The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 5, 1944, Page 6

PAGE SIX DOUGLAS NEWS chool Board. Total vote nd were as follows: 1, Parsons 64; for —~Kilburn 41, An- 48, Balog 62, John- Council, one | 59. Schoot Douglas cast was PARSONS ELECTED MAYOR James Parsons was elected Mayor olas yesterday over E. E. Eng- Parsons received te 51. Coun- 1en elected for the two-year term 4 Bmmen 1. 125 votes’ cast out of a| ssible 163 registered voters, city officials are well pleased with the | public response Ear]l Miller, Willlam C. Ander- o | 1d A. J. Balog. Lewis Wagner | TERRITORIAL GUARD MEETS | The Douglas Unit of the Alaska Territorial Guard will meet tomor- elected to the Council for the ar term of office. AlIn‘d Bon- Su Market PHONES 92-95—2 DELIVERIES Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. BOURBON Imported THh DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA net, unopposed, was relected to the|row (Thursday) evening in the|be adrfll period bavonet and post-lsulwelh Amerlcun and Chinese Natatorium at 7:30 o'clock. Dress|ing guard practice, in addition to troops in tne Magaung Valley in will be coveralls, leggings, ammuni- | practice for ceremonials. There will be | dress will be fh order with leggings, | deepest penetration yet made be- | tion belts and rifles, disclosed that the e Uniform | north Burma, a continuation of indoor small bore | and equipment will be rifle and gm- | hind the Jap lines were those units range practice. Mrs. Alma Clark left two days ago | zet practice, and a second team will for Fairbanks where she will spend | be named. a ten-day visit with Mr. Clark, who is employed in that city. Mrs. Pat Robinson is staying at the Clark {home during her absence. | PARSONS MOVE KESIDENCE Mr. and Mrs. James Parsons and daughters have changed their resi- dence from the Schlegel cottage on Fifth Street to the Felix Gray prop- erty, formerly occupled by the FBI agents. Mrs. Schlegel plans on moving into her home sometime this week. TERRITORIAL GUARD TO MEET THURSDAY | The Territorial Guard meeting will be held Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at the Elks Hall. It will be a roll call meeting, and there will ot | of Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's All- American Marauders when . they recently struck at Haps and at| Inkanghtawng, only 16 miles airline | above Kamaing which in turn is| |some 20 miles northwest of Mo- gaung, important point on the rail- road between Mandalay and Myit- kina, main Jap base in north Burma. News of this hit-and-run haras- |sing operation was revealed after | American troops, completing their | mission, withdrew to the mountains east of the Mogaung Valley where | they had been heping to block Jap efforts to outflank Stilwell’s main | positions by a northward push through the mountains, chiefly i i kel | plONG the Agtanat Valley, the road from Tiddim toward the PPt edge of the main defenses of the MARRIED YESTERDAY Imphal plain. Some of these Allied | troops are depending upon supplies AT COMMIBHIONERS and ammunition dropped by air as Elsie Watson and Pascual R.| they fight their way north through 'Niere were married yesterday by, Jap parties who cut the road. U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray at munition belt. Discussion will take place on tar- ALLIES ARE ATTEMPTING NORTHMOVE (Continued from Page One) In the meantime a dispatch from his office in the Federal Building. | Associated Press Witnesses were Bessie Watson nnd. William Boniap, correspondent with Gen. Joseph J. H. Gray. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, |944 30 ARRIVE FROM SKAGWAY AND 58 * ARE SOUTHBOUND From Skagway, the following pas- sengers arrived this morning—L. Rapuzzi, C. J. Bafley, W. Wallace, Mrs. Wallace, David Wallac, Sheila | Wallace, Mrs. L. H. Johnston, Capt. | | W. E. Kendall, Dorothy Fowler, Mary Lahmens, Mabel Weber, W. Lawrence, L. Asper, Mae Naugle, | E. H. Snider, E. H. Berger. A. L. Carter, Peggy Goodrich, | | Ilena Tomlinson Louise Carnahan, | | Victor Robinson, Wardie King, J. S. Cooper, F. S. Duchemie, F. M. Ty- vold, P. Ray, Henry Turkin, Mar- jorie Young, A. E. Libby, and Major | E. Austin. | Leaving for the South before | noon, the fessel had the following {for Seattle—Roy Radikainen, Mar- | Iversen, Elste G. Eversen, Laredine versen, Erik A. Iversen, Alex Adoff, (Millard W. OCarnes, Bonita M. Carnes, Marge McD. Casey, Morgan McAllister, George D. Bavard, James Shepnn! Laura MaeMnhm FIFTH Buyif by Case $45.00 Special Price Phonn-—‘r te or Wire George Brothers BRANDY Special Price 00 FIFTH Buyitby (ase .345 00 Phone—Write or Wire PORT —— SHERRY — M BURGUNDY 129 FIFTH Special Price Per (ase $13.00 Phone—Write or Wire George Brothers BICARDI RUM Goddard’s Gold Label 00 FIFTH Speciai Price Buyit by (ase $45.00 Phone—Write or Wire George Brothers RUM RUM RUM Timeothy 39§ FIFTH Speciai Price By if by (ase $42.00 Phone—Wrile or Wire ( reorge Brothers . PHONE— WRITE—WIRE US YOUR ORDER GEORGE BROTHERS lines flew some 266,544 miles, answering the demands of an Alaska at war, knitting'together the 16 communities of this area which included three military establishments, and, in addition, serving | tin A. Ames, Alex Kalisoff, Leslie E. | Harry Wlltz Hnrden Dlvis Lil- | Wilson, Pauline Huber, Amos Wine- gnrdner. and Dorothy Irving. For Vancouver — C. H. Walker, { Henry M. Hollmann, Mons Ander- | son, Milo B. Terry, and Francols Paquet. For Prince Rupert—Lt. C. Sulli- | van, Mjr. L. S. Solari, Mjr. W. M. Hughes, Lt. F. Zambetti, Lt. R. J. Feltrop, and Capt. C. H. Holmes. For Ketchikan—Pat Sweeney, H. | G. Wilcox, Lt. T. Noland, Mrs. No- land, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hamilton, !Paul E. Todd, Meril Biglow, H. | Stang, J. Hensley, and Harold J.| Anderson. For Wrangell — Lester Roberts, Harriet Roberts, Mrs, J, Harvie, A: | T. Ritchie, Mrs. A. Erickson, Mrs. Eddie Churchm G. R. Sylvester, John Waddington, and Peter John- | son. B FIIOM ANCHORAGE At the Baranof Hotel, lian A. Kersten, Emery E, mcmrd-‘ | son, Capt. H. L. Fruitman, Wanda Huber is registered from Anchorage. , MRS. HUBER IIERE At ‘the Hotel Juneau, Mrs. C. D. P — o S REGISTERED HERE A guest at the Hotel Juneau, F. James R. Hurlock, Alice Hurlock,|g Hensley is here from Seattle. e HOLLMANN LEAVES H. M. (Doc) Hollmahn was a pas~ senger South today by steamer to' Seattle on a business trip. el e | INDIAN OFFICE MEN BACK AFTER TRIP IN KETCHIKAN AREA' S @ Louis C. Peters and Raymond I | Wolte, Office of Indian Affairs of= | ficials in the Credit and Organiza~ tion Department, returned recently, after a routine trip to Kelchlkan Hydaburg, Klawak, and Craig. ——————— |JUNEAU BADMINTON CLUB MEETS THURSDAY It was announced today that the Wanda [Jueau Badminton Club will meej Wilson is registered from Anchor- !Wice a week from now on. Ths age. FROM KETCHIKAN G. ithe Baranof from Ketchikan. W. MacLane is registered at! !second session this week is schvd-\ uled for Thursday night, April 6. e DANCE — DANCE Elks Hall Satwrday Night adv, The Wings. .. of Southeast Alaska AROUND THE WORLD 10 TIMES! IN 1943 the vital transportation needs of six all-important Southeastern Alaskan canneries. A Few More Items You May Be Interested to Know Asimight well be expected, “Klaska Coastal ‘Airlines last year cons centrated its facilities in thédirection of furthering this colintry’s war effort. Of the total of: u 139 passenigers carried during the year, almost 70 percent were those directly concerned with the progecution of the war. A total of 898,849 gapsenger miles was flown during the year. Another item which is especailly important in all of Alaska is the efficient transportation of mail. Records show that our planes carried a total of 107,631 pounds of mail, entailing more than a million and a quarter mail-pound miles of flying. Added to this figure is the total of 127,519 pounds of express carried via Alaska Coastal Airlines to destinations throughaut Southeast. Alaska. ) i 5 ceeded $84,400, a measure of what such an institution means to the city. Today, We are continuing to do our job, but also making plans for future service which we hope will make Alaska Coastal Air- During 1943 we'were fl}fng everY moment we could, making 1,643 rouml ‘trips on the 296 “flyable” days of the year, sengers in one day. We, too, as many Southeastern Alaska busineés enterprises, were working during 1943 with a staff too small for the volume of But this is war, and as other businesses have done, we have forged ahead, doing our job the best we could. Although at times our facilities were overtaxed, never were safety pre- bysineas. cautions relaxed. ! ) lines an even more valuable asset to Juneau and all of Southeastern Alaska. A more interesting way of pointing out that during last year the busy planes of Alaska Coastal Air- hegviest months of travel, May, June and July, we maintained a daily average of over 50 passengers with a record of 110 pas- Alaska Coastal Airlines is proud o be a Juneau institution. Our annual Juneau payroll in 1943 ex- During the