The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 19, 1935, Page 2

Summer Purses Silk Scarfs . . House Frocks ... Cotton Blouses Fabric Gloves Girls’ Dres Girls’ Slips ... Silk Hosiery .. Feather Pillows House Pajamas Visit Our UPSTAIRS DEPARTME for Household Articles .$1.00 .$1.00 .$1.00 .$1.00 .. $1.00 .$1.00 .$1.00 .$1.00 .$1.00 .$1.60 Taffeta NT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1935. House Dresses Silk Chemise .. Blouses JOE CROSSON MAKES FLIGHT T T VANCOUVER s Funeral Ship Has Bdcfisbff ““Rogers, Post” ABoard for California lContnuea rrom Pawe One {BODES OF ROGERS AND POST REACH VANCOUVER AFTER NONSTOP FLIGHT Pilot. Joe Crosson, veteran Alas- |ka flier, landed his big PAA Elec- |tra transport two-motored plane at the Sea Island Municipal air-; port at Vancouver at 5:50 o’clock yesterday afterneon, (4:50 o'clock Juneau time) with the bodies. of | Will Rogers and Wiley ‘Post, to re- | main over night before flying to Women’s Skirts Dress Woolens Sille Scarfs' . . Lace Curtains . Cotton Blanket Knitting Bags . Bedspreads ... A Complete Line of WAL FLLOOR COVERINGS LLPAPER and B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store REGULATIONS T0 AID CLUBS Authorize S:E Up to Half Barrel by Brewers and Wholesalers to Groups B3 oe— J Amendment in .ne liquor regula- tions has been made by the Board of Liquor Control allowing brewers and wholesalers to sell up to a half a barrel of beer to clubs and organ- izations where the brew is for free distribution among members and friends. Previously, the law provided sale only up to five gallons which in some places, it is said, worked a hardship on certain fraternal or- ganizations which did not have club licenses. Picnics and other gath-; erings where more than five gal-! lons were needed, were required to; get bottled beer, which, it was held, was costly, especially at Interior points. ! —— - — ESTEBETH BRINGS 17 PASSENGERS TO JUNEAU YESTERDAY, Including a large number of miners and cannery workers, 17 passengers arrived at Pacific Coast Dock early yesterday morning on the motorship Estebeth from Sitka' and way ports. Purser Dave Ramsay's inbound list: 2 i From Sitka—M. A. Mello, Albert| Munson. 7\ From Chichagof—Charles Wel- come, John Diaz. From Todd—Emma Lou Palmer From Henakee — Manes Kepler,| Mrs. Luopa, William Luopa, Ed| Dowling, Henry Melseth, Capt. Jim; Davis. From Hawk Inlet—Paul Rudolph,! Mrs. A. C. Rudolph, Martha George, Mrs. Mary George. From Hoonah—W. Oscar E. Olson. CAPT. DAVIS TAKES TRIP TO TENAKEE Capt. Jim Davis, owner of the Davis Navigation Company, made! the round-trip to Tenakee on his ship, the motorship Estebeth, ar- riving here yesterday morning. Captain Davis inspected his fish trap at East Point while visfting at Tenakee. J. Barnes, Artist’s Drawing Of Post May Save Eviction NEW YORK, Aug. 19.— The last drawing for which Wiley Post sat is artist Isadore Jo- seph Muller’s last hope against evietion. i Muller must pay $200 by next Wednesday ‘or vacate his studio with his wife. His last sale a year age, of a picturé, brought him $40. : A'couple dropped in and said they might buy the ‘drawing of the late flier for $1,200, to pre- scnt to ‘Oklahoma City as a me- morial, but they are not sure. Post sat for the picture fn 1933, and’ autographed it. - Muller was once the'favorite artist of the late emperor Frang Joseph. Bhid A PIONEER MEYERS IS FOUND DEAD George Meyers, a pioneer Alaskan and a one-time resident of the Pioneers’ Home at Sitka, was found dead in his room in the Bay View Apartments early yesterday morn- ing. A physician said that heart trouble evidently was the cause of death and that he had apparently been dead since the previous even- ing. | R. M. McGee, proprietor of the apartments, found Meyers' body about 10 o'clock yesterday morn- ing. He immediately notified city police and a physician was called. The remains are at the C. W. Carter Mortuary. No funeral dr- rangements have yet been made. e, CAPT. LATHE RETIRES Capt. Fred M. Lathe, United ;States Shipping Commissioner for ithe Seattle district, which includes all Washington ports, has been re- tired by order of J. B. Weaver, di- rector of the Bureau of Navigation. ment age of 70 years. Leroy E. Kuhns of Tacoma has been appointed acting shipping commissioner succeeding Capt. } Lathe. Kuhns has been chief deputy shipping commissioner for the past three years. e T FROM MINE Charles Welcome and John Diaz, employed by the Chichagoff Gold Mining Company, arrived here from Chichagof on the Estebeth. - e RETURN FROM VACATION Mrs. Luopa and her son, William, returned to Juneau on the Este- beth after a two-month vachtion S S SHOP IN JUNEAU! l at Tenakee Hot Springs. S eee SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST! Capt. Lathe has reached the retire- | - =y " PASSES AWAY Father'of ‘M}sfimfihm Garster Dies at Daugh- ter’s Home' Sunday Martin Olson died at the home {of his daughter, Mrs. William’ Gars- ter, yesterday afternoon. 'Funeral services will'be held“in the chapel of the C. W. Carter Mortiary: it 2'p.m. on Wednesday, ‘August’ 2L Rev. Erling K. Olafson ‘will officiate and interment ‘will be in‘Evergreen <Cem- Martin Olson ‘was born ‘in- Sta- vahger, Norway, on Juné-8; 1855. He came to Alaska in Mareh, 1901, from Astoria, Ore.,’' accompanied by his Seattle this morning. The flight south from Whitehorse lto Vancouver was nonstop. {1 Pilot Crosson, with copilot W. D. |Knox and Radio Operator R. J. | Gleason, left Fairbanks. yesterday morning at 6:05. o'clock with the 'bodies of Rogers and Post, which 'had ‘been embalmed at Fairbanks {on Saturday after arrival there from Point Barrow ealier in the day. The plane mmediately soared south in the early morning air, clear as crystal, toward Whitehorse, which was reached in fast time and where refueling took place. Pilot Crosson took ‘off at 10:456 o'clock from | Whitehorse and with a cefling on the inland route of 15,000 feet and a visibility range of 35 miles, headed for Vancouver. Crosson did not land at Prince| George, as planned, to refuel but continued south, nonstop, to Van- couver, Remarkable Hook-up By a remarkable hook-up of PAA radio stations, especially the one at the Juneau airport, and the United States Signal Corps, the Associated Press at Juneau kept the Seattle of- fice informed of the progress of the flight from Fairbanks to Vancou- ver. The Juneau PAA airport radio was in constant communication with the plane. Positions: were radioed here and this was immediately re- ported to the Associated Press- over the United States Signal Corps ra-| dio. The weather bureau also kept the | Crossofi plane inormed of all wenth-; ér conditions 'through the Signal “Rush—Live Fish, do not stand in| Corps and 'PAA radio. The hookup | yesterday was as perfect as that during “the flight of the United, States Army Air Bombers last sum=| | 'mer. - — FROM HAWK INLET Paul Rudolph, Mrs. A .C. Rud- olph, Martha ' George and Mrs. Mary George, all employees of the |P. E. "Harris 'Canning Company establishment at Hawk Inlet, ar- rived here on the''Estebeth from. that' port. 1 i 'a‘ahana. Ruby, and Melozi districts, SIMPSONS ARE HOSTS AT “POTLATCH” F MISS VENETIA PUGH Venetia Pugh, who will be ried in September to Mr. Carl Hahn of Safford, Arizona, as honor guest at a supper party and ‘“potlatch™ at Auk Nu, sum- mer home of Dr: and Mrs.” Robert Simpson, Sunday. Forty guests, all old friends of the bride-elect, were present to wish her happiness: Mrs. Simpson ‘was assisied by H. L. Lucas, Mrs. H. L. Faulk- ma Au |ner, Mrs. Frank Boyle, Mrs. W. W. Council, Mrs.Charles G. Warner, Miss Minnie Goldstein, Miss Anabel Simpson and Miss, Aline Ann Gold- stein. MISS ALEXANDER WILL BE WEDIN PORTLAND SOON Judge and Mse. Alazander Will Accompany Daughter South for Wedding Saturday, October 5, has been de- cided upén for the wedding day Miss Lillian Alexander, daughter of e and Mrs. ‘George. F. Alexan- o 'Mr. Dean Sherman, of Se- attle. Miss Alexander’s engagement was announced recen‘ly at u large which her sistex, Miiss Jane nder, was hostess. With her father and mother, Miss lexander will leave Juneau Sep- tember 9 for the south. The wed- ding will take place in Portland, Oregon, former home of the Alex- ander family. s i 'SEA WATER IS SENT BY AIR EXPRESS TO SEATTLE, INTERIOR Twenty pounds-of sea water ship- ped from Seattle to Fairbanks by air express at a cost of 68 cents a pound, is among the interesting shipments handled by the Pacific Alaska Airways. The sea water ship- ment contains about one-fourth pound—perhaps a dozen tiny items —of tropical fish consigned to Al Grab, Fairbanks, from Dillaway’s Aquarium in Seattle, and is labeled cold or draft. Do not shake.” T — OLD TIMER PASSES AWAY, SITKA HOME Michael J. Barry, oldtimer of has passed away at the Pioneers’ Home. “Mickey,” as he was better known, came to Alaska in 1891. At various times he settled in Forty Mile, Yu- kon Territory, Circle and was in Hairbanks. He later mined in. Yu- konm River camps. PLAN TO AVERT| WAR IN AFRICA ENDS, DEADLOCK Tripartite Meeting Is Fail- ure, French Premier Announces Jontiztued fiocm Page One) League but now it must stand or fall on the issue. CRISIS FACED GENEVA, Aug. 19.—As the tri- power Ethiopian conference broke | up in Parjs, French répresentatives here said Europe “faces a crisis like that of 1914." In Rome, according to advices re- ceived here, military action is re- garded iminent. Commodity exchanges have been clesed by the Ttalian Government in ten cities. | War Alarm | Advices from London state that of Italy to acede to any con-| cessions has spread war alarm all; over Great Britain, A report received here from Dub- lin, says President Eamon de Val- plans to champion the Ethiop-! ian cause at the League's Council on September 4. - ARMY NINE. WILL CHALLENGE CARDS TOMORROW NIGHT GAME 'rommmové At Baceball Park— Chilkoot Barracks vs Cardinals at 6 o'- clock - (exhibition). i i | Just when Juneau folk figured that the baseball season had ended with the completion of play in the City League, along comes Unctle Sam’s soldiers from Chilkoot Bar- racks, rarin’ to go. Sc, tomorrow night at 6 o'clock, the soldiers, members of Company F, will meet the Cardinals, junior aggregation, in an exhibition. Dave Turner, City League ace, will twirl for the visiting soldiers, while Al Lindstrom will oppose him for the youngsters. The Cardinals defeated the first visiting Army team here recently, 4 to 3. e | ON 10-DAY CRUISE | Dr. and Mrs. F. K. Oastler, of New York City, arrived yesterday and are guests at the Gastineau Hotel Dr. Oastler, who is a photography enthusiast, and Mrs. Oastler, will be guests of Trevor Davis of the Snap Shop on a ten day’s cruise aboard Davis’ boat the Cordelia D. —— COCHRANE IN' HOSPITAL Hugh Cochrane of Douglas entered the hospitgl for medical attention on August ‘16 and was discharged ! yesterday. 0 O wife] his daughter ‘Caroling" (Mfs. | Garster) and his son, Edward. In 1903, with John L. Carlson, he had charge of construction:ofi"the- first Carlson' Cannery’ at Carlson: Créek on Taku Inlet. He followed his trade, carpenter, until {ll health forced retirement. He has lived several years with his daughter, Mrs. Garster. His son, Edward Olson, died in 1921, 'and his wife died in September, 1933, — .- OWNER OF JUNEAU TRANSFER IS DEAD Gust ‘Anderson, o8, owner of the Juneau Transfer Company, and sev- eral apartments on the waterfront, died at 8t Ann's Hospital at 60"~ ¢loek ‘this morning. He'is survived by two nieces in Chicago,"who have been notified, and' by a brother. in Sweden.’ ‘The remains are at the C. W. Carter Mortuary. No funeral ar- rangements have yet been made. Mr. Anderson was one of the best d known transfer men in Juneau &l had a wide acquaintance. e CANNERY WORKERS LEAVE Brought in from the Astoria and Puget Sound "Cinning' Company plant at Excursion Inlet by the cannery tender, Hoonah, 25 em- ployees of that establishmerit left [nn the Prince Rupert for Vancou- ver, ‘B. C. Included in the party |are 14 Orientals. g =TT TR ou will be inte our new, rested fin see : ing complete | FALL EQUIRMENT AMM| Compasses . . Cleaning Rods.. ==~ And Lest You Forget - - HUNTING AND TRAPPING LICENSES i kbl 00000 Rem Oil . On Sale Here L <55 i 1T . Axes . . . Hoppe’s Solvent 1 ot Match Boxes 0 L U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER- - (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., August 19: Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, probably showers; light to moderate southeast winds. LOCAL DATA Barometer Teémp. Humidity Wind Velocity 30.10 59 51 w 10 30.08 48 Calm 0 30.05 55 87 S 4 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS Time 4 pm. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today ‘Weather Cldy Pt. Cldy Cldy YESTERDAY Highest 4p.m. temp. temp. TODAY Lowestdam. dam. Precip. 4am. temp. temp. velocity 2¢hrs. Weather 48 15 34 02 44 0 48 0 46 0 48 0 48 01 52 52 Station .. 59 ... 38 . 60 68 64 62 56 Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco ... New York ... Washington 38 58 56 64 62 52 54 56 54 - 59 68 60 60 68 2 64 2 4 34 56 48 46 52 56 54 6 kY e cenesssnslonnccansns | 0 12 22 L 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. Ketchikan, ¢loudy, temperature, 50; ‘Craig, ‘clear, 57; ‘Wrangell, clear, 48; Sitka, clear, 52; Port A thorp, cloudy; .Radioville, cloudy; Soapstone Point, cloudy, 53; Skagway, cloudy, 44; Cordova, cloudy, 51; Chitin, cloudy, 50; McCarthy, cloudy, 46; Seward, cloudy, 54; Anchorage, cloudy, 49; Nenana, cloudy, 56; Fairbanks, misting, Hot - Springs, cloudy, 52; Tanana, cloudy, 54; Ruby, raining, 557 lato, cloudy, 52;° Kaltag, ‘Taining, 56; ‘Unalakleet, missing; Flat, gy, 53 ¥ WEATHER SYNOPSIS A slight barometric depression was charted on this morning'’s weather map over the Pacific Ocean a short distance west of Sitka, where a reading ‘of 2090 inches was reported. The pressure was slightly above normal over Southeéast Alaska northward to Cordova. Another low pressure area prevailed over the Arctic regions, Aklavik reporting a pressure of 29.68 inches. This general pressure distribu- tion has been accompanied by lignt precipitation at Cordova, Kodiak, and the Arctic Coast, elsewhere over the Territory partly cléudy: to cloudy weather was generally reported. MRS. WILLIAMS ON | : RUPERT, VACATION ..’ ;" souinbond on the- stcamer | Northwestern from Juneau. He Mrs. V. F. Williams, of the Ju-|Plans to stop off at Ketchikan be- neau Florists, is travelling to Van- | fore boarding another steamer for couver, B. C., and Seattle on the|3eattle. Over the week-end, Lennon Prince Rupert. made the round-trip to Skagway on Mrs. Williams not only will en-|the Northwestern. joy a month’s vacation, but will at- tend-the School of Design, conduct- ed by the McCallum Pacific Com- pany, aimed to aid her in learning the most modern of floral ideas. — ., SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST! 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