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MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1946 their home here tomorrow night. 7 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE- —JUNEAU, ALASKA CHANDLER OFFERED (PIONEER LOCKIE (NEW A (CT](Q N REPRESENTATIVE OF POSITION AS CZAR | MacKINNON PASSES | .. SEABEES IN JUNEAU; ~AWAY Last nighr GROUP MOVES PAGE EIGHT —— lic Health Center in the Territorial Building when workers in Zones 17 and 9 will meet with their Zene Leaders—Dr. William White- | head and A. G. Taylor—and public | ! heaith workers, to outline the sur-| vey work and review films on ro- committee. The couple was married in the Tail Twister Lion Don Foster ask- | Douglas Catholic Chuch by the Rev. ed about the Red Cross buttons, Vanderpool. Of their five children jand was assured that most of the only two will be present tomorrow Lions had them, even if not in|night George and Katherine, who |prominent lapel positions. The are living at home. Two other Julius L. Piland, a former COm-jUOm assistance to the Minni€ daughters, Mrs. Margaret Aguer- iw«re appointed to the nomination | Zone 7 First Trainfi?(lasses of Public Health Workers fo Begin Tonight The Juneau Rodent Cor gram, sponsored by loc health, munic 1 ness groups with the assis many private citizens, i to be well under way next two weeks, it was announced today by Frank A. Metcalf, Chair- man of the Committee on Zones The scope of the program is four fokd and calls for a survey of the city to determine rat infestation, rat harborage areas, ratproofing needs, and garbage storage and dis- posal conditibns at private prem- ises; the adoption of municipal re- gulations providing for elimination of rat infestation and for certain ratproofing and ratstoppage mea- sures in all new construction and in existing food establishments, as well as an ordinance providing for mandatory subscription to garbage collection; a city-wide cleanup; and an educational program point- ing out the need for rat control. In order to effectively carry out the survey part of the program, the city has been divided into twenty zones and zone and block leaders will be responsible for determining the conditions within their respec- tve areas. public civie nd busi- ance of expected within the ier the lead n, will 1 ) o'clock at the mainder of the week “The success depend, to a I 1 which is of Jureau,” bage metal of elicit mqval of trash and the ratproofing of containers be made lation of Juneau. .We ship of Garland Bog- et Tuesday evening at Health Center, i other training classes will pro- | bably be scheduled during the re- of the program will B > extent, upon the given Mr. the | Metcalf | are | |_venrly |missioner of the Mexican League League President Jorge Pasquel, cabled the offer to Chandler. expenses in addition to the salary. SETS PHENOMENAL TIME, UBC EVENT citizen to lend assistance to those! who will make the survey, and will| of the| carry out other work. Organizations (?lesirmg films “"GLMountain to the finish flag below | speakers on the sub)ecf of rat con- i, the phenomenal time of 1:314, trol are requested to call the Ter-'gin pobinson of Vancouver captur- ritorial Department phone 466 or 573. >ee R. C. R. C. Ingram, Roads . Administration is in headquarters. Ingram with the PRA for 20 years. Harvey J CDA aspects INGRAM HERE FROM SEWARD BASE Juneau to confer ling the 15500 foot yertical MEXICAN BASEBALL' AWAY MEXICO CITY. April 8—U. S.| Pioneer Juneau resident Lockic Baseball Commissioner A. B. Happy | MacKinnon died at his home in Chandler has been offered a $50,000 |the MacKinnon Apartments salary to become high com-|last night at 10:30 o'clock. | et born at Lake ’’ . . ernardo Pasquel announced here.| Ensley, Nova Scotia, of parents o[i NaflOfla' comm'"ee fO' | Bernardo Pasquel said his brother, | Scottish descent, would have been | | Death | ib attributed to his advanced age.| The proposal was said to include;The condition of his health has| 1. “The proper storage of gar-| o 132 | | * Pt ve year contract, s 1 iremained virtuall becween’ collections, jn tight a five year contract, plus living d virtually unchanged for the elimination e bage dumping; the re- it i VANCOUVER SKIER buildings, necessary before auy headway in reducing the rat popu-| urge every VANCOUVER, B. C., April 8—Rid- drop |built the .old Circle City Hotel here, .| Mr. MacKinnon, ,/80 years old next May 29. .|some years. i Leaving home at the age of 14,] {Mr. MacKinnon made his way across Canada to the Cassiar dis- trict, from wheére he first came {to Alaska in 1887. He entered into {a prospecting partnership © with | Geagrge Miller and the two mined in the Porcupine area in the early Nineties. Coming to Juneau, they |course from the peak of Grouse!in 1897. \pecting with his i old partner’s Health, cq first place in the men’s Senior brother, Fritz Miller, with whom (A) downhill event in the Univer- he made the discovery strike at ment here yesterday. ed the race as Robinson defeated DIES IN EVERETT Mrs. Nan Lemieux, sister of Capt. !J. V. Davis and Pat Davis of Ju- | neau and a former resident of this Smith of Funter Bay, is registered at the Gastineau. e, —— MEETS TUESDAY The Catholic Daughters will hold city for approximately 30 years, an important business meeting at | died Sunday morning at 5 o'clock Training classes will begin this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Pub- far, FOR “THAW" WEATHER COMFORT THE HURRICANE COAT . .+ of “water repellent,” “windproofed” gabardine . . . Lined with (turry fabric) 1009 Alpaca . . . detachable hood . . . furry fabric trim . . . Truly a gcod comfortable buy at Sizes 10 to 20 $39.94 Plus Postage Mail Orders Filled The Young Saratogian Shop 398 Bway Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Send $10.00 Deposit with Order—Balance C. 0. D. 8 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9. in Everett, Wash,, following an op- | All members are urged to attend. eration Word of her death was received by radio by Mrs. Pat Davis yester- day. Funeral arrangements are pending word from relatives of the deceased in this city. Mrs. Davis has been unable to inform J. V. Davis of his sister's death because he is presently aboard the Yakobi mail boat which, was due yester- day, but has not yet arrived in Ju- neau. Mrs. Lemieux left this city last Spring and has resided in Wash- ington State since that time. "TUBBY" GRIFFIN 1S VISITING HERE lioward W. Griffin, manager of the Lowe Trading Company at Dillingham and President of the Chamber of Commerce of Bristol Bay, has arrived in Juneau to pend several days here. Mr. G known professional- Tubby” is a former All- ican football player As manager of the Lowe Com- pany, he has under his business jurisdiction a theatre, restaurant, sevefal lodges and a store. The property is owned by his sister, Mrs. Marguerite Bradford. e - IN POLICE COURT Seven offenders arraigned before Judge Willilam Holzheimer in Mun- icipal Court have received the fol- lowing penaities: Hardy J. Leonard, drunk and dis- | orderly, $50; Anderson O'Neal, drunk and disorderly, $50; Dolly Sflvers, drunk and disorderly and | trespassing, balil-forfeited, $41; Ma- ble Willls, drunk and disorderly,’ 10 days in - jail with sentence suspend- | ed under order of good behavior and return to home in Angoon; Daniel Joseph, drunk and disorderly, $10 |fine and 5 days in jail with jdil sentence suspended under order of I'good behavior; Ollfe Kosky, drunk |and disorderly, '$25, and Frank Richards, drunk and disorderly, or- Valdez. s e — ANCHORAGE VISITORS De Opal Decked and E. Miller, llh“ Baranof this weekend. A T s HOWARD W. GRIFFIN HERE Howard W. Griffin, of Dilling- ham, is a guest at the Baranof. gllIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIlIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIHHIHII II]IIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIII]lIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIII!IIIIiIIIlIIIlIIIIII'.'é MAY 15 é § 1 HELP MINFIELD BUILD A BULKHEAD Buy a Ticket and Help Us FirstAward . . . AFrigidaire Second Award . .. A Washing Machine AWARDING AT THE CAPITOL THEATRE This Is a Worthy Cause and Your Support ' Is Greatly Appreciated % TICKETS FOR SALE AT: The Sewing Basket, Home Grocery, Butler, Mauro Drug Co., Hotel Juneau ) HMIHIHIIIIIIHHIIHIIIIHHIIHE!I!?Il!!IH!IIII|IIIIIIIIiI!IlIIIIIIIIHIIIIlIlIIIIIlIIIIlilIIllfl"“llillllllflllllll More than 2600 spectators watch-| sity of British Columbia’s louma-iAflinv B.'C, just after the turn of 1the century. K In Gold Rush | Prior to that MacKinnon had with the Public by half a minute, Bill Dunaway of Joined in the big gold rush to Daw- at Seward, the Seattle Ski Club. <% MRS, NAN LEMIEUX ison. Most notable of his Yukon |Rush adventures was driving (herd of cattle across Chikoot Pass linto Dawson in 1899. fped(, MacKinnon mining on Vauit iCreek in that area for several years, ’but with less success than had ac- 'companied his other mining ven- |tures. In 1909, he shifted his op- |erations to the Iditarod district mining on Flat Creek until 1912 | While George Miller operated the | | hotel, MacKinnon went out pros-| Next came the Fairbanks stam- ' here | Win Peace’” Heads for Capitol _Hill | WASHINGTON, April 8. — The | “National Committee to Win the ;Pmce” headed for capitol hill to- 'day to demand action on a many- sided program drafted during three days of organizational meetings. After personal calls on Senators and Representatives ‘the . several hundred delegates from over the natien plan to return home to start organizing local and state | chapters. Announced objectives include: 1—On the international side, closer cooperation with the Soviet Union, avoidance of ‘“unilateral” action by the United States and more extensive use of the United Nations. 2.—On the domestic side, salvage of most of the Administration- backed measures which have been side-tracked or delayed by a com- bination of Republicans and south- ern Democrats. Marine Col. Evans Carlson, who distinguished himself as command- er of “Carlson’s Raiders” in China, and Paul Robeson, Negro singer, were designated co-chairmen of the | provisional national committee. | Other members were listed as be- ing affillated with labor unions, mander with the U. S. Seabees, ar- | Fields Bulkhead project was re- ra and Mrs. Lucille Wanzek, both rived here today from Washington, ported as progressing in good order.| of Wilmington, Calif, were unable D. C. to look over opportunities nf-‘; The Sight Conservation and|to make the trip in time for the forded by this section of Southeast Blind Committee will have the pro- |anniversary dinner. Sandy Stevens Alaska for suitable projects which'gram for next week, Program Chair- Jr., who is attending the Catholic he and his former associates in the man Alva Blackerby announced. | Mission school in Skagway, also Seabess might build and operate. |This is one of the major national will be absent. He is making his survey with programs of the Lion’s Club. | Fish buyer and packer for Seb- B. Frank Heintzleman of the For-| Some mention was made of the | astian-Stuart, Stevens has lived in {est Service. Heintzleman said that possible forth-coming soft ball gnme{ Juneau for the past sixteen. years. Piland intends to spend several days :lth e‘;he bl?ot-rlami. fhut hit k‘:las‘ R R jhere and then return to Washing- deemed a too early for that kind | r#| r ton, where he will confer with his of combat. { BR“"(H PROPOSED associates on the desirability of Guests of the Club today were their locating in Southeast M}g;sn,jflob Martin, of Kake, Buddy Hunter | BY R‘I"Bow Glm A large number of Seabees are and Keith Wildes, of Juneau. linterested in finding a place where| S i | IS (AllED OH: IOVI !they may use their skills and train-, | The Order of Rainbow for Girls, |ing to full advantage, Piland told SANDY S]'EVENS |at, its regular meeting on Satur- }Mr. Heintzleman. In the event they day afterncon, voted to indefinite- !decide on Alaska, they will bring ly postpone the pre-Easter “Brunch” their families and settle here on/ TO CEI_EBRATE‘wmeh they had planned for April a permanent basis. { ll!. This action was taken in view So far, the Forest Service exe-t of the shortage of certain supplies cutive said, Mr. Piland has indi-| Mr. and Mrs. Sandy A. Stevens,|due to the tie-up of steamers. cated great enthusiasm and approv- both of whom were born in Doug-i — lal of such project possibilities in las and have lived in the Gastineau MAZTON WOODS HERE this area. |Channel area since, will celebrabe\ Marion L. Woods of Fairbanks i .- their twenty-fifth wedding anni-| has arrived here. She is staying at | versary with a dinner party in|the Baranof. 'SUNRISE SERVICE - e BTl PO . GROUPS TO MEET | AT 7 TONIGHT TOWNSEND CLUB MEETING ¢ —— 2] ) L P Eme e N TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 9TH—AT 8 P. M. ‘ed the Rev. Robert Treat to meet LAWYER MR. JIM O'LEARY will give a lecture on THE ‘wuh the group planning the Sun- PENITENTES OF NEW MEXICO~the Flagellants of the rise Easter Service to be sponsored Southwest. by the church Youth Organizations ; in the city. In Rev. Soboleff’s ab- |sence, the group will meet tonight jat 8 o'clock at the Methodist Par- sonage. PUBLIC INVITED e e SN B SR | vened the opening session of the | dered to leave on next boat for | |both of Anchorage, registered nt| 'when he returned to Jumaumsmy_:\-ewmm groups and a variety of | The Sunrise Service is open to Settling down here, Mr. Mac- | Organizations which have devoted the community, The early morn- !Rinnon for years operated the Zyn- themselves in the past to condemn- ing service appeals to people re- da Hotel (now the Hotel Juneau). ing Fascism, promoting closer ties gardless of the weather. The MacKinnon Apartment was With the Soviet Ulon and advocat- The President and Advisor or constructed n 1926 and its operg- g abolition of racial discrimina- Counsellor of each youth organi- tion has been the old pioneer’s oc- tions. ization or group Is asked to help cupation ever since. | plan the service. Married In Juneau ShRC e . JLUTLY LAP 'BUDDY HUNTER IS CHIEF Martha Lykkie. Three sons were VK'"M WAS i E"IER"I“ER AT uo"s Attention ALL RETAIL MERCHANTS Attend SALES TAX MEETING TUESDAY APRIL STH—8:00P. M. CITY HALL CHAMBER MERCHANTS COMMITTEE — e — JERRY MARSH IS - GIVEN PROMOTION Jerry Marsh, Sergeant with the Alaska Communication System in \born to them. The eldest, J. Simp- 'son MacKinnon, now operates the :‘lu&i:r::ur;t;;;' S M jqu Au l AD Lion Dick Garrison had charge of i g . al S the Lion’s program today, and he 'n&mt; born May 14, 1901, is employ- ) introduced %u:dy HunCei,‘, n;lso of Was born in 1904 and died in 1910, MeD Who perished in_the tidal PIeS ho IWHET SRR S Mr. MacKinnon has one surviy- Wave that demolished Scotch Cap e;’ i oTh eL' mvs AR SR e ing relative in addition to his widow lighthouse was Jack Colvin, Ju- ??n?' e"mmtwlme uns‘um;flss- and two sons here; a sister, Mys. D€au youth. 1:;;"1;)] a:xrasem!p ;b;‘:m?fl-l hor: Mary McLeod, residing in New _ Fireman Colvin would have been an:in; gt it 10,00 bt York City. 21 years old at his next birthday, Li"m Pr;’:id*em IR N Mr. MacKinnon was a member pf Juve 2. He was born in Klamath . ounceq that nomina{iam would the Elks Lodge and the Pioneers Falls, Oregon and came here with be made from the floor in about of Alaska. For several years he his mother, Mrs. Ethel Colvin, in .o "G ore tor the Lion officers for was u Trustee of the Pioneers' 1940: next year. Lions Fred Henning, Home. For many years also he was He entered Juneau High School g, }Hunvter and. Don /C.. . Foster a very active member of the Ju- in September, 1940 and attended ’ ) neau Volunteer Fire Department, for three and one-half years until Interested in all the affairs of this he enlisted in the Coast Guard city, Mr. MacKinnon was especially Just before his 18th birthday in a great baseball fan. ' 11943. He was stationed here for No funeral arrangements have yet three months, was transierred to been announced. (the Cutter Clover, served for a time ! T >oe aboard a fire boat on the Columbia River and was transferred to FINA[ CURIAI" 0“ Scoteh Cap last November. | Jack’s older and only brother was gdruwued in Klamath Lake shortly i GE"EVA lEAGuE' before the family came to Juneau. | 1] l Surviving relatives, besides his i lE ADERS H A'lE mother, are his father, in Klamath ‘F‘alls: an aunt, Mrs, Evelyn Ver- ‘nun of Juneau; two uncles—Ray GENEVA, April 8. — President Westfall of Juneau and Jack West- Carl J. Hambro of Norway con-‘“" of Golovin Alaska. Mrs. Colvin ‘has been employed in the Post Of- fice here. 21st and last League of Nations As- | ki }aembly toddy with a eulogy to five Other victims of the tragedy, re- Allled ‘war leaders. leased by the Navy Department | - Hambro told the assembled dele- | Were: Anthony L. Petlt, Chief gates that they were meeting to | Boatswain’s Mate, of Hancock, “add some bricks and straw to the Mich.; Leonard Pickerlng, Motor buflding -of the wall of Secuflfi»,lMuchinlgt's Mate 2-¢, of Shreve- whose construction was begun by'port. Ld.; Paul Ness, Seaman 1-c, the Allied feaders. -~ {of Seattle, Wash.; and Dewey Dyk- “We cannot ‘meet here without a St'® Seaman l-c, of Artesia, Calif. word of gratitude,” he said, “to R BT 8.7 T the late President Franklin Roose- ! velt, Winston Churchill, Premmim. f. F. “Mnou Josef Stalin, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and General De Gaulle.” | "Ew (o-op M‘MG[R Hambro declared that “it was the wsion ana vietary of these men| — REPLACING SHEEPER which shall protect the life of peace loving nations in the years to ' New manager of the Thrift Co- e op Store is Mrs. F. F. Canieron, The session opened today -in 2 member of the store's beard of half empty council room with a'djrectors, who . will replace retiring reminder - from Hambro that it manager, George Sheeper. sole task was to dissolve and trans-! Sheeper, Co-op manager since fer its assets to the United Natlons. 1939, has reservations on the North £ ol e ——— Sea and will go with his wife and three 'children to live in Seattle BACK IN DOGHOUSE 5. . A former Seattle resident, Sheep- er worked for the Alaska-Juneau MINEOLA, N. Y.—The shortest Mining Co. for several years prior jail break on record here was foil- |y, yaping over the So-Op's manage- ed yesterday by police after a pri-| 0 = i - soner crashed through a closed win- - dow, and took to his heels. Police just whisted and the pri- soner returned. He was a St. Bernard dog picked up because he had no leash. ety el INQUIRY FINISHED , . and naive is the way you - should look this season..: 3 hatdly made up at all, in fact. Monteil makes it for you The Board of Inquiry of the|Juneau since last October, has been : 8 ohf o0, Y Coast Guard Marine Inspection|promoted to Staff Sergeant. i % *with her new color, Muted Rose, hich’ has been investigat-| S-Sgt. Marsh, a resident of Napa, - SR % ervin by it P in lipstick and cream rouge. Complement its ing the wreck of the steamer Yu-|Idaho, has 'served with . ACS gin | hag QISR & bric! closed Afos | SN & SO Kl past, o soft pink loveliness with Monteil's Surf eye shadow. hearing here Saturday afternoon }years, he was transferred to the Ju- and left by plane Sunday for neau office from Sitka. i W ¥ Since comjng here he has served 3 T Ketchikan and Seattle. It is not Teoras expected that further hearings willjas cashier at the ACS office. Women's Avsaner s i be held in Alaska. . /. FROM CALIFORNIA . . TEX McCOY HERE ' Myrtle H. Munselle has arrived Tex McCoy has arrived here h Juhéau from Sallda, Cafif. She]Trom Chathani.” He “is Staying at s registered at the Baranof. the Baranof, Lipstick 200 Cream Rouge 1.25, 2.00 = Eye Shadow 1.25 Baranof Hotel Building *It's the Nicest Store In Town”

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