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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
PANCHEN LAMA
REPORTED DEAD
DURING EXILE
Religious Leader in Forbid
den Land Leaves 3,000,-
900 Without Advisor

SHANGHAI, Dec. 4. = Reports
have reached here via India that
Panchen Lama, the only living
Buddha of Tibet, died on November
80 in exile in China.
His death left the mysterious for
hidden land without either of the
Grand Lamas who exercised divided
spiritual and temporal absolution
over the Enthusiastic country of g.
100000 persons.
Panchen Lama was worshipped as
the reincarnation of the Buddha
himself.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
ABANDONING NANKrNG

NANKING, Dec 4.-The United
States Embassy here, the skeleton
force remaining. has warned other
nationals that it may be necessary
to abandon the former Capital OF
China and take refuge aboard the
American gunboat Panaya, per-
haps not later than tomorrow.
The Chinese admit that the jap
anese Army driving on Marking is
only about go miles away.
The Japanese are reported to have
captured 'ranyanga, only As miles
distant.
Defending Chinese worked fe-
verishly all during the night pre-
pairing for a last stand.
Women and children and also old
men, have been removed from vii
lagos within a radius of 20 miles.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
Jerry COSS
PASSES AWAY
This MORNING
Former Juneau Resident
and Wellknown Alaskan
Dies In Seattle

Gerald v. Goss, Jerry" to hun
dreds of Alaskans, passed away at
3 o'clock this morning in Seattle
according to advices received in
Juneau this forenoon, death caused
by heart trouble and dropsy from
which he had suffered for the past
several months. With his death,
another oldtimer of the north has
gone on the last trail.
Jerry" Goss first broke into
transportation circles after the gold
rush and was associated with the
Empire Line, which was operating
steamers to Alaska, especially to st.
Michael and Nome. He was also at
the same time with the KoSmos
Line, both companies maintaining
joint offices in the Mutual Life
Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle
1t was through his contact with
the Empire Line, which was then
handling the bulk of the freight for
the Northern Commercial Company,
via st. Michael, that he became
associated with Alaskan interests.
He resigned from the Empire Line
and came north, going to the in
terror and Immediately took a posi-
ton of purser on one of the steam
ers of the Northern Navigation
Company, plying on the Yukon
River.
When a subsidiary of the White
Pass and Yukon Route took over
the steamers of the Northern Navi-
cation Company, Goss was appoint
ed agent at Circle for the Northern
Commercial Company, one of the
largest companies ever to operate
in the interior. He remained at
Circle for several years and then
worked with other agencies of the
company until he came south to
Juneau about ten years ago.
During his residence in Juneau,
Goss was twice connected with the
Daily Alaska Empire in an adver-
Using capacity. He conducted sew
eral tour parties to the south, one
from Juneau and the other from
Fairbanks, Anchorage and also
Juneau.
Last January his health began to
fail and although at times he re-
gainet. strength, trip south was
prescribed in hopes he would regain
his oldtime vigor, and in August
he went south to Seattle. At various
times he was reported on the road
to recovery, then suffered a relapse.
Mrs. Mary GosS, his wife, left Ju-
neau for the south about two
months ago and has been his con-
slant companion as she was during
his Alaska residence.
Mr.. Goss was born in Oberlin,
Kansas, in 1889, and his parents
later moved to Auburn Washing
ton, near Seattle, where he attained
manhood and then entered the
transportation business. He was
known from Nome, through the in
terror, down the coast to the Mexi-
can border as a hail-fellow we'll
met and there was never a friend
in trouble who could not turn to
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
CHIMNEY BLAZE

A minor chimney blaze called out
the Juneau Fire Department at $40
yesterday evening on Willoughby
Avenue, during the height of the
wind and snow storm that swept
Gastineau Channel The house be-
longs to A L. Knight Fl Martin is
renting it.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
REV. SCHWALBE
BROWNS, TRUCK
DOWN IN RIVER
Missionary in Ala ka 80
Years, Meets Death
Near Bethel

BETHEL, Alaska, Dec. a. = The
Rev. F. T. Schwalbe, SIS, head of
the Moravian Mission here, was
drowned when a truck fell through
the ice in the river.
Frank Snyder, Eskimo, the driv-
er of the truck, escaped by break
ing the windshield He reached
Bethel with clothes frozen in 10 de-
grees below zero weather and made
the report.
The Rev. Schwalbe had been a
missionary here for 80 years.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
3 JUNEAU RESIDENTS
BECOME us. CITIZENS

Three residents of Juneau were
granted United States citizenship in
Federal District Court this morn
ing. They are:
Wilmar G. Georgsen, native OF
Norway; Mrs Dagny Rasmussen,
native of Norway. and Harold Ste
phenson. native of England
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
Former Alaskan,
Supt. Of Juneau
Schools, Is Dead
T h ON as E. Latimer, So,
Passes Away in Minneap-
oils Interesting Life

Thomas E. Latimer, Mayor OF
Minneapolis from 1885 to 1887, pro-
minent figure in the Farmer-La-
Dor party of Minnesota, and for
mer Super in e n mt of Public
Schools in Juneau, when Mrs. ST.
mon Hellenthal was one of the in
'structors and Cash Cole was stu
dent, died recently in Minneapolis
of sleeping sickness, from which he
apparently had been suffering only
a few days. The story of his life,
his residence not only in Juneau,
but as gold rusher and also STAN
peder to Nome is most interesting.
Mr. Latimer was born on a farm
two miles from Hillard, Ohio, on
April 6, 1870. He was the first
child of Ezekial Latimer and Anne
Won Schoyck Latimer, daughter
of a Pennsylvania Dutch family
His ancenstry could be traced back
to Henry WIS Bishop of Worces-
ter Hugh Latimer.
Year i'm ALASKA
The boy attended country school
and then went to high school in
Hillard, after which he entered Ohio
State university at Columbus. There
he played football and finished his
first term, but when his father
died suddenly he had to go back
to the farm to help with the work.
Next he taught at the country
school he had attended as boy.
He saved as much of his earnings
as he could.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
Wants Economic
Regulation,
Air Transports

MIAMI. Fla, Dec. 4.z7Juan Terry
Trippe, President of the PAA today
advocated economic regulation of
the air transport industry TO rescue
it from IAN economically begged
down condition"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
Seattle Mayor
In Bed at Home

SEATTLE, Dec. 4.-Mayor John
F.. Dore declared in an interview,
given while he was in bed at his
home, that he is not as seriously i'll
as some reports had him. He said he
will be back in his office on Mon
day.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
POWER RATES
GIVEN AIRING
BEFORE COUNCIL
Light Company Makes Re
ply to Charges that Rates
Here Are Excessive

Power centered the attention of
the City Council last night as the
Alaska Electric Light and Power
Company presented a reply in writ
ing to charges made at the session
two weeks previous in connection
with a petition for an adjustment
in power rates and meter deposits.
Following reading of the company
communication by City Clerk H. I.
Lucas, Mayor Tom Judson permit
ted discussion, principal attack on
the power rates being made by w.
D. Gross, who charged the rates
were excessive, that no interest was
paid on meter deposits and that a
municipal plant should be construct
ed in Juneau.
Replying to the petition of the
previous meeting, the company
wrote in its communication to the
Council:
I'VE should like to say that an
examination of the petition shows
that it contains 1913 names, OF which
Sc do not appear upon our books as
consumers. OF the remainder, our
records show that 81 have been is
sued disconnect notices several
times for non-payment of bills.
Many of the petitioners whose
names appear on the list are long
in arrears at the present time in
the payment of their bills. We also
note that the petition h as been
signed in some instances by whole
families, that is to say, each MEM
Der of the family has signed the Pc
tition.'
Referring to the charges of ex-
cessive rates, the communication
said:
Comparative Rates
I'm order to give the Council the
correct information, we attach here
to schedule of rates of Petersburg,
Wrangell, Ketchikan and Juneau.
In all of these communities 1t must
be borne in mind that the munich
pality owns the light plants and,
therefore, no taxes or license fees
are paid Notwithstanding this,
however, an analysis of the rate
schedules of these towns will show
that the cost of electricity to con-
sumers in those towns is higher than
in Juneau In Wrangell and Peters
burg it is practically double what
it is in Juneau. In Ketchikan the
municipality owns not only the light
plant, but the telephone and water
systems, and the overhead expense
is thereby reduced, but the rates
charged for electric current are
higher to IS percent of the custo-
mers than they are in Juneau, and
the telephone and water rates are
higher in some instances in Ketchi-
kan than in Juneau"
The communication stated that a
comparison taken from the COM
pany's books with like consumers of
lighting, cooking and electric heater
service in Ketchikan shows that the
average monthly bill in Juneau is
1892 and in Ketchikan it is $11.16.
The light company communica-
ton stated that despite charges to
the contrary, meter deposits are re-
quired in Ketchikan at the rate
of so cents monthly per meter. This
Continued on Page Two
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
MaChinists Not
Negotiating for
Increase Wages
Business Agent Makes De-
NAL Regarding Alaska
Cannery Workers

SEATTLE, Dec. 4.-Reports that
the Machinists Union is negotiating
a wage increase with the Alaska
Cannery Workers is declared UNI
founded by I. A. Sandvigen, business
agent of the Machnists Local I'M
ion No. 49,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
Screen Star Hurt
In Auto Accident

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec 4. =
Nancy Carroll, screen star, and two
companions were injured last night
as her car collided with another
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04
Mother and Four
Children Perish
When H0nleBurnS

LAMOTTE, Quebec, Dec AIRS.
Henri Miron and four children were
burned to death early this morning
when fire destroyed their home
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-04

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-22
OF VARIOUS THINGS

appeal, member all-Star PERSONAL
ties in the cast and that will vie
for interest with the years best
films.
In the Offing
Current showing of Captains
Courageous" at Loew's Palace i'm.
mediately confirms the promise Of
an eventful cinematic summer.
To further give weight to his
claim Mr.. Barron points out that
Immediately in the offing are such
hits as the mad Marx Brothers in
the riotous "a Day At the Races
slated to follow the Kipling sea,
saga at the Palace; Warner Bax
ter, Wallace Berry and a massive
cast in "Slave Ship" Luise Rainier
and William Powell in 1.-The EN-
peror'S Candlesticks;" Joan Craw'
ford, Franchot Tone, Robert
Young, Reginald Owen and Billie
Burke in 1.-THE Bride Wore Red"
Double Wedding" with William
Powell and Myrna 10y; "Wee
Winnie Winkie," Shirley Temples
newest hit; Broadway Melody OF
1885," star-packed musical com
edy with Robert Taylor, Eleanor
Powell and virtually all of the
bright stars Of last years Broad
way Melody"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-22
Park Offers
Many Lures

If you are looking for some
place to find relief from these hot
summer days. close to Washington
where diversion can be found in
many forms, then pack your lunch
and board the street cars or your
own private auto and go to Glen
Echo Park, where admission is al
ways free, with its large picnic
groves free to the guests Of the
park.
Swimming, the most popular
sport at this time Of the year,
starts at $3.50 a. m. daily in the
Crystal Swimming Pool, continue
ing until 1880 at night. with the
illuminating system making night
bathing just as pleasant as day
swimming.
The Crystal Pool is only one
way to cool off at Glen Echo
Park, where each of the nine thrill
rides makes q separate cooling
system of its own, besides the
thrills and pleasure of the attrac-
lions. The U-Run'em Yourself
Motor Boats is one of the greatest
features for both the kiddies and
adults that the park has ever
had.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-22
Review
OF Film May
Win $500

The spirit Of abdication having
recently reached a notable height,
your drama critic has been In
fected with an urge to partially
"abdicate" and permit some OF
the readers to try their hand at
reviewing the movies, or at lease
reviewing one movie that's par
ticuIArly worthy Of every possible
viewpoint.
Accordingly, your drama editor
has arranged with the manage
ment of the Loew's Palace Thater
for a capsule review contest in
which readers of this page are In
vited to review Metro-G oldwyn-
Mayors Captains Courageous"
currently exciting and thrilling
Loew's Palace patrons with a mag
nificently told story.
If you've seen Captains Coura-
geous'' we're certain that you
must have formed an opinion.
Why not reduce your reaction to
this fine film to so words or less
and send it in Immediately to the
NhpOhIIlS NOuA GBCOAo AONA~" ~NAA
tor at The washington Times.
The most interesting reviews
will be published each day for the
remainder of the week and the
best one selected daily will receive
an award of IS in cash, with the
second best daily review to receive
a copy of Kipling's Captains
Courageous" personally auto
graphed by Freddie Bartholomew
In addition to young 8artholo'
NEW, who offers an amazing por-
trayal of the spoiled youngster
who learns the true meaning of
love and faith and devotion from
a Portuguese fisherman who has
rescued him after he has nearly
lost his life on the ocean, the cast
includes Spencer Tracy and Lionel
Barrymore
If you haven't seen this grand
picture, see it by all means. And
try your hand in writing a review
of so words or less.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-22
Wave Storts
Second Week

Last night 1.-THE Wizard Of the
Wave" started its second and final
week at the Roadside Theater.
This hundred.year-old melodrama
first thrilled audiences at London'S
famous Old Vic Theater, was a
favorite stock piece at the Bowery
Theater in New York for nearly
20 years, but never played in the
Nations Capital until the current
production by the barn theater
players.
Last Monday night, another
group of Roadside actors went
into rehearsal of the second offer
ing, Tom Taylor'S famous farce,
"Our American Cousin" This re-
vival will open next Monday, for
a two-week engagement. It was in
this play that E. A. Sothern, father
of the great Shakespearean actor
E. H. Sothern, created one Of the
most famous stage characters OF
the nineteenth century, Lord Dun
dreary. Also in the original pro
duction Of 1858 were Laura Keene
and Joe jefferson.
AS far as the RoadsiderS have
been able to discover, "Our Amer
lean Cousin" has played only two
full performances in Washington
when E. H. Sothern revived the
comedy in a week of repertory al
the BelaSco Theater in 1907.
The only other Washington pro
duction was at Ford's Theater or
April IA, 1865, which abruptly
ended when President Lincoln wa
assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-22
Comic COMING
To Keith's

Through his mirth-making
career in pictures, Joe E. Brown
has played scores of roles. He
has been, among others, a fire
man, o circus performer, base
ball player, a salesman, a sailor,
a cowboy, a gambler, a soldier, a
Six-6ay bike racer and a prize
fighter. He is coming to RkO-
Keith's tomorrow.
In his newest vehicle, "Riding
On Air." the noted comic plays
two roles, a small-town newspaper
man and an amateur aviator, with
vastly amusing results.
The two portrayls combined in
this hilarious RKO-Radio offering
present Brown as Elmer, hero of
the popular stories of Richard
Macaulay. Elmer forms the one
man staff of a little Wisconsin
weekly paper, and is the CORE
Spondent of a big Chicago daily,
as well as student flyer who is
working with a young inventor on
radio-beam control for airplanes.
Both these roles are heavily in
volved with the plot of the story.
Elmer's newspaper work gets him
into a series of scrapes from which
he tries to extricate himself
through his aerial activities, and
the combination is said to offer
the cavern-mouthed funSter some
of the most uproarious moments
of his versatile career. -.
Most of Browns many-sided por-
trayals have involved a good deal
of athletics, for which his earlier
years as a circus acrobat and q
baseball player have well-fitted
him. In the new offering he has
to make his way out on the wing
of a plane and repair a broken
strut, make parachute jump and
battle a group of policemen,
among other strenuous activities.
Florence Rice plays the romantic
foil with Guy Kibbee and Vinton
Haworth also featured. Edward
Sedgwick directed the David L.
Loew production.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-22
Memory T est
Hints Given

Would you recognize q picture
of Rudolph Valentino today? Or
Mrs. Warren G.. Harding? Could
you call the names of a dozen per-
sonalities whose photographs were
in every newspaper in the country
only a few years ago? ?
If you think you could, drop
over to the Rialto Theater any day
this week and get in on the novel
contest being sponsored by The
Times and the Rialto Theater.
Twelve photographs Of front
page" personalities Of few years
ago appear in special reel. Paper
and pencil are provided to write
your guesSes down.
Clip the coupon which will ap-
pear in The Times on Saturday,
write a 50-word miniature biog-
raphy of any one of the IL persons
shown, to be judged in case Of q
tie, and send them to the Memory
Contest Editor of The Times not
later than midnight, Tuesday.
June 20.
The prizes are SIS first, $40
second, IS third, and 10 pairs of
guest tickets to the Rialto The
alter. ~
To help you in identifying the
pictures, hints on two Of the
pictures will appear in The
Times every day this week. Here
are today's:
Picture No. 3. Her father
was a New York city butcher;
eight other women have done
the same thing, but she did it
first; she was only ~ when
Broadway shOwered her with
ticker-tape.
Picture No. 4. He was born
in Ohio, 80 years ago; he
lives in Chicago, but he has
worked in Tennessee and
Honolulu; has been married
twice; he starred In - public
debate here once.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-22

While she was still there, Tyrone
Power came in.
'PIease," he said, 'Iet me
make the test with Alice"
The blonde star burst into tears
of gratitude.
= It was a strange reversal of a
scene that happened last year,
Then, Power, a virtual unknown,
was making a test for "Lloyds of
London" So he could be more
at ease, Alice Faye volunteered to
make it with him.
Pity the dilemma of Dance Di.
rector Busby Berkeley.
He has built a grand stairway
As feet wide and rising in PIG
steps to the top of a Warner
Brothers sound Stage-and now
he can't find the girls to fill it.
This superset, for the picture,
varsity Show" looked absolutely
bare with Berkeley'S 200 girls dis.
tributed on the stairway. A hurry
call brought 100 more girls from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-22
Ice Carnival
At Earle

The most unusual stage show to
come to Washington this season
the st. Moritz Ice Carnival-will
be presented starting Friday, July
2, at Warner Bros. Earle Theater.
General Zone Manager John j.
Payette announced their booking
today.
Kit Klein, olympic speed cham
pion and internationally famous
skater, heads a cast Of Is ice skat-
ing stars in this elaborate pres
entation. The entire Earle stage
will be transformed into an ice
rink for this novel show, the effect
being produced by special chem
ical process requiring II hours.
Every variety of skating thrills
is promised patrons Of the Earle
by the Ice Carnival-from the
breath-taking speed of Kit Klein
to the comedy, acrobatics and
graceful beauty of other members
Of the cast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-22

By special arrangement with the
producers, the Rialto Theater will
revive Theodore Goes Wild" the
picture that discovered Irene
Dunno as a top ranking comedi-
enne, and The Vrginian,' star
ring Gary Cooper. Both pictures
will open at the Rialto Theater
tomorrow.
Gallant Lady" and Roman
Scandals" will be shown for the
last time today.
Tonight the first summer festi-
val program of the season in the
National Sylvan Theater at the
Washington Monument will be
presented. A half hour program
by the Washington Civic Orchestra
viii precede the presentation of
H. M. s. Pinafore by the EStelle
Wentworth Opera Group.
Patrons Of Glen Echo tonight
need not miss the radio preSenta-
ton of the championship fight in
SA4AN0SO' 4AAC AA4dAAd5CA4AC11b I1oo
installed a public address system
by which a blow-by-blow descrip.
ton Of the fight will be heard in
every section of the park.
Gone forever is the lament of
q Screen-goer of seasons ago that
with the approach of the summer.
time came a lull in the calibre of
screen presentations. The last
few seasons have definitely ban
ished such thoughts and such prac
tees, and now that the thermom
eter has scared to a lofty height
and threatens to remain aloft, the
Loew forces announce that they
are preparing for their greatest
summer season.
According to Loew GeneraliSsimc
Carter Barron, the ensuing weeks
will bring succession of pictures
that are big in every respect. Pic
lures that represent considerable
production effort, research anc
cost. that offer stories Of unusua.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-22

CLOCK

CAPITOL - Patsy Kelly, ia k
Haley, "Pick a STAR" at II
a. m, 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10 p. m,
Stage, Ozzie Nelson, 12:45, $3.50.
6:25, COS p. m.
PALACE-Freddie Bartholomew,
Spencer Tracy, Captains Cour.
ageous," 1880 a. m, 2:05, 4:35.
7:05, 9:35 p. m.
COLUMBIAN o a l ind Russell
Robert Montgomery, Might
Must Fall" 1875 a. M, 2:05.
4:35, Z. $50 p. m.
EARLE-Pat OBrien, Henry Fon'
da, Slim" II a. M, 100, 4:20,
7:10, 10 p. m. Stage, Henry
Busse, 1910, 1928 $40, 9:10
p. m.
METROPOLITAN Bette Davis
Edward G. Robinson, kid Gala,
had" 11:10 a. M. lis, 1920
5:25, 7:30. 9:40 p. m.
Moore,
Helen Broderick, Meet the
Missus," 11:15 a. m, 1:04, 1858,
4:42. 6:31, 1000 p. m.
BELASCO-"Sins of Love-" matt
nee; women only; evenings, meu
only.
TRANS-LUX-Continuous shows
News reels, short comedies. Pro
fran changes hourly.
LITTLE - Ann Harding, FredriC
March, Dark Angel" 1900
a. m, LOS, 3:11, 5:18, 7:24
9:31 p. m.
RIALTO-"Gallant Lady"-11:2s
a. M, 1888, $50 and 8::37 p. m
Roman Scandals -12:46, BAT
1854 and 1901 p. m. DO You
Remember"-12:41. 3:42, 6:49
1855 p. m.