The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 29, 1931, Page 8

AUTHOR WHITE WILL ADDRESS CHAMBER HERE, Stewart Edward White tof} Defend His Proposal for National Park At tomorrow's weekly luncheon meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce Stewart Edward White noted author, will undertake change the attitude of the local organization on the creation of a national park on Chichagof or zome other Southeast Alaska Is- land. The Chamber sometime ago went on record in opposition to that scheme. Mr. White, who originated the several ar- will present in an effort t6 "the local idea and has written ticles in its support, his views tomorrow to “sell” the plan Chamber. Senator Wallace M. White, ‘Maine, who arrived here Tuesday night to meet Commissioner Henry O'Malley, and his party have also been invited to attend tomorrow's meeting. He said today he did not know ‘what Commossioner O'Malley’s plans were and Wwas able to accept only provisionally. If they are in town at noon to- morrow they will be present. An- other proviso was laid down by Senator White—that he be not ex- pected to do any speechmaking. Preparations are being made to take care of an overflow meeting at the Arcade Cafe tomorrow as officers of the Chamber are cer- tain that one of the largest crowds of the year w1ll attend. MUSSOLINI v CELEBRATES ROME, Italy, July Mussolini is celebrating his 48th birthday today. It will probably be a day without gifts as he is adverse to mixing his personal and public life and is remaining at his home. It was a great pleasure today for the children of the Premier to tweak his ears. They could tweak 48 times, the age of Mus- solini, a birthday custom prevail- ing among the Italians. 29.—Premier DU BARRY Introductory Package CONTAINS Cleansing Cream, Tissue Cream, Skin Tonic and Face Powder ALL FOR $1.00 Juneau Drug Company Free Delivery Phone 88 | DeVoe, her secretary, now in jail | Post Office Substation No. 1 i to | "A' Modern Touch % [y w; Associated Press Photo Here’'s a pretty bathing suit of modern design; the diagonal stripes are red. It Is worn by Loretta Young, film actress. PLANE ACTIVITY | ENCOURAGED BY FINE WEATHER Petersburg Makes Several | Flights from Here to Nearby Places Airplane activities in the past 24 hours have been encouraged by favorable weather conditions. Yesterday after making pleasure flights with tourists off steamships in the harbor, the seaplane Peters- burg, Pilot Robert Ellis and Mech- anic Brian Harland, made a round trip between Juneau and Hirst- | Chichagof. Joseph Hill and J. Rus- | sel were round-trip passengers. Frank Metcalf, who is surveying | mineral ground in the Hirst- Chichagof district made the flight from there here. Today, the plane was scheduled to make a round trip between | Juneau and Funter, afterwards,| it, was expected to take Mr. Met- calf back to Hirst-Chichagof. —e- GIRNAU 1S CONVICTED Sent Obsc:;e Matter| Through Mails Attack- ing Clara Bow LOS ANGELES, Cal, Frederic Girnau, pamphlet lisher, has been convicted of two of six counts for sending obscene matter through the mails in an attack on Clara Bow, actress will be sentenced Friday. Girnau said the “Love Life” of Miss Bow was furnished by Daisy July 20.— for theft from the actress. ——-—— Quarta and pumacer lccation no- | pay pub- | He | AT VAT ————— BOY OF TEARNS AND SAVES SOHE CAN SEE ALASKA Buchanan Party of 21 | Youths Comes North on Princess Charlotte | No traveler to Alaska has ever viewed her marvels with such open-eyed wonder as one of the voya, on the steamship Prin- cess Charlotte, which called at Juneau last night en route from Vancouver; B. C, to Skagway. He is George Hull, 7 years old, and for three years and a half he has been earning and saving his money to visit the Northland. He hates to go to bed for fear he will miss something. The lad is the son of Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Hull of Detroit, Mich. He is among the 21 Buchanan Boys, who are making the round trip between Detroit, Mich.,, and Atlin, B. C. He is the youngest boy ever included in a Buchanan tour. Numbers Twenty-one | The Buchanan party this season numbers 21. It is guided by George 'E. Buchanan, Detroit coal mer- |chant, who since 1923, has spon- sored and partly financed annual | tours of boys to Alaska The boys hail from all parts of the United States and Oanada. Neither na- tmnahty nor religion is a bar. ‘When a boy comes to me and about the asks trip,” explained Mr. Buchanan, “I tell him this: “You first get the consent of 'your parents. Further you sell them the idea of advancing you one-third of the cost as an item of your education. You are to earn one-third on your own ini- tiative. You may earn this by! running errands, selling newspa- pers, taking subscriptions to maga- zines, selling useful articles, cut- ting grass—by any honorable means. Remaining One-third “The remaining one-third, I ad- vance, but you are not indebted . Living . Crescent~ shaped figure 6. Pagan god . Languishes I8 Prepare for publication . Deep mud . Cublc meters . Drew forth £ Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 1L Entrarice 1. Taste 12, Grn(n‘ 6. Kind of horse o 10. Head coverings . Understands . Domestic ani= mal Experta . Debate 8. Land: Latin . Old weapon Stellar Long narrow m EE R| o] Im| elrflnenll . Relative: abbr, . Born [H] Al 5] ] ] [=[o]m] GELE 4. Not far 26, Angry ii. Slamese coln® 10. Spread for drying 8L Complete col= lection $2. Their: French 35. Typifies 38. Volcano. 39. Avarice 40. Vegetable §1. Fruit drink 41. Small ples 55. Gave strength ‘2. Ruulninu mouns to tains 60. Greed: 43. Eons Profll’ 45. Attention . Lift vp 46, Obstinnte f Balonllnl animal me 41. Decompose Ploces ‘out 48. Lift with & Puft up lover Singing voice 49, Slacken teme . Stitches : mus. r. 69. Marked for §0. Hindu peasant omission DOWN 1. Undermines 2. Alighted 8 Clhnbing plant 4 Finished 6. Took offense at [ 1 13 9. 0. . Wall to pre: vent inunds+ tions . Morbid respie Liquor . More discours 8. Princely itale Aerveu: 3 . lnn family Ind\ lant 3 . Enrly C 8 Feminine . Shy ending 1575 %ot 2 oum: s e MARSH TO INCREASE |EARLY GRID GAMES | indebted to some other boy who pays his share. I ‘do not expect you to repay until you are older, |nor will T ever force a collection. This is to be an honor debt be- tween you and me. If you never Tl not be hurt. I would rather do this than build a monu- ment.” Hundreds of boys in the past eight years have visited Alaska in ‘Buchanan parties. On the arrival of the Princess | Charlotte at Skagway, the Bucha- nan boys will entrain on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad for \At- lin. They will get back to Skag- way in time to board the Charlotte before she leaves there Thursday night on her return voyage South. Boys Visit Museum While the vessel' was in port in | Juneau last night, the lads visited the Territorial Museum and other | places of interest in this city. The Charlotte had a total of 122 | passengers. Many of them, in- | cluding 12 members of the Chica- go Travel Guild, motored to Men- denhall Glacier. Three persons disembarked at this port. They were J. J. Far- gher, Adruan Roff and Medic Richard. The Juneau City Band was on |the wharf and played several se- lections as the vessel approached |and made fast to the dock. The | presence of the band was in honor of its leader, Mr. Fargher, who tices at The Empire. of Prices Will Re-Open SATURDAY , August 1st FINAL CLOSE OUT PRICES W holesale or Retail Leader D_ep’t Store returned from a visit to the States. IIIIIIIIII|III||II|||IIIIlIIIIIIIlIIIIllIIIIIIIlllIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIII'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIll'I!IlllII|IlIIII|IIIIllIIIIIIIIIIII|||IIIII||||Q EADER CLOSED For Inventory and Final Adjustment ] I T PEN SPACE BY 200 | TO CARE FOR MINK| With. one of the largest in- take care of, the Mendenhall Fur Farm, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Marsh, pioneers of the mink today began enlarging their plant to meet demands for additiongl pen space. The farm now has 500 resent this year's crop. In order to house them properly, it will be necessary to build 200 more pens. Work was started on them this morning. Crowded pens result in inferior animals and poorer pelts, M#. Marsh said. By adding more pens, larger and finer pelts are insured. Present . market conditions are wholly unsatisfactory to the grow- ers and prices offered are not en- couraging. However, it is ex- pected: there will be some improve- ment before next Spring. creases of stock in seéveral years to | ranching industry in this district, | mink on hand, and of that 300 rep- | ON COAST SCHEDULE PACKED WITH COLOR Eugene, Ore. July 20—Some ‘of | the most colorful competition in Pacific coast grid play this season will come at the start of the con- | ference schedule. One of the outstanding games will be the renewal of the rivalry tween Doc Spears' 'Oregon and Jimmy Phelan’s Washington teams at Seattle Otober 10. The friendly feud began when Spears, Minnesota coach, and Phelan, Purdue mentor, were trans- ferred to the coast last year. Spears with a vetran combination won. a 7 to 0 victory over Phelan’s inexpe- rienced = lineup. But this season Spears, mipus his stars, Kitzmiller and Christensen, faces an even chance of being beaten. Oregon State against SBouthern iCalifornia October 3 and the South- érn California-St. Mary’s clash Sept- tember 26 will furnish other early season contests of more than usual interest. e with each Phone 134 'FOR A FEW DAYS New Gillette Razor FREE package of 10 GILLETTE- BLADES Butler Mauro Drug Co. We Delwer Express Money Orders FRIDLUND’S TONIGHT A. B. ;HALL" Scandinavian American Music BB ek ACCQRDION ORCHESTRA Featunng Mr. H;ll on the Saxophone mcl Ewrybody Come' & : THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JULY-29, 1931, Vil ” N .._f'»’!‘ CENTRAL CHINA FLOODED;LOSS OF LIFE LARGE Crops Dama ed Presaging Famine—Food Prices ¢ Soar 30 Per Cent BHANGHAIL July 29.—Vast argas of Central China are: flood- ed, and hundreds, perhaps thou- ds are dead. Bg‘m:»d prices have soared 30 per cent as the result of the worst floods in 60 years. Crops have been damaged and this presages a terrible famine. Communications have been dis- rupted and dikes burst their bonds in the Yuhan area. Olties of Hankow, Hanyong and Wuchang are flooded. The Yangtze River is the high- est in modern times. 1t is reported 5,000 have drown- ed at Chang Sha but this is be- lieved to be exaggerated. CONTRACTOR FLIES TO HIRST CHICHAGOF To bid on work planned at Hirst- Chichagof, H. A. Moody 'of the firm ‘of Rox and Moody, general contractors, flew there from this city today on the seaplane Pe- tersburg. He Is scheduled to re- turn to Juneau tonight on the aircraft. ———————— GOLF TOURNEY LURES DIXIE GRANDMOTHER KNOXVILLE, Tenn. July 20— Mrs. Brinkley Snowden of Mem- phis, who has a 14-year-old grand- daughter, was defeated in the finals of the second flight in the state golf tournament here. One days activities included 18 holes in the morning, a jour- ney to ‘another ocourse and 18 holes in the afternoon and a dance at night. e Old Fapers ul The EBmpire. 1 Finery Hosiery $1.50 Values ON SALE $1.00 Wonder Value! Guaranteed! COLEMAN’S Hollywood Style Shop | | | JOAN BENNETT THROWN FROM MARE, INJURED Plucky Scioen Actress Goes Through Scene— Taken to Hospital HOLLYWOOD, Cal, July 29.— Joan Bennett, screen actress, is in the hospital with the prospect of remaining there eight or twelve weeks. Miss Bennett's hip is broken and her spine was also injured when she was thrown from a black mare during a filming. She insisted rid- ing through the remaining filming so as not to “break” the picture. She declared the mare was un- manageable and too spirited for the part but she sent the animal through the paces despite her in- Jjuries. GREETED BY JUNEAU BAND The Juneau City Band, 14 mem- bers, turned out last night, went to the Admiral Line dock and greeted J. J. Fargher, who arrived from the south aboard the Prin- cess Charlotte after spending a va- cation in the states for the past several weeks. Several selections were played on the dock and the passengers showed approval by lib- eral applause. Mr, Fargher, bari- tone soloist with the band-since the reorganization 15 years ago, was agreeable surprised and pleased by the band's turnout. RIS U S Old papers at The Empire. SMALL ROOF BLAZE GIVES FIREMEN RUN Flames on the roof of Goodman Jensen’s house in the Seatter Tract gave the fire department a run at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The blaze, which had been caused by sparks from a chimney, was quickly extinguished. The dam- age was small. The first alarm turned into the department headquarters gave the signal that indicates the neighbor- hood ‘of Fifth and Seward Streets. The mistake was soon discovered, however, and the department lost but little time in getting to the scene of the blaze. — .- The Charlotte, Capt. C. C. Sainty and Purser’ A. ‘H. Bird, will be here Friday morning on her way to Vancouver. Holeproof Hosiery We are the exclusive agents for this line. "Have you tried a pair of AUTOGARTS, their newest line . . . SABIN’S Everything in Furnishings for Men BUY IN SMALL QUANTITIES AND SAVE FARNIA FLOUR, PANCAKE FLOUR, CORN MEAL, WHOLEWHEAT FLOUR and CRACKED WHEAT All in two-pound bags with draw string AT THE MODERATE Price of At GARNICK’S--Phone 174 18¢ Bag ' 321 PHONES 92—95 Per Pound HICKENS 25¢ Average Weight 215 to 3 Pounds Each FRESH DRESSED DIRECT FROM FARM George Bros. FIVE DRY PICKED FAST DELIVERIES