The Daily Alaska empire. [volume], February 05, 1930, Page 8, Image 8

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BEHRENDS IS
LATE VICTIM
OF ROBBERS
Thief Makes Entrance Las
Night—Cash and Goods
Are Taken
While local officers seem unabh
to solve the mystery of the nu
merous robberies which have oc
curred in and near the city durins
the last few weeks, the list of lar
ceny victims continues to grow.
The latest one to be added i;
B. M. Behrends. Inc. Making ar
entrance through the basement
window in the rear, someone broke
into the store during last night and
made away with between $30 and
$40 in cash and goods.
Ten dollars was the sum taken
from tlfe cash till in the grocery
department while the till in the dry
goods department yielded nothing.
After the robber had picked up all
the loose change, he w^ent to the
balcony of the store and helped
himself to shoes.
One pair of men's shoes and -two
pair of ladies' shoes were taken. On
the tvay out the thief took a num
ber of packages of chewing gum
Chief of Police George Getchell is
working on the case.
Federal Hoard
Recommends Dr.
Cook lie Paroled
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. — The
Federal Parole Board has recoin
mended a parole for Dr. Frederick j
Cook, serving a 15-year-old sen-'
fence in Leavenworth Prison, fol- j
lowing conviction of using the i
mails to defraud.
Attorney General Mitchell has j
yet to pass upon the Parole Board's,
recommendation.
There is no intimation from the
Department of Justice what action
will be taken.
Should the Attorney General ap
prove the recommendation it will
then be submitted to President
Hoover for approval.
COTY’S LIQUID
NAIL POLISH
NEW
Priced at One
Dollar
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Free Delivery Phone 134
WHEN WE SELL IT
IT’S RIGHT
Express Money Order*
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ST. VALENTINES !
DAY ;
February 14
We have a niee selection
of fancy and plain Val- 1
entines for children and
gronn-ups.
Juneau Drug |
Company
Free Delivery Phone 33 j
Post Office Substation No. 1 j
i
Green Hood
Shirts
Plain and fancy white
silk as well as m a n y
snappy patterns in the
popular colors. Enjoy
that well dressed feeling
by wearing a
GREEN HOOD
SABIN’S
C. 0. SABIN, Prop.
I
Jury Deadlocked
Associated Press Photo
I _
i AUSTIN. Texas, Feb. 5. — The
j jury deliberating in the case of
| John W. Brady, former member of I
the Texas Court of Appeals, charg- j
ed with the slaying of Lehlia High- j
smith, a Capitol stenographer, re-1
ported this afternoon it was 'hope-1
lessly' deadlocked.
FAST ROBBERY
IS STAGED IN
MICHIGAN CITY
Western Union, in Detroit’s
Financial Center, Held
Up by Armed Gang
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 5.—A well j
organized gang of 10 men late yes-!
terday afternoon held-up the main !
office of the Western Union, in
the center of the financial district, |
and escaped with approximately $3,- i
000.
Eight men, armed with revolvers j
and sub-machine guns, guarded two |
entrances to the building and two1
automobiles in which they made
their getaway, and the other two i
armed men entered the office and
herded 11 employees and 20 cus
tomers into corners and scooped up
the money.
One woman customer attempted
to trap the robbers by putting her
foot into the revolving door, but
one of the robbers threatened to
blow your head off,” and forced
her back. ■ ■
CHICAGO BANK ROBBERY
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 5.—Two rob
bers held up the Hubbard-Woods
Trust and Savings Bank this fore
noon and terrorized several em- ■
ployees and customers by firing ,
sawed-off shot guns into the floor.
The robbers escaped with cash and
currency estimated at $3,000. A
third man waited outside in an au
tomobile and drove the other two
away.
FILINGS MADE |
IN FOURTH DIV.
Mo Contests Brought Into
Primaries Unless Inde
pendents ’Loom
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, Feb. 5.— |
Fourth Division filings for the
Legislature will bring no contest
into the primaries next April un
less Independents file.
Frank Hodgson, Republican, is
the lone entrant in the Senate
preferential.
R. C. Rothenberg, Harry Donelly.
Andrew Norland and Fred B. John
son, Republicans, are candidates
for the Territorial House.
Joe McDonald is seeking a House
berth and will be the lOne Demo
crat.
With the exception of Hodgson,
all candidates have previously rep
resented this Division in former
House sessions.
WOMEN OF
Mooseheart Legion will meet Thurs
day night, February 6, at 7:30
/clock. Meeting will be followed
By public card party.
AGNES GRIGG,
—adv. Recorder.
IN HOSPITAL
Petr Karoff, employee of the
Alaska-Juneau, entered the St.
Ann’s Hi sptial yesterday to be op
erated upon for appendicitis.
AT THE HOTELS
ALASKAN—Casper Nelson, Jack
Marsh.
ZYNDA—J. Hill.
JANUARY LOW
EXPORT MONTH
Volume of Trade Shows
Material Decrease Over
Same Period in 1929
was shown by
which dropped
3,390
340
An unusually low volume of
trade marked the exportation val
ues for the month of January, 1930
according to the 'monthly report of
Collector of Customs J. C. McBride
issued today. While figures for
January of last year, $1,455,651,
were slightly below the average, the
total value of this January was
only $1,091,399.
The sharpest decline in exports
the fur industry,
well over 100 per
cent from January, 1929. Marked
declined were also shown in fresh,
frozen and cured salmon, and in
copper, which this year was $561.
600. as against $694,312 last year.
Fresh and frozen halibut was
higher, totaling $202,645, while last
year it was $185,709, a large decline
lrom January 1928.
The complete report follows:
Blue foxes $ 25,260
Other animals .
Curios ...
Fish
Fresh and frozen (ex
cept shell-fish)—
Halibut
Salmon .
All other
Canned (except shell
fish)—
Salmon
Cured or preserved (ex
cept shell-fish) —
Cod ...
Salmon ..
Shell-fish—
Clams .
Shrimps .
Furs and fur-skins—
Blue fox
Silver or black fox
Red fox ...
Mink .....
Muskrat ...
Beaver ....
All other ..
Dre, matte, and regulus—
Copper ...
Lead .
rrophies, specimens* etc..
fainting ...
202.645
87,181
9,958
57.134
59
3,765
195
9,272
43.765
11.774
7.533
14,153
32
200
11,669
561,600
9,854
270
495
rotal value pf products of
Alaska $1,060,597
Products of the United
States returned . 30,802
rotal value of shipments
cf merchandise . $1,091,399
Jold . $ 286,987
silver . 15,156
SEVEN MORE
ENTER RACE
IN DIVISION
3ix Seek Territorial House
Positions — One for
Road Commissioner
(Continued from Page One)
if Juneau, and last year performed
i like sevrice for Cordova.
Paul Indian Leader
William L. Paul, well known In- j
lian politician and leader of the ]
Uaska Native Brotherhood, is gen- '
rally regarded as the leader of the!
Indian Bloc" of voters. He served j
n the Legislatures of 1925 and j
927 as a Representative. In 1928 i
re was defeated for that office. He
la.s affiliated for several years with j
Delegate Dan Sutherland's faction j
if the Republican Party, and has:
preached persistently and loudlv!
igainst the "fish trust” and salmon j
raps. He was born at Port Simp- I
-on of Alaskan parents and is now '
Practicing law in the First City, j
One of Ketcliikan's pioneers, Eu- j
;ene Wacker is also owner of the.
•ownsite of Wacker City. Patrick 1
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picture
36. Murry
37. Printer’*
measure
38. American
musician
39. Morsel
40. Polish
42. Cniries on the
stage
41. Sea eagle
45. Cheap cigar
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Hair ointments
Avers
Ireland
Wine cast
Along
Sea nymphs
Russian
mountains
Bristly
Where play
starts In golf
Base of the
decimal system
Surfaced a
street
Haughty
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Scotch weigh
ing machlre
Demolish** *i
Talk Idly
Proverbs
Poise
Food
I’ufTs up
Opposite of to
Obtains
Eyrie poem
Golfer’s warn
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Implore
Alternative
As far as
lildea is an Attorney in Ketchikan
md was formerly connected with
he Territorial Fish Commission.
Sommer From Petersburg
Peter Sommer, the only Peters
>urg man to file, is a fisherman
f that city, and has resided there
or many years. P. F. Gilmore,
.nother Ketchikan pioneer, has
erved before as Road Commis
ioner. '• *■
Albert Wile, traveling salesman,
ormerly Postmaster at Ketchikan
;nd at Iditarod, is a pioneer of
he Interior, having lived for some
ime at Nome. He came to Ju
leau in 1913, returned to Iditarod
ifter two or three years, and later
noved back to Southeast Alaska to
i
settle in Ketchikan, where he has
resided for a dozen years.
CASE GOES TO JURY
The case of May Harris and
Helen Dempsey, being tried for
arson at Ketchikan, will go to the
jury today, according to word re
ceived by U. S. Marshal Albert
White. The trial started Mon
day.
SCOUTS CLEAN UP TACKS
DOUGLAS, Ariz. — Boy Scouts
here picked up 50,000 tacks and
other metal bits in an anti-punc
ture campaign.
NEW DRAPERIES
CERTAINS
SCRIMS
RAYON SILK DRAPES
all to beautify the home
Mr. Allen left Seattle today on the
Northwestern* due here Saturday
LEADER
Department Store
GEORGE BROTHERS—Phone 454
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The STORE of I
ECONOMY |
People who are particular as to the QUAL
113 ol their food. and like to practice
thrift, find all their requirements here. =
3 large cans RED AND WHITE =
BARTLETT PEARS .$1.00 §
3 large cans RED AND WHITE I
PEACHES ...$1.00 =
4 cans AMOCAT GOLDEN BANTAM !
CORN .. ^1 00 ri
MANNING'S COFFEE 1
GEORGE BROTHERS \
Dorado Club Silver Fizz—AND HOW ‘i
Purveyors to
Particular People
PHONES 92 and 93
CHAMBER TO
HEAR REPORT
ON HALIBUT
Executive Board Will Offer
Results of Investiga
tion Tomorrow
The report of the Executive1
Board, made yesterday after con-1
sideration of the local halibut situ- j
ation, will be given to members of I
the Chamber of Commerce tomor- 1
row noon.
Last week a thorough discussion I
was given the matter, and at that j
time it was decided to investigate
from every possible angle, bring j
I it before the Executive Board, and j
j then before the Chamber.
I. Goldstein, who has been rep
1 resenting the fishermen before the
Chamber, has been working with j
j C. T. Gardner, chairman of the j
Local Industries Committee, in an i
effort to give assistance to the j
fishermen, who have been forced to I
postpone the opening of the season j_
for two weeks because of a glutted j ~
market of frozen halibut. r
Important legislation now before | |
| Congress affecting the herring re- j j
j duction plants, will be brought up 1
for discussion. The Legislative j
Committee has been working in \
[ connection with the legislation. i j
CABLE BRIEFS
I
FALO ALTO, Cal.—Victim of an- !
other "unloaded” weapon, Robert ,
Quinn, four years old, was killed I
here by a rifle in the hands of a1
brother, Kenneth, 15.
BERKELEY, Cal.—Mi s s Olive
Nichols has been cured of an at
tach of hiccoughs that lasted three
weeks.
REDDING, Cal. — Thomas Pem
berton, Shasta County's last vet
eran of the Confederate Army, was
buried here. A Union veteran
marched by the casket, which was
draped with an American flag.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Prohibi- !
| tion agents investigated a case of |
bottles marked “water" imported
from the French Pyrenees. The
bottles contained holy water from
an ancient French shrine.
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Odds and Ends
SUITABLE FOR GIFTS
ARE DISPLAYED IN
OUR WINDOWS
We are offering these items
AT COST or LESS
The Nyal Service Drag Store
Phone 25 We Deliver
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PROMINENT FLORIDA’ VISITORS
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Associated Press Photo
Sir John Mullens (left), wealthy English peer, and George Ade,
well known humorist, were serious spectators of the water sports
near Miami at a recent party of distinguished visitors.
TRY OUR FLOUR
'Sou Will Bake Wonderful Bread
25 pound size . 1.25
OUR BEST BLENDED, 49 pounds.$2.35
GARNICK’S, Phone 174
KEEP HIS FEET DRY!
Bovs’ Shoe Pacs—Sizes 11 to 2
SPECIAL A $3.75
) j
J. M. SALOUM
TRADE
Your old Oil Burner in on a NEW MODERN
up-to-date burner, equipped with all the
latest controls.
YOU TRADE IN YOUR CAR WHY NOT
YOUR BURNER?
W ill make liberal allowance on old burners''
RICE & AHLERS CO.
PLUMBING HEATING SHEET METAL
“We Tell You in Advance What Job Will Cost”
The Store for Good Groceries
Phones 83 and 85
DEL MONTE PEAS, No. 2 .77722c
DEL MONTE CORN, No. 2.22c
DEL MONTE SPINACH, No. 2 1-2..22c
DEL MONTE TOMATOES, solid pack, No. 2 1-2 .22c
DEL MONTE SAUERKRAUT, No. 2 1-2.22c
DEL MONTE PUMPKIN, No. 2 1-2.20c
DEL MONTE TOMATO SAUCE, 3 cans.22c
DEL MONTE PIMENTOS, 2 cans .22c
CAMPBELL’S TOMATO SOUP.10c
TARGET BRAND CORN BEEF.28c
K '-LLOGG’S CORN E LAKES, 2 packages.25c
POST TOASTIES, 2 packages. 25c
ELBOW CUT MACARONI, 2 pound.25c
PALM OLIVE and LUX SOAP, 3 bars.25c
1 LINZ CATSUP, large bottle, 28c; 4 for.$1 00
LIGHTHOUSE CLEANSER, per can.05c
Sanitary Grocery
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN SEASON
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