The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 28, 1935, Page 8

8 e e - e ne e e SECOND JUNEAU BANK APPROVED FOR TITLE II. B. M. Behrends Bank Is Approved by FHA for Mortgage Insurance B. M Alas nsti Ad- of Behrends Bank a's and oldest banking been approved A 3 Administra- mortgagee under Title of the National Housing Act, was announced today by Di- r John E. P("uz'\ d Alaska bank his title, the oth- been the First Nation- al Bank of Jur 1 and the First Natio! Ba of Ketchikan. abliched in 1891 Bank was established here in 1891 and has been oper- ating under the active direction of Mr. Behrends during the past forty years. The total resources of this institution are $2,595.468.37, and its deposits are $2,249,547.82. Its capital, surplus and undivided profits total $236,268.40. The effect of Title II is to set up a nation-wide system of mu- tual insurance on long term mort- gages covering newly constructed dwellings and on refinanced mort- gages on existing construction. The nortization may e for 20 years and the mort insured with the F tration may as 80 per cent of the value in amount ; $16,000 Mortgage Insurance The mutual mortgage insurance system as set up by the Nation: Housing Act and made effecti e Federal Housing Admini as | being work- able. He assured Director Pegu that his institution would co erate in this activity. Total Resources Up to date more than 2150 fi- nancial organizations with approx- imately 1808 branches and offices, totalling about 4000, have been made available for mutual mort- gage insurance The total re- sources of these institutions are in excess of 250,000,000. Two of the most notable recent addi- tions to the list of approved mort- gages are the National City Bank of New York and the New York Life Insurance Company. 3,000 STUDENTS PLACED IN JAIL VIENNA, Feb. 28.—More than 3,- 000 students and numerous women have been arrested for participat- ing in a political demonstration in favor of Germany on the oc- casion of the pending official transfer of Saar to Germany. the tion I it Feder ers having Behrend: not exceed p- COFFERDAM SHEET PILING RESEMBLES ORGAN PIPES Huge electric “whirlers” are driving Interlocking sheet piling through clay to bedrock on the Colum bia river as the first cofferdam in the Grand Coulee, Wash,, project takes shape. Behind the barrier. . ;hown under construction, thn first section ol the big dam will be erected, '\u.shhd Prgs. f..“. GERMANS RALLY TOHAUPTMANN'S PLEA FOR FUNDS Crowd Jams New York Casino, Thousands Clam- Around on Streets NEW YORK, Fe Bruno R. Haupl man baby F nn, ed of the Lindbergh kidnaping, and Edward J. Reilly, Hauptmann's chief coun- sel, addressed a wildly dLm(nwn.l- tive crowd in Yo Ca- sino, in the he of New Ymk. German distr in an appeal for defense funds. The police estimated that more than 5,000 jammed the Casino be- fore the doors were closed, hour before the meeting was sched- uled to begin and other clamored in the streets outside. In response to Mrs. Haupt-| mann's appeal, a box two feet square was piled nearly a deep with bills but the , sponsors declined to announce obtained. From San Juan, Porto Rico, have come reports, declared to be re- liable, that the German colony there has raised $3,000 toward the Hauptmann fund. 28, — Mrs, e FUND GROWS NEW YOxK, Feb. 28—It announced this forenoon that defense fund for Hauptmann $2,000 richer by made last night. - R y, E. H. Ermatin- an aviary with 400 sorts at his home in| Fla. was ger maintain birds of all St. Petersbu Dazly Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS i, Windflower 3. lnclmin[ i A WIEIN]S ] Lon!lltutln‘ & turning point i Aloft Went or came back to Lxm Rewmureu 5. Old cloth measures ‘Wanderer 20, Aged Color Evergreen tree [AlT Perwn wllhout ITIE[SITRNE] 36. State without y . Civil injury Consumed ., Topaz hum- ming bird . Head covering och Proof 29, Lxclnmluon 0. Harbor A 44, Piece out 46. Headdress of false hair 48. Light bed 49, Certain 51. Telegraphed: collog. . Roman house- hold gods 70. Eloquent 2. 73, abilitles DOWN 1. Maltreat 2. Kingdom in India 55. Line with & soft sub- stance 56. Diminish gradually . Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle [A]D JORNOI E[flflfl sloP] 22. Emit light . Central part . Strike with the open hand Rivulet Fall Banner A game Material used in calking boats . Delineated Webfootea LOmL in Stumble Was indebted . Caustic agent . Masculine name Master of a shi| Ohlale 1] IN] lE] nauiry . Greek letter « 2 Automobile : . Flush with i flt"a time . Literary sus . it 55. At any time . ‘Ancient Irish capital Likely Beverage Donkey . Heated Obtained Type measures measure of capacity Baking come partment . Seed container 2. That thing . Wealthy man . Soll or sod . By 71. Symbol for 19. Rescue tellurium FEFT P I | l“illll// 4" | | / R i llfl/%%fll -lfl dN/anmd/JuEnydn Wi/ alNd | 7 EIIIH// IR ,//// N/ Jum i’.lllilll < 8 0l dESNEEE/ JEEEEEN wife of the| an| thousands | foot | the amount | the | is| the contributions | ANNOUNCEMENT MADE | OF PROPOSED POOL | FOR SWIMMERS HERE | Annuuncemenc was made today of plans for a proposed swimming pool for Juneau. The organizer of the proposed peol is Milton Anderson, formerly of Akron, Ohio, and a resident of Juneau for two months. In making his anncuncement of plans today, ;Anderson said the following three persons have agreed to serve as {trustees: A. W. Henning, Dr. George | P. Freeburger and M. E. Monagle. According to present plans, the poel building will be constructed within four blocks of the Federal and Territorial Building. Dimension |plans call for a pool 35 feet wide fand 70 feet long, with a depth of | 2% feet at one end and 8 feet at the other end. While the Chamber of Commerce has taken no action on the pro- posed pool, Anderson was intro- duced by the Rev. John A. Glasse at the Chamber's luncheon today und it was announced that Ander- on would present his proposal to lhe Chamber's Executive Board at th.n group's meeting next Tuesday. In making the Anderson said, “I wish it clearly| understood that I am engaging in no stock-selling scheme. This is {purely a private enterprise which, {I hope, will satisfy a long-felt need |for healthful recreation here.” | D S e e ece o0 | AT THE HOT) 000 0000000 Gastineau Mr. and Mrs. J Sumdum. Heineman, | Alaskan Andrew Haffner, Juneau. D SALESMAN ON Harry Madland and Jack Cham- ! berlin, hoth travelling men, are | passengers for Sitka from- Juneau |on the Kenal. Hadland represents the firm of Carrington and Jones and Chamberlin is a merchandise { broker, | KENAI WILLIAM A. HE! FROM TEN CK SITKA William A. Hesse, | Highway Engineer, returned to his Juneau headquarters on the sea- plane Patco after spending the last ten days in Sitka in connection with his position. — e Reforests Shensi SIANFU, China—Planting of 1,- ] 000,00 trees in four months was |the goal set by Shensi authorities for the Province's idle soldier thou- sands. All of Shensi’s modern roads were built hy soldiers. announcement, | Territorial | BEN C. DELZELLE DIES SUDDENLY THIS AFTERNOON Long Time Resident of Ju- neau Succumbs to Heart Trouble at Age of 52 Ben C. Delzelle, resident of Ju- neau for many years and head of the brokerage firm here which bore his name, passed away suddenly this afternoon at 1:45 o'clock in his apartment on Second Street Death was said to result from | heart trouble by Dr. L. P. Dawes, who was called in. Mr. Delzelle, who is survived by his mother, Mrs. H. D. Delzelle, of Alameda, California, and a sis- ter, Margaret, who also resides in the south, was 52 years''of age the time of his death. Born in San Francisco, he came to Ket- chikan with his family and in 1910 left that city for Juneau where he has made his home since. In | Ketchikan, he was employed by |J. R. Heckman and came Here to accept a position as salesman’ with |J. B. Caro and Company. After a number of years with |Caro and Company, Mr. Delzelle vbecame a member of the firm o |Of Adsit and Delzelle, later open- ing his own brokerage offiee, of | which he was still head when he passed away. D. H. Delzelle, who with the remainder of his family moved | here from Ketchikan soon after his son came to Juneau, is buried |in the Elks’ plot of ' Evergreen | Cemetery as is a brother who died |at Thane a number of years ago. ‘ Funeral arrangements are pend- {ing the receipt of word from Mrs. H. Delzelle who was notified by wire of her son’s’death by of- ficers of the Elks’ Lodge of which |he was a member. The body is at the C. W. Carter Mortuary. ® 9 00 00 00 ve o0 o0 |® HOSPITAL NOTES L |® ® ® 0 00000000 00 at Mrs. Sam Dapcevich dnd her infant son left St. Ann's Hospital last night. f John Taglevick, an employee of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining ‘Company, was treated for a minor head injury at St. Ann's Hospital | yesterday. e e i il Livestock -experts say dairy. cat- tle will produce more milk in win- ter if given fresh warm water at frequent and regular int.eljvals. OUR WINDOWS FOR DISPLAY OF New Sprin in COTTON; g Yardage S and SILKS LEADER DEPT. STORE GEORGE BROS. Store Open Tonight REGISTHATION | BOOKS FOR CITY {General Balloting Due Apri 2—Voters to Register *Permanently” Hall volers are open. 'the 'A. W. Henning said today. week day at the City Hall until March 30. will not be required to dence or “cther good cause.” Messerschmidt’s permanent tration ordinance. The requirements for voting eligi- bility in Juneau are: American lcitizenship, 21 years of age, resi- («a)\ o regis- IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 3 T ELECTION OPEN Thoughts of politically’- minded Juneau citizens turned today to the approaching municipal elections with the announcement from City that registration books for In order to be eligible to vote in general municipal election of 'April 2, Juneau citizens must sign Ithe registration book, City Clerk The books will be oper every! Voters who register at this time register again for subsequent elections un-|general less disqualified by removal of resi- This is made possible by the adoption,| | will return here on the motorship recently, of Councilman Henryrhortm.\nd the latter part of the M. p. WILLIAMS ’I'O LEAVE FOR SOUTH J |kan where he will inspect work Ibeing done in and near that city l by ths B. P. R. | From Ketchikan he will continue |to Scattle where he will be for a {short time in connection with the | rebuilding of the B. P. R. mowr- ship Highway. LA G e ) E. L. BARLETT LEAVES [FOR A SHORT TRIP TO ' 'SITKA ON FHA BUSINE % a Better Housing Program in Sit- ka, E. L. Bartlett, Assistant Di- rector of the Federal Housing Ad- lquarters on the steamer Kenai last evening. Mr. Bartlett will co-operate with B. F. Ficken, who was appointed chairman of the Better Housing Committee of Alaska, by J. E. Pegues, FHA Director and 1 | week. {dent of Territory of Alaska for jone year, resident of the City of } Juneau for six months. ON BP.R. BUSINESS| M. D. Williams, District En- gineer of the United States Bureau cf Public Roads, will leave on the Northland next Sunday for Ketchi- 5 v | being called to testify against his To complei¢ the organization of ['pa ministration, left his Juneau head- FOUR PIONEEKS GO TO PIONEERS’ HOME Four members of the group of 11 oldtimers brought to Juneau by {the last southbound boat from ' RUUNDED uP‘me ‘westward left on the Kenai |1ast night to establish residence § in the Pioneers' Home at Sitka. The other members of the party Wwill not travel to Sitka until tho farrival of the Northiand from Se- attle late PFriday or carly Satur- ' dh There were only four berths - ‘anllable for the oldtimers on the ' Kenai. i The four traveling now to Sitka {include: ‘A. M. Bainbridge, M. {Alvin Eller, aged 125 years, chain [yo ' o % Ringstad, and Wil- ang fugitive, awaited orders here iflfo be sent” back to North Cm_‘lhm Gipbsy {lina, He said he escaped to avoid - CHAIN GANG Arrested in Spokane—Be- trayed by Letter Writ- ten to His His Folks SPO&ANE Wuh Feb. 28.— Belrmd by a letter to his folks, | MRS. BROWN UNDERGOES 1, Dwight Beard, on a murder MAJOR OPERATION TODAY | charge. B * Eller said he was accused of the murder of Gus Bouncus in a hold- | the commander of the Coast Guard up at Valdose in 1932. He was |cutter Tallapoosa, underwent a acquitted but later, Eller said,| major operation this morning at Beard was tried, convicted and sen-‘st Ann’s Hospital. She was ta- tenced to die on the same charge. ken to the hospijtal last night . Eller was convicted of robbery| Hospital attaches said her con- and was serving time when hedition was satisfactory, heard Beard was to be tried for | ———————— murder. Eller escaped from the| PIONEER HURT chain gang. Frank Taylor, brought from the | BRI 7o v Westward last week to be a resi- California’s new state civil serv- dent of the Pioneers’ Home in ice law added 6,000 state employes[sxtka. fell in a downtown hotel [to the list given protection in,last night and was. taken to St. |thelr jobs by that statute and|Ann's Hospital with a fractured ! making the total about 18,000. ' hip. Mrs. Fletcher Brown, wife of S IIIIIIIHIIIIIIIlIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII¥IIIIIIIIIIIIIllIllIIIIIlIlIIIlIIlIIIIIHIIIIIIIIllllmlllmlllIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIllIIlllllllIIlIIIIIIIHIIIIlIIIIIIHIII S ALLE. . First Triumphs in New Spring Togs mm e ettt e eth oy e e et e e At ettt 8 et e e e e A ... et e s e e \ Strietly an advance showing of togs that will please the eye and purse— the dresses with jackets and more jackets. There are just'as many prints in the new dots and the important sheers that are as new as tomerrow . Spring and Early Summer COATS SUITS In Smarest Materials and Stylels @ Best of all—every coat, suit, and dress priced to sell QUICK! Juneau fr(.)ck-S,hoppe Opposite George Bros. SPRING N HATS In a large assort- ment of New York styles—in all head ‘sizes .. . . Advance Spring prices for a quick turnover— A iIIHMHIHHIWMHIIHHIIHMIMHIHIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIHIIllllllllllllllIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIllllllI|||II|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIfllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHlllllllllflllllllll!lllmIIIIIIIII!IIIIIlIIIIIIlllllllIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIlllllllllIllllllllllllllllllilllllll