The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 3, 1944, Page 6

BOTH HILL, PEPPER T0 BE ELECTED Senators Renominated in Alabama, Florida- Dewey Gains (By Associated Press) United States Senator Lister Hill was renominated at yesterday’s pri- maries in Alabama and Senator Claude Pepper ran up a substantial lead in a 5-way contest for renom- ination in Florida. Both Hill and Pepper are Admin- istration stalwarts and they were opposed by vigorous critics of Pres- ident Roosevelt, The nominations are as good as elections, In the Senatorial primary in South Dakota, Republican Senator Chan Gurney was renominated de- spite opposition claims he has “ad- opted much of the New Deal phil- osophy.” Gov. Thomas E. Dewey picked up 11 more convention votes in South Dakota and the slate favoring him defeated one supporting Stassen by a margin of abcut three to two. Mrs. Harold Smith Chosen President, Last rv@i of JWC! Mrs. Haroid Smith was elected| President of the Juneau Woman's| Club at the final business meeting; of the year, held yesterday after- noon in the Alaska Light and Pow- er Company penthouse. Elected as Vice-President was Mrs, C. L. Pope-‘ | BERT McDOWELL HOME ME‘{EA(II%(II(()EIEEXD FROM TRIP 10 SOUTH f FED. EMP[OYEES‘ Bert McDowell, owner of Bert's |Cash Grocery, returned last night irrom a month’s business trip to " s | Seattle, He reports that conditions New Officers Chosen a Noon Meeting Today in Baranof Gold Room |in the States are still difficult, es- pecially for an Alaskan, and that | “we here should appreciate the lack lof war hysteria, with which the Alva Blackerby of the Forest Ser- vice was elécted to succeed Hugh J. Wade as President of the Nation- | | South seems to be embued.” Although he did enjoy the sunny al Federation of Federal Employees, | Local No. 251, at a noon meeting days in Seattle during his stay, Mr. McDowell says that he is indeed glad to be back in Juneau, rain today in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. ! Others elected for the 1944-45) or no rain. term include Arthur Hedges of the | War Manpower Commission, Vice- President; Robert L. Emel of the Office of Indian Affairs, Secre-| tary-Treasurer; Hugh J. Wade, So cial Security and Milton J. Furne: Fish and Wiidhfe Service, as Trus- tee for the two year term. M. S. Whiitier and Fred Geeslin| are the two hold-over members on the Board of Trustees. For his outstanding work in se- curing new members for the or-| ganization, Floyd Fagerson was giv- | - PROMOTION IS ANNOUNCED FOR GEN. WORSHAM EDMONTON, May 3.—Brig Worsham, Commanding General of the Northwest Service Command, has been appointed Assistant Chief of Engineers in charge of troops to be stationed in Washington. The announcement is that his successor will be Col. F. S. Strong. Worsham is given the new as- Gen. | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— signment as a promotion and tribute for his work. ———— PORTLAND WOMAN HERE Mrs. C. H. Taylor, of Portfand, Oregon, arrived in Juneau late yes- terday and is a guest of the Baranof Hotel. — e HERE FROM SPOKANE Pat Sweeney, from Spokane, Baranof Hotel. — et RAIL LINES, PLANTS ARE KNOCKED OUT (Continued from Page one) General Veledit, member of Mar- shal Tito’s military mission, said in London that the Germans in his homeland are “frightened of an Al- lied invasion from Italy, and have diverted four of their 14 divisions AKTI-BARGE CAMPAIGNIS BEING WAGED Washington, is a new guest at the | (Continued from Page One) on the southeastern end of the New Guinea coast, pushed five miles be- yond Madang air base and encoun- tered no opposition. Strong Japanese patrols are re- ported operaiing on the east Allied beachhead of Empress Augusta Bay with possibly foreboding of renewal of attacks that cost' the enemy | thousands of men in March in fu- \l”f' efforts tc drive the Allies out. Gen. Douglas MacArthur in a 'spx cial statement claims 1,717 Jap | coastal vessels, barges and schoon- in Yugoslavia to guard the coast- line.” en an emblem which was sent from | National Headaunarters with direc-| tions for presentation. There were approximately sixty | members and guests present for the | meeting and foliowing the election | of officers, Louis Brading, discussed | the new leave rcgulations for Fed-! eral Employees. Brading, recently from Washington is now with the| local Forest Service office. | The following new members were , introduced during the luncheon | hour: Milton J. Furness, Fish and | Wildlife 'Service (transfer member- | ship); Louis Brading, Forest Ser-| vice; Irma D. Nowell, Evelyn Gra- ham, Jacques Schure and Walter ! E. Walsh, all of the OPA and| Gladys Knight, Office of Indian Af-| fairs. ! .. joy; Recording Secretary, Mrs. J.‘ V. Cole; Coiresponding Secre&ax'_\',; Mrs. A. E. Glover; Treasurer, Mrs.| D. W. Herron; and Custodian, Mvs.| Burras Smith. 1 Installation ceremonies will be; conducted by the outgoing officers| FINAL RITES FOR ALEX WILSON WILL | BE HELD THURSDAY Funeral services for Alex Wilson, $ GEORGE BROTHERS Super Market PHONES 92-95—2 DELIVERIES Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. BOURBON WHISKEY 0.0, Fifth For Beauty Aids to Step Up Your Charm CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT Open Evenings PHONE 318 * Patrol and torpedo boats near|® Wewak destroyed 11 barge: |with troops and supplies. 3 | | On the ground front, Australians, | anti-barge campaign said destruc- (Experier THINGS s, have beea sunk and 3,548 dam- “laden | @ged since April 1942. | A comprehersive review of the YOUR HAIR IS IMPORTANT Every woman should be just as particular in her choice in hair styling as in choosing the clothes she wears. nced Operators) 1GRIDY BEAUTY JALON COOPER BUILDING Opposite Federal Building THAT MEAN i. | | | | | | anti-barge campaign, . MAY 3, 1944 WEDNESDAY HERE FROM INLET Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ronning and A. J. Wright have arrived from Ex- cursion Inlet and are staying at the | Baranof. el tion is “paraiyzing the enemy’s ef- forts to reinforce or evacuate the Seventeenth ana Eighteenth Jap armies cut off and surrounded in New Guinea, New Britain, New Ire- land and the Solomons.” v - s { H. R, SMITH IN TOWN The review says seversl thnu.snndI H. R. Smith, of the Rallway Ex- been killed in the{,ess Agency in Seattle, is a recent drowned orl arrival here and is registered at the Baranof. soldiers have wounded. B FRESH PRODUCE A good buyer considers freshness when shopping for fresh fruit and vegetables. At BERT'S only the best is handled and at prices that assure savings. Lettuce Rhubarh Cabbage Radishes Cauliflower Sweet Potatoes Celery Green Onions Green Peppers Bunch Carrots Artichokes Calavoes Asparagus Apples Spinach ‘Oranges Grapefruit TWODELIVERIES DAILY 10:15 A. M.——2:15 P. M. MINIMUM DELIVERY §$2.50 FINER FOODS ALWAYS AT BERT'S! [/ PHONE EBe,ts T CASH GROCERY - | A THESE DAYS x LOT at the May social meeting, and | Well known fisherman who passed other arrangements will be in|2Way Sunday morning, will be held charge of Past Presidents Mrs. R,| tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in B. Lesher, Mrs. J. P. Williams, Mrs, | She chapel of the Charles W. Carter | H;arold S'mlm Mrs. Tom Parke, | Mortuary. The Rev. G. H. Hiller- t 3 ‘i man, of the Lutheran Church, will | Mrs. A. M. Geyer, and Mrs. Mil-) orpigigre gt the final rites, and d'[;“fi“;;‘;:"‘;;mnsm‘ e e gw:rmem. will be in Evergreen of five school children presented | Lmew”;m,,_,.__ short talks in token of Nxmonall HERE FROM BOISE $48.00per (ase Buy It By the Case! PHONE— WRITE—WIRE US YOUR ORDER EORGE BROTHER = i Child Health Day. They challenged Mrs. O. H. Prewitt, a guest at the the adults with the need for more| g, 0n,¢ ‘grrived in tow‘; yesterday wcruuguns! grounds, the need mr‘fmm Boise, Idaho, improving the Native village, the perils of old buildings and poor g * housing, with the resultant factors| ;R?,lv!:(;lt;:r:;ng?; gg:;;v‘y:re of disease and unsightlihess. faTes o % Trarkbers volad (13 - the club | 2T here from Gl_lstavus and are | yesterday were the Mesdames Ruth‘flfif,g{,'fliéésul}?u wal’ Rock, Mike Daniloff, Howard Hen- retta, Bess Winn, Irma Knowles, | and C. E. Warfield, | The club voted to place a POPPY | wreath on the plaque in the Fed-| eral building. Mrs. M. O. Johnson reported for the War Service Committee that the purchase of records for service- | men in the Aleutians to the amount of $10 had been sent with Lieut. Comdr. S. J. MacKinnon, | Mrs. Ernest Gruening reiterated the needs of the Girl Scouts for . stove and cook for the camp, also for men volunteers for: repair to! the camp. A contribution: was voted to the Girl Seout drive, A report was given on the Round the World Tea, which was coms mended as a cultural and educa- tional affair, and successful botn | socially and financially. Proceeds | from the tea will be used to buy bonds and stamps during the Fifth War Loan drive. | The meeting being the last for| the current year, an auditing com-) mittee, composed of Mrs. A. E. Glover and Mrs. Frank Kelly, was appointed. e EDWIN STEVENS IN TOWN | Edwin Stevens has arrived in Ju- neau from Ketchikan and is regist- ered at the Baranof. Chesterfields please...and the change in War Stamps PHONES 16 or 24 v GET YOUR ALASKA SEED SPUDS TODAY PIGGLY WIGGLY Lise s et o - IT MEANS A LOT when a cigarette gives you the genuine satisfaction you get from Chesterfield. It MEANS that Chesterfield, more than any other cigarette, gives you the things that count...real Mildness, Better Taste and a Cooler Smoke. 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