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Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial
highway engineer, reports that in
a telephone conversation with High
way Patrolman A1 Lubeke, in Haines,
this morning Lubeke said that he
had driven up the Haines highway
to Mile 140 and the road is in perfect
■shape. Lubeke also said that, begin
ning at 8 a.m. today the highway
had been opened to all traffic, in
cluding trucks, with no restrictions.
ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL TEA
Friday, May 18th at 3:30 p.m.
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ENUMCLAW VISITORS
ON BOAT CRUISE IN
SOUTHEAST ALASKA
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Farmer of
Enumclaw and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Hammer, of Wrangell were visitors
at the Territorial museum this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Farmer came to
Alaska a short time ago for a
summer’s visit and the Hammers
are taking them on a leisurely
cruise to various points of interest
in the Southeast aboard the Ham
mer’s boat Sultan.
They expect to be back in Wran
gell in a week or 10 days.
PLANT SALE
Juneau Garden Club, American
Legion Dugout, Saturday. May 19,
at 10 a.m. 811-3t
EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED
DR. D. D. MARQUARDT
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MEETING TONIGHT
Veterans oi Foreign Wars
G. 1.0. Hall - 8 o'Clock
ALL VISITING V. F. W. MEMBERS ARE
CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND
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| SONS OF THE
V PIONEERS
r Screen Ploy by
Kenneth Gomet
Story by Chorle*
Marquis Warren
Associate Producer
Director Joseph Kane
A REPUBLIC i
PICTURE
MRS. RADONICH, !
PIONEER, DIES !
THIS FORENOON
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Mrs. Edna Sprague Radonich,'
75-year-old pioneer resident of
[Juneau, died at 8:50 o’clock this
| morning at St. Ann's hospital, fol
I lowing a stroke suffered last Frl
I day. She had been hospitalized
' several weeks for medical care.
Mrs. Radonich was born August
29, 1875, in Lynne, Minnesota, When
a small child, she went with her
family to Perhajn. Minn., near
where their home was established.
In 1895 Mrs. Radonich came to
Juneau to spend a summer vaca
tion with an uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Matt Laughlin and re
mained to make her home here.
In 1899 Mrs. Radonich went over
the Chilkoot Pass to the Atlin, B.
C. country where her family had
mining property. She returned to
Juneau in that same year, makirlg
the first trip carrying passengers
over the then newly constructed
White Pass and Yukon Railroad
from Bennett to Skagway.
An ardent gardener, Mrs. Radon
ich, in the past several years had
cultivated a beautiful terrace gar
den at her Basin Road residence.
She first introduced the Shasta
daisy to Juneau more than 30jears
ago.
While not active in the organi
zation in the last few years. Mrs.
Radonich was a charter member
of Auxiliary, Igloo 6, Pioneers of
Alaska and twice its president. She
was a member of the Congregation
al Church in Perham, Minn.
Mrs. Radonich is survived by her
husband, Thomas J. Radonich, her
daughter by a previous marriage
Mrs. Dorothy H. Pegues and eight
grandchildren, Donald, Terry, Rod
ger, Geoffrey, Richard, Robert and
William Pegues of Juneau, and El
len Marion Haley of Nanaimo, B.
C., and two great grandchildren
Barbara Pegues and Michael Pe
gues of Juneau. She was a cousin
of Addie V. McKinnon of Juneau.
Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Donald
3. Haley, resides in Nanaimo, B.
C. A son, Donald S. Haley, died in
December 1948. An aunt, Mrs. Ad
iie Robertson lives at th'e family
home near Perham, Minn.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later. The remains are at
the Carter Mortuary.
FILES FOR DIVORCE
A petition for divorce was filed
this morning in the U. S. District
Court by Lillian Nellie Ward from
vlilton Everett Ward on charges
)f incompatibility.
The couple was married March
8, 1941 in Sitka and have one
ninor child. The mother is asking
custody of the child and $40 per
month for its support. She also
.sks the court to assign to her ap
proximately $1,000 in an account
• n the Sitka bank. Whereabouts of
the husband is not known, his last
address having been at Banning.
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CAPIMJONIGHT
Broderick Crawford, 1949 Acad
emy Award winning star of “All
the King’s Men," and John Ireland,
who also appeared in the Academy
Award picture, again are teamed in
the sea drama "Cargo to Capetown,”
opening tonight at the Capitol The
atre. Ellen Drew also is starred in
the film.
“Cargo to Capetown” stars Craw
ford, who also won the New York
Film Critics’ best actor of the year
i ward for his .work in “All the
King’s Men,” as a hard-bitten chief
engineer aboard an oil tanker. Ire
end is its equally 'hard-bitten cap
tain.
The "vessel is on a desperate run
across the Indian Ocean from the
dutch East, Indies to Capetown,
ashed by hurricanes and eaten by
‘‘ire. The angry violence of battle
gainst the e'ements has, in “Cargo
to Capetown," its equally elemental
counterpart as the two ship’s offi
cers fight it out over Miss Drew,
a passenger aboard.
Edgar Buchanan ancLTed de Cor
’d appear in featured support of
he stars. “Cargo to Capetown” was
written and produced by Lionel
Houser and directed by Earl Mc
Evoy.
PICNICS, PARTIES
MARK FINAL DAYS
SCHOOUFOR YEAR
Picnics, parties, meetings and
awards are making the last days of
school for the year, and the last
days of high school for the gradu
ating seniors, exciting and busy
ones.
At a J-Day assembly of the stu
dent body yesterday afternoon, re
tiring president Carl Weidman
turned the gavel of authority over
to Herb Martin, incoming presi
dent. Elton Engstrom, Jr., was in
stalled as flee president and Mar
ian Jackson took the office of sec
retary-treasurer.
Awards were made for outstand
ing achievements in athletics, band
and chorus, typing, skiing, rifle
club, debating and other school
activities.
Those winning major awards in
basketball were: Dave Graves,
Herb Martin, Joe Ninnis, Jerry
Wade, A1 Carlson, George Graves,
Elton Engstrom, Dick Forrest, Bill
Orme, Ralph Treffers and Jerry
Shaw, manager of the team.
First awards in skiing were tak
en by: Jack Gould, Dick Keithahn,
LeRoy West, Fred Wyller, George
Messerschmidt, Mollie MacSpad
den and Beda Clauson.
Debaters who won for their
school the Southeast Alaska cham
pionship, and for themselves indi
vidual awards were: Sherry Gray,
Belinda Clark, Dale Hillerman, Don
MacKinnon, Dave Harmon and
Carl Weidman.
Awards for outstanding marks
manship in the Juneau High Rifle
Club were won by Dick Keithahn
and Mary Whitaker. Individual
awards were also made to members
of the band and chorus.
Bud Schultz was given the quill
award for his work as editor of
the J-Bird and Anne Parsons won
a similar pin as editor of the To
tem. Jerry Shaw was similiarly
nonoreci as ousmess manager.
Yesterday the freshman class
held its picnic at Auk Bay recrea
tion area and today the band and
chorus will hold their annual pic
nic at the same place.
Sunday evening Baccalaureate
Services will be held at the high
school gymnasium at 8 o’clock and
Commencement will take place at
the gym the following Friday, May
25 at the same hour.
73 FLY PANAM; 8
IN; 40 OUT TUES.
Seventy-three flew Pan American
World Airways Tuesday with
eight arrivals from Seattle, 25
through to westward points, 26 to
Seattle, two to Whitehorse and 12
to Fairbanks.
From Seattle: Mrs. Bieter, J.
Bradley, Charles Fisher, Mrs. Scott
Murphy, Marvin Adam, Eugene
Nelson, Dorothy Pickering.
To Seattle: W. E. Kimball. John'
McCormick, Mrs. Agnes Kiefer, J.
Chase, Jane Faulkner, A. E. Rad
cliff, Mr. and Mrs. John Jenkins,
Miss Pawleeki, Walter Hellan, Bob
Faulkner, William Persinger, Alfred
Grant, Christine Dunton, Gary
Dunton, Jack Martin, Albert Kel
ly, Ed Payette, Fred Jensen, Elmer
Edwards, Van Schumann, Chester
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dawson.
To Fairbanks: Roy Swanson,
Paul Sutton, William Beale, Dale
Desoeb, William Neimi, John Ny
man, Dr. Willes, Bob McManus, T.
D. Bayles, Harold Schultz, Joe
Woods, Lucille Hubbard.
To Whitehorse: Frank Marshall,
John Stevenson.
• •••••••••a
• TIDE TABLE •
• May 18 •
• Low tide 5:41 a.m. -0.1 ft. •
• High tide 11:54 a.m. 14.7 ft. •
• Low tide 5:40 p.m. 2.3 ft. •
• High tide 11:52 p.m. 17.9 ft. •
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Hospital Day
Open House, Tea
Held Tomorrow
A cordial Invitation to the gen
eral public has been extended by
the Sisters of St. Ann’s Hospital to
attend an open house and tea at
the hospital Friday afternoon in
observance of Hospital Day. Hours
are 2:30 to 5:30. Sister M. Henriet
ta is Superior-In-Charge.
Juneau is fortunate in having
a modern and up-to-date hospital.
On the main floor are the office,
x-ray, laboratory, children's chron
ic disease ward, office of the phy
sician in charge, physio-therapy
room with ultra violet and infra- j
red light, diet room and auxiliary
kitchen and community hall.
On the ground floor are the din
ing room, store room, kitchen and
laundry. Men's rooms, private and
semi-private and wards, are on
the second floor where there is al
so a minor surgery room.
On the third floor are the
women's ward, delivery and surgery
rooms. Tlie delivery room has a
portable operating light, equipped'
vith storage batteries for emergen
cy use in case cf power failure.
There is a pediatric ward and a
rursery with incubator and equip
ment for giving oxygen to new born
children. Ultra violet lights, for
sterilizing the air arc installed in
the surgery.
Staff nurses and guides will be
on hand to show visitors through
‘he various hospital departments.
One of the main features of the
apen house will be a style show,
which will be given at 3 and 5
/clock and a musical program, ar
"anged by Mrs. Henry Harmon, will
entertain throughout the afternoon.
After 4 o'clock there will be selec
tions by Carol Lawrence, Nancy
McDowell and Donna Jewett. The
Hospital Guild will be hostesses at
tea, which will be served in the
dining room.
Sponsors of the style show are
Behrends, The Clothes Closet, Le
ota's, Steven's and Tot-To-Teen
ihop. Flowers for the occasion are
through courtesy of Juneau Flor
ists.
Girl Scout Troop 11 will assist
during the afternoon.
"BEST SELLERS"
PAMPHLET LIST
AT TERR. MUSEUM
E. L. Keithahn, curator of the
Territorial Museum, has received a
catalog of "Government Best Sel
lers” from the government print
ing office.
The index lists 30 sections, from
agriculture to zoology, on which
pamphlets may be obtained in a
wide variety of each subject. They
are nominal in cost, from five
:ents up.
There are sections on child care,
engineering, law, atomic energy,
armed forces, veterans, education
hobbies and recreational activities.
Each section lists a number of
pamphlets available on each sub
ject.
Keithahn predicted some of the
more popular titles should be,
“Photography,” “Home Tanning,”
and "Prospecting for Uranium," in
this area of Alaska.
The catalog is available to any
one interested lor consultation. Di
rections for ordering pamphlets is
included.
BOYS AND GIRLS SAVING
ACCOUNTS STIMULATED
There has been an Increased
number of new savings accounts at
the Alaska Federal Savings and
Loan Association lately to beat a
deadline of May 25. All these new
accounts belong to boys and girls
under 12 years.
An attractive window display of
a doll with a complete outfit of
clothes such as formal, cowgirl
suit, drum major dress and cap
along with extra hats and shoes
nas lured in many a little girl
account. So has an electric train
with oil tanker, flat oar and logs,
engine, box car and caboose brought
in small boys accounts. These two
sets will be given away at 4 p.m.
May 25.
48 CARRIED ON PNA
FLIGHTS WEDNESDAY
Fourteen arrived from the-west
ward yesterday on Pacific North
ern Airlines, six went to Anchorage,
16 through to Naknek, 8 to Cor
dova and four to Yakutat.
From Anchorage: J. Rude, R. H.
Stock, John Noble, Capt. John Bu
chanan, W. Westfall, D. V. Mun
hall, Lt. Col. J. W. Chapman, Lou
ise Robinson, B. F. Harmon, R.
Jette, Christine Sorrill.
From Yakutat: Jerry McKinley.
From Cordova: Jessie Frank, F.
Duval.
,To Anchorage: Capt. D. Graham,
Dr. Czanokowski, M. Bogue, C.
Young, Eugene Stout, Charles Lee.
WED. HALIBUT LANDINGS
A total of 37,000 pounds of hal
ibut were landed Wednesday sell
ing at 15 cents a pound for med
iums, 12 cents for chix and 13 cents
for large. Selling to E. C. Johnson
were the Tern, 11,000 pounds and
the Wave, 3,000 pounds. Split be
tween Alaska Coast Fisheries and
E. E. Engstrom: the Gordon D.,
23,000 pounds.
ERROL FLYNN STAR
IN 'MONTANA' NOW
AT 20THCENTURY
Errol Flynn, swashbuckling hero
of "Adventures of Don Juan" and
suave gentlema nof “That Forsyte
Woman," turns in his rapier and
gallant manners for a wild bronco
and a pair of six-shooters in his
latest drama “Montana," the at
traction at the 20th Century The
atre.
In “Montana.” the star becomes
embroiled in campfire raids, street
brawls, stampedes, a rousing se
quence with an unbroken “devil’.'
horse, and a sound lashing from hi
beautiful co-star Alexis Smith. The
coniedy is aptly supplied by S. Z
"Cuddles” Sakall as a good-natured
peddler and perennial tenderfoot.
’Montana” is the story of a shcer
rancher and his determination to
move his flock through cattle coun
try, despite the strong opposition
of the outnumbering cattlemen. How
Flynn, as the sheep herder, man
ages to gain his own ends provides
the action backdrop of the film.
Job-Seekers
Are Headache
In Anchorage
ANCHORAGE. May 17 —tffl— A
modern version of the Klondike
rush has made this booming mili
tary center a city without a spare
cot. It has a mnjor housing head
ache.
The premature influx Of hopeful
Job-seekers has brought these hous
ing problems, for example:
Five persons have been sleeping
nightly of late in the city court
room. Others sleep in their automo
biles, beneath the bleachers at the
ball park, in the shelter of building
materials piled beside construction
projects, in small boats on the beach,
in the brush area “jungles” at the
edge of the city.
Arrests Increase
Recent arrests for vagrancy also i
have increased as a mounting num- I
ber of job-hunters who came north
in high hope find their cash reserves
running out.
The Anchorage Mission Home has
been full to overflowing since Jan
uary.
The Rev. Tom Edmonson, who
manages the Home, described the
acutb situation as “the biggest thing |
I’ve seen in 18 years of this work, j
“People are coming to us and I
begging for a place to sleep. They ;
are sober, industrious people who j
have been without sleep for two or
three days.”
Construction is Lure
The lure that has brought work
ers to the area is the huge mili
tary construction program that is
slated for this summer. Many were
added to the community burden by
mysterious advertisements in state
side papers, which made it sound
like an economic “promised land”
for laborers. Disillusionment waited
at the end of the northern trail.
They came too early and, local
authorities say, they expected to
make too much.
Some have held out for weeks or
months, waiting and hoping to hit
the jackpot. Others have gone
broke or given up and returned
home.
The Alaska construction season is
Just arriving. Contractors say it
doesn’t reach its peak until June.
Then there will be many additional
jobs. Contracts running into many
millions of dollars have been let in
recent weeks.
Will Hire “On Spot”
A leader of the Alaska Branch of
the Associated Contractors said hir
ing of workers will be on an “on the
spot" basis in most cases. He said
that at the present time there might
be some shortages in some special
crafts, but that there is a' surplus
of common labor.
“I’m disgusted,” declared a welder
who came from Montana. “I thought
I would really make some money to
invist in a repair shop back home.
Now I’m going back, ir I can get the
money for the return trip.”
It’s the waiting that's been tough.
Alabama Mother
$30,000 Richer
For Right Guess
HOLLYWOOD, May 17 —(W—.An
Alabama housewife won Ralph Ed
wards’ mystery-jingle radio contest
on CBS Tuesday by identifying
“Grandma Hush” and will receive
prizes valued at $30,000.
Mrs. Oliver Hopkins of Birming
ham identified the woman, from a
1 jingle and clues, as Mrs. George M.
i Cohan, widow of the famed song
and danceman.
Mrs. Hopkins Is the mother of
two young sons.
SEATTLE VISITOR '
W. K. Sheldon, Jr., of Seattle is
stopping at the Baranof hotel.
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PLUS20TH CENTURY
VARIETY HOUR
PRIVATE JOE ROGERS HAS
THREE AUNTS IN JUNEAU
Private First Class Joe Rogers,
hero of a story from Korea in the
Empire Tuesday, was the son of
Mrs. Joe Rogers, who died when
her son was small. The Juneau boy
was raised by his grandmother, the
late Mrs. Jennie Klaney. He' has
three aunts, Mrs. Chris Nelson,
Mrs. William Sutton and Mrs. Wil
lie Peters. A sister and two broth
ers live in the states, Mrs. Marie
Pines and Henry Rogere, Calif pjw,
nia, and Richard Rogers, hospital
patient in Portland.
The story in the Empire Tuesday
was the first word Joe's aunts had
received of him in two months.
ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL TEA
Fiiday, May 18th, at 2:30 p.m.
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VESSEL DISABLED
According to information received
at U. S. Coast Guard headquarters
the Navy tug Sarsi from Kodiak
towed the fishing verse# Sitka to
Kodiak early this morning. The
Sitka was disabled with angina ,'i
trouble about 25 miles south of Ko
diak early yesterday afternoon,
Ten men were reported to #e
aboard the 87-foot vessel which
was formerly owned by Isadora
Goldstein of Juneau. About two
years ago he sold it to Harry Sper
ling, Jr., Bill Odell and Richard
Gregory. /tousmtoi
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Business and Professional Women’s
Club Buffet Fish Dinner between
5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, at the
Scottish Rite Temple. Never sh
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