The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 6, 1939, Page 2

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M. e "iF ¥ Hewest faur - - “FPEATHERLITEB ma to smartness’ amd SERGER R U A S SR | FUR SHIPMENI VOLUME HIGHER Alaska Outpufof Pelts Up, But Values Down Due to Lower Prices While the value’of furs shipped | from - Alaska during 1938 wasi'be- low ‘that: of 1937 dde to lower |'prices the volume of pelts ts,ken‘ was substantially 'larger ' than' the previous year, according to figures | compiled by the Alaska Game Com- | mission i A total of 422,252 furs valued at | $1037.360.15 were shipped out dur- ing' the last twelve mionths ‘com- pared with 360,201 with & value of | 1$2,285,71070 during 1837, the comi- pilation shows. The difference in | value is due entirely to the drop | in prices, according to Executive Officer Frank ~Dufresne .of ‘the Commission, as quamy on the | whole was normal: | <The species, number of pelts and values as compiled ‘by: the Oom | mission follows: Species {Black or | Glacier | ‘Polar Beaver Coyote Fox Red | “Cross. Silver | *White *Blue Hare ... | Lynx Marmot | Marten Mink' : ' Miskrat | Otter | Squirrel Weasel 'Wolf Wolverine Number Nll Valne 112 $ 81 30,889 1,385 T,191.25 115,076 2,186 1103 139,483.00 36,069.00 32,538.50 302,179.50 16.35 76,680:00 £03716:20 228615175 458,459.00 192,152:40 3831300 16.30 1.5,365.25 : } 1,488.00 P Totals 422,252 $1,997,369:25 Pribilof Islands . (Foxes: only) %11 84,5 i White i : s |+ Blue “11218:00 20,600.00 Grand. Tls...423,115...$1,958,185.15 *Not including pelts from Pribilof Islands. —‘1 Stock QUOTATIONS I NEW YORK, Jan. 6. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine F'stodk today #s'9%, Anérican Can 99'4; 'American Light and 'Power 6%, Anaconda 34%, Bethlehem Steel 77%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright' A 26, General Motors 497%, International Harvester 58, Kennecott 427%, New York Central 20%, Northern Pacific 13%, I'2, Pound $4.67. - DOW, JONES ~AVERAGES The following’ are today’s Dow, | Jones "Averages; Industrials 15287, | ails, 33,25, pHlitis 2884 [ Locust trees 4,000 years old grow in the west. Indies. EAVER” de to your measure give you greatest aid. wear in your new fur coa! o THIS WEEK ONLY absylutely qwuunpod. all work covered by the usual Goldstein Guarantee, ADVANTAGE NOW ----. v of a bxq 6ppbflunl|yl “HAVE YOUR FUR NEEDS' ATTENDED BY Duud Green— Master Furrier ke WHO IS¢ AT THE CHAS. GOLDSTBIN & £0.. SIQBE anite oy, oo taking orders for fur coals, jackets, scatfs, and capes. ‘FREE ESTIMATES on restyling, altering, cleaning -and yelining—all work done in Mr. Green's modern Seattle shop. Finest workmanship by the exclusive furrier for _CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO. T 2400 (218700 | 347,801.25 | 59,823.00 | Safeway ' Stores’ 81%, South- | — | ern Pacific 20, Bremner bid 1 asked IN ENGLAND . . . Ohamberlain sh friendship agreement upon return from four-power conference. By VOLTA TORREY AP Feature Service Writer “Out of this nettle, danger, phlucked this flower, safety.” Thus Neville Chamberlain summarized September’s sorry story. Repeatedly the British Prime Minister flew to Germany. Resolute- | ly the Nazis asked for more and |‘imore. Resignedly the old world mo- bilized. | “Bomb shelters were dug in Lon- |dori' parks. Civilians tried on gas | masks. France's Maginot Line was manned. German ships were called home. \ Politics—Maine went Republican —~was shoved off Page One. Swing- sters—purring “A-Tisket, A-Ta ket"—were hushed for scary speech- | es. Tt took a hurricane to compete with Europe’s eruption. “Heil Hitler!” ‘The ' issue was simple: Could Reichsfuehrer Hitler help himself we | 9,920.00 |10 & chunk of Czechoslovakia? Both | gar the number | sfdes” drew their guns. Propagan- dists spouted atrocity stories. France and ‘Russia- had promised to help ! the eourageous Czechs. Britain sup- posédly’ stood behind France. But Hitler could—and did—“free” the! Germanic ‘peoples of Czechoslovakia. Twice President Roosevelt plead- ed for peace. Chamberlain, Hitler, |Prench - Premier Daladier and Ttaly’s I1 Duce went into a jam ses- |sion. Then Chamberlain flew home with a bit of paper, posed like a and “peace | movie hero beside his plane | boasted he had preserved {‘with-honor.” Ogechioslovakia paid for it. At midnight, ‘September 30, Germans goose-stepped into the little de-| moeracy, and Poland and Hungary {yipped for their shares. Der Fuehrer disclaimed further European territorial aims. But jok- “Have you heard the lat- est? Hitler just ga\" the world 24/ hours to get out.” A Nazi putsch in Chile, that same MSeptember, cost three score lives| and ' failed. America ordered for- j efgn ‘governments’ agents to regis- ter. England's queen launched the wortld's biggest liner, the Queen Elizabeth. The Count of Covadonga; died in a Miami auto crash. 3 The Hurricane New 'England, meanwhile, flayed!' astonishingly by a tropical hurricane gone haywire. When com- Fmtinications were restored the na- ‘tion heard the death toll was 700, the damage $100,000,000, and head- Jities blurted: Long Island Resort Towns “Wiped Out; 12 Feet of Whater ih Providence; Canal End of'Cape Cod Hard Hit; New Haven Train Wrecked; Liners Delayed, Yachts Destroyed; Millions of | Trees Down; 'Food Shortages and| ¥ires ifi Many Areas; Sightseers Barred; "Red Cross Seeks Funds.| Federal agencies dashed to the rescue and began weeks of rehabili- tation work. oftomadoa nppm into his- Radial Wiring System insures tion and control of electricity. * The electricity you : . metr and appliances. pfilet but SEPTEMBER, FORLAST YEAR| i bowl's“ capital,” held a county fair | | Angeles. And 200,000 filed through | Christmas will be held at the Greek S{special choir. singing Christmas mu- | tie last night in a. National League Fozv The All-electric Home iRAflIAl WIRING SISTEM Modern homes are only as efficient, economical and con- venient as their electrical wiring systems. The new G-E the minimum. There is full provision for the easy use of .Iocfiflfy- The G-E Radhl Wiring System is adequate. We-ave Certified lnn-ucflbn ‘Contractors for G-E Radial Wir- m,-loml. Come in or telephonie us. We will be glad to it detailéd specifications and costs without obligation. ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. JUNEAU=DOUGLAS—ALASKA THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JAN. 6 1939. 1938: CZECHOSLOVAKIA PAYS BILL FOR EUROPEAN PEACE PARLEY . Hitler on the ows Off German IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA . . . ly enters the Sudeten area his army. triumphant- heels of toric Charleston, 8. C, killing 26.] But not all weather news was bad Rains so cheered western farmers that *Springfield, Colo., the dust | for the first time since 1930, | American Autumn A fourth of the American went back’ to school in Sep Fifteeen thousand attended the Am- | erican Legion's convention in Los St. 'Patrick’s Cathedral in York to mourn Cardinal Hayes Jimmy Roosevelt underwent operation. Senators Walter Geotge and Millard E. Tydings, scheduled for “purging,” were among those renominated. The | sensational Hines case in New York | ended in a mistrial. The $30-Thurs- day pot boiled in California. | Marilyn Merseke of Marion, O, | | became “Miss America.” Jarqu(‘lme‘ Cochran sped across the continent | in 10 hours, 7 minutes. 10 seconds. | And Broadway's business barome- | of musical shows | went up. D RUSSIAN (HRISIMAS WILL BE OBSERVED' HERE THIS SUNDAY Services Are fo Be Held at Greek Orthodox | Cathollc Church Services commemorating New | an in xelnmml SAFETY RECORD of the naval {raining squadron com- manded by Lieut. Commander Arnold J. TIsbell (above) at Yensacola, Fla., earned for his unit the Herbert Schiff Me- aorial trophy awarded annually for the year's best safe flying. Russian Othodox Catholic Church next Sun- day, starting at 10 o'clock in the mnmm with special Christmas Eve services tomorrow evening at 7 o’'clock. Christmas occurs two weeks later in the Greek Orthodox Catholic Church than in other Churches, and Sunday will be occasion for fe vities among the Serbian and Mor enegrin families of Juneau. The Rev. A, P. Kashevaroff will officiate at the services Saturday evening and Sunday morning, with a J wpropriatp for the occasion. -eos RANGERS AND MONTREAL TIE, | IN PUCK GAME * MONTREAL, Jan. 6.—The Mont- real Canadians and the New York Rangers battled to a 33 to 3 overtime AT HOME with either a cheese omelette or an orchid— that’s how friends characterize Mrs. Ellen Woodward (above), newly named appointee to the social security -board, seen at Washington, D. C. She succeeds Mnss Mary Dewson, resigned. Hockey game. The Rangers deadlocked the score | with two tallies in the third p(-nod U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU 4 THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) « - Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Jan. 61 Snow mixed with rain tonight and Saturday; moderate Ssoutheast winds. Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: (For north portion): Snow mixed with rain tonight and Saturday, except rain over west coast and snow over extreme northern portion of Lynn Canal; mod- ' erate southeast winds except fresh to strong over Chatham smm" Frederick Sound and Lynn Canal. (For south portion): Rain tonighty, and Saturday; moderate southeast winds except fresh to strong over Dixon Entrance and Clarence Strait. Forecast of winds along the Coa'st of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh bo’ strong southeast winds tonight and Saturday from Dixon Entrancay) to Cape Spencer and east, winds from Cape Spencer to Cape Hmch- inbrook., LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 28 82 E 4 86 s 8 87 s 7 RADIO REPORTS TODAY Lowent 4am. 4am. Precip. temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. 34 34 10 03 22 4 -18 4 -6 4 26 4 Time 3:30 p.m. yest'y 3:30 am. today Noon today Weather Cloudy & Snow Snow s » 4am,, Weather Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clean Pt. Cldy Cloudyy. Cloudy Cloudyge s Cloudy Cloudy + Snow Max. tempt. ' last 24 hours | 38 22 -18 -4 Station Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul .. Dutch Harbor Kodiak . -16 o 3 | s> mao Rain Cloudy Clear Cloudy* Fog Clear " Cloudy Clea.r" - ne Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland | San Francisco 4 | New York .. | 44 Washington | 48 WEATHER CO“DITIGNS AT 8 AM. iUDAY Seattle (Airport), cloudy, temperature, 40; Victoria, cloudy, 40; Bellingham, cloudy, 39; Alert Bay, rain, 38; Bull Harbor, rain, 41; Prince Rupert, rain, 36; Langara, rain, 37; Ketchikan, rain, 37; Craig, rain, 39; Wrangell, snow, 35; Petersburg, snow, 33; Sitka, clear, 39; Juneau, snow, 32; Cape Spencer, snow, 32; Hoonah, snow, 30; Eldred Rock, snow, 26; Radioville, rain, 32; Skagway, cloudys 24; Haines, snow; Kluckwan, snow, 16; Tulsequah, snowing, 13; Cor- dova, cloudy, 29; St. Elias, cloudy, 34; Seward, cloudy, 32; Anchor- * age, cloudy, 20; Fairbanks, clear, -17; Hot Springs, clear, -30; Tan- ana, clear, -18; Nulato, clear, -8; Kaltag, clear, -22; Ruby, clear™ ; McGrath, snow, 3; Flat, snow, Stuyahok, clear, -2; Bethel, clear, -3; Nome, clear, =6; Solomon, clear, -8; Golovin, clear, -5; Coun= ™ cil, clear, -5; Gambell, clear, -10; Taku Lodge, snowing, 11. Juneau, Jdan. 7—Sunrise, 8:45 a.m.; sunset, 3:28 p.m. 48 OB e w oS WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning throughout A14 aska and over the northeastern portion of the north Pacific Ocean with two storm centers, one over the north Pacific Ocean at latitude, 52 degrees naorth, longitude 150 degrees west, where the pressure was 28.80 inches, and the second at Dutch Harbor where the pressurg, was 2882 inches. High air pressure prevailed over the west coast states. This| general pressure distribution has been attended by 4 precipitation \along the coastal regions from the Aleutian Islands southeastward to the northern part of Vancouver Island, and also over upper Cpok Inlet, and by generally fair weather over the re- mainder of the. field of observation. It was slightly warmer over the coastal areas from Kodiak and Anchorage southeastward to northern | British Columbia. PACIFIC PARADISE has siums, admits Chairman Charles J. Pietsch (left) of the Hawaii housing authority, as he signed a contract with Administrator Nathan Straus for Blmflln ‘sium clearance projects totalling more than a W hat Is Y our News I. Q.? By The AP Feature Service ‘ Each question counts 20; each part of a two-part question, 10. ‘A score of 60 is fair, 80, good. 1. This is William H. Curry. of Tipton, Ind., who has won a farm title three years in a row. ‘What is it? 2. What country plans to give | President Roosevelt a mahog- | any fishing sloop? 3. What is now the correct spelling of the country oyer whlch Europe almost went to war? 4. Two-thirds of the families of the U, S. receive less than $2,000 yearly. True or false? 5. What country has out- lawed a fascist body called. the “Iron Guard”? maximum e!ficlencvp protec- Voltage Loss* is reduced to never use. It is lost between Answers on Page Six SHRINE DANCE (INVITATIONAL) MASONIC TEMPLE SATURDAY Januury 7 MUSIC BY WESLEY BARRETT'S BOYAL ALASKANS 9:30 0°CLOCK