The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 19, 1938, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY DEC. 1938. . . most [laitering, most delightful gift for all women! shining satins, heavy crepes . . . all exquisitely And ours is the store where pretty undies Pretty. luxurious We've the kind « lace irimmed, cmt COST LESS en prize . .. dered, tailored! GIFT SLIPS Beautifully tailored slips with bra or v-tops, four- gore, bias-strait styles! Satins, crepes rustly taffetas, too! White, tea- rose, colors. 34 to 44. B.M.Behrends B, Co., Inc. Juneau's Leading Department Store McCUTCHEON ARRIVES TOMORROW FOR 14TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION Territorial Representative H., H. McGutcheon of the Third Division, | Anchorage, will arrive in Juneau tomorrow aboard the Baranof from Seattle after a short vacation trip Outside. The Representative is com- ing for the 14th legislative session which convenes January 9. | Mr. McCutcheon is the veteran | member of the House, having served in the las tfour sessions from the Third Division. He was a candi- date for Speaker last session when Joe Green of the First was finally | elected and is being mentioned this | year as a candidate. Antoher being mentioned for the Speakership this year is Howard Lyng of Nome, who served in the 1935 session. i b L Legion Auxmary fo Initiate Tomorrow A dance sponsored by zhe Ju- neau Ladies Auxiliary was an * W.P. JOHNSON — Telephone 17 N Come in! See it! You'll be Amazed ! event ai ihe Uiion Hall Saturdey o er orchestra furnising the music, land the door prize, a 10-pound turkey, won by George Gullufsen 1Jr. | Those in charge of the affair were Mrs. Aasta Holm, Mrs. Gla- dys Rantappa and Mrs. Hazel Scott, who wish to thank all who |assisted in making the evening a | suceess. The next meeting of the Auxili- ary is scheduled for Friday, Janu- ary 6, at 8 olclock, all yisitors wel- come, according to Mattie Davis, prusldrnt Now on display—the new radio miracle that has star- tled America. Think of it —now you can run the Mystery Control radio in your living room from anywhere in your home. No connection to radio, house current or anything. 1U’s unbelievable! € —Free Demonstrations FOR XMAS D Chapeladles to Have No Host Pany Here ONLY $L00 4 CLEANING SPECIAL AT THE = X L & TR A no-host party, co be held at ° TRIPLEX DRY CLEANING 0 5iRi Mo s . usual timé, ‘will' feature. the regu- ¥ ’ g Y < |Jar meeting .of..the Chapeladies. 3 Men's Suits and Ladies’ Dresses | e affuir will take place Wed- o nesday evening, December 21, dur- 'ing which time those present will decorate « the E (plain). Cleaned and Pressed for only ONE DOLLAR — the Sunday School program, which is to be held Pfldsy evenmx. De- cember 23. . | i NS T SAM THE TAILoR ! LEGION' MEETS TONIGHT " PHONE 642 Regular meeting.of Alford John | Bradford Post, American Leglon, {will be held in, the.Dugout at 8 !o'clock tonight Zith First. Vice Com- mander Russell Clithero - presiding { mons was noted as ilunds." 3 gb; surf curling over the low spit, as {“Just 4 case of taking a chance on jflying in, or | making a landing.” i Hot(?) Landing Place |Harry Lucas, Nels will * ’Engmeer 3rd ' Mate Brought To I;Iospllal Sheldon Simmons Makes!| Rescue When' Lands NéarBeach Camp Meyr—eer—i (Continued from Page One) Chief Engineer McDuwel] tell a \hml story thémselves On last Monday, after made the beach, the men “saw the Coast Guard boat (the Haida) [standmg by, unable to put a boat ‘through the surf. Also an Alaska Air Transport plane flew over. Tuesday, “trying to make camp | on the beach, wet and cold:™ Wed- | nesday, “heavy sea running. Two Navy planes and AAT plane dropped | supplies and newspapers. We know | now we ‘are eight miles north of Cape Fairweather by the chart dropped. We set up the tent that was dropped and now we have a chance to keep dry — every rain isquall in Alaska seems to hit here.” “Guides Coming On Thursday, McDowell’s log say “guides coming '(not knowing they were not)—rain, surf heavier—Pat- terson shifting.” Friday, “heavy surf again, cut- ter pulled out, they said to meet Morris—tell us to stay put—camp- ing out not so hot—rain—rain rain.” Saturday’s wet pencil scribbling said briefly, “no guides, no cutter, no planes, plenty of rain.” Landing Field Sutiday’s notations said a land- | iing field had been flagged out 1200 i : beach, at the direction of the cut- " ter, radioing by flashlight. feet by 110 feet in size on the Today the arrival of Shell Sim- “Juneau plane | Sheéll Simmons explained his landing at the wreck scene today | in the tiny lagoon, frequently hit in the sleet we were| taking a chance on i going back Gordon Graham, mechanic with “simmons. said “The surf came " clear over the bar and hit the "plane. Shell had to jump into the water and grab a float. It wasn't (such a hot landing place.” Ludwigson Is Guide A third passenger in the plane | with Simmons was Nels Ludwigson, |a prisoner from the City Jail who was familiar with the country and| was released this morning to guide |the party in from Lituya Bay. Nels ilwas put off at the wreck to guide the party down the beach. Having served six days of ten given him for drunk and disorder- ly conduct by City Magistrate ‘not be ex- pected to serve the rest of his |time,” in ‘the light of the task he is doing. Simmons left Nels with the six- teen men he was forced to leave behind, . with instructions to give each man a pack, “and start for Lituya down the beach.” Supplies Located Simmons also said he had talked to Jim Huscroft, elderly resident of Lituya Bay today, and learned that* Huscroft had. taken supplies to “thrée ‘mile cabin,” one of four leading east of Lituya towards Capc“ Fairweather, With Ludwigson leading the men carrying between them enough food and shelter to make the march by | “siwashing” at night, it is expected | the sixteen surviving seamen will Ireach Lituya tomorrow and be picked up by Navy planes or by Coast Guard 'boats. Chief Engineer McDowell and Third Mate Johnson, the two stag- gering men brought to Juneau to- day, had difficulty piecing their | story together, their 1ips caked with | the salt of the North Pacific, I “I don't know one day from an- ! other,” McDowell said. “The boat | is a total loss and she started to break up a few days ago, making | lit. too dangerous to go abaord | {her. any more. The men are all| right, I think. We rigged an drum - stove. under the tarpaulin! |and the tent that was dropped ‘0! |us. Then we slept in shifts, as many | of us as could at once and sleeted all the time.” Third Maté Johnson said, “Camp |fever? ‘No sir!. That's the finest gang of men I ever Knew. having | on the twelve mile long wagon road ;- Lips Caked With Salt 13 oil |1t It rained {2 cept for the two I brought in. Asked if he would consider land- ing in the lagoon again, Simmons said, “I don't think so. If we'd had another pound, we'd have gotten out ‘of there.’ A small crowd greeted the first-rescued men today when |mons taxied up to the Alask: } G-Men Hunt Thcm | never two Sim- a Air Transport hangar to shut off his, engine after- his mercy flight that was marked by snow and sleet | storms and nearly zero-zero \\A.ulwl | for the whole route. - \Prospector Hunts Ore ‘At Night will | Dec. 15.—A | who prowl at night in has set old i LOVELOCK, Nev., |o' the wisp prospector over the mountains search of tungsten ore timers talking. | But when you catch up with him there's nothing very mysteriou about his activity—he’s just a for- | mer Stanford engineering stud | putting science to use in prospect- ing. John Heizer carries an ultra-vio- | let ray apparatus with him, s | that tungsten ore is fluorescent and will glow when the ray falls on it ®Barren rock gives no reaction He says the ray has beer with good results in the big N da-Massachusetts tungst {which his father is mana -oo 50 HE SLUGGED (AR IN ITS FRANKFORT, Ky. Dec. 19—When | a man with a badly-lacerated, | § bloody right hand c e to his of- fice, r. Tom Leonard,” Frankfort physician, asked several questions to learn whether a police report | Benny Dickson and wife would be necessary. Shamefacedly, the patient “I hate to tell you. My car ch on top of the hill and I got out to crank it. The thing wouldn't star and I got so all-fired mad at it socked it in the eye. I pok fist through the headlight.” | aid: | For a week authorities of the 1| federal government and of five ‘ states have hunted Benny Dick- r-old bank robber and t and his 17-year-old Estelle, in connection with kidnapings in the J. Edgar Hoover, who I wife, the several F e ng the hunt for the two 3 from Detroit, termed them - lic rats” and that “they | sought until they are S 5 o | nated or apprehended.” The two SCITTSBLUFF, Neb.. Dec. 19— were Jast seen at Excelsior Frank Koeing, Mitchell Valle n- | ihgs, M er, is looking for a 125-pound £ cutting blade. ! Tall nan in the British Army Specially built for a' cutter that|. g c. Bateman, 21, 5 nd will harvest four rows of bean feet, nine inche: He enlisted at a time, the blade tumbled fr the other day 1d Ger his truck between here ing—just across the river. Since| SRRy it's four feet long and can't be|® ® ® ¢ © @ © © ¢ |used except as a part of his ma-|® EMPIRE'S CHRISTMAS o chine, Koeing wonders why adver-| > EDITION ”f‘\_"” ¥ tisements about the missing cutter | ® TOMORROW 2 have gone un.mwcxul i o 3 - e The annual Christmas cdi- ¢ A HUMAN BARGAIN |e tion of The Empire . DURBAN — The Native Affairs|e will be issu me . Department of South Africa is in- | fuil of Christmas suggestions to @ vestigating a complaint of a woman | @ shepper as well as the usual ® at Umbhlali that her husband had|e ncws scetion. It is issued to- traded their two children fo merr Be sure and read it. ® . motoxculc ®$ 0 ¢ 00000 0 00 CARPENTERS, ATTENTIOR! SPECIAL MEETING Tuesday December 20 §P. M. AT UNION HALL (For Building Trades Council Vote. ART PETERSON DRESSSHIRTS ................8L50 Ldtest styles in solid colors l‘_I_EN'S FELT DRESS HATS. .$2.50 and up 100 ALL-WOOL UNDERWEAR $4.75 WRIGHT'S BLACK HEALTH SUIT and mixed patterns THE YOUNG MEN’S SHOP 247 South Franklin HARRY’ COLUMBIA LUMBER COMPANY OF ALASKA Lumber and Building Materials PHONES 587 OR 747—JUNEAU SECURE YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improve and Modernize Your Home Under Title I,. F. H. A. [} U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER {By the U. S. Weather Bureau) | dah 3:3 | Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginring at 3:30 p.m., Dec. 19: | +Rain, mixed with snow. tonight and Tuesday, cooler tonight; mod- erate southerly winds. aska: Rain, mixed with snow, Alaska-Canadian border; cool- Weather forecast for Al tonight and Tuesday, Southea: except sno er tonight; moderate southe 1ds, except moderate to fresh over Dixon Entrance, Clarence Strait, Frederick Sound, Chatham Strait, and Lynn Canal. Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh southerly winds tonight and Tues Hinchinbrook vy from Dixon Entrance to Gape | LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 3:30 p.m,, yest'y 29.81 38 85 E 12 Lt. Rain 0 a'm. today .. 2976 38 86 SE’ 13 Lt. Rain yoh today 2918 40 80 s 9 Lt. Mist RADIO REPORTS 5 | TODAY o8 Max. tempt. | Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. 4am Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weathe: P Atka A 24 10 06 Pt. Cldy Anchorage 34 20 4 0 Cloudy - Barrow 10 -4 12 0 Cloudy Nome 16 -2 8 0 Clear 3 Bethel 2 4 02 Ciear § Fairbanks 0 4 0 Clear & Dawson -8 14 0 Cloudy |4 St. Paul 26 16 05, Pt,Cldy ] Dutch Harbor 26 4 03’ Cloudy Kodiak 32 14 40 Cloudy 5 Cordova 34 10 91 Lt.Rain Junean 37 13 134 Lt Rain Sitka 35 — 1.82 s 5 Ketchikan 3 10 .gl Mod. R'n Prnice Rupert 16 02 Mist Edmonton 4 0 Clear Secttle 6 0 Clear 4 Portland 4 0 Cloudy San Francisco 56 4 .22 Lt Rain New York 38 16 02 Lt.Rain 1 Washington 42 4 0 Clear @ 2 WEATIHER CONVDITIONS AT 8 AM. TODAY Seattle - (airport), part cloudy, temperature 31; Bellingham, clear, 28; Victoria, cl ; Alert clear, 32; Bull Hatbor, part cloudy, 34; Lan; raining, 41; Trpile Island, cloudy; Prince Ru- " ! cloudy, 40; Ketchkian, raining, 41; Craig, raining, 39; Wran- [ raining L , 35; Sitka, cloudy, 38; Cape Spen- er, cloudy, 40; Hoonah, cloudy, Hawk Inlet, cloudy, .36; Radio- ville, raining, 39; Skagway, raining, 39; Haines, raining; Eldred Rock, k cloudy, 39; Cape St. Elias, cloudy, 40; Cape Hinchinbrook, cloudy, . 38; Cordova, raining, 32; Copper River, raining; Seward, cloudy, 31;. Anchorage, cloudy, 20; Fairbanks, part cloudy, 4; Hot Springs, clou- .. dy, 0; Tana Nulato, clear, -8; Ruby, cloudy, 21; Flat, 20; Crooked Creke, cloudy, Bethel, ; Solomosn, cloudy, 10; Golovin, snowing, ¥ uncil, snowing, Dute Harbor, clear. [ Juneau, Dec, 20—Sunrise, 8:47 am.; sunset, 7:08 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS The storm area that was cent:red over the Bristol Bay region vesterday morning has moved eastward and has decreased in inten- sity, the lowest reported pressures this morning being 29.26 inches at Anchorage and 29.24 inches at Barrew. Low préssure prevailed from southern British Columbia and the Pacific Northw states o % southwestward to the Hawaiign Islands. This general pressure dis- tribution has been attended by precipitation along the coastal regions ¢ from the Aleutian Islands southeastward to Prince Rupert, also over the Seward Peninsula, and Califor nd by generally fair weather [ over the remainder of the field of observation, I twas colder last night over the interior and western portions Alaska. a; of WRANGELL B. DAWSON BOUND TO WED KETBALL | Miss Dolly Mahoney of New West- minster, passed through Juneau on Basketball season is now on in Wrangell with four teams in the 4 e ol 3 S ¥ the northbound trip of the Princess “\_,uc. rangell Institute, High | Norah enroute to Dawson where School, Merchants and Independ- | she will wed Steve Haines employed ents | at the Dawson Power Plant. FOR HOLIDAY FEASTING and SNACKING LUTEFISH ] PREPARED IN THE OHIGINAL OLD COUNTRY STYLE—FINEST FLAVOR—IN ANY AMOUNT. ALSO: 4 SALT HERRING | SPICED HERRING e 0% siHd g R SWANSON BROS. ' GROCERY—PHONE 217——WE Dmvfii TR Christmas tree . for || T *" THE ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. | 1 (Both men agreed “it would have ’been plenty tough, and all of us wouldn’t be standing up now, if it hadn't been for that dry cloth- PRESENTS TWO CHRISTMAS CONCERTS 1 that d d us - TS s Wibastae Y WEEKLY OVER STATION KINY— FROM ‘ More Food Dropped 5:45 TILL 6 O'CLOCK P. M. ON TUESDAYS Simmons and mechanic Graham had already dropped three sacks AND FRIDAYS: of extra food today when they de- cided to try for a landing. Pilot Simmons said also that two Navy bombers were dropping sup- ies by parachute when he landed CAROL BEERY DAVIS--Pianist ERNST OBERG-—-Organist i Simmons st 1 husi wkea for| [,OLA MAE ALEXANDER-Vocalist | “I didn't ask for the Captain,” WE PICK-UP AND DELIVER Lybeck who is on a vacation in the iin the absence of Commander Bert ' States. told .Nels to start down the beach : | right away with the rest of them. | l’l‘hey all looked fairly healthy, ex- “ i ' FIRE is not the only’ destroyer of property. Other hazards take heavy, toll, too. For a surprisingly small premium, have an Extended Coverage ‘Endorsement nttached to your fipe insurance policy, It will protect you, in the same amount and under the same conditions as_your fire policy, against explosion, windstorm, fall- ing aircraft, hail, “wild” motor vehicles, riot and civil commotion and smoke (from a permanently installed oil burner). . Come iu, write or telephone. SHATTUCK AGE!EY PHONE 249. Office———New: York: Llfo