The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 17, 1932, Page 8

PRESENTED HAS MANY FEATURES O“icial Celebration Open- ing Plans Are An- nounced lm \]()ll( ay 1929 1932 PRUGRAM T[] BE Home Dollars Fewe They’ll Buy B INDEX NUMBERS SHOWING CHANGES IN COST OF LIVING (ALL ITEMS) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17, 1932. JUNE 1920 nksgiving a notable 1929 1932 pwm' am, given under the y B The wuspices of Mt. Juneau Lodg & A. M., is open to the pul one is urged to attend. The! ainment will start at 8:15 Address By Governor [ The local celebration will be op-| ened by Gov. George A. Parks, o will make a short address on| mgton. 'This is one of the| es of the Masons’ program. 1 music, including oldtime songs by a double quartet, , in- strumental music, pantomime: a minuet, are embraced on the since 1917, they find them more elusive than th ‘When Mr. and Mrs. Average Family lock for “home” dollars now, ey did in 1929, but those same dol- lars will cover more territory. Above is shown what the dollar will buy | and now and two years ago. Chart shows the trend of all living costs | of living survey in 32 representative program. ~ Costumes of Colonial e design have been brought here! ann mn and Evelyn Holimann.| from Seattle for all of the parti D R e o pants. The Temple's auditorium y,, pyinerford, Esther Niemi, will be fittingly decorated for the njargaret Hanson, Tom Redling- A § shafer, Ted Cowling, Carl Alstead, Committee in Charge of the Gongor Tngman. Accompanied by wposed of M. L. Merritt, oen orkelsen. Directed by Enid - Burns . 1t has been aided in its Work gy an, golo—(a) “Love’s Roses.” Mesdames W. C. Ellis andCarol| e Sy o0 e © O S r oate y Davis who have worked out ,u.. (gone of 1778)—Crystal Snow the musical numbers, and Miss Enid ¥ & L = g Jenne, Burns who has charge of the minu- | Gdress “George Washington.” . et and pantomime. |Hon. George A. Parks. ) Program In Detail | Double Quartet — (a) “Robin The program is as follows: {Adair.” (b) “Yankee Doodle.” Ac- Double Quartet—(a) “Believe Me, companist, Carol Beery Davis. If All Those Endearing Young Charms.’ (b) “Ring, Ring the e Orywial Bnow Jenne, Ann|Spring Footwear ENi Evelyn Hollmann, Ruth| Favo“ Lower Heels Hawkesworth, E. M. Polley, Max| PARIS, Fev. 17—Lower heels Seriber, Jack Fargher, Homer Nor- dling. | mark th enew spring footwear. 'lhe{ Baritone Solo—(a) “Annie Lau- shoes which smart Parisians will ¥ rie. (b) “Comin’ Thru the Ry | Wear on the street in the spring | —Brice Howard. |have Cuban heels about an inch Two Pianos— Battle of Trenton.” and a half in height. (Mil sonata dedicated to Gen-| High spike heels are seen only | shington.)—Carol Davisand on late afternoon and evening mod- els. O of the Flag." The new spring hose is sheer, oss—Ellen M George beige and greige being the favorite hington, Tom Redlingshafer. shades. Cuban heels have replaced How Betsy Made the Flag” the pointed designs. TONIGHT AT MOOSE HALL Admission $1.00 Luncheon Served TUBE SERVICE lProposa]s Are Mailed for MISS SLADE IS INSTRUGTED T0 QUIT, GET 0UT Former Lon i Society | n Girl, Gandhi Follower, Is Given Orders BOMBAY, India, Feb. 17.—The British Government last night or dered Miss Madeline Slade, wh forsook London society to become | a follower of Mahatma Gandhi, to | abstain from unlawful activities | and get out of Bombay within 24 | hours. Miss Slade said she would not budge. “If you are going to arrest me, pleasc don't disturb my sleep at midnight,’ 'she said. Miss Slade is the only principal Gandhi dlsmp'o now out of jail. >ee - | BIDS OPENED ON IN SIGNAL CORPS Music by Arctic Players —errred | | | BISCUIT FLOUR | ADD MILK OR WATER | Nothing Else Package, 49 cents 1 Baking Tin FREE i GEORGE BROTHERS PHONES 92—95 5 Fast Deliveries B s e |C. McBride, custorian of United | States structures in Alaska. iton, D. C. He will announce the | submitted to the office of the cus- Tenders on Postoffice Partitions For the material and work nec- |esary for installation of a pneu- 'matic tube service in the Signal bids were opened yesterday by J.| The Lamson Company of Seattle bid $334.50 and Samuel Olson and Company, Inc., of Chicago, $463. The tenders will be forwarded to the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department at Washing- award. Proposals were mailed today by the custodian asking for bids for installation of wire mesh partitions and a bulletin board in the Juneau postoffice. The bids are to be| them, while not vet definitely set, will expire about March 15. | BISQUICK A Prepared Biscuit Flour FREE If you purchase two packages of this flour for 90 cents you will re- ceive FREE a large Biscuit Tin worth fifty cents. GARNICK’S—~Phone 174 1932 WORLD ALMANACS Butler, Mauro Drug Co. EXPRESS MONEY ORDERS “When We Sell It—It’s Right” |much as $28.75 did in the price peak | did in the typical post-war year of | 1926. ;Radm apparatus 'Internal combustion en- light has not kept pace with that Rents, however, are 10 per cent lower than they were two years ago. [ |MASONS AND FRIENDS |Corps Office in the Federal and | | Territorial Building in this ecity, of the Temple. & The committee in charge consists Toys, except Tubber r but Fatter than in °29; 3» ggest Bashet of Food Smce 15 By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.— r the home-living consumer of ow or moderate income, one-shaft of sunlight shines steadily through the gloom of the business slump. His dollars, although they ma; be fewer, go further today, on the basis of government statistics, than at any time since 1917. The pur- chasing power of the “home” doi- lar—the dollar that buys meat and potatoes, clothing and other neces- sities—has increased substantially since 1929. ‘While a 14.9 per cent decrease in the living cost in the last two years does not compensate the country at large for an employment decline of nearly 29 per cent. and a payroll drop of 445 per cens, it neverthe- less has eased the .pinch of the economic- slump in thousands of households. And it has come al- most as a “gift” for those with un- impaired income. Food Is Cheaper Mr. and Mrs. Average Family find food is cheaper now then it has bene since 1915. Clothes cost less than in any year since 1916 House furnishing goods retail at the lowest figure since 1917 and the cost of housing, fuel and light combined is the least since 1920 The Department of Labor’s cost cities shows that 41 out of 42staple | articles of food decreased in price in the last year. The average price or all food staples now is almost as low as it was in the pre-war index low living cost year of 1913, Like a shower of manna to the family with relatively undiminished income has been the bigdrop since 1929 in the prices of potatoes, but- ter and eggs. From November 15 1929, to November 15, 1931, the av- erage price of butter declined from 53 cents to 37 cents a pound. T as fallen further this winter and is below the 1913 price. Downward Movement Government statistics are not available on the current average prices, but there has been a gen- eral downward movement since No- vember 15. The average price of eggs dropped in two years from 63 cents to 39 cents a dozen. The “home” dollar will buy 30 pounds of flour now, whereas in 1929 it would have bought 19 pounds. The dollar now will buy four to five pounds of pork’chops as compared with less than three| pounds two years ago; it will buy 10 cans of corn as compared with oven in 1929; it will buy for 60 inds of potatoes as compared |with 26 pounds then, and it wil pay | Tin Dplate o Welded pipe and fittings 143,466 | Wire 208,975 The cost of clothing decreased | Wire nails for almost two times as many or- anges as in 1929. 117.2 per cent in the last six |and more than 15 per cent smce‘ 1920. Applied to all articles of |Stoves, ranges, furnaces clothing, $13.55 today will buy as year of 1920 and as much as $16.67 | The reduction in results, fuel and in other “cost of living” items.| WILL DANCE TONIGHT' Under auspioes of the Masonic | Automobiles, passe nger order, a dance will be given this evening in the Scottish Rite Tem- ple. While the affair is not public, still there are no formal invita- tions. Tt is open to Masons of all degrees and to all persons who come as guests will begin at 9:30 o'clock. During the evening refreshments. will be served in the dining room: of M. S. Jorgensen, R. C. Mize, and —_——————— An expert diver says a blow on Wearing. apparel, wool Wearing apparel, silk 94,382 Boards, planks and scant- Douglas fir Box shooks Wood furniture Boxes and cartons, paper Coal . Coal (imported from Can- Gasoline and naptha Automobile 1 parts. except Paints, ready mixed . of Masons. Dancing Dynamite ........ Soap, toilet and fancy Photographic goods | Motion picture films . a shark’s dorsal fin will put it to! flight. We have mno ambition tm demonstrate that he is wrong. IMPORTS OF ALL KINDS VALUED AT §23,214,750 Ttemized List Is Given of| Important Commodi- ties Brought North (Continued irvm: rage One) Northerners are dependent op the United States and foreign coun- ries for most of the food they eat| and the clothes they wear and for List of Articles The Collector’s list of important | inbound commodities and their | values follow: | Beef and veal, fresh -$ 514,737 Pork, fresh and pickléd. 185,241 | Hams and shoulders . 202,018 Bacon . e 219,989 | Mutton and lamb. 68,693 Beef, canned . 53,611 | Poultry and game, fresh . 126,217 Milk, condensed 388,827 Butter £ 525,655 | “heese 83,172 Eggs 462,392 Boots and sho&. lea'.her 166,181 ' Boots and shoes, rubber... 146,684 | Rice and rice flour ‘meal 59,782 | Wheat flour ............ - 257,847 Biscuits and crackers 152,450 | Hay . 47,137, Potatoes, white - . 120520 Onions ....... et 29,383 Vegetables, ca.nned 327,848 Vegetables, other, fres h and prepared 177,087 Oranges . 99,615 PV IR AR 79,847 i Other Irults fresh and | dried . - 226,505 |Other canned and pre- | pared fruits . . 228,743 Coffee qussieiistosn , 306,013 Tea ke 66,248 Sugar, refmed e 331,871 Confectionery b 282,008 Tobacco, smokmg . 149,985 Wearing apparel, cotton. 444,367 277,183 ling . 241,656 ZOX 529 1 1 5, 796 206 558 117,536 717,926 ada) Diesel, furnace, etc., oil 360,540 Lubricating oil 288,844 Salt 2 88,186 409,141 AR 56,710 months | Tin cans, finished and unfinished 3,889,585 and parts = 215,557 BaLLen& electric 78,975 Motors, electric ... i, 37,075 Electric light bulbs < gines Internal combustion en- gines, stationary and portable ..........cwiiien Mining and quarry ma- chinery Fish cannery eqmpment Typewriters ... 22 Tractors, farm and road.. 55,862 Other agricultural ma- | chinery ... 35,378 {Motor trucks and busses. cars Medscal and phx.rmnceu- tical preparations 118,013 125,203 305,173 116,968 160,574 Y 81,083 iPianos . 15,275 39,397, Firearms 49,816 Ammunition 135,253 [ Books, maps, pictures and other printed matter . 311, 116 Matches ... 19,501 | - _DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY ACROSS . Small fish and served food show how it is done . Well born . Face value 51. Strips 4. Town In Ohlo 51 ?(uubahnrier 5. Technical 54. Rubbers word & 55. Mettlesome 6. State of 0 carth horse being easy DOWN in mind 1. Withdrew . Sign of the nearly all other articles they | se. . Digs from “avtical 3, 5% yards o il daEEN AN Hlflfi/fill%fllll e | alllllnnllnan Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle > A[ONR > oM oN—H[A>0 Ed 2. Something zodiac mtruductmv 8. “Lights out” 9. And: French Daily Cross-word Puzzle 10. 2. 34. 37, 38, 39. 40. 43, 44. C 49. 50, ¥ 532. Pronoun 3 OFFICERS OF Alaska ,‘Steamshlp Compa- Announces Fares | for Igloo Session Willis E. Nowell, local agent of | the Alaska Steamship Company announced today the special pas- senger fares, round trip, from Ju-| neau to Seward, to be effective for | delegates attending the Grand Ig- loo conveniton at Fairbanks which will be held March 22 at the in- Tickets will be sold from March 254,248 12 to March 17 and will be limited ,to return April 16. ‘The round trip rates from Juneau {to Seward, according to deck ac- | commodations, will be $56.80 and 182,725 $51.20. The rates from Wrangell are 474441 $7920 and $7120 and from Peters- 54323: burg are $67.20 and $60. 37,085 247,263 | Clark McGarbar, |Indan Affairs in Western Alaska, said outside aid will probably be | | unnecessary for the relief of in- | SPECIAL RATES OUTSIDE AID GIVEN PIONEERS UNNECESSARY, FOR anVENnnN\ ARCTIC FLUI]I] nlndlan Affalrs Office Is' | Handling Relief— | No Lives Lost FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb, 17— | Superintendent of | habitants of seven Eskimo villages; |on the Bering Sea coast which| | were swept by flood and tidal wave | several weeks ago. | McGarpai, wio has &r from Akiak, said the Reindeer Su- pervisor, cooperating with his office, | is relieving destitution and furnish- ing meat to the needy families. He said other steps will also be taken to avert hardship. According to advices received here | no lives were lost as reported in a | letter received at Nome, telling of the flood and tidal wave. BAYCHIMO ARE AT FAIRBANKS Other Members of Crew to Be Flown from Kotzebue FATRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 17— Three officers of the Hudson's Bay trading schooner Baychimo, lost in the Arctic, arrived here yesterday from Kotzebue by airplane. Other members of the crew are expected to arrive in time to catch next Monday's train to the coast on their return to the outside. ‘The officers arriving here yester- day were Capt. Sydney A. Corn- well, Second Officer A. V. Kivley and Second Engineer F. Murchie. The three men said the Be chimo was last seen as a twisted wreck with a big hole in her side and is believed to have sunk. They said most of the furs had been sal- vaged from the ship before she was abandoned. e Bib Falk, recently appointed man- ager of the Toledo Mudhens, w a football and baseball star atthe graduation in order to turn pro- Palmy Day COMING l Chamberlain’s Lotion for Hands and Skin New Style Package 50 cents Juneau Drug Company Free Delivery Phone 33 Post Office Substation No. 1 i § | z | | ; | 117,379 { 240,236 | 202,575 ' Department Store to Seattle March 15 “Newest Merchandise at All Times” Get your coupons for award of tickets RO No Charges No. Approvals 4. 95 All Large Sizes—20 to 46 AT Coleman’s Hollywood ,._Style Shop ON SALE TWO GROUPS BRIGHTEN UP—DRESS UP in a New Spring Dress — ALL WEEK 6.90 HIIllllIIIIIIIllllll|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|||||IIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|||IIIII|IIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHII|||||||||||||||||||||l||||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIB 5 New SPRING DRESSES RECEIVED ON LAST BOAT--DIRECT FROM NEW YORK No Alterations All Cash Sales Qi