The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 10, 1948, Page 2

- PAGE TWO Long Range Training Flights In Arctic Operaticns Planned ARE MARRIED, By Slraleglt Air (ommand GREEK RITES JAMES J By STREBIG ney, SAC Commander, and other (Assoclated Press Aviation Reporter) | air experts WASHINGTON, June 10—(#—The POV, strategic Air Command is emphasi- series of long range g flights JUNEAU BOAT HARBOR Most of the planes 1e nations y striking i rm will se Bi hes special misslons to Ge The Nika, a 48 foot cruisin ! rador, and Shemya Island trdii Seuttie, 1y HoW it Ihe Aleutians this summer il b rbor aisd @kpect This was learned today after a here for ¢ squadron of B-29’s of the 98th group |she plans tc based at Spokane, Wash., had gone | vessel is owned by Ge to Goose Bay to make three long and g toard are Mr range missions using a na ion| Lloyd R. Moore of New lon method developed especially tor Arc- Conn., and Hans deMeiss-teujten who tic flying is from Switzerland. deMeiss-teuffe About a dozen squadrons—heavy has been lecturing in the states bomber squardrons usually include during the past winter on the Jew- ten planes—will make the Spokane- | 1sh- wlestine situ on. Goose Bay run before SeptemZer. 3eing in no particular hurry and The mission to Shemya, a nhuge|StoPPIng off at several por air center near Adak, will be flown [TOute to Juneau, the Nika by single B-29's from Castle Airbase | Weeks getting here from at Merced, Calif. Four planes win|Moore, who is a beginner go cach week until the entire 8th |1icld of painting, has been and 15th Air Forces have made the |ing and doing Alaska scenes in trip water color at each port of ¢ - The flights to Shemya are signifi- cant in that planes will travel alone. IPEANKS of Fair- HERE FROM F T. Kobierowski Single bomber missions have been Denald described as a likely tactic in any banks is in Juneau, staying at the George C Hotel Juneau I Ken- future war by Gen MIHA L ANNE = = e HARRY HELMES DIEs MISSING IN FLOOD AREA Crowns Used in Ceremony heert Are Borrowed from Royal House Mihai I e Prince as 1g ceremony s borrowed house Garbed in Archbishop Damaskinos pronounced Greek language the solemn, A mania’s 10 Denmark to win Rome insisted upon the Greek ceremony upon bringing up his children in that faith, throne to abdicate. The ceremony went off with pre- used for little but cooking and dish- | able THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA on. The crowns did not actually ¢ SUDDENLY IN SOUTH. Harry Helmes died suddenly at! ‘hn :ome in Santa Monica last mghl |as the result of an attack of the! according to brief advices received Helmes was wellknown to oidti- mers in this section as manager of {the Navy Radio station here about 120 years, which was later turned | o7 {cver to the War Department, L. S. CHAKALES Helmes married Miss Hilda Aalto S, June 10.—P—Hand- of Douglas and the couple has been | pjontana. of Rumania took residing in the south for many g ss Anne of Bourbon- years. Mrs. Helmes has made several bride today in a visits to the channel but he has before a smail never been tack to this section aft-| of royalty. They used er leaving. For some years Helmes| from the Greek Was stationed as wireless operator in' the Pribilofs. Mrs. Selma Plumb left Seattle last night by plane to be with her sister {Th as was “critical Cross his not However, distant the vestments of the churchman qf Greece, { vanport. communication ‘was recently | o received in Douglas, in a government | g new abdicated head of Ru- pamphlet that Helmes had on May | al family to the House 1 won a Suggestion Award and 18250 prize for a suggestion used b; the government Communicatior the Orthodox Church to A | tains east fresh a Roman Catholic and list” PORTLAND, Ore., missing since That | missing I addition, most relatives or of torrents of eam. cloudburst e 2 bloated stre special dispensation Ccmmission for which Helmes for her marriage to was an Airways Operation Specialist.| The the Greek rite. Mihai 5 2 Spokane, Wash. highway. by land, which are usually the scem‘s‘ to protect his claim 'of most activity in Dutch hnuse—“un‘r(l he says he was wl destroyed by flood. The 41 whose names were on a reported to the Red today from as far away as 80 persons left the Red Cross yet located 214 other of the inight. 80 PERSONS June 10.—P— Red Cross reported today find- 41 of 121 persons listed last Vanport has persons. inquiries akout that group nave come from acquaintances who in some cases were not even sure the persons actually lived in upper section of the flood- ed Columbia River valley underwent deluge last ur storm over the Cascade Moun- A five- Portland dumped water also into the struck at At one point it The large tiled kitchens in Hol-|sent a five-foot wall of water over | One truck was over-| floodwaters. A the were holds, contrast greatly in size with |freight train of the Great North- |compact modern American kitchens crn Railroad was stalled a at lands devastated | — | MORE » An impartial poll covering all the Southern tobacco markets reveals the smoking preference of the men who really know tobacco—auctioneers, buyers and warehousemen. More of these independent experts smoke Lucky Strike regularly than the next two leading brands combined. LUCKY STRIKE S$o round, so firm, so fully packed INDEPENDENT EXPERTS SMOKE LUCKY STRIKE REGULARLY THAN THE COPR.. THE AUERICAN TOBACEO GOMPANY EANS FINE TOBACCO so free and easy on the draw d valu- | | by the pelting hail | Government river forecaster El- mer Fisher says it is tco early to appraise the effect of the storm on the river level. Already the Columbia is due to rise In the lower valley later this week. Fish- er says the new downpour cer- tainly will heighten the danger to stricken communities in eastern Washington. | "As the cloudburst deluged the| | upper Celumbia valley, levees along the lower valley near the Pacific| were crumbling. Dike crews are fighting to save rich farmlands in the critical sec- tors where levees are leaking badly. e .- NORTHWEST ADDS FOURTH WEEKLY FLIGHT TO ORIENT 1 ST. PAUL, Minn, June 10—®-— crthwest Airlines announced today fthat it will add a fourth weekly ixlxght to the Orient starting Mon- day. Officials said the added service was made necessary by the growth of koth passenger and cargo traffic since the far eastern schedules were set up 11 months ago. i Initial flight will take off from the . Minneapolis Airport Monday at 1:- 45 a.m. (CSTy, stop at Edmonton, | Anchorage and Shemya enroute to | Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai. The re- | turn trip is slated to leave Thursday |at 9:30 am. Shanghai 'time and after “picking up a day” at the In- ternational dateline, arrive in Min- neapolis Friday at 2:30 p.m. (CST) The three other weekly flights wizt continue to operate between the | twin cites and Manila with connec- for West Coast passengers and cargo. I —— .- METLAKATLA WILL | WELCOME SEATTLE | VISITORS T0 TOWN. SEAT L&, 10—/ invitation to Seattle people to visit | June —A warmf | { | | | the Alaskan Indian Community of |tived in Juneau this —morning [Mu“nkum_ near Ketchikan, was ex- | aboard the Princeton Hall and at- | tended here today by Mayor R. F.| d a luncheon today noon at | Cavis in a brief call upon Mayor ‘v‘w Preshyterian Memorial Church | William F. Devin th the Memorial Missionary So- | Mayor Davis said that he and |ciety being hostess. other Metlakatla residents were| Tonight at 6:30 o'clock the group ;. | eager to show visitors about their |will have dinner at the Northern .- | ccmmunity, which has been ac-|Light Church with speakers being (laimed in Tecent years as a pro-|Ralph E. Robertson, H. L. Faulk- | gressive native town, and gide | ner, Ed Keithahn and Dr. Fred | | them to hunting or fishing locations. | | “I told Mayor Davis that I cer- | tainly envied his town's happy fin- | ancial situation,” commented Devin. PRESIDENTS' " COUNCILTO | MEET TONIGHT Presidents ot all Juneau <rgani- zatiens, will meet tonight at 8 o'- clock in the council chambers in me, City Hall, the call having been made | by Mayor W. E. Hendrickson. The purpose of the council is to de- yise a p am for entertaining | prominent visitors or large. groups | coming to Juneau KING'S BIRTHDAY OBSERVED TODAY LONDON, June 10—(®—King George VI was born Dec. 14, but the birthday is o:served officially June 10. The weather in June is supposem to be better than December’s Crowds gathered in Whitehall to-| day to see the horse guards parade for the trooping of the colors, in honor of the King’s 52nd. birthday. Tghn the ceremony was called off because of “uncertain weather.” There were heavy thunderstorms ali around, weather observers said. g et HERE FROM ANCHORAGE C. J. Davis and June R. Rikard, visiting from Anchorage are guests |at the Baranof Hotel. S Men's Shirts IN' BEFORE 10:00 o'clock a. m. out at 4:00 p. m. THE SAME DAY ettt ) SNOW WHITE LAUNDRY ] | from i Twelfth Street Hill, Phone 299 || THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1948 DRAFTBILL IS PASSED BY SENATE WASHINGTON, June cacetime draft of men aged 19 ough 25 for the armed services voted today hy the Senate. The action came ter a week of heated debate and sends the meas- ure cn to the House The vote was 78 to 10 G. O. P. leaders haye put the bill jown as “must” for House action sefore Congress adjourns—tentative- ly set for June 19. Some influen- tial members of the House Rules Committee, however, are cool to the whole idea of a draft. Their oppo- ition may delay, House action. Military leaders estimate that if it tecomes law two out of every three single non-veterans in the 19-25 age group will be drafted. The draft is part of the broad pro- m President Truman handed to gress as a plan for maintaining Peace. This embraced: 10—P—A th was thening Western Euro- pean na so they can stand against Communism. 2. Keeping America strong. Con- gress has voted funds for a bigger air force and stronger navy. The Senate Bill would keep the draft for two \ears CHURCH SEMINAR LUNCHEON TODAY; LEAVE TOMORROW : | Interior Group to Visit An- chorage, Fairbanks and Palmer Twenty-fi members of the Presbyterian Seminar sponsored by the Board of National Mis ar- Swanson sing two numbe Tomorrow afterncon the South- secion representatives will re- 1 to Seattle and the Interior ea | group will leave by plane for Ang | chorage, Palmer and Fairbanks, Interior group, representing different states, will be com- d of the Rev. and Mrs. Albert Thomas, Dr. Merlyn A. Chappel and wife, Dr. Earl Jackman, Dr. Harold H. Baldwin, Dr. Lester Kemper, the Rev. Byrant M. Kirk- land and Dr. Louis W. Sherwin. The group will return to Seattle June 18. Professor and Mrs. H. O. Hender- son from Morgantown, West Va. will leave here tomorrow for Peters- burg where they will spend ten ays with their son, Robert E. Hen- derson, Following the visit the Hendersons will return to Juneau and then to West Virginia. Miss Elizabeth Howell, represent- ing the Caravan Centers of the Board of National Missionaries, said that five college-age youths the states would arrive in Sitka June 16 for training prior to keing sent on a mission to in- clude Ketchikan, Petersburg and Hydaburg. This will be the first year of Alaska Caravan operations and a team from Alaska will re- ceive training with the five per- son group from the states. The purpose of the caravan is to strengthen the Westminster Fellowship, and those of the team pay their own expenses when tour- ing. The nine R UERBY CAR TEST I"R")AY‘ $GaP BOX Trial runs for the boys in test cars for the Scap Box Derby will | be held tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at the race track on the weather per- mitting. | —————— | R. L. Banner of Anchorage is; in Juneau and staying at the Baranof Hotel. SGHENLEY known and enjoyed throughout the world FEEEIE itl!ll!‘ INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Empire State Building * New York, U.S.A. " BLENDED WHISKEY, 86 PROOF, 65% GRAIN Miss Frances Paul will . Woman Says Papal Envoy Is Her Father CHICAGO, June 10—(®—Myron C. Taylor, presidential envoy to the Vatican, and a friend were sued for $2,600,000 today by a Chicago woman who alleges she is Taylor's illegiti- mate daughter Named defendant 'with Taylor, former chairman of U. S. Steel Cor- poration, is Joseph A. Bennett. The Federal Court suit deseribed him as a “friend and counselor” of Taylor. The suit was brought by Mrs. Eu- nice Walterman, 35, wife of a tac- tory warker. She said she sued meraly “for the sake of my children 13-year-old twin boys. She alleges that Taylor and Ben- nett connived to conceal that she is Taylor's illegitimate daughter and hindered her efforts to establis her parentage. - -ee - Hareld Lioyd ToMoveUpin Shrine Rank: ATLANTIC CitY, June 10—(#— 1d Lloyd, bespectacled, one-time e com an, will become Im- ial Potentate next year of the ent Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. yd was installed yesterday as deputy to Galloway C in ot Tyler, Tex., the new Imperial Poten- tate. As deputy, Lloyd automatically moves up to the number one post next yea - SECOND LARGEST WHEAT CROP IS KOW IN PROSPECT WASHINGTOUN, June 10—(@—The est wheat crop in history prospect despite dry weather me midwestern producing areas. ture Department to- 1e crop at about 1,- of June 1. 00,000 bushels more a month ago. JEWI§H LEADER BIES IN BOSTON OF HEART ATTACK BOSTO:x, June 10—P—Rabbi Jeshua Loth Liebman, internation- ally known Jewish religious leader and author of the best seller “Peace of Mind,” died yesterday of a heart attack. He was 41 years old. The death of the spiritual leader f Boston's Temple Beth Israel came ight months after he turned down cne of the Rabbinate’s most sought- for honors. His kook has beer iranslated into 10 languages. JUDGE CONTINUES HIS STRIKE BAN ON 3 R. R. UNIONS as WASHINGTON, June 10.—(P— Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsbor- sugh today continued his ban against a strike by three rail- road unions. After a hearing in Federal Court, Goldsborough granted the govern- ment a temporary injuction. It replaced a restraining order which blocked a strike aiter Government ! seizure of the railroads. At the same time, Goldsborough gave the unions five days to file a written answer to the Justice De- partment’s pleading for a perman- ent injunction. He said he would set another hearing in the case af- ter the answer is filed. * ————— HERE FROM KETCHIKAN E. Bates and Mayor Bob Ellis from Ketchikan, are guests at the Baranof Hotel. NEUTRAL SPIRITS i >