The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1935, Page 2

'IHE DAILY ALASKA EMPth TUESDAY FEB. 26, 1935. SELLING WAVE [BABE RUTH IS| Final Clearance STRIKES RAILS; SIGNED TO PLAY| FLURRY CAUSED ON BOSTON NINE End-of-the-Month Clear-a-Way to Make Roont M%fl Spring M erchandise | Braves Get Bambino for ManyCamers Drop toNew| " Three Years After Re- Lows for Years—Spec- el i lease by Yankees | NEW YORK, Feb. 26—A selling flurry in irails |unsettled ‘the stock market today -after the list was fairly steady in the: early hours, A number of carriers dropped one point or more to mew lows for the | past year or longer. I Scattered specialties were slight ‘gnlners, | | | | NEW YORK, Feb. 26—The an- swer to “What will become of Babe. Ruth?” was given today. The famous baseball idol, it was announced here, has been released by the New York Yankees and has been signed to a three-year con- tract by the Boston Braves of the National League. l He will hold the title of Vice- President of the baseball club and will be assistant to Manager Bill McKechnie, whose status is not changed by the Ruth announce- ment. Although the salary to he given MEN’S CORDUROY PANTS Blue and Bfown™’ o Special, $2.75 * ** MEN’S WOOL SHIRTS Grey, Blue, Khaki $2.75 each '’ ONE GROUP l)RlCSSES Values to $14.50 $6.95 W ()()l FABRIC SKIRTS Clearance, $1.95 COTTON BLOUSES $1.00 each GIRLS' SILK DRESSES - b Today's close was irregular. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Closing Iquolatxon of Alaska Juneau miane "stock today is 16%, American' Can '117%, American Power and Light the Sultan of Swat was not stated, 2%, Anaconda 9%, Armour N 5, ,an authoritative source said that Bethlehem Steel 25%, Calumet and |it would exceed the $35,000 which, | Hecla 3. General Motors 30, In-|the Bambino got last year from ternational Harvester 39%, Kenne- /the American League club. cott 15%, United States Steel 32%, Ruth, at the start of the play {last spring, said that 193¢ wouldi MEN’S 14 INCH HIGH SHOE Solid leather——$5 95 $3 9% sl Bl Bl e |Pmnd “‘“‘h"____ | mark: his last season in organized ffffff e ettt MEN'S WORK'SHOE ormen cuosmG. QuoTATIONS bl e he m hied by GRLS’ COTTON DRESSES $1.00 each LLACE PANEL CURTAINS $1.00 Pair ager. Apparently, unconcerned ovex{ his future, he joined other pro- fessional players this fall and win- ter in a barnstorming tour of the Orient, However, he had beeén back m New York but a short while, when today’s baseball history making announcement was made. 'FORTY GUESTS ENJOY | | BUFFET DINNER AND | CARDS ON SATURDAY Judge and Mrs. William A, Holz- heimer and United States Marshalf and Mrs. Willilam T. Mahone were joint hosts at a dinner an card party at the latter’s homu | last Saturday evening. Forty gues | "The following are closing prices of various issues today on the New Yark Stock Exchangé, furnished by the . Wilson~Fairbanks. .and Com- pany’s .Juneau office: | Ameri. Radiator, 12%, Amer. R. M. 19%, Amer. Smelting 33%, Amer. T, & T. 105, Amer. Tobacco '80%, Amer. W. W. 10%, Atchison Topeka 39%.. | Atlantic Refining 23%, Bendix 14%, C. P. 11%, Caterpillar 41’/. Cerre de Pasco 42, C. & O. 41%, Chrysler 36%. | Cont. Can 70%, Cont. Oil 17%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, du Pont de Nemours 93%, Electric Auto-Lite 24%, Gen. Electric 2314, Gen. Mot- ors 20%. | Granby 8%, G. N. 11%, Hoiland Furnace 7%, Homestake Mining 375, Howe Sound 45%, Hudson 9%, Int.| Nickel 23%, Johns-Manville 48. Liggett & Myers 105, Liquid Car-| bonic 26%, Loew's 34%, Loese-Wiles 3414, Lorillard 19%, Marshall Field 7%, Mathieson Alkali 26%. | Montgomery Ward 24%, Nash| 15%, Nat. Cash Register 15%, N. Y. C, 14%, N. P. 15%, Penney 67%. Puliman, 46'%, Radio 4%, Rey- molds Tobacco 47%, Sears Roebuck 32%, Shattuck 8%, S. P. 14 Socony 13%, Sperry 8'%, Stand 0Oil Cal. 30%, Stand Ol N. J. 39%, Texas | Corp. 1% Timken 32%, United Aiveraft 12%. #U. S. Rubber 18%, U. S. Smelt- m'"w"éfi"ihwrs $1.00 yard. : DRAPERY DAMASK 50 in. wlde $1.( 00 yard MERCERIZED TABLECLOTHS $1.00 each THEAVY TURKISH TOWELS 3 for $1.00 Vo | delightful affair for which Wash-! Q‘ ington’s Birthday furnished thel decorative scheme of patriotic ool- ors, red, white and blue. 1 Following the dinner which was| served buffet fashion, bridge and “pan” were played during the ev- ening with attractive prizes for} the winners in each game. Dinner partners were chosen in. |an original fashion. Small cards’ B. M. Behrends Co., lnc. % Leading Department Store” $ dfl;i‘. “Juncau’s pharase or name figuring promi- nently in the life of Washington oAl Bl located the person whose i DOUGLAS |enjoyed their hospitality at thej| COUNCIL nn:s uP | eration of improvements || Douglas -~ harbor was event. |city 'on the proposed new water and sewerage systems and other on which were written half of a|Projects, was present at the meet- ing with plans and blue-prints for the project. were given to the guests, who then geeesil twith the proposed plan, ¢ ¥ cacoiltne Council engaged Mr. Beers to U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather (By the U. §. Weather Bureau) Forecast for suneaun ahd vicinity, beginning at 4 pan., Feb. 26: Fair tonight and Wednesday; moderate to fresh easterly winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 pm. yest'y .....3008 8 41 64 s 6 Sprinkling 4 am. today :30.19 41 46 N 10 Clear Noon today ... NE 13 Clear TODAY 4am. Preclp. 4am. Station velocity 24hrs. Weather Anchorage - 0 B Barrow . -14 -22° -23° 4 0 " 'Clear Nome 20 16 22 8 02 Snow Bethel 20 18 28 14 Trace Snow Fairbanks 10 10 ~10 -10 4 Trace Clear Dawson 6 6 -16 -16 4 0 Clear St. Paul — 34 32 32 16 Trace Pt.Cldy Dutch Harbor ... 40 40 34 34 4 02 Clear Kodiak . 40 40 32 32 4 02 Clear Cordova . . 48 4 30 30 4 0 Clear Juneau -4 a u 4 10 Trace Clear Sitka . 45 —_ 37 —_ - 0 e Ketchikan ... 44 40 38 38 4 10 Cldy Prince Rupert ... 42 42 | 38 40 4 22 Rain Edmonton .. 30 | 6 6 6 0 Clear Seattle 48 38 38 10 0 Clear Portland . 52 4 4« 4 0 Clear San Francisco ... 58 58 46 46 4 0 Cldy WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. “/Anchorage, clear, 9 abeve; Nenana, cloudy, 0; Fairbanks, cloudy, 10; Hot Spings, clear, -4; Ruby, s:owing, 10; Nulato, eloudy, 0; Kal- tag, cloudy, 5; Unalakléet, ' snowing, 0; Flat, cloudy, 22. WEATHER SYNOPSIS A moderate barometric disturbance was centered this morning a short distance west of the Washington coast, elsewhere over the North Pacific Ocean and Alaska high pressure prevailed, the Crest being 30.74 inches at Dawson. This general pressure distribution has been -attended by light precipitation over the Dixon Entranct, and tmm Ruby westward to Nome, elscwhere over Alaska fair weather ‘was' reported. Seasonable temperatures were reported this morning through- out Alaska. 1| proceed with preliminary engin- eering in connection with secur- ing a better harbor. e CARD PARTY At the Parish Hall Friday even- ing, March 1. Schilling Buy pepliermdxo larger sizes. 8oz. pepper 25¢ 4o pepper 15¢ 2.z pepper 10¢ Look what you aave‘.v' {NEWS ——— HARBOR IMP. PROJECT At a spacial meeting of the City Council held last night, consid- to the the main Nelson Beers, engineer for the Favorably im- completed their own. Much mer-y riment and fun accompanied the search and some interesting his- torical data about the Father of Avengggs-—Down. .75, the Country was disclosed. Bpot silver—55%ec. PR A0 Teronte, Vancouver and Seattle gUNTING SEASON FOR mining exchahges: Bralorne $9.60, GROUSE, PTARMIGAN Bremner 54%c at 60c, B. R. x,‘ CLOSES ON THURSDAY 22%¢, Cariboo CGold Quartz $1.28, | Gelconda 280, Montana Consoli-| Tnysday, February 28, is the dated 16%c, Nabesna 85c at tl,‘ last day for the hunting of grouse Ploneer Gold $1045, Premier S151.| and piarmigan jthis seaton, it was 'l .metsmnh 6c, Sunshine s1250 announced this morning by Frank CAGE SCORERS FIND BANE IN GIL M'DONALD ing. 115%, Wcst. Air Brake 21%, West. Electric , Woolworth 53, Hudson Bay Mining $12.60. HOME RUN KING VISITS ENGLANS... m m it B N TEXNS BACE FOR LEGISLATURE WORH BUSA PUGL ent—House May Re- Vi ;:‘M:N.b&&sflmu vmm‘fi—k"nepo g the ided race Wisconsin's' Veeterar: ‘Guard Stops Them when ! Stoppable MADISON, Wis., Feb. 26—The Dufresne, Assistant Executive Of- ficer of the Alaska Game Com- mission. bane of high-scoring artists in slature, is gen- Hunters who still yearn for bags Big Ten basketball circles this m mfied to have an exce'lr the succulent birds are advised yeer has been Gil McDonald, ‘chiance \to get their shooting in before "FOR BRIBERY L OLYMPIA; - Wash, Relr. 26— aze akteqdyasnifants Jor e YA~ poy been introduced in the House| . cated weat. which provides that Executive or At Austi, Speaker ot the House, Administrative officers, Legislators | | the season closes, wl'icc-al.le:: Mauro Drug Co. ‘Wiscensin's veteran guard. When they can be stopped, he stops 'em. As & result McDonald is Wisconsin’s . nominee for all- western honors. His most recent demonstration was staged at the expense of Bill Haarlow, . Chicago star and indi- Ooke Stevenson, and several mem- . o 1 i g&“‘f},enh‘"“ paint. gelfer in 30 bers ' of, the ugmstm expressed :;‘ngog)::? ‘:)e":;t ::edfi::_‘ “Express Money Orders o : : it Dallas elects the During the Chicago-Wisconsin ;“ 2 Wotse wbuld )efuse % vioted °l_tcceplmg bribes. wican game, won by the Badgers, 26-24, McDonald covered Haarlow and held him to no field goals, drawing only three fouls for his efforts, Haarlow admittedly the most |, SHOP IN JUNEAU FIRST! HLSS PETERSON SEES is difficult player in the Big Ten Ws ON to cover without fouling, due to W his epeed, deception and variety “m m 3 o st § TRIP Of the cight sharpshooters Mc- Donald has been assigned to cover, lq.!u Pearl Peterm Secretary o . 8. Hop- only one, Northwestern's Lyle 1 Figher, made anything like s m Serv. Y vixlud with many usual showing. Ten of Fisher's ahs during the menth 13 .points in the game resulted it in w”mngmn, D.. ., from five extremely long shots. trip through 127 of tier round-the-world trip, Babe Ruth In the first game between the d 2t Croydsn irpaft, r:ar !n!h‘n,pfrom Paris. Thaonssh two teams, McDonald held Fisher ig shown waving a greeting upan arrival with Mrs, Ruth and to two points. | _daughter, Julia (centei). (Associated Press Photo) Others unable to cope With Mr. McDonald's close guarding have T AT pACIFIG COAST WO KIDNAPED ‘, BUSINESS NOW = AND MURBEKEU ON-BIG SPURT .. v, inis, on lo'ukx Michigan, six points; Ba- , Minnesota, six points. Activity Has Reached 81.2| and Wife, Are V',d"m Per Cent of Level of of China Bandits the m-mer Tesidents oX and others wmpor- Who Showing of Spring Styles in Suits, Afternoon and - '.WF' g*‘“"s“y_‘ % R H The work of McDonald nnd hh‘ teammate, “Chub” Poser, | for Coach Bud Foster's fxrsv, w's'i consin team the reputation of be- ing the best defensive five in the conference. Poser at guard has held all op- ponents except Cottom of Purduc below their season's average and Evening Dresses and ‘very clever.creations for the Junior Prem Friday night has scored 33 points for opposing Five Years Ago 4 ad ; New. 3 A SIAN £ Thir 8.1 q B | SAN FRANOISCO, Feb. 26— iy . .uemh of .8 mister Jiving in Pacific Coast business has put on a burst of speed to hit t Honolulu whom. she, visited .on her last vacation geyersl years ago. Daughter of Late “Uncle | at Ninkiang, have| et glip bc:-n. kidnap: + ” 1 and Joe” Cannon Passes Away in thvee years. bandite, Cporn upd murdered 59| of. wil 4o Alaskams (o H This is the report made today bY | vears 0 5 ther B i & o et s Wb Conmny afte: & Soanty a o They were married | comed mosh eathuslastic. about Hfe Helen Cannon, aged 70 years, Tesume Of the survey of the statis-) " concer' (ot for two Americaq | Wc#he. nation's eapital elty, | STYLE SHOP datghter of the late “Uncle Joe" tical staff. women missionaries in the 5! B i B R Cannon and his hostess in Wash- The survey showed that coast ac- province sany Charley Hornboste}, indiana |_- 2 ington in the years he was Speaker tivity ending February 16 reached ik i wversity's great half-miler, hopes to - BEULAH HIGKEY 812 percent of the level of five years ago, jumping 2.3 points. take up graduation studies in Bos- of the House, is dead at the fam- 2 DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS Pl!ho after the cwrent track season. #ly home here. —to BUY MY CAKES AT THE PEERLESS BAKERY There’s no reason in the world to waste an after- noon in a stuffy kitchen over a hot oven when it’s so convenient and econom- ical to buy delicious bak: ery goods from us. * You can stop on your way home from the card y or matinee and be sure of having a delicious dessert for the family to enjoy. Start the Peerlees Bakery habit today. You'll like it. PEERLESS BAKERY GASTINEAU CAFE GASTINEAU HOTEL BUILD French-Ttallan Dinners - g Lok | INSURANCE ‘Allen Shattuck, Inc. 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