SI. Louis Is
Buried
Under Snow
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 6—UR—St. Louis
was buried under 11 inches of snow
today in its greatest 24-hour snow
storm in 39 years—the fifth heavi
est in St. Louis history.
Traffic was stalled throughout
the city and the snow continued to
pile up at the rate of an inch an
hour. The Weather Bureau saw
little prospect of a letup later in the
day.
One death was attributed to the
storm.
Busses were running behind their
schedules and were not getting
through at all on some lines. Auto
mobiles were abandoned on scores
of streets. Thousands of persons
were late to work or unable to get
there at all.
Highways were all but imp&ssable.
The Missouri Highway Patrol urg
ed everyone to stay off the highways
except in emergency.
The snow storm, which started
about 5 p.m., yesterday is the city's
greatest for this early in the year.
Furious Storm
A furious autumn storm dumped
a staggering load of snow on the
nation’s midsection today.
The drifts on some highways in
the St. Louis area were so high that
snow plows could not get through
them.
The number of deaths caused by
the series of storms and record
shattering cold since Saturday
reached 143.
The roof of an automobile and
implement store collapsed under the
weight of snow at Tuscola, 111.
In Illinois, the snow piled up to
11 inches in Belleville, to 7 in
Vandalia and to four in Springfield.
Wide Trail
The storm dumped snow on a wide
trail that si retched from Oklahoma
and Kansas to Ohio.
Sleet and freezing rain fell south
of the snow belt.
Upstate New York had the cold
est weather of the season. Malone
reported three below.
Five foot snow drifts temporarily
marooned hundreds of motorists
there.
New York City's temperature of
20.1 was only one tenth of a de
gree above the record for the date
set 72 years ago.
Princess Louise
Will Make One
More Alaska Trip
Due to tide conditions, the Prin
cess Louise had an early arrival and
departure this morning, arriving
from Skagway at 6 a m. and sailing
for Vancouver at 7 a.m. The Prin
cess Louise will make one more
round trip to Alaska ports before
going on a winter run between Van
couver and Kitimat, B. C.
Passengers for Vancouver were:
E. D. Wright, Mrs. R W. Hunter,
Ray Westfall. Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Vienola, O. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Gair Jr., Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Hoisington, and F. W. Harris.
Tom Prince Rupert: T. Read, James
Hawthorne.
To Victoria: Rev. John Greeny.
Arriving from Skagway were: Miss
M. Fassett, Sister Mary Agatha,
Sister Mary Joseph, Sister Mary
Felicia, Miss Smith and Mr. Greg
ory.
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Bombing Hair Seals
On Copper River
Flats Is Effective
Hair seal control operations In
the Copper River district this fall
have proved effective, Lewis Mac
Donald, Alaska Department of Fish
eries supervisor, reported today.
The three-way cooperative pro
ject last month was sponsored by
Cordova fishermen and packers with
the Alaska Department of Fisheries.
Dynamite bombs were dropped in
seal concentrations by men in fast
outboard boats and followed up by
sharp shooting to kill the wounded
animals.
The bombs had 10-second fuses.
A tense moment occurred when one
outboard motor quit following a
drop. The outboard engineer did
some fast cranking, MacDonald re
lated.
A check showed that no fish were
caught in the blasts. It was estimat
ed that about 500 seals were elmin
ated. The seals in the Copper River
area are known to do great damage
to the salmon runs there.
It is planned to continue opera
tions in the spring before the be
ginning of the first salmon run.
Outboards and boats were sup
plied by the Cordova canneries.
Fishermen participating wpre Lew
Cochran, John Goeres, James W.
Nichols, Warren S. Chappell, and
Edwin L. Chesire.
British troops and Egyptian civ
ilians have exchanged shots at Suez
without anybody being hit. That’s
the word from a British military
source. He said incidents are in
creasing in the middle-eastern
powder keg.
King Opens i
Parliament '
With Speech 1
By the Associated Press
Britain’s new Conservative-run
Parliament was opened formally to
day with a speech read for the ail
ing King George. He remained in
Buckingham Palace.
The king’s speech called for drns
ftc action against inflation, threat
ening Britain’s defense effort. He
also promised a firm stand in the
dispute with Egypt. The new Prime
Minister, Winston Churchill, is to
follow up with a speech today giv
ing his program.
Indian Seamen on
Strike; Quick
Settlement Made
By Associated Press
A strike of Indian seamen against
a British freighter in Olympia,
Wash., ended last night after the
demands of the crewmen were met.
They had been striking for warm
clothing, fresh foods and overtime
pay. They returned to the ship,
the Empire Wallace, after the cloth
ing they demanded was placed on
board and the captain promised
overtime pay for those entitled to
it.
The 55 seamen—who signed on
at Bombay, India—were supported
in their strike by Olympia dock
workers.
FROM SEATTLE
Norman G. Jensen of Seattle is at
the Baranof Hotel.
Joint Meeting of
Lions, Rofarians
Next Tuesday
Charlie Carter piloted the Juneau
Rotary club through a riotous pro
gram interspersed with humorous
■stories and comments. It was an
introduction to a Rotary fellowship
program designed to make for closer
friendship among members.
Two teams were drawn, one cap
tained by President Neil (Beaver)
Fritchman and the other by Dr. I. J.
Montgomery with Dr. William
Whitehead as scorekeeper. Ques
tions, a la spelling bee method,
were asked of the opposing teams
regarding classification of mem
bers, names of their wives and other
data listed in the local roster.
Fritchman’s group won by a point.
It was announced that a joint
meeting will be held with the Ju
neau Lions club next Tuesday which
is to be the sixteenth anniversary j
date of the local club. Howard
Stabler, the club's first president
and Waino Hendrickson will be the
speakers.
Leonard Hopkins, sporting goods
salesman from Anchorage was a
visiting Rotarian. Other guests
were Bill Waddell of Juneau Plumb
ing and Heating and A. J. Alter of
the Alaska Health Department.
Verne Metcalfe passed the cigars
honoring his third child, a boy
named Peter McAlister. A bank
account collection for the young
man netted $17.80 which is to be
matched by his father.
AT THE BARANOF
E. M. Berk of San Francisco is
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Anchorage Jail
Is Unsanitary;
Case to Be Heard
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 6—
—Judgq Anthony J. Dimond will
hold a hearing here tomorrow on a
complaint that the Federal jail is
so overcrowded and unsanitary that
confinement in it is a violation of
a prisoner's constitutional rights.
The plea is on the basis of the
bill of rights guarantee against
cruel and unusual punishments.
The case was brought into court
last week by six attorneys in be
half of 28 out of 35 prisoners. It
was sifted down to a one-prisoner
test by Ernest Pickens because writs
of habeas corpus (which would mean
freedom) can not be issued to more
than one individual at a time.
Territorial Rep. Stanley McCut
cheon appeared as a spokesman for
the attorneys.
The petition charged that the
"close confinement. . .has resulted
in overcrowding to such a degree
that it is impossible to maintain
personal cleanliness and that, as a
result, petitioners and their cloth
ing remain unwashed for days at a
time, so that the resulting stench
is sickening. . .and an outrage to
present day American civilization."
It cited plumbing troubles, too.
The jail was built in 1918. Grand
juries have been labeling it as a
hazard for several years.
Crawford Family in
Bed, Food Poisoning
By Associated Press
Actress Joan Crawford, three of
her adopted children and two ser- !
; vants arc recovering today from a
case of food poisoning. Miss Craw
ford says she believes a chicken
served at Sunday dinner in Holly
wood caused the illness. The six
I were confined to their beds, but
were not in serious condition.
Mt. Katmai, Alaska, showered
dust 900 miles away when it erupted
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