured were
i quickly loaded aboard the train,
which backed all the way to An
{ chorage where six ambulances
were waiting.
.N«‘Wfe of I he W or i<i
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parliament might have to be dis
solved and new elections called
because of the split in the country
ove rthe issue of whether Leopold
III should abdicate or return to
the throne from exile.
The Chinese Nationalists report
ed their warships sank 110 com
munist junks near Shanghai,
many laden with troops. The air
force said it halted another abor
tive Chinese communist attempt
to land troops on Hainan. On the
political front the Netherlands
gave recognition to the Chinese
Reds.
Thailand (Siam) began the long
delayed funeral of its boy King
Ananda Mahidol, who died of
gunshot wounds four years ago.
The new King Phumiphon Adul
det, 22, will set the torch Wednes
day to the funeral pyre of his
brother in colorful ceremonies at
Bangkok.
El Salvaddor held its first se
cret ballot and contested national
election since 1931.
In Lupaz, ’he Bolivian govern
ment said it had smashed a Rus
sian-led revolutionary attem p t
which had been set io start tomor
row.
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