The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 31, 1949, Page 6

PAGE SIX COAST GUARD I [STORM CAUSES WIDE QUICK ACTIONFOR HAVOC, 5. E. ALASKA| Workm 1ghout the Juneau e wor to clear damage he weekend storm, W wind gusts rose to miles an 1 and total rain- e did consider- & 1 thr out outheast i reported moving in- : northerly and easterly ; \ a ications System d ble near Sitka it \id they expected to clear it ; Roads out of Haines were re- b d washed out, with all wire i 1t of ehorse : winds raged 52 miles ar ot i here, sometimes rising higher 5 was stopped complet o up a city hil who ven- bent double er 1e cutter missing to the for torced was alve recordec 4.6 n 24 hc reported some ted States 1 ‘ : et 1 ¢ ) trees which took ¥ ¢ e poles in. twc Fel d he ‘Denal nd disrupted Alaska Com- tr ' " i r ons System service for that thE ree nicians from T I ; ! have igned the job d. 1 1 pairi: broken control < o the Sitka transmitter sta f was £ 0 Engineer Matt Gormley ¥ this t ‘ n 0 , and , i I : and Pfc. Billy received 1 vi e to go by A.C.A. to- n th ! Crswe norrow morning g : r serious breaks were re- X at I Lt. Delbert P. Apple- 1 in Charge of the Ju- ion {neau s | F RAINBOW § 15 SUCCESSFUL; RDS ARE MADE mple GIRL \Af A LITTLE WOODCUTTING DONE AS RAIN SLOWS SKIERS” WORK PARTY Club President Neil that it would have story if there had SNow skiing on Vid fferent owder ¢ B ward calendar yesterd the € But there was rain. And only even—Ta 1ed them “rugged d out for the Skiers i followed that up by I Douglas Ski Trail to nd cabin, worked replace length i the clut's winter 2 how ho v ary McN ha th at ing cul There siste age, but via tivity wi PNA today that if all those ted to assist had shown would have been a small “(LEANSING' Moscow Sounds Off - CIO orn Wide Open by Movement S X i —(P—CIO touched ation at the he 11th core- n he promised to nization of pro- . abuse directed Mur- address, said own CIC v radio, FOAATING & whether I was IONDS reaker), a anse thi we conven- d to say ) delegates e way Our long experience as diamond experis en- ables us to help you make that important life- time selection. You're always assured of the best values here. From $50 up 1 his £ » < possibly led left- threatened the CIO left-wingers t Soviet means Trade and Democra The v e GGET SHOP ic d with the y the worst history. ob, in spite of the w Now ;e work remains to be done be-; re the snow makes it impossibl Those who showed up yesterday : were Taylor, Joe Werner, Ja | > were discharged | godgman, Ji Hauser, Dean Ann's yesterday: Mrs. D.| wyjjiams, carl pat Knapp M C e Shaw and| They ‘wer ater in the Jose- | gay by Fred Wyller, lone Junior s, Fred | gij Club member 1 mitz, Joe Sadlier, | i e ) and baby boy, | X 8 '] C nd hm“;M"ERRAY of Adgoan' and | ag: ine Hanse Hoonah were | al LIONS CARRY ON PARTY ROARS FROM SATURDAY Something different in the way f introductions got the Lions’ Club fallowe'en party off to a roaring tart Saturday night, undér the bullient “m.c.-ing” of J. Gerald (Whisperer) Williams, Each Lioness named the Lion he had taken, and his most de- ricacle fault. Such tale-telling ocn had the banquet crowd in up- oar, and well prepared for the eries of gags and stunts planned Bill Matheny and his commit- | | | | Lions carried on with noisy non- ense for their weekly luncheon ting today in the same room— | Baranof Gold Room — where| of the gay decorations still mained. These were colorful )sters made by Lion Jack Glover, slogans as “Be wise, Festoons of orange and streamers were further re- of the most successful party in recent years. A¥out ) Lions, Lionesses and guesfs en- yyed the steak dinner, ram and dancing. Featured entertainme was the prestidigit Hargraves of Efircanks, professional giagician who mystifgf a delighted lors iay \ ormer roceeded to wdience. Lions Don C. Wood served hen Mrs. Milton| r, she showed how feminine contingent Fines from members Rotarians brought in 1al sum for Lions Clubl “urn, levastating tif an make i gram Chairman Joe Shofner in charge of the party, a large mittee working with him. ofner, who also is First Vice >resident, presided today in the ssence of President Val Poor, who hunting. Even the business agenda today catured entertainment, for Lions 1'scussed the advisability of bring- the famous House of David basketball team here for an ex- hibition match with a picked Ju- neau team. H Acting - President Shofner cnlledi a special board meeting this af- ternoon for further consideration, after acout half the membership i jor ths Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in February. Should the spectacular House of | David players be booked here, pro-|Nov, - 4 [ .ceds of the match will be used to| General Motors Corp., third Ltain an automatic electric score-|member of the automobile indus- soard for the High School gymna-|try's “Big Three” already has sium. On a typical Lions' charge, Mil- ton Furness escaped trial by the \otorious Lions’ Kangaroo Court, 15 “counsel,” J. Gerald Wmiam.sl AN Peter Wood, contusing !hel issue successfully until too late to pen prosecution during the noonl our, A. A. Hedges introduced his three guests: Glenn Brockway of the n Bruno, Calif., Lions Club; Dan} Vioreland of San Francisco and E. L. (Bud) Nelson of Washington, [o} All are of the Bureau of Em- ! ployment Security — Brockway is Region 10 representative; Moreland, his assistant, and Nelson, Western Representative, The three arrived yesterday by Pan American and will leave after a short stay in Juneau. FREE PENSION GIVEN C10 BY BETHLEHEM [Maiching an;d—s for Social and Hospital Insur- ance Included CLEVELAND, Oct. 31—MA—A l>tx‘1ke-settlmg agreement between { Bethlehem Steel Co. and Phillp Murray’s CIO Steel Workers was \teported to have been reached to- day, granting workers $100 free ,mumhly pensions, | The reported agreement is ex- ected to be consummated by Turray and representatives of the | Bethlehem company—second largest | steel producer—before a news con- ference which Murray set up for 2;30 p.m. (PST). The reported terms include em- ployee contributions of 2% cents an hour toward social insurance and hospitalization. That amount | would be matched by the company, | making a five-cent program. The new pension plan, persons close to the situation said, would | cost, the company approximately nine cents an hour per worker. The steel fact-finding board recommended that the industry set up free pensions costing six cents an hour and a social insurance program costing four cents an hour as the basis for negotiating a settle- ment of the steel dispute. MurTay | accepted but the industry balked | at the non-contributory feature of ¥ | | | | Legion Dugout, opening promptly at Iwm be no inquest. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA CHIEF HULK WARNS AGAINST DAMAGE ON HALLOWEEN Remeber when Police Chief Ber- nie Hulk gave candy to Juneau youngsters for their good behavior the Fourth of July week-end? Although Bernie has no plans for repeating the treat after tonight —besides he is sure there will be enough goodies from the “trick or treat” department. But the Juneau Police Chief be- lieves that the younger set will equal the fine record of |that holi- day, without losing ouf, on Hallowe'en fun tonight. “Have a good time," he's telling any | the youngsters, “but the Holice De- partment will not toleffate any damage to public or pridate pro- perty. There must be no tricks that | might endanger anyone,” he added | today. “We certainly dop’t want anyone to get hurt, becaus® of cele- | | brating.” The Police Chief remin is parents | that they are responsibl: for any | damage done by their children. MAKING OF AUTOSMAY BE STOPPED DETROIT, Oct. 31—(®—The auto: industry’s first major shitdown re-i sulting from the steel strike is set| for Friday, when ‘Chrysler! Corp.| plans to close three divisions in- definitely. The move will throw a majority of 35,000 Detroit area Dodge, De- Soto and Chrysler plant employees | out of work. | Chrysler officials said they hoped | to maintain production of Dodge trucks until Nov. 11, and to keep| assembly lines moving at the Ply- mouth plant “as close to Thanks-| giving as possible.” ! The last of the dwindling steel| supplies will go into Plymouth cars, the Corporation said. “After all our steel is gone, we won't be able to call our people back on any substantial basis for had given opinions in response to at least a month after the steel N " Harry Sperling'’s request for them. |strike is settled,” a spokesman jame. Adsero, Joan Williamson, apd Trudy Sperling again will be chairman [added. P Ellis were appointed to flnd suit- The unification trouble has able material. The meeting was The Ford Motor Co., also running | short of steel, expects to start| closing down its big Rouge plant closed a' few of its plants tem- porarily for reallocation of steell supplies. ILIARY TO MEET TOMORROW LEGION AUXI The regular busines meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held tomorrow night in the 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend, as Mrs. Chester Zenger, president, states there will be sev- eral important matters to be dis- cussed. HEART ATTACK KILLS PETERSBURG WOMAN; HUSBAND IN PRISON Lena Richardson of Petersburg| was found dead a mile from her| home there this morning, appar- ently a victim of a heart attack,| the U.S. Marshal’s office here an- nounced today. Mrs. Richardson is the: wife of} Frank Richardson, who'is now serv- | ing out a $500 fine in the Federal Jail here for a fishery law viola- | tion. ! The Marshal’s office said there Killings Cause 0f Big Strike ROME, Oct. 31—#—The Com- munist-led General Confederation of Labor called a 10-hour general strike affecting more than 5,000,000 workers throughout the nation to- day to protest the killing of two farmhands in an armed clash of police and land-hungry peasants in Southern Italy. Bt MR ey ATTENTION MASONS Called Communication Wednes- day afternoon at 1:30 to conduct the funeral of Bro. Frank W. Barr. J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary. PRERSSU PR Do Try Laura Lee’s Sonthern Bar-B-0 Grill CALL 962 For Reservations Open 6 P. M. to 8 A. M. 232 Willoughby Ave. DOUGLAS |ALL 9 CANDIDATES _— / CUB SCOUT COMMITTEE The Committee and Den Mothers of the newly organized Cub Scout Troop of Douglas, will hold their first meeting at 7:30, Wednesday evening at the Methodist Parson- g this morning by Attor- acoording 10 anpouncement Gy Bhe who, by virtue of his position, is Rev. J. P. Porter, Committee chair- | o, ient and Secretary of the man. All othgr interested parents Board of Law Examiners. afid dMloth:; ':“t:"’:‘“e e in-l The Board, which numbers also \ beier R |R. E. Rovertson of Juneau; War- ren Cuddy of Anchorage and War- HALLOWE'EN DANCE . |ren Taylor, Fairbanks, concluded The Eagles Lodge heralded in‘ the ) grading Saturday night after three 70 PRACTICE LA All nine applicants to practice law in Alaska have passed the written bar 'examinations, it was {Hallowe’en season Saturday evening |gays and nights of work. with a public dance in their Doug- The following applicants have las Hall. The hall was gaily de-|passed the written examinations corated in appropriate colors nndl and are being certified to the Dis- glaring pumpkins were arranged by | trict Courts of their residence for Fred Alberts and his assistants. | fyrther oral examinations: John C. Dunn and Robert Aste, HUNTING both of Juneau; George M. Mg-| Local Postmaster Val Poor is on|paughlin, Anchorage; Wallace a ten day vacation, and will spend | ajken, Fairbanks; Evander Cade | it hunting deer in the Tenakee|gsmith, Anchorage; M. William Sp}rmgs country. He was to leave|grasilovsky, Juneau; Galen Hunt, this morning via Alaska Coastal. !seward; Daniel H. Cuddy, Anchor- age; and James E. Swan of An- chorage. DEN NO. 2. MEET PASS FIRST EXAM "< Den No. 2 of Cub Scout Pack No. 310 will meet with their Den Mother Mrs. Douglas Gray, at her morrow afternoon. Den No. 1 will meet with Mrs. Paul Burmett at home immediately after school to-; George B. McNabb, Jr., of Fair- banks, who previously had taken the written examination, also was certified. i It is expected that the Juneau- cation tomorrow night in the Eagles Iagain triefly today between flights.' business a gserved by Alaska Steamship except caused one Navy telephone opera- tor to wax sarcastic at the Treasure ites will be examined by ‘Judge George W. Folta shortly after his return from a hunting trip, and that prompt examinations also will be given by Judge Anthony J. Di- mond of the Third Division (An- chorage) and Judge Harry E. Pratt, Fourth Division (Fairbanks). the same time. GASTINEAU LODGE MEETS ' Gastineau Lodge No. 124 will hold its regular stated communi- Hall at 7:30 o'clock. ALASKA §. S. OFFICIALS END TOUR OF TERRITORY | GIRL SCOUT TROOP TWO HOLDS MEETING ‘The regular meeting of Girl Scout Completing a five-week business|Troop No. 2 was held at the home trip, two officials of the Alask: f Evelyn Hollman with President Steamship Company were in Juneau :Sylvia Davis presiding. Under new last minute Christmas They arrived this noon by Alaska!'sale was suggested and it was de- Coastal from Skagway, and took|cided to have it on December 12. off a little later, southbound. | A committee was appointed to make H. N. Peterson, General 'I‘raific}necessary arrangements. Appoint- Manager, was booked for today's ed were Mildred Brown, Vicky Tyd- | Pan American flight to Seattle, lacka, Erna Stender and Carol| while G. S. Duryea, General Freight Parson. Next under new business was uni- forms and it was unanimously de- cided to have plain tailored blous- es with sleveless sligover sweaters and ‘straight skirts, We also decided to make our own outfits. Darlene and Passenger Agent, was to go to Ketchikan by ACA. During their extensive trip through the Territory, Peterson and Duryea have visited every port then adjourned. BETSEY BAXTER, Reporter. Isjand Navy base. The Navy opera- | tor is reported to have answered By botanical definition, snap nrl one incoming call: “Johnson's Air/green beans, pod of peas and gar- Force, Water Division.” den pepper are fruits. MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1949 ABERDEEN VISITOR CARD OF THANKS Elmer L. Armstrong of Aberdeen,| I wish to thank the”many friends Wash., is registered at the Baranof |of my late brother O. H. Woods, |for the many kind thoughts and | words of sympathy shown me; aiso Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jarvis of for the beautiful floral offerings. Seattle are stopping at the Bar-| MRS, ANNA ROSE AND FAM- anof Hotel. {ILY. YOU'LL LOOK BETTER FEEL BETTER IN CLOTHES DRY CLEANED CHECK THESE ADVANTAGES OF OUR FAMOUS SANITONE SERVICE [ More Dirt Removed [ Stubborn Spots Gone [ No Dry Cleaning Odor Phone 877 CITY DRY CLEANERS Production of new cars by the Chrysler Corporation will be discontinued at the end of this week due to the steel strike. the proposal. R. W. COWLING COMPANY ANNOUNCES Our Only Avaiiable Stock of Cars 4 Dodges — 4 Plymouths—1 De Soto . The announcement of the production of the beautiful new 1950 automobiles by Chrysler will be made at the end of the strike. '