IABOR DISPUTES
STILL ON; MEETING
SET f 3P MONDAY
Laborer- and teamsters con
today, and labor
leaders n pc rted no progress has
been made toward settlement of the
disputes, now several days old.
H i" ; ti < ntative* of the
CY:. and General Laborers,
I. .: l.v:i mafl». and the Team
I 30 (Afl1. an*
a y will meet Mon
ti ;. v;th : i : . entatives of the
( raitor- affected by the strikes
in an eflorr to reach agreement.
Tl . laborer • are asking a wage
hike which T. B. Erickson, execu
i\ . :,.:y of the Alaska Federa
n of 1 ib i. says will bring their
; to a level with those paid
lab r in Ketchikan and on the
M it nhall Apartment project
here.
We are seeking recognition of
a contract already accepted by some
contractors here, and by contractors
in Haines. Skagway, Petersburg and
Ketchikan." he said.
Only members of the Juneau Con
tractor- and Employers Association
are on the unfair list drawn up by
the laborers' local.
Independent contractors and the
apartment project are not affected
by the strike, he said.
The teamsters’ walkout was called
“to stop the practice of employing
truckdrivers as laborers at laborers'
wares while they are on the job as
drivers." according to Steve Feist,
union business agent.
He said the strike is against six
Juneau construction firms, and
about 12 drivers are off their jobs.
A second reason for the strike.
Feist Stated, is the lack of a signed
working agreement between the
contractors and the union. The con
tr cts have been under arbitration
for two months, he said, but no
agreement has been reached.
The strike affects some indepen
dent contractors and several mem
bers of the Juneau Contractors and
Employers Association, he .said.
BETA SiGMA PHI
VISITING OFFICIAL
ENDS STAY HERE
On her fit -,t visit to the T erritory
since she organized Beta Sigma Phi
chapters seven years ago, Mrs. Elsie
Guenther already has material for
an exciting Alaska report—and she
has been only to Juneau and Sitka!
Mrs, Guenther Is a member oi
the international executive staff of
the non-academic sorority. She ar
rived Friday and left Wednesday
for chapter visits to the westward
and in Fairbanks. She also expects
to organize a chapter in White
horse, Y.T.
Although she was honored at a
number of sorority and personal af
fairs while here. Mrs. ’ Guenther
seemed to take as much pleasure in
Joining the young career women
in the hard work of making a float
for the Fourth of July parade. And
when the elaborate mermaid float
won the first prize of $250. she was
as excited as any of the Delta
Chapter members.
Delta and Xi Delta Chapter mem
bers honored Mrs. Guenther at a
gr.e.-t luncheon Saturday in the
Earanof Terrace Room, the Beta
Figs having met with the visiting
official at a special meeting the
previous evening in the Baranol
Gold Room.
A: the luncheon event, red anc
white carnations and other decora
tion carried out the patriotic
'heme of the holiday week-end
Mi; s Ruth Bader, immediate pas'
chapter president, was toastmistres:
and Mr . Mildred Hermann was th<
main speaker.
Others on the program were Mrs
Guenther, Dr. Dorothy Novatney
Mr-. Betty McCormick, Mrs. Thelms
Engstrom and Mrs. Kate Smith
Songs by Mrs. Dan Ward were ac
tompanied by Miss Ethel Finlay
j son Delta Chapter presented a gift
i to Mrs. Guenther.
Mrs. Jean Marsh, Chapter presi
dent. entertained for the visitor
that night with a dinner at Mike's
Place, the party going later to the
Fourth of July coronation ball,
j Other guests were Misses Bader,
Helen Saale, Mildred Kelly and
Freeda Bechtold.
Monday evening, Miss Bader was
hostess at the Senate Apartments
for a buffet dinner honoring Mrs.
I Guenther. Guests were Mayor and
Mrs. Waino Hendrickson. ‘Mr. and
Mrs. Earle Hunter, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs.
George Sundborg, Dr. Dorothy No
vatney, Mesdames Ruth Ferguson,
Mildred Hermann, Betty McCor
; mick, Jean Marsh and Jacque
Fisher, Miss Catherine Hood and
j Maxim Schapiro.
After enjoying to the utmost Ju
, neau's colorful Independence Day
■ celebration, Mrs. Guenther left the
f next day, escorted to the airport
by Beta Sigma Phi officers. She
planned to visit Anchorage, Sewara
and Cordova before going to Fair
banks and Whitehorse.
SALES TAX ORDINANCE
TO BE READ BY COUNCIL
The Juneau sales tax ordinance
is expected to be read for the third
time and adopted when the city
council meets tonight at 8 o’clock
in the City Hall.
The date the tax ordinance will
become effective will probably be
decided upon at the meeting also,
according to City Clerk C. L. Pope
joy.
The sales tax ordinance was ap
proved by Juneau voters at a spe
cial election recently. It calls for a
I one-percent tax, the revenues from
which will be used to pay off the
city’s present and future bonded
indebtedness.
Three sets of bids will also be
considered by the council tonight.
The bids called for are for repairs
to the City Hall roof damaged by
a spring windstorm, for city gar
bage hauling, and for a piledriver
| and barge which the city has for
I sale.
Further planning on the pro
j posed municipal building will also
j be carried out, according to City
i Clerk Popejoy.
MOOSE CLUB SHOWS
MOVIE TONIGHT ON
NORTHERN ALASKA
‘ Arrows to the North,” a motion
i picture about the interior, coastal
regions and northernmost areas
w’ill be seen at a special showing
tonight in the Moose Club.
The public is invited to the com
plimentary showing at 8 o’clock.
Instead of a "canned" narrative,
•' there will be a "live" running com
| mentary by Neil Douglas, who took
the movie. His picture runs about
11 hours.
PRIZE MONEY TO BE
SI EJECT OF DISCUSSION
MENDENHALL 4-H CLUB
The $200 check won in the parade
j on the Fourth of July by the Men
denhall 4-H Club for boys will be
I the big subject of discussion at
j the club's next meeting July 10,
I at Minfield School at 2 p.m.
| All members are urged to attend.
Boys from the Lemon Creek dis
I trict should be at Mrs. Joe Kend
; ler’s house not later than 1:15 p.m.,
! and those in the Auk Bay area will
j be picked up enroute.
Richard Gaines, Secretary.
CLEAR FROM MEMPHIS
Visiting Alaska, all the way from
| Memphis, Tenn., are Everett L.
! Sutton and J. R. Elliott. They are
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
BEGINS WEDNESDAY
1 Mitchell Cain, world famous
! magician, and Gladys, "Princess
! of Magic”; featuring the sensational
“Box Escape," 2 hours of fun and
. mystery. 49-2t
. ! -
. All Ceramic Ming Trees at Nina’s
Nik Naks. 47-61
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With every quart of delicious
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RAINIER! IN
5 10 3 WIN
OVER BEAVER!
(By the Associated Press)
Oakland’s Bobby Hofman teed off
on Ralph Hamner’s first toss in the
tenth inning at Wrigley Field last
night and prodded it out of the
park. This “sudden death” poke
gave the Oaks a 3 to 2 decision over
Los Angeles, saddled Hamner with
his tenth loss and gave Earl Harris I
his fifth straight win and his eighth
of the year.
The Oaks gained ground on the
league-leading Hollywood Stars, (
who went 12 innings and then were
turned back by San Francisco in
the Seals’ stadium, 6 to 5.
A home run decided the issue at
San Francisco, too. Dino Restelli
smacked one of Gordon Maltz
berger’s slants over the left field
wall.
Seattle halted a three-game los
ing streak as Hector Brown tossed
a five-hitter against the Portland
Beavers for a 5-3 win. Seattle col
lected 10 hits off three Portland
pitchers while Brown was striking
out six.
Sacramento made it three in a
row over the fading Padres of San
Diego as Harry Gumbert held them
to seven hits. The major league
veteran, making his first start of
the season for the Sacs, was not
scored on after the third inning,
whereas the Sacs got single runs in
the second, sixth, seventh and
eighth off A1 Olsen.
STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS
Pacific Coast League
W L Pet
Hollywood . 61 39 .610
Oakland . 58 40 .592
San Diego . 51 51 .500
Portland . 47 49 .490
San Francisco . 49 51 .490
Seattle . 48 51 .485
Los Angeles . 44 57 .436
Sacramento . 41 61 .402
National League
W L
St. Louis . 43 27
Philadelphia . 42 28
Boston . 39 31
Brooklyn . 37 30
Chicago . 33 34
New York . 34 37
Cincinnati . 25 44
Pittsburgh . 24 46
Thursday’s Results
Philadelphia 9, New York 6.
Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 2.
St. Louis 13, Cincinnati 1.
Brooklyn 8, Boston 3.
Pet
.614
.600
.557
.552
.493
.479
.362
.343
Ameilcan League
W L
Detroit . 47 24
New York . 45 29
Cleveland . 44 30
Boston . 41 33
Washington . 33 39
Chicago . 32 42
Philadelphia . 25 47
St. Louis . 24 47
Thursday's Results
Cleveland 5, Chicago 2.
New York 5, Philadelphia 4.
Only games scheduled.
Pci
.662
.608
.595
.554
.458
.432
.347
.338
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
TO HAVE WORKOUT
GOING TO BE TOUGH
_ i
The Juneau Volunteer Fire De
partment met last night at Fire
mans Club and considerable dis
cussion arose over the need of in
struction for new members in hand
ling fire equipment as well as;
brush-ups for the old-timers.
Accordingly, Chief Minard Mill
ordered a workout Thursday, July 13
at 7:30 p.m. for all members. Turn
out suits or old clothes will be in
order as several contests are to be1
staged between Companies 1 and 2.
These trials are usually heated and
not from fire either.
Honorary fireman G. E. Cleveland
and Jack Frost were visitors dur-1
ing the evening.
After disposing of routine busi
ness, the meeting adjourned to
driver Lars Sorenson’s lunch in the
dining room.
FIRST TRY-OUTS
TONIGHT PREPARE
FOR SOAP BOX DERBY
_ !
The Fourth of July is past.
Now that the hustle and bustle i
of the holidays are but a pleasant !
memory, concentration is starting I
on another exciting annual event I
in Juneau—the Soap Box Derby.
For several months the town's'
younger male population has been j
busy with hammer and saws and j
the relative merits of streamlining, j
brakes, types of steering wheels. |
has been main topic of their con- j
versations as they have been con
structing their racing cars for the
big event.
Tonight the first practcie runs
will be held on 11th Street, and
from now on Juneau will be Soap
Box Derby conscious, with the hope
that the town will have a winner
in the grand run-off at Akron,
Ohio.
BARCL’S FAMILY IS
ENJOYING VACATION
Word received by The Empire
from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barcus
and family, who are on a motor ;
vacation in the states, tells of the
fine trip they are having.
Mr. and Mrs. Barcus and their
two children left Juneau abotfi
three weeks ago. They went to
Haines, then drove down the Al- j
aska Highway to North and South
Dakota where they visited relatives
and friends, and then travelec
east.
At present they are headed west,
stopping in North Dakota to take
in a rooeo and planning this week
to be in Yellowston Park.
FROM THE CAPITAL
D. W. Erickson of Washington,
D. C., is a guest at the Baranof
Hotel.
For Plastering and Tile—t-none
Ray Rice—Douglas 21.
Geographical picture, Arrow to
the North at Moose Lodge Friday
8 p.m. Public invited. 48-lt
Pan American fares go
Pioneers of Alaskan air travel, Pan American has
worked steadily to improve service and reduce fares.
Now Pan American is offering still lower regular
all-year fares between Alaska and Seattle.
"SS^ram
JUNEAU TO SEATTLF
for only 1 JLfc
66*00 one way
^8*80 Round trip
(Plus Tax)
Baranof Hotel, Juneau
Phone 106
ONLY THE FARE IS CUT! When you fly Pan (
American, you still get all the Clipper extras: Big, ^
dependable 4-engine planes... the most experienced
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OPEN-HOUSE HONORS
VISITING SOROPTIMISTS
SATURDAY EVENING
Mrs. Mernice Murphy’s pent
house apartment in the 20th Cen
tury Apartments will be the scene
of an "open house” gathering for
local Soroptimists tomorrow evening
at 9 o’clock when they will enter
tain members of the Soroptimist
tour party, due here on the Prin
cess Kathleen, for an eight hour
stop.
An SOS to all local members oi
the club was issued today at the
regular luncheon meeting of the
club, and a full attendance of those
now in town is expected to greet
the eighteen visitors from various
parts of the United States whc
form the post-convention tour party
to Alaska.
Mrs. Frances Paul is chairman oi
the committee in charge of enter
tainment. Assisting her are Mrs
Mildred R. Hermann and Dorothy
Whitney, but all Soroptimists are
expected to rally round for the oc
casion, Mrs. Paul said today.
In the absence of all the top offi
cers of the club, who are in Seattle
attending the convention of the
American Federation of Soroptimist
Clubs, Mrs. Aline Farner, acting
treasurer, presided at today's meet
ing, which was largely given over
to a discussion of plans for tomor
row’s open house.
FILIPINO COMMUNITY
PICNIC SET FOR SUNDAY
The annual picnic of the Filipinc
Community will be held Sunday al
the Shrine of St. Therese. All the
members of the Filipino Commun
ity are cordially invited to attend
Cars will leave from Diaz Caf<
it 10 o'clock on Sunday morning
Mass will be offered at the Shrint
of St. Therese at 11:30 o’clock.
Those who plan to attend th<
'.icnic are asked to call Green 51(
or Green 657.
FROM PORTLAND
Miss Katherine S. Arnold o:
Portland, Ore., is registered at th<
Baranof Hotel.
PHILADELPHIANS HERE
Harry Davies of Philadelphia it
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
FLOOR SHOWCASES FOR SALI
At I. GOLDSTEINS.
47-61
FIREPLACE WOOD—$20.00 a con
delivered. Phone 333. 29-lm<
Fresh Herring—Sturm’s Locker.
42-lmc
Alt BLOWS
STRUCK IN
WIDE AREA
(Continued from Page 1)
The Americans, driving north to
regain some of the territory lost
in a deep withdrawal Thursday,
were forced to go back.
There were some American casu
alties.
The Communists craftily permit
ted an American unit to pass
through a town, then opened up
with machine gun and rifle fire.
As daylight waned Friday, the
Communists, according to an un-,
confirmed frontline report, managed
to drive a wedge between two Amer
ican units.
This Red wedge was immediately
taken under American artillery fire,
however.
The air of optimism which had
bloomed Friday through the front
line command as a strong patrol
jeeped north ten miles into Red
held territory against light opposi
tion, suddenly changed to pessi
mism.
FROM CORONADO
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert C. Rose of
Coronado, Calif., are at the Bara
nof Hotel.
PROVENCE IN TOWN
Bud Provence of Haines is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM KETCHIKAN
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Scott of
Ketchikan are at the Baranof Hotel.
SITKAN HERE
Dr. B. E. Wheately of Sitka is
a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM KAKE
Mrs. Alfred Kleiva and daugh
ter, Ann, of Kake, are stopping
at the Gastineau Hotel.
COMES FROM ANN ARBOR
Frank E. Morris of Ann Arbor,
Mich., is a guest at the Baranof
Hotel.
Georgraphical picture. Arrow to
the North, at Moose Lodge Friday,
8 p.m. Public invited. 47-2t
BEGINS WEDNESDAY
11 Mitchell Cain, world famous
i [ magician, and Gladys, “Princess
| of Magic”; featuring the sensational
i “Box Escape,” 2 hours of fun and
mystery. 49-2t
RETURN SOUTH AFTER
VACATION IN JUNEAU
Misses Ann and Catherine Mc
Laughlin, sisters of Mrs. Karl
Theile, Mrs. Rose McMullen and
John McLaughlin, left today via
Pan American airline for their
home in San Francisco after a
three weeks visit here.
They are members of a pioneer j
family and were raised in Juneau.;
Many delightful affairs were held j
for them by oldtime friends, which j
included fishing trips as well as
other social functions. This was
their first visit to their home town ,
since the early 1930’s.
WALTER KING HERE
Walter B. King, attorney of Ket
chikan, was a Juneau visitor yes
terday, stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
FROM MASSACHUSETTS
Miss Joan Irving of Needham,
Mass., is at the Baranof Hotel.
Geographical picture, Arrow to
the North, at Moose Lodge Friday
[ 8 p.m. Public invited. 48-It
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