The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1944, Page 3

TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, | 944 Poiiioiinisi i S ENDS TONIGHT! “IT'S A COOK'S TOUR OF LAVGHTER ... with a little: fove thrown in... and it's got that Tingle! TOMORROW! PREVIEW TONIGHT 12:30 A. M. ( & < 1 and his [ NAN WYNN - MICHAEL DUANE Larry PARKS * Lynn MERRICK * Bob HAYMES i A GOLUMBIA PICTURE Snow Kiace of Juneau GREATBLOW IS STRUCK :. | AT HITLER Fourth Majfironl Estab- lished by Landing of Allied Forces (Continuea irom Page One) churn the waters of the Mediter-‘ ranean, once Mussolini called his | own, and by great air force power support, troops swarmed ashore with the avowed purpose of linking the Mediterranean theatre of war with their own front west of Paris where | the Allies apparently are on the point of scoring a great victory that might speedily result in the libera- tion of most or all of France. French Fight in France “The Army of France is again fighting on its own soil for the lib- eration of its country and all of its traditions of victory behind it,” is| the ringing declaration of Com-| mander-in-Chief Gen. Wilson, re-| garding the French forces among the invaders. Striking just after sunrise, seven waves of infantry splashed ashore and in the first two hours seized initial objectives with great rapidity at many places along the 125-mile stretch of the Riviera between the great port of Marseille and Nice, encountering only the weakest op- position. Defense Pulverized The enemy defenses were pul- .verized by five straight days of powerful air offensive. Shortly before dawn today, a gi- gantic airborne combat force de- scended on the rugged hills rising on the coast line and went into a grapple with the German defenders for possession of key communica- tion points commanding vantage points. A ‘The big transport planes and glid- ers put the airborne troops down first under a massive fighter plane screen that covered the inyasion. Not a single enemy plane opposed the early operations. Warships hurled tons of steel into the German coastal defenses. - e — PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHRY Have a portrait artist take your plcture. Hamersley Studio. Opposite COBURN COMEDY IS NOW SHOWING CAPITOL THEATRE Columbia Pictures, in response to enthusiastic requests from movie| |goers, are giving us another com- ledy starring the now famous char- acter actor, Mr. Charles “Dingle” Coburn. As the meddlesome old fellow, Mr. Dingle, in “The More the Merrier,” Mr. Coburn made the big- gest hit of his long career. The | picture was received with such high | praise, that he was immediately starred in “My Kingdom For Cook,” a comedy said to draw very hilarious picture of the cur- rent servant problem in America, which is playing at the Capitol Theatre. Coburn plays the role of Rudyard Morley, an acid-tongued English author, who considers a succulent roast duck a very good reason for being alive. When he comes to the U.S. to give a series of lectures | designed to promote good will be- |tween the British Isles and’ Am- |erica, he is aghast at not being |able to find a superb cqok. — .- PATTON IS LEADER OF THIRD ARMY Heads Drive in Normandy | and Britfany-Promoted to Major General a a | «Continued from Page one) |who joined the Allies from Lake |Chad in Africa and is fighting with ;Patton : The announcement of Patton’s jcommand came after it was re- |vealed that Lieut. General Omar | Bradley is overall Commander of | |the newly formed Twelfth United |States Army group and that Lieut. | General Courtney Hodges has taken | |Bradley’s former place as Com- jmander of the American Fir i {Army. The First and Third Army |has been included in the Twelfth| |Army Group. i Eisenhower said that Patton was| 1011 the marching wing of the Am- | |erican spearhead which is driving‘ |to envelope the German Seventh | i | | | | | | i | | | | [ { | i | i | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNE AMERICAN NAVY GUNS ARE DYNAMITE HE U. S. Navy is the biggest in the world, not alone in tonnage, speed and manpower, but in the terrifying might of its firepower. There is a gun for every purpose, ranging from the far-reaching 16-inchers of the super-dreadnaughts to the 20 millimeter antiaircraft batte- ries. Here are some of the guns which speak up for Uncle Sam. AP Fealures T & 16 INCH Biggest gun of the fleet, the 16-inch is mounted n double or triple turrets on new battleships. It fires 2,200 pound shell 20 miles. \ 5 | The 1.1 multiple pompom, in single, double or quadruple mounts, fires 140 one-pound shells a minute. Has supersensitive shells. ANTONE STRAND BODY 1S FOUND NEAR DUPONT, |BIG INCREASE IN TEN YEARS, D ALASKA BANKS Antone Strand, 74, missing for| A comparative statement covering over a week, was found yesterday |conditions of 14 Territorial and 4 forenoon about a mile and a quarter national be Alaska, issued on the far side of DuPont by Curtis |today by Oscar G. Olson, Secretary Kirschoffer, trail foreman for the of the Territorial Banking Board, Forest Service, who, with a Crew|shows an increa-: more than of men, had been working on the 46,000,000 in banking resources in trails in that vicinity. Alaska over tle last 10 years. To- or in Nermandy. Eisenhower added, that was where Patton be- | longed. | The Supreme Commander also warned at the press conference, against expecting the war's end to| come in a matter of weeks and | said that “this week is marking a very definite climax in one phase of the operation plan.” Eisenhower said, “just what will be the result| in the sum total, no one can say. In the campaigns lying ahead, numbers of such tactical victories| must be won, because even if we| realized our fondest hopes, in a situation such as this, we are still a long way from the Rhine.” Eisenhower said, “a man who attempts to measure the length of | the war as remaining in terms of | weeks, is not attempting to use any | logic, but merely using hunches and wishful thinking.” PATTON NOW MAJOR GENERAL WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. — The Senate Military Affairs Committee voted unanimously to recommeud a Senate coniirmation for the pro- motion of Lieut. General Patton to the permanent rank of Major Gen- eral. The Committee, which held up the nomination since last October because of the soldier slapping in- cident during the Sicilian cam- paign, acted ufter Patton’s leader- ship of the American Third Army in Normandy and Brittany had been announced by General Eisen- hower. Later, a Senate announcement said that confirmation had been given on Patton’s promotion. TED CARTERWILL MAKE SURVEY OF WESTWARD SOILS Ted Carter, extension agent for the Department of Agriculture and the University of Alaska, has left on a six-week survey trip to theg Westward where he will take soil! samples of agricultural land and | run tests to type the soil for each section for the recommendation of fertilization programs. Mrs. Carter was to accompany him as far as Seward and then re- turn' to Juneau on the same boat. Mr. Carter expects to return here in October and spend the winter in| Federal Building, Phone 284. adv. Juneau. of the American ZLegion last eve- L. VanderLeest in the Butler Mauro The body was discovered face vq) resources now stand at almost (?0\")1 1.n a sn v::n; ,m(; leum fl]"]‘a“;‘h(; $60,000,000. cations il beer hf““ i “d‘ Deposits have increased more attempted to cross the water and . "g57.000,000 to more than $33,- had slipped, hitting his forehead | . , 4 ¢ 000,000. Savings deposits show an on a sharp rock, which either killed .~ = P AhOUE Tb-Ard asHal him instantly or rendered him un- | pereasd, O MRS TRt S . consclous and he met his death as|Million dollars. ~An increase of the result of suffocation or drown-|More than a million dollars is noted |in surplus and undivided profits. ing. 0 notified the U. S.| Purchase of Government bonds Kirschoffer ’ Coast Guard and a patrol boat wus‘by b_‘mk:’ i HIES, Hana PR, 000 invested, an increase of about dispatched from here, with U. S.|_ Commissioner Felix Gray and De- $25,000,000. puty Marshal Thomas Hellan| The statement compares con- aboard, and the remains were ditions as of June 29, 1935, which set the pace in the first round of the 36-hole medal qualifying test for the title go. Annon's pair of 34s enabled him to post a score of one stroke bet- ter than Byron Nelson. — .- © o 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT - brought to Juneau and identified. |was a Leap Year, and June 30, The victim was born January 11,119“' 1869, at Surna, Norway, and came | NS W s to America in 1904. He had lived | DARK HORSE MAY in the Territory since 1906; eight' years in Seward, two years in Pet- ersburg, 25 years in Port Alexander,{ wiN Golr MAT(H Eflfie n"‘]’r the past three years in| gpopaNE, Aug. 15.—Freddie He was employed as a fisherman Annon, 30-year-old defense plant and was a member of the Pioneers,Worker at Mamaroneck, N. Y., and of Alaska. |part-time pro, became a dark horse Surviving relatives include a sis- [contender for the PGA golf crown ter, Mrs. T. J. Jacobsen of this city; when he scrambled around the a brother, Bernard Strand of White- | horse; and another sister, Mildred | Hodges of Whitehorse. The body is at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary and funeral ar-| rangements have been announced for Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock | from the mortuary chapel. The Rev., W. G. LeVasseur will deliver the eulogy. Interment will be in the the Pioneers’ Plot of the Evergreen Cemetery. AMERICAN LEGIONNAIRE: At the regular weekly meeting U. 8. Weather Bureau Temperatures August 14. At airport: Maximum 66, minimum 50. In Juneau: Maximum 65, minimum 51. b ® o 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 Fully automatic, the .50 cal. machine gun fires 600 shells a minute, is free swinging. | course in a four-under-par 68 10| yegsidence in the Kilburn Apart-| | AU, ALASKA Heavy cruiser (shown above) mounts 8. main batteries. Light cruisers carry 6-inch, destroyers 5-inch guns. Armament for 26 'ypn of naval craft, merchant ships. 50 CALIBER . 40 MILLIMETER The 40 mm. antiaircraft gun, developed dur- ing this war for “infighting” attacking planes, Each barrel fires a two-pound shell. DOUGLAS NEWS EQUALIZATION BOARD IS M tax adjustment. approved the School Board appoint- ment of Val A. Poor as a member of the board of the Douglas Public Schools. All city officials were present with the exception of Coun- ETING TONIGHT‘:(:]‘::;'" Earl Miller who is-out of | The Equalization Board of the Douglas City Council is meeting tonight and as a consequence there | will be no meeting of the Library | Board, b3 [ pital in Juneau, AL o AR 5 & FRANCIS SNYDER, BRIDE HERE | 3 - Mr. and Mrs. Francis Snyder, new- | T Frh::lN‘;l&EPOl:th h lyweds, recently married several | Lwo Of the fishing fleet have returned to port with halibut and weeks ago in Seattle, arrived last week for a two-week visit here with S3ble, which were purchased by the friends and relative: ing temporary residence in the Kil- MRS. NEAL, DAUGHTER HOME Mrs. Don Neal and baby daughter arrived at their Douglas home Sat- urday evening from St. Ann’s Hos- brought in 1,000 pounds of halibut burn Apartments, Mr. Snyder is g 2Ad 19,000 pounds of sable, and brother of Mrs. A. E. Goetz and son the Luhelen came in with 1,800 of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Snyder of bounds of halibut and 13,000 pounds Douglas. ’ |of sable, SITKA ROUND TRIP o Miss Margaret Pearce and three girl friend companions, are round- irip passengers to Sitka on yester- day’s steamer, making the trip for| recreational fun. Baranof Reauty Salon . TAKES NEW RESIDENCE Mrs.- Thomas B. Jensen moved | this week from her Fifth Street home to the upstairs apartment of | the Marcus Jensen home on Second | Street. She is renting her Fifth| Street property to Mr. and Mrs.| Tom Selby of Juneau. Mrs, Selby | will be a Douglas teacher this year.| SISTER ON VISIT | Miss Madeline Stinder, sister of | Mrs. Fred Frobese, arrived via plane yesferday from her home in Seattle. She will be a guest at Mrs. Frobese’s| § we are happy to announce that Mrs. Barbara Garrett has rejoined our staff of experienced operators . . . You are invited to ask for her in phoning for ap- pointments. SHOP HOURS 9AM.TOEP. M. OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT ments. | SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTMENT | The Douglas City officials' held a | regular meeting in the City Hall! last evening and took care of all routine business matters and also sat as a Board of Equalization for | ! 73 R 10 LOTS S0cCEs3 % Women's AppareL The city fathers s. They are tak- Alaska Coast Fisheries. The Emma PAGE THREE TEOMENTURY TONIGHT ONLY Barbara STANWYCK George BRENT THE GAY SISTERS 'NAVY GUNNER IN | TALK TODAY AT " ROTARY MEETING | Clancy Fostet, U. S. Navy tail gunner on a Ventura bomber, Ju- ;m\uu young man home on furlough, |spoke to members of Juneau Ro- |tary Club this noon on experiences | in the South Pacific ! ! A veteran of 17 bombing missions, | ‘oster said that the quality of the | Japanese pilpts seems to be slip- |ping and the American pilots are knocking them down with ease. Foster was on bombing missions over Nauru and was bombed by the Japs when based on Tarawa, coming in a month after the Mar- | swept the island clean of the| { ard Warner, of the Civil Aer- onautics Board, also was a speaker, telling Rotarians that the CAB is aware of Alaska's problems in air | wansportation. He said that in the | | states the Government considers | air travel a luxury and not indis pensable, but that in Alaska air | travel is considered indispensable | w1 many areas and the Govern- ment acts accordingly in extending aid. Other guests included M. B. Martin, insurance man, Paul Mon- roe, James P. Davis of the OPA, Glenn Belford of suncau, and Alex Holden of Alaska Coastal Airways. Bl THEATRE] BEST SHOWS LOWEST PRICES THE WAY in less than a day! 'S EATTLE Direct Daily Service #JUNEAU & WHITEHORSE & FAIRBANKS Connections %t ANCHORAGE, NOME, BETHEL, ond AN Alaska Points No Priority Required INFORMATION . RESERVATIONS . TICKETS 1 I So. Franklin St. Phone 106 TSk AR LS I B L ol AT AN AHMERICAN AIRWALS stavem INSURANCE Health, Accident, Life, Annuities Juvenile Educational Endowments M. B. MARTIN—Phone 53 123 Third St. P. O. Box 1641 Th ti 3 Lenses duplicated—Frames sold- ered—Reading Glasses $7.50 pair —Guns repaired—New Gun Parts —Keys Made. CORY COFFEE MAKERS Table Lamps Metal Covered Asbestos Electric Range Top Mats MIXER BOWLS For General Electric, Mixmaster and Hamilton Beach Models Alaska Electric Light and Power Company JUNEAU ' DOUGLAS Phone No. 616 Phone No. 18 { There is no substitute for newspaper advertising! ning, Paul Monroe, partner of H. Drug Company, was initiated. Stan Nichols, Past Department| Commander of Fairbanks, was fres- | ent for the meeting and gave a short talk. Congressman Carl Hinshaw, Com- rade from the Pasadena Post, No. 13, California, wae guest speaker for the evening. He gave' a very interesting discussion on aviation and also on Legion Work. e Charlie Parker has come into Ju- neau from Strawberry Point and is | registereC at the Gastineau Hotel. | ——e— Lindey Beckworth, of Gladwater, | Texas, is a guest at the Barano' Hotel. Y MEDICINE- (VAN LIKE TO SAMPLE LIGHTNING CURE - ALL WaPPY JUICE BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH &, SAMPLE WHY, SHORE, cuz!'! "By BILLY DeBECK T 70 B800ACI\OVS Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME DINE AND DANCE The Derby Inn BAR DINE AND DANCE Located at SKAGWAY SKAGWAY'S ONLY DINE AND DANCE - PLACE SINCE THE GOLD RUSH!