LIONS GAVEL TAKEN
BY JERRY WILLIAMS;
INTL. PRES. DUE SAT.
J. Gerald Williams was installed
President of the Juneau Lions Club
at a regular luncheon meeting today
at the Baranof Hotel. Milton Fur
ness and Alva Blackerby were in
stalling officers. Other officers in
stalled were Oscar Elisen, third vice
president; Arthur Hedges, board
member; and Homer Hamilton, lion
tamer. Blackerby reviewed the duties
of the various offices. Les Avrlt was
named new publicity chairman.
Plans were taken up for the visit
'of the International President H. C.
Petry. Jr., of Carrizo Springs, Texas.
Petry is due to arrive here from Se
attle Saturday afternoon. A ban
quet will be held in his honor that
night.
Guests today were E. A. Jackson
of Steamboat Springs, Colo.. M. M.
Flint of the Bureau of Public Roads;
Lyle Manson, new Juneau band in
structor, Lt. Ahlstrom of ACS, John
Welsgerber of the Forest Service and
Dick Shuff of Juneau.
MAINE VOTES TODAY;
7 STATE PRIMARIES
SET FOR TOMORROW
(By Associated Press)
Maine votes today in a preview of
jvember’s general election, and Re
ibllcans look for a sweep of the
avernorship and three House seats.
From seven primaries tomorrow,
eluding one in Washington Stole,
ill emerge major party candidates
r five Senate and 41 House posts
id Six Governorships.
Qov. Frederick G. Paine, Repub
san seeking reelection in Maine, is
,unted an almost sure winner over
s Democratic opponent, Earl S.
rant. Portland educator.
It’s beep a long drought for the
emocrats In Maine. They haven't
on a major office there since 1934.
New Hampshire's bitter Republi
ut Senatorial primary tops the
its pf tomorrow’s primaries in na
onal interest. v
Senator Tobey. who has lined up
insistently with the Senate's self
vied Republican Liberals, is being
udyed hard by Wesley Powell,
ound war veteran and former Ad
llnisirative Assistant to Senator
ridges (R-NH).
ELD MARSHAL
SMUTS IS DEAD,
tfeOPBGHTY
JHANNESBURG, South Africa,
t 11— U4 —Field Marshal Jan
stiah Smuts died tonight at his
e. at Irene near Pretoria.
! was 80 years old.
ADMIRAL ZEUSLER
NORTH ON ALASKA
STEAM BUSINESS
Admiral F. A. Zeusler. executive
assistant to the president of the
Alaska Steamship Company, arrived
Sunday from Ketchikan on Alaska
Coastal Airlines. He will return to
Ketchikan tomorrow, make a trip
through the Territory visiting com
pany agents and business associates
and stop in Juneau on his way
south.
Mrs. Zeusler is making the Alaska
trip aboard the Denali, now in Ket
chikan.
MRS. MARTIN ON VISIT
Mrs. Mildred Martin left yester
day for Ketchikan and the states
on a visit with friends and relatives.
She will visit with members of her
family in Ketchikan and continue
south to various points in the Pac
ific Northwest, returning here in
about a month.
ANN COLEMAN
BREAKS FIRST
GROUND, LIBR.
(Continued from Page 1)
among them Gov. Ernest Gruening,
Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson, Mrs
Edna Lomen, several Council mem
bers, Architect Harold Foss, Pho
tographer J. Malcolm Greany, and
these organization presidents, listed
here with the names of their
groups: . *
Representatives
Robert Boochever, Chamber oi
Commerce; J. Gerald Williams,
Lions Club; Ellis Reynolds, Ro
tary; Stanley Baskin, Kiwanis;
Wallis George, Elks Club; and Ar
nold Francis, Moose Lodge.
Representing woman's groups
were Dr. Grace Field, Sotoptlmist
Club; Mrs. Kate Smith, Business
and Professional Women; Mrs.
Frances Paul, Juneau -Woman's
Club; Mrs. Ernest Gruening, Am
erican Women’s Voluntary Serv
ices; Mrs. Marian Hedges, Emblem
Club; Mrs. Kolia Albigoff, Women
of the Moose; Mrs. Glenn Leach,
Catholic Daughters of America;
Mrs. Jean Marsh, Beta Sigma Phi,
and Mrs. Betty McCormick Veter
ans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.
An interesting aside was from
Mrs. Lomen. She mentioned that
the first person to obtain a library
card is still using it, a circumstance
that pertains to several of the early
patrons. Among these are Mrs.
Gertrude Nelson Naylor bearer of
Card No. 1; Mayor Hendrickson,
No. 3, and James McNaughton, Nb.
98. Besides the many occasional
users of the library, more then
9,000 have obtained cards.
MARSHAL INVESTIGATES
TENAKEE BROWNINGS,
PETERSBURG DEATH
The weekend brought two cases
for investigation by the U. S. Mar
shal’s office.
Bodies of two native women and
an overturned skiff were found on
the beach near the Superior Packing
Company cannery in Tenakee Inlet
and a search is under way by can
nery workers and fishermen for
the body of their companion.
The two women, identified as Vir
ginia P. Grant and Mrs. Sarah
Jackson, were said to have left
Tenakee in a skiff with a man com
panion, John Satko.
The drowning occurred Saturday.
The women’s remains were brought
here yesterday by the fishing ves
sel President Coolidge ,and taken
to the Charles W. Carter Mortuary.
Acting Marshal Walter Hellan
went to Petersburg this morning to
investigate the death of a man iden
tified as Paul Hock. His body, which
had been shot, was found yesterday
at 2 p.m. in a cabin on the highway
eight miles from Petersburg. Hock,
40, white, was reportedly a newcomer
who had been living in the cabin
near a road construction camp.
Authorities estimated that he had
been dead approximately 24 hours
when found.
Hellan will assist Deputy Marshal
Smith in the investigation.
MINISTERIAL ASSN.
ELECTS 3 OFFICERS
The Juneau-Douglas Ministerial
Association tnet SAon^ay morning
and elected, the fallows officers:
President. Rev. Walter /yi ffcbpleff;
Vice President, Rev.,Samuel..Jvfc
Phetres ; Sec ret ary-TraKSU rer, lieut
enant. N. Steinig.
The Rev. L. Porter was appointed
to inquire into the possibilities of
conducting an institute of train
ing for Sunday school teachers. The
Rev. Soboleff presented the Morn
ing Thought radio program covering
the remainder of the year. '
SEATTLEITE HERE
William T< Lowe of Seattle is a
guest at the Baranof Hotel.
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"I DON'T KNOW”
SAYS MRS. HERMANN
ABOUT FELTUS
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Committee, Mrs. Hermann said she
believed his reports were made di
rectly to Mr. Bartlett. She had not
received any such reports herself,
nor had she seen any addressed to
the Statehood Committee.
Mrs. Hermann said that Feltus had
been employed in March, but that,
she had not met the man until,
the close of the Statehood Hearings
in Washington list April. At that
time, Mr. Feltus was introduced to
the Committee members present
arid made a very favorable impres
sion <Mi that group, Mrs. Hermann
describes Feltas as a well 'spoken,
affable young man1—personable and
apparently well suited for his work.
At that time, Robert Atwood of
Anchorage, Chairman of the State
hood Committee and Chairman ex
officio of its executive committee, is
said to have issued a press release
announcing Mr. Feltus’ employment
as lobbyist for the passage of the
Statehood bill.
YANKSGOTO
TOP; DOUBLE
WIN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 — (A5) —
The New York Yankees zoomed past
Detroit into first place in the
steaming American League race by
sweeping a doubleheader from
Washington today, 5-1 and 6-2.
Rookie Ed Ford stopped the Sen
ators with three singles to capture
the opener while veteran Ed Lopat
came through with a fine relief
job in the windup.
The double win moved the Yanks
a half game in front of Detroit
and a game and half ahead of
Boston. Both the Tigers and Red
Sox were idle today.
Lopat, who relieved erratic Tom
my Byrne in the fifth inning of
the second game, gave up only two
hits in 4 and two third innings.
A three-run Yankee splurge off
Sandalio Consuegra in the second
inning proved to be all that the
Yanks needed in the second con
test.
COUNTRY CLUB HAS
' THROWN KEY AWAY
The New Country Club is now
open 24 hours a day, seven days
a week with the key thrown in the
creek, Tom George, proprietor of the
Club, announced today.
“Salmon are still coming up the
creek for spawning,” George said.
“With a beautiful waterfall nearby
and a good view overlooking the
channel, this is an ideal spot for that
dinner that only the Club can serve.”
FEERO ON BUSINESS
TRIP TO PETERSBURG
B. E. Feero, senior member of
the Juneau Plumbing and Heating
Co., firm, left yesterday via Alaska
Coastal Airlines for Petersburg.
His firm was given the contract
td install the plumbing and the
heating plant in the new Petersburg
school building and Feero will ins-,
pect the progress made by his crew
of three workmen on the job. He
expects to return here Wednesday.
25 SOLDIERS
ARE KILLED IN
TRAIN WRECK
1
COSHOCTON, Ohio, Sept. 11—1*1
—The Spirit of St. Louis, crack
passenger train of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, ploughed into a troop
train stalled in thick fog early to
day.
■twenty-five soldiers, all mem
bers of the Pennsylvania National
Guard, were killed.
Approximately 60 other Guards
men, en route to Camp Atterbury,
Ind., to enter Federal service, were
injured.
Railroad officials said "We won't
have anything on cause of the
wreck until after an investigat'on
is made." *
Most of the dead and injured
were in an old-fashioned coach on
the end of the 20-car troop train.
Some were sleeping, others were
being awakened for breakfast when
the crash occurred at 5:15 a.m.
Pile of Rubbish
The rear coach looked like a pile,
of tin cans and rubbish after it
had been rammed. Its roof, 70
feet long, was compressed into 10
feet.
Four hours after the accident
workmen with acetylene torches
still were removing bodies frcra
tht wreckage. Each was tenderly
m. ’covered with an Army blanket, ]
on the ground as a heavy rain fell
' The troop train had stopped, ap
parently due to mechanical troubles
at 5:10 a.m., a mile east of West
Lafayette. That town is 7 miles
west of Coshocton.
Flares Put Out
Red flares were put out, a train
crew member said, but they ap
parently were not visible to the
engineer of the approaching diesel
drawn Spirit of St. Louis.
The crash came five minutes
after the troop train halted.
The worst casualties were among
members of Battery B of 109th
Held Artillery of Pennsylvania's
28th National Guard Division. Most
of them were from Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., and vicinity.
The two diesel locomotives of
the 17-car “Spirit” toppled over an
embankment.
LATE CASUALTY LIST
. ,
COSHOCTON, Ohio, Sept. H—IJI
—Thirty-two persons were killed
early today when a passenger train
crashed into the rear of a stalled
troop train in the fog, Coroner
William E. Phaadt reported.
The coroner said the figure- was
“at least 32 and possibly more.”
He placed the injured at 40 or ,50.
Fort Hayes at Columbus said it
had compiled a list of 27 soldier
dead and 61 injured, 20 of them
critically.
“The total dead might be even
more," Major George L. Ford ex
plained. "We are compiling the
military casualties, and some civ
ilians may also have been killed.”
The passenger train, the Spirit
of St. Louis of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, collided with another
Pennsylvania train carrying Penn
sylvania National Guardsmen to
Camp Atterbury, Ind. No passen
gers on “The Spirit” were reported
seriously hurt.
FROM CORDOVA
Robert Chabot of Cordova is a
guest at the Baranof Hotel.
SEATTLE VISITOR
Bud Johnson of Seattle is regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
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HARVEY D. GIBSON,:
FAMOUS BANKER,
DIES IN BOSTON
BOSTON, Sept. 11—Harvey D.
Gibson, 68, internationally known
New York banker died today at the
New England Baptist Hospital after
a brief illness.
He was President of the Manufac
turers Trust Co., New York, since
1931.
Gibson, who started out as an em
ploy of the Amerioan Express Com
pany, rose to become a leading bank
er and director of numerous big"
corporations.
He held, decorations from several
foreign countries for his work in
Europe with the American Red Cross
during both world wars.
BOOCHEVER NOW HAS
FINAL POSSESSION
OF TENNIS TROPHY
Bob Boochever regained the Ju
neau Men's Tennis Championship
in the final match at the Evergreen
Bowl when he defeated Will Reedy,
defending champion, in straight sets,
6-3, 6-1, 6-1. Boochever scored con
sistently with forcing shots to
Reedy's backhand which he followed ]
to the net for easy placements. With |
his victory, Boochever gained perm
anent possession of the trophy do
nated from city recreation funds.
He had previously won the title in
1947 and 1948.
STEAMSHIP ALASKA
IS STUDENTS’ SHIP
The steamship Alaska sailing
southbound yesterday carried five
young people of Juneau to Seattle
enroute to attend colleges on the
west coast.
Betty Tapley will enroll at Mills
College, California, Alice Tanaka
and Joan Wiggins will attend Ore
gon State College at Corvallis, Nat
Moore will enter the University of
Washington, and Loretta Keithahn
will attend Washington State Col
lege at Pullman.
All are entering their freshman
semesters.
FROM SEATTLE
Richard Cased, Seattle, is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
RAIN AIDS AS
2,000 TROOPS
FIGHT BLA2E
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Threatened for Time
Acreage in Waste
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 11—
iAt—A light rain aided tiring fire
fighters late yesterday in their battle
against brush and forest fires
threatening adjacent Elmendorf
Air Force Base and Fort Richard
son.
Six-hundreths of an inch of rain
fell during a 90-minute period.
Officers directing more than 2.000
troops said the fall “saved the day.”
Increasing cloudiness and dimin
ishing winds were forecast by the
Weather Bureau.
Although the moisture gave fire
fighters a respite in their two
day-old battle, constant patrolling
of the burned area still was re
quired to prevent new outbreaks.
Several thousand acres of timber
and brush land has been devastated
by the flames which caused untold
property damage but caused no loss
of life. Numerous troops, released to
the fire front after cancellation of
scheduled maneuvers against an im
aginary enemy, were overcome by
imoke.
The onrushing flames threaten
sd for a time to engulf the Air Base
Hospital, several barracks buildings
and numerous homes of enlisted
and officers’ families. Latest reports,
however, indicated all had been
-.pared.
At the height of the blaze, plans
were made to evacuate the 350
patients and staff members of the
Base Hospital. The evacuation was
cancelled when the flames failed to
jump a 40-foot swath cut around
the buildings by bulldozers.
Thirty American Legion Junior
baseball graduates were among the
50 players selected for the 1950
Major League All-Star game played
at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illin
ois.
PAA TAKES OVER AOA
ROUTES ON SEPT. 25
Pnn American World Airways will
bt'Kln service September 25 over the
transatlantic routes now operated
by American Overseas Airlines, John
Ooolin, acMng district PAA sales
manager announced.
On that date. Pan Am formally
will take over the assets of AOA.
including that line’s fleet of eigh
double-decked Stratocrpisers and
seven Constellation aircraft.
Pan American will continue tc
serve all European points previously
served by AOA and shortly will ex
tend its European routes to Paris
and Rome. All reservations previous
ly booked for American Overseas
passengers will be honored by Pan
American at any time after the mer
ger of the two airlines is completed.
Doolin said.
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at the Baranof Hotel.
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