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All the splendid Star Brand sohd ]eatlmr shoes possible at the present low prices “for qua] ity merchandise; this is bosslb]e only THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRK PEOPLE MUST | SUPPORT NRA SAYS JOHNSON Flies to St. Louxs to Ad- dress Fifteen Thousand Persons on Sundfly ST. LOUIS, AugA 14—Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, NRA Administrator, flew here Sunday from Washington Jin an Army plane with a' plea for the President’s reemployment pro- gram. He explained that success | depended on' the cooperation of ‘the | “people in each town” a&nd im- | pressed upon the women they would i play a great part in the success of| | the program. Ahead of Schedule The Administrator said the Presi- dent’s reemployment program is far ahead of the schedule from coast | to coast “and nothing can stop it {if the general movement is sup- ported along the line of march. Theére are such men as stood on the banks of the Hudson while | Fulton’s steamboat got up steam and cried shell: never run. We {have also heard similar complaint | in Washington for a month but the | program is running and will con- |tinue to run if the people get | solidly behind it, which I am sure | they will.” Death to Violators The speaker, ‘who addressed 15,- 00 people asserted that violation of the NRA code would mean thej economic death for any business! | man. Johnson returned by plane Washington after his address. in our stock wlll be he]d a@ ]ong as 1 | i to! be- NO usr ON FARMER TOUR GROWD HERE Tourists from East, Middle ' West, Have' Riin from Seattle ‘The party of farmers and their wives aboard the Alaska when she docked here yesterday had their ardor somewhat damp- ened by continuous rains since they left Seattle. However, most of the 130, who come from Ohio and the New England States, took the trip to Mendenhall Glacier and Auk Lake which was included in their - itinerary, only a few be- ing daunted by the down-pour. The time-honored conception of farmers in overalls and their wives in sunbonnets suffered a ecriel blow blow yesterday, for these men and womén appeared as substan- tial business men and women, as many of them were. The farm- ers in the party wers for the most part retired, although some of them took time out from active participation in crop raising. Spon¢ored Tour The tour is one'sponsored every year by the Ohio Farmer, a maga- zine edited by Ray T. Hickey, of Cleveland, ©Ohio, who 'was ih ‘charge of the vacationists. Each year the tour takes in a different part of the country. Included'in the tour is another smaller group from the New England States, sponsored by J. G. Watson, Edi- tor 'of ‘ the' New England “Home- stead. Most of the men and women 18 DIPARTM!NT OP mmcunm mmm mmnu Wed l! the U 8 We.uler B-n.ll LOCAL DATA Forecast for Junean and ilim bei\‘nhinx at 4 pm, Anml u Showers tonight followed by clearing, 'I‘uesday fair; zenm van- able winds. Time 4 pin. yest'y 4 am. téday Noén today Barometer Temp., Humidity Wind Velocity ~ Weather °| 39.96 51 o3 s’ 1 ‘Misting J060 50 99 Cam 0 Rain - 30.18 54 90 SE 7 Clay CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS ... TR TS forznoon | Sl«lflon Nume " Bethel 4 Fort Yukon Fairbanks Eagle .. St.- Paul g Dutch Harbor ... Kodiak . Cordova ... Janean Sitka . Ketchikan 5 Prince Rupert ... Edmonton . Seattle Portland San Francisco L N e L - Pt. Cldy Cldy Cldy Cldy Clear Rain Pt. Cldy Cldy" Rain Cldy Clear Clear Clear seggazeearey = =~ g8 . 92 l:s;a:sl agxsaee The barometric pressure is moderately low from the eastern Aleutian Islands 'southéastward and moderately high over the re- mainder of Alaska, Wwith moderate to Heavy rain in' Southeast Al- aska and generally partly eloudy'weather elsewhere in the ' Tefritory. 'l'nmperm.ures have ' risen in''Central and Western Alaska. I's Low-Pricen! CONFERENCE HELD | questioned about their reactions to ‘WASHINGTON, ‘Aug. 14.—Presi-| the trip spoke very highly of what dent Roosevelt conferred with NRA| they have 'seen so far of Alaska, | Administrator Hugh S. Johnson to-| but all ~expressed = great ‘disap- |day on what accomplishments had pointment that the weather ‘could {been made under the NRA Biue not have been better. Eagle and the President also meet Bl il S | the Recovery Council to see tmu1 . all phases of Federal efforts wer e being synchronized. It is believed the President ap- | proves of Johnson's ideas as ex- | pressed at St. Louls Sunday wherz he advised all to seek trade under, & wne Blue Eagle. FOR WOMEN i Mzny Return to Werk “EVERY YEAR dress and { Srsanwans oot range from S | 200,000 to as high as 2,000,000 the| Children who are dull or seem- { nuiber of ‘persons who have been:ingly stupid in’ school, are- usuaiiy | returned to the payrolls with in-; bright enough when the 'severe !dustrial codes submitted and ap-|EYE STRAIN is removed by proper proved by 40 to 50 industries. gl and sickly, nervous chil- | A dren, with poor digestion, usually GOLD FOUND |respond with pep, improved health,' (and efficiency in their studies when | ASMARA. Eritrea—Goid veins|their eyes are cared for by DR.' | have ‘been located ‘about 12 miles| EDMUNDS. | I morth of this East African town| Cross-Eyes straightened without :an'l Italian colonial authorities cperation. We want to do thc | have granted prospector licenses [O‘grpateat good to the greatest num- 38 operators. Traces of the yel- |per. Can test day-time or evenings. cause they were purchased at a time ‘when there were no efforts made to advance A GENERAL@ELECTRIC ¥oB ONLY The advertisements bring you igews of better things to have and ; c | easier ways to live. ot cost. An opportunity is offered to Buy shoes for the who]e famfl\ for every occasion. This new modQel gives you 100 percent Geémeral ‘Electric Quality ‘st the lowest price in G:E Waiher History .. . t0 operate, it will soon pay for itself um of savings in laundry bills. See it'at our store foday . . . &¢ 1ét w8 demonstrate it in your homs. SCHOOL CHILDREN’S g EYES o I SHOULD BE EXAMINED OE* FEATURES Alumfnum s Enamel Tub Aluminum Lid fety Wringer & Moter $5.00 Down $5.00 Monthly $2.95 up 8al Troublefree wn-rvranl Cor: Alaska Electric L;ght & Power Co. Juneau 6 Doug]as 18 REMEMBER—The 12th Annual Southeastern HflOE\ FOR MFN for dress or wblk $2.95 up OES FOR CHILDHEN for b ————— | S T L pi A B. M. Behrends Co., In¢. Juneau’s Leading Department Store school or dress in pat- ent, kld and elkskin, - $1.50 up Leon Trotzky will return to Moscow soon if his éonferences’ with Maxint' Litviiolf, séviet commissar of ffroe':gnr:fia‘? during his present visit to France, are successful. Termination nlufis exxk dernd. ?fl eace terms dictated by Stalin, once one of Trotzky 's underlings, now ruler of the UvS.S. g ) iylytnver owever, if Trotzky will ever again be a power in the Kremlin where with Lenin Russia’s 200 millions, Here are newest pictures of Trotzky (left), L:tvmofl (im g the go-between; and \zalm. master of the Kremlin (dmwn in KETCHIKAN MAN OBTAINS PATENT AFTER 33 YEARS the Department of i-e Interior in| publication, he felt he was entitled 1911, | to secure his patent. se Is Recpened He then conferrea with Mr. Boyle Se\eral 5ears later, Hamblet ob-| for many years Register of the tained the services of an Alaskan| Local Land Office here and at An- attorney who asked the Land or- chorage. He, after obtaining a full fice to reopen the case. This | statement of the case from Ham- lawyer completed the record and | blet, was able to procure the ngces- for the second time paid the pur-|sary information upon which patent chase price of the land, this time,|could be issued, and which has just however, to the Land Office in the | been accomplished. SIX FAMILIES Gets Patent to Lode Claim on Thorne Arm—Case Is Said to Be Unique (Continued from Page One) proper manner. He was unable to| - The case, hé said, presents a procure proof that the notice hafllrword. it is believed, in Land Of- | ever been published and subse-|fice practice, and the record dis- | quently withdrew from the case. closed that no particular person The owner then retained Pat|was responsible for the delays, and, | Gildea, Ketchikan attorney. Mr.| also, that the Land Office was | Gildea was trying to get the | extremely lenient in its considera- mitted that the notice had been tangled evidenge straigthened at time. | the time of his death. T ce was not lax in| In 1931, the Land Office again the matter. hle years 1910 called on Hamblet to furnish proof 1, it Mwu upon | of publication of notice, or, else, to -complete -his pp | start the case anew. Since he had ,be personal kxwwledme that it had | tion'. of * the _problems presented. | Under the law, which is very posi- tive on the' subject, patent could not issue until proof had beén pre- sented, and that proof hy someene: ‘emnmdvlm.mm ing that notice had been published uru:euu-adhhm provided by law, ROFIT CO-OP FARM PROJECT 1 Aug. 14- -—Ai “no politieal H BEMIDIT Minn,, farm colony where oOr raligious angle is involved” is| thriving near here. Six familles hav® established a co-operative farming project, eaci family having its own cottage but taking meals together in a com- munity dining hall. That part of the crops not need- ed to feed the members is sold, with proceeds distributed on a “work done” basis. Nearby stands of ‘timber keep the men engaged during the winter months. Last season they cut and hauled to town: more than 400 cords of } F FOR RAINI WEARS A STRR Tourist ,\’151)1ng June Must Buy Another— Present One Soggy 8. B. Miller, one of the pas- sengers who léft Juneau thi§ morn= ing aboard the Northland, is.nob one to let a little rain interfere, with his long accustomed practices. Although this was his first trip on a -steamer, when he came Juneau, he is a widely traveled man in the States, and he always wears a straw hat when traveling i the month of August. Hence, even though he was ?Ai’ from the sWeltering southland, Mr. Miller maintained his straw b even though it rained. Mr. Miléer's one sad thought is that he Will have Yo buy a new straw when Hé gets bhack to Seattle, for his M one is Sadly sogey. ——— The world's -greatest -need courage—show yours by MW. low metal also have been found in the Do Boro, Sil-Sil and Hara | Hot regions. YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER YEAR, TO INVEST IN PERFECT EYE COMFORT DR. J. W. EDMUNDS, popular SEATTLE OPTOMETRIST, will be here a FEW DAYS ONLY, after| | August 15th, AT GASTINEAU HOTEL, on his return to his tle offices. YOUR VALUABLE EYES should | be examiner EVERY YEAR, by a skillful OPTOMETRIST and your | glasses should be changed within two years; this is because the eyes | change in form and conditions. Eye strain causes many ' sefious, reflex, physical conditions. DR. J W. EDMUNDS, popular Seattle CPTOMETRIST, gradulte and post i graduate of two prominent eye col- leges, WILL TEST YOUR EY‘ES DAYTIME CR EVENINGS for seientifically fitted = glasses. amount of money you will spetd with DR. EDMUNDS to gain max- | Imum physical comfort and eye| efficlency is the finest’ investment, you can possibly make. In his 30 years practice, he has ‘won praise and endorsement of prom- inent physicians. Practicing in Se- attle for 28 years, Dr. Ethel Ed- munds, his wife, conducts the busi- ness while DR. J. W. EDMUNDS, 1s making his SEVENTH ANNUAL | * ALASKAN VACATION TRIP. Oh this trip DR. EDMUNDS oVersees his mining interésts near Moose Pass,* Alaska. Many hundreds of Alaska patients have been greatly leased by the skillful ‘work of Dr. unds. Crossed eyes straight- efied without operation . . . also difficult muscular eye cases desired. CONSULTATION FREE. CHARGES REASONABLE. COME ' EARLY. DRiJ. W. EDMUNDS, GASTINEAU —adv. "FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GAS . OILS GREASES Juneau ' Motors Seat- | the| | COME EARLY, at Gastineau Hotel For a FEW DAYS ONLY, on and after August 15th, on his return; to his Seattle offices at 703-704 | Liggett Bldg. —adv.' The | Queen of transcontinental trains, | over ;};‘e electrified route— RAILROAB fA!:fi olh;:“dmdt wt lo“fib TRIP CH Gfi 50 21 day timit _.,Cowhelonly ‘ 1 Alaska Fair, Sept. 13, 14, 15, 18 Block Tin Bipe Rubber Beer Hose Pumps Chromium Plated Beer Faucets Gas Regulators Dou.ble ADis;,ributor Valves Chromium Plated Picnic Qutfits mplete We have in our organization Mr. Ahlers, Eaker and Gee Bee, all old-time plumbers who thoroughly undebstand the installation’ of Beer Eqmpn\ent ind the handling of blo¢k ‘tin pipe. If you- véant hohe 3 good’ job'* ih!tlmed as it should be' RICE & AHLERS (0. Plumbipgs, Heating and Sheet Neul “We tell you in nllvnllce what the jot wi” wll" 3 g stmeau ¥ B o BT Wi e 8t ihe QUALIP;;s‘ggé VI 1}‘ .' ; Meadowbrook Butter uain PHONE 89 Deumm—m 3