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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1949 NOW! ENDS SATURDAY! NO MATINEE SATURDAY—EVEN of color and beauty... to dazzle your eyes with splendor! to thrill your s beart with dramat TFilmed, ke the “Enchanted . Forest,” against the nificence of Nature's mag- great outdoors— in Glorious L ¢ ¢ e CINECOLOR! ‘ f wa Jim, the Crow - ‘— Plus “ATHLETIC STARS” Sportsreel M. G. M. Color Cartoon and Leon Errol Comedy on - ALAN CURTIS w i -GN - GFY Skipper, the Dog - Tubby, the Bear vdncad by ACK SCHWAR? - iccied by ROBERT EMMETT TANSEY- Orignal Sceeaply by FRANCES AAVANAUGR EAGLE.LION FILMS relecse — TONIGHT — COMPLETE SHOWS AT 7:24 — 9:30 FEATURE STARTS AT 8:10 — 10:16 EFICENCY AM | IN CREATING FWS RADIO SYSTEM Next year at this time Clarence® Rhode, Regional director of the Fish and Wildlife Service here, ex- pects to be able to switch on a microphohe in the FWS office in the Federal Building and call any or all FWS offices and operating FWS hoats and aircraft in Alaska. He said today such an increase in efficiency of FWS communica- tions will make FWS “ten times as effective.” And the cost of such af communications system will be) small, Already two years of the system has resulted ping all of the FWS field offices in Alaska with transmitters and re- ceivers—all of them armed forces’ surplus sets reconditioned and adapted to their new work by FWS electronics experts. But present plans call for im- proved post-war models of walkie- talkies for men in the wilds, double power transmitter for Juneau head- quarters, and a continuous radio- watch at all FWS offices in the Territory and aboard all FWS boats and operating aircraft. “We operate on three frequences,” Rhode said today. “Two of them are low enough to be picked up on sur- face vessels’ receivers; the other is much too high.” He said FWS frequencies in the past have teen the most popular stations on the air for fishermen during fishing season. The fisher- men monitor the FWS bands hop- ing to find out where enforcement officers will be patrolling. The new high frequency will pre- vent this from happening in the future, he explained. work on E in equip- | | | out that Alaska Communications System does not have stations at McGrath or Dillingham, where im- ' portant FW3 offices are located. Getting messages to these stations has been expensive in the past; but the problem has been solved by the installation of aircraft-type trans- mitter-receiver sets which were flown in. Now both stations can question Juneau on matters of regulation, administration and supply with the least possible trouble. Aim of FWS officials in setting vp the system is to make such im- portant communications possible at any time, day or night. Russ Sold "Broken Arms, Baby Powder” To Them, Says Yugos BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Dec. 23| —{M—Yugoslavia’s army day cele- bration today was marked by charg- | es that once-friendly Russia used | to sell Premier Marshal Tito se- cond-hand arms and useless gun- powder at exhorbitant prices. ‘The charge was made by Lt. Gen. | Otmar Kreacig, political chief of | the Yugoslav army, in a speech at a select celebration party at- tended by Tito and his top-ranking colleagues. ! Despite this double-dealing by the Russians even before the Com- inform split in 1948, Keracic sai Yugoslavia built a modern army? patterned after the Red Army. | The Balkan nation ignored Jo-| seph Stalin’s birthday celebration yesterday. ] A letter written by Governor | Dewey indicates that he will not| be a Presidential candidate in 1952.! Dewey writes to his former C)regonI | living an idyllic existence. He said a continuous radio-watch campaign manager that the deci- by all FWS units would speed UDP)sion on this matter—as Dewey puts FWS operations and also prevent } it—is as “certain and final as death clogging of the air as so often hap- yand the staggering New Deal taxes.” pens when messages must be sent at pre-determined times. Illustrating the increased effi- ciency at lower costs, Rhode pointed 371-14t R e i o (SR MOOSE CHRISTMAS DANCE Saturday, December 24 - NEW rUR COATS | At Martin Victor’s, sizes 8 to 48. —adv. Joinusina Merry | Christmas | FiLM "ENCHANTED VALLEY" NOW BILL, CAPITOL THEATRE A tense action drama, skillfully combining great scenic beauty and 1 heart-warming story of tender poignancy, made its debut last night at the Capitol Theatre when “The Enchanted Valley,” began its local run. It was directed by Academy | Award-winner Robert Tansey. ‘The story tells how three fugitives | from the law seek as a refuge the| woodland home of a young boy| and his grandfather who have been | Under the spell of the placid tence in the forest, the fugitives undergo a change of character and come to feel a deep affection for the boy.| The manner in which the destines | of the three are working makes tor truly great entertainment, war- ranted to please every member of the family. FAIRBANKS PLANS BIG ANNEXATION and west of Fairtanks within the city's boundaries. The date was set by the court late last week after annexation proceedings were filed by the City Council. The tract is in the city-" owned portions of the Richert and Day homesteads, and includes the Weeks Field subdivision where multiple housing projects are plan- ned. The council said the land no longer is needed for the Weeks | Field Municipal Airport and should | be made available for homes, busi- pesses, schools and playgrounds. ‘The Fairbanks planning commis-| ! sion recently established potential boundaries in the Weeks subdivision ifor 256 multiple housing units scheduled to ke tuilt by the Bay- view Development Corporation. FAIRBANKS COUPLE, BOTH PROMINENT. MARRY IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Dec. 23— (M — Mrs. Druska Carr and Dr. Arthur J. Schaible, both of Fairbanks, Alaska, 'were married today in the Chapel of the Plymouth Congregational Church. ‘The bride, head of the Biology Department at the University of | Alaska, is the daughter of Dr. and | Mrs. William Elmhirst Dickering. | Her father is dean of the Univer- sity of Alaska. Dr. Schaible is President of the Alaska Territorial Medical Associ- ation. He is the son of Mrs. John Schaille of Detroit. Miss Miriam Dickey of Fairbanks was the bride’s only attendant. Capt. Austin E. Lathrop of Fair- banks gave the bride in marriage. Dr. Joel Baker of Seattle Was best man. After the ceremony, at which the Rev. Dwight L. Cart officiated, the couple left for a brief wedding trip in Canada. They will live in Fair- banks. The bride is a graduate of the University of Alaska and received her master’s degree from the Uni- versity of Washington. Dr. Schaible is a graduate of Northwestern Uni- versity Medical®School. ' HERE FOR HOLIDAYS Ed Shafer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shaffer, proprietors of the Sani- tary Meat Co., arrived yesterday via Pan American plane from Se- attle for the Christmas holidays. Young Ed, who graduated from Ju- neau high school in 1945, is now attending Seattle University study- ing acounting. He will return to school after the first of the year. NEW ROADS FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 234,’%‘ A District Court hearing has been | Public Roads and the Alaska Rail- | scheduled for Jan. 18 on a move |road. Construction !to Lring 360 acres of land south THE DATLY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA OPENED BY COMMISSION Two important highway projects, both of which open the Kenai Pen- insula to traffic, were begun this vear by the Alaska Road Com- mission, it was announced today by Col. John Noyes, highway com- missioner, in reviewing the com- mission’s activities for 1949. A 150-mile stretch of highway | in Mt. McKinley National Park, to} take several years of work, will be- | gin next summer, he said. Other! new roads, mostly around the rail- | belt, will open up farming and in-| dustrial areas, and are being ex- | tended yearly tc serve the needs of settlers. Most vital of the Kenai roads is a Tl-mile lap known as the Turn- again Arm Road, to connect Sew- ard with the main highway sys-| tem at Anchorage. Colonel Noyes declared the road will rival the Columbia River Highway and the Fraser River road in scenic beauty, and will be a cooperative \'vnture[ by the commission, the Bureau of | | will be com- | | pleted in 1951, he said. | The new Sterling road, extend-| ing 120 miles down' the west side| of the peninsula, is now open and will be completed next summer. Another new road is being built | northward from the Alaska High-| way to the gold mining district | aleng the Fortymile River and| Eagle. This road has almost reach- ed Jack Wade, where connection will be made to a road to connect with Dawson, Y. T. Total length| will be 110 miles. | Paving Completed One hundred and forty eight mil- es of roads extending eastward from Anchorage and Fairbanks {were paved this past season, Col- {onel Noyes said. Another 150 miles are now under contract, and will be completed in 1950. He said that eventually all through roads in the Territory will be paved, a program 'to cost some $45,000,000 and par- ! iunlly dependent upon funds not yet | appropriated. problem in Alaska,” the Colonel |said. “The main mountain passes | between Valdez and Fairbanks have | | never been kept open in winter be- |fore this year. “This winter, however, it is plan- ned experimentally to attempt to keep open the Thompson Pass through the coastal range, 25 miles north of Valdez, so this south coast port may be used to move supplies | north.” Other winter maintenance invoiv- | es secondary roads, so that school buses may operate. Extension and improvement of roads, future work planned under {a six-year program and revised an- | inually, takes in surveys completed last season for a route eastward from Fairbanks to the Chena Hot Springs; from Fairbanks to Ne- | nana, reconstruction of the road from Nome to Solomon, and from | Golovin to White Mountain and from Cordova to Chitina. Annette Connection “Planned for this winter is a survey of a road and short car ferry to connect Ketchikan with Annette Island airfield,” the Colonel pointed out. Construction of any of these rcads depends on future appropriation of funds. Improvement of Canadian roads connected with the Territory high- | way system is hoped to keep pace with work here, Colonel Noycsi said. Of great interest here is the pro- posal to extend the road from Haz- elton, B. C., to Prince Rupert, con- necting now with Seattle, and con- nection of the Canadian port with John Hart Highway to it may be reached from Alaska. The car ferry proposal from| Prince Rupert through Southeast | Alaska, the final step in this pro- posal, is still in the planning stage pending work on the Canadian roads, the Colonel said. Nugget Shop open evenings.—adv. S ARE Tn management of this bank is pledged to conserva- tive operation. The safety of depositors’ funds is our primary consideration. In addition the bank is a mem- ber of Federal Deposit Insur- it tion, which in- sures each of our depositors against loss to 8 maxiraum of $5,000. MEMBER PEDERAL DEPOSIT (o e Your Deposits BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS FIRST NATIONAL BANK of JUNEAU, ALASEA SAFE DEPOSITS “Winter maintenance 1s a serlous | IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED 1NSURANCE CORPORATION rreeereess 1 ON FIRST LEGS Little Evelyn Stypula, 4, (above) of Sharpsburg, Pa., doesn't have ‘Mummy, where's my feet?” Legless since birth, she is learning to k on artificial limbs. The child’s left arm and right hand also were deformed at birth. (» Wirephoto. to ask any more, Bound "For Ranch HEADING for Christmas holiday at family’s Arizona rar'lch. Shar- man Douglas, 21, daughter of Lewis Douglas, U. 8. Ambassador to Great Britain, arrives in New York’s Idlewild Airport from London. (International, Informed sources in Manila say that plans are almost complete for a conference of Southeast Asian nations in March. But it's expected that the meeting won't be the strong anti-Communist front orig- [ | Mass at 8:30 o’clock Sunday morn- inally planned. L WESTERN DRAMA, ALSO MYSTERY ARE AT 20TH CENTURY| | The double bill at the 20th Cen- | tury showing tonight, &mbraces a | western also a mystery drama | Efforts to hijack a formula for! making artificial diamonds for in-| dustrial purposes lead to tense melo- drama in “The Falcon’s Adventure,"' current in the series of detec! thrillers featuring Tom Canway one feature. Two killings, an attempted kid- and general excitement | Radio’s offering, | his the and solve 25 the debonair detective dumb but loyal pal mystery surrounding the case The other feature, “Deathy Val-| ley,” is a photographic and dra-| matic treat for lovers of truly cuperb outdoor pictures. The main theme of the story is thrown around the bestial and| miserly side, which the thought ot | linding gold and kecoming rich, | can bring out of some people. | It is a thrilling and tense story with Nat Pendleton doing a swell| bit as “Jim,” and Helen Gitert is ‘Joan” and Robert Lowery is ex- cellent as “Steve.” JUNEAU CHURCHES 10 HOLD SERVICES ON CHRISTMAS EVE Observance of Christmas — the | “Christ mass"—will begin with im-, pressive midnight servicés in sev-| eral churches tomorrow night,! Christmas Eve. { In a setting of Christmas greens | and candlelight, the annual Chor- 11 Eucharist will be solemnized in the Church of the Holy Trinity. | This memorable service of the Holy Sacrament will begin at 11:30 p.m The Rev, Samuel A, McPhetres is rector, and the Very Rev. Charles | E. Rice, Dean Emeritus. | For midnight “Service of Song,”| members and others will gather at 11:55 p.m. in Resurrection Luth- eran Church for this tradition® Christmas Eve service. The Rev. Herbert Hillerman is pastor. Luth-| erans are asked to note that Sun- ray School will be omitted Decem- ber 25, for that Sunday only. | For Catholics tomorrow, the Vigil of Christmas, will be a day of fast, closing with midnight mass in the Church of the Nativity, Douglas| and Auk Bay. | Besides the midnight mass, the| outstanding Christmas service will | be celebration of Solemn Pontifical | l \‘ | | ? | | ng in the Church of the Nativity. At this ceremony, the Most Rev. Francis D. Gleeson, Bishop of Al- aska, will be celebrant; the Rev. James U. Conwell, Assistant Priest; the Rev. Robert L. Whelan, Deacon, and the Rev. H. L .Sweeney, Sub- Deacon. . A military skirmish is almost cer- tain at the new session of Con- gress which opens on January 3. The debate very likely will be be- tween the Senate and the House over the seventy-group Air Force. 1t is one of the things which the first session of the 81st Congress left undecided. The argument could bring up once again the long-run- ning feud between the Air Force and the Navy. PAGY, FIVE RSO ACORRRORORRRRROR (S CENTURY LAST TIMES TONITE 1~ 2. " The Falcon's ADVENTURE’ oo TOM CONWAY | MADGE MEREDITH - ECWARD 8. BROPHY DOORS OPEN 7:00 SHOW STARTS 7:05 and 3:30 Selected Shorts News by Air Merr y Christmas Kids SATURDAY IS BICYCLE DAY With GREETINGS from 20th Century Super Market and Juneau-Young Hardware Co. Cartoons -- Carioons Plus FEATURE ‘C‘BANJO°° SATURDAY MORLING KIDS' MATINEE BIG AWARDS DOORS OPEN AT 11:00 ’ CARTOONS and FEATURE at 11:30 For Each Dollar Spent at the Stores listed below you will receive an Award Voucher | to turn in at The 20th Century SATURDAY MORNING “KIDS MATINEE” 20th Century Grocery Parsons Electric Co., Nance 5-10-25 Store, Juneau-Young Hardware Co., Tot-to-Teen Shop, Fred Henning-Complete Outfitter, War- field-Drug, Gus George Grocery, Sugar Bowl Cafe, Juneau Marine Supply, “I. 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