WPA Worker with
German Passport
Shot By Sentry
FORT ORD', Calif., Jan. 30 -
A WPA worker, carrying a Ger
man passport, was shot and crit
ically wounded when he rushed
a U. S. Army sen.ry who report
ed he caught the man trying to
break into a box car on the big
military re ervaticn.
The man was identified by Ma
jor Frank Dorn, Army Inteli
gcnce Officer as John Lutz, 53.
He is in a semi-cjoma in the
prison ward of the station hos
pital. Fort attendants said he
will recov r.
Doing His Duty
The sentry, whose identity was
not revealed by Army authorit
ies, is under technical arrest in
■his quarters.
Major Dorn said he undoubted
ly will be released after the in
vestigation because he was “do
ing his duty properly."
Charged Sentry
The sentry reported at 10
p.m., Saturday night he saw a
man trying to break into a seal
ed box car on a siding in tl "
reservation just ofl the main high
way. When the sentry challenged
ihm to “halt, who’s there?” the
man began walking toward him.
The sentry repealed his challen
ge to halt twice more and on the
third command he said, the man
broke into a run and charged
him, and the sentry fiiVd his
rifle, shooting the man in the j f
breast.
Carried Knife
In the hospital, attendants
found the man carried a stiletto
like knife concealed in a cake
of brown soap and in his pocket
he carried two passports, a Ger
iman-American and a German
passport. A WPA card bore the
name of Lutz; the U. S. passport
bore the name of John Galliger.
SENATE PASSES MODERN
IZING BILL FOR NAVY
WASHINGTON — The Senate
passed unanimously «nd sent to
the Whit;- House legislation au
thorizing a $300,000,000 expendi
ture for modernizing the fleet’s
air defense.
The chamber acted within an
hour after the S-nate Naval Com
mittee approved the legislation.
Alaska Labor
Convention Held
In Juneau
T r. .tnrirl legislators will not
have the on v show in Juneau
Ala'ka labor is holding its an,
nual cmfab there, which began.
Tuesday.
The conv ntian known as the
gathering of th All-Alaska La
bor Parly is held urd r the aus
pice . ' '.he Maritime Federation.
Officer declared all AFL un
ion have been invited to be rep
r sen ted as well as CIO unions
and i: is believed the convention
ers number approximately 75
men and women.
Sales Manager
PAA On Vi ay
San Francisco
As part of I’an American Air
ways’ large scale program of com
pany familiarization, William S.
Burton left Fairbanks recently to
s icnt a month in the flying firms’
traffic office in San Francisco.
Burton is district sales man
ager for Pacific Alaska Airways
in Fairbanks.
Following his stay in San Fran
cisco he will take over the Jun
eau PAA office for one month
while Louis DeL becque, regular
!y stationed in the Territorial cap
itol spends a month in San Fran
cisco.
During Burton’s two-month
leave the Fairbanks traffic will
be handled by Homer Thiele him
self re I ntly trrnsferr d north
from the Seattle office.
—
Coulee Dam Is
Nearly Complete
.
GRAND COULEE — The Bu
reau of Reclamation said 1,407,
900 cubic yards of concrete wei#1
placed in Grand Coulee dam in
1940. This increased to 10,485,691
cubic yards the amount of con
crete in the dam. It brought the
actual pouring operations to with
in 98 per cent of completion.
After inspecting the Consolidated Aircraft plant in San Diego with
Major Reuben H. Fleet (center) Consolidated president, Edael
Ford (right) disclosed tentative plans for Ford construction of
parts for B-24 four motored bombers for the army and their as
sembly by Consolidated. With them by a four motored plane built)
for Britain is Charles E. Sorenson, Ford production manager. j
f MIGHTY HUSKY YOUNGSTERS'
f LOOKS LIKE YOUVE BEEN READING
l OUR AOS ON HOW HEALTHFUL
CANNED SALMON IS'
INTO MILLIONS of U. S. homes this year goes an impor
tant health message: Science fads notable food rallies
richly stored in Canned Salmon! This is the story that
Canned Salmon advertising is telling housewives and
mothers through national circulation magazines. It’s
another fact about Alaska’s good product that is en
couraging more and more U. S. women to serve Canned
Salmon in their homes.
Good reason, too, for Alaska families to enjoy more
Canned Salmon! Food authorities say that Canned Sal
mon contains a greater store of important nutrients than
almost any other food. Protein, for instance—the food
element you expect a main dish to supply. Canned Sal
mon is rated more abundant in life-sustaining protein
than almost any other main dish food. Then there’s the
rare “sunshine” vitamin D—Canned Salmon is an extra
good source of vitamin I). Salmon also supplies vitamins
A and G plus the valuable food minerals—calcium and
phosphorous—that help keep teeth and bones sound and
healthy.
Add these health facts to the satisfying goodness of
Canned Salmon and you’ll know why we say — to you
Alaskans as well as to the U. S.—“For good health and
good eating—serve Canned Salmon!”
Salmon Sales
men Attend
Food ( Convention
SEATTLE, Jan. — The sales
force for Alaska's salmon pack
moved en masse to Chicago for
| annual convention of thi food in
dustry. Sales executives of the
salmon industry met with can
ners, brokers and wholesalers
from all sections of the United
States.
The National Canners Associa
tion, the National Association of
Food Brokers, and the Whole
sale Grocers Association each
year hold their annual conven
tions simultaneously in the win
dy city in what is probably tb;
biggest convention gathering in
the world.
During the Chicago m etings,
discussions will be held between
the salmon leaders and distrib
utors regarding the sales outlook
’ for the coming months and final
salmon advertising plans for the
Lenten season will be revealed
to the distributors.
Norton W. Mogge, northwest
manager for J. Walter Thompson
Company, the salmon industry’s
agency, will talk to several sal
mon group meetings in Chicago
on the industry’s advertising
plans for its sixth year of coop
j erative advertising. Samples of
advertising material will also be
shown to executives of distribut
ing organization attending the
Chicago meetings.
Big Three
Will Build
Airplanes
LOS ANGELES — Dr. George
Mead of the Automobile Manufac
turers Association effort commit
tee, said that the “big three”
automobile companies had agreed
to join aviation companies in
building defense airplanes on a
mass-production basis.
Dr. Mead said Ford, General
Motors, and Chrysler would build
I belt-assembly rooms for handlnig
I 1200 planes each. He said Ford
i had arranged to manufacture
| bomber parts for Chrysler and
j Consolidated Aircraft. He added
| that Chrysler would build parts
j for Martin bombers which Gen
eral Motors would build for
North American Aviation,
i Said Dr. Mead: “I believe I
| have found a solution for the
I problem of building airplanes in
j these three great automobile
; companies.”
V\a<* Kippers
Fumed Over
To Navy Men
J
WERE ON LEAVE EROAI
PSYCHPATHIC WARD
SAN FRANCISCO — The two
young Navy men who ripped a
Nazi Swastika flag from its staff
on the German consulate here
were given suspended sent nee
of 90 days in jail and turned ov
er to Navy officials who promised
they would be “adequately dealt
with.”
T!ie flag incident, staged befor
a throng of 2.000 resulted in a
stern protest from Berlin and a
statement of regret by this gov
ernment.
The sailors, Harold Sturtevant.
19, and Ervin Lackey, 21 w re
an leave from the Navy ho.-pitai
where they had been under c'
servation in the psychopathic
ward when the incident occurred
“ S U L R I) (J U G 11 ”
S 1 A I IONERY
At Nugget Office
Colonists
|Refuse To
Pay Debts
•/
ANCHORAGE — Col. Otto F.
Ohlson, g neral manager of the
. Ala-ka Railroad and head of the
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Cor
poration, threatened cu ter action
within 30 days unless certain
Matansuka colonists seeking tc
invalidate land purchase con
tracts make a token payment tc
show their good intentions.
His announc ment followed i
conference with a committee
which submitted recommenda
liosis fee land use and problems
of the valley.
Colonel Ohlson said, ‘‘Between
-10 and 45 colonists working at
die Anchorage air bas,. earned
about $1,800 each in the past six
months, yet some of them refuse
to pay their debts and have been
neglecting their farms.”
Ate yuu taxing advantagi
.f six months paid in ad- |
anee suosenpuon ?
F E A T—Her prestige as one
of the youngest skilled com
mercial pilots in the country
went up when Gertrude Meserve
(above), 19, landed a plane with
one wheel at Boston airport. She
and her passenger were a little
shaken up, but unhurt.
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rwo young U. S. navy seamen were convicted of milicious mischief in San Francisco for cutting
lown a Nazi flag which was flying at the San Fran isco German consulate. Sentence was to be im
posed later. The two were flanked by marine guards when they appeared in court. Left to right:
Ervin Lackey and Harold Sturtevant, the convicted seamen, and Guard F. Stanovich.