The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 27, 1944, Page 6

PAGESIX ~ GIRL SCOUTS COURT OF AWARDS WILL BE HELD TOMORROW The Girl Scouts of Juneau and Douglas will celebrate their spring court of awards Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Evergreen bowl, weather permitting, or at thP Northern Light Presbyterian church, | ! it was anounced today by the Cnrl Scout Council. The public is cordially invited to attend and the many persons, who contributed to the finance drive and | made Scouting possible for another year, are extended special invita- tions. The spring court of awards is the occasfon upon which the Brownies of ten years of age become Girl Scouts, and the intermediate and senfor Scouts receive awards and emblems for their accomplishments. | ,,,,, ——— Two Polifical Feudsfo | End If Roosevelt Wins | Nomination, 4th Term (Continued from Page one) nomination of Roosevelt would see | Farley once more in a role of pas-| sive resistance. Farley appears con-/ vinced that efforts to stop the Roosevelt bandwagon before the convention meets in mid-July would be futile. It is considered particularly’ sig- nificant here that opposition to Roosevelt within the party seems to be fading rapidly and that the fight between the parties is shap- ing up as a fight between Roose- velt and Dewey even before the nominees are named. ——o—— 1 C. 0. ROBERTS IN TOWN | C. O. Roberts is in Juneau and has NewNawy Secrelarylnslalled' ‘ Sworn in to his new duties, Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal is pictured taking the oath of office in Washington, the ceremonies. D. C., as Rear Admiral T. L. Gatch, U. §. N, and Admiral Ernest J. Kink witnessed LAST ESCAPE ROUTE BEING CLOSED TODAY (Continued trom rage One) registered at the Gastineau trom‘ Arlington, Washington. | HEY ARE a promise by the country to its citis zens, but also a promise by the citizens to the country and to the people of the world; a'promise that obligations recognized and accepted will be in a furious fight west of the Melfa River, knockmg out 12 lankfi | The Canadian and British forces have pushed within two miles of the arc near the confluence of the Liri| and Sacco rivers and are within two | or three miles of Ceparano, im- portant road junction on the Cas- sino-Rome highway. General ~ Clark’s reconnalssance | troops in the Artena area advanced | about 12!¢ miles north of the former | beachhead perimeter after sharp | enemy counterattacks in which 15| Sophia Heller, Mary Willard, Mar- | melle, are leaving within the next huge tanks participated. [ —— | | A cyclone generally travels at the| 'rate of 20 mlles or more an hour, 9 PASSENGERS COME IN ABOARD PATRICIA' Nine passengers were brought in aboard Canal ports as follows: From Haines—Miss Cora Horton, | | Joe Green, M. McCormick, Mrs. | tha King. From Skagway—Percy Reynolds, W. J. Walker, and H. O. Adams. The Patricia leaves again Monday night for Haines and Skagwny the Patricia from Lynn | SATURDAY MAY 27, I944 S .| JOHN FLOBERG WINS TRACK HONORS FOR BALLARD HI SCHOOL In a recent issue of a Seattle newspaper an article of interest to | Juneauites appeared on the sports |page, relating to John Oliver Flo- |berg, track star in his final year at Ballard High School. He is terin- ed the “Player of the Week” atter !raking in 15 points for his team in a meet with Queen Anne High |School, and winning three of the events. The article continues, “Dashing| jinto the sportslight this week is; |none other than the dynamic track man, John Oliver Floberg. This star track man has really been burning :up the track since the beginning of the track season. | “John was born in Seattle at the |Swedish Hospital on October 26, 11926. Getting tired of Seattle wea- | ther, he moved up to Alaska where |it is nice and warm. He attended |Juneau grade and high school, |where he received a letter in bas- iketball. Sports take up most of his | time, track being his main interest |and football coming in a close sec- lond. In track he has really becen doing some fancy running. Out of |nine entries he placed first eight |times and second once. His time |in the low hurdles and broad jump is still unbeaten.” Floberg is, the son of Mrs. An- |drew Hildre, and is residing with |an aunt in Ballard. | —_—————a—— ‘Mrs. Gross,Daughters Are Leaving for South | Mrs. W. D. Gross and three daughters, Zelma, Sonja and Rom- | few days for Seattle going south for medical treatment. Mr. Gross, who has been in California, will come north to Seattle and meet his fam- | ily (here Wé /fwfzz&e At the top of every War Bond you buy are these words: ““The United States promises to pay . . .” These may not sound like such brave words. But actually they are the hope of the world! paid in full; The millions of us who buy these Bonds, do proudly and solemnly promise: + . . that partial victory shall not breed the kind of weakening over-confidence which can rob us of com- plete victory; « « « that unity shall rise above all squabbles, and differences; - « . that this war shall be fought through to a fin- ish with all that we have and all that we are; + . . that the sacrifices of today, and the larger sacri- fices of tomorrow, shall be accepted willingly, in the humble knowledge that, th@y are small Yhen set be- : i side the sacrifices of our men who are fighting; J ¥ . . . that we will not turn our backs on the rest of the world after victory is won; but will reach out the hand of friendship, and assume our proper share of ! where; .« . that we, the people, will dig i int purses, and savings to make the succe Bond program a symbol of our detemfinauon These things we subscribe to. These things we be- lieve in. These things we promise. ¥ responsibility in seeing that freedom, ‘equality, and orderly justice become possible for all people, every- W. . . that neither our own fightmg nwn nor any of our allies shall be let down in any now, or in the hard-fighting days to peace that will follow victory; i whatsoever qg_;, or in the r pockets, ; of the War The Following MEAT Markets Will Be Closed . TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY May 30 and 31 (Decoration Day) (Meatless Wednesday) b Sanifary Meat Market . Hulchmgs Meal Markel - o Ameman Meal (ompany o Alaska Meat Company o 20th Cenfury Meat Market Please Shop Accordingly THATS a lot' of homes, nearly three times the number built in our busiest home construction year. * ;. To build that number of homes would require 11,300,000,000 cubic feet of wood, which is getting into astronomical numbers. Yet American forests grow that amount of wood every year. American forests are devoted to the immense war job today, but when peace comes they will start building homes again, perhaps WAR BONDS to Have and to Hold PACIFIC AMERICAN FISHERIES .at the rate of a million a year for ten years. There'll be plenty of wood for homes and other things, too, : including this paper you're reading. The reason lies in the growth { of trees. Jt's a job of forest managers to help protect them from TR fire and other losses, to keep them growing for the needs of ) - most of us can PREVENT lhem | COLUMBIA LUMBER COMPANY SITKA—JUNEAU —ANCHORAGE . - : ¢ L — 8 =