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

PAGE TWO D= Llsm Jnigm{ fwfi r.u.n:n//~ De the clock around Created for you wl fashions today Opera Pump Black Patent Yo i FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SHOW PICS AT MEET; MEN ARENOMINATED Nominaticns for ihe oiiices of President, Vice-Presiient, and Se: Liso Debs are on their toes, busy 10 wear tomorrow’s R M Behiends Co QUALITY SINCE /887 | White Perferator Suede | | Tropeze Black or Blue Calf Leather ) s \ \ \ \ l} \ { N \ \ l} \ \ N \ \ ] \ \ \ \ 3 \ 4\ \ \ N ) \ ) ] ) N 4 N \ s s 3 \ s N N N \ ) \ \ \ 3 \ N \ N )\ \ l} l \ s N \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ] i ) \ \ \ 3 \ N s s \ E \ N \ \ \ I N s s \ y N § { \ s N \ )\ ) s § 3 ? \ 4 N ) N N N \ i e e i o ] | | NOBIDDINGFOR " PULP TIMBER IN | ~ KETCHIKAN AREA| { Bidding scheduled for today ir;] | the office of the Chief, Forest Ser- | | Clarke DBOUGLAS Bt HIGH SCHOOL PLAY | At 8:15 p. m, April 15, the Se- nior Class of Douglas High School | will present their ss play “The Mystery in the Library It will be | given in the school auditorium, un- | der the direction of Mrs. Irene| Reed. The play takes place in an old The editorial ‘staff paper, the “Bugle,” cclisge librany. of the college in session on a dark and stormy night in the library, finds itself involved in a mysterious affair which 'is to have national signifi- cance. The terrifying events which break up the meeting are at first accredited to a fraternity initia- tion, then taking place in the gymnasium, However, it soon becomes appar- ent that some force entirely alien to the school, menacing the safety of the students. The highly eificient police department with the aid of President Hart- msn and Dick Martin solve this mystery which has bnlamed Federal authorities for months. The cast of characters are: Herb Bonnett, as Ellsworth Larson, Edi- tor of “The Bugle”; Mae Cuthbert, as Claribeth Harris, Assistant Edi- ter of “The Bugle”; Jim McCor- mick as Dick Martin, Sports Edi- tor and in love with Claribeth; Jim y as Jay Manson, the “It” boy is of the school; Jim Cuthbert as Shorty George, eternal pal of Jay Manson; Betty Kibby as Scciety Editer of “The Bugle”; wnd Jay's chief cause for worry; Carol Ruotsala as Margaret Alli- son, Literary Editor; Pat Balog as Aannie Goopy, who “sees all, hears ail, and tells all”; Lyle Riley as ‘resident Hartman, President of College; Lowell McClellan Inspector Burke of the Police Department; Raymond Robertson s Swenson, the dumb sock of the olice force; end the mystery man Herman Heinrich, whose identity vill not be revealed. Tickets are now on sale at 50 cnts for adults and 35 cents for udents and children. s FIREMEN NOTICE With so much activity in the mmunity during the past week, Lie Douglas Fire Department meet- ng date has been kicked around everal times and several dates announced. Tk Official! 1 meeting of the Department tenighl, April 14, at 8 o'clock. President Lobert Wagner anncunced that he date was moved up a day be- There will be Douglas Fire Wednesday, Territorial [abor Commis- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA DON'T REQUIRE NLRB APPROVAL U Poor Fido Going. NSON: UNIONS T:of:ellk(:lb :el:m Bone, Meal Perfume Things like this shouldn’t {to a dog. A ‘rubber company has |perfected a perfume that makes a 14— happen LOS ANGELES, April i i rubber bone smell like beef. Dogs SIOHGI' lees Personal will be disinterested to learn that ini the bone tastes like rubber. But the Hanry A. Bensen, Territorial Commissioner of Labor, today told vin H. Hill, President of the Juneau Central Labor Council, that labor unions do not have to be certified by the Naticnal Labor Relations Beard in order to qualify for collective bargaining rights with employers. Benson, a Territorial official, in- terpreted the Federal Taft-Hartley | Act and Wagner Labor Relations iy Act, by stating “lack of certifica- tion through failure to file the n ry affidavits aad financial statements, removes the benefit of NRLB processes, but doesn’t dis- to ve attracted again and again to the synthetic bone. | JUNIOR CHAMBER | i i it | | COMMERCE WILL ORGANIZE FRIDAY | Juneau is about to give birth to a| service club to be organized | here Friday noon, April 16 in the! Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. It. will be known as the Juneau Junior Chamber of Commerce and will consist of the younger business qualify the union from acting as'men of the community. | the bargaining representative and| There will be an election of offi-| dces not bar the employer from cers and several business matters éntering into a collective bargain- agreement with such union.” he Wagner Act,” stated Ben- ‘as amended by the Taft- | iob Hart Law, does not prohibit em- ployers from bargaining with and contracting with a union ‘repre- nting the majority of its em-| ple s even though that union has not been certifled.” | will he discussed, All young business men who are interested in the or- | ganization are requested to attend. | Soro;;fim}st Clubto j Have Guefi Speaker The Soroptimist Club will meet Benson further declared: tomerrow noon on the Terrace of “Examination of the legislative|the Bubkle Room for their regular his of the Taft-Hartley Law | husiness meetinz. Guests of honor shrough the Senate and House Committee Reports reveals no Con- gressional intent to disturb or in- terte with the Iundamental na- tional pelicy. The Act itself de- clares the national policy of the United States «to be that of ‘en- e practice or procedure of collective bargaining and by protecting the exercise by work- ts of full freedom of association, ¢l organization and designation i representatives of their choosing for the purpose of nego- tiating the terms and conditions of their employment or other mu- | tual aid or protection. It is true that the Talt-Hartley Law requires the filing of none-Communistic af- tidavits and financial statements if the union, wishes to have avail-| able the protective procedures of | the National Labor Relations | Beard and further, in the interests of the people, make certain limita- ticns and qualifications upon the subject matter of collective bar- gaining agreements. There is, how- SEVENTY-FIVE PERSONS own | 2 will be the Alumni and several sen-! iors of the Juneau High School. Mrs, Scott L. Murphy will be guest speaker. All members are urged to |attend. | ‘FREIGHIER ODUNA A S GO BY ALASKA COASTAL Seventy-five passengers flew with' aska Coastal yesterday as follow: From Tulsequah: Evelyn Shomdal, Grant, C. Thursby, Jack Dow, J. Frank Brendson, Lawrence St. Clair, James Boyd, J. Keller, A. McLean, C. Heaton, J. Barrett and T. Watson From Hoonah: Mr. and Mrs. A. B Hicks, Jr., T. Swanson, Roy Pera- trovich and Wm. Deering. From Wrangell: Charles Marler From Sawy Landing: J. H awyer, From Skagway: Mrs. L. Selmer. From Pelican: Mrs. E. E. Blan- ning, G, Underhill and B. R. Riley. From Fish Bay: Oliver Colby. cause of the Class Play being BV~ eyer nothing in the Act which| From Hood Bay: W. E. Owens. en in the Douglas School tomor-i;icireres with the right of ugs| From Sitka: O. E. Meberg. row evening. Although short mo- o, 5 continue traditional and| From Tenakee: Louise Milnes. tice, the feed committee will be legitimate trade union activities| To Tenakee: A. Jimanez and Mrs, on’the job, it was tated without resort to the procedures C. Paddock. 7 ’ and remedies *provided throug | From Funter Bay: R. Berg MILDRED LAE PROGRAM [po,r4. And p;?;miilv, “x;:lr]u mi:I To Sitka: Esther O'Conner. Mrs. Leigh S. Grant, publicily‘nctmng in the Act which prevents| To Skagway: Paul Alexander and chairman for the Douglas Island|an empicyer, if he so desires, from |Wife, D. Hanford, Bud Phelps and Weman's Club announced this bargalixixx:é with an otherwise quali- | Tom Dyer. motning that Mildred Lister Will|fieq union since the filing of affi-| To Ketchikaan: Don Milnes and provide entertainment at the reg- ular meeting scheduled for this evening at the Juneau home Of|gent to resort by umions to the|Pratt and Bill Hixson. Mrs. Arthur Walker. Mrs. Lister will ' sing sels ons, accompanied < hy Marcus Jensen on the piano. Vis-| itors are cordially invited to thei meeting, several | NIVERSARY UANCE { Rex Hermann, chairman of the| annual Spring Douglas Fire De- partment Dance, announced the, date to be May 8 This dance} will be a gala af! as it will be| the 50th anniversary of the Dcpart-\ retary-Treasurer were submitted by | vVice, Washington, D. C. for the ment. the nominating committee at to- day's luncheon meeting of Juneau|has been cancelled because no bids | WOMENS, CHILDRENS APPAREL | not prevent Remington Rand (an Federal Employees in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Milt Furness, Robert Rice and George Haen were the men nominated in respective order | Ketchikan Pulptimber Allotment | will be submitted, according to the | {office of Regional Forester !Frank Heintzleman Although the Puget Sound Pulp]have decided to do something about:Nothing in the Wagner Act re- Nominations are!and Timber Cempany of Belling- | the situation. Beginning this week | stricted the right of employers to gtill in order and will be until the'ham, Wadw, had done an impres-| they will receive customers at their bargain veluntarily and contract | Two enterprising Douglas women | B.|have noticed that Douglas had no conrtact they may desire with the childrens or ladies shops and so; main meeting next month, at which sive amount of investigation and/home where they have hand sewn time elections will be held. Retiring officers are President Bob Hooper who will scon leave for Se- mttle, and Vice President John Pa- den. Haen has been acting in the capacity of Secretary-Treasurer for some time and election to the of- fice would cnly confirm his present role, Hooper announced ti.at favorable correspondence had been received concerning the Flanders and Reese Bills, now being considered by both House and Senate committees. A motion was passed at the luncheon to send a telegram to Delegate Bart- lett and to the NFFE head in Washington, expressing approval by the Juneau Federal employees of the Flar Bill or equivalent leg- iglation. Hocper discussed the salient points of the bill and said that he and Haen would dispatch the wire today Harry Sperling of the program com:mittee, projected and commen- tated more than 100 cclor slides of Alaskan life and scenery which were contributed by 12 of Juneau's outstanding photographers. (The slides were exceptionally interesting and gave a good account of wild- life, animal life, nsets, and the marine beauty of Alaska, Those contributing were Clay Scu Fred wirt fred Leivers, Gil Ei Claribel Rake- straw, Mrs. J. O, ude, Linn For- rest, Tony Thomas, Ray Nevin, Max- cine Williams, Malcolm Greany and Trevor Davis. A selection of Forest Service slides were included jndvunw work and the experience | land busin standing of the per- sons and organizations who would | participate in a proposed new com-! pany to be known as the Ketchi-| kan Pulp and Paper Company are | highly satisfactory to the Porest| | Service, the latter was informed | {by L. Turcotte, Executive Viee- | President of the company that| they were not assured of being| able to go ahead with their plans.| Mr. Turcotte further stated !h(\vl are still active in the situation and | should anything favorable develop | they will at that time get ml touch with the Forest Service and“ further discuss sales proposals. No other applicant had qual-| ified for bidding | - - 400 in Statehood Party al Anchoraqev ANCHCRA uaska. April 14.— American Federation of Labor| unicn. halted work for an hour yesterday to attend cerefonies at whieh speakers pleaded for state- heod for Alaska. Four hundred persons paraded to the Federal Building where speak- ers argued that Alaska is ready for statehood and that outside nterests are throttling Territorial develop- ment. Trade unionists halted work tween 11 am. and neon be- children dresses, womens apparel and fancy work for immediate| sale, and will take crders for made- to-crder work. The ladies are Mrs. Wm. M. Chapman and Mrs. A. W.| Beerli, their home is the 4th and| Gth’ Spruce Corp. house on St. Ann’s Avenue. 1t Hearing Ordered in Alaska Plane Crash WASHINGTON, April 14.—#— | ‘The Civil Aeronautics Board today ordered a hearing at Minneapolis, finn., Friday, April 16, on the crash of a Northwest Airlines charter plane cn Mount Sanford, Alaska, March 13. Thirty persons died in the crash. The wreckage is unreachable. Robert W. Chrisp, chief of the | CAB Hearing and Reports section,i will preside at the hearing, begin- ning at 9 am. in the Ragdisson Hotel. | i FORD ON BARANOF James Ford of the Northern Commercial Company at Fairbanks a passenger on the Baranof and ted friends while the steamer | Vi was in port by Mrs. Ford ce e — ANCHORAGE VISITOR Arthur J. Lappi from Anchor- dwelling, occupied by Mr. and owner, Juneau Spruce Corporation. |were so named by the Spaniards be- davits and organizational and fi-, nancial data it a condition prece- | Board and not to the practice of | iree collective bargaining by unions | * and employers. “It was well established under| the Wagner Act that an employ- | his employees did not depend on! certification of the union by the! N.LRB, and employers who re-| fused to bargain with such a un- ion were held to violate the Act. The Taft-Hartley Law has not al- tered or modified this obligation, and the General Counsel of the| Board has stated, ‘The Act does crgployen from entering into any| U. E. (an uncertified union). with a union with respect to wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment of those whom the union legally represented; nor does the Taft-Hartley Law affect this right in any way, except with re- spect to thcse subjects of collec- live bargining which are specifi- cally limited or prehibited by the Act.” (YO T0 GIVE DANGE SATURDAY, APRIL 17 A business meeting of the Cath- olic Daughters of America was held at the Parisn Hall last night and there was a good attendance. | Many probiems were discussed and plans were made for the an- nual National Communion Sunday, which is the first Sunday in May. Details of the breakfast afterwards will be announced later. All are requested to keep Satur- day evening, April 17 in mind and attend the party and dance at the Parish .Hall, to be given by the €YO members to assist ‘n raising | funds for the Hely Cross stswn.: .- ROOF FIRE A roof fire, on house No. 53 in the Juneau Volunteer Fire Depart- menrt at 6:15 p. m. yesterday in answer to a 2-1 fire alarm. The Eddiz Jackson. To Hoonah: Mr. and Mrs. Jacob To Tulsequah: P. Brown, Alec Kassman, Allen Wright, V. Nelson, R. Jones, R, Cavanaugh, J .Naugh- ten, R. Cook and R. Green. D nion representive o masonty o | TOTEM-AIRES" ARE GUESTS OF HONOR AT KIWANIS CLUB MEET The Baranof “Totem-Aires” were guests of honor at the Kiwanis Club weekly luncheon today noon on the Terrace of the Bubble Room. They played several numbers for the members and a request for “Bumble Bee Boogy” which caused most of the members blood pressure to ring the gong. The Board of Directors voted and approved of the catching and can- ning of king salmor: as gift \pac)g- ages to be sent to other Kiwanis Clubs all over the wcrld. Final plans will be completed at the next board meeting. J. S, “Jim” McClellan was appointed as chairman for the sal- mon canning committee. Guests at today's meeting were Capt. W. H. Mangan, retired Seattle Mariner visiting in Juneau; Harry Williams, Public Accountant and City Council member also a can- didaze cn the Republican ticket for senafor from Ketchikan; and the “Totem-Aires,” Mrs, Frances Man- gan and Jeanne Smith. SR S G R INTENTION TO WED Andrew S. Jackson, Juneau truck driver and fisherman, has applied to U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray for a license to marry Florence Austin of Hoonah. CALIFORNIA VISITOR Edith Tabler of Los Angeles is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. sy . NOTICE OF CHANGE OF VESSEL NAME Special notice is hereby given that the Commissioner of Customs, under date of April 7, 1948, gave authority fer change of name of the oil screw ACQUITANIA, cfficial number He was accompanied | the Indian Village, brought out 252459, to H. F. CHANEY. Said ves- sel was built at Tacoma, Washing- ten, in 1943; her gross tonnage 167; net tonnage 114; home port Junea; age is staying at the Baranof Ho-| Mrs. Albert Johnson, sutfered only |First publication, April 14, 1948. tel i slight ds ane. | | Tiast publication, April 17, 1948 "here by Sourdough Pup Tent No. . WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1948 UP §315; CANCER Over Truman's Velo A total of was collected WASHINGTON, April 14 —®—| The House today passed over Presi-| dent Truman’s veto a bill excluding | certain vendors of newspapers and $375 4, Military Order of the Cootie, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in con- nection with that organization’s magazines from the social securityl national drive for funds to sup- program. | port a Cancer Research Founda- The vote was 307 to 28. This was| tion. The announcement .was 83 more than the required two- made today by Daniel W. Mahoney, thirds majority. Seam Squirrel of the Juneau Pup| The Senate will vote next, pro- Tent. Mahoney issued a special thanks to override the veto. to Juneau citizens for their fine | T T e cooperation in supporting such a| werthwhile drive. He expressed his | SIo‘K ouoTAl"oNS pleasure at the succass of thei b 7 e iorot | NEW YORK, April 14—#—Clos- Mahcney sald that preliminary |, o ation of~ Alaska - Juneau feponts. leed mtw o bc‘he\'x- g mine stock today is 3'%2, American Juneau: surpassed the rest of Al-|o ;" ge “Anaconda 35%, Curtiss- aska in its generosity. A s Wright 7', International Harvest- er 90'2, Kenecott 55, New York Central- 14'%, Northern Pacific 20, Floon wARN'NGS l" U. S. Steel 74%, Pound $4.03% Sales today were 1,030,000 shares. Averages today as as follows, industrials 179.13, rails 5476, util- OHIC RIVER.VALLEY ities 33.60. CINCINNATI, April 14. —(P— i e Flcod warnings are up in the Ohio MARSH S SALES River valley where the historic stream is ten feet above flood stage VB 3 § in some sections, More rain today| DePuty U. S. Marshal Walter is adding to the floofl danger over Hellan announced teday that he has sold the property of the Ju- five states. Already hundreds have heen forced from their homes in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsyl- vania and West Virgnia. In the north central region, warm- neau Ready-Mix Concrete to the B. M. Behrends Bank through At- torney R. E. Robertson for $32,750. Hellan alsq said that he has re- er weather has moved in after sev-|ceived the keys to Yvonne's and eral mornings of below ireezing | hat the stock of that store will temperatures. The mercury also is| ¢ scld {ollowing the completion on the rise in the northern plains|f an inventory by Mrs. William and central Rocky Mountain re-| Carter. gion. The nation’s highest reading: . e yesterday were at Albuquerque, New RIVER MEN ON BARANGF Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas. -, { The advance contingent of Yu- i on River steamboat personnel are (board the Baranof for a season f heavy activity. Among them | years in the Yukon service, and s | ho will spend the SEATTLE, April 14—(®—The old B/ BB ot - pot Seattle-Alaska freighter Oduna, | which ran for years under the Al-j decond aska Steamship Co. t flag, has Capt. been sold by the Maritime Commis- | ordtim sion to Oliver J. Olson’and Com-| pany of San Francisco. The vessel may gc into coastwise ‘steam schooner” trade for her |new owners. The Oduna, 320 Ieei long and 3,474 gross tons, was built) in 1920 in Oakland, Calif, she ran |for the Russians for awhile during| Major John W. Burress, a meteor- |the war after Uncle Sam took her| jcgist, transferring from Nashville, son, Denald; pilet, and Mrs - o WEATHER MAN over from the Alaska Steamship Co.| ~onn, to the ather bureau in n 1942 worage, passed through Juneau | T R wbcard the Baranof. He is accom- | anied by his wife and daughter. OVER $4 BILLION ~ ASKED BY TRUMAN FOR FOREIGN A! WASHINGTON, April 14—®P— | Prgsident Truman today formally asked Congress to appropriate $4,245,000,000 to finance the Eu- former cwners. For { ropean Recove program during the fiscal year starting July 1. He asked that this amount, less! an emergency appropriation of $55,- 0C0,g00 recently voted to prevent a break in the pipeline of essen- tial supplies, be provided prompt- ly He said that.in passing the econ- omic ccoperation act embracing the so-called Marshall Plan, Congress “recognized the imperative need for prompt American assistance to the free peoples of erope." - | ATHENS POLICE REVOLT KILLING . 26 COMMUNISTS ATHENS, April 14.—#—A me- chanized company of Gendarmerie revolted in Sparta and raided a jail, killing 25 or 26 Communists, the Ministry of Public Order said to- night. Minister Constantine Rentis said the gendarmes (National Police) ap- arently were enraged at Commun- ts because their commanding of- ficer was wounded today when a vehicle struck a mine on the Tripolis highway. Telephone 182 DRINK > Bank Sla ements Now Called For WASHINGTON, April 14—P— The Comptroller of the Currency today issued a call for a statement cf the condition of all national| tanks at the close of business on April 12, — INTERIOR WEATHER With the advance of the low pressure center eastward over the Arctic Ocean north of Mackenzie River, skies cleared over most of the Tanana Valley and tempera- tures were lower this morning, ranging 18 to 30 degrees. Colder air is penetrating the ex- treme northwestern portion of Alaska with ~ Barrow reporting | minus degrees this morning. l 2 - The Mescalero Apache Indians cause of their habit of eating mes-' eal Lably later in the week, on whether ffice Cooper Bldg. COOTIES SCRATCH House Passes Bill ARABS, JEWS IN FOUR-HOUR DUEL JERUSALEM, April 14—(®—Gun- fire and mortar duels kept Palestine in a turmoil through another night —but casualties are believed to have been small. Arabs in Jaffa and Jews in Tel Aviv duelled four hours with mor- t and machine guns, while in alem, there were sniper bat- tles. Three Arabs and one Jew ' were to have been killed in the fight- z in the Holy City. A two-inch mortar shell landed 15 feet from the public information hocth in Jerusalem where 12 news- men were working. The shell was a dud. United States Consular . Authori- ities in Jerusalem say no plans have been made as yet to evacuate Am- cricans wishing to leave the Holy Land, other than what assistance can be given. An informant says that cnly about 30 of some 4,500 Americans now ip Palestine have requested aid in leaving the coun- try. Most of the 30 are American Jews. OFFICIAL REMOVED, ORDER OF TRUMAN WASHINGTON, April 14—#— Pr nt Truman today ordered the remcval of Frank W. Kraemer as collector of Internal Revenue for Connecticut. Presidential Press Secretary Char- les G. Ross told reporters that Kraemer was convicted recently of violating the Hatch Act in con- nection with the collection of political campaign contributions. — e ivhiy-fhree Drown ' When Boat (apsizes SEOUL, April 14.—(®—Korean po- received a report that nen and five men drowned April 9 off Korea's west coast when a gale capsized a wooden fishing boaat. SRR DRP IR FROM PELICAN E. E. Blanning of, Pelican is reg- istered at the Hotel Juneau. Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANITORIAL Service CONKLE and FOLLETTF Phone Red 559 COOPER BUILDING FOR SALE Sacrifice Sale for Benefit of Creditors of complete information contact Marguirete Seaton, Trustee. Box 2960 Juneau, Alaska PAUSE. .. REFRESH AT BIG RED COOLER BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY JUNEAU COLD STORAGE © 1948. 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