The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 8, 1932, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1932. 1) A leeding part is taken by this frock | with diagonal striped Echarpe scarfl form- ing yoke and sleeves. 2). Right This Echarpe duct blends a tiered frock with matching E- charpe scarf. / (A-SHARP) (3). Above In tune with the fash- ion for surplice ef- feets . . . dress of E- charpe print with sur- plice and cuff of scarf- print. A new ¥ note in Spring Costumes $19.75 NEW PRINTS NEW SILKS . B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store BIMMIIIHIIIIIIImmflllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlI|HllII||IllIHIIIINIIIIIIIlllIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIllllHIH|Illl!lllllfllllmmllllllflfllllIII|III|HIH|I|III|IIII - NINE EXCURSION PARTIES SLATED TO COME NORTH: Juneau to Be,\/lslted by' Many This Summer, Chamber Hears (Centinmea from Page One) age to the blockade and was itsell blocked before it could reach its destination. ‘An extra engine sent to pull out the special likewise was drifted in. For a time tempera- tures ranged as low -as 40 -degrees below zero. Affer strenuous d}gslng all of the equipment was freed and traf- fic again moved. But not soon enough for Lieut. Noyes who, after wcompleting his work in Anchorage @nd finding no train available, started out for Seward afoot. After 50 miles, he was overtaken a snow plow out clearing the Wine and rode the rest of the way b Seward. i To Nome By Plane {Lieut. Noyes left here on Janu- @ary 16 on the same ship with J..J. _Connors, Deocratic National Com- " g who was enroute to 5 g:remmx convantion at Fair- _bapks. At each port, more Demo- “crats boarded the vessel until, as Noyes phrased it, “it looked the whole country was going way.” two days in Fairbanks, he a pnxe for Nome via Nulato three weeks in Nome and nl.mt a trip by dog team nell and return thal required one-half days. A plane ¢ same roundtrip in two return trip from Nome five and one | advert | publicity. any other Alaska community. Co ditions there were apparently nor {mal, and business conditions Fairbanrks were reported to be fair- ly good. Suggets Fiorida Campaign . Day, who expressed his re at the welcome he was ce his return here, sug- 'L~"tl to the Chamber an adver- ing campaign in Florida. That e is the winter playground of the rich. A week before he left Miami for Juneau, there were 84 fine yachts in the harbor at one time. Countries all over theworld e there for tourists, but, he nad never seen any Alaska He told the Chamber he was confident a booth in Miami | would be a paying investment and | said, he divert much summer tourist trade to Alaska. Alaskans do not realize the value of the scenery they possess, he de-| clared, adding, “Anyone who has traveled through these waters never foregts the Inside Passage.” He offered his turn there in arranging for the suggested booth. Miami Is Bright Spot Miami, despite its several set- spots of the entire coun since the beghmmg of the “boom upside ! down,” he said. He briefly re- counted for the Chamber the five “B's"—Boom, when land prices soared to impossible figures; when they declined; Blows, the 1926 hurricane that either destroy- ed or rendered uninhabitable 85 per cent of Miami's buildings and which were restored in less than four months; Banks, when from 1927 to 1930 banks failed in Great- »r Miami and environs; and Bug—| when the Mediterranean Fruit Fly ravaged the citrus industry, forcing the destruction of 160,000 acres of trees, burning of fruit, shipment of which was prohibited States. The city withstood these blows and has largely recovered from ‘heir effects, he said. May Inaugurate Service The British Air Transport may | sstablish a route between Atlin, nd Juneau mext fall, Mr. Wann in | services upon his re-| backs, has been one of the bright | Bust, ! to many' | tota the Chamber. He has been connected with ‘commercial aviation in the morthern ‘district of Brit- ish Columbia since its inception several years ago. ‘The north, particularly the Atlin district, has received some unfav- orable publicity ‘in aviation circles in past years due to illfated flights \Lhat ended in disasfer. The cause | generally was mot because of ad- verse flying ‘conditions but largely to lack of proper equipment! tools, food and clothing, he said. Even Pilot Graham, experienced Alaskan flyer though he was, had neither |axe nor snowshoes when he and | Mrs. Christofferson were forced \down and were kept on the ground | several days until he searched and | found them. ‘They did have proper clothing and some food. The dis- astrous Burke = expedition which ,ended in the death of Capt. Burke lover a year ‘agd, was another that |lacked equipment, clothing and food. Mr, Carrington acknowledged his introduction by President Shattuck land complimented the Chamber | membership on the excellent spirit |displayed in the work of the or- | ganization, ! Change Meoting Days ‘The Chamber today voteod unan imously the return to Thursdays for its weekly meetings, Tuesdays were fixed early this winter due to changes in boat schedules. Be- ginning next week, mail boats from |the south will arrive Tuesday of each week, Next week's meeting will be held Thursday. The Chamber today wvoted to contribube $100 to the local Boy Scout organizations to aid them in derraymg annual camp expenses. ‘A resolution from the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce relative to| herring regulations was reecived and turned over 1o the Legislative Comimftee for study and report. Another resolution, relative to the !hunting season, on migratory wiid wowl, from the same body was held in cbeyance by the Evxecutive Com- | mitee pending additional informa- I tion being obtained. | Secretary Walmsley was attho:- ized t otelegraph Delegate 'Wicker- sham protesting against the pro- posed reduction of the Federal ap- propriation for the TUnited States Pbulic Survey Bureau which now threatens to curtail important sur- veys of mineral and nonmineral | lands and subdivision work in the | ‘Territory. New Commiftee Named President Shatttuck ~'today ap- pointed a Committee on Referenda, composed of Messre. Fraik A. Boyle M. S. Jorgensen and Charles Na- ghel. This group will study all referenda submitted to the Cham- ber by the United States Chamber of Commerce or ‘the a.l‘—Alaskn Chamber. The Local Industries Committee was requestéd to ‘furnish the Sec- retary of the Territorial Chamber with monthly reports on local com- mercial, industrial, financial and economic conditions of Juneau and vicinity. This will be included in a Territory-wide survey to be pub- | lished each month in the official journal of the Bureau of Foreign 4and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce. Thirty requests were the Secretary's office. The Chamber approved a rec,om- mendation of the Board of Direct- ors that five coples of the Towm‘ anntal publication of the Juneau | High School, be purchased. Endorses Fur-Farm Bill ‘The Chamber today, after a brief discussion, “adopted another recom- | mendation of the Board, endorsing the Wickersham bill to grant home- steads not to exceed 160 acres to| persons engaged .in fur-farming on | national forest lands in Alaska. Wellmann Holbrook, speaking for the Forest Service, said it did not approve such a policy as it affect- ed islands larger than 160 acres on account of administrative difficulties that would inevitably arise. The Service, he added, did not believe such a measure would materially aid and might injure fox farmers operating under permit and leases. The comimttee reported it had taken these things into considera tion but felt that all difficulties could be adjusted, and declared that the persons emgaged in tha: industry ought to be able to home- KIDNAPPING (lF N ABBUGTION BABY EXPECTED OF BABY BOY Police Commissioner of Chicago Police Authorities New York City Re- | Believe Extortion | ceives Odd Request Gang Responsible CHICAGO, TIl, March 8—Police authorities of this city last night announcad their belief that a gang of Chicago extortioners, composed of at least four men and two wom- en, staged the kidnapping of the little son of Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh and Mrs. Lindbergh from their home at Hopewell, N. J., last Tuesday night. . from Page One) ! d today that they are still in- gating the possibility that some ser of the Lindbergh house- is involved in the kidnapping rles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., abduction took place one whose week ago tonight, from his crib in t.hi o ,,m’e declined to say wheth- _The announcemsnt said that two er the nurse, butler or butler's Of the extortioners were known to the Chicago police. If, as is believed, this gang per- petrated the crime, the ‘child is being well cared for and will be held until it is safe for the kid- wife ha ing the complete. C A. Harry Moore said the po- e been exonerated, declar- | investigation is not yet lice not open any mail ad- . banscd 18 . happers to complete negotiations dressed to Col. Lindbergh or his g0 "his return to his parents, it fe ) The largest staff of news writers!Was declared. . Efforts to forcibly rescue him might result disastrously otographers ever concentrat- " g Y to him. ed a single story, not exclud- :;,&, 1e World War, has added re- CALL OFF POLICE for & seareh-for the miss-| oo, Cobe A former lieutenant of the local metropoli- ten police force today declared that the return of the Lindbergh child could best be effected without the HOAX IS REVEALED 'OL, Penn., March 8—Two WILL ELEVATE HENRY PU-YI Former Chinese Boy Em- peror to Be Inaugur- ated Tomorrow | CHANG CHUN, Manchuria, March ~Henry Pu-Yi, former Boy Em- peror of China, who went into cxile 20 years ago, has arrived here for his inauguration tomorrow as head of the new Manchurian Federated FOUR KILLED, MANY INJURED - AT FORD PLANT DETROIT, Mich., March 8—Four men were killed and 50 injured in tha clash between 3,000 unemployed and police at the gates of the Ford The Athletics tossed up more regu- lars, intd action yesterday afternoon and including Mickey Cochrane, | plant in Dearborn State. He was accompanied by his one persons are under ar-!wife and several founders of the rest. Five Communist leaders are new State including Chang Ching- | sought Hui | “Fhe “army” of unemployed mov- — o — m the Dearborn plant from the DAYS OF 98 |Rogue River plant in an action; A. B. Hall, Friday, March 11th, demanding jobs. auspices of the American Legion e w———— and Auxiliary. Keep this date. Gambling and Dancing. —adv FORT MYERS, Fla, March 8.— E - ELROY NINNIS GOES HOME Elroy Ninnis, who entered St. received | and answered during the week by‘ Ann’s Hospital February 27 took the St. Louis Cardinals into camp by a score of 4 to 2 in the the institution today for his home. third and best game of the spring il 1“world seri | » e | LUDWIG NELSON l stead just as those engaged in | JEWELER the agricult industry. { Watch Repairing Brunswick Agency FRONT STREET Secretary Shumaker of the Sen-. ate Committee on Wild Life Con- | setvation acknowledged the Cham-|®: ber’s brief against the proposed brown bear sanctuary on Admiralty |Island and said it had been incor- {potated in the hearings held sev- | J. B, Burford & Co. {eral weeks ago by the Committee. | “Our doorstep worn by satistied e | customers” | Daily Empire Want Ads Pay p-e "L C. 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Lindbergh demanding & $50,- ' Each police organization, he point- 000 ransom for the return of the eq gut, acts independently of every | other similar force engaged on me ité trooper, and a man nam- case The result is confusing and | ed Farrell, who resembles Col. tands to handicap other suthori-| h, and the woman, went ties as well as prevent negotiations lesignated spot. between the Lindberghs and the| Plain clothes men hid nearby kidnappers. and caught the trio. The three were released later after q ning. P undergo a surgical operation, left | | | [ | { | | U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The W eather (By the U. 8. Weatner Buresa; Forecast for Juneas and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., March 8: Cloudy tonight and Wednesday; moderate easterly winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Veioclty ~ Weauner 4 pm. yest'y 30.34 22 40 E 19 Clear 4 am. today . 3029 19 35 E 13 Pt. Cldy Noon today 30.22 21 41 E 13 Snow wABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4p.m. | Lowest4am. 4am. Precip. dam. Station— temp. temp. emp. temp. vela.ity 24 hrs Weather Barrow sy 2 2 12 0 Oldy Nome 26 26 16 22 8 02 Clear Bethel .. 26 26 16 16 4 0 Clear Fort Yukon . 4 E | -4 -4 0 0 Clear Tanana 12 19 | 6 46 0 .02 Cldy Fairbanks 22 20 | -6 -6 4 08 Pt. Cldy Eagle oo 8 8 | 8 8 6 0 Cidy St. Paul 34 34 | 32 32 12 0 Cldy Dutch Harbor ... 38 38 | 34 38 14 0 Pt. Cldy Kodiak 42 42 | 30 30 10 0 Cldy Cordova 36 34 | 32 32 0 .02 Snow Juneau 23 22 18 19 13 0 Pt. Cldy Sitka 30 —_ 24 — 5 [ Pt. Cldy Ketchikan 34 34 ! 28 30 10 0 Cldy Prince Rupert ... 38 36 | 28 32 4 02 Cldy Edmonton -8 -10 i 13 -13 6 0 Clear Seattle 48 46 | 44 4“4 14 0 Clear Portland e JOR 54 1 46 46 12 0 Clear San Francisco ... T4 68 | 52 52 4 0 Cldy *—Less than 10 miles. The pressure remains unusually high in Northwestern Canada and moderately high from Alaska to Oregon, and has risen through- out Alaska except from Cordova southeastward. Pressure is low in the western Aleutian Islands and west of California. The weather is clear on the Bering Sea coast and unsettled in other portions of Alaska with light snow in the cen'ral Interior and at Cordova. Tem- perature changes have been ununjortant. Days of 98 SKY IS LIMIT PLACE YOUR BETS A.B. HALL March 11 KLONDIKE Friday Night ROULETTE FARO ROLL ’EM BONES Gambling Is Authorized—Under Supervision of American Legion and Auxiliary DANCE HALL GIRLS WILL BE THERE Bar Will Be Open—Name Your Pizen GAMES WILL BE OPENED AND DANCING Everybody Welcome — Prizes to both men and women winning the largest amount WILL BE STARTED AT 9:30 during the evening MAJESTIC Electric Washing Machine A Clothes Washer of unlimited fine qualities, may be depended upon to produce the finest and most exacting results in clothes washing. 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