The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 12, 1932, Page 2

= bR SN AT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 1932 N 2 | 7 7 ‘ = = = = e [ U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU South Pole, Reached First Time 20 Years Ago, BATTLE WAGED The Woather L h for N in’32 . ures Byrd to Search for New Secretsin’32 | (B the 5, 8. Weather Burvas; ) e, i ey i B IR ! Forecast for Juneau and vieinfty, beginning at 4 p.m, Jan. 12: By F. B. COLTON 2 | | Fair and slightly warmer tonighi, Wednesday partly cloudy and ' §d | 1 1B (Associated Press Science Writer | warmer; gentle variable winds. MRS b WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 12— LOCAL DATA Twenty years &go, in December, i Time Barometer Temp. Humidity, Wind Velocity . Weatner | 1911, Roald Amundsen of Norway R . o, 4 pm. yesty 2001 171 4 NE 12 Clear # reached the south pole and crown- | Territorial Chamber Acts|4 am. today 30.22 20 42 (8E 6 Clear i ed centuries of gradual advance by | G A 3 Noon today 30.22 22 72 w 5 Clear 4 men into the polar wastes. | to Aet 8"‘1\1““!‘81 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTE . ] Since then polar travel and ex- g iati TODAY . ploration have been' revolutionized 1 PP! opnatlon B R L - H more completely than in all the | B A 5 Highest 4pm. | Lowest4am. damn. Precip. ~$a.m. 1 «@B centuries that led up to Amund- | Centinged, from Page One) Station— temn. temp. | emp. temp. velocity 24 hrs Weather 1 & sem’s ‘achievement. i i Barrow 230 #22 G #30 A X 18 0 Cly 2 E s now use radio, air- auestion for Congress to decide is|Nome 30 30 17726 36 32 40 Clear planes and even submarines to : whether the development of agri-|Bethel 32 32 | 32 32 3¢ 98 Snow wrest sclentific knowledge from, culture in Alaska should be encour- |Fort Yukon -38 -42 |, -42 -3 0 0 Clear g the Trcunh” Balaky |aged or discouraged by the Federal | Tanana -24 -24 | -2(3 -12 8 20 Snow Two American expeditions to the Government. On account of the|Tairbanks -30 32 | =36 10 4 Trace Snow Polar regions already are planned | present economic - depression the [%£agle =18 -S40 | -38 -12 16 0 Clear UNBLEACHED MUSLIN, 8 yards 1.00 for 1932 Department of Agriculture has|St. Paul 6 36 | 30 W M4 14 Clear g Reor Admiral Richard E. Byrd ‘adopted the policy of discouraging Dutgh Harbor 40 38 | 31: 40 22 Trace Rain 45 in. PILLOW TUBING, 3 yards 1.00 will return to his Antarctic base, joverexpansion of agriculture, White | Kodiek bl e 3 L 7. Little America, perhaps establish a io\erexpansmn undoubtedly prevails|Cordova 28 ;s | 14 12 4 0 Clear 1 B T T A S e i e 22 6 20 6 0 Clear ACL ATh 9 & nkls w inland base, map.more of the in many sections of the States it|Juncau a | BLEACHED SHEETING, 2 yard 1.00 1) usw sole S et o S |does not exist in Alaska for ths|Sitka a8 SRl B Ry U e s ¥ : weather, geology, and e on the| | following reasons: Ketchikan 4 30 | 22 2 4 0 Clear 36 in. DRILL, 3 vards 1.00 et s ol | “I At the present time the|Prince Rupert .. 32 28 | 22 24 4 58 Clear 3 k| ¢ g TP IR Py 5 Williame to Go to Arctic | farmers of the Territory do mot Edmo‘ntcn 36 10 | -8 -8 24 04 Clear i RED AND BLUE TABLECLOTH, Capt. F. M. 'Wiliams, alo {supply more than 15 per cent of |Seattle 38 joiha g 98 4 -20 Snow . 1.00 nqui‘ppéd with airplanes, will spend | the produce meeded for home con-|Portland 54 40 | 3¢ 34 2 64 Cldy ] I yard L. EW0 Syonter iy eI LA ohi W sumption. There is no indication|San Francisco ... 61 56 #4 4 12 .m Clear RESTAURANT NAPI ‘\\o 1 doze 1.00 shore of the Polar sea, making \:)‘:;:iuct;afl:acm:mn:i‘;: s‘:: o s 0 L . EFATISy 5 FETOI ! similar studies and broadcasting p St g it showsd ra| The pressure is unusually hish in the northeastern Pacific ADIES’ HOUSE SLIPPERS et 1.00 dai yfl\_veabhgr r-ep_orts, : ] encouraged to expand its own ‘Ocean and mcderately high in Eastern Alaska with clear weather LADIES’ HOUSE SL RS, pair 3 Arctic exploration received its | agriculture to a point of building| ToMm Eastern Alaska to British Cclumbia and lower temperatures e £ fi boost when the search for al {up an industry large enough {i ircin Cordova to California. The pressure is moderately low in North- BATH MATS, each 1.00 northwest passage to Cathay began | supply its ToBAT tHarEet! western Alaska and the Pacific States, with light snow or rain in SRy ' Kpfi‘]‘;‘]’:‘b‘ie g;;‘;‘: mt‘l;l; w‘z:é/ 4 Lowered Prouction Costs Westem Alusin und‘ !ghz snow on Puget Sound. Temperatures have KIDDIES’ CAPS, each ................ 1.00 piateon Vs ol el 1 | 42 The future deviopment of|Yisen over most of Alaska. . other industries in Alaska, par- 7 i QO TON PQTR S s the passage. A rich pri: ! i b Y f LADIES’ COTTON VESTS, 3 for 1.00 poes e st et : tcularly mining, depends n larg:| Ppaclk Romance BIG HORPIRAL S0k SURKS 2 the search, led 4o -exploration of| ¥ ‘ meesure on lowering the cost of MANISSA, Turkey, Jan. 12.—A CHILDREN’S UNION SUITS, each ... 1.00 iy noeh e adede e i @ ¢ production. The only way this { |million dollar American hospital, ¢ disoovery of Hhe morth magnetic y means of travel and communication are aiding explorers to €30 be‘ done is by jowe g the cost | the largest in all Turkey, 15 to be RAYON. PRINTS, 2 yards .........cccccce. 1.00 pole in 1831. unfold secrets of the polar wastes. Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd (upp‘:r‘g‘vnlé:;i?li"e %;"{‘Ceb:”‘:’",eéym 10‘ |erected in, this small Asia Minor 2 The first shiptomake the north-\left) plans to refurn this year to the Antarctic Continent over which | Alr‘kaa 0 i cos,° t;’;n h‘:“ m’e‘ town under the will of Morris Shi- COTTON CREPE, 4 yards 1.00 wesi passage was the Gjoa, com-{Roald Amundsen made the first trek o the South Pole 20 years ago.|siates this can be accomplished \nas, a native of the village, Who maned by Roald Amundsen, which sailed from Europe to Alaska in 1003-04. The northeast passage al- ready had been negotiated in 1878- 79, when A. E. Nordenskiold sailed the Vega from Europe to Japan north of Siberia. The Novth Pole hecame the goal of exploreres, Admiral Robert E. Peary, U. S. Navy, finally reach- ing it April 6, 1911, after a sledge journey from the direction of Greenland. S'r Ernest snackieton of England discovered the south -magnetic pole in 1908-09. Roald Amundsen was planning a North Pole expedition when news of Peary's discovery was announc- ed, and turned southward instead. So did Capt. Robert F. Scott of England. Traveling by sledge, Amundse: reached the South Pole Dece 14, 1911, planted a Norwegian flag, and left a record of his visit. Scott | arrived January 17, 1912, found the 72 ! i'ol ! note, turned back, and perished in ? B e s i Ladies’ Silk and Wool \ ! Union Suits High neck, long sleeves, ankle length. Regular $3.50 value for $2.00 [ e B.M. BEHRENDS CO., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store .4 @b F NN 4 With both poles reached by par- of $100,000,000 Business | ..o ‘e o o seiae 9 9 ; ® *® % ¥ * % 2;;’.adan in the Polar regions b2- Tom Morean, Head of Gigantic Group of Avia- | | First S. A Andree of Sweden took off in a ballcoon, July 11, 1897 for the North Pole with two com- panions. He never was heard from until the bodies of Andree and one comrade were found on White Is- land in 1930. Bryd Reaches North Pole Byrd, then a lieutenant-comman- der, first flew to the North Pole in an airplane May 9, 1926. Two days later the dirigible Norge, piloted by Gen. Umberto Nobile of Ttaly, flew over the pole from Spitzbergen and on to Alaska. Sir Hubert Wilkins flew by air- plane across the Arctic sea in the reverse direction April 15, 1928. A month later, May 23, Nobile piloted the dirigible Ttalia to the pole and crashed on the return journey. Some of the crew in- cluding Nobile were rescued. Roald Amundsen set out by airplane to seek missing members of the crew and never returned. Admiral Byrd led an expedition to the ‘Antarctic during 1928-30, was first to fly to the South Pole; and is the only man to fly to both poles. | An attempt by Sir Hubert Wil- kins to reach the North Pole by submarine the past summer ended in faflure. 1 Interests, Credits Success to “Alma Mater”—the U. S. Navy. t 81 A | .8 oMmAS A MorGAN i at there is more to jcining the United States Navy than “seein, | rld through a porthole” is the conviction of Thomas A. Morgan, | [l lected president of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, who ught to know whereof he speaks; for he credits his remarkable success .the training he reccived while an ordinary “Gob"” in the service of | Wndle Sam. Born in Granville County, North Carolina, of parents | impoverished by the Civil War, Tom Morgan started wark at an early | age plawing fields for 24 cents a day, and was 11 years old before ko | went to 1. By the time he was 16 he had a total of only nine months’ attendance at classes. Determined, however, to secure an education, he worked his way through high school at Littleton, N. C., but-didn’t succeed in finding a job; so be joined the navy and im- mediately enrolicd in its electrical school, 't is to the technical training he received therein that he credits his phenomenal success and is proud to allude to the Navy as his “Alma Maier.” Voo F’i (N g RRKHRHRIK, L3 3 it il TRIMMED SLIPPERS EACE 3 'WIN FASHIONS FAVOR : ike heels are trimmed with toe heel applications of colored to match the color of the din-| gown or hostess frock with| h they are worn. > - Old papers at The Empire. S PARIS, Jan. 12-Lace trimmed slippers are the. latest style offering for fashionable feet. Black velvet slippers with hi Eg i | whic i Members of the Robert F. Scott expedition which followed Amundsen are shewn in skeich below standing before Amundsen’s tent at the pole. Young Coast Star Rises to Dominate 1931 Tennis Scene By GAYLE TALBOT (Astociated Press Sports Writer) | American youngster won. NEW YORK, Jan, 12—Failure of| Gledhill, the same lad who ac companied Vines on his wild ride the United States to reach the shrough t} st, beat the cham- Davis Cup challenge round and the , oS! 1/': cg';"','us en; .;‘; Ccfn, meteoric rise of Elisworth Vines, PO i vhe flpals of the Bamia Jr., to the crest of American tennig Dorbara invitation, but the feat bringing helghtened hopes for the | oS NO¢ taken oo sericusly. future, cause conflicting emotions | Rigiin SE8 ‘Guaen s as the net fans of this country While our Davis Cuppers were fir- look back -on the 1931 season. | ing and falling back and Vines was There was great disappointment Coming to the fcre, another prom- when Prank Shields and Sidney inent citizen of California continu- Wood, Jr. youthful singles stars, ®d to Tule her part of the tennis were swept to defeat by England’s kibgdem by a sa:;: of divine righ forces in the inter-zome finals ay| Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, occu- Auteuil, France. ,pled with her art and housework, But, three months later, all that Prdke away just long enough to was forgotten. A lean, long-trid- Put the other girls in their places ing, serious-faced youngster had and then went right on back home. swarmed in from the west to bat-| Just as she has dominated wo- ter down every opponent sent in Men's tennis since 1923, she domi- against him in a whirlwind cam- Dated the national tournament at paign and set the tennis fans | Forest Hills from the first ball she again dreaming of world conquests. :mt over the net until she erased Virtually unknown six moths ago, |the comely Mrs. Eileen Bennett Vines will lead the assaul: against Whittingstall of England, 6-4, 6-1, France's tiring forces next sum- in the finals. mer. | In the absence of Mrs. Moody, .,_|who did not play abroad, Cille California, waged a |the lion's share of honors over- spectacular | . ", |seas, winning both in the Prench :xz:;mtg‘::ku;a(t o‘;m“g“::nh’c‘emo':";gi:‘{championships and at Wimbledon. side, including the national cham- | ey, Nuthall of England, who pionship and national clay courts. ;hgg t:: A;:ef l‘;mndigu:mli%mye:: Vine beat everything in sight de- | noen dit VOodY i f = |never did regain her 1930 form. cisively, including the British star, | An info"n:al irfbernationsi’ Tk Frederick Perry, who, with H. W. % g P 3 ing &t the close of 1931, givingthe Bunny” Austin, turned back the | svisi ’ American Davis cuppers. |leader in each division, mightlook {like this: Today Vines is ranked as oneof Men's singles: the world's three greatest players.| The other two are Henry Cochet, Jr, U. 8, and France's aging ace, and the peer. | = ance. (Equal) i gl 9 Men’s doubles: Ellsworth Vines, Henry Cochet, John Van Ryn ;ti}g:m’:‘llden. king of the profes-‘md George Lott, Jr., U. §. 2 Woemen's singles: Mrs. Helen Clay. COurts Firkt. Step | Wills Moody, U. S. The coast phenom started his re-| women's doubles: Betty Nuthall markable drive by winning theclay iang Mrs. Efleen B. Whittingstall, court crown at Kansas City. He!mngland. then paired with his coast play-| Men's indoor: mate, Keith ‘Gledhill, to capture|prance. the doubles. Mixed doubles: George Lott, Jr. A little later he came east and|ang Betty Nuthall quickly leaped into the spotlight| professional: Willlam T. Tilden, proper by trimming John Hope py, Doeg, then national .champion, in the finals both at Longwood and Seabright. He was forced to de- fault to Perry after reaching the semi-finals at Southampton, but came right back a week later to beat the Englishman in the New- port finals, ° Tired in Big TFourney Tt was a tired Vines who entered the “big” tournament at TForest Hills. He had a ‘blister on one heel and he was homesick, but he stuck |it out to fight his way through and ;hck George Lott, Jr., Davic Cup idoubles veteran, in the finals, 7-9, 6-3, 9-7, 7-5. Lott, the real surprise of the tournament, played possibly the | finest tennis of his career in the finals, but he wasn't a match for 'the new champion. After the national, Vines twice beat Perry on the West Coast, in the Pacific 'Coast and Pacific Jean Boratra, ‘Distress Hits Aurochs; Zoo Sends Relief Fund FRANKFORT-AM-MAIN, Jan. 12.—Relief for the European bison, or auroch, threatened by extine- tion, has come in a contribution by |the New York Zoological Associa- |tion for ‘the preservation of Au- rochs. The association embraces 22 countries. Onily Germany, England, Holland and Poland have a few scattered specimens of the animals. N [ G THIS HOUSE NO CASTLE AVISEWELLA, Ceylon, Jan. 12— {In a court action here the plaintiff charged that the defendant not |0 trespassed, accompanied by ! ‘elephant, but had used the beast to drag away the complain- {gaing to 21<19 in games before thz" | when the Territory preduces enough food stuffs within its capabilities to supply its own needs, and this production sheuld therefore be en- couraged. The Alaska Railroad, upon which $70,000,000 has already been c-nded, cannot be made to pay ept by the development of in- 5 along its right of way and upport of a non-transient, mebuilding public. There is no on to believe that there can {be any matcrial devélopment of any line of endeavor if one of the Ibasic industries of the country is |to be discouraged. | Necessity Is Recognized “The Interior Department has recognized th> necessity for the development of agriculture along the course of the railroad by augurating a land settlement pr gram. This development will usly retarded, if not | defeated, if the Experiment t are closed. The theory of the Depari- ment of Agriculture is that over- expansion is caus:d by the farming of marginal and submarginal land. Since only a very smal fraction of the arable land in Alaska has been homesteaded there is no danger fo: many years to come that marginal and submarginal land will be sought for farming. Agriculture in Alaoka is basically that of utilizing re- sources already existent and not a matter of creating farm land by leostly reclamation. In any case the homesteader and the home site settler are not operating on a profit and loss Lasis as is necessary in the States on acccunt of large invest- ments and heavy taxes. The Al- |d It |+ | | rea | in building a home where he can make a living for himself and his family.” Cenclusicns Are Drawn In conclusion, the brief states: “There de:s not seem to be any logical reascn for continuing to cperate th: Alaska Railroad, to build rcads, to encourage mining, or to do anything else in‘Alaska that the Federal Government is doing, if the home builder in a basic industry is to be discouraged. Alaska is still much of a pionzer country. Its development is and will continue to be gradual. In some lines of endeavor, like for instance agriculture, it must be considered by the Federal Govern- ment 8s a long term investment. “To close the Experiment Sta- tions mow will destroy the faith of the settler in Alaska that the| Federal Government has his inter- est at heart, and the psychological effect will be that the sound pro- gress now being made in agricul- ture will cease. The Alaska Experi- ment Stations should be kept in cperation by the Federal Govern- ment until such time as the Ter- ritory is financially able to assume the burden. Doesn't Savor of Economy “One of the reasons advanced for closing the stations is that it| is a matter of economy. It does| not appear to be economy for the| Gov:rnment to spend money for 30 years to develop experiment sta- tions to their present high state of efficiency and usefulness and then abandon them. According to information received the stations will continue uninterruptedly to June 30, 1932. Then if the order askan scttler is primarily engaged, became a tobacco magnate in New | York, Huntington Turner, New York executor of the estate, came here to inspect the site. Old papers at The Empire. | A romance that took root in the torf of the race track flowered re- ally at Jamaica, L. I, when Earl Sande, one of America’s out- standing jockeys, and Mrs. Clar- Every Month in the Year (},(nc(, Kumrfncn widorv offcblxrence SALES | Kummer, famous pilot of Man-o’- | War in many of his triumphs, were DATES secretly married. Sande had been ~ widower for many years. 1932 TR January 26 [sumxbly 1z¢ grain that has been February 16 | sown will be sold or left to rot in March 15 | the ground, the buildings will be April 19 | boarded up, the equipment loft to May 17 rust, and the valuable grains, June 21 plants and livestock will be thrown July 19 to the winds and lost. This would August 23 be economizing at the expefise of September 20 nrogress and the future prosperity October 18 of Alaska. ! November 22 “The continuancz of the Alaska December 20 Experiment Stations is a matter in which all the people of Alaska are vitally interested as shown by the actions of organized bodies in all the important communities, by statements of individuals and by {ccmments of the press. It is sin- | cerely hoped that Congress will see fit to make an appropriation for the continuance of the Alaska Ag- ricultural Experiment Stations on the same basis upon which they have been op:rating in past years.” Advances ‘will be made as usual when request- ed. Transferred by Telegraph if Desired Special Sales Held on Request of Shln_’en ,g : | SEATTIEFUREXCHA 65 MARION STREET Vi SEA. | LE Here’s the New Way to Build Sturdy Inexpensive WALLS e A P SCHUMACHER v s 12 5RER You need no longer waste time, labor and money in building walls. Now the new, approved way is to get your walls ready prepared—Schu- macher Plaster Wall Board. Comes in convenient strips easy to apply. A few nails and your walls are up. Joints can be sealed quickly, giving ‘a one piece wall. Takes any fin- ish perfectly — wall paper, paint, tint or calcimine. Be sure to use Schumacher Wall Board as it is manufactured : ‘under patented that make it ‘different from ' any ‘ather 'wall' board. 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