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PAGESIX MINING TO BE RESUMED SOON SORENSEN SAYS Hirst-(hiché@of fo Reopen on One Shift Basis in Near Future Mining operations at the Hirst- Chichagof Mine will ‘be resumed within the unear future, according to Paul M. Sorensen, General Man- ager of the property, who returned to Juneau last night after spend- ing the last month and a half in the States on business in connec- tion with the property. Reopening of the mine is made possible by a change in the ruling of the War Production Board, by | whose order the mine was closed HALIBUT BOAT OWNERS T0 BE C. OF C. GUESTS Twenty-two halibut vessel own- down during the fall, together with| ..« have been invited to be guests all gold mining operations. The mine will be of the Juneau Chamber reopened on | merce when it meets tomorrow at of Com- the one-shift basis it had been op- | noon in the Gold Room of the was said the time it Sorensen erating at down, Mr. today. shut | Baranof Hotel Dr. J. O. Rude is chairman of| Most of the old crew is returning|the committee in charge of the to the mine and some of the men | affair. A spokesman for the hali- are already at the property. Others but boat owners will speak, telling are now in Juneau or north on an early steamer. 17 men will be employed at mine to begin with, according Mr. Sorensen. Supplies for the mine have been to will come the Chamber about the new regu- About [lations and how they the business in Juneau. will effect Other guests also have been in- vited to attend e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA IFEBRUARY | QUOTAS IN NORTHLAND ' Allotment 6f Tires, Tubes, Bikes, Automobiles Announced WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—Alaska’s| rationing quotas for February for| automobiles, tires and bicycles, the! only items besides typewriters ra- {tioned in the embattled northern |territory, one fifth the size of the IALASKA GAME COMMISSION ENDS (ONFAB Regulations Are Depend- ent Upon Attitude of Congress The Alaska Game Commissioners| concluded their annual meeting! here late yesterday and the mem- bers and field men now are await- ing transportation for return trips to their various districts. SRR RR3 AR CRRRRRTRRRRRG WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1943 AR R AR A AR A A AR A AR R R R AR R AR R R R AR NP RRRRRRRRIRRRRARRRAR Announcement! We are pleased to announce an addition to our staff of MISS KATHERINE MITCHELL, hair stylist, with perience and a simple direct ap- a wealth of ex- proach. purchased and most of them have been shipped on recent steamers. IIDES IoMoRRow the States, i entire 48 states, is announced to-} During the sessions, presided over day. |by Chaiyman Earl N. Ohmer of Alaska will be allotted 16 auto-|Petersburg, it was necessary for the {mobiles and 20 bicycles in February.|Commissioners to draw up two sets Quotas for tires are 109 new pas- of regulations, one set of which will |senger tires, 15 grade No. 2 tires,' depend upon the passage of the new 316 used tires and 7 recaps, andAlaska game laws, now in the mach- |54 passenger tires and tubes. |inery of the Congress of the Unit- In addition, Alaska will get in the!led States. The bill has been re- |current month 179 truck tires, 101 ferred out of the Committee on |truck tubes, 10 recaps and 32 farm|Territories in the House with pas- tn'zm!urs and implement tires. !.\'flgo recommended. It now must go/| The tires, autos and tubes will'to the Senate after being pa&sed1 be distributed by the various ra- by the House. tioning boards in the Alaskan| Thus, it is impossible for a de-! towns. {finite announcement concerning | new regulations to be made at this | time | | Miss Mitchell says pretty hair means prettier faces. During his stay in Mr. Sorensen visited his family at Salt Lake City, Utah, for a short time. He expects to be in Juneau for a week or ten days before pro- ceeding to the mine and while he is here, is staying at the Baranof Hotel High tide—1:30 am. 165 feet. There is a Low tide—7:14 am. 1.0 feet. High tide—1:21 p.m. 19.5 feet Low tide—7:52 p. -39 feet. S e BUY DEFENSE BONDS WE FIGHT INFLATION to safeguard your health OUR SERVICE is preparing foods upon which depend YOUR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING which is so VITAL to our national strength. Some of our customers have asked us if there is a government “CEILING” on our prices. The answer is “NO.” Since we render a personal service we do not come under the provisions of the Price Control Law. BUT DOES THAT MEAN OUR PRICES ARE NOT UNDER CONTROL? ON THE CONTRARY! OUR PRICES are rigidly controlled—BY OURSELVES! OUR PRICES ALWAYS HAVE — AND ALWAYS WILL BE—AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, consistent with OUR HIGH QUALITY OF FOOD AND SERVICE. WE KNOW-—by cooperating in holding down rising prices, we are doing our part to prevent INFLATION as well as SAFEGUARD YOUR HEALTH! GASTINEAU CAFE ARE IN THIS WAR TOO WE ARE NOT DOING BUSINES! USUAL. WE ARE DOING BUSINESS UNDER WAR CONDITIONS — CONDITIONS THAT DE- MAND EXTRA MEASURE OF EFFORT FROM EVERYONE OF US. hair-do for every face type and that often a change of part or sweeping of a curl upward will bring out your best feature. Mothér, %l;n(; . Daughter, Wed Here Same Day If the game bill does pass in| | Congress, however, it will call for |a resident trapping license of $3, a resident hunting license of $2, a | resident game fishing license of $1.'¢ A provision provides that holders of trapping or hunting licenses 4 |would not be required to take out Performed with charming sim-|, game fish license. | plicity on the evening of February| aj regulations, however, accord- 1, in the Presbyterian manse, Was jng to Executive Officer Frank Du- one of Juneau’s most unique wed- fresne are dependent upon the new dings, when»Pauline Whitng'y. Au- act. He did say that as far as berg and Lois Jean Auberg, mother goytheast Alaska is concerned, the and young daughter, were pam“-‘ Commissioners recommended just pants in a double wedding cere-|,;out the same regulations as last mony conducted by the Rev. w‘““}ycar. R. Booth. Dufresne must now travel to the Daughter Lois Jean Auberg Was|states with the proposal and recom- wedded to Melvin Chruovich, C&p-|mendations of the Commission to tain of the Port for th_e U. 8. Coast confer with Fish and Wildlife head- Guard at Skagway, in a double guarters in Chicago and Washing- ring ceremony. Witnesses for the ton ang also plans to attend and couple were Charles W. Auberg, give testimohy in hearings on the brother of the bride, and Melvin oy game bill in Congress. A. Moe. He plans to leave in th & The mother, Pauline Whitney| e L il Auberg at the same time hecame S the wife of Harry Wall Ferguson of Juneau, with Hilding A. HBE-‘U S AERIAL L] L] land and Melvin A. Moe as wit- nesses. Both brides wore silk afternoon American Armored Forces Halt Nazi Drive Against Pass dresses and exchanged warm feli- citations following the double cere- |mony. LONDON, Feb. 3—The American combat teams, aerial thrusts have been fruitful in the Central Tun- isia theater, but a spokesman said (that the U. S. armored forces have | repulsed the fierce drive against | Faid Pass and temporarily broken |off the engagement, as “the Ger- man artillery probably outranged our own.” | The spokesman further said that, | blasting its way into Sened in a | push against the Maknassy road ;and rail junctions 33 miles from | the Gulf of Gabes, American com- | bat forces are operating south of | Faid Pass. i The second force has captured for a number of prisoners and tanks, |and the Americans have not only held Sened—reversing the original plan to withdraw—but dug in a | mile east of that railway point. & Marx | U. S. Fliers Attack | | U. 8. fliers today smashed at the supply port of Sfax, the spokes- : i Suits and Overcoats and rLoRs“EIH | sweep across the Mediterranean be- | tween Tunisia and Sicily, and air |man continued, athwart Rommel’s | escape corridor along the Gulf of fields and ammunition dumps were snons |also attacked, it is announced. | Empire Classitieds Pay! | Gabes. | Whatever your hair problem is, she can help you solve it. \ Miss Mitchell will be at your service at Reversible Raincoats We have them in plain colors — blue, green, red and beige. In plaids—red and green —blue and lemon. In tweeds — blue, gray, and brown. Sizes are 12 to 20. Priced 22.75, 24.75, 26.75 Tops are all-wool and lin- ed with beige gabardine. Jones - Stevens Seward Street [ R BEAUTY sALON PHONE 318 FOURTH and MAIN Cooper Building YES--WE CAN SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS Just Received! 25,000 pounds Potatoes 3.000 pounds Onions 2,000 pounds Cabbage 1,050 pounds Tomatoes 30,000 dozen Eggs 200 bhoxes Apples 7S cases Oranges All Sizes 75 cases Grapefruit All Sizes 30 cases Lemons 30 crates Cauliflower 30 erates Lettuce 70 crates Celery 20 crates Parsnips Also All the Other Fresh Vegetables in Season GOLDEN RIPE BANANAS 2 5cand 3 QcDozen--While TheyLas! WHERE SERVICE, PRICE AND QUALITY MEET! WE DELIVER TO DOUGLAS—————EACH TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EORGE BROTHER PHONE 92 s 2erveres — PHONE 9 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. In business since 1908 and still doing the largest grocery business in Juneau! SSRGS ‘[Selvage in GOP 1 Publicity Post' | WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—James P. | Selvage, forty, of Princeton, N. J..‘ ;n former newspaper reporter and |publicity man, has beer appointed { publicity director of the Republican“ | National Committee. He succeeds| | Clarence Buddington Kelland, of' | Arizona, who automatically went |out of that job when Harrison E.' Spangler was named committee | chairman. | H.S. GRAVES The Clothing Man Exclusive Represen- tative in Juneau You've noticed the ceiling prices of cost-of-living articles posted throughout our store. We're just a wee bit proud of those signs. They were not easy to put up. It took a great deal of extra work on the part of our personnel to mark our entire stock. It took a great deal more to post those ceiling | prices in evéry department. And it took the time and study of every clerk to learn how the Price Control Program works. All this our employees did cheerfully. They were happy to cooper- ate—and we were happy to cooperate—with the Office of Price Admin- istration in combating rising prices. It gave all of us an extra part to play in the war effort: Right now we're helping keep down the cost of this war and keep the home front stable. That aids our war production. Seven German planes have also | been destroyed in a conquering That’s important to those of us at home. It means we're keeping faith with the man on the battle lines. It means we are keeping things on an even keel. VISIT THE NEW MIDGET COCKTAIL BAR musiIc DROPIN. . . Relax and Enjoy Yourself Meet Your Friends Here! 282 South Franklin Street SERVICE to our customers has been our watchword in War and Peace. We may have put a ceiling on our prices, but remember there will never be a ceiling on Bert’s determination to serve Juneau in the manner above and beyond the line of duty. Please Help Us 1o Cooperale—By Cooperating AS TO DELIVERIES we cannot give the service we would like to. But we can deliver for an indefinite period on our new schedule with your cooperation which is MONDAY! WEDNESDAY'! FRIDAY! SATURDAY! Please Place Your Orders Before 1 P. M. BERT'S CASH GROCERY PHONE 104 PHONE 105 I The Man Behind the Counter Backs the Man Behind the Gun