The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 2, 1943, Page 2

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Bfgfffla/i 80, QUALITY SINCE /887 ' AMERICAN'S CREED” IS GIVEN HOTELS BY LEGION AUXILIARY Copies of William Tyler Page's merican Creed” have been distributed to Juneau hotels by members of the American Legion Auxiliary Attractively printed, “The Ameri- can Creed,” beginning with its fa- mous declaration “I believe in the United States of America as a gov- ernment of the people, by the people, for the people " will 1wtel rooms throughout the courtesy of the be posted in Juneau American L Auxiliary mem- ber - AT GASTID James Tropea, well known Skag- way businessman, is in Juneau and taying at the Gastineau Hotel. -FOR PRE-WAR PRICES THREE ELECTRIC RAZORS After this stock is exhausted, no more will be available for the duration of this man's war. CALL AND INSPECT THEM IN OUR SALES DEPARTMENT Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Phone 616 ~_ BRINGING UP FATHER DUCK CREEK MASS ON ASCENSION THURSDAY Tomorrow, Ascencion Thursday. Bishop Walter J. Fitzgerald, S. J D. D., will offer mass at Duck Creek in the Library Building at 6 p. m. Confessions will be heard at 5:50 p. m. Arrangements are also being made for a week's mission so as to provide the Catholic men in the service, who have not yet made their Easter Duty, a good oppor- tunity of doing so. More details will be announced at the mass to- morrow 3 - .o - MARRIAGE LICENSE A marriage license was issued today by United States Commis- sioner Felix Gray, to Fred Sorri, Jr., and Miss Patricia Radalet, both of Juneau. SALE- Juneau, Alsaka 'THE DAILY ALASKA I;MPIRL UNEAU ALASKA f ‘ }nwm as his own and they loved! him ‘ | Medical authorities throughout |the world agreed that he had per-‘ formed a miracle of science. Hon-, |ors were showered on him. He de- | clined fabulous offers to go to fa- mous clinics, although he was a| ! poor man. He preferred to remain {a country doctor, the coroner of| | Callender and the medical health JUNEAU'S USO NEWS Interesting ltems for Everybody | | {officer for North Himsworth town-| {ship. PROGRAM (cently acquired by the USO Club.; In the face of dazzling public- Following is the official program These volumes comprise a part of ItV he l'cmaxncd modest and unas. for the week at USO: the personal library of a member [Suming. His normal life, however Wednesday, Juhe 2, 8:30 pm. —of the Staff who has given them Wis E“’[«‘“S changed. ":‘ became as Square Dancing' and other Old|to the Club for the duration, a ‘i"’d“,"“""‘zs"'":”“ 45 e S prge Fashioned Dances in USO lobby. [total of some 200 additional books ! Siclan l‘:“:‘e L““::: 1")“‘[“_““”?;{"“-*1 Thursday, June 3, 8:30 pm. — | having thus been received. There €Ntre U “ quints’ welfare. A " W He invited another doctor to take Dance in USO lobby. is a wide choice of authors repre-| J z < ity Friday, June 4, 6:45 p.m rv- | sented. Readers who are fond of over most of his practice, keeping G AR5 g~ ] only a few of his older patients. | icemen’s Council meeting. 7:45 p.m. poetry and plays undoubtedly wili _Game-and-Candy Party at pri-|find mueh of particular interest| AS the youngsters grew and be-| vate home. Get your reservation|to them. Servicemen.-may enjoy 8D O acquire a sizeable fortune] at USO desk |these books at the clubhouse, or m various .sofuce.s. their inter- Saturday, June 5, 8:30 pm. —|they may borrow them for a week took on new form. He planned | a special home for , Wi a Games and dancing in USO lobby./at a time. When you next diop|q “BEe CHPE x:n;h:\i'?nt:::”;r:nl: Sunday, June 6, 1:30 pm.—Bicy-|in, why not brpwse around in thel ;" ver the country and the Unit- cle Party (3-hour ride). Get yourlibrary and see if there isn't some- H ed States came to see them. reservation at USO desk. 9:00 p.m.|thing here to your special liking? i | | Visit from Royalty | Vesper Service 10:00 pm.—Song-| One of the autographs is that e y : i fest (“Around the Piano Withlof Artist Gluyas Williams, fawed, 1D 1935, the Ontario legislature| | A i g P passed a measure to make them| Louise”) cartoonist and illustrator of the e | Monday, June 7, 8:00 p.m—For- (Robert Benchley books. Zach Gor-|"2rd5 of the King T was a proud| um ) nieeting private home.|don asked for his autograph in a e AEGRA Qlu“l“x'\ laRbotts (: Get your reservation at sUSO|copy of Benchley's “The Treasur-| e ; s | e i > e Will 2 ok Great Britain, while on their Can- s jer’s Report.” Mr. Williams, Whose | giup tour, visited the five years Tuesday, June 8, 9:00 p.m.—Bin- [first name is correctly pronounced . girls and him. The Queen was go game and Quiz Program in USO|as though spelled_"qguE—yaS." m-_ especially charmed with their na- | lobby scribed tge dbookJ ;1;0 C]“dmus‘nu..l behavior in the presence of W Zaccheus Gordon, Jr.—the only man |, yaity. 1 NOTES in the world with a funnier name b _ : : | i _, There were some unhappy mo- | “The Alaska Story-Letters,” the!than mine. Gluyas Williams. ments th the. itk when the| |first of a series of six, made their| | parents objected to their babies be- appearance at the USO Club here| 1Is our place red! Not from em- |ing segregated from the rest of early in the week. This initial let-|barrassment, but because Director iho family, but eventually the diffi- ter tells vividly of some of the|Sid Cowgill found a couple of cans|cyjties were ironed out. fascinating woriders of Alaska,com- |pressing into its three pages a |fund of intensely interesting infor- |mation. The series is made avail- |able to Servicemen so that they {may share the story of this coun- |try with the folks at home. The letters are being distributed through | the various USO clubs in the Ter- ritory. They have been reviewed by |the military authorities and have been found to ' contain nothing ;wmch would be disapproved by the |censor. Miss Marie M. Struve, of {the USO North Pacific Area Office, icomposcd the script and drew the | striking covers of the letters. Their | preparation involved very extensive |research and careful checking for accuracy. As a result of this thor- of paint and wondered how the Dr Dafoe was born on May 29,| vestibule and the stand in the lounge 1883 in the Ontario village of would look if freshened up a bit. Madoc, the son of another country We'll admit to considerable skep- doctor, William Allan DaFoe and tieism—but the results are very Rosa (Van Duesen) Dafoe. He at- pleasant after all. So, men, when!tended the' University of Toronto and if the skies are gray and the and was graduated in medicine in Alaskan climate’s just a shade feo 1907 at 24. He headed for the north | mueh on the moist side, come in!woods and settled in the thriving| and let our dazzling reds drive | lumber town of Callender. He mar- those blues away. ried a nurse, Bertha Morrison, daughter of a Halifax clergyman. THREE - CHEERS - DEPART - She died after bearing him a son,| MENT: Ye editor tells us he can|William Allen Dafoe. give us only a couple more liNes o of space, so these cheers will have to be snappy but nonetheless| hearty. . . . One for Merion Cass !who is responsible for that exceed- lingly eclever Square Dance poster oughness and by virtue of her skill you've been admiring lately . . .| (as a writer and an artist, Miss and two more, in unison, for the| Struve has made a unique and dis- |inseparable Jennie Johnson and| tinctive contribution to USO and|Edna Almquist, GSO girls who one of which we all are proud. have added so much to the enjoy- | Congratulations and grateful thanks |ment of the men at our bingo game | |to her! | parties every Tuesday night. | S e |Bike Jaunt on June 6. We'll meet| lat the Clubhouse at 1:30, rain or OF ou I NTS shine. All GSO girls with bicycles | { lare invited to join us. The charge' | |for the men is 50 cents for the| D'ES IoDAv | three-hour ride: the Club will ab-| [sorb the excess of the cost above| this sum. Come on, fellows, mef-| P e Dr. Allan Roy Defoe Pass- | es Away Suddenly in Canadian Hospital rily roll along and forget yeur (Continued from Page One) Bicycles-built-for-fifteen (15 hi- | ) with a seating ca-| pacity of one each) have been re-; served for the Club’s first Sunday| |troubles. Maybe you haven't ridden for years and wonder how your muscles will stand the strain. Our |guarantee: “Enjoy Sunday after- noon on a bike and you'll be in no condition to worry about any- thing else all next week.” them a few drops of warm water from an eye-dropper every two hours, later adding rum and corn syrup. Meanwhile, he had sent a hurry call for a nurse at North Bay, Yvonne Leroux. Capable neighboring wdmen aided the tired doctor and the nurse in keeping the infants alive in those first few days. A set of potato scales registered their aggregate weight at 13 pounds, six ounces. For days the | doctor had doubts as to whether they would live. Indeed, it was not |until they were four months old ‘thnt he really began to hope. Then |a nursery was built for them and | he felt that with praper medical care they would survive. | Mutual Love As time went on, and they grew into normal youngsters, he loved Autographs of Carl Sandburg, Thornton Wilder and the late Stephen Vincent Benet, are among those to be found in books re- GENERAL HARDWOOD [0. Domestic and Imported ! [ HARDWOODS Complete Stock Ship Industrial Cabinet Woods e ——— —— £ THE HOUSE FLY AND MOS- QUITO TOGETHER. HAVE ACTUALLY CAUSED THE DEATH OF MORE PEOPLE SINCE TIME BEGAN THAN ALL THE WARS EVER FOUGHT Kiln Dried—Air Dried HARDWOODS scomcuy = $ [ | 1 \DIANA BENDING OAK i Butler-Mauro Drug Co. OF CALIFORNIA STANDARD OIL COMPANY SHELLING OF PANTELLERIA IS REPORTED (Continued from Page one) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2. 1943 * ~ ‘ 1 | Lutheran Society ~ MOTHER OF REV. | . 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