The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 6, 1944, Page 6

ANUARY 6, 1944 THURSDAY, ‘GEORGE BROTHERS Super Market Pll()NES 92-95 2 FREE DELIVERIES DAILY Phone, Write or Wire Your Orders The Best Cash Grocery APPLE SAUCE—Gallons Cans 89¢ SPECIAL CATSUP—Gallon Cans 89¢ SPECIAL CHILI SAUCE—Gallon Cans . 98¢ SPECIAL BEWARE OF IMITATORS The Best Cash Grocery GEORGE BROTHER No Order Too Large For Us to Fill! PHONE—WRITE—WIRE US YOUR ORDER BIG PROBE IS STARTED ON SHIPPING Cracking of Liberty Ships in Alaska Waters In- veshgated Now (Continued from Page One) Replaces Weiles when she cmcked while bmug load- ed in Alaska “You can hear gunshots,” Captain the congressman “And the crack, once started, runs like & woman's stockings.” Declaring that Liberty ships are not sufficiently strengthened longi- | tudinally, Captain Eckholm said: “These ships stand on a crest of a wave with both ends shaking like | jelly.” - | Congressman Magnuson said he'! would transmit information he ob- tained to, the house merchant ma- t rine committee and declaxed: EDWARD R. STETTINIUS, JR., Lend- “With the known total of 9 Lib- 1 Lease Administrator, has been ap- erty ships that have cracked, 3, and | pointed Under Secretary of State probably 4, of which ate lost (pos- | by President Roosevelt to fill the sibility of repairing the Chkalov is| vacancy created by Sumner Welles doubtful), T am wholeheartedly in | TeSignation. Mr. Sefttinius, who is support of Senator Wallgren’s de- | 42, quit private business in 1940 to i 5 | take a Federal job. (International), mand that conversion of these slow | ' » - freighters to troopships be stopped, | pending complete investigation.” them crack like Eckholm told Empire Classi Fmds Pérenls Saie on Makm 254 uznl.%‘Brunn Raymond (cenier), Royal Australian naval volunteer reserves, born on Gilbert Islands, found his father Moritz and mother Maria safe on Makin Island after American troops had cleaned out that Gilbert stronghold. His parents had been living on the island as virtual prisoners of the Japs. He hadn’t seen them for nine years. Raymond is now attached to the U, S. Navy as a pilot. (AP Wirephoto) BOOTHSTO | BEOPENED, | BIG DRIVE| \War Loan Salé on Sireets} Begin January 18- Sthedule leen Booth sales for the Fourth Wml | Loan Drive will begin on Wednesday, | January 18, it was announced today | by Robert E. Sheldon, Booth Chair- ! | man. On the opening night sales will \be handled by the Gastineau Chan- |nel War Finance Committee, while local organizations will take over! ;both booths the following evening. i As two groups are assigned for each |evening, it will be up to the indi- | vidual organizations to make their own arrangements as to which booth ‘ each will handle. KINY is completing arrangements to give each organization a few min- utes on the air on the evening prior |to their night to manage a booth. The time that these programs will | |be on the air will be announced | Army Air Field in Texas has made are Sgu J. Brave, Oklahoma Cny. | later. | Following is the complete schedule January 19—American Legion and Catholic Daughters of America. | Douglas Women's Club, | January 21—Newsboys and Alaska | {ment and Women of the Moose. | | January 23—Alaska Native Broth- | AGAINST USE MlNERAl Legion Auxiriary | OILIN SALAD DRESSING | January 24—Elks Lodge and Order | ol ; January 25—Loyal Order of Moose | journal of the American Medical and Juneau Business and Profes- | | Association tells of physical distress, i | January 26—Central Labor Coun- | mineral oil, which has been reported 1’:11 and Ni Aid Association in Alaska. | and Perseverance Rebekah Lodge. | (imes, routine use of mineral oil is January 28-—Pioneers of Alaska | gjscouraged by health authorities. ( January 29- Masonic Blue Lodge |for food in special cases, it should and Douglas Eastern Stars | : of a physician. | January 30~‘—CIO and Federal Em- Because there has been no ra- ‘,plu)e(-s Association. | January 31 — Chamber of Com- | jientiful and inexpensive, many {merce and Douglas Fire Depart- | public eating places as well as the | BB o DA TR ihg the oil in making salad dressings |of booth assignments: January 20 — Odd Fellows and ! :Te‘;:::s:la\l S’T.;ldnwau Fire Depart- 'HulTH DEP‘ WAR“S 1 |erhood and Sisterhood and American | {of Zasterh) Bysty | A recent articie appearing in the | slonal Woimeay Qlb. | evidently due to unknowingly eating January 27—Juneau Rotary Club| while beneficial to persons at lana Bagied Lodke:al Qouglas. !As a medicine or as a substitute 1Mason& and pe taken only under the direction | tioning of the oil, and because it is e | econémical housewife, have been us- | disorders have been traced back to | | this one ingredient. | | According to authorities the evi- | | oil are far greater than had been supposed. Self medication for con- Fro m a' las' stipation, as well as the use of the |oil in foods, appears to be on the ! | | increase and the public should 'be warr‘ed as to what the consequences Donie Taylor Hanson, former pOp-rmflY ular Juneau school teacher, who| Mineral oil is capable of inter- went to the Philippines several | fering seriously with the absorption ! years ago and was married to a|bY the body of vitamins A, D, and | prominent mining man, and of | K and also of calcium and phos- whom no word had been received|Phorus. The prolonged use of min- [since the occupation of the Islands|eral 0ff may be assoclated with |by the Japanese, is well and is now physwul_ i’mb_ances related to located at Santo Tomas, Philip-|deficiencies cf diet. pines. This is according to advices re;:zeinl;ir:ifiogale’:;:a?:m;flm i JWC C‘Ub Eveni Fo.' January 18, Postponed Week/ Hanson from Mrs. H. M. Hanson, Because of uther events scheduled {mother of Donie’s husband, residing | in Tacoma, Wash. The letter was written on Aug- ust 8, last year, the envelope was postmarked Manila, September 25 and was received in Tacoma, De-| cember 18. for Tuesday evening, January 18, the The letter says: “Both have kept|January social meeting of the Ju- well. Rolf (Donie’s husband) was|neau Woman's Club will be held n week later, according to the com- ! mittee in charge. ., — sent to Los Nabes Camp, two hours drive out of Manila, last May. We have been in Manila since Dec. 22, 194r and in Santo Tomas since January 10, 1942. I am working at a children’s hospital and keep busy. I am glad ta help the children. We have friends from all over the Is- lands in here with us and we have many new friends. Inform all of our location and health. Include Maydelle George, Juneau. So glad to get to send you this little mes- sage and will be happy to hear from you. Rolf joins me, with love, Donie. Santo Tomas, Room 21, Manila P, The *“message” was hand printed as all messages must be hand print- | ed or type written, and was the first information from Donie re-| ceived by Mrs. Hanson since No- vember, 1941. One can easily discern the “mes- sage” was Jdpanese censored and only bare information was allowed | to be given. { Scores of friends of the former | Juneau school teacher will welcome | only this brief news, but it won’ be long now, perhaps, before much more information will be received. ——————————— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 6. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 6%, American Can | 84, Anaconda 26, Bethlehem Steel 587%, Curtiss Wright 64, Interna- tional Harvester 72%, Kennecott 31%, New York Central 16%, North- ('!;n Pacific 13%, United States Steel 52%. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 138.34; rails, 34.42; utilities, 2238, L ADMISSION=== It that many harmful | |dence obtained by recent studies'of | Hanson H l(hls subject shows conclusively that | | the harmful possibilities of mineral { WINTER GOES SOUTH ’ Lloyd V. Winter, well known Ju- neau business man and owner of | the curio and photographic shop ot' Winter and Pond, was a passenger | ® aboard the steamer leaving here last Adults ... Tax p TOTAL ... A MANPOWER SHORTAGE in the Training Command at the Eagle Pass it necessary for every enlisted man B. Gattis, Atianta, (hsLenmnmml) STEAMER LEAVES FOR SOUTH WITH 44 PASSENGERS age for the South last d the steamer were the following persons for Seattle — Lt. Dorothy Spencer, Lt. Francis Dick- erson, Capt. N. J. Nyda, Thomas P, Rook, William E. Wagner, Lloyd C. Press, Mrs. Betty Press, Ronald Pre Gladys M. Roush, Lloyd V. Winter, Samuel Applebaum, Vera M. Beircker, H J.MacKinnon. Charles Burdick, Emma S Grey, Capt. Georga D. Gremin. Jul- ius. Ohon, James Keller, Catherine E. Gray, Paul K. Paulsen, James R. MacDonald, Mrs. James E. Suso- dorff, Keith G. Wildes, Ideal Wildes, i L. A. Hellan, Maston Johnson, Wil- liam Henry, Edmund A. Klopp, Wil- liam Gercks, Alexander N. Tassell, Ole T. Reenie, James C. Bartas, | Paul 1. Laurie, Pvt. Herbert Wolff, and Edwin A. Pearson. ! Taking night abo: For Ketchikan—Capt. George C. Harris, Arthur E. Glover, Tom R. Young, Andrew Baker, Otto H. Peters, James Peacock, Alf O. Erick- son, Donald Anderson, and Erl B. Onsoin. Y COUNCIL WILL " HOLD FIRST MEETING OF 1944 TOMORROW ‘ First meeting of the New Year will be held tomorrow night by the City | Council in the Council Chambers of | | City Hall. {heard and other routine business { will be discussed. The meeting starts | jat 8 o'clock. e oii b WILDES SOUTHBOUND | Sgt. Keith Wildes of the Signal Ccnps U. S. Army, stationed in Ju- | Ineau, left last night by steamer ;Ior the south on furlough. He was accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Wildes. | H e \ S, —— . (U. S. Bureau) ® Temp. Wednesday, Jan. 5 Maximum 35; Minimum 30 Rain .02 L] ® 4 in. of snow on ground e o o o o ¢ First Game 7:30 P. M. Second Game Tax TOTAL THER REPORT . COAST GUARD BOAT BURNED, terday-Men Brought | to Juneau The spectre of fire, ever a dren.d‘ to the mariner, brought quick dis- | aster to a small Coast Guard cargo' vessel in Icy Strait yesterday morn- | ing, causing complete loss of the vessel. The crew was rescued and returned to Juneau by the motor {vessel Stormy Petrel, skippered by Capt. Jack Westfall. The fire broke out about 9 a. m. yesterday below decks and quickly enveloped the boat, overcoming all efforts of the crew to bring it under control. ‘The commanding officer ordered abandonment shortly after, and all hands took to the lifeboats. Distress Call Sent The radio man managed to get off one distress message before abandoning ship and this was picked up by a Coast Guard radio station which quickly spread the alarm to all Coast Guard vessels in the vi- cinity. The men were in the life! boats for about 45 minutes before | the Stormy Petrel came along and picked them up. She stood by for an hour in an attempt to salvage the Coast Guard -boat but was pre- vented from taking action by the from buck private to first sergeant to do KP. Unhappily peeling spuds | intensity-of the fire, A Coast Guard boat reached the | scene shortly after the departure of ‘lhe Stormy Petrel and brought the | vessel foundered and sank in deep | water while being towed to the | beach, R Oy CAR FERRY IS URGED FORS. E. ALASKA ROUTE | steamer service between Prince Rup- tween Seattle, Vancouver and Haines, was urged today by Re- gional Forester B. Frank Heintzle- man in a talk before the Chamber of Commerce. Heintzleman pointed out that un- less such a system is started South- eastern Alaska will be isolated from the many auto tourists who will be | |looking for places to go after the | war, because the chances of con- necting any Southeastern Alaska poor, He suggested the use of speedy, ities for carrying autos between decks and special docks which would city along the Inside Passage. . company in starting such a service as so0n as the war is over. Submitted and approved at the ‘sperllng. Mayor Harry Lucas and Charles W. Carter to Health Com- | missioner C. C. Carter concerning site for one of several proposed Alas- kan tuberculosis hospitals. Claude Carnegie and Ernie Par- | sons were named to head the Cham- ber's Fourth War Loan Drive Com- mittee, and Curtis Shattuck, pub- licity chairman for the central com- paign which starts in earnest on | January 18 with the Bond Premier in the Capitol Theatre. Guests today were Norman C. Stines of the War Production Board, N. W. Bulmer of Alaska Airlines and Ralph Becker of the Army Transport Service. e TAKEN OFF BOAT Oliver Dowdy was taken off the southbound boat yesterday by U. |'S. Marshals here and charged with disturbing the peace. Dowdy was enroute to the states from Seward. BASKETBALL DOUBLEHEADER High School Gymnasium TOMORROW NIGHT DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL vs. BANKERS JUNEAU HIGH SCHOOL vs. GREMLINS Students and persons in umform 25¢ be 30¢ CREW SAVED Disaster in WSfraNs Yes-| | flames under control but the gutted | Establishment of a car ferry diesel | ert and Haines, and possibly be- | cities with the Alaska Highway are . diesel-powered steamers with facil- | |enable tourists to stop over at any | | He urged the mayors of these | cities to get Yo work now in an/ effort to interest some American | meeting was a report by Harry | | the advantages Juneau offers as a | Regular monthly reports will be | | mittee, spoke on plans for the cam- | SWEET POTATOES in Syrup 2 tins 7 5¢ Listen to KINY Bert's Noon News - HONEY pound pail $1.59 FREE DELIVERY Minimum $2.50 ORDERS SHOULD' BE IN BY 1:30 P. M. FINER FOODS ALWAYS AT BERT'S! PHONE 104 .Be/l CASH GROCERY ’ JAP RUSE FOOLED NO ONE i | i i | GIVE A JAP a cocoanut tree zmd he ll mflke a monkey of himself, say the American lads who invaded Makin Island. For instance, the Japs tried to make tree trunks look like cannon—and fooled nobody. Coast Guardsman J. S. Trembowicz of Phuadelphxa examines the old trunk trick. Coast Guard photo. ~ (International Soundphoto) | | | 3 \ | D FLOUR, PANCAEE AND WAFFLE FLOUR, FEACH BLOSSOM A WHEAT CEREZAL, FARINA, DO MEAL, FROLICS DOG FOOD It's a Fact About a Well Groomed Appearance Maybe’ it counts for much than it should,” but the fact is certain . the smart lady knows that most kinds of on her all-over good looks. more success depend Qur expert operators will give you the beauty service you need for ’your very best appearance always. Special on Machine and Machineless 0il Permanent Waves IGRIDS BEAUTY saLon PHONE 318 In the Cooper Bldg. Opposite the Federal Bldg. OPEN EVENINGS *