The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1941, Page 6

PAGE SIX THF DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—]JUNEAU, ALASKA MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1941 1942 Gasoline Quake Rocks BATTERED FREIGHTER AIDED T0 PORT AFTER TORPEDOING Consumptionto Portland in | BeDecreased SharpManner Lack of Tires, Inner Tubes Enfire Cify Is Shaken This| Expected fo Reduce Forenoon with Some Civilian Moiormg Disastrous Results Dec Dec. 29 in window about A and 10:35 A nation’s imption by gov- because it im- motorist | 35, PORTLAND sharp quake -broke hook the entire city |o'clock this forencon One large display window in a downtown store was completely shattered The tremor lasted only seconds but made up in what it lacked in length A flood of telephone calls blew several fuses on the telephone ex-; switchboards and service in of the city was dis- several minutes - 29 Ou the WASHINGTON percent reduction 1942 civilia was considered likely ernment petroleum experts of new restrictions making possible for the ordinary to obtain new tires inner for his car The effect these officials motorists use their conserve tires for toring in emergencies consumption reduced pocker surprise BLACKOUT SATURDAY IS SUCCESS House on Dubuiglas Island, Channel Marker, Only Bright Spofs Visible into its first com- plete blackout in more than three weeks Saturday night, but the re flection on the snow made visibility on city streets so clear that no civic defense guardsmen ran into each other in the dark | It was the Gastineau area’s “dress rehearsal” installed blackout material. It was not a matter of turning out lights, but when the fire horn signaled the blackout, at 7 p. m., homes and business houses all over the section placing their lightproof ! Within three min- { utes, when the street lights went off after giving people on streets a chance to seek shelter, the entire area was almost pitch black, so far | lighting from houses was con- cerned One house, along the beach on Douglas Island failed to heed the | signal. A channel marker continued lit, but it was explained that ar- {rangements have been made with | the coast guard to extinguish these lights in event of any real emer- gency. cons oday a few intensity or tubes regulations, | will make | less to mo- | change soline | many harply | rupted of these believed car; necessary wit sections accordingl for NEW ORLEANS up leaves on a ca 1 bank, Jol Morgenstein, 24, found a midget which he thrust intp his hour later when he reached for the egg bit him x hand hastily, Morgen: little black turtle clinging While raking | egg poc An il to it S Her being torpedoed by a Ame Juneau went Channel of newly | ) BO’TLING \\ S e NAPOLEON BOTTLE \mported by Parrolt & Co.5 Seattle, Wash. oo ) began shades in place as HEADQUARTERS TYPHOON SUITS Ideal for Hunters and Fishermen | ANl in an, it was 8 mighty suc- | cessful blackout maneuver, Frank, | Metcalf, defense chief, and other members of the Civilian Defense Board declared. Following the blackout, sergeants |of defense guard units throughout the area met at the city hall, where |they were addressed by George A. Parks, former governor of Alaska, | who explained a shift being carried out in some of the personnel of | defense squads HOSPITAL NOTES Alex Laito left St tal today after r !treatment. Sizes Small, Medium, Large Extra Large All in Stock H. S. Graves The Clothing Man { Herbert J. Stephens (left), seaman i when he was struck by sh Ann’s Hospi- | il Y iving medical | 5 4 pedoing of the frizhter Absaroka o i ese submarine. Carl Gufstafson was admitted to| Ann’s Hospital Saturday for s SKiers Have - Great Sunday to St.’Ann's Hospital | Six St | medical Mrs. for surgery on Sunday. with Insured Safety ! Mrs. Nellie Cass wa: |st. Ann’s Hospital medical treatment. admitted to yesterday for inches of pew powder snow {on topt of a ha base—that was Bob Roberts and infant son,|the combination which afforded Lee, were discharged fromiJ\mvuu and Douglas skie with Ann's Hospital today. perfect conditions for yesterday’s |activities on the Douglas Ski Trail. A son v\el[,hmg 4 pounds and 6|The major part of the day was and ': ounces was born to Mr. and|spent in excellent practice in Mrs. John Johansen at St. Annb downhill and slalom runs upon tl\c Hospital Sunday. [t‘nlne meadow area. > - About 75 skiers enjoy BUY DEFENSE STAMPS vesterday, many | Mrs, Robert |8t 0 ved the sport holding out for Someone Gambled? o“ EARNINGS On Savings Accounts ® Accounts Government In- sured up to $5,000. ® Money available at any time. ® Start an aceount with $1 or more. Current 4% Rate Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Assu. of Juneau Phone 3 oo often after a fire the n There was no insurar owner who took a ch ciate that insuff calamity. Do against the char Shattuck Agency INSURANCE — BONDS spaper report says he properfy JUNEAU PHONE 249 Japanese submarine. mln jurgd in Torpedoing ng c; fireman, was burned on the right arm an flag proudly flying, the freighter Absarcka, listing badly and with decks awash, is helped into a West Coast port by tugs after (Official U. S. Navy photograph.) "LITTLE JAPAN" IS NOTSO V HUDG e Writer By LUCREC AP Feature Servi WASHINGTON, Dec all it “Little Japan”. But it? There are 148,756 square miles of it. That's about a hundred thous- and square miles of it. That's ut hundred thousand more miles than there are of is 29 — They I The Amy Auxiliary party on clock in th population is Japan proper. That’s 7 million léss Japanese than there are Germans. And the Japanese don't concen- trate on Sukiyaki either. Mostly they concentrate on fighting. They are kncwn as natively belligerent. 1 They have a reputation for being | sadistically cruel, possibly | their small physical stature veloped within them an ty complex Every Japanese boy goes into military service for two years when he reaches the age of 20. After that | | he is liable for service until he is | forty years old. | When not fighting, {part of the Japanese people are | farming. Rice is, of course, the {main food of all classes but fish is |so plentiful that it, too, is a staple ‘diet. ‘ Here are some other things that {you may not have known about | Japan: She produces three-fourths |the world’s total output of silk. | Until the war with China, Japan's {larg import and export trade was {with the Uwited States. argo, and Frank Johuson (right), | "oy 00 0N ary education and only 10 per nd both hands in the tor- cent of the nation is counted il- California coast by a Japan- literate In the United States - {there is 163 per cent illiteracy Jamong Negroes and 15 per cent veterans refreshmen! clothes ling Hoel has ( o1, infer-| cat. All and guest Subscribe the greater of n, suffered injuries to his vight leg ff the some time for just sucn an excell- | ent day. The ski tow was in opera- |ACN2 nhative whites {tion during the afternoon and| ¥Or more than a r Japan has | this provided up to 500 feet of|Dad a eugenics law, which com- | downhill runs for those using lhewfl-* the sterilization of mentally lift. deranged and physically unfit per- The plan for interesting races|SODS: is well under way with the Opening| JaPanese race scheduled for next Sunday. worldwide athletes have made reputations. In the last air liners were to use their radio equipment during the territorial silent period. Rea- | for the was not ;.nm out here. son order TENAKE i EACHER HERE Robert J. (Bobby) er in the territorial school at Ten- ak2e, reported his community ob- serving a complete blackout every | night, when he a i here for a| days of holiday vacation. The lone Tenakee sireet light has been permanently doused since the start of the war, Burns and resi- dents are wusing their blackout shades every night on their own Burns, teach- few Cec Thibodeau, Dan Bates, Louis|UP¢ swimming events, and one ipressure has been brought to bear of Alaska was ordered by military |perial ancestors. Buddhism is next jor near the Pacific coast. pany were filed last Saturday in said the avowed purpose to engage in Among new skiers making Olympic games held in 1936 in Taylor, and John Graf. e cvenl &0 There is no such thing as state * {religion in Japan. Theoretically, Radm Blad(ou[ {all faiths are tolerated. However, A“ over Alaska jon Christianity and most Ameri- |can missions have already with-| drawn. ! | Predominating faith is Shinto- officials at 7:30 am. today and|in popularity. left all lines of radio and wireless| In the census of 1930 it was ransmission silent until early this|found there were 70,993 foreign- afternoon born Japanese in this country. - - Articles of incorporation for a the, office of Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle, it was announced today - The new cannery will be called fishing and canning business. Di- initiative. All residents have been rectors of the new company are A. instructed to make a report to au-|R. Brueger and J. J. Coulter, of thorities of all planes seen flying Wrangell, and Gerald DeGarmo, of outstanding gains yesterday were Berlin. Japanese won the marathon, during the past year, considerable A communication blackout for all |ism, which is the worship of im- i ordered not |MOst of these are concentrated on new Wrangell salmon canning com- the AR.B. Packing Company, with over the area Seattle, Party Saturday Saturday Approximately took part Fred Cameron was winner of the | carrie “peanut on a knife” Waino Hendrickson because fense plate, Fred Cameron a bill- ‘ joyable evening. e Empire—the paper with the largest ) paid circulation RED (ROSS DUTCH AIR WARCHEST | FORCE HITS DRIVE ON Used to Fight Off At- fack in Sarawak BATAVIA, 'Dec. 29. bombers of the | This Section Within | Next Few Days A Juneau committee got started arly this morning in what may | built record round-up of funds Red Cross war | prove a for the American | chest | The the Juneau be collected a shot down' “probably” $6,500 quota to be raised in o chapter district may MU® 2 carly this week, the YePorted today. | cominittee feels. This is the first s omocoes. drive for war emergency funds’ staged by the Americau Red Cross during the course of World War ;Il The recent roll call drive held | for Red Cross memberships was for funds to be used for mlmndl | disaster relief work only, it pointed out. i The Juneau chapter comprises nine communities in this region, | including Juneau, Petersburg and jskuuwa_\'. but not Sitka, it was pointed out. Where $1 member- |ships were asked in the roll call , heavier contributions will be 'needed to fill the war chest quota in this area, the committee de-| clared. | | - MINI SIER - EVACUATED, ERY lITTlE COMES HERE On a round-about trip to Sewand from Unalaska, the Rev. G. F‘dv\md‘ Knight, formerly Methodist pastor; | here, arrived in Juneau early this |morning with other evacuees from| |Uncle Sam’s fortified island. He| i head Westward as soon as 1sportation is available. Rev. Knight, paster of the Sew-' .’,ud Methodist Church and super- intendent of the Alaska Methodist Mission, went to Unalaska in No- vember to substitute for the Rev. J. D. King, on furlough in the | States When the Navy ordered while Darwini ;oo 1o evacuate, the former honors in the|uneay’ minister was unable fo battle. | cbtain direct transportation to his won {home city. SAMPLER i1 the famous assortment of best-liked confections . . . here direct from the makers—$1.50 t0 $7.50. Butler-Mauro Drug Co. The Rexall Store i z | ) i z z E Ei I | | Holiday Specials s Huge Success| and the Christmas | t at 8 o'- Legion joint night he Dugout 50 erican held a members in the game and dancing and Plum Pudding Nessel Rode Pudding New England Frozen Pudding ts e contest d away a de- - luncheon AIR-MINDED PUMPKIN Al Zenger a s reported a most en- | ASHEVILLE, N. C. — J. H,| | Shook has a pumpkin that went| !in for altitude. The 20-pound | pumpkin matured 15 feet above | ground on the branch of a tree in Shook's yrad. Juneau Dairies Inc. Phone 638 to the Dally Alaska OMPLETE CLOSE-OUT Frocks Crepes Velvets Chiffons Jerseys Sizes 12 10 20 Priced $6.99 |- 0$16.95 Leota’s NO REFUNDS - NO APPROVALS - NO EXCHANGES Ice Cream JAP SHIP Hope 1o Raise $6.500 in American - built Bombers — American- Dutch air force scored a direct hit today on large Japanese transport and two Japa- nese fighter planes in an attack at mn Sarawak, a communique | . . b