The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1937, Page 2

MICHAEL- STERNS VALUE FIRST ! | | {WALLA WALLA FALLS IN ARU | HOOP TOURNEY Northwest fi; Overcome in Rough Third Round Contest THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1937. Street fiifilng in Taxi smka Police Squa rads Patrollmgl Chicago Loop with Direct Orders . CHICAGO 1., "arch 8. — A 4 Portland Exncatlve 'Com- | mittee Complete:Plans | for, "Enforcing””., ., ALL SPRING STYLES AND. COLORS As low as ’ DENVER, Colo., Mar. 18-—Walla ., Walla, the Pacific Northwest’ entry in the National AAU Basketball Tournament here, fell by the way- side last night. They were knocked out of the tournament picture in the score of pollce squ;fl .are cnulgg the Loop dumct today_under orders to . prevent frecurrence. of Street rioting which last night, lefl. st- eral persons injured and many tax- ies damaged in the 13-day old cab drivers’ strike. All leaves of absence and vaca- third round by the towering Ant- tk: of policemen have been can- QinAle y lers quintet from Colorado Springs, {€€! Single or Double | "The Antlers took the very rough| ,Cabs have been ordered with- Breasted Igame from the Washington State ! five by a score of 74 to 43. The Ant- "lers led 26 to 20 at the half, time, Twenty personal, fouls were called against the Walla Walla Mitchells, four of them going out of the gnmej by the foul route, { Reser, with lgcpu,pbers, was high point iman lqr 4 he! ALL NEW MODELS FOR SPRING Plaids—Greys Browns i CLOTHES ; 5 | drawn from the street from mid- night to 7 o'clock in the morning. PORTLAND, Oregon, Marah. 18- The Executive, Committee e Portland. local, Lumber. awmill, Workers' Union, has lapuad stat ment, saying it, “had mpmmm for enforcing” the union’s demands for a horizontal wage increase of 10 cents an hour. ?Aquq mmtihe e mmit"ee in Jun«u endorsed for reappointment Gov. John W. Troy, Becretary of Alaska Edward W. got. A, d;urman to sumed A. A onbeck, Anchorage, who resign- ‘Wfir s, ch-’fgm Committee, M m@ecreu';!y of, the, Ft{r!sfi '-hé k 5|Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his| e e e e e e e e e e et B e ) $29.§o B.M. Behrends Co., Inc. | Juneau's Leading Department Store MISS EARHARY HOPS SWIFTLY | OVER PACIFIC Clips Time for Westerly Di- rechon, Held by Pan- f \“l(.l [( an Cllpp(_r (Conti from Page One) and there .were da. clouds ,over, Wheeler Field, the Army airport at Schofield Barracks as the plane canie {o a gracefu} landing. Several hundred spectators, some still in evening dress, were at the ield when she landed. | Miss Earhart stepped from the planc and said: “I am terribly tired.” She had turned the controls over to Mantz just before she landed. The $80000 plane is partly out- fitted with funds supplied by Pur- due University. Miss Earhart car- ries nearly 8,000 stamp cachets, the proceeds from which will help finance the flight. Miss Earhart used separate air- lin d radio beams from those used by the clipper ships. HUSBAND RELIEVED OAKLAND, Cal, March 18. George Palmer Putnam, after keep- ing a night vigil on his wife's flight, tock his feet off a table at the air- port e and sighed deeply, then smiled ‘Guess T'll go to bed now.” The z flight of his wife had him perturbed. CLIPPERS ARRIVE HONOLULU, March 18. — The Hawaii Clipper, carrying seven passengers, arrived at 10:17 o'clock this forenoon making the flight in 19 hours and 1 minute. The Pan- American Clipper, headed for Auck- land, arrived at 11:25 o'clock, mak- ing the flight in 19 hours and 6 minutes. M/\IL INSPECTOR OUT J. Howard Fehse, Inspector of Mail Carriers for the U. 8. Postal Service, is among the passengers leaving Juneau aboard the steamer Alaska, bound for Seattle. Mr. Fehse car to Juneau g week ago from Sayth abgard the same steamer. e — GOTTSTEINS THROUGH J. B. Gottstein, accompanied by |ing the arrival of Washington State et e e e Buy Held on Bank Robhery Charge EUREKA, Cal, March 18.—Ar- rested here and guestioned about a bank robbery and slayipng in Spo- kane, Washington, February 15, Leroy Knapp, 21, is held incom- municado in the county jail pend- officers. Officers here said the boy is the brother of Stanley Knapp, 19, ar-| rested last week in Sacramento and/ taken North for trial. Stanleyl Knapp allegedly confessed partici- patiop .n the robbery and implica- tion of his brother and one other. — .- RETURN HOME Irving McK. Reeq, ¢hairman, and | ‘Frank P. Williams, member of Lhe Alaska Game Commission, sailed | from here for the States aboard the| steamer Alaska, in Juneau for the past three wecks in attendance at the annual meet- ing of the Commission. Mr. Reed.plans to remain in Se- attle will then return to his home at Fairbanks, Mr. Williams ,will stop at Seattle until the steamer Vic- — toria sails on her first Bering sea voyage, when he will take passage for his hume at St. Michul e DR. COUNCIL I.EAVES | TO ATTEND. SURGEON Dr. W. W. Council, chairman of the Territorial Board of Health, and member of the Juneau Medical Clinic, left on the Alaska this morn- ing on his way to Washington, D. C. Dr. Council plans to drive East from California, accompanied by his ,daughter Miss Mary Lea Council. They will be met in Washington by Mrs. Council who preceeded them east in order that she might visit| her family in North Dakota. As chairman of the Territorial Board of Health, Dr. Council will attend the meeting of State and Territorial health officers which Thomas S. Parran, Surgeon .Gen- eral of the United States Public They, have been| only about two weeks, and | . | minutes, The managements of the 11 local mills are offering an increase of T%cents an hour. e REV. MURRAY LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 18. —The Rev. W. L. Murray, 47, Can- adian Army Chaplain who was dec- orated with the British military cross and bar, died here last night following complications of an ah- dominal operation. He will be bur-| lied in Quebec COURT OFFICIALS - - OFF TO KETCHIKAN Judge George F. Alexander, and five other members of the U. 8. for Ketchikan from here morning for, the opening of the spring .term of Federal Distrigt \Ceurt in that city. Members of the group, besides Judge Alexander were: U. S, Dise |trict Attorney William A. Holzs heimer; U. S. Marshal Willlam T. Mahoney; Clerk of Court ,Robert Coughlin and his Assistant Clerk, Peggy McLeod; and Court Reporter John Newman. Assistant Attorney George W. Folta and Lawrence Kerr, clerk in Sea. The Court term in Ketchikan may last about six weeks. Build Community Radio to Warn in Emergency PUEBLO, Colo,, March 18. — A {community radio station, for usef{Al |in case of a flood or other commun- ity disaster, is nearing completion at Pueblo. Amateur radip gperators and nn» val and army reserve officers co- operated in constructing the stas i tion. the station reporting to a state sta- tion at Denver which is affiliated with the U. 8. Army Signal Lorps.| - KANSAS FLYER NEAR . RECORD IN KC Mux NEW YORK,'Mar. 18. —Qm Cunningham ran the mile in, four, eight and seven-tenths seconds in beating his field here last Games, His time was only three-tenths of a second slower than his own world’s booked at Spokane, Wash., on March 24, at Seattle on March 25, and at Portland, Ore., on the 27th. — e —— TWO, DISMISSED Dismissed from St. Ann’s Hospital |/ Health Service, has called to be ,held early in April. During the absence of Dr. and Mrs. Council, Miss Helen Parrott here today were two surgical pa- tients, Donald Foster and Mrs. L. M. Ritter. Mrs. Ritter had been con- fined for the last month, Department of Justice staff, sailed| this| the District Attorney’s oftice, will|, ! follow tonight on the steamer North Weekly practice drills will be held, night in the Knights of Columbuya| indoor record. The Kansas, Flyer i now heading West, with exhibitions Mrs. Gotistein and two children, is staying with Miss Mildred Ap- Molly and Bernard, were here for land, Mrs. Council's sister, in the a short time today while the steamer Council apartment in the Goldstein Alaska was in port. They are on building. their way to the States from their home at Anchorage where Mr. Gott- stein is a prominent merchant. e ,results, - TAKES BABY HOME Mrs. Kenneth Ferguson and her baby daughter, Try The Empire cmssifieds for|discharged from St. Ann's Hospital today and returned to their home, Nancy Lee, were Griffin and Collector of Customs James J. Connors, federal office holders for the Territory and Judge George F. Alexander, District At- torney William A. Holzheimer and Marshal William T. Mahoney, fed- Jleral appointees in the First Diyis- on, In the absence of M. E. Monugle Divisional Chairman, _the meeting in Juneau was presided over by John H. Walmer, committee mem- ber. ¢ "Copies of the resolutions endors- 1ing . incumbent office holders were sent to Delegate Anthony J. Dimond and National Committeeman J. A. Hellenthal by Mrs. Krause, follow- _BMAN 16ED 85 DEAD, KETCHIKAN KETCHIKAN, Alagka., Mar. 18— After an illness due to the infir- mities of old age that had confined her to the Ketchikan General Hos- pital, Mrs, Amelia Hamilton, 83 years old, is dead. She came to Ketchikan in 1904 and worked at various jobs. Real estate dealings on a small scale built up her holdings here. At one time she controlled all of the nickels and dimes in town and sold $1 worth of small cotns for $1.10 and $1.15. Burial will be in Ketchikan. Burvivors of Mrs. Hamilton in- clude a daughter, Mrs. A, C. Brandt, of Prescott, Arizona, who was with her at the time of her death. Other relatives in lhe Stlles isurvive her. MARRIED Los, A}‘GEL;ES. Cal., March 18—, Allen Henry Hoover and his bride, the ) lormer . Margaret Coberly, arel honeymooning here today following their marriage yesterday. They will make their home at the Hoover ranch at Bakersfield. OTE U(WS WHIR SPOKANE O EVEN,ICE SERIES A woouvm B, c., March 18— The Vancouver L evened the three-game semi-final Pacific Coast Hockey League sefies by a 6 to 1 victory over Spokane here last night. The two sextettes play again Fri- day night, the winner going to Port~ land to meet the. Buckaroos in the ithree out of five game champion~ &hlP ferien, opening. there Monday. —————— SAN' DIEGO'TO USE - THREE HURLERS IN' " GAME WITH lNDlANS SAN DIEGO, Cal, Mar. 18. Frank Shellenback, Padre mnuer. says he will use a trio of hurlers against the Seattle Indians in the exhibition game here tonight: Ray Lucas is slated to mount the rubber for Seattle. “|aboard the steamer Alaska. NO BASEBALL THIS SEASON VOWS DIZZY Cardinal Hurler ‘May Enter Business—Wants Fifty Thousand a Year BRADENTOWN, Fla, Mar. 18.— Declaring himself through with baseball for this year, at least, Dizzy Dean has placed his home here on the market, and stated his inten- tion of heading north within the next few days. In the north, he will consider one of several business proposale, The star moundsman refuses to sign again with the Cardinals for less than fifty thousand dollars a year. LUCKNOW, India, March” 1, ot [wife took off today, for an. ungn- nounged dest)nxtlou am:r an, unex- also|pected flight here last n: Nagpur, They had been own sev- eral days whilg &hglr plane was oyerhauled, | -——q-&o——-—.— SIMMONS FLIES To IIT CHICHAGOF, SITKA WITH SIX IN SHIP with a full passenger load in: the the |Alaska, Air Transport Nugget, Pilot Sheldon_Simmons._headed out from Juneau for Sitka and Chichagof this afternoon & few minutes past 1 0'- clock., Simmons today were: For Chicha~ gof—Joe Vaser, Jack Cook, Earl .{a fine gentleman and Commissioner Earl N. Ohmer Returns Home AfierAllendI;Gamt-Com- mission‘Meetings Peters- burg Man, Leaves Here After_two pleasant’ weeks in Ju- neau whne Mr. Ohmer was a;unq- ing meethws of the Alaska Game Commission as Commissioner from the First Division, Mr. and Mrs. Earl N. Ohmer have left for their home in Petersburg, ’ “It was a very pleasant sesslon, and we have all enjoyed every min- ute of i,” Mr. Ohmer said before Jeaving. . “In our Commission work we were |proud to haye with us W. E, Crouch from the Biological Survey of Wash- i ington, D. C. We found him to be ew greatly assisted us in olr work . Before Jeaving, ‘the Commission membexs, were entertained. by Well- man_Holbrook, of Lhe Forest Serv- lce, with whom they visited the varfous ~camps_ ‘and,_cabins, “the s.hoofir\g range and the recreation Servlce “Juneau people ¢an be giad they have such an emcient force in, their wmmunlty. Mr. Ohmer said, “and should appreciale the fing, work they have done Both, Mr. nnq M Ohmer were heir visit. here and expressed thu hope that they might return in anol ““Before I leqve,yi n thank all of those who 50’ well sup- ported. the Bill for an Experjmental Fur Farm and ta,bonwry in_ Al- aska. In this, I am sure, T am speak- ing for the many fur ranchers in Al- Passengers luvhw Junew with |aska,” g Mr. Ohiner, prominent Petersburg citizen, has among his various in- Carlson, and Nick Gazeff. For Sit- ka—E. J. White and J. B. Warrack. ESTEBETH FOR SITKA Included among the passengers who sailed from Juneau last eve- ning aboard the Estebeth, when that motorship got out at 6 o'clock on her weekly run to Sitka and way ports, were H. Freeland, going to |Tenakee, and Mike Huston, bound for Hoonah. Besides her freight and mail, the Estebeth also carried out of Juneau for Hoonah the body of Eddie Grant, who was decapitated near there last week in an accident aboard his gasboat, The body was brought to Juneau for examination. AR i ke BOY FOR BERGSTROMS A boy, weighing seven pounds and fourteen ounces was born to Mrs. Carl Bergstrom fifteen minutes be- fore midnight yesterday at St. Ann's Hospital. Both mother and child are reported doing nigely. bl smme oy guaracnd LEAVES ST. ANN'S Carl Linga was late yesterday dis- missed from St. Ann’s Hospital where he had been receiving medi- ca' treatment, ————— . PARK WARDEN GOES OUT Plannmg a vacation of ten weeks in the States, Grant Peafson sailed for Beattle aboard the steamer Al- aska. Mr. Pearson, a Park Warden at Mt. . McKinley Park, arrived here 0m Fairbanks Sunday aboard the 'AA plane. This is his first time out in two years, e S W f ALASKANS GO OUT , Among the widely-known Alas- pn.s passing through here this njorning aboard the steamer Alaska on their way Outside were J. W. Wick, from Russian Village, Arthur H. Mellick, Sand Point merchant, and B. J. Bower, from Circle Hot 8prings. p T, _ SHIP INSPECTORS OUT Making their second inspection trip, o Ketchikan in recent months, Cap}. John M. Clark and Chief John |, Newmarker, of the Bureau of Navi- and Steamship Ii tion, [EEE T steamer Alaska. They plan to return t6 Juneau next week. — TO WASHINGTON, D, C. . Dr. J. F..Van Ackeren, medical di- ¢ ncm- for the Bureau of Indian Af-| fairs in Alaska, sailed for Seattle From Seattle Dr. Van Ackeren will go East to, Washington, D. C., for conference | there with the heads of his depart- ment." | ‘TRADERS GO OUT Boris Magids, trading post operator, and his sis- ter and partner, Mrs. Bess Cham- berlin and her small daughter Pa- | m who arrived in Juneau from Fairbanks last Sunday aboard the PAA Electra plane, boarded po continue their journey to Califor- ——— Mrs. Helene W. L. Albrecht, who ug-:t.ly closed. her physiotherapy office here, sailed for Seattle aboard the steamer Alaska, She plans to return to Juneau after practicing in Wu' for about two years. & —— ,.l A. Clark, cannery head for the Kanaga Packing Company, at Kan- Kotzebue Sound | the | steamer Alaska here this morning | terests, shrimp and crab canneries and a mink farm which brought him recognition for prize mink skins in the fur industry last year. BARR BACK FROM ATLIN, BRINGS 5 Returning from Atlin, B. C., where he flew yesterday, Pilot L. F. Barr brought his North Canada Air Ex- press Pilgrim plane down onto his landing field here this afternoon a few minutes past 1 o'clock. Barr brought five passengers back here with him from Atlin. D REMAINS SHIPPED SOUTH The remains of Mrs. Daniel Ross are being taken south aboard the Alaska by Mr. Ross for cremation at Seattle. Funeral services were held at the Scottish Rite Temple last night, conducted by the East- ern Star. e ——— LAST RITES ARE HELD FOR ELI LINDSTROM Funeral séryices were held this afternoon at the Charles W. Carter {Chapel for Eli Lindstrom. The Rev, Erling K. Olafson officiated at the Chapel and officers of Silver Bow Basin Lodge, 1.0.O.F., took charge of the services *,t. the grave. e TO LAW SCHOOL Commencing his journey to Wash- ington,. D. C., where he plans to study law, Robert L. Jernberg sailed trom Juneau for the States aboard the steamer Alaska. Mr. Jernberg has resigned his post hére as Deputy U. 8. Marshal.. e IN HOSPITAL Miss Irene E. Smith was admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital here today as a medical patient. e e ARR. SUPT. THROUGH .‘T. J. Cunningham, traffic expert 3 lor the Alaska Railroad, was in Ju- ficau briefly while on his way from Seward to Seattle nboard the steam- er Alaska: HARRY RA “The Squibh u.s. Dzma THE UL'I'U EA HER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast for Juneau and viclnity, beginning at 4 p.m., Mar. 18. Cloudy tonight and Friday, probably easterly winds. filfl I'HKR. BURHU snow or rain; modehate ground.s established by the Porest,‘ LOCAL DATA Time Sarometer Tem|. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 pm. yesty ... 29.89 40 64 NW 5 Cloudy 4 a.m. today 29.68 RS | W 4 Cloudy 12 noon today ... 29.74 : o RS gt Cloudy CABLE AND I.ADIO REPORTS . YESTERDAY S et BUDAY E Highest 4pm. | Lowestdahi. 4u.m, Preéip. ' 4ami. Station temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs, Weather Atka 38 34 30 32 8 02 Cloudy Anchorage p B~ ~ 0 e Barrow 0 -10 -10 10 0 Clear Nome 8 -10 -4 10 03 Pt Cldy Bethel 14 -8, -8 4 0 Clear Fairbanks 36 2 2 4 0 léar Dawson 36 2 2 0 [ gfir St. Paul 34 24 24 4 04 Pt Cldy Rutch Harbor 3 30 32 1§ 02 Cloudy Kodiak 36 30 34 8 07 Clear i Cordova . 38 28 30 8 04 Clear Juneau ... 40 30 30 4 T Cloudy Ketchikan . 44 30 30 4 0 Cloudy Prince Rupert 42 30 34 4 X Clear Edmonton ... 40 20 20 4 54 Clear Seattle 50 36 38 8 04 Cloudy Portland 48 38 38 4 .26 Clear San Francisco 50 | 46 4 14 Clear New York 30 gQ 36 24 0 Clear Washington 28 4 g Cloudy wumm eoxmmon AT 8 A. M. TODAY Seattle, (airport), partly cloudy, temperature, 41; Blaine, cloudy, 36; Victoria, partly cloudy, 38; Alert Bay, partly cloudy, 30; Bull Har- bor, clear, 32; Triplé Island, partly cloudy; Langara Island, clear, 33; Prince Rupert, cloudy, 33; Ketchikan, cloudy, 33; Craig, partly cloudy, 33; Wrangell, snowing, 33; Petersburg, snowing, 32; Sitka, cloudy, 30; Radioville, snowing and raining, 32; Soapstone Point, cloudy, 30; Ju- neau, cloudy, 32; Skagway, cloudy, 40: St. Elias, clear, 32; Cordova, clear, 31; Copper River, clear; Chitina, clear, 0; McCarthy, clear, 6; Anchor- age, cloudy, 28; Fairbanks, clear, 2; 'Nenana, clear, 24; Ruby, cloudy, 18; Nulato, cloudy, 20; Flat, snowing,’ 2; Ohogamute, clear, -5. WEATHER SYNOPSIS The storm area noted yesterday morning a short distance south- west of Kodiak Island has moved southeastward during the past 24 hours and was centered this morning over the Pacific Ocean at lati- tude 50 degrees and longitude 140 degrees, where a pressure of 29.00 inches prevailed. High pressure prevailed over the Pacific Ocean from California westward to the Hawailan and Midway Islands, also over the Bering Sea. This general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation over portions of Southeastern Alaska and over the southern Bering Sea and by fair weather over the remainder of the field of observation. It was much colder last night along the coastal regions from Bar- row souchward to the Bristol Bay region. SEA9UB541 IN March totaled $554,948,541. ——— EASTER FLOWERS INCOME TAXES WASHINGTON, March 18.—The neau Ice Cream Parlors this morn- ing. ,The selection, including daffodils and roses, was received from' the south yesterday by Percy Reéynolds, owner of thé Ice Cream Parlors, aboard the steamer Mount McKin- ley. Treasury Department reported to- day that preliminary computations {showed that income tax collections for the first seventeen days in Collection districts include Wash- ington and Alaska from which $3,- 475,373 has been received to date. ON DISPLAY NOW Bringing another hint of ap- proaching spring to Juneau, a color- ful display of Easter flowers greet- ed the eyes of passers by from a sidewalk stand in front of the Ju- - MISSES FURUNESE GO OUT ON ALASKA TODAY R Mim Alpha Puruniess and’ Miss Lin- da 'Furuness left on the Alaskd today for the south. Miss Alpha Furuness, secretary in the Territorial Depart- ment of Health, wil go East with Dr. W. W. Council to l\tbend the ;meenng of the Surgeon Gereral in Washington, D. C. in April. Her sister will go as far east as Wis- consin, where she will visit relatives, and will return to Juneau with Miss Alpha Furuness, Try The Empire clusmeds for Qquick results. Y Fresh Fruit and Vegeiaiii‘eé' The Best in All Other Grocery Needs California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephone 478-. Prompt Delivefy - ELECTRIC p ““Safety !""!* e . DAY.OR NITE-SERVICE.. . MCEBAHLERSCO 'Plnnv“ » H © — . Nite 571 THE MINERS' . Recreation Parlors ® aga, passed through Juneau on his way to the States aboard the steam- BILL DOUGLAS Asa paid-op 1nbacnber of 'I'he and receive tickets for your- You are invited' to present this coupon at the box office of the self anid ‘a fy¥ierdd or relative to see —ia Good only for current offering. Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE