The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1937, Page 2

M. Behre “Juneau’s Leading & \ wi acl O e e S e . i CHRISTMAS TRE FORYOUNGSTERS IS LABOR'S PLA Sunday Afternoon Party Will Produce Rotund Santa Claus A big Christmas tree, a Santa Claus, and loads of good things to eal, That 1s the Christmas present the Central Labor Council will give to Juneau children next Sunday after- noon at 2:30 in Union Hall (the old Moose Hall.) “We're inviting every youngster in town to see Santa Claus and get scmething special in the way of good things to eat!” said President Chris Hennings today. O. E. Hawkins is Chairman Charge of the party and Lee Rox will be the focal point of “the other important position, with costume.” e Elephants are said by scientists to have inhabited the earth at least 50,000 years before man, and dino- saurs are believed to have lived 30,000,000 ygars before the elephani, The Best Christmas Gift A Holy Bible Beautiful bindings and sizes to suit every purse on display at ALASKA BOOK AND BIBLE HOUSE Second and Main inj Luxury Furred oats 39 Specially Priced! The beauty of these coats will astonish you at this low price! Fine woolens are expertly tailored . . luxury furs lavishly used .. and every coat is warm- ly interlined. Pencil-slim, Princess or boxy swagger styles. 14 to 40. nds Co., Inc. Department Store” 'SITKA WILL BE NEW "HOME OF A. WEATHERS; | HE IS BUILDING THERE Capt. and Mrs. Al. Weathers re- turned to Juneau on the motorship Deutz today after a twelve day trip to Sitka. 1 | Booming business in Sitka so 1m-‘ pressed the Weathers family that they have decided to make it their home. Before leaving for Juneau, | Weathers had secured an option on | property on Jamestown Bay, about three-quarters of a mile from town, | and plans to begin building his home there immediately after the holi- days. Young Alvin, who has been stay- ing with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reisehl, while his parents have been away, will' leave the Juneau school, where he has'become a favorite in the second grade, and enter school in Sitka, where he hopes he is going to finish his schooling—he’s attend- ed so many schools for & small boy that he doesn’t want to change any | more. Since Weathers sold his property on Auk Bay to Mr. Reischl three |years ago, he has operated the mo- torships Deutz and Al Junior out of | Seattle and 'Juneau, engaging in deep sea fishing. | The Deutz, with the Weathers | family aboard will leave for its new {base Thursday. § SHIPPEY RETURNS FOR WINTER HERE Operations are about completed in the Goodnews Bay district for the season and the forecast for next year is bright, according to Harry Shippey, who has returned to his home in Juneau after spending the summer working gold property with the Walter Johnson company on the Goodnews River. The Johnson firm is planning to put in a new dredger | in the spring, he reported, and ac-| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 1||||||||||||numuui|iuummnuuim|fi||||i|1||||||fl|||uu||umuunumummfE'” du ETTWM. W. BINCHAM “HOLIDAY CARDS | PASSES AWAY IS TAUGHT NOW| Why and“\i/;erefore Ex- plained by Makers of " Yule Greetings By GEORGE TUCKER \ NEW ' YORK, Dec. 20—In other years, before it grew into Big Busi- ness, Christmas cards were those | pretty little things on counters that |you forgot about until the last {minute; then made a raid on Ll\el | dime store counters and the people Igot them only four days late. ' Now, however, the Yule card | people” are making a determined |effort to educate New Yorkers in | the why-and-wherefore (I almost Isaid care and feeding) of greeting ,cards at Christmas, and also they |are sponsoring a course of instruc- | tion in the proper etiquette of said |cards. This has been most pro- ! nounced in New York. . Onto the desks of all metropoli- tan editors now has fallen a mime- | ographed history of the Christmas fcard — a fat manuseript that is filled with interetsing do’s and don'ts. For instance the simpler expressions are most popular this season. The English “Cheerio” is used extensively, but the more formal French “Noel” is fading out. Individually signed cards are in favor and just as correct ase print- ed or engraved signatures. There is grave danger' in the latter if the type doesh't blend harmoniously kground. As for color, y in white, red and gold, against a blue background, give an ideal combination. . . . | For absent friends who, perhaps, are in the chips and are therefore wintering in the South, or the [tropics, special cards are to be IN BALTIMORE ze Onel (Continued from Px Perhaps the most widely known of Bingham'’s endeavots was the or- ganization of the Burley Tobacce Growers’ Marketing Association and the Dark Tobacco 'Growers' Market- ing ‘Association. For this he w congratulated by the Kentuc House of Representatives, He also awarded a $5,000 prize to the moun tain county of Kentu which showed the greatest progress in a stated number of months. Through this award he stimulated civic pride in Kentucky mountain districts. Bingham was born in Orange County, N.C., November 8, 1871. He was the son of Robert and Delphine L. (Worth) Bingham. He was gradu- ated from Bingham School, A: ville, N.C,, and from the Univers of North Carolina, the Unive of Virginia and the University Louisville law school. He of also studied at the University of Michi- | gan. In 1896 Bingham married Miss Eleanor E. Miller, of Louisvillc After her death he married in 1916 Mrs. Mary Lilly Flagler of New York In 1924, after the death of his sec- ond wife, he married Mrs. B Hilliard, formerly Miss Aleen Mul- doon, of Louisville, in London. Bingham was a member of Episcopal church. He was col attorney of Jefferson County 1804, mayor of Louisville in 1807 and chancellor of the Jefferson Circuit Court in 1911. the 3 Frank May Head GOP Committ CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 20.— Repub- | there are love poems; with as much found. These have a tropic atmos- lican Committee Chairman Hamil- phere, with waving fronds replac- |ton has arrived here to confer with ing toboggans in snowy back- |Dr. Glenn Frank, former University grounds. of Wisconsin President. The con- The sophisticated wit of the first ference is for the purpose repeal years i§ cut. . s . The 'pine |taining whether ¥r v branch and the hemlock spray have ;the Chairmanship of replaced the cocktail shaker and DeW policy committee the frosted glass. . . . Skiers, sil- 3 TR houetted in black against a m“l‘_MURC;BON pL AY-S mircored lakes are nign wp n 1n.| OFFERTORY SUNDAY, | TRINITY CATHEDRAL vor. . . . For the romantic minded For thirty years organist at the S AL YOUDGT MORPSL iS5 B | Pather Dunocan organized in f.nimeogrnnhed TEpOFt \points out: \ropapatla, H W, Murchisgn who It you' have any oynical dluslons i now visiting in Juneau guest about romance’ Wwaning after ‘mar- gecompanist at the Trinity C riage, ‘you shauld:see some ‘of the ara) services yesterday, playing new cards so popular this season.” | #-28 As usual, the Child-and-lamb | motif° is strongly ‘represented in the' religious selections. . . . Cats, believe it or not, are gaining new : friends at the Yule card season, | demanding some of the recognition | hitherto reserved for Scotties and | penguins. . . .'Other pets include squirrels, elephants, rabbits and birds. of ascer- will acoop the Party's delicate sentiment as is required ac- Lest we forget: All:cards 'should be sent first class if possible—that‘ is,” 8~cent/ stamp for out of town; 2-cent if local ..« i\, It is eminently correct for married couples to sign their cards “Bill and Jane” if they are being sent to close friends. . . .| Envelopes must be' addressed pen | and ink—never typed. . . . A widow may use her first name, as Bessie Jones, on cards only ‘for her im- mediate friends and relatives. How- ever, you should address her by her husband’s name, such as Mrs. Charles Jones. . . . . BOB McCLAIN COMING MONDAY, DEC. 20, 1937. LS EVED NIGHTDRESS ightdresses have sleeves again. version made of Alenc of the same lace. The gown i ccmpaniment in “He £ from the Messiah Mr. Murchison ne thirty y ago for the same on was the first tir he ha yed on a Hammond organ. SON M 1 scompanied Mrs. J - e BORN SUNDAY TO C. R. DOBBINS’ Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Robbins are receiving congratulatiins today upon the birth of a son, Ch: s George, born at 3 a. m. yeste: St. Ann’s hospital. The child weighs seven pounds and seven ounces. ELSTADS SOUTHBOUND a luscious ivory satin. DES ¢ MOMENT Tere you see them in a short puffed ace and atiached to a round-necked yoke and Mrs. Bert Elstad left for in Bellingham, s. Elstad’s home Washington fo visit with her Par=izng from the mouth of the MacKenzie River to Dawson and Mayo, en for months, Followin, Terr; chorage, where M. tinue in t the vy, approximaely WO, jight rain at Kodiak and Prince Rupert and heavy rain from Cordova they TANNERS LEAVE e Tanner Jorah. during T the SRS ge to Vancouver M hey will holidays d will con-| he insurance business. - Tanner on the visit with relatives in Vancouver and Victoria, B.C. 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., Dec. 20: Partly cloudy to cloudy and cooler tonight, possibly showers. Tues- day partly cloudy and cooler; moderate westerly winds becoming north- casterly Tuesday. Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy to cloudy and cooler tonight, possibly showers. Tuesday partly cloudy and cool- {er; moderate westerly winds becoming northeasterly Tuesday except moderate to fresh over Dixon Strait, Clarence Strait, Chatham Strait and Lynn Canal. Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: l‘»wsterly winds becoming northeasterly Tuesday. | LOCAL DATA ‘Time Barometer Temp, Humidity Wind Velocity 4 p.m. yest'y 30.09 46 92 SE 10 4 am. today 30.38 42 88 w 3 Noon today 3047 40 85 w 3 RADIO REPORTS ° TODAY Lowest 4am. 4am. Precip, temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. 28 32 20 02 32 - -14 10 2 14 0 12 10 14 20 28 34 34 42 34 44 44 28 42 40 56 Fresh Weathet Lt. Rain Cloudy Lt. Rain Max. temp. last 24 hours 34 42 -4 12 .. 38 22 28 30 40 .. 42 ... 48 . 50 46 .. 50 42 s 8 .. 64 46 34 . 44 | 34 34 6 WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A.M. TODAY Seattle, (airport), cloudy, temperature 41; Blaine, foggy, 36; Vic- toria, cloudy, 39; Alert Bay, cloudy, 34; Bull Harbor, misting, 42; Triple Islamd, raining; Langara Island, raining, 45; Prince Rupert, raining, 46; Ketchikan, cloudy, 46; Craig, cloudy, 43; Wrangell, cloudy; 45; Peters- burg, cloudy, 39; Sitka, cloudy, 38; Hoonah, partly cloudy; Hawk In- let, partly cloudy; Soapstone Point, cloudy, 46; Juneau, cloudy; 42; ‘Skagwny. cloudy, 42; Cape Hinchinbrook, cloudy, 41; St. Elias, cloudy, 42; Cordova, cloudy, 33; Chitina, cloudy, McCarthy, cloudy, 22; An- |chorage, clear, 32; Fairbanks, snowing, 18; Nenana, cloudy, 20; Hot |Springs, snowing, 4; Tanana, partly cloudy, 4; Ruby, clear, -5; Nulato, |clear, -9; Kaltag, clear, -22; Unalakleet, clear, 0; Flat, clear, -18. Juneau, Dec. 21. — Sunrise, 8:47 a.m.; sunset, 3:09 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS A ridge of high barometric pressure extends this morning from the |Bering Sea, the Aleutian Islands and the Alaska Peninsula east over Jfthe narth Pacific Ocean to the Pacific Northwest with one center of 18056 inches at St. Paul Island and another of 30.70 inches about 50 {miles west of Vancouver Island. The barometer is low over the mid- |Pacific Ocean and from the Alaskan Interior to Hudson's Bay. Light isnow prevailed over the Aleutian Islands, the lower Kuskokwim Valley 4a.m. Weather Cloudy Station Atka 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 -4 Pt. Cldy Clear Clear Pt. Cldy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Rain Cloudy Do | Z2aaa Rain Rain Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Pt. Cldy P RS- IeR- |south to Ketchikan with fair weather over the rest of the field of ob- the Elstad’s ""l‘“'“A‘Ofcrvauon. Temperatures were mostly colder over Alaska this morning. will go to An-{ Els ‘made for an interpreter. FATHER IS GIVEN [made for HEARING IN FATAL | - SHOOTING OF SON TEACHERS WILL BE st o o .| HONORED TOMORROW reliminary earing of enry AT GIRLS y CLUB TEA | Phillips, charged with manslnugh-‘ ter in the fatal shooting of his son,| Honoring teachers of the high | Willie Phillips, last week was being School and grade school, the Girls’ held this afternon in U. S. Com- Club of Juneau will entertain at |missioner’s court with Assistant tea tomorrow afternoon at the high | District Attorney George W. Folta school. |representing the Government and/ The affair will be held in the | Albert White the defense. |mathematies room with Miss Myr- Young Phillips was shot with a tle Moe in charge of the affair. high-power rifle during a family ar-| TN © e, AT R gument in a cabin on South Frank-| MRS. DOOLIN LEAVES {lin Street, according to officers, and| Mrs. Flossie Doolin, of the United the father is reported to have said| States Marshal's Office, was a he was trying to take the gun away southbound passemzer yesterday (from his son when the tragedy oc- morning on the Princess Norah to |curred. |spend the Christmas holidays with | The hearing was delayed for some her mother, Mrs. Wall, and son [time this afternoon while search was John, in Everett, Washington. Phillips The Family Gift | ! | | i | | tivities throughout the district are“ Bob McClain, son of Elwood Mc- Christmas Seals are here againl They protect your home looking up. WAKE UP YOU LIVER BILE— Without Calomel — And You'll Jump Out of Bed Full of Vim and Vigor. The liver should pour out two pints of ile into your bawels daily. If this bile reely, your food doesn’t digest. acays in the bowels. Gay bloats up your stomuch, You get constipated. Your Whole system 1s noisoned and you feel sour sunk and the world looks punk. Laxatives are only makeshif uovement doesn'’t got #t ¢ s those famous Carter's 1 's t got these two v and make g n the red package. Rafuse 2n from Tuberculosis *First accurate measure of radio ance. . Price: 25¢. iClain, Cashier of the First National Bank, will be a northbound passeng- ‘er on the steamer Alaska leaving Seattle Sunday to spend the holi- |days with his father. Bob, who attended Juneau-High School, is a junier at ‘Washington State College at Pullman, studying | Business Administration. He will catch the Alaska back to ‘school when that ship returns from the Westward. ¥ ——— ROUZES SAIL SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rouze sailed for the "south ‘aboard the! Priricess Norah enroute to Seattle where they will vacation for a short time. Mr. Rouze ‘is ailocal representative for a Seattle produce firm. -~ - A FACTORY TUNE-UP will make your radio “Sound like New" Let us renew the performance of your radio set. Don‘t miss the rich musical tones and distant stations your set was built fo réceive — for the lack of accurate adjustment. With our mew ‘‘Cathode-Ray” Servicer it can be quickly “made like new.” v % Phon Qur Prices o Are Lowest for Satisfaction Guaranteed JUNEAU SERVICE 122 Second St., Next to San Francisco. Bakery ¢ Us Today RADIO All Work Fully Guaranteed 60 Days operator, . Up Ropes to Safety After Hours in Sea Limp from exposure in shark-infested waters off Cuba, Eleanor Offutt is shown as she was assisted up ropes from a lifeboat onto the freighter Lillian Luckenbach. The young woman, a brunette about 25, was seriously ill in a New York Hospital to which she was taken after the freighter docked there. Miss Offutt, enroute from San Francisco, was half conscious when thjs dramatic picture was made by the ship’s radio SANTA CLAUS prefers to leave a worthwhile gift. A General Electric Cleaner will fill the bill now and for years to come. Dust . . Litter . . Grit . . they're all the same to the New General Electric . . . It gets them all — and leaves your room clean and fresh as new. SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. JUNEAU—DOUGLAS Commencing Saturday, we are OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS