The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 22, 1939, Page 2

UNPARALLELED VALUE! For Your Spring, Dress-up Made possible by our large cash buying facilities, we have se- cured an exceptional "buy” on a large ship- ment of ! Michaels-Stern TIFFANY WORSTED Latest Model SUITS New Styles New Patierns New Weaves -3 TIFFANY WORST- EDS have never sold for less than $35.00. BUT, by taking advantage of a cash-buying opportunity, we have secured this lot of fine suits at savings of $10.00 or more. THESE SAVINGS WE ARE PASSING ON TO YOU. We Offer These SUITS $727 5.00 TO YOU NOW AT ... B. M. BEHRENDS COMPANY, Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” TWO SONS OF ERIN got together in New York to brandish shilalahs and discuss affairs on the Emerald Isle. Left to right are the Hon. Robert Briscoe, only Jewish member of the Irish parliament, and Judge Cornelius F. Collins of New York General Sessions. Judge Collins spoke on Irish democracy at a " meeting of the American Fraternity Sons of Erin. ns Put Accent on Youthfulness With louder checks, brighter colors and gayer prints, fashion designers are putting the accent on youth for sjring. Note the top coat of vicuna, Wwhich is longer than usual. The suit jacket is navy and white. The black background in the eve- | Subcommittee Says Judi- ciary Has Found Nothing Worth While in Case WASHINGTON, March 22.—A five man subcommittee today asked the House Judiciary Committee to drop its investigations of impeachment charges against Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. The committee was vested with authority to recommend final dis- position of accusations made by Representative Thomas in the Har- | ry Bridges case. Report of the committee was that nothing was found to justify furth- | er inquiry. | e HOUSE OKAYS - F.D.R. DEFENSE PLAN MONEY Over One Hundred Million | Dollars Earmarked for . Critical Needs 1 WASHINGTON, March 22—An- |other integral part of President chosflvelt’s emergency defense pro- gram, calling for $116,500,000, start- ed in Congress today with the ap- | proval of the House Appropriations | Committee. | The money will be earmarked in | the defeciency bill to suppy a “criti- | cal” need for equipment and to bol- | ster seacoast defenses. | The Deficiency Bill carries a total | of $185,672,000 for direct appropria- | tions and contractural authoriza- tions. TALL YOUTHS FORM - TIP-TOPPERS (LUB SACRAMENTO, March 21.—A de« scription of the disadvaniages of the life of a tall girl, published in a Los Angeles magazine, brought a flood of sympathy to the author, | Miss Kae Krysler, so today.she is a charter member of the California | tip toppers. The club’s forty lanky members, averaging six feet six inches in height for men and six | feet two inches for women, create a sensation during the night club, ice skating and beach parties. Tall- est of the tall is a young man six | feet 11 inches. ALASKA RAILROAD BILLIS $200,000 | | \ WASHINGTON, March 22—The Deficiency Appropriation bill was introduced today. The bill carries 1 $200,000 for the Alaska Railroad. AskDropping | 0f Probe on | Labor Secy.| !ences as to particular points of i |They didn't waste muc MODES of the M by Adelaide Kerr Grandmother’s reticule is out in a new version of blue dotted crepe lined with fuchsia red changeable taffeta to match a pair of eve- ning gloves. Schiaparelli, who makes them all, sets bows of fuchsia red moire on the shoulder and hipline of the blue dotted dinner frock. HOUSE APPROVES WPA PROBE; FEW OBJECT T0 PLAN Represenialive- CoxMay Take Stand fo Testi- fy at Hearing WASHINGTON, March 22.—The House Rules Committee today ap- proved a resolution directing the Appropriations Committee to make a “thorough investigation” of WPA. Committee members said the vote A was overwhelmingly in favor of the| investigation, with but three or four | opposing. | Mrs. Dorothy Barber, 20, wife of a Representative Cox, author of the | WPA worker, is pictured in Kansas measure, may be brought before the | City, Mo., hospital, afflicted with a House later in the week. | rare discase. Doctors believe dis. The resolution contains no refer- turbance of the pancreas causes n- | condition which makes it necessary | for her to consume enough food to satisfy ten people, yet leaves her bungry. Can’t Eat Enough - quiry to be dealt with. PR R WANTS SOME - OLD CLOTHES 4 DALLAS, Tex., March 21. — The | Dallas Historical Museum has | plenty of brocaded waistcoats, top hats, opera capes, Spanish armor, wedding dresses, evening gowns, elaborate nightgowns and a black corset, but what it needs is a good old-fashioned set of red flannels. Herbert Gambrell, museum di-| ¢ rector, is on the hunt for some of | ! the common, every-day clothing the pioneers wore in settling Texas. Feo's geeking such things as gal- uses, socks, aprons and trousers. “The trouble was’ said, “clothing was worn until it was threadbare, ther cut down for the kids and finally made into quilts. 11830 | - A AMBASSADPOR to Russia is newly -named Laurence A. Steinhardt (above), now ambas- sador to Peru. The Moscow post has been vacant about 9 months. (Harris & Ewing Photo.) Gets ]hx;xny's Job NERVES have been given as the reason for the temporary withdrawal of Rudolf Brink- mann from post as secretary of state and vice president of Ger- | many’s Reichsbank. Col. Edwin M. Watson ning frock is banded with wave-like stripes of bril- liant green, yellow, orange, red and plum. The spring print linen frock has a pattern of stylized flowers and vegetables. -will stand packing in an overnight beg./ Dress of rimpled chiffon, Bucceeding James Roosevelt, who ¢ | Second STOLERIDE; | PAYSFORIT ‘ CHEYENNE, Wy., March 21.—The (1moral of this is that even for con- tributors to the ‘“conscience fund” | railroads have no cut rates, ! A Salem, Ore, businessman wrote to R. M. Reed, Cheyenne agent for the Colorado & Southern line that 15 years ago he was stranded in Cheyenne and “hopped a freight” to get home. His conscience was pothering him, he said, and if the agent would let him know the price of a train fare from Denver to| Cheyenne, the distance he rode, | he would send a check. He added that he thought he] hould get half price since it was a freight train. Reed replied that the cheapest fare was $2.14, in a coach, and he had no authority to make a reduc- tion. Back came the check for $2.14. CONSCIENCE ~ ISRELIEVED | NEBRASKA CITY, Neb, March 21.—Fourteen years ago Julius Bar- ron, former Nebraska City junk |dealer, bought some old rags and papers from two boys. The present owner of the busi- s received a letter recently from alifornia which said: “A boy and myself in the year about 1925 sold you some old rags and papers in a sack. It amounted to about 20 cents. We placed a brick or so in the bottom of the sack to make it heavier.” Enclosed was 20 cents. SEATTLE FIRM LOW ON SEWER PROJECT BIDS| Big Fairbanks Job fo Gef Underway-Shepard Notifies Office L. J. Dowell. Inc., entered a low bid of $224305 on the Fairbanks sewer project, according to word re- ceived here today from J. G. Shep- ard, PWA Engineer Inspector, who C opened bids last night at Fair- banks. Other tenders were as follows: f | R. J. Sommers Construction Com- |pany, $257,000 R. H. Stock, $278,- 796, and Seims-Spokane Company, $313.485. ‘The City of Fairbanks will award the contract, after approval by the PWA PLACE FRIENDSHIPS OVER SCHOLARSHIPS { 21— | { NORMAN, Okla., March Their principal purpose in coming to the university was to “make friendships,”, 313 of the 333 fresh- men women at Oklahoma univer- sity said recently in a question- ‘| naire. most important was to “learn how to study” reason and third to ‘“become more *self-reli- ant.” ! Far . down in eighth place was the husband-hunting motive, jot- ted down as the “make friends 1wnh men” purpose on the ques- | | tionnaire. | D CLAUDE M. HIRST | ENROUTE JUNEAU Claude M. Hirst, Director of Ed-" | ucation for Alaska of the Office of | | Indian Affairs, left Seattle today on the Mount McKinley for Juneau, af- ter a trip to Washington. He has | been in the States since the first of the year. Hirst plans to stop off at Ketchi- kan on official business, possibly going out to Hydaburg and Klaweck. | He will take the following boat for his headquarters here. s s Rl Wy | BANK BOARD MAN CONFERRING HERE J. W. AHen, Field Representa- tive of the Federal Loan Bank Board, with headquarters in Wash- ington D. C., is conferring here-with officials of the Alaska Federal Sav- | ings and Loan Association. 1 | Allen arrived in Juneau on the Al- | aska with Mrs. Allen and is a guest | at the Baranof Hotel. | 'DR. WHITE TAKES " OVER AT KLAWOCK Dr. Leslie White, formerly of Ju-| neau, arrived at Klawock yesterday | to take over Office of Indian Af- | fairs medical work there. Dr. White | has been studying at the Naval hos- for an executive position | in the movie industry, Col. Edwin M. Watson is the new secretary to President Roosevelt. Colonel Watson has been military aide to the president. = | turpentines, cork, tangerines 'ldflcd 1igs. Among the most common prod- | uets that Portugal exports are olive | oil, canned fish, Port wine, resins, and pital in San Diego. He was formerly stationed at Unalaska. e American women will spend 200 million dollars for a hundred mil-| lion hats this year, it is estimated. ‘High jfin;per;Mhius-fihe'/SvBoe | | i i U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicin'ty, beginning 2t 3:30 p.m., March 22: Mostly cloudy and warmer, probably with snow flurries tonight and Thursday; moderate southerly winds. Weather forecast for Southes t Alaska: Mostly cloudy and warm- er, probably with occasional showers, except snow flurries over the northeast portion tonight and Thursday; moderate southerly winds ex- cept fresh over Dixon Entrance, Chatham Strait and Lynn Canal. forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh rly winds along the coast from Dixon Entrance to Cape Spen- 1t and Thursday; fresh to strong southeast winds from Cape to Cape Hinchinbrook. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 20.89 37 48 s 5 Cloudy 2995 29 81 E 3 Lt. Snow Noon today 30.01 35 « 85 s 7 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Low:st 4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station last 24 hours tem). temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather Atka 34 | [ -_ — —_ : Anchorage 24 | 10 14 4 .02 Snow Barrow -20 -30 -30 8 0 Clear Nome 18 -14 ~14 6 0 Clear Bethel 8 -18 ~20 28 01 Clear Fairbanks 2 -2 0 6 02 Cloudy Dawson -2 -18 -18 4 0 Clear St. Paul 26 10 26 10 01 Snow Dutch Harbor 28 24 24 4 0 Cloudy Kediak 30 20 20 12 0 Clear Cordova 36 24 26 i % Snow Juneau 3 2 29 3 04 Snow Sitka 31 24 - - 03 5 Ketchikan 40 34 36 4 [ Cloudy Prince Rupert 36 32 32 4 48 Snow Edmonton 58 28 30 4 0 Pt.Cldy Seattle 62 46 46 0 0 Clear Portland 72 48 48 4 0 Clear San Francisco 52 48 48 8 x Rain New York 38 24 26 12 T Snow Washington 46 38 38 8 A Cloudy WEA ® SYNOPSIS The barometric pressure was high over northern, western, and in- terior Alaska this morning and also over Northwestern Canada. Mod- € Cook Inlet and Prince Willlamerately low air pressure covered th Sound regions, the Gulf of Alaski, Southeast Alaska and northern British Columbia with a center of 2).20 Inches at latitude 58 degrees N., lonigitude 144 degrees W. Light precipitation occurred over most of Alaska during the last 24 hours except over the extreme northern portion, and over the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island. Tempera- tures were lower over northern and northwestern Alaska but consid« erably warmer over the lower Kuskokwim Valley, southwestern and I terior Alaska last night with little change over other portions of the Territory. Juneau, March 23—Sunrise, ; sunset, 6:20 p.m. »‘Jvhnny Wilson, University of Southern California’s new high jump find, | "Clears the bar at Los Angeles wearing but one shoe. He wears spiked Ishoes up to 6 feet, 3 inches, but above that removes right one to lessen iweight on leadoff foot. Wilson is a leading hope for national and & - Olympic championships, Air Popeye Weds Olive Oyl ; Margie (Olive Oyl) Hines Jack (Popeye) Mercer The romance of “Popeye” and “Olive Oyl,” famed comic strip char- acters, has resulted in their mar -with the wedding of Jack ,Mercer and Mi: ie Hines, radio performers, in ¥Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. On the ai ravel voice imitated that of Popeye while == {2 radio_yoice of Olive @y} eally belonged to Miss Hines. ‘ [ ¥