The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 18, 1934, Page 7

WRIGLEY FASCINATING 2558} FLAVOR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1934. BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG v By BILLE DE BECK YE KNOW YERSE'F MR_GOOGLE, GALS AR CURIOUS CRITTERS. YE CAN'T B PUT NO "4 DEPENDENCE & _ "X ON 'EM.__.. C'MON, DANNY. . THAT'S NO WAY TO ACT.__. SARAH THINKS YOU'RE A SWELL GUY.. WAL ...FER, LAND'S-A:LIVIN' ”i SAIRY HOPKINS ! SICH GOIN'S ON....WHO EVER HEERED TELL OF A BODY TAKIN' A WASHIN' SARAH'S ALL P —gl— RIGHT, DANNY .. _. % AN I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO BACK TO'GRIZZLY RIDGE" WITHOUT HER __. RUN DOWN TO TH' SHACK, LUCY- BELLE . TELL SARAH TO COME HERE .- DANNY WANTS TO TALK TO HER .. | HEAVY RAIN e o 2 4 By actual measurement 2.64 inch- ALLS HEHE es of rain fell from 7:15 o'clock yesterday morning until a few min- |N 24 HuuRs utes before 11 o'clock this morning, ding to U. S. Weather Bureau measurers. This is more rain than has fallen in any like period since {Many New Cuts on High- ways Are Damaged— Streams Are High road along portions of the Loop road. August 17 and 18, when there were .08 inches more, and is, with that one exception, the heaviest of 1934, in this locality. Taxicab companies all did a rushing business, taking many who were forced to go out, from place to place, while other paddled un- concernedly around on foot, with rubbers and rain coats or capes, unaware that they had a good ex- With the second heaviest rainfall of the year occurring during the | 1ast twenty-four hotrs, nearby lakes ,""d streams ‘dre unusually high, | o0 to stay indoors, warm and progress along the highway is im- | 4.0 ' [ peded by many slides of the newly o 3 cut banks and within the city limits I many 'of theé dirt streets temporar- ily are almost flowing rivulets. | Twelve slides of minor propor- | tions were reported along the Gla- | cier Highway between " the Auk | Bay Inn and Juneau, practically all of them occurring where the banks are cut, though in no case do they block the road to passage, | according to commuters. Auk Lake is said to be higher than at any time for several years, with the water nearly up to the | e PRISONERS FROM TANANA Deputy U. S. Marshal C. T. Spgncer arrived at Fairbanks re- cently by plane from Tanana with three priseners who ‘will” serve out their sentences at ' ‘the Fairbanks bastile. They are’ Nyak Larson, convicted of petty larceny; Edward Pitka, assault and battery; and Carl Moses, disturbing the peace. They were committed by U. S. Commissioner W. H. Thompson. Cai A T No Question , . there are <7 . REAL VALUES THE LEADER Department Store GEORGE BROTHERS IIlIIIIIIIIIII_IIIIIIIIWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII iy assassination in Marseille as he was driving through the This picture, sent by radio frem Londen to New Yerk An King Alexa died of bulict wo This streets with Fr. who a and San Francicco, was faken a split scc after the fatal shots had been fired. King Alexander as he The a head for self- protection. With 5 Minutes :H ore to Live ‘SiTABIUZATIUN W, FUNDATHORK 7 o CREATMYSTERY Much Talk CentersAround g Activyities But Only AR Conjectures Result (Continuea irom Page One) excepticnal photo, fiom (he Associated Press, show Min Barthou, »¢’s Foreign s This i Petrus Kolemen—ihe man who assacsinated King Alex- ander 1 of Jugoslavia, Forcign Minister Louis Barthou of France and others, including a young girl bystander, in Marseille, France, and who, himself, was clashed, shot and trampled to death by the infuriated soldiery and wrathful citizenry. This photo was radiced frem Londen to New York and rushed by airplane to San Fran- cisco for redistribution by air te publications including The Empire. (International Hlustrated News photo) er wiclds his saber to the h behind the chauffeur in this of the latest Eurcpean {raged was shot 3—A cavalry o the killer whe can be seen h g bhis arms above his Barthou is seated directly rcmarkable Assceiated Press photo. i i [} stabilization fund was credited with | being used merely as an artificial | interference with the law of sup. ply and demand. When the supply of dollars is abnormal the fund 1) 7 PRI - can be used to absorb it or counter- balance it with a supply of com- ) peting currency., When the demand : for dollars is too great the treas- '} ury can rush the fund in, in an ef- § P TR S—————w" I il PSS S SO DSOS PSS} UNITED FOOD CO. CASH GROCERS Phone 16 We Deliver Meats—Phone 16 i i) | fort to create a balancing supply - GOES OUTSIDE Dave Fairburn, well known old timer of the interior country, who has been an employee of the Fair- banks Post Office for some time past, has been granted a pe He left for the south recently : plans to visit with his son who is located in Seattle. [ CAPITOL BEER PARLORS l GEORGE BROTHERS AND BALL ROOM Lunches Dancing Every Night PR i G pletely out of the picture. It was the will of the administration. President Roosevelt let it be known that he would consider all ques- tions ‘regarding it as having not di 3 oo i o - been asked. Secretary Morgenthau I3 S 4 made the subject taboo at all his WINDOW CLEAN' NG conferences with newspapermen. . iy 3 | Private Booths WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS Gradually it became cloaked in mystery. No one except the Secre- tary of the Treasury and a few of his trusted aids knew what fund was doing. the FRANCS FOR SALE Twice during September, how- ever, the public had opportunity to check on its movements. On both occasions the fund to all appear- ances was used to bolster up the foreign exchange value of the dol- lar. The method of operation was clear. i The first instance was on Sep- | tember 5. Inflation gossip and oth- |er rumors had sent the value of the |dollar in relation to other foreign ;currencies (principally francs) down i appreciably. Foreign speculators, ! particularly those in France, were | lling the dollar short. Late in the afternoon of Septem- (ber 5 French francs were offered —————— for sale on the New York market. This picture, which was radiophotced from London to New York 2nd then rushed by airplane to San Francisco for redistribution fo clients including The Empire, was taken five minutes before death reaped its terrifying harvest in 2 public square of Marseille, France. King Alexander I of Jugoeslavia is pictured at left shaking hands with French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou ¢n the pier at Mar- geille a moment after the royal visiter stepped ashore from the Jugcslavian battlcship Dubrovnik. A fcw seconds later both stepped into a waiting autemobile, which meved quickly toward the Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Sguare), where they met their death in a sudden and frenzied fusillade from a revolver in the hands of the mad Croat, Pefrus Kalemen. (International Hlustrated News | radio photo) GEOLOGISTS tell us that eyven bed-rock moyes. But it shifts - Complexion Perfection With Mendenhall Milk f’ATCO RETURNS FROM ANNEX CREEK WHERE IT WAS STORM BOUND After being storra bound at An- nex Creek since 10:30 o'clock yes terday morning, the seaplane Pat- co, of the Panhandle Air Transport Company, Sheldon Simmons, pilot, returned to Juneau at 11 o'clock this morning. The Patco left here for Annex Creek, to bring in Miss Mary Joyce | south for several months, returned Paris. When the Paris market open- who planned to catch the Alaska |to Juneau aboard the steamer ed that ddy the dollar was worth southbound. It landed alright, in cpite of extremely rough weather, hut was unable to take off and ihey were storm bound at tae power plant quarters overnight. This morning Miss Joyce returned to her Taku Camp, since it was too Jate to catch the Alaska south- bound at Petersburg, Wrangell or Ketchikan, and the Patco came back to Juneau. Miss Joyce had started in with her speed boat Mary J., but owing to extremely rough weather, was unable ot get further than the power plant at Annex Creek in the small craft. The Alaska was held | here for forty-five mirutes, until | word was telephoned thdt the piane | could not make it. | —_———————— RETURNS FROM SOUTH Florence DeShon, who has been | Yukon. | — -, | NOTICE MOOSE Important meeting Friday night Jat eight o'clock. Initiation. FRANK FOSTER, Dictator. - Daily Empwre Want Ads Pay! Many credited the stabilization fund. Confronted with large offer- ings of franes, the same forces ' which were depressing the value of the dellar began operating in the opposite direction. The franc slid down in value as compared to the dollar and the dollar moved up as compared to the franc. ‘BALANCING’ THE SUPPLY Two days later the United States | Tréasury,” through the fund, was credited with buying dollars in 11497 francs.” By the time the |treasury quit buying that day the value of the dollar had been ad- vanced to 14975 francs. Offhand such a fractional gain | ight seem trivial, but in foreign exchange dealings they are of the | greatest importance. | In both of-these ‘instatices the | YT - MORE WOMEN ARE LEARNING EVERY DAY that their beauty must be taken care of in Nature’s own perfect way. Mendenhall’s richer, purer milk supplies all the elements necessary to good health and subsequent fine, smooth skin. Drink it regular- ly to maintain a healthy, clear complexion. PHONE 985 TODAY for a month’s trial! Mendenhall Dairy GEORGE DANNER, Proprietor A Quovit aDay-You Feel OHI" bt ¥ e onan b8 G so graduatlly that it makes a safe, sure base for the largest structure. moving with the times. movement is alway along predetermined lines. sucegeding move has merely served to further strengthen and congolidate its underlynig stabil- in even better position to serve its many clients and depositors. F irs_t This bank, too, is But the gradual, very & National Bank N AR TR T DTN e N3 /3 N - n