The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1936, Page 2

Telegrams Sent Dimond|visits with many old friends. 4 7 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1936 L ——EEEEEE— s Z ! i i [ ] CALLS FOR | i i i ,{LIBRARY GETS ' SELECTION OF |- “BEST PLAYS" Bu rns—ManllIzBook Has| ®* B WARM “ o LTS . 17. TOGS i “‘Petrified Forest,” “Chil- ' */ t| dren's Hour,” Others ! Save on These “The Best Plays of 1034-35" a| Cold Weather ! compition from the American| # | lstage offerings by Burns Mantle,' 2y Garments | has recently been added to thel | Juneau Public Library shelves, and,| 34 TODAY! { | for those who find social as well as llhwmry significance in the dram- | | atic mood, should provide material } | to_ponder over. | = | In careful summary, with large| 3 quotations from the original, Mantl:| 10 | offers the reader a working knawb} 1 {edge of the following presentations: | '% | The Farmer Takes a Wife, hardy | “story of the Erie Canal recently 'seen here in motion picture form; | ! Lost Horizons, fantasy of life after| |suicide: Awake and Sing, a dram- | atic and moving episode in the |lives of the authentic eity poor;| | Accent on Youth, the year’s most, successful sophisticated comedy; The | Old Maid, story of a mother not! LA STORM COATS—$4.95 SUITS—$4.95 CHILDREN'S UNION SUITS—$1.25 L OVES AND MITTENS 75 cents CHILDREN'S WOOL HOSE 45 cents and 75 cents KNITTED TOQUES 75 cents ond $1.00 WOOL SKI SOCKS 90 cents WOMEN'S SILK AND WOOL HOSE 95 cents and $1.25 WOMEN'S WOOL GLOVES—$1.25 the most dramatic and quietly forceful productions ever seen on the American stage; Valley Forge, Maxwell Anderson’s poetic dram- | atization of an important moment in revolutionary history; The! Children’s Hour, singularly powerful ' and authentic drama, which de- tions; and Merrilly We Roll Along, the story of how “the world’s slow stain” turns an idealist into a Babbitt of the literary field. A New Drama Followers of the drama will find in this year's selection a new sure- ty which would indicate America has finally found her own sphere EXTRA SPECIAL Daily Cross-word Puzzle combustion One of a Mon- golian race American poet One who dies for a cause . Vigorous and Greek portice . Ridge o{ earth 51. Indiffe B Y into @ 10] 26 | NEW YORK, Feb. 6—Selected 2 ‘f stocks surged forward today, many | D SHome, | reaching new highs for several 47. Rowing fmple- DOWN Home' | years, with gains of fractions ‘to Tl 1. Purposes 42. short for & | two or more points. nce 12 ‘ £ 2. Get away! 3. Edib ber | A few of the shares, such as thr to53. Rodent of the % Get away 43. Bdible tu Fotect & hare family Valiant man 44 Footless i Averioast Telephone aod Telbgraph 55 Come on . che Rich red with 45 Invited |and Case got up to around five! 5 a shade of iS. Encourage ints | 58 purple 49. Mountain_ in points. T o ‘ Wl W& AEEEE N AN serves special honor for treating %%%fl-. . | el g aEl Mator Licenses L SELECTED LIST | TAKES ADVANCE Hackneyed Helps to the salesman At s | Gains Made—fl Way from Understand v ) e it Fractions to Two or 3. PRufs or More Points energy put ’ 11. Large marine Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle i it 16. Children's OB O[A[>] Near . Switzerland Today's close was firm despite| !1ate profit taking. 9. Poem §0. Abounding in unwanted 8. Hf‘ Y]:Y‘;\:X'\h tor dialectic | oL In Gond foHT | CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Closing| | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 16's, American Can| Il.. %, American Power and Light 10, Anaconda 30%i, Bethlehem Steel Curtiss-Wright 4%, Chicago, St. Paul and Pacific| General Motors 587%;, | International Harvester 67'2, Ken-| i necott 33%, United States Steel| .7./?/- | 51, Southern Railway 15%, Cities| %///é | Service 6%, Pound $5.01 ‘-:‘Boeing? Railroad 3/ 132 | Airplane 24%, United Aircraft 277, 127%. AVERAGES are today's Dow,| Industrials 150.87, | utilities 32.60. : DOW, J The followir Jones averag rails 46. - i | i ~ to Be Perennial * Alaska, particularly over the east ~ inConnectiout ; lowest in the past 24 hours was - 11, and at New York City 16 above. 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 6: Fair tonight and Friday, continued cold; moderate to fresh east to north winds. LOCAL DATA Tune Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind V. 4 pm. yest'y 30.28 -2 41 NE 16 w:;l:;':e 4 am today 3043 -2 56 E 22 Olaas Noon today 3045 1 37 NE 13 Pt. Cldy CAGLE AND kADIO REPORTS 3 YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4pm. | Lowest4dam. 4am. Precip. ¢am, Station temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs, wagflfl:; Anchorage 6 aad -9 bad - o 5 e Barrow .. ... .-34 -34 ~40 -3¢ 8 0 Clear Nome Hailt I g (TG Lo 0 Clear Bethel .. -4 -6 ['ai-8 28 8 Fairbanks .. -24 -24 boi-40 ' -38 6 Dawson - -46 -46 -56 -54 8 St. Paul 34 34 32 32 4 Dutch Harbor 42 40 36 36 4 Kodiak 28 28 | 28 30 ] Cordova 18 18 I e 8 Juneau -1 2 | 4 2 = Sitka 25 —_ | 4 ~ - Ketchikan 20 16 {HEET 4 Prince Rupert 22 22 ‘ 8 10 4 Edmonton ..-24 =30 | -3¢ -32 4 Seattle 46 4 | 38 40 8 Portland “4 4 | 4 4 12 San Francisco 56 52 | 4“4 44 4 New York 30 22 16 18 16 Washington 34 28 | 22 22 6 WEATRER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. Petersburg, cloudy, temperature -8; Taku, clear, -20; Radioville, clear, 4; Juneau, clear, -2; Juneau Airport, clear, -8; Burwash, clear, -51; Cordova, showing, 21; Anchorage, snowing, 2; Fairbanks, clear, -38; Nenana, clear, -24; Hot Springs, clear, -15; Tanana, clear, -27; Ruby, clear, -20; Nulato, clear, -18; Kaltag, cloudy. -18; OCrooked Creek, snowing, -7; Flat, cloudy, -7 WEATHER SYNOPSIS High barometric pressure prevailed this morning from Barrow and the Seward “Peninsula southcastward to the Rocky Mountain States, the crest being 3094 inches at Dawson and Fort Simpson Low pressure prevailed in the vicinity of Vancouver Island and Pa- cific Northwest States. This gencral pressure distribution has been attended by snow from Kodiak to Anchorage, thence southeastward to Cordova, elsewhere over Alaska fair weather prevailed. Abnormally cold weather prevailed this morning over most of d south portions. Ketchikan 1e rted a minimum of 4 above, P rince Rupert 6 above, Peterburg’ ALL WOOL DOCUBLE BLANKET Rar Regular $14.50—-NOW $10.50 B.M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau's Leading Department Store” tinental flavor which gave a slight- ly self-conscious bearing to last season’s offerings has been thor- oughly assimilated. Gone also is the stark and self-torturing realism of the honest playright living in troublous times. The absence, even Robert Sherwood's “Petrified and George Kaufman's “Merril; tempestuous and heart-hungry de- theatre-going of the past few years to several Montana cities including €onscious of a certain loss, he iS Juneau Ski Club, to be held on Missoula, where he made a study of Compensated, perhaps, by the new Sunday, February 16, must file their | TALLY WILL RETURN bookkeeping equipment recently in- assurance of personal strength. applications with the race commit- stalled at that point by his depart- These authors have no illusions tee not later than next Wednesday ment. The same system, without me- Aabout redeeming either humanity noon, February 12, according to C. chanical aids, will be used in the Or the world it lives in. They know Carthun, ski race committee mem- near future by the Juneau office, he Rome is burning and they are per. said. Mr. Redlingshafer is a formey quite frank in their fiddling. Their in this most civilized of literary that is derivative, and the Con- sire to rebuild the world that made plications Not Later than Wednesday at Noon during the races, but contestant: on an aluminum background. cal Agent for the Department of Ag- A1 experience in sociology, makes . F 6 FULLDW riculture, who recently returned from {Or better artistry, beyond a doubt; | All persons who wish to compete |Junch, Carthun said (] ] a trip to the States, told of his visit and if the thinking person be in the ski races sponsored by the A drawing for starting positions resident of Missoula and enjoyed attitude is completely stoical: We will be held on Friday, Carthun Z have done our best; the conflagra- said, as those starting first will ..md Peck Oflermg to AS- was particularly impressed by the tion cannot be stopped; therefore have a slight advantage with re- said. A race for “Senio tarting at the top of the Douglas ski trail at 11:30 a.m. and finishing at the true in Connecticut. After March 1, 1937, car owners in this state will keep the same num- | LATE FnR bottom, a distance of about 3% per ingefinitely. A tag designating miles, will be limited to ski racers the year, however, will be inserted | 18 years of age and older. A race apnually. A similar system is in for “Juniors,” 14 to 17 years old, effect in Florida. | will start at the same time from gl Michael A. Connor, Connecti- \ ; the flume and will end at the eyt motor vehicle commissioner, who |Juneau Banker Attended road and a race for children under has been authorized to purchase thi g 14 years will be run over the same material for the new piates, says the We Roll Along” of that Contestants Must File Ap- ‘ course immediately afterward anual monetary saving involved 15" Hot coffee will be served at the estimated at $125,000. ¥ bottom of the Douglas ski trail The numerals and letters will be | | i end spectators must take their own — i : — —— - | HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 6. leTH GIVES p B ¥ . —A motorist’s dream—a permanent | ed in the race program, Carthun license plate for his car—is coming | | S —about 1700 in Chesapeake Bay alone—but they are called “pound nets” rather than traps. Mr. Payne, superintendent of the New England Fish Company in British''Columb.a and Alaska, reported that there arc ’ some traps on the west coast of Van- vouver Island, Mr. Smith said. The testimony of T. C. Gardner regarding the effect on the logging and lumber industry was not as com- plete as Mr. Gardner wished to make it as a result of a lack of time, dus to the efforts of authorities to ex pedite the hearings, Mr. Smith: said Session in Washington —Details Told (Continued from Page One) For - - r 1.600 years the “pagoda” ha been closely associated with Bud- Smith said,'and former Delegate Dan 'dhism, which disapproves of fight- utherland also spoke. ing. But modern China is building Mr. Smith said that he was sur- | pagodas to glorify the deeds of men- |prised to learn that there are a great |at-arms and to encourage young ' many fish traps along the east coast China to become war-minded. The Coast Guard cutter Talla- | i FRIDAY OR SATURDAY [ Beller e Biscuils poosa will return to Juneau some- time Friday evening or Saturday i . . i . Schilling | morning, according to a message | 4 i | Customs’ Office. received today at the Collector of | akin / \B ing/ UNITED FOOD (CO. N { CASH GROCERS i { Phone 16 We Deliver Meats—Phone 16- 5 . . fact that in most of the towns he we shall watch it, and, in watching gard to the conditi f th il. vease " it WRED GO 7. SN B MOZ RPN R A ST i L AT G sisp in Getting Funds | vistted the stroets wers: coated srith 1t, scquire wisdom. Something of © rie menrr sene WAl e e Pt el W Powder ' —— i ice, but few automobiles were equip- that wisdom is communicated to| Three separate events are includ- | compasses. B | (Ceatinued trom Page One) ped with tire chains—resulting 11 the audience, and, even in printed - - WIND W CLEAN’NG many accidents. rm, makes reading this collection &MW-MMWW much has been accomplished in Small Boat Progress worth while, ) 485 th, curriculs, buildings, etc., and | Acting Secretary John iseyser re- b PRIRGRIS 1% PHONE ! ested that observance of the an- | ported progress in the task of com- = B E T T E R B U s l N E s s n R l v F 4 niversary through the cooperation of | piling detailed information with re- EGUNUMY IN F | — Somne civic organization might be fit- gard to freight shipments by small | ting and proper. The matter was re- ferred to the Executive Committe for consideration boats in the Juneau area, which has been requested by the Department of Engineers. The information is now H. L. Redlingshafer, Regional Fis- 'almost complete, he said, and much | TAXES HOPE READ THESE RULES! THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS = v e s el ot e OF CONGRESS Possibility of 'SurEising the' y Op- BETTER TIMES CONTEST il of S0 ountry' 1o STANDING OF CONTESTANTS i T (Votes Counted to Wednesday Noon, Only) AL et o T i WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. — Hope THURSDAY—FEBRUAY 6 for formation of a tax bill which “will surprise the country by not 1. RUTH LUNDELL 354,675 being as large as is expected” has 2. IDA ROLLER 230,075 been expressed by House of Repre- 3. BESSIE POWERS 213,075 sentatives leaders after a talk with 1. ESTHER DAVIS 197,650 President Roosevelt. [ 5. ELISABETH KASER 186,505 Ghatrman Doughton of the House | 6. THAIS BAYERS _ 163,525 Ways and Mo‘ans Committee said 7.. BETTY WHITFIELD © 148,050 ¢ - Wiie (Hons dikusnsg 8. HARRIET BARRAGAR 142,450 S RO ToW txeh Lo bonus Y- 9. ELEANOR GRUBER 133050 et i ok i 10. ROSELLEN MONAGLE 182,725 | W11 110k b6 meossary: on that moc| 11. ROSA DANNER 129,050 count,”-he s quoted as saying. | 12. ANITA GARNICK 115,350 —_— 13. LINDA FURUNESS 113,400 ati 14. CHARLOTTE POLET 102,975 $he ft il i 15.. INGA LINDSTROM 100,700 a very good showing, o 16. LUCILE FOX 90,700 Reading of the minutes of the| 17. MARGARET NELSON 87,925 Chamber of Commerce Executive 18. DOROTHY GREEN 86,275 TS ppcting. el Jasc Tuenday, ly N AT o 5 W 7 ihe acting secretary, sclosed the A TINTOT MRRION mx e large 21. EUNICE ANDERSON .. 68,675 block of “Better Times Contest” 22. GERTRUDE CONKLIN 65,550 votes available as a result of the 23. RHODA MINZGOHR 65,125 Thursday luncheons. It was decided MARY NORDNES 64,700 that friction might develop if the MILDRED SHAFER 61,675 votes were cast for any of ihe con- ROSIE AFRICH 39,175 testants in the contest sponsored by MARY PEARCE local merchants and The Empire. 550 HELEN PUSICH o 32,750 S g g s o g, e EDITH CLINKINGBEARD 27,375 g ot e e o g:%%lg'hlf STEPHENSON 11828 b v gy A sy ENSONM ,925 equipment and uniforms, and for MARGABETYI%E;I{DSTROM o 15,375 ma:ln: t;xe 121': sgu;:;tflp Bt;anm? - and the dec! n USS mat- l;’%gg‘kEHIfLL “had < ter of Fourth of July firecracker B Y DANIELS . 4 sales with the Douglas Chamber of Commerce in an effort to cooperate LOMEEN . in regulating sales and in some way EVELY!% GODDING " . .. 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, fractional parts of Election starts Wednesday, January 22, % dollars not to be considered eligible for votes, as follows: ' The Gastineau Qur Services to You Begin and End at the Gang Plank pf Every P\ssenger-Ca_n"Yl!g Boat (a) On all ¢ounter cash and C.9.D. purchases. (b) On all cash payments made on accounts. (¢) On all cash_ down payments and installment payments ma(_ie on time-payment accounts during the election period, regardless of when the purchase was made. 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 purchase. 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 by any one candidate. Right is reserved to reject any nomination by the Merchants’ Com- mittee. Votes may be mailed to Better Times Editor, Daily Alaska Empire, ;)rt placed in the official ballot boxes, locations to be announced ater. Judges will be appointed by the merchants and their decision in all matters will be final. Merchants participating in the election agree not to allow any of their employees to exert any undue influence in favor of any candidate. i Buying of votes by any firm in behalf of any candidate, or dis- tribution of votes by any other method than according to the above rules is expressly prohibited. Candidates will not solicit votes in business houses who are mem- bers of Better Business Drive. 'Merchants Committee Juneau Better Business Drive Norman B. 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