The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 20, 1942, Page 6

~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ~— ~ SITKA PAGE PAGE SIX EUGENE WALLIS Editor -y mom \World’s Larges This Is the first picture released of Glenn L. Martin's design for a 250,000 pound flying ship. It was for this Martin won the American desigs award. The new ship will be able to carry 102 passengers, 80 lbs. of luggage for each passenger, plus 25,000 pounds of mail and cargo to London in design that Glenn L. L ION MEETS Post 13 of the American Legion held its regular weekly meeting at the Castle Tuesday evening In the absence of Post Commander Charles Whittemore, Vice Com- mander Russ Clithero presided - We sec many familiar new regalia these days our acquaintances are stepping out in umuform And a lot of others wish they could faces 'n Many of - Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Carter werc in Juneau for several days last eek - Mr. and Mrs, Charley Wortman were Juieau visitors over the past weekend. e We were among those present at| the lovciy cocktail party given for| ‘he new commander of the NAS last Thursday evening and having atended as a guest and not as represeatative of the press we not attzpt to give you a com-|* and the result is most gratifying plete breakdown of the affair, oth- er than to say that it was one uf the besi parties we ever attended, and we shink that everyone there had a good time. — e | The iocal company of the Alaska| We are very graieful for the let- Territorial Guard is rapidly round- | ters and phone calls that are com- | ing into form, and according (o capt. Winn Goddard will soon be ooking uke a company of regulars. The Cuptain has followed the old saw of ihe business world, “organ- ize, deputize and supervise” very t Flying Ship Wins Design Lward | named (o arrange for the { the present building to the new | location. The class of “Goat Rid- only sescn, quite a letdown from Lawrcnce Kerr (of city hall fame) | the ias gone to Juneau for a visit Gene town these days wearing a broad | smile Miss Myra fined w her home We hsve been having some very ood dances here lately Dan Moller is away on a va cation. and been named to succeed him started this page that we would would have started it months ear- lter. Thanks everybody, it make just hollered ana worked.” didn’t have about it. Why ® | There was a famnt and refreshing | note of belligerence in most of the| | answers—was anyone inferring they were afraid of a fight? No one was One thing was certain—it didn’t matter one whit how they felt. in ¥ |so far as their performance was| concerned. Their officers attested| E |to that, and described the gun crews!| |and others as eager, cheering, | quick-firing youngsters who had a | wonderful time doing the job up right. There were few signs of actual motion. One youth swung from Sweet Adeline” to “Rock of Ages” as his guns opened up on approach- ing planes, He gave no other sign of perturbation. An acting gunner from Kings- land, Ark., became so interested in| an aerial dog fight he forgot to \keep his hands out of the machin-| |ery. He didn’t know until later |a nail was ripped off 1 A high-strung young artist from Los Angeles became so excited when Phonephoto he saw eight additional enemy planes on the horizon that he shouted, ‘There must be hundreds of them. They look like bees.” He ounded almost jubilant. v A Dallas, Tex.. boy, undergoing time to think 13 hours. cash. A committee composed Of[ Harry Fogen, Russ Clithero, Cly NAVY E Hager, a:ad Charley Wortman ¥ removiil | THEIR REACTION WHEN UNDER FIRE DELL WEBB w very small, there being preceding week, when there BY WE bl ! Wide World Features - - | | Wwith the U. S. Pacific Fleet — Max Mumford, employed on the | vou want a chuckle and a re- base for the past year outh for a vacation has gone|newed confidence in American | youth, just ask some navy men how 5o they f short time ago when sombs and shells were falling Here. are a few answers: - ' “I just wanted us to give those around | guys hell, T guess.” “I was scared, dammit! But it! sure was fun.” “Those sos-and-suches! I guess I His name was MacDuff And he felt very gruff, But it wasn’t his liver Or his Model T flivver That made the going so tough! It seems he went buying, Spent all his time trying To keep from losing his roll— But the story is sad— He spent all he had— And landed himself in the hole! 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D Harriette Preston, the’ popular nwner-operator of Harriette's Beau- 1y Shop, has been on the sick list for thz past several days. - - Frank Metcalf of Juneau was in town several days during the past week. % - MOOSE MEETS A specal meeting of the Moose was held last Monday night for the purjmse of naming officers to re Slace those called into the service of the country and those who are engaged in seasonal work that keeps them trcra attending regularly. Har 1y Hagen was named trustee to succeed¢ Barney Westover who s| very busy these days catching some fsh, Benjanin Miller was given the iob as treasurer, a position that will bz right up Ben's alley. He| luakes a good custodian of the "Nothing But the Best” ROYAL CABS Telephone 66 A Geod Place TO SPEND THE EVENING! Anchor Bar SITKA Public Utilities Phone 40 e WATER ® LIGHT e POWER DROP IN! 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