The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 18, 1936, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1936 Qe l'IIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIII||IIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"III"IIIIHIlIIIIIIll!llllIIIIIVIIIIIlIIlINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIHIIIIHII White Coatings and Stutmgs 75¢ and $1.00 yard Novelty Cotton Crepes ' Broadcloth—Seersucker—Tissue Ginghams '45¢ yard - Rayon Prints, 50c yard Cotton Prints Batiste—Dimity—Lawn' and Percale 25c yard Woolen Fabrics and Tweeds $1.45 and $1.95 yard Print Silks $1.25 and $1.75 yard ¥ Novelty Crepes $1.25 and $2.25 yard ...PIECE GOODS. .. Bright Colored Crash Novelty Curtain Scrims 75¢; $1.00 and $1.50 yard 25¢ yard - Drapery Damask Colored Table Damask 50c and $1.00 yard $1.00 yard Cretonnes White Table Damask 35¢ and 50c yard 50c yard B.M.BEHRENDS CO., Inc. "Tuneau’s Leading Department Store” IIIII|III!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIlIllI|Il|Il|||II|||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIII"HilIIIHIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIHIIIMI!ELMIHHHEII[IIIIII JUNEAU COUPLE NEW BUS FOR Chase i Maden _ WED IN STATES CHANNEL CO. SEAPLANE OFF FOR SEATTLE = eries Commission, that regulations Cook Inlet Fishing SATURDAY,MAY § ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 18— Word has been received from Lem+ uel G. Wingard, United States Fish- Betty Key Becomes Bride of B. F. McDowell in Ceremony at Blaine Announcement oI the marriage nf{ B. F. McDowell and Mrs. Betty Key was received yesterday by Rev. and Mrs. Erling K. Olafson The wedding took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Thordarson, at Blaine, Wiashington, on May 9, at 12 o'clock. The Rev. A. E. Christianson read the marriage vows and those at- tonding the couple were Laugi Thorsteinson as best man, and Miss Margaret Thordarson who was kridesmaid. P The bride was charming in a gown of pale green lace, wearing a white hat and white sandals She carried a beautiful corsage which harmonized with her dr Decorated with spring flowe the home where the wedding took place formed an appropriate back- ground for the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. McDowell are spending their honeymoon.- in Se- attle, Tacoma, Aberdeen and Cen- tralia, and plan to return to Ju- neau May 20. They will reside at the Spickett Apartments. Mrs. McDowell, who is the sister of Mrs. Olafson, is employed in the Regicnal Fiscal Agent's office of the Forest Service here. She plans to resume her duties upon her return. The groom is the pro- prietor of Bert's Cash Grocery. .- - WRECKING GUERIN HOUSE . Preliminary work on the build- ‘ing of the Distin Avenue Apart- ments began today, when Lee Rox and a crew of wreckers began the razing of the Guerin house. The ‘new apartment building, lurgest in . city, is being constructed by the Foss Company, Architects. IS DELIVERED |use of 100 fathoms of gill nets, in- A new bus for the Channel Bus | Company arrived on the Victoria. The new vehicle is a 21-passenger, specially-constructed body manu- factured by the Trieoach Corpora- tion in Seattle, mounted on a Ford | |chassis. The seats are upholstered and the exterior | of the bus is finished in black and | in green leather, silver with red trimming. Insula- tion and air-conditioning equip- ment are also features of the made-to-order body. The new bus will be operated on regular scheduled trips as well as for \muul tourist excursions. eee LOCKHEED VEGA ON TRIP TO KETCHIKAN Piloted by Gene Meyring, the Irv- ing Airways Lockheed Vega sea- plane left Juneau for Ketchikan at 9:30 o'cloeck this morning and is scheduled to return this evening. Passengers were: Tom Sugra; Jack Gucker, merchandise broker, who will call at West Coast points enroute; Opal Vernon and A. Moore for Heceta Island, near Craig; and Wilbur Irving, Manager of the avia- tion company, roundtrip. plitobas gl sl TO FLORENCE LAKE FOR FISHING FLIES A. V. (Casey) Roff, who arrived last week from Seattle aboard his new Monocoupe seaplane, and E. E. Ninnis, of Juneau Motors, flew to Lake Florence in Roff's plane erday on a fishing excursion. No reports of the catch were avail- able. - D ABBIE 111 IN PORT The Abbie III, overdue by fog and winds, arrived at 8 o'clock last night, with its owners, Lisle Hebert and Chet Johnson, and J. C. Mi- chaelson. The wholesale men re- turned from a business trip to Haines and Skagway. in Cook Inlet fishing will allow the stead of 75, also spacing them 600 feet apart rather than 300 feet and decreasing the closed period weekly from 48 to 36 hours. This was done at the request of fishermen. SCIENTISTS COMING NORTH ON NEXT BOAT Dr. Henry Collins, archeologists and J. A. Ford, both from the Smithsonian Institute, are to en- gage in dnother scientific study in the north this year, according to word to the office of Indian Affairs here. The two scientists are sched- uled to sail from Seattle on 'the next boat and will cohduct their studies in the far north. Mr. Ford was at St. Lawrence Island in 1932 on similar work when Charles W. Hawkesworth, Assistant Director in the Indian Bureau, was in the north. SEASON LATE Assistant District Attorney George W. Folta and G. H. Skinner, Chief Clerk of the Alaska Road Com- mission, have returned empty-hand- ed from a bear hunt in the Bern- er's Bay district. They saw but one bear on the trip: and only a | few tracks. The season is late in that district, Folta reported, and there is little for the bears to eat yet. e e - GUESTS AT SUMMER HOME Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Williams spent the week-end as the guests of Mrs. Florine Housel at her summer home on the Glacier Highway. - N (IIARGE OF SIGN SHOP Maurice Walworth is now in charge of the Forest Service sign shop, it was announced ioday, succeeding Cecil Rhode, who has left the service and is going to the Interior. g CREWSON IN TOWN H. B. Crewson, Centennial Flour- ing Mills representative, arrived on | the Alaska, The PAA Fairchild seaplane flown by Pilot Murray Stuart with | Flight Meéchanie Llyod Jarman, took off at 5 o'cloek this morning with four passengers for Seattle, including Mrs. J. G. Rainey, Dan L. Green, H. Wilmot ahd D. Ort- on the PAA Lockheed Electra from Fairbanks. The Pairchild plane is scheduled to return to Juneau from Seattle elther tomorrow or Wednesday. R o Kldnaper s Wife Will Seek Divoree NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 18. — Jack Norman, attorney for Mrs. Frances Robinson, Jr., said she will file a divorce suit immediately from Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., now serving a life sentence for the Stoll abeduction. »She - will charge a six-year-old son, Jimmy. —_———,—————— : ENTERS HOSPITAL Robert Milton was admitted to the Government Hospital this morn- ing and will receive medical treat- ment. - e, LEAVES HOSPITAL Lucienne Boohey who has been receiving medical- treatment at St. Ann’s Hospital, was dismissed yes- terday. —_———e—— AT ST. ANN'S Rex L. Minard was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital for medical treatment today. B Sam Kalls, a raedical patient at St. Ann's Hospital, was dismissed yesterday and is returning to his home at Sitka. — PDon Ross;’ representing the Er- win-Hodgson Company, of Port- | land, Oregon, visited Mr. and Mrs. George B. Rice while the south-| bound steamer Alaska was in port today. Mr. Ross is concluding a terior points, and is enroute to the home office. man, all of whom arrived yesterday , cruelty and sbandonment. She has! | lengthy trip to Westward and In- BRITAIN WILL DEFAULT WAR DEBTS AGAIN French Recsier Hints May Meet June Installment —Finland to Pay LONDON, May 18.—Lecng dot- mant war debt issues came to life Saturday, with reports strong that British leaders were seeking a set- tlement with the United States, but official Great Britain pushed | the debt back on the shelf, and eatly today responsible sources said the jquestion was' dead and that the | { June 15 instdllment will be default- ted as usual. It was declared by these sourc- | es that Britain has no intention of paying The question was revived Satur- | day after Leon Blum, France’s in- ;cnmmg Socialist Premier, ahnounc- | ed he would like to see the debt “misunderstanding” erased. Com- | menting on the French attitude, the Daily Herald in London, said an “influentidl group” was urging re- ' opening of negotiations. { Finland Will Pay | Although Blum hinted that his | government may reconsider the debt question, other sources said France would default. Finland is expected | to pay in full as usual. | The debtor nations owe over ()n.'" billion, forty-nine million dollars to the United States. | PG |UPPER 'MENDENHALL SPAN TO BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL DAYS The upper Mendenhall bridge on the loop road will be closed tomor- row or Wednesday for some time to allow repairs to the span, it was. announced today by the Bureau of Public Roads. Theé ap- proaches are to be straightened and the bridge re-decked The Montana Creek bridge on the loop is now available for traf- fic, repairs on it having been competed last week, but it will be impossible to make the loop due to the closing of the Mendenhall span. — e, — DR. CARTER ILL WITH INFLUENZA Dr. Cassius Carter, who heads | the staff of the Government Hos- pital, was stricken with influenza and tonsilitis yesterday and will bei' forced to rémain in bed for a few days. His condition today is re- ported to be improving. Dr. Whitehead said. — -~ ORCHESTRA MEMBERS PLAN CONCERT SOON! With the first public concert sched- uled for Saturday evening in the | noon tomorrow. | Clarence Walters, Juneau; Lloyd J. w. lev Grade School Auditorium, the Ju- |neau Community Orchestra of | | which Byron Miller is director, will | [meet for rehearsal promptly at 8 lock Tuesday evening at the school ‘audltormm it was announced to- The hour has been set at 8 o'clock | ‘lnstead of 7:15, as originally in-| tended, to avoid conflict with Lhe\ Norlitemen dinner which is being | held that evening. On Thursday evening the last rehearsal will be held at 7:15 in the usual place. SRR e S SPERLING RETURNS Harry Sperling, Administrative Assistant for the U. S. Forest Ser- vice, returned to his Juneau head- quarters on the Alaska this morn- ing after an inspection trip to Sew- ard and Cordova. He went to the Westward on the Brown Bear when the Game Commission vessel went to the Aleutians. Stopping at Sew- ard, Mr. Sperling spent five days | man going over the work in that district. The Coo;)er Landing truck trail work in that district has been started by a CCC crew, the official reported, the crew being in charge of Foreman Pat White. Returning to Cordova, Sperling spent a week with District Ranger Harold Smith going over various Forest Service matters in that area. Last Thursday he was a guest %t the Cordova Chamber of Commerce which had as its guests that day the Dr. Ernest Gruening patty. Mrs. Sperling is staying in Cor- dova for a . time, visiting with friends. - .. — WILLIAMS TO CORDOVA M. D. Williams, District Engineer for the Bureau of Public Roads, returned from' Ketchikan Saturday on the Highway, B..P. R. vessel, | and expects to leave tomorrow on the Yukon for Cordova where he| will spend a few days inspecting | work in that distriet, probably re- turning here on the same vessel. In the meantime, the Highway probably will go back to Ketehi- | kan for & spring overhaul. ! ——— KANE GOING WEST C: B. Kane, merchandise broker, | is leaving Juneau on the steamer | Yukon for Interior points. He plans to be gone for over one month, he said. FROM WESTWARD! with District Ranger Willlam Sher- | GERMAN ZEP NOW MAKING SECOND TRIP Huge Dirigible Is Bringing Americans, Europeans to United States FRANKFORT - ON - MAIN, Ger- many, May 18.—After being held to the ground by reported ill winds, the huge airship von Hindenburg finally cast off late last Saturday night on the second North Ameri- can flight. Sixteen Americans and a score of Europeans are making the trip. IS IN RAIN STORM NEW YORK, May 18.—The zep- pelin von Hindenburg, weathering a heavy rain storm and a 45-mile an hour wind, steadily sped over the North Atlantic oeean tetday. The craft is expected over New York at — e s o0 s 000000 00 s A THE HOTFLS L] Gastineau R. H. Stock, Petersburg; C. M Davis, Kimsham Cove; L. E. Young, Kimsham Cove; Douglas McMillan; R. J. Patterson, City; H. Wister- berg, Elfin Cove; Karl K. Katz, Se-| attle; H. Wilmot ,Vancouver, B. C.; | D. L. Green, Hot Springs; M. H.} Stuart; D. Ortman, Fairbanks; Mrs. Charles Huntley; Bertha L. Ram- beau, Kotzebue; Mrs. P .J. Rainey,| Fairbanks; Bill Knox; Jerry Jon Eric Schutte, Juneau; T. C. Wil- liams, Juneau; Wesley Overby, Ju-! neau; Fred Alford, Juneau; Larry Galvis, Nome; Jim Henderson, Hy- der; Francis Chapodos, Juneau; Billock, Death Valley, Cal.; Lewis S. Nunenkamp, Seattle; K. F. Mc- Leod, Seattle; Frank Parrish, Se- attle; and from the Montana School | of Mines—Francis A. Thompson, president; John A. Alley, John A. Cook, Kirby D. Crowley, Robert| W. Dietrich, Leo E. Efraimson, Dan- iel P. Griffin, Dave E. Hughes, Gunnar S. Johnson, Glenn C. John- ston, Harry W. Lonner, J. Argall McAJlister, Arne A. Mattila, John' R. Moore, Howard, A. Murray, Ed- | win A. Nylund, Albert W. Schlech- | ten, Robert E. Smith, Frank Trask, | Jr., Arthur C. Verling, Rollien R.| Wells, Oswald J. Wick, Melvin E. Williams UYNDA Henrietta B. Elliott, Chichagof; Mrs. George Corbin, Chichagof; M. G. Johnson, Chichagof; Ludw? Johnson, Tenakee; Mrs. M. T. Bag- by, Harlem, N. Y.; P. J. Wright, Sitka; H. B. Humphrey, Norton, a.; Helen Peterson, Amboy, Wash.; George Berray, Seattle;, Dr. W. Tate. | Alaskan Lawrence Stupfel, Juneau; Jack Olson. Cordova; George Anlock, Anchorage; Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Wells, Juneau; W. Odsather; P. Walimaki, Seattle; Tom Lewis,Ju- neau; N. W. Cole, Grants Pass,’ Ore.; John H. Castner, Grants Pass, Ore.; Louis Cole, Grants Pass, Ore.; R. A. Palmer, Seal Rock, Ore.; Wm. Sims, Juneau; C. W. Farlin; O. H. Lawless; Chet Johnson. S ey DON SKUSE OFF ON TRIP TON Y. Don Skuse, assistant to C. W. | Carter of the Carter Mortuary, | sailed for Seattle on the Alaska for |a six-weeks' business and pleasure |trip in the Statés. Mr. Skuse will ‘vxsxt New York, and will drive a Packard 120 sedan, purchased by Mr. Carter through Juneau Motors, |on the return trip from the East | to Seattle, by way of California. | | Mr. Skuse will attetid the Odd! | Fellows Cofivention at Walla Walla, | Wash,, during the latter part of Juhe. i |SALMON SOLD HERE IS SHIPPED SOUTH | A total of 6,800 pounds of salmon were sold over the week-end to Pa- | cific Coast Fisheries by three fish- | ing boats, the Elfin II, Capt. Ernest | Swanson; the Thiinget, Capt. Jim- | | my Martin; and the Alms, Capt. | Antone Barnes, at prices of 8 cents | and 6 cents, and 5 cents for whites. The entire amount was shipped to | the States on the Alaska. The catch of the fishing boat' Marie, 6,400 pounds of halibut, was bought by Alaska Coast Fisheries ‘Saturdny at prices of 570 cents ‘and 3.75 cents. . —————— |GOOD FISHING, ‘ WINDFALL LAKE Windfall Lake turned out to be a grand place to fish yesterday for Gene Routsala, of the Piggly Wig- gly staff, and Oliver Sarmisto, judging from the nice display of trout in front of the grocery today. | Thirteen mountain trout, and good size, too, were pulled out of the lake by the two anglers yesterday, | and Gene is quite proud of the fact, because the place has been con- | spicuous for its lack of fish, here- | tofore. —_——— Edward G. Robinson has one of the largest collections of pipes in Hollywood. U. 8. DEPARTMEN7' OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 pm. May 18: Showers tonight and Tuesday; moderate winds, mostly southerly. LOCAL DATA Barometer ' 1§ 1p. Humidity Wind Velocity 30.02 " 36 s 6 29.99 43 94 s 4 29.89 57 52 w CABLE AND EADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY TODAY Highest 4p.m. Lowest4am. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weathcs Anchorage | 38 Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak . Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert . | Edmonton 5 Seattle | Portland | San Francisco | | | | Time 4 p.n. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today Weathes Cldy Cldy cldy 0 [ cldy Trace Pt. Cldy 0 Pt Cldy [ Clear 0 Pt Cldy 08 | Rain 141 "Pt. Cldy 02 Cldy o ' Oy €y 10 84 36 36 32 32 42 42 38 2 40 4 @ Rain Rain Clear Cldy Cldy Rain Pt. Cldy Cldy s - ol ononSeas Q E E] i o e 0 Trace 0 [ FS RN New York .. Washington —— WEATHER CONPITIONS AT 8 A. M. Ketchikan, raining, temperature, 46; Craig, misting, 47; Wrangell, rainihg, 45; Sitka, cloudy, 46; Radioville, 44; Skagway, cloudy, 48} Soapstone Point, partly cloudy, 49; Yakutat, clcudy, 48; Cordova, clear, 40; Chitina, clear, 40; McCarthy, clear, 42; Anchorage, cloudy, 43; Fairbanks, clear, 50; Hot Springs, clear, 52; Tanana, clear, 52; Ruby, cloudy, 44; Nulato, partly cloudy, 46; Kaltag, Unalakleet, missing; Crooked Cteek, cloudy, 42; Flat, partly cloudy, 46. WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning along the coastal regions from Cordavo southward to California, there being two cen- ters, one off the coast of Southeast Alaska and another off the coast of Washington. Another low pressure area prevailed over the south- ern Bering Sea region. High barometric pressure prevailed over the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands and over the MacKenzie River Valley. This general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation over Southeast Alaska and British Colum- bia and over the Bering Sea region and by fair weather over the re- mainder of the field of observation. Unseasonably cool weather prevailed ovre Alberta and the Mac- Kenzie Valley. The First National Bank JUNEAU [ J CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$50,000 @ COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 214 % Paid on Savings Accounts W.E. Smith You are invited to present this coupon at the box pffice of the Capitol Theatre and receive tickets for your- self and a friend or relative to see “Shipmates Forever” As a paid-up subscriber -of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE The Ideal Summer Fuel JR. DIAMOND BRIQUETS $13.50 per ton Pacific Coast Coal Co. PHONE 412 COAL BUNKERS closed at noon Saturday during summer months. AUTO NEEDS vl CONNORS MOTOR CO.. Inc.