The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 6, 1938, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE WE HAVE OUR MOMENTSNOW yment that sweeps this luxury THEATRE Show Place of Juneau liner, with love and the law storming up heavy! SHORTS “THE SINGING BANDIT" “STRANGE AS IT SEEMS” ‘ON THE RECORD” NEWS TONIGHT IS ONE OF THE NIGHTS School Concert Is to Be Given Friday Evening Glee Clubs Will Be Heard in Program Directed by Miss Palmer ning will be tt Spring concert present- ing the Girls' Glee Club, the Boys' Gles Club, the A Cappella Choir, and the Grade School Glee Club of the Junzau Public Schools in a var- jed program of songs, with Miss Al- ice Palmer, instructor of music, dir- ecting. The concert wil be held in the High School gymnasium and is to begin at 8 pm Accompanists for the musical ev- ent will be Miss Ann Morris, Miss Sylvia Davis, Miss Bernice Mead, and Miss Ann Lois Davis. As Spx jal features on the program, the sel- ection “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp” will be sung by Ned Rowe, baritone, and “Le Cygne” will be played by Miss Helen Parrott, violinist. The Sixth Street entrance to the gymnasium will be the only ent- rance used for the concert e ALEUTIAN TO MAKE CALLS AT SKAGWAY Friday ev ocea- sion of the The steamer Aleutian, of the Al-| aska Steamship Company, ' taking the sailing of the Alaska, on April 16, will call at Haines, Skagway and Yakutat on both northbound and southbound trips, it was announced; today. LESLIE NERLAND ELECTED MAYOR OF FAIRBANKS Entire Progressive Ticket Swept Into Office— Heavy Vote Cast (Continued from Page Onc) for the Council on this included B. R. Dyson, 245; 218; Clarence Hahn, Others ticket Al Swalling, 213. The defeated Labor ticket includ- ed Tom Gay, 69; Ben Nelson, 56; John LeFevre, 53. The proposition on municipal ownership of utilities was defeated 134 to 132. Mrs. M. P. Roark won for the School Board with a vote of 201 over Mrs. Thomas C. Burchett. BROWN DEFEATS WADMAN AT ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE, Alaske, April 6.— Herbert Brown, railroad employee, was elected Mayor with a vote of 529 in yesterday’s election, defeating Jack Wadman, retired businessman, who received 297. No particular is- sue was involved. Both candidates promised lower light rates. | Winners for the Council seats were William Stolt, businessman; Leif Strand, railroad employee, and | Wells Ervin, accountant. For the School Board, Mrs. Marie Schodde, business woman, won over Mrs. Mae Jenkins, former school teacher. The proposition to transfer the alley in one hlock to the Sisters of Charity for use in construction of the Providence Hospital was car-| ried: 695 to 60. The total vote was| ' 833. Front at Seward St. l MACHINISTS LOCAL 514 MEET FRIDAY EVENING—7:30 A Bof L. HALL HAVE YOU INSURED YOUR CAR the Modern Way with the Comprehe;lsive “All Risks” Automobile Policy? . WHAT YOU BNHAVE © INS. 0. N. A This unique policy protects you against loss of or damage to your car from practically ANY cause, including :fire and theft. coverage. It can be secured with or without collision It provides much more protection, yet costs only a trifle more than fire and theft insurance alone. SHATTUCK AGENC PHONE 249 ' | Office—New York Life AT CAPITOL Sally Ei James Dunn Star in Comedy To- night, Tomorrow ers and James Dunn, one of the en’s popular combina- tions, have teamed together again in a sparkling comedy drama, Uni- versal's “We Have Our Moments,” which opens today at the Capitol Theatre. The story conce becomes tired of n teacher in a small town. S for Europe me before what premises iage. She fin an adventure it is hu cbbers he means through which they smuggl meney into Europe. She finds her- elf facing long yea prison Treated in a light vein, devel- with humorous situation ne dialogue, the picture has be raphed against the gaiety and mor of a trans-Atlantic luxury liner and adventurous, ro- mantic Monte rlo. The cast i cludes such talent as Mischa Au of “My Man Godfrey “Three Smart Gi and “The Gay Des- perado” fame; David Niven, ren Hymer, Marjorie Thurston Hall, Virginia lyn Pangborn It was directed by Alfred Wer- ker, the man who made such suc- cesses as “The House of Roth- schild.” Big Missou Mining Within Mountain Core B. C. Mines Inspector Says Aynox Is Being Prospected Sally B who fc ale, Frank- A half a thousand ton ball m milling gold in the heart of a mo: tain, in a great cavern carved out of solid rock, several hundred feet from the surfe That seemingly fantastic sit exists in the working of the Missouri gold mine near Hyder, ac | cording to Charles Graham, Ins- pector of Mines for Northern Brit- ish Columbia Graham, whose headquarters in Prince Rupert, arrived in Juneau on the Princess Norah, and will ins- pect mining operations at Tulse- quah and Atlin. He recently made a trip to the HyderlStuart area at the head of Portland Canal Graham said operations began at the Big Missouri in mid March, with a ball mill being installed that mills from 50 to 750 tons of ore a d: Approximately 60,000 rock were taken out of the interior of the mine to make a cavern feet long, 60 feet wide and 40 feet high to take care of the mill, and it is believed to be the first time a mill of such proportions was ever installed completely within the earth. “It is done principally for econo- my in mining,” Graham said. “A stem of finger raises and zlies brings the ore directly over- head and down to the mill. And of course, there is an added adventage in having the mill underground to escape the heavy snow§ of the region that reach phenomenai depths.” Graham explained that not o is the ore milled beneath the st face, but it is also concentrated,| treated with cyanide process and then refined to take the gold out. | are " Babies for Il Duce’s Money Prettiest Tootsies i Lovely Marion Dolan, of Brookiyr N. Y., won the contest for the pret tiest feet at the International Casino, in New York City. The judges wer¢ the artists Ne McMein, Dear Cornwell and McClelland Barclay Thought neath the a mountain of a complete mine be- surface, in the cente: of with over a hundred men and thousands of dollars ir machinery, working in the earth om out of sight of man, is stra nough to most people But even more remarkable to en- gineers is the fact t e ore is mined, milled and W wreated inside the mountain and a relatively small shining out of the tunnel as tk gargantuan effort Graham also ing work was bein; in the vast workings of the Anyox copper mines, which were recently ed down shortly before the copper took new - e MAY DAY DANCE PLANS MADE AT A. L. A. MEETING May 1 Legion rick is brought reward of 0l id that prospect- carried on again clc price of rength Plan: f the Day Dance of the Auxiliary were meetir the appo on, Mrs Davenport traditional Americar of the group 1 ntment of Mrs. Oscar Ol- Bud Anderson, Mrs. David and Mrs. W. O. Johnson to assist Mrs. Robert Kaufmann in arranging for the event was made by Mrs. John McCormick, president The invitation of the American Legion to attend a basket social at the Dugout, Saturday night, was ac- cepted by the Auxiliary. It was voted to buy more baskets from the American Lake Veterans Hospital, and another sale will be held soon Mrs, Oscar Olson and M Homer Nordling are to be in charge of ar rangements for the Poppy P contest. Dr. Sonia Cheifetz, acting director of the maternal and child health program will speak at the next meet- ing of the group, April 19. Mrs. H. G. Wilcox will be in charge of the meet- ing, assisted by Mrs. R. R. Hermann, Mrs. H. B. Humphrey, and Mrs. Lew Williams. The food shower planned to aid a family in need was held last night, and any further donations will be accepted by Mrs. McCormick whi will make arrangements for de- livery. ¢ e er Lode and placer location notice for sale at The Empire Office. Since Mussolini’s clarion call for more babies, hospital facilities in Italy have been taxed to the utmost to care for the new arrivals. The Duce offered the equivalent of $150 to all families with four babies before 1940, This picture, from News of the Day Newsreel, is » scene in the nursery in Rome UTILITIES VOTE | 1S ANALYZED BY W. S. PULLEN Small Vote, Even If Con- clusive, Would Fail to Es- ' tablish Public Ownership (Continued from Page One) not mean 65% of the voters, but of the taxpayers only. “The vote at yesterday's election on this question was 799 and 414 no, of a total of 1556 votes Ca | that even if the matter of bonding | the city required only a two thirds majority of the voters, failed- for not even two thirds all voter voted in favor of municipal owner- ship. What the result would be it the ma r were submitted payers only, with a requirement of 65% of all taxpayers, can e: be to tax- e were 332 voters who voted at the municipal election yesterday who did not vote on the question of public ownership. Adding that to the 414 who voted no, we 746, so that there was not ne 65% of all voters who voted in the affirmative erday. “T Al a Electric Company has don in Juneau for many years, and w have tried to keep abreast of the times and give the best service pos- sible at low rates, which will com- pare favorably with any other city in the world where the same con- | ditions exist. In the face of increas ing costs of labor and material and increased costs of obtaining power. and increased taxes, we have not asked for any increase in rates.for sixteen years, and we hope to con- tinue doing business with the people of Juneau and vicinity, giving them the same dependable service at low- est possible rates for many rs to come, or, in any event, until we are overtaken by ever-increasing federal, territorial and municipal taxes, which now amount to over 38%o0f our operating profit e Fire Horn Is Success and Failure have Light & busin The new diaphone alarm sys (whose fearful whistie blats heard today) ‘have not satistied the Fire Department Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill said to- day that one fire whistle cannot be heard in ajl ‘quarters of town, and another whistle, identical to the other, has beén wired East for. “Best fire'insuranc he town ever had!™ said oné ' rubber near the Fire Hall this morning. “Nobody’ll let a fire get started if they have to listen to that.” “Couldn't hear it in the busi- ness district on Front Street,” said several downtown business men and volunteer firémen. “We'll point one out towards the Ball Park,” said Chief Mulvihill, And we'll point the other one downtown.” Out near the Fair Building, Dave Davenport is pleading “Don’t point any more my way!” e GIRL SCOUTS ARE | VISITORS ON HAIDA| Troop No. 2, of the Girl Scouts, headed by Mrs. K. C. Talmage and Miss Louise Skinner, visited the vast Guard cutter Haida, yester-| day afterncon, and was shown the | various features of interest aboard the vessel. | Refreshments were served later| in the afternoon by Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Noble G Ricketts. you - PARTY GOING * TO WILSON’S 1 AID TOMORROW | A rescue party will be sent out tomorrow morning by United States Commissioner Felix Gray to Twin Points, on lower Glass Peninsula, on Admiralty Island, to bring in| Sandy Wilson, Port Snettisham | trapper. Wilson was reported on the beach | at Twin Points by Pastor H. L.| Wood, aboard the Seventh Day Ad- vetists boat Messenger, his boat wrecked and his clothing scant. | - - | Mrs. W. J. Manthey was admitted | to St. Ann’s Hospital last night and | underwent a major operation this! morning. | el | John R. James ,a medical patient, | was dismissed today from St. Ann’s Hospital. 3 .- - | Tom Jacobson was admitted today | to St. Ann’s Hospital tor medical | NED AND _ OPERATED Juneaw’s Greatest Show Value NOW PLAYING “THE LAST TRAIN FROM MADRID” A flaming love drama of Spain’s Civil War—with Dorothy Lamour—Lew Ayres Also Selected Short Subjects Tomeorrow is “The Big Night” WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1938. WHAT IS CZECHOS!.OVAKIA'S FUTURE? i Nt od IFHITLER DREAMS OF CZECH CONQUEST, thinks that some day these Prahs streets will echo the sound of Nazis goose-stepping instead of, as above, the march of Czech soldiers welcoming Rumania’s King Carol, he must reckon with Czech determination to resist. Observers be=) lieve that France and Russia will not permit Hitler to repeat the Austrian coup. s i S A e £ IN HER 54,000 SQUARE MILES, Czechoslovakia, which includes old Bohemia, has minerals such as coal, iron, gold. She is one of Europe’s richest nations, agriculturaily. Her peasants plant potatoes (above), harvest sugar beets and grains, especially barley for beer. Almost half of the more than 14 million population engages in agriculture. Forests produce more wood than is needed. UT PEOPLE, Czechs are dominantly Roman Catholic and their love of holy rites St. Wenceslaus Day procession in Praha could never be reconciled with Nazl neo-pagan- of war there might be the curious phenomenon of non-religious Russia aiding Catholle Czechs. Free exercise of religious beliefs is guaranteed all creeds. [ E*LITTLE ENTENTE’'—Rumania (left), Czechoslovakia Bismarck' Y lavia (right)—flutter from window at Bratislava, statesmen recall 's “The Ilv;lzdster“ (.)?sBuh:ml: is the master of Europe.” And Czechoslovakia, with some three and a half million Germans among her people, awaits the next move of Hitler—the “dreamer of Berchtesgaden.” o WHILE FLAGCS OF TH