The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1951, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1951 I Auto Plunge Kills Two, Maybe 3, in Cordova Accident CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 28—(P— Two persons were found drowned Wednesday in a car which had plunged off the Eyak River bridge apd a third person is also believed to have been lost in the same mishap. The tragedy apparently occurred Tuesday night. The bodies found in the auto- mobile were identified as those of Leona Anderson, 18, and Fred Ar- thur Petersen, 19, formerly of An- chorage. Mike James Jr., 19, the owner of the automobile also is be- lieved to have been drowned The drownings were discovered after Dennie Marr, while walking along the highway, noticed a tire on the ice. Looking from the bridge, he saw James' green sedan on its side just beneath the sur- face. The bodies of Miss Anderson and Petersen were recovered from the icy water. James' body has not been found. Petersen was visiting his family here. They moved here from Zinchorage last fall. James and Petersen are both soldiers, stationed at Army install- ations at Whittier. 9 Arrive on PAA 27 Are Outbound Nine passengers arrived here yes- terday from Seattle on Pan Am- erican World Airways, 15 were southbound, 10 went to Falrbanks and two to Whitehorse. Three went through from Whitehorse to Seat- tle. From Seattle: Harold and Anne Schaefer, Norman Stines, L. D. Taylor, A. Winger, Mrs. E. Beck- man, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bur- dick, R. Wurster. To Seattle: ‘George Parkko, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Emma Walton, R. Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Carlson and Judy; Fred Waldel, Milton and Vivian Johnson, Shir+ ley Fleek, L. McCauick, Lt. Hen- derson. To Annette: R. 8. Thompson. To Fairbanks: Jim Sofoulis, M. Houser, Don Wilber, Graham Roun- tree, Mary Kanatruak, Bob Hoopes, P. Parker, E. Byrnes, Andrew Rob- inson, Sheila MacSpadden. To Whitehorse: J. G. Angus, L. Modjeski. MILK NOTICE 66 Passengers Are Carried by Alaska Coastal on Thursday Alaska Coastal Airlines carried; a total of 66 passengers on Thurs- | days flight with 11 on interport| travel and 41 arriving and 14 depart- ing. Arriving in Juneau from Tulse- quah: Leonard Madjeski, John And- erson, William Shirst, Geo. Smith, Rob. Fyfe, John Farnell, John Mc- | Kenzie, Ronald Cameron; from Sit- ka: Lt. Henderson, Mary Kanayu- rak, A. Atluk, Nancy Toru, C. Bag- ayo, Clara Willlams, M. Williams, O. Sigler, N. Humphrey, R. Row- land, F .Crosby, H. Donnelly, G. Truitt, B. Lawrence; from Fick Cove: Oliver Colby. From Kei®™.an: Art Durgin; from Wrangell: Roy Shangin; from }Haines: Dorothy Collecod, Carolyn Johnson and infant, Myrna Houser, Pete James, Johnnie Marks, Daniel Ellingen, Marie E. Riley. From Skagway: Tony Fuller, Kent Marvin Woods. Departing from Juneau to Tulse- sie Jimmy, Henry Jimmy, H. St, Clair; to Angoon: Ronald John; to L. M. Lucas, Mrs, L. M. Lucas; to Haines: Dan Taylor; to Port Al- Kodiak Among 6 Areas Getting The Defense Production Adminis- tration today certified six critical Fuller, T. J. Simpson, Dr. M. O. quah: Mrs. A. Beckman; to Sitka: Ketchikan: E. A. Hartley, R. G. thorp: Jim Lindegard. defense housing areas for renti Calloway, Wilma Colloway, Harry Kepler: from Gustavus: K. Woods, Bill Featherstone, M. Mitrovich, Bes- Williams, M. L. Turner; to Skagway: WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—@— control and expanded three other areas where controls already are in effect. The certification does not in it- self invoke rent controls, but such action normally follows. The areas include Kodiak, Al- aska, which previously had been | certified as a critical housing area. In the Kodiak area, which in- cludes the entire island, DPA said, rents have risen and construction of substandard conversion units has begun since October, 1950. A recent government survey showed an av- erage increase of 64 per cent in rentals of non-controlled units over comparable controlled units. Many Stores, Offices |Ditferences of Are Closing Monday |Churchill with Truman Fading By John M. Hightower Housewives will have to plan three-day menus without benefit of open grocery stores. Many stores and offices are to be closed next Monday. Among those taking a three-day WASHINGTON, Dec. 28— ® — A major source’ of disagreement holiday are Behrends Store, Bert's|Petween President Truman and Cash Grocery, Case Lot Grocery, British Prime Minister Churchill Twentleth Century Market, Calif-| V2 reported Monday to be fading ornia Grocery, Home Grocery and|2Way in advance of Churchill’s ar- Juneau Cold Storage.-Vic Power and j11val here next month. the Shattuck Insurance Agency will The issue is Churchill's frequent- also be closed on Monday. ly repeated proposal for a big four Many other stores plan to be open ‘mvrnn" including Mr. Truman and but are taking advantage of the an- G¢ to try to ticipated quiet day to take inventor- | r€ach ies. viet Most Federal and Territorial of- fices will be open tomorrow to make | involved pre s the up for last Monday closing, They|Washington talks is that Churchill will not be open for business on Dec- | t certainly will net press his ember 31, but will put in a full day | proposal now and may not bring January 5 instead. These include it up at all the U. 8. Coast Guard, Bureau of | Officials in position to know Reclamation, Federal Housing Ad-|said that presumably two consider- ministration, Employment Security |ations figured in Churchill’s repor- Commission and others. ited decision to let the whole mat- The Juneau city clerk’s office will! ter of a meeting with Stalin slide close at noon tomorrow as usual, but for the time being: will be open for business next Mon-! 1. Mr. Truman is dead set against day and close on New Year’s Day. ,taking part in any such session, The Empire will be published on Lelieving that the time is not ripe ussia in for Monday and banks will keep usual and the West not yet strong hours. cnough to make it fruitful for SRR peace. 5 2. In view of Russia’s behavior R“sna May Ge' on disarmament and other issues in the United Nations meeting in ;Pm‘ix. as well as Russia’s continued ‘guneml conduct in world affairs, it {is difficult to figure out what is- sues might ke taken up between ithe chiefs o: West with some hope of strong de- sire and good will on both sides for agreemcnt. Entrants Into Olympic Games By TED SMITS NEW YORK, Dec. 28—{P—Russia and the United States moved closer Friday to their first major encount- er in sports, but whether it would oceur in the winter Olympic games Esther Sincerbean of Fairbanks in Oslo or not until the summer js re;istcred at the Baranof Hotel. games at Helsinki was open to doubt. U AR, e Many world records have been o claimed in Moscow but few athletes o from behind the Iron Curtain have o competed in the free world—and FROM FAIRBANKS ® o ® 0o 0 0 0 0 0 o MPIRE WANT ADS PAY o ® ® o 00 0 0 0 0 ITU Found Guilty in Sirike Case CHICAGO, Dec. 28—(®—A Na- tional Labor Relations Board rul- ing that the AFL International | Typographical Union and its Chi- cago Local 16 violated the Taft- Ly the U. 8. Court of Appeals. The NLRB ruling was in con- ineetion with the long strike of tanding with So- ycca 16 against five major Chicago | fund. He pointed out that many daily newspapers. The newspapers Word circulating among officials continued publishing with substi-|zations and estimated that about e during the strike of 500 print The ITU vas found guilty by the lnll.RH in October, 1949, of setting | up a “barzaining strategy” which tried to impose closed shop condi- tions in the newspaper publishing industry. The board petitioned the court last January for enforcement ot its order against ITU as NLRB orders must be backed by court decrees to be enforceable. The Appeals Court also held that the NLRB erred in dismissing a charge against the union of fail- ing to b n in good - faith. (Stale, Also Gamblers, Report Big Take in staff of East “"d'.“evada Dl"ing 1951 By The Associated Press | The State of Nevada reports that it drew a record take in taxes from legal gambling in 1951, which means the gamblers had a record take themselves. Gambling taxes and li- censes this year yielded one and one-half million dollars to the state, nearly 200 thousand dollars more than the previous record year—1850. Hartley law was upheld Thursday | Library Board To Make Report To City Council Frank Heintzleman, chairman of the Juneau Memorial library board, ' |said today that the board plans a ' report to the city council shortly after the first of the year showing the subscribers’ names, the total amount paid thus far, and the un- paid pledges. ! The board reports that eifat| pledges remain unpaid and board | members and civic groups which | sponsored the library urge that | they be paid before January 1. | Heintzleman says that there were | | over 300 subscribers to the lxbrm'y’ | | Jof these were groups and organi- persons in the area are rep- one-third of the | Gastineau Channel | resented by the list. |Man's Weighi in ‘ {Death Is Problizm 1 | | PIREVILLE, Ky. Dec. 28—#— Even in death, Virgil Tackett's weight was a problem. When Tackett’s special casket |was built at the small home on nearby Rokdpson' Creek, the fam- ily had to remove the door frame before they could get the box oute | side. L | | Tackett, who ‘tipped the scales | between 500 and 600 pounds, died Wednesday in his sturdily-built chair, a chair he found more com- fortable for sleeping than a bed. ' Death apparently was caused by a heart condition. The 26-year-old Tackett, who will | be buried Friday was big all his !life. At birth ,he weighed 13 pounds, | {but his parents said it had been] | years since Tackett stepped on ai ! scale. | NOTICE Local 10, Teamsters party, Friday December 28. Members in good standing only. 002-1t. | save at least 12 ways when | ship by Clipper* Cargo A . You can't compare sea and air ship- because payment is quickes. b ing costs by weight rates alone! p gou must also count these special .:Defi‘"m'l ’g;:' A‘::’W‘:;ilfi”;v:: ¢ economies of Clipper Cargot % shipment from origin to destination. ©Crating Is seldom necessary. © Goods arrive when needed . . . while #Shipping weights are less, because the market is strongest. you use lighter packing. eDamage and pilferage losses are *No deterioration. greatly reduced. ® Lower insurance costs: goods are I8 o ¢.0.D, and collect services available transit so briefly. to many countries. \ o Inventory and ‘w-v:z:m' €osts A8, Poyor bandling fees. e Clipper schedules are fast, freqaent o Shipping rates go down as weights j; Alacka and to the States. For 89 up. rates and schedules call your Clippes s Werhing capisal works barder ... Cargo Agent or Pao American. BARANOF HOTEL — PHONE 106 : o ’Jm—n;u:fi- Fortd i, B, Only Pan ‘American offers the advantages ef CrrPPER CARGO there have been some embarrassing desertions from the teams of Russia’s satillites such as in tennis tourna- ments of the 1948 London Olympic games. 'Soviet Russia has never compet- 3 ed in the Olympics, but it took an- other step in that direction when the Soviet Olympics Committee de- cided in Moscow to inform Finland that a “preliminary agreement” had been reached to participate at Hel- sinki July 19-Aug. 3. | The Norwegians are generally con- | vinced the Russians will show up for ! the games at Oslo Feb. 14-25. The There will be milk delivery Janu- “Most housing in Kodiak is 3 ary 1st, as usual if your bottles | classed as poor in quality,” the | United States is sending a team ofi are oui. statement said. “Accommodations | 79 competitors to Oslo, and the us- Wm. Flint, Juneau Dairy Pro-|on the outskirts are termed ‘de- | ual full Olympic team to Helsinki, ducts. 002-2t | plorable’.” 1 ¢ probably about 450. The Central Labor Council Offers Its Members the Annual A.F. L. FREE DANCE | Saturday—December 29 Starting_10:00 P. M. A+ F. L. HALL ====== JUNEAU uExc - The music for this occasion is provided by the cooperation of Local American Federation 672 of the ns, through 0. of Mu, a grant from the Music Performance Trust Fund of the Recording Industry. All Members and Invited Guests Welcome Free Refreshments The Music Performance Trust Fund is an extension of a program of public service originated by the Recording and Transcrip- tion Fund of the American Federation of Musicians, James C. 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