The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 29, 1942, Page 2

PAGE TWO EXCITING LUGGAGE Train Kits Overnights Shoe and Hat Wardrobes Forinighters Gladstones Val-a-Pacs Trunks Two Suiters - - 19.95 Army Lockers - 10.95 1ga Ac B M. Beprends, Q(/flucy S/INCE /887 llams today. All children from tots to teen-age will have a chance to participate in the wvaric with cash prizes to be given in each division. The swimming water is now in (>.~ cellent umpcm\nu SWIMMING RACES SLATED TOMORROW The long postponed swimming races originally scheduled part the Fourth of July celebration be held tomorrow afternoon 2 o'clock regardless of weather conditions, announced races, as - PRACTICE AlERT WILL BE HELD of will at WAKE_UP YOUR LIVER BILE— Without Calomel — And You'll Jump Ont o Bed in the Morning Karin’ to Go alert will be at Another practice held in Juneau tomorrow evening 7 o'clock although no special prob- lem has been scheduled. Civilian defense workers are re “and the quested when the civilans are urged to cooperate taying ‘indoors. Frank A. Metcalf, who re- signed his position as Director of the Civilian Defense Board is still icting director and will preside at a meeting of the Board immed- iately after the alert. Mayor Harry I. Lucas has not yet chosen a new director to report to their post sounds and all other by has o A DRI WHISKEY Kentucky straight bourbon — 100 proof National Distillers ProductsCorporation,N.Y, 3 s . TIMEOUT —Mary Moore of Birmingham, Ala.,, who danced Distributed by National Grocery ' Way to films, takes time to relax Company; Seattls, Wash at a Beverly Hills, Calif., pool.' SOMEBODN Jus' SPOTTED NARD BIRD SMTH AN CROSEF COMIN' DOWN TH' ROAD - THEY \WWERENT DUE 8ACK FOR & COUPLR \NE F\(‘J NET WHAT'S ALL TR COMMOTION ABOWT, J0EY 2 rint TOMORROW THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA JAPANESE BARBARITY SHOWN UP 'Most Revolting.Practice of Nippons Now Being Revealed rContinued from Page One) VALUES Matched Sets 7.95 795 coral reef two miles long, a mile wide and then the nesting place of 13 gr {myriads of seabirds. There, in 1909, «JY fljust after President Theodore| Roosevelt had decreed it and other 14 95 {islands of the Leeward group to he ¥ bird sanctuaries, went 23 Japane: ol |market hunters, They had already 1895 plundered Midway island, leaving {hardly a bird alive. 19‘75 |ferent seasons of the year. Not only {did it have uncounted numbers of | 1995 albatross, man-o'-war birds ;m(i‘ | térns, but it had five kinds of birds found in no other place on earth.| | Por seven months the Japs r‘Iuh— ibed and shot birds without inter- | ruption. The wings of more {800,000 were cut off, packed in bur {1ap and made ready for shipment Lm ! Japan to satisfy the millinery trads Many were cut from living mm :which then were left to die. But the most revolting practice said Bailey, was to let the birds| starve to death by the hundreds in! a dry cistern so that the fatty tissues of - their bodies would be| [nsod up, enabling the Japanese to {cure the wings with little or no | cleaning. | Cases found a bird paradise, so crowded that various species took turns nesting at dif- je in six-piece A t on calf 1wenient lay These fruitful ! interrupted by a U. S ter which hauled the raiding party land their bird wings back to Hon- | olulu. 4| Ironically enough, it wasn't this | rald which caused the greatest des- ‘lrurfinn on Laysan. It was a pair| REDS RES'ST Of rabbits released on the island by ‘ a well-meaning workman for the| ;I)rnrflt of shipwrecked seamen NAZI IRGGPS They and their progeny ate much of the vegetation that the lisland became in part a desert.| ‘&nme of ‘the unique species were | Germans Commue Drive! Toward Stalingrad- ? Cut Railroad (‘xtmmmatvd (Continued from Page One) Today the vegetation is coming lmr‘k and—barring Japanese and mbbl(s — Laysan may regain much (11 her bird population ., Billy's Son In | | | | | ing the oil fields and central Rus- sia The communique said that the Red Army is “displaying stubborn resistance” after being forced back in the Bataisk area fifteen miles south of Rostov along the main railway from’ the oil port of Baku Kushchevka, a station on this line 45 miles south of Rostov. The Germans are also meetmg resistance against a secondary | thrust developing down the spur line | angling southeast from Bataisk to a junction of the Tikhoretsk-Stalin- grad Railway at Salsk, 100 miles ' southeast of Rostov. GERMAN CLAIMS t BERLIN, July 29. — The German command said that the Russians are being pushed back despite put- ting up stubborn resistance and reported that troops have crossed the Sal Manych River and tribu- taries to enter the Don Valley from the south ! ,ee - | FISHERIES FLEET EN IS BACK FROM FIELD TRIP | e | =I.1. N. Phonephoto | Barl W. Bright, Fleet Engineer | Lieut. John Mitchell for the Alaska office of the Fish Eon of the late Brig. Gen. William and Wildlife Service, returned to (Billy) Mitchell, advocate of air Juneau yesterday afternoon after power,’Lieut. John Mitchell has o field trip throughott Southeast just been graduated from the of- Alaska. Mr. Bright will be sta- ficers’ training school at Fort [tioned n Juneau for the remainder Knox, Ky. Young Mitchell pre- lof the fishing season lers' the -armored force to the afr 4% B | forces. There were 453,909 more men than | There are no roads on Tulagi, women in the United States in' peacetime capital of the Solomon 1940. islands... Traffic is by boat or afoot. i | J ; \NARL- BUST MAW CACKY BRITCHES & & LODKY QT TH' FELLARS smem«m OUT TO MEET ME L T SWOW ' THIS BRMN SOCIABIATHDE SHORE DO GVE YE W' HEART TWITCHES SOMETIMES pr 1947, Rimg Features Symdicate, Inc 7 World rights reserved 7.9 ‘AXIS SHIPS | Certificate of Identification en millic ctlamaged, or lhm ince operations were| ner revenue cut-|Frank Metcalf | gineer the Civiaan Defense Board here, | has taken a Mrs. Metcali does not plan to leave Junean for | the Governor’s Mansion tonight 591 honor the Metcalfs Last publication, August 1, 1942, count and report of their July 29, Aug Permanent Cerfificafe ForTraveling MayNow | Be Oblained in Juneau LOSSES ARE ESTIMATED British Admlraliy Says 7| Million Tons Out of Commission } LONDON, July 29—The British Admiralt; estimated today that s tons of German and Ital- ship‘ng have been captured, interned, exclusive of actions, since the ian United States mmbxmk of tn> War. Britain's Navy and war craft of Jer European Allies excluding Rus- ia, have sunk, captured or dam- ed 953000 tons of Axis vessels the first year. R e Metcalfs Will Be ‘ Honored Here by | GruenmgsTomght Gov. and Mrs. Ernest Gruening | will entertain this evening at a din- party honoring Mr. and Mrs. | formerly En- and Mr. Metcalf, o' Juneau City director *~ for Sitka where he position as engineexr. leaving: soon some time. guests have been bid to to Sixteer D ® 00 00000000 WEATHER REPORT ‘U Bureau) Tempevature Tuesday, July 28 Maximum 73, Minimum 55 e e 000000000 — e, — The “invasion coast” of Europe, from morthernmost Norway to the Spanish border, is 3,100 miles long. v Sl gl o, BUY DEFE i BONDS NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS The Common Council of the City of Juneau will sit as an Equaliza- tion Board in the Council Chambers of the City Hall from 8 P. M. to 10 P. M. August 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. | The board will consider complaints from tax payers regarding their as- ssments, and make whatever ad- Jjustments and corrections to the tax roll that are found necessary. After {inal meeting of the board no furth- er adjustments can be made. | R. G. RICE, i City Clerk. July 29, 1942. ) First publication, ! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: that Trevor M. Davis and Cedric M. Davis, executors of the estate of John Montgomery Davis, de- ceased, have filed their final ac-| admin- istration of said estate, and their petition for distribution of the res:- due thereof, in the United States Commiss‘oner’s Court for Juneau Precinet, at Juneau, Alaska; that 10 o'clock a.m. September 29th, 1942, | has been fixed as the time and said court the place for hearing same;| and that all persons concerned | therein are hereby netified to ap-| pear at said time and place and| file thewr objections, if any, to said| final account and petition for set-! tlement. and distribution thereof. | Dated: Juneau, Alaska, July 29, 1942. i —TREVOR M. DAVIS, | CEDRIC M. DAVIS, | Executors. | 5-12-19. | CABEEY BEEN TRKIN' GOOD |aska without the necessity of ob- | taining applicable |to call at 115 Second Street, sup- | etable : | No Trespassing!” Additional requirements in .order (m a civilian who makes regular mps to and from the United States | qnd Canada to obtain a Permanent have | recently been announced by the Al- aska Defense Command in a circu- lar received by the Juneau Civilian Traffic Control Office, First Lieut.| Ralph A. Boaz, Officer-in-charye | stated today. The Fermanent Certificate of | Identification is on a round cor- néred white card and will entitie the bearer to enter and leave Al- a permit for each trip. In addition to the documents| previotsly submitted by um)h(‘zm(s: for permunent permit full finger prints on FBI finger print card (7-2202) must accompany each ap- plicaticn and an extra photograph not larger than 1'¢ by 1% inches is required. This extra photograph | will be nsed by the Provost Marshal Alaska Defense Command to place on the Identification Card. The additional requirements are to requests previously | submitted and all persons who have | submitted requests for permanent | permits through the Juneau office have been requested by Lieut, Boaz ply the additional photograph and | have a finger print card made so that their applications may be com- | pleted. Hunqry (ows Make Short Work : Of Victory Plols A hungry herd of cows who couldn’t read made short work er-| cently of the Victory Gardens of | seven famliies, Fred R. Geeslin, one| of the disgruntled gardeners, re-| ported today. Trevor Davis, another of the ve farmers had posted a sign| on the property: “Victory Gardens. WEDNESDAY JULY 29, 1942 LOD] GET NEW Fred Jones, District wotary (‘mv-‘ The, YSA'L, supsiuary of the Can- ernor, has written the Rotary Club|adian Pacific Airlines, Ltd., has se- at Kodiak that he may come north|cured two new Lockheed lodestars to present the new charter to the|for the Vancouver, Edmonton, Yu- club there |kon and Alaska flying service, ARS ROTARY CHARTER COMING I ADOLPH SELAR as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the«— CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “MARRIED BACHELOR" Federal Tax—5c¢ per Person WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES Serving Southeast Alaska———Passengers, Mail, Express SCHEDULED DAILY AT 9:30 A. M. Hawk An- Pel- Kim- Chicha- Inlet Hoonah goon Tenakee ican shan gof $8 $10 $18 810 $18 $18 818 18 18 10 18 10 10 18 18 10 10 5 18 18 10 10 18 18 18 18 10 10 Sitka $18 Todd $18 18 18 18 Juneau Sitka Chichagof Kimshan Pelican Todd CALL AN OWL Phone 63 Stand Opposite Coliscum Theatre Plane Service JUNEAU fo Yakutgt—Cordova Anchorage—Kodiak Nome—Bristol Bay Kuskokwim and Yukon River Points Phone or Call for Informa~- tion or Reservations ALASKA Star Air Lines VERA CLIFFORD Juneau Agent PHONE 657 P THE ATCO LINE Alaska Transportation Company o SBAILINGS FROM PIER 1 SEATTLE e i g PASBENGERS . FREIGHT REFRIGERATION L D. B. FEMMER—AGENT PHONE 114 NIGHT 312 }'m: M. V. BEILBY will leave Juneau for Petersburg, Port Alexander and Way Ports EVERY ‘WEDNESDAY AT 6 A. M. ! Please have all freight on Cny Dock Tuesday, before s I H. SAWYER Tenakee .. 10 10 Angoon 18 Hoonah .. 10 Express Rate: 10 czires per pound—Minimum Charge 60c Round Trip Fare: Twice One-Way Fare, less 10% SCHEDULED MONDAY and THURSDAY Ketchikan ‘Wrangell $45.00 30.00 20.00 ¢ per pound—Minimum of $1.00 to Ketchikan 10¢ per pound—Minimum of 60c to Petersburg FOR INFORMATION ON TRIPS TO HAINES, HASSELBORG, SKAGWAY, TAKU LODGE: PHONE 612 An additional charge will be made for single passengers to flag stops Petersburg Juneau $80.00 - | Petershurg Wrangell Express Rate Express Rate: 10 Weekly — Seattle - Fairbanks 5 Weekly — Fairbanks - Nome Tu. Th B:30am 1:40pm 3:10pm 5:25pm Mo. Tu. We. ¥ 6:25pm 11:15am 9:45am 5:30am Lv Ar Ar Ar 9:00am 2:10pm 3:10pm 55pm Fairbanks, 150 MWT 150 MWT Lv 165 MWT Ly banks, Alaska _ Ruby, Alaska Nome, Alaska 5:05pm 2:00pm 5:60pm 4:15pm 3:45pm 3:00pm 12:40pm Ar Lv Ly Lv Lv banks, Alaska 150 MWT M th, Alaska _ 150 MWT Ophir, Alaska - 150 MWT Flat, Alaska 150 MWT Bethel, Alaska ~..165 MWT 11:10am 11:50am Ar 12:10am Ar PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS JUNEAU — ANCHORAGE VIA YAKUTAT — CORDOVA With Connecting Service to KODIAK — KENAI PENINSULA and BRISTOL BAY Woodley Airways (ALASKA AIR LINES) ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES AGENTS PHONE 612