The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 18, 1940, Page 8

l’l'BL!SHER COLLECTOR INSPECTION AIR STATION 'ROOSEVELT ALAMEDA, Cal, April 18.—Sec-| g T ‘,"”‘“ ril 18. | iary of the Navy Charles Edis Ak is 1\7((‘1 d to ir Aldll\’ ONCONGRES - by nn Senate mmn one ago. Today's news today in The Empire. mendation for Large Sum for WPA NOTICE Juneau Mine and Mill Workers Union —— Local 203 Special Meeting FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 7:30 P. M. Very Important? All Members Urged to Attend! Congress accept his budget reco mendation for an appropriation 375 million dollars for WP'\ he next fiscal year, but also pr rosed the commissioner of WPA ti thority to spend the entire in eight months if necessary CANADIAN DISCOUNT Until further notice, Canadi; funds will be accepted at fol fiscount Checks and Currency 20% Silver 22% A COMPLETE STOBE FOR GARDENERS We're all decked out in our new ‘garden cothes” and you ought fo see us! The place is fairly brimming over with rakes and spades, seed packets and plants. You'll find countless gadgets to make your gar- den more fun, more productive. And plenty of new ideas for everyone! GARDEN SET T3¢ USE GO-WEST and get rid of SLUGS and SNAILS 30¢ pkg. Heavy enameled steel! Rust- resisting trowel, weeder and cultivator. Special price! GARDEN HOE $1.25 Polished steel blade! Socket type, 52 Inches long. Finest grade northern ash handle. SPADING FORK | $1.50 | Four 11-inch tines of well pol- ished steel! Bent ash handle with steel D grip. STEEL SPADE | $2.00 Blade, shank and socket are all forged from 1-piece heat- treated steel. Ash handle! s GARDEN HOSE $3.75 $2.25 25 feet. . . STEEL SHOVEL $1.25 1-piece steel construction for 3 durability! 9x12-in. size, with northern ash handle LAWN RAKE 25¢ 1 Flexible Bamboo teeth, sweeps like your broom! Will not in- jure lawn. 4-foot handle! For Your Lawn! Save on Mowers! A LILLY'S and NORTHRUP KING S GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS VIGERO, MORECROP and BONE MEAL F ERTI.LIZER Free Delivery! CALL 12 $8.00 16-inch Lawn Mower Morecrop 5 1bs, 35¢ Grass Seed 11b. 15¢ White Clover Seed. 1 1b. 5S¢ J uneau-Young Hdwe.Co. Asks Approval of Recom- WASHINGTON, April 18— Presi-| lent Roosevelt proposed today that that Congress give him or| The Presldenc wrote fl:e Speak- er’'of the House that the sum, if spread over twelve monchs‘ would | provide average employment for only about 1,300,000, and he said that his hopes of improved em- ployment by business had’ not been entirely realized. Because of the possible effect of war on private industry, em- | ployment is difficult to predic |to the volume for next year, said the President. BETTS DECLARED SUICIDE BY JURY; 5 m- of | for ‘ Mofive for At Remains Unknown-Mrs. Betts’ Sister Coming | The death of Floyd G,/ : yes= terday morning was legal desig- nated a suicide by a Cofomer's Jur yesterday afternoon, but the rea- ro- | an | llowing | |son for the act remained @s much of a mystery as ever. The Jury's verdict was that Betts had died of “suicide by | self-inflicted gunshot wound inthe THE B. M. BEHRENDS BANF | forehead. Motive unknown.” THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Members of the Jury were Don | W. Skuse, Kenneth M. Nelson. Charles W. Carter, Jay Willic | Gordon Gray and Augustus Roux. U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray presided at the inquest The body of Betts, widely known cadastral engineer in the Public Survey office here, was found in the woods near his Glacier Hizh- way home yesterday morning Not Long Planned Additional information broug out in testimony at the ing threw further mystery over reasons for the suicide. Betts left his field notes open on S desk in the Federal Building here the night before the tragedy and left an unfinished typewritten sheet in his typewriter, as if he me to continue his work the follow- ing morning. He bought a ticket in the Am- erican Legion ice pool the day be- fore he died and spoke jokingly of what he would do with the money if he won Funeral Tuesday The funeral will be held next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Charles W. Carter Mo:- tuary chapel. The Elks ritual will be used and the eulogy delivered by the Rev. John A. Glasse. Graveside services will he con- ducted by Alford John Bradford Post of the American Legion, Betts was a member of the Post; -having served overseas with the Engineer Corps of the Army from October 1, 1917, to May 28, 1919, W. C. Ellis, sister of Mrs. Mrs. Belts, is flying from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to attend the fun- eral. She will take the steame: Alaska from Seattle on Saturday. - - MRS. MERRITT IS GUEST OF HONOR A shower last everr.g at the resi- dence of Mrs. Tom Hutchings in the | rtments was in honor Mrs. W A. Chmpvrheld | Mrs. Everett Nowell and Mrs. J. C. Cooper. Three tables of bridge were played {with honors going to Mrs. H. I. | Lucas, There was one table of pin- ocile, with Mrs. Robert Davlin wm- | ning honors. FUNERAL TUESDAY English Sub " ticn DJE today reported that Ger- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940. l Stock QUOTATIONS { NEW YORK, =pril 18.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine LEONA SALOUM GIVEN SHOWER LAST EVENING A miscellaneous shower was given last evening by Miss Elspeth Doug- las at her home on D Street in compliment to Miss Leona Sa- loum, bride-to-be of Mr. Robert Smith. Games were played during the evening and refreshments were served by the hostess at individual tables, Balloons were broken by the honoree to reveal tiny clues as to where gifts were hidden and many packages were opened by her dur- ing the hunt. The guest list included Mesdames Helen Cass, Jerry Waite, Sally Shafer, and Misses Margaret Pearce, Edna Almquist, Louise Skin- ner, Carol Erskine, Betty Sharpe, Louise Kemper and Pearl Peter- son. stock 8%, 1%, ter 5 8, Ur $3.51 Th rails an e Tom Hear: noon town. Bombed, Sunk BERLIN, April 16.—The radio sta- man planes sank a British submar- ine on the wast Norway coast. - > ks JOHN McCORMICK Representative—Democratic Primary April 30, 1940. ad For Ticket THIS WHISKEY IS -\‘I‘n: ; '0“"’ ‘%fl SKEY GEORGE BROS. Super Market PHONE 92 or 95 George B_rothers Super Market éuuullmummmimmmiimmmnnmnummnnmmummnmmuuu«mnmlummuu 114%, Motors 53%, International Harve: Central 15 7/8, Northern Paci DOW, JONES AVERAGES Jones Shell Simmons, AAT pilot, flew morning to pick up two passengers, A flight to Tulsequah in the Bel- lanca was scheduled for this after- ger B. B. 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