The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 21, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIIL, NO. 11,252 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1949 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Option Taken on 3 Lots for Apartment House SALMON LOSS 0F $3,000,000 IS PREDIZTED Packer Bases Figure on| Poor Season for Bristol Bay Canneries “A loss of $3,000,000 to the salmon industry in Alaska can be expect- ed this year.” The prediction was made here today by Haakon B. Friele, presi- dent of the Nakat Packing Com- pany, one of the major packing| firms. “At Bristcl Bay,” he said, “where | it will be all over tomorrow morn- | ing, the pack will run to about 550,000 cases. “This compares with 1,300,000 cas- es last year, and 1,400,000 cases the season before.” The ‘Bristol Bay pack is of high- class red salmon which normally brings a high price and on which | the Territory receives substantial tax revenue. Friele attributed the decrease | to this year’s poor run, “whlch' happens periodically,” and to me. sharply curtailed 1949 season. “In addition,” said Friele, “for the last few weeks, we fished 66 hours | a week and had to be closed for | 102, instead of the 60-hour statu- tory weekly closed period.” 'The last bad years were in 1945 and '46. Friele said the prospetts for next year are even worse than for 1949. To make the situation even worse, the salmon market is weak, ! bringing $6 or $7 less a case than| last year. This market condition is due to the general decline in food commodities, according to the pack- | er, and to the large pack of tuna fish which is in direct competi- tion. “The outlook for Southeast Al- aska is better,” said Friele shorclw before he went to Ketchikan this | afternoon, “but I hesitate to try to predict the pack.” Friele is enroute to Seattle, com- ing here from Bristol Bay. He| plans to return here in August, for the opening of the commercial fish- ing season. The Nakat Company has thrée€ Southeast Alaska canneries, besides | the one in Bristol Bay. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Prince George from Vancouver scheduled to arrive at 3 p.m. to- morrow. Princess Norah from Vancouver | due Saturday afternoon or eve- ning. Denali from Seattle due to arrive * Sunday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Princess Kathleen scheduled sail from Vancouver July 27. Aleutian scheduled southbound Sunday. The Washffi—gton Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON {Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) to ASHINGTON— Some people, including John L.-Lewis, seem to have forgotten his all-too-familiar refrain: “No Contract; No Work.” For today, John L. and the min- ers ‘are doing what they vowed could not be done in the past. They | have no contract, yet they are working. There is a secret but excellent reason for this. John L. is not above making a deal with the mine owners, and he has made one now. It was no accident that he recently declared that the coal industry needed .a czar. In fact, such a czar has been agreed upon by Lewis and the northern operators. He is George Moses of the Frick Company. And after his appointment is formally announced, the mine workers will get either a raise or an increase in the welfare fund.| This has been agreed upon in ad- vance, and that is the reason John L. is violating his old adage: “No Contract, No Work.” Note—The Justice Department is| | connection with the development of | { lor’s condition was critical, that of | CEMENT PLANT TO BEGOVT. OPERATED URGED FOR ALASKA WASHINGTON, July 21.—P— An Interior Department spokesman is urging enactment of legislation to permit the government to con- struct and operate a cement plant in Alaska. William E. Warne, assistant Sec- | retary of the Interior, told a House subcommjttee on Territories | that there was great need for a cement plant in Alaska. He said the need was based upon three factors. 1. It is essential that build- ing materials be made available in the Territory at lower prices. 2. Alaskan resources should be drawn upon to produce commodit- | ies for Alaskan use to increase the strength of the territorial economy. 3. The location of a cement plant in the vicinity of Windy in the rail belt, would afford a down- hill haul for cement carried to| either Fairbanks or Anchorage, -or points between, thereby improving the balance of the operations of the Alaska Railroad. Warne said one major obstacle in | Alaska revolved about transporta- tion and transportation costs. He said that shortage of building ma- terials at prices comparable toj stateside levels was a deterrent to| housing and highway construction. Warne said the need for a ce- ment plant in Alaska has been | particularly acute in view of the great construction activities there| of the national military establish- | ment. He said the military establish- ment is spending between one and two million dollars a year for ce- ment for use in’ Alaska and that possibly a third could be saved through a territorial cement plant. WO KILLED, TWO 'WOUNDED, SEATTLE; 3-HOUR SHOOTING SEATTLE, July 21.—®—A city homicide detective, who voluntarily | returned in his cff-duty hours to help capture a cornered gunman, was killed early today. Moments later his slayer died in a volley of police fire. Dead are Detective Harry W. Vesper, abouf 35, and the gunman, James Jackson, about 50, a Negro. Two others—Johnny Taylor, 33, also a Negro, and Donald M. Reed, | 27, tow truck driver—were hospital- | ized with gunshot wounds. Tay- Reed was fair. Vosper was Kkilled as he met Jackson face-to-face at the base- ment entrance of a two-story house where the gunman was surrounded by more than 20 policemen. The slayings, climax to a series| of shootings that continued over a a three-hour period, came as police moved into the house after filling it with tear-gas bombs. Police said the fatal battle fol- lowed an earlier shooting at Tay- lor's home where Jackson had gone to see his estranged wife. = When Mrs. Jackson told him to leave or she would call police, Jackson sud- denly fired six shots from a .45 caliber automatic. Three of the bullets struck Taylor. Mrs. Jack- son and Mrs. Taylor were not hit. Police traced Jackson’s car to the lower Seattle home and assigned Detective Kenny Thomas to watch it. When no one appeared after a considerable time, Reed was called to tow the machine away. He was shot as he started hitch up the car. Vosper, who had investigated the earlier shooting at Taylor's home, was at headquarters talking to friends when the report of Reed’s shooting was received. 20 ABOARD PNA'S WEDNESDAY TRIPS Twenty passengers were aboard Pacific Northern Airlines flights yesterday as follows: From Anchorage: J. Keep, George Schmidt, Mrs. Petmecky. From Yakutat: Curtis Irwin,| Frank E. Hinsey. To Yakutat: Matt Gormley. To Cordova: Mrs. Roy Ruther- ford, Mrs. F. E. McConaghy. To Anchorage: Earl Bright, Stan Snyder, Charles Cummings, R. Thorne, J. McKee, J. Hawes, Pris- to investigating another angle of Lewis' cooperation with the m\ue‘ (Continued on Page Four) cilla Parker, R. J. Feltes, Floyd| Guertin, Mrs. F. Webber, Leon| ' Dahl, Chuck Davis, | TREATY IS APPROVED BY SENATE WASHINGTON, July 21.—(®— whelming approval of the Atlantic Treaty. The historic vote on ratification pledged the United States to join with Canada, Great Britain, France | and eight other European nations | in an alliance of mutual defense. The vote came at the end of 13| days of stormy debate, and sets the United States on a new course of foreign policy. The treaty commits the nation | to the first European military al- liance in American history. Eighty-two Senators voted for, against. Every Senator was recorded ex- cept Ellender (D-La) who is over- seas. RAINIERS LOSE IN THREE-HIT GAME T0 BEAVERS, 3-0 By JIM BACON Pacific Coast League pitchers were mighty stingy Wednesday night—three games were won on three-hit shutout performances. Another was a six-hitter. One of the three-hitters came| from the arm of Sacramento’s Ken | Holcomte. The 4 to 0 triumph over San Diego brought the fast-moving Solons to within 6% games of the league-leading Hollywood Stars. Hal Saltzman, who was released a year ago by Seattle, had sweet revenge on the Rainiers. He threw a three-hitter at thém and enabled | his Portland Beavers to cop a 3 to 0 win. It gave Saltzman a 14 won and six lost record for the season. He allowed none of his former| teammates to get past second base. The third three-hitter was the work of Lefty Lou Tost of Oakland who notched a 3 to 0 win from the San Francisco Seals. Mel Dueza- bou’s two-run homer took stick honors for the Oaks. Hollywood and Los Angeles split a marathon doubleheader. The| Stars rallied to nab the opener 3, to 2 in the extra eighth inning. It was a scheduled seven-inning a!- fair. Pinky Woods allowed but six hits and whiffed seven in chalking | up his 14th win. In the loosely- played nightcap, the Angels won | 10 to 5 after once trailing 4 to 0. North 13 STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League W L Pet Hollywood 48 593 Sacramento 52 540 | San Diego 58 504 Seattle 58 504 | Oakland 58 500 Portland 4 58 491} San Francisco 52 64 448 Los Angeles ... 68 ,411| National League W L Pct Brooklyn .. 52 33 612 St. Louis . .. 50 36 581 Boston ... 47 40 540 Philadelphia 4“4 42 512 New York .. .42 41 506 Pittsburgh 40 4 476 Cincinnati . 3¢ 50 405 Chicago .32 55 .368 American League Wk Pct New York .54 31 635 Cleveland . 49 35 583 Boston ... 46 40 535 Philadelphia 46 41 529 Detroit 46 42 523 Chicago 38 50 432 ‘Washington 34 48 415 St. Louis 345 STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 21.—®—Clos- | ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 91, Anaconda 28%, Curtiss- Wright 8%, International Harvest- er 26%, Kennecott 46%, New York Central 10, Northern Pacific 13%, U. S. Steel 22%, Pound $4.03 3/16. Sales today were 780,00 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 174.61, rails 44.87, util- ities 35.44. | ANS ARCHITECT RETURNS Ernest Page, architect for the Al- aska Native Service, was back on the job today after returning yes- terday from Seattle and a three- month hospitalization, | Salmon Derby. | The Senate late today gave over-| | winner work for his winnings. SALMON DERBY SPORTSMEN AT CHAMBER MEET Add to fishing ‘skill, the ability | to remove a window pane, n l qualification for. taking homt grand prize in next weekenda hls I This new skill would appear to be a must for the winner of the Salmen Derby grand prize Ford. | Grand prize winner will have to take his Ford “where she stands” or leave it in the show window' of the Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. This is the story, at least, that chairman of advertising for the Salmon Derby, A. W. Blacker- | by gave to the Chamber of Com- | merce this noon at their luncheon in the Baranof Hotel. Blackerby . reminded Chamber members that it was necessary to remove a large pane of glass from | the front of ithe AEL&P building to | get the prize car on to the display flocr. He quipped that it might be a good idea to make the lucky Blackerby and Keith Wildes, gen- eral co-chairmen for the Territorial Sportsmen, Inc. sponsored 1949 Salmon Derby, were on hand at today’s Chamber meeting to report‘ on final plans. Three objectives of the Derby, as Sportsmen see them, are the pro- viding of entertainment, business | stimulation and conservation. Blackerby said plans are being made to use extra profits from the affair in lake stocking. | He emphasized the point that fi- nancial reports on the Derby will be made public information with books open for inspection at all times. He also asked that anyone hav- | ing a boat or space on a boat! available for the three-day Derby | notify Robert Boochever, chairman of the boat committee. Tickets are | available at all sporting goods stores. Several distinguished guests met with the Chamber today. Haakon B. Friele, president of the Nakat Packing Co., gave al brief comment on salmon fisheries | in the Bristol Bay area. Martin Anderson, Seattle contractor, was| called on to give up-to-date infor- mation on plans for construction of | an apartment building in Juneau, | William M. Jahn, superintendent | of schools, Haines, reminded Ju- neauites that moose season opens September 1, and to come up to get your winter supply of meat. Winfield S. Pullen, Jr., on his first visit here since 1935, William Corbus, new President of the Al- aska Electric Light and Power Co,, | and Richard Hardy, manager of the American Type Founders in Seattle, were all called on for a brief comment. Commodore Jack Burford of the | Juneau Yacht Club spoke a few | words of thanks to the Chamber for their cooperation in the last weekend's Capital-to-Capital Cruis- er Race. { WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAT (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau— Maximum, 54; minimum, 49. At Airport—Maximum, 56; minimum, 45. FORECAST (Juneas and Vielnity) Cloudy with occasional showers tonight. Cloudy with rain Friday. Low tonight around 45. High on Friday near 58. PRECIP1xATION (Past 2 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — 115 inches; since July 1, 3.20 inches. At Airport — .08 inches; since July 1, 1.94 inches. Detroit Pays Last Respeds fo Murphy DETROIT, Mich, July 21— ‘This city is paying its last respects today to the late Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy. The jurist started on the road to fame in Detroit, and he died there Tues- day at the age of 59. Later today Michigan State Police will escort the body to Murphy’s native Har- bor Beach, where funeral services| will be held tomorrow. FROM SITKA Andy Carlson of Sitka registered | “carnival of death” today as crowds |ried its 32 occupants on a death- |owners of the ill-fated plane, said | | tinued operations. | C-46s 1000,000 protection for passengers inj | damage coverage. | his path. Heacock said he thought SEVEN DEAD, PLANECRASH AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, July long Harney Street 21—(P—Block- was like a of curious milled through the de- bris-laden area to-see the destruc- tion wrought by a crippled non- scheduled twin-engined C-46 air- liner, : Police Chief George D. Eastman estimated that more than 30,000 persons jammed the area in a three-hour span last night, less than 24 hours'after the plane car- dealing plunge through power lines and’ into five Southside homes. | Peanut, ice ‘cream and popcorn | vendors had a bonanza. Meariwhile, the death toll stood at :seven. Five of the victims were residents of houses struck by the plane. One was a plane passenger and the seventh body, still uniden- tified, is presumed to te that of a plane passenger not accounted for.| | The' latest death was that of Pete Chumos, 66, of Seattle. Thirty-one persons were injured. Amos E. Heacock, President of Air Transport Associates, Inc.| last night the compahy had beex:! cleared by Civil Aeronautics Ad- midistration Authorities for con- “Full operations of all aircraft in our fleet has been resumed,” he said. The company has four other in its fleet. We mailed a check for renewed aviation insur- ance policy just before the crash.” He said the line had up to $1,- the tragic crash, and up to $500,- 000 public liability and property | The plane crashed at 10:03 pm | (PDT) Tuesday when its left en- gine sputtered, then failed, during a takeoff from Boeing Field. It was enroute to Chicago. FALTERING PLANE ENGINE SEATTLE, July 21.—(®—The fal- tering engine that led to the take- off crash of a C-46 with 32 per- sons aboard Tuesday night had been ailing cn a flight from Al- aska that morning. That was the report today by Amos E. Heacock, president of Air! Transport Associates, Inc., the own- | ers. The firm has operated mainly on Alaska runs. 1 Heacock said, however, that xe-i pairs were made on it at Paine Field and it checked out perfectly in a test flight by Pilot Merle Edgerton, who was at the con- trols in the crash. | Heacock and Edgerton also said | the engines also ran perfectly prior to the takeoff, but that one lniled‘ at the moment the plane left the ground. FEdgerton, in his first account of his attempt to get the plane back to, the ground safely after it struck power lires, said his main effort was to veer round a big power transformer that loomed in the pilot's success in doing it was responsible for the miraculous es- cape cf most of the plane’s occu- pants. | The condition of Mrs. Eleanor Wilming, 46, Kodiak, Alaska, a plane passenger who received a‘ chest injury, remained critical to-| day, hospital attendants said. The seventh victim of the crash was identified by Air Force dental records as Cpl. Lawrence Furio, Chicago. Heacock said the airline recently started a system of training the pilots and testing the aircraft in one-engine climbing. He said that near Kenai, Alaska, last Sunday, one of the planes climbed 3,000 feet on one engine while fully loaded with a fish car- 0. Heacock himself was at the controls with Milton Donner, the line's check pilot. Heacock said safe altitude was gained on one engine just after a takeoff later that day at Yakutat. JUNEAU CITY BAND NEW UNIFORMS HERE; DELIVERY AT CASLERS The new uniforms for the Juneau City Band have arrived and are ready for delivery at Casler’s Men Wear Shop. Musicians are ask-| ed to call for their uniforms at| yesterday at the Gastineau, the earliest possible time. Plans for Alaska Defense Are in Operation Declares Johnson; SOROPTIMISTS 10 ENTERTAIN HIGH OFFICIAL FRIDAY For the second time within a month, the Soroptimist Club. of Juneau will have the privilege to- morrow of entertaining cne of the high officers of the American Fed- eration of Soroptimists. Mrs. Lois Beil Sandall, of Seattle, immediate Past-President of the Federation and Chairman of the Convention Committee which will develop and carry out the plans for the Bi- ennial Convention of the Federa- tion, to be held in Seattle next July, will arrive on the Prince George, and sheuld have a stay of several hours in Juneau. Buffet Supper Plans for her entertainment, pendent to some extent on the rival of the steamer, include, in de- ar- ad- | dition to a personally conducted sight-seeing tour, a buffet supper for Soroptimists, which will be held at the home of Mrs. Belle Simpson in the Twentieth Century Apart- ments at 6:30 o'clock. At this meet- {ing Mrs, Sandall will discuss con- vention plans with lccal Soropti- mists who will be asked to organ- ize a committee of Alaska Soropti- mists to act as associate hostesses at this convention. The Alaska Clubs will, in fact, fire the open- ing gun in Convention activities, as they lead off with the welcom- ing. reception, and Mrs. Sandsll is anxious to- have a full attendance of Soroptimists to participate in discussion of this event. " Open Meeting To Follow Following the buffet supper, on invitation of the Juneau League of Women Vcters, Mrs. Sandall will speak at an open meeting, at 8:30 at the Governor’s House. A mem- ber of the Unesco Committee, rep- resenting the American Federation of Soroptimist Clubs, Mrs. Sandall is also a gifted speaker, and it is hoped that a large number of Ju- neau citizens, both men and wo- men, will avail themselves of the opportunity to hear her discuss the absorbing program her group is sponsoring. A special invitation, to attend this meeting is extended to all members of the United Nations Study Group and others interested in this vitally important work. Soroptimists join with the League in urging all who | can possibly do so, to attend this open meeting. Plans for the entertainment by the Soroptimist Club are in charge of Dr. Dorothy Novatney, Social Chairman of the club. Mrs. Ernest Gruening represents the League in its sponsorship of the open meet- ing. Because of the evening meeting | tomerrow, the Soroptimist Club will cancel its regular weekly luncheon meeting at the Terrace Room. STRIKE NEWS (By Associated Press) Striking bus drivers in New York may vote tonight to end their shut- down. But in New York, and else- where, other labor multiplying. A strike has been set for July 31 by an A. F. of L. union whose 18 hundred members process most ot | the motion pictures shown in the United States. The union says a strike would halt production of most newsreels and feature movies. In New York about 65 flight com- munications officers went on strike against the American Overseas Airline this morning. The walkout was expected to affect departure of a scheduled passenger flight m Frankfurt, Germany, In Pittsburgh the Wesunghmue Electric Corporation and the C.I.O. United Electrical Workers have broken off negotiations. Westing- | house said it wasn't in a position to grant a fourth wage increase. In Virginia, the state government took over operation of the Alexan- dria, Bancroft and Washington ‘Transit Company just half an hour after company drivers voted to strike. The line carries thousands |of passengers between Washington and Alexandria and Arlington, No interruption in service was ex- pected, troubles are; Are Kept Secret \VASHINGTON J\ll)‘ 21.—(P— Secretary of Defense Johnson as- sured Senators today that adequate plens for defending Alaska are in operation but he asked to tell about them at a secret session. Johnsen was before the Senate Armed Services committee to urge quick approval of $643,000,000 worth | of construction projects for the Army, Navy and Alr Forces. The 1 work would be done in both this country and ove; He “most sald these represent the strategically and critically ry public works projests” in- buildings for defense in- stallations and special research. Senator Knowland (R-Cal'f) rais- ed questions about the Alaskan defenses. Numerous other Con- gressmen recently have been ques- tioning means ‘for protecting this| point of United States territory nearest Russia and Asia. Knowland wanted to know if de- fense officials had “taken all nec- essary precauticns” for Alaska. Johnson said they had but added | he wanted to answer detailed ques- tions behind ‘closed doors with re- porters and witnesses excluded. The bill before the committee includes $130,000,000 worth of pro- jects and construction in Alaska. VIOLENCE FLARES, HAWAIIAN STRIKE; MAJOR CUTBREAK HONOLULU, July 21.—®—Vio~ lence left its mark on Hawail’s 82- day dockr strike. today. The first major outbreak in the bitter dispute occurred yesterday. Several ‘hundred \CIO pickets and | sympathizers swarmed down on a group of non-union stevedores get- ting ready to unload strikebound freighters. Police broke up the clash with- in 10 minutes. But 19 men were injured and 30 arrested. ‘Those Jjailed—identified by police as ILWU strikers—were held without charge on” suspicion of riot. Circuit Judge John E. Park last night issued a writ of hakeas cor- pus for the pickets. He ordered Pclice Chief Dan Liu to produce the prisoners in court today and show cause why they should not be released. The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union struck | the Territory's ‘six ports May 1. It demanded a 32 cent boost of the $1.40 hourly wage for its 2,000 stevedores. The employers offered 12 cents. Then all negotiations came to a halt. | Gov. Ingram M. Stainback called the legislature into special session Tuesday to enact a program de- signed to end the tieup. A legis- lative ssteering committee aiready has drafted 15 bills. Kodiak Bear Cubs Landed in Seattle; Gave Agent a Belt SEATTLE, July 21.—®— Two | four-month-old Koediak bear cubs | arrived by airplane irom 'Kodiak | yesterday and were taken to the Woodland Park Zoo. | One will remain here, the other Leing slated for Salt Lake City. ‘They knocked Walter Muller,| Alaska Air Lines agent at Kodiak, off a truck while being loaded for | their southbound trip. New Adtion Taken by | (lO Exemllve Board, ANCHORAGE July 21.—(A— The CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Work- ers Union executive board has vot- ed to have the union’s officers sign | non-Communist affidavits as re< quired by the Taft-Hartley Law, The vote is a change in a two- year pelicy, and the executive board gave two reasons for the switch. It ;sald that the change was decided l upon because of what it called the shameful betrayal of labor's fight for repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act, and because of raiding and, strike- | B —— i MAKE PLANS FOR 80-UNIT CONSTRUCTION Corner of th, Franklin Site of 6 fo 8 Story Modern Building First major step in plans for construction of an 80-unit concrete and steel apartment house in Ju- neau was completéd here yesterday with the signing of opticns on three lots at the corner of Fourth and Franklin Streets. Martin Anderson, Seattle contrac- tor, has taken option to purchase lots 1-2-3 in block 17, ‘owned by the Baptist Church and Mrs. Harrlet Wocd. - Securing of the preperty for the apartment construction comes as a result of the combined efforts of Mayor Waino Hendrickson and city officials, the Chamber of Commerce, headed by Fred Eastaugh and Kenneth Kadow, chairman of the Alaska Field Com- mittee. Options were signed in Kadow’s office late yesterday afternoon by representatives of the Baptist Church, Mrs. Wood and Anderson. A six to eight story modern | apartment building with “efficien- cy” units and two and three bed- room apartments, as well as a | ground floor centaining space for shops, is the Seattle contractor’s plan for construction. He had no estimate today on the possible cost. Foss & Malcolm, Juneau archi- tects, have been engaged as assist- ing architectural firm to draw up plans. Tentative commitments frcm the Federal Housing Authority are ex- pected-by ‘August-31, and within 60 days thereafter, tinal word is ex- pected as to whether the project will have definite Approvnl for the go-ahead. Completion of construction and readiness for occupancy is not ex- pected 'until more than ‘a year from now, with’ November or De- cember 1950 as the estimated time. Anderson, speaking before the Chamber of Commerce luncheon this noon on the housing. project, said plans were ready to go into operation and that he hoped to be able to accomplish preliminary work this fall, but that no definite | commitments could. be made, “I think,” he said, “that with the cooperation of everyone involved, including the FHA, the g¢onstruc- tion can become a reality.” AWARD CONTRACT FOR ANS HOSPITAL Contract for construction of a 400-bed Alaska Native Service hos- pital at Anchorage was awarded yesterday, with announcement made by Commissioner of Indian Affairs John R. Nichols. Three Seattle ccmpanies combin- ed to submit a bid of $4,812,354 for construction of hase properties, plus a certin amount of paved streets. Awarded the contract were the J. C. Boespflug Construction Co., Peter Kiewit Sons Co. and Morris- Knudson Ce,, with 1,380 days allow- ed for completion of construction. Preliminary work on the project is expected to get under way this season, but no major construction work will be undertaken until next spring, according to Ralph Mize, ANS construction chief. The ANS hospital will include 300 beds for tuberculosis cases and 100- beds for general patients. Appropriation for the project was included in the 1949 budget. \FINAL RITES FOR LEE SMITH FRIDAY Funeral services :or Lee H. Smith, Juneau Dairy owner who died Tuesday morning, will be held tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the Catholic church. Rosary services are to be tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Charles W. Carter Mortuary chap- el * Pallbearers will be Evan Wruck, Lawrence Zach, J. F. Mullen, M. E._ Monagle, Joe Thibodeau and James McNaughton with honorary pallbearers H. R. VanderLeest, Joe Kendler, Frank Maier, George Dan- breaking policies of reactionaries in the leadership of the CIO, ner, Sr, Frank Heinke and Ed Jacobson, Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.