The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 17, 1936, Page 2

MERN’S HAT SALE FOR TW DAYS CI\H‘“ ARLL $5.00 HATS NOW $3.9§ * MEN'S HEAVY wom SHOES Composition Sole— Will not mark floors B. M. Behrends Co. Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Depariment Store”” WRIGHT AND STOCK GET SITKA ROAD GRADING CONTRACT Wright and Stock, contracting firm, has been awarded the con- tract for grading and surfacine four miles of road near Sitka, it is anncunced by the Bureau of Public Roads, and the work is ex- pected to start in the near future. The firm bid $63384. The work includes grading and surfacing from near Swan Lake to Halibut Point, a distance of about four miles. e - Lode and placer iocaiion noiices for sale at The Empire office. MustGo . . . All broken lines to to sell at Group of Men’s Suits es 35 to 39 Blue and fancy at ™ No alterctions Men"‘ Bress Oxtords Famous Star Brand Special 83.45 fack of Funds Hold Up Homestead Acquisitions 17 firs WASHINGTON, Sept — The the can't site of country’s home- stead become a national found tional funcs a the N monument until for its acquisition, Park Service reports. ngress. n act ap) 1 last March, authorized establishing the national monument in Gage Coun- ty, Nebrgska, and authorized an appropriation of not more than $24000 but did not subsequently | actually provide the funds. The area, the first Variety Is St NOW FOR FALL * Men’s Summer Topcoats “ stead act of May 20, 1882, by Dan- homestead en- | tered upon under the general home- | yle Note for Autumn Furs THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. TEACHERS ARE SPECIAL GUESTS | OF JUNEAU C. G. Robertson Stressed In- | structors Are Pick of Be- | | tween 3,000 and 3,500 Twelve members of the [aculty 0(‘ the Juneau High School and Lieut.! | Comdr. N. G. Ricketts, new com- | manding officer of the Tallapoosa,! | were guests of the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce at its weekly | luncheon this noon in the Terminal | Gafe. The educators were intro- !duced by Alex Dunham, High School ‘Principal, and included Mr. Dunham, Kathryn Long, Ruth Coffin, Zora M. Brown, Marjorie Tillotson, Pauline Monroe, Edua Harpole, Myrtle Moe, Helen Gray, Everett Erickson, Henry Harmon and Byron Miller. Miss Long and Miss Tillotson are | returning to the Juneau system | this year after a year in Newport | News, Va. where they taught last| winter under exchange agreement.| Both expressed great pleasure at being back in Juneau. Miss Brown and Miss Monroe are new on the high school staff this year. | R. E. Robertson, President of the 8chool Board, paid a high compli- ment to the teachers when he pointed out that they are the pick of between 3,000 and 3,500 teachcrs from the States who have applied for positions in the Juneau system “Last week I told you all ycur teachers were first grade, and today 1 can tell you that they are also high grade,” said Mr. Robertson “They are the pick of some 3,000 to 3,500 teachers, and I think Mr. Phillips, the Superintendent, has chosen well.” ‘The Board President pointed out that its costs $96.77 per pupil to maintain the present system, ond that with the added enrollment the facilities are rapidly becoming in- adequate. He pointed out that many of the classes are now over- crowded. Calling attention to Constitution Day today, the 149th anniversa: of the adoption of that dotument the speaker stressed the importance of teaching sound Americanism in the schools and pointed but that with the high grade teachers em- ployed in the Juneau system the schools were turning out first class American citizens. Lieut. Comdr. Ricketts expressed pleasure at meeting with the Cham- ber and declared himself impressed with Alaska. Delegate Anthony J. Dimond met with the Chamber today afd e and several other successful can- didates ,were introduced, namely, Attorney James S. Truitt, Auditor Frank A. Boyle and Representative Elect J. P. Anderson, Ed Corn, a member of the advertising staff of The Empire, also was introduced. - AGED MAN DIES 514 pcur jel Freeman, when acquired is to be known as “The Homestead Na- tional Monument cf America.” ———————— GOES EAST Miss Jean Vander Leest, Juneau High School graduate in 1935, is aboard the Princess Louise enroute to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she will attend Miss Wood's Kin- dergarten - School. e o AF. E OFF TO COLLEGE John Finnegan, son of A. L. Fin- negan, Acting Chief Engineer of the Tallapoosa, left on the Prin- | cess Louise enroute to Seattle to attend the fall semester at the University of California. L. A. Thurston, 84, a resident of Anchorage since the early construc- tion days, died there recently. Thurston was one of the first men to file a coal claim in the Katalla coal fields, according to reports. R e México officials are attempting to have farmers raise soy beans. i i - Swagger coats of fur, such as the black caracul at left, show the sporty trend diniflse design in straig] '“-:;fi-l::::d lines of rigid simplicity. Also schedule @ for popularity waisi and slightly flared skirt line. vmuhwummlummmm |actionary Old |they accord M. | place. | that the Heir to the throne was en !gressive and lacking per cent of the state’s crude oil into manufactured products. 17, 1936. g Velvet Steps Out by Day Here is a smart irtwaist frock of black velvet woven to resist g, which makes a useful dition to the early fall wardrobe. It is accented with a white leather belt and buttons and worn with white kid gloves. A black velvet Spanich hat multi-colored bows, indicative of a trend toward headgear incpired by Spain, com- pletes the outfit. Sy m p flows BALDWIN MAY o he commodity erea with Old Friction with King May r= Cause Premier to Lose His Position qn JUpa anese May TrytoClimb F} By DeWITT NEW YORK, Sept next political sensa the com Britain’s conser: ley Baldwin, if in his own r the fierce at directing again: The summer F ment I Bea o has provided a in ¥ the warfare to unseat Baldwin, bu the insurgents are bent on pu the party of at they call Tory guird. in wh Baldwin a h MACKENZIE 17.—Europe’s be ack CALCUTTA, India, Sept. 17. — A the unconquered st, recently the er British failure | 20.002-foot peak, may | by a Japanese expedi-*| reached here. | old leader of the Kaguo Yamagata, goal will be the | n the Himalayas. | essful,” he added, e ‘made to lead > higher peaks luding Mt. breathin: pell the nched le An imporiant act of the N t the first ruler is nc tics in de s of the Jap- rates of Rik- | Reformg y Budpetin fining Program MANILA; ’. M= Pres:dent dangerinig his life. The Premicr 1 of the Philippine also is said to have been ol nmonveaith has taken another | those who tried to in E ization program | to marr, zet commission. | Debt Settlement C is expected to in- | Young Conserve 4 A new charged that Baldwin is nor are not surpris lacks any deep er” Baldwin, wi himself up long & the then Prince of Wales Mr. Baldwin is credited witt ing compelled the Prince to aban- don his favorite pastime of ric to hounds in 1929, on the grounds affec! already been | e President, it is | xt tackle the ques- thé peace courts. | 1 has two plans| Cne would e courts to circuit diction over two or The other e the justice courts and create district courts. r the latter plan violations ordinances would be nicipal police courts. .o - WINS TOURNAMENT initiative. The handlin Italio-Ethiopian problem all brought his political house about his neck. But there have many other things, dating fror the World War debt settlement which Baldwin cffected in W ington in 1923 as Chancellor of Exchequer. Britons have said he allowed the Yankees then to take him for a ride. 3 Apropos of the charge of lack of ~ initiative, Baldwin once remarked to me that secrets were safe in his keeping, and added: “When people try to quiz me I put on a stolid expression. The result is that some of them get the idea I am stupid, but I had rather be considered stupid than have to give away secrets.” but d Mrs. William Mellish won the A. J. Loussac -cup for Anchoroge women golfers in an 18-hole tour- nament recently in which five wom- en participated. This was the third consecutive win for Mrs. Mellish, entitling her to keep the cup. e Abiathar was a Hebrew high priest in the time of David. — e Refineries within Texas convert 67 i | Alas |escaped aunt Fvarest . ©U. S. DEPARTMENY O AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREATY THE WEATHER (By the U. 3. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity beginning at 4 p.m,, Sept. 17: Rain tonight and Friday; moderate sotehrly winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity = Weatheg 4 pm. yest’y 30.11 48 83 S 8 Cldy 30.07 49 94 s 4 Rain 30.05 53 88 SE 6 Rain CABLE AND KADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4pm. | Lowestda.m. 4am. Preclp. 4am temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weath: e e | 44 44 02 Cldy 44 — A3 28 28 0 48 48 34 42 46 40 40 34 43 42 @ 48 48 46 46 51 station Atka Anchorage 52 28 50 60 .. 60 52 52 54 52 54 51 55 54 54 52 66 T4 68 8 86 28 50 58 60 52 46 C Rain . Cldy Cldy Clear Clear Cldy Cldy Rain Rain Cordov Juneau Sitka KRetchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland Sdn Francisco New York Washington WEaTHER ol annocieancs| e - TONPSTIONS AT 8 A. M misting, temperature, 5 i \ Sitka, cloudy, 53; Juneau, raining Skagway, foggy, 47; Soapstone Point, rdova, raining, 51; Chitina, cloudy, kling, Springs, 45; Ketchik: ly, 55; adiovill sing; Yakutat, s McCarthy, cloudy, 3 , cloudy, ‘anana, raining, 4 46; Unalaklect, and Flat, partly . partly cloudy, 48; cloudy, 46; Nulato, rainir loudy, 46; Crooked Creek, Hot mx)) WIAZUER BUNOPSIS metric pressure was low this morz A the lowest re nce north of St. Law Southeast Alaska and A rta s A to California tward to the Hawailan Islands. Tk gener 1 pi sure distribution has been attendzd by precipitation along the coa al regions from Nome to Dixon Entrance, a over the central and lower Yukon valleys and by cloudy weather the remainder of a. Fair weather prc\ led over the t Coast States. Turks in Feud SIXTY WOMEN Take_ 15 Lives‘ CHANGE MINDS ATLANTA, Ga., man’s prer ing over e heing the greater 29.50 inches portion © ka, a shert dist vailed from thence s we Sept. 17. — Wo- ative is to change her y exercised it when they o appear for prosecution of suits they had entered in r Cour ISTANBUL, Turkey, Sept. 17— bloody vendetta, arising over a 1d dispute, has already taken a fteen lives, including sev- ildren, at the village of Ak- in Kurdistan. A peasant and his nephew car- out the wholesale slaughter they themselves were hunt- n and killed by enraged vil- Super -oo White Army Horses No Longer Danger ¢ victims, including three chil- fell in the first attack dur- ng a night of wedding festivities. On the funeral day, the murder- ers returned to shoot two more vil- lagers and a child, and again they The next day they reap- BERLIN, Sept. 17.—After having been banned for fifty years, white horses are again to be used by the German army. The ban has been lifted, accord- ing to a semi-official announce- ment, because it is not expected °d, wiping out a whole family. that in future war horses will be Fears that the feud may spread, used near the front lines. The plunging the whole area into bit-|yisibility of white horses, which ter internecine strife, have led many was the reason for the ban origi- of the more peaceful villagers to nally, will therefore no longer be leave Aksum. a handicap. FRLEREC Py paog Today's News Today—Empire. JEmpire classifieds pay. Daily Cross-word Puzzle Deputy 9. Pardoned . City in Belgium Expose to moisture . Village or hamlet . Mean . Tentative proposal Soeck of dust Sheep 5. Male deer . Narrow fabric . Issued forth . Puts a new bottom in 8 chair . Underground parts of plants . Long low seat Make speeches: humorous ACROSS Goddess of the harvest Winglike At or from a distance By birth Triangular tuset . Departed Pictorial cari- catures Formerly Greenland settiement . Dress trim- ming About . French cofn 26. Cubie meter . Division of a Solution of Vesterday's Puzzle play . Solemn Drulm|l0 67. Female sandpiper DOWN A slngl. Kind of fuel . .’gedk:a.l duids . Past Fold or circle dicinal 4L pPerform 42. Louisiana court de= cisions 44. Note the speed of 8. Good-by: collog. 60. Witnessed Encourage 54. Unit of work g Walk (n water i Asterisk . Roman _road Nothing more than 47. Margin Make into . Meddle 33. Cylindrical River between Brazil and Paraguay 36. French lrucl' Date In the Roman calendar o P consider- ation I : %/né/é%‘- // // 1 /,, //// fl v HIIIIHV//H crEl 1 Z=1 1 1] fllll’/////fllll/// %=I JEEE JENE