The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 29, 1944, Page 6

BIG GAME TONIGHT AT CONTEST WILL BE SPONSORED plan from Anchor- worked with much Chamber o sucee the Juneau Commerce is instituting a contest Little World Series Begins|ror tne first 15 days of July to ask . |the citizenry what they think af 7:15-Servicemen |wouid be best for the City of Ju- . | neau. The Board of Directors are Adm'"ed F’ee |offering a prize of one $25 war bond for the best letter stating in Juneauw's Little World Series will|500 words or less what the writer will be played off tonight at 7:15 considers the greatest need, or the o'clock at Fireman's Field, with all{worst handicap under present con- contestants for the Miss Liberty ditions that can be remedied, or crown to be present to cheer the what would benefit the community ‘old boys” on to victory. | most Minard Mill will umpire at the| The contest is to run from July bases and Roy Nolan will be at{l to July 15, and the Executive home plate. |Board of the Chamber of Com- In order to make the game be- merce will be the judges. All let- tween the Chamber of Commerce|ters should be limited to 500 words Loyalists and the Rotarian Fifth and addressed to the Secretary of Cniumnists interesting for the spe -‘lhe Juneau Chamber of Commerce. tators tonight, when these qu‘Thz- judges’ decision will be final, bone-creaking teams meet for the and all letters must be postmarked benefit of the Fifth War Lom\:b('[m'v midnight on July 15. drive, the management has acquir-| The Directors wish it pointed out ed, at great cealing price, the ser-|that 'postwar projects may be in- vices of Jack Burford, who will|cluded, but it is not necessary to commentate through the game over confine the idea to only postwar| | BY CHAMBER EVACUATION OF " ARMY FAMILIES 10 BE STOPPED | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 29. The need no longer exists for lcontinuing the Army's policy of |evacuating the wives and children |of service men from Alaska or pro- {hibiting their return to the Terri- \tory, George Folta, Counsel at Large for the Department of the (Interior, asserted. Folta came here during the in- | junction proceedings by Helen Fry Jof Kodiak against Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner and other offic- ials to restrain them from evacu- ating her because she married a soldier. “The progress made in the Pa- cific” and the detrimental effects| on Alaska population growth. are reasons for abandoning the policy. Folta said: “The Department be- |lieves that evidence can be pro- |duced in the case to convince all that the necessity for evacuating! or prohibiting the return of wives and children of service men no longer exists.” INITIATION HELD BY the public address system, OPA|planning. There are undoubtedly Burford, he was known in them|many things that can be done and| days, is the classiest commentator 'should be done immediately without | casting his clashing colloguials hampering the war effort or utili- | cianging against the catchers’ v:xge.‘z'mg vital materials, | Persons attending can't tell the| What is the reaction to our town players from the fence posts with-{of the stranger getting off the out a program, and as they areboat? ~What impression does he going to be without a program, receive when he is driven in_from they won't be able to tell the play-|the airport? ‘How does the woman ers apart. Helping Burford at the guest react to bur shop windows? microphone will be Lt. Shafféf o(iAll these are points to be consider- the Sub-Port, who has kindly’ con- ed in making suggestions for the sented to go down to the game be- betterment of Juneau. | cause he doesn’t know anything! The Directors feel sure tiit by about the players, either. |this means the pulse of the com- | Tickets for this game have been munity will be felt and be of in- on sale for some time and the price:\'aluable assistance to the Mayor: of admission is at least one war and Council in their deliberations.) bond. Nowhere on earth could onc‘rFl‘flnk discussion is good for the| get such an aggregation of misfits soul, and cities have souls, too, it| (meaning the uniforms) for so is asserted. little and those planning to attend - e e - — ten vears ey set tnee rowara,| MRS, GORDON GRAY when the Government will pay $25 WILL JOIN HUSBAND IN ANCHORAGE SOON for their admission. That sort of Government ought to be worth pre- serving. Local bond buyers are urged to make this a real Juneau| World Series under the midnight | sun. ¥ .- - T. W. ANDERSON IN TOWN of Indian Affairs, has resigned her position and is leaving soon for Anchorage to join her husband who | is stationed there. She plans to return sometime in September. Isabel Parsons has replaced Mrs. Gray as clerk-stenographer. T. W. Anderson, of the Pacific Tankers, Inc, is in town and has registered at the Baranof. FOR THE WOMAN OF ‘( [ Cool . . . Sheer AR R RN R R R R R R R R R R AR R R RRRRRRRS RRRRRRRAZ 35 sumrner-in RRRRG R R G R R R R R R R R AR R R R R R R R R R R R AR R AR R R AR AR R AR RN RRRRRRIRRRRG 70 LEOTAS SuccEsSOR - Mrs. Gordon Gray, of he Offioet} —e e o o o o o o o o l. WEATHER REPORT L] . (U, 8. Bureau) . e Temp. Wednesday, June 28. e ® Maximum 57, minimum 50. e ¢ Rain .22, . For your most important The Black Sheer Dress fashioned with an air of ex- quisite elegance that identi- fies smartness. Women's AppAreL B A Aa 2 adaaaaaananaait REBEKAHS LAST NIGHT Four candidates were initiated at last night's meeting of the Rebekah Lodge held at the IOOF Hall, this being the last session until Sep- tember. The new members include Mes- dames Suzan Marks, Eleanor Dob- bins, Jane DeHart and Hazel Jacob- | son. " Murs. Clarence Wittanen was in chagge. of the entertainment which followed. the initiation last evening and the, following arranged for the refreshments: Irma Geyer, Thelma Salo, Mary Pinkley, Mary Moore, Jenne Johnson and Ethel Loken. e G. V. GRAHAM IN JUNEAU G. V. Graham, of Libby, McNeill | and Libby, is a guest at the Bar-| anof. | ————————— { Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Morris and two children have registered at the| Baranof from Eugene, Oregon. el NSO Mr. and Mrs. Harley Morris are in from Haines and have register- ed at the Gastineau Hotel. @ o 0o 0 0 00 0 p o o TASTE gl to-fall occasions. | Upont’ returning to the small boat THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— SENESCU, SUNDSTEN, | TENNESON KEEP ACS | ON WINNING STREAK | In a soft ball game featured last night by home runs by Senescu and Sundsten the ACS continued on it unbeaten way in the second half | by disposing of the City team by a score of 6 to 0. Tenneson allowed | only three hits while the ACS nick- | ed Henning of the City for eight. | Burkette, Lowery and Bradley go! most of the bingles for ACS and Perry Forest and Werner hitting for the City. | In the second game, sparked by stellar pitching by Blum of the Finance Red Birds and Kistner of the Subport, the Finance Officc emerged victorious by the score of 3 to 0. Powers of the Finance, con- | nected with a bard hit three-bagger and scored on a fielder's choice. In the fifth inning the Finance again | scored on a walk and error and a | base hit by Sawyer. Both pitchers | only allowed three hits, but hitting | when it counted won the game for the Finance office. The big gam: \ 3 )\ | N ) ) ! ] is tonight between the Rotary and the Chamber of Commerce, — e — JOHNT. JOHNSON DIES HERE TODAY John T. Johnson, Juneau fisher- man and former transfer man, died at 4 o'clock this morning aboard a gasbeat on which, with his wife and son, Glen, he was enroute to the fishing grounds. Feeling ill, Mr. Johnson retired to rest in the cabin, and later was discovered ‘to have died,;apparently of a heart attack. harbor, the body was removed to the Charles W, Carter Mortuary. Mz, Johnson was born at Kalmar, | Sweden on January 31, 1898, and was 46 years of age. He came to Juneau in 1918 and for 15 years was associated with the Juneau Trans- fer as co-owner. Survivors include the widow, Anna, at the family home on Ninth Street; five sons, John, who is with the U. S. Army stationed at Fort Richardson, Glen, Kenneth, Ben- Jjamin, and Harold; and one daugh- ter, Shirley Ann. John O. Johnson, the eldest son has been notified at Fort Richard- son of his father’s death, and fun- eral arrangements will be announced as soon as it is ascertained whether he can obtain a furlough to attend the services. .- FRANK BARR IN TOWN Frank Barr has registered at the | Juneau Hotel from Soapstone Point. | Boys’ Cord Slacks and Jackets " with Zipper! l} l} l ) N § \ § \ N I} ) ) ] ) \ l} N ) N N ) N N § l} § ) N )} l} N ) § ] § ) : 3 ) y \ \ \ ] § N l} ) N N N N ] \ ) ] ] } \ : ) ) N N ) N { ) N N % N o o N e N o o oo o o o D o o o o o O o e O A A DA A A A A A .that enough War Bonds have been bought. DRESSES For the Little Lady Dress Them Up For The 4th! We Take Care of from the Wee One to the 10-Year-Olds BOYS' ALL-WOOL DRESS SUITS Up to size 10 W HATS... Just like Dad’s BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT up to sifie 16 ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF INFANT WEAR THE SEWING BASKET 139 SOUTH i’l{x NKLIN STREET ITS TEAMWORH THAT DOES IT To WIN this year, Buy More than bhe WAR BONDS This year—when our field commanders are fulfilling their promise to hit our.enemies with the most tremendous military power the World has ever seen —this year is no time to coast, no time to assume For the United Nations believe that human life is more, precious than any other form of wealth—that when it is a choice between a million dollars worth of war machines and the life of one soldier, the civilized choice must be, use up the machines but save the man. THURSDAY JUNE 28, 1944 TORVICTORY | 1 | 3 g z i : \ i i N N OF ! N ) § z | E e e e e e e e e i) re So let us not think of purchasing War Bonds, and more War Bonds, as a burdensome duty. Tt is the rarest of good fortune that we are able to buy War Bonds to buy machines which will spare our men to enjoy the future for which they fight. Invest every spare dollar to WIN THIS YEAR— to help HOLD PRICES DOWN until victory—to help LAY UP THAT NEEDED CASH RESERVE TO GIVE BUSINESS A FLYING START for a prosper- ous peace. 43 . s | . Ll