The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 29, 1948, Page 5

AASCENT CF MOUNT - McKINLEY PART OF BILL AT CAPHTOL There is a short feature now at the Capitol Theatre that shoulc interest everyone, Tt is the story of the attack on one of the last tiers of the world, Mount Mc- nley. It is called *“Operation White Tower” and is a picture of the Washburn expedition. This i one of America's cinematic search to bring new documentary experi- ences to the screen. RKO Pathe cameramen Bill Deeke and George Wellstead spent three months as members of the expedition—three months on ice in sub-zero weather to record the ascent of McKinley. themselves, as important tc the expedition as its geologists and physicists, made a study of the ef- fects of extreme altitude and cold on motion picture' cameras and film—data someday to aid both rofessionals and Sunday snap- shotters. Their own film footaze tells 1 story unsurpassed in beauty and excitement of the expedition’s climb up the 20,000 foot mountain. The big feature presents Wallace Beery playing an ex-crook who is determ'ned to become a gentleman and in the process makes himself in expert on etiquette, interior dec- otation, French pronouns, and what the well-dressed clubman will wear ~—you have the amusing premise of “Alias a Gentleman,” his new M-G- M picture This hreezy-paced story divides ts humor and drama evenly, with the action and suspense centering on the attempt of a rival underworld character to cut in on the would- te gentleman's mysterious income. COASTAL TAKES 65 ON SUNDAY FLIGHTS Alaska Coastal planes took to the air Sunday afternoon with clear- ing weather over Southeast Alaska. Passengers in and out of Juneau totaled 65, and included: From Fish Bay—Kelly Westfall. From Tenakee: Sam Asp, Marle Osterback. From Hoonah: Mr. and Mrs. F. Here's the Show that's Got verylhi For Your Uimost Pleasure! SEE IT NQW! LEAVES TIMORROW!" Fes Refined... Fo? In @ RUGGED SORT of way...and IT'S HILARIOUS! ny | 3 Wiars A lreretomeare | Tom Drake * Gladys George * Dorothy Patrick THis 1% AMERICA UNSURPASSED In Beauty and Excitement The thrilling story of the attack on Mount McKinley by twelve men and one woman ! Pete Smith in Technicolor ® Disney Cartoon McKinley, Julia McKinley, Mrs. Feature at 8:11 — 10:16 M. Bozue. { From Pelican: Mr. and Mrs. { Paul Bennett, K. Raatakainen, Robert Pinkard. From Sitka: Carl Hall, W. L. Paul, D. G. Wilcox, A, W. Plachert, Lee Annishette, H. R. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hopkins, Louise Joseph. From Wrangell: Bob Lugheed, | Bob Bell, B. D. Castle, Bert Mc- Kay, Joe Johson. , From Ketchikan: Harry Race. To Sitka: H. G. Rimmer, Mrs. M. Workman, Davis Vecker. To Angoon: Mr. and Mrs. C. Ben- nett, Gertrude Frank, George Johnson. To Hoonah: Sarah Scharlane, D. Dalton, Art Andrews. ‘To Tenakee: Al Siyal, R. Acker- vick, Charles Zimmer, Mr. and Mrs, George Murphy. To Tulsequah: Mr. Burnett, Ann Burnett, Bill Burnett, Roger Gue- nars, Kenneth Roach, L. T. Trem- biay, A. Marycz, John Chamlak. To Petersburg: R.-A. Craig, G. T. Levison, C. A, Bower, Rev. Ode- gard, Mr. and Mrs. R. Luth- ero. SICKS’ SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO., SEATTLE, U.S. & Distributed throughout Alaska by OPOM COMPANY Pl LS WANT ADS BRING RESULTS! Yours with the General Electric Avtomatic Enjoy the best in sleeping comfort. Buy a General Electric Automatic Blanket, and discover a new world of ‘cozy sleepi warmth, automatically maintained —night after night—at the justright temperature you personally select. ~ + There’s a G-E Automatic Blanket for the bed you sleep in. Choose from three models snd four lovely colors. Don’t wait! Make sure that this winter you'll sleep undisturbed . . . no more shiver- ing nights . . . no more piling on extra blankets, during all the normal changes in room temperature. 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Attending the bride, Mrs. Robert beige bodice and darker-toned skirt, and carried baby chrysanthemums in a golden tone. Mr. C. W. Steven- son attended Mr. Graham. Mrs. McKechnie, the brides mother, wore a long gown of soft leaf-green, and her flowers were miniature yellow chrysanthemums. For the wedding reception, the beautifully appointed table was cen- tered by the tride’s cake, flanked by autumn flowers and high tapers. In the group of cldse family friends assisting were Mrs. C. W. Stevenson, Mrs. Alcert Carlson, Mrs. Elmer Friend, Mrs. E. J. White and Mrs. Dean Williams. The new home will be made in the 20th Century Apartments. is the daughter of a pioneer Dou las and Juneau family. She is sec tary to the Deputy Collector charge of the First Division, reau of Internal Revenue. Mr. Graham first came to Ju- neau in the summer of 1942 and has returned for the last several seasons. He is a halibut fisherman, going out on the Gordon D, owned by Olaf Aase. This winter, be is employed by Walter Stutte, contractor. It made the newlyweds particu- larly happy to telephone the bride- groom’s mother, in M nnesota, after the ceremony. e — INTERNATIONAL NEWS BREVITIES (By The Associated Press) German Communists announced they will set up a separate city gov- ernment for all Berlin after next Sunday’s elections in the western zones. Juan A. Bramuglia of Ar- gentina still trieq for a way to solve the blockade crisis in the United Nations. n Bu- The U. S. and Britain joined Rus- sia in supporting a Polish and Rus- sian resolution on ordering the withdrawal of foreign troops from Palestine. Egypt contended the troops of the Arab countries now in Palestine “are the least foreign of all” and that Israel's army is manned by “hordes coming from Central Europe.” Britain said she would noét veto Isracl's application for U. N. mem- U. N. officials said the ' Arabs and Jews are making fine progress in talks about a cease-fire agreement for the' Jerusalem area. i Former Japanese Premier Hito- shi Ashida is confronted today with bribe-taking charges. : Premier Sophoulis, 88, of Greece, |has rallied from two severe heart attacks and his condition was term- ed good. Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, head of ihe U, 8. Military Mission. to Greece, said the Greek Army is unable to keep Cocmmunist guerrilie forces from- invading Grecce from ‘Yugoslavia, Albania and Bulgaria— Communist states to the n i Ceremony af Home| . | half a hundred gave his| in candlelighf as Mr. Ralph E. Gra-| nam, son of Mrs. Alice Graham of pastor of the ture of delicate blonde teauty in of great benefi to road her gown of soft gray taifeta, made ? The bride, born and reared here, bership, expected during the day. P U P — Ben, English bull pup, get Frost, Roxbury, Mass., after losing his tonsils at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston. M. . EDMUNDS, - ARC "VETERAN," 10 RETIRE SOON Wellknown Road Superin- tendent Plans fo Stay marriage Saturday evening in the X iamily rome. | On in Anchorage Autumn_flowers glowed in solt} TR With the regret and the good wishes of the Alaska Road Com- Fairibault, Minn., took the young mMission staff, M. C. Eimunds, A. Juneau woman as his bride. The R. C. superintender! at hors couple repeated their vows to the Since 1925, plans to re early next year. His services for 30 years have been ‘“unusually meritorious, and construc- tion in the Territory," said Col. John R. Noyes, Alaska Road Commission- er, tod. Edmunds was superintendent Anchorage duriny the coustruction of the important Glenn Highway, and thrgughout the development Davlin wore a formal frock with a ©f i€ farm road system arcund An- | chorage, as well as for rozd-building on the Kenai Peninsula. Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds plan to 'continue living in Anchorage which @lso is the home of a son and mar- ried daughter. A second daugh is studying medicine in Philadel- phia, | e o - ALASKA RAIROAD EARGE IS fOTALLOSS WITH ENTIRE CARGO ANCHORAGE, Nov. 20. —Heavy €45 broke the huil of the ARR rg 73% in Fern Harbor Wednes- day, Walter L. Marti, concultant, reported from Port Fred- erick in a telegram received here Saturday. | The barge and cargo of 2,203 tons ' is celled a “total loss” by Col. J. P. Johnson, Alaska Railroad General Manager Curgo was valued at close, to three quarters of a m!llion L|ul-i lars Martigroni, the West Coast’s ace marine salvage man, found the No.| 1 bold with bow completely sub-| merged. “The remaining hull from | No. 1 aft floated further inshore| with the after end afioat on the| starhoard side,” he said. The house | over the Nos. 1, 2, and 3 holds had Leen washed away in a strong| southeastern wind and the remain- der was quickly breaking up under| the impaci of wind and water. ! Martignoni said almost all the deck, cargo had been washed overboard and the under deck cargo damaged by submergence in water. “Insuf- ficient values remain in the hull and cargo on board or washed ashore on the rocky beach to warrant further salvage noerations,” Martignoni stat- ed, as he abandoned the work. Another storm was brewing the urge" he said. Martignoni, who directed the sal- vage cperations which recovered a $3,500,000 cargo of salmon from the “Diamond Knot,” said he would try to interest Southeast small Loat owners in recovering cargo washed ashore or perhaps left on board when the weather got better. He sald ‘he would put the propo$ition on a “no cure no pay” basis, ap- parently meaning they’d get paid for what they retrieved. — <o ——— at 1, HALF MILLION !N ROAD EQUIPMENT | CRDERED FOR ARC Placing the order months earlier | thar is customary, Col. John R.| Noyes, Alaska Road Commiss oner, and A. F. Ghiglione, construction chief, have sent requisitions to the Bureau of Federal Supply for ap-| proximately $1,500,000 in modern types of road-building equipment, For use all over the Territory, the! lari tractors, graders, shovels, cranes, serapers and heavy trucks are expected to arrive and be ready for uge early in the spring, at PAGE FIVE | 'LES MESERABLES' GROSS TS0 cewrum NOW ON SCREEN RITE XG4 A da One of akl to the D triump retur 20th Century The F Zanuck’s ement ryl M a retu wi March March e nd w 0, € en upon hi himself hunted and hound inister police detective Laughton, in the it g Ja- he met in arry 1ees in featured Pienv i ia thy from mistress, Virgin s sympal rora helle Hu as Vallean's ward, and John Beal, 5 ber lover, provide romantic in- DiMANDS REV!EW <t to the film's powerful dra- ic action o e ELECTION EALLOT S , AID IS ON WAY 10 IN THREE STATES geacyen chiLhooT, § MclIntyre Fairies, California Repub- | Aid was on the OLestAWsk comb Bropght-Baek Fram ihe lican National Committeeman, stat- ! v ed GOP Chairman Hugh Scott has| demanded a review of Presidential i, y today to Election tallot in Ohio, Illinois and | {Wo craft in trouble near Haines California, Fairfes said review would | following extreme storm conditions be made in those states to determ- )™ A % CENTURY-FOX, Hall o Famouy: Tl Lynn ine “if results were in accord with, Ccast Guard Patrol boat 83-524 the vote rroceeded to the assistance of the - -F, In all three st Presidential | P’re 'n-n:.’,?.r ..:‘ mission ‘b-‘m A]f’ ..JXPIESS baliot was relatively close and elec- F ton Hall and the Fort Chil- | tora vote of any two could reverse, kool car ferry, Chilkoot | v natonal results. Fairies said there, The Princeton Hall called in for| N’ F W g is no charge of fraud but “since|aid Thursday after being unable to | 1 E there have Leen some rather large|Mmake | it Haines, The boat was | m errors” the review is being sought|anchored in Lutak Inlet in need of [ = e s i to determine the possible need of a|fuel and supplics. The Chilkoot re-| Siheep may die from a disease recount, | portedly went aground on the Kat- | akin to pneumonia if exposed to e | zehin River flats across from| cloudy or rainy weather for sev- Haines Thursda evening arkurj I days after being shorn A“. &'IA pA Ti eaving Juncau at midnight last| — ] | Wednesday | —— BRAF!EB,HANDED [ MARSH IN WASH., D.C. A F Ralph E. Marsh, U, 8. Geologi- al Survey District Engineer, is on | - a twe-month trip to Washingten, | The D. C. for conferences. He will also | A British government source said spend some time at Bismarck, N he Western European Alliance has D., bef returning to his post | sented the U draft of here sho after the first of the| a proposed defense agreement with | year. 10 U. 5., CANADA (By sclated Press) the U. S and Canada.'Tt Is ex-| gt iy | ed to be for 50 years and to ANB AND AN 1 vide for mutual assistance, but Maeting tonight 7:30, Delegation definite committal to go to reports from convention be made. in case of aftack. 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