The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 10, 1947, Page 8

LEAVES BANK; GOES TO FHA The cas from Behre th Bank w cimultaneous announce- of his appointme ral Housing A oint pesitior ter and Executive Alaska s revealed todajy with th mer Feu € 1946 All-Any CHAMP GIVES - GUIDANCETO - nge 1 the FHA secretari Miss Mildred Barron with the U. S. Fish Service for the past 8 replacing Miss Melba Mayhew, w has resigned in order to retur Seattle Miss Mayhew, former WAVE Lieutenant, has been with the local office since last October - J. Warren Kerrigan .. s 5o e . | “I've been asked many times since —®—An | winning the Soap Box Derby nation- attack of pneumonia, :ulmuuur {al champiorship, sponsored by the several years of poor health, has| cpeyrolet Motor Division' at Akron, ended the film career of J. Warren | Onio, last year, what one piece of Kerrigan, 69, one of the first mat-{aqyice I would give boys who will inee idols of the silent screen. I tving. 05 intia. 1047, The actor, whose best remember- | apove everything else, I'd say: cd role, perhaps, was in “The COV- |“Start building your car early, s ered Wagon,” made by the veteran | youl] have plenty of time to experi- Director, James Cruz, and Wwho jay¢» ¢ retired from pictures in 1923, suc-! cumbed yesterday Beach home. HOLLYWOOD, June 50 I alinost didn't win in San Diego at his Balboaliy the local Soap Box Derby spon- * |sored by the San Diego Daily Jour- 'nal last year, because I didn't start ANCHORAGEITES AT JUNEAU building soon enough Mrs. Robert Duane and Mrs. F. I had all the wood and tools I M. Wiedman of Anchorage regist- needed, but I just didn't get to ered at the Hotel Juneau yesterday work as fast as I should have. As afternoon. a result, T had to work on the car until 2 am. on the third night be- fore the San Diego race, until 2 am, the second night before the race, and all night the night before the race. Even then I didn't know IN FROM GUSTAVUS Mr. and Mrs. Fred Newburn of Gustavus arrived yesterday and are registered at the Hotel Juneau. Line Gilbert Klecan, of San Diego, immediately after winning the n Soan Box Derby at Akron, Ohio. wl I car would steer enough My car looked a great deal differ- ent from the rest of the boys’ cars, and Mr. Lisle Shoemaker, of the Journal, made me take a special dn\w" test before the race to see was safe. It was, so I gof to race. Among other things, I'a tell boys who are building their cars that they should build the car heavy and then plane or sand it down to the weight limit Also, the boys ought, to take icis of time to break in their new wheel and axle sets. I put a mixture of jeweler’s rouge and olive oil in my wheels, put the v\h“cls on the axles and spun them for hnurs to make sure they were well broken in. And there’s that old bugaboo of “streamlining ” Some kids will tell you that a coaster can only go so fast down a hill because of the weight limits. I'm no scientist, but I feel certain that streamlining is one of the most important parts of constructing a Soap Box Derby racer. I built mine so that only the top of my head stuck out in the wind I also smeared myself with black graphite so that, if part of my arms or shoulders did stick cu e wind would slide by faster. At least that's why I did it. But the most important thing is to take lots of time in the building. If T had been unlucky and my steering hadn't worked, then I would never have become the All- PHONE 95 “CrocERY 92 The Best for §.ess =renscoss FRESH FRUITS and VE 4] Pay More GETABLES ARRIVING TUESDAY NIGHT g Cantaloupes---Watermelons Heot House Tomatoes Field Tomatoes Bananas Lettuce New Bunch Carrots Cauliflower Celery Local Green Onions Cabbage l\l New White Potatoes Red Potatoes Yams New Crop Onions Rutabagas | Loose Carrots ORANGES — GRAPEFRUIT — Yellow Newton== AP PP L E S ==Winesap CHERRIES-STRAWBERRIES-Due Thursday Afternoon LEMONS [FLOWN HERE BY PAA| /16 passengers to Juneau yesterday Island, and left with 14 to Seattle, i two to Annette, one to Whitehorse, six to Fairbanks and one to Nome. Following are the passengers and their destinations: Seattle to Juneau—Bert Horne. Leone Connell, Wallace Green, Marcia Carmody and Patricia, Charl Carmody, Paul Smith, Gunnar Gustafson, Charles How- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE——JUNEAU ALASKA : American Scap Box Duby cham- | pion And that would have been a ser- ious loss, because I've never had such a thrill in my life as winning at Akron, and I doubt if I ever will kave another thrill that will come ‘Clrw- to being so exciting. (Juneau's Derby will be held July 127, and the bumhyn | oL i o {FIRST COMMERCIAL ' LOAD OF (EMENTIS | | BARGED TO JUNEAU The first commercial load of Permanente Cement has arrived in Juneau and was being unloaded from the power barge Midas at the entry deadline is next foot of Gold Creek. | The Midas, owned and captained by J. V. Cole, will make regular trips to Seattle to pick up cement for the recently appointed Juneau' distributor, the Lemon Creek Sand and Gravel Co, Bill Manthey, Lemon Creek manager, said that by use of the Midas, considerable! money can be saved in transporta- i 1‘ 17 PASSENGERS ARE Pan American Airways brought from Seattle, one from Annette ard Mercedes Esterbrook, Willis Gra- | ham, Ruth Graham, Edward Cobb, Oliver Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Cart- | er. Annette to Juneau—Jack Hart- ling. | Juneau to Seattle—Tom Lynch Bonnie Lynch, Calla Engle, Stella Olsen, E. L. Holloway, Dolores Hol~ loway, Patrick Holloway, Otto Nel- son | Carl Casperson, Haley Conway,| Norman Jorgensen, Clifford Ring- enback, George Blaney, Agnes Neese. | Juneau to Annette—John White, Cal Yaggy. Juneau to Whitehorse — Pauline Merediih. | Juneau to Fairbanks — Evelyn! Hollman, Heather Ho'lman, Charles Jones, Jerry Merrill, Arthur RCJU B. D. Stewart. | Juneau to Nome—Fred Dent. - — | DCMINGO PERLAS 5™ ™ FOUND DEAD, (ABIN\ Domingo Perlas was found dead yesterday at 4:30 o'clock on the floor of a cabin to the rear of 472 South Franklin Street. He had been dead only a short time ac-| cording to Dr. William Whitehead who made the examination. The doctor attributed the death to heart failure. The body was discovered by Harold Westman who notified City | Police. The remains were taken| to the Charles W. Carter Mortu-: ary. i Perlas, a 65-year-old Filipino, is reported to have a nephew, Mar- cello Quinto, who resides in Ju- neau. HERE FROM HONOLULU F. M. Dodson of Honolulu, Ha-| waii, arrived in Juneau yesterday | and is registered at the Hotel Ju-{ neau. FIRST RUN JUNE 29TH} The SUPER- SPEED OLYMPIAN HIAWATHAS between SEATTLE-CHICAGO These great diesel-powered Speedliners will Dp‘:rl(e on a 45 hour lchodu]. Brand new equipment will incl: Touralux Sleeping cars—smart and dxfl-r- * ot uxiry with conomy. # Hiswatha Reclining Seat Coaches — wnh spacious separate lounge rooms. * Tip Tng Grill car with restaurant section tail room. Diagonal.seating Dining car with ample K o To forty guests. Also bedrooms, compdrtments and draw- ing rooms in standard sleeping cars. til June 29th, service to the East will s o be provided by the cleciriied OvLympiaN. Full range of accommoda- tions available. & ¢ shea "“;'B‘:’fi::: Fravel Bureau, or Carson, General Agent | i White Bidg Tousth Ave. 40d Usioa S Wash. Be sure your tickes reads via The MILWAUKEE Roap | S8an Diego. s outside waters, Dixon Entrance tc Yakutat—variable winds less than 15 | | miles per hour. FLAG DAY PROGRAM AT ELKS HALL T0 BE | " FIRECRACKERS NOT | ALLOWED IN CITY HELD ON SATURDAY | Juneau City Police have issued a | ' ed in Juneau with an appropriate warning against the use of fire-| |crackers within the city limits, call- |Program conducted by BP.O. Elks in Elks Hall Saturday evening. at ing attention to the existence of a City Ordinance which prohibits|8 o‘clock. The Flag Day exercises, as is customary, are open to lhe. itheir use in the city, and which {carries a penalty for violation. | public, and everyone is invited to! Every effort is being made to | attend. make the city-wide Fourth of July celetration a pleasant . one for| everybody, old and young, and it | is hoped there will be no mishaps | or accidents to mar the enjoyment’ of the three-day event, either be- fore or during the celebration. | Fireworks of any kind will not POLICE WARN KIDS HOSPITAL NOTES The St. Ann’s Hospital admitted Henry Douglas, Fred Martinson, Virgil Dickson and Mrs. Olaf Aase yesterday. | be allowed at any time within the| Discharged yesterday were George city limits, officials stated. | McCracken and Mrs. Hans Totland, o2 a7 o The Government Hospital had no KAISER IN JUNEAU ,dlscharges but admitted Victoria A. N. Kaiser of Chicago, Il is Johnson of Hoonah. registered as a guest at the Hotel | T, L A TP Juneau, Empire Wanut-ads for results!| . DUPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN ! DATA FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A. M., 120TH MERIDIAN TIME Max. temp. TODAY i last, Lowest 4:30 a.m. 24 hrs. Weather at Station 24 hrs. temp. temp. Precip. 4:30 am. Anchorage 66 51 51 Trace Rain | Barrow 33 29 29 Trace Snow 4 Bethel 73 49 49 01 Cloudy ! Cordova 61 44 48 15 Rain | Dawson 9 40 44 0 Clear i Edmonton 51 44 49 04 Cloudy ¢ Fairbanks 83 49 60 Trace Rain Haines 65 54 54 Rain Havre 56 46 46 Cloudy Juneau Airport 61 50 54 4 34 Rain Showers Ketchikan 58 | 51 51 12 Rain .l Kodiak 52 45 45 04 Cloudy | Kotzebue 3 | 42 42 0 Fog | Los Angeles 9 56 56 0 Clear McGrath 19 49 50 Trace Cloudy Nome 65 46 48 0 Pt. Cloudy | Northway 80 50 50 0 Pt. Cloudy Petersburg 59 | 52 52 .38 Cloudy Portland 67 54 54 .09 Rain Showers Prince George 64 44 44 : Rain Prince Rupert 58 \ 48 48 0 Pt. Cloudy | Seattle 66 51 51 51 Rain ! Sitka 60 | 50 50 05 Drizzle | Whitehorse 2 46 52 0 Cloudy Yakutat 63 36 51 1.03 Drizzle | “—(4:30 a. m. vesterday to 4:30 a. m. today) | WEATHER SYNOPSIS: The principal feature on this morning’s | weather chart is an extensive high pressure cell located in the eastern| Pacific Ocean. This system is centered approximately 1200 miles west of , It extends in a north-south direction for a distance of over | 2,500 miles and nearly 2,000 miles east and west. The system appears to be slowly intensifying and moving in a northerly direction. The flow of moist maritime air around this high cell continues to produce overcast | skies and light rain or drizzle over the entire Pacific Coast from the southern border of Oregon to Kodiak. Temperatures over this entire area continue well below normal. A deep low pressure center over the northern Prairie States continues to bring high winds cloudy skies and rain to all States east of the Rockies from Nebraska northward. A cold air mass covers all of Canada and the northern portion of Alaska. Partly cloudy skies characterize the weather of this vast area and temperatures continue well below normal. 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