The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 20, 1935, Page 8

MULLEN'S TALK FEATURES MEET OF DRAMA CLUB vy Plecldenl Gwe< Thmough Analysis of Subject from Early Days Tracing the of the the- ater from its early Grecian begin- nings up to the modern play- wright's “blueprint” idea, J. F. Mullen, in a talk entitled “The De- velopment of the Drama,” was the feature of the second regular meet- ing of the Juneau Drama Club, held in Juneau High School last night. Mr. Juneau’'s attempt ater” movement, and effort in preparation of his talk as it was a thorough analysis Mullen, who is presidefit of at a “little the- of the subject. The talk was well- received by the 40 persons present. However, preceding Mrs. Mullen's talk, which opened the entertain- ment portion of the meeting, an important business session was held Name Chosen Of primary importance was the choice of “The Juneau Drama Club” as the official name of the organization, Next came the vote which favor the production of a thre this spring, with pro some city charity tails of t play were left hands of the miscellaneous mittee, headed by Mrs. Grover Winn, Still another important item on the business program was the elec- tion of Mrs. Anna Snow and Gov John W. Troy as honorary mem- bers of the organization. Mrs. Snow was chosen, Grover Winn said in presenting her name, be- cause she was a member of the hardy Juneau acting troupe which made a tour of Circle City and Dawson in 1894. Here Are Committees Standing committees, as named by President Mullen last night, are: Miscellaneous — Mrs. Grover C. ‘Winn, chairman; Miss Ruth Cof- fin, Mrs. Ted Danielson, John Kay- ser, and M. S. Jorgensen. ed o to in the c showed much time | com- C The ‘vind reached a vel Membership Harry Sperlmg. chairman; Dr. W. W. Council, Miss | Dalma Hansen, Grover C. Winn,| and Mrs. Elmer A. Friend. 1 Finance— Ernie Parsons, chair- man; Frank Henderson and K. N.| Neill. Publicity—Mrs. Frank Henderson, chairman; Elmer A. Friend, and { Walt Woodward. Board Chosen The five members of the Execu- tive BU\'[ of the club were elect- ude: A. B. Phillips, R. on, Dr. C Devighne, and Mrs Mullen. d Danielson and Mrs. Hen- derzon were placed in charge of the program for the next two meet- inzs heduled for April 2 and 16. Theyappointed casts for four one- ac non-costume ple The meetinz was brought to a close after Miss Etta Schwam gave | two pleasing dramatic readings. ATTENTION B. P. O. ELKS Elks meeting tonight at 8 o'clock. Initiation, buffet lunch and beer. Your attendance requested. W. R. GARSTER, Acting uecrcv,ary - DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY! —adv. TULIPS See our window display of 27 varieties of Tulips. select varieties for Now is a good chance to next fall planting. Juneau Shattuck Bldg. Florists Phone 311 whuch was in a murky q!oom shortly after the picture was made. w. W, Coun-i to be given | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1935. DUST BLANKETS SEVERAL STATES; OBSCURES SUN FIVE SPEAKERS | "TOBEHEARD AT C.-G. LUNCH Raynor. Newly Appointed Fair Exhibit Head, Will Address Chamber | No less than five speakers are expected to be called upon at to- morrow, noon’s Chamber of Com- merce luncheon at Bailey's Cafe, advance program plans indicated Of principal importance will:be |the introduction of A. F. Raynor, newly appointed director of the Alaska exhibit at the America’s Exposition—1935 in San Diego, Cal, this summer. Authorization for this exhibit was | given by the recent Territorial A peculiar storm covered parts of several midwest states with dust while high temperatures prevailed. locity of 56 miles an hour in sections. A dust cloud is shown approaching this town (Anoclaud Press Photo) DUST STORM IN WYOMING CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 20— Skies are a pasty yellow as the Colorado and Kansas dust storm hit Wyoming on an unusual south- east wind. Light snow is reported in Umh and also at Medicine Bow. KANSAS CITY, March 20 Dust storms whipped into new fury this afternoon covering western| Kansas and Nebraska and part of |chOrase Missouri. ‘Some roads are blocked, trains are halted, schools, flour and feed mills, and railroad shops closed. Lights are burning in some towns and in many homes. i Today’s storm is described the worst in history at some points as| ! ment through Federal development HUGH J. WADE CONFERS WITH NRA OFFICIALS Deputy Admmis!rator for| Alaska Is in Wash- ington, D. C. xCuntmued irom Page One) of mineral resources, including the establishment of custom mills for| processing ore of independent mines. Judging by the action of) the Committe it appears that the Senate will pass the bill. This bill is identieal with one introduced byj the Delegate in the House. Stubb Bill Okayed { The Committee on claims has reported favorably on the bill for the relief of Duke E. Stubbs and Mrs. Stubbs, introduced in the Senate by Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Washington, with respact to loss- incurred by them when lhe‘ {boundaries of McKinley Nauonafl Park were enlarged to include Lhe‘ land owned by Mr.and Mrs. Stubbs. | As reported, the bill confers juris-| diction on the Court of Claims to| hear and render judgment upon | | the clmm H [Club will WALTER B. HEISEL . IS PROMOTED IN CUSTOMS SERVICE Walter B. Heisel has been pro- moted to the title of Deputy Col- lector of Customs upon the recom- mendation of Collector of Customs J. J. Connors, according to word received today from the Treasury Department. He has heretofore had | the title of Clerk and Acting Dep- | uty Collector. The promotion is ef- | fective immediately. Owing to the increased demand | for inspection service at Juneau in connection with the new airplane service, Mr. Heisel was recom- mended for the promotion, it was announced. Mr. Heisel has been in the head- quarters office here since October 1, 1923, when he entered the Cus-| toms Service. He has had many years of ex-| perfence in the Government Serv- ice which he entered at Little Rock, Arkansas on April 30, 1909 in the field service of the General Land loffice. He was transferred to Alas- ka shortly afterward but resigned from that department to enter the REGISTRATION remained at a status quo today, with no new aspirants for admin- istrative positions announcing themselves. Three candidates for mayor have filed. They are: Isadore Goldstein, present mayor; C. H. MacSpad- den, former councilman, and Charles L. Crozier, labor candidate. Rumors still exist as to the fil- |ing of a fourth candidate. This Flgure Necessary to' Nine candidates have entered the &]ual |934 Mark___ lists for the three vacant City . | Council positions. They are: with Over 900 Sign Goldstein—William Reck, Art Mc- Kinnon and George Rice; with —G. E. Krause, Mike If Juneau's registration’ ror' the qule_ ‘ahd Alfred Dishaw; with coming general municipal election | Crozier—Niel Heard, John Monagle, on April 2 is to equal the 1,664 per- |and ‘Walluf Rasmussen. sons who signed the poll books-Jast | Walter P. Scott still is unop- year, an average of 80 electors -\pased for the three-year school di- day must. register, ‘it . was :an Imh— term, nounced at the City Hall t,oday. | ‘With ‘the total figure for thls BAKER TO SEWARD year passing the 900-mark at noon‘ Sam D. Baker, representative of today, there are but nine more|the Walton N. Moore Company of days in .which to register before|sSan ‘Francisco, left Juneau on the City Clerk A. W. Henning closes | Alaska for Seward. his books on Saturday, March 30. i IR Ninety-two, a record this year, NEW LOW LIQUOR PRICES signed yesterday. ! are still in effect at THE TOTEM Meanwhile, the filing situation GROCERY. Ry Customs Service. JUNEAU WOMAN’S CLUB WILL BE HOSTESSES IN HONORDOUGLAS GROUP Members of the Juneau Woman’s he hostesses tomorrow about two weeks. {sold his house and | pects to leave soon for Japan with| his wife and family. s e e A0 |evening at 8 o'clock in the Luth- | RAY THOMASON, AERA {eran Church Parlors, .when they SUPERVISOR, LEAVES |will hold another informal mixer ON INSPECTION TRIP!in honor of the Douglas Island iWomen's Club. This is the club's f|regular monthly s ocial meeting, Ray Thomason, Supervisor ‘AERA work projects, left on the!| which was postponed from Tues- steamer Alaska on a hurried trip day night. Mrs. J. M. Chase Ls to Cordova, Valdez, Seward and An-|chairman in charge of the event.' to investigate condmons‘Assmlng her will be Mrs. J. M. in those cities. He expects to return|Clark, in charge of the refresh- to his Juneau headquarters in ments, Mrs. Daniel Ross in charge yof the program, and Mesdames E. |M. Richardson and Robert Me-, Chesney who head the reception has | committee. { A — T NEW LOW LIQUOR PRICES RETUR] Y. Tsutsui, —— - G TO JAPAN of Petersburg, lot and ex- M TR T are still in effect at THE TOTEM If It Comes from Nugget Shop It Is Correct! SEE OUR LADIES’ in the newest styles. party bag. In all co rhinestones. CIGARETTE CASES Just the thing for your lors; plain or set with From one dollar up. Our Stone-Set Buckles have also arrived Legislature and Gov. John W. Troy promptly appointed Mr. Raynor as the director. Mr. Raynor has been E a tourist agent with a coast-to- i coast steamship line. He is expected to outline plans for the exhibit tomorrow and to ‘ask for the Chamber’s assistance in planning details. Contractor to Talk Another visitor who will be hon- |ored will be I G. Anderson. He |is connected with the Siems-Spo- kane Construction Company, which, lamong other projects, has had a contract on the Douglas Island road leading to the Juneau-Doug- las bridge. | Charles Goldstein, Juneau busi- man who has just returned from a short trip to Seaitle, alsd . will be introduced. The fourth, speakcer will be Charles G. Burdick, Administratiye Assistant . of the United —States Forest Service, who is expected to 11 of plans to stock nearby treams with trout. As an entertainment feature, the Chamber members will listen to the { third Juneau High School declama- !tory contest entrant. At recent | luncheons, the Chamber has heard | two dramatic readings. Tomorrow's student speaker will be Joe Sterl- ing. Finally, as a business detail, the Chamber will hear a letter from a Juneau taxpayer, whose name has been withheld, protesting the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany’s tax situation insofar as it is concerned with the City of Ju- neau. A similar protest recently was filed with the City Council, but Ino action was taken after ctnyl Attorney H. L. Faulkner held that the city was bound by a contract to keep fanh with the commny WASHINGTON'S PICTURE TOLD | TO NORLITEMEN Hartzell D;;bes Govern- ment Official’s Idea of | U. S. Capital | An accurate portrayal of the city and life of Washington, D. C., as| vn is today was given the 65 mem- ‘bers of the Norlitemen as that or-| ;gnmzauon met for a dinner in the “parlors of the Northern Light Pres- byterian Churgh last might. Donald S. Hartzell, newly-ap- pointed social - welfare director - for the United States Bureau of In-| dian Affdirs, was ghe speaker. His; subject. was “Washington of Today | Through the Eyes of a Government Employee” a1 { Mr. Hartzell was introduced by the Rev. John A. Glasse, who act- ed as toastmaster. | The feature of the musical por- tion of the program were the| marimbaplione selections given by | Clarence R. Rands. | St. Patrick's Day—observed only last Sunday—served as the motif for the decorations. This idea was carried out carefully, even to the| | waiters' flowing green ties and the ]“pleu de resistance’—Irish ~stew. 1 DAILY SMPIRE WANT ADS PAY!| It was a matter of pride with a host in Colonial days that his guests should smoke tobacco grown on his * own plantation. © 1935, LicaxTT & MvERs TosaceaiCoy' SHOP IN JUNEAU FIRST! IF YOU WANT TO STAY HEALTHY " Let PEERLESS breads take a regular place in your menus! They're baked just right to give that full flavor so seldom found in bread. And there’s a kind to suit everyone in the family. PEERLESS BAKERY Ask Your Grocer for Peerless Bread says to the Governorof South Carolina— “Have a cigarette” DAY people all over the world use tobacco in one form or another. They chew it, they smoke it in pipes, they smoke cigars and cigarettes, and here is what an eminent physician said about cigarettes: ““I have been somiething of a student of cigareties, and it s my belief that they offer the mildest and purest form in whick tobacco is used,” ; Yes, nowadays thé cigarette is the most popular form in which tobacco is'used: A good cigarette certainly gives men and women a lot of pleasure, Have a Chesterfield— _/ e For one thing—they’re milder. For another thmg tlley taste-betters 4% B e o