The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 29, 1936, Page 8

.\ JUNEAU READY T0 CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY Fitting Ser\;; Are Being Sponsored by Legion at Elks’ Hall at 10 A. M. Tomorrow Juneau pays tribute to its soldier and sailor dead. Under what promises to be clear skies, the citizenry will assemble again to.pay respect and homage to those who gave their lives in behalf of their country The address of the day will be delivered by Charles W. Hawkes- worth, Spanish-American War vet- eran, and the ritualistic services will be in charge of Department Ccmmander A. E. Karnes, Post Chaplain; Commander E. M. Polley of the Post, and Mrs. Alba New- man, President of the Auxiliary. Both the services at the Elks' Hall and at the dock will broadcast over station KINY, it was announced today by C. B. Arnold, KINY manager Under the auspices of the Alford John Bradford Post No. 4, Ameri- can Legion, and with the co-opera- tion of the Legion Auxiliary, Span-, - —— ish War Veterans, Scouts and pther civic and patciotic organizations, REv KEND ALL appropriate ceremonies will be held | in the Elks' Hall at 10 o'clock in the morning with a parade follow- | ing to the waterfront and thence to Evergreen Cemetery for x'n\m]zsxu". service apropos of the occasion | today asked that all patriotic citi-| zens of the community join with | the Legion in the annual observance | which will last approximately one hour, starting promptly at 10 o'-| clock at the Elks Hall | All Legicnnaires are ack>d to mect | at the Dugout not later than 9:45| where color bearers and a firing| squad under the direction of Lieut.; Reporting an interesting and in- Frank Metecalf will form with ",zrucuvo meeting, the Rev. O. L. column of Legionnaires and Span-|Kendall returned to Juneau on the ish War Veterans. Boy Scouts Princess Louise after attending the have been asked to meet in front |convention of the First Division of the Dugout shortly before 10 and |[Rotary Clubs held at Vancouver, the Auxiliary members are requesi- (B. C., May 10 to 13, and traveling cho rts Interesting Con- vention Held at Van- couver, B. C. ed by Mrs, Alba Newman, their|in Washington and Idaho. President, to be at the Elks Hall :\‘ Highlights on the program of few minutes before 10 o'clock the convention were the Kitsalano After the services at the hall,|Boys' Band, an o) thé parade, led by the City Band, ‘hai played all ver Europe, the will move down lower Franklin|Rev. Kendall said, and several out- Street to the Winter-Pond corner, |standing speeches by members of then turning into the Pacific Rotary Clubs from Washington, Coast Dock where the wreath cere-|Oregon and Canada. mony for the sailor dead will be| held. The procession then will pro- ceed to the Legion plot in Ever-| green cemetery for concluding cere- monies. nization which Excursion Of unusual interest, in Rev. Ken- dall’s estimation was an excursion to New Castle Island from Van- |couver, taken in |Upon reaching the island Stanley Long, Governor of the First District Work for Others |Rotary Clubs, was made an Indian chief by the tribe of Indians on Ithe island. The ceremony was an Just the Same |impressive one, Mr. Kendall said, Vil shones losing omorrow, ""’“‘as was the Indian wedding which Sunésu' will take s day off in honor SUPPer. convenation delegates were of Memorial Day. |brought back to Vancouver. That is— Next Conference Some of Juneau will take the day| The next district conference of off—milkmen, restaurant help, A.-J. the Rotary Ciubs will be held at employees, The Empire staff, and Spokane in 1937, the Rev. Kendall, others in many occupations, will be who was the farthest north dele- on the jobs as usual. |gate’ to attend this year's conven- Public offices, City, Territorial tion announced --e Holiday Tomorrow ; and Federal, will be closed all day. invitation to hold the 1938 conven- | e, Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire office. tion at Ketchikan was extended and cordially received although no decision has been made. the Rev. coma to visit with his son and daughter, later going to Only other delegate from Alaska to the Rotary Convention at Van- who was accompanied by his wife. OPEN ALL DAY TOMORROW Pay’n Takit Liquors GEORGE BROS. WE NEVER CLOSE E GEORGE BROTHERS' MEAT and GROCERY DEPART- MENTS and the LEADER DE- PARTMENT STORE WILL BE - JGLGSED TOMORROW . "MEMORIAL DAY. Governor John W. Troy, N. ing the Columbia Glacier between Cordova and Valdez, + first tourist trip to the glacier of the 1936 season. Pays Penalty chartered boats. | He added that an | Following the convention which{ it iy was attended by 2,000 delegates,| country,” Kendall traveled to Ta-| Lester on Scaffold fu@laying Holdup-Murderer Executed This Morning—Accom- plice Uncaptured WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 29.— Glenn Stringer, aged 24, of Med- ford, died on the gallows in the State prison shortly after midnight for the holdup-slaying of Herbert Caples, tobacco salesman, at Van- couver, Wash. The only comment Stringer made on the scaffold, according to his spiritual adviser, the Rev. Peter Schmidt, who spoke for him, was that he held no bitterness toward | anyone and blamed only himself. Stringer’s accomplice in the hold- ! up, Ralph Tremaine, has never been m;r"“(’ndv‘d -so KU KLUX KLAN SAYS T0 DOWN BLACK LEGION Imperial Wizard Calls on Government to Stamp Out Organization ATLANTA, Georgia May 29.—Hi- ram Evans, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Kluk Klan, today urged the Government to stamp out the Black Legion. “The Government has brought kidnaping to an end in this coun- try and if the same efficiency men are instructed to go to the bottom of the Black Legion, in my opinion, end night riding in this said Evans. The burley Chieftain denied em- | phatically there is any connecticn Tuttle, | between the Ku Kluk Klan and Idaho, where he saw his mother. ‘nw Black Legion. He also visited in Jerome, ld(Lho S Twin Falls, and Buhl RUNNING TO COVER Mrs, Kendall is in Stockton, Cal., DETROIT, Mich.,, May 29.—-Re- where she will stay for an in-| ports that fear-stricken members definite time with their daughter|of the Black Legion are burning Willetta, their hoods and robes have been received as the authorities mapped out plans for a finish fight on the couver was Gus Pruell of Ketchikan | organization Prosecutor Owen Dudley, of Jack- | son County, said: “The back of the organization here has been broken. | Some members are burning their | robes | further violence.” | This county has been the strong- hold of the Black Legion. It is announced that further meetings of ilhe Legion have been postponed in- | definitely. | A letter, declared to have been ! written in human blood “to lay off the Black Legion” has been received at Police headquarters. B —— WRANGELL T0 OBSERVE DAY | WRANGELL, Alaska, May 29.— This city will observe Memorial| Day tomorrow with exercises in| | charge of Merlin Elmer Palmer Post | No. 5, American Legion.. The pro- gram will be given in the Collseum ! theatre and the Legion members will march to the cemetery for the| | final observance of the day. Stores and, all business houses will be closed throughout the morn-| | ing until 1 o'clock in the afternoon ‘\lhen they will open to accommo- | date the Saturday trade. " e Victor Moore, veteran-comedian, has been on the stage 40 years. roast, and Dr. Ernest H. Gruening photographed while view- rom the bridge of the steamer Alaska, on its I do not believe the remain- | | der have nerve enough however for! \ ELECTRICAL STORM HITS EARLY TODAY Seattle Residents Alarmed at Unusual Occurrence —Damage Is Done ATTLE, May 29.—A third clec- trical storm this week, hit here early this morning and interrupted power service in several areas. Many transformers were burned out. Sev- eral houses were struck by light- ning An amateur radio station was also hit by lightning David Ward, Universi ingtcn engineering student was knocked out of bed whem, a bolt struck the house in which he was living The lightning caused much con- sternation here as it is not com- mon. Heavy rain followed the electrica! storm ¢ of Washi- ‘ITIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIH!IIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIII MORE TROOPS INTO CHINA Detying Miweis 3,000/ M=n Reinforce North | China Garrisons TIENTSIN, China, May 29.—Ja- | pan, defying Chinese protests, sent 3000 more soldiers into North| China’s garrisons. Infantry, caval- rymen and tank corps landed earlier in the day at the port of Tangiu and moved through the streets to! the new barracks near the Inter- naticnal Race Course. Jap garrisons here, in Peiping) and Fengtai have already been re-| inforeed, Chinese sources ying by 20,000 Japanese, the Japanese say- ing 8,000 r Not since the loss of Manchuria,| now Manchoukuo, has the situation been regarded so serious. The pow- erful southwest government in Can- ton joined the central administra- tion in making a protest against »troop increases saying “Japan’s de- termination to remain permanently in China is plain.” Abandoning the policy of silence | concerning Jap activities, radio roadcasters are condemning new moves PUGET SOUND POWER STOCK SHOWS PROFIT Dividends Pd vable Since 1933 Voted by Direct- ors at Meeting May 29. —The of Directors of the Puget Sound Power and Light Company has voted to resume payment of dividends on $5 prior preference stock, dividends on which were sus- pended in 1933 The first dividend, $1.25 a share, is payable July 15 to stockholders on record of June 20. As voted by the directors, the dividend is in full payment of accu- mulated unpaid dividend normally | payable January 16, 1933, on prior | preference stock here are 110,000 shares of prior preference stock outstanding. we can tell you the heels, counte: you. It means t And that’s the r | Alaskans. g FRANKLY. though, it doesn’t mean that yru are going to get a five dollar bil! and a new pair of Star Brand all-leather shoes free of charge, because more comfort, longer wear, and better value for your money. Star Brand shoes you are getting the ALASKA’NS T0 WED, SEATTLE SEATTLE, May 29.—Marriage li- censes have been issued here to two Francis J. O'Brien, 26, of Seattle, has been issued a license to wed Charlotte N. Burkhart, 21, of Sitka. Curil W. Steers, 24, of Ketchikan, has secured a license to wed Mary Ann Lawran, 19, of Seattle. IRVING PLANE ON TRIP The gasboat Nui:ance, Capt. A. HOONAH, HAWK INLET S. Thompson, arrived from Hoonah Bound for Hawk Inlet and Hoon- last night and will sail on the re- ah, the Irving Airways Lockheed turn trip tonight. Mrs. Thompson, | Vega seaplane, piloted by Gene wife of the skipper and Mrs. L. Meyring, left Juncau this afternoon Kane, are roundtrip Passengers. | with 4 passengers: A. Van Mavern Rev. Joseph Allard arrived aboard | and C. C. Walker of the West Coast the gasboat for a visit of about a Grocery Company, round trip to week in Juneau, enroute to ‘Atlin.| Hoonah, and Henry Roden and a ST =¥ | miner for Hawk Inlet. MRS. WRIGHT HERE | — ->oe Mrs. Don Wright of Sitka, former | 3 Pl Juneau girl, is visiting in Junean e |a few days during the stay ox |her husband’s boat, lin port. NUISANC; PORT f i Sadie Seagel was admitted to the Spencer, | St. Ann's Hospital last evening for medical care. y&, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL THAT Don’t talk to me about trying fo save money on coffee. What we put up with during the past year was plenty. 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