The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1936, Page 7

REPORT FOREST * FIRES MENACING ALASKA POINTS Conflagration Reported to Be 1 m'v.'lh‘nin;: lown of Hmn:-r Hla/(‘. I l()nlm]\ Governor’s 0i- from Report to the fice here this afternoon Anchorage stated that no homes were endangered by the fire at Homer. A shower yesterday wiil stop the fire running in the grass, the message said, but the sod fire is still burning. No effort was made to check it, the | report stated. Forest fires menaced variou continued throughout the Territory mercury soaring to 108 yesterday @ ) ime high, yesterday at Sew- ard Officials of the Land Office at Anchorage t a me from Seldovia, accc to ociated Press report a forest cove w0 miles in the cinity of Homer and was threaten ing the town. Fire fighting crew from nearby towns had been aske to aid Homer immediately. Con: | crable damage to homesteads | game is reported | Report to the Forest Service fice here saic W back of the Standard c Hoonah but that the Ho Department was believ: the situation under ntr The message from the Icy Straits Pack- broke ing Company said the fire out Sunday, was apparently guished but broke out again y day The fire at Heceta Island is ported under control after burning over about 70 acres of slashing spots of green tim Eisewhere in Alaska temperat were up. Fairbanks registes yesterday, Bethel 70 and Cordo 74. Weather officials said that while 99 was registered in the Inte several years ago, few dry spell such long duration have beer corded in the Territory - and re- Blondes are tops among SKAGWAY studio stars and Anya Taranda - of Beverly Hills, Cal, considers GOES TO Miss Winnifred Sipprell, daugh-| her swim suit to be in keeping. ter of G. C. Sipprell, master me-| It's a novel quilted affair that chanic for the White Pass and| is really adapted to waves Yukon Route, was a through pas-| Though this is a two-piece senger from Seattle to Skagway bathing suit, it is unbroken. "You dowkl have jo be 2ich to enjoy 2k whiskey!” that’s why Old Quaker gives: you a barrel of quality in every bottle! e DLD QUAKE 5 BRAND DISTILLED DRY GIN—85 PROOF ¢ STRAIGHT WHISKEY—90 PROOF Disdilled from 100% grain neutral spirits As you peefer in BOURBON o RYE COPYRIGHT 1936, THE OLD QUAKER CO., LAWRENCEBURG, IND. DIVISION OF SCHENLEY PRODUCTS CO , INC BARR PLANEIS OFF TO ATLIN | THIS EVENING, |Will Carry Groceries and . Passengers — Return Trip Scheduled Air Express | ne will leave | at 6 o'clock ithis evening with a shipment of | g fies and one roundtrip pas- Russel Dow, representative of the Geologic Society of Amer- ica. Mr. Dow, who arrived on the Yukon plans to spend about five |weeks in the Crillon Lake region studying glacial conditions. A spec- |ial metal cone for use in aerial| ,photography was constructed at a 1c tinshop this afternoon by Mr }1- preparation for the flight | {to Atlin. Ben Twiss, who will be | |associated with Mr. Dow, arrived; on the Princess Charlotte On the return flight from Atlin, Miss F. Page will be a passenger Juneau aboard the Barr plane | Pilot Barr was notified recently | (that he has passed examinations ltaken at Skagway several weeks ago, and has been granted a com- mercial radio operator's license, and io equipment has been installed the North Canada Air Express w, in her here in piane - MRS. HEBERT - SURPRISED 0 |FCURTH PLANS TO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1936 Elevated to Leadership for Gov. Kansas, John Hamilton, Campaign Manager Landon, and Re- publican National Committeeman frem has been elected Chairman of the Republican Naticnal Committee succeeding Henry P. Fletcher. ] LEAVES HOSPITAL David Hansen, who underwen a tonsilectomy operation at the Gov- BE DISCUSSED AT CHAMBER LUNCHEOQN | ernment Hospital, was discharged this morning HER BIRTHDAY = SN | Tentative plans for the Fourtl 2 SR G IR — of July Celebration will be pres-| SHOP IN JUNEAU FIRST! Mrs. Lisle F. Hebert was happily ented at the regular weekly lunch- surprised last evening when a num- eon of the Chamber of Com . - ber of her friends called at her|at the Te 1al Cafe tomorrow l home in the Marine Apartments to, M. D. W ms, District Engineer c l ln wish her a happy birthday |for the Bureau of Public Roads Bridge was enjoyed by the wo-|will present information explain 2 | men during the evening with Mrs. the positi Bureau of Pub- T d ed Hebert winning first prize and Mrs. | jje }zmm with reference to the 1 oaste N. A. McEachran low proposed ciling of roads in | Toasting a tea leaf A delicious lunch which included ' juneau area | a lighted birthday cake was served g B Han traveling represen- develops extra flavor- late in the evening |tative for the United States Cham- . Guests attending the affair were pe. or commerce, will be a guest| delicious delicate flavors the Mesdames: N. A. McEachran. |, (he Juncheon | . E. S. Evans, G. V. Goss, Josephine SR | You otherwise Soule, J. C. Michaelson, Lou Kann ABOARD CHARLOTTE swould never Miss Madge Hildinger and the guest of honor Mrs. Hebert | Aboard the Princess Charlotte T first trip to Alaska for thi son is Capt. W. Q. Palmer, ir command. A. H. Bird is again ir 1 the official capacity as purser. B. F. Osborn is Chief Engineer and Brown is chief steward VISITING HERE J. Timmons, manager of the sales operating department of the Standard Oil Company, at the home | office in San Francisco, zm‘nmpz\n-‘ ied by his son, Peter, arrived on the Princess Charlotte. Mr. Timmons said that his last trip to Alaska was about ten years ago, but that prior to that time he was a frequent visitor to the Territory. His present visit is partly a vacation and partly to familiarize himself with trans- portation, distribution and operation | conditions. | Mr. Timmons conferred today with W. E. Moultray, Assistant District | Sales Manager for the Standard Oil “‘Company at Seattle, and R. M. Douglas, Sub-Station Superintend- ent for Alaska, both.of whom ar- rived on the Yukon. \CREEVY FLIES TO PARTY, SNIPE BAY E. W. Creevy, of the Creevy Trad- ing Company, was a passenger to | Sitka this morning aboard the PAA | | Fairchild seaplane piloted by Mur- ray Stuart on a charter flight. | At Sitka' Mr. Creevy contacted | the gasboat Jazz, which left Juneau |Monday afternoon with a crew of workmen in charge of S. H. P. | Vevelstad, and two Swedish scien- | | tists, who arrived Sunday night iby plane with Mr. Creevy. The |entire party sailed from Sitka for Snipe Bay this morning aboard the gasboat, Mr. Creevy, who represents cap- | |ital interested in developing nickel deposits at Snipe Bay owned by S. H. P. Vevelstad, was a roundtrip | passenger to Hawk Inlet yesterday aboard the Irving Airways Lock- heed Vega seaplane The two Swedish mining ex- perts, Ture Taglund and Dr. Eric { Hoegbom, traveled from Stockholm, | Sweden, to Baranof Island in 10 days, from New York by plane, to inspect the nickel property. They were passengers from Seattle aboard the PAA Fairchild seaplane last Sunday. CHALLENGE ISSUED BY TUG-OF-WAR MEN The Seiners tug-of-war team.| that emerged victorious in battles at | | the Bartenders’ Picnic at Treadwell | Beach Sunday, is so confident of its superiority over other tugmen that an open challenge has been issued to any nine men on Gastineau Channel. 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