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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK I;LI;G FORTUNE ? MONEY WMEANE NOTHING TO ME, MY FRIEND THE REASON I'M BACKING YOU IS TO GET AWAY FROM MYSELF - 1 AM_ AN UNHAPPY MAN, MR. GOOGLE ==~ OOGLE \Ab T NEVER LOVED HIM - BARNEY.... THAT NOISE HE ALWAYS MADE WITH HIS TEETH ALMOST DROVE ME CRAZY - MESS I'M IN-! I FIND MYSELF AN ANGEL ---- AN’ HE TURNS OUT TO i BE YOUR \\ OL' BOY FRIEND- \RA:'S " " YOU MUST HAVE LED ON - AN' WHEN HE YOUR HUSBAN TUESDAY, FEB. 20, 1934, By BILLE DE BECK SNIFF PARDON ME A MOMEN' TSK-TEK OH, WHY DID SHE LEAVE ME--- WHY - WHY ? TEK-TSK WANT TQ KNOwW 73 Ny!l/? IF 1 EVER FIND /{< W\ HER --- AND SHE'S| MARRIED TO ANOTHER MAN TLL--TSK-ToK- 4= © 1934, King Feat s Syndicare, Inc, = JAN. 47~ Great Britain righis reserved. DON'T TELL ME - HIiM GETS WISE THAT I'M 1~} HE'S GONNA KNOCK MY BLOCK OF it. CIT!'S YOUR FAULT Prince Starts Infant Right Now on His Mapped-Out Life . A geverness already has been appointed for the infant son of ial couple, Emperor Hirchito and Empress Nagako of at ep in the carefully prepared path which the v thrcugh life. In the background is a section cn which marked popular joy at the birth - ome crown prince at birth, The neiple that the eldest son of emperor should succeed to the throne was not established in Ja- pan until the adoption, in 1829, of 5 the law of imperial succession. been St In the nearly 25 centuries whi e AEL- Geyout Japanese beliave have elaps- 10 h # OI% °f‘cd since establishment of their < Hirohito and Em -1 dynasty in 660 B.C., the helrs to gako. 11 addition to two nurses and the throne have been chosen from numcieus servants, a governass Nas among any of the sons, brothers or been ointed. | nephews of the reigning monarch, Public Career Launched jusually by the ruler himsel just She is Viscountess Sei Osako, before his death or abdication. widow of a famous general. The Emperors Meiji and Taisho, the earliest tiaining of the future rul- great-grandfather and grandfather er is her responsibility. ;OY the new princé, were born be- Later a tutor, probably one of fore The present law was adopted. the empire’s most illustrious sub- Hirohito was born while his grand- jects, will be assigned to the boy.|father was still on the throne and The tutor of the present emperor, hence was only son of the crown for example, was that hero of’prince. heroes, Admiral Count Heihachiré! But Prince Akihito, from birth, Togo, victor in the battle of nhe‘has been the “Kotaishi Denka,” or 8ea of Japan. {“His Tmperial Highness,” the The public career of the infant|Crown Prince, marked to become monarch-to-be began on the sev- the 125th occupant of “the august enth day of his life, his “naming high seat” and to carry on “the day,” December 29. Then the big|line unbroken for ages eternal of guns of the cruisers anchored off the descendants of the Sun God- Tokyo and the artillery of the cap- dess.” ital's garrison, thundered the im-! perial 21-gun salute. Prince Akihi-| to’s life is likely to be a succession | of such salutes. Additional milestones of his life have been set up. It has been de- - A carefully to what cminence s ahead of n prince of Japan. | 1-n3-Miya, E e NEW SECRETARY Miss Grace Fisher of Fairtanks, ihas been appointed temporary sec- iretary to Judge E. Coke Hill, to creed ‘that on his seventh bIrth-|serve during the absence of E. 'l‘.l day he is to be invesied with the|Wolcott, who is visiting grand order of merit and the grand States for a few months. order of the chrysanthemum, high- | ————— est decorations of the realm. Refusal of a 60-year-old resident First Born to Purple of San Bernardino, Cal, to pay At 10 he will be commissioned a oOne cent in sales tax on a 25 cent sub-lieutenant in the army and Meal led to his arrest on a charge navy. At 18 he will reach his ma- of defrauding an innkeeper. Jority and the whole nation Will| _umemeey == be en fete. g Perhaps none of the future festi-| val§ will surpass in spontaneity) that which greeted the princeling’s, birth. One special reason for that" was that he is the first of the Sun Goddess’ 2,500 year-old dynasty to, in the DOUGLAS NEWS DOUGLAS HIGH - SCHOOL CAGERS - BEAT FIREMEN Lads ForgeuA_head in Last Period to Nose Out 25-23 Victory After trailing the Douglas Fi men for three quarters, the hj !school Huskies finally forged out jahead in the last canto of the game last night in the nat and de- feated their opponents 25 to 23. In the first quarter the Firemen {were ahead of the high school to {the tune of 14 to 2. The school HIGH | sak.18 | 25206 INO MEETING OF CHAMBER ON THURSDAY | Owing to Thursday, the regular | meeting date, falling on a holiday, | the Executive Board of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce decided at | the session today noon- there would | be no meeting this week, At today's session a Form and | Policy Committee was named to draft any resolutions deemed neces- sary for presentation to the United States Chamber of Commerce meeting next month. The Executive Board also decided to call the attention of the mer- chants to the agreement they sign- ed several years ago concerning closing on certain observed holi- days, of which Washington's Birth- day is one. ——————r———— Charles “Gabby” Street, one-time manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and catcher for the Seals in 1906, | has arrived in 8an Francisco to| assume the job of manager of the Mission baseball club. (Associated Press Photo) Shop in Juneau e TR SR YN S R 2] { boys could not seem to get started until Guerin replaced Mills an Kilburn, Cashen. This combinatior | clicked, but at the half the Hus- kies were still behind, althougt ! they had cut down the Fire-fight- ers' lead. | The high school continued tc igain in the third quarter. At th beginning of the fourth divisior {the Huskies led for the first {ime maintaining this lead until the fin- 1al gun. Tomorrow night the Y. P. A, C crosses the 'Channel to oppose the high school in a maple court mix- ,up which starts at 7:30. If th: United Meat plays the Firemer here, the fans will enjoy a double- header. Line-up Pos. 1 High School Mills Kilburn Edmiston Williams Stragier .. ! TReferee, Fox; timer, Reidi. - e, JUNIOR PLAY TO BE STAGED NEXT MONTH Firemer Gre! Niem Doogan T. Niem J. Mils Reinikka 1 s ol -8 scorer, | Rehearsals for “Sweet Irish Col- leen,” a three-act comedy, start this week. Mrs. Engstrom will coachi this annual production of the Jun- ior class which is to be staged the early part of April. Alice Sey is property mistress and prdpter; Bernhart Savikko, stage manager. Included in the cast of charac- ters is: Mother, Astrid Loken; serv+ ants, Mary Pearce and Bobby Fee- ro; Grace, Jessie Fraser; Larry,| Glenn Edwards; Everett Sharp, Al- ‘bert Stragier; Roderick, Gerald| | Cashen; Margaret, Mpyrtle F‘eero:i Francis, Lloyd Guerin. | This comedy will be presented two evenings, Friday and Saturday, and also at a matinee for the school children and others who are unable to attend in the evening. - e - SCHOOL DANCE ‘The Torch Soclety will be hosts | at a dance Wednesday night in the | Eagles’ hall from 9 until 1 o'clock. | Thursday, Washington's birthday, is a holiday. This affair is given for students, alumni and the gen- eral public. Glenn Edwards, inimitable high school pianist, will furnish the music. A special program is being arranged for the intermission. Madeline Bucholtz will sing. e e PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS UNDER WAY, PUBLIC SCHOOL Mrs. Emmett Connor, Red Cross nurse, began her examination of the Douglas school children yester- day morning. She has just complet- >d this same work in the Juneau school. The nurse examines eyes, nose| and throat for tonsils, adenoids and eye trouble, takes the weight meas- ure and height. She will probably finish up the examination today. — e WILLIAM GERTZ HAS HARD TRIP ON '"RAIL William Gertz, mail carrier, is receiving congratulations for the trip he made the other day in tak- ing Alex Gruvac, who was seriously ill, from Fairbanks Creek to Skoogy Gulch on the Steese Highway, says the Fairbanks News-Miner. From Skoogy Gulch, Mr. Gruvac was brought on the Midnight Sun Company's motor stage, driven by Buster Anderson, to the hospital in Fairbanks. In making the sled and dog team journey from Fairbanks Creek to Skoogy Gulch, Mr. Gertz encoun- tered numerous snow drifts and battled against a strong wind and an extremely low temperature, He said it was one of the hardest trips | in his career, and he is a veteran | traveler of Alaska trails, | gains! Shop in jumeau | H. S. GRAVES | “The Clothing Man” Home of Hart, Schaffner and | Marx Clothing | | E ! ‘elephone 88 FRYE’S BABY BEEF “DELICIOUS” HAMS and BACON Frye-Bruhn Company Prompt Delivery My Beauly Hint IMPSON To keep superfluous flesh off the hips and ankles I take two hours’ exercise daily. A rowing machine is good for the bust and arms, and swimming and roller skating, in season, improve the figure and are fun besides. Over-indulgence in vio- lent exercise is to” be avoided. D Daily Empire Want Ads Pay ] German ké/ugee . aris t L. BY “EAVY sNaw}an apartment shortage in Paris. | The number of selfzexiled Germans in the Fréhch capital-is'*the esti- mate of delighted rental agents, Pugitives from the Hitler regime have virtually cleared the market | of vacant aparfments, the agents | say. They hayve been able to obtain (Continued from Page One) | favorable rates, landlords add, be- “toem —=—— cause they brought their wealth quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | With them and paid a year in ad- stock today is 22'%, American Cuni"flnm 106%, American Power and Light | Hotels of the Champs Elysces 10%, Anaconda 16%, Armour B 3%, section, formerly haMf-empty be- Bethlehem Steel 48, Calumet and |cause of the tourist slump, also are Hecla, no sale; Curtiss-Wright 4%, | enjoying good tithes again. Fox Films 16%, General Motors R 40%, International Harvester 4414, | Workers on a paving crew near Kennecott 2114, Montgomery-ward[Auhum, Cal, unearthed a small 33%, Packard Motors 51, Southern | vein of gold and by erecting sluice Railroad 35, United States Steel poxes obtalned as much as $40 58%, Ulen Company, no sale; Unit- | each during the short period the ed Aircraft 20%, Translux Daylight nhighway stretch was available for Pictures, no sale, | mining. I Closed ;A‘ll Ddy Thursd'ay February 22 Price Changes Narrow and| Traders Cautious— | Pound Sterling Loses Washington’s Birthday ORDER YOUR SUPPLIES TOMORROW @® Fresh Fruit and Prbd"u(:e arriv:ng on Alaska Tod‘ay' o Sanitary Grocery PHONE 85 Store Open Until 9 P. M. Tomorrow | ‘"lIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllII_IIIIIIIMIIIIIIIlIIlIIIllllIllIll!![llliflfl!flllfllfl[{lwllllmllll r a FEBRUARY s a Month of Bargains The man (or perhaps it was a woman!) who invented serviceable. the towel had a great ide%l. And an equally great benefactor was the man (or more likely woman) who colnceiyed the scheme of making towels as colorfully attractive as they are bathingly . Along about this time of the year, towels also have their The advertisements in Did you ever pause to consider how much ti pense these advertisements save you? R S B AT AR AP Nt Aeas. s plan of moving from bargain counters to !hrifty closets. Linen, handkerchiefs and blankets also beckon the eye and prices soothe the pocketbook. January is a glorious menth for bar- ; 5 ‘ your newspaper are important news of the shopping world and they tell an interesting story of quality and price—of things that are new. i 1t i ¥ me and ex- You make your own decisions in your own home. You figure the cost to a penny. Then, with the help of these daily messages of economy in your newspaper, you go forth on an adventure of buyi;g and return i ‘ RUEE with exactly what you intended to get.