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SHOWPLALE o m[mz APITUL LEAVES TONIGHT! Feature at 8:08—10:16 ouN GARFIELp Qs h‘,s BODY a5y Soa‘ N | or TOMORROW! wirs Martha Hyer 2nd HIT g i TRUMAN HOT WHEN ASKED 10 AMPLIFY (Continued ire: Cne) Page tions Board, regardless of urging from the CIO Executive Board. 6. A letter from the presidents of the CIO and AFL asking inter- | cession with Britain against arm shipment to Arab countries Dac| been referred to the State Depart-l ment. Mr. Truman has no comment. 7. The Chief Executive will take the advice of his Attorney Gener- al on the subject of whether there should be a federai law against tig time gambling. He thinks all sorts of lawlessness ought to be stopped by any methods consistent | with protection of civil rights under the Constitution. 8. Civil Service employees of the government are at liberty to buy tickets to the Democrat $100-a-plate dinner tonight and Mr. Truman doesn't think that infringes on their civil rights. 9. The President isn't listing, yet, all states in which he may cam- paign after this year’s primaries but he told news men he'll take them on a non-political teur cne of these days. 1470 WESTW—A—IiD BY PACIFIC NORTHERK; 8 PERSONS ARRIVE Twenty-two persons traveled on Pacific Northern Airlines flights yesterday. L. D. Banta and L. and P. John- son went to Cordova, and these pas- sengers to Anchorage: Dr. Roy L. Smith, James Hale, R. Quick Jose- phine Toussaint, Carl Fundeen, H. Krogseng, C. C. Gorsuch, R. Klok- kevold, Beth Thompson, Donna Chantoff and Hazel Guy. Arriving from Anchorage were| Don Foster, J. E. Goodwin, Cpl. Tyler, F. L. Kerzie, Lois Gentes, Lynn Marquis, Dave Schirmer and Roy Buckles. COAST GUARD IN BOMBER SEARCH All available Coast Guard units | from the 17th Coast Guard Dis- trict were assigned to the search for the missing B-36 bomber part of whose crew was rescued yes- terday. Coast Guard headquarters here today said that the cutters Ca- hoone, Citrus, and White Holly, as | well as two Coast Guard aireratt | based at Annette Island participat- ed in the search for the missing bomber. The cutters Cahoone and Citrus | put parties ashore this morning on Princess Royal Island to search a three-mile wide area south from the northwest tip of the island west of Barnhard Harbor. It was in this area that the 11 known survivors were found yes- terday. BODY OF W. L. DICKINSON WILL BE FLOWN TO I0WA FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 16— (#—The body of Wellesley L. Dick- inson, 39, Alaska Highway Patrol- man, will be flown to his father’s home in Davenport, Ia., Saturday. He died here Tuesday in a huspir,al} of a cerebral hemcrrhage, Three Children survive. ! A new phosphorus insecticide isi mixed with soil and is taken up by the plant, poisoning it to insects, ; “Body and Soul.” | ¥ho won a Pulitzer Prize for his re- | with the City Librarians of Juneau, | public agencies, mission groups and | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1950 BIG RACKET IS £XPOSED IN BILL NGW AT CAPITOL| “Force of Evil,” now at the Capito Theatre, reveals for the first time on the screen the workings of the numbers racket, an evil which af- fects the daily lives of millions of Americans. Filmed with a strong cast headed by John Gartield, 1. | comes as a worthy successor to that sctor’s first independent venture, The film is based upon the nove! “Tucker’s People,” by Ira Woiter( | porting during World War II Although the producers hate care- fully masked any resemblances be- “ween their celluloid characters and actual personalities, it can be said | :hat the book got its subject matter from the racket-busting era of New York City of the 1930's. CRCUATING LIBARIES FOR S.E. VILLAGES Twenty or more of the smaller| communities in Southeast Alaska ire to be served by a circulating | library system as the result of re- cent action by the Sears-Roebuck | Foundation, according to B. Pranl{l Heintzleman of Juneau. He was re- cently notified that the Foundation has offered to sponsor fhis pro- ject and defray practically all ot the cost if local agencies would co- operate in managing the undertak- | ing. The Foundation will buy the original stock of books, make re- placements and additions as needed, and provide the 60 to 75 units of a: combination sectional bookcase- | shipping container which will bc! used. These units have been de-; signed for this particular purpose and are now being manufactured. The Rotary Clubs of Juneau and | Ketchikan have agreed to act as advisors and co-sponsors of the pro- | ject under the general direction of Mr. Heintzleman. It is understood | the Educaticn Directors of the Ter- | ritorial Department of Education and Alaska Native Service together | Ketchikan and Sitka will be asked to choose the books. The various| others operating small vessels in| Southeast Alaska waters will be de- pended on to shift the units of the | library from one village to another as desired. The Foundation inteiis that the library shall provide exntertaining reading for men and women, boys and girls, on a great variety of sub- | jects including fiction by well re- | cognized writers. Some text books on vocational subjects will doubt- less also be included in the library for the use of those interested. Mr. Heintzleman pointed out that there is no connection between the Juneau Memorial Library for which a financial drive is now in progress and this Sears-Roebuck circulating library project. He mentioned how- ever that the interest of the Foun- dation in this project began in con- nection with the conferences which | resulted in a substantial ccntribu- tion by the Foundation to the Ju-| neau Library. Refallick-Riendeau Wedding Saturday In Lutheran Church Mr. Francis Riendeau, member of | a family long resident here, will| take Miss Thelma Retallick as his | bride Saturday evening in Resurrec- i tion Lutheran Church. The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman will officiate at | the 7:30 o’clock ceremony which will be witnessed by family members' only. | Mrs. Lyda Museth will be the bridal attendant, while Mr. Gordon | Konouse is to be best man. Friends of the couple are invited to the wedding reception in the home of Mr. Riendeau’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Riendeau. A two-month honeymoon trip to New Orleans is planned by the couple, who will board the Denali Sunday for the southbound voyage. Miss Retallick came to Juneau| nearly three years ago from Mon- | tana. She is employed at the City | Cleaners. | Mr. Retallick, a CAA employee, was born and educated in Juneau, where the couple will be at home.| after their honeymoon. “SEA BREEZE” MEETING The regular meeting of Marinerf Scout Group No. 2 was called to order in the home of Marylyn Crooks Wednesday evening. It was decided that we would sing for the annual Juliet Lowe silver tea, We are putting on three radio programs for Girl Scout Week. | They were talked over. | We decided to name our shore | boat the Lazy Lasses. | We received a very nice letter| from an officer of Juneau. We! are trying very hard to find a| regular meeting place. So far no, luck. SHERRY GRAY, Reporter | stockholders meeting, and elected | has called for a caucus of the Demo- | cratic Party, for February 20, in the |nik on the Alaska Peninsula is in ACROBATIC FIREM THE DATLY ALASKA EMPIRE E N — Japanese fire-fighte: rs perform acrobatic feats of balance and agility during a fire-fighting exhibition held on the Imperial Palace Plaza, Tokyo. JUNEAU, ALASKA $300 MILLION INCOME | BOOST FOR ALASKANS SOUGHT BY FIELD HEAD i i } A program designed to raise an- | nual Alaskan income from its cur- | rent rate of $320,000,000 to an esti- | mated $620,000,000 is the main item | of Interior Department business | taking Kenneth J. Kadow, chairman | of the Alaska Field Committee fo; | Washington, D.C., today. | Kadow, representing the heads of all inter-departmental committees in presenting a six year program for | the accelerated development of | Alaska. This program has been blue- ed by the joint action of the heads acting through the Field Committee. rding to Kadow, the program | is designed to bring development to | Alaska commensurate with the new attention recently given the Terri- tory. Other goals outlined by the | Interior Department program are population of 300,000 within ten H rs, an educational system to sup- | port such a growth, full.develop- | ment of Alaskan resources such a minerals, fish, lumber, and the tourist industry. Boost Tourist Trade Of particular note is the De- partment’s plans for the expansion of the tourist industry which today is estimated as bringing $25,000,00¢ to the Territory. Plans of the Field | Committee call for a $100,000,00C ! tourist industry s&vnually, within | ten years. | Kadow also intends to work on the proposed Alaska Development Ad- ! ministration with Interior Depart- ! i Billy Daniels, Negro singer, and hi of Lowell, Mass., pose on deck of end of heir honeymocon cruise. ] | | | pA(IFI( NORIHERN | legislation and the six year program rn r@m oneymoon rulse | to Secretary of the Interior Chap- s bride, the former Martha Braun, liner Italia at New York City at The 21-year-old white bride and Daniels, 24-year-old nightclub singer, were married in Weehawken, N. J. She is a television and radi o bit player. (" Wirephoto. DOUGLAS | NEWS CANNERY PRESIDENT E. E. Engstrom was re-eiected to the Board of Directors of the Doug- las Canning Co., Inc, at last night’s President of the Corporation. Other officers elected to the Board were Marcus F. Jensen, Vice President; Felix Toner, Secretary and Trea- surer; Dr. J. O. Rude; Others elected to the Board were: Arne Shudshift, Peter Warner and Wallis George. Fr y when she will go to Sitka to visit two of her former pupil who now attending the Mt Edgecumbe school. She will return to Juneau cn the Denali, and will leave for Seward on the northbcund Baranof next week. SON FOR BUTTREYS Mr. and Mrs. Cnaries D. Buttrey of Juneau became the parents of a son yesterday morning. The child, born at St. Ann’s hospital, weighed nine pounds two ounces. | { | | ment officials and hopes to point | out the relationship between this G’/.IS MAIl RAISE‘ man and Assistant Secretary Warne. : | Accompanying Kadow on his trip | outside is Mrs. Kadow, who plans WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—M—The| to journey to Seattle to visit her Civil Aeronautics Board has tenta-| mother, then to Portland to visit | tively fixed new airmail rates for| With relatives and friends, then to | Pacific Northern Airlines, Inc., with| rejoin her husband in Washington | the intent of giving it total annual| D.C., before both return to Juneau mail pay of $500,000. | approximately April 1. 1 | This would mean an increase ot A DR | | about $105,000 a ¢ over the rate: CAPT. JACKSON DIES } in effect. o The airline flies out of Anchorage| Capt. Ole Jackson, about 70, was | to Juneau, Kodiak, Skwentna and| found dead in his home at 1038 Nuknek. The new rate will pay the| Harbor Way yesterday afternoon. | airline 75 cents a mile for each mile| He had been ill for some time flown Oct. 1 through Marzh 31 and| Funeral arrangements await word 49 cents a mile from April 1 through | from his daughter, Mrs. Art Berz- Sept. 30. The rate is based on aver- | £ren, who is now visiting in Port- | s of 2,333 miles. land, Ore. SOCIETY | MEETING TONICHT || Meeting at C. L. O. Hall | | h | ' } Memorial Church Missionary So- | ® ® @ | Thursday, 8 P. M. ciety will have its regular meeting | this evening at 7:30 with Mrs, Fred | Grant as hostess, Meeting will be ! at the Grant residence at 927 West | T PAGE FIVE STARTS TONIGHT DPOORS OPEN 7:00 SHOWS AT 7:10 and 9:30 G.1. Joe Is ’ Back..And Looking For L0 renTuRy HE'S) HEADIN' FOR A BANDIT ROUND-UP! 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