The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 12, 1931, Page 2

IIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIfiillIlIIIllfilI|||I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH Brighten the Home with NEW CURTAINS The name Zion on a cur- tain or net is an index of quality like the Kkarat mark of gold. T e o We invite you to see the new line this season. New fabrics, new styles and new designs in the stan- dard Zion quality. L CURTAINS " COTTAGE CURTAINS KITCHEN CURTAINS BEDROOM CURTAINS NG ROOM CURTAINS DI B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneauw’s Leading Department Store” Tuesday, May 10th is Hospital Day T R O O It | O CORDOVA GIVEN SHP SERVICE T0 WESTWARD For the rest of the fishing season, the Kittiwake of the United States Bureau of Fisheries will be sta-| tioned here. She recently arrived | from Sitka. She is commanded by | Capt. James R. Crawford. Ice jammed against the Copper River and Northwestern Railway's bridge at Chitina and carried out six bents of the structure. As soon | as the river clears, the bridge will} PRIZE LETTER CONTEST GETS BIG ATTENTION Juneau School Attendants Are Writing for Fem- mer’s Award This is the last week of the D. B. Femmer prize letter-writing con- st for school children. Mr. Fem- Company, has offered $10 in prizes—87.50 for first prize and $250 for second—submitting the best reacens why the Northland Transportation Company, operating the moterships Northland and Nor- co, should be granted a contract for carrying United Slates mail twelve months in the year instead of the Jwinter months only. The contest will close next Sat- urday, May 16. All letters must be addressed to the Postmaster General, Washing- ten, D. €., and enclosed in a letter addressed to D. B. Femmer, agent, Juneau, Alaska. The contest children only. Mr. Femmer stated today that all school children seemed especially interested in the contest for he has received innumerable calls for fur: ther information. STUDENTS SEE MAKING OF GOLD BRICKS AT MILL Prof. Rob;S. Raven' Shows Chemistry Class- es Ore Reduction is open to school Twenty students in chemistry at he Juneau High School in charge of Prof. Robert S. Raven, Super- intendent of Public Schools and instructor in chemistry, visited the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany’s ore reduction mill here this morning. They started their trip of ob- servation and study at the top crushers and followed the process of operations to the bottom. They witnessed the melting of gold into gold bricks. They spent almost Brie.f Items About Happen- ings and Persons n Copper City be redriven. - { | Miss Geraldine Anne Laughlin| and Willlam Millard Smith were | CORDOVA — Steamshin service FECEDtly married. Both live at Mile | between Cordova and Prince wil-|S¢¥en on the Copper River and, liam Sound, Cook Inlet and Kodiax NOFthwestern Railway. Mr. Smith | Island has been inaugurated by is attached to the Naval Radio sta- | the Lakina of the Alaska Steam-|tlon there. ship Company. The Lakina will arrange her voyages so they will; AS a result of the Clean-up and | cgeur immediately after arrival at Paint-up campaign, virtually every Cordova of large passenger liners|important building on the prin- frdm the States, The round trip| cibal strects of the city is neat and feae tween Cordova and Kodiak |trim. The city looks brighter and or between Cordova and Cook Inlet|more prosperous than in many is $40. “years. Population was increased bymore} To “Northcrn Zight” issued than 200 in one day recently wheniquarterly by the Cordova High two ships from the States disem- | School, has been awarded first barked cannery crews. iplacc among school publications in | | Territories of the United States. Indians of Copper Center, not far | The award was made in the con- from here, are reported by Salva-|test conducted annually by the Co- tion Army workers as badly in|lumbia Scholastic Press Association. need of food and clothing, and the | Second place went to “Hi Lights” Army is soliciting contributions to{of the Washington Junior High relieve the situation. iSChoOl of Honolulu; third, to the! | “Gastineau Breeze” of Douglas High For $200 the steamer Wightman Schcol and fourth to the “Chilkat was bought at a United States! Breeze” of the Haines High School. Marshal’'s sale by Attorney Clyde | R. Ellis, acting for persons having | claims against the vessel. ! Edgar F. Anderson, mining en- | gineer at Kennecott, and Miss Marie | | Geneva Larsen of New York City Remodeling of the front of the | were married immediately after the Times Building is in progress. arrival of the young woman on a ship from the States. They will Ownership of the Creole Kitchen|make their home in Kennecott. has passed to Mrs. James Stewart, | ———————— racently from Seattle. She has“ Old papers for your fires, at The | employcd Sam Christiansen as cook. ) Empire. | PHONE 487 MARKOE STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHS OF QUALITY PORTRAITURE, PHOTO FINISHING, CAMERAS, ALASKA VIEWS, ETC. First National Bank Bldg. Juneau, Alaska " YOUR | ALASKA LAUNDRY Tel. 15 We call for and deliver two hours at the mill, returning r, of the Nerthland Transporta- | , TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1931. E L] < ?ueen of Fliers Read MANY ATTENB U 5. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. WEATHER BUREAU y 4 i 4y : The W eather | For Solo Hop to Paris | | JPENING TODAY (B the 0.8, Weathor mareaw) F Tor Yuneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p. m, May 12: Showers tonight and Wednesday; moderate southerly winds. UF STYLE SHBP LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~Weather FperT 4 pm. yest'y ....2994 3 18 E 10 Rain Herb Coleman and Staff of[+ am. today ....2088 41 82 SE 1 Rain wh : 2 e Noon today . 29.95 43 79 s 12 Rain i Assistants Receive Vis “dnie i Rimo o ket i itors to New Store e 1 Highest 4pm. | Lowest4am. 4am. Precip. 4am | Juneau"’sedn;west '!;uslness Eclifl:e Station— temp. temp. | emp. temp. velocity 24 hrs Weather was opel or ‘patronage today. 1t is the Hollywood Style Shop in :‘"“" ; :g lg ‘! zg 2’;’ ¥ g g{::: the building formerly occupicd by Bo::el 50 50 i 22 32 4 Trace Pt.Cl dy TRy the Cable Cffice at Main and Font | 2o-1€ 5 . g% Stroets. Throughout the morning | Fort Yukon Ba i; | 32 ;g og Cldy eenel and afternoon, many persons visit- | 10808 ... % ! Tl 2 i d ed the store and without exception | Fairbanks 5 s : 4 cléz o e all wers generous in their favor- | Eagle i - o by able comments on the stock andSt- Paul . 2 - “& 10 c]dY oy appeintments of the establishment, | Dutch Harbor 36 | g = 08 ldy Herb Coleman, proprietor of the | Kodiak 44 | 3 6 [} 24 C! 1)’ shop, and a staff of assistants, were | Cordova 42 36 38 4 110 Rain | present to roceive callers and cus- | Juneau 3 38 41 7 45 Rain tomers. Every person that entered |Sitka .. 8 = 33 40 0 47 Pt.Cldy | the store was presented with a car- | Ketchikan ... 4 0 4 4 20 cuy ol A nation. Prince Rupert 52 | 4 4 4 0 PtLCdy i i All the goods, coats, dresses, mil- | Edmonton . 8 | 46 48 L 0 Cldy aabe linery, hosiery and accessories— | Seattle 6 | 54 54 0 0 Clear are of the latest styles and designs | Portland ... 86 R b4 0 Pt.Cldy L and are.direct from factories and | San Francisco ... 62 | 54 54 *, 0 Cldy S wholesale houses. *—Less than 10 miles. R ¥ The pressure is moderately low but rising in Central and South- % kilometer course, averaging 210685 | yogtorn Alaska. It is high from Hawali to British Columbia and on miles per hour, totiering the old|yno aretic Coast. Showers have fallen in Southern and Interior 3 3 rcccrr]lé he.lf‘ B Amols - ERehark by|.§ln>kn and he weather is clear in Northwes'érn Alaska. Tempera- i DYER 10 TS t havs fallen in most portions of the Territory. e | | ‘Coached for her trans-ocean hop e Va fi‘ki__n.A '_p - ‘A _,_,_,,,.‘._L,_, | by Clarence Chamberlin, Ruth |~ — Py | Nichels is probably better qualified | to make the attempt than any oth-| ol er flier in the world. That is the ! opinicn of the aviation world—and | ." may that opinion prove correct. ———e——— | i ROHRBACH ENDS VISIT | i | [PercHeD ATOP _W. . Rahrb:ch.‘ _trav?‘ingl man | il e who has been making a2 Terri- | JNE‘VCIMCIMIATI : [tory, i3 a pasienger aboard the | Princess Alice for Scattle. It has been announced by Col. Clarence D. Chamberlin, the trans. Atlantic flier that Ruth Nichols, holder of the trans-contjnental record for women and who recently achieved the speed record for her sex, will try to fly alone across the Atlantic to Paris early in May. Colonel | Chamberlin is Miss Nichols’ aeronautical adviser. The New York social | registerite will use the ““New Cincinnati’’ the same Lockheed-Vega plane | in_which she crossed the continent and set a new speed record at Detroit. Miss Nichols, will be the first woman ~ve- ta aamble her life | in a solo trans-Atlantic flight. MIDW AY CAFE NOW OPEN NEW YORK.—First of her sex |young ‘ to plan a solo trans-Atlantic flight | and Mrs. Erikson Miss Ruth Nichols, intrepid avia-|Rye, N. Y., carned the trix, social registerite and the avi- | of being the first woman to be giv- tion world’s queen, is preparing for | en a transport pilot's license which the greatest effort of her flying |was granted her in 1927. The fol- career. During this month the lowing year she gained national holder of the women's speed crown "amp by piloting a pontosn-equip- | will lift her heavily loaded Lock- plane in a nor fligit from | Very Popular Prices o8 ey Wile 418 WHEN THINGS WAKE UP Spring—hanging up another worn-out Winter— b unlocks the sunshine, flowers and bunnies. Mankind seems to begin again with new hope, et new ambition, and new determination to be prudent,* o learning what to seek and what to shun. A bank account of your own is a thing worth striv. 49 ing to have. Make this your Bank. First National Bank to school at 11 this forenoon. heed Vega plane, The New Cincin- | New York to Miam 1929 Miss Students included in the party nati, off the runway at Harbor | Njshols tcured the United States 3 Al G Al were Dorthy Bakke, Betty Barra- Grace, Newfoundland and turn its|in the interests of avistion, come SEWARD STREET gar, Zalmain Gross, John Hellen- nose -toward Paris—following the pleging. a 000 mile ght with- i thal, Arnold Hildre, Robert Hurley, Lindbergh trail. Because of her ouif g mishap. A year lator she - 1 L Vésha. Fhurly, *Allie” Mardfl. BH. blands: Iretisiious £bees, Ml LA oty b Tet A S8 & AR é o ward Powers, Edna Riendeau, El- Nichols is expected to complete the | Lingbergh's time in a flight from A Sahe = liott, Robertson, Edward Rodenburg, flight during daylight hours—if she | Los Angales to New York, Out for & Opposite Goldstein 5 g William Rodenburg, Mary Rogers, completes it. | new wcmen'’s record, Miss Nichols | Buildin H 5 Mary Simpkins, Jeanette Stewart, All other women who have tried | hopped off from the Pacific Coast $ g £ = John Stewart, Elmer Swanson, trans-Atlantic flights have depend- | citys landing in Wichita, Kan,, sev- = % ; Mary VanderLeest and Hidred ed on the skill of man. Amelia Ear- | en-hours later. She rested overnight E = Whitely. hart, the only woman to have flown | taking off early next day for tho = g e e all the way across, was piloted by :balance of the trip, which was com- “""’"—"_’ B BT TR RO R s = REBEKAHS SOCIAL | the late Wilmer Stultz. Ruth Elder, | pleted in six hours and twenty-two | ““Youthful Loveliness in = g After the regular Rebekah meet- co-piloted by George Haldeman, | minutes, more than a hour better 6 D i) § i ing in I. O. O. F. Hall Wednesday dropped in the ocean off the Azores | than Lindbergh’s timc and sccond ays H ; evening at 8 pm. the Rebekahs to be picked up by a passing tramp | only. to the rccord of Capt. Frank Latest In Cosmetic Sclence 8 g | N | Perseverance Lodge No. 2 A will steamer. Frances Grayson, Elsie | Hawks. Marvg, Betuly. reiurn. aad Wol = e o hold a social. A large attendance McKay, Princess Lowenstein-Wert- | Seta Hscond Sue-Fun removes facial blemishes, g ) is desired. +heim and Beryl Hart all perished - 72 j Rl pimples, blackheads, freckles, wrin- £ = ) ALPHONSINE CARTER, | with the men on whose skill they | Early llhl‘s b g f“‘c hols et | kles or that worn sallow looking g ¢ Secretary. staked their lives. Ruth Nichols is | ? HeW f: “{l?e it e complexion. = & HELEN CARTER SKUSE, going alone—but the prayers of the | WNen she cumbed to S87H5 fect|See Dr. Doelker, Hellenthal Bldg.|E E - —adv. ! v vith her. h . 2y B adv. Noble Grand. ’ orld ““; i “L Wi | laugels, she established a new speed 5 ¥ = E é -t A1 - tsHnetion record for her sex, when, at De- pari = A petrified forest 20,000,000 = Becoming interested in aviation | prajph recently, she flew her ;.bck- 3 HE The Stan‘dard Of Com wson _E_ years old in Arizona soon is to bé \shortly after her graduation from |p.eq Vega over an official three| | IT PAYS TO PAY = brought under government control. | Wellesley College in 1924, the| | CASH E ok WS T R T LI T | Harris Hardware Co. | |E | Lower Front Street { .-E.. e} i ~ |18 . . g ° o |2 o E Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. 4 E b " H JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS, ALASKA g Phone No. 6 - Phone No. 18 . M ¢ : 3 : o We have just received the cleverest assortment “ever. venke % 99 ; E b . “ £ “Midnight” Perfume—New £ : = Five dozen, all clever and H 60 cents, $1.00, $2.00 £ different. to choose from. I But r, Mauro Drug Co. £ . g ' “When We Sell It—It’s Right” g veh . SOOTHING £ WE DELIVER Lo of Price g g £ Telephone 134 Express Money Orders £ y g LU Te BEAUTIFYING Spring is the season of the year when every woman should arrange for a series of beauty treatments. Enliven the skin and the hair. Glow with health and thrill with the joy of liv- ing. Our personal service rates are most reasonable—and our work is first-class in every detail. Phone for appoinment. Permanent Wave—$10.00 PHONE 307 AMERICAN BEAUTY PARLORS MRS. JACK WILSON $2.25 PRINTING AND STATIONERY Desk . Supplies—Ink—Desk Sets— Blotters—Office Supplies Geo. M. Simpkins Co. R | WALL PAPER R Sy J uneau Paint Store