The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 17, 1931, Page 2

No Approvals No Exchanges THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 17, 1931. FRIDAY and SATURDAY ONLY Dresses One Half Price No Refunds No Alterations High in Style, and Beauty and Qualivy for Gay Holiday Affairs Finer Fabrics, Bright Cantons, Velvets and W oolens—-New Lines-New Details Feel their materials, examine their workmanship, try them on — then you’l know they’'re a real CHRISTMAS PRESENT . B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” He’lp /("_ Soviet Union Clu}':,». ‘not only was not ne{:dcd{ELEvATOR E’"QUEm = but has been extremely damaging. Sign of Money Craze |1t has destroyed the very founda-| BROUGHT UPINN. Y. Says l"til('dAKPrPllslcy' tions of national economy. ey : themselves bankrupt as organizers| NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—New Yotk of production and have thrust Rus- | Men who never remove their hats titution.” | there are women passengers, usually |do in hotel elevators under me “The bolsheviki have shown (Continued Iroin rage One) may be Killed by agents of Stalin|Sia Into a bottomless abyss of des-|in an office building elevator when without any kind of investigation. The Stalin dictatorship possesses no S same circumstances, precedent, even in the middi:| MANY AT MOOSE i Y wolh s sk ages.” T s places in the west, not accustomed to “Yankee” manners, appear dis- concerted when they ride in lifts here. You see them fumbling with their hats, undecided whether to do |as the Romans do or to keéep up the old chivalric teachings. The gesture of politeness s not practicable in this city where ele- vators are packed like sardine cans. A man holding his hat at his side | takes up about as much room as two men standing. MID-WEEK DANCE The customray mid-week dance given by the local Moose, ~was held in their hall last night and, usual, drew a fairly large vd. ' To the strains of the @ orchestra, under the dirde- of Harry Brandt, dancing was indulged in until after 1 o'clock this morning. The door prizes were won by Elsie ‘Schramen and he de- Gust F’nckson “Rea(]yeto-Mail” CHRISTMAS FRAMED PICTURES—in wooden boxes—no extra charge— Calls Russia Bankrupt M. Kerensky believes Europe's economic destiny is irrevocably united with that of ‘dark Russia,’ but that Europe's eyes must open to an understanding that 'a policy of exploitation by foreigners of poverty and famine in Russia with aid of the bolshevist dictatorship would not be beneficial “but in the | end will be harmful to the exploit- ers themselves.” “Stalin’s fivi year plan,” “Lights o’ Juneau” “Midnight in June” “September Night” “Approach of Winter” Are our special subjects for Holiday Gifts MANY OTHER NEW AND ATTRACTIVE i ART PRINTS of Alaska Scenery in Greeting Cards b and Frames Wmter & Pond Co. BRIDGE MATCH GRANDER FIGHT War of Words to Be More Intense as Mrs. Culbert- son Leaves Play « . NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—The con- tract bridge marathon match will be'a grander fight beginning to- night. The refining influence of woman has been removed for the time being, and the war of words inte which the sessions have de- veloped seems likely to become miore ' vociferous. Mrs. Ely Culbertson withdrew | yesterday as her husband's partner until after the hdlidays in order to give her two children a merry Chrsitmas and her place will be taken by Theodore Lightner. She has done much to keep peace among the players with her “Ely, Ely,” on occasions. Her hus- | band has then subsided in vigorous , objections to what he thought were | unwarranted assertions he was not | following his own method of play. | Largely to Mrs. Culbertson’s play, ! her husband and Lightner tonight will ‘start the 49th rubber of a 150-rubber match, 410 points in the lead over Sidney and Oswald Ja- coby. The eighth sesslon wiil be the first in which Culbertson and his partner have started ahead of their opponents. Mussolini, the Pacifist, Pictured by Secretary PERUGIA, Italy, Dec. 17.—Pros- perous nations are pacific nations and pacific nations are heavily armed nations, Giovanni Giuriati, secretary of the Fascist party, told, foreign students at the universny‘ here. He attributed the seemmiz paradox to Mussolini. “We say that it is time to bc done with the conventional lies,” he | added. “Instead of long speeches it will be much better for us to get together across a table and| remedy the mistakes of recent! treaties. “That is the thesis of my chief,| and that is why I hold that the' one truly great pacifist is Benn,o} Mussolini™ ———.———— Building Of 150 Lakes Planned WEWOKA, Okla—Wewoka and Seminole chambers of commerce are pledged to a lake-building campaign to create 150 privately- owned lakes by next spring, as insg surance against both drought and flood in Seminole county. ——l Inexpensive Prescription Guaranteed to End Rheumatism Thousands joyfully astonished at swift 48 hour relief. Progressive pharmaeists will tell you that the popular big selling prescription for rheumatism right now is Alenru—for 85 cents you can get a generous bottle from But- ler, Mauro Drug Co. or any up to date druggist. 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Steady glow. This will add a decorative touch to her breakfast table. Very dependable. Electric Grills Electric Irons It Wwill cook three differ- ent things at once, and cook them well. Make the weekly ironing a pleasant job, this fine iron will do it. U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTURE. WEATHER BUREAU The W eather (By the U. 8. Weather Bureaa) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Dec. 17:, Snow and colder tonight, Friday clearing and colder; moderate easterly winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 pm. yest'y 28.79 32 kil E 12 Snow 4 am. today ... 2898 34 92 w 3 Cldy Noon today 29.31 34 69 E 10 Cldy CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS ~ YESTERDAY | TODAY Highést 4pm. | Lowest4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station— temv. temp. | emp. temp. veloclty Mhrs Weather Barrow Y 0 -14 -4 Clear Nome 10 10 | 0 0 B 01 Clear Bethel 20 2 | -6 0 16 02 " Clear Fort Yukon . =24 =24 | -2¢ -18 4 Trace Cldy Tanana . =12 -14 -3¢ -34 0 0 Clear Fairbanks -12 -12 -10 -10 4 02 Cldy Eagle e 0 410 -10 4 0 Cldy St. Paul . . 32 26 22 26 28 .03 Snow Dutch Harbor 34 28 20 30 4 Trace Snow | Kodiak SRR 26 20 24 ‘Trace Snow Cordova . . 34 32 18 20 4 1.10 Clear Juneau ... . 36 32 32 34 3 45 Clay Sitka 38 — 31 - 3 A7 Snow Ketehikan . 44 44 31 36 ] 82 Cldy Prince Rupert 46 46 36 38 2 194 Sleet Edmonton . 38 30 28 36 8 o Clear Seattle . . 42 40 38 44 18 1.02 Rain Portland ...... .. 34 34 34 42 4 18 Rain San Francisco ... 52 48 4 4 4 0 Cldy “—Less than 10 miles. The pressure is unusually low in the Gulf of Alaska and the northern part of the Panhandle and moderately low in other por- | tions of Alaska except the extrem> Southwest. It is also moderately low southward to Oregon. 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