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

| ’zmzun 1S i CHIEF, NAZI Construdtion Starts On Road Connecting Haines WHITEHORSE, Y.T., Dec. 10, Brig. Gen. James A. O'Connor, entry in Southeast commander of the Northwest Ser-|Alcan Highway and vice Command, has informed Al-|new highw. closer aska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond kan citie Junea that construction has been started and Sitka.” on an access road from Haines,| Approximately 40 miles of this| Alaska wl lhl‘. g}l‘cm: } l’{mhwm, road, from H‘umr.\ uv.m’ 1|vu» hrl;rd;-: radio broadcast says G Zeitzler coming out. near ampagne. N1 Pleasant Camp, already is built.{; oo Chief of the General Staff The General's letter read: “The | This section will probably be used % Hat P ok I o 2 ' o g |of the German Army aines-Champagne road will con- as a base for the new road when-| The Nazi regime apparently took nect Southeast Alaska with the|ever possible. Approximately !(ll)"hig unusual means of making Alean military road and will be an |miles more of new road will have|ihe giret authorized announcement important step in the development to be pushed through before the y of the change which has been ru- of the Alaska road network access road will be completed mored previously “We already have landed crews| The Public Roads Administration Paltisihg raniaced Fr and equipment at Haines. The sent three survey parties over the Halder who for the several | | 2 4 8 Nove 4 1 poue early as last November| wogs pas peen one of the army| leaders believed marked for purge. second port of Alaska to the will bring the | to such Alas- aw, Ketchikan, | road will provide a parently Been Vic- tim of Purge BERLIN, Dec. 10 German as A A n. Gen past as With New AlanHighway. ARMYNOW I‘Gen. Franz Halder Has Ap-| THE DAILY ALASKA EM ends. Temporary quarters were thrown up shortly afterwards the Champagne side of the route,' DOUGLAS - TO CALLOFU.5. 0. « Jz Vs and a great deal of equipment was | Last night the girls of the Juneau- unloaded on the Haines side. Gen. O'Connor said last month that the road would be built this winter Douglas area responded splendidly | when called upon by the USO to join with 1,500,000 members of the Girls’ Service Organization through- DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS ‘ There is a possibility that stores! i iige wholesome recreation for | and business houses in Juneau Will | gepvice men. The results of last| {be closed for the entire Christmas| night’s meeting to organize the local | |holiday weekend, it was learned | GSO unit showed that over seven- | |today. | ty-five girls were already enrolled That would mean that shoppers| Miss Marjorie Snell was elected tem- | would ‘have to stock up by Thurs- porary president to serve throughout | day, December 24, with enough | the next meeting which will be held supplies to last until the follow- | Wednesday, December 16 at 8 p. m. ing Monday. Christmas Day falls|at the USO Building. At that meet- on Friday, and some storekeepers|ing permanent GSO officers will believe that there will not be be elected to serve throughout the enough business on Saturday to|Coming year warrant staying open. Want All Eligible | The goal of the USO is to enroll every eligible girl seventeen years of age and over throughout this area in the local Girls’ Service Organiza- | tion. Any girl desiring to join should call R-413 in the evening End‘ signify her intention to join. II\’ she comes within the age limit she | will be given a membership card, | without which she cannot gain ad- mittance to any USO dance. The card will also be accompanied by a | golden USO pin | The first USO dance will be held | Saturday night from 9 to 12:30 o'clock at the Catholic Parish Hall. The Duck Creek Swing Band will play. This will be the first of a series of USO dances. Once each | month there will be a formal dance | under the direction of the GSO for the service men. -+ 117. sending the crews in from both - - e -- |STORES MAY CLOSE BEATU CATCHERS GAY LITTLE GIFT . . . You'll tuck it in her stocking .. . bright velvet bows with sparkling jewel- ed center. Wide variety colors, styles. 5 e You Can Be a Soldier’s Santa Claus . . . And you won't have to go with- out lunches to pay the Gift Can- teen! Not if you're one of the lucky members of the Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Asso- ciation’s Christmas Savings. If you're missing this grand con- venience, why not stop in now and join up for next year? 4% PAID ON SAVINGS Deposits insured up to $5,000 Alaska Federal Savings & Loan Assn. of Juneau Member Federal Reserve System URKEY in ALASKA! GIFT SCARFS For that “Extra” Gift | a bright, warm scarf to add color to her wardrobe RYAN IS INSPECTING SCHOOLS IN JUNEAU James A. Ryan, Territorial Commissioner of Education, is vis- iting classrooms of the Juneau | Public Schools today and tomorrow, jon his annual school inspection |survey, Supt. A. B. Phillips said 'today. Jones-Stevens Seward Street Dr. | Remember Pearl Harbor and Victory Week—Buy a Bond. GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! Here Comes the King of Birds— Ready for Your Feast CO-0OP Broad-Breast TURKEY Lots of meat—fine to eat—specially bred and fed for tenderness and flavor. Plump, fast grown birds in a variety of sizes. But be sure you get one big enough to have some left over for the “turkey pickin’s” next day. Remember the larger the fowl the more meat in proportion to the bone. It's economy to buy the larger turkeys when you can use them. We are headquarters for WASHINGTON CO-OP BRAND PRIME HOLIDAY POULTRY . . . Phone your orders NOW, and be safe. SANITARY MEAT COMPANY 13—Phone—49 Remember Pearl Harbor . . . and Victory Week —————————— BUY A BOND. American and Canadian officials ¢ of Alecan Highway on November ‘New Highway PIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Born | i { | | | | ut ribbon at dedication ceremonies 20. This Associated Press photo brought to Juneau, developed, flown to Seattle by Pan American, matted and appearing in Seattle to The Empire. and blown about in blizzard wea clusively by The Empire’s official photographer. The temperature was 15 below zero, snow was falling Post-Intelligencer, then airmailed ther. This picture was taken ex- HIGH COURT| WON'T ALLOW MINE CLAIM WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. The Supreme Court of the United States has unanimously upheld a $3475 Federal income tax assessment of 1935 against the Mother Lode Coali- | tion Mines Company, Kennecott Both the Board of Tax Appeals and the Second Federal Circuit Court had held that the company was not entitled to a depletion al-} lowance because it was not claimed ; on the allowance tax return of 1934 - HOWARD CASE TAKES POSITION HERE WITH RACE'S DRUG. STORE Howard Case has taken a posi- tion with Race’s Drug Store for |the winter months as clerical as sistant to Monte Grisham, pharma- (cist and manager of the store. Mr. Case arrived here |days ago from Platinum where he has been engaged in mining for the last few years. Mrs. Case and their infant son, William Howard, born recently in Seattle, preceded Mr. Case to Juneau to spend the | winter. several Some day youll thank a GE Sunlamp for your fine strong legs YOUR BABY 15 GETTING ENOUGH ULTRA-VIOLET From the time your baby is born, be sure she gets her daily sunbath—Summer and Winter. The ultra-violet in sunshine will help to grow sturdy, straight bones. In these months, when Summer sun is lacking, it's wise to use a G-E Sunlamp. A Gener- al Electric Sunlamp is handy. —a short exposure, every day, is all you need. THIS HANDSOME MODEL ONLY $00:00 Actually G-E Sunlamps are | priced at almost ha!f what | they cost a few years ago. The new, popular LM-4 lamp, illustrated, is only $00.00. Powerful S-1 type models at $00.00. | Come in and see the latest models and we will explain to you how simple and easy they are o use. See them today. Give your baby the daily ultra-violet she needs. The GENERAL ELECTRIC Sunlamp affords ultra-violet in abundance and has a similar beneficial effect to the ultra-violet radiation in the Summer sun. ¢ GENERAL @ ELECTRIC SUNLAMPS Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Phone 6 } emaciated SOVIET PRISONERS OF FINLAND DYING FROMSTARVATION 10.~- The Finnish Le- says about 12,000 Russian | prisoners out of 56,000 cap- tured by the Finns have died since the outbreak of the war in July,| 1941, and up untii July of thi.fl ear but the number of deaths | among the prisoneis still held has decreased The Legation's statement was made in reply to reports that| 20.000 Russian captives in Finnish hands died from hunger and “their bodies were burned.” | The Legation’s statement says that many of those who died vere vie- tims of wounds suffered hefore | capture. e Juneau Elks Will Have Ladies’ Night This Sityrday Eve Juneau Elks Lodge 420 will have its first Ladies Night of the win- |ter social season this Saturday! {night in the Elks Club and ball- room. The open house affair for the ladies, the first of several, will be open only to Elks and their ladies, Chairman L. J. Holmquist announces. Visitors' cards will not be honored. Men who have applications in for membership, however, have {been mailed invitations which must be presented at the doot be- fore the prospective members and their ladies will be admitted. The evening will be formal for the ladies and business suits will | be in order for the gentlemen. The celebration will begin at about 9:30 pm. There will be dancing| and various forms of refreshment. REMAINS OF WILE BE VIEWED TONIGHT Friends of Albert Wile may view the remains at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary from 7 to 9 o'- clock this evening. The body, will be shipped south for burial in the Jewish Cemetery in Seattle on the next steamer south. —>-——— BERN, Dec. | The Federal government has granted 230,286,000 acres of public lands to the individual States. H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man Exclusive Represen- tative in Juneau for Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoats FLORSHEIM SHOES | Navy 4,532 dead, 1,579 wounded and ! medical care. U.S.TOTAL CASUALTIES ARE 58,307 DINNER WINES FOR CHRISTMAS On Our Shelves, We Have: Port, Claret, Sherry, Muscatel, Tokay, Madeira, Sauterne, Cherry, Loganber- ry, Blackberry, Dubonnet, White Tipo Chianti, and Zinfandel. Quaris - - - from $1.00 up Gallons - - $2.2510 $3.75 CHAMPAGNES Imported and Domestic EORGE BROTHER PHONE 92 7 DPLVERES DALY PHONE 95 10:30 A. M. 2:30 P. M. Remember Pearl Harbor . and Victory Week—BUY A BOND. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. — The cost of a year of war to the Unit- ed States armed forces totals 58,- | 307 casualties, the Office of War | Information announced today. | This number includes dead,! wounded, missing, imprisoned and those interned in neutral coun- | tries. The Army lost 35678; the 8,636 missing out of the total. NATIVE ARMY MENACES BACK DOOR OF CHINA CHUNGKING, Dec. 10. — The Chinese military spokesman charges Japan with building a native army‘ of 150,000 men in French Indo- China, with the cooperation of the | Vichy French Governor General.! Rear Admiral Jean Decoux. The spokesman suggested tHat the Indo-China native force was trained | and commanded by Japanese of-| ficers and might be used in a cam-' paign against China’s “back door’ in | the Province of Yunnan. | > CAPT. J. W. SAWYER CHARTERS DONJAC T0 REPLACE BIELBY i W. Sawyeer, who has the mail contract from Juneau to Port Alexander and way ports, has chartered the Donjac, from| Jack Burford, to replace the motor- | ship Bielby on the mail run, it/ was announced today. Capt. Sawyer planned to leave | today for the week’s run with mail| PR R s S R and passengers. Making the tflp"‘mwm\xx\x\m\.\o\_wxx o oen, orwa o ¢ [lave Your Next Suit MADE TO ORDER Juneau Companyof Guards fo Be Host At Dance Tonight Members of the Juneau Company the Alaska Territorial Guards will be hosts tonight at a dance to be given at the Elks Club ball- room under USO sponsorship. The dance is the first social af- fair held by the Juneau Com- pany of the guards and is strictly invitational. Especial guests are members of the Douglas and High- way Companies of the Guards. Music for the affair, which be- gins at 9:30 o'clock and con- tinues until 1 am, will be fur- . nished by the Duck Creek swing orchestra. All guard members are to weas their uniforms to the dance. - BUY DEFENSE BONDS | {of i (e and Johnnie | ¢ Samuelson, passengers for Pcters-‘/ 1/ burg. | % ————— 1 (e JOHN HOLTEN, JR. LEAVES TODAY ON VACATION TRIP ( John Holten, Jr., who arnved}'f here a few days ago from Sitka where he is employed by Holt’s| Men'’s Shop, left today on the boat Donjac, Capt. J. W. Sawyer, for Petersburg. Mr. Holten will visit his family for a short time in Petersburg and continue from there to Seattle to spend the balance of six weeks be- fore returning to Sitka. i ————— HOSPITAL NOTES Kail Eidem and Pratt Staley, at 8t. Ann’s Hospital for medical care, have bath been discharged. RRERRRRRRRRRG KRG (¢ * ( (e 1 # (¢ Your new suit will fit you to perfection if itis CUSTOM TAILORED by ALMQUIST, The Tailor. You Will Be Proud fo Wear It! BRI RRRRRRRIRRRRRRRRG RRRRRRS Miss Helen Lewis was admitted at St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday for| medieal attention. AR ORI PR RO SUITS and OVERCOATS CUSTOM TAILORED Ray Rairdon and Ralph Jame- son, both medical patients, have entered St. Ann's Hospital. Mrs. David Priday and children David, Marilyn and infant Mari-| etta, were admitted at the Gov- ernment Hospital yesterday for Remodeling — Hats Cleaned and Blocked G. E. ALMQUIST Phone 576-Directly across from Elks’ Club Remember Pearl Harbor and Victory Week—BUY Annabelle Brouilette and Mrs. Jerry Williams were incoming pa- tients at the Government Hospital today. e Nine times as much castor oil is used in industry as for medicinal purposes. 'ABOND. RN B. P. 0. ELKS ---LADIES’ NITE Saturday,December 12 at10:00 P. M. * Dance . . . . InBallroom. Bowl . . . . . Best Alleys in Alaska. Cards. . . . You're On Your Own. Refreshments . . AND HOW! * NOTE: For Elks and Their Ladies Only.