The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1944, Page 6

PAGE SIX SMALL GAIN LAST NIGHT, BOND SALES the' less was made in , with A small gain ale of bonds yesterda than $1,000 being officially rmn,lu«l over last tabulation. The t to date is $88,362.50, with $47,1 of this in Series E Bonds \eau's quota for the Fifth War Drive is $435,000 the Chamber of Com- Catholic Daughters charge of the bond bonds will be Legion and Legion Auxiliary Monday night the booths will be 1 over by the Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodge. Miss Liberty Contest Betty Mill 14,425 Kathleen McAlister 10,054 Joyce Smith Betty Bonnett Lois Allen Betty Nordling Ruth Kunnas Lila Sinclair Mary McCormack Betty Mill still leads the parade in the contest, with a total of 14,425. Kathleen McAlister nosed out Joyce Smith for second position. Betty | Bonnett jumped from eighth to fourth position. Mary McCormack descends from fifth place to the basement, and Lois Allen moves up one from sixth to fifth. Betty Nordling dropped from fourth to sixth. Ruth Kunnas almost doubled her vote since yesterday, but is still seventh. Lila Sinclair, who more than trebled her vote since yester-| day's count, came up out of the cellar and is now eighth. In the heavy payroll deduction vote record- ed today Kathleen McAlister was the chief beneficiary with 3,051, and Lila Sinclair received an even thousand - -e JOINT OPERATION | ELK HILLS NAVAL RESERVERENEWED 17.—Presi- \ ]l"L.l&lll-’ the and the merica hac nd the American booths sold by the American WA:\HIN(;TON. Jun( dent Roosevelt” has signed tion permitting the renewed operation by the Government and the Standard Oil Company of Cali- fornia of the Elk Hills Naval oil He objected, however, to “would vest Con-, gress with what amounts to ex- ecutive powers” over administra- tion of the reserve. The Navy-Standard Oil contract s welled a year ago on was “illegal and void.” e IN FROM GUSTAVUS | Charles Layton is here from Gus- tavus and is staying at the Baranof | Hotel. HERE FROM COLORADO Lynn Miller ,of Denver, Colorado, is a guest at the Juneau Hotel, registering there last evening. reserve provisions which o grounds it Phone 478 ... WE SUGGEST FOR THIS WARM WEATHER | matron Elaborate Wedding af Metlakatla KETCHIKAN, Als In elaborate weddir at the nearby Tsimshean Indian town of Metlakatla, Dorothy. Ver- ney, employed at the Indian Affairs office in Seattle, became the bride vesterday of Harvey Julian Nelson The groom is employed on air- [ construction at tle, wi the couple will live. His parents live at Connell, Washir bride is a Haskell Jackson graduate I'wo hundred June 17 ceremonies ke 1gton nd Sheldon and fifty persons witnessed the wedding and attend- | dance after- hall, with to Wash- ed the banquet and ward in the community guests present from Nome D..C. bride was attended by six bridesmaids, two flower and her father, ington The a girls, a ring bearer, who gave her away . JAPS (LAIM NODAMAGE ATYAWATA Asserf Americans Were Misled by Burning Wheat Stacks (By Associatel Press) Domei, in an English language broadcast, declared that the Yaw- ata mills remain “undamaged not- withstanding enemy claims to the contrary.’ The broadcast asserted the ericans were misled by fires from burning wheat stacks” near a farm house which they mistook for the jindustrial section The American correspondents said they left towering pillars of flame \I\Xbll‘ for 60 miles The Tokyo broadcast bombers raided Truk on 27 14 said June joint after a similar attack the day be- ing an immediate stand. fore, and 11 planes were damaged. ! The broadcast said planes “attempt- ed to raid” the northern Kuriles on Thurs - FINNS BLOWING UP BRIDGES 10 STOP RED ARMY MOSCOW, June 17.—The Flnns are blowing up bridges on two highways leading to Viipuri, seeking to halt the Red Army advance. The Soviet forces have already captured more than 100 populated areas. (HOUSE OF QUALITY) GREEN ONIONS and RADISHE from Our OWN FARM! Leftuce Celery Bunch Carrols Fresh Spinach LARGE VARIETY OF CHEESE IN GLASS JARS!! Pabst-ett, Special Price -- % Ib. pkg. 1 5¢ POULTRY — Fryers, Roasiers and Stewers LEG OF LAMB with FREE MINT Choice Meats Cut to Your Order!!! Two Deliveries Daily—10:30 A. M. and 2:30 P. M. S Hot House Tomatoes Cabbage Wax Onions Field Tomaloes Cauhflnwer His| Am-! California Grocery & Meat Market THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA DOUGLAS NEWS LAWRENCE CARLSON HERF Lawrence Carlson arrived in town yesterday from his work in the Aleutian Islands where he has been employed. He will remain with his | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carlson «until he can secure passage outside to join his fami | RANGE PRACTICE | The Douglas Unit of Territorial | Guards met last evening at the | Méndenhall Rifle Range and went { through rifle practice, includi; 11'.’|p|d fire, under the direction of | Captain Wendell Cahill Capta | Andrews, who first organized Douglas Unit, was a guest | seemed highly pleased with | progress the Doug boys have | made. Arne Shudshift was hi CITATION_Screen actress ‘\(‘Ol'(-x' for the evening. Shelley Winter inspects the presidential citation awarded to her husband, Lt. Mack P. Mayer, a navigator on a Liberator MAJOR OPERATION THURSDAY Mrs. Glen Kirkham was operated bomber in the first anti-sub- |on Thursday morning at St. Ann marine squadron, following ac- | Hospital. She underwent the majo tion in the African theater.’ | operation in good shape and is re- C 3 A \pm'ed this morning as resting w BOND B()OTH E !. B A T A K E N The Douglas Island Women | Club and the Douglas Chamber of B Y U N I T o F Commerce attended the Bond Booth in the City Hall last evening and ‘h’)\e reported fair sales. These two oxgmuwuons will attend the booth | on each Friday and Monday during | | the next two weeks. All purchases nmdv from these organizations will coum. toward votes for Miss Eliza- ——— [buh Bonnett, as Miss Liberty. Former Home of Exiled| RS Napoleon s Lafest | 1 Argentina is 2,300 miles long Minnesota has 11,007 lakes Conquesi in Italy ROME, June " 17—FPrench have landed on Elba, place of exile of Napoleon, has been secured. | A special communique said that | a detachment of the French Army, led by Maj. Gen. Jean DeTassigny made the landing, but gave no de- |tails, but it is unlikely the Germans | have prepared any large-scale or-| | ganized resistance. 1 | The landing on the strategic ~|m“ close to occupied Corsica, came as lthe Allied forces on the mainland | |swept northward, with the ,falter- | ing enemy showing no sign of mak- forces once the and it| i \ | eeping cn | dine miles | | The {to Foligno, north of Terni, the capture U\i |which was announced yesterday and Spoleto and Trevi also fell. | On the west coast the Americans |captured Grossetto, nearly 100 air-| line miles north of Rome and op- | | posite Eiba. Eighth Army is about 27 a - (GEN. DE GAULLE IS IN ALGIERS ALGIERS, June 17—Gen. Gaulle has arrived here and will; address a session oé the Conculta- tive Assembly” tomorrow. Pheone 371 ITH guns blazing and a prayer in his stout heart, this American fighter’ is hell-bent on destruction of our enemies. Oranges Bananas Grapefruit his plane is diving. jungles, Ann’ | ed HE is not thinking of how little or how ) much he’s doing to help win the war. For ; him, the chips are down; but his fighting spirit is as high as the heavens from which In cramped foxholes and disease-infested on sun-scorched beachheads— . under and over the seven‘seas—other Americans are matchmg his courage. And known .. ¥ to ‘back up the “greatest invasion their name is legion. They KNOW that Buck the Atack /- BUY MORE'THAN BEFORE! mitted medical care. to St. Ann’s for HCSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Fred Fulgencio and baby son have been dismissed from St. Ann’s Hospital and have returned to their home. Mrs. Marie Henry gave birth to a baby boy this morning in the Gov- ernment Hospital. George Grant, of Hoo been admitted to the Government | Hospital for medical attention e FOUR TRIPS TODAY BY ALASKA COASTAL Mrs. Beatrice Murpby, a curgical patient, has been discharged from St. Ann’s Hospital B. Garrison entered surgery, ames st vesterday for Charles Layton has been discharg- | from St. Ann's Hospital aiter medical attention. A trip was made by Alaska Coast- al this morning, carrying Norman Stines to Hawk Inlet and M. J. Cudd and A, J. Wanamaker to Sitka. receiving Mrs. R. C. Copstead has been ad- PROTECT YOUR CLOTHES NOW Against Moths and Dust This is the time of year when clothiug or any woolens NEED YOUR CAREFUL ATTENTION as moths are hatching and dust flying We have STANDARD FLY SPRAY that will do the work well. Also MOTH-PROOF and D! enough for dresses and coats. And AUNT & S DRY CLEANING FLWD in gallon cans. and SPRAYERS PROOF BAGS—large NOW AT yooly wreeey | PHONE 16 or 24 * _as well as yours, are at stake. - o0y than ever before into your pocketbook or _ cash surplus, that the Fifth War Loan MUST ralsc 16 billion dollars. It 1s the greatest financmy drive the world has ever drive the world has ever known. 1 P. iInlet to Port " answer. You 1l find it in your own heart. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1944 Passengers on a flight to Skagway | Monagle, Sam Wanamaker, L. L. °° were Pauline Ross, Mrs. John Abbott { Landerback, Rene Griffin, and Allen and baby, Mack Levine, James Hus- | Casperson ton, and Joe Hinshaw, | Stanley Harris, E. Aailagaya, Mit- The daliy Ketchtkan trip 100k chel Cook, Bobby Duncan, and John Deigo Paulino and Rosita Namora! Reese returped from Excursion to Petersburg and Virgil Harto to|nlet, Wrangell A charter flight was made E. Harris Company from' Hawk Althorp and return. passengers o yesterday Nina ‘Lane, Mike ! On the return flight from Ket- 1 e | or the | chikan came H. E. Mead, D. B |Clark, and Harold Carlson. . Incoming from Sitka wer ATTENTION FISHERMEW BUY WAR BONDS T i All boat orders are given special aitention and delivered anytime for your convenience. DELIVERIES TO FISHING BOATS ANYTIME Juneau Deliveries—10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Delivery—10 A, M. war is a bloody business; that their lives, B e i P o Is it askmg too much of you to back these men up by buying more, “and still more, War Bonds? There can be but one 5”WAR LOAN e o And mmember, too, as you d1g deeper And Here Are 5 MORE Reasons for Buying EXTRA Bonds in the 5th! l. War Bonds are the best, the safest in- vestment in the world! 2. War Bonds return you $4 for every $3 in 10 years. 3. War Bonds help keep prices down. 4. War Bonds will help win the Peace by in- creasing purchasing power after the war. 5. War Bonds mean education for your children, security for you, funds for retirement. Libby, McNeill and Libby