The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1944, Page 2

PAGL TWO MAY 1944 BRING ALL OF YOU... Much Happiress, . Much Prosperity, Good Fortune and PEACE HES FOR 1944. the past sure to have been ul friends and GOOD WISH IN FOR THE NEW HAPPY NEW YEAR... B, Bebiondh s QAALITY SINCE /887 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA IYIPPE, YIP! WHOOPEE- EE! HOWDYE 1944 iOId Year Slips Ouf as New Year Comes in with Everybody Merry © Well, the old w ear 1943, slip- \ped out at midnight just in time to clear the way for baby 1944 to |arrive and let out the first whoop | And 1944 came in with a whoop, {in this section } ts were fired in the air, flares sent up, sky rockets were shot loff and pre-war firecrackers also lwm'(\ heard. Auto horns joined in {the welcome as gasboat whistles || pierced the air [| The old fire bell tapped the stroke iof 12 and then gave a general alarm {for merriment. | Hurrahs were given and “Happy {New Year" greetings were ex- | changed. | A big gathering at the Elks ush- |ered in the New Year with the aid |of noisemakers and serpentine as |the orchestra played “Auld Lang |Syne” at_ the stroke of twelye {o'clock. i Rotarians, at lbeir dance in the | Baranot Gold Room, welcomed the \vear 1944, and at the Moose Legion |gathering another merry throng ex- idmnged greetings. !' Toeday many “open houses” are to Many years of continued progress can, in no small measure, be atiributed to your esteemed friendship and cherish- ed patronage. To all of you we extend thanks and most sincere holiday greet- ings, with the hope that 1944 has in store for you much that is beyond your most optimistic expectations. Standing on the threshold of 1944 there is reason 1o believe that the new chap- ter has brighter pages for all. With this thought we extend to all Bur Sincere New Year's Greetings JONES - STEVENS be held; the Masons have their ;x’cception from 2 to 5 in the Scot- ’Lish Rite Temple, and Bob Tew gives a dance in the Elks ballroom. [The USO formal dance is scheduled | - 1 at the Scottish Rite Temple. T |1ater than 30 days after the close‘ a } MUSKRAI BEAVER of the season, Dufresne announces. | Bus'ness I No other part of Southeast e 'I‘RAPPI“G 'I'o BE Alaska will be open to trapping of | | beaver and muskrat during the | OPEN, TAKU INLET iness Meeling, Juneay Woman's . Club on Tuesday ‘Twelye Best Stories. Last Year Topped by Viclory Blueprints (Continued trom Page One) Until \zictory {sub menace removed the greatest SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1944 The Sewing Basket BABY HEADQUARTERS || Infant and Children’s Wear || 139 S. Franklin BATAAN CAFE Genuine Chow Mein Chop Suey COME ONE ———— COME ALL! ® Juneau, Alaska Hotel Juneau For Comfort At Lowest Rates ROOMS WITH BATH or WITHOUT BATH Most Convenient Location —THIRD AND MAIN— | Owner-Mgr., Clarence Wise 289 So. Franklin Street Open All Night - ORDER' YOUR: RABBIT SKI Now : Tanned, cleaned and all | ready to make pp. | VALCAUDA FUR COMPANY SEATTLE, WASHINGTON % Ny S SEATTLE gl oo E o Cen located | gy © Splendid food and ! F. service McClure, © Large Rooms— Mgr. all with Bath ALABKANS LIKE THB Alaska Tramsportation [Fw WisHINGTON ] e [ BARANOF . Alaska’s Largest Apartment SAILINGS FROM FIKR ! Hotel THE ATCO LINE * EVERY ROOM WITH TUB PABSENGER® PREIGHT and SHOWER * REFPRIGERATION Reasonable Rates ° Phone 800 BUY WAR BONDS D. B. FEMMER—AGENT NIGHT 813 PHONE 114 ALASKA AIRLINES According Lo announcement made v today by Frank Dufresne, Executive Until Victory is won, everything we have to offer— Pan American Airways’ experience gained by more than 165 million miles of overseas flight to 63 foreign countries and colonies and the “know how” of 10 years’ pioncering of scheduled flying in Alaska— All are at work for the Government and Military services of the United States. Meanwhile, we appreciate the patience and JUNEAU to ANCHORAGE VIA 'YAKUTAT and CORDOVA CONNECTIONS TO Valdez Oou Y4 ¥ The 'regular . monthly. business single threat to the Allied war ef- | ARIIR Ay | meeting of . the Juneau Woman's: fort, Officer of the Alaska e Com- RESUME Mo Ay‘lcluh will be held -pext Tuesday 11 Atty.and Kiska Arc Retaken mission, the drair Taku Inlet| . | aftexnoon at 2 lclock in the Alaskd | (May 30 and Aug. 15)—S will be open for trapping of beaver T i | Electric Light. and, Power Company japan held a bridgehead in the Aleu- and muskrat between April 1 and | “fpe’Holiday period for (e Highi |Penthouse., (Reports. will be EIVE tjans she held a pistol pointed at April 30 | o ‘e’ ‘schoots®.of Wit - Bubfis] o the FeathHatbor Day eard Party the American confinent. Americari The bag limit is 10 ‘and the ani- | and on the Toy Genter conducted|,oooppure of these fog-drenched mals must be taken to the Game | School system has ended. School|with the Douglas Island Woman's|, ous not only removed that threat Commission office for sealing not!sessions will be resumed on Mondfly.jCll‘\l’}) belBure Chfl;"f‘l:;'- Sy |but was significant as the first cxs, —— - - - - — Ts. urrass m. y ice-Presi- | Pient. will’ presidle absthe mesting B ;‘;‘]‘Xll‘:"]‘,’i’c‘as‘s:}" engmy. from ‘actust the absence of the President, Mrs. ™, e 1 ; i | John McCormick, who will be on| 1% Race Riots Hit Detroit gJuly = 21)—A rumor on a bridge at mid-4 { Fairbanks Kuskokwim o her way outsides on an extended | o "tnp. . ‘ - e ! | |ican problem—race rioting. When HOSPITAL NOTES Ida Frank has been admitted to | the Government Hospital. | New Year’s Nite ELKS’ HALL ; DANCING 10 TO 1 BOBTEW'S BAND w $1.00 - 10 $1.10 Jimmy Jackson has | pital. SERVICE MEN 55¢ Admission - RETAIL CLERKS MEETING MONDAY—JANUARY 3 Moose Hall 7:30 P. M. Compulsory Attendance {charged from the Government Hos- ynight in an overcrowded war in- i LAl sl Woonds 5. e understanding of Alaskans who so often find that war priority stands in the way of that i flare up of that particularly Amel-{ 5 Vi trip or delays that express shipment. order was restored, 3¢ were dcad.t ! more than 700 injured. Here are other stories which should not be overlooked: the bombing of Rome, the American raid on the Ploesti oil fields, famine | in India, the wreck of the Congres- sional Limited, the raising of thej | Normandie. been dis- SCOTTISH RITE NEW YEAR’S DAY CELEBRATION 2:00 to¥5j=(i0_ P.M. Saturday, January Ist, 1944 IN THE MASONIC TEMPLE All Masons and Families ----- Especially Visi_tiny Members Invited!? AH-MAGGIE IS AWAY FOR A WEEK-NOW I'M GOIN' TO BE TH' JULIUS CAESAR IN - THIS HOU! OLD: SAYING ? ' “I'M KING OF By GEORGE McMANUS ANOCA -~ - SURVEY/" O JUNEAU'S NEWEST EATING * ESTABLISHMENT SMAILY—ANDY FONG Proprietors DINE AND DANCE ““TROPICS"’ LOCATED OPPOSITE JUNEAU COLD STORAGE Serving Both Chinese and American OPEN ALL NIGHT DISHES Kodiak Nome Bristol Bay and Yukon Points PHONE 667 Office Baranof Hotel Woodley Airways JUNEAU— ANCHORAGE Via YAKUTAT and CORDOVA Connections to ALL INTERIOR Alaska Points Lockheed Arrives Juneau 2:00 P.M. Eleetra Leaves Juneau 2:30 P.M. Tuesday-Friday FOR RESERVATIONS ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES Phone 612 Agents Juneau M ALASKA COASTAL' AIRLINES Serving Southeast Alaska——Passengers, Mail, Express SITKA TRIP—Scheduled Dajly at 9:30 A. M. Hawk An- Pel- Kim- Chicha- Inlet Hoonah goon Tenakee Todd ican shan gof $10 $18 $1 $18 $18 $18 1 12 10 . 10 Haines and Skagway—Scheduled Daily at 9:30 A. M. Haines Skagway Juneau Skagway - A Express Rate: 10 cents per pound—Minimum Charge 60c Round Trip Facé: Twice One-Way Fare, less 10% Excursion Inlet—Scheduled Daily at 9 A. M. Juneau Hoonah $15.00 $10.00 Express Rate: 10 cents per pound—Minimum Charge 60c SCHEDULED TUESDAY and THURSDAY Ketchikan ‘Wrangell Petersburg $35.00 $30.00 10.00 20.00 per pound—Minimum of $1.00 to Ketehikan pound—Minimum of 60c to Petersbarg and Wrangell fates sunject 1o PHONE 612 and