The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 1, 1937, Page 2

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Personalized Gifts for Men . . ized Gift Service! fashions A New, Personal ffe r men’s Not it « you a special selection of Brothers’ stylists. the usual last created by Wilson | of t the word in what men “Christmas Styles” diseriminating taste se for their personal wear. Second, many of these gift e arranged in attractive blends: Two or more articles are ensembled by a harmony of pat- tern, weave or color that makes them doubly appreciated. Next, cach gift comeg hand- somely boxed, ready at once for ribbon and tag. Finally, a thoughtful personal touch — HIS initial as a Christmas seal on the package, as bright as the twinkle in Santa’s eye. All Handsomely Boxed, in the Personalized 4 Famous Shirts Handsome Hose Pure Irish Linen Initialed Gift Package, With HIS INITIAL— as adver- tised in ESQUIRE— Tie-'Kerchief Sets Rugby Gloves (Goatskin- and Tie Sets—Nobelt Shorts and Pajamas NOVEMBER WAS, NORMAL MONTH, MANY RESPECTS Much Warmer, Some Sun- shine, but Precipitation Dropped Below Usual The month of November in Ju- neau averaged warmer than nor- mal, precipitation was below nor- mal, and sunshme above normai, according to the monthly meteoro- logical report issued today by the Juneau Weather Bureau Office. " The average temperature for the month was 37.2 degrees, as com- pared with a normal of 38.6 degrees. The mercury reached its highest point on the 4th when a tempera- ture of 54 degrees was registered., The lowest temperature last month was 18 degrees on the 25th. The| highest temperature on record for any November at Juneau over a period of 43 years was 64 degrees| in 1923 and the lowest November! temperature over a similar period was 1 degree below zero in 1883. | The total precipitation for the, month was 645 inches, or 250 in- ches below the normal. The wnp[ test November on record over a period of 43 years was that of 1936 when 2587 inches were recorded and the driest was that of 1896 when 0.58 inch was recorded. The maxi- mum amount of precipitation to] ) loccur within a 24-hour period last; month was 157 inches on the 29th and 30th. The total snowfall for| the month was 10.3 inches, the mux—‘( imum depth on the round at any time in the vicinity of the Federal seif “What is a game?” jand Territorial Building being 4.5! linches on the 28th.| At the close of| the month there was no snow on the ground in the vicinity of the Wea- ther Bureau office. There were eight clear days, two partly cloudy, and 20 cloudy days !during the month. Out of a pos- sible 237.2 hours, the amount of sunshine received was 85.6 hours, or 36 percant. The total wind movement the month was 6,520 miles or average hourly velocity of 9.1 miles. The maximum wind velocity for a sustained period of 5 minutes was 32 miles from the northeast on the 24th. The average relative humidity at 1 | Fine Neckties for an Handkerchiefs Pigskin)}—Hose U. 8. DEPARMNT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Dec. 1: southerly beginning at 4 p.m, | Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, tonight; moderate |8howers tonight and Thursday; cool'r | winds. Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: Showers tonight and Thursday, cooler tonight; moderate southerly winds, except frehh over |Lynn Canal, Chatham Strait, and Dixon Entrance. Forecast of winds along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Moderate to fresh southerly winds tonight and Thursday from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinchinbrook. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 29.75 43 9 SE 6 29.96 38 84 w 4 30.00 39 81 s 10 RADIO REPORTS | TODAY | Lowest 4a.m. 4am. Precip. temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. 4 — 0 6 0 0 01 21 Weathet Lt. Rain Lt. Rain Sprkling < { Time 4 pm. yest'y |4 a.m. today |Noon today 4am. Weathey Max. temp. last 24 hours 28 6 18 14 9 20 30 40 | Station | Anchorage | Barrow | Nome | Bethel | Fairbanks | Dawson |St. Paul | Dutch Harbor Kodiak - Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan | Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland said| San Francisco y night New York Washington | o - Clear Clear Clear Snow Snow Clear Pt.Cldy Cloudy Pt. Cldy Rain 6 2 2 4 16 24 28 30 30 37 36 38 38 14 34 38 52 34 34 Sowmera | socno Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Pt. Cldy THEY STARTED POWN FAST AS THE WIND ing. “What ‘are they like?” “Just blue water and |the Star. “I see them evel {wWhen I cross the heaver | “Oh, take me with you.” 9 0! 3 EATHER CONDITIONS ML ! | “That I can't. You belong to Toy- k! AT 8 A.M. TODAY land, and you will be a Christmas Seattle (airport), floggy, temperature 35; Blaine, foggy, 28; Vic- gift, and play games with some little | toria, clear, 36; Alert Bay, raining, 35; Bull Harbor, misting, 30; Triple » . virl.” sland, cloudy; Langara Island, partly cloudy, 30; Estevan, cloudy; The Strange Little Man |girl |Island 3 3 i y; Helga didn't i‘(‘p very well that| “Games!” sa:d gHelga. “That’s Prince Rupert, cloudy, 39; Craig, partly cloudy, 33; Wrangell, clear, night “Game,” she thought to her-|What's worrying me, Santa said I|(8round fog), 35; Petersburg, fogey, 34; Sitka, cloudy, 38; Hoonah, Imust teach the toys a game.” | partly cloudy; Hawk In]et..cloudy_, _Kake, partly cloudy, 37; Radioville, You remember, Santa had told! The North Star broke into loud ”_‘°“g’:‘ ;’:f gfi aps;r:h?t’;';‘o,:ai‘?é::' :3.‘ ;tu" ok d‘l’“dg.' 22 SRAP her at tyitime that she must think laughter,. *T'm sure you don't know|cloudy, 38; Cape BEACHEOIORS ot B e 18: ok 81 Ddeon, up a game for the toyshop to play what a game is.” |cloudy, 32; Chitina, cloudy, 5; McCarthy, foggy, 18; Yakataga, clear; iho next ‘day. G " T don't.” % iAnchorage, clear, 12; Fairbanks, snowing, 9; Hot Springs, cloudy, 1 e rous and weht o the window.| 7iiims. ORAT T Thought Badple qf | TATSES, SHORIE, 01 ke, DSty obi Zuktw, GleRty ke 3L 0ey, Like magic it slid open just high the North are usualy serious. well, |4 S’“”g“m“l‘)"éc“‘;wi‘”'s‘i:me el enough for her 10 st=p outside. Sud- |a game is something that’s fun.” | o L5 s Bl FUR0 IR denly from above her a bright flash Like going to sea?” asked Holga.‘v WEATHER SYNOPSTS of light fell from the sky and stopped| “No. But like skiing.” 5 % right in front of her. There stood| “What is skiing?” asked the doll. The storm area that wat noted yesterday morning as being cen- a slender little man who gleamed| Big Surprise | tered over the Gulf of Alaska has moved inland apd has decreased in as bright as a thousand candles. TRtk Tl o .yt eai the|intensity, the lowest feportad; pressure this morning Peing 29/ laones “How do you do?” he asked. |Star. He flashed off across the top|2t Mavo, ¥.T. High pressure prevailed over the Bering Sea region, the “This is strange” said Helga. of a nearby hill, and then suddenly crest being 30_18 inches at Bethel and at St. Paul Island. This general “Who are you?” returned, half flying and half walk- | pressure distribution has begn attended by snows over the Tanana and “I'm the North Star,” said the ing. He was sliding on two long, | uPPer Yukonv\{alleys. by rains over Southeast Al(_lska and the coastal . hgta made. you from ma|SEROEE Heth bF vtk He Wihad|TeEions Of (OTiish CONIIN andl by EEBESTY (8% WA wier Bio terials I gathered.” swiftly in front of Helga and came |remainder of the field of observation. The depth of the snow at Fair- “Then maybe you me! to a stop in a flurry of snow. |banks at 8 am. today was 8 inches and at Ruby 11 inches. The story so far: Santa has told Helga, the doll of the North, to make up a new game for the toyshop because she has sad- dened the toys with a song she sang. | | | chsaromo CHAPTER THREE tell can “So, Lady. That's skiing. Here's| B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. 4 a. m. was 66 per cent; at moon, why I feel so strange in the toy-| 62 percent, and at 4 p. m., 65 per- shop. The other dolls are so gidd a pair for you,” he said. cent. | “That I can,” said the little man.| Helga stepped onto tiny skis like Auroras were observed on the “You have something of the lone- his, and he tied them on her feet. 8th, 9th, 11th, 18th, 19th and 22d. |some spirit of the North. From our Then the Star led her to the top of { was a big surprise for Helga. Stacked | against the door were enough tiny skis for the whole toyshop, and two large pairs for Santa and Mrs.| Santa. | The British admiralty has or-" dered the standard 5 foot 7 inch ship hammock lengthened by three in- ches in answer to a plea from some of the taller gobs S ! people came all the men who sailed a hill and they started down the NOTICE the Seven Seas. They were alone so other side fast as the wind. | “Oh, thank you,” said Helga. | Meeting of Women of m(i\v[m_gp much they grew to like it, and so, “Let's not stop,” cried Helga. {“Come back tomorrow night so I can Wednesday at 7:30, Odd Fellows did their children’s children.” | So they skied all night until the tell you what happened.” Hall. Cards at 8 o'clock. adv. A New Game red sun colored the horizon. When e e | “Secas!” said Helga, nier eyes flash- they returned to the toyshop there Confectionery sales in the Unit-| "~ i s ed States this fall have attained the highest levels since 1929. 1 WORLD’S FINEST PEN' Juneau's Leading Department Store SENIOR BALL HONOR GUESTS ARE ANNOUNCED Names of the gucsis of honor for the Senior Ball, which is to be given W€, Friday evening, December 3, in the high school gymnasium, have been obDe of the MOMEN EER B DR S DON'T MISS | Mrs. Rowe's Cello Concert Thurs- !day, Dec. 2, 4 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 3, 'at 8 p.m., Presbyterian Church. adv. o - PROTEST MADE by Edythe Young, chair- the committee of patrons released man for and patrc Patrons Tomorrow: The White Fox and patronesses for the| ball will be Mr. and Mrs. Grover C.| Winn, Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Scott, | Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Robertson, I)Li and Mrs. J. F. Worley, Commander | and Mrs. Noble Ricketis, Mr. A. B ‘ Phillips, and Mr. A. S. Dunham. u Over 500 invitations have been i mailed by the invitation commit- Nippon Navy Ofiicials Sud_ headed I Allia Kiloh ¥ g St s denly Aroused at Re- sentment in America SHATTUCK AGENCY A New Name for an Old Office Empire classifieds pey | (Continued from Page One) " with the Itallan fiags, an apolo- gy accompanying the return. The crowning achieve- | ment of fine pen engi- | neering.With huge Skrip capacity and balanced for hand comfort, Sheaffer's alone pro- vides all seven of to- day’s big features in pen efficiency.And only Sheaffer's gives you the Lifetime* guarantee for the finest writing pere formance as long as you live. Look for the white cot. Matched pen and wencil ensembles in ex- quisite. colour designs. Desk sets. At leading “tores. Remember, only Sheaffer has ALL seven: Visulated . . . Lifetime Stream- 2-way Feathertouch point... One-stroke Vacuum or Lever Filling .. . Visible Skrip supply . . . Dry- proot, Air-sealed. ®All Lifetime pens are guaran- teed for life except FORTS ARE CAPTURED | SHANGHAI, Dec. 1—The Japan- {ese spokesman says the Kianyin |forts, where the Chinese had block- |aded the Yangtze River approach to | Nanking, with a boom of sunken 1 “junks. has been captured. The forts had halted the Japan- |ese advance on Nanking. They are {located about 35 miles from the for- Imer Chinese Capital and are said lto be the key to the Chinese de- | fenses southeast of Nanking. | The Japanese may now, it is {claimed, launch a direct attack on !Nanking by both land and by water. | It is said that only a few mission- |aries and newsmen remain in Nan- |king as the morale among the Chin- lese troops defending the former Capital has collapsed. - e —— Three-fourths of all women pro- fessional workers in the United States are school teachers and nurs- Established in 1896, it has operated since 1898 as Henry Shattuck, as Shattuck & Co., as Sowerby & Bell (under lease), as Allen Shattuck, Allen Shat- tuck, Inc., and again as Allen Shattuck. Now It’s SHATTUCK AGE Still giving our usual service on insurance, includ- ing fire, auto, marine, workmen's compensation, public liability, all risks, and contract, fidelity, judicial and public official bonds. Phone 249 Shattuck Building Juneau, Alaska (Office, New York Life Ins. Co.) Who Said Pills? It’s Fun to Keep“Regular’’! Is keeping “regular” a chore in your | family? s it mean over-stimulating your intestines with cathartics? Then here’s good news! You can AVOID common constipation and cathartics, and have a grand time doing it! Instead of abusing your intestines, eat a NATURAL laxative food. In- stead of bad-tasting pills and liquids— ENJOY crunchy, toasted Kellogg's All-Bran with milk or cream and fruits. Or in All-Bran muffins, or All- Bran cookies. All-Bran will KEEP you “regular” as the time-table—but it works so differ- ently from harsh purgatives. It doesn't over-stimulate your intestines; it gives them TWO things they crave ai need. First, All-Bran provides “| e it absorbs water and softens like a nge. This water-softened mass aids elimination. Ard next, the intestinal- tonic vitamin “B,.” All-Bran is a good source of this vitamin that tones up your intestinal tract. Use All-Bran regularly: eat two ta- blespoons every d-{lmd drink plenty of water. The results will delight you! Every grocer sells All-Bran. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. W. A. SHEAFFER PEN CO. FortMadison, lowa, U.S. A SHEAFFERS SOLD BY BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Juneau, Alaska “The Rexall Store” DARING DECOLLETAGE Slender shoe-string shoulder straps, which match the skin tone, anchor the deep decolletage of (his swishing black taffeta evening gown. Chanel designs it with wide taffeta lacings under the arms and “ tulle side drapings topped with a long tailed bow.

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