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e Discuss Ra ymart Hats Of Felt for Early $3.75 and $5.75 These new hats that are unusual pring of re nt years. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 193C. “Tel. Merger Senator James M. Couzens (left), of Michigan, chairman of the | Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, and Clarence Mackay, | president of the Postal Telegraph, looking over a chart of cablc routes during their discussion of a possible telegraph-radio merger | that would represent one of the most significant business combines The projected merger would be of the Internu- | tionai Telephone and Telegraph Company, a subsidiary of the Postal | Telegraph Company, with the Radio Corporation of America. (International Newsreci) both for their attractiveness and wear, as well as for the smartness of their shape and brimming are of- fered for immediate wearing, and fill the mid-season urge for some- thing new. . - HAVE 3 GUESTS Returned Business Men to | Speak — Members to Hear Finance Report W. S. Pullen, C. T. Gardner and I. Goldstein, all of whom returned neau last night on the Ala- 1l be guests .of the Juneau of Commerce tomorrow n that holds B. M. BEHRENDS CO., Inec. st oane < Ju"m pulg 1 here will be ma Executive Board which dis- cussed the matter thoroughly yes- terday. Leading Department Store i ¥ Gt A ot [ ; - . 3 |made at the meeting. This weck ’- 4 n. ‘l MER."¥ITS MOVING ’ » committees, composed of H ") . | | G. /Watson, Brice Howard, H. R a ¥ Lo Breritt s anderLeest and H. J. Turne : chilly moving n 1o theirly,pino the final solicitation > ¥ - Thoy recently| “my. new Executive Board has . AP RE “.:”d“m"fbw"z having one hundred per cen’ WREGKEU PLANE tuated immeds 2 south of B.! 77 ki i Rl il R it went into office, E. M. G | vice-president of the Chamber, sai T - | today. Plans Underway for Fun- ‘ Y eral Souadron to Es- | G L Church weputy Prohwi-, o |tion Administrator for Alaska, who gopt Dead ‘Aipmen - |uns vein 1 Spattle 107 ftres weoks] aferring with Roy C. Lyle, cntered the (ContA 7 from Page One) arge of proh for a major cperation. will nnur;\,.. G. L. CHUZCH HERE HOSPITAL NOTES returned to Juneau on|while Mr. Fargher is in the hos- de that the ameda | pital, Tom Shearer will operate the remains have & o Mg !tailor shop. ~§ 9 varat 3 i | Horace Lester Rink, of Gustavus, Capt. H. A. Oaks, of the €ana- o tereq the hospital last night to FATHER OF EIEL dian Air Force, who stopped off in 3 ¢ treatment for an injuvy to COMING % ALASKA Juneau for a few days after return- |, s eye. Ed. Johnson entered the hospital ing from Fairbanks where he went | FARGO, North Dakota, Jan. 29. in connection with the Eielson at 9:30 o'clock this morning to re- —Ole Eielson today began his long search party, salled for Vancouver |coive treatment for an injury to journey to Alacka to eclafin the on the P i Mary, emroute o yis foot while working in ths mill body of his son when it 15 found.| Winnipeg lat the Al He intends to bring the body back for burial ot Hatton, North Dakota,| in the cemetery besides Col. Eiel- son's mother. Ole Eielson arrived here last night from Hatton. He left this afternoon for Seattle where he will sail February 5. At Seattle he will extend sym-| pathies to the parents of Earl Bor- Jand. He will be met in Seattle by his daughter, Adelaide Eielson 8t present teaching in the Wen- atehee cchools. 1 —_———-—- DIETATOROF SPAIN QUITS Primo de Rivera Resigns with His Entire Cabinet | —Ruled Since 1923 | +> o | 8. J. Kane, merchant of Hoonah, accompanied by Mrs. Kane, is a passenger Princess Mary The Kanes are|pended The penny was left from bound for California on a 30-day|an old account through error, and pleasure trip scme day may draw interest. A se an ings account of one cen: in Iowa bank cannot be with- XYY LRI I NNy MADRID, Jan. 29.—Primo de Ri- Aera, Spanish Dictator since 1923, and his Cabinet has resigned and King Alfonso has appointed Gen Berenguer to form a new cabinet . .Gen. Berepguer is the Chief of the King’s Military Staff and gained wide fame in the Moroccan Cam- paign. e ALASKA SNOW COVER The following amounts of snow, in inches, were on the ground Maon- day evening, January 27, at various Alaska stations: Barrow 13, Cordova 10, Eagle 11./ Pt. Yukon 12, Nome 46, Juneau Atrace. 1 SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY Mr. and Mrs. S. Hellenthall are passengers to Seattle on the Prin- cess Mary. to Vancouver on the|drawn because the.bank has sus- | | CHAMBER WILL A financial report also is to be| ', ing in; | © o 0000000000 0 e PRESTO! PEDESTRIANS STOP CARS IN STREET MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 29.—A push-button pro- ject to make the world safe for pedestrians is being giv- en a trial, It consists of a traffic sig- nal controlled from the side- walk by a pedestrian about to cross the street. As soon as the sidewalk button ,is pressed the light signals “eaution,” and then “stop.” Fifteen seconds are allow- ed for the pedestrian to reach the opposite curb; then the signals automatically re- open the road to motor traf- fic, and until 45 seconds more have elapsed the side- walk button will refuse to work. ‘Thus pedestrians and motorists are assured an even break. © 0060000000500 — e . O ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° . ° ° . ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ® ° ° ©ee0e0000 00 - 'Lawyers Turn to Shep In Preparing for Career ANN ARBOR, Mich, Jan. 20— The laboratory and shop of the engineer has become the train- place for embryonic lawyers. Science is responsible. By break- out into all sorts of daily use: scientific discover are making i’ neccssary that lawyers have expert knowledge. To meet this demand, the Uni- { versity of Michigan is establishing a science-law course. For their first three years the students will be mostly engineers, taking generally the same studies as the reguler engines such as physies, chemis: surveying, shop practice, and drawing. They will have also some political secience, economiocs and elective studies. The students will receive the de-. gree of bachelor of science in en- gineering at the end of four years' study in which only the last is de- voted to law. At the end of six years they will be eligible to the degree of bachelor of laws. ————— Louis Morey of Kansas City, is an expert folder of parachutes but has never made a jump. : | ‘ @M ‘ zfim.mmo;%w@g W, AR has o yokeTop and, th, &bze..wf,% ftted. ceat ig colloned with Hraver,,. ! :I,ICII'I'H()USI',' KEEPERS RECORDS ! FORM SCROLL OF HEROIC DEEDS WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. — The |years old. She tended the light ry of the lightnouse Keeper, re- |for 32 years and rescued 13 persons plete with romance, adventure and |from drowning. heroism, lies hidden within the un- ——— | smotional records of the depart- | meat of Commerce. DAKOTA STRIP CO ‘What better could an O. Henry PORTEND§ NEw ERA ask than the tale of the keeper at k) T s ke Isle Royal lighthouse, who raised a MINOT, N. D, Jan. 20.—Experts family of 12 children on a lonely |estimaic iiat 5i6,000,000 tons of rock on the north side of Lake Su-|¢0al, enough to last the United perior. States 10 centuries, lie under North The man had helped bulld the |DoF0ta%s rolling Wheat flelds and ing it from the surface where a few years ago sod house pioneers toiled with pick and shovel. Electric generating plants, built at the mines, are converting the fuel | into power for transmission over igh voltage lines to industrial plants in North Dakota and neigh- boring states. The s was made by Elmer Truax at Columbus, in the north-| west part of the state. He found| he st ining s I it stream he removed his clothes, In|U\® S!P mining so profitable tha ) he cpened another mine at Velva. attempting to throw them across| 9 | Eas vestors were I the stream they fell in the water Easterp. Investar were . Afimanied G and amalgamated his holdings. Now N 1ing ties. ppcid d“’;zo:’c‘;fsc‘a’; the Mg Estimated cost of the lignite for periencing any il effects and bar_‘plaxlts at i he mines is 90 cents a wowed clothing for the return trip. g ¢ Wlmbrapnd extensiip of_ i Women lightkeepers figure in the er lines busmcss_ men see an indus- 3 B Tenand: The l\voman keeperfi"m era looming for the farm of the Angels light in San Fran-|°UBtY: cisco bay reported that after the imachinery of the fog signal was dis- abled at one time she struck the bell by hand for 20 hours and 35 minutes until the fog lifted. Ida Lewis, a widely known keeper, lived at Lime Rock lighthouse on a —_—————— ledge in Newport harbor for 57| Eight of the 12 governors who years, her father having been ap- have served South Dakota's 20 jpointed keeper when she was 12 terms are living. | Jachelor and the superintendent vanted a married man. The keep- r mediated for a moment, then vent to the mainland and was mar- ied that ry day. An assistant keeper at Cape Sari- ;hef, in the Aleutian islands, Alas- 4, set out in Arctic weather to ke across the snow 20 miles to visit his nearest neighbors, the light keepers at Scotch Cap. To cross a deep, swift glacial| — e, An TItalian priest put the fatal jquestion to a bridegroom and the ,man shouted “No!" He accused |the girl’s father of withholding her ! dowry. (AN XX AN To make room for our Spring shipments we are clearing our beautiful lines of Bedding---Consisting of Colored Sheets and Pillow Cases, Blankets and Bed Spreads. The values are very attractive during this clearance. 00000000 SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY Weather Conditisns As Recorded by the U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, bes*~ning 4 p. m. today: Fair tonight and Thursday; moderate easterly winds. LOCAL Humidity Wind Velocily Weathe 1 Time Baromcter Temp. DATA |4 p. m. yest'y 29.96 28 50 E 15 Cldy _ |4 a. m. today ....3003 _26 43 E 15 Cldy |Neen today 30.09 24 n E 1 Snow CABLE AND RADIO REFORTS YESTERDAY T TODAY . Highest 4pm. | Low 4am. 4am. Precip. 4am. Stations~ temp. temp. | emp. temp. Velocity 24 hrs. Weather Barrow 6 2 -4 -2 s 0 Clear | Nome 2 8 | 4 10— 0 Clear | Bethel 22 20 12 12 20 0 Clear Fort Yukon -2 -18 -30 -30 ol 0 Clear | Tanana 12 -8 -2¢ -4 -~ 0 Clear | Eagle # -6 -24 | -3¢ -32 -_— 0 Clear |8t. Paul 34 34 & 2 20 0 Clear Dutch Harbor ... 38 36 2 U — 0 Cldy Kodiak 32 30 38 30 08, Pt. Cldy < | Cordova 32 | 30 32 ¢ 0 Cldy | Juneau 28 2% 26 15 Trace Cldy | Ketchikan 40 38 28 32 4 .04 OCldy |Prince Rupert ... 38 38 | 34 43 e cldy | Edmonton 20 12 Seattle 36 36 34 42 . 0 Pt Cldy Portland 30 3 30 34 4 86 Cldy |San Francisco ... 60 58 48 48 > 0 Clear i “—Less than 10 miles. —_—_—mee NOTE—Observations at Barrow, For: Yukon, Tanana and Eagle are made at 8 &. m. and 8 p. m., Juneau time, The pressure i8 moderately hizh over Alaska except on the Pa- cific Coast where it is generally moderately low. It is lowest in the ocean south of the Alaska Peninsula. Light precipitation has occurred £t Kodiak and from Southeastern Alaska to Oregon. The weather is clear throughout pAlaska except near the Pacific Ocean. Temperatiures have continued to fall in the Interior but Mave risen on Seward Peninsula and in the Gulf of Alaska. FURNITURE DRESSERS—CHIFFONIERS VANITIES—BEDS DINING TABLES—BUFFETS DINING CHAIRS THE “ Thomas Hardware Co. “ .y ,, Failure to Receive ,4 Credit - | | | Is no proof that a bill has been paid but a cancelled check that has been accepted BANK and paid is positive proof. This convenience -and protection is OF JUNEAU I e ' l > RED CEDAR SHINGLES | . modern and safe way. OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNT AT THE FIRST NATIONAL 5 TO 2 CLEARS b 16 INCH THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR A RED CEDAR SHINGLE WILL LAST 25 YEARS AND LONGER ROT-PROOF, WHETHER OLD OR NEW RE-ROOF NOW BEFORE THE RAIN 1 - —— "o Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc. | PHONE 3858 Frye-Bruhn Company Featuring Frye’s De- licious Hams and Bacon Fresh EASTERN and OLYMPIA OYSTERS ‘ PHONE 38 £