The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 5, 1935, Page 8

STOCK MARKET MAKES ANOTHER ADVANGE TODAY Metals and Specialty Shares Take Lead in Boost- ing Prices NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Metals and specialty shares took command of the trading y and the Stock Market forged ahead for gains of major tions to more than one point this despite the back- sliding of which were leaders | yesterday Some other issues proved a stumbling block and the closing tone was slightly irregular. CLOSING PRIC TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today American Can 138%, America 8%, Anaconda 28, Bethlehem Steel 48%, Gene: 2, Inter- national Harvester 6. 29%;, Simmons Beds 177, United Corporation 7', United States Steel 477%, Southern Pacific 247%, United Foundries no sale, Pound $4.3'% AVERAGES Dow, 143.72, DOW, JON The following are today" Jones averages: industrials rails 41.39, utilities 29.20. - MRS. S. B. JEFFER VISITS DELEGATE DIMOND IN WASH. Mrs Suzanne B. Jef! for many years a resident of Alaska, called at Delegate A. J. Dimond’s office while stopping over in Wash- ington recently enroute to Cali-| fornia where she will visit her son. | Mrs. Jeffery lived on the Seward Peninsula at one time and later in Fairbanks, where her husband George A. Jeffery, was Court Sten- ographer under Judge James Wick- ersham. Mrs. Jeffery accompanied husband to Washington in when he was employed as pri secretary to Judge Wickersham, tanen Delegate. For a number of years past, Mr. Jeffery has been in the Diplomatic Service stationed at Istanbul, Turkey. Despite the extended travelling they b done and the many places where they have lived since leaving Alaska, the Jefferys still hold that Alaska is their legal residence. her 1921 te — e e SAVIN FROM KETCHIKAN rietor of - Extension Service Guild Tea, Trinity Hall, day, 2 to 6 pm —adv. ! SPEND WHERE YOU Sou?flcrn Beauty THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 5, 1935. OLDTIMERS AT ELKS' AFFAIR LAST EVENING [ Annual Event Is Greatly En- joyed — Entertain- ment Is Varied | Dancing, with music by the Fili- | pino orchestra, cards, including | bridge and “pan;” bowling, and| refreshments were features of the Oldtimers entertainment at the | Elks club rooms last night, Fes- | tivities began at 8:30 o'clock and ‘(‘onlinued until midnight. | | E. W. Griffin, Secretary of Al-| | aska, won the men's bridge prize,! {and his sister, Miss Helen S. Grif-| ilm. captured the ladies’ b!‘idgei ‘a ard. s | { George M. Simpkins was chair-| ‘man of the Entertainment Com- ! mittee, which included Guy Mec- Naughton, Willis Nowell, John Mc- | Loughlin, Goodman Jensen, E. W. ! Griffin, H. R. Shepard and J. A | Hellenthal. Milt Bothwell was in # | charge of refreshments. Jessie Smith Bayfront park at Miami, Fla, may derive some of its popularity from the fact that one runs the chance of meeting such attractive strollers there as Miss Jessie Smith, “Miss Florida of 1935". POSTMASTERS IN ALASKA NAMED The fouowing appointments of postmasters in Alaska have been made by the Post Office Depart- ment for offices as named: Wal- lace P. MacDonald, Akiachak; El- mer E ohl, K of; Caroll E Black, W; ; J. Lloyd Ripk Buckland; Thomas Nermo, Mee- I ; Mrs. Edna M. Watson, Cape Yakataga (Yakataga Beach); Rus- sell M. Keith, Paxon, and Frank James, Klawock. Million Rabbits Killed MANHA 000,000 lo rabbits were lasted about a year, Dr. E. G ley of the Kansas State College who directed the campaign, said. Nearly 200,000 per- sons participated. -~ E\EI{Y SHEAFFER owner knows he has the finest writing instru- ment he can procure. It is built to last your lifetime. channel, Platinum in the fluid gold and iridium, an exclusive SHEAFFER combination, gauge the flow of fluid with your speed of writing. The FEATHERTOUCH point writes two wayi over. Pearl in your regular stroke if held nor- mally, and a thin, fine line if turned | Beautifully finished in Black, Marine Green, Gray Pearl and Ebonized | either lever or“visible”types, at prices you can afford. Remember, the LIFETIME pen is guaranteed uncondition- ally except against loss and wilful damage.* e | HUBBARD LECTURING | The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, S.| J., who recently returned from his ninth trip to Alaska, was in Wash- {ington November 13. He is giving lectures in many Eastern cities, il- lustrated by motion pictures made on Taku Glacier during the past summer. S PEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT! Herd of Milch Cows Arrive at Palmer, All in Good Shape ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 5.— Seventy-two cows, one yearling, two calves and two rams, sent from the states, have arrived in good condi- tion at Palmer to stock the Mata- nuska Valley project. ‘The colonists will draw lots for hem. The herd arrived at Seward aboard | the freighter Depere from Seattle and were taken from there to Palm- er by a special train of the Alaska Railroad. 6-MEN SEARCH ESCAPED GANG HARTSHORN, Okla., Dec. 5—G-| men, undaunted by the “code of the hills,” pressed their search to- day for five fugitives from the Muskogee jail. It is believed the fugitives, mem- bers of the Irish O'Malley gang, have found refuge with hill dwell-| s, whose code requires that food and lodging be given all strangers. - e LYDICK WITH PWA Philip S. Lydick, of Cordova, and a graduate in business administra- tion at Santa Clara University, is now employed as accountant in the Public Works Administration in ‘Washington. - - LIGHT IN TOWN S. A. Light, Tonkin Distributing Company, Inc., representative, ar- ed in Juneau on the Northwestern. SECURITY PLAN PROGRESS TOLD Program Will Start Next Year Details of the progress of the ad- ministration’s Social Security Pro- |gram were set forth today in a let- ter received by Gov. John W. Troy from John G. Winant, Chairman of the Social Security Board. | In response to some confusion ex- isting among employers as to records i(axes and so forth required of them |under the act, Winant reports that {none of the payments are due until January 1, 1937, and that all employ- iers will be notified through proper | channels of their duties in due course ‘or time. ! The Board and the Treasury De-l partment are now working on rulos, {and regulations for the administra- | |tion of the act. The first tax fox'l which employers are liable is an ex-| tax on payrolls, which will ac- | ¢ next year. Taxes for old-age benefits, an in- come tax on employees and an ex- cise tax on employers, are concerned | only with employment after Decem- | ber 31, 1836. The provisions of the act relating to grants to states for old-age as- sistance, unemployment compensa- {tion, aid to the blind, dependent or |crippled children and needy mothers still subject to appropriations rom Congress. The state acts must be approved by the Social Security |Board by 1936, but not all of these Inow conform to Federal standards, according to Winant. are - We'll Hoe-Down at Douglas! BARN DANCE at Dreamland TONIGHT ROYAL BLUE CABS Juneau Phones 14-106 Douglas Phone 11 .i Administration of Federal| Henry Easterly, Farmer of Westward, Is Dead in Seattle Hospital SEATTLE, Deo. 5.—Henry Easterly, aged 71, who came to Seattle recent- |1y after many years of farming near | Anchorage, Alaska, is dead in a hos- | pital here. Funeral services will be held Sunday. The deceased leaves two sisters and one brother, all living in Illi- nois. —,————— FRANCE BEGINS GONSTRUCTION OF BATTLESHIP 35,000-Ton Ship Ends Fear of Naval Reduction at Conference PARIS, Dec. 6.—The possibility val Conference might reduce the TOWNSEND VOTE LOOMING LARGE NEXT CAMPAIGN Agree May Cut Party Lines in Balloting WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Growth of the Townsend Old Age Pension movement, stirred political talk here as strategists of both major parties sought to gauge its probable influ- |ence in the 1936 elections. | Leaders generally conceded it | would not be an issue in voting for 'the President but might cut across | party lines in balloting for members of Congress, possibly to the extent of | scoring upsets in normally Republi- | can or Democratic districts. | B. G. Rankin, aide to Dr. F. E. ;Town:end. originator of the move- | ment to give $200 a month to all] | citizens of the United States over 6. | that the forthcoming London Na-|asserted, however, that the Town- ‘:end movement would affect Presi- Congressional Leaders| | i |men’s Association at Ketchikan, at the annual meeting of the organi- zation. | Other officers elected were: J. F. Van Gilder, Vice-President; E. M. | Goddard, Secretary-Treasurer; Art | McAdams, F. W. Gabler, W. J. Mc- | Donald, Harry F. Elliott, Emery F. | Tobin and Charles Duryea, Direc- tors; F. W. Gabler, Business Man- ager and Joe Krause, Field Man- ager. New Crusade Launched by Anti-Saloon League ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 5.—Launch- ing a “new crusade” on prohibition, the Anti-Saloon League of America has called upon President Roosevelf to abolish the use of intoxicants at all White House and other public | functions, and as leader of the repeal | movement which promised saloons would not return to condemn “pub- licly and emphatically violation of this pledge.” ‘The resolution was adopted with- ! out any comment being made. SRR R SrFEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT! SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST! size of battleships to a maximum |dential elections as well, because of | of 25,000 tons faded with the ad- mission that the naval ministry of | France has secretly laid the keel of a 35,000 ton battleship. Construction began October 22. The ship will be completed in 1938. THATCHER IN TOWN L. A. Thatcher of Hunt and Mot- tet, Ketchikan, arrived last night on the Northwestern. ————— the number of persons connected with the movement. | Various estimates place the mem- | bership from four to eight millions. | Congressional leaders who have been touring the country agree that the | movement has attracted a following {of formidable strength. | e SRR b 1;ADAMS RE-ELECTED AS “ HEAD OF SPORT GROUP | Stanley W. Adams was re-elected Schilling ffi Baking - Powder y made with Cream Tartar SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT! | President of the Alaska Sports- | T T | MR Real Old Time Music and Real Square Dancing PRIZES! PRIZES! 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