The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 7, 1943, Page 6

o P T S TS TS B SR T GEORGE BROTHERS Super Market Fresh Fruits and Vegetables TRY THESE White Star Tuna Oysters Red and Pink Salmon Lobsters SEA FOODS Crab Meat Sardines Anchovies Caviar Pioneer Minced Clams Chicken Tamilas PHONE 92 WE DELIVER PHONE S5 } Where Service, Price and Quality Meet || LARGEST SHIPPERS IN ALASKA! | | | !Creek looked “as if the whole moun- iv,a'm had moved across the foad.” [ He said that the trees were still | |of heart trouble. | He was born in Falls City, Ne-| requiring them to furnish evidence {ship Company's steamers. |per River and Northwestern Rail- Montana to postpone further in- |way System for the great Kenne-'duction of pre-Pearl EORGE BROTHERS || Senale Goes After Draft Problem Now Will Indict More Federal ! Workers, Those De- John Lydick Passes Away At Cordova Oldtimer a‘nd4 Prominent Civic Leader Dies of Heart Ailment ferred on Jobs | CORDOVA, Alaska, Oct. 7—John| WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—The Sen- V. Lydick, resident of this com-|ate voted today to substitute for munity for more than 30 years and | the Wheeler “Don‘t Draft Fathers” a prominent civic leader and lodge- |bill a measure designed to steer man, died early today as a result|thousands of Federal and war plant | workers into the armed forces by| | | | i i | | | braska, on January 16, 1882. The;ol their “indispensability.” {lure of the west brought him to the : This would .apply to all draft-age, | coast the early pamt of the century,| non-fathers now holding occupa- |and he was first a freight clerk and i tional deferments. then purser on the Alaska Steam-| The action came by a voice vote |and scuttled the bill being pressed; Later he was auditor for the Cop- by Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Harbor fa- cott Copper Mines. | thers until January 1. He was married in 1912 to Eliza-| The Senate previously, with Ad- beth Snyder and out of this union|ministration approval, wrote into two sons were born, both in Cor-|the substitute bill Wheeler's amend- | dova. John V., Jr, is now at Ko- ment requiring written explanations diak but Phillip, a sergeant in the|to draft boards from all who re- armed forces in the Alaska area,|quest industrial deferments. was here on furlough at the time! Final action on the matter await- of his father’s passing. | ed disposition of an amendment by, Lydick was a charter member| Senator Robert Taft of Mk:hlgun? and one of the organizers of thejto restrict occupational deferments local Elks lodge. | for men under 30 and to set up a, | series of classifications for the in-| | standing in the huge mass of dirt | which shifted across. | The Governor reported most of | g1 0 ey | duction of fathers. ASUA[TIES | The substitute bill also included { 8 }an amendment setting up a medical 4 commission to consider lowering |Army and Navy physical require- fments to permit induction of many f |men now classified as 4-F. i i THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE--JUNEAU ALASKA We Cannot Afford to Waste Precious Materials! Principal fire causes in home and industry through which nearly one- half billion dollars in property. are lost annually are due mostly to care- lessness. 1% Scarcity of materials and labor make it especially necessary for every Alaskan to take precautions against fire to avoid setbacks on our road to VICTORY. 1. Don't smoke in bed. Put matches, cigars and cigarette butts in metal containers. 2. Completely enclose wood and coal fire- | the lowlands along the highway | DOES Mu flooded and many residences were | damaged from water flooding their | HARM HERE | interiors. ! | He said that there are many big boulders in the road between Juneau | | and Mile 25. | ———— | Gold Creek Threatens Gov- | ernment Hospital and VINSON GOES | Home Grocery | , TOBATFOR TAXM_E*ASURE§ (Continued from Page One) e and work begun on strengthening | the banks for another emergency. | The water was highest late ye: terday afternoon when it scoopedi out the bank in the rear of the Government Hospital and half of | the rear ward was in danier o} Declares American People | being - flooded. atients were re- | = Don't Want Any | moved to another part of the build-| Luxury Ease ing. " The creek then ate away part of | the bank in the rear of John Hermle's Home Grocery on Wil- loughby Avenue and Juneau mer-| WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—Warning chants donated sacks for sand wm\lwlhe Nation of threatened inflatien, which the break was plugged, with | Economic Stabilization Director/| soldiers and U 8. E. D. men and |Fred M. Vinson went to bat for the the city crew working together. Both the Government Hospital and Hermle served sandwiches and he declared was a modest minimum hot coffee to the men as they|requirement. worked. ! Damage Extensive i Administration’s ten and one half billion dollar tax program which “The American people do not want luxury ease while their sons Various minor break-throughs ..o gy “They can take it,” de- TOTAL 8,307 WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—Secretary | |of War Henry L. Stimson reported; that Army casualties for the four| weeks since the bitterly contested landing began at Salerno, total 8,- 307, of whom only 511 are now listed as killed in action. Secretary Stimson told a Dpress conference today that 5428 Ameri- | can soldiers were wounded in the campaign on the Italian mainland | and 2,368 are missing. | BIG CHANGE | IN CHINESE STATUS NOW WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. — In a} surprise move the House Commit- tee on Immigration voted eight to four to report favorably oh the bill to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Acts and to allow Chinese immigra- tion on a quota basis which will allow approximately 105 Chinese to enter the United States annually. Also the Chinese are to be allowed SENATE UPS ALLOTMENT, DEPENDENTS WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—The Senate voted to raise the govern- ment allotment of dependent chil- dren of service men, after shelving the Wheeler bill to postpone the induction of pre-Pearl Harbor fath- ers until January 1. 1 By a vote of 77 to 1 they amend- ed the Administration substitute for the Wheeler bill to provide an al-, places with wire screen. 3. Be sure floor lamps and extension cords are in good repair, 4. Disconnect electric appliances as soon as through with them. 5. Burn ojly rags. Set oily mops in the open air. Never store easily inflam- mable materials in closets. Columbia Lumber Cd. W CALL US for a FREE Estimate on Repairs lotmen of $30 monthly for the, first child of service men and $20 month- | ly for each additional child. ! B oA e 060 00 0 0 0 06 L WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. Bureau) e Temp. Wednesday, Oct. 6. e Maximum 61; Minimum 53 L) . Rain 323 e & o — o —— | A nylon synthetic rope, stronger | than manila or sisal, is used as Announcing a GRAND RE-OPENIN were made all along the creek banks. | Damage s to such an extent that it is difficult to estimate at this! time, according to Mayor Harry I,/ Lucas, but Outside Operations For man Bert Lybeck will make a survey | and advise of the necessary require- ‘ ments to_correct the damage as; soon as possible, | #Along the Glacler Highway, the | rbad was flboded in several places | but no main bridges were washed out . & slide blocked the road between Mile 24 and Mile 25, how- éver Motorists coming in from near Mile 20 réported the road in fair shape and passable this morning. | “The Alaska Juneau footbridge at! the boarding house also went out. | A small slide was reported last| night near the Home Boarding | House but no damage was done.| Residents in this area were warned. | Appreciation Gov. Ernest Gruening issued the following statement this morning: “The Governor desires to express the deepest appreciation on the part of the community for the splendid work performed by the Army—the Duck Creek Camp—and the Army Engineers in connection with the | threatened flood as a result of the rsing of Gold Creek. The flod assumed such proportions in so short 4 time that the task was beyond the resources of the city street depart- | ment. ' Help was requested from the | Duck Creek Camp and from lhei Army Engineers, who immediately | tatrned out with men and equipment. 1‘ They arrived just in time and by great and skillful effort ‘managed | to prevent any serious damage. “Particularly is appreciation ex- pressed in behalf of the Office of Indian Affairs, since the Govern-| ment Hospital was in imminent danger and was barely saved through | the combined efforts of the various agencies.” Mayor Lucas also expressed the | city's appreciation for the fine co- | operation by these agencies and | their men, as did John Hermle of | the Home Grocery, whose store and stock would probably have beenI destroyed otherwise. | MORE DETAILS Late this afternoon Gov. Gruen-| ing reported after a survey of the damage out the road that one | bridge on the Loop Road was taken | clared Vinson. climbing rope by U. S. mountain} citizenship. troops. i Meanwhile-BUY BONDS— out and that the slide near Peterson New Washington Hotel, Seattle — | While traveling is difficult . . . we'll be thinking of our friends in Alaska . . . Even if we don't see them . . . Alaska is over the top in the Third War Loan Drive by a wide margin, BUT, re- member that it is the steady buying of bonds that carries the load . . . spend the money you usually spend with us and for other pleasures on War Bonds. FRANK B. McCLURE, Manager . TONIGHT Percy Reynolds, owner of Percy's Cafe, popular Juneau eating place; takes pleasure in announcing the re-opening of the JUNEAU LIQUOR STORE, ad- joining Percy's Cafe at 218 Front Street. ¥ The JUNEAU LIQUOR STORE ‘iow has a plentiful stock of the finest of all Liquors . . . Wines . . . andBeers, and will be happy fo serve you as in the past. UNEAU LIQUOR STORE