The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 24, 1936, Page 2

In General Merc THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1936 and RQMW to SMART SHOWING of NEW COATS Prices starting at $l 3.53 up to 37 5.00 AFTERNOON DRESSES Many Tunic Sty les—New Fall Colors $14 50t $32 50 NEW WOQOLENS Special $9.75 GROUP DRESSES ~NEW STY¥LES+-NEW COLORS ANKLETS LITTLE MEN'S.SOX 1.0t : GIRLS' RAYON PANTIES AND BLOOMERS. 85¢ pr. GARLG UNIOMSIITDS it 0 e 75¢ GIRLS' COTTON DRESSES "fiflaiSe School Clothes UNION SUITS—10% Wool CLEARANCE ON SUMMER UNION SUITS CHILDREN'S LONG STOCKINGS . AAAAA $1.25 each 50c 35¢ pair 25¢, 30c, 35¢ pair 25¢, 35¢, 40c pair 25c¢, 35c, 45¢ pair - 35¢, 40c, 50c pair 20¢, 25¢ pair FINALRALLIES ' T0 BE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY Roosevelt amandon to End Campaign Late in October By PRESTON GROVER: i WASHINGTON, 'Aug. 24."— Just| how will the Madison Square '‘Gar- den, scenes of the present cam- | paign, when both presidential can- didates deliver their near-final| speeches, compare with those of four years ago? | October 20 has been; announced | as the date for Govérhor Landon to | speak at the Garden while Demo- crats haye reserved the big audi- [torium 'for 'October 31, although| President Roosevelt's speaking itin- erary has not been announced. Four years ago, President Hoover‘ abandoned his early plan to deliver only three or four addresses and began speaking at virtually every| crossroads in a final attempt to stem a tide he felt setting agamst aim, HOOVER'S GREATEST OVATION The day of his Madison Square1 Garden speech, late in Oetober, he‘ aad swept through five states, speaking often to ' crowds - which mingled boos with their scheers. But at the Garden, after hé had been booed on the city stréets, he en-| countered an unstinfed ovation de- | scribed in news repQrts as the g(eat-‘ est of his campaigh. It was there he solemnly warned | that if the mocratic proposal to | substitute ' a = “comspetitive® ‘tariff ‘ for revenue for the Republican pro-‘ tective tariff was carried out, “the| grass will grow in the streets 01 ; New York 1 19,8, DERARTMENT OF ACBUCULTURE, WEATHER BUREAT) THE WEATHER (By the U. 3. Weather Bureaun) Forecast for Juneau aud vicinlty beginning at 4 p-m., August 24: Increasing cloudiness tonight, Tuesday rain and cooler; light to moderate westerly winds, becoming soutHerly Tuesday. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Veloclty Weathes 30.05 2 40 NW 12 Clear 30.15 49 87 S 3 Clear 3016 69 47 8 2 Clear CABLE AND KADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | Highest 4pm. ‘bam station i ump temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weath Atka i | Anchorage ... 74 Barrow + 50 Nome 60 Bethel 62 Fairbanks, ;. 62 Dawson .., 64 8t.' Paul " 54 Dutch Harbor 60 Kodiak 68 Cotdova 0 Juneau 73 Sitka Ketchikan > Prince Rupert .. Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco Time 4 pm. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today TODAY | Lowest4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. - BWRw oo | co oo o i | | ER S RN 1.58 Trace Pt. Gldy | Washington “AI'HER GDMHIONB AT 8 A. M Ketchikan, ‘cloudy, temperature, 58; Craig, clear, 55; Wrangell, clear, 52; Sitka, clear, 82; Radioville ‘clear, 50; Junheau, clear, 55; Skagway, clear; 48; Soapstone Point, clear, 72;" Yakuta't, partly cloudy, 60; Cordova, cloudy, 58; Chitina, cloudy, 54; McCarthy, cloudy, 46; Portage, raimng. 54; Anchorage, raining, 60; Fairbahks, raining, 52; Nenana, raining, 56; Hot Springs, rainifig, 54; Tanana, raining 56; Ruby, raining, 56; ‘Nulato, raining, 50; Kaltdg, raining, 54; Unalakleet, raining, 52; Crooked Creek; tloutly, 55; Flat, ‘misting, 52. WEA1HER BYNOPSIS The barometric pressure was high this morning from the Prince William Sound region, Unalaska, and Fort Norman southward ‘over the Pacific Ocean to latitude ‘30 degrees north, the crest’ being 30.60 inches about 1,000 miles west of Seaftle. Low pressure pre- vailed over the interior, western, and northern portions of Alaska, the lowest reported pressure being 29.70 inches over the Bering” Sea be- For School and Evening Wear—Sizes 114 to 20 Outstanding values for § 5.00 tween St. Paul and St. Lawrence islands. Fair weather prevailed at 4 a.m. today along the coastal regions from Cordova ' to northern British Columbia, and rain and unsettled weathér over the intefior and western portions of Alaska. Seattle reported a thunder shower last night. 1 hundred cities.” He then turned Westward, facing ncreasingly dismal election pros-! pects. | Nearly a week later, only a day| BOYS' WHITE SHIRTS—Sizes 6 to 14 BOYS' BIB OVERALLS—Sizes 14 and 16 CHILDREN'S OXFORDS—Black, Composmon NEW—Tattersal Chex Leather JACKETS Brown—Rust—Green SWEATERS $l 95and up SKIRTS Sz 50 to s6 .75 BLOUSES $ .00 to 35,95 Ladies’ Embroidered COTTON GOWNS sl.oo each Sale of Dishes and Household Equipment Still Continues Be sure to visit this department on the $10% Top Floor. Su its B. M. BEHRENDS Juneau's Leaqu Department Store 29 9 Ll GH T S lN CAPITOL MARQUEE YOUNGSTERS FIND There are 299 lights in the Capi- fol Theatre's new marquee and here pre the names of the first 10 young- \ters under 12 years old to count them: Fred Sorri, Cynthia, Witt, June Powers, Sophia Harrls, Walter Fu- kuyama, Harold Zenger, Pete Schneider, Ernest Tyler, Billie Carl- son and Dessa Schneider. Manager C. D. Beale announced that jthe youngsters each get a month’s free pass to the Capitol Theatre. AT SRR SR TED FIELDS IN ATLIN Ted Fields, flying Capt. Strong's plane, due here last Saturday, is today at Atlin City. He expects to leave Atlin tomorrow night or ‘Wednesday for Tulsequah, accord- ing to advices received by The Empire. e - RETURNING TO DOUGLAS Mrs. Claude Erskine and ‘baby are aboard the North Sea réturning to lh,e_!r‘_home in Douglas. e 3 JOHN OLAFSON,PIONEBR‘N‘EHV::C iy :ieu;mkm, suive. OF KETCHIKAN. 1S DEAD vers. rs. "fee Christe, Adoiph. Adolph, . |Mrs. J. T. Moran and Mrs. Nels (Ketchikan Chronicle) John Olafson, 85, a resident of Col. Ralph' qusenbury marider ‘at reglstered at GADDIS AT GASTINEAU PRINTED SILKS TUB SILKS VELVET CORDUROY . WOOLEN FABRICS DRAPERY CRASH .. CRETONNES . FAST COLOR WASH PBI ngt'I\? é%AYONS‘(}:LOfigNAmNS WOMEN'S RAYON VESTS . TURKISH TOWELS MEN'S DEPARTMENT Coats Sweaters ‘COLONEL AT ZYNDA | com- | ifkoot “Barracks, ‘i e Zynda. . $1.50 pair $1.00 yard ... 75¢ yard ,,,,, $1.00 yard 31 {50 and $1.95 yard 95¢ and $1.50 yard .....85¢c yard and up L 13 a nd 25¢ yard | _.$1.00 suit 3 for $1.00 ,_zse. 35¢, 50c, 60c, 75¢ MEN’S FURNISHINGS Extraordmary values offered in the Boots Shoes ; Working Clothes Hummer Bib Overalls or JUMPERS 18 oz, denim Regu ;:u' $1.65 e Men’s Work Hose " Part Wool All sizes 5 mrs $1,00 or two before election, Mr. Roose-| velt (he bore the title of “gov-; rnor” now given Landon) conclud- >d his campaign at the auditor-| um. Beside him stood Al Smith 1s they received a demonstration a reporter described as “sending >choes climbing high up to the flat roof of Madison Square Garden.” PARTIES USE SAME IDEA Now Al Smith has “taken a walk” and William Randolph Hearst, who| was supporting Roosevelt then, is supporting Landon Mr. Hoover's final political gesture of the cam- aign was to speak out an attack| upon Hearst on the morning of| election day, in Sacramento. | In his final speech, Mr. Roosevelt said: | “The fate of Amcnca cannot de- pend on any one man.” It would seem to indicate me round-robin nature of political ar- guments to recall that both parties now are playing with that idea,| Democrats to convince voters that defeat of Mr. Roosevelt means disaster to the needy, and Repub- licans to convince voters that de-| feat ‘of Mr. Roosevelet 1§ ‘necessary for freedom from government dom- | ination. b MARTHA SQCIETY WILL ENTERTAIN AT MUSICAL TEA The Martha Society will hold its popular silver tea, postponed from last week, on Wednesday after- noon this week at the home of Mrs. Ray G. Day at Seventh and Main Streets. Pouring during the af- ternoon will be: from 2 to 3, Mrs. J. K. Campbell and Mrs. Gunnar | Blomgren; from 3 to 4, Mrs. M. S. Whittier and Mrs. C. H. Flory; from 4 to 5, Mrs. Jonn A. Glasse and Mrs. Charles Sey. A program will be given from 2:45 to 4:15 o'clock of a miscellaricous musical program furnished by a number of young people including Matilda Holst, mezzosoprano, and lnsh Gray, pianist. " e No Man's Land is also an Bland 'near Martha's Vineyard. ALASKA MEAT CO. FEATURING CARSTEN’S BABY BEEF —DIAMOND TC HAMS AND BACON—U. 8. Government Inspected FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg Juneau Lumber Mills, Inec. AFTER 6:00 P. M. PHONE 226 If your Daily Alaska Empire has n_dt reached you PHONE 226 and a copy will be sent by SPECIAL CARRIER io you tivreay IMMEDIATELY. | Hendrickson. Mr. Olafson was a charter mem- | Alaska since 1889, died yesterday ernoon at the home of his son, John Olafson, Jr., where he made his home. After prospecting and fishing during the early years he ber of the Ketchikan Igloo of the | Pioneers of Alaska. P8 i o TS BURFORDS COMING HOME J. B. Burford, of the'J. B. Bur- was in the Territory, Mr. Olafson | ford Company, is returning to Ju-| moved to Ketchikan and for mofe neau on the North Sea accompanied ren. cap} J. W. Gadais, of Ghitkoot Bnmcks, arrived on 'the Barrdck | tendér Foratice; and fs registered at the Qumy DISMISSED SoummsTERN ALASEA FAIR 'I‘HE ‘l‘!llfllAL Leland. Johnson, who has been “Deliciousty Differgnt Foods” than 20 years was employed in the by his wife and water department of the Citizen's| M s ! 12 Light, Water and Power Company.| MRS. WYLLER JUNEAY BOUND! Born in Sweden June 22, 1851, he came to Alaska in 1889, making headquarters at Cape Fox when not out prospecting and fishing. It was there he met Emma Starrish, and the two, deciding to become married, went to Port Simpson, Brit- ish Columbia, the nearest place where a marriage could be per- formed It was in 1902 that the first steps were taken to establish a wa- ter system in Ketchikan, and about two years later Mr. Olafson began his work with it which was to con- tinue for nearly a quarter of a century. Mrs. | Mrs. C. F. Wyller and chiidren are aboard the North Sea for Ju-| neau - after visiting months in the States, QUONSON RITES ARE SCHEDULED TUESDA\' Funeral services lqr Peggy Quan- son, daughter of Mrs. Anfia Ras- mussert of Pillard Bay, and wife ‘of Steve Quanson, local cafe employee, will be held tomorrow dftertioan at 2 o'clock from - the: Ghwren &'m Nativity, Rev. ficiating. 4 Jnterment ‘will ‘be in the fnmuy for several Olafson and eight children,|plot' in Evergreen, Cemetery. recéiving “medical attention at St. Ann's Hospital, was_ dismissed’ to- day. e - Fina Paid with Nuggets, Judge in Deep Quandry EL 'CERRITO, Cal, Aug. 24— When A. F. Croft was dunned for a 1934 speed violation fine he sent two gold ‘huggets which he said were Valued"at’ $7.50 ‘Now ' "fraffic Judge McKinn faces two dilemmas:’ first, he must have the gold assayed to see if n. i§ 'Worth the $750, and secondly, nnist ‘decide whether its acceptan Try The Empm classmeds for iquick results. a vlolnhm of redenl law‘ 6 By aape o via | ASSOCIATION P FAIR BUILDING JUNEAU For Premiuxi; )}ookjs Write W. S..PULLEN, Secretary Catering to Banquets and Private Dinner Plrth EVERYTHING gup A PERFECT VACATION— 'SITKA HOT SPRINGS { The fishing’s really good . : all these ways to while away your leisure hours . .-and so's the food. &nd just look at i cumetnx hiking, boating. All accommodations w mlc every taste . . at exceptionally low rates. Mgmumwwumgumn v