The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 15, 1949, Page 8

THE DAILY BOARD PROMOTES EIGHT MEN ON HIGHWAY PATROL Promotions were the order at the| e 00c00g000000co0co000000000 o meeting of the Board of Road Commissior Alaska’s three ser- geants becoming lieutenants “in recognition of their years of faith- ful service,” according to Frank A. fetcalf, chief of the ighway Pa- trol. So now it is Lt. Emmett Botel- ho, Juneau; Lt. Wesley I. Gilman, Anchorage, and Lt. Bob Brandt, Fairbanks. | Patrolmen John Monagle, Juneau Casey Morun, Jack Davis, Truk Mayficld and Wiliiam Wilson were ;uGe sergeants. Two additional patroimen were appointed to be sia- toned at Ketchizan and Palmer, respectively The sergeants met in Juneau at the request of tne Board to form-| ulate an officer’s code similar io| standard ones in the states. This will define more clearly the duties of patrolmen, with reference to the demand caused by the rapidly in- HARD WIKTER KILLS e e oo o0 o 00 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. White Easter s Indicated, Some | Sedtions of U. . In Juneau— Maximum, 41; minimum, 35. At Alrport— Maximum, 41; | CHICAGO, April 15— — Some |parts of the Midwest may have a | white Easter. A wintry storm has_ hit the Midwest, and theavy snowi as fallen in a widé belt from | Northern Iowa into Wisconsin and | Minnesota. There was light snow as far south as St. Louis, and some is forecast for Chicago. Winds of | between 30 and 40 miles an_hour | have swept over the storm belt, and | temperatures have dropped below freezing in some sections. Commu- nication lines have been disrupted | minimum, 35. FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Mostly clondy with light rain showers tcnight follow- €d by mostly cloudy with light rain and northeasterly winds as high as 25 miles per hour Saturday. Lowest tem- perature tonight near 36 de- grees, highest Saturday near 44, PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. todny In Juneau — .34 inches; in some areas, and hundreds of since April 1, 626 inches: cars are stalled on highways. | since July 1, 103.60 inches. The weather bureau over the At Airport — 41 inches; rest of the country is generally | since April 1, 265 inches; fair, and temperatures are around | normal. | since July 1, 59.05 inches. ® e o v 000 00 ARV ot A ©c 0000000000000 0c000000000cc0 0 SEPARATE MAIiNTENANCE ! Katherine O'Connor Moe has fil-] ed suit in District Court for sep-| te maintenance from Simon NUNIVAK REINDEER creasing highway travel and the Peter Moe, to whom she was mar- | influx of tourists and freight. . | ried in Seattle December 12, 1946. | Also discussed at the meeting Heavy snows on Nunivak Island A show-cause order has been issu- | was the need for mobile telephones has caused a ravishing of reindeer | ed, returnable at 1:30 p. m., April| for each patrol car, and this pro-| herds, according to Charles Mount- | 18. | gram is now being put into effect.|Joy, directcr of natural resources, - - It §s thought that tie Uwo-wav| Alaska Native Service. Reports from | COL. NOYES ON BARANOF phones will considerably reduce | the island indicate that the animals | Col. John R. Noyes, who had ex- | mileage, and give almost contact with the nearest patrolman , in case of emergency, thus increas-| ing his efticiency to the public. instant | have been dying b: SCHWINN | SEN" the hundreds. - ol DICYCLES at pected to return yesterday from a trip to San Francisco, Seattle and Victoria, B. C., has sent word that his return has been delayed, and MAD- 5ot B Work also was done to revise| s R that he will sail tomorrow aboard traffic laws and reguletions. jLEGlO OF THE MOOSE NO. 25 the Baranof. | Mcet Sat., 8 p. m, initiation and Colonel Noyes is Alaska Road lunch. 70 2t Commissioner. : REDUCED QUOTAS 10 CURTAIL 1949 HERRING ACTIVITY Because of the reduced catch limit on herring for Southeast Al-| aska, the Territory’s oldest and | most productive fishery, the U. 8. Fish and Wildlife Service predicts that some reduction plants nndJ small boats will not operate this season. | Further details of the qucta re- | duction are contained in a dispatci , from Washington, D. C., fcliow:ng Saturday's announcement here of the tightened herring regulations. i Secretary of the Interior J. A, Krug, who signed the amended rules said the action resulted trom| predictions of the F.W.S. that there will be &n unusually low.run of mature herring in Alaska waters this season because of several years of ursuccessful spawning. | The annual value of Alaskan herring production has been exceed- ing $6,000,000 a year. No change in the length of the season was made. The legal herring || season runs from June 10 to Octo- ber 15, varying in each quota area. ! 1949 herring catch quotas limit | the take to 200,000 barrels (based on 250 pounds to the basrel) ior Southeast Alaskan water 250,000 barrels for the Kodiak Island area, and 150,000 barrels for the Prince Willlam Sound-Resurrection Bay area. GOCD FRIDAY MUSIC PROGRAM TONIGHT, | "THE CRUCIFIXION" | Special musical event of the East- | er season will be tonight at the High School gymnasium when the | Community Choir presents Staine's | cantata, The Crucifixion, beginning at 3 o'clock. | Soloists are Frances Paul, Ernest Ehler, H. E. Salisbury and G. B.| Schmidt, with Mr. Ehler as director. | Accompanist will be Mrs. Ruthi Popejoy. ! REA Sirikers Will Yole, Resume Work | (By The Associated Press) Striking Railway Express Agency workers in New York will vote to- morrow on a proposal to resume work. The walkout of 10,000 employees, mostly members of the AFL Broth- erhood of Railway and Steamship | Clerks, began with a slowdown on ||| March 8. The return to work plan | was announced today by a union | official. 1t The union wants the work week ||| cut from 44 to 40 hours, two con- | secutive days off and a wage in-| crease of 25 cents a hour. The men | now get from $132 to $1.34 an hour. | In Springfield, Ill, workers at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. plant were voting in an NLRB elec- | tion.. The choice placed before the 3,000 workers is whether they wish to be represented in collective bar- gaining by the United Farm Equlp-[ ment Workers or the United Auto- mobile Workers. Both unions are CIO. The CIO National Executive Board has ord- ered the farm egquipment group to merge with the UAW but UFEW union leaders have fought the di- | rective. | ————— Agnes Duncan, represented by M. E. Monagle, was granted a di- vorce from Bill Duncan this morn- ing in District Court P sl A six pound, four ounce baby Loy was born tc Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Lupro yesterday afternoon at o-clock‘ ‘B‘t, {nfi S, A.nn Qp’q?[‘ul MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY For Your EASTER SUNDAY DINNER 8$2.50 BAKED HAM YOUNG ROAST TOM TURKEY Children —$1.50 Bring the Family to the ON CREEK COUNTRY (LU SALM Serving 5 P. I, Until . T AR Her Fiost Prized Gift @ Lilies ® Hyacinths @® Cinerarias :' @® Spring Cut Flowers JUNEAU FLORISTS 311 Seward - Telephone 311 Abandoned Wells in Hudson Moors Cuf San Francisco Park Prices, $15 fo $100 A’e Bein-g-_Bu"duledMDmolT April 15— —Hudson otor Car Co. joined the price- utting parade today. The auto firm slashed prices $15.| to $100 on all models. It is the | seventh car manufacturer to do so. | Chrysler Corp. is the only major manufacturer which has yet to join | in the recent price-cutting trend. | e — SAN FRANCISCO, April 15—(#— |© Bulldozers were used today to fill in 30 abandoned wells in the Mc- Laren Park area of San Francisco. The wells were drilled years ago by former residents of the park area who were forced to move when the city acquired the property. | The Park Commission ordered them filled to prevent a repetition of the tragedy in which little Kathy Fiscus lost: her life last week at San Mariné. . TEEN AGERS TAG LUNCHERS Wallace Is Heard From; 'Good Wishes'f . i i PARIS, April 15—P—Henry Wal- FOR CLUB ROOM EQUIPMENT 1,0, has sent his best wishes to Teen Club boosters, operating in| ;. «world Peace Congress” orga- pairs, put the snatch on all 100s¢ 704 by French Communist Jead- | change in pockets of lunch-goers o1 congress headquarters said to- | this noon. ld | Teen-agers stationed themselves on every corner to buttonhole ped-| A saying prior commitments estrians on the 1irst of two Tag = % Days. Money will be used to buy x:xe\ent b i 4 ay. The congress quoted Wallace as would EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA —— ° = _FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1949 INTERNATIONAL NEWS BREVITIES Westerners speculated today that the failing health of Bulgaria's Communist Premier Georgi Dimi- trov had gone to Russia for m:di-{ cal treatment, The Greek ‘go\}ex‘r]mel)t reported today that fighting has broken out| again all over Greece. It claimed 107 rebels recently were killed and 114 captured. It placed government losses at 18 slain angd 56 wounded. Pope Pius XII in a Good Friday encyclical from Vatican City asked that an international regime be in-| s sur- stituted for Jerusalem and it roundings. The plea was all Catholic Bishops in the ————— e FROM SITKA Mr. and Mrs. L. Grover of Sitka registered yesterday at the Baranof. new egqupment for the Teen Age Club. it Club member: will 7 also ke on the to sell tags. GUERTIN IN ANCHORAGE Fioyd Guertin, .Commissioner of Veterans’ Affairs, is in Anchorage this week on business, planning to return this weszkend. e e i Buy your boxed cards at the Parcel Post Sale April 19 at North- ern Light Church. 71 3t Telephone 891 L Mrs. Edith Hubbard of Portland, Oregen, registered yesterday at the| Gastineau. | salad dressings and recipes you'l New appetite appeal! In sandwiches, enjoy the smooth flavor and tangy zest of Schilling improved Mustard. 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He is typical of the men to whom the ‘Alaska Steamship Company entrusts the opera- tion of its vessels. [ Captain Ramsauer has been going to sea since he was fourteen. In 1914, he became a third officer for the Alaska Steamship Com- pany. Within seven years he received his mas- piy (O | g g }, WA o A M ", = [ B ] ter’s papers and'in 1937 was appointed captain ‘ of the Baranof. During his 35 years with THE ALAsKA Ling, he has learned to know Alaskan waters as well as you know your own living-room. With experienced officers like Captain Ram= sauer in command of its ships, the Alaska Steamship Company has built confidence in its service to the territory. : HIP COMPANY S N —— ! ——— e eat— \z