The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 5, 1942, Page 6

o R B MOTOR CAR New Tireand INDUSTRY Tube Rations GETSBOOST For Alaska WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. — The Army and Navy departments an- nounced today they are ready to place orders aggregating more than | $5,000,000,000 to help convert the Few 'New Shoes’ for Motor Vehicles Allowed in Ter- ritory This Month motor car industry to armament production. N SR WASHINGTON. Jan. 5—The Al- Butler-Mauro Drug Co. PAYS VISIT HERE aska allotment of tire sales for| The Rexall Store January under the new rubber ra- pk Chapin A. (Chip) Day, reporter lioning program was announced for The Anchorage Times, visited |here today. in Juneau yesterday while enroute The allotment will allow sale of south! Day is one of seven special 33 new tires and 28 new tubes in deputy marshals guarding prisoners the Territory during January for being taken to McNeil Island Peni- Passenger cars, motorcycles and tentiary and Morningside Hospital light trucks. Tt also allows sale i during the month of 72 tires and BUY DEFENSE BONDS 60 tubes in Alaska for heavy trucks - and busses. et MARION’S Dressmaking, Alterations Designing 304 Willoughby Avenue CRIMSON BEARS Games Slated for Island fo Be Played in Juneau Gym Tomorrow Douglas High Schoo! will have a eau’s Crimson Bears at 7:30 o'clock | tonight when the two prep basket- | ball teams meet in the second game ‘ol their Southeast Alaska series in, JUNEAU HIG“ sc“ooll i‘h’;tizcué):::u veterans bowed to DOUGLAS EAGLES | encounter Friday night. The series SECOND GAME FIREMEN VS. HENNINGS can keep their end up. The second game of the evenfing will see the Juneau Firemen take on Juneau High School Gym—Use Sixth Street Entrance Hennings Hoopsters in a scheduled |Channel League clash. Students 27c¢, plus tax 3c—30c Adults 45¢, plus tax 5¢—50c¢ | In addition, two more games will! |be played tomorrow night in the! having been | | transferred from Douglas because, Juneau High gym, {the Island gym is not yet in shape. | The Eagles meet the Elks in the opener, with Douglas High and Henmngs takmg the nwhtcap 000000000000000004)4¢ LEOTA’S SALE CONTINUES Take Advantage of the DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTIONS We Are Offering This Week On--- PXe Dinner Froeks Coats :=: Hats ‘ Afternoon Frocks Lingerie - Girdles Sweaters-Blouses Costume Jewelry ¥e PRICES ARE SLASHED!! Profit by BUYING NOW at BIG REDUCTIONS W LEOTA’S Baranof Hotel 9960400900000 THIS EVENING| | chance to even the score with Jun-| Anfi - Axis Forces Are Now Unified INew Command Announced for Sea, Land, Air Units i in Southwest Pacific WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. — The White House announced last Sat- urday afternoon unification of all anti-Axis sea, land and air forces in the southwest Pacific are now under British General Sir Archi- bald P. Wavell as Supreme Com- mander. Major General George H. Brett, Chief of the United States Army Air Corps, is named Deputy Su- preme Commander, under direction of Wavell. Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Com- mander of the American Asiatic Fleet, will be in charge of all naval forces in the area. Gen. Sir Henry Pownall, new British Commander at Singapore, will be Chief of Staff to Wavell, | who will take over the unified com- jmand in the near future. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek has accepted the Supreme Com- mand of all land and, air forces of ! {the 26 “United Nationd” which now, or may pe in the future, operating in the Chinese theatre of war, in- | cluding portions of Indo-China and Thailand. i | READY FOR JOB | NEW DELHI, India, Jan. 5— | With soldierly reserve but with con- (fidence and frank recognition of |the problems, even to reverses that (lie ahead, Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell, newly named ANCD Com- mander of the Southwest Pacific, predicted that Japan faces only de- feat ultimately. - e, - (FRANK K. STILL COLLECTING NAMES ON PLASTER (CAST Frank Karakelnikoff, who brok: his leg in November, is convalesc- ing and expects to have the plas- |ter cast removed—with all the au-| tographs adorning it—about. Janu- ary 15. All friends wishing to add their signatures to Karabelnikoff's am- bulant register are requested to do s0 immediately, because Mr. K. says he does not intend to break his leg agam Daughter Born to Former Juneauites Juneau friends of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Smith today received word of the birth of a daughter to the couple in Corvallis, 'Ore., last Sat- urday. The infant weighed 9 pounds at birth. Smith formerly was employed at the Parsons Electric Company here. He joined Mrs. Smith in Cor- vallis last month, | e 'MASONIC INSTALLATIONS ON TUESDAY EVENING Gastineaux Lodge No. 124 F. & |AM. and Nugget Chapter No. 2, OES, in joint session tomorrow evening in the Eagles Hall, will hold their annual installation cere- monies, each in the presence of the other in addition to invited attendants. Master of ceremonies for the Ma- sons will be Alex Sey, with Rang- uar Kronquist as Marshal and Ed- win Sutton, Installing Chaplain. Lillian Bonner will be Installing ,|Matron for the Stars and her as- sistant will be Catherine Balog as Assisting Marshal, and Annie Gair, Chaplain. In charge of refreshments ‘o follow the ceremonies are as fol- lows: Stars—Mrs. Elton Engstrom, Mrs. Jessie Fraser, Mrs. Sam De- von and Mrs. A. E. Goetz; Masons —Glen Kirkham, Edward Bach and Henry Langfeldt. e i SCHOOL RESUMED Douglas public schools reopened again this morning after the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE fuary 4. | Roley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. {John Roley | Legionnaires with a score of 599, MONDAY _]ANUARY 5, 1942 flrsl Bables In New Year Arrive Here Though at last report, her first name had not yet been chosen, little girl weighing eight pounds and three ounces holds the title of New Year Baby for 1942 in Juneau.| She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | Felix House and arrived at St. Ann’s Hospital at 11:15 a. m., Jan- Runners up for the title are Baby | who weighed pounds, four and George Charles McCurry, seven | pound eight ounce son of Mr. and Mrs. William McCurry who took up his residence in Juneau at St. Ann’s PARKSLEADS LEGION TEAM TO PIN WIN No. 1 Elks Team Bows fo| Veterans-B.P.0.E. |’ ConquersBaranof High scoring bowlers on the |American Legion team yesterday | defeated the No. 1 Elks team, 2853 to 2555 in the star match of the afternoon. Meanwhile, the Baranof bowed to the No. 2 Elks, 2989 to 2462. The No. 1 Girls beat the No. 2 Girls, 1604 to 1584, while the Jay High Boys took the Moose Lodge sextet into camp to the tune of 2790 to 2639. George Parks led the victorious while C. C. Carnegie and Frank| Metcalf both topped 590, Individual scoring: American Legion seven’ and one-half ounces| upon her arrival at St. Ann’s Hos-| pital Sunday evening at 8:45 o'clock | Hospital this morning at 9 o’clock. {bound for Juneau. |brought to a halt immediately as LEAPS INTO BROKEN LEG YAKUTATBAY IN ACCIDENT 355 278 | immediately behind Sperling, saw the danger in time and managed * \to throw himself from his sled in ‘ The Daily Alaska Empire has the Doubt Is Expressed as fo David Sperhng, Coashngua;m paid circulation of any Al Whether Filipino Drown- s m"l"ikglul::e;tsafnns Hospital, the on Ninth Street Hill, r ML b Y . ed After Jump from Ship | its Standing Truck "fll’flllfll!" HIISII&III]S injured boy, leg in cast, was in good spirits today. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sperling. P | | | s and wives, may mn—m Apparently afraid of persecution Gk i ing bowel gas, u- stomach or [by fellow passengers, who said he Victim Of Juneau's, first sledding | coused by wpeite . z. accidc-nh of the season, David Sperl- LERIEA. n aufivfi blends & cermins- resembled a Japanese, a 35-year- tives for relief of gas pains, and 3 lazatives old Filipino leaped into the swirl- I 12, is in St. Ann's Hospital to- for gontle,quick bowal seios. Your dragpish ing waters of Yakutat Bay from day with a broken leg sul‘fered““ % the deck of the steamer Yukon when his sled struck a halted Al- Butler-Mauro Drug Co. o Saturday night. laska Electric Light & Power Comp- | _ ' D°U81as by Guy's Drug Store The Filipino, P. F. Cortez, Was any pickup truck Saturday after- /noon. Only Bob Kerchen, room stew-| The accident occured in Pipeline ard, saw Cortez hurl himself from Alley at the foot of Ninth Street, the blacked-out ship at 8:15 o’clock. \where the Sperling youngster was i The steward emerged from an artenwastins Bob Dupree, driver of the cabin just in time to see Cortez,'truck, said he had halted the truck cnnglng outside the port rail, hesi- [Short of the Ninth Street inter-| | tate for a moment and then jump Section to be certain no sleds were feet first into the water. |coming down the hill. Sperling, Ship's officers expressed doubt as.SPeeding down the hill, turned into to whether the Filipino drowned, 'N¢ Alley and s'-ruck the truck a pointing out that he may have | been wearing a lifebelt under his they believed he was a Japanese‘ HEADQUARTERS TYPHOON SUITS } Ideal for Hunters and Fishermen jacket. |He spent Saturday in the purser's | Small, Medium, Large ‘Kerchen, crying “man over.‘omce and was assigned a room fl,.lml.: L;l::: board!” raced to the guardrail and'that evening. Sandwiches, coffee ) and fruit which he had ordered | remained untouched in the cabin. His suitcase and typewriter, ticket- threw a life preserver, which land-| ed within 30 feet of the struggling man. His body half out of the H. S. Graves water as though buoyed up by a €d to Juneau, also were in the The Clothing Man 4 lifebelt, Cortez made no effort to cabin. X reach the preserver. The vessel was' = = Kerchen hurled a second preserver' into the water. By this time, both the man and the first life preserver had dis-, appeared into the fog, which hid the shoreline 300 yards away. A dim glow marked the lights of Yakutat. | Several passengers who rushed to the stern of the vessel saw Cortez before he disappeared into the, murky night, not swimming but | staying afloat with his shoulders | riding well out of the water. Cries | of “help!” were plainly audible The Alaska Federal Savings and Loap Association of Juneau has again declared an annual dividend of four per cent for its depositors. Start Your Account Tomorrow with $1 or More C. C. Carnegie 197 211 182— 590‘ Lavenik 186 165 166— 517 F. Metcalf 200 202 195— 597 G. Parks 231 171 197— 599 Stewart 182 196 172— 550 | — e — | Totals 986 945 912—2853 | Elks No. 1 (8pot) 36 36 36— 108, Stevenson 194 149 172— 515| Senescu 156 150 192— 498 J. Barragar 150 182 155— 487 V. W. Metcalfe 136 156 155— 447 C.Jens.”, Stur.® 161 160 179— 500 Totals 833 833 889—2555 Baranof (Spot) .. 58 58 58— 174 L. Teagle 163 141 131— 435 J. Garrett 162 140 133— 435 Nordenson 121 121 192 484 Lockridge 146 187 163— 496/ Schoettler 147 160 182— 489 e e e S Totals 97 807 859—2463] Elks No. 2 | Holmquist 163 178 175— 516] Duckworth 156 162 184— 502 Council 143 200 178— 521| F. Barragar 154 191 191— 536 Hagerup 181 155 178— 514| Totals 797 886 906—2589 | Girls No. 1 N. Metealfe 146 148 120— 423 B. Brice ... 86 67 88— 241 B. Renn ... 12 92 80— 244] B. Mill . 108 82 101— 291 B. Snell . 144 126 135— 405 Totals 556 515 533—1604 Girls No. 2 J. Winthers ... 101 138 151— 390 P. Petrich 84 68 137— 289 M. Meier .. 70 114 96— 280 D. Cahill 80 53 82— 215| B. McManas .. 122 151 137— 410, Totals 4567 524 603—1584 Jay High Newmarker 154 149 156— 459 Brown 188 149 155— 492 Murphy 127 188 143— 458 Bavard 172 127 170— 469 Tyler - 161 130 166— 457| Schneider 148 150 157— 4556 Totals 950 893 947—2790 Moose Lodge M. Haas .. 137 101 178— 416 M. Seston o 120 135 144— 408 J. Covich ... 170 139 141— 450 W. Bernaby ... 140 135 98— 373 A. Nelson 138 174 161— 473 B. Schmitz ... 178 139 202— 519 Totals 892 823 921—2639 MEN, WOMEN FOR Christmas and New Year holidays with attendance about normal and classes resumed as before. Three absentees, due to their de- parture for the States within the last day or two, has temporarily reduced the attendanee. - e ——— GAMES TRANSFERRED Channel League basketball games scheduled to be played in Douglas school gym tomorrow evening have been transferred to the Juneau school .gym on account of refin- ishing work being done on the lo- cal court, according to announce-| ment this morning. FIRST AID CLASS MEETING TONIGHT The Red Cross First Aid Class, under the direction of Mrs. Mary Monagle, Mr. A, L. Dahl, and Miss Bima Olson will hold its first meet- ing. at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the grade school building. This class is open to both men and women. |into the fog, but the boat re‘urned from the deck as a lifeboat was lowered. Searchlights held the empty life| preserver in view for several min- |utes as the lifeboat disappeared Accounts Government Insured Up to $5,000.00 Money Available at Any Time after an hour’s hunt Cortez boarded the ship at Cor- dova as a steerage passenger. The second day out he appealed to the purser for a first class cabin, say- ing drunken steerage passengers had threatened his life because' HOME GROCERY------ AMERICAN MEAT ¢ Phone 146 Phone 38 SPUDS SPUDS SPUDS!! FINEST SELECTED U. S. NO. 1I's 100 Ib. sack $3.85 50 Ib.sack §1.95 25 Ib.sack 9G¢ BUTTER EGGS The Best Large Grade A 2pounds 89c 2dozen99Y¢ ORANGES FOR JUICE - 2 dozen 49 There is a compelte selection of FRESH and SMOKED MEATS in the MEAT MARKET . . . PLENTY OF EVERYTHING ON HAND! Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association of Junean THIS NEW GENERAL ELECTRIC KEERS FQOD BETTER LONGER Saves You Money Through The Years! Old-fashioned refrigeration is too uncertain, too wzmd-y! 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