The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 28, 1944, Page 3

TU ESDAY, MARCH 28, 1944 LAST TIMES TONIGHT! No Woman Could Give More No Man Could Ask Mare! Show Place of Juneau AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY MEMBERS TO HAVE WORK PARTY Members of the American Legion Auxiliary are reminded of a work party to be held at the home of President Mrs. Mabel Lybeck n ‘Thursday night to remove buttons and rip garments left over from the rummage sale and also pre- pare them for rug materials and cleaning rag: — e ATTENTION EIKS Attend meeting Wednesday night for initiation of class in honor of Past Exalted Rples of Juneau Lodge No. 420. Refreshments. adv. § Rainbow Girls " Are To Hold Palm Sunday Breakfast 1 A breakfast, sponsored by the |Order of Rainbow for Girls, will be |given April 2, Palm Sunday, at the | Scottish Rite Temple. A public affair, breakfast will be rved between 12 o'clock noon and LasTsHoWNGOF 'FIVE ZERO oot ow DOWNED BY o s U, 5, BOMBERS Multitudes of war workers will be Engagement Takes Place thrilled by scenes in Universal's “Hers to Hold” in which Deanna Durbin appears as a toiler in an aircraft factory. Miss Durbin has Joseph Cotten as her co-star in the | ! | se | e ot e - Ovet Ponape in Wid- |° 2N 2SS0 Winniger. peetynAmsers. o Pacific Carolines | AMERICAN BOYS UNDER S;:::lln T e WASHINGTON, March 28. — At‘ GE". M AR"’IUR SAVED AUSTRALIA 15 CLAIM least four and possibly five Jap| theme is enacted against the back-|Zeroes were downed by American ground of a real plane plant, the bombers raiding Ponape last Satur- - monster Vega Company in Bur- day, the Navy says. The American boys under Gen.| bank, California. | The Zeroes were part of a flight| MacArthur saved Australia from TR A s of 15 enemy fighters that engaged | the Japs, according to a letter re- | !the bombers over Ponape in the|ceived by P. A. Cochrane, store- llBERI’Y SHIP mid-Pacific Caroline Islands. ‘kcoper aboard the steamer Alaska, | | All American planes returned dv-‘trnm his brother in North Sydney. | '"VES"GA"ON !spike heavy anti-aircraft fire. | The letter was written January| | et R Wlfnesses ca | | ed Before PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR- a4 number of Australian girls’ hearts. | » | TERS IN PEARL HARBOR, March |The Americhn soldiers and sailors Truman Commitfee at |2—m a raia on Ponape, Marine are well behaved.” o H . . S "I |pilots of the escorting Hovant | s 5 A portion of the story’s vivid love | | |that on the same flight American we have Gen. MacArthur and the planes hit Ujeland atoll in the'American boys here, they saved western Marshalls, Australia. The American boys look| ’ very neat in their uniforms, and| OTHERS AR T DOWN :behvw- me, they are breaking quite nine of 15 intercepting Zeros were| shot down. This is one of the fiist, NEW YORK, March 28.-—Closing he was asked | fighter actions over the enemy| | “I think they are alright, al- Stronghold. qguotation of - Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 5%, American Can {though they might have a little o SRS, g o |more weight in number three hold,” |86, Anaconda 26, Beech Aircraft 2 1 pERSoNS 8%, Curtiss Wright 5%, Internation- {39.21, utilities 23.08. | said Hearing. i Changes in designs virtually elim- | ial Harvester 70%, Kennecott 30%, North American Aviation 8%, New — . ROTARIANS HAVE Three-story Frame Build- 3 NEW MEMBERS |inated difficulties caused by “crack- | York QCentral 18%, Northern Pacific ing Swept by Flames Juneau Rotarians initiated three |ing” of some Liberty ships built in | {16%, United States Steel 51%, Early Today . S new members this noon with Dr. ‘I.h(' early part of the program Ed- Pound $4.04 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Mnrch"’am% C. Ryan conducting the cer- |gar Kaiser, General manager 01‘; Dow, Jones averages today are as | Shipbuilding Corpora- H |follows: industrials 137.87, rails |the Oregon |tion testified | Kaiser said the Liberty ship Johuj P. Gaines, which broke in two with | la loss of 10 men in Alaskan waters | ‘vu; because the ship was lcnded[ improperly. He declared: “You can | break any ship in half by loading | fore and aft and that was whatl |broke the Gaines.” ‘Jap-Ameritans Go The three story frame building, | (from the Poston, Arizona, reloca- |tion center, have been sentenced to three years in prison after ad- !mltlmg in the Federal Court they failed to report for pre-induction | Physical examinations. in the industrial district south of Market Street, housed about 100 tenants in 72 rooms. Firemen said that after talking |with those who escaped it was |learned that most of those in the ald Foster and Ward Kelly. .- HOSPITAL NOTES 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 friends the standard of service for which Pan American is known throughout the Terri- gy IVMERIC riv hotel were engaged in the shipyard industry. The police said the operator of the hotel, a woman, cannot be found and firemen expressed fear she might be among those who lost their lives. Three persons jumped from win- (dows and landed in life nets spread( by the firemen. {a baby boy this morning at St. Many others made their way to|AnN’s Hospital. The young man safety via the rooftop of an ad-|“eighed in at six pounds and seven| | joining garage. The fire is be“ev_younces. and Dr. W. M. Whitehead ed to have been of incendiary ori-|{ "2 the attending physician. {ein. Lars Finnson, a medical patient,| has been discharged from St. Ann’s | Hospital. | Gardner Sullivan has been ad-| | mitted to St. Ann's Hospital for! | medical attention. | | | Mrs. C. E. Nash gave birth to! | Henry Rogers was discharged from the Government Hospital this | morning. |POPE BROADCASTS | ON EASTER SUNDAY LONDON, March 28.—Pope Pius | XII plans to make a world broad- jcast on Eastér Sunday, a Rome| radio broadcast heard here an-| |nounces. The Pope will also par-| | ticipate in Holy Thursday and Good Friday celebrations at Sistine Chapel in “local” observances, the | broadcast also stated. John C. Brown has been admitted to the Government Hospital. B/ 25 T KARL ALSTEADS T0 SPEND SUMMER HERE Mr. and Mrs. Karl Alstead and daughters Karleen and Donna ar-| rived here on the last northbound boat to remain during the fishing | season. The Alsteads have not been |in Juneau for the past two years, {and spent last year at Portland, Ore- jgon. They are staying at the Bert Alstead residence on Kennedy St. ——ae i Baranof Beauty Salon IV 7nmiry ATTENTION EIKS Attend meeting Wednesday night General MAZDA LAMPS Standard Sizes Alaska Electric Light and Power Company JUNEAU Phone No. 616 for initiation of class in honor of |Past Exalted Rulers of Juneau Lodge No. 420. Refreshments. adv. ——— e YOUR BROKEN LENSES Replaced in our own shop. Eyes |Examined. Dr. Rae Lilian Carlson, {Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. adv. Electric THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Nine German and the | Tours freight yards we bombed | jand perhaps one of the aifields | # mony. | A 28—Twenty one persons are known G ¥ g Io p"sonl 3 vears [to be dead and a score injured after 1D€ new members are Jerry, Me- (] a blaze which swept through the inley. Clarence Wise and Spike | | PHOENIX, Ariz, March 28. —|New Amsterdam Hotel early today. McLean- Nine draft-age Japanese-Americans | | Guests at the meeting were ¢ Claude M. Hirst, Fred Geeslin, Don- NINENAZI | AIRFIELDS HITTODAY large Formation of U. S.| Bombers Swarming | Over France 1 — | LONDON, March 28. — Between 250 and 500 United States heavy bombers struck German airfields in France again today. The bombers attacked installa- tions at Chartres, Chateaudun, Reims and Dijon in a followup of | yesterday’s blowg | The Navy communique also said|13 and in part said: “Thank God,!pii was from which the Germans | imunched their attacks on the Eng- lish southern ci A Today's raiders were composed | of Fortresses escorted with a match- | ing number Thunderbolt Mustang Fighters, 1t is the second day in a row Chartres, one of the final training | Lases of Nazi rizhters has been hit. { The first formation returning, the| i""" that went to Reims, said little| flak was encountered and no aerial resistance. Hard hitting Mosquito| i{bombers spread destruction last |night through the Ruhr valley. In !the attacks during the past 24| |hours, 42 Nazi planes have been Idestroyed and six American Bomb- ers and 10 fighters are mising. (CLAIMS PACIFIC | - COAST CENTERS | MAY BE BOMBED Carrier-ba;d_lap Planes| Likely o Spring Sur- | prises SaysHansen | SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March/ | 28 —Japanese carrier-based planes| !will attempt bombing of Pacific| ! Coast centers, Lt. Col. Victor Han- sen, Western Defense Command| liaison officer, told the San Mateo | of and| | | | | ! County Civilian Defense officials | here Hansen said the attacks will |controls through the war and long | peacetime economy, production and '"OUTLAWS OF THE DESERT” TONIGHT AT 20TH CENTURY Tonight only the 20th Cl‘nlury‘ Theatre is showing the latest of| the Hopalong Cassidy action pic- tures entitled “Outlaws of “"‘1 Desert,” starring the platinum-| haired Bill Boyd The action takes place in one of the most colorful outposts of civ-| ilization—the mysterious desert of | far-off Arabia, and is a most un-| usual film, both in story material | and photography. PRICE CONTROLS URGED THROUGH | WAR BY STIMSON. PAGE THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAYI (O LENTURY TONIGHT ONLY! g RY SHERMAN Production o 1s Thrilling African Adventure! E. Mulford’s ‘ 2 DESERT ILLIAM BOYD DUNCAN RENALDO e Scu“y 2 Clarence | Ouriaws A Paramount Picture fosturing w ' KING * with ANDY CLYDE BRAD JEAN PHILLIPS * FOREST STA‘ Directed by Howard Bretharton < A W 5 R WASHINGTON, - March 28.—Sec- tary of War Stimson today pealed ‘for continuation of R price enough after the to “facilitate and protect conversion of industry from war work to full fledged SPRING STORMS| CAUSE OF HEAVY oy 'PROPERTY DAMAGE BEST SHOW ing morms. wigh winds and not. LOWEST PRICES Spring storms, high winds and hail, | ran the damage into hundreds of | FLORENCE LOWE IS PRISONER OF JAPS thousands of dollars in the south- o Miss Florence Lowe, who taught control a year beyond next June 30 eastern states and caused the death of a mother and four children when | o | school at the Perseverance mine, in 1918 or 1919, is held by the Japanese e their home blew down on them |in a ecivilian assembly center in Lynville, Tennessee. | | e o o o o o o |o i A | Shanghal, according to advices re= Mt 39; SR 4 | ceived Were by Alice Brown, Secre- WEATHER REPORT (U. S. Bureau) le in .15 » ahagon s A" : | tary of the Eastern Star, from Mrs. ‘,' il Lol A, I8 MR R, £ | Daisy Province, now in Hyder. Mrs. Province enclosed a clippi Chlnesp MI|If;I’IS'S l.eave ; fER" w’luifi; HERE 'I'o xrr?n:‘:'im(z:xt:rn:w?;w:z:?; :’L::ln_ Soon from Chung- | REPLACE MISS CUSHMAN | abouts was a communication through king for U. S. Iy To replace Miss Faith Cushman the American Red Cross which ni’ in part: “Last news October, 1941, 1 h g, Arrived here February, 1943. Well. s as clerk-stenpgrapher with e | Happy. Kind treatment by Japa- Clmfgxgg::‘:; m:;,;ncz: L’Il;t:; Forest Service, Miss Fern Williams |nese , . . . Not repatriating.” The Gen. ‘Shang Chen, head of (‘}hina's has arrived from the Ketchikan For- | information was penned in Miss iy 4 estry office. Lowe's handwriting. : é‘k‘]]l{::;z rf:s‘:mt‘ll';xswfl(;’dndvmis l;: Miss Cushman, with the Forest| Leaving Juneau, Miss Lowe went expcctat‘i tb ‘leave Chux\gking s'oon Service for the past two and one- at the head of a Chinese Military Nalf vears, has resigned to accept Mission to the United States. a position with the USED at An- to Montana then to China and pub- lished a monthly magazine, “The The arrival'of the mission is ex- chorage. pected to signalize closer military ¥ Yankee Clipper” on activities of the Shanghai International Settlement. LA R B relations between the United States and China in the joint operations against Japan. e e——— employment.” Stimson testified before the Sen- ate banking Committee considering legislation to continue stabilization Temp. Monday, March 27 e — EASTERN STAR Tuesday, March 28 at 8 o'clock. Initiation. Refreshments. ATTENTION EIKS Attend meeting Wednesday night for initiation of class in honor of Past Exalted Rulers of Juneau | probably be in the form of sporadic surprise bombing. !adv. Empire Classifieds Pay! Lodge No. 420. Refreshments. adv. Hottest Music in Town to Start March 29 at DPreamland DREAMLAND Dance Band: Nancy=-Piano Fenton === Sax Lee === Drums 229 South Franklin Street | | WHERE SATISFACTION and SERVICE are SYNONYMOUS EASTERISN'T FAR AWAY Make an appointment early for a COLD WAVE and new HAIR STYLE for that new EASTER BONNET. . 'LL PUT YOUR LUGGAGE (N THE PLANE, SERGEANT - /& SHOP HC:U,BS.L DOUGLAS OPEN EVENINGS BY Phone No. 18 PHONE 538 GIT YORE PAWS OFE'N THIS LEE;LE S}.ACK ~ BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH [ e — OF ALL IMPUDENT - ©HARY FLING TH' INFUNNEL BLACK PASSEL IN THE A'RPLANE AN' LES GIT GOIN' !t T 60T SUNTHIN DRETFU VALABLE IN H'YAR (M TAKIN' ON MY SECRET MISSION, COUSIN, (LL GIT IT OuUT AN YE CAN-UH- THE Broiled Eried BERVED ANY TIME Steak and Chicken DINE AND DANCE THE DOUGLAS IN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT Electric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE