The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 3, 1950, Page 6

PAGE SIX " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1950 ROTARY AND LION CLUBS JOIN FOR | FIRST '50 MEETING Eighly-two Juneau service club members attended the luncheon program in the Baranof Gold Room today, but they were members of two clubs, not just one. H On invitation, Lions met with Rotarians, their own Monday m: ing having been cancelled because of the New Year holiday. Two presidents made announce- ments for their groups; two song directors combined forces and en- thusiasm; two rosters of officers were listed in the Rotary publica- tion, “The Windjammer,” which also took a bow to the Lions’ new sheet, “The Cat's Meow.” COAST GUARD SPEAKER One speaker, however, gave the talk: Capt. N. S. Haugen, Actings Commandant of the 17th Coast Guard District Headquarters. His comprehensive speech on Coast Guard activities pointed out | that this is a seagoing organiza- t'on with responsibility of numer- ous and varied duties, chietly in connection with shipping and fish- ing activities. The Coast Guard serves in the waters that break on 26,000 miles of coastline—a distance equivalent to that circling the world Captain Haugen listed eleven spe- cific duties in Alaska, from life- saving and medical and surgical aid, to marine disaster invest.ga- tions and destruction of navigation obstructions; enforcement of the Whaling Treaty Act, customs reve- nue laws and other measures, as well as operation and maintenance of 1,124 aids to navigation. l He included discussion of prob-} lems of terrain and sea, the in- crease of year-around Coast Guudl air and surface navigation reach- ing to the Arctic and to the Orient, and a quick inventory of Coast Guard equipment and personnel in Alaska. LION ANNOUNCEMENTS President Val Poor of the Lions’ Club announced the Lions’ spon-' sorship of an exhibition basketball! game Saturday, February 4, be- tween the famous House of David team and local outfits to be named later. Lue clup is making the required ' guarantee, any further revenue to| be used to purchase an electric| scoreboard for the Juneau Schools. Lion Art Hedges made further announcements about the game,| emphasizing that all seats will be'! reserved at $2.50 (including tax),, although a limited standing room | space will be available at $1.00: (plus tax). Lion Ed Chester reminded mem- bers to turn in completed forms | concerning the new members to be initiated at the meeting next Mon- day. | ROTARY ANNOUNCEMENTS Lion Floyd Fagerson, who at- tended the Rotary meeting by mis- take last week, was asked, “because he is always early,” to make the usual “fun award.” This, in the| amount of $12.51, was given Ro- | tarian Maurice Powers, Juneau Boy | Scout executive.. Powers promptly turned it over to the Rotary- sponsored Cub Pack 311 of which the Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman is ' cubmaster. B. Frank Heintzleman, chairman of the Library Committee, an- nouncéd that encouragement has been given by Commumity Facili- ties Bureau officials on receiving matching funds for a civic libi building, and that the committee plans to raise additional funds locally so that the total fund may be adequate for a worthy structure. Frank Richards of Sitka was the only visiting Rotarian. Other guests of club members were Wayne Richey, Dr. I. J. Montgomery, di- rector of the Alaska Merit System, and Lloyd Coe of the Health De- partment. Salvation -~ Army Major Eric Newbould and his associate, Capt. Henry Lorenzen, song leaders for Rota and Lions, respectively, swept the combined meeting into a rousing song session. This Is One on Former Alaska Newspaperman SEATTLE, Jan 3—(P—Fellow newspapermen Wwere sympathetic (please don't misunderstand them) but they couldn't restrain a chuckle today at the plight of ex-Fair- banksan Georg Nelson Meyers. It was in late December Meyers was assigned the writing the Seattle Times story on that the first stroke of winter here What winter, he asked? As he pro- ceeded to kid the city about what it viewed as a stiff nip. The official min‘mum tempera- ture in uptown Seattle early today was 11 degrees. Meyers was the only Times newsman to report pipes in his home frozen. He had neglected to get any heat into the utility room. SPRING DAY IN NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK, Jan, 3—@P—It was a spring day today in New York where the weather played tricks with the calendar. The Weather Bureau said the thermometer reading—56.3 degrees at 11 a.m.—was within three-tenths of a degree of breaking the all-time January 3 mark. That was 566 in 1913. A warm drizzie fell—and the Weather Bureau predicted occas- jonal rain tonight and most of to- mOrrow. JURORS ARRIVE HERE ON CUTTER CAHOON The Coast Guard cutter Cahoone arrived in Juneau early this morn- ing from Sitka bringing a party ot grand jurors and government offi- cials here for the opening of the winter session of the U.S. District court today. The vessel arrived at 5 am. Among the passengers were the U.S. Commissioner from Sitka, a deputy U.S. Marshal, and Sitka's chief of police. ‘When carbon black is mixed with soil, the soil absorbs more heat from the sun and remains warmer than other soil. for the changes your outer- look on life! Clothes look good-as-new— are actually much cleaner, brighter. Better, longer lasting . press, too. Find out the facts of finer drycleaning now! i a new % new year lene_ 507 D, A. SENTENCE job of | JUDGE RAISES DECLARATION (Continued irom Page One) | aggravated case’ had come to his notice, and that the district at- torn, recommendation was “very | light.” | “The court is not able to take his family into account,” said the judge. “If he doesn't think of them, it is not up to us | Olson was charged on May 13 | last ar with embezzlement fol- | lowing an audit of territorial funds of which he, as treasurer, had charge. Further audits were held ! throughout the summer, going back to 1944. He was elected in 1932, and held the position until his resignation | May 9, 1949. Upon being charged, he was released on $10000 bond after arraignment in commission- er's court, i An audit, completed by a Seattle firm, found shortages of $43,351.91 from April 1, 1935 to May 7. 1949. Judge Folta recommended Olson be sent to McNeil's Island peniten- tiary, or any chosen by the district attorney. He would be eligible for | parole within approximately three vears. In regard to the fine, he may either pay it, serve it ou\ at the rate of $3 a day, or may file pau- per's oath within 30 days of sen- tence. BY MR., MRS. PETER In brilliant red and green and| frosty tempera, a large mirror was | lettered “Happy Ni Year,” and | signed Mary and Dick, under an: | hour glass which had an inverted | ing into “1950." e welcomed to the | attractively deco ed apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Peter, at| their cocktail party late yesterday afternoon. About 50 friends join2d in holi- | day good cheer, and admired the | novel and festive arrangements| contrived by their talented hostess. | HARRY, TONI WHAM SAIL ON THE NORAH | Reluctant to leave Juneau, where they came immediately after their marriage in June, yet eager for :lheir new season at a Los Angeles] | night spot, the popular Harry| | Whams boarded the Princess Nor- |ah. They had been Harry Wham {and Toni DiMaggio until a few days before sailing north last sum- | mer. " During their engagement at the Baranof Hotel Bubble Room, they made many Alaska friends, both | for their music and their eagerness ilu participate in typical northern sports. PETERSBURG VISITOR | Earl Bentz of Petersburg cani®| |to Juneau Sunday, and is stopping ‘iat the Gastineau Hotel. ARCHEOLOGY STUDY PLANS THIRD TRY AT SIBERIA MIGRATION ANDOVER, Mass. Jan. 3—(MP— Archeologists are getting ready for another expedition to the Yukon to look for evidence that Indians migrated from Siberia across the Bering Strait and thus moved down through the American continents. Frederick Johnson, Curator® of the Peabody Foundation for Arch- eology at Phillips Academy, said today that plans for the expedi- tion are already being made, al- though no date has been set yet. The projected study will be the third made in the Yukon since 1944. The first was sponsored by the Peabody Foundation; the se- cond, in 1948, by the Viking Fund, and the American Philosophical Society and the Arctic Institute. Johnson said these expeditions brought back definite proof of the migrations. This proof consisted, he said, of crude instruments dat- ing from 5,000 to 3,000 B. C., some of them tiny prismatic flakes used as knife blades. Such articles, he said, have been found throughout northern Asia and even in Eu- rope, and many have been found on this continent, distributed, from | Alaska south into British Columbia. In the wild state the mink is the muskrat’s worst enemy. U. S. Asked ToGiveHelp To China WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—(P—The United States acknowledged today a two-week old plea from National- ist China for military and other advisers to help prevent the fall of Formosa. At the same time an administra- tion foreign policy spokesman took issue with proposals by former President Hoover and Republican Senator Taft that America use armed strength if necessary to keep the island fortress out of Com- munist hands. Rep. Kee (D-W. Va., Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Com- mittee, said armed intervention by the United States in the Far East- ern crisis might touch off a new world war. Asked specifically of the Hoover- Taft proposals put forth last night, Kee told a reporter: “I'm fearful.” Ambassador Wellington Koo ask- ed on December 23 for military, political, and economic advisers. Koo also urged the economic co- operation administration to release funds for China which were frozen BRITISH FINANCES REPORTED IMPROVED (By the Associated Press) An informed London source re- ported today the British Labor gov- ernment has plugged up the per- sistent drain on Britain's fund of American dollars. A resulting improved financial outlook, this source said, will pave the way for early elections. The chances have been increased for elections in February or March. The informant said Britain's re- serves were increased $100,000,000 in the three months since the pound was devalued from $4.03 to 1$2.80. This means that devaluation has achieved its immediate pur- pose, he added. An official an- nouncement on the improved out- look is expected Thursday. last May when the Communists too Shanghai. Michael J. McDermott, State De- | partment preds officer, repbrited iKoo's plea to newsmen today. Re- porters previously had been told that only informal approaches had been made thus far for American help for Formosa. Business meeting, man’s Club, Alaska Electric Light and Power Penthouse, Wednesday, January 4, at 1:30 pm. 91-1t Juneau Wo- | curity Council this week. Under a rotating system the Council is presided over this month by Dr. T. F. Tsiang, delegate of Nationalist China. The Russians are expected to ask that Tsiang step out in fa- vor of a Communist Chinese delega- tion. The Soviet Union is also about to repeat her attacks on the Yugoslav delegation claiming the Yugoslavs do not represent the countries of eastern Europe. RUSSIA MAY FILE NEW PROTESTS T0 OLD CHINA GOVT. 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