The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 27, 1936, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1936 7 SNAP OUT.OF (T, WEASELPUSS - YA GOT TH' MAKIN'S' OF A CHAMPEEN -- AN 'M TELLIN' YA STRAIGHT- (T WASN'T FER.THAT iF BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG HIT'S Mo USE, TER NUTHIN' MARCELLY _DAME SETTIN' DOWN (N TH' FIRST Row . You'D A-MOIDERED TH' GUY_IN TH' FOIST ROUND- © 1936, King Peatur t Ll fei =1\ s ki righes reserved, =\ JORNRINEY. | in the White House, So Thoy NEVER GONTER ‘MOUNT 1 BEEN SPONGIN' ON VE LONG 'NOUGH - IKE—T HAIN'T NOHOW --AN' Say, . Doosn’t Excite Wnes of G. 0. P. Hopofu s WOULDN'T EVEN TAKE TH' TWO 8UCKS T OFFERED H(M - GEE - H talented women, wives of possible Republican Presidential nominee, who share the limelight with their cenventicn nears, are piciured above. Any of the six might beeome t he nation’s first lady. Mrs. Wiiliam E. By BESS FURMAN Borah, Mrs. Arthur Vandenberg, Mrs. Frank Knox. meet the mounting demands of the First lady role. WASHINGTON, May 27. — Days Mrs. Borah Knows Politics | ngthening toward June and the Mis: Williasn ' Rvasoral A% emall, +leveland cenvention bring moref o0 T BEAS (bt aye. +duk each 24 hours of the “first| ~ToR, B oL o N Little Bor- ady?’ chances of six Republiean| ., " ‘gor gocial conversation is Walaen. ’ umusing—light banter, said with a They are, alphabetically, the Mes- | ) girligh stress of several words dames Borah, Dickinson, Hoover, nox, Landon and Vandenberg, not { one ¢f whom has yet «aid for pub- “wouldn't it be wonderful!’ if my husband were President!” | On the conirary, several have| stressed the strain of White House | living, and the gold-fish-bowl qua ity of the place. Yet veteran M Borah whose husband is ‘“dean” of the Senate, hit an important note; when she said of the whole Washington scene: “It’'s an adventurous life! There's j, not an hour in the day that is not taken by demands!” Ang the six have varied talents sithswhich they might, if so fated, e Fo ition : have bouqguets These will ALSO FRIDAY, clumps of such S P —— Mountain, 4P, {JUNEAU B S S TS rE———= T came - | War. | would become as famous as Roosevelt scrambled eggs if white- haired, Globe Flowers, Forget - Me - Nots, Daisies and others in the store all ready . for planting out. ach sentence. t don't let that fool you. Under r light talk lies great political n wisdom, | She has made a fine record here, as a volunteer worker in a neur psychiatric ward in which she be- interested after the World The Dickinson pancakes probably the blue-eyed Mrs. L. J. Dick- nson, of both domestic and liter- tastes, e. She doesn't trust 's favorite dish of Iowa flap- to any amateur, i r ' MEMORIAL DAY THE JUNEAU FLORISTS will arranged in containers, all ready for pl ing on the grave. be ready FRIDAY and SATUR- DAY. Priced from $1.00 on up. they will have perennials as Snow-on-the Open Saturday Until M. FLORIS TS PHONE 311 went to the White| her hus- | Mrs. Dickinson a Twin She’s one of a pair of twins born to the comfort and plenty of a prominent family of the tall corn state. Her twin brother is Roscoe Call, Towa insurance man. In the capital she has taken an alert, in- telligent role, writing to home pa- | pers her keen observations on events as they unrolled. She's devoted to! her four grandchildren, one here,| three in Des Moines. ‘ This country already knows Lou| Henry Hoover in the First Lady |role. She was the gracious hostess | to more guests, while her husband was -President, than ever had been entertained previously in any four White House years. Her parties were perfectly appointed. Yet her| closest friends knew she got her keenest enjoyment from mountains| and trees and flowers. | | A Budget-Balancer | The Knox cohorts laud Mrs. Frank | |Knox as a budget-balancer—she’s | said to have saved $500 in three| | years on her husband’s early in- come of $12 to $22 a week. She was Annie Reid of Alma, Mich.,, and met her husband while she was in college. Years of a throat affliction have caused pretty, Mrs. Knox, whose | yes are amazingly blue, to retire to a New Hampshire garden, which she frankly prefers to public life. Slender, dark - haired dimpled Theo Cobb Landon, of Kansas, ! would bring to the White House two lively small children, Nancy| Jo, 3': and John Cobb, 2, a youth- ful stepdaughter, Peggy Ann, 18— and a whole string of hobbies; harp as well as piano in music, collect- ing of early American glass and other antiques, horseback riding. Doesn’t Want Job By the time of her eighteenth wedding anniversary, next June 14, Hazel Vandenberg will know if her ‘dark horse” husband will make the race. She insists she hopes | their future will hold stmplicity in- stead—the chance to just go off to- gether “and have the best time.” She’s a smooth-haired, dark-eyed, straight-seeing person, a former | school teacher, newspaper report- er, social service worker and ad- hemsmg woman. Right after she | was married, she went back to her | desk at the Chicago Tribune, took a look at a clothes hemper full of !Lme love stories, but wouldn't sell | her own, which was worth the daily | prize of $5. | She met Arthur Vandenberg in college. He was engaged. Fifteen years later, when he was a widow- er, they met again, and were wed. R L LEONARD GOES WEST VISITING FUR FARMS Albert H. Leonard, head of the Fox Department of the Purina Mills |in St. Louis, who concluded two | meetings of local fur farmers Sat- urday and Sunday, left on the steamer Aleutian, bound for Cor- dova, to continue his work among the farmers of tha tvicinity. | While here, Mr. Leonard found time to take some valuable moving pictures of the type of foxes devel- oped in farms in the Juneau vic- 'inity, which will be shewn.in the Left to right, top row: Botton (Ieft) Mrs. Alf A Llndan. (right) Mrs. [ard plans husbands as the June Mrs. Herbert Hoover, L. J. Dickinson, fur farming centers, but has aban- doned a proposed visit to Fair- banks, he stated. - e - HALIBUT SOLD Three thousand pounds of hali- but were purchased today from the halibut boat Missouri, Capt. Jackson, by Junean Cold Storage at prices ¢ of 6 cents and 4 cents - e - ENTERS HOSPITAL James Dennis, a medical patient wasadmitted to St. Ann’s Hospital last evening. YoU BEFORE--SENATOR APRI . 25 several calls in Westward | Ole| By BILLIE DE BECK YES--YES-QUITE SO--- WHERE 1S TH'--KID 22 MARCELLE? IS - AHEM-- SORRY FOR HIM AND SHE HAS ASKED ME To G;.T HiM A I TOUGHT T SEEN KNOTTS - YOU'RE DE GUY WHO WAS SETTIN' W(T' THAT ILL DAME TH' NIGHT o' TH' KID'S FOIST FGHT -~ M(SS AILROAD NEWS ITEMS FROM SITKA SITKA, May 24— (Special Corres- | pendence.) James Quinn, widely | known old-time resident, died at the | Pioneer’'s Home Hospital here May 20, following a lingering illness. Severin Stevenson, who has also lived in this section for the past . thirty years, working as a carpen- ter here and in Chichagof, passed away May 17. Other deaths at the Pioneer’s Home as reported by Su- perintendent Eiler Hansen are New- ton Stanley of Fairbanks, May 18; | Henry G. Wenke of Valdez, May 20; Dennis Burns, Juneau, May 21 and William Goss of Ophir, May 21 GENUNGS COMING Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Genung, ac- | companied by Neill Andersen, are| | expected to arrive here on the Alas- | ka next week, when Mr. and Mrs. Genung will take over the manage- | ment of the Alaska Grill. Mr. An- dersen will return to Seattle to join Mrs. Andersen and infant son and/ proceed to Long Beach, California, to spend the summer with relatives, during which time Mr. Andersen { will recuperate from an abdominal operation which he recently under- went at the Mayo clinic at Roches- { ter, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Gen- {ung will come here from Portland, Oregon. BEZ ON VISIT Nick Bez, of the Peril Straits Packing Company at Todd, accom- panied by William Grossman, were week-endy visitors in Sitka. ! RETRIEVER IN PORT The floating cannery Retriever, operated by its owner, Frank Wright | of Anacortes, is in Sitka and will be used to can fish in conjunction with the Alaska Troller's Co-opcm-] tive Association this summer. The Retrieverihas been in Vakutat the |last few 'seasons. ARE MARRIED Miss Melvina Wildt, daughter of | Mr. and Mts. Ed Wildt of Sitka and Use SKRIP, the suc- cessor toink, for best re- sults. , quick- drying. szer messy— “watch it dry.” known both well here, were married by Commissioner Henry Bahrt Sunday evening. They will make their home at Katlean Bay Tommy Woods, RADIO HELLO SYSTEM A radio telephone system is being installed this week at the Pyramid Packing Company plant in order to establish a means of communi- cation between the cannery and their boats, which will facilitate seining operations in, this seetion. Work is being done by Mr. Herrick, representative of the Northern Elec- tric Co. This is the first telephone system of its kind to be installed here. AT PIONEERS’ HOME James Kalles, John McClain, M ke Lyons . and, Themas Shaughnessy, all of Anchorage, were admitted to, the Pioneer’s Home here May 20. CANCO AT SITKA The American Can Co., service; boat Canco was in Sitka last week at which time repairs were made to the filler at the Pyramid Packing Company cannery. Work was done under the direction of Charles Ol- son, the company’s supervisor Alaska. 15 BUYER F. C. Mosher, well known in Al- aska fishing circles, who recently has been in California, has arrived here to take over the duties of Olaf Liestad as buyer for the Alaska Troller's Co-operative Association. E. Farnsworth of Seattle is the local bookkeeper for the organization. RETURNS TO ANGOON Mrs. John Maurstad with Miss Virginia Dick left here Monday to return to the Maurstad home at Angoon. Mr. Maurstad who is em- ployed with the Forest Service here will remain until the end of the summer. their home here for the past two years MRS. FICKEN COMING Mrs. Ben Ficken, wife of Deputy Marshal B. F. Ficken is expected to| return to her home here next week after a three months' visit with TOUCH FOUNTAIN PEN SET. ? SHEAFFER’S TOUCH is guaranteed for Give a SHEAFFER and There is no finer or more welcome GRAD- UATION GIFT than a beautiful and service- able SHEAFFER’S LIFETIME FEATHER- AND PENCIL LIFETIME FEATHER- the life of its owner, except against loss or wilful damage. you invest in a lifetime of smooth, effortless writing. ® Butler Mauro Drug Co. “The Rexall Store” | States upon his return. Mr. Leon- The Maurstads have made | i | | | L friends and relative: Michigan. VISIT HISTORICAL POINTS T. B. Wilson, vice president and general manager of the Alaska Steamship Company and party call- ed at Sitka aboard the yacht Gran- by . Friday. Bill Brown, Steamship agent at Ketchikan was in, the group which spent the day visiting historically interesting points in this vicinity. TEACHER LEAVES Miss Madge McRae, prineipal of the Territorial School here, accom- panied by her sister, Miss Jane Mec- Rae, left Tuesday, on the Northwest- ern for their. home in Missoula, Montana, where Miss McRae plans to study at the University of Mon- Other school teachers vacationing in the € | the South are Mrs. Ruth Manca | ter the University of Oregom, to who will attend Washington State College and visit relatives in Spo-/ kane; Mrs. Ralph Davis, who will spend a month in Seattle and will Alaska | = in Kinsas andybeing made foday for the annual picnic of the Douglas Island: Wo- men's Club., According to plans announced a special bus, chartered for the nccasign will leave here at ten o'clock in the morning for the Gunnar Blomgren cadn on Glac- ler Highway, where ine picnic will be held. e SAVIKKO COMPLETES TEACHING TERM; WILL REENTER UNIVERSITY For the interim betweenteach- in7 during the past winter and at- tending summer school ,Walter Sa- vikko with Mrs. Savikko and their w. | little daughter, are here for & cou- ple of weeks' visit with Mr. Bavik- ko’s parents, having arrived on the Yukon. He taught at Chitina dur- tana during the summer months,| 2% the past eight months, When they leave again they will go to Eugene, Oregon, where he will en- ontinue his studies in art. Mr. Savikko has contracted to teach next fall at Gustavus, and meet her parents from San Fran-| Wi Ieturn in time to go there after cisco, who will return with her to| COMPleting his summer course. spend the yemainder of the sum-1 mer in Sitka; Miss Ossa Duff who' will visit with her mother in Penn- sylvania and Miss Winifred Layton who will go to her home in Seattle. The boat Pringeton, operaied by the. Presbyteriap Missionary. ciety, Jeft here Monday afternoon with the last load of students from the Sheldon Jackson Scheol who are returning to their homes in Southeast Alaska ports te spend the summer vacation. - e DOUCLAS NEWS READY FOR PICNIC With fine weather promised for 2 in| tomorrow, final preparatians . were So- | - ———— BUILDS GARAGE Eric Anderson had a garage built next to the Douglas Dairy garage yesterday for his car, With his fam- | ily he expects to get located in the Rieser cottage where Mr. and Mrs Bowman ncw reside. - - - RECOVERS FROM OPERATION James Baras retu:ned home from the Government pital in Ju- neau the first of the weck after more than two months’ illness fol- (lowing a major operation. COMING TO JUNEAU TO SPEND SUMMER Miss Norma Kimball, of Portland, Oregon, is a passenger aboard the Alaska for Juneau. She is coming to spend the summer with her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. George F, Freeburger. 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