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WEDNESDAY, MARCH ' 30, 1949 RETURN FROM STATES | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA TWO ENGINEERS ARRIVE \ FOR ROAD COMMISSION Y;l K&! Elo ':l |I)I:'(4:“TIE Two engineers coming to be on - VERY BUSY SEASON PAGE SIX } ; | KEITHAHN SPEAKS TOUR OF ALASKA g e ON SEWARD'S LIFE | IN COLOR FILM FACTIONS IN ' 7o xiwaNs cu FOR SCHOLARSHIPS have just been delivered to Birch, Morrison-Knutson Company for | highway work out of Anchorage and | Fairbanks. It all means a lot of work in the Territory this summer, Lillie says. Yukon Equipment, Inc, Wwas CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burford re-|nppreciatmn for the beautiful tloral turned by Pan American Alrways1orler1ngs and the many acts cf yesterday following a several-week kindness and sympathy during th= business and vacation trip in the|time of the death and fureral c: States. our beloved Father anc Grand- T the staff of the Alaska Road Com- | ‘ | mission were among passengers ar- formerly the Lomen Equipment Co..’ - father, Parm T. Posey. 2 3 |riving on the Alaska. tut n interests have had| v Y] 2 ot 8 § | “Other great men are honorea| Juneauites will remember the| Guy E. Caster, ¢ | The summer; willibe :a iy one| i saaOmen Ve | PUHWINNRICECLER &t SKB| Mrs. Ruth Scott | S backy o < T6ks 1 be shiow Guy E. Carter, formerly of Mos 15 p St no financial or managerial c | SEN'S. 46 tf) Miss Ruth Posey 1t ‘nn .(hcn bir t)1dny§7WIlllanx? H. 51:‘- great Aa‘\‘ an‘ C(.) vor‘Vnnc(;) 510\\i cow, Idaho, will be supervising m‘»!,x‘\ Alaska it rom a ;:lo?s r'uc ;n nection with the company for ap- 3 bt ward, the anniversary of his great-|of the past two years conducted by | gineer assistant here to Walter H.| standpoint if the purchase in the proximately four years, according| o . —_ est act. Perhaps that is why the Parent-Teacher Association in| Baub, chief of the Contracts Divis- | Territory of new heavy equipment to Mr. Lillie SEATTLE, March 30 — (P — Seward’s Day speeches rarely deal|behalf of the PTA Scholarship |y, nis spring is any indication. While 1nAJuneau the company | > ‘ Spokesmen for waterfront employ-|with the man himself.” | Fund. | T. Hugl: Wilson, who comes from According to Don Lillie, Vice Vice President annz;unced plans for | e in | These highly successful programs| g, thworth, Wash., will be in Ju- president and Sales Manager oOf i agreed at a meeting' their relations are ‘an attitude different 1 in recent year a new building which will be com-| pleted in Fairbanks this year. | Mr. Lillle, now on a swing through the Territory, will make‘ € and labor Approaching his subject lhxs‘ manner, Edward L. Keithahn, Ter-|were fine entertainment for 8| neay only a few days before going | Yukon Equipment Company, his ritorial Museum curator, gave Ki-|worthy cause. This year, the same| i, Nome, where he will be locating | company is making delivery of 25 | wanis Club members an illuminat- | great program tigger and better|engineer. Allis-Chalmers HD-19 Tractors, the 3 largest and most powerful tractor oA 4 statement was made lbyin;glb(;ugyaplvhlcall sketch to( Sewa;d‘lhun (.‘derr“ndr more b‘l.?n‘e“’llintl’])y PRI~ 0 S i L ATAL Stea Fatinh another trip throughout Alaska | # Maitland Pennington, representa-)a oday's luncheon meeting in the|arrange or he public, wi e made, to the - ’ - tive of Pacific Coast Waterfront|Baranof Hotel Gold o | oncentrated into nearly 3000 feet (OUPI.E RHUR“ FROM son to be used at Anchorage and ',;z’:;;"“ew‘::‘ia‘ngf W::]]B;:Z?r S'Ifr — i p! L Emj nd was echoed by Louis One visualizeq the somewhat|of color movies, the best of 10 HAWA“A“ IS'.A"D Tpr on the Valdez highway. I?env_ery Yukon, ciginent, in Adchotege, AR A 2 \ Goldblatt, Secretary-Treasurer of |wistful red-haired youth who went | ycars experience by one of Juneau’s will be completed by June 1 in time and drive over the Territory's high- | I the International Longshoremen |overboard in debt to his tailor be-|best photographers, Trevor Davis.| ‘or summer construction work. way to Valdez, Tok and Fairbank | and Warehousemen's union (CIO).|cause he thought fellow-students| The program is called a “ClrclE! Eating breakfast in Honolulu just| Morrison-Knutson just took de- y S | The meeting at which they|laughed at his clothes; a young| Tour of Alaska.” 13 hours efter having dinner in Se- | ivery of its thira HD-19 for rail- o - voiced joint assurance of an in- lawyer who married the daughter| Starting at Skagway and going|attle, was one of a series of big b}/ e (S,- ABAHOrgo aiid| | ONGEHRRN BIRTHDAS NOW AND | terest in recuilding west coast ship-|of his Albany law partner, turned over the famous White Pass Routc“thrms for Mr. and Mrs. George| iis company is preparing to de-| A Surprise party in honor of Mrs pinz was one of a series on the (to politics angd served as state sena- | .0 Whitehorse the movie takes an|Marcum, who flew Pan American | iver a similar piece of equipment to Ernest Kohlhas was held Monday coast tor, governor and United States|interesting trip down the Yukon|Ajrways from Juneau to the Hawai- | Gib Martin, of Pedro Creek, out afternoon at the home of Mrs. Goldblatt said the groups had|senator before losing the Presiden-|nearly 1000 miles, a short stop at|ian Islanas to spend three weeks |of Fairbanks. Kenneth Millar@ with eight guestsJ ARE’ JMS’T explored “areas of mutual agree-|tial nomination to Abraham Lm-l.nmreslmg Circle Hot Sprmgs.‘m tropical sunshine. AU VRRBRAIL: oft aistebrusor agd present. The a{:erxxcoxx affair wahi £ g h o joi - S irt P rage | P 5 followed by a dinner party at the b ment” and had set up joint com- |coln. | Scenes of Fairbanks and Anchorage | From Honolulu, the couple took | .ojjer j5 being delivered to Lytle Fatih 4 MH’DOOE ) ittees for these objectives: Most revealing of all and, ac-|taken ten years ago will interest | tour of al! the islands in the group. | ,nq Greene Comipatly, for ths focal Millard home. i d- , ! Regeining business lost to west|cording to Keithahn, the under-|cld timers. There is an unusually|seeing the coffee, sugar and pinc- Iunefl.u-Alr;‘mrt palefg Job Scflwm_l:ms_;l MAD- coast ports during last fall's strike, [lying reason for the purchase of | fine visit to McKinley park with| apple plantations, the famous 500.- Two of Allis-Chalmers ¢ HD-19s | SEN'S, ¢ % 46 o 13 and promotion of new business to|Alaska was Seward’s “grandiose|perfect views of Denali, and the|000 acre cattle ranch, and the| Mt ...by Pan Am.flcgn C’lpper various species of big game found | island volcanoes. D i B give the Pacific ports a “fair|dreams of expansion.” i of- the nation’s maritime| “Seward,” said the speaker, “was | there, including grizzly bears, twin| They left here February 17 and N 2 & N recouping of army and navy |the most conspicuous advocate of|moose, calves, mountain sheep. returned by PAA yesterday after E L L l b A l R L l N E S shipping for private firms; mo- |territorial expansion we have ever Most interesting is a complete spending six weeks vacationing not dernizing and improving port facil- | seen.” pictorial description of the work of |only in the islands, but also at DAILY TIIPS J“"m To mcnlu“ Seward turned longing eyes to-|the big gold dredge operations | Pertland and Seattle. ward Canada and Central America,|around Fairbanks. | Mr. Marcum is manager of thl planning the eventual capitol of| A fine close up of Columbia|Case Lot Meat Market 1 the United States in Mexico. He|Glacier, an air trip over the world's| > i advocated annexing Greenland and |.argest glacier covering 1600 squart‘} 1 he Virgin Islands. | miles, aerial views of Mt. St. Elias landg Mt. Fairweather, close-up inti- ities and promotion of waterfront safety. via Petershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 ———et————— Oswalds Celebrate BURDICK TO S1TKA : Silver Anniversary The Silver Wedaing Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Oswald was celebrated March 14 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Westby in Seattle. Among the many guests that hon- ored the couple were: Olaf Mel- seth, Laura Aase, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rion, Mr. and Mrs. Olat Westby, Mr. and Mrs. Ben WestLy, Mrs. Andrew Hildre, Emma Shud- shift, Mr. and Mrs. William Karki, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kobbevik, B. Thorkildson, Toots Floberg, Anna Neilsen, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Oswold, Sivert E. Anderson, James T. Burnett, Magnus Hansen, Mr and Mrs. Al Orsen, Mr. and Mrs Larsen, Mr. and Mrs. Walluf Ras mussen, Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Swan- son, Mr. and Mrs. Henriksen, Miss Osdold, Tom Ness, Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Erling Onsien, “Sis” Mari- , Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Winther, Gudrun MacKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Ljunghammer, Mr, and Mrs. L. Oswold, Harley Osavld, Mr. and Mrs. Mintru Petirean, Don Twiet, Dorothy Kragh, Mr. and| Mrs. Ole Westby, Margret Fred- rickson. Mrs. Oswald returned to Juneau on the Baranof Sunday while Mr. Oswald arrived yesterday on his T He was ripe for the Russian o..er, | mate shots of bears on the fishing and quick to find surface reasons|;round, a very rare whale fight, an| (many since proved without value) | exploration of Glacier Bay, Tracy| for making the purchase. Arm, all will Keithahn quoted a numkter color Friday of evening, April 1 at Seward's predictions which have| hs High School Gym at 8 o'clock. seen realized, and closed his talk| Duyring a brief intermission an | with this quotation from a speech |offering will ke taken for the| in“1861:‘ 5 Scholarship fund. There will be no| Russia and the United States|,gmission charge for this excep- may remain good friends until, tionally fine selection of pictures, | each having made a circuit’ of half| ;; come early for a good seat.| the globe in opposite directions,| chjldren must be accompanied by | course. ve! ANS| r. a Mrs. Olaf Sven Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. O worth? they shall meet and greet each sother in regions where civilization iirst began and where, after so many ages, they become now le- thargic and helpless.” | Keithahn added, What is this “China, of| prediction | President Jim McClellan pre- | sided; Gene Vuille was in charge| of the program and Roy Hanson| a guest, was introduced. | Other observances of Seward's| Day was most visible at the Mu-| seum, where Keithahn was busy most of the day showing groups ot school children around. Two groups| from Juneau High School were | visitors this morning, and Douglas students spent much of the after-| nocn there. Territorial offices were closed, but| most department heads were noted | busily at work anyway. It was also| |and remain with their parents. T e TAX NOW PLACED ON PUNCHBOARDS is now law and on punchboards which becomes effective April 1. he Act, however, must not be construed in any way to legalize | sambling. | | Every person who desires to maintain for use, or who permits the use of, in any place or premises occupied by him, a punchboard,| shall first pay a tax as follows: $2.00 per each “board” of 2000 holes, or less, and $4.00 per each 1000 holes or irac- ticn thereof, in each ‘“board” hav- of Alaska, 1949, imposes a tax be shown in vivid |™ |field in that | return about April 12. Chapter 116 of the Session Laws|, Charles G. Burdick, Assistant Re- gional Forester, went to Sitka yes- terday, planning to be there the re- | ainder of the week, then in the area. He expects to y R IN FROM ANCHORAGE Dave Dishaw, former Juneau resi- dent, is in town from Anchorage, and is registered at.the Baranof. i T T $7500 HAVE YOU AN OUTDOOR LOOK ? n ® SITKA-SEATTLE That's the NEW Fare via ACA-PAA beginning April 15, 1949 [ DAILY SERVICE - EACH WAY EVERY DAY! 5 SUN-SWEPT FEATURES SHOW HE LOVES THE GREAT OUTDOORS. ALSO LOVES TO RELAX /NDOORS WITH SMOOTH, The Airline that has given Sitka 'DOUBLE'R!CH'KY 9 YEABS CREAM OF KENTUCH x S WHISKEY! of Daily Scheduled Service GETT!NG AROUND ALASKA is easy. And quick, too. Flying Clippers take you where you want to go—from Nome clear to Seattle—on frequent, regular schedules. And you'll feel at home aboard the big, dependable Clippers. Pan American service is world-famous. The fare Jow—with a saving of 10% on round trips. Callus at . . . BARANOF HOTEE. — PHONE 106 LPaN AMERICAN Worip AIRways (=% cs;xlu o //rclé:m; d//m * TWO COMPLETE OVENS w % % | | atask ta/ Fine Blended Whiskey, 86 Proof, l w‘./nq I~ . 4 I Rl' !!55 70% grain neutral spirits. © 1948, | IR RRRR AR Schenley Dist. Corp., N. Y. | sxaor | [{1RRRRORERRRRR OO a bank holiday and a non-judicial | halibut boat the Queen. S .- —— ALASKANS SPEND NIGHT IN OMAHA OMAHA, March 30—®— Forty- | four residents of Alaska, seeking confirmation of the appointment of Ernest Giruening as governor of the Territory and boosting Alaskan stathood, arrived here last night enroute to Washington. ing an excess of 2000 holes. Such tax shall be paid by pur- chasing stamps from the office of the Tax Commissioner, Box 2751, | Juneau. Stamps must te affixed to Mongrel, Eskimo Sirained Dog, Awaifs {23, fod o pepehened prve 11 Mon““ 'or ship | operator thereof must endorse upon each and every stamp the serial| number of the respective punch- | ELIZABETH, N. J—! grel dog of Eskimo strain has been —A m"“'}hoard placed in use. Transferring | stamps from one punchboard to . |8 waiting 11 '_"O?ths on “_d‘”k here‘another is strictly prohibited. ;qr a Nordnegla,n tanker that left| Any person, firm or corporation | im behind. | violating the provisions of this Act oo — From Basement to Roof - chartered plane, “Ship of | Brownie, as he is called by em-|gha) pe o 8 guilty of a misdemeanor, is scheduled to take off (ployees of the Esso Standard Oil|any ypon conviction thereof, fined | e e' v.ce 0“" 0me for Washington this morning. Company’s Bayway Refinery, takes|in any sum not exceeding $500.00. e A {food, but seemingly without in-| 1y will be to the advantage of all MRS. LON CHANEY, JR., iterest. He crawls under a loading IS ABOARD THE ALASKA; | platform when it rains, and he {ASON'S FIRST TOURISTIhugged a snowbank during First tourist of the season, mak-|winter storms. ing the round trip to Alaska aboard ; He ignores all offers of affection. the Alasva is Mrs. Lon Chaney, Jr.|] The dog was ashore when the Actor husband of the early spring |tanker, the Maria Cristina D, traveler has been starring in “Born |sailed from the refinery dock last Yesterday ” stage play at the Metro- | April. politan theatre, Seattle, and, at the| Whenever a tanker docks, guard close of the Seattle run, left for}John Socha says, Brownie walks New York. over to it, sniffs and returns to Mrs. Chaney chose a roundtrip to | his sleeping area with head hang- Alaska instead of the New York|ing low. trip, and, according to those aboard the ship with her, seemed to be enjoying every minute of her jour- i ney, even though she is making her| Jack A. Hofbau and Pete Rowe | trip a few weeks eariier than theaot Gustavus registered yesterday at usual tourist. the Baranof Hotel. | F - Protect it 1 punchboard aperators to contact the Department of Taxation, Box the| 3751, Juneau, before placing any | type or kind of punchboard in use. COMPARE THESE LOW PRICES Apariment Size Electric Range, only - - - $139.50 Double Element 40 gal. Elec. Water Heater 112.50 Permaglass 50 gal. 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