The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 13, 1935, Page 2

" WASHINGTON ALUMNI HERE FIRST IN U. . TO RAISE CREW FUND Alumni of the University of ‘Washington who reside in Juncun are mighty proud people these | days. Seems that their Alma Mater, according to an annual custom, is to send two and possibly three crews to Poughkeepsie, N. Y. for the national championships there | on the Hudson River. As usual, Juneau alumni were asked to contribute, with Robert ‘W. Bender, Editor of The Empire, in charge of the local drive. That NEW SHIPMENT OF MICHAEL STERNS SUITS for men and young men in brown, grey and blue 00000000000000000000000000000000000¢ 00000000000000000 |is amply told by | en from a recent issue of the Seat- {reached and passed attempting to raise enough Iunds.‘mE Juneau Drivé Committee, to- Women’s Summer Coats Priced from $19.75 to $45.00 i f i SO o S i b S S One Group of Dresses Plain colors and summer prints Special $10.00 Nice Line of Men’s Hardeman Hats All the new summer shades 3.50 to $5.00 $30.00 and $35.00 B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” 99000000 PAA PLANE HERE FROM FAIRBANKS YESTERDAY P, M. Ithe drive here was a quick success this article, tak- tle Daily Times: “Juneau, Alaska, is the first city| in the country to report its quota in the Uni- rsity of Washington alumni crew drive to send three Husky eights to the Hudson River. | “Robert W. Bender, Chairman of night notified Foster McGovern, l’l d u t f head of the Chamber of Commerce ce 2 Ccira from Alaska Department, that a check is Interior Sunday in the mail and on its way to Seattle for an amount in excess of On its weekly tfip from Fairbanks, its quota.” ° | PSSt . LA | the Pacific Alaska Alrways Lock- heed Electra arrived at the Juneau SHOP IN JUNEAU FIRST! ‘PAA airport Sunday afternoon at Daily Cross-word Puzzle 13:25 o'clock. Acting Divisional En- 1gmeer Joseph Barrow plloted the ‘plane and Harry Blunt made the | flight as co-pilot. ACROSS Solution of Saturday's Puzzle 10. Orghestra con- Good weather prevailed on the L. Regatilug to gag}‘“' |trip down though head winds 6. Unlt of work .. IEE .E- E 11. Deputy ;caused slight loss of time and fog s Arablan .EE .E T[T [N[E[R] 12, Entitlos | over Z_er"ners Bay mx:lde it n:;es- 19, n | sary urn back and come down 12. 1dolize 13. Constellatfon R n;f‘;:‘:;:f | Lynn Canal by way of Skagway. i gmm;hmgd turual | Passengers on the southbound 6. M Jicinal . s,'f'“lm" flight for Juneau were Roglerick plant 24. Roman road Tower, A. B. Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. 18. Sobe! g Y 20 é.b;)l;.h river % BM";,M Jdewlsh | Murray Stuart and Ronald Stuart. 21. Wagers 28. O | Lyman 8. Peck, Vice President and 23] Settlings - 4 Era o ad i 8ne' T B0 piih- | General Manager of Pacific Alaska . Cylindrica a unjon s W £ 2. Human truok § 3L. Kind of parrot ;x;fiaf as; passe:‘gm = ra{ | 3 . Broad stree! to Juneau on the ckheed Vega olcano | 3. Before - lll _\li % Su”m"v. | seaplane of the company, based| dostitute A 28, s“k. oS a ball | here, on Tuesday or Wednesday. 4 Comrlnnnd L iy 3. Edible crus fleld Electra will Jeave here on its ca 3 3 - o 42, Seandinavian 62. Goddess of ‘tacean - 1> G':r?:'.‘.?u’y R N Eairhanks fombrion Il:l::‘n:u ot 8 COI;;;;':N o "':d 1: the :41; R‘fl‘ again | afternoon at 3 o'clock with passen- . - Rodiao 3 . 8. Lure " lection & Toab astinder « Raibbow |gers for the Interior city. J. B. 45, Lxr_mre;;yo: ag' v;ml;l'l.ehbm 6. sngnp'l'nz :g %grgqn‘ ¥ ‘warrack has made reservations 41, Prench DOWN , 7. Move back _ 3 “w’:‘.‘.“ the |from Juneau, and several passen- sculptor 1. Disfigure , + 8. Sticky stuft participle \gers are due on the Alaska tomor- 60. Dutch city 2. Fuss 9. Living orn e llll///.l% .Il AN A A0 %/%IIII//// I [y e gy b l.l. | row. FAMILY ARRIVE BY PLANE, TAKE YUKON Murray Stuart, pilot with the and their son Ronald, were passen- gers from Fairbanks on the Lock- |heed Electra. They will continue 1th£s afternoon. | Mrs. Stuart and young Ronald, | who have spent the winter in Fair- | banks, will remain south for the summer months, visiting with rela- tives, while pilot Stuart will return north in a week or ten days on a | new Lockheed Electra recently pur- chased by the company. ‘Puot Joseph Crosson, who is flying the new plane north from Browns- ville, Texas, and they expect to stop in Juneau on the way to that they will be here sometime next week, 9000400000800 000004000009000000000¢ MWMWWWW Five AvriveHererom Lock- 'souzh on the steamer Yukon leaving | Stuart will wait in Seattle for| Fairbanks. Present plans indicate | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MONDAY, MAY 13, 1935 it of With the signing by Speaker of the President John N. Garner (below) ington, the President plans to rush administration of provisions of tk: bill under Harry Hopkins so that money allotted by Congres the people as soon as possible, Here are their s.gnalu o5, NAT HOSPITAL DAY CBSERVED BY NURSES | AT ST. ANN’S SAT. A Jarge number of friends of St. ni's Hospital called there on Sa urday afternoon to take part in the chservance of National Day. The association of Graduate Nurs- es of Juneau had charge of the program at St. Ann's, assisted by tiie Sisters of St. Ann's under the direction of the Sister Superior. During the day those who called were shown the new equipment at St. Ann's which further | the' ‘modernity of this fine insti- fon. Nurses on the committees for the afternoon were Mrs. Henrietta El- | lis, Mrs. Audrey McCurdy and Mrs. |1da Hendrickson at the door; Mrs. ‘\Vduam Garster, Mrs. J. Strom- | berg and Miss.Oygard, demonstrat- | ing the new eauipment on the HospitaM increases ' M ' DOUBLAS ROAD JOB SHUT DOWN AS MEN STRIKE | Juneau Deleg:ion Takes. Part in Walkout—Claim | Firm Violating FERA | ! 'Work on the Douglas road being done by the Siems Spokane Cons struction Company was stopped this' morning when the ‘balance of the 35-man crew walked off the, job on demand of a delegation | from Juneau headed by Bert Har- ris, who is connected with the un- employed organization ‘here. The party of about 35 men went over in a gasboat and walked ‘on the works, demanding the men work- ing quit on grounds the company !was not paying a living wage. The| workmen complied with the™ de- mand and company officials said (the work will be discontinued | pending word from its Spokane | office. | The workmen demand 75 cents {an hour. It is charged the com-| | pany is paying common labor wages of 60 cents an hour and ! working the men on skilled labor jobs in some instances. Also it is | contended the plan of working five| hours a day, six days a week is in| | violation of the FERA set up, which provides that men shall not| be worked less than six hours or| | more than eight in any ome dayi| land a total of not more than 30| | hours in any one week. The usual | ! procedure is six hours for five| |days. Company officials said that jwhile their contract with the | Bureau of Public Roads calls for| 55 cents for common labor they actually paying 60 cents and La cents an hour for skilled labor. ) s Liitod Stotes Presideut of the |CALIFORNIA GIRL | COMES HERE TO WED House, Joseph Byrns (top) nnd Vice- | of $4,800,000,000 works bill at Wash- Maurice S. McDonnell, employee w of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining/ Company, and Miss Mary E. | Crampton of Santa Monica, Cal, "were married by U. S. Commis- !sioner J. F. Mullen this morning. Miss Crampton arrived on the Princess Norah from the south ac- companied by Mr. McDonnells {brothers, B. R. and Roy McDon- ,ald, who acted as witnesses at the will reach Tm(‘n‘s floor and Miss Alice Moran, Miss Eunice Anderson, Miss Noon- an and Mrs. J. Monagle on the | women's floor. Receiving were Mrs. E. H. Kaser, Mrs. R. H. Willams, Mrs. J. Gilo N Shepard, Mrs. C. H MacSpadden, | ™y 0 marriage today was that s 8. Jobha, J. . Thom-| " wathis H. Albertson, Hoonah , Mrs. E. S. Evans, Mrs. N. Rich- | yicoman” and Thelma Sutherland, ardson, Mss. J. W .Gucker, Mss. 3.\ 1" Hoonan, They were mar- | Killow, Miss Rose Andrews, Mrs. R.| Iried by Commissioner Mullen with ~.nmk Vll: Hlmlevlurner and' nrc Arthur Adams and H. J.| SeRkE ), Bby e !Jox"nnson as witnesses. at tne tea table were - e :ls Sorby, the organization’s ‘ARMY OFFICERS GUESTS AT GOVERNOR'S HOUSE oldest nurse, Mrs. L. P. Dawes, Mrs. H. C. DeVighne, Mrs. W. P. Blan-| ton, Mrs W. J. B. McAuliffe and; y S Mrs. W. W. Council. | Major General James B. Allison, Music was furnished during the Ohlef Signal Officer, U. §. Army, afternoon by Miss Eleanor Blotch- and Colonel G. E. Kumpe, Officer- ford at the violin, and Mrs. V. Du_un Charge of the Washington-Al- ‘uu"rl &t the pmn:u |aska Military Cable and Telegraph | System, were guests at luncheon Glenna and A C Robinson will at Governor's House. be passengers from Juneau to Val- e dez on the northbound Alaska. They | DON'T FORGET ‘arrived here from Skagway on the Card Party at Trinity Hall tonight. Nerthwes | | | I ones; allowance on ¢ ol f - SO Y S Y Sy SRy obsolete equipment. until you have let us give you a demonstration of the new Noiseless L. C. Sfifuh TRADE-IN For a limited time only, we are able to make liberal TYPEWRITERS Profits are no longer the difference between sclling cost and price—Instead they are difference between new ideas and old new methods and out of date ones; new equipment and You have never seen a real typewriter OFFER! old machines when traded-in on a new typewriter. Beals so attractive that you can’t afford to pass this oppertunity. PORTABLES . SMITH-CORONA is built to serve those who need a machine for combined office and home duty, and who can’t afford two standard typewriters. J.B.BURFORD & CO. “Our Doorstep Is Worn By Satisfied Customers” \Capl. Charles Larsen, of the Vivian, —adv. | 04 8. DEPA‘B'I'II.INT 0! wmcmmmi W‘E}\THIR BUR!:AU The Weather (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for yuneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., May 13: Showers tonight and Tuesday; moderate southeast 'winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 pm. yest'y 30.07 46 74 SE 8 Cldy 4 am. today 29.74 42 92 s 3 Lt. Rain Noon today 29.74 50 4 SE 13 Cldy RADIC REPORTS YESTERDAY TODAY Highest 4pm. | Lowest4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4a.n. Station temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weatlier Anchorage 54 s 3% - — 0 — Barrow 4 8 6 2 2 8 0 Clear Nome 40 36 24 24 4 o Pt. Cldy Bethel 60 50 30" .32 4 [ Pt. Cldy Fairbanks 50 50 38 .38 4 0 * Cldy Dawson | 44 44 36 . 36 4 0 » Cldy St. Paul 42 36 30 32 22 0 Cldy Dutch Harbor ... 44 42 34 34 24 .02 Clear Kodiak . . 42 42 40 40 4 .38 Cldy Cordova 4 42 | 38 38 4 .86 Cldy Junean . 46 46 41 42 3 A1 Rain Sitka o S -_— 45 - - a2 —_— Ketchikan . 50 50 46 48 16 132 Rain Prince Rupert . 54 54 46 50 12 .06 Rain Edmonton 56 52 28 32 4 0 Clear Seattle 68 66 | 48 48 4 0 Clear Portland 70 0 48 48 4 0 Clear San Francisco 64 60 50 52 6 0 Cldy New York 70 58 | 54 56 4 0 Clear Washington 78 68 54 56 4 64 Cldy WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. Ketchikan, raining, temperature, 49; Craig, cloudy, 46; Wrangell, cloudy; Skagway, cloudy, 48; Sitka, raining, 44; Anchorage, cloudy, 43; Nenana, clear, 40; Fairbanks, cloudy, 50; Hot Springs, Tanana, Ruby, missing; Nulato, clear, 36; Kaltag, clear, 33; Unalakleet, clear, 32; Flat, clear, 43. WEATHER S YNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning throughout Al- aska, the lowest reported pressure being 29.40 inches over Cook Inlet. This general pressure distribution has been accompanied by rains along the coastal region from Unalaska to British Columbia and ‘by generally fair weather over the Interior. It was warmer last night over the Tanana an Yukon valleys, the minimum temperatures being above freezing over the Tanana .and upper Yukon valleys. {HALIBUT INTEREST RAISED AS 35,000 POUNDS SOLD HERE Interest arose in halibut sales here with the arrival and trading| of 35500 pounds of fish from the banks at the Juneau Cold Storage vesterday. The largest sale was made by | LARGEST PWA WORK HERE BEGINS TODAY ‘ Things got down to brass tacks today on Juneau's largest Public Works Administration loan project as work was started on 11 blocks of downtown paving by the Gasti- neau Construction Company. Working with E. J. Cowling, hold- |er of the contract to pave side- s “ walks on Main Street, the Gastineau to the San Juan Fish and Packing Company began tearing up wooden Company. Capt. Larsen's catch Was qqowalks on Main north of Front 10500 pounds and it sold for the | giee; Cowling also is a director of straight price of 4 cents per pound. the Gastineau firm. San Juan also purchased ©CaDt.| At 3 gclock this afternoon, the Bernt Alstead’s catch of 10,000 motor-driven scoop shovel, which pounds, taken off his Thelma. Oth- arrived here from Seattle on the er sales, all going at the straight| p,pgon yesterday, started excava- price of 4 cents, included: Capt Andrew TRosness, Tern, 10,000 pounds to New England Fish Com- | pany; Capt.- Ole Johanson, Fane, 5,000 pounds to New England Fish | Company. tion work. DAHLS PLAN RE-UNION For the purpose of joining a fam- ily re-union, Mrs. P. T. Dahl and | her son, Roger, arrived here from - | Skagway en the Northwestetn. Mrs. MRS. SHEPARD LEAVES Dahl is the wife of an employee of Mrs. H. R. Shepard, wife of a Ju-{the White Pass and Yukon Route. neau insurance man, is traveling to B e e TR Seattle, via Vancouver, B. C, on| SERGEANT TRAVELS the Norah, for a wvisit with her| Among the passengers on the daughter, in Seattle. [Nonhwestem from Seattle for R i VT | Haines were Sergt. and Mrs. Harry DON'T FORGET | L. FitzJarrell. Sergt. FitzJarrell will Card Party at Trinity Hall tonight.| join the Chilkoot Army Barracks at —adv. | Haines. SPEND or SAVE? WHICH . . . . is more likely to help YOUR Prosperity? Nowadays, nearly everyone is frequently con- fronted with this problem. It is obvious that spending ALL cannot bring lasting prosperity. As for saving All—well, it just cannot be done! The common sense solution is “Spend Wisely— Save Something.” And having a Savings Account here will be a helpful guide and assistant both in spending wisely today and in safely accumulating a cash reserve for tomorrow. (Deposits here protected by FDIC Insurance.) The First National Bank Juneau, Alaska LUMBER Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc. UNITED FOOD Co. | CASH GROCERS Phone 16 We Deliver Meats—Phone 16 i ! ! } ! L *»