The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1935, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1935. [Slim Chance Seen for U. S. Sahara ROB CRAWFORD Dosplte Mullwat s Dust and Drought IS T0 GIVE TWO ' CONGERTS HERE INTERNATIONAL SKY TRAIN ON FIRST FLIGHT | Successful lll[) Is Made h()“l wl]al‘ll. rlo‘l(]fl, to Havana, Cuba “Flying Bdnlone Coming to Juneau in His Own Plane This Month Bob Crawford, who was born in| HAVANA, May 15—The first Tn- | | Fairbanks, Alaska, and known in|ternat'onal Sky Train arrived here | the States as the “Flying Baritone,” safely late yeterday afternoon af- \v\)h give two and sibly three | ter a 300-mile flight from Miami | concerts in Juneau according to an ' Florida | announcement made here today. The first iders, towed by cencerts will be sponsored |an airplane, loniod before a che: the choir of the Northern Light | ing crowd of 50,000 persons in front Prosbyterian church and will belof the Capitol. | | given in the church. | The police had to employ clubs | According to present arrange-iand fire into the air'to quiet thel ments a childvens concert will be demonstrating throng LAST TIMES TONIGHT o MIDNICHT PREVIEW er Gentlemen of Polish News TONIGHT Josephine HUTCH|NSON FRANK McHUGH DOROTHY DARE IOHN HALLIDAY The ¢éne at the right was—in But even though dust clouds NATIO er of By E. B. COLTON (Asoociated Press Science Writer) - g | SKAGWAY PIONEER SEREE-| A o e o o | Two weeks after the death of his drought to turn any of America’s \ | wife, P. J. Flynn, of Skagway, for midwest into a Sahara-like desert, * many years connected with the | despite the ominous portents of the us sun5h|ne | White Pass and Yukon railro: current swirling-dust clouds. ~ |died Monday in Skagway, accordin This is the reassuring opinion of ‘ \ to word received here. He was|Dr. William J. Humphreys, veteran Look for news | widely known in Skagway and | metecrologist of the U. S. weath- . on sunny liv- Guy McNa n and Harry I Lucas will be the honor guests at a dinner party this evening at the residence in the Assembly ments in honor of their joint e of climate is in spect for North America, says Humphreys, as long as the frozen north stays frozen. He be- lieves the ice there will melt some but not f 5,000, perhaps 10,- SRS Sl A3 VS S RS birthdays, Annually, for Lucas and observed ng dinner ughton and Mr in being hostess ion. A number y Mrs. Lucas to this eve- throughout the Territory. r bureau. Although the dust Mrs. Flynn died but a short time storms, aided and abetted by con- ago and Mrs. James McAlister of tinuing drought, are doing heavy Juneau, a daughter, has been with damage, he says there is no reason er father since that time. Mr. Mc- [to fear that the area where they ed with the Terri- | prevail will become & permanent office, left immedi- | dezert of shifting sands devoid of y on receiving word | all vegetation. lynn’s passing. | Weather Cycle To Swing e | ©Only a complete change of cli- > % imate could bring about such a ng amity, says Dr. Humphreys, there is no prospect that M ha storms are nothing new for ed States, sted in the two years Dust the U. ways €3 for they have al- |y but until he last ey were pure- ly lccal disturbances. However, sev- eral years of drought in the high nate tive occa have been invited join in the celebration torial Aud ately for ing this week. Listen for th e thousands of ainfall d the first (luyL storms. acres of ] ) s ] rmallv ] edient of Funzus of the Dutch elm diseace | has been gr 22 kinds of trees than elms, but has been found £ only on elms in a natural state, |UMing Will happen for thousands of " B i years. Weather bureau \:entists arz DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY| | expecting a slight change soon, to- _ {ward a cycle of cooler, wetter years, M AR | but this shift will be only part of Hollywood Style Shop |the regular rhythm of periods of Formerly COLEMAN'S | |hot-dry and cold-wet years that {have been recurring regularly ever ), the prices of farm machinery in Iay Less—Much Le‘” |since weather records have been 1035 will be slightly higher than SO wE Mein Sepest kept AR CIS A BEULAH HICKEY g during the preceding year. | | Jones-Stevens Shop THE BEST TAP BEER l IN TOWN! @ THE MINERS Recreation Parlors and Liquor Store BILL DOUGLAS SSES’ O-WEAR Near Tezting New LADIES’ READ The dry plains were ready fot the | | _ second ingredient when it came—| | Seward Street the strong winds that normally hln\\“ T over the plains in spriz3 and sum-|% 2 3 mer. The winds found vast 1. S. GRAVES | of light dust waiting to be I “The Clothing Man | | | Gras 2s Third | e [ your. doorbell. plains, added to the effect of denud- 'y, ll L A prediction by the United States reas department of agriculture is that ed into the air. Until the seaton of | strong gales in the region ends about June 1, dust storms may con- | ‘ tinue, says Dr. Humphrey | The dust storm evil can be cured | ¢s. <5 eventually, weather bureau men believe, by re-grassing the dry| The Sahara desert of northern Africa was produced by a major change of climate far greater than any in prospect for this country. That change took place slowly Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothing JUST RECEIVED! | given on the afternoon of May 28, - o Y an adult concert in the evening and | another adult concert on the after- AMUSING COMEDY 1$ |nocn of May 29. | Mr. Crawford and accompanistsst FEATURE AT UPTOWN | will fly to Juneau in his own plane, | | sentoons replacing the weets when;, THEATRE TONIGHT. |he reaches Seattle. Mr. Crawford R i | has completed an extensive concert ~On 10 Bachglor," sug- |tour In New York State and along £ested by a i | the eastern coast. with Marion Nixon and Neil Ham- 1 Ry {ilton in the featured roles, is the| ‘ The cash income from North Car- €Wrrent feature at the Uptown The- lolina farms was about $238,000,- ater. Vv’;t].hhani \u;us\m‘. story m;d al® % H cast whic ncludes outstanding s o it oy céreen personaiities are two of HOLLYWOOD FARE 1S Both of these photographs lcok as if they weve taken in a desort. | cent over 1032. rm ‘i]-"'?”‘r'izflfif.’,‘.“L.“,}‘Lf,‘.;“,',,,,,,(ff:;‘“'|' FUNNY SCREEN FARE the Sahara. The other cne shows a farm in Colorado after a dust storm. i : 4 The story 'Sonckms the predica-| NOCW AT COLISEUM do sweep over sections of the Midwest, a Federal m ‘eczologist 22 no d zny section becoming | The Sture famuy of Sweden fur-'p.onor 2 New York playboy who a Hiliah Only & voniplete shange of olimate, he & -ys, oot ame. & Midweotern desert; and’he finds. | Dished three. succéssive regents 10 coniracts a “business” marriage in| “365 Nights in Hollywood,” which nc picspeet of that occurring for thousands of yea :. |';l];"'70 fsoz‘:)':l:{ “(::':";:mx:{’&y ‘]:;x“:g crder to avoid having his income |opened last evening at the Coliseum i - e Denuark 5 stopped and also to pacify an umu\‘f“""mt is omt-“vr zh: ::stest m:: 2 T Jmshund about to seck a divorce, | funniest comedies ye come a vast lengtn of tme, but when it GUY M'NAUGHTON AND. e S ot SRt 0 1 ams”|the sz I s th Iughng low- A o Vi e -~ licenses for ing and romance and comedy-dra-|down cn a couple of Hollywood up- I;,?;m,,,?‘,(.“ n:} .““;10 Sh:::fihm,:?, H l LUCAS OBSERVE mee}:‘:é,yc:; period ending May ma combine to make it an outstand- starts, and comes from the private g _‘m"‘”rm?“fo o iy EIR-IH.DAYS TOGETHER 1937, ore now available at the ing feature. Others in the cast are { notebook 0!. Jimmy Starr, best- g Rl e Ll omce of the Ciwy Clerk. Fee, $1. Williun Austin, Raymond Hatton, known of all Hollywood columnists Drivers must procure their new Aileen Pringle, Kathleen Howard and commentators. cards by June 1. Get them now and others. The hilarious story of a boy, a and avoid the rush. —adv. — |8irl and two ambitious ice-men who turn the cinema capital upside ‘HAPPINESS AHEAD’ ;I:;rl: 5 Nights ml Hollyw;l)od"‘ is 3 illed with screamingly amusing in- twenty-three years, E NEw DICK PowELL cidents and crammed with suspense. Mr. McNaughton FEATURE, CAPITOL'ame: Dunn and Alice Faye are the their birthdays by y and the girl and Prank Mit- together and Mrs That Frank McHugh, well known | chell and Jack Durant take the Lucas alter- scrcen comie, sings a duet with Dick |10les ©f the two adaglo lee-men. on the fes- Fowell in “Happiness Ahead, 'First|It Wa¢ dirccted by George Marshall of friends Naticnal production which opens at|20d Produced by Sol M. Wurtael, the Capitol Theatre tonight, is nol" the Fox Film company. surprise to those who remember 1 ik N McHugh's career as a musical com- JUNGQUIST FUNERAL ody star. Their duct is an amus-| runeral services for Kenneth ing topical number, “Massaging Jungquist, who died here March 20 Window Panes” which tells the| Tom suffocation aboard the boat story of what a window washer sces|SOF1and were held at 2. o'clock as he goes about his danger {this afterrioon at the® C. W. Aatly tage. |Carter Mortuary chapel, the Rew. Lovely Josephine Mutehinson has |¥ 3¢ LeVassaur officlating. Bur- the leading feminine role in “Hap-|l&! Was in the Catholic plot in piness Ahead,” delightful musical|ltcrgicen Cemetery. The body has with a varied background. It opens been held at the mortuary pending in a Park Avenue drawing room, werd from his wife in Mnncnpohl. proceeds to a Chop Suey parlor, 'f- thence to a skating rink, a lovers'| BO O AN ncok on Riverside Drive and intro- | t° %02 8 N(\rW’::(:l:in costume? If you duces a series of thrilling sequences, | 90: 0me to the Sons of Norway Dick Powell fans should not mieg| D80 8 Elks' Hail, May 18, adv. this entertaining feature which con-| s 7 TRY OUR SERVICE Fresh Fruits and Vegetables o | through countless ages, while what is ncw Europe was slowly emerging from under the great ice sheet that covered it in glacial times. How Sahara Was Born ‘The ice sheet covered Europe for plains and taking other measures | to curb wind erosion. 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