The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1935, Page 7

BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG JED TOLLIVE! TOP OF YOU! BUT A LOT O ‘I"M FOLKS DOWN BELOW. THINK HE'S TALKIN' THROUGH HIS HAT-- NOW--I'M THINKIN'--IF LO-WIZIE WA BLACK:--AND ZSUNSHINE ABOVE * ' NORMAL DURING MONTHOF MARCH Second C;ldest Third Month on Record Over Period of 40 Years The montl. of March just pas was the second coldest March on record, with precipitation decided- ly below normal, and sunshine cor- respondingly far above the mormal, according to the monthly meteoro- logical report issued today by the Juneau Weather Bureau office. The mean temperature for the month was 28.0 degrees, or 5.6 de- grees below the normal, being ] second coldest March on re over a period of 40 years. The - vious coldest March was only 0.4 degrees colder, being 27.6 degrees in 1918. The warmest March on record was that of 1905 with a monthly mean of 42.6 degrees. The highest temperature last month was 45 degrees on the 16th, and the lowest was 8 ‘degrees on the Sth. The highest March temp ture on record over a 40- period was 61 degrees in 1900, and the lowest March temperature for a similar period was -5 degrees in 1900. el I o, - Snowfall Above Normal w lhe normal, 78 ch was in the form of snow > wettest March on record was t of 1930 with a total of 1012 s, and the driest was that of snowfall was decidedly above the mal last. month, the total be- 246 inches. During the 24- wriod on the 22-23d, 9.9 inch- es of snow fell, which is the larg- } est 24-hour snowfall in any March since snowfall records started in 1917. At sea level in Juneau there was 0.2 inch of snow on the ground at the close of the month. Out of a possible 366.2 hours of there were 219.1 hours sunshine recorded last month, of or 60 percent, which is the second highest percentage on record for any March since records began. - The previous highest percentage was 61 in 1922. The average per- centage for March is 35. 12 Clear Days There were 12 clear days, 6 partly cloudy, and 13, cloudy days during the month. The total wind movement last i month was 6583 miles, or an av- erage hourly velocity of 8.8 mfles The maximum velocity for a sus- | tained period of 5 minutes was 34 miles from the northeast on the | was_from. the northeast. The ~average relative humidity | at 4 a.m. was 66 percent; at noon, 2d. The prevailing wind direcuonl SWEARS HE BLEW TH' O OFF, SNUFFY-- ALL DRESSED IN BLWBBERIN' AN' RETENDED ASHE WAS WIDOW- THET'S AllTHEN YOU RIGHT WOULD Rl & o |LOOK LIKE ey A GONER CREATURE VIGE ADMIRAL reent; and at 4 p.m, 50 per- e observed on the ni 17th Winds Aloft On March 27, at 2:47 p.m., oceur- | red the highest recorded wind ve-/| locity of the upper gir currents | for the month over Juneau and | its vicinity, as computed from the NAVY AIR FORGE 8 amn. ‘and 1:30 pm. pllot balloon| A dmiya] Buller Elevated to chservations. The wvelocity of the wind at an elevation of 39,436 feet | was 143 miles per hour from the | -northwest. The wind velocity | the same moment on the earth’s ace was 6 miles per hour from the northeast. High Command by . Roosevelt WASHINGTON, April 2—Avia- :‘Lion‘s increased importance to the navy was recognized here yester- Py !day as Rear Admiral Henry But- NEW LOW LiQUOR PRICES |1er was authorized to break out a are still in effect at THE TOTEM | three-star flag as Vice Admiral and GROCERY. —8dv. | commander of the fleet's aircraft ” N Ee battle force. DAILY EMFins: WANT ADS PAY! | Executive of President D(uly Cross-word Puzzle Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 8. Strike 9. Edible seed . Knack ACROSS 1. Performed 4. Oil of rose RIA E[RIA B8 AlM| in golf . One who car- ries: collog. . Writing fuid . Changes one's residence . Remembering Ardor . Terrible . ‘Container . Soon . Out of one’s mind [o[L] {4 Al mc—llo C \E o |m o o |m P E €| o [m Fortune Those having power . Fitted together . Transoceanic steamship routes 5. Faint . All that could be desired . Passagew: . Broad smile L. Silkworm . Bugle call . Distant - Metal-bearing 45, Long narrow inlet of the black bird 1. Mechanical bar 30, Tropical W 48. Operatic solo 49. Wicked 0. Pinch i . f1ih mountat 43, Those having R g . Concelves ocean the care of vividly as 46. A king of trees real Midtan I flll ///IIII"////flll IIII// WEEE 4NN ChBREHTPY | | FREE CAB TO THE POLLS 2 ROY _HUSTLE YORE BONES, WOMAN-- TIMES-A-WASTIN'- AN' EF YE RUN ACROST ENYBODY -- START A-HEAVIN' BODACIOUWSLY LIKE SOME ONSETTLED Features Symll(ue, Inc., IS NOW HEAD OF . . 8mall peg used ' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 2 E 4 Gredt Britsin rights reserved. Roosevelt authorized the chmse,dn nk which was commemorated by e of 15 guns instead of 13 ¢ Admiral. mander of the 252 scout- ing, fighting and bombing planes, Admiral Butler enters the fleet's ‘biz five lugh command. NEW TRIAL IN NEGRO ATTACK CASE GRANTED Famous Scottsbors Hearmg' Ordered Reopened by Supreme Court WASHINGTON, April 2.—A new lllal has been ordered by the Su- Court in t death sentences ed on ence Norris and ywood Patt negroes, con- victed of assaulting a white woman ' ma. The negroes contended they were their constitutional use they were indicted grand jury and convicted by a jury from which members of r race were excluded. | <> i § DOUGLAS NEWS i it it i i HOME FROM SEATTLE SCHOOL Miss Marjorie Fox arrived on the Princess Norah last night from | Seattle’ where $he completed a six months’ secretarial course of study !since the beginning of last Fall o - \ MRS. DUPREE HOME Greatly improvéd in health after her long. illness, Mrs. Robert Du- | Pree returned home last night from | the Virginia Mason Hospital in | Seattle on the Princess Norah. Al- ‘though confined to her herth dur- 'ing the entire voyage she stood the trip well and a complete re- covery in due time is expected. - e C. OF C. TO VOTE Definite business left over from a previous meeting awaits the ac- tion of the local Chamber at to- | morrow night's meeting, A good ‘r.n.endxnce is_hoped for to assurz a representative vote. MISS OTTESON LEAVES SORRY, LO-WIZIE- BLACK GOODS-- PLUMB OUT-- 2] ENYTHANG ELSE, LO-WIZIE 22 !chas feration so that he could apBLY|yy aditied as did the defendant, | them to I PAA aperations. He % ¥ ‘ o . corroborating the evidence submit- has made many flights over dif- tell Wt the inquest Shto the death ferent ween the States X e g hiYyas CI 'Aliska Pilot Robbins was with the 1935. By BILLIE DE BECK MR, GRIFENS, ViE 1OUGHT ATE HiT 'ROUND AMONGST TH' ONMERRIED MEN FOLKSES THET YE KNOW A STOUT WIDDER WOMAN WHO KIN MILK AND AIR AR PLUMB ouT o PRAISE GIVEN & oo oo oo e e-e— BATTLED TO SAVE - HIS LIFE; SAWYER FREED OF CHARGE (Fairbanks News-Minet) ‘Wallace A. Sawye now at lib- ‘erty as a result of the preliminary hearing held in Commissioner Al- - | brecht's court this morning. The verdict of the court was ‘‘accidental homicide in self-defense.” Mr. Sawyer was brought into court in connection with the death |of John Sheehan during a fight in which Sheehan suffered a blow on the head which proved fatal. PAAPILOTS Barrows and Robbins Both Have Many Years Fly- ing Experience (Continued from Page One) Upon coming to Alaska, Mr. Bar- rows was identified with the or- ganization of the Pacific Inter-| national Airways and was in charge of that company until it was pur- i by Pacific Alaska Airways. Since he has been associated 8o with Pacific Alaska Airways, Pilot Soeno LTI i | 'The fight took place on the Sal- o DA e Oper . YRCIER ‘cha River where Sawyer and Shee- parts the Pan-American system v han had been engaged in trapping. Deputy United States Marshals C. T. ‘Spenccr and Jolm J. Buck- States and Pan- ir methods of op- in the Soutehrn ama to study tr of Sheehan, Responsible for Own Death At the inquest the coroner's jury | decided that Sheehan was respon- sible for his own death, in that he | had without provocation attacked | Sawyer, and that the latter was| compelled to defend himself. over most of an continent. Vetcran Pilct Rebbins Pilot Robbins, well known throughout Alaska since coming here in 1930, who is making the inaugural trip as co-pilot, has flown a total of five thousand six hundred hours since completing his tion at March Field and A the N was subject to mental aberrations, during which he often became vio- rnia, in 1918, lent. Tor four yeass ¢ he learned His funeral was held today. to. Iy, Robbins was fied with by tniy flying and continued flying ATTEND HWOME EC COURSE Forty-one Fairbanks women and ngnercially for several years after kng his connection With the one man registered for Home Eco- | &l In 1928 he flew “the L0S| ngmiog short. .curse b the. Alaska B College. An an Diego Airline of which ef Pllot and Operations Manager until coming mnorth. g For two years after coming to Alaskan Aifrways out of Fairbanks. He became pilot with the PAA in| 1932, In the 2500 hours he has! fiéwn 'in Alaska, represénting ap-| proximalely 250,000 miles, Robbins has flown to cvery community fin| Lhe Territory as well as to Siberia all kinds of weather, country d every time of the yo.n - ELECTION RETURNS Special election returns at thei Capital Beer Pnrlors tonight. adv. ” NEW SHIPMENT HERE! _ BACARDI RUM Atter spending fhore than two | months here in her ‘capacity as | Chief Clerk in the recent House of Represqn ‘atives, Miss Margaret Ot- teson left for 11 on the ’Yuklm yesterday, oon. Miss | | Otteson will “visit, Iiex mother, who !lives there, for a week before pro- | ceeding 0 her “homé in Ketchikan. CAllfORNlA P ,'""*’"& py:4 3l DYDY G EPOY BT Phone WA R EE ) 14 | held last Saturday. E | Sheehan, it has been established, || U. 8. DKPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU . J—I m U. 5. Weather Burean) vicnny, bhitdRg ot 4 pm., April 2: Fair tonightand Wagpesday) um vaviable . winds, mostly easterly. Time, mnr ,Temp. Humidity Wind, Vom Weathe: 4 pm. yesty 3023 M2 +33 8 9 Pt. Cldy 4 am. today .g..3032, 90 66 Calm Calm Clear Naon today 020 & 46 w 5 Cldy i 172 RADIO REPORTS AR ——— mTER.DAY | TODAY Highest #p:in Lowest 4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4a.. | . WmD. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weuthet | | >3 Anchorage -, 32 iy 2 0 Pt. Cldy - 3. 10 0 10 » 0 Pt Cldy {: 26 24 2 10 o8 Snow ¢ 36 26 28 4 0 Clear .4 @ | B B 4 .0 PuLCdy ” gg 36 2% 2 0 [] Cidy il g: { 30 32 10 [] Cldy e % 3 12 .08 Rain .40 8 38 4« o cidy E % 36 0 0 Cldy 8 B ww [l 0 Clear 5 — P - 0 0 Clear % % [ 38 3 4 0 Cldy 2 B | 3 =N 3 0 Pt.Cldy . ] g‘c | - <6 4 0 Clear 5 50 94 34 4 [] Clear . 50 zx 6 36 4 0 Clear . 80 B¢ 54 6 Trace Cldy Poritar WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. Anchorage, partly cloudy, 36; Nulato, cloudy, 32; Kaltag, cloudy, 30; Unalakleet, olear, 24; Ruby, foggy, 25; Fat, foggy, 40; Fairbanks, snow, 32; Nemana, Snow, 30, HOt Springs, cloudy, 22; ‘Tanana, partly cloudy, 26. < ——— ' WEATHER SYNOPSIS Barometric pressure is above normal ‘this mofning ‘over Alaska and the MacKenzie Valley.,and low over the North Paeific Ocean. This has given rise to light local precipitation over the Tanana Valley and Seward Peninsula and fair weather overthe remainder of the Territory. Little change in temperature over Alaska is reported this morning. FLECTION RETURNS NEW 'LOW LIQUOR PRICES Special election returns at the are still in effect at THE TOTEM Capital Beer Parlors tonight. adv. GROCERY. —adv. CAPTURED “Summer Sunshine” —in’ Carnation ITrradiated ' Mitk! New Improved Cnrnlth;l Milk brings you Vitamin D, the “Sunshine” vitamin so essentdal for bebies and children, so bene- ficlal for everycne! And Carnation Milk now supplies this important bone-building, tooth-protecting vitamin at no extra cost! Improved Carnation is pérfect for cooking, on cereals, in coffee. Order a case today! Look. for the word “Irradiated” on the label. Irradiated Carnation Milk “From Contented Cows” Prepare Now for Easter! REALIS'DI OIL WAVE ' NONE BETTER! 1 PHONE 532 RUTH CARLSON Pigg Apartments Fourth Libefly Loan Bonds The above bonds, the number of which ends in 5 6 or 7 have been called for redemption April 15 or may be exchanged for new issue of treasury bonds. This exchange offer ends March 27. Look over your Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds immediaze’y and if you have mny ending with the above numbers, present them to your bank for redemption or payment as you wish. No interest will be paid on called bonds after April 15, 1935, New bonds will pay 2%%, dated March 15, 1935 and maturing March 15, 1960. ® THE First National Bank * Tuneau, Alaska SFE NX WY { N T R S W 2P W L WINDOW -CLEANING : PHONE 485 .. - Old npapers for sale at Empire Office