The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 15, 1947, Page 2

PAGE. TWO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ——jUNI;AU ALASKA “Bedding” [t’s time to start think- if one enough winter ing beddit 1 the ¢ for o Satin Covered— Filled White Goose Down Down (omforter $39.95 Pendlefon Blankels $19.95 Hudson Bay 4-Point Blankels . . . $21.50 White Cotfon Sheet Blankels . .... $2.75 | $4.95 ea. All Wool— Assorted Colors Filled with Duck and Chicken Feathers % Pillows B d/l/( Bsé'zgnc{i 80. QUALITY SINCE /887 < o MARSHALL'S PLAN | iitled to a vote. The need CHURCHILL service work was stres: mecting last night by membpn "o REVAMP u“ Is | of the Board. They pointed out the | tuber ulcsis sanatorium and ortho- pedic hospital at Mount Edgecumbe. | LAKE SUCCESS. 15.—@P— Five countries today lined up be-| Board Chairman B. D. Stewart, J announced the appointment of Ray IS POSSIBlE | Bolton as Chairman of the Red hind Secretary of State Marshall’s | g | Cross Home Service Committee. program to overhaul United Nations Other committee members are peace-keeping machinery while Doubts that Current Rus-| | which would Be Brought Back {sion of Congress jing | The national convention also ask-’ tax policy raise exemptions [$1,500 for an individual, $3,000 for a ! with $500 deduc- | {tion in addition for each dnp[‘nd-l led for a new income | married couple, tent | A group of tection of veterans’ ssed swiftly S eee . ® Temperarure ror This Morning In Juneau—Maximum, minimum, 41. . minimum, 42. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Mostly cloudy e mph. PRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m In since Oct. 1, 565 since July 1, 36.72 inches. At Airport — .49 ® since Oct. 1, 283 e since July 1, 24.65. ® o000 00 BANKS OFFICES WILL . CLOSE ON SATURDAY - Banks, Territorial offices City offices will be closed Saturd: observance of Alaska Day, whic anniversary of the turning of Alaska to the U. S. from Russi Federal offices, normally open on | CIOISASKING | S . - - | FOR SPECIAL | | SESSION NOW | Wants Price and Rent Con- ! trols-Also Rationing BOSTON, Oct. 15—#—The CIO called today for an immediate ses- to bring back | price and rent controls and rnlion»' resolutions asking | fair and full employment and pro- | rights were | and with little dis- | {cussion by the 600 delezates. (90006 v s co 000 WEATHER REPORT 24-Hour Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock 47; At Airport—Maximum, 45; with occa- sional light rain showers and e not much change in temper- @ ature tonight and Thursday. e Southeasterly winds 15 to 20 today) Juneau — 131 inches; inches; inches; inches; year commemorates the 80th to] [ | NAVAL CONVERSION JOB — T\\n former U. S. Navy fr ates, the Uniontown (left) and the Caicos, lie alongside a Hoboken, N. J., pier of Todd Shipyards Corp., awaiting work which will put them and two sister ships in shape for the Argentine navv GBE(Y)R&SAHI:IIJG wagmto:m STABILITY IS T0 COME UP MECESSITYTO - HURRICANE WORLD PEACE Big Wind Moves Inland from Aflantic Coast- One Man Killed SAVANNAH, hu eececsessvcee 1 .nd today he in the next s an income tax Secretary Marshall Tells (10 of Determined American(ampaign | | My idea king away folks who he explained at we the b h d and 1)\L< little in an in i | Oct. 15.—(P— in from h and 100-mile move are ol young ing their mind and ar vhat I have in on pensior and women ju the its an men homes." to and force r - and : : ADDRESSED BY RODE el ealoAE e e ) letermination” along wit} Roden Club to “discount vicious pro d outrageous criticism.” Saturday and local businesses but an unident ekl thouth : are not scheduled to be closed. crushed to death by a falling tree VERRSY e 2 : s C |in the Moose L force were ex-|0Clock plans to Europe or Soviet- | ge ons in Alaska, em-ihe said that the “h ‘\ly cn(u,..l_ Northern Voyager, from Seattle, reports cated hm.:(‘:i‘i‘)‘q‘: g ’x = ”‘\» e »hg‘mwn dangers |due tomorrow morning. {property damage the National |\ e "f;i F-; p ) affect American | Alaska, from Seattle, due Fri-|Guard said Cha 168} DENgop g3 ’ day. been hard hit Territorial legis Y. _{been hard hi et i e o | Terminal Knot scheduled to sail, were said to have in Seattle Oct. 18. < Miriam Troutman Is coffee ere ser TRUMAN, RAYBURN | | from Seattle today. At least Lo Clove Hitch scheduled to |the National Guard mn‘ }»p rfny ! {from Seattle October 17 = i Ifl “PI“”_‘_C“O" SlATE A"NOUN(ED‘ Aleutian scheduled to sail from d Melntyr 12 PASSENGERS ARE' Princess Louise scheduled to 'niu 1.OS ANGELES, O 15.—(P—A from Vancouver Oect 20, mocratic slate of Harry S. Tru- B?{Bm{' oyt atiuieg Flow“ HERE BY pAA u l L E T I N S n for President and Rep. Sam, soutnbound late Sm.dw evening Rayburn of Texas for Vice Pres e | dent was proposed by former Kep.| _,Robert Ramspeck of Gto dis-iexecutive -vice president zin, now i of the| NVER, Colo.—Travel is |14 ARE FLOWN ouT, Marvin Kristan, Mrs. Hugh Wade Czechoslovakia contended that the : P h - . . a. y 1 X upte today, huntin, parties are i ' er-! and Mrs. Clayton Polley. American proposal ‘“may destroy 1 P "».sz:];nfm Alrw ou x.‘l il 1{ e !:Ofl S ;:1; Transport Association of Amer- sian Propaganda Is Pre- | Dr. wiliam P. Blanton was ap- | the very foundations” of the UN.| Fefed on B|nhda :p ‘x carried 11 [storm w! el LI Ol L e pointed by Stewart to select adrive The only opposition to the Mar-‘ ey bl ~U__N to Whitehorse, |feet of sn on the high Rockies “t"\ } ¥ .r" : iC Eieaivn. of IUde fo War, HOWevel' chairman for the 1948 campaign | shall program came from the So-| F W‘Pdhr: Sipe 1 Il | ] rx: o Lv}e; 'évéi)zx:dn thl\tu 1m T for funds, viet orbit. Czechoslovakia and Yu-| Mss Miriam Troutman was hon- Bere 2 % | ; & i % NEW YORK. Oct. 15 p_win. The ARC Executive Committee, goslavia followed closely the lineored last evening with a dinner at,fi‘;:”lw :‘1{‘(}“"2_3:?, L“fl{}é‘;i“,ifl‘[“'m- Cr‘;“"“ ‘[‘r‘ ‘“‘f”‘;‘lt “"“‘c‘e‘ :192"5: OfC"“l ";‘”j‘“;‘ r‘x"xlt:‘ I;‘:d ston o 5 B would ":(\ consisting of Chapter officers, was laid down yesterday by Russia’s the Salmon Creek Country Club o0 Lclu B o 11:)5‘ A5 a0 BibAne by i l;;:_fl,‘!"‘_ Vi ilrpy o a “fr e qngq purm | i 11“ R.xw".(‘:;d i authorized to prepare the 1948- Andrei Y. Vishinsky in his bitter arrange by her parents, Mr. and' i‘l‘;;m‘ P;,r‘)\j o iR ‘C;'ir') +AReRd tront ;1v“m -0r immn ce-President: “Sa ) R O Cloms 1949 Fudget to conform with cam- attack on the motives of the Unit-|Mrs. Sam Troutman, and attended | #00 o \n ™ pey Gun. mountains. The aircraft has been S oSl e Ay o, paign needs. ed States. {by friends. et e |2 T 4 but that he does not : : ngham, Dr. Archie Stewart. g since early last evening, | Ut he does 1ot "I meeting was nld i the su- | The countres which supported | A laspe isthasy cake, which was TR, D el e, (mising, Sk ey et evenns, JAY BRAUN (ELEBRATES S 4 dios of x.n(lm. ation !\INY the American proposal “in prin- |ordered without her knowledge Bre e" Billy Traynor .Trm D 20 | dock the . forser. Bmglish ciple” were China, Uruguay, Tur- | from Sully’s - Bakery, where Vlisfl et 4. Shhbties Al Tay) WASHINGTON- A Laking | Hls NNIH BIRTHDAY Minister believe key and El Salvador. Troutman is employed, was brougnt !y "5 purness Horace Ibach, Wini- | dustry spokesman today deseribe 2,000 PASSENGERS STALLED, SUBWAY o DlSTRESS CALLS | T0 COAST GUARD broadcast from Eng- o the Alfred E. Smith Mem- Foundation dinner here. that the Soviet g ernment and their Communist _— fifth columns in so many coun-, SEATTLE, Oct. 15—@—Coast| NEW YORK, Oct. 15—(P—About will at some moment or other, Guard headquarters reported dis-|2,000 subway passengers were held United Nations Organi- | tress calls today from two boats|underground in dungeon-like semi- zation Churchill said. “Then off the Pacific Coast | darkness for nearly an hour today nere would be what is called two The fish boat Marie H. called for |When their train stalled and police worlds and we sho all be sorry help from a position southwest of |reported 16 were overcome. see that Yaquina Bay, Ore, before noon.| Scores of passengers climbed As for asing stream of The cutter Bonham went to its aid thmugh the windows of the Man- u e western world” hattan-Mount Interborough Rapid said “the Soviet govern- s received in San | Transit Train and made their way| ts have poured out through!Francisco from a boat which iden-|to safety along a catwalk in the radio, in 26 languages,” MTI.|tijieq itself as the Migrator, but its|darkened Clark Street tunnel under rehill he believed it Was| position was unknown. The Coast|the East River. f 1 purposes Guard said it also was believed to| The remainder were rescued from i e 5 be a fishing boat. All coast sta-|their plight whena train on the op- tions were alerted for possible fur-|posite track pulled up alongside AMER RED (Ross ther calls from it and passengers stepped from one to e e \me other through open doors. — .- Paul Xavier left for Seattle A((A (ollE(TloNS aboard the Princess Louise. He| NAMED DIRECTORS [)]Jn\ to attend college in Califor- | The Alaska Cn])vlrd Children’s | nia, after visiting with his mother In the future, chairmen, of per-|Asscciation announces that the Boy ‘\\ho is returning to their home in manent Juneau American Red Scouts will cooperate the local | Tacoma irom a European tour. Cross com: tees, will b iven a|drive to collect phonograph records,| Xavier came to Juneau several v Chapter affairs. This action | magazines, eic., for the patients. |years ago, and returned after two was granted in an amendment to| Anyone having articles to donate |years in the Navy, to work as a local by-laws voted last night at are asked to telephone the Boy desk clerk at the Baranof and Gas- the regular quarterly meeting of Scout Headquarters, 387 and the tineau hotels. the ARC Board of Directors. The |articles will be picked up el new law provides that chairmen, of | Ed Whitsel has given a portable| George Rengard and Lynn Boyer a box of records|of Anchorage are registered at the Gastineau. as | phonograph an 'to the crippled children permanent committees, will sit members of the Board and are en- m from the kitchen of the Coun- try Club during the meal. Attending were Mr. | Troutman, Miss Genevieve | berry, Miss Marie Jensen, Bernice Woodhead and Dave Web- ster. WILLIAM VERNON JOINS ARMY ACS William Ray Vernon, Juneau High School graduate in 1947, will leave here tomorrow for Fort Richardson to enlist in the Signal Corps of the Clark V. of Regular Army. Captain Telquist, tem Juneau office, Richardson to have accepted and to rece! training. ve his Vernon is the son of Mrs. Eve B. M. Behre employed Vernon of the Bank. He has been the Juneau ACS office as a messenger. Following the completion of since basic training period, Vernon will for med be returned to Juneau for assi ment to the local ACS ofiice - ., BRIDGE UNDER REPAIR U William Fromholtz and Fcrest Service crew were repg the Gunnock Creek bridge Kake today in preparation for the and baby girl. winter season. - Empire deada for best r and Mrs. MOVIE SLIDES SHOWN fred Tbach, Bob Peterson, Frances as ‘“astronomical and impossible”! Peterson, Ray Stark, D. M. Pom- the savings of 3,000,000 or more| I‘ erleau, Robert Kelly, Ivan Johfln-‘\,ushus of grain monthly predict-! A dinner party was given for M“y_ son, B\ron Horton. led for the industry by Chairman|Jay Braun on his ninth birthday il —————————— | Charles Luckman of the Citizens!last night at the home of his par-| Commanding Officer the Alaska Communications S announced to- day that Vernon will go to Fort his enlistment basic Fcod Committee. ent ‘ | Ak el i a ALASKA DAV IS ‘0 BE ‘ PARIS— The Communist-domin-“cgfiézngglzn};g;?g )C?m\c;;afl}l{o?; HONORED AT JUNEAU |ctca General Federation of Laror chrome siides taken in the In-| SCHOOLS ON FRIDAY woriing ciass” toniznt to support | (CGT) called upon “the entire|ferior, McKinley Park, Valdez Road and the Alaska Highway. |actively Paris’ deadlocked transport | strike. Jackie | David | Run- | Guests were Roger Polley, Hermle, Jackie Schmitz, Hollingsworth, Sherwood dall and Jim Hurmon. - STOREYS LEAVE ON TRIP T0 OLD HOME Mr. and Mrs. Emmett @ Leroy Storey left on the Princess Louise for a trip to their old home in the South. They will visit with relatives in Georgia, and then go to California fo ra rew months. The Storeys plan to return to Alaska next year, probably to the Interior where he may work on one of the construction projects in Fairbanks or Anchorage. The Storeys came to Juneau akbout a year ago, and he has been employed at the Subport. He was a student pilot with Alaska Co 1 Airlines, and obtained his private license about a week ago. ———.———— Alaska Day will be honored in| the Juneau Public Schools on Fn- day with a program, which _will Franklin A. Rutledge, U. S, Bu-| feature the color film, “Wings ..o or Mines Project Engineer, |Over Alaska,” a Pan American Air-| . i0eq here yesterday to spepd the jways production. A short talk oB|ginter months on assignment from |Alaskan " history will be given 10/ yne guncau office of the Bureau of the pupils also. The Grade Schcol| pa s Mo b /v e working at Tin program will be held in the moIl-| oy oy the Seward Peninsula pre- ing and the High School in Ll e afternoon. All cla: will i S early dismissal on Friday 4 % noon. e HERE FOR WINTER the have > bETb $50 FIN Gilliam Longley was fined $50 | this morning by City Magistrate | william A. Holzheimer on a charge | of being drunk and disorderly. Hospital | g ee —— yester: BOSTON, Oct. 15 —(®—Walter n | ——,——— HOSPITAL NOTES St. Ann's attention by | July his 1 to al Admitted - were Jeino Jappinao and Carroll P. Reuther, president of the CIO a United Automobile Workers assail- led as a “part of a smear cam- paig a Chicago announcement S. were Mrs. Richard Gibson a publicity firm had been engaged ng taby boy, Mrs. Troy Mansker |to work for the nemination of Reu- near baby girl, and Mrs. Daniel Ward ther for vice president ona Repub- ‘lican ticket headed by Sen. Taft| When Puerto Roco became part Mary Pineda of Juneau was ad-| (R-Ohio). of the United gStates, the ilit- mitted to the Government Hospitall —————— eracy rate was 71.3; by 1940 it ults! yesterday. | Empire Wantads for test results |was 315, Howard Erickson, was also admitted. hespital yest Wall. Mr: (surgical case, | Leavis the ng | brices, {autumn, s SEAlSKIN (CATS TO BEHIGHER 'Fall Auction Prices af St. Louis Show 19% Pertent Rise WASHINGTON, he government's Oc; fall 15.—(m— auction of | Alaska seal ckins, a barometer of the cost of next winter’s coats ought prices 195 percent higher 1 last April's e and in some ses the highest in years, the Fish and Wildlife Service said today. A government official said it kely that there will be a co: onding increase in all fur coat but the sale indicated in- creeses in the retail prices of some lus furs. autumn sale of government- fu: 1 skins, from the Privilof Islands in the Bering Sea, was conducied at St. Louis, Mo., er 6 by the Fouke Fur Com- which processes the skins the government. The 25430 d‘(fs"l dyed and finished seal sold for $1472874, an of $57.82 each. An addi- $3,254 was received from sale of 523 blue fox and 20 The |owned the white fox pelts. After the fall auctipn a year {ago, when the Alaskan pelts sold for unusually low amounts, fur lur‘lb]“d sharply—30 percent on the average, the Fish and Wild- life qcwme said. At the S®pring auction last April, prices declin- ed an additional seven percent. Even with the increase this prices are well below the 1944 figures, when 23408 skins brought $1578,346. Last 2"28" seal skins sold for | October, "seal April, Investigafing Housing Authority Books WASHINGTON, Oct. 15—P— Congressional investigators have turned their atiention to govern- ment bookkeeping methods, and ne charged there has been “fraud” in the financial records of the Federal Public Housing Au- | thority. Senator Homer Ferguson of Michigan made that charge as a Senate Expenditures subcommittee cpened hearing on the records kept by the Housing Authority for the cal year 1945 and 1946. The hearings were called after a firm |of public accountants, Price, Water- house and Company, referred to {the records as inadequate, maccur- late and deficient. Senator Ferguson pointed to one |item in the audit which had to ldo with an entry for $26,000. The ‘accounting firm said . this entry which had been charged to ex- penses, was fictitious and concern- jed a commitment which did not exist. This, said Ferguson, constituted |fraud—an attempt on the part of v.he Authority to deceive Con- gl€53 |CANDIDATES CHOSEN TO TAKE PEPSI-COLA SCHOLARSHIP EXAM The Senior Class’ of the Juneau High School recently elected two |of their members to take the an- nual Pepsi Cola Scholarship exam. | Those elected were Anita Brown and Dick Wingerson, who will have |opportunity to compete with other | Alaskan students in the Scholar- Ship Contest, which awards a 'tour year college scholarship to an Alaskan student. Dale Roff, who in his first year at the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, was second in the all-Alaska con- |test last ycm‘ BEAUTY TREATMENT FOR PAN AMERICAN The office staff of the* Pan American Ailrways had a meeting kenind closed doors the other night, but since the doors are glass and there are no blinds, in- quisitive passers-by wondered what was cooking. It's all'out in the open now. A thorough job of interior decor- ation is underway, and one of the most important innovations will be a set of venetian blinds. Thz ceilihg is being painted white, and the walls powder blue. A new counter will be installed and the chairs re-upholstered = in light cream leather. They're going lw serub the floor too.