The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1937, Page 2

1937. ONE STATE LAW | OF WASHINGTON ISKNOCKEDOUT ~ ‘4 p.m. \cst'y THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, FEB. 0 Are Leavin g California for i Yukon in Order to Get Warm | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 1. —|when she went intd the Yukon as Mr, and Mrs. Ludwig Swanson are|a missionary to the Eskimos. |going béck to their home in the| Swanson was formerly associated |¥ukon to get warm. /in the operation of a gold mine but - They live at Ben-My-Chree, where 1 it is often 60 degrees below zero. i “We have caught our first colds a rock slide buried the mine several years later. |{we have had in years in Sunny Cal- |ifornia,” Swanson said. The Swansons keep open house| during the brief summer in the | swanson has been in the Yukon He met his present wife Yukon entertaining tourists free of charge. Last summer they had |since ‘98. 2 L1 | U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weathgr Forecast for Juneau and vlcln\ly b Fair tonight and Tuesday, continucd ¢ Bureau, t 4 pm,, Feb. 1. 1 to strong easterly winds. in, LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 30.29 % 25 NE 28 Siispiie _!4 am. today 3018 38 e P! Court Gives De {12 ncon today ... ®» NE 18 cision — First P LT, One of ( OABLE AND RADIO REPORTS St et YESTERDAY FODAY o Highest 4p.m. Lowestda.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather 38 38 12 Cloudy Weather Clear Clear Pt. Cldy 3,000 visitors. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The Su-| g . preme Court of the United States' , 5" " today held invalid the Washington! ', State law imposing a fee on rail- o 7cogue Foundation Garments In brocades with plisse or lace tops. Also two-way stretch with lace tops, es- pecially nice for evenmq Wear. With ba dles in step-in s Clearance Price 1—3 Oft Brassieres All Vogue Brassieres To Close Out At oc and$ 1 .00 Vogue Corsets ck lacings—strong and durable — Vogue Gir- wrap-around and tyles—a girdle for every figure. Clearance Price 13 o Garter Belts All sizes in Garter Belts To Close Out At oCeach B. M. Behrends Co. Inc. Juneau's Leading Department Store RO RO IIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIImll|IIIIIII|||II|IIIflfli ¢ | the Rockefeller Foundation who are nR BUNNELL | engaged in the work leading to the 1] IS IN CITY | preparation of a complete history of Alaska. i 'WASHOUTS ON GOLD University of Alaska Presi-| CREEK BEING FIXED dent to Remain Here | Several Weeks | the rock wall where it was washed s E. B"nne” president | oyt by the floods last fall. ity of Alaska, return-| mnhe Jargest hole is about twenty Juncau aboard the Princesb‘ feet in length, located near the Cal- , following his trip to Wash-|poun street birdge. Another wash- n D. C, on business of the oyt js near the Ninth Street bridge. ivesity. He will remain in Ju-|Mayor I. Goldstein estimates that > make his report to the Ter- |y wy) take the-crew about ten days ritorial Legislature, and is a gumt‘“ complete the repairs. the Zynda Hotel. - ee- » mnell declared the mam‘ RETURN FROM INTERIOR i pote of this trip was accom-| peRoy DeLong and his daughter | when he secured approval Mrs, Alice Lesh returned to Juneau i" placing the Agricultural EX- saturday from Fairbanks on the nt Station of the University, PAA plane Electra. Mr. DeLong is ‘e Extension Service under a credit manager of the National Gro- directorship, increasing ef- cery of Seattle and he came north u.lency and securing economies. about a month ago on business. While east, Dr. Bunnell spent — nsiderable time with members of Empire ads are reaa. Daily Cross-word Puzzle 10, Stiilness after nolse 1. Deadly white Inten Greek mountain 3 Mock or gibe fw"“"“ lege songs ACROSS 1 Orlental vagods Solution of Saturday’s uzzle [STIGHECIAKIE WL [G] [AIBIL [VERAIRINIONE | INJA| \WIOIOIDEEBIRI | INIDILIEID] BlEIL[I [EIFENI [DIEIS] IABIUNRANISIE]L [M] ICIAILIUIMIETT] 4. Daddies 9. Kind of rolled tea used in Asia 12. Away 13, Having the -eement of all 15. Endeavors 17, Leading strap 18, Fails to keep 19. Gaudy 20. Pucker obligation ‘Theatrical producers Pertainin, the roof the mouth . Budllnon Closin, Taking advantage of present low| |water in Gold Creek the City has al |crew of men engaged in repairing The case of the United States vs. Charles Waul occupied most of the session of the Federal District Court today. The session this afternoon was devoted to direct testimony. The jury chosen to hear the charge of alleged assault with a dangerous weapon brought against ‘Waul in- cludes: I. R. Anderson, Ida Mae Phillips, Mrs. Ed Waltonén, W. H. Bacon, C. H. MacSpadden, W. A, Warwick, John G. Morrison, Sr., R. E. Rieck, Flora Kirkham, H. L. Arnold, Mrs. Guy McNaughton, and H. A. Dahl. Before opening of the Waul case this morning, John Grinlay, charged with alleged destruction of personal property at Petersburg was arraign- ed before Judge George F. Alexander and given until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock to make his plea. Following the 'filing of informa- tion against Attorney M. E. Mon- agle, charging him with alleged mis-~ conduct in his professional capacity at an attorney ‘of the Court, he was ordered to answer within ten days. ———,————— QHEEN SYLVIA Wearing none of her royal robes 'but maintaining her regal manner, Queen Sylvia, who reigned over the |first of Fairbanks’ ice earnivals, ar- |rived in Juneau last week-end on APPOINTMENTS TO EDUCATION BOARD 0. K'D. McMullen, Mrs. Nordale| Corifirmed—Resolution on Nordale Tragedy Adopted Confirmation of the appointment of P. C. McMullen of Seward and to the Territorial Board of Educa- noon as it met in joint session to ously made by Gov. John W. Troy. The joint session also passed a resolution, presented by Andrem death of former Representative Al- ton G. Nordale a year ago last sum- mer in a plane crash while en- route from Dawson to Fairbanks. Copies of the resolution were ordered spread on the journals of both hous- es and copies of same sent to the widow and mother of the former Legislator. Mr. Nordale was a member of the House from the Fourth Division in both the 1l1th and 12th legislative assembly and was considered one of the outstanding younger men in the Legislature. He was killed with several others when the now widely known Hines erashed and the wreckage was nm found lor months afterward. IFUR SALE HERE NEXT SATURDAY Confiscated Skins Will Be Auctioned — Dealersr+ Are Already Here Fur men are aiready beginning to gather in Juneau for the auction next Saturday ‘morning of confis- cated skins, Frank Dufresne, Execu- tive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission, declared today. The 1,088 skins, valued at about 1$12,000, will be open to public in- spection beginning at 8:30 o'clock Baturday morning, in the basement of the Federal Building, and the auction will get under way at 10:30 o’clock. Fifty per cent of the proceeds of the sale will be deposited to the credit of the Territory, for the School Pund. — - YUKON BISHOP IS IN SEATTLE Is Being Tr-e_;;d for Snow ‘Blindness — Tells of Hardships of Work SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—The © Bearded Bishop of the Arctic,” the Most Rev. Peter Fallaize, Catholic Bish~ Mrs. Ladessa Nordale of Fairbanks | ‘Mon was voted unanimously by the| Territorial Legislature this after- pass on the appointments previ- | Nerland of the Fourth Division, ex- | pressing regret and extending con- | dolences to relatives over the tragic | Bastineau View Tract IstoBe | ~ Dpened in Spring Waynor and Redman Re- | turn Here—Nationally | Known Man Coming | Following two and three weeks in Seattle, during which time they attended a conference on sub-divi; ional development, held in Seattle | under the auspices of the FHA,| Charles Waynor and Herb Redman returned to Juneau aboard the Prin- cess Norah, bringing with them a complete program for maturing of the Gastineau View Development, formerly known as the Sheldon Tract, which is to be opened by the Alaska Realty Company, of which th are officials, this coming | spring. ‘While south they secured the serv- |ices of a nationally known land- planning engineer, Charles Hayes Diggs, to lay out their new sub- division, and the building require- ments to be followed. - SENATE CALM IS BROKEN ON BIG MEASURE e 4 Relief Fund Bill Hits Snag Relative to Investi- gating Bodies |a minority report. |since last October Iturned to the bench. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The Sen- ate dispute over the right of Con- gressional Investigating Committees to use relief workers threatened to break a comparative calm marking the first month of Tongress. Tempers quickened in the debate over the nine hundred million dollar relief deficiency bill when a rider was introduced to block invesiga- tors from calling upon the WPA to aid them. Leaders doubted if the bill could be sent to the White House today. POSTAL BANK CURB SOUGHT SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.—Gra- dual withdrawal of the Postal Sav- ings Bank system from fields where the system directly competes with private banks is likely to be urged on Congress during the present session, Hugh Clary, vice president and chairman of the operating commit- tee of the Bank of America, N. T. and S. A, returned from New York recently and told of steps in this direction being taken by the bank study committee of the American Bankers’ Association. Clary attended ithe committee meetings. l “The original purpose of the pos- tal savings act was to provide non- competitive savings facilities in com- munities where adequate service was not available,” Clary pointed out. cities. roads and other public utilities for use in defraying expenses in regu-| lating them. The decision was 5 to 4 and was| the first opinion of the present term. Associate Justice Stone participat-| ed in the opinion, being one to make He has been ill| 13 but has re-; | | Associate Justice Roberts delivered |the mn,}ority report MAN, TWENTY, WEDS GIRL, §, IN TENNESSEE Neighbors P:J;sting-—Ask for State Law to Pro- hibit Such Unions SNEEDVILLE, Tenn., Feb. The marriage of strapping C Johns, aged 22, to Eunice Winst aged 9, has brought demands the State must enact laws to prevent| such alliences. Mountain neighbors of the fam- ilies of the contracting parties are protesting and they have taken H\v| issue up with civic leaders of all| BREWSTER APPEARS | BEFORE HOUSE GROUP| Alaska Aeronautics Inspector Hugh Brewster arrived from Fair- banks yesterday by PAA plane and | this afternoon appeared before the; House of the Territorial Legisla-| ture, which was meeting as a commit- tee of whole, to present suggestions and recommendations for improv- ing aviation in the Terrnmy | B Federal Reserve Board | Issues ‘Lock Up’ Order WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. — The Federal Reserve Board has ordered one billion five hundred million of idle bank fund “lock up” to check the potential infalationary expan- sion credit. The Board announced the 33 i percent increase is required :m reserve funds which must be held as backing bank depos; This is the maximum increase permitted by law. The effect of the order was to freeze a greater portion of the ex- isting reserves which total two bil-| lion one hundred and fifty million dollars. | e WALSH HERE M. J. Walsh, city clerk at Nome, was a passenger arriving in Juneau by plane from the Interior over the week end. | Kodiak | Edmonton {area centered over Washington-Oregon coast, where an air high pressure prevailed from the Bering Sea the crest being 30.84 inches at Fort ailed throughout Alaska and northwestern | reported. 22 26 20 -8 -22 40 44 36 38 2 29 30 30 0 34 20 50 44 44 Anchorage Barrow Nome | Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert 24 -4 32 18 50 46 42 Seattle Portland San Francisco |New York Washinglon Clear Clear Pt. C! Pt. Old Clear Snow Snow Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 34 40 WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Seattle (airport), snowing, Victoria, snowing, 30; Alert Bay, Langara, snowing, 21; dy, 20; Craig, partly cloudy, 19; Wr 19;, Sitka, clear, 20; Juneau, clot cloudy, 17; Cordova, clear, 34; Cape -16: McCarthy, clear, Nenana, clear, -22; Tanana, -12; Nulato, clear, -10; Flat, clear, Prince Rupert, temperature 30; cloudy, angell -28; Anchorage, partly Blaine, 8; Bull Harbor, sno 24; Ketch etersburg, clear, 21; Skagwa Chitina, cl clear. y. partly cloudy, 10. partly (Ioud) cl 19; Radiov: St. Elias, clear, clear, cloudy, -13; Ohagamute, clear, WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure preva'led ,isouthward along the coast to northern Califernia, there being a the Pacific Ocean about 500 miles west Abnormally eastward to northwestern Canada Norman. Fair weather pr this morning from Wrangell of pressure of 28.94 inches Canada, while heavy snows were reported over the Pacific Northwes States. Portland had 17 inches of and Seattle had 7 inches. snow on the ground at 5 a.m. today Seasonable temperatures prevailed throughout the interior of Alas- to Oregon. |ka and unseasonably cold weather from Southeastern Alaska southward Portland reported a minimum of 16 degrees and Seattle 28. SIMMONS OUT ON CHARTER FLIGHT TO PETERSBURG Taking off from Auk Bay this morning at 11 o’clock, Sheldon Sim- mons headed for Petersburg on a charter flight with Dr. J. A. Cars- we]l Territorial Epidemiologist; {Dr. J. W. Fennell and Miss Thelma Shriver as passengers. Simmons was to return to Juneau from Petersburg this afternoon. Taku winds forced the cancella- tion of all flights by Simmons and the Alaska Air Transport planes yesterday. e Ol St LEGION MEETS TONIGHT Regular meeting of Alford John Bz'ad!ord Post, American Legion, will be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the Dugout. Several matters of im- portance are scheduled to come, particularly the subject of building repairs. Both the House and Senate of the Legislature have passed mo- tions thanking the Post for the Jiggs dinner of last Monday night. PULLENS RETURN Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pullen, who jwent south early in December to be |present at the wedding of their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Pullen, and then spent the holidays in the States, returned to Juneau aboard the Princess Norah. Plucked at the peak of its bloom, a flower is at its best. So, too, is whiskey that’s made from only the peak part of each distillation—the P-RUN DALY GOING SOUTH James P. Daly, of Nome, Al Steamship Company Agent there, leaving for Seattle tonight on Princess Norah. He has been cri cally ill and will seek further medi- cal help in Seattle. Since arrival here by PAA plane, he has been at St. Ann’s Hospital. oo — WHITE BACK Pat F. White, one of the oldes foremen connected with #he Forect Service in Alaska, is once again back in Juneau ready for duty, fol lowing his return here aboard Princess Norah, after a vacation the States. e —— DAUGHTER FOR PADDOCKS A baby daughter was born to and Mrs. Elizabeth Paddock on Fri day evening, January 29, at 5:4 o'clock. The baby weighed pounds, five ounces. ERLLE S IS OPERATED ',POV William Fogg entered St. Hospital last night and was op ated upon this morning. FOR SALE Going profitable old established general merchandise business in- cluding stock, fixtures, real prop- erty, in Seldovia. Price reasonable. Good opportunity. Part terms to re- sponsible party. Address P. O..Box in L} op of the vast Yukon Territory, is!“A survey has shown that the pos- here for treatment of snow blind-|tal savings has worked in a direc- ness. He told friends and others of tion exactly opposite to what is in- 2L Flash ! her way south. & Motier of, © TATEY Volantary | Miss Sylvia Schmidt, as shé is 'known off ‘her throne, is enroute to 28. Fine driving icy particles g3, Compositions 24. Chinese DOWN L Front of the foot Wealthy Provides 4. Thick soup . Insects . Dance ste) One" indeti- l More l.blllrd 9. Shore Ilontllly -aund ea cow Fingerless Diminishing. glove 42. Collection of vari ; Vary thin or acts ent 4! Behrow letter 4 omdn transpar !uncl Tode 82. Hall cETNNEERE JRE ~HE CHEEEE JER |the Pacific Northwest, bearing let- ters to the several Chambers of | Commerce, extolling the approach- |ing, “greater than ever” carnival |set for this year in the Interior city. | After completing her ambassador- (ial mission, Miss Schmidt, will en- |roll at Wilson's Business College in Seattle, for six months’ study, after which she intends to return to her Fairbanks home. | 'Sylvia expressed -great -interest and pleasure in Juneau, this being her first stay here, except for & few hours while passing through by steamer. Coming to Junéau Saturday by PAA plane, Miss “Schmidt will con- tinue south on-the Princess Norah. —————— TOKEN OF NOTHING Returning ‘to Juneau, after some weeks in ‘the ‘States during ‘which she visited in the Pacific North- west, Mrs. Wellmann Holbrook “ac- quired ‘during-a shert stop in Van- couver, a small token of the “corona- tion that ‘will-never be.” A spode mug, about six inches high, emblazoned with a likeness of EIGHT INVITED TO EIGHTH BIRTHDAY OF DAVID DE LONG On Saturday afternoon David his home to help eighth birthday. Mrs. Spencer De Long arranged a luncheon for them and later the guests went to the matinee. Those who attended the party were: David Kloich, Wesley Stabler, Melvin Harmon, Dale Roff, Ralph Reese, Harry Aase, Melvin Daroff, August Avian. FROZEN SHIP 1S SHIPPED SOUTH FROM THIS PORT Arriving in Juneau from Ketchi- kan this morning at 6 o'clock, the motorship Bellingham, commanded by Capt. James Shelton, loaded two carloads, thirty tons, of frozen fish; at the Juneau Cold Storage com- King Fdward VIII ‘and the date’of |Pany. his coronation. A ‘souvenir of an occasion remarkable for its non- occurence, only, but still more so. —— ‘LEAVES ‘HOSPITAL Joseph Dodboy, a ‘surgical patient, was dismissed today from St. Ann’s Hospital. The Bellingham headed south again at noon, with stops scheduled at Petersburg and Ketchikan before going to Prince Rupert with her cargo, from where it will be shipped east by rail. ——— Try an Empire ad. DeLong had eight of his friends to| celebrate his | the numerous hardships in his work.;wnded. { “There are no postal savings banks in fourth class postoffices, serving small communities where banking facilities might be inadequate. In ithe large metropolitan centers, | where adequate banking mcmnes‘ are present, the postal savings banks | are most active.” | | | | | Fish Statistics LEWISTON, Mont—Twenty mil- | {lion fish have been raised at the |Lewiston fish hatchery since 1821, Iver Hodgeland, superintendent, de-! clares. He estimates the cost of, producing fish is about one cent an | inch for each inch of growth up to‘ séven ‘inches. All the fish are re- leased in Montana streams. e — MINOR OPERATION Mrs. Daisy Pagaran underwent a minor operation this morning at St. Ann's Hospital. ——— IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Clarence R. Willard entered |St. Ann’s Hospital last night an was operated upon this morning. —— e MRS. OLAFSON LEAVES | ST. ANN'S FOR HOME Mrs. Erling K. Olafson was dis- missed from St. Ann's Hospital Sun- day afternoon and returned home. ———— Empire ads are read. And if you haven’t tried it dur ing the past year, you’ve been missing something. It’s now aged almost twice as long as formerly —a full 18 months, Ask your bartender for it. One taste and youw’ll ask for it always—at your bar or package store. This whiskey is I8 months old A PRODUCT OF NATIONAL DISTILLERS