The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 4, 1946, Page 2

PAGE TWO CANNCN TOWELS Thi three s and peach, rose, . white a zes thirsty Cannon Towels, in matched sets . . . llow, green and blue lsc with colored border. Large Bath Size - - 1.05 Guest and Hand Size - Wash Cloths - 45 20 PHOENIX RAYON HOSE Limited quantity, 45 gauge hose. only to Phoen Tomorrcw’s feature, a patron, pleasc. 1.35-1.15 x Rayon Mesh and one pair L. 1/( Rehrends QUALICY SINCE /887 DEBATE TEAM OF JHS GUESTS AT CC MEET TODAY Announcement by Superintendent cf Schools A. B. Phillips that weather conditions may force the Juneau high school team to break its debate date with Ketchikan high school in no way detracted from three excellent speeches giv- en by the local student debaters at the Chamber of Commerce lunch- eon today. Arguing the negative jucsticns, “Should the Ur Adopt Compulsor: were Patr] Jand Dick Wir son. Other fmeémbers, introduced but not"s ing, were Eetty Beb Geldstein At ccnclusion of the ten minute speeches Coach Phillips asked the Chamber members to tire questions at the speakers as a full-dress re- hearsal. There was silence for a few seconds then Ben Benecke of Alaska C()Eihll Airlines fired one at de ()I the ped Lou Fagerson and dun'! you down and back?” A new Chamber member, intro- «duced by President Charles W. Car- t Fred Eastaugh of the Alas- 3 Pc onal Servicz Agents here. Today’s guests, who took bows as their names were called, were: Rob- ert Martin, Kake's postmaster; John Gaffney, former Juneau Chamber member, now in the insurance busi- ness in Seattle: Eric Ness, insur- ance, Petersburg; Dick Stryker, CAA engineer, Anchoragc; Jack Conway, insurance, Sitka; and Mrs, Glen Oakes, whose daughter was one of today’s luncheon speakers. - MARTHA SOCIETY IS 10 HOLD REGULAR MEETING TOMORROW AFTERNOON The Martha Soclety will their regular meeting tomorrow ternoon in the parlors of the Ncrthern Light Presbyterian church, fly those Kkids hold ° o -Maximum, 39; v ximum, 42; minim: 1 WEATIHER FORE Guucau ang Vielity) Rain showers tonight and Friday with deceasing south- easterly topight. Warmer with some sunshine Pri but temperature dropp to near freezing Friday I e e o 0.3 <~ oo BARTLETT GIVES UP BATILE FOR SHIPPING BILL WASHINGTON, April 4.—Dele- | gate Bartlett of Alaska has aban- dened efforts to get immediate ac- Xtion on his bill to permit the Alas- ka Railroad to operate ocean going ships, Objections by three Representa- tives of ;,the bill by the House Mon- day when it came up on the con- sent calendar. can block consideration, since there had been previous objections, the| bill was stricken from the consent calendar. Barilett told a reporter he will take no further steps to keep the | measure alive until after the Mari- time Commission concludes next month its hearing on application of steamship lines operating Alaskan service for increased rates. He said he will decide then whether to ask the House Rules Committee to auth- orize consideration of the bill by 1 the House, Wake Hero with dessert served at 1:30 o'clock. | Hostesses for the afternoon will be Mrs. Gunnar Blomgren and Mrs. A. F. Knight. A cordial invitation is extendzd to all friends and mem- Lers, and a reminder given to bring a gift for the bride in Holland, which was discussed the last meeting. at RIS eSS SKAGWAY'S 1.B. M.D. ON ANNUAL LEAVE Maj. Rudolph Haas, Alaska Na- Live Service physician in charge of i the Skagway tuberculosis sanator- {ium, is enroute to Chicago whe; ihe will conduct brief official busi- i ness before going on annual leave Maj. Haas left here yesterday and is returning the first week in iMay. He will spend his leave in {New York City and in Lewiston, | Maine. 1 D LAGERGRENS GO SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. Earl {have returned to Seattly after {spending the past week visiting his iparenls. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Lager: {gren. Earl left by plane Monday, fenroute to Bremerton where he is jemployed at the Navy Yard, and :Mrs. Lagergren sailed on the steam- | {er Princess Norah. Lagergren | Under this proce-' dure, objection by a single member | VICLENCE FLARING ITALIAN ELECTION ROME, April 4—Right and Cen- trist political factions maintained a slight lead over Lefist groupings as returns from Sunday’s fourth round of municipal elections continued to trickle in today amid reports of ttered disorders attributed to itical conflicts and .unemplo, - ment A band of unemployed veterans sacked the City Hall at the south- eastern town of Molfetta, and loot- c¢d an UNRRA warchouse, according to the Italian News Agency, ANS/ Violence also flared at Ostuni, nea Brindisi, where 600 women raid- ed a ration board and sacked a bakery and Tiour mill. Advices from Barf said five were wounded when several hand gren- ades were thrown during a Demo- cratic Christian~ party vietory cele- bration at Corate. Confirm Vardaman As Member of FRB' | WASHINGTON, April 4—Com- modore James K. Vardaman, Jr.,' | retiring naval aide to President | Truman, emerged victorious today |from a ten-weeks battle for con- | tirmation to the' Federal Reserve Board. | His appointt.->nt is for a 14-year term at $15000 a year. The Senate gave the Vardaman | nomination its approval by a vote! of 66 to 9 yesterday, after a final| | flurry of arguments on the quali- fications of the 51-year-cld Mis- | souri banker for the post. FROM KAKE | Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Mnrun |of Kake are at the Baranof. R PELICAN VISITOR Fred Emerson of Pelican is nt Hotel Gastineau. and Fiancee Col. James P. 8. Devereux, hero of the Marines' stand on Wake Island in the early days of the war in the Pacific, chats with his fiancee, Miss Rachel Clarke Cooke of Baltimore, at his suburban Chevy Chase, Mgd., home. Their engagement was announced recently, (AP Wiré- photo) THE DAILY ALASKA EVIPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA CITYMANAGER B U LL ETIN §/Negotiations PlAN CARRIES M FAIRBANKS | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 4 |At a brisk city election Tuesday { Fairbanks voted 651 tc 249 for the |city manager plan, re-elected Hjal- imer Nordale as Mayor and Frank |DeWree as member of the schocl {board, but unoppoced. | From a field of eight candidates. {Ray Kohler, Kenneth Bell and | William McRoberts were elected to ‘!h(' City Council, | DUNBAR MAYOR AT NOME | NOME, Alaska, April 4—Luther Dunbar defeated net Martin and JH, G. Hank Miller for mayor in | Tuesday's City election. Dunbar |manages the Nome Power and Tele- ‘phonc Company. | Paul Mandeville, {Modern Cleaners; Richard Webb, !manager of Wein Airlines; Een | Young, oil man, were.elected tc |the Council, defeating George Mad- Isen, liquer dealer, and John Olsen truck driver. | Carrie McLain was elected City Clerk, C. C. Tanner, City Attorny; H. G. Gabrielson, Treasurer. Frank Love, enginesr of the U. S. Refinery and Mining Cempany, was elected to the School Board owner of the ELECTION AT KODIAK KODIAK,A laska, April 4.—The City of Kodiak will start negotiat- ing for acquisition of the unu Army Dock, formerly owned and operated by local merchant Ben Craft, as the result of a vecte of 154 in favor to 73 opposed in the city election Tuesday. Two other referendums, provid- ing for a combination of City Clerk and Treasurer, on2 appointive posi- ticn, and one condemnation of a portion of an alley which the city will trade for a private street, car- ried with substantial majorities. With nine candidates for thr pesitions, A. A. Owen, lumber con- tractor, Leo Sears, taxl operator, and Harry Christopherson, baker, all Labor endorsed, were elzctad. Lee Bettinger, candy plant and bettling works owner, and Presi- dent of the Chamber of Comm was unopposed for Mayor. Election of Bettinger, incumbent councilman, leaves a Council vacancy to be fill- ed by the Mayor by appointment with approval of th= Ccuncil CHASE LOSES AT CORDOVA COxxPOVaA, Alaska, April 4— Richard Davis, former Lieutenant in the Navy and member of a, pio- neer family was elected Mayor Tuesday by a big lead over sevzn- teen termer Dr. Will H. Chase. The vecters also favored young men fcr three City Council posi- tions, elected Ralph Benner, long- time utilities electrician; Jack Din- neen, Cordova korn, and Darrell V.| (Red) Underwcod, pilot of the Cor- {deva Air Service, for two year werms. Carry-over Councilmen are C. C. Carlson, fisherman; Frank Kruger, |plumber, and many-termer Don Shellhorn, clothing store manager. V. J. Swanberg, many-termer, was re-elected City Clerk, no tion; A. McN. Field, oldtimer, elected City Treasurer, ion. ; Merle K. Smith, owner of an air| 'service, with no opposition, was; (clected for three years on the {School Board. ‘The weather was fine, mzeu:st hot and 300 ballots were cast — The expression ‘“oyez’ used {tnnouncing the opeing of {was -introducsd | the Normans. no opposi- i (of the Walter | holds a Master's Degree in public cpposi- i was | | | | | s | in court, into England by ,§\\v WASHINGTON—Senator Pepper (D-Fla.) asserted in the Senate w- day that this country is Jomlng with other nations in “ganging up cn Rus: contention which Senator Hatch (D-N.M.) promptly and_ hotly disputed. WASHINGTON — Long range, hcusing legislatjon, aimed at a goal of 12,500,000 new homes in the next 10 years, was approved unani- | mously today by the Senate Bank- | ing Committee. It provides easier , government loans and credits de- | igned fo encourage construction by | private industry and calls for con- | tinued direct government aid rm, low rent housing. VATICAN CITY Pap(‘ Pius in a broadcast today declared that the | spectre of famine rises behind the deliberation of diplomats and he appealed to the world’s consciertce | and sense of responsibility to see! that destitute peoples do not starve. NEW YORK—On a motion by U. S. Secretary Byrnes, the Security | Council today shelved the Iranian case until May 6—but the decision | came only after Australia’s repre- sentative had blasted Soviet Am- assador Andrei Gromyko's walk-| out and accused the Council of | failing to do its duty. May 6 is !he( date Russia promises to have all| troops withdrawn from Iran. HERFORD, Germany — British | Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery said today that the British occupa- | tion of* Germany would last at least ten years. WASHINGTON—The Senate as a whole today approved a compro- mise preposal tc establish a min- imum wage of 60 cents an hour for persons covered by the wage-hour law. The present minimum is 40 cents an hour. Final action is still | to come, however, on other con- | troversial points in the minimum wage legislation. SEATTLE—Two P-80 Army jet | planes arrived at Boeing field here at 11:05 am. (PST) today, 50 min- | utes after taking off from Med- ford, Ore., 360 miles away. They bucked headwinds all the way and were 10 minutes over schedule, a - top speed of 550 miles an hour was | made. - eee NEW P. H. NURSE New public health -nurse for Southeast Alaska is -Mrs. Esther Bacon, formerly of Bremerton, | Wash.,, who will leave here Mon-‘ day to replace Dorothy Jackson at Wrangell. \ While in Washington, Mrs. Bacon | served as public heaith nurse in | Kitsap County. She is a graduate | Reed Hospital and health nursing from Columbia Uni- versity. - > - | Jay M. Mallott of Yakutat, a i Hotel Gastineau guest. is oy /% 3 L4 %! 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U. organizations is only one of the several demands asked for in the new contract, which’ is in the process of negotiation at this time with the shiv owners and dock oper- ators “Had the longshoremen discharg- ed freight with the merchants pay- ing the bill, it would have strength- ened the position of the shipping interests bv having some one else pay the bill and in no way have | nelped the longshoremen in obtain- ing their back pay. “The present agreement under which the Alaska locals have been operating expired Seotember 30. 1942, but in view of the fact that 1 world conflict was on, the locals of Alaska continued to funcauu | without protest so as to prevent a needed war upon the con- w. stoppage of much meterials, however, clusmn of the conflict the T L the best in everything. 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Growden, a Veterans Administra- tion employee, gave a new twist to the house-hunting problem today He has engaged a private detective agency to help him and his wife find living quarters. “I asked the agents to find some- thing by the end of April,” Grow- den said, “but they said they could not prcm)se anything.” D NERLAND GOES SOUTH Senator Andrew Nerland flew south via PAA plane, making a trip below before returning to his home in Fairbanks. - - FROM SEATTLE Roy Frankhause, L. F. Blake and John H. Gaffney, all of Seattle, are at the Baranof. -——— SEWARD MAN HERE R. C. Ingram of Seward ‘{nwl Bi\lanof south- 1 is at Brown-Forman's King bears one of America’s most distinguished whisky names—a proud tradition for quality, for smooth, mellow flavor. That's one big reason why more and more people who know fine whisky ask consistently for Brown-Forman’s King of pre-war whisky. And King is mild, yet full-flavored and satisfying. 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