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BLACIER PRIEST 'MANY ATTEND IN JUNEAU FOR | WOMEN'S CLUB TEN-DAY VISIT TEA TUESDAY Father Hubbard and Panijirst Functior_x of Fall Giv- Arrive This Morning from | en at chlor} Dugout Adventurous Trip by Organization On a surprise visit to Juneau,| More the Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, S.J Alaska’s famous “Glacier Priest, and velunteer press-agent, arrived here this morning at 6-o'clock on the motors] Amelie, Capt. Einar Cisen, in ‘which he has cruised waters of the Aleutian Islands as than seventy women were afternoon by the Juneau Woman's| Club in the Legion Dugout, as the opening number - of a series of monthly social events planned for this club year. Most of these gath- ered early in the afternoon to hear for as Bogoslof Island, in Bristol the excellent program. Bay. | The Dugout was artistically deco- With him saboard the 86-fool rated for the occasion with a pro- cannery tender of the P. E. Harris fusion of autumn flowers. False Pass plant, are the six mem-| Talks on Program bers of his' exploration party, Edgar| The program for the afternoon | Levin, . field manager; assistants was in two parts, the first given Kenneth Chisholm, Douglas Ch!s-’\)('fo:‘e the social hour, featured holm, George Getty; Beverly Jones,|brief but interesting addresses by | motion picture director and Nick four prominent club members, and | Cavaliere, cinematographer. ld&‘al( principally with explanations Mr. Jones, experienced in the mo-|relative to the work which the tion picture field, has formerly| organization plans for the present been editor of Pathe News, short|year. Mrs. Hazel James Ferguson subject director for Fox and is now | spoke briefly concerning her visits directing feature pictures, and Mr.|with club women on the outside Cavaliere has achieved fame in|during her recent trip south. She | the motion picture world by his declared that all with whom she| marvelous work as camera man forftalked told her that the work of PFrank Buck in his sensational fea- the Juneau Woman's Club was| tures, “Bring 'Em Back Alive,” and vastly superior to that being done| | “Wild Cargo.” The latter picture outside. She also explained the | made a 1Y with Juneau audiences various departments of the organi-| when it was recently shown at the zation, and urged women who were Capitol Theatre. | intorested in these various types of Best Year Yet club work to enroll themselves as With his usual contagious en- members of the club. thusiasm Father Hubbard declared! Mrs. J. P. Williams briefly out- that since coming north on the lined the course of study which her freighter Cordova on May 10 he hm}department of International Re- had the most interesting and ex-|lations will undertake this year,| citing trip he has ever had to]and asked those who are interested | Alaska. During the intervening in that phase of the Club's work | months his party has taken 150,000‘to meet with her at her home in’ feet of motion pictures in addition | the Seatter Tract Thursday evening to hundreds of stills. This is a/when definite plans will be made greater footage than he has se- for a complete program of study. present at the tea given yesterday|” ‘H uge Tehn e B in the Tennessee Valley. By ROY E. HUTCHENS KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 19.— Less than two years after Presi- dent Roosevelt first told the coun- try of his plan to harness the Ten- | nessee river for mankind's con-| venience, an industrial empire of a cured in all of his previous trips| together and is to be made into several separate subjects as well| as a big feature production. During his stay in Juneau Father | Hubbard will give an illustrated lec- ture, using motion pictures taken this summer, which have already| been returned from New York City,! and will be arranged as a feature Mrs. R. R. Hermann, with the aid of a large map of Alaska, brief- ly explained the rapid growth of the Associate Membership, which though organized but two years ago has grown with surprising ra- pidity until it now numbers more than two hundred women in practi- cally every section of the Terri- tory as well as a number of form- picture by Mr. Jones within the next few days. “Conquering the Aghileen Pinnacles” is the title of the feature which will have its premiere in Juneau. er residents of Alaska now living in the States. Mrs. David Waggoner gave a most interesting and informative account of the work of women in His visit in Juneau will be in the|the missions of Alaska, since the nature of a rest, if, indeed, Father | beginning of Christianity in the Hubbard ever takes a rest, before| North, showing, instances of su- he begins his arduous season of |preme courage and heroism shown lecturing on his Alaska adventures‘by them in the performance of throughout the United States. His|their Christian work. Jecture tour will begin in Seattle| Teachers Guests on October 15 this year and will| During the social hour that fol- take him to practically every state|lowed the crowd was augmented in the Union, with lectures sched-|by the arrival of most of the teach- uled for nearly every day until ers on the staffs of the three next June. He plans to be in the|schools in the city, and an addi- east by November 1, to appear at|tional program was given for their Boston, New York City, Brooklyn,| pleasure. Bernice Meade and Be- ‘Washington, D. C., and other large|atrice Primavera, two talented centers under the auspices of na-|younger musicians of the town, tionally known organizations. delighted with piano numbers which The date of his Juneau lecture|drew hearty applause from those will be announced vety shortly, he|Dresent. Mrs. John McCormick then said. gave an interesting resume of her Capt. Olsen, as well as command- | visit to the Fair, and the many ing the Amelie, has been of invalu-|things she found there to claim her able assistance as oceanographer,|interest. She has visited thirteen taking soundings and charting the|states during her trip, she said, and anchorage on Bogoslof Island,|traveled entirely by air, concern- found by Father Hubbard this sum-| ing which method of travel she was mer, and .the geographic harbors|most enthusiastic. on the Alaska Peninsula, the ex-| Mrs. A. M. Geyer and Mrs. David plorer declared. Waggoner presided at the charm- Last, but not least, of the pas-|ingly appointed tea table during sengers on the Amelie are seven|the early part of the afternoon, energetic puppies born during the{and Mrs. N. C. Crone and Mrs. summer in the crater of a volcano|Daniel Ross, during the later hours. on Unimak Island. Though they| Assisting with the serving were joined the expedition involuntar-|Mrs. Thomas George, Mrs. Mar- ily, the puppies have been faithful |garet Yorke, Mrs. Vestal, and Miss followers with the exception of|Alice Clark. Mrs. Ray G. Day was thirty hours, when they became|general chairman of the event. scparated from the remainder of|She was assisted by Mrs. J. M. the group, only to be found after|Clark and Mrs. N. C. Crone. Hos- careful search, tesses for the afternoon in addi- - tion to Mrs. Ferguson were three Daily Empne Want Ads Pay! of the club’s past presidents, Mrs. D e e N FREE AWARD TONIGHT,8P. M. All payments on account’ will participate . GEORGE BROTHERS “ PHONES 92—95 Five Fast Deliveries , A Delicious Drink Mix canned ORANGE JUICE, 20c and PINEAPPLE JUICE, can, 10¢ ¥ 4 Phone 174 new sort has taken shape. Great dams and whirring tur- bines are electrifying the coun- tryside. Ten thousand men are working in day and night shifts,' bridling barren land to offset soil erosion and building electric lines to popu-; lation centers. i A new kind of town has arisen on land that was a wilderness lit-| ing the better elements of urban and rural life. Monument to Senator Norris Entering the valley from the | the $34,000000 Norris dam which will impound the Clinch river 20 miles northwest of Knoxville. About 1,200 men are working day and night to complete it on schedule. The finished structure will ke 253 feet high and 1800 feet long—a mammoth concrete and steel monu- ment to Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, long champion of the Tennessee river development. The dam will form an artificial lake with a shoreline of 800 miles. About 1,500 workers are engaged in | clearing timber and brush from 34,000 acres within the reservoir area. Four miles irom the dam is the! model town of Norris where the! Tennessee valley authority is carry- ing oui an experiment in town planning and modernization of homes at minimum costs. Two hundred and fifty houses, costing from $1,600 to $3,300 cach,! have been obuilt and are rented to workers on the dam at prices, ranging from $14 to $40 a month. One is occupied by the TVA chair- man, Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, and | his family. | Far to the south in Alabama | there is another great reservoir, the Joe Wheeler dam, in the making.| Designed to cost $27,000,000, the structure, 50 feet high, will stretch | nearly a mile across the Teun:sseei river and impound water that will! cover 100 square miles. More than 1,300 men are engaged in its con- struction and 2,500 others are clear- ing its reservoir. i Turbines Are Turning A little further down the river| is the Wilson dam at Muscle; Shoals. Already its great turbines' are generating electricity for mu- nicipalities and countrysides in Northern Alabama and Mississippi. | All the power generated at that| plant has been allotted by the TVA and no more will be available untilf the Norris and Wheeler dams are completed in 1936. Scattered throughout the valley| are 4,000 CCC boys who have been | assigned the task of planting 5.~ 000,000 trees on land subject to erosion. Meanwhile, workers have com- pleted 100 miles of rural transmis- sion lines in Alabama and Mis- sissippi. Led by Tupelo, Miss., about | 50 municipalities have entered into contracts with the TVA for Mus- cle Shoals power. | |A. M. Geyer, Mrs. J. P. Williams, essee V(illey Dams Speed Nea g Here are the Norris (top) workers shown in the center are engaged on the former project. Day and night shifts are speeding work on Prcsident Roosevelt's plan for an industial empire and Joo Wheeler dams under construction. e s v R e s vE The mpire CHAMBER GUEST TOMORROWNOON [Famous “Glacier Priest”| Visiting Here—Reed to Talk on Nome Days Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, wide- ly known “Glacier Priest” and ex- plorer of Alaskan glaciers and volcanoes, who arrived here today from a summer spent in detailed |studies on the Alaska Peninsula |and the Aleutian Islands, will be a guest of the Chamber of Commerce at that organization’s regular week- ly noon luncheon meeting, it was announced today by Curtis Shat-| tuck, Secretary. | | Father Hubbard's lectures on his {Alaska expeditions are eagerly |sought after in the States and during the past several years he has been one of the best publicists the Territory has ever had. He will tell the Chamber scmething lof the experiences he and his ‘party had ‘during the past few. A board of three men headed by Gov. John Winant (center) of New Hampshire was created by President Roosevelt to inquire into ths nation-wide textile strike and to serve as a voluntary arbitration com- mittee. The other members are Raymond V. Ingersoil (left), president of the borough of Brooklyn and a veteran arbitrator, and Marion Si..itn (right), Atlanta attorney. (Associated Press Photos) r feature of the Chamber’s' (meeting tomorrow will be a talk lon the history of Nome by Elmer |Rleed, a pioneer of that community | 'and for many years a resident there. FOR MILLIONS » Dry Ice for Planes D e MISS DENISE COYLE IS SOUTHBOUND TO SCHOOIL FROM RUBY WASHINGTON ~ A transpo tion company is experimenting dry ice as an agent fo airplanes in India where sunumer temperatures of 115 dearees 19'_ne?comidered normal and 130 degrees i | cocting | | H | i | I Miss Denise Coyle, of Ruby, Al-‘ laska, is a southbound passenger| WASHINGTON, Sept. c > |en the Yukon on her way to Seat- Veterans' Administration is prepar- ‘;‘S sometimes exoceded. ——————— NEW ORLEANS | water power, reforesting Police, B Close Bawdy Houses, Gamblers Take Cover t RALPH not going to resign as Mayor. He"mak(‘s the trip scuth from her first year cost of additional Vet- further said Senator Long stole last | Yukon River home by plane to erans’ payments voted last spring Tuesday’s election which was dis-| !astrous for the Mayor’s old regulnr‘z'”me’ CLEANING UP == ~ ON ALL VICE ookl by Mlares BUYS G PLACE MONDAY REISCHL OUNTRY itle tc re-enter Holy Names Acad- in, ki r g to ask the next Congress for jemy. . Little Miss Coyle annually ninety million dollars to meet the‘ NEW DREDGE COMPLETED H. D. ‘Cowden, in Daws re- Fairbanks, then to Seward and over the veto of President Room.:cently from Walker’s Fork, reported to Seattle. velt. that the dredge under construc | 0 R Y | tion during the past few months ‘is about ready to commence dig; Jup its golden harvest of gold. - o ng SHOP IN JUNEAU! ' Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! e T T AT e SALE tle more than a year ago, a town|ppo designed as a model for combin-;n“ tight, | squabble b | Your Child’s NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 19.— clamp on gambling and vice encd in the political ween Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley and United States® Sen- |ater Huey Long. Spurred to action by the Mayor north, the first spectacle would be ang mindful of the accusations of graft tion hurled at by Senator Long, r,” the po- a sweep- n to close up disorderly house and gambling spot in the city. vice squad reported that es of the old tender- have already left the and ¢ them for wee! the lice it Louisiana eml gamblers have taken to cover Mayor Walmsley enroute to New York to preside over the United States Mayors’ Conference. Before lea he declared he was R. A. Reischl, representative of the Union Oil Company, here has purchased the Al Weathers prop- jerty at the end of the Fritz Cove road, it was announced today. The |deal was made on Monday for a | consideration not made pub! The property transferred from Mr. Weathers to Mr. Reischl in- cludes fifteen acres of ground, a considerable portion of which is cleared and has been in vegetahle {gardens for several years, a well- built four-room house, chicken houses and sheds. Therc is a float for small boats on the property and good anchorage is available in front. Ii constitutes about the choicest out-of-town property in this vicinity. Mr. Reischl does not. intend to live on the property during the winter, but.plans to move out next spring to spend the summer of HEALTH, FUTUR E [ T depend upon these things shine is especially important because i body o amimilse h i ‘Wil ease which causes bowlegs, etc., Is likely to result. Give your child summer sunshine this winter with a G-E Its beneficial ultra-violet rays can prevent and cure rickets . ., help in the development of sound teeth +++help to build -!utdy bone structure. Sunlam the General Electric Sa burns under normal use. Buy a General Electric Sunlam child...and yourself...the henhg and Mrs. R. R. Hermann. Mrs. Hermann had charge of ar- rangements for the program, and {Mrs. Daniel Ross and Mrs. Nadja Vestal were responsible for the at- tractive decorations. i ——————— | ATTENTION | Women of the Moos: will meet ' Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. | GERTIE OLSEN, | Secretary. ‘ Sold on Convenient Terms Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. 3 e T ‘. JUNEA b PARENT! © Proper diet, fresh air, exercise . ., and sunshine are all essential if your child is to develop norreally. And sun- e minerals contained in the diet. out them, “rickets”, that unfortunate children’s dis- knock-knees, pigeon breast, insure effective ultra-violet radiation with no danger of foee day or night . . . winter or summer . . . whenever you | want t! | And bt ety Reflector and Safety 31':'3\5;' GENERAL ELECTRIC today and assure your SUNLAMP ful benefits of sunshine . Prices now as low as 000 0000000 t enables the child’s ticipate. . e ; $20-50 T DOUGLAS—18 BLANKETS CONTINUES FOR BALANCE OF WEEK The textile strike will boost prices sky-high and we feel that you should purchase your bedding requirements now at present low prices. @ FREE AWARD TONIGHT-—AIl payments on account received before 8 P. M. will par- The Leader Dept. Store GEORGE BROS. STORE OPEN EVENINGS T Tt I v i T - B ‘i e

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