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R. M. Behrends Co., Inec. VELVETS — SILKS CORDUROYS — LACES LINTNGS — LINENS COTTON GOODS Deubie Your Wardrobe at Half-Price! You CAN — Fabric Sale! your way to smartness to thrift — make your own clothes! See how individually chic you can be — how little it costs! in this Big So sew ?; “Juneau’s Ieading Department Store” i CCLUMBIA LUMBER COMPANY i OF ALASKA 1 - - - Lumber and Building Malerials P'HONB 587 OR 747—JUNEAU i SECURE YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improve and Modernize Your Home Under Title I, F. H. A. & _‘__g_‘;..__ ot 0 Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Coons HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. 31—Theatres in Chicago and two other eastern cities offered Jane Withers $7,500 a week for Yuletide personal appearances but the starlet turned the offers down in order to play Santa Claus for under-privileged children in Los An- geles. F"or six months, Jane had been dressing dolls and preparing other toys. s_he' had 500 gifts ready for delivery to hospitals, or- phanages and poor families on Christmas day. ‘When terms of the Gable property settlement are made public, it will be revealed that he already has paid her a fortune. stand, the sum runs to over $280,000, tax free . . Under- . And that the final amount will be around $340,000. Hollywood is surprised to hear that Cecilia Parker will become an American citizen, because it thought she already was one. But Cecilia, it turns out, is a Canadian . . . Which is doubly inter- esting quj this réuon. It makes two members of M-G-M’s famous Hardy family who are not American citizens. Fay Holden, the mother in the series, is English. Add to dramatic moments on Hollywood’s night club row . . . when Ann Sheridan and Don Barry came into La Conga the other night and found Edward Norris (Ann's ex) sitting at an- nf.he; table with Mary Brian. Brings back a lot of memories for some of us to see Fred Astaire drivmg a red 1914 Stutz for a scene in “The Castles.” The car_once belonged to the late Fatty Arbuckle and was a get full enjoyment from this hollday season. where you can be sure that your dinner will be the best that expert chefs can prepare, where service is a goal. at Dine ERCY’S familiar sight along the houlev;rda It’s now the property of a mnn whio rerits lmuml clrs to the imovies. The gll-English cast of “Wuthering Heights” is certainly get- | ting a beptism of fire . . . Doing scenes over a.nd over again for William (410 take”) Wyler and, on WD ol this, driving 50 miles to It means getting up at 4 a. m. The Goldwyn company hires messenger boys to wake the players and then to stick around to see that they get up. A taxicab arrives to take' éach sleepy actor to' the studio from where the real drive of Roses pa: Collins, whom Walt, Disney took out of a Main street hmue to act as a model “for Dopey in “Snow White and has given him a straight year's contract after seeing his “chn'lh Chan in Bonolmu t will age 60 years in “Goodbye Mr. Chips.” nolmtonnawemolu.. eonpo!e Bob Herndon for Dixie Dunbar’s departure. at the Tropics together . . . Shirley Temple will be the H Mdfldwnfle as grand mu:hlLOI a Pasadena Tournament Jane Wyman is pazade . . . The Zanuck preview of Kentucky will be one W'l rmuut. They are bringing Gov. A. B. Chandler 35 'other people out in a special car “Hollywood using the name of Vivian Holman . . . She’s been it uhm Ofiver . . . Edgar Kennedy's 12-year-old daughter, u:lina debut in a Bevzrly Hills children’s Vivian Leigh came popular girl of the week was Whitney Bourne, "Rotler Derfry with fiu—ag ucom Burgess and James Stewart. r— Miss Noble's Birthday s Occasion for Party In celebration of the fourth birth- day of Mary Alice Noblé, a party is being given this afternoon at the Sixth Street residence of her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Trvine Noble. Christmas decorations are used for | the afternoon festivities, with ‘ten friends of the honoree calling be- tween 3 and 5 o'clock. Today’s News Tucay.—Empire. The Ladies’ home of Mrs. Star Hill. ning. Juniors worship with Bunday— |ated at | Seattle, Alaska with Hetel, DR. J. W. EDMUNDS OPTOMETRIST | whose principal 1431 has practiced Optometry | |in Seattle for more than '.hlrty' | years; and is one of the most wide- | ly known Optometrists in the Pa- !cific Northwest. During the past 20 years he has made twelve trips| to Alaska, where he has practiced Optometry in compliance with Ter- | ritorial laws. He is an American citizen, practicing his profession in in compliance with exist- ing Territorial laws, in competition local Optometrists, of the Board of Optometry. Dr. Edmunds is examining eyes and taking orders for glasses where necessary at Room 225, Gastineau Juneau. | otfice s situ- | pars. e B. Fourth Avenue, ple’s meeting. ing. members | for all. over’ KINY, adv. service. Tuesday, 17: Nonces for this chnrc.h column . Friday, 7:30 pm. must be received by The t.mpu-q] at 8 o'clock in the parsonage. Aid will meet Thurs- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the John Sunderland on Choir rehearsals Thursday eve- meet at 7 p.m., Sen- jors at 8 p.m. ‘The Holy Sacrament of the Lorcl'sI Supper will be administered at the| service Suhday, January 8. If you have no church home | Juneau, ‘'we' cordially invite you to in us. A welcome is ex- | tended to the public. THE SALVATION ARMY Willoughby Ave. 2:30 p.m.—Praise Meeting, 6:00 p.m.—Sunday School. 7:30 p.m.—Salvation Meeting. Thursday, 7:00 p.m.—Life Saving Guard Parade, under the leadership Lesher. Tuesday, 6:00 p.m.—Young Peo-! Tuesday, 7:30 p.n.—Public meet- BETHEL MISSION ASSEMBLY OF GOD 121 Main Street CHARLES C. PERSONEUS Pastor Sunday services: v 11:00 am.—Morning Worship. |in charge and well-ta. 1"nt cl Sermon by the pastor 12:00 noon—Bible School. Classes | | 1:30 p.m.--Broadcasting a service | 7:30 p.m.—Evening Service. i 30 p.m. — mid-week | o NORTHERN LIGHT PRESBYTERIAN “Where Welcome and Worship 9:45 SU'N'DAY SCHOOL 10:50 OBGAN MOMENTS “Shepherds Carol” (Chubb) “Adoration” (Gaul) 11:00 MORNING. WORSHIP SERMON, New Year Message. ANTHEM, “The Bethlehem Song”. (Wilson). ORGAN, “Cradle Song” and “Anniversary Mar 6 TO 7 VESPER HOUR Moving Pictures, by R.uymond Moline. Candle Light Pageant of the Years. Ernst Oberg and Young Peoplu Chotr. MARTHA SOCIETY for. women_, Friday one-thirty. FELLOWSHIP CLUB 6f young people 7: "4 REV. JOHN. A. GLASSE, Minister. GEORGE SCHMIDT, Chorister. | CAROL BEERY DAVIS, Organist. L We broadcast over KINY Sundays 10:50 to 12. with speciul.fllgh School department. Meet” n church building. open to the public Wedn ternoons from 2:30 to 4. wtend these services and vis eading room RDAY, DEC. 31, 1938. This room 1s esday t the — Glad Tidings, Bible Band of young people meet, Every- | evenir The public is cordially invited to|REV. (By the U. study every other Sunday will be resumed January 8. interested Cloudy, probably with occasional moderate southeast winds “Where Welcome and Worship Seattle (airport), cloudy, tempe Meet” 48; Victoria, cloudy, 45; Almt Ba, Franklin at Fourth cloudy, 40; JOHN A. GL E, Minister Ketchikan, cloudy, 34; Craig, GEORGE SCHMIDT, Chorister Petersburg, cloudy, 30; Windham Bay, CAROL BEERY DAVIS, Organist 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. Cape Spencer, cloud; Radioville, cloudy. way, Forecast for Juneau and vicini “DITIGNS 38; Hoonah U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU | THE WEATHER 8. Weather Bureau) , beginning at 3:30 pm., Dec. 31: ain or Snow, tomight and Sund: not. latér than 10 cclock Saturday |body welcome. peladies, for / all . Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: For the north portion: mornihg” t0 guarantes change °“ Commur.ion Service the first Sun-| women of the community, meet the | o154y probably with ‘occasional rain or snow, except snow over Lynn sermon, topics, etc. |day of each month. 2nd and 4th eVenings | oona1 tonight and Sunday. Everyone cordially invited to all|of each month i i Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh to GOLY TRINrY CATHEDRAL, these services. tailed notices giv col- | gtrong along coast from Dixon Entrance to Cape EPISCOPAL e umns of this paper. Spencer t unday: fresh to strong east and northeast Fourth ana Gold Streets FIRST PRESBYWIERIAN CHURCH| Boy Scouts-Cubs meet with Roy| o 4 Cape ape Hinchinbr THE VERY REV. CHARLES DAVID WAGGONER, Minister |Banta and Tom Barek on Fri- E. RICE, Dean Saturday, December 31 day evenings at 8 o'clock. LOCAL DATA 8:00 a.m—Holy Communion. 11:00 p.m—Watch Service, fol- — Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity — Weather 10:00 a.m—Sunday School. | lowed by the Communion Service SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 0 p.m. yest'y ... 2038 21 o4 SE 10, Lt Snow 11:00 a.m—Choral Eucharist and January 1, 1939 CHURCH 0 am. today 2959 83 s 10 Lt. Rain | Sermon. | Sunday Services: Corner Second and Main Streels| noon today 2951 92 NW 6 Glé1idy Thursday, 7:30 p.m. — Choir re- 10:00 a.m.—Bible School. Les H. L. WOOD, Pastor | hearsal. | “Peter Called to Serve.” John 1:3 Note: The services of this church RADIO REPORTS Friday, 10:00 a.m—Epiphaney, 4?; Luke 5:1-11. are held on Seturday, the seventh TODAY | Holy Commuinion. 11:00 am. — Morning Sermon. |day of the week. Max.tempt. | Lowest 4am. 4am. Precip 4am | Subject, “The New Year.” “Ye have| Sabbath school Saturday, 10 am., Station last24 hours | temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather RESURRECTION LUTHERAN [not passed this way heretofore.” with Bible classes for all ages 5 34 26 3 12 18 Pt.Cldy CHURCH Joshua 3:4. Sabbath worship 11 a.m. Sermon 10 -4 4 0 Clear “In the heart of the city for the 7:30 p.m.—Evening Service. Topic [by the pastor, or leader. 2 -6 29 0 Cloudy hearts of the city” for discussion, This a| Young People's Missionary Volun-; Nome 4 -10 Calm 0 Clear Main and Third Sts. t ‘Happy New Year. Im 16:8-11; 'teer Society meets Friday evening,| Bethel -14 8 0 Cloudy REV. JOHN L. CAUBLE, Pastor |Heb. 3:12-15. 7:30 o'cloc Fairbanks -24 i 0 r 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.—Beginning| Dorcas ar the! pawson ) 6 0 11:00 a.m—Morniig Worship and | the Service of the “Week of Prayer” 2nd and 4th Wednesday = each| st. Paul 4 30 18 17 Sermon; Holy Gospel for the first A cordial invitation is given to/month at 2 pm Dutch Harbor 30 4 17 Sunday after Christmas, Luke 2:33- all to attend these services and wor- Bible study groi s, Mon- | godiak 8 4 03 40; sermon subject, “New Year— |hip with us. lay, Tuesday W eve- cordova ) 26 4 0 New Light”; music: prelude, “Pre- ? igs, open fo. all, The A€ Juneau 7 34 10 .30 lude” by Chopin; anthem, “Christ-| FIRST CHURCH OF CHRI ome to all the services of this| gitxa 3 i 112 | mas Joys,” Ehler, the Choir; offer- SCIENGAST oh) Ketchikan ] 40 4 53 Cloudy tory, “Sweet Dreams,” Tschaikow- Bunday services will be neld at| Thursday, 1:30 p.m nu:m_ Prince Rupert 36 38 4 12 Cloudy sky; vocal solo, “The Child Jesus,” (!l &m. in the First Church of League meeting, held in officers monton 10 0 4 02 Clear Pietro Yon, Mr. Ehler; postiude, Christ, Scientis{, Juneau, on Fifth que . All ladies me. ttle | o 12 08 Cloudy “March of the Priests,” Mendel- and Main Streets. The subject wili| Frid 7:30 p.m.—P Portland 1 4 T Cloudy | ssohn. be “God.” ¥ Officers m: charge—Capt. San F 14 P 6 0 Clear | ‘The Senior and Intermediate Lu-| 10:00 am—Sunday School Stanley Jackson York 24 4 02 Jloudy | ther Leagues will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, 8:0 pm. - Tesil- e N B hington 2 3 4 0 Cloudy | Council meeting Tuesday evening [ nonial meeting. NORTHERN LIGHT PRESBY- Christian Science Reading Room TERIAN CHURCH WEATHER CO AT 8 AM m, raining, rainin clouds METROPOLITAN METHODIST | 10:50 a.m—Organ Moments. .d Rock, cloud 33; EPISCOPAL CHURCH 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship. Tulsequah, cloudy, 10; Atlin, cloudy, Chitina, it | 6:00 p.m—Vesper Service clear, Copper River, clear, 10; Seward, THFE”:;V“SE%“RW&E gg;;m : 6:00 p.m.—Junior Endeavor. cloudy, 13; Anchorage, part cloudy, 0; Hot KNIGHT, Pastor (See our display advertisement on clear, -20; Tanana, clear, 0; 1 clear, clear, | 10:00, a.m~Sunday ‘School this page for further details.) 20; McGrath, clear, Flat, clear, Stuyah -103 11100 8.m. — Morning Worship. | =t Crooked Creek, clear, -30; Bethel, clea Nome, Golo- Sermon theme, “Pacing & New| CATHOLIC CHURCH vin, clear, -16; Council, clear, -15; Ga bell, ' clear Year.” | Church of the Nalivity of the Juneau, Jan. 1—Sunrise, 8:49 a.n.; sunset, 3:19 p.m. Jan. 2— 17:00 pm—Epworth League Miss | Blessed V. M. Juneau Sunrise, 8:48 a.m.; sunset, 3:20 p.m. Lola LaPaugh, President. Fifth and Gold Streets ‘R SYN i REV. WM. G. LeVASSEUR, S.J., WEATHER SYNOFSIS 8:00 D}HL — Evening Worship. Pastor A ridge of high barometric pressure extended from the upper Sermon theme, “Restitution.” S A s .| MacKenzie Valley to Winnipeg this morning. The barometer was low The Damaris Circle will meet 5“,"{‘“? ,Pp(“ rvm‘xrél Wy Ym_“ over the southern portion of Alaska, southwestern Canada, and the Wednesday at 2 pm. in the church | I;‘_“’7 33‘“7";“ Te Deum in Church| o .scoct portion of the north Pacific Ocean, with one center of social room. Freatid ]‘mw : v ears 2898 inches west of Atka, anotherof 2860 inches at latitude 44 de- The Epworth League Fellow- | Sast P 0T Olincton es north, longitude 144 degrees west. Light to moderate precipi- ship Hour will be Friday, 7:30 p.m. | SE i e CIrcumcision | 4o tion has been general from the Al n Islands to Kodiak and Choir rehearsal will be Priday,| °f Ou Lot = from Southeast Alaska along the coast to Oregon, also 1ot 7:30 o'clock. O i and In.| contral Canada with fair weather prevailing over the rest of A’ New Year's Eve Watchnight| ot S+ Gl “_i orn and al Canada and the west coast sf Ten {Party and Worship service will be ] 40‘ 5 I,’_H‘,,.‘ Ma G e warmer this morning over interior and Southeast Al Tl hiet eventis Mhegiiniii gt ESEeRemER PR AEEREE colder over the Seward Peninsula. I Tl 7:30 pm—Rosary and Benedic- DT i |tion of the Most Blessed Sacra-| N TERATY CHAPEL BY 18E LAKE ment. SO(K EM VHEWS What Is Your | (On Fritz Cove Corner) | 8:00 a.m—Holy Mass daily. , |REV. JOHN A. GLASSE, Miister| Days of Special Devotion: Mon- TOWARD BUSINESS News I, Q.' 9:45 a.m.—Sunday S day, January 2—Feast of the Hol, | Sunday, with Mrs. ame of Jesus; January 5— | By The AP Feature Service asses | Vig of the Epiphany; Saturday, ! MAY BE (HANG!NG | for children and young people. January 6—Feast of the Epiphany 8:00 pm.—Evening Worship and|{of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. | POLLY AND HER PALS T FINALLY HAVE DEVELOPED TH'M RS | Perhaps the nearest approach to the tithes of Biblical days is the manner ! in which the Mount Moriah, N. C., Baptist Church is supported. The 260 \ farmer-members, short on cuh bring in produce and canned goods for public auction, The sale shown above netted more than $150 for the church. Conunhcd from F\ge One) i "Tod.\} the tax smu[me and | administration tend to discour- tee. Tithes Support ChurCh ?:».’\\‘l'h:: lxi)stlltutioxl of the new for | | the old. Installing new equipment not only would stimulate the capital goods industry producing the equip- | ment, he said, but would help the |plants which bought it to lower cests of manufacturing consumer | goods. Thus at one blow purchas- ling power would be increased on |two fronts. Other proposals include tax re- wards for companies setting up trust funds for pension or similar | worker benefits. At present only those companies which contribute an 85 percent share to pension funds can offset the donation from | taxable earnings. | il’Rl‘ZSENTS MANY PROBLEMS | | ~ Already the Congressional tax | technicis are more concerned | about difficulties of putting - | centive taxes” into effect than | about what they might do to reve- nue, although that of course ulti- | mately will be the primary consid- | |eration. Badly applied, an incen- tive tax might unbalance competi- tion among rival companies and in the end disrupt bisiness even| more seriously than the undxstnb-’ uted profits tax. | One thing is certain, More gov- ernment revenue must be had and |it can'come only from two sources. One is from sterner and broader levies, and the other from in- creased national earnings which will turn out more revenue under present rat Each question counts 20; each part of a two-part question, 10. A score of 60 is fair, 80, good. 1. This man is called “Tieless Joe.” Who is he and what is his position? 2. Name the new president of Czecho-Slovakia. 3. The White House physi- cian, Dr. Ross T. Mcintire, has ‘what new post? 4. What is the new job of James Roosevelt, son and- for- mer secretary of the President? 5. What percentage of the to- tal vote in Germany’s recently- acquired Sudetenland ex- pressed confidence in Hitler? Answers on Page Six The United States consumes al- ,most half the world’s annual pro- duction of rubber, largely because of intensive development of the automobile industry. ———,—— JUNEAU WOMAN'S CLUB Will meet January 3, at 2 p.m,, in the Penthouse of the Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power Company. MRS. C. C. RULAFORD, adv. Secretary By CLIFF STERRETT EASY! I SIMPLY ToOLD HER T'[MAGINE THAT T'M DRIVIN' AN' SHE!S INTO A DERN DECENT DRIVER , S'HELP ME!

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