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PAGE TWO wide selection of lessly ta smart sport coats. o i A A SN 5 D 1 B i I G G B o G OBty o e S ot i A i i i Gt i N P S Sl B e i e (OLUMBIA LUMBER ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS The Columbia Lumber held an informal banquet on the Terrace of the Bubble Room last night in honor of the annual stock- holders meeting scheduled to be held this evening in the offices of the Columbia Lumber Co. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Morgan were acting hosts to 15 members of the Columbia staff and Board of Di- Company rectors. ial guest was C. H the Savage Lumber attle tem-Aires” presented a special musical program for the occasion and the banquet table was entered with a huge bouquet of , daffodi and surrounded by white tapers. Attending the annual stockhold- ers meeting are managers from all the various Columbia Lumber Alaska, and MacDomald, - o DOUGLAS NEWS SCHOOL DISTRICT FAVORE Voters of Doug last Highway nd cast an alm lot favoring an Independent District embracing all of School Douglas total of \H'h'n the cit from the Highway. I votes favored the only six voted pesal. Eight Highway voters pendent District, voters out favored showi, that the Douglas Highway residents wish to participate more in school affairs of which their children are Mix and Match for a MORE Versaiile Wardrobe slack™ sea- segson’s here. .. and we're with it! All your leisure- hour needs well an- ored slacks a | dents, and are willing to help sup- answered in our extremely fault- 1 Smart, "“SPORT COATS"...aBuy 4 ¢nec 511 m I | port the institution. | Elected on the Board of crs were the following fiv ard Johnson, William Hixson James Wellington, Leigh S. Grant | and Janet Sey, receiving the high- | votes in the order named Direc! Leon- | Mrs. est s. James Wellington of Doug- and Wm. Hixson from the Highway both received the same number of votes. -Leonard John- son was honored with a total of 109 votes in Douglas and all 10 of the Highway votes, making 119 vetes out of 135 cast Votes received by candidates are as fellows: Edith Barras, 11; Leon- ard Johnson, 119; Helen Forrest, °l; Willlam Hixson, 81; Janet Sey, 61; Mrs. James Wellington, 81; Mrs. William Boehl, 46; James Mc- Clellan, 49; Arne Shudshift, 42; Le S. Grant, 71; Larry Wilcox, 40. Much interest throughout complete Beard has been shown as is evidenced by the change of present School Officials, also by the fact nes s iman voted as Territorial or. City e new Board of Di- il take’ over their duties , at which time the pres- James McClellan, Helen and Arne Shudshift, will at election rector Forrest retire. . MATSON TRAVELS Gecrge Matson was a passenger yesterday morning by plane to the Westward, where he will make inspection of Veterans' Admi tration offices in Anchorage banks and other cities . Chapeladies Bean Dinner, Sat., ROGERS INJURED Apr. 24, 6 p. m. on. Auk Lake. cher O. Rogers received inju Children 75c. 868 3t terday while operating a bull- - er for the Duck Cr Logging HELP US! Co., and was taken to Ann's Build our new church by eating Hospital in Juneau. Rogers is be-|our home baked bean dinner at ing treated for two broken ribs|the Chapel by the Lake Sat. Apr. ad broken hand BTN SRR WS S b A { { Valued af $39.95 TALLY PRICED al $2°¢.50 § zes 35 to 44 5 | ! L e have an excellent Valu . mony. 24 N \ 3 \ N \ \ \ N \ \ ) l} \ 4 ) \ I} N ! N N § | N \ N ) ) \ § H N 5 ] ) | {1 Good Looking an't pass up. SRR LSV SRR Ut o e AR . | | of SLACKS — wool gabar: ines 1 and Brown 29 to 3 s | ied af $16.95 i IALLY PRICED | at $H:3.00 a pair BMBEHRENSS),, G, ; ettt ettt P et e et e JUNEAU CHAMBER | 10 HAVE PHOTOS | TAKEN TOMCRROW Members of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce are urged to wear their best “bibs and tuckers” at tomorrow’s regular luncheon meeting in. the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Reason for the “dressing up” stems from the fact that a photograph will te taken of the Chamber tomorrow for the Tewkesbury Publications. | No movies or guest speakers are| on the schedule tomorrow because of & heavy run of routine business to be discussed. e eee MARRIED AT DOUGLAS George Stieler and Melba A. Christenson were married last eve-| ning by U. 8. Commissioner Felix | Gray at his home in Douglas. Richard Christenson and Mary R. Daroff were witnesses to the cere-| WOMEN OF THE MOOSE All members interested in at- ding luncheon May 2nd call Green 840 for reservation. ‘Those wishing to attend banquet May 3, please phone Black 700 during a. m. All reservations must be in by noon, Apl 29. 68 3t . HOME COOKED DLNNEI. At the Chapel by the Lake. Bak- ed beans, rolls and lemon pie. Help DON'T FORGET | that the Company ig in proc | erican Military (;memmenl ~ DISPUTE ~ VERDICT (Continued fmm Page One) |such a story has been printed. Neit er, Mr. Chaney nor any other com- pany official has ever so informed me. I did not talk to & representative of the Empire on April 20, and at no time have I made a fiazem' nt to anyone such as hns been attri- buted to me. “I am in Juneau solely at Mr. Hawkins' request to assist him. I | have not been sent here by (‘ m- pany officials to take part in liguidation of the Company, . u I |do not care to create the impression liquidation, “There is no reason why the Comn- | | day—the newsprint pany should adopt such a policy. If | | the present dispute is settled in such 1 way that operations can be con- |ducted at a profit the Company 1l operate tut if it is uneconomical hen it might be to their advantag to close the mill. In any event thi jan arbitrary statement wnhom | knowing the outcome of the dispute.’ Other Disputes There was no change today in the dispute between AFL Carpen- ters’ painters and Teamsters again: the Juneau Contracters and Em- ployers Association. large number Building Trades Council members | have found other work not under the Association and a few have left town for other jobs. This statement also applies to some of the sa workers who have been st out irom the Juneau Spruce Corps-ation mill here by a longshoreme-r's picket lmc | e - U. 5. MILITARY GOVT. ‘Cumpnny would never make such| o fivee THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ‘Newsprint Shorlage Reporied Easing Up; No Change in Price NEW YORK, April 21 —(®— The members of the American News- | paper Publishers Association re- ceived a piece of good news to- shortage has eased up /a bit. Cranstcn Williams, ANPA gen- eral manager, reported at the first day's sessions of the organization’s 62nd annual convention that the| newsprint picture has improved in the past 12 months. However, most papers “still are |in a straightjacket” with respect to newsprint, Williams told news- men - after the closed session. “Tt has just loosened up a ilittle.” Williams told the publishers he saw no possibility of a price de- crease for newsprint soon. Rep. Edward H. Jenison, (R-IID), editor of the Paris (I1l) Beacon:| News, reported to the convention | on a survey of the newsprint sit-| uation in Alaska which he recent- ly visited. Alaska has great possibilities for newsprint production, he said, but there is nc immediate prospect of °stablishing mills there. = X ‘Battleship Texas Is To Be State Shrine; | S i Nimilz,ls! Admiral HOUSTON —The | attleship Texas will be ur—m—nmxs-i sloned from the Navy today and; il presented to the state of Texas as| a shrine for its military veterans. Fleet Admiral Chester '\Iimiéz ]E.l will be the prineipal specker| at the ceremonies. Then Nimitz lsi to become the first Admiral of the| Texas Navy—the only state navy authorized by Congress. | - - o> LISTS 45 GERMANS BETTER AUTOMOBII. | BERiaN, ril 2 pub» lishedl today a list of 45 Germans who have disappeared from the west- ern sectors of Berlin and charged that most of them were kidnaped or otherwise illezally arrested by the al cases it was official arged that the Russians are hold- ing Germans in concentration camps. Among the camps Sachsenhaussen and Buchenwald,| formerly operated by the Nazis. named were | 80D ARRESTED BY RUSS jpes ARE PROMISED BY JUMPING RUPTER CHICAGO, April ti. “P—Jump- ng rubber, made in a flash so fasL that it jump promises better automobile tires. | The rubber is a new synthetic kind, and extremely tough. It was cunced and demonstrated today | to the American Chemical Society | by Prof. Avery A. Morton of German Socialists have charged Massachusetts Institute of Tech- officially that mor dmppmrarce& have ocecur: in Berlm since the end of the wir, U RN New Commie Armies = Move Toward Capifal' NANKING, April 21.—(®—Four new Communist armies are moving on Manchuria's capital of Chang- chun, whose thin garrison is outs ernment spokesman said at Nanking. The spokesman, Lt. Gen. Wen-yi, estimated from 150,000 to Changchun. ist plan a frontal assault a major victory seuth of Tatung, big base west of Peiping pianes caught casualties. These casualty usually are exaggerated). KINY. Alaska Tax Payers League. PSS 2 NOTICE T will not be responsible for any| Lills after this date unless auth-| orized - by myself. T. J. Jacoh- son. City of Changchun Teng | 200,000 Red soldiers now are ringing Teng told a news conference it| was not clear whether the Commun- | lish language extend back more than {1,200 years. (Pro-Government reports in Peip- | g ing said the Nationalists had scored numbered almost four to one, a gov- | Merton said, is that it is to tough | (The accounts said Gowrnmenc away this morning at 4:55 o'clock 10,000 Communist|in St. Ann’s Hospital,where he had troops crossing a river toward Ta- |been taken after an accident Mon-| tung and inflicted more than zooowday at the Hood Bay Logging Camp. liguresl w. D - LISTEN | MONDAY, APRIL 26, 7 p. m. Program, Speaker, Albert White, . 866 6t ning, 8:30. 868 3t for appointmem | that it is difficult to mill or mix {with other ingredients used in | making tire treads. e e ———— { from his wife in Logsden, Oregon. than 1,600, flxch‘ nology. Dr. Morton had a bottle of bu- mdlsnp an oil refinery gas used in making two main kinds of syn- thetic rubber. He added a few drops of a| chemical to the bottle, stoppered | it, then shook it. Suddenly a long snake-like piece of rubber formed, so violently that the smp— per was blown out. The new rubber was born. The | secret of its formation lay in the few drops of chemical, which are a catalyst or chemical stimulant.| One drawback to .its use, Dr.| Documentary records of the Eng- D EDWIN DAVENPORT DIES | Edwin Davenpori, aged 30, passed | The remains are at the Charles Carter Mortuary pending word - .o MRS. ELTON ENGSTROM | Candidate for the Senate, will| speak over KINY, Monday eve-\ 868 4t | B llAZEL McLEOD Representative of Real Silk Hos- jery Mills, arrives in Skagway Tuesday. Call Golden North Hotel | 868 1 'HARRY DOUGLAS AGAIN MAYCR OF HOONAH FOR HIS ELEVENTH TERM Harry Douglas has been re- elected Mayor of Hoonah for the eleventh term as the result of | the recent municipal election held there, according to the following|S: | report received by the Empire from Helda Schoonover, City Clerk. The vote at the election is follows: For Mayor—Harry Douglas, votes; Harold C. Jones, 56. For four City Councilmen—Frank O. Williams, 137; Joe White, 84; William Johnson, 80; Ira B. Stev- enson, 69; Joseph Tratt, 69; Key St. Clair, 55; Lonie Huston, 47. For School Director— Robert | Greenwald, Jr., 104; Vivien Will- iams, 118; Bessie Sce, 74; Howard Erickson, 68. TWENTY PASSENGERS C(OME HERE WITH PAA| Tweénty persons arrived yegier- day aboard Pan American fligh and thirteen departed fr'm Ju- neau as follows: From Seattle: 138 Alberi Peterson, Arnie Johnson, Henry Ford, Anton | John | Johnson, Robert Heaton, Darzan, George Morris, Alf Byrnes, Harold Dent, L. J. Walker, { Carter, May Cartee, Charles Mc- Donald, John Martinson, Harold | Seaton, Paul Stout, Red O'Ben- hauer, Ray McFarland, Kenneth Broockland and Barbara Broock- | land. £ To Seaitle: L. E. Sawyer, Lewis LaBcw and Jack Boddy, M. F. tockwell and Alfred Adams, To Annet Frank Hull Francis McCrory. ' To Fairbanks: George Matson, | John Martin, Elaine Swift, Rich- ard Barnard and Jim Culbertson. To Neme: Ruth Behl. - —ee INTEKIOR WEATHER There has been little change in he temperature over the Tanana Villes They ranged from minus 2 dezrees to plus 10 degrees this mormng but the davume tempera- es Wi warmer and were above heczing yesterday. Cooier air is penetrating the | northwestern portion of Alaska, , Where Bar is reporting 13 de- srees below normal this morning. e —— LISTEN MONDAY, APRIL 26, 7 p. Program, Speaker, Albert White, KINY. Alaska Tax Payers League. 866 6t REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR Sg’N‘A TOR HARRY V. WILLIAMS An Alaskan for 43 Years Public Accountant—Home Owner Ketchikan City Councilman Vote for an Alaskan to Help Solve Alaska’s Problems Primary Election—April 27tk (Pid Adv) 868 34 6 pm on (Paic. riisement) IHIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHHIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIHIIIII||IIIII|||IIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIII OTE FOR FRANR A.BOYLE ; TERRITORIEAL AUDITOR ll!lllllllllmlllIIIIII|IlIIIIIIHlll|lllfllllllflllllllllllll"llllllllllll"lllllllllll|ll|llluluulHIIIIIHIIIIHI"IIII[IIHIIIH}IIHIH and | m. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, {ENGSTROM PLAYS BALL; | MRS. ENGSTROM MAKES TRIP CAMPAIGNING turned yesterday via Ellis Airlines from a several days visit in Ketchi- kan. Engstrom spent Friday and aturday enroute to the First City in Wrangell where he played a pre- Stikine-Stampede basketball game with other members of the Star |team of the 1922-24 era. Engstrom |made the only basket for the old- |timers and it is reported.the shot |was a sensational one, lcoped into the net from the center of the floor. Mrs. Engstrom, Republican can- ;| didate for the Alaska Senate, made the Triangle trip on the Alaska, vis- iting Haines, Skagway and Sitka, then centinuing to Ketchikan where she was the guest speaker at the luncheon and meeting of the Asso- ciated Universiy Women's club. She {also altended a meeting of the Pio- neers Auxiliary there. La-. Monday (night Mrs, Engstrom gavc a talk on |the radio in Ketchikan. Engstrom went to Ketchikan to :mend the fish buyers'-trollers con- |ference and while there sizned the | contract for the coming season. - e — { SKAGWAY VISITOR | Mrs. A. R. Hall, is staying at tue Baranof Hotel. e John and Elaine Woods are here tineau Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Elton Engstrom re-! from Skagway,' 1948 VOTE FOR STEVE VUKOVICH REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE SENATE (FIRST DIVISION) Your Vote Will Be Appreciated HIS RECORD IN THE'LAST TWO LEGISLATURES SPEAKS FOR ITSELF (Paid advertisement) The femalc of the peregrine fal- con, used for centuries in nunting, Bill| (. om Towa and staying at the Gas- is much larger and fiercer than the male of the species. - STUDY REFRESHED HAVE A COCA-COLA Ask for it either way . . . both trade-marks mean the same thing. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY JUNEAU COLD STORAGE © 1948. Th= Coca-Cola Compony ALASKA. make it come to pass, VOTE FOR Donald MacDonald II “The Father of the Alaska Highway” FOR TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER Appointed by President Reosevelt as Alaska Member b * of the International Highway Commission. The man who during half a lifetime on his hind legs has blazed the trails of the North. The man who under his own steam since 1929 has studied on the ground, mapped and fought for, in the pelitieal field— THE TOK CUTOFF, THE GLENN HIGHWAY, THE FORTYMILE ROAD, THE HAINES ROAD, THE ALASKA HIGHWAY, MILES) UNTIL THEY WERE BUILT. HE ADVOCATES THE CONSTRUCTION OF - THE COASTAL ROUTE TO THE STATES WHICH WILL SERVE SOUTHEAS’I‘ERN (TOTALLING 2,000 OFFICIALLY, HE LOCATED McKINLEY PARK ROADS, THE STEESE HIGHWAY, THE FINAL ANCHORAGE-PALMER CONNECTION AND McDonald envisioned in 1929 a backbone system to connect the isolated roads of the North: in the main existing roads; a system that can logically be expanded until all the mainland cities and mining camps, and farm areas can be reached by car. EFFICIENT LAND TRANSPORTATION TO AND WITHIN THE TERRITORY IS THE KEY BOTH OF STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT. A system that has already tied f the people wish to realize this visicn in its entirety, they should support the man who conceived it and can, on his record, Remember the Primaries Will Decide the lssue Enginering Is Not a Partisan Issue