The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 15, 1943, Page 6

The Swedish-born popula of | the United States has decreased from 595250 in 1930 to 445700 in 1940. by 'Van Raalte “Chill Chasers” n Warm, cozy nighties and bedjackets to match Downy Wyns. These are brushed rayon. Soft as down and warm as toast. Pretty to lock at, too! THREE ATTRACTIVE STYLES— Long Sleeves—Rc and Square N Some lace trimmed . . . others quilted collars and cuffs. Colors are blossom pink and allegro blue. GOWNS 4.95 BEDJACKETS [for Anchorage as soon as transpor- ol Docks, and other facilities in- HERE- TEllS OF cluding a depot and an engine [ {house are being constructed at Whittier and is expected that NEw RAIl ROUTE this work will be completed early in March, at which time operations P2 G g ton the new line into Anchorage will Whittier Tunnels Cuf Down vecome etective . Ready in 30 Days Ra'es, T[me and The two new tunnels were com- . |pleted in the latter part of No- Distances {vember, the one nearest the bay > being the third longest in the Unit- Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General|ed States—13,070 feet. The other, Manager of the Alaska Railroad, toward Anchorage, is 4,968 feet dropped into Juneau today on an|long. Track is now being laid along official business trip to report that| the new route and will be ready the new line through two tunnels for trgins in 30 days, Col. Ohlson from Whittier has finally put the |said Alaska Railroad on the right track,| Col. Ohlson recommended the |will reduce rates, greatly reduce Projects to shorten.the distance | hauling time, and would have saved | from the Interior to tidewater and !the government $14,000,000 if done to eliminate ‘an area where many |when the road s first built. 'slides and washouts along the for- | Col. Ohlson w: here to confer | mer route over two mountain lwith District Cadastral Enfgineer |grades created many operational George A. Parks of the Public Sur- |hardships and unnecessary expense vey Office of the Interior Depart-| The new line shortens the dis- 4ment, and Earl McGinty of the tance by 52 miles Federal Works Agency regarding| In addition, Col. Ohlson said, the | plans for the Whittier townside de- | N€W route will decrease transporta- | velopment. He will leave by plane |tion costs to Anchorage by 30 per- | jcent, to Fairbanks by 7 percent. —————< | It will greatly reduce the time ele- | ment, an item that always is im- | portant, but much more important T Y P H 0 o “ |in wartime Running Time Cut Where it formerly took a passen- S “ I T s ger train about four hours and a half to make the run from Sew- ard to Anchorage, passenger trains ! will make the new run into An- For Defense Workers and Others with Priorities. chorage from Whittier in an hour jand forty minutes. Freight trains {used to labor over two mountain | grades, ‘doubling back and using extra engines from Seward to An- |chorage and were lucky to make !the run in 14 hours. On the new \route freight trains will dash from Whittier to Anchorage in the re- markable time of three hours and 45 minutes, Col. Ohlson pointed cut, The $5,300,000 which it cost to put in the new line will be recov- |ered by the Alaska Railroad in only five years at the present volume of business, and not more than 10 yvears would be required even un- der normal business conditions, he {said. Increased business volume has necessitated the addition of four new engines and 200 new freight and passenger cars for the Alaska Railroad, Col. Ohlson revealed e —— LEGION OF MOOSE - TO MEET TONIGHT | The Legion of the Moose will hold |the first session of the year to- {night. The meeting is called {start at 8 o'clock and all member: |are requested to be on time. | > TIDES TOMORROW Low tide—4:12 am. 4.8 feet. High tide—10:33 a.m, 152 feet. Low tide—5:14 p.m., 14 feet. High tide—11:38 p.m., 12.6 feet. PR [ o BUY DEFENSF BONDS d-U ALL SIZES AT H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man Jones - Stevens Seward Street uaker 0il Burner s Measured by Dollars or Degrees Here's the Hottest Burner in Juneau! Announcing PARCEL DELIVERY SERVICE Trunks - Baggage - Parcels Deliveries Anytime - Day or Night CITY RATE—50c Scheduled pick-up service at 10:30 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. at SPECIAL PHONE 492 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE \COMMITTEES FOR | JOSEPH W. KEHOE " CRIPPLED KIDS | ARRIVES HEREFOR " BENEFIT NAMED 1943 LEGISLATURE Will Have Eid—Dance and| Former Disfr'id“Aflorney in| Other Entertainment | Third Division Will Be Here January 30 Member of House Regional Forester B. F’rauk‘ Joseph W. Kehoe, who will be Heintzleman, Chairman of Juneau's a member of the House of Repre- Benefit Dance for Crippled Chil-|sentatives from the Third Divis- dren which will be held here Janu-ion, and Mrs. Kehoe arrived in| ary 30, today announced the fol-|Juneau last night by steamer from Jowing committee appointments for the Westward the affair: | For nearly ten years district at- Treasurer — James McNaughton: torney in the Third Division, Mr. Secretary—Pearl Peterscn; Ticket! Kehoe resigned in March last year Sales—Mrs. R. H. Williams, chair- and has been in private law prac-! | { i | | at the | 25¢ RATE within city. DUANE MARTIN /man, and cooperative groups 1 tice in Seward since that time. [ |neau; Entertainment at Hotel—Dr. | from Ketchikan, Kehoe wasamem- | Walter Carl, Homer Garvin, W. C. Judic! and Federal Relations. I Jack Burford will be chairman which burned much of the town | public rooms at the Baranof Hotel. |ing burned wooden buildings with | 10 o'clock in the evening on Sa(ur-luhorage which will also connect| the Gold Room and the adjoining made and eventual construction | All of the money raised by the day. Juneau and vicinity. It is expected e | Children’s Orthopedic Hospital in including tax, per couple, and will ~ 390UTTOSOUTH donations will be accepted from o the hotel, and also from fraternal evening and 39 left here on the| > ,were Judge Simon Hellenthal, Col. TO BE HELD EACH THURS. ). Hillard, Elmer Jordan. yesterday in the Public Health | Lean, Charles L. Parker, Sr.,, Thomas mother has an opportunity to have Tumbra, Francis Panchott. { \training that may aris Mrs. Mattie Peterson, Capt. T. A. 1 s, Maurics Boott has W. E. Stephenson, Pete drunk in a public place. Officers Ludwig Kahn, Sidney Ketchum, Mrs. EPost Office. She is being held, Nutt, Irven S. Hagman, Lt. Richard Neu- | Third Judicial District in Alaska, Hall, Sue Bell LaRue, Mild Odom, | town. 'H. J. Brander, T. Abella, Margelo Rue, Larry LaRue. SPARS ARE OPEN| | 3 | the SPARS, the United States trict recruiting officer for SPARS[ ally are seeking girls from smaller hand, ty] . teletyping and other more than 4,000 able-bodied men SPARS for radio-operator Lrainlng.' cluding the Juneau Nurses' Associ-| This is his second term in the ation and the Nurses' Aides of Ju- Legislature. Elected to the House and Mrs. C. C. Carter; Publicity—'ber of the 1933 session and served Mrs. Alf N. Monsen, chairr as chairman of the committee on |Kennell; Display Posters—Lu Lis- Seward, home of the Kehoes, has| ton: Decorations—Mrs. Joe Werner. 'recovered from the disastrous fire| of a committee making arrange- cn November 23, 1941. With a spirit ments for the dance, music and/of permanency, people are replac- | The affair will consist of & dance concrete, building for the future.] in the Elks Ballroom, starting at|Hope is high for a road to An- day, January 30. Cards and other the town with the Interior high-| entertainment will be furnished in system. Surveys have been | lounge of the Baranof Hotel for seems more probable than at any ‘those who do not wish to dance. time in the past, Kehoe said to- | benefit will be retained for the! Mr and Mrs. Kehoe are treatment of crippled children in Baranof Hetel that quite a large percentage will] be used in sending cases to the‘zo pASSENGERS Seattle. | Tickets will sell for only $1 65,} ARRIVE IN (I"; |go on sale in the near future. In addition to the sale of tickets, 7 | individuals who are unable to at- Twenty passengers from the West- | tend the dance or entertainment in ward arrived in Juneau early last; \and labor organizations as well as steamer several hours later. ‘l from corporations. Passengers arriving in Juneau Otto F. Ohlson, V. D. Edelbrook, ! |WELL BABY CONFERENCE George Fitzgerald, Rod Hardies, J. J. W. Kehoe and wife, William | A Well Baby Conference was held | Kruhn, Pasco Lucy, Elizabeth Mac- Center and will continue every Pugh, W. W. Roset, Orin Scovill, Thursday from 1-4 pm. Every Nick Stark, Tobe Pekone, Robert Ff | her child weighed and measured,| Leaving Juneau for Ke!chikanl and to discuss any phase of child were the following: A. R. Erickson, } o lPugh, Charles Sok}i;:ein. George ndergras, A. . , F. L. | WOMAN IS JAILED Sohiergras, Ryers & nee f‘ Benson. |arrested on a charge of being; “por geattle - J. Frank Wright, took her into custody while she Glarg Bernstein, Gordon Tipton, was creating a disturbancclini the walter Rogers, Kenneth R. Mc- ipe"ding making a plea. Manford Wolf, E. P. Higgenbot- | e s R tom, L. A. MacLean, L. C. Chappee, | :"l;)GES;:::LE!::::fi;l of the berger, James Lawless, Mrs. Belle | ucge & Simpson, Thomas H. Dyer, Jacob E. arrived from the Westw:{dhlut Gertrude Odom. night for a visit here in his home " payarq Seigle, Charles Donaldson, -~ DeJdesus, Paul Santos, Frank Jen- kins, Roman Polosa, William La- 5007 s B S VARIED JOBS FOR | | WOMEN WHO JOIN | SEATTLE, Jan. 15.—Varied jobs are open to women who enlist in| Coast Guard women's reserve, Lieut. (j.g.) Jane Bogue, 13th Naval Dis- and WAVES, declares. | Recruiting headquarters especi- | communities with a wide variety of experience in bookkeeping, short- vocations. All SPARS recruited will be used in shore jobs to relieve for sea duty. If a girl desires to enlist in the ? she will be sent to school, taught FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1943 o Shortage of Merchandise AT EORGE BROTHER We Can Fill All Orders from Our Mammoth Stock===-No Orders Too Large!? 6. 000 DOZEN EGGS 20,000 POUNDS POTATOES 2,000 POUNDS ONIONS 7,000 POUNDS COFFEE (ALL BRANDS) 200 BOXES FANCY APPLES 30 BOXES FANCY ORANGES LARGE STOCK OF CANNED VEGETABLES Complete Selection Fresh Tomatoes, Celery, Lettuce, Bunch Carrots, Bananas, Cabbage, Oranges, Grapefruit, Lemons, Grapes, Cranberries, Fresh Limes, Cauliflower, Pears | 200 cases DOUBLE COL PHONE 9 TWO DELIVERIES — pHONE 95 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. In business since 1908 and still doing the largest grocery business in Juneau! the International Code and Coast Guard radio technique, and then she will be sent to some Coast Guard base or headquarters within the continental limits of the Unit- 2d States for duty. Age Requirements No applicant for the SPARS, which stands for “Semper Paratus —Always Ready,” the Coast Suard’s motto, will be accepted if she is less than 20 years old or more than 36, Lieutenant Bogue pointed out. A few officer candi- dates with special training may be ap to 50 years old. At present the demand is for yeomen, radiomen and storekeepers. All enlisted women will have s weeks of “boot training” on a col- lege campus. During this period they will be indoctrinated into the military way of life. = Once “boot training” is behind, 3 ! a woman either will go immediately 3 = = o % woman ether will go immediately There is no substitute for newspaper advertising: one of the WAVE schools to receive i specialized training. To Get Commission Six months after enlisting, a jualified woman is eligible to ap- ply for a commission. A few, es- pecially able ones, will be given this opportunity. SPAR officers will re- ceive normal training at the WAVE school at Northampton, Mass., but with special indoctrination by Coast Guard officers. Once a woman’s training is fin- ished she will be assigned to some non-combatant unit within the continental limits- of the United States. Young women of the Pacific Northwest who are interested in For delicate, alluring goodness in whipped cream or custard sauce to serve on cake, use Schilling pure Vanilla. The flavor won't cook out. Schilling ANNOUNCEMENT OF REOPENING DATE should make SPECIALS H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man becoming SPARS their applications with Lieutenant Bogue at 117 Marion Street, Seat- tle, telephone SEneca 4352. MIKE'S PLACE | Douglas For Saturday Night, after the Dinner Hour: JIGGS’ Corned Beef and Cabbage ONLY QUAKER Provides Automatic Forced Circulation See These NEW BURNERS on OUR FLOOR TODAY! W THOMAS HARDWARE (0. Phone 555 Gastinean llaimn Spaghetti YOU'LL LIKE ‘EM Gastineau Cafe Married women may enlist, pro- vided their husbands are not in {the Coast Guard. Unmarried wo- men must agree not to marry un- |til after they have finished their | training. | | All applicants must pass Navy | physical examinations. All SPAR | |officers must be college graduates |or must have passed two years of | |college work and have had two | |years of acceptable business or| professional experience. | et — Exclusive Represep- tative in Juneau for Hart Schaffner & Marx ~ Suits and Overcoats FLORSHEIM SHOES TONIGHT Come One, Come All, Visit the Newly Decorated and Freshly Painted, Popular Resort AND Wine, Dine and Dance and Be Merry Baby Helen La Moore has been discharged from St. Ann's Hospi- | |tal, where she has ‘been receiving medical attention. George Peterson entered the| Government Hospital yesterday | afternoon for hospitalization.