The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 18, 1941, Page 6

PAGE SIX Pl gt! = ~ A Box of HOLEPROOF In Holeproof's Lovely Cloth CHIMNEY GIFT BAG To win her heart anew hang this clever Chimney Gift Box on her tree. It contains a box of three pairs of sheer, lovely Holeproof Fine Stockings in the season’s best colors! 1.00, 1.25, 1.50 Nylon 1.75 and 2.00 Family Shoe Store LOU HUDSON, Mgr. Subscribe to the Daily Alaska Empire—the paper with the largest paid circulation. ~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 27 JUNEAU MEN JOIN LODGE 420 [Local Order of Elks Init- iates '1 Am an Amer- ican”" Class Twenty-seven Juneau men were initiated into membership in the Order of Elks at a meeting of Ju- neau Lodge No. 420 last night. The initiates formed the “I Am An American” class, sponsored through- {out the nation as a tribute to the Americanism for which Elkdom stands. The evening also marked the for- mal visit of Walter Scott, past exalted ruler of the lodge, as rep- resentative of the grand exalted |ruler. Scott made the address of the evening, stressing Americanism and the ideals of the Order. Those initiated were Bernt Al- stead,, Alvin H. Anderson, Don R. Bates, Oscar V. Bogynska, Harry | Ccarroll, E. F. (Pete) Clements, Roy | DeRoux, Ward Garrett, Ernest M. | Gilligan, Lance E. Hendrickson Ed O. Jacobson, Clarence A. Knight, Ray Mansfield, B. F. Mc- | Dowell, Ernst Oberg, William N. Parke, S. P. Raymond, Jack BE. Schmitz, Sam Shabaldak, Alex Sturrock, Lewis D. Taylor, S. E. Thorpe, H. J. Waugh, O. J. Wheel- er, Dean K. Williams, John G. Young and Newton D. Young. - RAYBAN gogges cut haze and eliminate glare from sun, SNOw, | water. — Dr. Carlson, Blomgren Building. adv. - { BUY DEFENSE BONDS '{<mx\xxxwmmxxx‘x“\xmw&ifiifi@‘lougm to repel this unexpected, | BEA WISE SANTA | ¢ 4 ;} GIVE FOOTWEAR g; (e gfi EXEXS @ Men's Shoes 0, f ® Women's Shoes 1 (# v ( ? @ Children’s Shoes / 7 ® Boys' Shoes / & ) 7 @ Ski Shoes / g (For Men and Women) /2 : \ ©® Bowling Shoes / (For Men and Women) é ' @ Hiking Bools / . (For Women and Children) gz @ Evening Sandals 0 (For Women, @ (Galoshes ® Rubbers “@ Shoe Pacs R e R o C e e e ee et ettt e eyl @ Rubber Boots (For Women and Children) @ Bedroom Slippers (For every member of the Family) (For every member of the Family) (For Women and Boys) @ Women's Holeproof Hosiery Family Shoe Store LOU HUDSON, Mgr. RN NS o NoNoNo o NN o oNoNoNoNoNo o Vo o ot oNo N oVoNoN N oo oY o¥oNoVoVoNoN o o oS Boys and Children) a % e | FIRST ALASKA 'WARHEROTO ~ BE HONORED 'Gov. Gruening Proclaims | Next Sunday E. Thomp- son Memorial Day | Next Sunday is the day set aside in a proclamation issued by Gov | Ernest Gruening for Alaskans to | honor the memory of Ervin Thomp | son, first Alaska man killed in the second World War, | as the son| Ensign Thompson, 24, W: {of Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Thcmpson,} of Ketchikan, and was Kkilled in’ action, apparently in the December 7 attack of Japanese bombers on| the Pearl Harbor navy base in the| Hawaiian Islands, his parents were advised by the Navy Department Tuesday. Details of Thompson’s death were withheld. i After graduation from the - A Navy Academy at Annapolis, in| 1940, Thompson was assigned to the| battleship Oklahcma He gradu- ated from the Ketchikan High School in 1935 and attended the} University of Washington before | going to Annapolis. \; He is survived by his father, now; temporarily in Seattle; one sister, {Mrs. ©. W. Croy, at Anacortes, Washington; his mother and two | sisters in Ketchikan; and a brother in the army at Chilkoot Barracks.| The proclamation of Gov. Gruen-| ling setting aside December 21 as| |Ervin Thompson Day, follows: WHEREAS, the Imperial Jap-| anese government has made war on the United States by launch-! | HUGE MEASURE FOR SUPPLIES SIGNED BY FOR WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.— Presi- dent Roosevelt today signed into law a bill carrying $10,077,000,000 in appropriations for contract au- thority to expand the already huge production program of the Army and Navy. DRAFTEES IN STATES MUST | REPORTHERE Men who registered under Selec-| tive Service in the States and are now living in Alaska must report immediately to local draft boards| having jurisdiction over areas in which they now reside, it was an- Alaska director of Selective Serv- ice, local boards know the present ad- dress of every man registered by, Selective Service, McCormick de- nounced today by John McCormick, | . It is “vitally important” that all|& S—— 'MERIT SYSTEM COUNCIL GETS NEWMEMBERS Governor Aminls J.Will- iams, Dean Rice and Mrs. W. S. Ramsey i | stituted by the executive directors of these agencies. The system in effect for about a year and a half had originally been adopted as an experiment, but in the opinion of the Social Security Board had not functioned as efficiently as had been hoped. The Board therefore recommend- ed, and the Children’s Bureau and U. S. Public Health Service con- curred in that recommendation, the modification that the members of the council be independent of the officials of the three agencles and be appointed by the Governor. | These agencies by formal action accepted the Social Security Roard Gov. Ernest Gruening announced today the appointment of a Merit System Council for the Social Se- curity Agencies in Alaska, the De- partment of Public Welfare, the Unemployment Compensation Com- mission and the Department of Health. The members of this coun- cil are Jay P. Williams, Chairman | Dean Charles E. Rice and Mrs. W. S. Ramsey. These appointments follow recent action by these three agencies abolishing the existing merit coun- cil, which under a plan tentdtively | adopted on July 1, 1940, was con- clared. i ) STEEL, TIN SHORTAGE ing an unprovoked attack from |the air and sea on American Terrl-i |tory and against the American people; an¥ | WHEREAS, the armed forces of| the United States Army and Na\'_v! assault, in the course of which many of their officers and men| were killed and wounded; and | | WHEREAS, word has come that| among those who gallantly fought| and died was Ensign Ervin Thomp- son, a graduate of the United States | )| Naval Academy of last year, where Mildred Hermann, Juneau member ¢ |he completed his course with honor|of the Territorial §) and distinction, and who was serv-'Compensation Commission, and Ro- ing on the United States battleship, | Arizona, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, when it was, attacked; and WHEREAS, Ervin Thompson has for many years been a resident and citizen of Ketchikan, where his family and he are respected and esteemed; and WHEREAS, he appears to be the first citizen of Alaska to lay down his life in the great struggle against tyranny and barbarism and for| freedom, in which our nation is| now fully engaged. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska, do proclaim Sunday, December 21, as Ervin Thompson Memorial Day to honor the service, bravery and |gallantry of this young man, to-| gether with others who in the few| brief days of conflict have already |given all they had or hoped for, for| the preservation of our republic, |and I request that all flags on that day be flown at half mast through- out Alaska; and I further suggest that the American Legion posts,| and civic groups, arrange for suit- |able observance, recognition and | honoring of the memory of Ervin | Thompson, the first Alaskan in the ' Second. World War to maké the |supreme sacrifice for our beloved land. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have| hereunto subscribed my name and) |caused the Great Seal of the Ter- ritory of Alaska to be affixed at Juneau, this 17th day of December, thousand nine hundred and forty- one. ERNEST GRUENING, Governor of Alaska. i Canada's domestic exports in the first nine months of 1941 showed an increase of $309,052,- 015 over the same period in 1940. mmmmmmy W = S 22222 » BE OF 6OOD CHEER ~ this Holiday Season! o KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY National Distillers Products Corporation, New York, N. Y. ¢ 93 Proof TN 7z TN | Jones (Continued from Page One) It was suggested by Allen Shat- tuck that a resolution referring to this situation be drafted and sent to Donald Nelson, Priorities Direc-| tor, and also to other Chambers of | Commerce throughout Alaska. | Guests of Chamber | ¥ Guests at the méeting were Mrs. Unemployment | bert Sheldon, newly appointed ex- ecutive director of the commis- sion, both of whom spoke briefly On motion of R. E. Robertson, it was voted to wire Delegate An-| thony J. Dimond relative to hav-! ing the new Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation war risk insur- ance made available to Alaskans. It was announced that Wellman Holbrook, A. B. Phillips and John have been appointed a Chamber of Commerce committee on national defense. The meeting was the final. ses- sion over which Curtis Shattuck will preside as president. In thank- ing members for their cooperation, he declared that the “chamber only as good as its committees’ and urged members to take theil committee work seriously. STUDENT PLAY - WELL RECEIVED HERELAST NIGHT An appreciative audience viewed the presentation of the three-act “Captain Applejack,” with an all- student cast of the Juneau High School, last night in the high school gymnasium. After many rehearsals and post- ponements due to blackouts, the play was shaped into a highly amusing production. The Orchestra Moderne, under the direction of R. White, played two selections, “Song of the Bayou” and “In the Hush of the Night” before the show began. Each member of the cast is to be commended on an excellent|? characterization of his part. Harry Sperling as Ambrose Applejohn, handled the role of a dissatisfied young head of a family in .good | style while other members of the Applejohn household, Adriennc Glass as Poppy Faire, Smith as Aunt Agatha, and Bob Satre as Lush, the butler, gave polished support. Adventure mingled with the Ap-|&: plejohn family when the house is|® 15 SERIOUS Courlyne | & PRI, | (t 35 RRCRRRR ARRREEEERERE RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG = Robes colors. Also a nice assortm Beacon Cloth and the new Rayon Robes. only ARROW makes them attractively priced. 25¢ 1o 50c to wear. invaded by rival jewel thieves in|g the persons of Shirley Davis as Mrs. Pengard, John Cass as, Mr. Pengard, and Donald Pegues as Ivan Borolsky. Ambrose’s friend, Johnny Jason, as had a good role, well played. Lane Roff-as Palmer and Bob Phillips as Dennett along with other members of the pirate erew,| & Chee Herman and John Lowelil, played by Rodney Nordling, |} added tp the fine entertainment|® “Captain Applejack” presented, The three-act adventure, written by Walter Hackett and produced |% by special arrangement with Sam-| g uel French, was under the able di- rection of Miss Ruth McVay, dra- | matics instructor, Special staging was made for the production. A large selection of silk robes— both lined and unlined — wool robes in the wanted patterns and $5.00 1o $15.00 ' styles in linens and fine cambrics —whites and patterns—made as recommendation: the Board of | Public Welfare, at its meeting in | | Fairbanks on November 18; the Un- 1»mploymem Compensation Com- for by law. The new Merit System Council will meet shortly to give an examination for the position of Supervisor of the Merit System. e, Subscribe to the Daily Alaska Empire—the paper with the largest paid circulation. The Hindu population of Calcutta increased from 800,000 to 1,500,000 in ten years and the Moslems from 300,000 to 500,000, according to cen-# sus figures. - e —— There are 160 islands within the harbor of Rio de Janeiro, e From the “what-to-get-him?™ department. Put a Stetson gift certificate in the little hat-box with the miniature Stetson hat. Lead the man to it Christmas morn and | etand by for your reward. | mission, on December 8 and the | Territorial Department of Health | on December 17. | The purpose of the merit system which is in effect in the security | agencies throughout the United States is, as the name indicates, to establish a system of appointment and promotion on a basis of merit | for all positijons other than those of the ghree, executives whose ap- pointmen# is otherwise provided Neckwear Neckwear is outstanding. Satis foulards, reps, wools, barathe: ent of Spun- ion-Craft, Botany and Holl vogue. It is simple to make choice from the wide selection $1.00 1o $2.50 Glover. b « @ . @1y e - ¢ ' °Kerchiefs Shirts @ ,«é ‘Women will enjoy shopping for An ever popular gift — whites % handkerchiefs at this store. Here and patterns tailored to perfec- they will find initialed and plain tion by Arrow, Manhattan and other famous makers. carry a complete stock of popular wool gabardine shirts. $2.00 1o $7.50 MAKE HIM HAPPY WITH SWANK JEWELRY ACCESSORIES, JANTZEN SWEATERS, HOLEPROOF SOCKS — and many other items he will be proud tial ‘We i BRI RITRRRRRTERIRRS Our assortment of Christmas and twills. Made by Arrow, Fash- perfection by Manhattan and $2.00 10 $5.00 We also Good fitting gloves are essen- line of HANSEN GLOVES. A large selection of capes, suedes, pigskins wool-lined and fur-lined models. Reward #2 comes when he exchanges the certificate for that Stetson he’s been eyeing all along! From the Home of Better Values This Christmas - perhaps more than ever before - men will want PRACTICAL GIFTS! This store is full of things HE LIKES TO WEAR at PRICES YOU LIKE TO PAY. ns, as, ly- a ° Pajamas Whether you want a broad- Some cloth, sateen or silk pajama you others will find it here. Tailored to is here He will new Bof f the Gloves to the man who wears them. are particularly proud of our in unlined, silk-lined, new $2.00 10 $5.00 FLASH: We expect a shipment of EVANS SLIPPERS—the nation’s leading maker of men's slippers on the next boat. « FRED HENNIN Complete Outfitter . THE STORE FOR MEN AND FOR WOMEN WHO SHOP FOR MEN! FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter Mufflers $1.25 10 $2.50 A man can always use an extra pair and naturally he wants an attractive pattern from a quality maker. Here you will find fresh’ Hickok. ARG men like a silk scarf, prefer wools. His choice in whites and patterns. probably enthuse over the tany Wools. stock , from Pioneer and $1.00 =