The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 6, 1932, Page 8

3 appendicitis, g™ |~ T RN g e I __THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 6, 1932, - 584 PUPILS ARE LISTED ON FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Public, Parochial and Gov-| ernment Institutions Report Increases First-day enrolments today at| schools in Juneau totaled 684, which| is slighly larger than the mmn]; number .of matriculations a year ago. Material increases to present figures will be made before the end of the week, the educational! authorities estimate. Public Schools Have 590 Five hundred and ninety reported | at the public schools, Superintend- ent R. S. Raven said. Of these, 421 were entered in the Grade School and 169 in the High School. A total of more than 700 are ex- pected in the near future. Fifty-four pupils reported at the St. Ann's Parochial School. At least six more are expected before Friday, Rev. W. G. LeVasseur de- clered. 40 at Federal Institution Forty were listed at the Govern- ment Indian School. This number will be augmented to 70 by the end of the week, in the opinion of | Mrs. J. B. Allen, Principal. No class work was done in any of the schools today, the time be- ing occupied in enrolling pupils and assigning them to their classes. Regular class work will be start- ed tomorrow. SRR YR Husband of Platinum Blond Is Found Shot in Hollywood JEAN HARLOW AND PAUL BERN HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Sept. 6.—A bullet through his head Sunday night or yesterday ended the life of Paul Bern, motion picture executive, in the home he gave Jean Harlow, known as the platinum blond, screen actress, when they were married two months ago. The police said it is a case of suicide. A note left reads as follows: “Dearest Dear: “Unfcrtunately this is the only way I can make good the frightful wrong I've done you and wipe out my abject humiliation. I love you. (signed) PAUL.” Bern’s wife is reported hysterical and, unable to make explana- tions. BASEBALL FEED AT MOOSE HALL THIS EVENING Firemen Will Tender An-| nual Dinner to Baseball | Players Tonight {Reports of Violence Re-| Baseball players, who are accus- tomed from Ilong experience to having things hended to them, and who do most of the giving themselves throngh the ball sea-l on, will be on the receiving end | of the line this everfag. Tonight they will be guests of the Juneau | Volunteer Fire Department at its Annual Baseball Dinner. Every baseball player who par- ticipated in City League games this season is invited to attend tonight's affair. Other guests in-; clude City League officers and the| League umpires. ‘The usual impromptu talks will be on tap, and any of the ball tossers who failed to “speak his mind” to the “umps” during the playing season can take advantage of the opportunity thus offered. Prize winners will be announced | tonight by President Karl Theile.| The feed is rlated for 6:30 p. m. in Moose Hall. The “standing Toom only” sign is expected to be hung out early. ADMIRAL EVANS SPENDS HOUR ON Vessel Brings Ten Passeng- ers to This Port and Books One South Only an hour was spent here this forencon by the steamship Admiral Evans, Capt. O. E. Han- sen and Purser W. L. Lachelt, en-| FARM STRIKE MISS RUNQUIST | LEADERS PLAN | BECOMES BRIDE NEWCAMPAIGN OF F. 6. ENDRES At the home of the bride's par-| ienbs, Mr. and Mrs. John Run- |quist, Second ani Main, Freder- |ick George Endres and Miss Vio- |let Christine Runquist were mar- Iried last Saturday night at 10 o'clock, Dean C. E. Rice of Holy Trinity Cathedral, officiating. ceived — Governors Meet This Week DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 6.— A plan to spread anew the farm war for higher rrices is indicated as the object of leaders as they gathered to map future plans. Re- ports of wviolence have been re- ceived from Northern Towa. Today's meeting was a secret one but officers said a strong ef- {fort will be made to continue block- ades, especially if the confernece of governors in Sioux City does not develop a satisfactory pro- gram for agricuiture relief. At Correctionville, near Sioux City, 500 farmer strikers and op- ponents clashed over a shipment of five cars of lvestock. After an altercation it was agreed to let the hogs go through but the cattle will remain in the stockyards. TFour farmers were injured La- bor Day when a marketing cara- The couple was attended by C. R. Isaacs and Mrs. Helen Curtis. ‘The bride’s outfit was of a wine colored crepe with trimmings of velvet to match. Her hat also matched. She carried a lovely boquet of white, yellow and pink rosebuds and ferns. A reception foliowed the wed- ding and assisting the bride’s mother was Mrs. John G. Johnson, of Douglas, aunt of the bride. Mrs. Endres was born and rais- ed in Douglas and for the past two years has made her home in Juneau. Mr. Endres is the pro- prietor of the O. K. Barber Shop He has lived in Juneau for the past four years, coming here from Seattle. The newlyweds will con- tinue to reside in the Capital City. MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS of mountain climbers that attempt- ed | this ibase camp at Lituya Bay to Ju neau this afternoon, on the sea- plane Chichagof, Pilot Anscel Eck- mann and Mechanic Gordon Gra- ham. Mr. Washburn was accom- panied by Walter A, Everett of Arlington, Mass,, enother member of the party. the mountain-climbing group are expected to come here in a day or so on the power boat Yakobi, van was attacked by picketeers, three miles from Sioux City. Quring e cxteporly, Mie- Maty Goss sang “I Love You Truly.” MRS. FRANCES WEISBURG BRIDE OF CHICAGO MAN Mrs. Frances Weisberg, daugh- ter of Gus Messarschmidt of . this city, was married in Chicago on RETURN TO JUNEAU H. B. Washburn Jr., of Cam- bridge, Mass., leader of the party| to scale Mount Fairweather summer, returned from the man, according to word received by relatives in Juneau this week. The couple will make their home in ‘Chicago, where Mrs. Niederhel- man has been 1residing the past five years. Mr. Niederhelman is an aviator. He 1is the son of Mrs. R. C. Peterson, former Juneau resident, The several other members ol —weo—— Frsae 5 _|Capt. Thomas Smith. They will Toute f K W3 i e arom Todiak and Seward £ pring with them the supplies and 1S OPERATED ON Carries Canned Salmon |uiPment of thair camp. The vessel carried a considerable quantity of cannad salmon, loaded at Westward ports and destined for Puget Sound. On arrival here, shé had aboard |’ |members of the party are students at Harvard University. return S. Johnson came in recenily from Angoon suffering from can- They will|cer of the stomach. He was operat- to the States in time {o|ed on @t the Government Hospital esume their studies at the insti-|and is now slowly recovering. Heis Mr. Washburn and some of the | ution. the father of Samuel O. Johnson, et stk A0 g Indian missionary stationed at An- if 4 Y “*| Switzerland sent 2,200,000 pounds |goon, who expects ‘to be “trans- Passengers For Juneau | C. B. Osgood, Mrs. C. B. Osgood, Mrs. Frank Foswr, Frank Foster Jr, Mrs. E. H. Mason and infant Mrs. James R. Crawford, Gust Gustafson, George Redmark and one third class. One passenger was booked here | for the South—H. Wells for Pet- ersburg. KANSAS SPORTSMAN | DEPARTS FOR HUNT| To spend some three weeks hunting and photograping wild | game in Southeast Alaska, H. 7.| ‘Wear, Wichita, Kans, big game hunter and sportsman, left here! today on the gas cruiser Warrigal, owned by George Herrmann, who will be Mr. Wear’s guide, This is the Kansan's second Alaska hunting exnedition. He wi!l visit practically every game sec- tion in this district before ending the trip. — e —— JACK GUCKER IS PATIENT sMaster Jack Gucker is a pa- tient at St. Ann's tal, having entered to recerve treatment for l ol silk and rayon products to Great ferred to Juneau® shortly for the Britain last year. ‘winter. ‘ e e JUST ARRIVED = LARGE SHIPMENT OF ' NEW FALL GOODS NOW BEING OPENED New Low Bottom Prices August 20 to Louis Carl Niederhel- || Doctor in Seattle Is NATIONAL PARK NATURALIST IS HERE ON VISIT Joseph S. Dixon Joins Red- ington and Heintzleman for Glacier Bay —Confesses—Rea- sons for Crime SEATTLE, Sept. 6.—Dr. Arthur Jackson was shot and killed at his residence office last Saturday by a man who entered the. office flourishing a pistol. John Zerfass, aged 30 years, un- employed plasterer, was arrested by the police and they said he confessed to the shooting of the doctor because his estranged wife, a friend of the doctor’s wife, a nurse, was in the office with Dr. Jackson. TOM GEORGE 1S BACK FROM BUYING TRIP Silks and Textiles Advanc- ing in Price—Flies for Business To make a study of wild life in Glacier Bay, and look over that district genetally, Joseph. S. Dixon, Naturalist of the National Park Service, arrived here thls morning on the steamer Yukon from Sew- ard. He has just completed a study ‘of conditions in McKinley Park where he ha:c been all sum- mer. Mr. Dixon was jolned here by Paul G. Redington, Chief of the United States Biological Survey and B. F. Heinztleman, Asst. Re- gional Forester, on an airplane trip over the Glacier Bay National Monument as far west as Lituya Bay. They expected to return to town this afternoon. Some time tomorrow, the three officers are scheduled to sail from there on the Forester for an ex- tended visit to the same district. Thy will spend several days study- ing conditions with a view of de- termining the advisability of rec- ommending to Congress the crea- tion of a National Park out of the 1 esent monumens and some addi- tional, adjacent areas. Mrs. Dixon cspent the summer Reporting rapid rises in the wholesale markets on silks and textiles, Tom George, of the Leader in McKinley Park with her hus-|Department Store, returned to Ju- band. She was 4 passenger on the | neau this morning on ‘the Aleu- ‘Yukon, continuing to Seattle en-|tian. route to their Washington, D. C.| Mr. George left Juneau August ‘home. ; 8, for an extended buying trip et which took him to Seattle, Port- BUDY UF KquN land, San Francisco, and Los An- geles. Heavy buying during the widely advertised “Buyer's Week” Taylor and LaVoy Pass Through Here with Body in San Francisco helped to raise prices in that market, he said. Enroute to New York ‘While in Los Angeles Mr. George visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael George. A considerable portion of the ex- tensive merchandise purchases, made during the trip, arrived with Mr. George on the Aleutian Although ebsent from Juneau slightly less than a month, Mr George reports he saved much time by flying from Seattle to Los Angeles and return. ALL SCOUTS MEET DURING NEXT WEEK Following a summer’s idleness, With the body of Theodore Kov- en, victim of the Cosmic Ray Ex- pedition last Spring to Mt. Mec- Kinley, Andrew Taylor, noted Al- askan mountaineer and guide, and Merle LaVoy, famous news 'reel cameraman and explorer, are pas- sengers on the steamer Yukon' for Seattle . They will take the body|the Scouting movement will resume to New York for burial. its activities next week with meet- The body of Allen Carpe, expedX-{xngs of Troops 611 and 613, it was tion leader and second victim' of|announced today by local scout- the ill-fated expedition, Was 'not|masters. recovered. All evidences that might| Tuesday, September 13, will see have led to the discovery of thefthe Scouts of 611 at their first crevasse into which Carpe fell to|meeting since last May. The fol- his death had been obliterated by|lowing evening 613 will gather. fresh snow fall. ‘The regular Court of Honor ses- Koven's body, which was found|sion scheduled for this month has by members of another expedmonfibeen cancelled, and the next gath- returning from a successful climb|ering of the group will be on Octo- of the famous mountain, was locat- ber 3. It is hoped at that time ed with difficulty after an ex-|to establish the first Monday in tensive search by Taylor and La- every month as the day for the Voy. An upended sled left by the|Court to convene/ other party to mark the place| It was felt by Scout officials that Koven's body had been left by it,/a more successful Court could be was finally found almost covered held if both troops had meetings by snow. The body had seven feet|and a number of Scouts were pre- of packed snow cover above it. pared for examination by the Court. New Style Glasses IMPROVE LOOKS Many women overlook the fact that their eyes are their loveliest feature. They hide them behind thick frames that were never becoming. Fashionable women choose frames that are beautiful. Their eyes are pro- tected, yet none of their beauty is lost! ' We will be pleased to show you our new styles . Shot Down Unemployed Man Arrested FINAL THRIFT WORD CONTEST Five Spelling Experts Are| Awarded Free Tickets to Capitol Theatre Here are the five winners in the fourth and last Capitol thea- tre Mis-spelled Words Contest: Mrs. Elsie Minch, Mrs. R. R. Hermann, Hazel Dell, John Key afd Mrs. John Marshal. ‘These contestants are entitled to two tickets each to the Capitol Theatre for the rearest and most accurate answers. Honorable men- tion is given the following: Mrs. J. A. Krugness, Anita Garnick, Mrs. A. T. Nelson, Mrs. Ted Hel- lenthal, Clara Hansen, Mrs. J.' O. Michaelson, Lillian Kiloh. There were thirteen words mis- spelled in the Thrift Day adver- tisements in the Daily Alaska Em- pore of August 30, as follows: Juneau Drug Co. — department, toiletries; Juneau Business College —evening; ‘Alaska Candy Kitchen —daily; Mrs. Jarman's Store Jarman's; Black Cat Candy Shop| —library; Peter Pan Photo Shop | —one; Pantorium--children’s; ’Ven-; etian Dress Shop — assortment; Square Deal Repair Shop — hus-! band; A.'M. Geyer, J. A. Bulgeri —furnace; McCaul Motor Co. : announced; Butler-Mauro Drug Co. | —prescriptions. In announcing the names of the successful contestants in the. third contest, The Pmpire stated that only two persons had sent in cor-, rect lists of the mis-spelled words. | The name of Mrs. Grace Bowman should have been included. Mrs.' Bowman ‘“called the turn” on all 14 mis-spelled words. 1 R STELLA WALSH. BREAKS RECORD 1 TORONTO, Sept. &—swna’ V/alsh, Olympic champion, better-, 2d her own world record for 100 meters list Saturday afternoon by | winning the women's dash at the! Canadian National Exhibition track ! and field games in 11.8 seconds. The previous mark she set at Los Augeles was 119 seconds. ‘The new mark is not likely to b2 approved as she had a strong fcllowinz wind. — LEE SMITH IN HOSPITAL Lee Smith is a patient at St. Ann’s Hospital receiving treatment for appendicitis. " 3 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH :WINNERS NAMED PORTOLA, Cal, Sept. 8—Three| | passengers were killed and the pilot was probably fatally injured when a sightseeing plane crashed during a takeoff at the airport here yes- terday afternoon. i The dead are Helen James, aged 17, and Virginia James, aged 15, daughters of a- Western Pacific em- ployee, and Maurice Murray, aged 25, lumber mill employee. A. N. Haill, pilot, suffered both legs broken and internal injuries. ——- LEAVES FOR CONVENTION Mrs. Edith F. Sheelor left on the steamship Yukon today for Seattle. From there she will go to Portland, Ore., to represent the Department of Alaska Auxiliary of the American Legion at the Na- tional Auxiliary convention. WHEAT, COTTON ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—Chair- man Stone of the Federal Farm Board, announced that all wheat and cotton controlled by the Gov- ernment stabilizatfon organizations and American cotton cooperative associations, will be withheld from the market until next year. About 3,000,000 bushels of grain will be held and about 2,000,000 bales of cotton. —————— BACK FROM BUSINESS TRiP Willis E. ‘Nowell returned yes- terday on the mctorship Estebeti from a business trip to Funter Bay. ——————— RETURN FROM FUNTER Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roden re- turned yesterday from a brief visit to Funter Bay. 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