The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 26, 1950, Page 8

s s PAGE EIGHT MAJ. GEN. CRAMER, CHIEF NG BUREAU, | ARRIVES IN JUNEAU Col. Ervin and Col. Condon Also Here After 28-Hour Trip from Washmgton Major General Kenneth F. Cra- Ken Nelson and from Petersburg Laurel M. Martin- son, Scott Bair, Winston Farr, and Charles Wagner; from Sitka: Mr, and Mrs. Fisher, Lloyd Hames, Mrs. Hames, T. J Jones, Claire Siveriy, J. Olson, Miss Kell, Chris Berg, and S. Packard; and from Fish Bay: L. Johnson and Cliff Joseph. from Keteinkan John Bowen Robert Pinkard, mer, Chief National Guard Bureau Colonel R. C. Ervin, Executive Ofti- cer and Colonel Edward V. Condon Chief Administrative Officer, ar- rived in Juneau last evening atter| a 28-hour trip from Washington D.C. Gen. Cramer is visiting Alaska for the purpose of attending the Veterans of Foreign Wars Encamp- ment and inspection of Alaska Na- tional Guard activities Gen. Cramer was appointed the Chief of the National Guard Bureau by President Truman in 1947 for a four year tour of duty He served with distinction as Assist- ant Divisional Commander to the 24th Infantry Division during Worlc ‘War II, in the Pacific Theater ana fought with that unit during it} many engagements. He as enterec World War II in 1941 as Command- ing Officer of the 169th Infantry Regiment of the “43rd Gen Cramer was given Command of the | At noon—BPWC in joint meeting nility 43rd Infantry Division in 1946, and is still its Commander. Infantry Division comprises ele- ments from Connecticut, Rhode Is- land and Vermont. 1 For his World War I record serv- ice as a Lieutenant of Infantry, Gen. Cramer holds the Purple Heart)At 2:30 p.m.—Baseball game be- union, and with Local 3 of IFAWA, tween Douglas and Coast Guard ' 1 purse seiners group. Medal, and for his World War II activities has been awarded the Silver Star with three Oak Leat clusters, the Legion of Merit, Bronze ¢ Star and Air Medal. The National Guard Chief has been active in National Guard af- fairs for the past 20 years. He is{ the President of the K. F. Cramer Coal Company, of Hartford, Conn COASTAL FLIGHTS BRING 44; TAKE 21 Alaska Coastal Airlines flights | yesterday brought 44 persons to Juneau and carried 21 from here| to points in Southeast Alaska | To Haines: John Jenkins and Thor Rivnes; to Dry Bay: George Folta, D. Folta, Marc Jensen, and John Jensen; to Hoonah: Mrs. Erickson; to Gustavus: H. L. Jes- ter; to Pelican: W. C. Auld and Louise_Weston; to_Petersburg: N. Banficld, D. F. Brooks, and S. Black; to Ketchikan: Jerry Be: son, H. V. Davis, and Sister maculate. To Sitka: Mrs. lis Sing, Sam Sing, and Mrs. A, Glenn. From Hames: J. B. Hammer, D. J. Davis, Drena Hayway, Delbert Hayward, Richard Dellagren, Cari Makinen, and Mr. and Mrs. D. C.{ Milholm; from Skagway: Mrs. D. Egbert, Donna Egbert, F. C. Dawley, and E. C. Dietsch; from Hoonah McCulloch, Phyl- | W. C. Allen, James Oshorne, Carol Metz, Mrs, R. McKinley, Mrs. Nick Marvin, ‘Walter Obert, Emery Merril, and Joe White. From Chichagof: Grant Logan; from Gustavus: John Fanning; from Pelican: Dave Mark, Don- ' From H.\ ~| O'Brien. TODAY At 7:30 pm. — Soap Box Derby| meeting, Grade School torium At 8 p.m.—Commencemeni cises, Juneau High School Class of 1950, High School gym. At 8 pm. — Legion of Moose Moose Hall May 27 All Day Poppy Sale by Legion Aux- iliary and VFW. At 10 a.n—Fifth Department En- campment of VFW opens 3-day session, CIO Hall At 2 p.m.—Salvation Army spring sale and tea, Salvation Army Hall. At 8:15 p.m.—Catholic Card Party, Parish Hall. At 8:30 p.m. — Sourdoccy Square Dance Club Grade School gym. May 28 At 2:30 p.m.—Weather permlmng‘ opening of 1950 baseball season | at Firemens ball park. May 29 At noon—Lions Club, Baranot. with Lions. out. May 30 At 10:30 a.m.—Memorial Day exer- cises at Elks Hall followed by that the industry also settle with parade to dock and cemetery. teams. May 31 At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof. meet in Evergreen Bowl. CIO Hall. + June 1 Baranof. At 6:30 p.m.—Juneau Rifle and Pis- tol Club, Mendenhall Range. At 8 pm.—Women of Moose meev.s Moose Hall. MILITARY VISITORS A number of military visitors nere for the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention are stopping at the anof Hotel. From Washington, | D.C., are Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. cramer, head of the National Guard; Col. R. G. Ervin, Col. Ed- ward Condon, T-Sgt. Kenneth G Moyer and Donald G. Mortimer. Elmendorf Air Base, Fort Richardson, are Capt. E. T. Sewall, of Engineers, Fort Richardson, also is at the Baranof. FROM ANCHORAGE Among Anchorage residents at the Bardnof Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Milhoan, Glenn W. Payne, Jack Davis, John G. Fanning, R.| E. Hubbard, Alfred J. Alleman, Arthur V. Beckermeyer, Glen E. Hunter, Andrew Dennis, Thomas S. Strachan, Irvin Hendrickson, Fred- erick O. Snyder, R. E. Hubbard, Myron A. Polk, and E. G. Baily. FROM FAIRBANKS Among Fairbanks residents at the Baranof Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. ald L. Smith, and Ruth Underhill; from Porpoise Island: Roger Wert GENERAL CONTRACTORS - Gray S. Tilly, R. M. Fischer, J. A. Maxim and George A. Smith. PHONE 3.)7 Glacier Construction Co. New Building — Remodeling — Cabinet Work Plastering — C oncrete Pouring Sand and Gravel Hauling Plumbing ® Heafing 0il Burners Telephone Blue 737 Nighis-Red 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. Cut Flowers on sale SATURDAY at Califernia Grocery Phone 478 in| (OMMUNIIY EVENTS SALMON MEN| AGREETODEAL WITH UNIONS (Continued from Page One) in the thick of things yesterday. The International CIO Fisher- Audi= | non's and Allied Workers' Local 3,; Problem [representing Alaska purse seiners | Dorthland’s EXEr-|\}at fish in the False Pass and |since the end of the second world | Port Moller its mem- | areas, ‘ said bers would not sail north until they | s | receive a contract. | About 200 Local 3 members on 24 seine boats originally were | tishing areas. | declare a | | ther | ‘he dispute, The 43rd |At 8 pm.—American Legion, Dug- today’s meeting with a conciliation |service representative was “highly, doubtful.” Gettings said 7-C would insist At 7 pm.—Girls’ Softball teams to|Alaska situation. At 8 pm.—VFW Auxiliary meets in lafter a At noon—Chamber of Commerce, was here from San Francisco. CGapt.'J. H."Carver and Lt C. E.| E. E. Green of the Corps scheduled to sail Thursday for the Instead they stayed | in Seattle. [ Another branch of the LFAW.A., Local 46, representing Eskimo czln- nery worke! became eligible strike against the m~ dustry, Thursday, on expiration’ of s 60-day notice period. An in- ernational executive board meeting s set for Friday to decide on iur- action, according to Jeff secretary-treasurer of LF.- Kibre, |AWA. Outcome Doubtful The Times, in its news story on id today the possi- 7-C and the in- an agreement in of Lecal | dustry reaching |Local 46 of IFAWA, the Eskimo High officials of the CIO long- shoremen’s union also were here s the spotlight focused on the Germaine Bulcke, | second vice-president, was here visit to Alaska. Louis Goldblatt, general secretary-treas- urer of the Harry Bridges-led union, AUSIRAlIANS NOW IN JAPAN ORDLRED HOME TOKYO, May 26—(P—All British Commonwealth occupation forces in Japan were ordered home today by Prime Minister Robert Menzes of Australia. The 2,500 men remaining of the original 40,000 man British 1)Cl|l'\d-l 1 tion forces are all Australians. Lt. "Gen.' H. C. 'H. Roberts commander of the British occupa- ition forces, said it would take at (least six months to withdraw the personnel and stores . The announcement of the with- drawal was made in Canberra,| Australia. Radic Australia broad- cast the c:der which was heard here. FROM PORTLAND K. C. Griffin and S. E. Tippett| of Portland, Ore., are guests at the| Paul C. Kroening, | Baranof Hotel. J. J. Kelly of the Bank of Man- | hattan, New York City, is regis- | tered at the Baranof Hotel. 5 NEW YORK BANKER | ! sailed |along with THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA NEW ARMY | COMMANDER SAILS NORTH SEATTLE, May 26—(®—The new commander of Alaska's foot sol- ‘dws sailed north today, fully rec- | ognizing that he faces a four-ply shich has plagued the defense establishment war. “Alaska’s combat strength is too mall,” Brig. Gen. Junian Wallace Cunningham asserted before em- barking. “We cannot augment’our troop strength until additional military housing is constructed. We can’t go ahead with construction until money has been appropriated for | projects already authorizd. And there is no assurance that appro- pristions will be approved in time to take advantage of Alaska's itm- ited summer working season. Gen. Cunningham “will succeed Maj. Gen. Stanley L. Scott as the Territory’s Army commander. He for Whittie; aboard the transporf, Frederick Funston, 47 other offic 447 enlisted men, 76 dependents and 16 Army employes, The general said that there are no plans for an early repetition of large-scale sub-arctic tactica. maneuvers such as Exercise Yukon Navy and Exercise Sweetbriar in past winters. “Tactical training at the local- command level, however, will, of course, be continued,” said Gen Cunninghain. The general promised “utmost co-operation” with the Alaska Na- t.onal Guard, reactivated by the Territorial legislature last year. The 57-year-old commander’s tirst self-imposed assignment will be an air tour of all the ground force installations under his com- mand. He never has been in Al- aska. For two years he has been dep- uty director of the Army depart- ment’s orzanization and training division in Washington. The general's wife and 17-year- old daughter will join him at Fort Richardson in July. MANY ALASKANS ARETO ATTEND A. M. CONGRESS " WASHINGTON, May 26—(Spec- ial)—The nation’s metal and non- | metallic mineral m)mflg men will meet in Salt Lake City, Utah, Au- gust 28-31 at the 1950 convention and exposition of the western divi- sion, American Mining. Congress, where attention will be given to the future outlook for mining, public policies affecting the industry, and operating practices that will lead | to greater productive efficiency. Plans for the meeting are rapidly taking shape and a program for the convention sessions will be drafted this month when State pro- gram committee chairmen meet in Salt Lake City with national chair- man Roy A. Hardy, consulting en- ! The' Unioh BOvGrRgicE.: (it launched a production project de- gineer in charge, Getchell Mine, signed to extract uranium from pre- 1m0, Iens, SNEHe: ! viously-wasted by-products of the Aiding in the development of the union’s gold production. If South program for the convention in Au-| ,poan expectations are fulfilled gust has been a committee of lead- | the output may keep the West su- ing mining men from Alaska, chair- | preme in production of . atomic maned by Ernest N. Patty, Presi- ‘energy dent and General Manager of Allu- Top secret experiments are under- vial Golds, Inc., Seattle, Washing- way in a number of piloj plant: ton. Members of this committee | | along the rich Witwaters Rand gold URANIUM FOUND INSOUTH AFRICA'S rica, May 25—P—South Africa is building up to a highly secret uranium industry in her rich gold fields. e | reef, the vast deposit which extends Al Anderson, Secy., Alaska Miners south and west of Pretoria to Jo- Assn,, Fairbanks. hannesburg. Glenn Carrington, Pres., Glenn| o isecsiyl production, persons ORITIngton e Seagzle. | connected with the project said James K. Orowdy, Vice Pres.) . .4 make South Africa the world's New York Alaska Gold Dredmng largest supplier of uranium, an es- Co., Nyac via Bethel | sential atomic energy raw materia! CROYMB'r Eafrh:lg, k\hceOPres.L k] of which the earth offers a limited en. Mgr. of askan Operations, . ow."cy o)y U.S. Smelting and Refining Co,, Fairbanks Already the Union government o has offered to sell her potentia - L BRI L uranium output to the Umted Charles F. Herbert, Yukon Placer i Mining Co., Fairbanks [prtes and BEGLE : 3 > The 40 to 50 mines along the Charles J. Johnston, Treas., Good- news Bay Mining Co., Platinum. J. A. Williams, Gen. Mgr., Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., Juneau. | The 1950 convention and exposn-“ tion of the American Mining Con-](OU“TERFElT IN gress is expected to be attended by | ROUNDUP GRABS i - AIR EXPRESS MAX i | ‘Witwaters Rand last year producec | some 57,000,000 tons of gold ore. over 2500 mining men from all parts | of the natior, as well as from Can- | MIAMI, May 26—(P—Secret Serv- ice agents arrested a Miami mar ada and Mzaxico. | today in an international roundup PFA(H FINA[S of- of a ring attempting to pass coun- | terfeit money totaling $3,000,000. BRITISH AMATEUR John Marshall, Secret Service \agent in charge of the Miami of- | tice, identified the man as Oscar ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May 26| Roche, 50, a part owner of Expresso —(P—Frank Stranahan of Toledo,| pero Freight terminal at the 20th Ohio, and Dick Chapman of Pine- street side of Miami International hurst, N. C. battled their way| Airport. today into the finals of the British amateur golf championship and | will megt over the 36-hole route tomorrow for the title. | for Ketchikan but held over be- Stranahan, the 1948 winner,, ’| cause of bad weather there are | reached the playoff with a 4 and staying at the Gastineau Hotel. semi-final victory over 54-year-| ., | They are Mr. and Mrs. James Patt cld Cyril Tolley of England, Wh”e‘mdyMr gt rf,;n‘ B Chapman, a former American| on of Fairbanks: S-Sgt. M. B. | champion, edged out Jimmy Meiile | gonneiger of Ladd Air Force Base; [of Philadelrbia, 1 up, in their after- | veme Wood of Carstens Packing AT GASTINEAU Pan American passengers booked st il | Company, Tacoma; Charles L.| d e T ' Sowler and Mr. and Mrs. Magnus WASILLAN HERE | Johnson, Seattle; A. A. Vautier, Frank E. Sorenson of Wasilla is Spenard, and Loy W. Golden of stopping at the Baranof Hotel. | Austin, Texas. SR g T I, i Scarlet and gold are the official VIEN! — it BERY colors of the U.S. Marine Corps. 2EA. — Rarbaniat hon aied | to abolish [ Legion of the Mooose - No. 25 Nomination of Officers TONIGHT (May 26th) Door Prize Austrla. Lunch Miscellaneous— Fish Peughs . Golden West Spmncr\ (All Sizes) ..... Colorado Spinners (All Sizes-Colors) Lead Sinkers (Cannon Ball) . 30-06 . Kou\tmnd melmg Bl (6-in.) : White Metal Trdwlm;: (7-in.) . U. S. Flags (‘3 X 5) U. S. Flags (2x 3) ..... 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