The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 13, 1943, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA i SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1943 ! * SITKA NEWS % MRS. JOHN CUSHING AND SON RETURN FROM VACATION IN SOUTH Returning to Sitka this week after a visit of several weeks with friends and relatives in the States,| were Mrs. John Cushing and her infant son Mr. Cushing, who with the Territorial Construction Company, journeyed by plane to Juneau and made the return trip to Sitka by steamer with his fam- ily. is associated ROTARIANS HEAR GOOD TALKS AT WEEKLY MEETING At the regular weekly meeting, on Tuesday, Rotarians were enter- tained by several interesting speak- ers. . They heard Bob De Armond tell of how Pelican has grown and changed during the last few years and & talk on “My Business” was given by J. H. Gilpatrick of the Photo Shop Studio. Glimpses of life today on Outside were given by Harry Hag- en, who stressed the need of Vic- tory Gardens to insure an ade- quate supply of fresh vegetables for Sitka during the coming year. At the meeting this week two new members, Nick Bolshanon and Leslie Yaw, were welcomed into the club. the CANDIDATES FOR CITY OFFICES ARE SUBMITTED On Tuesday night a city caucus was held at the Sitka Territorial School at which time a number of names of candidates were submit- ted for the coming city elections. On one ticket the following were proposed: Mayor, E. M. (Winn) Goddard; City Council, two-year term), Prank Price, Clarence Rands, Phil Johnson and Jess McGraw. The names of Leslie Yaw and Willjam Cook were submitted to {ill the vacancies on the Board of Control of the Public Utilities and nominated for School Director were Don McGraw and Elliot Fletcher | ! It is expectéd that other candi- For Winter Wear dates will file before the closing date ten days before election. DANCING PARTY HELD AT MOOSE CLUB WED. The Moose Club was again the scene of a delightful, | dancing party on Wednesday eve- ning following the regular meeting be financed by a local “ice pool.” | MR. of the Women of the Moose. Music for the affair was provid- Betty Parke, Betty Ward, Gladys Ward, Helen Yaw and Lolly Jor- dan 5 ’ b |AMERICAN LEGION TO ! BUY MORE CIGARETTES At the last meeting of the Amn-| |erican Legion, a second order for |five cases of cigarettes for ship- |ment overseas was sponsored by |a third shipment of cigarettes to | Next Tuesday, a joint meeting | with the members of the Auxlllury‘l Seattle where he had spent a month's vacation. P MRS. ARNOLD CURTIS, MRS. VERN SOLEY ON WAY TO SEATTLE Mrs. Arnold Curtis, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Vern Soley left this week for Seattle where|twned on Thursday from | Mrs. Soley will undergo mcdw:\lJ informal |the members. Plans were made for | treatment. AND MRS. H. HAGEN RETURN FROM STATES Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hagen ar- Nomination and election of of cers will be held at the next gen- eral meeting of the Woman's Club on April 9. |FRANK KNAPP, USO HEAD RETURNS FRO MJUNEAU | Prank Knapp, USO Directot, re- a trip to Juneau where he spent several days visiting his daughter, Mrs. H. G. Romig, OPA District Manager !in Anchorage. Mr. ‘the round trip with Alaska Coastal | Airlines, leaving here last Satur- led by the Navy orchestra and |Will be held. This is to be a social|rived home by steamer from the day. later in the evening refreshments | meeting and cards will be the di- | south this week after spending were served. VISITS IN SITKA Bob DeArmond, of Pelican, was a Sitka visitor early in the week prior to his departure for the States where he will undergo medi- cal treatment HERE FROM PELICAN Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wagner and their daughter, Thea, arrived from Pelican to spend some time with the Wagner's two sons, Wally and |version of the evening. The first work party for the Victory Garden on Castle Hill will| be held Sunday, March 14, when | !Legion members plan to plant |varied assortment of vegetables. A | |fine large crop of rhubarb is al- ready coming up, it was reported. USO DANCES TO BE | HELD ON FRIDAYS | USO dances will be held every| Friday night in the Sitka High| | School Auditorium instead of on| | two-month vacation in Seattle. Mr. Hagen is manager of the Sil- ver Foam Cocktail Bar. ERNIE CARTERS ON EXTENDED TRIP TO EASTERN STATES extended trip to the For an |States, Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Carter | left this week for the south. They|was announced. and to plan to visit first in Oregon later travel to the East Coast spend some time, Bob who make their home in Sitka Saturday nights as in the past, it | WOMEN OF MOOSE TO James Hall. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE SUBSCRIBES GENEROUSLY At the last weekly meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose, $500 was cubscribed to the War Fund Drive of the Red Cross. The members also voted to buy another $5000 worth of War Bonds. A nominating committee was ap- pointed to list names for the forth- coming election of club officers, during the business session MISS RUTH MILES GIVES PARTY FOR BASKETBALL GIRLS AT THE TEEPEE Miss Ruth Miles, of the Terri- torial High Schoo! faculty, enter- tained twelve girls on her basket ball team at the Teepee on James- town Bay last Tuesday. The girls enjoyed a hamburger fry and later in the afterncon hiked to nearby points of interest. Those who enjoyed the picnic were Kay Herman, Lois Peterson, | Margie Rands, Marie Frierschield Mildred Tilson, Marion Hussey with Mrs. Come in and Look Over Our Fine Stock of Black Bear Coats and Cruisers Utica All-Wool Sox McGreyor’s Fine Shirts and Leather Jackets " Tilson and Sons PHONE 72 Sitka's New Men's Store Gifts of Distinction and Alaska Curios Buy War Bonds and Stamps GREETING CARDS b e , OCCASIONS! TINTING PRINTING NOVELTIES DEVELOPING PHOTO SUPPLIES SNAPSHOT BOOKS SCENIC POST CARDS Photo Shop Studio Without brass bands- and without gold medals the Pharmacist plays his part of— HEALTH DEFENDER —with confidence born of thorough training. Let Us Fill the Drug Needs of the Whole Family JEWELRY NEWS STAND FOUNTAIN COSMETICS BUY WAR BONDS ALASKA DRUG AND JEWELRY COMPANY (was announced by Mrs. Clithero. Russell | HOLD INITIATION The Women of the Moose will |MEN’S CHOIR TO BE FORMED HERE SOON Plans have been made for the [rormation of a men’s choir to meet |each Sunday evening under the di- |rection of Mrs. Russell Clithero, it was announced this week. | The class in square dancing has been discontinued temporarily, | ON TRIP TO JUNEAU | Mrs. Martha Kostromettinoff, !owner of the Sitka Telephone Com- pany, 1s spending some time in Ju- neau on a short visit. She is ex- pected to return to Sitka in a On March 19, the dance will be | have initiation of new members at few days. formal, in honor of St. Patricks' Day. DRAMA GROUP MEETS Miss Berta Whittimore, who is /in charge of dramatics, will meet ,with her group each Monday eve-| ‘ning. LEAVES FOR SOUTH Among those leaving on the North Sea this week, is Mrs. Doro- \thy Brownell, local public health nurse, She plans to attend the spring session at the University of |Washington in Seattle. N AVY BAND GIVES SPLENDID CONCERT On Monday afternoon the Navy Band, under the direction of Band- master Barcola, presented a splen- did concert on the Pioneer Home grounds. It was thoroughly enjoyed by the large audience. RETURNED TRAVELLER | Bob Hagen, chief steward of the Moose Club, arrived home by plane {from Juneau last Sunday. He tra- ivelled to Juneau by steamer from their meeting on March 17. RETURNS FROM SOUTH Mrs. Marie Brightman returned to Sitka Wednesday after spending the last six months visiting in the States. LEAVE FOR SOUTH Among those leaving for States this week were Mr. Mrs. Joe Massey. He plans to join the armed forces upon his arrival in the south. Also leaving for the the South were Mr. and Mrs, Paul Wol- chorage, Seward and Palmer be- |2 number of boxes full, each con-|g ney and their daughter. RED CROSS FORMS THEME FOR MEETING The Red Cross formed the theme Conclude Testimony In Labor Department Hearing Last Night (Continued from Pa'ge One) and banks and asked why, then, could list, Miss McCloskey he not remember why he had gone to Anchorage at this time. Haas admitted that he had visited An- fore returning to Fairbanks but mentioned no labor matters those places Records and Accounts Considerable questioning took Knapp made | it! Haas regarding the difficulty of |keeping track of labor cases when [no copies of wires or letters were kept. Haas stated that many of |the cases were not written but were verbal. Asked by Sen. Coffey |1f he'd kert no copies of records, Haas repiled that he had not. Sen. Coffey stated that one of |the charges against Haas was re- Egardmg missing records and that if there were none kept, there could be none missing. Haas said that what records he had were part of the Labor Department and were left there. Questioned by Sen. N. R. Walker as to what percentage of cases were handled verbally, Haas replied, “More than 50 per- cent.” Sen. Cochran questioned Haas |regarding strikes or strike settle- {ments, for which the only records {were slips of paper on which were 'typed the parties interested. He asked why Haas had not left some {record of all of his activity in this | regard. Haas replied “It would have been an improvement.” Senator Cochran then said, “It would have ibeen only natural, not just an im- provement, but you didn't do it." Haas replied, “No.” Strike Cases The strike cas according to testimony, all occurred in Juneau and required no correspondence. | Miss McCloskey, recalled to the stand last night, testified that she {had never worked on Saturday af- |ternoon or Sunday. Questioned as |to whether or not she had ad- |dressed a number of blank envel- opes for Haas to people whose inames were checked on a voting stated that [she had. Upon further questioning regarding the number, it was | brought out that she had addressed | taining around 500. She stated that at |she did not know what had become | __ lof them and had not been asked | to help fill them. i | Under questioning, Miss McClos- for the general meeting of the Sit-|Place on the part of Sen. Coffey |key repeated her previous testimony ka Woman's Club at it§ meeting|'¢8arding the matter of labor that toward the end of Haas’ term on March 5. The newly arrived Red |claims Haas had stated passed |of office Paul Urick had told her| Cross representative, John u“d_!(hrough the labor office and the he was told to remove all material |berg, spoke to the club members | lack |of the Red Cross work among the claims. Sen. Coffey also queried various files. armed forces During the meeting a report of the work done by the local chap- ter of the Red Cross in Sitka was given by Mrs. C. G.-Stuart. Cocktails Must Be Made By An Expert STOP IN And Try Ours! BUY WAR BONDS and WAR STAMPS A COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR HELP WIN THE WAR— Buy Bonds and Stamps! You Will Enjoy the Atmosphere of Good Fellowship to Be Found at SILVER FOAM of records regarding the regarding political matters from | FirstBank of Sitka A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Money Transmitted to All Poinis Do Your Part=-- Put 10% of Your Income in War Bonds at SITKA RUSS CLITHERO WHEN IN SITKA Make Your Headquarters the HOTEL "The Home of Hospitality” Manager Conway Dock Company 0il --- Coal Gasoline Insurance Phone 78 STATIONERY and OFFICE SUPPLIES Job Printing Calvin’s SITKA ARTS and CRAFTS Marshal on Stand Frank Marshall was called to the stand by McCain and ques- tioned regarding a speech Sen. A. P. Walker had made in Wrangell. Marshall stated that there had |been a labor meeting at which !‘WBlker had given a speech. On \further query, Marshall said he had spoken of labor laws, particu- Llabor laws and laws pertaining to ‘women workers in the shrimp can- nery and the salmon canneries, ]whlch were about to open. Asked if there was any mention of politics, Murshflll sald, “Not at that meet- |ing.” Asked if there was another ;n;eetmg he said, “Not that I know of.” Sen. Coffey asked if there were any out of town witnesses and irequested by Mr. McCain to subpo- !when McCutcheon had returned to Fairbanks he had been requested Ilo wire him. This he did but when it became obvious that McCutcheon could not arrive by Friday, McCain had said he no longer wanted him |to come. | Private Session i The committee then went brief executive session and upon its return to the Senate Cham- bers, it was moved to recess until |7 o'clock Monday night and Chair- iman Kehoe set the time for coun- cil's arguments at an hour each. {McCain and Roden both stated :that a shorter time would be suf- |ficient and a half-hour period was set. L e e & o o o 0 o o WEATHER REPORT (U. S. Bureau) Temp. Friday, March 12: Maximum 36, minimum 22. Trace of snow on ground. ® & o o 0 0 0 0 o i® |® e . lo larly those in relation to child| ‘Chairman Kehoe said he had been | jena Steve McCutcheon and that| TERRITORIAL C. C. merce will meet Sunday afternoor at 2 o'clock in the Senate Chamber All members are urged to attend a {amendments will be discussed anc officers will be elected. — e Bivins has just about clinched hi: spot at the head of the parade o: all heavyweights by last nigh | pounding out a slashing 10 round: |over young Tim Maurilla before ¢ jammed, packed Madison square Garden. * Bivins scaled 177 pounds and Mou rillo tipped the scales at 187 pounds PARSO] N%UE.EE&TRIC Co. Solicits the business of friends in Sitka Electric Service and Repairs ‘Westinghouse Representative into HUSBANDS-— LOVE TO PAY for Spring Clothes from Connie’s Dress Shop SITKA COLD STORAGE STORE ‘ “The Perfect Place for Self Service” HOUSEHOLD GROCERIES—MEAT NECESSITIES MEN'S READY-TO-WEAR HARD WARE YOUR WISH IS OUR COMMAND Phone 104 Free Delivery Even if I am a Bride I love company . . . It's Fun, Too, when you serve . . . CHOP SUEY or CHOW MEIN from MO Y’S OPEN FROM 5—12 is so easy at Fountain SHOPPING ANDERSEN'S I Always Find 3 Just What I Need!? Cosmetics News Stand Gifts for All Occasions NEILL ANDEBSEN_ WITH PLEASANT LEISURE HOURS YOUR FRIENDS AT ERNIE’S Cocktail Bar MEETING SUNDAY The Territorial Chamber of Com. | NEW YORK, March 13—Jimm 4