The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1941, Page 8

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osen for an airport, across mne A trom & aska berder. V WORK STARTS = ON CANADIAN AIR DEFENSE v ne Bases from Edmonfon fo %) Whitehorse Will Be inished in Summer - SAYS BRIDGES | IS COMMUMIST . PARTYMEMBER .- Fifth Government Witness | ey lestifies af Present De- | RECRUITING BIGFORCES | Reported Alaska Fisher-; men fo Be Enlisted- ] Spokesman’s Views | WASHINGTON, April 16.—Ques- tioned concerning reports the Navy planned to recruit 15,000 Alaska | fishermen as a possible means of relieving destroyers on duty en i |the Atlantic or elsewhere, the | spokesman said the Navy Depart-| ment has circularized all merchant |seamen to an effort to build up | both the regular Navy's enlisted | | strength and its reserves, but as- | )scrtcd he knew of no recruiting ToreTmsmmmmes,. | orfation Hearing Junecau Dairies |, rmavcrsco cu st o ICE CREAM . . ist Party members. Sam Dix who - | Ra- | ol il at a Communi n in Fresr was and i ber of the Communist P: It's Geod for You! e ¥ LONESOME MR. SMITH Order, Today Juneau Dairies ICE CREAM i t Par- | Diner | a mem- DOLPH FIELD, Tex.— in hi 22 years of 1 Joe Smith, has he enjoy exclusiveness. He's the only among 394 classmates train- | Army pilots h h 0 be WANTED A BISCUIT EATER | high quality and value that have made Schenley the talk of Juneau, Alaska Schenley Black Lobel 65% Grain Neutral Spirits, 868 Proof. Schenley Red Lobel 72}4% Grain Neutral Spirits, 90 Proof. Both Blended Whiskey. Schenley Distillers Corp., N. Y.C. FOR SALE @ JHOUSES—Priced from $2,000 to $4,000. Cash or Terms. @ Beautiful low - priced huilding lois in West Juneau. Shattuck Agency Office—New York Life Phone 249 § N \ ) | ) i | | ) | { ) § § 3 ) 3 \ \ \ ) \ \ ) § ) \ i + B e e e | directed specifically to Alaska sail-| | ors or fishermen. | N | | | FRIENDS GATHER T0 CONGRATULATE ~ MRS. ANNA SNOW \Pioneer Mother Honored with-Reception Mark- | ig&ifih Birthday “ This truck thought it was thin enough, or fast enough, to squeeze between a trolley and an “L” pillar in New York City. The maneuver didn't turn out well, but no one was injured. Yinson Bill 23 Productionfiafl | : i For School Play | IsApproved - HasBeenNamed| et ~ere s By Sec. Knox | May 9 has been set as the date for kan, by scores of Juneau friends | “Headed for Eden,” who called last evening at the Bar- | The play, anof Gold Room. The reception Measure Provides for "Cooling Off" Period Before Strike Called | presentation of | by Juneau High students | written by Sidney Duval, is a three- marked the eightieth birthday of the | | act comedy-drama | beloved Juneau resident. ‘ WASHINGTON of Nav ette Turns members of the work perfecting t With rehearsals underway, all| Receiving guests during the eve- | j | cast are hard at ning, Mrs. Snow was gowned in| Selected to serve on the produc- corsage of white gardenias. Her | tion end of the play are the follow- :daughcer, Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne, |stood with her mother and was Anna Lois charming in a black chiffon velvet Bob Phillips; gown. She also wore gardenias. . Isabel Parsons,| Mrs. R. P. Nelson and Mrs. Anna lir stage manager, Axel Winn presided at the reception Simpson MacKinnon; cur- table, which was covered with a lace Virgil Anderson; properties, cloth and centered by a tiered birth- Meir, Ruth Talmadge, Irene day cake offset by white tapers. Jim Glasse, Bai- Mrs. Grover C. Winn, Alice Cough- v Nerdling, Gay- lin and Mrs. John Godfrey assisted d Holm, Thelma in receiving guests. Serving during the reception hours parts. Miss black satin-crepe with an embroid- | 8 Ruth McVay is dir ¢ the group. ered velveteen jacket. She wore a $# i £ 4 16.—Sec- Knox told il midst of a dec world war.” - McCorkle; lighting, LeRcy Vestal, 3t Knox s W Claude Anderson; costume mistress, Were Mrs. Joseph Snow, Miss Kath- the bill int Merritt. Colleen Hellan, erine Kennedy, Miss Mary Jean Vinsen. whil Jette Davis ! Armstrong; programs, La- M_cNaughwn, Miss Valerie Pearce, ive a st \fmann, Margaret Femmer; Miss Mildred Webster, Miss: Cor- utory = Mavie star Bette Davis, celebrat e Media- Bonnie Klein, Ad- wditorium and ush- , Beth Notar, Mar- rma Burford and promptresses, rienne Glass; ¢ TS a D Before the reception, Mrs. Jenne was hostess with a family dinner in the Gold Room honoring her moth- er, Asked as a special guest was Mrs. Anna Winn, life-long friend of the guest-of-honor. A resident of Juneau for 59 years, Mrs, Snow first came to this city in 1887, making the voyage in one of the old sidewheel boats. In 1894, three years before the Kondike gold rush, she and her husband made the crossing over the Chilkoot Pass, accompanied by their two children, Crystal Snow Jenne and a son, Monte Snow, now head of the Plan- ning Council at Bremerton, Wash- ington. Originator of the Alaska Lodge, “Ladles of the Golden North,” Mrs. : Snow was given the name of “Little Mother” by the organization which is active in Seattle at this time. She wrote its very beautiful copyrighted ritual and songs and has written | numerous other Alaskan poems and | songs. | Still active in civic affairs, Anna * | Snow is one of Alaska’s best known and most loved “ladies” truly a pioneer. ! - e — Subscribe to thé Daily Alaska Empire—the paper with the larges. pa’d circulation FREIGHTERS CAUGHT INICEATSTART OF SHIPPINGS ] e Clas Over Members of the 8th Infantry, after engaging in the high-speed march-on-wheels of the motorized Fourth Division from Fort Benning, Ga., to Panama City, Fla, take to their feet in a mock engagement on the Florida sand dunes, The “Rolling Fourth” returned to-Fort Benning after a day’s strpover. P - v e g 7 5 At the start of what was expected to be the Great Lakes bizgest shipping year, 15 freighters were caught in ice floes of the lower reaches of the St. Clair River near Detroit. The river connects Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie with Lake Huron and is one of the world's busiest waterways, NAVY NOW | rinne Jenne and Miss Phyllis Jenne. prics Margaret McFadden, Juneau grade school Case, well known Juneau man, was revealed today. their vows at a quiet ceremony per- formed last February 8, by the Rev. John L. Cauble Lutheran Church. | THE THOMAS HARDWARE (0. Free Estimates FURNITURE UPHOLSTERING, |. RECOVERING, REMODELING and REBUILDING ALL WORK DONE IN OUR SHOP—According to to your partictilar choice. WIDE CHOICE OF MATERIALS — Any Shape or Size—Make Your Choice. NEEDLE POINT FOOT STOOLS — FACTORY NEEDLEPOINT DESIGN CHAIR COVERS. DRAPERY EITHER CUSTOM OR STANDARD-MADE DRAPES —Any Length or Width—Many Designs. Ask About Our New AIRFOAM Cushions—Soft and Pliable ' PHONE 555 McFADDEN-CASE Wedding of Well Known and Hugh J. Wade, brother-in-law of the groom. instructor at the Juneau Schools for the past seven years. She is a grad- uate of the Western State Teachers College and has at- tended both the University of Cali- fornia and the University of Wash- ington. neau High School, is the son of Mrs. W. H. Case of Portland. He attended the University of Wash- ington, where he is affiliated with the Zeta Psi fraternity. Goodnews Bay Mining Company at Platinum, where he will be joined by Mrs. Case at the close of school in May. ! Juneau this afternoon on a trip to !the coast carrying one passenger, Jack Reid to Hirst, and will return | with four passengers from Sitka and {one from Hirst. Child Makes Her | Dream Come True "j NEW YORK, April 16+Seven-' year-old Patsy Wanzel never owned a doll all her own and she wanted to enter a doll fashion show run py a welfare agency. B So she dressed herself as she would have garbed her doll and told the judges about it. | They gave her a special prize—a doll. MARRIAGE HERE IS ANNOUNCED Couple Last February Is Revealed Today Announcement of the marriage of ————————— The weight of fleece shorn from \‘il an average Montana sheep in 1940 ¥ was 9.3 pounds. “i teacher, to Howard The couple took e, in Resurrection Try a classified ad in‘ine Empira. Attendants were Mrs. Tom Dyer Mrs. Case has been fourth grade Washington Mr. Case, a graduate of the Ju- For the present he is with the LA bE g A e SHELL TO COAST Pilot Shell Simmons rlew out of ; ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER C0.' Phone 616 GFNERAL ELECTRIC HEAD OF THE BOURBON FAMILY g ONE TASTE W/ilL

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