The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALl THE TIME” e — [SSs=s VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,825 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1948 JUNEAU SKIERS SHOW THEM UP AT WHITEHORSE Members of the Juneau Ski Club and Junior Club furnished 'DEAN WILLIAMS IS SLALOM CHAMPION OF ALASKA SKIERS Members of the Juneau Ski Club| racing division returned Monday WHISKEY, 25 CENTS FIFTH, FAIRBANKS the | | | [ I 'ALASKA SHIPPING Vandenberg % e ndidacy oy Ren. JcKsoN p i n A i r’ By CHARLES D. WATKINS Rep. Jackson (D-Wash) said to- WASHINGTON, March 2.—®— ANTI - SOVIET SENTIMENTS BLARE FORTH Indian Claims fo Alaska ~ lands Were Exfinguished | | | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 2.— (P—Whiskey sold at 25 cents a fifth in a liquor price war here. The three week's price war was climaxed by a mass meeting yester- day before the Nevada Liquor store Proprietor Byren Gillam spoke for 10 minutes on what he called at-| tempts by longtime merchants to| “freeze out competition and free en- terprise.” afternoon from both Anchorage and Whiiehorse. Bonnie Randall placed tuird in both tne downhill and sla- iom at the Women's Alaska Cnam- plonsnip races held at tne Arctic <KL Bowl at Ancuocrage. bonnie ran the downhill course in champion 1orm to be nosed out by only two Whitehorse Yukon Ski runners with downhill races but found it neces- sary to extend skiing activities in Juneau to include jumping and cross country | The combined trophy for points (gathered in skiing was awarded to Huber of Whitehorse, who | seconds by mrs. Kit McGunnis sorm- Aspen Colorado Women's TACer|competed and placed in downhill, Maige Lawsol, (musnlerislulom. jumping and cross country | of Col. Dawscn, Ft. Ricnardson, plac-| racing Herb er | xouuy {ed second in both events. | Compeution was extremely keen | Edgar Loken of Juneau was the !outstanding Junior racer and one stiff competition in the slalom and! WASHINGTON, March 2 —P— Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich) clined today to “speculate” whether he would accept tive Republican nomination for President. Vandenberg wired Raymond A, McConnell Jr., Lincoln, Neb., news= paper editor again, asking that his nate be withheld from the April |13 Nebraska Primary. McConnell had held up filing of a petition to place Vandenberg's ed to them at a nominal rate by tion to draft Gen, Douglas Mac-)are no tribal land rights in Al- de=~, ¢l skan shipping rates are too nd the Maritime Commission | find a way to reduce them. wrote the commission that ild make a careful study of pital structure of the various ng companies operating un- ¢ the Alaska Interim Steamship vice Law. his law provides three Seattle nies shall operate the ser- vice to Alaska with ships charter- Under Treaty of Iiurchase DRAFT MacARTHUR 1S PLEA MADE BY WASHINGTON, March 2P A Justice Department officlal tes- tified yesterday the treaty under which the United States purchased Aleska extinguished the original Indian claims to lnd in the ’I‘errl-l Resentmeni IH icandinavia Against Communist Coup Mounts of | OSLO, Norway, March 2.—~P—A De- wave of anti-Soviet sentiment sald swept Scandinavia todayeas resent- also held there ment mounted against the Com- HEARST PAPERS “% v surqusn, cni {the Appellate Section of the NEW YORK, March 2.~P—The partment's Land Division, Hearst newspapers call on the na- court decisions had | munist coup in Czechoslovakia During the cut rate battle prices on one popular brand of whiskey previously had dropped from $4.70 to $295 a fifth, | Gillam told a crowd of 500 shiv-|vuu¢ ering around a sound truck at zero | Slalom temperature that established busi-| ness men were trying to nullify ef- | capture: forts of the Government to attract fauu Ancaorage g | . new investors to Alaska. | Tommy Uisen trom College, Al-| junior cross country event which Then he announced his store was | aska, won tne men’s downuaul With!yaq attributed to poor trail mark- |an extiemely fast run through four|jn, and instructions by the start- open for sale of 20 cases of whiskey | at 25 cents a fifth. A rushing busi- |control gates from top to bottom of ers. Loken was started on the men’s ness followed |in wue mens dalvision wild over sv | competitors in the downhill and sla- jom. Dean Williams represenuing the that will give the Yukon seniors stiff competition next year. Loken in the junior jumps came within 4u K1 Uil piaced List i L€ five feet of matching the best senior to be crowned undisputed sla- | jump. Loken jumped 69 feet six inch- LSRR AugeKa LaVILB e while the best senior jump made d the title both in Juneauipy Arne Anderson was 74 feet, seven inches. Loken did not place in the ut L laay came wnen young 11-year-oid mijle junior course. Jim Brady of Ancnorage placed v.uim‘ Skiing results fallow lin the Junior downhill to place| pen's downhill: 1. Art laneac ot sucn Jumors as Garry (w). 2. Herb Huber (W) !|King, Anchorage slalom cnampwn.'mr Loken (J) | aupeit Snaw ran sixu in tne Junior| men's slalom: 1. Herb Huber (W). Easiern Nebraska B'anke'ed by Sl'IOVl | cownhill and seventh in tne slalomiy Ralph Randall (J)¢ 8. Jim Church jagainst a heavy field of competi-'(j), OMAHA, March 2~—M—Eastern tion, All three Juneau racers were! women's slalom: 1. Alicia Hoare Nebraska was in a state of partial |full of praise for the type of facil-| (w); 2. Sheila MacSpadden . paralysis today as the result of & jiues avauawle ior Anchorage skiers.! Girl's slalom: 1. Mary Thibodeau D Yuelet 3. Ed- ———a———— — STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 2.—Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| stock today is 3%, American Can| 79%, Anaconda 33%, Curtiss-Wright | heavy snowstorm which was con- | ——— {3 tinuing unabated at mid-morning. Junior Boy's slalom: 1. Elgar Lo- The storm started yesterday, loc Al VE'I'E ANS Iken (J). 2nd and 3rd place, White- The weather bureau reported 12 | horse. inches on the ground in Omabha, | | Women's cross country: 1 Alicia hardest hit spot in the state. The | (EME'ERY URGED . Hoare (W); 2. Sheila MacSpadden strong winds piled the snow into, ). drifts and schools closed for the l Junior Boy's cross country: day. I Bv AMER. I.EG!O" Jim Hutch (W); 2. Earl Crass . | { -~ | - Men’s cross country: 1. Hugo Sels- | A 'per (W); 2. Herb Huber (W). ‘Imporfance of GI Bill of sens jumping: 1. Ame ander Rjght I |" 4 f d lson (W); z;id Pulten (W); 3 | Herb Huber (W). s S umma e | Junior jumping: 1. Edzar Loken by R. H. Stock {(@; 2nd ‘and 3rd, Whitehorse e Arctic Vauey. Biggest thrill of the |y mije course instead of the four p A | name on the Nebraska ballot until! the government. the Michigan Senator had oppor=| Jackson said: tunity to answer this question: “With the government providing “If you were nominated by the| practically all o1 the investment Republican Convention would you for present operation of dollar-a- accept the nomination?” | year ships, it is quite evident that Vandenberg wired McConnell: the only investment “Responding to your message, If(he companies, with the exception decline to speculate with utterly im=| ;¢ o very few vessels owned by the probable contingencies. Your ques-!ajak Steamship Company and the tion defies intelligent answer with=| 5y . Transportation Company, is out full knowledge of unknown ulti=! ¢y ishing operating capital in an mate events. | amount necessary to carry on the “I have heretofore made my PO-{pcinecc sition Flear I shall not discuss it| .rpe amount of capital for rate v ) G pe| Making purposes therefore should llfl']lge:l";' ""1“95'-1 at my na:_xeh T/be held to an absolute minimum. fm ll ora‘px:‘uonum w'"i'lled' “In addition, careful investiga- il "|ing efficiency h fious com- quest, T ask my Nebraska friends to! . Ancy ol VRO SO g::’,[.me thelr geigiuy. yabs ¥ om‘r “A substantial saving can be The reply apparently left the way | made by modemlzalion‘ of loading cpen for MeOSARETE 48 o ahesitwith | 22 unloading Sagities. “With the reduction o1 operating a move to place Vandenberg's name 3 tefore Nelbi%ka Yotets . |costs and a careful determination e | of capital structure for rate mak- iing purposss, I am sure there ample room for reduction in rates.’ FA'RBANKS GETS Freight and passenger rates FIRST GLIMPSE, ARCTIC REINDEER should be considered separately, he said, contending one reason for ' high freight rates is that “part of !the passenger cost is being sub- sidized by the people who pay the freight rates.” Opposing proposals to permit FAIRBANKS, Alaske, March 2. {Canadian vessels to operate in (#—This may surprise folks in the Alaska, Jackson said such action States. Mcre than 1,000 Alaskans “would mean an end to Ameican jammed traffic for a mile on|flag operations to Alaska.” required by {and Russlan pressure in Finland. An rditorial, appearing yc.sner-‘ He added, however, that one case, In Norway, Denmark and Swed- day in the New York Journal Am-|had been sent back to Alaskan | en the feeling manifested itself erican ‘and reprinted in all other'courts to determine whether in-|in mass demonstrations and press members of the Hearst News group,’dividuals could produce evidence attacks against the spread of contained no refdence to party lines| they had rights under an 1884 mw,lCcmmunism over Europe. but declared | | That law held either white or na-; In Oslo, thousands of students “More than at any time since Ab-tives might have rights to land, demonstrated last night outside the 1aham Linceln was summoned to the, they occupied and used at that|Czechoslovak legation. Later they White House to save the Republic, time. marched to the “People's House" these United States need a states+ The witness said court decisionsWhere a Communist youth organ- man and not a politician at the head| pad held that the fact Indians ization was celebrating the Czech of the national government.” roumed over certain territory hunt- . coup. MacArthur, Supreme Allied Com-‘mg and fishing did not give them| “Down with Communism,” Arthur for the Presidency. aska ; 2 the munfufl' in mv»r-‘zv.r East and still in| \ocecsory rights to the whole ; demonstrators shouted. Tokyo, was descrived in the edltor-| yeritory, but only to their actual) Political leaders said anti-Com- ial as “America’s Man of the Hour." |y ho jahds | munist feeling was running higher ot T | The Senate Interior and Insular|in Norway than at any time since | " Affairs Subcommittee recessed until!the end of the war. '"-"RD ( A“ AD‘ A | Wednesday its hearings on legisla-| In Denmark—pro-Russian _after 'tion to cancel Indian reservations liberation from the Nazis—the So- lin Alaska, prohibit setting up oth-{viet demand on Pinland was de- ers and transfer the duties of the' nounced in the press. !lndim\ Burean there to the Terri- | R A % oo o Secretary Krug and Under.sc_\"n--]wlulik "A“Gs o" — I tary Chapman of the Interior De- HAINES, Alaska, March 2.—The partment will testify then. third Canadian Army Snowshoe | RO 5 ‘ovER “E"A"A KE' Reconnaissance Patrol, commanded' 1 by Lieutenant M. F. Thurdgood of i P the Princess Patricia’s C“"”“‘"‘MA(HI"ISIS I" DE lARB M‘“Am Light Infantry arrived in Haines, { via the cutoff, from Whitehorse,; (AN“ERIB MAKE L wikhes il B February 29. A The party includes six members' T:‘v:;‘?.lm :‘:o ‘:o h:; mumhfi of the Princess Patricia’s Intantry,: wAGE DEMA"D s8¢0 almost, ‘avery fghhiRNGs BN one member of the Royal Canadian i \ Y Lkrlmry 11 ace to advices re- ‘celved by the Empire from Charles Wilson, manager of the Alaska Ice Classic. ' Engineers, a civilian guide and Joel Bocth, a civilian Technical Advisor,, SEATTLE. Ma: 2~M—-1. A. U. S .Army. Booth traveled on skils Sandvigen, business representative and the rest of the party on snow- of the Machinists' Unifon (inde- 5%, International Harvester 85%, Kennecott 44%, New York Central 13%, Northern Pacific 19%, U. S. Steel 70%, Pound $4.03%. | Sales today were 770,000 shares. | Averages today are as follows: In-/ dustrials 168.75, rails 50.03, utilities| 31.78. { Urging immediate action to es.-‘ tablish a National Cemetery in the| Juneau area, members of the Ju-| neau Post, American Legion, last| night passed a resolution to be for-! warded to the War Department and | Delegate E. L. Bartlett declaring; their stand. The resolution n}soi Alaska Cities Tax Bill Gets Approval WASHINGTON, March 2—P— Alaska’s government and cities the Fairbanks Country Club road | for a first glimpse of reindeer. Six of the animals were flown from the Arctic village of Kotze- bue as a feature of the annual| Winter Carnival opening Thursday. (Reindeer normally range several ! hundred miles north of Fairbanks.) More than 300 small fry and Jackson said that if the pres- ent interim law is extended it should be amended to provide for more competition and that all companies desiring to do so should be allowed to bid to furnish the service. shoes. Each patrol has one dog team pendent) said today that when ne- | and the personnel carry packs. gotiaticns are resumed with the The patrol commanders are tllIiAlnskn Salmon Industry, Inc., the veterans of World War II and all unicn will ask a 25 percent wage were wounded in action. Many of increase in the Bristol Bay area the enlisted personnel have had|and slightly more in some other ' overseas service. ! Alaska areas. H The party started traveling on! He said the union will ask also, snowshoes 144 miles from Haines!ihat each mechanic flown north No change in the temperature is foreseen fcr several days yet. The ice is about 34 inches thick at present, which s abcut the average thickness for this time of the year. ‘The tripod on the ice looms up like a barber pole, all painted in red and white stripes. The wire will be strung in the {pointed out the importance of €s-|y pe able to increase taxes if a tablishing a cemetery here. Ibill approved today by the House It was explained that the ceme-| ) Jands comirittee becomes { | tery in Juneau would be located| ;. o It would allow an increase in tax lon a site more central and accessitle| than the present one at Sitka which , .. % |15 almost filled. The members said| .} o’f;:;:é:‘::"éf p;g::dhvz?_‘ ‘\:gflltle;l:elhseng:m;:;crtoe:yspL;c:emable uations. Cities csuld increase lev- 3 i | ies € t to three. Another resolution was passed by| ' Trom Iwo SRR the Legionniares in which the mem- ¥ bers will assist in needed repairs at| yAKUTAT FLIGHT MA! the Legion Boy Scout camp on Duck | Creek. The work, to be done with the A v help of the Forest Service, is to be| calvin L. Ward, former GI, ar- completed in June. g (rived in Juneau Sunday to nego- ‘R. H. Stoq;.{ favmsr Tegion Na};gmte a new contract with the Gov- ".01:;1 C°m&m ?en’t‘fl"_v l:’(’i*‘Hfl ugx::;l'”"mem ior his GI Capital City al e meeting last night. He | Flying School in Yakutat. The support of the tuberculesis f’mm‘:school was formerly owned by Bob inations and also complimented the!pgtten of Juneau. Ward stated Juneau Post for its ‘work in the Hoy‘:mBL he has 20 ex-GlIs in the dif- Merry - Go - Round |scous prosrun scce pinied outsevnt sages of st traning en- 1 the BIREAAORS @ wationgl GTirolied in the school and hopes to sBm;’f ng]h:s atndpl::;zc{firgemx:le‘x’:: |interest more in this area in the [Fe8 Y0 ERDIAHI nax " flight of land craft. ipers the Legion’s part in brlnzing“ 5\,,",_ a former Army instructor the bill into existence. };.e Z‘S"he’f"‘:or cadets at Bakerstleld, Calif., is |tended greetings from the ANChOr-i ..o instruction in both commer- age post. icial and private flying for ex- hush military mission is leaving tor | :;:“:;e:]%‘;'r"‘;‘; i} d"‘l‘; i e“w:: GIs. Saudi-Arabia this week, Just what | el e ) B o e s rica [ascedted Bs & tranieres FRu (A7) R ErHE | Legion Post at McAllister, Oklaho-| officers and technical sergennts:ma‘ ; will do in Arabia is supposed to| 5 s " ; | The Forest Service motion picture, | he a strict secret, but real m“'“'rrees to Homes” was shown afoert"‘e Tacoma Drug and Shaw Sup- is they ave to train an Arab air| _|ply Companies in Tacoma, Wash., the meeting. The movie is the prop-| force aflu’ re-equip abandoned U.| o | has arrived in Juneau for a short |erty of the ‘Weyerhauser Timber Co.,| Plsiness teid. Ba: Is » stapping <t S. airfields. H A iand has been loaned to the Forest Why this secret mission is leav- | gervice, | the Baranof Hotel. ing at this time is not known, MARIPI—;mnru but behind their trip is an agree- A 2 L S S0 MILLER REPLACES ‘whic! e gives a pipeline concession | MAl(olM As pRES' mary purpose of issuing marine li- ment with King Ibn Saud by i OF MEN'S CHORUS | |censes and any other marine in- to the Arabian-American Ofl Com- | | spection actlvities desired. He can pany. | be reached either at the subport STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof, from Seattle, schedul- ed to arrive late Wednesday or early Thursday. Square Sinnet scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow. Sword Knot scheduled irom Seattle Friday. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to ar-| rive. 8 a, m. tomorrow, sailing! south: ene hour later at 10 o'clock. The Washington 1 ———————e to sail By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) WASHINGTOPL—A.H ultra hush- e SALESMAN HERE E.. Donaldson, salesman for Lieutenant Commander Howell, Marine Inspector from the USCG, hes arrived in Juneau for the pri- Members of the military mission were selected after elaborate screen - ing tests, then given instruction in| pDon Miller war elected as Presi- IS VISITING IN JUNEAU grownups who paid 50c and $1 for sleigh rides agreed Santa Claus had the right idea on transporta- tion for the Far North, A Communists in Finland Reported To Be Organizing {Announce New Rates {For Seatfle fo Interior, ; Richardson Highway | iraws from Seattle and Tacoma to jFairbanks and Interior Alaska | points, via Valdez, are announced by Richardson Highway truckers. At the same time, Alaska Steam- By EDWIN SHANKE ship Company published a new HELINSKI, March 2—»-Fin- llrelsht. tariff, effective April 5, nam- land’s Communists today began or- |ing proportional rates on weight ganizing factory and trade union'flflfll! between Seattle, Tacoma and meetings to support a military | Valdez, pact with Russia. | This will enable established mo- The Communists organ Tyoekan- | tor carriers on goutes out of Val- sas Sanomat said workers favor a |dez to offer improved truck service ‘friendship and assistance treaty!to highway pcints at lower rates with the Sdviet Union because it|than before, R. D Kelsey, Manager is the best way to guarantee the ;Of the Valdez Dock Company said. interests of Finland in the cause| The Valdez Dock Company also of peace, {bas revisii its terminal charges The tirst of the factory meetings |8t Valdez on the weight basis to being organized by the Commun-i':“‘f“m with steamship and truck ists were held yesterday at Turku!fates, he reported : and Tampere, two of Finland's| "It is anticipated that a direct ! most important industrial cente .| result of the new arrangements there Pclitical leaders held closed ses- (Wil be considerable increase in traf- 'sions to discuss whether Finland |1i¢ over the highway during the open should negotiate with the Russians |€8son.” he concluded, “and the vol- and what the consequences would |Yme will justity maintenance of the be, particularly in the west Theyghighways “nf‘. keep them open the |hope to have their answers ready |Y¢aT around | for resident Paasikivi - it 51 Juho Paasikivi tomor PETERSBURG VISITORS Earl J. Omdahl and Chris Dahl of Petersburg are registered at the Baranof Hotel. SEATTLE, March 2.—|®-—Reduced - ——— COMMUNITY CENTER NIGHT AT THE TEEN-AGE CLUB I o7 ATTLE VISITORS B. C. Larrabee and L. F. St. Germain of Seattle are registered at the Baranof Hotel Zach Gordon, director of the lo- cal Teen-Age Club, reminds all adults that there will be another program for the Arabic language, espionage and ‘demolition work. The group will leave from Washington, New York and Miami, all wearing civilian clothes. In order not to attract attention, they will. proceed in small details and by round-about routes. For instance, one detail will go to Paris, then Germany, then Greece and finally to the Arabian-Iranian border. THE LESSON BENES LEARNED Shortly after World War I when | Czechoslovakia was a thriving young republic and I was a strug-| gling young newspaperman. I in-?' terviewed Eduard Benes, the man (Continued on Page Four) |dent of the Juneau Men’s Chorus last night at a special election fol- \lowing the resignation of MacKay | /Malcolm who was forced to quit for( | reasons of health, Miller is a charter {member of the organization. | Two new men joined the KINY The Chorus Board of Governor's; Staff today to replace recent resig- 'met in the Iris Room of the Bar-|nations. Paul Harp will take the anof Hotel before the regular meet- | place of John Quilico as announcer ing last night of the Chorus andiand Charles Gray will replace Tom |decided to postpone, their minstrel Jacobs as transmitter engineer. show until a later date. Instead, the! A Chorus will give a concert in April{ CYRIL KASHEVAROFF DIES jor May. Plans will be announced |1ater. A call for more male voices was |or the Gastineau Hotel PRI 2502 L W AN TWO JOIN KINY Mrs. Nadja Triplette received the brief advice today that her broth- | [ put out last night by she Chorus. It particularly needs baritones and Lasses. Anyone intereSted is urged to eontact Ernest Ehler, Chorus Di-| rector, at the Baranof Hotel. 4 er, Cyril Kashevaroff, had died in San Francisco, but no other infor- mation. He was 52 years old and formerly lived in Juneau and Sitka, where he was wellknown. | “community center” them in the clubhouse tonight. The doors will open at 8 o'clock. At 9:30 o'clock there will square dancing. L PEECO A IN FROM SITKA Mr. and Mrs. William W. Knight of Sitka are registered at the Baranof Hotel. ———— FROM EAGLE Mrs. Jessie H. Milligan, of Eagle, is registered at the Baranof Hotel. | be —————— SEATTLE—Charles H. Markey, 72, President of the Markey Machinery| Co., and early-day Alaska trader, died in a hospital here after a short illness. . — - FROM CALIFORINA S. C. McAfee of Long Beach, Calif., is staying at the Baranof Hotel. ——————— SITKA FAMILY HERE Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whittemore and family of Sitka arrived in Ju- neau aboard the Princess Norah after a vacation in the States, and are registered at the Baranof Ho- tel, — e X-RAY TALK ON KINY Tomorrow night between 6:15 and 6:30 o'clock, Mayor Waino Hendrickson will give a talk over KINY about the forthcoming mass X-ray project. b near future and the clock install- {ed later, when thaw conditions look favorable. The clock and wiring will be charge of Fred Mueller, who has handled the installation for several years, and knows his busi- ness. NEW SCOUT EXEC. ARRIVES HERE T0 SUCCEED HANKS | Maurice F. Powers, new Scout { Executive for the Alaska Council ‘of the Boy Scouts of America, ar- {rived here via PAA this afternoon {from Seattle, and is registered at | the Baranof Hotel. | Powers will replace Scout Execu- | tive Del Hanks who is leaving here | this week, transferred to Nampa, ildnho. Powers has been working C?lw“ iand v{ere; glqkl'd _\;I;m“‘:m:i be provided with a $25,000 life in- mile point out of Haines. ! surance policy for the trip. dnucuuh part n{ Lhei medwa? X:el The union recently broke off ne- tween the 55 mile point an e gotiations with the induskry | point owing to the fresh snow fall. jn 5 dispute cver whether the in- in The personnel in the party is as| qustry should negotiate with Local follows: Lieut. M. F. Thurdguod,lNo‘ 7, Cannery Workers' Union Vancouver, B. C.; Pvt. L. L";:fi:u (CIO), which is engaged in a) Nanaimo, B. C; Cpl. 0. C. | urisdictional dispute with the Sea- ! WQUbEUSl;;l:t- o;'“”BP;Il:. PP& H'i!ood Workers' Union (indepen-' tudsser, Colonsay, Sack. - Hldent). | ghr}:t\;;nsm;;il;mn; O(l:n..; g:;d:{ + Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc., lasti . Tuttle, o Tl 5 yweek filed a charge of unfair la-| Joe, civilian guide rn:}x]n mfi:::o:f_’!bor practices against the Machin- | Y. T.; and Joel.onot iy !ists and two other unions because ' se;\‘z;il" r;OTh;”::.n:afr’:fi from thisiOf thelr refusal to negotiate until | 5 Army Unit, they will leave Haines ;he lnduslr;f recognized Local No.% 3 the Estebeth for Skagwayi . The charges were filed with the aLoard National Labor Relations Board. and Whitehorse . i IR ‘ 5 {MRS. HO| MER GARVIN'S MOTHER DIES IN EAST “SAWMILL CHARLIE” DIES Charles A. Woodward, known '°= many Juneauites as “Sawmill, i 5 Charlle,” passed away this MOMN-1 (wo 4 was received here last night ing at St. Ann’s Hospital after %) that Mrs, Margaret C. Kissinger of brief illness. | Pafriield, Nebraska, mother of Mm:for the Seattle Area Boy Scout Funeral arrangements are pend-lflomer s had i away | Council during the past two years, ing word from the family. Th"enrly Mondsy' March 1 at her|Where he was detalled as a Field remains are at the Charles Wiiyome in mairfield. She is survived Executive at Port Angeles. | Prior to that, he was in the U Carter Mortuary iby her three children, Mrs, Homer - S. Navy for three years. Before entering the Navy, Powers was en-- i i Garvin of this city, Ralph Kissinger SEKENAEFF RITES 1ot Fairfield, and Mrs. Myrtle Hill of _— i Kearney, Neb. igaged in Boy Scout work in Spos Last rites for Peter Sekenaeff,| . Garvin has been in the states kane and Idaho Falls and was a who passed away February 22, willlgo," iho past few weeks for medical | teacher at the Chelan County High e held Wednesday, March 3, atlyreatment at the Virginia Mason)School in Wenatchee prior to 12 p. m. in the Charles W. Carter'' gogpital in Seattle and will be un-|Joining the BSA. Chapel. Dean C. E. Rice will read | gyle to make the long journey East —————— the eulogy and interment will be't, attend the funeral services .® o v 0w 0 0 8 | the general plot of the Ever-|( - .- . green Cemetery. ' COOTIES MEET WEDNESDAY The pallbearers will be Akim Predko, Bill Sakieff, Kolio Albe-! The Military Order of the Cootie,| ® (Past 24 hurs ending 7:20 a.m. today goff, George Zuskofi, Frank Kfll‘d'IVeterans of Foreign Wars, will hold | ® In Juneau— Maximum, 27; anoff and Pete Sopoff. {a regular meeting in the VFW Jeep | ® minimum, 21. Sy Club at 8 p. m. tomorrow. All|e At Airport—- Maximum, 27 ES FOR DIVORCE | members of Sourdough Pup Tent e minimum, 15. : jare urged to attend ‘. WEATHER FORECAST Gecrge Hagel has filed divorce‘ >, tJuneau and Vieinity) action against Lila Hagel in U. 8. VA OFFICIALS TRAVEL Variable cloudiness with | District Court here on grounds of | some snow flurries tonight cruelty. They were married in Ju-| R, L. Hooper and Neil Fritthman| eand Wednesday. Lowest tem~ neau on Nov. 18, 1945. A property iof the Veterans Administration. e peratur: tonight near 21 settlement has already been reach- |stafr will leave here on board the 'e degrees. ~ ed. The suit was filed by Faulk-!S. 8. Baranof tomorrow for a ten'® PRECIPITATION | ner and Banfield. | day trip to Seward, Anchorage and @ (Past 2¢ hours ending 7:30.4.m. t3day @ AN . s O ! Fairbanks. Hooper is assistant'e In Juneau— .01' inches; POLICE COURT NEWS manager and Fritchman is chief ® since July 1, 75.17 inches. iof the Educational Division of the, ® At Mr. and Mrs. Morris Scott were!Juneau VA office e since March 1, each fined $25 and sentenced to 10 R 1@ since July 1, 44.32 inches. le WEATHER REPORT ie 3 (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU — . . e . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . Ld days in the City Jail this morn-| BAND PRACTICE TONIGHT i ing by City Magistrate Willlam A. ! Holzheimer on charges of being The Juneau City Band will hold | drunk and disorderly. Peter Vin- a practice tonight at 8 o'clock in' cent was fined $25 for being drunk. the Grade School Auditorium. e e e 0 00000 0 e e e is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. i :