The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 4, 1936, Page 8

8 RUTH LUNDELL orld’s Greatest Da m R e ses af Grand Cdult;e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. GOING STRONG, VOTE CONTEST Thais Bayers in Sixth Place —Good Example Is Reported Outstanding VH\ .:”'l(l(’; made b, Better Times Drive con ants since the last report is the gain of 8 votes credited to Thais Bayers, mem- ber of a pioneer Juneau fam : ved in 24 hours from enteenth place to undisputed sixth position in today’s published stand- ¢ :d to Monday noon only She now has 133,775 votes In t ad, and still going strong is Ruth Lundell, who gained 23,77 over her last count to total 233,900 votes b 00N ¥ day. The leading five 1e to lead, in the follow- ing order, Miss Lundell, Ida Roller 198,950, E: or Davis, 185,175, Bessie Powers, 16 nd Elizabeth Kaser 151, 975, Better Times “ox One of the most concrete examples of the benefits derived from the Bet- ter Times Drive is illustrated in a deal concerning an oil burner, re- ported sterday. A local resident had, previous to the opening of the drive, ordered an oil burner from the States, through an outside agency Immediately upon the beginning of the campaign which is sending local- girls on a round-trip to Mexico, the Tuneau stormor . wirad. tHe (atside 1t He e limit is questioned, too. customer,; Wirec e Owside; Irm| ' ppyilte. Bdwards, Dou Bridge cancelling the order. Yesterday the v o : e e orday th¢ queen, has withdrawn again, thi (;f’,io":;(:. "\flrf‘frr; ;’ s l’"”i time finally. Her 21,300 votes are au- Sordwars. stofe coomeratine 1 il |tomatically voified, along with the hardware: store cooperating in the |, g5 5ocredited to Tullah Jackson | el who withdrew yesterday. This limits | ARy AN hate the field to 38 contestants, as the ) Possibilities of Patsy Ann, Ju- official mal canine ‘“greeter-up- , ing a trip to Mexico with '~ per the girls was the idea of some wor- W no Drive editor has placed her votes in the dog house for future reference. ing reached the high mark of | U. S. mai found in the official ballot boxes last Falls will flow to power. The lake will be 150 miles power project is 1 was As work progresses on Grand Coulee dam in north | cataract of water twice the volume of Nia; central Washington, the largest structure of its kind in the world takes shape, a mass of concrete which will rise to a height of 550 feet abov. 600-foot thick base 4,300 feet long over which a drive the generators to produce which will be created by the dam long and 400 feet deep when the completed MRS. LIGGETT SAYS GOVERNOR 0.K.D MURDER Wife of Slain Editor Testi- fies in Trial of Ac- thy mdjpiatel ‘“"}“ vesterday cast|pione by the Empire's “counter 25 votes in favor of Juneau's mou’s upper. Cused Slay(‘l’ waterfront dog. As Patsy Ann failed - to get under the wire at the closing of nominations, the Betier # Delicate - 29 the flavor lasts. The luncheons of a will be offered afternoon at< o'clocx ERIDGE LUNCHEON ON SATURDAY P. M. third of Saturday the Dugout ric MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Feb. 4.— Mrs. Walter W. Liggett collapsed af- ter a dramatic court session yester- which she testified that her or husband could not on December 9 un- day . . under auspices of the Americs 2 Gov. Olson, recuperating from an c l ln : AUy At aAing . o ond neration at Rochester, said he had nouncement oy Mrs. Oscar Olson, to make Committeeworr A OnAIEa Liggett, editor of the crusadin A aelightful luncheon will be serv- A . American, was shot' dowr = 5 ed prior to wing of play. Pri 1 ley near his home only twc will be S ) " X Registratio to be made Wi Her home town of Carls N i > with an appe: 'v '// Mrs. Olson before. Saturday M., planned a gala welcome for Ison’s impeachment on \N\Ye Yanillia | SRS ? Emily Hardy, a ranch girl who once crounds that the latter had “en- | D e AR § i ii % z | z : i | i (TAm Tao TIREP TOGET | 1 SHOP IN JUNEAU! STANDING OF CONTESTANTS (Votes Counted to Monday Noon, Only) TUESDAY—FEBRUARY rode her pinto pony to school but has become a coloratura soprano with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. She has been invited for DIMUND MAY A% ciiD MOOSEHEART DINNE to represent the the Moose Alumni of the torthcoming Mooseheart pending. TUESDAY was to appear be T d organize state The trial of Isadore “Kidd Cann’ a grand opera audition in New York. menfield, whom N Liggett g (Associated Press Photo) dentified as the murderer, was re- 2. cessed late yesterday until today. - SYMPATHIZERS' GENERAL STRIKE ] { \ \ \ | { \ \ % \ \ N N \ 1. RUTH LUNDELL 336,900 ! iation Dinner in Washingto 2. IDA ROLLER 198,950 ! has been sent o Ala 5 ; ! Delegate Antheny J. Dimond 3. ESTHER DAVIS 186,175, |jiteae Anchonp BURRD, oo 4. BESSIE POWERS 162,87 fleomrpuns O cnalld - 5. ELISABETH KASER .. 5 {lof the Jodal oreanisation. Unions Act to Aid Em- 6. THAIS BAYERS - 133,775} " Tnel dinner is one of the features fovai ol Aebis 7. HARRIET BARRAGAR 130,925 { of the Pilgrim Govenor's annual Ployses o pHcal 8. BETTY WHITFIELD . 128,700 | isession, to be held February 21 Distilling Co. RO%ELLEN MONAGLE 113,475 ! and 22, at the Mayflower Hc i ROSA DANNER 109,050 { | Home-making will be the general| PEKIN. Illinois, Feb. ¢.—Union ANITA GARNICK 99,025 { theme the conference and the men, estimated by leaders to total INGA LINDSTROM | discussions of all other committee a! least 2,000, answered the general CHARLOTTE POLET 78.6 {|work will show some relation to ke ]fa"- and did not report for N T ONTRT SON 7o 17 heme and background. Reports on|Work this morning. ! %‘I{'\(P}I(I-gkl}‘bl“r\LL.\()f\ :g(luln; s the “Buy in America” campaign,| The general strike was called to aic | PR ey e { |adopted last summer at the Boston|Union employes of the American § LINDA FURUNESS 67,000 §li st rarense - SAlliLS hensd: Distilling Company, who have been ! GERTRUDE CLIN ! : YEL AL ket lant i ! ;ERTR * CONKLIN 0 || The Friendship Degree, founded |Picketing the plant in an effort to i e T g 65,125 by Mrs. Warren G. Harding at the|PrCYeRt resumbtion of work after o \ iLE GRU 64,675 { ' tim@ she was First Lady of the 2 3 MILDRED SHAFER 54,875 | Land as an honor for women cor-|, FACKels gathered about the plant DOROTHY GREEN 47,700 N ponding with the Fellowship De-! " 2 4 s { MARY NORDNES 42)800 | ree of the Loyal Order of Moose,)'00 €mPIoves who sought to enter. : ROSIE AFRICH 39,175 : will be bestowed at this time, using: MARRIED AT FAIRBANKS H BERNICE REIDLE 35275 | |the new ritual developed by Mrs | g i Panke of Chicago, TIL, ! 25. EUNICE ANDERSON 34,225 ) | Agnes QGG CLCINGRIC: _|and Wililam C. Heinz of Nenana i MARY PEARCE ... 33,550 s ‘Reh:;;‘t :;xn:\)s:s ers‘;?:gim Sceti:sl | were married recently in Fairbanks HELEN PUSICH ... 32 | | " | by United States Commissioner Wil- ’ EDITH CLIJNIE/I}{'GBEARI)V ;7'2?(_: ter, is General Chairman of the{jam N Growden. Heinz is in the ; CATHERINE Y‘ORK ;T';)T% | conference. transfer business at Nenana. The 3 g bt <pi i e | 5 s o S R R wedding was the result of a friend- ! EVELYN STEPHENSON 17,527 Pleads Guilty to ship begun when the newly-married JERRY ENGEL ... 15,900 | Big Embezzl t couple attended school together in GEORGIANNE SNOW 15,525 g ";F‘"d‘;m?'i) slice| ! LUCILLE LYNCH 13,300 of Funds o ice S —— i VERNA HILL ... 11475 |} S WRANGELL ELKS GAINING | MARGARET LINDSTROM 10,925 2 VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 4—John e Wrangell Elks are steadily in- ) ELSIE BLOMEEN 10,700 | Harold Birks, former Royal Cana-|crepsing membership and-now have { EVELYN GODDING 10’600 { dian Mounted Police orderly, today |2 livewire organization of 77. Grover N }i[“T’I‘Y DANIELS 10‘.00 } pleaded guilty in the Police Court|C. Graham, Chief Engineer of the : d 2 > hO § |to stealing $7.300 of the Police funds. (Northland, was recently initfated at ' —ews) (Sentence i a special meeting. Olson of Minnesota ; 'MARY JOYCE AT BURWASH: WEATHER BAD Dog-Musher Forced to Hug Shflre Of Klaunf' Lal(c —Weather Cold | 1In spite of adverse weather Mary Joyce, enroute to Fairbanks by dog-team from her home at Taku, “mushed” into Burwash| Landing on Kluane Lake at 2 o'clock this afternoon Acco: to radio reports from the PAA operator at Burwash Landing to Bob is, local PAA reprezentative, it was hardly a day for travel. The thermometer reg- of 17 de- zero with a stiff north- we: the lake. Miss Jeyce was accompanied from Whit herse to B ash by Mrs. Euzene Jacquot the travelers were the shore line of the 1l settlement at the Kluane Lake, to Burwash In Gead Health Miss Joyce reported both herself jand dog in good health and the best of spirits. After a short rest y or two she will resume to Fairbank The next leg of her thousand-mile trip, from Bur rossing, promises to be the most uous and hazardous of the en- ire journey. Throughout the 300 miles between those two points she will have none of the comforts of | (roachouses, and trails will be few and far between. The region to be ‘raversed is sparsely settled—con- | taining no human habitations aside ltrom a few trappers’ cabins—but | Miss Joyce has secured the serv of a competent Indian guide, and es {pects to reach Tanana Crossing in |about three weeks. | To Attend Big Event | Miss Joyce expects to arrive mn | | | | Fairbar in time to attend the ice Carnival—to be held on March 6, 7,{ - PINGPONG CONTEST and 8. From her next objective, Tan- ina Cre ; to Fairbanks, she wil have the advantage of broken trails and roadhouse comforts. She left her the Twin Glaciers Lodge on December 20 with a team f five C ar | xints al v | ew S = 4 | 2lec ndicate that Miss Joyce i | ‘plenty tough” and 1 her jultimate destination on it > HILITARY RITES ARRANGED FOR NELSON CARVER Impressive Services Next Slmdfly fOl‘ V(‘lel’an Of ClVll W’EH' A full mil funeral will be held 1:30 c'clock next Sunday after- for J. Nelson “Doc” Carver, funezu's last veteran of the Civil War, who passed away at his home at Tenth and E. Streets yesterday norning. e rites will be held under the uspices of the American Legion, h representatives of the Pioneers Alaska and veterans of the Span- ¢ & War in attendance. | The scene of the services is yet to be lecided upon, and burial will be in green Cemetery. Carver, aged 88, for many s occupied a place of honar ui 7 t's Memorial Day parades, and 1ad been a resident of the Channel or 36 years. After prospecting and *D3aging in various businesses hes 1e retired 22 his time 1o his home and garden. He vice in'the | 1001 of in the State Oil in Austria VIENNA.--Three years of re- search wor near Zistersdorf in Lower Austria by the Vacuum and Shell Oil companies has eventuated in formation of the “Rohoel-Ge- winnungs A. C,." a development corporation with a capital of $150,- 000. e | LADIES’ TRINITY GUILD | Valentine Contract Bridge, Trin- Feb. 15 {ity Hall, Saturday —adv. ash Landing to Tan- yvears ago to devote | s survived by four sons, all residing | N WDONDERN SHE_WAS TIRED / siEe e | DINNER .1 HAD 70O SCRUB TWHAT RouGH SLD FLOOR AGaAIN CUME ON WE ARE QQING 70 JUNEAU YaQUNG'S AND BuY NEW LINOLEUM 4, 1936. VEL KNOX | INFORMAL POSES OF COLON | es | While not on the stump or busy with the affairs of a newspaper publisher, Col. Frank Knox of Chicago, aspirant to the Republican presidential nomination, likes to settle back with his pipe while Mrs. Knox reads to him, as shown at top. Lower left, he studies a knotty | problem, and (right) a big laugh over a friend’s quip. (Associated | Press Photo) VALENTINE BRIDGE PLANNED BY CLUB Pingpong as a tournament sport for members of the Couple Club was voted last evening in a business meet- ing following the club’s 6:30 o'clock Trinity Hall, by the Ladies of Trinity Guild. potluck svpper in the Northern | o Light Presbyterian Parlors, | tract or progressive auction, will committee, consisting of Frank | Degin promptly 2 orclock and 3ud Carmichael, Tom Mor- | Will last until four. Tea and re- 1r: freshments will be s~rved C. Rands and Mrs. H was appointed to complete Is of the tournament. interested in attendir o telephone Mrs, Everyone is invited A Valentine Bridge Party, to be held on Saturday, February 15, in has been announced | Play, either by single table con-| C. E. for the Fenai and Southern Di BROUTFALS T0 WOMEN IN CAKE BARRAGE Sandwich Maneuver Com- pletely Baffles Defending Forces, But Wins Them Overeoming the sentry with choc- olate cake, members of the American | Legion Auxiliary advanced on the { Dugout last night in a surprise at- tack, and tgok over the position Wiun- out a struggle. Laying down a w [ planned barrage of sandwiches— | chicken, ham, tuna fish, cheese and other kinds too numerous to men- tion—and cake—chocolate, nut, goo- Y, all good—the Auxiliary so com- | pletely upset Commander E. M. Pol- | ley and his defending forces that the ! best they could do was counter wich a couple feeble volleys of coffee. | The event was in the nature of a | welcome home to Commander Pol- |ley, who has been on an extended trip east, but it also served a noble ‘purnose in revealing to the wives | that the husbands really went where they said they were going last night. | Attractive Invaders With food, the answer to the agon- | izing cry of every “soldat” from time | immemorial, spread on the long | tables, the evening became a com- ‘pleu success, winding up with sing- ing, dahcing and a universally en- | joyable occasion. Mrs. John H. New- /man, commander of the invading | forces, and her attractive company. |are to be complimented on the suc- cess of their maneuver which won ¢ ‘hem a standing and royal welcom= 2 |from the defending Legionnaires. Business of the Legion last night | was confined to an interesting report by Commander Polley of his trip, with Mrs. Polley, to Boston, Wash- ington and other places of interest. Jay P. Williams and Leo Jewett of the Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club ap- peared before the post with an in- vitation to the Legion men to take \part in the shooting game here. | Mr. Williams explained the purpose and activities of the Rifle Club and told what it hoped to accomplish in the community. PARTY TO BE HELD| The Post decided o conduct a fu'l I military funeral for J. Nelson “Doc” Carver in conjunction with the Pio- neers of Alaska. The services will be held Sunday and all Legion men and veterans of all wars are re- ested to be on hand to pay final tribute to the last Civil War veteran on Gastineau Channel - RANGERS VIEW WORK HERE William M. Sherman and J. M. Wyckoff, District Forest Range! 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