26 BOYS SIGN UP
AT FIRST MEETING
SOAP BOX DERBY
Twenty-six boys registered in all
three classes for the local running
of the 1951 Soap Box Derby at the
first meeting of the group held
Monday evening in the Grade school
gymnasium.
Those applications not turned in
at the meeting are to be turned in
at Connors Motors as soon as pos
sible, it was announced at the meet
ing. Wheels used in the 1948. 1949
and 1950 races may be used on this
year’s cats, said Milton Daniel,
chairman of the 1951 race.
Sitka and Haines will have en
tries in the race to be run in mid
July.
Registrants for Class A (ages 14
and 15) with sponsors are: Jerry
McNeven, none: Charles Dobbins,
none: Bob Goff, none: Fred Ross,
Baranof hotel: LeRoy West, Hildre
Sand and Gravel; Bob Osterman
Northern Commercial Co.: Richard
Smith, none: Tom Lynch, Alaska
Coastal Airlines.
Class B (ages 11, 12 and 13>
George Sundborg, Jr., none; . John
Holmquist, Triangle Cleaners; Petei
McDowell, Bert's Food Center:
Fritz Barricklow, none; Richarc
Newton, none; Jerry Rosenberger
Union Oil Co.; Stewart Whitehead
Dr. W. H. Whitehead; Joe Abel,
Don Abel; Jim Harmon, none;
David McPhetres, none.
Class C (ages 9 and 10): John
Stewart, Country Club; John Pyle,
dental division of Veterans Admin
istration; Tom Blanton, Dr. Wil
liam P. Blanton; Stephen McPhe
tres, none; Bob Steele, Gastineau
Grocery; Kirby Fritchman, educa
tion division of Veterans Adminis
tration; Dick Reynolds, Ellis Rey
nolds.
The major change in the rules |
for the 1951 race is that the com
bined weight of car and driver can
be 250 pounds. Other changes are
that the total cost of the car shall
not exceed $7.50, exclusive of the
wheels and axles. Commercially
made steering assemblies, consisting
of steering wheel, steering shaft,
and cable drum, may be used but
must be included in the cost of the
car.
The use of metal springs of any
kind, or metal parts that serve as
springs, is prohibited. The steering
wheel must be above the level of
the driver’s knees, and the center
of the steering wheel must be no
farther forward than his knees,
when he is in driving position and
when he applies his brakes.
Every car must be steered with a
wheel or half-wheel which must be
not less than seven and-half inches
in diameter. Facing must be bolted
to the brake shoe, and the bolts
must be countersunk, so that they
cannot touch the ground when the
brake is applied.
If the floorboard is made of wood,
it must be not less than three
fourths of an inch thick, but it may
be thicker.
Members of the Rotary Club, co
sponsor of the Soap Box Derby
Race, are Milton Daniel, chairman:
Dr. William Blanton, Don Skuse.
Rtd Darnell. Ellis Reynolds and
Herb Saunders. The Daily Alaska
Empire is the other co-sponsor.
Next meeting of the Soap Box
Derby entrants will be held some
time next w'eek. The entrants will
have the opportunity to ask more
questions at the meeting.
New York Central
Lays Off Thousands
NEW YORK, April 10, — OF—
Several thousand employes of the
New York Central Railroad in 11
eastern states are to be laid off
later this week.
The New York Central says the
layoffs are caused by a combina
tion of reasons, including a de
crease in freight business, wage in
creases, higher material costs, and
losses from a switchmen’s strike.
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1 SCHOOL BOND ISSUE
ENDORSED BY LIONS;
H. S. QUARTET SINGS
The Juneau' High School Boys
Quartet, under the direction of
Miss Marjorie Iverson, and accom
panied by Miss Elizabeth Wyller,
entertained the Juneau Lions Club
with three numbers at a regular
meeting of the club at the Baranot
Hotel Monday noon.
The boys sang "Daisies Won’t
Tell," “you Tell Me Your Dreams,"
and "Blue Skies." John Harris,
Ray Hegstead, Don Morrison and
Bud Schultz composed the quar
tet.
Miss Iverson invited all Lions to
ittend a musicale Friday evening
it 8 o’clock in the grade school au
ditorium.
Dr. J. O. Rude told of the im
portance of putting over a school
cond issue for $200,000 for the new
grade school and pointed out how
Lions in other communities had
successfully, accomplished similar
projects. The Club voted to endorse
the bond issue.
George Danner reported the rec
ommendations of the nominating
committee as follows: president,
Carl Rusher; first vic^ president,
A1 Ransome; second vice president,
Wes Overby, third vice president,
A1 Boutin; secretary, Bob Scott:
treasurer, Charles Mount joy; lion i
-amer Bill Ray; trail twisters, Dick |
Robinson and Pete Wood; boara
members for two years, Clarence
Warfield and Dr. John Geyer.
Nominations from the floor can be
made at the April 23 meeting, and
election will be held the second
or third week in May.
Russell Clark was appointed to
head a beach committee for the
summer.
Col. J. D. Alexander reported
briefly on a civil defense conference
which he and Tom Dyer attended
in Anchorage ariid outlined the
rules to be observed when simulated
attacks are made on Juneau this
week.
Col. John R. Noyes told of his
activities in' the interest of the A.
aska Road Commission during the
past two months while in Washing
ton and other cities.
Ed Cowan of the Bureau of Pub- j
lie Roads was a guest.
9 ARRIVE WHILE
21 DEPART PNA
Pacific Northern Airlin's carried
; 30 passengers yesterday with 21
I l lying to the westward and nine
arriving here.
I From Anchorage: Dr. R. Smith,
| James Westbrook, Mrs. Robert At
wood, Mrs. Wil’iam David, ivlick
: Emerson, R. P. Robinson, Frank
Marshall.
From Cordova: Leonard and
Genevieve Olson.
To Anchorage: Robert Stanford,
Bill Ford, Don Wilson, R. F. James
'■ D. Grimm, Max Jones, L. Young,
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Sivertson, June
and James Brooks.
To Cordova: John Mills, F. L.
Davis, Hans Fursuth, Art Muzzin.
To Yakutat: Mrs. H. and Betty
Frankforter, John Slagle, Homer
Nordling, Norman Sommers.
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LUTHERAN CHURCH
CELEBRATING 25TH
ANNIVERSARY WED.
Organ Dedication Is to Be
Special Feature ot Eve
ning Ceremony
On April 11, 1926, Resurrection
Lutheran church of Juneau, was
organized and the completion of 25
years of service will be celebrated
this Wednesday evening with a spe
cial anniversary service in the
church beginning at 8 o'clock.
The service will be divided into
two distinct parts. The first portion
will feature the dedication of the
new Hammond electronic organ
which has been secured in honor
of the occasion. The Junior choir,
under the direction of Mrs. Eunice
Nevin, will sing “Lovely Appear,”
by Gounod and "In His Kingdom”
by Overby. The Senior choir, under
the direction of Miss Marjorie Iv
erson will sing Ringwald’s arrange
ment of “This Is My Father’s I
World” and “All In the April Eve- j
ning,” by Robertson. This part of ’
the service will be closed with the j
singing of' the benediction by the
Senior choir.
The second portion will be an
organ concert with Miss Delores
Mattila at the organ. Selections to
be played are: Pavan by Alec Row
ley. Fountain Reverie by Percy
Fletcher, In Summer by Chas. A.
Stebbins, Priere by F.. Borowske
and Suite for Organ by James H.
Rogers the parts being used are,
Prologue, Intermezzo and Toccata..
The public will be cordially wel
come to participate in the service.
MOVIE STAS SAYS
IN 1946 HE JOINED
COMMUNIST PARTY
—
WASHINGTON, April 10, —UH— \
Movie star Sterling Hayden said to
day he joined the Communist party
in 1346 "Because I felt I wanted
to do something for a better world.”
Hayden, brawney former Marine
Corps Captain and holder of the
silver star for valor, told the House
un-American Activities committee
that he signed up with the party
at the request of a Bea Winters.
Miss Winters was not further
identified.
He joined the party, he testified,
after his discharge from service in
December, 1945, and his return to'
civi'ian life which he said he
found ■ disturbing.”
The 35-year old actor said he j
went back to Hollywood uncertain
whether to go to his original job
as a seaman, or whether to do
something “about this political
thing” he discovered while serving
in the Yugoslav Partisan movement |
as a U. S. Army agent.
Finally, he said, Miss Winters!
asked him:
"Why don’t you quit talking and i
join the Communist party?”
“I joined the party,” Hayden j
said.
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Hayden also said he joined thr
Communist party in 1946, but tha;
he now thinks this “was the stu
pidest, most ignorant thing I’ve
ever done in my life.”
“I went into it with an emotional
and' unsound approach.”
He said he was turned against
the party upon finding there wasn't
anything democratic about it, some
thing he had been led to believe
while he was working with the Yu
goslav underground as a Marine
lieutenant during the war.
“It took me a couple of months
to realize that they believe they
alone have the key, that they know
what is best for everyone.
"f’decided to get out. And I got
out.”
Hayden said he signed up with
the party at the request of a Bea
Winters.
Miss Winters, he said, was a form
er secretary for a Hollywood agen
cy, Berg-Allenberg, Inc., which later
became the William Morris Agency.
He told the committee he doesn't
think the agency knew about Miss
Winters’ beliefs.
DAUGHTER DIES; FATHER
LEAVES JUNEAU, SOUTH
W. J. Niemi, son of Mrs. Karl
E. Ashenbrenner, who has been
visiting here for the past' week.'
flew south yesterday afternoon via
PAA upon receiving word his 3
year-old daughter Deborah Jane, j
had passed away yesterday morn
ing at ithe family home in Port
land, Ore. The Niemis have three
other children, Billy, aged 10, Joel,
age 0 and Ann Marie, aged 5 years.
SEATTLE VISITOR
J. W. VanHorn, Jr. of Seattle is
at the Baranof Hotel.
Lyman Young of Whittier is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
YOUR LIFE
INSURANCE...
Have you ever heard of life
insurance being used for “clean
up" purposes? Taking care of
this need should be the first step
in planning your own life in
surance for the protection of
your family.
When a man dies there are
doctor and hospital bills and all
tiie final expenses. Debts must
be paid. They come first. After
making all these payments, there
may not be very much left for
your widow — unless you have
planned ahead.
When the rune comes for you
to go, you won’t want to leave a
burden of debt behind you. Then
consider a life insurance policy
for “clean-up” purposes. Let me
tell you about it.
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WASHINGTON. April 10, — MV
Former Senator Millard E. Tydings
harged today that Senator Butler
R-Mdi knew a “fake” picture and
'lies'' were being used against Ty
dings in the 1950 Maryland Sena
torial campaign but refused to
‘repudiate” them.
Tydings, a Democrat who lost to
Butler, told Senators investigating
the campaign that Butler “allowed
he whole thing to rest as a cloud
aver my reputation” until the el
ection was over.
Tydings reiterated his charges
that “scurrilous literature" was used
against him and that Butler viola
ed election laws by excessive
spending. The “fake” picture to
.vhich he referred was a compos
ite photograph purporting to show
Tydings and Communist leader
Carl Browder, in close conversa
tion.
Butler has contended that. Ty
jings was making an unwarranted
personal attack on him through
complaints to the Senate investiga
tors.
MORGAN TO WASHINGTON
Joseph Morgan, head of the Bur
eau of Reclamation here, left Sun
day to spend a week in Washing
ton, D. C. in connection with var
ious projects proposed for Alaska
in addition to progress on the Ek
lutna project near Anchorage.
FROM SEATTLE
C. Watue of Seattle is registered
at the Baranof Hotel,
Mrs. J. J. Lemen
Dies in Seattle
SEATTLE, April 10, -API— Mrs.
Julie Joys Lomen, 96, whose family
has figured prominently in the de
velopment of Alaska during the past
half century, died here Sunday.
Mrs. Lomen was the widow of
Judge G. J. Lomen, former United
States District Judge in Nome and
early-day Alaska public official.
He died here in 1934.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lomen
will be held ,at 3 o’clock today
(Butterworth Chapel) followed by
cremation.
Mrs. Lomen was the mother of
five sons, three of whom survive
her, and one daughter.
Her sons, have been leaders in
Alaska business and civic affairs,
particularly in the Seward Penin
sula area.
Mrs. Lomen, born in Oslo, Nor
way, December 21, 1854, was mar
ried to Judge Lomen May 27, 1878,
in La Crosse, Wis. She went to Al
aska in 1903 to join her husband,
who had gone to Alaska three years;
before.
BILL OLSON HERE
W .S. (Bill) Olson, manager of
the Native Service cannery at
Kake has arrived here from Seat
tle, enroute to Kake in connection
with the coming fishing season ac
tivities. He is stopping at the Ear
anof Hotel.
FROM PORTLA>S)
Stanley Zuern of VanWaters and
Rogers, Co. of Portland, is register
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! 26; TAKES 15
Pan American World Airways
carried 41 passengers in and out of
1 Juneau yesterday with 26 arriving
and 15 flying south.
From Seattle: A. L. Basancon,
C. W. Cole, J. J. Conway, C. G.
Davidson, Raymond Fowler, Ger
ald Goebel, Mitchell Hanavan, R.
F. Johnson, Howard J. Mills, Rob
ert Shore, M. S. Stewart, M. E.
Tippets, Axel, June and James
Brooks.
From Annette: R. P. Ball, N. E.
Hale, H. D. McIntosh.
From Fairbanks: M. Iremonger,
Mr-;. Trances Lozigley, Ivar Skar
lancl. D. P. Dunton, Elizabeth Du
bois, V. J. Forney.
To Seattle: Cort DeVoe, Mr. and
Mrs. T. D. Rockman, W. J. NeimC,
Ruth Swank, Mr. and Mr.-,. A. E.
Owens, D. Newlett, Charles Akins,
P. Bryant. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Garfield, John Murray, H. T. Har»
stad, M. N. Caldwell.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Mrs. Jack R. Dean of Anchorage
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
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