The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 16, 1950, Page 8

PAGE FICHT SURPLUS HOUSING 'UNVEILING’ OF NEW MAY FILL NEED FOR COMMUNITY PIANO LOWER COSTHOMES T0 BE GALA EVENT Government surplus housing units may in the future provide moderate cost housing for the Juneau ar acording to a letter received by | the Juneau mber of Commerce The letter, from E. Glen Wilder executive director of the Alaska | Housing Authority, was read at| the Chember meeting n day in the Gold Room of the anof Hotel The plan Unusual Program Feafures to Mark Schapiro’s Dedicatory Concert With so many unusual features included in tonight's ‘“once-in-a lifetime” concert, the program has | been timed as carefully as though it were going out over a nation- wide network. Even with all the extras, it is scheduled to take no longer than the usual time. The big community piano, which s been a dream for so long, is to be “unveiled” with a short official remony. Mayor Waino Hendrickson has timed his little speech to the se- cond, as has Ernest Ehler, who wili introduce him. Ehler is President of the Juneau Concert Association, which presents the concert and i3 trustee” for the piano. Maxim Schariro, noted Russian- born American pianist, whose en- thusiastic support has helped in the of the instrument, which is being present- ed to the Federal Housing Auth- ority, calls for shipment of the surplus units from the States, set- ting them up on land owned by the Alaska Housing Authority near | the Juneau Airport, and complet- | ely remcdelling them to bring up to “the full standards of the FHA “Qur purpose in this proposed project, besides adding to the sup- ply of available homes in the Ju- neau area, to obtain a truly moderate cost housing unit which would be available to that marke not able to afford the otherwise high costs of homes,” Wilder stat- ed. AHA is striving, through the plan, to obtain homes in the Juneau h is area for a total cost of approxi- mately $8,500, Wilder wrote The letter came in answer to one from the Juneau Chamber ing the need for at lea jum-priced houses in thi No indication was given the number of homes which might be supplied under the proposed pro- Jject. | The Juneau Chamber decided at | the meeting today to send H. L. Faulkner, well-known attorney, to Columbus, O., April 17 to speak for Juneau when the Alaska Col- lege committee of the Methodist Board of Missions decides upon the | site for its Alaska college. | Faulkner is now in San Fran- cisco. Chamber President Robert Boochever, who spoke with Faulk- ner by telephone about the plan area of to have him represent Juneau at| wpiino frenzied speed; and the| homes of friends, according to the the committee meeting, said he| expressd his willingness to attend.| poiin chopin—tender, caressable| prepared cots for them. The Chamber decided that it| will sponsor the 1950 Trout Derb_\'i in Juneau. The derby, which was| not held last year, was formeriy | .. copequled program, the big pi-| MARTIN VICTOR FAMILY sponsored by the Junior Clmmber‘y of Commerce here. | Peter Warner was appointed to| head the committee which will be | in charge of arranging the derby. ‘Warner said after the meeting| that the derby deadline date will| be set so that there will be no conflict between it and the annual salmon derby. Word from Seattle announced m‘ Chamber members that the Juneau | organization had given the best | response to the call for exhibit | material to fit out the Alaska kooth at the coming Seattle Times Sport and Vacation Show. The Chamber of Commerce, working through its tourist committee un- der the leadership of Charles W. Carter, sent three motion pictures and number of wildlife exhibits south for the show. MARTHA SOCIETY IS MEETING TOMORROW | The monthly the Martha Society Friday in the par of the North- ern Light Presbyterian Church. Hostesses for the dessert luncheon at 1:30 will be Mrs. Stanjey Baskin and Mrs. Jerry Strang. Devotions will be lead by Mrs. Gerald Wil- liams. The program will carry out the St. Patrick's Day theme, with songs by Mrs. Roland Burrows. social meeting of | will be held CARPENTERS ATTENTION Carpenter’s Local No, 2247 special meeting Friday night, Mar. 17, at 8 pm. AFL Hall. —adv. 53-2t | dience | cquisition also will take part. | hapiro's program is of Cm'neglej re. Unlike some artists| to feel that any old 1eyed work: he hinterlands, Schapiro prides rimself on bringing the finest music | it his command to his Juneau au- He will cpen the concert with | ta” sonata,| ing, gable has a satisf; main me that prok hummed and whistled for days. The entire program offers the| artist opportunity to display tRe| rich tonal resources of the Bald-! win concert grand piano—two Rach- maninoff preludes with bass tones reminiscent of ancient church| bells; the virtuosos brilliance of| Liszt's “Tarantella” a marvel of | unbelievable contrast$ of the French | music and dazzling fire as well. ] There will be variety, too, in the| music of several local artists after| ano giving support for the con-| trasting qualities of voices and stringed instruments. Concert tickets as well as season | memberships will be available at| the door tonight. The concert in the 20th Century Theatre wil begm| at 8:30 p.m. Schapiro, who calls Juneau his second home, identifying him- self with man oups in the city. He gave a special program yes- terday for both high school and grade school students in the High Scheol gymnasum. Also on the hour-long program for which all students were excused from class-| es was Shirley Jones, an artist- rupil of Schapiro, who spent the winter in the Interior as entertain- er at the Fairbanks Country Club. | Her “boogie” and other popular| numbers found a perfect audience: in the student group. | Schapiro will play for Douglas! school children tomorrow aflernoon.} He was a guest yesterday ancr-‘ noon at the meeting of the Juneau | Woman’s Club in the home of Mrs. | Elton Engstrom, where he gave a} dttle talk and chatted with friends| over coffee. } Members of the Junau Concert Association committee have been invited to a reception for Schap- iro at the Governor's House aftér the concert. The visiting artist was | a guest of Mrs. Ernest Gruening at a small dinner last evening. ® o e 0o s ve e TIDE TABLG?® MARCH 17 High tide 1:30 am., Low tide 7:28 am, High tide 1:32 p.m,, 16:5 f1t. 1.1 ft. 174 1t | ‘The strawberry vine is a member of the rose family. Low tide 7:44 pm, -1.1 ft. The first sip tells you—here’s finer, richer coffee! Always de- licious and satisfying beca it's Thermo-Regulated roasted. TWO KINDS—DRIP OR PERC Coffe use OLATOR @ juit/ WIND-DRIVEN FIRE DAMAGES SEAVIEW APARTMENT BLDS. Fire, driven by a strong wind wept through three flats in the Seaview Apartments, 434 Calhoun Avenue, last night. C firemen, battling she blaze in he biting wind, brought the flames under control after a 15-minute fight, while the 16 families living in the building fled carrying their belongings with them. Firemen said it was fortunate that the blaze was discovered in | time to be brought under contrel. With the wind sucking the fldmes upward, the fire had made its way to the second floor by the time the fire-fighters were called to the scene, they said. Rosario Dimatteo, manager of the apartment building, said the fire evidently started in a storeroom on THE DAILY ALASKA EM Bond Issue Is Carried At Cordova CORDOVA, Alaska, March 16— (M—Cordova voters approved a $500,000 bond issue here Tuesday for purchase of the water, power light and telephone system of the Alaska Public Utilities and to con- struct a hydroelectric plant, The vote was 337-27. The bond election was based on a proposal that the federal govern- ment will match Cordova's contri- bution, making the total projec worth $1,000,000. The bonds are to be retired with revenues collected from the opera- tion of the public works at rates tc the lower floor. The 4-2 alarm was sounded at 11:25 pm. when shouts of an vn-| identified passer-by told firemen | !in the hall of the blaze. The lele—l phoned alarm by Dimatteo reached the fire hall a few seconds mter.l | Dimatteo said he roused the occu- | pants of the building after phnnmgl in the alarm. One fireman, Walt McKinnon was injured when he fell while fighting the blaze, He was treated | are good enough|at the fire hall for cuts on onej o the hand and returned to the scene of the fire. The clothing carried by the occu-[ pants of the building from their} apartments was piled on the bill-; side above the smoking structure. One woman tenant sat on the bly will be| steps above the building rof:kmg!mr her sleeping infant in her arms All clear was not sounded until 12:45 a.m. All but five families returned to their apartments in the building after the fire was extinguished. The five families whose apartments had been most seriously damaged by fire and smcke were taken to the Salvation Army officers who had The building was covered by in- surance, according to the manager. EXPECTED HERE JUNE 1 Friends are welcoming Martin Victor, Jr., who has returned here unexpectedly on a short busiaess trip. Next week, he plans to go ktack to Highland Park, Ill, where he has a factory for Martin Victor Furs, Inc., a firm with outlets both there and .in Alaska. The Victor family has a home in Highland Park, a residential suburb of Chi- cago, where they spend each winter. Victor plans to leave Chicago April 15, driving a truck over the Alaska Highway to Fairbanks. He will spend a month in the Interior before being joined by his family in Juneau. Mrs. Victor and the children will cross the country by train after school is out, expecting to be here about June 1, f l l l SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S be prescribed by the town council RESCUE TECHNIQUE STUDIED IN MOVIES BY 2 CAP GROUPS “Measure the importance ot sea rescue equipment by the distunc swim home,” said the nar- rator in a movie seen by a larg group of adults and juniors las night. The training film, “Sea Rescu Equipment for Airplane Crews, was one of two movies shown a the joint meeting the Juneau Civ Patrol squadron and cade corps. The other was along the same line, continuing instruction in se. survival—a film titled “Forced Down at Sea.” CAP cadets had their own in- struction under Col. Neil Fritchman during the other period of the two- aour semi-monthly session, and had identification pictures taken by Lt Geraldine McConnel, who set up a temporary photography studio in a drafting room at the Engineer’s of- fice. While this was going on, squad- ron members had instruction in communications, chiefly in radic procedure for both voice and wire sending. This was given by Lt. Stanley Tyler, squadron training officer. Besides general instruction in radiotelephone operation, Tyler dis- ussed Q signals and Zebra time. In the absence of Maj. Allan G. Marcum, squadron commander, and Capt. Milton J. Furness, executive officer, the squadron and cadet corps session was in charge of Lt. Everett Erickson, adjutant. As of Monday, on the return of Furness from Washington, D.C., he will be acting commander. Marcum is in Nome on an assignment for the Alaska National Guard. The CAP squadron meets first and third Wednesdays, and all per- sons interested in aviation are in- vited to attend. The principal pro- iects of the local CAP, like those of che national organization, are search-rescue missions and cadet pre-flight training. PIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA |JUNEAU CITY BAND PRACTICE IS MONDAY For the third time the practice | of the Juneau City band in prepa- ration for the Lions-Rotary circus has been changed. Band Director Joe Shofner was | scheduled to leave for Seward to- | day as delegate to the Lions con- vention and will not return until Monday afternoon. The band prac- | tice is now scheduled to take place i\IundAy night at 8 o'clock in the Grade School auditorium instead ot Sunday afternoon. SCOUT UNIFORMS MAY BE ORDERED IERE GIRL 1 Mrs. Ruth Sterling of the Tot| sz; Teen Shop reminded Girl Scouts | ind their mothers today that she| full information and cata- | logues about ordering uniforms and other supplies. Although shej does not carry the uniforms in tock, Mrs, Sterling can order them {and delivery here in about 10/ jays or two weeks, For rush orders he equipment may be dispatched | o the buyer here by air. INGA MILLER ON AIR 5 FOR BPWC PROGRAM| i | ™Mrs. Inga Miller, employee of| |the Bureau of Public Roads, will )e the guest speaker on the Busi- | ness and Professional Women's elub | program over KINY at 5:15 o'clock | tomorrow afternoon. | | Mrs. Elton Engstrom, club radio fchairman, will interview Mrs. Mill- | er, who has formerly lived for sev- eral years in Costa Rica Swenson Switches... and Then Some! BRANSON, Mo. — “I’ve not only switched to Calvert myself,” says John M. Swenson, motor court operator here, “I'm telling my friends to switch, | too. Because Calvert alwdys tastes| milder and mellower.” | | CALVERT RESERVE Blended Whisker | 86.8 Proof—657> Grain Neutral Spirits Calvert Distillers Corp., New York Cit | FRENCH COMMIES LOSE OUT, VOTE ON ARMS AID MEASURE (By Associated Press) The French National Assembly today ratified bilateral accords through which the United States will furnish nearly $500,000,000 in arms aid to France. The measure was opposed by the Communists but passed by a vote of 416 to 181. It now goes to the upper house where | approval is certain. The debate over the arms nld1 program was quiet compared to the ! riotous scenes in the Assembly last| week when fistfighting between | Communists and non-Communists and Communist filibuster delayed | for a time the passing of an anti- sabotage bill. | THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950 Call RAY RICE for quatity PLASTERIN G Distinctive Your rooms ;efinished with the plaster that INSULATES Free Estimates -— Phone Douglas 21 —_— ALASKAN CAB (0., Inc. 2-way radio-equipped, driver- owned, insured cabs. Phone9or 777 Additional new cabs on stand give faster and better service at all times. JOHN MAURSTAD—Pres. and Manager. RUTH MAURSTAD—Secy. and Treas. Phone 704 MEAT PHONE 60 Juneau Deliveries 10a. m.,2and 4 p. m. Douglas Deliver‘y 10a. m. Boat @rders Delivered Any Time Through the years the Case Lot Grocery ¢ has developed a super effic department for our out-of-town custom- ers. 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