ELKS AMBULANCE
IS TURNED OVER
CITY OF JUNEAU
In a brief but impressive cere
mony last night at the Juneau Sub
port. Juneau Lodge No. 420, B.P.O.
Elks presented the city with *he
keys to the long-awaited Juneau
Elks Ambulance.
Exalted Ruler Wallis George,
gave a brief resume of the city's
long lack of ambulance service,
told how the initial drive for funds
fell far short of expectations and
how the Lodge volunteered to as
sume entire responsibility fo sup
plying and equipping an ambu
lance for the people of Gastineau
channel.
Mr. George expressed apprecia
tion to Connors Motors, who sup
plied the mercy vehicle at cost,
foregoing their commission and to
the Alaska Steamship Company,
who brought the ambulance from j
Seattle to Juneau without charge.!
Guest of honor and speaker of j
the evening, introduced by Mr.
George, was Past Grand Exalted ;
Ruler Efmmett T. Anderson, of
Tacoma, Washington, who made
the actual dedication and presenta
tion of the ambulance.
Mr. Anderson, who is in Juneau
for the first time, spoke in praise
of Juneau's Elks, describing them
as an "enterprising lodge with a
big heart."
In telling some of his experiences
as Grand Exalted Ruler of Elkdom,
Mr. Anderson gave a number of
interesting facts about the Order.
He said that there are now more
than l,128fc>00 Elks in 1.600 lodges
throughout the United Sta'es and
possessions and that these Elks
spent more than six million dol
lars last year for the relief of
the needy. He described the work of
the Order as "being prac'ical in.
applied Christian Americanism"
and closed his remarks with a
glowing tribute to the generosity
and energy" of the Juneau Lodge.1
Minard Mill, Elk trustee and
chairman of the Ambulance com
mittee, spoke briefly as he accepted
the keys and certificate of owner
ship on behalf of the city.
More than three hundred attend
ed the'eceremony and inspected the
new ambulance. The Juneau High
School band, directed by Lyle E.
Manson, played several selections
in their first public appearance.
The ambulance is a new Pontiac
straight eight, finished in grey
and chrome and upholstered in red
leather. Siren and emergency lights
complete,, the exterior equipment.
The interior is completely equip
ped with litters, blankets and em
ergency apparatus necessary for the
safety and comfcrt of the injured.
The interior was outfitted w:ith
funds contributed by the Juneau
Emblem Club.
The ambulance, which will go in
to immediate service, will be op
erated by the city under the direc
tion of the ambulance committee
whose members are Minard Mill,
chairman. Councilman Art Walth
cr and Elroy N inn is.
Howard E. Simmons was chair
man of the committee that planned
the dedication ceremony* and his
committee members were Arthur
(Scotty) Adams and Mike Monagle.
COMMUNICATION
Editor, Daily Alaska Empire: For1
the sake of accuracy I wish to cor
tect a statement of the Mayor of ;
Juneau appearing in your issue of
September 23.
Among the achievements that he!
has listed of the present city ad- i
ministration is the new gridiron in
the small boat harbor, “the long-:
est on the Pacific Coast.” As a1
matter of fact this accommodation
to the fishing and pleasure craft
of the community was the result of!
a direct request from the Fisher
men’s Union to the Territorial!
Board of Road Commissioners, and j
made possible through the funds
derived from the Motor Fuel tax
which is administered by the Ter
ritorial Highway Engineer.
Very Truly Yours,
(Signed i
FRANK A. METCALF;
(DA HAS NIGHT OF
CAREFREE GOOD TIME
The Catholic Daughters of Am
erica held their first social meet
ing of the fall last night in the
Parish Hall. All business matters
were shelved in favor of a care
free good time which put everyone
in a prize winning mood.
Grand Regent, Mrs. Blanche
Stenziano walked off with the door
prize.
Guest for the evening was Mrs.
Irene Tunia, who has newly arrived
in Jnueau.
Delicious refreshments were serv
ed by the committee in charge who
included Mrs. Rita Thomas, Mrs.
Mary Winters, Mrs. Aurelia Thibod
eau, Mrs. Betty Dawley and Mrs.
Lois Poole.
Art Peterson of Petersburg is
stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
ABSENTEE VOTING
Voter: Be sure to vote Republican
ticket under absentee law before
you leave for the States.
Republican Club of Juneau, Al
aska, Commissioner's Precinct.
603-lmo.
MENDENHALL APTS.
TO BE COMPLETED ON
SCHEDULE NEXT JUNE
With the use of slip-forms for
concrete work, time lost on exca
, vation and installment of footing
j for the Mendenhall Apartments
will be caught up and the building
roofed over on schedule by mid
November, according to A. K. Eske
I strand, superintendent for Ander
son Construction Co.
Pouring is being done on the sev
j ruth floor \yalls and the sixth floor
■lab will be poured by the end of
the week. The slip-forms make it
possible for tjie pouring of a floor
a week. Conduits for electrical wir
ing are put in as concrete is pour
ed with wiring keeping pace with
the concrete pouring.
"There will be 12 stories to the
apartment house contrary to ru
mors,” said Eskestrand. “The build
ing will be completely fireproof with
fire doors in all stair wells and
main corridors.”
Outside concrete work and the
penthouse will be completed by the
end of November. The penthouse
provides space for the housing of
elevator machinery and exhaust
fans for kitchens and bathrooms.
Two of the most modern Otis pas
senger elevators will be located in
the center of the building. The
elevator shafts will be flanked by
two stair-wells.
The majority of the boiler room- |
hook-up is to be completed in ap-1
proximately two and one half
months so that heat can be put
in*o the building for the job of
plastering. The building will be
ready for occupancy by next June.
A total of 132 living units con
sisting of 88 one bedroom apart
ments and 44 utility apartments are
in the plans for the apartment
house. The living units start on the
second floor with four utility apart
ments and eight one bedroom J
apartments to each floor. The living
room of each corner apartment has
a large triple window. Asphalt tile;
flooring will be laid as the last i
job on the building in the spring.
The first floor of the building
will be given over entirely to com
mercial space. There are to be two'
entrances to the commercial floor'
on Fourth street in addition to'
east and west entrances. The main j
entrance for the apartments will be j
on Fourih street.
The garage will be in the rear of j
the building. Parking problem of i
the apartment house is solved with
a parking lot in the rear and park
ing space on the roof. The ramp
approach to the roof starts on
Franklin street.
BOB FURST HIGH MAN
KIWANIS TICKET SALES
Verbal orchids were given to Bob
Furst at the regular luncheon meet
ing of the Juneau Kiwanis Club at
the Baranof Hotel today. The occa
sion was being named high man
for ticket sales on the Johnny
Hobday benefit show last week.
Gene Vuille, chairman of the com
mittee, reported that incomplete
returns to date total $327.07, half
of which will go to the Kiwanis
underprivileged children’s fund.
In the absence of President Stan
ley Baskin, Dan Burris, board
member, presided. He announced a
beard meeting at noon for Oct.
3 in the doghouse at the Baranof.
Paul Sutton with the Federal
Housing Authority here, was intro
duced as a new member who would
be initiated next week.
Norman Steinig of the Salvation
Army gave a brief talk on "The
Church—a Factor For Freedom" in
which he pointed out that the
principles of freedom as delineated
by the church were interwoven in
American life.
MOBILIZATION
PROGRAM WILL
BE EXTENSIVE
(By Associated Press)
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder1
says that mobilization will hit the
nation with an impact that few
people anticipate.
Said Snyder—“I don't think that
people have any notion so far on
the size of the defense program this
country will get next year after
Congress has been at work for a
while.”
FROM SKAGYVAY
D. L. Stevenson and L. T. Mc
Guane of Skagway are stopping at
the Baranof Hotel.
WEATHER SLOWS
CLEANUP WORK
OF JIRP PARTY
Their research finished, a good
five tons of heavy equipment dis
assembled and crated for shiD
ment, personal gear packed—the
small group of young scientists
on the Juneau Ice Cap has had ah
idle week.
Meantime, a ski-equipped C-47
aircraft here has been waiting out
Ice Cap weather, hoping to make
the half-dozen trips to evacuate
personnel and equipment of the
1950 Juneau Icefield Research Pro
ject (JIRP).
Maj. Robert Ackerly, command
ing officer of the 10th Rescue
Squadron, with two other officers
and the crew, arrived early Friday
to make the final flights of the
season. •
They were able to mate two
landings yesterday, the skis settling
on crusted snow at 11:17 a.m. for
the first one. Coming out with 2,000
pounds of drill equipment were
Frederick A. Milan, University of
Alaska meteorologist and Melvin
Marcus, Yale University geologist.
Remained only meteorologists
Charles O. Harrington and Sgt.
Calvin Anderson, both of whom
have virtually established Ice Cap
residence. Anderson came out on
the second flight with 3,500 pounds
of equipment.
Director Maynard Miller, who had
gene up on the earlier one, remain
ed with Harrington, both planning
to come back on the last trip. Two
Juneauites, W. E. Twenhofel and
Tom Stewart, were passengers yes
terday.
Weather permitting, five or six
more trips were to be made today
and tomorrow in "Operation Clean
up.” Weather did not permit this
morning, but the flyers hoped for a
break this afternoon.
All the student scientists will re
turn as soon as possible to their
universities, where classes already
have begun. Miller will go direct
to New York, where he is doing
graduate work at Columbia Uni
versity.
Toward the end of the third sea
son on the Ice Cap, JIRP personnel
made trips into unexplored glacial
areas.
One party reached the crest of
the divide between Lewellyn and
Taku Glaciers, in the Tulsequah
area. The glacier there is at an
altitude of 6,600 feet., and is six
miles wide.
The farthest point reached on
the Ice Cap was by a party go
ing to the head of the Berner’s
Bay trough, a previously unexplored
region.
The men reported an intricate
network of very deep glaciers, some
glacial walls being “cut” from 3,
000 to 4,000 feet. They hiked 22
miles on the round trip from
“JIRP Chalet,” the control base
on the rock, otherwise known as
Camp 10.
Other trips of considerable dis
tance were to Slanting Peak in the
southwest section, and to Twin
Glaciers Lake.
Chief sponsors of the JIRP ex
pedition are the American Geo
graphic Society of New York and
the Office of Naval Research,
$44 MILLION FOR
WORK IN ALASKA
UP TO PRESIDENT
i WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—IJH—
I President Truman's approval of the
| $17,000,000,000 supplement appropri
■ ation bill today will make available
j $10,000,000 for flood control work,
largely in the Pacific Northwest,
| and add $6,990,000 to regular funds
for construction of dams in the
northwest.
In addition it will provide $44,
000,000 for work in Alaska on the
Army and Navy Public Works pro
gram and other projects. The lat
ter include $1,500,000 for repair or
i replacement of bridges on the Sew
[ard-Portage section of the Alaska
J Railroad; $1,100,000 for starting the
Eklutna Power Project near Anch
orage; and $110,000 for replacing
facilities on St. George Island, des
troyed by fire.
STORK CALLS
An 8-pound baby boy was born
to Mrs. Karl E. Lane at St. Ann’s
Hospital at 3:13 this morning.
Another boy was born there yes
terday afternoon at 3:52 to Mrs.
j Richard Ely Hanlon of Hoonah.
*He weighed 8 pounds and 6 ounces.
“The thinking fellow
Calls a YELLOW"
PHONE 22 OR 14 FOR A
YELLOW CAB
MOOSE FOUNDLINGS
ARE TRANSPLANTED
TO START NEW HERD
_
I
What to name the progenitors of
a new moose herd?
, Mickey and Minnie?
Adam and Madame?
Something more Alaska-sounding?
Naming the precious youngsters
I takes second place to the welfare of
the foundlings picked up on the
Kenai Peninsula a few weeks after
their birth. They are estimated to be
four or five months old now.
The suckling calves were found by
Fish and Wildlife Service Agent
Carlos Carlson of Seward.
He arranged with Mrs. Frank
Towle of Cooper's Landing (near
Moose Pass) to care for the young
bull and cow until they should
be old enough to forage for them
selves.
The Isaak Walton League of Sew
ard volunteered to buy canned milk
for the “mooselings,” which now
have been fed $230 worth.
By arrangement, the pair was to
be taken to Cordova in the hopes.
of starting a herd nearby, where j
there is ideal moose range with1
plenty of browse and feed.
Coming from Seward aboard the
FWS service ship Dennis Winn, the
young couple arrived at Cordova ■
Monday in excellent condition.
The calves were immediately *
taken in charge by the Isaak Walton
League of Cordova. Members took
over their care and management,
as well as the milk bill. This aver
aged $50 a month per moose, or
eight cans each a day. Each animal
weighs about 250 pounds. They were
kept temporarily at a small dairy
near the edge of town.
That was a big day for Cordova.
School was dismissed so that the
youngsters could see the moose.
Businessmen drove buses to the j
dairy at 42 passengers a load (some j
repeaters among the students, they
say).
It was weaning day for the young ;
lady in the moose family. She would
have only a day or two of pan-1
feeding between her pampering
aboard the Winn, where she was fed
from a “falsie” udder made from an
old glove, and her own foraging later
this week in the woods.
The creatures wpro to be released
today or tomorrow at the end of
the road, about Mile 13, to make
their home in the Copper River
Valley.
The only moose there now, so far
as is known, is “a poor little fellow"
put there last year by himself, then
about the age of these newcomers.;
He was seen about nine days agfe,
thus reassuring sportsmen that he
had weathered the winter and evi- :
dently was "predator proof.” .
Interested persons hope there will
be a general “meeting of the moose.” I
Check in One
But Four Are
Checked Out
SEATTLE, Sept. 27 — <£) — Pan j
American World Airways ran into [
a new problem in fares on an
Alaska flight — multiplication in
transit.
A bill for a crated dog from Fair
banks listed “One (1) live dog.”
Cargo handlers here counted noses.
There were four—a big one and
three little ones.
A check with the north brought
assurance there was only “one (1)
live dog” when the crate was
checked in.
The three extra travelers were
sent along with their mother to her
destination without extra charge,
t Mother and pups doing fine at last
report).
MISSION FILM TONIGHT
AT MEMORIAL CHURCH
The mission study film, "Touch
ing Untouchables,” will be shown
tonight at 7 :30 o’clock as part of
the regular Wednesday night ser
vice in the Memorial Presbyterian
Church. The public is cordially in
vited.
FROM PETERSBURG
Ed Locken of Petersburg is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
SOVIETS KILL
LAURA LAW
SAYS EX-RED
SEATTLE, Sept. 27—(A*l—A Mos
cow-trained ex-Communist has tes
tified that the mystery death in
1940 of Laura Law at Aberdeen,
Wash., was a Red-inspired murder.
Paul Crouch of Miami, Fla., made
the statement recently when he
estified for the Immigration and
Naturalization Service at a deport
ation hearing. The disclosure came
oday when attorneys completed
the consolidated portion of hear- j
ngs for 10 Seattle aliens accused 1
)f being Communists.
Crouch said Mrs. Law was “a
member of the Communist party
who was killed by Soviet secret
police” because she was “prepar
ing to go with her story to place
it before the newspapers and the
public—the inside story of Com
munist Party activities in the State
of Washington.”
The victim was the wife of
Dook Law, a former leader of the
Grays Harbor CIO-International
Woodworkers of America. She was
found bludgeoned and stabbed to
death at her home Jan. 5, 1940. No
one was ever charged with her
murder.
Asked by a defense counsel why
hement.Vmed that .fise, Crouch
said:
"Because it is a typical case of
people who have been murdered by
the Communist Party to prevent
them from giving information.”
Crouch said he once headed the
secretariat of the Young Communist
League in America and was district
organizer for the party when he
left it in 1942.
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TO INSPECT PAYING
ON FAIRBANKS ROAD
-—
Formal inspection of paving on j
the Fairbanks-College road will be
made this week before final ac
ceptance by the Alaska Road Com
mission.
To inspect the work by the con
tractors, Williams Construction
Company and Reed and Martin, two
Fairbanks firms, two members of
the Juneau Road Commission staff
went to the Interior yesterday.
They are A. F. Ghiglione, Chief
Engineer, and J. I. (Irv) Noble,
acting chief of the Operations Di
vision. They expect to be gone about
a week, completing their field work
in that area.
312 CARS CHECKED
ON FIRST DAY OF
CITY SAFETY DRIVE
Report ol the first day of the
safety drive by the Alaska Highway
Patrol and the Juneau City Police
revealed that 312 cars were checked.
In addition to the- checking of the
various items of vehicle operation
each driver was given a copy of the
Alaska Traffic Laws. On the first
day a total of 20 warning tickets
were issued for tail lights, stop
lights, defective horns, poor steer
ing equipment, one license plate
only, foreign licenses, and failure to
have a driver’s license. Warning
tickets are issued giving the car
owner 48 hours to comply with the
safety requirements. If he does not
do so in the allotted time, then
arrest tickets will be issued. The
drive will be continued until every
car has been checked.
The report is signed by Lt. E. M.
Botelho.
FROM PORTLAND
O. Martin of Portland is staying
at the Baranof Hotel.
T. P. HANSON HERE
T. P. Hanson of the Union Oil Co.
from Ketchikan is registered at the
Baranof Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
W. Martin of Seattle is staying at
the Baranof Hotel.
Your Deposits
ARE SAFE
BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES
SAVINGS BONDS’
THE management of thii
bank if pledged to conserva
tive operation. The safety
of depositors' funds is our
primary consideration. In
addition, the bank is a mem
ber of Federal Deposit Insur
ance Corporation .which in
sures each of our depositors
against loss to a maximum
of 15,000.
DEPOSITS
IN THIS BANK
ARE
INSURED
FIRST NATIONAL, BANK
of JUNEAU. ALASKA
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
TAKU TOASTMASTERS
HAVE LADIES' NIGHT
THURSDAY EVENING
Tomorrow night’s meeting of the
Taku Toastmasters will be the semi
annual ladies' night and will be
held at 7 o'clock in the Gold Room
of the Baranof. Presiding over the
meeting will be Bob Cowling with
Gene Vuille, chairman. The Toast-!
masters, their wives and guests will
be in attendance.
At last week’s meeting of the
Taku Toastmasters, Henry Green
was elected president of the winter
term, Dr. John Clements, Vice
President, William Chipperfield,
Sergeant-at-Arms, and Bill Ellis,
Secretary-treasurer. Comdr. Don
Morrison will continue to serve as
educational chairman and Herb
Rowland continues as deputy gov
ernor.
C. J. BERGSTROM
PASSES AWAY SUN.
MORNING IN SITKA
Word has been received of the
death of C. J. Bergstrom in Sitka
Sunday morning. He was wellknown
in Juneau having been custodian of
the Baranof for a number of years.
Mr. Bergstrom was born in Hon
olulu 72 years ago. He is survived
by his wife, his daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Carlson of Anchorage and his son,
Carl Bergstrom of Juneau.
The body is being shipped south:
on the Denali and will be accom
panied by Mrs. Bergstrom and Mr
and Mrs. Carl Bergstrom. Mrs. Ruth
Carlson has flown south from An
chorage. Burial will be in Auburn,
Washington.
14 ARRIVE; 31 OUT;
PAN AM TUESDAY
Pan American World Airways
brought 14 passengers from Seattle
yesterday. They were: Florence
Chester, Helen Dunlap, June Elli
son, Edna Nelson, Dean Dudley, E,
Field, Warren Rowland. Ervin Hill.
Desda Lorenzana, L. C. MacLean
Harvey Murphy, Helen Scudder.
Mrs. Fred Baxter and James Mc
Naughton.
Ruth Alexander, Moses Samuelson
and George Sullivan went through
here bound for Fairbanks. Boarding
the plane here for Fairbanks were:
Mrs. X. Baggen, F. Lancaster, Jim
Hortenstine, F. V. Henderson, A. F.
Ghiglione, J. F. Noble, Mr. and Mrs.
R. G. Tyler.
Going to Whitehorse were: Lewis
Stanley, L. Wigley, G. Fabin, Harold
L. Moats.
Nineteen were southbound. Mrs.
Lydia Fohn-Hansen flew to Ketchi
kan.
For Seattle: Minnie Brod, Pat
Flinn, A. P. Arries, Miss Toner,
Blanche Stephens, Mrs. E. Martin,
Raymond Lippert, Mr. and Mrs. F.
Middendorf, George Babbitt, D. Hoy,
J. Rozinski, V. Hillicker, Wally
Krake, Lee Murphy, Mr. and Mrs.
K. P. Alexander and George How
ard.
MRS. BRANDT TO SITKA
Mrs. Harry Brandt, wife of the
newly appointed superintendent of
the Sheldon Jackson Junior Col
lege at Sitka was a passenger for
that city on the Denali leaving this
morning.
BUSINESS IN SITKA
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jeffrey and
B. F. • Kane, commercial brokers,
left on the steamship Denali for
Sitka.
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
NAVY TO CALL UP
RESERVE OFFICERS
(By the Associated Press)
The Navy expects to call up more
than 15.000 reserve officers, as it
continues its buildup. There will be
no sudden call for the entire num
ber, but the first four-or-five
thousand may be called up in the
near future. Many of the officers
called back to active duty will be
doctors, dentists, electronic experts
and other specialists. But there will
also be substantial numbers of line
officers needed.
Marine Corps is
Mobilizing Its
Ground Units Now
(By Associated Press)
The Marine Corps has completed
mobilization of its organized re
serve ground units—a job done in
43 days.
The Marines have given no figures
on how many men have been called,
but 138 separate units from 126
cities are on active duty. Also, the
Marines have called up a number of
individual members of the volunteer
reserves.
HOONAH VISITOR
Donald Erickson of Hoonah is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
Ethel Hansen and Susan Shoppee
of Seattle are guests at the Baranof
Hotel.
D. C. Dudley of Wenatchee, Wash.,
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
FIRST SNOW ON HILLS
First snow or (he season has ap
peared this week on the mountain
peaks in the "back hills” visible
from Juneau. Comments around
town varied, according to the view
point; the “Alice Sit by the Fires”
shuddering slightly at the thought
of approaching winter, the skiers
with anticipation of long white
slopes of powder snow and the hunt
ers with a gleam in the eye in the
assurance that deer and game birds
will come down into the timber to
make the work a little easier in
bringing ’em out.
SITKA VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver and Lowell
Colby of Sitka are registered at the
Gastineau Hotel.
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This is YOUR Land
This is YOUR Division
This is YOUR Vote
E. E. Engstrom
Our Legislators must represent US — ail
of us — and men of broad vision who, with
their feet firmly rooted in their home soil,
can look into the future with courage and de
termination on behalf of all the people.
Such a man is ELTON E. ENGSTROM,
born in Alaska, university trained, now in busi
ness in Juneau, and a proven leader in his com
munity — he is pledged to represent “We, the
people ...”
This is one of the most important votes
you will ever cast . . . now is the time to
stand up and be counted . . . Vote for ELTON
E. ENGSTROM for the Senate.
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