The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 10, 1943, Page 6

PAGE SIX * SITKA LITTLEPAGES MAKE TRIP TO JUNEAU Mrs. Jack Littlepage left Tues- day for Juneau with Alaska C al Alrlines to spend a few days in the Capital City on business. She was joined on Thursday by Mr Littlepage and they expected to return to Sitka by ast- are plane today MRS. PROSPER GANTY RETURNS FROM SOUTH After spending about six weeks visiting in Seattle and Ketchikan, Mrs. Prosper ity returned to Sitka last week. She stopped off in Ketchikan on her way north and returned home from there b plane While in Seattle Mrs ited her mother, Mrs, W. B sup, and her brothers and in' Bremerton, Wash., and her sis- Mrs. W. J. Jessup in Ganty vis Jes- sister ter-in-law, Seattle HAROLD BATES MAKES TRIP ON BUSI 5SS Harold Bates, City Attorney of Sitka, left early this week by plane on a business trip to Juneau. He is expected to return today with Al- aska Coastal Airlines MRS. PHILIP JOHNSON AND DAUGHTER ARE VISITING IN JUNEAU Mrs. Philip Johnson and her daughter, Lynn, stopped off Juneau to spend several days visit-| ing Mrs. J. deGanahl on their way | home from Petersburg 1 Mrs. Johnson and Lynn spent three weeks in Petersburg as the house guests of Mrs Tony | Schwamm. Mrs. Louis Sharpenberg, | who accompanied Mrs. Johnson to Petersburg, remained with her sis-| ter, Mrs. Schwamm, for several ad- ditional days and expects to return home on the next steamer. Mrs. Schwamm will accompany Mrs. Sharpenberg back to Sitka. Arrivals by steamer from Juneau this week included Margaret Lind- say, Melvin Race, Esther Bailey and M. E. Monagle; from Ketchi- kan, Patrick O'Grady. Passengers who arrived from Se- | attle this week were Maxine Mar- cludes an Ingle oil-burning range. | ple, George Welcome, George Chew, are the parents of a baby girl born| Difticulties Met ( Thomas F. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1943 NEWS % Flarety, James Munden, John Rymkos, Carl F. Monsen, John Robonic, Wayne Johnson, Mrs Rita Genevieve Kuhry, John F. McGraw, Mrs. Evelyn vald, Earl. R. Lemon, Forrest Orville V. Anderson Johnson OPERATION MONDAY Miss Jean Littlepage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Littlepage, underwent an appendectofy Mon- the Pioneers’ Home Hospi- Louis Sharpenberg was the in charge and she is progressing well ’ Miss Littlepage returned recently from Seattle where she was gradu- ited from the Univ y of Wash- ington as a chemistry major and is spending the summer months with her parents here day at tal. Dr. physician JOHN SMITHMEYER BACK FROM JUNEAU Sergeant John Smithmeyer, who spent veral days on furlough in Juneau, returned Monday by Al- aska C tal Airlines. Mrs. Smith- meyer, who has been in Juneau for several weeks, expects to return home on Sunday. M. MONAGLE HERE ON BUSINESS TRIP M. E. Monagle, well known Ju- neau attorney, arrived by plane on Thursday to end a short time here on business MR. AND MRS. JOHNSON TO COME NORTH SOON FOR VISIT IN SITKA Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. John- son will come north within a few weeks from their home in Port- land, Ore, and while in Alaska will visit their son, Philip Johnson and his family here, according to word received from them. Mr. Johnson who is President of the Federal Home Loan Bank, of Portland, is coming north primar- ily on business. They are expected to remain in Sitka for several weeks. DAUGHTER BORN TO COM. AND MRS. ELLIS Lieut. Com. and Mrs. R. E. Ellis @ Relaxation is a necessity in wartime or peacetime ... get your ration at the COLUMBIA! Buy Bonds!? COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR ENJOY GOOD FELLOWSHIP and THE BEST IN DRINKS During Your at the BUY WAR BONDS! SILVER FOAM Free Hours i ble two-inch plank appeare jwas cut and stacked to air dry, An This is the Ellis' third child and|A-1-a priority had been secured, first daughter. Their two sons, Peter|together with the necessagy ap- | and Mich: lived in Sitka with|proval of the New York office ni! their pare until Mrs. Ellis and|the organization by early last sum- | they left January 1, 19 because | mer and orders were placed imme- | 101 evacuation orders. Lieut. Com-|diately for necessary materials :md‘ mander Ellis was formerly sta-|the engine. | tioned at Naval Air Station| The keel was laid in late October | e {and construction progressed well un- i | | in Ketchikan two weeks ago, cording to word received here the | Mrs. Ellis and the boys have been |til January when it began to lag living in their former home at because of waiting for the arrival Ketchikan of the engine. | MISSION BOAT n | The craft will be uSed to do " HAS BEEN (‘()MI’LHTEI)‘\“(‘N‘SMU_V work for the school, fol-| | The SJS II, owned by the Board|lowing the fishing season. Thi of National Missions of the Pres-|work involves many trips for the| byterian Church, which was|school and for the Presbytery and | launched on May 5, has been com-|between times she will do work and Ameritans,ifnéglish, Can- | adians Occupy Stepping Stone fo Mainland | {pleted and is now ready for use by|towing as it is obtainable. lthe Sheldon-Jackson School, ac-| In commenting on the boat the | |cording to Superintendent Leslie|day it left the cannery dock, Law- | | Yaw. |rence Freeburn, superintendent of | | Fifty-six feet in length, the bomlihl* Pyramid Fisheries said, “She is |has a 15-foot beam and her maxi-|the finest Alaska built boat out| Imum draft is six feet. Planking on|here.” | |the ‘craft is 1% .inches. net ‘and] s r——r— | |is sitka spruce below the waterline | ! and Alaska yellow cedar above the| I | waterline. Frames are 21 by 3 oak | ! on 12-inch centers. Deck beams are | |of yellow cedar and decking is fir| while the lining is Sitka spruce. ISlAND |S Andrew Hope, builder of the Princeton-Hall which was tuken‘ |over by the Government, was com- | |acting as architect and foreman builder. | | The boat has a 60 h.p 4-(-_\'lindrr‘ |6%2 by 8% Atlas Imperial diesel| engine and had a speed of eight| knots at 500 rpm on her trial run.‘, Further Details { The deckhouse of the craft has! one sheer line, made possible by | {two breaks in the main deck. Only| (continued from Page one) two doors are cut into the deck-|__ ) house, one starboard door enters| Gen. Eisenhower emphasized that the pilot house and the other aft the French will be wise to lay low | on the port side of the mast enters and not expose themselves to re-| the galley. The passageway from|prisals of the invasion. the galley leads to two bunk slml'-" The communique gave the first! rooms, pilot house and washroom.|indication that Canadian troops | A door from the galley leads down had joined the British and Ameri- a ladder to the engineroom and/cans under Gen. Eisenhower In{ forward of the engineroom bulk- North Africa. head are eight large bunks with| drawers and lockers under. The' watertank is located behind the after bulkhead of the hold. Engine- | room tanks provide for 800 gallons | of oil. Equipment in the galley in-| R Many difficulties encoun- | tered in building the craft, in ob-| | taining materials and priorities, ! { from the time it was planned in| March, 1942, until it was finally | [ out fishing on July 5 of this week.| Before the building set-up w completea. spruce one wna-aincea Newspapers Tell Nationals | s e e Italian Islands May Be Lost BERN, Switzerland, July 10. The Axis newspapers today began to prepare the people for the loss of Italy’s Mediterranean Islands’ even before the Europeans learned of the invasion of Sicily. | Axis newspapers told their read- lers they believed the Allies would make no large scale invasion of the continent but would limit fighting this summer to smaller targets, especially the islands in| the Mediterranean. The Italians, according to advices | received here, were told of the in- vasion of Sicily at 1 p.m. today (Rome time) in a brief broadcast that “violent fighting” is in pro- |gress on the island. were in the whenever a suit- Conway Dock Company 0il --= Coal Gasoline Insurance Phone 78 BUY WAR BONDS WHEN IN SITKA Make Your Headquarfers af the SITKA HOTEL "The Home of Hospitality" RUSS CLITHERO Manager Whether you need a simple home remedy or the miracle sulfa drug your doctor ordered! CallUs in Any Emergency!? GIFTS JEWELRY FOUNTAIN— NEWS STAND BUY MORE WAR BONDS Sitka’s Pharmacy for Over 20 Years AVAILABLE TO UNITED NATIONS 2 in British ports, 1939 in African invasion, Nov. 42 taken at Dakar, Nov. ‘42 activated at Alexandria, 3 taken at Dakar, Nov. ‘42 4 activated at Alexandria, May ‘43 2 at Martinique (also only aircraft carrier) United Nations got 3 at Da- kar, Nov. ‘42; 3 activated at Alexgndria, May ‘43 and 6 aligned with Fighting French after armistice. Lost were 10 before armistice, 1 at Mers- el-Keber, 2 at Dakar in 1940, 7 in African invasion, 31 at Toulon and 14 missing. United Nations got 1 in Afri- can invasion, 17 at Dakar in 1942, 1 at Alexandria and 5 with Fighting French. Lost were 1 before armistice, 2 at Dakar.in ‘40, 15 in African invasion, 27 at Toulon and 14 missing. AP Footures Gt - CA NINE VOLUNTEER — CAPTURED BY ENEMY, LOST OR MISSING 1 sunk at Mers-el-Keber, July ‘40 3 scuttled at Toulon, Nov. 4 1 in Far East, presumed captured by Japs 1 in African invasion, Nov. ‘42 7 at Toulon, Nov. ‘42 (Based on Jane's Fighting Ships, announcements by Allied nations.) A stray black woolly dog AGREEMENT HUGE FORCE FFROM CANADA REPORTED, AIR FIGHTS IN FIGHTING American, NaziPilots Have | Thousands lEI—England for 2 Unwritten Law when | Sicilian Invasion, Forced Down ‘; Report , il HAMILTON FIELD, North Af-| LONDON, July 10—The great- rica, July 10.—Lieut. Arthur Beim-\est assault force Canada has ever dick, Jr., formerly of Webster Grove, |assembled as such went into action Mo, now a North African pursuit'on the shores of Sicily with Am- | pilot and holder of the air medal|erican and British troops. and two clusters, said Germanand| There is no immediate announce- American fliers have an unwritten ment of the exact size. law of combat that neither will] Russ Munro, Canadian Press cor- strafe pilots forced down. They respondent, said “thousands and |circle the spot for several minutes|thousands of Canadian and Brit- while the pilots get our of meir;ish troops rolled to the docksides,” ships and run like hell. ,writing in a delayed dispatch of |the troops leaving for the invasion. - D | This is the first time the Cana- I N S l G N I A |dians have had a chance to be in |battle since the attack on Dieppe | in August and gave them an op- : portunity to avenge losses suffered - (HANGES | e | ON PLANES | U. §. War DeTmrtment An- nounces Shift to Avoid ‘ Confusion i | WASHINGTON, July 10.—A new | |airplane insignia has been ordered | !for all Army planes, the War De- American Medium Bomb- !partment‘nnncunced. ers Make EX'enSive |t v ana a wmite| Raids, Nine Points |1ectangle attached horizontally at| NEW DELHI, July 10.—American |both the right and left of the circle, medium bombers damaged Jap- |with a red border enclosing the controlled tracks, rolling stock and 'entire device. warehouses yesterday in attacks on | It is said to have been developed | the railroad yards at Shwego and | becau the present insignia can | eight other points in Central Bur- ——— |be confused with Japan’s red dot ma. land Germany’s black cross on a wider white cross when seen from a distance. " B B PR S BURMA JAP RAIL YARDS AREBOMBED | | | | PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. 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