The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1938, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 5, 1938. DANCE TONIGHT FOR ALL-STARS T0 BE SUCCESS Basketball Fans of Channel Have Shown Selves Good Backers Ticket sale indications point to success for the basketball benefit dance being held tonight in the Elks Hall, according to Jack Fowler, prexy of the local basketball circuit. “We've had an admirable response from the community,” Fowler said today. “The boys who are going to maRe the trip want Gastineau Chan- nel to know they appreciate the support that has been given them.” The Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, February 19-22, will probably see close to ten teams in competition Basketball fans who have seen ca- saba in Westward and Interior towns believe Juneau should make a strong hld for the tournament crown. 'TAVASIESS’ ARE HONORED AT PARTY BY HARRY SCOTTS Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scott enter- tained at a three course informal dinner last night at their home on Star Hill in honor of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Tango Tavasiess, who for the past month have been visit- ing in Juneau. Yellow and marked the white appointments occasion, and present were Mr, and Mrs. Alex Tavasiess parents of Mr. Tango Tavasiess; Mr. Andrew Gibson, Mr. Evan Scott, Mr. Donald Scott, and Mr. and Mrs Harry Scott. Visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Tavasiess, Mr. and Mrs. Tango Tavasiess will leave toward the mid- dle of the month for Hollywood where they are engaged in dancing. Wes Barrett and his orchestra have donated their services for to- night’s fund-raising fun fest, and the Elks have given the use of the hall. Juneau itself has indicated it is behind the team by the number of tickets it has absorbed. “See you tonight at the dance!” was Fowler’s parting shot today. 0’Clock in the Morning EVERY MORNING FROM NOW ON Dancing Gaiety Music AT CHARLIE MILLER'S APITAL CA FE BEER —— WINE SUPPERS DANCING TO OUR TWO-PIECE BAND HEAVY STORM MOVING ONTO COAST STATES Twenty-five Trapped California Mountains | by Deep Snows warnings have been posted for ves- sels at sea and in port from San Francisco north to the Canadian border as a new and unheralded major disturbance moved in over the Pacific Coast. The disturbed area has come down out of the upper Gulf of Alaska and is now centered off ! Vancouver Island. The Weather Bureau's inability to chart the storm was blamed by forecasters on lack of inforamtion from ships at sea with radio signals conditions. Twenty-five persons have been .reported marooned in snowbound Donner Summit in California, but are sald to be in no immediate danger. Three persons are trapped at a gold mine 40 miles from Orville, (Celifornia. Heavy snows have fallen throughout California mountain| :counlry 26-YEAR-OLD JUNEAU MAN PASSES AWAY Myles Sutherland Succumbs‘ Last Night at St. Ann's Hospital Critically ill for the past four months, Myles Neal Sutherland, 26, died at 11 p.m. yesterday in St. Ann’s Hospital from tuberculosis. Brother of Roderick Sutherland of Juneau and brother-in-law of Eleanor . Gruber Sutherland, Mr. Sutherland had for several months been fishing at Bristol Bay before returning to Juneau. He is survived by an aunt at Kilarny, Manitoba, and an aunt and uncle in North Dakota. Funeral services are announced by the Charles W. Carter Mortuary for 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of the Nativity with the Rev. William G. LeVasseur officiating. Interment will follow in the Catholic plot of Evergreen Cemetery 8 PASSENGERS ABOARD ALASKA' JUNEAU BOUND SEATTLE, Feb, 5.—Steamer Al- aska sails for Southeast and South- west Alaska ports Sunday morning at 9 o'clock after being refitted and overhauled for the 1938 season to the Northland. The Alaska Wwill have 114 first coming in garbled by atmospheric, SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5—Storm | i Hope that Ruth Baumgartner, Ohio Wesleyan University co-ed, who disappeared last May, will be found | alive has been revived by the “con- fession” of four men arrested at St. Clairsville, O. Miss Baumgartner (above), daughter of a wealthy | Cleveland family, vanished after a wmntv meeting at Delaware, O. JOE STOCKER BURNS MONEY | ACCIDENTALLY celled Checks in Furnace Occasionally someone IReply Must Be Made b | February 20 on Bat- DEMAND NOTE SENT BY U, S. y tleship Plans WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. — The United States, in a note to Japan,, asks whether that nation intends w; build battleships larger than 35,000 tons and if so the United States| will build larger ships in self-de- fense. i The note however, says that the United States will be w!llmg to dn-! cuss limitation of the size of hulls. | It is said this action was laken\ after consultation with England and | France, signatories to the London | Naval Treaty of 1936, both of whom. are taking similar steps. The United States note demnnds' ibuild beyond the limit of ships andstored, according to information re- { | | 3! | 1 | |an answer by February 20 and if[amendmem. recently passed by Con- |there is no satisfactory reply by gress and signed by the President, [then, it will be considered an ad- old Title One of the Housing Act, mission on the part of Japan to |the United States will {liberty of action.” “assume full) PLANS ALREADY MADE FOR LARGER VESSELS WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. — It is officially announced that the Navy Department has plans already |drafted for larger battleships which will be brought out if the United |States, Great Britain and France decide to throw over the 35,000-ton treaty limit. The designs call for 18-inch guns, I'uger than any warcraft ever fired. Officials however indicated very Throws Handful of Uncan-guardedly that it i5 doubtul ‘M\vther the larger guns will be used jin preference to the greater number of 16-inch bore guns. A monster battleship of about 43,- throws 000 tons, armed with 12- and 16-inch money away accidentally, but sel- guns and able to slip through the dom does one throw a handful of Panama Canal, is pictured in naval checks in a furnace. Joe Stocker, circles as the most likely American of the Imperial, is an unhappy man answer to any Japanese disregard today because that is exactly v»hm for the ueaw he did. “I started out to the furnace Ixom the office and picked up a fistfull of old envelopes and papers Just after I'd thrown them in the fur- nace, I realized there were seveml uncancelled checks in the flames!” Stocker ruefully said this noon. There were seven or checks, an Empire check, and a B. M. Behrends check in the e, AC- cording to a cash register account- ing. It is believed there were more CCC checks in the lot and endeavor |is being made to trace others that 'mi ght make up a $90 shortage found in the till accounting, Stocker said. aid in an attempt to straighten his accounts. atter- | | more CCC | He said all of the checks on toward Kuchen, JAPAN TRYING PINGERS MOVE IN CHINA WAR Nippon Troops Cross Hwai River in Drive To- ward Suchow | Tu jAPANEsErhas been in Seattle on business in connechon with the Juneau Drug| \ministration today. [R. R. HERMANN IS ALASKA PASSENGER Among passengers returning to | Juneau aboard the Alaska is R. R. |Hermann who for the past month IH Seame he visited with rela- tives among whom are two broth- ers, both druggists in the Puget sound cny OLD TITLE ONE RESTORED IN HOUSING ACT FHA Announces Other Changes in New Legisla- tion Signed by President Under the new housing law abandoned two years ago, is re- ceived by the Federal Housing Ad- It is effective immediately and provides for mod- ernization of business as well as residential property. Title One had been suspended April 1, 1936. Changes in Title Two of the act| provided for in the amendments be- comes effective February 15, accord- ing to word to FHA, and provides for insurance of loans on residential construction. All new construction | began after passage of the amend-| ments, of a value not to exceed $5,- 000, will be eligible for insurance loans up to 90 percent and the rate is reduced from one-half of one percent charged against outstand- ing mortgage balances to one- fourth of one percent. The new act liberalizes large scale rental projects of not less than | 25 units and of a value not to ex-| ceed $200,000. The changes are being mailed out ISITIMARKERS WILL SKI AT SPAULDING'S Elimination Trials Put Over Week Because of Bad Snow [ Elimination runs for the annual Juneau Ski Club races will not be held tomorrow, it was announced today by Chairman of the Race Committee Ernie Parsons. But that does not mean Junceu ski enthusiasts will not push the waxen slab over Sunday. J. Irvine Noble, Chairman of the Outdoor Activities Committee, has laid plans for a big all-skiers party up the | Spaulding’s Trail All Juneau sitzmarkers and ex- perts, club members or not, invited to make the trip. Noble said. It is hoped two busloads of skilers will make the trip. Buses will leave the depot, where the skiiers are to gather, at 9:30 tomorrow morning and will return from the trail at 4:30 in the after- noon. All those making the trip are asked to bring their own lunch. Coffee will be served at the cabin at the head of the trail. The elimination races for the an- nual tournament were called off for tomorrow because of bad snow con- ditions, but will be held a week from Sunday instead. R RN Land’s End is the westernmost point of England. are | PAA PLANE DUE A Pacific Ala a Alrwn}< plane was scheduled to arrive at the Men- denhall Airport this afternoon with a full load of passengers, but the names of the passengers and pilots were not available at press t'me. e ! - iR. E. ROBERTSONS RETURNING NORTH Returning to Juneau after remain- ing in the States for the past several weeks, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Robert- ‘on are passengers mboard the Al- atka enroute north, The Robertsons visited with their sens and daughter in Seattle over the holidays, following which Mrs. Robertson made a trip East. Mr. |Robertson has been attending to | busir matters in Seattle connect- ed with his law practice here. - — JAMES V. DAVIS’ RETURNING HERE AFTER TRIP EAST Ending a trip East which was marked by a return voyage through the Panama Canal aboard the S. S, California, Captain and Mrs. James V. Davis are passengers on the-Al- aska enroute to Juneau. with their small son, James V. Davis, Captain and Mrs. Davis lett Juneau on November 23 and trav- eled to Washington, D. C., and points East, on business and pleas- ure. For the past two weeks they have been visiting with Mrs. R. E. Davis, mother of Captain Davis, and other: relatives and friends in Seattle. to all lending institutions, the FHA | office announced, and the new rules | and regulations will be transmitted | as soon as they are preparted in| ‘Washington. g, s i EASTERN STAR TO ; HOLD INITIATION | AT NEXT MEETING| An important meeting is schvd-‘ uled for the Order of Eastern Star Tuesday when members will assem- ' ble for business discussion and ini- tiation, with special obligation wr- vices to be held. Mrs. Ed Sweeney, Worthy Matron, | will preside, and Mrs. Alice Larson in charge of refreshments. The, Mark the Merit in this “Mark of Merit” Whiskey. 7 e SH. SHANGHAL, Feb. 5. — Japanese meeting will be held as usual at 8 i St The Empire check was made out forces are reported to have forced anew to Stocker this afterncon, but their way over the Hwai River after the B. M. Behrends check had not a desperate hand-to-hand encoun- jas yet been traced. Stocker asked ter with Chinese battalions. The Nippon troops are pushing ¢ on the vital were cashed at the counter this Tientsin-Pukow railroad, with stra- mormng. | What annoyed Mr. Stocker as much as throwing the checks in the flames was the fact that this marn- ing was one of the few times he did not make an adding machine duplicate of checks in the till and |their signatures. .- tegic Suchow their objective. Other Japanese infantry is driv- ing into Central China from Tsin- gtao from whence they will swing south also towards Suchow, exe- cuting a pincers movement to cut off a vast area between Tientsin- {Pukow railway and the coast. Chinese sourges claimed that class and 20 steerage passengers g—————————— —————————4 efforts of the Japanese to cross the |Hwai north of Pengpu have been aboard, bookings having been prnc-\ | tically completed this morning. Passengers booked for Juneau m—‘ clude Miss Sybil Godfrey, Fred Col-| HOSPITAL NOTEb Mrs. Lloyd Ritter underwent n 4 defeated. ———— lins, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Farren- major operation at St. Ann's Hos- SYBIL GODFREY IS pital this morning. She was ad-' dini, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Turoff and two children, Mr. and Mrs. T. Sus- terman and child, Christ Minevich. John Marinovich, Hulda Nikula, Mavis Nikula, R. Hermann, Bill King, Mrs. Lilllan Frost, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Robertson. Edith Ga- briel, Mike Kasloff, Capt. James V. Davis, wife and son, Stanley Sunde,; Baxter Felch, 8am Asp. HOONAH SCHOOL CHILDREN READ BY LAMP LIGHT The Government School at Hoo- | nah is lighted by gasoline lamps because Shell Simmons yesterday brought in the school's electric plant generator for repair. The 200-pound piece of machin- ery will be: flown back to Hoonah as soon as the neeessary repairs have been made, early next week. —————— LETTERS TO BE READ AT VESPER HOUR TOMORROW At Vesper Hour services tomorrow at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, additional letters from young people of the community re- garding questions of youth will be discussed with the Rev. John A. QGlasse presiding. ‘The letter-reading programi was started at the services last week and proved of such interest that it was decided to continue the discus- sion this week, completing consid- eration of the various anonymous letters which have been 'written. 8inging of hymns flashed on the screen will also mark the program, which begins at 5 p.n. and selec- tions will be sung by the Vesper Choir, The French ademy is limited ‘to 40 members, mitted to the hospital yesterday, and is reported to be in a favorable | condition. today at St. Ann's Hospital. | {was dismised today from the Gov- ernment Hospital. PETERSBURG EDITOR IS TO SEEK SEAT IN TERRITORIAL HOUSE Two additional filings for seats in the Legislature have been re- ceived by the Federal Clerk’s office from Petersburg. They are Arnold Wasvik, halibut fisherman, as an Independent, for a House seat and H. W. Brough, editor of the Pet- ersburg Press, as a Democrat: for the House. Both are Petersburg imen. Brough filed there on January 28 with the Deputy Clerk and Wasvik on February 1, the information just reaching the Juneau’ office. | ————— NURSES’ ASSOCIATION | MEETS NEXT MONDAY The Gastineau Channel Nurses' Association meets in regular session Monday at 8 p.m. at St. Ann's Hospital, where Mrs. E. F. Vollert, newly-elected President, will pre- side. Members and visiting nurses are requested to be present for the meeting. i e o LA, Rairoad traffic is heavier between New York and Philadelphia than between any other cities in the world. DUE ABOARD ALASKA Miss Sybil Godfrey, daughter of |Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Godfrey, and Curley Weyand, who was injured grnnd-duughtex of Mr. and Mrs. J. |in an automobile accident out Glac- . Campbell, is returning to Juneau {ier Highway a short time ago, had aboard the Alaska following attend- 'his broken leg put into a cast 8Nce at business college in Seattle ‘tur the past several months. Miss Godfrey, who was graduated Tom Mooney, a surgical patient, !trom the Juneau High School last May, plans to remain at her home mere for some time. pm. in lhe Scottish Rite Temple. e Try an Empire Bd BUSINESS ' MEETING SATURDAY 8 P. M. I. O.O. F. HALL Card Party and i Refreshments | Following IT BELONGS Perhaps it's because the name Hamilton is musical tradition-. . . perhaps it’s because of some in- tangible dignity to its beauty . . . perhaps it's because the tone is stirring, vibrant, golden. Perhaps it is all these things that. make the Hamilton “belong” A PRODUCT. oF BALDWIN " ALASEA MUSIC SUPPLY in the fine homes in_which you invariably find it. Let us tell you how easily you may possess this fine piano. {1 il | 122 Second St. " Golden tlfehaiug If you yearn for rich whis- key, learn about GOLDEN WEDDING. Rich whiskey « .. ALL whiskey . .. it has had no peers for fifty years. BLENDED STRAIGHT WHISKIES AS YOU PREFER —IN RYE OR BOURBON Copr. 1937, JOS. S. 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