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o TR & o, Rich Colors: They come w tie-backs, res Aw col e N to hang. range of .and prints choose from. Matching Bedspreads: NEW BEAUTIFUL DRAPES vith ady ide ors i L ¥ 1and are investigating the case. to $6.50 fo $8.50 A limited number of fine spreads to match drapes or in contrast- ing colors . . . RM Rehends Co QUALS MUST LEAD IN WORLD CULTURE By ADELAIDE KERR AP Features Writer Dean Mildred Thompson of Vas- ir, only woman delegate to the cent London conference of Allied finisters of Education, has returned /ith a strong conviction of interest ) every American. She believes that merica has the opportunity and sligation to assume cultural and lucational leadership in the post- ar world Dean Thompson was the only 1lly accredited woman member of 1e conference which drafted the mstitution for a United Nations ‘ganization for the rehabilitation educational and cultural re- jurces. (New Zealand had a woman | ternate.) “The organization unites us to ieet the immediate needs of re- uilding of education and—I hope— or the long-run need of continuing inderstanding exchange of knowl- dge and ideas,” Dean Thompson iaid after her return. “It does not sermit us to dictate the education ' »f the now occupied countries after | they are liberated. They would run heir education as before. But it would help those countries get their | chools and universities going again. | Many of them will need books, »aper, slates, pencils and pens. | “In the second place, the organi- | ation looks toward the training and | aterchange of teacher on a much | arger scale. Ilook on this a sa step oward America's becoming a cul-f ural leader in the world. ialized study. We are now pre- »ared to offer the kind of training lurope used to give us. We are/ specially equipped to give special-| zed training in medicine and in all he technical and engineering fields. t will be the obligation of America o assume its place of leadership! nd power in the cultural world “Finally the organization plan ar- anged for the recovery and restora. ion of archive materials.” Dean Thompson is a tall, alert| vomen, whose eyes bespeak quick sits and humor. But she spoke vith unusual gravity when she dis- | ussed the outline of the projected‘ rganization for the rehabilitatio f cultural and educational re-| ources. Education is her life in-| erest. She went to Vassar as a| rl from Georgia, intending to re- BRINGING UP FATHER Y S/INCE /887 JAP FORCES NOW INCITY OF YENGYANG Chinese Admit Nips Inside Strategic City Affer main a year, and has spent most of her life there as professor of history. She was made dean in 1924. She also appears on the weekly radio program, “Listen, the Women.” Dean Thompson said that the draft constitution for the interna- tional educational organization re- quired ratification by the countries | concerned. She said that it provided | for a financing fund and a commis- ; sion made up of delegates from | those countries. The conference, she stated, was attended by rep: resentatives from the United States, England, Norway, France, Belgium, | Holland, Luxembourg, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Greece 1 : and the members ot e arom| Month’s Siege ¢ommonwealth and by observers' from China and Russia. i CHUNGKING, July 31.—The “This is really one of the functions | Chinese High Command admitted of peace,” the American woman tonight that Jap forces have broken delegdate concluded. !‘The State into the city of Yengyang proper Department sent a delegation for 'and said that brisk fighting is in the definite purpose of making it/ progress in both the city and its vart of the peace plans. outskirts “If we don't help these countries| The Chinese . : have been holding liberate their education, we shall e invaders on the rim of the have another generation With alengircled Canton-Hankow junction war complex. One minister of edu- cation of an occupied country said that the thing that disturbed him was that the children in his coun- try were liking the education they s e, getting Ander the Nagis, There 8Ve been storming the city des- is a lot of singing and marching in 'Perately in what, by this time it and the children enjoy that. The amounts to a face-saving drive. only way we can get rid of that is The seizure of Yengyang will re- to bring teachers to England and Move one of the last stumbling the United States and let them see Plocks in the Jap campaign to con- democratic education at work.” {trol the thousand miles of railway ——e {from the north to the south of SEVEN PASSENGERS iy IN VIA ALASKA llNEj PARTISANS T0 for weeks while other Chinese forces fought the Japs on the outer perimeter. For more than a month the Japs Arriving here from Anchorage RE]‘A"ATE Al.l |late Sunday, via Alaska Alrnnes.‘ “In the last century people felt!was Alex Kern, Matthew Neely, W. hey had to go to Europe for spe- 'S. Sutton, Andrew Sutton, Lee| Dennis, H. H. Dare, and C. E. i Zenger. NAZI TREATMENT BERN, Switberland, July 31.— | French Partisans executed ten Ger- OQuigoing . passengers ‘today f081 0 ooiosndte i retatintion for the Kawuce, Bay . Shgesn . aoa 'La_"y‘wamed that a similar eye for an Cur Mrs. J. C. Cooley Was aleye ryle will be followed unless the |and give them the same treatment vlmm" (AR“E’" | accorded belligerents under the EXPIRES ON SUNDAY | ,.icev, orare ‘ JATLED, DRAFT VIOLATION Virginia Carteeti, daughter of Mr.:cenuy arrested and released on his and Mrs. George Carteeti of Hoo-|own recognizance, has again been he Government Hospital. She was the Selective Service Act of 1940. one year and three months of age. Bond was set at $1,000, which the Carter Mortuary awaiting shipment he is now lodged in the Federal to Hoonah for burial. jail Anchorage were C. Combest, E.| Nazi slaying of French wounded and passenger for Fairbanks. | Germans recognize the Partisans ! Geneva Convention rules. George Guerreio, who was re- nah, died early Sunday morning intaken into custody for violation of The remains are at the Charles W. prisoner was unable to furnish, and THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE — JUNEAU, ALASKA | | | advertisement. Wendell L. Willkie | has agreed to represent Anderson as a “public service.” week's schedule includes primaries in Kan- pri- | Tennessee Thursday, & Demceratic convention in Connecti- Friday and Saturday and pri- The remainder of the sas and Virginia maries in tomorrow. INWATERAT ' NEW DEAL'S UNION DOCK DEPRESSION | Picnic Held Sunday. cut aries in Kentucky Saturday —>oo—— ' Thomas J. K;llvy Presumed Says Roosevel Adminis- Victim of Accidental fration Isn’t Ready Drowning for Peace A The body of a man, floating in the water off the Union Oil dock, was found at 8 o'clock this morn-| chjef intelest nationally in the pri- |ing by K. G. Merritt, agent. The|mary election to be held tomorrow |City Police, Marshall’s Office, and Fish is opposed by Augutus Ben- | Corcner were immediately notified n Newburgh lawyer. Fish said yesterday his attorney will bring libel action against play- wright Maxwell Anderson and other | signers of an anti-Fish political picnic (Continued from Page one) F torial Education Department their families, numbering 17, wi transportation being kindly prov by J. P. (Pete) school bus. Mrs also present at the outing - ,ee THE STAR BAKERY Reopens August 2. Personal effects found on the body prove him to be Thomas |Joseph Kelly, 53, a British citizén born in New Foundland. He has been in this country for the past 20 years and at the time of his |death was employed on the halibut boat Sitka, owned by I. Goldstein and captained by William Doucett Dr. C. C. Carter, who was called to the scene, reported water in the lungs, indicating drowning as the cause of death. Kelly was last seen about 1 ‘o'clock this morning by a police- man who reports that he was head- |ing for his boat which was tied up |facing the cold storage plant. The juccident is presumed to have oc- ? curred shortly after that time. No known relatives survive. The body is at the Charles W ;C:\ner Mortuary. HOSPITAL NOTES O_,RTHJLAND TRANSPORTATION J.T. JOHNSON paid-up subseriber to THE DAILY ALA EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the——— CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "CRAZY HOUSE" FFedera] Tax—11c per Person WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! Mrs. Jack McMahon and daugh- ter have been discharged from St Ann's Hospital. | Mrs. Don Neal gave birth to a baby girl at 9:12 p. m. on Satur- ‘day at St. Ann's Hospital. | Mrs. G. A. Shepara entered St. |Ann’s on Saturday for inedical at- | tention. | | | Henry Olsen, a medical patient, |has been discharged from St. Ann's iHosplmI. | | Wallace Kangas has been admit- | ted to St. Ann’s for survery. | | Leslie Milton, of Yakutat, has |been admitted to the Government | Hospital. | May Snook and Thomas Snook | {have been discharged from the | Government Hospital after receiv |ing medical care. Ruth Wilson, of Douglas, has| been admitted to the Government| Hospital for treatment. - e { Arriving here on Sunday, ‘ boat, were the following persons: John Herman, Mr. and Mrs. D. R.! Schiebel, Hugh J. Wade, and Mr.| and Mrs. E. Rodenberg. via | | SIX IN FROM SOUTH 4 SERVING ALA Dedicated to Victory The Alaska Transportation Company is proud of the part its fleet and its personnel are taking in the winning of the war ... the needs of the armed forces will continue to have first call on our facilities and 100 per cent of our cooperation. We are not unmindful of the friendships built through the years of serving Alaska . . . are bending every effort toward maintaining a dependable service for these old friends . . . and looking toward the days of peace when an augmented fleet and a highly trained organization will render service to the Alaska of tomorrow in a bigger and better way. ALASKA TRANSPORTATION CO. D. B. FEMMER, Agent, JUNEAU SEATTLE 1, WASH,, Pier 7, MAin 7477 TACOMA, WASH.,, Perkins Bldg., MAin 0840 By Education Dept. was enjoyed yesterday at the James Drake beach home on 2 Cove by members of the Terri- and Christensen and his Christensen was | CAN'T WAIT FER HIM-IVE GOT TO GET TO TH! OFFICE! Copr. 1944, Kin By GEORGE McMANUS GOSH = | HAD A TIME GITTIN' ON THE BUS WITH YOUR BREAKFAST-| HOPE THE COFFEE IS STILL HOT # | TOLD HM IF HE MISSED GITTING KFAST- E ST: bt e FimA-AL M LOOK MONDAY, JULY 31, 1944 ALASKA AIRLINES = ANCHORAGE—FAIRBANKS NOME YAKUTAT — CORDOVA CONNECTIONS TO VALDEZ — KODIAK — BRISTOL BAY KUSKOKWIM Office Baranof Hotel PHD“E 667 ARTHUR OSZMAN, Traffic Manager Hotel Juneau For Comfort At Lowest Rates ROOMS WITH BATH or WITHOUT BATH Most Convenient Location —THIRD AND MAIN— Owner-Mgr., Clarence Wise RABBIT SKINS BUY DIRECT AND SAVE MONEY. Any quantity, immediate delivery. Write for Price List. Valcauda Fur Co. Seattle, Washington Treat Yourself to a Bottle of Delicious BUTTERMILK Available Daily Juneau Dairies, Inc. il ap——— © Centrally located © Splendid food and service McClare, © Large Rooms— Mgr. all with Bath ALABKANS LIKE THR AW WASHING TON { "= BBARANOF Alaska’s Largest Apartment Hotel * EVERY ROOM WITH TUB and SHOWER * E B WINDOWS, DOORS, CABINETS 0. 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Haines Juneau $18.00 Sk:lfi)z:)’ Skagway 10.00 Express Rate: 10 cents per pound—Minimam Cha: 600 Round Trip Fare: Twice One-Way Fare, less lr:; SCHEDULED DAILY Ketchikan Wrangell $45.00 $35.00 Petersburg 30.00 10.00 Wrangell .. 20.00 Express Rate: 25¢ per pound—Minimum of $1.00 to Ketchikan Petersburg Juneau ... $30.00 Express Rate: 10c per pound—Minimum of 60c to Pe: burg wnd Wrangell e Above rates applicable when passenger traffic warrants. Schedules and Rates Subject to Pnol! Change Without Notics. ‘lz

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