The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 1, 1949, Page 2

T PAGE TWO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—-JUNEAU, ALASKA FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1949 LIONS OVER T0P IN FUND DRIVE 'PLANE DROPS, 1 ror wArM pooL DOWN DRAFT, Warm-water swimming in the Evergreen Bowl swimming pool and a roof over the pool are prac- ly assured, the Lions Club an- nced today with satisfactidn a good job well done. collection totals stood at $1,425 this morning after a full hour show on KINY last night from 8 9 p.m. Pledges, yet to be col- lected total more than $700. Lic e jackpot with their rad € promotion scheme to raise is for making swim- *mi ¥ erg n pool a plea- ure ir f a id t ur 1 > that by the time all 1 from generous Jur 1 a ougla s are totaled there will e funds t de o rooi over the pool for ¥ summer swim- ming Ec Scouts . who ve assisted L in collectir were still or job up money pledged but not brought into the fund. Scouts were operat- t of the Teen Age Club with Gordon assisting Lions in : final operations. Listings on all contributors will | be published next week. ADD BENEFITS FOR DEPENDENTS UNDER UNEMPLOYMENT AT An allowance for dependents will Le added to weekly ienefits under the Unemployment Compensation | Act beginning today, the Empl ment Security Commission a nounced Legislation providing for addi- tional benefits at the rate of 20 percent of weekly bemefits for each dependent, was passed by the last Territorial Legislature and becomes effective today. Dependency available only benefit year thereafter. Allowancs for dependents will be payable only for dependents re-! siding in the Territory and those who file their claims within the Territory. Heretofore, this agency, like most stateside agencies, gave no recog- allowances will be to claimants whose | begins to or nition to claimants with depend- ents Also effective today, the Com- mission will go on a bi-weekly pay basis. AWVS Plans Dance For Navy Officers AboarcL F_’asadena Service as hostess organization. All| AWVS members are invited to at-| tend. Refreshments will be served. \ Heading the dance committee arc | Miss Louise Skinner and Mrs.| | Richard Peter. R SIGN SATURDAY GIRLS’ TENNIS PLAY All girls who wish to enter either | the bezinner or intermediate tennis tocurnament at the Evergreen Bowl‘ Olympics are asked to give their | names to Elton Engstiom or Albert | Carlson before Saturday night. FISH LANDINGS TODAY Landed this morning were 2,200 pounds of salmon frem the Pro-| cyon, skippered by T. Last, and | 2,000 pounds of salmon from the Hobo skippered by Jack Manery. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the Com- | missioner of Veterans' Affairs, Ter- | ritory of Alaska, for the sale of the | following described property: | Patent No. 1115116, being all | of Lot “H” of Tract A, embracing | a portion of U. S. Survey No. \ 9392, situated in the Loop Sec- tion, Glacier Highway, about fourteen, (14) miles northwest of Juneau, containing four and eighty-six hundredths of an acre (4.86 acres), together with all structures and other improve- ments there on and all personal property on said premises. A two-bedroom house, par- tially furnished and several smaller buildings are located on the property. A stream flows through the property into Auk Lake. Each bid must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs, Box 2721, Juneau, Alaska. Bids will pe received on or before the Ninth day of July, 1949, at the hour of | 10:00 o'clock AM., and opened at the Office of the Commissioner of | Veterans' Affairs, Room 222, Fed- eral Building, Juneau, Alaska. The Commissioner Treserves right to accept or reject any or bids. ' | First publication, July 1, 1849. | Last publication, July 5, 1949. i the | all | Officers aboard the Cruiser Pasa- | dena, in port for the Fourth of| July weekend, will be entertained | at a semi-formal dance in the| Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel| Sunday evening at 10 o'clock with | the American Women's Voluntary TWO INJURED ANCHORAGE, July 1—(»—Pa- cific Northern Airlines officials disclosed today a passenger and a stewardess were injured Wed- nesday on @2 Naknek-Anchorage flight in a DC-3 when the plane dropped 500 feet in a down-draft. The Elmer traffic no du Ea injured Harris, agent w with the stry; and ton Rapids, wel 31, re taken to a hospital identified Seattle, with the air Alaska Jeanette Mich 1c mon The,; X for a, line Ward, as prmer. | and | In- | 24, | were s to |at jetermine extent of their injuries. | The remainder of the eight pas-| engers and crew of three were | ‘cnly bLruised.” Officials said the plane was 1ly- ng smoothly when it hit the down- draft, tumbling the passengers out of their seats. MALONEY DROWNS " ANCHORAGE, July 1—(®—Tom Maloney, Jr., 26, of Anchorage drowneq in the cold waters of | Turnagain Army Monday as he tried to swim ashore after his small plane crashed in the water. His companion, Emmett Hanson, 23, reaching shere, built a signal | fire and then walked into Hope | to obtain help. Their plane’s en- | gine failed on a flight trom Kenai an near a Thelr -year-old Waco biplanc | lost its undercarriage and dam- aged a wing, apparently while stunting over the fishing village of Kenai after its takeoff there Mcnday, witnesses there said. Flown here in a Tenth Rescue Squadron plane, Hanson told his rescuers both had been able to d they made Burr! mile off shore. a water Island, a quarter of landing get out of the plane and put on lite | preservers. Cn the way to shore against a strong tide, Hanson said, he Malioney, parently too cold for Malo His beach aid and he walked to Hope. gave but the fire his own life preserver water was to ap-' failed to attract He radioed the Alaska Communications | System and capt. Roy Holdiman ot | the Rescue Squadron flew to Hope | No injuries were reported McLEOD IS INJURED BY BROKEN GLASS IN HOME ACCIDENT H. R. (Heinie) operated on today in Hospital, following a home accident in which he was seriously injured. While taking a shower last eve- ning, McLeod slipped on the soapy tile floor, and his arm flung out in an instinctive reaction. His hand plunged through the glass shower- | McLeod ~Was | St. Ann's| JULY AFUNSTARTS | WITH DARK HORSE ENTRY FOR QUEEN Queen candidates, look to your | laurels 4 Nonsense, in the form of a dark- | | horse candidate, has entered the} | queen campaign. ! | Unlovely Sadie Pitkins already | (has. 500 votes. And she hasn't| started to sprimt. - | COMMUNITY CELEBRATION PROGRAM door, a jagged piece of glass mak- ing a deep cut in the right fore- arm. McLeog and Vern Lee are part- ners in Connors Motor Company where McLeod also is shop fore man, He and his wife ‘were to'start their vacation today, and—to add to the irony of the accident—yes* terday was McLeod’s birthday FAULTY FLUE CAUSE | OF KLUKWAN BLAZE; 5 HOMES DESTROYED Fire which destrcyed five houses Klukwan Wednesday afternoon began in a chimney flue, according information received here by Alaska Native Serviee. | to the int e which swept through tkz 1 dwellings endangering the ANS school building. DwelLes all personal belongings. A crew ot @bout a dozen Aiasga Road Commission men, headed by foreman “Mac” McGowan of Hain- es, lent a hand in getting the fire under control. Men were enroute from working near the British £rab) iC ! Columbia-Alaska highway north of | four dozen ties in bright shades lKlukwan. UPSWING IN NUMBER i OF PEOPLE WORKING IN JUNE REPORTED WASHINGTON, July 1—®—For the first time since December, thcre was an upswing in June in the number of people working on jobs outside of farming. This was disclcsed in a census bureau report which showed more people at work than at any other time in 1949, but an increase also in unemployment because of the June wave of school-age youths seeking jobs. for your 4th of July Queen THE ROTARY and picked him up. He was sut-| 7Two out ot three of the new job- tion from the Nazis—holds its|# .8 QP - bty ol i g mm!\eeke“ e ;f;:t !:mmng B 11:30 AM.—SPORT CARNIVAL—BALL PARK shock. the number of Americans at|y,. slexander Diomedes, 74, former | 1. Boys' 20-yard dash— 4 yrs. and younger—First, $1; second, 50¢; third, 25¢ e work to 59,618,000. Those who did| fjnance minister and governor oty 2. Girls’' 20-yard dash— 4 vrs. and younger—First, $1; second, 50c; third, 25c. inct pushed unemployment to & ne National Bank. Actually thej 3. 20-yard dash— 5 and 6 years—First, $1; second, 50c; third, 25c. 60VT lN RED seven-year high’ of 3,778,000, new regime is little difievent from| 4, rd dash— 5 and 6 years—First, $1; second, 50¢; third, 25c. ’ | AR IR A the government which served under 5. 7 and 8 years—First, $1; second, 50c; thrdl,25c, Th2 labor dispute between the the late Themistokles noulis, [ 7 and 8 year: irst, $1; second, 50c; third, 25c. WASHINGTON, July 1—P—The|AFL, union and an atomic com- who died last weck. 7 rd dash— 9 and 10 years—First, $1; second, 50c; third, 25c. ;overnment ran $1,811,440,047.68 in|pany at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has —— e —— 8 40-yard dash— 9 and 10 vears—First, 511 second‘ 50c; third, 25c. | the red for fiscal 1949, which ended |gone to a Presidential labor board Thomas Ewing, first Secretary of 9. yard dash—11 and 12 &ears—i‘irst.‘ sl: secund‘ExOc" th‘u‘d‘szl | Thursday. Negotiations broke down yesterday.|the Interior, was appointed in 1849, i0. yard dash—11 and 12 years—First, sl‘; second’ 506‘; third‘. 250: R R LA & — — — 11. ard dash—13 and 14 years—First, $1; secend, 50c; third, 25c. K 12. Girls’ 50-yard dash—13 and 14 years--First, $1; second, 502; third, 25c. 13. 75-yard dash—15 and 16 years—First, $1; second, 50c; third, 25c. 14. yard dash—15 and 16 years—First, $1; second, 50c; third, 25c. we ask y"u to eh“"se 15. Boys’ 100-yard dash—17 to 18 years—First, $5; second, $2.50; third, $1. 16. Girls’ 100-yard dash—17 to 18 years—First, $5; second, $2.50; third, $1. ® i ® 17. Men’s 100-yard dash—Free for All—First, $10;" second, $5. th () eharmlng y0ung lady 18. Fat Men’s Race—200 pounds or over—First, $10; second, $5—175 yards. 20. Women's Race—Over 18—First, $10; second, $5. 21. Men in Uniform—100 yard—First, $10; second, $5. — MIESS MARTHA NEWBOULD === thank you THE AMERICAN LEGION Juneau Post Number 4 and Auxiliary Unit A certain’ light-hearted conun-]! |/ i |gent is backing Sadie with assurs| | ance — also a nitwit poster in the | Baranof Hotel Bubble Room. | o Picturing a bird-like creature |fl [ 5 W\1 JULY 2 that is mostly beak and neck, the| | flamboyant placard urges, “Vote| Bt raflesre e sl g CORONATION BALL — ELKS HALL — 10 P. M. be passed She'll win by a| Crowning of th i Inose . . " and offers these sensa- | A s e Qheth TR tional prizes: “A year's lease on | Bikini Atoli . .. A weekend for two )n glamorous Little America . . . ar's supply of corncobs.” Said a spokesman for the spon soring group today, “Our candidate | bound to win—Sadie is a dark- | horse filly out of Bubble Room by |t Autieraydemohrpappy. They {can't beat her in the stretch.” Perhaps. There's thet margin of 5 tickets a JULY 3 2:00 P.M.—BASEBALL GAMES 8:00 P.M.—WATER SPORTS : 11:00 P.M.—FIREWORKS DISPLAY ON WATERFRON —500 votes. Meantime, imagination has en- JULY 4 tered the campaign in respect to | legitimate candidates. | Betty Haynes cocktails, sand- ches and sundaes are featured in | | several establishments (Betty is ithe Beta Sigma Phi candidate.) 10:15 AM.—GRAND PARADE Float Awads— Most Beautiful Float Most Original Float $250.00 . 200.00 | And painted ties in rainbow |3 Most Patrioti X colors are being worn by many Cen- ost Patriotic Float 150.00 tral Labcr Council men, calling at- Second Most Beautiful Float 100.00 | tention to their candidate. Hand- Second Most Original Float 75.00 Most Comical Float . 75.00 | painted by Ernie Stender, some Best Decorated Cars— |are lettered “Annacelle Poe for | Queen.” Wirst Prize $ 50.00 | "Bill Ray is grieved that an even Second Prize Seio0 ighter attention-getter did not TN B i S PTRATAgE e EE 10.00 |arrive. He ordered a 4-foot-long | Neolite sign to publicize Miss Poe, | but due to factory delays, it did ( not arrive in time. Ray is Alaska | distributor for the bright no-power signs. Coalifion Greek Government Meels A new coalition Greek govern- | ment—the 17th since Greece's lib-| Most Appropriate 4th of July Costume (boys)—First, $5; second $2.50. Most Appropriate 4ti of July Costume (girls)—First, $5; second, $2.50. Best Sustained Character (boys)—First, $5; second, $2.50. Best Sustained Character (girls)—First, $5; second, $2.50. Best Decorated Bicycle (boys)—First, $ econd, $2.50. Best Decorated Bicycle (girls)—First, $5; second $2.50. Best Decorated Doll's Buggy (girls)—First, $5; second, $2.50. Best Decorated Wagon, Scooter, or Tricycle (boys)—First, $5; second, $& Best Marching Turnout—(boys’ oganization)—$10. Best Marching Turnout— (girls’ organization) —$10. (Boys’ and girls’ organizations must have at least eight marchers in line of march to be considered for yrize money. i Other special events for soldiers) BOYS’ SACK RACES (Furnish own sacks) : 20 Yards—7 years and younger—First, $1; second, 50c; third, 25c. 20 Yards— 9 years and younger—First, $1; second, 50c; third, 25c. 25 Yards—11 years and younger—First, $1; second, 50c; third, 25c. 25 Yards—13 years and younger—First, $1; second, 50c; third, 25c. 30 Yards—15 years and younger—First, $1; second, 50c; third, 25c. O k0o BICYCLE RACES (Circular Track) : 1. Boys—12 years and under—1 lap—First, $2; second, $1. 2. Boys—I13 to 16 years—3 laps—First, $3; second, $1.50. 3. Girls—12 years and under—1 lap—First, $2; second. $1. 4. Girls—13 to 16 years—2 laps—First, $3; second, $1.50. DAY LIGHT FIREWORKS IN BALL PARK 2:00 P.M.—BASEBALL GAMES 8:00 P —FINN HORSE—South Seward in Fun Zone Booths Open All Afternoon and Evening 9:00 P.M.—STREET DANCE 11:00 P. FIREWORKS DISPLAY ON WATERFRONT 12:00 P.M.—AWARDING OF CAR AIR SHOW and FIREWORKS subject to change because of weather conditions. ¥ Closes at i YOU Secured Your Tickets? Have W v ST HILHE