The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1944, Page 2

GE TWO Father Time writes the best ads for HICKEY-FREEMAN CLOTHES... - S e S——— Clearance, Reg. 17.95 t0 22.50 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR LOATER COATS $10.00 Hére's the perféct all around casual jacket —Better Loafers in a feature. clearance . .. Gabardine and suede fromts, imported wool- ~JUNEAU, ALASKA | taste, . Wonder who the benevolent locking old gentleman is—he with the sad wistful eyes—who can be found most any time of the day walking back and forth on several blocks of the west side of Franklin Street? There is a gent about town who is a dead ringer for Sen- ater Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota. DOUGLAS NEWS ON TRIP TO SKAGWAY Mrs. Lee Swift and children and Mrs. Wade Tacy and son were pas- sengers on the steamer Saturd: | he gives them a dirty look.” MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1944 berries, ing on the. bushes. Outstanding treat of her vacation was a nmb dish prepared by Mrs. Fred hovec. Miss Warren had |).\|Hu- pated in the crab catch the same | day. ' and other delicacies grm\»J | £ | e | i GOOD SHOW The Douglas Coliseum Th“mrv-“ held a capacity crowd last evening in the showing of “This Is thel! Army.” The theatre, managed F. W Kayes, shows great improve- | ment since the opening night last| month NOME YAKUTAT — CORDOVA | TRE/ RER OF DOUGLAS i SCHOOL BOARD RESIGNS In a letter to School Board Clerk | takes Father Time to prove how much suit or topcoat you really buy when you choose a Hickey-Freeman. For the old boy stretches out fore your eyes—and demonstrates that your Hickey-Freeman not only takes you a longer distance day over the route. And as for comfort- able ease and smartness of style—well, it requires only one trial garment to dis- cover that a Hickey-Freeman gives you more—much more—of those pleasant things. Suits $69.50 to $89.50. Topcoais $65 up. We can promise, but it REPORTER | Wonder what has ever become of the “individual” shaving mugs which | adorned the shelves of barber shops | | back in the days of yore and which | bore tne names of their owners in | gold letters? . . . And what has be- | come of the old familiar Police Gazette that customers used to avid- | ly read while awaiting the call of | “you're next’? Some of the “old | timers” here would like to have the | | answers to these questions . . . Also | the old time bartender who used to | “set one up on the house” for the | regular customers. the seasons right be- but costs you less per A young thing (and she sure| wasn’t hard on the eyes) stopped us | | in the Baranof Hotel not long ago | | and wanted to find out a few things | { about the “Fourth Estate.” . .. She | wanted to know whether city edltors | were really hard boiled guys (we ! once knew a city editor who culti- | vated roses) as depicted in the mov- |ies, who talked out of the side of | their mouth, smoked big black cig- | ars, and could carry on a conversa- | | tion over three telephones at one ‘and the same time. . She also wanted to know whethex editorial | writers were “really intelligent guys” | who had nothing less than a Ph. D. | |tacked in back of their names; England’s Bill of Rights was en- cied in 1689. March ‘ear. 1 was the Roman New 1y !" 1y \\\\\\\\m U ////// DO YOUR WAR DUTIES // o Buy more War Bonds—and cheerfully attend to other home- frontduties. Let’s get this war won quickly! S Wi National Distillers Products Cor- poration, New York 86 Proof Distributed by National Grocery Comp Seattle. Wush. whether police reporters were the | brains behind police departments in . Hospl‘nl "oTEs | lving celebrated crimes; whether | “sassity” editors usually married | her P iaz i millionaire sportsmen, and whetl hilip Diaz has been admitted to all reporterial masterpieces were St. Ann's Hospital for surgery. }mmen while the reporter was suf- | fering from a profound case of Mrs. Clyde Sheldon entered St.| gelerium tremens ... When informed Ann’s on Sunday for medical Up“"'flhal this was not me case (as por- ment. | trayed by the movies), a distant far- off look of disillusionment came into Mrs. James MeAlister and son | her lovely eyes and she strode from have beep discharged from St.|the hotel—a sad but wiser gal. . . . Ann's Hospital | o | The next time that Hollywood talent scouts are in the vicinity of | Juneau and happen to be in the | market for a man who might give | Actor Clark Gable a “good run for Lt. Robert Coombs has been ad- mitted to St. Ann’s for surgery. | Lulu Wexsdorrer.sa medical pa- |y money we suggest that the |Uent, entered St Anns Onsequs visit the office of the Alaska | Sunday. ! Airlines and take a gander at Traf- | fic Manager Art Oszman. . . . Gable Mrs. Pete Terrenclo and baby boylbeu” watch his step. | have left Sf. Ann's to return to| | their home. | { The writer breezed into the office | of thé U. S. Employment Service the | William Burdette has been ad=!other day, mitted to St. Ann’s for medical | desk occupied by Miss Ann Turner care, one of the interviewers, and in a still imore timid voice, informed Miss Turner ——— .- Empire Classifieds Pay! " FOSTER & MARSHALL Members NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE (Associate) Underwrifers of Municipal and Corporation Bonds We Invite Your Inquiries Statistical Service Available Upon Request DIRECT PRIVATE WIRE, TO NEW YORK 'kind of a job in all Alaska,” she in- | writer made known his identity. The | “Oscar of the Waldorf” | Hotel and chef par-excellence | town are of the opinion that Presi- | dent Roosevelt will be elected for | men” of the Baranof Bar have quite 4 timidly approached a | that he understood that identity or tne reporter, Miss Turn- | Springs Bay resort. Reporting the er's eyes fairly bulged in sheer best vacation spent in years, Miss Hal Phillips is a guest at the amazement at the scribe’s preposter- Warren had a real enjoyable time, Juneau Hotel, having registered ous inquiry. . . . “There is not that with all the trout, fresh straw- from Fairbanks. ormed him. . . . Whereupon the reporter couldn’t help but let his |mind wander back to Washlngton,) D. C., where the ratio is about fif- teen gals to every man. . What a town, boys, what a town! ... | We have all heard of the fame of Matre d’ of the old famous Waldorf Astoria in New York. . .. There is a chef in Juneau who is better known as! “Otto of the Bergman™ who is quite | a past master himself when it comes to proficiency in the culinary arts. . Most of the soldier boys about another term. . . . The symmetrical alluring ]oveliness of a certain Ju- neau lass who is better known as “The Princess” and who presides in queenly fashion at a counter of a local dry cleaning establishment . . Four bartenders who could be ap- propriately called “The Four Horse- a dignified look in their stiff white cutaway jackets. . . . and the boys will show you how to do their stuff, | . Have been admiring Morticigh | Charlie Carter’s small but excellent | | collection of pistols and guns. . . % Charlie is in the class of “big gamé | hunters.” . . . i “Kim” — a dog owned by Elmer | Friend, of the Empire, is migmy‘ particular about what he eats. . . . ‘Take it from Lee Rox, trouble shoot- | er at the newspaper office. . . . Every | now and then Lee gives “Kim" what | he believes to be some choice bones. ‘ = . .. “That dog is almost human,” | said Lee. . . . “He sniffs and sniffs at | the bones and if they don’t suit his ' 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 seryice 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 TACOMA, WASH,, Perkins Bldg., MAin 0840 1411 FOURTH AVENUE BUILDING—SEATTLF 1 — SEATTLE 1, WASH.,, P.ier‘ 7 MAln " ' —/( OH - PARDON ME-I| DIDN'T SEE THAT YOU WERE 'PHONING ! By GEORGE McMANUS WILL YOLI SHLI UP! IM TALKIN' TO MY WIFE # WHAT'S THE {Copr. 1944, King Features Syndicatc. Inc, World-sights resérved. -~ 5 Mrs. E.. E. Engstrom, Mr. Alfred!\ en backs and sleeves. |[jevening for Skagway. * They Wil g1 tendered his resignation as CONNECTIONS TO A real value. Striking vacation and visit there a week and treasurer. of the Board, He gave color combinations. MORUE R e MRS D reasons for the necessary action as VALDEZ — KODIAK — BRISTOL BAY (.“",E'Rs Ri:'rl'nx not being able to attend meetings KUSKOKWIM SIZES: A eroup, of Dovglas fabiiilbs ane|1or 0 indefinttegperiag, due to Small children who have spent the past graveling Be Sl CiRpE O S Mfi Medium ten days camping at Marmion Is- fobs. A cpragent pME,. 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MULVIHILL, Agent PATRICIA Woodiley Airways JUNEAU—— ANCHORAGE Via YAKUTAT and CORDOVA Connections to ALL INTERIOR Alaska Points ~ Lockheed Arrives Juneau 2:00 P.M. Electra _ Leaves Juneau 2:30 P.M. Tuesday-Friday fiLAéKA COAi!'It\‘I. Allll.nlfis ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES Serving Southeast Alaska——Passengers, Mail, Express SITKA TRIP—Scheduled Daily at 9:30 A. M. Hawk An- Pel- Kim- Chicha- Inlet Hoonah goon Tenakee Todd ican shan got Sitka Juneau ...$ 8 $10 $18 $10 $18 $18 $18 818 $18 Sitka 18 18 18 10 18 18 10 10 Chichagof 18 10 18 10 18 10 5 Kimshan_ 18 10 18 10 13 10 Pelican . 18 10 18 18 Todd ........ 18 18 10 10 Tenakee .. 10 10 10 Angoon .. 18 18 Hoonah . 10 Haines and Skagway—Scheduled Daily at 9:30 A. M. Haines Skagway s Juneau $18.00 $20.00 Skagway 10.00 v Express Rate: 10 cents per pound—Minimum Charge 600 L Round Trip Fare: Twice One-Way Fare, less 10% ! SCHEDULED DAILY il Ketchikan Wrangell Petersburg Juneau $45.00 $35.00 $30.00 Petersburg 30.00 10.00 ‘ Wrangell ... 20.00 Express Rate: 25¢ per pound—Minimum of $1.00 to Ketchikan Express Rate: 10c per pound—Minimum of 60c to Petersburg and Wrangell PHONE 512 o Above rates applicable when passenger traffic warrants. - Schedules and Rates Subject to Change Without Notlos. ”