The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1943, Page 6

PAGE SIX --4 * SITKA Arthur Silverman, who recently sponsored a war bond sales con- i 5! E 1 students, pre- ;?nltefiortklx::(a'l S\ZCShO;eIpn;p bflndi to| Ata swr?al meeting of the Sitka the pupils who sold the largest num- City Council held here, Mrs. John ber of bonds in the school which the Marine Supply Hardware Com- | pany J. Conway was chosen by council each represented Adelaide Bart- n,u}m‘(n to .‘p‘)lthflr the (ngvnle tl nes?. whz sold the largest number |V B. 8. S"k“-""'“”‘l s i ““dsz f any of the group, was awarded | construction and is soon to 8 Sheldon Jackson launched at Lorain, Ohio. Informa- g;;f"gozf; e el for. the Bu- |tion of the bullding of the ship was ¢ s School, and | '€ storial High School |mond, who asked the local group it e to name a sponsor. It is expected T that Mrs. Conway will not travel to The Literary Department of the iy for the christening, which will Sitka Women's Club met last Thurs- ;" qor oty o5 o rrom here. Mrs. day evening at the home of M““Cnn\my is the Wife of ex-mayor John Cushing. The Music Depart-{yo0 "5 “Gonway, who is now a ment sponsors community SINGINZ|jieutenant in the Naval Reserve, and choral work each Monday Ve~ corying at the end. of the Aleutians, ning* at the Club Rooms, under thelonq his spent the greater part of direction of l:lahl Bcn)m-n Martin, | por life as a resident of Sitka. third-grade school teacher. H sceived here in a wire from Dele- Marshall Crutcher, Certified Pub- st. Peters Guild met for 1S 3o Accountant, with headquarters regular session at the home of MI5. iy Ketchikan, who has been work- Theodore Kettleson in the Kettle- jng on jncome tax returns here son Building this Tuesday afternoon o, the past three weeks, has start- (October 12) at 2:30 o'clock. Al g an audit books of the this time plans were completed for city of Sitka | the bazaar which will “include a E ) { sale of new and used articles and| . of foodstuffs, which is to be held in Sitk November 6, the location of which is 'to be announced later on the Thomas Tilson has arrived a after an absence of two! months which she spent visiting| with friends and relatives in Seat- Gov. Ernest Gruening of the Ter- le and in Portland, Oregon 3 ritory of Alaska, accompanied by Benjamin W. Thoron, director of Mrs. Hazel Patnode, has return- the Division of Territories and In-|d to her position at the Alaska sular Possessions, spent - Saturday Drug and Jewelry Store from a va-| and Sunday, October 2 and 3 in Cation of several weeks spent with Sitka on an inspection trip. The her parents and other relatives in| Governor had been upable to make SPokane, Washington. | the trip the prévious week for the |ter, and will remain here indef- poxes on the floor. jon the road to recovery when she | to work when she tried to open the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1943 an accordion duet, BIG ROBBERY IS REPORTED AT FAIRBANKS Mr. and Mrs. Jack Calvin enter- — |tained at dinner at their home| pjgsengers arriving from Fair- | Thursday evening, with' covers laid | panks report a big robbery there |for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wort-|gyer the week-end of September 25 man, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Calvin,|anq 26 when 90 safe deposit boxes {Mrs. William C. Charteris, MIS. | the vault of the Fairbanks Agency John J. Conway, Mrs. Prosper S.|company, in the Empress Theatre Ganty and the host and hostess. | pujlding were rifled in smooth safe- [The affair celebrated the birthday | cracking jobs. Probably over $57.000 |of Frank Calvin. |in cash was secured but the exact | SRR lamount probably will never be | Lieut. Prosper 8. Ganty, U.S.N.|known as box holders will be re- R., who is stationed ‘at Ketchikan, |ticent in stating how much money has returned to his duties after alwas deposited in the boxes. 10-day furlough spent with Mrs.| The Fairbanks News-Miner of Ganty and their two children here.|September 28 says: The robbery was discovered about 4:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon, but, Ito her home here from a trip to of course it had occurred many Grand Island, Nebraska. Mrs.|hours earlier. Police were called by Shennett was joined by her sister| Mrs. Louise Alldred, who has charge in Seattle, and the trip east wasjof the Agency office, after Al J made by automobile. Mrs. Nona C., Pierce, Canadian Pacific Air Lines Meyer, mother of Mrs. Shennett, representative, had looked into the returned to Sitka with her daugh-'vault and seen the safe-deposit Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Johnson have moved to the Frederickson home on B Street, from the small cottage next to the Carter greenhouses, whidh they formerly occupied. Mr.! and Mrs. George Eliason, who for- | merly occupied sthe Frederickson |home have moved into their newly purchased home on D Street. Mrs. Earl Shennett has returned initely. Jon Shennett, who suf-! According to Mrs. Alldred, the fered an attack of pneumonia dur-/combination on the steel docr lead- ing his mother’s absence, was well ing to the basement vault had failed | vault at 10 o'clock yesterday morn- ing She tried the combination sev- Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Wort- eral times during the way out was| man and Mrs. William C. Chatteris | unable to open the door, and finally entertained at their home Saturday [she left the combination set on the | evening with a buffet supper inopening point and went on about honor of Robert Hagen of Seattle,|her business. who is visiting here at the home‘ Door Opens returned. of his brother, Harry Hagen. Those Along about 4 p. m., Pierce, who formal opening of the new USO Word has been received here of | invited to help to' entertain the ! has an office opening off the Agency Sueeze Plan ! |tents, referring queries to Secretary {New York. engineering firm and KIMMEL SEEKING COURT MARTIAL TRIAL, IS REPORT (By Associated Press) The Navy, asked today about published reports that Rear Admiral an immediate trial or court mar- tial. “The Navy said no letter had been recived up to midmorning. Kimmel was naval commander at| Pearl Harbor at' the time the Jap- | anese attacked. : At Denver, Col. Harry Leonard, Marine Corps, who reported he was retained by Kimmel as counsel, 'said a letter was written last week, ‘but he declined to discuss the con- ‘of Navy Knox. Kimmel is now associated with a | was not available in the New York office to comment on the reports. ———.—— LAWRENCE KERR HERE Lawrence Kerr, well known here, is in Juneau and a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. WOMEN OF THE MOOSE Will hold a specidl meeting Tues- day, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. adv. PARSO! N§U§1§fi’mc Co. Solicits the business of friends . in Sitka Electric Service and Repairs Westinghouse Representative Husband E. Kimmel is requesting| > Cofiway Dock Company - Qil === Coul Gasoline Insurance Phone 78 Prime Minister Winston Churchill describes Allied action in Italy as a preliminary to the main bout against Hitler—the assault against Nazi-held France from the west and south. This map shows how, with thelr present base in Britain and likely acquisitions in the Mediter- ' ranean and north Italy, the Allies are drawing a tight ring of offensive | might around the second front arena. YOU CAN BLOW YOUR OWN él'_iIlllllllllllllllllllifilI|IIIIIIIIIIlilIIIIllllllllll“IIII|||IIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHII the marriage of Miss Betty Carter,|visitor were Harry Hagen and his | office, was talking with Mrs. Alldred Building. ne daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie! Carter of Sitka and Jack Ogan, who {recently graduated from the U. S.| day morning, October 4, when the Army Quartermaster School in Vir- boat. on which they were riding to 8inia. The ceremony was perform- work to logging operations near ed in Omaha, Nebraska, on Sep- Nakwasina, about 15 miles from | ‘ember 24. Mrs. Ogan, who left here, exploded. The men, employ- here about a month ago, was ac-| ed by the Columbia Lumber Com- companied East by her parents, and | Five men narrowly eScaped death by burning or drowning early Mon- two sons, Bob Hagen and Glen about the difficulty and jokingly Hagen, Mrs, Martha Kostrometin- grabbed the handle of the vault off, Mrs. Charles M. Peterson, Mr. door. To their surprise the door and Mrs. Al Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. opened easily. James _ Brightman, Mr. and Mrs.| Plerce glanced down the stairs G. E. Banvard, Mr. and Mrs. Clnude‘into the safe-deposit room and saw Rhoades, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shen- | the lock-boxes scattered on the floor. | nett, Mr. and Mrs. William Sarvala, He called Mrs. Alldred, who immed- | Mr. and Mrs. Harold Veatch, Ar- iately telephoned the City Police. pany were Albert Brocken, Joe W3S joined in Seattle by Mrs. Jane Perucich, Barl Roach, Harry Bigoff Shumway, a former Sitka resident., and Dan Moller. It is alleged that Mr. and Mrs. Carter are expected | gasoline fumes in the bilge igniwd.l"o return to their home here some | causing the explosion which de- | !ime during this month. : stroyed the boat. The survivors| i were rescued by George Baggen on! Mrs. Helen Stoft, proprietor of the boat Takan. Stoft's Shoe Store and Ten-Cent | ;Storv. is expected to arrive in Sitka this week from Seattle, where she| Albert Brookman, Jr., seven- has been on a hurried business trip. | year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brookman, who was shot through| the jaw by & playmate with a .38 Mrs. Al Seeliger, who is em-| calibre fevolver while playing at Ploved at the First Bank of Sitka| war games here three weeks ago,/Plans to leave here later in Oc- has been released from the hos- tober for Anchorage, where she will pital and has returned to the Sikta 10in her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mat- thur Hicks, and Lawrence Freeburn. ! 90 Boxes Rifled Officers found the two units of 45 boxes each—Nos. 1 to 45 and 101 returned to town Tuesday, og:mbe,.‘to 145—had been lifted from their 5, after several days spent on aPlaces. The backs of the units had hunting trip. Others out over the been removed and the boxes taken week-end were Phillip Johnson and out from the rear. Jack Calvin. Mr. Johnson plans to| EVery box had been sorted over ¢o out again, accompanied by Ser- ‘land there was no money leftiin any geant William Smith, and will hum‘o( them. One Canadian $10 note was | in the vicinity of Honniah Sound |found lying on the floor. and Peril Straits. Since each unit of boxes weighs |in the neighbohood of 600 pounds, Frank Pri 5 rs |it was estimated that at least two nk Py g opeipleted Lyt husky men were involved in the Don McGraw and Hill Hollywood | on his seine boat the “Sea Snort”| which was sunk three weeks ago near Krestof Sound. The boat was | burglary. One unit was lifted from its place on the top tier and lowered Territorial School where he is en- thew E. Norem, former Sitka resi- dents. Mr. Seeliger, who was for- imerly employed here with the Siems Willlam _Beach, member of the Drake Puget Sound contracting City Council, plans to leave here | firm, is now in the military service soon with Gordon Whitcomb aboard clsewhere in the Territory his boat the “Tulip King” for Seat- tle, where he will attempt to pur- chase a cabin cruiser. Mr. Whit- comb plans to return towing an 80-foot barge which he. recently purchased in the South. rolled in the second grade. The October meeting of the Sitka Women'’s Club was held Friday eve- ning in the club rooms, with Mrs. Martha Kostrometinoff, the club's | President,” presiding. The program {had included a talk by Miss Del- The 18 members of the local|phina Morris of the Alaska Depart- United Service Order's Board of ment of Public Welfare, but Miss Directors held their regular meet- |Morris was unable to make the trip ing at the new USO Building Fn-i(rnm Juneau, so the meeting was day evening. turned over to the music depart-| ment, with Miss Bernice. Martin| Frank Kuehn, until recently em- |and Miss Adelaide Lomen conduct- ployed with the Siems Drake Puget ing community singing. Mrs. Sound Co, on local construction!Claude Rhoades and Mrs. Richard work, has accepted a position at|Dare entertained the members with A Tip from Mr. Squirrel” Pay a Visitto the SILVER FOAM For an Enjoyable Evening The Best in Everything BUY AN EXTRA BOND o e e DURING [to the floor without scarripg the at anchor when a sudden storm % drove it onto some nearby <rock.s linoleum. The other was left festing ble. and Price and his two companions O @ table. s & were forced to swim ashore to es.| Fichard Wood, head of the ggoncy, cape with their lives. They were was in the hospital at the time picked up by Coast Guardsmen after | receiving treatment for burns re- | ceived in a fire at his home and, spending 24 hours on the beach. fcoul d offer no clies. INTERNAL STRIFE BAKER, Ore.—Private First Class John Larson, Silver Star winner, is alarmed. | Convalescing in Washington's Walter Reed hospital, he wrote a {friend this awful thought about blood plasma: “What if I have inside me the blood of a Giant fan and a Dodger | supporter! ! WHEN IN SITKA Make Your Headquariers at the SITKA HOTEL "The Home of Hospifality” RUSS CLITHERO - -:- A new refuse burner for the Col- umhja Lumber Company plant has| arrived here and workmen are now | busy bullding a base for it. The| new burner is 50 feet long and 30| feet wide, and is to, replace the old one which has been slowly deterior-! ating and has been considered as| the city’s worst fire hazard. { TIDES TOMORROW High tide—1:23 a. m., 18.0 feet. Low tide—7:27 a. m,, -0.7 feet. High tide—1:40 p. m., 19.5 feet. Low tide—7:55 p. m., -2.2 feet. Manager YES, we are doing our shopping for e T T T ANNOUNCEMENT To All My Good Friends in Juneau and Alaska . . . On Jully 1st I opened the beautiful Coffee Shop and Dining Rooms of the Claremont Hotel at Fourth and Virginia Streets in Seattle. Come and see me when you are in Seattle 1 will persondlly see to it that you will receive the same type of service and high quality food that you were accustomed to having while I was in Juneau at the Baranof Hotel's Coffee Shop and Dining Rooms. LES TEAGLE, Claremont Coffee Shop Fourth and Virginia Seattle G - ¢ = = g - Teagle's First Bank of Sitka A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Money Transmitied fo All Points Do Your Parts== Put 10% of Your Income in War Bonds } the Boys and Girls in the Service EARLY as requested by the ARMY and NAVY. You Can Find Their Gifts at the Alaska Drug and Jewelry Company SERVING SITKA FOR OVER 20 YEARS THE THIRD WAR LOAN DRIVE Jewelry - Fountain -:- News Stand = Remember Them for Christmas . . . . Send your gifts to the Army before October 15th and the Navy before November 15th. That remembrance MEANS A LOT TQ THEM! So Shop at NEILL ANDERSEN’S Sitka 0| |IIIIIII|||IIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII:'.‘.E.! at the COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR Our Wines, Liquors and Service Is ALWAYS the BEST and remember The Third War Lan Drive DINE OUT at Chop Suey or Noodles Our Specialty Open 5 P. M. to Midnight Yes, I’m DroMm | off at ERNIE’S- For an evening of Relaxation and the Best of Wines, Liquors - and Beers . . . and - Don't Forget Your Favorite Cocktail! Buy War Bonds PAq ERNIE’S COCKTAILBAR SITKA