Mrs. R. Peter Tells
Soroptimists About
European Travels
Her impressions of her recent
trip to Europe were told the Sorop
timists Friday by Mrs. Richard
Peter, who. with her husband, re
turned a week ago from their jour
ney.
lhe Peters flew- from Juneau to
Montreal and Mrs. Peter recom
mended the ancient French-Can
adian city as a point of embarka
tion to Europe, ‘‘it is a bridge be
tween the new world and the old.
So much of Montreal is French."
Their first two weeks were spent
in Newcastle-on Tyne in England
as houseguests of friends through
correspondence. The lamily they
visited were Socialists, the hus
band a highly paid school teacher.
. . .But their life, like that of all
English, is very drab, Mrs. Peters
said. People buy only the absolute
essentials, their diet consists most
ly of potatoes, bread and pudding.
Meat, butter, soap, fats, sugar and
candy arc. still rationed. While we
were in their home, a small lamb
roast was served. . .the first they
had had on the table since 1939."
Mrs. Peter was struck by the fact
that most English housewives still
must heat water over a coal fire
place to wash clothes in the kit
chen sink. The English are 50 years
behind Americans in the use of
modern conveniences, washing ma
chines and other electric appliances
are rare.
"Even the conservatives are in fa
vor of socialized medicine." Mrs.
Peter said. The British consider j
the American system of medicine |
archaic. . .though the (i op tors ob
ject to the "paper work socialized
medicine requires. There is lit
tle time left to practice medicine,"
she commented.
Though Mrs. Peter's husband is
program director of Juneau's radio
KINY, she said that she liked
BBC's radio program with "no
commercials."
“Too, I enjoyed the three classes
of radio programs from which one
may select what cne chooses: There
is the ‘highbrow’ program which
presents only the best music, opera,
poetry and so on. Then there is a
middle class program that pre
sents .light opera, more popular
music ' and program matter to
appeal to the less intellectual. The
third class is the hill-billy type—
so there is something for everyone
on radio."
London_\^a'^iiaUil Mrs. Pfilpr
said, and uke most visitors to the
said, ahTTIIk'e" iriSst"visitors to the
city, she would like to go back
and stay longer. The Peters visited
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dudley, par
ents 01 David Dudley of Juneau,
wh.le in London, saw much of the
great city, enjoyed two plays and
Madame Tassaud's wax works.
There was still much evidence of
tombing in the city, she said.
The country-side of France was
beautiful, end so was Paris. “The
food was wonderful and we found
we could get just as good food in
lower-priced restaurants as in the
most expensive, if we chose them
careiully. We learned that we could
save money by avoiding the res
taurants where the waiters wore
‘tails.
"Everywhere you look in Paris
there is beatuy. The people of
France are people of dreams. But
it seems lo me mat, uiuugn intj
have wonderful ideas, it is the
Germans who carry out their
ideas.”
After three days in Paris, the
Peters went to Switzerland, which
reminded them of an enormous
golf course, because of its neat,
clipped beauty.
'But Switzerland is not a typical
European country,” Mrs. Peter said.
‘ It has never had a war."
Here they visited a cousin of
Mrs. Peter, a retired naval officer
who is studying medicine at the
University of Zurich and who likes
Switzerland so well that when he
has graduated he will divide his
time between the United States and
Switzerland.
Rome was wonderful and St. Pet
ers was too beautiful to believe,
Mrs. Peter said.
Here they were present when the
Pope received 35,000 people in the
beautiful church and through aus
pices of a friend in the Vatican
had places of advantage Iriom
which to w'atch the Pope. “It was
a tremendously impressive experi
ence.”
“Wherever we talked to people
we found that they wanted to come
to America. And I believe that as
many Americans as possible should
go to Europe as ambassadors of
good will. The trip to Europe gives
1 Americans an understanding of the
people. We found that people are
, all alike, that they all have the
j same problems," Mrs Peter told the
! Soroptimists.
i Guest at the Soroptimist meet
ing in the Baranof Terrace room
Friday was Mrs. AudTey Ingram
' of San Francisco. Mrs. Ingram is
' visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs.
I Wayne Johnson, Soroptimist club |
member.
Presiding over the meeting was j
President Dr. Grace Fields, who j
; closed the session w ith her own j
story of experiences similar to those |
oi Mrs. Peter while she was sta- i
tioned in Europe during the war.
B. M. BEHRENDS BANK
HOST TO SHOWING OF
j BANKING PICTURES
i Two banking pictures, a moving
picture and a series of "stills,” both
with sound, are in Juneau on a tour
f of Alaska.
| i
, “Back of Every Promise.” is a
moving picture explaining the many
services afforded by banks and j
their correspondent institutions J
, throughout the country, and "They
Come Out Smiling,” is the series of!
stills, which presents a lesson in j
. dealing with customers that, while i
! the title and action refer to bank- I
ing, could apply to any business.
“They Come Out Smiling,” is be- j
ing shown in the Juneau schools.
Both pictures have been shown in !
banking circles in Fairbanks and I
Anchorage.
B. M. Behrend’s Bank was host i
last week to all Juneau bankers in
a showing of the films in the Bara
nof Gold Room.
Produced by the Continental
Illinois National Bank and Trust!
Company of Chicago, the films are |
being shown all over the United
States to schools, banks and civic !
clubs.
The widespread services of a bank j
w hich cover every phase of life and
business and credit, from production I
to manufacture, from purchase of
farm lands to purchase of theatre i
tickets, is covered in "Back of Every '
Promise.” Those who saw the pic
tures last week recommend them
to civic groups that wish interesting
entertainment. They will be sent
to Petersburg and Ketchikan, then
back to Chicago. The films are
available here through B. M. Beh
rends Bank.
i
BIBLE PROPHECY
IV SAJ-B JECT OF .
LECTURES HERE;
“There is not a promise in all
the Bible that heaven will be the
iuture eternal home of the redeem
ed. The home of the righteous wall
i be this earth made new’. The re
■ deemed from this earth will not be
disembodied spirits but real beings l
who will build, plant and eat,” de- ;
1 dared Evangelist C. L. Vories in his
lecture last night in the Prophetic j
Light auitorium on the corner of j
Second and Main. Continuing he |
explained that while the earth that'
now is, will be destroyed by fire, I
the elements of which the earth is j
composed, will be reformed into a |
new' earth far more beautiful than ,
the present.
me suoject xuesuuy iugm u> \
"The Greatest Wonder in th2!
W'orld.” The sepcial feature planned
for the service is a chalk drawing
by Mrs. E. L. Broder, a lightning
chalk artist. The song service be
gins at 7:30 p.m. All are cordially
invited to attend every service. Ad
mission is free.
HUNDREDS ATTEND
CATHOLIC BAZAAR;
BOND TO STUDENT
“One of the most successful ev
ents we ever had,” is the way th?
Rev. Robert L. Whelan describ
ed the Catholic Bazaar in the Par
ish Hall.
Hundreds of visitors filled the
hall both Friday and Saturday—a
rewarding sight for Chairman C.
A. (Pat) Carroll an the large
committee.
Award of the $1,000 savings bond
was made to Bill Lundy, a 14-year
old student at Mt. Edgecumbe.
Father Whelan again expressed
appreciation for the whole-hearted
cooperation of Juneau merchants
as well as the public, in making the
annual bazaar a successful one.
-DOOGAN JANITOR SERVICE
Windows washed, storm windows removed, Venetian
blinds, overstuffed furniture, walls, woodwork, floors
cleaned, waxed and polished. Rugs shampooed.
MEETING TONIGHT
The American Legion
at 8 o'Clock
IN THE LEGION DUGOUT
Visiting Veterans Invited
VERNON P. HARRIS, Post Commander
JOHN GARCIA, Adjutant
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FLYING SAUCERS
ARE REPORTED
AROUND SITKA
SITKA, Alaska, Oct. 9—'/Pi—Sit
ka seethed with speculation last
week over lour reports of flying
saucers.
There have been isolated reports
for the past year of strange ob
jects in the sky. But Wednesday
night five different people told of
seeing what they believed was a
large disc.
At 10 p.m., that night James
William, Jr., and two other boys
reported seeing the disc pass over
their home. They said a haze fol
lowed the object.
The same night in a different
part of town Mrs. A. P. Franklin,
wife of the fire chief, said she saw
an object agreeing with the boys'
description, disappearing toward
the Sisters Mountains two miles
east of here.
Mrs. A. P. Johnson of Mt. Edge
cumbe said she saw a "ball of
lire” falling toward Sitka at about
the same time. Last Monday,
Charls Post said he saw an ob
lcng object over Cross Mountain,
five miles south of here.
MORE THAN 80 BOYS
AT CUB SCOUT MEET
More than SO wide-eyed, exuber*
int boys of Cub Scout age attend
ed the organizational meeting held
in the grade school auditorium
last Thursday evening. The Cub
Scouting program was explained to
the parents and boys, and every
;ne was given an opportunity to
register, either as a Scout or as
in adult leader in the program.
The problem of securing Den
Mothers seems to be the biggest
obstacle in the way of immediate
inauguration of a very active Cub
Scout program in the City of Ju
neau. Among the adults in attend
ee, there were only live women
who agreed to act as Den Mothers,
which wculd accommodate only ap
proximately half of the boys who
want to become Cub Scouts. It will
be necessary to solicit the help
of more mothers so that the boys
in this vicinity will have the ad
vantage of this very worthwhile j
program.
Anyone who is willing to take on |
the responsibility of becoming a ]
Den Mother, or knowing of anyone j
who might be interested, should
contact Henry Harmon at their!
earliest convenience.
JUNEAU GARDEN CLUB
TO MEET WEDNESDAY
The Juneau Garden club will hold
its regular program and social
meeting at the home of Mrs. Ray
Taylor, 416 West Ninth St. at 1:30
o'clock, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Taylor, assisted by Mrs. Walter
Kleweno, will serve a dessert lunch
eon.
The program will consist of Va
cation Reminisences by the mem
bers and Readings from the Club
Scrapbook.
MRS. HERMANN EAST
Mrs. Mildred Hermann left last
Thursday for New York to attend
the annual meeting of the Amer
ican Cancer Society. While in the
east she will also attend a board
meeting cf the General Federation
of Women's Clubs, of which she
is a board member, in Washington
D. C., Oct. 18, 19 and 20 at the
Mayflower Hotel. She also hopes
to attend the annual New York
Tribune Forum.
GRAND JURY EVIDENCE
I have been asked repeatedly,
here and in Ketchikan, to make
| public my testimony before the
Federal Grand Jury now in session
in Ketchikan.
I believe that the public should
nave all the facts, but in fairness to
Governor Gruening, chairman of
ihe Territorial Banking Board and
the other members of that board, I
have been reluctant to publicize
the evidence.
However, if the Governor and the
Banking Board will give their con
sent, I will be pleased to make this
material available to the public.
MARCUS F. JENSEN
Democratic Candidate for Repre
sentative.
POILUCK DINNER IS
| PLAN, MOOSE WOMEN
The regular meeting of Chapter
439, the Women of the Moose, was
I held Thursday evening, October 5,
[ with Senior Regent Beatrice Albe
goff presiding.
Reports were made by chairman
of the following committees; Pub
licity, Mooseheart, Library, Moose
haven and Membership. Chapter
t members who attended the con
I \ention at Palmer reported they
had a wonderful time.
Plans were made for a pot luck
dinner to be held on October 27 in
honor of Mooseheart Founder's Day.
It was also decided that the chap
ter would sponsor a Juneau girl for
the duration of her nurse’s training.
Next meeting will be Mooseheart
Chapter night on October 19. The
program. Christmas in October, will
be in charge of Carmen McNeil,
Mooseheart chairman, and Ruth
Maurstad will be chairman of the
refreshment committee.
It was reported that the bazaar
held on September 30 was a great
success.
Juneau Woman's Club
Meets and Considers
Several Suggestions
Recommendations of the Execu
tive Board and other matters of
importance occupied the Juneau
Woman's Club at their business
meeting in the AELP penthouse
Wednesday afternoon. Suggestions
were made for several projects, the
dates for which will be announced
when cleared.
Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann made
the report for the club Building
Board in the absence of Mrs. D. W.
Herron, long-time member of the
Board who left yesterday for her
future home in Boise, Idaho. Other
memebers of the Board are Mrs.
J .V. Cole, Mrs. C. E. Warfield and
Miss Ann Coleman. A successor to
Mrs. Herron will be elected later.
Mrs. Neil Fritchman, Child Con
servation chairman, reported that a
meeting place had been found for
the club-sponsored Girl Scout troop
of which Mrs. Jack Gibson and
Mrs. Herb Rowland are leaders.
Through the courtesy of the Moose
Lodge, meetings will be held at the
Moose Club.
The legislative department of . the
Alaska Federation of Women’s
Clubs. Mrs. Hermann chairman, will
issue a bulletin this year, it was
announced, and all member clubs
may obtain copies for their mem-i
bership. Copies will be mailed t<S
the JWC members, it was voted.
The recently revised Constitution
and By-Laws for the local club
were read for the first time yester
day and will receive a second read
ing before adoption.
The social-program meeting on1
Wednesday, October 18, will be held
at the home of Mrs. Ray Day. A
dessert luncheon will precede the
brief business meeting and pro
gram.
DR. AND MRS. DAHL
LEAVE FOR STATES
Dr. P. I. Dahl, long time physician
at Skagway, who retired last year
as physician for the White Pass
and Yukon Railway, and Mrs. Dahl
left Juneau on the Princess Louise
for an indefinite stay in the states.
Mrs. Dahl has been in Juneau since
early last summer and Dr. Dahl
joined her here a short time ago
after the summer at Chignik where
he was physician for the salmon
cannery there.
Dr. and Mrs. Dahl plan to spend
the winter in the stages and may
remain permanently. Their plans
are indefinite but they will make a
tour of the southwest states and
will visit with their three sons,
Roger, who is a certified public
accountant in Seat'le; Robert, who
is an associate professor at Yale
and Dr. Lewis Dahl who is on the
staff of the Rockefeller Foundation
in New York City.
ARCHIE BETTS RETURNS
Archie Betts has returned from
Los Gatos, Calif., where he went
to visit his 85-year-old mother who
had been ill. She passed away
while he was there. He also visited
his three children and four grand
children in Oakland while he was
in California.
FRENCH FORCES
IN INDO CHINA
SUFFER SETBACK
SAIGON, Indo-China, Oct. 9—W
—Communist-led Vietminh troop,;
were reported today to have snapped
a trap of disastrous proportions on
French troops, weakening the
French position all along the north
ern Indo-China frontier with Com
munist China.
A major part of the French Gar
rison withdrawing from Caobang, ;
plus screening French troops of sev
eral battalions, were reported in the
Red snare west of Thatkhe. A
French military spokesman said the
French suffered heavy losses in vio
lent fighting, and inflicted severe
losses on the Vietminh troops, which
outnumbered the defenders ten to
one. He said sporadic fighting was
continuing.
The French high command can
spare few regiments for frontier de
fense from the bitter struggle else
where in the country.
The spokesman declined to say
the number of troops caught in the j
encirclements, but would specify1
only that several battalions, includ
ing some of France’s finest Foreign
Legionnaire units and crack Moroc
can troops, were involved.
ALEXANDER LEAVES
FOR KG INSPECTION
Col. Joseph Alexander left Thurs
day afternoon for Anchorage, Nome,
Bethel, Kotzebue and Unalakleet
in preparation for federal inspec
tion of the Alaska National Guard
units starting October 9. He will
be gone approximately two weeks.
The inspection will be conducted
by the Inspector General's Depart
ment of the U.S. Army, Alaska.
Starting in Kotzebue on October 9,
the inspection continues to Dill
ingham and later to Anchorage,
Fairbanks and southeast Alaska
with the concluding date sometime
in February.
MRS. IIEVEL VISITS
In Juneau for medical attention,
Mrs. Ross Hevel arrived here on
the Princeton Hall Tuesday.
Mrs. Hevel, whose husband is j
United States Commissioner at
Heines, is accompanied by her j
young daughter Sally and Sally’s,
friend, Patsy Lammers, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lammers.
Patsy is celebrating her seventh
birthday on her first trip away
from home.
While here, Mrs. Hevel, who is
the Empire’s correspondent at
Haines, visited the Empire office.
CD MEET TONIGHT
The Civilian Defense Council will
meet tonight in the council cham
bers at the City Hall, Tom Dye-,
vice-directcr, said today. All Cap
tains are urged to attend.
Dr. L. P. Dawes is outgoing Sen
ator for northern end of first divi
sion. Elton Engstrom only candidate
for this district. Vote for Engstrom
for Senator. 625-2t
Prove ¥R
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i; V Relieved in Few Minutes &
It Is now easy to aid rheumatism
i and arthritic and neuritic pains,
j Tiie test will cost you nothing,
j So why sutler another day from
the agony of this painful ailment
when you can secure MUSCLE
RUB, the new preparation that not
only relieves the pains of rheuma- :
tlsm but also lumbago, muscle
soreness, sprains, as well as the
less serious lameness of muscles
and Joints? It is no longer neces
sary to dose the system with in
ternal medicine. The entire
MUSCLE-RUB treatment is a
simple liquid, applied directly to the
limbs, shoulders, neck, lace or back
—wherever the trouble is.
W. urge only th.t you make this test.
Um one-half the bottle, and if you are
not amazed and delighted with the re
sults, return the remaining half to your
druggist and he will refund your
money. Price only $1.25. Urge economy
sUs $2.25. Buy it today.
At All Drug Stores
VOTE FOB
B. I). STEWART
Candidate for
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
General Election —• Oct* 10, 1950
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Resident and Taxpayer of Southeastern Alaska for
forty years.
Served by appointment under five successive Gov
ernors as Commissioner of Mines and Territorial
Mine Inspector over a period of thirty years.
Former Mayor of Jhneau.
Endorsed by First Division labor organizations and
fishermen.
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PROGRAM OF BLOOD;
TYPING IS CHANGED
A change in time will become
effective tomorrow night for the
blood typing program, it is an
nounced by the committee in
charge. The two-hour period so far
allotted will be cut to one hour,
7:30 to 8:30. All who go within that
hour will be taken care of, it is
stated, but no slips will be issued
after 8:30.
Drs. Rude and Gibson will be in
charge tomorrow night.
Persons typed at the last session
numbered 112. Receptionists were
Mrs. I. Goldstein and Miss Frieda
Eechtold; typists, Miss Jacque Fish
er, Miss Helen Saale, Miss Jean
Marsh, Mrs. Win. H. Barron and
Mis. W. B. Glafke. Mrs. Victor
Tydlacka had charge of cards for
those previously typed and Mrs.
Arthur Sturm assisted the doctors.
After tomorrow night, the blood
typing program will be temporarily
discontinued here in Juneau and
the service offered re idents ol
Douglas October 12 to 17.
ABSENTEE VOTING
Veter: sure to vote Republican
'i ".of ur.der absentee law before
you lec.v>. for the Stitss.
Republican Club of Juneau, Al
iska, Commissioner’s Precinct.
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Stated Communication of Mt. Ju
neau Lodge Monday evening at
7:30, labor in the M. M. Degree.
J. W. LEIVER3
Secretary
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