The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 14, 1949, Page 2

PAGE TWO R adis | as advertised in Gift for a Lifetime MAKES A . TREAS- SKYWAY LUGGAGE CHERISHED GIFT \ URED THROUGH THE YEARS. i Co | | | Hat and Shoe Case $32.50 Cosmetic Case | | ( Jacknife i $47.50 Wardrobe Case $32.50 26" Pullman Case $30.00 Jl/( BZA’ZEHQQ 80 QUALITY SINCE /887 i UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM D!FFERS IN TERRITORIES All three of the Um!ed States’ ‘u;ded those standards set up by the International Labor Office MOOSE ADJUSI Evans also attended the Nationa | Conference on Labor Legislation pARIY IIMES To while in Washington. The confer- ence was held for representatives; In order not to conflict with the| { labor and management from the states and territories. Three Alaska representatives, be- Territories — Alaska, Puerto Rico,| sides Evans, were present. Tony |CPn ity Ti leb and, Hawaii—have one labor Prob- | Zorick of Ketchikan, chairman of | Community Trce celebration, ties lem in common. But there are dif- | the Alaskan Employment Securityi o, Moose Chrlstmas pattles were| ferences in that problem. !«‘vmml ion Al Owens of Anchor-l“‘f"gcd Dy;gfbe. cormmites [ 45 .8 | ing last night. age, representing the central labor{ ™ and building trades council of that 7; and Ken Favell, international This was Lrought out in the an- nual meeting of U.S. Labor Depart- nwent chiefs from the Territories in The Moose Children's party was| <hanged from afternoon to eve-! Washington, D.C., according to| organizer for the Brotherhood of|ning, and will be held from 7 tol Leonard Evans, Alaska representa- | Eloctrical Workers were at the con-|3 pm., Friday, December 23. The! tive of the U.S. Department of| ference. party for adults was moved to the Labor. Evans returned from Wash-| Evans said a gfat deal of in-jfollowinz evening, Saturday, De- mgton last weekend. terest was shown in an idea foricember 54, : ! Evans said yesterday that the| cetting up a labor extension service,| This week-end will bring thel Labor Department representative| which would provide information{irst party in the traditional holi- from Puerto Rice reported the|on labor-management problems for) mpie_femure of the Loyal cense population there means a“\-m-kzrs Order of Moose. The regular large labor supply and a continu-i{ The service, which would te pat-|noose Midwinter Festival Dance ing unemployment proclem. ‘l(med after the Department of|wi]] pe this Saturday, at 10 P-m~-i The representative from Hawaii| Agriculture’s Extension Service, i the Moose Club. 1eported the first serious unemploy- | could be set up without adding per.! ment proklem there since the war.| :onnel, Evans believes. Evans himeelf told of Alaska’s| He raid the problem of em-{ celebrations. Others are Virgil An-} problem of seasonal employment— | ploying physically m"mcapppdi‘":m John Ladely, Thomas and unemployment. reople promises to receive the \eax-| Moore, Arnold Francis, J’ohn Moser He said, however, that Alaska’s|iound attention from the Depart-|and Paul Urick. lakor regulations equalled or ex- ment of Labor. Mrs. Edna Card, Senior Regenh R AR 38 the Women of the Moose, will Loren Card heads the committee rlanning all Mocse Chrlstmas, P e s X A et et e, ELLIS AIR LINES of them, after asking for volun*eers at the meeting tomorrow night. ; slowly. i 420, ! pitchy talks were made by various THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA DRIEBELBUS HOME ON BARANOF; BODY (CAST IS APPLIED David DmLelbu Junoau adding machine agent injured badly in the | wreck December 2 of an Ajaska tal Airlines’ flying boat on the kine Flats, was brcught home from Wrangell last night and placed in St. Ann's hospital. Dreicelbus suffered a broken ver- tebrae in his back, a_severe lacera- tion over his right eye and in- jured ligaments in his right leg. He had been cared for in the | Wrangell hospital since his rescue with pilot Mike Fenster and threc other injured passengers from & trapper’s cabin near the wreck scene. Margaret Ada Annis, 42, enroute to Wrangell in the plane, was killed when the plane struck the { niud near Dry Island. Mrs. Dreibelbus flew to Wrangel: Monday to accompany her husband heme on the Baranof. His injuries precluded his being flown back. A police ambulance met the ship and took him to the hospital Shertly after lunch today he was removed from ‘his cot and taken to X-ray, following which he was to have a cast placed on his back. He is under care of Dr. C. C. Carter. He said he had been told it would Le from six to seven months tefore Le would be able to resume work, but that he would be able to walk obout in approximately three months or less. While unable to move his right ieg, he said he had been assured the injury would repair itself ElKS GIVE BANQUET, IHOWARD SIMMONS |AT BARANOF HOTEL Cne of the most enjoyable cock- tail and banquet affairs of the sea-| son was that of last night when| the officers of Juneau Lodge No.| BP.O.E, honored Howard E. Simmons, District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler, Alaska-East, who| will make his official visitation to the Lodze tonight. Officers of the Lodge, Past | Exalted Rulers and Past District Deputies, gathered for the affair, and to make it more enjoyatle the wives of all were also present. Cocktails were served at the EIks| Ciub from 7 to 8, and the banjuet was held in the curtained-off Ter-| race Room of the Baranof Hotel. | Piaces were set for 50 at the tables attractively decorated in the holi- day motif. Following the steak dinner, F. Dewey Baker, Exalted Ruler,| briefly stated the purpose of the event, then called upon Simmons : for a short speech. In turn, Exalted Ruler Baker handed the honor of toastmaster to Henry Messer- schmidt, Past District Deputy. Short members of the gathering as the| finale to a wonderful Elks nal get-together. OF MOOSE MEET TOMORROW WOMEN Mrs. announces that there will be a meeting of *he Women of the Mocose tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Mocse Club. After initiation, there will be| entertainment, with Mrs. Margaret ;Ballard in charge. Members are | ammonia, was being pumped out | streets. Eight police cars, with sirens suce hing, moved slowly through frater- | Edna Card, Senior Regent, 'MAC’ TELLS OF FREEZING 5-DAY VIGIL (Continued irom Page One) He vas reported found at Boat Harcor *Ann’s hespital in a car. said the small boat which wxas an “old skiff,” and not from ais troller. Today, from his cot, he asked, ‘Have they found Andy yet?” SEARCH GOES ON This morning a search party, led sy Albert Wallace, left Tee Har- aboard the Coast Guard cutter 4 for St. James Bay to continue Le search for Haffner. Coast Guard headquarters here sorted this morning that the utter White Holly, which reached st. James Bay Sunday after Manery sad reported sighting the sunken roller, last night raised “Mack’s” essel—31A464—and pumped it out. It now alongside the White folly in the bay. This afternoon, Dr. Joseph O. Rude, after examining Mercado's ect, sald he thought they could saved. Mercado's home is on West Ninth Street. He lives there with his wife, wo sons and three daughters. Haffner's home is on the Glacier Loop Road. THOUSAND WEST OAKLANDERS IN FLIGHT FROM GAS CAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 14—P— Upwards of 1,000 persons were forced to flee their homes before awn today as waves of ammonia ; spread through 20 square blocks West Oakland. Scores were overcome and many made ill. Five were known to have been hospitalized A tank car, 2€ filled with liquid at a fertilizer plant when a pipe split and the cargo spilled into the Gas formed quickly. the residential warning per- sons to flee. area Gas-masked firemen attempted to wash away the ammonia with streams of water. It was several hours later before evacuees began returning to their homes. Batallion Chief Thomas Dolan said the tank car contained enough ammonia to “kill everyone in the area.” As the great fog like clouds \drifted through the district, shroud- ing cars, homes and buildings, policemen helped remove hundreds | of people to safety areas. Many, | ircluding policemen, were overcome. Two churches outside the danger | | zone were opened as shelters for [ the evacuees. | LEACH FAMILY HOME AFTER SIX WEEKS/ | | Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Leach and | their son, Patrick, who was six| years old yesterday, returned on| | the accident this afternocon. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1949 MERCHANT MARINE [{ "~ -n:;;,-,;-;-, P e The United States Coast Guard, announces that the next exami- nation for licensed officers of the Merchant Marine for permanent | commissions in the Coast Guard will be held on February 27, 28 and March 1, 1950. Applications should e postmarked prior to February 1 15 to insure pro- essing for this examination. Com- missions will be offered in the ranks | of Lieutenant (junior-grade), L‘eu-> tenant and Lieutenant Commander, | depending upon age, experience | nd professional ability. All appli-| cants must be. between the ages ot 1 and 40, and have served at least | four years aboard a U.S. merchant vessel in the capatity of a licensed | officer. The examination is open to both icensed desk and licensed engineer | officers of the U.S. Merchant Ma- rine. Appropriate examinations will be given to each group. Applica-| tion forms may be secured by writ- ng to the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, (PTP) | 1300 E Street, N.W., Washington 25, | D.C., or from any Coast Guard | District Office or Marine Inspection/| office. ! The examination will be held in the following cities: Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Hono- | lulu, Juneau, Long Beach, Miam New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, San Francisco, San Juan, St. Louis, | Seattle, Baltimore. i The commissioning of licensed | officers of the Merchant Marine | in the United States Coast Guard ! is part of the Coast Guard's Mer- | chant Marine safety program. It is | expected that the officers commis- sioned will he assigned to this duty, however all officers commis- | sioned from the Merchant Marine | will receive a thorough indoctrina- | ton in regular Coast Guard duty! including service akoard a major | cutter. | Officers commissioned under this rogram are accepted on ¢ -year ! procationary term which will coin-| cide with their training and in trination period. FISHING BOAT SINKS | OFF LEGMA ISLAND The fishing vessel GGK, sknp-i pered by Gottfreid Kelberg, sank today on the east side of Legma Island at Goddard Hot Springs; south of Sitka, according to Coast| Guard headquarters here. ' Report of the sinking came from, the cutter Cahoone, stationed at Sitka, which reached the scene of sy Short on time and ideas? 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