TO BREAK GROUND
11:^0 A.M. MONDAY
FOR NEW LIBRARY
Miss Ann Coleman, for many
years Juneau Librarian, will have
the honor of turning the first spade
of earth at the short ceremony
marking the actual construction of
the Juneau Memorial Library.
Although some details remain to
be arranged, the exercises are plan
ned for 11:30 a.m. Monday at the
Library site, corner of Fourth and
Main Streets.
4Mrs. Edna Lomen, present librar
ian, is invited to participate in the
ctremony, with Mayor Waino p.
Hendrickson, members of the Lib
rary Board, District Engineer John
ifcrgetsinger of the Alaska Public
t^orks, and other community lead
ers.
i H. L. Faulkner has been invited to
riake the short dedicatory speech.
B. Frank Heintzleman is chair
man of the Library committee,
which numbers also Dr. James C.
Ryan and B. D. Stewart.
Heintzleman said today. "Please
extend, through The Empire, an in
vitation to all civic, fraternal, re
ligious and other organizations
which so enthusiastically supported
the Library project, to send repre
sentatives to the ceremony. We hope
the whole community will be repre
sented.”
FIRST COAL
MINER ALIVE
NEW CUMNOCK, Scotland, Sept.
9——A weary, gas-masked miner
—the first of 118 men trapped since
last Thursday In the Knockshinnoch j
Castle mine—crawled through dead
ly black damp gas to safety shortly
after boon today.
Rescue workers handed down
breathing apparatus one-by-one to
the. other men, trapped by a ceve
In 720 feet underground. Their re
turn to daylight promised to be
slow, since only one man at a time
could-get through the gas-filled
escape tunnel punched through last
nl£ht from an adjoining aband
oned shaft.
' Housewives in this mining town
of 6,000 were asked to bring war
souvenir respirators to the mine to
s^eed up th<s rescue work. Ten of
the mdn trappd in Thursday night’s
massive cave-in were feared lost.
Eight escaped earlier.
TTie rescue workers reached the
trapped men last night, but a wall
of odorless, colorless black damp
gas blocked Immediate escape
through the tunnel that had been
^ored upward through 30 feet of
$olid coal from the old mine shaft.
' At first, attempts were made to
4ucjr the deadly fumes out with big
fans. But the process was too slow
and the National Coal Board de
cided .despite tlje risk, -to bring out
the trapped men wearing breathing
apparatus.
BOMB SHELTERS
|PA( STANDARD,
WH.Y. HOUSES
YORK,'Sept. 9. -I Iff! — A
Queens BOrtwgh builder says bomb
shelters. wUl be standard equipment
in |i£ ?5(HKou6e, two-stoty housing
jjroledi.9 A '
Tme buflde?’ Mlltofi Steinberg,
said yesterday each home in the
development would have nine-by
nlneteen-foot vaults, with reinforced
steel and concrete walls, under the ,
garage.
fbe homes will sell for $14,290
to $15,490.
Pilot Rescued
! An unidentified II. S. sailor tows raft bearing injured Task Force 77 pilot, Lt. Nathan E. Curray, Lex
j ington, Mo„ to waiting U. S. destroyer off North Korean port of Wonsan. Curry, shot down by enemy
j t flak while strafing enemy shipping in Wonsan, was rescued by the destroyer which responded to fellow
I pilots’ radio calls. lT. S. Navy Photo via UP) Wirephoto.
j "ENEMY" IS
i TO MACK
ANCHORAGE
Another Phase of "Opera
tion Dutchdoor" to
Start on Sunday
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sep.t 9—
(At—An “enemy” is all set for a
theoretical attack on this most pop
ulous area of Alaska in the quiet
of Sunday evening.
To add to the realism of the imag
inary warfare, dummies are expect
ed to drop in the role of paratroop
ers.
Military authorities said the man
euver will proceed on the assump
tion that the invader already has
wiped out defense bases near Nome,
on the west coast, and at Galena,
McGrath and Fairbanks in the in
terior. (Actually, the "enemy” was
I theoretically repulsed from the
[Fairbanks area last week in the in
terior Alaska phase of “operation
I Dutchdoor.”)
How and where the attackers will
strike has not been disclosed. Work
ing on the supposition that Ladd and
Eielson fields near Fairbanks have
been lost, the defense forces here
will use previously prepared posi
tions to safeguard Fort Richardson
and Elmendorf Air Force Base—in
the nerve center of the Alaska De
fense Command.
Besides paratroopers, the 'enemy”
is scheduled to use tanks, artillery,
fighter planes and infantrymen.
Blank ammunition will be used in
small arms to give the maneuver
an added note of realism.
The defense test will end Wed
nesday night.
Except for transport and adminis
trative action, no maneuvering will
be done in the city of Anchorage.
The military said civilians might
get 'ti)e wrong idea.
Military umpires will judge the
success of the opposing forces after
it’s all over.
FROM SKAGWAY
J. d. Hoyt of Skagwtiy is here
at the Baranof Hotel.
LOB ANGELES VISITORS
J. L. Bartlett of LOs Angeles is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
YALE MAN HERE
Willard Ross Yates, of Yale Uni
versity at New Haven, Conn., is
registered at the Juneau Hotel.
MRS. STEVENS LEAVING
TO ATTEND UNIVERSITV
Mrs. Joyce Smith Stevens and
her infant daughter Robin are leav
ing Juneau next Wednesday for
| Seattle where Mrs. Stevens will
I enroll In the University of Wash
ington for her junior year in the
study of architecture.
Mrs. Stevens lived here for some
time with her parents the Burrus
Smiths and is a graduate of Ju
neau High School. She returned
last May after a year in Honolulu,
following her marriage, and was
with the Alaska Department of
Health the past summer.
PENNSYLVANIA GUESTS
Josephine Brent and Sallie Zoerb
of Pittsburg, Pa., are guests at the
Juneau Hotel.
FROM YAKUTAT
Mabel E. Wickstrom of Yakutat
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
E. F. Rayman of Seattle is a
guest at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SITKA
J. Jorgensen of Sitka is regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM KETCHIKAN
E. Dean Hamlin of Ketchikan is
J stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SITKA
Ed Johnson of Sitka is registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM WINDHAM BAY
Rod Sudman of Windham Bay is
stayin gat the Juneau Hotel.
FROM PELICAN
j Mrs. Louis Anderson of Pelican
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
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KETCHIKAN VISITOR
Robert E. Vill of Ketchikan is
registered gt the Baranof Hotel.
FROM ANCHORAGE
B. E. Ballister of Anchorage is
a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
With thousands of Legionnaires
planning on California vacations
this year, the 1950 National Con
vention of The American Legion, tc
be held in Los Angeles, Calif., Oct
ober 9-12 promises to rival in splen
dor and activity any previous con
clave in the 32-year history of the
organization.
Legionnaires Thomas E. Paradine
of New York City and Charles F
Gaking of South Euclid, Ohio, were
named by National Commander
George N. Craig to represent The
American Legion at the unveiling oi
1 a memorial to the late General
! George S. Patton at Bastogne, Bel
I gium, July 16.
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Wednesday, arrive Ball’s Ranch Thursday for a one-week
stay; then a short stay at Telegraph.
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WAR RUMOR
DISCOUNTED,
GOY. DEWEY
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ Sept. 9—
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey says he has
been told by well-informed persons
that war with Russia will brdak
out this month but he adds that
he does not believe it.
The Governor, in a speech here
last night, did not name his in
formants.
He said he had been asked by
many persons when a thrid world
war would break out.
“I’ve been told,” he said, "that.it
! will be this month. However, I don’t
believe it. But it is coming even
I tually, if we are weak.”
FROM SITKA
Olive and Lowell Colby of Sitka
are staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
FOOD COST
REPORTED
RISE SOON
WASHINGTON, Sept, ft—Re
tail food prices dropped about one
per cent in the last two weeks of
August but some climbing whole
sale prices may mean new retail
advances later.
Despite a slight drop reported
yesterday by the Bureau of Labor
statistics, food prices In stores re
mained about one per cent higher
than before the Korean war.
The wholesale climb in the week
ended last Tuesday was reported
at 0.2 per cent, 1.1 per cent above
four weeks ago and 9.3 per cent
above a year ago. Coffee reached
a postwar wholesale high of 56.5
cents a pound.
CAP SENIORS AND
CADETS RESUME
ACTIVITIES THURS.
Senior and Cadet Corps members
of the Juneau Civil Air Patrol
Squadron will meet for the first
time after the summer recess at
8 p.m. Thursday in the National
Guard Armory at the subport.
All other interested persons are
invited to attend.
According to Squadron Command
er Allan G. Marcum, the meeting
is for two purposes—to resume ac
tivities after the summer "vacation”
and to co-ordinate all CAP acttvties
with the Civil Defense program of
the Gastineau Channel area.
Cadet Commander Neil Fritchman
again will be in charge of the act
ivities for junior flying enthusiasts.
Utilization of CAP projects will
be in the fields of search-rescue, air
and ground patrol, and first aid.
On his recent visit here, Lt. Gen.
W. E. Kepner, over-all military
commander in Alaska, said of the
CAP, which is an auxiliary unit of
the U. S. Air Force: “There is a
certain type of flying and missions
no one else can do so well as the
Civil Airl Patrol, sponsored by the
Air Force.
“We want to continue to encour
age and sponsor CAP.”
LIONS TO INSTALL
WILLIAMS, OTHER
OFFICERS' MONDAY
J. Gerald Williams, who was on
a stateside vacation when other
Lions Club officers were installed,
will be officially inducted into his
position as president at the noon
meeting Monday in the Baranof
Gold Room.
Other officers who missed the
earlier installation also will be seat
ed at an appropriate serious cere
mony and with later characteristic
roaring of the jungle beasts.
Final plans will be made for the
banquet Saturday night in the
Gold Room which will honor the
national president of the Lions.
GOAL OF LEGION AUX.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
IS MILLION WOMEN
A goal of 1,000,000 women for
patriotic service on the home front
is the goal of the American Legion
Auxiliary in its membership cam
paign for 1961, Mrs. Delia Sarff,
newly-elected Alaska Department
President, said today as she left!
for her home in Petersburg.
Present strength of the organiza
tion is about 976,000, which is double
that since the close of the last war.
Mrs. Sarff predicted increases in the
face of the new war threat. (
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HOSPITAL NOTES
Admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital
yesterday were baby Franklin Jones,,
Wesley Rhodes, Mrs. Darrell Buck!
her.
Dismissed were Mrs. Andy An*
dersont Mrs. Kenneth Bowman and
baby girl and Mrs. Charles Abbott
and baby boy.
Two were admitted to the Gov
ernment Hospital. They were John
J. Jackson and Jacob St. Clair.
Dismissed were Timothy Luke and
] Alex Olympic.
COOKIE MAN HERE
Eric M. Leneif, cookie manufac-1
turer from Chicago, arrived here!
yesterday op the S. S. Baranof to!
spend several days vacation in Ju- i
neau before returning south.
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
MONT. GOVERNOR
CALLS FOR BIG
DEFENSE MOVE
HELENA. MONTs Sept. 9—<jB—
Gov. John W. Bonner today called
an International conference to plan
joint civil defense “in event of any
enemy action.”
He asked Sixth Army officials,
Governors of six western states and
Alaska and Premier of three Can
adian Provinces to join him at a
meeting here Sept. 21.
FROM KETCHIKAN
Mike Quier of Ketchikan is regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
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1 FROM KETCHIKAN
Clyde O. Peterson of Ketchikan
is s*ojjping at the Barahof Hotel.
PROM ANCHORAGE
H. L. Hall of Anchorage is regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM HAWK INLET
T. Conrad of Hawk Inlet is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
The COUNTRY CLUB is now open
24 hours a day—7 days a week.
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