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1 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASEA ° [McKAY MALCOLMS |NEW FLYING CLUB BACK FROM STATES; | T MEET TONIGHT HER ANKLE BROKEN) . . ... .. thusiasts met this week and form- Mr. and Mrs. MacKay Malcolm, |ed the Juneau Aircraft Owners wellknown Juneau residents, re- and Pilots Association. turned home on the Princess Norah | Their first and immediate pur- after a three months’ trip which|pose is to obtain facilities for pri- took them from Maine to Mexico |vate aircraft at the field and on, | city and from Texas to Seattle. | Gastineau Channel. 1 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 194¢ | PAGE EIGHT 1} CHAMBER ELECTS EXECUTIVE BOARD ATMEETING TODAY Six members were elected to the | executive board of the Juneau | Chamber of Commerce at its noon | meeting today in the Gold Room | of the Baranof Hotel | New officers, to be chosen from ONE CHRISTMAS WON'T BE MERRY; THIEF THERE FIRST LONDON, Dec. 8 — (® — The Christmases are not so merry to- | ay. A burglar entered the flat of | Mrs. Phyllis Christmas and stole the £14 ($39.20) she had saved to tuy Christmas presents for Diana, S CHILD'S PARTY GUEST TR A wm-m EYES glowing with joy, F S " Marilyn Klemp shows Monsignor | 4 . ~ John T. Wagener presents for | i v her fifth birthday. Chicago doc= tors say she will die before Christmas of rare form of anemia(International Soundphoto) | | the executive board, will not. be installed until the first meeting of | the Chamber in January. | Elected to the executive board were Robert Boochever, Chris Wyller, A. W. Blackerby, Herbert Rowland, O. F. Benecke and Henry Green | Chamber Presldent Fred Eas- taugh will ‘automatically become ' a member of the new board when his term of office expires. New president of the Chamber will be chosen at the first meeting the newly-elected board pfe-| ceding the first Chamber meeting in January. He will serve as both chairman of the board and presi- of M dent. ERRERA By th rd nd 0 me woare. wna o seereary wbo TO REVEAL DEFENSE b o;f:‘xilow:g the election I.Odn_\'.“ pROGR‘_Mil_JNDERWAY Chamber members heard Dr. Wal- | ter Clarke, Executive Director of| the American Social Hygiene Asso- | ciation, speak on the transfer of| emphasis in the armed forces’ anti- | venereal disease campaign from the | medical aspect to the “neglected” moral aspect. Introduced by Raymond P. San- ford, Association field representa- | tive from Anchorage, Dr. Cxarke;where he has spent the past six pointed out that the emphasxs,;“eeks appearing before the Fed- formerly on prevention of the dis- | eral budget tureau, conferring with seases ;.hrough education and pm_;Depm'lmem of the !nL?r_mr and phylaxis, has been shifted to | Public Health Service officials, and character tuilding through broad- | Sttending conventions abite A | ciation of ate and Territorial Inauguration of an important and strategic civilian defense pro- gram to be worked in conjunction with activities of Territorial Department of Health, dis- closed today by Dr. brecht, department head. Dr. Albrecht returned yesterday from Washington and New York was ened education, religion and ath- broos) " o P Health Officers in the capital and = P! salth S0~ He told of a “unique” program the American Public Health Asso begun at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in ciation in New York 1947 which aimed to do “eve 1| Pressed for details on the pro- which could be done in the home posed defense program, Dr. Al- to develop character.” t said he could disclose no He said the results—“beyond P but rali[ir;ddls»: pectation”—had proved so succes ”\ 1: YL' ful that all the armed forces set Nt wvl“lt\;{‘llxhflr}i_’ up programs patterned after the jr ‘“:"-“\M}{'f!’\r f;-;?n“;_e o(:mv Fort Knox experiment. | coming at a later date. Mor 2 The chuactpeer»bundmg progr:\ms"‘"‘” weeks in Washington were were carried out by providing edu- ‘ fi:tulahl;d on these matters alone, he s caffonal, religious, and athletic IaA‘ cilities on military establishments and, through community coopera- tion, extending the wholesome at- | washington convention—54 in all— mosphere to towns and cities around " passed a resolution opposing the n:ilitary establishments. | proposed compulsory health insur- He pointed out the need for rec-|ance legislation now being consid- reational . facilities in communities ‘I ered, and advocated by the present which attract servicemen from | gqministration. nearby military establishments, and | The resolution pointed out the said that such communities “must | pending proposal “does not include look into the problem of prostitu- | adequate provisions for preventive tion.” medicine and the future develop- ment of modern public health serv- ice . . . and that health standards in the nation are at present highest in the world, this condi- tion brought about by progress in proper health education, protective sanitation and qualified personnel OPPOSED HEALTH INSURANCE Health officers attending the CITY COUNCIL MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION The Juneau City Council will! meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. in special | 5 session, City Clerk C. L. Popejoy |in the organized public health announced today. service.” The Council will consider Ju-| Top officials in all state and territorial health departments at- tended the conference, Dr. Alorecht said. Legislation for new facilities and administrative matters were neau traffic problems and the pro- jects to be submitted to the Gen- eral Facilities Service. ‘The ordinance calling for a spec- ial election to consider turning over C. Earl AI—, {of the United States Pulbic Health | Service. | GOT GOOD RESULTS } He said he “learned a great deal” ! | for the benefit of health work in Alaska at the New York meet of ! Francisco and Portland arriving in | seattle a short time before sailing Leaving here the latter part of August, with their daughter Mar- | jorie, they drove to Maine where they visited for two weeks, and then went to New York City where they saw relatives and friends in that vicinity. From New York they went to Rockleigh, New Jersey, where Mar-| | jorie was entered in school and | then Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm drove | to Mexico City and Tasco to visit with “Silver Bill” Spratling in the latter town. After two weeks in Mexico the Malcolms returned north by way of El Paso, San Diego and dropped | over to Phoenix, Arizona, to visit relatives. They came up the west| coast through Los Angeles, San| for home. In Vancouver, B.C, the day be- fore sailing, Mrs. Malcolm, in| the Public Health Association. Much of the work discussed was applicable to the Territory, he said He appeared before the Federal Security Agency and the child wel- fare bureau, accomplishing benefits from bLoth departments, he said. While not prepared to give details, Dr. Albrecht said he was highly pleased at reception given his pleas. and that his department would be \ble to go ahead strongly. Officials he talked with appeared iterested in Alaska's health he said, and felt prob- the Territory in heaith | d receive top priority lative discussions when again CASTER RITES BE {ELD TOMORROW OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 8—P—| Funeral services for Col. Lawrence 7. Castner, d West Point graduate for whom “Castner’s Cut- throats” were nicknamed, will be held tomorrow Requiem Mass will be said at 10 am. tomorrow at the Presidio Chapel in San Francisco. Burial will take place in the National Cemetery, Presidio, in San Fran- c1sco Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Rachel Crabb Castner; two daugh- gre problems, lems fac matters wi during 1 ss meets ters, M Regin Carr and Miss Diana Castner, and his mother, Mrs. Ada Castner. The “Castner Cutthroa! Alaska Scouts, were famous during World War II. Castner organized the scouts to serve as eyes and ears for the Army Intelligence section in the vast areas of Western Alaska and the Aleu- tians, They were mostly miners, fishermen and natives. They knew the country and were hardy fron- tiersmen. Castner always disliked the nick- name the scattered platoon ac- auired. He insisted it belied the true character of a well-disciplined discussed with the surgeon general unit. stepping off a curb, broke her ankle. Although unfortunate, the Malcolms were glad that it hap- pened at the end of their trip in-; stead of the beginning. She is re-| ported progressing nicely. | { NEIGHBOR KIDS GIVEN AS CAUSE FOR INJUNCTION DALLAS, Dec. 8—(P—Mr. and| Mrs. Reo B. Moseley are going to court to try to get some geace and | yuiet—from neighbor kid$. They've filed suit for a tem- porary injunction against eight reighbors, all with one or more children. A hearing has been set for Dec. 28 in District Court. The couple says the children have “destroyed the peace and quiet of the neighborhood . .. with horns, whistles, cowbells and especi- ally screaming at the top of their lungs, in a manner not normal to| usual play by said children.” | PROMOTION AND RIBBON FOR LT. (OM. RUDOLPH ’ | Lt. Charles V. Rudolph, ch[er of | the finance division of: thg, 17th Coast Guard District, has} been promoted to Lieutenant Comman- der, Coast Guard headquarters here announced today. The advancement was granted Monday. It followed on the heels of an award to Lt. Comdr. Rudolph of the Navy Unit Commendation rib- bon for service aboard the US.S. Callaway, which took part in inva- sions in the Pacific theatre during the war. . The ship was engaged in Iand~i ings at Kwajalein, Saipan, Southern | Palau and Leyte, and took part in the occupation of Iwo Jima. | the property on which the Arctic Brotherhood Hall stands as a site for the proposed Territorial Build- | ing will be read for the second time, the City Clerk said. | \ FLYNN RETURNS HERE: TO SPEND HOLIDAYS Q ‘Willie Flynn of Skagway returned to Juneau yesterday after six weeks in the states. He visited Seattle and Tacomha on vacation. Flynn, who is a retired railroad sengineer on the White Pass ami Yukon returned on the Princess Norah and will remain in Juneau to spend the holidays with his sis- ter, Mrs. J. K. McAlister and re- turn to Skagway after the first of the year. % 73, WHITEHORSE JUNEAU [ KETCHIKAN | SEATTLE eonvenient flights in | gerviee — a4 8 guest of Pan Amoriean, world's most e sirline. Ask for mu:.flnhnu... BARANOF HOTEL Phone 106 »M%flafl : O Sen o 4Ty Oppen | Swift, big é-engine MEET AN OLD FRIEND IN A P St New Package! 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Parsons, spokesman for the new group, said today, “Anyone Wwho has seen the number of private| airplanes sitting dismally in the, rain, lashed by the wind at the field, or in the crowded boat har- bor, can realize the need for some facilities for both locally owned and transient aircraft. “It is the purpose of this new organization,” he said, “to interest civic leaders and concerned Gov- ernment agencies in the drastic need for some designed base for servicing tehse airplanes.” TEXAS DIAMOND THEFT NETS MEN 150,000 HAUL PERRYTON, Tex., Dec. 8—®— Jack Shields of the Texas Highway Patrol said $150,000 in mounted dia- monds and other jewelry were stolen from a drug store here last night. The jewels belonged mostly to.two jewelry salesmen. Shieldy said burglars entered Burk's drug store through the roof. The drug store is on the Main Street of this Texas panhandle town. | It was the biggest jewel theft in the history of the panhandle. The loss was discovered by Keith tomorrow | Bray, an employee of the drug ! store, when he opened the store. Look at that heavenly ¢ dress! Clean as a cloud- less sky! Color beautiful- ; ly refreshed. Pleats gen- tly placed. And—what a divine fit! P. S. No extra charge for halos! ESTELLE WOLF RESIGNS United States Marshal William T. Miss Estelle Wolf, Miss Wolf plans of Triangle Cleaners - Phone 507 sailing from Juneau NNIES *Eoun California Grocery and Meat Market THE PURE FOODS STORE FRESH CRISPY McINTOSH APPLES . 1.0 lbs. 85¢ | CAULIFLOWER . Ib. 29« LANGENDORF FRUIT CAKES Moz. - - - T 11b.120z. - - - $L.25 21b. Deluxe - - - - - SLT5 3 Ib. Highest Quality - - - $4.95 All Kinds of Glaced Fruit KITCHENETTE VEL . . .. Pkg.29C| NAPKINS . . . . 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