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

FLEET OF FISH SHIPS INCREASED WASHINGTON, June 5. — The Office of Coordinator of Fisheries announces that during the last few there has been authorize ruction of, 877 fishing vesscls and when completed one year from | American fishing fleet will | the normal pre- | w the approached number hington and authorized to and Alaska was ruct 13 vessels construction includes 30 tuna 131 draggers, 105 purse seiners, 30 trawle 245 shrimp trawlers, 29 trollers, 4 halibut traw- lers, 38 sea skiffs and 256 mlsl‘(‘l-“ laneous vessels. GAINSMADE IN FIGHT IN NO. BURMA Chinese, Ar~n-e_rican Forces| Advance 2000 Yards | n have war Wi been Oregon have construct 18y vessels authorized | to cc The clippe:s | home of Mr | picture of the entire group on the | front TOWNSEND CLUB - [POLISH PREMIER HOLDS OUTING ' ARRIVINGTODAY AT PETERSONS ~ FOR CONFERENCE ub enjoyed a frolic yesterday on WI“ EX(hange V|eWS W"h President on Poland- Russian Gap the spacious grounds of the country and Mis. Albert Pet- | BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, TPremier Miko- erson at the 13-mile post on the Loop Road. A filled pus left the bus depot at 10:45 o'clock in the forenoon and the picnickers were joined later by friends 'in private here after- noon for a stay of one week as the guest of the United States Government. is made with full ad information cars. Mrs. Beatrice Rosness, photographer for the day, to the Russian and British gov- ernments and raised some hope of a new understanding between the Polish regime and Moscow. took a shores of Mendenhall River with | nearby Mendenhall Glacier for background, and of all present in | of the bus which provided transportation to and from the grounds. A photograph was taken | of Mrs. P. A. Anderson and A. W.| Willard, oldest members in the Ju- neau Townsend Club, both in years and affiliation. The pictures will be sent to the national magazine of the organization for publication. The day was overcast, with in- termittent sunshihe, and outdoor sports were enjoyed. In a three- inning baseball game between the junior and senior members of the Townsend Club the former scored | . . a two-to-one victory in the,last in- | it ning when Hank Anderson hit a fast | 27Vi08 in Washington grounder which was muffed by O visit of courtes: car Jensen at third and scored Carl |10 this country a WASHINGTON, June 5—Polish Premier Stanislaw Mikolajck is ar- riving today on an official visit 1o exchange views with Pr Roosevelt to probe means for c ing the gap between Russia Poland. ing Secretary of State Edward Stettenius issued this statement and Minister md;\y the Polish Prime on trip nce hh assump- to dent | ‘On the invitation of this Govern-| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA tion of the Premiership. “He is expected during his shor! stay to exchange views with President and other American omc- ials on pmnml European and Pol- ish questions. e 'Moose Women Hold | Election Meeting - Election of nmcers was the main |business to be transacted on Sat- |urday evening by the Women of |the Moose at club headquarters in ‘ihe Seward building. | Those elected to office were Vir- |ginia Pugel, Senior Regent; Martha mith, Junior Regent; Hazel Bur- lultv Recording Secretary; Myrtle Lind, Chaplain; and Anna Roden- berg, Treasurer. Those appointed to office by the |new Senior Regent were Iva Her- |manson, Guide; Marge Fredri son, Assistant Guide; Elsie Sou- | folis, Pianist; Grace Skaret, Argus and Ethel Milner, Sentinel. Instal- lations will be held on Saturday evening, June 17. Following, the ments were served Mae MacKinnon, Bodding, Iva Hermanson, ginia Pugel. election refresh- assisted by Anna and Vir- D | Tom Elswick, of Wrangell, is in | town and a guest at the Baranof ] Hotel. Collen. G. E. Almquist, in a long | drive to center, made a home run,| the only tally recorded by the sen- | jors. Albert Petersof was umpire, In a horseshoe pitching contest Albert Peterson and Hank Anderson | defeated all comers. i Both “square” and round dancing | was enjoyed on the porch to thc| Against Japs KANDY, Ceylon, June 5.—Chinese | and American forces have gained | 2,000 more yards in the drive oxv the southeastern section of Myit-| kyina, continuing severe fighting on that Jap base in North Burma, today's communique states. It is also announced that on the extreme western end of the North Burma front, the Japs are mth- drawing from the town of Mamsum. | British air-borne Chindits are also | declared continuing the attack from the south on Myitkyina from the neighboring village of Wain- goaw. Today's communigue says the Jap | key base at Kamaing s more | closely invested,” explaining the | Allied troops have reached posmons‘ from 4'% miles on the east to 6% miles southwest of the base. > MIKESELL JOHNSTONE | ACCIDENTALLY SHOTS, KILLS SELF SUNDAY Mikesell Johnstone, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. John- stone, accidentally shot and killed himself yesterday at Ketchikan, ac- | cording to meagre advices received here by his father. The lad had | been employed by the Forest Service at Ketchikan. ! morrow evening and will hold regu- [SANIIARY ENGINEER lof Health, lively music of Hans Lindseth, vic- linist, and Albert Peterson, ac-| | cordionist. I Good fellowship on a pleasant | day was made more enjoyable by a tasty and abundant lunch of sand- wiches, salads, beans, mdcaroni, hot stew and plenty of coffee. Mrs. | Hans Nielsen and Mrs. Bob Burns were in charge of the lunch, assisted | | by Mrs. Almquist, Mrs. Olga Kletz- | {ing, Mrs. J. Mason, Mrs. Hank | Anderson and Mrs. Rosness. Frank | Garnick and his daughter, Miss Anita Garnick, came in their own car and brought additional supplies for the lunch. G. E. Almquist, President of the | club, expressed the appreciation of | the guests to Mr. and Mrs. Peterson for their courtesy in granting.use of | their suburban residence for an\ outing. The Townsend Club will meet to- Tuesday lar meetings each week during the Horseradi summer. -oo—— MAKES TRIP TO SITKA Richard S. Green, Sanitary En- gineer with the Territorial Dept.| is back from a short| trip to Sitka, where he did follow- up work with the Navy in regard to the water supply. i Green also inspected the new |goat dairy recently completed ut| |that place and carried on brief | We reserves right Mikesell had been in Ketchikan ,egtqurant survey: for some months with his mother and another brother and one sister. Two other brothers are in the armed services. Allen Johnstone, employee of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, leaves for Ketchikan on the first available plane transpor- tation. WAS SITTING IN BOAT | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 5.—! Mikesell Johnstone was accidentally shot to death yesterday while sitting in a boat with Fred Starbard at Thorne Army, 15 miles south of | Ketchikan. Both boys were hired last week for Forest Service trail work. The body of young John-| stone was brought here early this| morning where his mother and brother reside | WSCS Meeting to Be|'= Held Wednesday Eve The summer social meeting of the Women's Society of Christian| Service of the Methodist Church| will be held Wednesday evening in Douglas at the home of Mrs. Norman E. Rustad, with Mrs. Leigh Brandt as co-hostess. Mrs. Gertrude MacIntosh will bring a devotional message and an evening of music will be presented by Mrs. Brandt. Members and friends will leave the bus depot for Douglas at 7:45 o'clock. DUGGAN AND SILVER ON ANCHORAGE TRIP Alaska Airliner, piloted by | Duggan and Max Silver, in Anchorage on Saturday to Juneau the following persons: Bonnie Longcarp, Mrs. F. E. Handy, Mr. and Mrs. Paul P. Henry, Edward Oinonen, Willlam Jackols, and Mrs. D. Morris. Returning to Anchorage the plane carried L. S. Cass, B. Badrian, Bailey Covey, J. J. Meherin, A, Shy- man, Mr. and Mrs. Francis J” Brod- erick, W. C. Arnold ‘and Robert Thrall. L. P. Callahan disembarked An Ray from brought Budget worries? Not at Piggly Wiggly! by shopping with us. We sell the best See the difference your dollars make Call 16 or 24 for flnallly with Dependability G;EORGE BROTHERS | Super Market PHONES 92-95—2 DELIVERIES Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. Special ‘ ORANGE JELL® | B¢ Padiage STEEL WOOL 25 Package sh Dressing BcJar to limit quantities. PHONE— WRITE—WIRE US YOUR ORDER GEORGE BROTHERS for less. by Chairman | SKAGWAY SOLDIERS DEFEAT LOCAL USO AT PING PONG GAME Playing excellent ping pong, and| proving their distinct superiority, a team of soldiers representing the Skagway USO Club took the local! USO Club team into camp last No Club business is to be trans- { Friday nij |acted and it is anticipated that| % Llihl;ml;y Eib wopte 9 8 the meeting will last less than an hour. Because of the meeting's| After hard-fought, closely- | briefness and because some of the|Contested match, Wilbert Lein of| playing for Juneau, de-| officers must haye someone in aL:Cl"c“go‘ | home to look after their children|fédted Frank Machado, from Aval- during the meeting, Mrs. Fagerson ™ California, two games to one. is requesting all officers to be on|From there on the men from up handing promptly at 8 oclock. |MOTth overpowered the locals, mak- The Club as an organization is|\N§ 2 clean sweep of it. ' However, on summer vacation until Septem- |€VerY Bame was bitterly fought and ber 5th, and tonight's gathering is|Juneau made a much better show- for officers only. |ing than the mere score would in-| dicate. IN FROM HOONAH The Skagway players were Joe |Dardano, Syracuse, N. Y., Leonard| C. E. Taylor, a guest at the Gas- | Migues, Beaumont, Ter., Ferd Pres- tinueau Hotel, arrived here from |ton, Detroit, Mich., Jim McDonald, Hoonah over the weekend. ' Rochester, N. Y., and Billy Maxvill, SALADS ARE GOOD FOR YOU Give Them New Zest with NALLEY'S CHUTNEY FRENCH DRESSING or choose among the large assortment of Mayonnaise and Salad Dressings Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 DOUGLAS DELIVERY—10 A. M. JUNEAU DELIVERIES—10 A. M., 2 P. M. RETAIL CLERKS Attention! MEETING—JUNE 5th at 7:30 at MOOSE HALL ’Emblem Club Officers \To Meet This Evening | The President of Juneau Emblem Club No. 90, Mrs. Daisy Fagerson, |has called together for an im- promptu meeting all of her officers |This meeting will be held at 8} o'clock tonight in the Elks Hall. a |down stream = migration |pink salmon at the Little Port Wal- | MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1944 Dallas, Tex., and their respective |only at night, when, for self-pro- opponents were Bob Kirkpatrick, | tection, the small fish make their Redlands, Calif., Larry Tennyson, appearance, was completed May 22, Washington, D. C., Gene Pomorski,}According to Mr. Hutchinson, the Detroit, Mich., Ken Harvey, Ee\-;down stream count this year was lingham, Wash., and George Scott,|better than that of last season, but Los Angeles, Calif. |not up to the count in 1941. The Shirley Olds, best of the players{pink salmon hatch this spring, he among the Juneau GSO girls, act- | stated, is considered fairly good. ed as scorekeeper. Escapement in the stream is re- Trophies, in the form of leather |ported to have gone out in aver- picture folders, were awarded the age time, with no delay having been winners. caused by severe cold weather. e Reason for the increase this sea- son over that of last year was due BloloGlS" REPORIS to familiar environment and cli- matic conditions. PI"K SALMO" (OUNT Operations at the counting weir | begin about March 12 and continue ABOVE THAT OF 1943 | throuen May, with the bulk of the AL A% fry migrating late in April. Samuel -J. Hutchinson, uqunuc‘ _Mr. Hutchinson will return to biologist with the Division of Scien- | -itUe Port Walter in August, at tific Inquiry, is ip Juneau enroute which h{m- the up stream migration to Seattle after completing the COUNt Will begin. count of | R , B. C. STEWART IN N ter biological laboratory, where a| B.C. Stewart is here‘fr:‘r(nw\‘)/vmtm two-way counting weir is located. \horse and is registered at the Gas- The count, which is carried on'tineau Hotel. Fresh Frozen GRAPEFRUIT The most delicious refreshing Grapefruit ever marketed. TRY IT! Pound Package 39« Campbell's Mushroom SOUP 1 2 cans (limit) $2.39 SCOOP! Fresh Bulgarian BUTTERMILK 20 Quart FINER FOODS ALWAYS AT BERT'S! TWODELIVERIES DAILY 10:15 A. M.——2:15 P. M. MINIMUM DELIVERY $2.50 DHUNE 3&/’ announcing our For the purpose of calling special attention to changing our name from LEOTA'S to YVONNE'S—We are staging a GALA SALE which con- tinues through WEDNESDAY. {g on B /4‘ «o.0r bow to celebrate a victory at bome Returning home with a captured Japanese sword, the husky Marine is greeted with Have a “Coke”. It’s the kind of celebration be wel- comes most. At home or abroad Coca-Cola stands for the pasuse that refreshes,—has become a symbol of the American way of Life. BOTILED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY JUNEAU COLD STORAGE CO. at Yakutat. high-sign. I¢s nacural for popular names to acquire friendly abbrevia- tione. That's why you hear CocaCola called *Coke”. FOR CASH ONLY No Refunds, Exchanges ALL SALES FINAL CHANGE-OF-NAME SALE Four Amazing Low Price Groups' ' §3-$5-57.50 Dnasow A WIDE SELECTION OF ALL STYLES PRINTS SOLID COLOR ALSO JUMPER STYLES . . . MANY JERSEYS SIZES 9 TO 42 Successor to LEOTA’S |