Daughters of
Rich Oilman
Are Married
HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 28—i,T»—
The eldest daughter of the fabu
lous Glenn McCarthy honeymooned
today with the son of a banker.
Another daughter stood proudly
as the wife of a cobblers son.
Mary Margaret, 19, oldest daugh
ter of the wealthy oilman, was mai
ried last night to Harry Richards,
jr„ 21, of Houston in a lavish man
ner.
The runaway marriage of Glenna
Lee McCarthy, 17, to George Pon
tikes was confirmed by McCarthy
only a few hours before the big
church wedding.
Pontikes, 19-year-old Rice Insti
tute football player and son of a
Houston shoe repair shop owner,
watched as his bride served her
sister as matron of honor.
Glenna Lee and Pontikes were
married in Waco, Tex., Dec. 2, by a
Justice of the Peace.
It was McCarthy, who himself
had eloped with the teen-age daugh
ter of a wealthy oilman, who con
firmed the marriage.
A senior in high school, Glenna
Lee will be 18 Sunday. She is a
cheer leader at the public school
where Pontikes starred in football
and basketball.
Five hundred guests attended the
church ceremony last night and a
reception followed at the $250,000
McCarthy mansion.
At the reception following Mary
Margaret's wedding, the receiving
line included Glenna Lee. Both she
and Pontikes wore a gold weddihg
band.
McCarthy declined to elaborate on
his simple statement that Glenna
Lee and Pontikes were “married”
but did admit the wedding was a
"surprise.”
In 1930 McCarthy, then a strug
gling son of an oil well driller,
eloped with Miss Faustine Lee,
daughter of oilman W. E. Lee. He
vowed he would become wealthier
than the Lees—and did.
The elder Pontikes owns a shoe
repair shop which is in a separate
building at the rear of his resi
dence. The home is old and j a
very old reside.tial area, w'.n an
other comr jrcial establishment
next door.
(By Associated Press)
Three small children died earlj
today, when fire destroyed then
home in Murphysboro, Illinois. Th<
parents and two other childrer
survived.
REDS BATTER
FRENCHMEN,
INDOCHINA
SAIGON, Indochina, Dec. 28—OP
j —Battered by waves of Communist
led Vietminh attackers, French
' forces withdrew today from two
outposts of their shrinking north
Indochina frontier salient. It looked
like the first phase of the long ex
pected Vietminh general offensive.
After a hard-fought battle, the
outnumbered French Garrison at
Binhlieu, 35 miles southwest of
Moncay, withdrew and joined a
relief column. During the battle the
relief column itself had briefly
reoccupied the post. Most of the
garrison escaped, a communlquqe
reported.
The renewed attacks by the Com
munist-led Nationalists on the
frontiJer salient coincided with
other Vietmnh drives north of
Hanoi. French military spokesmen
said these attacks were stopped, but
he admitted that the first phase of
the big Nationalist offensive may
have begun.
(French shipping sources in
Singapore said all French women
and children in Indochina are to
be evacuated on the advice of the
French military authorities there.)
SCHOOL BOARD TO
"jXI up revised
PLANS MUSIC ROOM
A discussion on the approval
of revised plans for a music room
j to be added to the Juneau High
School gymnasium is on the agen'.a
' for the meeting of the Juneau
i School District Board January 5,
j it was announced today.
Estimates by local contractors
: for building the structure accord
ing to previous plans were consid
i ered too high and the bids entered
were rejected by the Board. On ap
| proval of the revised plans by the
I Board a new call for bids for the
| construction work will be made.
The regular meeting of the Board
was previously scheduled for Jan
uary 9 but as that date would
conflict with the basketball game
to be played between the Juneau
All Stars and the Harlem Globe
Trotters, the time for meeting was
moved up to January 5.
LIEBHART HERE
D. C. Liebhart National Cash
Register Co., Anchorage. Is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
ELKS INITIATE NINE
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Nine were initiated into the Ju
neau Elks Club at a regular meet
I ing last night. Among them was
j Earle Hunter III, who was presented
; with his grandfather’s Elks emblem,
and George touis (Jerry) Gucker,
son of Jack Gucker who was pre
sented with his father’s emblem.
! Others taken in were John M.
Wanberg, Dayton J. Fleek, Robert
Scott Furst, Wilbert P. Kivland,
Marcell C. Hermle, John E. Barber
; and Fay A. Mish.
"MAN OF THE YEAR,"
"U.S.FIGHTING MAN"
SAYSTIME MAGAZINE
NEW YORK, Dec. 28—tP—“The
U. S. fighting man" is Time Maga
zine's “Man of the Year."
The annual selection is report
ed in the Jan. 1 issue. The cover
bears a portrait of a grim-faced
soldier symbolic of all the U. S. j
Armed Forces.
This is the first time the weekly
news magazine chose a symbol,
rather than a specPta Individual,
as the “Man of tne Year.”
RETURNS FROM SEATTLE
B. C. Canoles, president of the
Juneau Lumber Company, returned
j to Juneau from Seattle in time for
Christmas here. He has been out
j side several weeks r. a business
, trip.
MRS. DOOLlN RETURNS
Mrs. Flossie Doolin, Chief De
• puty U. S. Marshal, returned to
Juneau yesterday by Pan American
: clipper from Seattle. Mrs. Doolin
accompanied her son John to Seat
tle shortly before Christmas to
spend the holidays with relatives
on Mercer Island.
J. A. McLEANS ENTERTAIN
GUESTS ON NEW YEAR’S EVE
Invitations have been issued to
a cocktail party New Year’s Eve
by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. McLean.
Guests are asked to call between
the hours of seven and ten o'clock
in the evening at the McLean
home in the Highlands.
MIKE GAVERIL HERE
Mike Gaveril, oldtime Treadwell
electrician and telephone company
employee, is visiting friends in the
Gastineau Channel area. He is now
living at Tenakee and reports that
many of the old pioneers are also
; residing there.
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MUST GIVE REASON
FOR NOT FREEING
TWO MEN ON BAIL
SEATTLE, Dec. 28—WV—A Court
! of Appeals decision ordering immi
gration authorities in Seattle to
••make a showing” on why two aliens
should be held without bail was
hailed by both sides as a victory to
day.
The men Involved are Ernesto
Mangaoang, a Filipino cannery
workers union leader, and Boris
Sasieff, Russian-born bookstore
owner. Both were arrested in the
nation-wide roundup of suspected
Communist aliens. Actually Sasieff
is already free on bail.
C. T. Hatten. Mangaoang’s at
torney, said after learning of the
San Francisco court decision yes
terday that "we’re convinced
Mangaoang's going to be free as
soon as we can get this before Judge
(John) Bowen.”
But Immigration Director John P.
Boyd said he interpreted the deci
sion as "favorable to the govern
ment.”
The court ordered that Boyd must
“make a showing" on why the men
should be held without bail.
ANCHOr.Atifc vi-'iTOR
Jack Henderickson of Anchorage
is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
21 FLY WESTWARD
VIA PNA WEDNESDAY
Pacific Northern Airlines took 21
to the westward yesterday, 19 to
Anchorage and one each to Cor
1 dova and Yakutat. Five arrived
from Anchorage and two from Cor
dova.
From Anchorage: Jason Ellis,
Jack Hendrickson, Bill Rowe, Bes
sie Thompson and O. C. Dwyer.
^From Cordova: Leo C. Von Tersh
and Oral Burch.
To Anchorage: Richard Johnson,
M. Williams, Thomas Vernon, K.
Nore, Charles Diven, Harvey Gross,
Delbert Richardson, Ed Haynes,
Jack O’Connor, Jr., Ray Spencer,
Leo Saarela, Lorin T. Oldroyd, Al
bert Lee, Nick Malutin, Jr., Joe
Dergin, John Dimond, Ray Olsen,
Benny Beil and Mrs. O. L. Stinger.
Louis Ness wenf i- Yakutat and
Louis Stenson Cordova.
Aviation Equipment
From U. S. for Italy
BRINDISI, Italy. Dec. -o - —
The American freighter "Cape
Race" docked here today with a
cargo of United States aviation
equipment and supplies for the
Italian air force.
Mrs. Toresola Is
Released, Custody
(By Associated Press)
The widow of one of the two
Puerto Ricans who tried to slay
i President Truman—Mrs. Carmen
J Toresola—has been ordered released
from Federal custody. She was ord
j ered freed because the Federal At
j torney's office was not able to
produce competent evidence against
i her. The 22-year-old Mrs. Torresola
had been held 51 days on a charge
of conspiracy.
New Jets Designed
For Special Purpose
(By Associated Press)
The Air Force says its new, ra
dar-equipped F-94 all-weather jets
—with a top speed of over 600
miles an hour—are designed for
round-the-clock defense against
enemy bombers. They can fly at
45,000 feet and are equipped with |
devices to give them "-.•■ational
power for combat.
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FROM SKAGWAY
Mr. and Mrs. R. Murray of Skag
way are stopping at .the Baranof
Hotel.
FOR RENT
Store Space
Immediate Occupancy
GEORGE BROTHERS
BUILDING
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