The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1949, Page 6

PAGE SIX ~"™ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 4 1949 APPRENTICE | TRAINING IS SCRUTINIZED One) (Continued from =Page ntaary vocational training said he would like pprenticeship pro- alled in lieu of vocation- program. e the gram inst al trainin, Twvo bills and introduced in the ate thi ing. S.B. 28, by the Committee on Education by request of the Board 0/ Luucation, provides for the es-| taklish ment of independent school| districts outside of incorporated | towns 8.B. 29, by the Committee on Edu- cation and Public Health by re- quest of the Board of Health, would transfer the vital statistics records from the Auditor’s Office to the Health Department and create a Bureau of Vital Statistics within the latter. S.J.M. 16, by Senator Lyng, re- quests an appropriation by Congress for construction of sea wall at Nome. | The Senate recessed at noon and | was to reconvene at 2 pm. a memorial were morn- MOST OF JUNEAU T0 TAKE HOLIDAY Tomorrow’s observance of Wash- ington’s Birthday will be a gen- eral one in Juneau. Banks, business firms and stores all Federal and Territorial depart- ments, and the Territorial Museum. Toe postoffice will also be closed. Both Senate and House will take the da: off and students of the publiz sclool ill also have a one- day vecation. : the predatory INCREASE PLANNED FOR PROGRAM OF PREDATOR CONTROL While much of the ‘first appro- riation for prndatory control, last , had to be spent for equip- automobiles, airplanes and yes ment, | such, much more of this year's $100,~ | tained, but only the simplest clas C00 now can go into operations, ac- cording to Maurice W. Kelly. With headquarters at Anchorage, Kelly is district agent in charge of and rodent control progrem for the Territory. He is mecting with W. A. (Bud) Elkins, Fish and Wildlife Service Management supervisor, Urban «Pete) Nelson, Federal Aid project leadcr, and agents Irum all over Alaska. Meeting here on the predatory control problem are Hosea Sarber of Peters:urg, who is in charge for Southeast Alaska; Frank Glaser of Fairbanks, who has that area and the Yukon; and Robert Scott, of Anchorage, who covers the Anchor- age district and the Alaska Penin- sula. “We hope to open up three new suk-district offices,” said Kelly. ‘They are in the planning stage now, but will be located at Me- Grath, Anchorage, and Nome or Kotzebue.' We also plan to station a hunter at Palmer “They will be in charge of actual control operations, and will give in- formation such as how to take wolves, and other help to trappers. “The program is largely one for the protection of game animals, sich as AN.S. reindeer herds, as 1t Kotzebue.” One entire species, Grant's cari- bov, is in danger of beinz elimi- nated on the Alaska Peninsula, | will be closed as will city offices, Where there is the greatest preda-| tory problem. Where formerly there were many thousands, now there re an estimated 2,000. Caribou in the Cold Bay region are believed to be down more than | 90 percent from last year. “Our policy,” said Kelly, “is one But there will be no holiday in ©f control, not extermination. Lask-tball--instead, a double sched- ule will of cour: the Gold namen Medal Basketball Tour- WOMEN VOTERS CHANGE MEETING 10 WEDNESDAY Due to the holiday tomorrow, the Juneau Provisiona] League of Wom- en Voters will hold its luncheon meeting at the Baranof Hotel on Wednesday Mayor Waino Hendrickson will speak on the financing of city gov ernment. ¢ Members will bring in the an- swers to questions given out at the last meeting. | | R i Communists Claim fi Prolestants Confess, ! Espionage_ ’(harges (By The Ascociated Press) | The Communist dominated press | of Bulgaria published today a pur- ported confession of the third of 15 | Protestant church leaders going on | trial Friday on charges of treason.( espionage and illegal money deal- ings. All three, according to the pub- lished accounts, admitted ~working with American and British espicn- age groups in Bulgaria. FiVE COAST TEAMS START TRAINING LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21—®— Five Pacific Coast League baseball clubs open spring training today. ‘They are: ( | Hollywood at San Fernando; San Diego at Ontario; Portland at River-, side; Seattle at Wilmington and Sac- ramento at Anaheim. - CREATIVE WRITERS MEET The Creative Writers Club will meet at 7:30 o'clock this evening in the home of Mrs. Julia Heine- man at 326 Second Avenue. UTECHT and MAY REFUSE to SWITCH ! LEONARD C. UTECHT, biong theater manager, of 1143 No. Keeler *hicago, five years ago.““Iwon't switch | again,” he says. “Calvert alwa PAUL E. MAY, insur- ance underwriter, of 120 E. 39th St., New York City, is another who has stayedwith Calvert for years. “I've found I can count on Calvert,” he “for qualicy!” ' { CALVERT RESERVE Blended Whiskey 86,8 Proof-65% Grain Neutral Spirits, Calvert Distillern Corp., New York City “In our research, we try in every “We are trying to give each area careful attention.” . >————— 'Esther Hopkins io Be Wedded, Seatlle Feb. 21 —P—Applica- licenses filed SEATTLE, tions for marriage here today included: George R. Usry, 25, Seattle; Esther Hopkins, 22, Juneau, Alaska. ANS MAN RETURNS . FROM WASHINGTON Charles Mountjoy, Director of Native Resources, ANS, returned by PAA yesterday from a three- week trip to Washington, D. C, where he attended a conference. He also stopped off in Seattle to meet with the Alaska Native In- dustries cooperative assoclation on ANS business. - CATHOLIC INQUIRY CLASS TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS Each Tuesday and Thursday eve- ning at 8 o'clock there will Ix* a Catholic Inquiry class held In the 8th grade classroom of the Catholic School at Fifth and Har- Underfakers 2 PER CENT- ~ Goon Strike, CITIES SALES - TAXBILL I (Coutinued *inm Paye Cne) PARIS, Feb. 21.—#-—Undertak-| ers all over France went on strike today, except in Paris. Emergency services { were main-| of funeral was performed by pri-| vate undertakers. About 8,500 em-|was put in by the famous 1947 ployees were affected outside the islature as an anti-Democratic capital, where the city government law." has a monoply on burials. Munici- Egan also argued that the 1946 pal service in other cities also con- | referendum was primarily an ex- tinued to function. I§ sion of protest against party - e Norway Turns Down Russian Threais; To | Join Aflanfic Pact | ' (By The Associated Press) Norway has decideg to brave | Russian displeasure and cast her llot with the West by joining the | North Atlantic defense taiks. | | Despite Soviet warnings, the ?fi:‘k;:_th‘:‘::np"gfei;‘:s ;;';:;vfi‘rnvomhle spot on the bal_lot. He iloreirn minister Halvard M. nge“a!sa objected to a provision that [ miie Woke, a6 s Pacty, meeting i Y voter would have to swear to le- 229 to 33, but the opposition yester- | s::icr:h;ie?zi;nw:i: n:'o:lengt ’;lfctll"‘c" ;l:ovudeclded to make the vote unani- [ the ‘Dl' _H;L‘ W R an s B | Observers s#id it was only a ques- tion of time before Norway joined J | alliance talks in Washington. v E R D I (I ‘Candy Will Be D:ralloned for INCAAWAY DEATH | | B'I“shl Apt“ 2‘ !testimony and viewing the body of LONDON, Feb, 21.—(#—Food min- | Felipe (Felix) Caaway, a jury of ister John Strachey announced in|six men today returned the verdict the House of Commons today that the Filipino dishwasher came to | 411 candy will be derationed on April | his death February 17 by a pun- 124, The current . candy ration|shol wound in tie head, not seli- | amounts to four ounces a week. Can- i inflicted. |dy has teen on ration in England | U. S. Coro: since July, 1942. Trade sources esti- |sided at thousands, stayed away from the polls on primary day because they didn’t want to declare party affil- iation in order to vote. Rep. Frank G. Johnson, Kake Republican, spoke against the bill ‘n its present form. He also said maintenance of the two-party system is essential, but said: “If we are going to revise the law to protect the two-party system, let's do it right.” He contended that one deficiency of the hill was that it didn’t provide for rotating the political parties to the most inquest at © played. The Gig event, Way to avoid dangers, and the use mated the aversge weekly increase 2 o'clock ir will be the six games in ©f lethal kait is carefully controlled. |would be only about half an ounce | s‘oner’s Court. Joscph H. .Hlmt:r, Thomas P. Smith, n, William Biggs adlier. S. Attorney Stanley " | Jurors were {John J. Far 1 Georze Jorgen | per person. e 'VANCOUVER IS HIT | . T | Ass \ Bv 'wo B'G BLAZESiBa:km called a number of wit- | Vb 4 I nesses to testify regarding the kill- | ng, for which Esteban (Steve) Cruz in Pederal jail on a e murder. Cruz VANCOUVER, ». C, Feb 21— | (M—Two weekend fires caused dam- | age estimated today -at $550,000. Airline travel was disrupted Saturday night by a blaze which John Homme of the Ju- destroyed a two-story building and | ;6. polics Department; Dr. Wil- control tower at’ the Sea Island | . b Blanton, Deputy U. S. Mar- Airport, seven miles {rom tOWN. |0 wojter Hellan and William Loss was set at $150,000. The field | g ooy, serves Trans Canada, Canadian R Paciiic and United Airlines. | A simultaneous fire in a six- story downtown warehouse result- ed in an estimate loss of $400,000. Canned goods and furniture were stored in the building. Low water pressure I sirects hindered firemen. | ————————— | WILLIAMS TO WRANGELL Secretary of Alaska Lew M. Williams went to Wrangell yester- terday, planning to return tomor- row afternoon. ————— CITY FLOAT TIEUPS is reing he charge of [ onfessed to oting. persons appeared before - e 'Elsie Schombel, DonPeguesPlan Marriage Mai. 2 With plans for a quiet marriage March 2, Elsie Flora Schombel and Donald Faley Pegues applied for a marriage ucense today. Both are well known in Juneau, where the new home will be made. The bride-elect, who is in the ad- and icy declaration, and said hundreds, or | CLOUSEFAMILY |JUNEAU SKIERS | IS IN ACCIDENT | TO COMPETE AT NEAR AMARILLO| ANCHORAGE MEET —_— Three Juneau skiers will be on} their way this week to compete in| four-way ski competition at Anch«’ orage as a result of the Juneau ski! Club’'s highly successful Monte! Carlo party held Saturday night at/ the Salmon Creek Country Cluz. | Lief Torkelson, Juneau's four-way entry into Fur Rendezvous week sk! in underpass, Clouse swerved thejcompetition at Anchorage, left this car to miss a concrete studding. The ! afternoon aboard PNA to be on ar skidded on the icy road and hit |hand to enter cross country races a bankhead. ‘Thursday. | Whue Clouse and Roy were un-{ Dean Williams and Bonnie Ran- injured, Mrs. Clouse was thrown (dall will leave tomorrow -or Wednes- through the windshield and serious- |day to enter class-A competition in |1y hurt. She was taken to an Ama-;downhill and slalom races. rillo hospital by a passing motorist.] Torkelson, young skier who now She suffered cuts and bruises about jcalls Pelican home, but less recent- | the face and legs. Twenty-Tour|ly came from Norway, will be try- stitches had to be taken in her left, ng for the high-point record in alt cheek, chin and upper lip. A lrnntlfour types of ski competition, cross tooth wasgbroken and she sprained ; country, down hill, slalom and jump- an ankle ing. He has just returned from the Later, the Clouses learned that]|West Coast where he spent the past three persons had been killed the month jumping in stateside meets. previous week at the same spot, and| Dean Willlams will attempt to the doctor told Mrs. Clouse it was a }make it second year in a row for wonder she was alive. Itop spot in slalom competition. He Clouse formerly was Juneap cmex;mok champ honors last season in | i Juneau friends will be sorry to learn of the serious accident which happzned to Mr. and Mrs. Milo Clouse and their son, Roy, enroute to Seattle. A leiier to Mrs. ves the details. On February 6, near Amarillo ex., while making a curve before Dolan Dubinick at Senutor and Mrs. John Butro- vich, Jr.,, were honored at a dinner |last evening for which Mr."and Mrs. Albert E. Goetz entertained in their Douglas home. Mrs. Butrovich arrived Saturday \from Fairbanks to spend several !weeks in Juneau with her husband ang visiting friends on the Chan- nel. €he is the former Grace Meg- !gitt of Douglas and Juneau. Other guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. Spain, Mrs. Gertrude Boggan land her daughter, Karen: Mr. and Mrs. William R. Weir and son, Bill, In Douglas Home | Goetz were Mr. and Mrs. Will'am | ,7nd Bill Goetz. of police. slalom races toth at Anchorage and Messages will reach the family if { Juneau meets. addressed to 0200 E Marginal Way,) Bonnie Randall. Juneau ki Club Seattle, Wash. member who learned her skiing on - T <At o7 pui. Douglas slopes, will represent Ju- ‘neau in the women'’s divisions for BB IOURNAME"T i the second season. Moce than 400 persons were on L) Ihnnd during the evening at the Ski (oA(HES' MGNS. ! Club’s Monte Carlo party Saturday night. ARE lloNs GUESTS The ki Club expresses a cordial thanks for the hearty cooperation — {of individuals,: organizations and ions had cniy one thought n | the press who contributed to the thoir minds today at their weekly |spirit of the ocecasion, according to noon luncheon meeting—the Gold |Jan Hodgman, club secretary. \iedal Basketball Tournament. As | ———— nsors for the event which gezs} : tonight Lions wound up e measgemencs o e | BUTTOViChS Are ng in the Baranof. t caches and managers of cage H d 1P y 2ams competing in the tourney onore a ar‘ nd judges w cial guests of he Iions. Harry Sperling intro- ced the guests and gave a ind up of plans for the week- ionz basketball meets. Sperling called on Al Lawrence, coach for the visiting Mt. Edgecumbe grads, to say a few words. Special guests included tourney judees Stan Grummett and J. C. Ryan, Charles Buchert and Alex F. Guthrie of Metlakatla; Gordon ascn of Wrangell; Erling W. Nichelson of Petersburg; James Thomas of Kake; John Hope of | ka; Leo R. Albecker and Jack David of Haines. New Lions initiated into the club by President George Danner were Marc Boles, Pete Hanson and Carl iuscher, | Danner announced a board of directors meeting for Wednesday | noon in the Baranof Coffee Shop. Guests other than basketball | tourney men included Lars Lar- son, M. Glover .of Portland, Vic! Hill of White Mountain and B | Pelers of Mt. Edgecumbe. et W. 5. PULLENS RETURN | FROM TRIP T0 SIATESE Mr. and Mrs. W. S, Pullen returned { " MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, | Thomas F. Rudniph, will poral Bishop's test man. A reception will follow at the ,home of the bride-elect’s mother, Mrs.:Kathleen Andrews. Mis; Andrews is a communica- tions operator on the Juneau A.C.S. staff, where her fiance is a teletype | operator. At a formal wedding Friday eve- |, "mne pride-elect is the daughter of ning, Miss Patricia Andrews of 'nyo Andrews and Mr. Walter An- Douglas will become the bride of grews. Gpl. Elbert (Ross) Bishop. | Corporal Bishop's parents are the The 8 o'clock ceremony Will be in |, ecent Mrs. Hazel Burke of Detroit, Douglas Catholic Church,, the pn4 My E. E. Bishop of Mission, Tev. Alfred T. Brady, SJ., offi- qey ciating. | [ Miss Phyllis Andrews will be her Scme peaks of the Andes are more r and M. Sgt. than 20,000 feet high. be Cor- Pat Andrews and Ross Bishop fo ~ Wed Friday Night% NOW— FLY PAN AMERICAN ™ to all the Pacific ' via SEATTLE PORTLAND AN FRANCISCC O LOS ANGELES D NEW ZEALANOD @ This new Flying Clipper route gives Alaska direct one-carrier service to Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Orient . . . and on around the world. Two flights weekly via Portland and Seattle. 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Ex- AMERIGANS Tying up at the city float Sun- day were the following boats: Patricia Mae of Sitka skippered by John Young; Baracuda, Iibby No. 1, Patricia, Lone, Fisherman of Hoonah, T#go of Ketchikan, Sea Ranger of Sitka skippered by Will- iam Walton. - e NO IOOF MEETING There will be. no meeting Tues- day night of the Silver Bow Basin lodge of Odd Fellows as the day is a public holiday, according to announcement made this after- noon. ris. The classes will be Leld for a period of about ten weeks. e PUCKETT GOES HOME Lowell M. Puckett, regional ad- ministrator, Bureau of Land Man- agement, returned to Anchorage Saturday, after attending sessions of the Alaska Field Committee here. Sl 28 L R BACK FROM KETCHIKAN S e e CHAPELADIES MEET TOMORROW EVENING Chapeladies will meet tomorrow Frank A. Metcalf, Alaska High- way Engineer, has returned from a week in Ketchikan where he went to check up on requirements for boat harbors and anticipated roads in that area. CDA MEETING TUESDAY There will be a meeting of the CDA tomorrow evening at 8!iun to Coast Guard light stations o'clock in the Parish Hall accord- |at Pt. Retreat, Cape Spencer and ng to announcement made today. Sentinel Island. of Mrs. Fred Telecky. ——.————— sesgzesiassseer ) i v H //&PERT \KURIITURE REBATR and AIe DR ERSTIN Our Experienced ~_ Services 3 Q( ...are yours at “worth your-money” prices. So send sagging, worn pieces to our reliable workshop! Special Group of TAPESTRY FABRICS Re-Upholstering of Davenport (Average Size) . . $80.00 Chair (Plain Style) . . .. 45.00 . Others from $67.50 and $37.50 Jumneau Upholstery Co. 122 Second Street — Phone 36 HAROLD and WARREN HOUSTON, s=ssssssssasss: sssssessEzTssEETresisiiFiTSiEsIEsEERE: evening at 7:30 o’clock at the home | CGC Storis tled up in port Sun- | day night after a two-day supply | vertising. department of The Alaska Sunday Press, is formerly of Haines. Her fiance, now airline traffic representative here with Pan Amer- ican World Airways, is the son of Mrs. Dorothy Pegues, editor and manager of the Press. — .- BANFIELD RETURNS Attorney Norman Banfield has returned to Juneau after weeks spent in. the states. —— . — EASTERN STAR Friendship Night Tuesday, Febru- iary 22, 8 o’clock. All visiting mem- oers -on Channel invited. Bring es- corts for Washington Birthday par- ty fellowing meeting. 24 2t ALICE BROWN, Sec'y . several | atoard the Princess Norah from a | three-month stay in the States spent in Denver, Colo., California, Ore;on and Washington. While in the South the Pullens usited their daughter's family, Mr. ,and Mrs. Emerson E. Ellett, and three children, and their son’s fam- ily, Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Pullen, Jr, and one son, all of Denver. Leaving here December 1, Mr. and' Mrs. Pullen spent the Christmas | season ‘with their children in Den- ver, then spent several weeks in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Port- land and Seattle. LI A R o Peru's estimated 482258 square miles of territory lie wholly within the tropics. TRAVEL AND SHIP VIA THE ALASKA LINE PASSENGERS, FREIGHT, MAIL AND EXPRESS FOR RESERVATIONS OR INFORMATION (onfact ALASKA STEAMSHIP (OMPANY Phone 2 H. E. GREEN Agent S. S. S. Seruug AU Alaska SCHEDULED JUNEAU ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES Northbound BARANOF ..Feb. 22 S. ALASKA... March 1 Southbound S. ALASKA .._Feb. 21 S. BARANOF . Feb. 28 ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY treme lines, uncomfortable seats and cramped interiors have no place in Dodge thinking. Army statistics revealed that the G.I’s of World War II averaged 115" taller than the Doughboys of World War I. The same statistics showed they were also heavier and more active. DODGE SAID “NO” TO THIS repairing dented exams revealed that our wartime generation wad more active. A car with more interior space—not less—is the goal Dodge engineers achieved. “BODY-CRAMPING ROOF LINES MUST GO,” said Dodgg! Anny.fihy!i;l‘:l igger, taller as DODGE STARTED WITH A SPACIOUS INTERIOR—an i e resc of the car around 11l Here i room 1 " roseh acosnd in" 03 plenty of room to let the b it Fox ) &‘M‘m :ouloefldl:. uman body take positions that are watwrel £ or torn fen: ders is sure to be costly when fenders are formed right into reac masses of sheet mecal, Now look below and see why Dodge owners don't have this worry. TIRING? YES| Doctors agree that people can't o for long periods sitting on their spines’ without becoming tircd, irritable. Dodge did something " about this, too! AH-H! RELAXING! Dodge “knee level” seats, shown above, put the eatire 'body is a matural Dosition + ., with Fall leg sup. port for restiul, all-day comfort. [ A “ ‘NECK- CRICKING’ ~ CONTOURS ARE ALREADY OLD-FASH| X says Dodge. 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