The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 28, 1950, Page 6

PAGE SIX MAYOR 10 BOOST JUNEAU AS SITE FOR METHODIST COLLEGE be represented by Mayor Waino Hendrickson when the Methodist Board of Missions meets in Columbus, O., April 17 decide upon a site for the proposed Methodist college for Alaska. The decision to send Mayor Hen- drickson to the Ohio meeting was made at the special Couneil session held night in the City Hall It followed serious discussion by the council during which it weighed the estimated cost of the trip (about $400) against the advantages to be gained by ‘the city if Juneau picked as the site. Representatives of several Alaska cities are expected to be on hand to argue in favor of establishment of the college within their boundaries. Mayor Hendrickson will be joined at the meeting by H. L. Faulkner, prominent Juneau attorney, wh> will represent the local Chamber ot Commerce. The Methodist Board of Missions has promised that the site for the school will definitely be decided upon at the meeting. For Fire Hall At the council session last night, Ma Hendrickson suggested that the council consider whether or not plans for a new municipal building skould include a fire hall. “Sooner-or later our fire-fighting equipment will have to include a ladder truck,” he said. “It would be a tough proposition to squeeze 2 large fire hall into a new municipal building He suggested that it might be possible to obtain land as a site for a new fire hall on Army Dock property. Action concerning either a new municipal building or a new fire hall cannot be taken until city vot- ers decide whether or not the city shall grant the Arctic Brotherhood Hall property and sell the City Ha!l property to the Territory. The de- cision will be made April 20 at a special election. A new municipal building, if constructed, would take advantage of Federal funds provided through the Public Works Bill for Alaska. Public Works Plan A letter to Mayor Hendrickson from Delegate E. L. Bartlett asked information regarding Juneau's pro- jects planned for construction under the Public Works bill, the method the city plans to employ to raise the money to repay half of the Federal funds granted, and justification of the projects. Delegate Bartlett stated that he needed the information to use as ammunition before the Senate Ap- propriations Committee next week, at which time he will urge restora- tion of the money sought by the budget. The House Committee on Appro- priations slashed the $25 million cash and contract authority budget requests to $9 million in cash, $4 million of which was to pay for liquidation of last year’s contract authority in that amount. Delegate Bartlett wrote that he will also urge deletion of the re- quirement which would make ne- cessary certification by the Secre- tary of Defense that each project approved under the program was needed in the interest of national defense. Bartlett stated that his appear- ance before the Senate committe2 will also be to convince members “that when the $70 million public works program was authorized last year by Congress it was clearly re- cognized that there was a- great need, other than national defense, for modernization of community fa- cilities throughout Alaska . ..” Future Plans Mayor Hendrickson was autho- rized to send Delegate Bartlett the information he requested. Projects planned by the city for the near future under the Public Works grants are sewer extensions and repairs (830,000 was approved for this project yesterday by the General Services Administration), street and sidewalk paving, a muni- cipal building, and a library build- Matching funds for sewer and paving work is on hand it the city treasury, Mayor Hendrickson said. ‘The library fund is now only sev- eral thousand dollars short of the SWITCHER MAKES HEAD LINE Juneau will NEW YORK, N. Y.—Henry Einhorn is vice-president of a men’s cap busi- ness, but that’s not the big news. “I've just switched to Calvert,” he [ and I'm mighty glad I did. rt’s mild, mellow taste ought to make the front page every day. As a cap man, I say it’s tops.” CALVERT RESERVE Blended Whiskey —86.8 Proof—65% Grain Neutral Spirits. Calvert Distillers Corp., New York City —_— . | 50 percent of the cost of the build- ing required under the program. The city’s share of the cost of build- ing a new city hall will be met by a bond issue, already - approved. Although a petition was presented to the council objecting to a section {in the new traffic code, the council decided that no action would be taken until an open meeting is alled at which interested citizens n hear the new ordinance in its entirety and raise objections to any ection which seems unreasonable to them. No date was set for the open meeting. REPUBLICANS GATHER HERE FOR CAUCUS (Continued from Page One) sions will continue on Thursday. Speakers scheduled for Thursday include Senator John Butrovich of { the Fourth Division, Mrs. Doris M. Barnes of Wrangell, First Division Representative; and R. E. Robert- | son, of Juneau. The caucus will end Thursday evening with a Republican banquet in the Baranof Gold Room. Toast- master for the banquet will be Howard E. Simmons of Juneau. Re- publican candidates for Territorial offices will be introduced during the evening. Delegates Here Delegates now in Juneau or ex- pected here today and tomorrow morning: Seward—Mrs. Helen Brosius, trea- surer of the Republican party of Alaska. Nome—Senator Charles D. Jones, candidate for reelection. Fairbanks—Senator Andrew Ner- land; Senator John Butrovich; Joe Coble, former Representative and now candidate for the Senate; Maurice Johnson, former Represen- tative and now Mayor of Fairbanks; Mrs. Silvia Ringstad; Mike Stepo- vich, Fairbanks city attorney and candidate - for ‘the House; Julian Hurley, former State Senator 'in Oregon and former District Attor- ney in the Fourth Division; Charles West, owner of ‘the Arctic Alaska Travel Service and candidate rtor the House; R. J. McKanna, former Alaska Steamship Company agent in Juneau and Fairbanks: Representa- tive George Miscovich of the Fourth Division was expected to arrive tfrom Seattle this afternoon. Cordova—Dr. Will Chase. Petersburg — Mayor Ed Locken, candidate for the House. Sitka—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rands and R. N. DeArmond. Wrangell — Representative Doris M. Barnes, L. Engstrom, Peter Mc- Cormick and perhaps others. Ketchikan—Sid D. Charles, pub- lisher of the Ketchikan Daily News; Perry Hilleary and others. Anchorage — John E. Mander: During the caucus, a Republican National Committeeman will be elected and a party platform adop- ted. 1210 SOUTH VIA PAN AM; 7 ARRIVE Seven persons arrived from Se- attle yesterday by Pan American World Airways, passengers on the southbound trip. The flight from Fairbanks took on the air of a Republican special, as a large delegation arrived yes- terday from the Interior. Arriving from Seattle were Robert Bird, Dean Bolden, H. V. Davis, E. F. Haugen, Nolan Hibbard, J. Son- dersland and Max Jacobsen. Southbound, Kent Tillinghast went to Annette Island, and these persons to Seattle: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aste and Children, Jeff and Russell; Mrs, George Bond, Daisy Conwright, with Jack and Backy; J. D. Gucker, J. Loftus and N. R. Axtell. STORY BOOiX T OLLS A new shipment of famdus Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls has just.ar- rived at “Alaska’s Finest Hardware and Furniture Store. 60-tf. which carried 12} 'NEW ROTARIANS TELL ALL TODAY AT CLUB MEETING Time was called today before all the speakers could be heard in the Baranof Gold Room, at a meeting of the Juneau Rotary Club which | again proved that member-pro- | grams can be as interesting as any. Milt Daniel, chairman for the day, introduced Hurff Saunders as “m.c.’ of the group represented—the most recent membership “class” to- join the club. Each gave a short auto-| biography, and Rotarians immedi- ately felt better acquainted for knowing the new members’ back-| grounds Dr. I. J. Mohtgomery, Alaska Merit System supervisor, said he| has ideal qualifications for a seat in Congress, as he was born in a sod house in Kansas, walked bare- | foot to school, worked in a print} shop through high school and added, waiting tables to get tifrough the University of Nebraska. He out+| lined his 15 years as a public school administrator, 18 years’ work for | his doctorate and other details ot his career. Also from Nebraska, Lloyd Coe described his early years and his teaching experience in a small town, later graduate work at Columbia University and the University of Nebraska in health education and medicine; his Navy service and other experience before coming to Alaska in 1948. He is director of health aducation for the Alaska Department of Health. With members of the Veterans' Board which hired him among his listeners, Floyd Guertin, Territorial | Commisioner of Veterans' Affairs, gave a witty and entertaining talk, | saying he was born on an Indian reservation, educated at Chewelah, Wash,, Spokane and the University of Washington and ‘“stopped traf- fic in Chicago” the first time he went east of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. His war service was colorful, cli- maxed by duty as assistant adjutant general in the China-Burma-India theater, where he met his wife, a Red Cross worker with Merrill's Marauders. | “We came here on our honey- moon' fo have a nice boat trip.’ Guertin said, “and we're still here.” Hurff Saunders called himself a| clam digger from Bellingham, al-| though' much of his education and career was in South Dakota, where he was graduated from the Uni- versity of South Dakota and workecd for 17 years for Standard Oil, mostly as superintendent of construction equipment. After taking his civil service examinations in 1940, Saunders re- ported to the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska in 1941, and has been with that service as civil engineer since then. He is a member of the Ameri- can Society of Civil Engineers. Franz Naghel and John Durney will have more time to prepare their talks, as time was up. The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman asked members to show up in the Grade School gymnasium Thursday and Friday by 7 p.m. to supervise two hours’ play in the basketball] tourney put on by the Rotary Cub Scout committee. Reporting on the project, Dr. C. Earl Albrecht asked each Rotarian to turn talent scout for the Rotary- sponsored Variety Show to be given May 9 or 11 in the 20th Century Theatre. Juneau Singers will give six or eight numbers, and the rest of the program is being arranged by Dr. Albrecht and Monte Grisham, al: though talent will not be limited to Rotarians. As previously specified, proceeds will be divided *“50-50" be tween the community piano fund and the club’s pledge to the Juneau Memorial Library fund. Keith G. Wildes, Rotarian co- chairman for the March 24 basket- ball fracas, gave a final report on that profitable benefit, and men- tioned a number of persons and firms contributing to its success. Visiting Rotarians included Ed Locken of Petersburg; R. Brousseau, Nome; and Salvation Army Lt. Commissioner Claude E. Bates, San Francisco. Other guests were Ray James. of Seward; Bob Ellis of Ketchikan; John Hellenthal, Anchorage; Wal- | | | Chrysler gas, Gray diesels our specialty | VAN'S MARINE REPAIR | Morris Building Box 193 — Juneau Announcing A marine engine service shop that will REPAIR or REBUILD your gas or diesel engine and do it right. and General Motors 1002 West 10th THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA lace Cathcart, Jr., Fairbanks; and Salvation Army Lt. Col. ‘Alfred J: Gilliard, San Francisco. DOUGLAS NEWS EAGLES APRIL The Douglas Eagles are giving an April Fool's Day dance, evening of Saturday, April 1, tn their Douglas Hall. Charles Werner's four-piece or- chestra has been engaged for the evening’s dance. The dance is pub- lic. 1 DANCE CUB SCOUT COMMITTEE The committee of the Douglas Cub Scout Troop 310 will meet Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Den Mother, Mrs. H. D. Gray. BABY BOY, RUSSO'S A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Guy A. Russo, this morn- ing at St. Ann's Hospital at Ju- neau. The mother entered the hos- pital last night at midnight, ‘with the new son arriving at 5:10 o’clock, tipping the scales at 8 pounds and 5 ounces. No name was chosen tor the boy who at home will join a brother Larry two and a half years old. The father is a B. O. M. employee and President of the Douglas Eag- les. Maternal grandparents are Mayor and Mrs. Mike Pusich. SPECIAL MEETING President Robert Anderson of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department announced a special meeting for to- morrow evening in the City Hall and wants all members present. Final plans for the spring dance will be arranged along with other important business. There will even be refreshments, he said. RED CROSS FUND AT 55% OF GOAL: WILL CONTINUE The Red Cross drive in Juneau will continue into next week, as the funds collected so far have fallen considerably short of the goal of $5963 set for this area. The drive will be over nationally as the month ends, but here it will continue possibly through April 7 or 8, according to B. D. Stewart, chairman of ghis year’s drive. Collected so far through contri- butions is $3,250, with a few extra dollars added that have not been totalled, he said. This is 55 percent of the goal. He considers the sum a ‘“very good” showing, although short, be- cause of other drives and activi- ties in the area which have taken the interest of citizens at the same time the Red Cross campaign began. CUB PACK MEETING IS SCHEDULED TOMORROW Cub Pack 309 will meet tomorrow evening at the Methodist Church basement at 7:30 p.m., according to' Henry Leege, committee chair- man. Cubs have been working on the photography theme this past month, and they will demonstrate { what they have been doing. Mrs. Sterling Sears is den mother for Den 1, with Mrs. Ed Chester occupying this position for Den 2. Henry Lennstrom will meet cubs and parents for the first time tomorrow evening, in his new cap- acity as Cubmaster. Juneau boys between the years of 8 and 11 who are not already cub scouls are Invited to attend the meeting 4 with their parents, Leege said. SON FOR RUSSOS Mr. and Mrs. Guy Russo of Douglas became the parents of a son early this morning at St. Ann’s Hospital. The child, born at 4:47 am. weighed eight pounds four ounces. SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S the ! in| | TWO LEADERS OF SALVATION ARMY ARE HERE TODAY| LT. COMMISSIONER CLAUDE B. BATES 1 high winds killed two men—one VIOLENT SPRING WEATHER SPREE | ¥ SIMMERS DOWN! (By the Associated Press) L4 Tl e weather’s violent spring spree, ! killing at least six persons and caus- | ing heavy property damage Mon- | day, simmered down slightly today. { Storms in the Midwest, the South, | and the Great Plains' dealt snov rain, sleet, hail floods, dust bliz-; zards, and gale strength winds inj various sections of the nation. ) In the wake of these Monday dis- ¢ turbances came colder temperatures, more winds, and in the'New York area a heavy fog, which tied up air and sea traffic. | In Maine, a southeast storm which ! killed two persons continued a sec- ond day. The victims were two boys | whose car plunged into an icy ) creek. The South listed one dead and 43 hurt in spring storms, and Ohio’s} pinned by a falling water tower and the other by a toppled tree. The Southern casualty was a women killed at New Iberia, La, when she' touched a fence charged by a 1’alle1\: power line. a snow slide near Salt Lake City. | S AT | DISTRESS NOT INDICATED IN CASE OF BOAT LOMELA | Coast Guard headquarters said | today that no distress is indicated in the case of the 65-foot fishing | vessel Lomela of Astoria, Ore, re-; ported overdue at Kodiak yester- |day. i This announcement came atter! word had been received here from Yakutat that the Lomela had ar- rived there from Iioonah March 18, remaining there until March| 20 when it left for Kodiak. | No active search had been started for the vessel. 5 LT. COLONEL A. J. GILLIARD The local Salvation Army is hon- | ored today with a visit of two out- standing leaders of the organiza- tion from their headquarters in San Francisco, California. Lt. Commis- sioner Claude E. Bates is the Ter- ritcrial commander and responsible for all Salvation Army activities in 11 western states, Hawaii, the Phil- ppine Islands and Alaska. Lt. Col- onel A. J. Gilliard is a well-known author in Salvation Army circle: and for 15 years edited the Interna- tional War Cry. He is now serving as personnel officer for the western territory of the Salvation Army. A dinner meeting for members of the Salvation Army advisory board members. and their wives will be held this evening in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. This event will be chaired by Mr. B. D. Stewart, vice-chairman of the board. Lt. Commissioner Bates and Lt. Col. Gilliard will be accompanied by Sr. Major Eric Newbould, divisional commander for Alaska, ‘on a visit to' Anchorage and Salvation Army centers in the interior the foliowing day. 19 ON 2 FLIGHTS OF PACIFIC NORTHERN Five persons arrived on yester- day’s Pacific Northern Airlines flight from the westward, and 14 were. carried on the outbound trip. Don Miller came in from Cordova and Don Lowery, Mr. and Mrs. John Hellenthal and baby, from Anchorage. Outbound, John Ellis went to Yakutat and these passengers to Anchorage: J. D. Argetsinger, C%0. W. Rogers, L. H. Doolittle, Frank | Driscoll, Jr.; John Giska, Aner Johnsen, James Holmes, Monte Hanley, S. C. Ibutuan, Carl Trent, Bill Rozanski, Walter Scott and A. M. Whitlatch, Den’t worry with 0ld Fashioned Blinds “Flexalum Perma-Clean” flexible aluminum blinds cost you no more than ordinary venetian blinds. They boast easy remov- able slats and Vinyl Plastic tape. U o Replace them with "Flexalum Perma-Clean” Walter D. Field, Decorator “Flexalum Perma-Clean” blinds are better 5 ways! STORY BOOK DOLLS A new shipment of famous Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls has just ar- rived at “Alaska’s Finest Hardware and Furniture Store. 60-tf. i eecccccssscecsseccscccee Fly with the leader— Go by Clipper* " SEATTLE ® Seattle is only a few hours away by big four-engine Clip- per. En route you enjoy good food, relaxing lounge seats, traditional Clipper service. Convenient daily service to Seattle . . . frequent Clipper flights to key cities de Alaska. For fares and reserva- tions, call Pan American at... BARANOF HOTEL Phone 106 WORLD'S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE ©00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 MAYORS MEET, HAVE POW WOW, SWAP TIES ‘Two mayors met last night. One ‘was' Ed Locken of Petersburg and the other was Z. J. Loussac of An- chorage. Neither had met before and neither would believe the other was a mayor. Cards were exchanged, then necktie swapping was proposed. One received a $20 tie, the other a memento, $2.10. ‘Who won? MANY SEATTLEITES HERE A number of Seattleites are among guests at the Baranof Ho- tel. Arriving this morning on the Denali were A. K. Eskestrand, J. Aardal, W. E. Diers and Norma and Alden MacDonald. Registering yesterday were Mrs. William D. Wamser, J. Rance Morris, H. V. Davis and R. P. Bird, AWVS MEETING The regular monthly meeting of the American Women's Volunteer !'sService will be held at 8 pm. to- morrow at the Governor's House. The nursery group will meet at 3 pm. FROM TENAKEE Tony Johnson of Tenakee is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1950 Lulu Fairbanks Accorded Honor by Six Seattle Clubs SEATTLE, March 28—®—Siz Seattle Business and Professional Women’s Clubs have named Miss Lulu Fairbanks as the year’s “Wo- man of Achievement” here. Miss Fairbanks is associate editor and circulation manager of the Alaska Weekly. She has long been a writer on Alaska subjects and an active leader in Sourdough affairs. NEITZERT HERE Glen H. Neitzert of Anchorage returned north on the Denali and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. TACOMAN HERE 3 E. F. Haugen of Tacoma, Wash.,, is registered at the Baranof Hotel. PAWLIK ARRIVES Brony Pawlik of Valdez arrived on the Denali today and is regis- tered at the Baranof Hotel. 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