The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 4, 1931, Page 8

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DROUGHT FUND OVERSUBSCRIBED INLOCAL AREA Juneau Chapter Reports Donations Amount to $1,175—Incomplete oday reached $1,175, or quota set Cordova One of First X never 1 Cross fur This time it was tied w Chapter: 12 Chat portior larger t of the corporations in tF For instance, the Alaska Electric Ligh Power Company and Jun and some donation was of equal Cared For > Jant nded rellef to 4 350 counties. The peak 15 v ached. In the Mississ! Flood Relief of 1927, the total num ber of persons aided was 600,000 ut the number of counties involv- hat work was only 170 flood afflicted section W to a portion of kansas, Illinois, Loui , Missouri, Tennessse ar Up t 000 per- had exte Alabama jana, Maryl Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, Missouri, Montana, Okla- homa and Texas. Four other states, Wyoming, New Mexico Georgia, and Pennsylvania, are in the drought area and Red Cross chapters there may require out- gide help in handling the situation Stories of Want Pitiful stories of suffering and are related by Red Cross particularly in Arkansas and Kentucky. In a single Red Cross Chapter's drought area ‘ Kentuck; there are 572 school children in desperate need of ever. thing from food to clothing. He s of Kentucky repo: c county with normally gchool children, of whom only forty are now in school, and only three of whom had had lunch on the day of the health officer's visit. “Red Cross workers found that families had derived the k of their food from digging any »dible roots and cooking them or cating them raw. One family, usual- ly in a livable condition, was found existing in a cave because the draught had driven them from their farm and possessions. “From Lee County, Arkansas, comes the report, verified by Red headquarters in St. Louis, of the population actual starvation if the does not supply them Tenness Arkansa Wi work facing Red Cross with food. Lack Bare Necessities “People in the drought area are| in actual want and in many cases pro- pro-!. I y 15, the Red Cross _the Chamber Another Prinee Mdivani Follows Cupid to U. S. Prince A. Z. Mdivani (not to be confused with his brothers, David | Serge) arriving on the S. S. Paris to join his fiancee, Miss Lou A. Van Alen, well-known society girl, of Newport end New York.” Miss Van Alen is the daugh- ter of Mrs. James Laurens Van Alen, of “Wakehurst,” Newport. Prince Mdivani, a member of the Georgian (Russia) nobility. and, es of life for. In icken for are ovided famine too proud to a Red Cross a house to house canv none may be neglected. In radius of 30 miles in one dis- found not a fire in stove because > Wwas no cook and none in pros- > Red Cross searched food to pect unt ask eel proud that have unbroken record ding the call of distress y ins e, and that the p National er has met with the same response.” INTERFERENCE FROM WIRELESS STATION WILL BE DISCUSSED ative to local a2 community sub- of in other reg Arcade Cafe fore the E They were ecutive Comm. meeting e this week ommendations for action made by the Chamb Too much inter nce is being caused by operations of the local United States Signal Corps sta- tion, declared a letter received by which was asked to take up the matter with local Sig- nal Corps authorit which has been done. | The local Women's Club has urged the Chamber to interest it- self in the establishment of a rec- tional center. Downton mer- have launched a movement es at the post- the Juneau will be cha for ¢ office substat Drug Compa the need is great since was moved |into the capital building. At their | suggestion mater thas been | taken up with Postmistress Spickett |by the Chamber i —e——— | BRIDGE, WHIST PARTY | AND DANCE AT DOUGLAS, EAGLES HALL, | Pebruary 6th. Cards from 8 to 10 pm. Fifty cents. Dancing fifty |cents additional for gentlemen. Good prizes and freshments. adv. —————— | WHIST PARTY i AL | The Ladies of hold a WHIST the of the PARTY ments. Public invited. | 50 cents, We Are Giving You the Benefit of Cheap Prices MILK, and brand, ca MILK, any brand, 12 MACARONI, Best El POTATOES, 100 pot Bl N S $3.85 .10 s€e cans bow, pound ...... ind sack GARNICK’S PHONE 174 SS | for the ensuing year. and rec-| | be style-right . . if one the Parish will at the h Hall Thursday night, Feb- h. Good prizes and refresh- Admission —adv. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4, 1931. FORMER RULERS OF ELKS LODGE. 70 HOLD FORTH |Local Lodge to Be Con-w‘ ducted Tonight by Past Exalted Rulers Bills tonight will honor ng officers of former when the local lodge holds Past Exalted Rulers’ ht. Lawrence W. Kub- | ley ast alted Ruler of the Ket- chikan Lodge and Howard Ashley, Past Exalted Ruler of the Skag- (way Lodge, will be honor guests of the meeting. | All Elks in the city, whether | members of the Juneau organiza- tion or elsewhere, are urged to at-| |tend. A social hour will follow the| |business meeting, followed by a| | | | | i | Juneau's s pre {years |its annual theatre party at the Capitol where, & |the members and officers will |guests of Mr. Kubley. Past Exalted Rulers who will oc- | fcupy the various stations tonight . are: J. L. (Dolly) Gray, Exalted Ruler; R. E. Robertson, Leading Knight; C. P. Jenne, Loyal Knight; J. A. Hellenthal, Lecturing Knight; Harry Sperling, Esquire; G. Freeburger, Inner Guard; McCloskey, Tiler; Secretary; H. E. Biggs, Treasurer; George B. Rice, Chaplain; Willlam | Dickinson, Organist. One of the main items of lodge business to be transacted tonight | will be the nomination of officers be | | | - — DOUGLAS RETURNS TO WEATHER BUREAU H. W. Douglas, with the Juneau! | Weather Bureau office, accompan- ied by his wife and little son, re- turned to Juneau on the Alameda after a visit south during the past two months. The greater part of the time was spent in Walla Walla, Wash.,, where parents of both re- | side. During one trip by auto, another car was encountered with the re- | sult that Baby Douglas crashed | against the windshield and sus- | tained severe cuts on the face. —— - | | G. A. Baldwin, who recently went |south for medical treatment, re- | turned home last night. [ Crepes All Women’s Wear Reduced James | E. M. Goddard, Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS L Mineral springs s Custom 10, Floa) 1o TICAD Diesd 15. Style of type 16. Cupld 12. The sclence of mountuius Appenduge at the buse of a 1 L Thick blaek liguid Concerning Meusares of length Understand river Vinegar bottle Birthplace of Henry 1V Pruciice the art of sword- play Decrenses Men's putrie otic organi- zution: abbr. M Lower Down: pretix Fasten A out Winter Confed, genernl . Arrows Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle TIO]P 7. 0. &9, 81 Flant of the 1 Hiy tamiy 82 Cuckoo ol Binding 72 ialf sup. pressed binet ~ Revises Prohibition- DOWN Lotk nnrrow apening Iind of rube her 13. Large plant 18. Alternative state: abbr. 26. Most excellent 28, Goddess of the harvess 20, Exist Applauds 3l Vegetuble exudntion 32. Youthful years 34, Liberated 5. Military student 36. Those who look narrowly 8. Aegative 40. High moune tain 45. Small sting- ing insect 48. Signs 50, Pussed bl Oceun Toper Ourseives Before na s after sslan sei s Bidier 61. As fur s 6. Note of the a4 n chalr mptible i Mathematicnl ratio See how little it costs to knows where to shop! Thursday . . . WINTER & POND - UPTOWN STORE - GHANGES HANDS |Roman R. Markoe, Expert | Photographer, Buys Well Known Studio Here | | By a deal closed here today Roman R. Markoe took over the {uptown photograph studio and shop of Winter & Pond Company, be- |coming sole owner of that bu: | ness, it was announced today by the parties concerned. The new owner will continue the business in the same location. The lower Front Street store was not involved in the trade. Mr. Markoe came here four months ago and has been doing much of the photographic work of the Winter and Pond company | since that time. New equipment | will be added and improvements will be made to the studio, he said. | “We will specialize in high grade | portraiture and seek to give Ju- !neau the very best facilities and | work possible in that line,” he said, in announcing his plans. The busi- ness will be carried on under the name of Markoe Studio. In addi- |ka views, cameras and photographic supplies will be carried and kodak | finishing will be done as a special- ty. ‘1 “Within a few days we will an- nounce through The Empire, a spe- |cial offer for portraits which every- |one should read,” he said. | Mr. Markoe has had a varied experience in portraiture. He | first studied in the University of Warsaw, Poland, and later was a student in the Sarbonne, noted ‘Paris institution. Afterward for 118 years he operated a studio in the French capital. He is a veteran of the World ,War and Poland's war against the { Russian Bolsheviks. He served with | Polish forces from 1914 to 1918, |attaining the grade of Major.He iwas attagched to the photographic section of an Engineer regiment. He came to the United States in November, 1920, locating shortly after that in Los Angeles. While — | residing in that city he was deco- | Old Papers for sale at Empire Office {rated by Pcland, being awarded the | Polish Cross for Bravery. I He married in Los Angeles in tion to portraiture, a stock of Alas-| 1922. Mrs. Markoe, whe now re- sides in San Francisco, will come (here in a short time to join her, ‘husband and establish their home ihemA | Ocean Liners Powered | By Radio Future Hope? LONDON, Feb. 4—Speaking in a somewhat whimsical vein the Earl lo! }nchcape. shipping magnate, en- | visioned a possible future day when ocean liners would be propelled, ! heated and lighted by wireless |from a central power station ashore, or even by the shackled rays of the run. “What the future may hold ex- | pressed in power units and their | application,” he said, “no man alive today can foretell” | AIR TRAFFIC OF SWEDENGAINING STOCKHOLM, Feb. 4.—Airplancs in regular traffic in Sweden dur- ing 1930 carried 2244 paid pas- sengers 135219 miles. In addition, 13,703 passengers were carried on “joy rides” More than 61,000 pounds of mail, exclusive of that carried on the 46,374 miles flown at night, were transported. —eee MARTHA SOCIETY MEETS The Martha Society will hold a buciness meeting in the Church Parlors Friday at 2 pm. Mrs Katherine Hooker and Mrs. Ralph Martin will act as hostesses. adv. ~ Food Products ~ ' CALIFORNIA GROCERY | PHONE 478 'MONARCH Quality Telephone 92 or 95 O-LA-LA BISCUITS (Made in Holland) 6 ounce tin for $1.25 GEORGE BROTHERS Five Fast Deliveries ATTENTION LADIES GOOD LOOKING RAINCOATS AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES Leader Dep’t. Store || GEORGE BROTHERS PHONE 454 See how much more your fashion dollars will buy tomorrow . . at Gordon’s! Regular $19.50 Values Flowered Chiffons . . Roman Stripe Crepes Black Chiffons . Pastel Chiffons . Flat Crepes in gold, must- ard, challenge blue, or- chid, rose, beige, orange ) ] 3 eros . . . lace . . Printed’ Scarf Frocks . . . Flower Printed Flat (brilliant on dark grounds) . . Embroidered Cantons. colors LOVELY . . . . Just Arrived With Values We Never “Dreamed’ COULD Be! SPRING FROCKS The “first copies” of the expensive new Spring Fashions . . . . Frocks so Sunday Nite Frocks with jackets . . . Jacket Frocks for afternoon, styles with cowl necklines and capes Frocks with short sleeves . . . long sleeves , . . tight or flowing . . . with the new Spring peplums . . . bol- SIZES INCLUDED—11 to 17—14 to 20—36 to 40—42 up to 48 Closing Out Children’s Wear yokes.

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