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GOLDEX RULE DAYS with child'sen wha wear POLL-PARROTS, Apply the golden rule to your child’s fect... “treat them as you would have thein tre :limmnm 2 P ulul arrots give roomiress and guidance for comfortable development. Then their feet will give them comtort, Poll' Parrots are correct if every way...irom_their all-leather con- heir \punl lasts and they're THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1937 (TOTAL ALASKA PACK IS OVER SIX MILLION Figures Revealed Salmon Yield Approximately 1,- 800,000 Cases Less '36 With the fishing season virtually over, but some pack reports yet to come in, the salmon pack this sea- son through last Saturday was ap-, proximately 1,800,000 cases under last year when the record of 8,000,- 000 cases were packed, according to pack figures from the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. Southeast Alaska is off about 1,- 200,000 cases from last season and the Westward districts are under 1936 about 600,000 cases. The total| pack through last Saturday was 6,.- SIMMONS 0UT ONEARLY AM., CHARTER HOP AAT Pilot Carries Territor- ial Health Officials— Barr to Sitka This morning at 5:30 o'clock, Pilot Simmons headed l]\f‘ AAT Lockheed Vega seaplane out for Pillar Bay on a roundtrip charter to the Terri- torial Department of Health, with Dr. W, W. Council, Dr, J. A. Cars- well, Warren Eveland, Lillian Clem- ents and Alice Moran as passeng- ers. He returned at 10:45 this fore- noon. Returning here at noon yesterday from his flight to Atlin, B. C, in the Alaska Air Transport Reliance Skyrocket, Pilot L. F. Barr brought erson for Tenakee, returning at 4:30 o'elock. = This afternoon at 1:15 o'clock Pil- ot Simmons took off on a half-hour glacier hop in the AAT Stinson with Miss Kitty Botsford, Miss Marg Coston, and Miss Bernice Bolke. He was to take off again in the Patco at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, heading out with a load of freight for Atlin, B.C., from where he is due to return this evening. MARINE PLANE FLIES UP TAKU THIS MOBNING Flying to the Polaris-Taku mine this morning, Marine Airways Pilot Alex Holden took out the company’s Fairchild 71 seaplane at 10 o’clock, with Duncan McLeod, Dan Naphan, and John Tidford as passengers. Lloyd Jarman was flight mechanic. Returning here yesterday after- i U. S. DEPARTMENT OF KGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Aug. 26. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; gentle to moderate east to north winds. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 29.88 59 64 8 1 30.04 52 86 SE 5 30.10 55 81 S 6 RADIO REPORTS TODAY Lowest 4am. 4am. Precip. temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. 45" - 10 ‘Weathet Clear Cloudy Cloudy Time 4 pm. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today dam. Weather Max. temp. last 24 hours 68 30 54 52 64 60 52 0 Station Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson Bt, Paul Dutch Harbor ... Kodiak - 0 Cordova | ! | Cloudy Cloudy i@loudy {/Clear Bt! Cldy |eogeote Pt Cldy 4, Cloudy Clear Cloudy Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Cloudy Pt. Cldy Clear noon at 4:30 o'clock from his sched- |uled weekly cannery and mail ecir- cuit, the Marine Airways flier brought to Juneau: Thomas An- drews, William Stevens and LeRoy Vestal from Sitka, and Mike Luk- elt from Chichagof. Pilot Jack Hollister and Mechanic |Lloyd Jarman accompanied Pilot Holden on the round trip. 183497 cases as compared with 8- in Dan Napham and H. Pewasic. 000,000 last year for the entire sea- He then went out again yester- son. Reports are still to come from day afternoon at 4 o'clock on an| some of the districts. aerial survey back of Sumdum with Figures on the Southeast districts P. E. Turner, returning at 5:30 o'- with comparative total for last sea- clock. son follows: This forenoon, Pilot Barr took the Ketchikan—Reds 34,871; kings, 942; Totem out at 10:15 o'clock, with N. pinks, 596,962; chums, 110,669; co- P. Roche and Mrs. Saidie Orr Dun- Seattle Portland San Prancisco New York . ‘Washington Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Rain Fog ! | @m’,,'»;fayzduu, 4, r EAT u RES ) waok e coHoguogas cnawnsnncl anesl noas -] | | | i ] 1. 87 WEATEER CONDITIONS AT 8 A.M. TODAY Seattle (airport), cloudy, temperature 59; Blaine, foggy, 57; Vie- toria, cloudy, 51; Alert Bay, cloudy, 49; Bull Harbor, showers, 51; Prince Rupert, cloudy, 45; Triple Island, clear; Langara Island, cloudy, Start them right! it them in shoes that are made fo- tender, fasts rowing feet. Poll-Parrots are ade of soft, fléxible leathers over special last sea- juvenile lasts exactly fitted to their feet. Style can be all they think about! Comfort can be your only demand...and you'll both All the dainty be pleased with Poll-Parrots. Po“ Pq (@ % 38 hos, 14384; total, 757,728; Sh " son, 1,419,654 cases. oe! { Wrangell — Reds, 21377; kings, ALL LEATHER ooku) 1,959; pinks, 340,995; chums, 56,300; cehos, 12,084; total, 432715; last season, 430,763 cases. Yakutat—Reds, 17,109; kings, 1,- 730; pinks, 7,540; chums, 92; cohos, 94; total, 26,565, last season, 33,- 740 cases. bar for Sitka, and W. H. Cordle for Hoonah. He was expected to return here about 3 o'clock this afternoon with three passengers from Chich- agof and two fishermen, Charles| Reames and his son, from Lake Has- selborg. Yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'- clock, Pilot Sheldon Simmons went out Returning at noon today from Po-, laris-Taku, Pilot Helden brought in A. Kelly, A. D. Powers, Jack Magach, and Anthony Tomich. S e Shatter-proof glass would be ob- ligatory in all automotive vehicles used for public conveyances in Bue- nos Aires under the terms of a pro-| 51; Ketchikan, cloudy, 52; Craig, cloudy, 52; Wrangell, raining, 52; Pet- ersburg, raining, 50; Sitka, clear, 53; Radioville, clear, 49; Tenakee, cloudy; Skagway, cloudy, 51; Soapstone Point, partly cloudy; Cordova, clear, 52; Yakataga, clear; Chitina, clear, 46; McCarthy, cloudy, 44: Portage, cloudy, 46; Anchorage, clear, 52; Ruby, cloudy, 48; Nulato, misting, 46; Kaltag, cloudy, 52; Flat, cloudy, 42; Ohogamute, foggy, 50. Juneau, August 27. — Sunrise, 4:46 a.m.; sunset, 7:15 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSis A slight barometric depression prevailed this morning over the Pa- ncw:()lcsarchtre in a most complete selection. in the Alaska Air i Stinson seaplane with J. E. Boyle cohos, for Hoonah and Mrs. O, E. Chris- Season, topherson and Miss Jean Christoph- Transport |cific Ocean about 100 miles west of Sitka, the lowest reported pressure |being 29.90 inches at latitude 56 degrees and longitude 140 degrees. Low |pressure also prevailed over Canada in the vicinity of Hudson Bay. {The barometric pressure was above normal throughout Alaska and over Eastern—Reds, 8,923; kings, 82 pinks, 323,556; chums, 65,951; 6,904; total, 413,571; last posed ordinance. AT AR Today’s News Today —Empire. Here's where sturdiness counts . . . but not more than correctness! That's the reason wise, thrifty parents buy their sons Poll-Parrots. . . KNOW they're correct and experience has taught them that all-leather construction means sturdiness that gives $2.95 to $5.00 B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store™ Tallanu 82 0l Final Trip On ng!fic‘sfiast (Seattle P On what probably will be her visit to Seattle the veteran coast guard cutier Tallapoosa, on duty waters of the Seattle divicion, sinc 1930, arrived yoster Q from her base at Juneau After stay a few days will sail for Savannah, Ga., apt. R. W. Seattle d take of she accord- Dempwolf, chief ion, where s her permanent ing to Ci of the hereafeer station, will I'ransfer of the Tallapoosa to the East Coast was broug the assignment of the new cutter John C. Spencer to the sta- tion at Cordova. The Spencer re- last lieved the Haida, heretofore regu- stationed at the Gulf of Al- in aska port, so the latter moved south %0 a reg r berth at Juneau, , placing the Tallapoosa (-Intell zencer) ul K EKSY CONNEC’I' ION from SEATTL Pjan your trip via Union Pacific— Go East on the newest, sinartest, fastest ‘Liner’ of the Rails ~CITY OF PORTLAND 3934 hrs. Portland to Chicago FIVE”SAILINGS” MONTHLY 4 NO EXTRA FARE Eastbound: 1,7,13,19, 25. Lv. Portland 3:45 p. m. Ar. Chicagg 9:30 am. Westbound: 4, 10, 16, 22, 28. Lv, Chicago 6:15 p. m. Ar. Portland 8:00 a. m. AIR-CONDITIONED EQUIPMENT Coach-Buffet car, 3 Pullman Sleepers, Diner-Lounge car. Coach as well as PUliman space reserved. Two Fine Trains Daily PORTLAND ROSE wv. rortand 9:35 p. m. PACIFIC LIM'TED‘IV. Portland 8:00 &.m, Low Priccd Meals, Porter Seryice, Free Pil- SUMM EXCURSION FARES EAST Daily to Oct. 15 Liberal return limits EXAMPLES Roynd Trip Seattle to Chicago $f;7 35 Tourist lows in Coaches and Pullman Tourist Cors. Sieeper save Seaitle 8:20 a. m., connecting @t Portiomd wifh Streamliner (as per above schedule); 4:20 p.m., 1g with Fortland Rose; 11:30 p.m., connect- h Pacific Limited. For information and reservations Seattle Ticket Office; 1403 4th Ave. ot 6933, Of 30 0.m. 10 6 p. m unday. Or Union Station, Jackson, Eliot 6933. 4th and v has done a real s re- Qlerilu ;’d‘.f IN LEATHERS AND IN CONSTRUCTION 1427,593 cases. Western — Reds, 24; pinks, 193, cohos, 5,072; total, {son, 427,426 cases. Icy Strait—Reds, 405; pinks, 208,448; cohos, 6,906; total, season, 360,567 cases. West Coast—Reds, |17,170; pinks, 244,840; cohos, 13 total, season, 606 ASES. | Total—Reds, 162,701; kings, 30, Ipinks, 1,916,101; chums, |cohos, 58,990; grand total, 2,564 last season, 3,705,946 cases. Figures on districts in the West- {ward through last Saturday with fcumpurutivv total for last season follows: | Chignik—Reds, 48,654; Lmrw 143; | pinks, 54,615; chums, 756, total, 113,243; last season, 145,- 123 cases. Kodiak—Reds, 105,707; kings A. A. Anderson, execu- pinks, 725885; chums ,389; cohos, tive officer, is temporarily in com- 4,208; total, 859,511; last season, mand of the cutter and will “skip- 634,511 c: | ol her to Savannah where Lieut. Bristol Bd) (final) —Reds, 1,399,- Jommander H. G. Belford will take 677; kings, 6,585; chums, 28002; over command jmxms, 124; total, 1,434,388; last sea- Like cutter on duty in son, 1,393,808 cases. North Pacific waters, the Tallapoosa! Cook Inlet (final)—Reds, 108,728; hare of rescue work. kings, 24,983; pinks, 24,200; chums, She was of particular value to the|12,874; cohos, 11,445; total, 181,730; | fishing fleet operating in South- last on 311,349 cases. f eastern Alaskan waters. { Alaska Peninsula, south side (fi- Her station, before coming to this nal)—Reds, 97213; Kkings, 2,359; coast, was at Mobile, Alabama. She pinks, 448,315; chums, 116,387; cohios, was built in 1915, 16,693; total, 670,967; last season, 971~ R 797 cases, MRS. VAN ACKEREN |, %t 5eoms: inge, 27 pnks HONORED TODAY AT |149; chums, 6.211; total, 61,559; ast| PRETTY LUNCHEON season, 40,008 cases. Prince William Sound (final) ! |Reds, 8987; kings, 205; pinks, 181- | A varicolored arrangement of 043; chums, 20,744; cohos, 5033; flowers formed a pretty background total, 216,102; last season, 648,998 for a bridge luncheon given today cases. for Mrs. J. F. Van Ackeren, who 15; Copper River (final)—Reds, 77,- Jeaving soon to make her home in 459; kings, 3,846; pinks, 17; total, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Claude M. 81,322; last season, 76,731 cases. Hirst and Mrs. Charles W. Hawkes-| Total—Reds, 1,901,387; kings, 38,- worth were joint hostesses at the|770; pinks, 1,434,224, chums, 216,- home of Mrs. Hawkesworth at 826 182; cohos 28,259; grand total, 3,- Calhoun. 1618,822; last season, 4,222,325 cases. An unusual centerpiece of snap- dragons, marigold, poppies and dais- ' ies adorned the luncheon table, Roosevelt Vetoes while smaller bouquets were placed | U. S. Marshal Bill advantageously throughout the house. S Following the luncheon, eight| WASHINGTON, Aug. 26—Presi- {tables of bridge were played. At dent Roosevelt has vetoed a bill |the close of the afternoon, the host-|Which would have increased the |esses presented the honoree with a Minimum salarfes of Deputy United |dainty gift remembrance. States Marshals to $2,000 a year. | Tonight the Van Ackerens will be R T, RO guests at a picnic at the C. P. Jenne| The geographic center of the steel cabin at Point Louisa. Hosts for the industry is in Richland county, O, affair will be the office staff of|about one mile north of the city of Mansfield. The center has moved 13 miles eastward since 1933, re- 18,450; kings, chums, 71,123; 288,429; last sea- 39,640; Kkings, chums, 56,621; 312,020; last they 22.331; chums, 333,647; kings, lone cervice. EEIRYIIT IS 3 IN' STYLING AND IN ROOMINESS Lieut. C other the Government Hospital staff. About 40 pmplc will be present. The New 1937 MONTG WA CATAL OMERY RD OGUES FOR FALL and WINTER ARE HERE AND WILL BE READY FOR DISTRIBUTION . ... TOMORROW AUGUST 27 Get Yours At MONTGOMERY-WARD ORDER OFFICE in the Behrends Bank Bldg. on Third Street the Bureau of Indian Affairs and; versing its historic western trend. Sleepmg Sickness Fatal to 6 Japanese | | Six persons sickness in the Police TOKYO, Aug. 26.- Ihave died of sleeping |Japan since August 1, | Board announced today. One hundred and twenty-five per- |t sons have been ill. | e ———— i Trv an Empite ad. “ Schlllmg 7; /{/// / /L4 WITH NO ROUGH EDGES Get TEN HIGH and enjoy lots of mellowness for little money: ‘Whiskey formerly matured more slowly in winter than in summer but in Hiram Walker’s modern weather- controlled rackhouses summer temperature is main- tained the year round. That makes HIGH th e whis- key with ‘“‘no rough edges”. m‘ A 17 '} _THIS WHISKEY IS [EN HIGH "2 YEARS OLD STRAICGHT BOURBON WH!S the Mackenzie valley, the crest being 30.26 inches at Fort Norman. ‘This general pressure distribution has been attended by fair weather along the immediate west coast of Southeastern Alaska northward .to Cordova, while cloudy and unsettled weather prevailed over the in- ther in Copper Center. terior of Southeastern Alaska and over most of the western and northern portions of the Territory. RETURN FROM TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Nelson J. McCrary of Cordova returned recently from a trip over the highway to Fairbanks where they visited their daugh- ter, an employee of the Northern Commercial Co. They also spent some time with Mr. McCrary’s fa- ————— Automobile accidents caused 4,252 deaths in 125 major cities of the U. S. during. the first 24 weeks of 1937, compared with 3592 auto deaths in the same cities, during the corresponding period of 1936. > - Try ur’l Emi)ire ad. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables HOME GROWN RADISHES, ONIONS and FRESH LOCAL EGGS DAILY California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephone 478 Prompt Delivery E. O. Davis Yon are Invited to present ~ais coupon at the box office of the Capitol Theatre und receive tickets for your- self and a friend or relative to see “Mad Holiday” As a paid-up subscriber of The o 5 o Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering. Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE ‘l'he First National Bank JUNEAU [ ] CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100,000 [ 4 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 2% Paid on Savings Accounts

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