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rg— TEN THOUSAND MINERS MBVE T0 NEW FIELD Colleries S;;c—esfully Clos-| ed in Taylorsville District TAYLORSVILLE, Ill, Aug. 20— The Miners Expeditionary Force of 10,000 successful in closing the collier have departed to await the call of leaders to trek to the coal fields southward Occupation of this district term- | inated when leaders announced | their plans had been achieved Officials of the Peabody Coal Company, largest in the district, | have obtained warrants charging | over 100 members of the invading force in inciting to riot. e e Remove Bodies from l Hull of Sunken Craft; | German Flags Half Mast | KIEL, Germany Aug. 20.—Sev- en bodies have been removed from the hull of the German training ship N:woble. Salvage ships are us- ing pvmps in raising the Niobe| to the surface. Flags were at half mast today as the bodies of the nraval ‘cadets were carried ashore. . —— Noah lgry Tells Court He’s “Broke” ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 20.-- into ‘a Los Angeles court LOS Haled following his failure to pay up on $82 an judgment, Noah Beery, star, said that he was| He told the court that| ed over $30,000 in small debts, | had worked only 19 days this year and had no money. e - { Phil Collins, Chicago boxing ref- eree, is a capable radio fight broadcaster. In his fighting days he was a leading featherweight. ELKS Ball Room Serenaders’ Dance Band Music You Can’t RESIST - [ and The Finest Dance Floor in Alaska Elks’ Ball § Room SATURDAY NIGHT | “Mississippi Mudcat” imoney and keeps it. !sent to Chicago to pitch for the Cubs. |the shrewdest. ) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1932. Sen. Henry D. Hatfield of W Hebert and Dickinson, be———Jus &ED MISTAK G \ | AINT NG BusH\ LEAGUER NOW," N NO SUH/ e {-TBUT HE (kg Y W, Note the elegant sideburns on Chicago crowds. Bush is now a batters. By PAUL MICKELSEN (Associated Press Sports Writer.) CHICAGO, IIl, Aug. 16.—There was a time wien Guy Bush, ',heK of the Chi- cago Cubs pitching staff, feared| city slickers. But now he's a city slicker him- | self—the kind who makes his No grass has grown under Bush's | feet since the day he was vir- tually pushed onto a train and He has become one of the bus- iet men in baseball—and one of| Between his work as a baseball player he runs a gasolire filling station—and in the rest of his spare time he is schem- ing and planning other means of replenishment of the Bush coffers. Feared Gangsters ‘Whan a Major League scout first discovered the “mudcat” he went into ecstasy. Wth the usual suave speecn he told Bush of all the| | wonders of the big city, and Bush| {agreed to go to Chicago. But enroute he left the train, admitting later he was “scared” |to go to Chicago. He had “heard of gunmen and city slickers” and| | would rather not go. After a long | ‘argumgm. however, he was pushed jon the train again and arrived |as one of the greenest-looking rookies in years. Then presto! He changed from |an awe-stricken rookie to one of | |the flashiest dressers in baseball |He became the sartorial envy of |his teemmates. Now Walks in Dark He stopped looking for well- |lighted streets to do his walking, grew long sideburns and piloted a hign-powered sports car through the heeviest traffic—meanwhile be- |coming one of the stars of the National League. Now when the Cubs are in town, you can find the “mudcat” almosy any time at night at his filling station. As soon as the games are over, he rushes away business and stays there 1 the last car has come and | Greets All Customers In true business fashion he greets every customer, spin: yarn or tw) about baseball, gives 'em an | “inside story” and they always come kack. Result: he has one of the most prosperous filling sta- |tions—and one of the flashiest— |on Chicago’s north side. “Well, REPUBLICAN LEADERS FOR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN || BOY AT FiRST cat” of the Cub hurling staff who no longer holds his watch in filling station business as well as mowing down National League |almost €very day, and he usually M . Associated Press Phote est Virginia, who will be in charge of general headquarters in Wa ington for the republican campaign, is shown with three sectional leaders who will have headquarteu’ in Cheyenne, Wyo., New York and Chicago, respectively. Left to right: Senators Carey, Hatfield, &;b Hurler Loses Bbir 'UUARREL ENDS Of “Slickers,” Growing Sideburns, Walks in Dark IN MURDER,; 2 ~ WOMEN DO I {One Dug Grave for Intend- | ed Victim, Occupies It Herself HAMILTON, Ohio, Aug. 20.—A ‘quarrel between two farm women 7T A SCAR— COUNTRY | toes, ended in the slaying of Mrs. | Ellen Gunsaulie, aged 52 years, and burial in a grave she herself al- ;legedly dug for Mrs. Nellie Cum- |mer, aged 38. Mrs Cummer surrendered to the |police who said she confessed that she had killed Mrs. Gunsaulie. “She dug a grave for me and I buried her in it,” said Mrs. Cum- .mer. She is held, charged with murder. ————— FRANK ALSTROM, A /Tvew 1562 SUCCUMBS HERE Funeral for Long-Time Ju- neau Resident Will Be Held Monday Guy Bush, the “Mississippi Mud- Frank L. Alstram, aged ‘66, a resident of the North 35 /years, died early this morning in 8t. Ann’s hospital of apoplexy. Mr. Al- strom suffered early this month the attack that resulted® {h® His demise, but he had been in' poor health since ‘having experienced his first stroke a few years ago. Funeral Monday Afternoon “city feller” himself, running a big baseball salary like other play- ers. “I knrow you are a hero one day and a bum the next in baseball. The funeral will. be held at 2 I'm {co restless to loaf, and any- o'clock Monday afternoon in the way this is the time to make Lutheran Resurrection Church. In- some money.” terment, in charge of the Charles Bush is one of the fusiest pitch- |W. Carter Mortuary, will be in ers cver to wear a Cub uniform.|Evergreen cemetery. If he bad he'd be pitchi e, e yay T i Mr. Alstrom was born in Grebbs, is the first men to dash for the|SWeden. He migrated, when 18 bullpen when his mates get into Years old, to the United States, troub'e. settling in Chicago. From there he moved to South Dakota, and later to Tacoma. He lived in Ta- - e, | fcuma ten years, leaving there in 1897 to participate in the Klon- | dike rush. He stayed in Dawson until 1905, when he came to Doug- las. Proprietor of News Stand Of late years, ne has made his ALASKA ENJOY - FINE DAY HERE!,.o: e s tor here of Alstrom's News Stand on Lower Fronf Street, until he sold the business to his two sons- in-laws a few years ago. Mr. Alstrom and Mrs. Agusta Anderson were marrfed here in 1919. The widow, as well as the sons-in-law, Olgat Anderson and Eric Anderson, survive. With a large cargo and 86 pas- sengers out of Seattle, the steam- ship Alaska, Capt. C. V. Wester- lund and Purser David Doran, experienced a delightful voyage| north. She arrived in Juneau at 1 o'clock this morning and depart- ed at 11 this forenoon for Skag- way. She will be back here at| lover throwing away some toma-| ALASKA PIONEER ALASKA LINE TO {H. H. Brownell Comes Again for Pictures for Steamship Company Still and motion pictures of all parts of Alaska are being as- sembled by the Alaska Steamship Company. Prominent among the passengers on the steamship Al- aska, which called at Juneau to- day, is H. H. Brownell, photograph- er for the company. He is taking photographs in this part of the Territory. Mr. Brownell was here several weeks ago on his way to the In- terior. On his previous visit he took Mendenhall Glacler, moun- tain and water views. Since then |he has been to coastal towns to |the Westward, and also to Mount McKinley National Park and Fair- banks. Took Many Views Today | This morning accompanled by |Horace O. Adams, Assistant Agent lof the Alaska Steamship Company, |in one of Carlson Taxi's newest cars, Mr. Brownell visited various places in the city, taking photo- graphs. A panoramic view of Ju- neau was obtained from the top of the Federal Building, and indi- vidual pictures were taken of that structure, of the public school | buildings and of the Alaska Juneau | Mill. Photographs were also secured of various homes, and these in- |cluded the home and flower garden |of Mr. and Mrs. George Kohlhepp. Will Be Complete Travelogue ‘When Mr. Brownell’s photography {work is completed and the various | pictures arranged in their order, |the Alaska Steamship Company will |have for exhibition an Alaskan travelogue starting from Seattle. | The travelogue will be synchronized with sound. | Views taken by Mr. Brownell will |also be used by the company in folders and in others of its publica- tions and likewise in advertising matter in national magazines. Mr. Brownell is no newcomer to | Alaska, having been a cameraman |in the filming of “The Cheecha- koes” and “The Trail of '88.” He left Juneau with the steam- ship Alaska today to take pictures| |at Haines and Skagway. BIG DEFICIT PREDICTED BY SENATOR KING WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Basing his prediction in part on income reported from the new tax bill sources, Senator King, of Utah, said that unless business improves materially, there is prospect of a two billion dollar Treasury deficit during the present fiscal year. The Treasury report Thursday showed that taxes from ail sources for July were $12,500,000 less than in July last year. Truce Is Declared In Strike SIOUX CITY, owa, Aug. 20— Peace, in part, has been declared in the farmers' srtike but fears are expressed that this will ag- gravate rather than lessen the tension, leaders believing trouble will break out if trucks, carrying milk, are allowed to pass the blockades with livestock or . grain, which might be smuggled aboard. Milk trucks have been . granted permission to run the blockade. 2 a. m. Monday and, after stay of two houys, will sail on her return to Puget Sound. Included in the wvessel's freight was a large amount of perishable food commodities — poultry, {resh} fruits and green vegetables. These | were given quick discharge and were on display at stores at the opening of business today. 51 Round-Trip Tourists Of the vessel's passengers, 51 are round-trip tourists, They were favored by perfect weather in Juneau this morning. Many of them motored to Mendenhall glac- der. FREE T Seventeen passengers disemgark- g 4 pounds R B G I MM A S 25¢ ed at this port. they were: = — From Sea — Mrs. = T, Seatte M Lty (S OLD ENGLISH JELLO—AI flavors, Mrs. H. H Bromwell and four|S S R 5 S 25¢ steerage. = From Southéast Alaska ports:|[E AMOCAT CIDER VINEGAR—quart W. P. Johnson, E. W. Hellman, Miss B. Richardson, P. H. Faw- cett, Emma Haldene, Margared Nelson, C. C. Boatman, Mrs, O. Casperson. Booked For Lynn Canal Nine persons embarked here for Lynn Canal ports, as follows: bottles A 35¢ . TOWEL GIVEN AWAY with every purchase of 4 bars of excellent toilet soap for 50 cents ITALIAN PRUNES—Fresh and Juicy, BROOMS—4-sewed excellent straw CIGARETTES—AIll Brands, carton ...$1.39 | AR TEREE FREE For Haines—C. L. Polley, O. Lov- ett. m1 For Skagway—Miss Jessie J. D rietta Sell, B. Bontrager, Mrs. Bush didn't raise any foolish children,” he beamed | one night when asked why he wasn';, satisfied fo live on his Campbell, Reed, TR Miss Belle 'Wiliams, Miss Nelson Dennis; FW'I GARNICK’S—Phone 174 £ O TRAVELOGUE OF INCLUDE JUNEAU L T T T T T LU faced film comedian. Movie Star Aids Sister in Securing Divorce HOLLYWOOD, Cal.—Constance Talmadge (left), former film star, is shown in a Los Angeles di- vorce court, where she aided her sister, Natalie (right), in obtaining a divorce from Buster Keaton, sad- BIG RAILWAY MORTGAGE IS NOW RECORDE SHREVEPORT, La., Aug. 20— The largest mortgage record filed in the District Clerk’s office here amounts to $100,000,000. It was given by the St. Louis Southwest- ern Railway Company in favor of the Chase National Bank of New tee. The mortgage 1s for refunding debts and general improvements of the railroad system, and replaces one for $25,000,000 issued by the railway on January 1, 1902. e — “Poorest Farm” Yields Income of $2,400 a Year THOMASVILLE, N. C., Aug. 20.—One of the “poorest” farms in North Carolina has yielded a ¢ash income of $2,400 a year for B. E. Payne for the past 1 18’years. The farm is not one of poor land now. ‘It once was, but Payne’s scientific methods have built it up to one of the best farms in the State. Tobacco has been the chief cash crop. In 18 years Payne has sold 140,412 pounds of to- bacco for $43,498.77, his sales slips show. This was an aver- age of $3098 per hundred pounds, or an average cash in- come of $2,416 a year. Proper selection of soil, fer- tilizer, plant bed, care in cul- tivation, priming, curing, stor- age and grading were mention- ed by Payne as important in tobacco framing. York, and Arnold G. Stifel, trus-, :DR. POLLEY TO OPEN OFFICE AT SKAGWAY Dr. Clayton L. Polly, son of Mr. ’s,nd Mrs. E. M. Polley of this city, | will establish offices in Skagway, | ! it was made known today. He left today on the steamer Alaska for il-!ames and will proceed from |there to Skagway. Dr. Polley is a Juneau High 'School graduate and holds a de- gree in dental surgery from the North Pacific Dental College at | Portland. He was recently licens- ‘ed to practice in Alaska after passing a successful test before the Board of Dental Examiners. Northern Pacific Changes Divisions SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 20.—Aaq- nouncement is made that the Northern Pacific Railway would change its Washington divisional point from Ellensburg to Yakima. ‘An expenditure of $225,000 at Yaki- ma will be involved in effecting the change. For 45 years Ellensburg has been the divisional point. ———— Girls of the Ralnbow were hos- tesses at a delightful dance last evening in the Scottish Rite Tem- ple. A large number of young folks enjoyed the affair. WE HANDLE A COMPLETE LINE OF General Electric Company Products Washing Machines Mangles Vacuum Cleaners Sun Lamps Waffle Irons JUNEAU—Phone 6 Table Grills Hot Pads Flat Irons Sandwich Toasters Electric Ranges All Hotpoint models and everything in GE Wiring Accessories Remember that the GE label means first-class prod- ucts,” and a guarantee from the greatest electrical concern in the world and your local power company means something. Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. DOUGLAS—Phone 18 Edison Mazda Lamps—the Standard of ' Comparison The 11th Annual Southeast Alaska Fair will be held in Juneau September 14, 15, 16, 17 PLUMBING or MONEY BACK "HEATING The World’s Finest OIL. BURNERS For Homes Due to MASS PRODUCTION we are able to sell this wonderful full automatic Oil Burner com- plete installed with 16-barrel fuel oil tank for $350.00 Made by the world’s largestj oil burner company --Underwriters’ Label-- Absolutely Guaranteed Safisfactory ice & Ahlers Co. 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