The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 16, 1943, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1943 w SITKA NEWS % By JEANE CLITHERO SITKA RADIO STATION GETS NEW RECORDINGS Gifts Increase Radio Li- brary - Experienced Station Personnel ©One thousand dolirrs, to be used for the new recordings for the mu- sie library of local radio station WVCX, was presented to Col. Oral G. Lehman and Lt. Dan House by | the Stockingfillers at a Rotary Club | luncheon January 5. H Other contributions from towns- people of $5 to $100, with the Stock- ingfillers’ donation, brought the contributions for new recordings to $1,800. SITKA HOTEL AGER After a week's business trip to the Capital City, Russ Clithero re- | turned Sunday | Rhodes and Nunzio| JACK DAVISES ARE IN SITKA ON BUS ESS TRIP Mr. and Mrs. C. J. (Jack) Davis have been in town for the past Pvt. Earle Greer og‘week on business. They are with a ceremonies. {CAA operation near here Recently announced by the sta-| E tion manager was the rental from | USO SNACK BAR OPEN the Office of War Information of| The UBO snack bar is now in 75 varied series of transcribed pro-|full operation in the kitchen of grams, including the popular comic the Baranof Castle, and expects to programs, symphonies and big net-|be doing a land-office business works, soon. Mrs. Crisco. Also on the program are Sgt.| Floyd Henderson, Bill Vale and| Art Smith. Flora is master ARRIVES FROM ANCHORAGE | Miss Betty Baggen arrived here |this week from Anchorage where (she has been living for the past year. MANY PARTIES ARE GIVEN FOR VISITOR Mrs. Prosper Ganty and Mrs. Jack Conway were dinner hogtesses for 25 guests Wednesday, January 6, for Mrs. R. L. Jernberg who was guest of honor. Among the other parties for Mrs. AND PETERMAN ARE LUTHERAN COUNCILMEN L. C. Berg and R. D. Peterman BERG | Jernberg, who is visiting here from were sworn into office as council- her home in Ketchikan, were a|men for the Lutheran Church at | buffet supper last Sunday, given [the regular morning service of the RETURNS FROM TRIP 10 and midnight, caused s $2,500 damage to the Alaska Nafive. Bro- therhood Hall. An overheated stove is said to have been the cause. The storeroom, stage and balcony were damaged. Water also did damage |to some Alaska Territorial Guard | equipment stored in the hall. | MRS. KETTLESON IS | RECOVERING FROM SEVERE INFLUENZA ATTACK Mrs. Ted Kettleson is recuperat- ing from a severe attack of influ- enza. She has been ill at her home in the Kettleson Apartments for the last week. L Ll it Valentine Tea Is Set, February 13 Meeting last evening at the home | of Mrs. Harry Lea, members of the Senior Guild of Holy Trinity Cath- tine tea, to be held February 13 in Trinity Hall. Also planned was a Parish meet- edral discussed plans for a Valen- ACTIONIS |Bamboo Raffs * REPORTED Being Built - ONDESERT By Japanese |British Patrols Inflict Heavy Indication Is that Nipponi Casualties on Shipping Has Suffered | Germans at Hands of Allies | CAIRO, Jan. 16—An official| i |communique this afternoon says| NEW YORK, Jan. 16—A Berlin British patrols are more active| radio broadcasts a Tokyo report,| than usual in the Tripolitanian |picked up here, that the Japanese| Desert and Rommel's army has| have begun contruction of rafts| suffered heavy casualties in sev- | made with a bamboo surface area eral sectors. ‘of 10,000 square meters, to trans- port army materials. The broadcast said construction| {has been ordered after a success- {ful test had been completed un- der supervision of the Japanese | military authorities. R HOSPITAL NOTES Fritz Johnson entered St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday for surgery. such devices Rejecied by by Lt. and Mrs. William Charteris |church last Sunday. The Rev. ing, the date still undetermined,| John Regan and Nick Loloff, The building of is is indicated, | A native of Cefalonia in the Ionian, Islands, Ferend came to | the United States in 1916 at the iage of 19, worked at odd jobs, {and in 1931 during the depression began operating the Sword Steam- ship Line—with one vessel. In ad- dition to his shipbuilding company, | he still operated the Sword line “mow with six ships) and acts as time charter agent and general | agent for the War Shipping Ad- ministration. G o o oo e Navy,Makes Ships Now BAYONNE, /N. J. —Once re- jected by the United States Navy because of a slight physical im- perfection, Greg: Ferend turned fo building ships instead. Between| NEWTON, Kas—In the 28 years August and December, 1942, Ferend | that Frank Lindley has been New- built the ‘yards of the Marine ton high school basketball coach Maihtenance Corp, in Bayonne and his teams have won 536 out of 640 simultaneously built four coastwise Bames for a percentage of 837. He's tankers. had a half dozen or so state champs. SITKA COLD STORAGE STORE “The Perfect Place for Self Service” GROCERIES—MEAT HOUSEHOLD NECESSITIES SOME HOOP RECORD WVCZ started operating August | for all parish members and fr]ends_!medical patients, were admitted to more than hints, at their residence on Charteris Is- Hugh Dowler officiated. 16, 1942, with the following person- nel: Lt. Daniel M. House, station man- ager; Corp. Charles Gillam, assis- tant station manager and engineer; Pvt. Boyd Wood, program direc- tor; Frank Kassala, continuity; Earle Greer, Ray Egan and Ervin Green, announcers. | Most of the men managing the station have had experience with land, a luncheon Tuesday of this| | Next Senior Guild meeting will| {St. Ann's Hospital yesterday. | that shipping losses the Japs have week, at which Mrs. Charles Pet- erson and Mrs. Martha Kostrome- tinoff her hostesses and a bridge supper Thursday with which Mrs. Jack Calvin and Mrs, Frank Calvin entertained for the visitor in town. DR. LOY OPENS OFFICE |FISHING PARTY PLANNED |be held February 5, at the home Mrs. D. Mucado, surgical patient | SUNDAY MAY BE FIRST ONE FOR THIS YEAR Probably the first fishing party of the "season will be that given tomorrow by Mr. and Mrs. G. Banvard. The party, which will in- lelude Mrs. Martha Kostrometinoff, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson and charged and has returned home. Emma Horton from Hoonah has been dismissed from the Govern- ment Hospital. Sgt. Lucien Zarlinga has been admitted to St. Ann's Hospital for care. | nounced. ->oo —— JACK OF THIEVES KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Jan. 16— lof Mis. E. M. Polley, it was an-|at St. Ann's Hospital, has been dis- | suffered at the hands of the Allies shows the seriousness of transpor- tation problems. (i PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. JUNEAU Solicits the business of friends in Sitka | Fred E. Demarcus nad two tires Charles Thompson left St. Ann's Electric Service and Repairs MEN'S READY-TO-WEAR HARDWARE YOUR WISH IS OUR COMMAND Free Delivery IN MILLS BUILDING 113 Weaver, will go to Silver Bay Dr. Loy has announced his new jn Mr, Banvard's boat and fish for location will be in the Mills Build- | redsnapper. ing in the space formerly occupied by Moran's Dress Shop. He will operate his optical business and watch and jewelry repair shop. Mrs. Moran is leaving for Ketchikan be- _ cause of the illness of her mother. the larger radio stations in the Hospital yesterday and returned to States before their entry into the Army. Music for the station is furnished by Vance Tempofante, Jimmy Ve- vuti and Dick Gordon, each of whom has played with big time bands. News is handled by Garwin Green and Bill Allen. Much local talent is employed in the “WVCX Variety Hall” a regular Saturday evening hour of entertainment. Pvt. Jack Donlevy is the main star of the show, as- sisted by Miss Jean Whittimore, “The Three Notes’—Lois Peterson, Marjon Hussey and Margaret Rands |and wheels stolen from his auto- |, . Westinghouse Representative mobile, but he came out ahead in | the deal. The tires and wheels were ound unharmed in an alley two ANB HALL DAMAGED BY ays later—and Demarcus 1: now FIRE, TO EXTENT $2,500 | owner of the auto jack with which Last Wednesday a fire between | the thieves raised his car. | A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Money Transmitted to All Points Do Your Part--- Put 10% of Your Income in War Bonds Lumber and Building Materials SITKA Anchorage COLUMBIA LUMBER COMPANY WHEN IN SITKA s i o o Make Your Headqua"e“ Columbia Lumber Company, and af the Lewis and Gordon MacDonald ar- rived in Sitka Wednesday on the Takan from Juneau after a trip s l T K A “ 0 T E L "The Home of Hospitality” RUSS CLITHERO around the lumber camps. LET'S TAKE HOME SOME CHINESE FOOD Delicious CHOP SUEY and CHOW MEIN Manager Juneau For Winter Wear Come in and Look Smiling Over Our Fine Stock of Black Bear Coats and Cruisers Utica All-Wool Sox McGregor’s Fine Shirts and Leather Jackels 5 CONVENIENTLY PUT UP TO SERVE AT HOME! MOY’S OPEN FROM 5—12 For healthy fun and relaxation, gather Conway Dock Company fellow workers to- gether at the COLUMBIA COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR 0il === Coal Gasoline Insurance Phone 78 Remember birthdays, cnni- versaries angl other occas- ions with one of our ATTRACTIVE CARDS Photo Shop Studio Tilson and Sons PHONE 72 Sitka’s New Men's Store SMART CORDUROY 3-PIECE SUITS: Jacket Slacks Skirt For the Entire Family For years your pharmacist has filled your ALL WORK AND NO PLAY? Not for Uncle Sam! prescriptions accurately and well. We take uy BE GAY TONIGHT! pride in helping Americans keep healthy for war work. It is your duty to keep well to help speed victory. g ALASKA DRUG AND JEWELRY COMPANY New Location . . . Kettleson Building The Appropriate Gift For every occasion will be found at The Russian Bell CARDIGAN SWEATERS Dance and Enjoy Connie’s Dress Shop Yourself! —He knows, as you do, that fun is necessary . to keep you working your best. Buy Carefully to HELP WIN THE WAR MEET YOUR FRIENDS at the SANITARY MARKET 33 LINCOLN “Get More for Cash” PHONE 49 POLICY: STRICTLY CASH Discount to Service Men Only Deliveries Continued As in Past BUY THE EASY WAY SERVE YOURSELF YOU CAN BUY YOUR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES HERE WE.PROMISE YOU THE ALL 'ROUND LOWEST PRICES IN TOWN —Meet your friends here today after working hours. ’ You Need HERE! ® Perfume ® Cosmetics b ERNIE’S Cocktail Bar ¢ Seuvenirs Lucheonetie News Stand NEILL ANDERSEN You May Take Part of Your Change in DEFENSE SAVING STAMPS é NEW OWNERSHIP . JIMMY BRIGHTMAN, Manager SILVER FOAM