The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1943, Page 6

PAGE SIX ™ Automobile Parts Under Price Rule WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 The three hundred million dollar auto- mobile parts industry has been brought under price regulation by the Office of Price Administration which will set most prices at their March, 1942, level Covered by the order are the sales of parts made by 2,500 manu- facturers and distributed by 9,000 wholesalers, 44,000 automobile deal- ers, 60,000 repair and service sta- tions, and 240,000 garages and fill- ing stations COMMNS\OW \MSURANCE THE NEED for Compre- hensive Automobile Insur- ance is greater than ever. As cars get older, worn in- sulation can cause fire, tire shortage tends to in- crease car theft, and cost of repairing damage is larger because of labor and material shortage. Ask this agency for com- plete insurance protection for your car NOW! Shattuck Ageney INSURANCE—BONDS JUNEAU .@.%p Cocktails, Win servedatthe . . . . COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR SITKA SKY BATTLE OVER ITALY BEACHES; NO NIPPONS FOUND INPROGRESS INDICATING THEY FLED ONLY RECENTLY; 121 BOMBARDINGS (Continued from Page one) gets at Giois Tauro, on the Gulf of Gioia, 20 miles northeast of Messina, blasting the mainland, while the British sea forces sank seven land- ing craft off Scalae in night action and ott All of r areas nearby the Naples area is being swept by waves of medium bombers and fighters in day assaults while the Royal Air Force and Royal Can- adian Air Force in Wellington heavy bombers are striking at night. In another main operation, Am- erican Warhawks have slashed the enemy air forces by bombing in the vicinity of the Monserrato airdrome in southeastern Sardinia. R MANY TRIPS ARE MADE FRL SAT, ALASKA COASTAL A flight to Sitka yesterday by the Alaska Coastal Airlines had D. Jacobin as a passenger, and return- | ed with Betty Darlin, Mary A. Nel- son, Carl Nelson, Stanley Vasses, and James Claire. Bound for Excursion Inlet were C. D. Kavanagh, C. A. Detienne, Rich- ard Raceth, Wade Patten, and E. J. Rockne; and returning passengers | were Albert Jack and Dr. L. O. Risen. | Bill Hietman, Sergie Glass and | Mrs. C. Jones were passengers from | Hoonah. | Flying to Sitka today, the Alaska Coastal took William H. Van Dyke, Amy Montgomery and L. E. Darling, Jr, and the following went to | Haines: Betty Hubbard, Andrew Jackson, John R. Wagner, and W. | H. Ziebath : el 1 HERE FROM ANCHORAGE W. W. Stoll, prominent mining man of the Anchorage district, is a | guest at the Baranof Hotel. YOU WON'T KICK! at the Service or the Excellent es and Liquors AFTER A it to The SILVER FOAM BUY WAR BONDS : THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ™ SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1943 LANDINGS MADE ON NARROW (Continued from Page One) On the following day, heavy and medium dive-bombe accompanied by fighter planes, went back for 20 more raids, |starting many additional fires, and other Itered out during the two-week period, ranging from one to four in a day. [ IS MAJOR VICTORY | The unopposed conquest of Kiska was carried out by !Canadian and American troops under the direct command lof Vice Admiral Kincaid, Commander of the North Pacific | Fleet, with guidance from Admiral Chester Nimitz, Com- mander of the Pacific Fleet. | Kiska’s fall could rate as one of Japan’s more expensive defeats for in addition to establishing a large garrison on !the island, the Japs poured in supplies for months before a blockade became sufficientely effective so that the only ma- terials received were those smuggled in by submarines It was costly also in ships. Some 29 Jap warships and 30 more noncombatant vessels were sunk or damaged in the Aleutians. | Of the warships put out of action, seven destroye were sunk, three probably sunk and five damaged. raids were scat-| Seven cruisers were damaged, one sub was probably | lost and three more damaged. with the President of the Alaska D U 4 Evengelistic Society who is on a nightly coast-to-coast broadcast. He NEWS and his family plan on making Douglas their home indefinitely. P S N S CAMPBELL R/ DENCE SOLD REVEREND V TIN RETURNS Donald Vertin, who left for Chi- cago last July 2, has returned here. He was ordained as a minister in the Alaska Evangelistic Society. The ordination services took place at the Anglewood Gospel Tabernacle in Chicago on July 28. His examinations were given by ten ministers of the Independent Fundamental Churches of America, and the ordination service was de- livered by Dr. Pietsch, after which a huge banquet was given in Rev. Vertin's honor. Enroute to Chicago, the Rev. Ver- tin visited shortly with his parents at Waterloo, South Dakota, and also purchased the Frank Campbell resi- dence on Second Street. well known in Dou as he has been active in church and Sunday School work for some time here. bell family, who have been long- time residents of Douglas, are not immediately available. e OVERSEAS HEAD OF USO VISITS JUNEAU TODAY Director of the Overseas Division of the USO, ar- rived yesterday from the Westward and will be in southeast Alaska for the next few days visiting the sev- eral USO clubs in this part of the Territory. Much impressed with Alaska, this is Mr. Leigh’s first trip through Conway Dock | ™ == MRS. BRUCE MITCHELL Company | —_——— PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. JUNEAU William Leigh, Solicits the business of friends in Sitka Electric Service and Repairs Westinghouse Representative ~ GOES SOUTH ON TRIP left by plane for Seattle and Ta- coma on her vacation. .- PAA DISPATCHER IS TRANSFERRED WEST Richard C. Johnson, dispatcher for Pan American Airways here, | transferred to the Westward, left | here yesterday for his new post. | —————— | AT GASTINEAU HOTEL H. B. Crewson, traveling man, is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. Oil ---Coal | Gasoline | Inswrance Phone 78 WHEN IN SITKA Make Your Headquarlers at the SITKA HOTEL "The Home of Hospitality" RUSS CLITHERO -:- Manager Alaska Drug and Jewelry Company Drugs . Prescriptions SCHOOL SUPPLIES GIFTS.. Jewelry . . Fountain.. NewsStand .. A. L. Calame, of Juneau, recently | Calame is | Future plans of the Frank Camp- | | | posse NEW JERSEY FIVE COAL | MINES ARE ~ EXPLOSION - KILLS TN GIVEN BACK WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—The KEARNEY, N. J., Aug. 21.—The ASedes Lo ekt TeRROE “f"" "‘;‘"‘“knnwn death toll resulting from the mines to private mmcr.thp with the explosion at the Congoleum Nairn, explanation that the “Government p,. piant reached ten as the bodies | sion of “"‘“f‘ i “ 0ot o six more victims were recovered | Hau S ""!_‘“"‘”"p“‘d from the ruins and one died at the wartime coal production | hospital from injuries. None of the restored mites B8d| e company stated that two contact with the United Mine | oro pergons are still unaccounted Workers nor had they experienced o any strikes | —————— Four of the mines are in Ohio and | one mine in Alabama. Harold L. Ickes, Fuel Adminis- trator, said applications ‘terminat- ing Government possession and con- trol of additional mines are under Wife Stands stz By Hushand | Here from Haines, Lawrence Kerr i is spending a few days at the Gas- | | By JEANE HOFFM. | NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—“Iamgo-| |ing back to Nassau to fight by | Freddy's side; I know he is inno- | cent.” | While interest mounted in the | |case of her husband and rumors | from Nassau thickened that she| would not return to his side, beau- | tiful Nancy Oakes de Marigny de-! clared here today she was preparing to give all aid and speed to the side of thirty-five-year-old Count Alfred de Marigny, held in connection with ! the mysterious death of her father, Sir Harry Oakes, on July 8. | “I am returning to Nassau very i shortly for an indefinite sgay,” Nancy stated today. “I feel sure I will be able to help Freddy now. My trip has proven very satisfactory to | me.” | | While her husband paces a hot prison cell, the nineteen-year-old heiress who dashed 1,125 miles by | plane from the Bahamas in a des- | | perate effort to aid him, is in | New York at the home of Dr. and | Mrs. Paul Zahl, arranging her af- fairs. | | Asked pointblank if she had ever considered her thrice-married hus- | band might be guilty of the burning and bludgeoning to death of her " sixty-eight-year-old father, the young bride who has survived horror and tragedy with amazing calm, an- swered with charactertistic prompt- ness: | “I have examined the case in my own mind, as I have not been blind, of course, to what I have heard and read against my husband. But never, for a single instant, has there been the slighest flicker of doubt that Freddy is innocent.” -, HARDING FAMILY IN tineau Hotel. - - Registered at the Gastineau Hotel, L. F. Blake, traveling man, is in Juneau. B - ! In on No Wheels LANDING WITHOUT WHEELS, Capt. George H. Jackson of Oregon, ex- amines bent tips of the props on his B-26 fighter bomber some- where in Africa. Although the landing gear completely washed out, not a man of his crew was Mr. and Mrs. J. Prizer and two s0 much as scratched in the belly- | children are in Juneau and are whopper landing. (International) | staving at the Baranof Hotel ! | The Phil Hardings and Thelma | and Grace arrived from Anchorage They are at the Baranof. | e PRIZERS AT BARANOF USSP I. A.MACHINISTS Meeis 2nd & 4th ] LOCAL 514 Mondays 8 p.m. IN THE A. F. OF L. HALL First Bank of Sitka A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Money Transmitied to All Points Do Your Part-=- Put 10% of Your Income in War Bonds Fountain . . Cosmetics . . Newsstand Gifts . . 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