The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 20, 1950, Page 3

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North Transfer | and Puerto Ric . Smith. Nominations close April 1. | religious and spiritual integrity. | traits highly regarded in motiers; | nesday on a flight from Yakutat to 'UNDERCOVER MAN' IS ON CAPITOL'S BILL Columbia’s “The Undercover Man,” perhaps the greatest of all crime stories, is the feature bill at the Capitol Theatre. Based on the revelations of Frank J. Wilson, Chief of the U.S. Secret Service, Ret., the movie tells the «rue, warmly human story of how a handful of little people brought the biggest of underworld mobs to its trembling knees. Glenn Ford is starred in the title role, Nina Foch is his chief support, and James| Whitmore and Barry Kelley are also | prominently cast. This never-before-told story of| now Federal undercover men ended | the reign of terror of America’s most vicious crime ring is reported to be compelling drama that talks facts with the snarl of a machine- gun. Ford plays the undercover man whose painstaking investigation | leads to the downfall of the most | brazen crime syndicate in history, Miss Foch is his brave and under- | standing wife, Whitmore is an| assistant of Ford's, and Kelley plays the gang’s mouthpiece. SELECTION OF ALASKA MOTHER NOW UNDERWAY Lew M. William, Acting Governor | of the Territory of Alaska, an- nounces that Mrs. William A. Smith, of Anchorage, has accepted the chairmanship of a committee to select the outstanding Mother of Alaska for 1950. The American Mothers Commit- | tee, with headquarters in New York | City, states that the search is on| for the American Mother of 1950. | She will be chosen from among the State Mothers—the 48 states, Dis- trict of Columbia, Alaska —all participating. Quoting from Acting Governor Williams’ letter, “as President of the Alaska Federation of Women’s Clubs, an organization with terri- tory-wide membership, Mrs. Smith is especially well equipped to at- tend to the Alaska nomination.” Any citizen may submit a nomi- nation for the Alaska Mother./ Blanks may be secured from Mrs. The selection is based upon the fol- lowing qualifications: First: that she be a successful mother, as evidenced by the charac- ter and achievements of her indi- vidual children. Second: that she reflect a strong Thir that she embody those courage, cheerfulness, patience, af- fection, kindness, understanding and a homemaking ability. Fourth: that she have a sense of civic and international understand- ing; and have been active in com- munity betterment or in service for public benefit. Fifth: and that she be qualified to represent the Mothers of America in all reponsibilities attached to her role of the American Mother. YAKUTAT PLANE FOUND ATDRY BAY; PILOT AND PASSENGER ARE 0. K. An aircraft, missing since Wed- Dry Bay and return, was found on an island in Dry Bay by a search- ing aircraft from Yakutat yester- day. The plane, its landing gear appar- ently damaged, was sighted on Rock Island. The pilot, Clem Simmons, and his passenger, identified as Mr. Hansen, appeared to be in good condition, according to reports reaching Coast Guard headquarters here. They had stamped the letters “O.K.” in the snow. There is adequate shelter near the damaged plane, and no short- age of supplies, the reports stated. A ski-equigped plane from Yakutat, will attempt to land on Rock Lsiand when weather permits. The scene of the mishap is about 50 miles south- east of Yakutat. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA EIGHT NEW MEMBERS FOR MOOSE; HONOR PIN T0 J. MAURSTAD At the regular Friday evening meeting of the Moose, the follow- ing were welcomed, by initiation to the Loyal Order of Moose: Edwin L. Stewart, V. O. Goodrich, John S. Tanner, Dick McDonnell, Glenn L. Byington, Paul Ecklund, Lahja Puuistin, William B. Clark. John Maurstad was awarded a 100 membership pin which is to said to be “a rare medal of honor in Alaska.” Lodge No. 700, in Juneau, i honored to have Maurstad for his great work which merited him the pin. All members of the lodge were asked to be present at the meeting March 24, for the final announce- | ment of officers to be nominated for the ensuing year, beginning in May. March 24 is also the date set for the degree team, and all members to make a boat trip to Petersburg. They will assist in initiation of Petersburg lodge at that time. All members attending enjoyed a fine get-to-gether during the meet- |ing, and welcomed in those initi- ated. ALASKA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS MEETS TUESDAY Annual meeting of the Alaska I Council of the Boy Scouts wiil be‘ held tomorrow evening at 7:45 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, ac- cording to George A. Parks, Coun- cil President, who will preside. Final action on the election of officers and adoption of the 1950 budget will be considered by the group, following similar meetings held earlier this month in Fair- banks, Anchorage and Ketchikan. Nominated for 1950 officers are the following: George A. Parks, Presi- |dent; W. L. Lhamon of Fairbanks, Keith M. Lesh of Anchorage, Mil- ton J. Daly of Ketchikan, and Dr. James C. Ryan of Juneau for Vice Presidents; George E. Cleveland for Treasurer; and Charles G. Bur- dick for Council Commissioner. Thirty-six Alaska men are being proposed for membership on the executive board, governing body of the Alaska boy scout organization. Members of the Alaska Council who will cast their votes at tomor- | row night's meeting include: Henry C. Leege, the Rev. J. P. Porter, Neil Fritchman, Harry E. Lindegaard, Arne Shudshift, Leo J. Jewett, the Rev. W. A. Soboleff, Harold R. Brown, Harry D. Murray, Walter W. Smith, the Rev. R. R. Arm- strong, Chas. G. Burdick, Kennem[ S. Clem, Dr. J. O. Rude, C. G. Shattuck, M. J. Whittier, C. L. Wingerson, Dr. Clayton Polley, Vance M. Blackwell, G. E. Cleve- land, Geo. A. Parks, J. C. Ryan, F.| M. Tyvoll, the Rev. S. A. McPhetes, | and Henry Harmon. Parks extends a cordial invitation | to all men interested in cub scout- | ing, boy scouting, or sea scouting to ! attend the annual meeting and | participate in the discussions. | STUTTE ELECTED VFW'S | 1950 POST COMMANDER At a regular meeting of the Taku | 1ate yesterday after a 15-hour hunt | | mountain cabin during the cday, | Post of the Veterans of Foreign | Wars the annual election of Post| Officers was held with Bob Stutte being voted to the position of Post Commander for the year 1950. Other officers elected were: Frank | Shephemd, Senior Vice-commander; James J. Brunette, Junior Vic commander; Fred Dawley, Quarter- master; J. C. Dodd, Post Chaplain; | Daniel Mahoney, Judge Advocate; Vern Metcalf and Harold Fennel, | trustees. W. C. (Doctor) Jackson was again elected to the position of Post Surgeon. After the regular order of busi-| ness Vern Metcalf occupied the| Post, Commander’s Chair taking over from Harold Fennel in order to present a Past Post Commander’s pin to Hunt Gruening. The first meeting in April, Thurs- day, April 6, will be installation night for the new officers with J. T McLaughlin as installing officer. United Trollers of Alaska Regular Meeting Tuesday Night (March 21st) C. 1 0. Hall 7:30 NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR BOY SCOUTS, ALASKA As a result of four sectional meet- ings of the Alaska Council, Boy Scouts of America, 36 leading Alaska men have been chosen to serve on the Executive Board. Meetings were held this month at Fairbanks, An- chorage, Ketchikan, and Juneau, during which the 131 voting mem- bers of the Council acted upon re- commendations of the nominating committee for 1950. Executive Board members have responsibility for the entire scouting program for boys in Alaska; they authorize all expenditures and de- termine policies and over-all pro- gram for the Territory, administe ing affairs for the council in the in- terval between the annual meetings Council operating committees anc the scout executive make recom- mendations in their particula fields, and board members eithe approve or disapprove the sugges- tions, President George A. Parks heads up the Executive Board, assisted by the four vice-presidents who each reside in one of the prin- cipal cities of the Territory. Executive Board members elected are: Robert Atwood, C. C. Caldwell, Donald Goodman, William A. King, Keith ‘M. Lesh, Z. J. Loussac, E. E. | Rasmuson, all of Anchorage. Brig. Gen. D. R. Hutchinson and Capt. Samuel Sloan of Fort Rlch- ardson. | Rev. R. R. Armstrong, Charles G.| Burdick, K. 8. Clem, G. E. C""Vl‘" land, George A. Parks, Dr. J O. Rude, Dr. James C. Ryan, Cum.\: G. Shattuck and M. J. Whittier of | Juneau | Dr. D. L. Cramer, Milton J. Daly, Peter DeBoer, F. M. Murkowski, and Dr. A. N. Wilson of Ketchikan. Fred Geeslin of Mt. Edgecumbe; | Paul Greimann, Philip A. Johnson, A. E. Lathrop, W. L. Lhamon. Al| Polet, and Douglas Preston of Fair- | banks; Olaf Hansen, Wrangell; H.| F. Harper, Nome;. Hollis Henricks, Cordova; Walter E. Preston,| Palmer; Knox Marshall, Petersburg; and Elwyn Swetmann, Seward. SAWMILL WORKER | KILLS POLICE CHIEF, JAILED AFTER HUNT OAKRIDGE, Ore.,, March 20—M —A sawmill worker was jailed last night in the gun slaying of the police chief of this Cascade moun- tain lumbering town. Lane County Sheriff Thcmas | Swartz said James Lloyd Themp- son, 27, had struggled with police chief Clyde Dubell, 43, at the younger man’s home following a weekend party. In the scuffle, Dubell lost his revolver and died of two .38 caliber bullets fired at muzzle range into his stomach. The sheriff said Dubell had been called by Herbert Looney, at whose | | home the party was held, because | Thompson had fired .22 caliber rifle | shots at Looney and Thompson's young wife, Thompson is held in the county jail in Eugene on an open charge. ! ‘The sawmill worker was captured by armed possemen. He hid in a| shaved off a three-months growth | of beard and police said presumably was hoping to elude their dragnet. i He walked into a patrol of sc\eml[ officers and did not resist arrest. ATTENTION MASONS Called Communication of Mt. Ju neau Lodge No. 147 Monday ev ning with Labor in E. A. Degree. J. W. Lelvers, Secty.' -l at the Federal building, | is the mother of Peter A. Hansen of {gomery will be in charge of the HERBERT ELECTED PRESIDENT OF AMA Charles F. Herbert, associated with the mining industry in Alaska for many years, has been elected President of the Alaska Miners' Association. Herbert, a graduate of | the University of Alaska in mining engineering, is a partner in the Wade Creek Dredging Company and Yukon Placer Mining Company. In 1941, Herbert, a Democrat, served in the Territorial Legisla- ture from the Fourth Division. Vice-presidents selected by the mining group are R. E, Wyer of the Cleary Hill Mines; Fred K. Dent of Council Dredging Co. Nome; John Miscovich of the prominent Fairbanks, Poorman and Ruby | Miscovichs; Harold Strandbers; of Strandberg and Sons; and J. A Willigms of the Alaska-Juneau Gold | Mining Co. Making up the new Executive ommittee are Charles J. Johnston | f the Goodnews Bay Mining Conx- sany; Ernest N. Patty of Alluvial Golds; and James K. Crowdy, New York-Alaska Gold Dredging Com- | pany, whom Herbert succeeded as president. Al Anderson of the Goodnews Bay Mining Co., was renamed as Executive Secretary of the organi- zation. MRS. SEVENDSEN 1S TO LEAVE SOON FOR NORWAY | Mrs. Willa Sevcnd.snn, employee is leaving Juneau April 2 for a two months visit to her former home in Norway. Enroute Mrs. Sevendsen will stop in Chicago to visit relatives whom she has not seen since 1912, On April 18 she sails from New York for Oslo and Holden where she will visit a sisier, brother and niece, remaining there until June 14. Her return trip to the states will be made aboard the steamship Oslo Fjord, a new liner on the Norwegian run. Mrs. Sevendsen, who went to Pet- ersburg in 1927, moved to Juneau in 1942 and has lived here since. She the Employment Security Commis- sion of Alaska. GOING TO WESTWARD Peter A. Hansen, principal audi- tor for the Employment Security Commission, and E. N. Herbstreith, new field auditor for the same agency, left today for Anchorage | where Mr. Hansen will introduce the new auditor to his new duties. Hansen will then go to Kodiak and Fairbanks on busines of his agency, returning to Juneau about the middle of April. COUPLE CLUB TO MEET TOMORROW The Couple Club will meet in the | Northern Light Presbyterian Church | parlors Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. for their covered dish dinner meeting. Mr. and Mrs, Gordon K. Chappell and Dr. and Mrs. John M. Mont- menu and Mr. and Mrs. Dean K. Willlams will conduct the program. Martha Society Rummage Sale | Thursday 23rd. 10:30 a.m. Northern Light Presbyterian Church base- | | ment.—adv. 56-3t PAINTING AND DECORATING Priced to Meet Your Budget PHONE 996 Ralph Treffers Bundle up EVERYTHIMG that needs Laundering or Dry Cleaning and....LET US HELP! Alaska 20TH CENTURY HAS "CANADIAN PACIFIC' One of the ;'uu\u'\l and most stir- ring feats of modern times—the forging Qf a railroad over the rug- ged mountains and treacherous val- leys of Canada’s Rocky Mountains and against the bitter opposition ot hostile frontiersmen, serves as the background for one of the most thrilling motion pictures of the year. The picture, “Canadian Pacitie,” starring Randolph Scott and photo- graphed in stunning color by Cine- color, is currently being shown at the 20th Century Theatre. One of man’s battle against the forces of nature and against other men wvho for their own selfish reasons bitterly fought against progre Producer Nat Holt and Director Edwin L | Marin have brought a human drama of forceful impact and excitement. 'TWENTY BUSES SHIPPED, ALASKA TACOMA, March '.!OAA’M Twenty | busses formerly running on Ta- coma streets by the Tacoma Transit Company were today loaded aboard the S. £ John Cropper here Sat- urday for shipment to Alaska. The big busses will be used in various Alaskan communities. HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Harriet Hayden, Mrs. Harold Sewill, Walstein ©mith, James L. Umscherd, and Mrs. Josephine Bon- kowski were admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital. Mrs. Willilam Weiner, Ginger Wil- son, Mrs. William Fortney, Mrs Sam Hanlon and her infant daugh- ter, Mrs. Earl Ritter and her in- fant son, and Mrs. Ingvald Var- ness and her infant son were dis- missed. IMPORTANT Joint meeting of the Deep Sea Fishermans Unlon. Juneau Vessel Owners Assm. 8 p.m. March 21, Tues. Evening.—adv. 56-1t You don't have to wnd out for bulbs. Juneau Young Hardware now has a large new selecilon oi bulbs on display at less than Seattle prices—adv. 56-tf Open 11 a. m. to 3 a. m. é THE MIRROR CAFE Chinese Food Steaks—Chicken § % é -~ PAGE THRER TIOMENTURY ENDS TONIGHT Shows at 7:20 and 9:30 mJANE WYA]T J. Carroll Nansh Victor Jory and introducing Nancy Olson Produced by NAT HOLT * Directed by EDWIN L. 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