The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 11, 1930, Page 2

- AR ' * THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, OCT. 11, 1930. 2 SRS T R i YANKEE FLIERS SET WORLD AIR MAIL PACE Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. 8. \ Weather Burean ) > T al ! J 06 [ E I VA !“I\D"Rh I.T Forecast for Juneaa and vidnity, ber~ning 4 p. m. today: 4 ! » - <Mty Rain tonight and Sunday; moderate southeasterly winds. | \ CANADA 3 WL ! F l . ( | " o { LOCAL DATA ' »armen ¢ { : oundation G Time sarometsr Temp. Humidity Wind Velochy Weaths | 4 p. m. yest'y 3000 a1 61 s 6 Cldy! ! 4 a. m. today 30.01 11 83 S 3 Misting ! Noon today 29.99 41 86 E 14 Sprinkling | - . CABLE AND BADIO REPORTS i ! {his new corsette is out- ! ) YESTERDAY I TODAY " ! ctanding in “fit” and particu- 3 Highest 4pm. | Low 4am. 4am. Precip. 4am. | ! e Statfons-- . femp. temp. | emp. temp. Velootty 24 hrs. Weather | larlv adapte > full fig- | Barrow 28 26 W20 1% 0 Cldy F adapted to the fu | Y { larly I ° gunlml @' B ' b 8 6 Trace Cldy 4 o ' ethel 40 40 | 30 30 8- .88 P @ \ ure, has an inner belt that Fort Yukon ol B udy ! = [ a¢; < ‘28 0 Ci \ : . souTH anana Sh e qbvien WL Stk cudy ! hooks up the front while the MA A MERICA Fairbanks i W Sty T cidy b \ ( Eagle 32 32 kT S Y 0 1cdy 1 outside sarment hooks up the St. Paul 46 46 | 4 42 2¢ 01 Pt Cldy N ¢ e MAIN AIR ROUTES Dutch Harbor ... 50 50 | 44 44 — 0 Pt Cdy \ 4 2 . | . ) 5 S ) cide. assuring a nice smooth {|[}== RO vEs BORER | goodlalg 52 52 o 0 0 Pt Cldy { : BY LAND Of au | 41 3 Trace Misti : # appearance. 3 p - Ketchikan 50 48 | 30 30 E 0 CIe?; ! B ! This map shows how a world-wide network of airways speeds your letters. New air mail routes are constantly being developed. P"nge t?"l’m - :3 ;: g Sr x 0 Clegr 1 | A N RS 215 RS il s A S P B — |EBdmon | . 3 ! /V e~ {| WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Amer- - A Seattle . B 88 | @ 43 . 0 Fogg { s Sizes to 48 { lican are continuing a recorc- | Germany reported 807878 pounds; [age -of 52121 scheduled airplanc|Japan is linked with the Asiatic|poriang - 8.8 7 ’ gzy i H \’;;U.,W‘a. { |setting pace In transporting the France 216714 pounds; and Ttaly, |miles dally, speeding their cargoes mainland by alr. et Beavioise o 58 I | 3 & cuiy \ { | ma | 141,653 pounds. | throughout the nation, feeding into| It is possible to fly from Lon-|gpokane 52 52 i 30 30 . 0 Cl h,v : t In the first half of 1930 they| W. Irving Glover, assistant post- [lines that have spread in Pan- don to Russia, from Stockholm to ‘;;zcauver, B. C. 60 50 36 36 0 0 Cl:a: § {|carried 3744458 pounds, 202,375 master general under whom -the{America and Canada, and to steam- India. *_Yess than 10 mil i { { /morc than they flew in all of 1923. American network has largely bec: ships that find planes waiting for| Planes leave a number of steam- T a0 10 mile, e N { | Eurcpean countries, though cov-|routedysays that the air mail sys-|them in foreign ports. ships from 300 to 600 miles- from . \ 3 ered with a fine network of lines, 'tem “has done more to build Great Britain. with littlc develop- shore, saving several days in mail| Th; pressure is low over most of Alaska, south of the Aleu- } { [have been unable to challenge the and stimulate the field of commer- |ment possible on its isles, has push- | deliveries. Mountain-bound com- G“‘;‘f Islands and off the Oregon coast, and is high south of; the | ! record. cial aviation than any other gov-|ed airways down into India; France |munities' in South America have R“_ ot dAXaska in ‘the Aleutian Islands and Southeastern Aldska. RET R Where the United States carried ernmental agency.” has spread to African pos 35 'been able to cut mail deliveries frop: [AiN and snow hayve fallen over most of the Territory but, fair ! ! 7007281 is of mail in 1929,| American mail pilots fly an aver- |and across to South America; and |28 to 4 days. weather continues from Kodiak westward. Temperatures have fallen ! {08 iy P A h | o s b G A 3 _, fon the Bering ‘ea coast and have risen near the Gulf of Alaska. ¥ { ! ; ‘ { B. M. Behrends Co., Inc » . . @ 1 ihin_tw - : | o ¥R, enrends L.O.., . D ] h D k E l B F was to be completed within two T } 2 ust a Dot in the Dark-Eclipse Brings I'ame wes the seice Line has 3 { : % 5 2. Swallow biplane and has ordered ) 4 ! Juneaw's Leading Department Store ‘ B GHER 5 129 > 5 £ i T | én BaklerSE Bipmas: wRloli s en’ Old Papers for sale at Emplre OfllCC z 2 1 B T route to Fairbanks. A < { £ - o 3 § | Mrs. J. P. Hansen, who with her husband came to Alaska in 1911, and who for the last 12 years has Lved at Cordova, died there of heart ailment. M/”// A2 1 // %// % K . " In the district court at Fair- banks, Frank Manley has asked !Lhat the lease he gave on his min- |ing claims on Cleary Creek to the Fairbanks Exploration Company be canceled for the alleged reason the company has failed to work the ground in the way that was prom- ised and because, he avers, it has failed to make correct accounting Invite Your Guests to Dine With You at |to him for gold that has been| mined. g - [ st Be’ taseived by The Empire [ Melropolitan, Btethodis ff | When Senator Robert M. La- S . taw T} Episcopal Church ot laler than 10 o'clock Saturday i | Follette of Wisconsin and his sec- -They’ll appreciate your good A morning to gul 1tee change of A | retary, Miss Rachael Wilson Young, sermon topics. ete. G. E. JAMES, Minister. were married recently at Madison, & i : | “The chur¢a with the cordial |Wis, the nuptial ceremony was taste and you’ll appreciate % % Kirst Church of Christ, | | weicome” | g | Serfarima VEARE Hew 1 B St ours! | Scientist ! at 11 a. m |kin, former pastor of St. Matthews ¢ MR iR Commission.” | % || . Enisconal Caurch at Fairbanks. The We are proud of our menus, 12:15 p. m.| Rev. Mr. Lumpkin is now rector d k " l. h h . Sunday services wrh ve Teid &/ te the change in the hour | | |of Grace FEpiscopal Church in an now you will relish their 11 & m. in the Fust Christ of ;' School. There is a| | | Madison. satisfying difference Christ, Scientist, Juneav, on Fifth 0. © Conmie. | | ! : and Main Streets. The subiect Epworth Lesgue at 7:00 p. m.! 4 United States Commissioner K.| be, “Are Sin, Discase and Death Ronald Lister is leader. Subject | G. Robinson at Cordova, has ap- || THE CLl IB C 4FE Real? : » for ssion, “Developing Lead- I “LAME FROM THE EDGE OF, THE SUN s pointed as judges of election No-|f B Sund. C t 12:15 p. m. ¢ | g il vember 4 Charles Johnson, C. C.! Wednesday, #:00 p. m.—Testi- ening worship at 8 Sub- “Tin Can Tslahd (lower left) ont in the Pacific gets is share of fame when the solar eelipse'yo ME & FAHUR (PHOR BC Tf R, T. KAURMAN V. F. (Red), WILLIAMS monial meeting. ject, “The River of Life.” | shadows it Octcber 22, as map shows. Dr. Stanléy Mitchell (top, left) heads the scientific party which gyai; T, 8. Asbyornson, Otto Kop- Proprietor Chef Christian Science Reaqmg Room| We need you and you need the|wiil gbesrve from the isle. |per and G. F. Sinclair at Kayak. In C.arct ouilding. This room bip. If you do not| wASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—On “Tin % G ) " 3 *i | C. C. Curley, welcome| open to the public Wednesday Worship elsewhere, we afternoons mom 2:30 to 4 you. The public is cordially invited to! tt hese services and visit the §—— — At i Holy Trinity Cathedral CHARLES k. RICE, Dean Phone 604 . = T P 8:00 2. m.—Holy Communion. Public meetings | & 3 Sunday—2:00 p. m. ;q‘lrlm(‘J:l a. m.—Morning’ Prayer and ;‘;‘e‘;;‘{yjf;’(,’; B | "12:30 p. m.—Sunday School. § 5 Evening service at Douglas. L R AR ey 4 “Presbyterian Native Church HARRY WILLARD, Lay Worker 10:30 a. m.—Morning service. 11:30 a. m.—Bible School. 7:00 p. m-—Wednesday—Midweek | prayer service. — e || Northern Light Presbyterian | 1 Church i P £ |"REV. C. C. SAUNDERS. Pastor | Corner Fourtn and Franklin Sts. The chutch where service and worship meet. | 11:00 a. m. — Morning worship B s ——=%% | Sermon subject, | Catholic Church |82 hip." Church of the Nativity 12:30 p. m—Bible School. 7:00 p. m.—Children’s Hour. B pisth and Gold Sweets 6:00 8. m—Mass in Hospital| 7:00 p. m—Intermediate Chris- Chapel. © " [tian Endeavos. oly .. 17:45 p. m—Evening worship. m—Holy Mass and In ,f‘,gu % G | Choir practice Thursday at 7 10:00 a. m.—Sunday School. R m 10:30 a. m.—Holy Mass and Ser-‘” mon. | 7:30 p. m—Rosary and Benedic- tion of the Blessed Sacrament. | pr Porecoal Assembly | Sunday is Communion Sunday . = for the Ladies’ Altar Society. 1 Friday, the 17th, Feast of St. Margaret Mary and Saturday, the h, Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist, special days of devotion. | Throughout the month of Octo- ber, month dedicated to the Holy Martha Society meets Friday at p. m. L 121 Main Street CHAS. C. PERSONEUS, Pastor. SundGay services: 11:00 a. m. — Morning worship. 12:15 p. m.—Bible . School. 7:30 p. m. Evening service. Services Tuesday and Friday R . there will be Rosary and evenings at 7:30 o'clock. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrg-| The Lord’s Supper the first Sun- ment every evening at 7:30. |dey of each month. ! Everyone is cordially invited o . 3. 4]l Of the services. | Resurrection Lutheran Church | e L R R S AR Daily Empire Want Ads Pay. Corner of Thire ana Main Sts. | <o _____,| REV. HARRY R. ALLEN, Pastor |{ \ 11:00 a. m. — Morning worship RUSSIAN STEAM Subject, “Humility's Guilt.” B \THS 12:15 p. m.—Sunday School 7:30 p. m. — Evening Worship. Subject, “The Grateful Heart. The Missionary Society will meet Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. John Reck. Mrs. Getchell will jead in the missien study. An open door is waiting for you at the friendly Lutheran Church. Come to the services Sunday; they will help you to Situated directly batk of Alas- kan Hotel on Gastineau Ave. Look for the Green House. Open Wednesdays and Satur- days between 1 p.m. and 1 ‘am. MRS. EMILY SORRI, Proprietor * |second eclipse of the sun. |one of two small islands which are “Christian Stew- | |diameter about four miles, and its | population about 1,000 natives and Can” island in the South Pacific ocean on October 22 at 9:09 am., astrcnomers will observe a 93%| i Seldom have American and Euro- pean astronomers traveled to such an out of the way corner of the world. The island’s native name is Niua- fou; it lies near the Fijis and is NEWS B ATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF NORTHLAND the only land the eclipse touches. There are no docks at Niuafou and the monthly inter-island steamer drops mail overboard in a soldered tin can in deep water a few hundred yards off shore. TWo natives swim out and push| or drag the mail box ashore. Hence the name “Tin Can" island. The island belongs to the princi- pality of Tonga, only self-govern- ing state in the South Pacific. Its shape is that of a signet ring, with the seal to the north, its Brief Items of Concerning Persons and Occurences two whites. “Tin Can” island boasts it pro- duces the largest cocoanuts ‘grown 'designed for trolling, seining and |in the Pacific. | halibuting® It will be 40 feet long It also contains in its tiny circle with a 30-horsepower Lathrop en- 30 volcanoes, some so active that a gine. The craft was designed by | year ago last June an eruption de- |stroyed one of the island’s two vil- |Seattle, and will be owned by Ber- lages. So-Dr. Thomas A. Jagger, \nard A. Green. jr., Hawaii's famous volcanglogist has joined the party to do some/ Excavation work has started for | volcanic observation. the erection of a new power house | The man who detected presence for the Wrangell Light and Power |of an iron mist in the sun's atmos- | Company. | phere about as abundant as water vapor in the earth’s air heads the/ For Telegraph Creek, th | American scientific party. B., No. 4, Capt. Sid Barring He is Dr. Stanley A. Mitchell, Wrangell recently on her la | director of Leander McCormick ob- of the season up the Stik | servatory of the University of Vir- small power boat will depar Hazel left, trip c A |a dozen total eclipses. |Adams is his assistant. { Prof R. W. Marriott of Swarth-| Twenty-five thousand pounds more, will make Einstein meory‘Klng salmon were unloaded b {tests and photograph the corona. ling boats at Wrangell in th |J. 3. Johnson of California Insti- ended October 2. Prices ranged ‘Lute of Technology and B. P. Sharp- |hetween 18 and 22 cents a pound. less of the U. S. Naval Observatory Small boats are fishinz in Wood- | will make various photographic ob-pecker Cove; large craft i servations. The Naval Observatory Bay and off Cape Bendel sponsors the expedition. } Commander C. H. J. Keppler is| R, A. Cartwright and P. Faulken- in administrative charge, and 11 ham, prospectors employed by the enlisted men of the navy and ma- Conlagas Mines, Ltd, of St Kempton points October 12. { week |a 65-foot and other telescopes and | with 30 pounds of quartz o feel better all week. orrorrrerreeccceeeeeas |in n;n;}nq'oburvnfiy s ! ples, taken from along Interest | lining the poli M. C. Hansen, marine architect of{* from |ginia, who has observed more than Wrangell for upper Stikine River/ | All-Alaska News |River and from the Mezatan Lake {country on the divide between the {Stikine and Finlay Rivers. The men | rgport the arca heavily mineralized. They spent fcur months' prospect- |ing. { November 11, annual conven- ‘tion of the / a Native Brother- {hood, will be held at Kctchikan. The Wrangell Sentinel :as been £old by Mrs. J. W. Pritchett, widow of the late owner, to Linden B#ccmmander; Ed Coffee, second vice- Pentz and Richard Suratt. In out- y of the new owners, Mr. Pentz, the cditor, says that in Under construction in Anceorson politics the newspaper “will be in-: Brothers' boat shop at Wrangell is dependent, as it is ridiculous to a new type of fishing craft. It is assume that any party has a mon-| and that ‘on they opoly on merit,” liquor issue, while publication will be he is dry, the Emil Mendahl, widely known Southeast Alaska fisherman, and Emma Haugen, recent arrival from Norway, were married in Wrangell. They will make their home there. Richard Gustafson of Wrangell {knows how to operate a power fish- gmg boat, but he has something to learn about motor tractors. One of them, climbing a hill, turned over ‘packwards on him and fractured his cellar bone. Haying operations fwere still in progress several days ago in the Matanuska-Palmer district north of Anchorage. Wet weather had spoiled some of the crop. » Tourist hotels in Mount McKin- ley National Park, have closed for the season. James L. Galen, pres- rines will assist in constructdng Ol'erines. Ontario, arrived in Wrangell|building of a hangar Reed’slident of the McKinley Park Trans- portation Company, on returning to Cordova, reported a very suc- cessful year. Cath-{ At Fairbanks, cn Week’s Field, the has heen am- |started by the Service Air Line. The Stikine'hangar +will house two planes and , of Cordova, friend of Senator John Thomas, Republi- | can, of Idaho, member of the Sena- torial committee that investigated, the Alaska Rallroad, has received | from the Senator a letter, which says, in referring to the railroad: “We have not yet made a report |as to the railroad, but I think I fully realize its necessity for the idevelopment of the lands and am |sure that will be taken into con- }:ldcraticn in our report.” \ ! | | A | Two per cent is the tax rate; fixed for Fairbanks in a resolution ‘adopled by the city council. 1 Clyde R. Ellis has been elected| |commander of the American Legion Post at Cordova. Other newly elect- |ed officers are Ed. Sarri, first vice- commander; Rev. B. J. Bingle, chgplain; Bryant Kilyenny, mas- ter at arms; W. A. Taylor and Emil| Hagen, executive committee; Ed Sarri, Territorial committeeman; | |Clyde R. Ellis, publicity director; Dalton L. Barr, service officer. Dal- ton ‘L. Barr also will receive the appointment as adjutant. Installa- ,;uon ceremonies will be held October 117, Pioneer Pool Hall POOL—BILLIARDS Chas. Miller, Prop. Telephone 183 EMPLOYMENT OFFICE WANTED : FOR RESALE — TWO BATTERY OPER- | ATED RADIO SETS { Will make an extra special allowance in trade for a new MAJESTIC — Straight Radio or Combination Radio and Graphophone Set. Terms on Application —_——————— i | Beautiful Christmas Cards from new and old Sydney Laurence re- productions—25 for $5.75. Hand colored—15 cents each extra. 3 Christmas Cards frem your own print of landscape, baby, etc.—25 {for $4.76 | | If copy must be enlarged or ru~ duced — trere is a slight extra charge. 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