The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 8, 1935, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1935 START WORK ON NEW SKAGWAY WATER SYSTEM Nun—Fedeu‘arFWA Project to Cost $38,320—Crew of Ten Now on Job Work on installing a complete new water distributing system in Skagway at a cost of $38,320 has been started, according to Ross A. Gridley, engineer inspector for P WA, who has just returned from getting the project under way. It is a non-federal PWA project and financed by loan and grant. Wright & Stock of Seattle have the con- tract. ‘Ten men are now at work and as soon as the frosi leaves the ground another crew of 10 men ‘;\:H be put to work. The job will take about four months. Bids are to be called May 23 on the new City Hall at Fairbanks to cost $30,000, Gridley said, and two ot jobs also are planned in the interior city, sidewalks (o cost $10,- 000 and sewers also at $10,000. | The new dam at Wrangell is now 40 per cent completed, as reported. It is another non-federal p on which $32,000 is being expended. Other ‘work planned for Wrangell is -repairing the dam and in- stalling a new water system and putting in sidewalks. 9 RALIBUTERS SELL, SEATLE SEATTLE, May 8—Halubut ar- rivals today, catches and selling prices are as follows: From the Western banks—Oman- y 35,000 pounds, Sea Bird 24,000 ads, both 5% and 5% cents a Spray 22,000 pounds, stra Foremost 35, i 6 cents; 5% straight. MARK STORM IS *55'560 1S koo AVIATOR TODAY | Company of Juneau was low bidder lon the job of resurfacing the Doug- Student Flier Initiated Fol- lowing Completion of as highwt from the new bridge 0 the town of Douglas, it was re- Successful Solo | vealed today when bids were opened by the Bureau of Public Roads. The company bid $21,804. Other bidders were Wright & Stock of Seattle, $28970, and Seims Spokane Com- pany, $23,088. it Pearson & Strom of Seattle were ms oW on clearing and grubbing 3.32 miles of the Eyak Lake Highway, wa to 3-mile bay, on a bid 050. Ot bidders were R. mers Construction Company, Roberts & Wavrick, Cor- Wright & Stock, boy! No. Mark £ ar first solo Slub in the but into the his Flying An wasn being fliers flight plane Skylar After ten neau today hours and minutes of flying time in the air, Storms, was added today to the growing list of aviators who have soloed following their studying with Sheldon Simmons, manager of the club. "“The initiation was all in fun was handled by Simmons and ot} pals gathered the club ha to watch the student flier try wings alone “We decided that since he soloed in a seaplane, he ought to get used to the water," Simmons said Difficulty in getting time, with good weather, was re- sponsible for it taking three months for Storms to get in his hours in thirty-five a ; 4,447.50; Seims Spokane Company, - Washington’s Sales by Tax, Token System, r Is Upheld by Court at r his CLYMPIA, Wash., May 8—Su- perior Judge John Wilson, in a decision, upheld the validity of the Washington State new retail sales tax and token program. flying 7 the air. He is a contracdor at the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany. in GRAND OPENING (And Closing) PIONEERS Gambling Tables AND Oldtime Dance Hall (Promenade to the Bar) FRIDAY, MAY 10 L. 0. 0. F. HALL Earhart Putnam passed over 1.0.0.F. Hall FREE ADMISSION! Wi Do temen step flight from Mexico City. - - SEOP IN JUNEAU cents 00 nds, 6% 32,000 pound From e local 5,000 pounds, 6% and 5% cents; Woodrow 13,000 pounds; President and Forward each 13,000 pounds, both 6% and 6 cents. e eee AMELIA FLIES ATLANTA, Ga.,, May 8.—Amelia FIRS™' What normal bealthy person doesn’t enjoy being out doors this time of year Be sure to have plenty of Chesterfields along—they’re made for pleasure, too— they’re mild and yet They Satisfy! ‘®e | © 1935, Lageert & Myzrs Tosacco Co, 5% Portlock banks—Lively || Mo- | JUNEAU MAY HOLD | MUSIC FESTIVAL ! HERE NEXT YEAR | here is a strong possibility that ilh(‘ second annual Southeast Al- |aska Musical Festival may be held |here next year, A. B. Phillips, | Superintendent of Juneau Schools |said today. The initial festival was a highly-praised performance in | Ketchikan last week. | Phillips’ announcement came after |a conference with Miss Ruth Cof- fin, music instructor, who returned from Ketchikan yesterday with the group of ten Juneau High School students who were participants. Miss Coffin told the superintend- ent of the “marvelous reception” tendered the Juneau group and the enthusiastic manner in which the First @ity supported the festival. “If the school authorities can be cssured by the same kind of gen- ercus co-operation that Miss Coffin Itells me Ketchikan gave, T am sure jthat Juneau will ‘bid’ for the {honor of being host to the festival next year,” Phillips said. “Our stu- }dems came back from a wonderful jexperience. I hope that we shall be jable to promote a similar activity here.” g e !Former Director of | Budget Makes Crack ‘ About Government | NEW 'YORK, May 8—Continu | Government spending in the face lof an unbalanced budget K mean leventual dictatorship, Lewis Dou: |las, former Director of the Budge said in an address before delegates of the National Eccnomy League {here today | Douglas declared the Governm-nt liss creating fiat bank deposits to | meet mounting deficits and furth- ler declared that except for such | technical distinctions such a poli {is no different from printing of | fiat money. { - | MRS. E. E. BROMLEY LEAVES | FOR SOUTH TO ATTEND | DAUGHTE GRADUATION E. E. Bromley, wife of Rev , Missionary of the Presby- at Hoonah, left on he Princess Norah for the south |to nd the graduation of their | r, Alice, from Park College | near s City, Missouri. | Mrs. Bromley expects to return Ilo Juneau the first week in June. | The Rev. Bromley will leave on lthe Lindsley for Hoonah today. | — ey James Gillin and Betty were given six months suspended sentences each by U, 8. Com- r J Mullen atutory } They were given months for each offense. on offer three r. two Bryan ¢ HOSPITAL DAY TEA WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, 2 TO 4 {TU SPEEDUP It was decided at a meeting of HEL|EF WURK the Graduate Nurses organization, _ 1 of Juneau, held last evening at | G overnment May Take DISPATCHED T0 | AFRICAN FRUNT& Ann’s Hospital, to hold the an-| 5 s Yisl HosplialiDay ted o Baturdsy.| Over Administration ’ in Various States 'May 11 from 2 to 4 o'clock in the| afternoon. While National Hos-| pital Day occurs on May 12, mem- | bers agreed that the tea should be| WASHINGTON, May 8—High of- held on Saturday rather than Sun- |ficials assert the Government is day afternoon. |planning to take command of the The meeting was well ,attended €1ef administration in various and those present enjoyed the talk | St3tes on July 1 to provide a more made by Dr. L. P. Dawes, r”_mc“wfl_responswe organization to speed the speaker of the evening. Miss l-len-,work relief, drive, | rietta Ellis read a well prepared | P | paper that was highly praised. Fol- | ‘ lowing the business session an en- | TWINS BoRN joyable social hour with refresh- | : | ments, served by members who are| HOLLYWOOD, Cal, May 8— | Twin boys were born today to Mr. |and Mrs. Richard Dix, of the imovlcs. on the hospital staff, concluded the evening. MRS. MAE HARRIS’ ‘ M ER Dms lN Robert Duck th, loyed at T luckworth, employet a ASHLANDy OREGON‘the B. M. Behrends Company, has Mrs. Lottie Hash, mother of Mrs.|entered St. Ann's Hospital for med- Mae Harrls, passed away at her|jcal treatment. He has been suf- home in Ashland, Oregon from the | fering from a severe cold. Bobbie results of a stroke suffered ncently.‘-ranner was re-entered today for according to word received here. |fyrther medical treatment. The message bringing the sad| Those at the hospital who have news arrived in Juneau only four|recovered sufficiently to go home hours after Mrs. Harris boarded are Mrs. James Carlson, Mrs. Dan- the Princess Norah in an attempt jel Livie, Gus Ztieff, John Covich to reach her bedside before the end.|and James Jackson. Mrs. Hash was 78 years of age at - the time of her death. | BECOME CITIZENS ENE Citizenship was granted to Ron- MRS. MINARD LEAVES ald Richardson Lister, native of Mrs. Al Minard, who arrived on| Great Britain, and Lars Britanus |the Yukon from Seattle, left for Froholm, Norway, both of Juneau, |Taku Harbor on the cannery ten- at a naturalization hearing yester- | | MORE ITALIANS ROME, May 8—Approximately 100,000 soldiers moved toward con- centration points and ports of em- barkation as Italy prepared to double forces it has sent to East Africa. The because have become st The situation is described as a problem of vast importance, em- bracing the whole European civil- zing mission. The Government describes the mobilization as Italy’s answer to “steps of mobilization taken by the Ethiopian Government.” B9 S Four Hundred Dead, 2,000 Homeless as Result Furious Gale moving of more troops is the relations with Ethiopia ained. YOU CAN FILL IT- AND FORGET IT for this revolutionary pem holds’ IO:lfi uarcink—dlo‘n-hul; - 3 Tue Parker Yacumatic eliminates old-fashioned parts. In their plas modern, ingenious filling mechas —more room for the ink! . .. That ink* supply is always visible—hold it to the light and see when to refill. Reversible point of precions platinum, gold and iridium, writes cn either side. A pen’ of rare and exclusive beauty. See— try —select this beautiful pen at the mearest good store. e i i AT HOSPITAL RECEFE, Brazil, May 8.—Reports cf death and devastation have been ived from the city of Bahai n has been lashed by furious s and torrential rains. | Estimates place the number of | dead at not less than 400 with in- creases hourly. Two thousand per- | s are reported to be homeless. | JERI T OV AN D Voting Power of Southern States May Be Stripped| KANSAS Cliz, May 8—A de- nined movement to strip the ) state of their present vot- re: 'Parl(er 'f B-VACUMATIEE> der Willard B. She is the wife of | day before District Judge George the superintendent of the Libby,|p. Alexander. McNeill and Libby Company can-! nery. PSR Tl Al ey 1 DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY! al Convention arose in the Mid- est as the young Republicans look- d towards the regional party con-| rence at Springfield, Illinois, on| June 10 osition came however from where the young Republi- | led that nothing must be! > to create sectional ill-feeling More Lives Lost i ’34 in Crossing Accidents| NEW YORK, May 8-—The first pas> of highway railroad acci- dent fatalities since 1928 was re- ported for 1934 by the Association of American Railroads. An increase of 43 lives lost over | 1933 was noted, the number of per- having lost their lives at n 1934 having been 1,554. number injured in railroad | ng accidents in 1935 totaled | 00, an increase of 603 over 1933. There were also 4,128 accidents at crossings in 1934, or 892 more than occurred in 1933 “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” SALE NOW ON! Values of Real Merit! FOR CASH ONLY DRESSES MARJONE AND DEE FROCKS One group in values to $27.59 Only $10 Each e e e e RACK SPECIAL OF SILK DRESSES KNIT SUITS Values to $22.50 Now $5.00 L U e SUEDE AND PIGSKIN JACKETS Were $8.95--NOW $5.00 EACH TABLE SPECIALS HOUSE DRESSES—SWEATERS SPECIAL $1.00 PO DSOS T A HOSIERY—RAIN CAPES—UNDERWEAR' 50c EACH . NO REFUNDS STRICTLY CASH! AT oren ——— NO APPROVALS NO EXCHANGES Juneaw’s Own Store " Don’t forgét the Hospital Guild Dance May 11 - n, “ k0