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N e I £ BOY 1S FOUND NEAR DOUGLAS Brothers Discover Tragedy Victim — Hudsons Still Missing pot d o Gran H have beer while rowin; , with ace vietim to ock Friday row boats, b the bod. be afternoa It was tr of their own brother Norr Tuesday about 9 o'clock, Tom Cox, in his cabin on the beach at Douglas, heard cries from the Cr el He was unable to and the cries did not| to be calls of dis- Where Body Is Found body of Norman was found a Th few hundred feet out in the water from Tom Cox's cabin. recovered boy was fully heavy rubber boots, mac! overcoat and cap still on Weighted down with boots and coat! idn't have a chance to swim| safety The clothed Fingers Clinched The arms of the dead boy were extended and fingers clinched indi- cating he had evidently hung to the ecdge of the boat until un- conscious sarching arties are continuing iheir efforts to find the bodies of! capital Wayne and Grant Hudson. The body of Norman Fleek is at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. No arrangements have been made for the funeral. 600D WINE IS PLENTIFUL IN FRENCH NATION PARIS March 11.—There is no faked wine in France nowadays. Good wine is too plentiful to make | fakin y the laboratory of| the L of agrioulture. While the commoner kinds are sometimes harmlessly “improved” Wwith sugar and water, the labor- atory’s chemists have rarely found imitations pure and simple such as existed before the war. Former Auburn Grid Star Teaches Flying in China AUBURN, Ala., March 11.—Ellis Shannon, an end on Auburn's 1928 varsity football team, is now an instructor in the Chinese aviation school at Hanchow. Noted for his aggressiveness, Shannon turned in several sterling performances on the football field the three years he played for Au- burn. He failed to return to school for his final season of varsity competition, enlisting as a flying cadet in the United States avia- tion corps at the close of his jun- Jor year. . “Hoof Beats” New Voice Of Light Harness Racing GOSHEN, N. Y., March 11— After nearly a half-century of ser- Vice to light harness horse racing, Wallace's Year Book, official®pub- lication of the American Trotting Register Association, has been supplanted by a new monthly magazine, “Hoof Beats." The year book for 1932, recently released by WwWill Gahagan, regis- trar of the association, is the last of a long line which began in '885 The new monthly publica- tion will carry all of the statisti- RETURNS FROM 3-MONTH TRIP Juneau Woman Attended| Auxiliary Committee and National Defense Meets Mrs. E. M. Polley returned on the motorship Northland yesterday afternoon from an eight weeks’ ffip g which she visited Indianap- is, Washington, D. C. Chicago, Boston and several other large cities in the Eastern part of the country. At Indianapolis, Mrs. Polley at- tended the meeting of the Execu- tive Committee of the American Legion Auxiliary. In addition to| many routire matters, plans were completed by the committee for the convention of the American Legion Auxiliary to be held in Chicago| next fall, Mrs. Polley said. Attends Defense Conference From Indianapolis Mrs. Polley continued to Washington, D. C.,| where she attended the conference| of the Women's National Defense| League, which is made up of dele-] gates from all women’s patriotic organizations throughout the coun- try. The conference had a Iarge‘ attendance and some splendid ad- dresses were given L arious mem- bers of Congress other promi- nent peoplewho are interested in adequate defense for the country| and opposed to reducing the de-| fense organizations existing in the United States. She also attended| several meetings of Congress as a| spectator, during her stay in thl:‘[ | Visits Juneau People While in Washington, D. C., Mrs.| Polley visited several former Ju-| neau people mnow living there.| Among them were Mr. and Mrs. E.| |P. Walker, and Miss Margaret| }Gl'an. formerly librarian here. Sh; also visited Mr. and Mrs. Albert Longaker, formerly of Juneau and now residing in Alexander, Va., and| Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Frawley, who| are now stationed at Fort Meyer.I Va. Mr. Frawley was at one time| in charge of the Cable Office sta-| tioned in Juneau. Sees Family In Boston, Mrs, Polley visited| with her family who live there, and numerous friends. Returning West she stopped for a short time in Chicago to see the buildings al-! ready completed for the World's Fair, They were all modernistic different, and very impressive, she declared. Eoth on the way East and re- turning, Mrs. Polley visited in| Portland, Ore. The entire trip was: most enjoyable, she said. —_———— | REPORT POLAND | CONCENTRATING FIGHTING MEN Planes and Tanks Mobil- ized Along Frontier— Denials Are Made BERLIN, March 11.—While the Polish government denied troop concenrations in the city of Gdy- nia and the free city of Danzig,| the German Corridor, former |Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher's newspaper, claimed it was reliably informed that not only were Pol- ish troops being concentrated at German: border points but that unusual military activity was man- ifest throughout Poland. The newspaper said “nearly 300 military planes have been assem- bled on one military flying field and at another point tanks had been increased from 35 to 85.” —-ee Few Pupils in Palestine JERUSALEM, March 11—Offi- cial figures show 211,280 children of school age in Palestine but only cal features of the old year book. ————— Classified ads pay. 85,000 in classes, the pupils includ- ling 35,000 Jews, 33,000 Moslems and 17,000 Christians. AN B i e B H L LT DT LT T Tt INVITATION Republi;an Spain Is Eating Heartily MADRID, March 11.—Madrid is eating about 7 per cent more un- der the republic thanthe monarchy say official figures. The 1932 to- tals include 150,000,000 pounds of bread, 220,000,000 pounds of vege- tables, 80,000,000 of meat, 125- 000,000 of fish, 1,000,000 chickens an 400,000 rabbits. More than 35,000,- 000 pounds of oil were used in cooking these foods. - e BANKS ARE TO AID SUFFERERS IN QUAKE ZONE Authority Granted Banks to Advance All Nec- essary Cash LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 11. —Early today authority came from Washington, D. C., for the banks to advance cash necessary to re- lieve distress caused by the earth- quake and if further assistance is necessary it will be granted by the Treasury Department, ? Chairman Payne, of the National |Red Cross, wired Gov. Rolph of- fering the services of theRed Cross to take charge of relief work. Pierce Willlams, Field Represen- tative of the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation, arrived this morning by plane from San Fran- cisco to co-operate with the relief agencles, —_———— ROSENBLOOM AND HEUSER £0 T0 DRA Fierce 15-Rounder Be- tween N. Y. Champ and German Fighter NEW YORK, March 11.—Maxie a close draw last night in a 15- round bout with Adoiph Heuser, barrel-chested German. It was a fierce battle from the sound of the gong at the first round to the final bell. ——————.—— High school enrollment at Con- len, a small community near Dal- hart, includes only 10 girls. for Men, Our Sto LIQUID All Next Rosenbloom, champion light-heavy-' |weight of New York State, won NOW is the time to BUY SHOES and Children! SALE Continues SAVINGS OF 25 per cent to 75 per cent STRICKEN CITY - RESIDENTS ARE IN CALM STATE Huddled Before Huge Fires —Semi-Martial Law— Governor on Scene 1 This stricken city is calm this morning, operating under semi- martial law. Occassional quakes have not in- creased the damage done early last evening and during the night. The weary people have grown accustomed to the continued trem- bling and took them as they came without any attending excitement. The city streets are abandoned for the most part, except for the jhundreds of men who have start- |ed rehabiliation work. ! Thousands of the residents are| huddling under blankets on their lawns, on vacant lots or in the parks. all before big fires. Many water mains are broken, but there are only scattered rew ports of water shortage. Gov, James Ralph Jr. is here taking personal charge of the re- lief work. THREE KILLED WHILE FLYING, ~ QUAKE SCENE {Men Going to Aid Suffer- ! LONG BEACH, Cal, March 1,| | Browning, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1933. ; ECONOMY PLAN FACES CAUCUS BY DEMOCRATS Drastic Proposals Suggest- ed by President to Be Discussed BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, March 11. — The House has passed Roosevelt’'s Economy Bill. The Senate set action en the measure over until next week, WASHINGTON, March 11.—The President’s half billion dollar Ec- cnomy plan faces a Democratic caucus late today after unanimous roval by a special House Com- mittee. CAUCUS BUCKS WASHINGTON, March 11.—The Democratic membership of the House refused ' in caucus to be {bound to support President Roose- velt's economy bill by a vote of 174 to 108, lacking a two-thirds majority required. The vote was ched after the caucus adopted an amendment to the program by of Tennessee, to limit reductions on pensoins and com- pensation to veterans. Action on the bill is however, expected late his afternoon. The general sen- ent is however, to support the President’s program., Sty Lo Nearly 7,000,000,000 postage stamps were sold by the British post-office during 1932. . Want to Bomb Deer GLASGOW, March 11.—The Na- tional Farmers' Union of Scotland has asked the government to send bdmbing planes to destroy deer which come down from the moun- tains into sheep pastures. The farmers complain that sportsmen do not -hit enough of the raiders, ->-ee - DORBANDT MAY LOSE AIRPLANE; SUIT IS BEGUN Confiscation of Craft Is Desired by U. S. Government SEATTLE, March 11.—Tom De- Wolfe, Assistant United States At- torney, began action in the Fed- eral Court yesterday to confiscate fne airplane owned by Frank Dor- brandt. A The plane was seized several months ago when Dorbrandt and Lyman Destaffany, a fur trader, were arrested and charged with alleged smuggling of furs. The charges were dismissed. Confiscation of the plane is asked on the grounds that Dor- brandt, who is a well known Al- aska flier, did not have proper permits under the Department of ‘Commerce , regulations. e R. H. CHADWICK ARRIVES FROM THE WESTWARD R. H. Chadwick, representative of the United States Rubber Co., returned to Juneau from a trip to the Westward and Interior dis- tricts on the steamer Admiral Ev- ans this morning. ers in Disaster Die in | | Plane Crash | LOS ANGELES Cal. March 11.— Frederick Porter, Chicago sports-| man, pilot and owner of the plane;i Capt. Charles E. Towne, Santa Monica airport Field Manager, and ' Police Sergeant Charles Morton, of Santa Monica, were killed when | their plane crashed in a fog en:| | route to Long Beach last night to! render aid to the quake victims. .. —— Prosecutor Plays Ball’g| WOODSFIELD, O., March 11.= Besides being the second youngest | prosecuting attorney in Ohio, | Charles W. Lynch is the best bas- ketball playing prosecutor in the | | state. After court sessions and! grand jury investigations Lynch,! 26, dons a basketball uniform and plays with a local independent team i l Women rewide ATION Week! to dine well and rest well at Seattle’s most distinguished ad- dress. Here, you will find all the modern hotel conveniences ne- cessary to your complete comfort and all those old fashioned ideas of friendliness and hospitality that are necessary to a good hotel well operated. ] H I = = H] H -] = ] B ] ] = ] i " = - ] H i I = ] B B H H -] Fi It F = H ADOLPH SCHMIDT, Managing Director. Alaskan Hea‘dqu_a.rtefs—Ask for Permanent Rates. HOTEL NEW WASHINGTON Seattle’s Most Distinguished Address illlllllllllllllnllll!l-lIlIlll.l.IIllll&lllmlll!llllllll!lll!lll F O B P R R B 2 IN 1 SHOE POLISH Regular 15¢., LIMIT—2 customer, each to a Special Monday! gi Sc¢ i Arnold’s Bootery .. Store Open Evenings Yes, Madam, that Armstrong’s QuakerRug is now Only... ; ; $8.00 Back to 1921 prices—that's our contribution to happier, prettier homes. Come in now and select your brand-new Armstrong’s famous rugs. Quaker Rug. Soil-proof, dust-proof, water- " proof. Never before value like this in these “TOMORROW’S STYLES TODAY” Spring Dress SALE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL /AFTER PAY DAY c “JUNEAU’S OWN STORE” . Phones 9295 7 . A BOTTLE of CREAM in aCAN! TRY IT TODAY—Suitable for table use or whipping. Contains 32 % or more butter fat. George Brothers Five Fast Deliveries DRY REPEALER IRELIEF PLAN APPROVED FOR PASSAGE SOON House Committee Ap- proves Bill Repealing Alaska Bone Dry Law (Continued from efage Ome.) this week, was substituted in the House for an identical measure introduced by Representative Bar- onovich. It was recommended for passage by the Judiciary Commit~ tee for further study and possible revision. The House session was short today, opening at 11 o'clock amd lasting about 30 minutes. SENATE SESSION BRIEF 1 The Senate held a brief session READY T0 BE TRANSMITTED WASHINGTON March 11.—Pres- ident Roosevelt’s half billion dollar Jobless relief program was ready for transmission to Congress to- day but only apparently after he learns the UShgreSsionat in%ent on his economic plan. this afternoon, receiving one new bill and conducting only routine business. Senator Walker, Ketchikan, in- troduced a bill relative to the practice of optometry in the Ter- ritory, establishing a Board of Ex- aminers and defining and regulat- ing the practice of optometry. ——— Slassified ads pay. BERGMANN Dining Room Phone 107 TURKEY DINNER SUNDAY From 5:30 to 6:30 P. M. ; 60 Cents Cream of Tomato Soup with Whipped Cream Fruit Salad Roast Turkey Hearts of Celery with Dressing Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes Carrots Sweet Potatoes Peas Upside-down Cake with Whipped Cream Lemon Pie FREE! A Jig-Saw Puzzle with every 1 lb. can COCOMALT | At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 55 NEW ARRIV ALS! 1 LADIES’ AND MISSES’ SWEATERS FOR SPRING | $1.95 and $2.25 Leader Department Store Store Open Evenings Candy NOVELTIES - PRIZES Under the Auspices of the Loyal Order of Moose DON’T MISS THIS DANCE! It will be the Biggest, Best, and Most Popular Dance of the Season in the Most Beantiful, Modern Decorated DANCE HALL IN ALASKA The Merry Makers, NONE BUT Anderson’s 5-Piece Orchestra . NEWEST AND BEST MUSIC - - yG’em[émen 75,;Studems 50, Ladies Free Dance TONIGHT AT THE EVERGREEN GARDENS in the Goldstein Building

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