The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1950, Page 5

Page views left: 0

You have reached the hourly page view limit. Unlock higher limit to our entire archive!

Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.

Text content (automatically generated)

ESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, URRY! Ends Tonight! “MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE” Feature Y:50—10:05 TOMOCRROW PLLTELL YOU ABOUT THE PARADINE CASE “Alf Hitchcock (the ma- harajah of the mellers) has another sure fire- cracker in ‘The Para- dine Case.” This one has enough power to be a military secret.” WALTER WINCHELL DAVID O, SELINICK'S grodustipn of ALFRED muncocx L1 s PARADINE vt SARDEN CLUBGIVES CONTEST RULES FOR LANDSCAPING PLOT 1950 -OMEDY FEATURE IS NOW SHOWING, CAPITOL THEATRE In the midst of his dreams, Mr. Jlandings, played by Cary Grant, aas to face reality when he finds hat his lawyer, Melvyn Douglas, vas his wife's (Myrna Loy's) old| beau in RKO's hilarious comedy, “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House,” which is the comedy bill at he Capitol Theatre tonight. The picture revolves around a| Manhattan famiiy, the Blandings, | who decide to give up their cramped | wpartment and to rebuild an ol(.\ farmhouse in Connecticut. TOURIST TRAVEL MEANS MILLIONS FOR NORTHLAND| Alaska, as a vacationland for ravel-minded Americans, was de-| icribed to the Business and Pro- lessional Women'’s Club yesterday by George Sundborg, consultant to| ‘he Alaska Development Board. | He spoke of the possibility of | surists bringing $100,000,000 an-| into Alaska without any de- | pletion of its natural resources and | f the lack of concerled effort in realizing this goal. He said that the | Alaska Development Board had spearheaded a move for the crea- tion of an Alaska Tourist Associa- | tion, similar to those existing in the | States and Hawaii, by issuing mvi- |7, from 4 to | Anne Miller, C | No. 15, The Juneau Garden Club spon- | iations to 120 individuals and com- WORLD FRIENDSHIP TEA IS SET MARCH 7 In honor of the memory of Ju- liette Low, founder of Girl Scout- ing, Juneau Scouts will hold two World Friendship Teas in the Elks Hall, Mrs. John Clements, cha man, announces. Others on committee are Mrs. Hugh Antrim, and Mrs. John Kiley. The Brownie Friendship Tea will be held Tuesday afternoon, March 2 5 o'clock in the Elks Hall. On the pro will be Jane Albrecht, July Buckner, ; Color Guard, zabeth Chaney, tick on; Spirit of srisham. Gordonel ship: Kathryn Flint, Shirley Snar sen and Christine | Lights, Faye don, Janie Hollenbeck Guerin; Costur Judy Lar- Candie e Shel- and Sheriar ricia Hocson Adams, Judy Louck and Ina Franklin Group singing wi direction of Mrs. tumes are being courlesy of Mis sen: John: under Cos- rough the Claudia Kelsey. Te: committee for op 9 are tea table. Marian Ja on and Nella Jermain; kitchen, Elaine Molvar, Pat Carroll, Donna Wood and Beverly Macleod; decorations, Penny Morrison anc Marjorie Brillhart Honored guest troop leaders Betty H md; No. 3, Thordis Larson; No. 4, Mrs. Jack Burlord; No. 12, Mrs. Arnold J. Lar- sen; and No. 7, Mrs. Eugene J. | White of Dougias Huslcnns are Troop 12 comn her | assistant, | Julie | peaker, | the | THE DATLY ALASKA EWm‘" TI"\’T‘AU Al AQKA PACE ( MR TRUMAN GETS EAR PINCHED I NOT ONE BIT AWED BY PRESID tonio, Texas, last year'’s March of I tweaks Mr. Truman’s ear during White TWOTAKEEKAMSFOR | QRGAN wternaiional) | ((}N(ERT 10 WORLD DAY FRAVER, FRIDAY who hias between five or! to spare during the hou on to 1 p.m. on Friday, 1, is invi to the org ) be given at the Methodl APPOINTMENT TO . 5, | OPEN C(OAST GUARD-ACADEMY OF | | e | )i | | | wm Rountree 8-year-old {Juneau High vor, and Edwin L. Pa old s man from the cutier Storis, toc ompleted two-day competitiv ninations for bintment U. S. Coast Guard Academ ~"'um! FIGHTING 69TH' 15 - FEATURE SHOWING AT 20TH CENTURY wns of army life ly recounted in Warner film, “The Fighting James Cagney, Pat nd Dennis Morgan, which 11 engagement at the Theatre tonight. All of the cockeyed experiences early vining routine are in led in the first part of the story 5 from Camp Mills tc and de pen 20th Century e of his outstand- Ihe Fighting 69th.” H¢ L cocky rookie, continually & ccepted army discipline ather I . played by O'Brien, who can pacify him other characters i e fictional, however. Be Father Duffy, other real Lf who are: “Wild Bl (played by George E only on Many of ZEQJS DEHNER AT - 00D FELLOWS HALL BY LEGION POS! %t Mnuduv night Juncau The American Lezicn, end fts regular busing in the Legion Dugout ter.attraction, and ope 1 public, will be t will be 74 [’1 l T”fiy compl l'.'l:‘l’ DOORS OPEN 7:00 7:25 and 0 Mm is ’l‘oniqh! GEORGE BRENT * ALAN HALE JEFFREY LYNN o DICK FORAN SHOWS I the Juncau sored landscaping contest, for the planting of the small plet of ground at the floot of Twelfth Sireet, is tc pget under way at once, according to Mrs. Earle Hunter, chairman of the program committee. Cluk members hope that all Gas- tineau Channel residents will take an interest in this project and send in their ideas. There will be threc small prizes offered by the clah but the real first prize will be to see your plan in use next spring. ‘The plot is pear-shaped, approxi- mately 42 feet long, and 20 feet wide at the wider cnd. It is border- ed by a raised curbing, and chain fence. The civic projects committee of the Garden Club has submitted the following rules for the contest. 1—The planting plan for the plot must be submitted with an article. The artcile should be typewritten if possible. e 2—Plan fof a suecession: of blocm, if flowering plants or shrubs are used. 3—Traffic view must not ke ob- structed, therefore use no plants, shrubs or trees over three high (measuring from the pave- ment, not the curb) or that cannot be trimmed and kept at this height. 4—Plants used must be suitable for this climate. 5—All papers and plans shall b submitted by March 15. They may be mailed to Mrs. Hunter at Box 1084 or handed to her personally. Three judges, chosen from the rolls of the Rotary, Lions and Ki- wanis Clubs, have consented to study the plans and give their de- cision on the winning ones, so that the Garden Club may make an announcement of the winner at the meeting April 12, At this time the club may order the plants need- ed, or plan for the digging of wild things if they shculd be used in the winning plan, and prepare the plot for early spring*planting. ANS OFFICIALS GO TO SITKA FOR CEREMONY | A party of Alaska Native Service officials left yesterday for Sitka where they will attend the third annual Founders Day ceremony at the Mount Edgecumbe school and hospital. The Founders Day program will be held tomorrow. Don C. Foster, general cuperintendent of ANS, Reinholt Brust, his assistant, Mar- iin Holm, acting director. of edu- tation, and Charles Mountjoy, di- tector of native resources, made up ibe party. While in Sitka, the ANS. officials vill “hold several staff meetings vith Mount Edgecumbe school and Jospital officials, ANS spokesmen lere said. [ATHOLIC CHURCH ANNOUNCES MASSES IN LENTEN SEASON During Lent, beginning tomorrow, rsh Wednesday, masses will be held aily at the Catholic Church of the Wativity at 7, 7:45 and 8:25 o'clock h the morning and contessions ade before or during the masses. | Tonight, from 7:20 to 9 o’clock, lonfessions will also be heard ac- jording to announcement. NO NATIONAL GUARD | ASSEMBLY FOR TONIGHT Announcement is made that swing to the present Gold Medal pasketball tournament there will be ho meeting of the National Guard onight. The guard generally holds embly on Tuesday nights. panies already in the field. Experi- ence had shown that the coopera- don of private interests vas a must” in the successful develop- ment of “tol m" into Alaska’s and assistant Leaders of Troop 1 | Mesdames W. L. Grisham, C. S. Al- brecht, Arnold Francis, Lou Hud-) | son, Elwyn Pym, A. K. Neeley, J. R. | Dltr headquarters first i Macleod, E. C. Hawley and Ernest | pervision of Come first industry. Ehler. } It s the first He said that although no con- ek, ! } n tment | London, Conn, iven at the 17t h weré g June date. This concer in 1 ob Prayer Juneau Interde Jouncil of Churet n ihat commitic 1adity and Juneat may tion thereot a No admission ever, il desired | may be placed in a| <ot provided for such purp 1 ar of the church. | will be at Her by the event such pe tressed 1 for Hdward Chester the console of the organ pram will ‘include many favorite |, hymns; to be played | concert are: | adle Song,” | n “New World pro- |, feet | months to a year in advance dur- E COMMUMNICATEONS) oo oo e . > taking aminations that “tourism” was already Alaska's — ¢ et Yo oast Alaska's potential was concerned. |,f jts 60 stations in operatign | a mon'h that relatively good and | Hé said that in seeking to develop | ing the tourist season; that last year second biggest industry, having The Tcrnlm‘lf‘\‘ ; Department ot | Longer - vacations, according 10 throughout Alaska are now open to | inexpensive accommodations along Alas tourist potential it was dif- serted effort was being made to| ¢ given attract tourists, steamship vom-\zd NEw SIAI!ONS ! old out from six E ' 67,000 tourists visited Alaska, the majority of which came by steam- brought §25,000,000 into the Terri- gommunications, through W. E.|- tory last ' year; that merely the)gixson, supervisor, announced to- | Sundborg, enabled more and morel yepylar Inter-Alaska and Overseas pecple to reach Alaska by car and | pagjotelephone long distance serv- the highways permitted Alaska to be seen cheaply; and that by air, | ficult to determine whether the; | emphasis should be placed on pro- | | panies were ANNOUKCED FOR | time, more ship and saw only the Southes suriace had been scratched so far as| qay that as of anuary 1, 1950, 24| that Alaska could be seen thus in|jce At present the other 36 stations .I.E§ H SE? I(i BY Alaska could be seen in two weeks. | motional activities or on the build- ing facilities. He cited Faixhanks as| ajaska or states service, during their | | an area sorely in need of addmoml, | hotel facilities; Katmai and Glacier | | Bay National Monuments as h.lV-! | ing been set aside without any pro- | vision, to date, being made for the; building of tourist accommodations. | He said that the old story about| tourists setting out for Alaska with | a $10 bill and a clean shirt and re- | turning with neither changed was no longer true. Mrs. Zola Devlin was awarded the club’s candy box, proceeds of which | amounted to $28.25. \LENTER SERVICES FOR HOLY TRINITY GIVEN Tomorrow, Wednesday is not only Washington's Birthday, but is also Ash Wednesday, the first day of| Lent. Services at Holy Trinity Cathedral especially observing this day, and each Wednesday throughout Lent are the following: 7:30 a.m.—Holy Communion. 10:00 a.m.—Litany and Holy Com- munion. | 7:30 pm—First Lenten get- | together to hear and discuss the subject, “Consider the Bible.” This will be the theme for Lenten study. Anyone interested in this subject is cordially invited to attend and join in the discussion. are on an emergency b: only for this class of service. Every Territorial Radio maintains one or more sck day with its nearest Al: munications System station station { ritorial station. Direct long distance telephone calls may be made, at regular ACS rates, to or from these stations, to any point in the Inter- regular schedules. Published rate in this service is| 90 cents for the first three minute: on weeckdays. On Sundays, holidays and evenings is reduced to 75 cents for the first three minutes and 20 cents for each additional minute. All Territorial Radio Stations further provide to the community direct contact with aircraft and aeronautical ground stations. Spe- cial frequencies are also provided to work the fishing fleet in their, locality directly for weather, fish- | ing prices, and emergencies. Man of these stations are regular weather reporting stations sgnding in synop: tic reports each hour. The Territorial Department I been in active service for 20 years providing communications to muniti throughout originally had its start under highway department in 1929. Territorial Radio Stations now open to long distance radiotele- phone service through the Al Communications system in the Ju- neau area are Angoon, Baranol, Chatham, Elfin Cove, Funter Bi Gustavus, Hidden Falls, Kake, Kim- shan Cove, Taku Lodge and Tena- kee. Additional stations in the Ju- neau vicinity include Haines, Wind- ham Bay, Goddard, Fish Bay, and Cobol. isolated com- Alaska. It the DR. TED R. in his practice Simpson Bldg. Phone DR. ROBERT SIMPSON wishes to announce his association with OBERMAN of Optometry 266 for Appointment after 6 pm. the rate | the past | radiotelephone | LUTHERANS ON WED, - e of the beg rection Luther: D service W sh Wedne: .ph)h and “Sere- *oinod | HOSPITM NOTES and Mrs. Geag dmitted to In obsel | Lent, Re: will hold a nesday ever nning an C ginning at 8 o’ Al interested persons are cord ally invited to attend. ¥ enior choir will sing rt Sensmeter, Mrs, Edmund Vogel nd the pastor will pre- i infant son, and Mrs. Paul were dismissed. Tassell Jr., of Douglas, F Wanamaker of neau, M eph of Si Charle: | Haines, and Elizabeth David Haines ere admitted to yvernment H xn anthem & it the he theme, * |t > will be the gui these en Season. | for SCHOOL HOLIDAY e will be no holiday tomor- r the high school or but session: the R LEAVES XICO VACATION — / Mrs, Joseph M. Shofner was cked on today’s southbound | ight of Pan American World Al enrcute to Mexico. t friends and before cros been r 1 | Coast Guard headquarters here fi 8 1 and Wild coast t agent at i trapper Ignacio Alio s at| In Nesbitt on ost of Wrangell. Alio had be more than a month. f the | wr Mexico, she her time yulco. Her ¢ when L Call RAY RICE for | ()uullrt"yA_PLAg ;dfl!k\gfl I)lslmctlu [ ‘\'(;ur roems refinished with the plaster that H\. LI,A'I ES imates — P’hone Douglas 21 plans to spend in Mexico City | husband expect hool is cut. Point Snow | ton’ starting at 6:3¢ usual mee cenducted last than routine comm ud current busine: tion, the report Din Commiltee vents of the evening A report of the Gastineau CF vel Boy Scout Court of Honor reported by Scout Commitics Cha John Tanaka. Application: hdid for, membership ted upon favorably, subject Member linner isked to boost for ing of next an FLKS 1O INITIATE BIG CLASS WED. Elks will observe Washing- birthé. by initiation of the at the re- Wednesday, The n tomorrow, nees somposcd or perh didates. The usual feed w n and busi that w the Ini- | Oirinat Scroan o1 by Korman Rutly Rene. BUGS BUNNY CARTOON AESO LEON I'ERR(}L ;n “MAID TROU LA Alaska Coastal Alfines enables you e ""'0° —Mmmhywbcdfiddam—yam" %o the States on Pon American, and?" '° " spot on the globel And for you wioVY fickets In Sitka, Hoonch, Tenakes, Sk Qdfillccu-mnhiu,ACAlm block of seats so that its passe M“Mwfiow NOW — NEW — L.OW —FARES from JUNEAU \ i i ‘ 3 | Yakatat 2000 " Cordova$ 5350 Homer $87.00 Kodiak $105.00 109, Reduction on Round Trip *Plus Tax Daily Scheduled Flights Anchorage — Cordova — Kodiak Homer — Yakujat Connections at Anchorage for all Inte and Westward Points Tickets and Reservations BARANOF HOTEL Phone 716 I'll take the %lfi’f Road DIRECTIONS: Follow Route 7 all the way. It's the shortest...SUREST... most satisfying road to the place where perfect drinks come from—a bottle gf 7 Crown...Seagram’s finest American whiskey! Seagram’s 7 Crown. Blended Whiskey. 86.8 Procf. Haines a special érs share equal duihlund Dy gmgmm’s and be g nre oweceaty WILLIAM KEIGHLEY ' ) ST WORLD NEWS EVEL ) IIIJISK% l&’l‘dél “- % % IRI.IIIES i's. Seagram-Distilers Corp., Chrysler Building,* -

Other pages from this issue: