The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 4, 1949, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT LIGHT VOTE BEING CAST IN JUNEAU Heavy Turr@t, However, Expected Between 5 and When Polls Close at 7 At 3 o'clock this afternoon only 342 votes had been cast at the three precincts Precinct No. 1—City School Board 151. Precinct No. 2—-City School Board 95. Precinct No. 3—City School Board 89. It looks as if the heavy vote will be cast tonight between the hours of 5 and 7 o'clock. | There are six candidates seeking the three council seats and three candidates seeking directorship on the school board. ; In the April, 1948 election, 317! votes had been cast up to 3 o'clock as follows: Precinct No. 1, 147; Precinct No. 2, 117; and Precinct | No. 3, 107 votes. At that city elec- | tion there’was only one candidate | for mayor, one for school board ) and four seeking three seats in the | councily Polls close at 7 tunlghl—VOTE!l vote 151— vote 91— vote 100— LAST RITES HELD FOR GEO. F. SHAW Juneau today paid tribute to the memory of George F. Shaw, well- known and respected member 0( the community for many years, whom funeral services were con-| ducted this afternoon from the! Chapel of the Charles W. Carter | Mortuary. The Elks' Ritual was conducted by M. E. Monagle, who also de- livered the eulogy. The Juneau Vol- | unteer Fire Department formed a guard of hcnor for their departed comrade as the remains were con- veyed to the last resting place in the Elks' plot, Evergreen Ceme- tery. ‘The profusion of floral v.nbuu-m gave mute testimony of the xep,nrd‘ and esteem in which George (Red) ; Shaw was held by the communny in which he lived and reared a| family. LEGION AUXILIARY BUSINESS MEETING | BE HELD TONIGHT The regular business meeting of | the American Legion Auxiliary wm‘i be held tonight, starting promptly | at 8 oclock in the Legion Duu-‘ out, and all members are urged to | attend. i “An early start on planning the year’s activities means the accom- plishment of many worth-while projects, stated Mrs, Chester Zeng- | er, the new president. | T T e | The Chinese used natural gas as fuel to evaporate brine *for salt| more than 2,000 years ago. {Churns in from Gulf, { hurricane ; Texas | surpri | 1looded | the Gulf Bogarllzed' | girls in their parkas. Vs Model Robin Roberts (center) shcws bruises she says she received in fracas in El Morocco night club, in New York, which resulted in actor Humphrey Bogart being banned from the place. Eyeing the marks are Peggy Rabe (left), who was involved in the disorder, and a friend, Mary O'Connell. '# Wirephoto. HURRICANE HITS TEXAS EARLYTODAY inohes at Port Arthur fell throughout the coastal area. RICE CROP DAMAGE Unofficial estimates were that| the damage to the rice crop would| run into the millions. In Jefferson | (oum) alone only 15 percent ot rice acres had been har-| xested Almost nine inches of ram} fell at the coastal city of Beaumont. | Galveston, island resort city| about 50 miles southwest of here,|found they still had a half-hour,i5. caught the edge of the storm. But it's high seawalls saved it from great damage. HITS NEW SECTION Its force diminishing, the hurri- cane headed toward the Palestine-| Lufkin area of East Texas where it | is expected to hit early this after- noon. A vast oil field is in that| area but little damage was ex-| pected. The New Orleans Weather Bu- reau indicated the hurricane already had lost much of its punch when it hit Houston abcut 1:30 a.m. today. LOSES “EYE" bureau said it had lost its clear]ly defined ‘“eye"—the center of the storm near which destruc- tion is greatest—when it reached‘ Houston. Strikes at Industry-Rich Coast-Rice Damaged HOUSTON as, Oct. 4—P—A which ame screeching out of the Gulf smashed into this metropolis ea today and d everyone doing little damage. by A few were tehind store windows roken as the wind swept in torrential rains which streets and underpasses. Debris was whipped down streets and trees bent horizontal as 90- mile-an-hour winds whipped the c! whose 500,000 and more resi- dents make it Texas' largest HURRICANE STRIKES ‘The hurricane churned in from late last night, striking, night. first at the indust h coast | rain, but no hurricane,” was the cetween Matagorda and Freeport,| verdict of hurricane-wise Houston Tex, about 60 miles south of here. . residents. Cne person was missing, much of ! —— a rich rice crop destroyed, and; Water, sulphur and salt are cotton heavily damaged as the hur- | purities which are found in ricane twisted inland. Rains up to! crude oils. plate The had passed in the “Lots of wind and lots of a hurricane im- some White sidewall tires and wheel disce optional at extra cost -taking new 1950 Studebaker! [ Stand-out advancements mark this 1950 Studebaker! Higher compression Champion and Commander engines of in- creased horscpower * Self-stabiliz- ing coil spring front wheel suspen sion + Wide-rim wheels and extra- low-pressure tires * Self-adjusting brakes Oversize windows and windshield * Glare-proof “black light” instrument dials - Wear-re- sisting Studgbaker craftsmanship. 1 : | | | | | | | | | T NN | IT'S THE “NEXT LOOK” IN CARS All over America, all eyes are on this dramatically different 1950 Studebaker. It’s the most sensational advance in car styling since Studebaker introduced the “new look” in cars three years ago. This 1950 Studebaker is long, low, luxurious—and it's trim, sleek and flight-streamed—no bulging excess bulk to squander gasoline. Stop in and get a close-up eyeful of this breath-tak- ing new Studebaker. It's the “next look” in cars. CAPITOL AUTO SALES Juneau, Alaska ki This' morning many of the cltysl residents scoffed at the idea that| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ARCTIC CHILDREN STOP IN JUNEAU ON WAY TO SCHOOL | The girls wore colorful parkas and mukluks or rubber boots; the boys wore jackets and shoepacs. | They stood outside the Gastineau Hotel waiting for the time when the Alaska Coastal plane would take off and carry them to Sitka and school at Mount Edgecumbe. | All except two were from Barrow and Wainwright and were quite shy. The girls giggled in the sun- shine and the boys stood back and grinned. i It was the first time they'd been | in the land of forests, and. Barry| Botfish from Wainwright shyly said he thought the trees were “fine— very pretty.” His brother, Wayne Bctfish, 16, a ninth-grader, said the weather is warmer: here. He said it's still warm north of the Arctic Circle but there’s been some snow. Most of them enjoyed the flight, to Juneau. But Kate Smith of Bar- row got sick on the plane. Betty Lanayakik of Barrow admitfed,! amid the giggles of her friends, that she got sick, too. A tourist lined them up against the outside wall of Harry Race’s drugstore and, as they blinked in the sunshine, took ® picture of the In the picture were Betty Bot- fish, Esther Ahlalook and Hanna Anashaguk of Wainwright and An- na Sekearook of Barrow. Thomas Sovalik and Shelton Se- ! |they decided ) Tommy, were Mary Stockwell, to go J(»hn Smith from Barrow, a 12- -old sixth-grader and youngest .m‘ the party, wanted to go along. And, | But they shooed him off. as they went up Franklin Street, the others standing in the sunlight outside the Gastineau watched them walk awa . ALASKA EAGLE NOW IN 200 AT SEATILE; KIDDIES GREET PET l SEATTLE, Oct. 4—®—A three- month-old Alaskan eagle, pet of three Seattle youngsters, has arriv- ed here aboard the Alaska Motor- ship Square Knot. His new roost will be at Wood- land Park Zoo. | On hand to greet their bird,| 10, and her brothers, Bobby, nine, and | Eddy, five. They are the children | of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm F. stock-‘ well. The children got the bald eagle at Todd, Alaska, this summer. In fact, they saved his life by talking | their father, superitnendent of Todd | Packing Company, into paying the bounty asked for the bird, then a nestling, by a native fisherman. At that time, Tommy was tco young to forage for himself. Mary, Bobby and Eddy put him in a cage, | caught fish for him and cared for| him until their return to Seattle| n August with their mother to pre- |‘ ) pare for school. But before leaving Alaska, they, iwanted to make sure they'd see| Tommy again. Mary wrote the gevan of Wainwright watched with interest. They explained that the| long gray fur around the neck of the parkas is from wolves, and the dark fur is from wolverines. Nelly Larsen, 19, who lives m' Nome, and Freda Anderson, 14, rom Fairbanks, were the more so-} phisticated members of the. party. | They didn’t wear parkas and Freda had been to the coast before. They ! stood a little apart. pr Nelly said she found south&t Alaska “something different.” They asked -what time the plane would take off, and when they many fine be looking Seattle Park Department, offering sight-seeing. | RUSSIAN BLOCIS AT WORK (Continued from Page One) jon of using, the newly proclaimed Chinese Communist republic as & puppet to hold China in chains. Acting Nationalist President Li Tsung Jen said in reference to | Russian recognition of the new Peiping regime: “The Chinese Communist ban- | dits, under the direction and lead- | ership of the USSR, have become part of the Communist internation- | al aggressor bloc.” The new regime has been recog- nized by two Russian-bloc coun- tries besides the U.S.S.R.—Bulgar- ia and Rumania. Other satellites are expected to take action soon, | now that the Kremlin nod has been given. OTHER VIEWPOINTS In Washington, the State Depart- FURST NOT FIRST 1'0 SWITCH the pet to the zoo. The offer was| | accepted. | DIVORCE SUIT FILED Elinore E. McKinnon has ri]ed suit for divorce against Walter F. McKinnon in the U. S. 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