ARIZONA LAWYER WRITES
HILARIOUS BOOK ABOUT
HIS TRAVELS IH MEXICO
Allan K. Perry, a leading lawye;
of Phoenix, Ariz., has written a
hilarious novel, ‘Winner Ge'
Lost," about the adventures of a
fellow lawyer on a mad tour o; (
Mexico. The book has just been;
published by the Exposition Press of
New York <$3>.
Written Tn the first person, “Win
ners Ge' Lost” describe; the Rabe
laisian adventures of a shy and
abstemious New York lawyer who
wins a ease in Arizona and then,
together with the local counsel, goes
on an uproariously funny jaunt
south of the border. Anyone who h ■
travelled in Mexico, and there are
many in Juneau Who have, will ;
enjoy Mr. Perry's journey.
Ali sorts; of strange and wonder- ‘
fui characters join the tour, and
incredible advent ures befall them. ;
There is the angel-faced youne lady j
—captain of a shark-fishing boat—
who drinks her whisk Ay straight
from the boltle; there is the com
munity whose annual Spring Fair (
awards prizes to the worst, instead ,
of the bes*. products; there is the (
planned kidnapping and rescue of
a girl who flatly refuses to he i ,
saved; and there is a wealth of >
description of local Mexican color!,
and customs. . | ,
Mr. Perry has practiced 30 vcv i
at the Arizona bar, and has served ;
one term as Stale Senator and ' .v:> •
as assistan* State Attorney General. (
He wrote “Winners Get Losi,”
which is his first published work. (
as the result of a luncheon at which
four men tried to outdo one an
other’s tall tales about the land .
south of the Rio Grande. :
He says: "Someone sw ;gf red that
a book be written incorporatin’’
these yarns as personal experiences
None of us had any literacy ex.
pcrience, so we matched coins <;>;
see who would undertake the job
I lost, and had to write the book ."
Readers will be delich'ed wit. :
the toss of the coin which pitched r
Mr. Perry into a new profession t
with such happy results.
And Alaskan readers will be in- s
terested in the fact that Mr. Perr’ ’
son is a junior at the University 1
of Alaska. 1
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Americans own approximately 1
30,545,000 automobiles. ’
Vr terday afternoon was “memor
ial day” in the House ot Repre
sentatives and four House memor
ials wen j ,■ -ed by unanimous
votes. Three had to do with air
fields, the fourth with the Haines
Highway.
House Memorials D. 6 and S, ail
addressed to the • rear, t <
Alaska Aeronautics an 1 C. ..
cation Commission • • ;
of Aeronautics, se... .•“.i'/d-.i im
provements at Shal i . N* > • :
and -Ciana.
i M. No. 7. addre ill"
sident, Secretary cf th In
Secretary of Defen;.1, eta
State, Delegate in. :i site, , • '
Alaska Road Cc.'imi :i.
in rau;.;eiin nt i.1 U'. ..C : ' ■ j
ada and between ag
S, Govcrnmcn1 to keep Hie xiuio
Road open f hr year :' nr
Con'u.‘it t ■ ■ ■
A motion ij.' in i. ; .t epovich
o re i'!i ,‘ iiir ..■■o' • ’ ndint
Liommi- > in i. ■
ue considered bv r. - s r- ; ccmimi'.
Lte was voted • ' v.i . -.'it.
lh1. s i aided that hi
tnoticr voul-! <•: >•. i.lo f a ri " *- I
ins up. of 1 i. r. tin.. V ,1 •
MeCutcla on an I ■ - v a:i1
"ppositc vi •• 1
would chan e t . < u'-.i ;
'lii1 H ! ■ so. if . 1313 j
, d would : ;. > z'.-.-j ,;;i f a pro- |
;ess.
The Home r i on :: J '.. 11 i
t'clock this morning.
IMPORTANT SPECIAL
AUK BAY MEEHK5
LEGION TONIGHT
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A1! r ■' Bay ftemns arc urged j
o attend i''sight's special meeting
f the provisional Auk Bay Post of ;
lie American Legion. The meeting
ill be held at 8 p.m. in DeHart';
Store at Auk Bay.
This special meeting is particu
arly important because permanent
lost officers will be elected and will
□e followed by the completion of a
formal application for affiliation
with the American Legion.
ALASKA'S FLOWER TO
BE EXHIBITED IN NY,
SHOW NEXT AUTUMN
The Juneau Chamber of Com
mnhas received a request from
the New York Botanical Garden
for a box of the Alaska Territorial
flower, Uif forget-me-not, for de
livery next August. These will be
pressed and exhibited at the Na
tional Home Furnishings Show in
Grand Central Palace next Septem
ber and later placed in a perma
nent exhibit at the Botanical Gar
den. Over a million persons visit
the Garden* yearly.
The Chamber plans to comply
with the request and furnish in
formation regarding Alaska's flower.
NAMPA. IDAHO SENDS
THANKS TO JUNEAU
CHAMBER COMMERCE
Letters of appreciation from Ed
on H. Deal, Lieutenant Governor
of Idaho and Boy Scout executives
at Nampa, Idaho, have been re
ceived by the Juneau O' .,mBer of
Commerce, F. O fjastaugh, secre
tary, said today.
The Chamber wr asked to pro
vide literature on Alaska, glacier
e, and other i'erps for an Alaska
Day for a large Boy Scout meeting
r.t Nampa, Idaho, sponsored by the
Kiwanis Club there. A committee
comper ed of members of the Cham
! or, Kiwanis, Forest Service and
Territorial Sportsmen, complied,
adding salmon and totem poles. S.
It. Perry furnished and packed the
Mendenhall Glacier ice, which was
reported to have arrived in good
hope. It was shipped by courtesy,
• f P,,n American World Airways to
Lea tie.
TO HAWAII
Donna Chantoff an:! Hazel Guy.
ropular PNA stewardess on the Ju- |
neau Anchorage run, went through
rrsterday for Seattle and will leave,
Saturday for a Hawaiian vacation.
They plan to be gon about five
weeks.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
George A. Fritz of San Francisco
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S
BurmeseSludenfsAsk
Soviet Link; Blast U.S.
RANGOON. — .P—Burmese stu
den* s are peeved at their govern
ment’s “pro-American attitude” and
said so at a public meeting. Soudcnt
speakers accused Prime Minister
Thakin Nu of selling out Burmese
interests to “curry favor with
Americans."
They made it quite clear they
want their country linked more
firmly with the Soviet bloc whose
"democratic educational system’
they greatly “admired.”
Lebanese Women in
Action Against Riots
BEIRUT, Lebanon. — f.P — Tire
Lebanese Women’s Federation in a
resolution expressed strong disap-,
proval of government tolerance of
recent shooting incidents.
More than 20 persons reportedly'
were injured—several fatally—in a
number of stparate demonstrations.
In some cases they involved dis
pute between Christians and Mos
lems. Participants are said to have
fired machine guns and pistols anti
set off dynamite bombs, with no
inti rfcrence from the police.
Til” population of this tiny,
mountainous country on !lie eastern
Mediterranean is about half Moslem
and half Christian.
UNESCO COUPONS ARE
USED FOR CURRENCY
WASHINGTON. — 'P —Snipping
the red tape of currency restric
tions, which can keep books, scien
tific apparatus and educational
films out of the hands of people
who need them the most, has be- j
tome a Sl.OOO.COO business, accord
ing to ’he U. S. National Commis
i n for UNESCO.
Two years ago UNESCO — the |
United Nations Educational, Scien- j
tific and Cultural Organization—,
launched a “book coupon scheme"
intended to start books moving
across borders previously closed by
foreign exchange controls. Today,
UNESCO coupons have joined the!
tcar.t ranks of currencies accepted |
in most par's of the world.
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This 145-h.p. BIG JOB feotures
r.ew driver comfort In Ihe 5-STAR Cab
• • . modern, massive fronl-end styling.
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JUNEAU MOTOR CO.
Webber-Benitz
Wedding Even!
At Tabernacle
In ’he Bethel Tabernacle Thurs
day night before an altar surround
bride was given in marriage by
gaskets of white gladioli and white
..teak. Miss Ruth Webber, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Webber
if Bazine, Kansas, became the bride
of Mr. Earl Benitz, son of Mr:
and Mrs. Alto Benitz, of Wathena
Kansas.
The Rev. Ralph E. Baker read
he double ring ceremony and the
on and Francinc Luyckfasscl, both
Lyle E. Johnson, a loud-time
friend.
The bride was gowned in ice blue
satin, with a train and finger
tip veil, bordered with heavy lace
and caught at the crown by a
i beaded tiara. She carried a white
! bifcle decorated with a white or
■ -hid from which flowed white
1 j treamivs, tied wi'h white stephan
,ti
Mis Ethel Henchcfiffe, maid-of
henor, was gowned in powder blue
; taffeta and carried a fan-shapqtl
bouquet of deep pink carnations.
Bridesmaids, Misses Virginia John
Vnur Hand” and ‘-Together.”
were gowned in royal blue taffeta
;nd carried similar fan-shaped car
nation bouquets.
M: I yle L. Johnson, represent
ing the bride's mother, wore a
•corsage of deep pink roses.
Ligh’iijg the candles before the
ceremony were the Misses Myrtle
Hughe and Dorothy Daroff and
they wore gowns of rose-colored
taffeta and wristlets of pink and
white carnations.
Roscoe Hughes was best man
and ushers were Robert Cousart,
Herman Hansen and Norman E.
Sommers.
Mrs. Sommers played the piano
before the ceremony and a solo,
“Day of Golden Promise,” was sung
by Mrs. Ralph Baker. "At Dawning”
was sung by a ‘rio. Miss Florence
Cather, Mrs. Sommers and Mrs.
Baker. During the ceremony Mrs.,
Baker sang two songs, “Give Me ]
Your Hand” and “Ttogether."
On the piano there was a flower
arangement of a bowl of calla lilies
in the center of which a large
candle burimd—the \candlc will
be lighted on each anniversary and
should last through the couple’s
golden weddhl - day.
After 'he ceremony a reception
was held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson on the Glaci r High
way.
Miss Dorothy Whelan had charge
of the serving table and Mbs Ro'o
r, a Hall poured. Miss Gladys
Knight was at the punch bowl and
M: . Mary Louise Crowell had
charge cf the gift table where
many beautiful gifts were displayed.
Miss Bonnie Bates had the guest
book and Mrs. Wesley Sydcw, sis
ter of the groom, served the wed
ding cake, a three-tiered Maltese
Cro ., surrounded by smilax and
white stock.
Mrs. Baker was mistress cf cere
monies and introduced those who
mg “Love's Old S-weet Song” and
■ To; ether Life’s Pathway."
Out of town guests included Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Sydow, cl Ellen,s
burg, Washington, brother-in-law
and sister of the groom, and Max
arid David Benitz. of Prosser, Wash
ington, his two brothers.
The couple will reside in Juneau.
COLUMBUS, O., Pen. 2 — Wl—
\ sign on 'he shoulders of a man
marching in front of Memorial Hall
almost stopped traffic yesterday.
One side read: ‘‘Repent you un
godly sinners.”
A banner over the hall entrance
advertised the meeting inside of
the 32nd annual Ohio Pastors’ con
vention.
The sign bearer, Edward McCand
lish, 29, of Washington, D.C.. said
he was on a one-man tour of the
nation “because the morality of
Tie nation is low.” Asked why he
■hose the pastors’ convention for
his picket-line marching, he re
plied: <
* “Oh, pastors need to be reminded
of old-fashioned evangelical re
ligion as much as anybody else.”
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa.—/
ouny Cedar Rapids couple wil
oon be awarded doctorate degree
it the University of Minnesota—
dividends of three summers spenl
in a joint geologic study in the
Colorado Rockies.
Ralph Langenheim, assistant pro
fessor of geology at Coe College
near here, and his wife, Jean, wen
over 200 square miles of Colored
mountain country with the scienti
fic version of a fine-toothed comb
Ralph studied rock formation
while his wife worked on plant dis
tribution for their Ph.D projects
The two started the studies on thei
honeymoon in 1946.
AnoSher Cruiser Joins Fleet
i
Crewmen and spectators • land at ttenUon as (hr Katiena! Anthem is played during corami sioning cere
monies a .oard (be he. *y crin-vr : tngeies at San Francisco. Inacitivatcd in 1948, the cruiser was
taken out of mothballs several weeks ago and is no v ready to join the fleet iff) Wirepliolo.
The Douglas Community Metho
dist church will continue to hole
Sunday services notwithstanding
the absence of a regular pastor.
At the request of die Rev. Gordon
Gould, Superintendent of the Alaska
Mission Conference of the Metho
dist church, the Rev. Fred McGin
nis of the Juneau Methodist church
will be the minister in chares of
of the work at Douglas, and Miss
Claudia Kelsey will be the Parish
Worker. At the morning worship
service Sunday, Lt. N. B. Steinig
of the Salvation Army will be the
speaker. All members and friends of
the church are urged to attend this
service.
On Monday evening at 6 oclock
there will be a potluck supper and
planning meeting of all persons in
terested in the future of the Doug
las Methodist church. The present
state of the church will be outlined
and plans for the rest of the year
will be discussed.
Taku Travelers
The Taku Traveler will hold
their squares again Saturday eve
ning beginning at 8 o’clock in the
Douglas school gymnasium. Callers
will meet at 7:30 in advance again
for a practice so ion preceding the
dance.
The more on the floor the merrier
and all members are asked to be :n
attendance and visitors are most
welcome.
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GIRL SCOl’TS CANDY SALK
The Douglas Girl Scouts Troop
No. G, will have a candy and cookie
sale in the Drug Store tomorrow
afternoon beginning at 3:30 o'clock.
This is the only fund raising activ
ity of the Girl Scouts for their own
group, and proceeds will be used
for their International Friend 'hip
. fund.
CUB PACK COMMITTEE MEET
Committeemen and Den Mothers
cf Cub Pack No. 310 held the Febr
uary Committee meeting at the
home of Den Mother, Mrs. Richard
Shuman.
Plans were made for the annual
Blue and Gold banquet which will
be held again this year. The Blue
and Gold banquet celebrates the
anniversary of Scouting and is an
evening set aside for Cub Scouts
and parents and others interested in
scouting work to enjoy a social eve
ning together.
(By Associated Press)
A Senate subcommittee soon will
be starting a study of the Taft
Hartley law. The aim will be to
strengthen the provisions of the
law which deal with national em
ergency s'rikes. The subcommittee
will be headed by Democratic Sen
ator Hubert Humphrey of Minne
sota. Humphrey says the forth
i coming study will be confined to
; those industries covered by the law
—and not to the railroad industry.
: which is governed by another law
■ —the Railway Labor Act.
TO SITKA
Sgt. Noel Miles, stationed at Mc -
Chord Field near Tacoma, arrived
> in Juneau yesterday cn PAA an
■ expected to get out for Sitka today
. to visit his family there. He is or
i two weeks furlough.
FROM SEATTLE
r Roy J. Dexter, PAA, from Seattle
is registered at the Baranof Ho'el
i 7 ap ]
Ivm tr.sWsv®:
FRANKFURT, Germany. — >»—j
Shortage of raw materials sorely i
needed for defense has caused a ]
wave of scrap metal thefts in West- ;
an Germany.
German police records list thou-j
ends of thefts of scrap brass, tin, j
zinc, capper and lead. The thieves]
-.re spurred by rising prices offered
by scrap dealers. Even the ycun ;
iters are getting into the marl hunt i
for metal. Police blame most minor :
thefts on children, some ns young
as seven years. They say the chil- j
dren often are encouraged by their i
parents.
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NEW DELHI. — 7PI—Copies of
Dutch records which will help in
writing a detailed history of India
in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries are expected to .arrive here
shortly from The Hague.
The papers have been acquired (
by the Indian National Archives
through the Indian Embassy in the!
Netherlands. They are in Dutch and |
deal largely with activities of the j
Dutch East India Company.
Prayers for Cholera ■ j
■M.’ifL’kh t L>bi >' b G’-iIv-'. i- hi
R ANGOON. - W—Prime Minister
Thakin Nu knelt alongside Manda
lay citizens on a sun-baked field
to pray for the termination of a
cholera epidemic gripping the sacred
city 5C0 miles north of Rangoon.
Reports from Mandalay say the
epidemic is taking a daily toll of
42 lives.
According 'o the reports there is
vaccine sufficient only for r-O.OOf
of the city’s approximately 200,000
population.
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AVA£'HTNGTON.—A new type of
scat that throws the passenger back
insr: ad of forward in the event o!
an airplane crash is in the mil
here.
Invented by an airlines executive
;!hc seat is adaptable for militar;
1 air carrier and for civilian grounc
j use, as well as for commercial pas
i senger service. It is coil-spring
\ • lung in surh a way that any sharp
forward impact swings 'he passen
ger down and back, rather than
j up and forward.
All vou have to do to send the
eat into a reclining position for
| napping while travelling is recline
There are no levers to push or
adjustments to make. Inventor Jes:
B. Benne't. assistant to the presi
lent of Braniff International Air
I ways, is correlating results of test;
, c-f his chair before making a final
model and seeking a producer.
due today
Will Reedy, hydrologist; Ray Sev
| trine, electrical engineer! and Daryl
Roberts, civil engineer with the
Bureau of Reclamation here, were
due back today from Denver, Col
orado where they have been in
connection with work on the Eklut
na and other Reclamation pro
jects for Alaska.
STORY HOUR POPULAR
Twenty-three youngsters attend
j ed the pre-school story hour at the
Juneau Library yesterday morn
ing. Mrs. Stanley Baskin was the
. story teller.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — '.FI —
Suspension of “assessment work” on
•mining claims until the end of the
present national emergency was
proposed in Congress by Senator
Ecton (R-Mont).
Federal mining law requires at
least $100 worth of work be per
formed each year on any mining
claim on public land until title is
obtained.
The requirement was suspended
during World War II and for a
year or so afterward.
'%asureably
Radioactive"
In Snow, Claim
NEW YORK. Feb. 2 —!,?)— The
Atomic Energy Commission said to
ur y it was investigating reports
that snow which fell in Rochester,
N. Y„ this week was “measurably
radioactive.”
The oflice said the reports indi
cated “there is no possibility of
; harm to humans or animals.”
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SEATTLE, Feb. 2—<AP)—A peti
tion for a collective bargaining
election among 1,400 Bristol Bay
f her men was filed Monday with
; he National Labor Relations Board
by the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Un
ion, a new group.
The fishermen have been repre
sented by the Alaska Fishermen’s
Union.
The recently-organized Bering
Sea Fi. In men's Union is an in
dependent group.
VISIT* 'VSr.XV SCHOOLS
Juneau sc sols wear, visited yes
■ cr.ivy and today by Kenneth S.
Clem, Education Supervisor of the
Territorial Department of Educa
:on. Clem has included his annual
visits to Southeast Alaska schools
in his program of work the past
everal weeks.
FROM SEATTLE
R. W. McFarland of Seattle is
.topping at the Gastineau Hotel.
Jim Simpson Dies
Jun Simpson of Palmer, died in
Bozeman, Mont., according to word
; cceived here by Jack O Connor.
Simpson was for many years an
outfitter for big game hunting
,n Wyoming and later here in Al
aska.
SEATTLE VISITOR
E. D. Perry of Seat’le is at the
Baranof Hotel.
SKI MOVIE SHOWN
A crowd of over 125 persona, in
cluding many youngsters, were en
thusiastic over the championship
ski movie shown at the Grade
School last evening by the Juneau
Ski Club.
FRANK MAPLETON HERE
Frank Mapleton. well known Fair
banksian, is stopping at the Gastin
cau Hotel.
FROM ANNETTE
C. W. Johnson and Mel G. Cragg
of the PAA traffic department at
Annette are in Juneau at the Bar
anof Hotel.
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