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PAGE TWO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC UP 50% HAINES ** CUTOFF BUSTLE nly from June to No- Next year the Canadian nt plans to open the Chil- earlier than usual, high- g left a snow- to enable road arly start. Highw: ineers ha the p month for 1949 was July, Almost 50 percent more 1 cars enter the Terri mobiles entered Alaska ove ol Y h was December, with 127 Alcan Highway du ) thar ving over the in the vealed tc previc on cars leaving Al Frank no lor highway p ! Canadian This large o moved eastward into with more tk and highway patrolmen passenzers tr & unable to collect the data, Cers | way. n 1048 were 3092 over ve «o. FOUR IN, THREE OUT ON PNA YESTERDAY 3 fhuhl: Pacific n Airlines brought four pas- the westward and persons from Juneau first full year taken. A count the Canadian € from d= rried three 1648, that ye - to Anchorage, besides serving inter- parable to the count fc ntire mediate points. | 1949 year. Lucille K. Johnson and Lynn Cars in and out on ! it ived from Anchorage, as did} were 1,249, with passengers num- Freda Bent, while Ernest Herz bering 6,206. Other fizures con- Jr, CAA representatives at Yaku- cerning the Haines tat, came from that city. 1,908; bucst Going from here to Anchorage re Elsa John Green of the Dis; Engineer’s office; O. F. Ben- | ral office mar of | astal Airlines, mld Albert 9,124; and Londed I Much of this traffic or ends in Juneau, many v ing carried through the Lynn Canal by the motorship Chilkoot figu are parti use the Haine Rem/afmn nd fles/( Top tonef inates or tri ren Al 1ska C kamoto. The streamlined Dictaphone Time-Master is the electronic dictaiing machine practical businessmen are talking about — and talking fo. Men who get things done take to the Time-Master and its plastic Memobelt record «— naturally. And men who use the Time- Master naturally get !hmgs dene! Because the Time-Master is so easy to use ... is always instantly ready to catch your thoughts and take your diciation on @ Memobeit that guarun!ees voice-perfect . 4 recording, faster, glpasanier, transcrip) ion. Because it helps you get much more done, much more easily, in less time and at less cost! For an eye-opening demonstration (no obligation) of what the Time-Master can do for you, phone, write or stop in. DICTAPHONE ictaring and Recording Equpment Capitol Typewriier Company E. E. LUPRO, JR. Box 1405 Juneau, Alaska Phone 828 snow-covered | ——_—_ |Mangan on her Hammond Electric THE DATLY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNFAU, ALASKA TAXPROGRAM Stow barseg ~ WORKED OUT "“3iey ato BY TRUMAN SEATTLE, Jan. Curm ridge ‘Al.\\}u o 20—(P—Jim Me- manager of the Puget Sound and Dredging Company’s | ations, | WASHINGTON, Jan. 20— (® — | the burning of one of their scows President Truman's tax pr();,mm"u Petersburg Wednesday will have | was reported today to call for a|no effect whatsoever on the firm's oll-back in excise tax rates and|work there. a “moderate” increase in corpora- | The loss from the fire will not tion the whole aimed to|exceed a coupl> thousand doilars, _bring in irds of $1,000,000,600 | McCurdy said, and will not affect imore Government revenue. | the Wrangell Narrows dredge job | One good source said it may not | for which the company was low | lcall for any increase in individual | pidder. income taxes _—— Mr. Truman will put his program in his special message. NAVY GEVES up He called in House Democratic leaders and tax experts today to talk it over with them. They were !rudgcd to sec y and none would {discuss details of the program for ON BATTLESHIP . Tuesday on a Chesapeake Bay mudbank, after 21 tugs failed to | budge the giant vessel. v Fifth District Naval headquarter ¥ | ! here said a further effort to .tow the mighty Missouri free depended H on the next favorable tide, expected T about February 2. NAVY AIR ARM (U 110 COAST PATROLS; KGDIAK UNCHANGE J:m. 20—P— \ In Seoul, Korean Presiden Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) said | man Rhe SS onfidenc f | JES I pveend gonfidence ’mimday he has been adviced that the reduce its plane patrol ountry would not left uld not be ul N a operations from the Whidcy Island, (By Associated Press) Republicans and some economy minded Southern Democrats voted down a Korean economic aid bill in the U:S. House of Representa- tives yesterday. The move was the opposition’s way of slapping at the | administration China policy. It | was the most severe defeat the ad- | ministration has suffered on for- ‘(m\ policy since pre-war days 1the war without American aid. He said Korea is the “only country rons from each base. Magnuson said he was told by the Defense Department that for udgetary reasons it is necessary to cut the number of patrol squad- rons operating along the coasts from 30 to 20 and that proportion= = S < Lo} fi = D () = S = FAIAl FOR GOLD | RUSH PIONEER ate reductions are being made’ in | each area. Y SEATTLE, Jan. 20—(P—Capt. Magnuson’s information is that | Frederick A. Siegel, 84, veteran ot |no reduction would be made in the | the Klondike gold rush, died yes- | terday fmm a heart attack after |*hoveling' show from the 'sidewalk }fl his home. The captain came to Seattle in 1388 and became a skipper of fish- ling boats on Puget Sound. After |the gold rush he returned to be- | come a skipper for the U.S. Army | engineers on Puget Sound. | FIRE ALARM The Juneau Fire Department was called to the Dan Hocson residence iat 413 East First Street at 11:45 |this morning to extinguish a roof |fire, apparently started by sparks from a chimney. A foot-square hole patrol operations from Kodiak. He said _that squadrons 27 and .29 would be dropped at the WhidBy | base by Feb. 1 STANDARD OIL MA! ESCAPES SEATTLE'S BAD WEATHER BY ALASKA TRIP Seattle’s terrible weather is en- cuse on a trip to Alaska, accord- ing to Larry M. Hagen, assistant district manager of Standard Oil in charge of Alaska operations. Hagen leaves for Anchorage and Fairbanks at the end of the week. |was burnt in the roof before the|with Tom {Dyer, Standard Oil blaze was extinguished, firemen|Manager in Juneau. said ———— JAMES PATTERSO BUSINESS MA SKAGWAY IN JUNZAU LEST WE FORGET The Tide of Toys ends tomorrow. James Patterson, Skagway busi- ness man and enthusiastic boostzr of his town, is in Juneau and regiss tered at the Gastineau Hotel. Patterson, who operates the Skag- way Grill, is agent for the Daily Alaska Empire in the Lynn Canal town. TO ALL MOOSE MEMBERS Be sure and come TO YOUR DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT Jan. 21 at 10 p.m. Featuring Francine Organ. For a gocd time Club.—adv. visit yeur 406-1t | bbb P bbb G-E SUNLAMP Now omey Z Keep that Summer-tan look | Accepted by Council on Physical Medicine of the American Medical Ass'n. Alaska Fleetrie Light and Power Co. Cheerful Dispensers of Friendly Dependable Tonight 7:30 P. M. — High School Gym o Second Game J - HIGH versus IMPERIALS CASLERS Students 25¢ Adults 75¢ Use 6th Street Entrance First Game Columbia Lumber versus 24-Hour Electrical Service B 2 e 2 2 e said today ”““1 | publication. UN"[ I:EB ZHB They did say that they had sug- gested some changes to the Pre- sident,. NORFOLK, Vl Jan, 20»1'— gttt A The Navy today temporaarfly 3“- ed off operations to float the, at- | tleship Missouri, aground since | |in Asia today which is (l(mmme‘fiFh" as.x' t;N.‘ by t\\'q el | edly, wholeheartedly and daily| 1He 8aid this would leave fout o i % {8 Z D squadrons operating from there | fighting off” Communism Tk 4 . s nd Kodiak, Alaska, two squad- ough to send anyone with an ex-| In Juneau he has been conferring | *HOUSE RULES | NOT CHANGED; ADM. WINNER w. HINGTON, Jan. 20—(®—The Trur Administration today beat an effort by Republicans and South- |ern Democrats to change the House |rules and control the legislative program there. : The roll call vote ing the rules was 6 to 186. There -were cheers in the House when it was announced. | Befere the vote, a top Republican nd a top Democrat agreed that [the real issue was “whether or not {the entire Truman program wiil |succeed or be defeated.” R-I1I) put it that | | against chang- ‘; Rep. Leo Allen v ay. Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex) said( ‘r‘\ll"l had stated the issue correct- and shouted: 4 “Who won the election in 1948, ! yhow?” | KETCHIKAN HAS SURPLUS; FIRST " INFIFTEEN YEARS | RETCHIXAN, Jan. 20—M—Ket- chikan is enjoying the rare dis-! tinction of being a city with a [ surplus. The City Manager submitted an uditer’s report of a $72,326 sur- s at the end of 1949. It is the 1 time in 15 years that the city | |has ended a year with a surplus. The figure, however, includes {821,655 in a nb taxes whith [ 2 20 e over B 'WEEKEND SKI JUMPING [ comeiine. e veur i IS T0 BE PRECEDED BY |vuic nie new nome therc. Mo SKIERS” BREAKEFAST|nere wmit the new nome 50 com- | Local slat enthusiasts will see movies on skiing in Quebec at the Skiers’ Breakfast to be held in he Gold Room of the Baranof el Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. The Lreakfast starts a day of skiing to be climaxed by the first jumping competition of the sea- son. “Anyone wishing to see the movi2 is invited to attend,” Neil Taylor, president of the Juneau Ski Club said today. | Jumpng competition will begin {on the Douglas Island slalom slope lat 2 pm. Senior skiers will be jumping for one prize, juniors for | two prizes. | The seniors are expected to be |paced by Edgar Lokken, last year's IJun(’au Jjumping champion. Junior jumpers will include Bo: Sommers, Bill Keep, Ronald Hildre and Jackie Gould. | Junior-junior jumpers will per- form on a specially-constructed jumping hill, while juniors and | eeniors will leap on a hill capable of accommodating jumps up to 50 feet. | /ACA BRINGS 20 - HERE; 19 DEPART Alaska Coastal Airlines flights yestert brought 20 persons to Juneau and carried 19 from here to roints in Southeast Alaska. To Pelican: Tony Zit: tavus: Archie Chase, and Donald | Bogi; to Hoonah: James Grant; to Haines: Leonard King; to Petersburg: Pauline Tafernilla and J. A. Nyman. To Ketchikan: Helen Keenan, ‘and Mr. and Mrs. Clark; to Tulse- | quah: M. Haveistock; to Fish Bay: ! Mrs. fam Cotton; to Sitka: Oscar Tilson, Miss Young, Corine Frank- lin, Priscilla Parker, Bill Mark, Ray Renshaw, and Larry Lind- to Gus- strom. From Hoonah: Lonnie Houston and Mrs. Willlam Johnson; from Ha'nes: Emma Stauffer and Car- gon Lawrence; from Skagws Leigh Kerr and H. V. Davis; trom Ketchikan: Commander Hawley and G. Graham; from Wrangell: Dave Lewis. From Kake: Don Davis, Harry Law, Art Walker and W. S. Olson; from Fish Bay: Wallace Westfall; and from Sitka: Wally Simms, Gus Woodrow, Elsie Williams, John Likness and Bill Carson. Democratic Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah says that if any body is going to build a hydrogen Lomb we ought to e the ones to do it first. Thomas thinks we have no alternative, as long as it is possible that Russia might try to make a similar weapon. PHONE ... WIRE . . Diesel Division, NATIONAL METAL & STEEL CORP. Dept. JE, Terminal Island, Cal. BIG SAVINGS of HIGHEST QUALITY DIESEL ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANTS 1000 KW to 100 KW IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 4 Inspect our 600 and 1000 KW Installations in Alaska Lt e o i —ee e e FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1950 W-A-N-T A-D-S DOIJGLAS NEWS WSC SERVICE ORGANIZED The Douglas ladies of the Com- munity Methodist Church recently reorganized the Woman Sociefy of Christian Service and held thelf first meeting. The women decided to undertake the finishing and equiping of the kitchen of the Church. Contribu- tions of dishes and cooking utensils are being solicited, as well as cuj saucers, plates and silver. Accord- ing to the ladies, there will be a bex placed at the Drug Store for the purpose of receiving any con- tributions. The women also decided to hold a bake sale on February 4 an$ the next regular meeting date set for Feb. 1 at 8 o'clock p.m. at the church. EAGLES DANCE The Douglas Aerie No. 117, Eag- les, will give another of their popu- ar dances tomorrow evening Eagles Hall beginning at 10 o’clock. These dances have proved very pop- ul be continued through the winter months to provide entertainment.; Everybody is welcome, stated the | dance committee, and as usual the! best in music wili be on hand. HOUSES CHANGE During the past two weeks, two | Douglas families moving. The Frank Cashens having purchased the Ralph home, have moved there, with the pleted perhaps in June July or ATTENTION ALL DOG OWNERS! All dog licenses for the year 1950 are now due and payable at the y clerk’s office. Dogs riust be li- censed by January 30 or they will be picked up and disposed of. Many complaints have been re- ceived of the dogs running loose on the streets, if you have a dog and cannot keep it at home it will be taken care of by the city, as; they are considersd a puhlivi SR i ! 315 Decker Way. nuisance when allowed on “m;ACROSNIC PIANO, Ph. T3 B T 0 streets. unattended. ; or write box 3099, 400-tf WINTER and POND, CO. Ino (Sizned) MIKE PUSICE L5 X ¢ E: iy Complete Photographic Supplie Mayor {1941 DODGE dump ck, 6 new Developing - Printing - Enlarging . ¥ ] tires, rebuilt engine, 4 yd. box. Artisty’ Paints and Materials Help keep our city clean for} $900.00. Call 179 after 6 p.m. Blue Printing - Photostats the health of our children and | 98-tf == o e tovn. An oinane e WANTED bee ge within the city limits. Anyone reported dumping their garbage in town is liable to a fine of $50.00 kesides cleaning up the premi We do not have a city garbage dump but for a small fee a garbage company picks up and disposes the garbage at the zarbage dump on the Thane road, so why make ur city an eyesore by dumping garbage all over town. Be a good citizen! Keep your town clean and coperate with the city rdnance. (Signed) MIKE PUSICH Mayor FRED HENNINGS GO OUTSIDE FOR A MONTH Mrs. Fred Henning sailed for Vancouver on the Princess Norah this morning, planning to join her husband in Seattle early next week. Henning was booked for today’s Pan American flight to Seattle, where he is interested in Alaska Buyers’ Week which opens Monday. Later, they will go to Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles for buying contacts. While her husband is concerned with business matters for his clothing store here, Mrs. Henning will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Giles H. Cook, at 29 Palms, Calif. The Hennings expect to be out- side a month, and Mrs. Henning may be away longer. SQUARE DANCE CLUB IS MEETING SATURPAY The Promenaders Square Dance Club will meet Saturday, January 21, in the Parish Hall at 8 p.m. There will ke calling practice for all interested members at 7:30 p.m. MIRROR CAFE Will be open 4 p.m. to 3 am. 405-tf —adv. LEST WE FORGET The Tide of Toys ends tomorrow. . WRITE—COLLECT Phone: Los Angeles NE 6-2517 in{ among Channel folks, and will | have completed Mortensen e | . FORSALE FOR SALE date in the Highlands section, 16 have already been spoken for. The houses have two bedrooms and allowance for a third. They have full concrete basements with garage, laundry, electric hot wa- ter heaters and an automatic oil furnace. The houses are com- pletely insulated for a low main- tenance cost. They have a gen- erously sized living room with large view windows house has a cl:ar view of Gas- tineau Channel. The dinettes and kitchen are built in with an ab-, undance of storage space ano nelled, fireplace, partly furnished. Homey, comfortable. GOLD BELT—3 bdr. fireplace, elec- tric kitchen, furnace, completely i furnished. Immediately available. GOLD BELT--Juneau's finest. 5- rooms, fireplace, wall-to-wall car- peting, 2 completed bedrooms, another ea finished. Garage, | view, venitian blinds. New, IM- MEDIATELY AVAILABLE. SIXTH STREET—2 bdr., beautifully furnished, electric kitchen, view, terraced gardens. DOUGLAS—Building bdr. stairs. room {ARB 5—and other boats. Gift shop, machine shop, 2 apartment hous- es, good money makers. LOTS— Glacier Highway, Gold Belt, Cal- Douglas Highway. suitable 2 apt. and commercial down- New FHA home, 2 bed- range. The houses are financed | by F.HA. and may be secured on very liberal terms. Secondary financing for down payment is An appointment to see the houses may be made in this ottice. WILLIAM WINE:-Phone 234 Office in Alaska Credit Burcam houn, Douglas, |MURPHY & MURPHY | REALTORS - ACCOUNTANTS { Phene 676 over First Nationsi Bank | H {NEW LISTING—2 mi. Glacler Hi- | way. Small 3-bedroom house; half basement, concrete; lot 45x278; gardens, good water. Partly fur- nished. Located betyween Jack Warner and Mrs, Hanna. Immed- jate occupancy. $5,250. | FORSALE Wiite P.O. Box 406-6t. {PIANO, bargain. 1206 Douglas. PHONOCRAPH RECORD SHOP | Downtown Seattle, 5 years in! | location. Illness forces sale, $200,- 1 000.00 gross, five years. Inventory | and franchise takes it. For a i 5 house, $7,850. quick sale $15,000.00 will close. X Nothing up the sleeve. We can 40:71:0‘;‘ S;—d-bedroois, furpished show this is a clean profitable | e deal. For particulars, airmail, Dace ‘s’ifirlnlisEh?d 'lr::::;;; i;bgg{;‘ooms, Record Sa! ()n‘ -1629 Westlake Ave, {INCOME PROPERTY — A larg Seattle 1, Wash. 404-6t. . { house easily converted into apartments to bring $180 monthl nea . {NEW LISTING—3-bedroom house, i 3 acres, near Salmon Creek, Furn- { ished. A lovely setting, a solid i 1 | EFIfiE\V’OOD, any length. Quick de. livery. Order now. Ph. 946. 404-4t{ or more. Central location ——————— | St. Ann’s, $8,400. | MAN'S TUXEDO, size 36, Excellent cendition. Ph. Blue 150. 40,-3t; PETER WOOD SALES AGENUY SEWARD AT MARINE WAY { Telephone 911. | MISCELLANEOUS _AS CHRYSLER Club Coupe‘ 4 i months old, driven 2000 miles{Is it necessary for science and re- $488.00 off. Contact Sherman| ligion to become reconciled? The Smith at R. W. Cowling Co. 404-6 { Baha'i Faith says “yes”! For lit- ————————————————| erature write immediately to Box i iSKI BOOTS, size 7. Call after 5 s . { pm. Green 632. 404-28 | | 992 Mountain View, Alaska. 295-1t TON | R. W. Cowling Co. !1' short wheel base truck. 404-tf POVVFR SAW with Ph. Black 340. 404-3t | | ’GUARANTEED Realistic Pemun- ent, $7.50. Paper curls $) up Lola’s Beauty Shop, Phone 20] 11949 CHEVROLET 4 door Sedan. Excellent condition. Less than 6,000 miles. Ph. Blue 694 402-4t laundry at Juneau Laundrette. At | tendant will care for it. Pick it | DAY NURSERY—Mothers care for your small child. Mrs. Wm, Pas- on way home. 70-tf sey. Ph. 938, Dia- ingair Open-View Self-Servic frozen feod, meat display caseg and other commercial refrigerat« lEASY SPINDRIER washing ma- chine, good condition. Ph. Black 820 after 5 p.m. 93-tf F in Seattle, 1948 Buick master Dynaflow. Lots of acces- sories. Low mileage, All in states. Perfect throughout. Also 1948 Dodge 4 dr. in Juneau. Low mile- age. Excellent condition. Green 459 after 6 p.m. 402-tf | FOR RENT HOUSEKEEPING 4:30 call Red 404, dealers. Write Air Mail quqalifi- cations. Ed Friedrich Sales Cor- poration, San Antonio, Texas. 99-10( WANTED—Small furnished or un- furnished Apt. Ph. 374. Ask for Liddle. 91-tf FOR LONGER lasting clothes, use Juneau Laundrette. Machines ster- ilized between washings. 3rd and Franklin Str. 70-t4 LOST AND FOUND LOST—Pair of glasses. Finder please call 510, Reward. 408-2% 2 After 406-tf rooms. STEAMHEATEL rooms, weekly ¢ Monthly. Colonfal Rooms. 69 t WURILTZER Spinit pieno for rent Anderson Piano £.cp. Ph. 14 AFTERNOONS OFF FOR PUPILS AS TEACHERS ATTEND SCHOOL HERE Juneau’s high school and grade school pupils will have the after- noons off Monday and Tuesday when their teachers go to school. Superintendent of ‘Zchools Ster- iling S. Sears announced today that a teachers’ institute would be held Monday and Tpesday afternoons. Miss Bernice Hughes, special read- ing consultant for Scott Foresman Fublishing Company, will be the principal speaker. She will be asked to speak on Physical and Emotional Factors Affecting Reading, Remedial Read- for all Grades, and Social Studies for all Grades, Sears said. It is hoped that she will give a demonstration lesson to one of the primary grades during her time here, he declared. Douglas school teachers have been invited to attend the institute, ac- cording to 'Sears. Full schedule of classes for Ju- neau pupils will te resumed Wed- nesday. LOST—One pair glasses. Name in case, Joan Molyneux. Reward. Ph. 322. 404-3t LOST—Two white dogs. Return to Jack Hazelett. Ph. 394. Reward. 405-1¢ LOST—AIl black full grown male Angora cat. Reward. Ph. 407. 402-tf 1 i Railway and highway culverts made ideal locations for beaver dams and hence Leavers become a nuisance when roads and railroads are built: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Henning Berggren, Executor of the estate of John I. Conn, de- ceased, has filed his final account and report of his administration of said estate, and his petition for distribution thereof, in the United States Commissioner’s Court for Juneau Precinct, at Juneau, Alaska; that 10 o'clock A. M. March 2nd, 1950, has been fixed as the time and said court the place for hearing same; and that all persons con- cerned therein are hereby notified to appear at said time and place and file their objections, if any, to said final account and petition for settlement and distribution thereof. Dated: Juneau, Alaska, Decembep 29, 1949. HENNING BERGGREN, Executor. First publication, Dec. 30, 1949, luat publication, Jan. 24, 1950. ing TO MOOSE MEMBERS, FRIENDS Rest and relax Sunday evening at the Moose Club. COME: HEAR Francine Mangan and the Ham- mond Organ. Hours 8 to 12 pm. Sundays.—adv. 406-1t SEATER TRACT—2 bdr. pine-pan- 4 HOUSES now neartng occupancy and every " fitted with a new Westinghouse available to qualified veterans, § 406-tf =« SEVERAL lLarge ana Small —_— monds. Perfect stones. Bargain |DEALERS WANTEL — Unlimited prices at the First National opportunities selling essentiai Dank. 35 tf| product to Alaskan trade. Floatg, ors offers big profits to aggressivé - . '