The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1950, Page 2

rAGE TWO HURRICANE AREKILLED " PLANE CRASH At |At 1 pm DEALS OUT BIGPUNCH PLANE Florida City—l_s_ Hit Hardest =22t " 52, a native of San Antonio, Tex., E | A E THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA TODAY At 8 pm.—VFW meets CIO Hall FIFTY - HVE !(OMMUNITY EVENTS|LEOTA'S INITIAL September 1 noon—Soroptimists luncheon and business meeting, Baranof. Martha Society meets in parlors of Northern Light Pres- byterian church. t 2 p.m.—Indian “Pow Wow” clos- ing the Primary for the summer and opening the fall and winter program. L. D. S. Chapel, 10th and E Sts. | BU' NO LIVQS LOSI“ | who has been living in New York. ‘lAL 8 p.m.—City Council meets. | e has been manager of the east- Tornado Reported |division of the Gulf Oil Company.| NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 31—P—| Another American was listed as| The freakish Gulf hurricane that|William C. Gist, son of Justice swept inland last night near Mo-|Ervin Gist of Lake City, Ta. The| bile, Ala., appeared today to have delivered its heaviest punch at Pan- ama City, Fla. as ices and Transportation officer at the U. S. Embassy in Cairo. No loss of life was reported, and | The plane left Cairo for Rome (he storm apparently caused little at 1:30 am, local time, today damage elsewhere. | (6:30 p.m., yesterday, EST) it was Mayor Carl Gray of the coastal last heard from at 1:57 am. First resort in extreme northwest Flor- indication that it had crashed came ida said in a radio broadcast a dock | when it was reported overdue at d beach property were damaged. Rome five hours later. i Other Disastrous Crashes | an He sai@ 3,500 persons were evacu- ated from low ground to Red cro»{ shelters. the crash one of the most disas- Tornado Wreckage |trous in world commercial aviation | A tornado—believed an offshoot (history. The heaviest death toll in of the storm—seriously injured two American commercial aviation was 1d wrecked a dozen houses exacted last June 24, when 58 per- at Apalachicola, Fla. |sons died in a Northwest Airlines Another hurricane grew in size Plane crash in Lake Michigan. The and intensity in the far eastern heaviest toll in commercial airline - 'history was March 12 this year, Carribean today. The Weather Bur year, eau at San Juan, Puerto Rico, re- ‘when 80 persons died in the crash persons ar ported winds of hurricane force'of & British transport near Cardiff, | extending as much as 75 to 100 miles ‘Wales. | north and northeast of the newl e R storm center. 41 [N 50 ouT 0" The big wind was placed at a ] point about 210 miles east of Martin-"| > e | ALASKA COASTAL A third hurricane shoved north- ! ward in the Atlantic about 500 miles WED"ESD Av 'I'RIPS east of Bermuda. Winds at 115 MPH | | Winds as high as 115 miles an, Alaska Coastal Airiines yesterday hour had been reported by the New |carried 101 passengers with 10 on/| Orleans Weather Bureau as the|interport flights, 41 departing andl Gulf tropical storm at first advanc- ‘:50 arriving at Juneau. ed toward the Mississippi-Alabama- | Departing for Ketchikan passen- | northwest Florida coastline. [gers were: Ed Peterson, William However the highest wind veloc- | Paul, Jr.; For Petersburg: Walter ity reported on land was a Coast H. Zobrist; For Wrangell: Gladys| Guard estimate of 98 miles an hour | Knight; For Pelican: Mr. and Mrs. | at Santa Rosa Island, an isolated |A. M. Wahto and two children; A. sand spit with a Coast Guard sta- | B. ¥ioobs; For Hawk Inlet: Daisy! tion about five miles offshore from | Wheat; For Bartlett Cove: Mrs.| Pensacola, Fla. lDunne Jacobs. { But damage at the island was neg- | For Sitka: Mr. Wanberg, Gar- ligible, the Coast Guardsmen re-fmgn Shutt, Mrs. Gladys Shutt, T.| ported. | S. Batchelder, John Geaf, Hilda | | Torrop, Priscilla Parker, Lydia Til- | | son. | For Tenakee: Tony Johnson. | " For Skagway: F. B. Hannan, T. L. e | Robins, H. Johnson, J. Monagle, Jr., | = | Ed Stewart. coll RollED BY For Haines: Mr. Tapley, Miss| | Erickson, Clara McRae, Bonnie Mc- | | Rae, F. J. Goman, Jim MacCom- | mond, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dunn, El- U“ F R izabeth Cavanaugh, Lynne Dunn. | For Hood Bay: Vincent Yadao, (Continued from Page One) | {Lee Booth, Frank Heinz, A. E. Owens, J. B. Smith, Ed Wilson. Arriving from Hood Bay, passen- gers were: Craig Sobernall, William more than 90 of the air giants spew- | Kushuk, John Octuck; From Chat- ed more than 800 tons of bombs'ham: Mr. Passinger. on strategic targets in North Korea | From Haines: Mr. and Mrs. —600 tons of the load on industrial | Stonehouse, Sally, Susan, Kenneth | targets at Chinnampo, the port of and Norma Dorman, Mrs. T. M.| the Reds’ capital, Pyongyang. Both | Brennan, Pat Brennon. cities were hit by carrier raids From Skagway: James and Robert | yesterday. Night strikes were made jackson, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Jack- by B-29 superforts, B-26 light bomb- | son, Ken Lamoreaux, Mr. and Mrs. ers and fighter planes at Seoul, | paul Dale, David Ramsey, Jimmie fallen capital of South Korea. All[cooper. bridges across the Han River at| From Sitka: G. Lowry, Glenna Seoul were made impassable. Hughs, G. Lemeke, R. Ostergaard. Violation Charge From Tenakee: Mrs. James Pad- At ATTENTION tion Saturday night. The Chinese Communists accused the U. S. Air Force again today of violating China’s borders. The U. S. says it has instructed its fliers to avoid the Manchurian fron- dock, Georgiana Paddock, Ole Olson.‘ Daniel Preston; From Hawk Inlet: | Swen Stenskog. From Gustavus: Mr. and Mrs. Alex Johansen and son, Bryan. September 2 ern hemisphere foreign production |At 10 a.m.—Annual Department of Alaska American Legion Conven- tion meets for 5 day session. {At 2 pm—Rainbow girls meet in Scottish Rite Temple. i senior Gist is Administration Serv-| At 7 p.m.—LOOM stag dinner fol- lowed at 10 p.m. by anniversary dance. September 3 2:00 p.n.—Baseball game for injury fund between EIlks vs. Moose Coast Guard. I September 4 | At 7:45—Civil Defense Council meets in City Council Chambers. September 5 ! The loss of 55 lives would make‘AL noon—Rotary Club, Baranof. At 8:45 and 9 a.m.—Juneau Public Schools open for fall term. September 6 At Noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof. September 7 At noon—Chamber of Commerce, Baranof. MOOSE MEMBERS Remember 39th birthday eelebra- 595-1x5 FALL SHOWING IS SLATED TOMORROW, Fashions, Colors for Smart- est Circles Will Be Dis- played at Preview Mrs. Leota Smith, owner of Le- ota’s Shop, has returned to Juneau after a three week buying trip in the east where she purchased mer chandise for the coming autumn season. “I have established business re- lations with many of the leading nationally advertised manufactur- ers,” Mrs. Smith said, “and this fall many of the items to be shown at Leota’s will be featured in Vogue Harper’s, Mademoiselle and other national fashion magazines.” Mrs, Smith commented on the new fall fashions, pointing out that the plum shades will predominate. She added, however, that a very popular color appears to be a dusty, | rich golden beige called “encore.” | Another flattering touch coming | back into fashion preference is| elaborate beading of suits, dresses| and hats. Parisian touches have been applied to many of the Fall fashions and add color and interest to what would otherwise be all- American designs. The new merchandise, purchased mainly in Chicago and New York, | strate ra from budget shop and sportswear to high fashion gowns and will be shown September 1st at Leota's initial Fall showing. More items were expe Enough has arrived, however, to make a representative showing ol all the new lines and to demon- what may be expected in the way of styling, workmanship and price, Net Tourney ed, but the! rail strike has delayed shipments, | THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1950 Gets Starfed There Is No Substitute for Newspaper Advertising! The annual Juneau men’s tennis tournament will get underway at the courts in Evergreen Bowl tonight at Ten conienders will vie for Aitention Shippers: | to be trained in first aid and 12- | 000,000 Leota is particularly anxious to|5:30. acquaint Juneau women with the | the crown which was won last year labels that will appear in the by Will Reedy. In addition to Reedy, smartest circles. Among these are the list of racket-wielders includes Rothmoor—coats and suits, Adolph Bob Boocheever, who was city Marc—dressy suits, Moordale Juntor | champion in 1947 and 1948. casual suits and hats by Gage, Su-| Tonight's ~matches " pit Reedy zanne, Lurrell and Knox. | against Stan Freeman and Dr. Ted The September 1 showing will be | Oberman against Tan Ogg at 5:30. a preview—the complete lines will| These will be followed by George arrive in the next few weeks and|Tapley vs. Fred Eastaugh and Boo- a second showing will follow. | cheever ve. Joe Werner at 6:30. An- okl | other cohteést scheduled for Friday | evening will match Jack Frost and COL. ALEXANDER HAS | pon morvison. | Weather permitting, matches will "Ew INFORMATION o" | run each afternoon or evening until AID BY RED (Ros’ 1 the tournament is completed. ' | ATTENTION MOOSE MEMBERS Colonel J. D. Alaxander, Director| Remember 35th birthday celebra- tion Saturday night. Civil Defense, announces receipt of confirmation from American Red MAIL BOAT M. S. AEGIR Sailing from Juneau 1st, 10th and 20th each Month (Loads at Small Boat Harbor) Calling: Excursion Inlet, Lemeisurer Island, Gull Cove, Idaho Inlet, Elfin Cove, Port Althorp and [;elican : _For regular and dependable service to all points in Icy Straits and Cross Sound throughout the year, ship via Mail Boat M/S Aegir. U. S. Mail Freight Charfer PELICAR TRANSPORTATION COMPANY Francis C. 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