The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1943, Page 3

If YOU WERE AGIRL... AND FOUND TWO MEN (N YOUR BATHROOM . what Jean ARTH LATE NEWS THEATRE THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! Eisenhower Is fo Be Supreme (ommander To Open-Second Fron! (Continued from rage one) @ just peace that will last for gen- erations,” said the President. NEW COMMANDER OF MEDITERRANEA frrr e UNITS —— SAMPLER 115 the famous assortment of best-liked confections here direct from the makess $1.50 0 $7.50 BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. “The Rexall Store” EDISON Juneau Phone 616 Joel MEREA-CORURN LAMPS New Shipment Just Arrived!? k Alaska Eleciric Light and Power Company f 'HOUSE SHORTAGE | THEME OF COMEDY | AT CAPITOL SHOW Not since “It Happened One Night” has a motion picture cross- ed the screen possessing much arm, as much humor as George evens' “The More the Merrier, | which is now playing at the Capitol as Theatre Columbia’s newest hit comedy is just about the funniest, fastest, farciest laugh film we've ever seen. Fhe screen play is concerned with an extremely limely subject—living conditions in jam-packed war-time | Washington—and the script is as' crowded with laughs as Washing- ton is with the will to win! Once ain proving her right to be considered one of movie-land’s top comediennes, Miss Arthur is just right as the bewildered secre- tary, while McCrea is an extremely likeable, typical engineer. Coburn,! | though, truly is a revelation! As| the mister fix-it of Miss Arthur’ household, he skillfully portrays lovable character whom movie- goers will all remember for a long,! long time. - DOOR PRIZE AWARD AT XMAS DANCE 1S WON, ZACK GORDON A large crowd attended the dance on Saturday evening at the Elks! Hall, which was gaily decorated with a tree and other Christmas trim-! mings for the occasion. The door prize of a fine turkey was awarded to Zack Gordon, USO director in' Juneau, and winners of the prize waltz e Mr. and Mrs. Fred Berg. Walter Bathe was the judge for the waltz contest Music for by Bob Tew Charles he affair was provided s band NOTE—From time to time, in this space, | there will appear an article which we hope will be of interest to our fellow Americans. This is number five of a series. | SCHENLEY INTERNATIONAL CORP., | NEW YORK | The Past Ten | Years | Just ten years ago an amendment ’ to the Constitution of the United States was repealed. A free and an | — articulate people had spoken its | sir Piece. And so that “ignoble” experi- | LONDON, Dec. 27 Gen o | Henry Maitland Wilson has been Ment of a democratic people was designated Commander of the Medi- Written off, as an accountant would terranean area, succeeding Eisen- say, “with a loss.” For we did lose hower. He has been named Com- something. We lost, temporarily, mander-in-Chief of thé British’ that most precious of all things that | forces in the Middle East. Gen. Sir civilized man has striven for since Harold Alexander will be Command- long before the Magna Charta... er of the Allied armies in Italy and | respect for the sacred rights of the (:: n. Montgomery Commander-in- individual; respect for constitutional x(n];l:l‘.':(r “:“f':)lsl‘::l:h group of armies | 4y4hority. Just turn back to the s chapter in our history that deals | e i i with the prohibition period. See the | BOLICE COURN: WING “scars” that illustrate its pages. Not | R long ago they were still livid; now | they are paled by the healing influ- | ence of time. But they are still vivid | BAG U in the memory of those of us who | AT BARANOF HOTEL | lived, perhaps precariously, through 1 Guests at the Baranof Hotel on | that period. Not a pleasant picture, Christmas night were J. L. Hartley | jn retrospect. { and C. H. Berg | | sergie Glass was fined $25 in the Police Court this morning on a kenness charge. dru Now we are again at WAR. Now | | we really are fighting with every | ounce of our resources and our man- | | hood and womanhood—to continue | | our way of life—our right to think i | and talk and worship as we please | —our right as individuals. So thatit “ | can’t happen again, let us visit, | mentally, the chamber of horrors | of the prohibition period. Let us compare that period with “the last ten years.” Ten years ago the Alcoholic Beverage Industry began provid- ing much needed revenue for our government which reached a point where its total was second only to | the National Income Tax! Ten years ; | 8go the Alcoholic Beverage Industry began providing work for thousands in its own industry and in related industries—when there were twelve million to fifteen million jobless in | America, willing and anxious to work. Ten years ago the Alcoholic Bev- { erage Industry began providing a | { market for millions of bushels of | | surplus grain for which there was no | market; when crops were being | plowed under, and when farmers | | were paid for not raising instead of | raising normally revenue-producing | Contact any local airlines office or Canadian Pacific Air Lines, Falrbanks MAZDA | Alcoholic Beverage Industry began { |the construction of new plants| !and the rehabilitation of old ones| | which wereliterally converted “‘over- | 'night” to the making of precious | ‘-lcohol for wartime purposes when | ‘1 the emergency arose. Not a drop of | whiskey is being made today by any | ’key which is now being voluntarily ] rationed to the trade...and in many | places by the trade to the consumer ...was made in peacetime. THE‘ PAST TEN YEARS! Think of the | preceding ten years...years of pro- 1 hibition which did not prohibit. Douglas Phone 18 MARK MERIT | Christmas good wishes. | cause it goes right to the seat of the | grm laden phlegm, and aid nature | foodstuffs. And, ten years ago, the | _ Four messages, two from the Presi- | dent of the United States to the men of the armed force, and also one to the and wounded in hospitals:a third from Gen. George C. Marshall to the troops in gar- rison and in the field, and a fourth from Secretary of War Henry L Stimson were given out on Christ- mas. The President’s message to men and women was as follows “Two years ago Americans ob- served Christmas in the first dark | | | 4 | | { the you and pray your return |grant that your hands may be | strengthened to hasten that day of final victory. Upon you and your comrades in arms, the world de- pends for the restoration of Christ- mas Day as a symbol of Peace on ARMED FOR(ES being employed to hasten victory | cheerful one.” our hope for peace and good will which will realize this Christmas for the front. Whatever and wher- the sea, and in the air, Fighting | %0 mander-in-Chief I send you mv‘spu’anon to the millions of your victory.” ican_soldiers and sailors in his| pH® Wherever you are, especially you in lonely isolated outposts, this Christ- {mas message goes to you with my heartfelt thanks, prayer for your suc- |cess and safety, with complete con- fidence your soldierly determination | to crash our every barrier and enemy 0“ (HRISTMAS to a triumphant test of our democ- - | By Secretary Stimson H H | Secretary Stimson messaged as President, Marshall, Stim- | .icv. “The midst of war the coming of for our nation and throughout the world. Our thoughts turn to the Christmas day far from their homes men and women who will spend this | hope of future peace. These thoughts are in my mind as I send greetings not only to our troops, but to the thousands of civilians who are striv- ever allowance your station I know N that you are performing with a hours of a global war, By sacrifices | 3 B and courage and stern devotion to | S0ldierly devotion 19 dnthes 1o duty, you accepted the challenge | which you have been assigned, and with skill and bravery you have | “In the theatres of war our troops already destroyed his dreams of con- h.““' accepted hgrdshlps and-sacri- quest. This Christmas, I feel a sense | fices with a fortitude which recog- of deep humility beh;re thia grem'mu; that these are the necessary greeting with pride in your herofc Countrymen. To supply the love accomplishments. For you, the Na- which your family and friends holds tion's -prayers Wit T raised on | i+ You has been added the gratitude Christmas Day Through you, at of the nation. This spirit I send to The message by the President to the ill or wounded fighters fallows: “On behalf of a grateful nation I welcome the privilege of sending you | eri quiet patient battle against illness | and aching wounds, is no less epic | than his uncomprising gallantry in | 5 ) ~ . THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASK {racy and of our people. God Bless |you all. May your Christmas be a son Send Out SINCEre | cuvisiman has o deep sigmticance : : |Christmas becomes the symbol of Yuletide Greetings and on the field of battle itself striving to bring about the victory ing in the military establishments, which provide arms and ammunition boldly. You have met and overcome :; )‘:;: C(::n?;x:as :"“lszn 4 Jv“::‘l:_’ a determined enemy on the land, on ¥ > y Ty FIenp apuped price of a victory. Your deeds on courage of the men and women of | F 4 our armed forces. As your Com- {the battle fields have been an in- last the peace of Christmas will be |YOU In my greetings. Throughout restored to this land in our certain The un- | complaining gallantry of our Am-} his more widely heralded fight against the Axis. We cannot wish| - ALASKA SALMON PACKER PASSES Gen. Marshall, Chief of Staff, UIROben A Welsh Dles i S. Army, gave the following message to the armed forces: : 4 i His Home in Belling- ham, Wash. “Christmas this year finds our you a Merry Christmas. We can salute you—and we do. We can| do: May God speed | your Army deployed in greatly lncl'flased‘ strength, throughout the world an | Army of battle tested veterans. Vic- tories, some of them great victories, 4 are constantly Belng won in the air,| BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 27~ on the ground, and over the beaches Robert A. Welsh, prominent 39- of the Aleutians, the far Pacific, | year-old Puget Sound and Alaska and the Mediterranean. German in- | calmon packer, is dead at his home dustries and cities are being pounded | here as the result of an attack of to a pulp. The Germans and Jap- [the heart. Death came suddenly. janese air forces are being bled white | He was President of the Bellingham with rapidly accumulating losses. However, despite the fighting or dif- ficulties, the task however tragic, the loss of fine young American lives, our enemies are suffering far more severely and suffering impend- ing defeat and destruction. “All America is filled with pride in the feats of the Army. The troops at home inspired by what has been done in the field, are impatient to get into the fighting. Every resource Relief At Last For Your Cough Creomulsion relieves promptly be- Capping Co., that operates a can- nery at Klawack, Alaska; Vice President of the Icy Straits Salmon Co. of Seattle, which has a cannery at Hoonah, Alaska, and was also partner in the Anacortes Canning Co. BATAAN CAFE Genuine Chow Mein Chop Suey COME ONE ~———COME ALL! ° 289 So. Franklin Street Open All Night trouble to help loosen and expel soothe and heal raw, tender, in- SHIPS OF | ENEMY ARE - SENT DOWN (Continued from Page One) sunk, one enemy destroyer, one pa- trol boat and several smailer crart damaged, a Christmas Eve attack on Kavieng by Navy Catalinas and Liberators had started fires visibie for 20 miles. Enemy supply dumps were damaged also a Japanese gui- boat Surface Ship Attack Adm. Halsey's surface ships start- led a vigorous attack on enemy in-!they had to survive to bring the| stallations in the Buka and Bouis areas on the northern coast | Bougainville in the Solomons, | pumping about 7,500 shells into the airdrome and supply points and !starting many fires. Spotter planes I(»bs«\rved numerous explosions after the shelling, indicating an ammuni- |tion dump had been hit. 26,000 TON NAZIWAR CRAFT SUNK (Continued from Page Ome) of ship went down after expending all convoy. | | The Scharnhorst was launched | October 3, 1936 and carried nine 11-inch guns and normally a crew of 1461 officers and men. The battleship was often hunted by Allied bombers. The craft was |last reported in a Norwegian hide. “out The Admiralty’s announcement | gives no details of the engagement but apparently it was the greatest| | surface clash of Hitler's navy since the sinking of the Bismarck in 1941, i “The engagement lasted for | | | | considerable time,” the German an-| nouncement said and ‘“considerable damage was inflicted on the convoy and British escort.” | g {Story Behind Fre | Government Ads in | Aiding War Efforlsa1 (Continued from Page One) i | Library of Congress record such ad- | vertising before there was any gov-, |ernment. In 1755, grand old Beu-} | jamin_ Franklin, under a Lancaster, | Pa., dateline, circulated a handbill pleading for wagons and horses Lo i help General Braddock in his cam- | paign against the French and In-! 1 CITY CAFE | SPECIALTIES NOW IN CHINESE DISHES CHOP SUEY CHOW MEIN Sweet and Sour FRIED RICE OPEN ALL NIGHT PHONE 377 flamed bronchial mucous mem= branes. Tell your druggist to sell you 2 bottle of Creomulsion with the un- derstanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Frronchitis | at9A. M. JUNEAU PLUMBING & HEATING CO. PLUMBING HEATING OIL BURNERS SHEET METAL PHONE 787 Third and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. Peero, Green 585 J. R. Clark, Red 750 MOTORSHIP PATRICIA Will leave for HAINES and SKAGWAY DECEMBER 28 For Tickets and Information CALL AT PERCY’S CAFE Where all small packages may be left TUESDAY, SUSPENSE 1S | FILM KEYNOTE, 20TH CENTURY | There have been several films| about Nazi Germany in general and | the city of Berlin in particular, but for tantalizing suspense, exciting action and tender romance none has | equalled 20th Century-Fox’s thrill- ing “Berlin Correspondent,” which is at the 20th Century Theatre. And no wonder! Few people know Berlin the way America's famed foreign correspondents got to know it. And this picture is a realistic story of those intrepid men and |their fight to find the truth despite & almbst insurmountable difficulties. This is the story of the nightmares whole shocking tale to America. That bright young actor, Dana Andrews, courageous reporter who fights the Gestapo to get his news past the censor and loses his sweetheart in the process. Lovely Virginia Gil- more is the distaff half of the ro- mance that, because of its intense pathos, will be long remembered. dians in the west. “B. Franklin, as he signed himself, not only wrote the ads, he printed them at his own expense. In 1862, Secretary of the Treas- ury Salmon P. Chase was probably the first government official to put the handling of war loan advertis- ing squarely up to private agencies How billions in Liberty Bonds were sold in World War I is too well known to need recounting, but again it was proved that the only necessity was to make Americans aware of their responsibilities and America the lights of Christmas axe | gmmupjtion in a heroic battle of the value of what they were getting burning brightly in rcmembrancev odf the Nazi Naval forces against a su- for their money. ] God | yevior British formation guarding o Harbor “Baby Bond" sales had fair The pre-Pearl support and fair sales, but nothing like what has occurred since Japan bombed us into World War IT. What has happened since then is one of the biggest chapters in advertising history and the Treasury and OWI would iike to see somebody write it. New Under-arm ‘Cream Deodorant safely Stops Perspiration [/;7' / / 1. Does not rot dres: not irritate skin. 2. No waiting to dry. 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