The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 11, 1937, Page 8

"THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1937. MERCY FLIGHT CALLS SIMMONS THIS AFTERNOON AAT Pilot Goes After Man Injured at Chichagof Gold Mine Returning from a flight to Sitka this morning, Alaska Air Trans- port Pilot Sheldon Simmons an- nounced on his arrival that going| was too tough for more flying to-| NORTH SEA HAS 32 FOR JUNEAU FROM SEATTLE Steamer Carrying Navy Construction Men to Japonski Island Manual Training Class Exhibit to Be Held Tonight Proof that “readin’, ritin’, and ‘rithmetic” are far from the only subjects offered at Juneau schools teday, the manual training depart- ment presents an exhibit this evening displaying work ranging The “tin cup” played a heavy role| With several cannerymen for from a studgnl built house to gthe in a lively Rotary Club luncheon | Port Althorp and Navy ronstrur.,,awq’ in modernistic wood tables. ln(\l:ng this noon at Percys con-|tion men for Sitka aboard, th", In the manual training room of !ducted by Junior Rotarians at Lhe‘s((‘a'\mr North Sea arrived in port |the high school from 7 until 8:30 ‘expense’ of the oldsters who were | this forenoon shortly after 11 o' mnvght the students will show all “Tin Cup' Plays Heavy Role at Rotary Session Junior Rotarians Put on Snappy Luncheon Meeting at ‘Expense’ of Oldsters . but hardly had he spoken his piece when a radio message was flashed to him that a miner had been seriously injured i Chicl of, and needed immediate hospital at- tention His plans altered, Simmons took off again in the AAT Lockheed seaplane shortly after 1:30 o'clock Jr., put through their paces to the mer-| clock, and was posted to sail this | visitors their work of the past riment of the gathering. \uftemoon at 3:30 o'clock. She is year. A house, showing work @ on Young John Krugness was in the|carrying less cargo than usual on |the interior and exterior, including President’s chair and “rang the bell” her present voyage; included in it! an inner doorway, various types of with a liberal hand. Harry Lucas, is a road scraper for Sitka. Ishingles, lath work, and the complete acted as Secretary and the She sailed from Seattle with 165 floor structure will be ‘a main fea- a button-wearer was caught passengers and arrived here with tyre of the exhibit. Too large to! to answer to the roll when sixty-six of them still aboard, in- permit the roof to be placed upon “Flop House” Wes- cluding five roundtrippers. Thirty- jt the house will be shown stand- many by failing names such as WARRACK IS LOW BIDDER ON U. S, BUILDING J OB J. B. Warrack of Juneau was rec- ommended as low bidder on repairs to be done to the Federal and Ter- ritorial building when bids were opened today by Custodian Albert Wile. Warrack offered to do the cost plus job at 15 per cent and 10 per cent for profit. Similar bid was entered by Fred J. Early, Jr, of San Francisco but the Warrack bid was recommended because the Ju- neau man's equipment is on the ground and he is famfliar with the work to be done. The recommendation goes to the District Engineer in San Francisco ;and then to the Procurement Divis- u.| Buildings Branch, final ion, Public 8. Treasury Department, for approval. LAST OF ALASKANS ON WAY NORTH, SAYS iBeen to' New York! JOHN LICHTENBERG From Juneau to New York City| After several weeks of vacation, and return in less than nine days.|mostly spent in San Francisco, fol- Almost a record for anyone, but| lowlng the termination of his du- just a little business jaunt to Joe|ties as a member of the Territorial Crosson. The famed Alaska flyer, Legislature, John Lichtenberg, rep-| and manager of the Pacific Alaska resentative from Nome, arrived| Airways system, arrived back in back here this morning aboard the Juneau this morning aboard the steamer Alaska. steamer Alaska, to complete just| He was booked through to Seward such a trip. jon the steamer, knt decided to take Joe Crosson, together with PAA’thg PAA Electra here to fly to his !Communlcatlom Supervisor Robert|Nome home. Gleason and Mrs. Gleason, flew to| Mr. Lichtenberg reported a :fine Ketchikan Monday, a week ago,|time iri the South, and said he met with Pilot Herb Munter. Leaving|many old Alaskan friends all along the Gleasons at Ketchikan, Pilot/the Pacific Coast. The annual trek Crosson continued to Seattle by of Alaskans is nearly finished now, iboat, flew from Seattle to Chicago Mr. Lichtenberg said. This shipload | {and from Chicago to New York City. !should Jjust about finish up the mi- At New York he spent one day and|gration, except for a few stragglers,! a half, conferring with officials Of\and those who are waiting in Seat- ithe Pan-American Airways, ot tle for the Victoria to make her| |which the Alaska system is a divis- | first voyage to Nome." It's about| ion, then flew west again to catch'time for the ships to be turned over| the steamer Alaska, at Seattle. ito the tourists, he concluded. Has Joe Crosson Been Away? He’s | this afternoon to answer the appeal ter, “Coal Dust” Walmsley, “Curley for aid. He took out from here Haair’ McNaughton, “Judge” Lucas with him on his mercy flight, two and a score of others similarly sig- passencers to Chichagof, George nificant were called. Phillips and Ken Jones. He was Charles “Bud” Jenne presided at expected to return here with the the “tin cup” and it is a matter of injured man about 4 o'clock this record that he missed no one. Other two passengers came to Juneau ing next to the roof which also is from Seattle and two from Peters- completely student-built, burg on the North Sea and she had, Tie racks which are marKed by aboard thirteen others for Port|designs of inlaid wood, highly var-|fit. ! Althorp and fourteen for Sitka. nished end tables, shelf stands, and| It is hoped to have the work Coming to Juneau were: Mr. and what-nots will also be on display. |started by July 1, Postmaster Wile Mrs. William Kirk, Mr. and Mrs. > —— aid, and $7,000 is now available to One other bid was submitted, that |of Henry L. Grohne of Decatur, 111, who bid 17'% and 20 per cent pro-| | |Gleason is making good progress Mr. Crosson brought back no news from New York. “I didn't| have much time to pick up any,” he said; but he reported that Mr. toward the establishing of a plane| KIRKS RETURN TO JUNEAU, NORTH SEA { William B. Kirk, widely known YURMAN’S DAUGHTERS ARE VISITING HERE Mrs. Ralph Mize, of Wrangell, Mrs. Eva Ail of Portland, daughters of Harry Yurman, arrived in Ju- neau today aboard the Alaska. Mrs. Mize, who is also the sister- in-law of Mrs. Tom Moyer, will visit here for several weeks. She and Mrs. Ail, who is accompanied by her daughter, will spend a great part of their time in the Yurman cabin in Douglas. COLES TO LIVE IN GROSS APARTMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cole (Elsie Bloomeen) arrived in Juneau aboard the Alaska and are to make their home here in the Gross Apart- ments. Following their wedding in Wash- ington recently, they came to Ju- neau completing a short wedding trip. el e Spoiled silage can be detected by the dark color. radio ground station at Ketchman,iJ . o uneau property owner and former- afternoon. Juniors taking part in the bright T- W. Flannery, Mrs. Joanne Wil- art. Another $5,0.0 at least will be | Out this morning in the Lock- affair were Irving Krause, Louis heed at 9:30 o'clock, Simmons flew Taylor and Joe Smith. to Sitka with Tom Tilson, Jr., Jack Highlights of the entertainment Chamberlin, and A. L. Florence. On probably was the milk-drinking con- the way to Sitka he put off at Cha- test, with nipple-equipped bottles, tham, M. Johnson, employee of the participated in by Elwood McClain, New England Fish Company can- George Walmsley and Wilbur Wes- nery there who had cut his arm ter. The Rotarians drank and and was rushed to Juneau {rom ‘“paid.” Todd by Simmons on an evening Miss Cynthia Battson, pianist for mercy flight last week. the club, was presented with a beau- Simmons returned from Sitka at tiful Indian basket for her musical one o'clock this afternoon with support to the club during the win- Dorothy Adams, Henry Yrjana '\nd ter, - Henry Heino as ypassengers. { Sunmons was to have made a charter jump to Telegraph Creek yesterday afternoon, but the flight was called off at the last minute.| TR AT \ Concert Shows Improvement in liams, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harring- ten, John Rosin, Martin Sorenson, ELECTRA TO MAKE needed, Mr. Wile said, to complete the work which includes painting, INTERIOR FLIGHT J. M. McCormick, C. B. Arnold, E. A. Kraft, Mrs. E. R. Jaeger, Miss F. J. Jacobs, Howard Austin, Mrs. | patchigg and waterproofing the ex- TOMORROW IS PLAN terior masonry and doing general | repairs to the floors, roofs and Burgher, Mrs, E. Kizer, Mrs., Following the arrival of Paciric‘walls. Carl Edson, Norman P. Johns, E.|Alaska Alrways Pilot and Manager | Schoonover, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. |Joe Crosson and Pilot Murray Stu-? BARR IN FROM ATLIN Dauphm, Mrs. Harry Murray and art here from the South this morn-! Returning from Atlin, to Mmre. baby, William Martin, George Mar- |ing aboard the steamer Alaska, an'he flew from here Sunday morning | tin, Henry Cross, J. Cooperer, John ‘auempt to fly the PAA Electra to with E. S. Wilson, as passenger, Beaver, Bordon Briston, Harry Min- | Fairbanks was scheduled for to- and a load of freight, Pilot L. F. ke, and Harold Stevens, all from morrow morning. Barr arrived back at Juneau thia‘ Seattle; T. Roberts and C. Hornady,| The Electra plane, with Pilot‘(urunoon in his North Canada Air | from Petersburg. \Jerrj Jones, has been held here for | Express Pilgrim plane. Ernie Wheat- | Roundtrip passengers aboard the nearly two weeks awaiting improved |ley accompanied Pilot Barr on the' |North Sea include: Marian Nelson, 'condition of landing fields in the|Atlin hcp as flight mechnmc empluyee of the Northland Trans- | Interior. ‘ P T ortation Company in its Seatue} Pilot Murray Stuart, accompanied | ROEDDA COMES HERE cmco and her mother, Mrs. §. E. by Mrs. Stuart, went south about a| Coming to Juneau with a barge | ‘Dnv, Mrs. Georgia Barker; Walter imonth ago be Juse of the iliness of |in tow, after a load of lumber for | Broberg, Spokane Travel Buxea\fltheir son Ronald, at Seattle. The cannery preparations, the Libby,| representative; and Ben Mazer, fur | buy is now much improved, and is|McNeil and Libby cannery tender buyer. retummg with them to Fairbanks.| Roedda, Frank Sutherland, | D MEXICO TRIP PERFECT Reporting her trip to Mexico as a winner in the Empire Goodwill Contest to have been just about perfect, Miss Rosa Danner, daugh- ter of George Danner, operator of the Mendenhall Dairy, returned to Juneau this morning aboard thej steamer Alaska. Miss Danner ex- tended her trip to allow her more | |time to visit in the States. ly associated with Butler Mauro| drug store, and Mrs. Kirk returned to Juneau on the North Sea today after a trip to the States. TR 5 T SR ‘WINN RETURNS Attorney Grover C. Winn re- turned to Juneau aboard the . 8.5. Alaska this morning following a brief trip to Ketchikan on legal| ) business. Schilling million steks tonight TWO BOATS SELL SMALL HALIBUT TRIPS THIS A. M. Halibuters seing at Juneau this morning were: Helen H, from Sit- ka, Capt. David Young, 8,000 pounds; Dorothy D., from Angoon, Capt. Al- bert Frank, 2,000 pounds. Both sold to the Marlyn Fish Company, the Helen H., receiving 690" and 5.05 cents per pound, and the Dorothy D., 685 and 5.5 cents per pound. The halibuters R. D, Capt. J. Russell Elliott, and Dixon, Capt. Emil Samuelson, arrived in port this morning also. The R.D. has sold her catch elsewhere, while the Dix- on has just been rebuilt at Peters- hurg. A new twenty-five horse- power Duetz diesel engine is to be installed in the Dixon here by the Standard Machine shop. The boats Avona, Capt. Olaf Larsen; Emma, Capt. Tom Ness; and 31-A-27, Capt. John Pedemeis- ter, were to take ice at the Juneau Cold Storage this afternoon. R 30 B0YS SIGNED UP FOR LEGION SONS CHARTER Thirty boys were signed up last| night at the Legion Fathers and | sons dinner meeting held in the Dugout for organization of the Sons of the Legion. Boys signing the ap- plication for charter were: Kay L. Anderson, Jack and Jerry, Gucker, George Gullufsen, Jr., Les-| lie Hogans, Don Johnson, Teddy Manville, Mike Monroe,| Victor Charles Rodney Nordling, Homer G. Mr. McCormick left Mrs. Mccar-duk Simpson, Student Band More than a hundrea parents and friends were present in the Grade School Auditorium last evening at the concert presented by the junior band of the Juneau public schools, with Byron Miller, director of in- strumental music, in charge of the event. A varied program of selections by Harold Bennett was presented in- cluding marches, overtures and sere- nades. The following were render- ed: “Activity,” “The Little Gray Church,” “Project,” “Zenith,” “Safe- ty,” Idle Fancy,” *“Military cort “Norma's Dream,” “Mister Joe,” and “Mutual.” Fifty-one students took part in the program, which was given as a follow-up of the Parent’s Night program held last year. In com- menting upon the progress of the band players, Mr. Miller stated that the improvement in their work dur- ing the past several months has been very encouraging. He attrib- utes a great measure of their suec- cess to the cooperation which the parents have offered as a result of his request for home practice, made at the last concert. l LT {COULEE DAM TOWN REMINDER OF OLD DAYS TO ALASKAN i | | on Washington State’s new town 1at Coulee Dam where the great Cou- \lee Dam power project is being built, according to U. 8. Deputy |Marshal John McCormick who re- |turned on the North Sea to Juneau ’alwr a trip Outside. Some 5,000 |men are employed at the project, \the officer reported, and the town |is wide open day and night, gam- bling and other diversions going |full blast. Alaska in the old days had nothing | Kenneth MacDonald, member of the North Sea's crew was taken ili] enroute north, and was taken off | the ship by the Coast Guard boat | Alert, to be rushed to the hospital at Ketchikan. Cooking Schoal to Be Tomorrow Mrs. Vena L. Crone will present another of her cooking demonstra- tion classes at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the parlers of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Crone, who will repeat her demonstration at 1:30 p.m. Thurs- day, is to prepare the following dishes: stuffed breast of veal with dressing, steak and dumplings baked salmon steak, a variety of salads, seasonable relish, three in one dinner rolls, two orange cakes, and two types of frosting. Cake and Crescent coffee will be served during the evening and priz- es will be awarded. The supplies and prizes are being furnished by the | United Foods Grocery, the Mon- 'arch Company, and the Knight | Nickle Company. | Mis. Crone presents her demon- | |strations through the department of vocational education in the Terri- torial schools. e ———— e BACK FROM HONEYMOON Mr. and Mrs. George Laverty (Mary Edith Giovanetti), have re- turned to Juneau following a wedding trip to the States, arriving here aboard the Alaska. The two are to- make their home in the Orpheum apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Laverty were married at the Church of the Nativity on March 30. el Accompanied by Mrs. Simpson, manager of the i il Empire classifieds pay. | Capt. arrived at the Juneau Lumber Mills| this morning from Taku Harbor. $24.50 to $45.00 . ihe mattrpss that “so good Only in the nationally famous Spring-Air mattress will you find the guaranteed Karr Sleep Unit,~the never-failing spring construction that makes Spring-Air the most economical mat- tress to buy. After you've bought it you'll like it for many reasons, but especially because it feels so good. See the new models now on display. A BURDEN THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO BEAR The Plan Still you will have money on hand to meet Pooled Account SHOWS THE WAY OUT Nordling, Jr., Donald, Terry, Rodger, wmick at Walla Walla, where she was | Farthest North Gray Ljnes, ar- current expenses. Geoffrey, Richard and Robert Pe- | visiting with relatives, and she plans rived in Juneau this morning aboard gues, William F., George C. Jr., and | to leave there May 15 for an ex- the steamer Alaska, to prepare his Robert Penny, Keith Petrich, clay.;f.ended trip East, probably return- glacier busses for the summer tour- ton L. Polley, Dale Roff, LeRoy|ing to Juneau by August. ist business. J. Vestal, Jr., Ennis John White, s oz 22 §|RED FRONT SHOE STORE|228 Alfred Jx , Chester, Harold and Ned‘ FRONT Featuring Original Chippewas—Irvine Park—Packard FRONT Zenger. —Ostepathic and Fortune Shoes $2.95 JUNEAU-YOUNG HARDWARE CO. TREAT YOUR CREDIT S A SACRED TRUST Legionnaires under A. E. Karnes, Chairman of the Sons of the Legion committee. DR. COFFEY BACK FOLLOWING BRIEF MEDICINE STUDY Returning from a two weeks' trip south, Dr. W. M. Coffey arrived in Juneau this morning aboard the JibmuTais Bisinn sboard. ) SEVEN STYLES — FORTUNE OXFORDS — Including i s aod Boeen n \fmm} Brown Suede, Crepe Sole; Blucher Black Calf, French e Tvescigaien hew sdvances - n|lY, “Toe! Bubbar Heel) Brown Calf, French Toe, Rubber He spent a short time visiung ot Heel; Black Kid Blucher, Rubber Heel; Black Grain, the Cottey Clinic in Portiand. Mrs. § - Pac Pattern, Leather Heel; Black Calf, Plain Toe, Med- ium, Narrow Rubber Heel. All sold at the same price they are sold for in the East. SEE THESE! RED FRONT SHOE STORE ELKS TURNOUT Weather permitting, Juneau's 2 2 8 FRANK i IOHNSON Manager FRONT 228 Front St. . 2 doors west First National Bank An excellent dinner was prepared by Bob Kaufmann and served by! In Plain or Cap Toe Alaska Credit Bureau CHARLES WAYNOR, Manager First National Bank Building PHONE 28 Elks ball squad will hold a prac- tice session at Fireman’s Park this evening, commencing at 6:30 o'-) clock, Manager C. H. MacSpadden announced. —— .- — Mrs. E. R. Jaegc:, mother of Mrs, 8. J. MacKinnon, arrived today from | her home in Long Beach, Cal. for a visit here. Mr. Jaeger came north several weeks ago. 228 FRONT