The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 11, 1939, Page 2

g i B. M. BEHRE T e gflowy n e iimed the nto view ome- real Floral Coach Wins Rese Parade Award /] 3 s 2 floral ceach and four of the Gay Nineties weepstakes award in the 50th Tournament of parade w Fire Hits Departmer Damage estimated at $120,000 resulfed when flames destroyed the three-stery Globe Department Store, Des Moines, Ta., and did exten- sive damage to the seven-story annex next door. man was rescued from the basement by firemen. firemen battling the spectacular blaze. must pay a modest fee, but it costs R Y T i 2 city of lSurI):b:nk, LCak; he The theme of the lengihy utled “Taily Ho' Roses parade ai Pasadena, Cal. it Store BARRAGAR HITS ~PiNS. FOR BEST CLASSIC SCORE 5 ast. night megsur the In two g scores were W ual honor ing 1 all gam 1 to -1 victory Inn trio. Despite on the shady ed Food trio came in a two the White contest. There for tonight Seore ame side of 600 th out cheduled of last ht's games fol- low: Motors 191 202 154 149 Connor 145 Redman 166 141 511 522 Inn 171 193 188 180 142 185 Totals 07 Triangie Robinson 155 05 501 558 502 White Spot 150 178 187 even 169 181 [ Tetert 69 180 The night witch- | B Above scene shows | Totals 530 548 d Foud 167 208 153 173 202 188 170 173 m 515 Unite Metcalf 211 Lavenik Py . . e i vaten. Hanareds arc | Victim (ries Unfair jammed around the pond daily. The i itself, artificialy frozen, is 50 100 feet, yet more than three miles of pipe conveying a brine solu-| CHICAGO, Jan. 11.—Police are interlaced beneath the pond’s | seeking the unfair trader who loot- is from|ed the home of Mrs. John K Schmidt in Chicago. Mrs. Schmidt | |said’ the thief left behind him a| tion is urface. The evening skating 8:30 until 11. ->oo y | half-empty bottle of gin, which was 1 MAIDS 0“"““ ihardly a fair trade for a watch, and nanager ¢ a gold bracelet. — e | Hendric At Trade of Burglar, 586— PAA GOES WIT SEVEN. IN SHIP “FOR FAIRBANKS Aagsa A took off from the ways transport Juneau THE DAILY ‘ALASKA-EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY JAN.'II, 1939. 'WALSTEIN SMITH - RETIRES AS V. P. FIRST NATL. BANK L. H. Mefzgar Elected Suc cessor-Board of Di- rectors Increased ‘Two changes have taken place ip the official staff of the Pirst Na- | tional Bank of this. city | Walstein G. Smith announces his retirement Vice' President id has béen elected as as ar Ccessor, Also effective today the Board of Dirsctors has been increased from | four tht directors i The officers of the First National pank are as follows: John Reck, President; L. H. Metz- Vice President; McClain, | d E. L. Hunter, Assistant to ¢ - | e Board of Directors are D R. Bradley, L. H. Metzgar, George A. Parks, John Reck Wallis S.| A. M. Mill and E. McClain. | Smith in announcing his re irement, says he will remain in Ju- | neau making this city his home. He | has been an official of the First Na-.| George, M I his retirement as L isurer which he held for core of years { - - { New Secretary Here is a recent photo of Joseph B. | Keenan, assistant United States at- torney general, who succeeded James Roosevelt, son of the President, as a member of the White House secre- tariat, - MAYBE AT 110 SHE WILL FLY BOURNEMOUTH, England, Jan. 11.—Mrs, Julie Hames at the age of 100 loves everything on wheels. She has done so since her pram days. At the age of 62 she learned to ride a bike, and rode it until she was 80. (By the !!._' 8. 'Weather Bureau) g Forecast for Junedn and vicinily, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Jan. 11: Rain tonight and ThurSday; moderate southerly winds. Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Thurs- day, except snow over'northern ond northeastern Alaska Canadian border; moderate southerly winds except fresh to strong over Dixon Entrance, Frederick Sound, Chatham Strait' and Lynn Canal. Forecast of winds along the Coast ¢f the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh to strong southerly winds tonight and Thursday from Dixon Entrance to Dry Bay, and east and southeast winds from Dry Bay to Cape Hinchinbrook. % ; f LOCAL DATA i Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 42 81 E 12 Rain PR S 17 Rain 4 K RSP Rain RADIO REPORTS Barometer 20.44 29.65 29.89 Time 3:30 p.m,, yest'y 3:30 am. today Noon today TODAY Lowest 4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weathe: 30 2 8. .06 Cloudy 18 [ Clear -28 0 Clear 10 0 Clear Bethel 16 16 0 Cloudy Fairbanks 0 Trace Snow Dawson 6 g 0 Clear St. Paul 34 02 Clear Dutch Harbor 32 .05 Pt. Cldy Rodiak 40 09, Pt.Cldy Cordava 36 0 Clear Jureaun 13 1.62 Rain Sitka 46 1.86 Ketchikan 46 10 172 Frince Rupert 50, 10 .88 Edmonton 30 4 10 Seattle 50 10 Trace Portland 50 4 0 San Francisco 60 9 6 0 New York 54 16 08 Washington 62 8 03 Max. tempt. 1 last 24 hours | 32 | 30 -22 Station Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome 12 Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Pt. Cldy Cloudy WEA' iR COWDITIGNS AT 8 AM. 'iUDAY Seattle lingham, Airort, . raining, temperature 46; Victoria, clear, 45; Bel- 46; Estevan, clear, 44; Alert Bay, cloudy, 39; Bull Harbor, '42% ‘Prihce “Rupdrt, raining, 41; Ketehikan, raining, 41; Craig, ning, 43; Wrangell, cloudy, 39; Petersburg, cloudy, 40; Sitka, cloudy, 41; Hoonah, cloudy, 36; Kluckwan, cloudy, 34; Juneau, raining, 40; Windham. Bay, cloudy, 33; Eldred Rock, cloudy, 41; Tenakee, cloudy, 36; Radioville, raining, 38; Skagway, raining, 40; Haines, cloudy; Tulsequah, raining,37; Cordova, clear, 24; Chitina, cloudy, 8; St. Elias, partly cloudy, 42; Seward, clear, 19; Anchorage, 1 "airbanks, clear, -8; Nenana, clear; Hot Springs, cloudy, 0; cloudy, 0; Nulato, clear, -4; Kaltag, clear, -10; Unalakleet, cleal Ruby, ¢l -10; McGrath, cloudy, 3; Flat, cloudy, -5; Stuys hok, clear, 1; Crooked, cloudy, 0; Bethel, cloudy; Nome, clear, 0; Solomn, clear, Golovin, clear; Council, clear, -5; Gambell, clear, -6; Taku. Lodge, Juneau, Jan, WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure continued this morning over the Aleu- tian Islands and eastward to- the Gulf of Alaska, there being two storm centers, one centered ‘near Middleton Island, and the second a short distance south of the Aleutian Islands between Atka and Unalaska, the lowest reported pressure being 28.70 inches. Another storm area was centered over northern Alberta. High baromelric pressure prevailed over the West Coast states, the. Alaskan Arctic Coast, and over the lower Mackenzie Valley. Preciciptation has been general along coastal regions from the Aleutians southeastward to Oregon, also over portions of the Tanana and upper Yukon valleys, while fair weather prevailed over the western and northwestern por- tions of the Territory. 1t was colder last night over Cook Inlet and the Kenai Peninsula and slightly warmer over the Tanana and upper Yukon valleys. STEALS KISS AND |BOY OF FIFTEEN YELLS "OH, BOY" NEWARK, N. J,, Jan, 11.~Newark police are looking for a “kiss bandit.” | Miss Ethel Feinsilver reported she was walking near her home in the Weequahic section of the city when a youth flung his arms about her, seized her by the nose with one hand, tilted her head back, kissed her and exclaimed: Oh, boy!” 15 SEA CAPTAIN SELDOVIA, 'Alaska, Jan. ;1L+A full-fledged sea captain at the age |of fifteen—that's the accomplish- 'ment of Jack (“Junior”) Anderson, who recently passed his master's examination. i The youth, working on his father’s mail boat. became first an engineer, i irport Fairbanks' today with ! [of dhe chiid wellare service, R85} ooy s aboard. Pilots Mur- (left for a two weeks' trip fo Skag»i Wl Tavery weke 4t 3 i ray. She went out on the steamer | . T E S WINNIPZG, J=, 11—1In spite of | VoY LUk TR T SER s oo ; \ continued unempioyment, there is a | Mount McKinley, and will coRMNUC | p,osengers were: Mrs. C. F. Peter-| At 60 she learned to drive a car. rtage of girls to work as domes- her work in the Lynn Canal metro- | sen, M ois Wilson, George Stacey, o and social service agencies here t polis. A. H. Humphries, Leslie Sands hink they know, why. They cite| Clark Anderson, and Mike Steppo- long hours and low wages, but es- secially loneliness, as the reason | firm hit on a “Oh, baby! property going nic up with one of tk the Tom Sawyer var As T got t I and a prospect ing through a 1 tion customer then studied navigation until he is A few minutes later, Miss Helen now first mate under his: father. Bernhard reported she was ap-| He holds, captain’s papers for any proached by a youth who seized boat up to sixty-five feet in length 'her and pinched both her cheeks.|in Northern waters. At -84 she rode on the ‘rumble seat” of a motor-bicycle “because,” she explained, “I saw other girls doing it.” for seng — e OFERS FREE BIRD FOOD FORT MORGAN, Colo. — The| ‘rpe plane Jeft at 10 o'clock this| irls are turning to other employ- | Jacks Bean Co., of Fort Morgan has | ¢,,.ano0n, |a standing offer to pr bird | seed free to any Fort Morcah resi-| LC t to birds in win- | Lonc not avail- in d to vide SRR - rdealth service: Council schools $729,810 during ment. Four social service agencies have { been working to provide recreation | dent who will feed i for domestics and to do what they | ter when natural food is can to regulate hours and wages. able. Jounty cost USE VA-TRO-NOL IR TIME— HELPS 70 PREVENT COLDS DEVELOPING 2 i or the nose and upper Used at the first, Bdication of its kind * Winter Clearance USED CARS DELUXE S! G SEDAN hot water MASTER CHEVROLET COUPE, radio, hot , milsage 7,208 G. M. C. PICKUP TRUCK, mileage 11,610 PLYMOUTH FOURDOOR TOURING SE eater, mileage 34,007 CHEVROLET SEDAN DELIVERY, mileage 13,148 CHEVROLET COACH V8 FORD COUPE Motor Co. FOHDOOR TOU¥ ated, mileage 8,740 A Classification for E‘!flsmfifi o 1931 1932 SQUAWK OF THE HAWK war the vocal reward for Mr. and Mrs. John Guillespie of Connors Glenolden, Pa., who are banding a baby fish-hawk caught near Lewes, Del, One of 2,500 bird banders in U. S, and Canada, Mr. Guillespie explains that the federzl Bureau of'‘Biological Survey uses the bands to check on bird migration and habits. The Guillespics have been banding birds for 16 years. ine.