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Evening star., 1949-10-13
Health Service Slated
To End S126,000 VD
Grants Here in June
By George Beveridqe

The United States Public Health
Service is expected to lop off
grants totaling more than $126,-
900 for District venereal disease
programs, which will force clos
ing of Gallinger Hospitals Rapid
Treatment Center, II was learned
today.
officials said the cuts, expected
to take effect next June, include
about $4,000 for the treatment
center, and about $16,600 from
the Public Health Services gen.
eral $83. 900 grant for VD projects
here.
To offset the latter cut, it was
learned, the Health Department
has asked the Commissioners for
a special supplemental budget
item Of $16,498 for the next fiscal
year. The cuts, officials said,. are
the result of reduced funds avail
able to the Public Health Service
for grants throughout the country
DR.. S. Ross Taggart. chief of
the District Bureau OF Venereal
Diseases, said the anticipated
$4,000 reduction will result in
curtailed service in the treatment,
case finding and information pro-
gram unless the District picks up
the loss.
Limited Basis Contemplated.
| At the same time, DR.. Taggart
said he plans to ask PHS officials
about the possibility of a small
grant to continue the Rapid
Treatment Center at Gallinger on
a limited basis after next June.
Because of the new, fast methods
iof treatment, use of the center
has fallen drastically.
Since its opening in 1943, the
center has been financed pri-
marily through PHS grants. It
has about 80 staff members and
100 beds for the treatment of VD
patients. Despite the fast new
treatments, which allow many
patients to be treated on out
patient basis at clinics, the center
has permitted patients to be kept
under care until they are cured.
At clinics. DR.. Taggart explained,
some patients fail to return for
full care.
The Rapid Treatment Center
now has an occupancy of about
Is to IS patients, DR.. Taggart
said, as compared with 10 to 80
two years ago. He proposed that
a center of about 10 beds be main
tanned after next June, requiring
one doctor. three nurses and a
clerk. This will be needed, he
said, to hospitalize patients when
complications arise in treatment.
Eventual Savings Cited.
Other officials, however. said
they felt such patients would be
absorbed next year by a service
already existing at Gallinge1-.
In requesting the $16,498 from
the District, health officials said
reports have shown consider
able decrease" In early syphilis
cases, pointing out that this will
automatically reduce the number OF
advanced cases to be treated later
This trend in treating and cul :
ing early syphilis will ultimately
create a large savings to the Dis
trict," they declared. At present,
it was reported, the District spends
about $500,000 a year for the
care of st. Elizabeths Hospital
patients whose illnesses were
brought on by venereal diseases.
Most patients have been treated
at the Polk and Southwest Health
Centers and at the Freedmen's
Hospital Skin Clinic. Last month,
1,150 new patients and $3.50 old
patients were seen at the three
clinics. More than half the new
patients examined were found to
ha infected
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
THROAT 5LA5HED; WOMAN DIES; MAN
 CAUGHT BY POSSE

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Oct. B. R-John Chebetnoy, 38, Seward was held by a U. s. Marshal today in connection with the staying of Mrs. Alice Peterson, g, Girdwood Chebetnoy was apprehended yes- terday after an all-night search by a posse of townspeople and Alaska railroad section hands. He was cornered in brushland north of Girdwood, 43 miles southeast of here.
 Mrs. Peterson was found near Girwood late yesterday. Her throat had been slashed. A 10th Rescue Squadron plane with medical aid was rushed from Elmendorf Field but could not land at the scene.
 The victim died before other medical assistance could reach her
 U. s. Commissioner Rose Walsh left Anchorage for Girdwood to con- duct an inquest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
VOTERS TO CHOOSE
 CITY OFFICIALS AT
 POLLS TOMORROW

Voters will go to the polls to- morrow to vote in the first general municipal election since April, 1948 Polls will open at am. at the three precinct headquarters in the city, and voters will choose three city councilmen. Candidates for the posts of mayor and city magis- trate run unopposed.
 A member of the Juneau Inde- pen School District will also be chosen by the voters tomorrow
 Separate ballots and ballot boxes for the School District election will be at the polling places in the city, as well as at the home of Mrs. Stanley Jekill at Aux Bay.
 Only one complete ticket has filed for the municipal election to- morrow. It Is the "The Peoples Ticket" headed by incumbent Mayor Waino Hendrickson, sole candidate for Mayor. On the ticket with him are Arthur H. Walther and B. F. Mcdowell, grocers, and AL fred Zenger, Sr., Empire business manager.
 Mayor Hendrickson has served through three one-year terms as Mayor. His coming term will be for two years. City council members and city magistrate are elected for one-year terms.
 The school board member is elected to serve a five-year term Vernon M. Metcalfe, who is in the sheet metal business, is an in- dependent candidate for city coun- ell, as also are A. S. Glover and Cash Cole. Glover operates the Spruce Delicatessen; Cole is a Ju- neau business man.
 William L. Paul, Jr., Juneau at- torney, runs unopposed for the post of city magistrate.
 Precinct headquarters for the election will be: Precinct One Council Chambers in the City Hall; Precinct Two George Brothers Store on Franklin Street; and Pre-
 ,inct Three-Office of the Juneau Diaries.
 Polling places will open at a.m
 and remain open until ' D. m. Three presons have filed as can didates for the school board post | Mrs. Daniel D. Livie of Thane | present member of the board, has made her bid for reelection. Also in the running is. William R. Nor ton of Aux Bay and Robert Thibo- deau of Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
JUSTICE
 DOUGLAS INJURED
Supreme Court Member
 Suffers Broken Ribs- s Horse Falls on Him

s YAKIMA, Wash, Oct. 2-R R- Justice William O. Douglas, one of the leading liberals of the US. Supreme Court was injured gravely yesterday in the Cascade mountains he loved as a boy. He suffered l3 rib fractures and a punctured lung when his frightened horse fell and rolled on him.
 His chances of full recovery, how ever, appeared excellent today. Doc tors attending him at Yakima hospital said his condition was not critical. The stamina gained from an active, outdoor life away from his judicial duties stood him in good stead.
 Doctors said the Justice rested well throughout the night and got some sleep despite the obvious pain of his injuries.
 The 50-year old jurist responded well to blood transfusions and emergency treatment given on his arrival from the accident scene, IT miles away.
 But for several days, his doctors said the danger of pneumonia will be acute.
 Mrs. Douglas, who was in the east, and their daughter, Mildred, student at her fathers alma mater, Whitman college at Walla Walla, Wash, were on their way to be by his side.
 ! ..pouglas, mentioned frequently as a possible Democratic Presidential candidate in 1852, was hurt on the eve of the Supreme Courts new term and two weeks to the day from his 5lst birthday.
 He had flown here from Seattle for a brief visit in this city where he spent his boyhood and helped work his way through grade and high school as newspaper carrier He had planned to return to Wash ington, DC, last night by plane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
Fish 7rap Tax Voided By Federal Judge Folte
OVER 1900 CARS
 CHECKED, SAFETY
 DRIVE CAMPAIGN

Summary of the traffic check ir recent safety drive by Highway Patrol and Juneau City Police i. as follows:
 1847 cars were checked between September 15 and October l.
 In this number there were:
 376 violation tickets issued:
 251 of the above tickets were re- turned showing that drivers had complied with all safety require ments; there are. still 125 tickets to be returned as soon as repairs are completed:
 GOA of the above total did not have their drivers license on their person or in their car; 258 of the GOA had no drivers license what soever.
 225 cars had no stop lights.
 III had no tail lights.
 76 cars had faulty head lights. 133 with faulty foot brakes and emergency DraKeS.
 37 cars had no horns.
 62 cars had defective mufflers. 27 cars with faulty front wheel suspension.
 28 cars with 1 license plate only II cars with no license plates whatsoever.
 18 cars without windshield wipers 3l cars with foreign license plates to be renewed.
 There are approximately 200 cars in this vicinity that failed to take advantage of this checkup. Be- ginning tomorrow tickets will be issued to the owners of these cars The Chief of the Highway Patrol his staff, and the Juneau City Police wish to thank the public fol their cooperation in this drive, as well as the Daily Alaska Empire and station KINY.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
CANDIDATES IN
 CITY ELECTION
 EXPRESS VIEWS

The Juneau Provisional League of Women Voters last week sent questionnaires to the several candi- dates for City Council. and to Mayor Waino Hendrickson, candi- date for rel-election, asking theil sentiments regarding several mea- sures which the League believes would be of great benefit to the city.
 Briefly, the questions were as follows:
 CD Are you in favor of and will you work for the city contributing to the salary of the child welfare worker for Juneau? Present worker assigned to Juneau can continue only until Jan. l unless the city participates actively in the project.
 Will you work for (2) detention quarters separate from the city jail for temporary care of children in need of emergency refuge? (3 for adequate facilities and greater privacy for care of women prisoners in the city jail; and (4) for an addition to the police force or some arrangement whereby emergency calls for the police can be answered immediately?
 Questionnaires with answers marked in the affirmative were received from all but two candi- dates, with candidate Vernon Met calfe giving his approval over KINY because he felt he did not have sufficient time to mail his answer At the present writing. no answer had yet been received from Arthur H. Walther.
 Candidates Cash Cole and A. S. Glover qualified their reply to ques- ton number one by stating it de bends on city's finances" They wrote an unqualified yes in reply to the three other questions.
 Bert Mcdowell wrote personal letter in which he stated T ap- prove of these measures and if elected will support them insofar as city finances permit
 A signed letter from Alfred Zen ger states, "As you know the Ameri- can Legion and its Auxiliary have always been very active in Child Welfare work, and being member of the Legion I am heartily in favor of all the four questions that you requested to be answered in your letter of Sept. 29."
 Mayor Hendrickson replied in the affirmative, giving additional notes on contemplated projects on which tentative plans have already eeen made, when city finances permit.
 He added a suggestion that the League of Women Voters poll the taxpayers, e. their membership and all others in the city as to their willingness to assume additional taxes for the additional services requested by the city by various organizations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
HUNTERS REPORT
 FAIR SHOOTING IN
 WEEKEND OPENER

The Migratory Waterfowl season opened in Southeast Alaska Satur- day noon, and reports received so .ar indicate that hunting is fair.
 Most of the birds taken SO far have been widgeons and teal, with a sprinkling of mallards thrown in.
 Hunters were out in considerable numbers for the opening. Several cases of hunters shooting before noon Saturday are set to be tried in the US. Commissioners Court here.
 Interest waned yesterday. But hunters with patience enough to spend time sitting in the weeds with the rain in their faces were rewarded.
 One Juneau hunter reported shooting the limit of five ducks in one hour yesterday morning.
 Migratory waterfowl season will remain open until November 19. Legal hunting hours are from one half hour before sunrise until one hour before sunset.
 Bag limit is five ducks per day and ten in possession; six geese per day and in possession; fifteen coot per day and in possession; 25 sora per day and in possession IS other species of rails and gallinules per day and in possession.
 Bag limit of geese must not in- clude more than two Canadian geese or brant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
LABOR ROUNDUP, MINERS, STEEL.
 ALSO SHIppIMG
AFL Convention Starts in St. Paul = Shorter Day,
 Work Week Suggested
(By the Associated Press)


 One hundred two thousand oi John L. Lewis coal miners went back to work today, tut 100000 remained on strike as did 513,00( CIO-Steel workers
 There was optimism voiced that settlement of the l56-day strike of 2,O00 CIO longshoremen at Ha- waii may come soon. Tension re- faxed in Detroit's auto industry as CIO auto workers planned to apply the Ford settlement pattern tt Chrysler and other manufacturers.
 Meanwhile, as the AFL conven- ton began at St. Paul, Minn., the federaticn's officers recommended shortening of industry's work day and work week as an immediate economic goal.
 The United Mine Workers sent Lack to their jobs today by tht terse hint from union headquarters that their idleness lis not now vita 10 the pending wage negotiations were 80,000 anthracite thard coal) diggers in Pennsylvania and 22.00t soft coal miners west of the Mis-. sissippi.
 The UNIV battle cry of recen years, mo contract, no work" ap. parently was discarded for { limited application of mo pension no work"
 Contracts applying to all UMV miners expired during the summer and pension and other welfare func payments have been suspended be. cause Southern Coal operators have stopped paying royalties of 20 cent' a ton of coal mined to the funt under no contract. no royaltie! rolicy.
 In the steel strike which hit 5t hasic steel plants and 50 iron ort mines Saturday, there were rumors of new government intervention The White House has indicated that President Truman is standing on his decision of last week that he will take no direct action, how ever. Most lively development would be new efforts sy chief gov ernment mediator Cyrus Ching te get bargaining sessions under way again.
 The union leaders are adamani Il demanding company-paid pen- sions and insurance. The companies say they won't agree to plan that eliminates employee payments en- tirely.
 In the Hawaiian dock strike, em- player and union representatives held a secret session Sunday, before which Dwight Steele, President o1 the Hawaii Employers Council, saic there is a good chance fer settle. ment." Another meeting was helt today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON lCopyrignt. 1949. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.

WASHINGTON = The famed General George S. Patton probably turned over in his grave when Pres ident Truman announced that Rus- sia had the secret of the atom For Patton was one man who came near preventing, or at least retard- ing, Russian development of the atom.
 In the first week of May, 1945 Patton's 3rd Army crossed the Czechoslovak border and entered the city of Pilsen, headquarters ot the vast Skoda munition works Patton had romped into Czechoslo- vakia before the Red army had time to move its ponderous forces, just as U. s. troops advanced to the suburbs of Berlin, only to be ordered out by General Eisen- hover.
 When this columnist reported the peremptory withdrawal of U. S troops from Potsdam at Russia s request, it was officially and cate gorically denied. However, General Patton's diary. now published, to-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Oct. 3. -iR-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 96, Anaconda 26A, Curtiss- Wright TIA, International Harvest CT 27, Kennecott AT, New York Central 10as, Northern Pacific 1872, U. s. Steel 23as. Pound $2.80h.
 Sales today were 100000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: industrials 182.67, rails 47.94, util- ities 37.71.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
TENSION MOUNTS
 IN Yu0G5LAvIA
 IN TITO FIGHT
(By Associated Press)

Tension was reported mounting inside Yugoslavia as a result of Premier Marshal Titos fight with the Moscow directed Cominform Communist International Informa- tion Bureau.
 Rumania became the latest Con- munist country of Eastern Europe to scrap her friendship treaty with Yugoslavia. Poland, Bulgaria and Hungary already had followed the lead of Russia in denouncing their alliances with Tito's government. There were unconfirmed reports in Belgrade that Tito was shifting his troops from Western Yugoslavia to the Eastern borders facing Hun gary and Rumania.
 There appears to be TO fear in Belgrade, however, that actual war is imminent
 Meanwhile, a new effort to end the conflict between Greece and her Communist northern neighbors gets underway in the United Ma tions
 A four-member Balkan concili- ation committee has approved a plan calling for invitations to AL .bania and Bulgaria to send special representatives to appear before the conciliatiorl group.
 A Roman Catholic priest in Czechoslovakia cancelled his ser- mon yesterday when four badge wearing Communist observers" en- tered his church in the Sprilov district. Church authorities asserted the visit hy Communist observers was part of the governments cam paign to keep priests under scrutiny for possible anti-state preachings.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
FURNACE ROOM FIRE

The Juneau Fire Department was called at g o'clock this morning to put out a fire in the furnace room of the Alaska Hotel.
 Bremen said oil had been leak ing out of the furnace and caught fire in front of the furnace. The damage was slight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof from Seattle due to- morrow afternoon.
 Aleutian from the west in port at 2 o'clock this afternoon enroute south.
 Princess Louise scheduled to ar rive at 6 am. Wednesday and sails south one hour later at 2 am.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
WARNE HERE; TELLS PLANS
 FOR ALASKA
ReqionaIi Iized Adminis- fration and Four-Poinf
 Program Is Cited

Alaska's development is gaining momentum, Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne said today in Juneau.
 He gave much credit for this to the "regionalizing of administra- tion" which has been the policy of the Department of the Interior in recent years.
 His hopes for Alaska's future are pinned to the present four point development program by the Department of the Interior. Warne arrived in Juneau yes terday after explaining to the peo- pie of Fairbanks the work done by the Alaska Field Committee of the Interior Department at the recent meeting in Mount Mckinley Na- tional Park.
 Today he pointed out that re- gional offices of the Fish and Wild life Service, the Bureau of Recla- nation and the Bureau of Mines have shown and will show the in creased efficiency to be derived from bringing administration to the region being administered.
 Progress Exampiv As an example of progress through the regionalizing of ad- ministration. he pointed specifi- cally to the operation of the Re- gional Land Office in Anchorage This office handles 75 per cent of the land matters which under former Interior Department admin istration had to be taken care of through Washington. D. C., with much delay, he said.
 Under the first point of the four point program formulated by the fntericr Department-State for Alaska-further regionalization of administration would come about The second point--the Project Settlement Bill. introduced in Con- gress two weeks ago-would permit settlers to make a living the first year on the land through land pre- paration by the Federal govern ment.
 i Warne pointed out that under the present land laws for Alaska, | l2,500 acres have been cleared dur
 ng the past 50 years. Settlers in the next 100 years would probably not do as well, given no better break, he said.
 Corporation Plans | The Alaska Development Cor | coration Bill, which the Depart ment of the Interior is preparing to propose for legislation, is the third point on the program.
 This corporation would finance industrial development in the Terri tcry provide risk capital to private individuals or corporations or take the initiative in building industrial plants where the need is apparent. Industrial plants built by the cor poration would, under this plan, be disposed of to private concerns when their worth had been proven. The final point in the four-point program is the settlement of native claims. This longtime thorn in the Territory's side would be settled by negotiation between Interior De- partment and individual native villages or through court action. If settlement is reached through negotiation, then the agreements will be submitted to Congress for approval If not, settlement would be made through action in appro- priate courts, he said.
 Warne, who made yearly trips to the Territory since 1946, said he has noticed more indications of progress this year than on any of his previous trips.
 WARNE AT CLUB MEETING
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
FROM PETERSBURG

Arne Lund of Petersburg is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
FROM TAKU LODGE

Royal OReilly of Taku Lodge is at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
HURRICANE SHIFTS

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, Oct. 3 -tR-A shift in direction of 100- mile-an-hour hurricane eased ten sion here today but caused new warnings to be posted for the upper Gulf Coast from Galveston to Lake Charles, La.
 Previously, the 250-mile section of the Texas coast from Corpus Christi to Galveston was warned by the US. Weather Bureau to prepare for winds tonight up to 100 miles an hour.
 The bureau in a 11:30 am. (PST) advisory located the whiriing storm l20 miles east of Brownsville, mov- ing IS to 18 miles per hour.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
WEATHER REPORT

, WEATHER REPORT
 , tu. 8. WEATHER BuREAU) } (Thi3 data is for 24-hour pe- s> riod ending 7.30 am. PSTo
 , In Juneau-Maximum, 49;
 } minimum, 42
 , At Airport-Maximum, 45; } minimum, 43.
 . 20 R E c A s T
 !, tJuneau and vIcinity) } Mostly cloudy with Occa- . sional showers tonight and ( , Tuesday. Lowest temperature } tonight near 42 degrees. , Highest Tuesday near 50. , P R E PIT A IT ON , CPast "A hours ending 7:30 am. today } City of Juneau-.32 inches; } since Oct. l, l.20 inches; , since July 1, 22.47 inches.
 } At the Airport-.22 inches; } since Oct. 1, .38 inches;
 } since July l, l5.6s inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
HURRICANE
 MOVING ON
 TEXAS COAST

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, Oct 3--tR-A 100-mile-an-hour hurri- cane moved slowly toward the in- dustrial-studded Texas gulf coast today.
 All along the crescent-shaped coastline from Corpus Christi to Galveston, about 250 miles, prepa- rations were made for big blow ate today.
 Tides already were running high and torrential rains drenched the whole area. Nearly four inches of rain had fallen at Galveston.
 Corpus Christi, site of the big naval air training center, ordered schools closed. Thirty-five four engine bombers took off in a rain squall for safe haven at Good fellow Field at San Angelo, in west Texas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-03
SOUTH ON VACATION

Ernest Lincoln. on a months va cation from his duties in the Re- gional VA office, and Mrs. Lin- coin sailed this afternoon aboard the steamer Aleutian for Seattle.
 In Seattle they will visit their son Dick and wife. and after pick ing up a new car which is waiting for them in Seattle, will drive on down to Kelso, Wash. There they will visit their son -in-law and daughter, MT. and Mrs. Russell Miller.