The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 15, 1949, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT "™ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA COAST GUARD OFFICER HAS BRONZE STAR Award Madfiy Secrefary ELLIS REYNOLDS TELLS ROTARY OF SOAP BOX DERBY Shades of the Soap Box Derby! That important Juneau event of ‘Jul_v 17 was re | Club which co-sponsored | today's luncheon meeting | Baranof Gold Room. First, President it, in at the Bob Akervick of TreaSUfy Sflyder at ir'nlled a meeting of the 1949 Soap Ceremony Here Lt. (jg) S. G. Putzke, an op- erations officer with the Coast Guard headquarters here, yesterday received recognition for an act of valor which took place in the| Mediterranean Sea in 1944. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, at a ceremony in the head- quarters, presented a Bronze Star to him. The story behind this: Putzke was a radio man aboard| a destroy—~ the U.S.S. Menges.| While on .onvoy escorting duty oft the coast of Algeria, the ship was hit astern ty a torpedo from a German U-boat. All the deck petty officers were killed Putzke had seen two men blown off the ship and, although wounded, he assisted in lowering a liteboat! and rescuing the men. | Putzke is from Sioux Falls,| South Dakota. the medal is| FATHER FACES JAIL | SENTENCE FOR NOT SUPPORTING CHILDREN Angus Jack Ballinger has three days to pay $750 to his divorced wife for the support of their minor children. It's jail for him if he dcoesn’t. He was cited into court yesterday to show cause why he was more than $1,300 in arrears in his pay- ments. The court found him to be in contempt of court and committed him to jail for 60 days if he does not pay his divorced wife, Patricia O. Ballinger, the $750 with 72 hours FOUR YOUTHS ARE IN TROUBLE NOW Four youths, 17 to 19 in age, must pay for damages to the car taken from Prank Meier's place on the highway, purchase a new motor and be on probation for six months. This +is according to Emmett Bo- telho, of the Highway Patrol, in a statement made to The Empire to- day. The names of the youths are withheld. | CORDOVA GUESTS Mrs. Boyd Carlson and daughter Judy Ann of Cordova are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. ' planning Box Derby committee for late this afternoon. Then, when it came time for the | main event, the program was turned over to Member Ellis Reynolds, who | accompanied the Juneau champion, | Rudy Maier, to Akron, Ohlo, for the finals. Reynolds represented The Daily Alaska Empire and the Juneau Rotary Club, co-sponsors. Starting his brief narrative of in Akron, good Reynolds remarked, “A. chairman does his early. Harold Foss, tifs month’s chairman, loaned me his camera, 'way back in August.” Whereupon Reynolds gave an in- formal account of the Akron doings, illustrated by color slides he took. J. Malcolm Greany operated the projector. The pictures took Rotarians back program to Ohio in the summer, to scenes of color and excitement as the young entrants, carefully supervis- °d from the moment of arrival, went through training and tests for the momentous event until the Sunday races; pair and testing of the sleek racing cars; bands and drum majors and majorettes in action; “Old No. 7,” the original Soap Box racing car, and closeups of the race and the photo-finish judging tower. And his engaging smile. A. F. Chiglione, program chair- man for the d introduced Rey- nolds. O. F. Benecke iniroduced his quest, Wes Overby, and was promptly fined when he identified Overby as the new office manager f Alaska Coas Airline The only other guest was Ray- mond P. Sanford of Anchorage, ormerly of New York City. Sanford is field representative of the Am- erican Social Hygiene Association President Akervic! ked the club to support the Juneau City Band concert next Tuesday, sponsored this time by Beta Sigma Phi. (The Rotary Club has sponsored a num- ber of similar events by which pur- chase was made of the flashy new uniforms band members will be wearing.) FAIRBANKS GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. Al Anderson and children Steven and Carol are re- gistered at the Baranof Hotel. Mr. Anderson is Executive Secre- tary of the Alaska Mining Associa- tion. called to the Rotary ' the colorful Soap Box Derby evcnts1 there were good shots of Rudy and| ® e 0o o 0 0 o o WEATHER REPORT (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum 41; minimum 35 At Airport—Maximum 40; minimum 35. | | | | FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Cloudy with occasional rain or snow tonight and Wed- nesday. Low temperature to- night about 35. High Wed- nesday about 40. . . . . o . . . L] . . . . ! . . . |o CPRECIPITATION l @ (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a.m. today ® City of Juneau—25 inches; since Nov. 1—8.07 inches. since July 1—44.16 inches. At Airport—.04 inches; since Nov. 1—6.32 inches; since July 1-—30.20 inches, ® e 5 o 00 o o le le SCUDDER AND ELKINS { . T0 SPEAK AT NATIVE 0090000000 c00c000o0 ! BROTHERHOOD MEET! ‘5", omvers et Sheco stountain| W. A. “Bud” Elkins, Fish and Wildlife Service wiidlife manage- der, FWS fisheries management official, left today for Ketchikan and Klawock. They will represent FWS at the I‘mnun] convention of the Alaska Native Brotherhood being held this week at Klawock. They will discuss protlems of Highlights of the pictures were| conservation in wildlife and fish-fat 12 o'clock, and have it_con- shots at the Y.M.C.A. camp where |eries with the Native Brotherhood|tinue through the Juncheon. all the boys live from Thursday|and outline the problems faced in care, re-|making fish and game regulations|formal interview, with its first per-| that will result Lenefit to all. CENSUS OFFICIALS TO ARRIVE ON BARANOF Two Bureau of Census officials will arrive in Juneau aboard the S.8. Baranof today to help in closing out the census of business in the Territor) according Clarence P. Keating, Alaska super- visor. i They are John in the greatest Bell, a member | KIWANIS TO HEAR Iman supervisor, and H. C. Scud-| to]| JURORS IN BRIDGES' CASE QUESTIONED ON DIFFERENT ANGLES SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.—(®— PAT O'DONNELL STCRY TOMORROW Kiwanians and their guests can look forward toa most unusual|Extremely intensive questioning of | program at the weekly luncheon!prospective jurors made progres3 Emevtlng tomorrow in the Baranof barely perceptible today in select- | Gold Room. ing the 12 to try Harry Bridges | Pat O'Donnell will tell of his for perjury. !Lattle against the wilds in the; Bridges, head of the CIO Long- Talkeetna district northeast ot shore and Warehousemen’s Union, |is accused of swearing falsely in getting his citizenship papers in 1945. The government said he was a Communist and that he said he wasn't. | Federal Judge George B. Harris, | the prosecution and the defense all took turns asking the jury panel | searching questions—even as to the occupations of husbands or married {daughters, in what clubs the ven- |irmen held membership, what they | read. Bridges listened with great alert- ness, sometimes cupping his hand to his ear. H The defense appeared chiefly in- {inn on Labor Day. Mrs. O'Donnell terested in any union affiliation and Earl Bogey walked back into| Which —might be objectionable.| (Sheep Mountain in a few days.‘Bridzes. who headed some of the alter missing a rendezvous with | nation’s bitterest strikes in organ- i Brownfield. They arrived there izing the CIO Longeshormen and September 12, a day after Brown- Warehousemen, has made violent field’s plane had been located. encmies in some other union quart- As there is nothing to watch in ers. connection with the program, and| Seven men and five women had the recording takes almost an been seated tentatively in the jury hour, President Stanley Baskin bbx, and each then was suklect to [plans to start the prograin exacn,\‘i the intensive interrogation. | |POWERS NEW PREXY - - son account of “The Story of Pat OF BADMI"'O" (lUB O'Donnell” say it is a remarlfable‘ recording. | | Officers for the Juneau Badmin- The Kiwanis Club will ‘be the Anchorage, during the 24 days hel was lost from his hunting party‘ and from which he staggered into| Talkeetna September 29. The dramatic account, as told by O'Donnell immediately after his history-making trek, will be given in a tape recording which Ki- + wanian Martin Victor brought back from Anchorage last month. O'Donnell was one of a party of hunters ferried into the rugged wilderness country by Pilot Francis “Dizzy” Brownfield, who is stili| lost, but Lelieved struggling to get; Those who have heard the in- iton Club were elected at a business 4 meeting held last night in the June: 0 h it. first group in 3 uneau t ear {Fiigh School gymnastum. | “Tom Powers was elected Presi- |dent; Emma Neilsen, Vice Presi- SONS OF NORWAY To | dent; and Bonnie Merritt, Secre- GIVE CARD PARTY| tors-rreasurer g ' The meeting took place after the Sons of Norway will hold a public regular Monday evening playing card party in the Oddfellows’ Hed | session of the club. Club president Saturday evening, December 3,;P0wers sald anyone wanting to | President Elton Engstrom an- | " |learn the game is welcome to go | nounced today. H_arold 1Suarn.1.g will | to the playing sessions which are head the committee for arrange-| .. ... .nti 10 p.m. every Monday. NEW WAGE LAW 'NOT MUCH EFFECT HERE, SAYS EVANS By Charles D. Watkins WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—®— Leonard Evans, Labor Department, representative in Alaska, head- quarters at Juneau, said today the new law raising the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents an hour will not affect Alaska much. “Most employers in the Terri- tory,” Evans said, “Already pay as much or more than 75 cents an hour. The few that do not will not be much affected by the increase.” Evans. safd that changes in pro- visions on child labor probably will confuse employers until they ad- justed -fo. the new regulations. This, he said, is because the new law extends restrictions to employ- ers, engaged in, commerce while. the old law applied only to those en- gaged in industry. The mjinimum age for g:hnd work, is 16 years in most occupations and 18 years in hazardous jobs. The exemptions from minimam wage and overtime payments, Evans told a reporter, will not provide exemption from the age regulations and this will affect small logging camps. Logging, he said, is a haz- ardous occupation and the minimum age in that work will be 18 years. Evans is here with Labor Depart- ment representatives from Hawaii and Puerto Rico for an ‘Annual conference. He said he expects to! oe here another ten days. "A member of Britains Labor gov- ernment says England’'s second- ranking churchman should deter- mine the “real facts” before criti- cizing the British government. Sec-l retary Emanuel Shinwe!l accused the Archbishop of York of political bias in recent speeches on Britain's economic and political situation. ANCHORAGE GUEST R. Rolland Armstrong of Anehor- age is a visitor at the Baranof Hotel, FROM TACOMA Merle R. Strickland of Tacoma, Wash., is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM KETCHIKAN Ray Cavanaugh of Ketchikan is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. FAIRBANKS GUEST 8. E. Gustofson of Fairbanks is registered at ‘the..Gastineau . Hotel.. The Boston symphony orchestra was founded in 1881. It has had ten conductors. 2 SCores 000 [ S—— e Ceee— s S Now that you can choose any car you want DESOT0 and iy wnd! COMMERCIAL MOTOR COMPANY 115 Front St of the field division of the Census mej“s- ‘ i OSSR IR S Eureau and Gene Harris, supervisor | Pete Hildre of the Annual Bal DIVORCE GRANTED for the 1lth census area whicn|committee which sponsored the| ,menn, M, Worden has been |includes ~ Washington, Oregon, dance Saturday night in tvhvc Bftéose granted a divorce from Louis H. Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Hall stated that the affair Was &) yogen in the U. S. District Court. While here they will aid in mak- ] SUccess Loth financially and so- { e ing plans for Leginning the popu- | cially. A large crowd turned lb°“: KETCHIKAN VISITOR {lation census April 1. ;and enjoyed the music of Albert| 'm g curtis of Ketchikan is stop _________ Peterson, Phyllis Eneberg and ping at the Gastineau Hotel. Frank Pineda. . BIRTHDAYS HONORED BY ———— FROM NAKNEK LUNCHEON SAT. AFTERNOON JUDGE SCHIRMER DIES Carl Quisberg of Naknek is a oo Word has been received by W. J.| yisitor at the Gastineau Hotel. | Two birthdays were honored at,Walker of the death of his brother- b m e 3 B3 lluncheon at the Baranof Saturday |in-law, Judge Schirmer in Oregon, fwhen Mrs. H. L. Faulkner was|after an illness of only two days. | o hostess for Mrs. Cassius C. Carter Judge Schirmer has been associ- | and Mrs. Keith G. Wildes. ated with the Multnomah Sheriff’s | Twelve guests were enterainted |office for 29 years and retired from at luncheon and bridge and can- |it January, 1948. He had been Mun- asta were played during the after-'iciple Judge of Gresham, Oregon, noon in the Wildes' apartment. since August, 1949. < Today people are buying cars very differ- ently from the way they did a year ago. They are taking their time. They’re com- paring values. As a result, the demand for De Soto is breaking records. This is the car that thrives on compari- sons. It gives you more head room, leg room, arm room. More visibility. More com- fort and luxury. And it lets you drive without shifting. Come in and let us show you why this S car is called “The Car Designed with YOU in Mind.”? Compare it with any other car at any price. Then decide. | V) _ o\ __,__,_—J’\ g » ¢ : e —— uf ol Fig | rect — Juneau 3 Wi [ N Be the first In the l-0-n-g line Of Christmas Shoppers . To pick the cream S B L g o S ARt b2 (o s S\ £ Give this Thanksgiving blessing to both Mr. and Mrs.! It's a blessing ‘to his carving . . . for the keen forged and hollow ground blade will make thin, succulent slices of turkey fall with effortless strokes. It's the only blade of this quality in a sterling carving % set! In her choice of thirteen ¢ magnificent patterns. ‘ 2 pe. Steak Set ...$13.50 2 pe. Roast Set . 21.50 3 pe. Roost Set ... 31.50 { (With carborundum stone | with sterling handle) | (Federol Tax Included) IN_ MOST. PATTERNS Fine groin solid wood case For Steak Set $4.00 For Roast Set $4.50 Saternational Sterling These and many other attractive sterling gifts on display at- The NUGGET SHOP . Come in and browse around ! The Nugget Shop’s “'Bargain Table s loaded with gifts ... 0f our mew arrival of Jewelry: EARRINGS - NECKLACES - BRACELETS ; PINS - PEARLS - LOVELY CAMEOS : EVENING ACCESSORIES SCATTER PINS Allinvitations to loveliness. And for Christmas. .~ ¢ ¥ gifts they're the perfect answer fo the perplex- ing question, "What shall I give her this year?"