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Evening star., 1950-01-08
HOST AWAY FROM HOME
by Efrem kurtz
CONDUCTOR, HOUSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

DEAR MIR. KURTZ: As man who lives away
from home much of the time, how do you man
age to do your entertaining?
ANSWER: katherine and have been married for 16
years and most of that time has been spent travelling
about the world, living in hotels.
When we were first married, we, like many other
couples, had a very limited entertainment budget
We hit on the idea of inviting friends to visit
after dinner at nine ten in the evening We would
have on-the-spot chamber-musc sessions, play cha
rades, just sit around laughing and talking About
II o'clock Katherine would bring out coffee and sand
wiches, and over the buffet theories and gossip
ragged on till the early hours.
WHEN we were living in Paris and the warm weather
around, once week group of about 10 friends
would gather in front of our small hotel and march off
to the Seine. There boarded the river bateau that
wound its way through Paris, and for two carefree
hours we loled about ate big solid sandwiches Kathy
had packed into individual boxes and sang to the
accompaniment of guitar violin or whatever other
instrument could manage to carry into the boat
When Katherine and / came to New York, we
looked for something similar to the bateau rides and
found it in excursion boat trips around Manhattan
Whenever are there in the summer, we often take
friends for the ride, picnic-style dinner and ALL
And we still invite our friends up to our hotel rooms
for dinner or after concert gatherings. We've
found that this is the most successful and the most
practical way to entertain away from home. No mat
ter where are. is the warmth of friends that
we cherish and the informal, spontaneous fun have
with them that makes entertaining enjoyable.
Coming up nest ,oeek: Author jar, Struther on
the sins of motoring.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
JUDGE F0LTA TAXES
 OFF FOR ANCHORAGE TO ASSIST COURT

With court matters in the First Division completed for the time be- ing, Federal Judge George w. Folta tomorrow will fly to Anchorage with a portion of his staff to hold court there for the coming six weeks.
 Prior to the grand jurys meeting in Juneau early this month, the Judge spent some five weeks in the Third Division center. to aid the regular judge there in clearing his heavy calendar.
 It was believed in court circles here that this will be his final trip to Anchorage. as appointment of a second federal judge for that di- vision is believed about to be made. Appointment is made by the Presi- dent, with approval by Congress.
 With only one courtroom avail able, Judge Folta during his last stay there sat in radio station made into a temporary courtroom. in the same building as the regu- lar court.
 Plans are that he will return here around March 13 and will remain about two weeks to clear up what ever cases might be awaiting de- cision. He then will go to Ketchikan to hold court. after which he will return here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
$316,ooo ON AGRICULTURE
 STUDY HERE
Army Wants 1000 Gallons Milk Dai|y-AIaska
 Can't Produce

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28-tR-The Agriculture Department plans to spend s316,o0O in the year starting July l on agriculture research in Alaska.
 Dr. S. O. Fracker, research coor- dinator, described the Departments plan to House Appropriations sub- committee in testifying on the ag- riculture budget for the next year His testimony was made public to- day.
 He said the amount is S358, ,000 be- low the amount appropriated for the current year because this years money included $4l5,000 for build ines needed in the research. How ever he added, the joint research program conducted with the Uni versity of Alaska will receive $50,- 900 more next year.
 Other witnesses told the sub committee that Alaska produces Ollly 4O RCl Ol tiiS d5i ikdittA 0i products it consumes and that the principal cash crop is potatoes. Dur ing the 1949 calendar year, they said, the Army purchased S1,580,- 630 pounds of Alaskan vegetables, the largest item being potatoes.
 They said the Army could use LOCO gallons of milk day. Alaska can not produce it, they added, but is building up its herds of dairy and beef cattle.
 Dr. H. c. Knoblauch, assistant chief, office of experiment sta- tions, testified many people are under the impression Alaska soils are highly productive because they are grass and woodlands, similar to the United States.
 That is not true under Alaska conditions" he said, partly because of the slow rate of chemical and biological action in the soil and also because many of the soils have only a thin layer of top soil which is relatively low in organic matter" !"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
B GO TO SEATTLE,
 E ARRIVE BY pAA

Thirteen persons went to Seat tie yesterday by Pan American World Airways, which brought in l2 passengers from Seattle and three from Fairbanks, besides car rying IT persons to other points.
 On the flight to Seattle were Pat Bell, Gragg Gilkey, Al Nich- olas, Glen Jacobs, J. L. Norman, Mernice Murphy, William Worth Bob Carson, Lewis Reinfensteln, Virginia Dunton and baby Linda, Ed Witt and R.. E. Smith.
 Arriving from Seattle were Vir- |ginia Black, Mary Dakutah, Ray mond Mathews, Frank Marshall, William Odell, Earling Oswald, Claribel Rakestraw, Leon and Bet ty Roberts, Art Sanford, E. Me Daniels and Jane Provance.
 Coming here from Fairbanks were Mir. and Mrs. A. E. Glover and Perry Huff,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
PLENTY OF WAFER -DUT DON'T WASTE
 II, SAYS MAYOR

While ether towns in Southeast Alaska have been suffering water shortage, or the threat of shortage, Juneau has been doing all right, according to Mayor Waino Hend- rickson.
 Most recent check up on Juneau's water supply was made Friday by Minard Mill, manager of the Ju- neau Water Company and the may or. Both of the water company's tanks are full and this supply will be maintained if Juneau people will continue to use good judgment in the use of water"
 If we don't waste water" MT. Hendrickson said, there will be absolutely no danger of shortage v
 Alarmed citizens, aware of water shortages elsewhere have been call ing the mayors office asking about the local situation.
 A shortage of water in the Scatter Tract lasted a couple of days, but was relieved within day or so when the Scatter tract tank was filled again.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
BRIDGES PRINCIPALS GO TO HOSPITAL FOR DEFENSE TESTIMONY

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28-lR- The judge, the jury and all the principals in the Harry Bridges trial met in an Oakland Hospital yesterday. There they heard pa- tient testify in defense of the CIO longshore union GLWU) President.
 William Christensen, laid up in Permanente Hospital with a back injury, testified he accompanied Bridges to Stockton, Calf, on June 27, 1886 and spoke With Bridg- es at union meeting there.
 He was another in a series of defense witnesses giving similar testimony. A number of ex-Com- munists have testified for the gov ernment that Bridges was in New York on that date, accepting elec- tion to the central committee of the Communist Party of the U. $.
 The Australian born Bridges is charged with perjury because he said at his l945 naturalization hear ing he never was a Communist.
 One of Bridges co-defendants U. R. Robertson, appeared at a longshore union meeting in Stock ton last night and charged the government was prosecuting them ito weaken ILWU leadership"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
TERRITORY IS
 'LO(kEDUp'BY U.S.-BARTLETT
Two Parachute Divisions Could Take Interior-R
 Are Developing Siberia

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. R-- Delegate Bartlett of Alaska said today there is possibility an enemy could easily capture Alaska and aim death blow at the United States from the airfields there.
 The delegate reviewed Alaskan development for the 24th Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense.
 The Territory, he said, does not have ample military protection and were its big airfields captured by an enemy they could be used for raids against most large cities of the United States.
 "It is commonly said-and I have never heard any contradiction, said Bartlett, that Fairbanks and An chorage would fall before one para chute division, or at the most two.'
 Alaska should be developed in- dustrially to attract settlers and should be provided with ample de- fense, Bartlett said in his prepared address.
 While Alaska's development has not been pushed, he continued, Rus sia has created cities and developed Siberia, just across the Boring Strait.
 Alaska Locked Up"
 One reason why Alaska is not de- veloped is that it is locked up tight" Bartlett said.
 The Federal government, he con tinued, owns 95 per cent of the land in the Territory and makes it diff cult for settlers to get land because of false Interpretation of the prin- ciples of conservation"
 He said Federal laws contain out right discrimination against AL aska."
 Ut is to cure that situation SC that population may be attracted, Bartlett said, 'so there may bt proper resource development, so that adequate representations may bt made in respect to national de fense nefds that Alaskans now seek statehood"
 He said Alaskans feel that two United States Senators and ont Representative could do more to ge Congress to develop the Territor! than one voteless Delegate.
 "It is enough to make an Ameri can shiver," he said, when he con templates what is going on in Si beria, across the Boring Strait"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
GENEROUS GIVING FOR POLIO FUND
 IN TAG DAY SALE

Juneau took the March of Dimes" tag day seriously yesterday -so seriously that the women in charge of it scarcely dare estimate amounts yet to come in.
 More than $500 was taken in through their street sale of Fight Infantile Paralysis" tags. and sev- eral group donations. of which the Forest Service one of s43 was the largest. Numerous other groups will not make their reports Until Mon- day. and at least one outfit (the ACS gang) said, Just wait until paydaylv
 Among others yet to be heard from are the Juneau Public Schools nearly $200, the rumor goes), and Douglas and parochial schools; Alaska Native Service. Veterans Administration, Unemploy ment Commission, Road Commission and Fish and Wildlife Service
 Mrs. John Mccormick. President of the VIEW. Auxiliary which handled the one-day drive, says that the March of Dimes" jars placed around town will be left there for contributions until March l, as the containers arrived too late for advance donations.
 This will not delay the final report for Juneah' said Mrs. Me Cormick, "as it is the first of March before all reports are in from the rest of the Territory.
 Also, the containers are our an- swer to the many persons who asked that the tag sale be extended, so everyone would be reached. It is easy for anyone to contribute who missed the street sale"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
"APPLELAND" WILL BE SHOWN TO BPW CLUB
 MEMBERS MONDAY

Since apples contribute directly to both mental and physical health the film "Appleland" will be shown at the regular luncheon meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club at the Baranof Mon- day neon. This is the fourth and last of the series of Programs on health topics, according to Presi- dent Bertha Ellinger. Programs were arranged this month by Miss Gertrude Wetzel. chairman of the BPW's health and safety commit tee.
 The film has been made available through the courtesy of the Wash ington State Apple Commission of Wenatchee, Washington, and the local Bureau of Reclamation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
8 (REWkEN MISSING ON
 FATAL TRIP

FL PASO. Tex, Jan. 29-lR-Offi- cials at Biggs Air Force Base, here, announced list of airmen who left there as crewmen of the C-54 miss ing in the Yukon.
 (At Elmendorf Base, Anchorage, the public information officer said the same men made the homeward flight)
 These were:
 Maj. Gerald F. Britain, 36, pilot. next of kin. Fred Britain, Akron. Ohio Qather).
 lst It. Kyle E. McMichael. air craft cmdr.. 28. next of kind, Mrs. Verda McMichael, San Antonio, wife.
 lst It. Joseph w. Metzler. navi- gator, 3l, next of kin. Mrs. Joseph inc M. Metzler. St. Louis. mother.
 S-Sgt. Clarence A. Gibson, radio operator, 35. next of kin, James c. Gibson. Grady. Ala. dather).
 M-Sgt. Cldye A. Streitmann. en- gineer, 29, next of kin. Mrs. Bar bara Streitmann, Renirew, Pa. (mother).
 T-Sgt. Harry w. McConegly. en- gineer. 30, next of kin. Mrs. Bertha McConegly, Albion. Pa. (mother)
 S-Sgt. Raymond H. Snow, engi- neer, "A, next of kin. Mrs. Sharkey. Fort Worth, Tex. (mother).
 lst It. Mike Tisik. co-pilot. 25. next of kin. Mrs. Mary Tisik. Wells burg. W.Va. (mother).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
pLANE50F ] NATIONS
 JOIN HUNT
US. Graft Vanishes in Bliz- gard Infested Yukon
 Territory-44Aboard

EDMONTON. Alta. Jan. 28-tR-- Rescue planes of two nations focused today on the mountainous, icy. blizzard-infested Yukon Territory in search of a US. Air Force C-54 which vanished two days ago with A persons aboard
 Among the 36 passengers were mother and her child, military de- pendents. Others were servicemen returning to the States. Eight crew members manned the big four engine transport on the ill-fated flight.
 The C-54 disappeared Thursday afternoon about two hours after leaving Anchorage for Great Falls. Mont. a waystop enroute to it's home base at Briggs Field, Fl Paso. Tex.
 Air rescue services of the United States and Canada joined forces and sent scores of search craft to the bleak area of craggy peaks. frozen swamps and muskeg. snow and ice.
 At Whitehorse, from which the hunt is being directed, bad weather forced officials to call back all planes last night after a full day in the air.
 Search Dawn to Dusk
 The search is a dawn to dusk proposition and the hours of day. light are few
 Names of crewmen have been re- vealed. The others will not be re- leased until 48 hours after next of kin have been notified. Clues upon which to base the search are meager. The plane last reported by radio as it passed Snag on the Alaska highway aerial route. Snag is about 20 miles into the Yukon from the Alaska border and about 1000 miles northwest of Ed- monton as the crow flies.
 Poor Visibility
 The Royal Canadian Air Force reported from Whitehorse, Y.T. early today that poor visibility pre- vented any coordinated search yes terday between there and Snag. about 300 miles to the northwest.
 Most of the flights were in the Watson Lake area where planes re- ported "80 percent good coverage
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
LACK 0'(0NN0R ELECTED PRESIDENT OF Sp0RT5MEN, SPONSORS OF DERBY

The Board of Directors of the Ter ritorial Sportsmen, Inc, held a meeting last night at the Jack O'Conner residence and elected the following officers: Jack O'Connor President and M. L. (Molly) Mac Spadden, Vice President.
 Plans were made. preparing the way toward the Golden North Sal man Derby to be held in Juneau next summer and it was also de- cided to put on a drive for member ship, the drive to begin next Mon day.
 Another meeting will be held Tuesday evening at the O'Connor residence to continue plans of the organization.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
FISHERMEN
 WILL FIGHT
 I0(0NTR0l
National Union Hit for De- daring Them Communis-
 tiC-0fficers Reelected

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 28-lR- The International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America (CIO) Executive Board was empowered to- day to fight any attempts of the National CIO to seize control of the union.
 The authority was contained in a resolution passed last night in closed session at the IFAWA convention The resolution, made public by John Broman, editor of the unions newspaper, sharply criticized the national CIO for declaring the IFAWA had Communistic tenden- cies.
 The resolution charged that &C., cusations against the union by "a hand picked trial committee is a plot to deprive the IFAWA of its present autonomy by threat ening expulsion from the CIO."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
CAA MEN HERE

A number of Civil Aeronautics men from Anchor age are registered at the Baranof Hotel. They are w. A. Hanson, George Karabelnikoff, w. Morgan Davies. K. Olin Rude and Jack Keith.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
;earchers Find No Trace Of Missing Plane
Juneau Spruce Corporation
 MiIIsiie Is Sold 10 Local
 Group;produdng by Apr. 15

] AC cuAACdu 0Pl uCe OOi pOIdJlOll millsite property was purchased yesterday by the Juneau Lumber Company, and the mill is expected to swing into production by April { 15
 A new sawmill will be constructed on the rock fill at the south end of the property and is expected to turn out from 30000 to 40,000 board feet of lumber per shift. The new plant will replace the Juneau i Spruce Corporation mill which burned in August during the city's worst fire in l949.
 Formerly the Duck Creek Lumber Company, the new Juneau Lumber Company purchased all the assets of the Spruce Corporation-includ- ing the charred mill, the wharfs, power house, retail shed, booming ground and machine shop. Board of Directors Beard of directors consists of J. R. Murphy, one Of the original organizers of the Duck Creek Lum- Der Company, B. c. Canoles, Ju- neau contractor, and Robert Booch- ever, local attorney. Pre-purchase negotiations for the property began more than a month ago, but the transaction did not reach its final stage until yester- day.
 Work has already begun on the site to prepare it for the new plant, Juneau Lumber Company officials said today. The Duck Creek Lumber Con- pany mill now at Lemon Creek will be moved to the newly-pur- chased property and set up there, they said.
 Mill Construction A building 60 by 200 feet will be built to house a modern high-speed double circular saw, and all mill machinery will be powered by el- ectricity, they stated. The new lumber company is owned, and all financial backing for the purchase of the property was secured locally. Spokesmen for the company es- tinlated that 25 men will be employ ed per shift. The Duck Creek Lum- Der Company operation has kept IA men employed for two years.
 If business warrants, we'll run the new mill two shifts day" Canoles said today, speaking for the board of directors.
 The parent Duck Creek company started from scratch,' on Lemon Creek three years ago with a diesel powered portable mill which turned out 4000 board feet of lumber per day.
 It was expanded and moved across the creek two years ago. Capacity production has turned out on the average of 10000 board feet of lumber per shift for the past two years.
 Two of the original partners in the Duck Creek Lumber Company dropped out of the organization, one in l948 and the other in 1949. Can oles joined Murphy as partner in the company last year. :.
 When the new Juneau Lumber Company goes into operation in April, it will produce spruce, hem lock and some cedar lumber All sizes and patterns of lumber will be turned out, and a dry-kiln and box factory will be brought into action, company officials said.
 They said all the buildings of the plant will be fire -proofed using the most modern -proofing methods.
 Freeman Schultz, manager of the Juneau Spruce Corporation, re- turned to Juneau yesterday to com rlete the transaction. He had been here earlier this week.
 The purchase price for the pro- perty was not revealed.
 This is one of the largest prop erty transactions in Juneau for years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Denali from Seattle due Tuesday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver tonight.
 Baranof from westward sched- uled southbound pm. Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
The W ashingion Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
ICopyright, 1850. by Bell Syndicate. Incl

tCopyrisht, 1850. by Bell Syndicate. Incl
 WASHINGTON-It looks like an explosion was brewing inside the Republican Party.
 A Senator's snort plus troubled questions are portents of trouble.
 The snort came from that merry old soul of Republican conservatism, the delightful and brainy Eugene Millikin of Colorado, at an outraged gathering of minority Senators.
 Senator Millikin, an important looking man with a huge, bald head, listened with an amused twinkle to gripes hurled at the Republican National Committee. Then he snorted: "The trouble with the National Committee is they are living in an antediluvian age."
 Coming from millionaire Sen- ator Millikin, this is exeremely significant, yet it's typical of the reaction of moderate Republicans to the high, wide and handsome campaign by the party's right wing against sme-tooism."
 Another troubled question was raised recently by Vic Johnston, conscientious man-of -all-work for the COP congressional campaign committee. He inquired of Republi- can friends: What can I tell my son? He wrote from college that he's considering leaving the Repub- hcan Party because he thinks it does not offer anything for youth"
 "Prcgressives" Advice Unheeded
 Two Progressive" Republicans have answers, but so far they have not been listened to. Scholarly Sen. Irving Ives of New York advises: ITO attract the support essential to our success, we Republicans must stand for things. We must show that we have genuine solicitude for the welfare of all the people The reactionaries are living in a dream world and can only destroy the Republican Party at time when there is tragic need for an in telligent opposition to the Fair Deal"
 Similar advice comes from the young, hard-hitting Massachusetts Senator, Henry Cabot Lodge. Jr., who says: We need a positive pro- gram to win elections. This means a fight to prevent the party from falling completely into the hands of the right wing"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
FROM KETCHIKAN

MT. and Mrs. A. E. Glover of Ketchikan are registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
FROM SEATTLE

Perry Huff of Seattle was an overnight guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
WEATHER REPORT

In Juneau-MaXimum 29; minimum 16. At Airport-MaXimum 16; minimum 2. FOR RE c A s T
 tJuneau ana Vicinity) Continued fair tonight and Sunday. Low temperature tonight about IS; near 5 in outlying areas. High Sunday about 28. , P R E c IPI T A T | Q N Past 24 hours ending 7:30 m. today
 City of Juneau-None; since Jan. 1-1.17 inches; since July 1-55.l1 inches.
 At Airport-None;
 since Jan. 1-.94 inches; since July l-3643 inches. c .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-28
At BARANOF HOTEL

Mabel Cannon of Sitka is guest lat the Baranof Hotel.
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