The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 10, 1942, Page 6

PAGE SIX tional property for purposes was his primary purpose, his trip carried him to all the principal Army and avy posts in Alusku‘ and the Aleutians and he visited | ints never before seen by a ci-| vilian Situation Reassuring While much of what I saw is confidential,” he said, “I can say, citizen, that our as an ordinary military situation in Alaska is| immensely reassuring and in great Chile, Argentina, Angered contrast to some toose rumors. guse| aw ago I listened on the radio Over Accusation of f'a Senator in tne Middie West whose was saying We must have| | That is sheer nonsense. We have Ar- 3 unified command and we've had | for a long time. The ability and ) attacking power of those in com-| mand in Alaska was spectacularly | demonstrated by what I saw Morale among the men is high| and highest at the points clos- | to Kiska. The men throughout | ka seemed envious of those on‘ BUENOS AIRES, Oc gentine ican ne with the tested against Secretary of Axis, have form tions by Actir ner Welle the two countries are bein ate that used as bases for Both governments agents. € issued strong cally rejecting Welles Boston Thursday night notes, ca statement that ship sinkings in American waters are due in part to activity of Axis sples operating within their borders Observers expressed the belief that the action dealt a virtual death blow to Allied hopes that they might soon carry out H.l-‘ recommendations of the Rio de Janeiro conference and sever all ties with the Axis AlaskaReady the active front in the Aleutians.” | Except for five days when he was marooned in Fairbanks by the | weather, Littell spent most of his | time in Army and Navy planes| after leaving Seattle on Septem- | ber but he had one hair-raising | experience in a small private plane. Weeds Hide Field |, ! I was stuck at Curry, halfway ! between Fairbanks and Anchor-| age,” he recounted I was pre- | | pared to try to walk out, but Noel | Wennblom, United States Attorney | at Anchorage, got a typical bush- whacking pilot to come after m«-.} We had to get section hands to cut a runway with scythes| through the weeds that covered z And even after we got off | With Enemy |it wasn't too comfortable. We had | Assistant Atforney General Makes Comment After Tour of 4 Weeks SEATTLE, Oct. 10—Satisfaction with Alaska's ability to resist the foe was expressed yesterday by Norman Littell, a: tant attorney general in charge of the Depart- ment of Justice Lands Division, just back from a four-week tour of the northern Territory While the acquisition of addi- —_— e e = FOUND NEW WAYS TO PROVIDE T cOMFOR Qe STIAE G WEAR Gaeate"‘ See Poll-Parrot ALL-LEATHER SHOES 1 ROOMY TOES 2 SNUG HEELS 3 SNUG INSTEP FIT 4 QUALITY BUILT FOR LASTING FIT AND LONG SERVICE 5GROWN-UP SMARTNESS 6 REASONABLY PRICED Family Shoe Store Seward Street {no radio, our fuel was running low | {—and the pilot had to borrow a | |flashlight when he wanted to look | [a( the compass. But we managed [to make an emergency landing.” | Littell practiced law in Seattle before he took his present post. | - > - | | WILL REDUCE BED SPRINGS WASHINGTON, Oct. 10—After | December 1 a full-sized bed spring fmm not contain more than 15 | pounds of steel, the War Produc- ! tion Board ruled today, and a sin- gle or twin-sized bed spring may not contain more than nine pounds. In a new restrictive action, de- signed to save 15,000 tons of iron and steel annually in the produc- tion of bed springs, WPB also cut in half the total amount of iron and steel available to manufactur- ers of these items. -— HOSPITAL NOTES Charles Oney, a medical patient in St. Ann’s Hospital, has been dismissed. ! Pete Olson s been dismissed from St. Ann's Hospital where he was a medical patient | Nellie Cass has been admitted to St. Ann's Hospital for medical | care, { John Malkin s under medical care in St. Ann Hospital ‘ Louie Hansen has entered St Ann’s Hospital for medical care. ->es | America’s armed forces allot two | ounces of coffee a day to every man, or approximately 2,000 cups a year. To the Public: In appreciation of your patronage of the ROYAL BLUE CAB COMPANY through the last seven years, we say a simple thank you and commend our successors o you. MR. and MRS. EDWARD L. POOLE. 1 PHONE 14 BEULAHLEE, H.R. (Heinie) McLEOD The purchase of the ROYAL BLUE CAB COM- | PANY by MR. and MRS. EDWARD L. POOLE was effected today and we, the new owners, as- sure the public the same service they have re- ceived from the ROYAL BLUE in the past. ‘ R. E. BARNES ON LEAVE FROM U. 5. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE Acting Director Has Sub- mitted Resignation Effective Nov. 16 R. E. Barnes has submitted his resignation as Acting Director of the United States Employment Ser- vice in Juneau, to take effect No- vember 16, it was announced today by Hugh J. Wade, Director of So- cial Security in Alaska under the Federal Securify Agency. Mr. Barnes came to Juneau from Ketchikan to take the position of Acting Director of the local office when Joseph T. Flakne, Director, left for Seattle last spring to open an office for the U. S. Employment Service for the purpose of cooper- ating with Alaska employment | problems, | At present Mr. Barnes is on leave of absence and Arthur A, Hedges, now manager of the U. S. Employment Office in Ketchikan, | is expected to arrive immediately to take over the position of Acting Director of the Juneau office un- til such time as Mr. Barnes’ re nation is accepted and a nent successor appointed - EYE CLOSER | SPOKANE Merle Sommers, can’t see why big folks think horse shoes are good luck. In fact, he can’t s ee. But he escaped with nothing worse than some black eyes. A colt | kicked him | e RUY DE SE BONDS ROYAL BLUE PHONEMU NAZISAYS l BUY DEFENSE BONDS ~ * THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ™ CUTTING THE ROAD TO ALASKA_working on i TRAIL OF 42 —TO ALASKA_; STALINGRAD IS RIDDLE Like Reaching for Moon, German Officer Points Out : BERNE, Switzerland, Oct. 10 — An eye witness account of the battle of Stalingrad by a German officer who compared attempts to capfure the city with reaching; for the moon was relayed here after’ being published in the Berlin | Deusche Allgemeine Seitung, The account said that although | the city was bombarded heavily for | many days and large sections re- | duced to ruins, “the Russians have not only held defensively, but have unleashed attack after attack.” The officer said that the con- tinued resistance is a “riddle for the military experts.” selallis L WAL A e e ee 00 s 000000 . WEATHER REPORT . . (U. 8. Bureau) . e Temp. Friday, Oct. 9: ‘o e Maximum 49, minimum 46, @ e e eeeo 00000 " SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1942 former Douglas Motors building on ters. Stevens, who is a fisherman, | Preve"' Enemy I_anding { | 4 PROPERTY SOLD | Transfer of properties in Doug-‘ ' las during the week include the purchase by Joe Stevens of the A RE Su N Front Street from John Mills. Di- K vided into an apartment in the upper part, the ground floor has| {been used as a garage but is also| 1 i 'suitable for boat building quflr-\NaVy Says A( fon Dld NO' will use the property as a dwell-| ing place for his family and boat | Help on lsland repair shop. { P B WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 — The GUARDS TO MEET |Navy announced today that a Weather permitting, all memberlea], destroyer was sunk and a de- of the Douglas unit of the A.T.G_‘S"Oyer and cruiser damaged when are requested by Capt. Andrews give hombers and torpedo planes to report at the city hall Monday gitacked enemy warships backing evening, October 12, at 6:30 o'clock up landing operations at Guadal- to work on the machine gun em- canal in the Solomon Islands. placements, The enemy succeeded in rein- - - 'i 4 COUNCIL MEETIN: PFirst ‘regular meeting of the month for Douglas City Council is scheduled for next Monday night at the wusual hour. Important among the items of business awaiting the session will be the seating of Val Poor as a council- man, PRSI A FEEROS AWAIT SAILING FOR RETURN TRIP HOME After a three weeks' visit on the channel, during which William Feero underwent a major operation and is feeling much improved in health, the latter with his wife expect to leave on the first steam- er for their home in Skagway.Dur- forcing its troops despite resistance of the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Forces. The Navy communique, describ- ing the attacks, which occurred earlier this week, also reported that the enemy lost a total of seven planes and a small launch in various recent actions. This is against a loss of two American planes. A cruiser, a 7,100-ton vessel of the Kako class, was hit by one tor- pedo and several bombs which set it afire, It was observed still burn- ing hours later. ————— CONTRACTS IN . M ing their stay in Douglas they have been house guests of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Jensen. WESTERN STATES a mighty engineering job ranking along with the building of the Panama Canal, U. S. Army engineers move earth and trees to slice a road across Canada to Alaska, American defense outpost, - ® You like steak, sizzling hot. @ [like chicken the way Johnnie cooks it. @ We hoth like good music — and Ruth at the Hammond organ is super. ® So we'll have a wonderful time. THE DOUGLAS INN PHONE DOUGLAS 68 FOR RESERVATIONS cross 1,600 miles of Canada’s valleys and taing runs the U. S. Arma’s rozd to Alaska. It is to be ready for use Decexeny‘mml. s JOHN MARIN—Proprietor [ See You at ~ THE DOUGLAS INN for Dinner and Dancing D - RECOVERED FROM OPERATION Mrs. Gene Weschenfelder of Spuhn Island has been a house guest of Mrs. A. E. Goetz for the past several days while recuperat- ing from a serious operation which she underwent recently. She re- turned to her home yesterday. — o FORMER DOUGLASITE IS NOW IN ARMY According to news received in Douglas during the week by his parents, Robert Feero has enlist- ed in the Army and is stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah. i - BUY DEFENSE BONDS JONES, JR., and BUS LINE servi In announcing the purchase of the CHANNEL BUS LINE by LEO JR,, BEULAH LEE and H. L. (Heinie) McLEOD thank the peo- ple of Juneau, Douglas and the Highwéy for their patronage and assure them that the CHANNEL to operate to their benefit. HIT HIGH MARK Awards for $150,718,059 Construction Work In- clude Alaska, Hawaii SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 10 —Contract awards for engineering construction work reached a total of $150,718,059 in the 11 Western states in September, it was an- nounced by Associated Press to- day. Daily Construction Service said the figures included work in Alaska and Hawaii totalling $13,- 233,925. CARL PELLIN, ce will continue % 3 'L