The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 19, 1950, Page 5

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1950 ! AND HERE IS PROOF OF IT as we present A MIGHTY DRAMA ina Photographic Gem! The impassioned story of a man whose lust for riches blinded him to a love beyond .price! The Critics say: “Extraordinary . . . a story of primitive power, told with immaculate ihtegrity, through an eloquent camera.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES “Picture is almost worth the price of admission for photography alone.” —VARIETY (Daily) “A rare treat, a thrilling experience in motion pictures.” —CUE Unforgettably BEAUTIF Relentlessly POWERFUL! ~From Steinbeck’s most talked-about story. THIS SPARKLING - BACKSTAGE MUSICAL! [/ {/ Marityn Monroe - Rand Brooks® womriss. A COLUMBIA PICTURE i : Ladies of the Chorus—7:08- 9:40 .The Pearl] ————8:15-10:45 Doors Open 7:00 For Juneau's Future Vote YES! Ordinance 327 (2) Juneau Needs the New Territorial Building R THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ‘STEINBECK STORY VIVIDLY ENACTED, CAPITOL THEATRE Bringing disaster to an ignorant Mexican fisherman, and tragedy to his family, a pearl figures as the menace in John Steinbeck’s sweep- ing epical legend, “The Pearl” showing at the Capitol Theatre to- night. The vivid drama co-stars Pedro Armendariz and Maria Elena Marques. The drama concerns Kino, a needy pearl-fisher and his little | family. When he comes upon a per- | fect specimen Kino is immediately | the object of plunderers. After a | brawl, in which he kills a tormen- tor, Kino gathers his small family and flees into the swamps. They finally reach a mountain, where they hide, in a false notion of se- curity. As an added feature, the Capitol "Theatre is also showing a sparkling backstage story of the burlesque world, “Ladies of the Chorus.” Featuring lovely Adele Jergens and introducing a talented blonde newcomer, one Marilyn Monroe, “Ladies of the Chorus” is a reveal- ing, entertaining account of the manner in which persons in show business react to the rest of society . . especially when that particular word is spelled with a capital “S.” Essentially, “Ladies of the Chorus” is the story of a burlesque queen’s romance with a blueblood, and of her mother’s reluctance to accept Ithe proposed marriage. COASTAL FLIGHTS BRING 19; TAKE 29 Alaska Coastal Airlines flights yesterday brought 19 persons to Juneau and carried 29 from here to points in Southeast Alaska. To Pelican: Donna Reeves, Blanche Bangle, Clair Broome, Leif | Torkilsen, Mrs. K. Raatikainen, R. Maki, T. J. Aho, Mrs. H. Ubrich, Harry Konken, and E. D. Wright; to Hoonah: Mr. and Mrs. George Dalton, Rosina Greenwald, and Mr. and Mrc. Phillip James. To Ketchikan: Ellen Johnson and G. E. Gallant; to Haines: Mrs. Ed Hibler and C. H. Schoonover; to Excursion Inlet: Mr. and Mrs. J Allman; and to Sitka: Mrs. Walker, Colleen Sanders, Bonnie Jo Gron- roos, Elmer Armstrong, George Jim, Mrs. E. B. Coppinger, Dick Cook, and Bud Phelps. From Gustavus: Charles T. Bos- tick; from Petersburg: W. Tykward, M. |A. Leuchenbetger, and L. Ten- fjord; from Ketchikan: Jack Guck- er, Martin Holm, and Kurt Irwin; from Skagway: Nels Peterson; from Excursion Inlet: Mrs. Jack Barney, Ray Johnson, Mrs. Peter Johnson, and Cecelia Johnson; and from Sitka: Alice Green, Joe Barker, Don Foster, Mrs. G. Prescott, D. Birg- ham, R. Peterson and Elsie Hunter. FORMER LOCAL RESIDENTS HERE ON 2 MONTHS VISIT Mr. and Mrs. Claude Carnegie, former wellknown residents of Ju- neau for many years, arrived here on the Baranof from Portland, Ore- gon, where they now make their home. The Carnegies owned and op- erated the Juneau Florists shop and have many friends in Juneau whom they will visit. They expect to be here about two months. KRISTANS RETURN Mr. and M.s. Jac Kristan arrived in Juneau last night on the Bara- nof after several weeks outside They are at home in their apart- ment at the Baranof Hotel. Insure the future of Juneau [BRISTOL BAY NET INCREASE SCORED BY FISHERY MEET A joint meeting of the Alaska Fisheries Department, Experimental Fiisheries Lavoratory, Fish and Wildlife Service and the Alaska | Development Board was held here ! yesterday. A discussion took place aimed to avold any overlapping of activities and to promote coopéra- tion among all the agencies. Clarence Rhode, regional director for the FWS, discussed the fishery situation in Bristol Bay. An am- endment to the regulations limits set net sites there to an area with- in 150 yards of mean high tide. This has caused a protest from residents. “This iis urgently needed to pre- vent blocking off large river areas on the flats,” Rhode explained. “The new regulation” Rhode said, “would reduce effectiveness-of about 60 sites. The expected poor run in that region has caused a re- duction in drift gill net boats by a recommended 120 boats, thereby eliminating 240 non-resident fish- ermen. A check of protests show most complaints come from new set locators, not the old timers. Set nets have increased from 116 in 1946 to 265 in 1949 in the face »|of a declining fishery.” The Alaska Department of Fish- eries Board agreed that the regu- lation should be kept in effect 1f the packers will agree to employ resident fishermen in drift gill net boats. It has been reported that i packers are favorable to this ar- rangement. The Bristol Bay red salmon fishery is in great danger of extinction unless measures are taken. The various agencies reported their work in regard to Alaska fisheries in exploratory work, pub- licity, development of utilization of fish products. Those In attendance were mem- bers of the board: Chairman How- ard Wakefield, Kodiak; William Walton, Sitka; Ira Rothwell, Cor- dova; Karl Brundstedt, Kodiak; and Jake Valentine of Ketchikan; Director K. Anderson; assistant di- rector Lewis McDonald; George Sundborg of the ‘Alaska Develop- {ment Board; Rhode, Dan Ralston and Doug Swanson of FWS; Harris W. Magnuson, Norman Wigutoff and John Dassow of the experi- *imental laboratory at Ketchikan. FISH, ESPECIALLY SARDINES, WILL BE PUMPED FROM SEA ROCKLAND, Me., April 19—(#— Is there no end to this mechani- zation of the fishing industry? Now they're going to pump sar- dine herring right out of the sea. Centrifugal pumps through which the small fish can pass without damage are not new. They've been used for some time for discharging herring at dockside. Now the pumps are going to sea. Several sardine carriers are fit- ting out with pumps here this spring. The pumps will be used to load the herring into the carriers either from weirs or purse seines. ‘This means an end to a danger- ous, backbreaking job that long has been the bane of fishermen and carrier crewmen Balancing in & dory while taking in the slack of a big purse seine full of fish is no picnie. Roy Wallace, who is installing the pumps here, says that they will take about 10 percent fishr and 90 percent water into the carriers. That brings up the question: Why doesn't all that water and fish sink the carrier? ) It would if the water weren't div- erted back into the ocean. From the pump the fish pour out onto a grid of wooden slats. The water passes through the slats and a porous bag before drain’hg overboard. In the turbulence of the pumping the the fish lose most of their scales and the porous bag catches these valuable scales, which are used in the pearl essence industry. FROM SEATTLE Mr, and Mrs. M. R. Stibs, of Seattle, are guests at the Baranof. CRAIG GOES DRY BUT SQUEEK RISES; VOTE ASKED T0 BE VOIDED ‘The “skin of your teeth” election | held at Craig recently in which the community went dry by a narrow margin of three votes was chal- lenged today in district court with five complaintants asking that the election be declared null and void. Named as defendants were the| City of Craig, on Prince of Wales Island not far from Ketchikan, three election officers of the city and J. W. Leivers, clerk of the dis- trict court for the first division. The vote went 90 ballots casi against the future sale of liquor, and 87 to stay “wet.” If the vote holds, Craig will be reportedly the| first town in Alaska to vote itselt prohibition. The other two com- munities on the island, Klawok and | Hydaburg, have been dry for some time. ‘Two points are brought out by the plaintiffs, who are: Florence Mielke, Jessie Thompson, Joe Otto, Anna Dye and Clifford Anderson. First point is that 15 ballots were from those not resident of Craig but considered legal by election of- ficials, and second that absentce ballots were counted, where ‘“no provision is made in the municipal ordinance for the casting of such ballots.’ With 46 of the 183 ballots claimed as illegally cast, Anderson “will be deprived of his right to serve on the city council, and other plain- tiffs will be deprived of rights and property without due process ol law,” the complaint declares. Their occupations were not listed in the complaint. Election officers, named as Ger- trude Seltzer, Ruby Smith and Robert Cogo are asked to be en- joined and restrained from issuing a certificate of election showing re- sults of canvasses made by them ot ballots cast. If the certificate is issued, Leivers is asked to be restrained from mak- ing a finding as to the results ot the election, based upon the cer- tificate which would normally come from him. Elected were a mayor, a school board member, three members of the council and the liquor quéstion was up for a “yes” or “no” vote. Thirty-one absentee ballots were cost; ‘they were counted ten days after the regular election, held April 4. The suit was filed in Ket- chikan by Attorney Robert H. Zieg- ler and reached here this morning for filing. MV CHILKOOT, TWO “ TROLLERS ON WAYS The motor vessel Chilkoot, which operates as a car ferry between Juneau and Haines, is at the Ju- neau Marine Company, West Eighth Street, for repairs Two plates will be replaced in the vessel’s hull, according to Jack Warner, operator of the marine company. Meanwhile two trolling boats are on the ways at the marine com- pany for pre-season repairs. The Vivian, owned by Charlie Larson, is being fitted with some new planks, and the Jeannine, owned by Homer Saxon, is up for gen- eral repair work. SHEMYA ISLE HEARING Another afternoon conference of interest to Alaska involves Mag- nuson, Jackson, Rep. Mitchell (D- Wash.) and others. They are to confer with repre- sentatives of the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Department of De- fense on the Army’s proposal to remove all Army personnel from Shemya Island in the Aleutians. The flat little island now is the last refueling stop on the in- ternational air route to Japan. The Paciiic Northwest is against the proposal and so, said Mag- nuson, is the CAB. These and other opponents of the move ar- ranged to give their reasons to Stephen T. Early, Deputy Secre- tary of Defense, either in Early's| office or at the capital. ATTORNEY HERE Stanley McCutcheon, Anchorage attorney, is registered at the Bara- nof. ASSISTANT AGENT OF ALASKA STEAM HERE, ALSO MISS CARLSON Arriving here on the Baranof last night and transferred from the Seattle to the Juneau office of the Alaska Steamship Company were Ed Patton and Florence Carlson. Patton will be assistant agent under Henry Green. His family will join him in the near future to make their home here. Miss Carlson, who is being added to the local stenographic staft | comes from the Seattle office but +| before being connected with. the she | : Alaska Steamship Company, served two years with the Americar | Embassy staff in Belgrade, Yugo-; slavia. She will also be here per- manently. Mi. Edgecumbe Boys Gel Many Ideas on| Present Trip fo Stafes| SEATTLE, April 19—/»—Twenty- three Alasan natives started a re- turn trip home yesterday afternoon, their minds bulging with new ideas { about the states. They arrived Monday accom-‘ panied by seven other representa- tives of the Mount Edgecumbe Ve- cational School near Sitka, aboard the MV. Edgecumbe, a 114-foot sea- | going classroom operated by thel school. While here they visited the| vocational-technical school and toured a number of industries on the tideflats. J. L. Ripley, head of the school's vocational shops, said the 23 stu- dents, six officers and Ripley were on their annual pilgrimage state- | side as a part of the vocational training in the Alasa Native Serv- ice’s School. 'The Edgecumbe was to load a 180- ton cargo at Tacoma and visit Ev- erett and Bellingham industrial plants before leaving for Alaska. i SALESPEOPLE HERE Leonard and Marion Hopkins salespeople from Anchorage, are guests at the Baranof. 1 REX BEACH TALE BACK ON SCREEN AT 20TH CENTURY A lusty saga of the Texas oil wells is retold vividly in Warner Bros’ smashing drama, “Flowing Gold,” which is at the 20th Century Theatre. Suggested by a Rex Beach story, “Flowing Gold” depicts the drama- tic fight for control of the gold— .he rich black oil that has lain wait- ng since prehistoric time to gush geyser-like into the air. John Garfield and Pat O'Brien hare stellar honors, with Frances ‘mer supplying the feminine in- terest. In a series of swiftly-paced scenes Garfield and O’'Brien save the girl's wells from rivals, and again come to her rescue when the wells are aflame. Raymond Walburn is another prominent member ot the cast. Alfred E. Green directed this thrill-packed film. STORY HOUR WILL RESUME SATURDAY The popular story hour for chil- day morning at 10 o'clock at the Public Library, This is the an- nouncement made today by City Librarian Edna Lomen who has returned from her vacation in the scuth. GRAVES GOES SOUTH ON BUYING TRIP H. 8. Graves, of the H. 8. Graves Men'’s Furnishing Store, left for Seattle via Pan American Airways yesterday on a buying trip which will take him as far as Southern California. He expects to be gone about two weeks. T Tw ™ PAGE FIVE [0 eNTuRyY ENDS TONIGHT Shows at 7:20 and 9:30 ydren will be resumed next Satur- | American Air Power Scenic Sweden | Daffy Duck—Latest News AR RO Bader Accounting Service Monthly Accounts, Systems, Secretarial Service Tax Returns Prepared Room 3, Valentine Bldg. Phone 919 Chinese Wool Hooked Rugs We have just received another limited shipment of lovely hand- hooked pure wool flower trim- med Prudence rugs directly from China. ’ The quality of these rugs is unsurpassable — the price un- beatable! In lovely Springtime pastels. See them in our window. Vote YES Ordinance 327 (2) THE MIRROR CAFE will close Thursday for Redecorating An exclusive with Thomas Hardware A proposal for donating to the Territory of Alaska the City's and Furniture Lots 3 and 4 Block 7, known as the “A. B. Hall Property,” and for selling to the Territory for $60,000.00 the City's Lot 5 Block 7, known as the “City Hall Property,”” and the City's adjoining vacant Lot 6 Block 7, all for a site for construction thereon of a new Territorial Building. Juneau Opening date o be announced later For a new Territorial Building At Tomorrow’s Special Election l Vote YES This space paid for by the J. B. Burford Co.