The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 6, 1938, Page 2

“Juneau’s Leading OO O A Certain Amount of Footwork Improves | W0 -—To Go y—Saturday | s to E 1 $5.00 Star Values in Men's Shoes at ONLY Backed by | the Star 3| Brand Pledge. Department Store AR Brain Work of Child The machine sh TOEING T In shoes correctly fitted * By LYDIA GRAY SHAW AP Feature Service Writer EW ORK — Education from to foot is gekting attention frem New York public school super- visors, who have discovered that ill- fitiing shoes and weak arches have plenty to do with brain power Miss Carol Cotton, health edu cation supervisor in the New York city schools, has inaugurated a tourse of fc nprovement based ©n a survey begun in 1934, which showed an alarming proportion—45 ined have weak feet too, that grades improve with fo The Solution She persuaded the bosrd of edu- cation to ta of chil- dren in represe \ ols in {1 Then to do about Cetton advises the pencil y exércise, which classes or ual pupils seize upon with enthu siam. It's particularly go weak arches, though a marble may be substituted for the p T children rotate teining a firm at the same time. About Shoes Next, they toe the n Cotton te a lock a Round toes and broad heels ar cssential for growing youngsters, she says. And shoes should be half an inch longer than the foot to allow for repid growth. No off shoes either. W brother’s or sisters discards likely to cause trouble. ., In 1930 the people of Iceland celebrated the 1,000th anniversary of the Althing, said to be the old- st parliamentary assembly in the warld,” " their ank main- rip on th neil k while Miss their shoe cast- older is very PENCIL GRABBING A correclive measure | t fi | I t 1 'HE MARK FB;hkaui'nedfifi Death as Flames - e — H th Nagle, one of the contenders for | g " ' E er [I Charles Vance Miller's $500,000 stork | ‘dorby bequest, today gave birth to | e c a" Brc a“ | her twelfth child, a girl. Parents Make Futile l‘lf-‘i forts to Reach Infant | in Peril LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 6— Phyllis Lee P , three months | old, was burned to death in her| little crib as her parents, Mr. and | Mrs. John Pearce, made futile at-| |tempts to reach the infant througn ame to dry near a gas ly caught fire and | prend quickly in the | of the Pearces. -+ > MERCER TWINS DIE ‘ HERE THiS MORNING els placed The twin sons of Mr. ahd Mrs.| Herby died at 2:15 and 3:15 today at the Government Hosp passing away a few hours ching a ddy old. | ved by their parents, the| twins will be buried shortly, with an- | nouncement of funeral - arrange- | ments to be made from the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. ,—-— ED TO JAIL ‘ Arrested yesterday for drunk and orderly conduet, breaking a win- | on Willoughby Avenue, in at- empting to enter the home of Hans Rasmussen, Bill Hightman was re- manded to the Federal Jail for six months by U. S. Commissioner Felix | Gra ai ‘Police and taken to the Federal, court, New Zealand Air Philippine m. today with the first air mail ' eau Channel residents will a carried on the new 6,862 mile route ble in the church where the Rev. Auckland on Janua Stork Derly Rightman was arrested by Cny‘ U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICU " '"HER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) } Foreeast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 Fresh southeast and south winds, strong at times. Weather forecast for Southeas Alaska: Rain tonight and Friday | pm., Jan. 6:| h southeast and south winds, strong at times, ‘except -strong over|( yixon Entrance, Clarence Strait, Chatham Strait and Lynn Car Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Sirc cast and south winds from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinchin-| LOCAL DATA ! Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~Weathe. | 4 pm. yestly 2097 39 82 SE 12 LtRain | 4 am. today 3005 42 83 SE 13 LtRain | Noon today 3007 W2 # E 14 LtRain | RADIO REPORTS H TODAY ! Max. temp. Low:st 4am. 4am. Precip. 4am Station last 24 hours temp. temp. velocity 2: hrs. Weathe | Atk 30 | 26 28 12 24 Snow | Anchorage 5 | 27 _ - 0 | Barrow -18 | -3 -18 6 0 Cloudy | Nome [ -2 4 4 02 Snow | Bethel “4 | -10 -4 6 23 Cloudy | Fairbank 18 | 4 12 4 0 Cloudy Dawson 2 | -4 2 10 0 Cloudy | st. Paul 12 i 6 8 02 Pt.Cldy| Dutch Harbor 28 | 20 26 03 Cloudy Kodiak 40 34 34 87 Pt.Cldy Cordova 40 32 36 146 Rain Juncau 5 [ 37 42 3 Lt.Rain Sitka 45 38 - Ay s | Ketchikan 46 | 40 42 142 Rain | Prince Rupert 46 | 42 46 18 Cloudy | Edmonton - 10 10 0 Clear | Seattle 30 30 0 Cloudy | Portland 24 28 0 Cloudy | San Francisco 52 | 42 44 0 Cloudy | New York 54 28 28 0 Clear | Washington 4 36 38 0 Clear | WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A.M. TODAY | Seattle (alrport), cloudy, temperature 30; Blaine, foggy, 30; Vic-! toria, cloudy, 36; Alert Bay, raining, 36; Bull Harbor, showers, 43; Tri- | ple Island, cloudy; Langara Island, cloudy, 41; Prince Rupert, cloudy \ | 45; Ketchikan, raining, 43; Craig, misting, 42; Wrangell, cloudy, 41; | Petersburg, cloudy, 38; Sitka, misting, 42; Radioville, misting, 39; Hoo- nah, partly cloudy, 36; Soapstone Point, raining, 40; Juneau, cloudy 43; Skagway, cloudy, 41; Cape Hinchinbrook, raining and snowing, 42 Cordova, raining, 36; St. Elias, cloudy, 40; Anchorage, cloudy, 34; Fair banks, partly cloudy, 12; Nenana, cloudy, 4; Hot Springs, cloudy, 10; | Tanana, light snow, 12; Ruby, clear, 16; Nulato, clear, 4; Kaltag, clear.| -4; Unalakleet, clear, -10; Flat, cloudy, -2. Juneau, Jan. 7. — Sunrise, 8:45 a.m.; sunset, 3:28 p.m. | WEATHER SYNOPSIS r | | | | | | Barometric pressure was low this morning over all Alaska except the southeast portion, over the Bering Sea and the north Pacific Ocean south nearly to the Hawaiian Islands with a central pressure of 28. 5(]! inches south of Unalaska. A ridge of high air pressure extended from | north central Canada southwest t5 the mid-Pacific Ocean. Light| snow fell from the Seward Peninsula south to the Aleutians and from | Hudson’s Bay to Saskatchewan, moderate rain along the coast of the| Gulf of Alaska and light rain from southeastern Alaska to Vancou ver Island, with generally fair weather prevailing over the remainder of the field of observation. Temperatures this morning were lower from the Aleutian Islands to Kodiak and mostly warmer over the rest of Alaska, the northern and interior portions showing considerable rise. Russian Church Mail Brought in Christmas foBe By l}lipper Today Observed Friday First Flightr o T 6,362-‘Serviccs Tonight. — Open Mile Route Ends in Ala- mcda, California Houses Will Be Held TOH]OI’YOW ALAMEDA, Cal Jan., 6. — The| Christmas Eve will be observed by Clipper winged in over the Russian Orthodox Greek Church he San Francisco Bay at 11:10 a. this evening when scores of Gastin- sem- rom New Zealand. A. P. Kashevaroff will officiate. ‘The cratt connected with the| The choir of more than two doz- Honolulu Samoan Clipper and left 'en voices will be heard as an event y 2. Tomorrow|of the evening, and carolling will he Hawaiian Clipper leaves on H.s"bv held following the services irst air trip to Auckland. | The regular Christmas sermon G | will be delivered by the Rev. Kash- evaroff at 9:20 tomorrow morning, Christmas Day, according to the |Julian calendar, Liturgy of St. John Chrysosdom will be held. i Tomorrow will be an occasion of E“h‘a"t Has |festivity among Serbian and Mon- |tenegrin families of Juneau, when| jopen house will be held. The day is| "" flr a Embserved by entertaining, singing! and feasting and s one of the color- !rul holidays of the year. | John | = A TORONTO, Jan. 6.—Mrs. | | s | | is dead here after an extended ill- ness, He operated a men’s clothing | NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 6.—Arthur |store here for 15 years. | Alfred Holman, 52, theatre pro- - ducer, and actor in more than 1,000 Cosmetics have been used by roles during his life time, passed |both men and women since thc; away here today. earliest times. | - .- - e — | The day-bed so popular with| Fiorida's slot machine license col- apartment dwellers is of French |lection; totaled $453,669 through Oc-| origin. tober. A woman who proved herself able in government as she had in business, Josephine Roche left her U.S.treasury pos November 1 to resume charge of her fuel company. In the hope she may later return, the position will remain unfilled, b OD S Juneau C. of C. ‘Favors Stawart's John A. Gl ¢ and places two or | he Rev without s cil three fingers vertically across his mouth Dr. W. W. Council sits sidewise in his chair, cocks one ear to the I . speaker and smiles with his eyes FOR TRAVELING LIGHT Here is a costume that is of blue wool with a swe pe pipes the The same searf. Copyright 1938, LIGGETT & Mers Tosacco Co, rs back against his chair and puts both thumbs in his vest pockets. Holbrook Discusses Horse| George Folta holds both hands [rail (:«mncc(intz Gle ier Basins -six pillars of the Juneau Commerce gathered at Cafe this ncon, cen pie, washed it | down with green ice cream in blue |dishes and red dishes, and fell ir ord with proposal from the art, 3. C, Chamber of Com- rce that the Juneau Chambe: should back a more co: al route for the proposed International Highway—with the stipulation that Stewart, in turn, back the coastal rout r air mail Routine business was disposed of and it was announced that com- mittee appointments for 1938 would be named at the next meeting. Assisant Regional Forester Well- | man Holbrook told the 25 other | pillars of the Chamber, leaning in i varied positions and smoking varied | types of cigarettes and cigars, of a horse trail project through the glacier country from Mendenhall to Herbert ‘Such a trail, built along Mount McGinnis to smoother ice and thence across the glacier crest to the ridge of the range, and horth to Herbert Glacier and down to the highway, would be one of the scenic t s of the world,” Holbroo: said. “It would do much to keep tourists in the distri mber offered all coopera tion possible in publicizing and sup- porting Hc I he said the Fore onnoiter this intended to re folded on the table or leans back, right arm on the next chair with forefinger and thumb propped | against his temple | President of the Chamber Charles 'W, Carter, presiding for the first ‘Ume ftoday in that chair, keeps the subjects boiled down to short talks, today used his gavel twice, once "m open and once to close the meet- ing, and when he talks, points one demonstrative finger of a left hand "nl the floor with a jabbing motion. | Charles D. Beale doesn't watch President Carter's finger, but rests ) chin meditatively upon his | chest, and smokes his cigar at a grotesque angle. | Rev. John.A. Glasse expressed i concern over “too much Christian- 'ity” talk in the meeting, but found it was only Curtis Shattuck and jJohn Keyser, whose discussions of i“chrismana" ski turns had been \ misunderstood. — e \FOUR INITIATED AT MEETING OF B.P.O.E. | At the regular meeting of the | Benevelent and Protective Order of Elks, last evening, four candidates | were initiated with Norman Ban- |field, Exalted Ruler, in charge of the doing Lee B. Corkle, Chris W. Ziegenfuss, {W. C. Overby, and Dr. C. C. Carter | were the initiates. The dance committee reported that 246 couples weré present at the |New Year’s Eve Hi-Jinks, sponsored by the Elks. A Dutch lunch was served follow- ing the meeting last night. ) Of interest to 1 infrequent - - — Chamber of Commerce guest was STAYS HOME the unconscious comfort-positions| Mrs. Bess Lavenik, Assistant {of ; pillars: | Postmaster, is confined to her home ! Stabler leans on the|tcday with a touch of the flu. » with both elbow with both I duce you taste that than any | g ’\ Yellows with Chesterfield will show you how re- freshingly mild a ciga- rette can be..it will intro- Chesterfields will giveyoumorepleasure ever smoked. ps g el one National Park has nn 2 of 3438 square miles. ...a date to that better smokers like. cigarette you Radio Features LAWRENCE TIBBETT ANDRE KOSTELANETZ PAUL WHITEMAN Deems TAYLOR Paur DoucLas