The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-22
DEPARTURE OF 8
 AIRCRAFT CLOSES
 ARMED FORCES DAY

Departure of eight large air craft early yesterday afternoon while not scheduled as part of the celebration, really closed she Gastineau Channel observance of Armed Forces Day Saturday..
 To inspect the visiting ships, crowds gathered at the Juneau Airport early Sunday morning, as port early Sunday morning, as they had done all during the day before. Big thrill for everyone was to go close to the four F-S0 jet fighter planes, and have them explained by the very pilots vAo brought them in Friday night.
 Then. shortly after noon. came the breathless moment of take-off and, seconds later, the jets had zoomed out of sight
 Followed departures of Mai. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong, Jr in his B-l7, with three other BITS and the C-54 taking off in quick succession.
 The Navy C-54 which had brought the detachment of 35 Marines from Kodiak, returned Saturday afternoon for an official inspection after participating in the parade here.
 The BITS carried the two squads of the 4th Infantry Regi- ment, returning to Fort Richard son. These blue-helmeted ex- rerts gave the combat demonstra- tion Saturday afternoon at c..e Mendenhall Firing Range-an ef- fective artillery show which at tracted a crowd of spectators As yet, there have been no reports of chunks dislodged from nearby Mendenhall Glacier, although tine thunder of the firing could be heard for miles. Unheralded in advance, the open house aboard the U. S. Coast Guard cutter Clover, at the Army dock, drew a large number of visitors. The dressed ship offered an invitation in it's bright signal flags, and the curious found their interest well rewarded.
 From 10 am. to 4:30 pm, aids to navigation were demonstrated by It. James B. Anderson, who cooperated in the success of Arm ed Forces Day Besides the open house, he volunteered work de- tail and made available Petty Officer Javan x. Stiner for shore police duty, Friday
 Based at Kodiak, the Clover came from Ketchikan where she is replacing the Citrus, now in drydock in Seattle. The Glover was scheduled to leave for Ket- chikan today.
 Visiting service men were en- thusiastic in their appreciation to the Veterans of Foreign Wars for keeping open house in the CIO Hall clubrooms.
 With the American Legion and the City of Juneau, the VFW jointly sponsored a complimentary dance Saturday evening in the Elks' Hall, where Juneau and Douglas young women turned out in large numbers to help entertain the visitors. This party honofed the visiting military personnel and also was for all veterans.
 The American Federation Of Musicians, with the approval of James Petrillo, President, contrib uted the four-piece dance bard
 It. Col J. D. Alexander, ch&i.- man of the Armed Forces Day observance here, was the guest of General Armstrong on the west ward flight yesterday. As acting adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, he left for brsi- ness trip to Anchorage and Fair banks, accompanied by M Sgt. Harry I. Lucas, Jr., of the AN.G. headquarters staff.
 Before boarding the airp1ane, Colonel Alexander expressed his appreciation and that of the en- tire committee for the whole hearted cooperation and assist ance of all concerned, in prepara- tion and participation of Armed Forces Day celebration.