The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 31, 1944, Page 6

I'me(‘sslmm] Account Service of Ju- neau, The Ketchikan Council has en- tered into a contract with the Pro- fessional Account Service of 'Ju- neau, to make a r luation of all ])m)nll\ for tax a ment pur- ses. This is the first evaluation ])lm«(\ undertaken the Terri- Howard Henrena Here {0 torv of Alaska Putin System Inaugur- | Herrese ated I)Y Kekhlkan 1. He employs the cubic foot basis and is a recognized authority on tax evaulation. The Ketchikan REVALUATION, (ITY PROPERTY WILL BE MADE in will handle the work City (‘()unrll of Ketchikan record for revaluation of perty for tax purposes, it nounced today by Howard S , who is President of the The project will be cities and towns that may be in- terested in property tax problems. CANNING APRICOTS Are Now Here Also a complete line of ALL FRUITS and VEGETABLES at the Boat Orders Delivered Anytime! Juneau Deliveries—10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Delivery—10 A. M. Extra ---- Special THIS WEEK ONLY DARIGOLD BUTTER in BRINE * A Large Shipment of Fresh Fruits and Vegefables JUST IN at PICCLY WYCCLY PHONE 16 or 24 $2.00 Minimum Orders to be in before 1 P. M. In order to conserve manpower, gasoline, rubber and equip- ment, we have only one delivery each day. WELL, FOLKS, IT'S HERE! THE NEWS thatthe STAR BARER Is Reopening WEDNESDAY August 2 To Serve the Public with Home-made Bread and Pastry PHONE 546 * J. A. SOFOULIS Proprietor |which will start tomorrow, August| set up as a model for other Alaskan | ia |at the dump. |so he gave up. |ioned American flag, [ | ROSES ARE TOSSED ON 'Cheering Frenchmen Wel- come Yanks Into Towns U.5. TANKS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA IS SHE QUEEN OF ALL PIN-UPS? THE PICTURE EDITOR thinks this is the prettiest pin-up picture of the war so far. What's your opinion? Oh, yes, we forgot to men- tion the lovely one’s name—Janet Blair of the movies. (Imemauonal) REDS SAID ATTACKING ATPRAGA German Reports Claim Russians on Vistula River (Continued from Page One) this town, the tankmen became en- cumbered with hundreds of prison-| ers, more than they could handle| comfortably. French boys with | knives rounded some of them up' in a field and brought them in.| One French farmer caught 20 Ger- ‘ mans hiding in his barn and made' them give “n. Nazi Morale Gone All of the enemy units have been depleted by terrific casualties, and few have any food or fuel and no morale. One German went to get reconnaissance car filled with gas and found only one barrel left | When he returned | he found his command post gone, Lieut. Walter Rapp of New Yurk,I burdened down with prisoners, was seen trying to talk another officer | into taking them off his hands. At Montmartin Sur Mer, the | mayor told Capt. Don Goodwin, “Ii have just ripped down all the Ger-| man posters. erican posters.” as they were tacked up. | Overhead waved a crudely fash-, made from old tricolors. “These people stnyed’ up all night to make this flag so! they could have it ready when we came.” said Capt.'John Honea of| Kilgore, Texas. NEEDLING BY GOP BRINGS Give me some Am-| The crowd cheered WASHINGTON, July 31.—Senate majority leader Alben Barkley and Senator Robert R. Reynolds have telegraphed absent members of the Senate Military Affairs Committee to return to Washington at once to act on reconversion legislation. | The telegram was made public by ' Reynolds, chairman of the com- mittee, soon after Senator Arthur Vandenberg disclosed to newsmen the Republicans would insist on early action on the bills to chart post-war business and employment programs. PETER MILLER DIES Peter Miiier, 60, died at 6:55 o'clock Saturday evening in St. Ann’'s Hospital. He was born in Yugoslavia and was unmarried. The remains are at the Carter Mortuary, where funeral arrange- ments are pending. OUT ACTION, ON SATURDAY NIGHT | LONDON, July 31.—German re- ports said tonight that Russians are jattacking Praga on the east bank of the Vistula River opposite War- saw. Other Red forces are said to have captured the former Lithuanian capital of Kaunas. Premier Josef Stalin announged /in his order of the day the capthre nI three pl on the more dis- tant apprbaches to Warsaw—Sie- lice, Minskmazowiecy and Lukow. His order made no mention of the progress of the Russians who last night knifed seven miles inside of the Suwalki triangle of annexed |East Prussia. A German report said the Soviet troops had thrown .five bridgeheads across the Vistula River, but four were wiped out and the fifth sealed off. T MRS. STONE ARRIVES Mrs. J. H. Stone and small §on |arr1ved here yesterday from their home in Virginia to join Mr. Stone, ‘SenIOl Sanitarian with the Tegri- torial Department of Health. ROMMELS DEATH NOT "CERTAIN" ‘Reports Coincide that Ger- man Marshal Was Strafed at Caen WITH THE UNITED STATES | FIRST ARMY IN FRANCE, July 31—An American staff officer said information in possession of French | civilians coincided with reports from German prisoners that Marshal Er- | win Rommel has died of wounds | received during strafing of Caen. ‘While all reports vary only sightly the death of the German Field Marshal is not yet considered “cer- ! tain.” According to prisoners, Rommel | was shot several times in the lungs! by a strafing Allied plane and was then struck on the head when his car overturned when he was being hurried away to a hospital behind the German lines. “Whether he is dead or not it makes little difference but with the | wounds received, as reported, it is| pretty damn certain he is not com- manding any army,” the American officer said. SMASH 18 MILES TO KEY CITY | Entire Germ_a; Forces in Western France Now Threatened (Continued trom fage One) base of Normandy Peninsula and are ready for the break into central France. | The situation, one qualified ob- server declared, “has immense pos- sibilities.” ! The iron ring around Avranches shut the jaws of another trap. | The Germans are fighting around Granville and on a line from Gav- |ray through Percy to Tessy Sur | Vire to the north. Already, 10,000 German prisoners have been taken since the start of the American offensive last Tues- day. Remnants of at least eight INazI divisions are being ground up by the American war machine. Face New Threat Meanwhile, the Germans face the threat of a new offensive by Gen. Sir Bernard Law Montgomery’s British and Canadians who launch- ed an offensive on a seven-mile front from Caumont yesterday at dawn, smashing forward eight miles into the enemy’s center. This driva has swallowed up the village of Galet at the peak of the spearhead and rolled over a dozen other towns and hamlets? ———-————— MRS. REYNOLDS HERE Mrs. J. R. m;nolds, of the Eliza Hardware Oo. at Tongas§, is in town and a guest at the Gastineau | Hotel. 4 .- | AMY MONTGOMERY HERE Amy Montgomery has arrived in Juneau and is staying at the Gas- tineau Hotel. e CANNING APRICOTS $2.1 9 (rate GET THEM NOW! FRESH Tomatoes, Lettuge, Onions, Carrots, Cucumbers, Green Cauliflower Green Beans, Peas, Peppers, Zucchini, Ruta- bagas, Limes, Egg Plant, Grapes, Pears, Plums, Bananas and many other items. DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 10:15 A. M. 2:15 P. M. MINIMUM—$2.50 PHONE 104 Berts PHONE 105 CASH GROCERY MONDAY JULY 31, 1944 BRITISH WAR DOGS HELP FIND MINES IN FRANCE BRITISH DOGS OF VARIED BREEDS have been of great help to the Allied forces in France in locating spots where the retreating Germans have planted mines. Under favorable conditions twenty dogs will clear a, lane sixteen yards wide by 200 yards deep in half an hour. The handler probes and locates the mine which “Jobs”, a Labrador, has xzmmed out (left). At nght are some of the war dogs with mines. (Internahonal) Super Market PHONES 92-95—2 DELIVERIES Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. FRESH SHIPMENT FRUITS and VEGETABLES JUST ARRIVED TODAY Zucchini, Hot House Tomatoes, Field To- matoes, Cauliflower, Green Celery, Let- tuce, New Potatoes, New Onions, Green Peppers, String Beans, Parsley, Beets, Grapes, Peaches, assorted Plums, Apricots ® TO ARRIVE TUESDAY Watermelons, Casbas, Honeydews, Grapes, Bananas JOHN F. NOXON, JR., Pittsfield, | Mass., lawyer, is shown entering | the Massachusetts State Prison, | where he will await electrocution. | He was sentenced to death after a | jury found him guilty of murdering his infant son. 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