The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1937, Page 8

THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1937. SIX FISHERMEN RESCUED WHEN FAIRWAY SINKS Halibuter Goes Down Off Queen Charlotte Sound with 8,000 Pounds SEATTLE, Aplll a The schaomer Republic arrived here today with le fishermen who were res- when the halibuter Fairway 25 miles off Triangle [\l'\nd f Queen Charlotte rd of the accident was re- ed today from the ued men. Capt. M. J. Mathisen, master and owner of the Fairway, said that tremendous swell opened the seams he boat and that the men took after two hours of vain to keep the coner afloat Fairway sank after twelve with 8,000 pounds of fish on c a rescued by the and then trans- for the trip The crew was rchooner President feried to the Republic .o \fieaynm Reports Fine Business Outlook in N, W. Labor Unrest 1s Only Bad Feature of Conditions Found by ]uneau Man Business conditions in the pa-' Northwest are very, very ' declared Charles Waynor, cific £00¢ manager of the Alas his Juneau headquarters aboard the steamer Yukon, after a business trip of about three weeks to the States “Salaries in and around Seattle Sound on| ka Credit Bu-; reau and president of the Alaska Realty Company, on his return to, HUSBANDS ACCOMPANY WIFE INTO COURT When Mrs Helen Watts Cole Russell Betenan (center), 23, appeared in a New York court to answer big- amy charges, she was accompanied by her two husbands, Mike Betenan (left), with whom she lived at night, and Grant Russell, whose wife she was from surrise to sunset. When the case was continued, the three held a conference and then Helen departed with both men. (Associated Press Photo) and Portland are up ten to twenty percent and all mills and factories are operating at maximum produ tion. Many of the lumber mills in |Tacoma and Portland are working 24 hour shifts,” Mr. Waynor de- clared. “A shortage of skilled la- {bor is very noticeable throughout the district and production of furni- ture factories in Tacoma is six months behind orders.” Credit Situation Improved “High prices and the better qualities of merchandise are now being extensively sold for the first time in some years, and the credit |situation is much improved,” he continued. “There is an abundance ANNUAL MOOSE BASEBALL TEAM DANCE APRIL 10—ELKS’ HALL ADMISSION $1.00 High School ) organize the stenographers T L e B B i e MATCH OR CONTRAST ONE WITH YOUR ettt et e ettt JONES-STEVENS i “WHERE FASHION REIGNS” : Students S0c It’s Polos or Swaggers FOR SPRING! . . . Just what you want in Spring Coats! of building going on in Seattle and Portland, a great part of it resi- dential work under FHA loans, re- sulting in a considerable and con-| stant flow of money from the banks. There are at least one bookkeepers in Seattle, but meeting with strong resistance,” Waynor added. While South, Mr. re Mr. Waynor tock ~ito VILLAGEIN ALABAMA IS TORNADO HIT Four Knowm Dead, Many| | ! Reported Levelled TROY, Ala, April 8—A tornado killed at least four persons, in-| jured numerous others and levelled | houses and the lumber mill in the village of Brundidge. Highway patrolman Will ’I‘alum.i who sped to the village, four bodies have been found up to 10 o'clock this morning. Telephone lines are down to the village. | Chief Walter McAdory, of lhfl’ | state Highway Patrol, has sent 20 | ;pmrdmon to the tornado area. - .- \LOCAL ELKS PINMEN IN RADIO DUEL WITH KETCHIKAN QUiNTFT‘ Five of the wp f]lgh' of bowmls‘ of the Juneau Elks have been named | { to represent the local lodge in a fif- | i"""‘ game match series arranged | with the Ketchikn Elks, it was an-| Inounced today by the Elks bowlm"‘ committee. Besides upholding the honor nr | Juneau pin circles, the quintet will; pit their skill against each ol!m. settle the long-standing argu-| ment as to which of them is Ju-| neau's king of the alleys. | The series against the Ketchikan team opens Friday evening, and a | reported | I 'German Ambassador | Dr. Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff (anove), chief of the American sec- tion of the German foreign office, | has been named as the Third Reich's next ambassador to the United States. He succeeds Dr. Hans Luther, Dieckhoff previously served in Washington as counsellor of embassy and charge d'affaires. (Aucclaud Press Photo) TWO BOATS TAKE ICE HERE TCDAY No halibut trips were sold on | the Juneau exchange today, but the Juneau halibut schooner, Explor- Capt. Magnus Hansen, took bait care of business in connection with set of three games will be roned\md ice at the Juneau Cold Storags thL Alaska Realty Company. He in each city every night until Thurs- | ;" vonaration for leaving on her hundred and fifty homes of moder- | xeported that progress is being made day, April 13, when the fifteen games | .. nq trip of the year to the Area ate price being erected in Seame\on that company’s Gastineau View will be interchanged by wireless. | right now, and they are being sold as fast as they can be built. [ Agitators Threaten Labor | “The Northwest, and Alaska with| it, is assured of a wonderful year, Mr. Waynor concluded. “The only threatening feature is the situation of unrest prevailing among labor. Generally labor is not seeking high- er wages or shorter hours, but is being disturbed from within its ranks by agitators “I was astounded in Seattle on witnessing the picketing of a crip- pled newsboy on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Pine Street by four husky men bearing signs declaring the lad was unfair. I questioned the boy. He told me that he was unable to join the union because his corner did not return him enough money. But that did not stop the union from picketing him Would Organize Office Workers “Attempts are now being made to and | pleted,” | Addition here. “Clearing and grub- | bing of the site is now nearly com- he declared. BSENL TS. MANY ELKS ON HAND FOR INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS A large crowd of Elks were ou! last night for the annual installa- ‘ion ceremonies conducted by the lodge in which Norman C. Banfield become Exalted Ruler, succeeding Walter P. Scott, retiring Exalted Ruler. Appointments announced by Exalted Ruler Banfield as he tock office were Albert Wile, Inner Guard; J. D. Van Atta, Chaplain; Howard Simmons, ‘Esquire, and L. W. Turoff, Organist. He said that committee appointments will be made next week. Officers moving up as Mr. Ban- ield took the Exalted Ruler’s chair were: C. H. MacSpadden, Leading Knight; M. J. Wilcox, Lecturing Xnight; M. S. Sides, Secretary; William Franks, Treasurer; Bill Redling, Tiler; John Walmer, Trus- tee, and Dr. G. F. Freeburger, al- ernate delegate to the Grand Lodge. Exalted Ruler Banfield is delegate to the Grand Lodge bv virtue of his office. Named to represent the Juneau Eiks in the match are: Fred Hen-| ning, Mike Ugrin, Frank Metcall, W. S. Pullen, and R. H. Stevenson. | AR e Y MAHONEY TO KETCHIKAN William T. Mahoney, U. S. Ma:-| 'shal, is leaving tonight on tho| Northland for Ketchikan in con- nection with the court which is meeting there. He will take south with him from here Billie Bogan, former Skagway woman, to face a trial in charges of assault and bat- tery. | 1 banks. 11 Also taking bait and ice at Ju-| neau today was the Dorothy D. from Angoon, Capt. Charley Frank. 'HIRST-CHICHAGOF INCREASES WAGES A wage increase amounting to fifty cents per day, to all of the company’s employees was announc- ed today by officials of the Hirst- Chichagof Gold Mining Company, operating at Kimshan Cove, Alaska. FRED SCHILL, ALASKAN, DIES ‘Had Been in Hospltal for| Eighteen Years with Spinal Injury SPOKANE, Wash.,, April 8.—Hos- pital nurses today mourned the death of Fred Schill, 50, kindly Al- askan miner they have attended | for the past sixteen years. He died | last night and burial will take place | late today. Schill suffered a splnnl injury 18 years ago in the north. He was in a hospital at Fairbanks, Alaska, for two years before coming here. A. HERMLE IS HERE ON VISIT TO SON Among the arrivals in Juneau irom the south this week aboarid ‘he steamer Yukon was A. Hermle, father of John Hermle, joint oper- ator of the Home Grocery and Am- srican Meat Company. Mr. Hermle came to Juneau from ais home in San Jose, Calif, to visit his son, and expects to remain here most of the summer. Mr. Her- mle, who formerly made his home n Juneau, has made it a practice ‘o return here every two or three years. While south for a vacation dur- ng the winter, John Hermle visit- °d with his father in San Jose. Copper Price Drops Off Today, Half Cent | NEW YORK, April 8—Domestic copper has been reduced a half-cent a pound, to 15% cents through sales effected by custom smelters. Leading producers are reported holding at 16 cents following the |reduction yesterday. This is one cent below a seven year level when the peak reached 17 cents. R TWO LEAVE HOSPITAL Two medical patients were dis- missed from St. Ann’s Hospital this forenoon. They were Martin Ander- son and Mrs. M. Jensen. Mrs. Jen- sen was admitted to the hospital two days ago. PIONEER DIES AT SELDOVIA -} | | SELDOVIA, Alaska, April 8. Cyrus William Harrington, aged 72, | ploneer, died here Tuesday after- 1noon as the result of an attack of |the heart. He was a guard at the | Seldovia Federal jail for the past four years. Harrington at one time operated an assay office at Valdez. He had |a farm at Homer. e e THROUGR TO SEWARD Among the passengers througi. Juneau to Seward this week aboard the steamer Yukon were J. T. Sul- livan and Mr. and Mrs. T. Lehmann, all three bound for Nome. Mr. Sullivan operates a prosper- ous gold mine at Bluff, Alaska, on Nerton Sound. Mr. Lehmann is a prominent merchant of Nome. Mr. and Mrs. Lehmann have just completed their first winter vaca- t‘on trip to the Outside in thirty years. B MIKE SULLIVAN HERE Booked from Seattle to Seward aboard the steamer Yukon, M. .. Sullivan, wellknown oldtime Alas- kan, is'making a week's stopover at Juneau. Mr. Sullivan has been ill recent- ly, and yesterday was confined to his room at the Gastineau Hotel. However, he was up and around, seeing his many Juneau friends to- day. S e LICENSED TO WED Marriage license has been issued by the U. S. Commissioner to John Natterstad, Juneau fisherman, and Eva Rolfe, Juneau nurse. The cou- pled plan to be married this week- end. ————.— HENDRICKSON COMING NORTH Lance Hendrickson, Chief Clerk of the Alaska Game Commission, who has been in Seattle in con- nection with Commission fiscal work, is sailing Saturday on the steamer Alaska for his Juneau head- quarters. - MAJOR OPERATIONS Major operations were performed his morning at St. Ann’s Hospital nere on three patients who entered ‘he hospital during the night. The hree were: Glen Byington, Robert Fraser, and Miss Betty Hamilton. Boake Carter speaking: “Luckies don’t catch your throat—they're easy and smoot Following the ceremonies a Iunch‘ s enjoyed by the membership in the club rooms. BERT M’DOWELL’S NEPHEW HERE; TO JOIN STORE STAFF - Thomas L. McDowell, iboard the steamer Yukon from the :outh, and plans to make his home n Juneau for some time. Mr. McDowell, a nephew of Bert | McDowell, operator of Bert's Cash Smart polo coats, boxy swag- gers and casual types . . . all with the newest trims. Herring- bones, tweeds and monotone woolens. black, brown, $14.95 up Sizes SPRING SUIT Beige, blue, grey, green. 12 to 20 Grocery, will join the staff of that | store here, and will fill a much needed place, caused by its rapid- ly expanding business. Mr. McDowell has been associat- od with several of the finer food stores in the state of Washingwn,l and is locking forward to his con- nection with Alaska merchandising. ELECTRA IN FROM WHITEHORSE, HOPS BACK TO INTERIOR Held at White orse by weather last night on it: return flight to Juneau, the PAA Kklectra, piloted by S. E. Robbins and Walt Hall ar- rived here today noon, and took off again this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock on a hop back to Fairbanks. PAA Pilot Murray Stuart, and Mrs. Stuart, came to Juneau aboard the plane this morning as passen- gers. They are enroute to the States. Five passengers bound for In- terior points left Juneau this after- noon aboard the Fairbanks bound plane. FIVE HALIBUTERS SELL AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, April 8—Halibut ar- rivals, catches and sales today are as follows: From elie western banks — Radio 33,000 pounds, Republic 33,000 pounds, both selling for 8. and 7 cents; Superior 21,000 pounds, 8% |and 7% cents; Norrona 20,000 pounds 8% and 7 cents; Polaris 34,- 000 pounds, 9% and 72 cents. No schooners arrived from the lo- (cal banks yesterday or up to the time the Fish Exchange closed for today. of Aber- deen, Washington, arrived in Juneau | “The thing I prize most ismy reputation for saying what I think. Here’s what I sincerely think of the greatest about smoking—it’s one pleasures in the world, but it can be utterly spoiled by throat irritation. My job’s tough on the throat and I have to be careful to keep my voice clear. Long ago I found that Luckies are easy and smooth and don’t catch your throat. That means every- thing in a job like mine. Next time you hear the usual ‘Cheerio’ at the end of my broadcast, you can picture me reaching for a An independent survey was made recently among professional men and women—lawyers, doctors, lecturers, scientists, etc. Of those who said they smoke cigarettes, more than 87% stated they personally prefer a light smoke. Mr. Carter verifies the wisdom of this pref- erence, and so do other leading artists of the radio, stage, screen and opera. Their voices are their fortunes. That’s why so many of them smoke Luckies. You, too, can have the throat pro- tection of Luckies—a light smoke, free of certain harsh irritants removed by the exclusive process “It’'s Toasted”. Luckies are gentle on the throat. A Light Smoke AGAINST IRRITATION—AGAINST COUGH Lucky an instant later.” THE FINEST TOBACCOS— “THE CREAM OF THE CROP” “It’s Toasted”—Your Throat Protection Copyright 1937, The American Tobaceo Company