The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 8, 1938, Page 2

Colorful Spring FLOWERS Qc e Flowers are IN this ! Daisies, gard s ts fleld flowers all fresh- looking flower costumes ¢ to make your SSSSPS P SUBUSBUTETY FHESNE o S RIS S gt S NSRRI S 0oR FORges New Spring NECKWEAR 50c and $1.00 Collar and Cuif Sets To make old [rocks NEW NEW frocks NEWER! lJace and satins in while and ecru B. M. BEHRENDS €CO., ine. { \ { | { { | \ \ \ \ | { | { { \ { \ { \ { \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ { | \ ) { \ \ | 4 \ N N N ) \ \ \ { | \ N \ \ \ \ N \ N | N N \ ! { \ \ \ ' \ { \ \ { § E ' { N { ! ' { \ { § \ { { { { { { \ \ \ { \ { { { \ ' \ § { \ { { { \ | 4 ; { “Juneau’s Leading ! Department Store” H \ 3 PLAY TONIGHT IN HIGH GYM ‘ouglas threatens and promises in the same breath to down the Fire- men tonight by an overwhelming score while the Elks are threaten- ing the same sort of basketball may- hem on the persons of five Juneau High School athletes who fell just short of the- Southeastern Alaska Championship in a playoff with Pet- ersburg. Bud Foster will be blowing the whistle again and it is understood the High School band will play. What Is Your News 1.Q.? isomflhln;: really hot in fighting |planes. . Bruno Mussolini's three * |“green mice” planes which flew od , |across ‘the Atlantic are mere but- Bach question counis 20; eacm""““"'s by comparison. part of a two-part question, 10. A| Nearly every time new score of 60 is fair; 80 good. are delivered to the Panama |Zone nowadays, they are flown 1. Who is this ex-skipper of a submarine? Why did Germany arrest him? 2. What is a “joystick”? What trouble has it caused the U. 8.2 3. Northern Ireland recently voted decisively against union with the Free State. True or false? 4. What propesed constitu- tional amendment concerning wemen has been debated in - ? . 5. Mas Britain just complet- . defy te) on page six. —————————————————————————" Drive, Los Famed Wilshire Rl L Famed Wilsh I ted, shews decked buses and antomcbhiles attempting to breast streams of water after street cars in many ice. Scores Are Marooned as Terrents of water peuring dev north of this point. |Flight of “Flying Fortresses” Had 2 | Purposes in View | (Continued from Page One) | | |other arrangements in South Am- | erica, learned that lesson some time |ago and have been broadeasting propaganda programs the Atlantic for months. It has wprked |50 well that the United States had to take a hand.. The flight of bombers was only one part of the general propaganda effort to prove that Yankees can build planes good or better than the ov competitors. + Peru has swapped local goods for Italian planes, but the sight of these handsome U. 8. army bomb- ers'is expected to show the natives )58 over some of the Central American republic® Once in Panama they !make flights to nearby points, such as Honduras, Guatamala and Nica- ragua, and one flight from Panama to Brazil with a new cluster of planes is @ possibility Military demonstration are companied by offerings of some of the finer things of life. Each Mon- day night the Bureau of Education broadcasts a short wave program to the cities and jungles of the south. It is called the “Brave New World” series and each program tells a sort of “March of Time story of a dramatic historic event ac- in the colonization of the Americas., Bealevard that threads through the heart. of as well as many exclusive hotels and luxurious mansions, be n from Huntington Palisades and, ithe skirting Los Angeles’ beaches. The roadway was swept into the sea, marconing sceres at the ex A Coast Guard beat, attémpting te réach the colcny, was driven back by the storm. A n the Sou serv P Hriar o 4 ARMY GAME While our mind is on army mat- ters, we must tell you about the army war college baseball team, The majors and colonels who at- tend the college te learn how 40 make war get their principal - ree- reation playing baseball. One af- ternooh the commanding = genoral drove up with a dinner guest and suggested the officers invite him to play. “Where d¢ you play?” they ask- cd the young fellow as he strolle out to the diamond. “I play second base a little bit,” said the guest, unsmiling They ook him out to second base and one of the officers—who are| always gentlemen, especially when they are majors and colonels—gave him a few kind. pointers. “When it is a right-handed bat- y between second and third base,” the officer who was playing shortstop suggested. “When a left- handed batter is up, play toward st base and I'll cover second for you.” The young fellow nodded and set about his task. He stopped a grounder or two and batted out a pair of nice hits before the game ended. “Officers,” said the commanding general as the game ended, “T'd like you to meet my guest. Gentle- men, Bucky Harr Note: Bucky Harris, manager of the Washington American League team, holds the league record for put-outs by & second baseman in a season—479 in 1022, We will with- hold the name of the blushing of- ticer who coached him at the war college. - e Joe McCormack, well-known In- terior mining man, was an Alaska enger today returnmg to his mining operations, Culifo'mia i bl BT NN THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1938. geles, Becomes Practically a Canal thern metrcpolis and where many cof Los Angeles’ smartest shops are came a raging torrent as the record downpour swept the ¢ity. Photo cetions of the city were forced to suspend Highway Becomes Waterfall s i . _ W a section of the Roosevelt Highway, e Malibu Beach colony, a few miies everly Hills section washed out 7 Mis. Lena Pigg Becomes Bride 0f Mr. Erickson ‘Cc"\‘em.ony I_svf:erfm'm(‘d at Home of Commissioner Gray Last Night Fred Charman, witnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Erickson are in charge of the Juneau Melody Shop the Gastineau Liquor Store. Erickson has made her home in Jupeau for some time and is wellknown here. Mr. Erickson has been in Juneay for.the past three years Mrs. PRRGHEORTCTE VN KINSELLS BACK and Mrs, Willlam Kinsell of Auy age. are passepgars, on the Alaska who visited in Juceau while the steamer was in port. The Kinsells are returning from a trip acr the United States that took them on a visit to West Point where' their son Roy is in his second year. Mr. As a swprise to Juneau friends of the -omes announcement today | marriage of Mrs. Lena | William Erickson, la | the home of Commi ay in Douglas. The ceremony was performed by | Commissioner Gray at 9 o'clock in the presence of Miss Christine Hal- vorsen, Mr. Royal Shepard, and Mr. B, /., Jioiicr vesanrs Try Schilling Baking Powder, made with pure cream of tartar! It forms smaller, more uniform bubbles in the mix—which means much better results for you. No unpleasant “baking pow- der” taste, either! " ) - D INSPECTORS BACK Capt. John A. Clark and John Newmarker of the U. S. Steamboat Inspectors’ office here, returned on the Alaska from several days in- spection work in Ketchikan. v | mi RAINBOW GIRL CEREMONY SET FOR TONIGHT Majority Service Will Be Conducted by Order of Eastern Star Tonight at 8:30 o'clock, in the Scoftish Rite Temple, members of the Order of Eastern Star will present the Majority Service hon- oring Rainbow Girls who have reached the age of majority dur- ing the past year and are entitled to honorary membership. This ceremony, which open to the public, will iately follow the regular meeting of the Order of Star. The following girls will re- ceive the Majority Service: Gerald- ine Bodding, Amy Lou Guerin Dru- liner, Birdie Jensen Foster, Edith- pelle Heller, Rae Jorgenson, Miriam Lea, Elizabeth Terhune, and Evelyn Jenkins Wolney. Another feature of the evening will be a short exercise honoring the Past Mother Advisors of Rain- bow, presented by the following Past Worthy Advisors of Rainbow: Anita Porter, Sylvia Berg, Sybil | Godfrey, Elizabeth Terhune, Al- verta Porter, Birdie Foster and Mary Jeannette Whittier. SCARLET FEVER CASES TOTALT; WARNING ISSUED Dr. W. P. Blanton Cautions Parents to Watch for Symptoms will be immed- business Eastern Although not of epidemic propor- tions, the spread of scarlet fever throughout the community today drew warning from Dr. W. P. Blan- ton, acting commissioner of health who announces that in the past three weeks seven cases have con- fined patients in Juneau. “It would be wise for parents to wateh children for these cardinal ymptom: Dr. Blanton stated this aftérnoon, “sore throat, nausea, fe- ver, and headache.” L Upon finding these symptoms, he continued, the child should be kept home from school and a doc- tor should be called immediately. All present cases are under guar- antine. Dr. Blanton is acting com- ssioner of health during the ab-: sence of Dr. W. W. Council, now in the south. - Jack Gucker, traveling man, left for the Westward on the Alaska | for a trip of several weeks to the Westward and into the Interior. Friend to Alaska’s Children ALASKA’S CHILDREN AR U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vieinify, be ing at 4 pan, March 8: Showers tonight and Wednesday; moderate southeast winds. : Weather Torecast yor Scwihcas: A.aska: Showers tonight and Wed- nesday; moderate southeast winds cxeept fresh over Dixon Enttance, Clarence Strait, Frederick Sound, Chatham Strait and Lynn Canal. Forecast of southeast wind; &s alony the Coasi &f the alopg the coast from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hin- Gulf of Alaska: Fresh chinbrook. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humiciy Wind Vel L pan. yest'y 30.07 41 53 5 i ?n’ P?;;:- 1 am. today 13 36 90 SE 1 Lt. Rain Noon today 30.15 40 8 SE 10 Cioudy RADIO REPORT! TODAY Max. temp. Lowast 4am. 4am. Precip 4am Station last 24 hours | temd. temp. velecity 23 brs. Weathe) Atka 38 34 36 16 63 Cloudy Anchorage 34 25 0 Barrow -8 1 -12 -12 6 0 Clear Nome 34 32 32 12 T Snow Bethel 40 24 4 0 Clear Fairbanks 38 | 2 B 0 Clear Dawson 14 | 10 L] 0 Clear St. Paul 36 30 16 02 Snow Dutch Harbor 36 32 18 44 Rain Kodiak 38 36 8 27 Rain Cordova 36 32 4 0 Pt.Cldy Junedu 5 | 36 1 0 Rain Sitka 41 33 — — 0 Ketchikan 40 34 34 4 34 Clear Prince Rupert 44 36 36 4 30 Cloudy Edmonton 38 14 14 4 0 Cle:\‘r Seattle 58 4 44 10 T Clear Portland 62 44 44 4 0 Clear San Francisco 54 48 50 4 15 Cloudy New York 44 32 34 18 0 Clear Washington 52 36 38 4 0 Clear WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 AM. TODAY Seattle (airport), cloud toria, clear, 39; Alert Ba Island, clouds cloud, tempecature, 42; Blaine, clear, 36; 3 Langara Island, show Vic- Bull Harbor, cloudy, 44; Triple 38; Prince Rupert, showers, 37;. Ketchikan, cloudy, 35; Craig, cloudy, 37; Wrangell, cloudy, 38; Pet- srsburg, cloudy, 36; Sitka, cloudy, 37; Soapstone Point, cloudy, 34; Tenakee, cloudy, 36; Hoonah, cloudy, 32; Hawk Inlet, partly cloudy, 32; ‘Radioville, showers, 36; Juneau, cloudy, 37; Skagway, cloudy, 3;1: Haines, cloudy; Cape Hinchinbrook, cloudy, 35; Cape St.*Elias, cloudy, 37; Cordova, snowing, 33; Chitina, cloudy, Portage, cloudy, 32: Anchora2 *loudy, Juneau, March 9. — Sunr t cloudy, 25; Fairbanks, clear, 10; Springs, clear, -6; Tanana, clear, 10; 15; MecCarthy, cloudy. 4; Hot Ruby, clear, 10; Nulato, partly 10; Kaltag, cloudy, 20; Flat, cloudy, 25; Ohogamute, clear, 32. 6:35 a.m.; sunset, 5:48 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS The barometer ia, ras high over sjutheastern Alaska, western Cana- and the northwestern United States this morning with eénters of oressure of 30.40 inches at Fort Norman and 3034 at Qu'Appelle. Low ur pressure extended over the rest of Alaska, the Bering Sea and the north Pacific Ocean to being over the Bering Sea northe 28.90 inches. Light precipitation oc latitude 40 degrees north., the storm center t of Atka Island with a pressure of ured over the Seward Peninsula, from the Aleutian Tslands to Kodiak Island, along the coast over south- castern Alaska and northern fornia with generally fair ervation. Temperatures weather were British Columbia and over central Cali- over the rest of the field of ob- slightly cooler over the Interior, the jv)wnr Kuskokwim Valley and lower southeastern Alaska this morning but mostly warmer over other portions of the Territory. HELPING :HAND CLUB MEETS TOMORROW Encouraged by an increased membership and by response in funds needed to, carry on their work, members of the Helping Hand Club are continuing their work in child welfare and will meet for an all-day and evening session tomor- row at the home of Mrs. Wilbur Arketa on Willoughby Avenue near L] the Home Grocery. Garments have been made and distributed and members have vis- ited home in need of neighborly care, it is announced. Donations for the group will be accepted by Mrs. Charles Gray at her home at 109 West First Street. e Trv The Empire classifieds for results. . - e Empire classifieds pay. E LUCKY . . . all can attend schools noted for their high educational standards, The Canned Salmon Industry. has a hand in this. It pays the largest proportion of territorial tax revenues— and much of this ificome is used to operate your school system. Thus the Salmon Industry helps to give your children a good start in life.