The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 13, 1936, Page 8

.8 : CONTEST BIRLS TO TELL ABOUT JUNEAU, ALASKA Chalnbe r Of COmm erce Makes Suggestion Re- garding Advertising vinners of the Better Times sponsored by Juneau mer- 8 and The Empire, will be re- quested to act as representatives of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. Acting Secretary John Keyser re- ported at the meeting of the Cham- | ber of Commerce in the Terminal today that at the meeting of the Ex- ecutive Board last Tuesday, “it was suggested that the successful contes- tants in the Better Times Contest now being held in Juneau be given advertising literature on Juneau and the Territory to be used by these girls on their tour.” MRS. THOMPSON, MR. A.J.JACKSON, MARRY TUESDAY Ceremony Is Performed by Commussioner Monagle at 8:30 P. M. Mrs. G. A. Thompson Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock became the bride of Mr. A. J. Jackson, painter, in an informal wedding service at which Acting U. 8. Commissioner M E. Monagle officiated in his office ‘Witnesses were Mr. M. C. Fields and | Mrs. Norva Rogers. The couple will reside in Juneau. ! fieslj Ionger thanhs fo the Cream Tartar in Schilling Baking Powder Model Bathers Brave thzard ‘CI'AUDE HIRST ¢ California Lducator Named| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1936. NEW CHIEF OF INDIANBUREAU to Fill Vacancy of Paul Gordon Queen of Mormondom Blondes Claude M. Hirst has been namad | Director of Education for the Bu- | Commissioner John Collier of the national Indian Bureau, according reau of Indian Affairs in Alaska by | § Current cold waves hardly encourage aquatic enthusiasts, but these three New York models braved the blizzard long enough to give New Yorkers an advance hint of what the beach styles will be when the 1936 season gets under way at resorts. TWENTY-TWO DIE IN FIRES, MANY INJURED — Merry Makmg Throng in New York Turned Into *f Maddened Mob passed their — ination on the subject, NEW YORK. Feb. 13—Twenty-two | €rades of 97 or higher deaths and 71 injured, many of |0 announcement today {hem seriously, are listed as the re- | William P. Blanton |suit of three fires and one explosion. | Ruth Allen, Betty | Fire that turned a merry-making | Davis, Joan Cohen {throng in a New York restaurant linto a fear-maddened mob, left five |dead and 41 injured before the fire s brought under control fficial count of the dead in od, New Jersey, hotel fire has reached fifteen Two workmen were 1seven others injured in an explo- sion that wrecked a portion of the tunnel being dug for a Chicago sewer. Three nuns were burned to death as fire swept a Montreal convent. - CHILD NURSE TEST PASSED BY SCOUTS| The following second class (:un outs have finishod their ies| the theory of oS Reid Barb: mann, Sue Stewart, Mary Betty Rice Passing of this examination en- titled these Girl Scouts to serv children nurses to etween ages of one killed and SHOP IN JUNEAU' ¢ fairs for the Division of Territories | to word received today by Charles W. Hawkesworth, Acting Director. Mr. Hirst succeeds Paul W. Gor- | don, now Supervisor of Alaskan Af- and Insular Possessions in the De- | partment of Interior. The new chief | of the Alaskan Indian Bureau has been associated with the State De- | partment of Education in California, and is expected to arrive in Ju- neau in th » future to assume his past association, it is that Mr. Hirst is a compe- \»ruuve in his field," prove profitable and benefictal. Lo ud s MILD TAXU WIND VISITS JUNEAU BUT FORECAST| FOR WARMER WEATHER - A mild Taku wind, with a velocity of 23 miles an hour at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, blew in on Juneau today in the face of the sunshine, ut it continued warmer, a maxi- mum of 23 being reached at 11 o'clock this morning. The coldest | last night was 11 above zero. Forecast given out by U. 8. Me- I(omloglst Howard J. Thompson to- calls for cloudy tonight and x] ghtly warmer with probably snow tomorrow. It is reported warmer throughout Southeast Alaska, but the Pacific Northwest is shivering in below o freezing weather e e ‘GIRL SCOUT TROOP CCMMlTTEE MEETS The Girl Scout Troop Fxecutiv Ccmmittee will meet Mondayéafter noon, at 1:30 o'clock, at the home A. E. Schoettler, it was an- 1ced today. All members are asked to be pres- ent for the business session. On All Foundation Gar- ments, Girdies, Brassieres and Garter Belts For FRIDAY and SATURDAY DE BEROISE GARMENTS are famous for High Style and Quality Foundation Garments and Girdles WINTER AGAIN SOME STUGKS DRESSMAKERS' TAKE ADVANCE, UNION STRIKE FAST TRADING HELD AVERTED Selected Issues Move Up- . ward — Market Has AR5, Strong Undertone NEW YORK, Feb. 13—Selected moved steadily forward to- F day in a market characterized by a strong undertone. Today's was firm with rity of mar ups from m ons to two or points for some shares. ding was rally fas ‘Al [] | 18 e 50,000,000 0Z,OF SHOOTS SELF _ | Convincing proof of the puchri- l [} ' tude of Mormondom misses was 2 AR e e Tas G T cH'NESE SILVER Crane of Salt Lake City was se- Former Philippine Commis- lected as blonde bathing beauty . 3 s A at the annual convention of the| Government Pays 65c an sioner to U. S. Takes National »\roo]g}‘mwm association Ounce, World Price, Life, Mausoleum " the i Says Morgenthau MANILA, Feb. 13—Manuel Earn- WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—Secre- SN&W, aged 72, former Philippine tary of Treasury Morgenthau said “:Sldem Commissioner to the Unit- |the recent transfer of $10,000,000 in |4 States, shot and killed himself gold to China represented the con-|in the family mausoleum early version into bullion of the large dol- | today. lar balances held by the Nationalist | 1;‘ note é')‘xm; on the mausoleum | Government. ar in Del orte Cemetery said In New York, as a result of Treas- | Earnshaw planned to take his own ury silver purchases, it is said n)e‘llf(‘ because “I can no longer bear Pr purchase of 50,000,000 ounces of Chi- | this misery.” | nese silver was recently completed. | - A | It is understood that the guvern-‘ | ment paid 65 cents an ounce, the |world price at the time the agree- . | | ment was made in November. } TENDER FORNANCE IS y: | DUE FROM BARRACKS ¢ The Chilkoo: Barracks tender STANDS FOR « Fornance was scheduled to arrive here at 4 o'clock this afternoon for | G . her annual inspection of hull and / / / § boiler by the Steamboat Inspecticn | ood L)) (fl y Service, according to a telegram re-| 7 ceived today by John M. Clark, | Steamboat Inspector. i [ oy s el o AFTER 6 00 P. M.!! NEW YORK, Feb. 13—The threat- strike of 105,000 dressmakers averted, said an announce- rom the Joint Board of the J makers’ Union, following an 1t conference between repre- of the union and the em- ssociations. {ockman, general manager - ¢ © joint board, and David Dub- If your Daily Alaska Empire 1sky, president of the Internation- " al Leagues’ Garment Workers Un- on. made the announcement joint- has not reached you PHONE RELS L Al 226 and a copy will be sent by 3 CLOSING PRICEF TODAY I\I\V YORK, Feb. 13. — Closing SPECIAL CARRIER to you IMMEDIATELY. Meeting postponed until Thurs- , 8 P. M. Report of commit- Ballots. and Light ¢S Be (hleh(‘m M. H. SIDES, Secretary” 8'2, Boeing Aircraft rl’ Aircraft 21 DOW, JO The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 152.53, rails 4875, utilities 33.64. S Juneail Ice Cream Pariors . Phone 94 HITS PAC. N.W. Bll/LaAds Are Blocking Highways—Mercury Decidedly Low ~Winter's chil- ned to the Pa- Spokane r low zero. Moscow, Idaho, has a minimum of 21 degrees below zero Blizzards have blocked the high- way from Kamloops, B. C., south orts eight degrees be- Reg. value $6.95, Clearance §3 9% Foundation Garments and Girdles Reg. value $3.95 to $5.00, $2.9 5 Clearance . . . . . . GARTER BELTS Reg. value §1.25, Clearance 7 5 qo BRASSIERIES, Diaphram Support with Garters Reg. value $2.50, Clearance $l 50 NOT ALL SIZES IN EVERY STYLI BUT ALL SIZES REPRESENTED SEE OUR 50-CENT TABLE SEE OUR $1.00 TABLE for ODDS and ENDS for ODDS and ENDS {towed by the serving of a St. Valen- | |Ohlaet Heads Back | LIFE SAVED AT ELEVENTH HOUR AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 13.— Gover- |nor V. Allred has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence imposed on Ramiro Galvan, alias Paul Galvan, for the murder of a border patrolman. | | | Galvan was {sche’iuled to die tomorrow. R |BRIDGE PARTY IS PLANNED ) SATURDAY \v N4 tine’s high tea, will be held Sdturday afternoon in Trinity Hall, under | yo auspices of Trinity Guild members, ! according to announcement today by \"' Mrs. C. E. Rice, Play will begin promptly at two| \if o'clock. Tea will be served bemeen‘\"‘, 3:30 and 5:30 pm. Prizes will be \" 7 | awarded. to Alaska; Coming | 1; P | Via Panama Canal INp ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb 13_1\'[ Otto F. Ohlson, General Managfl" " of the Alaska Railroad, will leave| - New York Saturday. He will return , A public brnd‘,o party, to be rm« to Alaska via the Panama Canal. — e SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST! | | “GIVE A SWEET HEART TO YOUR SWEETHEART" A hecxrt—éhaped box filled with wonderfully * delicious Johnson's candy is just the thing for a Valentine gift. In one, two, three and five-pound boxes ® VALENTINE PARTY MIX @ SMALLER VALENTINE CANDIES FOR THE KIDDIES SPECIAL ICE CREAM For Valentine Parties CALL US NQW! & JUNEAU ICE CREAM PARLORS PERCY REYNOLDS PHONE 94