CHAMBER HEARS
OF CIVIL DEFENSE
PLANS FOR ALASKA
The Juneau Chamber of Com
merce today learned first-hand
about plans to organize Alaska
communities for self-aid in an
emergency, from the Director of
Civil Defense for the Territory.
Col. Joseph D. Alexander gave a
practical, informal discussion which
included frank talk about civilian1
evacuation (noi and evacuation of
military dependents (yes', as well
as the role of the Alaska National
Guard in case of disaster (attack'.
“Civil Defense pins," he said, "are
more than your business and mine,
and everybody’s. Civil Defense is
an insurance policy. There have
been cases in which hundreds ol
persons perished who could have
been saved had there been a defi
nite plan of action. We are using
Civil Defense plans such as were
used in World War II.”
Colonel Alexander emphasized the
distinction between active defense—
combat against an enemy, a strictly
military matter—and passive de
fense, the actions of civilians to
protect themselves.
After Gov. Ernest Gruening’s
proclamation providing for a Civil
Defense set-up and a meeting oi
representatives with the Governor
two weeks ago in Anchorage for
over-all planning, Colonel Alex-’
ander wrote Alaska mayors to urge
separate defense set-ups.
After the meeting, Mayor Waino
Hendrickson said that such a Civil
Defense organization for Juneau
will be an important matter for
cos$ideration at the City Council
meeting tomorrow night.
Wi,th the help of an Advisory
Council, Alexander is preparing a
Civil Defense Manual for Alaska,
complete with "do’s, don’ts and
diagrams.”
Advisory Council members are |
Neil Fritchman, Robert Haag, Per- *
ry Hobbs, Larry Parker, Floyd j
Guertin and Henry Harmon,
The Civil Defense director hopes
that all rumors of general evacu- J
ation may be dispelled. He dis
courages a policy of evacuation,
saying that (1) nothing would be i
gained; (2) should there be a war,
the people already here and es- ]
tabllshed, would be needed in the
war effort; <3i if Alaskans were
to leave their homes and businesses,
where would they go?
“However,” said Colonel Alex
ander, “you are entitled to know
that there should be evacuation of
military dependents. Why? Be
cause most military dependents live
right on the target, should there
be war. They could be of no use:
they actually would pe in the way
and definitely impair efficiency.
"The main thing now,” he said,
“is .to try not to interrupt our
everyday life, but to be prepared
should there be need for it.”
Alexander mentioned that the
Alaska National Guard has units
in 35 localities, and that they
should be employed as units, rather
than having Guardsmen inter
spersed with civilians. He re-em
phasized the responsibility of civ
ilians to make Civil Defense “self
contained.”
A post-war report from across
the world was given by A1 Zenger,
who has just returned from a
month In Germany and Austria.
"People keep asking me about
conditions and how the German
people feel," said Zenger. “Why,
they feel the same as we do on
one important subject: they do not
want war.”
Zenger called conditions in Ger
many pitiful, describing the ruined
buildings, the meager fare on which
the average family subsists and the
lack of hope for the future.
• “Just let any unsatisfied Amer
icans go there,” he suggested. “Let
them talk to those who went
through the last war and the one
before that, and who expect an
other one."
Zenger illustrated his little talk
with personal anecdotes touching
on domestic life, unemployment and
general living conditions. He be
lieves that Austria has a much
better chance of “snapping out of
it” than Germany.
In the absence of President Rob
ert Boochever, Vice President Ji.
E. Green presided at the luncheon
meeting in the Baranof Gold Room.
The only visitor was Salvation
Army Lt. Norman ^teinig, who suc
ceeds Capt, Henry Lorenzen here.
The group enthusiastically applaud
ed a short tribute to Lorenzen's
contributions to the community
and good wishes for his successor.
Reporting on the cessation of
■ barge service by the motor vessel
Chilkoot, just at the height of the
tourist season, Secretary Fred East
augh said the C. of C. committee
had reason to believe operations
would be renewed in several days
or a week, but warned that it
might be for this season only. The
Chamber urged to do some long
range planning on the car-feiry
project, for future seasons.
Herbert Rowland reported on the
joint dinner meeting Monday night
of the Juneau and Portland Cham
ber of Commerce representatives.
SOAP BOX DERBY
TRYOUTS; HERE IS
DOPE FOR DRIVERS
Cars Must Have Final In-;
spection on Friday Night
on 12th Street Hill
_
Soap box races have been unfor- |
tunate this week in that there has |
been rain every day and the boys 1
have had no chance to practice I
I and try out their cars. No doubt j
there are some cars that need to be j
tried out and this should be done
now so that drivers will have a ]
change to make any necessary i
changes.
Tonight at 7 o’clock on 11th ;
Street, unless it is raining too hard,
there will be practice runs. Boys j
whose cars are finished and are
not in desperate need of tryout
runs should really keep their cars
at home if it is raining, but there
i may be , some' cars that need to
Vie tried out even though it is- not 1
very dry.
Friday night the cars must have 1
final inspection arid be weighed in
, and have their trial runs. They
will then be stored in the Fair
building until race time. Twelfth j
Street will be used for the Friday ]
night rims.
U ARRIVE, 43 LEAVE
BY ALASKA COASTAL
On Wednesday’s flights of Alaska
Coastal Airlines 36 persons were
flown to Juneau and 43 were taken
to other points.
Arriving here from Sitka yester
day were Mrs. M. Liesike, Mrs. F.
White, Gayle White, Marilyn White,
Bertha McGhee, Bruce Brown, H.
Mitrovitch, E. Shurstad, H. Larson
and Georgia Price.
In from Haines were Larry Lind
strom, S. E. Thorpe, H. K. Simonds
Jr., Richard R. Lowell, John White
and William M. Wallace; from
Skagway: M. P. Munter, Mr. Ras
mussen, Lorine Erickson and John
Heidelburger.
From Ketchikan: Ralph Reid, W.
V. Harley, N. E. Nelson and E. B.
Whitmarsh; from Superior: Alex
Falkern; from Tulsequah: Ben
Meadows; from Wrangell: J. G.
Browne.
Here from Pelican: Hessie Meg
gitt, Winefred Lindsey, S. Marklund
; and Donald G. Prchaski; from Hood
' Bay: Robert Duncan and Paul F.
Bell, Jr.; from Chatham: R. Hen
dricks; from Five Finger: Robert
, Hiers and from Hoonah: Carl Mar
vin.
Leaving for Haines were Ema
Taylor, Paul Kendall, L. Connor and
Ellis Reynolds; for Skagway: R.
Hubbard and two others; for Ten
akee: Mrs. Gene O’Shea; for Excur
sion Inlet: W. Walker; for Icy
Straits: Mrs. Jeanne Walton.
Leaving for Sitka: Capt. Hansen,
Mrs. Hansen, Gary Hansen, Chris
tine Hansen, Darlene Lang, Sharon
Lang, Mss, Cuphing, W. T. Andrews,
JV. SctialJL,M>ss . McNieol, Ernie
Fuess, W. Eckholt, T. TOrence,
Edon Henslee, T. Orebaugh, Mrs.
F. Davenport, Sgt. R. Brasher, F.
Davenport, T. R. Curtis.
To Petersburg were Lawrence
Steijcey, A1 Shyman and T. <5.
Whiteside; to Hawk Met: Sammly
I Quijada; to Barge: Grady Morris;
to Tulsequah: H. R. Gratton and
! P. Chuba; for Pelican: R. A.
j Young; for Icy Straits: Mr. Burk;
J to Ketchikan: L. Telfer, Mrs. L.
I Telfer, Robert Telfer, C. H. Sorians
and Warren Hager.
(By Associated Press)
The leading Reds of Europe and
Red China are assembling today in
the Red part of Berlin. Ostensibly
this get-together is only for at
tendance at the third annual con
vention of the Communists of East
Germany. But inasmuch as many
leading cominform members will
attend the conference it's entirely
possible that the occasion will be
used by Moscow Communists to
hand to the visiting Reds a new
tactic for international Communism.
i ,John E. Heidelberger Qf Skagwaj
is'stopping at the Gastineau HoteJ.
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Chinese dishes, Italian dinners, Sea
Foods, 'Steaks and Chicken Dinner!
served all night. New Country Club
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Working on Messages
President Truman is shown at his desk iM the White House work
ing on his messages, one of which was given to Congress yesterday
motoring and the othgr. on .a^, broadcast last night to the people on
the Korean crisis. UP) Wirephoto.
NEW CAPITAL
WRITTEN OFF;
VALLEY AFIRE!
(Continued from Pi*£3 1) !
North Korean Air Force In the open
and destroyed at least 50 planes in
two days, the Far East Air Forces
reported.
The Defense Department in
Washington put ttie figure much
higher, saying 60 planes were
knocked out Tuesday alone. All but
three of the kills were of planes
caught on the ground by U.S. and
British planes. Bad flying weather
hampered operations today.
Gen. MacArthur triumphantly an
nounced that the first phase of the
battle" for South Korea is over and
! the U.S. will have something to say
i about the tide of battle from now
! on.
"We are now in Korea in force,
and with God’s help we are there
! to stay until the constitutional
authority of the republic (of Korea)
is fully restored,” MacArthur said.
The United Nations commander
said the hold on South Korea now
S represents a firm base and “we are
there to stay.” /
Meanwhile, an the battlefront,
there were reports of bad morale
among the /attacking North Ko
reans. Captives taken from the 15th
North Ko/ean division, which was
built up Avith conscripts around a
nucleus i>l China Civil War veterans,
said tlj4y were thrown into the war
! with almost no training at all.
American casualties in the face of
overwhelming numerical odds were
relatively light, Gen. MacArthur re
ported, and he said American
'strength "will continually Increase
.while that of the enemy will rela
tively decrease.”
OLYMPIA, July 20 — !?P> — The
-Bouse of the Washington State
Legislature passed a memorial to
:(9ongress in behalf of statehood for
I Alaska and Hawaii. The vote was
j 90 to 4.
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RICHARD PETERS LEAVE
FOR EUROPEAN JOURNEY
Mr, and Mrs. Richard Peter
planned to leave today by Pan
American, beginning their long
i lanned trip to Europe.
Going to Seattle and Vancouver,
hen across the continent by Trans
Cahada Airlines, the Peters art
allowing nearly a week before sail
ng Wednesday from Montreal on
he Ascania. due in Liverpool Aug
tst 4. In Montreal, they will stay
wo days at the famous Windsor
.Totel.
In England, they will spend two
weeks with a couple with whom
they have corresponded for five
years and ’exchanged photograph?,
jiffs and recordings, but have never
met. Their English friends live at
Newcastle-under-Lyme in Stafford
,hire. Prom the Midlands, they will
make several side trips.
The luxurious Crilion Hotel on
he famed Place de a Concords will
ae their home for their two days
n Paris, before they go to Zurich.
In that Swiss city, they will $pe
Mrs. Peter’s cousin, a retired Navy
afficer who is studying medicine
it the University of Zurich. They
axpect to make a short excursion
nto Germany from there.
After a short stay in Rome, the
Juneauites will fly from there to
New York City by Trans World
Airlines. They will spend a lew
days in Manhattan, then visit rel
atives enroute west.
Going first to Canton, Ohio, they
will visit Mr. Peter’s parents, Mr.
ind Mrs. Louis G. Peter. In Ta
conite, Minn., they will be with
Mrs. Peter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dayton F. Scott.
In all, the Juneau couple plan
o have a month in Europe, and
.hey have set their return to Al
iska for early October.
Mr. Peter is announcer and news
caster at Station KINY. In his
absence, much of his work will be
done by Milton Furness, Jr., who
has two radio programs regularly
on KINY and is “covering'' for
I various staffers on vacation.
OPEN ALL NIGHT
i Chinese dishes, Italian dinners, Sea
j Foods, Steaks and Chicken Dinners
I served all night. New Country Club.
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33 ARRIVE, 24 GO
BY PAN AMERICAN
Fifty-seven persons using the Ju
neau Airport yesterday were going
or coming via Pan American World
Airways, which brought 33 passen
gers here and carried 24 outbound.
Arriving from Seattle were Dr.
Henri Bader, Amy and Harold
Bates, Max Behrman, Mrs. Ray
Price, P. Chuba, Harry Deland,
Marjorie Greenwood, R. A. Johan
sen, Pauline Johnson, Charlotte
Morgan, Harold Miller; Earl, Dag
mar and Roberta Oksendahl; How
ard Orebaugh.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pike, Clarice
Ring, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sorensen and
Priscilla; M. W. Stacy, Conrad Tay
lor, Anders Anderson, A. L. Lily
gren, H. Grattan and Don McMor
ran. Boarding at Annette were Rob
j ert Perkins, Mike Cory and N. J.
Lord.
Flight 924 took these persons to
Seattle; Harold and Mary Parker,
Mrs. Frank Olson, Mrs. M. Liecke,
Bertha McGhee, Mrs. P. Sawyer,
J. W. Johnson, Richard Napoleon,
W. Keough, Vivian Jack, K. Keefe,
R. Corley; Lorraine Frazier and
Claire; Nels Sorenson, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Cowling with Joanne and
Donald; Melvin Eaton, Mrs. F.
White with Gayle and Marilyn;
E. Shurstad and H. Larson.
31 TRAVEL WITH
PAG. NORTHERN
Seven persons arrived from the
westward yesterday by Pacific
Northern Airlines, which carried 24
outbound passengers.
From Anchorage were S. H. Lo
rain, Mr; Morgan, Mr. DeVries and
Robert Shapley. Elma Taylor and
Jacob Angell boarded at Cordova.
Westbound at 2:15 p.m., Flight 1
carried Mrs. Ray Brice for Kodiak
and these Anchorage passengers: M.
Greenwood, M. W. Stacey, A. L.
Lilygren, A. E. Peterson, Julia
Fauber, Jessie Arndt, Joel Wing,
B. G. Randall, Leland W. Smith,
George Rogers, Lester Marx, John
Muskat, Robert Christensen, Bill
Miller, P. G. Greer, Pete Ezi, J. F.
Hager and Joe Alter.
Shortly after, Flight 9 left with
these passengers for Cordova: Lo
raine Peterson and infant; Jean
Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Pike.
WALLET FOUND
City police announced today that
a wallet containing checks made out
to a W. Mitchell has been found,
and the owner may claim it by
identifying himself at the City Hall.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 7 p.m.—Soap Box Derby try
outs, unless showery.
At 6:30 p.m.—Juneau Rifle and
Pistol club at Mendenhall Range.
At 8 p.m.—Women of Moose meet
ing, Moose Hall.
July 21
At noon—Soroptimist Club business
meeting in Terrace room, Bara
nof.
At 8 p.m—Regular meeting of City
Council.
July 23
At 2 p.m.—Soap Box Derby on
Twelfth Street hill.
July 24
At noon—Lions Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion, Dug
out.
At 8 p.m.—Official visitation of
Most Worthy Grand Matron to
Juneau chapter, Eastern Star,
Scottish Rite Temple.
July 23
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
July 26
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof. •.
NOTICE TOMARINERS
The following notice to mariners
has just been issued:
Stikine Strait — Lights extin
guished — Point Ancon Light and
Wrangell Breakwater Light, re
ported extinguished will be relighted
as soon as practicable.
Chatham Strait — Light and
lighted buoy extinguished—Danger
Point Light and Hawk Inlet Lighted
Buoy 3 reported extinguished will
be relighted as soon as practicable.
Peril Strait — Radiobeacon re
stored to operation—Fairway Island
Radiobeacon previously reported in
operative has been restored to nor
mal operation.
Klag Bay — Buoy off station —
Chichagof Buoy 4 reported dragged
off station and in channel will be
replaced to charted position as soon
j as practicable.
ATTENTION TOURISTS
Ride the Mailboat Yakcbi tor an
| intimate acquaintance with SE Al
aska. Leaving every Wednesday,
1 arrive Juneau Saturday night. I
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Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M.
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