The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 9, 1939, Page 2

e T r G € 1 v QERETL ection of the T started the task at 2 y PO eliy plans for a W for from Juneat the | site boa the ow and Chatham from the improvemc One of the a ducts is & NAW, | SAID MEAT/ YOU GOTTA EAT MORE OF IT TO STAND UP AGAINST THAT CKEAPEST" for:Finest Meats Phone 33 AMERICAN MEAT CO. TOM HUTCHINGS, Manager OMFORT ; srment bearing s-Stern lahel. there’s a 4th: AR PRICES haels-Stern -ading Department Store” ENDS €0., Inc. farewell to 1 U (HAMBER URGES FIRE INSPECTION £ Vote of Thanks Extended fo Those Who Fought | Goldstein Fire Vesting of the Fire Chief with au-| {hority to insist on installation of | & modern fire safety facilities in ap- & artments, hotels and other buildings urged by the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce today in a resolu- tion to be sent to the City Councii. The action, suggested by ¢, -B. Arnold, would authorize the Chief to inspect buildings to see they have fire exits and to see that they are kept open. The Fire Prevention and Civie Im- provement Committees of the Cham- ber, spurred on by the memory of the Goldstein Bullding fire, will also| urge the Council to order old and unsafe buildings razed. The Chamber voted to extend thanks to the Juneau and ‘Doéuglas Fire Departments, the CCC, ‘the members of the Haida crew and others who fought the Goldstéin Bullding fire. A special committee onsisting of Curtis Shattuck, A. B. | Phillips -and Rev. H. L. Wood ‘was & | appointed to convey this- apprecia- here wa ( io Prove a Poinlr,i ‘ FOR BUILDINGS - - can handle bees, AILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY Keeper Lefs Bees Buzz in His Beagd IS VERIFIED : BY FIRE CHIEF Rumors that if Came from 0il Burner Unfounded- ~ | Mattress Probable Cause Rumors of a defective oil burner starting the Goldstein building con- flagration are completely unfound- e et 1 ed according to announcement by Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill. There was approximately 100 feet separ- ating the burner from the site of the blaze source at the base of the elevator at which spot the burning mattreess was deposited by Ward McAlister and Ed Jones, employees 4 |in the building. According to Tom Taylor former tenant in the structure the b r i | has on several occasions refused t work properly but it is not believed the furnace offered sufficient threai 4 |to cause the conflagr i, | Mr. Taylor is the husband of the woman who first smelied the smoke PUEBLO, Col—To prove that he|of the burning mattress and it was Gust A. Pauliihe who with the help of several above), makes a beard of 'em and |others put out the early morning wears it long enough to take his|blaze which later rekindled and set own picture. | off the disastrous fire. | It's this' - bee-keeping camera | Mr. and Mrs, Taylor suffered the FLAME SOURCE | are invited to he pres H f | ROTH IS SET FOR r TOMORROW NIGHT‘ s made today ige, of Torm—l bride of Sam- ac Unitec ome the city at by rmed is con- follow at 8 o'clock me and J 1 them - e - n Pendegrass Is ‘Tonight in the cial room of the ydist Church, members of the It e will gather to bid their President, Marion 1 at Chichagof. will start all friends of M 8 o'clock Pendegrass nt. > - - WATER NOTICE t let your faucets run con- a good supply of oirs but the city andle the water if to run all the time. is not heeded we will ins cannot is allov f this r e be obliged to shut off your water.|To be issued March 15 and forms dv JUNEAU WATER CO. - o ROYAL BEAUTY SALON Will again be ready to serve pa- ¥riday morning, 1 Early Barr. at 122-2nd adv. QOur sympa lost so much ured personal bel SHATTUCK | AGENCY | umed it would be named Courtney | wings. | ment riends | 1!.\[:![\(1 ?or Guest Tonight! who is leaving soon to| fan's favorite ftrick — and fits in nicely with his hebby of dispens- ing knowledge of bees gained through years of handling Pirst Paull cuts a plece of burlap {to the proper erescent shape to |fit his face. Then, patiently, he in- duce the bees to swarm upon it He fits the buzzing mass around his chin and jowls and ties the burlap ends behind and over his ears to form a beard. The result is |hard to distinguish, at a distance, {from a real beard. | “Anybody can wear one,” says Pauli, “but they must expect a LOUISVILLE, 'Ky, Feb. 9. —|gting or two. Contrary to general “ourtney Noe, Jr., newly-arrived SON gpinion a bee doesn't know the dif- tion. Sam Landrum, PBI man' rewly assigned to Juneal,“and Rev. E. A, McIntosh of Tanacross were guests aftending ; the mber meeting. Name Is Changed by Write-up of a Louisville golf pro and his wife, | fayence between his keeper and! *an thank the newspapers for beiug anyone else.” "nmed“ “Junfor” in place of just! payly’s other bits of information dlain “Bill. include these items: The Noes had plauned to name, Bees are pioneer air he baby William Phipps Noe, but a ers, raising or reducing wolf writer, hearing of the birth, as-|temperature by fanning their In sub-zero weather the Voe, Jr., and printed the announce- | hiye may be 100 degrees warmer thus. Another golf writer|than outside. sicked up the su:ry nnd” likewise | 1t forced to fly several miles for amed the baby “Junior.” So the | honey-bearing flowers, bees may Noes decided to keep the name—) ooy ot their wings. and save a lot of explaining. To gather a pound of honey by ST < litself a bee would be required to CHIEF (AUSES fly 50,000 miles or twice around 7 condition- the hive loss of all their personal belongings [in the blaze. Including a two year accummulation of household goods, | wedding presents, and personal ef- fects. Although replacement of the articles is impossible, Mr. Taylor| estimates that a loss of some $2,000 | { was suffered by he and his wife. | Practically no one in the stnmurv: | carried fire insurance on their pos-| sessions. According to Mr. Taylor most of the tenants were convinced hat could nevey spread through | the bu ; due to the heavy ]nm-h inated ceilings throughout which | | were expected to resist any blaze! long enough to make it controllable | | by being confined to the floor m) | which it started | Had they appreciated that the] building was not fire resistant they would have been amply covered | against loss | | The two refugees were thankful | {for the quick effective work of the members. it to these men in evacuating | > Department une: They | for their he buildin pants had rooms eve full e \ssistanc Majority of the occu-| 10t stirred from their | after the sounding of | alar It was nece: fire laddies to investigate| tructure room by room and lead " vasidents down the back stairs to safety. | had some of the residents escaped AUTO ACCIDENTS . gathering conditions. Feb. 9.—Love af-| | | DALLAS, T | fairs and home troubles may play ! |an important part in the highway | s, Jerry H. Clark discovered | & in research he conducted at South- | ern Methodist University for a the- [ on “some of the psychological tors in highway safety.” | Motorists concentrate upon fi- | nancial difficulties, love affairs, troubles at home or arguments! vith fellow workers, said Clark, jand under such conditions their | minds are not on their driving. | Consequently drivers are more apt to “get out of control” than automobiles, Clark said. He said the term “accident” is a misnomer as only five of each 100 highway deaths are due to unforeseeable ve- { hicular accidents. - | e NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY |close March 1. For space, listings |and changes please call Juneau and | Douglas Telephone Co. phone 420. | adv | — -~ Try an Empire aa. >ut to those who roperty and treas- | gs in Wednesday's | | bring forcibly to the wners the value of insuring.. Yet nsurance. to check carefully, by which you could any cause or if nadequate, con- ortant matter! I i WHEN_ ‘SPIRITS’ GET THEM, they dance this way, A 0 M 0 R R 0 w 'f etu»x in Lonfflx, claim 'heie Calusari dancers from lhlmnnit. o May Vever Come! SKATE (at the) ? JUNEAUW ICE RINK OPEN THIS'EVENING FRO 8:00 TO 10:00 Ber.ause of difficulty in makin‘q smooth hard ice between 5:00 and 8:00 P. M., vae ICE RINK WILLL NOT BE OPENED IN AFTERNOONS. admitted between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 P. M. ON SATURDAY FOR 10 CENTS. 2 OPEN THIS EVENING FROM 8:00 TO 11:00 A. M. and 1:00 P. M. SUNDAY (Weather Permitting) ADMISSION 35¢ ithe surveillance of the department members they may have attempted to leave by the front stairway and probably would have been trapped. | Apparently no one in the structure realized the danger as they all left through the smoky corridors intent |upon returning to their apartments in a short while. Only a small per- centage of them took even such items as currency and jewelry, on their first escape. To all intents and purposes the famous mattress was definitely out after receiving a thorough soaking with a fire extinguisher and under a liberal shower. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor spent last night in the Juneau Hotel and mov- ed today to a temporary residence with Mrs. Blanche Finlay on Frank- lin Street. TUBERCULOSIS COMMITTEES MEET FRIDAY John Reck, Chairman of the Ju- neau Loeal Tuberculosis Committee, has called a meeting of the group for Friday, February 10, at 8 P. M., in the Health Center of the Terri- torial Building. It is hoped that the special com- mittees recently appointed will be ready to report on any tentative plans which they have made. Boy_ Scoufs Needed Now WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Presi- dent Roosevelt declared that this nation “never had a greater need| for Boy Scouts” than at the present. ADMIRALKATO | DIES IN TOKYO TOKYO, Feb. 9—Admiral Kanji| Kato, 69, one of the greatest navali experts of Japan, is dead here. | HONEST MOTORIST | ADMITS 71 MILES TOPSFIELD, Ma: honest motorist” found by State Trooper Stephen Wersoski. “How fast do you think you were going?” Wersoski asked as he pulled alongside a speeding car. “Seventy-one miles an hour, of- ficer,” replied the motorist, “I was trying to see if this car would make eighty.” He’ll lose his license | | I 1 for a few - TEBETH SAILS SATURDAY The mailboat Estebeth will sail for Sitka and way points Saturday morning at 8 o'clock. The ship ar- rived in Juneau last night at 10 o'clock after being stormbound for several days PAYMASTER MOVES The Finance office, U. 8. Army, U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 9: Cloudy and warmer tonight and Friday, probably snow Friday, mod- erate east and southeast winds, Weather forecast for Southeas' Alaska: For north portion: cloudy and warmer tonight and Friday, probably snow Friday except fair weather over northern and northeastern Alaska - Canadian border; moderate east and southeast winds, except fresh north wind over Lynn Canal and northern portion of Chatham Strait. For southern portion: cloudy, probably snow tonight and Friday, warmer, moderate east and southeast winds, except fresh over Dixon EEntrance. Forecast of winds along the Cosst of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh east winds tonight and Friday from Dixon EnEtrance to Cape Spencer and fresh east and northeast winds f Hin- chinbrook. rom Cape Spencer to Cape LOCAL pATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~Weather 3:30 p.m., yest'y 30.19 13 24 N 14 Clear 3:30 am. today .. 30.06 1 23 N 12 Clear Noon today 30.01 19 32 5 8 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4a.m, 4a.m. Precip. 4am. Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather Atka . 34 — - - - Anchorage o 8 10 10 01 Cloudy Barrow -24 | -26 -24 T4 0 Clear Nome 16 14 14 14 i o Pt. Cldy Bethel . 28 18 20 10 26 Cloudy Fairbanks -10 -28 -26 6 0 Clear Dawson -46 =54 -52 14 0 Clear St. Paul g - § | 26 30 8 - Cloudy Dutch Harbor 40 | 28 34 4 .03 Clear Kodiak .. .32 32 32 14 1.28 Mod. 8. Cordova 26 | 20 22 4 .28 Cloudy Juneau .. 13 9 12 12 [ Clear Sitka 22 7 - - 0 Ketchikan e 22 8 8 x [ Clear Prince Rupert ... 20 12 = - 0 Clear EEdmonton ~18 | -50 -28 4 .02 Lt.Snow Seattle 36 30 30 6 [ Cloudy Portland 34 | 24 24 6 T Cloudy San Francisco 48 | 42 42 4 Ly Cloudy New York .. .44 | 38 40 16 0 Cloudy Washington 58 | 38 42 4 0 Cloudy WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low baromeétric pressure prevailed this morning from the Aleu- - tion Islands and the southern Bering Sea region eastward to the * Gulf of Alaska, there being two storm centers, one over the Aleutians where a pressure of 2856 inches prevalled and the second storm area over the southern portion of the Gulf of Alaska, the lowest reported pressure being 29.46 inches. High barometric pressure prevailed from Barrow southeastward to the Rocky Mountain States, with a crest of 3058 inches at Mayo. This general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation from the Aleutian Islands eastward to the notthern portion of the Gulf of Alaska, also over the Pacific ‘North- west States and over Vancouver Island and by generally fair weather over Southeast Alaska and from Ruby eastward to the Mackenzie Valley. Canada, the lowest reported temperature being 56 degrees below zero at Mayo. Ketchikan reported a temperature of 8 degrees at 7:30 am. today. Juneau, Feb. 10—Sunrise, 7:46 a.m.; sunset, 4:44¢ p.m. ALLAMAE SCOTT Formerly located in the Goldstein Building announces to her patrons and friends that she will now be ready to serve them at the American Beauty Parlor Telephone 637 South Franklin St. handling CCC pay, has opend tem- porary quarters in the Shattuck Building office of Ranger W. A, Chipperfield, who is now in the In- terior on temporary duty with the CCC. The paymaster was burned out of the Goldstein Building. ,——— FIREMAN TREATED Harvey C. McKowan, volunteer fireman, received medical attention yesterday afternoon when Dr. L. P. Dawes removed a fragment of foreign matter from his eye. McKowan lost his home in the fire he fought. He was a resident of the Goldstein Building. - - | BILL IS SIGNED | Senate bill No. 11, appropriating 88,000 to cover expenses of Donald MacDonald, Alaska member of the Alaska International Highway Com- mission, has been signed by Gov. John W. Troy and today became Chapter 8 of the 1939 session laws. | CHILDREN will be Winter Clearance USED CARS 1837 DELUXE SIX FORDOOR TOURING SEDAN, hot water heater, ruileage 8.740 1935 PLYMOUTH FOUR-DOOR TOURING SEDAN, heater, mileage 34,007 1931 CHEVROLET COACH 1932 V8 FORD COUPE Conners Motor Co., Ine. HOT DOGS——HOTPADS An electric hotpad will give you warmth and comfort during the coldest Taku. Inexpensive and safe to operate. Heat when and where you want it. Treat Your Dogs Right. ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. JUNEAU—DOUGLAS—ALASKA " It was warmer last night over most of Alaska and northwestern