The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1949, Page 6

PAGE SIX - LEGION RAISES OBJECTIONS TO POIR FLAG CARE Juneau POS}ATSO Urges All Veterans to Participate in Organization Flags and membership were the| two main topics of discussion at ;the S.8. Aleutian. WILL INVESTIGATE NEED FOR ALASKA MENTAL HOSPITAL Need for a complete psychiatric hospital ih Alaska to take the place of Morningside Hospital, will be investigated by a five-man “task group” due to arrive here aboard The medical group, sent to the Territory by the Department of the Interior to “study the Alaska last night's regular meeting of Ju- neau Post No. 4, of the American| Legion | The subject of correct flag eti-‘ quette was raised because of "hei improper treatement of the U. S.| flag by some local citizens. It was | pointed out that some persons are leaving flags raised all night and in inclement weather, contrary %o| all prescribed rules for flag display. | It was voted to appoint Post Com- mander Chester Zenger as a com- mittee to furnish correct informa-: tion to persons who are violating the rules of flag etiquette. Moral Obligation | “Every veteran shoculd be al member of the American Legion,” First Vice-Commander and Mem- bership Committee Chairman Bob Druxman said. He declared that even if a veteran does not take an| active part in the organization, he should at least fulfill his moral| obligation by paying dues to the, American Legion to help support its many activities on the behalf of all veterans who do not necessarily | need to belong to the Legion to partake of these benefits. Veterans hospitalization, bonuses, | pensions, disability compensation, education, readjustment allowances burial allowances and mustering- | out pay are just a few of thei things Druxman said, which were| enacted into law as the result of! efforts by the American Legion. He said that the nominal annual dues of $5.00 per year help to supporli these activities in addition to many direct welfare programs operated by the Legion. | LOTS OF BOATS, I "MEDIOCRE’ CATCH | ON OPENING DAY More boats were in action than ever before, as Southeast Alaska’s| commercial salmon fishing sea- son opened yesterday. But salmon catches were “medi-| ocre,” according to Frank W. Hy-| nes, Fisheries Management Biolog- ist. “We don't know the exact num- ber of boats out,” he said today.! “We haven't a complete report of the size of the first day's catch. But the Fish and Wildlife Service’s patrol boats and planes have look- ed the situation over.” Although the catch was described as mediocre, many of the ‘“best bets” in Southeast Alaska's fishing grounds were being passed up, in| Hynes opinion. The first day, Anan Creek head- ed the list of popular fishing spots, and Seymour Canal was fish- ed intensively. “Tenakee Inlet had a few boats, but not nearly as many as we ex- pected,” Hynes said. ‘The precise number of traps in operation cannot be determined as yet. The early opening date 1in upper Southeast Alaska has encour- aged trap operators to many more traps, and some traps are still being placed. There are about 400 purse seiners operating in the Southeast Alaska area, and Hynes estimated at least 50 of the boats were Juneau-based. Patrolling the fishing grounds were FWS vessels Brant, Pelican, Blue Wing, - Auklet, Scoter and Herron, as well as 50 small launch- es and outboard-motor patrol boats. A good part of the potential 22 aircraft of the FWS fleet were on patrol. | A complete and accurate plcture‘ of results of the first week of the salmon season will not be avail- able until August 22. U. 5. FOREST SERVICE OFFICIALS TO STUDY | mental health problem” will also modern mental health clinics. Recommendation is expected from the group for an “immediate chgnge in the pres‘em operation for improved treatment of Alaskan mental patients.” To confer tomorrow at 9:30 am. in the Senate Chambers with the investigative team will be- Terri- torial, Federal and city officials and others interested in Alaska’s mental health problem. Dr. Winfred Overholser, superin- tendent of St. Elizabeth’s hospital, heads the group, consisting of Dr.| Dale Cameron, National Institute of Mental Health; Seymour Litt- man, hospital branch of the Bureau | investigate the possibility of set-| ting up and operating one or more | + Box Derby champion Rudy Maier. F=="" THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ROTARIANS SEE FILM ON LATIN AMERICAS A broader conception of “Ameri- cans” was brought to Rotary Club | members this noon in an Inter- { American Affairs film on south-of- the-border peoples called “Ameri- cans All"” Vice-President Henry Harmon introduced Capt. Svend Hansen, | program chairman for the day who presented the film, Harmon took over for President Robert Akervick who is attending the District Rotary Convention at Kodiak this week. Harmon opined that presiding twice in one month was “too much.” The membership, in an agreeable mood, concurred. Next week’s Rotary session will! see the return of Ellis Reynolds| from his trip to Akron with Soap| | | | n | i A report on the district conventio: by Akervick and Sam McPhetres, secretary is also expected. Introduced to the group were visiting Rotarian Leslie Yaw of Sitka, and guests the Rev. Fred | Koschmann of Anchorage, Jerry | Beasin of Juneau, Prof. George Astel of Seattle, Lt. James May- nard, Salvation Army, the Rev.| Willis R. Booth, Norman Moo e, U.S. Public Health and Pat Pa'er- | of Budget, and M. W. Goding, assistant chief, Alaska Branch, Di- | vision of Territories and Island Possessions of the Department of Interior. | Dr. James Googe, medical direet- | or of the Alaska Native Service and Commissioner of Health Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, Alaska Department of Health, will jcin the group here. Following meetings here, the team will visit Sitka, Anchorage, Palmer, Fairbanks, Kotzebue Nome. Governor and Mrs. Gruening will entertain at 7 o'clock dinner to- morrow night at the Governor’s House for the out-of-town team.: Invitations have also been ex-| tended to Dr. and Mrs. Googe, Dr. and | and Mrs. Albrecht, Mr. and Mrs. 1 Duncan Chalmers, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wade and Mr. and Mrs son of Seattle. YOUTHS CONFESS FIVE ROBBERIES Stolen goods with everything from a bolo knife to a gold nugget were recovered by Alaska Highway Patrol officers today following ap- prehension of three youths, 12, 13 and 14 years of age. | Youths confessed five robberies in the past two weeks. They were turned over to the Welfare De- partment yesterday afternoon. Boys were apprehended by Lt.| Emmett Botelho and Lt. John| Monagle following a two-week rash of pilfering in the Waynor Tract and Glacier Highway area. Stolen from the John Pollock cabin on the beach opposite the Waynor: | | | | | George Leadbetter. NEEDS OF SCHOOLS ARE TOLD TO BPW(C BY SUPERINTENDENT Needs of the Juneau schools were told the Business and Professional Women'’s Club members at their meeting on the Terrace of the Baranof Hotel Monday noon by Sterling Sears, new superintendent of Juneau public schools. Mr. Sears, who arrived from Wyoming four weeks ago by auto- mobile over the Alcan Highway, was enthusiastic about his trip to Juneau and equally enthusiastic about the school organization he found upon his arrival. “There is every evidence that your schools are well organized and well run by a highly trained and efficent group of teachers” Mr.! Sears said. “But the schools have a housing problem that is serious. Increased enrollment has required the renting of rooms in two churches this year. Over a period of years, enrollment has increased an average of 21 per cent in every five year period.” Citing housing as the schools’| major problem, Mr. Sears said that | other needs included playground | facilities, lunch room facilities, ad- | Tract were the bolo knife and a| ! 28 revolver. Leads were taken from the Matson Cycle and Fishing Sup- ply shop on E Street. i From the Cleo Commers home on | Glacier Highway youths reportedly | took a wrist watch, two cigarette lighters, $30 in coins, a watch chain, old coins, a gold nugget and a gold watch band. Three fishing poles and four reels were reportedly taken from Mickey Pusich’s plane in a hangar at the; Small Boat Harbor, as well as rub- ber boots, one fishing pole and a kit of tools from Leland M. Dun- lap, CAA employee, whose gear | was also stowed in a harbor han- gar. All money, with the exception of $12 spent by the boys, was re- covered, according to the Highway Patrol. | AIRPORT LINK ROAD READY FOR PAVING James L. McNamara, City En- gineer is ready to take the best advantage of the first bright day —just one 8-hour day of working! weather. “Everything is ready at the air- port,” said Mac this morning. “We can get the paving done in one: short day.” { The project calls for paving 2,000 feet from the Glacier Highway to the airport building and the loop ditional courses in the schools, bet- ter gymnasium facilities and a larg- er school auditorium. “It is the first duty of the schools to develop boys and girls to become educated and worthwhile members of our community, to meet the greater demand for leaders and to further prepare them for the wise and proper use of leisure time. And it must be the aim of our schools to provide equal opportunities and equal education for all students,”! Mr. Sears concluded. Monday’s BPW meeting was pres- sided over by Dr. Evelyn Butler in the absence of President Helen Ehrendreich. The club announced September! 16 as the date of the BPW recep- tion for school teachers and the Scottish Rite Temple as the place of the reception, 2 Twelve million pounds of flowers TIMBER, ROAD NEEDS B. Frank Heintzleman, Reglonnl' Forester, went this morning to Ketchikan where he will meet three U. S. Forest Service officials from Washington, D.C. They will return with him Sunday. In the Washington party are John Sieker, Chief of the Lands Division; Lloyd W. Swift, Chief of the Division of Wildlife Manage- ment, and B. H. (Bud) Payne, Assistant Chief, Division of Timber Management. ‘The officials, accompaned by Heintzleman, will look over pulp and timber units whi-h the Forest Service has at Ketchikan, Juneau, Petersburg and Sitka. They are making a study of logging condi- tions, especially as pertaining to community road needs for addi-| tional settlement to open up new homesites for employees of the proposed pulp and paper plants. The Sugar Bowl sports carnival will offer a tennis tourney, Dec. 28-30 with 16 top amateurs com- peting. are harvested each year in the South of France to be used as per- in front of the entrance. WAMCAT GOES OUT ON REPAIR TRIP The ACS duty boat Wamcat went out this morning to make cable re- pairs at Eldred Rock and Sentinel Island. Sgt. John’ Lloyd is the technician aboard the 65-foot craft skippered by Sgt. Fred Dawley and with Cpl. David D. Walker as crew. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR BENZEL INFANT Funeral services for William Ben- zel, nine-month-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Benzel who died Sunday at St. Ann’s Hospital, will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Memorial Presbyterian Church. The j Rev. Walter A. Soboleff will con- duct the services. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. American women use perfume and fragrance products to the val- | fume. ue of $685,000,000 per year. | bottled in LW: BERNHEIM . it's always a pleasure bond HARPER Sima 57y Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey |way this summer. |its service to the public and hapdle | for its fast dispatch of the SS Dia- LONGSHOREMEN-. AT HAINES ARE GIVEN PRAISE E. C. Koenig, Jr, President- Manager of the Port Chilkoot Ter- | minal Company of Haines, now in| Juneau, today talked on the freight | movement over the Haines High- l Koenig said' the port of* Haines| had made a very creditable show- ! ing due to the cooperation and wil- “All the men,” he said, “put forth their best effort and displayed the necessary teamwork to put Haines on the map as a freight forwarding port to the Interior.” ‘The port of Haines is organized under the International Longshore- men's Association, A. F. of L., Local 38-169. Officers of the local union are as follows: Karl O. Com- stock, President; Herbert Gulliford, Vice-President; James A. F. Mac- Cammond, Jr., Financial Secretary and Hubert Barrer, Recording Sec- retary. Koenig explained that the-upion and the management have worked in harmony since the port was organized over a year ago, and that due to an open and mutual under- standing of each other’s problems, the port has been able to improve { the greatly-increased i business this year. In a recent letter from G. S. Duryea, General Freight and Pas- senger Agent for the Alaska Steam- ship Company, Duryea praised the Port Chilkoot Terminal Company volume of mond Cement of 3675 tons of cargo. He said: “It is indeed gratifying to find men who really must have put in a good days work for their pay.” H Koenig stated that the Long- shoremen made an excellent show-| ing last week when they discharged 312 weight tons of cargo, mostly perishable commodities, from the Alaska Freight Lines Barge in just under 13 hours. “This averages 24 weight tons per hour,” said Koenig, “and in- cludes loading and dispatching eight Alaska Freight Lines trucks to the Interior.” I He added that the Port Chilkoot Terminal Company has added n{ ALEUTIAN DOCKS AT 2:30; 48 DISEMBARK The Aleutian, westbound, docked this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with 48 passengers disembarking. Sched- uled departure time for the West- ward is 5:30 o'clock this afternoon. From Seattle, passengers were: Miss Adeline Vogt, Dr. D. C. Cam- eron, Dr. Ronald P. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Darcy, Mrs. Charles R. Davies, Will Goding, Dr. Mark Rance, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Hance, Janet Hance, Mrs. E. L. Kelly, Leona Koschmann, arol Kosch- |lingness of the longshore at Haines. mann, Mrs. Clara Lucas, Mrs. Mar- garet Langa, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Molyneux, Joan Molyneux. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Mawhinney, Mr. and Mrs. McKay, Mary Mec- Kay, Dade R. Nickel, Dorothy S. Overholsen, Dr. Willfred Overhol- sen, rs. Avery Pneuman, Barbara Pneuman, Elaine Sell, L. E. C. Smith, Mrs. Karl Theile, Rosemary Theile, Mr, and and Mrs. A. M. Uggen, Miss Kathleen Wright, Miss Martha Walker, E. Wend. From Ketchikan: Evelyn Holl- mann, H. Hudson, Gladys Uggen,; Charles A. Blandill. From Wrangell: Mrs. A. J. Bar- low, B. F. Kane, Mrs. Elsie Louis, Mrs. Olaf Person, Jimmy Bradley. | OUTSIDE SALMON FISHERMEN DENIED RESTRAINING ORDER Judge George W. Folta this af-| ternoon denied another application | for a temporary injunction pend-| ing a hearing on merits, restrain- ing the Territorial Tax Commis- sioner from collecting the $50-a- man license fee from nonresident salmon fishermen. | Denial was issued on grounds! that no irreparable injuries hnd‘ been shown. The petition, brought by Attorney H. L. Faulkner on behalf of some 400 nonresident fishermen of Pa- cific American Fisheries, was argued late yesterday afternoon, Attorney General J. Gerald Wil- liams representing Tax Commis- sioner M. P. Mullaney. i Earlier today, Judge Folta al-| lowed all motions to intervene in the case brought by Pacific Ameri- conveyor belt system to its dis-can Fisheries against the Tax Com- charge operation this summer and ‘missioner. These include Ned F. believes that this is the only such|Andrich for himself and 400 PAF system in operation in Alaska at|fishermen; Nakat Packing Com- | this time. He commented that the union men are proud of their par- ticipation in this experiment and are constantly improving on mi operation. | While in Juneau, Koenig is stay- ing at the Gastineau Hotel. WILLIS SHANK SAILS TO FIRST DUTY TOUR, MEDICAL ASSIGNMENT The “Willls Shank,” medical mission boat which is to operate in Southeast Alaska, left yester- day afternoon for Sitka where it will lay over making final prepa- rations before setting out for the Craig-Klawok area to administer | to the needs of natives. Dr. Lindsay McClenny is per- manently assigned to the boat for, the general practice of medicine' Two new staff members have ar- i chikan field executive. Scudder has' and public health program. After; work is completed in the Craig-! Klawok area, the Shank will go| wherever needed and will operate 10 months of the year. Who is Sylvia? 4 3t i pany, New England Fish Company, Fidalgo Island Packing Company, P. E. Harris & Company and Todd | Packing Company. In an opinion handed down yes- terday, Judge Folta denied a re- straining order pending hearing, in| | the original case by PAF. | BOOTHS AND YAWS BACK FROM TRIP TO INTERIOR The Rev. and Mrs. Willis R. Booth returned aboard the M. V. Chilkoot yesterday afternoon fol- lowing a month-long trip by auto- mobile through the Interior. Ac- companying them were Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Yaw of Sitka. Yaw 1s director of the Sheldon Jackson !school at Sitka. Rev. Booth, who is pastor of the Presbyterian church here, reports a fine trip. NEW ACS PERSONNEL rived for duty at the Juneau Sta- tion of the Alaska Communications System. Cpl. Dale F. Stuart was transferred from Anchorage and will work in operations. Pvt. Rob- ert L. Meeks, formerly of Kodiak, will be a messenger. U et e e e T T T o Plumbing Oil Burners Telephone-319 Nighis-Red 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY, BOTTLED 1N BOND, 100 PROOF, LLING €0, JHC, WOUVILLE, KY, REMEMBER DEAR! TOMORROW NIGHT IS “Ladies’ Night” at BAILEY’S BAR COME ON OVER— JOIN THE GANG! Shuffleboard Confest (Every Wednesday Night) STANDARD OIL GIVING U. OF A, ASCHOLARSHIPS Dr. Terris Moore, President of the University of Alaska, has an- nounced the establishment of four $500 general scholarships by the Standard Oil Company of Califor- nia. The scholarships, together with a check for $2,000 were presented to Dr. Moore by L. M. Hagen, Assistant District Manager for thé Company, and M. B. Vincent, Man- ager at Fairbanks. The purpose of these scholar- ships is to encourage students who offer promise of becoming out- standing citizens in later years and | to create incentive for leadershlp' in the American way of life. They are to be presented one each tol: members of the freshman, sopho‘3 more, junior and senior classes, re- gardless of course of study, race or creed. Awards will be made by the University on a competitive basis considering scholastic achievement, financial need. character and promise. ! According to Dr. Moore, thisj plan, if continued, would allow a| student to complete his college edu- cation by winning the Standard Oil Company of California scholarsip each year for four consecutive years. In this way, each year four stu-l dents who might otherwise have; to abandon their studies for finan- cial reasons, will be offered the op- portunity of completing their col- lege education. However, competi- tion for these scholarships at each level will be open to all applicants every year, The establishment of these schol- | arships at the University of Alaska by the Standard Oil Ccmpany ot California is recognition of the excellent work the school is doing in the Territory, Dr. Moore said. Coincident with the presentation of these scholarships to the Uni- versity of Alaska, Standard is establishing 32 similur awards at eight other universities including University of Washington, Univer- sity of Oregon, University of Idaho, University of California, University of Hawaii, University of Nevada, University of Arizona and Univer- sity of Utah. BOY SCOUTS EXECUTIVE BACK FROM STARTING FINANCE CAMPAIGNS Returning fron- a thre: week stay in Anchorage where he assisted in the annual finance campaign for the Boy Scouts is Maurice Powers. | Approximately $13,000 was raised there toward the $41,000 annual | Alaska budget for Scouting. Mayor {Z. J. Loussac of Anchorage ‘was| | campaign chairman. { While there, Powers held a series | of meetings with the Boy Scout district committee and the execu- tive board. Charies G. Burdick,, council commissioner, was present | for these meetings. Powers also |aided Eugene C. Butler, new Boy Scout field executive for Anchorage, |in getting him acquainted with his new duties. Before returning’ to Juneau, Powers started the kick-off in-the Sitka finance campaign and was aided by Doremus P. Scudder, Ket- ! | I l i |gone to Petersburg to organize their finance campaign. Juneau’s| Boy Scout finance campaign wlul be held early in the fall. SCHWINN BIKES at MADSEN'S TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1949 | | NORAH TAKES 13 SOUTH TODAY Thirteen passengers embarked for e south on the Princess Norah when she docked here at 8 a. m, sailing at 9 a. m. Passengers in- cluded: To Prince Rupert: Mr. and Mrs. McNight, J. Jager, J. McGirr, D. A. McLeod. To Vancouver: Mr. and Mrs. Higsrip. 5 FAIRBANKS To 3 K mi e 5. Hoks, Miss B Tumpeers| WHITEHORSE l‘;?‘f,h‘:;r_l’. Sherwood, son and jUNEAU Ve i - KETCHIKAN E AKERVICK, McPHETRES o in Swift, convenient flights big 4-engine Clippers. You'll enjoy every comfort, expert service — as a guest of Pan American, world’s most ex: perienced airline. 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