The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 22, 1950, Page 7

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1950 AIR FORCE PLANS 10 Fire, Earthquake | TRAIN OVER ICE (AP;; Plane Crash in | NONCRTHPOLECAPER Last !i!hl’s News; ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 221 (By Associated Press) —{®M—The Air Force aunounrm: There was a sizeable fire, a plans today for spring training, slight earthquake and a fatal plane missions in the north polar ice crash in West Coast states last cap region—but it appears the| night. | The fire was at Corvallis, Oregon. | north pole will ke ignored. | No landings at the north pole|It caused damage estimated at | 000 dollars to a dress shop, a are contemplated, the Alaska Air Command said. shop and a+hardware store. It's 10th Rescue Squadron will| thquake was at Riverslde, begin training missions sometime California. City residents flooded | this month and will continue|: newspaper telephone switchboard | through May, weather permitting. |reporting it. But the concensus was Training flights will be made in|that the tremblor was not severe. the immediate vicinity of Barter d apparently it did no damage. Island, which lies along Alaska’s| blane crash on takeoff at northern Arctic coastline. Tempor- | 3al alifornia, airport cost the ary base operations will be es- i of two men. The victims were tablished there. | Timothy ~ House of Watsonville,“ The 10th Rescue Squadron per- | California, the pilot, and Edward sonnel will be under the direction | James Quist of Salinas. The plane of Col Bernt Balchen, famed Arc-|had gained about' 300 feet altitude tic explorer. | when the engine cut out. The training flights aiso will| . i mags: - carry scientists and others inter- ested in a reconnaissance of the ice cap area for scientific research Shanghai Airfield Bombed by Nafs| . scocmict prew e New York City scientists may try (By Associated Press) {their luck at articifial rainmaking Shanghai’s Lunghwa Air Field|on Thursday, provided they can was under attack yesterday by find the right kind of clouds to Chinese Nationalist planes. The Na- | fill with dry ice. But New York tionalists’ Air Arm claimed it rak-|City had enough rain yesterday, ed shipping along a wide swath of | nearly an inch, to cause hundreds coastline. of people to wonder if the experi- Hong Kong dispatches said Com- | ment had started. munist Gen. Lin Piao has moved his best troops, the “steel corps” of 5,000 elite to Luichow Peninsula | on the South China Coast for the| invasion of Hainan, second largest island territory controlled by Na- tionalists. Rain Drenches | . New York City; No_E_xperimenI, You don’t have to send out mr“ bulbs. Juneau Yéung Hardware now has a large new selecffon of bulbs on display at less than Seattle prices—adv. 56-tf GENERAL CONTRACTORS Glacier Construction Co. New Building — Remodeling — Cabinet Work Plastering — Concrete Pouring Sand and Gravel Hauling PHONE 357 EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and Franklip PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS = Juneau U, ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU T0 KETCHIKAN via Petershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 4 BOAT TANKS - Stabilizers Mufflers Trolling Pole Brackets | Anchor Rollers Burrows Welding Phone 289 SAlL ard € via SAVE 4 REDUCED WINTER FARES AND LOW AUTO BAGGAGE RATES SOUTHBOUND S.S. Baranof .. March 26 Wrangell Seattle NORTHBOUND ' S.S. Denali ... March 28 Sitka Seward S.S. Baranof ......April 4 Vadlez Seward P FREIGHTER SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE SQUARE KNOT — March 24 H. E. GREEN, Agent—Juneau—Phones 2 and 4 ALASKAGRAM NO. 69 CLUE: The natives here cooperate with each other, but few wear silk haberdashery. 0Ok, silk hats = U Name s b = P. 0. Box oWt o o Dl SAVE THIS PUZZLE AND SUBMIT IT WITH THE WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 67 TO 72 £ Hiring Hall Inquiry | Lundenberg. | Bruce Chappell, 44, North Bend, RADIO LOG RINY Alaska Broaacasting Co. C.B. 8. DIAL 1460—JUNEAU WEDNESDAY EVENING 6.00—News. 6:15—Music. 6:20—Sports Scene. 6:30—Billboard of Air, 6:45—Local News. 7:00—Here's to Vets. 7:15—Name Your Neighbor. 7:30—ARTHUR GODFREY-CBS. |’ 8:00—Forecasts. 8:05—Music for Listening. 8:30—PEOPLE'S PLATFORM- CBS 9:00—Alaska News. 9:15—Cote Glee Club. 9:30—JEFF R 10:00—News. 10:15—~MINDY CARSON-NBC. 10:30—Forecasts. 10:35—Sign Off. THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNCON Sign on. 7:00—Dunking with Druxman. 7:05—Local Weather. 7:30—News Summary. 8:00—Morning Thought. 8:15—News Headlines, 8:25—Weather report. 8:30—Songs from the Shows. 8:45—Lenny Herman Orchestra. 9 Music for the Missus. 9:30—Weather report. 9:35—Favorite Hymns, 9:45—Airlane Trio. 10:00—News. 10:05—Milady’s Memo. 10:30—Morning Musicale. 11:00—STEVE ALLEN SHOW- CBS. 11:30—Listeners’ Digest. 11:45—Harmony Time. 11:55—Forecast. 12:00—Salon Serenade. 12:15—News. 12:30—HOMETOWNERS-NBC. 1:00—~GARY MOORE SHOW- CBS. 1:45—Four Knights. 2:00—Symphony. 3:00—CONFIDENTIAL CLOSE- UPS-NBC. 3:15—Bing Sings. 3:30—Parade of Hits. 4:30—ETERNAL LIGHT-NBC. 5:00—Jim Lawson-ABC. 5:15—Prov. League Women Vot- ers. 5:30—Viking Varieties. All programs subject to ckange iue to conditions beyond our con- trol. Brings Out Big Point| (By Associated Press) The Senate subcommittee study- ing the hiring hall question heard several witnesses today. Among| them was the President of the Sea- farers International Union, Harry In defending the hiring hall sys- | tem, Lundenberg pointed out that | employers still have the right to fire undesirable employees. And he brought down the house when he like get Congressmen and | drung once in a| CHRYSLER STRIKE NEARS SETTLEMENT (By Associated BEress) The Chrysler strike is reported slightly nearer a settlement today. | The walkout is in its ninth week. | Last night there was a negotia- | tion session in which both sides? gave a little ground on the pension dispute and other matters. | There are 80,000 strikers. And about 50,000 other workers hav| been laid off in other industries as a result of the strike against| Chrysler. PATRICIA BAXTER BUYS | BARANOF CIGAR STAND Sale of the Baranof Hotel Cigar | Stand has been completed, Mrs. Patricia Baxter purchasing the well-known shop’ from Dick Wells. She is assisted by Miss Alta Bailey. Since coming here August 12, “pat” Baxter has managed the Baranof Gift Shop, now under the management of Mrs. Kay Nelson. Previously, Pat was with the Al- aska Steamship Company for a number of years. George B. Chappell, Seattle, Dies in Sitka, SEATTLE, March 22—®—George Wash., millwright died at Bika, Alaska, last Thursday, friends learned today. He had been a superintenden® of mechanics for the government at Adak and Kodiak, Alaska, and was a member of the Moose Lodge at North Bend. He was born in Thurs- ton, N.Y. Surviving are his widow, Ida; two sons and two daughters, all of Seattle. Funeral services will be held here Saturday, IT'S SO GOOD TO GET HOME -~ THAT OFFICE IS SUCH A MADHOUSE ALL DAY LONG THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA y A MOUSE JUST RAN ACROSS IT'S BLONDIE SCREAMING! PAGE SEVEN -0 (o X\ . BACK WHAT == SAID I SAIC ABOUT THEj OFFICE 7 POP, I'D TAKE OVER LAST MONTH'S RENT OF THE DINER, 860, PAY THE OWNER'S DEBTS OF $120, AND GIWVE HM 9180 CASH. e TRICK QUESTIONS ? EH? TRVING TO MAKE ME CONFESS, EH N THAT THERE MT, VERNON WAS SHORE ELAGUNT AN’ INSPIRIN' JES T' THINK HE LIVED THERE... GOSH...GLAD I SEEN IT, SHORE WAS WORTH SWIMMIN' OVER AN’ BACK. GOOD 1 EXERCISE T0O. “COICKEN-THIEE" SMIF-- DO YE DENY YE SNEAKED (N MY HENHOUSE AN’ STOLE THREE O’ MY PRIZE PULLETS ? LJUST TAILED THE BUT IF THE ) PRESENT OWNER COULDN'T MAKE IT GO, HOW V purce eAYS REDNECK $310 15 A ) ANTACON|ZES EVERYBOPY. LoT ofF & HE'S LAZY, BESIPES. / MONEY. BUT 3 B THAT'S ONLY A START. YOU'D NEED MORE. | WHY wOuLD 17 THERE'S YOUR FIRST MONTH'S RENT, PROVISIONS —AS YOU HAVEN'T ANY CREPIT—AND NUMEROUS UNSEEN EXPENSES: T JUST A BECGINNING. THAT PUTS ME IN BUSINESS, I'LL SHOOT THIS PLACE TO KINGDOM COME! AND YOU WITH IT, WHAT WAS ALL THEM CROWDS 7 SEEN TRAFFIC LIKE THAT. HELD ME UP A GOOD 1 =1 HOURS LATER. HUMPHREY § BURNED UP THE ROADS. HE STOPPED AT BALTIMORE FOR REFUELING HIS STOMACH , NOW WE FIND Him APPROACHING PHILADELPHIA, R, I'M PLUMB GUILTY, JEDGE!! I STOLE YORE CHICKENS, FER SHORE-- AN' T MUS' SAY~--THEY WUZ TH' TASTIEST CRITTERS DOWN BY THE WATER FRONT. GOONS WHO PUT THE H{ ARM ON POP. p \ = THAT WASN'T A BAD - LOOKING HAT MAGGIE BOLIGHT -BUT THE PRICE WAS TOO HIGH - I LALIGHED SO MUCH AT IT IM HOPING SHE'LL- SEND IT BACK- AT FIRST I LIKED THIS HAT- BUT MAYBE JGGS SHORE NEVER ), THE REGATTA . IT'S ON THE SCHUYLKILL . PENN VS, YALE. ¥ A ) ) I NOW WHO'S AT THi DOOR-T WONDE! & GUESS I'LL TAKE A [IL %" GUESS I'lL 4 OLE EXERCISE. I'LL TRY @ TRY GREASIN' FER TIME. WHERE'S UP LIKE THEM THAT CLOCK? OH, CHANNEL ELLERS DO. DURN YORE HIDE!! say ve HAIN'T GUILTY! I_DONE GOT MY CROSS-EXAMININ' MEMORIZED THAT-A-WAY LOOKY ! WE GOT HIM aLL FLUSTERED Now PUT _THEM IN |OO-POUND NAIL { Wimpy — THERE'S TENY A PACKAGE FOR MRS, JIGES -AND I'M TO PICK UP A HAT SHE'S RETURNING - THIS NEW HAT 1S 425,00 EXTRA-