The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 19, 1944, Page 6

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA = "™ SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1944 |at the Lutheran Church. Follow- ing the evening ceremony friends are invited to a reception at the home of Mrs. Ann Dennard. Mrs. Jack Schaefer gave a lunch- eon on Friday, August 11, in honor of Mrs. Ernest Sommers and her mother, Mrs. Ida Brant Mrs. Sommers and Mrs, Brant come from Snogqualmie, Washington. Guests were Miss Dorothy Van Zante, Mrs. Jenny Homethko, Mrs. Harold A. Veatch, Mrs. Clyde Jol- lisaint, Mrs. Thomas Tilson, Mrs. Frank Hennessy, Mrs. Neill Ander- sen, Mrs. Ray Peterman, Mrs. Stanley Totten, Mrs. Harold Schae- fer and Mrs. Arnold Curtis. Mrs. Henry Yrjana was given a surprise party on the occasion of her birthday on August 10. Those participating were Capt. and Mrs R. B. Waddell, Mesdames Marce! Irish, Charles Pinkston, Chris Jackson, Walter Butler, Fred Saby Sena Johnson, Fern Bigley, Dick Bigley | Last weekend the Frank Hen- nessys entertained at an informal Sunday supper. The guests were Dr. Louis Scharpenberg, Frank Wright, Frank Calvin and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Calvin, Thea Dona Wagner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wagner, cele- brated her second birthday on Aug- 8 by inviting friends in for cream and cake. The guests Patrick Pearl, Patty Laidle; Ps McNamara Frankie Mr Namara, Jerry ' Fredrickson, Barry Bergdoll and Sandra Emloch. On August 10, Barry Bergdoll, aged three, had a birthday party at the home of his parents, Mr. ust ice were Mrs. Dermott O'Toole of Ten~ akee is registered at the Sitka Hotel. Mr. O'Toole is manager of a general store in Tenakee. On August 10, Bryan and Nola Rae Homethko celebrated their 7th Mrs. Frank Bergdoll. The list included Irene Brook- man, LeRoy Adams, Anna. Marie ward, Karon Roach, Thea Dona Wagner and Bonnie Essendrup. wd guest and 10th Dbirthdays, respectively. Friends invited to their home to celebrate the occasion were: Judy Dare, Albert Brookman, Brookman, Rosie Daine, Rodgers and Betty Rodgers. Gailia Richard| A son, Francis Louis, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guertin on Saturday, August 12. The baby weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces. Miss Inez E. Johnson of Angoon ! became the bride of Ismael Voso- tros of Juneau on Thursday, Aug- ust 10. The ceremony was per-, She is convalescing satis formed Commissioner W. W.! Knight at the Sitka Hotel. Mr.| Vosotros is the proprietor of the Sgt Ismael Hotel of Juneau Mrs. William Cook was admitted to the Pioneer Home Hospital on Friday of last week. Mrs. Marie Brightman has re- turned from the Pioneer Hospital after undergoing an eye operation. factorily. by Word has been received from and Mrs. Roy E. Cox that Gary DeLass, on August 1. wina arrived this week. Mr. Za- wislak will be in charge of the retail department of the Columbia Lumber Company. They have lo- cated at Rands Courts. and Mrs. | Mr. Seattle are spending their vacation iin Sitka and are registered at the Sitka Hotel. Mr. Gregg has an accounting firm branch in Eugene, Oregon. Mrs. C. C. Rusher, of Bremer- ton, Washington, arrived this week and|to Visit her son, Carl Rusher, and Ihis family. Mr. and Mrs. Al Boyd, proprie- |tors of the Silver Foam, have re- {turned from Washington where |they have spent several | visiting relatives and friends. At the American Legion meeting Tuesday, delegates to the Legion |Convention were elected. Those |elected were Ben Miller, Lee Wilms, E. W. VanHorn and Charlie Whit- timore; alternates, “Jnhn Walmer, Hugh Antrim and | Vic LaMoe. } | | ; Mr. and Mrs. John Whittimore | |of Anchorage are visiting Mr. Whit- | |timore’s mother, Mrs. Mary Whitti- |more and his sister Mrs. Clarence |Rands. They will then to the states to visit Mrs. Whit- illmore's mother. |to visit his son, proprietor of the Pioneer Bakery. | | | Mrs. L. Reinke, of Reinke'’s Dr ‘Shop, has returned from a business Itrip to the States. | Mrs. Valdina Martin left for the they became the parents of a som, !gqtag Wednesday after spending They | two months with her sister, Mrs. W. O. Gregg of | ‘have entered the field of aviation. | in Seattle with a months Arnold Curtis, United States is to have a merchant marine adequate for the develop- ment of its foreign and demestic commerce.” ¥ “European nations, through their steamship companies,” he says, 'AMERICAN LEGIONLoIS POSTWAR PROGRAM DEPE | Lois INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 19. — An | was ar American Legion Commission on 11, on Competition with the merchant i marines of other nations, therefore, | demands that the Americgn mer- | chant marine be unshackled by ar- | bitrary and narrow interpretation | of civil aeronautics law, | po! “Post-war competition in shipping | employment, —postwar taxes will be keener and more serious than | United States foreign policy. | any heretofore met by American, Emphasizing encouragement of steamship companies. | COMMISSION HAS WITH ILLEGAL RECEIPT OF Postwar America offered an eleven- \ the chargs of illegally receiving int program on such problems as | funds and family allowances under and | the servicemen'’s dependency allow- | | ance act 1of 1942 | r Her bond, set at $1,000, was posted individual enterprise in business to | and she was released, according to 'sell Clithero, Leo J. Jewett, James shelled D-Day. the U. S. Marshal’s office here. She | Sofoulis, John Walmer and Raloh will be brought to Juneau for trial. | Wright. Alternates elected were: C. DEI.EGATES ElEflED | Carnegie, W. E. Hendrickson, Los\,_ Sturm, Fred Cameron, Allan John- stone, Ben Miller, and Lew Wil- BY FORTY AND EIGHT | ' ) Pl LONDON, Aug. 19.—Secretary ot At a meeiing held last evening |Navy James V. Forrestal has a: in the Dugout the following mem- |rived here but censorship preven* |bers of the 40 and 8 were elected ed any speculation concerning the as delegates to the Grand Prom- purpose of his visit. enade to be held at Juneau on| It is expected however he will § September 2, 3 and 4: George visit France to visit the shores the Gullufson, Joseph Thibodeau, Rus-|British and American warcraft ROUSE IS CHARGE IIDEH(!*M[OWAN(E Rouse, alias Lois Mathews, resteri at Anchorage, August a complaint issued here, on “Cooperation between air trans- | bolster employment, the commission port systems and the merchant |urged “a national program of “fair | marine is a condition precedent to|and impartial treatment by both| meeting this post-war competition | management and labor, with mini- | and the maintenance of at least an | mum reliance on the expenditure of | equal position in foreign commerce |Public funds.” | with those nations which place no| The commission includes several restrictions upon the operation of |governors, business and labor execu- | steamship companies in the aviation tives and others, all members of the field.” Legion. —eeto—— | The commission pledged the leg-| |ion’s support in carrying on and | developing the principles of the for- | ‘cign policy represented by declara- ' tions of Teheran, Moscow and Cairo, | together with the Connnally-Ful- While traveling is difficult . . . bright resolution and advocated a | bright resoluti d advocated ipostwar policy of Federal taxation | to modify levies on individual and OFFENSIVE IS LAUNCHED we'll be thinking of our friends in Alaska . .. Even if we don't corporate incomes. LONDON, Aug. 19. Henry continue | Jacob Lorentzen arrived Tuesday | Andy Lorentzen, ! (Continued Zrom Tage one) Wood, famous conductor, died today at the age of 75. Wood, who re- cently telebrated his 50th anniver- Army assault on East Prussia. sary as conductor of the Royal Al- The German communique said the bert Hall Promenade concerts, has | Russians have launched an offensive /been ill with jaundice. “on a wide front northeast of War- —_—_— PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. JUNEAU saw. | The Soviet home front tensely Solicits the business of friends in Sitka |awaits a salute of Moscow’s guns Electric Service and Repairs | announcing the Red Army has won | the first town inside Germany. ‘Westinghouse Representative . | niakhovsky’s Third White Russian | | The Germans have squandered nearly 750 tanks in four days of counter-attacks facing the smash- see them.. . . " Keep On Buying Bonds TO WIN THIS YEAR Mrs. Edith Birkland Ryan, daugh-|are at present located at Myrllc;R. K. Burke. The sisters hadn’t ter of Mrs. Al Lindegarde, left for Juneau by ‘boat enroute to Anchor- age where she will be employed in civil service. Mrs. Ryan was Palal, Grenam. |seen one another in 40 years. On| | Clarence’ E. Mehaffey, of An- i chorage, Special Christian Science {Sunday Mrs, Ole Sunde gave al |card party in honor of her aunt, |Mrs. Martin. The guests included formerly employed on the base here.| wartime minister to Alaska, was|nr.c Eqwin VanHorn, Miss Louise | ing Red challenge. Red Army armored columns are spearing up the west bank oI the Vistula in the rear of the enemy’s river defenses and other units have smashed due west. Conway Dock | e in Sitka Tuesday and Wednesday.|pgyightman, Mrs. Len Peterson,.Mrs. W. A. Bates of the Merchants Mr. Mehaffey is connected With'; .. Ocbakken, Mrs. Foster Mills, and Miners Bank of Ketchikan is camp activities in the territory. in Sitka this week on business. He| is registered at the Sitka Hotel. | Mr. and Mrs, Ray Wolfe passed Miss " Isabel Parsons, Ernie Parsons, and Miss daughter of | Mr. Wolfe was formerly superin- Estelle | tendent” of the Government School arrived Bureau of Indian Affairs in Juneau. weekend in Sitka. They by pldne. U. S. Marshal Wm. Mahoney was in Sitka this week to pick up prisoners to be taken to Juneau. The Rev. and Mrs. Arthur N. Bily and infant son Michael have re- turned from an extended trip south. They have been visiting in Chicago, California and Washington. Dr. and Mrs. James Ryan and their son Denny made a round trip on this week’s boat from Juneau. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Ohlen flew to Juneau for a brief vacation. John Hammer, of Hammer and Wikan In Petersburg, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. William Roden- berg. He arrived by boat Tuesday. 3 M. M. Capsuck and their sons George and Don- ald returned Tuesday from the States where they have spent sev- eral months. Mr. Capstick was formerly in the restaurant business here. | Mrs. Eugenia Kidd who has been | visiting Mrs. Earl Forsythe for the| past few weeks has returned to her home in the states. While here Mrs. Kidd was employed at the Alaska Drug and Jewelry Co. Mr. and Mrs. The Seventh Day Adventist Ml%-‘ sion plane arrived in Sitka last| Sunday, bringing- Pastor H. L.| Wood, Superintendent of the| Alaska Mission of Seventh Day Adventists. He was accompanied by his wife and Miss Madge Much- | more, Secretary of the Alaska Bible Mrs. Louis Scharpenberg return- ed Tuesday after spending two weeks with her sister, Mrs. Tony Schwamm in Petersburg. |Mrs. Arnold Curtis and Mrs. Ber- !nard Westover. Unable to attend were Mrs. R. K. Burke, Mrs. Wm | through Sitka on this week’s boat. Youppi, Mrs. Wm. Knight and High score i . in pinochle Wi y Miss se | Casler, both of Juneau, spent a here and is at present with the B‘nzhunan :vna; 10?: 55 M:'s ;‘;‘:: | , : Mrs. Marie Brightman. VanHorn. |Sea Lines Now Wa;nl To Take the Air; Big Headache of Postwar man and War Shipping Administra- (Continued from Page One) tor, and the House Merchant Marine Committee. The Civil Aeronautics Board, how- ever, holds that it is forbidden under the law for surface;carriers to enter the air transportation field unl such a step would promote the public interest. | declaration of policy adopted by Congress.” He says the participation lof the Maritime industry in civil Adm. Land challenges the position | of the CAB as “contradictory to the | aeronautics “is necessary if the!derly. Company SITKA MEN FOUND - NOT GUILTY OF ILLEGAL FISHING | At a jury trial, held yesterday afternoon in the U. S. Commis- sioner's Court, Daniel Main, Ed |Hanson and Earl N. Prim, were found not guilty of the charge of taking halibut after the close of the season. The three Sitke fishermen, ap- |prehended by a Fish and Wildlife | patrol boat near Tenakee Springs, | {were arraigned yesterday morning |by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray |and were released on their own| |reconnaissance with a demand for| ja jury trial. | Howard D. Stabler represented | the defense and U. S. District At- |torney Lynn J. Cemmill was the | prosecutor. e ———— The following were fined in City | Police Court this morning: Inez| 'Johnson Vosotros, $25, drunk; John | E. Booth, $25, drunk and disor- 0il --- Coal Gasoline Insurance Phone 78 BUY MORE THAN BEFORE New Washington Hotel, Seattle FRANK B. McCLURE, Manager House. They visited Pastor and| Mrs. M. L. Miles while here. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Stuart, who| have been spending the summer | Carl Hinshaw, of Pasadena, visiting with their son and daugh-| California, member of the House ter on the coast, returned to their of Representatives paid a brief home this week. visit by plane to Sitka on Tuesday.| * | Mrs. John G. Brady, daughter- On Saturday, August 12, alin-law of former Alaska Governor daughter was born to Mr. and John Brady, is in Sitka visiting Mrs. John Holic, at the pmncer;m the home of the Rev. and Mrs. Hospital. {W. A. Thomas. Orlin Johnson, butcher at thc: Mrs. Cold Storage Store, and his wife mother Mrs. Mary Whittimore ar- spent the weekend in Juneau. |rived from Seattle Tuesday. Mrs. e {Rands had been south for medical Earl Bright, of the Bureau of attention. Fisheries, arrived by plane from| Juneau Tuesday and returned the| Mr. and Mrs.’ L. M. McConnell following day. 1and their son lon their cruiser the Betsy Ross. Mrs. Gertie Berggran has an- Mr, McConnell was a former em- nounced the engagement of her!ployee of the Columbia Lumber Co. daughter, Miss Lenora A. Olson to! Conrad H. Goodrich, USN. The| wedding will take place August 22ithelr daughters Mary Jo and Ed- \ First Bank of Sitka A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Money Transmitied to All Points Do Your Part Put 10% of Your Income in War Bonds WHEN IN SITKA Make Your Headquarlers at the SITKA HOTEL "The Home of Hospitality" RUSS CLITHERO Manager Clarence Rands and her left for the states| Mr. and Mrs. Ed Zawislak and | 0 DINE OUT AT Open 5 P. M. to Midnight Service F all great basic raw O reasonable protection, will rep Y’S guises. Thanks to modern methods W 80, COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR Newly Remodeled AND KEEP ‘EM b ¢ COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR ELEVEN BILLION CUBIC wood annually. garages and garden fences TR, nps materials, wood is the only one which, with lace itself. This is important to all of us because it means that we can have a continuous flow of the things we need which are made of wood . . . wood in all its many of timber harvesting which leave seed sources and protect aew torest growth from fire and other natural hazards, there grows each year in American forests, nearly FEET of This company treats timber as a crop. On our land grow many new homes, each year. COLUMBIA LUMBER COMPANY SITKA ———— JUNEAU ANCHORAGE