The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 24, 1937, Page 2

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”THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE WEDNESDAY MARCH 24, 1937. oo e et Good Looking — Long Lastmg and a Pleasure to Wear That’'s BEHRENDS’ Clothes UVERFI.GW A OES MEETING Many Attend Gel -together at Scottish Rite Tem- ple Last Evening L ! ‘ | The banquet room and lodge room | of the Scottish Rite Temple were filled to overflowing last night at the Eastern Star get-together din- ner. | More than 150 Stars, their husbands and wives andv friends ‘attended the affair, umi lguésts and lodge members alike! (agreed that it was one of the most|’ enjoyable evenings they had ex-| perienced in some time. | Walter P. Scott, Worthy Batron,| was toastmaster during the ban-! quet and presided during the even-| ing of entertainment that followed the lodge. The lodge ritual included the beautiful obligation cerémony of the |Eastern Stars and a touching me- \morial sefvice in memory of Mrs Daniel Réss, member of the lodge whose sudden death recently shock- ed all who knew her. Mrs. Mina Baclanova Solovieft' |gave a short concert after the lodge meeting Especially lovely was “The Cry of Rachael,” which she had \not surig before in Juneau. Always |gracious with encorces, the attract- ive and accomplished musician sang several songs that have become fa-| 'vorites of those who have heard her. Mrs. Helen Webster's reading won |applause from tfe audience. | the Masons, |Another said the film is a “perfect Shakssueares Comedy Will Be - Shown by Bl | M)dsummer nght s Dream|* Presentation at Coliseum Sponsored by Trinity Midsummicr Night's Dream,” the Max Reinhardt production of speare’s comedy, will be| in Juncau at the Coliseum | sponsoted by Trifilty Ca- Ciuild. The dates set for the Juneau pre- sentation of the famous picture are |April 18 and 19. And, if endbugh jschool children are interested in seceing Shakespeare in the movies to make a Sunday matinee practi- cable, an afternoon showing will be arranged for the 18th. Few pictures have ever receilved more “rave” notices than those ac- corded “Midsummer Night's Dream.” “The most éxquisitely beautiful picture ever made,” said one ¢Critic. | shown | theatre artistic union of beauty, sound,) spectacle and humor,” and a third that it is “inspired entertainment (for the classes and the masses.” In the cast, many of them strange in their Shaksspearian roles, are James Cagney, Joe E. Brown, Anita Louisé, Olivda de Havilland, Mickevl Rooney, Richard Powell, Hugh Her- |bert, Frank McHugh and many oth- ers of equal note. Trinity Guild members are pleas- ed that in their venture into “show business’ they can present the War- !ner Brothers production of Shakes- ,peare’s famous play, and apprec- ,’SGOTTISH RITE _|ceded by a supper at 6:30 o'clock. | 8t. Paul 30 U. 8. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE, WEATHKR BUREZEAT THE WILATHER Wi (By the U. S. Weather Bureau, Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beg'nning at 4 p.m., Mar. 24, Generaly fair tonigh' and Th sday; light to moderate easterly winds. ke IBODIES ARE TO HAVE GEREMONY Extmguxshmg the Lights” to Be Obsérved Tomor- row — Dinner Also LOCAL DATA . sarometer Teml. Humidity Wind Veloclty, Weather 29.73 41 41 swW 4 Cloudy 2).92 30 kil w 2 Clear 20.91 44 a1 S Pt. Cldy ‘Time 4'p.m. yest’y 4 am. today 12 noon teday CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY TODAY Highest 4p.m. Lowestda.m. 4am. Precip. ~ 4a.m. Station temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather Atka 42 42 | 36 38 Cloudy Anchorage — | 17 —_— Barrcw -12 -13 -18 Ncme 16 6 Bethel 2 12 Fairbanks 16 Dawson 12 The traditional ceremonies of | ‘extinguishing the lights” under the surpices of Alaska Chapter Rose Croix, one of the co-ordinate Scot- tish Rite Bodies, will take place at ‘he Temple tomorrow evening. These services are obligatory upon all Seottish Rite Masons who have attained the 18th degree and is pre- Clear Clear Clear Clear Snow Cloudy Pt. Cldy Cloudy Cloudy Clear The dlnngr will start promptly at Dutch Harbor 31 6:30, following which the usual q 3 Toasts of Obligation will be res- g 36 ponded to, narhely: 2 1 1. To The President of the Umt- ed States—by Bro. James S. Truitt, 32 degree. 2. To The Supremie Council and The Grand Commander—By Bro. Maurice S. Whittier, 33 degree. 3. To The Grand Lodge and Grand Master of Washington and Alaska—By Bro. Howard D. ler, 32 degree. 4. To The Memory of the Breth- | ren of the Degree Whose Labors| Here Below Have Ceased During!| the Present Masonic Year—By Bro.| | Edwin Sutton, 33 degree. 5. To All Masons and Masonic! Bodies of All Riles and Degrees Over the Face of the Earth: Honors and Laurels to the Worthy; Health |l wow Ketchikah ... 3 Prince Rupert 46 l 3 | Clear Edmonton ... 30 E | | | | Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Rain Clear Pt. Cldy Seattle " % 48 Portland 48 Sah Francisco ... 52 New York 42 Stab-| washington 54 WEATHER? CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Seattle, (airport), partly cloudy, temperature 37; Blaite, partly cloudy, 36; Victoria, partly cloudy, 35; Alert Bay, cloudy, 38; Digby, partly cloudy, 38; Bull Harbor, cloudy, 40; Triple Island, partly cloudy; Langara Island, partly cloudy, 36; Ketchikan, cloudy, 38; Craig, part- ly cloudy, 36; Wrangell, partly cloudy, 24; Petersburg, partly cloudy, 35; Sitka, clear, 33; Radioville, clear, 31; Juneau, clear, 30; Skagway, cloudy, 34; St. Elias, partly cloudy, 32; Cordova, snowing, 32; Copper River, snowing; Chitina, partly cloudy, 10; McCatthy, cloudy, 16; An- Hot e SoE R to the Sick; Comfort to the Needy | and Succor to the Oppressed Every-| SPrings, clear, 2; Tanana, clear, chorage, partly cloudy, 22; Fairbanks, clear, -8; Nenana, clear, - -4; Ruby, clear, -1; Nulato, clear, 0; where—By Bro. George A. Parks,, Kaltag, clear, 2; Unalakleet, clear, 0; Flat, clear, 6; Ohogamute, partly |iate very much the efforts of C. B. An entertaining addition to the Beale, manager of the Capital and They'll pep y~ 1 you'll feel the terned suit or t"pc grand selecti spring. Suits, Sport Suits and Topcoats $35 SPRIRG ACCESSORIES NEW SPRING SHIRTS GRAY K pat- ongnt $§-95 to $2.50 KID GLOVES..... $1.25 LIGHTWEIGHT HATS $£.00 COLORFUL HOSE 3 prs. $1 50 $l.00 and $l.25 BRIGHT BOW TIES TIES FOR SPRING Spring Styles Are on Display in Our Windows LARGE SHIPMENT of EASTER SHOES for the Whole Family B. M. Behrends Co. Inc. Juneau's Leading Department Store FLOWERS EAS'fl;‘:r;si:i;:;lNG YOU WILL FIND AT JUNEAU FLORISTS Potted Plants in a Great Variety TASTEFULLY DECORATED AND MAKING A BEAUTIFUL GIFT Also a Large Variety of Cut Flowers program were the accordion solos of | Coliseum George Troychak. Mrs. Charles W. Hawkeésworth was | chairman of the committee that de- serves credit for arranging the suc- cessful evening, and working with ,her were Mrs. R. E. Robertson, Mrs W. S. Pullen, Mrs. Walter P. Scott,! Mrs. Harry G. Watson, Mrs. E. J.' Cowling, Mrs. George B. Rice and Mrs. Olaf Bodding. e gugRge HEISLERS VISIT JUNEAU FRIENDS WHILE SHIP HERE Mr. and MI. I“. W. Heisler, in charge of section crews of the Al- aska Railroad, with headquarters at Ferry, Alaska, visited friend: while the Victoria was terday. Mr. Heisler, accompaniéed by Mrs. Heisler, is returning to his duties after a four months' vacation trip to Pacific Coast cities, most of b their time being spent in their old home town of Aberdeen, Washing- 908, Clara Hansen and Betty Whit- and refreshments we b ton,, visiting relatives and ' friengs, field follow the leader in order the close of the evening. HOLY WEEK SERVICES, TRINITY CA]‘HEDRAL may be expected to happen to alter beth Bender; pinochle, high score Special services will be held in Holy Trinity Cathedral this week as follows: this evening, vesper ser- | Don Eck Travel Tours, with head- the entertainment committee and vice and address, 7:30 o'clock; to-| morrow, Maundy Thursday, bration of the Holy Communion, [ presentation for them. in arranging the local LUGILLE LYNGH MAKES RECORD, EMPIRE'S VOTE Passes Mifiijn Mark in Tabulation—Four Are Closely Bunched Lucille Lynch is out in front again | in today's tabulation of votes mv thic Daily Alaska Empire’s Good Will | y Contest and On To Mexico Tour (aned last Monday night following and is the first girl to pass the m)]-\ lioit mark in votes cast. Closely Bunched Danner, Geraldine Rosa Bod- named and all closely bunched.| 'With but three days to go before the close of the contest anything the standing and ratings of the par- ticipants. Don Ross Eck, manager of the' quarters in Chicago, representing cele-“he advertising departments of lhe enberg and Mrs. A. Goodman, while |Alaska Steamship Company, the cloudy, 5; Savoonga, partly cloudy, -4. WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure continued this morning over the coastal b G0 o regions from Prince Rupert southward to California, the lowest report- Ki’; ‘;?i:?eic?‘aiet‘;e‘;ss{x:a;lii“f\etj ed pressure belng 2050 inches a short distance west of northern Cali- the Thursday evenihg dinner and | fornia. Low pressure also prevailed over. the Aleutians and eastward toasts. Every Knight Rose Croix,! [0 Kodiak, the lowest reported pressure in that section being 2930 whether a member or visitor, is ex-| inches a short distance south of the Shumagin Islands. High pressure Ipected to be present [ continued over the interior and northern portions of Alaska southeast- A | ward to Alberta, the crest being 30.68 inches at Barrow. This genecral pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation over the Prince William Sound region, the Aleutians, and over the Pacific Coast M"flse wnmen States and by fair weather over the remainder of the field of observa- tion. The rainfall was heavy at San Francisco, where 1.31 inches fell Play Cards at as in 24 hours and attended by thunder between 11 and 12 last night. Social MEfl“flg Read the Classified Ads in THE EMPIRE: 132 degree. : Following the toasts, the 7 hghts will be extinguished, to be relighted | Easter Sunday at 2:30 p.m. a and northwestern Canada. The 24-hour temperature changes have been small throughout Al- CLOSED for ALTERATIONS JUNEAU ICE CREAM PARLORS WATCH THESE PAGES FOR OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT! PERCY’S JUNEAU ICE CREAM PARLORS JUNEAU LIQUOR STORE BOOKKEEPING SERVICE The Women M H)L Moose (ntn— and were their meeting with a card party soelal. Whist and pinochle pmyod. A delightful time was enjoyed rved at Winners of the pi s at cards were: Whist, high score, Mrs. Ro- bert Light; low score, Mrs. Eliza- Mrs. S. E. Eskesen; Ray Peterman. Mrs. E. Eskesen was chairman of low score, Mrs. had, serving with her, Mrs. E. Rod- the refreshment committee was 110:30 a.m.; Good Friday, three-hour | Northern Pacific Railway and the | headed by Mrs. Sigurd Olson as- 'service, beginning promptly at noon, |Southern Pacific Company, leaves [sisted by Mrs. A. Smith. conducted by members of the Min- | isterial Association. A special choir rehearsal will be| held Friday evening at 8 o'clock in | \ Seattle on the steamer Alaska Snt- urday morning, March 27. Mr. Eck4 is chairman of the Transportation Committee of the National Editorial |j ‘preparanon for the Easter services. ;Assocmuon and has suggested to, e {MRS. CLAYTON Mrs. Clayton L. Polley, who has tbeen in Juneau for the last month as a guest at the home of Mr. and Mts. E. M. Polley, returned on the «| Vietoria yesterday to Skagway, where her husband is a dentist. ‘While in Juneau, the guest from Skagway also visited with her mother, Mrs. Edward Waltonen. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS | - Gitigens who are not registered|e AND ON TO MEXI ' voters ‘muist register by April 3 '.o}.' 9 o qualify as electors at the Municipal election April 6. Persous who voted at either of the last iwo municipal elections need not register again, a8 their names are on permanent ! registration list. If you are not reg- istered' don’t delay your registration, Avoid last minute irush. ' Registered voters who have chahged theéir addresses since the last election must notify the City Clertk promptly. | A. W. HENNING, City Clerk. Toblay’s 'News ‘Today—Empire. e | £ —] e {e DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE'S jthat Association that they meet in| POLLEY iAlaska for their annual convention | RETURNS TO SKAGWA!“" 1938. This year’s convention will | |be held ih Détroit, Michigan, July‘ 118 to July 21. Eck has been assured | :of the cooperation of H. N. Peter- son, General Passenger Agent of the Alaska Steamship Company and M. M. Goodsill, General Passenger | | Agent of the Northern Pacific Rail- way as well as the newspaper pub- lishers throughout Alaska. T S @00 0o c s e GOOD WILL CONTEST Following is the list of con- ® testants and their standing; & all votes counted up to 6 o'clock last night: Lync:, Zucille Danner, Rosa Bodding, Geraldine Hansen, Clara ‘Whitfield, Betty Lindstrom, Margaret Jensen, Birdie Edwards, Phylis Pusich, Helen Lokken, Astrid Browh, Virginia Coulter, ' Etolin Green, Dorothy Haviland, Edith Kneeland, Beverly 1,001,200 860,900 858,850 840,450 820,050 234,000 85,650 58,250 26,150 25,700 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 o ece0ecsecesnccccoe R S S S I S Sy S o Stoné, May Elizabeth Tea has more flavor because “its'toasted INDIAN CLEARED OF BOAT THEFT CHARGE Charge of larceny against Dan White, Hoonah Indian, was dis- in U 8. Commissioner’s Court today after Tony Flag, com- i) witness, testified that he vlh:d 13&! his boat to White. The latter was arrested at Hoonah on a charge of stealing Flag's boat. In court today, Flag sald it was all a ke and that he had given T R R RS lm permission to take the m“‘l TRAINED ACLOUNTANTS Tax and System Service JAMES C. COOPER COMPANY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Phone 182 Juneau, Alaska 205 Seward - e SIGN OF SPRING Another sure sign of spring was in evidence today. The storm doors \have been taken off the City Hall entrance. JIMOORBETT was easy - goin’ —but when he let go with that smooth punch of his, hermeant business! " A champeen hke Silver Dollar is gentle- actin’, tbo—‘—bunt“tzkeshdld"wnh a heart-warmin’ glow. You know it’s there! Silver Dollar is made the slow, honest way, then aged for 18 months. It’s fine for straight drinkin’ or mixed up in fancy highballs. Try {¥lver Dollar Bourbon today! su,vm non THIS WHISKEY IS 18 MONTHS OLD STRAIGHT BOURBON v

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