The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 8, 1937, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1937 'fi)w,m- is the Nl(,H’l‘ ALASKA MAY BENEFIT BY NEW DEVICE Air Mail Se;c—e May Come | to Places Where There ‘ Are No Airfields By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond \‘ | WASHINGTON, June 12—(Spec- jal Correspondence) — Cities and towns in Alaska that do not have airfields may yet enjoy the bene- fits of air-mail service in the near future if experiments now bei conducted in the development of a pick-up and delivery device for dis-| charging and receiving mail or ex- press from a plane in flight prove successful | A demonstration of the automa-| tic pick-up and delivery em was held last week at an airport near| Washington. A number of Congress- | (Last men who witnessed the operations saw heavy loads of mail picked up and released to the ground by air- planes traveling at nearly 100 miles per hour. No special packing was given the loads handled, which in- MRS, n a Series) By MARY ELIZABETH PLUMMER NEW YORK, July 8—Mrs. Em- mett Ormsby, wife of the American League umpire, does her bit for baseball by caring for their 12 chil- Locney Balloons Can’t Think Of It h he Ri dren, ranging from 6 months to 14| Rhythm on the River cluded fragile glass objects in um“\,:‘f";\ :‘;‘(’]‘““' 3 o & E pows | & S g vhic e Tt dcie 4 l).lllv Alaska mp;re New hipments, all of which were de SRty et Halt Yiha b livered and taken up without break-, ~ MIS: MIDNIGHT PREVIEW [ age. The demonstration showed that league game in four years, “ADVENTURES IN stunt flying is not required in this ey, DUSband 5. business, 1 work, as the pilot of the plane ap- She Says Mine is at home, 3 pears to merely fly his ship re Caring for her flock means 15 sonably low toward the simple de- hours of work a day for Mrs. Orms- | vice on the ground which holds the by. She gets up at 6 o'clock, cooks shipment. A thin steel cable with a three meals da! does the shop- FA'RY TAI_E FANS hook on the free end is lowered Ping. After breakfast she wheels 5 through the bottom of the plane|out the family motor car and takes . land is guided to the attachment eight of the youngsters three miles | holding the bag by an angle or V to school CAN GET LAUGHS formed with rope and held above| She keeps young with the L the ground by uprights. The pouch dren. There are no traces of g 11 99 | o other package is hooked and the in her black hair. no lines of weari- ’mbl«- is reeled up, drawing it into ness in her face. She has an Irish the plane as it speeds on to its sense of humor and an infectious — Inext point of delivery. The device smile. If you believe in fairy tales autematically delivers its load be-| Baseball's Love Story who doesn't—and want to laughifore making the pick-up of out-: Mrs, Ormsby doesn't believe in and enjoy a full evening of clever going mail. minding her husband’s business, entertainment, then see the Hal| Of Use in Alaska {but she made the spring training Roach-M-G-M feature-length com-| The device has been patented by trip to Florida this year, taking six ‘Mister Cinderella,” which Dr. Lytle 8. Adams, who has been (']uklrnn with her, and she drove s for the last time tonight at working on the problem for some | ———— — > Capitol T ¢ years. During this time Dr. Adams It's the laugh hit of the season. has been a frequent caller on Dele- Federal Huspnal Presenting Jack Haley in the novel gate Dimond who expressed interest ¢nd hilaviously funny stellar réle carly in the potential possibilities uf of “Mist Cinderel who is althe equipment bvmuw of the con-| soclety and big business, the pic- of it in Alaska, not only for delivery ture creates a & s of rib- u(klin" of mail but of express shipments. episodes that v y perplex Last week an amendment to the the mythical Cinderella heroine and ‘8ir-mail bill was favorably report-| hes Teity podmother with the mys-|ed to the House which would pro-| tic wand, her princ chayming, y‘ld(’.slflo.oofl for experimental serv- glass slippers and all charm of 'ice in several ‘stnles for lljo m*xt‘ I‘he past, Haley, naive and wistful, year to determine the practicability | is at his best in the adventure of |OF the equipment and if further de-| leagiing histonsorial ‘parlor’ for A“"lol)mlm" is 1_neteded before mnkm'v L o et ; general use of i | Back Bay d"“‘”}" poos] o, win a‘ If the equipment is approved and' Secretary of the Interior Ickes, popula “"bm“"’l'.‘ |its use is made general in Alaska,'in his report recently made to the 5 ltho Delegate said he could foresee Committee on the Territories in FISHING PARTY ON jconsiderable expansion of the routes | the bill introduced by Alaska Dele- JAZZ MAKE CATCH in the Territory where mail is car-|gate A. J. Dimond to authorize ried by planes. In addition to mak-!the construction and operation of {ing the air service available to many ' s Federal hospital for the insane A party of myh( COmde of MI' {owns that do not have airfields— ] jefinitel i he ond Mrs. Charles Sabin, Mr. and gome of which, of:Alsks, detintely resignins Mys. Los Bernard, Mr. and Ms.|graphical features which make con- present contract system of caring M. Monagle, and Md. and Mrs struction of fields impossible, Will' for insane patients to the method G. Shepard, returne never have landing facilities — the, < i is 1that would be provided through night from a two-day fishing cruise cperation of this equipment should | gnactment of K Delegate's b‘g” in Windham Bay and u Lake permit air-mail contractors tolower | itas g, J. Hckles, secretary to on the Jazz, operated by Cash Cole. their bids under the figures now the Delegate. They caught several baskets of current and thus make possible the | trout. ‘e‘(tensmn of this service to many —_—— e pomts where it is not at present WITTANENS HAVE GUEST 'economicaly feasible to make deliv- Miss Orpha Noftsker of the Soil eries. I8 Again to Fore Secretary of Interior Ickes Makes Report to Ter- ritory Committee 3. te Monday After summarizing the situation| {with respect to the care of mental patients from Alaska from the time ,the first call for bids was issued, ‘undor authority of an Act approved Conservation Service, Spokane, | — i !June 6, 1900, for the care of one Wash,, who arrived on the Aleu- | ! tian last Monday is the guest of | The Truth Hllfls ;;l;;f::f :‘Ll:tl;sm 1900, the Secretary's 'S, rence Wittanen : g \¥ E ST 3 e i aeR | f17, O This hurts me more| “It is believed the situation has| . Miss Noftsker and Bp ADE S X than it does you,” said a man here materially changed during the 37 the latter a former Bixs, Wibiaoen, R o las he spanked his son. He was years the contract system has been E 2 t Minfield School, | :c:t;uld'::;:{psum tneLUnuusny ,right. Dr. John S. Campbell treat- in effect. The erection of a hos- ; ed of Oregon. the father for an abscess in pital in the interest of the Terri- |the palm of his hand, bruised by tory of Alaska in 1900 with but ione patient ster D. Hendexson m’xrb]es in the boy's mp pocket. in view and with “Alaska” by L BEAUTY AN . “anchored” is the Ml “':‘):i"'uunnenwnhns beach suit (center) dr e ve Is made of washabl e silk plaid in wine red and white. She’s So Busy with Her own “Team,’ Mr EMMETT ORMSBY AND BROOD: chil- | because of topo-'gesirability of a change from the| it (lefl) 'is in bflfl‘ blue linen printed with white Lot Pl and anchor design printed m'ud The play suit (flgr Ormsby Can’t Attend Games She Writes The Umbire Every Day alone, covering the 1,360 tional I in sand lot half days. | ague, and contests. Bucky’s Homebody “baseball widow” | them back miles in two and a “Why should I tell nmett what to do about baseball? e asks. | “He has a mind of his own, and a | good one, t00.” The Ormsbys are one of the great love stories of baseball. In his ab-|band is manager of the Washing- sence, they never have failed to|ton Senators. write each other daily for 16 years,| When Bucky is away she plants the length of their marriage. He | petunias at their home in fash- telephones home at least twice @ |jonable Spring Valley, plans birth- | week while on the road day parties for their children, Stan, Gabby's ‘Home Gir ““Hll\ and Dick, spends an ev Another baseball “home girl” is | Mrs, Charles Leo Hartnett, attrac-|ents. Her father, Howard Suther- tive young blonde v of the Chi-|land, formerly was Senator from cago Cubs' noted catcher, “Gab-| West Virginia. by." A little more than a decade She sums up the | Mrs. Harris was a capital asophy |tante, in the thick of the “Char! Mine | whirl. She met Bucky at a gets many One more who and the house is mine"—Mrs. Stan- ley R. (Bucky) Harris, whose hu or ning in Washington with her ago, debu- social Hartnetts’ phil- s' job is baseball children.” | President She likes gardening, raises flow-|ing the ers, is an adept cook of the roast: steak and chicken that her hus band likes Sheila and Mrs. Coolidge attend- wedding. The honeymoon | began with a trip to the world ser- ies. She has big hrown eyes, a lilting laugh, and a trim, youthful figure. When she married, she wasn't| even sure she knew first base from | second. Now she knows all the jar- Anne, their plump baby girl, is too young to be a baseball fan, but “Buddy,” a curly-haired second-grader, already wears a base- lml] cap labeled “N.L.” fnl the Na- the unsettled, | many matters concerning | ture of the Territory was hardly justifiable ‘x]n* situation it would appear thatl | Congress resorted to a temporary expedient and improvised upon the | lowest bidder formula which it had | found satisfactory in protecting the Federal asury when securing materials or when arranging for | services of a more impersonal na- ture. By February of 1 the | number of patients had grown to | 300 and at one time, February 1936, light. of its inherent limitations as many as 312 patients were re-|can hardly be entertained. That ceiving care. the care of the Alaska insane be “The history of the care of the |placed beyond the profit motive is Alaska insane is now sufficiently | the logical solution. long, and the number of patients | The Secretary then recommends | sufficiently stabilized to warrant | .tlmt if the bill is to be enacted permanent provisions for their | several changes in its construction treatment. The contract method be fiade which would broaden the | can hardly be accepted as the basis | | scope of the measure. upon which to build permanent [hAL considerable objection will be plans. The large number of pa-|Mmade to enactment of the bill be- |tients now hospitalized limits the | cause of the cost of undertaking | freedom of the Secretary of the | the construction or purchase of a | Interior in choosing a contracting | | suitable establishment for the pur- | hospital. Psychiatric hospitals are | pose. In this connection the Acting {rare which are in position to con- | | Director of the Bureau of the Bud- |sider a contract increasing their | | get has advised “that the pro= patient load by 300 persons. The | fu- | ian grounds. ced with | sonable figure, puhlic sentiment |aroused by a law requiring the | insane to be delivered to the low- est responsible bidder could seriou ly interfere with both the Govern ment and the contracting institu- tion in the discharge of their | obligations to (he patients. “As ‘a permanent plan care of the Alaska insane, tract method when viewed in the for posed legislation is not experience of the department indi-|Wwith the financial policies of the Married fur Spite, main ridge of the Rocky Mmm—w tains. When competition bccomes‘ so restricted, the contract method | as prescribed in the law or 1909\ runs the grave risk of placi Secretary of the Interior at th mercy of the contractor both in} arranging proper treatment for thc patiénts and in securing a rcnson- able ,rate of payment. Further,| MONTREAL, July 8—Details of such a system lends itself entirely Paul Rewaskis love life enli'vened too easlly to attack on humanitar-|the dull routine of Superior Court e when Mrs. Paul Rewaski appeared to demand annulment of her mar- | riage. | Paul married her just to spite | his sweetheart, she told Mr. Justice | Surveyor, The quarrel lasted less |than a day, and next morning Paul lre:urned to his true love, leaving nineteen-year-old Florence Halley a | wife in name only. ‘The court found sufficient legal | irregularities in the union to justify | the desired annulmen:. e e——— Polig Encounte . Model Ingbriate \ | PALESTINE, Tex. July 8.—Of-! | ficers here have discovered the | model inebriate. Calling from a filling station, he' {announced: “I'm drunk. Come and | get me?” i At the scene a man introduced {himself to the law. He had just |one request: “Can I holler just | once?” Officers asked him to wait juntil he got to jail. He did. g e g | CALIFORNIANS ARE HERE | Gertrude A., Harry, Janet and Madine Jackson, of Piedmont, Cal., | were Juneau visitors Wednesday. They are making the round trip! | to Skagway and back to the States aboard the Prince Robert. - eee San Marino, situated in the Ap- lummes near Rimini, in the heart of Italy, claims to have been found- jed in the fourth century. for summer , “Baseball is my husband’s job, | par-| night | y |is running a home and rearing two|club, and they were married, with It is conceivable that | despite proper treatment at a rea-! the ! the con-| It appears | in accord| |cates there is norm west of lho‘vasidmL” ifirst dollar would be the gun for| Quits Young Bride 55 “PARNELL" HAS GABLE, LOY FOR EXTRA MEASURE Irish Home . Rule Story Is The worst feature ot the film “Par- statesman Once you get accustomed to Ohio’ and British players in support and by the painstaking atmospheric ex- actitude displayed throughout. John M. Stahl worked mightily on direction, and the result is an |above -the-av less - than - epic {film. Myr the woman whose love »s Parnell's fight for Irish home rule to defeat, {will help the box-office too. Miss Loy, incidentally, was not the only woman who cried at the preview. Fraud Rumors Baseless Every time Ginger Rogers has made a picture lately with nnnther. ranking woman in the cast there have been stories of feuding . . . First it was Harriet Hilliard . then Harriet Hoctor there was nothing to it in either ase . And now that she's inj “Stage Door” with Hepburn, you'll |hear those stories again . . . For your information, Ginger and Katie are pals and I think they'll keep on that way. It's a wise movie mamma who keeps hands off daught person- jal and professional career That makes Martha Raye’s mam-| ma a wise one . . . Upset at first| when Martha married Buddy West- more, she finally gave blessings i . Actually | 1 | | | l]hl' way was when Loretta Young's {tried (0 annul the | Withers ties . . . In that ca and Tired fixed everything. . . ) Pat On The Back Walking on the theatre foyer set for “This Way, Please,” Robert Florey found it decorated with posters for two Paramount pictures. |Before shooting began, however, these posters had been replaced by |{ displays on two other Paramount from Joan Bennett, blondes still prefers | . That was Phyllic Brooks occasion prompted Eddie Cantor to/ urge the sales boys not to worry It's all being charged against my first production . . . " . . . Nice | |crack, Eddie, but T thlnk you meant | {Sonja Heine’s next. |innocence, once offered a casting| ‘dlr(’ck)l $10,000 just for advice un! {her film career . |in the first ugem that happenegd to ]puss while Sonja was standing there | i- . . Which is by way of exploding | again that old Hollywood legion about casting directors and graft . If internes can't take money,! ters have to shy from it . . . The| professional suicide . . . and per-| manent, . . 1 P The story is that Louis Ralner never made a picture abroad, thnt Escapade” was her first screen The one she did make —or was it two?—was nothing to rave about. Hollywood counts no! pictures but sucecessful ones. B NOTICE TO CAR OWNERS Car owners are required to have| brakes and lights tested by July| 15 next. By order of Chief of Palice. | adv. | Emplre classifieds ps 0. B. WILLIAMS CO. SASH AND DOORS SASH FOR ALL PURPOSES Carried in Stock For Immediate Shipment. Glass Size 8”x10”, 6 Lt. Sash, 20”x35” o 10”x12”, 6 Lt. 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EXAMINATION FOR ‘ pictures: “King of Gamble and | Commission announces an exam- “Mountain Music,” Both the ter,| ination for Charwoman (open to according to the poster credits, were| women only) for the Custodial directed by Robert Florey . . . Service, Juneau, Alaska. Gene Markey, since the divorce| Full information and examina- tion blanks may be | Room 311, Federal and Territorial with him at the 20th Century con-| Building. vention party the other eve ot b5 ons The way champagne flowed on that | - — e | | Matthews, Atlin; H. E. Cawthorne, Reminds me that Sonja, in her Petersburg; Nick Bez, Todd. . The caster called | Mrs. Joe Propich, Pete Larson, Ju- neau; Sam Berger, Chichagof, Har- vey Williams, Hoonah. A Goorge Arliss pumn- is '\I\\‘\\s a treat. But there’s a double treat Sueened—cmber Rog- in store for cinemagoers in GB's| N 'R F l new comedy-drama, “Man of Af-| I ers Rumors ralse fairs,” which brings the one and| et only Arliss back to screenland in a | BY ROBBIN COONS dual role for the first time in his HOLLYWOOD, Cal, July 8. —lppijliant career. Arliss imperson- ) ates twin brothers—one a pompous nell” will be its strongest box-office| g Cabinet Minister, the other asset. Clark Gable plays the Irish happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum lounging exis- tence. | Gable in the role, you may follow| «nan Of Affairs” was shown for Jthrough with him. But the going|ihe first time here at the Coliseum is made more difficult by the lib-|Theatre yesterday with George Ar- eral sprinkling of authentic T liss given excellent opportunity for comedy in nis contrasting roles, and with vivacious Rene Ray and hand- some Romill ty of thrills beautiful love scenes. Lunge providing plen- | 1d excitement in tht‘ Tonight's performances will con-| BY MRS. ADAMS FOR | MISS ALICE PALMER Mrs. Arthur Adams was hostess | Miss Alice Palmer, who and wro leaves tomor- for the South. Miss Palmer,| was in charge of the Girll camp last month, has re-| gned her teaching position in An-| last even- Mrs. Mrs. J. G. Shc;mrdl Mrs. W. M.| Mrs. | Present for the affair C .F. Wyller, L. Prucha, Miss Jane Apland, Alexander, Miss| Miss Mary Simp: Council awarded the | . Byington se was presented Mrs. wa A guest prize ———a—to—— CHARWOMAN TO BE | HELD IN THIS CITY| The United States Civil Service obtained at AT THE HOTELS Gastineau L. H. Wingard, Seattle; Isaac Alaskan Max Sall; N. A. Smith, Mr. and lin the Gola: GHT is the NIGHT THEATRE SUAVE AS EVER! HIS BROTHERS MASTER IN MATTERS OF STATE! Swamp Land y Up Thar Filming Feminine Headliners News TEA TODAY HONORS MISS ALICE PALMER BEFORE DEPARTURE For Miss Alice Palmer, who leaves for the south aboard the Baranof, Mrs. W. W. Council was hostess this afternoon at tea at her home ein Building. The affair was held from 3 until o'clock, and assembled many ‘n»i-\mlx who called to bid bon voyage to the honoree. Mrs. James Wickersham and Mrs. |(:Imrlns W. Hawkesworth presided lat the tea tables during the early part of the afternoon, followed by Mrs. Ella H. Still and Mrs. Ray G. Day, who poured from 3:30 until 4 o'clock, and by Mrs. Robert W. |Bender and Mrs. Robert Rice, who concluded the afternoon. Assisting with serving during the afternoon were Miss Doris Free- burger, Miss Mary Wildes, Miss Jean Faulkner, Miss Carol Robertson, Miss Aline Ann Goldstein, Miss Corinne Jenne, Miss Anabel Simp- !son and Miss Beatrice Mullen. RN R S CARD OF THANKS We are grateful to all our good neighbors and friends who helped !during our bereavement—especially % |for the efforts of those who tried to restore our dear boys to life— and to all who participated in the funeral services. “They were lovely and beautiful together in life; And in death, were not divided.” MR. AND MRS. WALTER B. 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