The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 4, 1936, Page 2

H i T T T [ |Il|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIHIllIIIIHIlIHIIIlllllllllllIHIIII|IlllIlIlrllHIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIII IIIllrlllllllllllllllllIilllllIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIII No Group No. 1— Group No. 2— Suits Values up to Suit |IllIIIIlll"|||II||I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|III|H||||IHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIlIIII!IIIIIIIIHIIlllliiillllllllilllllll T O OO OO ROTARY HEARS | KARNES SPEAK ONLEGION AIMS - epartment C omman der ()utlines f\lller]canlh“l Program at Club Juneau Rotarians lisiened (o an informative talk on the aims and purposes of the American Legion given by Anthony E. Karnes, Terri- torial Commissioner of Educatioi, and Commander of the Department of Alaska of the American Legion at r weekly luncheon in the Termi- Cafe today. The address was a rt of a series on “Know your Ju- “In accordance with the preamble to the American Legion Constitu- tion in which the Legionnaire sub- scribes loyalty to God and Country, American Legion stands for Americanism, interpreted as a con- tinued primary activity, with mili- tant oposition to subversive elements, weeping program for the pro- motion of education and youth im- provement,” Mr. Karnes said. Touches on Bonus Although a percentage of Legion- naires were not in favor of the im- mediate payment of the adjusted €rvice cf icates, Mr. Karnes ex- plained that had adjusted compen- sation legislation been passed dur- ing the war rather than eight year: later, the certificates would have red in 1937, and that under the t legislation the veterans v getting this compensation year earlier. “The American Legion stands for naticnal defense, adequate to safe- guard the peace of America,” con- tinued Mr. Karnes. “In Alaska the American Legion started the mov ment for a large air base in the Tel ritory, and through the aid of Dele gote Dimond and others the Terri- tory is now assured of getting cne in the very near future. For Universal Draft In case of a future war the Amer- can Legion stands firm in its demand for universal draft, Mr. Karnes said, explaining that legislation by Con- gress is being sought which will pro- wvide equal service for capital, indu: fry and manpower, with special privilege or profit for none. Accomplishments in rehabilitation & ued work of the Legion and the Le- gion Auxiliary in Child welfare work, including hospitalization for needy children were explained by the speaker. BROKEN SIZES—GOOD VALUES $14.95 SuiIT Michaels 5 For $24. ALL REMAINING OVERCQOATS Fine Value—All Wool SPECIAL $l4.95 each disabled veterans and the contin- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 1936. Alierations—No Approvals Group No. 3— Michaels Stern Values up to' $45.00 For $29’7 5 Suit e e MEN’S ALL LEATHER »iern $32.50 [ e A $5.00 Value for $3.99 ) N 3 l} l} \ \ \ \ \ MEN'S HATS-—Dark Brown $5.00 value for $3.9 5 i PSS SNSIY SIS SIS UK | 15 15 SN 50 5 ST S BEISERB. L ST SRR SR g B SR S B.M.BEHRENDS CO.,, Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” Using Airplanes On February 29 a social gathering to which the wives of Rotarians will be invited, was announced by How- ard D. Stabler, president of the club. He also advised that the Rev. O. L. Kendall, secretary, had beea authorized to have appropriate Ro- tary signs made, with the weekly meeting day painted on them, and CHUNGKING, China,” Feb. Better Times DRESS OXFORDS, TICKETS ALL SALES VOTE NOW! To 6o 1o School Daily Cross-word Puz ACROSS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 0,7 demon L. Bither of two L {{{‘l\"‘yu e 12. Among nations 6. Tranquillity 13. Pack 10, Wading bird 15. Pull apart 14, Restoration . 17. Type of 16. Chop tlec!riclfillr- 22. Round roof rent: abbr. v: 18, Plant without a Z Sue yhve 25. Portal _ 21, Aloft. 28. Smail rouna 2. C y‘eolloq. 30. l:;l: woody stewn Stair ol MmN 2] [G>(x) l.«mk slowly Condensed at- mospherie moisture 26. Cause or allow % to flow in a 33. Kmd ot rock stream 35. Large boat 28, Wild animai 37. Nobleman 29. High pointed Statk hill . Make muddy 30. Walk lamely CewRt e § Db 50. Medicinal 34. American In- 51. Head cove 49. United dian 62. Style of pen- 69 50. News organ= 35. Complete col- Toanship ) ization: lection , abb; 36. Favoring 83. Accessible 52. Damag neither side G64. Pet name for a 1. Russian 53. Smel 38. The Greek M close relative o4. Point of land 39. Pronoun upen wide running into 0. Devoured Advertisement e water 41, Symbol for Baseball im- 58, tawtalum plement 56. hmum fever 42. Coating with 59. Utalian river 58. English river metal 60. Flowerless 60. In favor of 45. Motric land plant Short for a 61 Viper measure 61. Excited with man's name 62. Idle talk 46. Fragment expectation 8 Tank for 65. Symhol for 47. Dried tubers 63, Football storing water calclum of a species position: 9. Compound Negative of orchid abbr, ether o Soiae dogren 1| 77 fll.% III////,EI==IE‘I whether criminal charges should Photo) ° D"ve 3y HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 The Genate's remaining blind Senatol Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma—aske for and received the seat of the late Huey Long on the front row in the Chamber, had nothing to do with the request The white-haired, distinguished- iooking, sightless Senator, a victim ¢f two accidents in his boyhood, spurns any such aid. Aside from re- lying on the arm of a page to con- duct him to and from the capitol and his offices, he is amazingly sell sufficient. Rather than depend on Braille, he relies on wha read to him to keep up on cur $1.00 and Over! plely ummum||u|||||||||||||||||||g1g||||mmu|||||u||||||||mm|:m!|1|l=1a:l!|lllImlsulumlllllullllllmlmImli|l|lIlI|mmmmilmlmmflIIIlllluI!!lillllimimlll atistical memory is markable. Once in the Senate, for example, during debate on a finan- cial measure, a colleague asked for information on the total tax burden of the American people. No one could give it offhand. Gore chanced into the Chamber in time to “near the question. After the others had failed he quietly rose and frow memory not only gave the total bu |broke it down into federal, state, mumy and municipal taxes. Knows His Library Once he was to make an addres: in Baltimore. On his way to the missionary school at Chengtu by rajlway station in Washington, 1t primitive transportation now make oceurred to him he should include the trip in two hours, {in his address the popular vote for Chengtu is the site of the only|president by states and parties back large missionary school in Szechuan o the Cleveland administration. province. American, Canadian and| He stopped at a ne tand in the English children living here former- | station and bought an almanac. Dur- ly made a 300-mile journey by sedan |ing the less than an hour’s ride, a il .lllmilllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIllllll 4~ chair to reach the school at the be- |companion read him these figures. ve them placed at the steamship Missionary children who in forme: ginning of each term. Often they years spent nine days reaching thc yere delayed by bandits. to speak, he had committed them With recent inauguration o air-|to memory and recalled all without plane service between Chungking and |a single error. Chengtu nearly all the children now Perhaps even more remarkable travel to boarding school by air. than his command of figures and The cost is about the same as by statistics is his knowledge of his li- chair. brary he has built up on every con- PSR ST jceivable subject. He knows the loca- jtion on the shelves of his books and Warmng Aga]nsl can either go himself or direct oth- ers to the spot where a volume can Plane Overloadmg be found. Browses in Book Shops ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 4— pyery Saturday afternoon, some- Hugh Brewster, Aeronautical Inspec- | imes more often, in whatever city tor for the Department of Commerce phe may be, he spends an hour or two in Alaska, has issued a Warning on prowsing with a companion in sec- overloading of airplanes. He urges gnd-hand book shops. He'll have his passengers to refuse to ride in planes | companion read first the title of @ in excess of their licensed loads and 'book. Like as not he'll say he nas said passengers are enfltle‘afi see | that one. If not, then the title page. the certificate on capacity, gdestion | the table of contents and a few para- the pilot relative to the i6ad and graphs of the opening chapter is also inspect the pilot's license. [ read. If he is interested, then it is t aside to be included in a package More fishing and hunting licenses ]Jr‘\haps with a dozen or more others were sold in Virginia in 1935 than |to be sent later to his home or of- in 1934, fice. BEST GAME OI" SEASON! STARTS TONI G HT '30 - EAGLES vs. DEMOLAY 8:30 SABIN'S vs. KRAUSE'S CONCRETERS ADMISSION 25¢ and 10c * HIGH SCHOOL GYM but his physical handicap | By the time he mounted the platform | BASKETBALL STER]LIZED HEIRESS AT HEARING An unusual court hearing was held at San Francisco to determine | be filed against the mother of Ann Cooper Hewitt, heiress to a large fortune, and two physicians for a sterilizat'on operation she chargec was performed on her by trickery. Miss Hewitt (left) is pictured in court with Miss Anne Lindsay, nurse who attended her. The court’s decision was withheld. (Associated Press ()hluhomu s mal Sonator Displa ¥s Amazing Memory > word. purchased a year before - persol or four clerks in his fed with all he wants, he shuts himself up emote place for hours at a When he emerges he has his time address firmly fixed in his mind, even to the exact phrasing. He attributes his faculties of mem- | ory to those hours of seclusion. H. P, CORSER PASSES AWAY WRANGELL, Al’l\k'\ Febr4-+The v. Harry Prosper Corser, aged 72 residing here since 1899, and who re- tired a year ago as ctor of St. Phil lips Episcopal Church, died Sunday at the Bishop Rowe Hospital. was widely known throughout Alas- kl and his book “Totem Lore” burchased by hundreds of tour- re not opened until he gives | Often he has asked for a | and a half | a speech he is | ths ! 1 secretary, | s reading to him. He | e rocking chair | \pere_and He orite in this year's running of the has | 27. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecas® for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., February 4: Snow flurries tonight, Wednesday fair; continued cold; fresh to north winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velcelty Weathe: 4 pm. yesty 30.11 23 42 NE 8 Cldy 4 am. today 30.01 18 T4 SE 6 Lt. Snow Noon teday 2991 14 52 NE 20 Cldy CABLE AND MDID REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4pm. | Lowest4am. 4am. Precip. sam. Station temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weathe: Anchorage 22 19 | o) hbdmar - 0 — Barrow -40 -36 -40. -36 4 0 Clear Nome 10 - -6 -4 20 o % Clear Bethel 8 8 | [ 0 18 0 Pt Cldy Fairbanks -26 -26 | -38,' -36 4 0 Clear Dawson -2¢ 26 +30 -26 A 0 Clear St. Paul 36 34 34 36 28 .30 Rain Dutch Harbor 46 44 i 40 44 12 Trace Pt. Cldy Kodiak 38 38 | 28 30 4 o Clear Cordova 34 34 | g o 4 0 Clear Junean 31 23 | 14 18 6 Trace Snow Sitka 34 - | 27 = =~ 42 Snow Ketchikan 36 34 | 26 30 6 Trace Cldy Prince Rupert 34 34 | 22 26 L 2 o Clear Edmonton -12 -18 -36 -36 4 0 Clear Seattle 38 36 | 32 34 4 — Cldy Portland 40 38 | 36 38 4 24 Cldy San Francisco 50 50 | 44 44 4 0 Clear New York 26 22 | 22 30 4 -20 Rain Washington 26 24 22 30 4 12 Cldy WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. Juneau, light snow, temperature 16; Juneau Airport, cloudy, 14; Radioville, cloudy, 21; Taku Pass, clou 8; Whitehorse, partly cloudy. -15; Burwash, cloudy, -17; Cordova, clear, 19; Anchorage, clear. 3; Fairbanks, foggy, -40; Nenana, clear, -38; Ruby, clear, -30; Nulato, clear, -20; Kaltag, clear; =22; Flat, foggy, -12; McCarthy, clear, -12; Chitina, clear, -19; Copper River, clear; Crooked Creek, cloudy, -10. WEATHER SYNOPSIS The barometric pressure was over the Pacific Northwest States areas of considerable intensities w Islands and over the Pacific Ocean in the vicihity of the Hawaiian Islands, elséwhere over the field of observatien abnormally high baro- metric pressure prevailed, the cres: being 30.10 inches at Barrow. Precipitation was reported over western Washingion, Oregon, the Lastern States, at St. Paul Island, and locally over Southeast Alaska, while fair weather prevailed over the remainder of Alaska. Cold weather was reported las. night over Alaska from Juneau northward to Barrow and eas d to Alberta. Fairbanks reported 38 below at 2 am. and Barrow 40 below. “Golden Milr" Is Back to Favor in Steeplechase NEWBURY, Zngland, Feb. 4. - Golden Miller, Miss Dorothy Paget's steeplechaser which caused such disappointment in the last Grand | oo il eag tavor- National, has staged a comeback . . {ite, fell at Valentine's Brook. is likely to be the fav-i . "o o that saved many a bookie from ruin. | More then 1,000 miles of Kanses state highways were built duriny 1935. slightly below normal this morning and at Ketchikan, while storm re centered over the Aleutian ' over 2 miles, 50 Among the horses Golden Miller defeated were Delapaix owned by J. B. Snow and Drintyre owned by Captain Brownhill. Five U..iled States sporismen have entered six horses in th= 1936 Grand National. The owners are J. B. Snow, Alvin Untermeyer, H. (Pete) Botswick, John Hay hitney and Jessie Metcalfe. Grand National at Aintree, March He won the event in 1934. Carrying topweight of 178 pounds he msny won the “Andover Handi- WANTS SURVEY | WASHINGTON, Feb. leanfative B. N. Scott, Democrat, of | California, introduced a resolution to authorize the Navy to investig: the advisability of establishing air and naval bases in Puget Sound, Columbia River, San Francisco Pay Long Beach, Los Angeles Harbor. and San Diego Bay. - ——— German Postal Service Assigns 300 to Games OF AIR BASES 4 —Repre- GARMISCH - PARTENKIRCHEN | Feb. 4— Three hundred employes of the German postal department have been designated for service at the winter Olympics in February. They will be in charge of 44 spe- cial telephone wires to Munich, ten '- wires to southern Europe, a special picture-sending apparatus, six rad.o lines with batteries of microphones at the various telephone booths, and new post bus lines to nearby points. They expect to handle at least 2,000 long distance calls and 2,000 telegrams daily. SIXTH STREET UNITED F 00D (O. 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