The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 15, 1934, Page 7

feavud o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 15, 1934. YOU'RE A FINE ONE ! NOU NEVER TOLD ME You HAD A WIFE ' I'D By BILLE DE BECK WHAT'S HER NAME ? g v ( @Y?X MRS, LOOLLE - vou Bia bummy ! SYNOPSIS: Frank Grahame, av- {ator and explorer, finds himself involved in a ocurious tamgle be- cause of a “hunch.” VPhile wait- ng to see Myberg, tamous movie a_suspicious office window. As r. leaves My- me s out, Stood in line the window, gnd decid fin with cides to follow Misa Kent's car which tn turn is boing. followed by a tan car n which are three men. There i3 a collision; Grahame knocks out the driver ‘of the tam car. whose companions have disappeared. and takes Miss Kent home, Chapter Four ABOUT LANGTON THE world remembered with a . sense of shock and griet the vanishing of the fiyer Langton. A contemporary and friend of the al- most 3qually famous Grahame, Langton had disappeared at some point on his course during that flight that was to have taken him from Valparaiso on a wide arc along the Andes and up through Central Amer- ica to New York. That mystery was quite recent In the public mind. It grieved sincerely for the loss of its beloved idol in the wake of the Caribbean hurricane, The Gulf and Caribbean coasts were ‘combed from New Orleans to the mouth of the Amazon. During the first frenzied search it was ex- pected o find Langton encamped on some forgotten beach like a modern Crusoe. Later, after weeks of sys- tematic and painstaking beachcomb- ing—in the literal sense of the word —with no trace of airplane wreck- age found, the searchers were forced to subscribe to the popular theory that Langton and his land plane had gone down at sea, It tfad been demanded that Frank Grahame be recalled from the Orin- oco headwaters country to assist in the search, but this was manifestly impossible as Grahame’s portable radio set was no longer communi- cating with civilization. When finally Grahame emerged from the jungle with the remnants of the Cadwallader party, it was natural that he be asked for his theory as to Langton's disappear ance. His theory, however, was not accepted with much credence. It was a little incredible. The odds, certainly were against his bLeing right. For one thing, while there were thousands of miles of coast, any part ¢f which might have been the sceme of Langton’s crash, Grahame’s misty theory localized it as haying happened along only a certafn few hundred miles of it— the east coast of Yucatan; more- over, He believed that Langton had gone down not on the coast or the sea nearby, but in the country west of that particular strip of coast line. “}/0U see,” he told the board of in- vestigation, “Langton had made shorter hops over that route.” He put his dnger on a large map on the table, “Langton would have swung up the east coast of Nicaragua and Honduras, crossed the Gulf of Hon- duras and then flown straight over Yucatan toward the Mexican Gulf. It is probable that the storm caught him near Yucatan. “But,” the board objected, “Granting that such might haye been the cdse, he would have been flying into a wind from the north, which according to the laws of hurricanes would bear more toward the east as tNe' storm progressed. That, Grahame, would cause him to drift out into the Caribbean.” “True,” replied Grahame, “that is, it we were talking about almost any- body except Langton. Langton was a good flyer, and knew his stofms. Seems to me he could have pulled out of most any blow . .. Another point ... while that wind would have shifted coward the east, as you say. nevertheless the hurricane ftself would travel on a westward sweep. “Langton’s ground speed was close to two hundred. Just what it actually was or what his course was with the various elements of wind currents buffeting bim, Is impracti- cal to figure with any accuracy. It was an off-season hurricane too, which riay not bave acted like a usual ome. | “Call it a bunch, gentlemen, but I believe Langton crashed on land within reasonable distance of the east coast of Yucatan.” Graname’s theory received fts share of publicity but it was not generally accepted. / His questioners left the subject at that point and asked him about bis own deeds. For Grahame was some- thing of a hero himself. _ There were few who had not heard of Grahame, F. A. Grahame. {The newspapers bad made much of 'GODDESS By Sieftver the Langton mystery. F. A., Force of Arms Grahame they called him. 70 white man had penetrated so far, or so forcefully for that mat- ter, the upper reaches of the Orin- oco. He found Cadwaliader’s party, or what had been left of it, and re- turned as viciously eficient as he went. The dramatic 'nferences of his feat had been lost upon Grahame. He had guided that party of scientists into the country to stay until the rains forced them out. Al of them had been capable men and Grahame had Jeft them fnlly eyuipped to cope with their few months sojourn in the jungle and to come out as soon as they pleased. But nearly a year had passed when relatives and sponsors, frantic for Frank brought out Cadwallader's party. news, had asked Grahame to return and find the lost party. He returned, and got the news— some of it bad, for Cadwallader had died of arrow wounds and three others of the original party were dead similarly. The remaining four needed capable help and got it. Grahame returned to find that the newspapers had dramatized him. They haiied him as the last practi- cal adventurer. Certain inquisitive ones scented a story because of the quantity of ammunition billed him by a New York sporting goods firm and the amount he returned for credit. News 'ike that leaks out. Grudgingly at drst, then resigned- Iy he answered questions. They wanted to know if he had met with any resistance on the way and how he had handied it. Grahame grinned. “Sure I met with resistance as you call it. I, well ... 1 handled it.” However the newspapermen dis- covered that Grahame could be articulate when he wanted to be; it was all a matter of tempting him into that mood. He'd been a war- time ace, after which he had flown Uncle Sam’s mail for a time. He was known in countries other than the United States. He was tall, good-looking—per- haps even handsome if one could overlook certain grim lines about his mouth; at any rate his blue eyes. wide shoulders and lean jaws photographed well. Swashbuckling descriptions of him gave romance to smudgy halftones. He had all the equipment for good news copy. (Copyrighs, 1934, by Harbess lensan) t | | " WOMAN'S CLUB Luncheon " to Be Held at; Coffee Shoppe Tomor- | row Afternoon ! Tomorrow afternoon members of the Juneau Woman’s Club will hold ' their regular social meeting in the form of a no-host luncheon ‘at 1 o'clock at Mrs. Moder’s Coffee | Shoppe where reservations have! been made. This is a change from the custom established early in the ! fall of holding a social once a month in the form of a tea op:ni to all women of the town. | A. E. Karnes, Territorial Com-! missioner of Education will be the principal speaker on the program,| which is under the direction &8f the ' Department of Applied Education. | Mrs. A. M. Geyer 'is chairman of | the committee. Mr. Karnes will dis- cuss the various changes made in the administration of the Territor-, ial school system by legislafive en-' actment at the last session of the Alaska Legislature. This will be Mr. Karnes' first appearance before the local club and it is expected that a large crowd will be on hand | to hear the interesting discussion. CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE WITH STABILIZATION Better Condition to Prevail| Foreign Exchange, U. | S. Bond Market NEW YORK, Jan. 15— More stable conditions in foreign ex- change and in the U. S. Govern- ment bond markets are foreseen by monetary authorities on reading President Roosevelt’s message to! Congress. Neither extreme inflationists nor confirmed hard money men found much comfort in the message. It is widely agreed however the ‘Administration is manifestly keep- ing to a middle of the road policy. Some banking experts thought, however, more stable conditions should be expected to facilitate the huge expansion of bank credit and bank deposits as the movement is primed by the Government's ex- penditure program. Foreign ‘Exchange experts agreed some time ago upon the desirabil- ity of setting up equalization funds similar to the British fund to| steady the dollar in foreign ex- change dealings. 1 ) Residents of South Carolina, pur- chased 7,614 more new automobiles in 1933 than in 1932. said: “I became in’a run- down, exhausted _condi- tion through hard work and bringing up my fam- ily. My appetite failed, T had frequent _sick-head- aches and suffered with pains in my back, lost weight and was very weak. A few bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery soon had me in perfect health.” Sold by ‘druggists everywhere. New size, tablets 50 cts., liquid $1.00. Large size, tabs, or liquid, $1.35. “We Do Our Part.” VISIT THE Salmon Creek Roadhouse ANTON RIESS A EKARNESTO | J'SPERK BEFORE — Mirrar HoprINg ihe theatre, but the return of pros, now it is emerging from the slougl Mayes, in “Mary of Scotland,” is adding to her laurels on another prodigal from filmland, is starring in “Jezebel, s “knocking them dud';“m e .ont: which, considering she once was a film producer, R S ™ e Katherine Hepburn, star of “The Lake. vdolized on the screen, TWO PRINGES - 60 ON TRIAL, GRAND THEFT David and gge Mdivani Face Charges of Getting Away with $30,000 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 15— Charged with grand theft of $30,000 of the funds from the Pacific Shore Oil Company, David and Serge Mdivani, petroleum operators but better known as the Georgian princes and former husbands of stage and screen oslebrities, go on trial in the Superior Court. It is this case that caused Alex- is Mdivani to skirt California by alrplane, enroute to the Orient on his honeymoon. He was subpoenaed to appear at the trial of his brothers, ——ee———— Six-horss ore wagons have been brought back info service with the revival of mining in the Marys- ville district of Montana. " HenHaves . as "QUEEN MARY in the return of Hollywood stars to the legitima gerity for all. the Douglas school during the holi- { of despond where it “Men in White.” DOUGLAS WS GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN ASSEMBLY ROOM, D. H. S. Continuing the work started at ‘days, plaster-board and painting of the assembly room was complet- €d during the past week-end and |as fine a room ther: as any one would want, is the result. Gone is the stained, wrinkled beaver-board and slats, both in the asse\ibly room and grade rooms, in their stead smooth, cleanly enamcled walls and ceilings greet the eye. | The work was made possible at’ this time by a donation of funds for materials from the Douglas| Islapd Women’s Club and C. W. A.| Another improvement accom-| plished in the assembly room was| the widening of the archway in| front of the stage to produce an| attractivé effect and at the same time provide less obstructed view‘ AR AP d 1. 8 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather i By the U. 8. Weather Bureww) LOCAL DATA Forecast for Juneaw and vicinitv. beginning at 4 p.m., Jan. 15: KATHERINE HEPBURN' te stage, Broadway producers see not only a renaissance of The El?‘e;tre was first to feel the pinch of des)reuienfiund ‘has lain for the past four years. Al elen Broadway, and on th | while only a few doors away, Alexander Kirkland, Mary Pickford, too, recently signed a stage is significant. Still another stage “repatriate” is e AUEXANDER KIRKJAND rudfi me street Miriam Hopkins, of the stage from the side. ‘With such noticable improve- ments as noted, it is only a ques- tion of time and opportunity when the remaining rooms and hallways will also be plasterboarded. - Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! b | ment & Rating Bureau | Room 1, Shattuck Bldg. | (after January 1) | | COLLECTIONS—RATINGS | | Albert White Fred Huntress | — a g L | FINE Watch and Jewelry Repaliing / at very reasonsble rates | WRIGHT SHOPPE | PAUL BLOEDHORN | Light with Dayiigi:& You wouldn't attempt to cook blindfolded. Probably snow and colder tonight and Tuesday; moderate 2ast- Then why tolerote kitchen twilight. erly winds. Time 4 pm. yest'y ... 4 a.m. today ... Noon today ... 23 24 21 CABLE AND EADYO BEPORTS 93 i o4 s 10 SE 8 w 4 Snow Clear ‘ Snow . TODAY ) Replace thot fow. ey Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Valocity Weather | with a 150 watt General tric MAZDA DAYLIGHT lomp. It will help to cook meals — better—guicker—easier. MAZDA DAYLIGHT lamgps— 60, 00 150 watt—also lighten tasks i laundry, sewing room and garage. Highest 4p.m. | Lowest4am. 4am. Precip. 4am. | lnexpensive to buy or burn. Station Barrow .. Nome Bethel .. Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul > Dutch Harbor Kodiak ... Cordova Juneau .. Sitka Ketchikan ... Princé Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco e =32 ... =30 . =36 -54 . =32 16 28 % | -30 -38 -54 -36 12 24 2 14 23 34 32 12 42 42 8 E82RERBRR . 0 Clear 0 Clear I o Clear | Foggy | Clear | cidy| Snow | Snow Snow Snow | Snow | Rain | Clear | cldy | cidy ! Cidy | -32 -34 -46 64 -48 -24 -34 -46 -62 -48 (] 6 18 16 0 2 14 14 21 24 . 3 30 32 36 10 12 4 34 34 36 “ 4 0 01 04 18 06 a2 2 o BARODTRORRDA RO OO ® 02 The barometric pressure is moderately low near the Gulf of Alaska, and lowest south of th2 ern Alaska and slight changes in téMmperature. The pressure is high over the remainder of the Territory with clear continued cold weath- ( —— Gulf, with light snow. over SOuth—; { temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather 1 Ovop in today or just phoae us. PRICES 10-watt 15-watt 25-watt 40-watt 50-watt 60-watt 75-watt 75-watt 100-watt 100-watt 150-watt 150-watt er. Fairbanks reported yesterday a minimum temperature of 60 de<;150-wafl grees below zero or one degree lvw than previously observed dur- &g A 8 {»-ing~20 -years. of. record. - e — THE SANITARY GR( i 4 CERY mmuwummi 555 his fnitials when he had returned B A e s TR lg-&mmm y u;,mi“n '.l“ | ) 5 i & 200-watt e TN AS Hardware.Co. vWe can supply that long-time fuel (riend— Blick Diamond Lump $14.50 PER TON At Bunkers Especially adapted for the range ALSO— Indian Egg-Lump Bunker Price $12.00 Carbonado Egg-Nut The ideal furnace combination PHONE 412 5 xn "PACIEIC 3 4l COAST COAL Co. 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