The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 27, 1936, Page 2

per to begin her Christmas buying. shops early gets the best selection.” lay-away gift plan . . at your convenience. tags, seals, wrappings and cards. Lace Scarfs . . $1.00 Embroidered Pillow Cases ... .. ; Boxed Guest Towels Fancy Bath Sets Breakfast Cloths Luncheon Sets . Table Scaris Pillow Tops Waste Paper Baskets Novelty Glassware . $1.00 .$1.00 $1.00 -$1.00 .$1.00 ,,,,,,,,, $1.00 .$1.00 $1.00 $1.00 Wool Hose IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIHHIIIIIIIIIIIIINII]IlllllllllflllllllllulIlllllIIIIIHIIIHIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIHI!I Nith Thanksgiving now a thing of the past . . . . and with Christmas just around the corner it is well for the wise shop- Remember Take advantage of our make your selection today . Qur toys are now on display on the top floor, in additionn we have a complete line of Christmas Silk Hosiery Pretty Neckwear Costume Flowers .. .. Boxed Handkerchiefs $l.00 Fancy Boxed Stationery <% -z s $1.00 Assortment Babywear _$1.00 Children’s Sleepers Rayon Underwear Wool Gloves B. M. Behrends Co. Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store "she who take lIIIIIIImII||I|IIIIIIII|‘I<I<Ifl|IIIIIIIMIIIIHIIIIIIIIII "flIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII mmmmuumn|||||||||||umm||nulummmmlmmmml | Spencer,” Dr. Slate stated, “and PILGTS GIVEN ;nln- ceiling kept getting lower and {10 until just after passing the (spot where we landed, it became ab- ly impenetrable. Then Brown Hlu(' k k)’ and circled several the cove, in order to che one of two possible places to | better, as the (Hhvr a fxvld Imd sev- eral logs on it that did not show.” Dr. Slate accounted for their Brown and Miller Re-, | FOR CLEARING. - SLIDE GROWS \Commued from Page One) {plane’s not having been heard pass- ing Lituya Bay, when he stated that imugh air had forced Brown to pass sponsible for Safe Landing | Plane, Passenger Says there nearly five miles out over the (Continuea rom: Page One) ocean. We are all very happy to get - = through, Dr. Slate said, because, ris and here we are in Junean. after spending 13 days in Cordova, Can't say too much eitlier about the and making two previous attempts excellent treatment we received 'O get through, we had begun to aboard the Morris because we were wonder if we would ever get away. treated just like guests. The weather was such that we could “But don't forget, skillful handiing DOt go back either of the palne by Brown and Miller Dr. Slate, who is accompanying R. | are responsible for us being here,” C- Kerr, geologist for the drilling, concluded orrest. and Jack Allen, another member of the company, e States, Wasastipees o Plane e mpany, to the States, declares that pro s o R. C. Kerr, Bud Anderson, Jack Al-|9" '8 operations, far exceeded al expectations, principally due to the len, J. E. Slate, F. Brown, Leep, J. H. McDonaid, W. W. Stoll, C. D. Wilson. Praise Endorsed That Forrest’s praise of the pi of the Arctic Airways plane, was ju Wallen Forrest, Ali Sellar willing attitude of the crew to work long hours. Martin Skauge, Bill e 2 PAR PLANES {and all other ald within our powwr Advise. Messages and relief funds were re= ceived from numerous outside | sources. e The following contributions to relief fund, a total of $1700, were | Wired to Attorney R. E. Robertson tff outside concerns interested in RL- aska's welfare: Mr. Fred Swensson behalf of ‘, Libby, McNeill & ‘Libby . Mr. G. W. Skinner on behalf 7. of Alaska Pac. Salmon Co. Mr. Wm. A. 8emar on behalf:: of Northland Trans. Co..... Mr. Dan' Campbell on' hehalf of Astoria & Puget Sound i Canning, Co: of Bellingham. Pacific Alaska Airways .. .. C. P. Hale of San Francisco on GEO, J. BECK, ivd Ketchikan Chapter, American Red OCress 8 500 23 200! 150 tified, was confirmed this mor: behalf of Bristol Bay Pack- by W. W. Stoll, and Dr. J. E. Slate AT WHITEHURSE ing Co 2£13 100 | who also were passengers xlboAlhl and Alaska Salmon Co a 501 the ship. |Red Salmon Cannifg’Co. 6f o Ay San Francisco . 100 ‘There was no confusion among ' the pasiengers when Pilot Brown Weather Pxevents Flying to|Colunbia River Packers As- headed the plane down for the nar- _]uneau—Loads GO M;?;’;o:::r;r cls:;u&c 100 row beach,” Mr. Stoll stated, “In 9 fact, none of us realized just what to Skagway D AN T L 1B he was intending to do until after 05 L0 R ‘h“’“gh % :‘;‘cnf;at:ng:fllgu?\‘t;lr lrl:‘o‘:po! n\‘\l) Of Two PAA pianes, both carrying A times. But, there was no fear | q) passenger loads e baica or excitement among us even when 3l Dasssnptin Jods. 14k F““b‘nk\l $1700 for Juneau early yesterday morn- we did realize that he was going ing, but bad weather here forced to land there, because, we had per- fect faith in his judgment and ability.” | day | ports afternoon, Make Runway Though there was less than 700 | feet of clear beach when we landed. and that strewn with scattered bo, ders, there is a fine emergency land- | ing field there now, Mr. Stoll added. “We worked for three days clearing that beach, moving off every rock down to the size of your fist, and| passenge; o Skag h0rSe the rail, in order to catch Norah there, , by st night, Princess from Whitehorse this morning. when we left, yesterday morning, |(© leave Fairbanks yesterday, there was a runway there forty feet 1010 by Al Monsen, wide and twelve hundred feet long,” | Hall as_co-pilot, at he declared. were: H. Durand, Mr. Stoll, who operated a mine at | P2ul Oehme, A. J. Jones, Willow Creek, is on his way to his | O¥aves, C. L. Sears, home in Seattle for the winter. His | 500 W. L. Jacobsen, nephew, Robin G. Montgomery, who | BOun has been employed at Mr. Stoll's| mine, is accompanying him was not aboard the plane. Mont- | gomery has a good laugh on his| uncle, having left Seward aboard the | UB.CGS. Morris, two weeks after | R. Kelly, E. 8. Cal- 15 co-pilot, | Drablos, H. E. Mens, E. Larson, R. | Pan-American Helps All of the subscribers sent thetr them back to Whitehorse, yester-| deepest sympathy, and Juan T. With weather re-|Trippe, President of the Pan-Ameri- | promising no better flying can Airways, extended through m‘ conditions, the two plane loads of | Alaska manager, J. E. Crosson, per- | and mail were sent on sonal messages to 'Giovernor: Troy from White- and to Mayor Goldstein “I learn with deepest regret of and the catastrophe at Juneau and extend two Electras returned to Fairbanks my deepest sympathy, Pan-, Amerb can Airways is happy Passengers ahoard the first plane | Subsidiary, Pacific Alaska Afrways, pi- to make contribution toward relief “,,h Walter | measures, thus assisting towards al- h its | 7:10 o'clock, leviating suffering of those be- Jm_v Ottem, reaved and 'in ‘expediting relef W. L, measures so promptly undértiken Fred John- by the citizens of Juneau® ! Former Gov. Riggs Offers Aid ' Gov. John W. Troy réceived the In the second plane, leaving Fair- | {0lowing message today frem for- but |banks at 7:40 yesterday morning, | mer Gov. Thomas Riggs, American piloted by Joe Crosson, with White | Member of ‘the International Boun- were 1. Trigstad, J, 98y Commission: “Distressed concerning Juneau ca- F. Myers, Elsie Defeus, [AStropby. Can I do anything here Mr. Btoll had hopped from Anchor- | W. Hodges, Ray Sharp and Charles 'OF You?” @ge, but arrived in Juneau at the Johnston. = penty Gina 'SIMMONS CARRIES ‘Dr. Slate, surgeon for the Iniskin MA‘L TAKU mGHT , tells the same After flying to Gull Cove yester- | Company, ‘of the plane’s landing, but ‘that he was mighty glad to Transport, get, went on to Strawberry where he picked up Mr. and: Mrs.) Bert Parker and their chif, and’ ‘re- | ‘turned with them to Juneau. ' in the Lockhesd In the only flight out of Juneau, heading the ship down, day morning, to make sure that today, Simmons .carried mail to 4 b ‘zm Jooked Chet Brown and his tri-motored Tulsequah this morning, in the Ford plane got off safely, Pilot Shel- Nugget, returning to Juneau at' 11 7 the fog just at Capedon Simmons, of the Alaska Air o'clock, l LAST RITES FOR 2 MURE BDDIES SLIDE VICTIMS BEING ARRANGED |Seven Will B—e?-l«ald Away in Juneat — One Body d Taken to Sltka Arrangemems for last rites of several of ithe slide'victims lmve been made as follows: Forrest Beaudin, Saturday morn- ing, 9 o'clock from the Catholic Church. The Rev. W. G. La Vas- seur will conduct the services. Pall- bearers are to be Pete Schneider, Wendel Schneider, Charles Natal, i Ted Smith, Harley Turner and Rob- ert Beyer. Mr. and Mrs. James Hoag, Sat- urday at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary Chapel. Pallbearers: Clyde Nettle- ton, Harvey Peterson, Bert Elsted, Guy Moyer; C. H. MacSpadden and Dave Burnett. Music by Mrs. Fred Salie, Jimmie Me¢Govern and ‘Wal- ter Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Peterson, Sunday morning ‘at 10 o'cleck from the Charles W. Carter Chapel. Rev. Erlink K. Olafson will officiate. Mrs. Gust Erickson, Sunday af- ternoon at 1 o'clock from the Charles W. Carter Chapel. Rev. John. A. Glasse ' will conduct the services. Mrs. Lena Peterson, Sunday af- ternoon, 2:30 o'clock from the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. Wo- men of Mooseheart Legion will con- duct ‘the services. The Rev. John A. Glasse will-officiate. Oscar Laito. The remaifis were taken this morning by Mrs. Laito on' the private boat Billican to Sitka, where funeral services will be i held. FO0D SUPPLIES BECOMING LOW J. 3. Meherin, merchandise brok- er and Alaska representative for Hills' Brothers coffee, reported to- dny mat most of the smaller com- | munities are running short of food kg mupphes upon his return to Juneau RELIEF FUND |this morning aboard the Meherin yacht Triton, Charles Hayes, -cap- tain. Heonah, Tenakee, Sitka, Goddard Hot Springs, Wrangell, Petersburg, iand Ketchikan were on Mr. Meh- |erin’s business itinerary. He was | aeeompanied -on the trip by Mg | Meherin, and Mr. and Mrs. Earle Clifford. Mr. . Clifford represents the Zellerbach Paper Company, and Dunham, Hardware. Good. weather from Ketchikan north, except for a slight blow cro: ing Taku Inlet this morning, was reported by. Mr. Meherin. “Yes,. We Have No Bananas” ot |In Alaska “Yes, we Have no bananas,” re- ‘| marked Gov. Jobn W. Troy as he looked over his latest correspond- ence from the South. He had just come across a. postal card from Balbina Ruschke -of Belfield, North Dakota. Balbina asked the Gover- nor to “please :send. your banana study it in geography and see how bananas look and grow.” Balbina posribly meant to ad- dress the card to «fhe Governor of Hawaii, [ afternoon at 1:30 o’clock Carrigan -and Heyden,’ _ the Motorship Estebeth from that ALICE ANDERSON IS ONLY WOMAN, BEACHED PLANE Young Anc—}:rage Woman Praises Pilots — Had No Fear While Plane Down | Three days on the beach at Gull Cove, where Chester Brown's big tri-motored airplane was forced down by bad weather, hold no ter- ror for Mrs. Alice Anderson of Anchorage, the only woman pas- ARE RECOVERED OVER HOLIDAY Mr. and M:Hugo Peter- son Found in Wreck- age of Own Home (Centinued frem Page One) is possibly a third person, an el- derly man, still buried in the debris. He has not been identified, but the Mayor said today reports persisted | that such a man lived in the Nick-|senger aboard the plage. 3 inavich Apartments and probably| “T'd take the air again today with is dead somewhere in the wreck- Chet Brown and Hank Miller, his age | co-pilot,” Mrs. Anderson said. “They If the three bodies are found, the|were wonderful, and_we all had death toll will reach the appalling every confidence in them. stal of 15 persons. “When I left Anchorage on No- Speeding Work | vember 10—I think it was, it's been The work of clearing away and so long, I've lost track of time—! earching for bodies is progressing}I wondered whether being the only! at top speed through the 24 hours|woman with thirteen men aboard | of each day and the Mayor empha- wthe plane would be unlucky. I sized it 'was being pushed in Lhewlhmk it was lucky instead.” hope of clearing i% up and recover- Passengers Clear Beach ing all bodies before a possible sud-| Mrs. Anderson said that, after den freeze or cold weather comes on|they landed on a rocky bar on which would make the work parlic-}Gml Cove, the men all started to ularly difficult if not stopping it/ clear the beach, and before they entirel {were through had cleaned it of Possessions of the victims ave be-|large rocks until it is now a regu- ing continually found in the debris|lar emergency airport. and among the articles found yes-| Not only did the beach provide terday was a woman’s purse con-|them a safe landing place—thanks taining $580. The purse was be-|to the dexterity of Brown and Mil- lieved to belong to Mrs. Hugo Euc-‘]er—but it gave them food as well. erson, officials said, but positive! They found clams, lots of them, identification had not yet beenjand Mrs. Anderson says that she made. Clothing, trunks and other never in her life enjoyed sea food| articles were being found and all{so thoroughly. Mrs. Graham, wife are being stored in custody of U.:'of Billie Graham, who lives across S. Commissioner Felix Gray at 151{the cove from where they landed, Franklin Street where relatives were |provided them with food from an| calling today to identify some oflexcellent *stock of home canned | the moperty fruits and other good things. VESSEL WILL BE for the excellent treatment of the | passengers aboard the plane by the |erew of the Morris, This is the second airplane flight that Mrs. Anderson has made, and | ‘she hopes she will have many | more. She is on her way to Seattle \ “Its my first trip out in seven |years, and what a time I'm having !getting South,” she said. 1 nounces will be among the first to| In Sedttle, the young Anchorage load food supplies for Alaska, is Woman, who has lived nearly all \C()ntmued from Page One) 125 feet long, has a beam of 302 her life in Alaska, will attend feet and a depth of 168 feet. She school for several months before carries 371 gross tons and 267 net |returning to her home at the tons. Westward. ! She is the daughter of Mr. and {Mrs. P. A, Wolden and her father MARTIN lT.IEN HERE ‘Up\xdt(\\ the City Transfer Com- BOUND FOR TENAKEE pany in Anchorage. Because she had no sense of \ danger during her airplane trip Accompanied by P. S. Murray,| south, or while the ship was landed Martin Itjen, well known gkag\my\on e beach. Kis WeE miCHiN when she arrived in Juneau and |discovered how many anxious in- quiries had been made about her ! resident, arrived in Juneau aboard city last Tuesday, and sailed for| ! Tenakee aboard the same vessel laat} ! evening. by her relatives and friends. Mr. Itjen plans to spend Aboll'[ “Find Alice,” she said they tele- | | three weeks in Tenakee, LH]O})nn‘glsphedt the baths. He operates the scenic|VaS 108 ; { street car at Skagway and hst‘ Mrs. Anderson is leaving on the‘ winter went to Hollywood and vis-|Frincess Louise for Seattle at mid- ited Mae West. night tonight. : PRSI | “Dom’t forget to give lots of| W. B. KIMBALLS LEAVE credit to Chester Brown and Henry FOR VACATION TRIP SOUTH | Miller,” were Mrs. Anderson’s last “and I never realized I| words to the reporter. “They were Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kimball Jr., wonderful.” will be southbound passengers on i L | the Princess Louise leaving Juneau | at midnight tonight. | While South they will visit in Se- | MOVING TO CHICHAGOF | Mr. and Mrs. Vasa Nickinovich, | |chart and manual as we want to attle with Mr. Kimball's father and and their family, whose home here with Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Lewis,|was demolished in the recent sude.‘ brother and sister-in-law of Mrs.!Will sail on the Estebeth next | Kimball. | Wednesday, ‘for Chichagof, where They will return the first of the they will make their future resi- | year to Juneau where Mr. Kimball! dence. Mr. Nickinovich and his eld- | is in the office of the Forest Ser-|est son, William, are both am-! vice. ployed at. Lhe Chicagof., mine. | 9. Today our Christmas Seal Stamps are being sent out through the mail and placed on sale at the following places: Post Office, Gastineau Hotel, Juneau Drug Co. and Butler- Mauro Drug Co. This sale ‘Tuberculosis Association has of raising funds, 95 per cent E of which are spent in the Territory to carry on a campaign A which 'has been started against this dreaded White Plague. The stamps ‘are & penny each and your bit from a penny up will be appreeiated. We hope you will make a liberal use of them Christmas letters and packages. hristmas Seal Sale! gt s -of stamps is the only means your Alaska dufing the pre-holiday season and on your Yours Sincerely, E. W. GRIFFIN, Chairman Christmas Seal Sale of the Alaska Tuberculosis Assn. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF mmcunrum WEATHHR BUREAD || ] (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau} Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Nov. 27: Showers and cooler tonight, Saturday clearing and colder; mod- erate to fresh easterly winds. LOCAL DATA ‘Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 pm. yest'y 30.22 44 95 S 4 Lt. Rain 4 am. today 30.13 43 96 SW 3 Lt. Rain Noon today 30.08 43 88 s 8 Lt. Rain CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY TODAY Highest 4p.m. Lowestdam. 4am. Preelp. 4am. Statien temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather Atka - 32 32 28 32 4 02 Pt Cldy Anchorage ... 37 — | 18 — — 0 —_ Barrow 8 LA B L T 0 Cldy Nome 30 26 22 30 6 12 Snow Bethel .30 30 26 32 4 0 Cldy Fairbanks 34 28 | 10 10 4 0 Clear Dawson 20 14 | 4 4 16 0 Cldy St. Paul 36 34 | 32 36 8 .04 Rain Dutch Harl or 36 34 | 32 40 40 1.68 Rain Kodiak 40 36 | 32 36 4 0 Pt. Cldy Cordova ... 40 38 | 30 30 4 01 Clear Juneau . 4“ 4“4 2 43 3 50 Rain Sitka 48 - 43 -_ - 33 _— Ketchikan 48 42 38 38 4 Trace Cldy Prince Rupert ... 42 42 | 36 38 6 0 Pt Oy Edmonto n 54 46 40 42 8 0 Clear Seattle 54 50 | 34 34 4 0 Cldy Portland 56 50 | 40 40 6 [ Clear San Francisco ... 62 54 | 48 48 4 0 Cldy New York . 38 30 | 22 22 24 0 Clear ‘Washington 36 32 | 24 24 4 0 Pt. Cldy WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Ketchikon, cloudy, temperature, 38; Craig, cloudy, 43; ‘Wrangell, cloudy, 38; Petersburg, cloudy, 39; Sitka, cloudy, 47; Soapstone Point, raining, 44; Juneau, cloudy, 42; Skagway, raining, 40; Cordova, cloudy, 35; Copper River, partly cloudy; Chitina, clear, 16; McCarthy, clear, 6; St. Elias, cloudy, 41; Anchorage, partly cloudy, 18; Fairbanks, clear; Nenana, clear, 4; Hot Springs, clear, -4; Tanana, clear, -f ] Ruby, cloudy, 20; Nulato, cloudy, 20; Kaltag, snowing, 23; Unalakleet, cloudy, 22. WEATHER SYNOPSIS High barometric pressure prevailed this morning from Barrow southward over eastern Alaska southward to California, the crest be- ing 3040 inches at Dawson. Low barometric pressure prevailed over the northeastern portions of the North Pacific Ocean, the lowest re- ported pressure being 29.00 inches over the ocean at latitude 48 degrees and longitude 166 degrees. This general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation over the Bering Sea and over the northern portion of Southeast Alaska while afir weather was re- * ported early this morning over the Prince William Sound region and over the lower Tanana Valley. It was colder last night over the Tanana, Copper, and upper Yu- kon valleys and warmer over the Bering Sea coastal region tivity, the Rec. W. G. La Vasseur g g conducting the services. Interment was in the Catholic Plot in Ever- Pjilot Bert Llen Has Unusual * &xfon SRmptery, Experience Over t Lom R el WILLIAM JOHNSON DIES Falrbanks ) FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 27.-~ | AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL William Johnson, a fisherman Bert Lien, making high altitude from Angoon, passed away last weather studies, encountered high |night at 11:45 o'clock at the Gov- ' gales last Wednesday, and the se-: ernment Hospital where he had verestst flying conditions in his ex~ been a patient for three weeks. | perience. He was unable to attain Mrs. Johnson is now in Juneau the maximum altitude with thet making arrangements for his fun- | plane. ) eral. The remains are at the In the lower altitude he encoun-; Charles W. Carter Mortuary. tered no difficulties. i LAST RITES ARE HELD HERE FOR MAYE Rl‘vh’l‘ Funeral services were held thls morning at 9 o'clock for Maye Rivet at the Catholic Church of the Na- They Stay Brighter Longer 10.15.2540-50-60 Watt inside frost ._..1sc 75-100 watt inside frost ... 100 watt clear ... . Dt T 225 150 watt clear or frosted .. 4 200 watt clear .. 200 watt frosted ... . 300 watt clear medium base 300 watt clear mogul base . Ask about thé Light Meter - MAKE SURE THE LIGHT YOU ARE DR. W. W. COUNCIL, Pres. USING IS CORRECT BEsReesy