The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 31, 1931, Page 2

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Juneau's Leading Department Store third reich” of Hitler, are Stern Discipline R“!es . |times devised for even the Young German Hitlerites chidren in Fascist famili past- ungest And charges that all this (Continua rrom Page One) utality, stup lack of ideal- — ~ - ism and absurdity, mean liltle to it men to whom the future seems fo P O ¥ ld out only a jobless n with ours even i : empty dinner pails. f 10,000 functionari Heads will roll.” B Sing Gallows Song It chants marching ditties like: “0, Herr Severing, how nice the gallows are, “0, Herr Hoersing, it's great NEW YORK, Dsc. 31— WMaude Adams, appearing in Newark in a role far di from those which s wherein the winners | endeared her to the American pub- he (meanir d many, many New York- in not Fa to that city. triumphar enter skeptical A large per centage, Masonic Reception Masons of All Degrees Scottish Rite Temple F riday 2to5 p.m : January 1, 1932 2lcome Sojourning Brethren W SPECIAL! WINTER SEASON RADIO SERVICE OFFER In order to insure our customers getting the best out of their radio sets we will make a complete exam- ination of your radio, test the tubes and inspect the ground and aerial for only 50c This is a special offer, good for a limited time only. By taking advantage of it NOW you will be assured of uninterrupted radio enjoyment. Don’t run the risk of missing the big programs! Juneau Radio Service Co. . PHONE 218 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 31, 1931 | MINES SET NEW SAFETY RECORD FOR PAST YEAR :Onlv Five Fatalities Report- ! ed in All Alaska Mines, Stewart Says ka's mining industry | set new record for fety, it was disclosed here today by B. D. Stewart, Acting Territorial Mining! in 1931 | a Eng who has been in charg> of that w in the 2 1922. Thsr: were only five t ties in 1931, two less than in 1930, he said. While cumplete records of non- fatal accidents are not available yet, reports so far received by Mr. Stewart’s office indicate there will | be a material reduction in that class of mishaps, he said. The record for 1931 is but slight- more than one-half of the ten- vear average, which is to 1922, the annual av ing a seven-year period that pericd, however, considerably more men eng there were ged in in| Jetermined to continue their efforts Another Peace Petition for _anver e % AR e Stone, president of the Philadelphia | mining, particularly lode, than in 3 J i1 the cause 4 are: Ge : o sncoss ittt e of international peace, members of tie Christian deavor Union; Miss Margaret Richard e dalibRks in oIl AMEE “of Endenvorhunnl)xn recently called upen tae Pre o lent of the Virginia State | e . S ©i at the White House with a petitior. rerewing t t ¥, B : . A aoib yaOURAEN s pear s very|| R (Y Nice ELOHRE ] P! R oover, and Dr. Daniel A. gratifying,” Mr, Stewart said. “It| is due directly to the increase mi interest among mining operators FI in safety methods, and all of the companies that employ large num- | bers of men have instituted aggres- | sive safety first campaigns that | have borne excellent fruit.” There has been a marked de- crease not only in Alaska but!| throughcut the country in mining | accidents in the past two years, he added. One of the most strik- ing examples of what has been| done is furnished by the Phelps Dodge Corporation, one of the largest operators in the nation. In [two years it has reduced its fatal- | pleas for international frien | Citizen Of Ohio ! Mr. Lahm was t | De { : : Frank S. Lahm, Pioneer| al President. TRIBUTES PAID FALIPINO PATRIOT BY COUNTRYME Many Attend Observance of Anniversary of Death of Dr. Rizal RST MAN T0 LICENSE, DEAD American Balloonist, i® Passes Away, Paris | | ma ta ity list by 90 per cent. i (Continuea rroin Fage One) | vance last night in the All of the fatalities occurring in - - ag ' wick Parlors of the thirty- 1931 were in the lode mining -y, = .00 o agrecable that he | Club of third anniversary of the death of dustry—one at Kennecott and five & e 3 » | suceess! Dr. Jose Rizal, Filipino marfyr- . ., |decided to make that city his home. at the Alaska Juneau. Not a death iagholl those years e kebt patriot, was attended by a ¢ was reported in placer mines or in L oAl s b Ol number of his countrymen. The up his interest in aeronautics and the coal mining operations. [45 (608 hacaine the firet Ataerioes with their spacious hall, e N R i3 ted with American anc in France to take up ballooning as | Lahm g A S Afnerian i a sport. Two years later when the | nsiole | TR0 S e 0 e s |French Aero Club was organized | for giving the United § e s e he owned his balloon and qualified |one of its pioneer aviation o A D for membership by virtue of 13| When General Lahm compl e | ascensions, including night flights |course a Point he was - Arree ‘m_m “i"f‘c\m 5 W=V and solo flights. Because of hislto the : ot - * { experience and knowledge of a Samur 1 ey s OTTAWA HOME s i e s A the club’s board of governcrs e i S Yicito Cun only -Filipino wom $ 8 fcllowed by a typical ¢ “Grand Old_NEm" of Can-'m: garo cup for an ascension in o % | which eight other aeronauts com- Son Wine Cup AL Dies at Agc of ipeted. He was a mel 1 Eighty-four Years (Centinwea from Page One) In June, 1905, Mr | French Aero Club's gover o Rizal's “My Last Farewell,” x;lt!cgiliuh persuaded James G o Avfats S ava HE b B, oenevy on and which is considere which has Bennatt Lahm won the g who was r of any lit critics a ma: ister of Trade and Commerge. Injflc;?fm,rl,;:n piece, was recited by O. Con the same year, Sir George alsd|pannett & o) | Appeal for Independence |effeated an arrangement by which|ang was w Mr | ol was |Great Britain opened her world-|wio later became Bri hglish Channel ety lwide consular service to Canadian |p Lahm and an impor g lagrnd e ‘ril'x\!ic and commerce. in the United St i A‘ S EEs At Peace Conference Sir George attended the Allied | Economic Conference in Paris, in| June, 1916, as one of the four rep- resentatives of the British govern- | ment, and accompanied Sir Robert | Borden, then Prime Minister, to| the Peace Conference at Paris in | 1618. He was chairman of the | Canadian delegation to the First | Assembly of the League of Nations |at Geneva in 1920 and was elected a vice-president of the Assembly.| 1. He was acting Prime Minister in| 4 1920 during the absence of Sir Robert Borden. 8. He was president of several min- ing and development companie: and was first vice-president and |} general manager of the Union | Trust Company of Toronto. Sir| - George was a native of New Bruns- wick, born in Carleton County, Sept. 8, 1847. He was twice married. | His first wife died in 1918 and in | °1. 1920, when he was 73 years old, | he married a daughter of Sir George Willlam Allan, M. P, in| Geneva. ) 32, | 38. about he Poria from thefirst an nouncement of it, came back wag- ing high controversy over “The Merchant of Venice” as a suitable vehicle. They would spur others, remembering ‘“Peter Pan,” to go | to see her. Speculation as to Miss Adams’ versatility was largely responsible for one of the most extravagant first nights in Broadway history. Back in 1811, many tickets sold for more than $100 when she opened in Rostand’s “Chanticleer.” | Managers and spectators weep | | when they wonder what became of | {all that cash. | | They reeall that just a few years ago a revue producer opened with “$I00" printed on each gilt card- board. Most of these tickets were | complimentary, it's true, but the funny part is—there were those | who were anxious to pay that price | |at the boxoffice. | Miss Adams' tickets won't be gilded when she opens here in the spring. e —— - | CONVICTS STORE FOOD 0 1 JOLIET, TlL.—Convicts in the Tilinois state prison here, says War- den Henry C. Hill, have 124415 pounds of dehydrated vegetables and soup stock stored for winter use. — e — Old papers st The Emplre. service. When the Wright B ville and Wilbur—be; . Source of It . Come in ic training tenant Lahm father’s di y problem the de- solving the Philippine idering endence. and A. B. Garcia were their ex- an-air with heavie the elder Lahm er the program a enjoyed. Refreshm ACROSS By means of San Antonio, his father d th increased in- Zapanese annual vis admiral 7, the elder Lahm was from Paris and in of the heavie: artment of aviation |army. He declined the commissi ceromonies . ad ve ot Joy and e of his 2 respect the period of American participa- . Intertain tlor 5 S s . Ventuke tien in [hg War he served | Barrel for X as a civilian. | holding . Little child — L &34 | liquids Female shee | Interest In Aviation Gome forth G Mr. Lahm served the Federation | . Newspaper | Acronautique Internationale of paragraph | Franc re tk 5 years as vi Tavern Silkworm e more than 15 ;v ars & \‘ Oriental Nothing more { nt. The functiens of the| nurse diors 2 Be THb Sbment capital of .l‘dermun correspond to th 1 _time 46, Accustom Sunk l;flnw {_ln;l.\ml the bureau of acronauties of the| Tennysonian 49, Pauscd the horizon . Chiet actor ¥ t-of Con 5 ol o character 58, Strike DOWN Searce {Depatiagny -l Gamatiis:Hn. the |wig Overgrown viole: 1, Parent . Give forth | United States. He retired from | boys agalr 2. Kind of Kind of meat | PR 5 & his Fesiival 54. Greedy cheese . Night before that: post in 1026 because of hi Stecps. as 55. Morbid 3. Disinclined an event | advancing age. flax ¥edpiratory . & L ZisooF iRepant Age, howsver, did not diminish ound ale | his interest in aviation. When in the | | United States in 1928 he went aloft to inspect Randolph Field, the 1“West Point of the Air,” which the army established at San Antol In the summer of 1929, just be-| e starting his annual trip to | America, he made a ballooon as- {censicn from the grounds of the| ! Aero Club of France. | | Among the honors conferred up- | |cn Mr. Lahm was membership in‘ ithe Legion of Honor of France. He was a member of various aeronau- | tic organ s in the United| States as well as in several coun- | tries of Eurcpe. ‘ | i / - POTATO GROWERS BANQUET BEEL/ men of Grand Rapids have a any | |standing offer to hanquet | | | 1’ GRAND RAPIDS, Minn—Busi-| | 8 | farmer in Itasca county who grows | 1300 or more bushels of patatoes| lon an acre. More than a dozen| {farmers, some of whom reported | |made themselves eligible for this year's feed. e EER/ own ] 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTURE. WEATHER BUREAU The Weather (By thc U. 8. Waather Buresa) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Dec. 31: Fair tonight and Friday; gentle variable winds. LOCAL DATA . Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 pm 7 49 NE 12 Pt. Cldy 4 am 3 46 NE 9 Pt. Cldy Nocn 29.73 48 s 5 Pt Cldy eABLE AND RADIO REPORTE 1 3 “YESTERDAY — TODAY b Highest 4pn. | Lowest4a.m. 4a.m, Precip. 8. Statlon— temn. tempd. | emp. temp. velocity 21 hrs Weather -34 -34 -3¢ -30 ¥ 0 Clear 10 4 2 16 14 0 Cldy G 6 =3 -2 8 0 Clear -4 -4 2 4 0 cldy = -4 -20 0 0 Clear -16 -16 -28 0 0 Clear 2 2 4 0 0 Cldy 34 34 32 36 12 .03 Clear 36 36 34 36 6 0 Cldy 38 30 32 0 0 16 2 2 4 0 35 30 31 9 0 40 = | 29 ot 6 0 Pt. Cldy 42 38 | 34 36 0 .06 Cldy Prince Rupert 40 40 HeMsqe 0 0 Cldy dmonton 6 0 i =12 2 4 Trace Cldy 44 44 | 40 40 12 22 Raia 40 40 | 38 38 4 1.20 Cldy San Francisco 52 50 | 48 52 12 86 Rain =158 tuan 10 miles. The atmosphere pressure remains moderately low throughout aska and is lowest near the Pribilof Islands and near aver Island accompanied by showers in soutehrn Bering Sea from Ketchikan southward. Pressure is moderately high in hern Alaska with clear weather over much of the Interior Gulf of Alaska. Temperailurss have risen over most of thz and extreme Southwest and are slightly lower near the Alaska. 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