The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 12, 1949, Page 5

TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1949 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA """ PAGE FIVE From Hawk Inlet: Thomas Webb. ENDS TONITE It couldn’t happen . .. it shouldn't happen . . . BUT IT DID! TALK ABOUT FUN! Brother this is it! ‘1 COMPLETE SHOWS ! | 7:19—9:30 | | FEATURE STARTS | | 1:58—10:09 | THE YEAR'S PRIZE SURPRISE! e WILLIAM ) (COMEDY CLOSING | WITH2 SHOWS AT | CAPITOL THEATRE, “Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid,” comedy, is cn the screen tonight at | the Capitol Theatre for final two showings. William Powell and Ann | Blyth have the leading roles. Tomorrow night a double bill will start. One of the features is “Linda Be Good,” said to be an eye-thrilling, ! car-filling girl show with plenty of good music. The other bill is “My POWELL} Tomorrow and Thursday i A LUSCIOUS, LILTING, LAUGH-FILLED BILL OF ENTERTAINMENT! | SHE WAS TIRED OF BEING GOOD/ BE GOOD s ELYSE KNOX JOHN HUBBARD MARIE WILSON eesscssec oo ST — RUSTY k makes | aKID's [ wonderful dreams come | with TED DONALDSON - JOHN LITEL ANN DORAN - MONA BARRIE Yes, at tobacco auctions Lucky Strike pays millions of dollars more than official parity prices for fine tobacco! There’s no finer cigarette in the world today than Lucky Strike! To bring you this finer cigarette, the makers of Lucky Strike go after fine, light, natu- rally mild tobacco— and pay millions of dollars more than official parity prices to get it! So buy a carton of Luckies today. See for yourself how much finer and smoother Luckies really are—how much more real deep-down smoking en- joyment they give you. Yes, smoke a Lucky! You’ll agree it’s a finer, milder, more enjoyable cigarette! 42 ARRIVE ON Doz Rusty,” a heart warming story with appeal to kids of all ages. | | ALASKA COASTAL MONDAY FLIGHTS On f{lights yesterday by Alaska Coastal, 'there were 26 passengers leaving Juneau, 42 arriving and seven interport for a total of 75 For Pelican: P. Linskey. For Sitka: Mrs. Frank Easton, Mrs.C. Jaeger, Mrs. Ransome, Miss | ALby, Bill Glasgow, Ansell Adams, | Mr. McCollough, Florence Comfs, ! Mrs. B. Miller, D. Hartman, O. B. Rutottom, Laverne Hartman, Wil- liam M. Post. { For Petersburg: E. J. Raushen- Lerger, Larry Lindstrom. For Ketchikan: mrs. H. Brinkiey. For Skagway: Fanny Segallu‘i Juanita Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. Bon Riemer, Mr. and Mrs. Boose. For Haines: Pauline Abbott, C. Kinior. From Petersburg: E. L. Rees, Richard Gribble, Vera Gritble, Mildred Hemnes. From Lake Hasselburg: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Forsythe, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Perkins. From Turner's Lake: Elizabeth Rundeil. From Hood Bay: Morris Peter-| son, Ken Jackson. | From Tenakee: Mrs. Lloyd Dean, Mrs, Glenn Johnson, Sam Asp. From Todd: M. Johnson. ) w. Mr. Peyton L. G. GRIFFIN, veteran independent auctioneer of Clarksville, Va., says: “‘Season after season I've seen the makers of Luckies buy fine tobacco— prime, ripe, golden leaf. I've smoked Luckies for 14 years.”’ Here’s more evidence that Luckies are a finer cigarette. | war, , William Andrews. m Haines: Brooks Hanford, Mis. John Eldemar, H. R. Toley. From Fish Bay: J. R. Kinney. From €Sitka: Mrs. Ramson, Abbey, Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Field Myrtle Faubion, Dr. Wheatley. Mrs. French, M Waller, Taylor, From Hoonah: May Johnsol. Mrs. James Young, Harold Heaton James Johnnie. From Pelican: Hartley. From Icy Straits: Jeanne Welsh. Ausar;iia Has 1. Alhadeff, J. L. Walton Balagicgd Budget (By The Associated Press) Australian Prime Minister Joseph Chifley has gome on the air with pleasant news for Australian tax- payers. Chifley announced a balanced budget. The Prime Min- ister also expressed confidence that tax cuts since the are in such good shape that they can face any possible decline in the world’s despite five Australia’s finances economy. \Farm Credif Adm. Bill Passes House; To Benefit Alaska WASHINGTON, July The House passed and sent to the Senate today a bill extending the operation of Administration activities to Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii. The measure also erases the $50,- 009 limitaticn on Federal Land Bank loans to one borrower. As presented to the House by its Agriculture Committee, the bill authorized the organization and operation of Naticnal Farm-Loan Associations in Puerto Rico Alaska. These are the associations through which Federal Land Bank loans are made in the state COPR., THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY LG /MET — Lucky Strike Meano Fine Tobacoo So round, so firm, so fully packed =so free and easy on the draw vay: Willa P. Schwie- Mrs. David that tor the second time since the end of the war, the Australian government has | 12, —P— all the Farm Credit| and NEW PERSONNEL | | TAKE POSITIONS | INHEALTH DEPT. Dr. Wendell C. Mathews is the newly appointed tuberculosis con- | trol consultant for the Alaska De-| partment of Health. Dr. Mathews, Wwho comes here from the staff ot the Westfield Sanatorium Bot State | for tuberculosis and cancer ai Westfield, Mass, stopped in Ju-| neau last week enroute to his sta. | tion at Anchorage. | Mrs. Margaret A. Hansen, asso-| clate bacteriologist, is also a new member of the Department ot! Health Staff. Mrs. Hansen, a grad- | uate of the University of Minne- scta, will ke in charge of the Fair-| banks district laboratory. | Other new Department of Health personnel include Johnr R. Kuhn, laboratory and X-ray technician aboard the Health, and Wilma M. Daby, University of North Dakota| graduate laboratory and X-ray technician who 1is aboard the| Hygiene. Dr. Grace E. Field has been named assistant director of the communicable and preventable di- sease control division. A graduate of the University of Michigan, she has spent nine years as assistant professor at the University ot lowa, Richard W. Freer, new operating manager of the health department | comes here from Seattle where he has been an accountant with a construction firm. PRIZES ANNOUNCED IN SCAP BOX DERBY: TRIAL RUNS HELD There will be $500 worth oi prizes plus a feed for the winner, a trip to the finals held in Akron, Ohio, on August 14, it was announced to-} day by the Soap Box Derby Race committee chairman Milton Daniel.| A pocket knife will be given every starter. Losers of the first| heat will have a drawing for a biz consolation prize which has]| not Leen signified as yet. Every| heat winner will be awarded a prize. The winners of the “A” and “B"| vrackets will have runoff races for| the big trip to the National Finals. The winner will also be given an Alaska fur parka with runner-up choosing between an outboard | motor, shotgun or a bicycle. In other words, every kid racing| hjs _car in the local finals on July| 17 will win a prize. | The prizes given include: 36 pocket knives, three hunting knives, eight cameras, four balls and bats, | eight wrist watches, four complete | fishing outfits, two Gilbert chem- istry sets, one number seven and a half Erector set, one tennis racket and a set of balls, one set of skiis with binders, one basket- tall, two baseball fielders' gloves, one .22 rifle, one special target .22 rifle, the runner-up prize of a| choice between an outboard motor, | shotgun or bicycle; winner's pr&ze'i of an Alaska fur parka donated by the Victor Fur Store; an ®x-Acto tool set donated by the Shell Oil Co, a traveler's clock dcnated by Collin and Aikman, and a set of military hair brushes donated by Butler-Mauro Co. Last night's trial runs by the acers brought out 16 of, the ap- proximately 35 entrants. Most of the cars at last night’s running were in a completed stage m:edmgI only slight adjustments. A number of the toys have named their racers with the names cover- ing a wide range. Here are some Of | the names with drivers in paren- theses: Hot Wire (Jerry McNeven), Green Dragon (Sam McPhetres), Paint Bug (David McPhetres), Hot Rod II (Sandy Blanton), Flying Termite (Ted Tisdale). Ted had to change the name of his racer for ome one in the family did not liké the name of Flying Coffin he had originally chosen. Colors for the cars are red, yel- low, white, tile red and gray, and v variety of color compinations. Possibly the classiest car is the one driven Ly Jerry Cropley called the Blue Devil. It has a biue body and silver axle-trees with a yellow arrow on the hood. The cockpit is lined with red and blue plaid over padding. Working on the starting ramp last night were Maurice Powers, Monty Grisham, H. E. Green and Ellis Reynolds. Inspectors of the cars were Manuel Paredes, Henry Harmon and Don Skuse. On the finish line were Hugh Wade and Dr. William Blanton with Rev. S. A, McPheires controlling traffic through the 960 foot long course. | o e DI S R ) I s ¢ TIDE TABLE JULY 13 High tide, 3:26 a.m. 16.7 ft Low tide, 10:10 am., -1.7 1t High tide, 16:25 p.m., 15.2 ft Low tide, 22:13 p.m., 3.1 ft FROM TODD M. Johnson of Todd is a guest & the Gastineay, RUSSIANS ESTABLISH BLOCKADE Tension Is Increased Over New Stoppage of Trucks Berlin Bound (By the Associated Press) The Russians have choked oft Western truck traffic to Berlin to 1 mere trickle in a move denounced by Western officials as clear breach of the Four-Power agree- ment on Berlin reached last month in Paris. The Russian move, planation, comes scheduled new Four-Power consul- tations on normalizing Berlin's existence. Western nerves already have been siretched taut by the Russian’s off-again on-again blockade tactics in Berlin, and the newest move is bound to increase the tension. Only four cargo trucks an hour-- 96 a day—are going from the West to Berlin. These go over the Helm- stedt highway. All other highways have been closed up by the R sians. On the Helmstedt 1o alone some 300 trucks a day had Leen traveling into the city with supplies. The iatest Russlan move, cm- phasized once again Berlin's posi- tion as a political and economic island 100 miles inside the Soviet zone and underscored the import- ance of the airlift, still roaring nto the city. with supplies against the possibility of another full blockade such as the Russians pesed for almost a year. WHEAT (I;!“OP l_)OWN AFTER BAD MONTH; WEATHER, DISEASE WASHINGTON, July 12, —(&- The government reports a sharp reduction in wheat crop prospects due to unfavorable June weather and plant disease conditions. But it forecast the second largest corn crop on record, exceeded only by last year’s all-time high ot nearly 3,700,000,000 bushels. The new wheat estimate, how- ever, coupled with a surplus from last year, still would provide more than enough bread grain to meet prospective domestic and export needs. ‘The crop outlook greatly reduced —if it did not eliminate—possibili- ties of a return to rigid prewar production controls on the 1950 wheat crop. In its July report, the Agricul- ture Department put wheat at 1,189,000,000 bushels —a reduction of about 148,000,000 from its June forecast. without ex- on the eve of WSCS TO MEET The afternoon circle of the Wo- men’'s ‘Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church will meet Wednesday, July 13, at 2 pm. with Mrs. Clifford Robards in the Fosbee Apartments. THANKS, ~=the bi "BOYS' RANCH" IS OPENING TONIGHT | AT 20TH CENTURY Folks you've read abont the current crime wave of juvenile de- linquents in magazines and papers M- now brings a stirring motion picture on this thcught-provoking theme to the (8 tonight at the 20th Century “Boys “Butch” Ranch,” featuring Jenkins, James iz, Skippy Homeier, Darryl kman and the studio’s latest liscovery,” lovely and talented Jorcthy Patrick, in a story as cur- rent as this morning’s headlines! | 1t's the story of these misguided | kids you've been reading about, and |a man who devotes his life ling them a home, a job and a fres istart in life on a T s ranch! ARCHBISHOP KEPT | PALACE PRISONER, COMMIE CZECHS (By Associated Press) In Communist Czechoslovakia, a visitor to the palace of Archbishoyn Josef Beran rerorted the Roman Catholic Primate a pr'soner in his own palace, under guard of a plain clothes policeman, The leader of the Catholics’ fight against go ernment control has not left his ralace since Monday, June 19, when Communist hecklers trcks up his sermen in St. Vitus Cathedral The church leader who visited him said the Archb’shop intends to remain in the palace as a “ges- ture of protest azainst the govern- M0 | ment actions against the church,” | adding that if the Archbishop left, the Communists probably would lock him out of his palace and de- prive him of his symbol of opposi- tion | WASHINGTON, July 12.—(®— |The Senate Appropriations Com- fmittes has approved a 10 percent cut in funds for the European Re- rovery Program, a member said today. i The Eenator, who asked that identification be withheld, reported the group agreed to $3,778,380,000 to finance continued Marshall Plan operations. The approved cut 520,000 which Economic totaled $420.- operations during the fiscal which started July 1. year news- to giv- | will come from tie | Cooperation Administra- | tien's proposed budeet for recovery | TIDMENTIRY TONITE and WEDNESDAY 1 19/77 0 nhm’c U6 « Stigy, Mg | "oty PATRigy ™ HOMErER | Original Story and Screen Play by Wiliom Ludwig | Directed by ROY ROWLAND+Produced by KOBERT SIS | oo.Pl.’Soo. \CARTOCX and SPORTS | LATE HEWS J BY AIR ' DOORS SHOW STARTS OPEN 7:00 7:20 and 9:30 e ——— —— e et et e, e B e S i ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIFS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN Convenient afternoon d FOR RESERVAT via Petershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawoek and Hvdaburg epartures, at 2:30 P. M. IONS PHONE 612 For Estimates on thal \ BLOCKS for New Basement, House or Fireplace—PHONE 416—Evenings We have enough PUMICE and CONCRETE several houses i EARL CRASS AND SON Studebaker Land Cruiser gest half year in Studebaker history! e —————————— | You get more for your money [ in a Studebaker L] Studebaker is the style sta * of all today’s cars . Studebaker stands ovt in thrift and solid valuve . Stop in now and the many fine features of the '49 Studebakers White sidewall tires and wheel trim rings or discs optional at extra cost on all model; weeks. r new Studebakers that the HE Studebaker buying wave that's sweeping the country grew to huge proportions the past few By the end of June, so many people had bought biggest half year in all Studebaker history was recorded. What’s more to the point, Studebaker styling, perform: America’s preference for ance, operating economy and value keeps on increasing steadily, week by week. A new vision of loveliness inside and outside, the 1949 Studebaker brings thrift that counts, new han- \ dling ease and riding comfort into motoring. CAPITOL AUTO SALKES STUDEBAKE REALLY ROLLING Juneau, Alaska 1949 1S A STUDEBAKER YEA