TAIYA'S GHOST
WALKS TODAY IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Tlie ghost of proposed aluminum
plant at Taiya together with the
possible hydroelectric power plant
there, walks in Washington, D. C„
today.
The Juneau Chamber of Com
merce received a wire late Sat
urday from senator Wayne Morse
requesting information and saying i
that the matter will be taken up
at a monopoly subcommittee hear
ing today. The telegram read:
“Appreciate your letter January
8 regarding proposals for alumin
um plant in British Columbia. Have
joined with other Senators in pro
testing this matter by letter to Pre
sident Truman and shall participate
in hearing starting Monday before
Monopoly subcommittee of House
Judiciary Committee. Previously re
quested mayor of baagway and Pre
sident of Skagway Chamber of
Commerce for further facts and
information relating to development
at Skagway. Will appreciate having
any data you care to send for use
before committee regards."
The Chamber of Commerce re
plied :
Detailed information on Kitimat
and Taiya has been forwarded by
Alaska Development Board should
be in your hands Monday morning.
Suggest you contact Delegate Bat
lett for copies of all correspondence
to date on entire project as known
to Alaska Development Board. We
sincerely appreciate your support
»»nd your wire advising as we be
lieve It to be one of the most im
portant factors towards a stabilized
economy for Alaska’s future and J
the economy of the entire West |
Coast.
PETIT JURY IS
DISMISSED FROM
DUTY'III MAR. IS
The petit jury panel for the pre
sent term of the U. S. District
Court was dismissed this morning
by Judge George W. Polta until
10 o’clock am. March 15. Judge
Folta said it may be possible the
jury will not be convened until
March 19 in which event notice
will be given by the Court.
The petit jury has had no cases
before it so far in the present ses
sion of court. There are no criminal
cases on the calendar and the
civil cases have been heard before
the Court.
Members of the panel were con
vened this morning at 10 o'clock
by Judge George vV. Folta after
having been dismissed for the pre
vious week. Out of town members
were dismissed from further duty
last Friday.
The case of J. H. Johnson versus
Eva Johnson, a contested divorce
suit in which the custody of two
minor children is involved was con
tinued today from Friday's session.
After hearing attorneys at this
morning’s court session Judge Folta
set the case of J. V. Cole versus
Sam Asp et aux. and that of
Thomas Brown versus Morrison
Knudson Co., to follow the Johnson
case, in the order named.
TO JOIN NAVY
1 Boddy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. \\I. toddy of Juneau, left yes
terday for ...rettie v _ e'p he plat.l
to enlist in the U. 9. Navy.
Newes! Soviet Planes
m
These three scenes from a Russian newsreel raptured in Korea show
(top to bottom) a MIG-15, Soviet air force jet fighter, in flight, ac
cording (o the Department of Defense. Known as the “Mig,” it is
rated at 659.1 miles per hour. Center is a Soviet air force Lavochkin
jet fighter, which the newsreel calls one of the most modern and
advanced Russian jets, faster than the Yak. At bottom is a Soviet
TU-4 in (light. A four-engine bomber, it is labelled a copy of the
United States’ B-29 Superfort. (Department of Defense photo via
(/PI Wirephoto.)
32 CARRIED ON
ALASKA COASTAL
WEEKEND TRIPS
A total of 32 passengers were
carried on Alaska Coastal Airlines
week-end flights with 10 arriving, J
17 departing and five on inter- >
port.
Departing for Petersburg: Mr.!
and Mrs. O. Arness, R. Norheim,
TrygveThorsen, Mr. and Mrs. War
ren Cyphers; for Sitka: Mr. and
Mi's. Robert Howell, Harold C.
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. H. Langfeldt,
Mary Larson; for Koonah: Mrs.
Paul Dycdahl, Dorothy Dyedahl; for
Pelican: Albert Nicholson; for An
goon: Albert Thompson, M. P.
Stockwell.
Arriving from Hoonah: James K.
Judon; from Sitka: Nan Peterson,
Mr. and Mrs. Jones and child:
Andy Hope, Rev. Toner; from
Fick Cove: C. Maycock; from
Wrangell: William Binkley, Martin
Holm.
FWS STOREROOM IN
HALL IS ROBBED
Police are investigating a breck-ii:
to the Fish and Wildlife Send r
warehouse in the AB Hall that w
discovered early last evening. The
ssoreroom had been broke: in
stock was scattered on the floor.
Boxes of pencils, erasers, and paper
which had been taken was discov
ered and recovered from under a
nearby stairway where it had been
cached.
MRS. WILLIAM WILDER IS
HERE ENRODTE, PETERSBURG
Weather-bound ir. Juneau on her
way to her home in Petersburg,
is Mrs. William Wilder, who is
staving at the Baranof Hotel. Mrs.
Wilder has been south with her
husband, who has been receiving
medical attention for an iniured
eve. He is publisher of the Peters
burg Press.
MARRIAGE APPLICATION'S
Application for a marriage license
has been filed in the office of
the U. S. Commissioner by Edwin
Eugene Hall, 22, and Dorothy
Frances Price, 21. Hall is on the
U. S. Coast Guard Storis and his
home is in Fresno, Calif. Mrs. Price
is a Juneau resident.
Louis Donald Rainery, 26, and
Claire Adele Folta, 20, have filed
an application for a marriage li
cense. Rainery is an engineer with
♦hr Maska Road Commission and
'' « Folta, daughter of Judge and
' George W. Folta of Juneau,
i sten. rapher in the office of
h ■ Ro' .! Commission.
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
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at the SUGAR BOWL CAFE
FISH AND CHIPS EVEBY DAY
meals
You'll enjoy the fresh - crisp - lender -
tasly - appetizing Shrimp
and Crab Meal Salads at
The SUGAR BOWL CAFE
S. Franklin Street Juneau
THORALF RIVENES IS
KILLED IN ACCIDENT,
RICHARDSON HIWAY
Thoralf I. Rivenes, 40, Alaska
Road Commission District Engineer
at Anchorage, was killed instantly
at 6 o'clock Saturday evening when
he was pinned beneath an automo
bile as it plunged over a 30-foot
embankment at Mile 61 on the
Richardson Highway. Col. John R.
Noyes, Road Commissioner and two
other ARC officials, passengers in
the car with Rivenes, were unin
jured.
Word of the tragic accident was
received in Juneau yesterday by A.
F. Ghiglione, Assistant ARC Com
missioner.
Col. Noyes, who was driving the
car at the time the accident occur
red, Rivenes and William Cameron,
Acting District Engineer at Valdez
and Richard T. Irby, Personnel Of
ficer at the Juneau office, were
making a trip from Anchorage to
inspect Thompson Pass which was
closed January 18 because of severe
winds and drifting snow. They were
riding in a Chevrolet sedan.
First word of the accident was re
ceived here by Ghiglione early Sun- i
day morning from the Road Com
mission office at Valdez. Sunday
evening on his return to Anchorage,
Col. Noyes called Ghiglione by
telephone and related the details
of the accident.
Col. Noyes said he was slowing
down for a curve at Mile 61 when
the sedan suddenly slewed on the
snow and ice covered road and went
over the embankment. It made a
one and one half roll before lodg
ing in the snow banks. Rivenes at
tempted to leap from the car and
was pinned beneath it as it rolled
over. The other three men remained
inside the sedan and except for
bruises were not seriously hurt.
Ghiglione said Col. Noyes was
deeply shocked by the tragedy and
was unable to talk long about it.
The body of Rivenes has been
taken to Anchorage and funeral ar
rangements are awaiting word from
his teenage daughter, Terry Lee,
who has been advised of her
father’s death. She lives in Scoby,
Montana. As far as is known here
his daughter is Rivenes’ only close
survivor. It is not known whether
his parents are living.
Rivenes was in Juneau only a
short time ago to attend the annual
conference of Alaska Road Com
mission District Engineers, held here
earlier this month. He joined the
Alaska Road Commission in July,
1949, as a materials engineer and
was in the Juneau headquarters of
fice until October, 1950, when he
was promoted to the position of
District Engineer and was transfer
red to Anchorage in charge of ARC
construction in that district. He was
a member of the B.P.O. Elks and
the Chamber of Commerce at An
chorage.
Rivenes was born in Glendive.
Montana, July 10, 1910. He was
graduated from Montana State Col
i lege, class of '33 with a B.S. degree
in industrial chemistry. He was a
, registered civil engineer.
Prior to coming to Alaska, Rive
nes was w’ith the Civil Aeronautics
Authority in Montana, Idaho, and
the Aleutian Islands for several
years and before service with the
CAA was with the Montana StatP
lighway Department.
ATTENTION REBKKAIIS
Meeting and Installation post
poned until Jan. 31. 713-3t
Isabelle Jorgenson, Noble Grand.
HENRY WILDE GETS
U. W. APPOINTMENT
Henry Wilde, nephew of Mr. and
Mrs. Gudinan Jensen, has received
appointment as a research fellow
'in the Department of Zoology at
the University of Washington.
Wilde completed a pre-medical
course at the University of Alaska
in January and will receive a
Bachelor of Science degree from the
University in June. Two years of
his undergraduate course were tak
en at the University of British
Columbia at Vancouver. He is also
taking graduate courses in bacter
iology at Washington.
Wilde came from Europe in 1945
to make his home with his aunt
and uncle. He was confined in a
concentration camp for two years
during the Nazi regime and recup
erated in a hospital in Norway for
a year before coming to Alaska.
SQKi'OS BACK FROM
TOUR THROUGH STATES
An automobile tour through the
states in a wonderful experience
tut after four months of visiting
around, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Som
mers say they are glad to be home
again to settle down a little. The
Sommers returned to Juneau on
Friday's Pan American clipper.
Leaving here last fall Mr. and
Mrs. Sommers accompanied their
son Robert of Colorado where he
entered the University of Colorado,
School of Engineering, and then
continued east to spend a month
visiting with Mrs. Sommers’ two
brothers and a sister at Albert Lee,
Minn.
Returning west they toured all
through Arizona, New Mexico, Cal
ifornia and Washington, visiting
points of interest. The Sommers
estimate they traveled about 7,
000 miles on their tour.
M.V. PRINCETON-HALL TO
SAIL FOR ANGOON, KAKE
The M.V. Princeton-Hall, skip
pered by Cyrus Peck, is scheduled
to sail for Angoon and Kake as soon
as weather permits. Aboard the
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis
sions vessel will be Rolland Arm
strong, field representative of the
mission board. He will conduct serv
ices at the two towns. The Prince
ton-Hall has been undergoing a
minor overhaul the past few weeks
in preparation for the spring and
summer work in Southeast Alaska.
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15 years ago.
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CARD GAMES CHECKED
Police are checking card table
games at closing hours which are
to stop at the same time as bar
closing, that is, 1:15 a.m. on week
days and 2:15 a.m., on Sunday
mornings and holidays, Police Chief
Bernard E. Hulk, said today.
DR. POLLARD HERE
Dr. C. A. Pollard of fcasilof is
stopping at the Hotel Juneau.
WALT HUNTLEY HERE
Walter E. Huntley, legislator from
Palmer is living at the Hotel Ju
neau.
FROM SEATTLE
Ernest Spink of Seattle is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM MT. EDGECUMBE
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott and child
rom Mt. Edgecumbe are staying
at the Gastineau Hotel.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Florence E. Ullrich of San Fran
cisco is registered at the Baranof
Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
Elmer Harris of Seattle is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
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GIRL SCOUT NEWS
Our regular Tuesday meeting was
used to practice a skit about the
"Little Old Lady who went to mar
ket to sell her eggs.” On Thursday
our skit was presented for the
Ladies of the Moose and our mothers
in the Moose Hall. Peggy Linde
gaard as the peddler, Susan Blan
ton as the dog and Maureen Avery
I acting the little old lady, were the
characters in the skit while the
others of the troop sang the song
which explained the story. Susan
Fritchman was announcer. Other
songs sang by the group were “O
Dear What Can the Matter Be?”
and “Girl Scouts Together.”
Maureen Avery, Reporter.
FROM ELMENDORF FIELD
Air Force men from Elmendorf
Field who are stopping at the
Baranof Hotel include: Capt. Luther
J. Smith, Capt. W. R. Lett, Capt.
Even E. Williams, Capt. C. B.
Roehrig, Capt. Carl Guerrein, and
Major C. P. Alexander.
To the members of the Twentieth
Legislature of the Territory of
Alaska, sincere greetings, our
compliments and very best
wishes.
We, of the Earanof Hotel, feel
that we reflect the spirit of public
officials and private citizens of
the Capital City in this assurance
that everything possible will be
done to make your stay here a
pleasant one.
Toast of The Epicure
Host of Alaska
fH^pg^g
because .
we’re making
January a “Thrift MONTIS”
by offering these substantial
savings on our Regular
Service
Two Wonderful Specials
Given by two skilled Beauticians
The
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a favorite Cold-Wave
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