The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 8, 1944, Page 1

b “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXIV., NO. 9828 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Jap Paratroop Threat Knocked Out By Yanks YANKS NOW 8 MILES DEEP IN SAARBASIN {However, fiEDo Not Say Much About Dam- Nips Admit Tidal Wave Saarbrucken—lg Ripped to *Pieces by Guns of Third Army | age_(gysed PARIS, Dec. 8—Lt. Gen. George| (By Associated Press) Patton hammered home an attack ! a mile and a half into the Siegfried | quake yesterday caused a tidal wave line and is now eight miles deep|that covered houses and the water into Germany's Saar Valley, while started a landslide that damaged his Third Army of Long Toms and’buudiugs. Howitzers ripped to pieces its capital| After almost a day of denials, of Saarbrucken from three milesiMajor Damave of Domei, admitted away. | Tokyo was shaken and a tidal wave The campaign, which is a month inundated houses. old today, has already invalidated| A Domei dispatch, intercepted by the rich coal region which supplles‘pcc' said “a seismic center quake the German Army’ with ten percem‘mt the Tokyo district yesterday of its iron and steel. |afternoon. The Sea and Enshu dis- Two stlruns ;:idsfheta:s h‘;:ve be}i“‘ tricts were affected. This included forced along the stretch where the gemmatsu, Shizuoka and Nagano whole east bank of the Saar is built|and their vicinities, where some solidly of one little war industry|damage was caused to dwellings. In -%C;I man afuz; ax:r;:hexll_ W Shizuoka Prefecture, roughly 125 o the south, e ies jabbed | miles southwest of Tokyo, tidal, down the Alsace plain within four!waves caused some houses to be miles of Colmar, where front dis-|jnundated while damage at Nagoya patches said the Germans are fight- | was slight. Only window panes were ing a rear guard action ‘Loward the proken. In general the damage was Rhfne rail bridge at Breisach. ishghl, Practically no. damage was French First Army troops virtually | caused to our production facilities.” cleared the long Ruhr River Valley| No mention was made of.damage lt\;rf;;zh the Vosges xnul;t?v';snmol | sustained to shipping. This may well ulhouse, occupying itschwiller | have been heavy. and carrying the fight into streets| less than 22 miles southwest of Col-| mar. MARTHA SOCIETY BUYS BONDS;ALSO APPLES AS POSSIBLE CAUSE | HAMILTON, N. Dec. 8.—Col- | gate College geolo| said Superfort !bombings of the Tokyo area may |have caused Thursday's quake and | tidal waves in‘Japan. Dr. Harold | Witnall maintains that giant bombs Gms Fok (HR'S"‘MA | dropped in or near Jap volcanoes | “could produce not only cataclysmic Ep—— g AL R o e but- alys earthquakes wid At a recent meeting of the| tidal waves.” Martha Society of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, it was decided to purchase two $100 Sixth War Loan Bonds and also two boxes of apples for Christmas gifts. One box is to go to the| D 156 PASSENGERS IN ON PRINCESS NORAH Haines Mission House, the other| The Princess Norah arrived in to the Minnie Field Home. | Juneau last evening with the fol- — - lowing passengers from Seattle: |Mrs. Hazel Baker, Michael D. UNIO" MEMBERS ARE Baker, George Baker, Miss Caro- | URGED TO BUY BONDS .-..:* surcees v sars. aney & Caneron, Frank L. Childs, Mrs. “Come on all you union memberss| Mary J. Childs, Miss “Mickey” let’s buy that extra war bond now.|Marion ‘Crowell. Get“out and do your part to help| James H. Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth put Juneau over the top,” said a |H. Davis, H. Logan Geary, Mrs. union spokesman today. Jessie B. Geary, Mrs. Amelia The booth in the Gastineau Hotel ' gansen. lobby will bet open from 7 to 10| jonn Hovan, Mrs. Susie Hovan, o'clock tonight. Dorothy Plum and | winjayy ©. Jackson; E. Jensen Dolly Knudson will be there to aid |nrc Tona Jensen, Mrs. Beryl ois iJonps, Jon Jones, Miss Linda M. "R | Jones, James A. Kelly, Richard BACK IN TOWN . |parcnall, Mrs. Ruth Marshall, Miss Mis. C. A. Clark and Mrs. My ihs A, McKenzie, Roy V. Nel- Snyder are back in town and are(q,n s Melita Nelson, Eugene registered at the Gastineau Hotel q nojps from Tenakee. Miss Margaret M. Nolts, Mrs. e e, Thea Nesler, Ernest Parsons, J. T. The Washington Petrich, Mrs. Hazel Petrich, Mrs. Clara Shearer, John D. Sundberg, g William E. Stone, Miss June West, MerrY'GO'Round Jack Westfall, Mrs. Ethel West- fall. ¢ By DREW PEARSON From Vancouver, B, C.—Walter (Lt. Col.” Robert S. Allen now on active |P. Bystrek, Hawley Dudley, Mrs. service with the Army.) {Mary Dridiey. WASHINGTON — If Vice Presi-| From Ketchikan—Judge G. F. dent Thomas Marshall were alive|Alexander, R. E. Coughlin, Mrs. today, he would reaffirm what he|R. E. Coughlin, Margaret Daniels, said in Woodrow Wilson's day— |R. M. Griffin, Miss F, E. Holton, thaf “what this country needs is|Miss M. K. Maynard, H. C. Ru- a good five-cent cigar.” Looking over the aftermaths of Mrs. M. M. Wood. the late campaign, its rancor and| From Wrangell—Miss Rose Goe- its political wounds, this columnistnett. suggests that ‘what this country Leaving for Skagway were the needs is a good Dolly Gann social | following passengers: Mrs. E. Fall, war—something to take our minds|Robert Dusenberry, Walter Grace, off politics. E. B. Clayton, E. A: Dayton, Leo Now if Mrs. Henry Wallace couldiL. Lazetti, Georre Jollie, L. Law-‘ Ms# . Lovgren, R. L. just be persuaded to get into a rence, row with Mrs. Harry Truman as| Willia to who should sit where at dinner, we would all have something to talk about. If only Senator Tru- man could be persuaded to issue| a statement that, as Vice Presi-( dent-elect, he considers it the pre-| PASTC i L. 'ZNSEN, W T ALY JUNEAU rogative of his wife to enter the| Fastor E. 4" bis; wite dining room ahead of Mrs. Henry |2rFived on { Yarah. e Wallace! Then we could begin to|l the new: BYperips forget our troubles. pendent of BX i Things weren’'t so tense in the Seventh-da Mrs. Hoover Administration, and folks Jensen will ser\ Peiaty: weren't thinking so hard about war Treasurer of the and politics, But even so, Vice| Fastor and M oip President Charlie Curtis patrioti- from . Ogden, Ul hiey. cally came forward with an official "Y€ been engagec g announcement that his half-sister, Mrs. H. 'L Wool " Dolly Gann, was entitled to sit ahead of the wife of the Speaker from Ketchikan, anc {in the Mission offict (Continued on Page Four) |days. Hit Them Radio Tokyo today admitted the | dolph, Mrs. A. Snow, J. H. Stone, | \CANADA PREMIER | UPHELD ON ISSUE . OF CONSCRIPTION OTTAWA, Dec. 8—The Canadian | Parliament today gave Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King a decisive vote | of confidence endorsing his decision | | to conseript troops for replacements | in Europe thus splitting the con-| Challenges House of Com- scription issue for.the duration of | HH | the war. The vote was 143 to 70,;. mons opposnlon for | nationalistic French-Canada, tra- i fdmonally opposeq to conscription for conflden(e VO'e | fighting overseas, dividing to give | |the government measure support | BULLETIN—LONDON, Dec. 8 after an eloquent plea by King. | —In a fighting mood, Prime Twenty-one members of French-| Minister Winston Churchill to- | speaking Quebee Province and other | gay defended Britain's interven- |French - speaking | constituencies | abandoned the historic French-Can- | adian position and voted for the | government. These 21 members in- | A % cluded five cabinet ministers. Thirty-| Tn¢ Commons leader, 70, re cei is ninth vote of confi- six from Quebec and French-speak- | °°ived ‘his ni : [ ing mcmeers voted against it | dence after declaring that Brit- A MBI | ST e " 60 ONVACATION SOON Simultanecusly, British Am- | bassador Lord Halifax announced Harry Godson, CPR Agent, ac-| |companied by Mrs. Godson and, in Washington that the Ameri- their dog Duke, will spend me] tion in Greece and Italy and won a resounding 279 to 30 vote of confidence. | | | can and British Governments had achieved an understanding in the Greek and Italian issues, with- out defining the “understanding.” Further fighting between Left Wing forces and British troops was continuing in Athens even as Churchill spoke. holidays in Victoria and Vancouver, | B. C. They are to leave December | {19 and will be on vacation for| |five weeks. | | Godson said this was his first| | holiiay in 27 months. He probably GOVERNMENT DEFENDED LONDON, Dec. 8—Prime Min- will be relieved by David Scott, | lone of the pursers in the CPR ister Winston Churchill today Alnsks sorvice. Scott relioved Hal|Staked the fate of his Government | Johnston, Skagway Agent, this|When he defended British interests i i’ ey 5 i Greece and Italy, declaring that summer while the latter, was on g 3 | vacation |all Britain wants in liberated coun- Itries is “governments which guar- | |antee us the necessary security of lour lines of communications.” - D — \“"HERAN lADIES | Upholding the use of tanks and ELE(' "Ew HEADSImeps against the Left Wing forces | in Greece, Churchill said Britain | At the lieeting of ‘the Tiitheran 8cted>tc insure that the gangsters Ladies’ Aid Thursday afternoon, the ‘:dldn‘l “descend from the mountains | following officers were elected: Mrs. and install themselves and all their | Andrew Hildre, President; Mrs. O. ‘bloody terror and vigor in power.’ | Bodding, Vice-President; Mrs. J. O.| As for the Americans supporting Rude, Secretary; Mrs. E. G Jacob- Count Sforza, Churchill told Com- son, Treasurer. mons Britain simply didn't trust the bazaar which was a great suc- est confidence in any Government, VRS, ; of which he was a dominant mem- | Following the business meeting |per » | refreshments were served. statement from Secretary of State |Edward Stettinius, Jr, that the IS Mos]’ su((issrul United States didn't oppose the long-exiled Count and furthermore, wanted the Italians to determine Twenty-five hundred pounds of|the course of their own Govern- ‘new and used clothing, collected by |an¢. | the local Sons of Norway under di- | rection of the American Relief for Norway, Inc., member of the NWF, will be shipped South on a North- ‘land Transportation Company boat, | Mrs. Chris Wyller, drive chairman, announced today. She also said the Sons of Norway would conduct a similar drive in the |spring. It is hoped the clothing can be distributed in Norway this winter |through the Swedish committee | which opearted out of Stockholm. Latest advices from German-held Norway state there is a dire need of clothing, especially infants’ and children’s. Mrs. Wyller said the results were very gratifying and the organization expressed its thanks for the clothing. -, e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. Weather Bureau) . LR . Temperature, December 7 . In Juneau—Maximum, 40; ® minimum, 37. Rainfall, 40 e e of an inch. . . . . BY SONS OF NORWAY Opposition Challenged Churchill, challenging the oppo- sition to a vote of confidence, de- nied his Government had broken any agreements with the United States or with Italy. As the debate opened, after Churchill sat down, Tom Driberg, Independent, charged Churchill with “an unworthy piece of black- \mail in throwing out this sort of |challenge.” Predicting Churchill would not be dismissed “by this largely servile House,” Driberg de- clared: “he says we know where we are going. I think he is going against world opinion.” A specific issue in the amend- |ment, by Laborite Seymour Cocks, calling upon the House to express regret fo ra recent speech of King George, (that Britain's forces would not be |used “to disarm friends of democ- {racy in Greece and in other parts of Europe or not suppress these | popular movements which have |valorously assisted in the defeat of the enemy.” “If what is called in this amend- At Airport—Maximum, 49; 13 i minimum, 36. Rainfall, ‘:‘ a." i:“:h.‘ T SR : ment, action of the friends of de- 5 g mocracy” cried Churchill scorn- { TOMORROW’S FORECAST .]fully, “then it is to be interpreted % = S ‘.M. .dst 2 ®las a carefully planned coup de : "h""r:"" m‘d'; in;e‘:si:y : etat by murder gangs and by iron- [#c W0 4 """"" ) Ni o |rule ruffians seeking to climb into 12 5“"‘"‘:{ @ ie rt'e'o'”"t o .‘lhe seats of power without a vote Al L i mpera "‘:" ever having been cast in their J m"‘“‘“““ '"‘“:e""'" ©- ®|favor. If that is to masquerade as ® night, 38; max "““l“ temp- @ lgemocracy 1 think the House would ® erature Saturday, 41. ® |be united if they condemned it as e © o o o o o o o o oa mockery.” ————————— e KEITH WILDES BACK !ELEVEN PASSENGERS ARE | City Commissioner Keith Wildes, | HERE FROM NOME VIA |accompanied by Mrs. Wildes, re-| ALASKA COAST AIRLINES Iturned to Juneau on the North Sea. He has been in Ketchikan | |for the past several weeks on in- |surance business. ————— —— STONE RETURNS J. H. Stone, Sanitarian of the Ter- ritorial Department of Health, has returned from Ketchikan where he has been conducting classes for food handlers. Alaska Airlines flew down a crew of men from Nome, who are with the Sommers Construction Com- pany. They are M. Parsons L. Krause, L. E. Fleek, A. Foster, B. Pike, A. Burrell, T. Dudley, James Alves, Al Rhodes, Marion Rhodes and S. B. Baker. — e — BUY WAR BONDS i " | son, Thomas Larsen, Dmitri Ousti- Favorable reports were given on |him “nor would we put the slight-| = ——————— Tlv") move to name Sforza as 'DRIVE FOR CLOTHING |t "o, oo e gave no assurance| CHURCHILL Last Contributions for War DEFENDS HIS Bond Auction Reported as GREEK POLICY Big Event of Sunday Nears 'NEW DRAFT BOARD LIST IS GIVEN OUT | The following reclassifications | | were released today by the local| Draft Board: | 1-A—Chester Carlson, Norman| Lott, Clancy Henkins, Lewis Robin- | son, Ralph Mortensen, Jose Alimor- ong, Roland Mead, Tauno Niemi, Montur Peterson, Neal Elto, Edwin | Nelson, John Scott, Dave Mielke,| and Elmer Watts. | 1-C—"Discharged,” Chester Elus,{ Verne Dick, Arnold Amundson,| John Breseman, Matt Zelezny, Ove | Gravesen, Eino Mack, Edward Mm-} san, Timothy Dempsey, George | {Martin, Chester Loop, Olaf Marking, Mike Osmonovich, Lewis McClellan, | Frank Clark, David Brown, Luis| Zarate, Harold Mattson, Henry Rogers, George Martin, Roy Brown, | and John Talmage. 1-C “Deceased” — Everett Miller, {Ogust Colvey, and Albert Johnson.' { 2-A—Henry Sully, Albert Flesher, | William Fitzpatrick, Benjamin See, | Martin Feist, Peter Prokopiof, Wil- | liam Davis and Einar Haugen. | 2-B — Richard Shaw and Paul | Wolney. 2-F (F)—James Thomas. | 4-A—Peter Loftus, Alfred Jylha, {Svend Jorgensen, Earle Hunter,| | Glenn Patrick, Elton Engstrom, Ser- |gle Shatshnikoff, Harry Mullen, Alf Olson, William Campen, Erling On- | {solen, Louie Stich, William White- | head, John Homm, Mamant Eman- |off, Frederick Orme, Ora Schoon- jover, John Dunn, Alexander Sok- | oleff, Edward Gedney, James Coul- | man, Martin Repin, William Wat- | goff, Emeral Davis, Ernest Hiltz, Arnulf Johnson, Chris Jorgensen, Leonard Williamson, Frank Camp-!| bell, | Fred Nelson, George Snyder, Jack | Joseph, John Halm, Serge Evans, George Dal Theodore Hilton, |Knute Langseth, Ernest Giovanetti, Ventura Samaniego. George Dudley, Anders Bennes, \Calvin Pool, John Villa, Jerry Wil- |liams, Carl McElhany, Edward Mil- | ler. william Johnson, Roy Bailey, | | Arthur Hedman, James Ryan, | Charles Doucetta, George Sheeper, | Percy Ohman, Howard Erickson. William Bowling, David Perrin, Harry Doyle, Alft Holm, Harry El- lUngen, Charles Metjay, Jimmie | John, Vincent Mulvihill, John Fin- |lay. Israel Welsh, Charles Beck, Wil- |llam Biggs, Olavi Koskey, Frank ‘Morwn, Jack Westfall, Nels Ander- | son. | Melville Leath, Leslie Iverson, |Leonard Johnson, James Pecote, | /Sven Svenson, Fridolph Erickson,| Walluf Rasmussen, Christian Huber. Billy Wilson, George Jim, George | Shaw, James Scriver, Robert Du-| Pree, Willis George, Clarence Knight. | Alvero DeAsis; Victor Rue, Lisle | (Hebert, George Carleeti, Jack Bur-} iford, Torris Natterstad, Anton' Hared, Algot Peterson 4-F—John Miller, | ——.———— - — MRS. WILLIAMS RETURNS Mrs. Lew Williams, wife of the Secretary of Alaska, returned home aboard the North Sea. She accom-! |panied Mrs. Jane Williams south several weeks ago, and has spent the intervening time visiting friends and relatives at Seattle and Ta- coma. ———.———— BISHOP VISITS HERE "Bishop John B. Bentley and Mus. Bentley have arrived in Juneau. He is the head of the Episcopal Church in Alaska. 1 e+ | McCORMICK RETURNS John L. McCormick, Territorial Director of Selective Service, has i returned to Jyneau after an official | trip to Washington, D. C. | — eee - | POLICE COURT FINES In City Magistrate’s Court this morning Mrs. Chuck Aubert was fin- ed $25 on a drunk and disorderly conduct charge and Mrs. Morris| Scott was given five days in jail on} |a charge of drunkenness e s | MINING MAN VISITS Gene Jack, Superintendent of the Arctic Exploration Company at Candle, is visiting in_Juneau. His company also operates a high gmdei asbestos mine at the headwaters of the Kobuk River, it SUPERS MAKE NEW ATTACK; - LONG RANGE “Looks like everybody is doing | Giants of Air Bomeap In- said Bob Martin, Chairman of . " the War Bond Auction to be neia| Stallations on Iwo Jima » —Also in Manchuria at the Elks Hall Sunday afternoon | from 2 to 5 o'clock. The remark!| was made when the last of the i, teams soliciting contributions re-| WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. — Super- ported what they had secured.!fortresses striking from the Saipan “Yes sir,” said Martin, “we are bases, bombed Japanese“installations mighty proud of everybody, and|on Iwo Jima Island in the Bonins that means everybody--particularly |today. those who so generously contributed | The attack was carried out by to the auction. B-20s of Brig. Gen. H. S. Hansell's The team composed of Doc Mer-|21st Bomber Command, Gen ritt and Ed Shaffer has reported | Forces, announced. the following contributions: { Pone S trae b 44 sa he par- Woodley Airways—l1 Trip, An-| LY it G P ANl fculars of the attack will be an- Sabin’s—1 Top coat, $30. :3::]\:2?0 when more information is Harry Race, D ist — | cand:/ "35 g g it Mg The big bombers flew approxi- gt . ... |mately 750 miles north of their bases \m’:::f\:d‘f’&w Store — 2 Vases, |ang the attack was the second in Badw 1 Pr d 2 |as many days by Superfortresses, ay’s—1 Framed picture of | pgjatic based B-29s having attacked Mendenhall Glacier. Channel Apparel Shop—1 Dress, $25.50. Percy’s Cafe—2 Boxes candy. Juneau Liquor Store—1 Bottle of rum. Sully’s Juneau Bakery—2 credit slips, $10 each. Juneau Drug Co.—1 Toilet set. Irving’s Market—1 Case tomato the Japanese dominated Manchuria yesterday. From Pearl Harbor, Admiral Ches- {ter W. Nimitz reports the raid on Iwo Jima was perhaps the greatest ever made on the Pacific and a record load of bombs were dropped. ‘\ ONE SUPER DESTROYED | U. 8. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD- Juice. George Simpkins Co.—1 Work or- | @UARTERS AT PEARL HARBOR, ganimf : Ork O | Dec. 8.—One Superfortress was de- istroyed and two others damaged on the morning of December 6 ,in the strongest counter raid the Japanese Nick Rocovich—1 Teapot. Yellow Cab Co.—3 cab fare books, $6 each. b i the B-21 Cowling-Davlin Co.—25 Gallons\g:;’;n“mfisf lOV:‘\m f.mi...ifi?flf;av of gasoline. | iabat S Gastineau Grocery—1 Box apples. ,omper Juneau Transfer Co.—50 Gallons pase 1 o stove ofl. fopes Pothnts 5 Juneau-Young Hardware Co.—1|Admira pair skis and bindings. SiX enemy vuLGS woe W Thomas Hardware Co.—1 Coffee|by anti-aircraft fire from shore guns table. Alaska Credit Bureau—1 Table |on Saipan were one man killed, one lamp. seriously wounded and a number Gross 20th Century Theatre — 2 slightly wounded, passes for one month. | Nimitz said the raiders dropped a Sanitary Piggly - Wiggly—1 Case few bombs and swooped low in stral-: milk. |ing runs. Victory Barber Shop—2 Haircuts.| The loss of one B-20 and the dam- Imperial Bar and Billiards — 1 aging of two others in Wednesday's case beer. |raid is the first officially reported First National Bank—$10 Order 9amage to the striking force of sky on Sanitary Meat Market. ‘drefldna:{qhns. FROMSAIPAN STRIKES JAPS More Contributions The team of Claude Carnegie and Bruce Kendall has turned in the following contributions: TWENTY-FIRST U. S. BOMBER COMMAND, SAIPAN, Dec. 8—One American Superfort on weather re- connaissance dropped incendiary Izzy Goldstein—1 Pair skis; 1 bombs on 8hizuoka, important Jap- | Frances Ann Beauty Shop — 1| | | Brownie's Barber Shop — Credn;lnoendlarles started four fires, vis- permanent wave, $25. New Ideal—1 Tea set, $5. {ible 45 minutes flight from the 1 card, $5. | target. pair ice skates, $40. American Beauty Shop—1 Per-' manent wave, $10, Nugget Shop—1 Ivory tusk crib- bage set, $75. Yurman Fur Co.—1 Cap and mit- tens, $30. s il ter, 100 mil th Ludwig Nelson—Shaefer n gl B o i BN SOLN" pencil sit $25 Pen AR west of Tokyo, early today. Hollywood Shoe—Half soles. | ‘The returning crew reported the R;)bel;tbé.ight Barber Shop-Credit! Tokyo radio reported that Super- card, $1.50, f \forts from the Marianas made four Yvonne's Dress Shop—1 Ladies separate visits today over Tokyo and suit, $50. other points on the coast east of Charles Goldstein—2 Fur caps,|Tokyo in flights which covered an (1 muskrat, 1 seal), $30. 118-hour period. The bombers drop- Pan American Airways—1 trip w;ped no bombs, the Japanese said. Seattle. | Alaska Airlines—1 Trip to An-| Chg;lis%i;cau Hotel—Cash, $50. ; SIO(K ouo"m“s Sewing Basket — 1 !n!ant's} i NEW YORK, Dec. 8. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 64, American Can 90, sweater outfit, $7.50. Butler-Mauro Drug Co.—Assorted, $30. | Anaconda 277%, Beech Adrcraft 137 Sigma Phi Sorority—2 FTuit|Bethiehem Steel 64%, Curtiss- cakes (home-made). | Wright 5%, International Harvester Mrs. Fred Heinke—1 Hand-made bathroom rug set, value $23. Thompson Optical Co.—6 Lunch kits, $1.50 each; 6 corn poppers, $1 each; total value $15. Hutchings Meat Market—1 20-lb, Turkey. Juneau Lumber Co.—1 Bond, $50. Baranof Beauty Salon—1 Per- manent wave, $15. 80, Kennecott 35%, North American Aviation 9, New York Central 217, Northern Pacific 18%, U. 8. Steel 59%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are |as follows: industrials, 150.48; rails, 45.32; utilities, 25.50. PRICES WEDNESDAY Closing quotations Wednesday: American Can 89%, Anaconda 27%, RASICLGE "R e |Beech Aircraft 13%, Bethlehem Steel 637, Curtiss-Wright, 5%, EIGHT PASSENGERS LEAVE International Harvester 79%, Ken- VIA ALASKA AIRLINES |necott 35's, North American Avia- |tion 9, New York Central 20%, |Northern Pacific 19, U. 8. Steel 169%. An Alaska Airlines plane left for Anchorage this afternoon carrying eight passengers: Betty Ferris, Jack | Dow, Jones averages Wednesday Long, Frank Hampton, Robert|Wwere as follows: Industrials, 149.23; Jacobs, Capt. Stejskal, James G.|rails, 44.75; utilities, 2545. Sines, Sgt. E. C. Erickson and Sgt. ST Y J. W. Martin, Empire Want-ads bring results! H H| land warships. Personnel casualties JAP LINE ON LEYTE IS SPLIT; CONVOY SUNK Yanks Sink 13 Ships-Wipe | OutParatroopers in Daring Action ! By C. YATES McDANIEL | (A. P. War Correspondent) GEN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR'S |HEADQUARTERS IN THE PHIL- IPPINES, Dec. 8—American forces in three sensational moves seized the center of the Japanese Yamua- |shita Line on Leyte's west coast Arnold, Commanding the Army Air|and wiped out a 13-ship Nippon convoy, inflicting a heavy loss of Ime, and stopped a spectacular |enemy paratroop threat, Headquar- |ters announced today. An amphibious force composed |of the Yank 77th Infantry Divi- |sion, supported by Navy and Ma- rine elements, sailed around the (south end of Leyte and landed, |December 17, three miles south of “Ormoc in the enemy's rear. The landing force just beat an enemy force into Ormoc, the principal Japanese Leyte port. Am- |erican forces promptly turned upon |it and sank all 13 vessels, including four large loaded transports. They {also downed 62 enemy planes with- 'in a few hours. | The Japanese, in a Cesperate di- |versionary attempt, loosed 200 paratroopers in an area between two American airfields' on the castern side of the Island, the |scene of the original U. S. land- ings. The enemy paratroopers ac- (enemy's forces in two.” Gen. MacArthur said the Ormoc |landings caught the Japanese un- prepared and drove a wedge be- tween forces north and south of Ormoc. \SKIING PLANS ARE ' DISCUSSED ATLUNCH Further plans for the coming skiing season on the Douglas Island Ski Trail were announced today at the weekly Friday luneheon of the Juneau Ski Club in the Baranof Ho- tel Gold Room. The ski patrol was organized at a meeting held this week by the out- door committee and two members of the Juneau High School Ski Club. The patrol is to take care of the cabins, seeing that they are cleaned and ready for skiers’ use at all ‘Umes and to handle any injured persons giving them first-aid and |aiding in carrying them to town. ** Bil Hixson also said a race. aid. tournament committee has been ap- pointed and a volunteer group s working on the ski tow. The For-~ est Service, it was announced, ‘will make signs to be placed on the ::‘nu 40 point out which path is e foot,path and which is r’q[ for skiers only. ks The party planned for this week- end has been postponed until De- cember 16, The social committee is to meet next weck to make final plans for the party. Max Rogers suggested the date for the weekly luncheon be put on Lh; Baranof Hotel bulletin board. Those attending the affair were: Bill Hixson, Mary Alkhouse, Vi Klassen, Ernie Parsons, Joe Werner, Max Rogers, Lillian Gardner, Ruth Schranka, Margo Balley, Morine Johnson, Gail Tomilson, Lincoln { Turner, Len Evans, Estelle Casler {and Eileen Hellan. | - e | PARSONS BACK Ernle Parsons of the Parsons Electric Service returned to Ju- neau on the Princess Norah, from a business trip to Seattle.