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PAGE SIX ™ 60LD CR ON RAMPAGE; HEAVY RAIN reek went on a rampage broken out the side cements in over a At 2:30 o'clock this after- the water had risen to 4% t and was still rising. J. L. Mc- City Engineer, stated that t de reinforcements 10 to 12 feet. The extra crews and rom added EE K |CORDOVA JOINS " ACS_TELEPHONE CIRCUIT TODA Another link was forged in Alas |day when the radio telephone cir [cuit was opened between Cordova Kenneth Bowman and Loyla Olmer. |Clock. The vessel, commanded by honor of the T. J. Tulley, and Anchorage. In | official opening, Col arranged Communications System [for a telephone conference between |~ sandotomes, Dale Thomas, Al |Clock Anchorage, Cordova, Fairbanks, Sew- |ard and Juneau. Representatives |of each city spok: to Cordova, con- | gratulating the city on its jolning |the ACS telephone circuit. the Communications System to-|nes Major Newbould, Mrs. New-|here yesterday afternoon when the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA "~ ALASKA COASTAL CARRY WISE - 85 INBOUND; 65 OUT PR about | Alaska Coastal brought in 95 passengers on flights yesterday. Six | recorded From Petersburg: Mildred Hem- Lould, J. B. Webb, Ralph Marsh, | From Ketchikan: E. T. Coulter, T. Zuamich, Mae Robbins and Al dozen | Commander-in-Chief of the Alaska|zumwal:. | From Pelican: George Mamado, bert Guino, E. Vostras, Juan Cami- long, E. Sarabia, Albert Ginnis, Jr., lD. C. Dodds, Dick Gilda, Jack | Schroeder, Walt Johnson, . Freddie | Cakinilla, Carlos Blanco, Harry Mild- “being hauled from the AJ| Col Tulley, who spoke from An-'en puq Hagerman, Mrs. B. Hager- Dump to reinforce the sides e creek 22 men > at work in the are Councilman has his construc- the scene helping the t three weeks, the working on tem- forcements of the creek. et Superintendent, he recently install- | ments have been wash- the rising water. Corps Engineers in Se- last week informed the City emérgency funds were avail- for the Gold Creek Flood Control Project and that the Board ineers had recommended an e survey to be made here cof Er immedi. chorage, stated that the telephone | circuit now covers over 15,000 miles land uses wire, radios, land and sea cable. He stated that there are now 17 towns on the circuit and that in the near future, Nome will be | ccnnected to it. Representing Cordova in the tele- phone conference were Mayor Ira Rockwell and Everett Pettijohn, ed- |itor of the Cordova Times. Representatives of cother commu- nities were: Mayor Ray Kohler of | Fairbanks, Mayor Z. J. Loussac of Anchorage, Councilman Russell 1Pamzm~ of Seward, Councilman Dan Setchfield of Anchorage and Joseph | McLean, President of the Juneau | Chamber of Commerce. Press rep” resentatives on the circuit were Herb | Rhodes of the Anchorage Times, Maurice Smith of Jessens Weekly | | |man, J.'F. Hagerman, Mike Cor- tez, Frank' Fernandez, Daniel Hack- |som, M. Haro, Santos Lido, Albert | Sakomot, Lorenzo Tilorin, Jake Pika jand Evelyn Rude. | From Icy Straits: M. Willard. | From Hoonah: Adam Greenwald, |J. K. Samuel, Sarah Rude, Gladys Rude, Robert Mills, A. Johnson, Rob- ert Pedersen and John Ladely. From Chatham: D. Likeness, Mrs, D. Likeness and Clarice Likeness. four outgoing passengers weve ! I I ! FALL RUSHING IS PLANNED AT MEET OF BETA SIGMA PHI Delta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, met Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Carl Rusher, with President' Dorothy Farrell conducting the |Captain P. Leslie, left for Skagway | business meeting. Sorority activities {at 11:15 pm, and is due to return|during the summer recess were re-| {here Friday morning at 7 o'clock |ported and discussed as the main’ Development Board, iand will sail for Vancouver at 8 o'- | BRINGS FIFTY-TWO PASSENGERS HERE L I Fifty-two passengers disembarkad FROM EXTENDED TRIP Says 70 Me;l_b_ers of Asso- ciated Board of Trade Due Here Sept. 21 George Sundborg, of the Alaska returned to {Princess Louise docked at 4:30 o'- !the coming winter's plans were to Wrangell; Petersburg, Ketchikan fuuluned by the various committee ' and Prince Rupert. In each town, | heads. 'he conferred with officials of the |&in, Mrs. Doris M. Clift, Miss Vickie| First big project on the club Chambers of Commerce. | Clitt, Mrs. Adeline: Dutcher, I Si-fcalendar is Fall Rushing, which| : {gurd Flodstrom, Melvin Grimsrud,| will be climaxed by the pledging| In Ketchikan, a special radio onhn C. Hazlett, Hugh J. Hill, Joh f new members at the Chapter forum was held with eight repre- Kumosek, Robert Osterman, Mrs birthday party in November, The sentatives discussing the industrial | An:. Osterman. - first. event planned Tor this sea- and business problems of the First Mrs. Lacey L. Paimer, Haroltl A.| son's rushing will-be a smorgas-| Cty. Among those on the broad- !Shaughnessy, Mrs. Emma Silva, Al- bord dinner at the home of Mrs, | ¢ast were Mayor Bob Ellis, Joseph {bert A. sSmigarowski, George Sund- | e Dunlap on Glacier Highway,‘m“zek- President of the Chamber {Lorg, Stephen Sundborg, Rosemary | 1, pe held Friday evening, Baptem; |Of Oammeres, St By Desgey {Sundborg, George Walker, Miss Mary | e, 17 J. Wainwright, Mrs. Mae Williams,| pojiowing the business ‘meeting, | Commitiee of the Chamber. Mrs. Mary E. Winters, Maurice J. otesses Mrs, Ral i 1 : 7 ; 0stesses Mrs. Ralph Willlams and, gungporg said that both Ketchi- ‘lwmmer, Mrs. Maurice J. Whittler, ' \p.c. Ray Renshaw served refresh-| L Mus, Doris A. Bowen and Mi « g Vsl {kan and Prince Rupert had great ‘}L' Cargin, Miss BetUy inents during an informal social hopes in the potentlalities of the Arriving here were Lawrence Bo- wen, Mrs. Evelyn Cargin, Leroy Car- | hour. Ketchikan SUNDBORG RETURNS topic of - business and a resumé of Juneau yesterday following a trip| » A Better Method YOU CANNOT deposit your buildings, household geods, automobile or mer- chandise in the bank! But you can protect your in- vestment in all these valu- ables by insuring them. There is no safeguard P WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1948 | WYLLERS COME IN SS BAM“OF SA".S | ‘Chris Wyller and family have FOR SEA"[EI Fl“Al | summer home and are now located '] | at their former residence, Sixth | and Goald. 7 The Baranof sailed southward | last night at 11:40 o'clock, the last | Alaska Steamship Co., passenger ship enroute to strike-bound Se- | ! The ship docked here at 8 p.m. Ilast night with 13 passengers disem- | barking here from Seward, 28 round-trip passengers, 80 enroute | {from Seward to Ketchikan. 5 | Arriving in Juneau were: Harold | ‘E, Anthony, Curtis E. Bach, Virgil C. Clark, Ralph Freedman, Ruberti |Hazel Sowle, James Prueher, Dpug- | iurdson, M. R. Strickland, Stanley | Zuern and Ed Krause. | L Five Seattle-bound passengers | {James.Richardson, William Hansen, Franklin J. Smith, H. E. Green and | Mrs. W. A, Johnson. | To Ketchikan: R. M. Arvine. | - ’come in from their Fritz Cove ‘ LT attle harbo:. from Seward to Seattle and four | K. Hopk'ns, Floyd Longcarp, Mrs. {las Richardson, Mrs. Douglas Rich- | iboardinz here were Mr. and Mrs. | [ From Pattérson Bay: Sam Cotton.| Yoy G. Clift, Steven M. Clift, Mrs. tuna fishing industry. From Funter Bay: Mrs. Don | Adams and two children. From Hood Bay: Art Wolf. | From Sitka: Albert Williams, Mary | Browning, General Scott, .Governor | Gruening and party of 5 Army J. Bettram, D. M. Shute, Wm. Cheat- fficers, Major McDwyer, Ed Cotfey, | {Charles Chapman, Alfred Dutcher, |Mrs, Margaret Geddes, Mrs. Mildred Grimsrud, Mrs. Glenna Hedington, Kenneth Jacques, Elmer Nettz, Miss |Le Ana Osterman, Isaac P. Palmer, |Miss Magdalene Roller, Mrs. Doro- thy F. Shaughnessy and Bruno | Smyth. The next meeting of Delta Chap- | pa¢ received 200,000 pounds of tuna ter will be held Tuesday, September | 5nq prince Rupert 600,000 pounds 21, at the home of Mrs. George pis ceason. Kuhns, 1671 Evergreen Avenue, Hostesses at that meeting will be In Prince Rupert, Sundborg talk- Mrs. Dorothy Farrell and Mi Led with members of the Chamber Dorianna Barnes. At this meet- | of Commerce who stated that plans ing, the regular schedule of cul- | were now compléte for the annual tural programs will begin under |conference of the Associated Boards Top s in Fairbanks,”George Meyers of the The Cily has an eight-man Crew | pairbanks Daily News-Miner, Elsie working on Gold Streets and Gas- | gchomitel of the Alaska Sunday tineau Avenue keeping the draind|press and Susy Winn of the Daily in that area - open. All drains | Alasks, Empirc from the Hillerest Apartments to the Home Hotel are being watch- ed and cleaned out to an overflow. nia auisapa ;s BE RE-BOOKED ON SENTENCED, GRAND | NARCOTIC CHARGE MREE!Y (HARGE; LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8.—#—Ac- | tor Robert Mitchum, starlet Lila Leeds and two others will be re- | booked today on narcotics charges larceny, waived prosecution by "“;as a result of grand jury indict- dictment this morning in the U. S.|yontc jssued against them. District Court and consented to inA: The four, including dancer dictment by information. She plead- | Vickie Evans and Robin Ford, a ed guilty and was sentenced LY .. esiate agent, were indicted by Judge George Folta to three Vears| (. .ounty grand jury yesterday on each count, the sentence to runj ...y, counts—possessing mari- run'mreml,\.‘ She will be sent m‘]uana and conspiring to process a Federal prison in the States. | the drug Mrs, Quejada was charged with <9 the theft of two guns from F. E. Willman's Second Hand Store. Mrs. Quejada filed a charge of as- sault and battery against her hu: band, Sammy Quejada last week. The case was dismissed in the U. S. Commissioner's Court yesterday for lack of evidence. J FOR ELFIN COVE AT POINT SALISBURY !route from Seattle to Elfin Cove, where he will join the teaching W. L. Nance and Ed Springer reel- | ed in two Cohoe salmon off Point staff of the school there. PENERDPR NS 1 110 3 WHITTIERS RETURN Salisbury, weighing 14 and ‘ 16‘! After spending the pounds each. They were trolling, |, ihe in the Pacific Northwest, using herring as bait, 6 and 8 ounce | ny 2nq Mrs. Maurice J. Whittier lead, about 150 feet from shore. returned to Juneau = aboard Mr. and Mrs, Robert Peller, Jack Daugherty, Betty London and Allen Hood took a trip out to the Point | Princess Louise. ————————— to try their luck but returned empty | handed. Jack C':g:::;‘ gvgzk'r: Charles COAST GUARD VISIT TO BE PLANNED AT CHAMBER TOMORROW man, Pelican City, and Bob Mar- tin, Kobe, are staying at the At the noon meeting of the Cham- ber of Commerce tomorrow, plans | Baranof Hotel, e e—— FROM NEW YOR! Harold E. Anthony of Englewood, . Y., is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. will be made for the visit of Admiral Joseph F. Farley of the U. S. Coast Guard and the convention of the Associate Boards of Trade. The con- vention will be held in Juneau on Septemiter 21 a b e KIWAN TO PROVIDE FOR FIVE CHILDREN > Mrs. Rita Quejada, who was charged with two counts of grand —ee AT BARANOF HOTEL Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Bonner of Denver, Colo., are staying at the Baranol Hotel. Midwestern visit- ors at the hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Elmer L. Netty of Oregon, . e e - e ee————— VISITOR HERE Magdalene E. Roller of Booneville, Indiana, is staying at the Hotel Juneau. ———.——— FROM HAINES Mr. and Mrs. of Haines are at the Hotel Ju- neau. S e - A. DANO GOES SOUTH A. Dano, of the Haines Packing Company, left for Seattle during the past weekend via PAA. Dr. and Mrs. O. Carlyle of Erie, Pa., are Juneau visitors, staying at the Baranof Hotel. - oo —— | FROM DALLAS { Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Rush and | family, and O. C. Rush of Dallas, Texas, are at the Baranof Hotel. Kiwanis members agreed to “a- dopt” five underprivileged children‘ and assist in providing shoes, cloth- ing and supplies for the school year at their noon luncheon meeting held | ay in the Gold Room of the| Baranot Hotel. The Child Welfare Committee will work with the local Welfare office in providing for the needs of the children. President Gene Vuille and mem- bers bade a formal farewell to the Rev. Jim Conwell, Chancellor of | e - the Vicariate of Alaska, who will | FROM PELICAN leave next week for special studies | Jean Max of Pelican is regis- in the states following a two-year | tered at the Gastineau Hotel. Juneau - m Church, Secretary, announced OUT-OF-TOWNER that Jim McClellan has been ap-| Registered at the Gastineau Ho- pointed to replace.the Rev. Conwell | tel is William Peters of Ketchi- on the Tuberculosis Control Com- | kan. mittee, and that the annual drive | 2 2 for the Alaska Tuberculosis Asso-| FROM PUGET SOUND AREA ciation will get under way some time | Registered at the Baranof Hotel during the latter part of October.|from the Puget Sound area are ay - ,eo—— A showing of a film on Alaska|J. W. Smuck, Emma Silva and J.| game and fur bearers wound up the | C. Hazlett, Jr., of Seattle. noon meeting. B | NEW YORK-—Ugo Carusi, chair- |man of the U. 8. Displaced Persons o A McKINNONS RETURN »= ACTOR MITCHUM T0| | summer the | | John P. Lerche | nam, E. Lincoln, F. Binshus, G. M. Cenners, P. J. Cicero, J. Borsham, J. F. Chalker, M. Yeager, T. Davis, Helen Tang, J. G. Simmons, N. P. Lott, Red Holloway, Capt. Reeves, | Capt. Bratton, Sgt. Snyder, Joseph Fee and Willie P, Welch. From Skagway: John Lundy, the| | Rev. Conwell and Elizabeth M“':’MAR“'I tin ! George Sundborg, Mrs. Mary the direction of Program Chair- of Trade, which will be held in Sundborg, Miss Sarah Sundborz, | man Freeda Bechtold. | Juneau on September 21. The Ju- ‘Plerr(‘_Sundcorg. Glenn Walker, Jae - I neau Chamber, which is a member |son Williams, Earl J. Williams, Lyn- | g3 UGHNESSYS BETURN TO |of the Assoclated Boards of Trade, From Haines: Dora Williams, A.{ asse and R. C. Discher. i From Wrangell: Susan Barrow. To Skagway: Betty Thomas, Nel- lie Snyder and Jacob Thompson. To Ketchikan: A. L, Florence, the Rev. Skidmore, Mrs. Skidmore and Miss Skidmore. To Taku Lodge: M. Miller, W. La- toddy, Tony Thomas and Al Hanson. yd_on Winters, Mrs. Arlene _E. Whit- JUNEAU AFTER TRIP BOIJTH]‘“" be host to 70 members of the! {ier and Mg Ruty Weitier s Mr. and Mrs. H. Gi Shaughnessy OFganization from 'British Colum- Vi e A returned to Juneau on the Prin-|bia. The Chilcotin of the Union cess Louise 'after: a )&onth'a gflp'Steamshlp Co. has been chartered So('m wlll | south, They visited in Tacoma |for the trip, and the representa-: and Bremerton, Mre. Shaughnessy's | tives will live on the boat durlngl } D: "Av! FooD SAI-E soo" ! former home. % "* | their two days in Juneau. | | —r s | Sundborg stated that the pulp | Announcement of a food sale to be! James Ryan, ‘1erritorial Com—;rplnm of the Celanese Corporation theld by the Martha Society sep-]xmasioner of Education, will leave of America was now under con- tember 18 at Piggly Wiggly was! tomorrow for a three-week fleld ! struction near Prince Rupert. The made today. | trip in the Second Division. He|plant will be smaller than the one | In charge of the goodie sale is|will inspect schools on the Seward?planned for Ketchikan but the con- ;‘Mm R. B. Burrows and Mrs. Henry | Peninsula and the lower Yukon struction will be completed one year} {C. Harris is on her committee. -, River area. before the Alaskan plant. Salmon Creek Country Club OUR SPECIAL MENU FOR THIS WEEK SPECIAL THURSDAY DINNER FOR $1.50 DINNER — 5 P. M. TO 8 ::ROAST SIRLOIN OF BEEF Oven Brown Potatoes — Salad — Vegetable —Hot Biscuit and Honey — Coffee or Tea SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY—$1.50 FISH DINNER — Filet of Salmon or Halibut Cole Slaw — Tartar Sause —French Fries — Hot Biscuits and Honey — Vegetable —Coffee or Tea I SEAFOOD . . . Eastern Scallops, Lobster, Prawns, Shrimps Saturday Night OUR NEV ORCHESTRA from HOLLYWOOD WILL BE ON THE JOB SATURDAY NIGHT With Finest Entertainment on Gastineau Channel Area COME OUT AND HAVE FUN! DANCING EVERY NIGHT -9 TO 4 A. M. Open Every Night -- 5 P. M. to S5A.M. Pelican: Silvert Anderson, Mrs. Don Milnes, James Reed and Ernest Rude. To Hoonah: Pat Daniels, R. Dal- ton, K. Bowman, Adam Greenwald. To Ketchikan: Art Walker, S.) Swanson, E. Whitehead, H. Manuel, R. Woods, Agnes Zillerouf and Grace Wiley | To Sitka: W. W. Smith, Don Fel Frank Wagner, Ed Coffey, C. Mc-; Roberts, Don Shute, W. Cheatham, | Capt. Bratton, Sgt. Snyder, Miss, Langford, Mrs. Frank, Capt. Reeves, | George Shannon, T. J. Smith, the Rev. Hubbard, N. McCallister, Rose Dugan, E. O. Davis, Mary Valentine, ' Mrs, Rudolph, Dick Stack, Mrs.| (Holloway, General Scott, General Armstrong, Capt. Shaw, Colonel Watnes, Gibbs and Frank, Lt. Comdr. | Brooks, Major Fowler, Dan Miller,| Pat Daley and Red Halloway. To Haines: Judy Gallant and O.; Haas. | To Atlin: L. D. Sands. " To Gustavus: W. Lehman and A, Parker. | To Hood Bay: James Parker. \ —————— GILMORE LEAVES 1 | P. J. Gilmore, U. S. District At-! i torney, expects to leave Juneau to- day enroute to Washington, D. C., to attend a conference of U. S. Dis- | trict Attorneys. ! | In Seattle he will register at the | American Bar Association Conven- | tion and will attend a number of | the sessions. 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