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

PAGE TWO Policy of American Legion In Alaska Given Expression By (onvenfion Resolufions In an organization having more a fitting memorial be erected to than three million members, and|¢ye memory of the late General another million embraced in its| wiliam Mitchell because of his | Auxiliary and affiliate bodies, the | jterest in the military defense process of bringing the wishes of | 5f the Territory the majority into focus in & man-| golowing this, came the one| ner consistent with the principles| whish will ask the 1949 LEzislrs mocracy is no light task.| tyre of er of Alaska to enact suitable an Legion, world-wide | jooiqiation to previde for the saf- in scc luence, and @Per-|ety care and protection of the | ating i ioanl charter | oivilian population of the Terri- with more sixteen thousand | ¢oy j; eyent of the emergency of | individual posts in that many I6-ja goreizn attack, thus seeking to| and with several ies. cal comm bring about. a condition or pre- and units o1 the WOMeN's| paredness of civilians which does v, iinds cxpressions of its|pot now exist i policies in the resolutions adoPt-| The resolution which followed | ed by various department CODNVEN-!i(his directed the incoming De-! tions held annual partment Commander of The| Thus, iu the s ed | American Legion in Alaska to re-| in Sitka, a 4 25_policy~ | activate the Committee on Civilian making resoluti reflect the will| Deiense, sometimes known in Le- | R H of the Alaska organization. gjon circles as the Committee on Stock, Anchorage, was chairman of [ Relief In Time of Disaster. nildren, all born wit the resolutions committee. As fi- Jobs For Vets , o naily adopted, the following ob-| Following these on civilian dg.‘l--——"—» (kb A jectives were incorporated into the|fense and emergency prepared- Earlhqiiakes,‘ Kuriles Isles program of the coming year. ness, was one asking that prefer-| First was a - resolution M‘m{inq’flnc(’ in certain categories of em- to enlarge the personnel and re- ployment be given m_ veterans, | sponsibility of the Alaskan High- | making the situation in Alaska | 7 BABIES IN 4 YEA hin the last 4 years. Garry, 4, (standing behind h three sets of twins, were born in a period of 2!% years. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1948 ALASKA COASTAL SETS RECORD WITH 20 PMSE%ER Alaska Coastal Airlines had its biggest day of business yesterday since the organization was founded in 1935. The airline set a new rec- ord with 219 passengers carried on 22 flights, along with an excess of 4,000 pounds of*mail, freight and ex- press. Coastal brougni in 135 persons and teok out to break and old record of in 1948. More than 50 passengers were flown out of Sitka. The large volume or traffic was carrizd on regular flights with 8 planes in use, according to O. F. Beneck?, office manager, who added that the day's record follows 2 rec- ord month of business, with Coastal | August. H Passengers on the record day were: | From Pelican: Clyde Phelps,, Robert Fox,,Judy Waddell, King | Miol, Lyda Museth, M. Erickson, K.| Raatikainen, Arvo Hamloven, Mrs.| E. E. Clamming, Virginia Rodriguez, ' S. A. Brown and Alberta M. New- | cauer, From Tenakee: Lavington, Australia, sits with her 7 R 3N Kl Hargar bt er) is the eldest. The others, Bela!d Ordenia, i (ASE IS I" (OURI | NEWS Co;;v‘::. Todd: V. Smino, R.oben‘ way Patrol, as a means of effect-|more nearly like that which pre- | 2 P L1 | mino, Ray Antoquir, R. Bamn.‘I uating better protection of lm-}\v;’ s widely in continental Umnd; | FoR INJU“C‘ION VISITING GRANDMOTHER ‘a‘nz‘;fl\‘;l‘:x :gs;(})’;’:;ni\l‘l:;bn Vmamievn. Pbiic. 151"1“ . Convention went on record | i 2 | —— Miss: (Gqlean Sptiler igwistting her Fr(;mg}-laines‘ June Gallant, J. Child Labor Law i g rentio i | Ay 7 | grandmother, Mrs. Alex Demos S i Sia SA ANCISCO, Sept. 10—#—!| Filing its complaint late Thurg- grandmother, Mrs. e " Blag | Next was a resolution, submit-|in asking that there be enacted N FRANCISCO, Sept. 10 | g its pla ate tird-7 &7 e TN (Rt Eat Bleand, 1. B. Hauser, B. Beland, O.| a law that will set up the standard |An earthquake, placed in the Kurile of care in fcster homes, and for |Islands, was recorded for two hours making mandatory the licensing of |today on the University of Califor- such homes before being allowed |hie seismograph. to function. | The Kuriles, north of Japan, are The two concluding resolutions | Russian-controlled. included certain demands by the: The recordings began at 6:59.17 Convention upon the Sitka Legion @M. (PDT). The University dss- Post, relative to liquid entertain- |Crized it as “moderately large. ment, and {inally, a resolution of location was determined ted by Juneau Post No. 4, asking! the pending session of the Terri-| torial Legislature to adopt an ade- quate child labor law for the pro-| tection of all childoren in Alaska.| Third was a request to be pre- sented at the Capitol for sufficient funds to be appropriated to ade- quately care for the child welfare | needs of the Territory, as a means of dealing with child welfare and delinquency problems. Alaska Land Withdrawals Then came a vigorous expression | of policy which will be carried to the National Convention of the Legion, It was a protest, against certain announced policies of the Department of the Interior for the intended withdrawal of lands in| Alaska from colonization areas. The Legion emphatically opposes such withdrawals. Following the resolution which was | d The and |at California Institute of Technol- for its traditional generous 8 q, 108y at Pasadena. warm hospitality, typical of Alask America’s last frontier. FORMER ARMY AF MEN INDICTED BY | BOSTON FED. JURY . = protested these withdrawals, | BOSTON, Sept. 10—®— A Fed-|A Federal grand jury today in- one which proposes that a pool be a0} orang jury today set up in areas being colonized,| oo former Army Airforce offi-| “Axis Sally” of the Nazi radio— said pool be equipped with heavy | .o and one other man on charg-|On charges of treason. land-ciearing machinery to enable|.. .+ gealing in $500,000 worth of ~The 47-year-old Portland, Me, the settler to more quickly mak.e!bo“ds once held by Nazis that Rative is charged with making his homestead land prodiictive and | yore Leddled in a European black Wartime propaganda broadeasts for self-sustaining. It~ wap pointed |the Germans. Aiis;a] Iy" | | market. out that such equipment would bel They were indicted specifically | >>e — used In any one community for a|so. yiolating the trading with the very short time, and thus the cost|epemy gep }Ho"ywood Mus'ery: of individually providing it would| peqera] officers said three of be prohibitive. | those indicted—Edward R. Ashton {of Enfield, Conn., Gerald A. Row- i : !land of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Sey- The Legion went on record as | i o |mour Lerner, of Brooklyn—were (By The Associated Press) faverihg the granting of full state- Y. hodd "g Alasin s gme means of | Officers in the Air Transport Com- | Hollywood « ioliB & filller medstife of . salf- jmmand. {mystery. One of its actresses—Rita o % : them was Wen- |Jobnson—is in a critical condition Aciress Is Injured For Statehcod thanks to the community of Sitka ! through a check with recordings | Is Indicted indicted dicted Mildred Elizabeth Gillars—| is confronted with a| |day in the District Court at Ju- |2 {neau, the Port Chilkoot Company | i 4 ¢ | | today asked the Court to sign al-| this week. She arrived yes-\ o o0 pyoursion Inlet: Jim Lang- ternative writs of temporary and‘u’rduy via Alaska C_rmsta] Alrlmes.mOnv David McKinley, Veil Everts, | permanent injunction against Carl |accompanied by Miss Pat Balog,'s pjjertsen, John Benson. Feinmiller, Steve Larsson Homer, Who had spent the weekend at| g o Gustavus: W. C. Tukeward, Martin A. Cordes and others. Judge tka, visiting Co{een‘s parents, Mr. Harry Lehman. Folta made the temporary injunc- and Mrs. Earl Miller. The Millers | g0 chatham: Val. Diaz, An- tion writ returnable September |left Douglas some six months ago|grew pundestad, Leonard Stiles, 127, to make their home at Sitka where | 5,1, Syidram, Kenneth Lundestad, | Mainly involved in the case is| Mr. Miller is in business. which group of veterans shall op- ierate the former Chilkoot Bar-| G. Hoaas, Felix Toner, Rex Her-| mann. | alto, and other relatives in Doug- | ST | Jim Morrison. ENJOYED TRIP | From Hoonah: Mary Marvin, Ar- | racks near Haines. The property Mrs. James Barras arrived home|nyr Andrews, Julia Lindoff, Lillian |was awarded by the War Assets yesterday via Alaska Coastal from | mgarvin, John Whitehalb, Emily Administration over a vear ago to Sitka. Mrs. Barras left on last wright, Freda Wright, Freda Gree- { Veterans Alaska Cooperitive Com- | Week's voyage of the George|wald, Jimmie Wright, Anna Ross, | pany is the operator. ans Co-op settlement, and at Sitka [ Alexander. The complaint alleges that sev- | visited friends and stayed at Mt.| From Icy Straits: Susan Proul- eral of the defendants were elect- | Edgecumbe. She reported a veryixene, Jeannie Welch, Peder Peder- the | took over management of |Joseph, T. McCrary, M. Willer. | property. Either small children, not know-| From Skagway: J. A. Jackson, Plaintiff alleges that $25,000 net;ing better, or older boys being!j, Pichotta. operating income should be return- |smart, built fires in one of the| From Fish Bay: Wally Westfall. €d anhually from the property,|just newly completed tcilets at the‘ From Sitka: which.-is not being done because | Douglas of 'defendants alleged mismanage- Egrcund. and caused sufficient dam- ! Bolton, Grant Pearson, Mrs. Homer ment, wasteful deterioration, con-!age so a new Iloor must be laidENordnng, Dorothy Ellis, Fred Came- version of personal property, leases 'in it. The incident has been re- ron, Homer Nordling, Mrs. A. Berras, to themselves at unreasonably low |ported to the local Deputy Marshal‘,Frank Weahan, J. Jordan, Rose Du- !prices. |and it is hoped the offenders are|gan, Marilyn McAlister, A. Amud-| The complaint seeks to claniy‘\""m”"’h"nded and punished so no sen, Ada Winther, C. A. Porter, T. the situation by having the Court further incidents of the kind will|J. Smith. decide who are the rightful officers Dappen. The toilets have been| Bill Crawford, Ray Pilters, Helen | | i | 168 passengers in one day set enr]lerl carrying 3,038 passengers during' i { {Bade, M. Jacobson, C. Christabel, couv |R. M. Tucker, John Pistromanueg, | | pany for which Port Chilkoot Com- | Washington, to Skagway and Lake|Mary Hawkins, Jimmie Charles, Ce- | | Bennett, to Haines and the Veter-|celia James, Sarah Sharlane, E. W. | ed as part of plaintiff’s directors enjoyable week’s vacation. | sen. tin May. 1947, but immediately went | | From Hood Bay: Al Johns, John to Haines and without authority FIREBUGS | Davidson, ~ Artenio Tuccey, CIiif | |Lundbure, Charlie Eshab, A. Kout- | son, Parker }chuk, Henry Moy, Perry McLavin, Brown, Natian, Sid Thompson, Nema Ellis, Frank Nash, Tom White, | Harris, John Beltron, Ray Vestol, Alextinder Thomas }J Jeanette Bailey, Ethel Lindley, John Thompson, J. Ansolm, Bobby | E. Schroeder, Mrs. Rudolph, Lt. Col. ‘Edenio, Mary Browning, Lawrence | Alexander, H. B. Gronroos, Anita Titus, Leroy Homer, John Pitckett, Garnick, Raymond Beach, S. Bergi,| Alma Mayo, T. Ouelette, Annabelle |E. P. Chester, F, Clayton, Mrs. F. Notion, W. G. Benedict, Jack Con- "Clayton, C. Zuboff, Mary Valentine, | way. | Pat Balog, R. C. Dillard, R. Stevens, Dr. |C. Anderson, R. Cloudman, Bill So- |shank, Oscar Erickson, Rose An- | kieff, Colleen Miller. drews, Lorraine Frank, Dale Thom- i From Tulsequah: C. Jeffries, S. as. Sarocbuk, J. P. Nutt, M. Gretchen, “To Tulsequah: H. J. Hill, 8. A. {J. D. Carmicheal, J. Pitnitoron, F. Flodotram, C. Chapman, Pat Flatt, :Durant, M. J. Murphy, J, Tellom, A. Charles Randall, B. Padman, Frank iBhtvda, G. Mason, A. Huculak, W. ¥errenz, Glenn Walker, G. Walker, {Harvey, E. Davis, A. McKay. Dave Dreegis, Wm. Crink- | Geo. Walker, E. Williams, A, Smey- | 4#To Lemesurier Island: Edith|trowski, J. Komosek, P. Badyk, K. | Fields, James Fields. Jaeques. To EIfim Cove: Mr. and Mrs. D IGA' imsrud and child. MRS. MOYER HERE | To Pelican: M. Hageman, Gene Forkilson. | _ Mrs. Thomas Moyer and hér son, To Superior Packing: Ronald Bobby are visiting in Juneau with John. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mize. Mrs. To Haines: H. E. Gallant, J. P. Moyer, the former Ellen Mize, Lerche, Leo Connors, Mrs. Schom- ' is making her first visit to Juneau bel, Miss Young. ‘To Excursion Inlet: Jim Langdon and A. C. Adams. To Chatham: Dora Kirich. To Hoonah: Geo. Dalton, Mrs. Dalton, Rita Dalton, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Pratt. To Tenakee: Mr: Daisey Traub. | To Skagway: Marlene Elon, L. Stevens, Lillian Stevens, Lena Mer- culief, Tom Peters, Ron Mayo. To S8itka: John Beltron, Virgil ©: Loller, Kenton Bade, Mrs. Kenton HEe |in several years. Mrs. Moyer and her son arriv- ed from Dutch Harbor last week and will leave for California on September 19. They plan td spend seyeral months in California visit- | ing with Mrs. Moyer's parents be- S. Sam Asp, MrS.| fore returning north. . b DU i RETUR: HOOL Jimmy O'Connor is a southbound enger on the Princess Louise. returning to school at Van- r College, located near Van- Dr. Gold;, H. Yaeger, Teddy Ander- couver, B. C. e " Visit old friends and relatives! Stay over for an old-fashioned homeland Christmas. You can easily add two or three weeks fo your vacation with the time you sove by flying via SAS. affer the busy season. . . v | | ! It's just overnight in a luxurious DC-6 — world's newest, most spacious airliner. And the cost is much less than you think. Free meals — delicious food, including smérgdsbord. No tipping, no extras. See or write your travel agent. He will help you at no extra cost. Or write direct to SCANDINAVIAN AIRIINES SYSTEM Passengers + Moil « Cargo L. Bach, Waino| Reereation Beach § plays | Hendrickson, Mrs. C. J. Davis, Ray | Seattle: 5527 White Henry Stuort Bldg. Los Angeles: 108 West Six! SEneca 6250 TUcker 3739 Streei o Write for free colorful bogklets \ lof plaintiff, it being alleged that|installed for the convenience of | \ordiamay | defendants illegally attempted m:“se"s of the beach at a cost of| | remove one set of officers in Octo- ! Séveral hundred dollars from the ber, 1947, whereupon _the stock- | Lions Club beach fund. Other dam- holders in November, 1947, removed | #8€¢ SO far to the beach playground government to the people of the| Indicted “"."h Territory, thus carrying out for M. Weston, Weston, Mass., who Federal officials said helped Alaskans, the wider applications 7 _ in disposing of many of the bonds. o e sprana 1 SR cenGE AVAILABLE ON 55 CHILCOTIN, T0 SAIL, SEPTEMBER 24 Larger WLS Staff Next came a resolution seeking| Harold N. Crompton, Assistant Treffic Manager for the Union to strengthen the staff of the Wild Life Service, this being oné| Steamships Ltd., of Vancouver, B. |C. announces thaf there will be of the resolutions that will go on to the national convention, and it is hoped, ultimately to the Con- | passenger space available on the SS Chilcotin when it goes south from Juneau on September 24. gress of The United States of America. In the absence of such The Chilcotin is making a chart- er trip to Juneau, bringing mems additional appropriations by the National Congress, this resolution suggested the alternative of ask- bers of the Associate Boards of Trade, who will hold a convention in Juneau. The ship is not sold ing the Federal Government to turn over to the Territorial Legis- out completely and passages will Le available on the Southbound lature, authority to make and en- force laws for the protection of fish and other wild life in the the Alaska Veterans' Act be in- lrip.. . b creased sufficiently to carry out| {\nyone_desxrmg reservations on the provisions of that legislation, | this trip is asked to contact H. H. Alaska, the Legionnaires asked| The ship will make stops at that every effort be made wiKetchikan and Prince Rupert and waters and forests of Alaska. ‘The convention next asked that| the revolving loan fund created by | Heme Legislation | Davies, Canadian Pacific Steam- Pointing out the critical need‘smp agent, who has offices in the for settlement and development of | Baranof Hotel. cause the passage of H. D. 6775 or | vill arrive at Vancouver on Sep- H. R. 7019, both of these measures | ‘€mber 27. pending at Washington, D. C., pro- viding $10,000.000 for consuuctmnESEA‘I“".E B A of homes in Alaska. DIES SUDDENLY, The tenth resolution deals with routine of hospitalization of a| World War veteran, and reconsid- | eration of his case from a service | to a non-service connected status. The next resolution asked that 24 five additional days be granted| ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 10— in the period for postmarking the ' »_warren Berr‘y, 63, vice president application for reinstatement of alof the First National Bank of Se- lapsed policy of war risk insurance. attle and secretary-treasurer of the At the suggestion of Robert D”"Nes\‘ York-Alaska dredging com- lard, National Field Secretary of ipany, died of a heart attack early The American Legion serving Ore- yesterday at Nyak, in western Alas- gon, Washington and Alaska, aika group of eight resolutions were| The body was taken to Bethel and adopted which were routine and|flown here by a bush pilot. It was technical in character, the purpose to bhe sent to Seattle today. of their adoption being to simpli- Berry went to Nyak only a few fy regulations of the Vetemns'\da,\-s‘ ago. Bureau of the National adminis- | > - tration. [ FROM WASHINGTO! Some of these elicited much dis-| Seattle guests registered at the cussion, but were finally adopted |Baranof Hotel are Harley Madison, as a means of increasing service to|Casey Javis, Newell Davis, Robert veterans and eliminating details|C. Dillard, John W. Lamont, and which have been found by ex-|John Young. Mrs. L. G. Tarront perience as undesirable. of Bellingham, Wash., and F. M. Memorial For Mitchell Caldwell of Bremerton, Wash., are The 21st resolution asked that also guests at the hotel. |this morning with a brain injury |suffered mysteriously four days ago. The film actress has undergone |delicate surgery, and her condition Inew is said to be slightly improved. | The known circumstances have been given by Miss Johnson's friend, |actress Mary Ainslee. She said that |Miss Johnson telephoned her Mon- |day afternoon to say she would be |a little late for a'eocktail party be- {cause she was washing her hair. | Then, about 6 p.n., Miss Aifslee |went to Miss Johnson's apartment |to take her to the party. | Miss Johnison greeted Miss Ainslee |by saying: “I bumped my head. It hurts ter- ribly." | Then Miss Johnson partially col- lapsed. Miss Ainslee helped her [to bed and called a doctor. But be- \fore Miss Johnson could tell how she | was injured, she became unconscious, |A doctor diagnosed her condition |as a possible concussion. —— DEWEY ENDORSED BY MAJOR UNION By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH ALBANY, N. Y. Sept. 10—P— Gov. Thomas E. Dewey today won 'the endorsement of the executive board of a major AFL union in his. campaign for the Presidency. The board of the Building Ser- vice Employees International Un- | 000 members, pledged its support. to' the Republican nominee. nounced by William L. McPetridge of Chicago, general president of the union, after he and other offi- cers had conferred here with Dewey. The step represented the first outright endorsement of Dewey by a major union. - — ALASKAN VISITORS Registered at the Baranof Hotel from Alaska towns today are Hel- en Ludberg, Kotzebue; R. A. Lem- mon, Kodiak; Mrs. Fred D. Neu- burn, Pelican; J. M. Pichotta, of Skagway; Janice M. Welsh, Hoo- nah; Jack Lawrence, Sitka, and A. J. Zolezzi, Hawk Inlet. - FROM THE WESTWARD Misses Nana Ellis of Anchorage and Jeanette Bailey of Kodiak are guests at the Baranof Hotel. ion, representing a ‘claimed 175, i The action of the group was an- i defendants and descinded their steck interest for failure of con- sideration. Also alleged are improper rep- resentations to the Securities Ex- change Commission by defendants, and an attempted merger of plain- tiff and Veterans Alaska Coopera- tive now in litigation at Anchor- age. The sum of $25,000 compensatory damages and $25,000 punitive dam- ages are requested, as well as an accounting. s GERMAINE RETURNS Jerry Germaine, Alaska Director of the Bureau of Public Mines, re- turned yesterday from a field trip in the Interior. Germaine accom- panied C. Girard Davidson, Assist- ant Secretary of the Interior, on an inspection of the mining area near Fairbanks. Germaine also made a field trip to Anchorage and Iliamna. | property is a broken teeter-totter, land the giant stride has been so | badly mistreated that it is not now | usable. The giant stride is part {of the equipment furnished by the {Juneau Vclunteer Fire Department, which spent many hours and much imoney building and erecting it. It's deplorable that those for whose benefit it was intended should be 80 inconsiderate of its use. e — VISITORS FROM COLORADO Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Palmer of Cortez, Colorado, arrived on the Princess Louise and are enjoyihg their first visit in Alaska. 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