The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1937, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1937 S RN SiM M 0 N s ou-ll | ) ) BEIGE Fashion's leaclihg llglll Beige! Spring ot beige! "No otl holds th S0 €Oomns Y in .afford only one Il means mgke it prominently other color is uced in the sea- ions. With these WITH FIVE IN AAT Pilot on Flight to Sit- ka-—Catches Princess Norah Yesterday Hopping off in the morning sun- shine at 9:30 o'clock, Pilot Sheldon | Simmons today flew the Alaska Air Transport Lockheed Vega seaplane to Tenakee with U. $. Commissioner C. L. Irvine and Miss Loretta Lynch as' passengérs for that point. | From Tenakee, Simmons was to \fly to Hirst-Chichagof, dropping Ed Wilson there, then continue to Sitka with Vic Powers and W. C. Ellis, Simmons was to return to Juneau \from Sitka this afternoon at 3 o'- clock. Late yesterday afternoon, Sim- |mons made two hops in the AAT NUGGETTODAY |er the wenders of the north coun- Iowa Sportsman on Trail of Polar Bear With Jim Allen Joseph Lilly, Des Moines, Ia., big | game hunter, is .aboard the Yukon bound for the Arctic regions in search of polar bear and other Arc- tic specimens. He is accompanied | by Jim Allen, well "known trading, post operator at Wainwright, who| expects to show the big game hunt- try. Hunting is Mr. Lilly's special hobby and he has trophies gathered from all parts of the world, he said. HEAVY TAX ON 'BRITISH FOR REARMAMENTS Rate Is Raised to One Dol-! Inight, {ernment SHELL MADRID DURING NIGHT; MANY VIGTIMS Insurgents Keep Bombard- ment Up for Ninth Consecutive Day MADRID, Spain, April 20. — In- surgent guns poured shell after shell into downtown Madrid, last in what the Spanish Gov- offic believe was ‘“an earnest effort to create havoc in the city regardless of losses to life or property.” The bombardment took many victims, officials said, causing ex- tensive damage to “buildings along Granvia, the Capital's principal business street This is the ninth consecutive day of heavy shelling, and as the dis patch was being written, another | Cordova U. S. DEPARTMENT, OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAT THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., April 20. Fair tonight and Wednesday; light to moderate northerly winds. LOCAL DATA Teml. Humidity Wind Veloclty Weather g 40 83 SE 8 Lt. Rain- 29.86 35 94 NW 2 Pt. Cldy 29.93 46 63 NW 12 Pt Cldy CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY TODAY Highest 4p.m. Lowestdam. 4um. Precip. 4a.m. temp. temp. temo, temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather 46 44 38 38 14 Cloudy Barometer 29.76 Time 4 p.m. yest'y 4 a.m. today 12 noon today Station Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome | Bethel Fairbanks! . Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cloydy snow Cloudy, Clear 16 Pt. Cldy Cloudy Clear COlear Clear, Juneau Pt. Cldy Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert icoflflocg?oco Cloudy 48 Rain |explosion in the street sent a piece 'of pavement hurtling through the |door of the building where news- papermen were working. A brilliant moonlight illuminated the town, aiding the Insurgent gunners. Stinson seaplane. Out at 4:15 o'clock | lar fOl“Evel'y Four on a charter flight, he flew Jack Earned Day to catch the steamer Princessj' Norah the other side of Douglas| [ONDON, April 20.—Chancellor| Island. Mr. Day had arrived at the | s (he Exchequer Meville Cham- dock just too late to board her at jorjain told a tense House of Com- Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco New York Washington 56 50 | ‘ Clear 56 ’ i | Cloudy Rain Clear Clear Clear thoughts i d, we bring to you the smartest ‘tion of beige coats that 62 60 52 68 52 52 we at prices varied enougn t t all The style sure your beige co wardrobe budgets! dividual as differ- at’s why we're is herel Priced from 31350 to $42 50 B. M. Behrends Co. Iunécxu's Leading Department Store e L B e ) " DOUGLAS NEWS NEW DOUGLAS -~ ITY COUNCIL HAS SESSION Plans for City Hall Main Issue Discussed at Meet- |committee requested to report on ing Held Last Night ° A meeti the ne formed City Council of Douglas and Mayor L. W. Kilburn was held ning in the office of All members of the Council & of last eve- lows were in their chair log, Lew Nunamaker, Tom Cashen Carlson, Joe Riedi and Robert Bon- ner Jr. Following the minute comir lows: regard on their garding reading and approval of of the previous meeting, ions were read fol- tf Mrs. Felix Gray pxcess dirt dumped m Guy Smith re- plac water collections in his charge; from the iglas School B squesting a jc ‘ discussion of their buildin Bills for about $800 directly caused by the cussed as to how payment be made. If they were to be paid from the spceial territorial funds This matter was unsettled and was layed on the table for another week It was moved by Nu and seconded by Bonner that they, as the Fire mittee, meet soon s0 an understanding could rived at as to at was being done with the relief It was voted that the certain from Gov. John if the chairman of the carried ov to it Mr. Goetz ogram vhich fire were W to 1d carried Relief Com- possible be ar- money Mayor & W, re R chairm; Committees Named Mayor Kilburn appomted the lowing committees for year 1937- 38: Finance. wharf and er, Bonner namaker, Riedi Property, Bonner Health and Poli Cashen; Fire d Nunamaker, Riedi. The position of school tax collec- tor was reported still vacant, owing to Mrs. A. R. Edwards having de- ¢ [clined the appointment for this year. The clerk was then mmis- sianed to contact the Carlson. Streets Carlson Cashen, Balog Bonr Bal on a Water follo ting for | sons for the position in the order mentioned: Mrs. Edward Bach, Mrs. J. R. Langseth and Mrs. Glen Kirk- ham, until an appointee was se- cured A letter from Dale Fleek wasread requesting the city to extend a ater pipe to his home on E Street This was favorably voted and the matter referred to the Fire and Water committee. Coal for Cash The coal question was discussed considerable length and it was that the city buy 25 tons of acked coal; also that in the future all coal from the city dock be sold for cash only. The matter of coal beir taken from Juneau by Mills id on the table for another Front Street repairs were also n consideration and the proper at wee | give [ ‘wum» at the next meeting. 1 | Plans for the new city hall were | |discussed with N. L. Troast, archi~‘ | tect, and motion prevailed that the | latter call for bids and draw up! contracts. May 4 is the date set by| the Council for the bids to be! ed in the Council chambers over the theatre. | Motion made by Nunamaker, sec- onded by Cashen carried that the| ouncil advance $200 to Mr. Troast | on the city hall contract. Troast was directed to order the vault door and | {frame for the city hall at once so| |they would be on hand when needed. | | Adjournment for one week was then taken by the Council. | - BASEBALL DANCE BIG EVE! AT WEEK END | he Douglas Volunteer Fire De- | tment is sponsoring a baseball| ice to be held at the natatorium, | Saturday evening to raise money for | new suits and other baseball equip- | ment, to replace all that which the | al Club lost in the fire, | Claude Erskine heads the com- | mittee in charge which includes Lindstrom, Manning, Niemi and) Shudshift. The manner in which| are already going for the| ffair indicate that it will be a well | 1 affair and arrangements | made to assure all a big| i the old town. | Baseball fans all over the chan-| remembering the big interest| :iven to the baseball championship | last year, with Douglas as! the main contestants, willl undoubtedly back it up by helping | get the e aggregation started for| he coming season. -ee — LEADERS ARE CHOSEN | | FOR ISLAND 4-H CLUB; | GROUPS ORG!/ ik one of sa With a final visit here yesterday {the end of her hour’s call here. | Returning from the Norah chase |at 4:45 o'clock, Simmons took off 'again at 6:30 o'clock in the evening on a hop ts Annex Creek, where |he picked up Louie DeFlorian and, |returned with him to Juneau at 7 jo'clock. Mr. DeFlorian is caretaker |for Miss Mary Joyce at her Twin | Glaciers Lodge on the Taku River. FRED MATTSON PASSES AWAY Husband ofiade Victim | Dies at St. Ann’s Hos- i pital This Morning Five months after the death of his wife in the Juneau landslide, |Fred Mattson, cwner of the Matt- 1son Boarding House which was com- pletely crushed by the avalanche ,died this morning at 6 o'clock at St. | Ann's Hospital. | Mattson, who for the past two years has been suffering from dia- |betes, had traveled to the south |at the time of the slide and learned prising about 8 girls; and in sew- |by telegram of the death of his wife ing, Ruth Langseth a: ted by Hel- land the destruction of his building. en Edwards will look after the girls| For close to 20 years a resident in sewing. Margaret Jackson was of Juneau, Mattson formerly owned chosen to organize a group of wo- the Mattson Jewelry Store and was men in sewing at Yakutat when she }a member of the Loyal Order of the visits there this summer. { Moose, e | He is survived by two brothers, MISSES GILMAN HERE |one of whom, Carl Mattson, is leav- Two young ladies arrived here ! iDg on the Baranof tomorrow for yesterday on the Princess Norah|Juneau to make funeral arrange- from Vancouver, Wash. They are Ments. the Misses Barbara and Lois Anne e | Gilman, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. MINISTERS GUESTS |Northland for Juneau were: Floyd Gillman, who are connected | with missionary work in this vi-! | cinity and are also in charge of the| ; | Childrens' Home here. The girls; With A. B. Phillips back as pre-| will attend the Douglas school, one!Siding officer after a trip to the| being a freshman in school and the|States, the Juneau Rotary Club held other in the eighth grade. an interesting session today noon L DL in Percy’s, Dean C. E. Rice was LEAVING FOR KETCHIKAN .guest spe:_xker and introduced the Mrs, John Mills will accompany Feet. D.avld Waggoner, Father Le; her sister, Mrs, William Robrtsaf’ Vasseur, the Rev. Erling K. Olarson' to Ketchikan for a month's visit |2na Adjutant Tanner of the Sal-| there, on the Northland when the|*00 A = vessel returns from Sitka about the gucs! © S0 foday were ¥ i |Fred Charman of the Northland middle of the v.ve_ek. Ml.s. RObe""Tmnspor(ation Compsny, L. K. son has been visiting here for the‘H ast three Wegks. amm, Seattle merchandising bro- | by PRERDe ol ui ker, Hans Looff of Standard Oil and | J. G. JOHNSON INJURES HAND |Frank Rouze. Within a half hour after he went' on shift at the A.J. yesterday morn- MRS- HERMLE BACK FROM TRIP SOUTH| ing, John G. Johnson was in the| Returning from a winter in Cali- hospital for treatment of an in-| Jjured hand which was caught in a| planer on which he was WOrKing.|fornja, where she visited with her Three fingers were badly smashed, | hysband’s parents at San Jose, Mrs. | but it is thought he would not iJse | john Hermle, wife of the joint op- any of them although the flesh wasierator of the Home Grocery and ' almost entirely stripped off one of | American Meat Company, returned | them, it was reported. | to Juneau aboard the steamer Yu- He is able to be at home however. gon, LECTURE ON CARPENTRY The new buildings now going up children, Mrs. Hermle went south | shortly before Christmas. Mr. Her- here for Joe Reidi and Guy Smith|mle returned to Juneau in Janu- were the scene of a lecture given | |ary. While south, Mrs. Hermle and last night by Mr. Harmon, who has | her children also visited her friends charge of the carpentry class in vo- and relatives. cational training at the Govern-! — e ment School here. i aas Supt. Pedersen and his manual | | training class of boys were given instruction in actual construction of buildings as it has so far progressed on the local projects. — .- . MISS FEERO SUCCESSFUL Miss Geraldine Feero received word yesterday of her passing in civil service examinations in Senior and Junior stenography which she took last August. The record which she made, particularly in senior stenography, places her number one on the list of applicants for a posi- tion as it comes up. e TALLY WHISTLES OUT With a farewell blare of her whistle, the Coast Guard cutter Tal- on have been filed with the Territorial Au- ditor by the following: International Ocean Express Sys- tem, an Idaho corporation, Howard Dilg, Juneau, Alaska agent. General Fish Company, capital $50,000; incorporators, E. Caraco, A. H. Soencke and S. M.! Brackett. | Bellarmine Corporation, Seattle, capital $500; incorporators, F. F. Kelly, Melvin T. Swanson and Ear]| F. Requa. L. V. Ray of Seward is Alaska agent. e MRS. MAHONEY BACK OF JUNEAU ROTARY |ana Accompanied by her husband and | CAPT. CLARK BACK Seattle, | ‘retumlr,g from a special winter {lapoosa sailed from her base here afternoon by Miss Ruth Peck, inat the Government Dock this morn- charge of organizing Four-H clubs,!ing at 9 o'clock, bound for her an- the following leaders were chosen to|nual seal patrol, on which she will handle each branch of the work so|escort the northward migrating seal far arranged: Mrs. Katherine Mc-|herd from off Iey Straits to Kodiak, Cormick, head of the gardening|returning to Juneau about May 17. group, which has 20 boys regis-| AR5 ML IRl - tered; Mrs. Leonard Johnson, leader| Lode ana piacer focaiion notices of the camp cookery group, com-|fer sale at The Empire Offica Following a one week's visit with friends in Keichikan, Mrs. William A. Mahoney returned to Juneau |aboard the steamer Yukon. Mrs. Mahoney sailed to Ketchikan aboard the motorship Northland. U. S. Mar- shal Mahoney, her husband, is now in Ketchikan in connection with business of his office before the District Court, now sitting there. lthe sule of alcoholic beverages, mons this afternoon that the Brit- ish income taxes will be increased from one and five-tenths percent! to 25 percent to pay the Nul\on'.\; rearmament bills. | The specific increase brought] gasps of astonishment and means the rate is raised to one dollar for every four the British taxpayer! carns tnd CANNERY CREWS THROUGH HERE ON NORTHLAN Motorship ;:1 at 3 o'Clock This Afternoon with 57 Passengers Stabed 1o Deat NEW YORK, April 20. — Harry |Green, 37, was stabbed to death as he tried to serve Father Divine, negro Evangelist, with a legal pa- The police immediately broad- a general alarm for Divine saying he was wanted. for ques- tioning. The police questioned 25 negroes and arrested three. Green (was stabbed in the abdomen Monte Snow Weds Helen Baker at Port Orchard Word has been received here by Mrs. C. P. Jenne of the marriage |of her brother Monte Snow, former widely known Juneau resident, and |Miss Helen Baker recently in Port I" With 57 passengers. aboard, ‘most|Orcherd. Mr. Snow was formerly of them catmery workers from Se-|¥iih The Bumpire and was for many attle, the motorship Northland ar-|Years With the SeatNe Daily Times. rivad bere ‘this Afterdon :at: 3. o510 18 Dow. Cliy Fte. of sue Brom- rton News-Searchlight. Miss Baker e clock, and is posted to sail at 9 o’-| ( s was O erly here i yovernment clock this evening for Hoonah, from |45 formerly here in governmen where she will call at Port Althorp|™ Y and Sitka before returning to Ju- 1 neau southbound. RALPH wAGGONERs TO Besides 13 passengers the North- land brought here from seattie ATTEND QHIOQ SESSION| about 150 tons of general m(‘rchan-‘ 15545 | dise. She has slightly more than| Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Waggoner that for Sitka. Coming to Juneauiare leaving on the Princess Norah |from Seattle were: E. Bye, Miss (onight for the South. They will Ethel Weist, F. F. Sterling, John attend the Presbyterian General |Anthony, Mrs. A. Peterson, F. C.lassembly at Columbus, Ohio, and| Heldman, Miss Pearl Weist, Mr. il relatives enroute. They |and Mrs. Henry Gorham, Ione Dellexpect {o return about the latter| Marie Pelton, J. A. Kor-|part of June. | |Clements, ba, John Olson. Also aboard the Pl Joe | ‘Wheeler, from Petersburg, and MIABROM.LEYS TO ATTEND Mrs. James Cole and Lheu“ GRADUATION OF SON child, from Wrangell. Nine passengers are booked through to Sitka and Hoonah with| Purser E. P. Winch, and 32 are des tined for Port Althorp, the Alaska Pacific Cannery Corp. cannery at Port Althorp. The Northland Juneau Thursday evening or Fri- day morning. The Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Bromley of Hoonah are taking passage on the Prine Norah tonight, enroute | to Kans: City, Mo., where they |will be present for the graduation| is due back at}é{(}fli};:nr‘]‘:;: 7.Eugenc, from Pbuk‘ L g i R BUSMAN RETURNS SELFRIDGE HERE Following a stop over at Ketchi- Warden W. R. Selfridge of the Al-|kan on his return from a business aska Game Commission, who is sta- | {rip to Seattle of nearly a month, tioned at Ketchikan, arrived here|Walter Bacon, operator of the on the steamer Yukon and will be|Channel Bus Lines here, arrived in the Juneau office for about a |Pack in Juneau aboard the steamer month. | Yukon. Mr. Bacon sailed north |from Seattle last week aboard the |steamer Victoria, but left her at |Ketchikan, to complete his voyage |to Juneau aboard the Yukon. e ———— THANK COMMUNITY The committee of the First Pres- byterian Church expresses thanks |to the residents of Juneau for their help and contributions toward the |entertainment of visitors here dur- ing the Presbytery sessions. The committee expression was made by |Mrs. James Miller and Mrs. Kitty | Villoria. >ee INSPECTOR ARRIVES George A. Geib, inspector from the district engineer’s office of the Procurement Division, Treasury De- partment, San Francisco, arrived in Juneau on the Yukon for an in- spection of the Federal building. Mr. Geib has been in Ketchikan in connection with the work on the new Federal building in that city. - e Capt. John M. Clark, Steamboat Inspector, and G. C. Snyder, In- spector from the Washington of- ) fice of the service, returned to Ju-| VICTORIA DUE ¥ TONIGHT neau on the Yukon after a business| Steamer Victoria, southbound trip to Ketchikan in connection with | {fom Skagway, is due in port at 7 their work. o'clock tonight. She is sdiling about one hour later for Seattle via Sitka. .o — SOLDIER ACCUSED U. 8. Deputy William Markle sajled on the Victoria for Haines to return here with James F. Rogers, soldier, who has been bound over to the grand jury on a statutory charge |involving a minor girl at Haines. e e e PENNY RETURNS George Penny, Welfare Superin- tendent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, returned to his Juneau of- fice on the Yukon after visits to Indian stations in Southeast Al- aska. e £ CANNERY SUPT. HERE T Frank Wright, superintendent of | ¥ l'"_“‘j“ the Icy Strait Salmon Company | Charged v_mh killing gwod»crnear cannery at Hoonah is among mciTunakee without a license, Odd arrivals in Juneau aboard the mo- Christopherson, a non-resident, was torship Northland. Mr. Wright js|fined $50 in U. S. Commissioner’s is " enroute to Hoonah from Seattle, [0t here. He paid the fine. ——ee He was through here for a few days about two months ago, going to andi RODEN TO SKAGWAY Commencing a brief business trip, Henry Roden, Juneau attorney and Territorial Senator, boarded the steamer Victoria here bound for Skagway. G DG i, R. LOFTUS BACK visit to Hoonah. B WHEELER COMES HERE J. Wheeler, Petersburg druggist, arrived in Juneau aboard the mo- torship Northland, from his home | 4 S AR R AR which he left here about a week ago, Thirsty Americans supplied reve-|Dr. J. B. Loftus, Territorial Veter- nue of $319,954000 in 1935 to the inarian, returned to Juneau today treasuries of the states that legalize|aboard the steamer Yukon from I Petersburg. | for Completing an inspection trip, on || WEATHEDR CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Seattle (airport), misting, temperature, 46; Blaine, cloudy, 44; Vic- toria, raining, 44; Alert Bay, raining, 40; Bull Harbor, raining, 43; Triple Island, raining, —; Lawgara, cloudy, 38; Prince Rupert, rain- ing, 40; Ketchikan, cloudy, 36; Craig, misting, 37; Wrangell, cloudy, 38; Petersburg, cloudy, 41; S'tka, partly cloudy, 33; Soapstone Point, clear, 40; Radioville, clear, 32; Juneau, clear, 36; Skagway, cloudy, 38; Cordova, clear, 36; Cape St. Elias, clear, 42; McCarthy, snowing, 28} Chitina, partly cloudy, 34; Anchorage, partly c¢loudy, 31; Fairbanks, clear, 10; Nenana, clear, 10; Hot Springs, partly cloudy, 5; Tanana, partly cloudy, -2; Ruby, snowing, 6; Nulato, cloudy, 12; Flat, snowing, 18; Ohogamute, snowing, 30. April 21, 1937—Sunrise 4:34 am., sunset 7:25 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS The storm area that was centered over the Gulf of Alaska yess terday morning has divided into two sections, one offshoot moving castward to the upper Mackenzie Valley and another having moved southward to the Queen Charlotte Sound, the lowest reported pres sure in that vicinity being 29.70 inches. The barometric pressure ha: risen over eastern Alaska and over the Gulf of Alaska, the highest re- ported pressure over the field of observalion being 30.60 inches near ka. Precipitation has fallen over western Alaska and from South- astern Alaska southward to Oregon, followed by clearing weather this morning over Southeastern Alaska. Fair and cold weather prevailed over the interior of Alaska, Fairbanks having reported a minimum temperature of 6 below last night and the highest yesterday was 18 degrees. Warmer weather prevailed over the Bering Sea coast. which special musical arrangements are being completed, will be used to purchase new uniforms for the Douglas baseball team. The former uniforms were burned in the Doug- las fire. United States Getting in Tough Spot Abroad (Continued from Page One) mately packed himself off for home, refusing to have anything further to do with us. | NOTICE For special fresh dressed chickens, call Femmer, phone 114. adv. UNPOPULAR ABROAD Germans still boil indignantly at Mayor La Guardia for throwing the gaff into Herr Hitler, and many will remember that even in France Americans were not very popular years after they had saved Alsace-Lorraine for democracy. Americans abroad seem to have a yen for going at things the differ- ent way and even the humble coun- try druggist becomes a rugged indi- vidualist when he flings his life savings into an ‘“everything includ- ed for $388” trip to Europe. On top of that we try to isolate ourselves from the woes of the world with a drastic neutrality act. SRR R W AN | DOUGLAS BASEBALL | DANCE IS SATURDAY| Scores of couples from Juneau and Douglas are planning attend- ance at the Douglas Baseball dance Saturday evening in the Natator- ium. Proceeds from the affair, for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables The Best in All Other Groéery Needs California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephone 478 Prompt Delivery ( FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg. : 1 —_— YOUR EYES are your most priceless possession. Only One Pair to Last a Lifetime If you suffer from headaches, blurred vision, visual dis- comfort, have them exam- ined for refractive ' errors, old sight (presbyopia) or possible muscular imbalances. Call Today for an Appointment! Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office” Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry Shop Phone 331 THE TERMINAL “This Is Something Different That You Will Enjoy.” ——— e e ) HOTEL GASTINEAU Every Effort Made for the Comfort of the Guests! GASTINEAU CAFE in connection AIR SERVICE INFORMATICN