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PAGL EIGHT 7 NO MONE FOR BUILDING, SAYS BOARD Conslrudiomi Possible for 6-12 Months on A. B. Hall Site be started on con- struction of a Territorial build- ing in Juneau before late fall, or| possibly the spring of 1950. Such is the announcement today by Acting| Governor Lew M. Williams follow ing a meeting of the Territorial Board of Administration and Ju- neau City officials late yesterday. Mayor Waino Hendrickson and! Councilman W. Burr Johnson met| with the Board | The Board said it would be some| months betore adequate revenues | would be received by the Territory ! from new tax measures enacted by the last Legislature to give con- sideration to actual construction. It stated that fall would be the carliest that money would be avail- able, and, in view of the backlog| of vouchers now being held 'up pending receipt of tax money, it might well be a year before work could actually start. | The Board agreed to accept the A.B. Hall site from the city pro- viding the city could negotiate clearing the property. The City representatives said the Council would proceed along those lines. This agreement would allow the City of Juneau six to eight months| to get the property in shape for| transfer to the Territory. | YOUTHFUL BANK ROBBER GIVES UP WITH LOOT VANCOUVER, B.C., April 20—#| —A pug-nosed youth developed | pangs of conscience last night after spending 82 of a $1,650 loot Xromi a bank holdup-—and gave himselt| up. The bo; yesterday unloaded Lank where to Constable a youthful vinced him he in. The | No work can who took the money | noon after flashing an| pistol at the teller of a| he worked, surrendered | Jim Harriot. He said | companion had con-| should turn himsel1 | youth, whose name was| withheld as he is a minor, had| worked for the bank five munths[ as a junior clerk | He told authorities he had spent | the $2 in a movie and shooting | gallery. The remaining $1,648 was| in his pocket. 14 PASSENGERS ON PAA TUESDAY FLIGHTS Pan American flights carried 14 passengers in and out of Juneau yesterday as follows: From Seattle: Louis Roehm, Arnold Frederickson, Claude Smith, Ruth, Kenneth and Dena May Xing, Robert Howell. To Seattle: Mrs. Ralph Reischl, Ralph Foster, George Sundborg, R. Slack, H. Herbert, M. Casperson. _— BLENDED WHISKEY P/ms'/'/(/(, 1“1//'0/% with that clear clean P—— e Matioasl Bistillers Products Corp., New ork, . Y. Dleadod Whiskoy. 06 Proet. 10% Grain Nrv ‘ra! Spirits. | samples | Creek gravel AT LEMON CREEK IS o'clock in the Church of the Na- tivity were Miss Stella Johnson and Machinery in the newly installed |\, =710 00 B Hde wore a phaltic cement plant at Lemon scheduled to turn this to produce the first of black top for paving Juneau eity streets and the Glacier highwa Big machinery is being readied, for action by workmen for Lytle| e d0, wore an aqua blue floor and Green contractors, under|jongi gress and carried a bouquet supervision of A. T. Harrison, gen-| ¢ white carnations. Ring bearer eral foreman for the company’s|for the marriage was Cornelio Ce- Juneau area work: sar’ with Mercides Quinto as flow- Turning out black top samples er girl. Mrs. Lilllan Uggen played culminates several months work in|the wedding march, recessionai, and setting up the plant at the Lemol communion hymn. pit site. Machinery was brought here last fall by barfil'finr"s Cafe in the Ordonia Hotel| rom Annette Island where it had.tonight at 8 o'clock. teen used in surfacing airfield! ——————— the " “awtanea vy mmon v Make Plans for or processing the aggregate and 'I'rip to Norway plant consists of two units, ‘he other for processing the petro-; | Making plans for a trip which | as] Creek weekend with a white finger tip veil. Albayalde. Reading the ceremony was the Reyv. H. L. Sweeney. The bridesmaid, Mrs. Nora Flor- eum asphalt Asphalt heated and 300 degrees gravel, crushed and screened three-fourths, three eighths 2ight, is fed into a 750 gallon mixer, from whence comes the .finished product, asphaltic cement, Harri- on explained When the plant goes into action, ment will pour from the mixer jon, will accompany her on the! nto the spreader to be spread on|European voyage, joining her at he road surface and then rolled. | Everett, Wash., Miss Keaton's pres- lent home. | The nursing supervisor will leave here May 6 aboarc the CPR vessel | Princess Louise, traveling CPR all ithe way to Halifax, then sailing for Southampton and then to Oslo.' She will return in September by i plane. to between 275 Fahrenheit, | and tojof her birth. and ! assistant nursing Southeast Alaska, partment of Health. Miss Mildred Keaton, retired Na- | tive Service nurse, well known n is Magnhild Bogue, | supervisor for Territorial De- R AVIATRIX MAY BE N AIR TODAY ON PROPOSED FLIGHT ONTON, Alt [ | Bogue has not returned for 23 years / (to her homeland. She plans to . April 20—@'spend most of her time while there | § -Britain’s round-the-world avia- | near Gudbrandsdal, in central Nor- ix, Mrs. Richarda Morrow-Tait,!way where a brother and sister robably will take off from Wat- | eide son Lake, Northwest Territories, for ! Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon to- day, airport officials here report-/ =d last night. Mrs. Morrow-Tait, enroute to "ok, Alaska, to resume her flight round the worid in a light air- raft delayed when she crash-lar d last fall, reached Watson Lake Jonday ht from Edmonton. Airport officials said she had 'm:! et filed a flight plan for a take- ff tomorrow. - EDM - eee— NAME PALLBEARERS FOR KANE FUNERAL Pallbearers ior funeral services temorrow morning for Mrs. Loulse Kane were announced today. Services will be held at 9 o'clock in the Catholic Church. Mrs. Kane, | pioneer Alaskan resident, died on| sunday aiternoon at her home here | in the Fosbee Apartments at the age of 80 years. Rosary services are scheduled for | 20 YEARS WITH ACS N - | tonight at 7:30 o'clock in thef ). gt. Thomas Rudoiph, having, chepel of the Charles W. Carter | chieved a record of 20 years' ser-|Mcrtuary. i sice in the Alaska Communica-| Palibearers will be Dean Good- ions System, the whole “ACS fam- | win, Felix Toner, James McNaugh- ly” in the Federal Building had a|ton, Robert Coughlin, Douglas | selebration yesterday afternoon. ‘Freed and G. E. Cleveland. | Mrs. Rudolph joined the party, Honorary pallbearers will be H. | which was complete with ice cream |R. VanderLeest, F. A. Boyle, George | and cake. Rudolph is operations| A. Parks, J. F. Mullen, Alex Hol- | chief. ! den and Dr. J. O. Rude. | \_ EYES RXAMINED __ LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Secena anq Franklin PHONE 506 FOR AP OINTMENTS 4 | i | NUGGET sHOP Here's the watch made specially for you — with efficiency plus glamorous style — now selling at far Jess than you'd expect to pay! Sweep second hand for timing pulse, baby bottles, and other technical work. Radium dial for telling time at night. Shatter-proof crystal—latest style cord. Chrome front case—has satiny platinum-like finishs' Steel back—will not tarnish, rust or pit. The NUGGET SHOP ‘, Come in and browse around | performance of “Dear Ruth” w:ll}uun"e twin girl born here Sunday— Miriam, whose letters to the man precipitate all the trouble Aleda Warner. | be played by Alice Jean Davis and A reception will be held in Jun<‘.‘Robert Croken he play as Harold Kobbermeyer surprise visitor. Born and reared in Norway, Miss & Y |BLACK TOP PLANT - ‘Johnson-Reece - |T0 PLAY LEADS IN Nuptials Today| ALL-SCHOOL PLAY floor length dress of white satin be taken by Shirley Elstead and She | Donald MacKinnon. carried a bouquet of pink flowersAj Shirley will be seen in the role The bride was given away by Joseph of Ruth Wilkins, attractive young bank clerk whose matrimonial con- | fusions all turn out for MacKinnon takes the part of the eager airman, home from overseas with an appreciative eye for Ruth alone. role of the bespectacled and beset bank employee suitor for the hand lof dear Ruth. 1 Supporting roles of Sgt. Chuck | Vincent, friend of Bill's, and Ma:- | tha, Bill's sister, and Chuck’s gi | friend, will be played by Jerry Ma- | gorty and Carol Shellenbarger. jwill take her to Norway, country oy Sylvia Davis. Gerald Shaw will t‘on will be held tomorrow after- iAlaska for work in the Arctic reg-i:nr students of the grade school. | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA "lLittle-Peanut,” - 17%-Ounce Twin Girl, Is Dead VANCOUVER, B.C “Little Peanut’ "DEAR RUTH", FRI. Lead roles In the Friaay night ., April 20— » a tiny 17% is dead. % The child, daughter of Mrs. Alice Fordham of Vancouver, succumbed last night after a 60-hour fight by doctors to keep her alive. Her twin sister, who weighed two pounds, four ounces, still lives. The nickname “Little Peanut” was given the baby by hospital BABY 15 BORN ON BOARD AIRPLANE CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C, April 20—(P—A baby was born to Mrs. R. J. Martineau of Cortez Island in an airplane over Georgia Strait yesterday. The mother was being flown to a hoespital here when the stork arrived. DODGERS WIN OVER GIANTS FOR 2ND fIME BROCKLYN, April 20—(# —Ralph Branca pitched a four-hitter today for the Brooklyn Dodgers second straight victory over the New York Giants, 6-2. The fleet Dodgers made cnly four hits Lut cashed in on walks, a wild pitch and fast base-running. Sid Gordon homered for the Giants. the best In the role of the young sister, al is Ruth’s parents will Walter Johnston will have the Dora the maid is to be played in the final minute of heard A dress rehearsal for the produ son at the high school gymnasium Friday night's performance will gin at 8:30 o'clock in the gym. - FROM WHITTIER Roy C. Avrit of Whittier : Baranof Hotel. is at v For Your Apj “THE ALTIE GOODHAN TRIO” Direct from Club MECCA Portland, Oregon The Bubble Room Barancf Hetel WHY—HAVE—EESS—THAN-—THE—BEST? |WAR WAS SAFER, {7 on an of a flash bulb severely burned his| WEDNESDAY SAYS NAVY VET CINCINNATI, Ohio—(®—The per-| ils of war are mild compared to| the hazard of peace, C. Fred Scrim- | sher decided. Shot down three times in Navy | planes during the war and still| bearing assorted schrapnel and ma- | chine gun wounds, Scrimsher, editor | of an employee publication tor Schenley Industries, Inc., here had | the following bad luck in the last| two months. | MUSICIANS’ Protective Union Local No. 672 — A. F. L. Hall REGULAR MEETING 7 P. M. THURSDAY i APRIL 20, 1949 8 He catapulted his car over an embankment and sufiered a dislo- cated shoulder and head injuries.| | Thieves stole his car radio and spare tire. He collided with an- other car, ruining a fender. A slip | icy street gave him n sprained knee and the explosion| hand. Finally, his wife contracted | an infection that put her hand in splints, Scrimsher said the South Pacific was never like that - - FROM KETCHIKAN CLIPPER" FARES TO SEATTLE REDUCED AS MUCH AS 20% Fly April 15 to June 30 — and save! Comdr. A. J. Larson and Comd Hawley of Ketchikan are regi ered at the Gastineau. D ! 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