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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12
infant, BURNED
I IN FLASH BLAZE,
IS PAST DANGER
Condition OF Gera dine
Burgh Changes from
Critical 10 Fair

Although her little body is scared
with second degree burns, two-year-
old Geraldine Burgh probably vii
be all right" the attending physi-
clan said today, after the baby hao
come through the critical 24-houl
period
DR.. John w. Gibson, who yester-
day described her condition as
serious and critical, said today it is
fair.
Although it will take a long time
and, probably. some skim grating,
he said, "she probably will be all
right
THE child had second degree
burns over most of her body, ano
both second and third degree burns
on one arm"
The youngster was injured yes
terday morning in a flash fire il
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Rusher, where she had been takei
for the morning.
Mrs. Rusher also was burned on
the arms, while crushing out the
flames which enveloped the child.
Scarcely half an hour after Ger
aldine had been brought there, Mrs
Rusher left the living room where
the baby was playing happily. In
the few minutes of her absence
small Geraldine apparently founo
match folder and experimental
with it. Mrs. Rusher ran in when
she heard the child's screams.
~ just grabbed her and held hel
to me-" Mrs. Rusher said today. q
didn't know I'd been burned unit
later"
Near collapse after the accident
Mrs. Rusher could not account TO,
the matches being within reach
II called the Yellow Cab Com.
pany." Mrs. Rusher went on, "ane
explained as fast as I could. There
was a taxi there almost before ]
could turn around. My. our cal
drivers are wonderful-the driver
was so efficient and considerable.
I'VE started for st. AIMS hos
pital, but the driver told me it was
the doctors morning at the Gov.
eminent hospital, SO we went there
DR.. Gibson dressed my arms al
home, later"
This was the second fire for Baby
Geraldine in as many months. She
had been involved in one two
months ago when she was living
With her grandmother, Mrs. Mar.
gatet Burgh Teesevigan, who dice
in that blaze. Their apartment
above Gastineau Avenue was com.
pletely destroyed by the flames, but
the baby, uninjured, was rescued.
Since then, the child has been in
the affectionate care of Mr.. ano
Mrs. John w. Griffin. A family
friend quoted the doctor as saying
the baby's health had improved very
greatly and that, if she had received
the burns several weeks ago, she
might not have been able to come
through.
Griffin, who is treasurer of the
Alaska Mission, Seventh-day Ad-
ventists, is away on trip. Mrs
Griffin was gone for the morning
assisting at the church's food and
fancy-work sale. She, too, was near
collapse on learning the news.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12
ALASKA BOUND
BEES IN ESCAPE;
FINALLY CAUGHT

SAN FRANCISCO, May 12-tR-
Rounding up of 10000 Alaska
bound bees was completed at the
Southwest Anyways freight terminal
yesterday without casualty to bees
or iittery air freight workers.
The buzzing insects, bound from
Chico, Calf, to Homer, Alaska, for
the nectar of Arctic blooms, got
loose when a cylinder they were
encased in was Jared open.
A professional beeman rounded
up the winged creatures before
anyone was stung.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12
CREATIVE WRITER'S TO
SEE ALASKA, U. 6. A."

The film Alaska, L. S. A." will
be shown at the Creative Writer'S
meeting at 9 pm. Monday at the
Methodist Church parsonage, It
was announced today
George Sundborg, consultant of
the Alaska Development Board, will
tell the group how he wrote the
script for the film, which was
made through efforts of the board.
The meeting begins at 7:30 pm,
the first hours to be taken up by
the reading of scripts and stories
written by club members.
Fresh StrawberriesA9c a box
BERT'S FOOD CENTER
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12
Disapprove Atomic
Bombs, patt Nations
(By Associated Press)

In Washington, congressman ex-
pressed strong disapproval of any
plan to give American atomic bombs
TO member nations of the Atlantic
Defense Pact. The plan, in ten
sative form, was discussed yester-
lay by military officials who made
no decisions or recommendations.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Louise from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive Saturday at
ternoon or evening.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
Alaska from west scheduled south
bound Tuesday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12
TRAVELLING DENTAL TEAM

Here from Mt. Edgecumbe are DR.
Parvin L. Murray, dentist, and Geo.
rgianna Smith, dental technician.
touring team for the Alaska MAJ
tive Service Both are stopping at
the Gastineau Hotel. %
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12
AT GASTINEAU HOTEL
Mrs. B. o. Sullivan, Californian,
is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
FROM SKAGWAY

Mrs. Fred NARROW and Mrs. Nels
Peterson Of Skagway are Juneau
visitors, stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12

business in a lawful and honorable
manner. We will resist these UNI
truthful charges against us with all
our strength"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12
SEATTLEITES HERE

Among Seattleites at the Baranof
Hotel are William F. Muehe, E. V.
Smith, K. H. Binzer, George r.
Ramstad and George j. Eicher, Jr.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12
FRED HANFORD HERE

Fred Hanford of Wrangell is a
the Baranof Hotel. He plans to g,
to the Interior tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12
FROM CANDLE

Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Stirn OF
Candle are guests at the Baranof
Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12

More than one-seventh of Utah'S
area, or 1880 square miles is said
to contain workable coal deposits.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12

SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12
NEGLIGENT DRIVING
COSTS JUNEAU NAN $50

Pete Schneider of Juneau was
fined $50 in City Magistrate F. o.
Eastaugh's court today after plead
ing guilty to a charge OF negligent
driving.
He was arrested shortly after G
am. today on a complaint signed
by Mrs. William Paul Jr. who OBJ
served the car he was driving weav-
ing back and forth on Glacier High
way in the Highlands District.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-12

REBEKAH'S DRILL TEAM
Party tonight Odd Fellows Hall
8 P. M.
Evening star., 1950-05-12

Wilson Teachers College. The
scholarship was presented by
Mrs. Marjorie West, sixth vice
president of the congress.
This marks the first year the
congress has granted such q
scholarship, intended to encour-
age young women 10 enter the
teaching profession. Miss Brooke
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
J. Brooke. was named both for
academic achievement and we'll
rounded personality. She will be
married September !.
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Tulip Show to Be Held
In Tukomu School

The first national tulip show,
under the auspices of the Takoma
Horticultural Club and the Silver
Spring Garden Club. will be held
tomorrow and Sunday in the au-
ditorium of the Takoma public
school, Piney Branch road and
Dahlia street NV. On the opening
day the show will be open from 4
to 10 pm. and II noon to 8 pm.
A National Tulip Society award
of merit certificate will be pre-
sented for the outstanding tulip
in specimen classes. The sweep
stakes winner in specimen tulip
classes only. is to be awarded
membership in the National Tulip
Society. Awards will also be made
to the exhibitor displaying the
best specimen tulips; best ar
rangement in the show and win
ner in the arrangement class who
has never won first prize.
Evening star., 1950-05-12

decisions? Do we demonstrate
respect for the individual dignity
and integrity Of our children? Do
we cut them in on the planning
and give their ideas the proper
weight? Are they junior part
ners or submissive subjects?"
May Question Practice.
IF we teach our kids one thing
in the home or in the school. and
they bump into just the opposite
thing out in the community,
they're going to ask questions.
They're going to wonder why We.
as parents and teachers. haven't
built the kind of community We
say we believe in"
DR.. McGrath spoke before al
most 500 parents and teachers
at the close OF the 37th annual
convention. Newly elected officers
are:
Mrs. Andrew G. Weaver, third
vice president, Mrs. Mildred Percy.
fifth vice president; Mrs. Frank
Evening star., 1950-05-12

Democracy and all the other
ideals of our form of government
should not only be taught. but
should be practiced in the home
to have any real effect on our
children.
This was emphasized last night
by Earl j. McGrath, United States
commissioner of education, at the
closing dinner meeting of the Dis
trict- Congress of Parents and
Teachers in the Mayfiower Hotel.
Parents interested in effective
citizenship must first ask them
selves: Is Democracy practiced
in our home?" declared DR.. Nc
Grath. Does the whole family
share in the making of important
Evening star., 1950-05-12

?. Strope. seventh vice president:
Mrs. G. G. Winegard. recording
secretary. and Mrs. G. A. Hoff-
man, assistant recording secre-
tary.
Scholarships Awarded.
All were installed at last nights
dinner by Mrs. Newton p Leon
ard. first vice president of the
national organization.
Miss Velyn NJ. Brooke. 18. of
2l9 Varnum street NV, a senior
at Central High School. was pre-
sented a one-year scholarship to
Evening star., 1950-05-12
ChiIdren's Theoter Here
To PIoy Mary Poppins'

The Children's Theater of
Washington will present Mary
Poppins" in play form at 8:15
pm. Friday. May 10. and at 2:30
pm. Saturday, May 20, at the
Roosevelt School auditorium,
Thirteenth and Allison streets
NV.
It will be repeated the following
week end, May 26 and 27. at the
same times, respectively. Rose
Robson Cowen is directing the
play, which is being sponsored by
the Recreation Department.
Evening star., 1950-05-12

February. le4s, has accepted the
position OF lean OF the college AZ
Texas A, & NJ No successor for
DR., French at Tech has been
selected.
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Educator Gets New Post

BLACKSBURG, Va, May IL tP>.
DIR. c. Clement French, vice
president of Virginia Tech since
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-04-07
Get Ready to Register

Registration for the May II
primary will not begin till April
%, three weeks from tomorrow,
but it is not too early for people
to begin thinking about it. The
reason for every citizen to give
unusual attention to registra-
tion this year is that having
ones name already on the books
does not, as it has done in past
years, give person the right to
vote. The Orange county board
of elections, acting in accord
ance with a law enacted by last
years legislature, has ordered a
new registration. This sweeps
away completely the record of
previous registrations.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-04-07
"AlI the Kings Men"

The highly praised film ver-
sion Of "All the Kings Men, :
Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer
Prize novel of a Southern dema-
gogue, will be shown here Tues
day and Wednesday at the Caro-
lima theatre and Thursday at
the Village theatre. 1t won the
Academy Award as the best
movie produced in 1949.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-04-07
Gotten on Land Duty Again

Commander John Gotten,
U.S.N., was here at the week
end. After his tour of duty with
the Mediterranean feet Mr.. Cot
ten took part in the recent
battle practice in the Caribbean.
Now on land duty again, he is
with the Navy Departments
bureau Of personnel in Washing
ton.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-04-07
Speed Is a Murderer

Speed killed 10,100 men,
women, and children, and in
jured 398,700, in the United
States last year"
This is from the annual auto
mobile accident report of the
Travellers Insurance Company.
The booklet is entitled MAIN
Street" and the facts and fig
ures contained in it prove the
title to be well chosen.
The country's death toll from
automobile accidents in 1949
was 31,800, a decrease Of 400
from the $4,000 in 1948. But the
number of injuries increased
$4,000, from 1,471, 900 to L.
564,0
This continuing upward trend
in injuries is cause for grave
alarm" says the Travellers re-
port. TOO many communities
still use the death rate as an
index Of progress in their acci-
dent prevention activities. More
and more, traffic safety officials
are urging that greater atten-
tion be given to the injury rate.
1t will continue to climb unless
all the forces working for safety
are strengthened.
IF Main Street were a book
of fiction instead of fact, our
villain would be introduced on
this page. Enter, with black cape
and black mustache, the most
fabulous bad man of all time
Speed. His path of havoc has
spread with sickening consist
ency year after year until in
1949, speed was a greater factor
in traffic casualties than at any
time in history. ....
THE record shows that three
out of four traffic accidents
happen in clear weather on dry
roads. Most of these accidents
are the result, year after year,
of speeding. The lure of clear
weather and a fast track leads
reckless motorists. past speed
limits into almost inevitable dis
aster. ....
Almost 95 per cent of We
hicles involved in fatal accidents
were reported to be in appar-
emily good condition Almost 81
per cent of those involved in nom
fatal accidents were found to
have no defects. Obviously,
then, the vast majority of
crashes are the fault of the
driver and not the car"
The record presented In the
Travellers report shows that
drivers between 10 and "a years
old cause far more than their
share of automobile accidents.
The percentage Of these drivers
involved in accidents fell slight
" from 1948 TO 1949, but, says
the report, youthful drivers are
gtilI the cause Of thousands more
deaths and injuries than is war
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-04-07

benefit Of his adversary. Highly
trained in his specially as pro
fessor Of English, possessing a
breadth Of understanding as cul-
ture, he lived finely in his search
for perfection"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-04-07

4
Booker Memorial Studies," in.
memory Of John Manning Book
er, who died in March 1948 after
serving 80 years as a member of
the University faculty. Mr.. Book
er was professor of Victorian lit
erature.
The essays are by Hill Shine
of MacMurray College in Ten
nessee, William Darby Temple
man of the University of South
ern California, Gerald Giles
Grubb of Wake Forest College,
PAUL Franklin Baum of Duke
University, William Irvine of
Stanford University, Jerome
Hamilton Buckley of the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin, Carl j. Weber
of Colby College in Maine, and
James Osler Bailey of the Uni
versity here.
Three copies of the book spe-
cially bound in vellum were pre-
sented to Mr.. Booker's widow
and his two daughters, Mrs. Nell
Battle Booker, Mrs. Nell Battle
Booker Sonnemann, and Mrs.
Julia Thruston Booker Howard.
The presentation was made at the
Booker home by group Of Mr..
Booker's colleagues in the Eng
lish department.
The introduction to the book is
"a biographical sketch and tri-
butte signed by his friends and
colleagues, George Coffin Taylor
and William deBerniere Mac
Nider. Passages from this chap
ter are as follows:
\ Professor Booker in truth
found himself when instructing
graduate students in seminar
courses. In the seminar an OPP
portunity was afforded for the
inductiye method in instruction
to assert itself as an effective in
strument for gaining informa-
tion at first hand and at a grad
uate level of understanding. The
reports from students at such
meetings were research adven-
lures of a worthwhile order and
not infrequently carried with
them minor discoveries to excite
an interest for further research
When a graduate student chose
Professor Booker to be his direc-
tor in his course of study leading
to the doctorate, the two lost
themselves in this intellectual ex.
perience. The director became
father to the younger student
The relationship was intimate
No one of our knowledge had a
higher regard for research en-
deavor than that possessed by
Professor Booker"
I'm his youth John Booker in.
tended to be an architect. This
interest never left him. During
his periods abroad his spare time
was spent in acquiring an under
standing of the architectural de-
velopment over various periods
as shown by those monuments OF
form in Europe and the British
Isles. When he came to the Uni.
versity of North Carolina, the
old, central group of buildings
were as they now are and on
their fringes and at Incidental
points on the campus, buildings
of various architectural design
were erected in an indiscriminate
fashion. There was no order as
to design or location. At this per-
iod in the physical development
of the University, Professor
Booker was given a place on the
newly created faculty buildings
| q n Al
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-04-07
Book Published in Memory Of john NJ. Booker

lures to be erected on the Uni
versity campus. The second was
the acceptance, by this commit
tee and by the University ad-
ministration, Of the coming prin-
cipIe in the location of buildings
"a principle that allows the
function of a building to deter
mine in large measure the site
that building will occupy. The
zoriag principle as now followed
was conceived, developed and
mapped out through the great in
terest and labor Of Professor
Booker"
"John Booker was an individ-
ual. He had HIS way of life and he
lived it. His was a good life and
worthy Of infinite trust. He lived
as a gentleman, in good form and
with abundant consideration for
the feelings and the determine
tion of others. He was clean cut
in form, in dress, and in intent.
No one had to surmise where he
stood. He stated this for his own
honest satisfaction and for the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-04-07

ranted by their number. Twenty
four and 8 tenths per cent of
the fatalities in l949 were
caused by 1s-to-24-year-old
drivers.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-06
Coast Guard .RescueS Four

Four fishermen from King Cove and Sand Point, whose boat Falcon apparently hit a rock and later sank Tuesday night, were rescued by a plane from the Coast Guard Air Fac ility here Wednesday morning and returned to Sand Point.
 The men reported late Tues day night that they were a. bandoning their ship south of Mitrofal4.s. island, which is a. .ouL 250 miles west of here.
 The fishing boat Albatross, A miles away, started a search for the crew of the sinking boat, and at 2 am Wednesday, the Coast Guard plane took off.
 At 9:30 am it sighted smoke on the be ach at Mitrofania ls., fou i'd the survivors there, picked them up, and flew them to Sand Point. Although they had spent the night in their small skiff, the men were uninjured.
 They were Alvin Osterback and Axel Olson of Sand Point and Tom Dodson and Roy buck of King Cove.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-06
Many c. ]. ChecksHere

Kodiak ex-servicemen re- ceived ''gold' from their claims this week.
 The exc. I.'s didn't file claims locally but received their nuggets" in the form of insurance dividends from Uncle Sam.
 Checks ranging in amounts from $1.92 to $528 were re- ported cashed at the Bank of Kodiak and business houses in town.
 Last week approximately 5000 checks arrived at Seward on the Denali for distribution throughout the territory.
 Servicemen and ex-service- men at NOE also received the the green stiff-backed checks. The Kodiak Bear, NOE paper, reported that 393 were distri- buted on the base.
 Many Kodiakians are still awaiting their checks.
 In contrast to the complaints of several veterans who didn't get as large a dividend as they expected was the surprise one veteran of IS months had when he received a check for more than $400.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-06
Hospital
 Day May 13

Annual Hospital Day will be observed at Griffin Memorial Hospital next Saturday. May 13.
 The Grey Nuns of the Sac red Heart will hold open house from 2 to 5 pm, and at that time will have on display the new equipment recently pur- chased as a result of the two large donations received in the fall.
 All friends of the hospital are cordially invited to visit the institution next Saturday. Tea will be served during the afternoon in the Sisters Con- munity room.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-06
NLRB Considers Local Strike

Seattle (R)- The Alaska Steamship Company freighter Square Knot came back to port with the cargo it took to Kodiak Island.
 Picketing in the dispute be- tween United Fishermen of Alaska, AFL, and salmon can nery operators prevented the unloading at ports, D. E. Skinner, ASC vice president, said.
 Skinner had no comment on the possibility of the firm fil- ing suit against the union.
 "The National Labor Re lations Board is looking into the situation to see if there is any violation of the ft-Hart- ley Law and it is our hope when the NLRB completes the inquiry, it will force the re- moval of the pickets," Skin ner said.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-06
Fishing Boat Plates Here

New aluminium fishing boat plates for the 1850 season are available at the Fish and Wildlife Service office.
 The plates, about postcard size, must be displayed in a prominent place on the port side of all fishing boats.
 All powered or unpowered boats must possess the plates before engaging in any fish ing. They must be obtained from the FWS representative in the area where the fishing is to be done.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-06
kHS Graduation Is May 1T

Father Louis B. Fink, s. J., priest at St. Mary's Catholic Church, will be the speaker at the annual Kodiak schools commencement exercises May IT.
 The commencement pro- gram will be held at the Or pheum Theatre. Eleven sen- iors will receive their diplo- mas, as will 19 eighth graders who will enter high school next year.
 The annual Baccalaureate service will be held Sunday, May IA, at the theatre, with the Rev. Rowland N. Wilkin- son, pastor of the Community Baptist Church, as speaker.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-06
Hunting Season We'll Under Way

Three big game hunters shot Kodiak bears this week and have made arrangements to have their trophies shipped to their home addresses.
 Maynard Reitz of Lewis burg, Penn., shot a 10 foot, five inch bear and Simon B. Khoades, Selinsgrove, Penn, i, got one that measured 8 foot 8 inches.
 Peter Nygaard of Alex ander, s. D. downed one that measured 9 feet 10 inches. Nygaard accompanied his wife on a bear hunt here last year but did not shoot. This year he returned to get his bear.
 The men were flown to the Shelikof Straits side of the is- land and there joined Charles Madsen's hunting party.
 The men spent several days aboard Madsen's boat, Kodiak Bear III, and between hunts fished for rainbow trout and took pictures.
 The men left on Thursdays s plane for Anchorage.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-06
Earlier Letnik Opening Asked

A recommendation that the Letnik and Perenosa salmon fishing areas on Afognak Is- land be opened on the same date as the Karluk and Red River areas on Kodiak Island was made recently by Karl Brunstad, member of the Ter ritorial Fisheries Board.
 Brunstad made his recom- mendation in a letter to Joe Flackne, chief, Alaska Branch, division of territories, Depart ment of the Interior.
 The fishing in the Afognak area opens on July 10, while at Red River and Karluk it opens on June 6.
 My opinion is that more red salmon have gotten into Letnik Lake by June 1, than either Karluk or Red River. By opening Letnik a wider distribution of the fishing fleet would be obtained, :" Brunstad wrote Flackne.
 He urged that greater in terest be given to fishing con- ditions in Perenosa Bay.
 Brunstad attended a meet ing of the Territorial Fisheries Board at Juneau April IF through 19.
 The board discussed the fishery situation in Bristol Bay regarding set net sites within 150 yards of mean high tide. An amendment to the regulations caused a protest from residents.
 The board also held a joint meeting with the Alaska De- velopment Board, Fish and Wildlife Service and personnel from the Ketchikan Fisheries laboratory.