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THE GOLDEN RULE DAYS POLL PMROTS child’s i have them trez Jarrots give roomine develop t omfort. FEATURES them in shoes that are made tender, ‘fast- rowing feet. Poll-Parrots are .de of soft, flexible leathers over special juvenils lasts exactly fitted to their feet. Style can be all they shink about! Comfort can be your only demand...and you'll both be pleased with Poll-Parrots. All the dainty new styles are here in a most complete selection. Po"-Pero{ Sholels ALLLEATHER FOOTWEAR 'BIBLE SESSIONS OPEN HERE THIS EVENING AT 7:30 Pietsch Arrives in Ju- neau on Princess Ship to Head Conference ‘Flying Vacation’ Enjoyed Greatly By Olive Myers “I had a real flying vacation and a grand one,” said Miss Olive Myers, | who visited her home in Seattle over | the weekend. Leaving with Sheldon Simmons in his AAT plane last Saturday morn- . With the opening meeting to be| ing, Miss Myers returned to Ju- held this evening in the Resurrec- | neau last night. tion Lutheran Church, a Bible con-| “One of our most thnlhng experi- | ference with daily meetings is to be|ences,” Miss Myers said, “was pick- held here by the Alaska Evange- ing up an injured man at Robert lization Society under the direction|Island yesterday evening. We got jof Dr. W. E. Peitsch. | the reports of his accident over the P dio and stopped to bring him in Dr. and Mrs. Pletsch, evangelists| ™ ; and parents of Miss Grace Pletsch to Juneau. It was exciting to hear of the Alaska Evangelization So- the news over the radio and to ciety in Douglas, returned to Juneau know that we could help some one i i . |Who was hurt.” last evening aboard the Princess \ ’ o e 16 \board the Fincess| " While in Seattle Miss Myers was inaugurate the Evangelization the guest of her parents, Mr. »flnd movement in Southeast Alaska last We A ey and.‘u(‘ M‘?Scfi October, Dr. Pietsch has travelled Slunv Equire, Joyce Morris, Lucille Scholds, her roommates from the s the United States proper and|>¢ 0% ) | Canada six times. Ibnhorsm of Washington, His personal and recent knowledge| T N | of all sections of the Continent give wAR vETEHANs Dr. Pietsch a background in exper- ience for his messages to the Bible COLUMBUS, — Spanish American War Veterans have elec Conference, which will follow the theme of “Current Events in the Light of Bibie Prophesy.” Dr. Pietsch also has considerable knowledge of iconditions in Japan and China, ' (having visited many of the cities|ed Alfred Kennedy, of New York,| that are now the center of the Far-|as Commander and have also select- | Eastern strife, including Canton‘“l Portland, Oregon, for the con- Sh.mz.hal Tientsin and Tokyo. Also, Vention next year. . Pletsch's son is a missionary in| The convention passed a resolu- ;J‘xpan ‘lmn asking for universal conscrip- The Bible Gonfereiice Here wi|ton In case i8] S continue for nearly two weeks, frmm this evening till September 5. The| {Rev. William MecCarrell, of Cicero,/ Aug. 25. | tribunal. | announcement that he had signed {LEAVE SOUTH MONDAY, | Soapstone Point, partly cloudy; |Chitina, clear, 54; McCarthy, partly cloudy, 58; Anchorage, clear, 48; DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1937. FDR WILL NOT SCRAPPLANTO CHANGE COURT| Serves Notice that Partial Bill Does Not “Re- lieve Burden” WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Presi- dvn! Roosevelt today served notice | that some reorganization of the Su- | preme Court still remains one of his objectives. This was the first public state- ment made by the President on the court situation since Congress shelved his demand to enlarge the The statement was made in connection with the White House the bill changing judicial proceed- ings in the lower courts. The President said the bill “leaves entirely untouched any method of relieving the burden now imposed on the Supreme Court.” He further said the measure “reg- isters a moderate limited advance for a field which calls for further, more complete exploration.” S.S. EVELYN BERG IS TO, Owing to a heavy cargo south- ibound and extra large cargo for the northern trip the Evelyn Berg will| leave Seattle nert Monday instead of this week Friday. This is accord- | ing to advices received by Agent D.] B. Femmer. { .- —— 50; Ketchikan, raining, 53; Craig, raining, 52; Wrangell, Petersburg, foggy, 49; Sitka, clear, 48; Radioville, U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p,m., Aug. 25. Fair tonight and Thursday; gentle to moderate northerly winds. LOCAL DATA Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 51 66 s 12 46 91 w 5 63 57 w 9 RADIO REPORTS TODAY Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. 4am. temp temp. velocity 24 hrs, = Weather 0 Weathet Pt. Cidy Mod. Fog Clear Barometer 20.71 29.73 29.78 Time 4 p.m. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today Max. temp. last 24 hours | 67 54 54 58 60 52 58 . 62 60 58 58 56 56 2 68 6 62 66 62 64 32 68 64 64 45 WEATHEI CONDITIONS AT 8 A.M. TODAY (airport), cloudy, temperature, 58; Blaine, raining, 56; Vic- 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 26 46 38 38 4 26 46 38 38 46 3 C]oudy i Cloudy Pt. Cldy i’ Clear Cloudy \QM| |loe8ala 50 54 46 46 42 52 50 42 58 56 52 56 56 48 46 Cloudy Clear Clear Mod. Fog Rain Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Rain 52 52 42 58 56 52 ©® @ Seattle {toria, cloudy, 54; Alert Bay, dense fog; Bull Harbor, raining, 51; Tri- ple Island, cloudy; Langara Island, showers, 52; Prince Rupert, cloudy, raining, 50; clear, 45; Tenakee, cloudy; Skagway, cloudy, 50; Juneau, clear, 47; Port Althorp, clear; Yakataga, clear; Cordova, clear, 5 Portage, clear, 52; Nenana, clear, 42; Fairbanks, clear, 46; Hot Springs, cloudy, 54; Tanana, cloudy, 50; Ruby, clear, 44; Nulato, clear, 44; Kal- tag, cloudy, 47; Flat, partly cloudy, 36. Juneau, August 26, — Sunrise, 4:44¢ a.m.; sunset, 7:18 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSis> Low barometric pressure continued this morning from Southeast- MANLEY TO SKAGWAY jern Alaska and British Columbia eastward to Hudson Bay, there being |two storm areas, one a short distance southwest of Dixon Entrance lwhere a pressure of 29.58 inches was reportdd and the second area was ‘PHIIIIE Delt o Be Gle zujl’&u[», g N LEATHERS AND IN CONSTRUCTION William Manley, of the firm of N.|centered near Yort Smith, where a' pressure of 29.30 inches was re- Lester Troast and Associates, Ju- ported. High pressure prevailed from the Alaskan Arctic coast south- neau architectural firm, left for ward over the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean to the Hawajian Is- Skagway on the steamer Northwest- lands, the crest being 30.44 inches over the Pacific Ocean at latitude ern. He is making a brief business 42 degrees and longitude 158 degrees. This general pressure distribu- In addition to his messages to the 'als said the Treasury’s third quar- |trip in connection with projected tlon has been attended by precipitation over the eastern and south- Conference meetings, Dr. Pietsch ter financing arrangements provide co struction of a school there under eastern portions of Alaska and southward to Seattle, followed by clear- |will this evening open a S nf for a $350,000,000 cut of the public|a recent Federal appropriation and ing over the northern portion of Southeastern Alaska. daily radio talks over broadcasting debt by September 15. The debt at |Territorial grant. It was cooler last night over the inferior of Alaska, Fairbanks hav- | station KINX, at.5 oclock in Qu" $37,000,000,000, is now at an all-| Mz Manley expeets to return to ng reported a temperature of 38 degrees at 2 aum. 5e\onmg ‘ time high. |Juneau the latter part or thh week. Ilinois, is now on his way to Al- jaska to assist with the Conference |and is due to arrive here mext| {lotte. i WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Offici- Here's where sturdiness counts . ... but not more than correctness! That's the reason wise, thrifty parents buy their sons Poll-Parrots . . . they KNOW they're e ad experience has taugh them that all-leather construction means sturdiness that gives lono service. $2.95 to $5.00 Comnectness IN' STYEING AND IN ROOMINESS. ‘hcr return home from a California visit., Peterson claimed Gerald was his | step-son. He admitted he struck CHICAGO, Aug. 25.—Adolph Pet- | the younger man with a baseball bat erson, 69, sought since his son’s bat- |0 trying to resist efforts to oust tered body was found in their home |him from the home. Mrs. Peterson M AN ARRESTED FOR STEPSON'S DEATH, CHICAGO .. Army Officers Claim It Is B.M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Junea Leading Department Store™ . Plang Lands Minus Human Pilo’s Gui chanically operated control LIGHTNING RIPS cas MOUNTAINAREA by ¢ They landed a minute later what was described officially a t entirely automatic airplanc lanc The ¢ g gineers at Wrigh It is the forerunner of comp! biind flying whereby plane opera tions from the takeoff to distant| ! TS . landing will be accomplished en- First of Entirely Me- |tirely without human aid. ST 1 Y engine, speed, angle of des- chanical Flights cent, allowance of wind, and draft - turning necessary to banking wil | be controlled by a combination of radio-electro mechani 1 the blaze which is estimated g to Capta wrl today to have swept over 2,000 acres ge Holloman and Ray- of heavily wooded slopes of the Ab- saroka Mountains, in trunk earch ized proc 1 it “ 1t Field of CODY, Wyo., Aug. 5. — Super- visor John Seiker, of the Shoshone National Forest, said lightning ripped into a remote pine filled for- est and caused a fire which took the lives of 14 fire fighters. hundred men finally con- T ing 25~ aloft in Th Three Ohio, Aug DAYTON airmen today Army adjusted a set of radio ele e B accorc Crane, Gec Stout Air Corps cargo type mond Food Flash! THURSDAY — FRIDAY —- SATURDAY THIS WEEK'S BIGGEST VALUES WILL BE FOUND AT CALIFORNIA GROCE RY. CHOICE MEATS OF ALL KINDS Fresh Killed CHICKENS Fresh Fruit the finest . . . 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FROZEN FRESH PEAS, 1b. pkg. 30c TOILET TISSUE 4 rolls 25¢ Zee Brand KRAFT CHEESE Y2 1b. pkg. 19c American, Pimento, Velvita NOODLES 3 pkgs. 25¢ Fould’s Brand Cellophane Bag PUREX, half qal lon, 25¢ “THE PURE FOOD STORE" to Order Vegetables TOMATOES, Solid Meat, 2 1bs. 25¢ LETTUCE., Extra Large Head, 12¢ FRESH PEAS 3 lbs. 25¢c STBING BEANS Fresh, 2 lbs. 25¢ HUBBARD SQUASH Pound 7c¢ DANISH SQUASH Pound 9c GRE'EN PEPPERS Pound 19¢c Home Grown VEGETABLES B .... POTATOES, 25 lbs. 75¢, Yakima Gems ey The (lifOrnia Grocery PHONE 478 last night, surrendered to the po- | testified her father-in-law drank to lice today. XGOS, Police quoted him as saying he| S e killed Gerald Peterson, 38. 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