The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 22, 1944, Page 2

California Cobblers . . . When high heels make you weary - just slip on a pair of these comfortable ‘Wedgies.” H nd-made for comfori. In Army Russet, Bluejacket, Turf Tan, Black and White. Sizes 4 10 8%. $6.50 B M Behrends Ca QAALITY SINCE /887 that the first to volunteer such ledging would be parents whose sons are absent in service. This, Chaplain Pittard believes, would in- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA A discoveri few of them struck Hospital after medici the Army post. Some parts of thc railwa ctending north frém® the post, rarely used by the Army, arc not in as good state of repair. It is probably the only rafiroad in the world en which sled dogs are sometimes used for motive power It has no traffic signals, and that part of it not used by the Army can Africa, and Madagascar. The No: wegian Lutheran Church of Amer- ica has also been assisting the work of these missionaries who have been cut off from their sponsoring groups in Norway. : At the request of the Chinese government, the American govern- ment has secured a number of ag- ricultural technicians and advisers for service in China. Most of them have been previously related to Christian colleges in China. Among those who have already gone to " China are the following: Dr. Wal- | Herington, Kas, who as a ei¥ilian ter C. Lowdermilk of the U. S. De- | Worked for the Union Pacific Rah- partment of Agriculture for planl’;‘icfl; I: e x'ar;l‘u:.g. nonsgort L ive breeding; Professor Ray G. John-|Kcugarok Limited's crew, ShduSu- son for animal husb: ); Dr. R.|PeTviced the work that wdSisgces- W. Phillips, U. 8. Department of Agriculture, for animal breeding. by any persen who can provide his own motive power. There are 181 bridges or Iarge culyerts in its 83 miles of track Master Sgt. Joseph Ol of I equipment Army Get Rolling Stock The soldiers dismantled a mile- leng abandoned spur of the road to got enough materials to replace There are thirty-nine Protestant missionaries still in Japan, some of them in internment camps and scme of them relatively free to the Foreign Missioms Council of | 514 jocomotives North America. Of this total, ten|which to repair' those still usable are Germans, seven are Finns, siX| At one place they had to blast away are British, one is Canadian, and|jce in which the tracks were frozen fifteen are Americans. The Ger-| Tre Army uses for its main runs mans and Finns are free, for Japan |three gasoline-powered locomotives. is not at war with their nations. |somewhat similar to trucks in Of the Americans, Canadians and appearance and ranging from 55 to British, mine are interned in Su-|110 horsepower. There are also two mire camp, three (women) are in- |four terned in their homes in Maebashi, |used for light loads and as person- and eight are free. It is hoped [nel carriers. that some of these may be repat-| Last September a crew tock one riated in a later trip of the Grips- |of the locomotives all the way to the end of the line at Bunker Hill v distance of some 83 miles, to de- {liver some diesel oil in that area. Part of a drive shaft broke on the way but Bill Munz, commercial pilot of Nome, flew, to their rescue with ja replacement. Nine-Day Round Trip to get parts with holm e 4 TOONERVILLE RAIL SYSTEM be used without anyone's permission - teary to put the railway's tracks and into operation for the . 10/ yoken sections of the part used by . carry on their ministries, according |tpa Aymy, and “cannibalized” two I linder “speeders” which are ¢ rich, but the great majority found care. themselves | and disillusioned nd it w from these that labor f wtruction of the fin X or s of the railroad was ‘obt :y were paid about ve dollars a day and their board. The railway later was transferred | st Mrs and baby | eirl left Ann’s ‘Hospital yester-| to return to their home. ‘ was dis- arged from St. Ann’s on Monday - tanks Swanson 13 produced by converted to i estimated velopment iich time it was miles north. It $36,500,000. Maiy Ccmpany extended sold ident of the any, from i in 1922 by Bright New Sport Jacketls g Mining Co! whom it was purc the Territory of Ala 3 1 1 legislature pro- the railwa; e turned > Alaska Road Commis- sion for maintenance and operation a public highway, rrange- ment that existed until the railway r by the Army. Areas Served the gold mining areas d by the road are Coffee Creek, Barr, Kougarok River, Noxa- paga, River, American, Dahl and Iron Creeks. A wagon road extends nerth from Bunker Hill, at the end rail line, approximately 50 » the mining settlement of three-fourth of the way across the Seward Peninsula. The railroad sometimes is used by Eskimos who hitch their dog teams ) light cars, having whegls fitted three-feet-wide tracks. These e come to be known Among for the pmok HOSPI;AL’NOTE Mrs. Chest h to a bab; norning at St weig ounces Strohmeyer gave daughter Ann’s Hospital pounds Th> nfant and SEE THESE - delightful duce soldiers to turn down. cheap | hotels, to refrain from the use of [N NORTHLAND When they got the train rolling |2gain it was not long before a *“hot |box" developed and this required a A Oberg has been admit- informal jackets ... They w’s Hospital as a sur- Mrs. Ve ted to liguor, and would help them meet church-related families. The pronouncements of religious bodies have stressed the of translating the ethical ideals of religion into the realities of econ- justice and racial brother- according to Bishop G. Oxmen of the Methodist Church, Boston. “Catholic and Protestant churchmen of Britain unite to declare ‘that: extreme in- equality in wealth and possessions should be abolished; every child, regardless of race or class, should bt have equal opportunities ot educa- the 23rd Psalm.|yion. the family as a social unit iul” “God Will 1y pe safeguarded; the sense “Faith of Our oy givine vocation must be A Hour of Prayer” qoreq to a man's daily work; the srown | Church,” - “Battle yooo1066 of the earth should be ; the Republic,” “Ablde 04 5o God's gifts to the whole With Me" 1 Would Be True,’ “All ooy pace, and . used with - due '_”‘ ““E’fj S.?nll Ghine. .%o, Serve consideration for the needs of God Bless America,” “Day oresent and future generations.” in the West,” “Come ' & ity King,” and “O God in Ages Past.” in fox-holes and in combat will food for their well their bodies,” rmaster-General of the my has arranged that a mall folder of hymns will be wrap- 1 package K-rations rgenc all {fronts. of saflets will ains in both theé material, committee appoint- aries of War and th soldier have for as cmic hood,” Bromley of on thousands by cha fe. the Be of Yo Sweet “America It has just been revealed that King Haakon VII of Norway, now in exile in Great Britain, together tour of with his government-in-exile, have Jesse L. North from Chaplain of the Conferenc Methodist that turn a laska, member al the ed missionaries of the Norwegian Lutheran (State) Church by grants of money totalling These funds have been distributed frem the government in London t=rough the offices of Dr. J. A. Aasgaard, of Minneapolis, Minn., President of the Norwegian Luth- eran Church of America, and a close friend of the King. Mission- ies receiving this support are serving in China, Tibet, Assam, India, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Pit Carol pr mission Ar to on ina Com- minis- sed ains espec- frequently unite in the formation of the-home clubs” within ir churches and town. Through churches visiting soldiérs would d to occupy beds in these to “fill the vacant chairs tables.” The idea is the the be THE WAVE OF TOMORROW FOR YOU TODAY - THE COLD WAVE SPECIAL! Machine and Machineless Permanent Oil Waves $8.50 SKILLED OPERATORS \ 1G5 R 165 BEAUTY sALON COQPER BUILDING Opposite Federal Building BRINGING UP FATHER GREAT HEAVENS! ARENT YOU PRESSED YET? | TOLD YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO THE OPERA TONIGHT/ Juneau's Newes PHONE 171 SMAILY—ANDY FONG Proprietors DINE necessity | re- | i By Cpl. ALLAN MERRITT (Army Corresponder pairs. The round trip took them NOME, Alaska The Engineer nine days, and they were force@ to soldiers who operate the Toonerville |Fation their fou food supphes Trolley railrond that helps carry|te Mmake it. There are shacks'with supplies from the Nome jetty to the |C0CKIng facilities along the railrdad by Army post call it the “Kou- |VerY 20 miles or so 3 garok Limited,” explaining that' Other Nome soldiers who'“hive until the Army took it over its loco- | Worked with the railroad, whieh is motives were limited to a slow speed | OPerated by Post Utilities. ineldde to keep them from jumping the Sgt- Elie Harris of Oklahoma Oity, tracks and that the line extends| OKla. ‘and Sgt. Howard Pryor:iof into the Kougarck River country. Reform, Ala., section foremen; Cpl Started at the sht of Nomes' JO¢ Jemnings of Whittier, Calif,, ©pl gold rush days in 1900, the small- Martin O'Herring of Keil, Wis., and gauge raiiway was taken over by PI¢. Marvin Wilikien of Pampa, the Army after establishment of the TeX. engineers; Cpl. Edward Har- pog} near here, and its miniature !P8ton of Decatur, IlL.. and Bst flat cars carry lumber, fuels and Lyle Rambeck of Thief River Falls, other supplies into the Army camp Minn., mechanic: Sgt. Avthur located in and near the Anvil Creek ‘vedse of Elkview, W. V. welder mining area through which the rail- and blacksmith, and Cpl. Donald fodd: Faases. Hultman of Des Moines, Towa, dis- Track Jumping Record | patcher. & Listed officially as the Seward| Built By Those Broke \Pf*nif]su{m' Railv n.s. locomotives | When the Wild Goose Mining and 5 l;xbl; hL‘ld’lh(‘ worlds‘ record (or;Tl';\dnxxx Company started construl . ['1(:'“:-“’7‘;1113 dll.n!l] soldiers repair- | ticn of the railroad in 1900, Nome ;11Ix>.shr| oadbeds and put the line |was crowded with some 30,000 to shape between the jetty and | 40,000 persons lured here by the gold been assisting some 653 war-strand- | | about $500,000. | WAR PAINT for our planes Many planes operated in Pan American’s Alaska Services are in war paint. Others soon will be, symbolizing the fact that our every resource of personnel and experience is now dedicated to the war effort. This means every passenger, every ounce of cargo is under military priority. After Victory, we will again give our Alaska fnend.s the standard of service for which Pan :\mencan is known throughout the Terri- ory. id:x\' and a half for temporary re- cic; come in green, red, blue patient ) } and white, with leather Just the thing for informal afternoons. In Wool Jersey at $10.5D3 lannel ddic Jack was discharged from (| .00 HEAR £oL HISERY FAST Put 3-purpese Va-tro-nol up each nostril. 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An- o Pels Iglet Hoonah goon Tenakee Todd ican $U $10. $18 $18 10 18 18 10 18 10 10 18 10 18 10 Sitka $18 Todd ....... 18 Tenakee .. 10 Angoon .. 18 g e Scheduled Daily at 9:30 A. M Haines and Skagway—Schedu aily at 9: . M. ekt Haines Skagway Juneau $20.00 p! : 10 cents per pound—Minimum Charge 60c Round Trip Fare: Twice One-Way Fare, less 10% Excursion Inlet—Scheduled Daily at 9 A. M. Juneau Hoonah = $15.00 Express Rate: 10 cents per pound—Minimum Charge 60c SCHEDULhD TUESDAY and THURSDAY Ketchikan Wrangell $35.00 X 10.00 ‘Wrangell .. 20.00 Express Rate: 25¢ per pound—Minimum of $1.00 to Ketchikan Express Rate: lumm‘d;lflnhlnol“ehm and Wrangell e Eecuies wnd Bates Subsect 1o PHONE 612 Change Without Notics. . ]