The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1937, Page 2

020202 S T 2 2 e AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE CHILDREN'S WARM WOMEN’'S AND WINTE COAT For the woman or girl that has not purchased her WINTER COAT, we advise them to stop in at BEHRENDS STORE., and look oyer their remain- ing stock of coats . . . Fur trimmed coats for women—values to $75.00 Sale Price sso.oo BLUE CHINCHILLA STORM COATS FOR CHILDREN Sale Price $2.95 DRESS COATS FOR GIRLS with CAP and SNOW PANTS Regular $13.50 values Sale Price $7 95 NO APPROVALS— B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneau's Leading Department Store o e e e FREQUENT JUNEAU e VISITOR PASSES IN DENVER, COLO. Sherman T. Saunders, Treasurer of the Great Western Sugar Cor- poration of Denver, Colo., and a fre- quent visitor in Juneau during the last 12 years, died at 2 o'clock yes- terday afternoon, according to ra- dioed advices from former Gov. George A. Parks, who is now in Denver, to W. S. Pullen, Manager of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company here. Mr. Parks and Mr. Pullen are long time friends of the Denver man. Mr. Saunders was operated on for trangulated hernia December 9 dnd died when complications set in following the operation, according to the message. He leaves his wi- dow, Mrs. Louise Saunders. There are no children Mr. Saunders an expert ama- teur photographer and made a spac- ialty of colored movie films. - eee Edinburgh booksellers duction of Sir James Barr! tural play, “The Boy David” (with Elisabeth Bergner in the leading role) has led to an increase in sales of the Bible there. e News Toda Today Empire Radio Route to Fame Now Attracting Thousands Today more youngsters, ambitious but unknown, are attempting to break into radio and earn their way to stardom than are assaulting the portals of Hollywood. This sudden surge of talent to the airwaves has been due in part to the considerable success of a group who were just starting on their careers only a couple of years ago. Dorothy La- mour, Virginia Cherrill, Harriett Hilliard, Ger- trude Niessen, Tony Martin and Joe Penner are both movies and the microphone. scout for only about one work. But new -NO EXCHANGES A R among those who have won fame and fortune in BC, estimates that only one in 1,000 aspirants has'a chance of reaching stardom and made by the smaller local stations and a promising crop of youngsters being developed by radio: « THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ALASKA TO HAVE RIFLE SQUAD AT ;PEHRY MATCHES #ITex Leonard Named Cap- tain of Territory Team to Be Picked Word has been received from Washington, D. C.,, by G. H. (Tex) Leonard, well known Juneau rifle 'range expert, that he has been nam- | ed to captain a team of rifle and| pistol shooters from Alas Camp Perry matches in Ohio next |summer. | Alaska alternates in opportunity |to shoot at the match with Hawaii, land if the match is held this year, |as it is expected to be, Alaska will (accept its 1938 opportunity to shoot in the internationally famous Camp {Perry matches. It will be the first time in 20 years Alaska has entered a team at ‘Camp Perry where shooters from all over the United States gather to pick the cream of the target shoot- ing crop. Last year there were 4,700 shooters entered at the Perry shoot. | Capt. Leonard said the Amsk:\i team will be made up of 12 men| to be picked from the Territory| through postal competition, plus the | captain, { The matches for places on the team will be shot before next Jul,\-.‘ using the 30 '06 calibre ritie, Leon- ard said, and if the Perry matches are held the Alaska team will be sent to the matches at Government expense as usual. It is also expected that five pis-! tol shooters will be picked from the 12 Alaskans on the rifle team to represent the Territory in side arms competition. “Competition for the Alaska team will be restricted to all American citizen of any sex, above the age of 18 years,” Capt. Leonard said. Capt. Leonard has a long record of achievement in pistol and rifle shooting, He placed first in an Obsolete Rifle contest, shot two years with the State of California rifle team, and also shot under the MONDAY, DEC. 27, 1937 ODES of the MOMEN LUMBERJACK SNOW SHIRT Fashion has borrowed the lumberjack’s shirt to go with your ski suit. This one is red and black plaid wool. The flame-red cotton gloves have palms and fingers lined with sheepskin with the fleece left inside. The Norwegian billed cap is a favorite for skiing be- cause it sticks in a head wind. 1931 Individual High Scorer at the ~ Camp Perry mat: s, Lieutenant E. F. Sloane, who is coaching the Uni- versity. of Oregon rifle team. Plans will be laid for the elim- ination shoot in Alaska for places on the Territory’s team as soon as word is received that the Camp Perry matches will be definitely held next summer. chnslmas Fires. Keep J.F.D. Busy During Weekend One False AEI and Three Genuine Calls Inter- rupt Holidays Ensign Truuhle Three young ensigns from the Coast Guard cutter Haida were at- tending a party a few days ago, given prior to the departure of the cutter to the south Attired i full dress, compiete with gold braid hats, tails, and long formal capes, the three called a taxi from the boat and gave hur- ried instructions to the driver. “To the Jones residence, with dispatch,” stated one. Imperturba- bly the driver looked them over, for- mal capes and all, and said, “with dis batch of \\hat The Juneau Fire Department truck was kept busy over the Christmas week-end with one false alarm and three bona fide calls for fire- +————— {ighting help. | The false alarm was rung in Fri- day afternoon when a bontire on the Seatter Tract hill led observ- ers to believe it to be a genuine house fire. An alarm at 4:15, during the Fire Hall Open House, Saturday after- noon, called the fire boys to Tom | Shearer's Tailor Shop at 108 South Franklin Street where a small blaze was quickly extinguished. | Two fire alarms within a half hour of each other last night, one at 11 and the other at 11:30 p. m. | Were minor fires. The first was to |the Raltiier 'Club where backfire from a furnace had filled the build- ing with smoke. The last alarm was in answer to a chimney fire call in the Indian Village to the home of James Howard. Little dnmage was done —————— Demacrats Okayed - In Year Book Sale WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Attor- ney General Cummings has told House Republican Leader Snell that he has decided “after a comprehen- sive study of the law and the 'acts,"‘ that the Democratic National Com- | i mittee did not violate the Corrupt |Practices Act by selling the 1936 year book to corporations and m-i dividuals. | Snell had made the contention| that the sale was illegally obtulmng political contribution. Pope s Sad On Christmas Dayi ROME, Dec. 27.—Pope Pius told the Cardinals, who gathered on Christmas Day to offer him greet- ings, that he was saddened by the religious persecution in Germany, such as there has rarely been seen in history. ———,—— Try an Emplre 2q. radio, but got their start hefore J. Ernest Cutting, chief talent 100 can hope for fairly steady liscoveries” are constantly being International Growing Pains Are Centering On Islands AUl Over World e brake on Japan. Except war, England has been terms with Germany as with any country C d ma prising are of ass for the on friendly about as lon The Philip fin colony many of ra By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—It oc- curred to us while rambling that f it might ease a lot of international growing pains if the United States should give the Philippines to Ger- many. Germany wants a colony or two. The United States has decided it does not—at least not the Philip- pines. Germany used to have a host of little island possessions east and north of the Philippines. They were scattered over the western Pacific like leaves on a mill pond. The war came, and Japan got them in pay- ment for her assistance to the al- lies. Japan aided the allies by taking a piece of China which Ger- many held before. The idea of Germany owning the Philippines suggests many excellent possibilities. Japan could not ki much. Japan allied with Ge meny in an anti-Communism bloc and ought to be glad to have her ally close at hand for aid in ¢ gencies. Tt is doubtful that Japsn really would want her ally so ¢ at hand, but under the circum- stances, what could she say? for Ger- The islands materials timber ar, gold and, oil. And Germany has been test in recent days about her lack of raw materials. The Filipinos not unanimously. freedom unanimously, nor to remain with the °s unanimously. This sounds They do not wan do they too simple; must be Guess we'd better ask Mr. ) SENATORIAL CURTSIES Hull). is - biect—we long ! he O h deb employes emer- and fellow members. a member or passes between two Senators changing chatter cultural bill or the Panama Canal, he mu ¢ low. Few bow grace- fully. to the duck: se MIGHT PLEASE EVERYBCODY England should be pleased to have Germany in the Pacific as a sort lowliest page, . | Juneau packed full coconut oil, hemp, very likely, might object—but der the egis of the Farm Security! ¢ Administration. United | W a catch in it somewhere. And up in the Senate—to change |devil—and find I don't.” e been dis- ental kowtowing #- ng members exact from cmploye | ex- | about the agri-| ynderwent an appendectomy at St. Vice-President Garner | they sort of terday afternoon to St. Ann’s Hos- as if somebody had chivvied pital for treatment of an eye injury U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinily, beginning at 4 p.m., ‘(‘,io:xd,\'. probably stiow flurries tonight and Tuesday; easterly winds. Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: Cloudy with occasional snow southportion, cloudy, probably snow flurries, north portion to- night and Tuesday; fresh to strong easterly winds approaching gale force over Dixon Entrance, Clarence Strait, Chatham Strait, Lynn Canal and along coast. Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Strong |easterly winds approaching gale force from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinchinbrook. Dec. 27: fresh to strong LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp, Humidty Wind Velocity Weathet 29.66 9 28 NE 14 Pt, Cldy 20.81 8 36 NE 14 Clear 29.70 9 28 NE 16 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Lowest 4am. 4am. Precip. temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. 34 38 6 .01 -5 - 0 -10 14 0 10 -2 -32 Time 4 p.m. yest'y |4 am. today |Noon today Max. temp. 1ast 24 hours | 40 | 1 4 { 36 | 10 -10 -22 34 38 36 26 12 21 22 4a.m. Weather Clear Station Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel ) Fairbanks | Dawson ) St. Paul Duteh Harbor Kodiak Cordova Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Sitka Ketchikan * | Prince Rupert | Edmonton | Seattle | Portland | 8an Francisco New York ‘Washington Clear Cloudy Clear Snow Rain Cloudy Pt. Cldy Clear wn| B s cocoBhPZRHoocecocBocSce 8 wSabeo WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A.M. TODAY Seattle (airport), misting, temperature 33; Victoria, snowing, 31; Alert Bay, cloudy, 23; Bull Harbor, cloudy, 28; Triple Island, cloud. |Langara Island, snowing, 28; Prince Rupert, cloudy, 20; Ketchikan, |cloudy, 17; Craig, snowing, 21; Wrangell, clear, 13; Petersburg, cloudy, 12; Sitka, cloudy, 20; Radioville, cl>udy, 16; Hoonah, clear; Soapstone Point, partly cloudy, 20; Juneau, cloudy, 9; Skagway, clear, 0; Cape Hinchinbrook, snowing, 22; St. Elias, clear, 22; Cordova, partly cloudy, |20; Chitina, clear; McCarthy, clear, -26; Anchorage, clear, 11; Fair- banks, clear, -22; Hot Springs, clear, -6; Tanana, clear, -12; Nenana, clear, -34; Ruby, clear, -7; Nulato, clear, -16; Kaltag, clear, -18; Una- lakleet, clear, -6; Flat, clear, -4. Juneau, Dec. 28. — Sunrise, 8:50 a.m.; sunset, WEATHER SYNOPSIS A large area of low barometric pressure extended this morning from southern Alaska south over thte Pacific Ocean to latitude 20 degrees |north and along the Pacific Coast t) California with a central pressure jof 28.80 at latitude 45 degrees north and longitude 142 degrees west. | The barometer was high over the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and from the mouth of the MacKenzie River southeast to Alberta. Light {enow fell over the upper Tanana River, British Columbia and northern |Alberta and light rain over the Aleitians Islands and the Pacific Northwest. Heavy rain was repor.ed from northern Oregon, Port- iland recording a fall of 4.46 inche; in the last twenty-four hours. Generally fair weather prevailed ozer the rest of the field of observa- |tion. Temperatures over northern and interior Alaska this morning were colder with little change ove ' other parts of the Territory. 3:14 p.m. | Christmas afternoon to St. Ann’s Hospital to receive treatment for a broken arm, and was dismissed from the hospital yesterday morning. a snowball at them. Supposedly the idea is to et out of the line of debate but it stalls most debaters dead to have a mem- ber suddenly tuck his head between | his shoulder blades and scuffle out| Marian of the way. | was admitted this morning Government Hospital. Annual Meeting Senator Carter Glass of Vu‘gima; 1 be 80 years old January 4. Tu Be Tumurruw “You look mighty well,” we told him. { “Aw” he retorted, "everybody| momorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock, tells me that just because they come | mepypors and friends of Resurrec- | around expecting me to lock like the|tion Lutheran Church will gather |at the church for the annual busi- ness and social meeting. » Several new officers are to beg elected for the coming year and {brief reports of the activities and progress of the various organizations | will be read. | After the business session all will Ann’s Hospital this morning. |assemble in the social rooms of the | church for an informal get- Pete Schneider was admitted yes- | together. Simple but interesting en-, tertainment is being prepared for the occasion, with men of the con- « gregation in charge of the program John, a medical patient, to the Last year the annual report of the Resettlement Administration was a| landmark in exuberance of color | and swing-time photography. It is a dull affair this year as it issues un- — e+ HOSPITAL NOTES e Val Poor, Alaska Juneau miner, Duchess New Socnl Dictator? i e - e e B L s Latest reports from England indicate that the Duchess of Kent, since the abdication of the Duke of Windsor, has become the key figure in the British social world. London's younger Mayfair set once fol- lowed the pace set by Edward, but his beautiful sister-in-law, the former Princess Marina of Greece, is now apparently the social dic- tator. In this new picture she is shown at an exhibition sale of work 4one by disabled war veterans. Ireceived at the Alaska Juneau mine. Charles Peterson received a frac- i tured ankle while skating on Christ- mas day and was admitted Satur- day evening to St. Ann’s Hospital. At the offlo and refreshments. ‘Tom Sandvick, a medical patient, |was dismissed today from St. Ann’s | Hospital. nose and upper Miss Mildred Apland, who under- went an appendectomy at St. Ann’s Hospital on December 12, was dis- missed from the Hospital today. Mrs. Ken Gothberg was admitted "'AS A PAID-UF SUBSCEIBER TO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE Ray Huld is invited to present this coupon at the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE AND RECEIVE TWO FREE TICKETS TO SEE “A STAR IS BORN" Your Name May Appear—WATCH THIS SPACE