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PAGE SIX W orlrd;s Best Dive Bomber to Be Built.: in Canada Described by Rear A dive bomber, the Curt ‘Wright of Longueuil, Canada, according REPRESENTATIVES OF BASKETBALL CLUBS TO MEET Phillips Calls Delegates Together fo Sched- ule Gym Use Because of the large number of organizations in Juneau desiring to enter basketball teams in the city league this year, A. B. Phillips, superintendent of schools, has been hesieged with applications for use of the High School gymnasium In order to work out some kind of schedule, Phillips announced to- day he will call a meeting for 7:30 p. m. tomorrow in Room 1 of the High School building. One representative of each ganization, civilian or militar; attend the meeting, when an tempt to work out schedule practice times satisfactory to will be made. New Income Tax Bill Is - Nearly Done Finance Commmee Irons Out Several Points in Revenue Measure Sept. 21.— The Senate Finance Committee has amended the new revenue bill to place a, limitation on the amount of Federal Income and victory taxes which can be collected from any individual at 90 percent of his new taxable income. The committee said that this will affect only persons whose tax- able incomes are approximately a million dollars annually, since the combined rate of both taxes will not exceed 90 percent of those in the lower brackets. Because approximately 43,000,000 persons will be required to file fed- eral tax returns under the new bill, the committee acted on the Treas- y's suggestion to eliminate the requiring taxpayers to returns notarized. D TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 5-ROOM house with lot; also 2 ad- joining lots, chicken coop. Phone Blue 220. or- may at- of all a WASHINGTON, have their iral John 8. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-~JUNEAU ALASKA Tow “Helldive to an annou tured nt by the Curti: pi TWO SOLDIERS DROWN WHEN BRIDGE NEAR SITKA IS WASHED OUT| lives by aval enlisted losing his, last Indian River Mill Creek road 1 out in a ter- ; to word lu' their oldiers drowning and man came ¢ riday nigl bridge on the out of Sitka w rific downpour received in Juneau The storm, during inches of rain fell in hours, had continued the bridge was the soldiers, who wa ing cars and people afe. The bridge a mile and a half from Totem Pole road, according to report. Shortly before the structure an drove up to the ap- saw the danger and jump- just as the brigde, The ha Two id which three twenty-four all day and patrolled by approach- | it was un- is located about beir ned way, a proach ed from his car approach and car went down. of One of the soldiers recovered it was reported .o RAID MADE ON CONVOYS SAY NAZIS body been Russian Bound Put Out of Action BERLIN, Sept. 21.—The German High Command said Nazi airmen hit three more ships yesterday out of a big Russia bound and British convoy The High Command claimed a total of 38 ships totaling 207,000 tons convoy, have been sent down. | The High Command also claims that six accompanying have been destroyed or damaged. The Nazi communique says the last action occurred at Dvinskaya Bay, near the Soviet port of Arch- angel. ! Both marines part in previously German planes and sub- are declared to have taken the running fight. NO COM RMATION LONDON, Sept. 21.—There is no confirmation of the German claims from any Allied source. NG TONIGHT The Monda will meet this evening at the home of Mrs. Charles Tuckett. 20 SAWMILL MEN WANTED at JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS JUNEAU & Now Operating R s S R S R e chief of the Bureau of Aeronauti above, will be built by F ss-Wright corporation. The plane is designed for use h) the U. S. Navy. RECORD BAN gave | a !any way” American | merchant ) under | warships | Night Sewing Club | JOHN McGILLIS, BROTHER OF JUNEAU WOMAN, DROWNED John McGilliy brother of M Steve McCutcheon of Juneau, was drowned recently when a small speed boat, in which he and a companion were riding, capsized in Portage Bay. The boat turned over 1,000 feet from shore. Brown, who was with McGillis, clung to the boat and reached shore. McGillis used an empty gas can for a float and managed to get within fifty |feet of the shore before he lost |his hold and sank, according to word received e by Mr |Mrs. McCutheon McGillis is survived by his widow and ten months old daughter, Vic- toria, who make their home in South Tacoma, Washington. He |had been working on construction lat Whittier for the last year, and |previous to coming to Alaska had |worked on Grand Coulee dam all through the construction period All efforts to recover the have been unavailing so far, ac- cording to the world received here. and CDA Sefs Social | Meet Tomorrow thuln Dauuhn‘r& of w§l hold Jheir kocial at 8 o'clock tomorrow night Parish Hall. | e e - | BUY DEFENSE BONDS s, as the world's best irchild Aircraft, Ltd., Senior Amerifa meeting in the CONSIDERED - BY SENATORS Union Lawyer Calls Petril-' lo "'Patriof” at Hearing WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Coun- sel for the American Federation of sicians today defended the un- ion’s President, James Petrillo, as “patriot,” after Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold accused the union as “attempting to destroy independent businesses that don't employ musicians.” Joseph Padway, union attorney, also told the Senate Interstate Com- merce Sub-committee investigating the union’s ban against recordings of transeriptions for radio stations, juke boxes and others that the pro- hibition was voted for unanimously by the members at their convention and the union is not “dominated in by its president. told the group that the ban was an “attack on industrial | freedom,” and the order preventing breadeasting of the music of high school students Interlochen, Michigan, was “an attack upon the | | individual’s freedom of expression.” The American Federation of | icians recently fined one or- | chestra leader $500 for singing the ! Star Spangled Banner in public | with a crowd because he was mak- | ing a non-union performance. i AR T Junior CDA Troop Elects Officers Troop No. 1 of the Junior Catho- | lic Daughters met last Friday and | |elected new officers for this year. | | Named as president was Rose- | mary Doogan; as vice-president; | | Marilyn McAlister, secreta | Eileen Hellan and treasurer, Gloria Gullufsen. | Plans for this activities | were outlined. The next social meet- | ing of the group will be held on| | September 29 at the Gullufsen | home. JOHNMCCORMICK | " RETURNS FROM | WESTWARD TRIP. John McConnwk Duo(tor of the Selective Service in Alaska, re- turned to his Juneau headquarters | yesterday from the Westward. Mr. McCormick was away for |three weeks on an official trip to Cordova, Valdez and Seward where he visited the Draft Boards and gave advice on the procedure to be followed in taking in those in class 1-B, which covers selectees having minor mn«um defects. Arnold i help | JUNEAU SPORISMEN ARE NOW ON TRIPS Among xpurtsmon now taking of the deer and duck season for prolonged tripg are the following C. F. Brown, Tom McCaul Caul’s boat, Brooks Hanfc and group on ; Dr Simpson Counci Juneau advantage Frank A. Boyle and and party on Mec- Katinka; Don Abel, i and Jack Burford Burford’s boat, Don- W. W. Council, Dr. Robert Mike Carey on Dr Wallaine. - BUY DEFENSE BOADS and boat, zine body | | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1942 NINETEEN IN - AND EIGHTEEN | LEAVE SUNDAY Passengers arriving here yester- day from Kodiak were Hilda Chick- | enoff, Lela Gregorioff, Albert E. Genthrer, Ray H. Heider and George Ocjanas. From Seward Merle Sipprell, H. O. Bowles, Stanley Zuern, A. B. Cain, Bert R. Hern, Jam T, Sullivan, Vernon T. Bradley, Paul| D. Phelps, Larry Bundy and Harry | A. Wright. | From Cordova Fred Emerson, John L. McCormick, John Nauch- and Joe N. Adams. Leaving for the South from Ju-| neau yesterday were the following for Ketchikan—J. F. Dennis and Lloyd Pederson. For Seattle — Pat Abercrombie, Jim Abercrombie, John Watters, B. F. Asker, Virginia Swanson, Amilda Adams, Thomas Riggs, Ken- neth Frawley, Earl M. Remling, C. L. Kuhnhansen, Lee Reynolds, ose Uneta, James Harding, James Kidwiler, D. W. Van Dyke and Arnold Kettila. s A - REPRESENTATIVE IN JUNEAU ON BUSINESS H. O. Bowles, service man for Burroughs' Adding Machine Com- |pany, arrived here from the West- ward and will remain in Juneau for several days. Mr. Bowles is mak-| ing his headquarters at the Gas- tineau Hotel while in the city. R | Empire Classifieds Pay! | 2y $8.00 WILLBUY TWO STEEL HELMETS Here’s how your savings put into War Bonds and Stamps our armed forces get the fighting equipment they need. |at the Gastineau Hotel while she . R. BELL, Ol KAKE, HERE FOR VISIT OF WEEK Mrs. C. R. Bell, well known resi- dent of Kake, arrived here :this| morning to visit in Juneau for about a week. Mrs. Bell is a guest the city. — e, ADAMS ARRIV! ‘ i in A C. HERE ON WAY SOUTH A. C. Adams, Astoria-Puget the | at bookkeeper for Sound Cannery Excursion Inlet, arrived in Juneau | last night and is staying at the jastineau Hotel while waiting transportation for the south. - - - FRESHMAN STAR | | | | | | | | WASHINGTON — Earl Branfield, star freshman pitcher on the Georgetown University varsity, was an all-state end at Alliance, O., and is expected to do big things for the Hoyas on the gridiron, too. - IN CAR ACCIDENT Mrs. Margaret Waldemar is in St. Ann's Hospital for treatment of injuries received in a minor| automobile accident yesterday. e —— ANGLES FOR BIDS MANGUM, Oklé\ Sept. 21—B. H Squire has a sure-fire recipe for use when his wife goes out of town for a couple of days. First he goes fishing. Then he distributes the |fish to friends in the neighborhood. And then he sits back and the din- ner invitations come rolling in. | school. SCHOOL OF DANCING By Dorothy Stearns Roff, classes When the Anchorage High School |for Fall Recital now enrolling; also | opened September 8 there were 137 |6 ballroom lessons for $5.00. Phone | students enrolled. Classes were |Red 575. started with emergency teachers un- til the regulars arrived. There were 489 pupils enrolled in the grade ———.—.— The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any Al- | aska newspaper. —searnie's FINEST, — ionz»-rnmoos Every metropolis has its social center .. . ifs outstand- ing hotel. In Seattle it's the Olympic! Quiet, luxurious; exquisite food. Remarkably reasonable: Rooms with bath from $3.50. Next fime you come fo Seattle make , your address “The Olympic.” g CENTER OF SEATTLE WG SEATTLE. wasumoron Fronk W. Hull, Manoging Directer Help Fight the WAR with the Money You Save! $150 WILL BUY’ ONE PARACHUTE $50,000 WILL BUY ONE FIGHTER PLANE 50¢ WILL BUY ENOUGH FUEL OIL TO RUN A DESTROYER ONE MILE! 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