The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 5, 1934, Page 2

adn N THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1934. B B A 0,04 i e i RO 6OLD LEADS. IN ALL SHIPMENTS OF PAST MONTH of ' To'tal of $946,787, of Quthorne Commerce lion's: share. of Alaska’s outborne commerce during the . montlr of March, acgording ‘to: the monthly ccmmerce statement made public stoday by James J. Connors, Col- jlector .of Customs, . The value of all gold shipments for the month was . placed at ’5515.660, The total .of all ship- ments reported was $946,787. Can- ned salmon exports were repovted at. $140,000. I The. list of commodities skipped and values follows: Animals . 4 Fish: 75 Comprises 3;5,660 Out| Geold shipments fiwn formed the | 100 | * This to replenish your lingerie for Spring' and Summer at a Slips, { B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Storg” B0ARD AWARDS CONTRACT FOR HOME BUILDING Warrack Bid Acceptedfli Plans Already Started to Begin Work at Once | Wwarrack Construction Company was today awarded the contract for the general construction of the new Pioneers’ Home at Sitka. The cward was made by the Pioneers’ Home Building Commission, it Was announced by Frank A. Boyle, Sec- retary No action has been taken on the bids for other types of work on the project. Other awards, how- ever, are expected to be made in the near future. Plans for beg ning work are alrecdy under way, it was said by J. B. Warrack, President of the successful bidder. He will go to Sitka by plane early next week to look over the ground and make ar- rangements to start actual work. “We will hegin just as soon as we can get cur plant ori the ground and a* crew assembled. We expect to start excavating for the founda- tion with a crew of 25 to 30 men and will augment tk force as progress makes it necessary " he said. All labor will be local, Sitka as far as possible and from other Alaska towns as there is demand that Sitka cannot supply. Local materials will be given preference Everyoune interested in furnishing supplies and materials and all labor can reach Mr. Warrack at his local offices, he said. Excavation for will be the first work the foundation P. O. Peter- son will be foreman in charge of |(raditional courage of its species, |64 Much comment {rom. edugators the work. A tractor and Fresno scraper will do most of the ex- cavating with hand labor on the corners. A gravel-cleaning plant will be erected at Sitka to supply material for the concrete The project will be pushed a rapidly as possible, Mr. Warrack said. The contract calls for con pletion of the general constructi by January 15, 1935 e WORM CARRIES HOOF DISEASE MISSQULA, Mont., April Sheep, grazing in National Forests of the Thompson River region in Western Montana, were falsely ac- Bt used of infecting scores of deer|there are about 4,000 in some 830 ALPINE, Texas, Apri 5.—Two ‘with a type of hoof rot, scientific { districts in the state, was dope.|hundred casves, shipped to Alpioe investigation disclosed. T_he cause ( says Fitcher, without secrificing)for western points, changed hands was found to be a parasitic worm |service three times at the stock pens' re- which thrives on the blood and ‘Transportation facilities were|cently before they were moved out. w of the game, a revised, routes consolidated and|It was the first time in years B the pupils of closed schools “cen-|such speculative interest had been Shop m Juneay tralized.” shown in cattle here, l\;lurdelged Pastor 1 | | | | | The Rev. Gaylord V. Saunders, pas- tor of the First Methodist Church of Wabash, Ind., accused of whose slaying his wife, Naomi and Theo- dore glaflu-rs, young embalming student, are held at Indianapolis. Police say the widow confessed to paying Mathers $10 to kill her husband. A “BLUE" EAGLE Bind Tries Gity il s 300 He Has Got the Jail- house Blues NORFOLK, Va., April 5 Wuhin‘ sight and sound of Norfolk’s down- | {town area, Policeman Walter R.| Hanbury caught something popular | feney sociates with the greal) {open spaces—an eagle. | | | True to the | | He saw it sitting high in a tree |and climbed after it |the big bird sat motionless until Ithe officer came within striking | |distan nd then it gave battle. |Uons are in. the. .genter of - the | Hanbury's clothes were rippéd to | Sunken areas. |shreds by the flashing talons but | Sinkage was hered by the data |finglly he captured it alive and |[0f Prof. Gyrus:Tolmen, Stanfoxd |uninjured. It measured eight feet | 8€0l08ish, who defines she . sunken from tip to tip. area as Ieeching. from Redwood The policeman took it home and | City: Qal.-to. Werm Springs, Qal. thereupon burdened himself with| ‘“It's nothing glarming,” seid Dr. an eccnomic problem — for the (Victor Peterson, head of San .Jose |eagle's appetite is enormous. |state science department. “It - has | - o—r been going en for years,” started |School “Centralization” Saves Ohio $2,000,000 ] COLUMBUS, O, April 5. — A saving of ,000,000 in two years is claimed by Joseph W. Fichter, as- sistant director of education, in the closing of 300 “expensive and un- necessary schools in the state aid districts. Clos e schools, of which pajamas, breesettes, vests and bloomers, Priced froin is a real opportunity dvantageous prices. dance " sets, gowns, 50c up INCOMES FOR CORPORATIONS SHOWING CAIN \ Payments on' ‘Incomes of Under $5,000 Show |=s Big Decrease ‘ WASHINGTON, April 5. — The first Federal collections from 1933 incomes showed sharp increases in payments of corporations and in- dividuals with large incomes but a drop in small income classes. | Figures compiled by the Treas- ury Department on March collec- tions, the first month when the' new quarter installments were due, | n which many pay for the enurei year, showed a total of $230,000,- ! 000 compared to $177,000,000 last ' year. s { Corporation incomes for 1933, were nearly 50 percent larger than ' the corresponding collections of a yéar ago. Payments on jncomes below $5,- $15,000,000 a year ago tp approxi- mately $13,000000 this year. Payments on incomes before $5,- 000 declined from approximately $15,000 a wear ago to approximate- ly $13,000,000 this, Vear. ;4 CITY. SINKING . SAVANTS FIND SAN JOSE, Cal, April. 5, — Findings of Stanigrd Uniyersity savants that San Jose has sunk four feet .in. fourigen .years and that 8 huge sunken -ares exists through Santa Clara Valley, eyok- at Santa Clara University and San Jose State College, whose instity- Father Eugene Exchigalupi, Sep- ta Clara geologist, “Sinking may ke due (o deep- seated movements, or may be A solid readjustment of the earth stresses prior to an earthquake along the San Andreas ‘fault, in the Pacific Goast: region,” said Tolman - Cattle Speculation Up lOte, matte, and regulus— Trophies, specimens, etc. |31 other articles .. Fresh and frozen (except shell-fish) — Halibut Pope Pius . Planning | Vacation Villa of (;;fie Gandolfo Being Rehabilitated for Occasion (Continued from Page One) rives in May he will be here for his seventy-seyenth birthday, fall- ing on the last of the month. The villa has been completely rehabilitated in recent years and will provide a comfortable abode for the pope and his retinue. It is at an altitude of 1,400 feet and dominates a beautiful lake region. Although his doctirs have been urging Pius for several years to leave the low-lying church state during the hot months, he never previously has found time to do so. Last year he made two trips to the villa, but they were of only a few hours’ duration. He is expected to make one fi- nal inspection visit prior to estab- jnshlng himself here. It probably _(will take place early in April, Salmon . 5?';}?fésoon after the close of Holy Year, cium:"'(fmép"men_mm 15 | throughout which he has been la- Sal 140958 | boring strenuously. Curamdwonr preserved(ex- T | A mlcro—wave radio telephone (plant installed at the villa by the oeg:dshell—flsm— 2,‘_923mvenmr. Marconi, two years ago Herring 5 Salmon 3,132 Shellfish— Clams . 547 Crabs 3,656 Shrimps . 16,850 All .other fish. and fish 1 products k Sk 577 Furs and fur-skins— Blue fox . 11,645 2,030 Silyer or, black fox Red | fox % White fox 5 i D oo " DAMAGE SUIT ENDS rigea IN FEDERAL COURT; Lead Total value of products of Alaska S MR -$306,146 | |Products of the United States | returned 31,235 Total value of shipments of merchandise -...5427,381 Gold 515,660 Silver ..., - 3,746 Grand total e e LUTHERAN I)INNERt Churgh Parlors—April 12, § .- Daily tmpire Wunt Ads Pay 5,241 | adv.' will keep the Pontiff in contact with |ing two-day transmission. | The villa of Castel Gandolfo |was built by Pope Urban VIII in (1629, Pius IX occupied it in 1869, ‘)just preceding the church-state i difficulties that caused the popes 'to refuse to leave the Vatican, The present pope composed the differences in 1929, with the' La- teran treaty. JURY IS STILL OUT Trial of the damage suit of Al Johnson against the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, for $7,100 sulting from an injury in the |mine last September, was concluded lin the Federal District Court this morning. lander delivered his instructions to the jury shortly before noon. No verdict had been reached at midafternoon. The jury is com- posed of Mrs. Kathleen Andrews, 946787 |J; E. Barragar, Jr, Mrs. Henry R 1Cross, Mrs. Peter Carlson, H. M. {Hollmann, Mrs. D. S. Roff, Mrs |James E. Smith, Joseph Simpson, Sam Feldon, Paul Hudon, Mrs. {Theoda Kann, and John Mc- Laughlin. from 15 to 18 years @ Under auspices preside at the Annual away—and all that is contest ‘is to clip the QUEEN § i i ievs ’ This .coupon to be MAY QUEEN @ This contest open to all girls of Juneau Auxiliary—and the. “Queen” chosen will @ There are numerous prizes to be given in=—and deposit the coupon at the Juneau Drug Company not latér than 4 o’clock Sat- urday.: This coupon will eount for 100 votes towards naming the May Queen. for, (Sign your name here) Juneau Drug Company NOT later than of age. of American Legion May Day Ball. necessary to enter this coupon below, . fill it OF MAY 100 yfor alleged permanent disability re- | Judge George F. Alex-| MAYOR AT NOME Fine Spring Weather Brings Out Four Hun- dred Voters NOME, Alaska, April 5—Dr, Rex F. Swartz was elected Mayor Tuesday over Ed Tarnutzer, ran for re-election, Out of ten candidates for the City Councills Edward Seiverberg, | Albin Polson and Andrew Sather were elected. M. J. Walsh was elected City Clerk, M. Sullivan for City Attor- neyship and J. 8. Stangrom, the Treasurer, without opposition. Mrs. W. F. Baldwin was re- elected to the School Board over C. J. McGregor. There was fine spring weather that brought out 400 voters. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 5.— The Progressive Ticket won in the City election here Tuesday. E. B. Collins was elected Mayor, Fred Lewis, Leslie Nerland and E. L. Shermer, Councilmen, and George B. Veach to the School Board. Alaska College Placed on Accredited List Now SPOKANE, Wash., April 5—The Northwest Association of Second- ary and Higher Schools has placed 55' 1 32| the Vatican constantly. There is a|the Alaska Agriculture College and "% simflar plant at Vatican City, giv-|School of Mines on the accredited list of four-year colleges. Always One Standard . . THE BEST! You can depend on the experienced staff of this organi- zation to carry out your every wish, Regardless of the price you pay, there is no sacrifice of dignity . . . no vari- ations from our high standards of service. | | | | | —— \‘ pH — P m—— The Charles W. Carter Mortuary PHONE 136-2 | i “The Last Service Is the Greatest Tribute” —— Cigars Cigarettes Candy Cards The New Arctic Pabst Famous ¢ Draught Beer On Tap e e e = DOCTOR ELECTED) who i U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., April 5: Rain tonight and Friday; moderate southeasterly winds. ‘ LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4 pm. yest'y 30.07 37 89 E 18 Rain-Snow 4 am. today 30.21 38 90 s 4 Rain Noon today 30.29 42 87 S 15 Sprinkling CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4pm. | Lowest 4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather -4 -14 16 0 Clear 32 30 32 6 04 Snow 48 | 30 32 6 .08 Pt. Cldy 44 | 22 22 4 0 Pt. Cldy 887 AR 0 [ Cldy 28 22 24 20 Trace Clear~ Dutch Harbor 38 36 | 32 32 16 10 Clear Kodiak 42 42 34 38 20 0 Cldy | Cordova 34 34 | 34 38 12 148 Rain Juneau 38 37 | 36 38 4 80 Rain Sitka 44 = 37 et 0 .30 Pt. Cldy Ketchikan 46 40 | 38 40 6 44 Rain Prince Rupert 48 48 38 38 4 .08 Rain Edmonton 50 42 | 28 28 4 o Clear Seattle 60 58 46 46 4 0 Clear Portland 64 62 | 50 50 4 0 Cldy San Francisco 66 64 52 52 4 0 Clear The barometric pressure is moderately low over Alaska except the Southeast and extreme North and is rising in all portions of the Territory. It is lowest in the Kuskokwim Valley with rain or snow over Southern and Western Alaska and unsettled weather in the Interior. The pressure is high from the Pacific States to Southeast Alaska, and slightly above normal with clear weather on the Arctic coast. Temperatures have risen at Nome, and from Cor- dova southeastward and have fallen over the remainder of the Territory. BARN DANCE Auspices Women of the Moose Moose Hall, Saturday Music l)y the “Haymakers” PRIZES! PRIZES! Admission: Gentlemen 75¢, Ladies 25¢ IDEAL PAINT SHOP If It's Paint We Have It! PHONE 549 Wendt & Garster ALASKA MEAT CO. FEATURING CAKSTEN’S BABY BEEF—DIAMOND TC HAMS AND BACON—U. S. Government Inspected PHONE 39 Deliveries—10:30, 2:30, 4:30 P NSURANCE Allen Shattuck, Inc. b fin_em, Alaska Established 1898 Old Papers for Sale at Empire Office DEPOSITED at the range — Convenient Terms Watch Your Step COME SEE AN ELECTRIC N ELECTRIC COOKERY IS AUTOMATIC —- COOK THE MODERN WAY ~-- From Your Easy Chair A great General Electric made this magic heat fa t ; pan full of potatoes is boiled in half an inch of water without burning. COME_IN AND SEE FOR YOURSELF ) invention, the Hi-Speed Calrod heating element, has ster than fuel. 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