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

PAGE SIX AMERICANS Forces boldly steamed into L screen the amphibious Suluan Island and, perhaps bined with Southwest Pacific Naval Gulf in the Central Philippines, to landing on vie| STANDARD OIL MEN GUESTS OF CHAMBER I-ANDING ON [::n\n BEb tjarids BordeFica oo the | OF (0M¥ER(E TODAY 400 Miles from Manila | The area is only 400 miles from Manila and an ideal spot from which | to establish aerial control of the islands and completely nullify the air bases which the carrier planes Continued from Page One) haven't already knocked out I i Gen, MacArthur practices striking way to reconquest of the territory [ the Japanese where they aren't the past ten days with unpre- | This process is long familiar to those who have watched the progress of his forces since March 17, ed raids on the western P cific islands for a thousand miles | on either side of the Philippines when he stood on the shores of Aus- Thunderous Attacks tralia, 2,000 miles from the Philip- The t wderous attacks, which | pines and promised, “I came through C the Japanese close to 1,000 [and I shall return.” ) i 100 ships, are still con- | If the Japanese stories are cor- t Manila radio reports | rect, Gen rthur’s forces have jer-based planes struck | returned two in four waves this morning and hit [ to the day after he made that Manila and strategic Clark Field. | pledge The Jap-controlled radio claimed 19| Japanese broadcasts are accepted ; planes were downed . | by jubilant Chungking as being Mikado's war lords said “our | basically accurate. The Chinese re- 1 and navy units are intercept- | flected confidence ng this enemy force.” The ambigu- | Admiral Nimitz recently said: ous expression Tokyo uses described | “Judging from MacArthur’s past any kind of defense or none at all. | performances, 1 predict he will do Unconfirmed Tokyo ments indicated a powerful task|did in New Guinea, perhaps even group of Halsey's Third Fleet com- | more thoroughly.” EORGE BROTHER Super Market PHONES 92-95—2 DELIVERIES Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. Friday and Saturday SPECIALS Bll} $Zflllfl toupon hook !or7$179.fi7 ~ Save3% OLD FASHIONED CLOTHES PINS S dozen 25¢ Phone 92-95—Better Values GRAPEFRUIT JUICE—OPA Price 19¢ Tin George Bros. Special, Case $4.49 Always Better Values at George Brothers! FRESH GREEN TOMATOES 3 polur!d§25’_c Here Are Close 0ut BARGAINS SELLING BELOW COST BIRDS EYE BRAND . . . WE NEED SPACE Birds Eye Fresh Frozen Codfish Close Oui—4 packages $1.00 Regular 39¢ each Fresh Frozen Birds Eye Solid Pack Cherries Regular 53¢ Close Out—3 packages $1.00 Whole Frozen Clams and Minced Clams Regular 98¢ Close Out—60¢ Fresh Frozen Shrimps for Frying Regular 95¢ Close Out—50¢ Frozen Birds Eye Grapefruit, whole sections Regular 45¢ package Close Oui—4 packages $1.00 Frozen Birds Eye Rhubarh, reg. 29¢ Close Qui—5 packages $1.00 Borden's—Carnation—Darigold CASH AND CARRY 19 —WITH THE REGULAR MINI ] . MUM GROCERY ORDER OF | $2.00 exclusive of Meat or any — 0. P. A. Ceiling $5.76 low priced items or specials we will deliver at this price. We Reserve the Right to Limit! PHONE, WRITE or WIRE EORGE BROTHER ars and six months | Alaskan branch managers for the Standard Oil Company of Cali- |fornia and three of the company’ Seattle officials were guests and speakers at the Chamber of Com- merce meeting this noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. | Speakers included. District Man- |ager S. E. Stretton of Seattle, L. M. | Hagen, Superintendent of Alaska | Operations; Ralph Fitzsimmons of Anchorage, Obert Reinseth of Fair- {banks, W. C. Irwin of Seward, Fred Nelson of Petersburg, and Ernie Arthur of Ketchikan. Tom Dyer, Juneau branch manager, introduced his colleagues. The Chamber went on record as favoring universal military training in the United States in peacetime, answering a questionnaire submit- ted by the national chamber. Charles W, Carter gave a report on the reception of the delegation from the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce. e R iy FLIES 29 PASSENGERS | Alaska Coastal Airlines carried 29 | passengers yesterday. On the first {flight they carried the following: | To Sitka—R. L. Crews, John Nyman "and Richard Arvit. Second flight— Paul H. Prouty, Mr. and Mrs. E. Anderson and Capt. and Mrs. Dietz Sitka to Juneau—Jackie Goudie, ;Stephen 0. Casler, Remo Korhonen. Tenakee to Juneau—MTr. and Mrs. |C.'W. Wallis and Mr. and Mrs. Neil | F Moore. Juneau to Petersburg—Hugh Ten- | nant. Juneau to Ketchikan—W. Stump. Lee Drake. Ketchikan to Juneau—Alfred Per- |kins, W. Oxenberg, Ted Reynolds, }Murns Shapiro. Juneau to Hoonah — Géderge B. Williams, Emily Williams. | Wrangell to Juneau — | Early. | Hoonah to Juneau — Helen Wil- { liams, Marie Williams, Paul Joseph Juneau to Angoon—Kenneth Ede. e 'LT. THOMAS CHAMBERS " WOUNDED IN ACTION | Alaska friends of Lt. Thomas J |Chambers have learned that he | Petersburg to Ketchikan — Mrs. | Charles 8 BUILDING PERMITS | ISSUED THIS WEEK Building permits amounting | follows: J. Hanna, 822 Basin Road, to re- iroof a house at an estimated c {of $250. I. G. Fulton is named con- tractor. Berg Construction repair a foundation at 239 Main Street. Estimated cost, $200. T. J. McCaul, to repair a foun dation at 119-123 Front Street at| a cost of $800. Berg Construction Company is the contractor. The Nugget Shop, to repair a floor at 219 Franklin Street. Esti- mated cost, $200. [ Karl Makinen, to repair a foun-| dation at 305 West Tenth Street,| at a cost of $1¢ James D. Madsen, to build a| |boat shed at 1111 West Ninth | !Street, at a cost of $200. | | L. Kann, to remodel his store at |118 Seward Street, at a cost of | 1$500. Don Able is the contractor. | Ray Peterman, to remodel a \building at 213 First Street, at a lcost of $200. Triplette and Kruze are contractors. . D N | NINE ARRIVE HERE | Incoming passengers yesterday on the Woodley plane from Anchorage | | were Y. Lignugaris, Charles Battin, | Mrs. L. Wies, Ben Silbernagel, Mr. | land Mrs. M. Harris and child, Dr.| Jack Colvin { Sl Al BLAIR STEELE LEAVING (has been attached to the Signal }Cm‘px. United States Army, in Ju- | neau, for the past five years, is now lon a furlough, previous to being | transferred, ————— | ARRIVE BY PAA Incoming passengers from Seattle | today, via Pan American World Air- | ways, were Harry Datoff and Edwin Messer. Leaving this afternoon for White- | horse were John W. Lane, James Brouliette, Fred Schreiber, Harold | Butcher, and Wayne Buchanavo. | e FISH SALES THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— ROLL ZALL OF ELKS 8 BUILDING PERMITS noY,0% 8| Company, to| Tech Sergeant Blair Steeld, who| " | The Defiance, Capt. Frank Olson, | sold 3,000 pounds of sable fish to | E. E. Engstrom today. Other boats selling to Engstrom were the Spen- cer, Capt. J. Russell Elliof, 8,000 pounds, sable; the Hobo IX.Capt. | Albert Schramen, 1,300 pounds of king salmon; the 31-A-111, Capt. |was wounded in action in the Nor-| George Lane, 600 pounds of salmon. . mandy invasion and is | cuperating in England. Chambers, before leaving the Territory, was with the military |intelligence at Fairbanks, Anchor- (age and Seward. | .- MISSIONARY SOCIETY | MEMORIAL CHURCH TO MEET THIS EVENING | The regular weekly meeting of the Missionary Society of Memorial now I a base — ||| Presbyterian Church will be beld | this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the [residence of Mrs. M. Mercado, 829 iWtfst Ninth Street. Officers of the | society are: President, Mrs. Amy | James; Vice-President, Mrs. Clara | Barlow; Secretary, Mrs. Mabel Cropley; Treasurer, Mrs, Genevieve Soboleff, and Sergeant - at - Arms, | Mrs. Marcus Bacon. ————— IN FROM CHICHAGOF J. M. Goudie is in town from Chi- chagof and is staying at the Gas- tineau Hotel. hospital in | Kenneth B. Epley and is registered at the Baranof { from Sheridan, Oregon. 1 The Wings of the World’s Greatest TRAVEL SYSTEM Lontact Al Pierce, Empress Building, Fairbanks, Airlines office. LINES AR White Star TUNA Oc(an SHRIMPS Dry Pack . @an39c 10:15 A. M. CALIFORNIA SARDINES | 177¢Pound Tin FRIDAY FEATURES | Minced CLAMS 3c(an CODDIES Cod Fish Cake 3c(an Extra Special Banana Squash 1 1 cPound DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 2:15 P. M. MINIMUM—$2.50 | BB erts (CASH GROCERY 5 Alaska, or any local | AL as | in Juneau | i { UNEAU, ALASKA Tnonpsox A BETTER BLEND FOR BETTER DRINKS GLENMORE DISTILLERIES COMPANY Blended Whiskey 86.8 Proof—65% Grain Neutral Spirits NEXT WEDNESDAY The annual roll call of the Elks | to { will take place at the regular meet- $1,850 were issued by the City En-|ing next Wednesday, with refresh- gineer's office this past week, as|ments added, and a big turnout is| anticipated. row Last night, Steven Sheldon, Jr., |Light Presbyterian Church parlors. ost |and Henry C. Museth were initiated | at the regular meeting. PR PAUL, BIXBY GO OUT Spiro Paul and Gilbert Bixby have left for the States on a furlough and | bert Dixon. Mrs. Pearl Prouty will [ then will report “some place in the | speak during the afternoon on the " for reassignment. Hostesses | Mrs. “Mission of Incorporated LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY \Martha Society to | - Meet Next Friday A meeting of the Martha Society will be held at 1:30 g'clock tomor- afternoon cheon will be Mrs. George Rice and S. Whittier, while the de- | votionals will be led by Mrs. J. Nelson FAIRANKS MEN HERE and Wi | Knowler, registering from Fairbanks | town and has are at the Baranof. COLLINS 1IN Sam Collins, yne E. | | Gastineau. in the Northern the dessert lun- Del- Princeton-Hall.” \Vhere Time Doesn’t Juneau Deliveries—10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Delivery—10 A. M. Boat Orders Delivered Anytime! Will Soon Be Here! GetYour PUMPKINS March On... + . unless you step in now to help men in German prison camps fight that deadly “barbed wire’ boredom THE crock has a hundred hours on its dial and each hour has 600 minutes when you’re penned behind barbed wire. Nothing to see but that wire, the bar~ rack’s wall, and a sentry’s back. Nothing to hear but the tramp of his feet, the beefs of your comrades. So you go slowly, grimly, and some- times not-so-quietly, progressively towards the “barbed wire disease” unless . . . Unless you’re lucky enough to have the folks back home get behind the War. Prisoners’ Aid (one of the 19 participat- ing agencies of the National War Fund) and provide the money to provide the things to feed the hunger of your heart and soul and mind. Books and baseballs and tennis rackets. Textbooks and technical equip- ment so you can continue studies the war interrupted. Grease paint and play- scripts for your own camp shows, Games of every sort. Anything and everything it’s humanly possible to provide to start GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE NATIONAL WAR FUND This Appeal I's Sponsored by {Time marching on again, ‘This is just one of the many vital jobs your contribution helps to take care of —when you support the National War Fund by giving to your local Com- munity War Fund. Your dollars go to work on six continents and in ninety-one countries—including your own, because this united campaign covers the big home-front needs too. And don’t just give a “token” con- tribution. The job is too big for that. Give—really give! Remember that no matter how much any of us gives in money it’s still little compared to what the people you’ll help have been giving in “blood, sweat, and tears,” ~t Darane In Cooperation with Gastineau Channel's War Fund Committee THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1944‘ TOWN of Seattle. registered at