The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1933, Page 8

D) ¢ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 1933. —e— GIRL SLAYER | ARRESTED IN L0S ANGELES | Man Wanted for Killing Deaf Mute in Michigan Caught in West s Angeles, Cal., for Wi Mann, arrested there in conn h the slaying last week of Margaret Peevey, aged 22 mute. Los Angeles officers are q as saying McMann confessed e girl because he ut she played me a d took her for a ride. Wi over the trick. I grew so scarcely knew what I was doing| before T shot her in the head two | or three times.” ‘ NEW PUBLIG ENEMY LIST HANDED OUT Get ready, London! The beauties are coming. lhese four American show girls were selected from among hundreds of contestants for a London stage appearance. Felix Ferry, the “Ziegfeld” of the London stage, is shown with the girls aftur he picked them. Left to right: Marion Delman, Orchid Henson, Mary Jane Williams and Pattie Pat- ton. (Associated Press Photo) o oo et ' | IBERALISM Cluded mn Lme-up CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 20.—A re-| vised list of public enzmi the name and picture of the jous desperado John Dillinger the top is in the hands of the D lice who are under orders to \nl)cl‘ to kill. Also for women, Pearl Eliiott and Mary| Kinder, said by the police to | associates of Dillinger and his men | IS GROWING OVER NATION the first time, two Lven Republican Party Ex- pected to Assume Change in Policies G. O. P. policy in the future but ot as far in that direction as is claimed by some. Liberalism, it is aid, has been adopfed by the Dem- atic party. Representative Snell said the whole country is leaning more and more toward liberalism - D 93, Still Quilts LAKE PARK, ¢ Ia.— Christiana Fenzel learned at the age of 15 to piece quilts. Now, at the age of 93, she estimates she has made PWA FUNDS ARE ALLOGATED FOR LOCAL PROJECT Alaska Road Commission Allotted $250,000 to ‘Build Channel Bridge (Continued from Page One) it until early next year. | Start in 90 Days Mr. Taylor said today that actual | | construction probably would star in 90 days. It will take that long he said, to make the necessar | surveys, design the bridge and pre- Ipm’v detailed specifications. All of {this will be in charge of Mr.| | Stratton Mr. Stratton, he said, is an ex- Ipex'xencr*d bridge engineer. He was associated with the Wallace Bridge | Company for years. More recently he has been employed by the State of Washington in an engineering, capacity. the larger bridges erected by the| Alaska Road Commission in the| Territory. allotment insures the immediate by the people of Juneau and Doug- |las. Sixteen years ago, in 1917, {funds seemed to be virtually as-| sured, but with the entry of the| United States in the World War,| the project was shelved and lost sight of for many years. It was first considered as a, project in 1915 by Col. Wilds P.’ | Richardson, then President of the Alaska Road Commission, who had ! been investigating it for sometime.| |Plans were drafted and some en-| |gineering studies made, including | tentative figures costs, | It was dropped during the war jand for several years afterward one-twentieth of the games | The Fublic Works A(lmlnistraucn‘vEsTAL on construction at February 8, 1919. Vestal Reno Gambling RENO, Nev., Dec. 29.—Everyone seems to have been cut in on the “new deal” but the Nevada gam- bler. Instead of improving his busi- ness has been getting steadily worse. It is even getting so in Reno that the city, in several instances, has had to threaten seizure of gaming apparatus to force payment of license fees, while many pro- prietors, rather than pay the heavy | license, have stored equipment in warehouses and upstairs rooms to await a better day. A survey shows that less Than that were operated here after gambling was legalized in 1931 are still run- ning, and these, their owners ad- mit, vary rarely make better than expenses. The same condition prevails over the entire state. Figures released by the state controller show that license fee receipts dropped off more than fifty percent the last fiscal year, or from $276,439.08 in He has designed some of 1932 to $132,139.52 in 1933. D e FUNERAL construction of the bridge that has been sought for almost two decades w"-L BE HELD UN | | “|Services to Be Under Di- a ¢ rection of Alford John Bradford Post No. 4 (Continued from Page One) Camp Lewis, Washington, on Shortly after his discharge, Mr. returned to Juneau where Is Sunk by Depression g |GHT] Y [N | change Murdered l 1 Cotton and various commodities ! | were inactive. | H There was considerable belated ’cash selling in- both stocks and ’bonds‘ | | CLOSING PRICES TODAY DULL SESSIUN‘ NEW YORK, Dec. 29.— Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today 21%, American Can 98, | American Power and Light 6%, Anaconda 14, Armour B Z%, Beth- lehem Steel 36%, Calumet and | Hecla 4%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox ! Films 13% »General Motors 35, In- ternational Harvester 39%, Kenne- cott 20, North American Aviation Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com-| _NEW YQRK. Dec. 29.—Stocks |5, Chicago and Milwaukee (pra- pany. He resigned his position with ' listed a .bn today under quiet ferred) 7'%, Montgomery-Ward the Alaska Juneau SiX years ago profit taking huc.che market as a | 22, Standard OilAcf California to accept the post of Chief Clerk Whole held up fairly well. A ma- | 40%, United States Steel 47':. of the local Board of Steamboat jority of the losses were relatively | B e — | unimportant. Inprovement was I 4 'h he held until his| | T V T e s S| shown by some alcohols and a few | HOSPITAL GUILD WILL NOT unti death. s . n\,l;nel/yesl;d was born in Douglas | SPecialties. The session was dull. | HOLD MEETING ON TUESDAY e A Yot 3 | Today's close was irregular. on May 25, 1902. He is survived by his step-father and momer,l Sales (Al 11000005 sezes: Mr. and Mrs, Ray G. Day, his u_;Curb1 losses and gains were about year-old son, LeRoy Vestal, Jr. W& and his father, Frank Vestal, at ponds v:jere_ “”; a:d “:f nang present living in Oregon. for SROORCHIN e 245 . Grains were heavy, wheat los- {ing more than others, down one - FOUND SLAIN, , | Industry | special course inthe School of Business Administration. | While he was attending the Uni- iversi(y in 1921, Mr. Vestal was, | married to Nadja Kashevaroff, a | childhood friend and fellow student SR |at the University. The young couple Ma]on(y of Losses MOStly | ret d to Ji 3 few months | . e e, Unimportant—Bonds after their marriage, to make their | % % home here. Mr. Vestal was em- Continue Firm | ployed for sometime at The Daily| Alaska Empire and later at the; There will be no meeting of the Hospital Guild on next Monday owing to the fact that it is New Year's day and a holiday; it was today announced by Mrs. Willlam A. Holzheimer. president. The next meeting will not oceur until the fiTSi Monday in February. | cent or more. Don’t Miss Our Bargains One can of Fruit or Vegetables FREE with Former Secretary of San very purchase of 6 cans Francisco Stock Ex- {‘ 't At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 MARTINEZ, Cal, Dec. 29.—Jul-| t ian C. Whitman, former Secre‘.ary! of the San Francisco 8Siock Ex-|— . — change, has been found slain on| lonely New Jersey Island, near| here. ‘A mystery man, with a scarre neck, is sought in connection with | the slaying. | Whitman’s left temple was shat- | tered by a bullet. | GOODRICH ' Men’s Shoe Pacs $4.50 WORTH THE PRICE more than 1,000 quilts and is still busy at it. Last year she made 23 quilt tops. are included in the lineup. et gy <~ | Bill Summerfelt, gua Tllinois Wesleyan eleven, i er of Milt Summerfelt, all-America guard and cap Arm WASHINGTON, Dec. 29—Point- they described as a | tendency toward more liberal thought, a number of heretofore rigidly conservative Republicans in J Congress, visualized a more liberal | ing out w on of Michigan's starting eleven will FOR BETTER SERVICE PUT YOUR ORDER IN FRESH GRAPEFRUIT 4 for 25c¢ CALIFORNIA TEA—English Breakfast, FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT— COCOA— 2pounds . i .5 EEREEL G RAISINS--Seedless, 25 KIPPERED SNACKS— ke b TR CAULIFLOWER, BUNCH CARROTS, LET- TUCE, CUCUMBERS, GREEN PEPPERS, CABBABE, PARSNIPS, RUTABAGAS BEST AND MOST COMPLETE Eight members of the University | |About six years ago, it was revived he had made his home with his by the United States Forest Service mcther, Mrs. Ray G. Day, since he |and included as a part of its regu- was & young man. 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