The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 15, 1943, Page 2

PAGE TWO ITS SMARTEST, coupled with War Is Whittling Into § | Nation's Wood Supply; f Damand§ »Are Ouflined | (Continued from Page One) Jia war supplies -moves crates .and boxes. | The principal ingredient of ni-| | tro-cellulose explosives is cellu-| {lose, which comes from the: pulp of | American trees. It's used in “block-‘ buster” bembs, in depth charges, land even in small arms:ammuni-| |tion. The list of other war uses for| wood +is almost endless. | | * Lumbermen say, however, | there's plenty of raw timber the estimates of the |mistic back them up. Mme. Chia 7% TION! in. wooden | i that | and most pessi-{"* Blissful, all-day comfort . . . Forest industry —representatives Ready and able to “take it” in | here give you these figures: In your wartime pace are these 1941 (anticipating defense needs) lovely new Vitalities. Navy, they jumped production from 29 ;billion board feet to 35.7 billions: |Tn 1942, the output dropped to 34 | billion. | The decline they lay to losses in| ! manpower, shortages in equipment and unfavorable weather. | | tan, black, brown in fetching Spring styles and materials. | Dr. Wilson Compton, spokesman for the American Forest Products | Industries, calls the 1942 production | {“a notable achievement.” | | The industry, he' says, “vielded 196 percent as much lumber as in 11941, but did it with' 15 percent | fewer workers ifi the' woods.” | Perhaps it. really isn't. strange {that a controversy has arisen' over the . lumber situation. -Although {lumber- has been one of our great lindustries since the first block- ,house by the first colonists, this is lumber’s first war. ” ‘ In World War I, lumbering wasn't even - considered an essential in- idustry; That Isn't hard. to. under- stapd when“you think:in ferms. of | rubber, ‘high ‘gctane gasoliie, and ithe many other things the uses of whic] hnv.e multiplied thousands of _fiéfis il thist 8li-out global war. R educated wife of Generalissimo Ch , Governor Warren and other festivities, first of which was a theft: during 1942, there was an increase - in the average value of property stolen per offense. Al- though the number of thefts from | autos degreased 20 percent in 1942, bicycle: thefts increased 10.1 per | cent:"An increa of 92 percent was. registered in shopliftin there was-a 156 percent inc poeckebspicking. While there wi 1244 percent decrease in the number | of :robberies of stores and other commercial houses, highway rob- | beries increased 115 percent in A s . {1942 Increase in Arrests of Min- o s, Boys Anong | REBEKAH LODGE Revelations WASHINGTON, April 156. — The | Department of ‘Justice announces and > ge held Perseverance Rebekah Lod HOLLIS—In smooth, highly TONITA—Toe out, black or polished black calf. A navy gabardine trimmed there was an estimated total of |its Tegular business mecting last dressy town pump. High in patent. Comfort no 1436,748 major crimes committed | NiERt "}.l] 5 I()'O,'E' Fal b 1 : a in the United States during 1942, [Noble Grand Peggy Mclvor pre- i r |siding. Plans were made for a food Crimes against the person showed a 72 percent increase during the first. full year of war over the i ¥ A Director J. Edgar Hoover of the | APP f 2 = . '~ | freshment committee for the April Federal Bureau of Investigation re- yg yqoting were Sigrid Dull, Chair- sale to be held May 8 with Mrs. DARLENE — High fashion, Josephine Spickett as chairman, black gabardine trimmed in patent. A perfect tie. DREAM-—In town brown al- ligator print on calf. A high fashion dressy cas- ual. High Cuban heel. vealed a.crime was committed every | gy “gthal Loken, Rebecca Feero, LELDA—Turf tan alligator {219 seconds, on ‘the average, dur-|yupge Rudolph, Winnifred Han- print. A grand walking ing 1942. A felonious homicide oc- |pgp Esther Fremming, Rondi Pe- curred every 454 minutes, and|terson and Catherine Halm, en- and business wear oxford. B Behrends Co QUALITY SINCE /887 rape was committed every 52 min- | tertainment utes. Some other felonious assault |, All girls interested in joining the was inflicted every 10.09 minutes, | Drill Team are asked to call 166 and | while a citizen was robbed every|notify Irene McKinley, and the 112 minutes. A burglary occurred next meeting of the Club will be every 197 minutes during 1942, and !announced later. someone stole an automobile every | - Came study disclosed, Mr. RUSSELL MAYNARD BACK FROM SITKA | Hoover pointed out, that during | issues - delicious refreshments were 1942 crimes against the person in- | served by the hostesses. |creased 7.2 percent, while crimes 05 Russell G. Maynard, Director of the Territorial Department of Pub- lic Welfare, arrived home yester- DOUGLAS against property decreased 5.8 per- |cent, compared with the 1939-41 | average. Murders increased 1.6 per- ROBINSONS TAKE APT. Mr. and Mrs. Don Robinson have — taken one of the Kilburn apart-!cent; negligent. manslaughters, 1.3 |day from Sitka, where he flew last T L) ments for their summer residence. | percent; aggravated assaults, 716 Friday to confer with Kiler Han- NEW OFFICE o percent: and rapes, 112 percent,!sen, superintendent of the Pioneers' ELECTED BY DIWC Home, relative to procedures ine dental to the entrance of persons MRS. ARGER HERE Mrs. Catherine Arger is a visitor There .was a decrease in burglaries | Members and guests enjoyed a of 132 percent. Robberies dropped | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU ALASKA CHINA'S LOVELY FIRST LADY, Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, American- him in the direction of the long and bitter struggle with Japan, is H pictured in San Francisco as she was welcomed to California by Gov- ernor Earl Warren (right) and Mayor Angelo J. Rossi (left). distinguished and brilliant Madame Chiang exchanged pleasantries into a five-day round of reccptions, parades, public addressses and Chinatown—largest celestial living quarters in the world outside of China proper. “Missimo,” as the C her, smiled graciously as the throngs cheered her wildly on her way. IMRS. MARY JACKSON | MEMBERS MEET i i | THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1943 BUY.WAR BONDS S ISR S RS ORDER YOUR RABBIT SKINS NOwW Tanned, cleaned and all ready to make up. VALCAUDA FUR COMPANY SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Dodgers Win Over Yankees Also Giants THE ATCO LINE Alaska Transportation ng G;eeled { Brooklyn Takes Double- e e header for Champion- SAILINGS FROM PIER 1 ship of Community mm;.gx‘ml:fiigg = NEW. YORK, April 15. — The Hotel Z | Brooklyn = Dodgers defeated the * PABSENGERS FREIGHT |New York Yankees 6 to 1 yester-|} EVERY ROOM WITH TUB REFRIGERATION day afternoon and then used most- | P and SHOWER * |1y secomd- stringers to defeat the {New York Giants 1 to 0 in an ex- bibition doubleheader which raised | $75,000 from 01 baseball fans {for New York's Civilian Defense JVolunteer Office. i The two wir la cleancut claim | championship. Reasonable Rates * Phone 800 D. B. FEMMER—AGENT PHONE 114 NIGHT 312 gave the Dodgers to community | - 'THIRD MEMBER OF ‘ LZENGER FAMILY IS - INMILITARY SERVICE FLY P.AA fo SEATTLE - WHITEHORSE With the enlistment in the Coast | Guard of Nedford Zenger, thr | sons of Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Zeng- |er are now in military service, | | Nedford, 17 years old and third| son of the family to get in the sery- {ice, left Juneau several months ago | {for Seattle to enlist in the Coast| | Guard, Word of his enlistment and | | that he is stationed at Port Town-| |send was received today. | Harold, 20, has been in the Coast | iang Kai-Shek and co-sharer with The greeting officials before plunging ade through San Francisco’s famed i et s B PATRBANKS - NOME hinese nationals delight in calling lattending the Radio Engineering! | Maintenance School at Groton,| 1 | Connecticut. 1 Pfc. Alfred Zenger, oldest of the brothers, is in the Army in Alaska |and bugler with his outfit. | All the brothers attended Juneau |High School where Chester, young- | o !more and all are-former employees 135 So. Franklin Phone 106 BETHEL ] DIES; RESIDENT OF DOUGLAS VILLAG h Mary Jackson, T7-year-old|0f The Empire. native woman of Douglas, died this| Al Zenger, senior, in the Navy | morni; it her home in the native|during the last war, is commander | viliag {of the John Alford Bradford Post | Long a resident of the Gastineau|Of the American Legion and Mrs {Channel area, Mrs. Jackson out- | Zenger is president of the Legion lived most of her relatives, the|Auxiliary. So the Zenger family is — < vy i | closest surviving being two nieces,|SOrt of knee deep in milifary af- Mrs. Ole Tang of Tenakee and Mrs. | {8irs. — e Sandy Stevens of Juneau. | Birthdate of the deceased is giv-| ; g o - : as September, 1865 | UX. WAR RONDS YOU CAN FLY JUNEAU to R on e e Kiiliaik.. . Ran . Wi 'SHELDON, McLAUGHLIN | FOR SALE Yakutat Valdez Nome ' PRE-WAR PRICES Cordova Seward Bristol Bay MAKE OFFICIAL TRIP Leaving on a routine official trip ithrough Southeast Alaska by the | first available steamer is R. E. Shel- | don, utive director, and John T. McLaughlin, research and infor-| Kuskokwim and Yukon Points Wednesday Friday Sunday * FOUR | ALL-METAL mation representative, both of the Ur ployment Compensation Com- Ge”er“l mission. - ¥ They will visit Ketchikan, Wran- Electric A l A s K A s l A R zell, Petersburg and several smaller sibly Tenakee. It is expected the trip will take ten days or two Offi ice o CABINETS Phone 667 o BARANOF HOTEL SATER WATER SYSTEM N feni i Whi = z = S STOCKHOLDERS TONIGHT| Fl“lShEd m “hlte Enamel A meeting of the stockholders of | and Stainless Steel Trim the Seater em is being held this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the I e of Alex Holden, 1646! Evergreen Avenue, at which lime.’ a board of directors will be elected | for the NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY ) - Dimensions: Height 36”, depth 24%”, width 18”. ensuing year. All persons 5 i i interested in the system are in-| Yap e Usede ey rlg}}t R or left end, your electric || - = range. | | MISSIONARY SOCIETY IS MEE > TONIGHT | at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Milton Valeson, for a month’s visit from her home in Tacoma, Wash. - - - very pleasant evening last night at the home of Mrs. J. O. Kirkham who, with Mrs. J. R. Guerin assist- ing, was hostess for the April meet- JLx:x];bm ne Douzlas Island Woman's ‘ LARS I’I'll)lillfi()N IlEMAlNS‘ ; Principal business of the session TO BB SENY GLX BOON dan ciiian. Bl et aps the:| . TDe. body. of Tars Redetson, Who 1943-41 term, as follows: Presi- died at Todd April 5 as the result Qant. Xets, Normas Bsad;; Vioor |02 8 Besit sttacks wif be shipped President, Mrs. Glen Rice; Secre- south on the nc)s! uv\'ax)able trans- | tary, Miss Jean Ackerson; Treas- portation for burial in the state of | Washington, presumably Olalla, Final papers of incorporation for vallerq l}m wile, SHIL GRushien. The B Duuglab library were reuived,“de‘ it is announced today by the and duly signed, completing that | Charles W. Carter Mortuary, where matter. The importance. of the sec- the remains were prepared for s 3 2 shipment. ond war loan drive was emphasized at the meeting. Magnus Hanson of itin o Juneau was awarded the $25 bond disposed of by the club. Following consideration of other urer, Mrs. Sam Devon. The Daily Alaska Empire has the aska newspaper. 9.6 percent; car thefts, 54 percent; | and larcenies, 2.9 percent | Arrests of minor girls during 1942 increased 55.7 percent over the previous year, while arrests of boys | under 21 decreased 3. percent. | Fingerprint .cards received at the | | FBI ‘of ' arrested women increased | 1217 percent over 1941, and male | | arrests decreased 10 percent. Director. Hoover, in stressing the | alarming inerease in crime and de- | linquency among women and girls, | | revealed that FBI figures show ar-| rests of minor girls for prostitution | t increased 648 percent during 1942 | {aver 1941. Arrests of girls under 21 | | for -other ~sex - offenses incressedl 1104.7 percent; vagrancy, 1243 per- | icent; disorderly conduct, 69.6 per- | In burglary, larceny, and auto| to the home from the various sec- tions of Alaska. General business of the department Yertaining to general relief and old age assis- tance was also conducted - DR. GEORGE HAYS ONCE - i/ AGAIN IN LOCAL OFFICE Dr. George Hays, liaison officer for the Territorial Department of Health, has returned to Juneau from Anchorage, where he carried on departmental business, follow- cently. Making the round trip by necessitated by weather conditions. ———— Roman functionaries had offi- largest paid circulation of any Al-|cent; and drunkenness, 39.9 percent. |cial boets of varying colors to dis-' tinguish them from lesser folk. " BRINGING UP FATHER I'M GOING TO MY CLUB NOW. AND I'M GOING TO TALK OVER THE RADIO IN AN HOUR-I'LL LEAVE THE RADO ON-SO YOU WILL BE SURE TO HEAR ME - "ONE-] D DUGAN" ROUN GETS THE DECISION-- WE ARE NOW SIGNING OFF// LADES AND. GENTLEMEN' WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM MRS . JIGGS/ The Missionary Society of Mem- orial Presbyterian Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Jake Cropley this evening at 7:30 o'- clock, D - Actors in ancient Greek traged- ies wore high soles to give them| {added height. | THE YAKOBI ‘ing conferences held in Seattle re-| will leave Juneau for Petersburg, | Port Alexander and Way Ports | plane, the detour to Anchorage was EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6 AM. [Please have all freight on City IDock Tuesday, before 1 P.M. | For Information Phone 513 MARTIN FRIST. After this stock is ex- hausted, no more will be available for the duration of this man’s war. Call and inspect them in | our sales department. Alaska Eleciric Light | and Power Company Phone 616 Juneau Alaska || Serving Southeast Alaska: Passengers, Mail, Express SITKA TRIP—Scheduled Daily at 9:30 A. M. A An- Pel- Kim- Chicha- BY GEORGE MGMANUS nx.nYekt Hoonah goon Tenakee Todd ican shan gof Sitka 8 $10 $13 $10 $18 $18 818 §18 $18 18 18 10 18 18 10 10 10 18 10 18 10 5 BY GOLLY- | 10 18 10 18 w0 WISH | HAD il T TH' NERVE TO SAY THAT WHEN MAGGIE 1S AROUND - 10 Ad Round Trip Fare: Twice One-Way Fare, less 10% SCHEDULED TUESDAY and THURSDAY Wrangell Petersburg $35.00 $30.00 10.00 Express Rate: 25¢ per pound—Minimum of $1.08 to ketchikan Express Rate: 16c per pound—Minimum of 60c to Petersburg and Wrangell : FOR. INFORMATION ON TRIPS TO HAINES, 'm slz ‘warrants HASSELBORG, SKAGWAY, TAKU LODGE: traffic Bchedules and Rates Subject to Change Without Notice. Above rates applicable when |