The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 31, 1949, Page 3

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1949 NOW!? ENDS TUESDAY e The sto! WHATEVER IT IS THAT FRENC! 7NN great love story JENNIFER JONES | VAN HEFLIN 10UIS J(_)URDAN Madame win CHRISTOPHER KENT Crrr s s e s os o SHOWPLALE oF ravishing French beauty who used .. . &S N0 woman had dared before! portraying GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, THE AUTHOR Complete Shows 7:15—9:30 ® Feature 7:50—10:05 ~ rreals ry of a This picture is NOT RECOMMENDED for children B TV and love H WOMEN HAVE... most exciting| love story | 1 R “The Mademe Bovary Walkr" sed themes from Madome 1 Sovay”* ovedable oo M-8 RECORSS | ! MARCH' OF TIME presents “WATCHDOGS OF THE MAIL”—The story of your post office BODSSSHSLHSTN] NAVY CUTS IN VESSELS | ARNOUNCED WAEHINGTON, Oct. 31—®—The' Navy is going to lay up 31 war- ships and 42 other vessels, to keep within the reduced sums it wil have to spend. ‘The “mothballing” program, an-| nounced last night, is part of the effort to hold the total spending on tne armed services to $13,000,000,000 ! in the fiscal year which begins next July 1. That sum compares with $15,- 585,863,498 voted by Congress. By next July the Navy expects' to have 237 combat vessels in opera- tion as compared with 268 on Sep- tember 1. The fleet will be reduced | by four aircraft carriers and the craft which support them. Most of the reduction will ke in the Atlan- tic fleet. Essex class carriers (27,000 tons) will be reduced from five to three,! smaller carriers of about 14,000 tons will be increased from three to four and the small “jeep” escort carriers will be reduced from seven to four. MINER, WREATH ON BACK, WILL ATTEMPT! GUADALCANAL TRIP| By Associated Press A coal miner plans to leave Knox- ville, Tennessee, sometime today for a long trek to Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands. Miner David Wallen plans to walk all the way to San Francisco, i carrying on his back an nlumxnum’ wreath, It's his plan to get to Quad- alcanal, somehow, and cast the wreath on the water where his son lost his life during the war. The son was on the ill-fated cruiser Juneau which went down in November of 1942. Some 689 men were lost, including the five famous Sullivan Brothers, and Wal- len’s son Pershing. Newsmen ask- ed Wallen how, he planned to get across the Pacific. The “answer: “Pll get ther if it's the Lord's Will.” SKAGWAY VISITORS Mrs. Ken Lamoreaux of Skagway is registered at the Baranof Hotel. SAN FRANCISCO GUEST Daniel R. Moreland of San Fran- cisco is ‘a guest at the Baranof Hotel. FROM HOQUIAM TORN CLEATS CAUSE BOATS BREAK LOOSE; WIND BEACHES SKIFFS The Small Boat Harbor took the weekend storm with minor damage reported, although five fishing boats broke loose from their moor- ings and a number of skiffs were still piled up on the fill north of the harbor. The skiffs were mostly blown | from the tops of fishing vessels,“ Harbormaster George Martin said | Owners responded to a radio and police call Saturday night and Sun- day morning to go to the hatbm" to help secure their boats, whichi cut down a great deal on damage. The boats which broke loose did so because cleats to which their lines were secured were torn from old No. 4 float, Martin said. Coast Guardsmen from the 83- foot cutter, recently returned from overhaul at Ketchikan and tiea at the Harbor, aided Martin in watching the floats. The new Har- bormaster set out this morning to “sort out” the beached skiffs and to attempt to return them to the boats from which they were torn. Couple Are | Uninjured; Evacu_ale Apl. (Continued from Page One) drickson, surveying the wreckage, said that city crews had been work- ing all night Saturday to prevent a slide’s occurring.. He said each time there is a storm they work continually to keep the storm drains clear and prevent slide-causing saturation of the hillside. He said the city would help clear up the wreckage. Street crew men on storm-drain duty at the time of the slide were Dick Harris and John Sve. EARTH SHOCK PETERSBURG, - Alaska, Oct. 31 —M—A light earthquake shock was felt here yesterday at '5:45 p.m. (PST). No damage is reported. SEATTLE, t. 31— (P —Two earthquakes were registered on the University of Washington seismo- graph yesterday. They were esti- mated to have occurred about 1,000 miles northwest of here. The first quake, starting at 5:42 pm. (PST) lasted 44 minutes. It was of moderate strength. A sec- Aaron Wise of Hoquiam, Wash,, is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. ond, described as weak, started at 6:45 and lasted seven minutes. Plumbing il Burners Telephone-319 Nights—Hed 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. DRAMATIC STORY IS WELL TOLD AT CAPITOL THEATRE “Madame Bovary,” Gustave Flau- bert’s impassioned love story, ha: been brought to the screen in a visually stunning production markec by brilliant performances on tht part of an all-star cast headed by Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Var Heflin, and Louis Jourdan, It wil. remain at the Capitol Theatre to- aight and Tuesday. ‘The grippingly emotional story opens with the author, Flaubert iried in a French court of law oL the charge of having written ar mmoral novel and pleading hi: case for its heroine, Emma Bovary described by the prosecutor as “& disgrace to France and an insult % womanhood.” As Flaubert speaks; the life o: Emma Bovary is unfolded, begin- ning with her stifled upbringing ir a strict convent, her squalid exist- ence on her father’s farm and he marriage to the kind but unimagi- native Dr. Charles Bovary. Unable to appease her romantic longings even in motherhcod, Emma entangles herself in two unfortunatc ove affairs, the first with the handsome, young law clerk, Leon Lupuis, the second with the worldly artist, Rodolphe Boulanger. Dupuis proves himself a liar and a weakling; Boulanger turns Emma away when she is most in need ot 12elp. In the end, disillusioned and ideeply in debt, unable to regain che love of her child, tortured by aer faithlessness to the husband who has always forgiven her, Emma commits suicide. Deeply moved by | this story of a woman who was her own worst enemy, the court acquits Flaubert. REPAIR SHOP AT FAIRBANKS IS DEDICATED FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 31.— &—Dignitaries and throngs of Fair: banks residents attended the dedi- cation of the new Alaskan Rail- road car repair shop Friday. It’s part of the $7,500,000 term- inal yard project. The Railroad’s new 1,000-horse- power diesel engine clanged through the cheering crowd to part the blue and white ribbon. Col. J. P. Johnson,- General Man- ager of the Railroad, was prin- cipal speaker. He told the audience that with the completion of the work, Fairbanks can boast the most up-to-date rail facilities in the world.” He said the Railroad’s $75,000,000 overall rehabilitation program now is 40 percent complete. Congressmen present were Dele- gate Bartlett of Alaska, and Reps. Wickersham, Oklahoma; Allen, Cal- ifornia, and Tollefson, Washington. Others on the program includéd Joe Flakne, Alaska Director for the Interior Department’s Division of Territories; Frank Angerman, a Fourth Division legislator; Dean William Elmhurst Duckering, Uni- versity of Alaska; Col. John Kane, Ladd Ar Force Base, and Mayor Maurce T. Johnson. Larry Moore, Assstant to Colonel Johnson, was Master of Ceremonies. RUMORS ON TWO STRIKES BETHLEHEM, Pa., Oct. 31—®— Bethlehem Steel Corp! today re- fused to confirm or deny reports it is about to come to terms with the United Steelworkers Union, There were a number of rumors in Cleveland, where the CIO is holding its national convention, and in Bethlehem that the nation’s second largest steel firm is about to agree to terms that will mark the first break in the nationwide steel strike that began Oct. 1. | Bethlehem Steel officials port, “processing the query.” Glenn Brockway of San Francisco iy registered at the Baranof Hotel. Asked for a statement on the re-jon the Denali on a six weeks vaca- wouldn't talk. They said they were|and Dayton, IlL THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA LAVENIKS FETED AFTER LONG TIME INPOSTAL SERVICE Hockmans to Replace Lav- eniks After 63 Years in Post Office Bessie and Martin A. Lavenik. retiring assistant postmaster and superintendent of mails here, will be replaced by another husband and wife combination. This was announced by Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne, Juneau post- master, at a breakfast in honor of the Laveniks at the Baranof Hotel yesterday morning. Twenty seven employees and guests were present at the breakfast. Ethel C. Hockman, new assistant sostmaster, has 11 years experience as a postmaster in Montana plus ive years experience as assistant to he retiring assistant postmaster in Juneau. The new superintendent of mails, T. D. Hockman, has acted 1s assistant to a postmaster and in the past few years has taken yver as superintendent of mails during Lavenik’s absence. The Hockmans will take over their new positions tomorrow. And they will take over from postal service officials who are leaving after a combined total of 63 years in postal work, all of it in Alaska. At the breakfast yesterday honor- ing her husband and herself, Mrs. Lavenik recalled the days, when as a young girl, she went to work at the Douglas post office. “There was a postmaster and a clerk,” she said. “I was the clerk. I worked ten hours each day, six days each week and was paid $256 a month.” ) Mrs. Lavenik, still young-looking Jfter 40 years postal work, recalled ‘hat stamp sales at the Douglas Jost office seldom exceeded $100 per year. Stamp sales at the Juneau post sffice now exceed $120,000 each year. Mrs. Lavenik came to Juneau to work in the post office under postmaster Spickett, whose wife, Mrs. Josephine C. Spickett, later postmaster here, was at tize break- ‘ast yesterday. The postoffice at hat time was on Front Street. It then moved to Behrends Store and finally to its present location, and the Laveniks went with it. And their work will end today. Mrs. Jenne yesterday commend- >d them both on their fine service to.the community. She recalled the steps forward in Alaska mail ser- vice which have come about in that time. She recalled the beginning of mail service, when sourdoughs brought any letters for the Interior with them over the trails and de- livered them if they could find the persons to whom they were address- ed. Tables at the breakfast were de- corated with symbols of the pro- gress in mail service—pony express men on horses, ships and finally aircraft. Mrs. Jenne expressed regret that she hadn’t been able to obtain a model dog team to add to the dec- orations, for, she pointed out, the dog teams and drivers had beén important in Alaskan mail history. Guests included Mrs. Spickett, | Mrs. A. Minard Mill, former Ju- neau postmaster; Mrs. Charles Hooker, who was on the postal staff with Mrs. Lavenik in past years, Mrs. Ronald Lister, Mr. and Mrs. | Frank A. Metcalf and Harry De- Land. Special tribute was paid to the Laveniks through special delivery letter messages presented to them at the breakfast, as well as flowers and a gift of luggage. DR. BLANTON GIVEN CAMERA AS AWARD Dr. Wwiliam P. Blanton was - | | NEW ARRIVAL IN HOLLYWOOD aviland and her husband, Marcus Au< relius Goodrich, beam proudly at their first child, Benjamin Briggs Goodrich. born Sept. 27. Father is noted author (International) NOTICE TO MARINERS Wrangell Narrows — Buoy Re- olaced—Daykeacon missing— Tow Ohannel Buoy 3 (LL Page 422) previously reported missing from station has been replaced to charted oosition. Daybeacon on Topeka Rock .n Latitude 56°49'32" N., Longitude 132°56'18” W., does not exist. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 8170. Comdr., 17th CG District Notice to Mariners No. 46 of Octo- sr 3. Frederick Sound—Light Relighted —Sukoi Islets Light (LL No. 2217) previously reported extinguished has oeen relighted. U.S. Coast and Geo-' detic Survey Chart No. 8201. Comdr., 17th CG District Notice to Mariners No. 49 of October 18. Prince William Sound— Lighted Buoy Relighted—Light restored to proper characteristic — Depth Re- ported—Orca Inlet Lighted Bell Buoy 5 (LL No. 2437) previously re- ported extinguished has been re- lighted. Elrington Passage Light (LL No. 2465) previously reported flashing erratic has been restored to proper characteristic. A field party of the U.S. Coast and Geo- detic Survey reports that a least dépth of 3% fathoms was found on a shoal 4.3 miles 103°30' from Perry Island Light.. Approx. position 60° 38'18" N, 147°47'18” W. (Weekly NM 42, Oct. 15, 1949) U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart Nos. 8515, 8520, 8525, 8517, and 8551. U.S. Coast Pilot, Alaska, Part 11, 1947, page 106. Comdr. 17th CG District Notice to Mariners No. 46 of October 30. Chatham Strait—Buoy replaced— Hood Bay Buoy 5 (LL Page 424) previously reported off station has been replaced to charted position. US. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 8257 and 8252. Comdr. ITth CG District Notice to Mari- ners No, 44 of Sept. 15. Frederick Sound — Light extin- guished—Sukoi 1Islets Light (LL No. 2217) reported -extinguished will be relighted as soon as prac- ticable. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart Nos. 8201. Sitka Sound—Eastern Channel— Light relighted—The Twins Cight OIL LIVER PLANT AT KETCHIKAN 1S T0 BE MOVED, AUBURN Although work on transferring the liver oil plant of Alaska Fish Oil Extractors from Ketchikan to Auburn, Wash., will start soon, the company will continue to buy Ala8kan livers as strong or stronger than previously, it is announced by Lyle Anderson of that company. “In order to supply the needs of our company, it is necessary to process certain types of livers not available in Alaska. It appears to te easier and cheaper to ship Alaskan livers down than southern livers up. Thus, although we are moving the plant we will be in a position to buy Alaskan livers even more actively than before” Ander- son said. It is contemplated that work of dismantling the Ketchikan plant will start this week and that it will be shipped around December 1 AL COMMANDER Frank Mitchell was recently elect- ed Post Commander of Seward Post No. 5, American Legion. Ed Man- we=- PAGE THREE "I WALK ALONE" 1S SUSPENSE FILM AT 20TH CENTURY Widely acclaimed as a notabtle ddition to the roster of great sus- ense films, “I Walk Alone,” the ial Wallis production for Para- ount starring Burt Lancaster and | izabeth €cott, now at the 20th| ‘entury Theatre, tells how one man reaked dramatic vengeance. “I Walk Alone,” a melodrama ot against the exciting background f New York night life, is one ot 1e tightest thrillers to grace mei creen in a long time. Treachery, physical violence and nexorable pursuit fill “I Walk | lone” as Burt Lancaster, playing | n exbootlegger just released from | long prison stretch, grimly stalks he man for whom he took the| rap and who double-crosseds him | luring his imprisonment. Handi- apped by the fultility of his old | angster methods, Lancaster quickly | :arns how to cope with modern | acketering technique, which, oupled with his brawn, brings him | etribution in a climax that has een hailed as a masterpiece ot uspense and excitement. Kirk Douglas, who made his screen ebut in Wallis' “Strange Love of Aartha Ivers,” plays the double- ‘ealing night club owner, while Vendell Corey, first seen in “Desert ‘ury,” is cast as Lancaster's mur- | ered pal. Kristine Miller, Wa'li itest discovery, has the import ole of a soclally prominent play-| nate of Douglas. | 37 CARRIED BY ACA; NO FLIGHTS SUNDAY Thirty-seven passengers were car- ried Saturday by Alaska Coastal Airlines as they took 21 persons out of Juneau and brought 16 in. There were no flights Sunday. Passengers Saturday were: To Hoonah: Henry Moses, Art Andrews, Ole Requian, James John- ue, Sheila Burdette, Mr. and Mrs Burdette, Julius Alvarez, Mr. and Vrs. Yadon, Halgrins. To Fish Bay: C. .M. Armstrong, C. P. Maycock. To Sitka: Mrs. Bolyan, Father Nevue, Alice Juneby, Robert Dot- son, George Sarvela, K. A. You- mans. To Excursion Inlet: Peter John- son. (20" ENTIRY LAST TIMES TONITE For Thrills .. DON°’T MIES D THIS @ONF Caught in a storm & of love and hate.. .. he fell for a trick s e old as Eve! BUATLANGASTER | LmETiseont | w HAL WALLIS' prooucrion ¢ ALONE | ! WENDELL COREY - KIRK DOUGLAS | 4 i KRISTINE MILLER « irected vy svion masin ,j A Paramount Picture Plus POPEYE CARTOOH NEWS BY AIR they was elected sergeant-at-arms, Frank Cooper, chaplain and Jim McCracken, judge advocate, reported extinguished will be re- lighted as soon as practicable. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 8280 and 8252. Prince William Sound—Light re- lighted—Perry Island Light (LL No. 2451) previously reported ex- tinguished has been relighted. U.8S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart Nos. 8517 and 8561. Comdr. 17th CG District Notice to Mariners. No. 48 of October 13. Alaska Peninsula — Light extin- guished—Hague Rock Light (LL No. 2568) reported extinguished will be relighted as soon as practicable. US. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 8705 and 8859. Prince William Sound — Odiak Channel—Shoaling—Buoys moved— Due to channel changes caused by shoaling to eastward in Odiak Channel the following buoys have been moved to position indicated (LL No. 2382) previously reported extinguished has been relighted. US. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 8255 and 8252. Comdr. 17th CG District Notice to Mariners No. 44 of Sept. 15. | Olga Strait—Lighted buoy re-| lighted—Middle Shoal Lighted Buoy 5 (LL No. 2395) previously reported extinguished has been relighted.. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart Nos. 8281 and 8252. Comdr. 17th CG District Notice to Mariners No. 46 of October 3. Khaz Bay—Buoy Missing—Nine- Foot Shoal Buoy 4 (LL Page 427) awarded the 8 mm. Revere movielreported missing from station will camera of the Womens National Aeronautical Association. LEACHS ARE GOING EAST Mr .and Mrs. Glenn Leach and son Patrick are leaving tomorrow tion and business trip to Chicago At Chicago they will attend the annual Showmans’ doings and at Dayton, Leach will get the latest regarding fireworks displays. As a Service to Hunters The Country Club is now serving Free Coffee Open from3p. m.{o7am. It's always warm and comfortable af the Country Club be replaced as soon as practicable. ) which will give a least depth of sixteen (16) feet through the chan- nel: Orca Inlet Lighted Buoy 6 (LL No. 2440) re-established 2470 yards 016°30” true from: charted position Cordova Light No. 1 (LL No. 2441). Odiak Channel Buoy (LL Page 428) re-established 3020 yards 018° true from charted posi- tion Cordova Light No. 1. Odiak Channel Lighted Bell Buoy 2 (LL No. 2439) re-established 3715 yards 009° true from charted position Cordova Light No. 1. Orca Inlet Buoy 10 (LL Page 428) Re-estab- lished 810 yards 346° true from charted position Cordova Light No. 1. US. Coast and Geodetic Survey Elbow Passage Light (LL No. 2414) Chart Nos. 8520 and 8525. Your Deposits ARE SAFE BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS TH!: management of this bank is pledged to conserva- tive operation. The safety of depositors’ funds is our primary consideration. In addition the bank 18 & mem- sures each of our depositors against loss to a maximum of $5,000. DEPOSITS | IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED FIRST NATIONAL BANK of JUNEAU, ATASEA MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT AnSURANCE CORPORATION S e TN SPORTS DOORS OPEN 7:00 SHOW STARTS 7:15 and 9:30 Ellen Jones. Wallace To Gustavus: From Excursion Inlet: Pearson. From Gustavus: Willlam Lehman, Lester Holmes. From Sitka: Josephine Tousaint, Bill Stuart, T. Baker, M. J. Klepser, Or. Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. A. Suig- {iano, Mrs. Carter. PFrom Hoonah: Mr. and Mrs, Sarabia, Frank Shotter, Jr., Joseph Moses, Phillip James. EYES FXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. 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