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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1951 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA | | Crusade awards given during 1950 i were announced. Those units to ]receive the first award are Pack 310, BOY SCOUTING SHOWS HELD OVER! ENDS TONITE! — x THE MARINES’ GREATEST HOUR! werins JOHN WAYNE? A REPUBLIC PICTURE S (U — Plus TOM & JERRY Cartoon Shows at 7:056 — 9:35 Feature 7:40 — 10:10 TOMORROW THERE WILL BE presented by EDWARD SMALL EDY GEORGE MONTGOMERY- ELLEN DREW Released thry United Artists Exira! 3 STCOGES! Harry W. Morris of Seattle i stopping at the Baranof Hotel. FOR THE BIGGEST SHOW IN JUNEAU’S HISTORY! FAMOUS MARINE GENERAL IN BILL NOW AT CAPITOL Gen. Howland M. Smith, the Mar- ine Commander in the Central Pa- cific during the island-hopping of- 7 fensive against the Japanese from 1943 until late 1945, was persuaded iby Republic to portray himself in the studio’s fine saga of the Marine Corps, “Sands of Iwo Jima,” which stars John Wayne and is at the Capitol Theatre tonight for the last showings. As commander of the V Amphibi- ous Corps, which comprised the Second and, at times, the Fourth Marine Division and the 27th Army Division, and later as Commanding General of the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, Gen. Smith participated in every major campaign in the Pacific war from Tarawa to Iwo Jima. He was nicknamed “Howlin’ Mad” by newspaper reporters who covered his activities. JUMP IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA THIS YEAR Boy Scout activities for South-| | east Alaska are on the increase ac-| | cording to reports made at the Euy‘ {Scout Gastineau District Commit- | ilee meeting held last Thursday evening. | ( C. L. Wingerson, chairman of m'-! | ganization and extension, reported |that four new Boy Scout units have been organized since January | 1, 1951. The new units are Pack| 345 and Troop 645, both at Mt.| ! Edgecumbe and sponsored by the! Mt. Edgecumbe Lions Club; Troop 688 at Hoonah, sponsored by the| Hoonah 'American - Legion Post; | and Troop 690 at Auk Bay, spon-| |sored by the Chapel-by-the-Lake. ) There are no lapsed units in Gas-! ltineau district. | The membership, achievements and objective committee stated that there was an increase of 72 boys in the district’s 15 packs, troops and explorer posts since December 31, 1950 and an increase of four units. ‘This is 20 under the goal set for the increase of boys in scouting to be completed by December 31, 1951, ! | Elected to the Gastineau District Committee as members at large were Wallis George, Lloyd Coe and | Douglas Gray. Though the mem- bership in Troop 642 sponsored by the Sitka American Legion Post| at the Orthopedic Hosiptal had | dropped to two, it was decided to continue the troop. A neighborhood | patrol is to be organized to muin-1 tain the troop. Membership in the troop had dropped to two because members in the troop had been discharged from the hospital. Only | patients in the Orthopedic Hospi- tal can be members of Troop 642. The next district court of honor will be held Sunday, April 29 at the Douglas school, it was announ- ced by Rev. S. A. McPhetres, ad—l vancement - committee chairman. The district board of review is to ite held in the Boy Scout office Wednesday afternoon, April 25. It was recommended by the {committee on advancement to re- | strumental numbers vise ard bring up to date the merit ¢ \badge roster for the channel area. ® ! Camping and activities committee *® | vice-chairman Tom Cashen repor- High tide Low tide High tide Low tide e o o 3 am. 17.7 ft. . =0.7 ft. :32 p.m. 17.1 ft. 7:33 pm. -04 ft. e o o 0 0 o eeev 000 ~ S0 MPRIELI AT S0 Halibut Gear Trolling Supplies SurEcho Depth Sounders Charles' G. Warner Co. 406 S. Franklin St.-Phone 473 ) l} ) 2 SEE MADSENS FOR NYLON FISHING LINE and Herring Nettings OPEN EVENINGS Opp. Ball Park- Phone 914 J. A. Durgin Company, Inc. Accounting Auditing Tax Work Room 3, Valentine Building JUNEAU, ALASKA P. O. Box 643 Telephone 919 . NOW at A-E-L-&P. New lamp bulb beautifies fixtures like these! Bright ight Bownward light softened by finted enamel soating here directed UP General Electric 0-GA Bulbs oy 40¢ s Ton. Alaska Eleetrie Light and Power Co. ted that the 1951 spring camporee has been tentatively set for May 4 and May 5. Indications at the pres- ent point to a record participation at the Eagle River encampments. !Two two-week periods have been set to accommodate the increased numbers of scouts expected. The encampment periods are May 27 through June 9 and June 10 through June 23. The Alaska Council Explorer Air! Encampment to be held at Elmen- dorf Airbase has been set for June | 24 through June 30 with the Mt. | McKinley explorer trek set for jduly 2 through July 10. Robert W. Perin, assistant na- tional director of Boy Scouting services of the Boy Scouts will be in Juneau April 6 through April 9 to conduct a series of intensified scout leader training sessions, it was announced at the meeting. Qualifying units in the Gastineau District for the Fortieth Anniversary l l s]zs.$]5 2 par proportioned ¢ nylons of note Holeproof is again award- ed Fashion Academy Gold Medal for “beauty in line and color.” That means Holeproof is the hosiery style leader, the hosiery for youl Sheer beauties for every need, propor- tioned, and in new Singing Tone colors! Douglas, Pack 311, Juneau, Pack 342, Sitka Troops 613 and 23 of Ju- neau, and Troop 641, Sitka. The merit award will be received by Pack 309, Juneau, Pack 390, Auk Bay, Troop 609, Juneau, Troop 610, Douglas, and Post 713, Juneau, The first awards and merit awards are to be presented to the units in the near future. JUNEAU HIGH HAS SPRING CONCERTS ON APRIL 20, 21 Annual spring concerts of the Juneau High school will be held on April 20 and 21, according to Sterling S. Sears, superintendent of schools. The concerts will be for the ‘pur- pose of raising funds to send tie school's choral group and band to the annual Southeast Alaska Music Festival in Ketchikan which will be held on April 26, 27 and 28. About 42 members from each group will make the trip. Miss Marjorie Iverson will be in charge of the choral group and Lyle Manson will direct the band in the local concert which will be held in the school gym starting at 8 pm, Sears said that transportation costs for the approximately 84 members to the Ketchikan Festi~ val will be $3900. He said that with help of the school board, $100 con- | tributed by Women of the Moose, and $38.31 donated toward the cause this week by the Sourdocey Square Dance Club, there is a balance of about $1,600 yet to be raised. Trans- portation will’be via Alaska Coastal Airlines, the trip being made on April 25 or 26. Adjudicators who will be at the Ketchikan Music Festivai will be Walter Welke of the University of Washington, who will direct the in- and Wayne Hertz, of Central Washington Col- lege for the singers. Sey-Bea dl—e Engagement Is Announced Today Mr. and Mrs. Alec Sey of Van- couver, Wash., formerly of Juneau, today announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Patricia Sey,| to Mr. Stanley Beadle of Douglas. Miss Sey was born and raised in Juneau, residing here until six years ago when she accompanied her parents to Tacoma, Wash., where she graduated from Stadium high school in that city. She attended business college and was later employed in the state of Washington. . A year ago Miss Sey returned to Juneau, making her home with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Knight. At present she is as- sistant to Mrs. Dan Livie in the office of the Juneau Young Hard- ware Company. Mr. Beadle is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russel Beadle of Doug- las. The family formerly lived in Missoula, Montana. Beadle is a graduate of Juneau High School and is employed by the Doogan Janitor Service, MARTHA SOCIETY TO MEET ON FRIDAY The Martha Society will hold their business meeting April 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. C. C. Carter, 624 Main street, with Mes- dames C. C. Carter and Raymond F. Taylor as hostesses. Each member is asked to take a wrapped gift not to exceed 50 cents in cost which may be sold at this meeting in the clothesline manner. Mrs. James Drake will lead the de- votions. TO MARINE HOSPITAL Mrs. James Googe, wife of Dr. Googe of the Territorial Depart- ment of Health, flew to Seattle Monday to enter the Marine hos- pital where she will undergo med- ical treatment. | ANS CREDIT OFFICRR ' THRILL FEATURE! BACK FROM MEETING WITH CHILKOOT GROUP Arthur Walker, Service credit officer, Tuesday from a meeting of the Chilkoot Indian Association Council at Haines. The primary interest of the group was information pertaining to re- ceiving a loan from the revolving credit fund administered ty the ANS. If the loan is given, indivi- dual loans would be made by the Alaska Native council to the association members | for the purpose of assistance in fishing operations. Another meet- ing is planned for a later date. Association council members pres- ent at the meeting were John M. Thlunaut, president, Leo Jacobs, secret: Jack David, treasurer, Chauncey Jacobs, sergeant-at-arms, Charles Hayes, Paul Phillips, Ar- thur Johnson, and George Willlams There were also four or five boat owners present. 59 PASSENGERS FLY PAN AM ON TUESDAY Fifty-nine passengers were car- ried yesterday on Pan American World Airways with 16 arriving from Seattle, two from Annette, 13 going through to Fairbanks, ten to Seattle, one to Ketchikan, 15 to Fairbanks and two to Whitehorse. From Seattle: Mrs. Ethel Ball, James Cauley, Earle and Madeline Ellington, Mrs. Myron Moran with children Mike and Patricia, John Park, Warner Paulsen, William Niemi, John Sonderland, James G. Browne, Mel Blanchard, T. J. Cos- tello, Robert Hosmer, P. R. Bogue. From Annette: E. W. Linderoth, Guy Livingston. To Seattle: Elroy Ninnis, Mrs. E. Tibbits, Robert E. Coughlin, Mrs. Donald Bishop, Rose Andrews, Sven Asp, W. L. Troyer, J. L, Barr, Lar- ry Freeburn, Ian Ogg. To Ketchikan: Dick Cook. To Fairbanks: Martha Thomas, Sam McAfee, Alfred Boberg, Thom- as Quinn, John Monagle, "E. Cralg, C. Frederick, Dorothy. Johanson, Mrs. Dave Dunton and child, J. O. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. Tweet, Guy Livingston, Andrew MacLean. To Whitehorse: Mr. and Mrs, H. Griffin and son Leroy. PNA CARRIES HEAVY WESTWARD TRAFFIC ‘Westward bound Pacific Northern Airlines have been tight this week with more than a planeload booked for today and 21 traveling to west- ward points yesterday. Eight arrived here from Anchorage. From Anchorage: Ellis Jersey, David Duncan, Elizabeth Oberg, Mr. and Mrs. Potosky, Floyd Guertin, A. Bradley, Katherine Eluska, Joe Peterson. To Anchorage: E. Gruening, C. S. Johnson, J. E. Douglas, Alfred Gray, Larry Yeltatizie, Ken Dan- jels, Lee Byrd, Larry Dalton, P. 8| Cook, Dr. John Stewart, M. A. Braund, H. W. Morris, Merle Har- ding, Capt. Hinds, Mrs. Ethel Ball, John R. Park, Mrs. Myron Moran with children Patricia and Mike. To Cordova: Warner Paulson. To Yakutat: James Trelford. ALASKA MERCHANTS GIVEN MORE TIME | MAKING OPS FORM Alaska mercants have until April 30 to prepare their base period rec- ords for complying with the ceiling price regulation, the Office of Price Stabilization announces. Former deadline was April 1, but the Territorial office here asked for an extension to give Alaska business men more time to prepare their data. ‘The regulation says retailers must prepare and keep available in their stores sufficient records to estab- lish. the dollar-and-cents markup of articles they had for sale for the base period of December 19, 1950—January 25, 1951. "RAWHIDE' TONIGHT AT 20TH CENTURY Tyrone Power and Susan Hxay-l ward, just about tops among movie starring duos, head the cast of the western suspense drama, “Rawhide,” which opens tonight at the 20th Century Theatre. An impressive supporting cast in- cludes Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jag- ‘ger, Edgar Buchanan and Jack Elam. “Rawhide” purports to take a |new twist on western drama fic- icion, relating the story of a young man left by circumstances to defend a lonely frontier station of the Overland Mail back in the 1880s His only company is a beautifu! young woman with her orphaned 'niece, and his enemy a band of outlaws led by a crazed murderer. This desperate situation, in which the conflict is viewed within the miniature world of the forlorn out- post of Rawhide, is enacted by Power, Miss Hayward, Hugh Mar- lowe as the killer and Jack Elam as a maddened henchman. §2,191,105.07 AMOUNT ON HAND IN GENERAL FUND Monthly statement of finances for the Territory of Alaska, as released by Territorial Treasurer Henry Ro- den today shows the following: Bank balance, March 31, 1951, $5,- 903,039.94, less outstanding warrants totaling $828,821.74; balance $5,074,- 218.20, Special and earmarked funds amount to $2,883,112.93 which, sub- tracted from the above balance leaves on hand in the general fund $2,191,105.07. 62 CARRIED ON ALASKA COASTAL TUESDAY TRIPS Carried on Alaska Coastal Air- lines Tuesday flights was a total of 62 passengers with 23 depart- ing, 32 arriving and 7 on interport. Departing for Skagway: Capt. Johnson; for Haines: Paul Sutton; for Chichagoff: G. Logan, Emil Foxhill, Clarence Geauchene, Mrs. G. Logan, M. Borlick; for Sitka: Miss Williams, Joseph Peterson, V. Starrish, C. Rands, Rev. John Zlobin. For Wrangell: J. D. Martin, Bill Featherstone; for Ketchikan : R. Nally, Mr. and Mrs. David Leask; for Vank Isle: Miss Unruh; for Hoonah: W. H. Barton, Mrs. Mary Johnson, Mrs. Sharclane; for Gus- tavus: J. E. Lardy; for Excursion Inlet: Whitey Thorpe. Arriving from Excursion Inlet: S. E. Thorpe, Miss Sharon Clem- ents, 'Miss Lillian Clements, Mrs. James Linzaro; from Port Althorp: Mrs. Ray Clement; from Hoonah: Barbara Shrabia, Harry Douglas, Mr, and Mrs. Ed Saragiz. From Ketchikan: W. O., Watkins, returned | Tom Hansen; from Wrangell: M. Simmons; from Petersburg: Mr. Guiney, Mr. and Mrs. Martinsen; from Chatham: Harold Hanson; from Sitka: W. Bigley, Norball Nel- son, Miss Cooper, Rose Andrews, Mrs. Anaruk, Martha Thomas, Mrs. E. Tibbetts, Mrs. J. C. Johnson. From Skagway: Conrad Knudson, Mrs. , Mrs. Hebert, Dr. Evans, from Haines: Art Walker, Mrs. T. A. Ward, J. Earl Jackman, Mrs. Evans. WSCS MEETS TONIGHT The WSCS of the Methodist church will meet this evening at 8 o'clock. At 7:30 there will be an executive meeting and all officers are urged to attend. At 8 o'clock devotions will be in the little chapel with a short business meeting fol- lowing. The group will go to the parsonage for the social hour, with guest of honor, Mrs. A. J. Alter. Hostesses for this program will be Mrs. E. Montgomery, Mrs. J. Pope- joy and Mrs. M. Wood. All mem- bers are urged to attend. NEW RATE SCHEDULE Juneau & Douglas Telephone Co. 2 Party Business Business Extension 1 Party Residence .. EFFECTIVE — April 1, 1951 2 Party Residence ... 4 Party Residence . Residence Extension JUNEAU DISTRICT Federal Tax $0.90 0.90 0.41 0.60 0.60 0.42 0.22 City Tax $0.07 0.07 0,03 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.02 Total $6.97 6.97 3.19 4.65 4.65 3.27 1.74 PAGE FIVB 0000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000 20:LCENTURY THEATRE » WHERE HITS ARE A HABIT! === §tRrts Tonight ===- DAY and DATE with 42 Major Stateside Theatres - AGAIN 20th . CENTURY Brings YOU a NEW Attraction from One of Qur Three Big Studios! DOORS OPEN 7:00 P. M. Shows at 7:30-9:30 Feature at 8:03-10:13 CENTURY-FOX HUGH MARLOWE - DEAN JAGGER EDGAR BUCHANAN - JACK ELAM Directed by Produced by HENRY HATHAWAY - SAMUEL C. ENGEL, “Writen by Dudley Nichols For the Camera Fans-"CAMERA ANGELS" Color Cartoon - Late World News DR. TED OBERMAN OPTOMETRIST 20th Century Theatre Bldg. 2nd Floor New Bus Schedule Effective April 1, 1951 CHANNEL BUS LINES Leave Juneau 8:15 AM. 9:15 AM. Leave Douglas 7:30 AM. 8:35 AM. 9:45 AM. 10:40 A M. 11:40 AM. 12:45 P.M. 1:40 P.M. 2:40 PM. 3:40 PM. 4:40 PM. 5:40 P.M. 7:00 PM. 7:45 P.M. 9:00 P.M. 10:00 P.M. 10:40 P.M. 11:40—Last Bus P.M. 3:15 PM. 4:15 PM. 5:15 P.M. 6:15 P.M. 7:20 PM. 8:30 P.M. 9:40 P.M. 10:15 P.M. 11:15 PM. 12:30 AM.—Last Bus

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