The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 20, 1950, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-_JUNEAT), ALASKA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, NEWS ITEMS FROM SITKA SITKA, Alaska, (Special rondence)—The City Council little busir meeting Tu McGraw vacancy caused by of Councilman Clithera Outs on an extended vacation Cc il voted against the offer of Ray Beach of Juneau act as city assessor and to leave selecti ouncil which ss to day evening ho Councilman Harvey own on types of government bonds in which the Hospital sale tax might be invested, it was de- he monies in the to depos nk of Sitka. If of the city employees, yard thanked the servisor c the recent wage in- creases 1 VFW applied for and was grant a club ior license. the club be mi Howard Smit T im of $1272.11 in bills wer and council ad- Jjourr was acquitted al Friday afternoon of sault and battery ag- al ar old Stevie Mc- Graw. The charge was brought by the s father, Don McGraw, showed that Stevie 1p of older child- ear the Mooers y afternoon, No child Pastor Mooers three Stevie for the stick m him and used it ault and battery is 4 for were T afternoon, September 9, home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy at the Island by US Commissioner Frank Richards, Atten Miss Dorothy Bronsema and W ley Johnson the bride was given in marrie Dr. Robert Shuler. At the wedding reception that Mrs, E. C. Tibbetts. May ¢, Mrs. Guy Bogges and Miss Dorothy Bronsema assisted the hostess. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Brockmeier of Zion National Park, Utah, was a nurses aid at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital The groom, son of M Hazel Fraley, is a plumbers helper for the ANS on the Isl The couple will make their home in Millerville on the Island. A third son, Lorin Wilbur, weigh- ing seven pounds eight ounces, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rice early Tuesday morning at the SJ Community Hospital. Mr. Rice is owner of the Sanitary Dairy. A third son weighing nine pounds ten ounces was born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Riggs Wednesday af- ternoon at the SJ Community Hos- pital. Mr. Riggs is a carpenter employéd by the Sitka Cold Storage Company. Two marriage applications were made September 14: Willlam M. Brady, electrician and Isabella G. Sing, housemother of SJJC; Ed- ward Petersen, fisherman and Flo- rence M. Willis, both of Ketchikan. Only three have filed for city office to date: D. R. Doyle, mayor; E. E. Riggs, council and H.E. Schae- ffer, SPU Board. Frederick J. Jonassen was ad- judged insane by jury trial Friday afternoon. Testifying were Dr. W. C. Charteris and Pastor Kenneth French, Mr. Johnassen is a fisher- man, owner of the troller Jay. Fifty six members and guests attended the potluck dinner given by the Executive Board of the Wo- men’s Club at their opening meet- ing of the season last Friday eve- ning. Guests were teachers of the Sitka Public School, introduced by Mrs. John Salskov, presiding in the absence of President Mrs. Wil- liam Arthur; and teachers of SJ Junior College, introduced by Mrs. Leslie Yaw. After the business meeting an interesting talk was given by Mrs. Ed Long on the life of Korean wo- men, illustrated with native cos- tumes and handiwork. Ken Smith, boys’ supervisor at SJJC, and his bride whom he mar- ried this summer during his vaca- A Corres- had transact at its Vern was appointed to fill the the resignation accepting Monday turn to school this week were: Jack Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Reed, to enter WSC at Pullman as a freshman; John Thompson. son of Mrs. Ken Cra- vens, to enter WSC as a sopho- more. He will be joined by his wife, the former Joy Taubeneck, infant as soon as he finds Yaw, to enter Wooster College in Wooster, school. SEATTAE BREWINOG & MALTING CO. SEATTLE U.5.A. - tion outside, were honor a school staff dinner Tuesd ning at the home of Mr. and Mrs.| Great Falls, Montana, | George Prescott on the campus.' and S. Birch and Sons with Mor- | ONE ARM BAND"‘ | v The bride will ‘be an English tea- | rison-Knudsen Company, Seattle, | & | I BEIIER ""IA“ 40 cher at the school | $2,190,029.50. | I | r [] <3 | "On behalf of the Alaska Road ABOUND 'N IEXAS Il SAYU s ExpER]’S Mrs. Charles Johnstone and Mrs, | Commission, for which the BPR ¥ | a2 Ed Littlefield were honor guests|is handling construction. Col. John | { : 2 ” | at a surprise stork shower given|R. Noyes, Commissioner, said the ’I‘e‘),(v:bg:Nful;?c‘;’cvdb:x; g(t)h:r ‘f:a;i AN LAKRON- O., Sept. 20—#—The na- by the St. Peters Guild Tuesday|contract would be awarded to the 85 18 XC any S | ion’s present rubber s ly si- evening. The affair which was in- | low bidder. in the number of establishments tion is much better lh;:p:?}w-x)\f\jxn corporated into a regular meeting| With fulfillment of this contract, e |haymu f]ederal rtaxcs last year to o 5 5 1940, according to figures compiled s held at thé home Mrs. C. paving o e e 2 H H operate slot machines. | ontinued from e 1) 5 ot i H. H. Smith as co-hostess | to Tok Junction, P]ans Goes Down in [l the Ualted Siates and dts terri- | fanned out into nearby low-lying | Sumed 650,000 tons of rubber, 97 per- The shower gifts were presented in two baskets, one pink the other Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hildinger were hos's at a farewell dinner for M and Mrs. Walt Welch last Satur- y evening, at the home of Mr. Mrs. John Cushing. Places laid for eight. Welch, ma er of radio station KALA since its opening, left with his wife this week for Kediak where they will make their home. Mrs. Frank Ricards entered Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital Wednesday for an emergency major operation. She is expected to be back home on Students leaving to enter or re- for them; of Mr. Betty Jo Yaw, and Mrs. Leslie Ohio, as a sophomore; Jim Calvin, son of Mr. and Mrs k Caly to WSC where he is ior; Harold Hodgins, son of and Mrs. H. H. Hodgins, for second year at UW medical Hoke O this week to v a patient at Hospital son of Juneau was t her son, the Ortho- r. Harrison Lear, nephew of Hal Vita For buyer, was in town this week on a tour of Al- aska town. Dr. Lear, an eye spec- ialist, is seeking an Alaskan loca- ion. While here he is a guest at the home of Dr.and Mrs, Phillip Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Isaacson left his week aboard their troller Gota, :nroute to the States to spend the winter Mr. Isaacson will be oper- ated on for an injury resulting from fishing this summer. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs Gus Savella and Mr. and Mrs George Pikkar on their boats. Mrs. Charles Whittimore and sons Ricky and Kermie returned Thursday from a visit with her parents in Oregon. While south Mrs. Whittimore purchased stock for her dress shop “Connie’s.” Mr. and Mrs. William Arthur and two sons returned Wednesday from a summers vacation with relatives in New Jersey and Oregon. Mr. Arthur is an ANS employee on the Island. ) Elmer Johnson, son of Mrs, Teddy Johnson and owner with his bro- ther Ted of the Reliable Transfer ZCompany, left this week for a vaca- tion in the states. Mrs. Bonnie Flemming, ANS em- ployee on the Island, left by plane last weekend for California where she has been transferred. PORTLAND FIRM BIDS LOW FOR BIG PAVING JOB Considering that there often are big-percentage differences between even the lower group of bids on construction jobs, Bureau of Public Roads officials were amazed at the closeness of estimates opened to- day on a project totalling nearly two million dollars, For grading, surfacing and bit- uminous surfacing 51 miles of the Alaska Highway between Big Delta and Sears Creek, these bids were offered: Babler Brothers and Rogers Con- struction Company, Portland, Ore., $1,884,391.00; Lytle and Green, Des Moines, Iowa, $1,896,354.00; Stock blue. The refreshment table was decorated in pink and blue. Eight- een members and two guests were | ts at|and Grove, Anchorage, $1,919,583.00; eve- | McLaughlin Construction Company, s SEVEN DIE Bids will be opened tomorrow in | the Alaska Road Commission office | for another large road construction | job. | This is for the 36 miles at the | Valdez end of the Richardson High- way which goes through the famous Keystone Canyon. It is spectacular country, with high waterfalls and steep cliffs, In slippery rock be- neath overhanging cliffs, the ex- isting tunnel will be finished and | a standard highway completed. Puget Sound men from a recently Willow Grove, Pa., naval | of their four-engine privateer bomb- | ing plane into Puget Sound late yes- terday. | X | “missing.” kin. | Thirteenth Naval | cials said the plane District offi- spun BRING FIVE YEARS ONTHIRD OFFENS Charles Chester McDermott, for- merly of Ketchikan and recently working at Haines, will spend five years in the McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary or a similar institution for a third penitentiary offense of | forgery. | |on its death plunge. Rescue planes and crash | sped to the scene, in mid-channel o littered oil slick was found. There were three pilots and four enlisted men aboard the bomber. | SEATTLE, Sept. 20—P—Seven| activated | wachington with 6,479. reserve | squadron were killed in the crash Three hours after the crash into | | 250 feet of water near Whidby Is- | |1and, the Navy listed the men as| § Identity of the seven was wim-\FlRE BAll 52.50 FORGERIES | held pending notification of next of | | | dizzily | ! from a 3,000-foot altitude, and, por- | tions of it ripped off at 1,000 feet | boats Saratoga Passage. Only a debris-! The plane was based at Seattle’s, Sand Point Naval Air Station, and | TAXROLLS SHOW |MARINES N |RUBBER OUTLOOK Etorios. 8134 were in Texas, it Was | phils | disclosed by a report of the Internal | | Revenue Bureau for the year which | ended June 30. In second place was the state of | cent of which was imported from the Far East. At that time this country had the capacity to pro- duce only 4,500 tons of man-made rubber of all types. Today 'thc nation is consuming rubber at a rate of more than 1,000,000 tons a year but has facili- ties for producing 940,000 tons of American rubber. Output of man- made rubber will be at the rate of 740,000 tons early in 1951. to knock out rongpoints. “When we get high ground north of Seoul, there won't be anything to it,” said Marine Col. Lewis (Chesty) e Puller. “He (the enemy) can't By states and territories, the num- | stand up against our air and artil- ber of taxpayers purchasing special- |lery.” tax stamps covering the 1950 fiscal | A5 the Marines tightened their vear for “coin-operated gaming de- | grip on Seoul, the other end of | vices included: | the Allied nutcracker moved on re- Alaska, 202. treating Communists on the south- ey east beachhead. South Koreans se- cured Pohang and started mopping up the surrcunding area. Communist Re-Elect Doris M. BARNES REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LUTHERAN AID TO HOLD FOOD SALE High Ground Taken Other South Koreans captured high ground overlooking Kigye nine miles northwest of Pohang. A spokesman said they had recaptured virtually all ground lost in the Com- munists’ September breakthrough. Four American bridgeheads have now been secured across the Nak- tong river. Infantrymen fought for |a major breakthrough in the north- MefeOI' HaSheS Thl’ough | west corner of the perimeter. After 7 Sky Then Crashes '0 capturing Waegwan yesterday their The Ways and Means Committee of the Lutheran Ladies Aid an- nounces that they will hold a Food Sale on Friday, September 22. Many fine home baked items will be of- fered at the sale, which begins at 11 am, in the Sears Order Office. EXPLODES; The National Geographic Society says a possible ancestor of the word tpyhoon is the Arabic tufan, mean- ing tempest. | objectives now were Kumchon and P e e R T SR Aftel leadin; v today | Taejon, important rail and road two tul;gel:-y coug;‘;}‘:fi,erfwfi w?; was on what the Navy called a Eaflh—BIOWS Up junctions on the way to Seoul. E L L A sentenced to a five-year term on!m“““e training flight. 4 | The U.S. Second Division drove l S l B L l N E s e The Navy late today 1dentmedi to the junction of the Naktong and to be served concur- | each count, | | the men as: rently. McDermott was accused of forging | % 5 | G S. C. Tovoskin a check of Nick Bez for $15 August | J&) 7 16 and of Andrew Gunderson for | CODR.. ¥n. ostinuter st /o BRtd $37.50 the following day. He was Point Naval Air Station here; Lt. Lt. S. Red of Harrisburg, Pa.; Lt.| Hartford, | NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 20—# J h £ ! _A meteor flashed through the sky | Nam rivers. Allied airmen reported to the west of here early today and | the Communists were fleeing across | apparently exploded in the air jar- the Naktong at this point. ring an area from Paducah, Ky., to | West of Masan on the southern Memphis, Tenn. coast, U.S. 25th Division troops met DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Petersburg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. = ¢ 5 ha | (J&) L. W. Schmidt, Philadelphia; e 2 +_ | stiffened resis alu g, & - ’ . patcher In aduca. sai when he has been in the federal f‘h“"‘:}l"fimf‘z"?":’i;‘_ P\?”DE.M:::.-‘“O"\ all along his line to Memphis | B-29 Superforts pounded at Ko-| == e _— Monell, R D . rean Communist lines of retreat e e jail awaiting disposition of his case. | With Mrs. Mildred Hermann rep- | resenting him, McDermott waived | indictment by the Grand Jury and‘ consented to prosecution by infor- | mation filed by the United Stauzs" Attorney He pleaded guilty this afternoon before Judge George W. Folta in District Court. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stanley | D. Baskin represented the govern- | ment. - No AWARD MADE SOUTH PARIS, Me., Sept. 20—® | —A Superior Court Justice today o" H' S' ADDI“o“ | ordered p;‘mncxs M. Carroll, central | figure in the celebrated Carroll- The Juneau School Board is €on- | pyyer murder case, free from life sidering two bids on an addition | hrisonment after 12 years. to the high school building. The bids, $67.000 by Valle-Sommers COD- | ¢ 54 year old Carroll's request for struction Co. of Seattle and $70254 | ; writ of habeas corpus. by the Berg Construction Co., of The state has no appeal Juneau, were considered too high|gne order, which shattered Maine for the two-story addition that wx_u | court precedent. provide a band room and music | .Boy that's wonderful room on the Sixth street entrance | carrol] said when he heard it at side of the present building. ander, Oak Harbor, Wash. | the state prison in Thomaston fyom | Warden J. Wallace Lovell. years ago for the 1937 bludgeon- ing of Dr. James G. Littlefield at South Paris. (RASH AWARDED $19,000 Rector Land, sole survivor of an Alaska Airlines crash near Homer, onetime boy friend of Alaska, in January, 1949, has been | daughter, Barbara, were both con- awarded approximately $19,000 in|yicted of the Littlefield slaying. Benson, Territorial Commissioner | nobody ever has been tried for her of Labor, it was learned here from ' gdeath. the Department of Labor today. rhCenr:eexlr?]zX e 23‘\1[‘"1:”‘3""1‘ BPW OF KETCHIKAN sy S solli s ELECTS OFFICERS chorage. i Land was pilot of the plane,| | = vin, b . and disability payments are to be| he !o]?ov\ug D”3L n ha\e_ b« 3 | elected by the BPW at Ketchika made by Alaska Airlines. The hear- | g Bz Roberta Rich, president; Mar; ing was held under the provisions o of the Workmen's Compensation | Byl vice pwesident; Jane Mo Act. i Crory, second vice pre 5 | tle Bryant, treasurer; Five persons died in the cm'h"McElderry. recording secretar, Clara Tobin, corresponding tary; Margaret Hyde, parliamer arian; and Teresa Cordell, orga * TODAY'S LANDINGS | One landing was made today with | the White Eagle, skippered by | Hjalmar Savikko, bringing in 1200/ pounds of salmon for E. C. Johnson. BELL RINGS TWICE A 6 pound 10 ounce boy was born i i z A ., |to Mrs. Paul Bell at St. SCOUT FINANCE CAMPAIGN | Hospital yesterday and a girl The 1950 Boy Scout finance cam- |born to Mrs, Stephen Bell paign in Juneau and Douglas will»mm,ni . - 4 kick off about October 15, accord- ng. The girl weighed 3 pot and 10 ounces, ing to announcement by M. J. the Shelby County radio officer said | and broke up troop concentrations. | one car reported the meteor hit in | The airmen fought in good weather. The B-29’s encountered some anti- Justice Albert Beliveau granted miles east of Nashville, SURVIVOR OF PLANE .o 5 e MAROONED ATOP Carroll and Paul N. Dwyer, 30, a | | thirty (1:30 am., CST) sg:,remasg; 808-1ip, : No - -------------. % was fiying at 18000 feet and | : W You CAN FLY FR from | it looked as though it came right 1 J""EA UM across our nose. “For Better " To SEATT “I tell you, I never saw such a Appearance" 1 FOR ONLY Lz news,” | brilliant flash of light before.” H $66. 0 0 ONE way 1 CALL : AIRLINER'S CREW : *118.80 rovnp 1y i : & (Plus Tay) | or ICELANDIC PEAK P e s e ‘ H Baranof Hote}, Juneay Carroll's | pEyJAVIK, Iceland, Sept. 20— ] Phone 106 »—Rescue teams hoped to begin : total disability payments by Henry | The doctor’s wife also was slain, but | gir marooned atop a 6,000-foot t. | transmitter by ‘| WANT ADS BRING RESULTS told of a jar of an explosion. j | He said a railroad signalman at | from the southeast battle perimeter Covington, Tenn., 40 miles north of | to prevent the Reds from reinforc- Memphis, told of seeing a ball of |ing Seoul. U.S. Fifth Airforce I fire in the sky getting larger and |fighters in large numbers joined in larger, then exploding. ;the attack. The planes sealed a ! Al Memphis, 220 miles southwest, | train in a tunnel, smashed convoys the vicinity of Hatchie Bottoms, a | semi-swamp area between Memphis aircraft fire over Pyongyang, Red and the Millington® Naval Base.l‘capilal. where they hit at troop about 20 miles away. | training centers. | A report of the sky flash was given in Memphis by American Air- | lines Capt. H. J. Carman, of Dallas, Voter: Be sure to vote Republican Tex. Carman had just landed a |ticket under absentee law before DC-6 with 41 passengers from Wash- | you leave for the States. lington. Republican Club of Juneau, Al- “We sighted that thing about one- | aska, Commissioner’s Precinct. Pioneers of Alaskan air travel, Pan American has worked steadily to improve service and reduce fares. Now Pan American is offering still lower regular all-year fares between Alaska and Seattle. ABSENTEE VOTING the removal today of six men and a glacier since Thursday, when their Icelandic Airline Skymaster crashed | on the frozen peak. | The rescuers were converging |on the spot by air and on foot. A ground party of seasoned moun- taineers was working its way up the steep slopes toward Vatnajkoell Glacier. An American rescue plane, one of several dispatched to the cene, landed on the glacier yester- day. The Skymaster crew, which in-| cluded a young stewardess, receiv- ed supplies and a portable radio parachute drop | 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. I YO SEATTLE * HAWAII » ROUND -THE-WORLD * KETCHIKAN JUNEAU * WHITEHORSE * FAIRBANKS * NOME TRIANGLE CLEANERS Monday. The stewardess and second pilot were slightly injured in the crash. 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