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FRIDAY, ,SEPTEMBER 11, 1942 /LEGION GIVEN T Tare A tadke Ribest NEW SCUFE | PRANEBYGOV.. 5~ 3 e'nin YOU CAN FLY NI o P )‘()'l"\\ EAR lxyii!-fti‘r:ln o ON WAR WORK aysivet L - 8 AT : o J “ NEA U to o joyce ‘ Y, _ — Anchorage Kodiak Fairbanks 1iey're load CALIFORNIA e 1 and you'l never g / Orgamzahon s Backbone gz, — ' Yakutat Valdez Nome % of Present Territor- ‘ SN A fonvna Cordova Seward ‘Bristol Bay ] y ial Guards 4 : h: =—— Kuskokwim and Yukon Points 9 When the American Legion and (/,f Auxiliary delegates gathered in : = wedneSdaY rriday Sunday o "Vjoyce BANTAM-— # sitka_for the annual encampment e i A )| they listened on the opening day to || { BAG e RN Something new to crow ? a message from Gov. Ernest Gruen- P Y S : i . : 7 about . .. A spirited pump 9|ing. The latter was unable to at- with a new silhouette, ad- ) tend and the message was read by justable gourd strap, and E. L. Bartlett, Secretary of Alaska : = E 7 g : / ! & matching plastic bucklc follows: X — L & P In brilliant red or black ; i i ad fembers of the American Le- NS : —= suede. Sizes 4-9. gion:—The fundamental, the over-| || . £ = | YO A E R L l N E S hadowing, fact which confronts the 3 s » | T3 3 J REBREEETAR RRRAR NN Lo toNo Vot d Annual Convention of the Am- A = 32 = E) Office 1] ittt CohveRtidn ¢ : i : araoiSiors.,. Phene 667 can Legion, Department of Al- aska, meeting here at Sitka today that the Nation is at war. ¢)| “The American Legion born G out of the first World War ard in Japan ¢ ek Sm“;a? That ques /) the twenty-four years which have > ] jon of Foreig ori 'Jm‘d. 9 elapsed since the Armistice, the 1 Soviets and his replace- )| Legion has as a body taken vigor- bv Yo whrlo! . At New Deihi, 9| ous positions on matters relating India, the U, S. command hief for India, China and Burma, 7} to the national safety. The value Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stlw told interviewers he thought there 9 |of the Legions stan behalf of ~ was “a good chance” the Japanesc : 9la strong :Il!*(mw» is x(:m‘:: jnmx:x: .nt| are known to have strong troop conce trations in Munch\uk\fn, the ) %) today than ever beiore. The Legic vast area Japan took from China in 1931. There have been rumors 9 X N p o in Tokyo that Japan was asking Russia to surrender the northern > 3 E )| has stood for the fullest type of DR R it 1 the Siberian mari- Verastile in - or - outer, to U (, preparedness. The Legion has stood| half of Sakhalin island, Kamchatka peninsula and the Siberk : ; ? g 3 e “safekeep- wear with anything from 91 8 time provinces which embrac Vladivostok to Japan for “sal b 5 for democratic policy of complete 2 . P h Ji se 3 < ; S 0 end of the war. Black area on map shows Japanese cks to house-coats . . X 471 9 conscription of both the hum AR A0 e o e N rritory. 1(!)1‘.”{' \-\](I‘H:\II(\“’“l](\ll"ll‘kl‘::;’\] 3 ¢)' and material resources he Na-|@i oo - + % i ; \ ¢Z)/tion. And today as our Nation is et = suede. Sizes ! & | battling on the se seas and on|BLvempt. A territorial guard is now, New Under-arm ;; all the continents i \singly | i Process of organization. Over ;fi clear that only by such total mobil- | hree thousand men have alrea Cream Deodorant 9 ization can we achieve the knock-|°hrolied and before the, organization safely 4 out victory which is essential to the 'S completed, which T Hope will :he % survival of all the principles which | e next fow wecks we shif| Gpopys Perspirutionj ee nearly twice that number of ) we Ame ans hold dea 3 ) L doh men enrolled in the Alaska CCCUG TN AR CRRRRFRRRRAG would attack Siberia. The Japs SCALLOP— CALIFORNIA RRRRFRRRRRRRARR RRRRNG Principles of Legion ial Guard. Bt is to b “As a body, the Legion has been|ing, a shooting organization S enlisted for these principles ever| “It will play the same part in BALALAIKA @ cince its inception. Having fought Alaska that the mir en of "6| ;g in the first World War, its membe played in our War of Independence.| ° oy Joyce ¢y ship fully understood under-|In short the land of the midnight | stands the horrors and the suffer- sun is proud to play its part in CALIFORNIA BALALATKA— i bri 2 g worse il sotting| "It is mot surprising that in the not irritate skin Boy meets gi bright ) is one thing wor han gettin It is nof % i A, D s girl . ¢ % into n war it is getting into such | organization of this Alask Terri 2. No waiting to dry. Can be used the g wool peasant dolls decor- fl o i right after shaving ¥ S ate the toes of these little ? "|h“.n .'m:l hn,hllmu it ;,.4.-\<run\; ‘<\l 1:,;\.;11\1]:)(: n‘:-m rnor « : Sty ihe e n ik ok Fot 3 A LA sK A c fl A STA L Aln L I N E s black or irror blue vel- ey understand, in other words|oy & Aviiae ; A 1 to 3 days. Removes odor s % \?lf(ul\('ul'l"mm'l"lwi‘r charm § that there is one disaster worse the Territorial guard, he leaned from perspiration Serving Southeast Alaska———Passengers, Mail, Express il take. ypur . breath ¢} Suan fisnting & %ar, and that 1s to il fpan A1Eks s REnSE R A pure white, greascless, stain- SITKA TRIP—Scheduled Daily at 9:30 A. M. away :‘;ff ey AL, we all THoW; T "“_‘D‘:": 25 ":'\‘,d’“ ,“‘m“,] posi it 198 ';“.("‘)“"1 v_"” tot i Hawk An- Pel- Kim- Chicha- 9 the supreme calamity and one which |naires were e b ¥ RYE DERD Arrid has been awarded the lnv\v Hoonah goon Tenakee Todd ican shan gof Sitka P ) we Americans are determined to .umnu_lhp first he has sought out ;\1~E‘r.t\.nlstll(;( ¥“'"“‘7““1“' Jufents A8 8 810 $18 $10 $18 $18 $18 $18 $18 2 9.—, 5} prevent at all costs for assistance, cooperation and above Instituce of Laundering, fo be- Jusem kD TER CSL R0 ol T By “Finally, the members of the all for leadership. Wherever pos- 5 Chichagof 18 10 18 10 18 10 Aurrid is the largest selling st.m.m 18 16 18 10 18 10 American Legion know that{cible a man with military trainix A X : = nt. Try a jar today! P 9 throughout our history we have{a veteran of the first World War RosOHBE TERS WLy P e L T ¢ found it repeatedly necessary to|has been selected to head these n R R ? @ xom 18 18 10 10 @ fight and die for our and{units and to officer them. In most A y Tenakee .. 10 10 10 5) ings that war brings about. But accepting (he challenge of @ they also understood that if there Sons of . ... the rising Sun . Does not ot dresses — does oNoNs oo o N o oo ooty (¢ (¢ g (¢ [ [¢ (t ( (¢ (¢ t ( s ( (t (¢ (¢ (e (e (e ( ( g [ ( (¢ (t (t ( (¢ (s (s (e ( ( (¢ (¢ ( (t (t I ( (t (t I¢ (t (¢ 4 4 4 s 4 4, 2 4 4 4 4 s 5 g 4 4 s s 4 A 4 4 4 A4 5 4 2 4 s 73 4 4 ¢ s RX 28 in the free western world was in|{ i L T B : : Seter : 3 10.00 art liquidated by our war | for granted. But I w to take this Petersburg . - 3000 2 quidated by our war with wrangell ... . 20,00 able, more ruthless than ever bes|jayj o g o 3 4 2 |laying the ground work so that our 8 % OO OORNCNOSNCOOOONNOCCOCOOCONOOOONNONCONOO A | fore. Consider that already in the! Alaska civilians enrolled as fight- THE M. V. BEILBY Administration by Mildred R. Her ssential w ly. Every citizen of Alaska should|vears ago by our military strategists,| Military secret or not, to Jun- - s o 2 & Liieen o at once adopt a five-point conser- A I C » p Mrs. Hermann Stressed the urgent Mo AR St ¥ 3) Shift tires from wheel fo|OUr attack against Japan. More-| Taxicabs could not keep up with - 10:354m 3 I : - ; 5 gen The optimistic stories have kept ? Wi ; HoBl A bt Tare 1n Alnske the enemydbiRb el Fockrsites wise B Wi Company 11:10am Ovbir, Alaska — 150 MWT Lv necessity of all Alaskans to do!many of us from r ing what we|Wheel and inflate them properly. calls. Rock slides were heard from kind for nonessential uses.. State- need for stopping all but the most|if you must drive, follow these armed forces will be well timed and| | PS ments to the contrary are mislead- | €ssential driving, and a fair pro- |rules.” when taken, effective. But here jn| To be held in Shattuck Build-| b our rights Ang 13 18 for our freedom. Our Nation wascases they have been members of 39}5(”0 Ao in 59F and 10 n'k]xu’}‘] 18 r Also ir and R Spain in 1898. The principles rupnv'm'\ to express to you : : s ixpress Ra ¢ per pound—Minimum of 60c to sbi first few months of war our Nav¥ling gue ikewi oir| Will leave Juneau for Petersbur; S » Al o5 oy a R snobtatl g guerillas may likewise play their 8 AlASKANS ARE must be had. ‘xlma‘(l‘y inadequate transportation|yas 1ost more men than it has m‘p‘ K whatever offoubs GHGHIeE] % Port Alexander and Way Ports mann, Director. Pointing out that| (2) Whatever synthetic rubbet i i e-point conser-| Alaska looms up increasingly every{eauiles it was not—but it rained| for the first ti 11:50am Ar Flat, Alaska lwm ’LLV "'m their part in helping meet this|are up agains Hermann| @ If you Have to drive to work, |OF the first time occupied Amerl-|the Gold Creek basin area. . 12:10am Ar Bethel, Alaska 185 " o | - e can soil. If we let him he will at=-] B, Lybeck i i ert Lybeck had the city crew SAILINGS FROM PIER 7 ing and do the country a great|portion of these are in Alaska et e o e . | Alaska that is not all | |ing, Saturday, September 12. | disservice for the facts are actually | When the bber from these cars|Great Britain that local wartime| Mobilizing Civilians AH Exclusive at ¢) born of war. Our rights were main-| th 4 n. o cmm— Express Rate: 10 cents per zound—Minimum Charge 60c stake in the first Wm'id War. ‘nu)lj\, nut merely my appreciation and Wrangell i e i M, The phate” v ol 8 e s BRI o oY L e et s air o | 31 WABRIY ~ Sbaiile - Fairhanks there has been a great deal of con- | produced must go to the war effort, | "2HOR Program: day as the key to the strategy of}last night in this city. In fact at| 55 e desperate condition. |said. “Even today after months offdrive your friends and nelghbors|iemps to advance further toward|gys Bedcts 2l stight kesping Hibia e ATarE L il D. B. FEMMER—AGENT | tained by fighting in the War of B : - Round Trip Fare: Twice One-Way Fare, less 10% lof the Legion's attitude, but to [EeRSSEE War Beats Iiisiory 3% 2 s % by I TICHNICOLOR FOR INFORMATION ON TRIPS TO HAINES, RRQNE 619 URGED IO (ARE four leading war agency officials|that the rubber in the tires whith|they and their tyrannies perish orl | Tuesday, before 4 P. M. v | g i they possess is a trust. Needless|we and our free institutions perish. I J. H. SAWYER 5w kl Fa.rb k No e S | | Board show three facts: fusion about the rubber situation,| (3) The most optimistic estimate| (1) Stop driving your car except the Pacific, as the bulwark for our|times it “poured” and then some.| L l N E “There is, Mrs. Hermann said,|rigid rationing the people of Alaska |!00: car pooling is essential | the mainland of Alaska. To prevent ol grim 100 percent cooperation |is gone and ‘autos have to be|economic controls must be retained “We are mobilizing the civilian The original Panama City, found- | L in conservation measures by the ved because there are no tires|for a considerable period after the population so' that it too may take ed in 1519, was destroyed by Morgan PHONE 114 NIGHT 312 — 1812. Our n was maints d by | abo! his; J and the Behrends 6} 4313 QuE il ‘g aralialnell by SO0 : : WEEK SCHEDULED MONDAY and THURSDAY confirm officially by this message : h ) HASSELBORG, SKAGWAY, TAKU LODGE: and a public statement issued joint- ey i STERERROE Alaskans Must Help our lives. i An appeal to all Aiesgans to join| (1) We cannot spare any rubber Al gy TAETOR | ; in the nation wide program of |to make new tires for ordinary Ve call on all Alaskans to unite Blilhiancn iz ar- also. Ll w R ] —— — b0 L € 8 e - o new aspects. For the first time im | m Lv m @:25pm much of it caused by optimistic|for this year and next indicates|When absolutely necessary; make it | hemisphere against attack from thejIncidentally, the wind kicked up “no real basis for optimism of any |in general seem not to realize that| (5) Remembes{ that rubber “itlus and to drive him from the i 5 i o527 e kind about the rubber situation.|the rubber shortage is actually des-|DPrecious; every car is now a vitallfoothold he has secured, our armed blsuh pledipod and. e miR Our rubber shortage is one of the|berate. More than thirty million |Part of ‘the nation’s “““‘1’0"“‘0“[[010&9 both of Army and Navy will| > C" Al this s o "MEY 0, ’ 5 fighting in the Civil War. Oppres- | I'€adiness 2 ‘Wrangell Petersburg This war, however, goes beyond|my desire for the closest coopera- 20 hCEN’lU ‘ i revi Ve in cur history. To<{tjon in our common effort for the t Above rates applicabl en passenger traffic warrants ly designed to clarify the facts.|driving today is unpatriotic. De-|We are fighting not merely ior\lt R The figures of the War Production |liberate waste of rubber helps the principles worth fighting and dy-| ¥ conserving tires was ssued today|passenger cars; and the tires we|With the people of the country ily,: pistory Alaska is a vital comba T fl E B O A Whwehorr ¥ r Tl MWE Lv 'oisem oisam stories about the advisability of |no rubber Al for anything but)iast: west and, we hope, soon that it willjgale-like force at times, and it/ worst materials shortages we face.|cars in America are still going back | System. {do their part. And we can have| B T PASSENGERS FREIGHT g(-n«ml )ml lic and by industry it wili ;m' a severe burden on the war. its part in repelling any invasionthe buccaneer in 1671. | le sion from the old world persisting|t0 ser ! nirs r D e ; for granted taken it| (MR Juneau . $35.00 $30.00 Q(/(fl[/z'y S/INCE /887 e - R R Fyr day our enemies are more formid-|gjj-out defense of Alaska, and for - - Schedules and Rates Subject to Change Without Notice. enemy.” ing for—but we are fighting for| from the Alaska Office of Price do > must be strictly rationed|@eneral to ration themselves strict-| ;ope — pigeovered than three | 52%om 5:55pm Ar Fairbunks, Alitks 100 MWT Ly G:00am _ S:30am synthetic rubber at an early date,!tne m ssential viho (2) Drive under 35 miles an hour, |loom as the great spear-head of|rained some more o " Fairbanks, Alaska 150 MWT AT y the most essential usages. ‘ b Alaska Transportation 3 MeGrath, Alasks —150 MWT Lv We can spare no rubber of any|and forth without respect to the| Walk if you possibly can, hu“conhdenc’* that the actions of our TRINITY FOOD SALE % REFRIGERATION BRINGING UP FATHER ‘ By GEORGE McMANUS YAKUTAT — CORDOVA | DR s 7 s oH! IT'S THIS WAR/ WHY DO IF THEY WOULD JUST ) i {UH“HD MOTHER! PEOPLE WAMT TO FIGHT ? IE TRY TO BE NICE T You BIG GET ouT ; : . o P WOl D Jar oy 1o CacH orren- o || |- LOAFER ! HOW OF HERE!/ With Connecting Service to UNEERsIn S aTeew | | MU wou 2 B8 MRS TR ' KODIAK — KENAI PENINSULA AND BE MORE ANY FIGHTING — CONSIDERATE / YOU NOT TO 3 S R || SLEEP IN THE / Woodley Airways (ALASKA AIR, LINES) ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES AGENTS PHONE 612