The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1942, Page 2

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Carrots, string beans, cauliflower, WASHINGTON—The Polish Embassy called chef at the up a local | | | wa | scale _| enemy. | pected | Army proposes AMERICANS ARRIVE ON Khaki Clad Soldiets Seaf- tered to Various Aussie Stations (Continued from Page One) | A news Arthur Springs Exchange Telegraph agency said that Gen, Mac- arrived sterday at Alice midway point in the long defense highway between Darwin and Southern Australia. He is ex- to confer with government officials at Canberra soon. Made Dangerous Trip The hero of Batan, along with his wife and son and four dozen members of his staff, made the ilight to Australia through the dan- gerous aerial war zone from the Philippines in a United States Ar- my plane. Tt was a 2,000 mile trip along a direct route to the Aus- tralian nearest to Darwin. Meanwhile, Lt. Col. Lloyd Leh- bras, army press officer at Mel- bourne, declared “MacArthur’s ar- | British | rival doesn’t mean that the Ameri- can forc of the Philippines. Said Lehbra: are pulling out “The United States to continue that fight. We have been holding the Japanese in the Philippines and intend to continue holding them!” Jap Interpretation In Tokyo, a jittery Jap official | radio broadcast seized on Gen. Maz- Arthur's departure from Batan as “the treacherous abandoning of a sinking ship.” A But the United Nations took a tremendous uplift in morale with the knowledge that the most suc- cessful Allled Commander of the now was. ablé to direct large- counter blows against the Allied military experts cautioned against too great an optpimism, how- | ever, pointing out that the odds still are heavily in favor of the | enemy. |and New Zealand theatre of Bomb Jap Airfield Prime Mniister John Curtin of Australia announced that Lt. Gen. | George Brett, 56, will command the Allied air forces in the Australian WAT, and also will hold the post of Dep- uty Supreme Commander of the United ‘Nations’ forces: under Mac- Arthur. Meanwhile, late reports showed that Allied bombers continue to smash the enemy’s potential jump- ing off bases, . They raided an meat market and ordered 16 chick- and peas are the favorite vegetables. airdrome at Japanese-held Koepang, Grapes, bananas, the favorite fruits. Most of fhe diplomats have | trained American tastes. They or- “Two of these breasts are from 'der peanut butter, and like baked chickens weighing three and a half beans. One embassy pounds,” he said morosely. The em- |clared that it en breasts from 3-pound chickens Half an hour after the order was delivered the chef called back Wllh hurt complaint. attache de-| was undignified to| barrassed butcher immediately sent |call such a wonderful morsel as up two replacements. the hot dog by so lowly a name. It's all a part of diplomatic proto- | LV should be called an ‘individual col. An embassy clerk explains it |Tilet’” be sald | this way: “A fine thing,” he | Olives, cocktail mushrooms,| “if at a dinner party the wife ‘,1 pickles and marmalade are musts the Belgian ambassador were to On the shipping lists of every dip- be served a larger piece of chicken lomat. supreme than the wife of the Span. “And hamburger,” added a local ish ambassador!” | butcher. “Hundreds of pounds of Markets which supply the diplo- | Mamburger a week.” matic corps in Washington find it Fyrine . pats, e Lo-voice. explained sot- | difficult to cater to the varied tastes. 3 Chinese and Fish When the Chinese order fish ANOTHER SMIIH they want it unscaled and un- cleaned. They want to clean it GOES ‘l‘o "'owu their own way. The Finns like their poultry boned. The Poles | like their meat in fillets. FOR GOPHERS‘ Each embassy and legation has its favorite meat. als prefer veal, erschnitzel. beef; Luxembourg of- especially Wien- The Finns like ribs of the Poles prefer chicken. MINNEAPOLIS, Mar. 18—A guy named Smith is heiping Minneso- ned by the Minnesota football Local markets report that the|team that also had a player named war has apparently made little dif- Smith ference in diplomatic appetites. In| Of course, you can’t go around one week one legation of a war- | comparing basketball Smithg and ring country ordered 70 pounds of | football Smiths and about the only thing Don and Bruce have in com- | mon it that both are six feet tall.| That’s where the comparisons be-| gin and end s veal and 60 pounds of beef. Tur- | s are ordered by the half dozen guabs and chickens come by the two and three dozen. want nothing but the| Don Smith was runnerup in| y the grocers. “If they |scoring for the pre-cgnference per-| order 16 pounds of spinach they!iod when the Gophers grabbed the want the top flowery leaves and western conference spotlight by 21l the rest must be thrown away. winning Peas must be selected so that all contests. all five of the warmup id melons arve| Dutch capital on Timor Island in the East Indies. GALA OPEN HOUSE SET TONIGHT AT ELKS" CLUB HERE “Win the War” class will be init- iated tonight by the Elks which will | be part of four big events scheduled | during the evening, including elec- tion of officers, visiting night from | Ketchikan and Ladies’ Night. The Elks Lodge meeting, sched- uled at 8 o'clock, will find new of- |ficers of the group elected, as well |as the class of 16 members init- iated. Until the program is finished, ladies will be the guests of the club, beginning at 9:30 o'ctlock. Elks and their ladies from Ketchikan, here to participate in the week-long howling tournament at the club, will also be guests of Juneau Lodge. After the lodge session, dancing, supper and informal entertainment lare on the bill during the open basketball team bid for glory house for the ladies. RIS P AN S Empire Classifieds Pay( NEW FRONT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— | KETCHIKAN BOY SCOUTS HELPING . WITH DEFENS lefs-Help Fire De- parfment | e 4 | Working the Ketchikan Fire Department, a number of Boy Scouts from Troops 601 and 602 recently distributed pamphlets to homes throughout the city. The pamphlets, | “Bombs--What to Do and When to and cpastal defense councils. householder on preparation and maintenance of buildings and offer descriptions of various types of them. auxiliary of the fire department, carry cards authorizing them to act |as auxiliary fire lookouts and mes- sengers. Approximately 25 are eh- gaged in canvassing the ecity. The work has been organized by the sen- ior patro]l leaders, Sandy Struthers of Troop 602 and Howard Suzuki of Troop 601. The troops are under the supervision of Frank Tillotson and Adolf Roseneau, respectively. Vic Ellis is scout commissioner. In addition to their work for the fire department, the Scouts also are engaged in another project—col- lection of magazines for the USO. Later they will start collection of books for the USO in an effort to build its library for service men. So far more than 1,500 copies of magazines have been collected and sorted by Boy Scouts who are con- men stationed in this vicinity as well as those passing through on boats. Mrs. Wilson Passes Away Pioneer Juneau Woman Dies in Hospital After Il Four Months ness of more than four months, Mrs. Wilson, who was 66, vember 15, 1875, Canada as “Flying Gilpins” for two sons of Charles Gilpin Mrs. Wilson’s nephews, are over- their sister, Yvonne Gilpin, of offices. don Henry of Thornton now with the Army. p. m. Sunday in the chapel. in Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Wilson was a former of the Rebekahs. : 7 = Company Barcus, H. F. Dodge, Guy Gaudett, < . sut it s highly importa:tu aufn( {Rex A Hermann, A, A Monsén, J.| Myp. Chris Huber, who has been | sivilians learn just what th e Cy TROM FIER ¢ S. MacKinnon, H. M. Olson, James | taying treatment in St. Ann's Hos- | siy e SEATTLE Orme, E. A. Peyton, J. E. Roehm, SIE Wil disftasod " i ould do to protect themselves S. B. Simmons, R. E.. Vogel, 8. P. ) yesterday. should an actual attack be made _— Whiteley, K Foresman, P. O’'Brien, m Juneau. The only means of | and V. Joyer. m.!ohAnn Gue;rern v;ms admitted to|acquiring that knowledge is by PASSENGERS FREIGHT PUBEEEAAS S CROTIR 3 n's. Hospital this forenoon |holding practice drills. REFRI DR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON | for medlcal treatment. Members of each division will Aol Local optometrist has returned o - meet after the drill to discuss mis- \ » Juneau. Eyes examined, broken| Black-out paint on the out-of- | takes and suggest improvements. lenses replaced. Blomgren Bldg.,|d00rs side of window glass is more| The Civilian Defense Board will| {D. B. FEMMER—AGENT Phone 636. effective for a complete ,blackout|have its regular weekly meeting than inside painting, which cre. ates reflective glare. ;s FOR JUNEAU Troops Distribufe Pamph: under the direction of | entitled | o ¢ Y will be placed throughout the city,| For the Stars, Mrs. Elton Eng- Do It," were pu‘b.l_Lsh»Ld by the Board |, inting the way to these shel-|strom was appointed chairman of of lmlyp uxlx,demnte:s o(f1 tbhe;acmr ters a committee at last night’s meet- |and have been approved by the Pa-| ) ing of the Lodge to a cific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs| The air raid shelters and en-| 28 : ati s R They contain information for the | bombs and gasses and how to combat | The Boy Scouts, operating as :m‘ tinuing to gather them for service | 3 —— the unit operating directly under ® Centrally located i Mrs,; Warren on, ploneer of| Chief of Police Ken Junge. As L.,,egm... ® Splendid food Juneau, died shortly after midnight|soon as the alarm sounds, mem-| all with in St. Ann’s Hospital after an ill-| pers of this division become spe-| pagh and service was born Jennie Mabel Gilpin on No- in Thornton, On- tario, Canada. Bhe had been 'in g > 5 e with a red shield superimposed on | [ NA3ARLZ:- Sz 10 A Kel.] Alaska since 1907, coming first to| . o= o T LT | Falrbanks, then to Juneau from |~ =~ Y 7 | By + Iditarod. Bhe. was married to Mr. Walter I‘. Scott, with John Ken l Wilson in Juneau, shortly after m‘zd.y is director of the shelte X’ 5 coming here in 1914. division. | YNNIy [RAVEL ON A Among survivors are Mr. Wilson, PACIFIC 4 S » Wardens On Duty Sl - ” ;nl::;ms;:éci:mi:ufi' e omrs| A B. Phillips, acting director of | Princess Retie ot Thornon =y r(;l i |the air raid wardens in the ab- LINER . | family is sometimcs.re(ermd zlop‘ sence of George A. Parks is in| % | the charge of the air raid wardens. Juneau to Vancouver, seas in the Canadian Air Force and Toronto, is in the Army Air Corps Two children of Mrs. Henry also are survivors of Mrs. Wilson, Gor- and Mil- dred Henry, formerly a senior nurse in Toronto General Hospital and Funeral services are being ar- ranged by Charles W. Carter for 2 The Rev. W. H. Matthews is being askec to conduct the. services and inter- ment. will be in the Masonic plot Past Noble Grand in Perseverance Lodge § DOUGLAS NEWS DOUGLAS 0RGANI7ATION§ 5 # | PLANNING ENTERTAINM Plans have been Léntntively made two organizations, Douglas Is- land Women’s Club and Nugget Alarm Will Be Sounded 4 70'Clock Tomorrow Evening Chapter, Order of Eastern Stars, (Conunued from rage One) ISSUE RULE take part in entertaining the nhsu-d men, The Club's affair has been set for Wednesday evening, one week from tomorrow, and will embrace | spec: ially arranged entertainment ‘Jm the men, also refreshments, ac- cording to report given out today | | { | { similar affair, date of which will | | depend any convenient time | trances are as follows: 1—Baranof Hotel basement—en- _2 |trance through lobby on Second|l€ft available by previously ar- prosng ranged functions, | 2—Twentieth Century Theatre According to announcement so | ‘ntrance from Front Street. far . peganilg o B DG o NERE 3 Assembly- Apartment basemen | Planned locally both will be hel —entrance on Seward Street. in the Dugout in Juneau. | 4—Federal Building basement and | R e {lower hall—enter at main doors| MOHS TO SITKA on Fourth Street. | Bennie Mohs left here the first 5—Hillerest Apartments—en-|Of the week for Sitka where hej trances on south and east sides|CXpects to be employed indefinite- of building. ‘ly, Mrs. Mohs and children plan| 6—Calhoun Avenue Viaduct ot o leave early next month (*mmm‘ Fifth Street—enter by descending 0 Montana to live with her hus- | stairs below street. band’s folks while he remains in | 7—Gold Creek Tunnel—located | Sitka i | 150 feet above bridge. Enter by | k: Sy | trail on south side of creek and | HOME SOLD | cross small foot bridge to en- Having successfully concluded the | trance, | business of selling her residence 8—Alaska Electric Light and Pow- | Property here, Mrs. Charles| er Company basement — enter | Schramm expects to leave tomor- through garage doors on Second Y¢W by plane for her return trip [OOSR WEDNESDAY MARCH 18, 1942 0. B. MILLET as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of thes — CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM" Federal Tax—>5¢ per Person WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! e P e e o i The United States Navy Department requests that nothing be published, printed or conveyed concerning the movements, cargoes or destina- tion of merchant vessel American any in waters. o FOR RESERVATIONS AND ALL OTHER INFORMATION—CALL THE THE ALASKA LINE Phone 2 H. O. Adams, Agent SERVING, ALASKA TH YEAR 'ROUND Street, opposite American Legion |t0 Sitka, after about a week’s vis-| Dugout it Traffic To Stop | Except for automobiles engaged | TIDES (Sun time, March 19) in defense work, all traffic should draw to the curb, park, and occu-| pants of the vehicles should seek | shelter. High tide, 3:16 a.m., 17.6 feet. | Director Frank Metcalf and m(‘m~ Low tide, 9:25 a.m., -0.8 feet. ! sers of the Civilian Defense Board | High tide, 3:33 p.m., 164 feet. | will report. to. the City Hall. All| Low tide, 9:36 p.m., 05 feet. iirectors, leaders and members of ->> = ould | sever- | :he various defense divisions s report immediately to their al stations. . Members of thvislun“ whose leaders have issued specific instructions should follow these in- structions. The auxiliary policemen will meet | at their various platoon head-| quarters. Dr. George F, Freeburg-| er is director of this division, with ‘The principal Scottish local muwi is the Sheriff Court and the judg w |is called the Sheriff Substitute. S SEATTLE ® Perfect comfort cial police officers with the pow- er to make arrests. Members of this division are the only ones who bear ar They wear arm bands Special Rates to Permanent Guests ALASEANS LIKE THE Hotel They will report to their sergeants and be on patrol during the alert. It will be their duty to direct per- sons on the street to shelter. Dr. Courtney Smith is chairman of the First Aid unit of the Medi- Victoria or Seattle Princess Norah sails from Juneau March 15, 25—April 5 V. W. MULVIHILL |, Agent, C. P. R—Juneau, Alaska cal C s Divisi kich Dr. |- s Diison ot ser >\ CANADIAN PACIFIC 3mith has issued instructions to *‘ 1is leaders and members by which a full-fledged drill will be held and treatment given to persons ~ho will simulate injuries received during the raid. 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