The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 10, 1948, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA HUGE DAMAGE CAUSED BY ROCK SLIDE A. J. Snowshed, 30 Cars| Destroyed,by Avalanche at Midnight Monday mud NO TRACE OF LOST HUNTER; 30 MEN OUT 1 o . fiRa in Hampers Search for 1 Martin Brandall on Ad- miralty Island Hope was dimming for . the, res- e of Martin Brandall, fishing t Avona skipper, lost on a hunt- the western shores of sland since last Friday. More than 30 men comprising a search party, went into the rain- 1ked mountains again this morn- ing to continue to look for Brandall {who failed to join hunting partners “ | Fiiday evening. Brandall and three | companions were hunting near Pt | Hepburn, about 25 miles south of| |Hawk Inlet on the west side of | Admiralty Island. [ Coast Guard Patrol Boat 83- |which is standing by off Pt. Hep- {burn, communicated with the Coast ;Gum‘d office here last evening to |report that no trace had been found ski demonstration of the lost hunter after an all-day lay evening, Nov.'search yesterday. The boat crew also | in the high 1eported it was running low on fuel for benefit of and supplies and would probably | Club members 'leave the scene sometime today, al- instructions, | though this information is not defi- ; reported today by Neil Tay- nite. A number of the arching ident of the club. rt taken to the scene by five vill ) be a short general ' f shing craft from here, were Le- of the Club and members ing supplied with food by the Coast awre urged to attend. Those who do Guard boat. 10t have their ski boots fitted to’ Low visibility, with fog and heavy their bindings 1 bring their rain is hampering efforts to search equipment and they will be given for the missing man, they reported help in making these adjustments. Brandall, long-t'me resident in .- ,Juneauy, is married and has two - U.S.MARINES * 1734ANNIVERSARY * . ]948%“6;1 “NOV.10 as? LARS - RESERV MRS, MOVAINEY DRY-SKI LESSON FINDS TEACHER = WIilL BE GIVEN MOR_ME HiGH ON FRIDAY NiGHT dry have to the | erious rock and 1 nor awest side buried down the lc e n-ton midnight tarted 600 feet up slope, cutting feet width A jams nt hed , contain- he slide oc- | nday, and| mountain | | | the | swath 18 | | of over 400 r J tend Gold Mining said the da ge ed thousands of dollars. William: ed that it was difficult an accurate figure on the there too many Ting gener Alas; superin- Juneau that | many | ate | | give Cc amour today to to damage are | the Pipe, Lines Out ide took the pipe ar di linés and fresh water| . well destroying the | " missed loco- chops and the / ding house. The slide was wit- ed by Fred Schindler, night| tchman of the property. ns said that no plans are, wde for the repair of thel| . but that the power line | will be replaced in order to have!. €electricity in the mine. The Alaska cost The e’ectric ilume out the secend b2 held t 8:30 1 Fr! o'clock t in as 8 the u €ki who wish to receive staff be a fine should Territory whicl 5 are from Mrs. Doro- education superv Territorial Commissi who returned ation, via Pacific Nc Anchorage He included are E e 4 Septembr a4 year ago | Tenth street. | ler others ! thos The meeting AT and no ex said g a December tion vear and rdially invited to at- e meeting. - ARMISTICE DAY ke held pleted for the a end eager But the ard coming S | of well started i- 1nin to My ing sy Lutheran Ladies Thursday ‘ PRIBILOF BOUND w meet Thursday istant Fish and Wildlife Service hex'?. eral hour stop-over enroute {rom | of , offloers, . iatinds trip #o the PribilE ed by onto the Pen- \ { 14 Aid Will Elect CHRISTMAS CHEER nthly business Pt Loaded down with Christmas giits o'clock at e Howard Saw- the Pengun left from here this the bazaar to attle. jill be held. will be held. ;o 4s with ‘supplies and gifts order- 128 trees were loa | and Wildlife | Officers ON BOARD PENGUIN Io Lutheran Ladies | the home 2nd 35 Christmas trees cut by the The Iternoon for the Westward after a| will be com- | Seat The interested ' ; Prib'lof inhabitants. Christ- guin from the 1 v %3 ish S {ir son for Pribilof people Several persons, under medical| |care bere for the past few months, | | boarded the Penguin to return to| HONORED IHURS {their homes on the islands. | - * | En route here, the boat stopped at Tomorrow is Armistice Day and | Ketchikan and Petersburg. Way- will ke an official holiday for all | points to the Westward, skipper | ‘ | POSTPON hudshift the firem Fr eve | from the present time there 3 H ek o Two other slid occurred this! gKuskckwim River and did some damage to the lower | from Fairbanks to Whittier iams the damage was nezli-'children and brains, From Te> damaged a month ago by ‘child’s blackt nine repair to the property “will havel > slides in the spring, and that if the fore' the mine can resume | Fire Chief An of Juneau closed down in 1943 and has | “ maintai; its property with a| o skeleton crew sifice that time. At/ “betion inen | 540015, on the payroll and Bl o e tinere were 50 employees | 1ots Ca hiand Two Other Slides { district and the month on AJ property. On Mon- inspected on the day ‘evening ground near S oni End south end of the AJ mill slid the Alasks Railroad part of the mill, and also inter- At Curry new school fered - with the power lines that)pew teacher were doing fin fdinish electricity to the city. Wi 1 quipment cept for teac 1 gible. Gretchen McMullen had The hoist house at the north for Wer: Hivab Baar Alasi end of the mill was seriously!to find schodlroom, table, g la b slide and the cost of repair would | students. Pericd proce be several thousand dollars ie is Willlams sald today that any Novatney to: wait He said that the com- | ] B 61 pany has come to expect rock and| DGW%EJ /g s mud ‘Hides each fall and snow| e NEWS mine remains closed for another five years; the preperty will have to be almost completely rebuilt be- | FIREMEN'S MEET opera- tions. {nounced today th; eting scheduled been po: 18 .- - LOOP ROAD IS FLOODED NEAR DUCK CREEK The Loop Road, near the North- ern Vegetable Farm, is under three ! feet of water due to the overflow- ing of Duck Creek. The road is coyered for a distance of several feet. Residents of the Loop Road are taking a detour through the old army camp in order to bypass the flooded area The area surrounding the Mon- | tana Creek bridge is also flooded iay d lay Thur Nov SCHOOLS CLOSED NOV. 11 The Douglas Public Schools will be clesed tomorrow in observance of Armistice "Day. The business houses will Sunday hours goverment hold OPEN HOUSE AT SCHOOL Parents and other interested per- sons in reminded of the open house being held at the Doug- las Public School this evening be- tween the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock. | The DIWC will meet at 9 o'clock instead of 8 to allow all members attend this school af St are ag ty. territorial and federal offices,| Daniel Drotning said, will be Sand schools, business establishments and | Point, King Cove, Akutan and Un- banks. School will meet in regular alaska. ' session on Friday. ‘ Supplies for several The Empire will be published as|agencies were unloaded. usual. | e An Armistice Day dance will be| Billy Williams, night merchant given this evening by the American | patrolman, who is a familiar af- Legion the Mocse Club on Frank- | ter-dark figure on the - city’s lin® Str | streets, came to grief this week | while helping a Juneau woman REBEKAHS to her home near the Winter and To honor Past Notle Grands,|Pond building. Wed. evening 8 pam., at IOOF{ He slipped off the sidewalk, Hall, members requested to bring(fell and injured his shoulder. City| white elephants fanazmu'.Unusua]iDOIiCe officers took him to St.° to ! evening planned by committe. 1t |Ann's Hospital for treatment DEMOCRATS! VICTORY BDINNER 0 Do We Celebrate With TRUMAN-Barkley-Bartlett WE DO? NEW DANCES FLOOR 10:00 p.m. Salmon Creek Country Club Saturday, Nov. 13 I: a. Chicken — 0 inner 7P. M. For Reservations Betty McCormick, Chairman Call 547 SICKS’ SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO. Seaude. U. S. A, Distributed tnroughout Alaska by ODOM COMPANY —_————— P> vice' boat Grizzly Bear this morn- (of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Nordling, to make a merrier holiday sea-|of Juneau. | School. KIWANIS CLUB IS TO SEND STONE FOR FLORIDA'S "CONTINENTAL” FIREPLACE A stone from the Juneau gold mine will be on its way by air ex- press to Jacksonville, Fla., within a few days to take a place in a “continental” fireplace, being IJmltI by the Florida city’s Kiwanis Club al a new Boy Scout camp. A letter received by the Kiwanis Clut and read at toda noon luncheon meeting by Secretary Jim Church, asked the Juneau club to send a stone representative of ( Juneau g ! |this area to be cemented into the;b fireplace, along with stones from sion, one a Junior Scientist exami- Kiwanis Clubs all over the conti- nent. Kiwanians agreed to air e press a stona from the world's larg est gold mine, as representative of} the Juneau club’s area Zack Gordon discussed with Ki- wanis Club members, problems and future plans of the Teen-Age Club at the luncheon meeting today at the Baranof Hotel H Gordon told members, that while there has been much criticism of club activities, the majority of the parents who have become interested 4, | enough to learn what the club is|formation trying to do, are satisfied that the f ’lub has gone a long way to accom= plish its o:jectives. Plans for the uture, Gordon said, include a reno-| vat'on of the club building, particu- { arly a redecoration of the main ounge. i Dr. Henry Harris reported Ki-- wanis efforts in the recent TB drive have been successful with present| mncompleted total topping last year's! final collection e GRANDSON ARRIVES ron{ DR. AND MRS. J. 0. RUDE' Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Rude re- organization is scheduled for Novem- tber 18. L CviL -a i Virg NO MEETING OF CHAMBER TOMORROW ON ACCOUNT OF ARMISTICE HOLIDAY | Due to the Armistice Day holiday, | the Chamber of Commerce will not | hold their regular meeting tomor- | row noon. The next meeting of the| Making MONTANA the Wisconsin of the West! ‘GOLD MEDAL BUTTER -, SERVICE EXAMINATION Two examinations are announced | y the U. . Civil Service Commis- | 92 score-the very best bulter obtainable! ———ALASKA IMPORT CO. nation for filling mathematician, metallurgist, and physicist positions t grade P-1 ($2,974 a year), and the other an examination for filling several lithographic positions at sal- aries ranging from $2225 to $4,035 a year. The positions to be filled| from both examinaticns are located in Washington, D. C. and nearby nia and Maryland. No written test is required for either examina- tion. Persons interested in either of the above examinations may obtain in- and application forms rom the Commission’s Local Secre- | tary, Mrs. Ethel C. Hockman, at the | Post Office, in Juneau. e BROWNIES MEET Grade 4, Brownie "hoops 8 and 13 held their regular weekly meet- | ing at the Moose Hall on Tues-, day aiternoon. Mrs. Carl Casper-| son, Mrs. Emily Pearson and Miss Dorothy Langseth assisted with the day’s ogram. Mrs. Iva Herman- son was a visitor. Cookies were furnished by Miss Peggy Lidegaard. Troop leaders are Mrs. R. Taylor and Mrs. H. Rowland il A R Refreshment for All Who Sit and Wait KAVAY LQUHCH | ® o 0 0 0 v 0 v 0o ceived the happy news that they P have a new grandson, Richard; children. His home is at 709 West' Joel, who was born in Baltimore, { | Maryland, on Nov. 6. Richard’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Richard | Gilbert. er Audrey Rude Richard Joel Mrs. Gilbert is the IOrm-I joins a bmther,} Terry, who is a year and a half | old. Mr. Gilbert is attending the law school of Baltimore University. ' BeHyA Lou“H’ared and§ Rodney Nordling Be! pencuin 15 on s annuat| Married in December': A. R. Hared of Phoenix, Arizona, announce the betrothal of their daughter, Betty Lou, to Mr. Rodney Nordling, son Mr. and Mrs. The marriage will be performed in the Resurrection Lu- theran Church in Juneau on De- | cember 17. The Rev. G. Herbert | Hillerman will conduct the wed-| ding service. | Mrs. Robert Pasquan matron-of-henor, and Mr. John! Bavard will ke best man. Soon| after their marriage, the young couple will leave for Seattle, where Mr. Nordling will resume his studies | at the University of Washlngton.' Miss Hared and Mr. Nordling are both graduates of Juneau High Last year, Miss Hared at- | tended Colorado Women's College, and since June has been employed in the Veterans Administration in Juneau. Mr. Nordling attended the Uni-' versity of Washington last year, where he majored in mechanical engineering. This summer he has been fishing on the halibut schoon- er, Tundra. will be ! REMEMBER 1o see BELINDA at the Country Club IN HER GORGEOUS COSTUMES NEW ENTERTAINMENT HERE FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME SHOWS 00 3:00 m. a.m. SPEND ARMISTICE NIGHT at the Country Club Make Your Reservations Early Telephone Juneau 015 1o * WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAD) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period At Juneau— Maximum, 47; minimum, 41. At Airport— Maximum, 45 minimum, 42. | FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued cloudy with rain and southeasterly winds oc- casionally reaching 25-30 miles per hour tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. . ’ . . . . . . . . . ° ° ° . . . PRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ e In Juneau .73 inches; ® since Nov. 1, 11.30 inches; since July 1, 57.71 inche At Airport — .32 inche: since Nov. 1, 5.73 inches; since July 1, 37.82 inches. Ask for it either way . . . both trade-marks mean the same thing. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY S s S JUNEAY! COLD STORAGE REBEKAHS honor Past Noble Grands, evening 8 pm., at IOOF Hall, members requested to bring white elephants for Bazaar. Unusual evening planned by committe. 1t 3000000000000 O Tonight i To © 1948. The Coca-Cola Compony Wed. | | There is nn suhstitrte 1oy newsvoaper agvertising! is the time to DANCE Moose Club Rooms at 10:00 o’Clock Undl & . +'u & 0 Matheny’s Orchestra o Publiec Welcome Admission $1.20 which includes fax