The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1935, Page 8

JUNEAU PLANE TO FAIRBANKS: FREESCROSSON PAA Ship Leaves Today— Will Replace One Used to Get Bodies received ns i flown by, Alex Hold- light Mechanic A similar ship, a Fair- which is the only radio- equipped plane in the Fairbanks area regularly fitted with pontoons is thought 4o ‘be the plane flown by Pilot, Joe Crosson from Fair- banks -this morning enroute to Point , Barrow to bring the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post to Fajrbanks. The Juneau plane, it is said, will veplace the plane flown by Crosson in ordinary business in the Fair- banks area, releasing the Fairbanks plane for use by Crosson It has been reported that an-| other Signal Corps operator will be sent at once from either Fair- banks or Anch e to the station) at Point Barrow It is not known - definitely but Post and it is believed the bodie g be flow: will Te Lloyd | Juneau this noon for | {National | Capital Grieves WASHINGTON, Aug. 16— The National Capital of the United |Sn(e~ where Will Rogers was lowd‘ | as few others in his time, grieved to| It of his death. ‘ | -President John Nance Gar-| “That is awful. I can't he | talk about it. Rogers was one of the |and recoveries ruled a rather ac- best friends I had.” Speaker of the House Byrns said he could not find immediate words, | to express sorrow. | | Col. Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War in the Hoover Cabinet, of Oklahoma, said: “Will Rogers was one of natyre’s noblemen. Wiley‘ {Post was a brilliant and intrepid flier.” { tonight, without a single accommo- dation open to Juneau passengers. Included in the number of per- sons taken south by the Rupert .omorrow nignt, Shepata said, |would be a party of 14 cannery| | workers from the Peril Serl.si | Packing Company plant at Todd.| 'ELECTRA MAKES SCENIC FLIGHTS Two scenic flights with capacity by plane or ste to the - NO PASSENGERb T0 SAIL ON ROBERT; RUPERT HAS SPACE Although there is no space avail- able for potential travelers from Juneau on the southbound steamer Prince Robert tonight, H. R. Shep- ard, Juneau agent for the Canadian National, announced today that several persons would leave the city on the Prince Rupert, due here tomorrow midnight from Skagway. The Robert, making her final run | of :the tourist season, is due at City Dock trom Skagway at {and = Mardenhall glaciers, midnight | ioads of passengers were made by the two-motored ten-passenger PA'\ Lockheed Blectra piloted by Je Jones and William Knox over Taku | the < ice:| cap and other points of interest in | the Juneau district late yesterday afternoon. On the. first trip the passengers|der the escort of Wilbur Wester. W H' A. Jenkins Fred Welsh, C. B. Arnold, La Kyle, M. Dabo, Charles W. Carter, Mrs. W. K. Burford, Mrs. E. L. Hunter,| Jr., Mrs. L. M. Kimbrough and Wilbur Wester. On the second flight the plane took off at 5 p.m. carrying E. J. Blake, C. C. Bray- ton, Walter Sharpe, Minard Mill, Mrs. R. F. Lewis, R. F. Lewis, G. B, Dodge, Oscar G. Olson and I. A. Thatcher. 'STOCKS FIND | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 157%, American Can| |9, Anaconda 17%, ithe wreckage of tae Islander. The| CLOUD RIFT; CLOSE STRONG Recoveries Rule Active Session on New York Trade Exchange NEW YORK, August 16.—Stocks found a rift in profit-taking clouds tive session here today on the New York Stock Exchange. Rails, mines, utilities and mer- chandise specialties led the re- sumption to a forward rush. The close today was firm. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Closing 140%, American Power and Light ¥ Daily Cross- word Puzsle Bethlehem Steel | 36%, General Motors 43, Interna- | tional Harvester 53, Kennecott 21%, United States Steel 43%, $4.96%, 1 Pound | Schenley Dlstlllerk‘s 34%. . | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow,| Jones averages: 1 Industrials 12/ 3, rails 36.87, util- | ities 27.69 e MRS. R. H. WILLIAMS IS HOSTESS TODAY Mrs. R. H, Willlams 1s hosiess tols | afternoon to a small group visiting party will go in the Wanderer un- | ‘They will enjoy a picnic supper and intend to spend the early evening strip fishing at Marmion Island. Guests are: Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wade; Mrs. Helen Cass, Judge and Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. C. O. Richards, Lilllan Alexander, George Alexan- der, John McLaughlin, Jane Alex- ander, C. B. Arnold, Herbert Red- mond, Mr. and Mrs. Don Morrison, Mrs, J. W. Gucker, Wilbur Wester, | Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Williams. For the Finest of All | FRESH VEGETABLES LETTUCE large head 10c TOMATOES pound, 15¢ Cucumbers 10¢ each CELERY bunch, 15¢ Finest Fresh Fruits Chard, F MAYONNAISE, Best Foods, qua PINEAPPLE, D« CHICKENS-—F Stewers arrivin 28CANE T Home-Grown Vegetables Turnips, Carrots, Beets, Swiss resh Peas Kraft's 55¢ COTTAGE CHESE, pt. .....19¢ le’s, large, 45¢ resh Fryers and g on Northland (California Grocery “Jun PHONE 478 >au’s Pure Food Store” PROMPT DELIVERY ACROSS 0 10. Anglo- ’ f’lemllully 8olution of Yesterday's Puzzle X::M!;l&n T Lay uj account 1 :K;:ozi'..‘",.,’“"' [S[H]ATK]O] WIATRIM] 11, Legislative 15 Pecutiar IHIA [ETE] g 16. Absenice of 13, Swirls strife 17. Grow old 18. Conjunction 23, Deafen; 19, Symbol for tel selenium 24. Number of 20. Fungus discas hills in Rome of rye 26. Common car- 21. Biblical eity bohydrate 22. Purposes 21, Worship 25, Something 29, Permit amall ana 3L Lick up with eautiful longue 26. Glut 3, crm.e- o 28, Hara v 35. Dish of eggs 30. Escapes from 36. Shoots from artfully IRIEINIO ambush 32. Broad street: N RE[S] 3 & abbr. 38, Cutting tm- 33. Past E|S] plements 34. De!""xf i 39. Least dan- wrongfully erous 37. Bmall pleces ‘7 18I oft the DOMN i2. Poem of fire o Pragost L Tallors 45. To a_greater 40. Slgn A smoothlbg dskree 41. Negative 48, Yale irons 46. Auction 43. California 50. Muslo drama 2. Fervent 49, Japanese 4. Ourscives L Firat woman I CONR o0 o pterey 5 e 4. King of Bashap 51. Dutch city 45. King whose . 52. Retreat 5. Mature 85 A€ an inner ouc! b4. Suppresses In 6. Force point turnea pronouncing 7. Revenue 55. Player at everything , 56. Rocks 8. Encounter children's to gold 67. Hate 9. Dad games !W%il Wfli=l JUNEAU BOY ~ MOURNS HIS HERO, ROGERS (Continuea from Page One) read all about it. I felt pretty bad and my mother did too. “I ltked Will Rogers before I ever saw him, I liked him in the moving pictures and I liked the things hé wrote, but after he was so godd zo me I liked him more. I went dowh to the float to see him leave Ju- neau but I don't think he saw me because I had to stay outside the gate." o DOUGLAS NEWS DOUGLAS SINGLE MEN WIN BASEBALL VICTORY OVER MARRIED MEN ———3 In a regular baceball thriller, the single men of Douglas Island took revenge on the marricd men by .a good margin, 9 to 2, in seven in- nings of hard battle last night. With the exception of one inning, the fourth when the winners got in six runs after almost two full rounds at bat, the game was exciting. Cap- tained by Jimmie Doogan, the bach- dlors played Ed Roller for pitcher during the entire game with J. Nie- mi for catcher, while A. Andrews, captain of the benedicts, alternated with A. J. Balog at pitching, sup- ported by M. Jensen behind the bat. Game By Innings SlngleMen 00260109 Married Men 00110002 Lineups—Single Men—Niemi 2, Roller 2, McDonald 1, G. Gray 1, Cashen, Doogan 1, Kilburn 1, Tay- lor, 1, Robertson. Married Men— Jensen 1, Andrews, -Erskine, Balog, Niem: 1, Warner, Milis. Edwards, McCormick. Subs—Mann.ug for Tay- lor. Umpires, Goetz, . eéru: Scorer, Brown. RVl S G FIREMEN ENJOY BLOWOUT The reguiar meeting of the Doug- las Volunteer Fire Department last night was one of both:business and pleasure combined. Investigation in- to the kind of new hydrants and their location in connection with the new. water system is sought and the trustees were ordered to take care of that matter, as well as to look after the buying of some new hose, an appropriation-for which was recently made by the Coungil. A keg of beer, which materialized as a prize following the baseball game, was placed ‘on tap after the business meeting of the department and members and their wives en- joyed the social session which reé- sulted. Later in the evening, Niemi with his accordion played for & dance in the council chambers, which was held until a late hour. — .- . MRS. WYLLER HOSTESS . Mrs. C, F. Wyller entertained at a lunchean-af her home. yestorday in honmor of Mrs. Ed. Holbrook, Misses Margaret and Martha Shud- shift. Covers were laid for nine. - e, LEAVING FOR SOUTH Mrs. Glen Kirkham' expects to leave for the south on the Prince Rupert tomorrow accompanying Mrs. Albert Carlson of Juneau who |le taking her young son who re- cent.ly suffered a severe burn around ,Lhe mouth, to the orthopedic hos- | pital 'in Seattle for special treat- ment. Mrs. Kirkham has been as- sisting. e FISHING CLOSES TAKU A numbér of local fishermen have returned: to town from Taku River where they have been fishing for the Douglas cannery. Although the sea- son did !not “close until today, the fizhermen ' quit -~ a ‘couple -of days early on.account of ‘the "difficulty {,caused by the unusual number of Jjelly fish which made ‘it practically imvossible to Handle the nets. Three weeks from today fall sea- son of fishing opens in the Taku district and the local men will pre- pare their seines to continue fish- ing then. ————— DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY! L LOWER FRONT STREET ‘\llmlflflllmflll!l!lflfil“fllllllllfll i A o LGN L Ammunition GUNS for RENT, BOUGHT, SOLD and Exéhanged ‘ L ALWA YS OPEN SEE Big Van ¢ ) { PRINCE RUPERT VISITS JUNEAU | LATE THURSDAY Making her next-to-last trip. of| the year, the steamer Prince Rup-| ert berthed at City Dock at 6:15] o'clock last night from Vahcouver, B. C. The steamer left at 11 o'clock | last night for Skagway and is due| here on the return trip at mid- night tomorrow. The Rupert will make one more trip, sailing from Vancouver on August 26. Purser A. H. Robson reported that there were 90 round-trip pas-| sengers ,aboard, although an even larger southbound list. from Skag- way is expected. Capt. Neil Mac- Lean is in command of. the ship. The inbound list: From Vancouver, B. C.—Sister Mary Barbara, ¥. D. McBath, Mrs. McBath, Sister, Mary Philippa. From Prince Rupert, B. C.—Corey Ford, A. MacBain. SALVATION ARMY SEEKS CLOTHING An appeal ;.: used clothing was | made today by Adjutant George Tanner, in charge of the local Salvation Army. Anyone having {clothing which they would be will- ing to donate is asked to telephone {254 and a call for the donation jwill be made. FOR GIN, TOO— THE FRIENDLY STORE Real Food Specnals | ’ Sam—“How long does it hlc‘ you to dress in the morning?” Billie — “Oh, about half an hour,” Sam—“I beat you. takes me 10 minutes.” 0—0—o “And now,” for yo fruit is the cogoanut.” Qe . WE, PROPOSE around the halls of Congress and safer place to live jn. Ice Cream Cream Powder 2 PACKAGES It only\ Billie—“Well, I wash my face.” said the doctor,| ——— “cat lots of fruit and be sure to eat m Jum they' are good “Yes, doctor, bnt my favorite A law taxing .all hot air the rate .of 10 cents a word. This would balance the budget and pay off the national debt, also pay a bonus to velerans, provide cld age pensions, and make the United States a begter We have the Junket Ice MRS GUCKER HOSTESS 'AT BUFFET SUPPER 'FOR MRS. RICHARDS | | Mrs. J. W. Gucker entertalned Lsst of Mrs. C. O. Richards, guests of Judge and Mrs. George F. Alex- ander during her visit in Juneau. Mrs. Minard Mill, Mrs. R. H. Wil- liams and Mrs. J. J. Connor assist- ed in the entertainment. Bridge was played, Mrs. Joseph | Cohen winning first women’s prize and Mr. E. 'W. Griffin first prize | for men. Mr. and Mrs. Lew Williams | had low scores. During the evening | Mrs. Alexander sang. Guests were: Judge and Mrs. Al- exander,” Mr. and Mrs. Oscar G. |Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. | Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Minard Mill, Mr. and Mrs. A. J, Ficken, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Connors, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Williams, Dr. and Mrs. 2. H. Willlams, Mr. and Mrs, Wallis 8. George, Mrs. R. 'P. Nelsoh, Mrs. Robert Bender, Mrs. J. F. Mullen, Mrs. Gertrude Naylor, Miss Helen Griffin, Dr. E. H. Kaser, Mr. Frank Metcalf, Mr. Joseph Cohen,. Mr. Fred J. Rowlands, Mr. William T. Mahoney, Mr. E. W. Grilfin. kST MR T BEACH LEAVES FOR INTERIOR | Rex Beach, ramous novelist, who has spent the last week in Juneau, le[t thxs afr.ernoon on a trip into | Inight at a buffet supper in honor -~ EVERY BERTH TAKEN, LOUISE LEAVES HERE Leaving Juneau with every berth, taken, the steamer Prineess Louise: sailed from her perth at Pacific’ Coast Dock at 8 o’clock. this morn- ing for Vancouver, B. C. Crowded with southbound tourists, the ship- had arrived from Skagway three hours earlier. / Only 11 Juneau passengers werq able to obtain berths on the Loulse, § The outhound list; For Vancouver, B. C.—Mrs. E. H.‘_ Zingeler, Miss Ida Hendrickson, R . F. Lewis, Mrs. Lewis, Miss Bcul Lacken, H. B, Crewson, T. Hodgsm“: D. Finnie, J. Sergent, Fred Chase; Howard Hill. _E‘} the Interior. Ize will spend several , days in Fairbanks where he hopes to enjoy good fishing, and then strike out to Matanuska Valley. He * will return to Juneau, after a brief stop in Cordova, on or before Sep- " tember first. Mr. Beach, who was pquundly;~ shocked by the news of his friend ‘Will Rogers' death this morning, said the tragedy would have no ef- fect on his plans “so far as actual tinerary is concerned.” “But it has everything to do with my attitude to the trip,” he decla '~ 2d. “There’s a cloud over everys thing.” because it the Seagra cagra THE DIFFERENCE IN P@CI 1S SLIGHT—THE DIFFERENCE IN TASTE IS GREAT 's blended m wavy ! ms rown 2y AD(;U@T ]6. 1933 Macaroni Fresh Stock 3 POUNDS for 25¢ Mothers Oats- Quick-Cooking or Crushed LARGE PACKAGE at Have you tried cur Fruit Bar Cookies They are delicious and selling at 15¢ Dox=. Jeay, pams and be Sure Su‘rw Distillers Corpr., N. s Garnick’s Chats “A Newspaper Wiin a i\’euspaper Y. = Plant: Lawrenceburg, Ind. Zme (73] THI] FRIENDLY STORE A lady was entertaining at dinncr and she asked the son of one of her guests if he could cu' his meat by himself. ‘Ch, yes, thank,” replied the little fellow, “we often have mcat as tough 25 this at home.” 05 A Colerado farmer raised a twin watermelon. We suggest he uame the specics, w De- light.” o—0—0 SAD REFRAIN There'’s -a bright sid> to every- thing, But it gives no joy or fun, Te sce the shine upon the suit We've worn since '31. o—0—o . “We women cndure pain bet- ter than men.” “Wheo, told yom so?” '“The. shoe clerk.” Seedless Raisins in Bulk 3 POUNDS for This is the weather for 25¢