The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-14
NEWS ITEMS
 FROM sITAA
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ESPECIAL CORRESPCNDENCE) SITKA, Alaska, May e-Tne new construction firm, Franks, Franklin & Johnson, will not have it's head quarters in the Mills building on Maksoutoff. Their offices will be at the rear of Sitka Electric Company in the Mere Building in what was formerly the Johnson s apartment The Johnson's have moved to the Fraki home on Jeff Davis Stree.
 The Art Franklins have moved their business and the Reliable Transfer office to the new location. The newly organized company is offering prizes for the best name of tered for their organization. The prizes are SIS for first, $lO for sec- ond and S5 for third.
 Frankie Martin, skipper of the Ranger G. was severely burned when the cooking stove exploded early Tuesday morning The Ranger 6 ran to the Fish Bay Logging camp to radio to town for plane which drought him in that evening. At first it was feared that his eyes might have been injured hut by Thursday he was able to open his eyes and see. He was released from the Hospital Friday but will be un- able to return to work for at least ten days.
 Flying" Jim Henry died of heart attack Friday, in Ketchikan, according to wire received from Mrs. Harry Hagen from he husband, owner of the fishing boat Eros. Jim Henry, whose boat burned at God dard Hot Springs last season, was fishing in partnership with Mir IIa- gen this year and they planned to start for home last night.
 Jim Henry was a resident of Sit ka for over 25 years, was everyones friend-and yet practically nothing is known of his past He claimed to be between 65 and 75 years old, ac- eording to his closest friends; civ | il engineer with degree from the i University of Wisconsin. Where he was born, CT where he lived before : coming to Sitka is also unknown.
 His tody is being brought to Sit ka for burial, aboard the Denali Mrs. Eugene Pasinski, with her siv months old son in her arms, stepped off a boat at the ANB float, and into the bay, Monday. Fortunately, there was a nearby wit ness to the accident and they were rescued immediately. Dr. Charteris was called at once but found mother and son suffering from nothing but a severe. chill
 Before the dip, Eugene Jr was feeling puny from bad cold. By the following day the cold had disappeared. So, if you, too have been struggling with one of those endless spring colds you know what to do.
 Harold Veatch, owner and editor of the Sitka Sentinel, flew south this morning to enter Virginia Ma son Hospital. He had heart attack on Tuesday and was advised to con- suit heart specilist at once.
 A linotype operator and printer is expected to arrive by plane this weekend to assist Mrs. Veatch ir I operating the paper until MT Veatch's return.
 Vincent Beauchamp was appoint
 ed office manager of the Public
 Utilities at melting of the Utili-
 ties Board Tuesday. He will leave for Portland where his wife has beer seriously ill for some weeks.
 Beauchamp has resigned as office manager Of the Sitka Mercantile
 Charles Tuengel is moving his barser business to the Coliseum
 Building in the space formerly oc.
 cupied by the Nibble Bar. His pre-.
 sent location in the Sitka Hotel i
 being taken by the Alaska Coasta
 Airways.
 Baccalaureate Service will be helc at St. eters-by-the-Sea tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock Capt. A , Dietz will give the invocation anc : tenediction; Kenneth French tht Scripture reading; the Rev, EIwooc
 Hunter the sermon. Music will bs
 by a special group from the High School chorus.
 Wednesday evening graduation exercises will be held at the Higf {. School Gym with Huber Gilbert giving the address and School Boarc President Wally Mcdonald present.