The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 9, 1946, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT RAT CONTROL o0 o' WORK STARTS; pirectors NAMED SURVEY MADE Block Lead;;—io Get Busy in Various Zones Throughout City Zone and block leaders Bill Klein, Juncau High School student, spoke on “Opportunities for High School Graduates of 1946," today as guest speaker befere the members of the Juneau Rotary Club at their regular weekly lunch- |eon meeting in the Baranof. | Contrasting the opportunities and | difficulties that faced the seniors graduating just before the war, dur- ing the war, and at present, Klein| from said that high school graduates to- Zones 9 and 16, met at the Juneau day have greater opportunities for| Public Health Center last night & more stabilized and certain future to map final plans for the rodent|than at any time in the past five control survey in those respective'Years. He attributes this to the areas. Films on rat control were'Present status of the service draft| shown and the survey sheet, to be 8nd to economic developments. used in checking on garbage swr~§ Introduced by Henry age and disposal, Tat harborage, Klein spoke on high school studentv rat infestation and ratproofing problems as a special part of the ds, -was discussed. club's present campaign for, and - B |avocation of a city-wide program | for the teen-age population of Ju-| neau. Previous to Klein's talk, the, {election for the new Board of Di-| rectors was held. Results were: | Ben Benecke, Ralph Rivers, Ed| Keithahn, ‘James McNaughton, Dr.| W. M. Whitehead, and Richard Byrns. The committee charged with issuing, collecting, and v,abu-z lating the ballots was composed of Hank Green, Homer Garvin, and | Ken Alexander. Announcement. was made of the Salvation Army Drive to begin Ap- ril 15 and Brig. C. O. Taylor of the Salvation Army requested that Rotary —members volunteer for subscription work during the cam- paign. Just before the meeting was ad- journed, Rotarians discussed brief- ly plans for the “Spot Playground” project. It was suggested that the clubs be split into groups by lot and| each group be held responsible for building of a playground in a cer- Within the next few days, block leaders in these two zones will start their survey. Not every premise will be visited but a representative cross section of each area will be made. Residentt are requested to lend every aid to these workers, citizens of Juneau, who have volunteered their time and energy to secure in- formation needed to develop a long range rat control program for the city. Zone 9, D. G. Taylor, Leader, is bounded by West 8th Street, Calhoun Avenue and Gold Creek. Zone 16, Dr. William Whitehead, Leader, is the area northwest of Harris | Street from 3rd to Tth streets. According to Frank A. Metealf, Chairman of the Committee on Zones of the Juneau Rodent Con- trol Program, which is conducting the survey, it has been estimated that the rat population of a com- munity equals the human popula- tion, and that each rat costs the people of Juneau about $20 per Hogue, | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE: —JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1946 \Fortune Teller 'Sends Woman fo {Woods for Cure-All WEST CALDWELL, N. J., April {9.—Police today gave food and drink to a 32-year-old babe in the woods who spent four days and nights in the forest near here be- cause, she said, a fortune teller told_her that was the way to cure her ills. The Newark woman said she had given (he fortune teller, a woman, $1 for the advice on the supposed cure of an ailment, the nature of which she wasn’t sure. Police are looking for the for- tune teller. i S e COASTAL AIRLINES OPEN NEW SITKA, KETCHIKAN ROUTE The first one-day service between Sitka and Ketchikan by way of Petersburg will be inaugurated at 9 am. tomorrow when Alaska Coastal Airlines start a new, Wed- nesday-only flight from here. The weekly service, which will carry passengers, express and mail,! will be increased if traffic warrants, O. F. Benecke, Coastal manager,' said. Ellis Airlines also will fly the route which will be served both, north and south bound, Benecke added. 4 GREAT BRITAIN WILL CONTINUE 6S PRESIDENT MAY | SILK STOCKIN VISIT ISLANDS |~ " AT CELEBRATION| fTruman Not fo View Atom| Bomb Tests in Bikini Lagoon, However WASHINGTON, April 9. — The|f White House said today that Presi- dent Truman is considering a visit to the Philippines July 4 for the independence celebration but that|: he will not view the atom bomb |’ tests in Bikini Lagoon. Press Secrctary Charles G. Ross gave his comments in response to questions from reporters who men- tioned stories that preparations were being made at Kwajalein to receive the President to witness the tests. Ross also asserted that there has | f been no further postponement of the Bikini tests, now scheduled for| about July 1. Mr. Truman likely would fly to Hawaii or some other point and | proceed to Manila by warships if he makes the trip, his aides have | indicated. | Governor Mon C. Wallgren of | ‘Washington also has invited the President to make a trip to Alaskaf scmetime in the summer. This trip, | Wallgren said recently, is still in| the talking stage. | Col. Hardy - AGAINST DEFENSE, Gels Award NUERNEEBG TRIAL, | Claims Attempt Made to| “FIRST PAIR"—Yvonne De Carlo of Los Angeles wears the first pair of silk stockings manufactur- ed since the war. Although they were made from the initial ship- | ment from the Orient it will be | many months before similar ones are on merchants’ shelves. CHARGE IS MADE ALL MANDATES GENEVA, April 9.—Viscount Ce- cil told the League of Nations to- SEATTLE, April 9—Col. Conrad P. Hardy, Seattle District Army | Engineer, . received the Legion of Merit Medal yesterday for “effec- | 'Disseminate Anti-Sem- | loclock A. M. A group of youth ANNUAL EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE PLANS ARE MADE Event WilI_T—aT(e Place in Evergreen Bowl-Pro- gram |s Arranged The annual Easter Sunrise Ser- vice will be held in Evergreen Bowl on Sunday, April 21, at 6 PAA MAKES FLIGHT " FROM SOUTH, OUT Pan American Airways yesterday flew the following passengers to and from Juneau: To Seattle: Elaine Wirch, Ruth Fleming, Borghild Faro, Kenneth Andress, Nola Andress, Stephanie Harstad, Jim Williams, Clyde Hag- er, Helen Hager, Frank Bauer, James Houser, Marguerite Shep- ard, J. Lee DeHuff, Vincent Sooke. From Seattle: Andrew = Erwich, {John Jensen, John Long, John Lar- {sen, Algot Hammer, James Goznells, Don Freeman, Virgil James, Herbert |Monahan, Joseph Casey, Lucile | | i | ! met with Rev. Robert S. Treat this week and made plans for the ser- Captain Bob Long, Flight Officer Jerry Hola, and Stewardess Petee Stiver were the following passen- gers from Anchorage: Elaine Wirch, Major Elmer Wiles, Capt. Earl Cle- ! worth and Mr. Nelson. From Cordova! Wilbur Newton and Donald Patorno; from Yakutat: James A Whiting, and Mrs. James A. Whiting. On the return flight, the follow- were flown to the Westward City: L. E. Evans, Michael J. Haas, Ted Carter, R. J. Sommers, Joseph Ca- sey, Willilam Murray, Herbert Mono- han, John Jensen, John Long, John Larsen, Algot Hammer, Jack Mat- hews, Willlam Baker, James Sloan, James ‘Gosnell, Virgil James, Don Freeman, ‘Lucille Monohan, Alfred A. Bonnet, Linn Forrest and Andrew Svwick. ¥ | Monahan, William M. Murrey, Fred | Haller, Lee Matthews. | | Charles Huhn, Clifford Tyrell,| Jack = Matthews, ~ Willlam = Baker, | James Sloan, Bernard Thompson, | | Colleen Thompson, Edward Poyn-| |ton, John Helfrich, Willard Beatty, | {Ralph Snavely, Ray Youngren, | | vice. | A number of churches are coop- (erating in this service, and it is planned to have each church select a representative who will partici- pate in the services. The order of | worship and the churches which will be represented are as follows: i | i | b g elgurl ’ Women's Society Meets Tomorrow The afternoon Circle of the Wo- men’s Society of the Methodist | Church’ will meet at 2 p.m. tomor-, row at the home of Mrs. George Martin, 1019 West 10th Street. Mrs. A. K. Robinson will lead the devotional ! e MEETING Eleven O’'Clock Club following re- gular Elks Lodge session Wednes- day April 10th. L. J. HOLMQUIST, Secretary. (240-t2) e —— Rabbits are born without fur. follow | Trumpet Solo—“Up From the|Ralph Mortensen. Grave He Arose”, Northern Light| To Fairbanks: Robert Hoopes, Presbyterian. |Rae Hoopes, Leo Rogge; from P‘nir-‘l 3 i _|banks: Robert Telgesen; from e it Prostovasd by NOT- | whitehorse: Bert Hallen, Victoria Vocal Solo—Memorial Presbyter-|1aylor and Aline Albright. ian. ! T Ty RS Volunteer Prayer and Lord’s Pray-“AlASKA AIRl'"ES er—Bethel Tabernacle. | A Talks—“What Easter Means Tc| | Me"—three minute talks by four| HASSFROM wES young people. Hymn—To be selected by North- ern Light Presbyterian. | Arriving on the Alaska Airlines Scripture—Methodist - Church, Starliner Nome yesterday with | Benediction (Mizpah)—Mzthod- ist Church. More announcements will as plans progress. 4 FOR MARCH, 1946 | i g ' | itic Propaganda’ | A e of 1E Pl day that Great Britain would con- p g H year to maintain through the de- struction of foodstuffs and other merchandise and damage to build- Definite decision an the issue with| probable plans for early execution of the project was reserved for the tinue to retain her mandates over Palestine and her African territories tively supervising the military con- struction program and military sup- ply assignments of the Seattle Dis- NUERNBERG, April 9.— Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief United Shipments of Alaska products to continental United States during the month of March, 1946, according to luntil “fresh arrangements” have been made. b3S LR I Speaking “on the part of the Brit- ish government,” Lord Cecil, one of POLICE COURT FINES !the League's founders, who emerged A total of 12 cases arraigned in from semi-retirement to attend its final sessions, recalled that two of Britain's original six mandates— |Iraq, and Trans-Jordan— have be- !come independent states. In addition, he said, Britain has agreed to place Tanganyika Togo- land and the Cameroons under Uni- ed Nations trusteeship, “subject to the negotiation of satisfactory terms of truesteeship.” “The future of Palestine cannot be decided until the Anglo-Ameri- can committee of inquity have ren- |dered their report,” he said. —————— COASTAL AIRLINES IN, OUT YESTERDAY Alaska @oastal Airlines flew the following passengers yesterday: To Tulsequah, B. C. Charles Dinsdale and Eric Fried; to Funter Bay: H. J. Smith; to Hoonah: H. Valles; from Hoonah: C. Mason,! ings. Aside fyom destroying property, rats cause the spread of bubonic plague, typhus fever, infectious Jaundice and certain types of food poisoning. © “In order to attack the problem,” stated Metcalf, “it is first neces- sary to take away their food sup- ply, their hiding places and thelr breeding places. When this has been accomplished trapping and poisoning .will be of more lasting benefit.” Workers in Zone 7 under the leadership of Garland Boggan, will ., o0 (0000 g i 401 D éompleté plans for surveying their 000 U LT Tyt area at a meeting at the Health l‘:d ek '("I:‘”’t“ -qxfi“r’:slgitx‘-:g— Center tonight at 7:30 co'clock. By _ = * 3 i 3 the end of next week workers in i trict from Dec., 1943, to Dec., 1945, States prosecutor, charged before!reports compiled here by the U. 8. | including special Alaskan services. the International Military Tribunal | Customs Office, totalled $465,904. | Under the Colonel's supervision today that the defense was attempt-| The bulk of March exports con- was a $200,000,000 war construction ing to seminate anti-Semitic |sisted of fish, with furs holding program covering Montana, North propaganda’ through the war second place. No mineral ship-| Idaho and most of Washington. crimes trial and had committed a|ments were made. Following is the | He directed military design and “fiagrant contempt of court.” | report on March exports: next meeting of the Board of Di- rectors. | | | | Police Court yesterday before Judge Willlam Holzheimer. Disposition of the cases were as follows: William Hanlin, charged with be- ing drunk, disorderly. tion of private property tenced days in jail with sen- tence suspended on order of his leaving for Sitka; John Huff, dr and disorderly, $25; Fred $ 81,764 | 155,664 | 24,716 | ‘ carefree V £ . * young am{y @Il basies .. 30 sleek under career clothes, campus slacks, date dresses! | For wear-with-everything charm you can't beat this Skintite Briet and matching Bandeau! Simply tailored classics in luscious rayon jersey that washes in a twinkling, stays smooth without ironing. Seamless front and back for smeoth fit . . . picot leg trim for charm. The matching Bandeau is lined with soft net. military supply services for Alaska Jackson based his charges on an| Halibut amounting to about $160,000,000 exhibit of documentary evidence, Salmon ... in purchases alone which the tribunal’s presses had| Other fish : .- — printed for defendant Alfred Rosen-! Cured or Preserved: berg Jackson contended the ma- Cod w terial, which he described as “vio-| Herring . lently anti-Semite and irrevelant, Salmon i [ rubbish,” had been submitted to the| Shelifish: printers by Rosenberg’s counsel af-| Clams ter it had been rejected by the tri-| Crabs .. bunal. Shrimp . | Jackson’s charges brought an im-|{ Other fish products |mediate and sharp reaction from| Furs and fur-skins: ! DES MOINES, Ia., April 9—Wil- defense counsel, whose spokesman,| Beaver . i {liam C. Irwin, 41 year old printer, tall, white-haired Dr. Rudolf Dix,| Fox, black and silver | was held in jail on a first degtee T€piied with a suggestion that Jack- Blue murder charge today in connection SOn retract. Red with the pick ax slaying yesterday 1 stand on the facts,” Jackson WHIte ..o of his mother, his wife and two rejoined and exhibited to the tri-\ Marten ... young. sons. (bunal stencilled copies of the re-| Mink Irwin, arraigned before municipal jected material _ Muskrat Judge Ralph D. Moore in the city Jackson read to the tribunal ex-| Otter .. g Jail, did not enter a plea but an in- CCrPLS from Rosenberg's book Of| All OLHEr .............. Brief Bandeau nocent plea was entered for him documentary evidence which char-|Pur ‘manufactures ......... and he was ordered held without Acterized Jews as a “bastard popu-| Wood, timber, lumber laticn x x x, arrogant, shrewd and Trophies, specimens, and Joseph E. McNulty, drunk and bond. creoked.” disorderly. bl b BACK TO ANCHORAGE Representative Almer Peterson left via PNA plane for his home in Anchorage after attending the Leg- islative session here. all zones are expected to be ready | iaflm"gvil‘?{:rsr:' %rml:;m‘::s dsg:ux:lll to begin their survey. | " disord: 1y, "25; And: i Karbo, PR R 32?3!1\‘ l:(:xrd e;iinrderly, snzsy H::vey' | Hildre, dil t 30 L.ph. SALES TAX MEETING | 12th street, $10; Theodore Limon, OF MERCHANTS WILL | =i, 53 ™2™ * = | n, 3 In Saturday’ i f Poli TAKE PLACE TONIGHT | oin, Sssie”s tosin, 1 os 1$25 bail each in the cases of Roy All retail merchants in Juneau|Moran, charged with being drunk are called to a meeting. tonight in the City Council chambers to dis- cuss the present sales tax. The call is signed by a merchants meeting. Albert White, at 7 o'clock, will be the chief speaker over KINY and his subject will be the Alaska Bales Tax. e At Iis Best SNOW'S BRAND NEW FORMULA—CONCENTRATED NO MESS—NO FUSS—EASY TO PREPARE ADD A CAN TODAY WITH YOUR GROCERY ORDER at ) . FREE DELIVERY CALL 16 or 24 AT Attention ALL RETAIL MERCHANTS Attend SALES TAX MEETING TONIGHT - APRILSTH-—3.00P. M. CITY HALL CHAMBER MERCHANTS COMMITTEE | | Union opponent, Dr. Jose Tambor- B. Fisher, 8. Johnnie, M. Williams, H. Valles; to Sitka: C. C. Johnson,| C. Hennings, D. Sasseen, W. Beatty, G. Dale, R, B. Snavely, E. A. Poyn- ton, J. C.' Helfrich, J. Smith and R. Mize. From Sitka: R. Bucy, R. Peter- man, D. Sasseen; to Skagway: N. Banfield, O. F. Benecke, H. Bloom- quist; from Skagway: G. H. Wake- | field, R. Cooksten, N. Banfield, O. F. Benecke and H. Ploomqulst. JUNEAU DEBATERS | WIN AT KETCHIKAN Juneau Hign School debaters last | night won the debate with Ketchi- | ter the polling booth free from co-|men during the war. kan, according to a wire received by Hank Harmon, principal of the high school. They had the affirm- ative side of the question, “Resolv- ed, whether or not all able bodied men between the ages of 18-24 should have one year of military training.” The five members of the debate team are Bill- Vernon, Pat Oakes, Dick Wingerson, Mary Lou Fager- son and Bob Goldstein. The last two students are alternates in the team. A. B. Philips, superintendent of the school and debate coach is in Ketchikan with-the students. Last fight's session ends this year's debate on whether or not the U. 8. should endorse compulsory military training. H oA The exact time of the team’s re- turn to Juneau is not known due to transportation difficulties, Mr. Harmon said. PERON ELECTED IN ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES, April 9.—Col. Juan D. Peron received 1474447 votes in Argentina’s presidential | centest last February 24, compared | with 1,207,359 for his Democratic | ini, final returns indicated today. Peron, military leader supported by the Labor Party, amassed 304 electoral votes—Ilargest number ever received by an Argentine presiden- tial candidate compared with 72 for Tamborini. Peron was elected for a six-year term. JAPANESE WILL VOTE TOMORROW TS | TOKYO, April 9.—Japanese will elect an occupation government tomorrow in their first free elec-! tion in generations. | Cruising teams of American and | British. military observers will yisit polling places throughout the coun- try to prevent a repetition of past election malpractices. This is the Allies’ final gesture to help the; common man and his newly en-| franchised wife and daughters en-! ercion. lfalian Senators Purgfl by Court, ROME, April 9—-The high court' of justice completed its purge of Benito Mussolini's Senate with the ocusting today of Senators Piero Puricelli, Eucenio Morelli and An- gelo Abisso, raising to 263 the num- ber of those removed for compli-! city with the Fascist regime. Landslides Tie Up Eleven CPR Trains CALGARY, Alta., April 9.—Elev- en passénger trains were tied up today near Field, B. C, 150 miles west of Calgary, as a result of landslides onto the main line otl the Canadian Pacific Railway. Of-| ficials said approximately 2,000 tons | of reck had fallen onto the tracks since early Sunday. — e GRIFFEN RETURNS TO DILLINGHAM BY PNA Passenger aboard Pacific North= ern plane today on his way to his home in Dillingham is Harold W.! (Tubby) Griffen. Griffen, who is manager of the Lowe Trading Company, is an Independent can- didate for. Territorial Senator in the Third Division. [ {which tumbled a 40-foot hill into “The United States cannot print and disseminate to the press this violent anti-Semitism,” Jackson de- clared. Bronze (itizenship Award Made by VFW DALLAS, April 9—The Veterans of Foreign Wars presented their bronze citizenship award to Chris- tos. Mochoupolus, former owner of a Dallas Cafe. At a ceremony here last night, it was brought out that Mochoupolus gave 175,000 free meals to service-: e ——— ARMY SERVICE OVER, JACK GUCKER, JR. HOME After “two years, nine months| and five days” in the army, Jack Gucker, Jr., is out ‘of the service and home in Juneau. Jack was graduated from Seattle Prep in 1943 just before he entered | the service and has now applied for entrance to the University of Santa Clara in September. His army ser- vice, first in the Infantry then in the Transportation Corps, took him to Nome, Attu, Anchorage, Juneau in Alaska, to Mississippi, Oklahoma and California and he's “sure glad to 'be home.” He will spend the summer with his father, Jack Gucker, Sr.,, brok- er and Alaska Schenley represen- tative. SAVED BY SLIDE CYNWYD, Pa, — A landslide Mrs. Donald Hardy's back yard and collapsed two retaining walls, proved to be a blessing in disguise. Mrs. Hardy, wife of an army colonzl now in China, was plan- ning to start house-hunting when tke home she now rents was put up for sale. “But the would-be buyers took one look at the back- yard,” she said, “and fled.” 0000 SENATOR LYNG LEAVES Senator Howard Lyng has left curios, etc. ... *All other articles . ‘Total value of pro- ducts of Alaska Value of U. 8. pro- ducts returned .. Total value of ship- ments of mdse. ... 1Items included in “all $176,743 $642.647 | cesaon 10 e s s Teoras Women's Avpaner Baranof Hotel Building “It’s the Nicest Store In Town” -~ s g 2 0P other items' Paintings , $2,260 Potatoes .. $1494 NELS ANDERSON HERO'S | LAST RITES TOMORROW | Funeral services for Nels An- derson Hero, who died at St. Ann’s | Hospital Friday, will be held at 2| p.m. tomorrow in the Charles W.| Carter Mortuary Chapel. The Rev. G. H. Hillerman, pastor of the Resurregtion Lutheran | Church, will conduct last rites to be followed by interment in the Evergreen Cemetery. o I wish to announce the new location of my dental office on the second floor of the new Goldstein Building. DR. JOHN H. GEYER Dentist AWARDING AT ' MAY 15 Is Greatly Appreciate for his home, going westward to Anchorage via Alaska Airlines, en- route to Nome. Qi HELP MINFIELD BUILD A BULKHEAD Buy a Ticket and Help Us First Award . . . AFrigidaire Second Award . . . A Washing Machine THE CAPITOL THEATRE This Is a Worthy Cause and Your Support d TICKETS FOR SALE AT: The Sewing Basket, Home Grocery, Butler, Mauro Drug Co., Hotel Juneau =§= . § §