The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 23, 1949, Page 5

- AU [FILM “CAPTAIN il { Wlfd(gm NIGHT 2o TOXIORROW COMMANDING THE STREEN ... with the power and passion of its te'ling! adl Parker “ Mérvyn Johns~ for the diseriminating moviegoer who hailed “GREAT EXPECTATIONS” “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN’ “SEVENTH VEIL” The thrills of water skiing 9 EXTRAS in “AQUA ZANIES” RO Robert Donat Feature Starts at b 9:57 () CARTOON EYES EXAMXN-J LENSES PRESCRIBED ER. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and Franklin PHONE 506 FOR AP; OINTMENTS Juneau RS TWO COMPLETE OVENS ... IN THIS NEW GENERAL ELECTRIC “PUSH-BUTTON" RANGE! Looking for complete cooking convenience? Stop right here. Because this wonderful, new G-E Automatic Range has it! Clips cooking time. Now you can prepare several oven dishes at once’. . . a roast in one spacious oven, baked biscuits in the other. Each oven warms, bakes, broils or roasts on ifs own. Automatic timer-controlled, Jor you can operate each oven separately—by hand. Just think—every- l&:g'l ready for eating at one time. Wonderful “push-button” panel, too... with *Tel-A-Cook” lights that show what hea is on each cooking unit. Unil you've actually tried this sensational, new way to “cook with your finger tips” you can’t really imAgine how perfectly ‘easy and simple cooking can be! GENERAL @ ELECTRIC SEE IT TODAY AT—- ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER CO. Cheerful Dispensers of Friendly Dependable 24-hour Electrical Service | BOYCOTT" NEW ! BILL, CAPITOL: Captain Boycott, the abusive and cruel Irish land agent whose evic- ions in County Mayo, Ireland, were csponsible for the coining of a new word in the English language, provides the subject for the motion victure “Captain Boycott,” which comes to the Capitol Theatre m-' night. | A Universal-International release the J. Arthur Rank presentat tars Kathleen Ryan and Stewart| Granger. i It is not generally known that the iginal Captain RBoycott spent a vear in the United States. This was after Boycott, serving a wealthyi and owner, the Earl of Erne, found | life impossible at Lough Mask, inl County Mayo. What actually happened was that even soldiers who went to protect him inst rebelling tenants found ! him intolerable after a few weeks with the farmers that a conspiracy was formed among some of them to murder Boycott. He heard some- thing of the plot and hurriedly es- caped in a donkey cart covered with sacks. > and were £o active in sympathizing | est enlisted grades to 49.58 per cent {for brigadier generals and officers 'CIVIL RIGHTS PLAN ™ MILITARY PAY BOOST REQUESTED WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—#— The Army treats its recruits bet- ter than it does its generals. That, at least, is the conclusion of Lawrence H. Whiting, member f a civilian ccmmission appointed to study military pay and pensions He told a House Armed Services bcommittee that the recruit is paid more than he could get in ilian life, but the general gets much less. ‘Whiting, a Chicago business man testified in suppor of a bill to raise pay an average of 14 per cent for the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines Coast Guard, Public Health Service and Geodetic Survey. The preposed increases range from 3.03 per cent for the low- of equivalent rank in the other ser- vices. Only the recruit, of Navy “boof the lowest enlisted rank, would get no increase. . The pay increases the commissicn | proposed would cost the govern- ment an estimated $400,000,000 next -eo — IN EXCHANGE FOR . TAFT-HARTLEY ACT! i | WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—#—! | Talk arose in the House of a pos- | {sible compromise which would scut- | tle most of President Truman's civ- | 1l rights program in return for re- | peal of about one-fourth of the While party leaders remained si- ent both Northern and Southern | LATE NEWS | pemocrats gave that version ot an 1 ¢is McNulty, 35. He died in a hos- | |agreement as tentatively accepted !pital an hour after being stnbbed‘ | by Dixie lawmakers, who held the ;'n the abdomen. balance of voting power in the | ! House. Under the Democratic agreement, only an anti-lynch bill would get | through the House. There would be ne action on President Truman's request for anti-poli tax and anti- ing beer with three other men. The In ex- | longshoreman, arrested and held Job discrimination measures. change the Southerners would vote ; without charge, ifor a Taft-Hartley repealer which |either man. actually would keep “about three-i fourths” of the law. | | Administration Democrats haveIpAA FlIGHT RE(ORD !made no secret of their concern | Gver the fate of new labor legisia- ; ton. “It’s going to be touch and go as 'it is,” one Democrat said. !\ . | DOUGLAS . NEWS b WEDDiNG FRIDAY Friday evening, Miss Noreen Pa- i fricia Andrews, will become the ‘ pride of Cpl. Ross Bishop, in a ceremcny at the Douglas Catholic | Church. The 8 o'clock ceremony will be conducted by the Rev. Al- fred T. Brady, S. J., after which a reception will be held at the Anarews’ home. All friends of the couple are invited to attend the !church ceremony and the recep- « tion. The young couple are both em- pployees of the Juneau ACS. 1 STAYING WITH SON Mrs. Henry Stragier was dismiss- ed from St. Ann’s Hospital this week and Is now resting at the Juneau home of her sen, George | Stragier and family. AT ST. ANN'S Billy Fleek was taken to St. Ann’s hospital in Juneau last week suf- tering from congested lungs and 2 j kidney ailment.. Billy, 14 years of fage, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Llroy Fleek. Reports from the 10spital are that he is quite ser- iously ill ) FEED DEER Troop No. 610, Douglas Boy Scouts, accompanied by Leader Hank O'Singa, Thomas Cashen and Joe Maker, spent part of the last weekend cutting trees on the beach beyond ‘ the Treadwell foundry, so ihe deer in that area would have mething for feeding. COMES HOM Glen Kirkham, Sr., returned home Saturday via PAA fromn an ex- ended visit in the States, where he visited with members of his ‘amily and friends. FOUR STITCHES Miss Danna Jean Poor received lip injury from a fall yesterday nd four stitches were required. QUIET HOLIDAY Washington’s birthday was ob- served/quietly yesterday Douglas, with the Gold Medal basketball series in Juneau being the attrac- tion for most residents, All'busi- nesses observed holiday hours. — - Ecuadorean hatmakers claim that a perfect Panama hat can be pull- ed through an ordinary finger: Iing without damaging it. | Taft-Hartley Bill. | Police held a 27-year-old longshore- LONGSHOREMAN IS HELD [N STABBING AFFRAY [N SEATTLE SEATTLE, Feb. 23.—(®—Two men were stabbed, one fatally, in Se- attle’s “Skidroad” district last night. man for questioning. Fatally injured was Henry Fran- The other man, Frank Lynch, 32, | also was stabbed in the abdomen. He was in a hospital today. Witnesses said the stabbings oc- curred outside a tavern, after Mc- Nulty and Lynch had been drink- denied stabbing g Al B EATTLE, FAIRBANKS /i§ REPORTED BROKEN i+ SEATTLE, Feb. 23—A—A Pan American Douglas DC-4 Clipper ilew ncn-stop from Seattle to Fair- banks, Alaska, in six hours, 18 minutes yesterday, shaving two hours off its scheduled time, & company official said today. Regional Operations Manager Emerson Bassett said the flight was a record for any scheduled DC-4 | trip northbound from Seattle to Fairbanks. Capt. James Steward, Seattle, was at the controls. i - i LEGION BUILDIN i COMMITTEE MEETS | FRIDAY EVENING | The building committee of Ju- 1eau Post No. 4, The American Le- zion, will hold an important meet- ng Friday evening at eight o'clock n the Dugout. Matters pertaining o the projection of plans for im- roved Legion facilities are to be aken under advisement, and com- nittee chairman, John Parmenter 128 announced that all members of | his committee are urged to be sresent. | | i | | STOCK QUOTATIONS WJEW YORK, Feb. 23.—(#—Clos- ng quotation of Alaska Juneau nine stock today is 3%, American Jan 88%, Anaconda 32%, Curtiss- WMright 9, International Harvester 34%, Kennecott 48'&, New York “entral 10, Northern Pacific 14%, J. 8. Steel 70 Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 770,000 shares, Averages today are as follows: ndustrials 173.24, rails 48.37, util- ties 34.65. e het: IelB ol AT S e, 'S ENGINEER TUG HERE FOR RADAR EQUIPMENT The LT-60 docked Monday morn- g at the U. S. Engineer dock or radar installation and voyage zir which will take approximate- | v two weeks to complete. Clittord 5. Bertiaux is master of the tug nd there are 14 in addition to him n the crew. - e, UNION PACIFIC MAIN LINE CLEARED IN WYO, Main lines of the Union Pacific Railroad, including those through the Wyoming storm area, have been entirely cleared and through freight and passenger train service between | the Pacific Coast and the East has been resumed, according to ad- | vices received by the Empire, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA (hinese Lawmakers Threaten Trouble (By The Associated Press) Strife continues in Chma. A} roup of Chinese lawmakers threat- ned tc unseat Premier Sun Fo be- wse he and his cabinet fled last 1onth to Canton. The legislators vant to look into financial deals. | No progress was in sight in the lseai”e carpen'er WinS cace sparring between the Chinese | ommu and the Nm.ionnnsc‘ orces they have beaten in battle. | he Communists moved nine min- stries to Peiping, their new capi- il in North China. PASSENGERS ABOARD PNA TUESDAY FLIGHTS Passengers aboard Pacific North- ™ Airlines plane yesterday in- cluded From Anchorage—W. C. Richy, Walter Walsh. To Ancherage—Sophie Sandvik, Willard Swanson, Dolly Krause, Dean Williams, Bonnie Randall and Nick Rausch. D 11 BO‘RD NORA SOUTHWARD BOUND Southbound " frem Skagway, the “rincess Norah docked here at 8 !o'clock this morning and sailed at 110:30 taking on 11 passengers. Em- barking for Seattle were Mr. and Mrs. J. Elford. To Vancouver—Mr. and Mrs. D. Prow, W. Batute, Mr. and Mrs. M. Villanueda and infant, and Mr, ind Mrs, F, Carrillo. To Prince Rupert: T. Geigonich, — .- ‘ROBERT I. MILLER DIES AT ST. ANN'S Robert I. Miller, 66, died at St. Ann's hospital yesterday evening jshortly before 6 o'clock. Miller, who had lived in Juneau for a nuinber of years, was the father of Niel Miller, formerly ot Douglas and pow of Ketchikan, Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced tomorrow by the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. - eeo MRS. MILLER WITH PRA Mrs. Inga Miller arrived on the Baranof from Washington, D. C., to take a position in the accounting department of the Public Roads Administrat.on. Three P.R.A. staff members were in Juneau for the duration of the Baranof’s stcp. They are E. A, Cowan, formerly of Denver, who is to be district construction engineer at Seward; R. M. Preshaw, from Ogden, Utah, and Virgil Cave, who has been in Central America and Washington, D. C. Preshaw and Cave will be resident engineers at Seward. L MRS. McCRARY LEAVES Mrs. Jessie McCrary, Alaska field representative of Sears Roebuck and Company, was a passenger of Alaska Coastal Airlines today, go- ing to Ketchikan. After two weeks there, Mrs. Mc- Crary plans a month in Seattle. v — Thomas Jefferson, in 1801, was the first President of the United States to be inaugurated in Wash- ington, D. C. 8 MINUTES GULPS 167 CLAMS IN F i A wSD_Eb‘ MEN and* WOMEN WITH WARM LIPS Second Annual Inter- o ‘ e nafional Contest SEATTLE, Feh. 23 I hectic minutes, Joe G | year-old carpenter, gulped | steamed little-neck clams to win the second annual international clam- eating contest last night. The contest was shortened two minutes because officials, underesti- mating the capacities of the com- petitors, failed to provide enou:n bival . Gagnon used to dig clams for a living in Warren, R. L. Di.k Taylor, Seattle boat-building superintendent, was second with 163 - >es - FLOODS RAGING, MANY SECTIONS IN WASHINGTON (By The Associated Press) Floods cut roads, forced several families from their homes and took at least one life in southeastern Washington yesterday. Another P man was missing. | s B Herman Garrett, 34, farm labor- | |13 pa«‘f‘%”" : -— er near Central Ferry on the Snake X River, drowned while attempting to | swim the river on his horse. An unidentitied oil-tanker driv- er was being sought between Pas- | | | with Joel McCREA Edward ARNOLD Andrea LEEDS rrnnces FARMER Unusual Uccupations © Flicizer Flashback co and Walla Walla. Officers said Air EXFTGSS NEWS g the driver, forced by high water to [ abandon his truck east of Pasco, | *=——-" oo attempted to wade through an in- | undated field to a house, and has not been seen since. ! The town of Lowden, 13 miles west of Walla Walla, was reported completely ;vacuuted wt;en tlood g l'x'f/‘d L. ‘xx;u'un is irnr he Const Grocery Co. during | waters struck yesterday afternoon. | St. Ann' ospital flom a serious | & L In Western Wnsmnzmn. trattic Lone operation performed S:\(uruny‘» n extended vacation of "m was rerouted on the Seattle-Everett morning by Dz, Phillip Moore and |E. C =lodge. Mrs. Walker, while highway when two feet of water Dr. C. C. Carter. Turpin will be | “P:cying her stay at Fairbanks, says | formed over a stretch of two blocks | hostitalized for several weeks. |she is exceedingly glad to be back | near Seattle’s north city limits. in Southeastern Alaska’s mountains. The State Patrol said all Cascade TR passes were closed. FLOM BITEA j The weather bureau forcast more Mis. Ernest Somers of Sitka is rain tonight, particularly in the 'at the Baranof. g west portion, with wet snow and tH some rains in the mountains. 4 P — ROAD EXPERTS T0 ANCHORAGE FOR ARC, PRA _— | Four experts on roads, concerned with two ‘separate projects, were aboard today's Pacific Northern flight to” Anchorage. For the Alaska Road Commission George M. Tapley, chief of the en- gineering division, and Walter Daub, chief of the division of contracts, }were going on matters concerning | the tank farm there. Harry P. Hart, Public Roads Ad- ministration construction engineer, | and John E. Haapala went regard-: 7 The Walkers fust recently re- | turned to Juneau from a four- | month stay at Fairbanks, where Mr. I Walker took over management ¢i | FRED TURPZ JLCUPERATES FROM OPER. 77ON; ST. ANN'S rating in During his recuperaticn his wife | nd son Billy Lee are making their | ] home with her parents, Mr. and ! Mrs. W. J. Walker. 1 Qil Burners leiephone-318 Nights-Red 730 Harri Vachine Shop. Inc. ELLES AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Petershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. s e | ing the Glenn Highway for which | Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P, M. | Haapala is in charge of construc- | FoR RESERYVATIONS PHONE 612 tion. 2D 0 Room at the Outside Dimen Garaging, Handling in Traffic. Army statistics revealed that the G.L's of World War II averaged 11" taller t istics showed they were also heavier and same statis more active. shown above, put the body i n @ natural position « . . with full R. 115 Front Street NEW DODGE BUILT FOR TODAY'S TALLER AMERICANS Entire Dodge Line Re-Styled to Provide More Head Room, DODGE “KNEE-LEVEL" SEATS, port for ort. Elbow Room, Leg Same Time Decreasing sions for Easier Parking, DOUGE STARTED WITH A SPACIOUS INTERICR—and practcaily built the rest of the car around it! Here is rcom to am m! in"— plenty of room to let the human body take positions that are natural and therefore comfurtable. han the Doughboys of World War 1. REP!ACEASLE FENDERS — Massive sheet metal fen ler sections have been avoided. Fender units are bolted on and, if necessary, can be quickly and casily seplaced at minimum inconvenience NEW GYRO-MATIC TRANSMISSION-—Virtually eliminating gear-shifting, has been added to the 5 PS well-known Dodge All'Fluid Drive, Gyro-Matic 1 transmission, option t extra cost. Other mechan- ot nd |c91 improy 1le more powerful engine with incre on ratio for faster acceler- ation, newly d ned ignition system {o ¢liminate interference with radio and television reception. COWWLING CO. Phone 37 W.