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history of the Order, and entertainntent was furnished by Buddy Rice and his Ozark Moun- tain Boys, with Billy; and Anthony PAGE SIX Spina, soloist I Refreshments were served .1“[‘1 ¥ the meeting mcludmg a light Iun(h and beer. E Hunter, Past Exa ed Ruler, was Lh'lnrn'ln of the Dm- mond Jubilee celebration, assisted by Kenyon MacLean, James Orme and Art Burke. b s Mt The following were initiated: Fred S. Alexander, Ralph C. Ap- Juneau Lodge Celebrates ,iecate, buve Chamberiin, Martn . i M. Chambers, Jr., Ralph T. Gab- Dlamond JUbllee rielsen, Donnell H. Gould, Hershal M. Graham, Gordon Gray, Capt of Order A large class of candidates were initiated into the Juneau Lodge last night at a meeting cel- ebrating the Elks' Diamond Jubilee Arthur J. Hoffman, Charley Jacob- en, William S. Joseph, William S. Karki, “Ward M. Kelley, Harold C. Kemmer, Liéut. Glenn A. Nofsinger, George T. Preston, Lieut. Frank W. Quin, Jr., Gordon F. Rennie, Max -5 years of Elkdom. Twenty-s ] were initiated into the Juneau Lieut. Marshall .8, Snyder, Dale Lodge and two for outside lodges, | Stewart, Walter A. Walker, Ken- the ceremonies being performed by|Ue€th J. Wittstock, John E. Wynne Fxalted Ruler Arthur Adams and| Haity J. Meakin was initiated other officers. The Hall was packed for the Seattle Lodge, and Lester M. E. Monagle, Past Exalted|F- Hamilton for Tacoma Ruler, spoke on the subject of early LABOR DEPT. BILL TAKEN ° OUT AGAIN Sm ith Leads Successful! Move to Advance Ap- propriation A move to bring the Labor De- | partment bill back for consideration n second reading succeeded in the House this morning and the bill | vassed through second reading af- er being amended to cut the ap- | propriation to $35,000 from the or- | iginal $47,650. | The House voted 9-7 {bill out again after a motion to | pigeon-hole the measure until IMarch 1 had been passed yester- day. Rep. Harvey J. Smith led the move to bring the bill to life again and Representatives Alaska Stew- art Linck and Frank Whaley hanged their votes today to car- vy the motion. The bill now provides for a $35,- 060 appropriation effective as soon 1s the bill is passed, and also con- tains a provision setting the Com- missioner’s salary at $5,000 per year. It will come up for third ind final passage on the calendar A bill and froduced in the to bring the REVERSIBLES In tweeds and plain colors—Also Plaids. SIZES 12 to 44 SPORT FELTS regular a memorial were in- House this morn- less than 65 years of age, if no es- sential war material is used except what is on hand. Rep. Whaley introduced a bill which would appropriate $5,000 for shelter cabins. in beret styles. Jones-Stevens > BUY WAR RONDS ,NAZIS BRO U GHT IN ON JEEP—Two German prisoners are brought in by a British officer in an American-built scout car. The desert offers no hiding place, no water, | SPITFIRES WING OVER THE CLOUDS—A lrn‘up bladed propellers wing their way over clouds during a British operational — special | J. Rogers, Major Carl F. Scheibner, |~ reading to Match ng. Rep. Tolbert Scott introduced NAVY a memorial to the President, the RED War Production Board and Alaska BEIGE Celcgate Anthony J. Dimond, urg- BROWN ing that the order halting gold| Ry GREEN {mining in Alaska be modified to P allow hydraulic and other small 1 Some have brims—others |{mines to be operated by men not THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA Gable on the Firihg Line 1 'NEW PERSONNEL " "FOR DEPT. OF ~ HEALTH COMING ' Armed Forces Also to Aid .‘ Program, Col. ' Hays Says As the result of conferences with \ho staffs of the Surgeons General of the Public Health Service, Army and Navy in Washington, D. C, Lt. Col. George Hays was able to announce definite plans for the closer integration of medical ac- tivities of the three services and | the Territorial Department of Health, on his return to Juneau from Washington, D. C. Lt. Col.| Hays, Liaison Officer for the Ter-| ritorial* Department of Health, Al-| aska Defense Command and the | Northwest Service Command, re- | turned this week from a six weeks trip on official business. | “Additional personnel was re-| quested for the Territorial Depart- | ment of Health, some of which has already been selected and will leave for Alaska,” Col. Hays said. | The additional personnel will in- lude an officer who will act as| Assistant Commissioner of Health: one who will be a consultant for ! tuberculosis; one who will be an| lorthopedic surgeon; at least one| First Lieut. Clark Gable, the movie actor, fires a .45-caliber tommy Public Heslth engineer. In uddl-‘ gun from a sitting position on one of the ranges at the Flexible tion, an added complement of pub- [ Gunnery school at Tyndall field, Florida. Gable has just completed lic health nurses was xuqa(:,ceai & rigorous aerial gunnery course. and are expected to come north |~ shortly. The formal request for ad- |forces were intensely interested in I_EGIS[AIIVE ditional personnel was made by the |the health problems in the Teu\- o [RE—— Governor and Dr. Council and only |tory and I was also pleased to find | tentative selections were made by[mm considerable assistance was luN(HEo“ HElD me on my trip” Col Hays ‘said. |promised. i “Since my return to Juneau, Dr.| “A nutrition program for the HEREBY J. W.C. The Legislative Department of |the Juneau Woman's Club gave its Council has confirmed some of my Tennory was also discussed wnh‘ conferences and made the final se- ‘the Washington, D. C, and San lections of the new personnel for | Francisco offices of the American | the department,” he stated. Red Cross and other agencies and “Probably the first of the new it is quite possible that work that | biennial luncheon for the wives of personnel to arrive in Alaska will |is now being done along these lines | | the legislators last Tuesday in the] be John Hall, public hvnlth en-pn the Territory will be amplified | |parlors of the Northern Light | :'mesx “horltb zl:oo: .11_11“ ;L;lf::;:lt‘-i shortly,” Col. Hq S snted | Church. Mrs. Harold Smith, Chair- ng ansherte 2 ! man’ of the Legislative Depart- be Dr. Paul Lindquist and Dr. 1 H. Hendricson should follow shorl mislycpsesioed : : e: dlciblle mm ey, Mll‘ | Joseph Kehoe, Representative and: s Phee from the Third Division, was the arrive soon afterwards.” All of the prospective personnel were interviewed personally by Col. ! Hays and as far as possible, all were informed as to the working | | speaker for the luncheon. He talked un his pet subject, the Third Di- vision, which, he said, has “the| |largest mountain, the most active volcanoes, the best fishing and thé | finest sheep in the Western hem- | isphere.” and living conditions as well as the | health problems in the Territo in order to prevent short term a ignments, according to Col. Hay . Crystal Snow Jenne, Juneau entative, took exception to| ‘One of the factors that has ui T P Rehoe's § . 4 5 speech and declared | savarably mituenced the heattn| Tokyo Indicates New Thrust . he st Division. nas one program in Alaska has been the . H |thing that the Third Division can- at M'ddle chma inot claim, “the finest climate in |the world—for ducks.” Commg Up i short term of employment of per- sonnel, who either came expecting to stay only a brief time, or were | Gt | Mrs. Ernest Gruening spoke on dissatisfied with conditions they L the activities of the various organs | 'Of.u‘d "'n“ STiveh hetslaled. : (By Associated Press) izations in the States, including Every effort, therefore, has| yngjcations of a new Jap offen-|the Red Cross, U.S.O. and the been made to carefully select NeW |sive I Central China, the initial personnel which would come wnh]SLerJ being made in an effort to the fullest information about the gpgck the Chinese out of the war, Territory and with the intention of | were raised today in Tokyo in a staying until some accomplish- | progdcast that declared the aim ments have been seen,” Col. Hays of the Japanese military now said. to ke all conceivable measures to crush the Chungking resis- “It was pleasing to see that the|ignce” IAW.VS, and their efforts to se- cure ways of getting materials to {Alaska soldiers. She also pointed out that women now have in helping to formulate our laws which gov- ern us and urged women to take Interest Shown Pleasing b {fairs. medical departments of the armed| For two days the Japs have been' Emphasizing that she felt it a L LA S, }atmcking heavily in the middle duty now, when men are engaged j | Yangtze River Valley, using less!in a world struggle, for women to |power in northern Hunan Province |come to the front and help wher- ‘and around Nachang. ever they can, Mrs, | At the same time, with Allied |Fourth Division |warplanes blasting at the Mikndo's‘[rnm Fairbanks, Representative spoke briefly on from Burma to the South Seas, i }Tokyo headquarters asserted with- | out confirmation elsewhere that | |Jap forces downed 73 planes in the ! Pacific battle theater in a 15-day \period ending February 15. from mal unnecessary requests | The Japs admitted the loss of jof the legislators at this critical lonly two planes, while official U.S.|time. The clubs should begin now |figures listed 63 Jap planes de-|to study the .needs of Alaska so ' stroyed in the Solomons from |that “we will be able to pre }Janum‘y 29 through February 15,|intelligent program at the jand the loss of only 22 American |session,” she stated. \axrcran Mrs. Marion Matthews community singing with Popejoy at the piano. Guests at the luncheon included Mrs. Ernest Gruening, Mrs. Alaska | Linck, Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne,| Joseph Kehoe, Mrs. Stanley Stan- groom of Nome, Mrs. John J. O'- Shea of Fairbanks, Mrs. Leo Rogge, ion, Mis. H. P. Hanson, Leg Chairman: of the Alaska tion of Women’s Clubs, it is the duu of slative said that next led Mrs. in ————— 3 REPRESEHMTIVES ' TO TERRITORIAL CHAMBER NAMED | Curtis Shattuck, Dr. J. O. Rude.|or vaidez Mrs @ s rs. Tolbert H. L. Faulkner and Robert Shel-|yome wys, Norma:u\‘?v:fi::' ZI' don will represent the JUReAU: getchikan, and Mrs. H. P. Hanson. :Chmnbex of Commercg at a meet- The Martha Society provided the {ing of the Territorial Chamber|juncheon. The tables were decorat- |next Monday evening in the Sen-|ed to carry out the patriotic theme ate Chambers here. with red, white, an This was announced at the] ....f bl}x e Chamber of Commerce meeting this | S"O(K ouo"]'o“s 18. — Closing inoon in the Baranof Hotel. | T. J. Dyck, Salvation Army ad- jutant here, announced that the Salvation Army will conduct an-{ NEW YORK, Feb, other scrap metal drive this spring | uotation of Alaska Juneau mine at the request of the Chamber. |Stock today is 3%, American Can Harcld Smith reported that he 82':, Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem {had taken the matter of securing | |Steel 59':, Commonwealth and ‘ammunmon for hunting in. the Southern lJ 16, Curtiss Wright 7%, Territory up with Executive Offi- General Motors 47, International cer Frank Dufresne of the Alaska | Harvester 60, Kennecott 31';, New Game Commission ands that Du-| York Central 12'., Northern Paci- fresne agreed to take the matter fi¢ 8%, United States Steel 51, up in Washington to secure am-| Pound $4.04. | munition for areas where mm-‘ e |ages occur. Dufresne said that he ~_ DOW. JONES AVERAGES {believed most hunters had ample The' following arc today's Dow. ammunition. Jonos averates: industrials 12706 i gy aa e L Jr:nla 29 utilities 16 94 | ————— LONDON. Fch. 18--Briti Prime Ministcr W on Churcl is suf- Fer. centu Andean Indians fering from a feverish cold and hgs have dried potatocs for long pres- of the new Snllflru using Joure been cenfined to his bed toddy ac- ervation; in this form they are Qight. _~ cording 1o an anouncement tonight | “chunos.” i » ;sons whose spouses are making $200 | the advantages and privileges | a still deeper interest in public af-| Alaska Linck, | |invasion armies on a rising scale |how she became interested in leg- | Federa- | clubs to refrain | sent an | | of Fairbanks, Mrs. William A.Egan ! GOVERNOR - SIGNS 3 | - MEASURES Gov. Ernest Gruening has ap- proved three more measures which |have been sent to the Secretary of Alaska for permanent filing, among them the bill to repeal the law prohibiting outside employ - ment to Territorial officlais earn-/ ing $200 or more a month, and ! also repealing the section prohibit- ing employment of married per- | | |a month or more with the Terri- | tory. i The hill, sponsored by Rep. Al-| aska Stewart Linck, carries an| | emergency clause which makes its| | provisions effective now. ! Other measures approved by Al-| aska's chief executive included a| | resolution appropriating $2,500 for | |'expenses to carry out the mvcsu-‘ ‘g’mon of the Department of La-! bor under former Commlasmnm‘ Michael J. Haas, and a memorial | | introduced by Rep. Joseph W. Ke- | hoe endorsing a bill in Congress |to pay U. S. Commissioners a net salary. | FIRSTLADY OF CHINESE - TALKS OUT ‘Madame Chlank Kai Shek | Makes Addressfo U. J S. Congress WASHINGTO! Feb. 18.—Silken |clad, petite Madame Chiang Kai| !Shek told Congress today that [China and the United States are| |fighting for the same cause, free- dom, and called for the destruction lof the Jap military might and re- |move “its threat on civilization.” The Chinese Madame told a| |jammed House chamber that de ‘s;)llf‘ prevailing views on Hitler's {defeat, as of first importance, it ll’» contrary to the interests of the | United Nations to “allow Japan to |continue not only as a vital poten- Itial threat but as a waiting sword |of Damocles ready to make a descent at a moment’s notice.” COMMUNICATION Editor, Daily Alaska Empire; Dear Sir: From information that I have received from an observatory, the eclipse of the sun on Feb. 4, |will be 89 percent total in Juneau. The eclipse will occur in the late |afternoon. No doubt by the time this card |reaches you this will be old inform- ation and perhaps the eclipse has taken place. Yours very truly, Olaf Halverson, Kodiak, Alaska, | Jan. 15, 1943. i 7 e BUY WAR BONDS { THI IOAD BACK — PHONE 92 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1943 COMPLETE LINE Groceries—Vegetables—Fruits Canned Goods—Package Goods FLOUR Whatever You Want from a PACKAGE of CAKE FLOUR to a 24Y5- or 43-POUND SACK Wire, Write or ‘Phone Your Order WHERE SERVICE, PRICE AND QUALITY MEET We DELIVER TO DOUGLAS—Each Tuesday and Friday 2 DELIVERIES DAILY 10:30 A. M. IN BUSINESS SINCE 1908 and still doing the largest grocery business in Juneau. PHONE 95 2:30 P. M. | Bt Take your pick...presto! Flavor in a flash! WINCHELL STRIPPED, UNIFORM WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—Secre- tary of Navy Frank Knox informed ; the House al Committee today v.hm, he had ordered Walter Win- chell, newspaper columnist, and Lleuwnant Commander in the Na- val Reserve, to inactive duty. The crder takes Winchell out of his uni- form. Behind the bare announcement is no further explanation, but Re- presentative Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan recently charged Win chell with making “inflamatory and derogatory remarks about mem- bers of Congress in his radio broad- casts. Secretary Knox had previously informed the House Committee that ‘Winchell was on active duty when he made his statements. ENEMY OF THE SUBMARINE_corvettes, of which this unidentified Canadian vessel is tmm are a main enemy of the subnurlne. ‘l‘hey are cheaper, faster to build than destroyers. m Axis prisoners of Rommel’s army trudge toward the rear aftes by advancing British troops in i FREDENLE DIES HERE Fred Ekle, 72, old-time Alaskan and resident of Juneau, died last night .at St. Ann’'s Hospital. A Ekle came to about 85 the old Treadwell mine until it was closed by a cave-in about 23 years aga. Then he worked in the Sulzer cop- per mine, until after World War 1, when he moved to Ketchikan. Ten years ago Ekle moved to Ju- neau where he has resided ever since. Ekle’s only close relative, a sister, died in Norway a little over a year ago, after the German occu- pation of that country. The where- abouts of two nephews, Jack Ekle and Charles Jacobson, the only known surviving relatives of the deceased, are unknown. The remains are at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. S Empire Classifieds Paj) blacksmith by trade, Alaska from Norway years ago. He worked in Libyse