The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 24, 1934, Page 8

% z THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1934. Model: Plane ) Wins Just r “Going Away” FLEET DAYS [FIRST AUTO OF ARE NEARING | ALASKA T0 60 IN THIS GITY| INTO MUSEUM Special Arrangements Are Original Creahon of Rob- Made for Entertainment | ert Sheldon Sheds Dust of Men of Subs for Place at College Winn Goddard, chairman of theq KANSAS CITY, July 24—Rich- ard Funk, 17-year-old messenger boy, won a model airplane sailing contest and received the award of a gold watch “in absentia,” as the colleges say, Richard couldn’t wait to see how long his plane remained aloft, because he had to go to work. The official timers weren’t much better off, even after chasing the little From neglect and & nine years'|craft to an outlying suburb in a Chamber of Commerce Fleet En—]nccumulanon of dust in an ©b-|motorcar. tertainment Committee, mmoun(‘f‘d!ecurn corner of Connqrs' garage,y They lost sight of the ship while today that the Juneau Woman's | to a place of honor in the museum (it was at an altitude of about Club, and Juneau Professjonal md"qf the Alaska Agricultural College|2,000 feet and were compelled to Business Woman's Club have been and School of Mines, is to be the stop their watches at 8 minutes, requested to cooperate with the fate of Alaska's first home-made!21 seconds. entertainment committee by dele-| automobile, ——————— gating members to act as patron-| The motor vehicle was originated esses to the various dances to beland constructed out of odds and Jt Seems Ole held during the time the navy ends by Rebert E. Sheldon, Poat.-!W ¥ units will be in Juneau, and help|master at Fairbanks, during his, "V dS Takl"g generally while the visitors are|residence in Skagway in 1905. whenlNo Cha"ces in port. he was a young man, he evinced “The City of Juncau and the(a decided interest in Popular Me- down town merchants are going to|chanics and other scientific jour- decorate the streets and stores tonals. The modish automobile was give Juneéau a gala, holiday ap-|ingeniously evolved from descrip- pearance. It is desirable that all|tions and pictures of the new in-- residences put up flags and hunt-|vention, as Skagway, though not ing as well,” Mr. Goddard said to-|unsophisticated, did not boast any day. ‘‘Sometime Friday the sub-|autos at that early date, and Mr. ST, PAUL, July 24.—For the season's prize pitching per- formance, Minnesota’s small town amateur ball teams offer the accomplishment of Ole Bartness. Bartness, who pitches for Elbow Lake, hurled a perfect marine group will arrive in Ju-|Sheldon had no models to copy. game against Hoffman, win- neau, with epproxumwly 1,600 of- Really “Ran” ning 50 to 0! “ff“’s and men, ‘}}1‘9 “:fg“q c:nli However, it ran, and more thanj Pitching to 27 batters, he tingent ever sent here and a well| o, "precent resident of Juneau! gave mo hits and issued no decorated city will do much to bases on balls. make them feel welcome. A few Ml rode up and down Broadway with/ e i 4 1 days later the navy seaplanes and‘Lh proud inventor’ i his unusua s > 2 o .., |creation. Among those who in-| thelr supply ship Wil arrive With, iveq enyy in the hearts of tho Four Hundred Thousand| less fortunate Skagwayites, by rid-! ey b otpatenes to the Commandinging with Mr. Sheldon in his modls)nf;a mi l(l“?s in Drought o " 7 _ivehicle, were Mr. and Mrs. J. Eldrea Given Assista H e adunsglgd;;lmroozeifdjBarrngar, Bill Feero and Frank nce crabd ez auested | ywiicon, all of whom now live in| WASHINGTON, July 24. — Four {hundred thousand families in the dmu;:ht regions are reported by {the Emergency Relief Administra- jtion as receiving support through 'work projects. Nineteen million dol- |lars have been granted to relief { The car itself is a natty little work during July and August. The Longshoremen's and Dock|two seater and was obviously, in! - Workers' Union, Local Number 1,|spite of dust, of a brilliant red! THOMAS WEIL IS HOME met last evening at the Labor|hue. Power was furnished by a o Temple, and elected the following |single cylinder, two cycle nmrlncl Thomas Weil, who has been re- officers: George Cox, President;|engine with a friction clutch. The! ceiving medical care* at St. Ann's R. Burnett, Vice-President; Olav|car has a wooden frame with old Hospital for the last five days, left | Tobiason, Secretary-Treasurer; and | fashioned buggy wheels and|ghe hospital for his home this C. Lundquist, Sergeant-at-Arms.|springs, while the hood is covered' mgmmg Delegates to the Central Labor|with tin. In place of a steering e — Council are to be Charles Yackes, | wheel, its course was determinad|which used to hold bits of tin or Al Clark, and Al Holmes. by means of a jointed gas pipe,|leather used in repairing the motor The carpenters’ union will meet|which protrudes from the hood,;car when its varied parts ,went tonight and the musicians will|slightly to the left side. + amiss. meet next Sunday afternoon. Something Remains ! President Charles E. Bunnell, of ————— The bracket still remains on the!the Alaska College, has written BUSINESS HOUSES ARE front of the car, where formerlyto have the ancient vehicle crated GETTING COAT OF PAINT|& carbide lamp furnished light' and shipped to Fairbanks to be| |during night rides about Skagway Preserved in the college museum streets and the upholstery looks and as an example of the ingenu- as though it might be made from ity of the Alaskan pioncer. leather taken from an old faro — s> table. In place of a rumble seat’ Mining Location Notices at Em- on the rear there is a tool chest pire office. information as to when the ships would have visiting hours for the! ‘public. Gastineau Channel communities, and can recall the awe with which they first saw their first horse-| less carriage, and the pride with: which Mr. Sheldon operated it. Two Seater —— e — . LOCAL LONGSHOREMEN ELECT THEIR OFFICERS i | The Leader Department Store, and George Brothers' Grocery, are receiving a new coat of paint. Fred Johnson, local painter, has the contract. glIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIl Tomorrow ! BEST EGGS, dozen ...... BUTTER, Solid, pound BUTTER, Cube, pound .................. TOMATOES, pound NEW POTATOES, 8 pounds ........... GREEN BEANS, Small, pound GREEN PEAS, 2 pounds ................. FRESH CORN, dozen ................ CUCUMBERS, each ....... SUMMER SQUASH, pound GREEN PEPPERS, pound, . EGG PLANT, pound ...... FRESH LIMES,.dozen ....... WATERMELONS, CASABAS, PLUMS, PEACHES, ETC. .30c .30c .32¢ 15¢ .25¢ .19¢ .25¢ .60c 13c T e Geo'rge Bros. Ltflm 92—95 121! Five Fast ~De;liveries il lllmlllllllllllllllll Illllllllluulllllfllllmlmmmm"ufllmm %II|Illil"llHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllll|IIIlllllllllllllll|IIIIIIIIIIIIIllmlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIlll|I||IIIlIIIlIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlIIIlI!IIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIl | Twin Glacier Camp SUBGOMMITTE! BARANOF MAKES MANY SPECIAL FLIGHTS TODAY ASA Seapla_n:Continually in Air Since Early Hour This Morning Since its return from a charter trip to Todd, Craig, Waterfall, Scowl Arm and Ketchikan with U. 8. Commissioner of Fisheries Frank T. Bell, Victor Bell, L. &. Wingard and Nick Bez, at 6 o'clock last evening, the seaplane Baranof of the Alaska Southern Airways, Pilot Gene Meyring, Lloyd Jarman, mechanic, has been busy constantly with trips to Excursion Inlet, Chi- chagof, Port Althorp, Funter Bay, and Hawk Inlet on which 18 pas- sengers were carried. This after- noon a trip to Sitka with pas- sengers and mail is on the sched- ule. L. G. Wingard returned herc last evening on the plane which left Mr. Bez at Todd and Commis- sioner Bell and his son, Victor, at Ketchikan. At 5:45 o'clock this morning, James Bell, Robert Crow- ley, Evelyn Howell, Mrs. J. Soberg and Mrs. Georgia Mills took pass- age for Excursion Inlet. From there the plane went to Chichagof and brought Rade Wuno, Einard Davis and Charles Beck back to Juneau. Immediately upon its arrival here, the Baranof, Pilot Meyring toek off for Port Althorp on a charter trip to bring Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Gilbert and Mrs. O. A. Larson into Juneau and left again right away for Funter Bay to get Willis E. Nowell and Henry Roden. From Funter bay, W. S. Pekovich was taken to Hawk Inlet and the Baranof re- turned to its Juneau base. i Hawk Inlet Again Pilot Meyring took off on an- other trip to Hawk Inlet with Mrs. A. Africh, bound for the Ala: | Empire Gold Mine, Mrs. Legia! Olson and daughter, Patricia, and Dolph Mitchell, for the P. E. Har- ris cannery. It was to leave for its regular Tuesday trip to Sitka with pas- sengers upon its return here and is due back in Juneau this even- ing. Kruzof Flight This morning the seaplane Kruzof, of the same company, Pilot Frank Knight, made .a trip to the to L. H. Smith and returned to Juneau at noon. CANCELS TOUR Congressional Party Aban- dons Proposed Inspection der charter ({ CHANGES IN PWA LOAN AND GRANT ARE REQUESTED Few Modifications of,Con- tract Wired to Washing- ton Following Meeting At a special meeting of the Ju- neau City Council held last even- ing it was decided to request cer- tain modifications in the contracts for the PWA grant and loan of $103,000 for public improvements to the City of Juneau. Chief among the desired changes is that ' [the provision for repayment of the 20-year loan be deferred for ten vears and paid at the rate of 10 |per cent a year instead of begin- ning next year and repayed at is provided present, Another change requested is that | the work be done on a 40-hour in the contract at hour week, because of the carly arrival of severe weather in this locality, Mayor Goldstein said. The contract was received by Mayor Goldstein yesterday and the changes mentioned were requested the rate of 5 per cent per year as‘- week basis, rather than on a 30-| by radie to PWA ‘following the meeting. A reply is expected with~ in a few days and if favorable another special Council meeting will be called to approve a special election for property owners to | vote on the grant and loan. According to the contract the Federal Government will undertake to dispose of bonds up to $80,000 of Juneau at 4 per cent interest. Thirty per cent of the amount in- volved will be given to the city as an outright grant ,to' be used for labor and material for the street, bridge and other public improve- ments, the Mayor said. — e MORE IMPROVEMENT ON LOCAL FEEDER VESSEL A bridge is being constructed across the top of\the Kenai cabin to make it easier for passengers to get on and off the ship at the various stops along the Sitka route. | Previously it has been necessary for passengers to climb down rath- |er precariously from the docks to the boat's deck by ladder at low |tide. The bridge will make it \pomlble to operate the gangplank more nearly level. Hen Nests on Nails | NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A hen own- | ed by Wayne Gower made her nest of -rusty nails. Efforts to induce her to do her setting elsewhere were unavalling. which will be loaned to the City| the footing between 4 am. and 7 am. The footings of piers two and three on the Juneau side will be Poured either this evening or to- morrow morning, probably the lat- ter. Lumber for the frames for pour- ing the superstructure on the piers is now on the ground and this work will be started within a short time. Driving of the foundation piles, which is being done by Jake Cropley, is well ahead of the other crew, Mr. Warrack said. Pete tAnderson is in charge of excava- tion for the plers and operates onc of Cropley's skid pile drivers. ., PIER FOOTING IS POURED TODAY BY WARRACK GO, Concrete Footing Poured on First Approach Pier to Douglas Bridge Concrete for the footing gn the first pier on the Juneau appréach to the Douglas Bridge was puured[ early this morning by the Warrack Construction Company, Taking ad-' vantage of low water conditions, TONSILS TAKEN OUT Violet and’ Charles Maki, children of Mr. and Mrs. E. Maki, under- Ann's Foreman Bill Bolm, who has a|went tonslléctomies ‘at St. crew of 42 mien on the job poured Hospital this morning. | DASH-— { The best 5-pound Washing Powder for the money—package, 50c ® At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 | ] of National Forests ‘The inspection tour through sev- eral National Forests, including Tongass Forest, has been aband- oned by the House Agricultural Subcommittee, according to advices Jjust received at local headquarters of the United States Forest Service. No reason was assigned for the cancellation of the trip which would have taken the commiteee through the Northwest and South- east Alaska. F. A. Silcox, Chief Forester, who had expected to come here with the Congressional party, has elim- inated the Alaska portion of his own tour, Regional Forester C. H. Flory was advised. The Forester will spend a short time in Oregon and Washington late in August, but owing to lack of time, will not come north. PLAN TEST OF AIR TRAIN FOR AIR MAIL TRIP Biplane will Il Tow 3 Gild- ers, Each with Pilot, 200 Pounds Mail NEW YORK, July 24—An aire train, composed of a motor-pow- ered biplane and three glider trall- ers is expected to take off next week from Floyd Bennett Field with mail for Philadelphia, Wash- ington and Baltimore. Jack O'Meara, glider champion, is arranging the test flight, backed by Postmaster-General James A. Farley. The plane will tow the gliders, each of which is to be loaded with 200 pounds of mail. A piot on each will glide to the airport. President Has Reached Hawaiian Isles ABOARD U. 8. S. HOUS- A Few Items BATHING 5 PACKAGES—SAN-NAP-PAK - NAPKINS : BOYS* SWEAT SHIRTS BOYS” AND MENS’ SWEATERS - WOMEN'S HATS - BOYS’ BROADCLOTH SHIRTS 98c WOMEN'S PUMPS Broken sizes-20 pairs left WOMEN’S HAND BAGS White, Red, Black, Brown SILK AND VOILE BLOUSES GIRDLES REDUCING GIRDLES Listed - SANDALS < L T . T[\urSday -Friday - Satarday BIG DOLLAR SAVING DAYS) See Our Window Display . BABY DRESSES AND ROMPERS 3 PAIRS—MEN'S WOOL SOX BRIDGE SETS ' BATH MATS LUNCHEON CLOTHS WOMEN'S PAJAMAS ... .BOYS’ OVERALLS - ORGANDIE COLLAR SETS | . . GIRLS DRESSES BOYS’ CAPS - Hundreds of other items too > numerous to mention