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Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-14
Bolton Troop Scores
AT Court of Honor

Belton-Apgar's PTA-sponsored boy
scout troop No. 80 scored in all com
petitive events at the Flatheae
county district court of honor hele
Friday at the Park Headquarter:
conference hall.
Bolton was judged top troop fol
appearance; best troop for attend
ance and scored third in advance
ment. The newly organized Column
bia Falls troop No. Al with scrub
bed ears, shining faces and BACKED
shoes placed third in appearance.
Speaker of the evening was Ran
ger Francis x. Guardippe, member
of the Blackfeet tribe and a scout
since 1915. Park Superintendent J.
w. Emmert welcomed scouts, scout
ers and parents. Also attending was
scout executive w. w. Waltermire,
Missoula; w. H. Voelker, district
commissioner, and William Royer,
neighborhood commissioner, both of
Kalispell.
Advancement awards included:
Roger Stevens, Bolton, star rank, and
Claude Smith and Gary Tallman,
Whitefish, eagle badges, scouting's
most priced award. Among those re-
ceiving merit badges were Stevens,
Don Thuring, Lewis Cousineau, Dav-
id Bartlett and Douglas Cooper, all
of troop 80. Troop No. II, Whitefish,
received the most merit and rank
awards. Next court of honor is sched-
lled for Whitefish, December Is. The
district includes all Flathead county
scout troops.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-14
Firemen Demonstrate New
Trucks Pump, Sunday

Sunday, Columbia Falls volunteer
firemen were out across from the
town square showing what their new
fire truck could do.
Developing 100 pounds pressure,
the trucks pump attachment forced
a stream of water over the top of
Anderson's store building. Chief
Boots Schoenberg said the new
trucks pump was adequate for any
building fire the town might have
Within the next days, Slim Thomp-
son, Joe Opalka with both verbal and
other assistance from various de-
partment members, will be busy
transferring equipment from the old,
veteran 1912 Thomas Flyer to the
new vehicle.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-14
Units Arrive for Vet Housing Project
School Hot Lunch
Program Set For
December Start

Hot lunches will be available tc
Columbia Falls high and grade
school students starting Monday
December 2.
Members of the district 6 school
board gave their approval to the
plan Tuesday. Meals will be served
cafeteria style in the dormitory, and
the menu will include such foods as
meat, potatoes, vegetables, soups,
buttdred rolls or bread, macaroni
and cheese, milk, cookies and pud-
dings.
The cost to a student will be only
10 cents, with the federal govern
ment now contributing 6 cents for
each student served. The govern
ment sees that the menu is up to a
certain standard; their contribution
was formerly 9 cents.
More than a third of the 280 grade
school and $50 high school students
are eating their noon meals away
from home.
Committee members who have
been active in bringing about the
school lunch program include: Mrs.
Emma K. Ladenburg, chairman; Mrs.
George Watt and Mrs. John Gilman.
The VIEW auxiliary is the first or
ganization to donate in order to get
started; they gave $25. An additional
$175 is needed before the setup be-
comes self-supporting. The Column
bia Falls chamber of commerce has
agreed to act as sponsor, and the
Half Moon and Valentine home de-
groups and the lumber
and sawmill workers auxiliary have
already expressed willingness to
help.
Cook will be Mrs. Emma Amman,
with other assistants to be selected
LATER
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-14
| Auxiliaries Sponsor
'lers Home Program

loers of the Columbia Falls
nilellsh VF'W auxiliaries spon-
eh Armlstice day program at
que Soldiers Home, Monday.
program included: a flag rec
Wy flve-year old Peggy 10
.'ocal selections by Mrs. Marie
anu her daughter, Loyette;
s asiofs by a Columbia Falls
/ E.aiooi chorus consisting of:
Sean Anderson, Jeanne Bolick,
1r! b51rayson, Kathryn Gilman,
ne IL Elizabeth Higson,
Ne 1 Anowlton, Barbara Larkin,
j c M,artln, Marylu and Pudgie
uiorla Peterson, Lois Pfeifer,
'chl Nudlo, Ramona saurey, Rob
T. iiioI and Marion Voss. Their
MS T. Is Mrs. Winifred Andrew.
| |.isns part of the program in
| P 9,l accordion solo by Mrs.
| ~ n1hS' a duet by the Jones
|sr anu 4. a tap dance number.
uso VI the local National Hos
Brv re X, observance, this VFW
D,o project had as local com,
i 're,1,lOers, Mrs. John Mitsch-
IG;roo clarence Clapper and Mrs.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-14
Hungry Horse to Ask
House Painting Bids

Within the next 80 days, bids will
be opened at the offices of the Hun
cry Horse project for painting inter
ior and exteriors of the so now
eari g-completion prefabricated
houses in Hungry Horse government
town.
Furnishing lumber and materials
for so four-room "prefabs" at a cost
of $131, 53735 is the Green Lumber
company, Laurel, Miss. These homes
are being erected by Hungry Horse
project workers.
There are also Is five-rooms-on-a
side duplex buildings at government
town. Montana Engineering company
has this $225,000 contract.
Project engineer, Paul A. Jones re-
ports that two other bids scheduled
to be opened within the next month
are for additional test tunnel build
ing in the canyon walls at the dam
site. The bureau of reclamation has
already constructed two tunnels. Bids
are to be asked for contracts to ex-
tend two from 100 to 22o feet, and to
dig two additional tunnels extending
ITO feet. These bids will be opened
at the Kalispell offices, with the date
to be announced later.
Bids are also to be called on the
of a prefabricated 30 by 100
foot garage and fire station for Hun
gry Horse town. Previous bids were
rejected as too high.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-14
First Issue, High School
Magazine is Published

November Came, a new mimeo-
graphed magazine published by Col
umbia Falls high school students is
scheduled for distribution today.
Assisting in its preparation are the
English and Commercial classes
taught by Miss Barbara Krall and
Miss Gloria Bugli.
The new magazine, expected to be
monthly publication, contains in
terviews, jokes, cartoons and puz-
zles. Staff members will be announ-
ced later.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-14
Park Theatre Presentations
Include Hold That Blonde

Park theatre presentations for the
coming eight days include: Crack
Up" with Pat O'Brien, and a DON
aid Duck cartoon, tonight Hold
That Blonde" with Eddie Bracken
end Veronica Lake. Friday and Sat-
urday. kitty" with Paulette God
dard and Ray Milland, Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday, and whistle Stop"
with George Raft, next Wednesday
and Thursday.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-14
Meet Here To Draw Up
Basketball Schedule

Coaches and superintendent from
Montana's District Is class B schools
will meet at Columbia Falls high
school, Sunday, November II at 2
.. m. to draw up the district basket
ball schedule and select city for
the district tournament.
Officers OF the district are William
Erickson, Libby, president, and Joe
Bilant. Whitefish, secretary.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-14
VIEW Auxiliary Votes $50
Toward School Lunches

At their Monday evening meeting
the VFW auxilisry voted $25 to be
used to help establish the school
hot lunch program.
The organization also selected Mrs.
Emma Ladenburg and Mrs. Dorothy
Reid as delegates to the first meeting
of the women's community council
Thursday evening.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-14
Visits
bar Doll Tea

ladies' of Apgar are two
Tiers Tiers Mrs. Ida Coos ane
Bsrnice Greenwalt-
~ afternoon, tea was servee
'a eds and neighbors at a dol
e sn II was given in Mrs. Coos
w. cabin at the foot of noun
os cloud-shadowed 10-mile.
AXE Mcdonald.
|display were so china ladies'
ID boys, with the one man doll
1 u Douglas Macarthur. The
seemed slightly annoyed be-
founded by SO much feminine
hut he CALAMITY remained at
alute.
~, If the afternoon included
,,od Belton and Apgar child
Ebo turned loose in a depart
store toy basement have a
|and merry time. At Mrs. Coos,
idn't need mother cautioning,
I them were afraid to touch.
Coos started making dolls
fears ago. Her husband, one
F,reat Northern inspecting en-
passed away in 1887. The
lMcDonald home was built in
though she first saw Glacier
In 1911. Mrs. Greenwalt has
|at the foot of the lake since
Coos hobby turned into a
bble business, and during the
lear she estimates that she has
AS dolls. Her speciality is repair
Fessing in period costumes.
daughter, Mrs. Ann Copper,
se makes dolls, but they are of
bth variety.
K Of an expensive doll, and
the Sunday afternoon tea is
at $125, is its head. Most of
aluable dolls have old china
imported from France and
my during the 10Th century.
tally there are five types of
ads, china, parian, bisque, wax
.elluloid. Modern heads are
sition, and modern dolls at the
Guided Gypsy Rose Lee, De-
)urbin, and of course, the gen.
Apgar display also included |
Iressed in Colonial, Victorian,
[arie Antoinette costumes-a
oustles. There was also a gra- |,
lady of the 1905
bicycle girl of the same period.
Greenwalt started collecting
nd working with them four
ago. Her pride, Effie, is more
years old. Effie's first little
mer is now IS years old, a
relative of Mrs. Greenwalt's.
e was also Mary Todd Linz
18th a hoop skirt and another
Mary Todd Lincoln specimen,
lie to double chin.
zen Charlotte" was more or
the background. It is an ap-
tie name for a small china
former years, that was never
Fps the queen of them all was
lie of 1900. She stood proudly 4
he Victorians, Colonials and
e general, though still wait
the groom. Her costume was !
e including two frilled petit
nd even a blue garter, Mrs.
ID me. MR.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-14
fnbia Falls Chamber
Hold Dinner Session

November meeting, a dinner
OF the Columbia Falls cham
commerce will be held to-
sat at the Glacier Grill.
Nmatlon was not available
fSday as to whom the guest
er would be.
aoers of the entertainment
pttee are Chef Seymer, James
ePle' and L. A. Schoenberg.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-16
s my age beginning show9 boy scout tried to help
 me across the street todayl
Boy Scouts Rotary Guests

As an observance of the birth day of the Boy Scout movement, which was founded in this coun- try in 1910, the Rotary program Tuesday was turned over to Max Folsom, local Scourmaster, and the boys of Troop 625.
 After a few words from It Larry Jaffa, former Scoutmaster, on the various aspects of Boy Scoutdom, including it's interna- tional character, Mir. Folsom dir ected his Scouts in demonsta- tion of various types of knots, in a Reclamation of scout principles and in wigwagging a message.
 Scouts who took part were: Raymond Hartman, Allen Cher noff, Lawrence Anderson, Sidney Hubley, John Beukers, Iver Nal utin, Sammie Nelson, Archie Nelson, Donnie Fenner, Dale Moore, Bobby Dawson, Richard Hartman, Dickie Simeonoff, Morris Mahle and Bob Lear.
 A portion of the meeting was devoted to a brief talk on Abra- ham Lincoln on his birthday.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-16
given by Rev. John s. Winter.
 Guests were William H. Olsc and It. Larry Jaffe.
By d'Alessio

The Kitten, a boat formerl belonging to Warren Peck an Kimball oe Young, which h' been purchased by Tom NacI and, is undergoing extensive a teratlons in the lot next to Chn tvs bakery.
 Nachand plans to install a lq HIP marine engine which he sal will make it the fastest priVat| ly owned boat in Alaska"
 The white craft, which VI built locally, was conspicuous it's mooring in St. PauPs harbI because of it's unusual design.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-16
Base Worker
 Gets 3 Months

A disorderly charge based on a complaint made by Emil Knud- sen was dismissed Monday a. gainst Charles Iseman, 25, civili- an base employe, following sent encing of the defendant on a new charge filed Sunday by the plain tiff.
 The second complaint charged malicious destruction of property which allegedly occurred Thurs day night Feb. z when Mir. Knudsen heard the glass in the back door of hIs apartment break and found Iseman standing by the door. Iseman pied guilty to the second charge and was sent enced to 3 m 'nths in jail and or dered to reimburse he plaintiff for the door He was represented by Alto ney Talmage Smith.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-16

A A. Owen was appointed to the city council at Mondays meeting, to replace Jim Pierce who resigned. M Owen, who is associated with Norman SutIiff in local lumber dealer company
 will SC ve until the next election.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-16

Clarence Slenes, a Ruby al trict miner before going into u service, has returned to Ancbo age with his bride, the form Fern Darling, of Brownsvlll Minn., and are now operatlI Dams cafe.
 MT. Slenes, who served in u Pribllofs, Aleutians and at Fo Richardson, is the brother Norman Slenes, Of Kodiak.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-10
(OASiAL AIDLINES
 IN FLIGHTS TO-DAY

Alaska Ccastal Airlines today flew the following passengers. to Ketchikan, A. E. Glover, D. E. Strohecker and E. J. Marren; to Sit ka, Gil Rich and Jack Gucker; to Petersburg, Mrs. o. Westby, A. Keeny and w. McDonald
 Yesterdays passengers were; to Sitka Van Mover, Dan Foster, w. Didelius, H. Gronoos, J. McLaugh- lin. c. E. Rice, E. Rotthiff; from Sitka, c. E. Johnson, s. J. Warren, D. E. Strohecker; to Skagway, c. Shattuck, Capt. Roy Buce; from Skagway, R. B Clifton, to Haines, N. Anderson; to Hoonah, A. c. Carlscn, F. Metz, Mfr. and Mrs R. Hansen, E. V. Jones; from Hoo- nah, s. Hanlon, H. Gray, Frederic Clark: to Ketchikan, Guy Delp, A Cleworth. E. Wilds, c. Nelson, R Eagnell, R. F. Goly; from Ketchi- kan, N. Anderson. R J. Kobrocki K. Waterfield, L. Matthias; from Wrangell, L. Williams, J. E, Jack man.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-10
8 PERISH
 IN BLAZE

BOSTON, Apr. l0.-Eight persons including a mother. father and three small children, perished and five others were injured today in an early-morning fire that swept a four-story bricks Back Bay apart ment house and brought swift in vestigation by fire and police off cials.
 The investigation included two other fires which started within a ten-block radius while iiremen were battling the flames in the apartments in Belvedere street, where the deaths occurred.
 Thirty-three other tenants fled from the building in which the fire was burning fiercely when the first fire apparatus arrived. Other fam lilies left their homes in an adjacent building, but firewall prevented spread of the blaze.
 The fire department, which sent members of it's arson squad into action, listed the damage at $l0,- coo
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-10
DRAFT BILL IS
 BEING HURRIED
 BY HOUSE MOVE
Sirdighfdwdy Continuation for Nine Months Pre-
 ferred in Action

WASHINGTON, April 10.-The House leadership signaled today for double quick action on a Lill for straightaway continuation of the draft until Feb IS, 1947.
 Almost as soon as the House Military Committee decided in flaw or of this nine-month extension, the measure was given a preferrsd place on the chambers calendar, with debate scheduled for Friday and Saturday, and vote hoped for before the weekend recess.
 The present law is due to expire exactly five weeks from today May Is, and that space leave Con- gress with comparatively scant el- bow room should legislative tangles develop between House and Senate over details of the measure to be enacted.
 Indications were that the bitter battle which preceded the commit tees Is to calender recommenda- tion late yesterday would be renew ed on the House floor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-10
James Tropea
 Dies,5 5kagway

SKAGWAY, Alaska, April 1o.- This city was saddened and shocked by the news of the sud- den passing of James P. Tropea, 70, who died of cerebral hemorrhage at White Pass hospital at 7o'clock last night.
 MT. Tropea suffered stroke yes- tcrday afternoon while supervising the remodeling of the Golden North Hotel
 Known locally as Jimmy, MT. Tropea has been a wellknown res- ident and poperty-owner in Skag- way for a number of years. Former manager of the Skagway Bakery, Mir. Tropeas' property at the time of his death included his own home, the Broadway Theatre. the Golden North Hotel and the Skag- way Bakery
 He leaves two daughters, Rose Snider of Seattle, and Marie Rog CTS of Oregon.
 Mrs. Snider and her husband had left on the last voyage of the Princess Norah to make their home there
 In respect to the memory of MT. Tropea sa a friend and form- CT manager and owner, the Colis- cum and Broadway Theatres closed last night.
 Funeral arrangements are pend- ing word from Mrs. Snider in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-10
PAN AMERICAN ON LAST SURVEY HOP
 FOR SHORT ROUTE

SEATTLE, April l0.-On the fi- nal survey flight of the short route to Tokyo and Shanghai, the Pan American Airways Constella- tion plane was scheduled to take off from Adak at noon, PSF, today, Tokyo bound.
 The flight will be made by way of Chitose, former Japanese de- fense base on Hokkaigo Island, 450 miles from Tokyo The trip to Tokyo is expected to take nine hours
 The final eastern test flight is slated to end at Seattle Saturday after which the plane will be pre- pared for it's charter flights to the Orient for the United Nations Relief Administration.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-10
TOWNSEND CLUB HAS
 BIG NIGHT MEETING

The largest audience of the year was present last night in CIO Hall to hear the interesting lecture on tn Penitentes of New Mexico, giv- en by Attorney James OLeary, former resident of that state and a student of it's history and tra- ditions. pr. H. c. Murphy receiv- ed the greetings of the members and spoke briefly. Representative A. B. Cain reviewed the accom- plishments of the special session of the legislature. G. E. Almquist
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-10
KARNES TALKS ON VETERANS
 OFFICE HERE

As guest speaker at the monthly luncheon meeting today of the Ma tional Federation of Federal Elm plcyees in Juneau, Anthony Karnes, recently appointed regional man ager of the Veterans Administra- ton office in this city, spoke on present organization plans for the headquarters opening April 2l, and on the work to be cleared through that office.
 The main office, located in the Goldstein Building, will be staffed with 20 initial employees including Ia Chief Medical Officer in charge of disqualification and special bene-l fits for disabled veterans, a Chief Attorney who will serve as legal advisor to Mir Barnes, a rating specialist, 9 registration officer, a contact officer and a financial head
 We have $500 square feet of office space in the Goldstein Building said MT Karnes, and with the work due to come aval- anching to our office after it's opening we expect to fill it'
 The office will be the only re- eicnal headquarters in Alaska and will contain complate files on all Alaskan veterans. At present this work is being done out of the Seattle office Shortly after April 21, case files will be flown from ali parts of the Territory and will probably total around 1000, MT. Xarnas said.
 All positions in the office are Icing filled with Alaskans or ex- Alaskan residents except in ap- proximately three instances. The personnel officer is presently af- tiliatsd with the Seattle office and will fly here sometime next week.
 Previous to MT. Kaines talk, Warren Harding, accompanied on the piano by his wife. sang two selections.
 New local members introduced at the meeting were: John Garter, FILA. Keith Roberts, ANS; Leo Jewett, FRA; William Jorgenson, F5: Leonard Hoimquist. FRA; John Paden. ANS, and Bess Paden, ANS. New out-of- town members an rounoed were: Emil Fisher, Hoo- nah; Charles Peterson, Mckinley; and John Polling, Chanega. The program for the day was the final enc to be arranged by Miss Pearl Peterson, program chairman. The next series of pro- grams will be under the direction of Miss Etolin Coulter
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-10
ALhSKA A!RL!kES
 FLIES IN WITH TEN

Arriving on the Alaska Airlines Starliner Fairbanks with Captain Larry Flahart, Flight Officer Larry Currie, and Stewardess Betty Rem pher were the following passengers from Anchorage: A. Condon, J. c. Ryan. Agnes Stoeckle, Captain Godfrey Cess, Richard Gribble, G. B. Powell, Mrs. c. B. Powell, B. Powell, w. J. Baker, and Jack Matthews.
 On the return flight, the follow ing were flown to the Westward City: Gov. Ernest .Gruening, Mrs. Bess Cross, Ann Forsland, John Jordan, George Grigsby, Evelyn Lee, Esther Nelson, and Mrs. E Peratrcvich.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-10

The counter proposal of April referred to by Glumaz was that the question to be submitted to ar { btfatioa would be: Does the War < Iabcr Board directive of August ls. 1g45. pertaining to Pacific Coast iongsharemen apply to AL aska?"
 Trick Question"
 That is considered by the union to be 6 trick question" The union reportedly contends that the issue is Not whether the August l8 directive applies to Alaska but ra- Ather. when" was the effective date of the application of it's provisions 10 Alaska under agreement and X custom that any wage increases to f lcngshoremen in Pacific Coast ports be recognized in Alaska also. with Is percent differential added.
 The fundamental issue that the union had agreed to submit to ar bitration was the period over which ieJrcactive pay should be due the loneshoremen.
 Unloading of the perishables from the North Sea commenced here at 8 o'clock this morning and was completed before noon toosy The produce was handled by the local longshoremen at the si2D r. Ter hour rate. of pay which was in effect before the strike began.
 Agreement to unload at the old rate was reached at meeting of Juneau Local Is, ILWU, held last evening. Immediately following the meeting, the Northland Transpcr- tation Company agent here was notified and a group of local mer- chants inspected the perishables aboard the ship to determine if they were still worth unloading The merchants committee decided to accept the goods and discharge was ordered to begin this morning,
 Unions Report
 The Juneau union local sub- mitted the following statement to the Empire today, through its Pub lieity Committee:
 Daily Alaska Empire:
 sConcurring with the action talk cn by other locals, in regards te unloading of perishables on the North Sea, the membership of the Lccal ILWU, at Juneau, agreed tc unload the perishables at the pay rate which was in effect at tht time the work stoppage occurred.
 "Work commenced at 8 o'clocl this morning and shall continue until the green stuffs are unloaded
 After the Governor of flask; and other interested parties hat proposed that the issues whicl have tied up shipping in Alaska b' submitted to arbitration, it wa hoped that the matter would sooI be settled. The Union official agreed to such a proposal, but ar bitration is pending decision of em ployers. tSigned--ILWU Local l6.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-10
STO(K QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April 1o--Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 87s, American Can 9e, Anaconda 47i4, Commonwealth and Southern AS, Curtiss-Wright 7N, International Harvester 98, Kennecott 56ia, New York Central 28, Northern Pacific sos, United Corporation 5A. U. s. Steel S5A, Pound $403h.
 Sales today were 1,580,0o0 shares.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials POS, rails 6419, utilities 42-75.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-10
BILL AUTHOR TO PAY SALES TAX
 FOR CUSTOMERS

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 10- The firm of Norman R. Walker will absorb the one percent sales tax. Walker, Territorial Senator, wrote the tax bill into the veterans bene- it bill
 Two competitors reported they were passing the tax on to their customers. Other firms said they would await clarification of the tax measure by the Attorney Gen. cral