The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1949, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT IKE TAYLOR IS RETIRING FEBRUARY 1 Ike P. Taylor, Chief Engineer of | the Alaska Road Commission since 1932, has announced his retire- ment February 1, 1950. On that date Mr. Taylor com- pletes a record of achievement which has been recognized by the Department of the Interior with its Distinguished Service Award. The Award will be presented to Mr. Taylor prior He has spent thirty-six years in the Federal service, 34 of which have been in Alaska. He arrived in Alaska on May 10, 1916. Prior to commencing work with the Al- aska Rgad Commission in 1921, he was engaged as an engineer du ing the construction of the Alaska Railroad. Starting with the Alaska Road Commission as District Superinten- dent of the Fairbanks District, he was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer in 1923, and Chief En- gineer in 1932, He served under General James G. Steese, President of the Road Commission from 1920 to 1927, who built the Stcese Highway, and start- ed the modernization of the main road system, and Major Malcolm Elliott, President of the Alaska on from 1927 1932, as Chief Engineer, he assumed complete responsibility, under the Governor of Alaska, for| all of the operations of t Al- aska Road Commission throughout the Territory. | Taylor is credited with evolving new methods of construction types of structures adapted to Al- askan conditions. His labors re- sulted in the construction of the Glenn Highway connecling An- chorage with the United State the road from Fairbanks to Liven- good, parts of the Tok Cutoff, and the new Sterling Highway con- necting Seward with Homer, Road Commission officials stated. During the past year and a half Mr. Taylor has participated in the expansion of the Alaska Road Commission connected with paving of the main roads. “The magnificent system of roads Ike Taylor has built and adminis- tered in Alaska is a fitting monu- ment to his achievements as engineer,” said Col. John R. Ni GRAND JURY TO MEET AT 10 A, M. TUESDAY TO CONSIDER 6 CASES Winter session of the U.S. Dis- trict Court here will open next Tuesday, January 3, with the con- vening of a grdnd jury at 10 am The petit jury will meet January 5 at 10 am. United States Attorney P. J. Gil- more, Jr, said today that only five cases have been bound over to the grand jury. He said the light calendar is due to the new Federal Rules of Crim- inal Procedure which make it pos- sible for offenders to waive indict- ment by grand jury and be prose- tuted on information. “This makes poss.cle the dispo- sition of felony cases without wait- ing for action by a grand jury,” he said. The six cases bound over include three assault cases, one burglary case, and one embezzlement case. and | an In Belgrade, the Yugoslav Parlia- ment has approved the biggest bud- get in the history of the nation three billion, 474 million dollars. The increase from last year is largely for military expenditures. FAMOUS SINCE 1804 for | soft flavor | Unigue bouguet. Hart \NORIIRE & Sop, g ot - (\1 e SV, hn:s_r_gmsm:« R Sole U. S. Agents Jolius Wile Sons & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y. Distributors for Alaska . 0DOM COMPANY 300 Colman Bidg., Seattle 4, Washington to his retirement. | the | (aryGrant Weds | . T e {Landslides Occur in ‘Many THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA QUAKE SHAKES LUZON at the town of Mercedes. A boat with eight passengers capsized near the Manalan Ferry, but all were reported saved. In the town of Naguilian, about 250 miles northeast of Manila, a Jeep was reported to have been swallowed by a fissure in the earth. Several nearby towns were isolated by landslides. The National Red Cross reported several in the town of Ilagan, Isabela pro-| vince capital 275 miles northeast | of Manila. The Catholic church| there was badly damaged. | In Cabanatuan, 70 miles north of Manila, several women and child- ren were reported injured a | stampede in a movie theater. | Throughout the 200 of Luzon, almost every able-bo person fled into the open for safety. Damage to many build was reported. Large cracks appe ared in some of Manila's tallest ictures. Almost every large city island reported damage 10 ings. Sections of Island-All Cities Have Damage MANILA, Dec. 29—(®—A heavy earthquake shook Luzon, main island of the Philippines, for two and one-half minutes today. Isabela province, on the northeast coast was reported hardest hit, with sea waves and landslides. The Manila Bulletin correspon- | dent said the shock was rated at intensity scale seven there. That | is the third heaviest on the earth- | quake scale. | Hindus of the 3rd and 4th Cen-| 1z tength on thet build- ures spewed black water | g | mother, Mrs. Ralph Baker, in Mos- REV. BAKER CALLED SOUTH BY SUDDEN DEATH OF MOTHER Rev. Ralph Baker, pastor of Assemblies of God, left .on yester- day's PAA plane, called south by i the sudden death Tuesday as the ult of a heart attack of his cow, Idaho. Mrs. Baker has many iriends in Juneau when she visiteC Lere in 1946. Besides the Rev. Baker, she is survived by two other sons, How- ard Baker, with the Union Oil Company in Juneau, and George Baker, formerly in business in Ju- neau but who left for the states about one year ago. Wayne Morse of Oregon, that there is nothing the President can do rigcht now to step up production in the nation’s corl mines. Morse says it is his opinion,-as a lawyer, that the Taft-Hartley Law does not An unidentified woman was | tury recognized the d amond as drowned by the seismic sea waves,the hardest of all substances. one. a critical strike or threat of It is the op:nion of one Senator, | perm't intervention unless there is | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1949 1 P Your Deposits ARE SAFE BUY and HOLD UNITED STAT SAVINGS BONDS Tnx management of this flank 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- ance Corporation, which in- sures each of our denositors against loss to a maximum of $5,000. DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED FIRST NATIONAL BANK of JUNEAU, ALASEA MEMBER FEDRRAL DEFOSIT insURANCE CORPORATION Cary Grant, film actor, and Betsy Drake, young film actress, both of Hollyweod, flew to Phoenix, Ariz., where they were married by the Rev. Stanley M. Smith. It is Grant’s third marriage and the bride’s first. /» Wirephoto. BOUGLAS the Juneau Hi Ccliegiate Alumni night at 7:30 in the| GUS GEORGE NEWS | oo | Following Christmas vacation W YEAR PARTY and with New Year's following on !a Sunday, schobl classes will begin January 3, “according to ement by Martin Pedersen The Pack! School Superintendent. in thej Douglas will be fun. Cubs songs and not to CUB PACK. N Cub Pack, No. combined Christ party at their Pack me evening, December 30, meeting will take place downstairs rooms of the ethodist Church, and mostly an evening will pop popeorn, 310, LOVELESS HERE H The Rev. George Loveless is vis-| iting in Douglas and intends to| spend several weeks here prior to touring the West Alaska doing work | exchange present for the Alaska Evangelization So- exceed 50 cents). ciety. His family is now in Ket-| Parents should attend, with this chan, 3 ,u |meeting to be the first since a | contest between the two Dens has been started, to see which Den has MARIAN jENSEN GOES T0 WESTWARD FOR 1-WEEK PNA JAUNT {the best Cub parent participation. The Den winner each month will M'ss Marian Jensen, Juneau of- fice manager for Pacific Northern eceive the Pack Honor Banner. | Parents will also discuss plans for , boarded a PNA ne to- her first “familiarization |the Cubs for the month of Jan- uary and other business nluung‘ after five years with the will farst spend sev- [to Cub activities, including th | r in Kodiak, and make| | coming February, Blue and Gold Banquet. The Cub Committee held { STAR PRACTICE i | | shorter stops in Homer, Naknek,| | Tliamna and Cordova. | their meeting on Tu at the home of Den Mother, |H. 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