The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 24, 1936, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY FEB. 24, 1936. GREET Sp2ing WOMEN VOTE IN ONE OF OUR NEW Srin [Mrs. G. E. @se, Mrs. E. i H. Kaser, Mrs. Alice Coughlin Reelected { Meeting in the Juneau Coffee SPECIALLY PRICED ROV $8.75 o " o NP Mewest Print ey ; DRESSES / ' Sizes 14 to 46 WQQL wmA‘CK : i, F G ; Sizes 14-16-18-20 i B vt NAVY and BROWN $4.75 HOUSE DRESSES - $1.95 each APROKS, 65¢ each s DOLLAR VALUES STAMPED PILLOW CASES--Hemstitched, pair KAPOK FILLED PILLOWS, eci¢h STAMPED LAUNDHY BAGS, 2 for DRAPERY DAMASK—S0 in., yard COLORED MONKSCLOTH-—50 in., yard GAY CRETONNES, 3 yards SPRING WASH PRINTS, 4 yards TURKISH TOWELS, 3 for ROLLER TOWELS, 2 for WOMEN'S EMBROIDERED GOWNS, each LACE CURTAINS, pair COTTAGE SETS, each WOMEN'S SILK HOSIERY, pair CHILDREN'S WOOLEN HOSE, 2 pair B. M. BEHRENDS (0., Inc. Juneaw’s Leading Department Store \for its first no-host luncheon of the | year, the Democratic Women's Club |ot Gastineau Channel by unanimous ballot retained Mrs. G. E. Krause for dent. Mrs. E. H. Kaser, Vice-President and Mrs. Alice Coughlin, Treasurer. were also retained vote. Elected today (o serve their of Douglas, and Mrs. Kenneth Junge, Secretary. Three members of the Executive Board came up for replacement Mrs. Arthur Riendeau, Mrs. Holz- heimer, and Mrs. Ray Day. Of these, Mrs. Riendeain and Mrs. Holzheimer were retained and Mrs. Oscar Olson substituted for Mrs. Day, who is now absent on an extended visit to the States Members of the club endorsed unanimously the action of the Ex- ecutive Board in appointing Mr Elmer A. Friend to serve as the Club’s representative on the Centrsl Library Committee. With close to fifty members pres- ent, an enthusiastic meeting was held, following the balloting, and plans launched for a vigorous cam- paign in Gastineau Channel. The next meeting of the Club, 1t was an- nounced, will be -held in the Cit; Council Chambers at 8 pm. on Mafch 9. POLICE PROBE " MURDER CLUES IN STRANGLING Divorcee Found Choked by Noose of Silken Lingerie —Suicide Possible LONG BEACH, Cal, Feb. 24. Police are investigating the possi- bility of murder in the death of Mrs. Ethel Palm, divorcee, found strangled by a noose of silken lin- gerie. The suicide theory has not b ibandoned definitely ,although de- tectives held it would have been difficult for the 40-year-old victim to take her own life The body was found in the liv- ing room of her home yesterday as the radio played at top volume. The apartment manager, W. E. Carter, forced open the door and found the woman’s body. D WIDOW IS GIVEN LONG TERM FOR SUITOR KILLING Farmer P.T..A. Worker Gets 20 Years for Slaying Daughter’s Boy Friend SEATTLE, Feb. 24—Mrs. Nellie 'E‘.ssick. 60, widow and former Parent- Teacher Association worker, was sentenced today to 20 years in the state penitentiary for the slaying of "her daughter’s suitor, Earl Helms, 31, last November 17. She will not appeal. Mrs. Essick contended she struck Helms with a carving knife while at- tempting to defend her daughter Eutice from Helms' attentions. “I'm inclined to believe you are somewhat fortunate in receiving the verdiet you did,” Judge James Kinne P $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 SENATE WEISHS Thrae Autoists NEW PLAN FOR ALASKA MINING Are Buried; Diein PEACE OFFERED CLAIMMEASURE Snow Avalanches BY GREAT BRIT. Dimond :’\<ks Action Bill to Reduce Time for Objections Auto Traffic Fmall\ Reaum» ed Over Snoqualmie Pass in Wash. SEATTLE, l"eh "~I —Auto traf- fic has been resumed over the ava- lanche-buried Snoqualmie Pass, the scene of the loss of three lives two Anthony l:dcn s Collective Security Proposal Would Include United States LONDON, Feb. 24 Zden, Foreign Secretary, today out- |said in passing sentence. lined a British plan to force all| D VLS R gl aations. including the United States,' MRS, clm OAKES o join in a world wide system of | NADED sollective security in an attort b HONORED AT PARTY end war. The Secretary declared future disarmament depended to a large extent upon Great Britain’s mili-| tary strength and he had pledged; himself to try and devise such a| policy. He said the authority of| the existing system of the League| of Nations would have to be strengthened to realize such an ob- Jective. on WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said that he intends to ask the Senate Public Lands Committee to speed action on his bill reducing nights ago the period for filing objections to State police officers said they were I d no others were killed in mining claims in Alaska. b s the series of snow avalanches that The House passed tne ICASWX . ieq g siring of automobiles. Over SEmral days ago an et 10 to, the 100 workmen uncovered the autos, Senate. Dimond predicted lhm» the 1g the drivers and passengers. Senate will pass it virtually with- Fecouirad the bodlks. of -the out oppos fon if the committec re-| 1 o4 o were Lem Lichey of Zel- ports favorably on the measure,|,; ", leaped from his car and Fhich reduces the_periog for ob-| .\ but was overtaken by a snow jecting to applications from ten ifae ana Buried tnder 20 1 Ed- months to four months. win J. Miller and William Gill, each This bill + if ena reduc: 23. of Bothell. the time for filing adverse claims T R R T 598 aroid Deverenus, oll truck driver, ganstappication for mineral Pat~ | ., sulled from the snow after sev- ents in Alaska from any time with- in eight mon! after date of final S kxour{s]l;ut is cx]])’ecled to rernl\'pr o b Snow fell generally over ‘Western :’)‘::é“:’ffig;’d’,z::,mlums‘:?é}?‘;xfs:!al‘l! Washington today. There are six publication of the notice “or within ’f"":s oL SHOW B6 Evereis A Bel- f . eafter » lingham. maw, ders u:i‘;d::‘:; Tt two degrees above zero at enatchee and five degrees above at Ellensburg as snow and cold sited Eastern Washington. D BRUNSWICK BOWLING City League bowling, suspended over the week-end, will be resumed at the Brunswick Alleys tonight, the appropriate local I ifice when Columbia Lumoer will meet within the sixty day period - the City team at T:30 o'clock, and . lication or within sixty days t - € ornia Grocery will bowl against will result in.eomsid- the All Stars at 8:30 o'clock. i to those d S - SHOP IN JUNEAU! Anthony today Honoring Mrs. Glenn Oakes, who leaves next month for an extend- ed visit to the States, Mrs. Harry | G. Watson and Mrs. Charles W.' Hawkesworth entertained this af- ternoon at a luncheon for intimate friends in Mrs. Hawkesworths Cal- houn Avenue home. Beautiful decorations, floral tri- butes and sunny weather contribut- ed toward an ehjoyable entertain- ment. Those present were Mesdames R. L. Bernard, Edwin Sutton, Frank McCafferty, Howard D. Stabler, Charles H. Flory, H. L. Redlihg- shafer, Wilfred Leivers, Walter P. Scott, A. B. Phillips, Grorge Tulins- seff, N. L. Troast, Arthur Fox, Jules Loftus. IMPORTANT LEGION MEETING TONIGHT Several important matters are due to come up tonight at the Al-| ford John Bradford Post, American Legion, meeting in the Dugout” at All member of the Gastinean|8 o'clock and Commander E. M. Channel Barbers' Association are|Polley is urging all members to be urged to attend a special meeting|on hand and extends an invitation at the Robert Light Barber Shop|to all those eligible for Legion| tonight at 8 o'clock. —adv.| membership. Heir Born to Heiress, Woolworth Fortune LONDON, Feb. 24.—A son was today born to Countess Barbara Hutton Haug witz Reventlow, helress to the Woolworth mil- lions. The Count recently denied re- perts the couple plan to remaih in London, fearful of returning to the United States because of the kidnap menace. - SPECIAL NOTICE po: (d provements in transportat ecommunication facilities in tf ritory it is felt that,all va __verse claims may readly be filed in _ ' raphy I]EM[][}RAT“) ()n( e a “Stand-In,” She Noiv Has Chance for Real Stardom FOR OFFICERS Shoppe at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon | her third consecutive year as presi- | | by unanimous first terms were Mrs. Charles Fox | Second Vice-President, | Anya Taranda used to be in New York. Now she has By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Cal. Feb. 24 Ordinarily the girls and boys who take a star's place on the set whil camera and lights usted fer a s for fame on their own. Taranda is one ‘st stands a chance for Anya, a provocati miniseent of Claudette Syl Sidney but very s a Goldwyn contractee in” for Merle Oberon on Three” for the experience. She is New York-born of Russian parents, became “Goldwyn Girl” after posing for commercial photog- and is considered by t | producer as definitely a star of the 'future. Anya has had several screen test with Francis X. Shields, the tennis star-movie actor, which might in- dicate a film team. But romant cally her real-life interest is Hacold Arlen, her songwriter fiance. Ura’s Vacation Una Merk home from her first real vacation in seven years, recom- mends staying in Hollywood for actors who want to rest | New York was “wonderful,” she says, and she enjoyed seeing friends, shows and people—but there was no time for rest and quiet so she |came home a bit weary, like most vacationers. But blonde Colbert and individual, standing re- a Luppee Lupien is a French-Can- adian actres In Joe E. Brown's “Sons o’ Guns” her main job is to tutor Joan Blondell in the French accent. They go into a huddle be- fore each of the Blondell scenes. This “accenting” is becoming quite a business. William Alston of Pelican, La:, brought his drawl to Hollywood and it kept him from winning roles for himself. But he found a job nevertheless: he in- structs the Los Angeles Negro bit- pla of “The Green Pastures” in the dialect of their brothers of the southern bayous. “Penrod” and “Tish” “Penrod” of Booth Tarking- “Tish” of Mary Roberts Rinehart are two fiction favorites sét for early screening. “Ti looks certain fer Edna May Oliver, while “Penrod” may be Jackie Cooper or Mickey Rooney. ! The “no-pedallin bicy cle is catching on in Hollywood and Palm 8prings. The cyclist gains momen- tum by swaying his weight from one “running board” to the other —but it's trickier than it looks. e FAWN SEEN ON ROAD NOCRTH OF JUNEAU Miss Betty Whitfield of the Hiway | Delivery reported seeing a fawn on The ton and |the highway near the Mendenhall | Dmry this afternoon while driving in t6 town. It is the second one Miss Whitfield has seen on the road near Juneau. The deer watched her drive | by and then proceeded leisurely off. | - - {ELKS, MASONS AND LEGION HOLD SERVICES FOR LYLE W. LARSON Funeral services for son, 40, widely esteemed secretary of the Elks’ lodge in Anchorage, who was found dead in bed at his resi- dence, were held under the joint aus- pices of the Elks, Masons, and Amer- lican Legion. The regular Elks me- {morial service was held in the Elks Hall, the Masons attended in a body and the American Legion furnished a guard of honor. Pallbearers were all Past Exalted Rulers of the Elks’ lodge. S e | Yes, Suh! I've done left home! adv i ——— SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT! “These = \will be nouncement from Lyle W. Lar- | ¥ ¥ a model for commercial photographers a Hoilywood contract. FATHER MONROE HERE C¥ VISIT Reverend Francis Monroe. ngell urmed on the Norco y afternoon for a brief offi- it with Bishop J. R. Crimont in his Juneau headquarters, and re- yolden anniversary of Father miss ind in sk, most important church in the according to an- Rev. Wm. G. Le- pastor of the Church of the Nativity e ROOUF FiRe CALLS OUT DEPARTMENT THIS AFTERNOON The Juneau Fire Department re- sponded to an alarm at the Perelle Apartments near 7th and Gold Streets at 1:40 o'clock this afternoon A small roof blaze was extinguished with estimated dama limited to less than $10. A similar fire was ex- tinguished by the Fire Department at the same location on February 16. - PASTOR WOOD RETURNING Pastor H. L. Wood, Alaska Super- intendent of the Senevth-day Ad- ventist Church, is a passenger abcard the Princess Norah after attending conference in the to t in France one of the (('ltl‘x.nhnn of the ritory this year cause, bot a """""'—'} NEW |CLASSES! NEW LOW PRICES! In Art, Lettering, Commercial Art Mendays and Fridays, 8:00 P. M. Tuesdays and Saturdays 8:00.P. M. CHILDREN’S CLASSES Saturdays—10:00 A. M. Lessons by Special Appointment LOW PRICES—Specials to married couples wish- ing to study together! CALL AT STUDIO dur- ing class, or PHONE Residence—1701 LOVEJOY School of Art 111 Main St., near Front | | - 1— u. s DEP’\HTMFNT OF AGRIGULTURE, WEATHER BUR.EAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecas® for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Feb. 24: Fair tonight and Tuesday; mod:rate to fresh easterly winds. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Veloeity 29.87 28 42 w 6 29.78 17 73 w 1 29.86 19 33 E 12 CAnLZ AND KADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4p.m. | Lowestdam. 4am. Precip. 4am. temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs Weathe: Clear Pt. Cldy Cldy Clear Clear Cldy Rain Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear cldy Cldy Cldy Cldy Cldy Weather Clear Cldy Clear Time Station Ar age Barrow Neme Bethel 12 E 2 1 Foirbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattie Portland San Francisco New York Washington D 0 6 2 0 2 2 32 34 44 32 32 WEATRER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. Juneau, cloudy, temperature, 2 ; Radioville, clear, 26; Petersburg, cloudy, 15; Cordova, clear, 31; C iitix 5; McCarthy, clear, Anchorage, cloudy, 19; Fairban s, Nnnana‘ clear, -24; clear, -29; Ruby, clear, -1 ; a , -18; Kaltag, clear, Crooked Creek, cloudy, 16; F at, clcudy. 6. WEATHER SYNOPS1S High barometric pressure con inued this morning over the in- r, western and northern portio s of Alaska, the crest being 30.64 ressure prevailed from the Aleu- Islands southeastward to Cal ornia, there being two storm cen- one over the Aleutians and t:c cther off the coast of north- western Washington. This general pressure distribution has been at- tended by precipitation along the ¢ al regions from Vancouver island southward to Caliofrnia. S:ow fell last night at Seattle. Pre- cipitation was also reported over fie southwestern portion of Alaska elsewhere over the field of obser ation generally fair weather pre- vailed. Relatively cold weather rd to California. contin ied from Southeast Alaska south- MINES MAKE RECORD Alaska was the only section of Ameri that did not have a coal mine lity during 1934, according to a report just issued by the Bu- reau of Mines. For the past 14 years Alaska has reported only two coal mine deaths, according to Territor- ial Commissioner of Mines, B. D. Stewart, and has maintained the best record in the United States. D SHOPF IN JUNEAU! TRAIL WORK DON A trail building crew under Fore- man Gerald Banta returned to Ju- neau Saturday from Port Alexan- der. Construction of the trail, which is one mile long, has now been com- pleted. 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