The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 22, 1936, Page 7

T T e 1 e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 22, 1936. 8 WASHINGTON IS PAID HONOR ON DAY OF BIRTH Juneau Observes National Holiday on 204th Anniversary City streets were nearly desert- ed this morning, as people of Ju- neau enjoyed the Washingtonks Birthday holiday out of town or in their homes. The miners, milkmen, cooks and waitresses were among the few who| were seen bound for their usual workday tasks, and barber shops re almost the only establishments nain open all day. Drug stores are observing their Sunday hours of noon to six tonight, while prac- tically all other places of business were closed High school and grade students enjoyed the second day of their three-day holidey, having been dis- missed after classes Thursday af- ternoon. The City Hall, Federal Building and other official offices were deserted, and post office win- s were closed. Mail arriving this afternoon on the Norco was worked, however. No speeches or special programs marked the 204th anniversary of the father of our country, though his deeds and principles were the sub- ject of many conversations. Highlight of the social activity marking the occasion is the formal Shrine Dance, to be held this even- ing in the Scottish Rite Temple, whlie the Viking Club will be host at another affair in the Odd Fel- lows’ Hall. > Yes, Suh! I've done left home! adv SHOP IN JUNEA{" [[[]]* | TIMES! OO OO O OO IR Eli_l_lllllIIJ[IIIIIII[I[II_I!I]II_I!IIIlIIIHIIIIflIIIll!lllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII]I!IIIIIjllll_llll]llIlIIIIlIllIIIIIIl]IIII!IIIIIII cementing the already sirong rriend- ship between the two clubs, and Mrs, 1 | INVITATIONAL | | neau Women’s Club, responded with N FUR her assurance that the Juneau wom- en would do all in their power to further the growing sisterhood be- tween the two channel cities. Recalls Old Days |, Highlight of the program was the — ilfllk by Mrs. Harold Gallwas, char»} s Washington's Birthday Pro-|ter member of the Douslas club, who| Seottish Rite Temple to Be F itold of the time when “there were | . gram, Buffet Supper, in [125 members in the Douglas 1siana |~ Seen of Brilliant An- niversary Affair G s S h 1 Club.” She can remember, she said, | overnment Schoo “how the little town fell gradually ' to pieces and how a few faithful| Twenty-five members of the Ju-lhave labored during the years to .~ S neau Women's Club were entertain- |keep it together.” Stressing the anx- ‘-)vll‘lflti)ona;rp‘]u:etmx E:‘?:etl D‘;“cf ed last night by a corresponding |iety, heartbreak, and sincere c[fort]r'l Pf; T;em lg“fmm & ‘ew c:n_ number from the Douglas Island |which had been embodied in the de- | 'SP Rite D6, ROSOTIHE | nouncement by Waller P. Scott, Women’s Club at a charming Wash- |velopment of Douglas, she ended | Chigliiman ington’s Birthday program and buf- with the inspiring statement, “But Music ln" Clarence Rands’ Orches- fet supper .m thle Gi\xe:ngv:;:cl;g?\! :‘_a:-hiy .a;n ;n(’ ,\'e‘l;)\r firo‘r:e"eu:‘t:h Fera. gmm;a] entertainment, and 're- community center, Mrs. Charles Fox e live see the bridge, w [ Svashthants velll’ teubiire. tHe. ARHDS, in charge. I never expected to see in my life- Fourth of the winter series of in- | Alaska Publicity Bureau Is Needed, Printed Which Should | Be Quickly Denied \ seven-weeks trip to the Westward which is expected to be well at- | A hearty welcome was glven the | time, span the Gastineau Channel, | (ol | Juneau visitors by the President of |and I hope yet to see the rebirth of | the Club, Mrs, C. H. Bowman, Mrs. |a Prosperous and, thriving commun- | Charles Fox, Mrs. E. E. Engstrom, |ity in Douglas as its logical result.”; ” and Rose Davis, who presented the | Other Speakers | guests with small paper hatchet in-| Other speakers were Mrs. A. M. signias bearing each guest's name. [Gever, Mrs. E. E. Engstrom, and, | IN SHIP FlRE Mr. Gifford Carter, accompanied |last but far from least, Rose Davis, | BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 22.—One by Mrs. Marcus Jensen at the piano, | Director of the Government School rendered two interesting violin solos, | and Community Center, who assured and the Interior. In addition to the vast benefit to the Territory through favorable | publicity, such a bureau would ma- terially aid in the development of Alaska by official correction of false and unfavorable statements, many of which have been printed in the States recently, particularly with re- gard to the Matanuska Colonization project, Mr. Noonan said. - Declares Noonan, Defaming Articles Are A responsible Alaska Publicity Bureau, preferably located at Ju- neau and sponsored by the govern- ment, has become very necessary, in the opinion of Dan Noonan, veteran Alaskan commercial trav- eler representing Barlin and Sil- ver, who recently returned from a LEAGUE WEIGH POSSIBILITY OF OIL EMBARGOES Committee Summoned Meet March 2 to Con- sider Sanctions to GENEVA, Feb. 22.—The League of Nations sanctions committee has been summoned to a special meeting Two proposals are before the ses- sion: the application of the proposed oil embargo as an aditional oil sanc- tion, with consideration given to ad- ditional embargoes on steel, coal and iron, anu consideration of the report of a special committee of experts which has reviewed the effectiveness of the oil embargo. e ———— MRS. RAYNOR DIES Mrs. Louise Raynor, mother of Sidney C. Raynor of Anchorage, died in Seattle recently. She was March 2 to consider the oil embargo. | :Texas Farmers {Plant “Friend in {Need” Crop FARMERSVILLE, Tex., Feb. 22— In the rich North Texas black lands, farmers are planting their annual $500,000 “friend in need” crop. During the slack pre-spring sea- ison farmers rely for welcome cash upon the Bermuda onion crop, which matures in early spring, allowing re- | planting in other crops. e { PETERSBURG C. C. The Executive Committee of \the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce has elected J. M. Wyckoff vice presi- dent, T. S. Elsemore, treasurer, and A. B. Holt, secretary. F Chairman C. E. Swanson appoint- ed the following standing commit- tees for the year: Industries; Earl Ohmer, Chairman, Ole Holm and L. T. Swanson; advertising, Fred Nelson, chairman, Hugh Jones and H. Brough; transportation and trade development, H. O. Adams, chair- man, A. G. Williams and Roy Wat- son; membership and finance, An- drew Johnson, chairman, John Greb- . ELECTS OFFICERS! following which a one-act play, “The the Juneau visitors that her doors Rostoff Pearls,” was presented, with Were always open to the Club and the following cast: that “the tea-caddy was always Celeste the Maid, Mrs. Clarence ready Geddes; Miss Perkins, Detective; Following this generous and hos- Mrs. Burr Johnson; Mrs. Ransdell, Pitable entertainment, the Juneau Society Matron, Mrs. Andrew Camp- Broup returned to their respective bell; Janet Ransdell, Mrs. Leonard |homes shortly after midnight. Johnson; Winifred Ransdell, Miss R Phyllis Edwards; Mrs. Ames, Mrs. A. J. Balog; Count of Rostoff, Mrs. Marcus Jensen. Mrs. E. E. Engstrom directed Following several informal games, OLDTIMER DIES Sidney E. Sutton, 64, oldtimer died recently at Ketchikan where DANCING TIL 2:30 A. M. he has been a resident for 25 years a buffet supper was served, at which Rose Davis, acting as toastmistress, conducted an impromptu program # of speeches and merry-making. SEWARD WEDDING Welcomes Club | Miss Gladys M. Torwick is to Mrs. C. H. Bowman, President of become the bride of Raymond J. the Douglas Island Women’s Club, |Manthey at Seward on February in a short welcome address stressed 28. The bride-to-be recently came the motif of the Douglas Bridge in north from the States. M AT The CAPITAL CAFE TONIGHT [F YOU HAVEN'T VISITED THE NEW CAPITAL CAFE YOU'RE MISSING A LOT OF GOOD MUSIC BY RUTH and BOB “Juneau’s De Luxe Entertainers” $5.00 DOOR PRIZE TONIGHT! ’ SPECIAL CHINESE DISHES SERVED AT ALL HOURS PMIIIIIIHIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII BEER—WINE—LUNCHES “De] N ENJOY THE MUSIC of the . liciously Different Foods” ~TONIGHT~- TERMINAL TRIO COME—JOIN IN THE FUN! SPECIAL 50c WEEK-DAY DINNERS = THE TERMINAL - fireman was killed and several were injured while fighting a fire on the nitrate laden steamer Gisla, Nor- wegian carrier, last night. The Gisla had only reached the dock when an explosion aboard shook the ship. Flames broke out and spread rapidly. - DOG GLOBE-TROTTER “Aspirin” Willilams, Springer spaniel owned by Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Williams of Palmer, accompanied Mr. Williams on his trip south to California, where he was re- united with his Big Boss Albert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiliams. Aspir- in, who was born in Juneau, has traveled over the entire territory by sea, airplane, train, hoof, sled, automobile, and buggy. This is his first trip outside. = , CHAS. MILLER Manager i OO OO OO E AR AR RO AL a pioneer of Washington State Writer Attacked and wellknown in Alaskan cities. Mr. Noonan directed attention to = - 15 DIVORCED the Topeka, Kan. Capitel in which| ESS HOME DESTROYED | On grounds of desertion, Claude W. Pledger Brown presented an at-|.. ¢, lome of Marcus Ness at Morrison of Hydaburg has been tack on the Matanuska Colony ang | K¢tehikan was recently destroyed granted a divorce at Ketchikan general conditions in Alaska. In his|Y, fif¢ at Ketchikan. The loss is from Irene Morrison, now residing article Mr. Brown claims that|SStimated at $4,500. in, Juneau. stad and Knut Thompson. —.-— | > — EPIDEMIC IS REPORTED IN SUSITNA AREA Dr. Williams Is Flown to Scene from Seward— Indians Are Ill ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 22— iDr. L. Willilams of Seward has been taken to Susitna by plane to diag- nose an illness among the Indians. The postmaster at Susitna sent word of the illness and requested aid. It is not known here how many Indians are ill or what is the nature of the disease. FUNERAL RITES FOR GEORGE MARTIN TO BE HELD TUESDAY Funeral service for George Mar- tin, Indian, who died February 19 in the Indian village, will be held Tuesday at 1 p. m, in the chapel of the C. W. Carter Mortuary The Reverend Wm. G. LeVasscur will officiate. Interment will be in the Russian section of Evergreen Cemetery. ———.——.—— SPEND WHERZ YOU MAKE IT! ‘there neevr has been any farming| s in Alaska nor is there today nor! will there by any in the future.” He wrote: “Government experi- mental stations, operating under the direction of the Department of Agriculture, have been attempting| | to raise cattle and to grow foodstuffs | in Alaska for the last 35 years,| without success.” He also said that | few of the colonists will be in Al-| aska more than a year, and roports‘ that “Alaskan wolf packs roam the country in groups of 50 to 200." | He-Man’s Country { Mr. Brown goes on the say that| ‘Juneau, the capital, and the larg- est city with a population of 4,000, has 15 miles of paved streets, but the old wooden sidewalks of fron- tier Alaska still remain” He con- cludes his article with the obser- vation that “Alaska today is a he- man’s country. To only the strong the spoils. The weakling bet- er stay at home.” Publicity of that sort, Mr. Noonan stated, should be refuted by offic- ial statements. A signed article by Mr. Noonan, in support of the Mat- anuska Coleny, appeared in the February issue of the Alaska Sports- man. Mr. Noonan left Juneau on De- cember 31 on the first commercial tour of the year. He spent New Year's Eve in Skagway and New Year's Day in Sitka. Te traveled | direct to Fairbanks, arriving there hortly after the quarantine be- came effective. At the end of three | weeks, shortly after the quarantine | was lifted. Mr. Noonan travelled south over the Alaska Railroad to Anchorage and Matanuska. Matanuska O. K. At Matanuska Mr. Noonan stayed | overnight for the first time in his many visits to the colony. He stated | that there was formerly no place to stop nearer than Anchorage, but that the Valley City Hotel, operat- ed by Ralph Horton, is now open | for business at Matanuska. The | colony also has three stores, Mr. | Noonan said, operated by I. Kos- | losky and Sons, W. Felder, and Bert Weeda. A big “opening dance” was scheduled to be held in the recently constructed colony gymnasium on | the largest dance floor in Alaska, he said. ° Mr. Noonan spent four days at| Cordova, where he had the misfor- tune to fall and fracture two ribs. Cordova has a very bright outlook | for the coming year, he reported, | with no labor troubles in the off- ing. The fishermen seem satisfied with recent price agreements, he said. Both the crab cannery and the clam cannery have been work- |'mg all winter although the busy season in the clam canning indus- try will not arrive until about nxet May. Although Republican organiza- ! | tions throughout the entire route | | travelled by Mr. Noonan are un-| usually active, he said that he be- | | lieves that “the man in the street is still in favor of the New Deal.” CLOCK KILLER SAID TO ADMIT DOUBLE MURDER Young Slayer Nets $40 rom Robbery and Slay- ing of Aged Couple HERE’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOUSANDS OF CONTEST VOTES! Empire Office. Subscription value on Annual and LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 22— Capt. Bert Wallis, head of the Police | Homicide Squad, said Fred Stettler, 125, has confessed to the “clock” kill- |ings of Carl S. Barbour, 66, and his wife Dorothea, 61. | | Wallis reported Stettler had told him a need of money prompted him to club the elderly couple to death. After the slayings, Stettler told of- ficers, he constructed an ingenious clock device which set fire to the house after he had departed. Stettler told officers he obtained $40 from the robbery and slaying. i — i SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST: AR The Empire will give DOUBLE VOTES for All Subscriptions Paid in ADVANCE at The 250 Votes for Every sl 2 5 Paid-in-Advance And proportionate double Semi- Annual Subscriptions! / Take Advantage of This Opportunity And Help Your Favorite Win The Trip to Mexico! DY o le o 8 (33 e AR | " v Ll “