The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 17, 1938, Page 2

P — MEN’S odds Shaés E&r the Family MEN’S OXFORDS—$2.95 WOMERN’S 50c, $1.00, $1.95 CHILDREN'S ————$1.00 INFANTS’ SUITS $SER 75 No Alterations Men’s Shirts §4.00 Men’s Underwear 31.00 Big Values at Big Savings 39¢ B.M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” ot Angle on Symmetry for Achievin g 1938 Figure THE n head low, hips in between. LEVELS By BETTY CLARKE AP Feature Service Writer Tt s frocks have been de- ¥ figure This and hip measure- > the same and the waist ches smaller Many little tain that figure women will have to do a trimming here or there to at- If your problem is bust measurement, here are recommendations by Ann Del- ome New York specialist in re- shaping figures. Lifting the bust line may be all t is needed. Exercise alone may ent, but 5 inclined fuine in bu exercising be preceded by dieting. The chief item to watch'in this kind of diet i t—keep away from it. Salt makes the system retain liquids— as little as a twentieth of an ounce of sall will store up two or three pounds of liquid, s for the bust, gravity p you if you sume the angle” before ng. This comes if yop lie on the floor Wit of your feet higher than the rest your hody and your hips propped ree pillo¥s so they will an your head but lower Head and shoulders on the floor, and your d.be flung.out at ease. your chest puscle and your chest as 2li a8 you can. position as long as pos- this exerci few raisc Hold tha R minutes each day. You s can check on the if you effects measure th FOR Sturry Heap ust a few drops of icks Va-tro-nol F9X clogging mu- sglolkn sercising to develop the bust this posture is beneficial-—feet, high, self before starting and again af- ter_you have exercised two or three weeks. Ligagslgand Prof, Predicts -~ “Thimble Size™ Future Library NORMAN, Okla., Feb. 17. — Yau may be able to store a 100,000 vol- ume libr: in a small cabinet one of these days. J. J. Hall, assistant librarian at the University of Oklahoma, says this can be brought about by mic- ro-photography. Books would still be printed, for a picture of each page would be ta- ken. The developed and printed film would be projected on a small een “Facsimilies of some of the great- est manuscrips ever written, cost- ing thousands of dollars a copy now, be made for three or four a fool,” Hill explains. ¥s bout 1,000 pages could be aphed on a film bound into 8ize of an ordinary spool. SUSPiCious, FOR REASON DENVER, Feb A public sion an “unworthy incentive’ 17 pen- for . an alien to seck United States citi- zenship, Judge J. Foster Symes of Federal District Court told four candidates whose citizenship appli- cations he rejected. One of the foui' had lived in the United States 60 years and said he only recently discovered he was not a citizen, “It seems odd you would discover just when Colcrado decides to pay a $45 a month old age pension, the Judge sald. One of the quali- fications for a pension is citizen- ship. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 17, 1938. _ President's Ball § Report Reveals Territorial F:i;x_re at$1,214 with Some Places Yet to Be Heard From Gress return from the President’s Birthday. Ball in Juneau was $599 and a net return after expenses were paid of $536.50, according to E. W. Griffin, Chairman of the af- fair. Returns throughout the Ter- ritory now stand at $1,214 with some places to be heard from. The full report follows: This report is submitted by the Committee for. the President’s Birthday Ball, for the benefit of the fight against infantile paralysis and with it gces the thanks of the entire committee for the generous support given by the public of Ju- neau and the aid rendered by the high school girls, who contributed much to its success. W. S. PULLEN, Local Chairman. E. W. GRIFFIN, Territorial Chairman JAMES McNAUGHTON, EARLE HUNTER, Dance Committee. Ticket buyers: First National Bank, B. M. Beh- rends Bank, Alaska Electric Lich and Power Co., Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., J. J. Meherin, Thomas Dyer, Alaskan Bachelor Hotel, Dr. R. M. Coffey, Charles Beale, Dr. W. W. Council, Juneau-Young Hard- ware Co, W. S. Pullen, The Daily Alaska Empire, Pacific Alaska Air- ways, Connors Motor Co., Alaska Laundry, B. M. Behrends Co., Inc Comes Out Of Lelhargy James Carlson, Cooper Investments, Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic, —Fair Gains Made — Governor's Office, Secretary’s Of- NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—Security fice, Forest Service, Indian Affairs and commodity shares advanced |Office, Public Survey Office, Bureau broadly today under a revival of |of Public Roads Office, Mining De- speculative buying. Traders attri- PArtment Office, Marshal's Office, buted the new wave to inflationary | Customs Office, Alaska Road Com- psychology. | mission, Public Works Administra- The New. York Stock Exchange tion, Weather Bureau Office, U. S emerged from a long siege of leth-| Commissioner, Internal Revenuc argy. Office, Alaska Game Commission here was a considerable incyease | Office, U. S. District Attorney, Post in trading, sales totaling over 900,- Office Department, Health Depart- 000 -shares. ment, Welfare Department, Unem- Pivotal shares ranged in gains Ployment Compensation Office, Aud- from a few cents to more than $3. itor's Office, Treasurer’s Office, Farm commodities led in the up- Attorney General, Signal Corps. surge of staples. Harry Race Drug Store, Butler- Mauro Drug Co., 1. Goldstein, Wil- TODAY'S QUOTATIONS bur Wester, M. E. Monagle, D. S NEW YORK, Feb. 17. — Closing | Hostetter, Percy's Cafe, Alaska quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Music Supply, Alaska Meat Co. stock today is 12'4, American Can Jones-Stevens, Rice and Ahlers Co., TITLED VISITORtoNew York is Lady Mabel Dunn, Brit- ish author and lecturer. SHARES TAKE ADVANCE WITH 600D TRADING Stock Ma?;z t Suddenly 86 American Light and Power Harri Machine Shop, Alaska Steam- 47., Anaconda 32%, Bethlehem Steel ship Co., Columbia Lumber Co. H. 56, Commonwealth and Southern McDermott, J. S. Jeffrey, J. A. Hel- 1%, Curtiss Wright 4'4,, Genemal lenthal, Everett Nowell, R. R. Mgtors 357%, International Harves- Brown, American Legion. ter 65, Kennecott 384, New York Dr. Judson Whittier, Dr. H. Vance, Central 18, Southern Pacific 19, H. Mclean, Ludwig Nelson, Dev- United . States Steel. 54%, Bremner lin's Shoe Store, . W. P. Johnson, bid 232 asked 4}z, Pound $5.03. Juneau Sample Shoppe, Guy Smith _ Drug Store, Russell Clithero, Robert DOW, JONES AVERAGES Wakelin, J. J. Stocker, Gudmund The following are today’s Dow, Winthers, Yurman's Fur Store, Snow Jones averages: .industrials 127.59, White Laundry, J. B. Burford, up 2.69; rails 29.30, up ,.’{9; utilities | Verne Soley, John Reck, Halvor- : 19325 up 140 1 sen's, Mike Daniloff, Charles Gold- L S e stein, 309 Goldstein Bldg., Faulkner and Banfield, California Grocery, H nfl | Tommy McDowell, Juneau Florist PHLAN M) i Shop, James Primavera, Cash Cole. T | Harry Palmer, Dave Reiscshl, Hawa" The Hu |Fern. Beauty Shop, Needlecraft 1 § Shop, H, R. Shepard and Son, s A o “ |PFrank Heinkeé, Family Shoe Store, Keith Wildes, Juneau Paint Store, HONOLULU, Feb. 7. — T0 Meet mrany Metcalf, Bill Hixson, Irving people, the word “hula” means Ha- goooryp Gene Eustace, Garland waii’s rhythmic dance, but to E‘Bogga'n, Mr. Krafft, Orrin Kimball Hawailan language purist it may vy Orme Geo.' Messerschmidc. mean anything from a palpitating Sanitery Me:“ Co. Thomas H&rd: heart to raising something with a Lo."o0 “oacn Gr“ocery Bastinean lever. " y 4 v So says Leila Holt, assistant ter- ger::;erryéaMc::;is G?g:;‘;e' JIu)r.xe:; ritorial archivist, citing a 100,year- Dairies, l;c William Hc;sc Mrs old Hawailan dictionary as author- pp"See 0 n “Haves sn'(;p' JE ity. The ancient volume, published Pégués 3. B. Andereen. t A in 1936, was discovered during a re- S ¥ classification of the archieves. Ticket Sales $417.00 Hula, the dictionary says, means, Ticket Sales (no names) 43.00 ameng other things, a, swelling;.a Tickets sold at hall 139.00 protuberance under the arm; a - twitching, as of the eye; an invol- W $599.00 untary muscular movement; to_pal- Expénses: pitate, as the heart; to throb, as an| pance Hall $25.00 artery; to go through a solid sub- ., . 36.00 stance; to expel or eject; and to t 5 raife fwith fa level, 'T':'; e e ,Iin a2 A RN el g Net Proceds $536.50 Results shave been received from the following towns: Scignce, Still H Ketchikan, net $ 97.52 M' Cordoya, net 79.20 v R Seward, net .. 113.50 11 H (]] Valdez, pet 50.00 3 {am ag Wrangel. net 5280 Aobh . Petersburg, net 72,10 | Falrbapks, net ... 313.00 - 'HAND CLUB AMES, Ia, Feb. 17.—Have you felt “tired and dopey” . after ing a heavy dinner? ever “" HELPING The reason, says Earl .C. Me- 1 ]m; Cracken, Towa S!:!e College bio- EXTEND PROGRAM physeist, isn't. because, youx blood OF WBLFARE WORK rushes to your stomarch after you've eaten ¥ At an all-day session, yesterday, “As a matter of fact” he,ex: members and friends of the Help- plained,” “the brain gets more blood ing Hand Club met at the home than it ordinarily does, for cirey- of Mrs. Wilbur Arketa to continue lation is speeded up greatly. follow- child welfare work and outline ing a meal.” o e 143 © 1. | Rlans, for extension of their wel- He said scientists don’t know. just 'fare program. 3 what causes the “brain fag” in spite Letters are to be in the mails of the fact physiolpgists. for. many tomorrow extending membership in years maintained it was caused by the club to those out of town who blood rushing to the stomach.’ are interested in furthering the McCracken added that tests he club's work. conducted recently upon dogs show- Dpnations of old clothing are ed conclusively “circulation to every. being accepted for the club by Mrs. part of the body is speeded up great- Charles Gray at her home on 109 MODES of the MOMENT by Adclaide Kerr Here eleven. Lucien Leleng designs it and a detachabie bolero which ‘Clutching Hand’ Will Scour Sea For Lost Gold GLASGOW, Jan. 17 A engineer and his mech ‘clutching hand” are going 30,008,000 have been resting at the bc Tobermory Bay since the Spani Armada The inventor, Herr Van Wiener attempt to find the gold in wreckage of the Galleon Doque enca, off the Isle of Mull the year. The galleon, part of Armada of Phillip of to war with Queen Eli in 1588. When the Arm ated, the Duque F by a gale toward the Scottish cox where the indignant nders Mull scuttled her because her mas- ter refused to pay for stores he got There she has lain ever since, defying the efforts of many the treasure seeker who based his hopes on the story that a Greenock diver in 1665 found “one paper of Lattin extracts out of the Spanish records that there were 30 millions of Cashe on board the said Ship, and it tells it lay under ye Sell of the Gunroome.” A fine piece of plate in silver and gold, daggers, scabbords, bones, a few coins and a cannon ball have been taken from the galleon at v Du h after ducats that goid ea th in, sai beth’s 11 wbeth’s 1 ious times—but never the thirt; million. - e - The first postal service out of New York began in 1673. The New York s hibits sleeping in anitary code pro- a bath tub. WITH B Stoyadinovich. a frock that can go te dinner at eight and to dance RILLIANT JEWELS A Stoyadinovich, Yugoslavian prime minister. Host at reception was German Fo Some observers believe that Germany is at ith a full skirt, a halter bodice n be removed for dancing. What Is Your News 1.Q.? ...... { 20; each , 10. 1. The man being kissed (by is wife) just wen a fight. Who is he? Whem did he defeat? 2. Did Japan crder her am- bassader te China (a) to go Chinese government (b) to ceme home, or (¢) tc set up headgquarters in Shanghai? 3. Why have New Yeork's auto license tags been criticized? 4. President Roosevelt wants auto financing terms made easier. True or false? meved, 5. Are Britain and the United States about equal in sea pewer? Answers on page six. ey When a wealthy Englishman be- comes ill, he shuns a “hospital,” which is operated by voluntary sub- scription for the poor, for a “nurs- ing home” which corresponds to a small private hospital in America. There are 3,500 Negro Jews living in the Harlem section of New York: g ND LAVISH GOWN U, . DEPARTMENT QF AGEIGULTURE, WEATHER EUREAD (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Snow tonight and Friday; moderate to fresh southeast winds. Weather forecast for Southeas Alaska: Rain or snow tonight and Friday except snow over the northeast portion; moderate to fresh southeast winds except fresh to stroag over Dixon Entrance, Clarence Strait, Chatham Strait and Lynn Canal. crecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh to stro southeast winds along the coast from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinchinbrook. Feb. 17: LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind' Velocity Weathee 4 p.m. yest'y 29.96 21 94 w 3 Lt. Snow 4 a.m. today 2076 28 88 SE 7 Lt. Snow Noon teday 112074 217 82 SE 8 Lt. Snow RADIO REPORTS: b AN t 'TODAY Max. temp. | Lowest 4am. 4a.mi Precip, 4am. Station 1ast 24 hours | temp. temp. 'velocity 241 hrs. Weather Atka 40 30 36 6 a3k Cloudy Anchorage 23 5 - - [ Barrow -20 -22 -22 4 0 Clear Nome 28 26 28 18 0 Clear Bethel 16 8 8 22 0 Clear Fairbanks 8 -22 20 4 0 Clear , ! Cawson =22 -42 -40 6 0 Clear St. Paul 34 28 30 14 0 Cloudy Lautch Harbor 40 34 34 4 16 Pt.Cldy 4 Kodiak 38 36 38 10 83 Rain & Cordova 36 | 30 30 4 0 Cloudy * Juneau 30 26 28 7 24 Snow sitka 42 | 36 - 28 0 g Ketchikan 40 | 36 36 8 40 Rain Prince Rupert 42 34 38 12 .20 Cloudy 4! Edmonton 0 | -1 -12 4 0 Cloudy {f Seattle 44 34 34 4 0 Pt.Cldy 48 | 38 38 4 0 Pt.Cldy San Francisco 56 44 44 6 0 Pt.Cldy New York 3 2 26 4 0 Cloudy Washington 40 26 26 - 4. 0 Clear . g WEATHER CONDITIONS ‘AT 8 AM. TODAY Seattle (airport), cloudy, temperature, 30; Blaine, cloudy, 30; Vic- = toria, cloudy, 34; Alert Bay, cloudy, 33; Bull Harbor, cloudy, 34; Triple Island, clou Langara Island, raining, 40; Prince Rupert, raining, 36; Ketchikan, raining, 37; Craig, cloudy, 39; Wyangell, cloudy, 34;: Petershburg, cloudy, 34; Hoonah, snowing; Sitka, .cloudy; Soapstone Point, cloudy, 38; Radioville, snowing, 32; Juneau, snowing, 29; Skag- J way, cloudy, 17; Cape Hinchinbrook clear, 35; Cape St. Elias. cloudy, 24; Cordova, clear, 28; Chitina, clear, -32; McCarthy, clear, "-30; An- chorage, clear, 5; Fairbanks, clear, -24; Ruby, clear, ; Nulato, clear, 10; Kaltag, clear, 0; Unalakleet, clear, 20; Flat, clear, -11; Ohogamute, clear, 12, Juneau, Feb. 18. — Sunrise, 7:27 a.m.; sunset, 5:03 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS A large trough of low air pressure lay over most of the north Pa- cific Ocean this morning with one center of -pressurg of 28.80 inches on the International Date Line at 42 degrees north and another of 29.00 inches in, the lower part of the Gulf of Alaska. The barometer was high over northern and interior Alaska and central and western Cana- da except coastal British Columbia with the highest reading along 3 the Arctic Coast and upper MacKenzie River. Light snow fell at Akla- vik and over upper southeastern Alaska and light rain from Unalaska to Kodiak and from lower southeast>rn Alaska to Queen Charlotte Sound with generally fair weather prevailing over the rest of the field of observation. Except over the extreme southwest portion, tempera- tures over Alaska were not so cold this morning. Myth Exploded Are Laid to Poison HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 17. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 17— The Saturday night bath myth has The mysterious death of many deey been exploded. According to the In the country back of Los Angeles Hartford metropolitan water district 1s being investigated by state offi- survey, water consumption in that Cials. SR district is less on Saturday night Donald D. McLcan, economic bio- than any other day of the week, ex- l0gist, found bodies of 103 of the cept Sunday. Consumption for Sat- animals in an area nine miles long. urday is 97 per cent of the weekly All had been healthy just before average. Other days, Sunday, 90 they died, apparently of poison. per cent: Monday, 105; Tuesday and ~ The only sympfom observable was Wednesday, 103; Thursday, 100; Fri- a ‘rather blind wandering toward day, 102. water,” McLean said. It’s Smart to Two Cops Act Dumb, Haunted by ¢ Bright Girl Says Stolen Cars FAIRBURN, Ga. Feb. 17—“Don't CANTON, O, teb 7.—2 ccup.« UA be a ‘smarty’” is Martha Bledsoe's Canton policemen are wondering if advice to girls everywhere. automobile thieves are trying to Saturday Bath Dear Mass Deatls Martha is only 14 and has been accommodate or embarrass them. pretty busy getting to be a high Patrolman C. C. Hinkle broadcast school senior and the Georgia spell- a report of 2 stolen car, then went . ing champion at this age but she home to find the machine parked has had time to figure out the fol- at his éurh. lowing: Detective Ralph Trump spent the “It takes a pretty smart girl to day looking for andther stolen car know when to act dumb, The smart- and when he arrived home, there er she is the less she will exhibit it was, abandoned in front of his it. “There are times when she might cultivate a mild stupidity. “Boys don’t like smart, girls.” house. - Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. S dia Bonor ll_v during digestion, ‘We§t First Street, | - to woo Yugosla France and Yugoslavia rencwed their treaty of friendship Tor another five years, diplomatic wives hNBnIln visiting Milan . Minister von. to Mrs,