The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1934, Page 2

I T e e R T Ou tstanding Values in BLANKETS, COMFORTS, PILLOWS, ' SPREADS, ETC. Now is the time to stock up on bedding for winter needs COMFORTERS Cotton-Filled—Values to $8.50 NOW. $6.95 Special buy on Wool-Filled Comforts at $5.00 J WHITE SHEET BLANKETS — 60x90 — Special, $1.00 WHITE SHEET BLANKE;ITS——T()x‘)O PART-WOOL PART-WOOL DOUBLE and green—Regular pice $3.25—NOW $2.75 ALL-WOOL BLANKETS— SINGLE BLANKETS — 72x84 — Regular price $1.95 NOW $1.45 BLANKETS—Size 84x44 — Colors rose, blue ngle—Solid colors with contrasting bor- ders—Special, $6.50 PILLOW DOWN PILLOWS—Reg. $6. BED SPREADS — —Regular $1.95, NOW $1.50 each A nice line of beautifully designed cotton spreads at $2.95 and $3.75 each FULL LINE OF PEQUOT SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES Priced Reasonably B e e e e e e e wn«k:a““m B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Junean’s Leading Department Store” e ALASKA EXHIBIT AT FAIR DRAWS MANY VISITORS Is Much La—r; and More| Representative, Snell | Tells Chamber Here (Continued from Page One) disseminate information about the Merritory, to promote travel in Alaska, particularly travel over‘ the Alaska d.- In thisggn-, geavor he delivers frequent lect! es | and displays many motion pictures. | ‘His contacts with Alaskans, he has made his work less - ficult. 5 He will remain here until the arrival of the Aleutian and proceed on that vessel to Seward for a trip through the interior and northern areas. Ketchikan Is Improved Business conditions are much improved in Ketchikan, H. G. Mc- told the Chamber. “We are getting along better in a financial and economical way than for a while. Every man, woman child who wants to work has a first time in three or he said. run of fish had kept ‘canneries operating at capacity, 3 ng work in the plants and The ending of the beat on canneries,” he declared. Deplores Price Cutting The Chamber today joined As- toria, Ore., and Ketchikan in urg- | ing that any possible steps be‘ taken to prevent price cutting in tion that it be transmitted diréctly the canned salmon industry. At'to the Chief or the United States the suggestion of the Astoria body,|Biological Survey in Washington, it directed the Secretary to tele- D. C. , graph Frank T. Bell, United States e Commissioner of Fisheries, i to use' R R R Y his influence to have the recenu; ‘MAJOR HOPKINS AND announced ing prices from| " Seattle W"hd‘l”fl:‘:‘l and higher ones| WIFE ENJOY snwm | WEEKS FISHING TRIP !, ¥ A made to take their place. ‘The opening prices, which quoted pink salmon and reds at $1.60 per Wone Ry dozen for one-pound,talls, are de- clared to be lower than the average price of packing and marketing British Express Appreciation In a letter to E. M. Goddard, Chairman of the Entertainment Committee, Capt. C. H. Knox-Lit-, tle, Commander of the cruiser sl Danae, expressed appreciation for|the Yukon. o himself, his officers and erew of| They both made ‘good ‘catches of the courtesies extended during!Erayling and trout in the Interlor their stay here. :d l;o i xthu; pl:;;d ;}: “We are seldom privileged torihe oRportunities for visit so hospitable a city as Junelu.! in hunting and fishing {n Alagka. and T am sure that the memorles BOth plan to retufn ogdin and of pleasant times we, spent here ' SPend a longer time in the country. will long remain with us,” he said.| Yesterday, with gear for trout Mr. Goddard said his committee|fishing, slickers and a lunch they would have a complete and de_llel't for the Salmon Creek dam to tailed report to make as soon uI'P‘"‘? the day. the Army flyers have made their! Major Hopkins, formerly ' with visit here. He pointed out that,the United States Army Engineers the city has entertained some COTPS is nOw retired and with Mrs, 3,000 sailors during the past three Hopkins makeés his home on Bain- weeks. bridge Island, near Seattle, when Small Boat Harbor |l.hey are not away h\finth?g and Need for a small boat refuge fishing. ¥ harbor h vill bec essing |, - if the Alaska Junau is compelled ONLY ONE HALIBUTER bird season and zoning of the Ter- ritory, submittéd to the Alaska Game Commission, was returned to the Chamber by ‘Mr. Terhune, Ex- ecutive Officer, with the sugges- After completing’ & 'two weeks fishing trip into the Yukon and Atlin country, Major and Mrs. M. J. Hopkins, arrived in Juneau on the steamer Alaska from Skagway. They remained ovet''in 'Juneau -to try the streams and lakes in this vicinity and will proceed south on bad mede it possible to return to between Mr. Mec- for inter- by of to use the space now occupied by’ ARNVE.S_AT sum the lower City floats, as is now in prospect, the Executive Commit- tee reported. The Chamber, it SEATTLE, Aug. 16—The hall- was announced, will attempt to buter Atlantic' with 37,000 pounds get that project under the Public ffom the Western banks Was the ‘Works Administration. only eraft arriving here today. The The Chamber's report and re- Atlantic sold for 6 and 6% cents commendations on the migratory a pound. |JAPAN, RUSSIA THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, ehds in a big bow, while the skirt Of shimmering taffeta splashed with geld flowers is this stun- ning evening gown designed by Heim. 1934. HMS. DANAE LEAVES THIS MORNING AT 8 British Cruiser Terminates Five-Day Visit and De- parts for Prince Rupert I(C(muuued from Page One) band included two cornets, three saxaphones, a base viol and drums. During the waltzes the cornetists and one saxaphone player doubled with violins. Danced Till 1 AM. Dancing ' continued until shortly after 1 o'clock when the last visit- ing Britishers and their American friends reluctantly left the hall Liberty for the sailors was up at 2 o'clock, when the last shore boats made a numbér of final trips ‘to the government dock, returning to the Danae crowded. The dock was a lively place as the men, many accompanied by friends made dur- ing their stay, bade them farewell and sang popular songs while wait- ing transportation out to the cruiser. Juneau was the northernmost port onthe Danae's schedule for the present cruise, on which it left its Bermuda base June 17 and from here it will proceed steadily south once more stopping at Prince Ru- pert, Nanaimo, B. C., Tacoma, Port Alberni, S8an Francisco, Long Beach and Balboa, on the Pacific Coast and Jamaica in the West Indies before returning to Bermuda in November, k4 g ADMIRAL BYRD 1S WEAK MAN ANTARCTIC, Little America, Aug. 16—Admiral Richard E. Byrd, marooned for several months at his outpost, is gaining strength at the weather base, but is still too weak to make the 123-mile trip back to the main camp. >~ — NICK BEZ AND HANS FLOE ARE IN JUNEAU AT NOON The low cut back decollete sweeps into a train, AGAIN AT OUTS TOKYO, Aug 16—~The Soviet Consul General at Harbin demand- ed the Manchukuo authorities lease seventeen Soviet subjects ar- rested on charges of plotting| against Manchukuo. Japanese urvi ficials refused the demand. The men arrested were officials and employees of the Chinese Eastern Railway. RUMORS IN MOSCOW MOSCOW, Aug. 16.—Government officials heard rumors today the Japanese militarists planned to take over the Chinese Eastern Rail- way after declaring a state of military law. This followed dis- patches telling of the arrest of | Russians, employees of the road, by | Japanese and Manchukuan forces charged with a revolutionary plot Descend Into Ocean to-Depth Of Hal} Mile HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 16 .~— Dr. Dilliam Beebe and | Otis Barton, American scien- | tists, descended to a new depth | record of more than half a mile yesterday in a “bathu- sphere”, a two-ton iron ball. They reported mysterious deep sea fish half a mile down. ‘The fish were 20 feet long and illuminated by a myriad of tiny lights, | LEIGH H. SMITH TO | BE BURIED IN SOUTH For burial in the south, the re-| mains of Leigh Hackley Smith, who died in his sleep Monday morning at Wrangell, will be taken to Seattle on the steamer Yukon leaving here tonight. Arrange- ments will be turned over to the Bonney Watson Funeral Parlors of that ecity by the Juneau Young Undertaking Company. Definite plans for funeral scr- vices and interment will be made by his mother, Mrs. Erie L. Smith. upon her arrival in Seattle aboard her yacht Stella Maris. Mrs. Smith and Miss Mary Joyce are speng a few days at the Twin Glacier Camp where Mr. Smith had made his home for the last five years before leaving for the south, S A PIONEER PASSES AWAY Jans Emlle Marcussen, 86, re- cently died at St. Mary’s Hospital in Pairbanks after a prolonged ill- ness. Mr. Marcussen came to Al- | aska during the gold stampede of | 1897-98." He was born in Norway. | ———a—— ROME — Russio Baldoni was} kicked ' by ‘8’ Horse as a result of | a collision- between his motorcycle and an automobile. He was thrown from his bike into the path of a horse-drawn hack. TODAY FOR SHORT V T Nick Bez, President of the Peril Straits Packing Company, and Hans Floe, Buperinendent of the P. E. Harris Canning Company at Hawk Inlet, were in Juheau for a short EUGENE BLACK RESICNS JOB time today around noon. The cannerymen had the sea- WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Eugene pjons Baranof under charter from R. Black has resigned as GoOvern- carly morning to look over the or of the Federal Reserve Board fishing grounds and inspect their and assumed an official job @S yaripus traps. interpreter between the, Nation's AN R e banks and the Government. MRS. NICK BEZ, CHILDREN > AND MISS JOAN MORGAN FREAK WEATHER TO ARRIVE HERE TODAY Mrs. Nick Bez with her two children Geraldine and John, and Miss Joan Morgan, who has becen visiting at Todd for the last six valley early i y. Since that weeks, are expected to arrive in time, the weather has been clear, Juneau late this afternoon from with temperatures ranging around Todd on the seaplane Baranof. 80 degrees. | Mrs. Bez and her children will - e be guests at the Governor's House Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! while they are in Juneau. The Kenai Valley has experienced freak weather during the present summer. Following a hot clear month in June, a frost nipped the e Attention! HUNTERS FISHERMEN Ty ; " 5 T T ''U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather fi (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., August 16: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; gentle winds mostly northwesterly. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~Weather 4 4 pm. yest'y 30,06 58 80 £ 8 Sprinkling 4 am. today 30.04 52 94 8 4 Rain Noon today 30.07 55 8% s 4 Rain CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4pm. | Lowest4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather Barrow 38 38 | 32 32 10 J Cidy Nome 54 50 | 40 40 10 0 Cldy b, Bethel 54 52 | a8 48 4 Trace Clear Fairbanks b6 52 | 50 50 12 24 Cldy Dawson 60 60 44 45 8 01 Cldy St. Paul 52 52 | 48 52 14 .02 Rain Dutch Harbor 58 52 | 48 60 [} Trace —_— Kodiak 62 60 | 44 44 4 0 Clear Cordova 56 4 | 4 4 4 84 Clear Juneau 60 58 52 52 4 05 Rain Sitka 60 -~ 52 =5 0 04 Pt. Cldy Ketchikan 2 68 58 58 [ Trace Cldy Prince Rupert 68 64 54 56 4 0 Foggy g Edmonton 80 8 | 48 48 4 0 Clear Seattle 82 82 58 58 10 0 Cldy Portland 84 82 | 60 62 6 0 Cldy San Francisco ... 68 60 54 b4 4 [} Cldy The barometric ressure is low in Bering Sea and moderately low in Northwestern Canada with light showers in Bering Sea and this vieinity and moderate rain in the central Interfer and the eastern portion of the Guif followed by clearing in the Gulf. The pressure is moderately high. over the northeastern Pacific Ocean and from the Kuskokwim Valley through Southern Alaska to Caliofrnia « with clear weather from the Bering Sea coast to the Gulf. Tem- peratures h:vc fallen over most of Alaska. z (s it doma et SR e g H. R. SHEPARD FIRST DIVISION Candidate for Territorial Legislature Election Sept. 11, 1934 3 OSSR SS HENRY RODEN , Candidate FOR - Election September 11, 1934 Your Support Is Solicited PSR e ] CANNING NEEDS Jar Rings—Rubbers—Seals—Tops—Mason and Economy Jars and Jelly Glasses ORDER YOUR{NEEDS:NOW'! CALIFORNIA GROCERY TELEPHONE 478 . Prompt, Delivery PO SEASON AND SPORTSMEN We are now featuring our 1934 Fall Season Hunting Supplies— { The New Remington Knife The New Winchester 94-30.30 The New Hi-Speed Ammunition Coleman Camp Stoves Flashlights Compasses 2 Tents MARBLES: Match Boxes, Hunting Knives and Camp Axes Thomas Hardware Co. 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