The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1942, Page 6

PAGE SIX "™ LOGGING EXPERTS Edward A. Stamm and Axel Brandstrom, logging engineers from the Pacific Northwest, left Juneau by boat today for Seattle had been in Alaska for several weeks, investigating spruce forests in the Territory. In Juneau, they conferred with Forest Service of- ficials, discussing the possibilities of spruce lumber production. - oo DIVORCE ASKED Ruby Elsie Starr has filed suit for divorce in U. S. District Court against Harold Roy Starr. Both are Sitka residents sks legal sep- aration the ounds of non- support on - BUY LEFENSE STAMPS Uncle Sam Demands Leather irls in the Army, Nurse Corps depend am specifies_leath and heel boses DO THE SAME FOR YOUR BOYS AND GIRLS..DEMAND | POLL-PARROT SHOES g ALL-LEATHER IN VITAL PARTS It's easy to do as Uncle Sam does . . . just insist on Poll- Parrot shoes. There’s a money-back guarantee in every pair that you'll never find paper or fibreboard in coun- ters, insoles and heel bases. Family Shoe Store Seward Street Dancing who says. BRAND KENFUCKY STRAICHT BOURBON WHISKEY Distributed by NATIONAL GROCERY COMPANY Seattle, W DESIGNATED ARMY DAY Acting Governor Proclaims Date for Celebra- AND DEPART Arriving in Juneau today were, Mrs. N. Lester Troast, James E. | Troast, Richard Troast and N. Les- | ter Troast, Jr., J. J. Saunders, D. C. Lookingbill, J. R. Sisco, J. O Kirkham, Mrs. Kirkham, L. Chem- irant, 8. E. Tucker, Mrs. S. E. | Tucker, Helen Boderson, J. R. Wer- i ner, Mrs, Werner, Grace Plum. "on Here | J. Martinson, J. Prescott, J. Pear- s | ; 2 on, P. Covich, P. L. Kaiser, H. Acting Governor E. L. Bartlett 5o v today lgxn(‘(! a proclamation desig-| Wright, C. G. Berg, A. Rotter, nating April 6 of this year as Ar-|Solly Brown, D. Hewitt, W. W my Day throughout the Territory Smith, B. Smith, J. Horton, Mr ¢ Alaska jand Mrs. Gus Klaney. - Leaving were, for Petersburg, The proclamation was issued on invitation of the President who pre- viously proclaimed that date as Ar- my Day and issued an order to military units throughout the Unit- ed States, its possessions and Ter-, ritories to assist civic bodies in the | appropriate observance of that day A Senate concurrent resolution, passed by the 75th Congress, pro- vides that April 6 of each year be recognjzed by the Senate and the House as Army Day, and that the President be requested, as Com- mander-in-Chief, to issue orders to military units to assist in appropri- ate celebration, to proclaim the day each year, and to invite the Gov- ernors to issue - .- NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY To be published this month and {forms will close March 18, for | space, listings and changes 'please call the Juneau and Douglas Tele- phone Co., Phone 420, before the closing date. ELECTRIC RANGES ARE such proclamations. | James Swendsen, Cliff Swendsen, | Victor Swendsen, Frank Dufresne, Amby Frederick, L. T. Oldroyd, A.| Rasmussen, A. Tagobon and A.| Tagobon, Jr.; for Ketchikan, Mrs.| |Charles J. Davis, Ralph Hacker- | son, Peter A. Hansen, and Oliver | Wine; for Seattle, Bert Jensen,| Mrs. Andrew Girdler, Carroll P.| Rank, Mary T. Klass, Elvia Katz, Dr. Courtney Smith, Claude Gollu broke, Benj. A, Lane, Axel J. F. Brandstrom, Edward P. Stromm, David P. Taylor, Carl Durand, Roy Barnatt, Willlam T. Hughes, Hugh| Philley, James Van Auken and Al- fred Raymond Moore, | ALASKA COASTAL " AIRLINES MAKES SEVERAL TRIPS | | Those leaving for Sitka today | on Alaska Coastal Airlines planes were Fred Sanders, J. E. Boyle, Harold Mead, John Salo, and mail from Seattle, with Shell :Sim- mons this morning. He is returu- ing this afternoon with five pas- sengers. . On the second Sitka trip this afternoon, Alex Holden, mail from Seattle was carried and the follow- g passengers, J. W. Riemel, Jos- eph Kaller, S. W. Lathrop and Mrs. L. M. Green. Five passengers are booked to return on this plane also. SEE THEM This morning Holden made a round trip to Tulsequah with freight for the Polaris-Taku Mine. Arriving yesterday afternoon from ELKS and LADIES Wednesday, March 18,9:30P. M. Following Initiation It’s a treat to meet the man 7 Sitka with Alaska Coastal Airlines TODAY were, Steve Tus, Ray Moore, Clar- 4 AT ence Wagoner, Harry Phillips and %) W % | James Van Auken. Alaska Electric Light B - ind Power Co. FIRST AID CLASS 1 Phone 616 TOMORROW NIGHT MEETS 8 0°CLOCK Due to the alert scheduled for tomorrow night at 7 o'clock, the Red Cross first aid class, which usually meets at 7:30 o’clock on Thursday evenings in the basement of the Methodist Church, will meet at the same place at 8 o'clock to- morrow night, it was announced by Mrs. Frank Metcalf, instructor. PR KIRKHAMS ARRIVE Mr. and Mrs.. J. O. Kirkham, former residents of Douglas, who have been to the westward for sev- eral years, returned to Juneau to- day and will visit with their son- | in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rice. | s IRVING KRAUSE LEAVES TO JOIN ARMY, ANCHORAGE Irving Krause, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Krause of this city, left today for the Interior on his 7 HYPERACID § STOMACHS MONEY BACK GUARANTEE EcONOMY sz Butler-Mauro Drug Co. The Rexall Store |'s. Army. e e I, MAKES SITKA TRIP ! J. E. Boyle, Union Oil repre- sentative, left today for ,Sitka on a short business trip. Refreshments Headquarters Hardeman THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—]! APRIL 615 [MANY ARRIVE|PUBLIC PLEASE RETURN TO STATES GRADE MAGS AT HOME, SALVAGE Grading of magazines at home will greatly aid those in charge of the campaign for assembling all salvage in the city of Juneau. it was announced today by Ad- jutant Stanley Jackson, of the Sal- vation Army, who heads the eam- paign. | Through tests made with nitric acid on the various magazines, those bringing a good price for paper have been determined and listed while those of no resale value for paper content can be elimin- ated by residents at home. Within a few days arrangements will be made for a building where the magazines may be taken by Juneau residents. Those desired are listed as No. 1 magazines while thuse of no use for salvage pur- poses are listed as No. 2 maga- zines. People are urged to take those falling in the No. 1 group to the building which will be an- nounced within a few days. Magazines listed as No. 2 may e called for at a later date Ad- jutant Jackson stated. It is suggested that all residents clip the following lists from the Empire and keep them at some place where they can easily be referred to in aiding the salvage campaign, Adjutant Jackson said The No. 1 magazines are: Ladies Home Journal, American Legion, Radio News, U. S. Cam- era, Flying & Popular Aviation, Es- quire, Popular Photograpphy, Cam- era, Saturday Evening Post, Elec- trical Contracting, Electronics, Mot- or Boating, Harpers, Mama. Popular Mechanics, Coronet, Pickups, Ladies News, Wood Craft Outdoorsman, Cosmopolitan, Look, Woman’s Home Companion, School Board Journal. Good Housekeeping, Readers Di- zest, American Machinist, Mining World, Colliers, Pacific Builder & Engineer, Mining Congress Journal, American l'orests, Sunset, The Ro- tarian, Harpers Bazaar, Country Gentleman. List of No. 2 Magazines Natural History, The . Rudder, Screen. Guide, Radio Craft, Scien- tific American, Home Craftsman Atlantic Monthly, Science & Me- chanics, Popular Science, Sears & Roebuck Catalogue, Product Engin- eering, Think, Radio & Television. West Coast Lumberman, Mining & Contracting Review, Field & Stream, Red Book, Elks Maga- zine, A. T. E. Journal, Argosy, Business Week, Broadcast Y News, Argonaut. ‘Time, Broadcasting, Liberty, News Week, Click, Life, Engineering News Recerd, Pic, Nation's Business, Blue Book, Allied Radio Catalog ,Du- pont Magazine. HOLBROOK MAKES ANCHORAGE TRIP Wellman Holbrook, Assistant Re- gional Forester, left by plane for Anchorage via Fairbanks today on Forest Service business. He will confer with military of- ficials in the Anchorage area in connection with joint problems of military and Forest Service import- ance. He expects to be gone for three weeks. > JUNEAU CHAMBER MEETS TOMORROW Juneau Chamber of Commerce will meet tomorrow noon at the Baranof Hotel for its weekly lunch- eon meeting. Arrangements are being made to present several in- tersting speakers. —————— SCOUT EXECUTIVE GOES TO PETERSBURG Amby Frederick, Boy Scout Ex- ecutive for the Territory, left today for Petersburg where he will spend a few days in connection with Scout activities. ——-— MRS. TROAST HERE Mrs. N. Lester Troast and three sons arrived today from Anchorage and will visit here. They have been in Anchorage for the last several months. = i | RAY, ARNOLD WREDE LEAVE FOR INTERIOR Ray and Arnold Wrede, brothers |of William Wrede of Juneau, who arrived . recently from the south, left today for the Interior. il 4 BEN LANE CALLED SOUTH | Ben Lane, PAA employee, left to- |day focr Seattle where he has been |called by the serious illness of his WATER-PROOFED Hais H. S. Graves ‘The Clothing Man YOU in yourself . . . . There isn't a woman in the woi WEIGHT or too old or too plain about being beautiful. The proper care of face and you into the vital person that is o rrtrr et ‘ashington sster. | bl | Relleve misery, as most mathers | do. Rub the |CK throat, chest and back with VaroRus time - tested A lovely girl is an accident; a beautiful woman is an achievement. rid who can afford to he OVER- or too busy or too pretty to bother hair and FIGURE will trangform yourself. Make your.headquarters at SIGRID’S BEAUTY SALON, Phone 318 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1942 START MERCY FLIGHT FROM ALASKA TOWN PilotWien BFTY from Fair- banks for Stricken Soldier SAN FRANCISCO, March 18 — i Pilot Sigurd Wien, well known Al- aska flier, left Fairbanks today on a 1,700-mile mercy plane flight to pick up an appendicitis stricken Signal Corps operator at Point Bar- row. Headquarters of the Western De- [ense Command said Wien will rush Corporal James Truly to the Ladd Field hospital. Accompany- ng Wien on the northbound trip is Private Byron Ames who will replace Truly until he is able to retwrn to his post. Math Teacher Is (alled fo Service; Volunteer Desired I the staff of the Juneau Highl School, someone qualified to teach | mathematics can do his or her Jit for the crisis by volunteering o take over that department, as| Prederick T. Lindenmeyer, math/ instructor, will report for duty in the Navy or Coast Guard by April 1, it was announced today by A. With the call to war striking at| B. Phillips, superintendent of | 1942 MAGAZINES ' WANTED FOR USE OF SERVICE MEN Public Urged fo Take Them to Red Shield Reading Room for Distribution All Juneau people wishing to con- tribute to the entertainment and recreation of service men are urged to the Red Shield Reading Room in the Decker Building, by Adjutant Stanley Jackson of the Salvation Army. Some of the magazines are kept in the reading room here while| others are sorted and sent to army camps, hospitals for service men and government boats, both navy and coast guard. 1 Magazines of all types that ap-/| peal to adults are desired as the men have a wide variety of in- terests. | Because of the difficulty of col- lection, the public is urgently re- |quested to take their magazines |for this purpose to the readmg‘ room in the Decker Building which |is open from 1 o'clock in the after- noon until 11 o'clock at night. - e HAROLD ZENGER GOES 10 SEA; FAMILY HEARS HE IS IN HONOLULU St. Patrick’s Day will stay in the memory of the Al Zenger family, for with it came news of the safe arrival in Honolulu of Harold Zen- ger, second son of the family. In Seattle in January, Harold | signed as a crew member with a tug hoat company. His destination was !veiled in secrecy until the word of| {his safe arrival in Honolulu came yesterday. | His family is figuring that Harold | | probably celebrated his twentieth |birthday on the ocean, March 9. Alfred Zenger, oldest of the four |Zenger brothers, is in the army| i | | | | | schools. This leaves a vacancy on | the high school staff that must ne filled. “While we realize that the armed services have first call upon the man power of the country, we feel hat it is also important to con- inue the education of America's youth in essential subjects,” Mr. Phillips said. . | | to take magazines of 1942, that| would be of interest to the men,| |at Chilkoot Barracks and Ned and | Chester are senior and freshmen in high school. Harcld = Zenger was graduated Receive Regular Pay “Anyone residing in this vicinity who is qualified to teach mathe- matics in the high school will help h | e m 4 0ol i 940 jreatly in the present crisis by from Jupeau ‘High So n 1 % 3 & and left for the south last fall with volunteering t‘u l.ake mef that de- plans to enlist in the navy or partment beginning April 1. The coast guard. However, his present| ceacher will, of course, be paid at job has taken him to sea, so Harold | AIR ATTACKS ON JAPANESE, BURMA AREA American Voluneer Group ' Issues Communique After Raids CHUNGKING, March 18. — Ef- fective air attacks on Japanese trucks and mechanized forces along the Sittany River in Burma is re- ported in a communique issued to- day from the American Volunteer Group Headquarters “somewhere in the Southern Yannan Province.” The raids inflicted heavy losses | on the mechanized units, the com- munique states. | LICENSE PLATES | Four Pilots Lose Lives, Plajl_ca Crash Army Pursuit Craft Come to Earth in Flames on Ohio Farms LIMA, Ohio, March 18. — Four pilots are- presumed to have been killed in Army pursuit ships which crashed in flames on farms six miles east of here shortly before the noon hour today. Farmers living nearby said they saw no survivors‘leave the ships after the crash. PRESIDENT TO BE SMALLER, W.P.B. REPORTS WASHINGTON, March 18 — In the future, auto license plates will| be “small date tabs” not more than| four inches square and attached to! the present license plates to bringi them up to date, according to a War Production Board order. Large Group Enjoys | t. Patrick’s Day | Party Last Evening| A large crowd of townspeople and | enlisted men were present last| night in:the Parish Hall of the| Church of the Nativity as parish-| ioners entertained at an open house | for service men as a St. Patrick’s| Day celebration. | Community singing, dancing and| a lunch of fresh milk, coffee, potato: salad, sandwiches and cake in great| quantities were enoyed by the en- listed men attending. Many played various games and used the letter writing facilities in the Parish Hall. Irish melodies pre- dominated in the evening’s music, which was arranged by William Hixon and A. M. Uggen. Mrs, ASKS MORE WAR FUNDS WASHINGTON, March 18 — The President has asked Congress to appropriate $17,579,000, more for the War Department, nxgfixs,ooo.ooo going to the Army Air Corps under the President’s recommendations and to make available War De- partment money putting into op- eration the following: ““Any law may be enacted for the establishment of a Women's Auxiliary Corps Service Army.” The House passed such a bill yesterday and sent it to the Senate. Chapeladies Make Plans for Dinner Set On March 28 Chapeladies, meeting last night in the Auk Bay home of Mrs. James DeHart, made final arrange- 'ments for the dinner which will be (held on Saturday, March 28, at the | Chapel-by-the-Lake. The dinner |has been set for 6:30 o'clock that |night. | Mrs. Max Mielke, who is in charge he regular rate for that work and, I am sure, the parents of Ju- neau will be deeply grateful,” Mr., Phillips declared. “Due to the call of the services, we must depend on local people who are qualified, to' assist in keeping the school staff complete,” he said. i Anyone who is qualified to teach, mathematics is urgently requested to telephone Mr. Phillips at the| arliest possible date. J. W. GUCKER ADDS STORAGE SPACETO | HANDLE BUSINESS Increased business has necessi- tated an increase in warehouse| space to provide larger storage fa-| cilities, J. W. Gucker, prominent Alaska broker said today. Mr. Gucker, Schenley represen- tative in Alaska, is increasing the| floor space of his office and store- house on the Alaska Dock by 1200! square feet, The work is being! done by Don Able and Dick Dal- zelle who began the improvement | yesterday. 1 “Business last summer and this winter has been better in Alaska than for many years,” Mr. Gucker said. “In fact last summer was the best season I have had since| I have lived in the Territory and| this winter is not far behind.” In addition to Schenley, Mr. Gucker represents Food Industries bulk and bottled wines; Hamm's Beer; Golden Age Beer; 8 & W Products; Armours’ Company and Loose-Wilds Biscuit Company. NEW HEALTH BOARD NAMED IN HOONAH At a public meeting of approxim- ately 100 persons held last week in the ANB Hall in Hoonah, a Board of Health was selected by Mayor Harry Douglas. The board includes William| Johnson, Chairman, Johnnie Wilson and Johnie Fawcett. The purpose of the board is to secure enforcement of the Territorial Health regula- tions. Methods of public garbage dis- posal are being investigated as well as plans for a sewage disposal system. One of the first accomplish- ments of the new board was the exclusion of known cases of tuber- culosis from public gatherings. The town has recently completed a new water system. DUFRESNE LEAVES FOR PETERSBURG Executive Officer Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game Commission south on their arrival in Juneau is bound to be happy. Al Zenger, Sr., in the navy during the last war, is cashier and circula- tion manager of the Empire Print- ing Company. MAXINE DAVIS OFF FOR INTERIOR TO | GET STORY MATERIAL Maxine Davis, noted magazine writer, who has been in Juneau for the last ten days, left yesterday afternoon for Fairbanks. She will spend some time in the Interior City and go from there to Anchor- age to obtain material for articles on the Territory for Cosmopolitan and other nationally known mag- azines. Miss Davis made a short trip to Sitka after her arrival in Juneau ten days ago and both in that city and Juneau was busy interviewing people in all walks of life to get story material. - e Ketchikan Visitors Honored at Party About 150 Juneau and Ketchikan bowlers yesterday afternoon en- joyed a party in the Elks’ Club here honoring the visitors from the | for a week's bowling tournament. Mrs. Henry Messerschmidt, Mrs. James Barragar and Mrs. Fred Bar- ragar acted as hostesses for the affair, given under the auspices of the House Committee. Ketchikan ladies are enthusiastic about the warmth of the welcome given their group at the attractive party, where hors d'oeuvres and cocktails were served. They went on, however, to win over their Jun- eau hostesses last night during the tournament. CHAIN LETTERS ARE UNDER BAN Chain letters soliciting Defense Savings Stamps are being circulated | in the States, maybe some have| reached Alaska, but they are illegal and should be ditched. Postmaster Albert Wile has re- ceived official notification from the Post Office Department that the chain letter soliciting is a' violation of the Postal Fraud and Lottery statutes. ., CHOIR REHEARSAL SET A choir rehearsal for Trinity Cathedral will be held at 8 o’clock tomorrow night in the church. All o f the affair, is being assisted by George F. Shaw and Mrs. V. L. Hoke F . were in charge of cards and gamesiM“" DeHart and Mrs. Stanley Jek- and refreshments were served Mrs. A. M. Geyer, Mrs. George M. Simpkins and Mrs. Harley Turner, with Mrs. J. J. Klein also assisting. Mrs. Walter G. Hellan was chair- man of the party. Mrs. Hellan said this forenoon that committee members wish to thank all the townspeople who co- bperated so well in making the party a success. Future parties are being planned, and for the present, the reading and writing room of the Parish is open each evening to service men. Books, magazines and newspapers donated to the room are enjoyed by the men. Juneau Women Enjoy "Defense Tea” Here Club members and thoroughly enjoyed the St. Pat- rick’s Day defense tea of the Juneau Woman’s Club, given yesterday at the home of Mrs. Ray G. Day. Table decorations of pastel green and white marked the saint’s day, vepeated in the floral centerpiece of white allium and fern. Members of the American Homes Committee, with Mrs. Ruth Noble chairman, were hostesses, while Mrs. Charles Burdick, Mrs. R. B. Lesher, Mrs. Henry Green, Mrs. J. P. Willlams aind Mrs. Art Glover poured. ‘Women of the club will hold open house for the service men here on next, Saturday evening, March 21, from 7 p. m. to midnight, in the American Legion Dugout. Mrs. Doris Julian will play for com- munity singing and refreshments will be served. Service men may feel free to drop in or leave when- ever they wish. Use of the Dugout |has been arranged through the co- operation of the American Legion. 48 CHILDREN ATTEND IMMUNIZATION CLINIC Immunization against whooping cough, small pox, typhoid and diph- theria were given this morning in Juneau Public Health Center to 48 infant and preschool children of he district, according to Miss Jane Hibbard, public health nurse. Assisting during this morning’s clinic were Mrs. C. C. Carter and Mrs. Tom Parks, who volunteered their services for the work. One of a series of three whoop- ing cough injections were given to 32 children, four were vaccinated against smallpox, six against diph- ‘heria and 11 were immunized ag- ainst typhoid. ‘Tomorrow morning, another of the clinics for Juneau Public members of the choir and persons Schools will be held in the school. left by boat this afternoon for|interested in singing Easter music Women who have volunteered to Petersburg where he will visit the|are invited to come to the churchlassist with this clinic are Mary Experimental Fur farm there, He|at that time. expects to return in three or four days. e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Monagle, school nurse, Mrs. Dick Delzill, a registered nurse, and Mrs. Simila. . guests‘ ill. Mrs, Hal Kinnel promises comething novel and interesting for ithe entertainment which will follow ‘me meal. On her committee. are |Mrs. Herb Wendling and Mrs. |Frank Maier. 1 Present at last night's meeting were Mesdames Hal Kimmel, Frank Malier, Virgel Puzey, Dora Spauld- |ing, Herb Wendling, Clarence Wit- |tanen, Max Miekle, James DeHart and two guests, Mrs..J. Trucano and Miss Wendling. WELL BABIES WILL | BE STUDIED HERE Juneau mothers who are interest- |ed in keeping their babies well and healthy are invited to confer to- morrow with Miss Jane Hibbard, Public Health Nurse, at a well-baby conference to be held from 1 to 4 o'clock in the Health Center of the | Territorial Building. Only well babies should be brought to the conference, the pur- pose of which is to discuss the care of the child in keeping it healthy. Diet, care, proper medical im- munization and vaccination against communicable diseases and the checking of the physical growth of children brought to the confer- ence will be part of the three- hour discussion. RAY G, DAY OFF ON INTERIOR TRIP FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE Ray G. Day left today for an ex- tended trip through Interior Alaska on business in cennection with the Selective Service Boards through- out the country. Mr, Day will be away from the local Selective Service headquarters for several weeks and will visit Fair- jbanks, Anchorage, Nome and many other communities during his ab-, sence, John McCormick, Director of Selective Service for Alaska, said today. JOHN CASHEN JOINS STAFF OF ALASKA COASTAL AIRWAYS Joha Cashen has joined the force of the the Alaska Coastal Airways as assistant traffic manager for the busy office, it was announced to- day. Mr. Cashen started his duties this -week. —————— LOUIS DELEBECQUE BACK Louls Delebecque, District Sales Manager for Pan American Air- ways, Alaska Division, returned to- day from PFairbanks where he has been for the last week on company business. ——————— ‘BUY DEFENSE STAMPS ; !