The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 30, 1943, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU ALASKA | NEWS in office until a new clerk can be | employed and given necesspry in- | structions. Councilmen reporting for |the meeting were Cuthbert, Cashen, [DR. RUDE EASTBOUND FOR POST GRADUATE|| The Sewing Basket BABY HEADQUARTERS ROYAL CAFE o o ¥ T ce P Grand Way 1o Say Merry Christmas DRAPED CHARMERS, - STUNNINGLY SIMPLE, OR DRAMATICALLY LARGE HANDBAGS—Scores of know-no-sea- son bags to wear with everything. In suede, broadcloth, faille, capeskin, sad- dle leather. kelly, turt tan for gifts. 6.50 In black, brown, red, perfect for you, fo 11.95 B M. Behrends Ca QaRLITY SINCE "irst Seattle Woman Mayor Dies in East 3erthak. Landes, Chief Ex- ecutive of City One Term, Had Stormy Career Continued trom rage une) uncil and as such was given the opportunity to put into prac- - some of her ideas as to how city should be governed Started Things acting mayor during the ab- ice of Ma Edwin J. Brown, she took matters into her own hands. She decjargd that Seattle “wide open, frgmoved the chief and, assuming police pow- rself, proceeded to wage war and gambling. Mayor Brown back from the East and after the acting mayor head of the police de- re ated him. in her efforts, Mrs.| inspired to seek the of mayor and in June, 1926, andidate against Mayor 1 wm she defeated by 6,000 During her two-year term | pecame what was termed a bly closed town,” and the car lines, which under muni- had been finan- became a paying the first time in o ce wership on for VEATS, Novelty Wears Off When Mrs. Landes sought re-elec- tion in 1928, the novelty of a wo- man-ruled city had worn off and| the municipal campaign simmered down to the question whether the| city should remain that or return to the old order of heing man-| ruled. The citizens cast a decisive vote in favor of the latter, the wo- man mayor-being defeated by Frank Edwards, a virtually unheard of fig- | ure in politics. His plurality was| 19,000, the largest in the history of | the cil Mrs. Landes was born at Ware, Mass., October 19, 1868, the daugh- ter of Charles S. and Cordelia Cut- ter Knight. She received her pre- education at Worcester, s., and was graduated from the University of Indiana in 1891. Re- turning to Worcester, she taught in the high school for three years and was married January 2, 1894, to Henry Landes of Carroll, Ind. A year later they removed to Seattle, when Mr. Landes becanie a member | of the faculty of the University of Washington. They had two children. el ekl FORMER JUNEAUITE PASSES AWAY, SOUTH Mrs. Frances Orsen McHenney, died November 11 in San Fran- cisco after a short illness and was buried Novethber 22 in Woodlawn Memorial Park in the Bay City. Mrs. McHenney was born in Ju- neau and attended the Juneau Pub- lic School. She was the sister of | Mrs. Peter Oswald of Juneau, Mrs. Louis Weisberg of San Francisco. Mrs. Harry Creswick of San Diego, | Calif., and Al Orsen of Port Orch- |ard, Wash. ~ BRINGING UP FATHER HOW MANY TIMES HAVE | TOLD YOU | NOT TO RUSH IN | MY ROOM AND I START ) TALKING 2y & IF YOU KEPT TRACK OF TH' NUMBER OF TIMES YOU'VE HIT ME-YOU'D 7887 TIDES TOMORROW 155 feet. 35 feet. 173 feet. -1.1 feet. High tide Low tide 4:3¢ am,, 10:20 a.m., High tide 4:13 pm,, Low. tide 11:00 p.m., e e E. C. JOHNSTON HERE Registered at the Baranof, Ed- win C. Johnston arrived here yes- terday. He is from Seattle. DOUGLAS NEWS FROM PFC. EDWARDS | In a recent letter from their| son Pfc. Glen Edwards, Mr. and Mrs, A. R. Edwards received wel- come news. Glen, a wellknown and popular Douglas young man, has been stationed in the far North Pribilof Islands, for the past year, but now has been transferred to a closer port with the address, APO 942. At this port he is doing special Lewis Wagner and Poor. BILL DORE VISITOR Seaman 2nd Class, Bill Dore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Dore of Douglas stopped over yesterday for a short visit with his many friends and relatives here. Bill has only been in the U. S. C. Guard Ser- vice for the past six weeks, but already has had a promotion from ‘Third to Second Class Seaman and likes his duties on the Coast Guard duty service managing a series of o0 eyceptionally well. All his basketball teams. He bas also made friends made use of his short over-| several appearances on the locali opi giay to visit him and admire radio station there, entertaining on| the piano, which talent he was well noted for here on the Channel.| Highlight of his Army career so| far was the personal meeting with' Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, a noted flier. He also met a number of Douglas friends, including Art| Reinikka and Jim Edmiston. Pfe.| Edwards wishes to extend his greet- | ings to his many friends,on the| Channel. | WELL BABY CONFERENCE Mrs. Frey, Territorial Public Health Nurse, announces that. the| next conference will be held at the Douglas School, on December 7 fl 1 pm 5 ! GUARD DANCE SUCCESS Chairman of the dance commits tee, Fred Turpin, announces that| the Territorial Guard Dance We}l last Saturday night for: the benes fit of the Douglas Guards, ® L great success. Funds . raised ,.‘uo;l the dance go into the Guard fund for necessary expenses, The :Naf had been put in first class condi- tion by members the evening before, immediately after drill practice. Fred Turpin and his committee,| must be given credit for arranging the successful affair. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ! Mayor E. E. Engstrom, called a| special . City Council meeting - last | evening to consider the applica-| tion for a new five year lease on| the Municipal Cannery site, by the| Douglas Fisheriés Co. City Clerk will be held on Thursday after-'gg L. W. Kilburn also read his own |noon at 1:30 in the church parlors.| dollars 1esignation as City Clerk, stating | that he wished to be relieved from | his duties at the earliest possible Will be no hostess at this meeting. tun; date due to the ill health he has, encountered during the past six| weeks. Mr. Kilburn has for the| past 25 years, been Douglas's most active Clty official holding evely City office including, Mayor, Street | Commisioner, Marshal, Councilman, City Clerk and always active in l.he-i jcember 1 the new uniform. BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS A double header practice game is scheduled for this evening in the Douglas Gymnasium with the first game beginning at 7 o'clock, be-| tween the Huskies and the Chee- chakoes. The second game will fol- low immediately | Luthe}an.lg;i Io” Sponsor Bazaar A goodie sale and bazaar spon- “lsored by the Lutheran Ladies’ Aid will be held on Wednesday, De- in the church p: Many handmade articles suitable for Christmas’ gifts will be offered for sale, and a Christmas tea will be served during the hours, which ate from 2 until 5 in the afternoon: The church will be decorated for {the holiday season, and a musical put it goes all out for social activi- program is to be presented by Mrs. Ray Nevin and Mrs. Bert Me- Dowell. The committees in charge are | headed by Mrs. J. Lowell gnd MrS.|members of - Congress, and well- Mrs. E. O.| A. Hared, goodie sale; Jacobsen and Mrs. H sewing; and Mrs. A. Hildre and Mrs. B. Knutson, tea; assisted by various other members of the or- ganization. The regular Ladies Aid meeting Stonehouse, Election of officers will be the main business of the session, and there N PSP W.S.C.S. To Meet Wednesday Night The December meeting of the 4 as Washington's most eligible. Dr. J. O. Rude left ye: a PAA plane for Whitehorse from where he will go to the States. He will go to Mayo Brothers Clinic at Rochester, Minn., where he will take a post graduate course, then to St.| Paul to visit his mother during the | Christmas holidays and return to Juneau late xt month or soon) after the first of the year. { - CARLISLE RETURNS TO FAIRBANKS rday on OFFICE | Harvey Carlisle, Field Examiner | for the Public Survey Oifice; re- | turned to the Interior today by I PAA. Mr. Carlisle was detailed for work here several weeks ado - Victory gardens are expected to produce 10': billion pounds of food, compared with 7': billion pounds in 1942 .- Finns’ Diplomacy Is - Work of Art; Procope Master of Situafions This year's | (Continued from Page One) {was divorced, and within a day thel {Capital's flutter girls marked him A litlle over @ year later, he put | 1 end to that by his marriage to Miss Shaw. | The Finnish legation; of course, |can't spend. any money on propa- {ganda (being af war with our ally) | iues-—sma]l parties where no embar- rassments are. likely to arise. Su- |preme court justices, cabinet offi- (cials, state department executives, {known members of the press are| frequent guests. | | Procope never misses an oppor- I‘lumty to stress that his country is net an “ally” of any dictator na- |tion but only continuing its re- sistance against the same aggres-| it wae fighting when American | and American sympathy | | were so plentiful. However, Pro-| |cope never makes his own oppor-| s and never embarrasses his| ‘g\:e by making an issue of it. | ! As for the possibility of Fin-| lland’s withdrawal from the war| |he’s too astute even to discuss it, | Ibut it's no seceret that every time| [rumors come from Russia, Stock- | 'holm, Switzerland or London that lit is imminent, there many a happy Douglas Chamher of Commerce of Women's Bobiety of Christian Ser-|toast drunk at the legation on| which he is still an official. Mr. Kilburn can look back upon the past years of service to the city |with pride and know he has done | more than his share to the muni- impal‘ny of Douglas. Prior to v.heil installation of the new City water system, Mr. Kilburn owned and operated Douglas’ water supply for many years and has been the larg- est property holder here. Upon his | resignation, he will manage his; apartment property here. The City‘ Council accepted his resignation| with a vote of thanks for his past| service, but asking him to remain| After\’ictory When the war is won, Pan American Airways will pioneer new standards of service for our friends in Alaska. Meanwhile, we are 1009 engaged in the war effort — with every passenger and every ounce of cargo priorited by the Armed Forces—and we appreci- ate your patience when the accommodation you want is not available. and understanding vices will have a Christmas theme in both phases of the program to be given Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Methodist parsonage. Election of officers together with a complete bazaar report will oc- cupy the business s jon. The Vice- President, Mrs. H. R. Sprague will preside at the meeting and Mrs. J. B. Flint will serve as hostess. | Wyoming avenue. BABY'S COLDS Relieve misery fast | —externally. Rub on | Infant and Children’s Wear 139 S. 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