The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 13, 1949, Page 6

PAGE SIX STEAMSHIP (0. HEAD HERE ON ~ ALASKA TRIP Fvery Port in Temiory Served by Company on Skinner ltinerary every After a trip c taken him ved by has is in and Territ for Seattle dent Federal aving made over the rail- ge to Fairbanks row and Nome, from Valdez to be T Day cere- to President Emeritus 3 nies honoring Dr. Charles E Bunnell, back over the highway to a and Valdez where | Mr. Skinner and his party joined the Leonore for the trip south. Homer, Seldovia, Kodiak —"ir fact every port served by the Alaska Steam, we covered on this trip,”| Mr. Skinner said. “We wanted to| call on the people we serve, see if | we could improve service, find out in general what is going on in the as it pertains to our com- operations. lu the party travelling with Mr and Mrs. Skinner are Mr. and Mrs. Chi Parker, Mrs. J. L. Burke, sister of Mrs. Skinner, ana Schuyler Duryea, general, freight and passenger agent, Ketchikan. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SUSPEND MEETINGS UNTIL OCTOBER 12 At their monxhly luncheon to- day, memuers of the National Fed- eration of Federal Employees voted to suspend meet.ngs for the next| two months. The next one will be Wednesday, Octo-er 12 Alva W. Blackerby, chairman ot the cost-of-living committee, re- ported that the Alaska salary di'-' ferential now is established as bas! pay in connection with taxes, but not in regard to retirement bene- fits. The group voted that the com- | mittee initiate action for a Con- gressional change to give the mr»‘ ferential the same status in b.;thi respect: President Milton J. Furness an- nounced that the treasurer still has $16 for refunds on the dinner that did not take place because ot the Country Club fire. This is the equivalent of eight dinner tickets. “This is Nylon,” a color-sound movie by the du Pont Company, | provided the program—a muvu‘;’ with a plot and good entertainment | as well as advertiying. Today's meeting was Baranof Hotel Gold Room. s in the QUEEN JUANITA DIAZ OFF ON SEATTLE TRIP | Queen Juanita Diaz, Juneau’s Fourth of July queen, left aboard Pan American Airways Clipper yesterday, bound for a round trip | to Seattle. The flight was one of the prizes to be awarded the girl chosen as queen for holiday cele- brations Fourth of July weekend. Also a gift of the Fourth of July Committee was $100 for expenses | during the queen’s stay as goodwill *ambassador from Juneau. HOSPITAL NOTES Harvey R. Foley has been ad- mitted to St. Ann’s Hospital. Mrs. Alice Elliott was discharg- | ed from St. Ann's yesterday. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brown of Juneau at| the Government Hospital last night. | Big steel has rejected President Truman’'s proposal for a fact- finding board to help avert a na- | which managed to be entertaining for this about tuberculosis. This film in the series | proposals | stresses the importance of isolation failed to meet the requirements of [and other precautions for the pro- | tionwide steel strike, set weekend. The Uniteq States Steel Corporation said the lh(* Tafl Hart]ey La»\ HAVE YOU A FACE THAT COMMANDS ? STRONG, ROUGH-HEWN LINES SHOW THIS MAN’'S WORD (S FINAL! WHEN HE SAYS, ‘| WANT 'DOUBLE-RICH' CREAM OF KENTUCKY," HE GETS A FINE WHISKEY AND ENJOYS IT! { Fine Blended Whiskey, 36 Proof 70% grain neutral spirits. © Schenley Dist, Corp., N. Y. 1354 | ent at | 2m1; 1 28-foot | Montgomery, IBATTING AVERAGES SINCIC REACHES ECHO FIGURED FOR CITY ¢ LEAGUE BB PLAYERS The players batting eague. e basis to date. The are Hazlett ton, .261; Sommers gan, .143; 000. Moose team lker, .438; an, .333; G | 313; Mmller, Phelps, 171; Croken, Weil, 0 E average ion, .382; 271; Hous- geon, .229 154; 0 Schultz, 311 Schy 167; Ha : Bryant, .111; Hollow 571. Selmer, Vuille, .105 000; 000; De- 000; Notar, .000; McWilliams, Sheppard, .000 on team: Stragier, .500; Bar- .500; Nielson, .348; Alired, Cope, .271; Rollison, .250; Xristan, .206; Metcalfe, .200; Pas- quan, .189; Schmitz, .143; Krause, 140; Haen, .100; Brown, .000; Mar- tinson, .000. 50-1B. WHITE KING SALMON IS CAUGHT ell, It took all three of Ernie White- head's passengers to haul in the ig one that did not get away ast night. So far as is known at Quilico's fport Center, where the catch is n display, the 50-pound whise king 5 the largest salmon taken this seascn on sport gear. It was caught by Howard ~lrwons of the Northern Commer- cial Company, Seattle; Bill Owens of Peoria, Ill., and Truman Sage of |fan Leandro, Calif., both with the | Caterpillar Tractor Company. They were trolling as Whitehead's cruiser neared Aaron land (between Shelter Island and Tee Harbor), when the big one hit. The 50-pounder was caught on a | Bert Seaton Alaskan plug, 27- ound test Mcnel wire line and a ceryllium copper rod. {GC STORIS RETURNS FROM FISH PATROL The CGC morning from Storis returned this a week’s patrol |the taking of halibut. | The area covereq by was from 20 miles north of Cape Spencer to 20 miles south of Sitka and is known as Area Two of the fishing grounds. Last Sunday, the fishing boat Donnamae was towed from Shelikof Bay to Sitka because of engine failure. Leaving a week ago, the Storis tock supplles to the Lynn Canal and Cape Spencer light stations | cefore proceeding on the fishing patrol KIWANIS PLANS PICNIC JuLy 24 Business matters at today’s | luncheon meeting of the Kiwanis Club centered in plans for the annual club picnic and in projects | spensored by the Juneau group. The meeting was in the Terrace Room of the Baranof Hotel. Archie Betts is chairman for the picnic, which is scheduled for Sun- |day, July 24. Dr. John M. introduced, A new member, was was a visiting Kiwanian, Davenport of Seattle. Dr. John Clements, health movie, | other Disney animated Walt “Health for the Americas” | tection of the public. The Rev. | | John Griffin ran the movie. a OFF AARON ISLAND | Is- \ e et | Boyd, John |enforce the fishing regulations on | the Storis | as wW. E. program | chairman for July, produced an- this one a cartoon fmo rain there, taxi men say many| | OVE, FOOD DEPLETED; LEAVES FOR SKAGWAY s been received that Paul ho left June 8 on an ov to Skagway, reached Echo he lower end of Bemcrai ximately June 27. Mrs. A. H. Paulsen, re-j the Allen McMurchie Cove June 28, found written on the Also left were | two po: addressed to Tony Thomas of t and the other pire reporter. The Paulsens ret July 8 turning t to Gordon Gray | sioner. The message written on cker box top is as follows don’t know whom to address message to. In fact I don't even| know the date! Left Juneau on | 3th of June for Echo Cove on the trail; but about two miles north of Yankee Cove Trail cut off I couldn’t follow the trail because o deep snow (about 20 or 30 feet deep in places) so I took off cross- country by compass. “Not having a map of the coun- try, I had to blindly feel my way through this jungle underbrush, going for miles tefore coming to an impassable cliff or river and | then having to back track ang try 'another direction. On the 11th, I hit soft snow pocket, falling and | wrenching my knee so that I had 1to split my pack in two and carry| one at a time—double packing fur about three days—anyway food is about gone (Been living oft porcupine this past week). “Tony Thomas (Forest Servlccr’ told me about the three cabins at | the Cove—The first two are locked | Iand I waited for several hours for| come one to show up here—where i! hoped to get a little food, but| since no one is here, I don't feei| right in taking it—I d'd take the icold hot cakes and a cup of Postum | though! Thanks. Would you please drop these cards in the mail when you send cut your own? Would you | iput the date on them, please.” | The card addressed to Tony‘ Thomas had basically the same in-| formation on it with this additional !bit: “I think I can still make it to | skagway! I'm leaving Echc Cove and following beach to first river that seems impassable and follow it to it's source to the gla- |ciers end trying to keep above the timterline, and below ice cap.” | On the card addressed to the re- | | porter, Sincic states that his ior‘d‘ is gone. addressed to an Em- urned to Juneau e messages Over US. Commis- the ~ this Sincic has the worst part of the| | trail to Skagway ahead of him. Ac- cording to reliable information, the glaciers that he speaks of in the above note are overhanging ones. That is, they ,¢ome down to the edges of cliffs which border on| Berner’s Bay. Those who know the country feel it is doubtful that Sincic will make | it through to his destination. 10 ARRIVE HERE ON (PR VESSEL | PRINCESS NORAH' Ten passengers disembarked | from the Princess Norah when she docked here.at 10 p.m. yesterday.| She sailed at 11:45 p.m. for the north and will return here Friday, | docking at 8 and sailing at 9 a.m. Juneau passengers inciuded: Mr. and Mrs. Horace A. Holaday, Mrs. Margaret McGinitie, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Glover, Miss Myrrl Houck, Mrs. Marjorie Sharntroich, Miss| Barbara Sharnborich, Miss Carol| Sharnborich and Terry E. Sharn-} borich. | The Norah had many tourists aboard who made the Glacier trip| and as it was still daylight and| good pictures were snapped. Former President of Eire, Dr. Douglas Hyde, is dead at his home. | He was 80 years old, and had {served as President of Eire from 11938 to 1945, when he retired. Your ])eposits ARE BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES:* SAVINGS BONDS THE management of this bank is pledged to conserva- tive operation. The safety of depositors’ funds is. our primary consideration. In addition the bank is a mem- ber of Federal Deposit Insur- ance Corporation, which in- sures each of our depositors against loss to a maximum of $5,000. SAFE DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED FIRST NATIONAL BANK of JUNEAU, ALASKA MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION | e Forest Service| | Street instead of through. the bus- | The first 2 ALASKA STEAMSHIP THE DAILY ALASKA EMI'IRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA IDERBY TRIAL RUNS HELD NIGHTLY NOW; CHECK IN ON FRIDAY On Friday night, the Soap Box Derby cars will be given a final in- spection and checked in for the big race on Sunday. Trial runs will be held tonight, Thursday and Fnday nights at 7:30 o'clock if the course is not too wet and the weather is clear enough. The parade next Sunday after- neon preceding the race will be held at 1:30 o'clock up Twelfth iness district as in previous years. heat will be run off| at 2 o'clock. Committees announced today Dr. by William P. Blanton, genemu chairman of the Derby, are as follow: Elton Engstrom, Henry Hogue, finance; Milton Daniel, El- ton Engstrom, prizes; Henry Har- mon, Manuel Parades, Vic Power, inspection; Jerry McKinley, com- munications; Henry Hogue, an- nouncer; Lee Lucas, Monte Gris- ham, Hugh Wade, Don Skuse, Hen- ry Harmon, Bob Lajoie, Henry Green, Carson Lawrence, Harold Foss, kick boa: Capt. rector; S. C. Hansen, parade di- Ellis Reynolds, Stan Grum- mett, James McNaughton, James Ryan, Dan Livie, Manuel Parades, Carson Lawrence, Cecil Casler, Bill Ellis, Henry Green, Hugh Wade, Neil Fritchman, Bob Lajoie, Vern Metcalfe, Ed Clark, Bob Akervick, hill top operations. 15IN, 35 OUT ON PAN AM FLIGHTS Pan American Airiways carried| 50 passengers yesterday with 15 ar- riving and 35 leaving as follows: From Seattle: Mrs. Anne Hogue, |Richard Ward, Mrs. Clarence An- derson, Mrs. John Floberg, Mrs. Beatrice Harper, Glenn Harper, Alfred Kuehl, James B. Hommon, J. R. Hope, Mr. and Mrs. V. C Kerstetter, Gail Page, Mrs. Gust Pearson, Dick Arvidson. To Ketchikan: ank Melang. To Seattle: Hendrickson, C. Thompson, Glen Walston, Cari George Frye, Rober! Manney, Ole Flem, Ludvig Larsen Richard Stuart, Mrs. John Amcz] Cleo Campbell, Juanita Diaz, Mr and Mrs. Henry Sully, Mr. and Mrs, A. F. Knight, S. Oblund, Leo Mor- and, William Turpin, Kenneth: ackson, Louise Koven, Meltoni Avellar, Alba Avellar, Kathleen Avellar, John Avellar, Bob Wayne. To Fairbanks: Hugh B. Antrim, Phillip Spaulding, Dr. Robert Wheatley, Clarence P. Keating,| Dick Arvidson. To Whitehorse: Joe Cassidy, and Mrs. R. P. Steen. Mr. i (0. FREIGHTERS DOCK at 2:3¢0 the Coastai; at 4:30 this, are scheduled to sail to- |day. The Palisana is loading fish for the southbound voyage while the Monarch is unloading general freight refore sailing to the West- |ward. Bpth are Alaska Steamship Co., freighters. The Palisana, arriving this morning, and Monarch, docking morning, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIlIlllIlIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIiIIIIII|IIIIIIIlIIlIIII|IIIIIIII WANT BETTER DRY CLEANING? 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From Rogers, BOAT WORK AT Harris Co.,, is on the ways at the Juneau Marine Base of the North- { ern Commercial Co., pairs. Aase ard the Defiance owned by | Frank Olson were in for minor re- Eairs. the: Rebecca owned by Straits Canning Co. the water after one ana a halt year’s conditioned. land and the 31-C-913 owned by Jones and Ogden were put in the water from the storage lot. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1949 DOUGLAS NEWS SOUTH ON ALEUTIAN Miss Betty Kibby and her fath- er, M. J. Kibby were passengers on the Aleutian, enroute to Seattle and a visit in the states. In Kent, Wash., they will visit Mr. Kibby's sister. (ONDITIONS OF WEATHER ALASKA PTS. Weather condlilons and temper- at various Alaska points, _ TO VETERANS HOSPITAL Emil Geubelle, long time land- mark of Douglas, and watchman and boilerman for Douglas Can- .. D1—RAIN ! nery for many years, became quite 59~Par!1y Cloudy |ill last week, and was sent to the 38—Fog | Veterans Hospital in Walla Walla, e . 47—Rain| Wash. . B5—Partly Cloudy 58—Partly Cloudy . 52—Partly Cloudy 51—Partly Cloudy 60—Partly Cloudy 49—Rain w. 54—FoOR 48—Fog, Drizzle rrennesine 4T—TFFOZ 58—Pamv Cloudy 50—Partly Cloudy 48—Partly Cloudy 52—Drizzle v 99—Clear 46—Partly Cloudy | X 56—Clear 53—Partly Cloudy 50—Cloudy 120th Meridian Time, and LONDON and PARIS on your way fo Scandinavia AT NO EXTRA TRANSPORTATION COST! Now you can make a real “tour” out of your trip to the homeland! For regular SAS fare to Scandi- navia, you may stop off at either London, Paris, or both cities. And on your trip back to the U. S. A., the same privilege applies. HERE- FROM PORTLAND Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Barnes ot Portland, Oregon, are living in Douglas, stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Smith, Sr.,| {Mrs. Barnes’ parents. Mr. Barnes has taken employment with the Juneau Spruce Corp., and the fam- ily intend to make their home here. They have a baby daughter, 8 months old. BABY KERNS HOME Baby Donald Andrew Kerns, new born son of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Kerns, with his mother, returned to their home here, after discharge |last week from St. Ann’s Hospital ;at Juneau. Everything is just |fine in the household, says Dad Kerns, who is engineer with the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Susan, two- year-old sister of baby Donald, 1s | happy too. e THE ONLY DC-6 planes — modern, spacious, dependable—fastest to Scandinavia (just 17 hours from New York). ® DIRECT to such cities as Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki. ® FREE MEALS, smorgasbord and refreshments. ® NO TAX... no tipping ... no charge for bag- gage up to 66 pounds. ALASKA COASTAL TUESDAY FLIGHTS With eight passengers carried on'! 28 leaving Juneau arnving here, Alaska VISITING Neil Mill arrived recently from his Seattle home to spend the Fourth of July and the school vacation with his father and step- ;mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Mill, jand step-brother, Joe Garrett. Neil is a fifth grader, and will Ireturn to Seattle in time to attend school, the later part of August. Plenty of seats available now! Nine flights every week provide the space you want, when you want it. By flying SAS, you spend more time in Scandinavia . . . fewer hours in travel ... less time away from home and job See Your Travel Agent or Northwest Airlines Westward Hotel, Anchorage Main 765 six Sam Little. Mrs. Austin, Elea- For Gustavus: For Hoonah: Austin. For Petersburg: Walter Stewart,| Rosemary Phillips. | For Ketchikan: A. F. Lawrence. | For Wrangell: Louise Willard. r Taku Lodge: Dean Williams, Miller. For Tulsequah: TO TENAKEE SPRINGS Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Moser have left to spend the summer at Ten- kee Springs. Moser, troller, will! fish in that area. i \VICTCR IS TO MAKE PARKA FOR WINNER | OF SOAP 30X DERBY For the third year in a »i'/ the| winner of the Soap Box Lwrby will ke given a fur parka by Martin Victor. The morning after the race, the j winner has an appointment with Victor to be measured for his prize! and it will be made to order for a perfect fit. The full crew at the Martin Vic- ‘tor Fur shop will work on the ‘| parka to complete it in time for . | the winner’s departure for the Na- the P. E.|iional finals to be held in Akron, August 14. P. W. Forrest, For Elfin Cove: Rod Darnell. For &'tka: Jack Klumb, T. J. Mrs. Boylan, D. Hanebury, Mitchell, W. Smallwood, and Mrs. G. Harper, Max ers, Mary Ruth Googe, Law- D. Stone, Mrs. CANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM ® Seattle: 824 White Bldg. SEneca 6250 For Tenakee: . Clark. Sitka: C. Camptell, Max R. Sameron, Jim Lodley. From Tulsequah: Sydney Oslund. From Petersburg: Grace Treffers. Alex Falkern, Mrs. AU MARINE BASE, N. C. CO. The Plumbing © Heafing Oil Burners Moha, owned by TAKES HIS LIFE Warren O. Hubbard, 26-year-old | coast guardsman, shot and killed himself at Ketchikan sometime during last Sunday night. His body was found in bed in the Stedman hotel. He left no note and no ‘cause for suicide is known.' for engine re- The Gordon D. owned by Olat| Telephone-319 Nights-Red 730 I_Harri Machine Shop, Inc. Hull repairs were made on the Icy Art Anderson’s Vam was put in IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilIllilIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII BUY FOR CASH and BUY FOR LESS 25 Oil Barrel Gauges — While They Last Each - § 1.59 Siloo Tank Solvent (Dissolves Sludge) . Per gallon 2.50 One Good Used "Quiet Heat”" 0il Burner with all New Minneapolis-Honeywell Conirols . Only 106.00 30.00 32x20x 6" - 2 Comp. Enam. Steel Kitchen Sinks . . Horton DeLux Pump Type Electric Washing Machines 123,50 Close-coupled De Lux Toilets (Less Seat) 42.50 One slightly damaged toilet bowl (good as new) 12.50 Enameled Wash Basins as low as 9.75 2.95 Electric Toasters Eleciric Ranges, Electric Refriyerators, 0il Ranges, 0il Heaters, Eleciric or 0il Burning Water Heaters at Seattle Retail Prices. . . If You Pay Cash Plumhing and Heating Repairs Save 50c per hour on all labor by paying cash for labor and materials on completion of work; we charge $3.50 per hour. Gasoline 24.3 per gallon if you buy a$10.80 coupon book for $9.00. DOUGLAS PLUMBING & HEATING COMPANY PHONE 16 . Box 1187 i Illlllllllllllll“lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIHIIIII!IIII|IIImlIIIIIIIIllllllllIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIII'IIIIHIHH‘I storage and is being re- The 31-F-539 owned by J. Havi- |