The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1951, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT SECOND BLACK-OUT| ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN JUNEAU SECTION More Efficiently Carried Out than First - First Flare Dropped Here The second black-out held in four days on Saturday night in the Ju 1 portion Fire was conducted that of last We lay nig opinion of the Civil Defense e said director R. I rise Lights ‘wére exti quickly and the general p operated well. Only two cars reported as willfully disobeying the rezulations as against six on We nesday from Junes tions are being investigated to a certain what action should be taken | by the Civil Defense council. The | Auk Bay area again did not hear the | alert or all-clear signals. [ The attacking plane did not corhe over Gastineau Channel until 12:20 | a.m. Sunday dropping a bright flare | plainly visible above Mt. Juneau. In- asmuch as an alarm was called and a black-out practice was observed at the alert alarm at 9:52 p.m. the Civil Defense council, in keeping with its notices to the public, did | not call a second black-out when the plane came over, Twenty-five district captains re- ported to the council at the close of the black-out at 10:12 p.m. Cap- | tains of the remaining districts are reminded to submit brief reports to Director Robertson. 1 There was a lag again between the | official time of the alarm at 9:40 p.m. and the all-clear signal at 10 p.m. It is anticipated that further practices will eventually take out; the time lag. No further alerts will be held r~ without first giving notice to the public. The Civil Defense council will meet Tuesday evening, April | 24, in the city council chambers. || DORCTHY PETRON, 6. . OFFICIAL IS ON VISIT, JUNEAU On an official visit to all four Girl Scout Councils in ' the Terri tory, Miss Dorothy J. Petron a rived in Juneau Sunday afternoon to spend a week here. Director of Girl Scouting in the Pacific North- west, which takes in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alas- ka, Miss Petron has been a mem- ber of the National staff since 1945. She assumed her present duties in 1949, having previously served as te ficiently n were | community advisor in Washington. f & First becoming interested in Scouting while serving as a coun- selor at a camp, Miss Petron be- came affiliated with the movement soun. after her graduation from the ‘University of Minnesota. Her territorial itinerary will include Vi with councils in Juneau, Ket- chikan, Fairbanks and Anchorage where she will work primarily with the local board members who have | the ‘responsibility of providing and admipistering the scout With more than 1700 Alaska, there qare lone troop in Barrow, Candle, Craig, Dilling- ham, Fort Yukon, Homer, Kotze-| bue, Nome, Petersburg, Sandpoint, Seward, Unalakleet, White Mount- | ain and Wrangell, besides the mem- | i bers of the four .councils. Plans|C will be made on this trip for ex-| tending scouting to more girls in Alaska. In Juneau, Miss Petron will meet this week with the following Girl Scout Board members: Scout Com- missioner Mrs. John Clements; also Mesdames Leslie Avrit, Kenneth Ciem, A. F. Ghiglione, Monte Gris- ham, Francis Stirling, Morton Flint, Glenn Oakes, Marcus Jensen, John Kieley, John Brantner, Ernest Gruening; also, the Rev. Herbert Hillerman, Marshall Erwin, andj Ed Peyton. An executive Board luncheon wasl held in the Iris room at noon to- day. This evening the Bodrd with Miss Petron will attend the P.-T.A. meeting. INITIATION HELD BY WOMEN OF MOOSE A class of Academy of Friendship candidates were initiated at a spe- cial meeting of the Women of the Moose, Chapter 439, Sunday after-| noon at the Mogge lodge rooms. The initiating committee was composed of Senior Regent Beatrice Albe- | goff, Barbara Park, Margaret For- | ward, Marie Forward, May Jensen, Helen Hermle and Pauline Brown. ‘A program was given by a group from the Teen Age Club with John Harris as master of ceremonies. | Piano solos were given by Sue Mc- | Mullen and Bud Schultz, a duet by | Alberta and Adaline Barlow, ac-| companied by Sue McMullen on the| piano, a talk on the Teen Age| ‘Toastmasters Club by Penny Blood, tricks of magic by Brian Larman and a solo by John Harris, Refreshments were served by Mac | Larsen, chairman, and members of the Academy of Friendship. ! I . THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 5 Begins Seventh Year AMOS ALTER SPEAKS AT LIONS MEETING Amos J. Alter of the division of | engineering and sanitation of the | Alaska Health Department, was the | speaker at a | luncheon meeting at the Baranof ‘hntel Monday noon. He told highlights of his recent 3% -month trip to Scandinavian | countries under the auspices of the lWOrld Health Organization of the United Nations. Sweden has made detailed research studies in the re- ation of water supply to polio and 1so dogs as typhoid carriers, he re- ported. Alter found English spoken much more thanu he expected but where it was not he managed to draw pictures to give the idea of what he desired for his meals. In a confer- 'nce of engineers from 17 countries which he attended in Holland, of- ficial languages of the regular day sessions were French and English, regular Lions Club | _Educalnal but in the evening sessions only English was spoken. Pointing out that the Scandinav- ian countries were small compared with the United States, and that in the present world situation they were going to look East or West for leadership, it presented an oppor- tunity for the United States to pro- vide that leadership. Carl Rusher presided and Al Ran- some was acting secretary. Bill Ray was nanied chairman of the Fourth of July conc on committee and is to be assisted by Peter Wood, Don Miller, George Tapley and Gus George. The float committee will be named later, Rusher said. Reynolds Young gave brief re- ports on the swimming pool and the McKinley Foundation. Val Poor invited all Juneau Lions | to attend a meeting of the Douglas Lions Club at Mike’s Place tonight at 6:30 and reminded them of Char- ter Night April 28. Bill Feero of Skagway was a guest, i It was announced that nomina- |tions for a new board of cfficers ‘vmuld be held next week. In the midst of blazing, world-wide reaction to his decision on General MacArthur, President Truman smiles cheerfully in his office, beginning his seventh year in office. Mr. Truman stepped up from the Vice-Presidency six years ago when Franklin D. Roosevelt died. Latest blast against firing of MacArthur came from Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R.-Wis.). The Milwaukee Journal quoted the Senator as saying that “treason in the White House” has been accomplished. (P Wirephoto. Aflenlion Invsomni“as GEORGE F. MARTIN WINS AWARD FROM CITY FOR INJURIES George F. Martin, plaindiff, was awarded $9,852.10, in U. S. District Court in a suit brought against the City of Juneau for injuries, and dis- | ability incurred from August 1949 to October 1949, under the Alaska Workmen’s Compensation Act. The judgment was signed last week by Judge George W. Foita. The award included $7,200, plus $900 for a minor child, plus medical expenses, Court costs were to be paid by the plaintiff. M. E. Monagle represented Martin at court, LARRY JOHNSTON BACK Lawrence P. Johnston, Washing- ton, D. C. architect, formerly asso- ciated with Foss, Malco!m and Ols here, has arrtved in Juneau to start work on preliminary plans for the Alaska Native Service hospital which is to be built at Bethel. It is expected that preliminary plans will be completed in early May Johnston is a specialist in hospit architecture. Second D ing of a 105mm he r as comrades keep firi Army photo via (P W ANNUAL MEETING Juneau-Douglas Chapter Alaska Crippled Children’s Association Thursday, April 19th, 8 P. M. City Hall Public Invited on central front. U SPEEDER FINED §42 in the ed $42 t Jast FROM IDAHO A Wright of Nampa, lak staying at the Hotel Ju- eau He is with the Ande onstruction Co. AT THE HOTEL JUNEAU Richard Palma Compeund Helps Win War oit iorean Front Palma Compound — a cleaner and lubricant for guns and fine parts, which is distributed in Alaska by Skinner’s Gun Shop, proved to be priceless to the fighting U, 8. Marines during the past winter in Korea, according to information received by Skinner here today. The Second Marines in Korea wrote a letter to the manufacturer of Palma Compound, stating that the lot taken with them has been the only cleaner- lubricant that could be used during the past winter campaign and that, if it had not been for Palma Compound many arms would have been useless dur- ing the fighting around the Yalu river. \OOW SCREEN I W SCREEN APPEARS CLOSE WINDOW—SCREEN DISAPPEARS SEE IT WORK! Easy to install — no special fitting. Saves taking' down, putting Up, storage, painting. Gives more light, longer life, easier window washing. Costs no more than ordinary screens. la gloss sizes from 14" 1o 46" wide, BLACKWELL'S CABINET SHOP 117 Main St. Phone 772 JUNEAU As it was almost every infantry small arm, as well as those of the 2nd not using PC, was stuck fast and had to be heated to function. The service issue cleaner froze up early in the winter and has been useless since. ¢ Many gun-wise Marines, anticipating cold weath- er, purchased at their own expense Palma Compound, knowing that in war a man’s rifle is useless, unless it operates at all temperatures. No doubt Palma Compound contributed much to }he :uccefls of the Marine advances on the Korean ront. Skinner’s Gun Shop HOME OF ALASKA MAGNUMS Juneau, Alaska Box 2157 Scottish Rite busines James F. Goyette, Hartford, Conn. My Middleton (rizht) and Joyce Yeske before taking off on his “route.” The hree-minute “drive” in the “Roadometer” simulates all the toughest things an automobile driver may experience in The cducational driver-testing device w from & years of driving. just how good you are behind the MASONIC TEAM 10 LEAVE FOR SKAGWAY GH (PR BOAT TUES, Leaving for Skagway Tuesday on he Princess Leuise will be a Scot- tish Rite degree team comsisting of Howard D. Stabler, J. J. Fa ;zlzl'r,‘ K. G. Merritt and Walter B. Heisel, | thie purpose of conferring the ! degrees of the Rite from the 4th to | 32nd inclusive on a small class of candidates there. | Whie the degree team has visited many other places in Alaska from | time to time periodically, this will be the first time the members have traveled to Skagway and will be the first time in 27 years any offi- cil representative of the organiza- tion has been to Skagway on TO WOODBURN, ORE. Mrs. Larry 1d three chil- dren, William, Barbara and Kath- erine, flew south via Pan American Saturday afiernoon bound for Wooaburn, Ore., where they will visit Mrs, Zach’s people for the summer. —EMPIRE WANT SAVE 20% REDUCED WINTER ‘ROUND-TRIP FARES PAY— Passenger Service Northbound 8.S. BARANOF S.S. DENALI Tues. "Apr. 24 Mon. Apr. 30 Seward Sitka Sitka Seward Valdez Southbound S.8. DENALE S.S. BARANOF Sun. Apr. 22 Sun. Apr. 29 Petersburg Ketchikan Wrangell Seattle Ketchikan Seattle Freighier Service From Seattle over-flowing, will the American Legion Dugout COASTAL RAMBLER April 13 Ketchikan, Petersburg, Juneau, Haines, Skagway, Letnikof Cove, Excursion Inlet, Chatham . 0 . For Information Phones 2 and 4 Juneau H. E. GREEN, Agent ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1951 WHERE, OH WHERE IS- SALMON DERBY SIGN! ASKS (OM. CHAIRMAN ‘ One large canvas sign is reported to be lost, strayed or in storage | somewhere and forgotten. The sign is the large banner sign advertising the Golden North Sal- mon Derby which last year was strung across Triangle Corner. A. | Blackerby, chairman of the public- ity committee for this r's Der- by would like to loca Apparently when it down last year it was stored a ) but Blackerb; inquiries and search so far have failed to find He that anyone knowing s whereabout ase contact him 50 the date on it may be changed and it can be disp tise this yea can be conta vice office. Driver-Test il P 1 C K E D_william S. Patey, Columbia Broadcasting System board chairman, was chosen by President Truman to hcad mate- rials policy commission to study U. S. future supply problems. RATMASTER | with WARFARIN Feature in Readers’ Digest New .. Tested..Proven A Scientific Method for Control of RATS and MICE $1.00 JUNEAU DBRUG CO. Box 1151 — Phone 33 Ser- TWO PRISONE] Two prisoners were due to ar- rive here shortly for confinement in Federal jail, accore to U. S. Marshal Walter Hellan, Lillian Stokes, of Wrangell will serve a term of four months for' drunken 1 disorderly conduct and James W. Gardner, of Skag- way, will serve 30 days on charges | of issuing a check without funds to cover it. Joel Wing is U. S. Commissioner Wrangell and Mary McCann issioner at Skagway. g » o , learns about the “Roadometer” So-called suction is ac push. When you suck on _|straw, air pre on the surface | of the liquid pushes part of it up| i show 1y wheel of your car. (® Wirephoto. SOROPTIMISTS AT HOME TO FIBBER MCGEE MAY 12 Closet, full fo * i \ 'SANITONE Water-Repel : : A Ien\i T\reitm\enll e ok \ \ VA : 3 \\ Fibber McGee's "HERB" S. ROWLAND Alaska Manager p 12, when the Scroptimists their annual spring-cleaning mage sale, it announced Olive Trower, committee chai at the Soroptimist club’s me at the Baranof Friday. 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