The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 23, 1945, Page 2

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DINER CAR RACKET INEAST NEW YORZX, Aug. 23.—A $100,000- vear dining racket—with service- | men, elderly women and inexper- ienced travelers as dupes — was smashed today, the FBI said, with the arrest of 118 railroad employees in four cities. ‘The scheme was based on manipu- lation of civilians’ food and liquor | checks, kiting government meal i tickets used by the armed forces and | stretching portions, the FBI dis- closed. All those taken into custody were ards, waiters or cooks employed the New York Central and Erie MOVINGIN ONKURILES Airborne Units Reported fo| Have Already Seized Shumushu Island (Continued from Page One) Shumushu lies but a few miles south of the Siberian Peninsula of Kamachatka, It and the rest of the Kurile Chain form a screen be- by railroads. | ENGINEER BLACK HERE ON SURVEY FOR EVALUATION Will Map Procedure for | Appraisal of Juneau Public Utilities E. B. Black, a principal of one of the world’s foremost engineer- |ing firms, Black and Veatch, of | Kansas City, arrival in Juneau yesterday afternoon—on a recon- naissance mission, | Black and Veatch has been con- | tracted by the City of Juneau to | perform an appraisal of privately- }:,wned public utilities properties in this city. Mr. Black is now here| {for a few days, at least, “to find | out what it's all about.” | Interviewed in his room at the| | Baranof Hotel shortly after he | stepped off a PAA plane from| | Seattle, Mr. Black declared himself, | as yet, unable to indicate just how | much will be involved in the ap- | praisal here of the facilities of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, the Juneau Water Com- pany and the Nelson Water Com- | pany, nor how long the valuation will take, Mr. Black does not plan to stay | personally on the ground all the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE——JUNEAU, ALASKA — Earfhshock Precautions For Turkey ANKARA — Since earthshocks are; not adjustable to architecture, ar-| chitecture is going to be adjusted| to earthshocks by the Turkish goy-| ernment by building houses in earth- with shocks, thus preventing costly destruction and loss of life. After long studies by all the Me-| teorological/Institutes and geology professors of Turkey, a map has! been prepared showing the exact earthshock areas in Turkey. A Turkish scientist has unveiled a ma- stall - earthshocks, it also was an-| nounced. GEN. DE GAULLE MEETS TRUMAN ATWHITEHOUSE WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Gen. Charles De Gaulle called a confer- ence with Jean Monnet, Chief of | time the appraisal is under way. | | War calls have peeled down the | | firm's staff far too much to allow ' | him to remain long away from | | Kansas City, he said—though the | | kind of weather he met on arrival’ | here is, he averred, a pleasant al- | ternative to the present in Kansas | city. { Twenty-seven of Black and | Veatch's engineers are now in the | armed forces, he stated—16 of them | key men v | i “There is a great deal to be done lin all valuation cases,” Mr. Black' | declared. Some of the work here has already been done (by City | Utilities Engineer Walter Stuart.) iHe is here to see just how much { has been done and how much more | there is to do; to outline pro- | cedures and direct the overall pro- ' ject. After Mr. Black has mapped the appraisal work—which he expects | will require at least three or four | days—he will return to his firm’'s headquarters and dispatch to | Juneau such of his men as he think§ will be necessary for the Jjob. } Immediately following his ar- rival here yesterday, Mr. Black went into conference with Engineer Stuart. He was expected today to confer with managements of the | Juneau utilities, including R. F. Lewis, Juneau Water Company owner, who arrived here from California earlier in the week—for the purpose of being on hand for the appraisal of his company’s fa- cilities. ; = | - COASTAL AIRLINES | ON MARY FLIGHTS Alaska Coastal Airlines’ late af- ternocn flights yesterday were the following: To Haines: B. Feero. | To Skagwa; To Tenakee: R. C. Tremble. I_nccming passengers were the lul-l lowing: | From Hoonah: Robt. Hicks, A. O. Peterson, Andrew Judson and Jud-. |son Brown. From Pelican: Ray Laube, F. J. |Beckers and Mrs. F. J. Beckers. | From Haines: Charmaine Ramey and Mrs. W. L. John. From Skagway: R. D. Lee. From Hawk Inlet: Hans Floe, Rose | Houston and Esther Miller. From Petersburg: Brooks Hanford. From Ketchikan: Tom Farrell and W. C, Farrell. From Wrangell: Al Westeg. ternoon were as follows: To Ketchikan: Mrs. John Mor- grum, S. G. Tarrant, Mrs. Eugene Oliver, M. G. Sucrow and Florence Johnstone. To Petersburg: L. G. Holtby. To Hawk Inlet: Hans Floe. To Hoonah: Pat Kane, Emil Fish- er and Hugh Daniels. To Excursion Inlet: Ralph Smith and James Daly. To Sitka: J. P. Amyes. - -——— - MEDAL OF HONOR BESTOWED TODAY, 28 ARMY HEROES WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Presi- dent Truman bestowed the Con- gressional Medal of Honor on 28 Army heroes today in the largest mass ceremony of its kind. Two of the heroes were in wheel I tween Russia’s Maritime provinces Vo chairs, Another was totally blind. and the Aleutians 750 miles to the M JOHN HERE Applause followed each medal be- east. Mrs, William John has arrived |stowed. The Soviet communique announc- in Juneau on an Alaska Coastal| The awards brought to 196 the ing Russian occupation of Port Ar- Airlines’ plane from Haines to meet number of medals of honor given thur, Dairen and Shumushu, said her husband, who is due in from|to Army personnel in World War II. 71000 Japanese were _captured, the Westward. Mrs. John is a Toatrs bringing the. total in four days t0 school teacher at Haines, and is De ARMOND IN TOWN 246,000. accompanied by little Charmaine e G Pl Sl b Ramsey, also of that city. They are| R. N. De Armond, city editor of BUBAC IN TOWH |guests at the Gastineau Hotel. - ODEGAARD IN JUNEAU O. M. Odegaard, of Seattle, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. of Duluth,' the Hotel Edmund J. Bubac, Minn,, is a guest at Juneau, the Alaska Fishing News, published 1t Ketchikan, has arrived here from a trip to the Westward and In- terior points and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel, Flights this morning and early af- 1 the French Econcmic Mission here today as other French leaders con- ferred at length with Secretary of Statz Byrnes. Dz Gaulle, who had a two hour session with President Truman last- ing until midnight last night, pre- sumably wanted to review with Mon- net the full possibilities of Ameri- can financial aid to the French Provisfonal Government, which De Gaulle heads. A high official of the Economic Administration teday that the $240,000,000 loan re- quested recently by France from the Export-Import bank had been ap- proved by the FEA. — .- — THOMAS SAARI T0 BE BURIED SATURDAY; MOOSE LODGE RITES Funeral services for Thomas Saari, old-time resident of Juneau, who died Monday at the age of 68 at St. Ann’s Hospital, will be held Saturday afternoen at 2 o'clock from the Chapel of Charles W. Carter Mortuary. ; The Loyal Order of Moose Ritual- istic service will be conducted by officers of the Moose Lodge. Mr. Saari was a life member of the Loyal Order of Moose and of the General Foreign Assembly of Mooseheart. | Pallbearers will be Eli Tanner, Carl Lehto, Alfred Ruotsala, George Salo, Gust Nurmi and Mike Puusti. Interment will be in the Moose Plot, Evergreen cemetery. | — e 1 creasing cloudiness tonight. Cloudy and cooler, with some afternoon sunshine Friday. o o000 00 0 0o . . * WEATHER REPORT . (U, 5. WEATHEK SUKEAU, . ® Temperatures for 21-Hour Period @ @ Ending 7:30 0'Clock This Morning . e o o . In Juneau—Maximum, 72; ® minimum, 46. L At Airport—Maximum, 71; ® minimum, 39. LRI ] FORECAST o o . Juneau and vicinity. In- B . . . . eeecoeoccoeces ® 000600 00 0 ¢ - e ELEVEN PAIRS OF NYLONS A YEARIS | PROMISED WOMEN WILMINGTON, Del, Dupont De Nemours Company, swinging into large-scale peacetime | production, promises nylon-starved | American women 11 pairs a year. It won't be long, Dupont said,| until we have what amounts to a nylon world. i Sheer netiings, which proved an invaluable aid against mosquitoes in the tropics, soon will appear in | window curtains. 1 Curtains, dresses, veilings and | even underwear made of nylon| will hold their shape and smooth- ness through countless launderings, the company added. Through years of experience in putting the strong yarn to mili- tary uses, the textile industry has learned many new ways of handl- ing the yarn. - - BERNICK HERE C. L. Bernick, of Portland, Ore,, is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. ANCHORAGE EDITOR LEAVES FOR HOME | Robert Atwood, editor of the Anchorage Times, left today with Woodley Airways for Anchorage. He has been in Juneau for the Rotary Club district assembly. -ee | GARRETT IN TOWM | Jack A. Garrett, of Sitka, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel JOHNSTON IN JUNEAU E. A. Johnston arrived yesterday from Whitehorse on an incoming PAA plane and is a guest at the Baranof, disclosed BIDS ASKED OH shocked regions which would sway|and Juneau to Port Al r Joe Eley a rived on a Pan {chine with which he claims to fora-|Department, Washington, D. C. CATTLE nd Dan Wilson American Clipp - e | porrrr e e VETERARS' | ASKS NAME CHANGE Ludwig Christian Houmoller has filed a petition to change his name || It’s not too late to apply. You s after the war after discharge, ployee of Anchorage, is a the Hotel Juneau. 2% have until two 3 ends, (Cr two year 00 s NS i dischargad after the war ends) RETURNS HERE | Top period for waiting to apply for| in s. Barney ! je tion is 7 years after the war; that une THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 194 g 4 MA[ ROUTES to Ludwig Christian Baggen;' Bag- | | Gu l D E ! gen is the surname of the peti- : | tioner’s step-father and the pe- : OUT OF JUNEAU (omcsy scncieter, soa e el By MAJOR THOMAS M. NIAL | getierglly known, by the HAIE OF | Lol i S il e o e i s i B i il -} Postmaster Crystal Jenne today m".‘,;f"l,"\“'f_‘“h”“1'”_‘::1':;1] (;:lshlth;:(x)‘l{-l WASHINGTON — T" whale of a distance away. Further- | announced that four Star Route mail e o at some of these questions, ¢/ more, if the hospital were Crow J ing at Juneau and Thane. d ; ; contracts out of Juneau are now SR S will allow. Letters r-nmm«]' in with-|ed (which is I ) the \(.r»x]‘m ¢ to bid for carrying t mails AT # " e cut any names 1ed will have to|wcutd have to follow the regular during the five year period from . € G: OFFICERS HERE ‘ue onored. sorry. I can't talk withcrder of preferance for admittance. |} July 1, 1946 to June 30, 1950. qo Yo oiticera , attached, t0/ e o ongmous. ghosts | ve already outlined that order. The four powsr boat runs affecteq Scventeenth Naval District Coast Sl U The G 1 Bill e n section are: Juneau to Sitka; Juneau to Guard Headquarte a1 Question from H, A. R.: Are therc contains no special provision for Skagway; Juneau to Pelican City Were Juneau ar g ions in the names of cal treatment of veteran stu- i 5 “ coming here for a fe' on of- dents or trainces. nation concerning the mail ficial business. They are Lt. C. E. THe velerane adb A and bid requircments is now Davisen, USNR, Chaplain, and Dr.|yinistrdtion has an index with the What vet- available at the Juneau post office, Gerald Plog, of the U. 8. Public of over 20 millic or ligibla. for burial i a Ithe Postmaster deglared. 1 Service s of these are pers i Nat Cemetery? | The bids will be regeived until SIS 1 name identical with s other! Ar rvice man or woman who 15:15 o’clock p. m., December 11, 1945, MRS. WALLIS ( GE HOME per cent of total ng war or peace can ke Ithe the office of the Second Assis- Mrs. Wallis George returned yes- are Smiths—200,000. How many John Luri 1 Cemetery pro- tant Postmaster General, Post Office terday by PAA | ?' 12,000, The re also > was honor- where she had meve than 136,000 Johnsons and from ‘G 1 4 o S e daughter, Carol 100,000 Brow the ‘dis- i edical care thre —_ r conditions ‘BA(K 0 NORMAl nn is now undergoing treéatment . than dishonorable.” Orthopedic Hospital, and ;«‘L' ion Bmm :([ !B - e | Mrs. George plans to return to G 1 Bill benefits, does an S R JACK WILSON IN TOWN Accent the word il pe WASHINGTON, Aug. 23—Return Jack Wilson, one of Juneau’s { EREFD GIVEN ) of the nation to standard time in best known sourdoughs, has re- R =5y « place of the hour-later wartime will turned to his home here after from L. D,, Fort Worth: e \ be recommended to Congress Sep- ks and months on construc- Neverdn B9 abeilog e o Aug. 22 — The tember 5 by President Truman, he tion work to the Westward, lud- | tin _uunvx.x:: under the G I War D 5 l" Anitiineed; " told his news conference today. The ing the Aleutians. 3ill of Rights? } ihb e Doolittls raid President made known his views on Seo b The vet files an application with| o.% "0 eased, tid i b fliers w released from restoming the country to normal HUGHES HE the V A regional office nearest to flier i 1 in response to a question. G. L. Hughes, of An kim (there’s one in Waco). Of aps{® 2 = "0 2 T ok >oo rived from Gustavus yesterday on [Plication can be made at the schocl B bae 7. Miiaah A an Alaska Airlines’ plane and is a |¢elected by the vet. Get hold of a e i adi e INFANTRY RA!{;( guest at the Gastineau Hotel V A Form 1950. Local Red Cross bty o o ) e (,Tl::R e have th L:x:. on hand Yot Tt iheck Bait. whi slster. AIR CORPS 22000 Mrs, Evgene Oliver arrived yes.| Inauiry from A. A. M, New Or- Willlam Maas, lives at Pitts Setznill terday from Anchorage and is T D DeStliper. \Hkoee NEWTON, Mass.—Sgt. Benjamin SUest at the Hotel Juneau. S N e el Huuda Audrus, is a M. Thomas came home from Pat- e o | ights under the G I Bill? If so, isi't: resident of’ Madras, Ore. ton’s Third Army with this one: MR. MRS. WITHERS HERE (/% %o\ 00 iive Two years have| | 1st Lt. Robert L. Hite, whose To an infantryman operating in| Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Withers, of || . 4 G0 my dischargs 3 is Robert P. Hite of Earth, bigh terrain with a walkie-talkie McMinnville, Ore, are gunests at (PS0% S AFE IS SO0 BREr o o0 ame a message, “This is the Air|the Hotel Juneau while in Juneau " & seniember, 1040—that, in four were among eight who Forces coming in at 1,000 feet.” Back | ©n a short vacation ot, is the way the Te raid on 'Tol went the answer: “This is the In Ee "That's the date of the first Selective &nd were ¢ 1 by the Japanesc ' fantry coming in at 3,000 feet. Get McMURRAY IN TOWN rvice induction. So you'd be eli-| When forced” down in enemy terri- * the hell up where you belong.” Grant A. McMurr: CAA em- | j10 said it had srimens rescue Office cf ungking re the four we ported vesterday > liberated by a C! from a trip to the Interior, by way 1 fr for readjustment allowance, 5 years; | “humanitarian” team which para- of Fairbanks, and are guests at the Steamer Yukon to for years, chuted into Peining. The O3S said Gastineau Hotel. They will return band, who <as been tra x i that e was a scrious condition to the Puget Sound city soon. bhere by the Coast Guard. The| Question from Dan A., R from beri beri and this man may - > are former Juneau residents, 'Is me trea: i boen Lieutenant Barr, MRS, MR. FARRELL HERE 4ind having been ployed by fres to a veteran while he's taking = T Mr. and Mrs. W. D. of the Al a Press before entering a course under the education section SMITH IN JUNEAU Anchorage, are guests at the B service. of the G I Bill? Ralph M. Smith, of Seattle, ar- * anof Hotel. e | Well, it’s available at the npear-'rived on an incoming Pan Ameri- - > oo - Mrs. A. J. Jon of attle, is a lest V. A hospital, same as for a can Clipper from Seattle and is a Empire Want-ads Its! 'guest at the Hotel Ju u. ‘veteran. Of course, that may be a'guest at the Baranof Ho bring resui The whole world is local news now. No longer is it sufficient to be informed about your fown, state and country—it is just as vital that you know and understand what happens in the far corners of the earth. ; To keep you informed is the job of the world’s No. 1 news organ- ization, The Associated Press, of which this paper is a member. From its beginnings in 1848 The Associated Press has operated with the world as its home. Today its offices and correspondents cover the earth. The world looks to AP news because it is as truthful, accurate, unbiased and decent as human endeavor can make it., Watch for AP news of the world daily in The Daily Alaska Empire ¥ r g A oy W it N e g gy &