The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1940, Page 8

R THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1940. Chain Store ExecutiveIs Dead in East Saved $500 |n AEighI Years fo Watch It Finally Grow to Millions NVILKESBARRE, Pa, Oct. 17 Fre M. Kirby, 79, one of the of the vast Woolworth e in, is dead here. He be- ¢ Vice-President of the F. W fast growy- store busi- 1 96 store: merc merged with the Wi W. and Charles S e began business reer in the s of Moore and ith at Watertown, N. Y, where 16 1d ten idea was originat- ed b rank W. Woolworth saves $500—8 Years During eig ars’ employment in Kirby a mulated of $500, which he invest=d ) rship with Charles S Woolworth, who started on his own X fter being associated with for several years. The slworth and Kirby be- September 1, 1884, with stores Scranton and Wilkesbarre, Pa The partnel continued for hree years when Mr. Kirby pur- chased the interest of Mr Wool- worth and continued the business " GLAMOROUS HAIB | for more beautiful, more-last- | ing permanents . . . For love- lier hair styles . . . and artistic hair shaping and cutting . . \' | ' CHARLES | i Sigrid's Beauty Salon | PHC | — T | with . his father until the latter's death. The Kirby business began [to expand in 1888, its growth con- | tinuing until the chain numbered 96 stores throughout the United States. The company was incor- porated in 1910 with a capital $3,000,000, which later was in- creased to $5,000,000. Two years later it went into the merger wit several other chains of imilar stores to form the F. W. Woolworth Company At Work at 15 Mr, Kirby was born October 30, 1861 at Browns Jef County, N. Y. He & nded public | schools until he was 15, when he went to work for Moore and Smith at Watertown. On May 1886, he married Miss Jessie Amelia Owen of Ogdensburg. They had two son Recalling Mr, Kirby's tart in the Watertown store, Charles & Woolworth once said He was a starting to work at a He wsas intensely earnest and loyal to his employers and walked two miles Lo and from work every day, often through deep drifted snow Tough Beginning In the first Woolworth and Kirby store in Wilkesbarre the fixtu were rough and unfinished and th counters hemlock planks with red calico hangings to save the expense of facing. Mr. Kirby's desk was an old dry goods box, which he kept for years as a memento of the dit- ficulties of his early business freckled-faced boy, ze of $2 a week career. “We had to cut corners pre‘ty closely in those days,” Mr. Kirby once d. “We were looked down upon by the large merchants at first, and we were not quite e that the five- and ten-cent store business could be made a permar- ent institution Was Mason With financial success assured Mr. Kirby, like his associates, ex- tended his business interests 1o the lumber industry, banks, rail- read and other utility corporations He was a generous contributor to philanthropic work and a liberal benefactor to education. In 1920 he was a presidential elector for War- ren G. Harding. Mr. Kirby was an Episcopalian and was a 32nd degree member of the Masonic fraternity - - ‘The Dally Alaska mmpire guaran- tees the largest daily circulation o any Alaska rewspaper -~ - Rubseribe tor The Empire - BERT’S CASH GROCERY - Two Fast Phones-105 Tiny Boiling Size 101b. sack 39c 'Tomatoes Fancy Solid Pack LARGE CANS Dozen Case $1.49 §2.95 PEAS KOOL-AIR—No. 2 tins Dozen Case $1.45 $2.85 PEACHES HOME STYLE Large 2 tins Dozen Case $2.35 $4.55 Hurjals i ARE READY I:OR DR AH’ Potato onlglen} All for - _ Wi“kie Newly Appoirfied Ser;ator,‘ Also Governor, Answer FEATURING “PENGUIN” DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS WE HAVE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF THE FINEST MODERN UNIT FOR THE PROPER HANDLING OF THESE FINE FOOD PRODUCTS. WE INVITE YOU TO COME IN AND SEE HOW REASONABLE THE PRICES ARE. 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KATZ, Alaska Representative STy e 200 Smith Tower, Seattle NORTHERN PACIFIT RA\LMNY FREIGHT “N.P."] | Will Be Elected-Give \ His Reasons ki | Republican CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 17 Emil | draft call along with Amer Hurja, who as Democratic analyist,|lions of military cor forecast the election of Roosevelt| in 1932 and 1936, predicts the elec-|ed Stal tion of Willkie by a plurality from|seph Ball | one million and one-half to three| who named Ball, thir | million votes. | old Governor Harold e Hurja said “so great is the de-| | fection among the 1936 Roosevcit [\'mvrs in the urban areas that ‘p:ugn_ the results may take on | the proportions of a landslide.” Hurja was Executive Director of | the Democratic National Commit- tee from 1932 to 1936 and is now| publisher of the magazine Path-| | finder. | The prediction, Hurja based on an “idealized S poll” taken over the nation within | the past 10 days. | Notwithstanding Hurja’s predic tion other polls indicate Roosevelt| d, I,,A is gaining strength and Willkie is losing steadily. — v e Call - Signed Up answered the d Sta [] The antis having been heard to- Ign p day, the pros are expected to come | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 17.—| The President’s Franklin D. registered for mlh-Juneau"eS Urged in the Indiana You! Roosevelt flew t e e e - 10 Learn Dances | section | | Roosevelt Jr., service here lic 1 honor | registration booth, He ixel[ as unemployed, and explained WRITES NOVEL AT 75 | that his status as a member of the, Theé French minuet, circle two- CLAREMONT, Cal.—Although he | volunteer |is 75 years old and is kept busy|exempt him from the draft reg waiting on customers in his hard-| tration. | ware store, William Dixon Bell has| . Friends escorted him to a Reserves did no the President, sored by the Business and Profes- | just turned out a 70,000-word ju-} John, registered earlier in the day sional Women's Club, the event will venile adventure story. " at Boston. ibject. Frank Garnick, local groceryman __lzaid it might be possible to grow 17—Two 3 | i | zood early rose potatoes in Alaska. | INnesota’s| ¢ that, purchasers in his store still | 1° seemed o prefer spuds from ihe | s ) States. 1 sl ek, L H. L. Faulkner said he had en- | e s the newly appointed Unil- | countered in his travels people who | 34-year-old JO-| ;fier digging into a baked potato s the man | you1d say: “That’s a Matanuska po- | ree-year-| (ato, Take it away. I don't want| en, it.” The attorney also said that when he visited the Westward last | spring he bought a case of Matan- | uska canned peas and had them | | Faulkner said, but nobody else will eat them. up with some new arguments on the | potato question next week. ! For Gifingrham Ball guest of listed him- step, square dance, three-step and |1ve waltz will’ be features of the | Gingham Ball on October 26. Spon- | be held at the Elk<’ Ballroom. Only those who I"mow the dan~"s | will be allowed on t' ° flor™ ~ v the | special numbers and 1 desir- | |ing to learn the varic ; steps are given a tip to attend the Tuesday | night Townsend Club meeting, where ! | these dances are enjoyed during the | isocial following each meeting. | | A seven-piece orchestra will pro- | vide music at the Gingham Ball and the price of admission is 50 | cents plus the tax. Mrs. A. M. ! | Uggen will present a fifteen minute | | program in regard to the event to- | National Distillers Products Corporation, N. Y. « 100 Proof 1 morrow night at 6:15 on KINY. | B i — | ENROUTE TO SOUTH | | | { | | Ira D. Orton, Nome attorney, flew here by PAA Electra from Fairbanks | yesterday enroute to the States. He | is called south by the serious illness | in Seattle of his law partner, Judge | ‘ Judge here. | Distributed by NATIONAL GROCERY COMPANY 1 Seattle, Washington Thomas R. Lyons, formerly District ‘ } Orton will go south on the steam- er Denali tomorrow. J 2 rounp carron 2 C 2 rounp sarreL eB D EC I rouno cerio sac 253€ A vackaces 25 ¢ 1 POUND CARTON 2 5 C LARGE BOTTLE 19(} $1.95 3« 29¢ 5 bars 25c === Dozen 55c EDEN IS INCAIRO CAIRO, Oct. 17 retary for War Anthony Eden ar-| rived here last night. Eden came to | tudy the military sifuation in the | Near East and to confer with Com- | mander-in-Chief General Wavell. Tt | was understood that Eden will be received in audience by King Farouk today and later will confer with Egyptian officials. R 2 T AR Canterbury Air Raided LONDON, Oct. 17—Precincts in| the Canterbury Cathedral deanery were damaged by bombs this after- noon in a German air raid. The Ministry of Home Security | made the announcement, but said the cathedral itself suffered no harn. | 8 RS . | (OMMITTEE WILL WEIGH NAILS AT CAPITOL THEATRE A committee of businessmen to count and weigh nails presented by Juneau youngsters at the door of the Capitol Theatre tomorrow was | appointed today by Charles Beale, Manager of the theatre and Presi- dent of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. Those on the committee are Har- old Smith, Louis Delebecque and Eldon McClain. Any boy or girl -bringing to the Capitol matinee a buncn of naus| picked up off th® streets of Juneau ! will be admitted free. The biggest collection of nails will win a $2 cash prize and the next largest a $1| prize. | High School Girls' Club Enterfains | sponsored by the Girls' Club of ‘ i - ATTORNEY ORTON | ey was. el ywstorcy wtisemoa I HERE FROM NOME 1.0 of'tne cresomens girts. Freshmen, sophomores and new girls were escorted to the festivities by their “big sisters,” the upper class girls. Marian Dobson, President of the organization, led the guests in group singing. In charge of the various entertainment features wds Betty Rice, assisted by Alice Powers and Suzy Winn. Accompanied by llnx-} ' Lanore Kaufmann e ] 7 Tty I,By Food at Its Peak of Freshness” 25 Pounds 50 Pounds 1001bs. $2 'PURPLE BUBBLE DANCE SATURDAY Balloons fo Be Released af 12:30-Each Will Con- fain Sum of Money a seramble it will be at|big affair. It promis the annual Elks Purple Bubble Ball that tip toe to dance music the time when at 12:30 o'- House’s New FastFree Delivery SWEET CIDER Bring Your Jug! Gallon §5¢ CANNED FRUIT Case Deal 8 cans Peaches 1 ALL 8 cans Pears 8 cans Pineapple 24 cans $449 RITZ CRACKERS Large pkg. 29« POTATOES - HIGH | GRabe Finest Netted Gems 9 $1.33 i {and over 30 balloons will be let loose from their position t ceiling of the popular room. The scramble? yes, for each balloon will contain moncy . . . anything from $1 up. Arrangements have been made for one of the best times ever at this | biggest of annual dances for Ju- neau, reports dance manager vey” Koski. New decorations, new ideas, new fun will greet those the to give the sleck the “string will be pulled of their lives. Majority Leader John W. McCormac.. One-time newsboy, Congressman John W. McCormack, of Boston, Mass., is the new majority leader in the house of representatives, succeeding Sam Rayburn of Texas, elevated to the speakership, McCormack, 48, has been in congress since 1927, Made to - e g v Have Y our Hairsty i o) “m“"”"m]m'h\ Make it a point to come in some- l time this week and let us arrange fi and shape your hair. We can tell if you need a certain style. We also can tell the best way you should wear your hair. It is the latest style of hairdo to fit the correct "\J facial shape that counts. The ROYAL Beauty Salon PHONE 723 Ann Early Smith—Owner. ELKS' PURBLE BUBBLE BALL—OCTOBER 19