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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1935. SUNDAY, MAY 12 A New Coat or Silk Dress.. A New Hat Suit for Her Gloves for Her . . A New Pur Box of Silk Hosiery . . A Silk Umbrella Lounging House Froc BRIDGE OVER GOLD GREEK IS READY FOR USE First PWA Loan Project in Juneau Is Opened to Traffic Yesterday History was made in Juneau terday when the first Public Worl Administration loan project in the city, the Gold Creek Bridge, was opened for traffic. However, the regular flow of traffic over the new concrete structure will not reach a regular pace until work now blocking Calhoun Avenue—an arterial approach to the bridge from downtown—is completed The contr: firm of Eikland| and Kinne ucted the bridge, | which repl an old wooden trestle. The bridge cost about $5,- 700. It has a 24-foot roadway, with a four-foot sidewalk on one side. It| is about twice the width of the old bridge. The new icture also | adds a touch of architectural beau- ty to the city’s road system with its four lamp posts. Advices from City Hall today| indicate that the approaches will not be completed for a final okeh until one power transmission pole and two telephone poles are re- moved from the new right-of-way | on Irwin Street. Further, city employees are com- pleting bulkheads above the bridge bordering the creek this week. This work was begun by the Alaska Emergency Relief Corporation, but when that ency halted Juneau | project work, city emy were put to work and are ted complete the job this weel - eee PETER PAN BEAUT aj td] 4 SHOPPE HAS NEW TYPE HAIR DRIER | Installation of a new Koken Dry- | er has just been completed in the Peter Pan Beauty Shoppe in the| 'MEN DEMAND HIGHER |a committee of contractors, report- | ’POCUS FUNERAL SET .. Lovely Lingerie Robe . Crzsp New 'k . . House Slippers A New Silk, Woo Dress Length . Blouse dnd C.aotion L or Cotton A'thv Lirt Lace Neckwear or Silk Scarf Toiletries fo r Her SEE OUR NOVELTY GIFT DEPARTMENT UPSTATRS T i e T s £ | ® “«4,‘1- p SSUSPOSPER 184 (*. ] B. M. Behrends (A)., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department. Ste SHOOTING AT AUTOS; PLAGE PAY ON HIGHWAY JOB; v SEVERAL WALK OUT Lemanding higher wages about 12 men of the 35-man crew of the Seims Spokane Company working on the Douglas road approach to the new bridge, walked off the job this morning, it is reported. Com- pany officials said new men would be hired to replace those who quit and the contract would continue without interruption. The work is about half completed at the pres- ent time. From labor sources it was learned the men are asking 75 cents an hour. They are now getting 60 cents an hour for 30 hours a week, the| minimum scale under the code, was stated. higher s Deputy Ma@ls Bring in Tom Ryan—Also Want Woman to Appear United States Deputy Marshals Hellan and Brown were called out on the highway this afternoon to |arrest a man who it was said was shooting at passing automobiles. Tom Ryan was found by the It deputies, placed undér drrest and The men claim that a5 now jn the Federal Jail. His cale prevails for skilled 1a- | ammunigtion for an old-fashioned bor ::1.\1 that some of the men Who|gun had been all fired off and his | are getting 60 cents an hour h“‘"’\spcrt was over. been put on skilled labor jobs v\nh The call was sent into the Mar- no increase in pay. The workers on |shals office by some woman tele-| the job have formed their own Or-| phoning from the residence ‘of Mrs. ganization, it is understood, and‘w.:bbe, The deputies would like re meeting today in an effort t0|to have this woman call and give| iron out the difficulties \puuculam of the shooting whlcn e was wholly substantiated. CARPENTERS MEE TO DISCUSS WAGES With 33 members present, a meet- |ing of the Juneau Carpenters Un-| fon, Local No. 1, was held in the| Alaska Labor Temple last night.} Discussion of wage deals with con- tractors was the chief item of busi- | ness A committee, which had met with | e S NEW YORK, May 10.—Domestic copper for export today reached the highest level in more than one | year as it went to an equivalent of eight cents a pound. ——.e—— BOUND OVER ed. The committee, it was announc- | After a preliminary hearing. be- ed, will meet with contractors again | fore U. S. Commissioner J. F. Mul- tonight. |len, yesterday, George Bryson was ;bound over to hte grand. jury with | |bail fixed at $5,000. He is charged SUNDAY AFTERNOON the delinquency of a ‘minor. - Funeral services for Joseph John FRHGHTLR s’"”‘ ‘ i Pocus, who killed himself nar Tee| The freighter Depere still was| Harbor, this week will be held at|3t the Pacific Coast Dock today, the C. W. Carter Mortuary chapel|Unloading cargo after arriving here Sunday afternoon at 12:30 under |{rom Seattle yesterday. The Depere the auspices of the American Le- discharged Juneau-Douglas bridge Goldstein Building, operated by Mrs. gion, full details of which were Ste€l at the Government Dock yes- terday, and among other items UNDER ARREST jon six counts with contributing to| Estelle Hebert. This new dryer isyeino worked out by Legion heads| one of the latest types and is usedi54ay His brother, Paul, arrived by many of the leading OPeratorsnere yesterday from Wrangell to throughout the country, Mrs. H(b"“makv ngements. Burial will be said. Tt is said to eliminate all dis- j, the Legion plot in Evergreen. comfort of hair drying. Clean Up and Paint Up | pected to leave for unloaded steel for the Lemon Creek bridge on Glacier Highway at Pa- cific Coast Dock today. She is ex- the Westward tomorrow. SRR S |BRAZIL’S PAPER MONEY PLENTIFUL RIO DE JANEIRO, May 9.—Bra- zil's paper money in circulation is officially placed at 3,097218383,500 |reis, a sum roughly equivalent to | $206481,225. This means a circula- " tion of about $5 ver capita ” e F ERBISCULT FE | | PERNARS ED SHITH HAS {ADDED BISCUIT FlMl '0 VARIED INTERESTS Bernard E. (Ben) Smith, added > biscuit - business to his many| varied activities when he became’ chairmah of the board of George Westotl, Ltd., Canadian bisduit com- pany, on May 1 of this year. He 15 also a dirsetor of McIntyre Porhu- pine Mines and was instrumental in' the development of Pioneer Gold Mines of British Columbid. | One of the most colorful figures i the modern. fihancial world, Smith created quite a sensation when he visited Juneau in 1931 with Emil Hurja and purchased a $25,000 gold brick ffom the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company and a $15,- 000 Sidney Lawrence painting, as m3imentos of his Alaskan trip. The gold brick was placed on display in | his New Yotk bfokérage officé and ’uged more man 2 !iurry in the ‘ock farki e {RUSH DUE FOR-AUTO | LICENSES ON JUNE 1 There's botind to6 be a rush to | the City Hall around Jure 1 when \motorlsts realize they haven't ob- Lamed their driver’s license. least that's the situation to- ddy with onily 180 licefises sold out tof the estimated number of 1500 |drivers in 4nd ‘fiear Juneau. City, |Clerk A. W. Henning said today | |that automolilists living outside| | the carporate limits of Juneau, but | who drove cars in the city, would| | be irequirell ¥or puréhase the . 1| two-year- Jleemes ‘ s \STREET PAVING HERE | IS TO BEGIN MONDAY The. paving o! eleven blocks of ldowntqw stregts by the Gastineau | Construction Compapy. is expected o start Monday, City Hall reports iindlcate today. | The, job, a Public Works Ad- minlsuanon Ioan prbject, is await- ing only the dfrival of a scoop shovel from Seattle. That machin- ery is-expebted: to ‘remeh’ here on the Bandon, dye Sunday. ! T YN |FIRE DOES DAMAGE . TO GASBOAT QUEEN Fire, of an engine, did damage mated at 4 cost of $50, to the cabin of the gasboat afternoon. | OMNIBUS BILL catiSed by the baskfiring; esti- | Queen yesterday | Judge Has Fish ' |Worms that Really |Are Fish Worms It looks like a bad season for the trout hereabouts. District Judge George F. Alexander has some fish, worms that are fish worms. They are not only guaranteed to get fish| but the Judge reports it is his un- derstanding that when you open the ‘can the worms climb right out on | the hook and hop in the water and' start looking for trout. | His Honor hasn’t had a chance | WASHINGTON, May 10— THe'y; 't them out yet, but he is keep- |Now Deal's bid for greater POWEr jng on eagle eye on the weather; over money credit came face to, ruce‘m‘,se days and also on the worms. with a Senate critic today after|qpe Jagter are so effective, accord- winning overwhelming approval in 'ing to the California fish worm the House farm from where the Judge got Federal Reserve Bank GOVErfor|inem that they aré just as liké as Eccles was summoned before the ;.. ¢4 hop out of the can and Sr‘nazr sub-committee to aNSWeEr grawl out and brifig in a4 mess of questions about the omhiblis baNK- | gisy without benefit of the Court |ing bill which the House passed. |anq a fish hook. | Senator Carter Glass, Chalrman! paing a true disciple of Izaak | |of that committee, opposes some Of | walton, Judge Alexander noticed in the powers which the measure! g magazine about these famous live would concentrate in Washington.| .4 worms which a man in south- Leaders predicted there will be|garn galifornia makes a business of no action of the measure in thepqisins He liked the title “Sure Senate for several weeks but they|yimi¢ Fishbait,” so he invested. As foresaw a bitter controversy Im-lgoon a5 the trout season comes mediately before the Glass com-|aiong hell be able to tell how big mittee. {a dividend he is going to collect. Senator Glass and his colleagues plan hearings to start on uesday. | PASSE“GER FL]GHTS MADE THURSDAY BY | SIMMONS IN SKYLARK IN-FOR TOUGH GOING,SENATE House Passcjslfieasure then Glass Calls for General Hearing, Money Credit After Danish Pupils ‘ COPENHAGEN.— Seven hundred German children in the Danish sec- tion of Slesvig have received invi- - ations from the nazi welfare or-! Two passenger flights were miade | ganization in Berlin to visit Ger-|yesterday by Sheldon Simmons in many this summer, expenses paid.|the Juneau Fiying Club seaplane, Danish circles see the bid as part of |Skylark. In the morning he left the German attempt to push north-‘\herc at 9 o'clock with A. Van Mav- rd the spiritual border of Sles-|ern, merchandise broker, as a round trip passenger for Hoonah. They re- ———too—— | turned to Juneau about noon. McCRARY CORDOVA CHIEF Shortly after noon, Simmons left “or the fifth successive year, M.|here for a Juneau Lumber Com- J. McCrary was chosen head of the pany logging camp near Ctraig to| Cordova Fire Department. Mec- bring Paul Pocus into Juheau in| Crary is also city police officer in: connection with funeral arrange-| Cordova. Other firemen elected to}menls for his brother Joseph Pocus, | office were Robern Korn, assistant|{world war veteran,” who was found | chief, Fred Frederickson, secretary|with 4 bullet wound in his’ head at treasurer, and Lee E. Dickinson, Tee Harbor this week. Wwilliam ‘Date and Chester Davis, .- U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The W eather (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for yuneau and vieinity, beginning at 4 pm., May 10: Showers tonight and Saturday; light -variable winds, becoming southeast. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Veloclity 30.11 48 NW 8 30.14 40 w 1 30.19 45 s Time 4 pm. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today Weathe: Cldy Cldy Cldy 55 90 63 RADIO 2EPORTS YESTERDAY | Highest 4p.m. | temp. temp. | 86 - 4 4 32 30 52 46 32 32 . 42 38 40 38 . 46 44 54 52 54 52 435 48 50 58 52 60 60 64 60 44 56 54 | 52 . WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. Ketchikan, cloudy, temperature, 44; Craig, raining, 44; Wran- gell, cloudy, 45; Sitka, cloudy, 43; Skagway, cloudy, 42; Anchorage, clear, 40; Nenana, clear, 26; Fairbanks, clear, 24; Hot Springs, Tan- ana, Ruby, missing; Nulato, clear, 30; Kaltag, clear, 20; Unalakleet, clear, 28; Flat, clear, 10. TODAY Lowest 4a.m. 4am. Preclp. 4a.c temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weatlier 30 -4 16 30 20 14 32 40 38 38 0 40 Station Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneaun ... Sitka Ketcehikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco -4 18 32 20 14 32 40 38 40 40 38 44 42 46 Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear o E@¥cococococoe | mRrcERomsa 3 H o032 54 52 56 50 PO~ TR cocoococo Cldy Cldy x WEATHER SYNOPSI1S Abnormally high barometric pressure prevailed this morning over the interior and northern portions of Alaska, the crest being 30.78 inches at Barrow. Low pressure prevailed over the North Pacific Ctean & short distancé south of the Aleutian Islands. This general pressure distribution has been attended by fair and cold weather over the interior, western and northern portions of Alaska, and by unsetiled weather over the southern portion. A temperature of 20 degrees was reported at a.m. today and 14 above at Dawson. Fairbanks at 2 board of managers. I DATLY EV[PIRI'. WANT ADS PAY! supplied the very highest quality. BUTTER Biscuit Flour, 1.G. A. Large Package Catsup 15 oz. bottle . Ruby Brand LARGE Corned Beef, 2 for . . 35¢ Armour’s—1 pound tins Shrimp, 2 tins for . . . 25¢ Sea Fresh COFFEE FINEST QUALITY, 29¢ 15¢ RADISHES, The Juneau Volunteer Fire De- partment fpent a half hour towing thé blazing boat from its moorings at Lower City Float to a nearby beach and in extinguishing the fig Juneau Cash Grocery @ Phone 58-3 Deliveries Daily-10.30, 2.30, 4.30~-Phone 58 You can save money every day in the year by trading at JUNEAU CASH GROCERY . . only on advertised items but on every purchase you mdke—and you can depend upon l)(‘m«r PRICES EFFECTIVE SATURDAY AND MONDAY. Tomatoes, 2 No. 2 tins . 29¢ Del Monte—Solid Pack Tomato Sauce, 4 tins . . 25¢ Del Monte 3 DOZEN FOR Sugar Peas, No. 2 tin . . 19¢ L G. A. Wax Paper, 40 ft. rolls . 8¢ Ideal for Lunches POUND ... Fresh Fruits and Vegetables ASPARAGUS,2pounds . . . . . . . . GREEN ONIONS, 3 bunches for . BANANAS, Golden Ripe, 3 poundsfor . . . . . 25¢ 10¢ SPINACH, Fresh and Nice, 3 pounds for . . . . 25¢

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