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4 dullding. | Ui D T amflam;giinmuuu|||uiu|u|||muu|||mmum|(§A|_||:0HN|A, ¢ DRESS UP for the FOURTH Men’s That You Can It will be such quic C\\",\r“x t cost o clothes that you c all vear 'round. plete selection of flannels and home double-breasted m sport backs. s hing Juneau's Leading DOUBLAS | NEWS | | | TOWN MAY NOW VOTE ON “SALE OF L. U. HALL" ISSUE; SCHOOL PLANS UNSETTLED Final action oh special ordinance to place before the voters of Doug- las on July the quéstion r the City Council shall 1 Labor Union Hall Lodge, was the prin- Jusiness accomplished at the ceting of the Council last of the ordinance and last reading of the five mem- 22, the cuing. Passage Tollowed its thi by unanimous vou bers present An or the licen: sale, of in providin tions thereof reading and With all mer Board sitting in cc cil then took plans for t In ensued it dev was the total have to expend An eight-room frame stueco exterior appe the best the city c amount, according of the architects. Main sidéred 1o connection school was whéther Troast and A the plans for the r architects for th designing of the sl laid o' the day evening. Both Mr. x ¥ 1 Mr were presenpt st the Trox of * meeting in the| neau Medical Suits Wear Now and All Year 335.00 anc § 40 00 Michaels-Stern ,SU!‘I"VS‘ and TOPCOATS long time before you'll find vits priced this low. Be- in fabrics and labor prices will be way bu. you can save if you get an wear now and We have a com- cheviots, worsteds, spuns . . . single or odels with plain or B.M. Behrends Co., Inc. Department Store interests of their respectivé archi- tectural firms. TO LEAVE FOR KETCHIKAN Mrs. Rex Hartman has made res- ervations to sail on the North Sea tomorrow for Ketchikan, where Mr. Hartman will be connected with the ;Sommers Construction {Mr. Hartman will make the trip to the First City.by plane. e —— ON BOAT CRUISE E. O. Anderson and two Venetia and Donald, left rnon for a few days n the Pademeistet boat. The i1l probably go as far South urg before returning. S e VISITORS FROM OAKLAND Among the arrivals on the Prin- Louise last evening was Miss Dolg of Oakland, California, ho will spend the summer here 5 the guest of Mr. and M W. E She was orth Gertrude Cunninshum, who Miss Doyl Cahill's gu or the summer. M Doig visited the Island several vears ago. — e e Mrs. ce Je accempat Miss be AT THE HOTELS Gastinean Lingard, W Richie Bouden 5 wer. J J ison, Gray, Atlin; Mrs Angoon; Jim Lee, R. Messer, Seattle;| Pau! Jurich, Rud Storm Alaskan equati; George Seattle; Jack Daws Henry Sm B SILECTOMY underwen: 3 morning the Ju and Surgical C TON 2 Company.‘ I —% | dent of ‘the Uhiversity bf Califor- Tulsequah; George A: Davidson, Van-| Lile PFlorian, George Blan- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1937 WASHINGTON ‘RACING HERE “Little Poughkeepsie” Is Staged on Channel— U. C. Winners A “Little Poughkeepsie” was stag- today when members of the Uni- versity of California and Univer- sity of Washington Naval R. O. T. C., crews stroked it over a mile course starting off the rock dump and ending at the Government Dock, with California an estimated 6 lengths, and a timed 25 seconds ahead at the finish, Regulation navy whale boats were used with six men pulling on navy oars. course in 11 minutes and 15 sec- onds, which was considered good time by the judges. The personnel of the destroyer Brooks on which the Californians aré cruising were backing their favorites with cheers and bets and similar support from the person- nel of the destroyer Fox, their cruise ship. In the winning California boat jwere: Rush C. Clark, coxswain; John H. Hoefer, stroke; Chester G. Carlisle, who iz also captain and center of next year’s California basketball team; James G. Shields, Jr, Roger V. Bell, and Robert S. | Knowles. ! In the Washington boat were: | Charles F. Palmer, coxswain; Don- lald W. Deits, stroke; Patrick E. Gren, Claude J. Carlson, Jim K. | Carpenter, and Harold R. Warner. ! Most of the members of both crews are active in other sports, fand campus activities in the two | universities * . High-Lighters | Varsity ' foothall players, editors, * class' presidents #nd eréw ‘men are included in the roster lists of Umi-' versity ‘of California and University of Washington Naval R.O.T.C. stu- dents who arrived in Juneau aboard the U,8:8. Fox and the U:S.8. Brooks last night. Among “* prominent Californians who aré making the ‘Alaska cruise from Berkeley are: Chester G. Carlisle, captain of the University of California ‘basketball team. | James Boyd, TIT., varsity football man. William H: East, member of the| varsity rifle team. Roger V. Bel, Rush'S. Clark and Tohn H. Hoeféer, érew imen. Horace M. Karr intramural fitan- ager of the R.O.T.C. unit. Rébert S. Knowles, ‘president 'of ‘he'‘senior ‘class. Riehard ©: Lynch, editor of the Blie and ‘Gold, University ‘of Cali- fornia’ annual. Josiah ' H. Russeéll; Jr., editor of | the uhit paper, Capstan. GaHl J.' Shadinges, seniof inter- mural manager for U. C. James ‘G. Shields, Jr. champion [220 swiminer, Vard A. Stockton, ball guard. Richard B. Watrher, Varsity foot- ball center. From U. of W. Campus léaders from the Univer- sity of Washington are: | J. K. Carpenter, mémber of the varsity swimming team. | W. A. Doolittle; member of the | Board' of Control for the Associated Studehts of the Universify of Wash- ington. K. A. Grahn, membeér of the var- |sity rifle team. Pat Green, varsitl baseball team. ‘ F. P. Hoskins, Northwestern swim- 'ming champion. | ©C. F. Palmer, president of the Naval Honor Society, Compass and Chart. 3 e varsity foot- FRANCES, VIVIAN | TURMAN ARRIVE, PRINCESS LOUISE | Arriving for a brief visit with |friends in Juneau while the Prin- |cess Louise was in port yesterday, |Miss Frances Turman and Miss | Vivian Turman of Willows, Califor- nia, attended the Majority Service with friends in the Rainbow Girls’ |lodge last evening. Miss Frahces’' Turman is a stu- |nia where she is a member of Sig- | ma Kappa sorority. She and her sis- tér have both béen active ifi Rain- {bow Girl activities, and were greet- ed by a large group of friends at| the boat last evening. CAPT. CASTNERS SOUTH Capt. L. V. Castner of Chilkoot Barracks, accompanied by his wife and two daughters, Diana and Juanita, passed through Juneau on bound for & visit in the States, S e - UNDERGOES TONSILECTOMY Dan Russell underwent a tonsil- - ectomy at the Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic today. ed on Gastineau Channel at 1 pm. | The Californians made the mile’ the Washington lads were getting .| Here are the winners of yesterday's Poughkeepsie classic—junior.varsit { niversity. of Washington Crews ~ Victors {4 am. today \ y mearest camera; freshman, cen- ter, and varsity. This nsture was taken as they worked out on the Hudson River in prepamuon_l’cr the varigus events in the intercollegiate rowing championships. —— MATTERN WILL ~Cross of Colos FLY OVER POLE Will Be Awarded Famed Pilot Plans Refue B Ra@flw Girls ing Hop Over Route Blaz- | i ed by Soviet Birdmen | Affair to Be Preceded by Dinner Given by East- ern Star Members OAKLAND, Cal, June 23.—James, Mattern, famed pilot, announced plans today for a non-stop refueling SIMMONS, KEPT BUSY ON. ROUTINE HOPS' Charter fli—éh—l to Kelchi-! kan by Continental | Company s flight from Oakland to Moscow over the route flown by thé Soviet fliers. A new $100,000 monoplane is now being completed at Burbank for the hazaradous flight, Mattern revealed after lunching with the Soviet fliers and Ambassador Troyanovsky. Because the plane will only have a cruising range of 5,000 miles it will be necessary to refuel, Mattern saitl, and the refueling probably will be done over Fairbanks. | ‘Mattern said his plane would have a robot pilot but he was undecided Close to 200 will be present for the dinner this evening at which the Eastern Star is entertaining in the Scottish Rite Temple in honor of visitihg delegates of the Order of Rainbow Girls. Opening event of the evening, the dinner will be followed by presenta- | A charter flight by the Continen-| lml Can Company, leaving Juncau'; {today at 10 a. m. with Alaska Alr| Transport Pilot Sheldon Simmons' at the controls of the Bellahea, pro= vided the longeést hop for that com- | pany. Oscar Olson and Carl Canady, of- U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAT THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau} Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., June 23. Cloudy tonight and Thursday, probably showers; moderate south= erly winds. LOCAL DATA s ; 3 sarom ter Temp. Humioity Wind Velocity Westhes 2951 70 27 NW 8 Clear ¢ 2985 . 50 77 Ccalm 0 Cloudy | 2981 50 91 318 Lt. Rain | CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS | TODAY Low>st 4am. 4am. Precip. , temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. - Weather 44 — 3 i 30 30 Cloudy 40 40 Cledr 50 52 '_ Cloudy 50 52 ¢ Pt CI 44 K Pt. CI 42 Clear 44 . Rain 42~ Clear 50 Cloudy 50 Cloudy 48 52 46 48 50 54 - Time 4 pm. yest'y Noon today ¢ Max. temp. | Station last 24 hours | Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks St. Paul ... Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edntonton Beattle . Portland ... San Prancisco . New York .. “Washington e S3aca® 42 44 42 50 50 52 50 50 52 54 56 ® | ocoma Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cldy Rain Cloudy Clo .60 64 I ‘60 66 6 Cleaki WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY { Seattle (airport), raining, temp rature, 50; Blaine, cloudy, 50; Vie= toria, cloudy, ' 49; Alert Bay, ecloudy, 49; Bull Harbor, showery, 50; Triple Island, ecloudy; Langara and, cloudy,”50; Prirj'e Rupert, cloudy, 52; Ketehikan, cloudy, 5%; Craig, cloudy, 52; Wrangell, clou- dy, 57; Petersburg, cloudy, 55; ‘Sitka, cloudy, 51; Radioville, cloudy, 50; ' Boapstone Point, cloudy, 47; Juneau, cloudy, 52; Skagway, rain- ing, 51; Cordova, cleudy, 56; Port Althorp, cloudy; Chitina, clear, 605 MeCarthy, clear, 80; 'Anchorage, cloudy, 49; Portage, cloudy, 52; Fair- banks, ‘clear, 56; Nehana, clear, 54; Hot Springs, y cloudy, 58; Tanana, cloudy, 54; Ruby, cloudy, 59; Nulato, cloudy, 70; Flat, cloudy, 59; Ohogamute, cloudy, 68; Savoonza, foggy, 37. Ji~eau, June 24. — Sunrise, 2:5¢ a.m.; sunset, 9:11 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS The barometric pressure has risen from Southeast Alaska south- ward to Oregon and has fallen over the Gulf of Alaska, the lowest reported pressure being 29.54 inches a short distance south of Cordova. Low barometric pressure continued throughout the Mackenzie Valley o 2282223292335 5832888 Iand high over the Pacific Ocean from California westward to the Ha- waiian Islands. This general pressure distribution has been attended tion of the Grand Cross of COlDriIIIClals of the Continental Company, by précipization from Dixon Entrance southward to Oregon and over awards to outstanding Rainbow Jeaders. The visiting girls are to itake charge of the presentation Iwere scheduled to stop at the fol- lowing points: Hoonah, Tenakee, |Hood Bay, Tyce, Petersburg, Wran- | ceremony which begins at 8 o'clock gell, Burnett Inlet, and Ketchikan.! in the Scottish Rite Temple and is, On the same trip Hector McLean' the steamship Dorothy Alex~ |C#B0. " | ander, whether to take a navigator on the 6,000-mile journey. o | Y | For the dinner Mrs. O. S. Sullivan 1 will make the flight to demon- ;"o Eastern Star chairman, as-| strate United States development of gjcieq by Mrs. Alfred Zenger, Mrs.| ajrcraft and in appreciation of the p g Robertson and Mrs. H‘oward‘ Soviet fliers who saved me when I giapjer, i crashed in Siberia inl 1933, Mattern| past evening following the Ma- said. |jority Service, the following Rain-| (bow Girls left for Lena Beach and |spent the night at the Walter Scott tand Gunnar Blomgren cabins: Miss Keleen Haubner, Miss Marlea Dodge. Miss Margaret Fleet, Miss Evelyn Yost, Miss Betty Armstrong, Miss |Jane Talbot, Miss Pollyanna Dan- iels, Miss Constance Holtorp, Miss Helen Woodward, Miss Pat Har- land, and Miss Mildred Webster. Also spending the evening at Lena Beach were Mrs. N. Lester Troast, «Mrs. Dora Sweeney, Mrs, S. M. Sim, and Mrs. Ernest Ebert. Tomorrow evening will be the oc- casion of the dance at which the and will proceed from there to the local chapter of the Rainbow Girls open to the public. A R ANNUAL PICNIC OF TRINITY GUILD TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY The country home of Mrs. Well- man Holbrook will be the setting for the annual picnic of the Trinity Guild, Friday, when members will assemble at 11 am. to leave on the all-day outing. All plannirg to be in attendance for the occasion are to meet at the Deanery, Friday at 11 o'clock Holbrook cabin at Point Louisa. land the Order of DeMolay will en- Announcement is made that the tertain the visitors. picnic will'be held, rain or shine. | .- — i ———— { capr. woonneLL HUMANS CRAVE VISITING HERE J. J. O'Donnell, is visiting Alas-| FU N F I R ST I N kan friends in Juneau while the! US.8. Brooks is in port. Capt. O- ! Donnell is making the trip aboard LIST 0F wANTs the destroyer as pilot, and has been ! in Alaskan waters many times. Dur- j ing the war he was stationed here | for a period, and later served as $ & i captain for Several years with the Ps)'ChOIOg‘St Finds HOW‘ Bureau of Pisheries fleet. ' Greater Part of Adult’s TOURIST FROM NEW YORK eisure Is Spent | MAKES ALASKA CRUISE; | i SATISFIES AMBITION| NEW YORK, June 23.—Man must ' thave his fun. His craving for a Miss Rita Campbell of New York £00d time was placed first on a list, City is & round trip ‘passenger to Of human wants by Dr. Edward L. Aldska' aboard the Princess Louise| Thorndike, — Columbia University which was in port last night. In Psychologist. making the trip Miss Campbell said| More than half of adults’ leisure that she is satisfying a childhood time in the United States is spent ambition to come to Alaska. iin_cntertainment. Doctor Thorndike “Since grammar school days 1I,58id, and more would be if it were have wanted to see Egypt and Ai- 8dvVisable. aska,” she said. “Ten years ago I| ThIS the professor considered bad my desire to see Alaska is fulfilled,” Pelieve if man had fewer burdens Miss Campbell is énthusiastic over |Of WOrk he would spend ‘more time | Alaska and the scenery here. {improving himself and sociéty. R S Hour for Wisdom GOV'T HOSPITAL NURSE Doctor Thorndike said: “The pursuit of learning, wisdoin Lorean Auwen, who arrived in and good works . . . in the aver-| Juneau ‘aboard the North Sea yes- age person’s life in one week . . terday, is to be 4 permanent nurse would probably not sum to one' at the Government Hospital. She is hour.” staying at the Hotel Juneau. He reached the conclusion nmzrI e — llong study and consultation with | FROM SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA iolher students of human nature, | Mrs. Rona E. McKaig of Sydney,( He said: Australia, visited in Juneau brief-! . “The human nervous system is| ly last night during the stay of the very adaptable, and can learn to op-| Princess Louise in port. Mrs. Me- erate with satisfaction in & hum-! Kalig is vacationing from her home drum world, but its lines of least in Australia. | resistance go toward cheerful socia- ————— ibility, free play, sensory stimulation LORANCES VISIT {and emotional excitement. Dr. and Mrs. Luther M. Lorance| “I fear that the eraving for en- of Chicago, accompanied by their tertainment is deeply rooted in two sons, are vacationing in Alas- man’s nature and that very strong kan waters as passengers aboard the counter-attractions will be required Princess Loulse. Dr. Lorance is a to stem the present flood. physician and surgeon from chl-! “I prophesy that historical and ¥ ¥ {anthropical research will increas- — e ingly reveal that the great majority MRS. NEILL RETURNS ,0f people have spent their free Mrs. K. N. Neill of Juneau, Who time for entertainment up to and! has been visiting in Haines for beyond thirty hours a week.” weveral weeks, returned home early .. today on the steamchin Dorothy Try The ¥Empire classifieds for| Alexander, results, made the trip to Egypt and now NeWs to “moralists generally” who shortly. -lat 12:05 o'clock at St. Ann's Hos- |many congratulations have been flew to Tenakee. Pilot Simmons is scheduled to return to Juneau tonight. H Earlier today, at 9:30 a. m., Pilot L. F. Barr in the AAT Stinson flew | S. B. Sigurdson to Chichagof Lake, . C. Meives to Hirst-Chichagof, and Bert Elstad to Chichagof. Tues- day at 4 p. m. Pilet Barr returned’ from Sitka with Jim Boyle and Paul Breeze, officials of the Union Oil Company. Tuesday at 7 p. m. Pilot Barr flew a round trip chm‘-; ter flight to Frederick Sound. No passenger list was furnished. Tuesday at 1 p. m. Pilot Sim-; mons arrived from Chichagof with C. F. Lane and Emil Rundich, both ftom Chichagof, and with Bert Stedman, Ed Wilson and Jack Parks, from Kimshan Cove. At 1:30 p. m. Tuesday he made a char- ter scenic flight over the ice cap in the Bellanca with Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Royack. Mrs. Royack is the sister of Mrs. Paul Sorenson, wife wife of the Hirst-Chichagof mine superintendent. At 4 p. m. Pilot Simmons took the Bellanca up for another charter glacier hop with Mr. and Mrs. J. £, Benedict and children. His concluding flight Tuesday included Mrs. T. A. Morgan on a round trip to Sitka, and Dan Nolan to Sitka, returning at 7:30 p. m. with H. B. Foss, R. D. Pet-| erman and Mrs. Morgan. MRS. M’'DONALD, ! PATRICIA GAYIN | JUNEAU FOR VISIT Mrs, K. A. MacDonald and her| granddaughter, Miss Patricia Gay, | of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, are stopping at the Gastineau Ho-| tel,and will be visitors in Juneaui for a few days. | The two arrived here aboard the' Dorothy Alexander from the south. Mrs. MacDonald who formerly lived on Portland Island at the southern end of Stephens Passage, will take her granddaughter to visit the E.| E. Weschenfelder at Spuhn Island,’ DAUGHTER IS BORN TO WALTER SHARPES A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sharpe this morning, pital. | The baby weighing seven pounds and six ounces, is the sister of four-year-old Sharon Sharpe, and extended to the patents dufing the day. Mr. Sharpe, director of the Territorial Unemployment Compen-i sation Commission Treturned here recently from an official trip to the South and East.. 4 TOP NOTCH Golden Brown Griddle Cakes are DELICIOUS! northwest Canada, by threatening and showery weather over por- tions of Southeast Alaska this morning, and by generally fair weather over the interior and western portions of Alaska. : h i Methodist Church Vessel Sails for | Alasl@ Cruise Susannah Wesley Leaves Seattle for 1,000- Mile Journey ‘ Lode and placer location notices | for sale at The Empire Office,. SEATTLE, June 23.—The 66-foot diesel eruiser Susannah Wesley, re- cently purchased by the Methodist Episcopal Church home mission board, sailed to Ketchikan today. Aboard the vessel were Captain and Engineer Vergil Lavenyway, Rev. Walter Torbet, Rev. Floyd Viken, Rev. A. J .Clemens, and their fam- ilfes. From Ketchikan they. will go to Juneau, Valdez, Seward, Hope and Cook Inlet. From this point they will make a thousand mile cruise to the westward. G v ke, mcamel Today’s News Today, S R SALES Every Month in the Year AUCTION SALE DATES 1937 August 11 September 8 October 13 November 10 December 15 Special Sales Held on Requesi of Shippers. Advances will be made as usual when requested. Transferred by telegraph if desired. @ The SEATTLE EXCHANGE. I 1623 Western Avenue Seattle, Wash, * | .'. HOSPITAL NOTES Miss Norma Crosby, & medical pa- tient, was dismisséd from St. Ann’s Hospital today. + ] Oscar Lundstrom was dismissed following medical care at St. Ann’s| Hospital, today. i — - TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE—1936 Five tube Att- water-Kent radio. Phone 4652. : BOOKKEEPING SERVICE JAMES C. COOPER COMPANY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. Phone 182 Juneau, Alaska Goldstein Bldg. YOUR LOCAL OPTOMETRIST is equipped to give you complete eye comfort, as well as glasses. We have the most modern optical equipment - obtainable with which to. examine your eyes. We also offér an all year service which is depend- able, and conveniently located for your benefit. Our work ‘is guaranteed to give satisfaction. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson OPTOMETRIST Graduate: Rochester School of Optometry University of the State of N. Y. Post Graduate: Northery Illinois College of Ophthaltology and Otology. Office Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry Store Phone 331

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