The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 7, 1936, Page 2

FT HEADQUARTERS Personal Gifts . . . s 1. .35 $2.75 an up n and Satin Pajamas $2.50 and up THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 7, 1936. Attractively the compliments of the sea- son in a manner pleasing to both men and women. Bath Package Manicure Sets Fancy Powder Puffs Hostess Puffs Men's Shaving Sets Holiday Scarfs Pendleton Bath Robes Corduroy Robes Corduroy Pajamas JEWELRY—BRACELETS EARRINGS—CLIPS PEARLS 65¢ to $1.75 Fancy Boxed Handkerchiefs Imported Chiffon Handkerchiefs ...65¢ cutiful Evening Bags Leather Handbags Silk Umbrellas Costume Flowers, boxed... 50c to $1.75 B S R et E et i. Behrends Co., Inc. "Tuneau’s Leading Department Store” it o bbb ra *-} was to go on to Fairbanks this ' i l morning. LUl | ‘Taking off from the PAA field here yesterday morning at 10 FA sT Hup HERE o'clock, the Electra flown by Jerry Jones and Walt Hall, which ar- rived here from Fairbanks Friday, Q | returned to Fairbanks yesterday, ik H carrying mail and one passengers, John Peterson, who is going to work at the Hiyu mine. | Passengers coming to Juneau on Two PAA Planes Leave Ju- the Electra yesterday were: El 1 | Tanner, June La Marr, Mrs. C. L. neau for Fagrbanks | Newlin, Ida Dades, L. E. Anderson, raay Frank Mortimer, Jack Ahrens, Hugh | Brewster, Ed Wilkinson and P. | Hendrickson. PAA plane arrived from the interior turned -re - putriey and %0 1| GATTELLQ RITES. SUNDAY BY MOOSE Trother lodge members and many 1ds, new and old, gathered a Moose Hall Sunday afternoon 2 o'clock for the funeral service Pete Battello, who lost his life before, a victim of the ccurred while he was 2 oelock | i the Electra co-pilot, made a four- trip to Juneau, arriving here yolock yesterday afternoon, refueling and loading °f again for Whitehorse 2 o'clock, from where the plane at Winter Playground Again Beckons Tourist Trade | ore than 2.000.000 visitors are expected by Florida E on, indicating the growing importance of trade. not only to this winter playground 10 other states. The record influx of trav- has resulted in KING EDWARD TOLD BALDWIN - HE WILL WED Prime Minister Makes Statement to House , conve packed : of Commons (Continuea rrom Page Cne) vealed but authoritative sources said it might be the first drafts of a voluntary abdication of the Give Edward more time’ ex- pressions spread through both sup- porters and opponents of a mar- riage hetween the Monarch and the twice divorced Wallis Warfield Simpson, former Baltimore belle. The woman in the case meanwhile had reached the Cannes villa of My land Mrs. Herman Rogers, former trip across Southern rance. belief that the King might join Mrs. Simpson but there was no in- dication then that he planned sucn a plan Churchill With King Partisan support and opposition hardened more stiffly late last Sat- urday with at least one influenfial statesman, Winston Churchill, championing the Monarch against the repeated demands of the Pr Minister to choose between npson and the throne, with no al ternative. Mass demonstrations, especially on the streets, attested to the King’s personal popularity to follow the dictates of his heart and m: whom he chooses and keep the throne. That section of the Brit- sh public would like to see the {ing’s personal wishes prevail over the dictates of his Cabinet. - UNEMPLOYED APPEAL TO GOVERNOR TROY Approximately 100 unemployed called on the Governor’s office this afternoon to make an appeal for work. The delegation, all men, were registered, but no promise of work could be given as no money is now available for that purpose, the Gov- ernor explained. The only relief fund left in the Territory is the $28,000 the Forest Service started using this morning as it put 25 men out on relief projects. N — 'SOLEYS ENTERTAIN $1.25 $2.75 and up $5.00 to $10.50 . a Sunday dinner guest of friends who lived in the Nickinovich Apart- ments, destroyed by the avalanche. | The Moose ritualistic service was | followed. Music during the service |was provided by the Episcopal Choir, with ten voices. Henry Roden |read the eulogy. Following the Moose ritualistic service, the ceremony was continued at the Catholie Chureh of the Nativity where prayers were said and a brief address given by the Rev. W. G. LeVasseur, Burial was in the Moose plet at Evergreen Cemetery. Members of the lodge marched with the cortege to the grave. A o e s TANNER RETURNS Eli Tanner, proprietor of the Scandinavian Rooms in Juneau, returned here yesterday from the interior aboard the Electra plane from Tanper Wwas Hendricksen, who will continue south to the States on the Prin- cess Louise this week. m — e Empire ads are read tions with more than new construction ‘accampanied by P.| .‘, BEFORE SHINE DANCE Mr. and Mrs. Verne Soley enter- tained for a group of their friends lN NOSE D|VE last Saturday evening before the ,Ehrine Dance. The guests present iwere: Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Carter, Dr. SEATTLE, Dec. 7.—Mark Koog- and Mrs. J. A. Carswell, Mr. and ler, Wright Fleld, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Ben Grimes, Mr. and Mrs. C. mechanic, was injured and cut when H. Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. Henry the giant Boeing bomber YB-17 Sully. nosed over after a test flight a -oe ' FIREMEN'S TROOP OF BOY SCOUTS TO MEET | Boy Scouts of the Firemens' Troop today d‘wlll meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock in on all four prapellors and the machine turret and some was damaged. Evergreen Bowl. McReyonolds, ob- Ney(, Monday night, December 14, bomber, sald aP- the Firemen are giving the hoys a brakes locked and papguet at the Fire Hall. heels from rolling. i sai he sald, skidded T8 - Gaves Clothes Since 60’s 135, il and killed two men in a iy to take their skates, skiis and sleds, for an outing has been planned at § gk | : E§: EE mERs SANTA ANNA, Tex.—Mrs. Mattie REUEF Elizabeth Chambers, 95, has saved START JOBS TODAY all her “nice” clothes since the 1860's — except her wedding dress. —_— Twenty-five relief workers went The wedding dress she traded dur- morning under the ing the Civil War for 30 turkeys. . 8. Forest Serv- e A ool AR ?l.ugu work on the Mount McKinley, highest peak = mits, designated as North Peak and South Peak. of Governor-elect and ..“éllfk “oflmtm N\uu ' named reta avy. 5 mn.orrythc launching | the U.8.8. Eoise at Newport News, Miss Salome Clark (above), 22-year- , (Assoclated Press Phato) two day au-| Early Sunday there was n| the Elks’ gym. The boys are asked | in North America, has two sum- TANANA MINER ON FIRST TRIP OUTIN3YEARS jAnderson Makes First Air- plane Trip from Fair- banks to Juneau Sunday Going outside for the first time in 34 years is J. E. Anderson, who made his first airplane flight yes- terday, coming to Juneau from Fairbanks aboard the PAA Electra plane. Mr. Anderson has been pros- pecting in the district around Tan- ana for the past 33 years, ever since his arrival there shortly after landing in Alaska. This is Mr. Anderson’s first time in Juneau, Jhaving come to the Territory by 'the deep-sea route to Nome, and then journeyed up the Yukon to Tanana. Mr. Anderson intends to ‘sail for the States on the Princess Louise | this week, and will go direct to Chicago, his former home, where he will visit his brotners and sis- ters and several nieces and neph- lews whom he has never before |seen. Although anxious to see his |relatives and his old home, Mr. | Anderson is going south princi- |pally to receive medical attention {for his eyes and teeth. Although pleased with his first experience in the air, Mr. Ander- son is not so pleased with Juneau | weather, finding it too damp and | warm, and the air not clear enough |to suit him. He thinks Juneau a |very prosperous appearing little | city, however. Once before, he made a trip to Anchorage, but found the Cook Inlet district not | Lis iype oi counury eivier. He expressed interest in the Alaska- Juneau mine here, Mr. Anderson will return to Tan= ana early in the spring, and expects to pass through Juneau again on the steamer enroute to Anchorage, from where he will continue his journey by rail to his claim in the brush north and east of Tanana. COUPLE CLUBTO MEET TONIGHT Meeting at 6:30 o'clock tonight in the parlors of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, the {Couple Club will first have a sup- per and then repair toys, which /it is planning to give away at Christmas time to needy children. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rands and the Rev. and Mrs. John A. Glasse are in charge of the supper committee. The couples will take their own covered dish, and sand- wiches and hot coffee will be made at the church. Any young couple in the com- | munity interested in this social igroup are cordially invited to at- |tend tonight and join in the sup- (per and enjoyable work of repair- |ing toys. | 'HUGH BREWSTER HERE TO CHECK AIRPLANES Hugh Brewster, aeronautics in- spector for Alaska, arrived in Ju- |neau on a routine inspection trip }aboard the PAA plane Sunday from | Fairbanks. He said he expected to clean up his business here dur- ing the week and probably will re- turn to Fairbanks at the week-end, !getting back to Anchorage in time {for Christmas. \ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Burcau, Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, at 4 pm, Dec. 7: Snow tonight, Tuesday clearing; atg to fresh easterly winds. LOCAL DATA Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 11 66 SE 6 20 88 Calm 0 21 89 Calm L) ‘Time 4 pm. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today Barometer 29.67 ‘Weather Clear Lt. Snow 29.64 Lt. Snow CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY FODAY Highest 4p.m. Lowestdam. 4am. Precip. 4am. emp. temp. temo. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather 42 40 38 16 .86 Pt. Cldy e 0 e -8 0 Cldy 6 04 Clear 10 0 Cldy -20 0 Cldy Clear Cldy Rain . Cldy Clear Snow Staticn Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova . Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert . Edmonton . Seattle Portland San Francisco New York Washington | cwm 35 34 38 -6 52 52 56 52 46 Cldy Cldy clay Cldy Cldy Cldy Cldy Cldy S e 54 1.46 WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Seattle, cloudy, temperature, 47; Blaine, clear, 42; Victoria, part- ly cloudy, 44; oint Grey, cloudy, 39; Alert Bay, cloudy, 39; Bull Har- bor, cloudy, 30; Rupert, raining, 38; Triple Island, raining; Langara Island, cloudy, 39; Ketchikan, raining, 30; Craig, cloudy, 39; Wrangell, cloudy, 29; Sitka, cloudy, 35; Petersburg, snowing, 2’ oapstone Point, cloudy, 26; Juneau, snowing, 21; Skagway, cloudy, 13; Cordova, partly cloudy, 26; Copper River, clear; Chitina, clear, -4; McCarthy, cledr, -10; St. Elias, clear, 35; Anchorage, clear, 2; Portage, cloudy, 20; Fair- banks, cloudy, -6; Nenana, cloudy, ; Hot Springs, cloudy, -10; Tan- ana, cloudy, -14; Ruby, cloudy, Nulato, cloudy, -8; Kaltag, cloudy, -5; Unalakleet, cloudy, -4; Flat, cloudy, -10; Ohogamute, cloudy, 3. WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning over the greater portion of Alaska, there being two storm areas, one off the coast of Southeast Alaska, the lowest reported pressure being 29.34 inches. Another storm area prevailed over the Aleutians, the lowest reported pressure being 28.80 inches. The pressure was slightly above normal over the upper Yukone Valley. Tais general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitatio1 throughout Southeast Alaska and over the Aleutians, while general'y fair weather prevailed over the northern portion of the Gulf of Alaska and the Copper River Valley, and by cloudy and unsettled wealher over the interior and western portions of Alaska. Garner Gets Honorary Degree Although he has been a prominent figure in national politics for more than 30 years, John Nance Garner, vice president, shown leading the academic procession. received his first honorary degree when he was made doctor of Jaws at Baylor university, Waco, Tex., above. Mrs. Garner was similarly honored. | i - i The Soviet Union now is laying out a tourist route for 1937 in the Arctic Circle. PRESCRIBI gone office Read the Classified Ads in THE EMPIRE! . COMPLETE SERVICE NG, DESIGNING AND FITTING OF FINE EVEWEAR ANNOUNCEMENT To My Friends and Patrons: On Décember 16th I am leaving on a business trip to the States to be until February lst. If you wish to consult me about your eyes before I go, please call at my or phone for an appointment. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office in Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry Store Phone 331 L]