The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 25, 1948, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1948 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Helen Gertrude Spencer gnd An- igus “Jack” Ballinger were married )\ccal fisherman. Linda is the Ka-| “Ew TEM sakan’s second daughter and third| child. FROM SITKA‘Ias: weekend by US Commissioner | < |Frank Richards at the Adolph' (SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE) | Thompson apartment in the Alaska' SITKA, Alaska, Aug. 15—Sitka Hotel. Attending the couple weref will not have a hospital buliding Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rigling. Mr. Bal- for some years. The hopes built up |linger is a local fisherman. by the prospects of a Lutheran . hospital being established here in| A marrigae license was issued this the near future were the result of Week to Robert Sidney Cl\rislenson‘ a complete misunderstanding. of Sitka and Florence Ellis of Cas-| Townspeople and City officials be- | cade, Montana. i lieved that the Lutherans were pro- viding the building and would oper-| Mrs. Lloyd Tilson and daughter | ate it with city help. Diane returned via Totem Airlines At a joint meeting of the City this week from a vncauou‘in the Council and the committee of the States. She plans to remain here Lutheran Synod Monday evening |just long enough to dispose ot her local business affairs before joining the extent of the misunderstanding | " r3dg| was revealed. Representatives of the her husband in Ketchikan ‘where, Synod, Pastor John Cauble of Long- they will make their home. Lloyd| view, Washington and Rev. Herbert Tilscn was recently appointed‘m;\n. Hillerman of Juneau stated that the ager of the central Totem Airlines | Lutherans would maintain and man- _afi\ce, in Ketchikan, | age the hospital but the building, : must be financed by the City and' A surprise stork shower was gwe_n\ would cost $400,000. City Clerk Frank Tuesday evening for Mrs. Laurie, Calvin infored those present that Sarvela at the Nurses Quarters of the educational and public health the Pioneer Home. Hostesses were fund has $25,000 raised by the city Mrs. Frank Tilson, Mrs. Rose An-; sales tax, of which only a portion drews and Miss leceA McNichols. | would be avallable for a hospital: Elghteen friends were invited. The| . that Federal aid would not exceed shower gifts were present_ed‘ix} $40,000; that under present circum- baby basket, decorated with pin stances the city could not under- blue and white crepe paper. take so costly a project. | Other business transacted by the! g Coutiell included: granting permis- by Totem Airlines this week sion to Keith Snowden to remove o’ Wenatsnee, ~ Washington, strip of paving in from of his gar- hometown. Mr, Marchant, age; and to Alaska . Coastal Air -een in charge of the CAA stations | Lines to move their hangar from on Biorka and Japonski for several the Conway Dock across the channel years, has resigned from CAA and, to Japonski; authorizing Mayor Will operate his own radio shop in Charteris to execute an agreement Wenatchec. with the Alaska Native Service on methods of figuring power rates to' Judson Lanier has been appointed ; include allowances for depreciation to replace Rex Marchant as local of power plant equipment which CAA chief. Mr. Lanier will undergo had been overlooked in the original specialized training in Anchorage be- | agreement, iore taking over his post here in| September. k, | Mr. and Mrs. Rex Marchant left | Tor their | who has | All telephones from Mac's Cafe to the cocks were out Friday and Sat- urday as a result of the fire which rived by plane Saturday to attend gutted the Cafe and the 23 Taxi the Jack Calvin's house warming office early Friday morning. The party that evening. Theh Jernbergs‘! blaze was so fntense and explosive Whose home is in Ketchikan, will that the telephone cable melted. leave for home Monday after a weeks absence on business which took City Sales Taxes brought in over them as far as Anchorage. $18,000 this quarter, compared to $12,301.46 for the last guarter. This Donald Thomas has been added to would seem to indicate that the the local CAA personnel on Japon- sales tax is not ruining local busi- ski. He arrived Tuesday with his| ness. If should also ‘cheer all proper- wife and two children from the ty ownets who, though also paying Gulkana Station near Fairbanks. the sales tax, are no longer forced —_— to carry the entire load of city ad- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson ministration and improvement. rand Mr. and Mrs. Chris Larson, ‘akoard theh Peterson’s pleasure boat Jack Roberts, Public Utilities em- ' Dermott II, spent several days this ployee, was severely burned Tuesday week trout fishing at Basket Bay and was treated for second degree in Chatham Strait. Not only was: birns on his chest and arms. Mr. the fishing good but the party re- Roberts was working under one of turned with many crab as well. the SPU trucks, repairing the fuel line, saturated his eclothing with' The Mt. Edgecumbe Lions Club gasoline then went into the repair and Sitka Rotary Club played two shop . to light a blow torch. His baseball games this week of five, clothing butst into flames and he innings each. The first game, in| was saved from more serious in- town last Sunday afternoon, re-| Jjuries only through the quick action sulted in a tie, so a second game, of hiy fellow workmen. | was played on Japonski Wednesday | |evening on a field that was a veri Mrs, Esther Johnstone and Russ table mudhole and the Lions beat,, Clithero were married Monday noon 9 to 8. Feeling ran high on both! by US Commissioner Frank Richards sides and much of the time was at the home of the bride’s son and spent in argument and friendly vitu- daughter in law, Mr, and Mrs. peration. Charles Johnstone who were the i couple’s only attendants. The Clith-| The Elks and American Legion | ero’s will make their home at the are to play the final baseball game | Clithero apartment in the Sitka of the season this afternoon, the de- Hotel. | ciding game for the championship. Should the Elks win, they will be A daughter, Linda Rae, weighing | undisputed champs. A win by the ten pounds, was born early Satur- Legion team will mean another ser- day morhing to Mr. and Mrs. Nick ies for the championship. Kasakan at the Salvation Atmy This summers baseball season has Maternity Home. Mr. Kasakan is a caused a metamorphosis in the fans. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jernberg ar- | NALLL Next best thing to a>NEW-cor ... OVERHAUL! , F THAT new car of yours shouldn’t maierialize as soon as you expect—cheer up! Our famous General Overhaul will put new zip, safety and smoothness in your old one. And the money you invest now-in essential repairs will come home 1o roost in the form of ¢ better tradein allowance. $o drive in soon. Our mechunics can do wonders for an aging car. They use factory-approved methods and parts, and we've got precision equipment to help ‘em do the job fast and right. They'll return your car primed to deliver extra miles and smoother miles, at a new peak of efficlency. Why not talk it over with us today? R. W. COWLING CO. 115 FRONT STREET — PHONE 57 “We aim to take care of our own”’ with Chrysler-Plymouth w that matches Chrysler-Plymouth engineering They no longer stay put in the} Lleachers and are no longer satis-| tied to yell advice and eriticism from the sidelines. Now, when they dis- agree with an umpire’s decizion. they invade the field and join the | fray. It probably slows down the| game but is a lot more fun. - HENDRICKSON FLIES T0 ANCHORAGE FO AIRPCRT MEETING To discuss with Walter Plett, Civil | Juneau where she had been for a |l Aeronautics Administrator for Alas- | few days and joined her husband | Avtille {ing Along.” ka, the problem of terrain. lighting in the Juneau area, Mayor Waino Henderickson was a Pacific Northern passenger to Anchorage today. Night lighting, beacons on the air ways, all necessary to establish Ju- neau as a 24-hour airport, have been | considered before, Hendrickson said, ered any definite actios The extent to which travel would Le increased into Juneau, now the only major airport in Alaska con- fined to daylight operation for scheduled trips, by the extension of minimums which would result from Mayor said. “With all-night operation estimate, the good weather airlines and people dependent upon them for transportation it, as well as Juneau.” . PNA PRESIDENT, MAYOR DISCUSS AIRPORT LIGHTING Arthur G. Weodley, President of Pacific Northern Airlines, in Ju- neau after attendinig a CAB hear- ing in Anchorage, gave another pat on the back to Mayor Waino Hen- derickson and Juneau for taking toe initiative in the building of a municipal airport the Mayor for PNA’s lease of occu- pancy in the new ,airport building, Woodley also discussed with Hen- drickson the necessity terrain lighting for Juneau. “With proper lighting that would enable Juneau airport to be used for after sunset operation, it is hoped that the airport will become a part of the regular coastal airways. That would be a fine thing for the local travelling public who find travelling curtailed by short operating period of winter days,” Wcodley said. Pacific Northern will soon have completed the largest mass move- ment of passengers in its experience. The air lift of cannery personnel from Bristol Bay, Kodiak and the Prince Willlam Sound area handled probakly 3,000 people, all of whom were brought to Juneau for trans- fer here to Pan American Airways for completion of the southbound Jjourney of - CES GRANTED DIVOR! Two divorces were granted and one divorce dismissed in the U. S. District Court. Elizabeth Stone obtained a divorce from Wilbert John Stone and Emma Peterson was granted a divorce from James Peterson. Th# case of Louise El- liott vs. Roy Elliott was dismissed. There’s Always a Place at the Table for Coke & s e i o Elfin Cove News Nofes (SPECIAL CORREIPONDENCE) ELFIN COVE, Alaska, Aug. 16— Skipper Sig Kragness on the boat M. S. Swiftwater took fuel at the| Standard Station on the way to As- torfa, Oregon, from Bristol Bay! where the cannery tender has be working for Nick Bez. i i Mrs. Leo Rhodes flew out from| on the boat Osprey | e | Mr. and Mrs. Hartroft and small| child on the troller Donna moved | into the Smith residence for a few days rest. Seine boats here are the flect ibut the matter of expense has hind- | Sierra Madre and the Flamingo. The Fairtide 11 came in Saturday and held bible class Sunday at 10 o'clock in the afternoon, and church services at 7 o'clock in the evening. Among the trollers here during a imdmcnnl lighting, is difficult to the wind storm are, the Water Baby, Einar S. Cae, Falcon, Relief of Paul- sbo, Magnet, Atka, Service, Mable |stould be more than feasible and M., and many others. engers from Juneau on Tdaes- ' ¥'s flight were R. C. Craig and Hartroft D SHOOTINGS, MORE ACCUSATIONS N GERMAN SECTION BERLIN, Aug . 25~P— Two more shoctings on hborder zones in Berlin and Bavaria were reported. Persons in Russian uniforms wounded a German woman in Berlin. German_police from the, Russian Zone killed a German ‘ Here to make arrangements with agent of the U. 8. Army on lhe; Bavarian border. At the oft-raid- ed Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, the’ Russians, British and Americans withdrew armed patrols, easing | tension. : The official Russian newspaper in Berlin asserted the Americans in Berlin are using “terror tactics” to prevent Berliners from buying 100d from the Russians. Only about one in 100 Germans in | Western Berlin had asked for Rus- sian ration cards. BERLI! Maj. Gen. Kotikov, Russian Commandant n Berlin, accuszd the anti-Commun- ist city government today of un-: authorized actions splitting the city police force and other agen- cies. Actually, the Russians them- selves caused the splits by strong arm tactl An American spokesman said the Russian- attack was “another at- tempt to inerease the pressure” on the elected Berlin admlnistrnnrm’ and perhaps intended to “justify | eventual withdrawal of recognition”| of the city regime. R FROM SOUTH Robert L. Jarvis, of Cebas, West Virginia, is registered at the Hotel “Juneau. ARMY SONG CONTEST IS ANNOUNCED NOW; OPEN TO EVERYONE FORT RICHARDSON, Alaska — A world-wide Army Song Contest, to discover an official Army Song, has been announced the the De- partment of the Army The purpose of this contest is to determine a song worthy of becom- ing an over-all Army Song as dif- ferentiated from songs of the var- arms of services such at the “The Caissons Go Roil- In order that entries may be received from all possible source with the contest is open to all who ed and announced by Army Day, wish to participate, both in the | 1950 United States and in overseas com- | ~General rules govering tne con- mands. This includes all civilians test and entry blanks may be ob- as well as any member of the mili- } tained by writing direct to the L et Special Service Officer, U. S. Army, |Alaska, APO 942 c o Postmaster, All entries from the Alaskan Seattle All entries must be sub- theatre will be screened by a com- petent committee appointed by the Cemmanding General, U. S. 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