The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 6, 1936, Page 8

FIRMS TO AID HOME BUILDING Will Cooperate Fully with Federal Housing Administration At a meeting held this morning in the offices of the Alaska Credit Bureau, representatives of the Ju- neau Young Hardware Company; the Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc.; and the Harri Machine Shop announc- ed they were ready to cooperate fully with the Federal Housing Ad- ministration and would receive ap- plications at once for the immed- iate start of any new construction or modernization that can be ap- proved_ under Titles One or Two of the Federal Housing Act Not only are these companies inviting applications for new home construction for Juneau, Douglas and other Gastineau Channel ponts, but they are extending their scope to cover the whole of Alaska and J. E. Pegues, Federal Housing Administrator for Alaska, stated that his office stood ready to fur- nish all the necessary information to prospective builders the program under way. Applications Received Many applications have already been presented to the representa- tives of the above firms, Messrs John W. Jons, F. McDermott and J. B. Bernhofer, and it is antici- pated that at least a quarter of a million dollars worth of new con- struction will be under way with- in the next ninety days. Commenting on the entry of new home financing concern in this to get a field, Thomas A. Morgan, Alaska representative of the Columbia Lumber Company said: “This is great, it is one of the biggest op- portunities Juneau and vicinity, as well as the whole of Alaska, has experienced and puts the set-up of the Federal Housing Act on a com- petitive basis, which, according to my judgment, is the very best thing that could happen, and the well- known Juneau firms are to be com- plimented on their progressiveness.” Full details of the plan of home financing are available at the places of business of the Juneau Young Hardware Co., the Juneau Lumber Mills, Ine., and the Harri Machine Shop. Persons out of town who are interested should communi- cate with either of the above firms by mail. D ALASKAN COWBOYS Besides miners and fishermen, Alaska also ha cowboys, reports from the Westward would indicate. At Chernoski and Umnak islands in the Aleutians there are sheep ranches with the bands of sheep running as high as 15,000 in num- ber. The sheep are cared for by men who ride the rolling grassy hills on broncos, throw lariats, and in all particulars conduct them- selves like range hands in the western cattle States. Bt s 2 el MARRIED RECENTLY Recently the Rev. Ralph Peter- son of Cordova married Marie Mc- Donald and Thomas Gilmore in a quiet home ceremony. —_— ... ELKS' DANCE Elks' Hall, Saturday night at 9:30 o'clock. Rands' Music. adv. e - Empire classifieds pay. ffor Beller i E | Ruth Rankin, magazine writer, has become the bride of David Lamson, figure in the sensational wife mur- der case at Palo Alto, Calif., and now a writer for the screen. These photos were taken just after their marriage. (Associated Press Photo) ‘BROWN BOMBER' CAUSE OF FIBAT IN JUNEAU ALLEY One Man in Jail, Another| in Hospital Result of Set- tling Louis-Schmeling Go | C. “Joe” Vassar is 1 Ll Federal bastile and Oscar Culberhouse i a broken and nine stitches in his head, because of the “Brown Bomb- | er,” it was reported today by Po-| lice Officer Kenneth Junge, who called “time” on the two men when he found them engaged in combat in the y back of the Thomas Hardware Company at 5| o'clock this morning | Culberhouse and Vassar had come to blows, it was reported, due to a bet over the outcome of the fight between Joe Louis, once known as the “Brown Bomber” but now | facetiously referred to as the ‘“ex- ploded bomb,” and Max Schmeling. I\Vh!! had bet was not ascertained, Officer Junge reported, but “monkey business” was alleged, the charge |being made that one of the boys had inside information on the out- come before the wager was placed. Result: Vassar is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, namely, an orange juice bottle, and | cooling off G nose all nursin, Culberhouse in St. Ann's Hos- pital. Assistant District Attorney | seorge W. Folta filed the charge |in Commissioner's Court ( Vassar was arraigned this after- noon and bail set at $1,000. - | gineers will be sent | Gordon, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1936. DISCOVERED, BARANOF IS, Find Is Reported Here by Joe Hill— Juneauites Are Interested Joe Hill, well-known and trapper, on a to Junecau last week, told of finding a hith- erto unknown chrome deposit on Baranof Island behind Silver Bay Mr. Hill stated that there are two miles of ore in deposit Sommissioner J. F. Mullen, J. J Meherin, and Dr. W. W. Council have sent samples of the south to be If assays prove that the ore high grade without too much magnetic iron in it, en- to the site of prospector visit At the ore ssayed is of the deposits Mr. Hill left later last week for Taku where he is doing assess- ment work on some mining prop- erty. D REPORT INDIANS STARVING N ARCTIC COAST Veteran Trading Vessel Captain Radios Terrible Condition, Barter Isle (Continued from Page One) Assistant Director of Educa- id his information indicat- it at this season it was pos- worth, sible for the Eskimos to live from the natural resources of the coun- try. There are some 500 residents along the Arctic Coast, he said. Daugherty's Report The official said the Indian of- fice was in receipt of a message from Commissioner Daugherty, who is also the Indian Bureau teacher at Barrow, as early May 16 in which that official said there was distress among the natives because of lack of seal. One man, Tom was living on flour alone that time, Daugher said This condition was alleviated s that time through funds sent the Commissioner by the Bureau amounting to $90, Mr. Hawkesworth at pointed out Report from the Arctic is that wolves have been killing reindeer e —— Léaves Death House Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood Pale and shaken after six months in the death house at Ossining prison, N Y. Mrs. Dorothy Sher- wood leaves the penitentiary above, for Goshen, N Y, where she will face a second jury in No vember, charged with the drown ing of her two-year-old son James, so that he “would starve to death.” She was grant- ed _a new trial on _ technical e grounds. noi by the thousands in the region and Daugher n cne message said he knew of one herd of 600 deer which. 100 had been Kkilled by An earlier statement from 3rower, veteran trader at stated that the wolves were at the rate of wolves Charles Barrow killing the deer off 100 a day last winter Harlan Gubser, who is being sent north by Biological Survey to tart a campaign on _the’ w is “aboard North Star, due to arrive here tomor Whether he will take plane and immediate- the stricken continue « North Star could not be as- certained until after a conference with officials here after hig arrival the to area or SOLDIERS TO MEET MOOSE, GAME TONIGHT Army Team Reported to Have Many Victories Hanging on Belt Local Moose ba take on the U. ing at 6:30 o'clock on the neau diamond when Art McKin- non's Pap team of the Gastineau annel League meets the Com- F team from Chilkoot Bar- eballers get tough and The army team, which arrived here yesterday with Company F on the Fornance, has had several games this season with other post teams and civilian squads and holds a victory over the Navy as repre- sented by the baseball players off the destroyers Goff and Reuben James. That same Navy team was later defeated by the Moose here, making tonight's contest look to- ward being an even match. Lieutenant Beattie, Athletic Of- ficer in charge of Company F squad, has not as yet announced a ineup for tonight's game. The Mcose, however, will take the field at full strength, with Jim Morgan in the box and Tex Hawkins be- hind the bat. - MRS. CALLIN IS HOUSE GUEST OF ALICE COUGHLIN Mrs. H. M. Callin, wife .of the Deputy United States Marshal at Haines, is the house guest of Mrs Alice Coughlin Mrs. Callin ex- pects to remain here week-end oo MEYRING MAKING EMERGENCY FLIGHT during the Pilot Gene Meyring flying the Trving Alr white Lockheed sea- plane is making a round trip emer- gency flight to the Superior Pack- ing Company Tenakee this af- ternoon to bring in a sick Indian woman. Meyring left at 2:10 o'clock - JUNEAU FIRM GETS BRIDGE CONTRACT Word has been received by the Sommers Construction Company of the receipt of the contract for build- ny the Grouse Creek bridges nes Seward. IBOXERS ASKED TO TRYOUT FOR SMOKER CARD LABOR DAY All aspiring boxers who would like to participate in the American Le- gion smoker at the Elks hall Labor Day are asked by Matchmaker Ken- neth Junge to report at the Elks hall at 7 o'clock Friday night for tryouts. Promoter John McCormick of the Legion said that a supply of gloves and other equipment had been ob- tained and wide interest has been from shown in the forthcoming smoker. | He reported that several soldiers! Chilkoot Barracks are in| training and would show on the La- bor Day card here In view of these challengers from the Barracks, Matchmaker Junge is particularly k about getting some local boys with class to strut their stuff in the square ring and is willing to devote considerable of his time to helping them get in| shape, if they will just show up at| the Eiks hall at 7 o'clock tomorrow | night | - O Try a classified—Empire. ! R T ——— 7 the beer wiih‘élyutdé'nz CAP e IN CANS AT ALL DEALERS BUS OVERTURNS, ELEVEN INJURED HUNTINGTON, Pa., Aug. 6—An eastbound bus overturned twelve miles west of here this forenoon killing one, an unidentified wo- man, and injuring eleven other pas- sengers — e The spinal cord, unlike many parts of the body, is unable to re- generate tissue or heal its its own wounds. o mimt e bt = JUNEAU COLD STORAGE CO. DISTRIBUTORS HOWLL YOU HAVE YOUR BEER ... BOTTLE °* GAN ? A BOTTLE . easy fo open e« easy hore déffiédd(/fi%&é/ A CAN o' keeps NI et Schilling "*™ | apt. 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