The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 12, 1950, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT INFANT, BURNED IN FLASH BLAZE, IS PAST DANGER Condition ofieraldine Burgh Changes from | Critical fo Fair Although her little body is seared ! with second degree burns, two-year- { old Geraldine Burgh “probably will be all right,” the attending physi- cian said today, after the baby had come through the critical 24-hour period. Dr. John W. Gibson, who yester- day described her condition as serious and critical, said today it is ‘capnble chairmanship of Mrs. 'COURT OF AWARDS OF GIRL SCOUTS HELD LAST NIGHT A most successful Juneau-Doug- ‘ las Girl Scouts of America Court |of Awards was held last night in|plan the IL.J and the high school gym under Montgomery. The Scouts Brownies were grouped according to |« troops in a quadrangle around the athletic floor with the parents,| friends, council members and lead- | ers encircling the girls on the well- filled sidelines and in the balconies. Mary Lou Fagerson was a poised Master of Ceremonies and m-cndvd} over the following program: Pro- cessional—All Girl Scouts and Brownies, with Color Guard, Troop fair. “Although it will take a long time and, probably, some skin-grafting,’ he said, “she probably will be all right. “The child had second degree burns over most of her body, anc both second and third degree burn: on one arm.” ‘The youngster was injured yes- terday morning in a flash fire ir the home of Mr. and Mrs. Car! Rusher, where she had been take: for the morning. Mrs. Rusher also was burned on the arms, while crushing out the flames which enveloped the child. Scarcely half an hour after Ger- aldine had been brought there, Mrs Rusher left the living room where the baby was playing happily. In the few minutes of her absence small Geraldine apparently found a match folder and experimentec with it. Mrs. Rusher ran in when she heard the child’s screams. “T just grabbed her and held her to me,” Mrs, Rusher said today. ‘ didn’t know I'd been burned unti later.” Near collapse after the accidem Mrs. Rusher could not account for the matches being within reach. “I called the Yellow Cab Com pany,” Mrs. Rusher went on explained as fast as I could. Ther( was a taxi there almost before 1 could turn around. My, our cat drivers are wonderful—the driver was so efficent and considerate. “We started for St. Ann’s hos- pital, but the driver told me it was the doctors’ morning at the Gov- ernment hospital, so we went there Dr. Gibson dressed my arms at hdme, later.” This was the second fire for Baby Qiraldme in as many months. She h@d been involved in one twc mgnths ago when she was living with her grandmother, Mrs. Mar- garet Burgh Teesevigan, who diec in that blaze. Their apartmen: above Gastineau Avenue was com- pletely destroyed by the flames, but the baby, uninjured, was rescued. Since then, the child has been in the affectionate care of Mr. anc Mrs. John W. Griffin. A family friend quoted the doctor as saying the baby’s health had improved very greatly and that, if she had receivec the burns several weeks ago, she might not have been able to come through. Griffin, who is treasurer of the Alaska Mission, Seventh-day Ad- ventists, is away on a trip. Mrs Griffin was gone for the morning assisting at the church’s food and fancy-work sale. She, too, was near collapse on learning the news. L R T e CREATIVE WRITERS TO SEE “ALASKA, U. €. A" The film “Alaska, U. S. A, will be shown at the Creative Writers' meeting at 9 p.m. Monday at the Methodist Church parsonage, it was announced today. George Sundborg, consultant of the Alaska Development Board, will stell the group how he wrote the script for the film, which was made through efforts of the board. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m., the first hours to be taken up by the reading of scripts and stories written by club members. Fresh Strawberries—49c¢ a box BERT'S FOOD CENTER 5; piano, Nancy McDowell. Every- one gave the Pledge of All(‘g,lance‘ to the American Flag; and sangu “America the Beautiful,” accam~i panied by Elizabeth Wyller at the piano. All joined in the Girl Scout Promise and Law followed by | Scout Commissioner, Mrs, scot. | Murphy’s Welcome speech. Troof No. 1 presented a folk damce, ac- companied by Mrs. Ray Nevin at the piano. Brownie Fly-Up tc Troop 12 was welcomed by Troop No. 8; song, Troop No. 2; Wel- ! come to Troop No. 11, Eightl Grade Girls by Senior Scout Troop Other numbers to complete thc orogram were: Presentation 0: Awards, Troop Leaders and As: int Leaders; Home Nursing anc Shild Care Awards, Mrs. Eugen: McCann; Song, “Girl Scouts To- sether,” All; Recessional, piano Sarol Lawrencc. AIRPORT TOWER TO | MAINTAIN STAFF AS USUAL, SAYS CAA Daylight three-man service in the airport control tower at the Juneau airport will be contirued, it was assured today in a wire from Gov. Ernest Gruening to Acting Gov. Lew M. Williams. Civil Aeronautics Administration officials indicated some time ago that tower service would be dis- continued here because of tratfic conditions. This would have meant that many landings could not have been made here when weather was on a “borderline” and that planes would have had to ground at Gus- tavus or overhead into Annette Is- land. A wire was sent Gov. Gruening in Washington to ask his help in keeping the tower manned. He re- plied immediately that he had con- tacted the CAA administrator, Delos W. Rentzel, and had been assured service would continue as usual. Tower men issue weather reports every minute if the need arises to guide a plane into the airport. Their not being here would mean that only hourly weather bureau reports would be heard by planes headed for Juneau, and in event weather was bad, nothing could land here. CAA rules allow certain services to be maintained in each airport dependent upon traffic, with many Alaska airports given more service than traffic would warrant else- where, because of flying conditions NEGLIGENT DRIVING COSTS JUNEAU MAN $50 Pete Schneider of Juneau was fined $50 in City Magistrate F. O Eastaugh’s court today after plead- ing guilty to a charge of negligent driving. He was arrested shortly after ¢ am. today on a complaint signed by Mrs. William Paul Jr. who ob- served the car he was driving weav- ing back and forth on Glacier High- way in the Highlands District. REBEKAH'S DRILL TEAM Party tonight Odd Fellows Hall 8 P. M. Daily Scheduled Flights fo: Anchorage - Co Homer - rdova — Kodiak Yakutat |SENATE REJECTS | by Republicans today as proof that | TRUMAN'S PLAN, - NLRB REVISION WASHINGTON, May 12 — (® — Senate rejection of a Presidential to reorganize the National Labor Relations Board was cited Congress won't go for the Truman fair deal.’ By a 53 to 30 margin—with 18 Democrats, chiefly from the South, voting with 35 Republicans — the Senate nullified the NLRB revision | that Mr. Truman wanted yesterday. J About an hour later it junked by} a 65 to 13 count another Truman | proposal involving the Comptroller of the Currency. Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the Republican floor leader, said the labor board showdown “proved that Scott Lucas has only about one- third of the Senate with him when the President wants to put over his ‘fair deal’ program.” Majority leader Lucas (D-II) led the opposition in the futile effort to save the reorganization plan. Distress Signal Is Sent Out by Vessel East of Yokohama SAN FRANCISCO,*May 12—#— Radiomarine station KPH today picked up a distress signal from the Norwegian motorship Talisthan saying she was battling a bad tire in her engineroom at lat. 43.15 N iongitude 137.45 east. The 6700 ton vessel expected the U.S. Navy tanker Shawnee Trai and the Japanese freighter Toka- tisan Maru to come alongside to assist her. Both vessels were re- ported speeding to the Talisman. The position given would place the ship almost 300 miles due east of Yokohama. CEASE VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION, OIL FIRMS TOLD IN SUIT LOS ANGELES, May 12 — (# — { The government demanded today that major oil cgmpanies stop vol- untary conservation and make their products available to independents on the same basis as to other majors. Seven major companies and the Conservation Committee of Cali- fornia Oil Producers are named in {a suit filed in Federal Court by Herbert A. Bergson, assistant U.S. attorney general in charge of the Department of Justice’s anti-trust division. Named in the action are Standard Oil of California, the Texas Com- pany, Shell Oil of New York, Tide- water ‘Associated, Richfield Oil, General Petroleum and Unijon Oil. First reply came from President Robert L. Minckler of General Pet- roleum, who said: “General Petroleum is not part of any monopoly group or conspiracy to restrain trade. We conduct our THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA business in a lawful and honorable manner. We will resist these un- truthful charges against us with all our strength.” FIRST MOVE MADE LOS ANGELES, May 12—{#—The goyernment moved today to reduce gasoline prices and end voluntary oil conservation—which it contends operates to hold down the supply and keep prices up. It also wants to force major oil| companies to make their products available to independents on me! same basis as to other majors. ! “It is the hope of the govern-| ment that by freeing retail and wholesale outlets of restraints, ef- fective competition can be restored to the mdusuv and result in lower | ! prices,” a spokesman said. | ‘The companies contend that con- | servation—by establishing produc- tion quotas at the wells—saves an| important natural resource. Disapprove Afomic Bombs, Pact Nations (By Associated Press) In Washington, Congressmen ex- pressed strong disapproval of any| plan to give American atomic bombx' to member nations of the Atlantic Defense Pact. The plan, in ten- lative form, was discussed yester- day by military officials who made | no decisions or recommendations. FROM CANDLE | Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Stirn of Candle are guests at the Barnnoti Hotel. AT GASTINEAU HOTEL Mrs. B. O. Sullivan, a Californian, is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. | FROM SKAGWAY Mrs. Fred Marlow and Mrs. Nels Peterson of Skagway are Juneau visitors, stopping at the Baranof | Hotel. | SEATTLEITES HERE Among Seattleites at the Baranot Hotel are William F. Muehe, E. V.| Smith, K. H. Binzer, George R. Ramstad and George J. Eicher, Jr.| | BAIT JAIL MAKES A BUSINESS | BRADENTON, Fla—(P—William | .. Aldridge, Sr., retired Dunn, N.C., | manufacturer, couldn’t stay retired| so he and his son have opened a sporting goods store here. One of the reasons was his development «f | what he calls a “bait jail,” a’eon- tainer for holding bait while tish- mg and for keeping it alive bet-| ter. It is a metal rectangle with) flexible arms which fit into slotted| steel holders. The holders are fast- ened to the boat and the contain- or can be slipped in and out in a| jiffy. The arms permit the pail to| remain half submerged when ‘the| boat is at anchor and a single row| of holes on =all four sides permits the water to flow freely in-and! out. When the craft is in motion, the arms permit it to rise higher| and volplane behind on the sur- face. A scoop in the bottom picks| up sufficient water to keep ‘the| bait alive. ‘ More than one-seventh of Utah's! area, or 13,130 square miles is said to contain workable coal deposits. As Seen in House & Garden A Famous Favorite |loose when a | deputies | county jail as Ell Roy Oster. | planation 118%, | Steel 31%, Pound $2.80%. ALASKA BOUND BEES IN ESCAPE; FINALLY CAUGHT SAN FRANCISCO, May 12—(P— Rounding up of 170,000 Alaska bound bees was completed at the Southwest Airways freight terminal yesterday without casualty to bees or jittery air freight workers. The buzzing insects, bound from Chico, Calif., to Homer, Alaska, for the nectar of Arctic blooms, got cylinder they were encased in was jarred open. A professional beeman roundec up the winged creatures before anyone was stung. ;Youlh Robbed Bank Because Felt 'World Was Against Him' SEATTLE, May 12—#®—A 20- year-old Monroe youth told sheritt’s last night he robbed a !bank at Carnation yesterday on a i sudden impulse. the In signing a confession, his only ex- was that he "felt the | Whole world was against me.” He said he had left the home ot his mother and stepfather in Mon- roe to drive to California after He identified himself at | failing to find work. He had stop- ped in the little Eastern King County town for a cup of coffee. The youth, armed with a rifle, gave himself up after his old car overheated and stalled on a hill six miles from the town. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 12 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 117%, Anaconda 32, Curtiss-Wright 9%, International Harvester 28%, Kennecott 55%, New York Central Northern Pacific 16%, U.S. Sales today were 1,790,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 217.61, rails 55.45, utilities 43.45. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise from Vancouver | scheduled to arrive Saturday af- ternoon or evening. Baranof scheduled to sail from | Seattle Saturday. Alaska trom west scheduled south- bound Tuesaay. Fish Peughs Deck Brooms Sounding Leads (4 to 3006 . . U. S. Flags 3 x 5) U. S. Flags (2 x 3) Clothing Items — (100% Wool) . Gong Brush (20-inch) . . . . Golden West Spinners (All Sizes) . each 10c Colorado Spinners (All Sizes-Colors) ea. 20c Koestrand Trawhng Block (6-in.) . White Metal Trawling Block (7in.) HALIBUT SEASON MAY BE SHORT AS CATCH IS LARGE PETERSBURG, Alaska, —{(®—If halibut landings here are any indication of those at other Alaska ports, it will be a short sea- son. That was the opinion of fish buy- ers here when it was reported that approximately 800,000 pounds of halibut have been landed since the season opened May 1. It’s twice the amount taken by he same date last year, said buyer Knut Thompson. Current prices are three cents higher than last year. The length of the halicut season is governed by the catch. When the otal catch reaches a certain pre- set poundage, the season is over. High boats here so far appear to be the Teddy J and the Spencer II, sach of which brought in 30,000 pounds this week. The vessels are skippered by John Otness and Ed Thorsen, respectively. The Pamela Rae, another Peters- burg vessel owned by Magnus Mar- tens, went through the Narrows yes- terday with 50,000 pounds but was reported heading for Ketchikan where she will repair a fathometer. May 12/ HUBBA, HUBBA! ALL IS SET FOR THE BIG COUNTRY FAIR Hubba! Hubba! Hubba! ‘Tomorrow night’s the big night! The Cub Scout Pack Country Fair! Where? A.B. Hall. When? 7 to 10 pm. Cub Pack 311 members have been working like beavers getting the hall in shape; laying out their ex- hibition of Scout craft, which will be on display, and getting the vari- ous games in readiness to enter- tain young and old alike, There’ll be guessing games, games of skill, a peep-show and a goodly supply of refreshments. It will cost not over five cents to try one's skill and refreshments can be had for not over ten. The evening, from 7 to 9:30 will be devoted to fun, in true, old- fashioned Country Fair style. From :30 to 10 p.m. there will be a scout program with' singing, award- ing of merits and as a finale the FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1950 awarding of a gift for two lucky people—an air rifle for some young- ster and a piece of hand-made pot= tery, made by Mrs. Henry Hnrmon. for a grown-up. There is no admission charge and parents, friends and general pub- lic are invited to attend and enjoy the festivities with Cub Scout Pack 311. Mothers who are assisting in puts ting on the show are: Mrs. Curtig Shattuck, Mrs. George Bryson, Mrs. Henry Harmon, Mrs. Carl Rusher, Mrs. Oscar Pearson and Mrs. Rogef Bailey. ] TRAVELING DENTAL TEAM Here from Mt. Edgecumbe are Dy Parvin L. Murray, dentist, and Geos rgianna Smith, dental techniciam, a touring team for the Alaska Na= tive Service. Both are stopping af the Gastineau Hotel. FRED HANFORD HERE 1 Fred Hanford of Wrangell is a§ the Baranof Hotel. He plans to g‘ to the Interior tomorrow. 1 SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’ Call 416 when in need of a— BASEMENT, FIREPLACE or CHIMNEY Receive the benefit of 26 ¥RS. EXPERIENCE EARL CRASS & SON throug h the Years Philadelphi Bl E-N-D-ED THE HERITAGE WHISKY WHISKY FAMOUS SINCE 1894 86.8 PROOF * 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS CONTINENTAL DISTILLING CORPORATION e PHILA., PA. 1.85 each 1.25 70c 25lbs.) . . 1b.30c Bilge Pumps . . . . 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