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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1942 USO SLAMBOREE BIRMINGHAM NETTED $1,440, IS ATTACKED “skuse ReporTs. IN NIGHI "ME Rotary Club Members Are! Thanked by Mayor for Raising Funds Don Skuse, chairman of the Ju-| W Rotary Club USO Slamboree, | | reported at the club's luncheon| meeting this noon in Percy's Cafe! that an approximate figure of $1,400! | was netted for the USO fund from alarm | last weekend’s smoker, dance and | baseball game. Alaska Road Discussed by Nazi Bombers Make Ex-| fensive Assaulton | Midlands | ed from Pa Routes to Territory Possible . One) i (Continued from Page One) (Continu It night since Congressman | Rep. Magnuson Says Three caused deiny in getting the highway CONDITIONS|SABOTEURS | MAY FORCE IN HONGKONG TO APPEAL, |~ SAVINGSIN DES(RIBEDI HIGH COURT ‘Correspondeni in Poriu-;Seven of Eight Arrested to guese Port Tells of | Make Pleas on Writs Former Brit. Colony | of Habeas Corpus | | BY VAUGHN KING WASHINGTON, July 28—Seven| WASHINGTON, July 28—A New | LOURENCO MARQUES, Portu-|of the eight accused of coming to|York merchant, Julius Goldman gese Ei Africa, July 25—Delayed— |the United States on Nazi sub- \ulgml the Senate Finance Com- Hongkong, once the “opulent pum,m.nmt'\ to commit sabotage, have mittee to mphon off from 25 to 30 Suggest Compulsory Plan fo Curb Inflationary | Tendencies | ALK, WARYEARS President, Adm. Leahy Conferring "ASHINGTON, Jjuiy 28—Admiral | Wiilium E. nocn after Leahy said this after- a visit to the White Hcuase that he discussed Staff or- ganization questions in connection with his new assignment as Chief of Staff to the President as Com- | mander - In - Chief of the armo(l forces. Admiral King and Gen. Marshall were also in the conference with | 'LIMIT SPEED OF [ VEHICLES ON ALL " ALASKA BRIDGES Territorial Highway Engineer | Willlam A Hesse today announced | an amendment to the Alaska traffic regulations whieh rules that no passenger motor vehicle shall cross any highway bridge at a greater speed than 20 miles an hour, and no truck or other freight carrying | vehicle at a greater speed than | 15 miles an hour. | e 'Mr. and Mrs.W.R Carl Admiral Leahy and President Roose- | |to Al while if another route the fund approxi-| Wit P further st had been chosen, it mately $500 short of the $20g2|fUrther west had been chowen, 't quota when contributions from|Would have been well along towa: of the Orient” has been reduced linvoked Democracy's civil rights. ’bllhon.s of “surplus purchasing {to a ghost town since The United States Supreme Court|power” of the public through a | members broke their vacations to compulsory savings plan A ninth German bomber This leaves shot down was the this morning off the pumu And Daughter I-eave designed southwest coast Scattered bombings caused damage elsewhere through the mid- lands anu eastern counti Many fires starte mingham and casualties ed “farly numerous.” were are report- The greatest damage was done to iiomes and shops. A hospital emptied . When - a “sg¢layed action bomb fell nearby RAF Lombers remained home night was last - BURGLAR STEALS §60 FROM STORE HERE LAST NIGHT City police today were investigat- ing the burglary of an estimated $60 in cash and stamps stolen from the Butler-Mauro Drug Co. at 159 South Franklin Street last night Police officers said the store was entered from a window in the rear of the building sometime during the night. No arrests have been made as yet CAL some | * WIHEN YOU VISIT SKAGWAY and SEE PEGGY and ARCHIE BETTS at the WHITE PASS TAVERN soure totalled in. completion now Said Magnuson: “I think whal Guests at the meeting who helped | staging the Slamboree includ RERE ”"I I'“‘L":\°;3';rl’L‘y;’(,l‘;l‘mnnurt pilot road, A ‘H"r} Sperling | Which 1s much better than Mayor Lucas gave a brief talk, We started out with.” thanking the members of Rotary| The Washington Club for the fine job. Sperling out- lined the contemplated activitie: of the USO for this city. An ap- in Mayor Harr Holger Lars propriation of $16,300 for remodel- his and Representative Johnson’s plan to vicit the Aleutians as repre- of the House Naval Af-|the the grounds the | ing and outfitting the Caro-Hooker building for use as a USO club here now awaits final approval in Wash- ington. A director for the club al- ready has been assigned by the| USo. | Dr. W.P. Blanton also was guest MORE FRENCH INDIAN SERVICE | DOCTOR ON TRiP Taylor J. Pyle of the Alaska EXE( UTED IN of Indian Affairs left by this afternoon for the Bristol area where he will work witn Mine Workers of Lille Vic-| tims of Nazi Oppres- sion Now that district for several VICBY, July Pyle is a dentist. have announced the execution sentativ fairs Committee on that it might interfere war eifort, with e e it Dr Office plane Bay natives of weeks, D R The first European settlement in the western hemisphere was in San- to Domingo. 28—The Germans| a series of offenses including sabot- age, possession of weapons, communistic activity. Most ¢f those condemned were mine workers of the Lille region. The Franch court at Douai, a sub- | urb of Lille, lif> in prison sentenced two pe: te for stealing ra- tion caras and 28 others to a total| of 40 years in prison. Most of them are alco miners. - ->oee JAM C. COOPER ON SHORT BUSINESS TRIP/ James C. Cooper, of the Cooper | Accounting firm, left today with Woodley Airlines for Anchorage. Mr. Cooper will be away for the remainder of the week on business for his firm. — eee Bl'Y l)l' F FN\E STAMPS we are going to end up with is a o and a road,|Whole town has a wraithlike ap- what Representative !will go to Seattle this week, and| 28 Lille residents on conviction of | and | explosion in December. t starved te such a point that | pearance. The shod over | British crown colony incieasing gravity of the in- utmost to evacuate the poorer Chin- ese residents |But they are unable to remove sufficiently large number in time |to cheat death. | Tt is estimated thus far that hulf| {a million have left of their own| volition or from compulsion. The isclation of Hongkong Isla ‘Huough the rupture of all the for- \me: trade routes, including |supplying fruits and |from thc mainland, | famine-like condition. eight Rice costs | PERAN PR G iR Ay \GOV AND MRS. GRUEHING AND PARTY (LIMB MI. {JUNEAU OVER WEEKEND ot Gov. and Mx |with five other adventurous mountaineers, spent the in the open. The party of seven left Juneau on Saturday afternoon, ascended Mt. Juneau, taking sleep- ing bags and other supplies and| spent the night at the summit of| {the mountain. The party made the descent on Sunday and returned to town at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Others| who made the climb were Capt. |Carl Scheibner, Mr. and Mrs. Earl| | McGinty and Lieut. j. g Robert Thomlinson. - .- PRACTICE KITS ' FOR FIRST AID f NOW READY | Holgar Larson, Chairman of the First Aid Unit for Civilian Defense, announced today that first aid prac- | tice kits are now ready for distribu- ! | tion to all stations. Some million Chinese have been the 1r Horsemen riding mughA! tlie once smiling Riviera of the Far East now, famine, pesti- ater to Alaska for the Navy. Hv‘]“’“' aud destruction of physical aid that the Navy has cancelled | 8nd moral values, stalk the former | The Jap conquerors are realizing | ternal situation and are doing their to country districts. | af those | vegetables | ok have caused|ihe Ketchikan Chronicle of July 18. times its former price and |man enrolls. many other commodities are ten Ul"at home, ready for emergencies, ! twenty times as costly as they were. d“ guards. Range Ex nest Gruening, | weekend | and Mrs. | | jzones 8 and 9, R. A. Baker; zones jamong LEAVE FOR SOUTH and Mrs. George Simpson, Sitka, and their son, George, took passage for the south morning. ——e T. A. MORGAN LEAVES hear their pleas on writs of habeas!'to curb inflation. corpus on Wednesday noon. Senator Robert Taft said that The accused saboteurs will not go he agreed with the witness that a to the court in person. compulsory savings plan would serve PRERIPREF - SN better than taxes to take up the increase in national purchasing |ries me is the machinery.” AI KEI(HIKAN i Gildman said that despite price Mr of Jr., this Columvia Lumber Company, left for a business trip to his branch in Sitka tlus morning. T. A. Morgan, President of tha| 'For Vacation in South To spend a monv.hh vacation in the States Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Carl and their daughter, Janet, left for (the south this morning. Mr. Carl is manager of KINY, Juneau's radio station. BUY DEFENSE BONDS STLLROOMIN TWO RED CROSS CLASSES HERE Althovzo Lhe Red Cross Cagteen Rifles and accessory equipment cjass now being taught in Juneau ceilings, inflationary trends al- ORGANIZED Squad Serg—éa—nts Named for Zones - Rifles to | } Be Distributed | APRI ang |Will be issued immediately to Ket-|ynger the supervision of Miss Vir- | chikan men who enroll in the Te"‘gima Shattuck is limited to 30 Ivitorial Guard at 4 o'clock Manday‘women. 11" will’ shill be possiblé’:for afternoon in the city council cham-1{4, o0 ‘hove to join, it was an- it was announced today says nounced today. Anyone desiring to enter the class should report tomorrow at 10 a.m. by | the parlors of the Northern instruction will | Light Preshyterian Church in o.- start on Sunday, July 26. |der thct she will not miss more Minors desiring to join the guard|than one lesson already taken. ‘m\lbl obtain written consent of both| More women may still enter the ‘palent‘s Minors may obtain ap-| Nutrition class, according to M |plication blanks to be signed by ! Florine Housel, Canteen and Nutri- (their parents at Elliott's Stationery !tion Chairman for the Red Cross. |store in the Commercial building. |The nutrition classes are held from Although not much time can be |1 to 3 p.m. also in the Northern devoted to instruction until after | Light Church. Both classes opened the cannery season, all Ketchikan last Fridav and meet on Monday, men eligible for the guard are “l’L’EG.chnesd;.y and Friday of each to enroll Monday so that a large week. force will be available for any emer- gency. | Both courses require a minimi The company will be organized lof 20 hours attendance in order |in squads of 15 men each, all living !0 ualify fer Red Cross certificates lin the same neighborhood. A ser- | iss Shattuck, the teacher. is sup- ‘:e'mt will lead the squad, assisted €rvisor of Home Economics in the | by two corporals. The squad leader’s Public Scacols of Everett, Washing- residence or a nearby place design. JamAy The rifles will be issued as’each! They are to be kept,. {in Celery, Toma -(ton and has had much experience ated by him will be the sqund'a’l" the teaching of such classes. | assembly point. Anyone planning to enter either Leaders Named | course tomorrow should bring ‘pen- In general, the squad formation|cil and sermanent notebook. will follow the defense zones into 2! R wheih the city already has been|RAY MCFARLA HERE divided. Squad leaders and lhmr; FROM :’KUTAT PLANT zones are as follows: | Ray McFarland; storekeeper for Zones 1, 2 and 3, W. E. Frink;|pibby, McNeill and Libby at Yaku- Soes 4 “f‘d 5, J. E. (Ed) Winston;{tat arrved in Juneau recently Ly zones 6 and 7, Clyde A. Morgan;ipjane to join Mrs. McFarland who came to Juneuu a short time ago. 10, 11 and 12, Sixten Johansen. | Two more sergeants and 18 cor-| porals will be appointed from| new enrollees. Robert W.| Phone 92 I 1 BUY Dl';FFNSE STAMPS CANNING COTS 1.49 (rafe rleots $1. 00 (rale Sp eckled Bananas 1 Oc Pound Watermelons Honey Dew Melons, Cantaloupes, Grapes, Plums, Peaches Cabbage, Carrots, Squash, Greens, toes, Turnips, Lettuce, New Potatoes Green Onions, Beets, EORGE BROTHER Phone 95 These kits contain osly bnndnges:suong has been appoim‘.cd first | sergeant and Harley Bray is organ- | and compresses and hereafter, prob- || Lok > !lems will be simplified so that this {izing a special squad of expert rifle- « . . orextra tank, or extra gun, or extra ship completed tomorrow may, in a few months, turn the tide on some distant battlefield; it may make the difference between life and death for some of our fighting men." —PresipENT RoOOSEVELT, February 23, 1942. Would yox be the one who failed to help buy that plane, tank, or ship—by failing to bu§ your share of Bonds? Could yox sleep nights knowing that Ameri- can boys were being killed because you and others “put off”” doing your part? Remember, they are OUR boys now—from your State, your town, perhaps your very home. They're out there risking their lives—giving their lives—so that America, your free America, cun live. And just as you are counting upon them to give everything they’ve got, so they are counting upon you to give everything you've got—by working harder than you ever have before and by investing in Bonds to the very limit of your powers! Make your answer ring clear and true—let our boys know that every man, woman, and child in America is behind them 100%! Go to your local post office, bank, savings and loan associa- tion, or other official sales agency today. Pledge yourself to buy all the Bonds you can—regularly, every pay day until this war is won! The more Bonds you buy, the more planes will fly. Can they count on you? sy us. savives Bonds k SfalllllS This Message for Victory ALASKA STEAMSHIP Is Sponsored by COMPANY | material will suffice. Each station it will be responsible for seeing that !the bandages for that station are | clean and usable. The material need | ! not be sterile, since it is only for ( practice, he announced. | The kits should be picked up | | immediately in room 105, the Lab- xOralmy of the Territorial Depart- | ment of Health, . STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 28—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine 64, Anaconda 25%, Steel 53%, Commonwealth and Southern 7/30, Curtiss Wright 6%, | Internationa) Harvester 57%, Ken- necott 30 New York Central 9, Nor- 48, Pound $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The followi are today’s Dow, Jones average: industrials 106.42, rails 26.05, utilities 11.51. | R. E. MURPHY RETURNS FROM BUSINESS TRIP R. E. Murphy, Alaska represen- | tative of the DuPont Powder Com- pany, returned to his Juneau head- quarters last night with Woodley Airways after completing a business | trip through the Interior and West- ward portions of the Territory. Mr. Murphy was away five weeks on the journey during which he visited Fairbanks, Anchorage, Sew- | ard and andez for hls company R Mrs. Don lrwin and Family Take Plane For Westwar Mrs. Donald Irwin and her two | children, Miss Ina Bell Irwin and Donald, Jr., left on Saturday with Star Air Lines for the Westward on their way to their ~home in Palmer, where Mr. Irwin is. director of the experimental farm of the University of Alaska. Mrs. Irwin and her family were ,at the Baranof Hotel for ten days stock today is 2%, American Can | children are continuing to be heid Bethlehem | thern Pucific 6, United States Stesl, d'or men and woodsmen. Applicants for enrollment are requested to contact! the squad leader to whom they: probably will be assigned because | of residence or duty ,e- SCHOOL CHILDREN SHOULD REPORT T0 PHYSICAL EXAMS Physical examinations of school | each Monday, Wednesday and Fri- | | day from 1 to 4 p. m. in the Juneau | Public Health Center. In order that all examinations | may be completed before the school year starts, all those who reeeive appointments through the mafl should endeavor to report at the time given, Miss Stephenie Bogdon, Public Health Nurse, announces. HOSPITAL NOTES B. F. McDowell has entered St. Ann’s Hospital for surgical treat- ment. Mrs. Walter Soboleff, wife of the Rev Soboleff, with her infant daughter, Janet Caroline, has re- turned home from the Government Hospital. —————— MAKES HOONAH TRIP ‘Tom Dyer, Manager for the Stan- dard Oil Company, and L. D. Loud- erback made a ftrip with Alaska Coastai Awlines this mqrning and| expectec to return to Juneau late this aftermoon. 1 ROADS ENGINEER MAKES SITKA TRIP District Engineer M. D, Williams the Fublic Roads Administra- | tion made a trip to Sitka by plane today on official business, - D NOTICE AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showinj ¢ir route from Seattle to Nome, un sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv - ‘The ouananiche, fierce fighting lflsh of the Lac Saint Jean region ! vaiting for transportation to An- in Quebec, is a landlocked salmon. Only a Few Days Leftto Take Advantage,of Our JULY CLEARANCE STILL FURTHER REDUCTIONS ON Summer Washables Afternoon and Street DRESSES ° FORMALS 1/ PRICE BUY NOW—Sale Positively Ends This Weel! See the Many Bargains On 50‘ andSl.OO TABI-ES “JONES—-STEVENS Seward Street

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