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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-21
Ap SPORTS
 ROUNDUP

NEW YORK, Oct. 21-tR-Navy's $ football team is riding on the crest of a one-game winning streak and you'd be surprised at the amount ol enthusiasm it is generating in this sector
 The reason is that after last years Army Navy game everyone felt sure the Navy had the mater ial for a fine team and they're hoping for another thriller at the end of this season.
 Commander Killer" Kane, as sistant athletic director and Ensign Dick Duden, who scouts and coaches the plebes, sounded off at yesterdays football writers chick en and conversation session to the effect that the Midshipmen had re- covered confidence through that Cornell victory Saturday,
 The California defeat set them pack for a few weeks but they fin ally realized they can take over where we left off last year" Du- den explained.
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will entertain their guests with songs they have learned in con nection with their Group Music and Minstrel badges.
 Mrs. L. E. Iverson, as member of the Troop Committee, and Mrs. Richard Peter, the assistant leader, are already planning the work on the Design and Colorcraft badges.
 The officers of Troop No ? are Sylvia Davis, President, Joan Will iamson, President; John Gro gan. Secretary Treasurer
 Mrs. Burr Johnson is leader of the Troop, having taken ever re- gently from Mrs. Jack Fletcher.
 The following are Troop Com mittee members: Mrs. L. E. Iver- son, Mrs. Norbert Ottke, Mrs. w. J. Walker Mrs. Kenyon MacLean, and Mrs Katherine Nordale.
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HAM DINNER

Tues. and Wed. Sl50, Salmon Creek Country Club. adv 7l3-t2
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Tackle Dick Shimshak and end Art Market have dveloped fast and the second line. from which noth- ing much was expected. has come along very well Of course there's nothing much wrong with quarter backs Reaves Baysinger and Bob Horne though there definitely is something wrong with Pistol Pete Williams, who is out with an ankle injury
 The schedule is no bargain, eith- CT, with Penn, Notre Dame, Geor- gia Tech, Penn State and Army stlll to come And to make it tougher. Navy has played four games on as many different fields and will be on the road for two more before returning to Baltimore. The Midshipmen really do things the hard way
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BILL SKIFF
 10 MANAGE
 BEAR NINE

NEW YORK, Oct. 21-IR-Bill Skiff. veteran Minor League man agcr. was named today to pilot the Newark Bears of the International League during the 1948 season, a ion he held during the late stages of last season.
 Parke Carroll business manager of the Bears, announced in naming Skiff that he had been offered sev- elal CtheI positions in baseball but Skiff desired to remain in Newark on a full season basis.
 Skiff has managed Minor League teams for P years since he retir- ed as an active player
 Among his other managerial posts were Norfolk, Va. in the Pied mont League, Binghamton, N. Y, in the Eastern League and Seattle n the Pacific Coast League
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FIRST GLASS RANK
 OBJECT OF GIRLS IN
 SCOUT TROOP NO. Z

The girls in Scout Troop No ?, sponsored by Holy Trinity Church, are working to attain First Class Rank, in preparation for Senior Scout status.
 To become a First Class Scout a girl must earn ten proficiency badges, four in major fields, and the other six in either two or three minor fields.
 Troop No. ? is now working on Cock and Hostess badges to com plete their major field. as they have already had Child Care and Home Nursing badges in the Home making Field.
 They are also working on the Group Music and Minstrel badges which go with the Dancer badge they earned last year, and gives them Music and Dancing as minol field.
 About the middle of January they will start to work on Design anc Colorcraft which will complete 2 miner field in Arts and Crafts, as they already have Needlecrafi badges,
 On Saturday the girls had g Halloween brunch. Half the trool acted as cooks oand prepared hot cakes, eggs, little pig sausages, ano cocoa. The others of the troop act ed as hostesses, seating the tables and decorating the Parish Hall ano tables appropriately
 Next month Troop No 3 vii have a troop dinner and in Janu- ary they plan to complete the Cook and Hostess badges by cooking anC serving dinner to themselves anC their fathers and other guests. They
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Empire wantads for test resultsl
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VICTORIOUS GRID TEAMS RfJST HUSTLE SATURDAY
 70 MAINTAIN REC0RD5

as A. and M. in quest of it's fifth in a row.
 Michigan, looking more and more like the class of the country after crushing Northwestern 49-2l, will be at home against Minnesota, while Illinois, 40-l2 conQueror of Minnesota and still unbsaten but once-tied, invades Purdue in Big Nine engagements.
 Big Nine Test
 Indiana and Northwestern hook up at Northwestern in another Big Nine test but Iowa, which tied Ohio State, 13-13, invades Notre Dame. BIO winner over Nebraska, and Wisconsin. which tumbled Yale 90, enteItains Marquette in non conference tilts.
 Kentucky, which ended Wander bilts dream, 14-o, travels to Mich igan State and Texas Christian, 26-0 winner over Texas A. and NJ, inyades Oklahoma.
 Duke which handed Maryland its first loss, l9-7, invades Wake For est to attempt mere of the same in the Southern conference. Ala hama, after dropping Tennesse, 10- 0, goes to Georgia, Auburn to Tu- lane and Louisiana State to Van derbilt in the Southeastern loop.
 Georgia Tech, which made it four straight with 27-7 win over Auburn, coasts against Citadel
 Penn. Vs. Navy
 Pennsylvania, which turned back Columbia, 34-l4, entertains Q Navy crew that found itself and whip ped Cornell. S8-l9, and once-tied Army visits Columbia for two of the East's high spots.
 Penn State and West Virginia collide at State College with one of them due to depart the all- victorious scene. Penn state polish ed off Syracuse Saturday, and West Virginia downed NYU, both by 40-O
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BOY TO REPRESENT BABE RUTH DURING
 RITES OF FRIEN

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-lR-Babe Ruth, too i'll to attend the funeral tomorrow at Lowell, Mass, of the Rev. Brother Gilbert, CFX, who discovered Babes baseball prowess accepted today an offer from a 12-year-old fan to represent him at the services.
 Brother Gilbert, who taught the Babe at St Marys Industrial School in Catonsville Md. died Sunday at Keith Academy, Lowell Mass. Ruth has made public let ter received from Frank Haggerty of Mass It read:
 Dear Babe:
 I'm sorry your friend died. If YOU wish and the Brothers will let children go to the mass, I will go for you as live in Danvers. will behave.
 Love,
 Frank Haggerty."
 Ruth said he had accepted the offer and arranged for an officer of the academy to pick up the boy and take him to the funeral ser vices.
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By AUSTIN BEALMEAR


 NEW YORK. Oct. 21 IP- A zen major college football teams
 Ii own all-victorious records to-
 y, but several O fthem will have
 do some fancy stepping next Aturday to keep from joining Hght others which were tumbled om the ranks of the uubeaten ad united during the past week 4d.
 #sueh previously undefeated eleY- s as Minnesota, Vanderbilt, Yale, aryland, William and Mary, arquette, Boston College and tuhlenberg dropped out'of the all- ctorious class and now can con- nitrate on returning the com iment to such other hopefuls as lay cross their paths.
 Perfect Records
 Among the topflight aggrega- . .pns, those whose perfect records rvived the weekend firing include ichigan, Notre Dame, Texas. Cali mia, Georgia Tech, Pennsylvan- Penn State, Southern Method k, Baylor, Wake Forest, Virginia hd West Virginia
 Probably the toughest ohore inn ediately ahead for any of this lect group is that faced by the .olden Bears of California. who Engle with Southern California s hbeaten but one-tied Trojaus at .erkeley Saturday in enc of the sp games of the day California opened it's bid for the hcific Coast conference crown by |ipping Washington State. 2l-6, for s fifth straight triumph Saturday Ia development considerably less .lpressive than the 43-6 haymakar .hich Southern Cal landed on regon state.
 3-Ccrnered Scrap UCLA, presently involved in a ee-cornered scrap for the Coast tls and Rase Bowl honors, steps It of conference play to meet the lvasion Of Southern Methodist, |hich kept its slate clean by Ianking Rice, 14-0, while UCLA las trampling Stanford, 39-6. Texas, which downed Arkansas. -6. to clear it's first Southwest inference hurdle, goes after its xth win of the year against Rice , Austin and Baylor invades Tex
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GROWING ROYs

Navy's big guns are center Dick Scott and Dick Hawkins, the full pack whose departure from VMI created quit a rhubarb. Scott, a fine center both on offense and defense, also is the teams best clutch punter, although no one has figured a way to have him center the ball and then kick it.
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CREATIVE WRITERS
 TO MEET WEDNESDAY,

Creative Writers of Arts-Crafts, Inc. will meet Wednesday, Octo- Der 22. at T;30 p. m. for the week ly meeting The group meets regu- larly in Room One of the Juneau high school.
 Original manuscripts by mem- ters are read and discussed at each meeting Twelve were read last week. Mrs. MacKay Malcolm is chairman and all interested are welcome.
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FROM CORDOvA

Al Shone and John w. Ball Of Cordova are registered at the Bar anof
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TIDE TABLE
OCTORER 22

0 Low tide i:35 am, 3.S 1t. . 3 Hiqh tide SAT am.,, 11.8 it. Q g Low tide 14:13 pm. 81 it. 2 5 High tide 20:01 pm, 12.2 it, Q
 . .
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RUMMAGE SALE

Northern Light Presbyterian Church Parlors, Oct. p, 10:30 am.
 adv. 712-t2
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SUN RISES-SETS
OCTOBER 22

WEATHER BUREAU MAN HERE
 Stanley B Hillman of the Wea- ther Bureau at Anchorage is stay ing at the Hotel Juneau.
 Mattresses ana rS-ltain Giris wanted at Percy's Cafe. 665 If
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-06
MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports from Marine Stations at 50 F. M today

MARINE FORECAST PERIOD ENDING THURSDAY Southeast Alaska north of Sumner Strait
 winds 2 to 35 miles hour decreasing to under miles Southeast Alaska south of Dixon Entrance to Yakua
 miles Partly cloudy
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BIGGEST IN aLASKA!,

bIOVEST IN nLAShA!! Complete stock of oil, wood, coal burning ranges stoves, heaters at Juneau Young Hardware Go.
 --adv 644-tf
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Forest Fire
 RagesNear
 LosAngeles
Two Men Burned fo Death
 IA Others Injured- !. Call for Volunteers

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6.-tR-Still
 out of control, but slowed by the desperate stand of some 800 grimy firefighters, the seasons most dis astrous forest fire in the area in 2T years, ragged today in the rich water shed of upper Tujunga Canyon, near suburban Pasadena.
 Two men were burned to death, IA others injured. The Red Cross said it had reports that two cabins were destroyed.
 Radio programs were interrupted as Supervisor William V. Menden- hall of the Angeles National Forest issued plea for 500 volunteers. The list was completed within three hours. The Navy dispatched 280 seamen from naval airbase. l. J. R. Dancy, Red Cross official, said field workers manning first aid stations reported the flames ap- parently had been kept away from 100 or more cabins on the south side of the canyon.
 The blaze has burned over more than 2,000 acres. chiefly in brush and light timber.
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Wreck
 |njures 25'
 In Illinois

LITCHFTELD, Ill, Aug. 6,-RE- The Green Diamond" passenger train of the Illinois Central rail- road and freight train collided near here today, injuring at least 25 persons, none of them serious ly. No fatalities were reported.
 pr. G. A. Sihler. Litchfield phy- sician, said he had examined all 25 of the injured at St. Francis Hospital, and that none was in ser ious condition.
 The Green Diamond. bound from St. Louis to Chicago, and a Bur lington railroad freight train col- lided at Winston Tower, two miles south of here, where tracks of the two lines cross diagonally.
 The diesef engine of the Green Diamond was derailed and dam aged, and five coaches were de- railed and overturned. Some of the coaches were damaged badly. At least six cars of the freight train were overturned.
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B ARRIVE, 68 GO SOUTH VIA PAA IN
 FLIGHTS TUESDAY

Pan American Airways planes yesterday brought in the fol- lowing 25 passengers from Seattle E. J. Zigler, Mrs. E. J. zigler, John Oberg, Dorothy Geddes, Shir- ley Geddes, Dr. Taylor Pyle, Mel win Pederson, Frieda Pederson, Irving Pederson, Janice Pederson, Einar Pederson.
 George Davis, Elizabeth Mason, Joe Hickey, Edna Tengs, Ken Traitor, Mildred Traitor, Elton Engstrom, Harriet Cooper, Boyd Harwood, Eva Lee Phillips.
 Ernest Francis, Betty Morrell, Blueford Shelton, Clara Shelton.
 Leaving for Seattle, in addition to 56 passengers who transferred from Pacific Northern Airlines, were the following II from Ju- neau: Huntington Taylor, Anton Johansen, Marjorie Maginiss, Nor ris Hansen, Evelyn Mack, Hide gard Mehline.
 Gwen Koepke, Kenneth Beadle, w. w. Leslie, Frederick Daly, Mrs. F. L. Daly. and Alter Rasmussen.
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HERE FROM sITKA

John Cushing. construction man from Sitka, is guest at the Bar anof Hotel, arriving here yester- day by plane.
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APPLICATIONS FOR LIQUOR LICENSES 10
 BE HEARD ON FRIDAY

Hearings on the applications of liuuor licenses will be held in the District Court Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Judge George w. Folta will hear the following applications: Mo Kinley Distributors at Petersburg, transfer of liquor license of the Marine Bar, and Lloyd's Liquor Store at Ketchikan; transfer of the Clover Club of Juneau from Moore and Kelly to John L. Sullivan.
 To the Bedouin family the cam el is transportation, milk, meat and sometimes clothing.
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,CE, WEATHER BUREAU

U. s. DEPARTMENT COMMERCE.. WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, ALASKA
 WEATHER BULLETIN
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At Arab feasts the traditional main dish is a sheep roasted whole
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VETOED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. = R- With what he said was deep re- gret" President Truman today ve- toed bill (S. 526) to establish National Science Foundation.
 Tn his memorandum of disapprov- al, the President said that he urged the establishment of such founda ton, but he emphasized that the Congress-approved bill was mark ed departure from what MT Tru- man termed the sound principles of administration.
 The President also vetoed a bill to remove full-time news vendors from Social Security law coverage. MT. Truman said the bill would invite other employers to seek ex- emptions under certain conditions.
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PARIS SHORTAGE
 NOW FACED BY
 PLANTS OF FORD
Assembly Operations May Be Halted for at
 Least Week

DETROIT, Aug. 6-tP-Some 5l,- GOO CIO Ford Motor Go. employees, whose union officers called off a scheduled strike yesterday, faced a weeks layoff today because of a parts shortage.
 The Ford company, announcing all assembly operations would be halted until Aug. 12 after today's shift is completed, said it lacked body parts from the Murray Corp of America.
 The Murray plants have been strike bound almost two weeks by a dispute similar to the one which nearly brought on a walkout Of IO7,0O0 Ford employees-the CIO United Auto Workers demand for immunity from lawsuits under the Taft Hartley Labor Law.
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FILM SCANDAL IN
 PARIS" OPENING TONIGHT, CAPITOL

There's enough of the bad in the best of us to thoroughly en- joy the high-handed goings-on in Arnold PreSsburgerIs exciting new comedy drama, "A Scandal In Par is" coming tonight to the Capitol Theatre.
 George Sanders, Signe Hasso and Carole Landis star in this fabu- lous story of a keen-witted rogue who stole hearts and dismonds im- partially during the 20th century Sanders, in the title role of Vii docq, breaks out of jail in the opening sequences with the help of Akim Tamiroff. Tamiroff plays the part of his side-kick, Emile, a knife-throwing rascal with a ten dency to throw" first and ask questions afterwards.
 They pull their first job on an enchanting young waterfront cafe singer, Loretta, played by Carole Landis. Vidocq, who had dropped into the cafe for the show" goes backstage for game of hearts with Loretta, and re- mains to steal her ruby-encrusted garter from her shapely leg.
 The pretty young singer dumps her troubles on the broad shoulders of Richet, the Chief of Police, played by Gene Lockhart. Vidocq and Emile skip town. And Richet, unable to retrieve Loretta's garter, solaces her with a wedding ring.
 From Loretta, Vidocq and Emile go on to bigger and better game, eventually robbing the Minister of Police, played by Alan Napier. Ri- chet is called in to solve the case. And his wife, Loretta, once again tragically involves herself with Vi- docq, who has now fallen in love with Therese, charming daughter of the Minister, played by Signe Hasso. A violent climax resolves this exciting and fabulous story.
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MOVIES SHOWN AT
 KIWANIS MEETING

The KiWanis held their weekly meeting this noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel and a movie, entitled Dawn of Better Living" was shown by Larry Parker. It was Walt Disney production made for the Westinghouse Corporation, and featured the electric home appli- ances of the future.
 Guests at the meeting were Gene Hendley, Traffic Manager of the Alaska Transportation Company Milt Furness, President of the local Lions Club; Dr. Gordon Dutt, of Montana and Whit Donnelson of Portland, Oregon.
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METHODIST EpW0RTH lEAGUERS WILL CAMP
 } DAYS, EAGLE RIVER

About a dozen Epworth Leaguers are participating in a three day retreat and youth camp at Eagle River tomorrow, Friday and Sat- urady. The group has planned classes and study sessions, camp fire services and handicraft. Some icy plunges are on the schedule, with one initiated Californian promising herself three day.
 Skits with an original twist will provide fun, and the camp news bulletin one copy Will keep the group informed. The Rev. and Mrs. Treat will be Dean and Host ess of the camp.
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al m. yesterday to 430 a. todayl
 SYNOPSIS weak low pressure center which was yesterday increased in intensity and moved Graham Island this morning With
 steepned Territory Alaska sufficient to give in Lynn Canal and au Another low pressure Gulf of Alaska south of the center there Aeuian Islands and the other Aleutan Islands high
 located northwestern Canada and fallen the past 24 hours the Aleu- the coast Charlotte Sound Petersburg Rain showers accompanied by Mountain Plain States central normal yesterday northern portion had stations this morning north Alaska temperatures ranged from
 e MApINE WE ATHER RI1I ETIN
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BODIES OF z CRASH
VICTIMS ARE FLOWN
HERE FROM YAkUTAl

The bodies of William J. Austin
of Juneau, and o. s. "Obe" Asleson,
of Yakutat, killed in the crash OF
Asleson's light plane near the Yaku-
tat airfield, were returned to Juneau
this morning by plane,
Don Skuseso of the Charles w. Car
ter Mortuary flew to Yakutat yes
terday afternoon. Also coming TO
Juneau was Aslesons wife, who
plans to make arrangements Tor
shipping her husbands remains to
the States.
Austin, Chief Mechanic for Pan
American Always at the Juneau
airfield, is survived by his wife and
three children. He was a member
of Elks Lodge No. 400 and funeral
arrangements will be made here.
Asleson was a wellknown Yakutat
businessman.
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pNA FLIES THIRTEEN,
JUNEAU FROM WEST

The Pacific Northern Airlines
flew 10 passengers from Anchor
age yesterday and on the return
flight carried nine passengers to
Anchorage. one To Cordova and
one to Yakutat.
From Anchorage to Juneau were:
Mrs. l. Craig, Alfred Bennett, Har-
old Butcher, Mrs Logan Stipp,
Fred G. Schwartz, Charles Nor
gan.
Chris L. Coulter, Robert Tuck,
Charles Swift, Raymond Ander-
son, L. Hagen, Mr. Wakefield,
MI -Amands.
Juneau to Anchorage: Steele
Jackson, Marie Olson, Mrs. Var
brough and infant, Julius Rosso,
Anna HUTCHINSON, Gordan Junge,
Marshall Hoppin. Danna Parkin-
son, Wallis George.
Juneau to Cordova: Eileen Gill
crest.
Juneau to Yakutat: Don Skuse
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SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

No 5141-A
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Division Number
One. at Juneau.
ALASK PERSONAL SERVICE
AGENTS, a Corporation, Plaintiff,
VS.. VICTOR d. GREGORY, De-
PENDANT.
To the President Of the United
States of America, to the above
named defendant, greeting:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, First Division, at Ju-
neau. Alaska, within 80 days after
the last publication of this Sum-
mons, namely: within 80 days after
Sept 20, 1947, and answer the Com
plant of the plaintiff in this cause,
wherein plaintiff demands judgment
for the following sums $500 loaned
you by William Fisher; $4,000 loaned
you by F. ellis; $500 loaned you
by John Balko; $4,000 loaned you
by w. G. Hay, together with So
interest on each of said sums from
June Is, 1943, and for plaintiffs
costs and disbursements, and for the
application upon said Judgment of
Sl21.70 which was heretofore garni-
sheed in this suit.
In the event YOU fail to so appear
and answer, the plaintiff will take
Judgment against you for want
theteef and will applv to the Court
se1 the reliaf demanded in this
Cause and as herein above stated.
WITNESS the Honorable George
W Foltc, Judge CT the above en-
tisled Court and the seal thereof at
Juneau, Alaska, this Goth day Of
August, 1947
j. H. WALMER,
Clerk.
First publication Aug. 80, 1947.
Last publication, Sept. 20, 1947.
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FAMOUS NEWSPAPER
WOMAN PAYS RESPECT
TO GREAT N0RTHLAND

Alaska is a pioneer country with
million dollar tastes was one OF
| the comments of Elsie Robinson,
Hearst syndicate writer whose col
umn appears in 300 papers through
out the country, when she was in
Juneau on her return trip south by
PAA Thursday.
Miss Robinson, one of the famous
newspaper women of the country,
made the trip north as her first VEN
ture after six years Of illness. She
was accompanied by her physician,
Dr. Ralph Reynolds and his son,
Dick
While III Anchorage the travellers
were the guests Of Russell Anabel
for fishing at his cabin at Montana
Station on the Alaska Railroad.
Here we were, in primitive coun-
try, with gorgeous, awe-inspiring
scenery, Mt. Mckinley practically in
front of us and the best fishing in
the world Passing by us on the
railroad were train-load after train
load bound for the interior with
military Supplies, overhead .airplanes
passed to and from Fairbanks and
Anchorage. 1t was strange COM
bination pioneer day and modern
times. l am still breathless with
it all, Miss Robinson said
The party arrived in Juneau by
Pacific Northern from Anchorage
and transferred to PAA for the trip
to Seattle Miss Robinson is return
ing to her headquarters in San
Francisco.
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SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 2
H0SrifAl M0IES

Ernest L. Francis was admitted
to st. AIMS Hospital yesterday for
medical attention and Master Da-
vid Wilkes was admitted for a
tonsillectomy
Sinforoso ,Ordona was discharg-
ed from st. AIMS Hospital yes
terday.
No one was admitted or dis
charged from the Government Hos
pital