The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 16, 1948, Page 2

distinctively styled DOUGLAS NEWS OFF TO UNIVERSITY Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wahto were | PAA passengers yesterday after-| noon, bound for Seattle. He will enroll at the University of Wash- ington, to continue his pre-medicall studies. Wahto previously had been a student at the Umverv sity of Alaska. | IS ONE Dennis Wahto, young son of Mr.' and Mrs. Douglas Wahto, was one year old yesterday, Sept. 15. ; ASSESSOR TO SKAGWAY Rex Hermann, local tax. assess-! or and Douglas City Councilman is at Skagway and Haines: this week, working on assessments on property in the newly created In-| dependent - School Districts there.| FIRE MEET TONIGHT } The Douglas Volunteer Fire De- partment will meet this evening in the Fire Hall at 8 o'clock. AT SKAGWAY | Leona and Lillian Stevens, | daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Joe} Stevens, are attending school this| year at the Pius X Mission at; Skagway, Alaska, leaving here last | Thursday. | CLASS OFFICERS ELECTED Class officers in Douglas High School for the year 1948-1949 were | elected recently. The freshman class chose Zona Pingerton for Wasters of MAIN STREET" in N«w Y/)I‘ké}‘ Wo;‘steds Yc‘s. you men who wear NEW YORKER WORSTEDS have a com- manding appearance. Because these fine, hard, closely woven suitings are by famous 99-year-old Michaels-Stern of Rochester. Come in and see our at- tractive choice of colors and patterns in the perfect size for you. BMBERRENES), 0, | ing spectacle, and tailored for us *Sharkskins . . . Clearcuts . . . Plaids . . . Stripes . . . and Solids. | entertainment furnished by frosh) is to be given in the school basement and social room. A certain mock wedding ceremony gives promise of a very interest- for those who at- tend. SPEAKER AT SCHOOL Last Tuesday the head of the Army Recruiting Service in Ju- neau, Sergeant Craig, spoke to the Douglas High School civies class | about the recently passed bill con- cerning the compulsory military training for the American youth. Besides giving much information to. the class in a lecture, Sergeant Craig answered the many gquestions asked by the class, which included all the high school boys who will be affected by the law. The point of drafting was ex- plained and it now appears quite clear to the boys what will be happening in the next few years of their Jife that will be spent in active service, Pamphlets. were passed around to the class in addi- tion to the information given by Seérgeant Craig in his 45-minute lecture. This has been the firsi (AL, PNA, PAA DISCUSS GUSTAVUS- JOREAU OPERATION Conferring on operational prob- lems on the run between Gustavus |and Juneau, R. L. Barner, Civil | Aeronautics Administratio n, An- chorage; Emerson Bassett, Pan Americap operations manager, Se- | their president, Herb Riley is vice- president, Marilyn Isaac was elected secretary, and Caroline Haro was named treasurer. is the freshman class advisor. In the sophomore class, Lowell McClellan was elected president, Gloria Anderson, vice-president, Arden Vinson, secretary and Terry Snethen treasurer. The sophomore class advisor is Mrs. Marshall. The juior class president is Jim Sey, while the vice-president is Nancy Niemi. The secretary is Elsie Lee, and Jack Carlyle is treasurer. The junior class advis- or of Mrs. Reed. In the senior class, Edith Well- ington is president, Ray Robertson, vice-president, and Phyllis Andrews secretary-treasurer. FRESHMAN HEADACHE Douglas High freshies are up to their necks in initiation troubles with having to rig up this and that required by their peers (the sophs) for use in the big ceremony scheduled for Friday, which is the big day. Woe be the poor frosh that fails to come up to expecta- tion. Friday night culminates the ac- tivities when a reception (with Mr. Brandenburg lern Airlines chief pilot, of Anchor- lage, met in Juneau yesterday. Simplification of specifications \for operating the Gustavus-Juneau run were discussed. This was the first trip Bassett, formerly stationed in Juneau, has made here this year. HIGHWAY PATROLMEN DINNER-DANCE TONIGHT Taking advantage of the good weather yesterday, the Territorial | Highway Patrolmen and their wives were taken on a sightseeing tour by special chartered bus, Chief Frank Metcalf acting as guide. This morning reports were made by Lee M. Bown, Deputy Superin- tendent of State Police of Oregon, and John F. McLeod, Assistant Chief of State Police of Washing- ton. Ralph Rivers, Attorney Gen- eral, spoke on special problems of patrol enforcement. Entertainment today included a luncheon at the Chamber of Com- 'merce and a dinner dance at the Salmon Creek Country Club this evening. the' guest speaker in any of the class- ! les this year. attle, and Joe Morris, Pacific North- | ‘llu discovered. him. BATHING SUIT BEAUTY WINNER | | I f i | inow PENALTY | —One of Irag's wealthiest mer-. | victed him yesterday also fined ‘000!. | at once. The death sentence is sub- jafter two months of investigation | things, of purchasing surplus Brit- | ish !be present at the meeting of the | City Council which will be held to- | Council Chambers. THE DAILY EMPIRE— NU ALASKA STO( K HAS : | GOOD RALLY INSKAGWAY : Repuhlkanie_iegaie Can- didate Returns to West- ward on Campaign ' The- Igloo, Skagway theatre, was scrowded last night for R. H (Dick) Stock’s Republican rally, it was reported by Republican party mem- Lers in Juneau today who were |calling on Juneau voters with the | Republican Candidate for Delegate| to Congress, back from his Lynn Canal meeting. { Stock, who was pleased by the |Skagway rally at the Igloo, was in- | |troduced by E. A. Rasmussen, Al-| aska's Republican National Commit- | teeman, ! Electioneering in Skagway \\'ilh} Stock was William Feero, Jr., a| Republican candidate for the Ter-| DAUGHTER IS BORN T0 LEON ALEXANDERS. ounces Mrs. Mr. the Irene ert ritorial House of Representatives. | | Feero, formerly of Douglas, is aj World War II veteran, is with the| CPR in Skagway and operates a theatre there. “Bill knows every~ lone in town,” said Stock on his re- | turn to Juneau today. After attendance at the nocn! {luncheon of the Juneau Chamber | of Commerce, the Reputlican r:un-; ydidate for Delegate left for An-; chorage by Pacific Northern Air-| lines | > - 'Eglsaer-Foster , Nuphals Held! At an informai ceremony, Miss| ]Rusmu Eglsaer became the bride| {of Mr. Clarence Foster last evening| lat the Catholic Church of the Na- | tivity. The Rev. Robert Whelan S.J., performed the service. Attend- ants were Miss Hazel Dahl and Mr. | Carl Bloomquist. i Following the wedamng ceremony la reception was held at the home ;of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Young m. the Kline apartments. Mrs. Young | is the sister of the tride. The| couple will reside at Point| , in a house they purchased | from Gilbert Bixby. Miss Eglsaer, who is a w'lkte)ed, “[nurse, has been employed in thel otfices of Dr. J. 0. Rude and Dr John Clements. . Foster, who is : ‘the son of John Foster of Juneau, .wns born and reared in Juneau. He .1: now employed as a mechanic for ¢Pacific Northern Airlines in Ju-| neau. ....'..‘.................C........Q..............’...... '[AIaska Sourdough Goes South, First + Time in 35 Years BAGHDAD' Iraq, Sept. 1. SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—(®—An 80- year-old pioneer resident of Alas- ka, Val Diabold, flew “outside” yes- terday for the first time in 351 years. Diabold, one of the hardy sour- doughs who made the long trek from Skagway over the White Pass in gearch of gold in 1898, plans to make his home in the East for his remaining years. The Alaska veteran said he start- | ed one of the first newspapers in Fairbanks and once in his gold- seeking career disccvered a rich gold' claim worth nearly $1,000,000. He flew here from Fairbanks via Pan American World Airways. IS e FAIRBANKS STREETS GET ASPHALT COATING chants, Shafiq Ades, a Jew, is un- der sentence of death today on | charges that he helped the Jews in | Palestine and organized Zionism in Iraq. The military court which con- | him 5,604,000 dinars (about $20,000,- The fine is to be collected ject to approval of the king. The court’s verdict was reached and a week of court sessions. Ades was accused, among other army material, particularly arms, and of shipping it to Pales- tine for use by the Jews. NIRRT 0 COUNCIL MEETS FR“)AY J. B. Morgan, Director of the Alaska Investigation Office of the U. 8. Bureau of Reclamation, will FAIRBANKS — City crews have barricaded part of Cushman street and officially got underway with an asphalt treatment program scheduled for several of the city's busiest unpaved streets. The asphalt job is not a paving morrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Morgan will ALASKA MUSIC SUPPLY AFTER 5 P. M. or Old’s Residence, Mr. and Mrs, Switches — Conduit — Friction Tape — :rfl tg; proud Lp‘;e"“ ‘;{ a daugh- | Solder — Wall Switches — Loom Wire er, rn yesterday afternoon in | 9 rthi i |8t. Ann's hospital. The new ar- Hyerieieto Thd Ty Jonl D rival weighed at kirth. kaby for the Alexanders. Proud grandparents are Mr. and Otto Anderson of Juneau and | and Mrs. jcord, Calif. Mr. {ployed at the Northern Commercial | Company. i f DIVORCES. FILED Two divorces have been filed in U. S. District Court. Hills from Julian C. Hills on the grounds of incompatibility. The couple mar- ried in Bellingham, Wash., Eileen Marie Norman of Ketchi- kan filed for a divorce from Rob- K. Norman of Ketchikan on | the grounds of incompatibility. The couple ma August 2, F. N. FORSZEN o that’s Violinist oA Teacher of Violin, s Name" Cello, String Bass KENTUCKY Guitar WHISKEY <A BLEND l'HURbDAY S[:PTEMBER I6 1948 ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES Witing «— Reéceptacles — Service Entrance Leon Alexander | seven pounds eight This is the first | NOW IN STOCK AT THE AURE BAY RARDWARE G. E. Schad of Con- COME IN FOR INFORMATION Alexander is em- | - Bertha filed for' a divorce in 1937. d in 1947, Ketchikan on Enjoy the whiskey 86 PROOF « 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS 5th and Main NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION, NEW YORK, N. %, More independen? experts smoke Lucky Strike regularly than the next 2 leading brands combined! COPR.. THE AMERICAN TOPACCO COMPANY. $o round ..so firm..so fu"y packe So free and easy on the draw GET THEM NOW ----- They May Not Be Available Later Good Used Bath Tub and Fittings . . $50.00 Ysed Small Kitchen Sink . $7.50 Good Used Hof Point Eleciri Range $75.00 New De Lux Oil Range . . . . $217.50 | discuss with the Council the pro- | Jects that his office are investigat- |ing in this area. Routine business |to, be discussed includes the pre- 'sentntlon of committee reports. e e————— i TWO-ONE ALARM A small fire in a house in the i Village called the Juneau Fire Department out at noon today. Re- sults of the fire were a few VERA J. RALSTON, Miss Kan- sas City in the Miss America pageant, has a figure tailored |scorched' shingles. for bathing suits, according to | eial . AT ! CORRECTION judges at Atlantic City who chose her bathing suit winner in the first set of preliminaries in the 1948 Miss America con- test. (International Photo) POLICE GET HIS GOAT | Date of last publication on the { Notice of Hearing on Petition to | Sell Assets of the Alaska Asiatic} | Lumker Mills, Ine., in the Empire | | September 15, should have been ~ | September 22, not October 22. Attention to this error is call- led by Otto F. Ohlson, Receiver. —————— ROME—” -A 'Rome province goat yustler who knew his Homer . OLDROYD IN TOWN got caught all the same. Thieves! Lorin T. Oldroyd, Director of the rustled 700 goats last month, south | Agricultural Experiment Station at of Rome. Police caught them try- the- University of Alaska, arrived ing to rustle 300 more. | vesterday and is registered at the Seven men surrendered. The Baranof Hotel. eighth sought to emulate Ulysses'| —_—— escape from the cave of the one- WHITEHORSE GUESTS eyed Cyclops he had blinded. Ha Mory. Gunn of Whitehorse is a picked the sturdiest goat he could' \Baranof Hotel guest. find, wound his fingers in it\ _— .+ long hair, and appended himself | FROM ANCHORAGE to the animal's underside. Anchorage guests registered at' However, the goat collapsed un-jthes Baranof Hotel include R. L.' der the maw's weight and the po-!Barner, Lowell E. Lambert and Neil S, Miller. project, City Manager Irving H. Call emphasized. It is a program made possible by a fortunate pur- chase of a supply of asphalt road mix and is designed to keep dust down and provide a surface mat to protect the streets from heavy trafiic. The job will have served its purpose if it can hold the streets in shape until the middle of next summer, Call said. e Losses on farms from fire are estimated at $99 millions annual- ly. — et AWARDING OF CHRIS CRAFT FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPT 17, AT 200H CENTURY THEATRE, BE- TWEEN SHOWS. 992 2t * HOME AND INDUSTRIAL ROCK WOOL—ALUMINUM WEATHER STRIPPING L ‘Warde A. 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