The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1943, Page 6

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PAGE SIX — GEORGE BROTHE Supe Market PHONES 92-95 2 FREE DELIVERIES DAILY CLOSE OUT SALE ON POG FOOD CALO-- sracn 4 Q)¢ Each PARD--- 3 ScEach SPECIAL ManKind- ™™ § G Each Red Heart "o § % Each Bar None "2 '™ 3 for 25¢ rst Served 4 First Here- | The broadcast said the Sark the | NAZIS CLAIM SARKISLAND IS ATTACKED No Allied Confirmahon of " Commando Raids in Engllsh Channel LONDON, |said that l')ec 2; ~The ‘Germans | two British Cnmmando (assaults were carried out within lhx(-e days on Sark in the English Ch.mnel islands Which lie athwart a possible path of General Dwight D_ Eisenhower’s invasion of the continent from the west, | ‘The German account was broad- | cast by DNE and followed the report | by the German command Sunday 'of a combined British Commando ‘raid on Christmas Eve in an ap-| parent pre-invasion probing of the | defenses of the Nazi-held French | coast | | None of the reports were confirm- ed by any Allied source. 1 as saults “failed like all similar at- | tempts of this kind.” The Germans | claimed on Sunday that they had | { wiped out Commando forces mldmg Lhmnnel coast. DEMO(RATS ~ ASKED FOR | - VOTEPLANK Voice in National | Election Urged WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Demo- | cratic National Committee Chair- man Frank C. Walker says he has “no doubt a compromise measure can and will be enacted” to enable | service men and women to vote in the 1944 national election. This is the statement in replying | to a telegram from Sidney Hillman, | Chairman of the CIO Political Ac- | tion Committee, urging the Demo- cratic Party to affir “whole-hearted | support to a Federal ballot.” Walker recalled the original Lucas-Green Bill was defeated in the Senate where it met opposition | on the ground it “controverts the! doctrine of States’ rights,” and ad- _d bl {Germans Report Greatest Right of Soldiers fo Have jof chant vessels are in the harbor, SIX PASSENGERS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE IUM;AU ALASKA | | { i | | ! out residents of Berlin lining up for food from a soup Kitchen. “IMUSSOLINI DIED 10 DAYS AGO, IS MADRID REPOR LONDON, DPL 29.—A (llspa[ch from Madrid to the London Dflll} Mail quotes diplomatic sources as' saying Benito Mussolini died ten days ago in a German hospital as the result of “long standing stom- ach trouble complicated by acute mental derangement.” 'WESTERN GERMANY BOMBED HEAVY SHIP - MOVEMENTS, GIBRALTAR Naval Activity Since Italian Invasion LONDON, Dec. 29.—The heaviest shipping movements to Gibraltar since the Italian invasion is report- ed by Axis radios along with fresh boasts about the “impregnability” the German defenses on the French invasion coast. The Vichy radio reported that a British cruiser and nine terpedo boats left Gibraltar and 58 aer- The Berlin radio quoted a Madrid 1eport that a convoy of 177 ships, mostly 10,000 ton vessels, arrived at| Gibraltar from an Atlantic cross-| ing. Is Also Hit Today by Raiders LONDON, Dec. 29.—Allied planes |based in England began winging in- to action again today after |h(- | L | | T Rocket Gun Coast of France - " FoodLinein Bemn Mler Allled Bombing This German photo, supplied by Pressens Bild, Swedish pictureagency, was described as showing bombed- (AP V\'irophaln by radio from S(o(‘kholm) MAGNUSON IS COMING TO ALASKA Congressm; Gives Out Details for Visit With- in Next 3 Weeks | SEATTLE, Dec. 29.-Congressman | Warren G. Magnuson said here to- day he will visit Alaska for the House Naval Affairs Committee dur- ing the next three weeks to gather linformation on the Calon Project and Alaska Highway, and he added: “On my trip I will inspect air facilities on the Aleutian chain. I | want to be sure we do not relinquish | airfields when military necessity subsides. Avia‘ors have learned the shortest route to the Far East is | through Sealtle and the Aleutians and that is true also of areas farther south, sucl "n" islands. - 'HIGHWAY GUARDS | as Java and neighbor- | \ i WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 29, l943 Frank Price HasFiled for leglslalure Is First Man to Throw Hali Info Ring for Primary Election Next April Frank Price of Sitka, former President of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and now member of the present city council of Sitka, | today filed for Representative on the Republican ticket for the Alas- ka Legislature. As far as known, Price in the 1944 Alaska Legislature. Price is well known in this Dis trict, born at Sitka and of that city for years, a fisherman and well respected in that com- munity and other places. The First Division will have eight Representatives in the next Legis- lature and four Senators. Filings now made are subject to the primaries in April, next year. et BEGINNERS' CLASS IN RUSSIAN WILL BE STARTED SOON . | A uew class in the Russian lan-| guage will be started after the first of the year if sufficient interest is shown, ment by the Rev. A. M. Baranoff.| At present he is teaching two clas- ses and all are progressing well. The groups meet at the high school on Monday and Friday nights. Further tained by calling Black 230 or by writing to P. O. Box 2561, Juneau. S e . . L L . . L] L . . WEATHER REPORT . (U. S. Bureau) . . . ® Temp. Tuesday, Dec. 28 o ® Maximum 42; Minimum 37 e ® Rain .2 . . L] . L] L] . L] ELKS is the i first filing in Alaska for a place resident according to an announce- | information may be nb- |ElI(S INITIATING AT MEET TONIGHT | At the regular meeting of the |Elks Lodge tonight there will be | initiation and refreshments. A large lattendance is requested by Exalted Ruler Floyd Fagerson. VIR HIITE A AR The figure of Lincoln in the Lin- coln Memorial, Washington, is 19 \feet high. IT MADE A . FAMOUS Mention Milwaukee anywhere in the world and people say, “‘That’s where they make scHLITZ, the beer that made Milwaukee famous.” To earna. reputation for having made a city famous is an ‘achievement || of which any product may be proud. Discover for yourself why Schlitz is America's most distinguished beer. You don’t bave to drink a bitter beer. Schlitz meth- ods of brew- ing control capture just the KISS of the bops, not their harsh bitterness. Taste Schlitz and you’ll never want to back to a itter beer. | THE BEER ‘ THAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS 1 Copr. 1948, Jos. Schistz Brewing Co., Muwautee, Wis ELKS ] ATTENTION ded: “I have no doubt a compromise 2 measure will be enacted to meet this | Christmas lull NOI To M E EI ON . objection ofr I can conceive of no| Io GUSIAVUS VIA | Two engined Mosquitos ‘*"Ulk‘ member of Congress being able to { western Germany last night and| ToMoRRow NIGHT P e L deny a soldier a chance to make his AI.‘SVA rOAS‘I'Al\ Typhoon bombers hx.l l{m “rocket | I 0nlght P I 0night THESE YANK INFANTRYMEN waiting to advance against the Japs in the | V0ie count in the national election: R . Sun coast” £ 40 RorRR D TaRtE | | teday. | Announcement is made this after- | | | Southwest Pacific weren’t posing for any camera, yet a Signal Corps | o i | photographer caught them in that dramatic moment all fighters know 1STRIKE SET | noon that there will be no meeting | lof the Alaska Territorial Guards, | Highway Unit, tomorrow night. The | Botb missiors were without loss INITIATION vus this morning oastal Airlines plane | Flying to Gu: —the last moment before the comm:md “Let’s go!” (Imc'matmnn-) on-an Alaska C: ATy ip i g were Mr. and Mirs. Herbert| : : be | MuD SLOWS DOWN ROME DRIVE | e v eesone, w v e | PASSENGERS TO | o sald . | THURSDAY i 55 S™e N ORMGEWITH it REFRESHMENTS Passengors ou a flight to Excur-| sion Inlet were Theodora A. Domke WOODLEY AIRLINE PRODUCTION OF i l FF and Murrell Maisach, and on the| | ] veturn trip the plane brought in| | | H | George I, George Preston, Ar-| A Woodley \n\\.x,:~ plane arrived | i 33 jthur F George B. Balke, andthis morning from the Westward, BA(K Io NORMAL. ]’hreaiened S'o age Ole Higuerra leaving shortly thereafter with the | ppag Two trips were made to Sitka.|following booked for Anchora - H inned: i he first took two passengers, Al-|Harvey Milton, Jr, Sam George, PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 29.-| Railrodds Nipiged in * | e ciom oo o passenaers A Berre B e Sesas ste prodaction limbed bask foday .+.You can itrati and Glen R. Klingbell, Thomas L. Bartolobo, Roy L. Craig, Joose|toward normal after a work stop-| : ) BUd"ArbI"a"onl [Klingbeil, Norma Klingbeil <nd|Migucl, and Jim Huston page of more than 170000 workers SPOt it every time Anton Bartness went over on the| FER S EITH | while the CIO’s United Steel Work- OSI'ESSES of Pan American at ¢] | WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — Th?’sc‘(“onfl mghc | IMMUNIZATION CLINIC ers Union. continued negotiations pmlfy(heurvkzofll‘lu railroad styike is off as. three oper-| AT GOVT. HOSPITAL lfo) new contracts. mnl. ey provide many a pleasant ating unions, after resisting pre- THURSDAY AFTERNOON | e They offer so many extrai? urvlcu for your information and convenience. And when ml orona vious “offers “for arbitration, agreed e The immunization clinic will be| APout 39 ‘percent of the forest held at the Government Husplml“hes that = occur in the Rocky lon Thursday, December 30, at 1|Mountain region are caused by o'clock in the afternoon. Immuniza- | Man, says the U .S. Forest service. tions will be given for smallpox, diphtheria and whooping cough. < “Lo call off the EASTERN STARS | INITIATE FIVE Five candidates were initiated last night by the Order of Eastern Star at a meeting in the lodge room of the Scottish Rite Temple. ’re thirsty, at a termi- ‘npper. another surprise you Herel the drink that more than uenches thirst. It adds refreshment. tentment comes in travels when you connect with a Coke. That refreshing difference in Coca-Cola is red by choicest !set for toniorrow. The decision “followed similar ac- tion by two other operating broth- jerhoods and 15 nonoperating unions and apparently cleared the first \hurd]e in the way of the govern- iment’s return of the railroads to private operation. | On orders from President Roose- BUY WAR BONDS HEAVY RAIN and mud have slowed the Allied drive to Rome. This pic- ture shows a truck load of supplies bound for American troops bogged | down on a muddy road. Italy has had heavy downpours for the past The warmest friends you've got (Inte: i The ceremony was followed by a % month, Official U, S. Signal Corps Rddnotelenhoto International) velt, who said the strike must not|poliday . party. with games and Among the things you can count I be permitted to interfere with the|gancing enjoyed in the baliroom| on for comfortable compaanion- ship are Standard Burner Oils. Every drop is real warmth and 100% clean because it’s distilled. No Smake, No Soot. . . MUDDY GOING IN ITALY transportation of men and machines for war, the Army had taken over the operation of the carriers on Monday night. and a midnight supper served by Mrs. Daisy Fagerson and her com- mittee. There will be a joint installation ; Locomotive firemen, ‘enginemen,{with the Masonic Lodge on the ! Eliminates Burner Cleaning conductors and switchmen capitu-|avening of January 3, it was an- More For Your Mongy ... It's Thrifty lated after a conference with Bre-|nounced, and the next regular Burns Evenly Without Waste " |hom Somervell, Chief of the Army|meeting of the Star will be January For Stoves For Furusces Service Forces assigned to operate|;; the roads. S]ANDARD P { | SERVICE MEN IN " CANADA BE GIVEN U, S. ARMY TRIAL OTTAWA, Dec. 29. — A United States Service Court, empowered to try all members of the U. S. armed forces arrested in Canada has been 2stablished here, and whenever members of the United States forc- es are detained by any Canadian authority, the arrested man’s com- mander or some other U. S. offi- cial must be notified to_take®cus-! tody. | Hereafter no criminal proceedings may be prosecuted before a Can- adian court Churchill Improving; Crisis Over LONDON, Dec. 29.—A statement from No. 10 Downing Street says | British Premier Winston Churchill | “continues to make very satisfactory progress and it is not expected any |Turther bulletins will be issued.” Churchill is now indicated to be definitely out of danger from an attack suffered somewhere in the Middle East where he is now con- valescing. Tralned, host=eses ol lu'lmv ith ice-cold | Tenaig The best is always the better buy!? Ul BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY Juneau Cold Storage Co. : SLIPPING AND SLIDING th: r 4 near the fighting front in Italy are, hatless and gue-clad (1. tor.), Army nurse lieutenants Anna Lance, Ashley, 11l.; Waneta Manley, Windsor, Vt,, and Ruth Lee, White City, Kans. , This is & Signal Corps radiophote. (International Soundphoto) yacuation hospitul area 'STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF OALll'ORNIAI 4 l

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