DELEGATE BARTLETT
STARTS HiS TOUR OF
SOUTHEAST ALASKA
Alaska Delegate E. L. (Bob'
Bartlett was in Juneau between
flights Sunday, coming from Cor
dova via Pacific Northern Air
lines and taking off almost immed
iately for Petersburg by Ellis Air
lines.
He planned to go to Ketchikan,
Metlakatla, Wrangell and other
places in Southeast Alaska before
parMcipating in the big Democratic
Rally at Sitka Friday.
Bartlett will come to Juneau Sat
urday to stay until after the elec
tion, October 10.
Howard Lyng, national commit
teeman for Alaska, wrote Secretary
of Alaska Lew Williams tha* he
expects to be in Juneau next Mon
day. coming from Fairbanks.
However, he will be in Juneau
overnight tomorrow enroute from
Wrangell to Sitka.
U. S. Congressman
Makes Secret Trip
Inside Iron Curtain
BERLIN. Oct, 3- T Ml Ameri
can Congressman has pierced Rus
sia’s Iron Curtain in Germany and
returned undetected with an eye
witness account of new Soviet baby
tanks and jet planes.
The adventure v. ; reported by
Rep. Thurmond Chatham (D-NC'
who came to Berth, v. .th a group oi
legislators touring U S. defense i
points in Europe.
Chatham in an interview rie- (
scribed a 50-mile jeep ride into the
Soviet zone, which bristle- with
250,000 Russian troop He visited
a new airbase and an infantry t ; a
compound.
A Westerner on such forbidden
territory i vulnerable i: ..ire anc!
possible shooting as a spy.
The Congrc -ana l s,.ul he w.v I
escorted on the trip by Ru ur.i I
officer Ire befriended while they!
both were (loin: liai n v.: :k durin:
World War Two.
Russians Lose Face
Chatham told this .story:
He recognized the Hu; 'm, in
civilian clothing, in a West Berlin
nightclub.
“He threw his arms around me
and we had a good talk. He a ked if
I would like to take a trip with
him and I accepted.”
The next day the Rus ian took
1 Chatham to the Soviet sector of
Berlin, put on the uniform of a
senior Red Army officer and took
a jeep from the Russian motor pool.
He barked hi: way through half a
dozen checkpoints, explaining his
American companion as a friend
from one of the East European
satellite countries.
Enroute. Chatham said, the Rus
sian gave him these personal
opinions—
1. The Soviets have lost face in
Asia over the Korean v.ar.
2. The Kremlin drive to bring
about Polish-East German friend
ship under Communist rule has
failed so far.
3. “Every one-legged German
would carry a gun against u (the
Russians) now.”
JACK HAZLETT LEAVES
John C. Hazlett, Jr., popular
young Juneau man. left here this
morning on board the S. S. Denali
to reestablish his home in Seattle
where he will be employed by the
B. F. Shearer Co. Hazlett, one cf
the leading local bowlers and base
ball players, was manager of Home
Beautiful un’il it recently closed.
PLEASE ANSWER
Mr. White will present these
questions over Kiny at 7:00 p.m.
on Saturday, October 7.
1. Corruption, Malfeasance and
Misfeasance in Territorial Adminis
tration.
2. Missing and deleted public re
cords—responsible officers should
be removed.
3. Is the Ketchikan Grand Jury
being asked to investigate the find
ings of the Special Government In
vestigators now in !he Territory?
4. What kind of pressure is be
ing put on the native villages to
vote by the Governor-?
5. Does the present regime intend
to raise taxes another 10 percent
in Alaska, making us pay 20 per
cent in the Territory or are they
waiting until after the election to
tell us?.
6. Why was Ralph Rivers, a:
Attorney General, given an extra
bonus of $2,500.00? Why did not the
Governor veto th: bonus?
7. Why can we not have facts
instead of mud-slinging?
Remember—7:00 p.m. Saturdaj
night—KINY.—(Paid adv.i
Pells Close at 7—Vote.
Elfin Cove
News Holes
(Special Correspondence)
ELFIN COVE. Alaska. Sept. 29—
Mr. and Mrs. Don Foster and son
! Don Jr., have left for the Inian
j Islands to visit with friends for a
few days.
Jessie Shelly on his boat the
| Mable C. came into the Cove today
to await the opening of the fall
fishing here.
E. O. Swanson leaves Saturday
for Juneau with his packer the
Elfin II for supplies in preparation
for the coming fishing season
which opens October 5.
John Dahl and Clell Horison are
going to Juneau for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hubbard
are leaving for Juneau tomorrow.
The Hubbards are going 'o Port
land, Oregon, where they will spend
the winter with Mr. Hubbard's
mother.
Mr. Paul Paulson left for the
Inian Islands today where he will
visit with friends for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hubbard
were at home *oaay to . their
friends and neighbors who called
with going away gifts for the
couple and the wtII wishes of all
for their trip outside.
Pacific Northern
Airlines Carries 36
Pssrengers Yesterday
Thirty six passsengers were car- j
:.ed by Pacific Northern Airlines]
yesterday. From Anchorage: Dr. R.
H. Schuler, Vern Albright. Mrs.
Jc :ie Snyder, Mr. Caldwell. G .R.
Jackson, and Mrs. O'Connell.
From Yakutat: Harry John Ema
and William Benson, Dick and Mag
da Frank, and Eva Milton. Five
v ent through to Seattle from Cor
dova.
To Anchorage: Thomas E. Brown,
Vd'-.ar J. Fette, Billy Williams, Al
bert Guino, David Farchhemer. Bud
Tauber, John L. Houts, Ed Steven
son, Jahn Actuck, Bill Blandov.
Morris W. Fowler. Clayton Stratton,
Harry R. Dae. Otis H. Price, Vin
'ernt Yado, S. H. Velevick and W. K
Boyd.
1 To Cordova: Mrs. A. M. Whit
] lach.
To Yakutat: Ken Hansen.
Eklufna Project
Engineer Visits Here
Enroufe to Job
Work on the $23,365,400 Eklutna
power project near Anchorage, is
being rushed. Byron G. Felkner,
appointed last week by Secretary of
In'erior Oscar L. Chapman as con
struction engineer, arrived in Ju
neau yesterday and left today for
Palmer with Joseph P. Morgan,
chief of the Reclamation Bureau
here.
Forty men with rolling equipment
j are due at the site any day. They
l are traveling over the Alaska high
1 way. Two ten-men drill crews are
| already working on location. A $1,
i 100.000 congressional appropriation
)was passed last week to initiate
work cn the plans and specifica
1 tions in order that construction
j bids may be called as scon as pos
sible.
i Felkner has been with the Re
j clamation Bureau since 1936, with
I lime out during the past war to
I serve as a major in the Corps of
i Engineers throughout the African
I and European campaigns. He is or
j iginally from Iowa and a graduate
I cf the University of Iowa. Hh
i background in tunnel construction
i is such that he was recommended
| for the Alaskan job by L. N. Mc
! Clellan, chief engineer of the Bur
j eau at Denver, Colo.
! Archie Campbell, formerly of the
Empire staff, has been appointed
editorial clerk to do editorial work
and keep a history of the project.
He will make a trip to Palmer later.
MAX PENROD BACK
: Max Penrod returned Saturday
| from the north where he had beer
' cn a two-weeks school inspection
trip in the Nome and Bethel areas
NURSERY TO CLOSE
The American Women’s Volun
tary Services organization here an
ncunces that the A.W.V.S. Nursery
will be closed until further notice
Anyone wishing further informa
tion may call Mrs. Alexandei
Yeung, A.W.V.S. treasurer, at Blacli
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Oil Burners
Telephone Blue 737 Nighis—Red 730
Harri Machine Shop, Inc.
12th and E Street
PROCLAMATION
Whereas the Congress, by a
| joint resolution approved August 11.
| 1945 has designated the first week
m October of each year as National
Employ the Physically Handicapped
Week, and pursuant to that resolu
! tion President Truman has issued
a proclamation in the following
terms:
"WHEREAS the experience of an
j increasing number of employers ljas
! proved that physically handicapped
workers, when placed in jobs suited
I to their abilities, can make a sub
| stantial contribution to the econ
i omic well-being of our country; and
"WHEREAS *hc present need for
maximum production requires the
j utilization of all our human re
! sources; and
“WHEREAS physically handi
: rapped men and women should
■ have an equal opportunity with
others to earn a livelihood; and
"WHEREAS the Congress, by a
joint resolution approved August 11.
1945 <59 Stat. 530), has designated
the first week in October of each
year as National Employ the Phys
ically Handicapped Week and has
requested the President to issue a
suitable proclamation each year,
with a view of enlisting national
interest in the employment of these
men and women:
"NOW. THEREFORE, I. HARRY
S'. TRUMAN, President of the Uni
ted States of America, to hereby
call upon the people of the United
States to observe the week begin
ning October 1. 1950. as National
Employ the Physically Handicap
ped Week, and to cooperate with
the President's Commit‘ee on Na
tional Employ the Physically Han
dicapped Week, and with the cor
responding Governors’ committees
in the several States and Terri
tories, in carrying out the purposes
of the joint resolution of Congress.
I also request the Governors of
States, the mayors of cities, and
other public officials, as well as
employers and leaders of labor,
agricultural, veterans’, women's, civ
ic. and religious organizations and
all other interested groups repre
sentative of our national life, to
observe the week by endeavoring
to enlist the widest possible publi
interest in additional employment
opportunities for the physically
handicapped.”
NOW. THEREFORE, I ERNEST
GRUENING. Governor of Ala.sk. .
call the attention of the people of
Alaska to this proclamation of our
President and urge compliance with
the request made therein, and I
request all newspapers to give pub
licity to this proclamation, and all
radio stations to broadcast it so
that it may come to the attention
of all Alaskans.
(Signed) ERNEST GRUENING
Governor of Alaska
Schwinn ;;;res at madscn’s
Cells Clcse at 7—Vote.
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MEMBERSHIP MEETING
The Juneau Concert Association
! membc: hip committee will meet at
7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the City
Council Chambers.
Verne Albright of Ketchikan is
stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
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FRANK G. JOHNSON
Almost dead qenter of the Alaska
Panhandle is the little town of
Kake. And from Kake comes Frank
G. Johnson, the veteran legislator
of the Republican ticket for the
House in this election. Frank serv
ed in the 1947 and 1949 Legislatures
and was near the top of the list in
the Primary Election last April.
Born in Alaska, Frank received his
hiyhei education in the States and
taught school in Alaska for several
years before he turned to fishing;
his present occupation.
DORIS M. BARNES
In the General Election tv
years ago, Mrs. Doris M. Barnes of
Wrangell received more votes than
any other candidate for the Hous'\
Again last April, against a field cf
25 candidates, Mrs. Barnes was
high "man ’ for the House. Doris
Barnes has been a resident of Al
aska since 1512, making her home
at Wrangell and taking an active
part in civic and Territorial affair,;.
She served several terms as mayor
of Wrangell and at present she is
President of the Alaska Federation
of Women's Clubs, an organization
with branches in most Alaskan
cities.
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M. L. MAC SPADDEN
Don't overlook “Molly" MacS-lpad
den when you vote in th> Gr-nrrsl
Election this year. A resident, of
Alaska for 31 years, he worked in
the Alaska Juneau Mine and on the
Union Oil Dork in Juneau before
he took hi.s present job as- foreman
at the Juneau Cold Storage Co. He
is another of the men who have
learned about labor, 'business and
industry in Alaska from the inside.
He is offering the benefit of th: t
knowledge and experience as a Rep
resentative of all of the people of
Southeast Alaska in the Twain th
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ELTON E. ENGSTROM
Alaska-born Elton Eng strom is
the Republican Party’s orjly candi
date for a First Division Senate seat
tills year. Few men in Southeast
Alaska ere better qualified to rep
resent the people of this Division.
After finishing high school in his
home l, >vn, Wrangell, Elton studied
law at the- University of Washing
ton. Then he returned to Alaska
and entered the fish brokerage har
ness. a business he lias successf A’"v
conducted for more than tver—
years. He understands the prob
lems of the fisherman as well as
of the businessman. His former
service as Councilman and Mayrr
rf the City of Douglas cave him an
insight into the many*and increas
ing problems of Alaska’s municipali
ties.
CLYDE O. I’ETERSON
There ere no Clieechakoes on the
Republican ticket this year. Mo. t
of the candidates have lived in
Alaska more than 30 years. The
youngest of the lot, both in yea's
and in Alaskan residence, is Clyde
O. Peterson of Ketchikan. Clyde
a p;;r.i;*a mechanic !:v trade, mi
Alaskan by conviction, a home own
er, and is very active In the affairs
of his community, where he is Pest
Cojnmander of the Veterans of For
eign Wars. He recently spent sev
eral days in Juneau, where he talked
with many of the voters. He hopes
to return for a 60-day stay as a
Representative of the First Divi
sion in the Twentieth Legislature.
RALPH A. I? \RTHOLOMEW
Ralph is one of the two Republi
can candidates from the “First
City,” where he operates the Ireland
Transfer and is engaged in other
business enterprises. He is aisi i
member of the Ketchikan City
Council. Ralph has been a,resident
of Alaska since 1915 and ills only
prolonged absence from the Terri
tory since that date was during
World War I. He has rah ed a fam
ily in Alaska and his son Ralph, Jr,
is associated with him in the opera
tion of his business. He enlisted in
the Navy In 1917 and was aboard
the USS Westover when she was
torpedoed 509 miles off the coast
of France. Ralph has had experience
in many lines of business in Al a
and will ably r present not «only
Ketchikan but the whole of the
Division.
JAMES S. MAC KIN NON
“Sim” MacKinnon of Juneau is
an Alaskan by birth, the son of a
Pioneer of the vintage of .1386. A
graduate of the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis, he served
with the Navy during World War I.
In 1026 he entered civilian life as
owner and manager of the Alaska
Laundry in Juneau. “Sim” was
called back into active duty at the
outbreak of World War II and serv
ed as Chief of Staff-in Alaska dur
ing the war. He will bring to the
Legislature not only a long Alaskan
background, but a sound knowledge
of business and administrative af
fairs.
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EDWARD LOCKEN
Although he was horn in Norway,
Ed Locken has been a resident and
a solid citizen cf Alaska for more
than 30 years. He is another Alaska
mayor, too; in fact, he is now sere
ins his 14th term as Mayor of Pet
ersburg. Along with his activities
in civic affairs, Ed Locken has been
with the Bank of Petersburg for
thirty years. lie can bring to oar
Legislature a background of finance
that is sorely needed in straighten
ing out the affairs of our Territory
pnd give able assistance in placing
Alaska on an even keel for the
future.
WAINO E. HENDRICKSON
The mayor of Alaska’s capital
city is a busy men. His duties as
mayor have made him keenly aware
of the necessity for good, sound
Territorial legislation as a basis f r
good city government. Alaska-bom
Mayor Hendrickson has joined with
seven ether Republicans this year
to campaign for seats in the Hor se
of Representatives end to work for
sound and honest government in
our Territory. Starting out as a
miner. Mayor Hendrickson was en
gaged in private business in his
home town of. Juneau for many
ve rs before the people of Juneau
: 1l..ted .• an mayor . His popular ty
• t y.u a- i if where w-s shown
in the Primary Election last spring.
He was not only near the top of ' is
own ticket, but polled more votes
than 22 of the 25 candidates fer the
House.
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