The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 20, 1932, Page 2

s { i THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1932. July Clearance of Silk Undergarments | Many groups of fine under- garments have been arranged Sheer for this special sale. citons, rayons and silk gar- ments beautifully many trimmed with dainty laces and embroideries. Women who Hke fine underwear but do not fecl they can afford to spend much money will be especial- these sale ly interested in offerings. RAYON VEST AND BLOOMET SET, $1.00 RAYON PAJAMAS, $1.00 SILK L ACE SILK DANCE SETS, $2 SILK GOWNS, $2.75 SILK SLIPS, $2.75 TRIMMED STEPINS, $1.95 25 SILK CHEMISE, $1.95 B. M. BEHRENDS CO., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store F.F DRYDEN PASSES AWAY JERSEY HOME rormer Pres:dent of Pru- dential Insurance Com- pany, Dies { BERNARDSVILLE, N. J, July| 20—Forrest F. Dryden, aged 67,/ former President of the Prudential | Insurance Company, died here yes- lerday. Determineéd to follow in the foot- steps of his father, John F. Dry-| den, founder of the Prudential In- surance Company, Forrest Fairfield Dryden turned his back upon the' many attractive pursuits open to the sons of rich men and at the ed by slow stages to the office of inspector, then field superin-! tendent, segretayy and finally t | his place on the hoard of directors as third vice-president. Thrée yeads later, in 1906, he was named firet | vice-president, from which office on the death of his father 1912, For 30 years the senior 1.)ryd\~mI in oCiATAO PRESS U WRRES’T ¥ DRYDEN age of 18 entered the world of| business. o Advanced _Slowly Beginning as a minor clerk in the Prudential offices, he advanc-'of 48, he was one of thé youngest trained his son and when the lat-| ter took up the reins at the age men in the country to ogficupy such a position. Forrest 26, 1864. In 1890, he married Grace Care- DIRECT FROM Now Plumbing e OIL BURNER EXPERT THE FACTORY WITH Rice & Ahlers Co. | PHONE 34 Heati Sheet Metal ing u" m You in Advance What Joh Will Cost” Fairfield Dryden was born at Bedford, Ohio, December He was educated at the Newark Academy and later ai Phillips Avademy, Andoyer, Mass., he succeeded tofthe presidency up- |from which he entered the Pruden- tial employ in 1882, !lon of Bradfield, Mass. Their children were John F. Dryden, 2d., Dorothy and Elizabeth - Butterfield. Among the diréctorates held by Mr. Dryden in addition to the Pru- dential were the National Bank of Commerce, the United BStates Casaualty Company, the National Association of Owners of Rail- road Securities and the Public Service Corporation of New Jer- cey. He was an executive of the Assoclation of Life Tnsurance Pres- idents and a member of the Amer- fcan Academy c¢f Political® Belence, Mr. Dryden made his home in Lincoln Park, a suburb of Patter- son, N. J. WARRANTS OUT FR I ST !-N % mmm.& NV 200 = ‘Warrants have been issuéd for 13 ipolicemen in connection With the death of Hyman Stark; youthful prisoner, - who died following a | terzific third degree. Four of the policemen are charged with second |degree murder. All dre charged with conspiraoy to obstruct justice. Seven dre charged with second de- gree assault. msn COAL &y ident Hoover has signed the act ! designed to éncourage coal shinihg l'adjadent to the Aliska Railroad. ‘The act pérmits thie General Man- ager to pvumblse eoal from more than Ml‘ FBEFERS GELL """ T0 MARRIAGE & £ | A ) '. BELGR AM ’L | Miehael Obradovich was sente that term at hard lahor and or |ed to pay back every cent. Several of his victims offered to pay his ‘flné if he would keep his prmil.qe |to_marry, but he chose the fiva yeu' stretch, Gm& Beafl’n gfmv of furro-hltm 1s'uwn '« FOR POLICEMEN - zation of the Army complete, Maj. John C. Gotwals fwas sent lere to relieve Waugh Presid:nt. The latter left Al ka shoffly afterward and is now RuAns UVER Tu |cn duty at Cleveland ,Ohio. Got- \\.als held the presidency but a few ‘weeks and was relieved by Col I“hmes G. Steese, becoming Engin- |eer Officer which post he retained € funtil 1924, e first went to St. Formal Transfer Made to Louis, Mo., as district engineer for Rivers and Harbors, and is now Gov. Parks—Board Ends District Commissioner for the Dis- 28 Years Serv‘nce trict of Columbia. (Contihuea rront Page mp) Liewt. Carter was relieved as Sec- retary jn 1921 by Capt. C. 8. Wa:d who is now a student in Yale Uni- The ty. latter was replaced ants our best wi ture development of Alaska by t n turn was relieved by Capt. P. continuance of vital road and trail|A. Agnew. Bond is now at Scho- construction.” field Barracks, Hawali, with & th2 Confidence of Contindance | Third ~ Engineers. Lieut.’ Agnew In a few well chosen words, Gov. served until 1925, being _relieved Parks paid a tribute t0 the Board by Lieut, Harry E. Fisher, and is and its 1écord for efficleney in now with the Eighth Engineers at administering its duties and pow- Fort McIntosh, Texas. ers in the Territory. MExpressing | Ofiver Succeeds Gotwals regret at the loss of the orga‘mza-‘ Maj. Lunsford E. Oliver succeed- tion, the Governor extended to the ed Maj. Gotwals as Engineer Of- Board’s inembers wishes for con-|ficer in ‘1924, and remained for tinued succass in the future. Heo about three years. He is n said he realizéd fully the great|Sccretary of the Mississippi River| value of th~ fine work it had don:|Commission with headquarters a‘ for Alaska and hoped, with the co- |Naichez, Miss. operation of the civilian organi- Lieut. Fisher was succeeded in | zation taken over by the Interior 1926 by Lieut. Frank A, Pettit. Hc' Department to maintain its hign!is néw in Fort Lawton, Wash. | record. Lieut. A. T. Bell relieved Pettii ,Details of the transfer have been |in 1927 and the latier is now on| worked out since the first of the duty with the 28th Engincers at| month. Today's proceedings mark- Mitchell Fl¢ld, Long Island. ed the end of the transaction.| In 1027, Mzj. Douglas H. Gil- E While the Governor is at thé head ‘Ieve réplaced” Majj, Oliver as En- of the organization, which remaius|gineer Officer and later in the unaltered 1a its civilian personnel.|same year was advanced for a Ike P. Taylor, for several years|short time to the Presidency, Senior BEngineer for the Board, ing Col. Steese, resigned to go takes active charge of road and trail work, with the fitle of Acting Chief Engincer. Thé, organization | will continue to be known as th: cer when he was relieved in 1928 Alaska Road Commission. |by Maj. Eliott. He was sucoeed-f Officers Leave Soon jed by Maj. L. E. Atkins in June, | The officers of the Board will 1930 and assigned to Washington, sail for the south within a few|D. C. .work where he still re- days. Maj. Elott and his family mains, expect to sail next Monday for| A number of younger officers! Seattle, thence to San Francisco served short terms as Secretary| where they will board an Army |during the years 1928-1932. Lieut, | oil development project. Maj. Gil- lette again became Engincer Offi-| 1922 by Capt. A, H. Bond who | {Wales Stand on Head to South America as head of an|%i ). s DEPARTME&M OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather LOCAL DATA /By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juncau and vieinity, beginning at 4 p.m., July 20: Showers tonight, Thursday cloudy; gentl e southerly winds. , Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Veiocity =~ Weather 20.86 52 87 SE 10 Rain 29.95 50 84 SE 12 Rain | Noon today 30.01 52 ki) s i, Cldy | CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4p.m. | Lowest4am. 4a.m. Precip. 4am. Station temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather Barrow 42 42 | 30 34 12 0 Clear Nome 66 66 | 48 50 6 0 Clear Bethel 60 58 | 46 46 8 [ Clear Fort Yukon (i 72 | 56 56 8 0 Pt.Cldy ‘Tanana 66 66 | 52 52 4 .08 Cldy Fairbanks 64 62 | 52 52 4 10 Cldy Eagle 66 66 | 54 54 [} 40 Cldy St. Paul 50 50 | 42 44 4 0 Cldy Dutch Harbor 56 54 4 46 4 0 Clear Kodiak 58 56 4 48 0 14 Cldy Cordova 54 52 6 48 8 30 cldy Juneau 55 52 | 50 50 12 69 Rain Sitka 55 — | 46 — 0 45 Cldy Ketchikan .. 54 52 | 50 50 4 1.56 Cldy Prince Rupert 56 56 | 50 52 6 112 Rain Edmonton 66 64 | 50 54 8 04 Clear Seattle 66 66 | 58 58 [] Trace Rain Portland 70 68 | 58 58 6 0 Cldy San Francisco 70 66 | 8 58 [ 0 Clear The pressure remains low in the Gulf of Alaska and over most of the Interior with rain in those districts and southward to Puget Sound. The pressure is moderately high from British Columbia wastward, on the Artic coast and in Bering Sea with, clear weath- er in Northern and Western Alaska. Changes in temperature have been unimportant. | SINGER BACKS ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES, July. 20,—Gija- como Lauri Volpti, tenor of the Metropolitan . Opera, has invested $13,000, half his salary for the current season here, in the 500,000,- 000-peso patriotic loan with which Argentina is paying its internal debt. To.Pep. Parlor. Parties LONDON, July' 20+The Prince of Wales is not likely to become a wall flower through being a hack number. Recently he has added to his parlor accomplishments the trick of standing on his head. 1t is done only when he is in a circle of inmates, from whom has come the information that he does it rather well. ———————— BELIEVE MORELA HAS BEEN “SLIGHTED” e DALLAS, Tex., July 20-—Texas transport on August 2, for New Bell was succeeded by Lieut. E. York. They will then go directly |[L. Cummings, now in Fort Lewis, | to Washington, D. C. where he but, who will go East on the sam:| has been assigned to duty in the |transport that Maj. ENiott ‘rav-! jotfice of Chief of Engineers as|els on. Cummings gave way to; head of the Miscellaneous Civil Lieut. Emerson I, Itschuer, now at Affairs division. ;Fort Lawton, and he was suceeded Maj. L. E. Atkins, Engineer Of- by Lieut. Philip R. Garges, on duty ficer, and his family, will leave at Fort Dupont, Delaware. Gorgas on the same day for Seattle. Hciwas relieved by Lieut. James G. is under assignment with the Sixth |Christianson, also at Fort Dupont Engineers at Fort Lewis, Wnsh-’uow, and Lieut. R. B. Oxrieder re-, ington, as commanding officer of [placed Christianson. Oxrieder is the Enginecr battalion on duty at ‘auo at Fort Dupont. Lieut. that post. land B. Kuhre succeeded Oxris Lieut. W. W. Hodges, Secretary, (and was in turn relieved by Lmn | will leave 10xt week, also, cnroute |A. H. Burton. Kuhre i5 on_duty tq Fort McIntosh, Texas, for duty % at Fort Melntosh, Texas. Ligut. W. W. Hodge, the last to hel there. the office, relieved Lieut. Buston as Secretary in the Fall of 1931. Brief History Given The Board of Road Commission- ers for Aluska was created in 1905, by an Aet of Congress ap- proved on January 27 of that year. The first Board was composed of Maj. Wilds P. Richardson, Infan- try, President; Lieut. George B, Pillsbury, Cotps of Pngineers, En- gineer, and Disbursing Officer, and Ligut. Samuel IC. ‘Orchard, Secre- tary. It beid its first meeting at Skagway on May 15, 1905, and its first headquarters were established in that city. For the next 13 years Maj, Richardsoil, who was promoted to Lieut. Col. 1n 1911 and made a Brigadier Gereral in 1918 remain- at thé head of the Board with a number of changes in the other memberships, Lieut. Pillsbury, who is now. a Brigadier General and Assistant Chlef of Engineers, was replaced as_engineer officer by Qapt, ¥, A. Fope in 1908. The lat- ter is now a Colonel and in charge of ‘the Milith eal with head- Juarters in &fi;erm Capt. ' Pope was relleved in 1911 by Lieut. Glen B. Edgerton as En- gineer Officer and the latter serv- ed until 1915, Lieut. Ofchard was din_ 1911 es Secretary by i ?am L. ‘Weeks, Edgerton m a Leiytenant Colonel and strict, Epgineér for Rivers anc arbors wi‘ headqiiarters at Rock %x eut. Weeks is not soéd m ie Army Register, In 1018 ‘Weeks .was_rep! by Lieut. L A. Kunzig. _In 22 ah SAYS. a 1915, Edgerton .was relieyed as Engineer Officer .me Mehaffey, and ; Maj. W. P. Da- ig nvvzr a Lieuten- onel Infanfry and sta- me?" at Fort Washington, MJ. !“J.Dwm:xnmlmserlnzh» angl 15 to have died. Board e Jisrupts This’ 'wn the officer personnel of the Board when. the World War era was ushered in. In 1917, Col Richardsont -was promoted to Brig- adier General of the National Army. OJ];’ W. H. Waugh, En- gineers C, nmelieved firsf Maj, i)mm and shortly after- ward Lieut. Mehaffey. Waugh's dmm as Secretary and Disburs< offiéer weré tHen taken over U’Oflfi John' Zug, O. R. C., and| formerly assistant engineer of the Board. About this time, head- quarters of the Commission were Inmved to Juneau from Valdez. ut. vison,, Kunzig C? ‘1;5 1%1 1%)35 3 Tn 1918, Gen. Richardson was relieved from his long assignment as’ Presidént of the Board and as- slzncd to Siberla as commanding omcd- of the Amierican Expedi- Forces. Capt. Waugh was pped up to succeed Gen. Rich- lrdaon as President. Capt. Zug| W Officer, and “many years chief X as_ Lieutenani, made Secretary and 3 omoer Exchequer about $700,000,000 a year. -$Plenty of FOR EVERY CHILD EVERY DAY The Bureau of Home Economies of the United States Department of Agriculture in a recent pamphlet on child health— body’s energy needs .. . and should make up The Peerless fifi ery sports writers without exception :expressed the opinion Gus More- |land, Dallas golf star and 1932 | Trans-Mississippt champion, ~was “slighted” by being left off the United States Walker Cup team. They pointed to the high regard in_which Moreland’s game is held | by Bobby Jones and others, e LINDY'S MEDALS TOTAL 126 ——e i FORMER MILLING SOUTH VICTCRIA, B, C., July 20, Francis Burgess Gibbs, general manager of the Brackman-Ker Milling Company until his retire- ment two weeks ago, is dead. Hc was 59 years of age, ST. LOUIS, Mo, July : — A PAUL RETURNS HOME |medal from Gen. Chung Chiang - | Kai Shek of China, the 126th pre- William L. Paul, attoraey of Knt-[somed to /Col. Charles A. Lind- chikan, after a brief visit in Ju-|bérgh, has been added to the neau, left for his home v.od”:y | Lindbergh ‘trophy collection here. - One of the most striking deco- Taxes on beef, wines nnd liquors | rations in the group, it is fash- consumed in England bring the ioned of elaborately engraved gold with blue and white enamel BREAD” “Bread and cereals provide fuel for the large poruon oj the /almly food.”" ER . & -5 » GOOD BREAD FRESH DAILY B ASK FOR e f i Betty Baxley DRESSES New Smart Models in Print and Pique Special Sweaters 100% Wool Button Front FOR MEN 36 to 44 Comes in Many Solid Colors Close Out Price AT $3.95 Size J. M. SALOUM Across from Goldstein Building HARRY DAWSON’S CAFE Gastineau Hotel OLYMPIC ROOMS FRONT STREET Clean—Comfortable—Close in Mrs. F. Hayden Phone 534 JUNEAU-YOUNG Funeral Parlors Funeral Directors and Embalmers Night Phone 1851 . Day Phone 12 1 I | Famous Candies The Cash Bazaar Open Evenings THE NEW Hupmobile 8 IN TRUTH A CAR FOR A NEW AGE! 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