The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 2, 1948, Page 8

LARGE TURNOUT AT LEGION MEET MONDAY EVENING SRO Sign af Pre-Armisfice Day Business Session Held Last Night In one of the largest attendance tecords of many months, Juneau Post 4, The American Legion, evi- denced a rising tide of interest in the affairs of the organization, as Chester Zenger performed the dut- fes of presiding otficer of the as- gemblage Monday evening and saw considerable business conducted Highlighting the evening were the remarks of two Legionnaires from “outside” who briefly addressed the gathering of nearly a half-hun- dred veterans of World Wars I and, Rae L. Harris, who entered serv- jce from Laurel, Miss, more than 80 years ago, brought greetings, from Coos Bay Post 17, Department of Oregon, and in his remarks, dis- cussed the vital part The American Legion has taken in its program| for promoting and perpetuating true democracy. He expressed pride ir the Legion’s record of holding down! the infiltration of foreign “isms” and said that we should be suifi-] ¢lently proud of the freedoms of American citizens to aid in keeping those freedoms as a part of our; lives i willlam W. Read, a member of Seattle Post 1 told criefly about his work as Veteran Field Ser\'xceuR representative of The American Red Cross, and since his duties require frequent trips to Alaska, gave his assurance of attending the Juneau meetings more often in the future. Among detailed committee reports, Don Hungerford, chairman of the Armistice Eve Dance Committee, outlined the plans which include fhe annual Legion dance for the pight of November 10, to be held in the Elks ballcoom. A four piece archestra will furnish smooth music, | e said, and the plans are to in- glude ‘serving food or retresh- | ments. " Pickets will be made avaiable | and after some heated discussion, it | #as decided that teams of World ar II veterans will compete with | her teams of World War I vets| or honors in making the atfair al ess through advance sale of | cts. ‘Ted Smith, chairman of the com- fittee for arrangements with the American Legion Auxiliary, report- ed the completion of plans for a| meeting of both groups of the ar-{ ganization to be held next Monday evening, in place of the usual post | gathering. | A. L. Zenzer, Sr., Post Service Of- ficer, commented upon some of the things veterans must do if they are to derive full benefits provided for veterans by law. The £ifk Call and Relief report by Chajirman. Wright of this commit- tee included information regarding three veterans, Earl Watkins, Tom Brown, and Pug Ryan, who have been given medical or surgical care recently. Post Adjutant John Parmenter made a financial report which showed the post to be in a sound position. His report included a mes- sagé from Chuck Porter, Depart- ment of Alaska Adjutant, and from L. B. Showalter, Senior Vice Com- mander of the Department and Commander of Aleutian Islands Post No. 9 at Adak, most westerly post of America. | Numerous other matters of rou- tine business were presented, and special provision was made for re- freshments for the next meeting to be held two weeks hence, or on Monday night, November 15, follow- ing the joint meeting of the post and its auxiliary next Monday eve- ning, Novembver 8. Added to the personnel who will servc on the Americanism Commit- tee were John Tanaka, Junior Vice Commander, J. C. Ehrendreich, pub- lic accountant of Juneau, and Mau- rice Powers, Alaska Executive for the Boy Scouts of America, It was announced that a comprehensive program of Americanism will. be presented to the post for considera- tion and approval at an early meet- | ing. ;dwud L. Keithahn, Curator of the Territorial Museum, had previ- ously been named as a member of the Americanism ‘Committee, and will participate in the educational phase of that program. Leo Jewett and Ned Zenger, of- ficiated as the refreshment com- mittee and did full justice to the fresh crabs which had been sent over to Fred Cameron from Tena- kee, as a remembrance of his for- mer days in Juneau by the well known Mike Gavril. Everyone con- cluded that when crisper, tastier, | and more delectable crabs are caught it is quite probable that) they will be caught in the waters in the vicinity of Tenakee. e — APPLY FOR LICENSE i Emma Peterson, Yakutat can- nery worker, and William Benson of Bitka and Yakutat, have ap- plied for a marriage license at the U. 8. Recorder’s office. ——— ELECTION RETURNS TONIGHT Election returns from the States will be announced at The Country Club all night long, as they are received. 32 1t it 400 IN OPERATION ot 400 SPARES b bt 800 TEMPORARILY LAID UP LACH PLANE =300 B-29s 1500 STORED IN PLASTIC ""COCOONS* PERU GOVT. OUTLAWED &= = = > LIMA, Peru, Nov. 2—M— TheI(lEAN = upDRIVE ls ment of Gen. Manuel Odria. SRR TEE AR [to know that this concert is not part | of any series, ana that tickets will | we available at the door. They also! are on sale in three downtown lo- cations, and at the Douglas Drug Store FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 2—(® | —Faircanks residents have been ROSA pAGE WEl(H |called upon to stage a clenn~up§ |drive as a result of an incendiar- | |ist's activities. | CONCERT IS EVENT ™55 5 wosteos IoMoRRow NIGHI\puch appeals for people to clean | | up rubbish outside their buildings | City Manager Irving Call issued | |and in alleyways. Three recently set Interest increases in the concert fires were all started irom paper tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock by;boxes the arsonist found at hand. osa Page Welch, Negro mezzo-so- All were quickly ext:nguished. | prano, who will be presented by the | TR B G O ! Presbytery of Alaska. Word comes! MOOSE WOMEN MEET | from Ketchikan that there wns‘ Chapter 439 of the Women of | standing room only, for her appear- | the Moose will hold their regular | ance there. Her program will in-| business meeting on Thursday eve- clude classics and moderns, and fea- | ning, November 4 at 8 o'clock in ture a group of spirituals, sung|the Moose Lodge Rooms. Senior without accompaniment. Regent May Larson wishes to an- After the concert in the 20th|pounce that reports from the fol- Century Theatre, Mrs. Welch will e | Jowing committees should be given honored at an informal reception in| at the Zlew and better planes are trickling into U.S air defenses, but the B-29 still carry’s a heavy bugrdm says Gen. Gno:-ge‘ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—-JUNEAU, ALASKA ™ ™ CAPT.C.W.SWAINSON Kenney, chief of the sirategic R E II R ES; 38 YEARS s eeTis | WITH COAST SURVEY numbers of planes. i - | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.—#— Capt. C. W. Swainson, 61, ended 38 years with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey yester- i day, retiring a head of the ser-|} | vice's western district. Among the | An AP Newsfeatures Pi bbb bbb SRAUNSDORE TOM LONG CASE AWAITS DISMISSAL FROM HOSPITAL Action in the case of Tom Long, arrested at 12:45 a.m. Sunday for petit larceny, awaits his dismissal from St. Ann’s Hospital, where he | is reportedly doing well. Long is re- covering from gunshot wounds re- ceived when he failed to stop at the order of Police Officer Chris Lane —not Officer S. M. Dore, as errone- | ously reported in an earlier story. Long recently served ten days in Federal jail for theft. BETTY TANNER IN N. Y., TALKS TO FRIEND HERE, Betty Tanner, former wellknown | and popular reporter on the Empire, | in a long distance telephone call, from New York City at 3:30 o'clock | this morning to Elmer A. Friend, said she was waiting up to be ready to cast a ballot at the polls which opened at 6 am, | Miss Tanner is in the publicity | the Church parlors, to which members | social service and publicity. of the audience are invited. | — ,,-— The committee wants music-lovers| Read the Want-Ads for bargains Northern s T T T e T | OPENING TONIGHT Go Where the Crowds Go |at meeting; home-making, Light Presbyterian| membership, Mooseheart Alumni, Profession in New York City and has ber own office. She asked to be re- membered to her many friends in! Juneau. | many charting jobs he and his | men ¢id was that of waters around | Midway in the eatly 1930s. The | : Navy 1ound the information very | : handy when war broke out. ISSUED CERTIFICATE The Foss Launch ard Tug Co, | a foreign corporation, has been f issued a certificate of qualifica- tion by the Auditor's Office to do tusiness in Alaska. The 'home 'pR TNCESS — Dorothy o.fice is in Tacoma, Wash., end the | gornoff s dressed as an Indian firm is to be represented hére by | grincess for role in a forthcom- Faulkner, Banfield and Boochever,| -~ ing New York musical - Juneau o The Presbytery of Alaska Presents Rosa Page Welch Mezzo-Soprano In Concert Nov. 3rd, 1948 - 8:30 P. M. 20TH CENTURY THEATRE TICKETS ON SALE AT: S Baranof Book Shop Jaranof Cigar Stand Warfield Drug Store Douglas Drug Store Admission: Student Tickets $2.00 (Including Tax) $1.00 Miss Glendora Larson HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE STAFF OF Lucille’s Beauty Salon —DMiss Larson comes from Park River, N. Dak., with 13 years as a beautician and as an instructor in a Beauty College. - ’ 7 The Country Clubd DOES IT AGAIN cuees Y = —She is highly qualfied to give you very fine service and style your hair that is most becoming to you. —~Call for your next appointment with her. She will be pleased to meet you and give you the best of service. / Lucillie’s Beauty Salon Opposite Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. PHONE 49 Internationally Famous Star of the Stage see BELINDA In Her Gorgeous Costumes and Illuminated Dances 3 SHOWS Every Night 9:00 12:00 PM. Midnight DANCING Continuous Entertainment - v s 3:00 AM. That's to THE COUNTRY CLUB OPEN EVERY NIGHT 6 P. M. Until 5 AM. Gay Spot of the Entire GASTINEAU CHANNEL AREA SPECIALS THIS WEEK Puerto Ricans Voting for Gov. i (By The Associated Press) | Puerto Ricans are voting today for itheir own governor for the first| |time in history, and there has been !a record registration there. About | :072‘000 voters are eligible. Since 1898 | !when Puerto Rico became a United | | States dependency, the governor has | {been appointed by the President. |But under a law signed ty President | | Truman last year, Puerto Rico won ithe right of Democratic election. {The choice of governor will make {known the views of Puerto Ricans Ion the future status of the depen- |dency. Ail three major candidates bate different views on this im- {portant island issue. | —e - Sell it with an Ewptre Want-Ad' ' TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1948 NATIONAL GUARD REVIVING PREWAR INACTIVE BRANCH (By The Assoclatea Press) The National Guard is reviving its pre-war inactive branch to help build up a trained manpower re- serve. 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