The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 30, 1943, Page 3

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1943 USO PERFORMERS REACH NORTH ON JOUR, ARMY CAMPS TONIGHT—FRIDAY J 7«« to excite you! Stau to delight > you! W“’ | SEATTLE, Dec. 30.—Ingrid Berg- Tt e {man and a company of USO per- : D wnth ‘folmexs have arrived in Alaska on { a tour of military camps, Lt. Charles | D. Chubback, Commanding Officer for the Alaskan Department in Se- ! attle, announces. With Bergman are Neil Hamilton, screen star; Joan Barlow, singer; | Nancy Barnes, accordinist, and Mar- : | vel Andre, singer. | (CHURCHILL SAYS HE'S FINE NOW | | THRg | (LI ] | mme WORLD ¢ RELIGION = yWW.REID So great is the need for volun- teers for mar ervices in the hos- pitals of Albany, N. Y., that the Albany Federation of Churches has agreed to secure workers who can| give from four hours to two days of service per week. Of the first 150 men enrolled, more than half were priests, rabbis and ministers of several denominations. The ser- vices listed include the most menial in the hospitais. Because neighbor does not know neighbor in a big city, and famil- ies may be “lost” and no church know it (as cannot happen in a small town), the twelve principal Protestant churches in downtown Minneapolis, Minn., have organized ministers and laymen into a gen- eral committee to give pastoral ser- Oladys Virginia i GEORGE . FIELD ! e | s Has Recovered from Pneu-| Winter Sports Jamboree || monia — Never Lost | Buenos Aires Today Fiction News Offmal Contact | LONDON, Dec. 30.—British Prlmv‘ Minister Winston Churchill in a| jocular “personal note” issued | through No. 10 Downing Street, an- | | nounces to the Allied Nations he has recovered from his bout with| pneumonia and all along he has | been able te discharge fully his or-‘ ficial duties. Churchill said he now felt better | than at any time since leaving Eng- | | land, although he is in need of a few weeks of sunshine to restore his | Show Place of Juneau SCOTTISH RITE WILL HOLD RECEPTION ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON ok | strength. The Scottish Rne will hold their Churchill joshed the censorship annual New Year reception Satur- by sayi “Now I am leaving the place T have been staying for an { unknown destination.” Churchill stated specifically: “T ‘have not at any time had to re- linquish my part in the direction | of affairs and there has not been | the slightly delay in giving decisions required by me. I am now able to | transact business fully. I have a‘ highly efficient nucleus of a stafl.‘ |T am in full and daily correspond- | | ence with London.” It is disclosed that Churchill in- tended to visit the Italian front when illness interrupted his plans| after the Cairo-'reheran conferences. 'ELECTRIC IRONS BATHTUBS 10 BE PRODUCED IN"44 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Orders To H' FOR"ER | for the first important production b | resumption of civilian goods since Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fortier are | the war began have been issued by receiving the congratulations of their | tne war Production Board. Twn friends today on the birth of "}mnllon electric irons and 50,000 daughter last night at St. ADN'S|p,inqups have been authorized for Hospital. The young lady made her | | production next yea, appearance at 8:50, and tipped the ( The bathtubs wfll. Sowovkr. be 2‘::::5 Btshilxwlgogd:angg f:;glk:‘j:}restricted for use of war -housing g projects. The electric iron produc- June, and both child and mother . are reported as getting along fine. | tion will be approximately 40 per- T AR S cent of the normal year's manufac- ture. Peter Harry entered the Govern- ment Hospital yesterday_for medical care. day afternoon at the Scottish Rite Temple between 2 and 5 o'clock. The reception, which is informal, is for all Masons and their families, including the Order of Eastern Star DeMolay Boys and Rainbow Girls CATHOLIC SERVICE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY At the Catholic Church of the Nativity on New Year's Day (Sat- urday) the following is the order of services: 6 am, Holy mass; 8:30 am., Holy mass and instruction; 10:30 a.m., High mass and sermon, followed by Benediction of the Most | Blessed Sacrament. . { STORKS BRINGS , BABY DAUGHTER | BUY WAR BUNDS Juneau Plumbing & Heating Co. PLUMBING ' HEATING OIL BURNERS SHEET METAL WELDING PHONE 787 Thlrd and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. FERRO Green 585 . J. R. CLARK .Red 750 NO SUNSHINE? DO THE NEXT BEST THING ... BUY A SUNKRAFT SUN-LAMP and have the Beneficial Effecis 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 Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME | vice throughout the congested city | house visitation and roster | district. {to understand and do something/ Broiled Steak and center. The area is divided into twelve districts, and one church is responsible for a complete house to of one In calling in homes and| ': apartments, the church visitor re- | presents all twelve churches and in- vites the person or family called| {upon to become active in the church of his choice. As a first result r)f this effort, there- has been an in-| crease in church membership, and many cases have been found where JAPS ALERT | the comfort and service of the| church has been needed and ex-| tended. | A “token gift” of $25,000 has th‘n' sent by a group of Protestant| churches of the United States and | Canada to the famine sufferers of | Bengal Province, through the For- j ROOSEVELI eign Missions Conference of North | America and the National Christ-' ., . ST . First Raid on Makin Found ian Council of India. On receipt of a statement of the need from the Indian Council's secretary, Ra]zlh} " UnprO'eded—Se(Ofld Manikam, this amount was sent . . and more is promised while lhe‘ Ra'd DI“el’enf famine conditions last. “This is only a drop in the bucket of the terrible| sSAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 30.—Lit. need,” says Miss Sue Weddell of |Col. James Roosevelt told an aud- the Foreign Missions Conference,|jence here that changes made on “but it is a gesture of concern and |Makin Island in 15 months, the in- Christian interest in the Indian|terval between the two attacks on people. Their living, always meagre, | the atoll, demonsrated the Japanese ihas been cut to the point of starva- |are an alert enemy to be reckoned tion in many cases by war-imposed ; With. limits on transportation facilities| The first raid was an experimental and by recent floods. This initial|one, Roosevelt said, and was made gift will be followed by larger gifts.” | When the Japs were not ready to hold their positions in the back yard Chinese Christians of a number|and found the atoll lightly equip- of denominations have joined to-|Ped: On the second raid, Makin gether in the formation of “The|%as crammed with added equipment United Christian Publishers” in and defense emplacements, capable Chengtu, West China, and pr P,;or withstanding a heavy seige. 3 C! ) proposes the issuance of a number of import- | ant books, some of them transla- tions into Chinese from English; | and of an “Omnibook” which will contain timely articles on Christian topics, some original and some translated. Already a digest of| Willkie’s “One World” has appeared in the Omnibook. Books that are| appearing in Chinese include: Prof.| HIT N A l Is Frank Price’s “Christianity in the| Post-War World,” Dr. Y. T. Wu's| “The Meaning of Belief in God” | o Donforth’s “I Dare You,” and Daw-| LONDON, Dec. 30.—Yugoslav Par- son's life of John Frederick Ober-|tisans, boldly striking 25 miles into lin. The Foreign Missions Confer-|Northern Italy, have destroyed & ence of North America hails this|German transport column near new enterprise as one of the most|Gorizia, on the railway extending iraportant yet advanced by Chinese [southward to Trieste. Christians and their missionary as- ———— sociates. ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF DRAFT EVASION | John Mike Pavlik is in the Federa Jail, Urging American people, and es- pecially the people of the churches, of draft evasion. about the prejudices of American| , by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gr whites against the Negroes, Jews, Japanese, Chinese and others in this country, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in Am- erica says: “As Christians, each of| us should enlist in the organizcd' movement for interracial brother-| this morning and his bond was set at $1,000 CITY CAFE hood, and wherever there is aj SPECIALTIES NOW IN struggle for the advancement of all CHINESE DISHES jthe people, be in the lead; be un- CHOP SUEY prejudiced and wise enough to| CHOW MEIN bridge and cross the chasms of ra- Sieet endiEonir cial isolation and segregation; give FRIED RICE active support to the Fair Em- ployment Practice Committee a- gainst discrimination in employment OPEN ALL NIGHT and in industry; vigorously oppose PHONE 377 all policies and practices of racial; LIKE MANY OTHERS in the armed forces, Lt. Edwin A. Young, 27, is over- joyed at meeting his six- -months-old daughter for the first time. He’s lifting her high in the air in his Roxbury, Mass., home. He's on furlough | aner 50 air missions in the Mediterranean theatre. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ACE MEETS DAUGHTER FOR lST TIME [(‘,lNGER ROGERS, 1 | | , | . | | | (In!ernut(onal\ PLANE IS WRECKED | AT NOME| Pilot Goza;lr VAccidentf when Landing on Iced Field from Kotzebue NOME, Alaska, Dec. 30.—Taking off with an ordinary load of freight, Pilot Clarence Goza, of the Ferguson | Airways, from Kotzebue, wrecked his | plane on a beach landing field at Nome. The accident was caused by hum- mocks on the iced field as the result | of heavy snow, and the left ski of the plane was torn off, causing the plane to swerve in several directions. This resulted in both being tipped and damaged considerably. The under structure was completely ' wrecked. Goza was on a return trip from Kotzebue when the accident oc- curred and he was fortunate in re- ceiving no injuries from the mishap. e e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 30. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6%, American Can 83, Anaconda 2 Bethlehem Steel | 56'%, Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 5%, International Harvester 717, Kermecott 30'%, New | York Central 15%, Northern Pacific 14%, United States Steel 51, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 136.20; rails, 33.53; utilities, 21.80. C ———————— having been arrested by the ‘ the Government Hospital yesterday | U. 8. Marshal's Office on a charge | afternoon He was arraigned | Admitted to St. Ann's'yesterday was Mrs. Anna Thompson. Peggy Krukoff was admitted to MOTORSHIP 'into the 20th Century RAY MILLAND IN 20TH CENTURY BILL If ever there put one in high humor, it is Para- mount’s engaging comedy, Major and the Minor,’ last night with Ray Milland and Ginger Rog- ers in the title roles, The sight of vivacious, exciting | Miss Rogers masquerading as a pig- tailed twelve-year-old and in one scene even pretending to be her own mother, is really hilarious screen | fare, HOSPITAL NOTES C. W. Hubbard, a medical pa- tient, has been discharged from St. Ann's Hospital. Mrs. G. E. Krause was admitted to St. An medical care. Andrew Charlie, of Angoon, was |admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital on Wednesday for medical care. Frank Higuerra, a medical pa- tient, has entered St. Ann's Hospital | from Excursion Inlet. Baby Harvey Frazier was admitted to St. Aun's Huspual yesterday. Charles Switzer was admitted to St. for medical care. Sam George was discharged from the Government Hospital yesterday. e HERE FROM ANCHORAGE Here from Anchorage, Vera Bur- cher is registered at the Baranof Hotel. s S ) AT BARANOF HOTEL At the Baranof Hotel, Mrs. A. M. | Coker is registered from Anchorage. —————— GUEST AT BARANOF Registered from Kelso, Washing- | ton, Clyde Dick is a guesl at the | Baranof. IN FROM STRAWBERRY In from Strawberry Point, G. E. Bierhaus and B. F. Schultis are 1 guests at the Gastineau Hotel. - KELLYS AT GASTINEAU Mr. and Mrs. Ward Kelly are guests at the Gastineau Hotel. They are registered from Strawberry Point. NEVER AGAIN CAMP CROWDER, sioned in the Signal Corps his broth- er, Robert, then a student at the Univergity of Pennsylvania, laugh- ingly wrote, “I'll never, never salute you.” almost every day, brother is now his instructor in Central Signal Corps School here, where Pfc. Robert is a communica- tions student. Both formerly lived at Rio de Janeiro, Braz e CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank all of the per- sons who sent flowers in the recent death of our mother, especially Mrs. Jack Clark, Mrs. Hoopes, the Government Hospital staff and the Baranof Coffee Shop staff, also Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kashevarof. We are grateful for this kindness. THE PROKOPIOF FAMILIES adv. 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 was a picture to “The ' which bowed Hospital yesterday for Ann's Hospital on Wodnesday, | Mo. — When | Lt. Frederick Mattox was commis- | But now he salutes him | because his | "~ PAGE THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY (3 CENTURY OMENTURY vonreire TONIGH T | GR | | | | | ‘ | Goger 22 LA\ RoGERS - MILLAND | - : TheMa 'Or ;2‘; MMOI; Robert Benchley - Written by Ch ~ Rita Johnson - Directed by BILLY WILDER Diana Lynn nd Billy Wilder Now— “CONFIRM OR DENY" "DESERT VICTORY" 'NO MORE COAL FOR WEST SAYS HAROLD ICKES | WASHINGTON, Dec. 90—Secfeq tary of the Interior and Fuel Ad< | ministrator Harold L. Ickes, an- | nounced today that the hard shortage in the East is so se' that no more of the fuel will be shipped west of the Ohio-Pennsyl- vania boundary until April 1. Embargo on the westward ships | ments provide about 300,000 addi- tional tons for the East. Replying sarcastically to the War Manpower Commission, Ickes ass serted that he was more positive than ever that the coal shortage was due a “to considerable extent” to the | manpower shortage and accused ghe | commission of giving no help except |to conduct recruiting campaigng | which were unsuccessful, President Roosevelt recently told | all department heads in a stronglys | worded order, not to carry on any | more ifterdepartmental controver= NEW PRESIDENT of the Associa- | Sies publicly. ’ | tion of Military Surgeons, just se- e ottty 'lected, is Col. Lucius A. Salisbury | A baby girl, weighing six pounds “of New York., @ (International) Ianu five ounces was born to Mrs. | Harlove Fortier at 8:50 o'clock last evening at St. Ann’s Hospltal. . Heads Surgeons o | BUY WAR BONDS MEN WANTED Six Millwrights and Two Machinists at i JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS, Inc. Must have availability certificates. ' discrimination in the armed ser- vices.” The, Rev. Charles E. Winter, of San Francisco, Calif., Methodist missionary in Hinghwa, Fukien, China, reports that in additfon to high prices and scarcity of food, the people of that 4rea are now ‘menaced by an outbreak of bubonic plague. “This disease, usually fatal, is carried by the flea, which in turn is carried by the rat,” he says. “One town where 200 people died from the plague last year, has a novel scheme this year; each shop and household has assessed five rats, dead or alive; for each rat over the quota, the family received $1, and for each rat under the quota it was assessed $1. . ... The rats are coming in.” TH WORRIED ABOLT THE NARD B\ROY WE MUST BE SICK-WE. DIDNT SHOW LWP FOR DWAER oa SIPPER- GRY TW DOCTOR BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH DONT GIT GAN AR CAE, ARVD-NAER®, 'CALSE OF NE T EVEN MWSSED TW S\GHT-SEEIN DOWN TW NILE CREEKY - T GO IARN YE TO EAT FROW ByBILLY DeBECK - DINS AND DANCE THE DOUGLASIN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT Electric Hammond Oryan Music DINE AND DANCE