The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 27, 1936, Page 8

Sta;ging a Romance DUCE TURNS ON FULL POWER OF WAR MACHINE 10,000 Negus Casualties Claimed—Secret Ad- vance Revealed ROME, Jan. 27—Field Marshal Pietro Badoglio reported to the Ital- jan government that Ethiopian cas- ualties in the fighting on the south- ern front have proved to be 10,000, It is also reported that 5,000 Ethi-, opians have been killed or wounded on the northern front The Ethiopian conflict has emerg- ed from the status of a seconda colonial expedition into real war, with well-defined maneuvers. The hitherto secret advance of the Ital- ians on the southern front along the frontier of Kenya, British colony was revealed today, and the drive | is that of the partly-motorized di- vision commanded by General Agos- tini He has established his forces and penetrated into the valley of Dawa- parma, in a punitive movement par- alleling the “Hell on Wheels” column under command of General Grazi- ani, which has battled its Way 266 o qinarily dramatists and dramatic miles into the interior from Dolo, 0 sritics get along as well as Liberty the Italian Somaliland border. ?;KWQ' nnld C'omm:)ni:\:am:’z; Agostini’s men have been meeting Sidney Kingsley émner y stiff resistance, and are reported to Men i Whe-ée :310 riD«m(d fofi) is fi: have led the Ethiopian counter at hughm“;‘ Broadway Critic Bide tack into & trap, killing thousands of pydiey, as soon as dissolution of natives who were caught in the ma- per m.nigge to Theodore Kurrus, chine gun fire, | musician. is final, "tis apnqupced. The operations on the Ethiopian| _ front are now divided into five gen- | eral areas. l | | RED CROSS UNIT BOMBED ' ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 27.—An Ethi- | opian Red Cross Unit, headed by | Austrian and Polish doctors, has | telegraphed here the unit has been bombed twice by Italian airplanes, Schilling ILLA SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 27, 1936. 6 Federal Reserve Board Men Named WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today named six of the seven members of the new Fed- eral Reserve Board who will take office on February 1. The members named are headed by Marriner S. Eccles, of Utah, present Governor of the Board; Joseph A .Broderick of New York; M. S. Szymchak of Chicago, Ronald Ransom of Georgia, John K. McKee | —— SMALL INCREASE IN BUDGET FOR ALASKA IN 1337 $1,206,590 Recommended for Interior Department | Outlay, Coming Year BOBBIE BURNS BIRTHDAY BALL HUGE SUCCESS Almost 506-7\ttend Gala Affair in Elks’ Hall—Mrs. G. Kirkham Wins Prize Nearly five hundred persons thronged the Elks Hall Saturday night to participate in one of the most colorful of Juneau dances: the Bobbie Burns Birthday Ball, given under- the auspices of the Juneau Women’s Club in commemoration of the 177th anniversary of the fa- mous Scotch bard Scotch music rendered by the re- cently-organized “Dude” Haynes' Orchestra, square dances called by H. R. Shepard, and old-fashioned two-steps and rye wal kept the | floor crowded until the hall closed | |at 1:30 o'clock. Frank Metcalf, master of cere- monies, presided over the interesting program, in which H. W. Terhune, professicnally known as Georgia | Snow, was the star performer. Mrs. Terhune, nationally known screen and radio artist, sang the “St. Louis Plues,” gave an exhibi- tion of soft shoe dancing, and of- |fered an exhibition rhumba in | which her young son Bobbie Snow participated. Lola Mae Alexander, distinguished vocalist, sang a group of Scot songs: Loch Lomond, Lassie O’ Mine, Annie | Laurie | Judge Charles Sey read “Tam O Shanter” and paid a brief but elo- quent tribute to Robert Burns. Mrs. Glen Kirkham, Douglas so- loist, sang “Flow Gently, Sweet Af- ton,” “Blue Bells of Scotland” an¢ For education of natives, “Oamiz’ Fhrotgh the Rye, an increase of $15,880. Alex Kiloh and J. J. Fargher ench; Medical $340,000, | relief, an in- rendered a selection of Scot Bal-| . ease of $45,000. lads. i Metlakatla, Annette Island re- Doris McEeachran gave a skip- |serve, $50,000, twice this yeer's al- {ping rope tap dance, and Eckley WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—An In- terior Department outlay of $1,206,- 590 for Alaska Territorial govern- ment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, was recommended to the House today by the Appropriations | Committee. Several items were re- duced from last year but because the biennial appropriation of $46,- 000 for expenses of the Territorial Legislature is included, the total expenditure represented an increase of $12,405 over the current fiscal year. For other pur istration, the mended several ing: oses than admin- committee recom- increases. includ- $641,880 lowance. | said. “The baby’s hair w: | flames became intense, as the posi- |tion of the body indicated that no atempt at protection from the fire had been made. The body was burned beyond recognition. | Others Awakened | | Ed Lane and his family occupy the | | apartment on the first floor. Mrs. | Lane was awakened by smoke short- 1y before the arrival of the Fire De- | partment. She immediaely awakened | | her husband, who attempted to climb | | the stairway to the second floor but | was prevented by smoke and flames. |A fire in the Lane apartment last | summer was extinguished without se- | rious danger. The remains of Mr. O'Neill wera taken to the C. W. Carter Mortuary in the living room, undamaged—re- | while firemef were still at work bat- turned to the hallway and law down | tling the flames. No funeral arrange- upon a couch at the head of the ments have yet been made. stairs. Great credit was given the Ju- Mrs. O'Neill Tells of Fire /neau Fire Department for efficiency Interviewed this morning at the |and dispatch. The fire was officially home of Mrs. Edith Larson in the |declared extinguished shortly after Bindseil Apartments, Mrs. O'Neill [8 o'clock. & said she left the building by the | Cordova Family 2 £ back door, carrying in her arms her | ~O'Neill, who celebrated lus‘ thir- 22-months-old child, after “some-|tieth birthday January 20, is the thing—maybe the men breaking into |oldest son of Harry I. O'Neill, prom- the house—" had awakened her. “[ i ent Cordova resident, one-time pro- don’t know wheher we came in ac- |Prietor of the Blum-O'Neill store, tual contact with flames or not,” she |and at present owner and operator singed. | of the Alaska Ice-Pack. He is sur- The hot smoke might have done that. | vived by his mother and father, [ was too intent on getting Patricia | Mr. and Mrs. O'Neill, and the follow- o safety to have an thought for my |ing brothers and sisters: Rosemary, surroundings.” ‘[Theresa. Francis, Margaret, Patrick, Michael, Florence, Philip, Alice, and Firemen exploring the building| after flames were extinguished found | Willlam. A brother, Edward, mer the door to Mrs. O'Neill's bedroom!dcf?r';“mb?’ "eez‘"gv“l’:i“‘"‘h ago at the , ‘ ich | Cli ine near Valdez. charred and the hall through which | Mrs, O'Nelll is the daughter of vy flame Mrs. A. C. Noreen o1 Seattle, and she > - and Mr. O'Neill met in Cordova. They were married on May 10, 1923. A brother of Mrs. O'Neill, Al Nor- een, is a Juneau resident. The parents of the dead man have been notified and arrangements are HARRY O'NEILL VICTIM HERE OF ~ SUNDAY BLAZE Wife and fi)-Year—Old Daughter Escape Injury in Fleeing Building (Continued fivm Page One) out into the street, Mrs. i1l and the baby collapsed in the | ms’of William A. Markle, Assis-| ant Chief of Police, who carried he mto the Lowe apartment, in the | R | Toxhill home at 326 Second Street, | where she remained until the fire|®XPected to be made soon for he had 'been extinguished and her hus- | 2Urial. It is possible the body will bey ' e, ¢ |sent to Cordova. Rande booynond Meanwhile Mrs. O'Neill and baby Cigarette May Be Cause 5 | Patricia will remain as guests at the An oil-burning heater, which was 2 home of Mrs. Larson. turned off, a rocking chair, a small | A Widely Known able and the couch comprised the O'Neill was widely known here and urniture of the reception hall. Fire- | - {had been employed by the Alaska- men expressed the opinion that the| y,neay Gold Mining Company since both time on January 13 near Ma- kale. The report said three women and | PUREV retains its delicate | Guerin and Mildred Webster, pupils of Dorothy Stearns Roff, performed | {an exhibition schottische. William | | Shirley Roff rang down the cur- Only $60,000 was recommended |fire started in the corner occupied for contination of investigation of by the table, giving rise to the theory mineral resources instead of the|that a cigarette falling from an ash present $70,000. For care of the!tray on the table may have been the | August. Previously he had worked at a CCC camp. During the spring !and summer of 1934, he was em- two children being treated in an ambulance at the time, were injured e FAULKNER ON TRIP H. L. Faulkner, attorney, left for Ketchikan on a business trip aboard the Northwestern Sflavor in all A FROZEN DESSERTS | tain with a spirited rendition of the | Highland Fling | The door prize—16,000 votes in the | Better Times Contest—was awarded | to Mrs. Glen Kirkham of Douglas i Black and white decorations, al- | ternated with plaids, gave an au- nsane the appropriation was in- sreased $11,600 to $190,600. An al- lowance of $525,000 was made for roads, bridge repairs and mainten- ance and another item $130,000 was recommended for road constructicn and repair. BETTER TIMES DRIVE The dealers listed below ure cooperating with The Daily Alaska Empire and will issue votes to the candidates for the prize trips to OLD MEXICO and return on every cash sale or cash payment on ac- count at the rate of : 100 VOTES. $1.00 SALE 200 VOTES. $2.00 SALE 300 VOTES $3.00 SALE or at the rate of 100 votes for each dollar sale or payment on account. No fractional part of a dollar is to be considered. Votes to be issued in strict accord with rules of drive published in another part of this paper. ALASKA MEAT CO. ALLAMAE SCOTT BEAUTY PARLOR ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. AMERICAN MEAT CO. B. M. BEHRENDS CO.. Inc. PAUL BLOEDHORN BON MARCHE BERT'S CASH GROCERY BUTLER, MAURO DRUG CO. CALIFORNIA GROCERY CONNORS MOTOR CO.. Inc. DOUGLAS CITY BAKERY DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE (On subscriptions only, paid in office) ELSTAD, BERT, INSURANCE FAMILY SHOE STORE GARNICK'S GROCERY GASTINEAU CAFE GASTINEAU GROCERY GASTINEAU LIQUOR CO. GEORGE BROTHERS GOETZ’S GROCERY—Douglas H. S. GRAVES HALVORSEN’S HOME GROCERY HOLLYWOOD STYLE SHOP JONES-STEVENS JUNEAU CASH GROCERY JUNEAU & DOUGLAS TELEPHONE CO. JUNEAU DRUG CO. JUNEAU EMPIRE THEATRES JUNEAU FROCK SHOP W. P. JOHNSON JUNEAU LIQUOR CO. JIM ELLEN'S CASH GROCERY JUNEAU MOTOR CO. JUNEAU-YOUNG HARDWARE CO. JUNEAU SAMPLE SHOP JUNEAU COFFEE SHOP KANN'S 5¢ TO $5.00 STORE LEADER DEPARTMENT STORE McCAUL MOTOR CO. NELSON. LUDWIG NUGGET SHOP NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION CO. (On passenger fares only) PAY’N TAKIT GROCERY AND MARKET PIGGLY WIGGLY PARKER'S CORNER MARKET ROYAL BLUE CABS HARRY RACE, DRUGGIST SANITARY MEAT CO. SABIN’S SANITARY GROCERY ®SWANSON BROS. GUY SMITH’S DRUG STORES TERMINAL CAFE TOTEM GROCERY AND MARKET THOMAS HARDWARE CO. UNITED FOOD CO. Votes Are Now Being Issued by Above Firms ASK FOR THEM! roverrrrrrrrrrrrrerrerered The Alaska Railroad Budget was cut by $50,000 to $200,000, | thentic atmosphere to the large ball-room. At one corner stood an | | easel, 2nd upon it a picture of Rob- | ert Burns. The latter was lent thn‘ Womens Club by the courtesy of Mr. | and Mrs. Charles Sey | A basket of heather stood below the picture. Sprigs of heather were | given each woman who attended the dance. | Praise for the fine music of Dude Haynes’ Orchestra is due the fol-| lowing members of the ensemble: | Velma Tew, violinist, formerly with | the Mystic Five, in Seattle, Bel- lingham and Coast Cities; Dave Burnett, Clarence Rands, Mrs. Ed Schaeffer, Byron Miller and Dude Haynes. Committee-in-charge was as fol- lows: Mrs. G. V. Goss, Chairman; Mrs. E. 8. Evans, Mrs. Rodney Dar- nell. 3 The dance closed with the play- | ing of Auld Lang Syne RIVERS IS CANDIDATE FOR SENATE Fairbanks Democrat Enters Race—Nerland, Cos- slett Also File FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 27.— Victor Rivers, Democrat, aged 31, of Fairbanks, has filed for the Ter- |ritorial Senate. He is a former stu- dent of civil engineering at Wash- | ington and Northwestern universi- ties, and is now mining on Dome | Creek. | | Andrew Nerland, of Fairbanks, Re- | publican, who has served five terms | as Representative, has filed for re- | clection. Alfred T. Cosslett, has also | filed as Representative on the Re- | | publican ticket. ! e et i s it e o s i s i s Educational Cl Will Give a i ‘ Odd Fellows’ Hall TUESDAY, JAN. 28 Starts 8:30 P. M. Music by Fred Lehto REFRESHMENTS Public Cordially Invited || Lots of Fun—COME | ONE, COME ALL :1 e rrreere) Hogsheads of leaf tobacco “ageing” for two years in storage warehouses. [ | \ | | ployed by B. M. Behrends, Inc. of the fire. The fact there | T s no fire in the heater excludes the oil-burner as a possible sourcs ATTENTION EASTERN STARS of the flames. The theory that the| There will be a regular meeting ause may have been an electric table | of Juneau Chapter No. 7, O. E. S. lamp is also discounted. January 28, at 8 p.m. Initiation. The victim of the fire is thought | Refreshments. to have been asphyxiated by smoke LILLIAN G. WATSON, cause RUTHLUNDELL |TWO CONVICTED LEADING WITH SLAYERS TAKEN 36,350 VOTES TO PENITENTIARY Second in Running Is Ida'Marshal Mahoney Sails with Roller—Third, Elisabeth | DeGroot, Williams Kaser, Better Times Cont. ! in Custody (Continued from Page One) Harry DeGroot and Jacob Wil- | liams, both convicted here on mur- Monagle, 16,450; Linda Furuness, 14,- der charges, were taken south on 525; Inga Lindstrom, 14,125, | the Northwestern last night to start Rhoda Minzgohr, 13,450; Mary |S€IVing sentence in McNeil Island Pearce, 13,050; Rosle Africh, 11575; | Penitentiary. Lucille Fox, 11,125; Bernice Reidle, | _Th€ Drisoners were in custody of 11,075; Evelyn Stephenson, 11,000; ! S. Marshal William T. Ma- Eunice Anderson, 10,925; Margaret | 200¢Y, Who Will turn them over to Lindstrom, 10,925; Lucille Lynch, | 2¢Puty Marshal Nolan of Wrangell 10500; Catherine York, 10,425; Ver- | °F the trip from there on. na Hill, 10,400; Georgianne Snow.\ DeGroot, who stood a retrial here 10.250; Rosa Danner, 10,050; Jerry i'¢T Dis appeal of a second degree Engels, 10,050; Mary Nordness, 0. murqer conviction was granted, was 050; Mildred Shafer, 10,025, and Gin- convicted of first degree murder ger Bardi, Elsie Blomeen, Edith conY this month, and must spend Clinkingbeard, Betty Daniels, Phil- the rest of his natural life in prison. lis J. Bdwards, Geneva Peerc, Mas | The 50-year-old rormer_barb°r was Fraser, Evelyn GOddinK. Dz;rolh\: ;‘harged s ““le Slaylr}g giane Sreen, Marguerite Hickey, Tullah lfgg"m 85 CTIRIReRE (1 (R Jackson, Astrid Loken, Chede Paul, | oy, A Ch The second trial of his case was ¥ tie | ;ecllexn Pusich, Betty Whitfield, 1(1.001‘»{“lured by the reversal of her | previous - testimony on his behalf Winner To Be Rewarded by Mrs. Peter Kirkibo, the former Added impetus was given the drivs | Mrs. DeGroot, over whom the vith the announcement of a $25 cash | shooting assertedly occurred. orize to the highest winner, offered | Jacob Williams, Indian, was ac- 5y the Alaska Electric Light and | cused in the fatal shooting of Sower Company. This encourages ! Frank Johnson aboard a gasboat *he prompt reporting of standings, here last June. Williams, who and results in greater efforts on | claimed that he was drunk and did the part of the girls striving to win, [N0t know what he was doing at Local merchants co-operating with | the time, was convicted of first de- The Daily Alaska Empire and the 8ree murder, which made a life are confident that before the end | Sentence mandatory. Oregon report brisker January busi- | OP appeal of his attorney, George ness as a result of the campaign, and | Gigsby, he was granted a new are confident tha tbefore the end |'Fi2l. He then pleaded guilty to >f the contest, remarkable improve- | Sécond degree murder, waived a nent in sales will have been noted, | UV trial and was sentenced to 20 A total of 314,125 votes have been | Y6ATS by Judge Alexander. ecorded in today'’s file, although the list will stretch to almost 1,000,000 Yefore tomorrow night. > | FRED HAMBERG iS TRAPPER IS VISITING IN CITY FOUND DEAD | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 27— Fred Hamberg, formerly of Ju- Andrew Niemi, aged trapper and neau and well-known fur buyer, miner, was found dead last Wednes- urived in Juneau on the North-|day in a mine tunnel near Lake western for a brief stay, following' Minchumina, according to a report lor gas before the heat from the|—adv. Secretary. an extensive fur buying trip to the brought here by plane. There are Westward. no detail FIRST— ripened in the sunshine... and picked leaf by leaf from the right part of the stalk when fully ripe. THEN— each day’s picking cured right by the farmer . . . at the right time and in the right way . .. no “splotching’’or brittleness, but every leaf of good color and flavor. FINALLY— bought in the open market...re-dried for storage...then packed in wooden hogsheads to age and mellow for two years or more un- til free from harshness and bitterness. That’s what we mean by mild, ripe tobacco. And that's the kind of to- bacco we use to give Chesterfields their milder, better taste. Picking leof fob&t:o in the “Bright’’ tobacco fields of Virginia and the Carolinas. Type of barn used for “flue- . <vn’n‘:‘ leof tobacco. .. for mildness .. for better taste © 1936, Usserr & MYERS TOBACCO CO.