The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 23, 1938, Page 2

2 T AR | Choose CRAVENETTE for SPRING SHOWERS and up Reefers! New Belted Styles! Expensive-looking show- erproof double service Cravenette {ALSO Rubberized - Si Raincoat Budget-pric- ed! Fashion's favorite for Spring; excellently Choose any of Raincoats— tailored. these smart, new 11 to 14 Natural, Brown, Green, Blue styles. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 Tried:in Secret @ Rev. Martin Niemoeller His demand for a publi¢ hearing denied by Nazi judges, Rev. Mar. tin Niemoeller, 46-year-old pastor who has led the Protestant churches of Germany in a fight to prevent overthrowing of Chris- tianity, defiantly faced five black- robed jurists in secret proceedings in Berlin. Niemoeller, World war submarine hero, was charged with sedition, and German secret police CONGRESSMEN HARD PRESSED, THEN WIGGLE Leap Before ] They Look, Dictate But Do Read —Other Odd Things By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. — Add what this country needs: A way out, for members of Congress who leap before they look. Most recent example of the need the scramble of a half-dozen nd Representatives to get their names off that statement of sympathy and good will for the Spanish Loyalist government which some 60 members signed. Those who got on and wanted to get off again after the list was published asserted they had been wooed into signing it by a pefsonable young fellow who said the document was simply a statement favoring con- stitutional government that any- body could sign in safety, They signed, they explained, without reading. Perhaps they got caught- in a game of follow the leader. Some important Congressional names al- ready had been signed to the pe- (Gestapo) guarded “in. .quarap- tition. tine”’ Niemoeller's colleagues who » were to testify at the trial. Dis- PRE-DEPRESSION CUSTOM cussion of his case was rigidly Smart young businessmen rising suppressed because of the pastor's to the heights in the booming popularity with millions of Ger- .Twenties” used to stamp their let- mans ters; ‘“dictated, but not read.” 104 % Sometimes it got them out of trou- ble in case they dictated too much F2 in haste. Also it gave the impres- sion that top-hand young business- men could give their letters no second glance. Gay Print Umbrellas $2.50 and up Gay, NEW umbrellas to keep Spring showers ' 'WOMAN HITS - BACK IN LOVE from Spring. cloth But you will remember that some Glorias and silks with " who received such letters returned smart novelty handies. I PlRAcY cAszthem after scrawling across the Solids, prints, 16 rib. face ?per:cc;rbtge::&::a:nd o [ ® rrsentqbi\cs from the list of in- i LOS ANGELES, GAl, Feb, 28— dorsers of the Spanish Repubic was B.M. Behrends Co., Inc. = “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” AR Alaska Schools Retain Rating For Standards 14 Accredited to Higher Institutions — Territory Has High Percentage The Alaska Accredited Commit- tee of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools met in the office of Commissioner ot Education A. E. Karnes this morn- ing and approved the standards of the 14 accredited high schools ot the Territory. The committee 1is made up of the Commissioner, Su- Juneau schools, and Superintendent George V. Beck of Petersburg. The latter was accompanied to Juneau by his family and expects to re- turn home on the Baranof. The 14 accredited schools Anchorage, Cordova, Dougias, Fai! banks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Nome, Palmer, Petersburg, Se , Sitka, Sheldon Jackson, Skagway and Wrangell, On basis of population Alaska as the highest percentage of ac- credited schools in the entire nation, Commissioner Karnes said, being higher than any State in the Union. perintendent A, B. Phillips, of the FEBRUARY SHRINE DANCE HELD HERE Preceded by a number of informal parties, the annual Washington's birthday Shrine dance was held last evening in the Scottish Rite Temple where Gastineau Channel residents gathered for the tradition- al event on the Shrine program. Clarence Rands and his orches- tra played for the occasion, and re- That for a surprisingly moderate cost you can have an attachment to riot and civil commotion, smoke damage and “wild” contract, rates. e your fire policy that protects you, in the same amount and under the same conditions as your fire policy, against wind storm, explosion, hail, See us for full information on the Supplemental that gives wholesale protection at retail SHATTUCK AGENCY PHONE 249 Office—New Yorkfl Life Ann Beresford mot] ul Anita Louise, Whitehead, hardly a novelty, bionde screen act={tq it goes on in Washington all the struck back in the love theft ime A certain percentage of mem- that is pending against her.'pors gayly approve highpower legis Something akin 0 love to lose” was in effect jation without reading it. in many ner answer to Bernice Whitehead, |instances they don't even hear the who recently ed for $150.000, qebate. harging the love of Joseph Verne . Whitehead had been stolen FARM BILL EXAMPLE freshments were served. J. W. Lei-| She had not, Mrs. Whitehead | The current farm bill is a fair vers, chairman of the Snrine series. saiq in her reply to the suit, in-|eyample. Some Seantors were bold announces that the last dance of quced Whitehead to. divorce his enough at the time to say they did eason’s group will be L fen former wile not understand it but were going to oh 42 1 And when she first met the band yote for it in the hope it would do - e leader Castle, married, Mrs, RELIEF BILL IS PASSED BY - SENATE TODAY she had not known he was no doubt some were S0 busy 1 married man, she refused to see funds for homestate projects that they answer says. stated, some are so honestly to smell the legislative fires burn- Measure Senl Back 2 brazen in finding a way out might w ! wl ; evolve such saving clauses as: . . . | 3 Business Decling - The “Indorsed without reading.” relief bill, sending it back to the | “Said but not meant.” contains an amendment by Senator business depression are ment restrictions placed on the re- California alone, such accidents oo [Killick, chief of the department's Then the policermen {hazards may not be curtailing the for the cheese—but to no avail. the nation are going to be con- NEW YORK,, Fe: sTuLE GANDY in the near tuture, if his hand- accidents, Who also Is known as Jack some good and not too much harm. Whitehead declared. corting constituents around town or Then, when she did learn he was pleading with the departments for him again until after he and Ber- they haven't time for everything. nice Whitehead had been divorced, Anq again, it should be fairly B (8GR T RAg R with other important legislation as to give them only odd moments Mfllflf Aflfllflflms ing around them. e who wish to be bold and I roval Of House .fm Applo l %| “Voted for but not understood.” Certain Amendments | “Signed in hope it looks well in WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. — rea Senate has passed the $250,000,000 “Approved on condition the con- . |stituents like it.” House, for action on amendments. . SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. 23.—| The bill, as passed by the Senate, | Traffic accidents as a cause of | —————— Lewis B. Schwellenbach freeing the the attention of the California De- tween two garages. fund from the monthly apportion- | partment of Motor Vehicles. In lief expenditures by the present cause losses of more than $100,000,- law. 000 a year, according to Victor W. ing cats. But they held fast. . bureau of statistics. Killick raises namburger for the turkey, Farlev tu wnte |the question as to whether road cneese for the hamburger, and cake v and use of automobiles. accidents are not curbed cats cnme out. Is “ 0 Ing[ap y promplly " he said, “this State and fn)m.e(l with a serious business TR nmc is directly resulting from those sheking doesn’t wear out, Postmas-| . “Any per capita curtailment in ter Cieneral James A. Farley is going | the use of automobiles will not Nuw REPAYS to put his autobiography on the|ORly seriously affect auto manu- facturing, with its millions of work- He already has drafted an out- E: b‘"t"hl“ gfl“‘*"‘l N‘“I‘Z‘OL%IE}I"’ MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb, 23, — line, it was learned today, of the ber. petroieum Aand road bullding g g paymann has a new souvenir, book which will be not only a life industries as Wt‘u of bl days.in the grocery bisiness story, but a behind the scenes ac- Attached to a $5 bill, this note cam count of politics since the time he in the mail: in his native Stony Point; N. Y. went to school I used to come H 1# vour store and take candy ar l ame“ a' fruit and even money, so I am sending you $5. I think that will cover it. _ I thank you.' CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 23.—Police- — - - men John Solberg and Edward O'-| Try The Empire classiffeds for Hayer had quite a Juh u‘\cumpv twv results, NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING for ALL MAGHINISTS, AUTO MECHANICS and ALLIED WORKERS To discuss problems of affiliation and attendance of meetings with Local 514, International Association of Machinists. UNION HALL-FRIDAY, 8:00 P. M. To follow regular meeting of I. A. M. No. 514 ® a 28 HAVE © IS, CO. N, A falling aircraft, faulty heating apparatus motor vehicles? busy 100 R SALUTE TO SPRING Brother and sister can step out this snring in coats exactly alike ex- cept fer the buttoned closing made of navy biue wersted. HereIs Why Iv Average hourly entrance rates of adult male a Below ADcens common labor in 20 industries, as reported tothe US. Department of Labor, July 1937 E_]o,,,so(,n,, WASHINGTON, Feb 3. you're wondering why Cor from Nor able to get fix minimum wages, take the map above Summarizing a by the Bureau of L it shows hourly entrance (begin- H ; S g i d ning) wages for common (unskill- 2t this session of Congress depends Ive" ears planes.ana e, shells ord_attaCFlngr 1} ed)’ labor throughout the country ©R SOMe compro hafhleahips feing from o clstanee of in 20 important At that time, the ; ] those wages averaged 1 recelving | wajling cats from a 6-inch slit be-|cents in the North and jus 39 cents in the South First they tied a plece of turkey gjle industry not included meat to a long pole and dangled game survey, the delicacy in front of the sing- last July northern coit paying an average of substituted hour, later the South. That's when they talk about the Somebody thought of salmon. The a] wage differential.” Southerners argue that any L+ e uiIIIIHlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllmlllill|||fll|llll||Il||Il|||IIlHIlIIIIIIII!IIIIIl - ERm—o 1938. (By the U. 8. Weathet Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, Rain tonight and Thursday; Weather forecast for Southeas Lynn Canal. to Cape Hinchinbrook. ¢ LOCAL DATA beginning at 4 p.am., moderate to fresh southeast winds. mnaska: Rain tonight and Thurs- day; moderate to fresh southeast winds, except fresh to strong over Dixon Entrance, Clarence Strait, Frederick Sound, Chatham Strait, and Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: strong southeast winds tonight ani Thursday from Dixon Entrance U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER Feb. 23: Fresh to Time Barometer Témp. HumiGitr Wind Velocity Weathee 4 pm. yesty 30.01 43 80 NE 8 Lt. Rain 4 am. today 29.93 43 82" SE 12 Cloudy Noon today 2077 44 8 SE 12 Lt Rain RADIO REPORTS .TODAY Max. temp. Low:st 4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. velocity 23 hrs. Weatner Atka 32 28 - 8 02 Pt.Cldy Anchorage 40 27 — - 0 Barrow -28 -32 -32 6 0 Clear 1, Nome 14 -4 -4 4 0 Clear Bethel 20 2 4 16 0 Clear Fairbanks 2 0 2 4 ? Cloudy Dawson 28 2 6 0 0 Cloudy st. Paul 16 8 14 26 01 Snow Dutch Harbor 30 18 28 10 07 Pt. Cldy Kodiak 34 32 34 10 a2 Snow Cordova 40 32 36 4 1.30 Rain Juneau 6 41 rd 12 45 Cloudy Sitka 46 40 < o 26 : Ketchikan 48 42 48 14 .10 Cloudy Prince Rupert 46 46 46 4 0 Pt.Cldy Edmonton 48 24 26 4 [J Cloudy Seattle 48 46 46 4 21 Cloudy Portland 48 44 44 4 .88 Rain San Francisco ... 60 ) 48 48 4 0 Fog New York 42 34 38 6 .10 Cloudy Washington 42 | 38 42 4 1 Rain WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8§ AM. TODAY Seattle (airport), cloudy, tempe -ature, 45; Blaine, cloudy, 42; Vic- toria, raining, 43; Alert Bay, partl; cloudy, 30; Bull Harbor, cloudy, 45; Triple Island, raining; Langara Island, raining, 44; Prince Ru- pert, cloudy, 44; Ketchikan, raining, 45; Petersburg, raining, 43; Point, raining, 42; Hoorlah, raining, 45; Craig, raining, 45; Wrangell, Sitka, cloudy, 45; Soapstone - raining, 40; Radioville, raining. 40; Ju- neau, raining, 41; Skagway, raining, 39; Cape St. Elias, raining, 40; Cordova, raining, 40; Chitina, snowing, 24; McCarthy, raining, 32; An- chorage, cloudy, 27; Fairbanks, cloudy, 14; Hot Springs, cloudy, -5; Tan- ana, cloudy, -8; Nenana, cloudy, Ruby, cloudy, 2; Nulato, clear, -10; Kaltag, cloudy, -4; Flat, cloudy. Ohogamute, cloudy, . 15. Juneau, Feb. 24. — Sunrise, 7:11 a.m.; sunset, 5:17 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS A large low pressure area prevailed this morning over the north- 2 eastern portion of the North Pacific Ocean and throughout Alaska, the lowest reported pressure being 28.40 inches over the Pacific Ocean at latitude 46 degrees and longitude 156 degrees. High barometric pressure prevailed over the Pacific Coast States and over the Hudson Bay region, the crests being 30,54 inches at Fort Churchill and 30.46 inches at Kamloops. Snow flurries were reported at Fairbanks, St. Paul Island, and Kodiak, and light to moderate rain over the Aleu- — tian Islands and from Cordova southward along the coast to the Co- lumbia River, while fair weather was reported over the remainder of the field of observation. It was warmer last night over the upper Yukon Valley oaver the mt\nm western, and northern portions of Alaska. L £ They are bex-cut and deuble breasted, The irim Scetch cans match chem. Hard Minimum Wages To Fix and colder Wife Goesfo Jail FRANGE T0 USE To Save §3 Fine PHANTOM SHIP PARIS, Feb. I, —French naval SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 23—Mrs. maneuvers of the future are to be E. L. Halleib of Portland, Ore., was the more realistic by the use of a free after spending one day in jail “phantom” ship now being equipped /. rather than pay a $3 traffic fine. for that purpose. She was charged with exceeding To be controlled entirely by wire- the speed limit. less, it is presently being fitted out Saying the $3 “would buy food in a Breton shipyard and when for my children,” Mrs. Halleib said | completed will be able to steam out vk a hardship on Southern indus- oo would serve out the fine. of harbor, lay & smoke screen, in- *:cuLlfU”x{l:l(‘r"x‘;n\‘r“.]s)xl/;v llolwleLr “l’:e TRt crease and decrease its speed with- S s practice of paying out a soul on board. ges than men will work for in the H a = North already s working a hard- fl e I le Its operator will be a mile or two ship on the Northern industry. away from the ship as it attemp Success of wa : legislation to escape the bombs of raiding air- W 40t 50 cents 1t eral wage-hour law which did not recognize that difterential would nen h haven't been on a law to a look at and Sou together eport last July r Statist e : four or five miles. industrie: . i Bureau reports, e than 5 t short of tex- in the the Bureau found that FISH LUCATUR SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23.—Con- victed of violating the Federal nar- |cotic laws, Phil Gargano, reputed SAN DIEGO, Cx\l Feb. 23.—Dr. head of a coast-wide dope ring, was Carl A. Madsen, research engineer, sentenced to twelve years in Fed- 1 mills were js building a mechanism which he |eral court and fined $3,000. A mo- 50 cents an believes will locate schools of tuna, tion for probation for his wife, who compared with 39.7 cents in thus increasing the efficiency of pleaded guilty to similar charges, the 66 tuna boats working out of |was referred to the Federal pro-| kers mean this port. He expects to make tests |bation officer. | ‘section- | of the device in a few weeks. Lode and placer location notices @ - e - . ‘Alaska” by Lester D. Henderson. |for sale at The Empire Office. In the MANY COLDS - Esp:cnlly designed aid for nose and upper throat, where | ost colds start. i Regular Size 304 Daublg Quantity 50¢ what fed- FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PUBLIC——— : MRS. ORDWAY WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THAT— : ORDWAY’S PHOTO SHOP will CONTINUE To Operate As Heretofore. The business will be under the management of Mr. Herbert Neff, who has been in charge for the past year and who has had several years of previous experience in the photographic busi- ness in the States. He will be assisted by Daisy Hillman, who was formerly with the Ordways » for two years. EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC QUALITY AND SERVICE AS ALWAYS Your patronage has been haghly valued in the past, and your future support in helping to carry on the work Mr. Ordway started will be———— GREATLY APPRECIATED. ORDWAY'’S Photo Shop mmmmmmmmlmlmmlmnmmnmummlmmmmmuulnumumnummmmunnmnmumnlmmmmnmmuumfi- IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIII_IIIIIIIHIIlIII OO OO