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r 8 REDGROSS FUND T0 GO OVER TOP NEXT TUESDAY Juneau Responds Gener- ously to Appeal for Drought Relief “Without doub announced C. T. Gardner, who has charge of the canvas for Juneau’s quota of $1,000 toward the national Red Cross fund of $10,000000 for relief of drought sufferers in the States, “this city will be over the top by Tuesday.” Members of the solicitation com- mittee are meeting with generous ccoperation from residents gener- ally. Contributions have not been compiled, but they are well in fld-’ vance of expectations. i‘You;lgfi(;b’ Ma; Head Independent Program | | The youthful Senator Robert M. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JAN. 17, 1931. . ~— RELIEF FUNDS OF TERRITORY ARE DEPLETED Wind for Relief of Debtiti tion Totally Exhausted, Says Governor No further relief of destitution can be extended by the Territorial Government from its regular fund for that purpose until the Legisla- ture meets in March, it was made public today by Gov. George A. Parks. The fund for the current lennium is entirely exhausted and can not be replenished except by direct Legislative appropriation. The 1929 Legislature appropriated $15,000 for relief of destitution for the two-year period that ends “We are making a thorough can-| La Follette, of Wisconsin, is being March 31. Today there was a nomi- vas,” sald Mr. Gardner, “but of course there are some persons whom we will not be able see. Any such wishing to make do- mations can take them to the bank ©f B. M. Behrends, who is chair- man of Juneau Chapter of the Red Cross, or give them to any member of the canvassing committee, which consists of John Reck, H. I. Lucas, John W. Jones, Mrs. Florence Oakes, J. W. Lievers, G. H. Skinner and me. “I shall be glad to go to any one who cannot conveniently visit the bank or look up a member of the canvasing committee. A call to tele- phone number 358, the Juneau Lumber Mill's number, either, will be answered by me or, if I absent at the time, word left for me will be communicated to me in a very short while. We are anxious to give everybody an opportunity to help.” CITY PURCHASES ONE INHALATOR Fire Department Will Soon Be Supplied with Lat- est Oxygen Device to The Fire Department will soon have its own inhalator, for use on its own operations and to be avail- able for hospital use as needed. This was made possible by the City Council which last night approved a motion to purchase one of the machines. It will be ordered at once and is expected to arrive with- in a short time. Conclusive proof of the value of the inhalator was giv- en two weeks ago when two small! children, overcome by smoke in a burning cabin, were resuscitated| and recovered without serious harm. | Physicians said both would have died had the equipment not been available for immediate use. Only routine matters engaged the attention of the Council last night. Monthly bills were ordered pald. ., — NOTICE No dance at A. B. Hall tonight. Orchestra engaged to play for en- tertainment of Normanna Male Chorus. Next dance—BIG MAS- QUERADE BALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21ST. —adv. eesessmsseersrumTe: We Have VAPURE Two Sizes et 50c and $1.00 BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. “When we sell it—it’s right” Telephone 134 ‘We Deliver Express Money Orders e e CLEARANCE ON HATS All hats grouped in two All Gage Hats in ve! Regular Va Clearance Price, $4.95 One lot of felts, velvets and velvet combinations—Value $8.50 Clearance Price, $2.95 mentioned as a possible rallying point for the independent program | that would receive impetus if the roposal of Senator Geo W.| orris, of Nebreska, to abolish the Electoral College, is accepted. LOCAL CONCERN GETS CONTRACT FOR AUDIT JOB W. S. George & Company Awarded Contract for Territorial Audit | The contract tor the blennial| audit of the Territorial treasury de- | partment has been awarded to Wal- | lis S. George & Company, certified | accountants, of Juneau and Seattle, it was announced today by Gov. George A. Parks, Chairman of the | Board of Audit. The work will begin ! within a few days | W. A. Habernol, formerly with a | prominent Seattle accounting firm, | and now associated with Mr.| George, will make the audit, it was reported. He has performed the| same work for several years, and has also audited the municipal| books. He will leave Seattle on one of the first Alaska sailings. The local company, Gov. Parks! said, was the only one to submit a | legal bid on the audit. One other | tender was received by telezraph| but it was not considered by the| Board on the advice of the Attor- ney General that it was not in cor-| rect form. { ———————— COSTLY ALK WELLINGTON, N. Z.-—It costs $5 a minute to talk over the new wireless telephone service between New Zealand and Australia. PO Ty “Tomorrow’s Styles Toda;” Our First New Year Shipment of BEAUTIFUL PARTY FROCKS ARE HERE . . . They are the season’s latest}| styles and creations . . . all moderately priced. “Juneaw’s Own Store” lots for quick clearance lvet and metallic— lue $12.50 nal balance of $470 in the fund but outstanding bills are sufficient to wipe that out, the Governor said. There is no authority to incur any additional obligations. This does not necessarily mean that no official relief can be had for the next two months. The Fed- eral courts in each of the Divisions has a fund which may be applied to needy cases. While this is not large, it is believed to be adequate to take care of the most urgent cases that may arise. .- —— PICTURES TAKE THROUGH SMOKE WASHINGTON, Jan. 17—Pho- tography has been developed to |such a fine art by the army air service that pictures can be taken through a smoke screen, Maj. Gen. Fechet, chief of the army air corps, told the hcuse appropriations com- mittee. e BRITONS SAVE ON LIGHTS LONDON.—The house of lords isn't burning any money in these hard times. A proposal to better the lighting in the gloomy corridors of the house was turned down be- cause of the necessity of economy. Right Now! Reserve These Dates In Your Social Calendar: Feb. 2d-3d And Arrange To See That Speedy Sparkling Geo. M. Cohan Musical Comedy, “THE BEAUTY SHOP” Presented By Juneau B. P. O. Elks With Cast And Chorus Of Sixty-Five Local Artists Coliseum Theatre Daily Cross-word Puzzle There are no Q’s but wateh your P's. gin with ACROSS L. Secondury school: collog. & Soft tood Solutlon of Yesterday’s Puzzle Of the 73 words in this puzzle, 48 be- P, T0 BE CREATED Foot: suffix Pertalning to the pope Metal 5 Spols on & playing card 18 18, 14 15, 18. Searce Natlve metal Operatle solo At home Scruped with the fore foot BY LOGAL UNIT Legion Auxiliary Here An- nounces Pli\l’!S fOl' Chl]d's living pine trees 21”«: s0rrows 1 ul Imitutes Small fish en 18 19. Body of water My: French | Collection of | 1 | | | sil 21. Vegetable ut Salary WCH[U'C Program 2 23 Huving panes Condiment Favorite Nominal value | 23, 2. Crony Symbol for tellurium of stock Harbors Supported In furthering the Child Welfare Program of the Am 27. Orlental ship Kind of mush- room the captain Writing imple- Footllke part 18. ment 29. Pluy on words 30. Recrentlon Kind of dog Small cushion They used to noun i Clark, 8 38, Stroke gently 33 Dogs of a certaln breed: collog. 4. Expose to Knignt molsture Oritiee tn 3 By menns of sKin . Cav's murmur g7 i of content b ) i e Lhid Chinese wens. B Dt ure of dista 89. Kind of spin- 50. English school ning toy 48. Played a shrill 51. Mexlean free 52. Overt il T8 | AN’ i oL Fasten Title of a i E JEN NN EN 2 A A E e e e AN spell like th Flat ends of hammers . Heaped up Large ofl ean Publish in a adquarters, will e clinic hall. es will be held een 1 and Miss Mil- > has had a s kind of her services to Binck birds contulner irate DOWSN Dress uffects dred Keaton, R. N. wide experience in work, has offered Outdoor game . Young dog Small explos slon Eaeny fer was gladly b y ch are 1 d under the of 2 limited to men and women count of the absen: | clinic service here has opened the 1 childr " made are co: send the! next Friday nounced by M Throughout However, on ac- of a regular he Auxiliary clinic to all inations will be Au parents vited to bring or n to the Dugout oon, it was an- ark. Legion ing on ox- the benefit of . In addition to 3 other services are performed. Total orphans are provided 1 suitable homes as | preferable to placing the tutions; | nished c in commun! |1s" available at ployment is se: | provided for it; at Christ dEE the clini noon meals are en requiring , the Auxiliary a wide s all laygrounds for BREAD PRICES TO BE PROBED Decline in Wheat, Flour, Starts Investigation— Sugar Included WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17— | The Senate has adopted a resolu- tion fot investigation as to the fail- ure of bread prices to decline with wheat and flour prices. The inquiry will be made to ascertain whether bread prices are being held up be- cause of a ‘“combination in re- straint of trade.” The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee is given $15,000 for a probe and study. Sugar prices will be investigated at the same time. ————————— MORE GLOOM FOR INGE LONDON.—Dr. Inge, the “gloomy dean” of St. Paul’s, told banquai guests recently that he had re- ceived an anonymous letter saying: “I am praying for your death. I have been very successful in iwo other instances.” —————— Three million Christmas and New Year’s cards were sent to the dead letter office in 1920 because there were no return addresses on them: Radio telegraph communication has devioped rapidly in Mexico this year, about 3,500,000" words | now being transmitted monthly. {children hav: tablished and CHILD'S CLINIC | make the examinations, and her of- | 1 | U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The W eather (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau ana vicinity, beginning at 4 p. m., January 17: Rain and warmer tonight, Sunday rain; fresh southeasterly winds. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Hurnidity Wind Velocity 30.02 -38 80 SE 10 30.10 36 9% SE 12 3025 41 90 SE 3 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY QOPRAY | e omce Highest 4pm. | Lowest4am. 4a.m. Precip. 4am. tgmp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather | i | | | Time 4 pm. yest'y 4 am. today . Noon today Weather Cldy Rain Cldy Station— Barrow Nome Bethel Fort Yukon Tanana Fairbanks Eagle St. Paul ... Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert . Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco -2 24 -30 -30 g 0 Clear 4 14 14 18 0 Clear 2. 20 12 16 Clear . 4.7 -8 218 -2 Cldy 2 0 AR Pt. Cldy -6 10 -2 14 Clear 18 6 4 10 cldy 28 26 24 30 Snow -3 34 28 30 Clear 38 38 36 40 Rain 42 38 3¢ 38 Cldy .38 38 3¢ 36 Rain . 43 — 33 iy s .40 40 338 38 Rain 40 40 38 40 Rain a8« %18 85 Clear 6 44 2 4 Cldy 50 50 4 44 Cldy 56 54 4“4 4 Clear *—Less than 10 miles. The pressure is low over Alaska except the extreme North and the Southeast where it is moderately high. It is high in Western Canada and from the Pacific States to Hawaii. It remains un- usually low in the extreme Southwest. Rain or snow has fallen over Southern Alaska, cloudy weather prevails in the eastern In- terior and clear weather is general in other districts. Temperatures rose over nearly all of the Territory. FANATICS FAGE |RIOTERS SENT T0 HOSPITALS BOMBAY, Jan. MURDER CHARGE \ MANTILA, Jan. 17—Murder charg- | 17.—Two hun- es are to be filed against 44 re-|dred and fifty Indians were sent to |ligious fanatics held in connccnon(hospuals as the result of with the recent uprising at Tayug |fights with the Police and So! in which several persons were killed. | The demonstrators Thirteen girls will be charged with |establish a cessation of all work. sedition. trest iers. attempted to ‘The fights were the worst of the The Secretary of the Interior has |recent riots. are being maintained | announced investigation showed re- £ T e R |liglous fanaticism was solely re- SAN ANGELO, Tfexas, Jan. 17— MEX. QUAKES CONTINUING Shooting Stars Follow ShOCkS P \/Olcano IS Becoming Active \MOOSEHEART WOMEN announce a DI ive pinochle party to be given on e and ows: M y Sta pas, men’s f | solation. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 17.—Almost | continuous earth shocks are re-| newed at Oaxaca and there has been further damage. Large numbers of residents have | been injured. | Shooting stars followed the quake and Colima volcano became active. Fifty-one persons are reported killed at Zimatlan, near Oaxaca. Owing to poor comunications it may be a week before the full| extent of the damage and number | of dead becomes known. O Paving laid on Ridge Boulevard, an important thoroughfare in Chi- cago, in 1893 still is in use. M. A. PACKARD SHOES FOR MEN AUCKLAND, N. Z.—A drug clerk Imade a big clean-up here when he! tricked experts into believing that| he could “brew” gasoline from sea- water. A company was formed| whose $5 shares jumped to $100.| Then the clerk fled, but he was ar-| rested in Australia. | B Chicago expects to entertain 75,- 000,000 visitors during the Century | of Progress, 1933. Nickel with a purity of 99.94 per cent has been produced at the Bu- reau of Standards. Dependable Since 25 ounce can 2 pound pack CORNED BEEF 1 pound size . For Saturday and Monday K. C. BAKING POWDER, IODIZED SALT--- DUNBAR SHRIMP--Best Grade, tall cans ....... YAKIMA POTATOES, large selected grade, 100 lbs. ...$2.25 i 1876 Qate. il GARNICK’S PHONE 174 ST H OO T U DU NSO The women of Mooseheart Legion | | TELEPHONE 92 OR 95 reports hinted Independence might PLAN NEW FEATURE nave been a factor as a result of | editor of the Robert Lee Observer {Red propaganda. sponsible for the incident. Other | Newspaper work Isn't the only | source of income of A. W. Puelt, Ihere. Puett has a backyard apiary and this year he has sold $500 worth: of -honey. The editor has 30 stands of bees. — e Daily Empire Want Ads Pay. Leader Dep’t. Store PHONE 454 GEORGE BROTHERS CALIFORNIA GROCER PHONE 478 MONARCH Quality Food Products FRESH KILLED CHICKENS (Dry Picked)—TO ARRIVE MONDAY 28c Lb. | George Brothers FIVE FAST DELIVERIES