The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1944, Page 6

Super Market PHONES 92-9& 2 FREE DELIVERIES DAILY CURRANT WINE Galion $4.50 WINE GRER P& rn ERlP = El <D aveeB\ | P — S e s ] L Loy s ey N —— romsmem | Se———— R R0 O e T —l, ) —— —— e —— Cre= e e — s e R — T e e, m— ey St P o Rt [ — D e Com—— s s e, [rea—— = e i) Py S ERE is Uncle Sam’s average annual outlay in billions of dollars for war purposes since the country began large- scale preparedness in 1940. The Pictograph, based on President Roosevelt’s budget message to Congress, shows how expendi- tures rose through the period of defensive war and soared when the U. S. was preparing to attack. AP Features LL WORK and no play might make duli generals, even with a war on. So America’s military chiefs do relax once in awhile. Some go about it in these ways. CLAIRE L CHENNAULT 179 PASSENGERS " LEAVE TODAY BY BOAT FOR SOUTH Passengers arriving by steamer from Skagway this mornings were E. R. Berges, H. Bates, L. M. Carri- gan, J. ¥. Davis, R. F. Eppink, K. M. Johnston, Paul Lisko, Lt. B. Low, M. Miskovich, N. A. McEach- ran, Catherine McCormick. ! D. A. Noonan, Miss C. Noonan, Oscar Olson, Mrs. R. Rock, N. Roh- hum, P. Shannon, H. Stillwater, Lt. H. Solloway, M. Sisk, H. Smith, R.| H. Tinti, A. Van Mavern, and B. Wright Leaving for the south at noon, the vessel took the following per- sons, bound for Seattle—Herman M. Jaeger, Anthony Otis, Anna| , Watson Alberts, Ruth W. Al- Anna C. Schwalbe, Lois lard De M Cecil J. ’d L. Minnis, Mamie Lappi { Emily & Hugh L. neberger, E A rinovi Popov rling, W J. F. Harmle ,‘and M Prince ikan— 1id Mrs. B, R. Lowder, C. R. Railsback, George B. Knox, Ralph Higgs, E. K. Schroe- der, J. H. Block, J. W. Muton, R.| E. Shelly, Dollie Silva, R. T. Har-| , J. E. McGraus, William Hors- an, Lucille Schumacker, Robert dley, W. B. Hall, J. W. Menden- I, T. O. Givan, Mrs. F. Marshall, | P. Sharpe, Joel M. Moss, | Lucille Larsen, B. Mork, Phil Bailey, Faith Stewart and Beatrice Mur-| phy. | For Wrangell—H. Tasher, H. H.! Hungerford, F. G. Cunningham, R.| A. Hajny, Mrs. J. Brantner, D. N.| McDcnald, and George F. Farnam. | DM T | HOLBROOK GOES WEST | AS WITNESS IN CASE Wellman Holbreok, Assistant Re- eicnal Forester, was to fly to An- chorage today on an Alaska Al Mr Anne Jeffreys, former model now ter Eiks Given nded out last s Lodge in 5 __honorary The cards will for about two weeks. |tz handed out on Cldtimers’ night, ok has been called to the March 15, to the local members Westward city as a witness in a and those living elsewhere will have Government case. ds mailed to them. Old- pute; R night will be in charge of MRS. STEWART JOINS chairman Henry ; Messer- HUSBAND, KETCHIKAN | ted by the s present Faith Stewart, file clerl au of Indian Affai 1 av-cid w-ombers honor- d and is enroute to Ke! : 4 15 follows, giving , join her husband, who is, thelr of initiation and thos st Guard at that place. (with an (X) after their names are D those absent from the city ©. P. Gill (X) initiated in 1800; » Simpkins, 1901; T. S. Wise- 1902; Nate Mullen (X) A surprise was 1 ght by uneau Mrs with was once an Indian alled by the natives “Mene- or “good lands.” L Milwaukee village, k5 waukee, ! 1906; Sam Guyot, opposite Frank Sinatra in “Manhattan Serenade,” models a startiing playsuit brassiere made from the skins of the hooded king cobra. Anne and her press agent nicknamed it the “co-b) s were sent by an American soldier stationed in Burma. (AP Wirephoto) Life Memberships Now ; Leen Frisman (X) 1905; Gud- | JAP ATTACK REPULSED, L0S NEGROS American Forces Have Con- | solidated Positions in Admiralty Group ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, March 2.—Troops holding Momote airfield on Los Negros Island in the Admiralty group repulsed a Jap- | anese counterattack less than 24 hours after the Americans’ surprise landing on the island General MacArthur, who person- ally directed the inv; n, said in | his communique that the counter-| attack was “bloodily repulsed,” and landing troops of the dismounted ry have successfully con- solidated their positions. The communique said that Am- erican I “throughout these op- erations have been negligible.” Mac- aid the airfield, which was taken with little damage, will “shortly be in full use by our air forees.” The heavy Allied told on of the communique also air attacks Japanese south and southwest Pa- ! M cific airfields Monday, nailing en-. emy planes to the und while the elements of the attacking force were taken through Vitiaz Strait and across the Bismarck Sea for the Admiralty inv: n. Rabaul took 153 tons of bombs in the fourteenth) consecutive attack, and again there was no aerial in- terception. November 5 when an unidentified | plane is reported by the#Vatican to | have dropped four bombs during a | raid. | Although Berlin propagandists at- tempted to blame the raid on the | Allies, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower said | that no Allied planes were over | playing the second feminine lead , saying the snake skin OId“mers o’ Juneau Rome at the time of the attack. ‘ U. 8. POLICY 1 WASHINGTON, March 3. — The | Allied military policy respecting Rome has been to spare those por- | tions of the city the Germans them- | selves refrain from using for mili- tary purposes, War Secretary Henry | L. Stimson d, but emphasized . “American lives must be safeguard- | ed at whatever the cost to materia! things | So far as is known, Stimson said, | there are no large concentrations of | Germans in Rome itself, but the | | city's rail lines and yards make il\ an important communications cen- | ter through which most of the en-| Vafican Cify Is Bombed Again g emy forces pass on the way to the ® " Anzio beachhead and to the main s front in southern Italy. | i e acii | LOWDERS ARRIVE Honorary Arrivals from Anchorage, Mr. and | Mrs. B. P. Lowder have rcgls{cred‘ at the Gastineau Hotel. | S gy | FROM ANCHORAGE | E. K. Schroeder and J. H. Block, | | here from Anchorage, are at thci | ' Stimson Says Allied Policy Is fo Spare Rome If Possible LONDON, March 2.—The Vatican radio said that bombs were dropped U. S. cruisers and privateers cap- jon Vatican City Tast night tured more than 1,000 British mer- Vatican City was bombed last ' chantmen in the war of 1812. Gastineau. e - 1908; G. W. Kohlhepp (X) | «X) R. E. J. L. Gray (PER) 1907; R. J - 2 p w05 () 1908; C. E. Naghel 1908; 5 ; (L. O'Connor (X) 1908; W. R.| V. Ray 1908; n (PER) 1909; H. L. Faulk- Mullen 1909 -old 1if D. Garfield (¥ org members who Gray, P. E. and C fof those berships are now residing elsewhere. D SPERLING OM DETAIL 10 SEATTLE GFFICE Harry Sperling, Administrative Assistant with the Forest Service, left for the South today on detail to the Seattle office. for the next few months. Sperling is expected to be away Piose PIGGLY WIGGLY Phon QUALITY with DEPENDABILITY 24 JUST ARRIVED!? Cube Sugar Animal Cookies Scoti Towels, folded Arrowroot Cookies Bosco Jams and Jellies Helmo Home pkg. Straws AND MANY OTHERS Vprceey wreed. In order to conserve manpower, gasoline, rubber and equipment, we have only one delivery each day. $2.00 Minimum Orders to be in before 1 P. M. 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