The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 11, 1942, Page 6

PAGE SIX EUGENE WALLIS —— Editor AEF Romance in North Ireland Licut, J. W. Heywood-Harman, a doctor in the U. S. Army Medical Corps and his bride, the former Dr. Attracta MacHale, leave a Belfast, Ireland, church. The bridegroom is the first officer with the U. S. forces in North Ireland to be married since the arrival of the troops. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Heywood-Harman of Newport, R. I, and his bride is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. P. MacHale of County Dublin. R. LEON | then we were confronted with the problem of getting competent help We were forced to go into the open market, and compete with ETTER TO NDERSON Mr. Leon Henderson labor Price Administrator contractors working on Government Washington, D. C projects, with unlimited Govern- Dear Mr. Henderson: ment money. Result—wages went We are taking it for granted that |up too, Mr. Henderson Everything you are a good American, and that else went up in proportion and efforts to control the price has stayed up. Now we are asked your structure of the merchandise market of America is sincere and honest- also that you are interested in pre- rerving the customs and traditions of 167 years of Americanism with- in this broad prosperous land of ours, but your recent order atfecting the, price structure of all commodi- to lower prices on our stock to the level of November of 1941, but what are going to do with our help that we have given two raises dur- ing that interval? How are we go- ing to cut our operating costs down to that level? We do not we think that you would ties sold in our part of the Nation be interested in freezing anyone Jeads us to believe that you have cut of business, large or small, but been badly advised as to the con- we do know that unless there is ditions of things generally in Al- a modification of the present order aska that you will be instrumental in First, Mr. Henderson, we here ' the bankruptcy of a large number have no Marshall Fields, no Wana- of these “small potatoes.” makers. But we are a country It is not neeessary to call your > up of “small potatoes” in the u¢tention to the importance of the handising field. Men Who ' parchant to the community, as you have devoted a lifetime to the we) know that all activity, both building up of small businesses, social and economic, springs from dedicated to the proposition that, tpe ymall business man, That is a lifetime of honest toil in this|gne of the things that makes Am- direction was sure to return SOme ' eicathe corner drug store, the degree of security in old age—a lifetime in which one is called on to do everything in the community in which he resides, from acting as postmaster to the burial of the dead—here in this far away coun- try men do these things uncom- plainingly—taking it for granted that it is part of his job. We have hundreds of these public spirited individuals up here. We call them merchants. You call them-—some- thing else. Back in November 1941 we were sailing along with the rest of the Nation, doing our share of “THE HOUSE “getting ready” for a war that we expected to break—in another quar- OF ter. These men were making a fair HOSPITALITY” profit on the merchandise sold ov- er their counters. Then came De- cember 7, 1941. Things changed very rapidl First we were sad- dled with a raise in freight rates, SITKA HOTEL RUSS CLITHERO, Mar. YES!? I Said— Chinese Food at MOY°>S Nice Quiet Restful Rooms Hotel Alaskan PICTURES. .. ARE LIKE UNCLE “They Will Live FOREVER!" Photo Shop Studio e e 1e Only Place in T TO DANCE === === Good Music! COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR ~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA SITKA T T community grocer, even the news- | boy on the corner. These things are typically American. We up here want very much to preserve these | | chings for posterity. We want to feel [that we too are Americans. Even though we are living thousands of miles away we are still Americans all So let’s be honest with one| another. You have issued an or- der, or have caused the issuance of | that order, that works a hardship | on a group of our citizens. We know this sort of thing is not in | keeping with your policy of fair play. We therefore ask you to rectify as quickly as possible this ave error | Yours very truly, —EUGENE WALLIS. Editor Sitka Page, Daily Empire. -—- AMERICAN LEGION MEETS The American Legion meeting of Post 13 held on Tuesday evening July 7 was well attended. Com- mander Charles Whittimere presid- ed. There were quite a number of distinguished guests present, and inasmuch as the good ladies of the Auxiliary were meeting in their new quarters (all in the same building), a “get together” was held immediately after the business meetings were terminated and a good time was had by all those present. We wish to take this op- portunity to thank those Auxiliary |ladies for the great quantity of that good food consumed by me. We were extremely hungry, having just finished umpiring a ball game, so if the ladies were shocked at {my “carrying capacity” maybe this| will serve to enlighten them to| [some extent. | - | | - - | | We talked to several proud par-| ents of boys who are serving in far | laway places this week, among them | being our good friend Ernie Cart- | Horn. Van's | er, also E. W. Van boy is with General MacArthur, “Down Under’. We envy them in those far away lands—seeing new things—learning new customs, new llanguages, with that devil-may-care | attitude so common among Ameri- | can Service men. Never a thought | of danger. They have a job to do.| They are doing it, too! Hurry up, boys, get it over with and come on back home -ee 1 Most construction for the Japa- | nese navy is carried on at the three | naval bases of Sasebo, Kure and | Yokosukba. |ISITKA Public Utilities Phone 40 e WATER ® LIGHT Gifts - - - Noveltie own SOCIETY AND (I ANOTHER WEDDING Our morning mail brought an- other wedding invitation, this one came from our good friends Al Seeliger and Mildred Norem. They are going to be married Sunday, July 12. We are very much for this young couple and wish them much happiness but we feel sorry for our friend Johnson at the bank as he is losing his besti looking assistants fast. Last month it was Elaine Peter- son and now it is Mildred. Anj way we wish to congratulate them | both, and especially Al We think | that he is getting one of Alaska’s nicest girls. | She has been our friend for a| long time and stands high on our OK for list. . Al is personnel director Siems-Drake here and a good Lots of luck you two, keep chins up. .o Lt. Col. Walter Shoaff was among those present at the Legion social Tuesday evening. We like this guy, and think that if the Army was made up of Shoaffs we would have very little difficulty licking those Japs to a standstill. Speak- ing for the Legion we wish to take this opportunity to extend to Lt Col. Shoaff a standing invitation to attend our meetings every Tues- day evening. We missed the ever smiling face of our good friend Missy Clithero at this shindig. It's funny how little one appreciates one’s friends, until they go away. Oh! well, have 2 good time down there where the sun is really hot, Missy. We'll be eeing you real soon anyway, we hope. “Nothing But the : Best” ROYAL CABS Telephone 66 That's the Place . .. S GOOD FOOD! @ American Dishes ONLY... ARCADE CAFE Sandwiches Good Coffee S--- Candies - - - Perfume - -- ‘Cameras - ' Modern News Stand COME IN —— LOOK AROUND! NEILL ANDERSEN .- Accessories Our Imported Stuff Included — Rum -- Whiskey -- Gin -- Stout -- Brandy -- Beer in Quarts SITKA LIQUOR STORE " 355 UBS . . . JAN WALLIS|TS Touks S aeen e s e — |readers of this page—or should| SCRAP RUBBER DRIVE |we? Anyway with your permission ! Sitka very seidom falls down, or |we will enlighten them in our next | even lags behind in anything that |issue. { calls for hard work, especially work .- ‘ pertaining to anything of a civw‘ We got a peek at a letter from nature. We are afraid we are|the Treasury Department represen- | guilty of a bit of laxity in this|tative in Alaska congratulating the | scrap rubber drive, however we are|chairman of the Sitka War Bond| told that several of our patriotic Committee for the great job they ladies have taken the “bull by the are doing in putting the war bond horns” and are making things hum. | drive across. We have learned that three of | ———— ”“‘):L' ”“‘b‘“ l-‘d:"-" )]““'9 decided “l’ in China’s Yunnan province, means make a house to house canvass of | «prec ain.” the town, picking up everything| i it S from old worn out girdles to leaky hot water battles. Nice ‘going, gals, e i | The name Paoshan, a small city were made by conviets, SPIC and SPAN! Keep °’Em Fresh LAUNDRY 12 CLEANING $6 PHONE SITKA LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING CO. Everyone says it's a GOOD PLACE TO GO ... For an HOUR or an EVENING! RIGHT === Come InToday ERNIE'S COCKTAIL BAR The Finest Cakes in Town— We Bake’Em... ees You Eat °’Em Pioneer Bakery O s S o pa SATURDAY, JULY 11. 1942 JAN WALLIS SOCIETY Give Her a Wateh! We Are Showing the World's Finest-- NOW - - See Them! Many Other Beautiful and Useful Gifts to Choose from. All This and Moreat... Alaska Drug and Jewelry Co. Sy LET'S 5 3% TRY A NEW PLACE! 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