The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 16, 1938, Page 2

] £ MEN’S SUITS No Alterations Men’s Shirts Sl 00 Men’s Underwear $1. Big Values at Big Savings Shoes for the Family MEN’S OXFORDS—$2.95 WOMEN’S 50c, $1.00, $1.95 CHILBREN’S INFANTS’ $1.00 39¢ B.M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading FLAME BOMBS AID FIGHTERS LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16. — Al-| ugh the experimental e, use of incendiary bombs to t backfires will be the Los An- forestry departnient’s fighting major still in the s County st weapon in fires. This was the announcement of County Forester Spencer Tuiner, » revealed much progress has b( n made in tests of the new de- vice¥ The bombs, of incendiary type, | can be used to reach inaccessible mountain canyons and crevices. There are many such sections in this county where our men e able to enter,” he said. The bombs can be thrown by hand or from airplanes and will immediately ignite the brush te start a backfire and change the course of the flames, Turner ex- plained S eee Lede and placer lecation notices for sale at The Empire Office. MODES of the by Adelaide Kerr Cotton fracks for Miss Six Year Old is pat- tertied in turquoise hot dogs, with droopy dachshund ears and wag- on a creami colored ground. The pflnm which has turquoise godet insels, was Department Store” _——J Waits Two Years For Oldtime Plane ONTARIO, Cal, Feb. 16. — Ross Hadley, businessman and aviation enthusiast, wanted one of the fa- mous “Jenny” planes flown In the World War, and was willing to wait and pey to get it. So for two years aeronautics students ot Chaffey ju- nior college have heen rehabilitat- ing the cra’t and have spent $1,000 of Hadley's, money for parts. They now promise delivery “in about six | months.” | NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN: That at 10 A. M. on March 28, {1938, in the District Court, First Division, at Juneau, Alaska, hear- ing will be held on the petition of Joye Livesay, bankrupt, for final discharge in bankruptey. Creditors and persons concerned may appear at sald time and place and show cause, if any they have, why the | petition should not he granted. | ROBERT E. COUGHLIN, | Clerk, District Court. First publication, Feb. 16, 1938. Last publicaucn Feb. 23, 1938. MOMENT 7t BEHIND SMOKE-LIKE SCREEN OF SECRECY, the U. “enemies Recession Has Stlver me Prophets See Food Price Drop L COSTS OF ALL FOODS Food prices to December 15, 1937 (solid line), are based on ftigures of the U. 5. Department of Labor from 51 cities. The forecast for 1998 (broken line) is the unofficial consensus of government experts canvassed by The AP Feature Service. WASHINGTON, Feb., 16—Bright' a trend to a lower general price spot in the 138 outlook for the leyel. Extent of the decline can be American consumer is the prospect only a guess, but a price level of that this year's food dollar will go 6 to 8 per cent below last year 1s further than 1987s. {regarded a reasonable estimate. Unusually large foodstuff supplies Between last May, when prices presage continuation of the current were at the highest level since the “breathing spell” from mounting spring of 1937, and December 14, food costs. Barring a severe drought, when the last official survey was government food supply experts see taken, the decline was 4.6 per cent. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16, 1938. . fleet of wh ich aircraft in mass war drill off Cal rier Lexington (above) is a part is engaging imaginary fornia coast. Since then there has been a break in meat prices, particularly in bet- Here are some of the factors on which government officials base No. 1 item on the poor man’s bud- gel, now 38 per cent below prices of a year ago, probably will con- GO, Feb. 16. — Umpire tinue at that level at least through Clarence “Brick” Owens, after 22 tirst half of 1938; oranges are tick- years of service in the American etd for the “bargamn counter’; was voluntarily retired by | seasonal decline of butter pric t William Harridge recent- from the December peak probably 1y. Owens, fifty-two, has been in | will be greater than average; dry DPoor health for the last two year edible beans are slated to be cheaper | He will receive retirement pay re- | than last year; cereals and b portedly amounting to $3500 an- | poducts may go somewhat lower; nually fats and oils are declining in price; 4 > < T, R rice supplies will exceed any other canned vegetables are indicated to be the largest recorded. . o 0 Ury LaKe beds Shirtsleeve MINA, Nev., Feb. 16 — A mild Chase Ends stampede to locate old dry lake| In Arrest beds has followed revelation that gold, platinum and quicksilver are, CHICAGO, Feb. 16 A woman of Columbus marsh near here. telephoned the Austin police sta-| ILos Angeles capitalists were be- tions "Bhe’ satds hind the original work on the salt “If you see a man in his shirt :’x‘"d“”( b LR sleeves running down the street, tnat's my nusbasd chesing & hoid-| SNQW BRINGS END TO COLD SNAP HERE Some minutes later Sergeant Pat- Break in_ the cold snap was seen rick Enright and his squad saw a coatless man on a street corner today as Juneau was visited by a pointing at a street car. The squad mild snowfall accompanied by mod- overtook the car and seized a pas- erating temperatures. Two inches senger who identified himself as had fallen by noon when the mer- Laddie Kovarik. In his pockets cury stood at 26 above zero,” the they said they found a wallet, a Weather Bureau reported. ring and toy pistol. Sergeant En- Snow is forecast for tonight and right said the prisoner admitted he tomorrow in the Juneau area with robbed the coatless man, Dr. W. W. rain over the rest of Southeast Al- Doty. aska. Rdd;o Features LAawrsnee TIBBETT ANDRE KOSTELANETZ PAuL WHITEMAN DrrMs TAYLOR PauL DoueLas Youlll find MORE PLEASURE in Chesterfields milder better taste Copyright 1938, LigasT & Mymrs Tosacco Co. |dy, | Springs, clear, -20; Tanana, clear, 6; Nenana, clear, 4; Ruby, clear, being recovered from the salt beds,pm-g of the north Pacific Ocean, southwestern U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BiIREAU THE WEATHER (By the U, S. Weather Burean) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Feb. 16: Snow tonight and Thursday, warme tonight; moderate to fresh south- st winds. | Weather forecast for Southeas Alaska: Snow or rain tonight and | Thursday except snow over northeat portion, warmer tonight in the north portion; moderate to fresh southeast winds except fresh to strong over Dixon Entrance, Clare ce Strait and Chatham Strait, ! Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh to strong southeast winds along the coast from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinchinbrook. LOCAL DATA | Time Barometer Temp, Humidity Wind Velocity Weathe 4 pm. yest'y 30.36 26 46 8 3 Cloudy |4 am. today 30.25 22 92 w 4 Lt. Snow |Noon today 30.05 26 87 w 1 Lt. Snow RADIO REPORTS I TODAY Max. temp. ‘ Lowsst 4a.m. 4am. Precip, 4am. ] Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. velocity 23 hrs. Weathe: Atka 36 32 32 6 .08 Clear Anchorage 20 9 — . 0 - | Barrow -8 ‘ -24 -24 4 0 Clear { Nome 24 12 18 14 0 Clear | Bethel 16 4 6 24 0 Clear | Fairbanks -6 { -20 -20 4 0 Clear | Dawson -24 -38 -36 8 0 Clear St. Paul 32 30 32 20 03 Cloudy Dutch Harbor 38 34 38 - 50 Rain Kodiak 36 36 36 14 .08 Rain {Cordova 30 | 26 28 4 0 Cloudy | Juneau 26 22 22 4 T Sitow | Sitka 38 | 21 S 1y 0 . ‘ Ketchikan 38 30 -4 4 T Cloudy Prince Rupert 40 | 32 32 4 0 Cloudy {Edmonton -6 | -18 -18 4 0 ‘ Clear Seattle 46 34 34 4 0 Clear Pertland 48 34 34 4 0 Olear San Francisco 54 42 42 0 0 Clear New York 32 | 18 18 20 0 Clear Waahmglon 38 26 26 - A 0 Cloudy WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 AM. TODAY Seattle (airport), clear, temperature, 29; Blaine, clear, 24; Vic- |toria, cloudy, 34; Alert Bay, partly cloudy, 27; Bull Harbor, clear, 33; Tnpl( Island, cloudy; Langara, cloudy, 36; Prince th. cloudy, 35; | Ketchikan, misting, 34; Craig, cloudy, 37; Wrangell, cloudy, 28; Pet- ‘ersburg, cloudy, 30; Sitka. snowing, 38; Soapstone Point, cloudy, 30 Hawk Inlet, snowing, 24; Hoonah, snowing, 26; Radioville, snowing, 30 | Juneau snowing, 22; Skagway, snowing, 17; Capé Hinchinbrdok, cloudy. 32; Cape St. Elias, cloudy, 30; Cordova, cloudy, 29; Chitina, partly clou- -18; McCarthy, partly cloudy, -12; Fairbanks, clear, -24; Hot 5; Nulato, clear, -2; Kaltag, clear, 8; Flat, clear, 10. Juneau, Feb. 17. — Sunrise, 7:29 a.m.; sunset, 5:00 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS A large area of low barometric pressure covered the northeastern Alaska - and southern |Bering Sea this morning with a center of 28.70 inches south of the Al- aska Peninsula. A ridge of high air pressure extended from the Arctic Ocean southeast to the mid-western states, with the highest reported pressures over Yukon Territory and Manitoba. Light snow fell at St. Paul Island and over southeastern Alaska and light rain from Una- laska to Kodiak, with generally fair weather over the rest of Alaska, western and central Canada and the Pacific Coast states. Tempera- tures were colder over northern and interior Alaska this morning but warmer over the southern portion of the Territory. C. D. A. SEWING Mrs. George Gullufsen in the Davis Apartments, gathering at 2 o'clock for the regular weekly meeting. GROUP TO MEET HERE TOMORROW Previous meetings of the group !were canceled during the past two The sewing group of the Catholic weeks because of the coly-weather, Daughters of America will meet to-|so this will be the first opportuhity morrow afternoon at the home uf‘for the group to meet in some time. look .. and when you land on 'Chesterfields you find the three points of smoking pleasure . .. all you for in a cigarette MILDNESS that’s refreshing TASTE that smokers like AROMA that makes you down- right hungry for a smoke.