The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 11, 1950, Page 2

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Abolish Juries Urging the immediate abolition | of the jury system and Jury-dewn-! tion in sanity hearings, the com-} mittee said: H ““The stigma of being charged with i | 2 crime, the public docket filed with \i the court and the publicity of hav- ing ‘o appear before a panel of six! neighbors are humiliating in the ex-} | treme and are certainly not re-i { commended treatment for a person! who muight be mentally ill.” Dr. Winfred Overholser, superin- Washington, D.C., headed the com- mittee on a three-week tour of Alaskan hospitals. l The other committee members } were Dr. Dale C. Cameron of the National Institute of Mental Health, ! Territorial Health Commissioner C. | Earl Albrecht, Dr. James Googe, l | I L ) § Denise Darcel, French movie actress, and Peter Crosby, wealthy Texas cil man, will be married soon. They are shown above at the . [ Stork Club in New York. Miss Darcel, a French underground worker | Dealers Atiention!!! during the war was the only woman in the movie “Battleground.” 4 i | SEND FOR OUR According to reperts they will tour when they return they will divide York and Texas. P Wirephoto. B, d%. Bzgzgrmli 80, 5 QUALITY SINCE /887 i Europe after their marriage, and their time in Washington, New . CATALOG ae (hinaIGWfivDemoiAiii n — ABOLISH JURY — [SANITY CASES, SAYS INTERIOR Practice Ouimoded, Says| Com. - "' Jail No Place for Mentally II” By VERN HAUGLAND WASHINGTON, April 11. — (B — g ought to abo its “archaic ystem” of sanity hearings, an Interior Department advisory com- mittee recommended today. The committe pointed out that only two states now require jury trial for the commitment of an in- sane person. The committee also deplored the of detaining per- ty observation in 5. In a report to Interior Secretary Chapman it said: 7 inspected the used for this pur- pose in Alaska and was astounded to discover that sick persons, espec- ly those who are charges of the vernment, are, in this age, placed quarters as unsafe (not fire- proofed), unsanitary and generally demoralizing as the present building maintained as a federal jail in An- General view cf a portion of the area beinz cleared in San Francisco’s Chinatown for construction of a two and a half million doliar development to house 234 families, under supervision of the San Francisco Housing Authori acter, in keeping with tr: of its location. This view is looking towards Grant Avenue, main thor- oughfare threugh Chinatown. In background is a portion of the San Franciscc-Oakland Bay bridge. ( Wirephoto. itions Says Calvert “Rings Bell” ' Officers @?flaska Fishermen's Unien Reported Reelecied SEATTLE, April | Anderson h L reelected Seattle Secretary-Treasurer of the Alaska Fishermen's Union. He defeated Hans Hansen by msi £ votes. Also reelected was Ralph'?ggjfi;efidi‘ggcefi‘l E. Olsen, Assistant Secretary. { gwitched to Calvcrt: Other offic along the coast; the bell,” he sayz. “Sr also were reclected, including E.| ever tasted.” M. Berg, Bel ham; Hans Ost- = 2 ' LVERT RESERVE Blended Wh rant, Portland, and Abe !flh'e,l_c_‘édvsprwf_;r/ San Francisco. Calvert Distille: NOW — NEW —LOW — FARES -~ JUNEAU Yakutat $30.00° Cordova$ 5350 Homer $87.000 Kodiak $105.00 10% Reduction on Round Trip ! *Plus Tax | Daily Scheduled Flights Anchorage — Cordova — Kodiak Homer — Yakulat Connections at Anchorage for all Interior and Westward Points 11—P—=Oscar s Corp., New York City SHEET MUS?C COLLECTOR — c. 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Adequate schools for your children; better parks and play- grounds and hospitals; a better distribution of utilities like tele- phones, gas, electric power and water . . . all are dependent upon Census reports. Leaders in industry, business, labor and civie groups use Census facts in planning programs. The Census affects housing, safety regulations, road building, and countless other activities vital to your well-being. Last but not least, the number of Representatives your state is entitled to send to Congress is determined by the Census. Remember—all individual information you give the Census-Taker _ ds confidential. No other government agency has access to it. WHAT TO DO WHEN THE CENSUS-TAKER COMES Ask him to show his official card. This identifies him a8 an employee of the Census Bureau. Be friendly. Invite him in. He will stay only a few min- utes. In non-English-speaking homes, have an adult or older child ready to translate. Answer all questions accurately and honestly. Remember —the information you give is strictly confidential. Under law, it is not available to any individual or any other Government agency. Lfke other American business firms, we believe that business has a respensibility to contribute to the public welfare. This advertisement is therefore spensored by ! is Providence hospital at Anchom.ge.} then medical director of the Alaska Native Service, and M. W. Goding, assistant chief of Interior’s Alaska branch. TWO-GUN MONTANA {HOLDUP MEN TAKE $15,200 FROM BANK VALIER, Mont., Aprjil 11—®— Two young men armed with four guns robbed the Farmers and Stock- men’s Bank of at least $15,200 here today, President Nels Swanson re- ported. Swanson said the masked men fol- lowed him inside when he opened the bank at 8:20 am, locked the TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1950 stickup,” and told him to open the safe, Swanson added: “I thought at first it was a joke. . . . But they had a gun in each hand and soon convinced me they weren’t fooling.” GUEST FROM ANCHORAGE Miss Mary Taylor of Anchorage is spending several days in Juneau as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dimond. Registered from Bethel, Alaska, George A. Morlander is a guest at the Baranof. Drugs valued at underworld prices at between $150,000 and $200,000 were seized with the ar- rest of two civilians and a soldier at Fort Richardson, near Anchor- tendent of St. Elizabeth’s hospital, | front door, announced, “This is a;age. Clea o The Triangle What will you wear fomorrow? Don't Delay “for better appearance” ners THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE