The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 11, 1938, Page 2

- The Easter Coat you want . .. at the price vou want to pay Coats are fropt page fa Spring! Come choose complete collection boxy, collarle: All are high in s 15 Sizes for Misses, Women! vaggers, e...LOW hion new ours coats from reefer coat in price! up to 29.50 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1938. PUBLICITY DIRECTOR, GO, NAMED Franklin Waltman, Column- ist of Washington Post, Is Appointed WASHINGTON, April 11.—Frank- lin Waltman, political columnist on the Washington Post, has been ap- pointed Publicity Director of the Republican National Committee by Chairman John Hamilton. Chairman Hamilton said: “Under Waluman's direction, the Publicity Division will be reorganizcd and re- vitalized in order that the minority Party may more effectively fulfill the functioh of an intelligent and alert opposition.” - >, SEARCH PARTY TO BI st AndEAYRPY YAKO A - seqrphing | p will. leave Juneau I!cmari'axw z:'gmmg aboard Capt. Tom Smith’s Yakobi for Lituya Bay to search for trace of |Cass ‘and’ Roy Matthews, brothers ‘Who have been missing in that area 'siniée ‘Ottober 26. 'Making the trip, ordered by Com- missioner Felix Gray, are Capt Smith, Jack McDaniels, Elliott Fremiming and Gamé Warden Doug- las Gray. Thé two Matthews rothers, who ‘wére trapping in the Lituya Bay district, are believed to have swamp- ed ih heavy seas they were to attempt o negotiate in changing camps, #écording to 'diary notes found at their abandoned camp RUTH GEYER IS OPERATED UPON; WILL COME HOME Word has been received in Ju- neau that Miss Ruth Geyer, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Geyer, has undergone an appendicitis op- eration in Walla Walla, Wash, where she is in training as a nurse |at the St. Mary's Hospital. | Miss Geyer will come to her |home in Juneau as soon as she is |able to travel and i5 expected to remain here about a month, before returning to Walla Walla, D - ELAINE HAWKINS HONORED SUNDAY AT BRIDGE PARTY In honor of Miss Elaine Hawkins of Ketchikan, who is visiting h Ju- neau as the house guest of Miss jean Gallagher, an afternoon of bridge was given yesterday by Miss Gal- lagher at her apartment in the As- scmbly. Presen the atfair were Mrs, David R. D. "Dean, Mrs. W. erby, Mrs. H. R. Smith Miss y Louise Kelsey, Miss Lou- ise Kemp2 and the honoree. Miss Kelrey wa wifiner of the fivst prize. - BOY SCOUT BOARD OF REVIEWS WILL MEET ON APRIL 18 A. B of Reviews, Phillips, Chairman, Board Gastineau Channel Area, Boy Scouts of America, has set the da of the meeting of the Board of Reviews for April 18. - - PORTER IS CALLE TO BELLINGHAM BY WALL BUILDING PROGRAM IS T0 GIVE 40 WORK Forty men are to begin work | | Wednesday morning on four rock | wall projects in Juneau, it was re- | ported from the City Hall today. Included in the wall building | program will be a retaining wall | along Dixon Street, above the Gov- ernor's house, a wall in the upper Seatter Tract along Evergreen Ave- nue, and another wall on OCourt- house Hill. | I | British Labor Party Willing for Election CARDIFF, Wales, April 11.—The Laborite leader Arthur Greenwood has told Welsh Union men that the British Labor Party is perfectly willing to risk a general election c¢n internal and international sues. One of the Cardiff labor or- ganizations adopted resolutions de- manding a united labor front. ADULT SCOUTING CLASS MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT There will be a mecting at the Juneau school house at 7 o'clock Tuesday night to organize the aduit group for scout training. Fourteen men have signified their intention of taking this course, known as the | “University of Scouting.” J. A. Par- adis will be in charge. Anyone in- terested in scouting will be more than welcome at the meeting, as it is desired to increase the class. | Atka U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicini(y, beginning at 4 p.m., April 11: Showers tonight and Tuesday; light tc moderate variable winds, most- ly southerly. Weather forecast for Southeas day; light to moderate variable wi Forecast of winds along the Coast ¢f the Gulf of Alaska: sday easterly winds t ht and Tu and moederate to fresh easterly win brook. LOCAL Time 4 p.m. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today Barometer 29.77 29.76 29.76 44 39 42 Temrp Humidity Wind Ueloeity A'acka: Showers tonight and Tues- 1ds, mostly southerly Moderate rom Dixon Entrance to Dry Bay, is from Dry Bay to Cape Hinchin- DATA Weathe Cloudy Lt.Ran Lt. Rain ki w 5 97 0 0 92 SE 6 RADIO REPORTS | Max. temp. | last 24 hours 4 Anchorage i 47 Barrow 4 Neme 32 30 Bethel 30 Fairbanks | 20 Dawson 22 St. Paul 32 Dutch Harbor 34 Kodiak 32 Cordova 32 Juncau 38 Sitka 40 Ketchikan 40 Prince Rupert 40 Edmonton 28 Seattle 46 Portland 46 San Francisco 48 New York 34 Washington 34 Station 34 25 -8 60 62 58 42 52 | TODAY Lowast 4am. 4am. Precip temn temn velocity 24 hre 33 10 02 -8 32 32 20 Cloudy ' srooCcmas |l crprboorDme | Clear Snow Snow Cleas Pt. Cldy Clondy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Lt: Rain Rain Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cldy Cle: Clear 32 WEATHFR CONDITIONS AT 8 AM. TODAY Seattle (airport), 42; Victoria, cloud, Triple Island, show raining, 42; raining, temp Alert Bay ; Langara Isl Ketchikan, raining, 4 dy, 41; Petersburg, cloudy, 42 ain, 41; Soapstone Point, raining, raining, 39; Skagway, cloudy, 39; C Elias, partly cloudy, 36; Cordova, cl Sitka, ature 44; Blaine, parily cloudy; cloudy, 37; Bull Harbor, "cloud; ind, showers, 42; Prince Ruper 2; Craig, cloudy, 46; Wrangell, clou- cloudy, 41; Radioville, foggy, 39; Hoonah, raining, 35; Juneau. we Hinchinbrook, cloudy, 40; St. ar, 40; Chitina, partly cloudy, 34; e ON HIS WAY SOUTH Calvin C. Hazelet, prominent resi- MOTHER’S ILLNESS McCarthy, clear, 26; Cape Yakutagi, clear, 38; Anchorage, partly clou- dy. 30; Fairbanks, clear, 33; Nenann, c.ear, 20; Hot Springs, clear, 34; Tanana, clear, 30; Ruby, cloudy, 30. Nulato, partly cloudy, 30; Kaltag, 'AJ BOARDING ® Smooth Woolens! ® Newest Style Details! @ Newest Spring Colors! Every coat beautifully tailor- ed of new Spring woolens! [>very coat crepe lined! New- est style details in clever stitchings, smart, new pock- ets! Navy, black, and the newest Spring shades. The most flattering, wearable Spring coats ever! Fitted col- larless coats (very new!) dressy coats, swing - back, boxy and tuxedo swaggers . . come see them all! Choose the one you like best! All R Tweeds, smooth wool- | B. M. Behrends ‘Co., Inc. ™ "Tuneau's Leading D Anniversary Is T“ BB mlBSWEd | pians sor the tust resar cara INFORMAL PARTY | By Eastern Star Past Matrons and Past Patrons will be honored at the meeting of the Order of Eastern Star, tomor- row evening, when the founding of the lodge in April, 1914, will be celebrated at the gathering which marks the term of the twenty-fifth set of officers. Decorations will be in silver, ap- propriate to the twenty-fifth an- niversary theme. Mrs. John Chap- pell will sing “Life’s Lullaby,” and an anni ry cake will be served . Mrs. M. S. Reaber is in charge of the dining room com- mittee. ‘DESSERT BRIDG PARTY GIVEN BY CLAUDE HIRSTS Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hirst en- tertained Saturday evening at an informal dessert bridge party, gath- ering guests for three tables of cards at their home on Distin Avenue. Mrs. Harold Smith and Mr. John Chappell were winners of the first prives, and low prizes were won | by Mrs. Walter Hellan and Mr. | David Wood. Daffodils formed a setting for the affair. ——l ‘Gonsumption of cod-liver oil in| the United States has iripled in last 10 years. epartment Store"” quentin and Renald Johnson, Carel! Karnes, Carl Weidman, Sheila Kay | carmichael, Jay Finlay, Claire and VIKING CLUB IS TO HOLD CARD PARTY; | DANCE IS GIVEN Pickie Folta. party to be held by the Vikings | this season were made at the meet- ing of the Viking Club Saturday night, and April 23 was set as the | date. Following the meeting, Saturday, presi- | at which. Henry Anderson, | dent, presided, dancing was held. {home In the Assembly Ammen“'{ T. Hagerup was awarded the door | Present were Mr. and Mrs. W. C.| pize. On the refreshment commit- | OVerby, Mr. and ey, Fred Axtord, L('e‘\;\'m'(' Pete Oswald and HenryiMr' and Mrs. H. R. Smith, M"“[ ARGEoR |Jean Gallagher, Miss Mary Louise 554 Kelsey, Miss Louise Kemper, m;s: Mary Simpkins, Miss Flaine Haw- | Kins, Lieut. Carl Strober, Ralph| BlRTHDAY PAR Merrill, Harold McKinley, and the € 9 y GIVEN FOR ANN o Miss Hawkins, daughter of Mr. LOUISE HENNING and Mrs. A. W. Hawkins of Ket- ichikan, is visiting in Juneau as t’l;a sciting for the birthday |house guest of Miss Jean Gatla. party of Ann Louise Henning which |€her and will cotinue her stay | gathered many friends of the hon- | here for the coming week. |oree at the home of Mr. and Mrs, | Fred Henning at Point Louisa, yes- DAUGHm ls m ‘ l terday afternoon. m wlmm mws‘ Five candles were on the birth- day cake and many congratulations | £ were extended to Ann Louise, who| A daughter, weighing. six pounds |is the niece of A. W. Henning and |and 14 and one-half ounces, was the cousin of Robert Henning. |born yesterday at 10:06 p. m. to | Cnildren present for the after- Mr. and Mrs. William Shaw in St.| noon were Patsy and Gordon Oakes, Ann's Hospital. | Paula Kay Cook, Evelyn Claire and | The child has not yet been nam- | | Heather Hollmann, Joann Sabin, ed. Mr. Shaw is emplayed by the ihedrerictr a“nd Eliz{bezh W»yllver.:lumau Lumber Mills. Protect Your r'“ Interests Against That | } Dread Of McLean Insurance Agency—Phone 53 GIVEN SATURDAY Before the baseball dance, Satur- day evening, Gene Rhode and Wes Murray entertained at an informal | party assembling friend at thejr >ee ster rful decorations . provided a co! Receiving news of the critical ill- ness of his mother, Mrs. Jane Whip- ple of Bellingham, Wash., Herman M. Porter left for the south aboard the Alaska. Mr. Porter works for the Alaska FElectrie Light and Power Company. - -0 DICKINSON IN HOSPITAL William Dickinson was taken to Ann's Hospital by ambulance this afternoon for medical care His condition is reported to be satisfactory. HOUSE SIGNS The Alaska Juneau Boarding House has signed a union ee- ment with the local Culinary Work- ers. Culinary said today houses and union list is plete.” Workers' officials here the list of boarding restautants on the now “almost com- St — e, NOONAN GOES WEST Dan Noonan, broker who has been in Juneau for several weeks, left cn the Baranof for the westward as tar as Seward. He also intends to g0 to the interior before returning to Juneau. D - FOR CHILKOOT BARRAC Capt. H. L. Calvin was a pas- enger on the Baranof for Chilkoot Barracks. Have That Snappy Ap- pearance on Easter You'll be the Proudest Couple in the EASTER Parade when you have the definite assurance of sparkling neatness for your EASTER Outtit. . . . TRIANGLE'S CLEANING makes you sure of an impressive appearance, without the expense of new clothes. Triangle Cleaners dent of Cordova, is a passenger south aboard the Alaska on a busi- |ness trip. ‘ S L i CLEVELAND GOES SOUTH G. E. Cleveland, of The B. M. Beh- rends Bank, is a senger south on the Alaska on a vacation trip. He will join Mrs. Cleveland, who went south several weeks ago, in Seatile. PG B MRS. DOOLIN TO KETCHIKAN Deputy Marshal Flossie Doolin sailed for Ketchikan to be in at- tendance at the court session there in connection with the Marshal's office matters, -ee Herring Near whning rounds It is expected herring will be im- pounded in Martin Holst's heriing pound at Auk Bay “any day now. Yesterday evening, gulls were scen feeding on small and infrequent herring schools near Point Louisa. If the herring come in during the week, there should be king salmon tishing next Sunday, clear, 28; Unalakleet, cloudy, 32. Juneau, April 12.—Sunrise, 4:5 WEATHER Low baromelric pressure preva Vancouver Island, the lowest report other storm area prevailed over th ing Sea, the lowest reported press This general pressure distribution h: throughout Southeastern Alaska an 3 am.; sunset, 7:05 pm. SYNOPSIS led this morning off the coast of :d pr re being 29.44 inches. An- * Aleutians and the southern Ber- ire in that section being 29.00 inches. 1s been attended by precipitation 1 southward to Oregon. Precipita- tion was also general over the Bering Sea region and Aleutians. It was cooler last night over the interior of Alaska, the tempera - turs at Fairbanks at 2 a.m. begin 2) degrees above zero, or eight de- grees cooler than Sunday morning MEXICAN CHICKEN DINNER PARTY IS 'GIVEN SATURDAY * Host to a group of friends, Sat- urday evening, Joe Yolo, entertain- ed at a Mexican chicken dinner at the home of Harry Sperling, Joe Werner, and W. K. Clark in the Blomgren Apartments. Mr. Yolo, photographer for the U. S. Forest Service, who comes to Alaska from his home in Yak- ima, left this morning for Tracy Arm on a photographic tour. = Friends from Yakima present at the affair were Miss Edna Harpole, Miss Pauline Monroe, and Mr. Wer- ner, while also present were Miss Pearl Peterson, Miss Barbara Winn, iss Louise Murrish, Bob Robinson and Sherwood Wirt. e KELLY FOSS VISITS HERE Kelly Foss, brother of Harold Foss, Juneau . architect, and for- mer resident of this city, visited friends in Juneau between boats over the week-end. Coming up on the Baranof Saturday, Foss took the Alaska back to Ketchikan Sunday. IN JUST ONE AVERAGE YEAR the Canned Salmon Industry brings over $10,000,000 to Alaska. This is money paid directly for local labor, lumber, wire, cannery supplies, taxes, It is money, which benefits not only Alaskan fishery workers and workers in other industries, but also Alaska’s professional people and merchants, whom it reaches in the form of trade for services and goods. Thanks to the Salmon Industry, Alaska