The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 19, 1931, Page 2

HURT.ONE BALLY, STRUCK BY CAR Ruth and Irene Peterson,j 8 and 11, Injured in Auto Accident (Continuea from: Page One) ed the MacRoberts’ or two before the girls had béen sent Ly their mother on an errand to| MacRoberts place, about 30 iinutes before they were injured.' Eyewitne: Are Lacking | Other than the two victims them- | celves there were no eyewitnesses Mrs. Ruth Coates was in a window at the residence of William Geddss, A FIRST Sl Beautzfiil ew Coats JUST ARRIVED A Collection of Models That Set the Fashion Trimmed smartly with 1 ioned of rough woolens, the new style tendencies that are correet for Fall and Winter. sleeves—flared cuffs. Bl are favorite colors. flattering models. coats now, and enjoy a full season’s wear. B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneaw’s Leading Department Store Dolman sleeves—side closings slim, fitted lines — seaming details — furred These are all exceptionally Choose from these smart [IOWI! for Fall uxurious furs and fash- these coats show all of ack, brown, green, blue »00 | { | Captain Thomas D, Packara (above), of the steamer Myrtle, at Boston, enjoys the enviable dis just across the street from Mac- tinction of having saved the lives Roberts' was otherwise occupied and did not see th cident. About iwo minutes before she heard the crash, she said, she saw some children playing on the sidewalk at the corner where it occurred. One of the little girls was lying on | ® of 1,600 people in his 45 years at sea. When he was only 26, Cap. tain Packard saved 800 girls aboard a ship which ran aground and sank, Again, in 1901, he was the prime factor in saving 1,000 persons at Jacksonville, ., All hail ta this herol the walk wit up on the sidewalk railing. Onej of them might have been in the street. Her attention was turned| to other things and she did not| look agaia until she leard thcl ar: e looked quickly and. .saw the|{ car against the house and a little| girl sitting on the running board| on the right sids of the car. | Mrs. MacRoberts was in her| house and did no. see anything| that occurred. Driver Says Unavcidable Murphy, who was deeply shockcd; and unnerved by the accident, de-} geribed very frankly what happen-| ed. He was positive in his declar:\-} tion that he saw only the one child, and that he exerted every effort to keep from runninz her down. He was watching her so closely and trying so desperately to avoid hitting her, that he fail-| ed to note that his machine was getting entirely out of the street and would strike the MacRoberts’ | —————— GEOSS APARTMENT FIRE TODAY WITHOUT DAMAGE' | Fire in the basement of the| Gross Apartment buildiog on lower | Front Street this morning called; oul the Fire Department. ~The| flames were extinguished withoud any damage. —_———— DEMOECRATIC MEETING All Democrats are requested to’ attend the Mass Meeting to be held at the City Hall Tuesday evening, August 25th, at 7:30 for the purpose of effecting an or- h her feet propped . - — TAKES GERMAN FLIER GASOLINE [Capt. von Gronau Is in West Greenland Await- ing Refueling Supply CCPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 19.—With gasoline for Capt. Wof- | gang von Gronau, German flier, who is making an aerial trip from Germany to the United States, a Danish cruiser is proceeding to Sukkertoppen, West Greenland. He hopped to Sukkertoppen from East Greenland last Sunday, and is awaiting the arrival of refueling supplies. PLANE PETERSBURG FLIES TO TAKU The seaplane Petersburg, Pilot Rcbert Ellis, departed for the mouth of Taku River early yes- terday afternoon with passengers bound for Tulsequah and up-river points. % Noah A. Timmins, mining opera- tor from Montreal, by A. A. Pare and J. B. Wood- worth, mining engineers, were bound for the Whitewater claims. Dr. J. T. Mandy, District Engineer for the British Columbia Bureau of Mines, is on his way to Niagara Creek and ogl‘ler points on the 3 | NEW FAIRCHILD DANISH CRUISER DORBANDTSFLY PLANE NORTH Veteran Ala\s_kfl Pilot Es- tablishes Record in Flying Time Establishing what is believed to be a new record in flying time be- |tween New York and Juneau, | Frank Dorbandt, veteran Alaska | flyer, accompanied by Mrs. Dora | bandt, arrivéed in Juneau -early yesterday afternoon with his new Fairchild seaplane, enroute to ' Anchorage. Dorbandt was in the {air 36 hours on the flight. He |came by way of Seattle, stopping overnight at Alert Bay. | Left Alaska Last April The Dorbandts left Anchorage last April, bound for the Atlantic coast. Arriving at Seattle they bought a car and motored across | the continent, following the south- | siderable time visiting the various airplane factories in the east, with a view to choosing a plane for a trans-Pacific flight westward to | Tokyo, but he was unable to find a craft capable of making the {flight without refyeling on the | way. | Wedding Anniversary | | The Dorbandts had planned to hop for Anchorage today, following the coast line to Cordova. “Today i our wedding anniver- sary,” Mr, Dorbandt sald. “We Had | Anchorage, where were mar- we'll have to do our celebrating in Juneau, DORIS OEDER AND HOLMQUIST WED At the bridegroom’s apartments in the Snow White Building, at'8 o'clock last evening Ernest Holm- quist ‘and Doris Oeder were mar- ried by Rev, C. C. Saunders, pastor Church. The bride wore a gown of rose beige and carried a bouquet of pink and white rosebuds and heath- er. Mrs. Leonard Holmquist was bridesmaid. She wore a pastel printed gown, and carried a bou- quet of pink roses and gladiola. Leonard Holmquist was best man. The room was decorated In pink in the floral decorations, A reception was held after the accompanied | wedding, when guests parlook of the wedding cake. Mr. Holmquist is well known in Juneau, having attended the publi¢ school here. The bride came here from Nampa, Idaho, some time ago. The couple will make their homé in Juneau, THE DAILY AEASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1931. 'Letters Addressed to Santa|Lomens Not Killing This'Assistant Secretary of Ag- ' |He will utilize eight separate trans- ’_, celved here yesterday, McDermond " | Allgust “28, traveling from Seattlepointment of Paul Stafford to be unable to | Airways plancs. He will spend oneof the Teller range unit which com- |Eources. | | flight back to Venezuela at 8 0'clock Tnman and Igloo herds. port lines throughout the journcy. “ldressed to santa Claus, Juncau,‘spent a few hours here yesterday, proved the value of such work. VENEZUELA TO PRODUCTION OF DUNLAP PLEASED JUNEAU FLIGHT | REINDEER WILL BY LOCAL VISIT; IS STARTED BE GUT SHORTRETURNS SOUTH Clause Given to Air- ways Men Year, Says Mozee Here | riculture Gratified for Conference - f | with Showing To fly from Maracaibo, Venezue- Reindeer production in Northern! “You have a wonderful country la, to Juneau, Alaska, and return | aAlaska will be confined largely to and I have been deeply . interested in 141 flying hours i the feat|:he animals slaughtered by Eskimos in everything I have seen,” deglar- which C. C. McDermond, repre-land two smaller corporations— ¢d R. M, Dunlap, Asgistint Secre:f sentative of the Pan American{ waechter Bros, and Alaska Cold tary of Agricuiture, who yesterday Airways, has set out to accomplish Storage—according to B. B. Mozee, concluded a three-ddy stay ' hare according to ‘information receivec | General Reindeer Superintendent,'and a week’s visit in Southeast in Juneau yesterday. Leaving Mar- | who . arrived here yesterday from 'Alaska. He was accompanied by acaibo August 8 aboard a twin-]Nome. He is enroute to the States his daughter, Miss Mary. motored Sikorsky amphibion, Mc-ftor a 30-day vacation. } This_was Mr. Dunlap’s first trip Dermond started on a 14300-milc §! The Lomen Reindeer Corpora-|to the Territory. “We hear a good flight from the tropics to Alaska § .ion heretofore the largest pro-|deal in Washington about Alaska {ucer and exporter of reindeer pro- | Particularly in matters relating to {ucts, will not slaughter animals|the budget, and, feeling the need his year, he said. 1Tt is expected Of some first-hand information hat the total production will not :‘bl’l‘" iév I came here to get it,” he X d 5,000 carcasses. eclared, Is "Que’ in Juneau at 5 o'clock on x;[e: Mozee asznounced the ap-| He expressed regret that he was stay longer and see by one ‘of the Alaska-Washington 'gistrict superintendent in charge mMore of the country and its re- “But I hope to return| day heve. and start on the 1ong prises the Teller, Wales, Shismaref, 8t some future time and make a He will {real visit,” he added. i {make his headquarters in Teller. He was .particularly impressed | Filght Takes 22 Days Mr. Stafford, who has been con- | With the timber and - waterpower, Although. the actual flying time Nected for some time with the ani- |Tesources of Southeast Alaska. “You Ao v tion of the In- have some fine timber, abundant is expected to be 141 hours for Mal husbandry sec ! Vi the round trip, McDermond has al. 4ianService at Ft. Belknap, Mont. |Tesources upon which to bulld a lowed himself 22 days, with 10”ex- tra days for bad weather and poor connections. An additional 20 days will be used as stopovers in vari- ous cities of Cuba, Porto Rico and the United States. Although the long trip is prin-| port lines on the trip, stopping ir 23 ‘cities, it Acgording to the schedule re- the next morning. management and herd administra-|quate Waterpower to permit’ its eco- tion. He is expected to be in|homic development,” he said. Seattle in a short time enroute to| Mr. Dunlap was not in Washing- Teller to take over his new po-.ton af the fime the protest to sition. President Hoover by the American Mr. Mozee, who stopped off herc Faper and Pulp Association against | cipally one of pleasure, it is Mr,| 0 Meet Gov. Parks and confer with | further timber = $ale negotiations | ' _ him about reindeer administration between the Forest Service and| D e 80 matters, will proceed to Seattle as| California capitalists, was _made' studylng varlous aspects of avia-|S00n as the conference is finisncd. public. He didn't seem Incilnied to 4 treat it as a serious matter, com- “m;" em:f:":;;y Dz“;,“;h S H; ;’;‘J menting rather drily that it was make a Al and P erating methods of other trans- ‘DAYTON SP ORTSMAN | natural “they have a pretty Leavy |investment in Canadian plants.” To MAKE LONG HUNT He showtcd “gznm:;: ::\ber: road construction h2 No . sooher had McDetmond's tory and seemed gratiticd al the plans for a flight to Alaska becomc' Enroute to McsCarthy for a hunt development that has taken place known than he became a very pop- in the White River district, C. E.'3)5ns 1ocal roads. The builling ular man among the youngsters of Swank, Treasurer of the Dayton of s;r)xall homes, of fur ranches and Maracaibo. Several letters 'ad- Malleable Iron Works, Dayton, Ohio. truck gardens and dairics, I Letters for Santa Claus Alaska, have been entrusted 1o‘obtainlng licenses for his hunt and him—for it is well known that|ylsiting local curio stores. official trip through the middle Santa makes his headquarters in{ Mr. Swank will spend several west and west, - He still has visits Alaska—and he was especially cali- | weeks in the White River rogion.'so make in California, Utah and tloned to dellver the letters to|He will be guided by Con Miller, Colorado befote returning to Wach- Banta - Claus personally, -and to|veteran hunter of the interior coun- ington about Séptember 10. He bring back a small polar bear withltry. He is seeking mountain shecep and his daughter loft for Scattle s L v yesterday afternoon aboard the ~|Brant, U. S. Bureau of Fishe; |boat. They were accompanied, to | Ketchikan by C. H. Flory, Region- Mr. Cunlap has bech making an U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOJLTURE. WEATHER BUREAU | ern route. My. Dorbandt spent con- |8 hoped to be able to celebrate it in|. ried, but if this fog doesn't 1ift | of the Northern Light Presbyterian |- and white, sweets peas being used § al Forester, and on the same ves- The W eat’ler | sel enroute ta Seattle were Con- (By the U. 8. Weather Buress) gressman Robert G. Simmons and Forecast for Janeau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., August 19: Shefr ‘Shree ehildren, Clearing tonight, Thursday fair-and warmer; gentle variable winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather b pm. yesty .....2000 . ‘59 76 SW 2 Cldy t am. today ..29.91 53 96 S 2 Cldy Nooy . today ......20.93 55 9 s 4 _ Ran WABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDA ~ TODAY X Highest 4pm. | Lowest4am. 4a.n. Précip, 4a.m. Statton— p. temp. | emp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather A BAITOW ... 88 30 | 28 28 14 . .01 Oldy New stock Nome ... . 56 56 | 8 388 . 0 Clear Bethel ... . 66 66 | 50 52 4 0 Pt. Cldy Fert Yukon . . 56 56 | 38 38 L 0 Clay Tanana ... 58 | 40 40 &S 0 Cldy IDE Pairbanks 54 | 4@ 4 10 24 Cldy Eagle 60 |88 36 . 0 Clear P AJ AM A S St. Paul ... o 54 | 48 48 4 02 Cldy Dutch Harbor . 62 62 | 52 54 12 0 Cldy Kodiak 58 | 50 50 0 Trace Clear f Eordova 62 | 4 44 4 Trace PCldy Snappy Patterns Juneau 59 F-oB2 83 (] Cldy Kl_ttkah e B ~ | 52 54 0 .02 Pt. Cldy etchikan ) 66 52 B4 4 04 Cldy Prince Rupsrt . 68 68 t 52 54 0 18 Rain Reasonable Prices Edfionton ... 78 72 | 54 56 o 0 Pt.Cudy Beattle 68 66 | 86 58 & 0 Clay Portland . 14 2 | 58 58 £ 0 Cldy Ban Francisco ... 64 62 |82 B3 * Clear S ABIN *—Less than 10 miles. i S The pressure is rising in Interior and Western Alaska attended by clearing weather in those districts. The pressure 1§ highest i i north of Hawall. The low pressure area has moved from Interior Everything in F“mis“m‘s Alaska to Yukon' Territory accompanied by showers ih Boutheastern for Men kd, Temperaturds were higher jn extreme Westetn Alaska yes- ‘efday and have fallen in the Interior. Changes have been slight néar the Pacific Coast. 3 i Season' O}‘)vens 4‘}"\\',1gust 20th WINCHESTER AND REMINGTON GUNS AT 1931 PRICES Fresh Stock WESTERN WINCHESTER and REMINGTON Ammunition ARE ALL READY¥OR YOU AT Juneau-Young Hardware Co. ~ § has had years of experience in rang:ipml’ and paper industry, and ade- |} NO TRICKS-- —nothing but substantial values at bar- gain prices. No false impression here—nothing to be afraid of in our values. DROP IN THURSDAY Anniversary IS THE LAST DAY t Sale “You Won’t Be Sorry” . Bros. Service Satisfaction . STORE OPEN EVENINGS eorge Smiles o \