The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 22, 1937, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JAN. 22, 1937 JUNEAU BE ATS PENSION PLAN PUT TO TEST ELECTRIC HOW KIDNAPER MAY LOOK EIGHT ALASKA | IMPROVEMENTS | - RECOMMENDED Seattle Chamber of Com- merce Is Supporting Various Projects Funds amounting to $384,900 for eight harbor improvements and two flood control projects in Alaska are included in the recommendations to Congress by the Chief of Engineers United States Army, a copy of which has been received by the Se- attle Chamber of Commerce Alaska Department from J. J. Underwood, the Seattle Chamber’s Washington, D. C. representative. Several of these projects have had the active support of the Seattle Chamber, ac- cording to advices received in Ju- neav Dredging amounting to $79,000 was listed for Dry Pass, on the west coast of Prince of Wales Is- land. This would make it unneces- vy for traffic going northward on east side of Prince of Wales d to travel through Iphigenia Bay, which is exposed to the open Pacific Ocean. This project has had the backing of the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce. Small Boat Protection Protection for small boats or Cor- will be provided for by an appropriation of $180,000. This pro- ject has had the approval of United States Army Engineers for several vears, but has been waiting for It will require about two ars for its construction. A harbor of refuge for Seward, costing $70,000, is also recommended. Five thousand dollars for Egegik River and $10,000 for Nome complete the list of harbor improvements. Money for maintenance is listed for Stikine River, $600; Wrangell Narrows, $25,000; and Nome har- bor, $22,500 Congress Must Approve The recommendations of the Chief of Engineers must be approved by Congress before funds will be avail- able for this work. Raplid progress has been made on the proposed small boat harbor at Juneau and Douglas. Colonel H. J. Wild, District Engineer, United States Army, held public hearings at both Juneau and Douglas last summer, later recommending a sur- vey of this project, The engineers of the War Department have just re- turned to Seattle from Alaska, hav- ing completed the field work of the survey. Estimates of costs and plans for the small boat harbor will now be prepared and submitted to the Chief of Engineers. SR Today’s News Today—Empire, dova 7 Garnick’s Chats THE FRIENDLY STORE Girl — “I wouldn’t marry the best man alive.” He—“I'm not asking you to.” o—0—o “I see your husband is cross at you again” Wife—*Yes, he is provoked be- cause I used his new tennis potatoes racket to through.” strain 0—0—o Minister—“How late do you usually sleep on Sunday morn- He—*“It depends on the length of your sermon.” o—0—o Bride's version: Where there’s | smoke, there’s a kitchenette, FIG BARS Real Fig Filling Pkg. 25¢ SWARTHY - DARK TROUSERS This is an Associated Press artist’s conception of the man sought for the Charles Mattson kidnap-murder as taken from the description given searchers. The man hunted weighs 145 pounds, is five feet, seven inches tall, has a swarthy complexion, black hair and beard, is 38 years old and was dressed in dark trousers, blue blazer and light cap. Depression Lifts, or Maybe It Is Honesty tion. Parr soon received a second let- ter containing a money order for the full fare—$4.80. e Students at For. Hays (Kans.) State College held a “leap year week.” Co-eds who refused to foot their escort's bills had their faces painted. Chivalrous males who in- sisted on paying their way were ducked in a campus creek. RAYMONDVILLE, Tex., Jan. 22. —N. G. Parr, railroad ticket agent, believes honesty is on the increasc —or else the depression has lifted He received a letter from Lin- coln, Neb., asking the railroad fare between two Texas cities. The writer said he rode the “blinds” between the cities in January, 1931, and — .- “Alaska” by Lester D. Henderson. THRIFTY roonp NEWS ewspagper Within a Newspaper™ 29 Friday, Jan 1937. THE FRIENDLY STORE SPECIAL ON CANNED PEACHES Best Grade—Large Cans Regular 30c¢ Grade OSCULATORY “I asked her to kiss me, with- | out avail” “You were right to stipulate that. Kissing through a veil spoils half the fun.” REO DEL MAR SARDINES In Mustard Sauce or Tomato Dressing LARGE OVAL CANS SPECIAL 2 for 25¢ Two pickpockets had been fol- lowing an old man whom they ~ had seen display a fat wallet. Suddenly he turned off and went | into a lawyer’s office. “Good lor',” said one. “A fine mess, What'll we do now?” “Easy,” said his mate, lighting a cigarette. “Wait for the law- yer.” V\E HAVE | LETTUCE CELERY FRESH TOMATOES SWEET POTATOES ALSO APPLES ORANGES and GRAPEFRUIT Rice Krispies and Pep A Perfect Breakfast Food . 2 pkgs. 25¢ CALL GARNICK’S —PHONE 174 wanted to pay for the transporta- ~ RIFLE SHOOTING !Local Club Eo Gets Chal- lenge from Grand Forks, Minnesota, Club week’s returns from the | match between the Juneau Rifle and | Pistol Club and the Petersburg Club |give the Juneau shooters a nice Imargin in each event, it was reveal- ed today .on receipt of the Peters- | | | ‘burg score, the Juneau score hav.ng | Petersburg score follows, standing, kneeling, prone and total score in the order named: i Chester C. Steear, 141, 176, 197, 514; ‘previously been announced. The |Norman Rustad, 148, 185, 197, 530 | } Lee Steear, 87, 143, 193, 423; Hugh ‘Jones, 103, 129, 188, 420; Pedar Welde, 109, 149, 175, 433; Raymond |Swanson, 144, 171, 192, 507; Arthur Peterson, 150, 165, 189, 504; | Vike, 146, 157, 180, 492; J. L. Mac- |Kechnie, 118, 147, 188, 453; Kenneth Welde 111, 162, 182, 455. Total standing, 1,257; kneeling, 11,584; prone, 1,890; grand total, 14,731 The Juncau totals: Standing, 1,375; kneeling, 1,651; prone, 1,896 grand total, 4,921, . In today’s mail, the Juneau club lalso received a challenge from the |Forke Rifle Club of East Grand Forks, Minn,, for a match to end March 10, and the challenge wiil be accepted after the tri-city match is shot with Fairbanks and Anchorage Death Finally - Wins; Miner Is Deadigkanugan ’Unable to Withstand Shock { of Operation After Heroic Trip OKANOGAN, Wash,, Jan. 22. — Death claimed Fred White, 25-year- old azurite miner last night, a few bours after he was operated upon for appendicitis. White was brought here from the mine elevation of 8,000 feet up the Cascades. Hospital attendants said White Ole| | contemplafted $50, | for doctor and dentis! | | buy tobacco. (Associated Press Photo) WINTRY GRIP IS :: LOOSENING ON PAC. NORTHWEST C()ld Wfl ve, H()WCV(‘ r, Strikes Southern Cali- fornia Citrus Sections king low record of 28 MULLENS OFF The bitter moderating in the Pacific Northwest but still held its grip in the western states and threatening more heavy losses to the California citrus crop. Uneasiness is also felt over the wide spread of influenza and pneumonia There was scme snow in the North- west last night Citris Growers Fight Citrus growers in Southern Cali- fornia are fighting to protect their half billion dollar investment and kept heaters going hours past dawn this morning. They said the heat- ing is the longest and most intense on record. A pall of oily smoke is over Los shone SEATTLE, winter weathe Jan. Daughters the Princess Norah. Mr. their daughters, E— and the sun | To show how the Townsend old age pension plan would work, Isom Iamb (left) Townsend club supervisor in Chelan, Wash., posted $1,200 fo be turned over to a Chelan resident over 60 to be ch?un to spend the money at the rate of $200 a month. C. C. Fleming (right), 63-year- | old orchard worker, led in the number of votes. His initial budget roceries; $20, rent; $15, water; $12, fuel; $50 $40, clothing for himself and his wife; $13, mis- cellaneous. He said he'd give his minister $1, treat his friends and heaters probably prevented a Spckane teday las zero weather, It is 28 above zero in Seattle. ON TRIP EAST ABOARDNORAH On a six weeks' trip in connec-| tion with the business of B. M. Beh- rends Co., Inc, Mr. and Mrs. J. F.| Mullen will leave for thg south o and Mrs. Mullen will go as| far east as New York. Before re- Go|d Strike ls turning they will visit their : Ben, a senior at Notre Dame and the Misses Bea-, trice and Virginia Mullen who are! attending the Dominican college andlchax'les F. Holman, cactus special- convent in San Raphael, Cal. DAY Phone 34 Machine “Safety First” OR NITE SERVICE RICE 8 AHLERS CO. Nite 571 DR. BUNNELL RETURNING Says University May Have Summer School This Year WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. — Dr. Charles E. Bunnell is on his way home to Alaska after a visit in Washington and New York City. Dr. Bunnell said the University of Alaska may have a summer schooi set in |1ature makes an appropriation. Dr. Bunnell said he has been | granted permission to place the Uni- versity’s Extension Service and Ag- cultural Experiment Station under a single Director. e, SUSPECT IS SHOT DOWN | State Police shot and killed “Red” Antlers last night. He was sought in connection with the robbery of five tourists near Bowling Green. Antlers refused to throw up his thands and instead pulled his re- volver but before he got action, he n|was shot and killed. His companion |escaped. | Y R AN son, Made, Flower Pot Jan. 22 STOCKTON, Cal., |ist, wishes he could remember jusi {where a certain specimen was dug T0 ALASKA ) this year if the Territorial Legis- Financial 'Reverse ‘Worlhless Pre-wa.r Bank [ Notes Being Used in ‘ Many Ways VIENNA, Jan. 22. — Middle Eu- |rope, region of depreciated curren- |cles, has one problem peculiarly its |own: What to do with vast stores |of worthless bank notes which have .been superseded by new issues? | Every Vienna bureau drawer is just about sure to contain a bundle of pre-war crowns of a face value !tou\lmfl millions, even billions. They are sorry reminders of the days "when a good cup of coffee cost a |million crowns, a sum which would !have bought a first class apartment before the war. | Some rooms have been papered with these old bank notes. House- wives paste them on umbrella stands, as nineteenth century Am- ericans decorated vases with cigar | bands. Now a novel use for the old notes | has been developed by the itinerant |artists who wander into the city's coffee houses and dance bars to {sell their daubs to patrons. Will Go to New York City| FRANKFORT, Ky, Jan. 22. —| The old notes, which during the then Visit Son and |war were engraved on only one Vienna scenes are painted on the blank side. The reverse side of the note is untouched—so the customer gets not only a picture but a sad |commentary on Austria’s financial E history. DOUGLAS BLAZE 'THIS AFTERNOON Shortly after 1 oclock this after- | | | | |side, make excellent drawing paper. came from under the amesthetic Anseles after Dr. E. P. Murdock operated but the 60-mile dog team bob sled and automobile journey so weakened him he could not withstand the shock. White's father, Eugene White, superintendent of the Tacoma smel- ter, was at the hospital when son died the nij Angele: offic] ALASKA SPORTSMAN | | OUT FOR FEBRUARY | | | ! Which shellfish are good to eat, |and which, if any, are not? | | If certain shellfish are unwhole- same or poisonous, as vague ru-| mors intimate, how does a person recognize and avoid such? | These and other questions about |Alaska clams and other bivalves are |answered in an interesting manner by C. R. Snow in a featured article | |“The Elements of Clam Gunnery” | |in the February number of the Al- ' aska Sportsman. | Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of phys- ical anthropology at the Smithson- |sian Institution in Washington, D.| C. who has made eight trips to| Alaska, has an article entitled: “Al- | aska—An Appraisal,” in which he discusses Alaska’s assets and liabili- | ties. He urges the establishment of a publicity body on the style of “Commission on Alaska” to make studies, reports, and issue publica- | (tions to help make the Territory better known and better liked. John Q. Adams of Matanuska, tells of “Trailing the Kodiak” in ia story of the taking of four Kodiak | bear in an exciting hunt last spring. Mr. Adams is a favorite writer for the magazine. | Edward A. Herron of Juneau con- tributes a humorous article about a fishing trip. “There’s Always a Beginning,” explaining that to be a fishing enthusiast, you've got to start to fish. Operation Performed by Flashlight NEWARK, N. J,, Jan. 22—With the dim rays of an automobile | flashlight as an emergency substi- uate for the overhead floodlights of an operating room, Dr. Thomas {J. Walsh performed an appendicit- |is operation at St. Elizabeth’s hos- pital here while electric power was off. His patient, Sarah Elessi, 12 years old, was reported to be in a *“fairly | good condition” a few hours later. | Dr. Walsh had started the op- | eration when the overhead lights suddenly went out. An interne ran to the hosptial garage and took a |flashlight from an automobile am- bulance. He held the light over the patient while Dr. Walsh performed the operation. A short while later lights were restored in the hospital. ——————— . . Today's News Today—Empire. dimly through this pall at 8:30 o'- clock this morning. Fog horns kept blowing in The minimum temperature in Los Bl e Y| Anchorage Pioneer the harbor all during ANCHORAGE Chris Eckmann. Alaska, Jan 34 but Weather Bureau the warm air from sult of pneumoni THIS WHISKY 1S 8 YEARS OLD BOTTLED UNDER CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION DISTILLED AND BOTTLED BY CONTENTS 1PINT ( i R Reer> IN 1853 CANADIANS SAID *‘Corey's® Is Critically Il pioneer furniture | man, is critically ill here as the re-| {up in Nevada. 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