The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 19, 1935, Page 8

CITY COUNGIL | MAY CONSIDER | ~ DOCK HEATING Committee Investigation Report Expected at Meeting Tomorrow The proposed new heating sys- tem for the City Dock probably will be discussed by the City Coun- cil at that body’'s second regular September meeting tomorrow ev- ening at 8 o'clock in City Hall Two weeks ago at a Council, session, Ray Stevens, City Dock | wharfinger, explaired the need for a modern heating system for the property. He said that the present | method of heating by stoves was inadequate and expensive. Following Strvens” description of the situation, the Council voted to refer the ‘matter to the Wharf| Committee, headed by A. F. Mc-| Kinnon,” for study. It is expected| that ‘the committee will make repert tomorrow night. Other items which the City Fa-| thers may consider include a prob- able discussion of licensing pin-ball | and other amusement games in| downtown beer parlors and eating| centers. | A petition of local jewelrs also| may be presented urging the Coun- cil to pass an ordinance prohibit- ing so-called “quack” auction sales of jewelry and gifts at Christmas time. Robert Simpson, proprietor of the Nugget Shop, entered such a protest two weeks ago, claiming that these auction sales ruin the legitimate business of local mer- chants. He was asked by the Council to obtain the signatures of other jewelers for presentation at ‘tomorrow's meeting PIONEERSTO CELEBRATE ON FRIDAY NIGHT Old-timers here are looking for- ward to tomorrow night when they will gather in a Pioneers of Alas- ka meeting at 8 o'clock in the Odd Fellows Hall. The session, one of the two “big” festive occasions of the year, will be featured, at 10 o’'clock, by a re- mote control hook-up broadcast over’ station KINY, Once in the spring and again in the fall, Juneau's Pioneer Igloo Number Six sponsors an “extra- special” business and social meet- ing. Tomorrow's session will open with a consideration details under the direction of Pres- ident Charles W. Carter. | Then, at 10 o'clock, the facilities of KINY will be turned over to them and they will broadcast for one hour, direct from the Odd Fellows' Hall to other pioneers who may be ’listening in” outside of Juneau. Their program will re- place the regular Friday Juneau Jamboree fun-fest over KINY. | The broadcast concluded, the Pioneers will turn to dancing at 11 o'clock to complete the-even- ing’s program. a of business . |a feature of last week's Southeast | Topographical map of Ethiopia and its approaches, drawn by a staff artist of the London ~llustrated News, shows the barriers set up for Italian expedition "nountainous terrain of the country, MYSTERY AIR SHIP CRASHES; PILOTS KILLED Plane Rated Making 250 Miles an Hour, Down in Speed Test Hospital to Care For Insane of Alaska Up to F.D.R. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19— Application of $2,800,000 to- warcd a federal psychiatric hos- pital at Bellingham, Washing- ton, is reported authoritatively to have been sent direct to Pres- ident Roosevelt at Hyde Park by the U. S. Public Health Service. The hospital will be used to care for Alaskans, now cared for at Morningside Hospital, at Portland, under contract. .o - GRISHAM LEAVES FOR LOS ANGELES, Cal, ept. 19— A mystery airplane, secretly de- signed for possible use by the United States Army, crashed late yesterday at the Municipal Airport in its first speed te-t, killing Thom- | as VanSton of Burbank, Cal, ran test p! and Dug ® , of Santa Mor Makers were Jcent about th planc but airport attendants sal it had a rating of 250 miles pe hour. It was designed to fly low to rake marching trocps onte Grisham, manager of the y Race Drug Store here, will 1 for Ketchikan Mon- v on the steamer Alaska. lieve Harry Race in the gement of the Ketchikan store the latter visits in the States. Following the return of Race, Gri- sham will travel south where his marriage to Miss Margaret Otte- son of Ketchikan will take place. Grisham and bis bride will return [ . v Miss Goldis Halm 1 the Iuoky o TARealIGIpRIE Ui MAT o, winner of the electric Frigidaire | 3 i 5y ELFIN SELLS SALMON awarded by the American Legion 85| 7. Eifin, skippered by Capt. E. O. Anderson, sold 12,000 pounds of MISS HALM CLAIMS FRIGIDAIRE PRIZE nd hints at the routes which any invading forces KETCHIKAN MONDAY/| must follow. It is suggested that the map be clipped, mounted and saved for use tn following dispatches on developments Londen ary forces by the Illustrated News. STOCK PRICES ' TAKE DECLINE, - PROFIT TAKING 'Drop from Fractions to More than Four Points Reported | NEW YORK, Sept. 19.— Stocks | went into the reserve today under | profit taking and declines ranged |from fractions to more than four | points. | The active selling flurry put the ticker behind. The pace slowed somewhat late in the session. Today's close was weak. Grains went on another rampage, spurred by war clouds. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16, American Can 141, American Power and Light Anaconda 20%, Bethlehem Steel 39%, General Motors 45%, International Harvester 58'%, Ken- necott 24%, United States Steel 46%, Pound $4.92%, Schenly Distilleries 37, United Foundry %. 0GADEN #avy e ere. Reproduced by courtesy of HERE FOR LOCKHEED;' BE FLOWN TO INTERIOR Wheel landing gear which will] replace the pontoons on the PAA Fairchild, arrived here Monday on the Yukon and were taken to the: Juneau airport Tuesday. The Fair- child, which will be flown to Fair- banks as soon as the landing gear has been changed, was taxied to the end of the runway at the air- iport on a high tide -last-Monday, 'beaching wheels were attached and the plane was drawn by a tractor to the airport shed and staked down. A tripod has been constructed to raise the plane to enable changing the landing gear from pontoons to wheels, but winds have made it unsafe to lift the plane since the wheels arrived. | Murray Stuart, who will pilot the ship on the trip north, arrived last |Sunday on the scheduled flight of the PAA Lockheed Electra. DALENE ON GRID | | _The halibuter Dalene, brought in from her temporary watery grave inear Berner's Bay yesterday, was lon the Upper City Float grid today, ibeing repaired under the direction lof her awner, Capt. S. E. Anderson. | PRESIDENTTO OPEN CAMPAIGN IN ATLANTA, BA Roosevelt to Go Into Camp of Gov. Talmadge, Bitter Critic ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 19— A challenge to the political strength nf Goy. Eugene Talmadge is seen by many Georgians in the published report by & newspaper here that President ‘Roosevelt will open his southern campaign for renomina- tion with an Atlanta speech, . Gov. Talmadge has been a bit- ter critic of President. Roosevelt and has been carrying on his, fight in a series of speeches in the Middle West. PLEADS GUILTYX . Louis Wright plesded guilty in U. S. Commissioner’s Coutt to a charge of heing' drunk and, dis- orderly -and ' was released on his own recognizance until October 14 when he will come up for sen- tence. " Sugar Heir Weds CHAMBER HEARS CONSTITUTION STUDENT TALKS Kathleen Carlson and Joe| Sterling Describe Mak- ing of Document While P. R. Bradley's talk was the feature of the Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting at Bailey’s Cafe today, a portion of the meeting was devoted to an ob- servance of Constitution Day. De- tails ' of Bradley's speech may be found ‘in another article in this edition of The Empire. Pursuant to an appeal from the National Constitution Day Commit- tee, the Chamber made -arrange- ments with A. B. Phillips, superin- tendent of schools, for a Constitu- tion Day assembly on Tuesday in the High School at which J. A. Hellenthal, Juneau attorney, spoke. Arrangements also were made, it was announced, for the two students who spoke before the Chamber to- day. Kathleen Carlson read a paper describing the event of .the “criti- cal period” which immediately pre- ceded the adoption of the Consti- tution. Joe Sterling, another High School student, followed with a paper dealing with actual signing' and writing of that document. | - Important among business detnusf | Mr. and Mrs. Adalph Spreckies at the meeting today was the an-| Surprise Baltimore, ma: of nouncement that Thursday, October. Adolph Spreckles, 23-year-old heir 10, has been designated as Fire to sugar millions, to Gloria Deve. Prevention Day by the .Chamber's boise, 18, New ‘Yd‘"bk"::i::’m 3 Executive Board. At that meeting, ol Fmogn-IR th, kl members of the Juneau Volunteer Fog ROS. Sptecies wak dl- vorced in Reno five months ago. Fire Department will be guests. Ar- st s rangements for the observance are . in the hands of a committee headed by J. L. Gray. |SKATERS’ CABIN IS Herb Redman was thanked fori his efficient. work in arranging the’ BEING ERECTED AT Chamber of Commerce booth at MENDENHALLLAKE the Southeast Alaska Fair last -~ week. | Work of erecting a stone skaters’ Judgs H. B. LeFevre reported that cabin at the Mendenhall rifle range Saturday, October 5, has been has been started by the U. S. For- designated as the date on which est Service and the edifice is cx- a joint celebration, sponsored by pected to be compieted by Thanks- the Chambers of Commerce of giving time, of about the tim> Douglas and Juneau, will be held skating starts on Mendenhall’ Lake. in horior of the construction of the The building is fo be 18 by 24 |feet and made of ‘stone found in M.’ S. Whittier temporarily re-! It is part of the Forest Service placed Curtis Shattuck as secre- Program of making a real recrea- tary. jtion center of Mendenhall. Building ithe rifle range, considered one of ithe best in the entire nation, was |the first step. Later, after the 1 GARSTERS PI‘AN skaters’ cabin is complet or WINTER VACATION sinter. sports. it is _poesible tho spring may see further develop~ ment toward making the area one of the tourist playgrounds of Al- aska. s . Schilling Buy pepperis’ larger sizes, i Look what you savel! 20 pepper 10¢ 4o pEpPer 15¢ 8oz pepper 25¢ Mr. and Mrs. William Garster plan to leave Juneau for a six- month ‘vacation trip on October 7, it was learned today. Garster, who is an employee of the Pacific Coast Company, said that he and his wife plan to. visit in Seattle and California during the winter. ! .- ——— RETURNS TO DOUGLAS l Marjorie Doogan, daughter of 'Mrs. Mary Doogan, of Douglas, who entered the hospital on September 13 for treatment of bruises received in ‘a fall, returned to her hcme yesterday. < | e —————— Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! “p Al o R gt | Alaska Fair. Miss Halm held ticket FOR TREATMENT v P Tom Sanford was admitted to me}numbcr 14000 vinning SNy _IIlIIlIIIIIIIIllI'IIIIlllilllllIIIIlIIllIIIlII]IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllIfilil“llllllllllllll salmon to the Alaska Coast Fish- 'cries as the only fish trading ac-| s, sarsem s vmacons. | GO The following are today's Dow,|== hospital yesterday for medical trcal-l ment. Federal troops firé the last salute and the flag-draped pi veteran victims of the Florida h camp. Cremation was deemed necessary -~ Funeral Pyre of Veteran V tivity today at the Gold Storage FIRST! plant. ictims of Hurricane SHOP IN JUN] ne box coffins containing the bodies of 46 war 7o up in flames at Snake Creek where they died in an FERA espite the request of the President that the veterans be given bugials in national cemeterion Vo urricane Jones averages; industrials 131.24,! rails 36.36, utilities 25.26. EMHS. DISEL IS IN FAIRBANKS Search for Missing Hines® Plane Halted Today Account Weather FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 19.— Mis. E. L. Disel arrived yesterday by PAA plane. from Juneau and was met at the airport by Mayor E. B. Collins and Mrs. Chester Murray, of this city, an old friend. Mrs. Disel is a brother of John Lonz, missing with the Arthur Hines party on a flight from Daw- son to Fairbanks. Mrs. Disel went to a hotel with- cut commenting on her lost broth- er. Weather temporarily halted - the aerial search today for the missing| plane. RUMMAGE SALE OF TRINITY GUILD IS MOST SUCCESSFUL “ The rummage sale conducted yes- terday by the members of Trinity Guild in the Messerschmidt store : room on Second Street, was a pro- nounced success and the ladies thank all those who contributed so generously, not only in offerings but in purchasing. Tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, in the Gulld rooms in Trinity Cathedral, the Guild mem- bers will be entertained by hostess- es Mrs. Charles Burdick and Mrs. Alfred Bonnet, the latter of Thane. .- ASHBY IN HOSPITAL | Charles Ashby entered St. Ann's Hospital yesterday for medicall treatment. l 0 A OO £ Oil Heaters Tr appecl .’ . « o the heat which in ordinary heaters goes to waste up the chimney, has to stay on the job in the Estate HEAT ROLA extra comfort, saving extra fuel. Intensi-Fire Air Duct for thqt‘_. i Thomas Hardware Co. . . Phone 555 : llll|IIll|ll|IIll||||llll|||||IlIII|||||||||||ll|||||||||||||Iflllllllmlllllllllmm”flllIflllllillllmllllll||||||||||Illflllllflllllfllllllllwm“flmms Fip s e