The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1936, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA PIRE, MONDAY, MAY 2 1936 Swagger and Dress noon wedar MILLINERY $2.95 to $7.95 Neckwear 2nd Scarfs 5ic and $1.00 Silk Slips, $1.95 and $2.50 Womens Wool Slacks Brown, Royal, Navy Black $4.75 Extra large sizes with zipper $5.75 OO0 00O AR AR LA AR $13.50 to $22.50 WOMEN'S SUITS Navy and Light Colors _ Special $19.75 and $22.50 WOMEN’S DRESSES Adorable Prints and Plain Colors— Suitable for street, office and after- $8.75, $14.50, $19.75 SKIRTS and BLOUSES WOOL FABRIC SKIRTS—$2.95 SILK and COTTON SKIRTS—$2.50 Models A Special Values in Apparel and Accessories WOMEN’S COATS Double and twin sizes— Rose, blue, green, orchid, gold and brown, Req. $4.25, Special $3.95 Regq. $2.75, Special $2.45 Blankets All Wool Blankets ‘i Reg. $14.00, Special $10.50 Feather Pillows g $3.50 pair Turkish Towels 22x%44,'Double Thread _Each—35¢ Townsend Plan Probers Fight in @mmm Author of Old-Age Pension Challenged to Ap- pear, Testify |“dared” each other to engage in a verbal combat in close quarters. issued the statement that Dr. Fran- cis E. Townsend is a rich man from his weekly advertising of Com- munistic doctrine, saying: “I chal- lenge him to appear and offer him- self as a witness.” At Baltimore, Dr. Townsend made a statement flatly denying the as- | sertion by the Committee Chairman | Bell that he left the hearing because | he knew of new evidence to be used | which would be “damaging and de- vastating.” National Townsend headquarters ,were moved to Chicago over the {weekend to combine the central re- :gmna] offices there. T DEFINITE ACTION WASHINGTON, May 25.—Speaker Byrns and Representative Bank- head, Democratic leader in the House, both said this afternoon that |definite action must be taken against Dr. Townsend. Representative Bankhead said: “Dr. Townsend, by his action 'in | walking out of the committee hear- ing, has defied the power of Con- gress to make investigations.” i TR WASHINGTON, May 25.—Hostile | camps in the Townsend Committee James Sullivan, committee counsel, BLOUSES—in 2 groups—$1.00 and $2.50 in a price range to suit every purse DOESKIN GLOVES—White and Natural—$2.50 FABRIC GLOVES—Special—S0c pair B.M.BEHRENDS CO.Inc. "Tuneau's Leading Departmernt Store” VISIT OUR UPSTAIRS BARGAIN DEPARTMENT Lace P Reg. Wash 2% yagrds long $1.00 and $1.50 pair Cottage Sets—: Draperies Specitd Line! Novelty Curtain Dish Towels.......... Hand Towels. .. 2 for 25¢ m House Dress . Clearance Regular $3.50 value Regular $2.50 value mmwmmmuflnummmummdwumnnflmfi lecasoconodaone iR & i AL THE HOTI A8 3 3 & > Curtains Gastineau | — | Albert H. Leonard, St. Louis; Gil Rich; R. E. Murphy, Seattle; John Smith, City; Martha John- son, Hydaburg; Mrs. G. Sullivan, Irwin, Isl.; W. S. Pekovich, and Mrs. Pekovich, Funter; Mrs. Nick Jukich, Funter; Helen Jukish, Fun-| ter; J. C. Morrison, Whitehorse, Y. T.; Cecil H. Clegg, Fairbanks; J. C. Massey, Portland; M. A. Brown, Fairbanks; Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Joslyn, Fairbanks; S. W. Bredlie, D. C.; Fairbanks; R. J. Gleason, Fairbanks; W. J. “Jerry” Jones, Fairbanks; Lt. E. M. Bowan, Chil- koot Barracks; Floyd Albertson, anels — } $2.90, $1.95 pair $1.00 pair and L AR Zynda Lois Whitten, City: F. A. Burgy, {wife and daughter, Seattle; F. J. | Akers, Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sanger, Windham; Mr. and Mrs. Leslic Nerland, Jerry and Ronnie, Fairbanks; H. G. Modes, V. J. Modes, Fairbanks; Don Bradley; A. J. La- Gasa, City; L. Kendall, San Fran- cisco; H. L. Woodman, Seattel; Alice Bromley, Kenai. Alaskan ] $1.00 yard Scrims Pete Rogers, Chicago; Neil Moore, . 25C YQI'd Chicago; R. Robinson, City; Eli Johnson, Oity; Art Thane, City; Cloths....... 2 for 15¢ V. Gunnnars, Seattle; H. Korsen, New York City; T. Solntzer, New York City; Miss Birsora, New York QCity; Joan Lovelace, Juneau; S. Wallstdet, Juneau; C. H. Bowman, Seward; George Walcolm and wife, Hoonah. - eee MINING ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS ARE HERE ,,,,,,,,,, 2 for 15¢ 2 for 25¢ SR O OO LA LA A party of Russian mining engin- feers and scientists from New York City, including H. Korsen, T. Solat- ger, Miss M. Busora and K. Solai- iger, arrived on tne Northwestern fand are guests at the Alaskan Hotel. Now $2.75 - (- PEKOVICH IN TOWN .|* S. W. Pekovich, president of the \Alaska Empire Gold Mining Com- pany; Mrs, Pekovich, Mrs. Nick Ju- kich and Helen Jukich arrived Sat- ., njght, frem Funter aboard a t, and are guests at the Gas- Now $1.95 : m_U||Ul|lulmfllglullllllu1@fllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHflfluj_imlllIl!lHIHIlIIIIflIImllflljljl_lfllljlm Empire Is Now Delivered on Fritz Cove Road The Daily Alacka Empire now gives 100 per cent coverage to all Glacier Highway points, with the inauguration of de- livery service to Fritz Cove road. The newspapers are deliv- e daily to subscribers by the Highway Delivery Service. EXCAVATION FOR NEW BUILDING IS UNDERWAY TODAY MUCH HALIBUT IS SOLD HERE A total of apout 25,000 pounds of halibut were delivered to Juneau buyers over ‘the weck-end, and twelve halibut boats loaded ice 1} bait during the same period 1 prep- | aration for sailing for the fishing banks New England Fish Company bought 4,000 pounds of balibut from the Fiynn, Capt. 8. E. Lynch, at prices of 6 cents and 4 cents; Al- | aska Coast Pisheries bought 8000 |« Work on the new Alaska Elec- pounds from the Ina J Capt. | . bt . ‘ric Light and Power Company's gRiee Mamuw, a0d 8000 from the |, usine” ot Second and Fradkin Carol H, Capt. Ted Hanson, at Streets has begun. The R. J. Som- prices of 6 cents and 4 cents Sebastian Stuart Fish Company | purchased 10,000 pounds from 1] Dalene ai prices of 6.05 cent 4 cents. The following halibut boats Ic ed bait and ice: Eltin II Capt ©. Swapson; Carol H. Capt. T Hanson; Celtic, Capt. Henry Mo Pixon. Capt. Emil Samuelson; Vi, - an, Capt. Charles Larson; Sady Capt. Sandy Stevens: Fern, Capt John Lowell; Marge, Capt. Ed Sk: et; Marie, Capt. Peter Oswald: 31- A Capt. Carl Weidman; 31-A 877, Capt. John Brandvik; 31-A-27, John Pademeister; and Flynn, 8. E. Lynch. mers Construction Company moved a huge steam shovel to the prop- erty Saturday to prepare for ex- cavation. The company reported that the actual digging is underway today. CHADWICK IN TOWN W. H. Chadwick, U. 8. Rubber ompany representative, arrived from Cordova on the Yukon , R MRS. SPERLING RETURNS Mrs. H. Sperling, wife of the Senior Administrative Assistant for the Forest Service, arrived on the Yukon from Cordova. PATCO MAKES MANY FLIGHTS Mrs. Martha B. Refsland, Asso- ciate Superintendent, Bureau of In- dian Affairs, was a passenger to Wrangell, and W. J. Miller, a log~ lger, went to the Juneau Lumber Mills logging camp at abeard the Alaska Air Transpopt seaplane Patco yesterday morming. A shost wave radio set for logging oamp was also delivered at Tarheen. On the return flight, A. J. La-| Gasa, deep-sea diver, was a pas- senger from Petersburg to Juneau. At 7:30 o'clock last - might the Patco went to Hawk Inlet and re- turned with one passenger, Ivar Maki. The plane is scheduled to fly to Haines tonight to return with Hawley Sterling, Assistant Chief Engineer for the Alaska Road Com- mission, and F. A. Burgy, repre- sentative for the Chamberlin Weather Strip Company, both of whom were passengers from Juneau to, Haines on the Northwestern this morning. — GOING AFTER, PLANE Pilot Herman Joslyn, of the Pol- lack Flying Service, Fairbapks, and Mrs. Joslyn arrived on the PAA Lockheed Electra and sailét for Se- tingau Hotel. CONCRETE JMPROYEMENTS ‘The Morris Construction Company 'ts Installing concrete improvements !in the Boggan House, at* Front fand Main Streets. ———— . | attle. on the Yukon. Mr. and Mrs, !Jus]yn, accompanied by a mechan- | jic, M. A. Brown, who also ar- rived on the plane from the In- terior, will return from the States to Alaska gboard a new Bellanca ! for th i - & {)cl:-ne oy the Pollack Flying Serv- | TOULSON ON NORTHLAND | LT N S ' Jack P. Toulson, formerly a Ju- {neau entertainer and piano in- MRS. GUERIN GOES SOUTH br. Gruening Hooks 30-pound King At Tee Harbor Thoroughly convinced that Alaska is a tourists’ wonderland and be- ' lieving the tourist business will be- { come a major industry for Alaska,| Dr. Ernest Henry Gruening, now in Juneau on an official tour of the Territory, experienced the thrill of hooking and landing a 30-pound | king salmon yesterday, and judg.ng from his enthusiastic comments to- day, is now a confirmed booster for Alaska's exceptional offerings for sportsmen. Dr. Gruening was the guest of Simpson MacKinnon and Dr. G. F. Freeburger, who with their famil- ies enjoyed the day fishing from their boat “Nora” at Tee Harbor. | Threatened, P, I, MANILA, May 25—The Common- | wealth’s Department of Labor today | | took extensive precautions to avert | the threatened general strike next | Wednesday throughout the islands of organized labor. All field agents and public de- fenders throughout the provinces| | have been ordered to do what they can to prevent walkouts. The Unions seek a minimum daily wage of 60 cents, i (LARGEST KING OF | i SEASON IS CAUGHT| One of the largest king salmon of\ the season was hauled into Jimmy | Paddock’s fishing boat off the end | of Marmion Island yesterday, by | Gay Culberhouse, of Juneau. Cul-| | berhouse, who was a member of al fishing party which spent the day at the spot, caught two big salmon, | with the larger weighing 38 pounds, measuring four feet long and one foot wide. The fish are on display today at Piggly Wiggly's. e UNALASKA PRECINCT GOES DEMOCRATIC The Aleutian Islands Precinct! Democratic Club of Anchorage ap- parently did some work before the| recent primary, returns from Un-| aska received here today by At-! torney General James 8. Truitt, in- dicate. Of 79 votes cast in the pre- | Couer @’ Alene, Idaho; A. J. Ad- cinct, 77 were Democratic and two ams and family, Seattle; W. H. Republican, I'etonlles Chadwick, Seattle; M. K. Kingman. Returns from the Democratic count gives Dimond, 67; Truitt, 60; Hofman, 5; Boyle, 60; Hesse, 56; S. D. McCutcheon, 3; Patterson, 60; B. Anderson, 7; Baumgartner, | 5; Cofiey, 51; Eckmann, 4; Ken- nedy, 54; H. H. McCutcheon, 20; Minaker, 3; Scott, 56; Wilson, 4. >oo NINE HALIBUTERS SELL AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, May 25.—Halibut :n'-1 rivals here today catches and sell- ing price follows: From the western banks—Nordic 28,000 pounds, Betty Janes 20,000 pounds, Eclipse 35,000 pounds. | From the local banks—Eastern 15,000 pounds, Maddock 13,0001 pounds, Hoover 7,000 pounds, Pres- | {ident 12,000 pounds, Swift No. 2, ‘8000 pounds, Arne 11,000 pounds. ! The average price was 7% and 7 cents a pound. | | \ | | | | DOUGLAS INN NOW | | RECREATION CENTER The Douglas Inn, owned and op- eratea by John Marin, is now the{’ |recreation center of Douglas, with | the installation of a complete new fountain and ice cream equip- | ment. ! The latest and coolest in foun- tain drinks and confections are now | offered the public at the Inn, Mr.! ;Mnrln said, and Percy’s home-made ;we cream, a product of the Juneau is being fea- |Ice Cream Parlors, tured at all times. | The Douglas Inn retains its old name, Mr. Marin said, and still| continues in popularity with island | folks as the favorite rendeazvous | for sandwiches, wines and beer. | - VACATION TRIP U. 8. DEPARTMEN7' Oir saiICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER "(By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinlty, beginning at 4 p. m., May 25: Rain tonight and Tuesday; moderate southeast winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weathes 4 p.m. yest'y 29.96 56 4 E 8 Cldy 4 am. today 20.79 48 93 SE 12 Lt. Rain Noon today 2079 50 80 SE 5 cldy CABLZ AND kADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4p.m. | Lowest4am. 4a.m. Precip. 4am. Station temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Westhc: Anchorage 49 - | ¥ - — — L 7798 Barrow 24 24 22 24 8 Trace Cldy Nome 50 50 38 38 4 08 Clear Bethel 50 50 | 36 36 4 0 Pt. Cldy Fairbanks 60 58 38 38 6 0 Pt Cldy Dawson 60 52 42 42 6 0 Cldy St. Paul 40 40 32 34 26 .02 Pt Cldy Dutch Harbor 50 44 47 s 18 .04 Rain Kodiak 42 40 36 36 4 .80 Cldy Cordova 46 46 49 @ 6 66 Rain Juneau 56 56 5 48 12 54 Rain Sitka 60 _— 43 - ot .62 — Ketchikan 54 50 48 48 8 96 Rain Prince Rupert 58 56 46 46 12 38 Rain Edmonton 2 66 42 48 4 [ Clear Seattle 6 4 52 54 6 0 Pt. Cldy Portland 83 82 58 58 8 0 Clear San Francisco 58 58 52 54 8 0 Pt. Cldy New York 86 4 | 66 68 22 0 Pt Cldy Wiashington 90 82 2 4 8 Trace Pt. Cldy WEATHER CONPXTIONS AT 8 A. M. Ketchikan, raining, temperature, 48; Craig, raining, 50; Sitka, raining, 45; Wrangell, raining, 50; Radioville, showers; Skagway, cloudy, 48; Soapstone Point, misting, 48; Yakutat, raining, 45; Cor- dova, raining, 42; Chitina, cloudy, 44; McCarthy, cloudy, 48; Anhor- age, cloudy, 45; Fairbanks, cloudy, 46; Nenana, clear, 54; Tanana, partly cloudy, 50; Ruby, cloudy, 50; Nulato, cloudy, 52; Kaltag, cloudy, 51; Unaalkleet, cloudy, 40; Crooked Creek, cloudy, 47; Flat, cloudy, 46. " WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure continued this morning throughout Al- aska, the lowest reported pressure being 29.20 inches a short distance east of Unalaska. High barometric pressure prevailed over the Pa- cific Ocean between the Pacific Coast States and the Hawaiian and Midway Isalnds. This general pressure distribution has been attend- ed by precipitation along the coastal regions from the Aleutians southeastward to British Columbia, also over the Seward Peninsula | main dining room of the Terminal | (of fare from Egypt, China, Europe, | prized pr ) and by fair weather over the re mainder of the field of observation. & HOMER RICHARDS RECEIVES PRIZED GIFT FROM FRIEND Homer Richards, manager of the Cafe is quite a famous connoisseur | of menus from all over the world, having collected at least 700 bills and everywhere, but today, his most | ssion is a beautiful re- production of an oil painting of Oscar, famous chef at the new Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. | Oscar, who has been a personal | friend of Mr. Richards for ten/ homes, years, sent the picture to the Ter- minal Cafe ballroom manager, with personal greetings and best wishes for success. The original painting, Mr. Richards said, hangs in Pea- cock Alley of the Waldorf. > TAKING CHILDREN HOME The Rev. Verne J. Swanson is teking a group of students from the Sheldon Jackson School at Sitka aboard the Missionary boat Prince- ton, to deliver them at their homes for the summer vacation, according * to word received by the Rev. Davicd Waggoner. The Rev. M. Swanson has already taken one group to their GENERAL @ ELECTRIC CLEANER FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY $3195 $4.00 DOWN Immediate Delivery $4.00 PER MONTH ‘Tarheen, ! the | structor, is now a one-man orches- Mrs. Amy Guern, accompanied |tr8 aboard the Northland. Mr. Toul- W. Leslie Yaw, son who is at present on his third | of the Sheldon Jackson School at trip aboard the motorship, plays ' Sitka, is leaving soon with Charles 'plano and accordion. istuart, director of the engineering R e 4% TR | department of that school, for a| CONNORS MOTOR CO. "vacalian trip to Seattle. The two| RECEIVES NEW CARS men will make the trip in their | private boat the Idomo. Fwo new cars consigned to Con-| Mr. Stuart is a licensed engineer nors Motor Company, Inc., reached for steam vessels of unlimited ton- Juneau on the Northland. nage. po A pew Buick 61 Century 4-door sedan will be delivered to U. S. Commissioper J. F. Mullen, and a by her son Eckley ,left on the North- :land for Seattle enroute to Oregon where she will probably make her future home. ) —— T GOES TO TENAKEE Oliver Drange, who recently ar- rived from the South, left on the | Northland for Tenakee on a busi- ness and pleasure trip. . NEHLL DUE TOMORROW superintendent { | | { | | ——————— DOCTOR ON WAY, EAST Dr. Harold Weatherman, director ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. JUNEAU————DOUGLAS P. L. Neill, veteran Post Office | new Chevrolet Master Deluxe Sport Inspector, will arrive on the steam- | Sedan will be delivered to Dr. Ro- jex Aleutian tomorrow, on a regular | bert Simpson. ‘wm of inspection, according to S i B PR (Albert Wile, Juneau Postmaster. | MRS. VAN ACKEREN LEAVES - Mrs. J. F. Vap Ackeren, wife of DR. TATE TO, HAINES [ the medical director in the Bureau Dr. Walla Tate, Field Dentist,|of Indian Affairs, left Juneau on Bureau of Indian Affairs, left for|the ¥Yukon with her young daugh- Haines on the Northwestern. ter Barbara for a few months' trip ———— to Seattle where she will visit NOTICE! i - e ! |_Juneau Chapter No, 7, Order of| MBS BURGY GOES SQUTH Eastern Star, will hold a special| Mrs. F. A. Burgy, wife of the meeting at eight o'clock Tuesday |[Tepresentative for the Chamberlin | evening. Special entertainment and |Weather Strip Company, sailed for|virtually all the activity in the|| TC HAMS AND BACON—U. refreshments, —adv. ‘sume on the Yukon, of Maternal and Child Health under the Social Security Act, left on the | Yukon enroute to Washington,D. C., where he has been called to at- tend a meeting of directors of Ma- | ternal and Child Health to be held in that city in June. — e, SHEPARD RETURNS Jobn G. Shepard, Assistant En- gineer-Inspector for the Public Works Administration, returned on | the Yukon after several weeks in the Westward getting PWA projects started as the season opened. He came now from Valdez and reports Westward now under way. L UMBER m Juneau Lumber Mills, Ine. ALASK FEATURING CARSTEN’S MEAT CO. BABY BEEF—DIAMOND S, Government Inspected « ——