The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 3, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVL, NO. 10,622 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME’ JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1847 " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Juneau Ready For B NEW PROBING Navy Refrenching; Bases in QUICK ACTION ALASKA SHIPS IS ANNOUNCED House Investigating Com- mittee Named-Maritime | Commission Flayed | 1 | WASHINGTON, July 3. — ® — Chairman Weichel (R-Ohio) of the| * House Merchant Marine Fisheries Committee announced today he has appointed a special committee to| investigate the Maritime Commis- cjon's handling of the Alaskan shipping situation and shipping re- lief requested by Alaskans. Weichel included in his Congress- | ional Record announcement an at- | tack on the recent interim agree-) ment between the Commission and three Seattle shipping firms provid- | ing for 15-month steamship ser-| vice to Alaska with the Government furnishing the necessary ships at nominal charter hire. ! This statement, a review of the situation prepared by Alaskans,' said the recent rate increase grant- ed the Alaska lines would increase | charges on freight 66 percent and| for passengers 22 percent. | “The Maritime Commission, ad- vised by make-believe experts, is' the classical example of mishand- ling of Government money,” Wei-| chel said. “As disclosed by the Ap-. propriations Committee and the' Comptroller General in the past! few days, the Maritime Commission | again demonstrated what not to do| with Government money. The same group seems to show equally well what not to do with-Alaskans, ac- | cording to a statement from the, good people of Alaska.” 1 Weichel named on the investigat-{ ing committee Reps. Allen (R-| Calif), Bradley (R-Calif), Tollefson (R-Wash), Jackson (D-Wash), and Havenner (D-Calif), with Allen as chairman. ———.——.—. — TAXPAYERS LEAGU ANNOUNCES RADIO PROGRAM JULY 4TH. The Alaska Taxpayers League offers a program at 6:15 o'clock | tomorrow evening over radio sta-| tion KINY when matters of public| interest will be discussed by Albert White and Representative Anita Garnick, with Elton Engstrom con- ducting the program. Mrs. Elton Engstrom, who is also a member of the Alaska Legislature, | | was scheduled to appear on to-| night's program, but will be unable“ from Sea‘tle, where she underwentj surgical care, and is now recuperat- | The Washington i to do so. She has recently returned ing at her home. By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON—Lest we forge! Some Cengressmen seem apathetic about their colleague, Rep. Robert F. Jones of Ohio (R), and his for- mer membership in the Black Le- gion. Perhaps they have forgotten| depression days when the Black Le- | gion was to the Ku Klux Klan what a cobra is to a garter snake.! ’ Here is part of the Black! Legion’s crime score in Ohio and Michigan: Murdered Negro hod- gionnaire “Colonel” Harvey Davisi gionanaire “Colonel” Harvey Davis| wanted to know “how it felt to} shoot a Negro.” Eleven members convicted. Murdered John| Bielak and George Marchuk of the Auto Workers Union. . . . Threaten- | ed to kidnap Ohio Governor Davey's! daughter. . . . Nine members con-| victed for threatening death to Ar- thur Kingsley, Highland Park, Mich., publisher. Eight Legion- naires (all oificers of the Wolver- ine Republican Club) convicted for killing Detroit WPA worker Charles Poole because neighbors Talsely re- ported he beat his wife. Black Legion started after Ku Klux Klen got smoked out by too much publicity but proved it was a good money racket. . . .Dr. Wil- liam Shepherd, Bellaire, Ohio, health commissioner explains the Legion’s orign as follows: “I was Exalted Cyclops of KKK but with- (Continued on Page Four) | Alaska Are Hit But Army Is Maintaining Strong Iklenses ST. PAUL WANTS | ANSWER FROM JUNEAU C. OF C. | The problems of trade relations between Southeast Alaska and the| midwest occupied the major portion of the Juneau Chamber of Com- 'merce meeting this noon. IS NEEDED ON TIMBER TITLE A letter | | Alaska Highway Strip Turned Back to Inferior Depariment; Announce Developmeni Plan ARMY PLANESTO PEARL HARBOR, Juiy 3—®— The Navy is carrying out a drastic {Bartlett Warns that Delay from the St. Paul Association of |Commerce to the Chamber was | [ | | FIRE DEPARTMENT (® Special Washington Service WASHINGTON, July 3.—(®—The retrenchment program to keep| fleets in the Atlantic and Pacific operating efficiently, Adm. Louis E.| Denfeld says. We've gone all out to keep the fleets active,” said the Commander- |in-Chief of the Pacific, who re- |cently returned from conferences jin Washington. “We know that if |we keep the fleets at any real ef-‘ ficiency level, we have to cut down GIVE AIR SHOW HERE TOMORROW Major A. S. Kelly, operations of- ficer of the 57th Fighter Group of the U. S. Army Air Forces at Elm- endorf Field, today promised Ju- |read, and Phillip Briggs, owner of ! the Briggs Steamship Company, spoke. Will Lose Pulp Indus- try for Alaska el The St. Paul letter quoted letters (By CHARLES D. WATKINS) !recened from Southeast Alaska (AP Special Washington Service) |merchants, seeking a new trade WASHINGTON, July 3—#—Dele- route with the Midwest via Prince gate Bartlett of Alaska urged to- Rupert and stating a representa-; day that quick action be taken on;tve would be sent to St. Paul. the question of sale of timber in Other letters were quoted as say- Forest of|ing that “Southeastern TEAMS WILL MEET INBASEBALL GAME On the afternoon of July 5 at 2 o'clock the flashy Juneau Fire De- | partment baseball team will trek to 1 Alaska | Douglas to meet the Douglas Fire- National Ineau citizens a thrilling air show Jns the Army's contribution for to- imorrow’s Fourth of July Celebra-| on shore operations.” As a result of this new economy policy, the Navy is closing out its tion. He said that his fighter| {the Tongass 5 Alaska to paper mill companies. meirchants are making every ef-|men. The resumption of the long He said in a statement that de- fort to contact and purchase their;standing feuc between the Gastin- ‘lay might lose to the Territory the | supplies in the central states,” and!eau Channel smokeaters promises | Alaska merchants {to be one of the most bloodthirsty ! planes will do precision and for-! mation flying plus simulated dive bombing over the If weather conditions permit, he promised some aerial acrobatics. ‘There are 14 planes i the group including twelve P-51 Mustang fighters, one C-47 transport and one Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber which has been converted into an air-sea rescue plane with an attached Dumbo lifeboat on its belly. | Besides Major Kelly, the other 27 men in the group include: Ma- city tomorrow. | |wartime base on the Aleutian IS_E land of Attu and is reducing to|jisheq. | caretaker status its base at Kodiak,| Alaska, that leaves Adak in the Aleutians as the major base in Northern waters. While the Navy is reducing its operating centers in Alaskan wa- ters, the Admiral continued, the Aleutians and Alaska still will have strong defenses in the Army’s air- fields and installations. S e — Miss Schraeder, chance to get the industry estab-!“Southeastern tare turning more and more to the Bartlett said Indian leaders frommidwest and east for their mer-| | Alaska, their counsel and officials; chandise. . |of the Forest Service and the In-| The St. Paul Association pointed | terior Department are trying to|Out it has worked since last Oc- reach an agreement concerning the |tober on the problem, working out | Indian claims that they own much!arrangements for warehousing in |of the land involved. St. Paul and cowsolidation of rail | Legisiation permitting the Forest{shipments to Prince Rupert. £Service to sell stumpage rights to: A trip of wholesalers and manu- approximately 16,000,000 acres of facturers to Alaska fell through yland to paper companies to estab-)" because Briggs couldn't let us battles in firc department annals. Not since the days of Dolly Gray, former baseball loving Chief of the | Juneau Fire Department, has so! much been promised for so little.! Fire Chief Mill of the Juneau squad states that he is sending a very strong aggregation to the sister city of Douglas, which in addition to being able to play ball has many | and varied accomplishments. Mill| says that his squad will take on the | |retary of the Interior Willlam E. | Interior Department is preparing to open land along the Alaska High- way to settlement, a bit too late fm'i development this summer. An official of the Department's Bureau of Land Management, who ! withHeld his name, said the War Department has relinquished the strip of land through Alaska upon | which it built the road, thus return- | ing the land to Interior Department | Jjurisdiction, | | | | | Communities Planned Earlier this week, Assistant Sec- igjuly Fourth Celebration EXTRA EVENTS T0 BE STAGED THIS HOLIDAY 'Band Concert, Float Pa- rade, Air Show, Fire- works on Program With an air show, the first of fts kind for Juneau; a display of fire- works, set pieces, etc., also the first of its kind in years; coronation of a Queen following a spirited cam- paign; band concert, and a parade {in which more decorated floats will be seen than perhaps ever before in ! Juneau, this city is all set for & great time tomorrow, July 4. Warne told reporters the Depart- ment is working on plans for the establishment of communities along | the road, which now is so thinly settled as to be unsuitable for tour- ist use. The Army withdrew from public use a land strip 20 miles wide upon | which to build the first land route linking the Territory to the United States. Events start tonight, with a Ju- neau City Band concert at 8 o'clock in Triangle Place followed by the big ball in the Elks Ballroom. At midnight the Queen and four ag- tendants will be announced and the coronation, a colorful affair ar- ranged for this, will take place. On the Fourth The Fourth proper, is jammed with events. Starting promptly at 10:30 o'clock !Douglas Firemen in anything from | {lish five paper mills costing $30,- know... just when he would be | croquet to marbles. { 1000000 each, now is pending be-|ready to start,” the letter said. A | Later the width of the Army-held | tomorrow morning, the Juneau City strip was reduced to five miles. The i Band will start the big parade and most recent action, returning all of | it is going to be one of the largest I j fore Congress. representative of the Alaska Mid- The Douglus team has been scout- jors: Milton A. Anderson, H. E. Faver, James A. Wilson, T. J. Jack- | son; Captains: Joseph F. Stroud, Roy McKeegan, Thomas V. Gibson and James Crowley. Lieutenants in the group are: Mpyron A. Bourland, John C. Neil, Paul J. Mercier, William King, Troy L. Dean, Curtis E. Bicker-| staff, English F. Williams, Joseph| Joseph E. Williams and Harold Hipsack. Enlisted men include: Master Sergeants: Charles Hughes, Leon- ard Hale; Technical Sergeants: William T. Alexander, E. A. Babiar; {the Staff Sergeants: J. L. Fredenburg,' C. B. Corliss, William Downey; Sergeants: Harvey Hayes, Howard Barrett and Private First Class Donald Eldred. D Edna 0'Connor, JohnT. Cass, Jr., Mark A. Graham ToWed on July 8 Miss Virginia Schraeder, daug- ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Schrae- der, of Bozeman, Montana, iMark Allen Graham, representa- itive of the Standard Oil Com- pany at Yakutat, will be married at a double ring ceremony next Tues- |day night, July 8, at 6 o'clock, in Episcopal Church, the Rev. Robert Webb reading the vows. Mrs, Dorothy ° Tuckett will Matron of Honor and Mr. Charles Whyte will be best man. {Freimuth, pilot of the Fish and Wildlife Service will give the bride-to-be in marriage. Miss Margaret Shaw will be the organist at tht marriage and Mrs. Pauline Freimuth will be soloist. Ushers will be Mr. Haldo Fred- |erickson and Mr. Charles Tuckett. Wed on Saiurday A reception will be held im- {mediately following the ceremony at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Del The marriage of Miss Edna Preimuth on the Highway. Friends 'Connor to Mr. John Tuits Cassiof the yocung couple are invites Jr. will be solemnized by the Rev.ito attend the wedding and also th Charles Rice on Saturday after- reception. noon at 4 o'clock, at the Church of | Miss Schraeder, who has been | Holy Trinity. Only intimate friends here for the past two years with:paper tand relatives will attend the cer- the CAA at the Airport, and Mr,!wiu\out and be’ Mr. Del H INTRIANGLE PLACE i west ©ompany, the company form-! " f i TAGGED CONDEMNATION ed in St. Paul to buy for Maskans{;fug‘u;.mggg; s:;:::){,‘e:x ic::z‘s':;?;;; ! It provides that the receipts on a monthy fee basis, made a u-iplolmn 'whn have ventured the op- from the timber sales be held in to a large Alaska city and received| . " o0 tho Douglas flrémen! jthe Treasury until the rights of such a poor reception he rev.umed."imw_, repeatediy broken training| {the Indians have been determined.the letter said. rules during the season, and will| | The counsel for the Indians op-! The letter asked the Chamber of be Lmahle ts SIVBAB gul;d il ;posed the legislation on the Juneau to answer this question: Voft themselves. Umbirs . battbrs Joe“ igrounds that it would take the Are Southeast Alaska merchants ydhriaton and Ge(l)Jre Shaw (eel‘ property of the Indians without ready to back up their desire to MY P thi s 1 h ) their consent, he said it constitut-'get away from the Seattle monop-. Bt Unied SEMEIENE MANSUA np-l jed condemnation of the land for oly? .~ Or do they wish the newlPens the fire companies of Juneau juse by a private company, which route« as-a “club with which | will come through with & smashing ‘he asserted is prohibited by law. scare Seattle?” | , victory. He urged that the Indians be given: The letter suggested sending rep-| Chief Mill announces at the last/ !patents to areas the Interior De- resentatives from Alaska to St.' Mminute that he dropped 14 members | |partment has found rightfully Paul or inviting St. Paul represen- from the team for failure to train., theirs and be permitted to sell the tatives to Alaska, : These included Wallis George, Roy timber to the paper companies. Briggs said the letter was a good Nolan and other minor lights. The | Forest Service officials contend |sxpres:.ion of how the men of St.|squad which will go to Douglas| .this would create an impossible Paul feel, but that they are “mis- will include Dilg, McKinnon, Sadlier, “mistaken+ Orme, Sturrcck, Berthol, Hunter, administration situation and that informed” and have {the paper companies will drop all ideas.” | MacLean, Morrison, Red Shaw,| inegotiations if they have to deal' He said that some of the larger Dewey Baker, Carrigan Hermann merchants are now buying in the:and Holmquist. !Midwest and Interior merchants’ are purchasing goods which they! bring from Prince Rupert on char-j {with the Indians. Bartlett said it had become ap- parent that any bill aimed at clear- ing the way for the paper mills - | CHAMBER DEFERS |must be agreed to by both sides tered boats. 1 if it is to get through this session - He suggested that there is a lack® | {of Congress. of coordination between St. Paul A(IION o" AIR 1 and Southeast Alaska merchants which must be worked out. He] RO“IE OUES]‘ION presented the following problems| to shipping on the new route: | AR ! 1. It is hard to get any large’ producing area interested because; The matter of endorsement by the of the limited market and smalll Juneau Chamber of Commerce of a | population of Alaska. | canadian Pacific Airlines shuttle ! 2. Manufacturers rail service betwen Juneau and White- | NOW OR NOTHING “We are working to see if some ormula cannot be reached which will satisfy all -parties and which, 1at the same time, will allow the industry to go to Alaska further delay,” Bartlet! | | | i said. “I fear it is not a proposition of ! absorb 'Rupert. further study upon requests by Jack 3. There are no distributing or Fletcher and George Sundborg. facilities at Prince The transportation committe had recommended against endorsement 4. There is no interport traffic|since the local field has been pio- other area which they have inves- 'because rates are the same. neered by Pan American Airways s tigated. He said he believed there are and other American carriers and | | “We cannot afford to lose this!solutions to these problems, how-!PAA wants to continue the service |indmtry. It means too much to'ever, that he hopes to get inler~=m spite of the fact that it operates ithe whole Territory. The indus- port rates down and some manu-;it at a loss. The executive board try will bring year-around employ- tacturers are now absorbinz ral:had adopted the report at a meet- iment to Alaska and will roughly rates to Seattle, i ing yesterday. double the population of the re-| —————— i The matter of a cocktail party or we do not do anything now. “Representatives of one company ' i f {have told me that if they cannot!warehousing icount on the Alaska proposition Rupert. i now they will have to move to an- [bigwer " chananytring we. now: SOAP BOX DERBY BOYS Coma” chammer of Gommerce. who | have.” will arrive here the afternoon of July 17 was referred to the executive | board for decision. ; | TO MEET AT 9:45A. M. Sm ER MVEME“TS ' Gfl RE‘DY Fok PARADE ! A letter from Black Hawk, Colo- irado, asking if the original “Face Juneau Sunday, the Forester coming emony. iGraham met when both attended O'Connor. A bridal shower was given last'at Yakutat. es g | ments were served. Many lovely] BE IoNIGHT AI 8 Frank Hynes and Clay Scudder and | Avoian, Irene Olson, Grace Satko, Ganahl. |o'clock in Triangle Place, in front MEETING JULY 10,in this city. monthly meeting next Thursday.( P. O HOURS have one window open on Snturdayi e ———— - thé Juneau Volunteer Fire Depart- 433 Nelson St. The fire caused some was quickly put out. | i Henry Leege, Chairman of the | Scouts meet at the corner of Winter to be present by 9:30 to receive The bride will be given in mar- a CAA instruction school in the riage by her fatner, Mr. Jack|States. The romance bridesmaid and Mr. John Lowell is the result of little Dan Cupid. will be best man. | The couple will make their home evening by Miss Merion Cass in} —————-—— honor of the bride-elect. Games were played by the guests durin; BAND Co"(ERI Io the evening, after which refresh-| presents werc given to Edna. Those attending were Mesdames {the Misses Susy Winn, Lili Ann| { Maurstad, Bernice Milligan, Miry | Margaret Atkinson, Mary Ar,khp‘ The Juneau City Band will give son, Lynn Hynes and Virginia De- jan open-air concert tonight at 8 e — |of the First National Bank. start- FIRE DEPARTMENT ling the Fourth of July celebration The Juneau Volunteer Fire De-| partment w:l hold its regular/ July 10, instead of tonight. - e The Juneau Post Office will be closed all day tomorrow but will morning to accommodate all busi- ness for that day. AFTERNOON FIRE A three-nine fire call brought ment out at 2:10 this afternoon in order to extinguish a roof fire at damage to the roof of the house, belonging to Sam Dapcevich, but .- CUB SCOUT NOTICE newly formed Cub Pack Committee, | has requested that all of the Cub| | and Pond to participate in the par- ade, July 4.,All boys are requested | their flags and marching instruc- | tions. Director Joseph Shofner has ar- ranged a program of selections that have been the most popular in previous appearances of the {band, ranging from marches, char- acteristic numbers to overtures. ‘The program will start with the “Star Spangled Banner,” arousing the spirit of Independence Day. The remainder of the program is as follows: 1—American Exultant ... Hayes | 2—American Patrol .......Meacham 3—Mosquitoes Parade ‘Whitney 4—Moon Glow—arranged by Doug Gregg Trombone Quartet 5—The Bells of St. Marys'...Adams 6—Jupiter—Cornet Solo....Goldman Soloist Bill Sperling 7—The Donkey Serenade...... Friml 8—Jolly Robbers—Overture ... .von Suppe Bernett Teike 9—Clarinet Polka . 10—Old Comrades—March .. el NOTICE TO SEA SCOUTS There wil! be a meeting of all Juneau Sea Scouts at the Evergreen Bow! tonight at 7 o'cloek. All boys' having uniforms are requested to of Seatle, is registered at the Bar- ncau 1wem' them. | Seattle July 4. Princess Louise scheduled to sail | from Vancouver July 5 at 9 p.m. | Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle, July 8. 3 Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing and sails south one hour later | at 9:30 o'clock. Aleutian, from west, scheduled southbound Saturday. — e PETRICH RETURNS J. T. Petrich, Assistant U. S. Collector of Customs, has returned to his office from a six week's an- nual inspection tour of all Customs Oifices in the Interior. —t o ——— MARGARET FEMMER HOME Miss Margvaret Femmer, who has 1 been attending Northwest Univer- sity, has arrived home via PAA yes- terday. for the summer. Miss Fem- Baranof scheduled to sail trom! Soap Box Derby entrants are re-|on the Bar Room Floor” episode lquested to assemble at 9:45 o'clock | happened in Juneau was referred to 'tomogrow morning, at the Winter;the Chamber by Mayor Waino ,and Pond Corner, to take part in ! Hendrickson. the parade. Rotarians will be there| New members introduced were J. ‘and pass out the helmets and - | Simpson MacKinnon, Jr., and Fran- shirts, and will give instructions on | €18 E. Mix. ) lining up for the parade. Guests were E. C. Christiansen of e Palmer, Don Rude, Juneau, and ! S'IO(K 0“0"“0"; ! Capt. H. E. Sievers, operations man- !ager of the Alaska ‘Transportation | NEW YORK, July 3. — Closing | Company. !quitation of American Can ',oda)'! o e AL ! is 93%, Anaconda 36%, Curtiss-l BROWNIES BACK IN TOWN | | Wright 4%, International Hnrvester' | 92, Kennecott 46%, New York Cen-; tral 147%, Northern Pacific 19, camping with a popping good time.‘ U. S. Steel 697%, Pound $4.02%. |Because the camp store ended with Sales today were 1,250,000 shares.;a surplus, 52 packages of bubble | Merrill-Lynch averages today are!gum were distributed among tnej as follows: industrials 181.74, rails)girls The Brownies came into town | 48.06, utilities 35.48. today. —_—————— On the adult staff for the camp| Harry Rosen and Margaret Lin- | were: Mesdemes Ernest Onstott, ! Joff, both of Juneau were married|Jack Fletcher, Ralph Mize, Walter i The Brownies ended their week’s! {the ship to report immediately. mer resumes her position on the|this morning by U. S. Commissioner | Knape, Burr Johnson and the Miss- reporticrial staff of the Empire. Felix Gray. Dan Alston and Mrs.|es Julia Marshall and Irene wu-‘ - e — ! Duncan L. Wright were witnesses, |liams. Program Aides were Pat| BEZ HERE FROM SEATTLE — e — Oakes, Arlene Godkin, Jeannette Nick Bez, wellkngwn canneryman | The regular meeting of the Ju- Doucette and Eva Knappe. Cooks City Councii will be postponed | for the camp were Mrs. Lily Darlin jand Mrs. John Klingbeil, one week until Friday, July 11. ) anof Hotel. the land to the Interior Depart- ment, is expected to be announced within a fw days. Make Sites Available The Interior Department is ex- pected to make attractive sites along the road, in its Alaska portions, available to builders of hotels, stores, garages and other properties which will provide facilities for travelers and help develop the Territory. The road extends for 1,520 miles from Dawson Creek, B. C., to Fair- banks, Alaska. Warne said Canada has made considerable progress with its roadside development. Among its new facilities are hotels at Watson Lake and Teslin Lake. The early goal, in the Alnskanl sector, is for settlements no more than 100 miles apart. The road is gravel surfaced and open the year around. A Canadian- travelers to make sure that they and their velficles are capable of making the long trip. NOTICE ON DISTRES: SIGNALS WANTED, (6 | ! | | The Wachusett, Coast Guard cut- ; ter for this district, has had two | distress calls since returning from a 36-day court cruise. The first onej was from the Monterey, which went aground off the south side of Aaron developed {merely deferring entry of the in-'costs in shipping to Seattle, but horse was brought before the Cham- [gjand and the second one came | Miss Lynn Hynes will be there, continued and the marriage,dustry to Alaska for another year do not yet in shipping to Prince ber today and deferred pending from the Forester Tuesday. H ‘The Forester, under skipper Hank Museth, sent a distress signal out at ; 5 o'clock Tuesday evening after she had gone aground and swamped' herself on the Situk River, 12 miles southeast of Yakutat. The fishing | boat, the Consul D., assisted the| Forester and both boats will be in in under her own power. ' No damage was done to the For- ester. exceot for a small leak that is taking in about 10 gallons of water per hour. J. V. Cole is the| owner, i Commander E. V. Carlson, com- manding officer of the Wachusett, | asked the assistance of the Juneau people for these distress calls. Three | long and three short blasts is the recall signal for all personnel of Juneauites are asked to help locate all personnel and to aid them in returning aboard. The Wachusett is : docked at the Alaska Juneau Mine seen in Juneau for years, from 16 to 19 floats, besides marching or- ganizations. The parade is double routed to give all two opportunities to get full view. At 12 noon, the sports for children and others will be run at the ball park. At 2 o'clock there is a baseball zame at the park. At 5 o'clock the air show will be staged over Gastineau Channel. 2 ‘this thrill. ing event, at 5:30 o'clock, the water sports will take place on Gastineau Channel, races of all kinds between different craft. Evening Events At 9 o'clock there will be a pie- eating contest. At 9:30 o'clock street dancing will start on lower Seward Street near *he Teen-Age Club. At 11 o'clock the fireworks display | American board screens would-be | will take place from barges anchor- »d in the channel off the Alacka Dock and a warning is given that 10 small ‘boats of any kind will be allowed closer than 100 yards as some of the fuses for the set pieces are 100 feet long. At midnight, at the street dance, the announcement awarding the Chrysler automobile, will be made. Saturday afternoon there will be another ball game and on Sunday there will be a doubleheader, one between the Oldtimers and Teen- Agers and the other a regular Gas- tineau Channel League game be- ‘ween the Legion and Elks. Flags and bunting are salready ‘loating over city streets and many merchants will have displays in their show windows. It is estimated there are already several hundred visitors already in town to enjoy the celebration. Ui, 4N N WRANGELL SEA SCOUTS ARE HERE FOR FOURTH The Sea Scouts from Wrangell arrived early this morning aboard the Bielby to participate in the July Fourth celebration and join with Ship 712 to march in the parade. ! They will be here until Sunday. Charles Eslick, skipper of the Sea Scout Ship, is in charge. Mrs. Eslick accompanied her husband. e FORREST FUNERAL RITES Last respects were paid this morning by a host of friends of the late Mrs. Alrert Forrest, for whoff Requiem Mass was said at the Church of the Nativity. The many s beautiful floral pieces attested to A £ A ithe esteem in which she was held. e o o o o o o | e e WEATHER REPORT | POLICE COURT NEWS o Temperature for 24-Hour e| Four men were arrested by City e Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock e |Police yesterday for being drunk. . This Morning o | One man, Paul Kinch, forfeited $25 |o o | hail this morning. The others were e In Jureau—Maximum, 56; e fined $25 by City Magistrate Wil- o minimum, 47. o |liam A. Holzheimer. They were Ince . At Airport—Maximum, 56; e |Herman. Willie James and Weston ® minimum, 44. o /Anderson. . WEATHER FORECAST . bR o ® (Juneau and Vieinity) ol® ® @ 8o 96 guE . Variable cloudiness tonight e|® . e and Friday. Intermittent very o ® NO EMPIRE ISSUED . ® light rair tonght. Continued e'® FRIDAY, SATURDAY o e warm Friday e{® The Empire, like all other . PRECIPITATION e!® businesses in Juneau, will e @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 e.m. today) @ | ® Observe the 3-day holiday, as e e In Juneau—Trace; since e|® it is called. This means there e ® July 1, 68 inches. ® will be no issue of the Empire o . At Airport — 02 inches; e Friday or Saturday. . ® since Julv 1. 86 inches. . . e o o o o o 8 o e o o o o o o oo