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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1937. SPRING COATS One Gro $10. up at 00 All Coats Reduced Coats that were much morel! Coats with the original price tags right on them so that you can see what savings you're getting. All beauti- fully tailored, and f{ ings. Not all sizes only one in a style, ine quality lin- in every style, so come early! B. M. Behrends Co. Inc. JUNEAU'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE' BUDEE WINS FOR ™ 1 U3, WITK BREAT® FINAL £ SSAULT) California Back with Dramatic Rally After Spotting Two Sets WIMBLID( . uly 2 In one of the n ire maich- es in Davis Cup 1 3 3 spear-hend of the United State team, ¢ Germanv's T on von nun, two set T beat him, 6-8, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, & i the fifth and deciding ne ats of the Interzone Finals, Leiween the| United States and ¢ "y | The win sent the Amciican team into the Challeng cund against| Great Britain's top wma:teurs 1 Bill Tiiden, siter watching the match, declared: ve.never seen two men catch fire like these two did.” In the first match today, Henkel, of Germany, defeated Bryan “Bitsy” Grant 7-5, 2-6, 63, and 6-4, boosting Germany into a tie in the series and putting the iss sguarely up | to the World's two greatest ama- teur courtmen. B GANG VICTIM IS NEAR DEATH REDONDO BEACH, Cal., ~—A victim of what police July 20. termed | a gang shooting, George Bri un.-nmn,\”" Juneau B cafe operator and bookmaker, lay| near death today in a hospital with a bullet wound in his lung. He was fired upon by one of two unidentified men last night as he strolled on the board walk in the amusement zone with Patricia Eat- ons, 28, a hostess of a beach club. He was acquitted two years ago in connection with the kidnaping 0g Zeke Caress, prominent Agua Caliente betting commissioner. Captain William Penrase said: “Gang hoodlums invariably use 45s Hedlead Connll JUNEAU WOMAN FILES ACTION AGAINST CITY, Mrs. J. E. Nelson Asks $5,- 900 Damages in Suit in Federal Court Fulfilling her recent promise to the City Council, Mrs. J. E. Nelson /today filed a damage action in Fed- M O D E S T Y. There’s a certain modest touch to bathing frocks and shorts this ear. This coat, lined with towel- ing, and frock are fashioned of white linen printed in multi- color. Service Honors Judge Jennings Bar Association Holds Mem: orial Ceremony for | Late Citizen ! Approximately niy members of ar Association, Gov- ernor John W. and Federal and Territorial officials today me- morialized the late Judge Robert ‘W. Jennings, who died in San Fran- cisco last week, in ceremonies at the Federal Court from 2 until 3 o'clock. Speakers were Gov. John W, Troy, George B. Grigsby, Jack Hellenthal, R. E. Robertson, H. B. LeFevre, Judge George F. Alexander and H. L. Faulkner. A resolution praising Judge Jen- nings, drawn up by a committee |eral court against the City of Ju- 'neau for $5900 for alleged injuries suffered last April 1 when she fell on the stairway above the Moose Hall on First Street. She is repre- sented by Attorney Mildred R. Hermann. Mrs. Nelson recently filed a claim against the city for damages of $3,000, claiming that negligence on . the part of the city was responsible for leaving the walk in such shape that she fell, breaking her collar bone and suffering other injuries. Later the amount was reduced to $2,000 and the city countered by of- fering $500 in full settlement. Mrs. Nelson rejected this offer and prom- ised to bring suit for a larger amount. Fellowship Tour Party Arrives On Alaska Today Rev. David Waggoner Con- tinues with Group to Seward Close to 60 members of the Chris- tian Fellowship Tour party arrived in Juneau aboard the Alaska, wel- comed at the dock this morning by a large group of Juneau residents who extended hospitality to the vis- itors during their brief stay in the city today. Leaving Chicago several days ago, the tourists have covered thousands when putting someone on the spot. "“0‘ the local bar group, was passed Of miles of territory on the trip A 45-caliber automatic, three shells and a pair of white gl were picked up on the scene. 10 RIOT DEATHS {local Bar were unanimously. All attor in attend: - in the 1ce (M’CARTY MAN WEDS “JUSTIFIABLE” CHICAGO. I| oner’s jury tode ay 2 A Cor- rety d of justifiable homicide reporting on the death 0T 0 n in the Mo day sbe South Clic The jury, comprising six unem- ployed members of the American Legion, deliber=ed slightly thar an hour. Thr uresent:tion vi- i dence reguir: di “We believe that [: victim was justifiable ‘\(»nu(.ld( " the Jury announced in each case. Kansas iattens more than 300 10y southwestern ranch and ranze c tle on its blucstem pastures each year. v ‘Amd Stephen H. Pytel, FRISCO GIRL HERE Mary H. Ponsy of San Francisco former store k0(por at MecCarihy, Alaska, werc | married here this morning by U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray. The cou- pie, who were attended by Mr, and Mus Mitehell Rocovich, expect to mauke their future home in Juneau. - - Burglars Steal—Dine CHEYENNE, Wyo.--The burglars couldn’t resist bluebeiry pie. After oting the home of Mrs. Fred Bry- an', they sat down in the kitchen nd had a leisurely meal of a blue- berry pie and milk which Mrs. Bry- ent had in an icebox. e — A ten-year-old Jersey cow owned calves, which is to take them as far north as Seward. Rev. David Waggoner of Juneau is the official host for the party, and is accompanying the group on the trip to Cordova and Seward. Several of the tourists plan to go to the Matanuska Valley. On the return trip, the tourists will travel from Vancouver through Lake Louise and Banff, reaching Chicago on August 10, after three weeks of travel and fellowship. Mrs. Waggoner, who for the past few months has been traveling and visiting in the States, disembarked from the Alaska in Juneau today. At the same time another Juneau- ite, Mrs. Charles C. Personeus, joined the group to make the trip te Seward, accompanying her sis- ter, Mrs. Laura Z, LePevre, who is a member of the Christian Fellow- ship group from the south. The Alaska Wil return to Juneau next Monday. Bl g TONSILECTOMY H. L. Cochrane of Douglas Mrs. tomy yesterday. | |—for the United States. S he ar-|relatively !wife in Seattle, officials said. Vicar Who Married Duke And Mrs. Simpson, Not Popular, Says Juneauite The Rev. Robert Anderson Jar- attitude on marrying Mrs. Feldon stated ity lies in his “church marriage” of rect in their the Duke of Windsor and twice- divorced people, divorced “Wally Simpson, was “na- |that “in some instances, when peo- turally unpopular” with the Bishop | ple cannot get along with each of Canterbury, Mrs. Sam Feldon, other, they are entitled to a divorce. who recently returned from her na-|And if they want to get married to tive home in England, told The someone else, they should be per- Empire today. mitted to do so.” “Since it is against the Episcopal| In the case of the former King church rules for a minister to marry | Edward III, Mrs. Feldon said she divorced persons, the Vicar Jardine |felt that he was “sincerely unable was violating his religion when he to carry on the work of being a performed the ceremony. The ma—'KmL; without the mate he wanted.” jority of people in the St. Paul's The British people loved him and parish in Darlington were opposed |thought he would have made an ex- to his act,” Mrs. Feldon said. |cellent king but the new king “is Mrs. Feldon was acquainted with |gaining their affection and will be the Viear Jardine, since she visited | just popular,” she believes. her home town every five years| Mrs. Feldon saw the coronation since she left England 20 years ago. of King George VI and enjoyed her She was baptized, confirmed and visit to her native land immensely, married at the parish in Darling- she said. ton—although not by the Rev. Jar-| One thing Mrs. Feldon corrected dine. The latter has served the about news accounts of St. Paul's parish for the past nine years. Parish is the fact that it is a “poor| Mrs. Feldon, who had been visit- |little parish.” ing her friends, sisters and broth- “While there are poor sections in ers in Darlington for mote than a|Darlington,” she said, “just as there| year, left on June 4 one ‘day after|are poor sections in every city, the| the Duke and Wally were wedded St. Paul's Parish is me \dv up of! | well-to-do middle class as rived in Juneau later that month. A person: letter, dated June 28, which was| She believes that since the Vicar sent by the sister of Mrs. Feldon, went against the wishes of the An- informed her that the Rev. Jardine gelican church heads, he will not| had left that day for the United be given a place in their pulpit States on a lecture tour. again. A J.MINERIS |Swimming Pool "CHARGEDWITH | Meeting Tonight PERJURY HERE Elmer Lars;Accused of Taking Second Wife While Still Married Organizations Expected to Have Representatives on Hand at 8 o'Clock Under bond of $2,500, Elmer Val- Meeting of the Chamber of demar Larson, alias Elver V. Han-| Commerce Swimming Pool Com- son, Alaska Juneau miner, is beingf mittee has been called by the Rev. held in the Federal jail on a charge | O. L. Kendall for 8 o'clock this of perjury in connection with his|evening in the City Hall and rep- marriage here last fall. resentatives named by other or- Larson is alleged to have mfl“‘ed; ganizations to work with the com- Dorothy Courtland in 1930 at Sew-|mittee have been asked to attend ard. Last October, in 1936, he mar- | in an effort to work out ways and ried Frances R. Johnson, who later| means of building a pool in Ju- died, here in Juneau under the neau. Members of the City Coun- name of Elmer Hanson, stating that'cil also are expected to be in at- he had been divorced from his first tendance. Asked whether she thought the| dine, whose chief claim to immortal- | Episcopal church officials were cor- | “lington very soon. In City Hall Bldg, Members of the Chamber com-| DOUBLAS CITY HALL, SCHOOL ARE DISCUSSED City Councilfifds Meeting Last Night — Decide Important Issues With approximately $1200 more than is available necessary to com- plete the new City Hall building, that issue was one of the most im- portant claiming the ‘attention of the Douglas City Council at the weekly meeting held last night, lasting from 7:30 until 10 o'clock. The sum of $7,083.24 was reported obligated so far, of which amount $5,143.13 had been paid leaving $1930 due with less than $800 avail- able to pay out, and the contract not yet completed. The total con- tract price was $8,773 for the build- ing, including sheet metal work, ‘p\nnlmg and general finishing of all the interior except the fire- w'menfi quarters which was to be left ‘tu them, according to the report. IPlumblng contract of $2,100 was not lincluded, it was stated. The matter of selecting an archi- |tect for the proposed new school building again came up and a letter lis to be sent to each architect in | Junean asking them to sybmit plans {for consideration, was approved and will be mailed as previously ordered. | It is anticipated that definite word {as to actual allocation of funds for |the school will come from Wash- Several Juneau |architects were present at the meet- ling to speak for the interests of their respective firms. Further ef- fort to clear up the question of | whether or not any obligations pre- | vail to influence the selection of one firm over another will be made at the next meeting. Among communications received was one from Mrs. M. A. Pearce peaking for a closing hour for beer rlors, which was ordered filed. Report regarding a claim of indebt- ledness due Wright and Stock Co |was ordered referred to their legal |representative in Juneau for item- ized statement. One bill for $10.00 {was ordered paid, finishing up the evening’s busine: D ON FISHING TRIP nroute to Young's Bay Lake on LEAVE B a fishing trip, Claude Erskine, Ray Lawrence | McCormick, Ever( Bliss, Carlson, Orville Gulhaugen and Joe | Riedi left last evening on the Riedi| boat. The party is due to return here this evening. _{southwestward to the Hawaiian and Midway Islands, ‘The complaint against Larson Imittee are the Rev. Mr. Kendall, The steamer North Sea dockrd‘ I U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau} Forecast for Juneaun and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., July 20. Light rain tonight and Wednesday; gentle to moderate south- erly winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barom>ter Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Wesather 4 p.n. yest'y 29.96 58 4 s 5 Lt. Rain 4 am. today 29.99 54 89 S 8 Lt. Rain Noon today 29.97 61 58 s 10 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. temp. Lowast 4am. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station last 24 hours temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather Anchorage 69 | 50 — —_ 0 ! Barrow 42 1 32 32 2 0 Cloudy Nome 58 | 50 50 8 01 Cloudy Bethel 64 | 52 52 4 .10 Rain Fairbanks 4 | 50 50 0 0 Clear Dawson T4 | 48 48 0 0 Cloudy St. Paul 50 44 46 16 24 Cloudy Dutch Harbor 56 46 46 4 .0 Cloudy Kodiak 56 50 50 4 12 Fog Cordova 66 52 54 0 T Cloudy Juneau 59 54 54 8 20 Rain Sitka . 61 51 - - 27 Ketchikan AR 54 54 6 45 Cloudy Prince Rupert ... 60 52 54 8 26 Rain Edmonton 12 56 56 6 0 Pt. Cldy Seattle 6 | 58 58 4 0 Ciear Portland .- 80 60 60 6 0 Clear San Francisco ... 68 54 54 12 0 Clear New York 82 68 70 6 0 Cloudy Washington 84 66 66 6 2 Rain WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Alert Bay, ‘cloudy, temperature, 55: Bull Harbor, cloudy, 55; Triple Island, raining, —; Langara, cloudy, 2; Prince Rupert, showers, 55; Ketchikan, raining, 54; Craig, showers, 55; Wrangell, cloudy, 57; Pet- ersburg, cloudy, 57; Port Althorp, cloudy, —; Tenakee, cloudy, -; Soapstone Point, cloudy, 54; Hinchinbrook, cloudy, 55; Sitka, raining, 54; Radioville, showers, 54; Juneau, cloudy, 54; Skagway, showers, 56; Cordova, sprinkling, —; Chitina, raining, 5: McCarthy, cloudy, 48; Anchorage, partly cloudy, 61; Portage, cloudy, 58; Fairbanks, partly cloudy, 62; Nenana, clear, 58; Tanana, clear, 62; Ruby, cloudy, 58; Nulato, partly cloudy, 60; Flat, parily cloudy, 56; Ohogamute, partly cloudy, 58. Juneau, July 21. — Sunrise, 3:28 a.m.; sunset, 8:44 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning throughout Alas- ka, the lowest reported pressure being 2940 inches over the southern Bering, a short distance southwest of St. Paul’s Island. High pressure prevailed from British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest States the crest being 30.40 inches over the Pacific Ocean at latitude 34 degrees and longi- ture 160 degrees. This general pressure distribution has been attended iby precipitation along the coastal regions from the Aleutians south- " [eastward to northern British Columbia and over the upper Mackenzie Valley, and by generaly fair weather over the remainder of ‘the field jof observation. JOHN DOOLIN IS 1 TO BE IN JUNEAU Forestry officials blame careless smokers for starting nearly 50,000 ‘(ire a year. | | ‘ FORBRIEF-STAY = = = | John Doolin, son of Mrs. Fmseie‘ PHONE 36 M. Doolin, arrived in Juneau over |the weekend aboard the Aleutian, For very prompt ;:nu_umpanied by Edward Burke, who s a guest at the Doolin home, ‘. LIQUOR DELIVERY fi.muduy and Sunday. John is to be in Juneau for a few | | States could be reduced, William charges that he was not divorced Dr. G. F. Freeburger and M. J. and married the Johnson woman Wilcox. Other organizations which while still the legal husband of Dor- have endorsed the movement and othy Courtland, who is now in Ju-jare expected to have representa- neau, and perjured himself in say-|tives present are the American ing he wns divorced. ! Legion; Firemen, Pioneers Auxil- {fary, Rotary, Women's Club, Elks, | Juneau Business and Professional | Women's Club, Federal Employees. EX - GOVERNOR NEW YORK HERE COPPER MINES Favoring the construction of the| International Highway for transpor- tation costs of copper to the United invited to participate even though they have not yet acted on the quesuon | R | Huns Into Death SEATTLE, July 20. — Firemen, iwearing gas masks, recovered lhv body of Mrs. Eileen Mellow from | her burning house. She ran into the | house to extinguish a blaze and suf- | focated. RANGER SHERMAN TO BE TRANSFERRED TO TONGASS FORES W. M. Sherman, District Ranger at Seward in the Chugach forest, will be transferred to the Tongass forest in Southeast Alaska about the first of September, according to Assistant Regional Forester Well- man Holbrook, who returned to Ju- neau yesterday after an oJicial trip to Seward and the Kenai district. S. V. Dennison left today aboard the Sulzer, former governor of New| York and at present vitally inter- ested in the copper industry in Al- aska, arrived in Juneau aboard the steamship Alaska today for a stay! here. Mr. Sulzer looked for an increase in copper prices over present quota- tions. He said he expected a ban- ner year. He is staying as the Gas- tineau Hotel. He visited many of his friends in the Capital City to- day. 13 PASSENGERS ABOARD ALICE - by Claude Duffy of Gaston, Ind., was dismissed from St. Ann’s Hos- | roundtrip passengers 1as given birth to three sets of twin pital today, following a tonsilec- [North Sea, which salled for Sitka | here early this morning and dis-|Weeks with his mother, coming here | \ Vlslt the All other organizations have been | ‘Al.nska for Seward where he will| charged several hundred cases of empty cans consigned to the Doug- {las Fisher % St et LEAVES HOSPITAL M H. L. Cochrane dis- missed today from St. Ann’s Ho: pital after undergoing a tonsilec- tomy yesterday morning. RETURN HOME Mrs. Walter Savikko and two chil- dren returned home last evening on the North Sea after a two mumhs |vacation trip to Seattle. MUNGO MAY BE AT END OF HIS MOUND CAREER NEW YORK, July 20— Mlghty ‘V'm Linger Munga, Brooklyn fire- ball ace, fears his pitching days are jover as famous doctors are diagnos- ling the ailment which has afflicted }hla right arm, leaving it numb from (elbow to shoulder. Mungo was bat- |ted from the box in less than an in- ning Sunday, by the Cubs. |ARMSTRONG DROPS i | | | | | NEW YORK, July 20. — Henry Armstrong, Los Angeles lightweight, |kayoed Lew Massey, of Philadelphia, |here in the fourth round. One Way to Kill Time MUNCIE, Ind.—Harry Sessler, a linotype operator, started collecting ’tobacw tags when he was a boy. |Today he has 365 different kinds. ~ - | NOTICE SHOW PATRONS | Starting Sunday — The Channel |Bus Line will leave Douglas each evening at 7 o'clock instéad of |twenty to seven. adv, Try The Empire classifieds for |results. . | become District Ranger with Mr., large list of tourists aboard, the Canadian Pacific| > steamer Princess Alice is due in REYNOLDS RETURN the south. Passengers for Juneau| TODAY ON ALASKA include: Mrs. L. S. Botsford, A. ton and wife, J. L. Keaton, R. S./pe Jeft Juneau the first of this Keaton, Jr, Miss V. Lynch, K. B. month, Percy Reynolds, operator of quah bound: W. J. Etherington, G.|pjquor Company here, returned to Robbins, F. D. Worthing, D. Yors-{ juneau today aboard the steamer | While south Mr. Reynolds joined WATSONS oN vACATION his wife, who has been visiting in | months. Mrs. Reynolds returned to | Juneau with him. Harry Watson, Seccretary to the Governor, and Mrs. Watson sailed Fairbanks. They expect to go m\ from Valdez or Cordova. Mr. Watson | and Mrs. Watson probably will suyl longer, visiting with relatives and | - CHRYSLER MANAGER NORTH of the Chrysler Motor Parts CQm-.‘ pany of Seattle, and his wife, ure| With a | Sherman’s transfer to this division. port tonight at 6:30 o'clock from | E. Genther and wife, A. S. Kea- | After a trip to the States on which Stevens, and the following Tube“percys restraurant and the Juneau | ton. Ahskn Vl.SlT TO FAIRBANKS the Northwest for the past two on the Alaska today for a visit to expects to be gone about two wi x‘ friends. t | W. H. Sullivan, General Manager | aboard L)wl today. l MASSEY IN FOURTH following his graduation in June| from Gonzaga High School. For| | |the past month he has been visiting | ! with his grandmother, Mrs. Sivilla ‘ | | SITKA HOT SPRINGS Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations Alaska Air Transport. | |Wall, and his aunt, M-s. Katherine Peck in Wu«,mngton | " Remember If your "Daily Alaska Empire” has { not been delivered By 6:00 . M. PHONE | 226 A copy will be sent you IMMED~ IATELY by SPECIAL CARRIER (Do not call after 7:15 P. M.) | bl M. A. 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