The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 11, 1938, Page 8

— Mrs. Rigas and Son Arrive fo Join fflamily Here Wife of Former Governoi Renews Old Friendships on Alaska Visit Mrs. Thomas R Riggs Jr., arrivec Yukon today to j nor Riggs and N who have been i last ten days Both Mrs. R nd her son. v left Alaska ars ago, ar glad to be back in the Territory n their home for many vea “The towr —Tommy to Thom Ju- rown s friends in ew neau who k him when he was *“s0 i toda Memor of a sm [ lude pave streets and all of new building in towr Juneau’s sma jmpressed Mrs. R ps especia 2s, who was over joyed at meeting again her old s friends, seeing once more Junea MAN-HA TER (that's her and the same beautiful mountair old ballerina who took part in i London for a cancer hospital ben that surround it For the last nor and Mrs. R said to be one of most be veral years Gover- and their fam- ily, have been living in Washing- -~ ton, D. C. where Gov. Ri member for the United the International Bound Com- 5 mission. Previously, since their - parture frcm Alaska in home had been in New Y Cit However, their home, Mr Riggs said, was their m in Duch- ess County, New Y nly twenty miles from the Hyde P estatc of the Roosevelt family Juneau friends were interested in stories that became national news in the spring of 1936 about Tommy Riggs and the Veter: Future Wars. And Mr. Riggs is in- terested in finding out more about the Juneau organization by fthe same name that was started at the same time by Willard Gallemore At Princeton, where Tommy was a junior at the time. the organiza- tion was started as a burlesque on superpatriotism for financial end Started in fun, when the Veter- ans of Puture Wars became nation- al news, the idea took hold upon the country with such rapidity that the promulgators of the plan soon their found they had more hands than they had bar “In no time we bers and 600 posts of Tommy said Tommy was national treasurer of the VFW and official lobbyist—s really a lobbyist, for the organi; tion had him registered with the Clerk of the House of Representa- tives and it was his duty to seek bonuses for the veterans of future wars. upon STOCKINGS favored by Berlin girls for su | mer wear, are “painted” on the bare legs, giving the impressic Graduated last year from Prince- of a silk surface. The substance ton, Thomas Riggs Jr., is attending| comes in various shades, is graduate school at that University squeezed from a tube lik and specializing in English paste, and is brushed o Traveling is a hobby with the| —— . Riggs family, and both Tommy and Lisette have made interesting trips GULUMNA ls L] B RVl to Europe. Two years ago Tommy and a Princeton classmate jour- neyed over most of Europe, third of their third class traveling com-| Steamer Columbia, of the panions, most of whom had never|Steamship Company, is d seen one, and begged ‘for the pri-|rive in port tomorrow morni NAZI class, with a couple of bags and a portable typewriter—the typewriter a matter of great interest to most at at vilege of striking the keys just to 8:30 o'clock. The steamer is sched- see what happened. |uled to sail for the West at The previous year Lisette Riggs| 12 noon. spent in Europe, most of her time| EREL00 at Biarritz and in Belgium where rhe taught English in a convent near Brussels Gov. Riggs and Miss Riggs, w Mr. Ogilvie, member for Canada| of the Boundary Commission, will| return to Juneau on the Haida to-|\" morrow. from a trip to the Portland HAYRIDE PARTY HELD SATURDAY Dolores of hayride ith | Last Saturday . evening 1 entert fends at an d ~fashione canal on official business of thel|l Highway # Commission | The Riggs family and Mr. Ogilvie| PI- On the retum trip, the mem~ will remain in Juneau until July z";‘ ;’ e iy e hopeed ““I when they will safl sonth on the| 20RO thA sea’s 00 the nay B2 Aleutian take to their feet for of approximatély 6 mile ult o ~ee |a flat tire. In spite of rain; flat tire: BLAKE ANDKENDALL and so forth, a very enjoyable time was had by all WILL GO TO ROTARY | rnciuded in the party wore. B trice Primavera, Jean Taylor, Maty prrees Helen = Beistline, Pauline Petrich, Whether Juneau will get the dis-| porothy Wilms, Isabelle Parsor trict conference oi Rotary next ye will be decided at the District As- Ruth Kunnas, Helen Ricketts, Phyl- lis Jenne, Bill Kiloh, Herb McLean, sembly to be held in Longview. john Krugness, Bd Hildre, Jim Wash., August 8 and 9, it Was re-| pjckey. Keith Petrch. Hallie Ric ported at the meeting of the Ro- meq Smith. Shelby 31 Al tary Club this noon in Percy’s Cafe.| oyander, and Lyman ow ‘The Executive Board of the club has authorized President E. J. Blake and Secretary O. L. Kendall to at- ALASKA LINE HEAD AND PAA OFFICIAL ENDING LONG TOUR ice-President of the Company, a mor g on the trip to the West- r, and boarded the Yukon for d Seattle. Accompar Bocking his tour was R. O. Bullwinkle. vision Traffic Manager for American Airways, Seattle. Bo: 4 three weel tend the Longview meeting in an effort to get the session for Juneau and Alaska. Peaturing today’s program was a piano solo by Miss Kathleen Carl- son and the appearance of the club Rev Bocking, General Mg o Steamship in Juneau this Aleutian, after ward and Int quartet, augmented by the Johft L. Cauble—Kendall, Dar Hudson and Cauble. —————— EXAMINER FOR VETS’ * BUREAU IN JUNEAU Dr. L. L. Wilson, chief medical examiner foy the U. S. Veterans’ Bureau in Seattle, arrived in Ju- neau on the Yukon this morning and will remain here until the sail- ing of the Columbia tomorrow fo: the Westward, checking up on vari on Di- Pan Bullwinkle spent s on their Ala tour, going over the Government railroad to Fairbanks, then by plane to Nome, and return over the Rich- ardson Highway to Valdez Mr. Bullwinkle continued to Se- attle on the Aleutian, with offices in! story) Mia Slavenska, 22-year- an iniernational ballet staged in t, has flame-colored hair and is autiful women in world, Doctor Hiis Teaching Bir y harg 1 [ Outl p m fc Big Shovel Keeping Five Trucks Busy Five dump truck today by the 16-ton diesel shovel which bit de¢ into the site of the new Ba Hotel between eets on F First and Secc lin. More equipment is due on the Columbia tomorrow morning. A W. Quist, contractor in charge of the construction also a pas- senger on the Columbia. - . Empire classifieds pay. have the perfect THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1938. Ellen Repp Is Concert Soloist Tomorrow Night Famous Contralto Will Be Accompanied by Local -Artists Four groups songs will be tomorrow night in concert by El Repp. well-known contralto soloist who will make her sixth Juneau appearance at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church Tuesday In the first group, Miss Repp's songs \ccompanied by cello obt by ythe RoOWe and Mrs. Rowe will play two groups of cello solos. he concert which will be 8 o'clock, was arranged by Carol ery Davis, Juneau pianist, who | accompany Miss Repp. her Repp plans llowing concert tom g her sister 1 [ en, for a st before south for conce in Vict ham. Those who have been privileged tc ar Mi b sing since her from ‘two years' stud York, have .expressed them- as delighted with the im- provement in her voice. New York critics have proclaimed her “no dy for Metropolitan™ and Norwegia nerican artist, whom A 15 consider one of their own first step toward fame in concer pla to make her Town Hall debut work—in New York January 13 .o Narrow Escape From Death as Nil[ngExpludes July 11. — > nonchalant burglar-prisoner ‘had been lycerin. sted after 1 drug store safe he - hottle of the ex- hip pocket. ng it from him, ti experts pac the ket of snow and car Mont t quite hillside. Th he bottle T ved and placed Y rusted stove as a targe ngvald Young, ex- t and then about up,” Younz 1. “The r ntain shook. Tr; ] ve were unable to find that stove that we said the fre burglar’s body was ficent to have set off the nitro- glycerin R - A. J. LAGASA ARRIVES HERE ON ALEUTIAN A. J. LaGasa arrived in Juneau on deep sea diver, steamer Aluetian, and will leave soon for Hawk Inlet. LaGasa said the Polar Bear, wooden Vv , forei he Marg- nita, operatir neau, which had foundered and was raised by LaGasa near Kodiak, is in Cor- dova now and will soon be ready for service again. No matter what you're planning to paint we answer in our full line of Fuller Paints—they last! . Juneau-Young Hardware Co. l HONEYMOONING berg and the former Erika Gruhn, February army purge whereby Hi “opposition,” stopped in Java (above) Autugiru 'sipe’edsw Postal Delivery CHICAGO, July 11 Flying tiny wingl Miller demonstrated to the faction of postal and aviation hips for mail between flying postal stations in the districts of large cities. Less than ten minutes after his|sacks INCORPORATED OFFERS TO THE PUBLIC, when, and if s autogiro, Pilot Jounny satis- au- thorities the feasibility of using such speedy transportation of fields and \ downtown BOY'S INTERIOR SCRAMBLED UP CHICAGO, 11. Eighteen- yvear-old John roll, a clerk for the Central Camera Company, has been driving the doctors slightly daffy ever since he was six. The inside story is: What is technically known as situs inversus resulted in swerv- ing Carroll's innards to the left rily away on the right. Going leftist however, is his appendix. Doctors Hospital had an intere g da when Carroll developed appendici- tis, because most appendixes are on the right. The X-ray brought news that the lad’s liver and gall bladder grew on the left to keep the appendix company. e Navy Bombers Fly Over ‘During Day Juneauites counted at least 17 big twin-engined Navy patrol bomb- ing planes over Gastineau Channel at different intervals today. The first planes, in a group of six, came over shortly after 10 o'ciock, and the others of the craft followed in pairs until three o'clock this afternoon. Field Marshal Werner von Blom- They were ships from the two whose marriage precipitated {squadrons which made the non- itler rid himself of military | 0, flioht from Seattle to Sitka on their South Seas crulse. |}, ook and are to spend two |weeks in Alaska on maneuvers. takeoff from the Municipal Airport,| poge and placer location notices | cight miles distant, Miller landed for sale at The Empire Office. his “windmill” plane, carrying ap-|— = proximately fifty pounds of mail, on| 20 post-| fourteen the | cet level. Postoffice authorities said the trip by truck usually re- quired forfty-five minutes. Miller brought his ship to rest within a fifty-foot square landing area constructed especially for the dermonstration | After delivering his mail load Pi- lot Miller lifted his ship easily and returned to the airport with several of outgoing mail. the roof of the main Chic: office, floors above SAVES! Contrariwise, his heart thumps mer- | at the Illinois Central T JOHN J KEYSERS RETURN SATURDAY Following a six-weeks’ honey- moon to the States, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Keyser returned to Juneau on the steamer Mount McKinley. The couple visited with Mrs. Key- ser's mother, Mrs. Alice Erickson, in Minneapolis, as well as with the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Keyser at their home in Spo- kane, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Keyser also paid a visit to the Coulee Dam, and spent a day at Jasper National Park in Canada. The Keysers are making their home in the MacKinnon Apart- ts. CLASS - HERE BY SUNDAY The Rev. John A. Glasse of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church is sailing from Seattle to- morrow and will be in Juneau in time to conduct regular services next Sunday, according to word to officers of the church today. The Rev. Mr. Glasse has been gone about two months, during which time he attended the General As- sembly in Philadelphia and visited with relatives and friends Outside. R CATTLE Davis Runyan, Jane Runyan, and Anna Mary Runyan, of Fairbanks, passed through Juneau enroute to Seattle on the Aleutian. S e The Lima Bean is of South Am- erican origin. The bell of St. Peter’s in Rowme weighs 18,600 pounds. Almost every form of literature is represented in the Bible. WELDING PAYS! Why buy new parts? We can weld them. THE WELD THAT HELD is guaranteed. Rice & Ahlers Co Third and Franklin Streets STAYS! ~Phone 34 sued : $50,000.00 20th CENTURY INVESTMENT C0. JUNEAU, ALASKA FIRST MORTGAGE 5% SERIAL COUPON BONDS Dated: July 1, 193¢ jonds in denominations of $500 and $100; Redeem- able on any interest date after January 1, 1942, at 102; Interest coupons payable January 1st and July 1st at The B. M. Behrends Bank, Juneau, Alaska. SECURITY UNDER MORTGAGE Maturities: 314 years to 1314 years These bonds will be a direct closed mortgage upon the land and building deseribed herein and payment thereof shall also be unconditionally guaranteed, both principal and interest, by bondholders. basement. | Mr. W. D. Gross Mr. J. F. The building will be a five-story, fireproof, It will be ideally located for its purposes. the management of Mr. W. D. Gross, its President, who has been singularly successful in the- atre operation and apartment house management in Alaska. Appraised Value Completed Property $150,000.00 Estimated Net Annual Earnings $ 14,400.00 The satisfactor; Mullen, President of The B. M. VALUATION AND EARNINGS Amount of Bond Issue $50,000.00 Greatest Combined Annual Interest and Serial Principal Requirements $ 7,500.00 s make this an amply secured and desirable investment. Mr. W. D. Gross, President of the Corporation, whose net worth is many times in excess of the amount of this issue. The mortgage will embrace a tract of land 50 x 200 feet with a fifty-foot frontage on Front Street adjacent to The First National Bank Building and Percy’s Cafe, and the building to be erected thereon which will house two modern stores on the street level, twenty-four apart- ments, and a fully equipped and elaborately appointed theatre with auditorium and balcony cap- able of seating 1200. Behrends Bank, will act as Trustee for the reinforced steel and concrete structure with The borrowing corporation will be under Margin of Value $100,000.00 Surplus of Earnings $ 6,900.00 The two stores and the theatre have been leased and a substantial number of the apart- ments have been reserved. The leases are held by established concerns which insure the success of this project. v earning capacity of the property, the margin of value over the amount of the bond issue (this being a 3314% loan), and the personal endorsement of the obligation by Anyone interested in securing further details regarding this project, or wishing to make application for bonds, may see Mr. W. D. Gross, President of the company at the Coliseum The- atre, Juneau. | 20TH CENTURY INVESTMENT CO., Inc. Juneau, Alaska iy [ ————— S