The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1930, Page 2

tim’s Body Riddled v Shotguns Used—Vic- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 1930 Christmas = A T9 % | MEN’S Y A 1530 A STORE Is Ready for Weomen as well as Men to Choose Their HABERDASHERY practieal gift of all SLIPPERS At Popular Prices GIF1 The 1 I'he most Every style is here for every member of the family. invite the women folks men to come in and the wonderful : of 1wery here for your selec- just a little lower than cordially well as the around at haberda prices here. Beautitul gift boxes for every gift you seleet. B. M. Behrends, Co. INC. ; Department Store n Saturday night and every ening until Christmas {two al whizzir The g8 balie: Farmersville Bank. thy ve up routl M nts who fled to nearby fields. | SPRINGS 0 ON DFFIGERS | handcuffed. Gun Kir PRI S WASHINGTON—There are gt | ing been told to him and some *| written to him as he sat with bays ged bank robbers who hand- sgan cuffed to a tres, a Sheriff, Deputy | torney George Folta, Miss Ann | Sheriff and a third prisoner, then ped in the Sheriff's automobile. prisoners, G. C. Edwards . Leivers, Miss Venetia Pugh, Mrs. ind Jim Yarrell, had been ar-|m’'M Reed, Deputy Prohibition Ad- | raigned for the robbery of the mipistrator G. L. Church, Miss) One of the captives suddenly pulled a pistol from his sock and Ketchikan: Miss Beryl| held Sheriff Pat Murphy and his Green from Ketc! : | _'deputy off while his companion e ilkes Mavenad O, X K . took keys and unlocked his own Skl handcuffs then placed them on the Brown and Bert Evans from Peters-) | officers. A third prisoner was later Edwards and Yarrell then jump- | Gs ONE {ed into Murphy's automobile and | aped. FARM DWELLERS DECREASE SANTA CLAUS “ON NORTHLAND {Court Officials Among Pas- sengers Arriving Here on Motorship Santa Claus was here today. He came to meet the little children of Juneau and to learn from them what they wanted for Christmas. He knows their wishes, some hav- and girls crowding around him ‘at @ table beside a gaily decoratéd, brilliantly lighted Yuletide abaft the stairway in the forward ealon of the motorship Northland this afternoon. He will be sure when he returns to climb down chimneys next Wednesday night after everybody is asleep to bring |all the presents that have been asked of him. Tall, Fat and Jolly Benjamin Joyce, second officory 'on the Northland, essayed the rfi | of Santa Claus. He is tall, fat an jolly, and the traditioanl bootsy i suit and gray beard that he wi | for the occasion made him lock th part. He was inspired to act well by the host of eager, haj Mitle ones that thronged around him. He had provided an apple or an orange for every child, and lx}: sides they wero allowed the freedom of the ship. They took it, romping {all over the craft for the hour be- tween 2 and 3 o'clock. Many moth- | ers accompanied their children and seemed ta enjoy the affair as muchy as the little folks. Had Capable Assistants Banta Claus was ably assisted by | Capt. Leonard Willlams, Steward | Dan Noonan, who planned the | arrangements, and Purser E. P. | Winch. Perhaps, their chlef conoern {was to see that all boys and girls| were ashore when the vessel; whistled out at 3 o'clock for her return voyage to Seattle. » The Northland, which arrived at} 10:30 o'clock last night, brought a | capacity cargo, which included large | SEES CHILDREN tree| WOMAN OBTAINS . U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weaiher (By the S. Weather Bureau) Rain tonight and Sunday; moderate terly winds. Forecast for Juneau anc vieinity, beginning at 4 p.m., December 20: N te temp. p. temp. velocity 241 LOCAL DATA 5 Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity = Weather | 4 pam. yest'y 2098 40 8 6 Misting| } am. today 3000 38 01 6 Rain Noon today , 2085 40 2 10 Rain CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS g s TYESTERDAY ™| TODAY = Highest 4pm. | Lowestd4am. 4am. Precip. 4am. r 24th, aus 709. Mus D ORCH including' Vi by LICENSE TORUN - MOTOR VESSELS Guthrie on the T M:rs. Mabel H. Crawford Is’ Third of Her Sex to Get Operator’s Papers | nately have Cour FIRE ALARM CAL! = quantities of perishable fruits and vegetables, dressed turkeys and other poultry and other Christmas goods and merchandise. D. B, Fem- | mer's wharf, where she made fast,| was the scene of great activity all| last night and this forenoon, "as trucks hastily took on loads to dh-’ tribute to stores for the Saturday | trade. | Diszmbarks 28 Passengers | ‘The vessel disembarked 28 pas- sengers of whom 20, which included | court officials were from Ketchikan. | The passengers were Mr. and Mrs. John Ackerman, O. P. Flynn and| John Mollen from Seattle ;Judge Justin Harding, Mrs. Harding, Jus-| tin Harding, Jr., United States At- torney Howard Stabler, Mrs. Stab-| ler, Assistant United States At-i Gaynor, Clerk of the Court John| Dunn, Mrs. Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. J. | { Mary C. Woodward, M. Johnson, P.| 'P. Delegard, Nick Novak and David | | Cunningham from Wrangell; Dep- burg. | MAY EXPORT ORCIHIDS | SINGAPORE. — Orchids from Singapore soon may be worn by American women. Shipping of the fragile blossoms on ice recently 4,- | was found successful. {000,000 fewer people on American el TS, 1, Dec. 20—The!farms then 10 years ago, the'De-| pjay Indoor Goli at Tre Alaskan a D St aroused at the daring of 'partment of Agriculture osumatee.‘fiuw‘. (adv.) Who Pay for the Big Prize? YOU CAN DO BETTER AT THE NUGGET SHOP Values and prices are more attractive and closer to each other. Everybody gets a prize of money left in his pocket instead of one person on Christmas Eve. The Nugget Shop VIRGIN DIAMONDS For the third time in the history | 1-3 Third and Franklin. of Alaska, a woman has,be 1-4 Frcnt and Franklin. granted a navigating operator 1-5 Front, near Ferry Way ense. She is Mrs. Mabel H. Craw-|| 1-6 Front, near Gross. Apts. ford, wife of Capt. James R. Craw-|| 1-7 Front, opp. City Wharf. trd of the Kittiwake, a United|| 1-8 Front, near Saw Mill. Bates bureau of fisheries craft,|| 1-9 Front at A. J. Office. After having passed an examina 21 :::_;mughby at Totem Gro- 1 conducted by Capt. Sydney M % o Higgins, United States Inspector|| 273 ‘z;‘:;’]“ghby- opp. Cash Col='s of Hulls, and John Newmark . United States Inspector of Boil Fromt and KRwara. sbe received her papers Friday aft-| efnoon. By virtue of them she is entitled to operate motor vessels upder 65 feet in length. | “The office of the steamboat in-‘ spection service took great pleasure | in the performance of its official | duties,” declared Captains Higgins | and Newmarker today. | The two cther women who have received operator licenses in Alas- | ka are Edna A. Smith of Juneau, June, 1928, and Mable R. Borland, of Dillingham, August, 1923. e HOLLY Get your CHRISTMAS HOLLY at the American Beauty Parlors. —adv. Fifth and Kennedy. Ninth, back of power house. We have the best lot of flowers and plants for our Christmas trade that we have ever had. 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