The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 12, 1949, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT ™ FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1949 | 20 NEW HOMES BEING BUILT IN HIGHLANDS Construction of 20 new houses in the Highlands sub-division started here tod with basement concrete pouring in the first three houses being built by Juneau Realty, Inc ‘The two-bedroom basement homes under con- struction primarily for sale, but are financed under FHA plan 203, permitting either rental or sale. Completion of first units is ex- pected within 60 days, or by October 1, according to Harold Foss of Foss & Malcolm, architects General contractor is the Sealand 'PORTLAND CONCERN BUYS TWO STEAMERS FOR ALASKA TRADE WASHINGTON, Aug. 12—(P—The sale of two freighters to the Coast- Line of Portland, operating along the Pacific coast to Alaska, has been authorized by the Mari-| time Commission, company cmclals} said today. | The Liberty vessels, the Joel Chandler Harris and the Jack Lick, | already were in use by the line| under lease. “This acquisition of ships mea we are in the field to stay and de- velop the trade,” Ben H. Parkin- son, executive vice president of the | ; shipping concern said. “We have | it s ; purchased them on regular terms 5 12 without subsidy or ECUADOR QUAKE DAMAGE . DOUBLE FUNERAL : smem FOR VICTIMS OF oz B TRAGICDROWNING Double funeral services for Ron- ald Ellers and Oscar “Chum” Nle- mi, jr., were held at 2 pom to-l day in the chapel of the Charles w. Carter Mortuary, marking the final scene in the tragic death of| the two West Juneau youngsters who were drowning victims here Monda Services were conducted by the Rev. G. Herbert. Hillerman of the Lutheran church with interment in the Evergreen Cemetery. Bodies of 8-year-old Ronald and year-old “Chum” were discov- ered Tuesday night pinned under a log raft around which they had Shatfer’s A9-Phone-13 ] | | b wise SANITARY MEAT CO. Meat at Its Best == At Lower Prices FREE DELIVERY full-concrete L I e T St . any special| Construction Co, of Seattle. Fed- eral Housing Authority has in- sured the loan on the project with financing through the Alaska Fed- eral Savings and Loan. While house plans are similar, according to Foss, there will be no similarity of exteriors, and houses will be spread out over four blocks with several along the highway and the remainder on Behrends A\'eul one block above. Homes will be | heated with oil-burning hot air | furnaces, complete with electric hot | water heaters and electric ranges. Demand for housing due to the incoming 17th District Coast Guard headquarters was the main impetus | for the construction program. | WILLIS SHANK HERE | FOR DUAL PURPOSES | TO ALASKA NATIVES, Shank,” a former | Navy minesweeper turned into a| medical mission boat, docked this morning at ‘the City Dock from | Seattle. | Under the command of Capt. C. : F. Stabbert with crew of 18, the; vessel will be leaving Monday for the Craig and Klawock areas toj administer to the needs of natives.! Stabbert is to hold a conference with Dr. C. Earl Albrecht here this afternoon. The ship has a compleie surgery, an X-ray and examining room and an eight-bed hospital, also a dental outfit. The main lounge cabin serves | as a chapel capable of seating 75: to 100 people. " On the lower deck are the living quarters for Stabbert, his wife and five children, the McClennys and their small daughter. Mrs. Mc- Clenny, a former teacher, is teacher aboard the 136-foot boat Walter Kallstrom is chief engineer. Dr. Lindsay McClenny is aboard for the first trip, but during 10 months of each year the Willis Shank will be in Alaskan waters several different doctors and den- tists will make two to three week trips on a voluntary basis. Aiding the doctors will be two Victoria| nurses—Doreen Pendray and Eve- | lyn Hunter. All crew members are volunteers with Capt. C. F. Stabbert the skip- | per. Conversion of the ship from The “Willis | in consideration.” Co nearly a year with four ves including the two purchased. Two others are to be added to the fleet, Parkinson said. The line operates between Beach and San Francisco, Portland and Seward. SEATTLE, Aug Sexton, president of the Coastwise Line, advised the Times by tele- phone from San Francisco that the two new ships purchased by the line would be used in a direct ser- vice from California to Puget Sound and Alaska. He said the operation would be addition to the line's regular coastwise service. xton called the “stop-gap measure.” Coastwise Line, he said, engag- ed in a program for construction of vessels adapted to the coastwise Alaska trade. Calif., 12—-P—W. T. purchase a Alaska's Big Business Men, Is in Juneau Milt Odom, president of Odom and Company, one of Alaska's larg- est business enterprises, is in Ju- neau and leaves for his Anchorage ( headquarters tomorrow. Coca Cola representation in An- chorage, produce brokerage and various liquor lines are included im Odom and Compan; Alaska bus- iness. While in Juneau Mr. Odom is conferring with his local repre- sentatives, Brooks Hanford and Horace Adams, Jack Gucker of the Schenley Company and visit- ing his many friends in town. » (ommifie_emroves Appoinfments of (lark and McGrath WASHINGTON, Aug. 12—>—Thne Senate Judiciary Committee today recommended confirmation of At- torney General Tom C. Clark to te an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The vote was 9 to 2. | The committee also recommended —39 to O—the confirmation of Sena- tor J. Howard McGrath (D-RI) to twise has been operating for | Long SIXTY CHILDREN ARE ENTOMBED in rulns of Ambato, Ecuador, ed in disastrous earthquake which left cathedral (top) destrc thousands dead and injured, more strewn streets in Guano, another bear mute testimony to force of temblor.(/nternational Soundphoto) AID 0 ALASKA SETTLEMENT UP TO HOUSE NOW The House of Representatives Public Works Committee has ap- proved a bill appropriating $70,000,- 000 for a public works program in Alaska. Word that tue bill is now on the floor of the House was telephoned 'o Gov. Ernest Gruen- ing today by Alaska’s Congressional “Children asa {Natural Resource’ peen seen playing Monduy imorning Disappearance of the two lads touched off an intensive 24-hour cearch, with Gene Hulk making the tragic discovery at 8 p. m. Tues- day night. | Chum is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Oscar Niemi and two sisters, Nancy and Elsie. Surviving Ronnie are his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roman Ellers| and their two other children, Michael 5, and Sally, two months. {15 Club Topic | than 100,000 homeless. Rubble- heavily damaged city (bottom) J. Lawion Collins Kamed io Succeed Bradley as Army Chief WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—#— | President Truman today nominated Gen. Jeseph Lawton Collins to be Chief of Staff of the Army. Collins, Vice Chief of Staff, was named to succeed Gen. Omar N. Bradley. Bradley was nominated yesterday With “Childic:: as a Natural Re-| source” as his topic, Dr. George A.g Dale addressed members of the| Juneau Soroptimist Club at its; noonday meeting on the Baranof | Terrace today. | Dr. Dale, director of education of the Alaska Native Service, urg-| .ed consideration of children as a| natural resource. called attention| to the lack of consideration chil-| dren receive from government and| the public because “they have no| vote, they are not a health hazard,| ia help problem nor are they of im- | portance as a political lobby.” | As a potential force in the aim| for world peace, Dr. Dale urged| the indoctrination of children in| the practice of living together| peaceably. He asked their consider- | tation by cleaning cities of slums,| red light districts and saloons and urged that club members join in’ voting out of office those public| servants of interests who would | sacrifice the welfare of children| for dollars to be gained. | While our children are a tremen- is tough competition” for children, | he concluded. ' | The meeting this noon was pre-| sided over by Mrs. Alice Thorne, president and Mrs. Mernice Mur-| : phy, in charge of the program, in-| troduced Dr. Dale. VISITING THE SAM PAULS Mr. and Mrs. Sam Paul, jr., have| as houseguests, Mrs. Paul’ sister, Miss Helen Maag of Kansas City,| i Mo., and her friend, Miss Essie | | Turpinseed, who is County Record- ]cr at Twin Falls, Ida. dous natural resource, “the dnllar‘,, HALF a BUCK Genuine Iowa, Fresh Killed, Corn-Fed Grade ‘A’ TURKEYS FRESH COUNTRY STYLE Seasoned to your taste PORK SAUSAGE bsog)( CHOICE BEEF Grade A" Steers POUND SIMON pep—— They {lew here about two weeks; ago, and plan to leave on the Princess Norah, Tuesday. 1 ! Miss Maag, a physical therapist,| Collins was born in New Orleans, cerveq duringg Lhepws;r in the rN'urse May 1, 1896. He was graduated. i i | o RGNS acaemy e L oo SoieTy A8 R RO S Y Y | Italy, Germany and North Africa. | was commissicned a second lieuten- % | ant, April 20, 1¢ {ot highest Imilitary rank in the ccuntry—Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a minesweeper to mission boat vas carried out almost entirely by vol- untary help. The Willis Shank cerries the Delegate E. L. “Bob” Bartlett The bill, SB 855, the Senate on Tuesda week. It will furnish funds struct water facilities, tems and many other needed public improvements throughout the Ter tery on a matching fund s. Th program would be supervised by be Attorney General succeedin L A R D 5 i Aoy ¢ PURE CARTONS Chairman McCarran (D-Nev) at name and pursues the service pe- | first declined to say who voted gun by a missionary Killed in a | against Clark. Later he told re- plane crash two years ago on An- | Porters that Senators Donnell (R- nette Islandl while enroute to niz|M0) and Ferguson (R-Mich) op- first Alaska assignment. | posed the confirmation. 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