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MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1943/ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA Easter Fashion SUITS! BUY BY CASE—NoLimit! GREEN GIANT PEAS, Minnesota, T 24 13 oz. tlns—$6 24 casc—gusrncgling Perllceder Kouniy Kist PEAS, Minnesota, Exira Large Sweet, 1 e i weet, Tender: 24 No. 2 v.xns»s5.40 case—Our Ceiling Price n L] DEATH F ll Juneau Woman’s Club, and presi- | Angeles, Calif. uneau esl e" s l y N ‘dem. of the local Democratic Wo-| Funeral arrangements Wwill be 3 Imens Club. She was a member of |made through the Butterworth | lll“BS or Mo.IHS ‘the Episcopalian Church and took | Mortuary in Seattle upon the ar- . ¥ |part in the work of the Guild of}rlvnl south of the family who will as a o s Or I y TAKES -IUNEA“ "‘E Holy Trinity Cathedral {leave Juneau for Seattle on the | Always interested in her profes- | first available transportation. . B %smn‘ she was an active member of —————— the Gastineau Channel Nurses' or- OIII(ers on Iomorrowi MfS. E. H- Kaser, I.O“g ganization and was instrumental in BlG MIllTARy H | getting legislation requiring the ReSIden' o' Jllfleau, iregistratiofl of nurses passed by (oNFEREN(E IS Although no contest is offered in Retired Bonds 1 H | the Territorial Legislature. Shortly DleS "I Sou'h TOdaY | before her illness, she was appoint- D HE |ed secretary of the Nurses' Exam- p After an illness of several months, | ining Board by Gov. Gruening. tomorrow’s election of Juneau city During last year, Mayor Lucas’ officials, Juneau residents are administration retired $16,000 in urged to go to the polls between bonds to add to the $65400 worth 8 am. and 7 p.m. to cast a vote of | confidenice for Mayor Harry I. Lu- cas, two returning councilmen, and | a new candidate for the council- man's post, along with Russell Her- mann, running for re-election as school director. | Running on the ticket with May- or Lucas are Councilmen Elroy Ninnis and Oscar Harri, and Ed Shaffer, owner of the Sanitary Meat Company Although only one vote is le- gally needed to make the election official, it is hoped that a large number of Juneau residents will cast confidence ballots to usher Mayor Lucas to the Mayor's chair for a sixth term Polling Places places, and election ficials e as follows: Precinct 1, City Hall—Dean C. E. Rice, Mrs Harley J. Turner, Mrs. Edwin Sutton, Mrs. R. L. Davlin and Mrs. Willlam Byington Precinct 2, Pan American Air- ways Offic€® at 135 S. Franklin Street — Nellie Simpkins, Mrs. George B. Rice, Mrs. Howard But- ton, Mrs. Bert Lybeck, Mrs. James Barragar Precinct 3, G. E. Krause office at 803 Twelfth Street—Mrs. W. H. Robinson, Mrs. Mae Kilroy, Mrs. | Gudmund Jensen, Grant Baldwin, Mrs. E. Rodenberg. A glance at the record during Mayor Lucas' incumbency shows that Juneauites can't go wrong on the ticket. The cash balance for the city for| the year 1942-43 stands at $28,682.- 34, and War Bonds purchased by | the city for a sinking fund amount- | ed to $20,000, making a total cash reserve as of the first of this| month of $48,682.34. Polling of- Wool twill in a clé\'el'])’ tucked “suit with flatter- ing reveres. Three-button true class- ic superbly tailored. Perfect for your blouses or dickies. Top this off with a HAT ... GLOVES and PURSE to match. Sizes 12 to 2212 Navy—Red—Beige Black—Blue Jones - Stevens Seward Street ORDINATION RITES retired since 1937, leaving the to-| Vara Land Kaser, wife of Dr. EImo | An ardent gardener, her dearest tal indebtedness at $278,000. H. Kaser, died in the south Loda,\',\hobby was “her garden at the fam- Assessed valuation of real and jaccording to a telegram received | jly summer home on Lena Beach. personal property in Juneau for by her rgmuy this morning. Following a nervous breakdown 1042 was $7,619.970, Mayor Lucas| For many . years prominent in!jast fall Mrs. Kaser, accompanied reveals, and $125777 of the total|the club and social life of Juneau, | by her daughter, Mrs. Esther Metz- Spanish Ofrk;rs at Meel- ing with Officers of 3 Allied Nations Fresh Corn, Minnesota, off the cob 24 tin ease 34.80 Ceiling Pri DEL MAIZE CORN, Cream Style, Minnesota |taxes levied of $133352 already have | Mrs. Kaser had many friends who been collected. |mourn her passing. Mayor Lucas said that because| porn jn Cleveland, Ohio, in 1885, of the difficulty in securing mabgr- Vara Land came to the northwest | ials for new c.nnsp'ucuou unc} main- | itk her parents, Mr. and Mrs tenance at this time, he believes it /p,u1 fand, as a small child and very necessary that cash Teserves|jay in Port Angeles, Wash., where be sk LY .nnw o Lha_t atter m“‘lho Lands were among the pioneer ' war “we will have sufficient m“ds;msxdems of the town. The family Yo o Ilater moved to Seattle where she “our schools will need many re-|continyed her schooling and was pairs,” he §md “the prcsen_t C"-"';uraduawd from Seattle: General hall is a disgrace to any city o ‘Hospm\l as a nurse. our standing, we need a new cem- | gnortly after completing her etery location, some of me street |\ ;ce's training, she came to Ju- paving in the b'u.sumss sectionneeds' o1 and was a member of the FORALAE % |staff of Dr. James K. Simpson’s eIk 00he |hospital until her marriage in Ju- “Our equipment .x.x showing weax':neau' May 2, 1907, to Dr. Kaser snd will need replacement in “hewwho had shortly before begun the near xmuv;e This year we must re- |practice of dentistry here. pile the city float, also, if help can | Through the years of her resi- be secured from government | .., .. in Juneau, Mrs. Kaser was pusngise . |active in various clubs and organi- “The cost of operating city func- | .vion¢ was first president of the tions is increasing,” he added, “due | g to higher living costs and increased } cost of maintenance materials.” | During the last year, the city wharf was put in good condition at a cost of $4,966 after the city | secured some treated piling for the job. Mayor Lucas said the small boat harbor will need repairs this year and he felt this would be taken care of soon | He said he believed that the city was in good financial shape, and that much of the credit for this was due to the job performed by | the City Council in the last few | years. s ————————— Swelled by the presence of dele- gates of the Presbytery and Pres- MAKE FI.IGHIS To | byterial of Alaska and by the at- | | SITKA, EXCURSION Church, the Memorial Presbyterian ’ | Church was filled to capacity last | night and many could not gain en- Five passengers left for Ketchi- Services of ordination began at turned to Juneau today bringing 7:30 o'clock with Vice-Moderator 'WO Passengers. the Rev. Willis R. Booth presiding. Making the flight to Ketchikan by the reading of the Scripture by han. Returning today on the plane the Rev. A. G. Rotenberrt of Skag- from Ketchikan were Lambert Rat- way. cliffe and Enid, Smith. service was delivered by the candid- Ole Twedt, Robert Mitchell, Eddie ate for ordination, George R. Betts. Swope and Enid Smith. Several Constitutional questions were pro- hundred pounds of mail were also tendance of many members of the Northern Light Presbyterian trance, to observe the ordination kan on Saturday with Alaska cervices. Coastal Airlines. The plane re- Opening prayer by the Rev. James were Ernest Mass, Jr., Albert Wood, W. Hall of Ketchikan was followed Joe Sukiel, Eldon Daly, D. E. Ga- Speaking on the subject “The Leaving Juneau today for Sitka Call of the Cross,” the evening's were J. L. McNamara, Jack Clark, pounded by the Rev. Booth, follow- taken to Sitka. ing which the ancient apostolic ppssengers for Excursion Inlet to- TELLS OF POST MORGENTHAU <-na--500,000/ WARPLANS Says Refurn fo Gold Stand- ard One of Basic Adjustments WASHINGTON, April 5.—Secre- tary of the Treasury Henry Mor- ganthau disclosed to an extraor- dinary session of three Senate com- mittees today that the Administra- their buying War Bonds. maany people had a financial stak " Q' How many people own War Bonds— ------1,000,0007 A- More than 50,000,000 patriotic Americans—men of our fighting forces as well as civilians—have made i declaration of war against the Axi: r before in history have so gar, went south for medical treat- ment. Word of her improvement was received from her doctor in the south about two weeks agoand the change in her condition which resulted in her death was sudden and a shock to all who knew her. A wire from Dr. W. W. Council, | United Nations weve represented. old friend of the family who is:Pl‘esumabl3' these three were the in Seattle on his way back to Ju- | United States, Great Britain and neau, was received yesterday and |France. indicated that her death might come at any moment. | ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS A gracious hostess and dear and | Regular meeting Tuesday, April| kind friend, her passing is regret- | 6th at 8 pm. Work to be conferred | ted by hundreds of friends. {in the First Degree. | In addition to Dr. Kaser, Mrs. MEL Metzgar and Miss Elisabeth Kaser, |adv. twin daughters of the family, and | her granddaughter, Vara Kay Met- | : 4 1 gar, who live in Juneau, Mrs. Kaser | The Daily Alaska Empire has the, largest paid circulation of any Al-| LONDON, April 5—High rank- ing Allied military leaders met with Spanish officers last Friday in Spanish Morocco, a dispatch from the United States Army Headquar- ters in North Africa says, and three - - MARTIN, Noble Grand. PRI | NIBLETS CORN, Vacuum Packed 24 13 oz. uns—$5.88 case-—Our Ceiling Price Wire, Write or ‘Phone Your Order | WHERE SERVICE, PRICE AND QUALITY MEET We DELIVER TO DOUGLAS—Each Tuesday. and Friday | PHONE 92 GEORGE BROTHERS 2 DELIVERIES DAILY 10:30 A.M. 2:30 P.M. IN BUSINESS SINCE 1908 and still doing the largest grocery business in Juneau, | | is survived by her mother, Mrs. | Katherine Land, and brother, Paul | %6¥8 newspaper | Land, who live in Seattle, and sis- | ter, Mrs. Lillian Blakie, of Los! BUY WAR BONDS investment for your money? Al A War Bond is a “promise to pay” backed by the strongest government in the world. You can’t get any better security! You can’t lose your money. It can’t be stolen. Even if the Bonds are lost or destroyed, you get every penny back. For every Bond is registered at the Treasury Department! Axis by e in their Government! 2- Q. Why are War Bonds the world’s safest tion’s plans for post-war currency 4' Q' Why does Uncle Sam want you to put money into War Bonds— to 14 million dollars, | BUY WAR BONDS How well do you know your War Bonds? 3 L] Q- If you put $3 into War Bonds, how much do you get back— 3.007 J @ g, A- For every $3 you put into War Bonds t 84 back when th:’bonds mature! And how l.h{::G‘:xu-l dollars mount up! Look at this: You buy a &u Bond today at $18.75. In 10 years you get $25.00. You buy a War Bond today at $37.50. 1n 10 years you get $50.00. You buy a War Bond today at $75.00. In 10 years you get $100.00. 6' Q' Why will money you put in War Bonds be especially valuable to you after the | stabilization include a partial re- turn to the gold standard for most b0 pay for equipping our fighting war? church tradition, the rite of laying gqy were R. Roberts, Don R. Neal|of the nations in the world. | on of hands, was administered by the nine members of the Presbytery present. The ordination prayer was pro-! nounced by the Rev. Alfred E Swogger of Metlakatla, while the charge to the candidate was made by the Rev. Walter A. Sobolefl. Ben- ediction was pronounced by the Rev. George R. Betts, who will re- turn to his pastorate at Petersburg Music at last night's services was provided by the Northern Light Church choir and also a trio from the Kake church choir Approximately 100 delegates and visitors attended the convention of Presbytery and Presbyterial which closed with last night’s ordination services, it is estimated. One boat- load of delegates expected to leave for the south this afternoon, the other two planning to leave soon, possibly tomorrow. AMERICAN LEGION ARMY DAY | CELEBRATION | TONIGHT LEGION DUGOUT Enferiainment All Service Men Invited | uas Guests MEETING STARTS and Allen Young. | He said this would be accom- - = I plished by agreements among the participating nations, fixing the uEUI' SwoFFoRD | value of currencies in terms of gold.| | Py VISITS IN JUNEAU| _' apa D - Lieut. Joseph A. Swofford, neph- | | ew of James Primavera of Juneau, [ | is spending a few days in Juneau | n awall visiting with his uncle and Mrs.| Primavera before returning to duty | { at an Alaska outpost. Exonera|ed l Lieut. Swofford’s home is in| Seattle, where his wife, the former Marion Pellegrini of Juneau, and' e FBI Chief Says Nationals| Not Guity of Espion- age in Islands ‘Ii\'e-yeax'-old son, Mike, are resid-' |ing. He has been on duty in Al- aska for the last five months. ( - | | Empire Classifieds Pay! WASHINGTON, April, 5—J. Ed- gar Hoover told the House Appro-] priations Subcommittee, in testi-| | mony released today, that the Jap- | | anese population in Hawaii is not | guilty of espionage committed in| *he Island territory prior to the| Pear]l Harbor attack. Hoover said espionage in Hawaii | was done by “espionage agents and | consular agents of the Japanese Government.” ‘The FBI Chief added there had been no sabotage or espionage com- | mitted in Hawaii subsequent to | Pearl Harbor and the FBI had “practically no trouble with the Japanese in Hawaii.” HEALTH COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT, Representatives of the Gastin- |eau Channel Health Council will meet this evening at 8 o'clock in| the Health Center to take action on problems of major concern. All representatives are requested to bc' Refreshments 8 O'CLOCK SHARP 0 bel'p keep prices down? 20 give you extra money after the war? AI Right now, when our country’s busy making war foodl, lots of peacetime goods are scarce. There are ewer things to buy with your money. If people start bidding against each other to buy scarce goods, prices naturally go #p. But if you buy War Bonds instead of Sc:l;ce goods, you help keep prices down where they ng. OR A- Check all three! The money you lend in War Bonds works hard—for the government and you! It helps pay for victory, helps keep prices down. And it comes back with interest! - 1' Q' How much money should you put into War Bonds— ......10 percent of your .12 percent? A- The Pay-Roll Savings Plan is convenient way. All you have to do is si rest is for you. Mo is put ‘wages every B;:yd-’. Whenngm'l enough to Bond, the Bond is issued to you awfomaticai mmelf in on the Pay-Roll Savings Plan today 10 percent—or more! A Every Iog‘d American oug: to be at least 10 percent of his pay into War Bonds. Anad more if he can sulbly do it. War Bonds make sen selfish reasons as well as patriotic ones! Put every cent both you and your country you can into War will SAVE WITH. US. WAR BONDS EVERYBODY...EVERY PAYDAY... This Message for VICTORY A- After the war there’ll be more of the things you want to spend your money for. Your money will &: further. And you’ll have more to spend—with all extra interest your War Bonds give you! )..HEIE’S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO , If yoware— ] Atseady settiag aside 10 ¢ of your pay for War Bonds through the Pay-Roll Savings Plan— boost that 10 percent if you can. Working in a plant where the plan is installed but , haven't signed up yet—sign up tomorrow. Working in lant where the Pay-Roll Savings Plan , h‘:n'r b‘ef:: i::-lled, ulkdno yo?‘tknuiog: fore- man, or plant manager—and see can’ riglI:t nvl:y. The local bank will be glad reason, go to your help you start a plan of your owa. AT LEAST 10% A singe British night raid o!hhe largest single item being th] 1,000 bombers over the Rhineland |cost of the planes lost. % | costs close PACIFIC AMERICAN Desaet. Sponsored by Broiled Steak and THE DOUGLAS IN Fried Chicken . 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