The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1938, Page 2

R —— NI ENRT————— Z Whatever Your Taste THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1938 |[HOLZHEIMER, KERR BACK FROM COURT TERM, KETCHIKAN Holz- U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU GET LETTERS FOR AIR MAIL Changing World Scene Keeps Stamp Collectors Hustling Philatelists Hard Pressed to Maintain THE WEATHER . (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) beginning at 4 pam., April 20: asional local showers, tonight and Forecast for Juneau and vic tly cloudy to cloudy, possibly or District Attorney William A P Thursday; light to moderate variab's winds, mostly southerly heimer and Lawrence Kerr, Clerk in ——WE CAN SHIRT the District Attorney's oflic ie- 5 x B . » s el v v, IN Pl 0: ‘EARLY PR RA Pace with New Issues Weather forccast for Southeas: Alaska: Partly cloudy to cloudy, ht after Dt Mieterdance —_— possibly occasional local showers, tonight and Thursday; except in- = | B siaridanc creasing cloudiness tonight over th: extreme south portion; light to Postmaster Issues Warning on Stamping—35,000 Letters Received at the court session in Ket Judge George F. Alexander remainder of the court party & expeeted to return the first of n week. n /Youthlnl philateli moderate variable winds, mostly southerly over the notth and central portions and easterly over the soutnarn portion. Forecast of winds along the ‘Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Moderate easterly winds tonight and Thursday from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hin- chinbrook. e Judge Holzieimer is still suff:r- | v Gel your eny s i early foring from a severe altack of Shinles | Pocangny Y 0 U L ] the air mail service which starts witi, which 1 s stricken shortly | Time Barometer Temp Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weathes ° May ‘3." afior he first wert to Retchik-n for |4 pm. yest'y 3031 44 63 s 10 Sprkling This was the warning issued today the court term and w ting a {4 am. today 30.24 36 85 w 2 LtR.&S. : by Postmaster Albert Wile, who re- his home today. The Di Attor Noon today 30.14 41 70 SE 10 Cloudy Whites, Plaids, 1 that already about 5000 en- oy becn 11l about four weck RADIO REPORTS ” . have been returned and pyt today he expected to be TODAY Stripes, Sclids, ancelled by hand. In view ayound again before \'(:'V,‘m Miix sasp. | - fvest LRI AR Prasin . . Ao Dark Tones . . slow operation 'he asks that < Station last24 hours | temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather y one who pedsto have 8| e L 2 | Anehorage 41 31 - —_ - letter in the first air mail to get ' ! ‘Barrow -4 | — - - p them in early, and have them : | Nome 30 ! 18 20 16 0 Clear wlLsoN BRQTHEKS tamped before you put them in : | Bethel 44 I 36 36 4 T Cloudy the postotfice, he added. Several let- | | Fairbanks 28 10 10 6 04 Clear ters for the air mail have been re- | | | Dawson 42 18 20 6 0 Pt.Cldy 8 AR Qw SHst celved without the necessary post- | | |st. Raul 36 30 34 12 0 Cleudy age | | |'Buteh Harbor 46 38 38 24 07 Lt.Rain DANTTT - LI AT 1 1 The rate is six cents an ounce % | Kodiak 42 40 40 14 T Clgudy BOTH OFFER WHAT YOU WANT ind cight cents for points outside Cordova 40 3 36 10 124 ModfRn N ST LITALITOT o of the United States | Juneau 17 | 36 36 2 T LLR.&S. —BOTH ARE HIGHEST QUALITY. Be sure and writc in the left hand Sitka 45 | 32 = - 01 b corngr Juneau-Whitéhorse-Fair- .’ o 4 Ketchikan 52 | 32 32 4 0 ear at $2.00 and $2.50 o i i e Begbaetet ac- Mot R L. Prince Rupert 48 32 6 0 Clear g vised: - la newly cast career of baseboll Edmonton 46 | 30 30 4 04 Cloudy R e e e e e SR BT W e the coming season. Every man | Beattle oo o - il i ol g ] HAIJBUTERS Big iagsier I:nrtlnFmI Ow 4: 4; 12 3 ClCle;\r . 1 3 e Treup, which tiliGis. 1 San Francisco ] | 51 5! oudy S W O s o et 1o A e 51 Rew Yok T A T N S You can Find Yours in the: sELL SEATTLE neau machine shop for a ex Washington 88 56 62 4 0 Clear 4 . he played on the Douglas: diz: WEATHFR CONDITIONS AT 8 AM. TODAY WILSON WEDGELOCK—at sl'ZS ) b1 s A W Seattle (airport), clear, temperature 50; Blaine, clear, 31, Vic- | o e WS COORR By s Do loria, clear, 42; Alert Bay, cloudy, 33; Bull Harbor, clear, 39; Triple ) |, SEATTLE, April 20—Halibut ar- My Eipdagg iy T | Island, clear; Langara Island, partly cloudy, 38; Prince Rupert, clear, * § or the ARROW TIE——-—at sm 4 #iviils today and selting prices are as DUffey” McCormick, 1f; St 38; Retchikan, clear, 36, Craig, clear, 37; Wrangell, cloudy, 37; Peters- i #7208 : A follows: Nieml, gh, Hax. Gqehn cf burg, clear, 41; Sitka, cloudy, 36; Radioville, showers, 44; Soapstone from the ‘wisterhi “hanks—Nor.| “Curly’ Landfeldt, 3b; “Bambino Point, showers, 38; Hoonah, misting; Tenakee, cloudy, 44; Hawk.Inlet, S S 0 T ORISR | e A 3'1'3;"',2‘133 manEger s “Whimp snowing, 31; Skagway, cloudy, 37; Cape Hinchinbrook, rainiig, 42 f y pounds, both selling at average of | * i saker will talk on the life of Muir, NEW YORK, April 20. — Ger-|St. Elias, raining, 40; Cordova, raining, 38; Chitina, cloudy, 38; McCar- B. M. BEHRENDS co.’ lnc. 7 and 6 cents a pound. d Mr. Burger will play the violin, Many’s anvexation of Austria wa: | thy, snowing, 32; Anchorage, raining, 35; Fairbanks, partly ¢loudy, A 3 ‘9 - From 'the local banks—Recovery " am committee is composed of AN event of such far-reaching sig- | 24; Hot Springs, ci 20; Tanana, clear, 16; Ruby, partly cloudy, 19; ] “Juneau’s Leading Department Store 18,000 pounds, Roosevelt 7,000 pounds A pleasant evening of enter Gordon Wahto, Grace Pusich and bificance that its effect is bein: | Nulato, partly cloudy, 26; Kaltag, cloudy, 20; Unalakleet, cloudy. 26. Eastern 14,000 poungs, Ethel S 15,000 :f::) V;fl*l‘x.‘:illf’(."'l‘(l ;JYN;I m‘lg]v; f “y\‘ e felt profoundly today in the realn Juneau, April 21.—Sunrise, 4:3! a.m.; sunset, 7:26 p.am. H pounds, Eleanora 5,000 poungs, A RS Dl ceasnin. E - o of philately. i : , i ling /at. 6 average: of 18144 and ¢ WArds at a shower given for her b o Thousands of stamp collector: St o RYSEMINER SBEMGUNIC : 9 cents 4 polmd. * ‘ Mrs, Jack Wosliull.‘at her home last d E I s are negotiating for specimens of The barometric pressure was low this morning over the Aleutians | {5 U FYONO S night. Visiting, sewing and one con- W the old Austrian state’s stamp [and over Baskatchewan, elsewhere over the field of cbservation high " MARY VANDER LEEST Hete B, WaE NoTL Y S, Bernico cveral of which have already beer | barometric pressure prevailed, there being two crests, one over South- Johnson, first provided th . banncd by Hiller, while other | *ast Alaska and the second over the lower Mackenzie Valley. Light | (R HOSTESS YESTERDAY diveriion. u e “was pr (4 ee Is [m“ being allowed to lapse | o moderate precipitation has fallen over the Gulf of Alaska, the Aleu- ; ; sented with a lovely set of d Prices are r on many of the|tians, the Copper River Valley, Alberta, and over Saskatchewan, else- ; AT INFORMAL PARTY and a tace tableciotn. The - - icsues and their premium value i | where over the field of observation venerally fair weather prevailed. s served delicious refreshments A capacily crowd filled the ban- ceriain to be higher as they become Unseasonably cool weather prevailed over the lower Tanana Val- [ At an informal party last evening, Guests included Mrs. A. J. B quet room at Percy’s Cafe this noon more searce. yesterday and last night, the ighest temperature at Fairbanks yes- Q | Miss May VanderLeest, assisted by Mrs. Bernice Johnson, Mrs. Mar ior the monthly luncheon of the Two other international up- s being 28 degrees and a temperature of 10 was registered at her mother, Mrs. H. L. VanderLeest, Niemi, Mrs. Wilma Jensen, Mrs. Lil- | qational Federation of Federal Em- heavals are giving the stamp col-|2 a.m “ | enitertained a group of frientls at an| lian Bonner; Misses Je: Fraser, | pigyess, with. Mrs. Sally Shaffer, Jector some busy momienis. The v 34 evening of bridge at the Vanler-|Phyllis Edwards, Mary and Ma ider 7. Homor guest civil war in Spain has beeh fh | Y v Y T WP ] Lecst bome on Main Strect. garet Pearce, Geraldine Feero, Alice the Sor ry 1. G8cRAIbn For & Midod’ Of ks ks, | prs 99 G Sh " Present for the oecasion were Miss| Scy. s o mstous " ooy Bk THoE 2k 3 She &wpe —Got ot Helen Parrott, Miss Eita Mae Kol- Other guests W Samuel T. been ' complétély catalogued. ' In ] ; T8 asa, Miss Mary Kolasa, Miss Eliza- 3 froutman of the F Indian many instances, when one side will| ? i R i beth Terhune, Miss Mildred Ap} Dou scouts meet fewizht ai Affairs; Dr. Evelyn Butler and Dr. capture a town or city, the stam; e il | Miss Harriet Barragar, Miss Jean!7:30 o'clock in the City Hall with George Dale of the Office of Indinn issued by the foe will be over ? ‘(,,.u‘m» 7, Miss Louise Kemper, Miss | their leader, Elroy Fleck, ¢ Affairs; and Irving Jacobsen, fo printed and again puf into circula ? |Mary VanderLeest, Miss ‘Cynthia! - - ta from Cordova, who, though fion. ‘ANl this makes for confusion i Batson, Miss Mary Jeannette Whit- LEVEL SCHOOL GROUNDS he BEE Bl o Brentiir ffiicls cr tdo, “has Do tho Tsblie.| y tler, and Mrs. 'W. C. Overby Power shovels were put to work cragion for 15 never attend- 6f many new issues caring recen £ Migs Barrobt was winner ‘of the this morning by the Peterman Con- o4 a meeting of anization months in ‘which fortunes of | i first prize, while Miss Etta Mae struetion Cempany, leveling off (he ung today wai have been recorded ifi geliera Kolasa was winner of the second grounds around the new schoo! 1¢ was docided to postpone the ctline through 'the pesial depari pr aster decorations provided building. Work of putting on ihe dinner dance, originaliy scheduled ment. a5 Uve setting for the occa- | final coat of stucco was also started ;o this Spring, to next Fall because President a Philatelist . sion. this morning and It will not be of the pumper of members who arc Stamp collecting today s one of | — e long now until the building is com- 15 ha out of town for the next few (he most universal of hobbies. fv NOWELLS ARRIVE pleted. months. the United States alone there are e - . Lance Heondrickson, who was clec- more than one million .devotees, in- | Mrs. Evereti Nowell and #hildren JOMN MUIR BIRTHDAY ted vice-president at the last meet-| cluding President Roosevelt, whosc | arrived in Juneau on the North Sea TO BE ORSERVE ing, gave a brief speech of accep- eollection 'is one of the ‘finest ir | to join Mr. Nowell, Alaska Repre- A program has been planned for t e as did Walter Hrisel, whe the nation. sentative of Blake, Moffit and tomorrow afternoon at the Douglas will fill the post of director for the The hobby is not a new one but Towne. The Nowells are temporarily high school in honor of John Muir coming three years. it ‘can be quite an expensive one as| making their home in the R. R. noted character of the Northland i i someof the rarest .issues hring Marcel Berger, 3 years old, bravely presents his ticket to Bill Henderson, ' Brown residence to be given at 2:45 o'clock. M Empire classifieds pay several thousands of dollars. Most 3 French Line agent in Nc;:l Yoixillt City, jfiit:_bvvfnn;rl}xlv \fi'l’cge:g;y::r:fiv — G TR g valuable is the British Guiana one- for Bwitzerlam, where he will join relatives. The i i ) . 1- B U I l cent magenta of 1856. being Ton traveer New:Spirit:ofiNationalism Buoys Up Italy e i spovac - tutk] : 7 { more than a century. The first ] ured by a bullet from a . “I am astounded to think an at- r = » penny post of modern ‘type was :fimp;;:':'mléh(gffi{fip'::;,:rfi?sfi i,','gr.c, u;y was fired by Ralph WASHINGTON IN tempt would be made to call a ses- Jau ed in London Ly William| grith™ Jr 10 (right). Police say Ralph told them he lomglwl;etty sion. There won't be any special ses- Dockwra but was short-lived be~l “gnooping” through the windows of his father’s tenant h‘"“s 2 | sion when we get through with thera ,cause he operated in competition | owned by Betty's parents, Mr, and Mrs. ‘William Douma. 14 seems to me to b¥ cne’ big joke.’ R NATE HARDY REPORTED IN SERIOUS CONDITION Deputy U. 8. Marshal Nate Hardy | of Ketchikan has had a relapse and is again seriously ill, accordin: word received here. The officer, for- mer well known resident of Juneai | was injured several months ago while assisting in making an arres. which is reported to have brought on a serious heart condition. He is said to be in critical condition. - | ie first lJaw school in the United States was established at Lilch-| field, Conn,, in 1784, TURMOIL OVER MEYERS' MOVE Gov. Martin Flies West in| Effort to Stem Special l_egislalur(- Call (Continued from Page One) f a session of the Legislature at {his time, Martin is due in Seattle early th: afternoon, In Spokane he was quot ed as saying: | F. G. Hanford-’ of WRANGELL Respectfully solicits Your Vote for the Territorial House of « Representatives from the First Division — on the Democratic Ticket. A RESIDENT OF ALASKA FOR 23 YEARS If elected—My Policy Will Be: “Progressiveness, and Equal Rights for All” With: victory. almost certain in, the offing Yor Gen. Francisco Franco and 'his insurgents in Spain, the question arises as to what this will mean for Italy. Mussolini’s aid to the rebel cause might be paid 's rich/iron and coal de- for in two ways. Spain’ a Mediterranean crisis, is important because of the Iberian peninsula's strategic position -adjacent to Gibraltar and the straits. " of nationalism and esprit de corps is being built up in Italy by Tl Duce and his first lieutenant and Meanwhile, & new spirit with the government service which was a monopoly of the royal family. As far as that goes postal cervice really can be traced back considerably before that. Marcc | Polo, the Vendtian adventurer, re-| ported in his journal that, while in| China, he learned that the posta’| service there included ten thousand statiens and that more than 100,- | 000 horses were used in carrying the mail. | Stamp Exchange Brisk | In recent years the issues natu- rally have been much more numey- | ous and an entirely new branch oi philately develeped with the air-| mail service. So keen are some about the hobby that expeditions, | | Arctic polar explorations and the| like now derive considerable income from carrying letters of stamp col- | lectors and canceling them at thear dedtination. " ! One of the finest collections in| the world was compiled by the late | King George V. Ship captains are| | among ‘the ‘devotees of the avoca- | tion and among ‘those best able to| compile &' good collection. Many | take advantage of the constant| trading going on in ‘the stamp| marts to exchange their surplus| supply of a particular fssue for| ccmething they covet and lack.| !But all are now hustling for the Austrian, Chinese and Spanish is-| sues. | —— e | BERNHOFT HERE Richard Bernhoft, prominent Ket- | |chikan resident, arrived in Jun-| eau on the Aleutian. Mr. Bernhoft,| who is buyer for the Marlyn Fish Company, will remain in Juneau for the summer. He is stopping at the Alaskan Hotel. { —————— | AST CARD PARTY i oo s e e - Guard Dope Smuggling Details Move ‘than 825000 worth of -opium, seized as it was being smugsled ashore from the ‘U. S. Navy transport Chaument, -in San Francisco, Tecently, ‘brought strict crders from the U. 8. Treasury Department against discussicn of the case in any of its phases. ‘Guarded details of the affair protected G-men who are seeking “higher-ups” ‘in an infernational dope-smuggling combine, which has been Alooding the West Coast with contraband opiates. Inspector Jess Ayer (left) . i 4 —_— | is shown here questioning Arthur Schweitzer, habitue of a San Fran- posits are sorely needed by the Fascist state. And | son-in-law, Count Ciano. ' Extensive public improve- |.Of the series given by she Trinity| ¢ » E ¢ : a Spain mdbn'y to ,n-‘g.xpoutw to the -point | ments in Naples, Rome and other cities, new high- | Guild Wednesday, April 20, at 8'p.m,,| ¢isco night club, where, according to officers, the opium was 0 he where:it would -be an activeally.of Italy.in case of ; | yways-and ‘vast ‘building:programs.are under-way. | Trinity Hall, adv.| delivered, X