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

GOOD NEW'S Spring Fashion is IN PRINT And about the finest prints we've seen in a long time . and easy on the eyes, tool Printed dresses with jackets . . . light or dark backgrounds costume ensembles thdt combine prints and plain fabrics beautifully. It's a hardy annual in Spring fashion . . . but not difficult to understand . when it's as charmingly refreshing as this! suils dresses costumes THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1935. AIR SERVAC |‘'operations ot this air service. The the arrival and departure of these A gr'paé,llr carriefs day in and day out will coniclusively prove to the |Government that no more favored &% SAYSROBERTSON i . $ 'Chamber Commerce Presi- ! dent Gives High Praise | : to Peck;'éi'&aj%ials (Continued tzom Pagé. Cne) project, and the people..of Juneau‘ are under great-obligation to him s fer his efforts. legate Dimond, hco. took an active part in stimu- |1ating interest in its establishment. To him also is duwe the thanks of« site, provected By barrfers of high mountain ranges, upon the ‘ocean shore and yet distant from it, ac- cessible t0 &Nl the conVeniences of & moderh ¢ity, XIS on the shores of the Pacific for the establish- ment of suph defemses ws may be Tecesss g dtter any attack that might’ be “dlc to @isturb the !‘lg' e dfl"@? of our Ciniigs. 1t WAl call b0 the Gov- Brhments “attention the feasibility :m of establishing in this’ vicinfty an aero- plane base adequate to defend not only Alesks, but alse the Pacific Northwest States, | | estabshment. of- this -atrport mmlPAA Covers- Alaska in Short Time Splendid Record of Accom- plishments Shown During Operation (Continued 1r Page One) om NENRp R a | million ' dollars. Two. - hindred and fifty thousand of this amount \are. in improvements 'on, the com- pany's air lines, Another hundred and fifty thousand dollars is in- vested in flying equipment while more than fifty thousand dollars “Commercially our entite Nation has been spent in shop equipment. | { the people of Juneau. Xt Wwodld e i )" giviin by' the® sie growth amiss on this occasion not to {mention that Mi. and Mis. Joseph | Kendler, the former owners of the |land upon which this ajrpost mow |stands, also aided in its establish ment by the readiness and fair- ness with which they peformed their part of the negotiations ndc- essarily conducted in purchasing the land from them. | Greatest Tribute | “But the greatest tribute is due to still another—to a man whose vision is not confined within the bounds of the horizon, but who sees across sombre hued foresls and snow capped mountain ranges, over placid lakes and tempestuous oceans, from one continent to &an- other — to a man_who visualizes transportation of pzople and good.;| from one side of the globe 1> another nct in a matter of mon.hs as our forefathers did, not in a matter of days as we do, but in a matter of hours. I speak of Ly- man S. Feck, Vice-President and General Manager of the Pacific Alaska Airways. He had the vis- ion to see, and the ability to make that vision clear to his associates; so that they too might be con- vinced of, tire practicability of es- tablishing this great air trans- portation e, extending Juneau southward to Ketchi from Juneau forthwestward to Fairbanks, Whitehorse, and Nome To Lyman Peck': “ision an y the people of Juneau owe . Impooani dermrinai “Friends and citizens of Fair- banks, Whitehorse, Nome, Anchor= na Ufir]& t that this air serv- ice wilf'® %'%mouuh the ukd 6t vhts ¥olite’ Washington and .’“"Vdfk . “be brought \"Om ér Contact With the other ‘capitil m A the world, and ffom poit mmq‘ t Europe 4nd Asia we Shall ‘seé People, goods, and mail‘passing ad bound for Washinglon ahd Néw York to condutt comm ‘cal and ‘other ac- (N tivities that Bire necessary for the world's Prospéric . “Town, 1 and Nation will i 1 | of Lyman . Pec] d courageous venture' of Bk o ‘MW Pacific Alaska .and Pan-American Alrways he’ establishment of va flurig ‘&t service. Con- Tidént that " their great endeavor will justify his viston, I extend to them “ThE cet ‘thanks and wariest congratilations of the Ju- neau’ Chamber of Commerce.” TS GEORGE- ON YUKON Leaving yesterday for @ short business trip, T. L, pwrge. Ju- neau merchant, is travelling to Se- attle on the Yuyken. - o DR. MURRAY LEAVES Dr Vance B. Murray, medical director with the Bureau pf In- dian Affairs, left Juneau perma-| nently yesterday when he departed as a passenger ‘on {he sSuthbound Yukon for Seattle. From there he is to prooeed to Washington, D. €,/ Where he will take up new duties’ tith nis otganization. Experienced Personnel All pilots flying with Pacific Alaska Airways are thoroughly ex- perienced with & minimum of 3,000 hours of flying time and at least five years ‘experience in flying in Alaska, They are familiar with: all sections of the Territory and have flown in varied weather con- ditions, on pontoon, wheels and kiis, Mr. Peck said today. Almest a record in awviation op= not a pound of mail has been lost, he “said. 2 | In addition to six« pilots, the company has an operations man- ager, a division engineer, three field managers, two co-pilots, seven radio operators, ten mechanics and four traffic men, making a total of thirty-four on the staff of Pa- cific Alaska Airways, subsidiary of Pan American Airways. From Novemwer 1 until May 31,/ a number of mail routes are op-| erated by the company under Star| Route contracts, two round trips a week between Fairbanks and Nome; one round trip a week between Fairbanks and Bethel; one round trip a wecek between McGrath and Fiat and one round trip .a week | petween TFairbanks and Livengood. | Taes2 mail schedules have now | been operated for three years at 99 per cent performance in com- pleting schedules, Mr. Peck said. During this time no personnel or passengers have been injured in the performance of majl schedules and not a pound of mail has been lost, he said. " - e, ELECTION RETURNS ! ial election -returns at the Capital Beer Parlors tonight. adv. - > CAPT. M'’KECHNIE TRAVELS Capt. Larrie H. ;McKeéhme left erations, during these many miles! for Seattle,on the.Yuken. The for-| of flying not a member of the per- sonnel of the company or a pas- mer Junegu Ferry and Navigation Company pilot will bring up a seriger has been injured in the performance of mail schedules and' barge for the.Alaska, Juneau Gold Mining Company. I T O TR T | § iihi i thi B.P. 0. ELKS THE DEMAND FOR BLACK DIAMOND JEWELRY set ‘with Marcasite in Sterling Silver ' is See our assortment which has just arrived THE greater than ever Nugget Shop Phone 16 We Deliver CASH GROCERS “MAINTAIN QUALITY” Meats—DPhone 16 [ ! ] | \ ! Engineers did age, Cordova and other commun- ek ities: We inform you Juneau is now an important terminal on a "° through air service. We greét you and extend our best wishes for your welfare and happiness. We are glad tha! ive are now readily accessible to each other. We look forward through this new service to forming better and closer ties of 'business and _friendship with you. We ware sénding personal greetings of good will to ygu through our ropresentative, Nir. Allen Shattuck, an active piember and former Presidenti of our Cham- ber, and & prominent citizen and business man ‘'of Junehu, who has taken an active interest in Both civic and Territorial affaivs. | ‘Great Traldle Route, | “The Pacific ‘Octan is 1<t ba-. coming the leading center ‘of world events. This route is ‘destired th the not far distant future to be- come ‘the world’s great, hir trade |route. Here les the ulr path for {the quick transportation ©f 'pid- iplc, goods, and mail from orfe ‘con- {tinent to another, History Shiws | the ‘commercial advantages ta those |communities that have Yeen &0 \fortunate as to be situated upon [the trade routes of tme ‘world. | Those @dvantages in the past have | flowed regardiess of ‘whetMer tHal 4 route was by by sea, |whether covered by cambl, dog ‘tcxm. horse, sailing vessel, Ttail- \road, or autdmicbile, and uhques- tionably the same advantiges will fiow from a favorable Situatton |upon the great air trdde rdtite Of /the weorld. Juneau’s lotatish bh that Tout® incvitably will ‘bring to her, likewise to our sister tom- munities to ‘the mnorthward, growth land development of which ‘we noWw Past Exalted Rulers Night Wednesday, 8 P. 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French Prosecutor Makes Special Recommen= dation at Trial PARIS, April 2.—Public Prosecu- | tor Hamel has asked exemption ol | Gordon 8Switz, or, sentences as ing disclo: spy ring alleged to spies to recompe; ed the workings of a with which they are have been connectéd. The two Americans were expect- | ed to be convicted of espionage on | the basis of their confessions but Hamel’s plea is expected to result in their immediate liberation after Capital Beer Parlors tonight. the trial with a verdict of “abso-’ ————.— jJution.” Empire Classified Ads Pay. and fine perforated design. . ' Built-up-heel. i [ Bo Mo Behre“ds CO, Enc. “But the inauguration of this |far flung air transportation service Juneau's Leading Department Store |is of gre&t importance hlso to gur Terril The ‘closér ‘cohtacts, cessibility of one scction of the Y Feun =y . | Territory ‘to another will miake oitr i 9 AMERICANS BOWLES, PLUMBING |3 ottt Sif On the Air at 10 P, M. o~ : | terchangeable, will cement ‘more EXELUT[Vhy TRAVELS closely ‘the relations of 'one Alaskh ‘1 A R'A | community with another, Will brifig N I s H T I_ Jess 'C. Bowles, head of the Bowles Plumbing Supply Company!each other's problems. These more of Seattle a through passenger|intimate, friendly assoclations win SPY | g solidify all ‘true Alaskafs’ ‘devo- F E A T u |ard on the Al He plans t0tion to true American dodtrifies | stop here on his southbound return tion to ecommunism and ofher ‘do- vert isms, and welt the ‘Peopte 'of THE ithe Territory as a Wwhole to a AT MAURICE MOREINO IS |sondarity that tn aue e win BOUND FOR INTERIOR gz L “Our Natio:, vso, wil Bemefit. aurice Moreinu, oidtinter of the|Tt 'will profit without cost by the ) who has traveled all over | colifageous example ‘of ‘the | | HAVE YOU HEARD £ is aboard the steamer Alaska, re-'® ‘cost of ‘approximately 1007 { . At AH Gmcers THEM? Ladriftig %5 M-Kinley Park|this airport in & sedtion of ‘ sed in a general |Territory where ‘éss than a ‘el ago many scoffefs claimed it WS | PAR'S INN ord, with tip and foxing Will Help Amlska | Ltk Earl and Norma TR RO | cker ‘comumunication, €aster mc- ‘ fwes, us into better understahding '‘of . and principles, strengthén opposi- o Al add another star to our courtry’s | P A R | s I N N od States since January 1, Alaska Airways in ‘constructing merchandise impracticable, ng to ‘tlmatic | (and typograpm(x conéitions, o successfully mainfiin ‘sach sh bp- Special election returns at meleranon. It will have the adviintage adv.|of the knowledge gained by cific Alaska Airways and its per- sonnel in carrying on the regular ELECTION RETURNS