The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 19, 1947, Page 5

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1947 ’ : I . 55 108 T - y for the Perfect Star! (Return Engagement—Den't Miss ¥t!) “w . ' A big=sho} ganibler |% 3 NOTICE... There will be an OPEN MEETING of the JUNEAU MERCHANTS ASS'N THURSDAY — March 20th AT 8P. M. in the 2 BARANOF GOLD ROOM AuIllllllIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVIIIIIIIIII"I!IIIII!!!!I|lHHIIiiliIlIIIIIlIIIIIIIHIIIIlllllh. " CALLING ALL DEMOCRATS Jefferson Day Dinner ! Baranof Hotel April 5, 1947 § 7P. M. Gold Room i Observing the 204th Birthday Anniversary of Thomas Jef- ferson, Third President of the United States $5 per plate TICKETS ON SALE at BARANOF HOTEL . . . and from MEMBERS of DEMOCRATIC PARTY ™ Johnsc x Republican can- Wash,, for two years in a logging didatc vacancy caused by camp. In 1914, having heard about . | death i was elected to serve «in the opportunities in Alaska, he | the House in the 1947 Session came to Juneau on August 6 j | Broken only by war service | GUSTAF E. ALoIQUIST Steve worked for almost 12 years i ANDREW HOPE sitve and cartyooub thh Wihes pAjioNstat Edward Almquist (whksr it e Aipaxa-Juteal Saing; £t the = : ¢ 5 i v : {born in Orebro, Sweden on April Outbreak of World War I he e Not many years after the pur-|his native peoples. 28, 1875. He re »d his carly edu- listed, joined the Army at Fort |chase of Alaska from the Russians g ISy ciir ihdre e he Seward and was transferred to |a young man, manager of the Sit- FRANK G. JOHNSON ” lear (nere 400, YOUR W TRR St haie i Wit Dei o | Trading Company, met and| Born 40 miles south .of Kake—|tiade of tailorirg, working as ap- “BMP I0dgC B R \ ¥ | prentice for five years. When-he Where his contingent was due to a_ maiden of the Kha-|the birthplace of his parents, TETE OF FE8 SEIS SR EE o the 19th Division for overseas Clan, part of the great Frank Glonnee Johnsen came into| f © Ho AR U & Army duty. However, quarantined by the Tribe. From that union|this world at the end of Rocky| He m At the age of 22 he flu, the Armistice had been signed Hope was born in Sitka Pass, Alaska, on Dec. 15, 1804.| o 0/ HFRE A0 B8 B S8 before he transferred. Discharged at April 9, 1896. A restless man, Schooled in Kake and in Shakan| i o H 00 xmqthmlmu'h Camp Grant, Ilinols, Vukovich re- Andrew's father prospected when on Kosciusko Island, he went toly m W”'m_“} . followed this turned to Alaska where he was re {not working in Sitka, and eventual- the Sitka Training School in the - Sraea f_“ i I‘]_“\m_“ employed in the “A-J," spent & ly wer ke in Dawson where he fall of 1906. Here he was educated 50 (T W H00 VEGE ;l““l, ited vear in a logging camp and work- had been lured by the gold dis- until the school closed for rebuild- e msiar ed ons Srvey DRrtii fob the and covery on the Klondike. He re- ing in 1910 N it sl e A § : turned to the States and UPON Going south to tne Salem Indian waterbury. | Conn. His “;‘;.\‘\ “','1; In 1927 he operated a public |the death of Mrs. Hope when their Schcol at Chemawa, Oregon, he 400k him to nearby Naugatuck bOWlng alley and soft drink par- jscn was but a child of six, never pursued his education and grad- where aflored for almost three lor and later did miscellaneous returned : uated in 1917 from the Salem High years then moved to Arlington and | Werk for the City and Federal Andrew was raised by relatives, School. It was while at this latter New York where he found the wea- | fovernment. Then, having sold suits |educated in the Sitka Training institution that his mail becAME ther 100 hot. returning to resume On the side for many years, he School, and in 1911 went south to profuse as there were several ‘Frank | work in New Haven. This did not Went into that business solely in |the Cushman Trade Scheol in Ta-' johnsons:i—love letters, bills, and jast long and, restless, he came 1935 as agent for Brighton Custom jcoma where he learned carpenter- miscellancous mail. One day he re- ‘;(.M oy St ;-‘1'» bmp‘ ;,” of ;9\:% Tailors and J. B. Simpson Com- ing. Schooling ccmpleted, he re- ceived a letter, very official-100K- where he avain set up business. | Pany. Since that time he has trav- turned to Sitka for the fishing ing, and inside its writer a State| ’ : 7 leled extensively throughout Alas- | season, and later married Miss parole board, wanted to know how! After securing . iozation, he sent|ka selling men and women's cloth- Tillie Howard, a Sitka girl. They its former “understudy” was get-|for his sweethcart in the East, ing ave since made their home in that | ting along! Frank needed no prod-'Miss Hulda Welin (also from the| Meeting an atiraciive touris. who | | beautiful town, and have nine ding—he quickly adopted hisgrand-|old country), and they were mar- was vacationing in the Territory, | children-the oldest son, Al, living father’s name ‘Glonnee' which he|ried in le on Nov. 25, 1905. A|it was not long before Steve had | {in Juneau and oldest daughter, has since used | daughter, Edna Linnea, was born her convinced that Juneau was a j Margaret, and smaller children re-" pgter of couple of years ai Kla-|t0 them on October 2, 1920, now good place to call “home.” Miss They also have five' g0 teaching .\L‘houl‘. he returned Married and living in Juneau. Mr. Selma Walstead returned to become to the States where he entered | Almauist was naturalized in 1911. | Mrs. Vukovich on Dec. 13, 1938 Hope wod boat|the University of Oregon at Eu-| In 1926 he made his first soli- They have one son, Roger, born A vork coma shops gene. For three years he took a Citation trip to the Territory, and Oct. 14, 1940 Ithen returned rth, commenced pre-medical cour His cducation |found it to be a great deal like Constantly studying American {to seine 1lor a living, and on the was somewhat broken up by trips his, former country of Sweden. He history, law, and taking correspon side completed a Chicago “Ameri-|to the Territory ior fishing and became increasingly fond of the dence courses, Steve realized th !can Correspondence School Course” | teaching, but in 1924 he went to Clmate and the people and it was advantages ofiered to free peoples which was the equivalent of a high |the University of Oregon Medical MOt long before he moved his fam- A fervent admirer of our great It 100l education s while sein- | School in Portland, and eventually Attention - Veterans! PRIORITY CERTIFICATES for items on the “Set-Aside” list (shown below) for Veterans for their personal use or for use personally in their own business, professional or agricultural e nterprises, are NO LONGER RE- QUIRED. . On future offerings of “Set-Aside” items, it will not be necessary for a veteran to present his DISCHARGE papers at the time of purchase. These items will be offered on a “first-come, first-served” bas However, certifications WILL CONTINUE for items not included in the “Set-Aside” list and will be needed to exercise a veteran’s priority for all sales of surplus property other than “Set-Aside” items. The National List of Surplus Property SET ASIDE for Veterans, ef- fective March 1, 1947, is as follows: TRUCKS 14 ton—: 1 Position table for radiography, with Bucky diaphragm Physiotherapy equipment: Diathermy apparatus, 110-volt, 60-cycle: 1 conventional circuit 2 crystal control circuit Dental equipment and supplies Cabinet, dental Chairs, dental, operating Unit, opearting dental: mphibian, weasel, jtep, 11, canopy express, pickup, v, command reconnais mergency repair, radio weap- rier, ton—panel delivery, pickup, carryall, command, emergency repair, light maintenance and installation, weap- cns carrier, panel d sanc ons 1 ton—canoply express, pickup, 110-volt, 25 cycle ) 1'; toncombination stake and platform, 110-volt, 60 cycle ) cargo, canopy, express, dump, panel 110-volt, D. C. ) delivery, pickup, bomb service, ord- 110-volt, 50-cycle ) nance mainenance, tractor. 220-volt, 60-cycle ) 2'. ton—carlo, combination stake and ‘Machine, X-ray, dental, shock proof 110- platform, dump, cargo, tractor to 220-volt, 60 cycle BUSES TYPEWRITER® Portable and Standard OFFICE FURNITURE 15 passenger converted sedan PASSENGER CARS | 4x2 light, all body types DESKS—T72” executive | 4x2 medium and heavy, all body types 66" executive [ STATION WAGONS 60" cxecutive { including auxiliary ambulance 60" regular MOTORCYCLES flat top all types. 60" stenographic MOTOR SCOOTERS with or without package carriers MEDICAL AND DENTAL EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS Medical equipment: Electro-cardiographs Basal metabelar Cystoscope X-ray medical equipment and accessories: X-ray, field unit, table unit X-ray, field mobile unit X-ray, generating equipment: 200 MA generator, plus tilt table 100 MA generator, plus tilt table 30 MA mobile unit, office type and field type 15 MA portable Verticle flouroscope Casette changed ‘Large steroscope War Assets Administration (formerly Surplus Property Office, Department of the Interior Box 2466, Anchorage Office Hours Army Recreational Hall 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. 2nd St. between C & D Monday thru Friday 60" typewriter under 607, stenographic 42” x 34” stenographic CHAIRS—office, non-swivel with arms office, non-swivel w/o arms stenographer’s posture stenographer’s regular swivel, with arms executive FILING CABINETS vertical metal file vertical wooden file cap-size, letter-size steel filing cap-size, letter-size TABLES—12" conference 60" conference Phone Main 766 1ly to Juneau where they have since emancipator and President, Lincoln, ing that he saw how many fisher- | received a Bachelor's Degree in made their home. He founded and he early adopted the principles of men needed suitable boats, decid- | Science in 1927 3 | operates the wellknown “G. E. the Republican Party. In 1938 ing to help reconstruct and build| From 1928 until 1040 Frank John- Almaquist Tailor Shop.” ran for the House but was defeated them. In this way he gradually|son seined and taught school. Dur-| Always favoring liberal parties I 1944 he ran and was elected to | worked into the business and today | ing the last war he was employed and a strong advocate of sociology the 1945 Session—the only Republi- has his own boat construction shop. in the Boeing Aircraft factory in| and social legislation, Almgquisi ¢an member of the House from the He takes great pride in seeing fish- | Seattle as mechanic, and returned joined the Democratic Party be- First Division. He served in the ermen work from seaworthy craft|each summer to fish in southeast- | lieving it to be the most progres- 1846 Special Session and was re- and feels that his trade is more of sive. When members asked him elected to the 1947 Session a hobby than a cold business pro- Johnson was married to!why he was so interested in legis- SRS o TR pesition |Mrs. Louise Mason who accom- lation yet never filed for office, In 1925, Judge Wickersham, on Panied him to Juneau for this Ses- |he answered “All right, put me SENATE valES one of his early trips to Sitka, told | sion. After its termination they on” and he was elected to serve in ed back that Rivers did not explain his refusal to vote on elzction or a Senate President. Whether re-appointment of Al- aska Development Board member Leslie Nerland was actually con- firmed by the Senate is question- able, as President Andrew Nerland qualified his “yea” by stating he was not voting on confirmation of the other Nerland. The vote on Leslie Nerland, therefor, could be keld to have been 5 yeas, 5 nays and 6 The not voting. other nominations the on Anchorage; to Compensation George Varra, the Unemployment Commission. Donald W. Skuse, C. Earl Albrecht, Juneau; €. Walkowski, Anchorage; Howe Vance, Juneau; Dr. B. Bredlie, Fairbanks; Board of Examiners Sciences. The Rev. Paul C. O’'Connor, Hooper Bay, and 2. T. Loussac, Anchorage; to the Alaskan Hous- ing Authority. Matthew P. Mullaney, as Tax Commissioner. . William W. Head, Anchorage; to Board of Accountancy Dr. A Dr. Sigurd to the Basic Juneau; Dr. in Juneau; ARNOLT | Sea-7Mite MARINE ENGINE Weighs only 198 Ibs placement enly 61 cubic inches . .. develops 20 H.P. at only 2800 RP.M1 Performs smoothly ct high speeds or low speeds on fishing boats, auxiliary eraft, and small runabouts. Motor Rebuild and Marine Service 1012 West 10th St. ¥ RO . piston dis- 863 he ees x Senators voted for con- | firmation; five Senators voted against and five refused “to vote at all. Not voting were Senators Coftey, Collins, Jones, Munz and Walker Challenged for reason for not voting, by Senator Victor Rivers, Senator E. B. Collins blast- list confirmed by the Senate are:| L | | | | I TJ0"LENTURY Tonight and Thurs. COMEDY COMING TONIGHT AS BILL AT 20TH CENTURY Hom Theatre Comes Flying 20th Century aturing Richard Johnny comes to tonigh Faye Marlowe and art It is an exciting of thres flying vets who, bored by routine civilian fobs, decide to establish their own one-plane f{reight air- line In it ng, it also unfolds an enthralling romance involv- ing Carne and Stewart, the lat- ter of whom wrangles a job as the plane's mechanic. There are many high moments of drama suspense and comedy as the ex- aces 1 the girl in dungarec battle to make a go of the projsct After a surprise turn, the moves swiftly to its smashing cli- max - > 'MOOSE WOMEN T0 INITIATE THURSDAY The Women of the Moose will hold a regular meeting, with ini- tiation, Thursday evening, March 20, at 8 c'clock in the Moose Lodge rooms The social servic: committee na Card, Chairman, wil charge of the entertainment. Di- ane Tickell will ge guest sgpeaker of the evening. There will also be several musical numbers, then pames The refreshment commitice is Mary Haas, Laura Gregory and elyn Lohr. There will be a meeting of all 20 FAYE MARLOWE Past Regents at 7:15 o'clock to “* MARTHA STEWART discuss plans for the entertain- ment of Mrs. Mary Wallace and Frances Wiebke, prominent mem- of the Moos> who will arrive Juneau March 31 on the in Princess Norah - " HOSPITAL NOTES ALSO: Mr. Hope that he should take an|plan on adopting a small 7-year- the 1947 Session. He favors any p | i Mevieland Magic active part in Territorial govern-|old girl at Sitka before returning | progressive legislation which pro- CouF.RMATlON | R T Ur 1 Oceupations ment since the native peoples here to their home in Kake. | motes health, education and the | St. Ann's hospital admitted Mrs Cartoon needed better representation. Hope! As a former organizer and Sec-,care of aged people. ElEVEN NAMES Oren Cleveland for surgery yes- Latcat Alr Bxbros N later appeared before Legislatures|retary-Treasurer of the Alaska | s A barchs ARy .M“ Quel o o in their behalf on several occa- Purse Sciners Union and now elect- | STEVE VUKOVICH s Ponigponn Snottertor medical at= (GO sions. He became a Democrat wnhl“d Secretary-Treasurer of the Al-! Product of a proud, freedom-lov- Acting in conformance with a “‘"“?"'. 3 : 4 2 the advent of the New Deal Ad-|aska Marine Workers Union, it ‘is|ing country, Steve Vukovich was motion- by Senator Joe Green, to Discharged were Ludwig Wolf, ——————————">— ministration since he liked the pol- | only natural that Johnson has tak- born in Montenegro, Yugoslavia, consider all nominees at one vote, M's Walter Sian and Luther itics of Franklin Rocsevelt and the | en an active part in the aifairs of |on September 16, 1890. He received the Alaska Senate yesterday voted Mmlyc}. i Party, After serving about elght|the First Division. Furthermore, he |his early education in that country confirmation of 11 appointments Government Hospital had nelth- years on the Sitka City Council,|has long been prominent in the|and while still a youth left to join submitted by the Governor. o {“{m'sw"fl nor discharges yes- For COMFORT and he ran for the Legislature and was| Work of the Alaska Native Broth-|his father in New York City. No action was taken by the ‘erdav. & SERVICE elected to the House for the 1945: erhcod as a member of its execu-| For several years he knocked Senate on those appointments re- ion, served in the 1946 Special|tive board’ since 1930 and twice|around the States working in a quired by law fo be confirmed in REGULAR MEETING Get the NEW Session, and was re-elected to the | elected to the office of Grand|wire factory in Chicago, railroading Joint session of the House and| with initiation March 20 at 8 Ray WASEINGTON Eighteenth Legislature. Representa- | President. lm Montana and Idaho and even- Senate [pm. in the Moose Lodge Rooms Thatcher, tive Hope des to especiallyl Shortly before this session Mr.itually winding up in Aberdeen,| It was a peculiar vote that rec- ady, 531-12 Mgr. Habit! ______ g o s ; lorded confirmation of 'the appoint- ’ b 85 alde ALASKANS FERL AT HOME'" ¥ at Srtel [NEW WASHINGTON Forty-three percent of male city dwellers have completed at least one year of high school; 21 percent | of the men on farms have done so COLISEUM--D0UGLAS TONIGHT ONLY “This Way Please” DGORS OPEN AT 7:00 SHOW AT 7:30 There Is No Substitute for £ Newspaper Advertisinq! YELLOW CARB CO PHONE 22 Courtecus Drivers — Dependable Service 24-HOUR SERVICE | Your Deposits | ARE SAFE BUY AND HOLD UNITED STATES SAVING BONDS ot DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED First National Bank of JUNEAU, ALASKA MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION |