The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 14, 1948, Page 2

PAGE TWO —— e Dz LISO (M’é SHOES Values Are ar & 4 1 o $15.95 Sale Price §9.90 We have a good run of sizes from 4st09%..Bsto AAA Styles Broken DON'T PASS UP THIS BUY WITH THE ees Going Up §5.00 pair B, d/M. Bsé'zgndi 80. QUALITY SINCE SOCIAL WORKERS WANTED IN ALASKA; APPEAL MADE T0DAY The Alaska Department of Pub- lic Welfare is making an appeal for qualified social workers to fill posi- tions immediately in the field of child welfare. There are three posi- tions open in this field which must be filled as soon as possible All over the United States there an extreme shortage of profe onal workers making it difficult to recruit for the positions in Al 4 Inasmuch as there may be social workers in the Territory, but not employed in the field, the Depart- ment is making this appeal request- ing all social workers to contact the district workers in either Ketchi- kan, Anchorage, Fairbanks or write the Territorial Office in Juneau. The qualifications for the employ- ment of a social worker include the following: one year of graduate study at a school of Service and So- al Administration and at least one ear of experience in the field. is /8587 ORGANIZED LABOR ENTERS POLITICS 10 PROTECT SELF In apparent defiance of the Taft- Hartley Act, organized labor in Juneau has decided to enter poli- tics to “protect its hard-won rights against further encroach- ment.” This action was approved Friday at a meeting of the Juneau AFL Central Labor Council and was revealed today. The official statement des that labor must take this action, not as a pressure group demanding special favors, but as citizens hav- ing the welfare of the country at heart. The group also recommended the elimination of seasonal unemploy- ment and the development of agri- culture within the Territory. e JUNEAU YACHT CLUB Meeting Thursday, 8 p. m, at Fish Face Sams. Important all attend. Mug up 84 2t FREIGHT AT Refrigeration SERVICE to ALASKA Regular sailings from Seatile and Tacoma, Washington For Rates and Information Alaska Tran;;b;talion Company GASTINEAU HOTEL P. 0. Box 61—Phone 879 Juneau, Alaska ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN | via Pelersburg and Wrangell With eonmections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient afternoon departures, at 1:00 P. M, FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 Big Triumvirafe | Gov | handle his “national interests” dur-|and employment tax. | ing mar THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU. ALASKA | R WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1948 RE - TRIAL OF MEEKS 10 START “onvicted Knife Slasher Given Another Chance in District Court (Continued m Page One) luced this charge to a dangerous weapon Enforcement authorities kept suspicions of Meeks quiet nd it was not learned that he considered a suspect in the npbell murder until the Grand y returned an indictment inst him on first degree murder on Jan. 30, 1946. He had been indicted, the previous day, on assault with their rges GERTY CORI er charge ary 1, 1946, Meek: by Attorn William L. , and J. O. O'Leary, ap- fore District Judge J. W. > plead not guilty on both rney O’Leary was later drop- frem the ¢ ior contempt and M. E. Monagle was to replace him. JUNE LOCKHAR Woman's Editor Because a royal love story for a while overshadowed news of threat- w ened wars an current disasters, ed-| 24 FOR 24 HOURS ENI itors of Associated Press newspapers tatp. bhave voted Princess Elizabeth of i England the woman of the year. Results of the annual poll were| , .ot almost unanimous, proving that even Bar § : arrow in hard-bitten modern world, Bethel carred by catastrophe, the romance Cordova of a beautiful princess and her Dawson Prince tops politics, intrigue and treason in public interest BAS savh Fairbanks Among other women voted out- Haines standing in their respective fields Havre for 1947 are four new personalities Juncau Airport who zoomed into the news spot- Annette Island light for the first time this year. |Kodiak Dr. Gerty Theresa Cori, joint win- Kotzebue ner with her husband, Dr. Ferdin-'Burbank and Cori, of this year's Nobel prize MeGrath for medicine, was voted outstanding Nome woman in the field of science. Both Northway Drs. Cori are faculty members at Petersburg Washington University, St. Louis. | Portland - { Hailed as the singing sensation of | Prince George the year, Dorothy Shay, the young Prince Rupert singer who suddenly found herselt Seattle famous for her hill-billy song, “Feud- ' Sitka in' and Fightin'” won top position Whitehorse 31 among women in radio Yakutat 40 tty June Lockhart, 22-year-old *—(4:30 a. m. yesterday to 4:30 a. m. today) daughter of veteran character actors WEATHER SYNOPSIS: The last in a s Gene and Kathleen Lockhart, was criginated in the South Pacific passed Juneau e voted outstanding woman of 1947 in A new series of storms originated in the Central drama after her sensational hit in way between Midway and the Aleutian chain are moy the play “Love or Money,” which and will continue (n bring warm moist air to all of A opened late this year ! weather exists over :ll the Northwestern St Named this year's queen of beau- Deratures are near normal. Mostly cloudy skies ty was Barbara Jo Walker, of Mem- sncw flurries and near normal temperature: phis, who was crowned Miss Amer- stations in Canada this morr: Temperatures ica 1947 at Atlantic City in Septem-. entire Gulf Coast. Skies are cloudy and fre ber. being reported by all stations. Mostly cloud above normal Familiar names make up the rest temperatures characterize the weather in cen and nurlhenw of the list. They are: Alaska. 1 INGRID BERGMAN DOROTHY SHAVER SARAH BLANDING YRR SR 1 L U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, W JUNEAU, ALASKA THER BULLETIN ED AT 4:30 A. M, 120TH MERIDIAN TIM TODAY ‘24 hrs Precip. THER BUREAU 4.30am temy Lowest temp Weather at 4:30 fm. Cloudy Station Pt. Cloudy Clear Clear Pt. Cloudy 44 | 5 : | 48 1: Rain Showers | | Cloudy | | | rms Wwhich | ay afternoon. | Ocean about h:llf! 1g nofthe: .~Iward' Generally fair | ning and tcm-! 1 by irequent } reported by all | rm along the showers are Sarah Gibson Blanding, president MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN of Vassar College, named for the Reports from Marine Stations at 1:30 P. M. today second consecutive year the out- WIND standing woman in the field of ed- nd Vel. ucation. Cape Spencer ... 13 Ingrid Bergman, two-time winner Fidred Rock . 20 Point Retreat 10 s ion No. 1 woman of of the designation oman of o E e it o Babe Didrikson Zaharias, again Lincoln Rock 8. 6 Zero voted outstanding in the field of Guard Island Drizgle 40 5 R i Cape Decision Dr 30 sports, after becoming the first Am- skl ey 5 i 2 | erican woman to win the British MARINE FORECAST FROM WEDNESD!/ AFTERNOON TO . Bt ; : ip. THURSDAY EVENING: Outside waters, Dixon Entrance to Yakutat and T ey prestny o i the Tcy Strait-Cross Sound area—southeast winds 15 to 25 miles per hour New York department store, Lord increasing to 35 to 45 miles per hour Lcmght_ Protected waters of South- and Taylor, named for the second east Alaska except Cross Sound and Icy Sl{';\ll—scuthex v to southeasterly time outstanding woman in business. winds less than 15 miles per hour increasing to 20 to 30 miles per hour Rebecca West, voted tops in the tonight. Cloudy with rain field of literature because of her re- = AR cent sensational book, “The Meaning'®¢ © © o @ ¢ ¢ ¢ o o o of Treason,” expanded from her e news stories on the trials of Brit- o ih traitors. ‘o Eleanor Roosevelt, voted outstand-| e ing in public service because of her e active role in the United Nations. Height of Waves ' (Sea Condition) 4 feet 1 foot Zero 2 feet 1.foot Weather Drizzle Cloudy Cloudy Rain Drizzle Station ‘Temp. 37 39 37 38 39 THANKS, PEOPLE The patients and employe: of the Orthopedic Hospital and Alice Island Sanatorium, Mount Edgecumbe, Alaska, wish to thank the citizens and organizations of Juneau for the gifts donated at Christm: time. e e e 00 00 00 —— J. W. Mendenhall, Hager and: John E. Peacoc | Ketchikan, are registered Baranof Hotel. D. w. We Shop for You Alaska Shepping Service Fast-Efficient-Personalized Write or Wire 1560 Olive Way Seattle 2 ®ecececcscee o . Will Boost Dewey — { TAX LIEN ACTIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 14—(M®—The The Juneau office of the U. S.| same triumvirate who conducted Bureau of Internal Revenue has Thomas Dewey's campaign recently filed tax liens against the Presidency in 1944 will Larry Bahm for withholding tax Phone MInor 3222 YELLOW CAB for this Presidentional election A tax lien against James Goenett year, two New York newspapers has been discharged. reported today | Records of the liens Both the New York Times and with U. S. Commissioner the Herald Tribune said the team Gray of Herbert Brownell, former Re- publican National Committee chair- | J. Russell Sprague, National Cemmitteeman for New York, and Edwin F. Jaeckle, Erie county Re- publican leader and former State Chairmaii, work for Gov. Dewey's nomination this year. filed Felix Phone AT DAVE BURNETT HERE Dave Burnett, who made his for- tune in Juneau and then went south and became proprictor of an auto court at” Salinas, Calif,, is in| town as a witness in the Mcek.s"i 24-hour Dependable Service ' re-trial. | G v . | | | wore { trial { re-trial. {vd five Jur: The Mec 1946, but days to uments were w Out Hours trial on it almost mble a jury. begun on Feb. it to the j iarch 8. The jurors del 21 hecurs bef verdict of guilty with a recommendation that he aot be given capital punishment. Meeks was sentenced by Ju Kehoe on April 2, 1946, to life mment in the Federal Peni- ary at McNeil Island, Wash. Paul immediately filed notice of appeal. Meeks was re- turned here last week for the re- ...lowest in Pan American’s 15 years of Alaskan service began took Feb. two Ar- 21. on rated bringing in charged but ull New money-saving rates between JUNEAU AND SEATTLE 13¢ per Ib. on shipments of 100 Ibs. or more 6¢ per |b. on shipments of meat from Seattle o Juneau HETHER YOU'RE shipping a small gift or merchandise weighing hundreds of pounds, Pan American’s new Clipper Cargo rates save you money. All communities served by the Flying Clippers — from Seattle to Nome—benefit by savings up to 32% on over-all rates . .. and as high as 62% on certain com- modity rates. Take advantage of these low rates to send or order last-minute personal packages or rush mer- chandise. Specify Clipper C for speed at a saving . .. Witnesses have been subpoenaed | from all over the U. S. and from far aw: as Okinawa for the - central section of 1 Canal in China was sta centuries before Christ. The Gra . 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