The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1948, Page 5

~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE--JU BRENT, BLONDELL STAR IN COMEDY MYSTERY, CAPITOL A thumpingly good comedy-my- stery, starring George Brent and Joan Blondell, has been turned out by Columbia in “The Corpse Came C. O. D.,” and it is at the Capitol Theatre tonight Brent, star newspaper reportér, is involved in a studio murder case in his efforts to soitpedal the scandal that threatens a movie glamor queen when the corpse is dumped on the doorstep of her mansion. Adele Jer- Tens the beauteous star. Miss Blondell, a rival reporter with a soft spot in her heart for Brent, is as: signed to the story and fiom there on she and Brent battle it out until ove at first fright makes her realize that he is a good guy to have around in a clinch. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1948 SHOWBLALE o fimr/‘z{}t CABITHI TONIGHT!? Love at First Fright! 7 ke 1 | | | | N - > Bids on Turnagain Arm Construction Be Opefned June 2§ PORTLAND, Ore, June 3.—P— PBids on e 24.4-mile section of the Seward-Anchorage (Turnagain Arm) highway in Alaska will be called next week for June 29 cpening here the Public Roads Administration. :00—10:10 LATE NEWS outh W. H. Lynch, Division Engineer, e PRI R said the project starts 58 miles Lo R rorth of Seward and extends to Portage on the road which event- ually will connect Seward, and An- HOSPHAL HOTES Ll\l;;;f:x the highway is built, the | laska Railroad between Seward Discharged from St. Ann's yes-|and Portage can be abandoned, terday were Mrs. Anna Johnson | Lynch said. and Mrs. Donald Mack. There| The Department of the Interior were no admittances. has appropriated $11,373,000 for the At the Government Hospital |Seward-Anchorage road and has Clara Wilson of Douglas, Norma |transferred part of it to the PRA Sharclane of Hoonah, Merrill Phil- for the 24-mile section which is lips of Chitina, and Roy Willock to be completed by Dec. 31, 1949. of Fairbanks were admitted. Ron- The current project includes ald James of Douslas was discharg- 'clearing 200 acres, excavating one ed. ! i three-quarter million cubic , and providing 1,400,000 pounds of reinforcing steel and 3,900,000 pounds of structural steel. - - MOOSE MEET FRIDAY The regular weekly meeting of |the Juneau Lodge 700 of the Loyal |Order of the Moose will be held CALL 806 JUNEAU JANITOR . SERVICE | Friday evening, June 4, at 8 o'clock. for | At the last meeting the following . | new members were initiated: Alfred Expert Cleanmg |J. Paulson, Charles Drinsdale, H. g {W. McCrea, S. C. Thorpe, R. T. 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Relax .. enjoy the magnificenr scenery and comfortable acgommodations as you sail “outside” THE FINEST FOOD Elegantly prepared and expertly served ro “om- pletely s;gnsfy your fancy. SAILINGS ARE FREQUENT Sailings EVERY SUNDAY for KETCHIKAN and SEATTLE ;. §. ALEUTIAN DUE SOUTH JUNE 6 Sailings EVERY TUESDAY fon CORDOVA, VALDEZ and SEWARD S. S. BARANOF — JUNE 8 ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY Serving All Alaska ALASKA GIVEN BIG SUM THROUGH INT. 3 The Interior Department appro- !priation bill which has passed the | House contained more than $50,000,- {000 for Alaska projects, according to iDelegate Bartlett's news letter dated May 28. Although the figure represents a reduction of around 85,500,000 in 1tl‘.e President’s budget estimates, it {is more than double any previous | Interior appropriation for Alaska | Fifteen million -dolars for the Alaska Railroad, $13,500,000 for roads ahd over $5,000,000 for a tuberculo- is sanitarium are ihe pringipal items |in the record-breaking appropria- tion. The Lill provides $32,819505 in cash—-$18464,497 more than last | year—and contract authorizations | totalling $17,625,000. { Construction of a mining experi- iment station would be made pot | sible through a $250,000 appropria- i tion A start would be made on plac- ‘mg asphalt surfacing on the Rich- |ardsen and Glenn Highways with ithe Liggest road appropriation in {Alaska’s history Additional funds would be avail- able for enforcement of . fisheries regulations. Four control stations for the care | of the tuberculous would be set up lat a cost of $100,000 each, with $150,- 1000 for operating expenses An item of $150,000 is provided for {the first time to be used in survey- ing Alaska's water. resources. “In general it may be said the | Territory was treated magnificiently iwell,” said Delegate Bartlett. “We can be grateful to the Interior De- partment for having presented and isupported this real development {program. Likewise we have reason ito be thankful for the understand- {ing consideration given by the ap- { propriations subcommittee which re- !ported out the till. There are a few corrections which I think should be .made by the Senate. Ithese has to do with the request for |a larger appropriation for the Alas- |ka Game Commission. The depart- iment asked for something over $400,- 1000 but the bill as it passed the | House contained $175,000, exactly the same amount as for this fiscal |year. Tt is absolutely necessary more {money be made available if our | wildlife resources are to be preser- {ved, and, I s0 indicated in a speech imade before the House on the bill| | during general debate.” ALASKA HIGHWAY AGAIN REOPENED EDMONTON, June 3.—(@—West- ern Army Command Headquarters J\mnigm announced the re-opening lof the Alaska Highway Saturday. The northern thoroughfare had been closed for two weeks due to flood washouts. The washout at Mile 715 has been filled and emergency repairs made to all other washouts. The road is described as passable throughout its length in Canadian territory. - | | | ‘Army Chaplain in ' Alaska Transferred MALDEN, Mass., June 3 (® The 152nd annual conference of the New England Methodist Conference end- ed Sunday. . Transfers ordered by the confer- ence included the Rev. Raymond T. Mattheson, U. S. Army Chaplain, from Alaska to Danvers, Mass. [HIGHWAY PATROL PUBLISHES LIST OF ROAD HELPS Accommodations and facilities along the Alaska Highway are list- ed in a pamphlet which was pub- lished today by the Alaska Highway Patrol for distribution to high- way travelers. According to Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial Highway Commissioner, the publication lists all stores, gas, stations, hotels, camp grounds, other facilitics and bus .services along the road for the information of persons travelling that route. OLYMPIC ROWING TRIALS TO BE HELD ON LAKE CARNEGIE Olympic rowing trials will be held on Lake Carnegie at Princeton, N. J, instead of on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. ‘The rowing committee, headed by Latrobe Cogswell of Baltimore, de- cided on the shift last night after deciding the Lake Carnegie course is more nearly comparable to the Olympic Course at Henley, Eng. Trials for the eight-oared crews are scheduled for June 30-July 3. Cogswell said Seattle’s invitation was turned down because of the distance to the West Coast. > SEATTLE VISITOR Richard W. Dunn of Seattle it visiting in Junéau and -staying at fthe Gastineau Hotel. DEPT. MONEY GRANT| Chief among | PHILADELPHIA, June 3. (¥ The|’ Alaskan Delegales Assigned fo Hotel In (onyeniion City PHILADELPHIA, June 3.—P— Managing Director William Neale Roach completed today assignments of hotel headquarters for state dele- gations to the Democratic National Convention July 12.° The assign- ments include (state and hotel in that order): Oregon, Penn Shera- ton; Washington, Essex; Alaska, Penn Sheraton 'RANSOM TAKE M TAKER IS FOUND DEAD; CASE { 2 FEATURES ARE AT 20TH CENTURY TONIGHT, FRIDAY OIL EXPLORATION IN ALASKA ASKED T0 BE CONTINUED hd PAGE FIVE 'I|IHIIIII|l|"IIll|IIIIHI|IIIIIIN|IHlI!!IIII|I!Ilil|I|II|IH!lIIHIIIIHIIIIIIllllilllilllllli TONIGHT and [TOPCENTURY ¢ mivay OF SUICIDE, CLAIM Ben B.| convicted ‘\ in al was | DENVER, June 3 Laska, Denver attorney of accepting ransom money sensational 1933 kidnaping, found dead today at his home Laska, who was 74, died from| an overdose of sleeping pills, Dr.| Angelo Lapi, Denver Medical EX- | aminer, said. Lapi said notes left | advised relatives what disposition to make of his body. Lapi listed the death as suicide. Laska was convicted in 1935 at Oklahoma City of accepting $10,000 of the ransom money paid in the kidnaping of Charles F. Urschel. . — 'NO CHANGES T0 BE MADE NOW IN LABOR MEASURE| | 3. B WASHINGTON, June | Labor- | The joint Congressional w June 3. (M The| There are two features on the bill T 9 ,"‘ " Hous \s Committee to-|[at the 20th Century tonight and 0ene~ ? r‘,."..am day mmended $14,600,000 for Friday. One of the features is “Tar- Complete Show at 7:10 and 9:30 continued oil exploration in Alaska.|zan and the Leopard Woman,” said L The navy had requested $22,000,-|to be exciting from start to finish as R SN AR oesmm—— 000 after telling an Appropriations|is usual with the Tarzan produc- ] s Subcommitiee that prospects for the tions e HIGH PRIESTESS of SINISTER RITES! dlsovery of oil in Alaska are as good| The other feature is “Son of the % Boauty veils her murderous cgses —if not better—than ever. |Range,” in which Jimmy Wakely heart, as she leads the In testimony made public. along |topnc singer of western songs hd . ird With the recommendation, Commo- rides to stardom | beast-claw men in weir dore G. Greenman, director | Dennis Moore, double-fisted ad-| Cult of Death! of N Petroleum Reserves, con-|venturer, is fei i in the singin & ceded, however, that/no oil of com= . “western” while Lee “Lasses” White mercial vs has yet been found|is the third of the new trio to be there |seen in The Jimmy Wakely Series ; By Re bert: Thomas (DiTex)|He was one of the natiom's most| = : i asked Greenman what is the basis successful minstrels before he tock Y for optim over Alaskan -oil. |his comedy to Hollywood. i EDGAR’ RICE BUR“OUGHS Replied Greenman Cay Forester "is the pretty girl “Our geologists and petroleum in the case. Important roles are fil- engineers are basing it on the fact led by Pierre Watkin, George Eld- g t dep e find up there tidze, Hugh Pro; Steve Clark, AND T which we find are the same sor oil ther parts of the country anc ard, and on the fact that we have oil seepages up there in many places.’ | Greenman said the Navy has fin- ished drilling twp wells, each more than 6000 feet deep, and is now boring a third that may reach a deptly’ of 7,200 feet ‘he first two showed evidences of oil but nothing of commercial worth, he added. The third is now down to depth of 6,700 feet and drilling still going on, he said. { oo Man Reared in Nome Dies in Pori Angeles Michael Management Committee decided today not to recommend any! changes in the Taft-Hartley Act this year | The committee, headed ator Ball (R-Minn), lawyer, however, to explore the| possibility of speeding up plant| elections and authorizing “union | shop” contracts. | by Sen-| instructed im[' Bills have been introduced to eliminate such elections | Ball told reporters the commit-| these bills di- | all realized of enacting | session of | tee didn't vote on rectly because they there was no change | the proposal at this | Congress. { “The consensu he said, “was | {that it would be impossible to pass an amendment.” | BUILDING PERMITS | The following building have been issued recently Engineer James L. McNamara Cottage Food. Store, 142 Willough- by Avenue, new cold storage Lcx, $2,500; H. P. Middleton, contractor. Nick Rocoyich 425 Seventh Street remodel and add. new apartments, $10,000; Foss and Malcolm, contrac- tor. Hix Anderson, Ninth Street near Gold Creek, construct warehouse and storage building, $1,500. Mrs. Bessie Visaya, 131 Gastineau Avenue, remodel kitchen, $200. e INCORPORATION The Northland Packing and Pro- cessing Co., Inc., of Naknek, has filed its Articles of Incorporation in the offices of Territorial Audi- tor Frank A. Boyle. The company was formed by Johannes A. and Edith A. Beck of Petersburg, and Albert R. and Frieda A. Davey, of Naknek. It is capitalized for $200,000 with stock divided into 2,000 shares having a par value of $100 each. permits | City | - ACCA BOARD MEETING The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Al- aska Crippled Children’s Associa- tion will be held in the Iris Room, Baranof Hotel, Friday, June 4, at 12 o'clock noon. 'SEATTLE —within easy reach by fast 4-engine Clipper Fly in swift comfort aboard the big, é-mile-a-minute Clippers . . . serving Alasks on frequent schedules. Enroute, settle back in your comfortable lounge seat and enjoy & world- famous service...including delicious hot meals, as part SEATTLE, June 3.—(#- Joseph Sullivan, 47, died in a Port' Angeles hospital, following a long illness. Born in Butte, Mont, he was reared in Nome, Alaska, and had worked on Alaska Steamship Com- any vessels several years. He had lived here 15 years and was a member of the Moose lodge, Surviving are his widow, Hazel; a brother, John, of Seattle, and a sister, Mrs. Roy C. Beilie, Jr., Palo Alto, Calif D U 5. MEN HERE G. Donald Eberlain of Los Ga- bas, Calif., and Robert H. Bixby of | Palo Alto, Calif., associated with the U. S. Geological Survey, are registered at the Hotel Juneau. - e - ANCHORAGE Herman Koenig and Phil Higho, PNA personnel from Anchorage, aré staying at the Baranof Hotel FAMOUS SINCE 1804 for soft flavor unigue bouquet. 1&:,‘ Sols U. S. Agents ‘wlius Wile Sons & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y. Distributors for Alaska ODOM & COMPANY 362-363 Colman Bldg., Seattle 4, Washington TOWN HALL RECREATION CENTER Roller Skating Schedules MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS . FRIDAYS AFTERNOONS 2:00 1o 4:30 of your Flying Clipper fars- Consult Pan American ..+ | BARANOF HOTEL Telephone 106 Ll T Sypn of WeFer O EVENINGS 7:00 o 10:00 Admission Prices AFTERNOONS - 25¢ EVENINGS 75¢ Evenings—Skate Owners 60c All prices include tax Edmund Cobb, Bud Osburne, Ken- neth Terr and Carl Matthews. st involves the trio's risky | ‘Woman _Leopard v attempt to uncover the secrets of | STARRING F f B e e e 3 NN G ony iy full of action as laughs and songs| won ACQUANETTA * siftiSsee * ™*“nr Neowhin —and there's plenty of them Ongion Story ead Screen Play by CARROLL YOUNG + Upon the Charact: 0 by GOGAR RICE BURRUVE - o< - — KIWANIS CLUB TO | HAVE DELEGATE AT | L. A. CONVENTION . ana Radio’s Favorite Singin’ Buckaroo! JIMMY WAKELY in “SONG OF THE RANGE” with Dennis Moore - Lee "“Lasses” White Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys A The Kiwanis Club of Juneau will | bhave a delegate attending the 33td | annual convention of Kiwanis In-/ ternational meetine at Los Angeles June 6 to 10, according to announce- | ment made President Vuille. Jim |~ McClellan will Le the delegate un(l}(kmul issues, while Guthrie will dis- their wives and junior guests at the he will probably leave today for the cuss the atomic bomb, its control, “Main Feature entertainment” soutl |and future pessibilities Wednesday evening, June 9, at Los Some 10,000 business and pProfes-' A celebrated authority vn foreign | Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Thou- sional leaders (rom all sections of |gffairs will address delegates Mon- Sands of boys and girls especlally the United States, Canada, Alaska|gay evening, June 7, in Hollywood inVited, also will attend this session New officers of Kiwanis Interna- | tional, elected by the convention to serve during the administrative year of 1948-49, will be presented offici- d Hawaii are expected to attend | gow) Some 18,000 persons are ex the five-day meeting, which Willipected to attend this particular ses- highlight many oufstanding speak-!gion inasmuch as a selected grou ers, musical features and entertain- leadrs; Wil of Los Angeles civic 4 ment attractions. be fuvited to participate in the meet- ally for the tirst time Thursday The convention will open Sunday ing morn June 10. evening, June 6, at Shrine Audito-| ————— rium, with Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, a| Ouher speakers scheduled to ap- member of the Kiwanis Club of St.!pear on the program include Jus-| Louis and President of the World|tin Miller, President of the National | NORDOT BREAKS DOWN FISHI CROSS SOUND Baptist Alliance, as the principal Association of Eroadcasters; Lester | speaker B. Pearson, under Secretary of| The Nordot, owned by Norman Dr. Charles W. Armstrong, Salis- | Foreign Affairs for the Dominion of { Rustad, expe to leave the smail bury, N. C., President of Kiwanis Canada; Roe Fulkerson, editorial | boat harbor some time today after International, will share speaking|writer of The Kiwanis Magazine, | engine repairs are completed. honors Monday morning, June 7,iand Cecil B. deMille, noted motion| The new halibut fisher had no ,with Wayne Guthrie, assistant man- | picture producer who Is wid mere than two days of fishing at aging editor of the Indianapolis known for his outspoken opinions on | Cross Sound when she put a valve News, who witnessed the atomic labor-management problems through a cylinder head and had tomb test at Bikini. Dr.' Armstrong| Notables of stage, screen afid radio| to be towed back “to Juneau by will ¢ der national angl interna- will be on hand to entertain delegates, ' the Barracuda. A OO The Sacrifice Sale of YVONNE’S BIG STOCK SAME WONDERFUL BARGAINS NOW AT ALL THESE ITEN Lo Yvonne’s Price SUITS BLOUSES SWEATERS HATS COATS SKIRTS SLACK SUITS UNIFORMS ALL DRESSES JACKETS SLACKS PLAY SUITS Frank S. 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