The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 17, 1951, Page 5

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1951 STARTS TODAY! A POWERFUL TALE OF MEN AGAINST THESEA . .. ES AND AGAINST THEMSELV ...FOR ONE WOMAN! ] BUCHANAN - De CORSIA ADDED “Salute to Duke Elington” ’ondy Woodpecker Sport Reel HAINES HIGHWAY IN PERFECT SHAPE OPEN T0 TRAFFIC Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial highway engineer, reports that in a telephone conversation with High- way Patrolman Al Lubcke, in Haines, this morning Lubcke said that he had driven up the Haines highway to Mile 140 and the road is in perfect shape. Lubcke also said that, begin- ning at 8 am. today the highway had been opened to all traffic, in- cluding trucks, with no restrictions. ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL TEA Friday, May 18th at £:30 p.a. 811-2t The Academy Award Winning Star of LL THE KING'S MEN in a powerful action drama! 0 SHOWS at 7:25-9:30 FEATURE at 7:55-10:00 ENUMCLAW VISITORS ON BOAT CRUISE IN SOUTH! ALASKA Mr. and Mrss. Lon Farmer o Enumclaw and Mr. and Mrs. Ray | Hammer, of Wrangell were visitors at the erritorial museum this| morning. | Mr. and Mrs, Farmer came to| Alaska’ a short time ago for al summer’s visit and the Hammer are taking them on a leisurely cruise to various points of interest in the Southeast aboard the Ham-~ mer’s boat Sultan. ‘They- expect to be back in Wran- gell in a week or 10 days. PLANT SALE Juneau Garden Club, American‘ Legion Dugout, Saturday, May 19, at 10 a.m. 811-3t EYES EXAMINED Becond and Franklin e MEETING Veterans of Foreign Wars C. L 0. Hall - 8 o'Clock ALL VISITING V. F. DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS LENSES PRESCRIBED Juneau (R TONIGHT W. MEMBERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND James Burnette, Commander Frank Drouin, Adjutant e - SEE MADSENS FOR! NYLON FISHING LINE and Herring Nettings OPEN EVENINGS Opp. Ball Park Pnone mi NICHOLSON’S WELDING HOP Tanks and General Welding ALL WORK GUARANTEED P. O. 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RADONICH, PIONEER, DIES THIS FORENOON Mrs. Edna Sprague Radonich, 75-year-old pioneer resident of Juneau, died at 8:50 o'clock this morning at St. Ann’s hospital, fol- lowi a stroke suffered last Fri- day She had been hospitalized several weeks for medical care. Mrs. Radonich was born August 29, 1875, in Lynne, Minnesota, When a small child, she went with her family to Perham, Minn, near where their home was established. In 1895 Mrs. Radonich came to Juneau to spend a summer vaca- tion with an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Laughlin and re- mained to make her home here. In 1899 Mrs. Radonich went over the Chilkoot Pass to the Atlin, B. C. country where her family had mining property. She returned to Juneau in that same year, making the first trip carrying passengers over the then newly constructed White Pass and Yukon Railroad from Bennett to Skagway. An ardent gardener, Mrs. Radon- ich, in the past several years had cultivated a beautiful terrace gar- den at her Basin Road residence. She first introduced the Shasta daisy to Juneau more than 30years ago. While not active in the organi- zation in the last few years, Mrs. Radonich was a charter member of Auxiliary, Igloo 6, Pioneers of Alaska and twice its president. She was a member of the Congregation- al Church in Perham, Minn. Mrs, Radonich is survived by her husband, Thomas J. Radonich, her daughter by a previous marriage Mrs. Dorothy H. Pegues and eight grandchildren, Donald, Terry, Rod- ——————— oo\ Ceotfrey, Richard, Robert ‘and William Pegues of Juneau, and El- len Marion Haley of Nanaimo, B. C, and two great grandchildren Barbara Pegues and Michael Pe- gues of Juneau. She was a cousin of Addie V. McKinnon of Juneau. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Donald S. Haley, resides in Nanaimo, B. C. A son, Donald S. Haley, died in December 1948. An aunt, Mrs. Ad- ie Robertson lives at the family home near Perham, Minn. Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced later. The remains are at the Carter Mortuary. FILES FOR DIVORCE A petition for divorce was filed this morning in the U. S. District Jourt by Lillian Nellie Ward from Milton Everett Ward on charges >f incompatibility. The couple was married March 8, 1941 in Sitka and have one qinor child. The mother is asking custody of the child and $40 per month for its support. She also .sks the court to assign to her ap- oroximately $1,000 in an account -n the Sitka bank. Whereabouts of she husband is not known, his last address having been at Banning, California. f l INEW BILL "CARGO T0 CAPETOWN' AT CAPITOL TONIGHT Broderick Crawford, 1949 Acad- emy Award winning star.of “All the King’s Men,” and John Ireland, who also appeared in the Academy Award picture, again are teamed in the sea drama “Cargo to Capetown,” opening tonight at the Capitol The- atre. Ellen Drew also is starred in the film. “Cargo to Capetown” stars Craw- ford, who also won the New York Film Critics' best actor of the year wward for his work in “All the King's Men,” as a hard-bitten chief } engineer aboard an oil tanker. Ire- and is its equally ‘hard-bitien cap- tain, The “vessel is on a desperate run 1cross the Indian Ocean from the Sutch Fast Indies to Capetown, ashed by hurricanes and eaten by ‘ire. The angry violence of battle gainst the elements has, in “Cargo to Capetown,” its equally elemental counterpart as the two ship’s offi- cers fight it out over Miss Drew, a passenger aboard. Edgar Buchanan andyTed de Cor- ia appear in featured support of he stars. “Cargo to Capetown” was written and produced by Lionel Houser and directed by Earl Mc- Evoy. - DICNICS, PARTIES MARK FINAL DAYS SCHOOL FOR YEAR Picnics, pariies, meetings and awards are making the last days of school for the year, and the last days of high school for the gradu- ating seniors, exciting and busy ones. At a J-Day assemtly of the stu- dent body yesterday afternoon, re- tiring president Carl Weidman turned the gavel of authority over to Herb Martin, incoming presi- dent. Elton Engstrom, Jr., was in- stalled as ice president and Mar- ian Jackson took the office of sec- ! retary-treasurer. 1 Awards were made for outstand- ing achievements in athletics, band and chorus, typing, skiing, rifle club, debating and other school | activities. | Those winning major awards in | basketball were: Dave Graves, |Herb Martin, Joe Ninnis, Jerry Wade, Al Carlson, George Graves, | Elton Engstrom, Dick Forrest, Bill Orme, Ralph Treffers and Jerry Shaw, manager of the team. First awards in skiing were tak- len by: Jack Gould, Dick Keithahn, LeRoy West, Fred Wyller, George Messerschmidt, Mollie MacSpad- {den and Beda Clauson. Debators who won for their school the Southeast Alaska cham- pionship, and for themselves indi- vidual awards were: Sherry Gray, Belinda Clark, Dale Hillerman, Don -'MacKinncm, Dave Harmon and Carl Weidman. Awards for outstanding marks- manship in the Juneau High Rifle Club were won by Dick Keithahn and Mary Whitaker. Individual ‘awards were also made to members of the band and chorus. Bud Schultz was given the quill | | ( award for his work as editor of the J-Bird and Anne Parsons won a similar pin as editor of the To- tem. Jerry Shaw was similiarly honored as business manager. Yesterday the freshman class held its picnic at Auk Bay recrea- tion area and today the band and chorus will hold their annual pic- nic at the same place. Sunday evening Baccalaureate Services will be held at the high school gymnasium at 8 o'clock and Commencement will take place at the gym the following Friday, May |25 at the same hour. T3FLYPANAM;8 IN; 40 OUT TUES. Seventy-three flew Pan American World Airways Tuesday with eight wrivals from Seattle, 25 through to westward points, 26 to Seattle, two to Whitehorse and 12 to Fairbanks. From Seattle: Mrs. Bieter, J. Bradley, Charles Fisher, Mrs. Scott Murphy, Marvin Adam, Eugene Nelson, Dorothy Pickering. To Seattle: W. E. Kimball, John McCormick, Mrs. Agnes Kiefer, J. Chase, Jane Faulkner, A. E. Rad- cliff, Mr. and Mrs. John Jenkins, Miss Pawlecki, Walter Hellan, Bob Faulkner, William Persinger, Alfred Grant, Christine Dunton, Gary Dunton, Jack Martin, Albert Kel- ly, Ed Payette, Fred Jensen, Elmer Edwards, Van Schumann, Chester Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dawson. To Fairbanks: Roy Swanson, Paul Sutton, William Beale, Dale Desoeb, William Neimi, John Ny- man, Dr. Willes, Bob McManus, T. D. Bayles, Harold Schultz, Joe Woods, Lucille Hubbard. To Whitehorse: Frank Marshall, John Stevenson. ® & o 0o 0o 0 0 0 0 TIDE TABLE May 18 5:41 am. -0.1 ft. 11:54 am. 14.7 ft. 5:40 pm. 23 ft. 11:52 p.m. 179 ft. Low tide High tide Low tide Hospital Day OpenHouse, Tea | " Held Tomorrow| A cordial invitation to the gen- eral public has been extended by the Sisters of St. Ann’s Hospital to attend an open house and tea at| the hospital Friday afternoon in observance of Hospital Day. Hours are 2:30 to 5:30. Sister M. Henriet- ta is Superior-In-Charge Juneau is fortunate in having a modern and up-to-date hospital. On the main floor are the office, x-ray, labor: . children’s chron- ic disease w; office of the phy- sician in ¢l physio-therapy room with a violet and infra- | red light, diet room and auxiliary | kitchen and community hall. On the ground floor are the din- ing room, store room, kitchen and laundry. Men’s rooms, private and semi-private and wards, are on the second floor where there is al- SO a minor surgery room. On the third floor are the | women’s ward, delivery and surgery rooms. The delvery room has a portable operating light, equipped| vith storage batteries for emergen- ¢y use in case cf power failure. There is a pediatric ward and a wrgery with incubator and equip- ment for giving oxygen to new born children. Ultra violet lights, for ng the air are installed in [ nurses and guides will be on hand to show visitors through ‘he various hospital departments. One of the main features of the open house will be a style show, which will be given at 3 and 5 ‘clock and a musical program, ar- ranged by Mrs. Henry Harmon, will entertain throughout the afternoon, After 4 o'clock there will be selec- tions by Carol Lawrence, Nancy McDowell and Donna Jewett. The Hospital Guild will be hoste: at tea, which will be served in the dining room Sponsors of the style show are Behrends, The Clothes Closet, Le- ota’s, Steven's and Tot-To-Teen shop. Flowers for the occasion are through courtesy of Juneau Flor+ ists. Girl Scout Troop 11 will assist during the afternoon. "BEST SELLERS” PAMPHLET LIST AT TERR. MUSEUM E. L. Keithahn, curator of the Territorial Museum, has received a catalog of “Government Best Sel- lers” from the government print- ing office. The index lists 30 sections, from agriculture to zoology, on which pamphlets may be obtained in a wide variety of each subject. They are nominal in cost, from five cents up. There are sections on child care, engineering, law, atomic energy, armed forces, veterans, education hobhies and recreational activities. Each section lists a number of pamphlets 'available on each sub- ject. Keithahn predicted some of the more popular titles should be, “Photography,” “Home Tanning,” and “Prospecting for Uranium,” in this area of Alaska. The catalog is available to any one interested tor consultation. Di- rections for ordering pamphlets is included. BOYS AND GIRLS SAVING ACCOUNTS STIMULATED There has been an increased number of new savings accounts at the Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association lately to beat a deadline of May 25. All these new accounts belong to boys and girls under 12 years. An attractive window display of a doll with a complete outfit of clothes such as formal, cowgirl suit, drum major dress and cap along with extra hats and shoes has lured in many a little girl account. So has an electric train with oil tanker, flat car and logs, engilie, box car and caboose brought in small’ boys accounts. These two sets will be given away at 4 p.m. May 25. 48 CARRIED ON PNA FLIGHTS WEDNESDAY Fourteen arrived from the-west- ward yesterday on Pacific North- ern Airlines, six went to Anchorage, 16 through to Naknek,' 8 to Cor- dova and four to Yakutat. From Anchorage: J. Rude, R. H. Stock, John Noble, Capt. John Bu- chanan, W. Westfall, D. V. Mun- | hall, Lt. Col. J. W. Chapman, Lou- | ise Robinson, B. F. Harmon, R. Jette, Christine Sorrill. From Yakutat: Jerry McKinley. From Cordova: Jessie Frank, F. Duval. To Anchorage: Capt. D. Graham, Dr. Czanokowski, M. Bogue, C. Young, Eugene Stout, Charles Lee. WED. HALIBUT LANDINGS A total of 37,000 pounds of hal- ibut were landed Wednesday sell- | ing at 15 cents a pound for med- iums, 12 cents for chix and 13 cents | for large. Selling to E. C. Johnson were the Tern, 11,000 pounds and the Wave, 3,000 pounds. Split be- tween Alaska Coast Fisheries and E. E. Engstrom: the Gordon D, | slated for this summer. Many were, ERROL FLYNN STAR IN"MONTANA'" NOW AT 20TH CENTURY Errol Flynn, swashbuckling hero of “Adventures of Don Juan” and suave gentlema nof “That Forsyte Woman,” turns in his rapier and gallant manners for a wild bronce and a pair of six-shooters in his latest drama “Montana,” the at- traction at the 20th Century The- atre. In “Montana,” the star becomes embroiled in campfire raids, street brawls, stampedes, a rousing se- quence with an unbroken “devil’ horse, and a sound lashing from his | beautiful co-star Alexis Smith. The comedy is aptly supplied by S. Z “Cuddles” Sakall as a good-natured peddler and perennial tenderfoot “Montana” is the story of a sheey rancher and his determination (¢ move his flock through cattle coun try, despite the strong oppocition of the outnumbering cattlemen. How Flynn, as the sheep herder, man- ages to gain his own ends provides the action backdrop of the film. Job - Seekers Are Headache In Anchorage | ANCHORAGE, May 17 —(®— A modern version of the Klondike rush has made this booming mili- tary center a city without a spare cot. It has a major housinz head- ache. : The premature influx of hnpc(u]i job-seekers has brought these hous-. ing problems, for example: I Five persons have been sleeping nightly of late in the city cour room. Others sleep in their automo- biles, beneath the bleachers at the ball park, in the shelter of b!:i]dim:; materials piled beside constructicn projects, in small boats on the beach, in the brush area “jungles” at the edge of the city. 1 Arrests Increase ! Recent arrests for vagranéy alsot have increased as a mounting num-= ber of job-hunters who came north in high hope find their cash reserves running out. The Anchorage Mission Home has been full to overflowing since Jan- uary. | The Rev. Tom Edmonson, who manages the Home, described the acutk situation as “the biggest thing I've seen in 18 years of this work. “people are coming to us and begging for a place to sleep. They | are sober, industrious people who have been without sleep for two or three days.” Construction is Lure The lure that has brought work- ers to the area is the huge mili- tary construction program that is | added to the community burden by mysterious advertisements in state- side papers, which made it sound like an economic “promised land” for laborers. Disillusionment waited at the end of the northern trail. They came too early and, local authorities say, they expected to make too much. Some have held out for weeks or | 20:LCENTURY THEATRE + WHERE HITS ARE A HABIT! e AGAIN TONIGHT ® DOORS OPEN 7:00 P. M. SHOWS at 7:20-9:30 FEATURE 8:12-10:22 Flynn at His Biggest Boldest Fightin’est BEST? ) TECHNICOLOR RANGE WAR... AGAINST POWER- HUNGRY ¥ CATTLE 1 KINGS !.l.“;AKAI.I. DOUGLAS KENNEDY 7 PLUS 20TH CENTURY VARIETY HOUR PRIVATE JOE ROGERS HAS THREE AUNTS IN JUNEAU VESSEL DISABLED According to information received at U. S. Coast Guard headquarters the Navy tug Sarsi from Kodiak towed the fishing vessed Sitka to Kodiak early this morning. The Sitka was disabled: With fllfifl(,t trouble about 25 miiles kouth' of Ko-" %M diak early yestenday. . aftern Ten men were Teportéd to aboard the 87-foot-vessel. which was fprmerly .owned by Isadere Goldstein of Juneau. About twe years ago he sold it to Harry Sper. ling, Jr., Bill Odell and Richard \cifegory. OLIBMTO! Private First Class Joe Rogers, | hero of a story from Korea in the Empire Tuesday, was the son of Mis. Joe Rogers, who died when her son was small. The Juneau boy was raised by his grandmother, the late Mrs. Jennie Klaney. He has three aunts, Mrs. Chris Nelson, Mrs. William Sutton and Mrs, Wil- lie Peters. A sister and two broth- ers live in the states, Mrs. Marie Gines and Henvy Rogers, Califokr nia, and Richard Rogers, hospital patient in Portland. The story in the Empire Tuesday was the first word Joe's aunts had received of him in two months. t BPW BUFFET FISH DINNER Take 'your dinner date to the : Business and Professional Women's Club Buifet Fish Dinner between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, at the Scottish Rite Temple. Never sd much for $2.00. 811-2¢ ST. ANN’'S HOSPITAL TEA Friday, May 18th, at 2:30 p.m. 811-2t months, waiting and hoping to hit the jackpot. Others have gone broke or given up and returned home. The Alaska construction season is just arriving. Contractors say it doesn't reach its peak until June. Then there will be many additional jobs. Contracts running into many millions of dollars have been let in recent weeks. Will Hire “On Spot” A leader of the Alaska Branch of the Associated Contrdctors said hir- ing of workers will be on an “on the spot” basis in most cases. He said that at the present time there might be some shortages in some special crafts, but that there is a’surplus of common labor. “I'm disgusted,” declared a welder who came from Montana. “I thought I would really make some money to invést in a repair shgp back home. Now I'm going back, if I can get the money for the return trip.” It’s the waiting that’s been tough. Alabama Mother $30,000 Richer For Right Guess HOLLYWOOD, May 17 —{#—An Alabama housewife won Ralph Ed- wards' mystery-jingle radio contest on CBS Tuesday by identifying “Grandma Hush” and will receive prizes valued at $30,000. Mrs. Oliver Hopkins of Birming- | ham identified the woman, from a jingle and clues, as Mrs, George M. | Cohan, widow of the famed song |and danceman. Mrs. Hopkins is the mother of | two young sons. SEATTLE VISITOR * W. K. 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