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

PAGE SIX Germans TobrukinNew Deserf Drive Axis Thrust Covers 180 Miles Since Capture of Bengasi CAIRO, Feb. 5—Advance units of Rommel's African armies today were believed to have carried their offensive to within 50 miles of To- bruk, continuing the Axis counter drive which has covered 180 miles | eastward since the capture of Ben- gasi | This was the general interpreta- tion of an RAF communique report- ing British bombers were active Tmimi. Th ern end of both east and west of town itself is at the e the Cireanaican bulge, about €0 miles west of Tobruk and 140 miles from the Libyan-Egyptian frontier BUSINESS WOMEN ELECT Miss Geraldine Kean has been elected President of the Anchorage Business and Professional Woman's Club. Miss Winifred Sipprell, form- erly of Juneau has been elected Vice-President. Miss Evelyn Land- strom, is Secretary SMART PEOPLE Present A Smart Appearance 3 Triangle Cleaners Phone 507 feet View of the dining room, now being dismantied Once queen of the seas, the French luxury liner Normandie now is being dismantled and made ready Renamed the U. S. S. Lafayette, the vessel is being readied for use as a U. S. naval auxiliary vessel. r broke out. at New York where it has been tied up since the European w: great dining room of the ship, now being dismantled FUNERAL OF HILMAR JOHNSON AWAITING BROTHER'S ARRIVAL Funeral arrangemenis for Hilmar Johnson who died yesterday at St Anp’s Hospital, are pending the arrival of a brother, who is now in Seward. Cause of the death has been de- termined as spinal meningitis and the Territorial Department of Health has taken cultures of all those known to have had contact with the deceased to prevent spreading of the disease. However, if anyone has not been called who may have been in close contact during the last week, it would be wise to report to Dr. Courtney Smith of the Department of Health it is announced Mr. Johnson is survived by a wife and two small children and had been employed at the Juneau Cold Storage for the past several years. - - of acres of gypsum sands in the Tularcsa Basin, New Mexico, give the appearance of drifted snow piled from 10 to 100 high. ‘Thousands 1891—Half a Century of Banking—1941 ' The B.M.Behrends Bank Near TLuxury Liner Being Dismantled for Use by Navy :GU[SSING 0“ ;;Army vessels Furnishings valued at $2.000.000. HIGHWAYS 0 ALASKA DISCUSSED House Ro;i;— Committee Holding Hearing - Gov. Gruening's Views (Continued from Page One) Republican .of Minnesota, urged the adoption of the Prairie Route from Minneapolis to Edmonton, then 0 Prince George. He declared this route would be farther from the ocean and less subject to attack. Prairie Route Gov. Gruening said he believec the Prairie Route might be con- structed soon after the first road is built. Committee members urged the State Department to learn how the Canadian Government regarded the projects. Chairman Wilburn Cartwright of Oklahoma named a committee to confer with members of President Roosevelt’s Cabinet committee con- sidering the need of the highway Committee Named Members of the committee, be- sides Chairman Cartwright, are Representatives J. W. Robertson of Utah, William M. Whittington oi THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 'NENANA ICE MayTakeBay - STARTSSOON Salmgil South iChamber Hears Union’s Suggestion for Joint Use of Ships Plans for Army and Navy trans- | NENANA, Alaska—(Special Cor- | respondent) —M. J. Cooney, popular manager of the great Alaska classic| —the Nenana Ice Guessing Contest | | —has been reelected as Manager |and he will be assisted by a com-| mittee of these wellknown sour- doughs, Dave Smalley, Lester Cor-| |liss, Charles Griess, Fred V[uller:pons and supply ships to carry the land Tom Jones. 1942 Bristol Bay salmon pack south Tickets are now being printed | after discharging their northbound upon which to write the guessing|cargoes at Alaskan bases are un- time. The contest closes at mid |der consideration by the Maritime night on April 4. | Commission, Fred Scheel, Secre- New “Wrinkles” tary-Treasurer of the International Many new wrinkles are in pros-| pishermen's Union said today. ipect here for handling the ter- Guest speaker at the Juneau rifiec business of tabulating the! Chamber of Commerce weekl guesses made by Alaskans. Mach- | Y ‘The photo shows the once and decorations in the ship were L ook .- | luncheon, Scheel stressed the im- | inery has been purchased in recem‘m”anm‘ of Bristol Bay to the Ter- |years and still more new dflvnlop-‘“mrys fishing industry and point- ments are expected this year be- g hlld- % cause of the increase in the num-|©d Out that two-thirds of lastyear's ~ |ber of guesses. y Alaska salmon pack went to the The Nenana Ice Guessing Con. armed forces. 8 [test, noted the world over, entails,| “We had 12 ships lying idle in |the guessing of the exact day, hour | Bristol Bay last summer awaiting | and minute that the ice will break|the pack,” Scheel pointed out. | on the Tanana River in front of | “This year, those ships are in Fed- | Nenana, eral service, but it is hoped they | | Marks Navigation Opening will be permitted to carry the pack | i The contest has grown up overlto Seattle when they make return ia period of many years. The date|journeys from northern bases.” WAS GRANTED‘“M always of vital importance to For Equitable Plan | mter,m- Alaska for it marks the| Scheel said a commission repre- |opening of navigation and the|senting the canning industry, un- i ‘zz?);t;:rel:n;v abfmrtmnmg freight andligns and the armed forces may b2 Authorizafion for Hunt| " Toas;, " nowever, tne date 15| SEeRt80 to work out an equitabie 3 miich more § it b |plan for sharing the ships during Made by GOVEINOI'S irion ucssing the tay. o wng|(he Brisiol Bay season. He added Offi Jan. 30 |minute of the breakup gets 4 hand. | 1Nt the Navy has given assuranc- Icé on Jan. |come purse which should be sul’fi-ies of pfolection for the fishing | cient for retirement. fleet, while the Army looks favor- Authorization by the Governo’s| One of the first jobs of the 8PlV upon union plans to guard office for a search to be made in|committee and Manager Cooney Bristol Bay canneries by arming| the vicinity of Montague Island for Will be to take action on the rules fishermen as defense guards. Or. L. O. Albery and Albert Tip- for the contest, set the closing date| Another national defense subject sets, of Seward, was granted on|for making guesses and setting up, discussed at the luncheon was the| January 30, by Acting Governor E.' the complicated organization need- | “purchase” of a pursuit plane —! L. Bartlett in response to a wire|d for tabulating the guesses. through the purchase of defense received that day from Mrs. Mar- Whole Town Helps |bonds and savings stamps. Al-| aret, Harrais, United. States Com-, The guesses are sent here af-|though no direct outlay of monoy;’ mnissioner | ter the closing date and a Iargejwould be required, the city would A story to thft effect appeared|Portion of the towns -population be given credit by the Treasury n the front page of The Empire, 5965 to work 50!"~{ng them out and Department for having contribut-; /anuary 30, and this information (OMPIing tabulations according to ed enough money in stamps and 1as been sent'to Jack Werner, of ‘D¢ time of the guess. bonds to purchase one of these| Seward, who yesterday wite''The | _’rne t{lbulauon.s are published in planes, which cost approximately mpire that proper authoriu:ion:‘T}"’Zffifiu‘zgidubfiak!fogm f'rn‘? 1‘“‘"‘ $137,000. | or aid had not been obtained. “'u C\GI:)'one Ulfu:,’umt iowflint:r:; May Buy Pursuit Plane Verner, apparently acting for Mrs.|giners made identical guesses with ' Suaihep wordy . explained Joseph\ Albery, who he described as “hys- them G T. Flakne, chairman of the com- ! erical” had apparently not ac mittee invqsugaung the idea, “when | juainted himself with the fac ;‘;‘;{eg“)‘o ;::;Yfin:; S&:‘;;S al;“dl‘cb‘z;s:gj vhen sending his wire yesterday. B il ity e havE: Tonsian sk | In the event more than one per- son is on the winning minute, the |prize is divided among them. If Oldest Bank in Alaska Mississippi, Alaska Delegate An COMMERCIAL SAVINGS SUNKIST NAVEL—Large SLICED—Large Can BEST CIRCLE TEXAS WILLIAMS Fast Free 211 MONARCH—Four Ears in Each Tin CORN-ON-COB 4 tins 35¢ Snowdrift-Spry, limit 1 can- 3 Ib. can 7 5¢ Pink Grapefruit Potato Chips pound bag 53¢ FRESH-FROZEN-FOODSNOW!? More than Ever Are ECONOMICAL! Are Garden FRESH! Are Really DELICIOUS! FRUITS —— VEGETABLES —— JUICES —— POULTRY —— ki SR it Delivery Seward St. PHHONES Bert’s Cash Grocery FEBRUARY FEATURES! PRICES GUARANTEED THROUGH FEBRUARY 7TH 176 Size— PINEAPPLE - 2 for 4Q¢- 1 2 ans $2.89 CRACKERS wwovrin 1 yonan 29€ PURE CLOVERHONEY 5....G9¢ CAMEO CLEANSER ORANGE JUICE .. i WHOLE WHEAT FIG BARS 2 lh. pkg. 35¢ 3 for 29¢ NEW Tweo Fast EET and JUICY! ORANGES, BestBuyin Town! 2 dozen 89« SKOOKUM—No. 2 tin JAM all flavors - Each 20¢ NUCOA - - 21hs.53c 104105 thony Dimond, James W. Mott, Re- publican of Oregon, and Jesse P. Wolcott, Republican of Michigan. The hearing continues again to- day. 1 pound box 290 SA FOOD -ather than from their residences. Wires asking for aid in findng the men, missing since December 27, were received by Acting Gov. Bartlett from both Cordova Seward late last week and the) senders were notified that authori- zation had been granted for al search to be made by the United| 3tates Commissioner who has jur- sdiction in the area of Montague ! Island, as is provided by law. ‘The men ,who had been missing or a month when wires for aid vere received here, went to Mon- .ague Island on December 2, in-| .ending to remain for two weeks. | On December 27, Schumaker, of| Latouche, went to the island to| zet the men, and finding no trave of them, left a note, according io| word received by the Governor’s Office last week. When, on Janu-| ary 2, Jim Dolan returned to the island and found the note undis-| turbed, an airplane was sent to cruise around the island without results. Dr. Albery formerly lived in Ju- neau and is known by many resi- dents of this community. GAME (OMMISSION RECEIVES PHOTOS | OF ALASKA MOOSE Three beautiful photographs of noose, taken on Kenai Peninsula | last fall by Frederick W. Hollender, | aave been received by the Alaska| A " | Game Commission, and will soon | and | recinet in which they were lost|Mmaintained by the contest here, | amount {shore end the wire is attached to jautomatically notifying the popu- (Martha Society with the Chamber’s tentative en- dorsement. In the meanwhile, Act- ing President J. B. Burford pointed out, the Treasury Department itself will start an Alaskan drive to pur- It consists of a tripod set on the ice in the middle of the river. From the tripod to the shore a wire is stretched thal has a certain of slack in it. On the Cities throughout the Territory will | participate in the drive; when suf- When the ice moves sufficiently ficient funds have been accumulat- to take up the slack and stop the|ed, the Territory will be credited clock, the breakup is recorded. Be-|with that amount and a hombing | sides stopping the clock, the wire |plane will be named “Spirit of Al-! pulls a cord on the town whistle, aska.” the official clock. Meets Tomorrow There will be a meeting of the‘ Martha Society tomorrow in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church Parlors. Luncheon will be served at 1:30 o'clock, after which | business will be discussed. i Cormick added. 1 bill thus boosting the total Congress appear, framed, upon the office| MIS. Raymond Wolfe and Mrs. walls. | Fred Henning are the hostesses for The photographs, enlarged to| tomorrow’s affair. Plans will be sbout eighteen by twenty-four|discussed for the luncheon on inches, are in black and white and | Wednesday, February 11, also to were taken with telephoto lense.|be held in the chureh parlors be- Cne shows a placld cow moose re-|tween 11:30 and 1 o'clock to en- clining in grass before some ever-:able working people to attend. greens, another in silhouette shows g ———————— Hine and the inira. a mun moose| LABOR CONCILIATOR (OMING TO JUNEAU gazing directly into the camera | | with ancther nearly out of sight in the background trees. Charles Wheeler, Federal Labor Hollendar who has hunted|Conciliator, formerly assigned to ‘hroughpm, the world, pzm made an- | Alaska and more recently engaged nual trips to Alaska for both fish-in conciliation tasks at Portland ‘ng and hunting but is becoming| ore,, is enroute to Juneau to ke increasingly interested in hunting| pis headquarters here, Michael J with a camera rather ~han with a q - XY € Haas, Territorial Labot Commis- gun, according to a letter received |gioner announced tod § by Homer W. Jewell, of the Alaska i : i Ghme Orfmplision Wheeler ‘will be available for con- i S H““eM“‘suuatmn amld advice in all labor- .scnl to the Game Comm n ap_|employer dispuice telulring |peared in a group of his p!mw_lwrvices of a mediator, Haas said. LR D L ‘graphs appearing in the February issue of Field and Stream, Empire Classifieds Pay! the To Drive for Base lace of the great event which Imsi Executive board ‘actions reported just taken place. |at the lunchoen included the initia- o |tion of a Chamber-sponsored drive | to secure the designation of Juneau FORESI SERVI(E | as marine boat headquarters for the | |Fish and Wildlife Service, which h’u‘ OFFICIALS DUE |seeking’ an Alaskan base for its| | many small craft. Adequate marine HERE IoMoRRow | ways are available here, the execu- tive board pointed out. Officials of the Fish and Wildlife Service will| Charles G. Burdict, Assistant Re-|be urged to consider Juneau as the glonal Forester for the United|base. States Forest Service here, and, Also requiring immediate action Charles H. Forward, Administrative was another executive board sug- Assistant for the same organization, | gestion, resulting in approval by the are due in Juneau tomorrow after|Chamber of efforts to retain the completing a timber survey on the|headquarters of the United States West Coast of Prince of Wales| Weather Bureau for Alaska in Ju- Island. |neau. Although many activities of | the Weather Bureau recently have | been transferred to Anchorage, the | executive board pointed out that the | logical place for the bureau’s ex- ecutive headquarters is the capital of the Territory. - BACK WAGES PAID | Back wages collected for two Al- askan laborers lave been delivered to the men,,the Department of La- |bor announced ‘today. The De- partment still is holding 'several hundred dollars collected on com- plaint - of laborers who never called | for their money.: Back wages have been sent toi | Charles Williams, now at Independ- | i ence, Alaska, and Edward Jakinsky, Fort Richardson, The department! also has traced Patrick Keough and | expects to deliver his money to| bim soon, Commissioner Michael J. Haas said. e SUB. LOST LONDGN, Feb. 5—The British Admiralty announced tonight that the submarine “Triumph -has been lost but gave no other particulars or the location. The Triumph had a normal com- plement of 53 men, THURS HUSBANDS WITH WORKING WIVES 10 GO TO ARMY Draft Boards Ordered to Recheck Deferred Married Men Local draft boards throughout Alaska have been ordered to re- check their lists of men deferrcd [rom the draft, because of marri- age, to determine whether any of these men have wives who are self-supporting, Territorial Selec- tive Service Director John McCor- mick announced today. McCormick returned from an extensive inspection trip to West- ward and Interior cities yesterday. He visited Kodiak, Seward, An- chorage, Bethel, Fairbanks, Palme: and many other cities. At Bethel, he was grounded for 17 days by poor weather and in many other instances lack of transportation be- cause of weather conditions pre- vented him from extending his in- spections, Married men with no dependent: other than their wives, will changed from Class 3-A—exempted because of dependents—to Class 1- A—available for service in the armed forces—if the boards find that wives of these men so exempt. ed are self-supporting, McCormick said. Orders from Headquarters of married men has been ordered by national headquarters of the Selective Service,” McCormick de- clared. “Many boards were more lenient than necessary in their firs wassiteations and deferred - many men simply because they were mar- ried. Marriage, in itself, is not a valid reason for deferment. If the wife is working and earning enough to support herself, there is no reason why the husband should not serve his country. Only cases where the wife is dependent upon her husband or where there reasons, will married men be ex- empted.” Change of Status McCormick pointed out that many men, in filling out their draft questionnaires, did not men- tion that their wives were self- supporting. In other instances, wives who were dependent at one| time, since have found self-suppors | in wartime employments. Any such | | be | “This check of present conditions | in| — are other dependents, or where the | registrant may be deferred for other ! z DAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1942 RIGGS URGES HIGHWAY TO ~ AID DEFENSE | (Continued from Page One) | | testified that bombers based in | Alaska could reach all capitals in |Europe or Asia and all parts in North America. He said the Terri- tory is “absolutely dependent upon |the United States” shipping | through the inland passage and | this passage is always a dangerous | trip. He said the land route ap- |proved by the Commission wassafe |from attack because of the Coast Range. He said the airlines of the Territory follow the proposed route of the road, | In giving further testimony, | Riges said John Logan, airlines op- | erator employee in New York, made la motoreycle trip over the proposed route in 1639 and said the road could be easily constructed. - THREE SUBS NEW YORK, Feb. 5—An Ameri- jcan Passenger ship arrived today |after a thrilling escape from three | Axis submarines which made crash dives when a patrol plane appeared on the scene while the unarmed ship was trying to ram the undersea raiders. Crew members said the subs were | sighted on the surface Sunday, shortly after the vessel left a West Indies port. CHILDREN'S coLDs FOR DIRECT RELIEF from miseries of coldls—coughing, phlegm, irrita- tion, clogged upper air passages— rub throat, chest, and back':.ld- Vicks VapoRub. Its poultice-and- wvapor action brings relief without dosing. ALSO, FOR HEAD €OLD “sniftles”, melt a spoonful of VapoRub in hot water. Then - changes in status are required by law to be reported immediately to Authorization for a searth was|nobody is on the winning minute,|government enough money to buy |the local draft board. Death of de-! nade to Mrs, Har as it is he |the nearest guess wins. 'a pursuit plane. Similar plans to pendents or divorces or any other precinct in which the missing men | Autcmatic Recording |stimulate defense savings are being |circumstance altering the status of jwere lost and the law provides| The exact minute of the break- | followed out by cities in the States.” |5 registrant also should be repori- hat, in the case of missing pexu‘up is recorded automatically by| The plan was returned to com-|.q immediatel Mccopo' Tk ons, the search originate in the|an ingenious device invented and mittee for further consideration, | ¢ s s i “We also must again warn regis- trants from the States that une; must report to the draft board nearest them in Alaska and also chase a bomber by the same means. | Send word to their home draft board of their whereabouts,” M- “Failure to com- ply with these instructions is pun- ishable by prison terms and fines.” N GREAT NAVY SUPPLY BILL | GETS BOOST —_— | WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 — The| Senate today completed legislative action in five minutes on the Twen- ty Six Billion Dollar Naval Supply has appropriated for military pur- poses during the first, month of this season to aproximately Thirty| Nine Billion Dollars. " ——pe P i FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HOLD SESSION TONIGHT The regular monthly meeting of the members of the Juneau Volun-! teer Fire Department will be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the Fire Hall. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS ) have the child !::;:dy: inL tlhe V'CKs steaming vapors, VaroRus 'Headqnarlers Hardeman WATER-PROOFED Hats H. S. Graves The Clothing Man Don't wait 20 and 30 minutes for your taxi —CALL US! ¢ STAR CAB ¢ PHONE § Don Lozzie—Owner -— an annual dividend o depositors. Up to $5.000.00 Accounts Government Insured The Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association of Juneau has again declared f four per cent for its Start Your Account Tomorrow with $1 or More Money Available at Any Time Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association of Ji;leau |