The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 7, 1950, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT YOUNG WAR VETS BOSS AM. LEGION Anchorage Attorney Nam- ed as Head of Alaska Department A full slate of World War II vet- erans swept the elections yesterday afternoon at the 3lst annual con- vention of the Department of Alask: of the American Legion. From top man on down, all key position: will be occupied by the younger vets during the next year. ‘Harold Stringer, Anchorage at- torney, took over Department Commander. At present, he is also Commander of the Anchorage Post. John Van Horn, of S and Au- brey W. Smith, of Fairbanks, were elected as First and Second Vice- Commanders in that order. Other newly elected officers A. L. Zenger, Sr., Service Officer; Vernon P. Harris, Historian; and Eric New- bould, Chaplain; all of Juneau. Walter B. King, of Ketchikan, who retires as National Executive Committeeman for Alaska, was el- ected Department Judge Advocate. Henry Tighe, of Adak, was elected Sergeant - at - Arms. Theodore J. Smith, of Juneau, and Dr. Robert D. Livie, of Anchorage, were ('L;‘n\(‘n as Executive Committeemen-at- Large. Retiring Department Commander Perry S. McLain was elected to re- place King as National Execuzive Committeeman. Frank Nash of Fairbanks, was re-elected Alternate National Executive Commitieeman. Stringer re-appointed Ethel Lind- ley, of Valdez, as Adjutant-Finance Officer. Committee appointments will be announced later. National Convention Eight delegates to the National American Legion Convention at Los Angeles were named. They arc: Rus- sell Clithero, John Van Horn, both of Sitka; Walter Mickens, J. C. Mor- ris, Harold Stringer, Agnes Doyle, Perry McLain, all of Anchorage; and Harry Levy, Ketchikan Five alternate delegates were also named. They are: R. H. Stock and a Legionnaire Olsen, of Anchorage; Robert McDaniels, Sitka; Ethel Lindley, Valdez; and Warren Tay! lor, Fairbanks. Next year's convention will be theld -at Seward. One other resolution was passed in the closing hours of the conven- tion yesterday. The measure propos- ed an amendment in the Depart- ment By-Laws on the practice <,r‘ proxy voting. Past Department Commander J.C Morris, of Anchorage, presided toastmaster at last night's conven- as tion banquet in the Baranof Gold | Room. Outgoing National Executive Com- | mitteeman Walter B. King conduct- ed the installation of the new De- partment officers earlier in the eve- ning at the Elks Hall. This cere- mony was preceded by a memorial | service honoring all Legionnaires | and members of the Legion Auxil- iary who died during the past year. The final event of the convention was the ball held at the Moose Lodge | last evening. Convention Chairman Chester E. Zenger and Post Commander Rob- | ert N. Druxman were highly praised for the work of the Juneau Post in arranging the convention. REPUBLICAN RALLY A Republican Rally will be held in the 20th Century Theatre 1( 8:00 pan., Tuesday, September The public' is cordially im-no.i Good speeches by good talkers Music. Join the crusade to restore good government in Alaska Republican Club for the Juneau, Alaska Commissioner’s Precinct. Carmen Mantyla Is Lovely Bride 0f Alex McNeil, Jr. In the presence of their many friends the marriage of Miss Carmen Dolores Mantyla and Mr. Alex Mc- Neil, Jr., was solemnized at 8 o’clock Tuesday evening in the Scottish Rite Temple. The Rev. Willis R. Booth of the Northern Light Pres- byterian Church read the marriage VOWS The ceremony took place in the upstairs lodge room of the Temple before a white draped altar, arrang- ed in.a beutiful setting of white tapers in candelabra and tall baskets of white asters and daisies and gladiolus of mixed pastel colors. Lovely Bride The lovely bride, who entered on the arm of her father, to the strains of Mendelsohn’s Wedding March, wore a wedding dress of white taf- feta with sheer yoke and shirred bodice, and boufont skirt. She wore taffeta mitts and her fingertip veil of illusion was caught to a coronet of seed pearls. She wore the groom’s gift, a necklace, braclet and earrings of cut crystal set in silver interlock- ing links, and carried a white Rain- bow Bible centered with white rose- buds and stephonitis and shower of white satin ribbons. The bride’s sister, Miss Betty Mantyla was maid of honor and Miss Paula Kay Cook was brides- maid. The two attendants wore matching dresses of net, Miss Man- tyla in pink and Miss Cook in green, styled with shirred bodice and boufont skirt, and halos and mitts. They carried old fashioned nosegay ‘bouquets of pink rosebuds and white sweetpeas. The best man was Mr. Clarence Warfield and ushers were Mr. Car- son Lawrence and Mr. Willlam H. Barron. The dainty flower girl, tiny Ann Marshall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Knox Marshall, was dressed in yel- Jlow taffeta and carried a miniature nosegay of yellow rosebuds and pink sweetpeas. Candle lighters were Carol Law- rence who wore pastel pink brocaded organdy and Patricia Ann Mantyla, younger sister of the bride who was dressed in pink taffeta trimmed in aqua satin. Both wore halos of pastel sweetpeas. Mrs. Art Mantyla, mother of the bride, was charming in a dress of aqua lace and chiffon. Her corsage was of white stock and rosebuds. Soloist was Mrs. Leigh. Grant of Douglas, who sang “Day of Golden Promis and “T'll Walk Beside | Xou.” She was accompanied by Lois Lawrence on the organ. Miss Law- rence played the wedding march and also played during the wedding cere- mony. Reception in Blue Room c.! The wedding reception was held |in the Blue Room of the Temple. The lace covered table was beautiful with bouquets of asters, daisies and | pink snapdragons. | The wedding cake which centered the table was of particular beauty. | Made espécially for the bridal couple | by Mr. Carson Lawrence, the cake was topped with a wedding scene in miniature, complete with a doll | wedding party before an altar, with !a background of a church window and steps leading to the altar. | Asked to pour at the reception were Mesdames Carson Lawrence, | Elton Engstrom, Norman Cook and anL Carroll. Mrs. George Dudley served the Jpunch and following: the traditional | first cut by the bride, Mrs. Albert | carlson cut the wedding cake. ,1 A: ting in the serving were Mes= | dames Willlam Barron and Helen Roff. The beautiful flowers that enhanc- ed the setting for the wedding and the reception, were the gift of Min- ,nie Field from her gardens at Min- field on Glacier Highway. A special guest at the wedding was Mrs. Charles Tuckett of Seat- tle. Mrs. Tuckett is a ‘long time \ friend of the bride’s family and is 600-5t | the house guest of the Mantylas North Pacific area and Honolulu. on a visit The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Mantyla of Juneau. She has lived in Juneau most of her | life. Mr. McNeill is the son of Mr. Alex McNeil Sr., of San Benito, Texas. He is with the Alaska Com- munications System and has lived in Juneau the last two years. Both are popular members of Juneau's group of young people. The couple have purchased a house in the Highlands and will make their home in Juneau. lBARTlETT GIVES HIS TESTIMONY (Continusi from Page 1) photographs of the checks sent to| him by the Alaska Statehood Com- mtitee. “There is nothing to hide in all this,” he sald. “All these trans- actions have been entirely above- board, If I desired to enter upon a life of crime I should imagine that easier- ways could be found than misappropriation or misuse of Territorial funds.” Reckless Charges Bartlett concluded by defending the Americanism of Governor Er- nest Gruening of Alaska and said “I cannot help feeling that these charges which to. my mind are reckless in their nature were in- spired by political considerations and nothing more. The Alaska statehood cause is based upon the good old American desire for equal- | ity in citizenship and it will not be turned aside by any attacks of | this klnd % CHARLES FORWARD : MEMORIAL RITES ON FRIDAY EVENING - Memorial services for Charles H. Forward, who died suddenly Sun- day afternoon, will be held tomor- | in the| row evening at 8 o'clock Charles W, Carter Chapel. The Rev. A. B. Morgan, of the Methodist Church will con- | Mrs. Ronald | duct the rites, and Lister will sing. Friends who wish may send con- tributions in the name of Charles H. Forward to the Juneau Garden Club Living Memorial Fund, in care of Mrs. Ray Renshaw, Box 2808 Juneau, This fund is being set up to landscape the grounds of the new Memorial Library. Mrs. Forward, accompanied by her son, William, will take her husband’s remains to Oregon City, | Ore., for interment beside his par- ents. They will travel on the Al- aska sailing Saturday. The eldest daughter, Mrs. Fred Birch of Pelican, will remain in Juneau to take care of the young- est daughter, Carol, a grade school student. The other daughter, Mar- garet (Peggy), will join her mother | in Oregon, She is in training at the Providence School of Nursing in Portland, Oregon. : T()DA‘S LANDINGS The Attu, skippered by Peter Lundy, landed 2,500 pounds of sal- mon and Jim Hickey trucked Bay, both for Engstrom Brothers. UNION OIL TANKER SAILS The A. C. Rubel, Union Oil tank- er, tied in at the Union Oil dock last night-at 11 o'clock and sailed this afternoon at 1 o'clock for Ket- | chikan, A cargo of bulk products were unloaded here and a delivery will be made at Ketchikan. The Rubel operates out of Los Angeles and San Francisco to ports in the Foot-miles are thirst-miles BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORTY 'sa long road that has no Coke Ask for it either way ... both e ftrade-marks mean the same thing. OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY JUNEAU COLD STORAGE COMPANY © 1950, The Goca-Cola Company to Gastineau Channel. pastor | ' | American League Against War and in | 1,500 pounds of salmon from Auk| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA (HARGES OF "4 My name appeared for a time a sponsor of the National Coun- ’cu of American-Soviet Friendship. (By. Associated Press) However in a letter dated Nov. 12,| A bill to promote General Omar 1946 I withdrew the permission fOl‘.Bradley to five star rank has been Lhe use of my name in that con«yuf{ercd in the Senate. Bradley is 1H‘Ct10n My action was taken|chairman of the Joint Chiefs of | more than a year prior to the des- | Staff | ignation of this organization as a| The bill, sponsored by Senator ! Communist fron* by the attorney|chan Gurney of South Dakota, ‘eenelal on November 24, 1947.” would raise Bradley to the rank ol: He added that “the names of | General MacArthur—the only five many loyal Americans” also had|star commander now in active ser- | been listed among the sponsors. ,Hce Delegate E. L. Bartlett, who rep- resents Alaska in Congress, nlsu‘ REPUBLICAN RALLY had asked to testify. “I i have| A Republican Rally will be held nothing to hide,” Bartlett wrote of |in the 20th Century Thedtre at charges Schoeppel had levelled | 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 12. | against him, The public is cordially invited. Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.),| Good speeches by good talkers. who heads the committee, told| Music. Join the crusade to restore Schoeppel in a public letter “your good government in Alaska. | charges on the Senate floor are; Republican Club for the Juneau, | of so serious a nature, involving BS'Alnska Commissioner’s* Precinct. . they do the patriotism, integrity " 600-5t and good faith of a Cabinet officer, | the dinner was attended by Pres- ident Truman, then Vice Presiderit, Vice President Barkley, then a sen- ator, and other Washington no- | tables. Had Name Withdrawn FIVE - STAR RANK IS NOW PROPOSED FOR GEN. OMAR BRADLEY skilled in the use of the ‘big lle,’”| Chapman added. Senator Schoeppel sat in the committee room today as Chapman‘ made his prepared statement of | reply. Chapman accused the semnor of | ulumsfly “weaving together names dates and inciden's” to make it |appear that Chapman had some- hing to do with the Alaska state- hood committee hiring Randolph | Feltus as a lobbyist. Feltus was described by Schoeppel as a former agent for Communist Poland. Statehood Involved He quoted Senoeppel as having |said: “I have been advised that' THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1950 ¢ Darigold Evaporated Milk is of guaran- teed quality .. . . accepted by the Council on Foods of the American Medical Assodcflon. t DARIGOLD : EVAPORATED | the deal (hiring Feltus) was ‘ar- | ranged between Oscar Chapman and Governor Gruening (of Alas-i ka), I have this fact on hearsay evidence.” “There was no deal,” the sec- retary declared flatly. He said Fel- tus was hired by the Alaskan com- | | mittee and he had nothing to du that an immediate hearing and| investigation clearly is requireq.” - | — Lowest Everyday | near Tater from orners ‘menvonea | o | MIEAT DEPT. PHONE 1031 | in Schoeppel’s blast at the Interior Department and certain leaders of | | the r.ghb for Alaskan statehood. GAMES TODAY NEW YORK, Sept. 7—{#—Boston ' protected third place in the National League today by defeating the chal- lenging New York Giants, 6 to 4. A five hit barrage that included home- runs by Bob Elliott, Sid Gordon and | Sam Jethroe gave the Braves all | their runs in the seventh inning. l'?vrerydé;y~ _P;;ic_eé — el had produced in the | photographic copy of | oath of office as Un- T of the Interior in 1946, which a loyalty affidavit had ken. The senator had an explanation. Loyalty Affidavit | Chapman said he was sworn in at a formal ceremony, at which it customary to administer onily the oath, leaving it to the ‘em- | | ployee to sign the affidavit later.' | He said he did and produced photographic copy of such an affidavit bearing his signature. He said he had previously signed a loyalty oath in 1941, the terms \of which were definitely binding. Chapman also submitted photo- graphic copies ol uments which e said refuted hoeppel's accu- | sation that he refrained in 1946 from signing an affidavit of loyalty to the American form of govern-: ment. i He said, he had signed such affi- davits in 1941, 1946, 1947 and 1949, | complying with various laws enagt- ed by Congress. General Denials “I now turn to Senator Schoep- pel’s references to my alleged con-! nection with certain uxgammuous," CHICAGO, Sept. 7—P—The St. AR S B R il T st Do “1. I wa A in ti was never a member of the Howie Judson and then coasted to a Fascism. 6-0 victory over the Chicago White Ky ; Sox behind Dick Starr’s nine hit “2. 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