The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 12, 1943, Page 6

PAGE STX- ™~ Sybil Maxwell Here | . FISTS WILL From Sputh on Visit | SURH-Y |:|.Y’ Mrs. Harry G. Maxwell, Jr., the| former Sybil Godfrey, for three yea rs on the reportial stafl of (hpl Empire, arrived I this mornlnz, from Seattle on a brief business und" { | | 1 | | | pleasure trip. While here she is; [ ¥ the house guest of her uncle and & aunt, Mr. and M Homce o Army BoXing Team, In- Adams. 5 % g Mr. Maxwell is now employed i cluding Majcher, in the shipyards in Seattle and baby| Don, now over a year old, remained south with M Maxwell's mother. Shape.for C.G. | Lt. “Pinky” Commons, coach of e | the Army Boxing Team is very well ROSE CHITTICK RETURNS | 100004 with the condition and abil- Rose Chittick has returned toJu- fjoiec” o the gang of boys he is tak- neau after visiting for some iun“img with him to trade punches with with her husband, Capt. Rex Chit- | {he Ketchikan Coast Guard team tick, now stationed in the States. |one thing is certain, the entire group - o T ERER |is in fine physical shape. as a con- Isequence they will be able to fight jat top speed all the way if nec- | essary. This of course eliminates all | possibilities of a poor show and al- most any danger of any one get- Iting seriously injured A few changes have Empire Ci-ssilieds Pay! been made Easter Fashions n in the complement of the squad A bantamweight has been added, C 0 A I Arnold “Bug Bite” Slessinger, vet- |eran of a number of amateur fights |in New York as a civilian and con- tinued as a soldier all over the |States and in Alaska. His defeats have been few and far between. If his opponent, probably “Lil” Joe | Kirsche, is at all good, the fight will be humdinger as this little bug can really bite. Lt. Commons has come up with |a boy to fight the other pro-welter, |Bill Knox of Ketchikan. He is Roy {Brown, well known by the followers iof fisticuffs as he has fought about ten professional fights in Alaska |He has only recently joined the in 29 days SLIDE BLOCKS THANE HIGHWAY a sure winner over anyone in his iclass, namely ring generalship, the | knowledge of what to do at the right ,time. Anyone thrown in against |him is assured of a very busy even- iing. j Sgt. Majcher who is fighting the jmain attraction against “Red” Ras- kmu.\flon. always stays in shape, he !is now very nearly at his peak of condition and could go fifteen rounds right now. To quote him: “1 feel better now than I did when RETURNS FROM FIVE MONTHS' TRIP SOUTH |1 fought and whipped Al Barjo, in B |the semi-finals to the Fritzie Zivic After an absence in the States | Al Davis fight, at the Polo of nearly five months, Miss Madge Z'Wm'd“‘ New York, in July 1941.” gyjginger returned to Juneau yes- Since then he has had six fights torday. She was accompanied north and won them all by the K. O. g per pephew, eight-year-old Gary foute. In answer to Rassmussen's oo from Bremerton, who will remarks about the truth in the ru- make-his’ homde -wWith her hers mor that Hank had fought Zivic, 8 . 2 and that if so he had cleaned up on Miss Hildinger went south for a |Joe Louis, Majcher vows to make medical check-up and underwent | the Coast Guardsman wish he were an operation while she was away fighting Louis instead of him. During her stay in the States she Williams said his men have gone to work on the slide and that the road will probably be open to traf- fic again tomorrow - MISS M. HILDINGER Little La HALF-SIZE COATS 127 to 26Y%. Shagmoor Coats 1009 Virgin wool. Sizes 10 to 20, Sport Coats in plaids, checks dy Sterling 5y ‘The fights are to be on the first Visited friends and relatives in and plain colors. of May in Ketchikan, and if suc- both Washington and Oregon cessful a return engagement will, Having contracted flu on the be held in Juneau at a later date. trip north, Miss Hildinger is at Eeverything is ready for the first bell of the first fight. i D present confined to her home, but expects to return to her position as office nurse for Dr. Kaser and Dr. Frecburger the first part of next week. W CDA BUSINESS MEET TUESDAY EVENING A business meeting of the Catto- | lic Daughters of America will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Par- ish Hall. Jones - Stevens Seward Street "m Only since the 18th century have separate shoe lasts been used for the right and left foot. ANNOUNCING _ Change In Ownership Merchants Delivery Service HENRY Behrends wishes to announce that he has purchased the business and equipment of the MERCHANTS DELIVERY ERVICE from Howard Buttons. OF . The retiring owner wishes to take this opportunity to express thanks to all customers for past consideration and to commend the new proprietor to them. The Same Reliable Service Will Be Maintained! PHONE 739 Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME D 1 B Presideng Roosevelt awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to Major Robert Galer, a former University of Washington athlete, for conspicuous heroism as leader of a Marine fighter sqaudron i Galer's mother helped place the ribbon around his neck. Galer individually shot down 11 Japanese planes |Army, and in his workouts with N | Majcher looks very good. - £ 3 | . A spring snowslide has blocked |, The mast lmproved member Of yp, Tnane Road at Snowslide |the squad is Odin “Swede” Stutrud, ., arbe ! P " Gulch, just below the garbage a middleweight who looks like a : | heavywel . s dump, District Engineer M. D. heavyweight, he is acquiring the will f the Public Roads Ad one thing he needed to make him “Viliams of the Public Roads 2 H ministration reported today INE AND DANCE THE DAILY ALASKA FMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA President Pins Medal on Major Roberf Galer P the Solomons. and other members of his squadron downed 16 more. Mrs. M. H. Sidesls | ADDITION T0 ' Home from Three = PUBLIC HEALTH Months in States| STAFF ARRIVE Mrs. M. H. Sides was & rebwning | o new public health nurse traveller arriving in Juneau ynxm--iM““H“ Curtis of Merrill, Wisconsin, jday after having visited in thelang catherine Smulling of Altoona, south since carly in January. |Pa., arrived in Juneau early this While she was away, Mrs. Sides|morning from the south and re- spent most of her time ting her ! ported today for duty ,mother, Mrs. T. L. Dineen and Miss Curtis, whose home is in jother relatives in Aberdeen, Wash., | Wisconsin but whose most recent and also visited in Seattle and post has been in Billings, Montana, | cther parts of the States. {has also served in Bernardville, N | Mrs. Sides said that she was J. where she was located for five v glad to be home and reiterat- /years, and at Grand Marais, Minn ‘ed what many people returning| Miss Smulling's most recent as- signment was as a Red Cross nurse at State College, Penn. She has al- so0 acted as community nurse in {the famous Kentucky mountains, from Seattle have said concerning boom conditions and the difficul- ties of rationing and transportation in the Puget Sound metropolis “Everyone is so busy with war where she says she “taught them work of various kinds that there is |0 réad the newspapers on their little time Jeft for thought of any-|¥8Hs~" When asked if she also lthing else” Mrs. Sides said |taught them to wear shoes, she Fvanitiat . wak ““y' vad i Smm‘;lreplml- “No, becat they didn't have any to learn to wear. | Miss Smulling says further: “I've | oodles of personal " messages for and the vicinity, particularly during | January, she said. { g |service men from Altoona, if they'll | | Says Miss Curtis: “I'd be glad to | IS BA(K AF]’ER |hear from anyone from the North Assignment of permanent posts for the new nurses will be made | Gordon L. Wilds, Superintendent cjl, Health Commissioner, and Dr. of Construction for the R. J Som- | George H: senior surgeon and turned to Juneau Sunday from Sn-“ ———o———— attle after an absence of three .M and , G vacation trip to the Northwest. | R' AND MRS' A DANNER While he was in the south, Mr.! ip!ease get in touch with me.” {Shore.” BUSINESS TRIP upon the return of Dr. W. W. Coun- mers Construction Company, re- | liaison officer. months on a combined business RETURN FROM TRIP SOUTH 'WAR WRITERTO | LEAVE SOON FOR | TRIP T0 NORTH NEW SHIPMENT Fresh Spring Vegetables ! spis" e | ASPARAGUS . . CARROTS . . SPINACH o Syt e e | CELERY .. GREEN ONIONS . . RADISHES et e Moo e e | LETTUCE . . CABBAGES . . ENDIVE | | LEEKS .. PARSNIPS. . CAULIFLOWER TOMATOES . . AVOCADOS . . GREEN ! NEW POTATOES . . PARSLEY NEW POATOES . . PARSLEY Haines and Whitehorse to write a Wire, Write or ‘Phone Your Order | series of articles on the Alcan In- WHERE SERVICE, PRICE AND QUALITY MEET | | | After a week spent in interview-| | ternational = Highway, the new | Haines road and related develop- | ments. Then he will proceed on to ! Fairbanks, Anchorage and other | Alaskan points before returning !to the United States. H While in Juneau, Cassidy has had, | interviews with Governor Ernest | Gruening, Secretary of Alaska E. L. | Bartlett, Lieutenant Colonel Wil- |fred R. Rieglé, Lieutenant Warren Caro of the Coast Guard, William |Carter of The Daily Alaska Em- |pire, A. B. Cain of The Alaska | Catholic, Frederick W. Ayer, War |Bond administrator, B. D. Stewart, | commissioner of W. Hol- | brook of the Forest and }muny others. | “From the time I left Vancouver, We DELIVER TO DOUGLAS—FEach Tuesday and Friday EORGE BROTHER PHONE 92 7 DELIVERES DALY PHONE 95 10:30 A. M. 2:30'P. M. Mines; Service IB. C., by boat, I was impressed {with the spirit and (.k‘m n_u(' IN BUSINESS SINCE 1908 and still doing friendliness of Alaskans,” Cassidy Wotiiaee! Srocerbulthoes AncTuHaal told The Empire today. “I know| |that readers of The Bulletin will | |be interested in learning about de-| velopments in this greatest of all sor EANNIE WRIGHT All-Stars and the Hollywood Stars American Territories.” Cassidy said|of the Pacific Coast League. that The Bulletin now had the; Then Private Dimaggio knocked FUNERAL R“ES largest circulation of any evening|out a single, scored two men and newspaper in the United States. |opened the way to victory for the IOMORROWP M Cassidy will be accompanied|Army and Navy which won 5 to 2 o'l North by First Lieutenant Richard Dimaggio is a former New York — L. Neuberger, newspaperman and center fielder, Ruffing an ex-Yank Funeral services for Fannie Ma- | member of the Oregon State Legis-|hurler, Danning a former Giants' drona Wright, aged about 70, will lature, who is aide to Gen. J. A. backstop, all in the armed services. be held tomorrow, Tuesday, at 2 O'Connor of th¢ Northwest Servic Rufling hurled a no hit, no run pm. in the Russian Greek Church, Command. Lieutenant Neuberger|game in the three innings he with the Rev. Makary Andrew Bar- has been a house guest during the pitched, . during which Danning anoff officiating. Friends and fel- past week of Governor and Mrs.|caught. At bat Danning got a Jow members of the Sisterhood of Ernest Gruening. “This 'is the triple besides knocking in two runs. the Russian Greek Orlhodox? tenth year that I have known the Dimaggio got two doubles and a' Church will be present. i Gruenings,” Neuberger gaid. “T first ‘»m,zlc. Remains were removed today to g met them when Governor Gruening T T the home of Mrs. Wright's sister & was an editor in New York City and nephew, Mrs. Annie Fawcett ind I wrote some articles for him and Tohn Faiste thohs the Chatles in 1933 on a trip which T made W. Carter Mortuary. Interment will through Germany shortly after 1'). < SRy s : H Hitler had come to power. The e in Bvergresn Uemetery. i world has certainly lived through Borniang, DebUsediin Siteh, AL ) aska, Mrs. Wright was a member § of the church sisterhood here and for several years held office iw. % that organization. She belonged to the Tlingit tribe. some terrible events in the decade since then.” Also going North to Whitehorse on the Princess boat is Dr. Ruth Gruber, who is a special represent- HITS RECORD, OPENING DAY ative of the Secretary of the Inter- | B ol ior, Harold L. Ickes. Dr. Gruber re- WOMAN ls Fou“D cently visited Funter Bay to make % &y ; extended observations on the Aleut| WASHINGTON, April 12. — A Indians who have been resettled lrfrmendnus public response to its DEAD IN Ju“EAu there, owing to the Japanese threat thirteen billion dollar bond drive, the biggest in the history of the i the Aleutians. _ e United States, is reported by Trea- | | sury officials on the basis of the | first few hours of the sale (BIG lEAGUE | The statement said the banks, | | insurance companies, investors and | all other classes reported purchas- ing bonds on the first day set a Bovs plAY pace greater than achieved on the Marshal's Oifice reports. - FOR UNCLE opening day of the first war loan | Officers conducted an investiga- | in ROOMING HOUSE ¢ Annie Hollifield, 28-year-old In- dian wife of Joe Hollifield, was found dead in bed yesterday in a room above the City Cafe, the U.S. campaign last December. |tion but found no indications of One Treasury official said: “Every foul play. She was the wife of Joe line of retail advertising in hun- Hollificld of Juneau. dreds of newspapers were devoted | The body has been taken to the exclusively to selling Governmhent Charles W. Carter Mortuary. DiMaggio Wins Game for * Ay PRICES SATURDAY AT Sl / visite umber of * con- | Alaska Juneau mine stock closed | and Portland, including the ship- ' Mr. dnd Mrs. George DBHI‘IGT‘ B " T m : w“‘f‘gl‘:“ BEFORT : 79, Anaconda 29'%, Bethlehem Steel 3 e s DG tastory] (owners of the Mendenhall Dairy, all 1ea 0 - S. Bureaw e L E b el A Boiftars Th Beattie, Mr Wilds saw Jufgh returned ye§t:-x‘da\' to Juneau after N iij Satuldayz Apri * ®11/16, Curtiss Wright 8%, General William_ A, Holsheimer who had SPending slightly over a month in| HOLLYWOOD, April 12. — Joe'® Maximum 40, minimum 36. @ notors 48!, International Harves- undergone an operation on his| s, SIS Dimageio, Red Ruffing and Harry $ Rain—36 inch. @ lter 68, Kennecott 33, New York Ae and v LN reing st While they were away, Mr. and Danning had seen similar dramatic ® Temp. 5‘““1'3}- April 11-‘ ® Gentral 167, Northern Pacific 15 Sy lopd s s edes . | g AT mer visited both in Seattle situations in big league play, but ¢ Maximum 43, minimum 38. ® ypiteq States Steel 55, Pound $4.04. Shephrd) who whnt ‘sduth’ for ‘dedis] 20 California. | under somewhat different settings. ® Rain—146 inch. ® | Dow, Jones averages last Satur- { cal attention some time ago, and b v | ,n was the ninth inning, the score ® ® & © © & & © ¢ = ® g5y were as follows: industrials is making a successful recovery| There were 4,800,000 farm home iy u:d“] i gade !oad:i “:-d,‘ i i | 18188, ralls 3848, WEiaen 17.90. 4 from surgical treatment ve M OAE I Tnited . Stcies 1) LR ApCRIER GUREiE tho. Digy. e fwerd Sesgiie ol R o6 ot i Ribie. cetasiy dadh i Juneaiibie tmo States stick before 11,000 fans, but the gave birth to a baby girl yesterday 3 5 1 Wilds will pmc“d e Name w'h‘cr(; " g 155 ) W‘tva{ns"_werr_emfhi Army and Navy at the Government Hospital. Empire Classifieds Pay! A he will spend the summer in con-| g | nection win praeets of e s, TAIL GUNNERS ON FORTRESS PUT THE SLUG ON JERRY mers Construction Company - 3 | | At N i & s % % Z ; | G 8 . roup Will Study | Alaska, Western | | Canada Resources : \ | OTTAWA, Canada, April 12—A | Canada-United States study of the, | possibilities of economic develop- | !ment of Alaska, Yukon, Northern British Columbia and adjacent por-, tions of the Northwest Territory ond Alberta will get under way in Victoria this week. | The study was initiated by the ioint. economic committees of« the United States and Canada and is being conducted by the North Pa- !cific Planning Project headed by, Dr. Charles Camsell, deputy min- ister of mines and resources for 1Canada, and J. C. Rettie of the Na- tional Planning Board for the{ [United States | Dr. Camsell’s assistant, Russell K. Hodell of the mines and re- cources department have left Ot- tawa for Victoria to start the stud- | ies. | - BUY WAR BONDS THE DOUGLAS IN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT \ MADE FROM A U. S. PLANE participating in an American bombing raid | steeply banked and with its belly showing, is a German Messerschmitt over northwestern Germany, this remarkable photo shows two Flying | 110, turning away from the combat after having received a battering | Portresses, ringed at left and left center, heading serenely for their | from the tail guns of the Fortresses. Nazi airmen s'how a healthy re- 2 target after fighting off a group of Nazi pursuit ships. At the right, | spect for the Fortresses’ fire power. (International Soundphoto) g TR R A it LN R R el Yol SN R 1 R Py e | Electric Hammond || Organ Music | 9 i 1 DINE AND DANCE