The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 4, 1932, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WE CAPITOL LAST TIMES Terror - by night! Thrilling CHINA NITE MIDNIGHT SHOW TONIGHT—1 A. M. LAUREL and HARDY st i \RDO‘I us” iy e Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Accessories Offering the latest JEWELRY and HAND BAGS V7 e, P Juneau’s Own Store NOW IS SPRING CAR CLEANING TIME iDoes your car need cleaning and {touching up? Or complete re- ‘painting? Take advantage of our skilled services, equipment and have the job done right. We also refinish furniture. Estimates Gladly Given. GENE EWART with Connors Mater. Co. DONALDINE BEAUTY PARLORS Telephone 496 RUTH HAYES 'SAVE HALE WO0O0D CLEAN IHEMLOCK 14 in., 16 in., 24 in. ; Single Toad, $4.25 | Double Load, $8.00 | A discount of 50 cents per load is made for CASH LEAVE ORDERS WITH GEORGE BROTHERS Telephones 92 or 95 CHESTER BARNESsON Telephone 039, 1 long, 1 short GARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monthly Rates HEMLOCK WOQD 50 cents discount for cash per cord E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Bergmann Hotel Loom unm:onmn.ucr 1 o [the local customs office for several MYSTERY PLAY T0 SHOW LAST | TIMES TONIGHT ‘Secret Witness' at Capitol| Is Favored with Not- | able Cast | | “Don's ask me any questmns; ncw, and don’t hang up! I can't| explain now, but stay on the wire ;-and listen!” Thus speaks the heroine of “The Secret Witness” to the po-| hw captain who has been trying to solve the mystery of who killed Herbert Folsom in his penthouse gpartment just efter a young girl had leaped to her death from | his terrace. Girl Makes Discovery The captain has made an ar- T but the girl has made a startling discovery. Ura Merkel is the heroine, 2| daughter of an Honorary Deputy ' Police Commissioner, and anxious to prove that the strange young man with the nice eyes did mnot kill Folsom, in spite of the fact the young man was found near the scene with a gun and admit- ted that he intended to kill him. Notable Players in Cast William Collier, Jr., is the |boy, ZaSu Pitts and Paul Hu provide comedy relief, and oth in the cast are Rita La Roy, Pur- |nell Pratt, Ralf Harolde, June Clyde and Clyde Cook. “The Secret Witness” chown for the last times at Lhe Capitol thealtre. will be tonight LIFE - SAVING | GUARDS PUT ON Rescue Demonstra- tion, Is Given of the newly op of Life-Saving Salvation Army Members ized t the Guar gave an ¢ning before a spectators In addition to this chief event a delightful program of addre: music and exercises was mnder“d | | | large The Life-Saving Guards, Indian girls upder 20 years of age, }hc: named the “Northern Light | Troop.” ‘Their uniform is gray,| with collars and cuffs of red, gray | neckerchiefs, white haversacks, anu\ leather belts with buckles bfiaxm[“ the name “Life-Saving Guards.” The guards Wwere accompanied Mon- | day evening by their leaders, Mrs. Lesher and Mrs. James Padclock also in full uniform. Numbers cn Program The program was as follows: | Song—America. Prayer—Rev. C. C. Saunders. Introduction of Chairman—Staff | Captain Joseph Acton. ! ‘Chairman’s Remarks. ! Opening Exercises—Alert, Salute, | Pledge, Declaration. Virginia Guard | Song. | Song—Roy Willard. | Wand Drill-Eight Girls. | Song—1 Am So Glad Our Fa-| ther in Heaven."—Six Girls. Demonstration of Guard Craft— Sewing, Darning, Knitting, Bathing Baby, First Aid, Fainting.. Duet—Mrs. Paddock and Mz's.l Lesher:—“Jesus . is Dearer Than All” have Flag Drill Is Given Flag Drill—Twelve Girls. Reading—Mrs. James.—“ A mong the Encircling Gloom.” | Fianoforte Bolo—Edith Newton. Hoop Drill—Eight Girls. Solo—Ronald Lister. “The King's Highway.” “The Beatitudes”—Phyllis 'Wana- maker. . Dialogue Guard.” Closing Remarks and Imugura- tion. Five Generations Build Homes in Same Locality IVY, N. C., May 4—Five genera- ions of Holcombes have built their homes on the same planta- tion here and five homes stand a5 mopuments to their builders. Obediah Holcombe, Wwhose de- scendants are believed to number more than 1000, buflt the first thouse more than 100 years ago. ’I’hn first house had but ofie room. The second built by Dib Cletson :Hb‘Lcombe had two rooms, Joel ‘Holcombe built the third house and it contains three rooms. . John Gregg Holcombe, now Uv- ing at 74, built the fourth home with seven rooms. His son, built the fifth, an eight-room residence. “The Proud New E, R. Stivers, who bas been in months, left on the Admiral Bv- ans for Seattle. There he will take steamer Victoria on the first to Nome where he is Decputy Colleaor of Customs at that port, FINEEXHIBITION Dehghtfulpxogram Besides| sting demonstration of rescue aid methods Monday ev- -, glacier ridge, Mix and Bride DNESDAY, MAY 4, 1932. Uproarious Comedy Previews at 1 A.M. Step Out Making their social debut at a recent premier in Hollywood, Tom Mix, famous film cowboy, and his bride, the former Mabel Hubbell Ward, circus aerialist, were the center o f attention. Here are Hollywood’s famed newlyweds arriving at the affair. CROSSON, JONES LAND PLANES AT HIGH ALTITUDES | Take Membess - ok Carpe‘Churlie Johnson, Expedition to Muldrow —Food Dropped FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May {Joe Crosson and Jerry Jones, pi ing two planes, have landed th ray expedition Glecier slopes. They were Beckwith, Percy Olton, Jr, and ) Nicholas Spadeveccia, New York engineers. The planes landed at altitudes lof between 6,000 and 6,500 feet. | | The planes flew from here to Birch iLake on wheels and changed to |skiis there. The planes dropped on the Muldrow organ-i100 pounds of food to Allen Carpe and Theodore Koven They are about 11,000 feet up Mount McKin- ley waiting for Beckwith and the other two men Other figures were seen on the believed to be mem- bers of the Liek expedition. B Twnos wno i AND WEER I i RE || Miss Thelma Arness left on the Admiral Evans ‘hcnw in Petersburg. Albert Wile, local broker, left on | the Admiral Evans for Ketchikan. Capt, William Sirong, of Tusle- quah‘ is registered at the Gas- {tineau Hcrel. Allen Merritt, of Biloxi, Miss,, is a guest at the Zynda Hotel. e NEW ZEALAND'S “BABY” AGES PALMERSTON NORTH, N. Z.— Thomas Rodgers of Rangitikel, the first white child born in New Zealand, recently celebrated his 92nd birthday. He is hale and hearty, —————— A Mother-and-Daughter banquet will be held in Seward May 11. Girls without mothers and women without daughters can borrow each other for this occasion. 4—| members of the Allen Carpe cosmic € E. P.€ last night for her | EX-GONVICT IS CHARGED WITH HOUSE ROBBERY Onetime Robber, Again in Custody { Postoffice ¢ furnished by 0! Charle Johnson and ie Watson, Indians who return- )v re sometime ago after hav- served an eight-year term 1 at McNeil Island peniten- tiary, were arrested yes ay by Federal officers charged breaking and entering houses here. The charge against Waltson was| . dismissed today. Johnson will have a preliminary hearing tomorrow before Judge Charles Sey in the Unted States Commissioner’s Court. | was remanded fo jail in dc- fault of $1,500 bail He is accused of having broken | into the cabins of George How- erd, Sr., and his son, How Jr., and looted them of {everything of value. Some of the stolen articles were found in John- n's room, and others have been Iccated in local second hand stores it was said that Johnson seller. and Johnson were tried |and convicted here several years ago of robbing the podtoffice at Hawk Inlet. They were sentence ed o serve ten years each at |McNeil Tsland Penitentiary and completed their terms last win- ter. as 4 Wats ENTRIES AND DISMISSALS ANNOUNCED AT ST. ANN'S Several entries and dismissals in the past 24 hours are announc- €d at St. Ann's Hosjital. Ent included Leslie V. Tready, scamon off the steamship Admiral Waltson with a severe cold; Harry Stanton, sawmill operator at Hoo- nah, with a briken right ankle, |and James Millyan of Juneau, for |madical treatment. Dismiszals were David Fisher, who entered March 28; Earl Mis- scff, who entered April 4; Alex Swrrock, who entered April 10 and C. Mason, who enfered in )Amll Oty | 4 with | Gedrge | LTS OF LAUGHS ARE CONTAINED IN “PARDON US" 'S!an Laur_;l—and Oliver Hardy Star in Hil- arious Comedy Stan. Laurel and Oliver Hardy, a full length featured produe- Pardon Us” will be seen in iew at 1 o'clock tonight and |at regular performances tomcer- row night at the Capitol theatre. Pardon Us"” is a laugh frem to finish, This pair, who funny even without specially prepared “gags” and episodes, run rio! through an amusing travesty of the typical prison melodrama. There is me letup in hilarious situations. The pair are jailed when they innocently dffer & po- licemen a drink; they subsequently life miserable for their fel- v prisoners by their naive stu- which gets everyone in T they make their eseape and disguise themseclves as negro ‘"r‘ion—p]oke.\‘s: they get caught again and participate in a prison b | i Train Gun on Convicts It is in this lasi episode that they train a machine gun on the |inmeles of the prison lnstead of on the keepers and thus achieve a pardon although the whole thing was the result of bungling. Laurel, with his baby-faced pout jand helpless gestures, is as inimi- table as ever, while the corpulent Hardy has only to register dis- gust to get his share cf laughs. Wrong Teoth Pulled An outstanding comedy gag is the idea of having Laurel emit a “razzberry” because of some den- When he finally emer- ges ffrom the painful process of having a tooth pulled, it turns out to be the wrong one, and the dentist is the first to get the razz | again. | The direction of James Parrott shows @an eye for speed and an ability to get full value out (every comedy dincident. | supporting players include Wilfred | Lu Walter Long, June Mar- lowe and Jn.mm Finlays ALASKA NEWS { In these days when there 1s a !multiplicity of men for one job, there is one man who has a mul- tiplicity of jobs. L. B. Chisholm of Wrangell is Town Clerk, Town Tax Assessor, Town Tax Collector, Town Treasurer, Town Magistrate, Town Building Inspector, Town Public Librarian; but he draws only one salary. Other town officers ap- pointed by Mayor F. S. Barnes, re- cently eclected, are S. D. Grant, Marshal; Dr. H. C. Turner, Health Officer; C. H. Lloyd, Street and Water Commissioner and Electric Wire Inspector; Daniel McShane, Town Hall janitor and jailer. tal defect. At least two new teachers will be engaged for the high school at Wrangell next year. Miss Simpson of the Home Economics Depart- ment and Mr. Scudder of the Science Department have resigned. Miss Simpson next year will teach in her home city, Chicago. Examination of the Anthracite ridge coal area north of Anchor- age by means of core drilling, under the direction of the United States Geological Survey, will get under 'way soon, according to General ‘Manager O. F. Ohlson of the Al- aska Railroad. Word has been re- ‘celved that' the Lynch Brothers, QUEEN OF TENNIS WORLD WITH NEW HAIRCUT work of the barber as a “conservative trim.” ~Doroth; ! Moore Photos from Associated Press. Two views of Helen Wills Moody with her bobbed tresses. The tennis champion describes the handi- | Mrs. Moody will leave San Francisco for Europe shortly to compete In several championships. She will defend her United <tates title this fall. of | Capable | STOCK MARKET STILL UNEASY, TRADING TODAY Selling Continues More General—Deductions Are Made NEW YORK, May 4.—Mod quickening of selling on the Market today was followed by abatement of pres financial market but there was still reflected uncertainty and dis- couragement however. A slight gain in steel production failed to impart any appreciabls encouragement. Further selling of the Americ dollar abroad again reflected u: easiness over the Federal Gove ment’s difficultic in balancir the Budget. Selling of stock was som more general than yesterday, was largely concentrated on a few issues and appeared to reflect further special lquidaditn. CLOSING PRICES TODAY i NEW YORK, May 4.—Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 11, American Can| 37%, Anaconda 4%, Bethlehem | Steel 12, Curtiss-Wright 1, Fov; |Films 2, General Motors 10%, In- | ternational Harvester 197% Kenne- cobt 6%, Packard Mcbors 2%, ed States Steel 27%. R. M. SHEPARD GOES TO SCENE OF GOLD STRIKE Juneau Man Has Lease on Claims in McConnell Creek District To investigate the gold strike in the McConnell Creek distriot | near the center of British Colum- |bia, 400 miles east by north of Prince Rupert | Royal M. Shepard, of |left bere this week puted new Eldorado. Leagse on Five Claims Mr. Shepard has a lease on five claims on Vital Creek which s Juneau, who for the re- | Creek the sceme of the first dis- jcovery of placer gold in the dis- |triet. 'There is producing ground on Vital Creek, and Mr. Shepard is anxious to ascertain if the pros- pect he has under lease has good prospects. Difficult of Access The McConnell Oreek district is difficult of acoess. After dis- embarking at Prince Rupert, Mr. Shepard will travel by train on the Canadian National Rallway to Fort Fraser, thenee by ,autombo- bile to Fort St James on Stew- art Lake; thence by gasboat on the lake to Tacla Landing, and thence 87 miles on foot to Vital Creek. Mr. Shepard expscts to be back in Juneau in about a month. who have the contract to do the drilling, have completed the haul- ing of supplies and equipment to the drilling location and were about ready to begin boring. Having been appointed Postmast- er at Wrangell, B. Y. Grant re- signed from the Wrangell School Board. E. A. Lindman, recently defeated st the recent school elee- tion for a place on the Board by Mrs. M. O. Johnson was appoiated to the vaeancy. His appointment was favored by her. Inasmuch as the homes of In- dians in Wrangell are among those nexding repairs and repainting, the Alaska Native Brotherhood there was asked by the Town Coun- | cil to copperate in the Paint-Up and Ciean-Up Campaign. Another motion pitcure theatre has been opemed in Ketchikan. It is the Revilla, owned by L. w‘ | Kubley, who also owns the” Capitol Theatze in Juneau. Ketchikan now | has three motion picture theatres, | namely the Revilla, the Liberty and the Coliseum. Having suffered severe burns in falling into & brush fire at Hunter, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ely was rushed to the |seward Hospital. Dr. A. D. Haver- stock of the hospital went to Wood- |row, a rallroad station about seven |miles from Seward to meet the little sufferer with medical aid. Mr. Ely is the Alaska Railroad section foreman at Hunter. Teddy Feldman was elected Presi- |dent and Lawrence Bayer, Secre- | tary-Treasurer, of the Anchorage Tennis Club. Just because a chicken spurred the hand of Deputy United States |Marshal Reed of Naknek in the Bristol Bay district, he Lired an zirplane to come to Naknek and take him 0 Anchorage. Fearful is the mission of | about eight wniles from McConnell ! of blood polsoning he entered the hospital there. The plane was de- layed two days by fog in from Anchorage after it ha been summoned. 8. DEPARTLWENT OF AGRIODLTURE, WREATHER BUREAU The Weather ¥ LOCAL DATA skl P LE* 9 (By the U. 8. Weather Bureaw) Forécast for Junean and viciaity, beginning at 4 pm., May 4: Oceasional rain tonight and Thursday; moderate southerly winds. Time 4 pm. yesty 4 am. today Noon today Barometer Temp. 20.87 56 20.91 43 20.93 47 Humidity Wind Veloolty ~Weasner 9 W 9 cidy 87 w 2 Rain w8 12 Cldy CABLE AND RADIO REPORTE YESTERDAY | Highest 4pm. | 1 | | | i Statlon— Barrow Nome Bethel Fort Yukon Tanana .. Fairbanks Eagle St. Paul ... . Dutch Harbor . Kodiak Cordova Juneau . Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert . Edmontan - Seattle Portland 62 San F‘rnnclsco 58 | ‘The pressure is lowest east of temb. 26 temp. 26 38 44 50 50 52 50 34 42 46 44 56 [ 86 ; | 64 | g | TODAY Lowest 4am. 4a.m. emp. temp, velodty 24 hra 'edh 20 20 10 ‘Trace Clay 34 34 18 Trace 36 36 4 01 32 32 12 0 38 38 40 40 32 32 30 32 34 36 38 38 38 40 @ 43 42 - 46 46 — 42 44 4“ 50 50 50 52 52 52 Unalaska and moderately low 0 0 0 08 b 10 B OB - caRaseo® throughout Alaska except the Arctic Coast and Southeast, with show- ers throughout Southern Alaska followed by clearing in the Aleutian Islands. The pressure is slightly above normal in the extreme North and from British Columbia southward with generally cloudy weath- er and higher night temperatures. “ RADIO OFFICE OPEN SUNDAYS Local Station Maintains Dally Service for Next 4 Months BEffective next Sunday, May 8, |the Juneau office of the Signal Corps, United States Army, Wash- ington-Alaska Military and Cable Service, will be open from 9 o'clock in the morning unti! midnight. Heretofore the office hus been op- ened only from 9 to 11 o'clock in the forenoon and from 5 to 7 o'clock in the evening. On week days the office is open one hour earlier than on Sundays, at 8 o'clock. The new order is for the next four months. ' In making an announcement of the change effective next Sunday, Operator-in-Charge Harry W. Ire vine said the months of May, June, July and August are recognized as the tourist geason and many travelers use the Signal Corps to acquaint their families or friends of there whereabouts and progréss on their tours. By Xkeeping the office open regular hours on Sun~' days, tourists may now transact their business in the mein oftics on the first floar of the and Territorial Building hiking five floors up to the ing room. The new S\mdv Hours prove of great conve: business men and i § : xm it floor elimb to the Kl all business betw midnight 8 o'clock in the morning, when main office 18 closed. el skt ANEMIA IN BABY PIGS PREVENTED BY SULPHATES AMES, Iows, May 4 — ments have shown A. L. of Towa State College that confined suckling pigs need mhel'. salts or else they might fall prey to nutritive anemia. This cap be preyented, the swine’ speclalist ha?ihnd #f two pounds of iron sulphate and two ounces copper sulphate ln mixed pounds of soil and plaged 2. the litter pens. fE THE JOY OF SPRING TIME Is Expressed in these clever A lovely DRESSES selection of sheer. chiffons, the little jacket costume—also erepes and georgettes—all in the most de- lightful new colérs. , Special at $12.75 Other Dresses from $5.95 to $19.50 Good to Know— Question: Where do Monday and Tuesday occur on the same day?’ Answer: At the International Date Line. [ AND— Call Us Dwect—-—EHOl)lEug 3 Pacific Coast Coal Ce.