The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 2, 1935, Page 2

THE (Hearance° 25 WOMEN'S DRESSES Values to $16.50 CLEARANCE PRICE--$7.50 [ J FELLT AND VELVET HATS Late Winter Models PRICED TO CLEAR AT $2.00 aniuary " 100 WOMEN'S WASH DRESSES $1.00 Values I.X TRA SPECIAL--50 CENTS EACH B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store™ CORDOVA TO VOTE BOAT LOSES ANCHORS The gasboat Marian, Capt. John Malutin, commanding, arrived in Seward recently. Capt. Malutin told ANCHORAGE TAKES ONE Led by Capt. Mott Leik, t age Elk team managed rate of Oordova will oon on a resolution brought The vote e An- to no ct out the Fairbanks Elks, 36 to, 35, by the City Council to boriow $30- [of ' Josing anchors in ‘the rough recently in an overtime basketba.. 000 from the PWA for civie im- |weather encountered on the trip game at Fairbanks. provements. from Seldovia. < The Crimson Tide that Engul fed Above is the victorious eleven in the annual Pasadena football classic played on New Years Day. Stanford, champions of the Pacific Coast Conference, the score at the end tallying 29 to 13. The line Franc Morrow St. Louis Cardinals d series in many Two teams, the St. Louis Cardinals in baseball, winners of the most exciting wer! ies in yur:oand th:’Univarlity of Minnesota football aggregation, generally acclaimed as lho nl“oni first i f Dizzy Dean inated a colorful sports year in 1934. Other highlights included the ascenslon of i 3'3'&:::75."?4:‘1 spot; the irownlng of Maxie Baer as heavyweight boxing ki the 0eu,trlnmph|,.nf Stanford Gndders in Rose Bowl Marr, Basweli, and Hutson. Backfield: Angelich, Dcmyanovich, Smith and Howell. (Assceiated' Press Photo) DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2 in the York district of Seward PLATINUMIS ¥ Scme Mining Discontinued Although in the recent past con- siderable guantities marble, of petroleum, and limerock have added RODUGED IN ) Y 1 sar to the mineral output of arritory, none of them, so far 2 as the Geological Survey is in R 1" formed, were produced in commer- ¢ial “quantities during 1934. This does not indicate that the known Lead Also Recovered Dur- reserves of these minerals have ing Past Year—chk- been exhausted but was brough B ! about in the main by the general silyver Mentioned ctate of the market, which discour- aged production. Deposits of other mineral com- minerals besides | modities Jike antimony, chromium, enum, nickel, tungsten, gra- gypsum, and sulphur, which Several othep ‘goxd and silver were produced by molybd | Alaska mines in 1934. Of these per- Phite, |haps the most significant were the &€ known Kidnaping and Slaying of Baby Lindbergh Reach- es Climax in N. J. (Contmiiey uuwm Page One) |great increase in output. This was have swelied the lollal l({mpuzj of |brought about mainly through the |the Territory, are-also lying do |on an extensive property that had tential value to the Nation. !been recently acquired by a skilled = A platinum metals were also won by reworking the tailings that had | placer-gold mining in the Koyuk | district of Seward Peninsula. | smelting the concentrates from the gold lode mines. About one and Juneau Gold Mining Company of [jon with the $50,000 ransom paid Southeast Alaska. At the average for release of the baby. Small amounts of quicksilver and|ing of the baby and he was brought tin ore are also reported to have pere for the trial starting today. in the central part of the Kusko-|ijon's greatest tragedics. Clues gwim region was set under way were run down not only in the sinore so far reported to have The Government stepped into the been produced by Alaska mines infcase and men were deputized to | installation of & power scraper in nza.nt or are u‘lt:xiactmg ._lilue §.~ !the Goodnews Bay district, near ploration at current prices, but | placer - mining operator who had |had large gold-mining = experience |resulted from earlier lode-mining TU FAGE JURY | operations on Kasaan Peninsula, {in the Ketchikan district of South- |2ast Alaska, and a small amount h Lead . Secured Considerable quanuues of lead three quarter million pounds of gayptmann was arrested in New lead were derived from this source, york City on September 19 and price for the year, which is esti- gypsequently the State 6f New mated. at 39 cents a pound, this|jersey authorities indicted Haupt- been produced by Alaska mines| ° National Tragedy during 1934. Revival of activity at| Tpe Lindbergh kidn: and during the year, and considerable ynited States but {n foreign lands. axploration and new construction oOfficers searched high and wide 1934 ' was a smail quantity that/work on the case until the guilty came from placer-mining operations | was prought to justice. {platinum metals which showed a!Which in ‘the more remote past the ‘miouth of Kuskokwim River, they form reserves of much po- in other parts of Alaska. Some |was recovered in connection wit! | were also recovered In the course of mainly from ores of the Alaska jngijcted for extortion in connec- ead was worth about $69,000. |mann for the kidnaping and slay- one of the quicksilver properties ng has been one of the n were in progress there. All of the|for the party or parties implicated The ransom money was paid in |a graveyard and the baby was to have been released. Instead, the baby's body was found. Then began the long effort to find and ar he kidnaper and slayer The State of New Jersey believes |it has a clear case against Haupt- “I'mann It is wit trial. stated that ses will tes erhaps over 100 fy during the BETIER HOUSING COMMITTEE IS TO RESUME CANVASS Following the holiday season, work will be resumed by the can- vassers employed by the Better Housing Committee to convey in- | formation regarding the opportun- | ities provided under FHA to homie |@wners and residents of Juneau, it was announced today by J. J. Con- nors, General Chairman of the | Committee. These canvassers will | thoroughly cover the city and Gla- | cler Highway residences, to con- 3 tact all people interested in home Alabama took the count over |, .. uement or building. aboye, left to right: Bryant, Lee, It is expected that a meeting | of the central committee will be 1935, to occur in Alaska and | U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather (By the U. S. Weéather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity. beginning at 4 p.m, Jan. 2: COALOUTPUT INCREASED BY Show tonight and Thursday; moderate southeast winds. | AI_ LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~'Weather Ay 4 p.m. yest'y 29.90 13 % 8 . Snow . 4 am. today 29.88 18 88 S 3 Snow |Two Properties to West-| ncon today 2918 25 e R Snow X pasE ward Are Turning Out . RADIO BEPORTS Good Product YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4p.m. | Lowest4am. 4am. Precip. 4a.. The output of coal from Alaska BS“‘""" h;gm- ';(;nn- I temp. temp. vek;clty 24:1—5. Weg“’rll | mines in 1934 is estimated to have N:‘T"“‘ 4 e 20 | “30¢ -24 4 2 meu- been about 112,000 tons, or about ' 4 = & A lear k : : | Feirbanks -36 -3 -38 -30 4 [ Clear 20 percent more than in 1933. How- | ot = < | ever, the average price at which Dawson -48 -48 -52 =52 12 0 Clear S Al e St. Paul 38 36 3B 36 4 22 Cldy the Alaska coal sold in 1934 was i = B Dutch Harbor 42 38 36 38 24 91 Rain | apparently much less than hereto- it | fore, and therefore its total value gcfl‘“}‘ 22 22 2 32 6 58 Snow was about the samie or less than J:X Skl 3: 12 10 22 6 0 :‘!edr that of 1933. The largest amount Sn‘l‘“:" 3 TN 13 ;; 18 3 .gg Snow of coal came from the property of 3 % 4 | - oy i the Healy River Coal Corporation | :fiic}"k;“ X 32 32 | 28 30 4 Trace Cld{ at Suntrana, in the Nenana field, Edn:i;;t upert 38 36 | 26, 28 4 0 Clea.v and was used largely in power pro- | R0 on: 2 e | -0 -10 8 02 Snow duction in the Faifbanks district.| 20 ed 50 48 46 46 16 02 Rain Plans for the extension of the mar- s"‘ ;” o 8 Ap 34 38 8 0 Cldy keb for ' this ‘coal “Were’ ‘vigorGadly | SeU Sanclsco .84 B2 | 48 4 4 0 Clay hé u I ar, itk he o % RS = - 208 TEH 2 : Fig o gk “ b 1 High barometric pressure prevailed this morning over Eastern ties are being utilized and made available at Cordova, Alaska. The second largest coal mine in Alaska is that of the Evan Jones Coal Company, in the Matanuska | district, which produces a bitumi- nous coal of good grade extensive- 1y used as fuel on the Alaska Rail- road and for commercial and do-| mestic purposes throughout the railroad belt and in adjacent parts of Alaska, including as remote as points on the Alas-| ka Peninsula. | The mine of the Alaska’ Mata- | nuska Coal Company, in the Mat- anuska district, which was acci- dentally flooded late in 1933, re-| mained inoperative throughout the | year. A small new coal-mining op- eration was started by the New | Black Diamond Coal Company on | preperty fomerly held by the Wish- | Alaska and Western Canada, the ‘crest being 3040 inches at Daw- son. A storm area was cenfered over the southern Bering Sea region, the lowest reported pressure being 28.80 inches near St. Paul Island. This general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation over the southern Bering Sea and eastward to Kodiak and over | Southeast Alaska, elsewhere over the Territory fair weather pre- | vailed. Cold weather prevailed over Eastern Alaska and the MacKenzie River Valley, the temperature at Dawson being 52 below, 54 beiow = Fort Simpson ‘and Fort Smith. 7 many places | r— —— s B4 i bone Hill Coal Company in the| ; same district. During the year the| i y £ Alaska Railroad did considerable | LARGE AND STANDARD SIZE BOTTLES IN HANDY PACKAGES onstruction of its line serving the Eska mine and started driving a new cross-cut tunnel to develop the deposits at that place as a standby in case of an emergency that might jeopardize its supply of fuel. Qoiihndey . “DISTRIBUTED BY Y ALASKA-RHEINLANDER DISTRIBUTORS 4 For rompt service ‘and immediate delivery of cither Rheinlander draught or bottled beer PHONE 114—Femmer’s Dock. e | | called for sometime this week, at| which time the future of the can-‘ vascing campaign will be discussed, | Mr. Connors stated. has been a generous re- o the previous work of the cany to date and a new = e high mark in building and remodel- i HAROLD L. STABLER, Local Agent ing is expected this spring, to L..m e from advance reports, ac- R ] to Mr. Connors. Each work- r covered approximately two- thirds of his respective territory, and it is expected that after an- other month of vigorous cam- : paigning the work will be complet- ed to await the beginning of the | $ many needed repairs and altera- § : Allen Shattuck, Inc. tions now planned. Juneau, Alaska 1 i o ot ettt e i ST S GRS J. E. PEGUES, FHA ADMINISTRATOR, MAKES TRIP SOUTH | J. E. Pegues, FHA Director, is| a passenger on the Princess Norah | b for Seattle on a brief business trip. | » He expects to return to his head- | 3 quarters here on an early steamer. | . WPt s ATTENTION ELKS! Meeting tonight at 8 o'clock. In-| itiation. Be there. —adv. | « Established 1898 [ - > - Shep in Juneau! Minnesota Football Squad Dominate Lively Sports Y ear s 7 Little; Fred Perry's complete claim to the tennis spotlight and the performances of Bill Bon- amn. %r‘nccton. and Jack Torrance, Louisiana, in track; Lenore Kight in swimming; and Bobby Grayson, Altogether, it proved a remarkably exciting year for sports ted Press Photos) po A ica back, Bpetert famecics hack. on the gimen & Effective January 1st, 1935, the rate of interest on savings acccounts will be 214 % per annum. All savings accounts will be limit- ed to $5.000.00. All deposits in this bank, both savings and checking, are insured in full up to $5,000.00 by the Fed- eral Deposit Insurance Corporation. First National Bank Juneau, Alaska Alaskan Hotel Liquor Store Dave Housel, Prop. Phone Single 0-2 rings