The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 5, 1945, Page 8

ROBISON TELLS CHAMBER ABOUT SWPC FUNCTION The Juneau Chamber of Com- merce entertained the very impor- tant working committee of the SW- PC, composed of Howard MacGowan, Northwest Regional Director; Wil- liam H. Biesman, Deputy Regional Director; Harry E. Jones, Regional Loan Agent and Jesse Robison, Exe- cutive Secretary of the SWPC, Washington, D. C, this noon at its regular weekly meeting held in the Baranof Hotel. Chairman of the day, Harold Fo ng IS THREAT 10 | ARCTIC TOWN| raging .Nlh!‘;lk River is seriousl; the en- left Juneau vesterday aboard the]problems concerning small business( @ © & @ 6.7 o . ¢ . & » o evening with the following pas- Game Commission vessel Brant, out- [ establishment or expansion. |* WEATHER REPORP EAm- M(I-AUGH"" ls sengcr:: i bound on a week-long inspection{ Gov. Gruening was enthusiastic ® (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) N BA(K FROM Tklp -'0 From Seward—Ralph Burgland, | trip to Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketch-| over the potential good to the Ter-|® Temperatures for 24-Hour Reriod o Pedro Barril, Mrs. Getrude Cope- i and adjacent areas. They will|ritory that can result from the|® Ending 7:30 o’Clock This Morning o land, Paul George, Edward Jame: confer with district agents at Peters- | present visit of the officials. Ex-|e . WESIWARD, ""ERIOR' town, Ernest Jufi’,., G. Edw. Knight, burg and Ketchikan, as well as vis-|cellent meetings were held in Ket-|® In Juneau—Maximum, 59; e | Thomas Long, M. P. O'Grady, Wil- iting the perimental Fur Farm/|chikan and Wrangell, he said, with| ® minimum, 48; precipitation, e 11 McLaughlin, of the Weather]liam J. O'Cennell, Richard Stryker, and Fish Laboratory | many residents of those localities| ® .02 inch. . reau Staff, has recently returned | Ernest Weschenfelder, Robert Car- From Ketchikan, the Brant is to| coming forward with their ideas.| ® At Airport—Maximum, 59; e';yom a three-week vacation "ip‘cw and Eugene Tavaur. continue south to return to Seattle.| petersburg problems were also dis-| @ minimum, 46; precipitation, e yhich took him to Anchorage, Fair-| From Valdez — Leonhard Olsen, - | cussed at the Wrangell meeting. | ® .09 inch. \nks, Circle Hot Springs and Val-| Paul Rudolph, William Larson and | | Howard MacGowan, SWPC Di-|e Temperature Wednesday ez Jerry Moore. NOATAK RIVER ‘u-r(ur for this region and spokes-|® In Juneau—Maximum, 63; ® \wpie in Anchorage, McLaugh-| From Yakutat — Mrs. Winnifred |man for the party, declared that|® minimum, 49; precipitation, o“]‘n was .ae guest of M‘r and Mrs. | Nickell, John Williams, Jr., Jack the trip has already paid off in the ® .01 inch. *0. B. Godirey, former Juncau resi- Williams, Jr., and George Johnson. . . . . ° . . . . . introduced Gov. Ernest Gruer threatening to carry away who in turn, after a few pertinent tire Arctic village of Noatak, mrlud-’ comments on this committee, intro- ing the Alaska Native Service school | duced their speaker, Jesse Robison. nearby, according to reports re-| “Qur job,” said Mr. Robison, “is to ceived here by the A™S office. | break the ‘log jams’ confronting/ The encroachment of the river was| free enterprise and to help little reported from Kotzebue by Dick| business grow and develop.” It is Ncrton, chief of the village, who felt by the whole group that “the trekked to Kotzebue to make known | SWPC can help Alaska in small bus- the plight of his townsmen. The| iness as they have in the States be- r, he said, is cutting away LhN cause Alaska is seething with prob- ice underlying the surface soil| Jems and possibilities.” along the high river bank on which | In the 110 nfl)(‘”zv throughout the'the village is located United States they have definite] Two days ago, the river had al- ways to help small b\l siness and each ready torn away a 60-foot deep| office a different job. “One job gouge into the bank, and the ground | is to help smell business get mater- was cracked ba an additional 40 jals needed to continue but which feot toward the schoolhouse. Ef-| are sometimes hard to acquire due forts to straighten the river chan to a high priority, etc.” As they nel, commenced last summer by the are “lobbyists for small business in natives under the direction of the| the Government” they help with ANS, were apparently halted by the OPA price control They have a freeze-up before they could be ef-| procurement office which helps fective. Last summer the school small plants find business necessary was moved back from the river an to function. A lending authority, additional 200 feet, but present con- which works first through the banks, ditions are likely to overwhelm the has been set up which helps plants structure even in its new location, it in production for war or essential is reported. civillan purposes. Direct loans are Attempts to dispatch aid to the| made, where banks cannot aid, from isolated community are not expect- the Agency’s $350,000,000 capital. ed to produce results in time. e NURSES' TRAINING ' SCHOLARSHIPS ARE T0 BE AVAILABLE Two scholarships for girls inter- A technical advisory service has been established through surveys of experience acquired in dl(tmrni fields and which will answ questions of little business. The SWPC also has to deal with returning veterans in their Surplus Property. Authority which will aid and direct veterans to business or to help communities establish them- selves “so that they can answer the 3 ! question of the returning veteran . .. €sted in becoming Physical Therapy “What can I do'." nurses have beed awarded to Alaska Establishing priorities to authorize bY the National Foundation of In- surplus materials is another func- fantile Paralysis, through the Amer- tion of SWPC. “Alaska should have ican Legion Auxiliary, it has been its share of the $100,000,000000 announced by Mrs. W. J. Manthey, worth of surplus material that has President of the local unit. been made in this war,” concluded The scholarships include necessary Mr. Robison. travel expense, reasonable living ex- A meeting will be held by this pense and tuition to an approved SWPC delegation for all small busi- school. ness men with problems this after- The requirements are: (1), Grad- noon in the Petit Jury room on the uate of an approved school of phys- fifth floor of the Federal Building. ical education: (2) Graduate of an Arthur Ganson, head of the Alas- approved school of nursing: or (3) ka Division of the Seattle Chamber Completion of at least two vears of of Commerce, was another important college work, which includes satis- guest at this meeting. Mr. Ganson factory courses in biology and is in Alaska familiarizing himself sciences. with the development problems Girls who are interested and can found here and with Alaska itself, qualify for these scholarships, are as this is his first trip. In the asked to contact Mrs. Manthey, or short time he has been here he any Auxiliary member. Auxiliary “can seec no end to the tourist members are also asked to send in possibilities and with transportation the names of qualified prospects facilities stepping up there will be who may be interested. no end of tourist travel.” This ' Names of the girls will be sent by tourist travel will, as Mr. Ganson Mrs. Manthey to Mrs. Edna Raynor, said, “help not only Alaska but the Department President, who will send Pacific Coast as well, consequently, ' the application blanks immediately I am going to get other Chambers to the prospective nurse. of Commerce more interested in These scholarships will provide Alaska.” the opportunity of becoming a spec- A. B. Hayes was introduced to the ialist, in a very important phase of Chamber as a new member. nursing, the need for which is be- Guests at this meeting, including coming more acute daily. The num- Gov. Gruening and the members of ber of returning service men in need the SWPC Delegation, were Val A. of rehabilitation is increasing, and Poor and M. F. Jensen of the Doug- Physical Therapy plays an import- las Chamber of Commerce; Ross ant part in their care. Cunningham, Associated Editor of Physical therapy is also becoming the Seattle Times; the Rev. G. Ed- increasingly important in the care ward Knight of Seward; D. E. Mc- of children who are struck down Morran, Traffic Manager of the each year by infantile paralysis, and Juneau Office, Pan American World in bringing the sufferers back to Airways; Sydney Smith, Alaska health and numn] activities. Sector Traffic Manager of Pacific Alaska Division of Pan American World Airways; McKay Malcolm, architeet of Juneau; Perry Hilleary, radio announcer; James L. McNam- ara, City Engineer; Henrick Valle, Contractor of Seattle; D. E. Davis of the War Labor Board in Juneau; Lindley Durkee, Regional Director of the Federal Works Administration of | SWPC ALREADY REAPING MUCH FRUIT ON TRIP Seattle and Mr. Ganson | Arriving in Juneau late last | night, arf‘i)fl\]):}l\le(l 1E.?m .K(‘tchi- BRANT TAKES ¢ our o Weanictl W Boweiaty | FEWL OFFICIALS 2o e eomeommimes st | tomorrow, |is reached. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA number of enterprises proposed. | At Airport—Maximum, 64; e \,‘, nts. Others he met there includ-| Southbound passengers were Carl Approximately 15 of them were; minimum, 48; precipitation, ® ;.4 Gar Bacon and Mr. and Mrs. Rex Edison, Mrs. Carl Edison, Mrs. A, E. | sent out from Ketchikan and|® .02 inch. ® Rhoten. On the train to Anchor-|Abts, A. E. Abts, A. C. Brandstrom, { Wrangell for the Seattle office to Forecast e’ he et THE. WIROEREor tHik Lmr' Ballinger, C. L. Ballinger, Al 0 to work on. Alaska is a great Partly cloudy with inter- |ycar's Nenana Ice Pool, Rita Hard- | gs, Mrs. Signe Pollock, Daniel field for small business opportun: mittent light rain showers ing and Tom Ringen, of Seward. Hmllk\ H. Leirer, William H. Den- : to be an event of next Saturday z‘v- |ening at the Church of the Holy Trinity. The bride-to-be will be given in| marriage by her brother, Marcus | sen, matron-of-honor, |ter, Miss Marian Jensen, and Miss | Rogene Moore as bridesmaids. Little | Mary Lee Cashen will be flowergirl. Ushers will be the bride’s brother, ‘Thomas Jensen, and Homer Gar- vin. The prospective groom arrived on Tuesday from Anchorage, accompan- ied by Richard Stryker, who will be | his best man. They are now visi ing at the home of the groom's | parents, Mr. and Mrs, E. E. Wesch- enfelder, on Spuhn Island. | A reception at the home of Mr. jand Mrs. Marcus Jensen will follow Jensen of Douglas, and she will have as*her attendants Mrs, Marcus Jen- | and her sis- | ties he said, remarking on the sim- tonight and Friday. Not e In Fairbanks, he attended the mark, E. E. Halloway, Harry Bog- | ilarity with conditions met with in much change in tempera- e|nidnight Sun baseball game be- nell, A. C. Olson, George V. Fisk,, the wedding ceremony, to which a he Pacific Northwest. His agency ture. o !tween Atta and Ladd Field teams,|Mrs. George V. F S. G. Stevens, cordial invitation has been extend- is organized to further any sound © © o o ¢ ¢ o o o o ;;dirom Eagle Summit on the road | R. L. Brown, Grace C. Clark, Rich- |ed to the many friends: of the | small business idea that falls with- — - ,e—— [to Hot Springs he saw a herd of| ard Parks, Peter Chukon, H. L. Mc- |YOung couple will do most for Alaska and which Mrs. H. Henretta, Cecil| as a timberwolf Carty, ip, he saw Joe Louis in an exhibi- |in the field of offering essential | caribou, as well civilian or military production. | . and many snowshoe rabbits. Winch, Toni Poirce, William M. Many of the problems put forward any ro’e( s | While in Anchorage on the return | Clark, Albert Smith and E. L. so far are of just the they desire most to help. [ After meeting here all today, the | four officials plan to sit at Sitka returning here tomorrow | night. Their itinerary is still fluid, | he said, but Cordova and Anchor- age are definite stops after leav- ing here on the week-end. Also accompanying the party on its tour is Ross Cunningham, As- sociate Editor of the Seattle Times. INDIAN CASE type that In Northwest, Alaska Loom Construction Survey in Postwar Period Runs Into Billions SEATTLE, July 5.—Construction | costing more than $2,000,000,000 is | ahead for the Pacific Northwest and Alaska in the postwar period, the trade magazine Pacific Builder and Engineer predicted today after a survey conducted in cooperation NOT DE(IDED | with Federal, State, county, city any | consulting engineer: s] | Heading the inventory was the WASHINGTON, July 5—The | $499,986,000 authorized Federal re- year-old Alaska Indian fishing' clamation program, inciuding 37 rights case is still undecided, Sec-| projects. Chief single project is the retary of the Interior Ickes said $277,000,000 Columbia Basin irriga- tod He indicated it might be tion system, due to start as soon as several months before a decision! manpower is available. Second on the gencral list was the The case involves a petition by | $280,045,439 highway and bridge con- the Hydaburg, Kake and Klawock ' struction program authorized by the rights but the decision is expv(‘,'—.smt(‘s and Publc Roads Adminis- ed to set a precedent for the set-| tration. tlement of similar claims of In-! “outer Harper, department so- STILL FIFTH 10 60 & IN "E" BOND SAL licitor, said that the 260,099 pagcs‘ Eighty-one percent of quota has of testimony taken in hearings last a report to the Secretary is being now been reached by the Juneau- fall have been analyzed and that compiled. | Douglas area in its drive to sell ST B o i SR 1$225,000 worth of “E” bonds before 0'CO! LL HERE the Seventh War Loan closes to- William O'Connell, of New York'morrow night. Sales here total is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. $182,307, reported through July 3 In the SWIM for Summer Bare! Brief. Beau- tiful. The smart- 2 est, cutest little swim suit you ever set eyes on. Sleek one - piece styles. Pert two - piece models —everyone fresh as paint! Styled by Catalina i il s the Smaller War Plants Corpora- /\laska Fish and Wildlife D)rertm"tion this morning got right down Frank T. Hynes and Game Man- to business here, discussing with agement Supervisor Jack O'Connor, local residents their individual Miracle Whip SALAD DRESSING Pints and Quarts at the Juneau Deliveries— (WA ll.‘nndZP. M. Douglas Delivery—10 A. M. STEVENS | | | | % 'WEDDING IS T0 BE HELD STEAMER SOUTH ON SATURDAY. The wedding of Miss Florence Jen- teamer ‘mnrd in port Tuesday sen and Mr. Ernest ‘Weschenfelder is ion bout with Willie Brown, Alas- heavyweight champion, at Fort ardson. e A GANSON GEIS PEEK " AT HIGHWAY SCENE successor to] McGovern as head of the division of the 5c,\ulc of Commerce, now mak- Arthur Ganson, | Terry | Alaska | Chamber | ing his trip to the Territory, made | | use | for of the Fourth of July holiday a trip out the Glacier High- ‘W’W looking over developments. | He was conducted on the trip by Harry Sperling, of the Forest Service o[flce here. Phones 92 - 95 The Best Cash Grocery in Junean THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1945 ‘SOFTBALL LOOP - TONIGHT OPENS CLOSING ROUND Juneau's softball league enters its final round of regular season play with the game slated this evening |between the Coast Guard and Blue Jays. The game is set for Firemen's Field at 7 o'clock. Two other scheduled contests yet remain to be played: Old Awkwards vs. Signacs and Freshmen vs. Head- quarters Company. The two top teams of the league will then be ready to enter into a four-club Shaunnessy play-off for the 1945 title. The Blue Jays are currently lead- ing the league, with all other teams except the trailing Signaes knotted for second spot. A Coast Guard win tonight is almost required for lmL club to ease into the play-offs, In a mix that was rained out on | Monday evening, the Freshmen Tuesday night, scored a decisive win n‘m the Signacs, 10-4. | CLUB STANDINGS Team Wi k. - Pek | Blue Jays 6 3 667 Old Awkwards 5 4 Headquarters 5 4 5 Coast Guard 5 4 5 Freshmen 5 4 565 Signacs 1 8 a1 Friday and Saturday Specials SUGAR 100 Pound Sack $7.95 C.and H. PURE CANE BUY YOUR SUPPLY W! CERTO 3 botles $3.00 BUY YOUR CERTO SUPPLY NOW! WHOLE CLAMS C No. 2 tin—BUTTER CLAMS MINCED CLAMS EXTRA SPECIAL! 3 for 89c CHERRIES 2 No. 23 fins $1.00 ROYAL ANN—BLACK BINGS Large Selection of FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES PhoneRorB SUPER V00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000¢ NUC Ibs. OA $1 BUY NOW! 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