The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 23, 1940, Page 8

} N e . -— — —_ e momnfl-r registering 10 below (hh ELEMENTS == 14\\\’1 F‘Al:k has 13 below and RD(‘kv ferd, Ill., e below In New Y State the cold struck a 12 below nton and the tlwr-‘ mometer registered 14 below at! Burlington. Sno and rain lashed eastward ac s the Gulf N TI N States from Texas to Florida. The lower Ohio valley, Atlanta, Geor- gia, and Birmingham, Alabama, measured the snowfall at six in- ches while Memphis had four in- Cold Wavek,usrfiow, Rain, ches of snow. Heavy snows extend- Wind Storms Strike al | srouna e Gt const Various Sections A —Bitter cold 1 on the Unit- heavy d zero S-rocx QUOTATIONS (‘h'(‘ AGO, Ja mped s today i rain to Di NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 6%, American Can 115, Am- erican Power and Light 4'x, Ana- conda 26%, Bethlehem Steel 1%, w readings prevailed in with sub freezing of 24 and 26 at BrOWNS- Gommonwealth and Southern 1%, the heart of the R0’ ¢ is6 Wright 9%, General Motors e fruit belt. Sub zero weather gpa - rnternational Harvester 55%, a ereat area including gennecott 35%, New York Central plateau 16', Northern Pacific 8%, United d shivers. St. Joseph. giates Steel 57, Pound $3.96% reports 18 below i nd Fort Peck, Mon- DOW, JONES AVERAGES that although they qpe following are today's Dow, v cold none the less 22 de- jones gverages: Industrials 145.49 ow, B0, 3 pld rails 30.26, utilities 25 ther- Sander, Wyoming saw the e BERLIN IS SHIVERING BERLIN, Jan. 23.—Military leaves both at the front and in home g "fl""no""“ riscns have been restricted as a method cf further conserving the - RED LABEL civilian ccal supply Many Berlin rooming houses have been without adequate heat for more than a week and from previous re- ports it is known that the Nazi gcvernment has ordered all central hot water systems to be used only during limited hours, on Saturday and Sunday. 1. The Right Flavor 2. The Right Lightness 3. The Right Strength 4. The Right Price - FLORISTS RETURNS ABOARD McKINLEY Robert Lajoie, Juneau Florists man, returned on the Mount Mc- Kinley after a vacation in the States Lajoie spent the holidays with his family in Euvvno Oregon. KETCHIKAN MAN FILES, ENGINEER KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 23— Harold Miller, City Street Commis- for nomination as Territorial High- way Engineer on the Republican ticket - e MISS TORKELSEN LEAVES Following a few weeks visit in Juneau with friends and relatives, | ! Miss Katherine Torkelsen relurned to Portland, Oregon, where she is u,...lmm..»ke, 90 proof. 724% grain * ; h neutral spirits — Copr. 193'1 Schenley | 3itending business college. —— Distillers Corporation, New York City | Enlarged. Now On Sale: $1.00. f sioner, has filed here his candidacy — N avy Sl’f‘rotttr\ 4 pproves Purrhase of Coast Drydock for F leet KAKE PROGRESS % ¢ A series of drvdocks at Hunter's Point, San Francisco, shown in air vie ¥ above, was approved by Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison recently, | will be taken over shortly by the United States for use of the U. 8. Nav The larger dock, where rests a large passenger liner, can service the Nav} faster, more powerfullv armed battleships “rcgardless of tomuge mittee to start vnnslrurllon of - Lofi Begms Work on New Job FUR RENDEZVOUS Lou Gehrig begins work—and it's not baseball condl!ionlng«iown | south, Gehrig, former Yankee star, is a member of the New York city parole board and began his shown with his secretary, Margaret Kelly. TO SEWARD Bob Hall, Alaska Steamship Com+ pany agent, who attended recent conferences of Alaska agents in Se- attle, is aboard the McKinley, re- turning to his Seward headquarters. BOUND FOR ANCHORAGE Helen Welch, who has a woman'’s apparel shop in Anchorage. is a | passenger on the McKinley. for the Rail Belt City. OWN THIS G-E REFRIGE Now—and ful for years PAYMENTS & SMALL DOWN PAYMENTS "“Let’s Make a Deal” ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT and POWER (0. RATOR be thank- to come! Seattle Prices Are Our Prices! & LIBERAL TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE BEARDS WAVE IN JUNEAU BREEZES Three Here from Anchor-| age for CAA-Weather Burean Conference Walking advertisements for the| (Fur Rendezvous bewhiskered George | S. McKean, A. D. Hulen and E. H | Chappell of Anchorage, arrived on | the steamer Alaska to spend a few i iays in Juneau on business. | Each man wears a bushy faceful of whiskers, All'males at Anchor- {age “except a few pansies” have been going unshaved since the first Iof the year under pain of $5 fines |assessed by a kangeroo court. At | the Rendezvous, February 17 to 21, the best beards will win prizes. | Hulen, CAA Communications Su- pervisor, and Chappell, Aspistant | Meterologist in charge of the An- | chorage Weather Bureau station, are | here for a conference with Metero- logist H. J. Thompson regarding air- way weather work. McKean is a CAA engineer e HARDWARE MAN MAKING TRIP duties with the new year. He ig (USTODIAN FOR SITKAMONUMENT | . THROUGH JUNEAU Ben Miller to Supervise for { Park Service-Family | jom sees ot stmeowoxom) Also Is Here Alaska on a buying trip. Jones expects to be south for about a month and will go as far as San Francisco. 'CALIFONIA HAS 100 MUCH RAIN, Enroute to Sx(k1 to be the frisi Custodian of the Sitka National, Monument, Ben C. Miller passed through Juneau today Though the 57-acre reserve was set aside in 1910 to provide a place for the famous totem poles, it has never before had a Custcdian. Cost was announced at $4,000,000, 's largest battleships. Edison, meantime, asked a Congressional com- JEIks and H;fing Squa | the Moose squad will be a “push- icivil engineering capacity IS DESCRIBED BY | E. KIRBERGER Mer(hant V|smng Hen.L Gives CCC Credit for Improvements berger, merchant at the village for the past 35 years, who is spending a few days in Juneau. } Kirberger said the community can | recent months. village its first water system, a new | city hall and jail, new 1500- root dock and filled streets are among‘ improvements furnished by Native ! CCC workmen assisted by local; funds for materials. Kirberger said the residents cr Kake are cooperating wholeheart- edly in furnishing funds for the; |work, even holding basket socials |and entertainments to get money to | buy hardware and supplies. { | Next need of the community is a | breakwater to provide a protected harbor for a fishing fleet, Klrbergex |says. He reports a good salmon pack and aoocl fur ca!,ch ‘DIMOND BOYLE RODEN, McCAIN | _ ARE CANDIDATES ngh S(hOOI \Declarations Filed Today- l a d s |: a(i ng Delegate, Audifor fo | Paps Tonight i nlus $2,000,000 for reconditioning. Seek Relection Four declarations of candidacy were filed today with the Territorial | | Auditor. | | | Delegate Anthony J. Dimond filed | A 5 | Auditor Frank A. Boyle filed for Should Furmsh ngh', |reelection as a Democrat. | filed for Attorney General as a Re- | publican. | The Juneau High School basket- Attorney Ge Genernl as a Democrat tall squad, one of the strongest in - fifty points or. nothing against the Moose five tonight in the High R “ E a double header. 1 G A IED “ER The High School, rolling now,! for reelection as a Democrat. | 1 | Harry G. McCain of Ketchikan cap Thriller Henry Roden of Juneau filed for | years, ‘threatened today to roll up Two DIVOR(B School gym as the curtain raiser of and evidencing fine team work, say Divorces were granted today in District Court to Lowell Emerson Sturtevant from Opal James Sturte- |vant and to James D. Foote from Bertha Foote. Harold T. Wilensky's application | for change of name was dismissed. | over,” easy. In the nightcap, two teams that should be evenly matched, Elks and' | Hennings, will furnish fans a real, | contest. Neither of these tgam.s | has been able to get going and v.he 15% | | going should be warm from the op- Canadian Discount ening gun. | B. M. Behrends Bank. | } CAA ENGINEER | ¥ NEITZERT ISON | JUNEAU VISIT Glenn Neitzert (“Fuzz” to his| many Juneau friends) arrived in town on the steamer Alaska from Yakutat where he has been in a in the ccnstruction of the CAA airfield tthere. Neitzert is a guest at the Gas- tmeau Hotel and plans to spend but they won't find it that adv. { Schlllmg }EIGHT DEAD, A new $24,000 dam, giving the pyerett, for the Forest Service, Al:\ska for Wrangell PLANE CRASH AMSTERDAM, .Jan. 23.—Official | of the Royal Netherlands Indies Air- | ways said today that eight persons | three crewmen and five passengers all on board, were killed in the crash | of an airliner near Batavia. The plane enroute to Australia Remarkable civic progress at Kake | crashed shortly after taking off from was reported today by Ernest Kir-! Bali, the account said. ey WINTHERS HERE Olaf and John Winther, engaged in fishing, returned on the steamer never thank the Government cnough | pount McKinley for all that has been done there in|; D to the States from a vacation They were ac- | companied by Sigurd Winther, of Wash. - ARCHITECT OUT Linn Forrest, Assistant Architect left on the 4 TODAY'S SPECIALS! | RELIANCE PURE OLIVE OIL 42 42¢| . EACH BLUE RIBBON TEA Half Pound Package 10 1bs. for 63¢ 1 pkg. Huskies 1 pkq. Bran Flakes 1 pkg. Shredded Ralston 3 for 3P | DINAMITE OATS T Quick Cooking—Each 25(: 43| KRAFT MAYONNAISE Pint SILVER DALE TOMATO PUREE No. 10 can—Each MEL'O CLEANER AVD Water Softener, 12 oz. pkg. BULK MACARONI 15¢ 3 Pumds for * FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLE THRIFT cCo-0P We Deliver PHONE 767 BAKING POWDER Miller comes. from Glacier Na- tional Park, where he was District Ranger. His wife and two children accompnm him on the Northland .o GILMORE HERE FOR COURT TERM Patrick J. Gilmore, Jr.. Assistant U. 8. Attorney at Ketchikan, ar- rived on the Mt. McKinley to be in Juneau for the term of court. He| is stopping at the Baranof Hotel | i B HEMSING T0 JOIN REINDEER PURCHASE STAFF IN FAR NORTH, William M. Hemsing, Principa]‘ of the Metlakatla School, was l through passenger today on the Mt. ' McKinley bound for Nome to be- come an assistant of Charles G| Burdick on the reindeer purchase project. | Hemsing was formerly stationed | at Wales, Kotzebue and Noorvik. { | | — - MARRIAGE LICENSE A marriage license was issued to- day by U. S. CommissionersFelix Gray to Louis Joseph Mari and June Chappins, both of Sitka. | - DEER HUNTERS CONVI IL'I'ED John Bean and Ronald / Bean have been convicted in Commis-' sfoner’s Court at Petersburg of fak- ng female deer during the closed season and fined $50 each., Rifles were -also forfeited by the offend- ers. Hosea Sarber, Wildlife Agent, vas the arresting officer. e Today’s News Today—Empire. \ ! | ’mxed on the Alaska for his home Too much rain in California— glad to be home. Thuts the swry of the trip from |three weeks in Seattle and Pasa- ad ownffirf h"me el < e dt-na on a combined business and pleasure trip. week in the area in connection Mth CAA work. For many years Neitzert was wlth 'HIGHWAY I(Y 1 CAUTION URGED | ——— BACK TO WORK Lew Williams, Editor and Pro- prietor of the Wrangell Sentinel, | For finer textured cake with lasting freshness, use Schilling Baking Powder! It is dawble-acting, made with pure cream of tartar. No “baking powder taste!” For over half a century, good cooks have preferred Schilling—knowing that only swecessful baking is true economy. MONEYBACK how ous ssbounded faith in , your grocer will re- BY ROADS MEN Hard ice over the Glacier High- way makes travel precarious at {present, it was announced today by, the Public Roads Administration, which urges motorists to use care. The ice surface is so smooth that |sand won't stick to it. The Ad- ministration has been using gquanti- ties of calcium chloride to relieve the condition, but the surface re- mains slick in many places. TO PETERSBURG TO LATOUCHE Democratic convention delegate| Mr. and Mrs. George Fylling are; Erick Ness sailed on the Alaska for Mount McKinley passengers for his home in Petersburg. Cordova transfer, returning to their e, store at Latouche after a vacation odays Nevss ‘Today—Empire. trip. e i NOTICE!!! RETAIL CLERKS UNION MEETING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24th 7:30 P. M.—Union Hall sailed on the steamer Alaska for the Stikine Gateway City on the| | Alaska after attending the Demo- cratic convention here of which he was chairman, —e——— TO WRANGELL | Van Fisk, Mayor of Wrangell,! town after attending the Territorial | Democratic Conventfon as a dele-| gate. - — BASKETBALL TONIGHT January 23 CITY LEAGUE GAMES First Game at 7:30 P. M. : HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM | Use Sixth Street Entrance ONLY! MOOSE vs. JUNEAU HIGH