The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 16, 1948, Page 6

PAGESIX : c e T THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ATASKA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1948 EX-MARINEISTO ATTEMPT CLIMB OF MT. LOGANIN Y. T. PITTSBURGH, June 16—(®—A Carnegie Tech freshman will leave Pittsburgh today on a one-man ex- pedition to climb 19,850-foot Mt. Logan in the Yukon Territory Mt. Logan, second highest peak in the North American continent, has only been scaled once before. A Works Gefs Com. Approval WASHINGTON, June 16. —{#— The House Appropriations Com mittee approved today $97,983,200 for Navy public works construction. C iian party of six reached the| The committee action Tfollowed summit in 1925. No one has ever|on the heels of House and Senate climbed it alone. approval last week of a comprom- The collegian, Ivan Jirak, 22, an|ise $209,782,903 authorization bill ex-Marine, said: “It was just a|for Na installations. cl enge be met and I decided to meet it.” He figures the trip will cost him about $250, including food and transportation He will make the hike with the approval of the Canadian Govern-{ ment The way Ivan tells it, the trip sounds almost like a boy scout hike. “T'll leave Whitehorse early on July 5. I'll ride the bus along the Alcan Highway 80 miles to Lake Kluane. From the roadside there I'll have about 70 miles to hike to the sum- mit.” He doesn’t expect the trip to be all peaches and cream, though, Hospitalization insurince he has taken out will give him a week's stay in a hospita! .;n Whitehorse to recu- pe ..ter it's all over. LEGION AUXILIARY SUPPORTS LEGION QUEEN CANDIDATE The American Legion Auxiliary voted last night to sponsor the American Legion's July 4 Queen candidate, Loretta Keithahn. The unit also will- get together with the Legion on a July 4 float for the parade The social meeting last night at the Dugout was the last until the fall season. President Mrs. Ray Day asked that all committee chairmen have their reports to the Department by' July 1. The unit presented Mrs. Esther Johnstone with an American Le- gion Auxiliary pin with a gold star. She is the only Gold Star mother in this unit, Mrs. Elva Rice was initiated. Refreshments of strawberries and shortcake were served by hostess- | es Mrs. Hugh Antrim and Mrs. Henry Harris. The social was en- joyed by all women present. 0 REFUEL BOMBERS, IN MIDAIR: FLY T0 RUSSIA, THEN BACK SPOKANE, June 16. —®— Air tankers,—capable of refueling big bombers in flight—“will make it possible for our bombers to leave the Northe American continent, fly to Russia, and return,” Brig Gen. David W. Hutchison of the Strate-| gic Air Command, said here. The General, Plans and Training Officer of the Strategic Air Com- mand, spoke at a Command con- to This bill; which" proyides. no man's desk. The moeney measure okayed by the committee must be approved by both Houses and the President. It provides $47983200 cash and $50,- 000,000 in contract authorizations for the year starting July 1. It is part of a deficiency bill for several departments. Thg projects allotted funds, alto- gether with the amount, include the follewing : Projects outside the continenta o - Naval Operating Base, Adak, Al- aska; total $4,986,000: (Authoriza- tion is’ $11,296,000.) Naval Supplementary Radio Ac- tivity, Adak, Alaska; Operations buildings and associated facilities, 1$1,000,000. ($2,500,000 authorized.) Naval Radio Station, Adak, Al- aska; Consolidated communication facilities, including buildings and accessories, = $1,400,000. ($2,395,000 authorized.) Naval Radio Station, Kodiak, Al- aska; Consolidated communication facilities, including buildings and accessories, $1,390,000. ($2,225,000 authorized.) MILDRED HERMANN 10 SPEAK BEFORE SOROPTIMIST (LUB Mildred R. Hermann, parliamen- tarian of the Soroptimist Club, will address the club tomorrow at their noon meeting on the Bubble Room Terrace. Mrs. Hermann recently re- turned from an extensive trip in the States and will speak on the in- teresting women she met, and their activities. Ancther important feature will te installation of officers for the ensuing year. 1 SEAAT i 02 DONALD RUDE BRINGS Donald Rude, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Rude, returned home yesterday in his own aircraft, a two-seater Cessna land plane. The youth has been attending school at St. Olaf College, in Northfield, Minnesota, with his brother James, who return- ed here via PAA Monday. Donald and James flew together ald brought the plane north stop- ping at Vancouver, Fraser River, Prince George and Annette. He car- ried all equipment necessary for a forced landing but made the flight very successfully. Navy Public® money, is now on President Tru-| LAND PLANE NORTH from Minnesota to Seattle and Don-| KIWANIS TOLD OF PUBLIC NURSE DUTIES IN JUNEAU Anne Lello, Juneau Public Health Nurse, was guest speaker at the noon luncheon meeting of the. Kiwanis Club in the Gold Room of the Baranof. HODE LAMENTS FISH, WILDLIFE APPROPRIATIONS | Lack of adequate Congressional | appropriations for the Alaska Re- gion of the U. 8. Fish and Wildlife Service was decried today by Clar- | ence J. Rhode, it's Regional Director for Alaska. Rhode returned here | yesterday from Anchorage to per- manently establish his home and |office in Juneau. K | - He said today that he is extremely | disappointed in" the insufficieney of | funds for his department to carry {on a program of ldw enforcement ‘and conservation, - Rhode _declared | the the dppropriation will only per- {mit him to pay salaries but foes not | allow enough money for actual op- | erations. - . He pointed out!tHat fiked opera- | ting charges and inflation in costs prevents a previously hoped for ex- | pansion of Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice activities in Alaska. | Rhode, with his wife and three children, will reside in the 20th |Century Apartments temporarily | ,until they can secure a home in Ju- ‘neau, PLAYERS NEEDED 10 TEAGH KIDS AT BALL SCHOOL, of caces aided by the health nurse service. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Miss Lello told of ser- vices such as instruction to families when one of its members is ill, con- sultations with expectant mothers and care of the new baby. She des- cribed the mass X-rays for tuber- culosis, communicable’ @ con- trol, school health programs, im- munization clinics conducted by her organization. She sald m g:hu‘c,flealth Nurse office was gfateful to Jyneau's phy+ sicians for their co-operation with the nurses to do everything possible for the physical and mental health of the community. President K. E. Vullle named O. R. Cleveland, Bill Farrell, Larry {Parker and Joe Mangan a welcom- ing committee - for: the arrival of |{South Bend, Indiana, Kiwanians lon July 6 and to make arrangements | for Tacoma Sea Scouts who are lcoming here on their own ship next |Monday, according to a letter from the Northwest Tacoma Kiwanis cluo. A Father’s Day program 1is plann- éd for next. Wednésday noon when Miss Lello described the work of | her office and gave several examples ' | Conwell reminded members. James McClellan, Vice-President, [told briefly of his trip to the Los |Angeles Convention and reported | Californians are very much inter- ested in the. hunting and fishing prospects in this area. Claud Brandon of Alameda, Cali~ irornh. was a visitor. Dr, Henry Har- \ris gave a report on the Juneau TB 1 Association campaign. ————.—— HUNTERS RETURN Mrs. Earle Hunter and Earle Hunter, Jr, returned to Juneau yesterday from the States. Mrs. Hunter left Juneau about two weeks ago to visit her par- |ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kirk, in Salem, Oregon.' 1! Eatle, Jr., has Oregon State University . where hi |has been active in fields Of musf |and skiing. Now employed at the | Alaska Music “Supply, he plans [to return to the University for his ‘sopho,n)ore y(‘ear‘p} the fall. K. ALEXANDER RETURNS Mrs. Katherine Alexander, sec- retary to Gov. Gruening, returned here vin PAA yesterday from Washington, ‘D. C., where she has been assisting the Governor. B GRUENING DUE JUNE 23 Gov. Ernest Gruening will return [to Juneau on June 23 aboard the | Corsalr, which is also bringing the jOakland Chamber of Commerce on a charter trip to make a goodwill tour of Alaska.. Qov. Gruening greet the Kiwanians are:asked-to take their |sons and daughters to the meeting, | | The art of bunting and infleld program Chairmans the Rev. James | practice featured today’s program in | ed the Co “‘.Fm will- etnbarle at Vietoria, B7E€ 3 | the Junior Baseball School being ! | conducted at the City Ball Park. | Stan Grummett, long prominent| g |in Gastineau Baseball League circles, | | supervised several classes iff teach- | |ing the boys to bunt a basetall. Infield practice was continued ! with stress being placed on the po-| sition of the feet, body recoil tmd” | playing the ball. Some excellent in-| 1 fielders are being developed who| i should prove good material for the [11 | Ccity League in a couple of years. | “Old Woodenface” continued to, itake a beating, although to date no | | one has struck him out more than | |once. The following older Junior | players registered strikeouts in to- |day's session: Bob Ripke, Mike | Grummett, Thorlieb Snaring, Bruce ' | casperson, John Jensen, Herbert {Martin and David Hollingsworth. | In the age group under 11 years,f Ithe following boys conquered the | wooden demon: John Holmquist,! | Jim Harmon, Jim Boddy, Norman i | Grogan and Bill Hermaine. ‘ With the great number of - toys { turning out for the baseball sehqol,! considerable difficulty has been 4 found in obtaining men who will as- } sist in the coaching program. Any older: base¥all player who has time to report to the baseball park be- | tween the hours of 10 am. and 11:- 45 am. can be utilized in the pro- {gram by the City Firemen who are [k 1 sponsoring the classes. i | For Dad’s Day Evans Cpmb| Special Price { e HONOLULU VISITORS { TO VISIT JUNEAY C. B. Wightman and family from | Honolulu, T. H., arrived in Ju- 1§ |neau yesterday and left this morn-. ing for a- vacation stay at the ' George Bell Guest Ranch of Tele- graph Creek, B. C., after which ' they plan to re-visit Juneau. Special for Dad ... ference at the Spokane Air Force Base. “All of our bombers are to be modified to make this refueling operation possible,” he said. Charles A. Lindbergh, first man to solo from New York to Parls, attended the conference as the guest of the General. NOTICE 1 will not be responsible for any debts unless authorized by my- self. (915 3t Ethel B. Milner. A FAIRBANKS vy, WHITEHORSE ., NOME .. 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