The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1949, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ey MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1949 TWO CRASH SURVIVORS IMPROVING ANCHORAGE, Alas Jan. 24— Improvement was shown today by both survivo! of an Alaska Air- lines e crash which four in he gen- of the two men was Let They are R. D. Land, pilot the ill-fated DC-3 which smashed into a Kenai Peninsula hillside, and Peter Poumirau, 35 of gan Fr co, a passenger. When they were brought here in a ski-equipped r plane, Land's | ccndition was desc as “lair and Poumrau's “criti Both had frozen feet and other injuries. to loosen his downward unable hung head Poumirau, safety belt, n the wreckage for 20 hours before rescuers reached the Land, scene. formerly of that the crash came htest warning a few minut the takeoff from Homer, about 150 miles southwe of Anchorage, the plane's desti- nation. “I just don’t know what hap- DON NEWMAN HERE T0 INSTALL RADAR ON ARMY EHGR. VESSEL Don Newman, Field Supervisor for the Radiomarine Corporation of , bhas arrived in Juneau to the installation of radar a number of Army Engineer vessels which will be brought here for this purpose. Newman is well known to a large num of Juneau residents, hav- ing travelled extensively through the Territory during the past several ye He expects to be in Juneau several weeks in connection with the radar installations being made by the Parscns Electric Company in co-op- eration with the personnel at the Engineers’ dock. TWO APPOINTMENTS, ROYAL ARCH MASONS Of general interest to all Roy Arch Masons throughout the Terr tory is the announcement that two members of the York Rite of An- chorage have been appointed by Earl E. Dusenberry, General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Des Moines, Iowa. Almer J. Peterson of Anchorage has been appointed Right Excellent Deputy General High Priest of the Southern Division of Alaska, con- sisting from Cordova and the First Division. Olai A. Olson, of Anchorage, has keen appointed to the same posi- tion for the Northern from Anchorage, Fairbanks, Nome and adjacent territory. equipment on Former Interior Secretary Harold Ickes proposed that income from federal tidelands oil be used to set up a gigantic trust fund for educa- tien. His proposal same in a speech at Milwaukee to the CIO United Auto Workers International Education Conference. MEETING The Ameri Visiting Vet TRAVEL AN THE ALASKA LINE PASSENGERS, FREIGHT, MAIL AND EXPRESS FOR RESERVATIONS OR INFORMATION Confact ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY Phone 2 H. E. GREEN Agent S. Seruing AU Alaska -|the Catholic Church of the Nativity. | Los Angeles, | 11 Division, ! g 2 at 8 o'Clock IN THE LEGION DUGOUT | CHESTER ZENGER, Post Commander JOHN PARMENTER, Adjutant JUNEAU .S. BARANOF _Jan. S.S. BARANOF _Jan. 30 ALASXA STEAMSHIP COMPANY 11 BOY SCOUTS ARE GUESTS, LIONS CLUB MEETING THIS NOON 0'Connell - Snyder ' Nuptials Are Held ; Saturday Afternoon The nuptials of Miss Ma Cath-| Guests at the Lions Club meeting jerine. O'Connell and Mr. sie E.|this noon were 11 members of the | Snyder, Jr. were solemnized on!newly-recrganized Boy Scout troop, |which the Lisns will sponsor. Dr. | J. O. Rude, member of the troop | The Robert L. Whelan, S.J.,|committee, told the members that jofficiated at the service Wedding it was his belief that the support of attendants were Mr. and Mrs. G. D.|koys and girls’ work was the high- | Jermain. est civic duty that service organiza- The bride, who is the daughter|tions would perform and that he of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Connell |hoped that all Lions would aid in f State College, Pennsylvania, ar-|the scout program.® |rived last week for her marriage to| The Rev. Walter A. Soboleff in- | Mr. Snyder, who is the son Mr. |troduced the following members Mrs. J. E. Snyder, , of |the troop: Frank Peratrovich, Wal- | Churchville, Virginia. 'ter Hayes, Ernest Ha, John Va- The bride chose a navy blue suit [valis, Frank Dennis, Ray Dennis Roy with matc! cessories for her |Wilson, John Wilson, Edward Fox, | wedding. She carried a white prayer |Altert Clark and Norman Clark. k, which was adorned with a Cyril Zuboff, Jr., is scoutmaster for white gardenia |the troop, which meets on Monday f Following the wedding, a reception evenings in the Memorial Church {was held at the home of Mr. and recreation hall. Mrs. Jermain in the Channel Apart-| On the Troop Committee are Fred ments. The reception tatle was cen-'Morgan, Fred Henning, Rev. Scbo- ered with a bouquet of daffodils|leff, and Dr. Rude. nd tulips which were flanked by, Harry Sperling, chairman of the white tapers. The three-tiered wed- Gold Medal Basketball Tourna- ding cake was topped by a minia- ment, announced that teams from ture bride and groom. Attending Metlakatla, Kake and Ketchikan the reception were members of the have already submitted entries for Bureau of Mines' staff and their|the tournament in which ten teams friends. Mr. |in Southeast Alaska will vie for | &nyder is drilling foreman for the top hono Trovhies will go on 1 Bureau |display this week and the tourna- | Following the reception, a small|ment committee will hold a meet- { wedding supper was held at Mike’s ing Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock Place in Do Members of the in Sperling's office in the Federal | Saturday afterncon at 3 o'clock in Rev f wives and a few ot S wedd'ng party attended the sup- Building. |per. The young couple will make Guests at today's meeting were their home in Val Poor's Apart- Representative Percy Ipalook of ments in Douglas. Nome, and W. E. Mitchell, member .o WILLIAM HAYNES DIES ON SATURDAY EVENING a pioneer resi- annel, passed i of the Seattle Lions Club. Welcomed back to the club was Carl Hardin, who has been con- structing medical staff living quar- (ters at Point Barrow for the Alas- ka Native Service. Hardin present- ed an impromptu talk on how to shoot walrus and polar bears. William Hayr dent of Gastineau C away in St. Ann’s pital on Sat-| = ==Z0o———— urday evening. He was 65 years| of age, was torn in Danville, Indi-| ana. Haynes opened a barber shop‘GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE i o o 5 e o vt 10 19TH LEGISLATURE WILL BE ON NETWORK followed his trade for many years. With him at the time of his pass- Governor Ernest Gruening will deliver his “State of the Terri- ( | { ing was his daugliter, Mrs. Ethlyn| tory” message to the Nineteenth Swartz of Wrangell. Legislature, assembled in joint ses- Funeral services will be held cn Wednesday morning at 8:25 o'clock sion of the House and Senate i the House Chambers, at 10:4 n the Catholic Church of the Na- o'clock tomorrow morning. tivity. Interment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Haynes retired as a barber several years ago. At one time, he The message will be broadcast was a troller and owned the trolling | over radio station KINY in Ju- neau and simultanegusly over sta- tions of the Alaska Broadcast Co., in Ketchikan, Anchorage and Fair- boat Little Giant. Besides his daughter, Mr. Haynes is survived by his sons, Lowell, who resides in Aberdeen, Wash, Nor- hbanks. man, of Mt. Vernon, Wash., and| TR0 5 St Howard, of Venita, Oregon. His SALESMAN HERE brother, Arthur, resides in Seattle.| Irl Thatcher, a salesman from e, | Ketchikan is registered at the Raranof Hotel. | RAINBOW GIRLS HAVE | INITIATION SATURDAY | | Last S reay evening four girls were initiated into the Order of Rainbow for Girls at the Scottish Rite Temple. The music sung by | | the Rainbow Choir during the ceremony greatly added to its beau- | ty, and the new officers sustain- | led this beauty in the manner in | which they exemplified this im- | pressive ritualistic work. Masons and Eastern Stars attending this | ceremony expressed their ciation of the new offic The initiatory Ly the usual business of the Order. TONIGHT can Legion| erans Invited | A c’flnfl& youroi' We make engine turn- over easy with lubrica- tion of the proper grade. D SHIP VIA ®c000cccccccscenceccncccncoce le check your carburotoygu The correct fuel mixture is a must for economical winter driving. You’ll know yours is right. SCHEDULED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ° . ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES Northbound 00000000 25 R. W. 115 Front Southbound DOUGLAS NEWS ON TRIP WITH ROBERTS Do you like to go places, meet nteresting people? Then go along on a trip that the Keith Roberts just returned from last weekend, (hat is, a week from yesterday. Leaving here Nov. 5, the couple egan a vacation from duties, on the Princess Louise, enroute to Se- attle. Of course, health came first, <0 clinical check-up were taken in Scattle and the green light was urned on for both. From thence by train to Spo- zane where they began their auto trip which took them nearly 6,000 miles, going first to Moscow, Idaho, hen to Golden, Colorado, where they spent 10 days getting ac- quainted with two grandsons, Da- vid Keith and Willlam M. Roberts, sons of Major David Roberts, eldest son of the Roberts. Both grandsons were born since the Roberts arriv- ed in Alaska. From Golden tney went to Coi- orado Springs, Salida, Colo., Albu- querque, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Leaving the car there, they tcok an American Airlines DC-6 to | Mexico City, and then to Taxco, noted for its silver smithing and mining and Spratling, its founder. ! At Taxco the Roberts, who be- came close friends with William | Spratling when he was connected with the Interior Department work in Alaska several years ago, were guests at his ranch, which is the work shop for the Mexican stu- dents in their silver designing, and which has become quite famous g the past few years. Here enjoyed a most delightful cli- mate with temperatures of over 90 degrees in the areas adjacent to mining properties, which Roberts | found interesting and quite active again. Heading back to the States, the | couple visited shortly at Douglas, Arizona, and then dropped in at the D-baC Ranch at Bonita, Ariz where they spent Christmas with the Dick Calkins of Buck Rogers fam, According to Keith, it was a “ rootin’-tootin’ Christmas. | At Palm Springs, two days were spent at the Smoke Tree Ranch with friends, then to Samn Francisco, | through the Redwoods, over the IGoldm Gate bridge and to Seattle where they first hit snow and icy roads, and then via CPR lines for home in Douglas. The trip has a happy ending, too, as they, as all good Alaskans | do, are glad to be home, wading in snow, slush, and enjoy the ener- ; getic if a little cool, breezes which the calm waters of G Channel, namely the good old Taku. Keith is back at work this morn- with a new position in the rior Department. - -eo BUY IN JUNEAU Mr. and Mrs., George Stragier and young son purchased a home | 1 Juneau on 10th and Gold Creek, | and moved therg during the week | They were former residents VEH unit here. Mr. and Douglas 'Wahto are moving 1o their vacated unit this week. Stragier is with the Alaska | Ceastal Airlines in Juneau. | across u W i f a PURCHASE PROPERTY Mr. and Mrs. Milford Marshall moved into their newly purchased home during the weekend. They | recently purchased the former Tom Rakich property on Third Avenue from the estate of the late Rakich. - R PRA MEN ON SURVEY 1 Chris Wyller, district engineer for the Public Roads Administra-| tion, plans to leave by first avail- able transportation for several points in Southeast Alaska. A crew of three men will accompany him for a survey at Petersburg, expected to take a week or ten! | days. Wyller will look over proposed construction sites for next year in !the Ketchikan and Wrangell ar-| eas, besides makinz a routine in-! spection. { — o Some gears used in industry are ! as large as 30 feet in diameter and four feet wide. | Making MONTANA the Wisconsin of the Wes! GOLD MEDAL BUT 92 score-the very hest butter oblainable! ALASKA 1 Your CarWilyl Start i Yo b w8 anphty vtz 1w/ € putzipin your battery We thoroughly check it, ge or replace it if necessary. antifreeze % I‘g;vc youtop e0eccccove You forget radiator trou- bles after we search for clogging, leaks and other troubles. LRy YY) You'll find our men know your car best . . . always with those better MoPar parts of the Chrysler Corporation cars. COWLING CO. Street Tune in“Hit The Jackpot”’ Every Week, All CBS Stations ecccecscsecccccsvoves - TER PORT CO. W check your ignition system s B GUEE. winier starting. 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During this period, Mr. Hebert . ., ...y eciected: He was assured expects to make calls at several ihay tne nomination had been prop- factories along the Pacific Coast,!o,v made and the nominations including those at Seattle, POrt- .oy and he was escorted to the land and San Francisco. chair by Senators Peratrovich, Ner- It is at the latter place where . ¢ 5 |land, Anderson and McCutcheon. there is. conducted the ' annuali "poyapndnt president. Engebreth the eagues that he has of no previous commitments and said |that he intends to make fair rul- ings from the chair. “If the mem- kers do not feel that my rulings are fair, I ask them not to hesitate to appeal them,” President Engetreth said. A motion by Senator McCutcheon that all officers and employees of the Senate during the special ses- sion be retained for the regular ses- sion was passed by unanimous con- sent. CHANGE ROLL CALL Senator Jones called attention to the roll call, which has not been lin alphabetical sequence as required jby Senate rules and was advised by the Secretary that the matter will be corrected. Division ez ucuses were held to se- ‘ect the memoership of the Commit- tee on Committees and three Demo- crats—Eenators Rivers, Lyng and MacKenzie—and one Republican, Senator Nerland, were named. The Senate then recessed until 2 pm to give the Committee on Commit- tees time to work. ] of the household wares and furni- ture industries. Sifka Girl Named | Queen of Festival TACOMA! ““jan, 24—(®—Mary Gropper, [18¥yéhf-old daughter of | Mark Giopber,” Tacoma, and a| former resident of Sitka, Alaska, has been named as Queen of the 1949 Puyallup Valley Daffodil Fes- tival, to be held April 4-10 in Ta- | coma, Puyallup and Sumner. The gark-haired, blue-eyed Queen is a senior at Puyallup High School. | - e Flexible Flier Sleds at Madsen’s. 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