The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 20, 1931, Page 8

The explosion of a few cents’ worth of chcmicals in an ex- periment in a baggage car cost Ediscn his job as train boy— but it started his career. WINTER FLYING EQUIPMENT WILL UNDERGO TESTS Department of Commerce| | Sending Inspector to Inspect Planes A thorough inspection of all air- craft operating in the Territory during the winter months will be made next month by the United States Department of Commeree, it was announced today by Gov. Ceorge A. Parks, who has urged this upon the department for sev- eral years. For the past three years © inspection has been made an- nually. This covered only the planes us- inz normal summer equipment. In- cpoction of the planes with winter cquipment has never been under- taken in the Territory. “I am advised that the Depart- ment is sending Inspector Glenn Neal to Alaska to make a com- plete inspection of all winter fly- ing equipment and test machines and personnel under winter flying cenditions,” the Governor said to- day. “The Inspector will leave Se- attle on October 27 on the steam- er Alaska and proceed direct to Seward and the interior and north. After completing his work there he will return to Juneau for a stay of a few days,” he added N His crude hand-crank phono- giraph of 1877 was the founda- tion upon which industries worth at present more than $150,000,- 000 are based. FIRST TRAIN RUN OVER NEW RAILROAD S the electric glowing In his tion's dusts laboratory in 1879 was the nucleus of the na- present $5,000,000,000 in- light - he 2t $1,250, 7 7 over the rails of the Great Northern’s new California-Northwes! YSTEM Z Assaciated Press Pl The little city of McCloud, at the, base of Mt. Shasta, celebrates the dispatching of he- firet. ¢raim. | WRANGELL €O = - S5 = e UPLE ON VISIT GEORGE ANDERSON IS HOME The “kinetograph” he duced in 1891 gave America the motion pleture indtry whth assels today totaling more than pro- dollars. turn of this century has grown an industry worth millions of mes, moetors, . electric railways, telephcnes and other inventions helped bulld industries worth $8,- 000,000,000 more. « wealth, AT RSN NY Riasrd B ~nearly a8 .much as the na- tlonal debt — to the country's FOUND SLAIN INLOS ANGELES Bodies of A;; Leroy and| Hedvig Samuelson Stuffed Into Trunks | ! (Continged "from Pagé One) friends, Dr. Judd took great inter- est in the case of Miss SBamuelson, and it is indicated that Miss Le- roy was attached to the same clinic as the doctor. In a letter received in Juneau from Miss Samuelson, dated Phoe- nix, September 28, she sald that she had been in a sanitarium during the summer months; that Miss Leroy has returned from a trip and gone back to work at the clinic and the two had again taken ' | th> same little house they lived in' |when they first went to Phoenix adding that “Ruth Judd, a doctor’s wife (he is ill in California right, now) is staying with us. Ruth works at the same clinic too.” Ruth Judd is the woman the Los Angeles authorities are now searching for. Taught Here Two Years Miss Samuelson taught in the Juneau schools two years and re- turned for her third year in Sep- = JUNEAU WUMEN;GCISha Dinner ‘When y given by the Ame: | Secretary Hurley. connected with the Swedish Hos- pital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a mother who resides in Chi- cago, Illinois. She was ‘popular during her two years in Juneau. Secretary of War and Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley reached Japan on their tour in the Orient th? were guests of honor at a Geisha dinner can Ambassador at Tokio, W. Cameron iForbes. Above is a photo of the occasion, reminiscent of a scene from Ithe “Mikado.” Left to right are Mrs. Hurley, Ambassador Forbes and In the background are three Geisha girls. Hurleys’ tour included an official visit to the Philippines” The Rumania now has 9,545 square miles of beacn A white wolf about 8 feet long. of the caribou type, was seen by Russéll Annabel, hunter and guide, in the Woods River district, he reported on his return to Anchor- age. Four caribou wolves, all very large, were seeh. —————— “Daily dozen” gymnasiics for bables are being taught to mothers in classes held at Berlin hospitsls. e e WE OFFER “FRENS” SANITARY NAPKINS 40c a package 2 for 55¢ Juneau Drug Company 4 Free Delivery Phone 33 Post Office Substation No. 1 RS —MWW Enlnllu!l ‘ ‘George Anderson, - proprietor of B. Y. Grant, of ‘Anderson's Music Store, has return- Miss Leroy was a popular nurse | .- at St. Ann's and had a host of To learn if pupilsare interested in tember, 1930. Soon after school sT PERKI N |opened she was taken seriously ill 3 ¥ and was sent to St. Ann’s Hospital Mr. and Mrs. 1t was then determined that she Midnight Special - Wrangell are on a visit to Juneau. |ed from a business trip of three N € friends in Juneau. Her - father, their personal appearance, officlals|myey “are guests of Mr. and Mrs. |months to Westward coast citles DI 4 g|had an advanced case of tubercu-|mother, brothers and sisters are of a London school have installed)y 'y Gucker. and' Interior Alaska points. A) losis and doctors. and scores Of |peljeved to be residing in Port- mirrors in the classrooms and halls. | Announcing Clearance Sale of All Fur Coats at Cost and Less Together with Fur Neck Pieces such as Mink and Marten in one- and two-skin Chokers. Red, White, Cross, Blue and Silver Foxes at prices mother, wire, daughter or sweetheart than a beautiful fur? Come in and make your choice now HERE ARE A FEW PRICES: went to Haines last week g ALASKA MINK, single ... ... $15.00 to $20.00 § ° ' y § Bl k t : l H RENGRA BINK, diil o T o 175010 3560 "YURMAN LEAVE NERE I:armers, Dance : anxke L Jale : B BOX (... o Ry G 40.00 to 65.00. MONDAY FOR SEATTL . ¢ Part Wool—Double Bed Size § HUDSON SEAL COATS, plain, formerly ... .. $400.00 now $295.00 HUDSON SEAL COATS, trimmed in black skunk, formerly ... il sl 450.00 now 325.00 fiscal -agent for “that bureau, - Jeft 4 ” esterday afternoon on'the e § : y T HUDSON SEAL COATS, trimmed in fox, formerly 400.00 now 275.00 %i: 2:%’2%5 ::an‘;- YC{::L?ML “Under Auspices L. 0. 0. M., No. 700 ALIL 4WOOI:1 BLll)-JE BLANKET 3 s urman, - i f 4 AR - GENUINE ALASKA SEAL COATS, formerly .... 475.00 now 325.00 § [ONelll's assistant, accompanied her ' i i aw, $495 HAIR SEAL COATS, trimmed with seal, special at 125.00 and 145.00 SILVER FOX PRICES CUT IN HALF Chas. Goldstein & Co. -mtptpomtiettemtenar-£3 G AUSE UNKNOWN friends persuaded her that she must seek a different climate. Miss Leroy, who came to ‘St. Ann’s. Hospital from Wrangell, in February, 1930, resigned as nurse | L g ] L 1and said she would become Miss P055'5lbly Result of F de Samuelson’s ‘constant attendant, ‘ Poisoning, but Doctor |[and the two left for the South a | { | land, Oregon. A letter was received in Juneau, dated October 7, from Miss Leroy, Phoenix, stating that Miss Samuel- son was constantly improving and that she would be able to be up and around by Christmas and ready to return to Juneau next year to resume her teaching. ———.—.———— Johnnesburg, South Africa, has “baby” delivery cars. e year ago this month. Unable to Determine ¢ |* miss samueison would now be about 27 years old and Miss Leroy between 25 and 30 years of age. Miss Samuelson had a brother, The body of Ernest Perkins, form- erly of this city, was brought to }Halms yesterday following his sud- den death at Wells, on the Chilkat | River, according to advices receiv- ed at the United States Marshal's office here. The cause of death; had not been definitely ascertained, but it is believed resulted from food poisoning. 3 i . Perkins with others recently left Haines for the Wells distriet. Among the articles of food taken ‘were some wieners, Members of the party reported that Perkins died after partaking of them. Another member, Alec Vermiere, wzs ill at the time but recovered. } ! A doctor at Haines ecxamined Perkins’ body but said he was un- | able to determine exactly ihe camse ' of the death. o i | Perkins was 21 years oid He iz survived by three brothers and A REAL BARGAIN MODESS 45¢ The second one for 20 cents Butler Mauro Drug Co. 5;/(“ PERILES TRADER eral years ago and his er last FROM 6 P. M. NEEEREAENNENENENENNNEY2 ISR SN NSRS N RN NANS NS RERERARS A ARNANI EXEENEQENIRINSENERRDNRNTI PINEAPPLE 3 Large Cans, 49¢ Broken Slices—6-can limit to customer George Bros. 5 Deliveries—10, 11 a.m., 2, 3:30, 4:30 p.m. PHOUNES 92 and 95 EBeEEBIEIRENIREEIRINANG H H = H H a a8 ] H H TO MIDNIGHT H " ] " ] - & H - g that will surprise you. two sisters, namely Horace and| P g Timothy Perkins, Juneau: Edwin “THE REXALL STORE” A A N K’ s Perkins, Seattle; Eleanor Perkins, . G R C S Pho What would be better for a gift for your Los Angeles, and Mrs A Dar-| Exvyes Miey, Ofies A | AN t I - ne 1 74 off, Juneau. His mot Fhene 130 We Deliver MIRACLE PiCTURE SUGAR BEST CANE—100-pound bags June. He was well known around here and elsewhere in was employed by the Commission in' the Chitina distriet’ last summer and- came here after work -was closed down there. He STOP and LOOK! Enroute to Seattle to spend the winter months at district head= quarters of the United States Bus réau of Fisheries, Miss Bess O'Nelll.: A NEDNE%DAY; OCTOBER 21 to Seattle and will remain there | about two months. At Ketchikan, the Brant will be | boarded by Dennis Winn, Alaska | Agent of the Bureau, who is en- route to the States for the winter. He will remain in Seattle until some time in December, then no-' ceed to Washington. 3 The Brant will go into winter | quarters on Lake Washington aft= ler her arrival on Puget Sound. 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