The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 13, 1933, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1933. pring Fabric Week! Cottons in New Weaves Featured A profusion of beautiful colors and patterns for “the new season are including the corded weaves and printed sheers Every woman who intends should view this exceptional that will be so favored. . ta do thome sewing, for Spring shown in our fabric sect display<of wash fabrics. The Largest Stock of Staple New Priced more reasonably than ever before! lOll- A complete shipment of the latest in Ready-to- Wear will a rrive in ample time for Easter. Merchandise JUST ARRIVED! B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. NEW CURRENCY I8 CIRGULATED, TWELVE CITIES Financial Institutions, Re-! serve Bank Centers, Reopen Today (Continued from Page One.) fast night that the banking system was ready for reopening today on @ progressive basis. The President asked renewed eonfidence and faith by the people. Catching a spare moment, almost for the first time in this eight days in the White House, the Pres- ?"nb used the press and radio to il the people, in his own words, whiat had been cdone and what he intends to do. JIhe Presicent promised the as- sitance of the Reconstruction Fi- fnce Corporation, Federal Reserve member banks to make sure the opening of sound State in- tutions outside the Federal Re- t'mo concern be felt if all insti- tiofls are not immediately re- warning that some bnnxs; ht not be reopened. He asked opened. The President explained| such banks would probably be op- ened shortly Licensed banks, the President | said, would be opened today in the twelve Reserve bank cities, in clearing house association cities| Tuesday and in other communities from Wednesday on Government’s Job | President Koosevelt scored bank- ers who “had shown themselves in- competent or dishonest” serted it is the “Government’s job | to straighten out this situation jand do it as quickly as possible and the job is going to be per- formed” The President said “confidence and courage on the part of the people is essential to success of the plan.” The President further said: “You will ask why are not all of the banks reopened at the same time? Question—Answer “The answer Is simple — your Government does not intend that the history of the past few years shall be repeated. We do not want and will not have another epidemic of bank failures. It is necessary that the reopening of banks be eX< tended over a period in order w, permit banks to make application for necessary loans and obtain cur- rency needed to meet their re- quirement and to enable the Gov- ( and as-| “It is possible that when banks resume very few 'people who have not recovered from their fears, may again begin withdrawals—I can as- sure you it is safer to keep your money in a reopened bank than under a mattress.” Art Experts Hlke Miles Judging British Designs LONDON, March 13 —~When a competition was held for plans of new premises for the Royal Insti- | tute of” British Architects, 2,083 drawings were entered. They occupied more than a mile of screens, covered approximately three-quarters of an acre, and it was estimated that the jury of assessors had to walk 12 miles in judging the designs. R P LT " Wireless Is Arranged For Jamboree of Scouts BUDAPEST, March 13.—A pri- vate wireless station will serve the| camp of the fourth Boy Scouts' World Jamboree here next August. The Hungarian Government is also planning to give the camp its own| newspaper and own police system. ———————— Shipments of leather from the United States in 1932 went directly ernment to make common-sense check -ups. ] to 81 countries and indirectly to several obhers. * * * N “reasonabl: " invited Netghbors to Share Roosevelt Fortunes * % Proud Hyde Park Couple Leave Village Cottage to Handle Managem ot_}lmta House During Occupancy by New “First Family.” THE WHITE HoOUSE as tho ew cabinet members are Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nesbitt, of Mrs. Frapklin D. Roosevelt. For with the Roosevelt fnmly ..Imu close up their neat little home and ’u.'::l puhnl of the Roosevelts, recewzd the surprise of their lives Washington to accept the as custodian-clerk and housekeeper good fri n- to to have been singled out for the job. Mrs. their expenditures, Mr. wlnl he was 19, has ha own home, will take on the bij t; while her l'nubllld, as custor itt, who came olorful career. , clerical worker whaler. recalls n-clerk, It is on this last named phase of bh Jife how on on oceunnhooptufl-bmuh ork le delicacy. The T e v ""W‘". Q\ * k] *x | 1 e omeiion ta) to t-k- uj B ke, Hestiu, ointments in the White House, sbitt, whose of supervisis will look a ,51' to At fi‘ N,vhv conye Climbers Race Fliers in British Rwalry To Reach Top of World’s Highest Peak By OSCAR NEIDING | LONDON, March 13.—Two great adventures, which may develop in- to a race, are pointing toward the |conquest of Mount Everest. i Loftiest known peak, its head towering 119,141 feet, Everest is to be ‘assailed by land and air »cxpc-[ ditions. | Climbers = Start Ahead ‘ First away to the task ne one! has yet accomplished though- mnnyl lives have been lost in attempts, | was the van of the land upedn—l tion headed by Huqh Ruttledge, a retired officer of te Indian civil| séFvice. Te other soekels for the glory to be first in the conquest, com-| pose an air expedition, financed| by Lady Houston, England’s “Lady | Bountiful,” | It includes the Marquis of| Clydesdale, member of Parltament | for East Renfrewshire; Air Com- modore P. F. M. Fellows, who will be in charge as technical exper and Flight Lieutenant McIntyr: They are flying to their base in| light planes. Plan March Flight Two airplanes will be used, with ! the main base at Purnea, about 160 miles from Mount Everest. The effort to photograph the world's | highest peak from above is plan-; ned to take place any day now. | Longer is the task of the land party, which ‘expects to reach the! base camp north of Everest i April and have nearly two months | to make its attack before the mon- s00n. This effort to scale the peak afoot, was formed by & joint com- | mittee of the Royal Geographical| Society and The Alpine Club. i Altogether, the = expedition . will| number 14, including L. R. wd- Mt. Everest, unconquered tip rival Britich expeditions. climbing party will attempt to sc: overcoming conditions illustrated expedition 21,000 feet up. WHERE NATURE DEFIES MAN of the world, is tc be attacked by The map shows Purnea, whence venture- some fliers led by Air Commodore P. F. M. Fellowes (left) will try to fly over the 29,141-foot peak and photograph it from above. A ale the mountain from the north, (upper left) by the camp of a 1931 ger, a member of the British Arc-! tic air route expedition of 1930.{1‘-’8 adyisable to made it annually. 1931, and Thomas A. Brocglebank, | “Upon the results of the study of who stroked the Cambridge crew | the medical and educational work to victory for the third successive Of the Bureau, will be based future year in the 1931 varsity race; ‘.varhtlons in the work of the de- Unsuccessful. attempts to scale, 'patments. Data and knowledge the monarch of the Himalayas were | Were gathered in order that we made in 1921, 1922, and 1924 and Might more justly outline a pro- there is a dramatic ‘possibility for 8ram for the next several years,” both expeditions that they may Mr, Gordon Said. find traces of Mallory and Irvine | [Educational (hnn;;s Planned ] two climbers who never returned.| From the observations made, it The base camp 12 miles north |Will be possible to outline a pro- of BEverest will be at the height 8ram incorporating the variations of Mont Blanc and here, Mr. Rut- Which it is felt necessary to make tledge said, is where “climbers and |{rom the usual standardized edu- porters don windproof suits, gog- |cational program to suit localized gles, helmets, special boots, everything calculated to turn a 8ram to meet the social needs of respectable citizen into a figure various communities. of fun” | A complete report and outline of apart, with camp Three as the ad- |Affairs in . Washington, D. C. vance base at 21,000 feet. ,based upon the observations made, The fourth stage, which they ex- With recommendations for further pect to reach about May 17, will @PPropriations and plans for the be at an altitude of 23,000 feet, Pro8ram for the next several years. and two more temporary camps Mr. Gordon feels that the best feet, |vices of the Bureau is a complete The last 1,000 feet, Mr. Ruttledge 'analysis of the situation and the sald, will be “a nepic fight.” Oxy~ WOrk that is being done. gen will be used if it seems nec- The stations where hospitals un- essary and effective. !der the charge of physicians are | This will be the first expedi- M@intained, which were visited by | tion to provide its porters witn the inspection party were Mount- sleeping bags. They are lined with 20 Village, Kanakanak, Kotzebue, | Iea)hcrs and exceedingly lu;ht .Tanam and Akiak and vxllsges »where hospitals are maintained by v.he Bureau under the direction of INsPEcTIuN uF wreildem nurses, visited were Chit- OFFICIALS WAS s =" - SATISFAGTURYK At none of the villages visited lina and Yakutat. Services of phy- sicians, as needed, are suppiied by | ithe Bureau at both Cordova and | iNoms ’we.re epidemics of any kind en- countered and the general health condition of the Indians was ex- cellent, Dr. Fellows said. Dr, Fellows was interested in aiding the Indians in the isolated villages and ==%ending advice to the nurses and doctors of the dis- m‘lct; regarding the work of the !medical department. He studied |me conditions in order to outline ‘a program for variations in the { Lengthy Tnp Made by Bureau of Indian Af- fairs Officials of Value “From the standpoint of becom- ing better acquainted with condi- tigns as they exist in the field and | exte the supervision of the: work and greater service by the cencr.l off dnto outlying dis- |depirtment. The department at !.rlct& the u-sp of inspection gust this time maintains ning full comple N. L. Troast, Dr.| F. 8. Fellows and mysell was most | Pll‘f of their time to the work of satisfactqry,” declared Paul Gor- the Bureau, throughout the Terri- don, Director, of Educa'fn for mlm Alasks divigion of the Ulflfbd . ny of our districts are in- States Bureau of Indian Affairs. itely housed and Mr. Troast Gordon has returned from panied us to study ‘the jve trip of inspec; b‘li’fln& conditions and will oui- tion into isqlated districts through- 1€ a building program for th: out the Terxitory, made by ‘conlldernion of the Commissioner government department in Alaska. ! lof Indian Affairs in Washington, | He Wwas accorppanied by, Dr. #el- | 'D. ©, for the next several years lows, Medical Director and N. Les 10 the hope that it can be carried ter Troast, Architect for the de- (through so that hte Hospitals and partment. They made over. 80 schools have proper houses and stops at small settlements and | buildings. towns throughmn the districts Retrenching Necessary covered, the farthest north ‘poing| “Our educguonal work for the visited being Kotzebue. Over ij@ fiscal year will of necessity require miles of the trip were made by lh'y' a certain amount of retrenching in plane, order to keep within the appro- Winter -Alrplane Travel Gogg ~|Priation of $600000, which is $50,- “From our experience I woyld 000 less than that at our disposal say that airplane transportation jn [fOr the fiscal year ending,” Mr. Alaska during: the winter months is Gordon said. most satisfactery. Some of m “It is not possible at this time, trips. were made during weather |1© 8hnounce what items must be which reached 80 degrees below sacrificed to meet this figure but zero but we sutfered no serious evnry attempt will be made to discomfort. The weather on m make the service as adequate as whole was excellent and the few places we were delayed by storms |educational fields. While the $281,- were locations where we had work |800 @ppropriation for the medical to do so that the delays caused no|department is only slightly less inconvenience,” Mr. Gordon said, |than that of last year, we have Extensive Trip Made ' one more hospital to maintain.” The trip was the first of guch| Indians Have Gardens extent made by officials of the| “The natives seemed to be \ Bureau and was an experiment to [usually ‘ well ~supplied with determine whether or not it -would w‘fll in’ ‘the Copper “Raver and conditions, and to gear this pro- | Three camps are to be kept per-|the Bureaw's work will soon be | | manently, each three to four hours 'sent to the Commissioner of lx\dlax*‘ jare planned at 26500 and 27,300 2réument for extending the ser-| time physicians and two who give |2 possible, both in the medical and | ‘dxstrict. They were much better prepared this year than last and had put up quantities of food. While the main food in the Indian diet consists of fish on the coast and reindeer, caribou and moose meat, in the districts where it |abounds, vegetables are a growing source of food supply in the local- ities where it is possible to estab- lish gordens,” Dr. Fellows said. “In Chitina, Unulakleet and sev- eral other villages, a majority ot the Indians have gardens. Kotze- \bue was the northernmost village | where gardens have been estab- |lished by the Indians.” j PR The number of newsreel produc- ers in France is increasing with |the total now eight. ISRGLL 5 Y There’s big news for you in the s.dvertlsmg columns. | New Spring Sweaters Combination Colorings Puff Sleeves $2.25 Srrirns { | CAPS $2.50 Now you can buy the best that money can | buy at a popular price. H.S. GRAVES The Clothing Man J. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather LOCAL DATA By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., March 13: Snow tonight and Tuesday; moderate ‘southeasterly winds. Time Barometer P. Hum$dity Wind Veioclty Weather 4 pm. yest'y .20.54 25 37 SE u Clear 4 a.m. today | 29.66 25 82 NE 6 Cldy Noon today .. ..20.17 35 k(] SE 15 Snow CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS —_— YESTERDAY TODAY Highest 4p.m. | Lowest4am. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station temp. - temp. temp. temp, veloci:y 24hrs. Weather Barrow 34 - <84 -2¢ -2 0 Cldy Nome 10 2 -6 -4 20 0 Clear Bethel 10 10 =12 -10 24 0 Clear Fort Yukon 0 -2 -18 -18 14 0 Clear Tanana 2 2 -4 -4 0 0 Clear Fairbanks 8 8 <10 -10 4 0 Tlear Eagle 2 0 =28 -26 6 0 Clear St. Paul 28 28 | 12 12 38 0 Cldy Dutch Harbor ... 32 32 32 32 0 0 Cicy Kodiak 36 24 26 0 0 Cldy Cordova 32 22 22 18 02 Snow Juneau ... 25 21 25 6 Trace Clay Sitka —_ 27 —_— 0 0 Pt. Tidy Ketchikan 38 22 22 * 0 Clear Prince Rupert 40 | 28 28 6 04 Clear Edmonton 16 2 2 4 .16 Cldy Seattle 52 42 42 10 Trace Cldy Portland . i 48 | 40 40 4 02 Pt. Cldy San Francisco 52 | 50 50 8 42 Clear The barometric pressure is moderately low in Southern Alaska and British Columbia, and lowest in the Gulf of Alaska and south of Unalaska, with light snow in the eiastern portion of the Gulf. The pressure is slightly above normal in Northern Alaska with clear weather over the Interior and on the Bering Sea coast. Temperatures have risen in Centrdl and Northern Alaska and the eastern Aleutian Islands and have fallen over most of Western Alaska. ALWAYS FRESH FRUITS and VEGE TABLES AT CALIFORNIA GROCERY Prompt Delivery PHONE 478 — e —— ) UNITED FOOD Co. CASH GROCERS We Deliver ~ Phone 403 BAILEY’S SPECIAL Every Night from 8 P. M. CHICKEN NOODLES and CHOP SUEY BAILEY’S CAFE FOR INSURANCE Sce H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg. New Wall Paper Here! 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