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PAGE SIX ™ ‘GEORGE BROTHERS| § Super Market | Largest §¢»lection | Freshest Fruits and Vegetables in Juneau at all Times! JUST ARRIVED PEPPERS CRAB APPLES DANISH HONEYDEW MELONS BANA! ASABAS EGGPLANT PEARS CAULIFLOWER CANTALOUPES LETPUCE ASSORTED GRAPES | CORN PRUNES RUTABAGAS PEACHES TOMATOES WATERMELONS SWEET POTATOES BANAN CELERY GRAPEFRUIT _“_For Bo n a move to secure relief for Alaskan small boat owners, who have had their craft chartered by the Government or defense con- tractors. on Government projects, and have received no pay for the use of their boats, the Alaska Ter- ritorial Chamber of Commerce has sent letters to Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson and to Ad-| miral Emory S. Land, War Shipping | Administrator, urging action. | The reports were drawn up by| | Attorney General Henry Roden, H.| | L. Faulkner, Juneau attorney, and | Calvin Pool, Secretary of the Ter- ritorial Chamber. “The representations made to the Chamber present a condition which | is little less than shocking,” the | letters read. “In many instances, boats have been definitely chartered by contractors and they have been | | taken over and used on government | contracts for periods varying from | six months to 13 months, without | the owners or charterers having re- : ceived any remuneration. | "Dozens of cases were presented to the Territorial Chamber where PHONES2 FreeDelivery PHONE 95 Where Service, Price and Qualily Meet LARGEST SHIPPERSIN ALASKA! Dealings with one large contractor | in Southeastern Alaska are parti- cularly dealt with in the report, the | most flagrant case being the deal-| ings of Andy Gunderson of Ketchi- kan with the company. The report states that Gunder- | son chartered his boat to the com- pany last September and they |agreed to pay him $35 a day for |its use, also employing him to op- | jerate the boat. The boat was re-: jturned to him last June and he has not yet received any pay for! the use. In addition he has had to! {Tun up repair bills of $1,500 as a' ALASKA COASTAL Violet Hoar TRIPS ARE MADE ~, 0 smka, iner ArrivesHere g'TerriIoriaI Chamber Moves fo Gel Relief THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-- JUNEAU ALASKA at Owners Here CHOLERA NOW WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. — A Cholera plague is marching against the Japanese in the Southwest Pa- cific, according to data compiled by the Netherlands Information Bu- reau and disclosed here. Typhoid, malaria, dysentery and other epidemic diseases are waging guerrila warfare against the Em- pire builders of Nippon. Evidence| of serious difficulties encountered | by health authorities on Japanese occupied areas were found, says the Bureau. A recent Japanese controlled ne broadcast told of epidemics in the| Netherlands East Indies , French' Indo-China and elsewhere. Domei reports that Bandugn, Java, tells | of alarming outbreaks of the plague in Western Java, where tha Japanese military authorities have |ordered evacuation from the strick- | en districts. % - | PAST NOBLE GRANDS | WILL MEET FRIDAY Past Noble Grands of the Re- bekah Order will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. M, J. Bavard. ¥ FALL All-Weather Today the Alaska Coastal Airlines | planes flew to Sitka with the fol- | lowing passengers: Fred Karo, Paul- ine Karo, John S. Sedmak, Thomas | Young, and E. E. Dennis. | ugn i For posll'on result of damage caused by the | heavy use of the boat. | Later Gunderson received a leneri ——— |saying the Army had taken over | The re- | At her desk' in the Territorial |ihe ve . ; ) i : L b3 | ssel instead of the contractor | turning passengers were G. H. Hil- Buildiug is Miss Violet Hoar, Te- land should be dealt with. | liman, G. Olsen, George O. Grover, ‘cpmly appointed to the newly cre- | N, Thc( Jean Hanson, and Hugh B. Antoine. 'ated position of Health Educauoni:r‘n;i,r Se;]‘tceh’;" “ulll‘l'f)r stnymg 'hm! Dr. E. F. Graves flew to Peters- ‘Su])m’vimr in Alaska. -u . d: '.or e o:: would be; burg and R. E. Murpry, Thomas| Miss Hoar, both an accredited ¢ " ’; By sndugh o even pay! Bomstead, Erma Thomas and Clyde school teacher and registered nurse, € insurance on the boat and, Joyce went to Ketchikan. will be responsible for the health |Uhe COSt of operating the radio. | Passengers to Excursion Tnlet were | education program activities in | NUMerous other examples were| 4. Lankford, James Huston, and schools throughout the Territory. |listed. Cliff L. Roberts. On the return |She was appointed by Dr. James C.| $aid the report, “the injustice of flight the following came to Juneau: | Ryan, Commissioner of Education,|lis matter has caused much in-| Mrs, Charles Howard and two chil- | and Dr. W. W. Council, Commission- | dignation throughout the Territory.| n, Glen V. Allen, C. D. Allswick [er of Health, by demands from If everyone’s property were taken! &nd Peter Wood. |educators and health authorities | Without compensation, and if that/ A flight to Skagway took Margaret ' throughout Alaska. |was the rule, there would be o SOCIAL EVENTS PLANNED BY ELKS | LAST EVENING Members of the Elks met Iast[ night in the lodge room and plans were formulated for several social | events to be given within the next few months. An initiation was scheduled for September 29, with Ladies’ Night on | the calendar for October 2. Ellis| Reynolds will supervise plans for the ' latter affair. | Roll Call will be October 27, with | Ralph Beistline, chairman in charge, | and a “Burn the Mortgage” party‘ has been set for November 6, wlthi | | | | | Claire, L. L. Shaw, and A. D.| Miss Hoar will assist teachers in ' cause for complaint. But there is j Yesterday a trip to the Inlet had |relating to health and assist them |compelled to surrender his property s passengers Stanley Bowing, G.|in carrying the health program |should be treated so shamefully and | Bonger, E. B. Skuls, and Harry | This afternoon Miss Hoar was to others are not.” Shingledecker. |leave for Anchorage, where her | 4 g i Prior to accepting the new pobl-! ‘HREE “Ew BEAUTY tion in Alaska, Miss Hoar was Sup- ; | Instruction at Munsing, Indiana, | and also taught in the Central High i | She is a graduate of the Uni- | versity of Michigan, both from the ‘school of nursing and the school of | { Juneau women will be pleased 4 ? the Kellogg Foundation where she with the announcecent that ‘hm‘served as health counselor in Al- drom the States and are now ac-| \epting appointments at the Bar- also been a teacher in the school of The _beauticians are all experts in | B fpermanent waving, finger waving | ‘mrrival comes the announcement that evening appointments may BEIWEEN ARMIES , Mrs. Jane Wells, employed by the Second National Beauty Shop at| Hearn. | gathering and displaying materials |no reason why one class of citizen W. Silliman, J. T. Bundsley, W. E. | through the schools into the homes. |and his means of livelihood whflv; | services have been demanded. ervisor of Health Education and EXPERTS A R R I v E | School in the same city. | education. She was associated with | \experienced operators have arrived | legan’ County, Miéhigans and has {nof Beauty Salon. nursing at Battle Creek, Michigan. Bnd hair tinting and with their i F lRST (ONTA(T {pow be obtained. Houston, Texas, for the past three MADE BYAP MAN Howard Simmons, chairman for the 1 | occasion. ears, is among the three beauty | a0 A0 SRR O specialists now with the popular | BY RELMAN MORIN Baranof Salon. WITH THE FIFTH ARMY IN FISH SOLD Miss Wood and Miss Loe, both of $Seattle, complete the trio. Prior {to their departure from the Queen icity, both were on the staff of ITALY, Sept. 16.—War correspon-| Yesterday the Tundra sold 6,000 dents have established the first|pounds of black cod to E. E. Eng- contact between the fronts of Gen.|strom at ceiling prices, S NEW PR Duration Minded Shoppers Just the all-weather coats yowll need for rain or shine now thru the winter! —Choose dashing trench coats. —Fly-front boxies, plaid re- |i versibles, too. i SIZES 10—44 | Jones -Stevens Mark Clark's Fifth Army and Gen. Montgomery’s Eighth Army. The contact was made by Daniel DeLuce, Associated Press war cor- respondent of the Eighth Army, who led eight British correspondents| and drove across the 100 miles of No Man's Land from the Eighth jArmy sector to this front in the Salerno area. They were enroute two days and nights, far ahead of the Eighth Army patrols without| encountering the German forces. | Repo'ledl However, they received reports | from the German armored vehicles lahead of them and at one point Nlppons Make Ralds on (mc Italians they met assisted ther fAudrey’s Beauty Shop in the Ranke ‘Building at Fifth and Pike. | : - Two Jap FOR SALE OLD ESTABLISHED JEWELRY and CURIO STORE See Paul Bloedhorn by giving directions and informa- lungapOIm Ail’fleld, Euun about the position of German Russell Island ‘ patrols. The actual elements of the two armies had not met, up to early| WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Japan- ese planes, in the first raid on Am- | erican positions in two months, in-| this evening. i e, — { flicted minor damage during two attacks, the Navy Department re- | QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—cxoslng1 quotations of Juneau mine stock | Both raids were carried out on|¢oqay is 6%, Anaconda 25%, Beth- the night of September 13-14, when {).0 Steel 58%, Curtiss Wright 7, a group of enemy planes hit Lunga- point airfield on Guadalcanal. A | International Harvester 68, Kenne-\ cott 30'2, New York Central 17%, lone P-bomber also attempted 10 8t~ |Norpem Pacific 14%, United States | tack nearby the Russell Islands. Steel ‘62 molnly n::‘(;:" :zg‘f: (K:a;: u::ds‘ Dow, Jones averages today are| done on Russell Island, 50 miles 85 follows: industrials 13536, ralls away. (3457, utilities 21.50. There were no personnel casualties | > ‘in either raid, BUY WAR BONDS HITTING JAPS DISORDERS CONTINUE INITALY { AT A SWISS FRONTIER TOWN, Sept. 16.—Hunger-driven groups of people stormed Italian food shops in Rome and Udine Belluno and fired upon German occupation {troops, it is reported here. ! Udine Belluno is in northern |Ttaly within a hundred miles of Brenner Pass. Reports said that Nazi troops themselves are thoroughly looting occupied territories, not only of foodstuffs but gold and silverware. The Milan paper Corrier Della Sera sald the church authorities have appealed to Kesselring to or- |der the soldiers to refrain from looting the churches. { BT or 2 ama v Melvin Olson of Haines has reg- |istered at the Baranof Hotel. Building. Twolslands Taken Over By _Allies ANKARA, Sept. 16. — A foreign naval source declares here the Dodecanses island of Lero and the Greek Aaegan island of Samos, were occupied by the Allied forces three days ago. Lero Island is a valuable naval base and Samos has one of the best. airdromes in the Aegean area. The report is not confirmed else- where. ——er——— EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, HEALTH COUNCIL, TO MEET Members of the Executive Com- mittee of the Health Cquncil will convene Monday at 7:30 o'clock in the Health Center of the Territorial Early Fall Is Just the Time for . A Lovely New ~Face . ANéw Coilhu:e GOOD NEWS LONDON, Sept. 16.—The United Nations radio at Algiers said this afternoon the Italians are fighting the Germans all along the railway, Trento to Brennero, in the Brenner Pass area, and the whole area be- tween Bologna and Rome is still under Italian control. - ————— Man Who Tried fo Kill Roosevelt in 1912, Dies, Hospifal WAUPUN, Wis, Sept. 16.—John Flammang Scrank, 67, who made an attempt to kill Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee in 1912, is dead at the State Hospital for the Insane. He was found insane by a sanity commission in November, 1912, when tried on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder. e BUY WAR BONDS -t "THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1943 * | VATICANRADIO - TRANSMISSIONS - | ARESHARPLY CUT NEW YORK, Sept. 16.~The Fed- eral Communication Commission' monitor reports a drastic curtail- ment in the Vatican radio trans- missions yesterday and all pro-' grams were elther sharply cut in length or entirely eliminated. e e—— CHOIR TO MEET .All members of the Holy Trinity /| Cathedral Choir are reminded of the meeting tonight in the church. The group is to meet at 8 o'clock for practice. e — TO GO OUTSIDE Mrs. James Wickersham and Mrs. Ida Fancher of Juneau are staying at the Baranof Hotel until they secure passage for the South. - PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Have a porthait artist take your picture. Hamersley Studio. Opposits Federal Bullding, Phone 204. édv. e NEW FALL CLOTHES demand unswept hair — not the straight-up, skinned-alive sort of thing — but a new, softly brushed-up effect which hax:mon‘gzes the sculp- turing of your hair with your facial contour; blends your hair with your eyes, and correlates these basic beauty factors facial complexion and make-up . . correctly to complement each other — thus bringing out all the charm that is rightfully yours! OUB EXPERT OPERATUBS can suggest new ideas for coiffures to suit your individual personality. OUH NEW PERMANENT WAVES — Aristocrat, Nestle and Eugene Cremfi Oll Expert Hair Cutting and Pedicuring Open Evenings PHONE 318 I GRIDY BEAUTY /ALON Cooj)er Building Opposite Federal Building National Distillers Products Corp, N. Y. ‘ AL VA B DN DAIRY STOCK and DAIRY EQUIPMENT 14 GOOD MILKINGCOWS, 2 BULLS (Guernsey and Airshire 9 YOUNG CALVES PHONE or WRITE JUNEAU irely freefrom T Due 1o lack of experienced dairy help we are selling our e | Tested Dairy Stock . . . . which has been approved by the Territorial Veterinarian as being ent B. and Bang's Disease. GEORGE BROTHERS |