The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 4, 1937, Page 2

INTO YOUR W ARDROBE THEY “COMPLETE" THE ENSEMBLE l neau'’s Leading CONTEST VOTE STILL CLOSE, MEXICO TRIP Lucile Lynch Moves Up to Fourth Place—Others in Tight Race Slight change is noted in the fotal vote of the three leaders, Betty Whitfield, Rosa Danner and Ger- aldine Bodding, in the Daily Alaska Empire’s Good Will Contest and On To Mexico Tour and they retain their standing in the order named. Lucile Lynch moves up from fifth to fourth place, passing Birdie Jen- sen with an impressive total votc of 297,200 Clara Hansen, also, must be con- sidered a strong eontender, as her vote as now tabulated is 247,950, which was sufficient to change her position from seventh to fifth place FIRE DEPARTMENT TO NOMINATE OFFICERS AT MEETING TONIGHT Nomination of officers, preceeding the elections next month, will be the chief order of business at the monthly meeting of the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department, at the Fire Hall tonight. Among the routine business and other matters to come before the meeting, further discussion is ex- i on plans for the remodelling : Firemen's Park ball ground, e MARTHA SOCIETY TO ELECT OFFICERS FRIDAY Martha Society members will gather in the parlors of the North- ern Light Presbyterian Church to- morrow afternoon and elect officers for the coming year. A dessert- luncheon will be served at 1:30 o'- clock with Mrs. Clarence Rands and Mrs. David Wood acting as host- esses. e Today's News Today-—Empire, GYPSY Rose Lee, burlesque star, stopped the swing yes- terday. Above is a genuine gy to start us swinging M;:y. Undoubtedly it is the gYRSY in .y PHOENIX SOCKS Put a dash of Color Phoenix . . . for men .., for spring. Socks that are smart .and style right ... colors that are dashing and jaunty. ' Roomy . .. comfortable . .. built for foot action with reinforced heel and toe for "extra-mileage” wear, ; B.M. Behrends Co., Inc. Department Store oo e v e oo 0o DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE'S GOOD WILL CONTEST AND'ON TO MEXICO TOUR Following s the list of con- testants d their standi all votes counted up to 6 o'clock last night: Whitfield, Betty 375,300 Danner, Rosa 326,450 Bodding, Geraldine 304,100 Lynch, Lucile 207,200 Hansen, Clara 247,950 Jensen, Birdie 62,150 Lindstrom, Margaret Edwards, Phylis Nelson, Louise Hildinger, Madge Pusich, Helen Lokken, Astrid Barrager, Harriet Brown, Virginia Berg, Syl Coulter, Etolin Green, Dorothy Haviland, Edith Kneeland, Beverly Lea, Meriam Paulson, Helvi Sutherland, Sadie Stone, May Elizabeth e eceeeee e 0. @90 000ssevo0o0s00000000000000C0sRSIOES . . ° . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ° . . . . e ° . ° . ° . ° . . W. FELIX ARRESTEGL, TRIAL TO BE FRIDAY Charged with alleged attempted assault with a dangerous weapon, J. W. Felix was this morning ar- raigned before U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray, following his arrest in Douglas by a member of the U. S. Marshals force. Felix was interrupted by Douglas Chief of Police Bob Dupree, in al- legedly picking objects from the debris of the recent great fire. On being confronted, Felix is alleged to have attempted to attack the peace officer. Trial of the case has been set for tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, before Commissioner Gray. Felix is at present confined in the Federal jail here, in default of $100 bond. J. — . — MRS. HEISTER HERE Mrs. red Heister, wifee of the KINY radie technician and an- nouncer, arrived in Juneau on the motorship Northland this week, to join: her husband. Loy » G, . his ‘E‘Hm:'-s ", basep, rica's N P layer . ) o, | b‘"OK II‘ ‘:‘:1‘:’; makes him ot THE DAILY MRS. GRAY HAD Gotham’s So | Restful and ()rJ@rly Visitor “100% American” FINE TRIP TO | EAST, RETURN Tells of Many Places Vis- ited, Especially in New York and Chicago 3 i | Back again at B. M. Behrends | Ccempany, Ine., after a six weeks business and pleasure tour that took | her across the continent to New | York and Chicago, Mrs. Felix Gray | enthusiastically related the many places she had visited and some of |the interesting things to be seen | im the two great' cities. Ten days | {were spent in Chicago and ten |days in New York. The traveler told of the air con- | ditioned trains that -keeps its |sengers rested and refreshed, the| | flawless service and the delightful | meals that may be enjoyed by over- iland passengers. | In the line of entertainment, Mrs. Gray told how she had enjoyed vis- iting the many theatres and com- mented on the various plays. One of the best comedies of the season, entitled “The Women” included a cast of 40 actors. “Brother Rat’ was a military production of school pals and “Boy Meets Girl” was a laugh landslide, she said. Along the line of dramas that; were viewed, Mrs. Gray was fortu- nate to see “Victoria Regina” with Helen Hayes giving the best por- trayal of the year. "The Masque of Kings” was very dramatie, “Tobac- co Road” like Tennysor’s brook, it goes on forever. According to the reviewers the public is still very much interested in artistic drama. The list of things to see in New York included Radio City, & back- stage factory to the world’s greatest broadcasting plant, Rockeféller Cen- ter, world of greatest effice, shop and amusement center Wwnder ' one ownershi he Public Library, with its three-and-a-half million books; Empire State Building, rising 102 stories, Columbia University, and America’s National Shrine, the Sta- tue of Liberty. A wonderful time was had, the aonly shadow was the fire disaster that had befallen her- friends and|” neighbors on Douglas Island to whom she extends her sincere sym- pathy. >-eo—— - COMMUNISTS NOW EXCITING. COAST SAILORS Declaration Is Made Be- fore Congressional Investigators WASHINGTON, Mar. 4.—Joseph Weaver, Director of the Federal Bu- reau of Marine Inspection, said he believes Communists are behind the Pacific Coast sailors in gpposition to carrying employment record books required by the Marine Safety Act. Speaking before the Congression- al Committee considering repeal of the employment book sectioh of the law, Weaver said Oommunists are also planning -sitdown strikes for May 1 on ‘the American ships agains the books. Capt. Warren Peterson, represent- ing the Pacific American Steamship Association, gave similar testimony. - BOWDEN RiTURNS Edward Bowden, Sr., widely known Juneau carptenter, who has been in Seattle for the past two or three months, returned to Juneau this week on the motorship Northland. He éxpects to remain hére a few weeks before going to Ketchikan to commence work’ on the new Fed- eral building to be erected there. Mrs. Bowden and their son Edward remained south. Edward Bawden junior, is attending the University of Washington. Pl Copynight; 4937, By 'I'Ae P Feature Service ALASKA EMPIRE, I ‘Wul'.'t' By CHARLES NORMAN AP Feature Service Writer NEW YORK, Mar® 4. friends invited Cornelius Van Don- gen to Christmas: dinner here, so he hopped on the boat train f{rom Paris, and here he is. You can see by this that he nas not been here long, but already. he says, “I am a 100 per cent Am- eriean. “New York is restful, it’s like Hol- land,” he goes on, not neticing or perhaps disregarding the - in lity on his interviewer's face. * have the same way of living herc 50 orderly. It's not like Paris, where everybody, everything (he gestures) s back and forth and around Van Deongen, 58, blue-eyed and sporting a white beard, is interna- tionally known as a painter of wo- men. Of Duteh extraction, he ha lived in Paris and other parts of France so long that the Gallic g ture has become his own. Li many continentals he tal charm and wit—but under protest u- He Calls This ‘Nonsense’ My business is to paint” he “Why should I talk? When I turns out to “nonsense be witticisms that bask in his smile, that light up the twinkle in his eyes, that fade away in the applause of his own laughter. Of women— “Look at the hats they wear. It's awful. But life is always amusing —why not amusing hats?” “It's easy to pain{ women. do half the work.” Of types— “All over the world you see the same types, the same faces. For They me, they are the same people.” Of painting generally— “Everybody’s painting—but what stuff, en?” Of his painting in particular — “I only like my own paintings. If I liked somebody else’s work, I would want to paint like him. Every artist should put himself first.” Feels Younger Here Van Dongen likes to dance and go out. “Yes, but I am not good for anything but painting,” he insists. “I am still studying. It makes me younger to come here. In Europe, even the young people are old. Here people are young, hopeful.” ~—Ameiican THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937. EASY TO PAINT “Yomen do half the work” Cornelius ¥an Dengen says . of his poriraits. MAYOROF N. Y. MAKES SPEECH NAZI RESENTS LaGual‘(liil'S [{(’lllal'ks .l\i‘(\ Cause of Protest to State Department WASHINGTON, March 4.—The German Embassy today protested to the State Department agains speech made in New York City y terday by Mayor LaGuardia sa that the May- the Womens’ the American Jewish t the 1939 New York should have a chamber n which the b ean fanatic ought chief exhi The spokesman of the department i the matter will be brought im- The protest sgesie Division before Congress, World Fair irted F to by mediately to the attention of Se vetary of State Cordell Hull One German press, according to advices 1 here from Berlin said the Chief of State of 68,000,000 people so grossly in- sulted.” — e e Degree Will Be Conferred During Masonic Reunion Degrees from the fourth to the thirty-second, inclusive, will be con- ferred on a class of candidates dur- ing the Reunion of Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies, commencing Wed- nesday, March 10, and ending Sat- urday, March 13, here, it was an- nounced today by Scottish Rite of ficials. > - - | 8. 8. LICEN>r £AX PAID In settlement of the action for recovery of license s brought against it, the Northland Trans- portation Comp. this merning in Federal District Court paid $1,233 in taxes to the Territory for the Chosen Citrus Queen GOLD TAX BILL - " SIGNED BY £OV. 13th Legislature gold tax bill today . pas s final stage for approval when it was signed by Gov. John {W. Troy. The measure, around which centered the major fight of | this Legislature, is estimated to ise approximately $600,000 per year in tax money for the Terri- tory and is expected to defray the major cost of putting the Social Security Act into effect in Alaska. The law levies a three per cent The revenue- g tax on the gross production of gold sion, and platinum mines, approximately He prefers to paint women wear- Year of 1933 on the motorships|, gollar an ounce for gold, and a ing evening clothes. They are more Northland and Norco, operated by graquated tax on the net incomes glamorous then, he says. Whether the company. he is painting a cabaret girl, an actress, or a society woman, some- thing mysterious, elusive, provoking, appears in his portraits. It is his homage to women. TU THE PRESIDENT, whoos hobby fs fish- ing. Fishing is both hobby av:;allivefil;b:!g tosey ; Action on claims remaining against the company for similar taxes for the years 193¢ and 1935 will be heard before the Court at Ketchi kan. RES pic A PELICAN. Its beak |Ahnn its belly can su9 SWING MUSIC starts with any —the theme—and goes on from there in haywire variations. You can do the same thing with lof other mines. — b Fish lines a mile long with as any as 1500 hooks are used, by hermen in the Lofoten Tslands. tures. U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULFURE, WEATHER BUREAT " THE WEATHER Forecast for Juneau and vic beginning at 4 p.m., Mar, 4, Snow or rain tonight and po: y Friday; moderate southeast winds. LOCAL DATA ‘Time Barometer Tem|. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 p.m. yestly 2045 32 97 B 6 Lt. Rain 4 a.m. today 29.41 35 93 S 7 Lt. Rain 12 noon today 29.57 31 9 s 7 Lt. Snow CABLE AND RADIG REPORTS | YESTERDAY FODAY | Highest 4p.m. Lowestda.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station emp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather Atka 36 36 34 34 0 o Cloudy Anchorage 18 - | 6 =i — [ | Barrow -12 -12 =20 -20 4 0 Clear Nome -2 -4 | ' -20, ;-14 4 Lo Clear Bethel 0 0 | =24::24 4 0 Clear Fairbanks 6 2 | =26, -28 4 0 Clear Dawson 0 0 { -4 -4 14 . . Pt Cldy St. Paul 34 32 b 26 32 12 P ! Snow Dutch Harbor 3 32 |7430 a4 12 14 Clear Kodiak 30 @) 18 18 4 0 Clear Cordova 36 36 | 20 22 o 0 Clear Juneau . 37 32 32 35 i4 1.08 Rain Sitka 45 — 37 = - 3 Ketchikan 4“4 4 42 42 16 2.60 Rain Prince Rupert . 44 44 | 38 42 50 90 Rain Edmonton 44 40 | 36 36 6 o Cloudy Seattle 60 60 | 44 46 4 0 Pt Cudy Portland 62 62 | 48 48 8 0 Pb Cldy San Francisco 76 4 | 54 54 4 0 Clear New York . 48 42 | 34 38 18 0 Cloudy Washington 56 48 38 38 4 [ Clear : WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Seattle (airport), partly cloudy, temperature, 38; Blaine, cloudy, 38; Victoria, cloudy, 46; Alert Bay, raining, 42; Bull Harbor, cloudy, 44; Triple Island, raining, 38; Langara Island, raining, 44; Prince Rupert, cloudy, 45; Ketchikan, raining, 42; Craig, raining, 43; Wrangell, rain- ing, 42; Petersburg, raining, 88; Sitka, cloudy, 40; Radioville, raining, 34; Soapstone Point, raining, 36; Juneau, snowing, 35; Skagway, clou- dy, 23; St. Elias, clear, 31; @ordova, clear, *3; Copper River, clear; Chitina, cloudy, =24; McCarthy, ¢loudy, -8; Anchorage, clear, -5; Fai banks, partly cloudy, -32; Nehana, clear, -30; Hot Springs, clear, Tanana, clear, -30; Ruby, clear, -26; Nulato, clear, -30; Kaltag, clea -30; Unalakleet, clear, -24; Flat, clear, -35; Ohogamute, clear, -10; Sa- voonga, cloudy, -6. WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure continued this morning from the Prince William Sound region southward to latitude 40 degyees, there being two storm areas, one centered about 75 miles west of Dixon Entrance, where & pressure of 29.10 inches wes reported, while another storm area was centered over the Pacific Ocean at latitude 44 degrees and longi- tude 138 degrees, where a pressure 'of 29.20 inches prevailed, elsewhere over the field of observation high pressure prevailed, the erest being 30.60 inches over the Pacific Ocean at latitude 42 degrees and longi- tude 174 degrees. This general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation from Skagway southward to Vancouver Island and by fair weather over the remainder of the field of observation. South- east gales were reported in the vicinity of Dixon Entrance and Prince Rupert last night and this morning, a velocity of 52 miles having been reported at Prince Rupert. Cold weather continued over the interior and western portion Alaska. of TS OFF | wierine rontcur i | As the Victory Dinner is being LONDON, March 4—The Inter-, g5 soniang in the 1. 0. O. F. Hall, national Neutrality Committee has al joned Saturday midnight “'thf‘rv will be no meeting of {he e o | Silver Bow Basin Lodge. This is > deadline acing ¢ . . | the announcement made Becre- of ships and observers around Spain: he 0l made” by ¥ Purther time is required to recruit {tary Charles W. Carter, reutralit gents and work out | e oy other details. An attempt will be|. AT% The Empue yiassifieds for made to have the blockade effec-| duick resulls. tive about March 20. PORTLAND ICE T BLANKS SEATTLE SIX | TO HOLD LOOP LEAD SEATTLE, March ~<—Still lead-| ing the Pacific Coast Ice Hockey League race, the Portland Buck- defeated the pit-dwelling Se- o Sea Hawks here last night, to 0. 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