The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 16, 1938, Page 2

Sz.l 50 14 Reefers and . . .. Dressy Swaga made to sell $21.50 1495 ers Gay New Prints Jacket Frocks Bolero S yles B. M. BEHRENDS C9O., Inc. Juneau's Leadi Department Store MESSENGER IS CHARTERED BY GROUP SUNDAY Boat Piloted by Pastor H. L. Wood Takes Crowd for Outing Several persons Messenger, owned by Wood, for a trip to yesterday. Leaving at 8 o'clock in the morn- ing the boat headed directly for the glacier, where guests obtained some DON'T SLEEP WHEN GAS PRESSES HEART If you cam't eat or sleep because gas bloats you up try Adlerika. One dose usually relieves stomach as pressing on heatl. Adlerika out BOTH upper and lower bowels chartered the Pastor H. L. Taku glacier Bu ng goed pictures. However, most of the day was spent in fishing. The group returned to Juncau at 7 o'clock last evening Those chartering the cruise include W. A. Swap, Miss T. Ethel th, Frank Chinella, Miss en Sorri, Mr. and Mrs. Ed p da, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lar- son, Fred Heister, Miss Ruth Allen, Miss Idabell Dobson, Miss Lois Al- len, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Allen, Mrs J. M. Ford, Chris Zugenfuss, Mrs L. Smith, Mrs. Lackey, Mrs. E. Con- ner, E. Connor, Jr, Mrs. C Mrs, T. L. Wood, and Pastor Wood. the boat for Mr. and McMillen, Miss e TENDER NEW SUNSET IN FROM TAKU TODAY The Capt. Juneau at cannery tender New Sunset, Andrew Froland, 8 o'clock this morning McNeill and Libby cannery there. After getting reapirs to the craft's jn this city from July ¥ to July Young, geenrator, Capt. Froland will return to the cannery with a load of sup-| ' phies. An one, Speed Oven « Master Oven « Super Broiler A time and money-sav- ing feature exclusive in General Electric Ranges. G-E Hi-Speed @ Electric cookery gives you the very definite advantages of better tasting, fuller flavored foods and more uniform results. Mrs. | came into| THL DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MAY 16, I%B IALONZO COPE RETURNING T0 FLY IN NORTH {Pioneer Alaskan Pilot to Join Marine Airways with Holden “Lon” Cope, pioneer Al- askan airman, is a passenger aboard |the Alaska, returning to Alaskan skies as a pilot for Marine Alrways. ©ope flew first in Alaska around 1928 with W. H. Merrill, who flew out over the Pacific on a trip one day and never returned. “Lon” then |flew for a time with Frank Dor- brandt, and then joined Pacific In- ternational Airways out of Nenana | Cope and Alex Holden met there |and flew together on the first regu- lar mail down the Yukon out of Nenana, when planes replaced dogs on that route im 1931. | When PIA was bought out by | Pan-Amefican Airways and namecd Pacific-Alaska Airways, Cope Wwa transferred to Brownsville, Texas At the Texas base, Cope has been flying the Central-American and | South American route ever since o Pan-American. Holden and Cope became [usl friends at Nenana and corresponded [rom the time they separated. Hold? |en has been endeavoring for a lon: /time to get Cope to return to th | North . | “I don't know a better pilot in the | game,” Holden said. ‘With Cope on the Alaska, are Mrs Cope and their two children, Marg- aret and Edward. They will muke their home temporarily in the Mc Kmnon Apnrtmenm ‘Hnunur IBUT PRICES " DROP IN nltPEnT SEATTLE, May u—!flm-n land- | ings here today are as follows | Western banks: Poldwis, 39.000 | Eclipse, 40,000, Wizard, 40,000, Brisk, | 30,000 pounds, selling for an average | price of 7% and 6 c€nts a pound | Local banks: Princeton, 12,000 | Gloria IF, 10,000, Unimak, 14,000. Di- | Alonzo ~ |ana, 15,000, Argo 17,000, selling for HEAD OF THE REBEKAHS T0 VISIT HERE Mrs. Rose Hawklns Will Arrive in Juneau on Aleutian July 14 A letter has been received by | Mrs. John McCormick, Noble Grand for the Rebekah lodge, from Mrs. Rose Hawkins, who will be in-| stalled as head of the ehapter in Washington, in June, at services | which are to be held in Wenatchee. Mrs. Hawkins plans to leave Se- ) LR latle on the Aleutian, July 2, andi from Taku Harbor and the Libby, will stop off in Juneau on the| {return of the steamer. She will be 18, during which time lodge work | will be exemplified. This is the| |first time in seven years that a ‘delegate from the Rebekah lodge| has come to Alaska. Mrs. Hawkins | will be the house guest of Mrs. | John McCormick during her stay | here. BACK FROM VACATION | an average price of 8% and 6 cents ‘ RUPERT PRICES DOWN INCE RUPERT, May 16— 1298,000 pounds of halibut landed here over the weekend, brought | prices of 640 to 7.10 and 5 cents. At Ketchikan, 16,000 brought 6% and 4.5 cenls BOREAS TRIO 60ES ON AR The Boreas Trio will present an- | othexr concert tomight over Radio| | Station KINY from 8 to 8:15 o'cloek. | The order of their program follows: Serenade by Block—from the op- |era Milenka—arranged by Henry ‘Echhelm of Santa Barbara. Syncopation by Chrysler. A very interesting trio arrange- ment of When You and I were Maggle. One of the better known Hungar- Dances—the 5th Humgarian |dance by Brahms. A, Russian lullaby arranged by | Karl mss}u\d—-nerceuse by Llynski. V. S. McClatchy pounds | 1 Tom Martinson, Chief Deputy | nm In s”t | Clerk in the Territorial Treasurer’s | Calrod Cooking Units Faster . . . use less cur- rent and are practically indestructible. New features developed by the famous G-E “House of Magic” have simplified the fine art of good cookery. Every year more and more “7T 7 s of homes change over to o i electric cookery because it is so Ranges as low as effortless and economical with a G-E Range. New low costs bring $125.00 | ol oy v Sold on Convenient Terms ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO ‘JUNEAU—ALASKA—DOUGLAS General Electric office, returned to Juneau on the Mt. McKinley after a month Out- side on his annual vacation. Mar- tinson visited Vancouver, Port An- ‘geles. Bellingham and Seattle and | reported a fine trip. - e — | To Bar Aliens From Fishing in Alaskan Waters | WASHINGTON, May 16. — The | House has passed and sent to the Senate a bill to prevent allens from fishing in Alaskan waters. Aliens who have been residents in Alaska at least three years and engaged in the fishing industry, could continue three years after the passage of the act but at the end of that period all aliens are excluded from commercial fishing in Adlskan waters, BASEBALL TODAY The following are scores of "nase- ball games played in the two mwjor leagues this afternoon and received up to 1:30 o'clock: Natienal League Boston 5; Brooklyn 4. New York 3; Philadelphia I2. Only two games played. American Leagye Philadelphia 3; Cleveland 4. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 16. —V. 8. McClatchy, 80, member of the California newspaper family, | died here today shortly after call-| ing for a physician when he sud- | denly became ill ‘ —o ON SKAGWAY SCHOOL J. G. Shepard, Engineer-Inspector | for BWA, J. B. Warrack, contraetor, and N. Lestery Troast, architeet,| salled for Skagway on the Denali to inspect the school construction now underway there. FOUR RIFLEMEN SHOOT HIGH SCORE AT RANGE SUNDAY Four riflemen snot the Jumeau Rifle and Pistol Club| yesterday at Mendenhall range. The| scores follow: Stdg. RF. SF. RF. SF TL 200 200 300 300 500 Junge ... 46 43 47227 'Osborn . 43 45 47227 45 44 48228 40 36 43197 !hono with sedres for 189 to 212 'ayerated Marksmen, 212 to 228, Sharpshooters and 223 higher, Ex-| pert Riflemen { e | TO HAINES . G. Kemper, War Department offieial in charge of inspecting War Department theatres on the Pacific ©oast, was a passenger on the Den- al¥ for Haines. will inspect the movie m ©Chilkoot Barracks, the only War Department theatre in Alaska. He will return on the Bar- 8 {the qualltying | Mines on their retwrn from Berners| geon i { took Eiler Hansen and Dr. Wil- rounds at the course “B" shoot of Bay at the weekend after a week's' ;o Charteris to Sitka. N. E A. EXECUTIVE COMING NORTH ON CONVENTION PLAN W. H. Hov\'ud VIC(‘ President of the National Editorial Awm.n(u,n and Don Eck, tourist agent of Seat- tle, are passengers aboard the steamer Alaska scheduled to arrive here at 1 a.m. according to infor- mation to the Governor's office to- day. It is understood that the men are visiting Alaska in cennection with comsideration of an invita- tion which already has. been ex- tended for the N.E.A. to hold its| annual convention in the Territory in 1939, The men will be here only about three hours while the boat is in port, it is understood, continuing on to the Westward and Interior and expect to stop off here on the re- t trip. Effort has been made for several years to interest the nations’ edi- tors in coming north and imvita- tion will again be formally pre- sented when th meet in annual cenvention in Jln\ Blcvcle Gifts For Alaskans Await Sailing (Seattle Times) H. Neise, Seattle agent for the Santa Fe Railway Company had a strange freight on his hands lay—two bicycles with Point Bar- , their destination arrive in Seattle from Texas .n\d are on their as a gift of Mrs. Mae Post of Rawls Tex., to the two Point Barrow na- tives who discovered the wrecked plane of her husband, Wiley Post, and the pilot’s flight companion, Will Rogers. When Mrs. Post inquired what reward the natives would like, she was told: Bicycles. Neis said he will ship the “bikes’ north on the next Coast Guard ves- sel leaving Seattle. “But I don't know why they want bicycles,” Neise mused. “There’s only a few places except the sandy beach where Llwy can ride them.’ JAMES PRIMAVERA IS OPERATED UPON In a radiogram to Miss Madge Hildinger this morning, Mrs. James Primavera said her husband, James, was operated upon at Providence Hospital in Seattle last Saturday for goitre. He is resting easily and will probably leave the hospital in a week or ten days e MRS. STEVENSON GIVES LUNCHEON Mrs R. H. Stevenson enfertained a few friends at a bridge-luncheon, given at her home, in the radio ap- artments, Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Yellow tapers and daffodils served as decorations for the table. Prizes were won by: Mrs. R. L. Bernard, first; and Mrs. Keith Wild- es, second TUROFF, CREW LEAVING FOR SUMMER PROGRAM L. W. Turoff, Resident Engineer for the Bureau of Public Roads, ac- companied by his family and a crew of C. D. King, C. W. Riley, G. W. Howard and H. Conkey, is sailing on | the Alaska for summer work on the “missing link” section of lh(" Moose Pas hluhuay |EVERETT ERICKSON BELIEVED ON PLANE Everett Erickson, former Juneaa High School teacher who was ap- pointed to a professorship at the University of Alaska, is believed to be a passenger on the PAA Eleo- tra arriving in Juneau this eve-| George | ning. Erickson will spend a few days in| Juneau, it is thought, before con- tinuing to the States to begin his tour to Europe for the summer. |SKINNER, STEWART | BRING BACK 2 BEAR Two grizzly bears was the bag of G. H. Skinner of the Alaska Road | Commission and R. L. Stewart of Territorial Department of outing in the district. They re- ported lots of coyotes, few bear| | and no trout, but a fine week, des-/ pite some rain. et e MRS. SHARPE HOME | Mrs. Walter Sharpe returned | heme to Juneau on the Mt. Mc- Kinley after several weeks in the, |trollers affiliated with | Cod ‘TROLLERS MEET, IN UNION HALL THIS AFTERNOON Members Flmshmg Voting on Question of Affilitiation A mass meeting of the Juneau t Fishermen's Union (AFL), was to be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Union Hall, Purpose of the meeting, Emil Vien Secretary of the organiza- tion here, said, was to discuss the present strike and to give a few remaining members a chance to vote as to whether or not the union will remain AFL or go CIO. The trollers went on the beaeh Saturday to demand higher price for their salmon. They have been getting 9 cents for reds and 4 1-2 cents for whites in port. They ask| that price for fish sold on the fish- ing grounds The trollers of the Alaska Troll- ers Association, an independent organization which PCFU fishermen say is unrepresemted in Juneau, are also on strike, demanding compara- tively the same prices as the PCFU trollers With regards to changing atfilia- tien, members said the concensus appears to fz\vm AFL. FARLEY JUMPS INTO CAMPAIGN, PENNSYLVANIA Democratic Chairman An- nounces Support of Ken- nedy and Earle NEW YORK, May 16.—Openly en- tering the controversial Democr: ic political situation in Penns vania, Postmaster General James A. Farley, and Chairman of the Demo- eratic National Committee, an- nounced support of Tom Kennedy for Governor and George Earle for United States Senator. Farley said he announced the sup- port because he thought the strug- gle within the ranks of the Demo- crats “imperils” success of the Parly in the November election. Kennedy is now Lieutenant Gov- ernor and has the backing of CIO John L. Lewis, also of United States Senator Guffey. JONES AND HALL BRINGING EIGHT Jerry Jones and Walt Hall weri- scheduled to bring in eight pas- sengers from Fairbanks aboard a| Pacific Alaska Airways Lockheedl Electra this evening. l Passengers are Clara Paulsen! Ruth Tucker, E. Ericksen, Bruce ‘Wedner, Arne Nordskog, H. W. Star- | ling, Mrs. M. O. Starling, Miss M] Hunnichutt. The plane will go north again to- | morrow morning. | i 0 1 e 0000000000 00 ¢ DERBLAY OFFICER . KILLED AT SEWARD SEWARD, Alaska, May 16.— First Officer David Mathison, 44, of the steamer Derblay, slipped on the wet deck of the ship and fell to his death in the Pacific | U. 8. DEPAR’I’MENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER {By the U. 8. Weather. Bureau) Forecast for Junmeau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m, May 16: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; light to moderate westerly winds. Wenthtr forecast for Southeas! Alaska: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; pzht to moderate weste'ly winds, except moderate norther- ly winds oer Lynn Canal. Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Guif of Alaska: Moderate westerly winds tonight and Tuesday from Dixon Entranee to -Cape | Hinchinbrook. LOCAL DATA Baromeler Temp, Humidity Wind Velocity Weathes 30.19 43 63 s 3 Lt. Rain 30.09 38 89 ‘s 2 Lt. Rein 30.16 51 51 w 9 Pt. €ldy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Low'st 4am. 4am. Precip. tem). temp. veloetty 24 hes. 4 40 18 31 —_ 0 28 28 2 24 31 34 32 32 36 38 32 3 34 42 38 38 34 38 | Time 4 p.m. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today Max. temp. last 24 hours | 40 55 32 34 50 52 50 36 44 44 48 5 46 4a.m. Weather Cloudy Station Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prinee Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco New York Washington Pt. Cldy Ciear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Rain “Rain Clear Rain | noSaBonannla 38 42 30 48 46 52 43 52 54 58 WEATHFR CONDITIONS AT 8§ AM. TODAY Seattle (airport), cloudy, temperature, 46; Blaine, cloudy, 40; Vic- toria, cloudy, 46; Alert Bay, partly cloudy, 41; Bull Harber, cleudy 48; Triple Island, showers; Langara Island, partly cloudy, 42; Prince Rupert, showers, 40; Ketchikan, cloudy, 44; Craig, showers, 40; Wran- gell, cloudy, 41; Petersburg, cloudy, 45; Sitka, clear, 43; Seapstone Point, partly cloudy, 46; Hoonah, clear; Hawk Inlet, clear, 36; Radio- ville, cloudy, 44;.Juneau, partly cloudy, 42; Skagway, cloudy, 42; Yaku- tat, clear; Cape Hinchinbrook, clear, 40; Cape St. Elias, clear, 40; Cordova, clear, 42; Chitina, clear, 42; McCarthy, clear, 40; Ancherage, partly cloudy, 42; Fuirbanks, partly cloudy, 48; Nenana, clear, 42; Hot Springs, clear, 44; Tanana, clear, 44; Ruby, clear, 38; Nulato, part- ly cloudy, 50; Kaltag, clear, 38. Juneau, May I7.—Sunrise, 3- sunset, 8:23 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS The barometric pressure was high this morning from the Prince William Sound region sonthward to Oregon, and low over the Nortl: Pacific Ocean in the vieinity of the Aleutian Islands, the lowest re- ported pressure being 29.30 inches over the Pacific Ocean at latitude 50 degrees and longitude 172 degress. This general pressure distribution has been attended by light scattered precipitation along the coastal re- gions from the Aleutians southeastward to the northern portion of Southeast Alaska, followtd by clearing weather this morning ever the Gulf of Alaska and over the northern portion of Southeast Alaska. Light scattered precipitation was also reported over portions of the Tanana and upper Yukon Valley T i | -* Clear Rain Clear Clear Clear Claudy Pt. Cidy Pt. Clay 52 R NP - am.; France Buying 100 U. S. Planes PARIS, May 16.—The Air Minis-‘ try announced today that 100 planes have been ordered from American manufacturers to fill the gap left by the failure of the French indus- | _ 3 g | With the natatorium prettily dec- try to meet the Ministry’s urgent | " e orders. orated for the occasion, the Junior Prom of the Douglas high scheol giv- en here Saturday was one of the at- SIMMDNS TAKES tratctive social events of the seasom. Springtime was the motiff of the Shell Simmons took a load out to decorations which included trellised wal].s banked with brightly colored the Islands today in the Alaska Air | Transport Bellaneca. \llowers and streamers in pastel Besides a cook, Ben Zupan, for shades overhead. Shirley Ann Edwards and Pat.sy Hirst, Shell took 10 pieces of drill steel to Pinta Bay and one tank \Fleek entertained with songs as in- | termission numbers. of sulphur-dioxide to Sitka for a refrigeration plant there. The two seniors who form the graduating class this year, Helen B Un in Smoke DOUGLAS NEWS DOUGLAS PROM DANCE VERY PRETTY EVENT r | | or guests of the Juniors. Miss Mary Baker assisted hy Miss Katherine Elliott supervised the dance which was well attended. — MISS KELLY TO WED ROBERT M. SOMMERS Announcemeénts were received here in the mail yesterday of the coming jmarriage of Miss Vera Kelly |to Mr. Robert M. Sommers on the | Minn, the second hold of the craft. The tragedy occurred at Port San Juan. The remains were brought here by plane and will be taken south on the Mt. Mc- Kinley. The widow and son survive in Seattle. o‘. e e ecscssvecoece S e FIRST ROUND TRIPPERS ‘The first large party of round trippers to come north this season is aboard the Denali. There are 17 in the party, the majority from California, although Dr. Gage Cle- ment and wife are from Duluth, o-ooonu‘nooo . . . . . L] . 3 . . . |. 3 . Ao TWO TO SITKA On the only Sunday w'ight for Juneau planes yesterday, Alex Hol- — e Edwards and Jacynth Sey were hon- WIORCESTER, Mass,, May 16.— |'The shares of five grandchildren |of Dr. Julius Garst in a $10,000 be- | quest figuratively and literally have gone up in smoke. Garst, former State Senator, busi- ness man and physician, left the bequest twelve years ago for his ten grandehildren on condition they | used neither tobacco nor yeéars of age. Five have reached the age and all smoke, so Edwin G. Nerman, the trustee, reported to the probate | court. The five others are under| twenty-five and Normap will want | to determine whether any of them | met the test imposed by tbo!r grandfather. Railroad Honors ALASKA DUE AT 2 A M. Steamer Alaska is scheduled to arrive at 2 o'clock tomorrow morn- | | ing instead of 1 o'clock as first re- ported. — e - | MRS, J. K. CROWDY AND SON ARE ABOARD ALASKA - 35-Year-0id Ticket MARSHALL Texas. llaly 16— “Tickets, please!” said the conduc- tor on the Texas and Pacific Rail- intoxi- | cants until they were twenty-five | 28th of this month. The event will probably take place in Petersburg where the bride-elect ‘is teaching school. 3 2 Miss Kelly is a daughter of Mr. {and Mrs. Wm. H. Kelly, former resi- |dents of Treadweil for many years | but now uvlng at Valley, Wash. | e | RAY m:conmcns MOVING Mr. and Mrs. lay y McCormick are \moving into one of the Shitanda |apartments, above the Riedi groc- ery, which bas been reflmshed | il 4 i In celebration of the 15th birth- 'day of her daughter Virginia, Mrs. J R. Langseth entertained a group | of young folks at her home witn A |waffle feed Saturday night after the Junier Prom. An appropriate gift was presented [to the guest of hongr by her class- mates. | Other guests included Miss Mary Baker, Ethel Loken, Grace Pusich, Helen Edwards, Jacynth Sey, George Straigier, Gordon Wahto, Dan Krsul, Robert Fleek. - e States. Coming north, she visited Mre: James K. €ro and over steamers in Ketchikan. i rf three-year-old som, Jimmie, Jr,| W will be in Juneau aboard ‘the Al- BROSIUS ON McKINEEY 453 hound for the Westward where Cal Brosius, lumber merchant of pey hushand is am exeeutive in the Seward, passed through Juneau on | Noy k Alaska Mining Comnuxy the Mt. McKinley after a business at "’\:\: and pleasure trip in the States. ‘ Mrs: Orowdy. who was formerly - Daisy Race of Ketchikan, spent th GOES TO SKAGWAY ‘m in Florida and m-&: Hre A. Van Mavern is making (he grogdy’s ‘sister in ‘Scotland. Her roundtrip aboard the ' Denali, fl"“nuum her northabout ing on the trade at lhkm.ndm“‘s ! e mmmmm e road and W. M. Mosier handed |over his pasteboard. The cenductor squinted closely, then grinmed and said, “Well, I w it's all right for me to take this.” ’l'he ticket had beem bought in SENIOR WEEK This is Semior Week at school and next week, the graduation ex- ercises will take place. Final exam~ | inations will be given during the last three days of the week: OR Thursday or Friday, thasenhL'de- tion of the Breeze, last one of the term, will be ready for distribution. — e Horse racing in British Colum~ /bia will begin July 1 this year and Ameonmcmxhn: Street at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon called | for a double alarm. The house in | Nlames is on the Flats and a second|end September 26. Mmmfldhflmm e