The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1931, Page 2

We Thank You For Your Patronage and Wish You A VERY MERRY CHRISTM AS ALASKA NEws H The society now maintains |the ff of nurses at its own ex- I‘]v(-nu and with this contribution the institution is merely meeting costs of maintenance. Mayor D. Cordova’s city council, sitting as a board of equalization, granted|C. Brownell favors accepting the several petitions asking for re- |Society’s offer of taking over the ductions in taxes. {hospital for ten years, providing |the city continues to pay the in- For the mending of broken toys, | Surance. a toy hospital has been maintained in Cordova for two weeks by women of the city. The donated broon toys, repaired, will be given t sor children Christmas. Miss Emma Sneve. nurse, and Miss Ruth Goss, echnician, at the Anchorage hospital, recently under- | went. successful operations for ap- | pendicitis. Quite a few Christmas visitors ae expected in Cordova. The cenger liner Victoria and the ca carrier Oduna from Seattle ar to be there Christmas. |J. C. Smith, Cordova, e hand exploded, the Ibroke ev window in the {of his small shop but he was not injured. Whether the city of Seward shall retain the Seward General| Hospital or turn it over to the| Nels McCrary, fire chief at ‘Women's Home Missionary Society dova, flew from Cordova of the Methodist Episcopal church | Carthy in one hour and thirty min- will be decided by voters of the utes to be at the bedside of his Cor- Our special shampoo is not like the OLD YEAR going out . . . it makes the OLD stay and brings in the NEW. If you do not believe this, just give them a trial . . . don’t wait, for it cer- tainly pays to look well and be well. A MERRY CHRISTM AS T0O ALL Alaskan Hotel Barber Shop JOHN GRAY THE PAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 24, 1931. 5 7Y OFFICIAL OF When a gasoline blow-torch that | had in his| concussion | Mec- | BOOTH FIRM TAKES LIFE \Suicide Is Attributed to Il Health — Worry Over Finances CHICAGO, 111, Dec. 2471{110&\1-' ton L. Ames, Sr., official of the| | Booth Fisheries Company, shot him- | |self last night, in front of a North| Side Hotel, and died soon after he| had been rushed to a hospital. Ames sent his negro chauffeur into the drug store of the hotel | and shot himself as soon as the| |negro left the automobile. i | Members of the Ames family| jattributed the act to ill-health and | jworry over financial troub! | ‘fa:hcr, John McCrary, whose con- dition was very low after a sur- gical operation. From the proceeds derived from | the house warming given by Cor-| dova Igloo of Pioneers of Alaska,| |$50 will be sent to residents of the Pioneers’ Home at Sitka. | | Territorial Senator R. S. Bragaw | | was chosen president and Ray C.} Larson, vice-president; A. G.| | Thompson, secretary, and W. Er-| vin, Sr., treasurer, of the Anchorage | Republican Club. | Rabbits are back in force this! | year in the vicinity of Anchorage. | They have been scarce for the last few years. | | Leon Urbach has been -elected ' president and Jennie Paulson, sec-| | retary of the Seward Republican | Club. Signal fires across Knik Arm {from Anchorage tock Aviator .| | E. Robbins of the Alaskan Airways [to the Arm in a plane. At Knik| | Arm, there was a messenger from | | Susitna Station who requested the | |air pilot to go to Susitna and take | | James Austin, dangerously ill, to | Anchorage. Robbins complied with | A Fifth Annual Christmas Eve Frolic AT THE ELKS BALL ROOM TONIGHT S pecial Features MUSIC by the Serenaders DANCING, 9:30 P:M. Admission $1.00 the request. pital. He may recover.. Six thousand dollars will be spent next summer on improvements to the Episcopal church and rectory at Anchorage. Rev. W. R. Muc- pherson, pastor, Mrs. Macpherson and their children will leave for six months’ sojourn in the states. He plans to deliver lectures on Alaska and the work of the Epis- copal church in the Territory. Elks at Anchorage will be hosts at a Christmas tree party to chil- dren of the city. Members of the Anchorage fire department plan to flood the city’s JUST THE PROPER THING FOR THAT GIFT Give HER a Hamilton- Beach Vacuum Cleaner $35.00 CAPITAL ELECTRIC 2nd at Seward STORE OPEN TONIGHT Austin is in the hos-(baseball park aad make an ice- | feeererero——eo the' enjoyment | skating pond for of the public. David Brandon Ryan, house operator at North Fork, near Dawson, and Miss Elsie Linia of Port Haney, B. C., were married at Dawson. They will make their home at North Fork. Frank Brown, oldtime resident of the Alaska Peninsula, has been appointed United States commis- sioner at Unga, a position whicn he has been filling temporarialy for some time. Brown is asso- ciated with A. H. Bradford in min- ing operations in the westward &is- trict. power | PAINTING DECORATING KALSOMINING | FURNITURE REFINISHED For Free Estimates CALL THE PAINT SHOP FRONT AT MAIN Pederson and Paddock | Shop Phone 354 Res. 402 | Quartz and placer localion no- X“ces at The Empire. (USSR ST HERE ARE Sincere Greetings for a Merry Christmas and a Bountiful w Year To Our Friends and Patrons CALIFORNI A GROCERY BAVARD BROTHERS Yes, There Is a Santa Claus! VISIT The Toyland and Giftland AT THE Cash Bazaar AGENCY HAAS!BROS. AND GIMBELS’ FINE FRANCISCO CANDIES Packed in 1, 2 and 3 pound Gift Boxes SAl STORE OPEN EVEN NGS Store also open until 4 P. M. Christmas Day AT | U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTURE. 'VEATHER BUREAU The W eather (By thc U. 8. Weather Bureaa) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Dec. 24: Snow and slightly warmer tonight and Friday; fresh east to south winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 pm. yest'y 29.13 31 89 w 2 Cldy 4 am. today 29.07 30 48 e ot Cldy Noon today 29.06 31 49 NE 15 Pt. Cldy @wABLE AND RADIO REPORTE T YESTERDAY | " TODAY Highest 4pm. | Lowest4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4a.n. Station— temu. temp. | emp. temp. velocity 24 hrs Weather Barrow -6 -4 [ el8EC el % 0 Clear Nome - 2 2 | -10 -10 4 Trace Cldy Bethel . 10 10 | 10 20 14 08 Snow Fort Yukon -26 -26 | -38 -38 0 0 Clear Tanana o =10 -10 | =18 -8 4 .02 Pt. Cidy Fairbanks -12 -24 | -30 -28 0 0 Cleaz Eagle - iR 2 | -8 0 6 0 Cldy St. Paul e ] 24 | 18 26 26 01 Pt. Cldy Dutch Harbor 28 28 | 20 28 4 0 Clear Kodiak . 28 28 26 28 0 0 Pt. Cldy Cordova . . 16 16 { 12 12 4 0 Cldy Juneau e 31 31 | 23 30 7 02 Cldy Sitka o i JL o a5 At 0 0 Cldy Ketchikan . 40 34 | 34 38 4 40 Rain Prince Rupert 40 40 | 36 40 4 Trace Pt.Cldy Edmonton % 6 -2 | -2 18 10 0 Tldy Seattle . 46 46 | 42 44 14 40 Pt. Cldy Portland 46 44 | 44 44 12 68 Cldy San Francisco ... 58 58 | 50 50 6 1.30 Rain *—Less than 10 miles. The pressure remains unusually low throughout Alaska, the high- est reported during the past 24 hours being 29.48 at Fort Yukon. It is lowest off Dixon Entrance and moderately high north of Ha- wail. Light snow has fallen in Bering Sea, followed by clearing, and rain or snow has fallen in Southeastern Alaska and near Seward. Temperature changes have been slight except at Bethel where it is much warmer this morning. Old Papers for sale at Empire Office [SSSSS Santa Claus Last Minute Shoppers Can Find in ELECTRIC APPLIANCES and MERCHAN- DISE Suitable Christmas Gifts Our stock includes all standard makes N and are ,’}\*4/}1‘/’ Fully NN € ‘q“‘ Guaranteed Z mk\\\ \yJ \ Store open this evening for your convenience NOMA XMAS $1.00 Extra Lamps Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Juneau Dougla] M 1N H s mrll