The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1944, Page 6

PAGE SIX AVIATION IS HELD TODAY mmons The pyr !provements in that legislation are | preeminent importance of aviation in Alaska, both as it serves to pro- vide a means of communication roads for international.aviation. As a means of communication in Al- aska, it is serving and will continue increasingly to serve as a medium | by which the various sections of the Territory are bound more closely ssman Alfred J. Bulwinkle of North Carolina, who is chairman - of the committee, believes that air 2] will show a tremendous in- ar future. eve, however,” - | Bulwinkle say “that the cost of air travel can be drastically reduced. the Planes are expensive to operate, much more so than boats or auto- mobiles.” The committee will leave Juneau tomorrow morning for Seattle, from today Mr. to discu e Gov. Gruen- A. B. Hayes, Tom Dyer, se of the Committee is | within the Territory and as a Cross- | TOWNSEND CLUB |RED GETS GREETINGS; RED ARE S e 15 CAUSE, IN DRIVE ON RIVER | The Juneau Townsend Club re- |ceived greetings at last nights | meeting from both Townsend Clubs {in Redlands, California, delivered by Mrs. M. E. Howe, President of Townsend cub No. 3 of reatanas,| SiTUggle on East Side of n article in he asl ily | H . | e ot sumean reviewing rs| Vistula Reported in |Howe’s recent address to the Ju-| |neau Townsend Club was read to! Fmal Siage Ithe two Townsend Clubs in Red- i lands, and they wrote Mrs. Howe asking her to convey their best (Continuea ‘lhe counterattack battle at Praga.| ‘.\uuu.fl 12. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA today, striking at the heart of the| enemy defense zone before Warsaw. Indications are that the struggle on the east side of the Vistula is in its final stage. Seasoned Rus- jian and Polish troops are now strongly dug in in a semi-circle| around Praga, the great industrlal‘ district. Their massed artillery and‘ planes are strewing the battle-| ground with derelict tanks and |sprawling German dead. | The Russians announce that Ko-l nev's army group, which has taken | 1500 square miles west of the Vis-| tula in an area 100 miles below | Warsaw and 35 from Krakow, has killed 140,000 Germans and captur- ed 32360 in the month ending on CONNORS RETURN Mrs. Howe is| the g phy of Juneau. assault plans, built up his reserves uest of her son-in-law m]d‘and strengthened his o retile r S or strengthened his communica- returned from the south where he daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mur-| g Rokossovsky has completed his | Emmet Connor and wife have He eliminated the strong went on business and she on a| O SPECIAL | Thursday - Friday - Saturday| To make room for larg WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1944 e shipments of mer- chandise just received we are selling shial oy Wi i ¥ 2 |German threat to his ri i to deter at first hand, what ¥hich point they will continue 0| Mrs David Milner, chairman,| e e il may be expected in the develop- of American civil aviation in what are the needs of and what legislation is necessary in order to preserve its present world predominance The Committee has met with those primarily concerned with aviation in Alaska, and has heard, in Nome, Fairbanks, Anchorage, and today in Juneau, what the commercial airlines need for their development; what the private flier feels should be done by way of legislation to continue the develop- ment of private flying, and what type of regulatory and promotional legislation the charter operator and contract carrier considers necessary. The Committee has been interest- ed in learning of the da problems of air navigation h which face civillan operators in Alaska, and hew to avoid such haz- ards. They ~bave cerned with airport zoning, ra systems, meteorological needs, tax- ation, and all other subjects con- nected with air transportation ized by the House to con- investigation and study of related to present and future conditions & ing air navigation and commerce, the Committee wrote and secured con- gressional approval of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938. This Act has been the source of enormous developments in American civil aviation but they believe that im- ire, civil aviation San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoe- nix, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, and St. Paul. They expect to return | to Washington in about two weeks. | While in the States, they will| | investigate further the plans of the | aviation corporations, believing that knowledge of future plans and improvements will enable them to enact better legislation. Besides Chairman Bulwinkle, the subcommittee consists of the follow- ing Representatives: Virgil Chap- man, Lyle H. Boren, Lindley Beck- worth, Richard F. Harless, Carl| Hinshaw, Evan Howell, Joseph P.| O'Hara, Elton J. Layton, Clerk of the committee. i FLOWER SHOW SCHEDULED FOR | TEMPLE FRIDAY Preparations for the annual flower show and silver tea of the Juneau Garden club, to be held this Friday in the Scottish Rite Mrs. Hans Nielsen and Mrs. G. E.| ing for an entertainment and re freshments following the meeting| of August 29, reported progress and | stated they would announce their| program at the next meeting. ‘ Jacob Anderson of Kake, known| to most of the Gastineau Channel Townsendites, was a visitor at the meeting last night. AR U G FRANK HELLER IS | CLOSING UP SHOP; | GOING WESTWARD Frank Heller is closing his barber shop on Seward Street very soon‘ preparatory to going to Palmer where he will locate temporarily | and may come back to Juneau some day. Heller has been barbering in Ju- neau for the past 24 years and has made hundreds of regular patrous.| During this tifhe he has mostly been operating his own shop. ‘The Hellers are leaving not from Temple, will be occupying mem- bers of the society all day to- morrow. personal choice but to be near their ‘son-m-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wilson and their *wo Club members are to be busy to- children. Mrs. Wilson, the former morrow making boutonnieres which |gdithbelle Heller, is not in the best will be presented all visitors 10 of health at present and for that the show. Members are asked t0 reason the Hellers are making their (bring flowers for the boutonnieres pusiness and residence change. to the Temnple before 2 p.m. or before 7 p.m. tomorrow. Dress Up Any Meal A fine assortment including Tiny Sweet Midget Pickles Boat Orders Delivered Anylime! Juneau Deliveries—10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Delivery—10 A. M. Almauist on the committee arrant- | (S Ar S AN PICKLES and OLIVES Boys’ Khaki Overalls Below Cost 75e pair g,..;.s | At the same time we are offering a bargainin ._ Infants’ Rayon and Wool Sweaters 30¢ each See Our Complete Stock of Babies' ahd P Children's Wear Just Arrived! - ! All club members are also asked Until You Return . WHEN FIRE seriously damages your home you will have to live else« where. pense will be covered if vyou have Hartford Rent- al Value Insurance, which pays your rent until you can move back into your home. Shattuck Ageney | American, were J. G. Shepard and INSURANCE—BONDS to supply cookies for the tea. The |cookies are to be brought in not| |later than noon on Friday. Flow- ers for display may be brought :n| Thursday evening or until 11:30 a.| jm. on Friday. [ Displays will include flower ar- rangements of all kinds. Some| member e planning to make un- usual vegetable arrangements, al- though the show does not include a regular vegetable department. | Showings will not be competitive. |The flower displays will be in the ‘lorm of decoration, and bouquets will be on sale all day. Tea will |be served during the afternoon and evening, and a musical program |has been arranged. Members of the club who have large bunches of flowers which | they cannot deliver in persons may telephone Mrs. M. D. Williams at 686 before 8 a. m. on Thursday or |9 a. m. on Friday to have them |picked up. All members who are |able are expected to deliver their | containers, frogs and flowers tol 3 | the Temple. Ask us about it. : Any member who wishes to make |a special arrangement is invited to |do so. This extra ex- \ et R | THREE OUT VIA PAA | Leaving Juneau today, via Pan |Alma Carlson for Fairbanks, and 3 | J. W. Huston for Whitehorse. JUNEAU -~ I BUY WAR BONDS Mrs. Snyder’s Chocolate Syrup CASH GROCERY Nescafe — . Washington Instant Coffee Artichoke Hearts Jelly Glasses Also Lots of FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 10:15 A. M. 2:15 P. M. MINIMUM—$2.50 2 S PHONE 105 A. W.V.S. Meeting Is Postponeg_ fo Aug. 23 The regular meeting of the Am- erican Women'’s Voluntary Services, scheduled for this afternoon at the Governor’s House, has been post- { poned and the session will be held on Wednesday, August 23. ARRAIGNED ON WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC CHARGE Pleading not guilty to a white slave traffic charge, Margie Miller was arraigned in the U. S. District Court this week and her bail reduced from $5,000 to $1,000. She was arrested in southern Cali- fornia July 15 and returned to Juneau. — .- |TED HUNSBEDT 1S NOW LIEUT. COL. News of the promotion of Ted' Hunsbedt to the rank of Lieuten- ant Colonel has been received in Juneau by his mother, Mrs. B. Hunsbedt and sister, Mrs. Harold Foss. | Hunsbedt, overseas with the Field Artillery, is a graduate of West Point and is well known here, hav- ing attended the local high school.! i DR. ANDERSON HERE | ENROUTE 10 STATES, Back from a two months’ trek through Interior and Westward Al- | aska, Dr. J. P. Anderson, Assistant | Curator of the Herbarium at the Iowa State College, is in Juneau en- route to the States. Dr. Anderson, former Juneau resi- dent, has this summer added 1,400 specimens of Alaska flora to his collection for use in preparing a text on that subject. OPA ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE CHAMBER OF | COMMERCE SPEAKER James P. Davis, Regional Admin- istrator for the Office of Price| Administration covering Territories and Island Possessions of the| United States,” will be the guest| speaker at tomorrow’s noon Cham- ber of Commerce meeting in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Mr. Davis is in Juneau at the| [present time to familiarize himself with business conditions and prob- lems here. Before returning to his| offices in Denver he will visit other | towns in the Territory. | R HERE FROM SITKA ! Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Johnson are here from Sitka and are staying av.l the Baranof. | e Mr. and Mrs, Martin Olsen, of Anchorage, are in town and guests at the Baranof. Super Market PHONES 92952 DELIVERIES | Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. 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