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HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JAN. 11 , 1936. A STAGE 'WEDDING '!! 'PON MY WORD-- T HAVE NEVER ‘HEARD OF ANYTHING QUITE SO SHOCKING--- [ °o < a\ ‘eatures Syndicate, Inc., By BILLIE DE BECK Great Britain rights resetved. WH MARRYING A WRETCHED LTTLE MOUNTAIN GIRL--- \T's Too FANTASTIC FOR WORDS-- - SPENT A FORTUNE ON RADIOGRAMS TO HIS SHIP-- HE ABSOLUTELY IGNORES THE YOUNG \PPER-SNAPPER ! I'VE a3 RACING TRACK ATLEXINTON 1S ABANDONED Oldest Plant in United States Gives Way to New Deal Project LEXINGTON, Jan. 11.—The old- | est racing “plant in Kentucky Association America, track, has been abandoned in favor of a New | Deal housing project. The track built in 1828, two yes after the association was formed nt of the Breeds While #port in 1t in 1779, prio 5 entry ts to the associ: organized raeing was the Jockey Club and the Lexington Jockey Club. s estab! tior fostered by The abandoned track has been B B."of of the history- ng races of the Ame! n turf. past cen- t e rac there. in Aristides, the “Little Red * which won the Mask, One Dime, P rminator and other th: was an activ and John president at the time he was C Breckinridge i Vice-President of the United Stat The war between the States ¢ not interrupt racing at the old tra Meetings were held regularly through the 1861-65 period. Sold to the Kentucky Jockey Club in 1918, the track became property of the Kentucky Association five years later. | It has seen no racing since the fall of 1933 Ll FETERMAN AWAR])ED NOME SCHOOL WORK| The building of & new school house at Nome has been awarded to the Peterman Construction Company of Juneau on ) issioner of Education A. E. announced today. The Peterman Company was also recently awarded the building of a | new school at Bethel. The foundation for the Nome bitilding is already in place, accord- iig to Karnes, and work on the pro- Ject will be started as soon as mater- ials arrive on the first boat in June. ‘Bids on the job, a PWA project, were cpened here January 3. How- ever, alternate bids were offered for ensive construction, and it y to get Nome's approval s before making the award. e PAIR ARRAIGNED HERE H. R. Rasmussen and Katie Miller were arraigned before U. 8. Commis- sioner M. E. Monagle today on a statutory charge, and the case was dontinued until Monday morning. g - ,,———— RET! ‘Mrs. Wallis S. George and daugh- ter, who have been south for several weeks, are passengers on the North- western for their Juneau home. DAILY SP BOBSLED TEAM "DONNA FOXL HEADS THE FOUR-MAN WHICH WL REPRESENT ®E (SS. IN | HE W@INTER OLYMPIC MEET AT, { e il SPORT SLANTS Donna Fox, the Bronx morticiau, | ! wlio handles the wheel for the brave {crew which will represent the United | States in the four-man bobsled event lin the winter Olympic games at | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, is one of those restless souls who crave excitement. That craving for thrills took him up to Lake Placid in 1932 when the 1 of $60,890, Territor- | winter sports of the Olympic pro- | gram were being contested. It was of the bobsleds skimming over the dangerous mile-and-a-half course. The more he watched them shoot by, the more he wanted to experience the thrill of riding one. Curtis Stevens gave Fox his first | ride. It was on one of those two-man | affairs and Fox admits he was plenty scared when they zig-zagged down | the icy run at breath-taking speed. | That taste only served to "“m"‘mef his appetite and before long he hau the fever so badly that he bought a | sled and picked a crew to risk their | necks with him. Wide Open! Fox gradually accustomed himself to handling the heavy sled. He start- ed at the half-mile mark and by | easy stages worked to the top of the mile-and-a-half run. The first time | the full run was attempted Fox yelled for brakes just about every | second of the journey. In contrast, | on the occasion oi their winning run | in the Olympic trials, at no tlme} during that mad dash were thc( Former Champions Reminisce GARMISCH- then that he got his first glimpse | PARTENKIRCHEN, % Rights Reserved by The Assoclated Proas ——”. League is postmaster at Capitola, BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG T HAINT STUDVIN' '80UT iy MERRYIN' RUNNIE OE CUSSY NER NOBOOY ELSE-- AN T WISHT T HED NUVER LET MIST. GOOGLE PUSH Vs AN B00ST ME of(® & INTER WiT=- ) e f fidbeecir= LOWIZY-- KEM QUICK--- SAIRY'S CAVORTIN' LIKE SHE AIR CHOKIN' ON A CHICKIE- BONE - VE BETTER HOLP HER TWITCH HIT OUT- ALL ROADS Lead To WASHSTATERS | Dreamland BIG WIN OVER WINNER OVER BRUNSWICKS |B. Schmitz,—(‘;;)rge Bavard| of California Grocery Make High Scores Calitornia Grocery defeated the| Brunswick Team by over 100 pins | in 188t night's bowling at the Bruns- wick Alleys, with B. Schmitz of the Grocery making highest total score »f '5€3, and George Bavard, also ot the | Grocery, rolling the highest single score—207. jonight the Sanitary Grocery will s at 7:30 and Pioneers will challenge the Al Heidelbergs at 8:30 o'clock. Scores for Jast night follow: California Grocery Hhakdes.on Long End of 30 to 26 Score, Confer- 'ence Basketball SEATTLE, Jan. 11.—The Univer- sity of Washington Huskies got off to a flying start last night in the Northern Division of the Coast Conference basketball race with a 30 to 26 win over Washinjton State. The game was played before a crowd of 5,000 spectators. TONIGHT! @ Dancing Until You ' Say When ® MUSIC BY PAUL AND DAVE Your Favorite Rhythm Vendors I T AT R ORRR OREGON STATE WINNER CORVALLIS, Oregoen, Jan. 11— te Oregon State College, holder I the Northern Division Coast Con- crence Basketball championship, B. Schmitz 174 196 173— 543 | uccessfully defended the title last ¢ == . === ——————o— | G. Bavard 207 152 8— 517 | night by defeating the University N. Bavard 166 166 166— 493 | °f Idaho 31 to 24 in the opening e —— ———| zame of the season, played here. Totals 551 514 498—1558 B b oo Brunswick . George 160 156 153— 469 l: Do try th|s Steve 148 177 137— 462 | § Galao 166 166 166— 498 3 B ey i SIL h b. . l‘“*,\ Totals 474 499 456—1429 Tfl SA"_ suuTH elena rubinstein " FOX_CAUGHT TE g BOBSLED FEVER AT % TAE 1932 OLYMPIC GAMES ™ CURTIS STEVENS, 2 “GAUE HM H(S %\g)o;d HSYNSS Lemuel G. Wingard, Alaska Agen ‘or the Bureau of Fisheries, is ex- rected to sail for Seattle tonigh aboard the Fisheries boat Brant, af- ter a three-day inspection of work in the Juneau area. Sailing with Wingard on the Brant, which is commanded by Cap tain William Olson, will be Assistant POWDER! This marvelous powder will prove fo you what pearly loveli- ness misty-fine, gloriously pure powder will give your com- plexionl Shades for every skin tone. Textures for your special type of skin, whether you have a Normal, Oi‘lz, or Dry cand’l\- tion. Do see Mauresque and Peachbloom shades! 1.00 . FIREMEN WIN " ELKS 4-TEAM PIN TOURNEY FIRST RIDE o Y < Led by G. E. Cvzveland, the unde- eated Firemen chalked up three victories at the Elks Alleys last ught in the third and last bowling match on the 4-team handicap schedule. Cleveland bowled 203, 203, Agent Fred Lucas and Warden Wi! liam Berry. The latter is expected to stop off at Wrangell to attend to of- ficial work there. In Juneau Wingard supervised work which is being done in connec- Be sure to see the thrilling Helena Rubinstein Lipsticks with the new secret ingredient that gives lips a chic, young dewi- ness. 1.00 to 2.00 . . . Her Rouges beautify and benefit. They stay onl Compact or En Creme. 1.00 . . . Exoticl — Newl — Persian Mascara . . . Eyelash Grower and Darkener . . o handles Uncle Sam’s mails, as thil 247, for a total of 653, the best three- game total of the entire schedule as well as the high mark for the eve- ing. Cleveland’s individual game icore of 247 was also a tournament record. Frank Boyle of the Federals was second with a total of 596, and Robt. T. Kaufmann placed second |in the game scoring with 232, The Firemen outscored their op- nonents, the Elks, by earned points in two out of three games, and rcasted to victory in the third or their handicap advantage of 50 coints per game. The Legion won hree very closely contested gamer from the Federals. i Complete scores were: tion with the WPA. The Brant returned to Juneau this morning from Pavloff Harbor. where Lucas, Berry and Warden Donald S. Haley made a short sur- vey of a fish ladder site. Stream clearing work is also contemplated MBS o R "ADIES ALTAR SOCIETY SLECTS NEW OFFICERS At yesterday’s meeting of the Tadies' Altar Society, the following officers were elected to serve dur- ‘ng the coming year: President, Mrs. Walter Hellan; Glamorous Eyeshadow. Each 1.00 . . . Enchanting Helena Rubinstein Vanities — from 1.00. HARRY RACE Druggist Fred Sabey Ycu are invited to present this Legion Vice-President, Mrs. Frank L. John- M "Z:aufmnnn 175 172 282— 579} son; Treasurer, Mrs. H. R. Vander- coupon at the box office of the . Henning 153 204 190— 547 ) Leest; Secretary, Mrs. George H. . tewart 164 182 170— 516 | Walmsley. C l Th it Walmer 159 146 141— 446 | Only regular business was tran- aplto @ re Sides 180 171 182— 533 |-acted at yesterday's meeting of . § 34 Lt the club. and Teeéive tickets for your- | brakes applied—a mile and a half, wide open! ‘The success of Fox and his crew in |the trials was no mere stroke of Jack Dempsey, both former heavyweight champions, as Mrs. Tunney geferced during their reunion at Dempsey’s New York restaurant | luck. They spent endless hours prac- | ticing, studying the course and im- proving their bobsled. They worked steadily for 15 hours immediately before the trials narrowing the run- | | ners so that they would bite into the |ice banks and prevent skidding. Their efforts were amply rewarded | when they found that the sled held Ethe course perfectly and enabled | them to roar down without using the | slightest check on. their speed for | safety’s sake. Heavy Bobbers It is a nicely balanced crew that Fox is teking with him to Gar- misch - Partenkirchen. Fox is the )lighmt member of the crew, tipping ‘the scales at an even 200 pounds. | Immediately behind him on the sled is seated Max Bly, a 205-pounder. Next in line is the heavyweight for the group, Dick Lawrence—227 pounds of bone and muscle. Jim | Bickford, weighing 207 pounds, sits |in the rumble seat and applies the brakes, ‘'which is generally after the run has been “Completed. Lawrence xguned some measure of tame when Totals = :311875 1 et self and a friend or i 510 . | relative to see “venson 183 183 183—540] AT BIRTHDAY PARTY ¢ (13 Alibi lke” | Addms 155 156 155—*465 7 i Iversen 153 170 190— 513| 1In honer of her thirteenth birih- { g W | Handicap 17 17 17— 51} day, Miss Joan Lois Cohen, daugh- B ki 3 | —— —— —— —|ter of Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Cohen, * As @ paid-up subscri Th | Totals 620 888 9242041 yos Hdatess' ta 18 (ESOUP. BL Yeung As'a paid-up subscriber of The | e friends at a 'birthday dinner’ in nail Alask E e E:'; 160 176 550/ "L home at Sixth and Kennedy, y a e Tnsdesit: oF-awindlnd a pat UELHE big iedoues, Haéiy};, £ 3hg. B v e i B sk et Following the dinner, a birthday 3 . p 5 picture shows. The ’om.— %us: A H;,::,g:; ‘201 172 166— 538 cake, bearing 13 candles, was serv- | 1 Good: only ‘for chmfiofiuw b fielder of the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox in the American | .- 58 ed. Games were played by the ay Appear orrow Calif. (Associated Press Photo) g"“'idred ig fg :5‘_ :g;iassembled guests. Your Name May Ap r Tom, i i wiv ¥ a0 % Those in attendance were: Jose- WATCH THIS SPACE he rowed on one of old Jim Ten| Totals w2 g2 siegesil| B0 SERPRla brle Bewars, Aary L__..mw Eyck’s crews at Syracuse. { Firemen A Al ’""";l‘"' '; P ot s Fox has always been active in | Lavenik 181 100 430—bas | Jo0. Alten, Baods, (Cecllis Thib- some sport or other. In his school 'Metcalf ... 167 170 197— 534|0d€au: AP"OL c m |days at Fordham Prep he played Cleveland ... 203 203 247— 653 footbal, baseball and basketball. In H. Sabin ........ 173 145 203— 52) SKI CLUB INVITES ; G recent years golf was his favorite |Hendrjckson 180 198 183— 561 GUESTS ON OUTING % mm w sport and, until bobsledding sup- 'Handicap ... 50 50 50— 150 Boot“ e Dancing Ev M planted it, his hobby, He did very | . - i s L || Private hs * Lunches iy Haty well with the ancient Scottish game, | . Totals ... 954 960 10492962 Ekliers are invited to be the too, having held the championship |*—Average, did not bowl. g:fsgi bwlmorrgv‘l of tt)‘\le [.;::e]::i - PR —— of his club, Grassy Sprain, for two — e, ub in a trip over the 8] years. | IF YOUR ARE SIC Sk‘i Trail. i oty THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS. .. Fox and his crew can be counted | g jo' Anyone interes n going is A on to give a good account of them- ;‘é_;:;,n‘ cfi%mggicusdjfi::‘:g invited to take the 9:15 am. bus‘ ot i selves when it comes to defending |Lin" yim ve the cause of your '© Douslas. Visitors are asked to| e as e&u the Olympic bobsled honors which | g oe” Phone 451 or call at 206, 1K€ their own lunch. The Ski! - = the American crew won so gallantly | ét v, Club will provide coffee. | £ £ £ e & at Lake Placid in 1882 as they looked | "uB. St. vl PPl it Our Setvices tq “"p?'mga -flm ' ----===-7 BROWN PURCHASES Gang Plank of Every : oat i . ’ - TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY "Tomorrow’s Styles D‘?r‘{ IS’S mALF%T —_— T FOR RENT — 3-room furnished Today g s S ot nrpnmpaans | ALASKA MEAT CO ;‘:&"‘,; 15':1;1;;’ Mike Vagge near/{ o terest of C. J. Davis in the Terminal ® : ! -fiz{"n&e deal was consummated | PEATURING CARSTEN'S BABY BEEF-—DIAMOND ATTENTION VIKINGS TR e S TC HAMS AND BACON—U. 8. Government Inspected | | VACATION OVER ¥ T s | T. L. Allen, of the United Food unedyu’: wn Store| Store, who has been south on a va- I s o |cation, is returning home aboard | the Northwestern, There will be a regular meeting tonight in I. O. O. F. Hall at 8 o'clock. Meeting to be followed by dancing, Harry Krane’s music. adv. | Old papers for sale at Empire Offic el Dt k=