The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 28, 1950, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT ENROLLMENT IN ALASKA SCHOOLS WILL BE LARGE Five MiIIic;rrfioIIars Will Be Needed for Educa- tion, Lions Are Told approximately 14,- 000 children enroll in Alaska public schools which open next week, Dr. James Ryan, Territorial be to There wll Commissioner of Education, told a | meeting of the Juneau Baranof Hotel regular Lions at the noon. The program in charge of Val Poor, paid tribute to educators by having short talks given by® Dr. Ryan, Supt. of Juneau Schools Sterling Sears, and Supt. of the Douglas Schools Martin Peterson. Ryan pointed out that the public | schools cost to the Territory this year would exceed $3,000,000, while | incorporated school districts would | spend akout $2,000,000 more for education. There will be 93 public schools in operation employing 667 teachers, he said “The greatest problem now facing | is in supplying ade- | the Territory quate buildings and facilities to care for the ingreased numbers of children,” Ryan stated, “An esti- mated $20,000,000 is needed at pres- ent to build up to care for the present load. Only a few schools have adequate plants and facil- ities.” Populated areas like Fairbanks and Anchorage are already oper- ating on double shifts due to build- ing shortage, and Sitka and Juneau may be on the same basis shortly, Ryan said. While the Federal Public Works program on school buildings definietely of some | help, it is slow. Sears announced that there would | be three additional teachers in the Juneau schools bringing the total number to 16. He said that ar- rangements had been made for the rental of two church hasements to | care for first grade classes. The| plans for the new school building are nearly completed but the situ- ation remains static until a court decision is given on the proposed site for the building. | “There will be a breakfast for| the teachers on Monday. Regis-| tration and classes will be held! Tuesday,” Sears said. Peterson told of plans for ex- pansion in the Douglas schools.l with an incr ed seating capacity in the gym, introduction of more subjects, efiorts toward building a better library to meet the needs of the growing Douglas residential community. Guests were Lion Arnold Soley, Winlock, Wn., the new Juneau coach who recently arrived here; Slim Schwartz, Forest Service supervisor from Seward, and Elwin Wright, son of Lion Ralph Wright of Juneau. Announcement was made that the National President of Lions would arrive in Janeau Sept. 16. CANADIAN STRIKE MAKE ADVENTURE OF ALLENS' TRIP ‘fhe Canadian transportation strike made the trip to Alaska an adventure for Mr. and Mrs. Rodney B. Allen who arrived here last week to visit Mrs. John Krugness, Mrs. Allen’s sister. The Allens drove from Seattle to Prince Rupert where they were to take a Canadian National ship to Juneau. Strike—no ship—so through the kindness of Cliff Gilker, they were able to make the Prince Rup- ert-Ketchikan trip by fish packer, then planed from Ketchikan to Ju- neau. The Seattle visitors are at the home of Mrs. Krugness, Fifth and Kennedy and will leave for the sout! this week. Their car is in Prince Rupert and how they will reach the Canadian city is a problem. is “For Better Appearance” CALL TRIANGLE CLEANERS R R S DR R S R this | ] 30- — evacuation aircraft. (® Wircphoto. itter Ambulance in Opgra!i g /W 3 " THE DAILY. ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA. on_ 2 NG | | An American soldier, wounded in Korea, is taken from a C-97 transport plane at the Fairfield-Suisun (Calif.) Air Force Base and placed in a new 30-litter ambulance built at the base. Th eambulance, built on a 40-foot bed trailer, was designed so that the number of vehicles would be reduced around the 3MORE ARE OF COMMIES New Deal Employees- Attorney Gives Info WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 — @ — Attorney Lee Pressman testified to- and Charles Kramer were fellow Communists with him when all were New Deal employees in the early '30's, The 44-year-old attorney, formér lawyer in the Federal agencies and later general counsel, for the CIO, denied that Alger Hiss was a mem- ber of the Communist cell while Fressman was in it. Pressman gave the names to the House un-American Activities Com- mittee although he said it was | oifensive for him to have to do | s0. He testified he gave up his {own Communist connection after | one year. Like Pressman, Abt was a lawyer | in the Agricultural Adjustment Ad- ministration who later held other government jobs and then became active in Henry Wallace’s third party campaign in 1948. | Witt also worked for the AAA |and later became, an official of | the National Labor Relations Board. ADDED, LIST | (laims Those Named Were! day. that John Abt, Nathan Witt! says Red drive signals “last gasp’ attempt to throw U. N. off Korea. Allied intelligence say real big Red; drive yet to come, H Air and Sea War: U. S, war-l planes rip into Communists all along battlefront, smashing hard at Pohan advance. Navy reports carrier planes smashed 11 Russian- made Yaks in attack in North Kor- ea. Other carrier planes blasted! Red corvettes tankers and freight- ers in northern ports. Appearance of vessels on scene indicates aid from some Communist nation. Tokyo: Air Force denied Red Chinese charges that American planes violated Manchurian terri-{ tory and hit Manchurian villages. Tapei, Formosa: Nationalist China's defense ministry charges 270,000 Chinese Communist troops mass to aid North Koreans, some already crossed border. Americans report no such troop movements spotted by air reconnaissance. JOINT SUPPLY J0B LEAVES ARMY COLD 28—(#—The Job ations} | i i ' { SEATTLE, Aug. of getting supplies to Arctic stz normally '#s a Navy show buf summer the Army got into the act. The “act,” for the Army’s 32-man contingent, proved to be .oné of the wettest, coldest. phases of the an- tlefront. Eighth Army commander | nual Point Barrow Tesupply ex- pedition around Alaska’s northern- most shores. Lt. Vernon E. Bailey, who headed Kramer's position in the Agri-‘ culture Department was not ' brought out. Witt and | JOE FESSIO TELLS OF PAN AM'S PART IN AIRLIFT OPERATION Execufive Is Inferested in Long-Range All-Alaska Tourist Plan Two reasons for the smile worn by Pan American World Airways Pacific Alaska sales manager Joe Fessio are, first, PAA’s traffic re- cord for the past year and, second, the part PAA is playing in the mili- tary airlift across the Pacific. Pan American’s traffic record for the Pacific Alaska division is bet- ter than ever for this past year, Fessio said. “It is well-balanced and there is more tourist traffic than there has been in the past.” “The military air lift across the Pacific was in operation the day after the Communists invaded South Korea. The MATS, the Military Air Transport Service, has in operation out of San Francisco in excess of 100 4-engined planes running a 7000 mile airlift. While all of the major { airlines are a part of the service,' PAA is the prime contractor,” Fes-. sio explained. Fessio is interested in the Alaska tourist organization plans discus- sed at the Chamber of Commerce recently by George Armitage, Hawai- ia expert on tourism, who is travel- ¢t this|ing through Alaska on the invita-| plane flight in three minutes al-| tion of the Alaska Development Board. A friend of Mr. Armitage, Fessio plans to meet him in Alaska to talk about long-range tourist possibilit-' ies for the Territory. Plans for next.! year's Alaska traffic are, now being made, the Pacific-Alaska division CAATO USE KNOTS FOR AIR TRAFFIC Conversion fo Naufical| Miles Expected by July 1, 1952 WASHINGTON, Augz. 28 — P =l Civil Aeronautics Administration | (CAA) air traffic controllers will use knots and nautical miles in all communications with aireraft after July 1, 1952, A similar change was made standard for U. S. military avia- tion in 1946, CAA said in an- nouncing the move. | A nautical mile is 6,080 feet, a statute mile is 5,280 feet. Use of the nautical mile, the CAA | said, simplifies measuring distances | on maps and charts. Airspeed indicators and similar| instruments aboard planes will re- quire new dials to express their speed in terms of knots instead of statute miles per hour. EVACUATION TEST MADE, | ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 28— (#—On thing appeared certain to civilians and military officials alike here today: H An attack or threat of an attack | by any enemy on Alaska could be followed by a short order evacuation of civilian dependents of military personnel. ! Dry run tests at military instal- | lations here and at Fairbanks re- | sulted in smooth, rapid removal of | the civilians Saturday, with only| slight hitches. In all, 766 women and children were evacuated—theoretically by air but actually in automobiles. The evacuees assembled at a pre- arranged signal at collection points | about 10 a.m. Three hours and 45| minutes later the last carload was checked through Palmer, “capital” of the Matanuska Valley some 60 miles away. The elapsed time in- cluded processing through registra- tion centers. Seventy-five women and children | were processed for theoretical air-| | though none took to the air. An attack probably would divert all avilable aircraft, officials said,| and it would be necessary to utilize | MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1950 HARRY BRANDT IS ‘ Harry A. Brandf, Dean of Menl at the University of Alaska sincel January 1, 1948, has said “goodbye” ! to his friends in College and Fair- banks. He and Mrs, Brandt left August 26, driving to Haines en route to Sitka where he will take over his new duties as Administra- tive Executive of the Sheldon Jack- son Junior College. Mr. Brandt has spent the last nine years in Alaska and has had wide experience in the Territory. A native of Wisconsin, he was grad- uated from the University of Min- nesota, has spent many years in educational YMCA work. When World War II started, Harry Brandt joined the USO Overseas Staff, in 1942 was assigned to Seward, a year later to Skagway. He was director of the Fairbanks USO from 1943 until the USO's were closed December 31, 1947, At this time Mr. Brandt came to the University as Dean of Men and Administrative Assistant to the President. While with the USO he had helped to set up college edu- cational courses for men in uni- form; in his position at the Uni- versity he continued these pro- grams. Harry Brandt will be inducted into his new position as Admin- istrative Executive of Sheldon Jack- son Junior College on September 1, 1950, LOSS OF GEMS REPORTED BY SCREEN STAR NEW YORK, Aug. 28—(M—New York police have arranged to ques- tion screen star Hedy Lamarr today about her $250,000 worth of missing Jjewels. The actress reported the gems missing Saturday while visiting New York City at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel. She has been staying at a summer resort at Southhampton, Long Island, about 100 miles east of here. Hedy Lamarr had delayed re- porting the loss, th hg she might have left the jewels at Southhamp- ton. WOMAN, CHILDREN REMOVED BY PLANE, GROUNDED ~ VESSEL A woman and two children were removed from the grounded motor vessel Mahina Ho Saturday by a light plane from the Cordova Air BUSINESS FOR SALE CROCK’S BOAT SHOP — All equipped and ready to go with a fully furnished. residence next door. Boat Lumber, Plans, Table Saw, Jointer, Band Saw, Sanders, Drills, ete. ete. laints, Mechanical Tools—enough to start a garage — Sockets, Box Wrenches, Pipe Threaders, Cutters, Vises, Tap and Die Sets, Floor Jack and many more tools and miscel- laneous parts too numerous to mention. That’s not all = There’s a 16 H.P. Outboard, 1939 Pickup, Skiffs, Punts, ete. Put them zll together and you’ve got one of the biggest second hand stores in Alaska. Priced far below the actual inventory—3$3,- 500.00 Cash or may talk terms. Call 9 or 7. There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! Pioneer of air travel in Alaska, Pan Ame.ican, has worked stecdily to improve service and reduce fares— SEATTLE FARgs ANOTHER 129% 00 ONLY THE FARE IS CUT! When you fly Pan American, you still get all the Clipper*® extras: Big, dependable 4-engine planes. ..the most experienced crews...fine, free food...and stewardess hospitality. 7O SEATTLE »+ HAWAII * ROUND-THE-WORLD * KETCHIKAN JUNEAU ¢ WHITEHORSE * FAIRBANKS * NOME other means of travel. | Service which landed on the beach. In theory, the civilians Who Were The vessel was grounded off Cape processed Saturday were continued | gycxiing 89 miles southwest of Cor- on the road by motor convoys OVer | qoya Jast Thursday. The three men | The names of Abt, Kramer went into the record after Rep. Nixon (R-Calif.) said he thought Pressman should be re- quired to identify them. Pressman was called for a re- peat appearance before the un- American Activities Committee with the hope of filling in “missing links” in . the Hiss-Chambers case. Korean War . ~AtaGlance | (By Associated Press) | Korean Fronts: Communists ram | 40,000 troops against the northern |rim of United Nations defenses, | striking close to Pohang airstrip on east coast. Heavy fighting reported all along line from Waegwan 45 | miles east to Pohan. Other Red | attacks halted along 120-mile bat- e e S that yeur | the Army party, said his group, sales manager said. ; was called in because ice around] ‘“Though the Pacific airflift is | Tigvariak and Pitt Point prevent bigger than the Berlin airlift, it is | the Navy ships from landing. He| being accomplished by the airlines and his men flew to Barter Island| With no cut in service,” Mr. Fessio in the Arctic July 5 and were met there by Col. Bernt Balchen, polar explorer and Arctic adviser to the Army in the north. | At the island the Army group picked up several “alligators,” the amphibious craft used for landing cargo. Bailey said the water was so cold that a man tumbling in could live only four to six minutes. “We were lucky,” he said. “None of our men fell overboard.” The X-ray was so called because its. inventor, Wilhelm Rontgen, could devise no better name for what was then considered an “un- known quantity.” The volt in electricity is named for the Italian scientist, Alessandro Volta, who died in 1827. N ¢y AIR EXPRESS! Alr express means immediate defivery youl Simply write er wire your faverie shop er your business heuss, requesting merchandise be shipped by Alr Expross, and Alaska Coastel speeds I 1o you In @ matter of hours! Dependable serw Ico of loweet raies by Alr Expross. OMSKW %" w!nyg:s ewing . @“w 9w said. | “In Southeast Alaska we are main- | taining full schedulds. This is man- aged by greater utilization of equip- ment,” he explained. A fishing trip, a flight up Tracy Arm with Shell Simmons of Al-| aska Coastal Airways and a visit | with Royal O'Reilly were on Fessio's | program while in Juneau. Don McMorran, Pan American re- gional - traffic superintendent, ar- rived from Seattle Friday and Mc- Morran and Fessio-left (Saturday) for Fairbanks, Seafood. Chicken w Dining ... Dancing Liquor Store in Connection Open All Night , the Glenn and Richardson highways to the Alaska Highway. Their event- | , ual destintion, had the practice run | | been carried to its ultimate conclu- | | sion, would have been the United | States. All were returned to Anchor- | age as soon as the test was finished. Fairbanks reported much the same results as 50 families at Ladd and 10 at Eielson Air Force Bases partic- ipated in similar activties. A power | failure delayed notification of che! participants at first but the test | was declared a success onge this| trouble was cleared up. PASEY MFG, MAN HERE Amnos J. Jones of the Pasey Mfg.| Co., of Hoquiam, Wn. is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. .. Steaks Dinners aboard remained, Coast Guard head- quarters reported here today. Bows and arrows are the only weapons of ‘he Siriono Indians of Bolivia. ®Trade Mark, Pan American World Airways, Ina. Why? Because BUD means BUDWEISER...and that means the distinctive, delicious taste of the world's most famous beer. There's nothing like it. absolutely nothing \ Budweiser LAGER BEER BREWED, AGED AND BOTTLED BY ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC....ST. LOUIS, MO, U.S.