The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 21, 1939, Page 2

D e o it o o . et e e WOMEN'S BLOUSE SALE Values to $5.95 Pastel Shades and Dark Colors All Sizes to 44 SILK — SATIN COTTON — LINEN GROUP 1 $1.80 GROUP 2 $1.95 GROUP 3 $2.95 B. M. BEHRENDS CO., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” ALASKA SCHOOL | ENROLLMENT UP 521 SINCE 1936 Commissioner of Education Submits Report for | Biennium Enrollment in Alaska school increased 521 in the leaving the toti! enrollm end of the last sch pupils, Commissio Anthony E. rne t n biennial the Legislal Increase schools 5.66 | percent. Territoris oll- ment gained 5.61 percent and num- ber of pupils in private and de- nominational schools is up 3.34 percent. Enrollment at the end| of the 1937-1938 school year in the various classes of schools was: Ter- ritorial 6428; Federal 4660 and| private and denominational 752. Teachers Hold Degrees Every high school teacher in the | Territory now has a coliege degree, | the report discloses, whereas only 89.65 percent had degrees 10 ago. Fully one th of all high school teachers possess mas- ters’ degrees, the report states Of teachers in city elementary schools 38.61 percent have AB.| or BS. degrees possess MLA. or M.S. degrees. In| rural schools 49.61 percent have| bachelors’ degrees and 3 percent masters’ degrees. Average years of teaching experi- ence is 837 in the high schools, 1037 in city elementary schools and 9 years jn rural schools. The report discloses that of the 319 teachers in the Territo: schools, 28 were born in Alaska and 54 in the State of Wa New Buil gs New school buildings have been completed during the biennium at Nome ($88,182.68), Skagway ($57,- 920) and Douglas ($48,000). Gym- nasium-auditoriums were built at Sitka ($26,0000 and Seward ($23,- 000). Work is under way on a new $250,000 grade school building at Anchorage. Rural school build- ings were erected at Kiana, South Naknek, Bethel, Kasilof and Fish Creek. ducation | his 1D, | 7 points | game | there properly expecting With their coach, ) and 2 percent| Territory cost $33312.58 in the bi- ennium. Three recommendations are made in the report: (1) That the Legis- lature appropriate $2,500 for gath- ering materials and printing a course of study suitable for Al- aska schools; (2) That an appro- priation of $8.000 be made to aid families in isolated places in pay- ing for correspondence courses for children; (3) That $40,000 be ap- propriated to construct a school 1939. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY ]AN ZI |PLANNERS SEEK NEW ROAD FUND OF $1,500,000 |Report Asks Legislature fo Memorialize Congress for Large Sum A recommendation that the Leg- islature memorialize Congress for an annual appropriation of $1,- 500,000 to be used exclusively for |new road construction in the Ter- ritory over the next decade is made in the biennial repert of the Al- aska Planning Council, | Setting up of a definite coopera- tive program between the Alaska Road Commission and the United States Bureau of Public Roads to effect a long-term road construc- tion program also is recommended by the Counecil. Other recommendatipns in re- gard to transportation and com- munication are as follows: Development Roads That the Legislature memorialize the Secretary of Agriculture to amend the present regulations of the United States Bureau of Pub- lic Roads by lowering required road building standards for forest high- ways in Alaska where necessary to permit the construction of low- standard development roads. Congress to appropriate funds for the United States Coast and Geo- detic Survey to print immediately a series of aeronautical charts for Alaska, That necessary. legislation be enacted to. permit .the . Territory to cooperate with the Civil Aero- nautic Authority in its Alaska aijr- port and air navigation program. Airfield Improvement That funds be speeifically pro- vided for development and im- provement of the smaller local air- fields serving isolated communities and the mining jndustry. That sufficient funds be made available to the Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commission !Imildlnn at Snag Point. ———e e —— DOUGIAS NEWS H. 8. FOUNDRY IN B, TBALL GAME: ALUMNI BEAT RESERV] Douglas Hi cagers by a margin of defeated the Treadwell Fouudry team in a hard and close the natatorium last night, final score being 31 to 28. The win gives the high school the title of champions of Douglas, as the Foun- / has won 2 out of 3 games with the firemen. Therefore with more confidence than ever the school squad can make the trip to Haines and perhaps Skagway to play the high schools to bring home the bacon. Martin Pedersen, the team plans to leave next Tuesday on the trip. For an opener making the event a doubleheader the School Reserves took on the Alumni aggregation of players and lost by 22 points; score s 33 to 11. Too much weight and e against them the younger play- ers were no match for the alums. Line-ups and points. D.H. S (31 FOUNDRY (24) |H. Savikko 7 ;i Mills, G, 6 Wahlto, D. 5 F Guerin 8 Stragier, G. C ...Edwards, G. 7 Fleek, R. G Stagier, A. 3 Krsul, D. 5 G Gulhaugen Subs.—G. Whato, F 4. | ALUMNT (33) RESERVES (11) F. Cashen 8 Krsul O. Wahto 12 G. Wahto 4 G. Cashen 10 D. Fleek B. Shitanda 1 G F. Cashen F. Pettygrove 2 G D. Wahto 3 Subs.—H. Cashen for D. Krsul; C Kronquist 2, for G. Wahto; B. Wil- ber for DF leek; J. Devon for F. | Cashen; G. Kirkham for D. Wahto; E. gavikko 2, for D. Wahto. B SHOWERS FOR BRIDE-TO-BE 10 » P [} Vocational sthoel work in the Miss Alice Sey who is to become to enable it to complete its current program and maintain and operate its communications system pend- ing its being taken over by the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Study of Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commission of rate revision to put Territorial ra- dio telephone and radio telegraph system on self-sustaining basis. week-end will be the guest of honor at a series of showers planned for her to be held during the week. On Tuesday evening Miss Vera Kirkham will be hostess at the first event and on Wednesday evening Misses Jessie Fraser and Mrs. Or- rin Edwards will entertain for Miss Sey at the home of the latter; On Friday night a shower sponsored by the Douglas Island Women's Club will be held at the Government sevhool for the future bride. R O P TR WEDDING RECEPTION AT GRAY RESIDENCE, SUNDAY NIGHT A public reception to follow the er and Douglas Gray which is sched- uled for Sunday evening, will be held at the Gray residence from That the Legislature memorialize | wedding of Miss Mae Margaret Fras- | & not later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of sermon, topics, etc. CHAPEL BY 'HE LAKE (On Fritz Cove Corner) REV. JOHN A, GLASSE, Minister 9:45 am.—Sunday School, with Mrs. Harry Arnold superintendent, and well-faught classes for all chil- dren of the community. Evening Worship and Bible Study at 8 o'clock every other Sunday eve- ning. January 22 Mrs. John A. Glasse will speak, and everyone in- terested is cordially invited. evenings in keeping with timely notices given in other columns of this paper. Cub-Boy Scouts meet on Priday evenings with Roy Banta and Tom Barekston. AOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL, EPISCOPAL Fourth ang Gold Streets THE VERY REV. E. RICE, Dean 8:00 a.m—Holy Communion. 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—Morning Prayer and Sermon. Thursday, 3:30 p.m.—Girl Scouts; 7:00 p.m.—Junior Choir; 7:30 p.m.— Adult Choir. FIRST PRESBWIERIAN CHURCH DAVID WAGGONER, Minister Sunday Services: 10:00 a.m.—Bible School. Lesson, “Peter Denies His Lord.” Luke 22: 31-62. 11:00 a.m. — Morning Sermon. Subject, “The Interpretation of a Dream.” “And he dreamed, and be- hold a ladder set up on earth, and the top reached to heaven; and be- hold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.” Gen. 28:12. 7:30 p.m.—Evening Service. Topic | for discussion, “Way of Using the Bible.” Luke 4:16-21; Ps. 119:97-104. | Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.—Midweek | Prayer Service. A cordial invitation is given to all to attend these services and worship with us. | CATHOLIC CHURCH Church of the Nativity of tha Blessed V. M. Juneau Fifth and Gold Streets Notices for this church column | must be received by The Empire | Chapeladies meet on Wednesday | | Sermon theme, Wednesday, January 25—Feast of the conversion of S8t. Paul the Ap., is a day of special devetion. | RESURRECTION LUTHERAN | CHURCH “In the heart of the city for the hearts of the eity” Main and Third Sts. REV. JOHN L. CAUBLE, Pastor Ernest Ehler Choir Director Ernst Oberg . -Organist 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship. | Liturgy and sermon. Holy Gospel | for the third Sunday after the Epi- phany, Matthew 8:1-13. Sermon sub- jeet, “Jesus, the Great Physician.” Music: organ prelude, “Intermezzo, Gounod, Ernst Oberg; offertory, “Elevation,” Guilmont; anthem, “Great is the Lord,” W. Baines, the | choir; postiude, “Postlude,” Oberg. 6:30 p.m—Luther League. Choir rehearsals Thursday eve- ning. Juniors meet at 7 p.m., Sen- jors at 8 p.m, The Confirmation class will meet every Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock between now and Palm Sun- day. Our Church extends a hearty wel- come to all. Go to church somewhere Sunday, all churches jnvite you. METROPOLITAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Fourth and Sewara Streets THE REV, GEORGE EDWARD KNIGHT, Pastor 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship. “What May We Ex- pect?” 7:00 p.m.—Epworth League. 8:00 pm. — Evening Worship, Theme, “The Consequences of Faith.” Sunday School Board Monday night, 7:30 o'clock. Wednesday, 2:00 p.n.—Susannah Circle meets at home of Mrs. Ray Schach. Choir practice: Thursday, 3:40 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 7:30 p.n.—Epworth League | social evening. meeting Junior Choir, Senior Choir | FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST Sunday services will be held at 11 am. in the First Church of | Christ, Scientist, Juneau, on Fifth | Service. and Main Streets. The subject will| be “Truth.” REV. WM. G. LeVASSEUR, S.J., Pastor | | Sunday, January 22, 'third Sunday | after the Epiphany ; No 5:15 a.m, Mass. | 8:00 a.m.—Holy Mass and In- struction. 10:30 a.m.—High Mass and Ser-| mon. | 7:30 p.m.—Rosary and Benedic- tion of the Most Blessed Sacrament. | 8:00_a.m.—Holy Mass daily. 7:30 p.m.—Prayers for the Unity Octave and Benediction of Most Blessed Sacrament evsry r.-\emng 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School. Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. — Testi~ monial meeting. Christian Sclence Reading Room | In ehurch building. This room 1s 'open to the public Wednesday | vfternoons from 2:30 to 4. The public is cordially invited to | | attend these services and visit the *eading roora. NORTHERN LIGHT PRESBY- TERIAN CHURCH | “Where Welcome and Worship Meet” ing. over KINY. Franklin at Fourth REV. JOHN A. GLASSE, Minister GEORGE SCHMIDT, Chorister CAROL BEERY DAVIS; Organist 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 1 10:50 a.m.—Organ Moments. 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship. 6:00 p.m.—Vesper Service, 6:00 p.m.—Junior Endeavor. (See our display advertisement on this page for further details.) SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Corner Second and Main Streets H. L. WOOD, Pastor (Note: The servites of this church . |are held on Saturday, the seventh day of the week.) Sabbathschool 10:00 a.m., Satur- day, with Bible classes for all ages. mon by the pastor or leader. Midweek Prayermeeting 7:30 p.m. Sabbath Worship 11:00 a.m. Ser- | U. 8 Dn’m O’ ABRICULTURS. W!A‘TB!B BURIAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) - Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.a, Jan. 21: Rain tonight and Sunday; fresh southerly winds. Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Sun- day, except snow northern and northeastern Alaska-Canadian border; fresh southerly winds except strong over Clarence Strait, Chatham Strait and Frederick Sound and Lynn Canal. Southeast. gale tonight over Dixon Entrance decreasing to strong southeast Sunday. Forecast of winds along the Cowst of the Gulf of Alaska: From Dixon Entrance to Salisbury Sound southeast gale tonight decreasing to strong Sunday. From Chichagof to Cape Hinchinbrook, strong east and northeast winds tonight and Sunday except probably of gale force tonight from Chichagof to Yakutat. ’q LOCAL DATA ! Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind V-'luitv Weather 29.99 <32 92 s 14 iLt. Snow 2078 81 88 SE 13 L&Rain 2047 38 86 E 12 'Lt. Rain RADIO REPORTS TODAY Lowest 4ami 4a.m. Precip. temp. rcmp velocity 24 hrs. 20 2 10 Time 3:30 p.m., yest'y 3:30 am. today ' Noon today .. Max. tempt. last 24 hours 24 .18 4am. Weather Pt.Cldy Pt. Cldy Statlon Atka Anchorage 14 Wednesday. Dorcas Society and Mothers meet- ing 2nd and 4th Wednesday at 1:. 30‘ *‘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 of Mrs. R. B. Lesher. Tuesday, 6:00 p.m.—Young Peo- ple’s meeting. Tuesday, 7:30. p.m.—Public meet- BETHEL MISSION ASSEMBLY OF GOD 121 Main Street CHARLES C. PERSONEUB Pastor Sunday services: 11:00 a.m.— Morning Worship. Sermon by the pastor 12:00 noon—Bible School. Classes for' all. 1:30 p.m.—Broadcasting a service 7:30 p.m.—Evening Service. Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. — mid-week Friday, 7:30 p.m. — Glad Tidings | Band of young people meet. Every- body welcome. Commurion Service the first Sun- day of each month. Everyome cordially invited to all these servizes. AUK BAY BIBLE STUDY LEAGUE Pastor H. L. Wood, Minister | The Auk Bay Bible Study League meets every Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Ethel Haines. Subject for the week'is “The Return of Jesus,” as foretold in prophecy. Highway residents are all invited. Senices | Notices o1 tms cnarch columm must be received by The Empire not Iater than 10 o'clock Saturday 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. The families of the couple will be the hosts and cordial invitation to attend the reception is extended to all friends. —————— FINAL CARD PARTY SET FOR FEB. 17 Announcemtn was made this morning that final event in the P.-T.A. card party series will be held at the school on February 17. It will be the last one of the three parties planned and awards will be made of the grand prizes one for highest total scores at whist, pin- ochle and bridge in addition to the evening's prizes. 2 5 — - eee—— Pep up regular .boiled dressing with horseradish, chili sauce and catsup and serve with baked or broiled fish. They go well together and are especially appetizing in cold y Jad & the bride of Arthur McBride on next | weather. morning to guarantee change of sermon topics, ete. ST. LUKE’S EPiS~OPAL CHURCH 11:00 a.m.—Sunday School. 7:30 p.m.—Vespers and Sermon. , DOUGLAS CATHOLIC CHURCH 8t. Aloysius Church No services. ALASKA EVANGELIZATION SOCIETY 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.h.—Regular services. 8:00 p.n—Bible Class. All services held at residence of H. B. Schiegel. Phureh |BIG TURNOUT IN NAVIGATION CLASSES AGAIN Haida School Affracts 150 to Sessions Held Here Last Evening Coast Guard cutter Haida class on navigation held at the high school auditorium last night at- tracted approximately 150 students. The session which took up at 7:30 | | o’clock in the evening covered sub- | jects relative to chart work and | some review of compass use. | To facilitate teaching and atten- | tlon to each student the class was | divided into four separate sections | with one officer from the Hagida DOUGLAS ‘PRESBYTERIAN MISSION DAVID WAGGONER, Minister Sunday services: 1:30 p.m.—Bible School. 2:30. p.m.~Preaching service. mmmmmmurvms GATHERING OF WAR CLOUDS on other continents directs attention to army’s fiew Vultee V<12 aitack plane soaring ‘pucel ully over Downey, Cal, in tes}s_{shlp_garrm bomb lcad of 3,000 pounds, six machine guns and crew of three, o et - assuming charge of each division. Officers filling instructors roles last night were Lieut. N. G. Ful- | ford, Lieut. Richard Foutter, En- sign A. F. Wayne and Ensign Glenn Porter. Livelihood Most Novel LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21.—She's’ blowing her way tirough college . . And her education is found on glass . . . Anyhow, Jessie Tunstall, U. C. L. A. chemistry student, | making glass blowing for the chem- istry department pay. senior | | intricate apparatus from glass tubes, professors, students and research workers for specified types of ex- periments. But she doesn't like it. “It's too nerve-racking,” she says. “It's only fun for a while, when | bit of glass.” | gt | Mechanical telephone service is used in Stockholm, Sweden, to give subscribers information about the time and weather. — ee— Greek tobacco exports during the first half of 1938 amounted to 20,- 997 metric tons, an all-time high record for six months ' is] Known as an expert in forming | | pipettes, beakers and flasks, brun- | | ette Jessie is on call from chemistry | you can blow into shape a creative | Robber On Mule HOPKINSVILLE, Ky, Jan. 21.— A mule-riding burglary was blamed by authorities fcr a restaurant rob- bery here. Officers said mule tracks restaurant, hitched the animal to a gasoline pump while he looted the place and then rode away on the mule again. OFFICIAL MAPS OF JUNEAU—S50c J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by indicated the burglar rode to the | -18 -24 -18 -22 -2 -6 -12 Barrow Nome -6 Bethel -12 Fairbanks .. & -6 -4 Dawson =14 =20 -14 o 6 6 . 30 14 32 32 32 32 34 34 Pt. Cldy Cloudy Lt. Snow Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Lt. Snow Mod. R'n Lt. Rain gogwl Dutch Harbor . Kodiak .. Cordova Juneau Sitka . Ketchikan 5 Prince Rupert . Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco ... New York .. ‘Washington 2u8.o J34 & Bk Mod.R'n Mod.R'n Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Lt. Snow Cloudy roasan83 | B aBonnonnne SRaHn .32 WEATHER SYNOPSIS The storm area that was centered. 300 miles- southwest of Ko- diak yesterday morning has moved southeastward during the past 24 hours and this morning it was centered over the North Pacific Ocean at latitude 54 degrees and longitude 148 degrees, the lowest reported pressure being 2890 inches. High barometric. pressure pre- vailed over Alberta, the crest being 30.48 inches at Edmonton. This general pressure distribution has been attended . by precipitation along the coastal regions from t he - Aleutian Islands southeastward to the northern portion of British Columbia and over the Interior of Alaska from Ruby southwestward to Bethel, and by genzrluy fair weather over the Pacific Northwest States. It was much warmer last night over the Alaska Railroad belt from Anchorage to Fairbanks and westward to the Bering Sea, and much colder over Alberta. Juneau, Jan. 22.—Sunrise, 8:26 a.m.; sunset, 3:58 p.m. Jan. 23— Sunrise, 8:24 a.m.; sunset, 4:00 p.m. There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising NORTHERN LIGHT PRESBYTERIAN “Where Welcome and Worship Meet” e 1 REV. JOHN A. GLASSE, Minister. GEORGE SCHMIDT, Chorister. CAROL BEERY DAVIS, Organist. We broadcast over KINY Sundays 10:50 to 12. 9:45 SUNDAY SCHOOL with High School Department. 10:50 ORGAN MOMENTS “He Shall Feed His Flock” (Handel) “Aria” (Bach) 11:00 MORNING WORSHIP SERMON, “Mountains of the Bible—Ararat.” (second in a series) ANTHEM, “A Song of Hope” (Lorenz). PIPE ORGAN, “A Hymn” (Richter) “Mareh Pentificale” (Gounod). 6 TO 7 VESPER HOUR ANTHEM, Young People’s Choir and ERNST OBERG. BIBLE STUDY, First Epistle of Peter, Concluded. EVENSONG, familiar hymns sung from the SCREEN. Junior Endeavor at six, for Tth and 8th grades. Satistied Customers” While they G. E. Iron | SPECIAL! last we offer the "MODERNISTIC” and "Rid-jid" Ironing Board com- bination for only — ~ $11L.95 Alaska Elecinc Light & Power Co. Juneau - Douglas -- Alaska