it Can Happen
Here, Says Landreth
Of Bombing
War CAN come to Alaska, Col.
Earl Landreth. director of civil
defense for the Territory warned
Soroptimists at their meeting in
the Baranof Gold Room Friday.
‘•Because we have never exper
ienced the terrible tragedy of ac
tual war, it is difficult for people
in this country to believe that
bombing, the invasion of foreign
troops, consequent looting and
slaughter and fleeing our homes
could occur, Col. Landreth said
in explaining the general apathy
to civil defense in this country.
Cut Casualties
That knowledge of civilian de
fense and specific instruction to
civilians could cut war casualties
in half eased somewhat the alarm
of Col Landreth's warning.
Chances of this area receiving
an atomic bomb attack are not
great, Col. Landreth said. Juneau
is more likely to lie attack by fire
bombs, high explosive bombs or
both.
And assume such an attack
should occur, this is what could
be expected, he explained:
Immediately, a series of fires
all over town would appear. Some
buildings might be flattened. There
would be danger from falling de
bris; people would be trapped in
buildings; water mains and streets
would be broken and disrupted;
telephone wires down; schools
and hospitals might be hit.
To combat disaster, the town’s
only protection is its civil defense
organization.
Juneau’s civil defense head is
R. E. Robertson and within a
short time hi., whole organization
will be functioning.
The wardens in the civilian de
fense setup arc the men and
women who plan for neighbor
hood safety. Fire wardens are im
portant because of the number of
wooden buildings in Juneau.
Fighting r ires
Individuals must learn how to
put out small fires, Col. Landret i
said, and should have training
toward this and there should be
a campaign to remove fire haz
ards.
Police service should be one of
the main functions of civil defense
workers; to guide traffic; to con
trol people panicked by bombing,
to maintain law and order.
Health services include hospital
assistance, setting up of first aid
stations, nursing services.
Drivers, clerical workers, welfare
services will all have a place in
the civil defense setup, Col. Land
reth said.
An engineering service designed
to put city together again after
bombing; rescue service, for peo
ple trapped by debris, require
services of men of_ special train
ing as found in the building
trades.
Transportations service, commun
ications and staff service provide
other employment for civil de
fense personnel.
Alarm Notices
From the moment of the "white”
warning, w’hich goes to civil de
fense headquarters and alerts
staff members, to the "red” alarm,
which wf!l come with the sound
ing of sirens, people who are pre
pared with civil defense training
will be ready for the emergency
of bombing, will know what ac
tion to take, and fewer casualties
will result because of that train
ing, the head of Alaska’s civil
defense organv.ation told the Soi
optimists.
President Gertrude Wetzel pre
sided at tlie meeting and Ann De
Long, program chairman, presen
ted Col Landreth. Mrs. Landreth
was a guest of the club Friday.
fishing boat available
c. C. Collin, 924 E St. has a troll
er that will accomodate three fish
ermen for the Salmon Derby. He
will be available all three days be
ginning tomorrow, he said. His
telephone is Red 232.
Silver Jubilee for
Bishop Gleeson
Tomorrow Morning
The silver jubilee oi his ordin
ation to the priesthood will be cel
ebrated here tomorrow by the Most
Rev. Francis D Gleeson. S. J., at .
a Pontifical Mass in the Catholic
Church of the Nativity.
Mass will be at 11 a.m.
This will be a joint celebration
by the Juneau parish of the twen- j
ty-fifth anniversary of Bishop
Gleeson's ordination and of the j
fiftieth anniversary of Sister Mary
Modc.ste as a member of the Order j
of St. Ann.
Participating in the ceremonies!
I will be the Itev. Robert L. Whelan,
a sistant priest; the Rev. Raymond
W. Mosey, of Pin:; X Mi ision, Skag
way, deacon: the Rev. Loo Sween
ey, sub-dcacon and the Rev. Jam
es U. Conwcll, master of ceremon
ies.
Ordained in Spain
Bishop Gleeson was ordained
priest at Ona, Sppin. on July 29,
11,026. Following completion of his
[studies he was an instructor at
Bcllarmine High School, Tacoma,
Wash., and was then rector of that
institution from 1933-39. He was
rector of the Jesuit Novitiate,
Sheridan, Oregon, 1939-42, and
pastor of St. Stanislaus Church,
Lewiston, Ida., 1942-47.
At the time of his appointment
as Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, he was
optrior of St. Mary's Mission.
Omak. Wash. He wa; consecrated
bishop in Spokane ( n April 5. 1948.
Under Bishop Gleeson-' admin
istration plans were laid for the
division of Alaska and the erection
of the new Diocese of Juneau,
announced last week. He will move
lii.s headquarters to Fairbanks in
northern Alaska, which will con
tinue to. be a vicariate apostolic.
Rome has appointed Bishop G!cc
son Apostolic Administrator of the |
new Diocese of Juneau until the
installation of Bisliop-elect Dermot
O’Flanagan, which will take place
some time in October.
Skies Thunder
And So Does
SoxManager
Ey The A: sociatcd Press
£?o you think the lit? of a maj
or league manager is all peaches
and cream? Well, listen to Paul
Richard's tale of woe.
Richards, tep candidate for man- ]
ager-of-the-year honors, led his
C-hfc-e 7, o - - -Wlii m Soy _.int.o Yankee
Stadium last night to battle the
League-leading New York Yankees. |
The Yankees won. 3-1 by the
grace of lady fortune to retain their
one game lend in the tight Amer
ican League pennant race which
finds the Boston Red Sox and
Cleveland Indians tied for sec- j
ond and the White Sox fourth, 4'_- i
games off the pace.
The Yanks led. 3-1, going into
the ninth. The Sox scored a run
with none out and had two run
ners on base when a thunderstorm
j halted play for about 15 minutes.
Play was resumed and with one
out, pinch-hitter Bert Haas sock
ed a two-run single to put the Sox
in front. 4-3. Another hit loaded
the bases but then tiic storm broke
.
again.
Plate umpire Hank Soar wailed.
an hour and two minutes and then j
called the game. The act wiped out!
Chicago’s lead and the score re- j
verted to the end of eight innings
and the Yanks were the victors.
“.Vo Such Tiling”
Richards, hopping mad, announc- ,
ed that he would file a protest.
“It wasn’t unplayable”. Richards
fumed. “There i‘ no such thing as
an unplayable field. All they had
r
H e Close at Four
Realizing what the
GOLDEN NORTH SALMON DERBY
means io the community of Juneau, and in
order for us io participate in this great
event, we will close today (Saturday)
at 4:00 p. m.
PROFESSIONAL PHARMACY
Phone 97
S. Franklin Street Juneau, Alaska
-o
Open Sunday, July 29
12:00 Noon until 6:00 p.m.
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to do was take the cover off and
they didn’t do that.”
"They told us we could stay until
dawn, that there was no time lim
it. Why such a hurry? If they want
a time limit, let the league put one
on. This game could win or lose
the pennant for any one of five
clubs.
The Indians edged the Red Sox
3-2, in Boston to tie the Red Sox
for second place. Home runs ac
counted for all of the scoring.
In other American League games
the Washington Senators defeated
the St. Louis Brown, 8-0, and the
Philadelphia Athletics downed the
Detroit Tigers, 10-6.
Brooklyn meanwhile, continued
to roll along in the National Leaf -
ue. The Dodgers overcame a five
run deficit to beat the St. Louis
Cardinals, 12-9.
The runner-up New York Giants,
9'j games behihd the Dodgers, tam
ed the Cincinnati Reds. 5-3.
Howie Pollet yielded 13 hits and
four home runs yet went all the way
as the Pittsburgh Pirates topped
the Boston Braves, 8-4.
The Phillies scored their third
straight shutout as they beat the
Chicago Cubs, 2-0, in the only day
game in either league.
—EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY
National Guard
Plane Makes
Mercy Flight
A mercy flight by the Alaska Na
tional Guard headquarters plane
was made rnuay morning to pick
up an injured soldier at Haines,
:uard headquarters announced to
day.
Sgt, Beryl Pittit, attached to an
army contingent at Anchorage, re
ceived an eye injury in an acci
dent, according to Dr. Joseph Rude,
attending physician. The soldier will
recover without permanent injury,
the doctor said.
A message was sent from a nurse
in Haines to Flight A. 10th Air
Rescue Squadron, according to
Coast Guard headquarters. The
squadron is in Juneau on search
for the missing Korean airlift
transport.
With no Coast Guard plane avail
able. the National Guard was re
quested to make the flight. Capt.
Harry D. Oermann, National Guard
pilot, made the flight. He left about
11:30 a.m.. returning at 1 p.m.
Sgt. Pittit was at Haines with a
detachment of soldiers preparing
for a South Dakota army outfit's
scheduled trip over the Alaska
Highway.
FI’I.L SCHEDULE
FOR PARENTS
WACO, Tex. —W!—Caring for
ten-month-old twins is just part
of the daily chores of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Garnett.
Garnett reports for duty at the
General Tire Co. here at 11 pm.
He works eight hours and then
hurries to a 7 a.m. class at Baylor
University. He has another class
at 8 a.m. Then he runs three
blocks to his apartment to keep
the twins while Mrs. Ganrett runs
to a 9 a.m. class. She then dashes
home to relieve Frank while he
attends a 10 am. class. Then he
runs home so that Mrs. Garnett
can attend an 11 a.m. class.
After lunch, Garnett takes a
nap. But he must be up in time
to care for the twins—while Mrs.
Garnett attends a 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. ■
night class.
ATTENTION FISHERMEN
For the convenience of Derby
Fishermen, there will be a Mass
at 4:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Ca
tholic Church. 872-lt
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