The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1936, Page 2

. WIDE INTEREST Uncleof Pesident CLASS OF: § s 2y A AR 100% Wool Singles Made of new lofty wool Colors—Rose, Blue, Green, Lewvender 70x80.§ 9.50 72x84, $12.50 Part-Wool Plaid Pairs Bright plaids in Gold, Rose, Green, Blue, Peach 72x84, $4.95 100% Wool Plaid Pairs Virgin Wool Blankets in Rose, Green, Blue, Lav- ender and Gold plaids $8.50 and $9.95 White Sheet Blankets Clean and well napped $1.95 New ] B. M. BEHRENDS (0., Inc. Juneauw’s Leading Department Blankets - Comforts Selected for January Sale Cotton Plaid Pairs A bargain in first quality, blankets Babies Crib - Blankets 36x50, $1.00 36x50‘—Pinl{, Blue éottdlit-l‘-"i}llefi’ Comforts Wool-Filled Comforts Rose, Blue, Green, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 28, 1936. ¢ $1.95 acquard Patterns $2.95 $3.95 | | | Lavender Store IN PRESIDENT’S ' Roosevelt Suicides BALL!HpRSDAY Chairman Connors Stresses Fact that 70 Per Cent of | Proceeds Stays Here ELPASO, Texas, Jan. 28.— Paul R. Forbes, aged 75, uncle of President Roosevelt, was found shot to death in the kitchen of his six room apart- ment. A revolver bullet had passed through the roof of Forbes’ mouth. Justice M. V. Ward said he would not hold an inquest as he was sat- isfied Forbes shot himself. The widow, from whom Forbes lived apart for 15 years, is believed Interest this week in Juneau cen- to be in Paris. ters in the President's Birthday S Forbes has been under a physi- Ball to be held Thursday evening 0 i 4 cian’s care for some time. in the Eks' Balloom. General b S e FUNERAL. SERVICES OF O'NEILL AWAITS BROTHER’S ARRIVAL Funeral services for Harry O'Neill, who lost his life in the fire which damaged his apartment Sunday morning, have not yet been ar- ranged pending the arrival of his brother, William O'Neill, who will arrive here from Cordova on the Alaska, according to radio messagas received here. The remains are at the C. W. Carter Mortuary. —e- - C. SHIPPEY Chairman James J. Connors and his committee have been working diligently to make the affair a success and it is hoped that the! $350 figure raised last year at the! ball will ke surpassed this Chairman Connors stressed the fact that the President has ap- proved the suggestion that 70 per cent of the proceeds raised by each local Birthday Ball be retained in the community to be disbursed to local or adjacent orthopedic hos- pitals, or for the treatment of local infantile paralysis cripples, as each local committee decides. This allotment was first made last year; the plan worked well and has been approved throughout the country Thirty per cent of the proceeds will ar. MRS. H. | be turned over to the national | committee for delivery to the Presi- TRAVELS To STATES dent to be presented by him to 764 the Georgia Warm Springs Founda- tion for the continuance and ex-! tension of its part in the national fight against infantile paralysis. her father, Mrs. |1or, witl teave Juneau on the Ball for the President is to create, | until March 3. through the direct help of the citi- o zens our country, funds with D which®to help victims of infantile | sity be closed during her absence Customers are reminded that the uty parlor, which will of neces- PLANNING BALL Gym to Represent Florida Resort for Gala Senior Dance | i | Yowve read about it in books,| vou've seen it in pictures, and| {you've encountered it in your| dreams. But at last’ your highest | hopes are to be realized. Through | | the efforts of the Senior Class of '36 the famous Miami Biltrore, “center of the wintertime world,” will exist, for a night, within the bounds of this fair eity. Visualize | the scene, and prepare for the rare | spectacle that will greet the eyes lon the evening of ¥February 7. The gymnasium of Juneau High School will be transformed, in every detail to represent Florida's gayest pleasure resort. Everything from | twinkling stars to southern moon- light will be seen at the hotel-to-be | | —grand music—entertaining floor- show—latest dance hits. At 9:30 on Friday, February 7,/ the straight dnd narrow path will lead directly to the ‘Senior n;u.\‘ |So it is asked all go on the right| road, follow the crowd, and one| | can't lose. e e TO VISIT TENAKEE Charles Torson, discoverer of plat- | inum deposits in the Good News Because of the serious illness of |Bay district, arrived in Juneau on H. C. Shippey, proprietor of the Fern Beauty Par- Al- |aska, enroute for Hollywood, where| “The purpose of the Birthday | she will remain with her parents | the Northwestern Sunday. | Torson plans to visit Tenakee hot |springs while ih this part of the Territory. * * ¥ i [ SO v RAIL HEAD SOUTH | F. A Hansen, general superin- \!endem of* the Copper River and |Northwestern Railroad, with head- quarters in Cordova, is a southbound Mr. | paralysis and support research ef- W reopen premptly upon that passenger on the Northwestern, forts to wipe out the disease it- Mtate — e e self.” Mr. Connors said. “Infantile N s RS BLANKMAN IS ON N.W. paralysis again stalked through ENTERS ST. ANN'S Charles Blankman, mechanic ‘and the land this year, adding thou-| Louis Lund, oldtimer in Gastineau | sands of new victims to the several hundred thousand already crippled. The need of continued effort in thelr behalf is greater than ever, and once more the call is made to - our fellow-countrymen to partici- pate in this humaniturian work, ‘which for the past two years they Channel, entered St. Ann's Hospital | this morning for medical treatment e ———— ENTERS I'CSPITAL Ann’s Hospital today, surgical treatment this afternoon. - - " have aided so generousiy and with M'EACHRAN HERE . such outstanding credit to our N. A. McEachran, #fl ——— Juneau from Skagway on tne North >“:A western, Clarence Landon, who entered St. will undergo dredge machinist, is a Seattle- bound passenger on the Northwest- ern from Kodiak. Mr. Blankman has spent considerable time in Rus- sia, employed by ‘the Soviet Gov- ernment in mining operations." ———————— | MRS. ORTMAN GOES SOUTH | Mrs. D. Ortman, and daughter Louise, of Fairbanks, are making a Schwabacker | vacation trip to Seattle on the Grocery representative, returned fo Nerthwestern. Mr. Ortman is em- - | ployed by the Pacific Alaska Airwvs in Fairbarks. - GOOD IN STATES R.E.ROBERTSON . SAYS BUSINESS Local Attorney Is 'Pleased| with Progress, Warns | CAB DRIVER IS ATTACK VICTIM Scott Nelson, Royal Biue Cab| driver, was beaten this morning by an unidentified man apparently | bent on robbery. | The assailant, about 30 years old, entered Nelson's cab at the Dream- land Cafe in Douglas at 5:15 am. and asked to be driven to Juneau. AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecas! for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 Ppm., January 28: Snow flurries tonight, rain Wednesday; moderate to fresh south- [' 1. §. DEPARTMENT OF Kenai Peninsula | Highway Wanted |attorney, who with Mrs. Robertson | Nelson twice on the head with & |a six-weeks’ trip to the States: I {from seeing the Rose Bowl football | johnson, Arthur Williams, Sam New- T ey i Of Marme S"lkes At the east end of the bridge he Business in the States appears to | instructed the driver fo turn left. | be ‘good despite unsettiéd conditions, | When the machine was ncar the according to R. E. Robertson, local | Juneau Dairy he suddenly struck 'sap,” knocking him unconselous. Nelson quickly recovered, however, Business men are véry much wor-|&nd the ' man, ‘apparently fright- {ried about the effect tpon industry |ehed, fled down the road on foot. of the possible passage of pending |His cap and “sap” were recovered | legislation " concerning the bolition |by the cab driver, who was later | of 'fish traps 'in' Alaskan watérs, and | found to have suffered only minor | busiriéss'interests in the Paeific Coast | contusions from the blows, | drea, particularly in California, are| ' e ! concerned with the threatening ma- | rine workers' strike, Mr. Robertson ANGU“N BASKET | try,” Mr. ‘Robertson said. “I t.hlnkl to attend. 2R |the American people are awakening’ HERE FUR G e s Ito the importahce ‘of taking drastic G RETURNS who dre afending the University of day on the gasboat Traveller for g |datisfactorily despite the delays en- Washington, and Dunean, who is 1 ten-day visit, during which they in- | ¢oufiteréd due to & severé winter, ac- studént ‘at Stafiford. Duncan, who tend to gather in the laurels of the |cording’ to Hawley W. Stetling, As- | said. 3 | “Everywhere I went I found & very |ereat interest in the necessity of |steps against them.” | | | Visit Children + | Ready to challenge the ity Leag-| - FROM ARC SURVEYS Mr. and Mrs. Robertsorl spent|uers in any number of basketball —_— came north to Seattle for the re- | season. | sistant 'Ohief Engineer of the ‘ARC. union, undérwent an' operation for . Accompanied by their coach, Peter | ' Mr. ‘Sterling was back at 'his ‘desk appeéndicitis shortly before the hol- | Dick; manager, Willis George, and here today after inspecting' the An< returned on the Princess Norah from | Americans combating subversive rad- Christmas Day in Seattlel with their tilts, a team of basketball players | |ical elements throughout the Coun- Alaska Road Commission’ work in three' children, Elliott “and Carol. from Angoon arrived in Juneau to- | the ‘Anchéragé section ‘is progressi ssing |idays and recovéred nicely, Mr. Rob- captained by Walter Johns, the fol- | chorage-Palmer road, the Knik River ertson said. lowing players will occupy grand-bridge and various farm roads'in the Mr. Robertson made a short trip |stand seats at tonight's regular City |Section. The " terrific winds which |to California on business, but was League tournament: Ronald Johns, | struek the Knik River Sunday,’as prevented by pressure of business joe Bennett, Andrew Gamble, Robert reported by Associated Press, did no game. He reported heavy rains in | man, George Johnson. San Francisco and intermittent rainy Following tonight’s game, the City | word reéceived by the engineer! weather in'Seattle. Leaguers and the challengers from | Work on the westward projects will “About half the time I was in Se- Angoon will work out a wnwnvc!probably be completed about next attle we enjoyed beautiful spring | schedule, first game of which wiil August, Mr. Sterling added. weather,” hé sald, “but we had morc | probably be played tomorrow night. | Bt continuous sunshine on the trio e RETURNING 70 JUNEAU a;':',,m R Ry attiend [ e of Aifred B. Smithi in| Mrs.' F. Housel and daughter, TR the 1928 campaign, is scheduled to |Miss Elaine, are aboard the motor-| be heard over Columbia Broadcast- | Ship Northland, returning to Juneau| ing System station about 6:40 this|from the States ‘wiere they have| evening, Juneau time, in a reply been for some time. | ), | to Mr. Smith’s speech last Satur- —eo—— | 6:45 JUNEAU TIME i nisht at the Liberty League NOMEITES BOUND SOUTH H "banquet. 4 JUNEAU! | toppling “its ‘derrick, aceording to | Included in the group of several! |Nome residents travelling South on | the Northwestern are Mrs. Ruth M. ! Cameron, whose husband is purchas- | ing agent of the Hammon Company at Nome, and John Eberle. RHEUMATIC PAINS TEAR YOU DOWN You canm't do sour best work when | wracked with pain, and no longer is! there any need to suffer torturing, stab- | bing. simple museular rheumatic pains | without the benefits of the doctor's pre- | scription. known as Williams R.U.X. Com- | pound. Take just a few doses and see how | auickly you are relieved. The first bottle must produce results or money back wu.1 Sdriatr| Josdph T. Robivison, run- | SHOP IN EPUBLICANS YOUNG AND OLD—AND THEIR FRIENDS liams R.U.X. Compound, being a liquid, already dissolved, starts to work immed- | fately. It contains pain-relieving ingred:- | ents which are absorved Into the blood, | and carried to sore, inflamed muscles and parts, giving ease and comfort which is @ blessing to sufferers. Don't let muscular |rheumatic pains tear you down. Get a Are Cordially Invited To Attend | botile of Willams RU.X. Compound todsy i: ’60“6 REPUBLICANS i BUTLER-MAURO DRUG co. }damage to the new span other than | | | Miss Beaton will be married. Follow- | WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. Juneau, cloudy, ‘temperature, 26; Radioville, raining, 36; Cordova, cleudy, 39; Anchorage, cloudy, 33; Chitina, cloudy, 13; Fairbanks, clotdy, 16; Hot Springs, paftly cloudy, 30; Tanana, clear, 20; Ruby, clear,’ 25; Nulato, clear, i20; Kaltag, clear, 25; Unalakleet, cloudy, 28; Flat, cloudy, 36. WEATHER SYNOPSIS High barometric pressure prevailed this morning over eastern Alaska and over the MacKenzie River Valley, the crest being 30.64 inches ‘at Fort Simpson, Canada. Low barometric pressure prevailed over the North Pacific Ocean. ' This general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation along the coastal regions from Kodiak to Cordova, elsewhere over the field of observation generally fair ‘weather prevailed. s1)-Moderate temperatures prevailed today throughout Alaska, Bih) T MISS JEAN BEATON ON ing the ceremony a honeymoon trip WAY SOUTH TO MARRY | to Honolulu is planned. Mr. Beaton, Mrs. John Beawon, ana daughter, l0ng-time resident of the Territory, Jean Beaton, of Flat, are enroute to | Was the discoverer of the Iditarod. Seattle on the Northwestern where‘ B i i st 357 SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT! DON'T FORGET TO ATTEND ELKS' LODGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT—THE 29TH SHORT, SNAPPY PROCRAM Along With LOTS OF FREE BEER AND EATS RETAILERS’ NIGHT MEMBERS ONLY CLUB MEETING i BETTER BUSINESS, DRIVE City Council Chambers TONIGHT—8 P. M. Important Business Meeting i ! &3 (a) (b) | (c) ELTON ENGSTROM, President. SRR A 1 EYE STRAIN purchase. READ THESE RULES! . Election starts Wednesday, January 22. Election ends early in March, depending on sailings. . Election votes are given on the basis of 100 votes for each even | dollar of cash paid to participating merchants, dollars not to-pe iconsidered eligible for votes, as fractional parts of follows: “On' 4l counter cash and c.oD. purchases. On all cash payments made on accounts. On all cash down payments and installment payments made on time-payment accounts during the election period, regardless of when the purchase was made. 4 Votes will be given only on strictly RETAIL business — that, is, quantity purchases of commodities to industrial concerns, or whole- sale purchases by merchants are NOT to be included. Restaurants, boarding houses, camps, etc., are to be counted as a wholesale The election is open to girls of Juneau and surrounding territory, between the ages of 18 and 30 years (unmarried). Nominating blank published in The Daily Alaska Empire is good for 10,,000 votes but only one lot of 10,000 free votes will be credited Right is reserved to reject any: nomination by the Merchants’ Com- e o ¢ tter Times Editor, Daily Alaska Empire, or placed in the official ‘bllb;t boxes, locations to be announced Judges will be"appoii.!*ed by the merchants and their decision in all Merchants participating in the election agree not to allow any of their employees to exert any undue influence in favor of any Buying of votes by amy firm in behalf of any candidate, or dis- tribution of votes by any other method than according to the above Candidates will not solicit votes in business houses who are mem- 5. . PICKSITS ° 6. Vicms Ycung by any one candidate. OnQouQ,dfjgive school chiidr?n has de- o i fective vision. The strain.of studying o g in poor lighting can atféct notonly the B, 8. Vapisanagie m et | eyes but the entire nervous system. © @ later, # e A . ! # ¥o "Many a nervous ‘‘Prohlém Child"” matters will he final. | would be happier and healthier if the 10. | parents knew the facts about light in e relation to seeing. yayrs e = { BETTER LIGHT—BE'ITER SIGHT rules is expressly prohibited. 12. - ? 3 L B bers of Better Business.Drive. | Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. TUNEAU 6 ' 'DOUGLAS 18" ©* " “Juneau Bétter Business Drive SELDOVIA, Alaska, Jan. 28—The | €ast winds. Chamber of Commerce here and also | LOCAL DATA at Seward is completing a petition o e with 1200 signatures asking for-the | ";’;‘f iy B““;g‘;;er T;omn. fl“fl;‘zdlty de Veloclty Weathes immediate construction of a road | ‘. am. ! oday 30.36 e = 4 2 Clear through the heart of Kenai Penin- | Noo‘n vwdav 30'35 33 a 5 . Clear sula, tapping the entire agricultural | y . s 6 Cldy section and joining the highway al- | CABLE AND KADIO REFORTS - ready constructed beyond Kenai| YESTERDAY i b e 5o1) B G - 1% | Highest 4p.m. Lowest4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. ¥ | Station temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather ELKS TO OBSERVE | aschomse 3 < e s o . Barrow -8 -6 30 “RETAILERS’ NIGHT ’; Noms IO R e S e i g{g g Bethel 38 38 26 3 12 0 Cldy Tomorrow night is Retailers Night | pairhanks 1 e e e ? i & at the Elks Lodge, with all Juneau | pawson ; -14 -20 | 28 ‘g 10 s air merchants listed on' the committee | 'gi pgy; 32 30 i % 28 ot e iy 4 which is charged with providing the | p¢on Harbor .. 34 32 | 28 " 16 o ik members with the evening’s enter- | poqiap 40 40 | 0 9% 18 & ; 19 tainment. | ; & H A musical program, followed by a | f‘”d"va ;: 3';’ ;g ‘22 12 '1: glam buffet lunch and beer, will bé the | Sitka a4 a% P 3 B ¥ lear main feature of the event, aocordmg; Ketchikan |48 38 pi 7y . i C]_. to R. R. Brown, chairman ‘of the ' o .. Rupert 4 14 u % G & Cle“ committee. The entertainment will Edmonton ‘ 2 -2 T e o s Cleu follow the regular business meeting. Seattle 44 42 40 40 8 Alfi Cf“ scheduled for 8 o'clock, and all mem- Portland 4% 2 38 ped . «01 dy bers of the B. P. O: E. are urged San eiscfi Dt 60 58 i 5 i 2 K p g::i S New York .22 8 | 8 12 26 0 Pt Cldy 4 STERLIN Washiine oo I RS S| “op Y 1an 3 1) 0 Clear T L] d