The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 25, 1950, Page 8

" THE WAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Wi T b T S S SR FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1950 PAGE EIGHT =~ CONTRACT TALKS FOR RESTAURANT UNION CONTINUE Hotel and Restaurant Em- [ouo to begin construction of the Ek- | United States Commissioner. ployees Hold Out for Pay Increase A committee from the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Local 871 (AFL) met yesterday with employ- ers to iron out difficulties in con- nection with a new contract for Sept. first. The union withdrew its demand for a 40-hour week but not demands for wage increases. The employers requested a delay until Monday to consider the pro- posals. There will be two union meetings next Tuesday in the AFL ball, one at 2:30 in the afternoon and one sentative announced today. |Money fo Construct {Eklufna Project | ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—(P—The House Appropriations Committee to- | sence which began in April, 1949, al [ Committee Recommends }FE[IX GRAY IS BACK AS ' Twenty-six Travel | COMMISSIONER, AND IWiIh Pacific Northern GORDON GRAYS TRAVEL Airlines Yesterday | After an extended leave of ab- Bound for Anchorage yesterday board Pacific Northern Airlines day recommended a grant of $1,100,- | Felix Gray again is at his post u[] B Lanold, F were: Einar Lanold, Fred Melhan, lutna hydro-electric , Alaska. project, authorized by Con- ast July will cost an esti- $20,365,000 and will have a capacity of 30,000 Kilowatts. Assistant Secretary of Interior Warne, in testimony made public today by the committee, said the sroject is of an “emergency charact- to the extremely critical ation in the vicinity of project near ¥ er owing { power sit Anchorag [ongress fo Include Extra Money for ‘| pleasant detour to Whitehorse and He, and Mrs, Gray had a long sojourn! | abroad, spending much of their time in Scotland, then traveled ex-! tensively on this continent. While they were away, their son, Gordon Gray, took over the com- missioner’s duties, serving until t%s | week, when he and his wife went | on a vacation trip. The Gordon Grays left Wednes- day, to drive up the Alaska Hig®- way to Fairbanks and Circle Hot | Springs, First, however, they planned a Atlin, They look forward to lots! of fishing along the way, especially in Yukon Territory at Kathleen Lakes and Burwash Landing on Lake Kluane. They thought to be away about two weeks, but said their plans are at 8:30 in thi vening, CI(\dcamno“Commoc:. une;one‘repreg-lARR Bridge Repai's (AP Special Washington Service) | indefinite. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 — The . Dick Cook, Jerry Noonan, Florence ( Yado, Rozann Leroy. For Cordova, Trevor Davis and John Noble; for Gustavus, Dorothy and Charles De- Boer. Arriving here were R. C. Avrit, M Chamberlain, Mr. and Mrs. H. A Daubenspeck, Howard Fry, M. Mc Gill, A. Davenport, Loi Jund, Miss Bloomer, T. M. Hagen, Comdr. Tyd- lica, M. Faber, Mr. and Mrs. Land- borg, A. E. Poole and James Hous- ton. MATT RYAN VISITS Matt Ryan, Seattle accountan: and Alaska vessel operator was ar overnight visitor at the Gastineal Hotel. Ryan, who was the first Cap tain of the Juneau Port for the U S. Coast Guard during World Wa: 1I, spent the evening here renewing lold acquaintances. He was sched \DEFENSE SECRETARY WANTS DRAFTING OF DOCTORS, DENTISTS WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—{.“—5&-‘ cretary of Defense Johnson today | asked Congress to permit a draft| of doctors and dentists up to an in- cluding age 45 for the Armed Serv- ices. . | The request was made in a letter | to Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of| the House Armed Services Commit- tee. Johnson enclosed a bill drawn up by the Defense Department. Vin- son introduced it in the House and | said his committee would bLegin| hearings Monday. ARMY-NAVY CHIEF§ VISIT ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE, Aug. 25—(®—Gen. | Lawton Collins and Adm. Forrest| p. Sherman stopped briefly at Elm- | ndorf Air Force Base here yester-| day enroute to Washington from | Tokyo and a survey of the Korean | war situation. | General Collins is Army Chief of | 20/ Now's the time 1o get school Dpews. TUESPAY -Septemher & things ready . . . Miracle SANITONE Service makes ugly, ingrained grime vanish b ~ . §. 5. Princess Norah Takes 11 Passengers To Vancouver, B. C. Among the passengers embarking here on the S.S. Princess Norah Vancouver-bound were Mrs. Agnes Gordon and her two children, Curtis and Lowell. Others were Mrs. E. S. Griswold, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bax- ter, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Houston and Warren. Bound for Prince Rupert were Mr. and Mrs. E. Ons- cien. Passengers arriving from Skagway were: Miss Woods, Miss Hollman, D. L. Stevenson, R. Wilcoxen, Steve Vukovich, Mrs. D. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Coffey, Bobby Coffey, Miss Billy B. Davis, Rred Enearl, | Sister Mary Kevin, Sister M. Jude,‘ Sister Mary Florence, Rev. Robert | L. Whalen and Father Tourigny. | o SRR LS | Legion of the Moose No. 25 meets Friday at 8 pm. Initiation and lunch. 589-2t AR, S0 SE st 8 House Appropriations Committee today included $1,500,000 in a sup- plemental appropriation bill for Ye- pair of bridges on the Seward-Por- tage section of the Alaskan Railroad. The committee said that many of the bridges are in urgent need of repair “so that shipments will not be interrupted during the time need- ed to complete highway faciiiies now under construction.” Also included in the bill is $110,- 000 for replacement of building destroyed by fire on St. George Is- land, Alaska. Sewing machines for rent &t the White Sewing Machine Center | MISS MeGOWAN LEAVES ON | TEACHING ASSIGNMENT| i Miss Betty McGowan of Friend- ship, Wis, nicce of Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Dawes and Mr. and Mrs.{ Harold F. Dawes, left Wednesday | | on ‘the Baranc: after spending tne; | summer in Juneau. She will teach school at Wassilla, Alaska. [ Miss McGowan was an activel member of the Creative Writers’ Club during her sta; in Juneau. FAIRBANKS VISITOR i Myrtle L. Bowers of Fairbanks 1s registered at the Baranof Hotel. —_—— CORRECTION In the Case Lot Grocery advertisement appearing in yesterday’s Empire, Shamrock large Canadian Eggs were quoted at 2 dozen for $1.19. 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