The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 28, 1936, Page 8

BRUENING PARTY TANKS EXPLODE-Barr Gets Right VISITING MANY WHEN FIREMEN toUse Army Site PLAGES INS. E Last Night Spenl at Sltka-m Director Catching S. S. Northwestern Today Dr. Ernest H. Gruening, Director of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions, who left Juneau yesterday morning accompanied by Charles W. Hawkesworth, Assistant Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Robert W. Bender, General Manager of The Empire, and Lieut. Col. Ralph W. Dusenbury, Com- manding Officer of Chilkoot Bar- rascks, aboard the PAA Fairchild iseaplane piloted by Murray Stuart, on a tour of the towns and sma communities of Southeast A arrived at Sitka last night at 7:30 o'clock and remained there over- night. From Juneau the plane went to Haines yesterday morning to de- liver Lieut. Col. Dusenbury to- his station at the Army post. After leaving Haines the plane circled Glacier Bay, visited Hoonah and Petersburg, and went on to Sitka This morning the seaplane was reported at Goddard Hot Springs at 9:20 o'clock. After visiting Craig, Metlakatla, Klawock and other points today, Dr. Gruening was scheduled to catch the Northwest- ern at Ketchikan. - BARR PLANE FROM ATLIN The North Canada Air Express Pilgrim plane piloted by L. F. Barr, arrived at the Army Airport from Atlin at 1 o'clock this afternoon with one passenger, Frank Williams, who is enroute to the Whitewater Taku mine and will sail from Ju- neau aboard the riverboat Jeanne WORK ON BLAZE ‘Two Alarm” Fne Sound- ed in Seattle Early This Morning SEATTLE, May 28—Exploding oxygen tanks endangered firemen at a “two alarm” blaze that virtu- ally destroyed the Northwest Baker Ice Machine Company's plant on| Airport Way early this morning. The estimated loss is $40,000. Firemen prevented explosions of 150 ammonia tanks and a dozen| tanks of acetylene. It is believed the fire started from| rubbish that was ‘burned behind the plant early last evening. - MAIL ABOARD PRIN. LOUISE There will be three and one hait days first class mail aboard the Princess Louise due tomorrow af- ternoon or evenirg from the south Postmaster Albert Wile radioed the Seattle office to send the mail aboard the Canadian Pacific steam- er as it would reach Juneau earlier than on any other steamer due to sail the same day as the Princess Louise. PATCU N FLIGHT, YAKUTAT, LITUYA Scheduled to call at,Tenakee, S(ka Chichagof, Ya ukttaan mh| | sitka, Chichagof, Yakutat and Li- | | tuya Bay, the Alaska Air Transport | seaplane Patco, piloted by Sheldon S:mmons left Juneau at 8 o'clock | this morning and was expected to return at about 4 o'clock this af- | ternoon. | Two passengers left Juneau aboard the plane, H. R. Elliott for for Plane Base, Agreement [s Reached Through Efforts of Cham- ber, Delegate Dimond The North Canada Air Express has rcached an agreement with Army officials to use the Army bomber field here for airplane ser- vice between Juneau and Atlin, the | Chamber of Commerce has been advised, it was reported at the week- ly luncheon of the Chamber in the Terminal this noon. On payment of a small fee per month, the field, which was reserved for the U. S. Signal Corps, Wwill be available to L. F. Barr, who operates the air line to Atlin, it was stated, but he will be required to vacate if asked by the Army authorities in the event they need the field for some other purpose. On receipt nf a wire from the Juneau Chamber, Deiegate Anthony | 7. Dimond went direct to Col. Law- rence Westbrook, Chief of the Army Air Corps, who assured the Dele- | gate the matter would be adjusted. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THURSDAY MAY 28 1936. Since then the agreement has been zwunds it would make bonded in- debtedness the ' stated Dr. Robert M. Coffey, who has reached too easy, report To Help Students Get Jobs Territorial Auditor Frank A. Bo\h | ployment for local high school stu- | ber dents. He explained that some of P community by doing everything, possible to see that they get first dents seeking work. President N ‘ The logs have already caused man Banfield announced the young- | damage to three halibuters, Ethel S, Report of the Exeentive Board re- vealed that body against the bill >ral provisions provide that a muni- cipality can incur bonded debt up | | brought before the Chamber the come here to establish a medical matter of helping in getting em- | practice, was a guest of the cham- the students have to make their own money to go on to school and | he felt it would be a good commun- ity investment to help the young- sters, and thus the parents of the Tfl NAvIGAT'UN opportunities at jobs this summer o Charles Naghel expressed a simi-| SEATTLE, May 28.—Fishing boats | lar sentiment and the Chamber de- | plying the waters of Puget Sound cided the body would serve as an|and Alaska report an unusual num- employment agency for the stu-|ber of logs menacing navigation. sters could register with Cur(M Gelgeland and Zenith ,and one, Shattuck, Secretary of the Cham-|salmon carrier, The Express. her would be glad to furnish infor- v mation to prospective employers Against Bond Bill which recently passed Congress al- lowing cities in Alaska to incur bonded indebtedness without con- sent of Congress. The measure is| now before the President. Its gen- to 10 per cent of the assessed valua- tion after a favorable vote of at least 65 per cent of the voters on the tax rolls. The Chamber committee went on record against it on EXICAN (‘l;rh Powder T ANNUAL Before Tourist SALE We need. the room for our Tourist Goeds and announce a GENERAL SALE of SILVER and ART GOODS at a general REDUCTION of 25% The Pilgrim plane is scheduled | o, oyee and P. L. Neill, Post Of- to take off on a return flight 1040, ypepector, for Sitka. At Sitka Atlin_ this evening with a load of| gieye yukovich will board the plane groceries. FARKAS ESTABLISHES HEADQUARTERS HERE| Richard Farkas has been pointed sales manager for Alaska | of the L. L. Adcot Diesel Engine Schools of Portland, Oregon. Mr. Farkas expects to make Juneau his headquarters, working the Territory | from here. He stated that the rea- son for the extension of the Adcot service to Alaska was the result of the numerous replies from Al- aska in response to their national advertising campaign which ap- peared in several pubhcauous R GRIMES RETURNS Ben L. Grimes, Jr., Sanitary En- gineer, arrived in Juneau yesterday noon after a three weeks' inspec- tion tour of Southeast Alaska towns and canneries. Mr. Grimes made the trip on the Betty Ross. ap- | | for Chichagof, and two other pas- | sengers will travel from Sitka to vakutat. Returning from Yakutat,| the plane will stop at Lituya Bay| to pick up B. M. Evander and C. Dumbolton for transportation to Juneau, |KRANE, PETERSON ‘ WlLL GIVE DANCE Harry Krane .md Alb(‘r( PE‘L(‘XSOH are sponsoring a Memorial Day Scandinavian-American dance Sat- |urday night at the Moose Hall |Both Krane and Peterson are well- known accordion artists of ability land will feature American, Swed- ish, Norwegian, Finnish, and Rus- sian music. 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