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PAGE TWO tell Dad you're g HAND TU @ made and smart looking. TOWN ERDA BY CHLORINE GAS AT MARINE BASE DAG 13- An_ exple e supply today brought a threat ible evacuation of ; this isolated desert town to escape chlorin s off aid fire followed the blast, set off by elect sparks | o which somehow touched damp |, chlori: % The big Marine base is on the Mojave some eight miles east of |y, Fvans Sli If you want Dad to know you care, give the gift of feal comfort — Evans Slippers! There are many styles, all well B M BEHRENSS), NGERED SEATTLE FISHING in of the crew were rescued, however. | v u y the Venus. RED FORCES THREATENING ESCAPE PORT (Contiiued from Page One) © 0 ¢ j% two days ago. AP Correspondent Tom Stone flew back to Tokyo from Hungnam | with the story and AP Potographer | Max Desfor recorded the evacuation J|in pictures taken in a cruising military plane. Landing craft nosed up on the beaches and against the docks. Small freighters with steam up at the quays took on their cargoes of men and supplies. | Weapons May Be Left Front dispatches said there was no hope that all the mass of wea- | pons and supplies could be carried | away by sea. There wasn't the shipping for it. Loading in the once | sreat shipping harbor was pushed | {under great difficulties. @) General MacArthur's Wednesday | (1afternoon war summary made no | | mention of the evacuation. Only 90 %1words long, it said Tuesday ground % activity was limited to patrol ac- %|tions both around Hungnam and #|in the west where the Eighth Army ©1is ranged in defense positions north ‘;/mf Seoul. | #| Rear Adm. Arthur J. Doyle com- fl mands the evacuation fleet. It was @\a tough job for the man who @l handled the daring landing at In- @!chon last September that cut off S/ and smashed Red Korean resistance and the later amphibious opera- tion along the northeast coast. | BOY SCOUT DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETS ON THURSDAY EVE., 7:30 The Gastineau district committee of the Boy Scouts will meet Thurs- | lad he’s yours RNED l)pcrs always the greatest gift in the world for a man R AR R 5 day evening at 7:30 in the Council | (| Chambers at City Hall, according @ito anouncement today by M. J.| ! Whittier, district chairman. Reports | ;‘1‘01 standing committees, appoint- 'ment of a nominating committee j’,» for next year's officers, and plans @ for Scout Week in February will be :5 on the agenda for the meeting, | Whittier said. 6| Dr. C. L. Polley of Juneau and | @i (5 Thomas N. Cashen of Douglas are g‘g’@i'fig’g@!«fg{ vice chairmen of the district com- -} i mittee, with E. M. Tyvoll, the Rev. |S. A. McPhetres, Henry Harmon, RRRORG THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA DALL SHEEP IN 2 PLATOON SYSTEM MCKINLEY PARK IS RAISING TROUBLE ARE INCREASING FOOTBALL CRCLES WASHINGTON, Dec. 13-—(#—T! NEW YORK, Dec. 3— (P —The Dall sheep, of the Big Horn species, only thing than can be said for are staging a comeback in Mount | certain about the two-platoon foot- McKinley National Park in Ala tem is that it has produced after being reduced to around 300 two rabid schools of thought among by wolves, he nation’s most vocal and out- | Grant Pearson, Superintendent of | spoken 1ans—the sports writers and | the Park who is here on vacation, radiomen who “cover” the games. | said the wolf pack has been reduc- oximately half of them think ed by shooting. it is the greatest invention since | This, he continued, has permitted | money. Their opposite numbers | the mountain sheep to increase to | ccnsider the two-platoon an unmit- | approximately 1,000, with chances igated evil which threatens to ruin | of a ifurther increase favorable. the game. Very few of the hundreds | The National Park Service tries who responded to the Associated | to keep all kinds of native wild Press' annual year-end poll were animals, predators as well as others, ncutral about it. | in the Park to preserve the natural| The question put to them was picture of wildlife. Do you think that two-platoon | John Doerr, chief naturalist of football is dividing the teams into | the Park Service, told a reporter “haves” and “have-nots?” many | that wolves are partially respons- answered merely yes or no, but ai ible for the decrease in the number majority expressed themselves at | the end of his preliminary hearing WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, ! BPR HIGHWAY ENGINEER | LEAVES FOR SAN FRANCISCO | Brother Bound Mr, and Mrs. William Stev: of Skagway are still at the Bai Hctel. The Skagway flight i | John E. Haapala, Highway Engi- ! neer with the Bureau of Public| {Roads, has completed his assign- . omg Lll i turned back yesterdgy becau: | men aska and will leave to- | ment in Alaska will T s, l | . . | Over in Slaying morrow for his headquarters in| ! < STEVENSONS STILL HERE 194 enso ranc WE se CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CLINIC '{ FOOT CORRECTION Beltone Hearing Aid Dr.G.M.C PHONE 477 S BRING RESULTS 1bE SPpoliEut . Of His Brother the BPR San Francisco office. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 13— | Haapala has been in Alaska the past —Herbert Franklin was bound over ! {wo years on the Glenn Highway to a Federal Grand Jury on alconstruction work. | charge of second degree murder at FAMILY OF CAPTAIN LUND yesterday. Bond was set at $10,000. ) IS VISITING IN JUNEAU Franklin was charged with slay- ) ing his brother Duane during an| argument Dec. 3. Their mother lives at Hoquiam, Wash. OKLAHOMA GRIDDERS WILL PLAY IN GAME | waxt'a Because Capt. Bill Lund, Alaska | Airlines pilot, is flying the run from Anchorage to Tokyo, Mrs. Lund and her three children arrived in Ju- neau today and are visiting Capt. Lund’s family. aldwell SCHEDULED JAN. 6| MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 13—{®—Five members of the nation’s, No. 1 foot- ball team, OkMhoma, agreed today to play for the North squad in the Fly_yourchildren home for Christmas of Dall sheep. Weather, Pearson said, also plays a large part in destruction. “We try to keep all wild animals in the Park and when the number of a species becomes unbalanced, as in the case of the Dall sheep and wolves, we reduce the number until the sheep can live safely,” he said. “Wolves seemed to be our main|s problem among - the predators al- though there are a few coyotes in the park. wolves but just to reduce the num- danger of being exterminated.” “We never tried to clean out the | feeling the strain. ber so the sheep could live without |t scme length. Following is a cross- | Senior Bowl game here Jan. 6. . section of their remarks: | Two of the Sugar Bowl bound “Yes, it over-matches the have- ‘Sooners are All-America. They are nots, and if continued it will break | Frank Anderson, first team defen- many traditional series.” sive end, and fullback Leon Heath, it is the best innovation in ond defensive team. nt years. Two platoons are a| The other three are Norman Mc- d | Nabb, guard, co-captain with Heath; it is playing hell. Schools |Harry Moore, center; and Claude and Santa Clara | Arnold, quarterback. on the West Coast, T.C.U. in Tlexns‘ — and many others which don’t have | 14 CARRIED ON ACA TUESDAY FLIGHTS Pan American offers low fares fast, convenient schedules up unlimited manpower already urel‘ “Platoons—spitoons. Them as had | . Them as hadn’t still ain’t.” | TL. GUARD ENLISTMENT Doerr said that reduction of the| Enlisting Monday in Headquarters number of wolves in the park has| Headquarters and Service Co., 208th ! also been beneficial to the caribou | Infantry Battalion (Sep) Alaska | herds, National Guard was Clair Dunlap | Flights Tuesday by Alaska Coast- al Airlines carried a total of 15 vassengers with five arriving and nine departing. Departipg for Pelican were: Mr. |"Return fo Your’ Homes," Broadcast To China Reds U.S. I0TH CORPS HEADQUAR- | TERS, Northeast Korea, Dec. 13— (#—A Chinese Red Army broadcast was interrupted Sunday by a voice Korea: “Return ta your homelands.” And the voice said it in Chinese. Marine Lt. William Redel, M neapolis, explained it today: He said s a student. The interruption confused* Chinese station. It weng, off the air for a while. | Vance M. Blackwell, Henry Leege, { Arne Shudshift, C. L. Wingerson, {Walter Smith, Leo Jewett, the Rev. | Robert L. Whelan, George Sund- borg, H. E. Lindegaard, the Rev. | J. P. Porter and Stan Grummett as“ other members. In addition, sev-| eral members reside at Sitka, Mt.| Edgecumbe and Skagway. | VESSEL SINKS OFF | CALIFORNIA COAST SAN PEDRO, Calif., Dec. 13— The fishing boat Margaret F of eattle sank off Oceanside today, fter colliding with another craft, dense fog. The 12 members SUNDAY SCHOOL OF NLPC WILL PRESENT PROGRAM ON SUNDAY The Sunday School of the North- ern Light Presbyterian Church will program | on Sunday night, December 17, at| a ibility was zero when the- wet F and the 80-foot Venus, | purse seiner out of San Pedro,! unmed. The Seatle boat was rip- ed open and sank quickly. Crew»l ien were taken from the water: ) present their Christmas i 1' ;_““" D’»‘“” 'L"‘““bfc“n‘]:” ‘““‘J"; The collision occurred 1C miles’ g 50" ook The members of the| " L B ighway 91|t Oceanside, 70 miles south of " | and Daggett on U. S. 66. 4 Sunday School and the Junior| The town’s population is about o i {Choir, under the direction of Mrs. 500. B Patricia Bidwell will present a The blast sent a gigantic envel- KIWANIS Io ASSIST dramatization~ of “The Littlest oping cloud of chlorine gas into the i | | Evacuaied Marines SALVATION ARMY XMAS | FU“D DRIVE 0“ DE(. z” The appearance of Santa Claus Two short color-sound films were {will be made at the close of the Angel.” They will be assisted by the | members of the Senior Hi West- minster Fellowship who will form the antiphonal choir. Fooling Kids al Coming Chrisimas HIGHLAND, N. J. Dec. 13—(®— Who said adults never learn? Last year kids strippeéd the bor- ough’s three Christmas frees of all their bulbs within two days. This year there’ll be one tree— on top of the two-story Borough | Hall. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kindnesses extend- ed to us in our bereavement in the loss of our beloved husband and father. MRS, family. W. E. FEER(, SR. and FROM GUSTAVUS Alice G. White was a Juneau pas- senger on the Alaska Coastal Air- visit here, which told the Chinese Reds in|Honey,” said the voice from in- |to you. And forgive me if I sound | {he broke into the broadcast with his radio. Redel learned Chineac“ 2 i David Andrews plead guilty to r East r Material : the 3 fena ep >~ | conduct before the U.S. Commis- Baranof Hotel, Juneau -|sion to each one of its lines plane from Gustavus for a ' missioner, due to return to Fair- B e 'and Mrs. A. B. Hobbs, James and | Timothy Brightman; for Hoonah: Mr. and Mrs. H. Hargrave, Mr. and ersonal Message > jux oo e on Dis( Is Senl fromiMaudc Austin, Eleanor Austin, Earl Korea fo Home Folks, | Fleming; from Gustavus: Alice G. | White; from Excursion Inlet: Mrs. 13— (A —“Hello, | the ®Make it the gayest holiday season you’ve ever had. Reunite your family this Christmas — fly your young- sters home from school by Clipper*. Aboard the big sturdy 4-engine Clippers, students enjoy all th'e regular Pan American extras. Comfort- able lounge-chair seats, delicious meals, stewardess hospitality. Clipper fares are low—only $66 (plus tax) from Seattle to Juneau. Half fare for children under twelve. You can make all necessary arrangements quickly and easily. Just call... | | l May Dorman, SQUARE DANCE SAT. The Circle Eighters square dance club will meet Saturday at 8:30 | 'pm. in the Catholic Parish Hall. Beginners are urged .to come at TOKYO, Dec. front, from Korea cold Korean war “Merry Christmas FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL {like I'm crying because I am.” The voice was a recording on a special disc. It is a Christmas pro- nits in | _; P iy | sioner’s Court and was sentenced | Phone 106 b; serve | " dag s . y Judge Gordon Gray to serve| $Tvaide Wik Jiun Hoadvibah World Airvays, Tna J(::x months in the local federal‘ Lav AMFRICAN WorLp AIBWAYS MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE | Korea. Every member of that command records a personal message on a dise, which is airmailed to loved ones at home. Hiid G | Two recording machines were} TO VISIT IN KETCHIKAN ‘ | taken to the various units by | Vida Rich with the accounting di- sergeants Fred M. Field of Clarks- :_ismn_ °§ e Ala'ta th]);d Cfl;mf“;’; vlile; menn, and O V. “Mills ot | 500 SR I0SK:QE- BLQUY, CORIIIEE £ | ¥ | to spend the Christmas holiday with | i [ B, ok, [ relatives in Ketchikan. | WORLD'S { TO SPEND CHRISTMAS HERE | # ITS BUNLT FOR KEEPS ! Tocto-hardened crankshaft, airplane-type bearings, and Lifetime ‘Weathersealed cabs. They all tell you that longer life and low:er maintenance are standard equipment with a GMC. As your GMC dealer we are transportation ] 4 engineers, specializing in sal.eclmg the exact combination of the right engine, axle, trans- ¢ Al C. Thornton, maintenance me- | chanic with the U. S. Coast Guard at Ketchikan is expected to arrive in Juneau December 22 to spend | the Christmas holidays with his/ wife. Mrs. Thornton is personnel assistant in the Juneau headquart- ers office of the Coast Guard. TAPLEY TO INTERIOR the difficult years ahead, that new truck I of yours will have to put out more—and take it longer. So there are many reasons you’ll be wise to choose a GMC! You'll get the constant dividend of GMC’s greater pulling power — truck-built horse- power with greater sustained torque than George M. Tapley, Chief of the Engineer Division of the Alaska Road Commission was scheduled to leave today for Anchorage and Fairbanks. In the Interior city he will meet Col. John R. Noyes, Com- banks from Nome and with him will make an inspection of Road WANT ADS BRING RESULTS | | mission and frame for your particular Commission highways. other engines. shown at a regular meeting of thclprugmm around the Christmas tree Juneau Kiwanis Club at the Bara-iin the church parlors. The public nof Hotel this noon. One was theiis cordially invited to attend and Canadian Pacific Railway's trav-|enjoy this delightful program with elogue “Down to the Sea” and the|us. Say Cold Weather trucking job. That's why there’s a special GMC truck waiting for you. Come in, let us show you why GMC is your best buy for the years ahead! And with that power goes the greafer stamina of GMC’s rugged truck-engineered frame. In practically all models, from ¥2 ton up, you get such extra value features (at no extra cost!) as Synchro-Mesh transmission, Big Faclor in Fight of tional film called, “The Greatest Marines wour in the bitter |Good.” TREE PARTY DEC. 20 1€ fighting around Ch: jin reservolr It was announced that plans were A Glft to in Northeast Korea they had underway to provide a gift for each| Santa Claus will be at the Salva- E: " - 8 nd Enjoy... two enemies—the fanatical Chinese |child in the hospitals for Christmas |tfon Army Christmas tree party at Remember a joy . . Communists the weater. In and buying food for the Minnie|the Salvation Army hall on Wil- San Francisco, aptain - Robert | Field Home Christmas dinner. The |loughby Avenue next Wednesday son commented: "It wasn't |Elks are buying the turkeys. night at 7 o'clock. This party is ks that licked us, It Was Those participating in the Sal-|mainly for children. Ahyone wish- cold. i ma 1t froze all our hin: We had I to ve everythi Many ©f | Steinig, Stanley Baskin, Paul Sut-!Steinig, phone 254 between 8 and ose evacuated credited allied 2ir | ton, Gene Vuille, Ed Shaffer, Dr‘ls am. ] upport for their swvival. One|y . Harris, Dr. John Clements, — id, “If it hadn't been for the|wayne Richey and Robert Furst. Force no Marine would have Le: il ik : BRRRAL (0% B - out “alivels Anpthey MIdCH e m e st e e e e, T T T led more Chinese in the|§ 1 than in the advance; |} but we lost an awful lot of men.” FINAL PLANS MADE FOR USING GERMAN | TROOPS, W EUROPE i | Dec. 13— P—Atlantic laid down final po- tary plans today for in defense of | LONDON, Pact experts litical and n using German troop: Western Europe. | A communigue said a joint mvet-‘ ing of the pact counc D\‘;Juu" Foreign Ministers and its Y| chieftains “reached complete ment on political and military commendations for German partici- pation” in Western defenses. milita | | vation Army Christmas fund drive|ing to donate toys, candy or fruit ther, a U.S. Forest Service educa- —_— SALVATION ARMY XMAS december 21 are: Ed Hinke, Norman | for the occasion contact Lt. Norman CHRISTMAS TREES On Display by C. Y. 0. 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