The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 17, 1943, Page 6

PAGESIX ' : THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 2 : SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1943 * SITKA NEWS % SITKA WOMAN'S CLUB | her friends ELECTS NEW ()Fl"l(“Rb‘ At the affair were Mr. and Mrs. Members of the Sitka Woman's |Earl Shinnett, Dr. and Mrs. Wil- Club elected officers at the general |liam Charteris, Mr. and Mrs. John meeting held April 9 in the SWC |Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. William Sarvela, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Club rooms. The new officers who will be in-|Wortman, Miss Helen Roan, Mr. stalled at the May meeting are Mark Rigling, Dr. Fred Steckfleth, Mrs. Martha Kostrometinoff, presi- |[Mr. and Mrs Charles M. Peterson, dent; Mrs. William Cook, vice- |Mrs. P. S. Ganty, Mr. Art Hicks, president; Mrs. Elliot Fletcher,s c- | Mr. and Mrs. James Brightman, retary and Miss Cora Houck, treas- |Mrs. Jack Conway, Mr. and Mrs. urer. {Harry Hagen, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde The general meeting on May 14|Hagen and Mr. and Mrs. Banvard will be preceded by a dinner. Host- and the honor guest. at that time will be Mrs. C - * 3. Stuart, chairman; Mrs. L. G.|FACULTY DINNER Smith, Mrs. L. Richter, Mrs. Paul IS HELD AT SHELDON Jacoby, Mrs. Joseph Mallory, Mrs JACKSON SCHOOL Mary Nelson, Miss Marjorie Major,| The Faculty Dinner, held in the Miss Margaret Claire and Miss|Sheldon Jackson dining room last Gladys Whitmore Tuesday evening, had more than = fifty guests attending the affair SITKA VISITOR IS HONOR Tables were attra v decorat- GUEST AT BRIDGE LUNCHEON cd with spring flowers forming the Mrs. Louis Scharpenberg enter- | centerpiece and small totem poles tained at a delightful bridge |used for place cards luncheon on Saturday, April 10,| Miss Sara Fernald acted as complimentary to her sister, Mrs. toastmistre The guests enjoyed short talks by Miss Gladys Whitt- more and Samuel Troutman. Musi- affair were Mrs. Jack Calvin, Mrs.!cal 1 bers were presented hy Charles Wortman, Mrs. Martha Miss Bernice Martin, John Holic Kostrometinoff, Mrs. Frank Calvin, and Miss Wanada Baxter. Mrs. H. J. Hodgins, Mrs. Phillip Johnson, Miss Helen Roan, Mrs Charles Peterson and Mrs. William iy ke | At a Sitka Public School assem- Prizes were won by MIs.\py prigay afternoon in the school Schwamm for high score and Mrs. gygitorium, a beautiful American Kostrometinoff for consoclation.’ Flag was presented to the school /by E. W. Van Horn on behalf of the American Legion. Tony, Schwamm, of Petersburg, who was, visiting her. Invited to the AMERICAN LEGION GIVES FLAG TO SITKA SCHOOL MRS. KOSTROMETINOFF IS HONORED ON BIRTHDAY Theron Cole, superintendent of Last Tuesday evening, & surprise the Sitka Public Schools, accepted party honored Mrs. Martha Kostro- the gift for the students and ex- metinoff on the occasion of her pressed their appreciation for this birthday anniversary. 3,gm from the American Legion. Guests first assembled at the| An interesting and informative home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. |talk was given by Ted Carter, lo- Peterson for cocktails, and later cal florist, on Victory Gardens. All went to the G. E. Banvard home students were urged to make def- for a delightful buffet supper. |inite plans for a garden this The honored guest was presented | year. with many lovely remembrances by | The assembly closed with the singing of the National Anthem ‘and the giving of the Flag Salute PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. JUNEAU Solicits the business of friends in Sitka Electric Service and Repairs Westinghouse Representative | | MAYNARD, WALMER ARE | VISITORS FROM JUNEAU | Russell G. Maynard, Director of |the Board of Public Welfare, and |John Walmer, member of the For Qutdoor Wear Come in and Look Over Qur Fine Stock of Black Bear Coals and Cruisers Utica All-Wool Sox McGregor’s Fine Shiris and Leather Jackets Tilson and Sons PHONE 72 Sitka's New Men's Store THE SILVER FOAM For your Hours of Relaxation for Good Fun and Good Fellowship Buy MORE War Bonds! X SILVER FOAM i Board, were Sitka visitors during |McGraw, Dianne Tilson, Carol H: the last week. Mr. Walmer is a |rington and Barbara McGraw. | former resident of Sitka. e o SITKA PAVING RESUMED; S IIK A J U R Y | RESERVOIR WORK (‘()NTlN('ES" | Work on Sitka's paving is being | |resumed and the project is to be| completed shortly. In charge of this work are Art |Hicks and John Cushing, co-owners jof the Territorial Construction | Company. | | Work on the city's reservoir is lalso proceeding —according to| | schedule. | a1 i e {Name William Mikaloff as| NEW " SITKA CITY OFFICIALS | . ArE swors v mowpay xionr| Assailant of DOI'O"]Y ! | -Both incoming and outgoing city 'I' -" | |officials met last Monday night in rl" | {a special session. | SITKA, Alaska, April 17.—A cor- After brief reports, the Cr)uncilim.er's jury said in a verdict brought | adjourned and Sitka’s new mayor, jout yesterday afternoon that Mrs. | Winn Goddard and the new coun- | Dorothy Truitt, native mother of |cilmen, Jess McGraw, Frank Price, | seven children, met violent death at Phil Johnson and Clarence Rands|the hands of William Mikaloff, | |were sworn into office by Attorney |known as “Russian Bill." Harold Bates. % Mrs. Truit”s body was found float- | Mayor Goddard made temporaiy ‘D8 1 the water near the native appointments and announced that | V1136€ Thursday morning. An au- | 5 " A topsy revealed she had met death council meetings would be held the ¢ # | by a skull fracture caused by a Pncond and fourth Tuesday eve- | peavy blow. | nings of each month at the Sitka | pooqy bedclothes, and the wom- {Fubilo: Bohwool. lan’s coat were found in the water : N R |near the body. Witnesses said the | |SITKA ROTARIANS HEAR woman had been seen on Mikaloff’s | i ERNIE PARSONS AT MEET |trolling boat the day before. | | Sitka Rotarians met Tuesday noon| U. S. Deputy Marshal Kenneth |for their weekly luncheon. Their Sampson and a special agent of the Iguest speaker was Ernie Parsons,|Federal Bureau of Investigation, Juneau Rotarian, who spoke about |Sent from Juneau, conducted the in- | !the work of the Junior Rotary Clup | vestigation. | |in that city. | Mikaloff is being held in the Fed- | | Harold Veatch, editor of the Sitka |ral jail as a material witness. It iSentmel. was this week’s speaker |1 bel}e‘:ed & n}urder LA LL be {in the “My Business” series ol,mcd it case. tpad [talks. | e | Club members were again advised | | that space for Victory Gardens s‘A l l I E S puT | Istill available at the Experimental! 'arm. 'PRESSURE ON (Continuea rrom Page One) |RALPH WILCOXIN, JR., IS HOST AT BIRTHDAY PARTY Classmates of Ralph Wilcoxin, Jr., were invited to a party cele- brating his eleventh birthday on April 7. The children enjoyed many games and were later served re- freshments. The table was attrac- tively decorated with favors for the occasion. his r;re “on the record” nréss con- | ferences, that Gen. Sir Harold Al- Those invited were Betty Yaw, SRRlel; SRl oot erut}' R Patsy Wilcoxin, Darrell Mack ’|charge of land operations, cited 3 V' | Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., Muriel Milnes, Paul Willett, Doris:mr the work of the Second Corps, n‘dq'ulst. C8 teely, Cayla | saying it executed its assigned tasks Rogers, Charles Conway, Francis| .. foremost of which was to se- Hunkins and Mrs._Bernice Hall. Gife. ‘Calds a8 an: daminikteatible base for the Eighth Army. NANCY JEAN HAGEN HAS Thank Americans PARTY ON 3RD BIRTHDAY Alexander expressed “my grati- Many little friends of Nancy Jean |tude and thanks” to Patton and Hagen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, [his staff and his men for “their gathered at the | local support of active cooperation and the part they played in. this great victory.” g In addition to the prisoners ani decorated | other materials taken, trophies in- cluded 50 machine guns, 25,000 land mines. Robert Hagen, Hagen residence last Tuesday in thonor of Nancy Jean's third birth- day anniversary. | Multi-colored favors the table which was centered with a large birthday cake and candles. | Children attending the party were Timmie Brightman, Johnnie | casualties, 903 were Killed, 3610 McGraw, Johnnie Shonnett, Patty =wounded, 859 were missing. inan Aimosphere of Friendliness Bropin.... Anytime PA COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR See Our Selection of Attractive Gifts ® Drugs @ Easter Candies @ Jewelry ® Gifts Support the War Bond Drive s PRESCRIPIONS ® Fountain Prompily and @ News Stand Accurately Filled Sitka’s Pharmacy for Over 20 Years ALASKA DRUG AND JEWELRY COMPANY STANDING BESIDE HIS PLANE on a New Guinea fleld is (?Spt._ Thomas J. Lynch, of Catasauqua, Pa., who has eight confirmed victories to his credit since his squadron went into combat against the Japs. entire squadron has knocked dowdl 72 Jap planes. USINS THE SHOULDER of fellow Short Snorter Lieut. James Blair as a desk, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt signs her name to his dollar bill, on her arrival in Seattle, Wash. Short Snorters are persons who have flown across an ocean and who have been initiated. (International) Eisenhower said of the American | There is no substitute for newspaper advertising! WHEN IN SITKA Al Zenger and Mrs. John McCor- * mick assisting their respective chair- 1 men. ] Mr. and Mrs. Waino Hendrickson, | chairmen of the Post and Auxiliary Child Welfare Committees, will cut- line work of the departments for the HA past year. Following the meeting light re- IS FOUND freshments will be served. | “An invitation is extended to all i who are interested in child welfare, | whether they are Legion or Auxil- ! e . \Famous Gridder, Missing| '™ members gr ot 1 is statea H H DIVORCES GRANTED { in South America, U. 8. District Court Judge George 4 |F. Alexander has granted final de- Repor ted | crees in the following divorce cases: | Willa A. Stevens vs. Richard R. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, April 17. | Stevens, and Mary Smith vs. Law- ~The Headquarters of the Antilles rence B. Smith. Both couples are Air Force announces that Lieut. from Sitka. | Thomas Dudley Harmon, reported _ P e | on April 14 as missing in the “South | | American area,” has been found. He | | crashed in a South American jungle | | but the location and further details | | are not identified. The fate of the | | other members of the plane’s m‘ew‘L | also is not disclosed. | Harmon had been missing since lApril 8 after he reached a South | :Americfln base . ! | | Harmon ,football star at the Uni- | ‘versizy of Michigan in 1938, '39 and | | '40, was the greatest scorer in grid- | {iron history and was an all-Amer- ica gridder. i | Several days ago his parents were | i notified he was missing but they | |said he was strong and knew how | | to take care of himself. He is 23/ ! years old and entered the Army Ah-i § Force a year ago, receiving his silver 'h i wing as a two-engine bomber pilot | @ (International) |at Williams Field, Arizona, October | — 30, 1942. He left for South America | A FAMOUS SHORT SNORTER SIGNS o HEADS FORCE_Rrig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault (above) heads the newly activated 14th U. 8. Air Force, replacing the | old China air task force im aid l ; of Chinese. & |in a plane which bore the legend | . | “Old 98—O0ld Butch,” after the num- | \ | ber he carried to fame on the grid- iron. i ———————— CHILD WELFARE TO BE DISCUSSED MONDAY, H JOINT LEGION MEET Devoted to timely consideration of questions pertaining to the wel- fare of children, the Monday eve- ning joint meeting of the American Legion and the Auxiliary will have as speakers Dr. Paul Linquist, staff member of the Territorial Depart- | ment of Health, Public Health Nurse Miss Helen Johnson, Frank Ornellas | of the American Red Cross, Alice | Brandebury, welfare worker of the | Department of, Public Welfare, and | Mildred Keaton, nurse of the Office | of Tndian Affairs. All talks will be devoted to various phases of child | welfare. | ‘The program is being arranged by Waino Hendrickson, Child Welfare Chairman for the Post, and Mrs. J. E. Boyle, Unit Chairman, with Conway Dock Company | 0Oil === Coal Gasoline Inswrance Phone 78 .. DINE OUT .. .. TONIGHT .. Give the “MRS.” a SURPRISE and the KIDDIES a First Bank of Sitka TREAT! 4 Delicious CHOP SUEY-CHOW MEIN Also Conveniently Put Up to Serve at Home! COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Money Transmitted fo All Poinis MOY’S ; OPEN FROM 5—12 ’o Your Parge=- - — Put 10% of Your Income in War Bonds e s Make Your Headquariers at the SITKA HOTEL ""The Home of Hospitality” RUSSCLITHERO - - The Answer Is Easy Manager Just Come to ERNIE’S And Bring Your FRIENDS — You Will Like the Friendly Atmosphere We Have Appropriate Gifis for Friends and Family FOUNTAIN EASTER GIFTS GAMES NEWS STAND Buy War Bonds COSMETICS Buy War Stamps NEILY, ANDERSEN Lei's All Get Behind the WAR BOND DRIVE! ERNIE’S Cocktail Bar