The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 21, 1944, Page 6

PAGE SIX DUCKS DUCKS; BANG, BANG 60 HUNTERS TODAY duck season opened this 6:09 o'clock with very howing up on the flats to ts to the many shotgun- ft deployed over the Men- flats from Salmon Creek to Pedersen Dairy. who bagged any but two or three t few large flocks most of these must the Douglas sound of the direction flats near Sal- eek were the best. However, m. the flats were pretty well ed of ducks and hunters were ready to leave in disgust Here is one duck that got away: d good. Leon Alexander bagged a and ran quite a distance to retrieve it arrying it back to his station he layed it on the ground 5 duck jumped to its feet and away. Leon is stil scratching his head over the incident as he thought the duck must certainly have been dead, as it had a well- bloodied head Tomorrow's sunrise is 6:41 a. m. and sunset is 6:50 p. m. Shooting starts half an hour before sun-up. - Reorganization of House Spiked Now; Blg Ihrealrkem_ove The mor few ducks offer anti 1944 ot were noticed mor by 9 dese duck 1€ fle: (Continued from Page One) resolution handy, it's believed that the timefuse has been .set back at least until the 79th Congress is formed The truth that the Republi- cans are pretty happy to be string- ing along just as they are. Their 212 members of the House to the Democrats’ 216 (there are four minor party members and three vacancies) are able, through coali- tions, to get about anything they want now without taking any of the responsibilities which fall to the majority party In other words, they can kick is around and without taking for legislation |the administration | force compromises the blame publicly D. B. FEMMERS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1944 HEINTZLEMAN RETURNS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA forced to apply heavy pressure against bitter enemy resistance on Peleliu, headquarters announced. SEAL SKIN SALE | that goes wrong | 1.'!ml if they upset the House apple- |cart by taking over control |would anger many of cratic congressmen now along with them and back behind the party Democrats would be their committee seats and several powerful anti-Admin: ion lead- ers like Rep. John Rankin of Mis- sissippi, important veterans legislation com- would find themselves un- playing drive them line. Many deprived of mittee seated From a straight numerical stand- point, of course, the Republicans couldn’t reorganize the House, even if they captured all the small party votes. However, since Congress came |back from its party convention holiday, roll calls have showed the | Republican house members present far excess of the Democrats. That was enough to scare GOP politicos out of their boots and send them racing to block Rowe'’s proposed motion before it hit the floor CRETENOW UNDER " BLOCKADE, ATTACK BY ALLIED FORCES ept. 21—A strong Allied | blockade has been thrown around Crete to prevent escape of the | German garrison. Enemy forces |there are being subjected to a succession of sea and air attacks. The official announcement said | based planes and the Al- in ROME, | carrier |lied Naval task force operating in !the Aegean Sea destroyed 11 Ger- man motor vehicles and damaged many more on the first day of [the attack, then wrecked 52 on the ground on the second day and naval forces continued the third day, knocking out at least 25 more | vehicles. | Lt e | ALASKA AIRLINE MEN HERE Albert Peterson and W. J. Fike, |of Alaska Airlines, have registered |at the Baranof from Fairbanks. | MESH HOSE A FEW PAIR LEFT REMEMBER Store hours at Yvonne's on Mondays are from 11 A M to8 B M o a Women's Appanet BARANOF HOTEL BUILDIN Mustard wit S sauce h that “just right” flavor and tang chilling CHoICE ;B_UL[S Everything Meals a “GETABLES Just Received to Make Your Success Now at Freecly wycesy $2.00 Minimum In order to conserve manpower, we have only one Orders to be in before 1 P. M. , gasoline, rubber and equipment, delivery each day. The chances are pretty good, too, they the Demo- now chairman of the very | .| ENJOY VACATION TRIP IN STATES D. B. Femmer, Juneau agent for |the Alaska Transportation Com- | pany, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Margaret, returned last |night from a three and one-half | months’ trip to the States. | The Femmers spent a month in Seattle, during which time Capt. C. R. Chittick and wife (the former |Rose Femmer) visited with them | Capt. Chittick was on furlough from {his post in Texas. From Seattle, the family went to | Portland and Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles, Mr. Femmer called on Dr. Leonard Sloane, former well known local physician, who was pleased to hear about “his home,” as he calls Juneau. While Mrs. Femmer visited rela- tives in Pasadena, Mr. Femmer went on to Kansas City and St. Louis, visiting his old home in Missouri lafter an absence of 45 years. Miss Femmer accompanied her father on |this part of the journey. i Some time was spent in Oakland and San Francisco, where they were joined by Mrs. L. M. Ritter, who had been visiting her daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Re- kosh, and son, Floyd Ritter, Jr., and | family. | According to Mr. Femmer, the | first topic everywhere is “Down | With Hitler,” and next—“Tojo, We Are On Our Way.” Last, but not | least, everyone is speculating on who is to be the next President. Mr.| Femmer says, “better keep your 1n|uney in your pocket, because it |1ooks like a close race.” Ih n (1] 144 Leatherneck Does “Bumps™ StENISS MADE BY ICKES WASHINGTON, Sept. 21—Uncle Sam will probably sell more of his sealskins after the war, says Sec- retary of Interior Harold L. Ickes. Ickes announced the Government |owned herd of Pribilof Island seals }is growing fast and now numbers 29,456,663. 7 | This year 47,652 skins were taken from the islands |EYE SPECIALIST TO VISIT JUNEAU | Dr. R. N .Hester, eye specialist lof Ketchikan, will be in Juneau {the first week in October and his !services will be available through (the Juneau Medical Clinic, it was ‘lParn(‘d today. This will be Dr |Hester’s second visit to Juneau, as !he spent a short time here last fall. ARTHUR RIEND! | { [ | EAU " INJURED AT MINE | Arthur Riendeau, veteran of the | Alaska Juneau mine staff, is in St. | Ann’s Hospital today as the result | of an accident yesterday afternoon. | | While going down in a tram car,| | Riendeau was thrown out of the| ivelucle when the hoist suddenly | stopped, causing him to fall ap- | proximately 20 feet and landing on! |the rafls. He was rushed to the| | entertainment group, does Marine at a Marine (AP Wirephoto from , dancing star of Bob Hope with an unidentified U. S. Patty Thomas a “bumps-a-daisy Corps base mewhere in the South Sea: Marine Corps) HONOR RETIRING " UNION OFFICERS The Executive Board of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees, TLocal /871, in recognition of the services | performed by two officers, recently resigned, has requested The Empire | to publish the following statement: “It was with great regret that the membership of the Hotel and | Restaurant Employees, Local 871, received the resignation of two of its most valued officers. The resigna- | tion of Beatrice Murphy, Secretary- | Treasurer and Business Agent, was efféctive September 12,1944, as was that of Mpyrtle Dunn, long-time President of the organization. Both of these officers performed their duties in a sincere and trustworthy manner and the membership will miss their valued services.” (Signed) ERNEST BLEVIN, DOLLY ZNUDSON, BELLE CAMPBELL, OSCAR WHITESIDE, DOROTHY PLUM, Members of the Executive Board. ——- PATRICIA HAS FULL PASSENGER LIST ON TRIP TO SKAGWAY The M. S. Patricia took nine pas- sengers to Haines and one to Skag- way Wednesday night. Those going to Haines were Susie Shorty, John Abbott, Lee Donnelly, Wilbur Don- nelly, Albert Nicholson, James Ward, Mrs. James Ward, E. C. Harris and B. E. Feero. | Skagway—Richard Soderlund. { On the southbound trip the Pa- ,tricia brought the following passen- igers to Juneau: Byron Bogue, Micky Swann, Mrs. Clyde R. Brown, M. Schneider, Harold Hardesty, Thelma Hardesty, Frank Housley, |Earl Faulkner and Martha Jean | Lawrence. Feero of the Juneau Plumbing \and Heating Co. went to Haines to linstall a new heating plant for the Haines Mission House. iChapeladies Hold . First Fall Meeting; Elect New Officers The Chapeladies of Glacier High- way held their first fall meeting at the home of Mrs. Max Mielke on September 19. Election of offi- cers was held, as follows: Mrs. James DeHart, President; Mrs. Cecil Donahue, Vice-President; Mrs. Stanley Jekill, Secretary Treasurer. | A silver Tea will be given by |the Chapeladies on September 28. |from one to four o'clock. It will jbe held in the Chapel-By-The- Lake and the public is cordially invited to attend. Those attending Tuesday night's raeeting were Mrs, Harry Arnold, iMrb Jenny Pederson, Mrs. James ‘Del-larl, Mrs. Everett Buchanan, | Mrs. Stanley Jekill, Mrs. Dora }Spuuldmg‘. Mrs. Cecil Donahue, |and two new members, Mrs. Gwen !Epperson and Mrs. Smith, and the hostess, Mrs. Mielke. e - MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF MEMORIAL CHURCH IS MEETING TONIGHT | | The Missionary Society of Me- {morial Church will meet this eve- |ning at 7:30 o'clock at the Manse, |740 E. Street. Hostesses for the occasion are Mrs. Genevieve Sobo- leff and Mrs. Amy Jones, Presi- dent. - BUY WAR BONDS { hospital where it was found that he is suffering from multiple cuts and bruises. i In the nearly twenty years that | Riendeau has been employed at MANY PASSENGERS | DOUGLAS ARRVELASTNIGHT =~ NEWVS i BN i ERRRERCE e T | has ever been injured. Arriving here last evening from| ENJOY SOCIAL EVENING | s LG S0 7 Y Seattle on the North Sea were the, A group of women met last eve- following passengers: Joseph Kastor, ning at the Reuel Fleming home| Mrs, Joseph Kastor, Vera Loner- and enjoyed a social and sewing| | HERE ON FURLOUGH ON pElElIu Here on furlough, Henry Lang- feldt is visiting his wife Madelaine S'I'Ill HEAVY | gan, Mrs. Hilda Runquist, Mrs. session. Olive Feldon, Ted Corn, Mrs. Eles nor Lazetti, Sharon Lazetti, Sandra and mother and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Reidi. Langfeldt,| former Douglas resident, is now an Lazetti. Army baker stationed with troops Mrs. Mabel Singer, Mrs. Ethel Lindley, Sandra Lewi Evaleen Culver, Mrs. Lorraine Moore, Viola to the westward. | ._‘ |Yanks Mopping Up Anguar | But Find Tough Going on Other Palau Isle Klassen, Mrs. Edith Wallis, Joseph Dunn, William Emberly. W. McGougan, J. A. Hebert, D. By CHARLES H. McMURTY UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL C. Anderson, J. B. Wike, Clinton Bivins, George Stieler. St | HARBOR, Sept. 21.—Killing 7,645 Jupdy Bialowis is here from) japanese, the American invaders Neil Gallagher, J. W. Rochlitzer Mrs. J. W. Rochlitzer, Leon Han Whitehorse and is a guest at thelof the Palaus are in the mop-up Gastineau Hotel. stage on Aanguar, but are being merley, Mrs. L. Hammerley, DI’ B. RETURNS FROM STATES Mrs. Hilda Rundquist, well known local resident, has returned from the Seattle area where she has been v ing for the past several months. Femmer, Mrs. D. B. Femmer, Mar- garet Femmer, Mrs. Lydia Ritter, Mrs. Josephine deGranahl, Virginia deGranahl, Charles deGranahl. Alex Geirger, LeRoy Wa : Pauline Carlson, John Vanderbilt, R. W. K. Smith, Mrs. R. W. K. Smith, Mrs. Mary Robertson, Carol Robertson. Edward R - HERE FROM WHITEHORSE Jossi, James C. Bleitz, | Mrs. Caroline auth, Mrs. Bertha Knight, ia King. | From Ketchikan came: W. Hel- ander, Mary Lund, R. L. Wolfe,| Mrs. Sig. Johnson, Howard Berk- her, Mrs. H. Berkher, Gordon Berk- | her, Burl Berkher, Ida Irby, L.| Edington i Eli Tanner, Mrs. James McNeil, Jessie Leask, Jonathan Cutrell,| Vernon Baker, Robert Hopsireed, Thomas Parks, Edwin Walker,' Harold Ness, Robert Burrell, Oscar Choppell. ‘ Passengers from Petersburg were: | Mildred Hemnes, Dorothy Wingard,| Laura Meeks, Mrs. Hannah Pete-| berg, Sharon Bakke, Lillian McGil- ton, Roslyn McGilton, Mrs. Dora | McGilton, A. Van Mavern, Ida| Hofstad, J. D. Montemayer. | W. Moreno, W. C. McDonald and L. Furnam boarded the ship at Wrangell. Leaving here for Sitka were the following passengers: Fred Mara- tinson, Geraldine Martin, Frank W. George, Mrs. Franak W. George, Nick Moses, Helen Stoft, C. L. Austin, Charles Smith. A. B. Black, Mrs. George Bag- | gen, Mrs. Marie Loy, David Bailey, William Diers, Thommas Morgan, Mrs. T. Morgan, Mrs. H. L. Bliss. — .- — CHARLOTTE TABOR LEAVES GEO Super Market PHONES 92.95—2 DELIVERIES Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Just Received PHONE—WRITE—WIRE US YOUR ORDER EORGE BROTHER Charlotte Tabor, who has been in Juneau visiting her sister, Mrs. Dick Dalziel, left recently for heri home in Seattle. She is connected with Paramount Pictures, and her headquarters are in that.city. 'Distributed throughout Alaska by ODOM & COMPANY Admiral Chester W. Nimitz report- ed slow progress on Peleliu against | strong Japanese defenses in the rug- |ged Ngavekeuk Hills, north of the |captured Peleliu airport. ¢In the Blue Network New York broadcast from the invasion scene on Thurs- day, Palau time, Wesley Edward said that Marines on Peleliu had | won all but a small strip on the {northeast coast and had seized the Ismall offshore islands at the end.) { In one sector, eleven field guns, |73 machineguns and 23 mortars had | been captured. | The communique for the first time told of enemy air action against 'the Palau invaders, saying that a iJapanese plane had dropped two |bombs near American Anguar posi- tions on Monday, but had caused no damage. Neutralizing raids on enemy Kurile Islands positions continued through to the Bonins and Marianas and east to the Marshalls. - D MRS. LAZETTI HERE Mrs. Leo Lazetti and two chil- FROM KETCHIKAN TRIP ster B. Frank Heintzleman has returned from Ketchikan after having conferred there with pulp and paper repre- sentatives from the States. While in that area, Heintzleman |also attended the Indian hearings at Hydaburg. Regional For - MRS. FELDON RETURNS Mrs. Sam Feldon has returned to Juneau after a visit in the South. The Wings of the ren have arrived here from Seattle | to join Mr. Lazetti, who is with the Department of Internal Reve-, nue. They plan on making their| home in Juneau. - ee—— OREGONIANS HERE Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dwyer h:\vei registered at the Gastineau Hotel | from Portland, Oregon. i World’s Greatest TRAVEL SYSTEM Contact Al Pierce, Empress Building, Fairbanks, Alaska, or any local Airlines office. AL st BIG SHIPMENT of Fresh Vegetables and Fruits u 3 X A/ 2\ = PHONE 704 Boat Orders Delivered Anytime! Douglas Delivi Juneau Deliveries—10 A. M. and 2 P. M. ery—10 A. 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