The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 9, 1942, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA The flxst 1elcgrsph message was 1884 transmitted May 24, FORGIFT GIVING Brilliant Jewlery Pins, Clips, Necklaces, Rings and Bracelets LOVELY Silk Underwear Gowns, Slips, Panties Purses with Gloves {o Maich Freedom Red, Turftan, Navy Black and Brown Bunny Fur Mittens Robes and Housecoats Many styles to choose from Jones-Stevens “Fight! Work! and SAVE!” = A War Message on WAR BONDS jrom the President of the United States “...The American people know that if we would raise the billions which we now need to pay for the time prevent a disastrous rise in the cost of liv- ing, we shall have to do double the scale of our savings. *Every dime and dollar not wlally needed for absolute necessities should E. J. JESSEN IS APPOINTED TODAY Unemployment Commission The appointment of Ernest F. Jes- sen, Fairbanks, as a member of the Unemployment Compensation Com- mission of Alaska -was nounced today by Acting Governor E. L. Bart- lett. Jessen will fill the post made vacant by the death of Harry Phil- lips of Fairbanks The new member of the sion is a pioneer resident of Now editor and publisher of Jessen’s Weekly at Fairbanks, he form was editor of the Seward Gateway and before that was a newspaper man in Anchorage. His appointment is for the period ending March 7, 1945. He will be the Republican member of the com- mission e PRESBYTERIANS IO HAVE DINNER HERE commis- Alaska WEDNESDAY NIGHT An opportunity for all members of the congregation to become bet- ter acquainted is offered the mem- bers of the Northern Light Pres- byterian Church in its Fellowship Dinner to be held at 6 p.m. Wed- nesday All members and others in the city who are not members of the church but attend services are in- vited. Honor guests will be those who have joined the church since No- vember of 1941, totalling 41 new members. The Martha Society and World Service Circle are supervising plans for the covered dish dinner |anyone wishing suggestions as what to bring is invited to call Mrs. A. J. Ficken, red 198 war and at the same uble and more than gointo W 10 ALASKA POST Fairbanks Erdiirior Named fo' | moved and | to| CLAUDE M. HIRST WILL TAKE TRIP T0 WASHINGTON hupmunpndvn( ("dude Hirst of the Alaska Office Affairs plans to leave Ju- Wednesday by boat for his trip, which he missed last to attend to routine business matters in Seattle, Chicago and Washington, D.C This will hi; side in two years. Mrs. him. The trip to Chi- necessitated because part Office been General M Indian i neau | annual | year be first trip Out- Hirst will accompany cago of the is Indian has from Washington to cago. During Mr. Hirst's of several months, Administrative As- ant Fred R. Geeslin will be in charge of the office here - > 'HOME NURSING T0 MEET ON TUESDAY Members of the Home Nursing Class scheduled to meet on Wednes- day afternoons in the Juneau Health absence 5,188 JAPS | | | | Chi- | Center, are reminded that this week, | because of Armistice Day, they will meet at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow instead. Miss Stephenie Bogdon, Public ! Health Nurse and Home Nursing in- structor, will go to Douglas tomorrow only in the morning hours and will return in time to conduct the Home Nursing Class - - | NURSES T MEET THIS EVENING | Gastineau Channel Nurses’ As- sociation will meet at 8 o'clock to- night in the home of Mrs. Hector McLean, 624 Sixth Street, it was announced this morning by Mrs. Harley Turner. A large attendance is requested - L Natives of New Guinea twist ilarge spider webs together use them as fish nets, out of current income. and STAMPS to add to the striking power of our armed forces. “If these purchases are to have a material effect in restraining price increases they must be made “In almost every individual case they should be AREKILLED, SOLOMONS Guadalcanal WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—At least | 5,188 Japs have been killed in the | Snlnmon Islands land fighting since the American invasion began on August 7, the Navy Department an- nounced last Saturday night This figure, the Navy further an- nounced, does not include estimates of Japs killed within their own lines by naval aerial bombardments EVERETT SMITH SPENDS LEAVE ON HUNTING TRIPS Everett Smith, office manager for the United States Employment Ser- vice, was back at his desk today after a two-week leave during which he went on, hunting trips. Mr. Smith and his father, Gene Smith, left two weeks ago on the not one, but two {latter's boat, Clara R, for Tenakee and Admiralty Island where they spent several days with moderate success in hunting. They returned to Juneau and left again, taking Art Burke and E. O. Davis with them to Oliver Inlet where they hunted for a week in the district. The party of four returned to town with three bucks and report- ed lots of geese in the Oliver Inlet district and many deer on the north end of Admiralty Island —————— GROVER WINN BACK FROM TWO-MONTH TRIP Grover C. Winn, prominent Ju- neau attorney and City Magistrate, returned last night from the States where he has been for the last two months. Mr. Winn accompanied his daughter, Suzy. Winn, to Portland, lege. “We cannot have all we want if our soldiers and sailors are to have all they need.” big enough to mean rigid self-denial, a substan. \ «y War Savings Bonds SHOOT STRAIGHT WITH OUR BOYS This message for Victory is sponsored by ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY AMERICANS DISPATCHED, || NEW FRONT/] : Official Announcement of Strategic Act Given New Advance Is Made in T /American Troops Move, Eastward - Jap Air Attack Beaten Off | by White House WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. — The| ‘ :’,:‘hyz iizzrtr:;:::f:rt;%osp:m;::z1‘“““0“\ of the British Army. t advanced eastward from their posi-| The statement further said the tions on Guadalcanal in what ap-|landing ‘“provides an effective peared to be a maneuver to isolate Second Front assistance to our he-| the threatened Jap beachhead in roic Allles in Russia.” the vicinity of Koli Point. The President’s statement also Up to late Saturday night only|said the French Government and light enemy resistance on the west- |people have been informed of the ern flank of the American defense |purpose of the American expedi- area was reported. Here the Marines | tjon and they have been assured| again repulsed enemy counter-at- that the Allies seek no territory tacks. and have no intention of interfer- | It is also reported that enemy ;.. with the friendly French au-' bombers struck for the first time tharities: in ATeion: | :‘l:c;azx:;)ebewrazssda;n?uadalcanal but Cooperation Asked : United States planes maintain a| The President, in his statement| continuous patrol over enemy posl- Said the “Government of Kratbe | tions, bombing and strafing troop and its people and those in the concentrations, French possessions are requested to i cooperate with and assist the Am- erican expedition” in its efforts to IwELVE ARRIVE repel the German and Italian in- ternational criminals and by so |doing to liberate France and the | French Empire from the Axis yoke.” The statement Saturday night lEAVE FOR WES dld not specify the exact points where the powerful force disem- —_— | barked. Arrivals here last night from Se- | Simultaneously with the state- | attle were S. Bernstein, Mrs. Mar- ment, the White House made it and Oregon where she entered Reed Col- | tial reduction for most of us in the seale of ex- penditure that is comfortable and easy for us. | “We cannot fight this war, we cannot exert our maximum effort, on a spend-as-usual basis. i garet Case and J. M. Simmons; from Ketchikan-- Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jef- frey, J. S. Bailey, Oscar Cecotti, A. L. Flornce, Hal Fairhurst, P. Gil- more, Willlam McKenzie, Thomas Seartwood and Russell Sutlive. Leaving here for the Westward were Mrs. W. T. Ernst and Russell Sutlive. public that President Roosevelt, in an address recording which was broadcast Saturday night to the Prench people by short wave from Washington and London, asked for their assistance. LONDON ELECTRIFIED LONDON, Nov. 9—The United States Expedition landing on the French North African coasts elec- trified London, when the pews was flashed over the radio broad- casts and newspaper issued extras Sunday morning. London had been filled with ri mors that “something awfully bi was brewing for the weekend and it came Sunday morning with a crash and a bang. B BUY DEFENSE BOND; GERMAN VIEWPOINT LONDON, Nov. 9-—Late last |Saturday afternoon a broadcast lfrom the German controlled radio station Hilversum in The Nether- | lands, sald the big convoy moving | suddenly across the Mediterraneant | from the direction of Gibraltar was (no doubt an aim of the Allies to | capture North African ports in or- |der to set up 'a Second Front from i there, AIRFIELDS SEIZED BY ~ U.S.FORCES 'More landi@s—, North Afri- | c@-Vichy Government Breaks with U. . (Continued from Page One) Breaks Off Relations Marshal Petain’s Vichy Govern- ment ordered all French troops to resist the American invasion and | the government immediately broke | off diplomatic relations with Lhe | United States. | Both Vichy and Axis reports late | Sunday indicated naval and air ac-| tions were being fought both on the| Atlantic and Mediterranean gt i points where huge Allied convoys ! were - disembarking troops for :he‘ | invasion of Africa. Is Second Front | Both Vichy and Axis broadcasts | said it is generally regarded that the invasion is the first step toward op- ening a Second Front in Europe,' perhaps through Italy. Naval Battle Reported A Berlin radio last night, quoting | a Vichy report, said the new 35,000~ ton French battleship Jean Bart and four French submarines have been ! hit in action by Allied dive bombers, | pesumably in actidn near Casablanca |on the Atlantic Coast of French | Morocco. —Franklin D. Roosevelt. ' e ATTENTION MASONS | Stated Communication Monday |evening at 7:30 o'clock. Work inj the F. C. Degree. J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary. 1 -~ | 1 will not be responsible for any {debts contracted by anyone but |myself. |adv. ALBERT E. WITHEY. | When foreign enterprise in 1876 |built China’s first railroad—a 10- mile, narrow-gauge line from Shanghai to Woosung — it was promptly bought and destroyed by the government. | adv. * Fll R /IIAII'II 0 N l.argesl Seleclion of FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES ARRIVED TODAY Buy While Stock Is Freshest. FRESH APPLE FOR THANKSGIVING IS HERE BRING Y Grocery Depariment Will Be Closed Wednesday, Nov. ORDER TUESDAY FOR 2 DAYS! GEORGE BROTHERS 2 DELIVERIES DAILY 10:30 A. M. PHONE 92 ALGIERS ATTACKED BY AXIS German Dive Bombers Hit| Troop Transporis at Capitulated Port LONDON, Nov. 9.—Reuters new: agency today quoted the Vichy radic in a report that German dive bomb- ers attacked six United States trooy transports which entered the road- stead at Algiers early this after- noon. The American and British troops were arriving at the capitulated port which is said to be strengthening its anti-aircraft defenses. Both shore and naval guns are reported frequently in action against the Axi planes. Two dive bombers scored near misses in midafternoon on a trans- | port landing troops, it was said. The broadcast added that U. S British, German and Italian planes tangled i giers. were seen to drop into the sea. q * i 'I'HE HOME FHOHT CIDER OUR JUG 11, Armistice Day PHONE 95 2:30P. M. ASK APPLICANTS TORETURN BLANKS FOR NURSES' AIDE Fifteen application blanks have been sent out to Juneau women interested in taking the American Red Cross Nurses' Aide course, Mrs. Harley Turner, registration chair- man, said today. § Mrs. Fred Geeslin, chairman of Aides, requested today that Jl those who have not yet re- urned application blanks to Mrs. rurner do so as soon as possible jo that organization of the new lass can be completed soon. Physical examinations and im- munizations are given only after Jdl applications have been sent st and returned, she said. The committee would like have a few more registrations, as a class of nearly 20 is preferred before organized. It is hoped that registration will be completed this week so that the | classwork can be carried out be- |fore the Christmas holidays. Nurses' Anyone wishing to apply for (registration is asked to call Mrs. .| Harley Turner, blue 440. ————.———— a free-for-all over the | coast about twelve miles west of Al- Several unidentifiéd planes | Approximately 2,600,000 automo- biles are annually retired from ser- vice in the United States. Keep Electric Clocks Up to the Minute! Your electric clock is It keeps you on time for war meet- ant! vour faithful serv- ings, Red Cross and all your daily activ- ities . . . neither fast nor slow, running week in and week out without winding. If anything goes wrong, let us repair it in a hurry. Bring it in! We Make ALL Electrical Repairs! Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. to .,