The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 20, 1941, Page 8

| | | | | SOOTHEAST *| DRAFTEES DUE HERE Juneau, P'eTe'rsburg and | WrangellMentoGoto | Chilkoot Barracks - | Draftees from Wrangel and Pet- ershurg will join Juneau's first batch « elective Service registrants for | induction into the Army at Chilkoot i Barracks, John L. McCormick, Di- rector of the Territorlal Selective ce, unnounced today. nsportation costs and housing and food will be furnished by the government from Thursday, the of- ficial induction day, until the fledg- ling troops actually are inducted Transportation difficulties may re- ult in the induction taking place several cdays later than scheduled The Wrangell and Petersburg se- will come here first, then go to Haines with the Juneau quota. “The boys won't be in the Army until they've passed their final | phy 1 examination at the post, McCormick explained. “Any failing | to pass will be réjected and return- ed to their homes at the expense of the gzovernment.” Sclectees from Ketehikan and out- lying island communities in the southern part of theTerritory will be inducted at Annette Island Army Landing Field, a short distance from the First City. After induction, the selectees will undergo a 13-week training period before being assigned to permanent units. Officers of the 297th In- fantry, formerly the Alaska National | Guard, will train selectees inducted ut Chilkoot Barracks and Anchorage. CHILKOOTERS ARE T0 HAVE GOOD TRAINING Officers Make Survey of Mud Bay Flats, Brushy Land for Maneuvers CHILKOOT BARRACKS, Oct. 17. —(Special Correspondence) — Over 16 miles of wooded, brushy country and difficult terrain were surveyed yesterday by four Army officers sta- tioned here in preparation for the | coming intensive training period for Alaskan Selectees. On the flats of Mud Bay and the primitive, uncut area surrounding it, Lt. Col. Jesse E. Graham, Capt. John Van Gilder, Capt. W. N. Red- ling and Warrant Officer Hamilton | H. Bond layed out a course for com- bat ranges and problems to be used in the near future, Further recon- naissance for a camp site for winter maneuvers, tentatively planned to be held within a month, was also made by the officers. < Units now- stationed at the Lynn Canal Post are preparing for the induction of Alaskan Selectees and getting equipment in readiness for large scale training, Mud Bay is approxjmately six miles from Chilkoot Barracks and | the town of Haines, and is on the tip of the Chilkat Peninsula. (OLD STORAGE MEN ARE STILL ON STRIKE Picket lines still isolated the Ju-! neau Cold Storage Company ware- house today, although hope was l:eld that a meeting late this af- ternoon of the Juneau Cold Stor- age Workers Union would end the four-day-old strike called because the CIO unit was not satisfied | with dry room facilities at the plant. \ While cargoes of fish and food supplies, including frozen meat and vegetables destined for a Canadian mining camp, lay untouched by carriers was scheduled to discuss the walkout ,which put approxi- mately 40 men out of work. Fred Waldo is President of the union. R SR BUY DEFENSE STAMPS 5 WORN OUT? Drink Milk When you get that dead, “T can't do it” feeling, what you need is a glass of cool milk. It perks you up right away without that bloated feeling. A good habit to get into, is to drink a glass of milk every day about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, It's just what you need. DRINK TWO GLASSES oF rnuulxzw g { DATREES " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA RESTONE RUBBER PLANTDAMAGEDBYFIRE jruun FOR Six schaol children and the driver of this school bus were killed when the bus was hit by a train at Eads Depot, 20 miles east of Mehphis, Tenn. The bu; was carryirg 18 children home from school when the crash occurred. ik - : MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1941 T Smoke billows up from the Firestone Rubber and Latex Corporation plant in a fire that threatened the waterfront at Fall River, Mass., and caused damage fire officials estimated would run into millions of dollars. The company holds government contracts. stored crude rubber were consumed by the blaze. SCHOOL-BUS TRAIN CRASH KILLS SEVEN | WARMDUDS Be | GIVEN ARMY Thousands of tons of AT CHILKOOT sus Distributed for All Kinds of Weather CHILKOOT BARRACKS, Alas- ka, Oct. 17—(Special Correspon- dence)—F armload after arm- lcad of fur and woolen Arctic issue Army elothing staggered up- sta and into squad rooms and lcckers today in the arms of men stationed at this Alaskan Army Post. As blankets of snow crept down the mountain ranges surrounding Chilkoot Barracks upply ser- geants of the Alaska National Guard companies stationed here (are kept busy issuing winter wear I which costs Uncle Sam exactly $151.39 per man. Preparing for a long, cold win- ter and for possible Arctic maneu- vers, each man is issued equip- ment for any weather, is as ready for rain as for snow and sleet. In- icluded in the list issued to men in {mitts and gloves, running from i 2 |the bear skin gauntlet and horse- i T R hide mitt to the slit-palm shoot- | o e ( e l v e ing glove containing a flap in the ! palm to allow fingers to reach i triggers in zero temperatures; coats | H and mackinaws, with a possibility ]’ onor war of a fur knee-length parka being issued as at more northern Army pos s sno¥ shoes; hip boots; Frank Di(k Re(Ogniled fOf ::?vy duck trousers and duck par- sou'westers; oil skin raincoats; Saving Manrs Ufe in ‘::mll.sspum bag and mosquito nei- | Ju'y, 1939 i ‘Rr‘g.u’die:w, of weather and wind, {of snow and slect, the Alaskan soldier is well equipped and ready Tor saving the life of a fellowfm' action wuh‘ or without the aid | worker on July 2, 1939, Framk M. °f.the elements. | Dick, miner at the Alaska Juneau R |mine here will be presented by | Gov. Ernest Gruening with a eer-, tificate of honor at 4:45 o'clock | this afternoon in a short, infor- | mal. ceremony at the Governor's| | The certificate was awarded to; Dick by the Joseph A. Holmes Reviewing Daddy’s Troops || J Miner &' oo e ot lacts to sponsor safety work 1\1: mines and recognize feats of brav- |ery on the part of miners during New Prem it.r rS“S fOf | accidents or disaster: | The man Dick rescuea was or-| Iron Unity” on Great ville V. Callahan, who at the time | . | was helping to roll a reel of cable| Encirclement on the Alaska Juneau wharf, Cal- — |lahan slipped and toppled off thei fOnntinuea from rage One) | wharf, king his head on a mck?-—***v R S e e below and rolling into the water. |ner destiny and he has called on | The citation on the award reads: | “jron unity among all men fighting “for rescuing a fellow worker Who with arms and called for all people | was rendered unconscious by fall-|of the nation to cope with the en- ing 20 feet into water with pro- circlement of Japan by foreign pow- i Margaret Rose (left) and Elizabeth are shown as they |truding rocks, reviving the victim ers.” T zarsltxlie:dse:he trgups march past during a review of the Canadian by applying artificial renpimflonx Premier Toja has imposed strict Forestry Corps by the girls' father, King George of England, at 'and giving additional first aid Balmoral Castle. censorship, even on mail matter. | treatment at the Alaska Juneru| United Front FALL FISHING CLOSES BUSINESS AND BINGO SET FOR JWA MEE’I‘ING"Z, 1939. s | Also on hand at the ceremony | A Bingo party will be held by will be Acting Superintendent Eu- the Juneau Ladies!/gene G. Nelson of the Alaska, Ju- ing the fall season, although it is| Auxiliary No. 34 tomorrow night|neau mine; Acting Mayor Henry fish | following a short ‘business meeting. | M Juneau district will close at 6 p. m.| Only two canneries have beén operating in the district dur-| members of JUNEAU | Wharf, Alaska Juneau Gold Min-| Negotiations are all completed for |ing Company, Juneau, Alaska, July, ® united Pacific front comy of y;t,he United States, Great Britain, China, The Netherlands East In- dies, Australia and New Zealand. Massing on Siberia The Chinese spokesman estimates 5 A ,that Japan has massed the equiva; rschmidt, ~Territorial ~Com-jent of 29 divisions in Manchoukuo, buyers have taken a number of The time of the games is set for'missioner of Mines B. D. Stewart Russia’s Siberian “back door,”- and- boat loads of fish to Prince Rupert|8 o'clock, and they will be played and a number of territorial de- . three or four more divisions are now |in the Union Hall. i partment heads. jenronte to Manchoukuo’s froncier. {bound Lodestar left Seattle and got| Alice ‘Brady, L. A. Olson, Mrs. Elsie! |as far as Prince Gearge. It is duc‘\.!enkins, Mr. and Mrs. G. Avelina,! lFur and w°3|2n Arctic Is-} . | Safety Association, an endowed i * | institution which is associated with' ' |[the U. S. Bureau of Mines and IN ARMY After a stormy trip across the| Gulf of Alaska, the steamer Aleu- —_— tian called here at 1 o'clock this JUST GIVE AS morning enroute to Seattle, YOU CAN FOR On the present voyage the Aleu- HELPING MEN tian called at Whittier, becoming FROM JUNEAU | the second passenger liner to visit AT CHILKOOT the new terminus of the Alaska BARRACKS TO Railroad. Othex, por?,’included? ‘VQ. HAVE BETTER g i [H i e RECR EATION | Sewalrdl,| Valdez, 'Cord Hnlnq:'\ PACILITIES . . . oo | Those disembarking here were | Martin Bloxham, C.. W. Carming, | L Ivy Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. With hflb"‘l“w;m’ ye o B0 io|Diers, Mrs. T. Gamer, J. w.| reach the §1000 quota for recrea- | yor Eleanor Hanson, David A. tional equipment for the Juneau X | Hoffman, Mary G. Hunter, Gus men at Chilkoot Barracks, the Em-| jourdan, Helen E. Junes, Mrs. G.| pire’s fund for that purpose topped . iskiam: Trhbwas:~Tiiokaty ATl the $300-mark today. G. Lucken. Total contributions of the day 4 | % 1 E. - came in two $10 checks from I. w:{;:;ry Eh:{:xwfi'e;{:‘ EE::?;U Goldstein, fur dealer, and Well-| <2 B8 yd i ] rook, of the Forest Ser-| vovell Mr. and Mrs. B. H. T | man ROM : | sons, Cornelius Pitman, D. Bower, vice. Charles Ferry, Orval F. Hendrick- | This brought the total “"“"dfl”son, Raymond Hill, Henry Hum-| contributions in the fund at mid- . g afternoon today up to $31050. :;‘“i:“'l:;;; s R S Virgil Baker, Ben Lowell, Mr.| - { I_ODESTAR (OMES |and Mrs. Earl Owens, J. H._ Chisel, | FROM FAIRBANKS. &. Gompion, sames Goenets. Georse A southbound Pan Ame“cnn”s‘,u kl‘))ilr(lye'royr;: ;fi‘a:e ::;w:l",‘):t::‘ {Lodestar from Fairbanks arrived | berts. i here at noon today and will go! Sailing on the Aleutian were: south tomorrow, while a norm-} For Wrangell—R. R. Brady, Mus.| here tomorrow. {E. B. Guzman, Thomas Williams. % Yesterday a Lodestar hopped w" For Ketchikan—¥P. uamps:mco,\ Seattle, taking Col. William Brey,| Gus Guckil, K. Louring. | Wes Kennedy, John Carlson, Del-| For Seattle—Alton W. Huffaker, win Coleman, Mrs. Susan Camp- Francis G. Tate, Mrs. E. T. Fox- bell, Mrs, Lucien Allen, Harold|hill, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rizzardo, Roslund and Donald Candee, Lode- | Mrs. Walter Gaston; Mrs. Archie star passengers ' on yesberday‘s‘Betts‘ Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Lager- flight to Fairbanks from' here were;gmn. Willlam H. Wrede, Mr. and Gust Brusulis, Pat Dooley, Earl Mis. K. H. Storch, Tom Morgan, Hausman and Margaret Haight. |Mr. and Mrs. Guildo Battelo, R. Coming here an the noon Lode-|L. Bernard, A. H. Swanson. star today were Charles White,' Capt. F. W. Richardson, Mr. and Tony Lewis, Allan Hulen, Al Gep-|Mrs. George W. Griswold, Jr., Mi- hart and George Folta. Passengers chael J. Haas, John Rizzardo, for Seattle are Mrs. Helen And?rs.‘Nanfly Lagergren, Charles Lager- Ross Slane gnd Don McPherson. |gren, Herbert Frazier, Miss M. J. Bound for Juneau on the Lode- |Beach, Walter ~Gaston, Howard star at Prince George. are R. L.iSqrossins, Gilbert Hulk, Orville| Millen and E. H. 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