The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 18, 1944, Page 6

ANTI-SUBSIDY BILL IS VETOED BY PRESIDENT "Emphatic and VigorousJ Disapproval” of Meas- use Is Explained St. Patrick’s ‘Cathedral Is ' Daubed, Paint NEW YORK, Feb. 18—St. Pa- | trick’s Cathedral, Roman Catholic |Church of the Ascension, was found daubed with crude designs smeared on the doors and walls with bright red paint. In both cases, police said, the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA | bl | i JUNEAU SEAGULL | | | | } Elmer, a handsome seagull, and| | tion of the Casey-Shattuck r dential district into an uproar yes- Elmer is the seagull which has| Barrage Precedes |been hanging srouna the comer o A”|ed PUSh Itime now, usually seen this winter |toasting himself on the village ' CREATES UPROAR a stray kite string turned one se Gigantic Air Umbrella and|erasy atermoon. | !Eleventh and C streets for some| (Continued from Page One) |chimney -pots. It is not known for At the airport the average tem perature was 34.8 degrees with the highest being 48 degrees on the 10th, and the lowest 19 degrees on the 30th. There were 4 days with a maximum temperature of 32 degrees or less ,and 17 days with a minimum temperature of 32 degrees or less. The precipitation amounted to 4.55 inches which is slightly less than one-half the amount recorded at the Federal Building. The greatest in any 24-hour period was 065 inch on the 18th and 19th. The total snowfall was 140 inches with 338 inches falling on the 28th, and the greatest depth on the ground was 3.3 inches the same day. Sleet fell on the 23d and 30th. Heavy fog reduced the visibility to one-fourth mile or less on the 13th, 15th, and long encuzh. Then (ail Weidman, who lives at 522 Eleventh Street, came out and tied two poles together and put a knife on the end, then climbed up on top of the truck cab and snipped the string off. Elmer flew away without even a thank you. TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY ABOVE NORMAL At Juneau the month of January | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1944 from this direction. The highest velocity for a period of five minutes was 41 miles per hour from the east on the 28th. TO INVESTIGATE FiSH RESOURCES OF THIS NATION ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. — The Senate Commerce Committee has approved of the bill directing the Fish and Wildlife Service to in- vestigate the fish resources of the United States and report to Con- gress by January 1, 1945. 'FORMER ALASKA | AIR COMMANDER GIVEN HIGH POST LONDON, Feb. 18. — Maj. Gen. William O. Butler, who commanded the Army and Navy Air Forces in Alaska, has been named Deputy Comander-In-Chief of the Allied | Expeditionary Air Force in the new alignment of the Allied air strength of the pre-invasion plan, BUY WAR BONDS 16th. The average wind velocity | was 11.8 miles per hour and the | maximum velocity was 41 miles per | vandals drew designs in the shape a‘wmp from mw;‘io mountain and of jestion marks with diagonal p vl . ;1 gk s (‘“ . B the 4 back again, where the Germans are some of the residents of Eleventh | compared to the average conditions nes running VAR e holding out in pillboxes in the town g eet have called hi K Some observers said the designs g e % Street have called him that on sev- of other years. There was only one- ughly resembled the hammer and and in the battle-blackened houses|erq] gccasions and he has never ob- | fifth usual amount of sunshine. ‘hcurs from the east on the 28th. | roughly resembled the hammer ant ground the ruined monastery on|jected. During daylight hours an average of | There were only 114 hours of sickle, emblem of the Communist yonte Cassino. | Begsl 1. 08 DErGENE Of The bk red |Sunshine during January which is Party | ; | Anyhow, this seagull named El- 96 percent of the sky was covered | | ek | The fire from these pillboxes pre-j o "0 b0 his wings out yes- | With clouds. 5 percent of the possible amount. e {vented initial attempts to occupy . < ey At the city office in the Federal | BY contrast January 1943 had 38 " terday and was maybe looking back ¢ of Monastery Hill just| nilding the aver: t ture |Percent of the possible amount of ' ’ |over his shoulder at some blonde |Building the average temperature BULLETIN Washington, Feb. 18.—The battle on the sub- idy bill came when the mea- sure was tossed back by the President. The House voted 226 10 151 to pass the bill over the veto but this is 25 votes short of the necessary two-thirds majority thus the veto was sus- tained. Republicans voted pre- sure that his name is Elmer, but|jga4 was warm, wet, and windy TODAY’S TREAT ... By Centennial leveled S : II H ldb the crest n 1 O(Ia S e y |seagull and didn't see this kite | [F the month was 364 degrees, |Sunshine and yet the temperature A the after the terrific bombing by Fort ponderantly fo -overrice l_ . A .l. 're which is 8.7 degrees above normal, | 8Veraged almost 13 degrees lower veto, jeined by a substantial and other aircraft ancient abbey on Tuesday. ust before the barrage ended string. The next thing he knew lLe T ms was all tangled up and there he In contrast with this month was January 1943 with an average tem- {than for January 1944. This month | | had 1 clear day, 30 cloudy days, and | number of Democrats. hung with one wing caught. perature of 236 degrees which is 24 days with 0.1 inch or more pre- The social meeting of the Amer- ./ '4 cportle hefore dawn . Allied 18.—With | jeay iliar: e 3 i se i " ican Legion Auxiliary, held at the oo “Cont in to attack the town,| He made quite a sight becau cipitation. 128 degrees lower than that for . The wind was stronger than usual | HINGTON, Feb, \d vigorous disapprov- ent Roosevelt has vetoed subsidy bill sent him by | Cc in less than 24 hours after ¢ was placed on his desk e President, in his veto of the said: “It is an inflation mea- a high cost of living measure and a food shortage measure * L legislation was proposed to end Government subsidy payments on food after June 31, and in addi- tion it extended the life of the Commodity Credit Corporation until June, 30, 1945 The President said no warring na- tion has been able to stabilize liv- ing costs without subsidies and he see how the wage line if the bill became 2| ant not help does could law | —————— NEW ALASKA FISHING CODE IS APPROVED Senator Wai&en's Meas- ure Gels Official Okay from Commitiee WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. — The Senate Commerce Committee has approved of a bill to establish a new fishing code for Alaska. The measure will extend juris- diction of the United States to all waters off Alaska. The measure also places all fish- ing in Territorial waters under the Fish and Wildlife services and provides for licensing of fishermen gear and present holders of fishing rights will receive first preference. The bill was introduced by Sen- ator Mon C. Wallgren of Wash- ington. TURNCOAT JAPS 70 LOSE THEIR U.5. CTZENSHIP President Places Reloca-| tion Centers Under Inferior Dept. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—A bill that provides once disloyal Japan- Americans be a change of heart in face of mounting Jap defeats, being considered by the Immigra- tion Committee. Members said that, some Japanese Americans have ut~‘ tered statements professing disloy-| alty to the United States, but up-| on a change in the war picture as the United States turned its forces| against Japan, expressed a disin-| clination to be returned to Nippon.| Representative Johnson of Cali- fornia, Republican, said the bill,| which in its present form, would | mit wartime renunciation of cit-| a mere “legal opium,” be-| cause would apply only those re-| nunciations made after the bill be-| came a law Late yesterday the President an-! nounced a transfer of the War Re- location Authority which operates the 10 Jap relocation centers to the jurisdiction of the Interior Depart- ment wder Secretary Harold L. Ickes. The White House said the transfer was made to simplify the administration of WRA, hitherto an independent unit, now under the direc of the cabinet | - - CAA MAN HERE Burleigh Putman, Jr., is registered at the Baranof. Mr. Putman is with the CAA at Anchorage. -, e o o o o FEATURE TIME | At Capitol tonight as fol- lows: “Power of the Pre: at 7 and 9:35; “Bell of istrano” at 8:15 and o'clock. P o 0 0o 0o 0 ese despite the is nip ©c e o o Dugout this week, was voted a suc- cess by members present. Guest speaker during the evening was Mrs. S. L. Murphy and a social was held at which time guessing games were enjoyed. Awards for the games went te Mrs. S. L. Murphy, Mrs. Marion Héndrickson and Mrs Anna Bodding. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Ida Carnegie and Mrs. Dorothy Manthey. - ——— TRAPPED INDIAN UNIT IS ASSISTED BY BRITISH CALCUTTA, Feb. 18.—The Sev- enth Indian Division, composed of men from all parts of India, who have for the past two weeks heen all but cut off from their supply base in Burma, received assistance of a fresh column of British troops thrown into the “battle for Ngakye- dau Pass,” where the Seventh In- ere they have been inching for- anyone looking at him from very ward for nearly two weeks, and far off couldn’t see the string and | came to close quarter combat in they couldn’t figure out what Elmer | the streets where already they held Was doing pivoting around in mid- approximately one-third of the city.|air on one wing. On the Anzio beachhead the Al-| Pretty soon Art McKinnon, Jr lies are still firmly holding their came along in the Reliable Trans- perimeter, although the Germans fer truck and he could see what yesterday twice broke through. In|was wrong. So he got out and a bitter battle in one sector near scratched his head and looked at Cisterna, the Germans were twice Elmer and Elmer just hung there |driven back. sort of sheepish like. ————————— So finally McKinnon tied two 1 long poles together and then put \(OBBLERIS SON a knife on the end and tried to cut i the string, but the poles weren't | ¥ ' IS ELECTED OVER GOVT. CANDIDATE LONDON, Feb. 18 —British Prime | Minister Winston Churchill’'s Con- servative Party candidate in the Parliamentary election in West Der- byshire, Marquis of Hartington, was defeated 16,000 to 11,000 yesterday by Independent C. F. White, son of a cobbler. i | GEORGE BROTHERS Super Market PHONES 92-95 January 1944, The highest tempera- | ture was 51 on the 10th, and the| With an average velocity of 11.8 lowest was 22 on the 30th, The|Milesiper hour, It blew from the highest ever recorded in January | €8st 62 percent of the time and 78 was 54 degrees in 1935 and the low: percent of the miles were recorded est 15 degrees below in 1916, The| ~ vz s Al S O precipitation totalled 9.18 inches which is 2.00 inches above normal. | New Under-arm | This was the seventh consecutive Crecm Deodorunt month with precipitation totals above the normal. The greatest| amount in one day was 1.18 inches on the 19th. The highest total of | precipitation for this month was 20.51 inches in 1891 and the greatest amount ever recored in any 24 hours ~ was 4.25 inches. safely 1. Does not rot dresses — does not irritate skin. No waiting to dry. Can be used right after shaving. Instantly stops perspiration for 1 to 3 days. Removes odor from perspiration. A pure white, greaseless, stain- less vanishing cream. Arrid has been awarded the denationalized | dian Division has been fighting from all sides against the Japanese More than 1,000 of the enemy were killed attempting to close the Allied supply road through the Mayu Mountain ridge. a gap in the Arakan e front. Empire Classifieds Pay! AR P P S S DR Phore PIGGLY WIGGLY Phore 16 QUALITY with DEPENDABILITY 24 SOME NEW ARRIVALS NESCAFE GRAPELADE COTTAGE CHEESE ) BUTTERMILK \ AFTER-DINNER MINTS MARSHMALLOWS | FROZEN % I FRESH The election contest attracted the attention of the whole country as to a test of the government policy in endorsing candidates. ASPARAGUS GREEN BEANS COOKED SQUASH ; AND MANY OTHERS | NOW AT Flooly wieedy PHONE 16 or 24 In order to conserve manpower, gasoline, rubber and equipment, we have only one delivery each day. 2 FREE DELIVERIES DAILY BANANAS - 2 ibs. 49¢ New Polatoes - 2 Ihs. 2D CUCUMBERS - Each 5Qc TOMATOES - Pound35¢ Lettuce - Celery - Cauliflower Farsnips - Brocolli Fresh Frozen Shrimp - Butter Clams Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. GEORGE BROTHER US YOUR ORDER APPLES Fancy—Loose Pack Delicious Approval Seal of The American Institute of Laundering, for be- ing harmless to fabrics. Asrid is the largest selling deodorant. Try a jar todayl ARRID. 39¢a jar Also in 59¢ and 10¢ jars ‘Stops Perspiration | | | | | | \ | “Thrifty-Meal” Meat Pie GLAMORIZE ydur left-over meats! Pour into a casserole: Stewed meat, chicken or left- over roast and gravy. (A rather thin gravy is best.) Top with following pastry: Sift together. 1 cup Centennial Silk Sifted Flour 1 teaspoon baking powder % teaspoon salt Add: % cup shortening ...You can spot it every time AL America values the extra service that the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps brings to the war effort. And Americans, too, set store by the simple things that help build morale. Ice-cold Coca-Cola, for example, does a special job in refreshing folks. You know from exper- ience that its taste is deliciously different. And Coca-Cola does more than quench thirst. It brings a delightful after-sense of refresh- ment that never fails to please. Choicest ingredients and 57 years of experience have helped make it the best-liked soft drink on earth. $2.00 Minimum Orders to be in before 1 P. M. 37 BUTTER Danish—Highest Grade 6¢lb. GOSPEL MEETINGS at the Church of Christ (Christian) EVERY NIGHT BEGINNING SUNDAY February 20 — March 5 We are not interested in your Race, Creed or Color! We are inter- ested in YQU? CALVIN HARTMAN, Minister. CALAYVOS Fancy—Large—Ripe 19ceach LISTEN BERT'S NOON NEWS—KINY TWODELIVERIES DAILY 10:15 A, M.——2 MINIMUM DELIVERY $2.50 FINER FOODS ALWAYS AT BERT'S! Ba el 9 box EGGS Largest—Freshest 2doz.§1.23 you get 5& real thing. * » to the community”. 5 P. M. | An original creation to begin with, the taste, refreshmentand quality of Coca-Cola set it apart. So make sure There’s no comparison. * 1t’s natural for popular names to acquire friendly abbreviations. That’s why you hear Coca-Cola called Coke. Both mean the same thing . . « “coming from asingle source,and well known Army needs come first. That's why you see plenty of Coke at Post Exchanges. In civil life, Coca-Cola being first choice sells out first, now that there’s less of it in wartime. Cut shortening into flour. Add just enough cold water to make ingred- ients combine. Place on floured board. Roll lightly into desired shape. Top a large casserole, ar 4 individuals. Pinch with finger to form border. Make several small openings to permit escape of steam. Bake in hot (400°F.) oven until brown. Serve at once. CENTENNIAL SILK SIFTED FLOUR is best for light and flaky pastries. See for yourself, soon! BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY Juneau Cold Storage Co.