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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE Radio Insnec‘m’r Here After Trin Through Interior L. & Hern(minds Hours Crowded by Increasing Plane Radio Stations TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 1997, ——-—~Jzfl ¢ ponso for fire vault door, were DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginnting at 4 p.m., Aug. 24. ,Cloudy tonight and Wednesday, probably showers; moderate south- cas! winds becoming southwest Wednesday. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 29.62 51 95 s 10 29.66 50 94 s 8 29.70 55 3 8 8 RADIO REPORTS TODAY Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. temp, temp. velocity 24 hrs. 37 o« 30 0 38 02 40 02 k7 20, .08 0 04 121 .83 04 08 18 04 a2 U. 8. To Sell L. U. Hall W. D. Gross, of the Coliseum The- | |atre Circuit, in Alaska and recent leasor of the ground floor of thy| \ Labor Union Hall, offered to buy, i | the building for $5,000 for which it| & | Was offered to the Eagles, terms sug- | gested are $2,000 down, balance $50 monthly at 6 percent interest. The offer was accepted. Mr. Gross plans immediate repairs {of the building which will approxi- mate $2,000, and an agreement to permit the school the use of the Hall over the Theatre, until the new school is ready, at $1.50 a day, the |school to furnish the oil for heat and Mr. Gross to furnish the fur- nace man, was made. chool Report There was some discussion about chool books and school reports. The hool Board was urged to get out lHIIIm!lllll|IIIlllllllINI|IIIIIIIIIl||III'Illllllll|IIlIll|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII PAPS GET BIG T || CHANCE AT BB FLAG TONIGHT Cdmo Scheduled at Fire- men's Park at 5:30— Islanders in Deep Hole VOTES TO OF L. A. HALL Time 4 pm 4 am. Noon Weathet Lt. Rain Lt. Rain Cloudy yest'y today Only four members of the Doug- today las City Council, Nunamaker, Cash- en, Balog and Bonner, in addition to Mayor Kilburn, were present for ast night’s session, Councilmen Rie- ii and Carlson being absent Street repairs was an important Max. temp. last 24 hours 61 36 54 40 58 56 50 64 4a.m. Maybe the last this year; maybe. Weather just one of many more; at any rate, < |another in the series of champion- ship baseball clashes between the Moose sand Douglas teams for the Gastineau Channel League pennant =ihas been set for this evening at . |Firemen's Park. The contest has been set to start promptly at 5:30 o'clock and continues for seven in- nings League President William A. Holz- heimer posted the battle for tonight, when the sun managed to break through the clouds for a while this ;|afternoon. Now that it set, the! =(play will go on unless rainfall, in = |considerable proportions, is present = {one-half hour before game time. Though it is practically impossi- = |ble to forecast anything about the *|series setup, the way tied games have been thrown around lately, it =iwould seem that the Moose will have their big ‘chance to grab off the flag tonight. Claude Erskine 2 |is apparently the only Island hurler s'who has any success in trying to % {check the Pap hitt and he is hardly ready to go again tonight, =|after flinging ten innings of hall = lon Sunday. 5| on the other hand, the Moose! {have either Lefty Smith or Clancy Converse ready to take over their hill chores; and both have done rather well against the Islanders. i PWA FUNDS, SEWARD, SKAG WAY PROPECTS AREMADE AVAILABLE Notice that PWA allotment of #1$11,318 for a school gymnasium at :|Seward and $24,300 for a school A1building at Skagway had been made ‘ilwas received today by the Public Works Administration office here ||IlII||||||IlIIIIIl|Il|.i|IIIII I 1.]l|I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIh Nearing the end of his annual inspection of radio stations in the Territory, which has kept him trav- elling at top speed for the tWo weeks|isue of consideration. Chairman since his attendance at the firstiNynamaker of the Street Committee jmeeting of the Territorlal Aeronau-{yreported streets rough and full of | tics and Communications Commis- i jyck holes due to recent hard rains, sion here, L. O, Herndon, Inspector ang considerable work on them was g in Charge of the 14th Federal Com- | necessary. Drainage facilities must|reports, with vouchers attached, as munications Commission = Division, | e increased at certain places to|soon s possible, arrived back in Juneau yesterday|canyy off the water, particularly in| Mr. Foss, architect on the new aboard the Alaska from the West-|he neighborhood of the Theatre|rchool project, reported fifteen sets ward. He is staying here at the Gas- pyjlding. Also the necessity of rail-|of plans out, nine to Juneau firms tineau Hotel. {ings along the fills on Second and|and six to Seattle firms. Bids are Mr. Herndon went from here to|Tpirq Streets was again reported.|to be opened Wednesday, Septem- Fairbanks, by PAA plane, following(,nq this morning, John Niemi was|per 1 the Commission sesslon, preceeding |y to work, installing railings. | City Marshal DuPree was ordered g]ya(;’:e‘;‘:’f ;?;eff"l;“’;té’;:g:ng:‘:‘(‘, Repairs Requested [to_enforce the Dog Ordinance and the session. At Fairbanks, he joined A letter from Sante Degan was |collect licenses. Pt = read requesting a new bridge and —— the special plane party, and flew 1 PFront Street 3 % v with them to Nome and return to ’Sm’m, FEpuiTS O, 0w NEW INSTRUCTOR SELECTED Fairbanks, where he left them again ' ¢t trucks drive down with fuel and other supplies for the residents|the Douglas School Board In a letter received yesterday by 3 P from :/e(:‘):mbl:lrgor:l{wfi;::ng:wnab;u;,: there. Mayor Kilburn requested the|Martin Pedersen, Superintendent of i A ‘Stlwc‘l (iumlrltt(;e and all th;: Gbunt| the Douglds Sahool. He recormends B i _lciimen to investigate conditions on|eq the appointment of Howard M. mfr’éiii'sa'p?fn:&ii} l:;:s:rcl‘c?:tm::‘u o s"["." % and report. them ab “"‘(‘ Burger, of Spokane, Washington, as LR B 'L [next meeting. seventh and eighth grade teacher, fii??,'l,iifx’";uffo e ittt Pas| Mr. Balog, af the Fire and Water |and orchestra leader in the public iiabar of MAULAs 1 glowing'vcr\ Committee, reported a suryey beingschool, fast, he declared, (“p(’flla“y instal- |made. on St. Anns Avenye lt’g’\l(l-} Mr. Burger was graduated by the lations th plahes, The Commihics- | "8 alltl‘r ;um;lv frnr m; I“U“‘il""“nolnml school in Cheney, Washing- 4 g b o saying that water from the new s | ton, an A.B. degree, and taught tions Commission has licensed near- g™ % Bk B A0 B G PO OV 1U~z ““e‘;'r o Espokme H‘l‘g]h y WEATHER SYNOPSTS ly thirty DlEI_K‘ stations in Alaska, |, "o upper St. Ann's, but he|gchool. H T exanribnoe - dh Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning from the Gulf of so far, he said, but there Is yet |y, sure the old pipe line would |oluder four yoars of orvhestra. ana|Alaska eastward to Alberta, there being two storm centers, one a great number of planes Operating ., the pressure. City Marshal Du- |ty veare of pand. oo ¢ [short distance off Dry Bay over the Gulf of Alaska with a central pres- without radio communication. Pree reported that the two water| Nembers of the Board wired Sup.|SUre of 2074 inches and another near Fort Smith with a pressure of Mr. Herdon I5; . IBMYREOC- 1oy o s Anns Ayente were| e oy ’,"\l“rp‘ dersen to, lssue |2010 inches. A ridge of high barometric pressure extended from Bar- row for Ketchikan, aboard the Dor-| . 0teq with each other for emer- | contract for Mr. Burgere amproval TOW Southward over the Bering Sea to the Aleutian Islands hence othy Alexander. After covering the . 0 T jcontract for Mr. Burgers apbroval.| o, theastward over the Pacific Ocean to the Pacific Northwest with a Ketchikan section he will return to|” B Rdé o | GETS TEMPORARY POSITION |Crest of 3050 inches at latitude 42 degrees and longitude 150 degrees. his headquarters in Seattle until his| Bus Rate Ralse Granted (AR R | This general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation next trip to Alaska, next summer. he Bacon request to be permitted During the absence of their regu- over eastern and southern Alaska and southward over the coastal re. % to increase the monthly round-trip lar dental nurse who is on a two : : . e | |gions to Vancouver Island and by generally fair weather over western 4 rates from $5 to $6 was granted with | weeks' vacation, Mrs. H. L. Coch-| | (the consideration allowed that|rane has accepted the temporary 204 northern Alaska. .| monthly commuters be allowed a|pesition in the office of Drs. Kaser | * |round-trip every day in the month and Freeburger. {dectomy at the Skagway hospital. Moria Hara, whose foot was in-|instead of only on their regular work | Miss Grace Pusich will work at| The Feeros will return tomorrow jured at the Taku Cannery recent- |days. City Float repairs were dis-|the Cochrane home during the per- morning on the Dorothy Alexander. ly, was dismissed from St. Ann’s|cussed, also lighting fixtures for|iod of Mrs. Cochrane’s employment. Mrs. Feero will continue to Tacoma Hospital today. {the upper floor of the City Hall e e |on the vessel to attend the Silver [which are to be the same as on the | SAIL FOR SKAGWAY |Wedding anniversary of her par- ground floor, it was decided. Bills, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Feero left ents. She will be accompanied south of $66.78 for D.F.D. supplies, bal-|on the Dorothy Alexander for Skag- |by her son, Billy. lance due of $11450 for McKinley| way to visit with their son, Bob, P g 7 T |Electric Co., and $125, less Irm[,m who recently underwent an ‘appen- _TON\ILS ADENOIDS REMOVED Edward Riihinen was admitted for Several children are taking ad- surgical care at St. Ann’s Hospjtal jyantage, of the few weeks left be- today and underwent a minor offer- fore the reopening of school to un- ation this morning. dergo oprrnt_mm for mc‘ removal = of their tonsils and adenoids. Doris Cahill had her tonsils removed yes- Station Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco New York Washington 30 38 42 46 48 52 56 48 50 52 50 58 58 56 0 66 64 1.25 66 60 14 WEATHER CONBITIONS AT 8§ A.M. TODAY Seattle (airport), cloudy, temperature, 57; Blaine, cloudy, 54; Vic- toria, cloudy, 52; Alert Bay, cloudy, 50; Bull Harbor, showers, 53; Triple Island, cloudy; Langara Island, cloudy, 53; Prince Rupert, cloudy, 50; Ketchikan, cloudy, 53; Craig, cloudy, 55; Wrangell, raining, 53; Peters- burg, raining, 56; Sitka, cloudy; Radioville, cloudy, 52; Juneau, rain- ing, 50; Skagway; showers, 48; Cordova, clear, 51; Copper River, clou- Chitina, cloudy, 53; McCarthy, partly cloudy, 44; Anchorage, part- ly cloudy, 47; Portage, partly cloudy, 48; Fairbanks, cloudy, 52; Nenana, cloudy, 50; Hot Springs, cloudy, 5% anana, cloudy, 52; Nulato, clear, |56; Kalteg, cloudy, 44; Ruby, cloudy, 48; Ohogamute, partly cloudy, 42; Flat, cloudy, 41. Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Rain Cloudy Clear Cloudy Rain | xcobwlcnocanl Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Rain Rain oSee55co . 72 Wear black this Fall. It ap- }mns everywhere. Be sure one dress of thum brown or wine shade. Dress- at are appropriate when h a fur scarf on early Autumn days. . Styles that will carry you successfully through a busy winter! $§Q50 $2750 B.M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” w es | vorn wit worn wit BERSREEGE, HOSPITAL NOTES terday at the Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic. This morning, Rudy and Florence Krsul underwent their U]l('l"\li()l]b at the Clinic. .o SUPPER, DANCE ENJOYED Employees of the Douglas Can- | nery and their guests enjoyed a |supper and dance at the Glacier ‘Tuvcm last evening. A special bus |was engaged to transport the atten- dants to the highway resort. AR L Annabell Edwards underwent a tonsilectomy today at the Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic. LI LTI 4 /ject will be around $22,000, the bal- ance of the money being raised by bond issue while the Skagway pro- ject will cost approximately $55,000, $25,000 having been appropriated ‘for jthe purpose by the last Legislature land Skagway raising the balance by bond issue. PWA State Engineer-Inspector .'I‘RO.\‘S Gridley sailed on the Yukon |The total cost of the Seward pro- MRS. BRINGDALE AND | FUNERAL SERVICE HERMLE TAKE ALLEY FOR MRS. GEORGE PRIZES LAST NIGHT| HELD HERE TODAY | 3 Eetta Bringdale and .m,n“ Funeral services were held at Hermle copped the honors and the /p. m. today in the chapel of the,today for Seward in connection with more substantial awards in last Charles W ter Mortuary for the gymnasium project and the evening’s prize roll at the Bruns- Mrs. Jimmie George of Angoon who hydro-electric plant being con- passed away at the Government structed there by PWA. Frances Doogan underwent a ma- jor operation this morning at St. Ann’s Hospital. | | | | | Mrs. Amy Knudson underwent a major operation this morning at St. Ann’s Hospital. wick Recreation Alleys. Mrs. Bring- Hospital this week dale led the women in the, regular | weekly event with a single game The Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff of- ficiated at the services. Interment score of 195; while Mr, Hermle hung up a string of 251 to top the men wm be held later in An{:oun e Seven teams are already .\n,‘nm e e oo » | JOHN KOLLERES OF ’ CORDOVA DIES HERE AT HOSPITAL TODAY open schedule, | John Kolleres of Cordova, announced. | The lists will be open for a few more days to other teams wishing to swing into action in the alley tournament. Already enrolled are teams repr senting: Pay'n Takit, Arctic Beer Parlor, American Meat Compx Alt Heidelberg Beer, Columbia Lum- ber Company, Brunswick Recrea- tion, and Per« WEATHER BUREAU OFFICIAL IS HERE ON WAY TO LOOK | wayne G leg on his|his wife Emilio Galao, | Brunswick major-domo, who August 17, died 1:15 y at the hospital, on at a. m. Relatives of Mr. Kolleres in Ever- ett, Wash., have been notified, and upon receipt of word from them announcement will be made of plam for the funeral servic D FOR COLLEGE, ALASKA Davis, accompanied by | is a passenger aboard the north to In|Yukon for College, where he will the search for the lost Soviet fliers,|be one of the instructors at the C. F. VanThullenar, U. S. Weather | University of Ala: Bureau official, who has been dis-| 4 patched from his Salt Lake City post to aid in the search, arrived| Mrs here last night aboard the Dorothy|Eileen Alex |Yukon on their way to their in- ander from Seattle. He is stopping here at the Gas-|terior home at Fairbanks. > lineau Hotel while awaiting passage| s bn the PAA plane to his destination FOR McKINLEY PARK Mrs. G. E. Gulick is a passenger Completing another hurried journey on 1ssist - D RONANS ON YUKON John Ronan and daughter are passengers ahboard the nt Fairbanks .- McGOVERNS OUT C. A. McGovern and Jack Mc Govern, of the Seattle fish brok ge firm of McGovern and McGor ern, who ha business trip to the Westward, are passengers bound back Seattle on the steamer Alaska - MARMADUKE S. C. Marmaduke McKinley Park. ————————— HOLLANDS FOR MINTO Carlos W. Holland and Mrs. Fer- Yukon for Minto in the Interior. - GOING TO AFOGNAK Aboard the Yukon for the booked for Afognak are Mrs. Mrs. H. von Scheel Marie and Mrs. H to | west- our former on d !ward, Enoda Nielsen, land daugther D wiseman fxip - e and KUMPKE ON YUKON from Valdez on the| @) G. E. Kumke, |Corps, United States Army, is a ILI\\PHMI aboard the Yukon \Juun(l lux Valdez. owner Hotel a of S through bound t Alaska mpie Al - eee MISS KELS Miss Mary Kel D. Kelsey, Py kan, arrived aboard lhe ley, for mer home connected w Miss Kels: by G. L. Wildes, gineer, and Miss Mary - e FOR MOUNTAIN Dr. Julius Yal reauphysician, arrived reau physician, arrived here yes ley. He intends to fly fc jor to assume his new post tain Village. B Try an Empire ad, HERE ughter of T. ial at Ketchi-| eau yesterday mer Mount McKin- | the in Juneau, t B CHISHOLM GO WEST Jack Chisholm, representative of We Coast in Anchorage, r-|passenger aboard the Yukon. R ARRESTED Charged with assault and battery and illegal cohabltation, George A. L. Johnson was arrested by Depu- ty Marshals yesterday and is being |held in the Federal jail pending saring. Johnson is alleged to have ssaulted Margaret Lawrence, an Indian woman, D TO RUSSIAN MISSION J. W. Wick, of Russian Mission on {the Yukon, is a passenger for his {home section aboard the Yukon, when a PW4 office here.| me ship | en- at the FWA office Wildes. VILLAGE Indian Bu- A was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital | at the age of | aboard the Yukon bound for Mount i » been making a short|rell Holland are passengers on the i of the Signat & is a e MANY ATTEND TEA FOR MRS. DUNBAR THIS AFTERNOON Scores of guests from Douglas and Juneau called during the afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. C. Thomas | Where Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar was guest of honor at a tea being given Jointly by Mrs. Thomas, the Juneau (Woman's Club, and the Douglas Is- land Women's Club. Mrs. Dunbar, who is to be a Ju- |neau visitor for the coming few days, is one of the prominent club |ty take over instruction of home {leaders in the United States and is {economics in the Southeast Als.sxnl {president-elect of the General Fed- |gistrict, sailed aboard the Dorothy || {eration of Women's Clubs. Alexander for a short trip to Skag- Autumn and late summer flowers ‘way last night. provided an attractive setting for P o — the tea, this afternoon, which is FREEBURN HERE {one of the many events in which| James L. Freeburn, President of !Mrs. Dunbar is to participate dur-|the Chichagoff Gold Mine, who has ing her stay in Juneau. She will |been on a two-weeks' business trip leave for her home in Oregon early [to the States, returned to Juneau next month, today on the steamer Yukon and is —————— to fly to his headquarters at Chl— Today's News Today.—Empire. ' chagof. i IIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII - - ] H Mary Hubbard of Douglas, a pa- tient at the Government Hospital, was dismissed from the ment Hospital today. Govern- | Alice Nelson and baby were dis- missed yesterday from the (vmern- | ment Hospital. Sadle White and baby were dis- ment Hospital. — ., MRS. SLVERUD SAILS Mrs. Florence Syverud, who ar- rived recently from the middle west | SEE3TRIRREANEEE SAEEREEENT) BN . FREE FREE FREE FREE TWO BEAUTIFUL BICYCLES ——Cne Boy’s Style— —0One Girl’s style— SEE THEM IN THE WINDOWS! AND HERE'S HOW: With every fifty-cent purchase you get a key; one certain key will un- lock the padlock on the bicycles. This offer good on payment of bills for merchandise already purchased. Get Your Key Today at the JUNEAU DRUG CO. e . ZENEER IH & T SRERBERERREE BISAREEEAL missed Sunday from the Govern- | IRVING'S MARKET YOU CAN REALLY SAVE ON CANNED GOODS HERE PURE FRUIT JUICES ORANGEJUICE ... .. . 2 cans 25¢ GRAPEFRUIT JUICE . 2cans 25¢ PRUNE JUICE 2 cans 22¢ TOMATOJUICE ... . 3 cans 27¢ FRUIT SALAD—No. 1 cans ... 20c DEL MONTE FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT _.15¢ SLICED PINEAPPLE—No. 1 can ..10c PEACHES—PEARS—APRICOTS— PINEAPPLE—A4 cans. size 2Y2— ALL FOR . . 9% CANNED VEGETABLES TOMATO PUREE—No. 1 size SAUERKRAUT, 2‘/2 size . SPINACH, 22 size ... ... . . 20c PUMPKIN, 2Y%2 size WHOLE GREEN BEANS—No. 2 cans TOMATO HOT SAUCE Per can 5c BOOTH'S OVAL SARDINES 2 cans 23c WHITE STAR TUNA ______ Percan 23c LIBBY'S CORN BEEF, No. 1 can WAX PAPER—I125 Feet NUBORA—Large Package with Premium NUBORA—Medium Package with Premium BUY YOUR ICE CREAM AT OUR FOUNTAIN PINTS—25¢ QUARTS—50c This Cream is made in Seattle and frozen in Juneau. 3 cans 25¢ Fresh Fruit and Vegetables HOME GRCWN RADISHES, ONIONS ond FRESH LOCAL EGGS DAILY California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephone 478 Prompt Dehvery W. J. Bohm Yon are invited to present ~ais coupon at the box office_of the Capitol Theatre and receive tickets for your- self and a friend or relative to see “Pennies From Heaven” _As 4 paid-up subgcriber of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering. 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