CORONER MAY
CALL INQUEST ON
DEATHS IN BLAZE
Although no foul play is suspect
ed, a coroner's jury probably will
be called for an inquest early next
week, to investigate unusual cir
cumstances connected with the fire
in which two young boys were burn
ed to death in a padlocked room.
The boys died in the blaze which
destroyed the Northern Rooms early
yesterday morning. Deputy U. S.
Marshal Sid Thompson is conduct
ing the investigation.
Coroner Gordon Gray said today
that announcement will be made
Monday if it is decided to hold
an inquest. It will be impossible
to get essential testimony before
then, he believed. The key witnesses,
under treatment in St. Ann’s Hospi
tal, still are suffering from burns
and other injuries, besides severe
shock.
Louise (Judy) Ward, whose two
sons were burned in the locked
room, is being treated for serious
second-degree burns of the back
and arms, and first-degree face
burns. She is so swathed in bandag
es that it is physically impossible for
her to sign a statement yet.
Burned When neeing
She Is under care In the hospital
by which she is employed. Mrs.
Ward is a kitchen helper at St.
Ann's where she has been working a
split shift, early morning and eve
ning. She was burned while fleeing
from the second floor of the blazing
building after trying to rescue her
children.
Also patients in St. Ann's are
Margaret Hollingsworth, who was
burned before jumping from the
second floor, and Richard McRob
erts, whose feet were hurt when
he jumped.
Hospitalised right after the fire,
but able to leave the hospital yes
terday were Johnnie Johnston, who
discovered the fire, and Stanley
Bowers, who was severely burned.
Children Suffocated
That, mercifully, the children
died "without knowing anything"
is the opinion of investigating of
ficials, who believe the two boys
were suffocated by the gases before
their bodies were burned. Both were
in bed.
Apparently, 8-year-old Phillip
Ward had been almost entirely cov
ered by a blanket which protected
him from direct contact by fire.
Body Cruelly Burned
Lawrence, aged 4, was not so cov
ered, and his small body was cruelly
burned where exposed.
Their remains are at the Charles
W. Carter Mortuary.
The Northern Hotel Building on j
South Franklin Street includes three
pieces of property, was obtained
about ten years ago by Mrs. Olav
Lillegraven, who has had it leased
since then. The property is handled
by her brother, Attorney M. E.
Monagle.
The buildings house the Northern
Rooms, which has 26 rooms upstairs,
and the Snake Pit, which was burn
ed out, leaving only a shell.
The city valuation of the property
is approximately $19,001^ and, ac
cording to Monagle, is partially cov- j
ered by insurance. No estimate of
the amount of the loss was available, j
Insurance adjustors are expected
here early next.
TWO PAA VETS
ON ALASKA TRIP
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SEATTLE, Nov. 10—(/Pi—'Two sen
ior Pan American World Airways
captains from the company's Latin
American Division left here yester
day enroute to Fairbanks on an
inspection tour of the Alaska region.
They are Captain George E. Snow, a
veteran of 22 years with PAA, and
Captain George W. Rummil, who
has been with the company 16 years.
The veteran pilots have been flying
the transpacific military airlift dur
ing the past crucial months of the
Korean war. With commercial air
lines cutting back their number
of airlift flights. Snow and Rum
mil will return to their “home base"
at Miami after completing their
swing through Alaska.
T. Q. Brow'll of Seattle is staying
at the Baranof Hotel.
! High School (omedy Tonight
Above are Karen Jones as Angie and Rudy Ripley as Jack in a
srene from the Juneau High School comedy “Seventeenth Summer”
which will be presented tonight and tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock
in the Grade School Auditorium.
REINDEER TO
BE GUARDED
AGAINST LOSS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10— UP) — j
The government is waging a war
on Alaskan wolves to protect Santa
Claus’ favorite steed and a vital
food source for natives—the rein
deer.
It’s the first organized attack, a
government expert said today, on
wolves and coyotes which have help
ed reduce Alaska’s once-rlch herds
of reindeer and caribou to the
danger point in some areas.
Government agents spot wolf and
coyote trails from reconnaissance
airplanes, and then go in on foot
to place poison-filled “baits” design
ed to kill the wild raiders without
harming valuable fur-bearing ani
mals.
• This was reported by Dr. Dorr D.
j Green of the Fish and Wildlife Ser- ,
| vice at a meeting of American and 1
Canadian scientists gathered to con- j
sider research needs in strategic Al- i
aska.
Green reported the two-year-old
program—devoted largely up to now
to preliminary surveys and limited
operations—is already showing good
results in reducing reindeer and
caribou losses.
SONS OF NORWAY
FAKE IN 16;PLAN
IUNVENILE PROGRAM
—
Members of the Sons of Norway]
lodge enjoyed a lively time of dan
cing and refreshments following in
itiation of 16 new members at a
meeting in the IOOP Hall last
evening.
Initiated were Mr. and Mrs.
James Gregg, Douglas Gregg, Har
vey Hildre, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Hagerup, Mr. and Mrs. Sigrud
Fause, Nels Lonseth, Arthur Bring
dale, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Nance, Mr.
and Mrs. Erland Pearson, Olav Lin
graven and Jean Peder.
Albert Peterson was elected soc
ial director. Mrs. Hagerup was
named juvenile director to carry
on a project of folk dancing and
singing for children from six to
fifteen years old who are of Nor
wegian descent. It is not neces
sary for parents to belong to the
lodge for the children to partici
pate in this program.
It was decided to hold two meet
ings monthly.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the friends of
Jesse E. Skelley for the many acts
of kindness shown to him and to
us. Also for the beautiful flowers
and the stone in his memory. We
wish to especially thank Rev. Fields
and the men who were pall bearers.
Howard Skelley
Jim Skelley
Eva Rolf
Roy Skelley
Raymond Skelley
Max and Ann Dorman
Sonny...
Our regular Friday night
feature, "Shopping Around
Town", does not appear to
day because most of the par
ticipating stores will be
closed Saturday for the
Armistice Day holiday.
PNA Flies 2000 Lbs.
Crabs from Corodva
To Anchorage Elks
With a light load of three pass
engers for Anchorage yesterday, a
westward bound flight of Pacific
Northern Airlines picked up 2,000
pounds of fresh crabs at Cordova
for delivery to an Anchorage Elks
Club banquet.
Passengers for Anchorage: Jim
Whistler, Nolan Hibbard, and Mrs.
George Sharock. Dick Bahte went
to Cordova.
Sixteen arrived here from An
chorage: Lee Delude, Mary Gaha
gan, P. Parker, O. E. Christensen,
D. E. Lawson, M. Brown, Jean Co
man, U. C. Nelson, Charles Barker,
Don Anneskitt, Stephen Noble. Wil
liam Roberson, H. Watson, Charles
Dennis, Cledia Jcnes, James Shct
ridyo.
ALASKA CONTRIBUTES
TO CENTRAL FOUNTAIN
FOR UNITED NATIONS
To date, Alaska’s' interest in the
symbolic fountain for the new Uni
ted Nations headquarters amounts
to $130.44.
As treasurer for the Alaskan com
mittee, Comdr. Edward P. Chester,
Jr., is keeping careful record of
contributors, expecting to publish
a list later.
Alaska’s quota is £500, although
the original sum was $1,000. The
fountain will be in an open plaza
facing the secretariat and library.
Mrs. Langlie, wife of Gov. Arthur
B. Langlie of Washington State, is
national chairman.
Snow Flurries in
Mobile Reported
MOBILE, Ala., Nov. 10— UPI —
Scattered snow flurries were report
ed in Mobile today.
The flakes, rarely seen on the Gulf
Coast, came dow'n along with a light
drizzle about noontime.
BUSY TRIP EAST IS
REPORTED, MRS.HERMANM
: - I
j Her experiences connected with
her attendance at the meeting of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, of which she is a board
member, of the American Cancer
Society and the New York Herald
Tribune Forum were told by Mrs.
Mildred Hermann at the meeting
of the Soroptimists Friday noon in
the Baranof Terrace Room.
"The Beard meeting of the Gen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs
reminded me again of the tremend
ous part women are taking in the
problems of the world, not only on
a city and state level, but on a
national and international level,”
Mrs. Hermann said.
At the meeting of the American
Cancer Society. Mrs. Hermann, who
is commander for Alaska, was proud
of Alaska's contribution to the na
tional cancer fund. Alaska was,
fourth among 61 divisions of the1
ACS in percentage of donations to
quota.
All of the meetings of the Herald
Tribune Forum, where the theme
this year was "Mobilizing Human
Resources for Peace," were attended
by Mrs. Hermann.
Highlights of her trip included
"South Pacific,” in New York, tea
at Blair House with Mrs. Truman
hostess to the GFWS women in
at attendance at the annual meet
ing in Washington; tea at the Bri
tish Embassy where Mrs. Hermann
persuaded the wife of the British
ambassador that Lord and Lady
Frank should visit Alaska; the ban
quet in New York at which Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt was the princi
pal speaker.
Of interest is the addition of a
Department of Gerontolgy to the
Federation of Women's Clubs study, j
Mrs. Hermann said, and told of the |
four “B’s" of middle age; baldness, I
bifeeals, bridges and bulges. These, I
she commented were less important
than these “Ins”: inertia, indolence)
and inactivity. i
An opportunity to speak on state
hood for Alaska at a session of
the General Federation ef Women’s
Clubs was enjoyed by Mrs. Her
mann, who said that the chairman
of the Federation’s legislative com
mittee, Mrs. C. D. Wright, of Wash- j
ington, D. C., was one of the most
active proponents cf statehood in
the nation.
In her four weeks away from
Juneau, Mis. Hermann spent time
at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, vis
ited her son, “Chee" Hermann, in
his second year of law school at
George Washington University and
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Marshall, in Se- .
attle. Mrs. Marshall (Barbara
Hermann i is completing her stu
dies for the Doctor of Philosophy
Degree at the University of Wash
ington. Mrs. Marshall received her
Master's at the University of Mich
igan and has done two years work
toward her Ph. D in anthropology.
Mr. Marshall is in the purchasing
department at Boeing’s.
Miss Anita Garnick reported on
the first annual banquet, installa
tion and initiation of the S'orop
timists in Ketchikan recently.
The meeting was presided over
by vice president Bernice Morgan.
Next meeting will be in the
Baranof Friday, November 17.
ANCHORAGE GUEST
Jean Ccman of Anchorage is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
LITTLE INTEREST IN
EXTENSION OF RENT
CONTROL BY LOCALS
Not many letters have been re
ceived at the City Hall presenting
local feelings on extension of rent
control, Mayor Waino Hendrickson
says.
A rent control hearing is sched
uled at a regular meeting of the
Juneau City Council on Nov. 17.
The council is anxious to have both
sides of the question presented
either in person or through letters.
Rent controls will expire Decem
ber 31 unless action is taken by
the city council, or Congress takes
action before that time.
DOUGLAS HAS TEN .
ENROLLED IN HOME
NURSING COURSE
Ten persons have registered for
a home nursing course under the
auspices of the Juneau Chapter of
the American Red Cross which will
be conducted by Mrs. Gladys M.
Richards, registered nurse, in Doug
las.
There is room for more who are
iinterested, Mrs. Richards said.
Anyone wishing to enroll can con
tact her at Douglas 384.
BERGGRKNS TO SPEND
HOLIDAYS IN PORTLAND
Looking forward to a long visit
with her daughter and family, Mrs.
Arthur (Gertie) Berggren plans to
go south today. She is bcoked on
Pan American for Seattle, enroute
to Portland, Oregon.
Her daughter, the former Lenora
(Pat) Olsen, is Mrs. R. E. Holland
er, wife of a garage operator. Thsir
daughter, Joanne, was two years
old in August.
Mr. Berggren will leave Juneau
next month in time to visit his
people in Seattle before joining the
family group for Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Berggren plan to
return to Juneau the first week in
January, visiting in Seattle on the
way home.
GUERTINS LEAVE MONDAY
ON STATESIDE VACATION
With plans to spend Thanksgiving
with relatives in Highland Park,
111., a smart residential suburb of
Chicago, the Floyd Guertin family
will leave Juneau Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Guertin, with their
small daughter, Barbara, expect to
fly by Pan American Airways and
Northwest Airlines. Returning, they
will stop to visit in Spokane, their
former homei"A
The Guertins probably will return
December 5. and plan to celebrate
Christmas in Juneau.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Application for a marriage license
was made yesterday to the U. S
Commissioner by Cliff Matthews,
Juneau longshoreman, and Beulah
Hamilton of Metlakatla.
Has Religion Failed? Why This
World Upheaval? Is There a World
Leader? Can Peace Be Main
tained? Can Human Nature Be
Changed? Baha'i answers to these
world questions free on request.
Write to Box 1837, Anchorage, Al
aska. 649-tf
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Marine Invites
Commie Division
To Surrender
---
(By the Associated Press)
A Marine first lieutenant in
North Korea is waiting for an
answer to the surrender invitation
he gave a Chinese Communist div
ision.
The lieutenant, Albert Hausske
of Seattle, Wash., dropped the pro
posal from a plane. He says his
talks with prisoners convinced him
it was worth a try.
Hausske says the Marines ap
parently "beat the daylights" out
of the division—the Chinese 124th.
ACCUSE MOSCOW
OF INTERFERENCE,
AUSTRIAN POLICE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10—UP—'The
United States, Britain and Prance
protested to Moscow today that
Soviet authorities are interfering
in the Austrian governmen’s con
trol over its police forces in the
Soviet zone.
The protests arcse out of the
conduct of Soviet authorities last
month during Communist demon
strations and‘riots in Austria.
The protest note was delivered to
the Soviet foreign office in Mos
cow by American Ambassador Alan
Kirk. The State Department said
that Britain and France also made
protests at the same time.
MICHIGAN'S
GOVERNORSHIP
NOT DECIDED
(By the Associated Press)
Michigan’s governorship race is
growing more spectacularly close.
Late adjustments in the ballot
count from Tuesday’s election have
reduced former Republican Gov
! ernor Harry Kelly’s lead to less
i than 2,000 over Democratic Gov
j ernor G. Mennen Williams.
An official canvass of the vote
| was ordered when a 3,000 vote er
i ror was found In the count in
; Wayne County. The continuing
I canvass has brought further dis
j crepancies in the first county.
•
BADMINTON CLUB
The Juneau Badminton Club will
j meet next Monday night at 7 o'
I clock in the Juneau High School
l Gym.
RAND TURNS DOWN
OFFER, NEW POST
—
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 10-^-William
M. Band, St. Louis financier, to
day turned down a chance to be
come the Federal director of price
Stabilization.
Rand, President of Monsanto
Chemical Co., announced he had
decided for several reasons he is not
available for the post.
(By Associated Press)
A reliable administration source
says extension of rent-control will
be asked of the lame-duck Congress I
soon after it convenes. Existing rent
ceilings automatically expire on the
last day of this year.
MISS WOODS HERE
Miss Dorothy Woods of Ml. Edge
cumbe is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
FROM NONI!ALTON'
Cledia Jones ui Nondalton in the
Lake Clark, district, is stopping at
the Baranof Eaten
TWO FROM NEBRASKA
H. A. and J. D. Johnson oi
Oakland, Nebr. are guests at the
Baranof Hotel.
ATTENTION MASONS
There will be no stated commu
nication of Mt. Juneau Lodge No.
147, on Monday night. A called
communictaion will be held on
Monday, Nov. 20th, with work in
the F. C. degree.
FROM CORDOVA
J. W. White of Cordova is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
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