The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 30, 1937, Page 2

WAR MATERIAL STOCKS ARE UP N. Y. EXCHANGE Selected Steels, Aircrafts and Kindred Shares Are Boosted NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—War terial stocks again furnished most of the buying ammunition in the Stock Market today over indication: that the Army and Navy will gurate spring 4 ma- | 4 inau-| steels, airerafts and s hich benefit defense spend- pushed up as much as two or more points at the best Transfers today were n COMFORTABLE' Flexible tiut sturdy Jeathers . allow youx lnut muscles tn 900,000 STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. quotation of Alask stock today is 11'%, American L and Power Anaconda Bethlehem (‘!mmm\\\(‘\l(h and 1 Curtiss Wright 37 Motors 30 er 64, Kennecott 35%, New ntral 17, Southern Pacific United States Steel 54, Citie nd $4.99 13/16, 30. Closing mine Can 70 mner bid Dow, The followin; Jones averag p 141; rails 20.35 47, - ICE BURDENED ALASKA DOCKS industrials , up 121.56, utilitie: s is only representative, Dropiifiiand seé.our com- pletes B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Department Arrives in Juneau Two Days Behind Schedule After “Juneaw’s Leading Severe Storm Store” T Seventy-seven hours from Cordova Juncau as compared with hours average weather time that record of some sort or another by steamer Alaska, Capt O. C. Anderson, upon that craft arrival in Juneau this noon ‘I've been in Alaskan waters for 27 years and T can't remember see- g any through Cordova and Yakutat en Yakutat and er—she was howling oul there!" Passengers reported a bridge rec- ord of a wind velocity of 77 miles per hour—and snowing heavily. Ex- T the: et the and ten hours Cape Spen- a an expansion program nexti International | 1 AT NOON TODAY as bad as we just came | We lost ten hours between | hurricane | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 30, 1937. history to be made wccording to lead- in astrologers. Through the win- or, trade will be good and interest {in speculation will increase. Again |the spirit of reckless extravagance land daring financial adventure will !be as general as before the 1920 depression. New fortunes will made rapidly. While Mars rules in many places the United States and Great Bri- |tain will strengthen their mutual bonds. Early in 1938 the conjunc- Amazing lin the new year _|tion of Saturn and Mars threatens a setback to world commerce and |a shock to monetary systems. A decline in gold values is indicated as being possible. Great. scientific progress is fore- cast. Strange inventions are !saged but they will be kept secret by the government. Expenditures for armaments will | reach tremendous figures. Increased !pay for certain army and officers is foretold. Maintain Peace |more than one great international crisis at the cost of humble-pie diplomacy on the part of British! atesmen. The United States Gov- | ernment will solve adroitly many rious inter nauoml problems. Dan- 1"" of the spread of war in Europe will be recognized and the spring is to be a time of grave peril. For this country, labor will pres- v, |ent many difficulties to be settled | in Washington as the rise of a new political party is threatened. The Roosevelt administration will meet its bitterest criticism, and the resig- {nation of more than one member |of the Cabinet is prognosticated. Disasters Fires and floods will cause heavy |losses, in this country. There is an ill omen for San Francisco. Pacific Coast will focus attention often, because of its commerce with the Far East and its financial in- terest there Portents of earth- |quakes and tidal waves are dis- |cerned. The Northwest will fiuum in e | politics | many will enjoy newspaper headlines owing to ting events affecting trade and ‘The South is to attract persons and certain States unusual prosperity. In the East, especially in New York and Boston, there will be |sharp cleavages between conserva- |tive and radical groups. Chicago is {to centralize certain labor contests, though there will be efforts to paralyze Pacific ports. As war clouds grow darker in ! many parts of the world, the Unit- ed States is to gain greatly in prestige. Although there will be determined and bitter internal troubles the nation’s power will grow rapidly and extend greatly. | There is to be more than one re-| quest or demand for war loans and [other financial aid from European governments. There is a sign read General Predictions For 1938 as Given l)y Prominent Astrologers be | naval | | Peace will be maintained through | ficials, although a general elc is held as improbable. The dange: zone whtere war threatens will con tinue to be the Mediterranean. La- bor troubles will be persistent and will encourage workers in the Unit ed States. tion | Outlook for France | For Fran lis brighter 1 that of 1937 |bonds with Great Britain beneficial. For the last qua | the year disturbing conditions are | forecast. A serious international dispute is expected. Germany may proceed along its present lines for several months. Adolf Hitler may be more anxious for peace than high officers of thel Nazi army. He is likely to be mar- | ried, but there are evil portents | for his future. Scandals in high | places and secret plots menace mw \power His health may be undel- mined. Anti-Nazi movements may |gain strength. Strikes and riots are | foreseen. In Italy Signor Mussolini will be interested in building up secret al- liances, especially those that will aid him in the Mediterranean. | Mars will strongly affect his policies ! late in the year. In December. 1938. or before, a crisis may occur | ‘that will extend belligerent move ments. Failure of colonization plans | in Abyssinia will undermine t | Fascist regime. Revolutionary a | tivities are indicated Japan to Suffer \ Japan will suffer through political ascendancy of the military ‘ party. While the undeclared with China meets with temporary success there will be trouble through the unrest of the people! |of Japan and the extension of Communistic propaganda. Earth- quakes and high winds will add to Japan’s troubles in 1938. Warning is given that too much elation over | apparent geod luck with a: lead to ultimate defeat of the Nip- ponese Empire. China is under a rule of the stars which indicates a unifi dismembered government born resistance to invasion. and disease will add to the p lems of the people. but there m be help from many foreign source The rise of a great national is foretold. | Russia will make in 1938 for Jupiter will be in ruling sign Aquarius. The posi of Mars indicates heavy expendi- tures for armaments and many economic difficulties. Unrest among the people is presaged, bw# there will be ruthless suppression of all movements toward relief or inde- pendence of the dictator. An im pormm pact with a foreign power forecast. The stars seem to arn of some sort of conflict fore the end of the year Sword of Damocles | Spain is to continue under the s may leader steady | ra watches were put on the bad-as presaging the breaking of a pact portents which promise terr weather bridge above the pilot hous because it was impossible to see from the piloi house After coming Capt around Spencer, | age ant on the Henrietta Koscianski, Island, helped bring about surrender of Robert Irwin, held in the Ge- deon murder case, went back to work in a Cleveland pastry kitchen. Her reward was all spent. the C booms with dangerous ice At one time the wind was blowing £0 bad in the Gulf, the Captain said p had a 20 degree list. appy looking lot of pas-| that stepped ashore in Ju- is bur- faday Fioas daa *ven passengers arriving in Ju- Mountain, near D¢au W! B Bebeo,, B pleg: [ Harris, C. Courtney, E. H. Rasmussen, L. G. gale Ultra-slow ginneering w ied in a rock on Lookout Denver blasted The Alaska is scheduled to sail south at 6 o'clock tonmight. - Boy Transients Called “Incurable Wanderers” LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec Seventy per cent of the youths now receiving aid at country’s transient camps are “in- curable wandere says a report by M. E. Lewis, camp director About 30 per cent seem anxious to go home but the rest will keep on moving,” he reports. “Many of them | ag about the number of ¢ umenl camps they have attended. The boys in question range in age rem 17 to 19 and some have been cn the 10: eight years, Lewis say ‘A hree Days’ Cough Ia Your Danger Slgnal ter how ¢y medicines 30.— l'm inflamed nd to loosen phlegm. & failed, you are not the bene=~ \flxy first d as long IOR HOME OR BUSINESS REFRIGERATION SERVICE and REPAIRS Phone 34 Ovr Refrigeration Expert, JOHN HOUK, is equipped to give you Ouick, Efficient Service at reasonable cost. Rice & Ahlers Company roving this | > or a treaty, due to the treachery | jof a foreign power. U. S. Influence As the influence of the United Anderson dropped anchor in States increases among the peoples 'tions is prognosticated northeast end of the whole world the American |armies gain help from dictator: made one at- people may be able to prevent the |sword of Damocles will hang over 1pt to get through to Juneau, but|precipitation of a general war af- |Europe for many months and the | ound at Rocky Island when |fecting all parts of the globe. Peace !spring may be a time of wide- | that swept down Lynn| | movements will multiply, but dan- spread conflict. blasted the ship's plates 'um ger of a supreme conflict may be | averted by the cooperation of the United States and Great Britain. Another economic depression is | foreseen before the end of 1938 |creased to a point where protests of taxpayers become threatening. Reduction of taxes will become a great issue. In Great Britain changes may affect the highest gmernmem of-| ©) o) \ The cost of living will have m~‘ waste of human life and destru \tion of property. Famine and epi- 'demlcs will afflict the people. Ir |crease of peril affecting other ne s the rebel | The Holland may have connected with colonial possessions. !The birth of an heir to the throne seems to foreshadow continuance of rule by a queen. Expenditures for national defense are indicated All the signs appear to warn of |increased portents of war in the 'spring, but decisive events will |center where least expected, it is, prophesied. (Copyright, 1937\ Start the NEW YEAR Right Make a Clean Sweep with GENERAL ELECTRIC CLEANERS No oiling nor greasing — Air cooled motor — Motor driven nozzle brush--Dirt finder light —FExceptionally ligh't and easy handling machine— $49-50 Liberal Trade-in-Allowance SOLD ON EASY TERMS Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. difficulties | /3 U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 pm., Dec. 30: Cloudy with occasional snow and not so cold tonight and Friday; fresh to strong southeast winds. Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: Snow south portion, clou- dy with occasional snow and not so cold north portion. tonight and Friday; fresh to strong southeast winds except strong over Dixon En- trance, Clarence Strait, Chatham Strait, Lynn Canal and along the | coast Forecast of winds along the Coaast of the Gulf of Alaska: southeast and cast winds. | LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp, Humidity Wind Velocity 4 pm 29.30 10 8 NE 8 4 am 29.36 11 91 SE 8 Noon 29.41 12 80 B 1 RADIO REPORTS TODAY Lowest 4am. 4am. temp. temp. 34 36 -20 -34 -12 -16 -99 Strong Weathet Lt. Snow Lt. Snow Lt. Snow yest'y today today 2 4am. Weather Rain Magx. temp. last 24 hours | 40 5 -8 0 -10 -16 -24 28 30 . 14 18 13 37 42 0 54 54 56 40 46 34 WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8§ Seattle (airport), partly cloudy, temperature 42; Blaine, partly | cloudy, 40; Victoria, clear, 43; Aler. Bay, showers, 3. Bull Harbor, | hailing, 38; Triple Island, cloudy; Langara Island, partly cloudy, 35: Prince Rupert, showers, 34; Ketchikan, snowing, 35; Craig, cioudy, 33 Wrangell, cloudy, 22; Petersburg, cloudy, 24; Sitka, cloudy, 29; Radio- cloudy, 20; Hoonah, cloudy, 18; Soapstone Point, clear, 24; Ju- snowing, 11; Skagway. Cape Hinchinbrook, partly Yakataga. clear, [ i 28; Cordova, partly cloudy. 17; Chitina, cloudy, -26; McCarthy, clear, -32; Anchorage, clou- e QY -16; Fairbanks, partly clou 7. Hot Springs, clear, -12; Tanana, “Ié | partly cloudy, -12; Nenana, clear, -20; Ruby, clear, -20; Flat, clear, -16." 4 Juneau, Dec. 31. — Sunrise, 8:49 am.; sunset, 3:17 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS A large trough of low barometric pressure extended this morning* Attu east over southern Alaska and the north Pacific Ocean to ern Saskatchewan with one center west of Atka, another over the Prince George. The barometer Precip. velocity 23 brs. 10 57 Station Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Du Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco New York Washington -34 Clear Clear Clear Pt. Cldy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Lt. Snow Pt. Cldy Clear Cloudy Clear Rain Clear Cloudy Pt. Cldy A .M. TODAY nean & cloudy. 4 FOR SNOW Built for you trimmed with red jersey binding be drawn up over the red skull cap o fastener to hang down the back. AND SLEDDIN' and bobsleds is this suit of navy blue wool snowcieth It has a hood which can slide and sash. S0 lower Gulf of Alaska and a third over 1s high from the Arctic coast to the St. Lawrence River with centers ure over lower Hudson’s Bay and near Barrow. Light snow over Kodiak Island, southeast Alaska and Alberta, rain at Atka m Prince Rupert south along the coast to Oregon with fair her prevailing over the rest of the field of observation. Tempera- tures were lower this morning over northern and lower southeastern a and somewhat higher over other purv.iom opened via a cenfer 2 fell and South American llama, a use- Lnrrn mm ning and lhrcv N/c< t of burden, can carry 100 ning newspapers are published daily in London. -ee The magpie is very tame in Nor- nesting even in the gardens of houses. e The father of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow disapproved of his son ming a man of letters. bec “"FORGET THE REST— AND DRINK THE BEST” CANADIAN CLUB WHISKEY Made and Bottled in Canada by HIRAM WALKER & SONS. SOLD IN 87 COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTED 3Y ALASKA DISTRIBUTORS, Farley as postmaster (left) and Edward s of the Democratic chair- t job to become president of general, observers say, incl J.Flynn (right), both New Y¢ INC. 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