The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1943, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1943 Meet a Girl with a FUTURE and a Man with a PAST v pa;fcdeh:" 1L h““ o Field , . Nirg with gladys 620" 7] WNITED ARTISTS Added Attractions “WINTER SPORTS JAMBOREE” NEWS “Stranger Than Fiction”—“Buenecs Aires Today” APITO THEATRE THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! Sea Superiority of AlliesNow Reached:; Expansmn Gomg On Sea Superiority of . Allies Now Reached; Expansion Going On WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — Navy's announcemeni that we now have the greatest fleet in world history adds the final touch to a picture of complete United Nations’ sea superiority. Aided by the surrender of the Italian fleet and the repair of part of the French fleet, the mighty navies of the U. S. and Britain far exceed in combined strength any force Japan or Germany can hope to bring against them. Germany, foreseeing the possi- bility of a blockade 1918-fashion, carefullly planned so she wuuld not raw materials She was but the far less be dependent on sources outside Europe. not entirely successful, blockade of this walr is crippling than last time. Kawung Force Germany’s navy was never de- signed to protect her supply lines, as was Britain’s. It is mainly a raiding force, the chief value of which has been the pinning down of a British fleet in the North Sea to meet its constant threat. Japan, however, has to have a powerful fleet to protect her sup- ply lines, support her island bases and hold on to stolen conquests. That she is fully aware of the ex- pansion of our fleet (which is ex- pected to have double the number of fighting ships this year over last) is shown by the careful way <he has been hoarding her battle- Juneau Plumbmg & Heating Co. PLUMBING HEATING SHEET METAL OIL BURNERS WELDING THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— ‘ MIDWEEK SHOW AT CAPITOL THEATRE REDSRHAKE l IS COMEDY DRAMA| ‘ “The Chystal Ball,” a ho(‘us-pocus‘ E comedy starring Paulette Goddard| and Ray Milland, will open tonight| at the Capitol Theatre for a three- (day run. Supporting the two popular stars |in this sophisticated drama nrcl | Gladys George and Virginia Field.| The film is released through United | Artists. 'Half of Terrnory Recaptur-| ed in First Week of Winter Offensive | | s | (Continued ' from Page One) ships and carriers and by the plans| to evacuate Tokyo because of the| Thus in the first week of his new certainty of U. S. air raids (per-|winter offensive Vatutin has re- haps based on carri .) {capt\u’ed approximately half the New Carriers territory Marshal von Mannstein We had 11 aircraft carriers and|took during the abortive five-week 15 battleships a-building when we|tank drive in the Kiev bulge. Im- °ntered the war. The Navy has not| portant towns retaken include Ra- revealed how many of these mighty|dimysel and Brusilov. weapons are now in service, but we| Iy northern White Russia, Gen- probably have at least four “e"‘lm.\l Ivan Bagramian's Siberian carriers, the Essex, Bunker HIll ghock troops dissipated 16 German Yorktown and Lexington, out some- | ounterattacks on the approaches where giving the Japs fits. Our|y, yijtehsk and killed more than | total carrier (orce‘nuv\ may number 1,200 Nazis. Dispatches said the A .doze.n big ones accordmg}Russinn vanguards are within five o Wos tigvem. : miles of Vitebsk. Of the big sluggers, six have been| "o/ ) o Kiey in the bulge at 1dded to the fleet, including the|, SOV O B L e South Dakota, Indiana, Massachu-| 0 "o paok 1n the drive on etts and Alabama, all bristling > with powerful anti-aircraft de,emes‘l{uovograd the Russians destroyed that can knock off Jap planes like‘33 tanks and killed 1,000 enemy flies. | troops. To add to Japan's naval worries,, KOROSTEN RECAPTURED the surrender of the Italian fleet re-| LONDON, Dec. 29. — The Red leased immense Allied sea forces in|Army has recaptured the important the Mediterranean, and there is"north Ukraine rail and highway [little doubt that the bulk of these Junction of Korosten In its resumed will be sent at once to India for the | Offensive west of Kiev, Moscow an- pproaching sea-borne invasion of nounced tonight. Burma. | Korosten is 80 miles west and slightly north of Kiev, astride the ) important north, south, east and west railways and is of strategic value to the retreating Germans. The Germans captured Korosten on November 28, taking it a few 77 Italian Ships 77 Italian warships fell nto our hands, including five battleships, eight cruisers, 29 de- stroyers, 19 submarines and one sea- | In all, The Evangelical (250,000) and the | United Brethren (425,000, | The Presbyterian U. S. A. (2,000,- 000) and the Protestant Episcopal (2,000,000 | The United, American and “Mis- | souri synod” group of Lutherans in- | volving five million. | An exploratory move is under way between the Methodists (7,000,000 and the Protestant Episcopalians. | The immediate prospects are the | mergers of the Congregational Christian and Evangelical Reform- ed churches, and the Evangelical and United Brethren. Both unions may be voted upon during 1944. The Presbyterian-Episcopal move- ment is a continuing effort of a joint body after the Episcopal con- vention in Cleveland in 1943 dis- cussed the measure and took no! action. plane carrier. While there might 4 be some difficulty in getting large days after it had fallen to the Rus- juantities of their size ammunition, slanh ot the Bigh pfikge e '\ first drive to the west of Kiev. The he British may have sufficient to se the warships for patrol duty. mem" » "he south The small French fleet must not| He overlooked in listing the United Nations’ naval assets. I' Spearheaded by the powerful ar " ylng (newly overhauled in the U. 8., the French fleet on our side has in (hurch Se('s fighting trim at least one other i battleship, one aircraft carrier, nine | cruisers, 10 destroyers and a score| By ZACHARY TAYLOR { of subs. NEW YORK—War's disdster, wllh‘ over to the Allies, after the thjme of the nation, is nevertheless | African invasion, but it will prob-|tending to unify the church. | ably be 1944 before a French navy| Mergers of church denominations | as such can be rebuilt and fully|With memberships totalling nearly | equipped. Undoubtedly one of the 20,000,000 are in progress, and two | jobs being saved for the effective | unions definitely are possibilities (or. of France. | Dr. H. Paul Douglass, chairman of | A RT3t TPV the department of research and edu- | 'cation of the Federal Council of | | Churches, says these are the im- avy portant prospects: Union of Congregational Chris- | Lik | IKes | Noise | ors at the Navy's primary flight | instructors school here say theyq welcome trainees who have been exposed to terrific noises in civilian life. The explanation given is that a tory has an easier time hearing an instructor’s orders above the roar of | a Navy plane’s motor, since his skill | at picking the human voice from a bedlam of background noises is developed. Ss e VAl Hape (B0l BRSNIO Actend Ly Russians are also closing in on 35,000-ton battleship Rxcheheu Some 46 French warships came|its added burden on the religious | Prench naval forces is the invasion |1944. tians (1,500,000 members) with the NEW ORLEANS—Staff instruct- | man who's worked in a boiler fac- Caf's Nine Lives |the National Tuberculosis Associa- |value of X-Ray in the early dis- Evangelical and Reformed (660,000). | © PHONE 787 Thlrd and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. FERRO J. R. CLARK NO SUNSHINE? DO THE NEXT BEST THING.... BUY A SUNKRAFT SUN-LAMP and have the Beneficial Effects of Sunshine! Equipped with a quartz tube, which does not burn out. Easily portable, and has its own, neat carrying case— as well as a built-in timer. SEE THEM NOW AT Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Juneau Phone 616 Douglas Phone 18 Hung in Balance NORFOLK, Va.—Patrolman Roxie Curles hurried to a grocery store lon the report of a citizen that a robber had broken in and was flash- ing a light around. Sure enough, Curles saw a light flashing off and on when he peered through a window. A minute later he saw a cat jump from the meat scales and the light, on the scale dial, flashed off. Patrolman Curles put away his gun. BUY WAR BONDS Beware Cm:g‘l’ls from common Creomulsion re! cause it goes rlxm to Lhe trouble to help loosen and uxpel germ laden i to soothe md heal raw, tender, in- flamed bronchial mucous mem- branes. Tell sell Eradies CREOMULSION for Coughs. Chest Colds. I! ror.chitis ThatH On‘ legm, and aid' nature | PRAYER MEETING AT MEMORIAL CHURCH Tonight at 7:30 o'clock the regular prayer meeting service will be held at the Memorial Presbyterian Church, it was announced by the Rev. Walter A. Soboleff. Following the meeting, Dr. George Dale, with the Office of Indian Af- fairs, will show pictures of interest to everyone. The public is invited to attend. WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY ) GINGER IS GREAT AT KIDDING AROUND... It's Ginger's greatest performance Paramount Presents and RAY MILLAND” T..B. EXHIBIT | ONDISPLAYAT | LIGHT COMPANY An educational exhibit which} should be of considerable interest | to the public is now on display in ! the Alaska Electric Light and Power | Co., having been placed there by the Alaska Tuberculosis Assoeiation. The exhibit, sent as a gift from tion of New York City, shows the overy of tuberculosis. Since the death rate in the Terri- tory is more than 12 times that ofl the average for the United States it is hoped that this exhibit will| stimulate both interest and acuvnyi in bringing about early diagnosis. Anyone interested in the exhibit is invited to call at the Light Co. and study the display. INDIAN AFFAIRS FIELD NURSE ENROUTE, KAKE | Miss Catherine Uhl, Field Nurse | for the Bureau of Indian Affairs,| is enroute to her station at Kake after completing itinerant nursing at Killisnoo, Hoonah and Angoon. 'EMPIRE NEWSIES, CARRIERS’ PARTY Twenty-four kids, Empire news- boys and carriers, were given a party last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Zenger. The bunch played bingo, then gathered around | two large tables and devoured six big three-layered frosted cakes, one single layer frosted cake, 22 by 24 inches, two gallons of ice cream, four dozen coca cola, then topped off with spoonfuls of castor oil, as a matter of precauticn. However, no doctors were sum- | moned this morning and the gang | Is on the job this afternoon. CITY CAFE SPECIALTIES NOW IN CHINESE DISHES CHOP SUEY CHOW MEIN Sweet and Sour FRIED RICE OPEN ALL NIGHT PHONE 377 MOTORSHIP PATRICIA | Will leave for HAINES and SKAGWAY at 9 A. M. TUESDAY, For Tickets and Information CALL AT PERCY’S CAFE Where all small packages may be left 3 | HOSPITAL NOTES Jack Warner was discharged from St. Ann's Hospital yesterday after | surgical treatment. Ray Gildner, a medical patient, has been discharged from St. Ann's Hospital. | FBI Voluntarily on | 60-Hour Week;Work Certainly Piles Up (Continued from Page One) | is being said here that the Seventh |Army has already been stripped down to a skeleton force, with the men being used as replacements mn the Fifth Army and as task forces [ [ ”T”fi STARTS TONIGHT r‘”“ . in the Mediterranean area. An enterprising jeweler got nu’l a new “service pin.” It is a bar pin, with the initials WAM curly- g¢ued on its surface. He adverti it as a service pin for housewivgs who are doing their own work. The initials were to stand for “Without a maid.” The jeweler didn't reckon on Washington. The girls here are buying them right and left. They insist that the initials stand for something the jeweler never thought of: “Without a man.” The Capital Transit Co., whose trolleys and buses service the Diss trict of Columbia, recently made a ten-year summary of their pa-. tronage. In 1933, they carried slightly less than 125,000,000 passen- gers, This year, they will carry" around 540,000,000. MEN WANTED Six Millwrights and Two Machinists at JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS,Inc. Must have availability certificates. BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH SO 10U DIONT LN WP \FE'N SN BLASPHMOUS REMARKS ARE T'BE NORATED Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME Broiled Steak and THE DOUGLAS IN DINR AND DANCE OPEN Ul('l'll. MIDNIGHT Electric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE