The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 16, 1937, Page 2

(et s contomt ke mmal Bt scsicn ear Heel Latch shoes. Reflected ssful are the women wh in their poise, ¢ the bl security of the | support of & firm arch.. .. the supple fiexibility that exercises the metatarsals They. too, are equall nfident in the style correctness of Heel Latch shoes. Fine leathens . . ring lines Novelty and Matronly S St o S oad B.M.Behrends Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store™ UNIONS SETTLE |NATIONS READY DISPUTE OVER TO TURN PLAGUE ‘WAR BONUSES' AGAINST LOCUST " BOMBAY, Sept. 16.—Within ten years, it is prophesied here, the locust, said to be the oldest enemy of mankind in the insect world, will ubdued Seafaring Groups of Amer- ican Mail Line Reach Agreement veral countries in Europe, Asia and Africa preparing a joint campaign to exterminate the insect An Indian government survey hows ¢ the permanent breed- grounds of the locusts extends over the sandy soil along the Sea, the interior of Mak- ran and the Great Indian desert, |although the locust population at any particular is subject to great fluctuation A system of r then liberating th to determine their tenive rese: 1 "ducted into br the locusts. Effe food on breeding have been chart- ed, and it will be possible soon, it is believed, to warn provinces or countries beforehand as to when a locust invasion is likely - S of the unions over TLE, Sept. 16 dispute between of the American ayment of “war zon was reached today. i rs compromised on an agreement which permitted the President Jefferson, which was held up for three days, to sail. By agreement of the company it was decided that if the liner was sent to Shangai or any part of the war zone by the State Department, officials would assist the crew in obtaining bonuses from tlu.: govern- ment. In addition, if the ship is fired upon, the company agreed to aid the erew in “securing satisfactory mon- etary compensation from China or Japan.” The credit demanded was a hun- dred dollar bonus for every 180 men | s Ok iTexas Seeks to Ban SCIENTISTS ARE 1 GUESTS AT LUNCH Mrs. Frank Dufresne was hoste today to a luncheon honoring group of scientists who returned yes- terday on the Brown Bear from al five months’ survey of Aleu- tian Islands. Attending the Olaus J. Murie, head of dition; Capt. John St Victor Sheffer of the Bio al Sur vey, John Steenis, botanist; and Douglas Gray of the Alaska Game Commission; Frank Dufr Ex-~ ecutive Officer of the Alaska G Commission and Mrs. Dufresne Names to be inscribed Hall of Fame in New York chosen every five years. -ee Empire classifieds pay. Settieme seafaring Mail Line bonus- are At Arabian place king locusts and n has been tried movements. E ) has been con- and habits of of weather and ing AUSTIN , Sept {sold for adoption, bring $50 in a practice frowned upon by offic 16.—Babies, Texas A la change prohibit the sale or ex Ben O'Neal, who sa; and barter of children is wide- Dr expe- Dr were the party ate Legislature ild-placing receiving fees. T however, assert in- the worst offende ne | dividuals often are elling’ nvironments -re Ford, William d David Lloyd-George are same 4. in ‘uhh ‘ | Henry |Hearst Jall the age, O. “Sale” of Children much as 1y child under 16 years has been proposed by State s the E several ) enacted a law prohiting 1 agencies from Child g babies into undesir- Randolph THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY TEACHERS ARE HONORED BY JUNERU C. € Engineer Rowe Points Out Water Power Posibilities in Southeast Alaska Teachers of the Juneau High {School were guests of the Juneau Ohamber of Commerce at its week. ly luncheon this noon in Percy Cafe. Those in attendance and in- troduced by Superintendent of Schools A. B. Phillips were Miss {Myrtle Moe, Miss Avis B. Erickson, s Alice Palmer, Miss Zora Brown, ry Harmon, Principal A. S. Dun- ham, Robert White, Miss Dorothy Whitaker, Miss Edna Harpole, Miss Pauline Monroe, Miss Marjorie Til- |lottson and Miss Kathyrine Long. Other guests of the Chamber were {R. R. Rowe, water power engineer |for the U. S. Forest Service, and Floyd Volk, General Manager of |the Columbia Lumber Company Ifrom Seattle. | Preliminary surveys have re- |vealed, Mr. Rowe said, that water power can be developed in South- |ecast Alaska for less than $100 per horsepower and further surveys may ireveal that this area has more wa- |ter power possibilities than Boulder Dam Capt. James V. Davis was unable to attend to discuss the Elfin Cove ‘x ail route but a report of the trade fand trgnsportation committee signed by G. H. Walmsley as chair- |man revealed that E. O. Swanson |and some 100 others in Elfin Cove were interested in change in the Estebeth schedule to provide for two |routes, one via Elfin Cove and Hoo- Inah and the other via Sitka and Chichagof. The committee recom- !mended such a proposal. 0. S, TOLEAD DISARMAMENT “WHEN AND IF" Hull Tells Diplomatic Agents Are to Strive for Peace WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull today con- |veyed to foreign governments the hope that the United States can share in the leadership of a move- ment to halt the world armament irace “when and if” an agreement (appears possible. | This was disclosed in publication of instructions sent recently to all diplomatic and consular agents in a new effort of the Secretary of State to promote world peace through international economic re-| habilitation. | The circular suggested that de- | partments and representatives make an effort to impress America’s eco- nomic policies on foreign officials |and stress as important the adop- |tion by individual countries of a similar program. Hull described as “ominous” the growing importance f international trade in war ma- terials. e Manufacturer - To Administer | | Jnh@flmsus WASHNUGTON, Sept. 16.—John Biggers, President of the Libby- |Owens-Ford Glass Company of To- ledo, today accepted the job as ad- ! ministrator of the unemployment census in the United States. The manufacturer said that he !was undertaking the job as a per- |sonal sacrifice. He believes the tabu- lation could “make a valuable solu- /tion to the unemployment prob- {lem.” He also said he believed that voluntary registration would be the system used. FORGED DOWN PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., Sept. 16. —Engine trouble forced down the plane flying the Gen. A. D. McRae party from Fairbanks to Vancouver. The plane returned here and the party continued to Vancouver by auto. - e FACES LARCENY CHARGES Charged with grand larceny, Stanton Price of Windham Bay 1s brought to Juneau late yester- day by Deputy Marshal William Markle aboard Capt. Tom Smith's Yakobi and lodged fn the Federal jail pending hearing. Price is ac- cused of stealing an outboard motor which was being used by the Wind- ham Bay Mining Company. MARRIED Victor Sheakley of Hoonah and Katherine Smith of Juneau, Indians, were married yesterday by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brown. Prodigy Who Went Anmy to Gr Resumes Career as Concert Violinist | | By SAM JACKSON LOS GATOS, Cal, Sept. 16. —| |After having sacriticed at Icast‘ 1 $100,000 in concert fees to enjoy| two years of leisure close “to the| good earth,” Yehudi Menuhin 1s about to pick up his violin and re- {sume his travels. | | The boy prodigy who grew ac- {customed to the applause of the musical world at the age of six is now a strapping, bronzed athlete of 20. When he steps onto a San Francisco concert platform Sept. 128 it will somewhat suggestive of a boxer’s comeback, with two im- portant exceptions — Yehudi never has taken the count, nor has he broken training. | | Family Likes Open Spaces | It was an unusual decision of an unusual family that brought one of | musi brightest luminaries into voluntary seclusion in the Santa |Cruz mountains. \ “He is my boy,” said Marutha Menuhin his mother. *“The months between boyhood and manhood be- long to me.” | “We will go back to the good earth,” said Moshe Menuhin, his school teacher father. | “Concertizing has little revelation| to the real purpose of life,” philo- sophized Yehudi himself. “Peo- | ple who pass their lives in cities do! not realize how much finer life is in the open country.” Sister Wants Career So the family bought the 100- acre estate where Richard Walton Tully wrote “Rose of the Rancho,”| built themselves a swimming pool, | and asked nothing of fame and for- tune except to be left alone. | Hesides Yehudi there are two pretty girls in the family. l{r-plm-‘ bah, 17, is something of @ piano| genius in her own right, and Yal-| tah, 15, displays distinct musical talent. l a Career Began at 6 So, for the time, blonde Hephzi- bah will content herself with some| joint recitals with her famous bro-| ther. | Yehudi asked for a violin when he was two years old. He didn't get it. But his father—who had| brought his bride from Palestine| & and was strugging for a bare exis- tence teaching Hebrew and math- ematics in San Francisco—saw that | the boy went to concerts. | At five Yehudi got a midget vio-| lin and was allowed one hour a d to practice. He memorized nearly | every piece with his first playing.| His father had to drive him out- doors for a normal amount of rec- reation. ‘ At six he had given recitals and| had gravely announced: “When I am a man I shall play even better than Heifitz and Elman.” | His career since then—up to the| time he changed from tails into| swimming truriks—is musical his- tory. He went into retirement just| after a world tour. {most of his time swimminz The Yehudi that this little townjand ying “"7““““1.””- knows has nothing of the starry- been r speeding eyed genius about him. He spends|learned to dance YEHUDI'S SISTER HEPHZIBAF loafing He has and has THE MENUHIN FAMILY AT THEIR MOU wfJUNEAU A. C. PLANS DANCE TO RAISE GYMNASIUM FUNDS A committee of the Juneau Ath- letic Club was named I nig to be given shortly to raise funds for 'the purchase of athletic equipment Lee Rox announced tc ‘he commitiee, comy | savage, Tom Shearer, Sven Saren |and Vince Farrow, are to launch |gefinite plans for the dance 500 | At the session last night, held in {the Elite Studio( E. C. Adams pre- sided as chairman. Speakers were NEW TROUBLE Congressmen Being Can- vassed on Impeach- * ment Proceedings d of Jim NEWARK, N.J. Sept. 16.—Rep- resentative Edward O'Neil, said to- day that Representative John O'- Connor, of New York, i Cungressmen “on possible impeach- ment proceedings against newly ap- George (Doc.) Webb, a former wres- pointed Hugo L. Black fo the Unit- | tler and conditioner of athletes; ed States Supreme Court,” in view Jim Savage, St. Paul heav ght | of the published reports that the boxer; Tom Shearer, well- known former Senator is a member of the|local sportsman, and Sven Surcn,i KKK. |local ski champion. | ANOTHER SLANT AKEN ‘ Approximately 15 members of the| BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 16—Pat-|club attended. | middleweight champion NTAIN RETREAT NEAR Left to Right: Yaltah, 15; Marutha, the mother; Hephzibah, 17; Yehudi, 21 next Janua ow Up moderate to fresh Friday. | Time 14 p.m. yest'y |4 am. today {Noon today Barometer 30.00 30.03 30.05 65 50 58 Max. temp. last 24 hours 58 34 56 50 66 66 48 54 52 54 65 9 80 74 Station Anchorage Earrow {Nome Bethel |Fai 32 44 44 46 46 {Dutch Harbor Kodiak |Cordova |Junean Sitka | Ketchikan !Prince Rupert Edmonton | seattle | Portland |san Francisco |New York | Washington Lowest 4a.m. 4am. Precip. temp. temp. 45 — U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Sept. 16. Rain tonight and Friday; increasing southeast winds, becoming LOCAL DATA Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weathet Clear Clear Cloudy 55 91 80 sW ) S 3 4 8 RADIO REPORTS TODAY 4am. velocity 24 hrs. Weather Cloudy Cloudy Rain Rain Cloudy 32 44 46 43 46 48 52 48 50 54 54 44 60 58 54 64 64 Rain Rain Rain Clear Cloudy, Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Pt. Cldy Clondy Pt. Cldy 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 4 WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A.M. TODAY toria, cloudy, 56; Alert Ba. | Rupert, foggy, 51; Triple |chikan, light fo lersburg, clear, 50 cloudy, [ Chitina, chorage, Springs, raining, 44; raining, 46 Fairbanks temperature 60; Blaine, cloudy. land, clea Craig, partly cloudy, 57; Wr: . clear; Radioville, 151; Skagway, cloudy, 46; Soapstoné, cloudy, 50; Cordova, McCarthy, cloudy, 42; , cloudy, Tanana, cloudy, 48; Flat, raining, 45; Ohozamute, cloudy, 46. 60; Vie- Prince 53; Bull Harbor, cloudy, 5 ; Langara Island, eclear, Ket- ngell, fog Pet- Juneau, cloudy, i 49; cloudy, 48 Portage, raining, Nenana, cloudy, Ruby, raining, 52; Nulato, 6:16 pm WEATHER SYNOPSTS A storm area continued over the southern Bering Sea region, the lowest reported pressure being 28.70 coastal regions from Aleutian aska and inland to the interior | Juneau, September 17. — Sunrise, 5:32 a.m.; sunset i | | inches, attended by rain along Islands eastward to the Gulf of Al- of Alaska. Cordova reported exces- sive precipitation during the past twenty-four hours ending at 4 am. (Juneau time) tinuing at the time of the 4 a.m. obs prevailed from Skagway inches at Prince Rupert. MILITARY SERVICE | TO BE HELD FOR CHESTER POULSEN Mi yices will be held to- "'morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock for Chester O. Poulsen, 37, Chief Yoe- man of the United States Coast rd cutter Haida, who drowned y Wednesday morning. Rites will be conducted by the Rev. John L. Couble frorx the chap- | W. Carter Mor-| €l of the Charles tury. An American flag will cover the ket. There will be no pallbear- ers, and there will be no burial until Mr. Poulsen’s widow in Taco- ma is heard from. | Poulsen, who had been troubled with a game leg for years, appar- is mot Very ently slipped on the guard rail as If 1 were a el PIANIST 1, 17, IS A CONCER? today, the total being 6.01 southward Generally ing from Southeastern Alaska southward | Temperatures were above the seasonal average throughout Alaska. inches, with the rain con- tion. High barometric pressure to Oregon, the crest being 30.10 fair weather prevailed this morn- to California. he climbed to the boat’s gangplank, and struck his head on the heavy log camel on the foot of the Gov- ernment dock. Besides his wife, Paulsen is sur vived by .two children, Jean G., 11, and Gary C. 17 months, of Ta- coma; one brother, Alfred Poulsen, an undertaker in Stanwood, Wash., one sister, Miss Mildred V. Poul- sen, associated with tuberculosis work in Seattle ,ee— The Austrians emtered Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, on Dec. 2, 1914, af- ter shelling the city four monihs. Aided by British armed launches, the Serbians reoccupied Belgrade 11 days later. The city’s final fall ocurred Oct. 9, 1915. - is a flag flown on An ensign nan, I'd never go around a Ilmr‘ with him.” | 1T WAS SMART IN 1820 | | LOS GATOS, CAL. Toshe, the father The next meeting of the group| at 6:30 p. m.| in the Adam: Membership plans are progressing nicely, Rox| said. HOLDEN RETURNING FROM TENAKEE AND JOHNNIE WALKER BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY Red Labelis all 8 years old; Black Label, 12, Both are 86.8 proof SlTKA WITH FOURi CANADA DRY GINGER ALE, INC., NEW YORK, N. Y.; SOLE DISTRIBUTOR QA | Pilot Alex Holden in the Marine mums Airways Fairchild was returning to| Juneau with four passengers this afternoon from a flight to Tenakee and Sitka after taking three pas- sengers to those points this morn- ing. He took off at 9::30 am. with H Blankenberg and T, Berg for Tena- kee and C. Hetty for Sitka. Names of the incoming passengers were not learned | e e ELFIN 11 BRINGE LARGE LOAD OF SALMON ' The Elfin II, Capt. E. O. SW;m-E We appreciate on. today brought 33,000 pounds of DURING CUTTING OVER ' To Our New Board SUBSCRIBERS ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE NUMBERS TWICE | TO TWO OPERATORS Your Patience rick Kelly, attorney, announced to= of the appointment of Hugo L. Black and is filing information direct to the Supreme Court, maintaining there is no legal vacancy. day he has challenged the legality | i The Juneau AC has obtained the use of the basement of the new Union Hall a gymnasium and the proceeds of the dance will be psed to outfit the gym with modern equipment, as almon to the Alaska Coast Fisher- | ies: The Elfin and the Gertrude S, Sebastian Stuart tender now buy- ing fish up the Taku River for the Tyee cannery, took ice at the cold storage plant. 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