The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 29, 1949, Page 5

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, ENDS TONIGHT The Show That's Really, Truly DELIGHTFUL! Plus MARCH OF TIME’S "ON STAGE" John Nesbitt’s stirring tribute to FATHER FLANAGAN CARTOON and NEWS Complete Shows 7:17-9:30 Feature starts 8:04-10:17 == Tomorrow == The screen “GREATEST EXPECTATIONS” J. ARTHUR, IN (RASH OF PLANE (Continued from Page One) cut all four engines. the engines‘ were off when we hit.” “I didn’t get his name except ‘George’,” she said. “His head was bleeding and his back was hurt.” An American Airlines spokesman said crew members in the hospital were Capt Laurent (Woommy) Claude (the pilot); Robert Lewis, First Officer, and William S. Forb- es, Flight Engineer. The scene was one of organized chaos for hours after the crash. Ambulances, and fire trucks raced over the field. Sightseers crowded in. CAHOONE (OMING HERE FOR STAFF INSPECTION The Coast Guard cutter Cahoone left Sitka this morning for.Juneau where it will be inspected by the 17th District staff, Coast Guard headquarters announced today. “The cutter has recently been overhauled in Seattle. The Cahoone will probably reach Juneau tomorrow, after calling at the Point Retreat light station on its way here. It will return to Sitka after the inspection is completed. HOSPITAL NOTES Ivan Thiritschenko and Mrs. Linn Forrest Jr. were admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday. Mrs. Gordon MacDonald and twin babies—a boby and a girl—and Mrs. Larry McKecknie were dis- missed from St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday. Bessie Edwards of Bettles, Stevens of Stevens Village Sarah Johnson of Tenakee admitted to the Government pital yesterday. fudll s ARl L D S RELIEF SOCIETY Women’s Bazaar and food sale, Sat Dec. 3 Parsons Electric Co. Public -invited. Choice Christmas gifts sugeestions.—adv. 61-4t Paul and 1949 ! fulfills your RANK preseney | | . PRESENT VIEWS 10 JUNEAU CONCLAVE With military and transportation leaders throughout the Territory today converging on Juneau at the | instigation of Kenneth J. Kadow, I’directnr of the Field Committee of | the Department of the Interior, it as announced that Mayor Waino | Hendrickson and Robert Ellis of | Ellis Air Lines would appear before | i the meeting to express their views| or: Southeast Alaska proclems. ! The group was due to arrive here at 2:45 p.m., Kadow said. , The mayor and Ellis, former imayor of Ketchikan, were allocated | Itime, probably tomorrow afternoon, to present to the important trans- | portation-communication conclave | their ideas on defense, harbor im- provements and airport defensés | for this area. | The 16-man group will meet three days, according to present plans. Tomorrow evening a cocktail party will be held, at which time Juneau business men and women ‘will have the opportunity to meet the de- partmental leaders informally and tc discuss problems, FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING T0 GO UP AT ANCHORAGE WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—(/P—A $4,440,000 Federal office building at Anchorage, Alaska, was included today on a list of imminent Fed- eral tuilding projects. The list of 300 post office and other federal building projects were described as having been selected for preparation of loans and ac- quisition of sites for future con- struetion. % The Anchorage project was the only one in Alaska. It provides for the cost of the site and building. An $8,000,000 postoffice terminal annex building at Seattle and a $4,- 200,000 federal building at Tacoma, Wash., also were included on the list. Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) said the list comes under the law passed by Congress this year to authorize proceeding with plans and acquisi~- tion of sites for the most direly needed federal 'buildings. He said the first appropriation of $40,000,000 for such action was made before; | | ence Rhode, Fish ang Wildlife Serv- | nual bazaar. Congress recessed, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS" ON LAST TIME AT CAPITOL “One Touch of Venus” ends to-| night with final showings at the| Capitol Theatre. t The oldest regularly scheduled | packet steamer plying the inland| waterways of England has finaily | been altered to include a bathtub. The ship, a 68-year-old paddle| steamer was pressed into service | for the filming of Universal-Inter- | national's release, “Great Expecta-| tions,” showing at the Capitol to-| MmOrTrow. { Two of the players in the picture, | which co-stars John Mills and| Valerie Hobson, stage a bitter fight in the waters of the River Med- | way. Director David Lean ordered | the tubs installed so that the two actors could take hot baths im-| mediately after the scenes were shot. | ALASKAN BIRDS | IN CALIFORNIA | POSE PROBLEM Sacramento Valley farmers are objecting to some natives of Alaska | who are eating them out of house! and ho | This was reported today by Clar- | ice regional director here, who re- turned to Juneau Sunday after a trip which took him to California in search of replacement parts lor FWS aircraft and vessels. He said those Alaskans with the | appetites—ducks and geese born ini the Territory which winter on Sac- ramento Valley rice fields—are the! subject of the farmers’ objections. | Describing the great flocks of | migratory waterfowl which settle on the rice fields, he said that FWS | will take steps to combat the damage being done by the birds. With the aid of the state’s cut! of pari-mutual horse race betting, | land will be bought and farmed and ducks will be attracted from | the rice fields to the refuges. | Rhode went to California after | attending fishery hearings in| Seattle. He said he found some | bargains in equipment at Navy sta- tions which will increase the efli- ciency of FWS activities in Alaska. A FWS vessel will te sent from Seattle to Alemeda to follow up his Largain-hunting, he said. It will carry experts in electronics, air- craft and marine equipment to do| the actual buying. The equipment will then be brought to Juneau, he said, COMMUNITY EVENTS! e | November 30 — Kiwanis club at Baranof. November 30, 5 pm. — AWVS meeting at No. 18 Channel apart- ments. | December 1 at noon—Chamber of Commerce in Baranof Hotel. December 1, at 8:00 p.m.—La So- ciete des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux in American Legion Dugout. Busi- ness meeting. | December 2—Lutheran Ladies an- December 2, 7:30 p.m.—Chapel- ladies Bazaar at Chapel-by-the- Lake. December 3 at 2 p.m.—Salvation Army Home League bazaar. Decemper s—Dance by Eastern Star, Scottish Rite Temple. December 3—Douglas Firemen'’s benefit dance. December 3—Sons of Norway card party at Odd Fellows Hall. December 3—Girl Scout Council | luncheon at noon at Baranof. December 3—from 10 am. to 4:30 pm. — Relief Society Women’s bazaar at Parson’s Electric. December 4—Elks Memorial Serv- ice. December 7, 1:30 p.m.—Juneau Woman’s Club business meeting, AEL&P penthouse. December 9—Juneau Players pre- sent, comedy. December 10—First Church of God parcel post sale at Sears. December 10 — Juneau Players, second night presentation of com- edy. December 16 at 9 p.m.—Juneau High School Senior Ball in gym. December 17 — Elks Christmas party for children, Elks Hall and Capitol Theatre. December 31—Annual Elks Hi- Jinks, Elks Ballroom. i R FAIRBANKS GUET Dr. William F. Smith of Fair- banks is a visitor at the Baranof Hotel. Buy Christmas Seals Help Stamp Out TB Governmeni | to say, Schomaker said the Com-| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—SUNEAU, ALASKA 5. F. SOCIALITE_WEDS L} CHAMPAGNE TOAST IS ENJOYED by the former Mrs. Evelyn Aufrmorqt, wealthy San Francisco socialite, and Actor John Loder afler their marriage in New York. (International Soundphoto) 140 ALASKA MERIT SYSTEM APPLICANTS ARE T0 TAKE EXAMS Approximately 140 persons Wil take the Alaska Merit System examinations for clerical-typist- stenographic positions on Saturday, Dec. 3. Seventy of the candidates | are scheduled to take their exami- nations in Juneau, 40 in Anchorage, 20 in Fairbanks, with fewer at Ketchikan, Wrangell and Nome. Appointments will be made trom the registers established as a result of these examinations, to fill va-| cancies in the Alaska Department | of Health, the Department of Pub- lic Welfare, and the Employment Security Commission. ‘SundayPunch’ Hits Bridges (Continued from Page One) John H. €chomaker, who provided the opening for defense attorney Vincent Hallinan. | BROWDER'S NAME ENTERS | At the opening of today's session, chief government prosecutor F.! Joseph Donohue had one more question to ask. That concerned a meeting with Earl Browder, head | man for the American Communist | party back in 1934, The examinations will be con- Schomaker said he had mel|qucteq by the commercial instruc- Browder at a Communist gathering | yors i the public school systems ir. a prune orchard in Santa Clara| iy the Merit System providing county “toward the foothills from|iyn. jnctryetions and the examina- highway 101.” The witness sald|ijon material. Bridges, among others, was there. e ey Asked if Browder had anything munist party leader talked aboul Bowu"G Allivs AT .»u:trmr zacgcs' 'of police anld preix;i EI.KS "ow opE“ FROM | shooting gas into strkers” ana e~ NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT | shooting gas into strikers” and the | Effective now, the towling alleys “whole atmosphere one ofl tension.” That was while che big 1934 4t the Elks Club will be ready for waterfront strike was in Progress. |play from noon until midnight. Schomaker quoted Browder asi “Tonight, the Tuesday Night saying what was needed was "10 peague hits the floor with playing lne up more people on the side off4¢ 7 and 9 o’clock the strikers.” ‘ ' At this point Donohue abruptly | aropped the waterfront strike sub-! ject but Hallinan jumped in with; both feet and led Schomaker on. T0 CHICAGO JAN. 1 Friends of the Kenneth Axelson | family are sorry to learn of their !plans to leave Juneau, although REI'REMENI FUND icongratulanng Mr. Axelson on the position he is taking. BOARD SE(REFARY Mr. and Mrs. Axelson and their i three sons—Kenny, 6; Stephen, 3; and Jerry, 6 months—will leave Neil F. Moore, deputy Territorial| January 1 for Chicago where Mr. auditor, was appointed secretary| Axelson is to be associated in Mec- of the Board of Trustees of the Kinsey & Company, a management Public Employees Retirement 8ys- consulting firm. tem Fund at a meeting of the! He has resigned his position ot board held late yesterday afternoon. ' controller of Columbia Lumber This was announced today by J. Company as of January 1, as well Gerald Williams, Territorial At- as his posts of secretary in the torney General and member of Lhe{uons Club and treasurer of Ju- board. ' neau Chapter, American Red Cross. The Retirement System will go, The family came here two years into effect January 1. Elective offi- ' ago from Seattle, where Mr. Axel- clals are not included under the son was a member of Arthur An- law. | derson & Company, public aceount- As secretary of the board, Moorel ants. will not be a memier of the Board, | but will be the executive officer o“[x(l“"fi PAR" fOR DANNY TYLER, AGED 3 the board and “shall receipt for' all payments made to the Fund | and deposit the same with the Treasurer of the Territory to be covered into the Fund; shall sign For young Danny Tyler, the ex- vouchers for the payment of|citement of yesterday's birthday moneys by the fund in accordance | party continued today, as he played with the authorization of the|with his new presents. His mother, Board . . ." Mrs. Stanley Tyler, gave a party tc celebrate Danny’s third birthday. These memLers of the very young set were guests: Judy Eliason, Cas- sie Granere, Barbara Bittle, Lyn Members of the board are: Wil- liams; Frank Boyle, Territorial Duroucher, Donny Sarnisto and Gordon Gray. Auditor; Henry Benson, Commis- sioner of Labor; Henry Harmon, Welfate Director; and B. D. Stew- art, head of the Territorial De- Adult guests sharing the fun were Mrs. Jack Martin, Mrs. Gene Erwin, and these mothers who Lrought their youngsters, Mesdames partment of Mines. Oscar Eliason, Fritz Granere, Elmo Territorial Treasurer Henry| Roden acts as Treasurer of the Bittle, Norman Duroucher, Oliver Sarnisto and Carl Gray. | fund under the law and is an ex- officio member of the board. BABY SITTER IS CHARGED, MURDER ABERDEEN, Wash,, Nov. 29, —(M—A charge of second degree murder was filed in Justice Court yesterday against Alfred <Leohner, 29, for the, “baby-sitting” death of 18-month-old Willlam Hunter. The child died Nov. 22. Leohner, who still is held without bail, sub- sequently signed a statement in which he said he dropped the baby and accidentally stepped on its neck when he stooped to pick it up. The criminal charge was filed | yesterday by Prosecutor Stanlepy J. Jrause. Leohner lived with Mr. and Mrs. | Fred Hunter, the child’s parents, in| a two-room house and was cariig for the infant while the Hunters| attended a motion picture. | Boys and Girls of Juneau, Doug- las and Southeastern -Alaska, Mall you letter to: Santa Claus, Ju- neau. No box number needed.—adv. 61-2¢ BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS At the Lutheran Bazaar, Priday evening, Dec. 2—7 p.m. 62-4t The number of wild black bear in the United States is believed to be increasing. OOCOOUEOOCO Open 24 Hours a Day MIRROR CAFE | 0. 8. McAdams. | muller. 'Rice, Henry Heeno, Bishop Gordon, "THE LOCKET" S FEATURE TONIGHT AT 207H CENTURY How a woman's camouflaged past | hcatches up with her at a dramatic amomefit provides the climax ot ZKO Rad/o’s poignant drama, “The Locket,” in which ' Laraine Day lays that woman. Brain Aherne, tobert Mitchum and Gene Ray- rond are co-starred with Miss Day. {his feature opens at the 20th Century Theatre tonight. The plot revolves around the re- ults of an unfortunate childhood xperience by the central character n whom it bred an irresistable mpulse to steal, coupled with a re- narkatle ability to conceal her ‘ailing from the most intimate issociates, Mitchum plays the heroine’s artist | lance whose career is wrecked a: a consequence of her thievery Aherne portrays a psychiatrist who unaware of her failing, marries hex and is likewise ruined when he activities come to light. Raymond 1 cast as a young flyer about to be come her second husband when he. past seeks him out with a warnin that leads to the stirring clima of the plot. ACA CARRIES 54, MONDAY FLIGHTS Fifty-four pusseagers were car- ried yesterday by Alaska Coasta Airlines, as they brought 20 per sens into Juneau, took 19 out anc carried 15 between other points They were: To Wrangell: Al Ritchie. To Tenakee: Dan Gaguila; tc Angoon: Mr. and Mrs. E. James- town, To Sitka: Don Mayo, H. B. Foss Donald Bingham, Dick Frank, Olen Dycr, Charles Knipple, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hamilton, H. R. Hope, Brooks Hanford, To Haines: T. Rivines, E. J. White, Alice Marvin, Carl Hein- From Taku Lodge: Sam Murk- | ness; from Petersburg: Lewis Matosavas. From Tulsequah: J. Scully, Percy Pue, D. Caldwell, I. Kirtschenke. From Sitka: Mr. and Mrs. Dean Mrs. M. Guppy, Mrs. B. Rifling, Nickii Guppy, O. Tosch, Dr. Wheat- ley, Mrs. Seeds, Andy Carlson, Horace Marks, Elizabeth James. From Hoonah: Ira Stevenson. PLANT IS DESIGNED | FOR BREEDING OF ATOMIC MATERIALS WASHINGTON, Nov. 29—(®—The Atomic Energy Commission disclos- ed today that it has worked out scientific designs for a plant to “breed” precious atomic materials. If the plan works as anticipated, it will be of momentous importance in supplying atomic materials for such peacetime projects as atomic powered ships and aircraft. The announcement was made in connection with a news conference held by David E. Lilienthal, the re-! tiring AEC Chairman. Dr. Law- rence R. Hafstad, sitting in with prr "l“lu“ - J PAGE FIVE IIIIIlIllIIilIIIHIIHIIlllIIIIlIIIIlIIIIIIII!llIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIllIIllIIIIIlIIIflIt S CENTURY. TONITE..and.. WEDNESDAY Wé—/y took their T T e lives in their hands when they took her in their arms! ‘%c‘éfa%ée ' LARAINE DAY BRIAN AHERNE ROBERT MITCHUM GENE Rflf}YMOND SHARYN MOFFETT < RICARDO CORTEZ + NENRY STEPHENSON Plus-- Carfoon Sporis Late News Produced by BERT GRANET * Direc JONN BRANM Waitien by SHENIDA v Doors Open 7:00 Show Starts 7:15and 9:30 5 o is director of the AEC's “Reactor Development”: program. Hafstad called it “the biggest forward step in peacetime appli- cation” of atomic energy. He said that while the project still is only & pencil and paper job, the designers are confident that it will work. ‘The AEC announced that it is beginning immediately construction of a test plant, | COMMUNITY CENTER NIGHT s AT THE TEEN AGE'CIUS All interested adults are temlnd? ed that the “Community Center Nights” at the local Teen Age Club are now hack on regular scheduls again. This means that the clubs house will be open tonight at l o'cleck and that the square dancing will begin at 8:30 o'clock. ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Petersburg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg Convenient afternoon departures, at 2 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 Lilienthal, told about it. Hafsta Chinese Food FROM CALIFORN g Steaks—Chicken W. A. Dyer of Hayward, Calii., is stopping at the Baramof Hotcl (wide price range) The Finest Selection Ever! The Daily Alaska Empire