The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1942, Page 6

Seaffle Is WAR, EMGULHNG wom Waichful On e New YearEve B — SEATTLE, Jan. 1. — Precautions | against possible air raids placed a damper on New Year's Eve reveler here last night, but Seattleites were nevertheless out in force to issue a | rousing welcome to Little 19 Crowds in night clubs were ited to seating capacity of the lim- | cab. arets. No sale of standing room was allowed | 15 a German invasion of Poland Pol wre terrible th Police, civil defense guards and SNl b military anthorities were I dur lost it ing the night, watchful for any signs | a peace pact. Germany of invasion. Crowds were not al- lowed to congregale on the streets | but were broken up and scattered | by authorities | - D NUMBER OF GOVT, OFFICES REMAIN OPEN NEW YEAR DAY While the majority of federal | and territorial offices here were closed toda®, the press of govern- bmarine 0-9 goes down off Portsmouth, grave. Memorial services are held from mental work brought about by the | u 18 ing boat more officials than in many a year ':}”j"m“;;m . were on hand during most of the New Year's Day In the Federal Building, staffs| of the Forest Service and Customs Service were on hand at the special order of their respective bosses Secretary of Agriculture Wickard and Secretary of the Treasury Mor- genthau. Although not ordered to remain on the job, employes in the Alaska Game Commission office were all on hand during the day The vigil of law enforcement of- ficers must never cease, sc Deputy U. 8. Marshal William Markle was on duty at the Marshal's office during the day, while Assistant U.| S. Attorney Lynn J. Gemmill held down his desk and members of the LABOR: Strikes i» defer FBIL force were ready for any LB heaitiar ¥ action which demanded their at- me strikes. " 3 t Manufacturin Inited es goes to B oo, MYSTERY: Flight of Rudolf Milwaukee, aboye P Party lines = notwith- follows war with Ge Gov. Ernest Gruening went to Hess, No. 3 Naal. Scotland strikes include Bethl (“"‘""13"};,’{""""&'3,;‘:’;‘,’-2 al declaration with S % ¢ 2 4 3 fie ) TPty "o efense my g fo day to attend to urgent administra-| David McLean, vmluw Stomsh tion_Corp. U. Steel sigr everyone are defense stamps and bonds. are built. U,.(;L States seiz tive matters. ‘ lowman who found him, are n L. Lewis Even Jean Rice, 4, of Roxbury, Mass., events lead up to_the final ? projected into world news _ mine strike ends 10 decision for miners. staris saving for & bond. atiacied, including Zamzam, Busy In the office adjoining the ! e o i BRI gubernatorial chambers was l'url W, Ayres, former Juneau nvv\s- paperman, who spent most of xhr day planning his work in his new position as as mant admumlrnloh FISHERMAN'S I.UCK CONFERNNG RICHMOND Va an. 1 jack and no fish made a (1\|I! ]wll- WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. — Presi- dent Rocsevelt and British Prime day for the E, W. O'Briens | O'Brien was all ready with rod, reel, wife, son and a full gasoline | Minister Winston Churchill resum- tank in the family car for the holi- | ed conferences today on world wide day on Chesapeake Bay. strategy designed to smash the Axis Before he got out of town a tire @s8ression went flat. Before he finished the l Churchill returned here at 9 repair job the car slipped off the|©Clock this morning aft % day visit in_Canada. -> |Crowds Limited | By Authorities In Hollywood HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 1. Residents of the world’s movie cap- Jack which punched a hole in the gasoline tank. No fishing, lots of fuming. ital relaxed today after a strenuous but g ded welcome to the New Year last night Authorities limited clubs, dance | (Malls and restaurants to actual ca- pacity, permitting no crowding. Pre- cautions were taken to evacuate rowds from buildings immediately in case of air raids = Groceries and fixtures in this Seattle store were scattered wildly when Albert Stoner’s car careened from Headqnafle‘s H:{'] ‘"\‘:;“(;“"”:I“',‘,“'“‘GL‘",‘:' A‘l’l’u',:“' the road and crashed through the window front. the master of ceremonies §\l|l\l!l£‘(|‘ it all up Hardeman “We cannot permit more than 5.- E’j‘]&@@v NEW YEA@ There are now happy?” 000 persons fiere 4999, TIs everybody And how! WATER-PROOFED Hats H. S. Graves The Clothing Man What of the new year? Whal of 1942? What does it hold in slore for us, here in our }:wn community, here i in our country, and elsewhere in the world. AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing «r route from Seattle to Nome, on | / sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv Not soon will the wounds of a devastating war be healed. Not soon will on will we cease pay- ———-—-— ; BUY DEFENSE STAM the reverb\erutions of the world conflict cease. Not ing the heavy penalties of bloddshed and destruction. Withal that, the bells of a I‘gew Year ring, and they tell us that happierdays are due. The'decencies of lifé which we know so well'in our commuéy, the neighborliness\which people in American towxis enjoy. the sturdiness of inde- ‘ }endence that characterizes us in rural area may yet fmd their proper influ- ‘ ente throuqhout\{he world. [The world, t sted se\ywfll yet emerge to bollo}, happier things. / Civilizqtion has been rudely munqled but it h not gone to pol e face 942 with higher hopes than 'seemed realizable‘in 1941 Thxs—ls no little prog- | ress,no small'cause for choe:r. A happy new year, then; neighbors: we wish | you prosperity m\:xl conhnuu ce of the den}oetélc way of life, the Amer—| “ican way. c&: h nlaqe ih/ vgl}’ievox die. The Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association of Juneau has again declared an annual dividend of four per. cent for its depositors. Start Your Account Tomorrow with $1 or More Money Available at Any Time Accounts Government Insured Up to $5.000.00 Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association of Juneau THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA Rubln Moor, destroyers Greer, "1 “My pearl & shrieked the wife. 1| AMERICAN ¢+ | FREIGHTER . ISSCUTTLED Crew Sefs Vessel Afire When Jap Planes At- fack Off Bafavia | BATAVIA, Jan. 1.—A Nether- lands East Indies communique said today that an American freighter !;m“nn For the third unno. F‘(}'nnkln; attacked yesterday by Japanese 10056 rated 08 0| ¥ the United i ni1 proceaeh planes in northern East Indies Chief Justic who late Evans Hughes, righ s, administers oath. 5) var after a treacherous atta_k by Japan on any and Italy as Presid ator Tom Connally, Texa months; congress pa: RS ny‘ Reuben Jame: AIRDROMES INGREECE HIT BY RAF = New Massing g of German Air Power May Indicate Mediterranean Atfack (Continued from Page One) some new face-saving venture somewhere along the Mediteran- nean. | Planes In Greece | There have been repeated reports !ot the massing of German air ! power in Greece, including planes withdrawn from Russia. | An observer arriving in Istanbul {from Greece teld Allied authorities 'the Germans are building new air- perts in Greece and on the Greek iislands close to Turkey, and at the same time practicing air invasion similar to those used against | Bembs For Berlin The Russian army opened the new year with the announcement of an ,énormcus new victory on the Mos- {cow front, menacing the Crimean Peninsula drive, as British sources predicted terrific new bombing on- ‘\lmu"llLs on Germany in 1942, i Besides recapturing Kaluga, im- i portant railroad center 110 miles |southwest of Moscow, smashing ‘Genera] Guderian’s tank command jand reuting an estimated force of /250,000 Nazis . before Moscow, the! Red army claimed it destroyed ng bridge of Hitler’s handpicked Elite| Guards, who flew 750 miles from | Krakow to halt the Russian ad-| vance. | In addition to a British Air Min-| {istry claim that the R.AF." holds| jair superiority deep * within Ger-! ‘}man occupied territory, the British, Infermation Ministry in London! jasserted the Germah submarine | fleet has suffered such heavy losses it is finding it hard to obtain and | train fresh crews. | | SAYRE, Okla, Dec. 12'-The! ‘tired husband, tossing for hours ! through a sleepless night, finally ]got up, fumbled in the dark for a box of pills, gulped down a couple land bounced back to bed: Imme- dmtely he drifted off to sleep. | “What was that you took last |n1ght7" his wife inquired next |day. ‘ The husband produced the box. button collection,” B )y Subscribe to the Daily Alaska .Empire—the paper with the largest ‘paid circulation, Rnone\m above, s armed forces are increased; many s Axis vessels, moves into Greenland, States ships ar " OH, MY GOSY! | A waters was set afire and abandoned by its crew. The crew was mostly reported missing. - BACK T0 WAR DENVER, Colo., Jan. 1 — The rails from some of the narrow guage lines constructed in Colorado durs ing the early mining boom came from England. Many of the lined now have been abandoned ‘and the rails, after all these years, are being shipped back to England for arm- aments, e As a diversion, King Gustaf V of Sweden does embroidery work and makes presents of his handiwork to members ot his family. Smart People Present a Smart Appearance Triangle' Cleaners HE ;‘Hi. Many prominent in | nited States and world affairs | die, including Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, mother of U. S. presi- | dent, and former Kaisers Wil- H helm of Germany, both shown above. Others who die are Joe Penner, James Joyce, William ‘ G. cAdoo, Ex-King Alfonso, Ruby Laffoon, Sherwood Andet- son,” Morris Sheppard, Louis Chevrolet. Dan Beard, Pat Har. vison. Ignace Jan FPaderewskl, | Lew Fields, Howard Jones, Ed- die Leonard, Bruno Mussolini, ‘e Justice Louis Brendeis. Helen 8. Morgan. COME ELEVEN; 1] HUGO, Colo., Jan. 1—What’s inj a number? Alice Poen would like; to know. She was born on the 1lth day of the 11th month of the 11th year at 11 o'clock and is the 1lth child. 20th Century Meat Marke! We hope that you will coniinue through the New Year to build up your health with good meats - energy giving meats — quality meats - meat such as can be purchased across our counter every day. : GOO0D MEATS Hatco thre IMeal 20th Century Meat Markel | PHONE 202 FOB GOOD MEATS N saved, 48 being rescued and one” P