The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 27, 1934, Page 7

(e s i i L S S i SATURDA BA g 1 TEST DRIVINGS COMPLETED FOR JOUGLAS BRIDGE. ’lans Being Drawn and| Definite Location at | Tenth St. Decided oy | The driving of st pilings for the Douglas bridge were com- pleted today and it has been definitely ‘decided to locate the structure at the- foot of Tenth Street. Good foundation for the piers has been found on both sides | of the chamnel. The main span of the bridge, ac- cording''to the plans, will be 516 {feet long and the piers supporting it will be in about four feet of water on this side and eleven feet on the Douglas end. Mean water depth at 'the center of the span will be ‘seventy feet. Plans are' being drawn and esti- mates of cost made as rapidly as! p e 80 that specificafions may/ be issued to prospective bidders on} the fferent work. As much local labor as possible will be used on the bridge, it expected, and the concrete work may all be done by local contrac- tors. | | ., 1 HAZEL JAMES FERGUSON ¥ RESUMES MUSIC CLASSES AFTER FEW DAYS ILLNESS Hazel James Ferguson, teacher of the Dunning piano system, has re- sumed her classes in her studio in| the Goldstein building after an illness of several days. e { MRS. DAHL SOUTHBOUND M Ed Dahl, whose husband is| employed by the Northern Com-| mercial Company, in Fairbanks, is| southbound on the Nonhwestsrn} for a visit in the States. RNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG YA JUST MISSED THE TAX\-DRIVER , GEE e ) WHAT'S “HAPPENED ? THE PLACE 8 AS NEAT AS A PIN- T WONDER IF —==-4 HER, BARNEY — ‘: HEARD ‘HER GIVE 4 YOUR ADDRESS- CHILLY LAKE PLA Despite sub-zero blasts at Lake Placid, N. Y., many winter sports enthusiasts have flocked to this /amous resort, where there is ample snow and plenty of fun. Doris White (left) of Greenwich, Conn., and Harriet Atwood (right) of Worcester, Mass., are taking their fui on skis. In the center is a general view of the playground. (Associated Press Photo) Y blames the unfortunate bread win- Dad Gets All ner during times of distress. Blame W hen | As a result, the average father, . N he said, feels the reaction and de- Times Go Hard | velops either an inferiority com- | | plex, symptoms of apparent physi- ST. LOUIS, Jan. 27.—Poor papa,; cal illness W] h medical examina- who always gets the blame, finds| tions fail to disclose or a spirit of | himself more than ever the acape-} belligerency. goat during hard times and times | — e | of unemployment, according to Dr.| BANKER RASMUSON HERE | —_— | E. A Rasmuson; President of the }Evangelist Charged wit George K. Pratt, New York psy-| : chologist. | Bank of Alaska, which has severa ! 5 branches in coast cities of the| Failure to Provide Op- ponent in Debate AIMEE IS SUE Speaking here under the auspices of an institute on unemployment, | Territory, arrived on the North- Dr. Pratt said the family always ) western from Skagway. Special Hdition TOMORROW MORNING! Daily ON SALE AT DRUG STORES D EMPIRE OFFICE PORTLAND, Jan. 27. — Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton, Cali- fornia evangelist, was yesterday named defendant in a $10,000 dam- age action here for her alleged failure to provide an opponent for her scheduled first Northwest de- bate against a mnationally known atheist. The action was brought by James O'Neal of Seattle, who stated his complaint that he was forced to refund ticket money for) the first debate because the opponent failed to appear. | As the result of the initial fail- | ure, O'Neal charged, subsequen:} debates failed. | The complainant said he was to| receive 40 per cent of the gross| for ten Northwest debates. | ‘The evangelist appeared here | Wednesday and Thursday mghns’ against Charles Lee Smith, founder | of the national atheist organiza- tion. The first debate was in Seattle, | where the opponent failed to ar-| rive the night he s scheduled, but Smith appeared there later. PRIVATE OWNERS RECOMMENDED N CABINET REPORT WASHINGTON, Jan! 27.—Pri-| vate ownership and operation of | communications under rigid Fed- eral regulations is recommended in the report of the special Inter- departmental ~Committee formed recently by Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper. The committee was formed- at the suggestion of President Roosevelt. Exchange Strict ' Federal . regulation of Stock Exchaiges through a lcense system and' the appointment of a Federal Administrator is recom- mended to Congress by the Sec- retary of Commerce. This is the announcement made today by the Senate Banking Committee. No Legislation The chances that Congress will enact regulatory legislation of Stock Exchanges and communica- tion systems dwindled however, in- asmuch as the President has not made a specific request for action Newsmen have been told that it is doubted whether Congress would be in session long enough at the present session for such action. ———-——— r———————————————————————— Alaska Empire Will Be Delivered Free to All Regular Subscribers! BE SURE YOU GET YOUR COPY! Phone Empire if you do not. Wrapped and Ready for Mailing. Send Copies to Your Friends. ~ |in Walla Walla, Washington. She! in | | FRANCETD QUIT TODAY Resignation Is for Purpose of Escaping “Mud | Bath™ in Debate BULLETIN—Paris, Jan, 27.— The Chautemps Cabinet has re- fignéd according to an official statement made late this aft- | ernoon. ¢ S | | PARIS, Jan. 27.—Premier Chau- | | temps has decided that his Cabinet | | will resign after a ministerial meet- ' |ing planned late today. The resig- | nation of the Cabinet will be for | the purpose of avoiding a turther “mud bath” at next Tuesday's Chamber of Deputies when ‘the debate is resumed on the Bayonne | pawnshop scandal. h OO S MRS. A. G. STILES LEAVES FOR HOME IN WALLA WALLA | Mrs. A. G. Stiles, who has been | visiting her son-in-law and :daugh- | \ter, Mr. and Mrs. John McCor-! | mick, at their home in the Assem- {bly Apartments for the last three |and one-half months; left on the| |steamer Northwestern for her home | |expects to spend about a week in | Seattle on the way. A large number of friends, made by Mrs. Stiles during her visit here, were at the steamer to wish her |a pleasant voyage. e | |GEORGE B. RICE MAKES | J SHORT TRIP TO WRANGELL' Georg B. Rice; of the firm of {Rice and Ahlers, left on the Northwestern for a short business |trip to Wrangell. Mr. Rice ex- |pects to return to Juneau'on the | Alaska. ———e— LEAVE- HOSPITAL imlnm- operation at St. Ann's Hos- | pital several days ago, James Wil- son, who ‘had a minor- operation and Ernest ‘Rognan, medical: pas |tient, ‘all left the hospital for their {homes on Saturday. ROY COX:+MAKING TRIP (1%, ik ¥ Roy Cox, fox farmer and care-' taker of the Kaser Fur Farm, on the Glacier Highway, left on the Northwestern for. Seattle, to be away for about two weeks on busi- ness. |the steamer Northwestern. Max Scriber, who underwent a - FORTN | PASSES AWAY ' Byrd Elyot of Seattle, Wash., a graduate of the Cincinnati Conser- | vatory of Music, made her bow into the world of violin virtuois In New York. Her program was described by discerning critics as “inter- SEATTLE, Jan. 27.—Mrs. Gladys| 1sting.”_(Associated Press_Photo) Riddell Fortin, aged 23, well known | in several Alaska coast towns, is dead here following a six months illness.. Her husband. Lieut.. Henxy Fortin, of the United States Geo- detic Survey, survives. - e JAMES L. GALEN ON WAY SOUTH FOR MONTH STAY James L. Galen, Manager of ihe Mt. McKinley Transportation Com- pany, passed through Juneau on the steamer Northwestern on his way to Seattle where he will spend the next month During his short stay in Juneau, Mr. Galen called on Gov. John W. Troy and visited with other long- time friends in the city. A g e SELDOVIA MEKCHANT 1S ON TRIP TO OUTSIDE R. V. Anderson, Seldovia mer- chant, and agent for the Alaska Steamship. Company at that pl is aboard the Northwestern on his way south for a combined vacation and business trip. 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