The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1951, Page 8

-~ PAGE EIGHT SUCCESSFUL FIRST }SENATORS WILL PRACTICE ALERT, | STUDY OLD AGE JUNEAU,DOUGLAS| PENSIONS SLASH A highly successful praciice alert | was the consensus at the conclusion of last night's first trial run of civil | fare direc defense alert machinery | (Continued from Page One) or and the territorial | e the chairmen of four treasurer With the exception of one car in| senate committees: John Butro- | the, June las area there|yich finance committee; W. L.| was no no pedestrian | (pan) Lhamon, education and pub- violatior the 45 minutejjc health committee; Anita Gar- alert. The Channel Bus Lines and | pjck, labor committee, and A. F. City. Bus Line suspended opera-| (Joe) Coble, territorial offices com- tions during the alert All area | mittee. captains reported to the alert head-| Al put Senator Garnick, Juneau quarters in the city hall with the | gepyblican, are Fairbanks Repub- exception of the captains for dis- | . tricts 36 and 38 pension issue e up in The National Guard by {supplying officers as coc e just before adjourn- of the brief session mor of the operations. Three 10 a.n. tomorro from Boy Scout Troop 613 and SiX| There wasn't a single bill or from Explorer Post 713 were used | memorial introduced in the Senate as messengers. In case of a real|today } alert and the failing of the tele-| geveral committees scheduled af phane system, the boys would be| ternoon meetings, ingluding tie used as messengers. Roy Noland |ryles group. It was to draw the and Roy Carrigan were appointed | wles for the pre N as Fpecial wardens at last night's| The Senate transportation com- | operations for the telephone office | nitter brought ivoTanIe aut to keep the service open in case of | yor on Sen, Ed Anderson’s mem- an emergency. They have been Te- | orial to federal and defen il | leased from the fire department for | .jas for re-activating of Marks | thil} duty Air Force Base at Nome, The mem- | Explorers from Troop 613 Were opjg) contends that inactivation of § Dick Pegues, John Vavalis and | ne pase leaves the Nome area vul- | Richard Rountree; from Post 713 | eraple and thereby weakens the ) were Wayne Powers, Kenneth Mc- | gnole territorial defense system. | Geé, Peter Argetsinger, Jay Cran- i i dall, Ernie Kronquist and Greg ' i . AUTO PARKING LAWS The National Guard's part in the alegt consisted of furnishing ad- ON HIGHWAY ARE 1’9 ditipnal armed guards at hle In order to get to their BE ENFOR(ED Ni\w posts rapidly, civil defense directors A arranged the use of taxis to by, supblement National Guard trans-| The continuous parking of ve- portation. hicles on the shoulders of the high- National Guard “flying squads” ways in this vicinity is a serious were organized and held ready for problem in connection with the moyge! it to any area requiring | maintenance of the roads and par-| th presence to guard against | ticularly for the snow re val. Not | sabotage or looting, to clear debris, only do parked cars prevent th | to rescue people from bombed build- | snow-plow operator from removine ings and to fight fire. the snow off the shoulders, bu Col. J. D. Alexander, Territorial | since they force the snow-plow Director of Civil Defense, stated |go around and into the opposite that “the practice alert was very lane in order to pass, a serious haz- well conducted demonstrating alard is created which already has business-like approach throughout.” | caused several minor accidents. Plans for the Territory include It has been jointly decided by civil defense practice alerts similar | Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial High- to this in all cities and villages with | way Engineer, and C. F. Wyller,{ possibilities being explored to in- | District Engineer of the Bureau of clude full blackouts and mock at- Public Roads, that it will be neces- tacks with Air Force planes flying isary to enforce the parking regula- over the cities. | tions of the Territorial Traffic, Fire hose has been deposited in Laws. The Highway Patrol has been thrge places throughout the city to instructed to warn the public be lused in ease the fire hall is des-| against illegal pa.king and if nec- troyed during a bombing, it was re- | essary to issue tickets for violations. vedled by Fire Chief Minard Mill. | Attention is called to the fact Hoe has been put in the Earl|that today is the deadline for li- Cleveland residence on Seventh |cense plates and driver’s certifi- street, the Alaska Electric Light | cates. By February 1, tomorrow, all and Power Co. basement and at the | delinquent cars will be given a Juneau Cold Storage plant. | ticket. In a real alert the three fire There have been 45 days trucks would be dispersed with one | to obtain 195! plates and no ex- at the cold storage, one in the ceme- | ceptions will be made. tery and one at the foot of Sixth —_— street hill with the one at the sub- port held in reserve. in which | ENGINEER THROUGH Harold L. Moats, from the U. S. | Engineers office in Anchorage, ar- SCHNEES RETURN FROM Irived here yesterday from Ketchi- VACATION TRIP SOUTH |kon where he had attended harbor ¢ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schnee re- improvement hearings. He remain- turned on the Baranof after a two- \ed overnight at the Gastineau Hotel week vacation trip to Seattle, guests 'and left today for Anchorage. of the Territorial Sportsmen’s Asso- \ cigtion. Schnee was a winner in | FROM ELFiN COVE the 1950 Alaska Salmon Derby, with | Ernest O. Swanson, Elfin Cove, is meeting of the building CITY 1S NOTIFIED TERRITORIAL BLDG. BESTARTED MAY 1 The Territorial Board of A\dm.n-' istration Building subcommittee has | given formal notice to the City of Juneau that it has been advised by the Alaska ‘Public Works the| construction date for starting work on the new territorial building ha been set for not later than May 1.| The terms of the notice was given | in accordance with the ordinance | approved by city taxpayers involv- ing the sale of the city property on | which the present municipal build- ing and the A. B. Hall now stands to the Territory of Alaska for use as a site for a territorial building, which provide that a formal notice shall be given the city 90 days prior to the date set for the start of con- | struction work. The notice was drawn up at a ubcomtait- Monday in the office < Attor- tee ney General J. Gerald Williams. Members of tke hecommittee are | Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial High- ! way Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works, chairman; At-| | torney General Williams and Ter-' ritorial Treasurer Henry Roden. | Mayor Hendrickson said today that plans will be discussed at the meeting of the City Council in regular session Friday night, for i temporary housing of the municipal offices, the fire dey ment i personnel 1 the libra nts will also be work providing of quarters for| rtment equip- for Sturm Meat Lockers, now hous- ed in the A.B. Hall. | Mayor Hendrickson said no de- finite action will be taken for mov- out the ing city offices and property until awards have been made and con- FED HAP.. with haif-wa dry cleaning! N We Get Clothes Really | Clean the Amazing i Sanitone Way! Don’t give up— just try our miracle Sanitone Dry Cleaning. Stubborn dirt vanishes! No sign of spots! Nol stale cleaning odor! It’s always better ; , . all ways! CLEANERS PHONE 877 the Seattle trip for two on Alaska |stopping at the Baranof Hotel. 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General Electric 0-GA Bulbs oy Alaska Eleetrice Lightand Power Co. b heautifies CITY DRY | 40¢ Plus Tox "< THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA tracts signed by the Alaska Public‘ Works for the construction of the territorial building. Bids for the project are scheduled to be opened in Juneau February 28, EUGENE WHITE 15 NAMED ARC DIST. ENGR., ANCHORAGE Eugene J. White has been ap- pointed District Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission for the Anchorage district, effective Janu- ary 29, it is announced at the Juneau ARC headquarters office. White will assume the duties of the position formerly held by Thoralf I. Rivenes, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident on the Richardson Highway earlier this month. White left Juneau by Pacific Northern Airlines plane Monday for his new post. He was accompanied by William Niemi, Chief of the ARC Operations Divi- ion, who will instruct him in his ew office. NO EXCHANGES APPROVALS OR REFUNDS 1 sively White has been employed in the Juneau office of the Alaska Road Commission since March, 1949, as Chief of Surveys and Investiga- tions Section in the Engineering jon. He has traveled exten- y throughout Alaska in con- nection with field survey work and highway construction. When he joined the roads com- mission in 1949 White was not new to Alaska. He had spent several years with the Bureau of Public Roads in Alaska during the period from 1929 to 1940. Mrs. White and their young son will remain at the family home in Douglas for the present. A daughter i tending high school in- Cali- fornia. 10 IN; 15 OUT VIA PNA WEDNESDAY Pacific Northern Airlines carried 25 passengers with 15 going to the westward and 10 arriving here from Anchorage. From Anchorage: Frank Marsh- all, Lester Green, William P Bitt- ner, Gertrude Wetzel, Robert Met- tling, James Kirstovich, Harry Jones, E. G. Granshaw, Paul Mor- rison, Charles Joseph. To Anchor: Ben Miyasato, Lee Little, Je. Daugherty, Ronald | Daniels, James Tucker, Ann Ceka- do, A. J. Withers, Bill Wilson, Phyllis McCutcheon, Myron Elliott, Frank Albracht. To Cordova: B. D. Cott, John Ar- vidson, Mrs. Pfleuger. BEPR ENGI R GOES TO KETCHIKAN AREA William A. Wood, Bureau of Pub- lic Roads Construction Engineer for the Juneau District, has left for Ketchikan to be in that area for the uext two weeks. He will take up right of way matters in connection with the proposed roads to be con- structed to the pulp mill site af Wards Cove in the Ketchikan area. Fred Hanford of Wrangell has taken up residence at the Baranof Hotel. ( { il T A g Yl WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1951 Dr. Ted Oberman Optometrist wishes to announce the opening of new offices at the 20th Century Theatre Bldg. 2nd Floor on February 1 Records from Dr. Simpson’s Practice at The Nugget Shop will be at this office. 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