The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1949, Page 2

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Thomas now is serving a {jail term on payroll padding charges. He has submitted his re- signation from Congress effective Jan. 2. "Paper Hangers' Love L. A.; Pass $300,000 | & e THE oNLY OFFICE | TYPEWRITER IN ‘I PERSONAL SIZE | REMINGTON Personal Typewriter For typing performance never be- fore found in a portable, give this speedy . . . sturdy . . . handsome ALL NEW Remington with 15 ex- clusive and plus value features. Test the exclusive Miracle Tab . . . the Fingerfitted Keys . . . the amazing Simplified Ribbon Changer. See it today and you'll agree it belongs first on your Christ- mas shopping list. (Convenient pay- ments arranged.) J. B. Burford Co “Our Doorstep is Worn by Satisfied Customers” For GIFT OR GUEST OL0 HIZGERALD in gay holiday wrap LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22—(&)- (Here's a new name for Los An- | geles: it's the “Sucker City.” | Det. Jack Tugwell today dis- closed that tag had been tacked on :Los Angeles by check artists who !nlready have passed more than $300,000 worth of “bum paper” here this year. Tugwell said one woman had clipped one store with 23 ) for.a total of $2,000. For guests around your cheery bowl—and remembered friends away—OLD FITZ makes the holiday toast more memo- rable. Unchanged through seventy-nine Christmases, its hearty, generous flavor re- mains the favorite of bourbon critics. This year—serve and send OLD FITZGERALD! OLD FASHIONED.. 4z stliin syl g‘f?fifl-flw. Leifellory, Loniseiti T [ KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY+100 PROOF « BONDED Distributed by ODOM & COMPANY Seattle, Washington In Rubber Check ‘hecks and another with 20 checks | CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE, CHOIRS, | LUTHERANCHURCH To celebrate the birth of the ohr'st a Christmas Eve service song will te held in the Resur-| rection Lutheran Church begin- | ning at 11:55 pm., Saturday. This ! tvice is sponsored by the Junior imd Senior choirs. In addition to ner special anthems the congre- as lcome to attend. lections to be sung by the Jun- | “foller,” Rise Up Shepherd and a | Russo, who was chairman of the | affair. The party was held in the | ceive the application of the Eagies | rand Milford Marshall. Mcmbers of carols, Everyone is cordially | mace Officers of the Eagles, head- red by Guy Russo, who were present, | . R laddress since assuming ‘office. r Choir are: Mary's Carol, Eab.e was not approved, they would be Bethlehem, All My Heart ThiS|¢orced to close the Hall beginning | €Dl ht Rejoices, O Holy Night, and' pe first of the year, because pre- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Eagles Hall whose members were on hand as Santa’s assistants. { SPECIAL COUNCIL MEET e Douglas City Council met in special session last night to re- Lodge for a Club liquor dispen-j sary license. Council members pre- ent were Wm. Boehl, Rex Her- mann, Wm. Dore, Charles Werner; the Masonic Order of Eastern Star group were present asking for a temporary hold-off of granting the ‘_'“‘:‘";" i‘: o ‘:\‘e OPPOTtunity o, jjcense as their lodges and Chapter | = nite in singing the favorite Christ- will be affected as to meeting explained that if the application sent revenue could not support the Negro spiritual. A sextet from thely,jging Junior Choir will sing, The Happy The council reasoned that as they Christmas Comes Once More, and!g¢aw it, it was a matter between the Cnce in Royal David's City. Four |y, groups, and that with no fur- coloists from the Junior Choir ther objections, they could only assisted by an adult quartet Willlapprove the applications On roll! ing, The Friendly Beasts. Members of the sextet are: Nancy McDowell, Virginia Nielsen, Donna Eneberg, Ann Livie, Heather Holl- mann and Ruth Bloomquist. Soloists for the Friendly Beasts are: Linda Kassner, Dolores Addlemann, Alice Johnson and Timothy Hillerman. Cther members of the Junior Choir are: John Nielsen, Alan Gouldy Ber- nice Melseth and Edith and Linda Lavold. The Senior Choir will sing Lo Eow a Rose and Christmas Eve. A women's chorus will sing Vir- in's Slumber Song. Members of the Senior Choir are: Mary Peter, Margaret Berlin, Har- Berg, Eunice Nevin, Esther sner, Amy Rude, Avis Asmat McDowell and Winifred Hanna; Ragnar Kronquist, Ingvald | Varness, Bill Orme, Ed. Dick, Ray| Nevin, Dr. Rude and Rev. Hiller- man. For the Senior Choir the dlrector' Miss Virginia Long, the accom- panist, M Dolores Mattila. The Junior Choir director is Mrs. Eunice Nevin, the accompanist, | Fifteer - beth Wyller. Eli: DOUGLAS REWS SANTA CLAUS WAS THERF Tk with kiddies and parents who en- joyed a movie show with Kenneth S. Clem at the projector. After the show the glee club of the Doug- las Schools sang several Christmas sclections under the direction of Mrs. T. McCahill, music instructo: Old St. Nick then made a dramatic !appearance coming up the stairs lat a gallop ringing his merry bells, lcaded with candy, fruit and nuts After each child was personally in- | terviewd and given his bag of treats | but the buyers expect to make up | i the difference by milk sales during the children formed in another line |for ice cream cones. It was a good party for all, and the second Community Christmas party sponsored by the business) ho , Wemen's Club and Doug- las Eagles. The Women'’s Club made ‘lhc purchases and put up the bags {from classes early hall was filled to the brim | movement of treats. Other arrangements were | made by Eagle's President Guy | about 350 cows in the Alaska \'?lley. call it was approved unani- mous vote PROGRAM TONIGHT students of the were dismissed today in order to rest up for the school program which is to be held this evening at 8 oclock in the school audi- torium. Everyone is sram, into which been put by teac! FLYING (OWST0 ALASKA EVERETT, Wash, Dec. 22—(P— 1 milk cows flew from Paine yesterday to Alaska It's a modern adaptation of the Alaska gold rush. With milk tringing around four bits a quart in Anchorage, the milk pan has be- come a rival of the gold pan in Alaska. The cows are heading for the Matanuska valley, near Anchorage. It is the vanguard of a 45-cow! by air. The “Flying Barn” was an Alaska Airlines DC-4. Merle Anderson of Palmer, in the Matanuska valley, went along! as the cows’ caretaker. He planned | to milk five of them during the flight. Along with his milk stoel, he also took a .38 revolver just in, case any of the four-legged pas-| sengers should go Lerserk at 10,000 teet up. Anderson said it is cheaper by akout $85 per cow to ship by sea, SCHOOL The younger Douglas schools invited to the pro- ccn effort has end students. ! the period the cows would be at sea. Also, the Matanuskans are wary of what seasickness might do to a cow’s milk production. Additional cows will be shipped by sea later—during their dry seasons. Angerson said there now are | holiday rush for finer drycleuning?\ try our D N QUICK SERVICE but they fail to fill the Anchoragei from here twice a week. I The cows were separated in the plane ty board barriers. They faced the eight-hour flight calmly. Australia Going to Cultivate Friendship With Uniled Staies CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 22 #—Australia will strengthen her ties with the United States, Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies said to- night in his first nationwide radio | i | | | The leader of the victorious free prise coalition that unseated n eight-year-old labor government was sworn in yesterday with mem- bers of his cabinet. Menzies said: “If there is to be real peace for men and women of | he world who so seldom make war but always suffer from it, we must cultivate the closest ties of real affection and understanding with the great and generous [ le or, MAN LONG DEAD IS GHOST KOST, | BIRTHDAY BALL WEST MINOT, Me., Dec. 22"-(#— Countryfolk will make merry to- night at the birthday ball of 2 man dead for 25 years. The scene: West Minot's tiny Grange Hall. The program: Modern dances and the old-fashioned square ! dances beloved by the “Ghost Host" | —Jairus “Jerry” Hilborn. Jerry would have been 98 today. | Long a friend, counsellor and bene- . factor of the village youth, he left | a modest sum for a dance each year until he would have been 100.! He attached but one condition—at | the height of the festivities there | must be a moment of silence in| tribute to Jerry. And should this silence be kroken, the dances would | end. Fourififle—oT ; Gabl_eDivortea HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 22— (P — Clark Gable’s fourth wife, the former Sylvia Hawkes, was divore- | ed in London June 15, 1948, by Lerd Stanley of Alderley on the grounds of desertion. She did not obtain the divroce | herself, as stated in a previous/ Asscciated Press dispatch. I Speculation has it that if Mr. demand. Additional milk is flown| Truman seeks re-election, so will Barkley. Although Barkley will be almost % in 1952, his friends can’t see him Vice-President Alben ending the fun he's been having | as Vice-. President if he can help it. | "), THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1949 T EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT | OPTOMETRIST | Becond and Franklin Juneau i An excellent. “fill-in’’ gift An attractive gift box of extra-fresh Tolem Chocolates goes well with those big presents. An exira gift that brings EXTRA happiness. PERCYS Famous Totem Chocolates, in Ketchikan, super - fresh to made are shipped PERCY’S. TOTEM candy is GOOD candy. Last-minute finer drycleaning is our s[;lccillly! You get the same top. notch service—we just push it through faster to meet your most pressing engage. ments! / DR T DI III I IS CHRISTMIAS Gift Items % Lace Table Cloths ¢ Plastic Phonograph-Radio Combinations << Modern Furniture 5% 100% Virgin Wool Afghans in oustand- ~ ing Colors and Plaids <% Crib Mattresses and Blankets 5% Bassinet Blankets - Play Pens ¢ Lace Curtains - Bath Room Sets < Permanent Finish Organdy in all cplors % Chair Cushions in assorted colors Your Purchases Gift-Wrapped and Delivered Locally Refore Christmas HOM Goldstein Building Open Tonight and Friday until 9 P. M. UTIFUL Telephone 394