The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 28, 1933, Page 8

KETCHIKAN MAN SAW MILL TUG SHOT; JEALOUSY TAKES LUMBER IS MOTIVE GIVEN TO TAKU GAMP Kenneth Shoff Held With- Virginia IV Leaves for out Bail for Wounding | Taku Harbor — To Get of “Red” Mervin Raft at Burnett Inlet Held on an open charge without 40,000 bond, Kenneth Shoff was arrested McNe and Libby to be stchikan early this morning by d n t building operations officers for the alleged Taku Harbor, the tug Virginia ing of E. J. (Red) Mervin, Fred Boynton and En- cording to official advices re- Rutherford, sailed ceived by United States Marshal Juneau Lumber lbert White, morning for the can- Mervin was shot in one leg about and then to Burnett 2:30 a.m. foday in a Ketchikan beer parlor. Attending physicians refused to say whether he will re- | order for 120000 feet placed by cov until it determined if [ the Libby cern with the local complications the Marshal | sawmill the second ship- was advised. ment that has been made. Jealousy is given as the reason At Burnett Inlet, the tug will for the shooting. Shoff is said to| pick up a seven-section raft of have accused Mervin and another|red cedar logs to be towed here. man with being responsible for|This will be manufactured to fill/ Mrs. Shoff leaving him | a special order for the Alaska ———————— | Juneau Gold Mining Company and GRADUA TE NURSéS |a Gm-ommenl contract, TO MEET SATURDAY | arreavoon, 2:30 GARLAND GIVES | FOR REAL WORK Channel are requested to With of lumber for Libby us at IV, Capt ging Ha from the dock nery Inlet The lumber cargo is part of an feet por insue, 1 is All Junea tineau graduate at St. Ann's Hospital on} Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,! it was announced today. The meet- ing is being held to discuss plans for a benefit to be given by the| nurses of the city, for the pur-|- e casimg susticient. moncy | Jacoma Chamber Execu- to furnish & room in the addition| jye Says Alaska’s Dele- to the hospital which is under con- . gate Does Fine Work struction, according to Mrs. E. f (Continued from Page One) Kaser, who with several other) of graduate - nurses, is one the | originators of the idea. A large turnout is expected as| there are a number of graduate|’ yurses in the city many of whom | have expressed a desit® to do some- " e ¥ B vt o o two| 00 I the hearly cO-oRRIEn R Fooms. in the new Hoepital wing, | °cived from your Delckige: While it is probable that the bene-| Prciccts Under Consideration fit will take the form of a card “The following are some of the party, definite plans will be made Alaskan projects upon which we on Saturday. During the after-|are working. We will appreciate noon tea will be served by the|any suggestions and co-operation. Sisters. “1. To secure an appropria- tion of $2,000,000 to buid the Fairbanks-Dawson Highway, 1 e., that part within Alaska. To place a limited group of young men in the section adjacent and tributary to the Alaska Railroad to prospect for minerals, who may become permanent settlers, to secure funds to defray the expenses and to securs proper super- vision and direction by the Government. “3. To secure proper na- tional legislation to protect the Alaska fishermen and to have the fish shipped East through American ports. “4, To secure a proper low- er level of rates on the Al- aska Railroad. “We are always pleased to be of service in aiding the development of Alaska. NEW MENACE TO LIVESTOCK PROVO, Utah, Sept. 28.—A brain disease which made its appearance in California two years ago and last summer spread into Nevada has gotten as far east as Utah and is taking toll of horses and| mules in two counties in this state. | The disease, believed to be car- | ried by insects, chiefly mosqui-| toes, is prevalent in Weber and ‘IDavis counties. It is known as b we believe you should be ad- wea feel you will apprec- iate effective —service, as—we the we i SEAPLANE BARANOF MAKES ROUND TRIP TO CHICHAGOF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ¢ With Mrs. H. Bohm and M ', Pibbets as passengers, the sea-| iplane Baranof, piloted by Gene }ueyrmg, Chandler Hicks, mechan-| §c, made its weekly round trip to {Chichagof, Hoonah and wayports with mail yesterday afternoon. 4 Mr. Tibbetts, foreman of the ‘flotation plant at Hirst-Chichagof, Ywas a passenger for Kimsham| Cove after spending the last few days in Juneau. [OUSESSTSSREREE S 44 LOVE 1 CRYSTALS have been used successfully in the Treatment of the follow- ing Disorders and Ailments: Anthritis Aute-Intoxication Constipation Complexion Colds High or Low Blood Pressure Kidney Trouble Liver and Bladder Trouble Nervous Ailments Rheumatism Reducing Skin Afflictions Stomach Disorders The Morning After TWO SIZES 50¢, $1.00 encephalomyelitis. The first symp- toms of the disease are general listlessness followed by profuse sweating, a tendency to fall down and refusal to eat, says W. H. | Hendricks, chief deputy of the | { N { Juneau Drug Co. “The Corner Drug Store” State Bureau of Animal Industry. | Although a serum has been de- | vised, the disease is often fatal | to the infected stock. Daiiy Tmpwe Want Ads Pay ——— PUSSSSES CLEARANCE SALE ON HOUSE DRES! D CHILDREN’S DRESSES—Values up to $1.50, NOW 50¢ GARNICK’S-Phone 174 Mills | | fers of $400, sometimes when they Photo.) Préde’s Ex- perAmw Sometimes When Film Stars Go Balking By ROBBIN COONS ered little short of disgracz HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Sept. 28.— | for a star who had worked for the Professional pride is guarded more | majors to “descend” jealously in Movieland than the|ors. Quickies were all the term outsider might suppose. ‘;mplmd—cmemauc hasty puddings Bruce Cabot illustrated the point indirectly in court when he de-| clared he didn‘t mind playing sec- | ond fiddle to a movie ho: had in fact supported an ape, but he did object to acting for a| minor company. Cabot was being | sued for commissions allegedly owed his ' former agents for se- curing him a role he refused to play. Actors who have cnmbed the movie ladder are jealous of their | advancement, because movieland " its players not only in| certain roles but in their earnings capacity. If through a period of struggling they are able to demand and get $500 a week, they'll turn down of- though the quality of some admit- tedly has improved, and ‘“name rs” often appear in them, Then, as often now, the quickies eagerly sought waning box office names cast off by the majors, and stars thought a long time before accepting lucrative offers. It was- n't the money, only the “principle of the thing.” It virtually meant that the gates to the majors, with their wider relzases, their prestige, were closed. A BETTY LAUGHED AND WON Betty Compson laughed at the jinx; made & pile —of —money the quickies, and then became one of the most popular early talkie stars for the majors. And recently need the money, just to avoid es- : .8 Esther Ralston, after a sojourn in tablishing a precedsnt. | There have been extras who| e back by appearing g s in the same having played one “bit’ at $50 a | v ik iy rofused to teturn to | film Which Bruce Tabor spurned. extra work even when the “bit” The minors often get free-lance market was low. stars of rank, and lately too have been borrowing up - and - coming players from the majors. Buster Crabbe, Mary Carlifle, Jean Par- ker and Gail Patrick, all on ma- jor contract lists, cently in quickies. e g oL “QUICKIES” ONCE SCORNED | For a long time Hollywood 190k- | ed only with scorn on its minor | companies. | Before talkies when there was| a clearly boundaried “Poverty| Row,” home of the quickies, it was Daily Empire Want Ads Pay. Christmas Sho prices will be radically higher. week or month will reserve any articles very grateful for your forethough. Buy at The Nugget Shop B Almost every day we are told of price increases in the wholesale markets. Diamonds have gone up 35%. Whole- sale silverware prices ad- vanced 25;. Watches are up 10% to 20%. The eost of birthstone rings has risen 25% to 407, B We prepared for these in- creases and bought in ad- vance. EVERYTHING AT THE NUGGET SHOP IS PRICED AT BEFORE-THE- RISE LEVELS. We signed the NRA pledge with full in- tention of giving our custom- ers the benefit of all possible savings. President’s B You are ligation. to the min- | The minors still make quickies, al- | England, began her Hollywood come | have appeared | Officers and men of the United States navy who flew six planes in mass formation 2,059 miles from Norfolk, Va. to Coco Solo, Canal Zone, are shown at Norfolk. flight distance record Italo Balbo’s Italian flyers set in 1931 on a trip to Brazil. (Associated Press The flight broke the mass ROMANCE STILL COING STRONG VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 28— he marriage has taken place here of James M. Christie and Miss | Elizabeth Calder. Ninetezn years ago, Miss Calder was employed in a London Hos- pital. In material being shipped to the western front, she slipped her name and address, with best wishes for the soldier who would receive it. Jas M. Christie of the Canadian Division, was the soldier into whose possession it came. Correspondence followed. Miss Christie moved to the United States and came on to Vancouver, and a wedding followed. The honey- moon is being spent in the Gulf Islands. | —_————— {British Bridge Players Organize | LONDON, Sept. 28.—A national bridge associatior: of Great Britain has been formed to represent play- ers throughout England, Scotland and Wales and to organize tour- naments and international match- es. Lord Tollemache will be the president while Col. H. M. Beas- ley, leader of the British bridge team which played against the United States for the Charles M. | Schwab trophy, will be chairman of the management committee. .- - Daily Empire Want Ads Pay. pping in September? " Yes, indeed. With prices acting up the way they are many wise men and women are “doing their Christm shopping early.” It’s especially smart to do with jewelry and silverware because, from all indications, December A little payment each you select and when the holiday rolls around your pocketbook will be Before-the-Rise Prices B We believe that is the wish and it is our earnest desire to cooperate with him 100% in his courag- eous undertaking. mgfliafly invited to come in and inspect our offerings entirely. without ob- | ROBERT SIMPSON Proprietor ] Nugget Shop JEWELERS T0 BE SERVED | AMER, LEGION First Meeting of Peason| Tonight—Important Matters Are Up Regular meetings of the Alford John Bradford Post of the Am- erican Legion will be resumed to- night when members gather in the Dugout at 8 o'clock to plan the fall and winter activities, accord- ing to an announcement made to- day by John M. Clark, Post Com- mander. “We are most anxious that every member in Juneau attend tonight's | meeting” said Captain Clark. “In addition to lining up the program for this season’s activities we want to formulate a definite plan for handling the bonds on the Legion building.” The Dugout has been recondi- tioned during the summer, and those who have done the work be- lieve that the membership will be pleased by the improved appear- the meeting room and| | | ! | A Dutch lunch will be served after the business meeting, and a| pleasant social evening is promlsed‘ to all, by the committee in charge.| Wingard Leaves by Plane Today for Visit to Seattle Called to Seattle on of- ficial business, L. G. Win- gard, Alaska Agent of .the United States Bureau of Fisheries, left this morning on the seaplane Baranof for that city. He expects to re- turn here in about ten days. He plans to take the Brant from Seattle sometime next week for Juneau, and will remain here until the close of the Fall fishing season, studying conditions on which regulations for the Fall season next year will be based. e 0eeeccoscnscsoeoe ———.,———— LOST IN FOG 56 HOURS; FINDS CABIN, ONE MATCH; STARTS FIRE; LATER FOUND Orlive Hoguewood, son of I. N. Hoguewood, of Ketchikan, was lost for 56 hours on Duke Island, ow- ing to a fog. He finally found his way to the beach and located an old trapper’s cabin. He found a solitary match in the debris, start- ad a fire and smoke was seen by a searching party, which rescued | him. e SHOP IN JUNEAU KNEW HOW T0 SAY “GET UP” BERKELEY, Cal., Sept. 28—That old adage ““A° warm bed and a lazy boy are hard to part” applied to juvenile Indian human nature, too, says Dr, Ralph Seals, research associate in the anthropology de- partment of the University of Cal- fornia. But in a report on the customs of the Niseman Indians published by the University, Dr. Beals ex- plains the redman’s way of arous- ing a sleeping youth could scarcely have been described as “pamper- ing.” The recipe was “Boys who dis- like to get up when they should in the morning may be cured of the habit by rubbing their bodies with hot sticks, splashing cold wa- ter on them and then whippi them with branches of worm wood. . ... The treatment should be giv- en by those who ordinarily take care of ashes after cremation of the dead, and should be accom- panied by singing.” PR — ST. PAUL, Minn—The State University agricultural experiment station here is announcing a new earlier and higher-yielding pota- to, the result of six years’ experi- mentation. It will be called the “Warba,” an Indian word meaning “earliness.” T T LT e e e e T GEORGE BROS. D They Are Here! $HOE \IODES *&—orthe Style Whse JUST ARRIVED! All Sizes! All 'Widths! 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