The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 5, 1928, Page 2

Tgniuimmmmamm|mum|||||mmmlmmmumlmiIiimn]immmmmmumlmmlm||uimmmum|mmuumm|mmmumuunmnmuuumug November Séle Ok DRESSES Your opportunity to buy a New Fall Dress at a special price. We have reduced all our dresses for this event starting tomorrow. All sizes represented. Wool or Silk Frocks. New Fall styles and colors. Prices from $5.00 up B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department. Stare . .. iww 4. wi i % e PR Education Week Aiding Cutting Down Illiteracy JfContinued from Tage One.) pay particular attention to the edu- | catlon cf the foreign born and to do away with [Miteracy in the nation. Since our association had \these same objectives it was to the wutual advantuge for the commis: wion to held conferences with the ‘officers and committees of the National « Bducational assoclation The idea of American Fducation ‘Week for the improvement of the schools grew out of these confor ences, The first conferences werc held in 1919 and 1920. In 1921 definite arrangements were made for what wai to be known a: American Education Week. Bho .suggestive programs, havc been prepared ocach year sinc 1921 by the American Legion and ilie. National Bducation associa tion. These programs have been adagited by each school unit to meet local conditions. The Amerl can Modical assockaiion, the Na tional Editerial association, the National Federation of Women' Clubs, the American Federation o Labor; and practically all other national agsoclations have each year instructed their state ‘and lo cal units to cooperate to the ful lest extent In thelr vespective cqm munities - it making | Educatior Woeek a sticcess. The final say . as to the particular program and plans has by common consent beer left. to the local superintendent thought ‘as 1 sketched a dress of the color at Christiane’s. It was o4 crepe de chine model with pouch sleeves and a scarf collat something like faggoting. A ser- ies of box peats on the skirt was #theld in place by a similar tri- S clites %y 3 P All other agencias come to him'most important time in. education for directions and to ask what they of a child, It isypre-eminently the | ttime, for laying fundamental habits can do to help. lof health, obedience, socialization, ' Conditions Improving Conditions are improving through Americanization ut the nation, due largely, we be. “A child who has a kindergarten lieve, to the relationship thus es. education has tie advantage of a tablished, Where American Wdu- much bettet:stast in life than the cation Week has been :quately child withoyt this education. observed for a few i the! . “I hail the day when every child | teacher who *had not had quare in Mississippl will.be a product of deal does not ask our assoclation the kindergarten.”-—Amne L. Fant, of the state association for help. Department' of Bdutation, Missis- The public takes care of her. There sippi State College far Women. are cases of injustice In good| e ———— schools now and then, but the NOTICE—CARD PARTY wew relationships are reducing e these to a minimum. Our schools| The Rebekahs will hold a card wre organized and controlled by party at the Odd Fellows Hall he people themsclves. Our great.| Wednesday evening at 8 p. m. o8t sucess depends on a wvll-in.i ¢ rrady, angle. There was a real belt and : stitching simulated a second belt ja little ower down. RITA. S e € 0 v v o000 00 VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! To vote tomorrow one ?nlt be a citizen of the mited States, a . resident of Alaska for one year last past and a resident of the recinet in which he lives or thirty days last past, Registration is not requir- €d."The polls will cpen at 8 a. m. and close at 7 n, NEL OUGHT TO BE CAST, e Dr. Rearsiey migat call, Zynda. ¢ —adv. formed, sympathetic public. We know that the American | sublic is beset by a multitude of requests for the obseérvance of special days and weeks. In the teaching profession we feel this situation probably more than the { average citizen, Thereforo, it A la “as been the desire of the spon- ERTAR R X sors of American Education Week to draw into one week the various " “BRIGHTEN UP WITH Westinghouse Mazdas :@ for; eyery lighting purpose DA PR A S S A BTEy WA ey wie St n e | Cetpital Electrie Company ing about a popular appreciation of the educational needs of A ea's twenty.seven million - pupils. Near Cold Storage Building PHONE 416 attached to the bodice by a tri-|% angular design of handwork | There is a new grayish green|&= which is very smart. Slate green (&5 would be a good name for it, IS Today, Health Day “All science and, psycholozy | look today to the earliest years in the child’ as the most determ- ining years The Kindergarten period from three to six is the CONGOLE —_—— must be OCTORS know that improper lighting® is a frequent cause of headaches, back- in school and poor eyesight. o RN eELY g z‘t worth-the risk when proper lighting Q cheap and 5o easy to get, ¢t our experience help youAny advice or i - Youngeyes UM RUGS See our window display of new patterns just arrived WE ALSO CARRY Rubber Matting * Stai r Carpet Rug Border Linoleums Linoleum Cements Deading Felts | Juneau Youfig; Hafd@are Co. 1f It's Hardware, “W.e Have It” — D e A # ot IRRE GET YOUR SHARE, of ,our. good groceries. We are anxious to have you compare the quality .and price of our, graceries,, ity the more certain, pl‘OteCth 4 rew cgslomei'. you want on lighting will be ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT Free delivery t and POWER COMPANY JUNEAU and DOUGLAS, ALASKA m Phone No, 6 Douglas Phone No, 18 Because we know fi'om. exnl'lflwe the more: you compare our prices and our qual- you. are ta become a SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK Yakima Gems Potatoes, $2.75 per 100 Spitzenberg Apples,.§2.25 a hox Rome Beauties, $2.25 Kings, $2.25 HTIG i i iy o L | The Democratic Party in the Na- tion pledges itself to give Alaska Home Rule and to appoint only Alas- kans to offices in the Territory. The Democratic Party in Alaska pledges itself to work for Home Rule and to administer domestic affairs honestly, fairly, and justly without favor to or prejudice against any. The Democratic nominees in the First Division pledge themselves to free this Division from the domination of one man and to carry out the plat- form pledges of their party. Two questions must be settled by Alaskans at the polls Tuesday. Do you want to control and regu- late all of your material resources and administer your own affairs? Do you watit to break up a’system that has permitted the First Division and to a lal"fé extent all Alaska’s poli- tics to be dominated by a single in- dividual? If you do vote for these men: GEORGE B. GRIGSBY For Delegate to Congress JAMES S. TRUITT For Attorney General N. R. WALKER F_pr Senator Fot R@ptcsentatives ' NEESANDERSON P R k8 REAM ALLEN SHATTUCK A, H ZEIGLER 4 A a1 i v 2 ) et \q LU 1) 0 A L1 AR AR