The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1942, Page 6

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY |is to be published this month nnd:TEEN AGERS forms will close uUctober 19.| 'MAY FIGHT | adv. | ' OUTSIDEU.S. House Refuses Amend- ment Requiring Year's Training, American Soil * WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—Back- ing up the Army’s High Command, | the House today refused to consider amendments to the 18-19 year-old |draft bill which would have ed the use of the teen age troops from foreign combat until first trained a year on American soil PAGE SIX SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1942 FORTY GERMAN PLANES CANNOT |H-00DS H" SEND HIM DOWWN‘ E A“ (0 AST, S LIVES LOST Property Damage Runs Info Millions of Dollars —Capital Even Hit WASHINGTON, Oct. 17— Death . and damage tolls crept upward to- day as the worst storm in the his- tory of the National Capital reached the crest early this forenoon and began to recede this afternoon. The Capital itself suffered little more than inconvenience because of For space, listings and please call the Juneau and Doug- las Telephone Co., phone 420, be- | fore the closing date. 1 RUOMY TOES e OR DINNER 2 SNUG BEELS 3 SNUG IKSTEP FIT 4 ALL-LEATHER FOB LASTING | TO THE DOUGLAS INN F 7 M 7 '). 4 With the passage of the bill by dikes and other precautions thrown Where You Rance While You ine: FIT AND LONG SERVICE | pebiiel braciuly " assued, ue o et Preki acovet T House blocked the training period sonal eye, but the debris laden Po- 5 GROWN-OF SMARTNESS 6 REASONABLY PRICED FOUND div ALL... Poll-Parrot amendment by adopting a rule pre- venting consideration of any am- endments offered from the floor ex- cept those bearing directly of chang- g ing the present 20 to 45 year range for Selective Bervice A standing vote, 212 to 42, followed reading of a letter from Gen. Mar- tomac and Rapahannock rivers marooned thousands and caused millions of dollars worth of damage on the lowlands of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. I Five persons are listed officially as dead with scores missing, The hardest hit section was Fred- Sizzling. Delicious Steaks. Excellent Fried Chiclien with Spaghetti and French YOU'LL ENJOY RUTH AT THE HAMMOND ORGAN. Dance the Evening Through! i,,,,,_,,,_,, { Fried Potatees . and o SR, SO e S H O £ S shall, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, on the shelving of the amendment barring teen agers from ericksburg, Virginia. Torrential rains caused the sud- den floods. (above), 27, brought a Charles Paine Waycross, Ga., foreign combat service. Lt Sandwiches JOHN MARIN, Proprietor e e——— LAVAL KILLS OWN.PEOPLE; CROWDRIOTS Frenthmen' 'Dreim onstrate Against Being Sold fo Hitler Don't Forgel the FIREMEN'S Dance! [Family Shoe Stere| ™~ === Phone Douglas 68 for Reservations | Seward Street : AL ASK A (AN bt okaty back 1o Engand { | tacked it high over France. Two RA I SE jApS of his plane’s motors were put ocut of commission, rudder was riddled, stabilizer and wing hit, half her controls shot away and the landing gear smashed. Sir Hubert Wilkins, Explor- er, Claims Territory Could Keep Peace MRS. FRIENDIS NAMED ASSISTANT CITY CLERK HERE LONDON, Oct. 17—Pierre Laval's DALLAS, Texas, Oct. i7—Alacka ny . HY 3 : Ao % B . armed forces killed 40 Frenchmen in coula be siised attr the war 1o R€STINS Position:asiRa>: souedorekisd 40 Fmmching in | ain peace in the Pacific b ik c od 200 at e 7 i b 2 an - wounded 200 at each place yesterday gl s g M e fioning Board Clerk- et e B a C e rer sa; at ‘a alnl S demonstrating w against the » said Alaska has mor: arable 5 ¥ z e rmany, a London Times dispatch ]:xn;‘] than Sweden and l-‘ml:md With e ity Council last night rati- reported from the French frontier. 4 "“,l f"“l‘"““ soil which is easily g,q Mayor Mar I. Lucas’ ap- Additional disturbances were re- I |cultivated. pointment of Mrs. Elmer A. Friend rseille, Tarbes, Toul- ; ! “‘_‘l’” Fhey ""“}'f" """"»"""”"' Assistant City Clerk, succeeding fi and at a dozen other "g;T“:: r::h;r \h'filfifi;xnuu‘\ Mrs. Etta Mae Duckworth who was places in both occupied and unoc- SHORRles. b6 tnvnish hi)m) Ty named Cits k after the resig- cupied France as bloodshed devel- | StheaE s e m‘v foni rom nation of Robert G. Rice. ;,,;,-»1 uw],-' X:,.‘(rnch‘ :fls,\;&e{'nrc (fllglm;h( &l < N ries h, 'merlv sas being sold into virtua orce: abor after this war, that would be betier Mrs. Friend, who “,fi':;"fif'lj.‘“‘:fi to Hitler. tfhnntlynnu them continue fighting ‘I"x;;vl w"“‘ll’”“‘m‘ = i ('xl(i;«t At Lyon, and Amberieu, guards, or it.” tatlc ng 08 s as P! @ 4 police and legion storm troopers If Alaska is developed and trade position and Mrs. Harry Lea has 1\'“:.‘ ,.(.;,,,,.U.d Lm bave forced femc opened with Japan for its needs in been named to succed her. and machinegun volleys, and thrown food, timber and possible oil sup- Mrs, Friend, ,however, has €OD- o0 yong srenades into the ranks of plies, there would be no reason for sented to serve as a member of the demonstrators. the country to fight again for these the Rationing Board in the place ‘ b stH, sdded that Alucsconld o e e e ottee GO HUNTING, ALSO | t assembly fi e rice ket for the Allied nations to police the | world, since planes can now fiy e Norman Rustad and the Rev. W. DEBYUIRg 0 Aladke s fo) BUVCHR IR He § @ Une-man H. Matthews left last Sunday after- in the northern hemisphere. 4 ” . G i A . noon on a hunting and fishing trip mergency fation to Younes Bay. They retumned tast SE(RETARY OF night reporting the fishing was - good, catching 200 pounds, but the ! (’HES.TERTOWI\:(‘ ‘Md'f O.‘Ct'c,lgcz hunting was ot so good. AlASKA TO Go bt Ilom‘ "hf' 'k:l"\. “ém(, r * £l They saw plenty of deer tracks Police Chief Samuel E. COOPer Un- ¢ 1o geer, They ran almost on a prepared. big , He has set up a raid room in his (6" " g “the brownie did not house containing: A full stock of s sce them. The weather was miser- G canned goods, a fire hose, two ; ble so the two fished while waiting WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 — Rep- puckets of sand, a water pail, a g 4 e for the storm to subside so they ative Robert Ramspeck, Dem- ghoye eTOSe] rst t ) ber pe shovel, kerosene lamp, first aid ki could return to Juneau. brownie but the wind was in UNDER C. C. § jocrat of Georgia, has introduced a f Jlight, axe, blankets and bed- bill to replace the office of Secre- ging ) tary of the Territory of Alaska un- e ee—— A cat/as evgp b ot shitiechey merely reflect the faint light of | der classified Civil Service with no dark places, | explanation of the full meaning. SR = e e . Mob Overturns CarsinKla For Seventy-Five Yowrs ... BUY DEFENSE BONDS math Falls Riofing i # % % this Flag has flown above the Territory of Alaska. That’s Today Alaska, as an important strategic part of the United a simple staternent. a fact well known to every man and woman, to every school cnild in Alaska. It’s a simple statement. Until Y )t States of America, is facing its greatest trial since that historic | ] day seventy-five years ago when the Stars and Stripes first flew you start to think about it. Then it gets all mixed up with other things . . . with your whole life, your home, your family, the quarters of a century—the true value of Alaska is clearly i above Sitka. Today, too—and for the first time in three- | | meals you eat, the games you play, the things you learn at ‘ realized by the rest of those United States of America—this great Territory’s value not only from a military viewpoint but from the viewpoint of the future peace and the growth and | school, the newspapers you read, the radio programs you listen to, the way you earn your living. For all these and more stem from the Flag . . . from the Stars ; i . and Stripes snapping in the breeze. They always have, of development that must come to this nation with the peace. course, but we’re inclined to forget until a war comes along, ; L We know that Alaska is ready . . . not only with the stamina A war sharpens our perceptions. Clearly we see what has always t ; for war but with the vision for peace. We know that Alaskans | been there—the word freedom emblazoned across those Stars e are ready and willing to fight for their country . . . to buy War Bonds . . . to make any sacrifices asked of them that their Flag shall still fly above the land they love and serve. and Stripes . . . freedom from want and fear . . . freedom to speak our minc . freedom to worship as we please . . , freedom to make our own laws. BUY WAR BONDS ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY 4 bembs and eggs also wel | serious reportea, - gional meeting overturned autos and engaged in street fighting. Rocks were thown and a few stink ‘ Irate Klamath Falls, Ore., residents incensed by pampleteering of members of a religious sect at a re- | re tossed. Sect members battled with sticks. Injuries were numerous but nothing |