The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1943, Page 6

PAGE'SIX "™ 'i‘wo-Piece Swuit Dresses EXCITING NEW DRESSES FOR EVERY OCCASION Those smart double-duty suit dresses with frilled lingerie trims S\ i )D‘ neau Lodge, No. ELKS HAVE ~ BIG NIGHT; 4 EVENTS i Officers E!eded—OIdIimers Talk Qut-Ladies Present ~Lodge Anniversary It was a four-event night at Ju- 420, BPOE, last night and the large attendance of " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA T L fr—— A —— g3 | | { 2 H i ¥ members, then the added pr ‘of the ladies after the business s jon to enjoy the social session will | § 'be remembered for a long time officers for the chief busi- transacted The election of 1043-1944 term was the ness. This was speedily as there were no contests and the following were unanimously elect- ed, to 'be installed at the April 7 meeting | Exalted Ruler Esteemed Lecturing Knight, (Cot) Hayes. Esteemed Loyal Knight, Leonard J. Holmquist | Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Ellis | Reynolds Secretary, M. H. Sides. He has |been in this position since 1928. Treasurer, William Franks. Tiler, George F. Shaw. | Trustee, five years, John H. Wal- !mer; trustee, four years, A. M. Mill; N. Floyd Fagerson. A. B. FIRST AUSTRALIAN-BUILT DESTROYER —ma tr i o ial run off the Austral coast, H.M.A.S. Warramunga—first Australian-built destroyer—throws up a high hol\:' w:\s'er.. s MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT FEW BILLS TRAVEL IS JusT | AREPASSED s as sreves LABOR SESSION Recommendations of Rules Committee Adopted- | trustee, three years, Henry Messer- schmidt. Alternate delegate to Grand Lodge, Dr. George F. Freeburger. The Exalted Ruler is delegate. Some have plain colored jackets with gay print skirts, All are fashion hits -that will see you smartly through spring. The oldtimers' part of the eve- A Sizes 12 to 20 ning was the 'occasion of a sur- Nel.lbel'f GIVGS Ta'k prise. Henry Messerschmidt, who was chairman of the night, read| At the morning session of the off a list of Elks now residing in|second day of the Territorial Fed- Jones-Stevens INMORNING Action taken in the Legislature ing: House Passed 16 to 0, H.B. 71, by Rep i ity who have been members [eration of Labor convention, the|prank H. Whaley, requiridg vehicles he lodge for 35 years, 30 years,imain business was the adoption|,, veen to the right in passing Seward Street years and 20 years. As each|of the Rules Committee gOVErniNg |, iher vehicle, reinstating a law jame was called the member arose. [quotas of different locals. Reports| ..cajeq two years ago by acci- oo wms ihen names of members of other |2nd recommendations of the var-fj ., 2 ious committees were also acted lcdses who were present and who were oldtimers, were read and they arose. After this was over, the | upon. In the afterncon, M. J. Haas talked on the wage and hour laws U. 5. EMPLOYMENT surprise came—presentation of an | | g & {and Walter F. Neubert, of the OFH(E MEEIING ‘F_}tks lea: (€} enbletis o eaty o United States Department of La- the ..olwIpts bor, Wages and Hours Division, BEGINS FRIDAY Exalted Ruler Arthur Adams then |called on several of the oldtimers| |to make short talks, also visitors | To discuss the present day re- |present from other lodges, the ma- cruiting problems, managers of the | jority of them being Past Exalted various United States employment | Rulers offices throughout the Territory| Chairman Messerschmidt gave a will meet tomorrow for a several- |brief outline of the birth of the day session here with Acting Di- [Juneau lodge, bringing the history | rector of the U. S.. Employment|down to the present time on the| Service, Arthur Hedges and J. T.|45th anniversary. Flakne, Acting Area Director for| Following the lodge session, rugs the War Manpower Commission for were rolled up, station altars and Alaska. |chairs stored away and Lillian Ug- Lowell Morgan, manager of the!gen, Klondy Dufresne and Leroy U. S. Employment Office in Fair- [West began playing for the dance | banks, and Miss Nan Holt, mana- |for the large crowd that quickly gave a complete resume of the War Labor Board’s functions. Mr. Neubert answered many ques- tions of interest made by the dele- gates. Business ‘was resumed later in the afternoon and the report is that much ~was accomplished for the good of the order. Sessions are being held today, presided over by Frank Marshall American Federation of Labor ol ganizer for the Territory. bert and I Department of Labor Fender of the U. S Matt Shields, ger of the Kodiak office, are now |gathered. Plenty of sandwiches |Personnel manager of Guy Atkin- in Juneau and Ed. Borgen, mana- |Were served and, with liquid re-|son Company; Lowell Morgan, ger of the Ketchikan office and | {reshments, all enjoyed themselves. irbanks manager of the U. S. William Maitland, manager of the The entire club rooms were thrown jEmployment Office. | Anchorage office, are expected m.‘open for the occasion and the! Neubert said that an office of | day. | bowling alleys came in for good|the Wage Hour Division of the DR DY | play |U. 'S. Department of Labor has 5 : !" The next big night for the Elks|been opened in the Shattuc BUY WAR BONDS will Ee March 31 to be knnow as|Building under. Michael J. Haas,| Exalted Ruler Arthur Adams’ night. also War Labor Board chief for There will be initiation at this|Alaska. He warned that employers meeting, the final session of the|Seeking to grant increases of wa must contact Haas before attempt lodge year. {ing to do so. HEAVY PENALTY FOR DRIVING WHEN DRUNK UNIQUE AWARD PRESENTED T0 | At a special meeting of the Pio- | Highway Patrol on a charge of neers of Alaska held last night, drunken driving on the Douglas Archie W. Shiels was accepted as Highway, was taken before Acting a life member and M. S. Whittier |U- S. Commissioner M. E. Monagle was also admitted to membership,[and fined $200, given a three- ‘ As an unusual feature of the|Mmonths suspended jail sentence and THE TYPHOON SUITS You have been waiting for! ALLSIZES at ‘H.S. GRAVES The Clothing Man |occasion Past Grand President | Charles W. Carter presented Mr.) | Shiels with an authentic early day| | Ploneer button from Nome. The button, bearing the picture of a dogsled and a lone star in a field of blue, is thought to have possibly served as inspiration for the Alaska flag design Refreshments were served and the Pioneer Auxiliary also held| their business meeting during the | evening. | year. e NOTICE That I will not be responsible for any debts—only those contracted by myself. {adv. OSCAR TILSON. HOTEL and RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES 4th Annual DANCE ELKS' HALL—SATURDAY MARCH 20th Bob Tew’s Orchestra PUBLIC INVITED! Dancing Starts at 10 P. M. Admission, $1.10 Men in Uniform, 55¢ Including Tax ——————————————————————————— A - HVE NAVY FLIERS DIED when the Alameds Naval Station in his driver’s license revoked for one | Senate | Killed Senator A. P. Walker's bill |to authorize the Labor Commis- sioner to collect wage claims. Passed a House resolution urging Congress to pass a law providi a 25 percent differential pay raise for Alaska postal employees. {the {struct a dez Federal government Federal Building to at con- Val- - ELECTION OFFICIALS 10 | | | the third day of the convention | BE "AMED IoMoRRow | AT COUNCIL MEETING Guests included Walter F. Neu- | | Officials for the coming city elec- tion will be appointed at the semi- {monthly meeting of the -Juneau | ICity Council to be held in the | Council Chambers at 8 o'clock to- {morrow night. Appointment of the school tax |collector will also be made, as well as the appointment of a fire truck driver. Jack Garrett has resigned truck driver, it ated, and is going to False Island where will be rigger for the Columbia er Company for the summer is as he Lun months ->e - — FIRST AID CLASS WILL BE STARTED HERE TUESDAY John Newmarker announced this afternoon that a First Aid Class will be started next Tuesday. The instructor will be Miss Helen John- son, Public Health Nurse. All those who desire to join the new class to take First Aid are re- | quested to register with Capt. New- his morning included the follow- Passed a House memorial urging | Shop Owner Here Affer Buying Trip Is Pleased with Merchandise | Back from a buying trip to Cal- ifornia for Jones-Stevens, Mrs. Ray Stevens is eloguent in describ- i the difficulties of buying, of finding places to eat. “I was agreeably surprised at the selection of women's wear I was able to get—but to buy what I did, it was necessary to sit in wholesale display rooms, buy things up as they came in, take a quota of what I wanted instead of my whole or- der “Of course people know now that there are no silk or nylon hose made, the only ones now available ire on the ‘black market.” “As to fashions, I found new things unusually attractive in spite of war regulations with the usual black and white and navy espec- ially popular, lots of beautiful prints and, unusual for spring, some very lovely brown things. , Fashions conform to war regu- lations. There are few pleats of course and skirts that would have |been draped a year ago, are made ‘N) give a draped effect this year. “In spite of the war, women look- ad lovely in their new spring hats and suits and dresses and I am anxious to show my new things to | the women in Juneau.” | But travel—that’s an endurance | test, Mrs. Stevens said. MRS, NINA CRUMRINE, JOSEPHINE CRUMRINE " ARRIVE FROM SOUTH Mrs, Nina Crumrine, well known rtist who is famed for her repro- uctions of Eskimo types in Al- ka, and her daughter, Miss Jose- phine Crumrine, equally well known as an artist with dogs as her spec- ialty, arrived in Juneau last night after being away from the Terri- tory since last fall Mrs. Crumrine and went by plane from Whitehorse to Edmonton last fall and continued |to Banff where they spent some time painting. From there they l d as continued to New York and Wash- | ington, D. C., for the remainder of | marker at his office, 125 Federal the winter. ‘and Territorial Building. The average fat has a content of about 10 per cent gylcerine. a big bomber coming in for a landing at 4 California crashed into the bay waters. helplessdy in the background. This is a Navy phote. -, Modern China began when Sun | Yat Sen in 1911 overthrew the last | Manchu emperor. getting rooms in hotels, Josephine | HOTEL FIRE | ATSKAGWAY ~ YESTERDAY 'Pioneer Pullen House Sav- ed from Destruction by Army The Pullen House, one of Skag- way's oldest hotels, was badly dam- aged by fire early vesterday and would have burned to the ground had it not been for the prompt and efficient action of Army per- sonnel, according to the account of an eye witness who arrived in Juneau today | The fire began between 10:30 and 11 am. yesterday, presumably on the second floor of the three-story | building, and toward the rear o: | the building, Clarence Gainor, eye- [ | witness, said today ! Even before the water hose could | be laid, removal of baggage and | valuables began, Mr. Gainor said,| |50 that practically everything of | value except beds and bedding and | | perhaps some clothing, was saved. Cause of the fire had not yet | been determined, so far as is known. About half the building is described | as destroyed, burning the roof and| two top stories but not through to | (the front of the building. Rebuild- |ing was said to have been started | ‘today. | Harriet Pullen, owner of the ifamous hostelry, came to Alaska in |the Gold Rush, bringing with her | her seven children and less than| $10 in money. As a beginning she made pies and sold them for $1 apiece. And today she is still making pies, but is presenting them, free of charge, to the soldiers. Clarence Gainor, Bering Sea fish- lerman who arrived in Juneau to- day, is stopping at the Alaskan | Hotel. He is wellknown in Juneau, where he usually winters. For the past several months he has been | employed in Sitka by the concern | of Basil, Price and Callahan. Mr. | !Gainor has had many interesting | experiences, including that of being | present at the bombing of Dutch Harbor, | TOJOSAYS SITUATION 1S SERIOUS Just Received FRESH VEGETABLES Asparagus, Green Onions Radishes, Green Peppers, Endive Avocados, Celery, Rhubarb Lettuce, New Potatoes, Tomatoes New Cabbage, Parsnips Turnips, Rutabagas Wire, Write or ‘Phone Your Order WHERE SERVICE, PRICE AND QUALITY MEET We DELIVER TO DOUGLAS—Each Tuesday and Friday EORGE BROTHER PHONE 92 7 DFLVERES DALY PHONE 95 10:30 A.M. 2:30P. M. IN BUSINESS SINCE 1908 and still doing | the largest grocery business in Juneau. Give cakes and other desserts delicate, enticing flavor with Schilling pure Vanilla. Its ex- quisite bouquet won't bake out. Schilling PUT WAR STAMPS ON YOUR SHOPPING LIST Japanese l;re_mier to Set Up New Agencies for Strength in Fighting | (By Associated Press) The formation of a Board of Ad- visers to the Japanese Cabinet to| help stimulate and “increase fight- | ing strength” is announced in| Tokyo radio broadcasts. | The broadcast also quoted Pre- | mier Tojo as warning his nation | | that the “war situation is becom- | ing serious.” | The broadcast is reported by the |Office of War Information in} Washington, D. C., and was record- | ed by the Federal Communication Comumission. It was broadcast Japanese and translated into the English language. | ‘The broadcast also .said Tojo is to set up a “Wartime Economicf Council and an Administrative Supervisory Council” to help the Government cut red tape: | s el in| | ——ae—— 3 Scientists have never found an adequate explanation for . the strange, geometric “canals” on the planet Mars. NAVY BOMBER DEATH DIVES INTO ALAM R ) Wik n s § Flame and smoke rise from tie wreckage as a rescue boat hovers EDA BAY {iN RETURNING TO NEW YORK after barnstorming over Great Britain and Africa entertaining American troops, Kay Francis, left, screen actress, and Mitzi Mayfair, dancer, are shown in the clothes they wore on their tour. Miss Francis, described as ‘“the best- dressed woman of the screen,” told of wearing long woolen) under- wear and fleece-lined boots while on tour. In Africa, she said, the troupe once took shelter in a captured German dugout while Nazi bombers dropped their loads. Martha Raye and Carole Landis, ac- tresses, in entertainment troupe, still are overseas. (Internaticnal,; PIANO TUNING H. J. BAKER GASTINEAU HOTEL or ALASKA MUSIC SHOP NOTICE! PLEASE PAY ALL ACCOUNTS DUE THE CASE LOT GROCERY AT FEM- MER'S TRANSFER, next door to the store or mail to P. 0. Box 662. i (International)