The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1944, Page 1

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL, THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXIV., NO. 9835 ‘JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON® . Allen_now 'lu. Col.” Robert S. on active service with the Army.) GRows HEAVY WASHINGTON—The State partment is trying to hush it up, \but Emperor Haile Selassie of {Ethiopia sent a strong protest to lthe United States Government | against the British Goyernment for refusing to evacuate Ethiopian | territory. The soulful, white-robed figure of the little Emperor, whose pleading speeches before the League of Nazis Slrike? Savage Re- action Against New Invasion Thrust PARIS, Dec. 16.—Heavy guns of reinforcements, struck in savage re-|Sion in 1935 brought world public | action today against four U. s.|opinion to his support, now can Seventh Army columns, spearing a DO longer appeal fo the League, new invasion of Germany alonig a Which is dead, so he has written Y7-mile front just west of the Rhine. to the United States. Heavy fighting in Bavarian Pala- | Last month, he also attempted tinate was reported as troops of the|to communicate with this colum-| 45th, 79th and 103 U. S. Infantry nist but, either because of Bl‘ltish: Divisions pressed inward toward the censorship or the State Depart-| first pillboxes of the West Wall. ment, the communication was| American artillery answered by stopped. Now, however, through a thundering duel with the Siegfried other channels, this writer has as-| Line cannon. certained that the British are not | Four crossings of the Nazi border only occupying parts of two Ethio- were forged by Lt. Gen. Alexander pian provinces. Ogaden and Harar CHRISTMAS SING IS T0 BE HELD HERE NEXT WEEK. The annual Christmas concert, De- ‘to be held Wednesday and Thurs- |day, December 20 and 21, at (h(" High School gymnasium, will lmvo} as its theme “Through the Christ- | mas Window,” according to Mrs.| F. N. Pitts, and will be one of the | largest concerts ever given by the| Juneau Public Schools’ musical) groups, with approximately 230 students participating, | As a special attraction, the Boy's | Glee Club, first in three years, will make its debut, and in addi- tion to the High School partici- pants, a Grade School chorus, comprising 16 seventh and eighth grade voices, will sing three num- bers. In carrying out the - theme, series of tableaux depicting various Christmas scenes, have been a ranged by Mrs. Alice Johnson and | Miss Ruth Holbrook of the Grade School. | Musicai groups to appear at the | concert include: Boy's Glee Club, | Girl's Glee Club, Mixed Chorus,| a| TIME'S NEW BHAMOIS | AIR EDITION FLIES HERE lane Load of Newsweekly Reaches Juneau on PAA Lodestar A Pan-American Lodestar with| MYITKYINA, Burma, Dec, 16— year were renewed. | an express load of Time magazines | arrived in Juneau at sundown last! night, a day ahead of scheduled Time airmail delive: ‘his is the first i tional magazine to fly Alaskaward on regular schedule of an airline. Alaska Time magazine subscrib- ers and sales agencies received their | weekly newsmagazine several days, in some cases a week, ahead of the usual mail delivery. Delivery of Time to Pelican, Craig, Kake, Hoonah and Angoon will ave on the mail boat Tuesday morning, according to Harrington, ue of any na-| 'Jap Suicide Force Is Wiped TAKEN BY CHINESE | { | | Out-New Push on Old Burma Road Coming | What is left of the Japanese suicide force originally estimated number- ing 1200 men, have been crushed in| at once bypassed Bhamo by the| Chinese 38th division Besides a few snipers, the only Japanese remaining in the town are: dead or wounded. [ to release another powerful Chinese| force to push south toward the old| Burma Road. | GIFTS FOR SERVICEMEN and though delayed here will reach| M. Patch’s veterans, with the 79th put apparently intend to keep them.|Singing Elves, Eight Balls, and the | thejr destinations a week ahead of Division entering the Reich at two Three years ago, when the Italian | points near Lauterbourg, two miles' armies finally were pushed out of from the Rhine. They immediately | gihjopia, ran into stiff German resistance. quering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, A Panzer Division from another Elect of the Lord, King of Kings of sector had been flung into the battle Ethiopia” was restored to his throne | to stop the threat tn.the chemical _ .. “ f industrial centers of Mannheim and “"".‘ SEaeminagomy 90, ot | cunistance. Grade School Chorus. Mrs. Forrest N. Pitts, director of | is promised for the, both nights of the varied concert audiences on annual affair. e | time, | In addition to the 161 pounds of| Haile Selassie, the Con-lgngers said an interesting and|Times for Juneau and vicinity, 327, nearly 100 Christmas gifts for ser- pounds of the magazine went through Juneau to Fairbanks for distribution from the Interior city. Juneau newsstands ,received the ARE NOW SOLICITED AT USO; SUGGESTIONS| The USO has already received vicemen stationed at lonely out- posts or in this immediate vicinity, according to an announcement this morning by Zach Gordon, local | COCKTAIL BARS TO HAVE EARLIER | CLOSING HOURS| Granting of liquor licenses and| changing the opening and ::Iusmg; hours of liquor dispensaries occupied | much of the time of the City Coun- | cil at last night's meeting. } Thi applications for 1945 licenses were received, ingluding six | new applications on which action ! was deferred until the special meet- ing to be called some time next week. All the licenses granted luht‘ New closing hours for cocktail bars| and liquor stores will be midnight| on week-days, 2 a. m. on Saturday night and on days preceding a holi-, | day, after the ordinance is read and | said the German c | where three to five times greater passed. New Jack licenses are| applicants for Karkl, | Jadoff, William 8. The capture of Bhamo is expected | Schneider and Sunderland, Su(-hfw‘ntlm‘. as the Germans cannot and Sweeney and Harry F. Beebe, all for retail liquor stores. No License Refund { During the first part of the meet- | " YANKS MAKE LANDING ON MINDORO ISLE FORCES OF 12TH ARMY | IS MADE BY ADVANCING SIXTH ARMY Convoy Mare; Successful . 600-Mile Trip-Beach- head Is Gained OVER 200 JAPANESE PLANES DESTROYED East and West Corridor Through Philippines Now Established BULLETIN—SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16—A Tokyo radio broadcast GREAT DASH German Casualties Heavy Says Bradley-"Green’ Troops Captured UNITED STATES TWELFTH ARMY GROUP, ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS, Dec. 16. — Lt Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Commander | of the U. S. Twelfth Army group,| jalties are any- than the Americans, and the offen- sive® s being pressed despite poor long stana these losses. “If we had three months of good| weather, it would make a whale of a difference,” Bradley told corres- ing, G. D. Brown, in a letter, asked | pondents at a press conference, ad- for a refund of his liquor license ding, the Yanks are now capturing money as he had never used the li-|a considerable number of “green” cense, being unable to find a place |enemy troops which is of particular of busin After much discussion advantage to the Allies, and the at- the Council voted not to refund the tacks are now made before these money. Brown was on the applica-|trcops become seasoned. | I - recorded by the Blue Network says a violent sea and air battle is raging in the waters off the American beachhead on Min- doro, GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD- tion list this year and his 1945 ]\-‘ cense was approved. | Steve Stanworth appeared before the Council to ask removal of the| delinquent penalty on his property.| The Army confiscated the pmpenfl QUARTERS IN THE PHILIP- PINES, Dec, 16-—A Naval borne United States Sixth Army Force crossed the Philippines and gained virtually a bloodless beachhead on EMBLEM CLUB IS PLANNING EVENTS magazine at 5 pm. and most of Ludwigshafen, 35 miles north. Units of the 45th advanced six miles Friday after’ opening an at- tack in the morning, four miles be- low the border. The Third Army, again began boring the vards yesterday. v On the Duren front, before Col- ogne, the the west bank ct the Reer from Lin- ich to Bergstein, Supreme Head- quarters said. farther west, series of Siegfried defenses in the Dillingen, Saarlautern zones, gaining up to 300 First and Ninth Armies occupied or controlled 27 miles of Newspapers all over the world, especially in London, made quite a fuss over the restoration. There was much rejoicing. The first seeds of war had sprouted when Mussolini | romped roughshod over the peace | imachinery of the League and sent his heavy artillery against the | thinoceros-hide shields, the enrved scimitars and the muzzle-loading rifles of His Majesty's Army. Therefore London newspapers edi- torialized that the first wrong of |,lhc war had been righted. BRITISH REFUSE TO LEAVE Under the agreement by which |CHRISTMAS TREE | | (UTTING NOTICE | | BY FOREST SERV. | | | The Admiralty Division Office of | Ithe U. S. Forest Service in Juneau |states that they have been recelv-| |ing many inquiries about the right to cut Christmas trees from lands accessible to the Glacier Highway., The policy concerning the cutting | of trees for the home use of the!tle yesterday shortly after the ar- much less hopeful of getting home or|rival of the Times from the east and 5 stay until at least another year fraternal organizations, is that such |{lew north with its special load of hag elapsed. A large number seem |person cutting, or for churches |trees can be cut from National| them had sold out by noon today.! Distribution from Juneau to Skag- way, Sitka, ‘Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchikan will be made by, Alaska Coastal Airways, according to Ray Harrington, PAA traffic manager. | The Baranof newsstand, Harry Race, RButlew=-Mauro, Hayes. Shop and Warfield’s all reported that Times' air express edition hotcakes,” that customers were pleased, thought it a “swell idea.” Pan-America’s Lodestar left Seat- Time magazines Only passenger USO Director. This is an excellent | beginning. However, it is only a| beginning, because a total of nearly 600 gifts will be necded. ,'Last year the friendly people of Jimeau and Douglas sent the USO| more than 50 packages for service- | men,” said Gordon. “This year not | enite 50 many are needed, hut they ! are more seriously needed than old like they were last year, however, for|on his Ketchikan trip, saying people the Christmas season of 1944 finds | most of our fellows rhuch more dis- couraged than ever before and| to have recently received news of 'in 1942 and only lately had decided not to buy it and were paying rent.| In the confusion of the confiscation | Stanworth and other property own- ers in the same area did not realize | they still owned the property. | The Council voted to remove the| penalty if taxes are paid within 30! days. ‘l Revaluation Keith Wildes gave a brief report ! | there were satisfied with the work of H, S. Henretta on the tax re- valuation project. He made a mo- tion that the City contact Henretta | and get a bid price, under no obli-! gation, and also find out further de- | tails from Valley City, North Da-! kota, on how the tax plan is work- DURING NEXT WEEK Next Tuesday evening marks an important milestone for Juneau Em- blem Club, The club was organized during December of last year and the officers chosen at that time have day night, however, those selected for 1945 are to take office. ned and the ceremony will be con- ducted by the Alaska District Deputy and a corps of officers from a sister organization in Petersburg. Mrs. | Frances R. Mathisen, District De- puty, and three other Emblem Club members from Petersburg are mak- Mindoro Island Friday morning, Philippine time. Gen, MacArthur announced today the daring amphibious break, span- ning the heart of Japanese domin- ated Philippines, established for the Americans an east and west cor- ridor through the archipelago which will give them access to routes lead- Yeervea fAlthIuly during 1944 Tues- pos.to ".Mrfldiio xuided & Swarms of carrier-based planes, the day before, scoured virtually A candlelight installation is plan- {oyero Nipponese airfield in the far- flung archipelago and destroyed more than 200, perhapse, 300 enemy aircraft. The 600-mile over-water move- ment took the convoy from Leyte Island, south and west, past the approval | Was the express agent in charge of '4y0 qeaths of brothers or close | first air express delivery Of friongs in combat. Whatever local| friends of these fellows can do to! agreement was extended for an-|within 200 feet of the road, or (rom{ express their friendship just now L‘xded that firms in the States doing |similar work be contacted so as to| —— - ANNOUN(ED’ other year, at the urgent dcmand‘;designnwd recreational areas, su('h} is sure to be exceedingly appreci-| of the British, though the Italians as Auk Village area. It is pointed AIE w'A R lated,” Gordon added 'goc,rhmr p“ccl‘ ‘ Y 3 a | | re- | The Council passed ion in- and Geupans long had b§exx gone ouL‘ that the purpose of this re | It is suggested that attractive passed a motion in-| from Africa. |striction is to help preserve the| PHIllpp 'NES forming the theatre managers that | Last month, however, the Em- natural beauty of the Glacier High-} | ROME—British and Polish troops the British restored the Emperor,|Forest land without prior the British could occupy Ethiopia|of a forest officer, provided (he|the for two years. Last March, thattrees are not cut from any point | Time. Japanese occupied islands of Min- danao, Bohol, Cebu, Negros and Panay, but heroic guerrillas mean=- while turned it fairly to a safe con- voy, seizing airficlds and strategic ports along the way. Secret actions, just disclosed by eye-witnesses, told of the convoy going so close to these islands that the rugged coastlines were plainly visible, ing there. Henretta put in his sys- tem there in 1932, It was also de- ling the trip to Juneau for this in- | stallation. Honoring their guests, members of Juneau’s club will hold a luncheon Monday noon in the Iris Room of the Baranof Hotel. In addition to Mrs. Mathisen, Mesdames Leonard | Martens, Ted Malone and John Carlson will be here to represent ! the Petersburg club. “The 1944 and 1945 officers with their escorts are going to “get-to- gether” and will hold a dinner in the Gold Room of the Baranof. This dinner is to begin promptly at 6 p. m, Tuesday as installation of officers | is scheduled for 8 o'clock. Following the ceremony, an open- house dance is to be held in the Elks' ballroom. All Elks and their Forces Move Inland Three beachheads were establish- eqd quickly on southern Mindoro. Elmont Waite, Associated Press corresponcent, tells of tanks roll- ing ashore, bulldozers starting roads and plers being erected by Army En- gineers by which troops were moved inland to construct base installa- | tions. care of those in need of Yuletide| An application for a cab stand in| wrapping. Cash gifts also may be|front cf the Hotel Juneau was re- made, the staff being glad to make ferred to the police committee for | the purchases. | investigation, ‘ gie‘}; ran lz’“ n“"”"““"}‘f at sums l"f permitting smoking in the show| aps 50 cents. For e is [peror, still under the illusion that|way and that uncontrolled cutting :’u.-mgl c; 5 “p;f:;m ‘C’Lr d:"‘:]"’a::: hfll\;b;‘z is ebnf’im‘lyy ;me fth%m. : q P 5 war was {over iod ars would seri- | A st 4 3 quest EX Vagk Buridrd, spekie 3&%’?%; 112’ GTHE DPH"‘IIP' would leave his territory by the end roadside '&"’"d‘“g 1:"“ shaving lotions, sta- | Auxiliary, to place a wanigan in or 5 B —Gen. ouglas 9 S S 1 onery, etc. near the boat harbor was referred , . » f the year. In reply, the British| Persons cutting trees are re- P 3 e & 2 i Mot ok Rie A O e O Siuist [Gkatod 1o, fnake stre thay | are|Dave Tenewsd/Hié abick southwestll Jiih boved that the gitie WEEHSILO e SHENCHBIE AIIEL toae B St re 82, men, ¥ | P i o be.lof Faenza and gained a foothold * 0 he club in Christmas on W e en e special | while American casualties are 10._‘mat the natives_of the. rich Ogadexxlsallsf}ed with a ))gr(lculur tree be [between Celle apd Pideura, and|Wrappings, but the staff will take | meeting. i 409 thus far in the Leyte, Samar 214 Harar provinces did not wantfore it is cut. During the past rew; g 4 th of the Bols campaigns, initiating the liberation | Dim as Emperor any more but de-|years, Forest Service officials have | C2Da R?;in?r?flsh';?; fl(;e Lacn ox, of the Philippines. |sired to pay allegiance to a more|noticed an increase in the number;:g;:“'the Nazxsgm {mmc Xigh";mgg He also reported that the Yanks PowWerful monarch, King George VI |of trees wasted by being cut and but have established a bridgehead. have advanced a mile north of Ormoc, capturing major enemy supply dumps and overcoming jof England. | Discouraged, but never surren- |dering, the Lion of Judah pressed |then discarded in favor of a more |desirable one found later. Christmas tree cutters should also remember that many tracts of pr vately-owned land border the high- LONDON—Russian troops are to- day striking into western Slovakia for the first time, also attempting - > - James L. McNamara, City En- igmcer. suggested to the Council that | eight feet be added to the wall now | | being built underneath the Calhoun | BESS CROSS IS WINNER British had no intention of leav- ling. Parts of Harar and Ogaden {office, Room 414, Federal Building, s|of the Forest Service. way, and that the first National Forest land to be crossed by the road is located seven miles from Juneau. Permission to take trees from privately owned areas must, course, be obtained from the owner. The Division Supervisor's will gladly give advice on whether or not a particular tract is Na- tional Forest land. Cutters planning to sell Christ-| mas trees must secure a permit/ from the Forest Service before any | cutting is done and the operations| must be conducted in accordance| with the timber sale requirements - L g (OMMUNITY TREE T0 BE HELD TOMORROW| {and the British are reliably reported| to be continuing negotiations with|color, were placed in a covered con- {a dam on Lake Tana to control the |headwaters of the Blue Nile, the Ethiopians countered by arranging |a deal with the J. G. White Cor- |poration of New York, figuring “bitter resistance.” The movement the Ppoint. He was told that the on Nipponese caught in the Ormoc 7 corridor between two American di- Provinces, it became clear, were to MacArthur did not estimate the Maliland. number of Japanese remaining in, At this point, the Emperor, great- S L L A el |peal to the State Department. Dis- HUHIE S FI"D pRI(E |tressed State Department officials |ing to keep the matter quiet, though making polite representa- Roast grouse is a tasty dish, but|that it should respect the rights of a darned expensive one, as Edward little nations. Stevens of Fairbanks discovered |dependent countries in Africa—both yesterday. fincidentally Christian, Liberia, vesterday from Wildlife Agent Roy under American protection. Ethi- Wolford, the three men were fined opia, now under British protection, shooting three grouse without first several times in the past. ! securing hunting licenses. The trialf When the British wanted to build | - .- — WELL-KNOWN BANKER William Bates, well-known South- east Alaska banking man, of Ket- they would build the dam without last evening after a trip to Sitka, British hit the ceiling. But Henry where he .also has business in- L. Stimson, then Secretary of State, Citizens of Juneau will gather{ |at the corner of Seward and Front | isn'eet at 4 o'clock tomorrow after- noon to join in the singing of Christmas carols around the com- munity Christmas tree. This is a local custom of many years stand- ing. |est prices since :Lo smash open the road to Vienna. | German troops are reeling back- ward. f WASHINGTON — Roosevelt has signed legislation freezing the social security payroll and paycheck taxes| at one percent. ‘Many legislators are now heading home, as they expected a veto. PARIS—The Seventh Army has poured more troops into the four- pronged invasion of Germany and seized the French town of Lauter- berg, only two miles from the Rhine. ATHENS—Fighting has slackened, the Leftist EAM forces to solve the| present crisis. TOKYO — Imperial headquarters claims suicide attacks on American convoy Mindoro-bound resulted in} several transports being sunk or badly damaged, but admits landings have been made on Mindoro. NEW YORK-—Headlong rush to buy securities of all kinds at high- '37 encountered liquidating resistance in fastest Sat- further closed the jaws of the vise visions., /be annexed to nearby British So- the two islands. ily disillusioned, addressed his ap- !have been sitting on the lid, try- or GROUSE VERY HIGH |tions to the British Foreign Office Kerr, Dale Hollinger and Robertl NOTE—There are only two in- According to word received here founded by American slaves $25 each after pleading guilty to has appealed to the United States | was held at Fairbanks. BACK TO KETCHIKAN chikan, returned to the First City any political strings attached. The terests. B — IN JUNEAU ON LEAVE Flight Lieutenant Phillip and wife of Whitehorse have arrived in Ju- neau on a short leave and are guests at the Baranof Hotel. ——————— FROM WASHINGTON . James J. Harris is in town and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel irom Port Townsend, Washington. {stood behind the Ethiopian-Ameri- jcan dam contract, sent various U. ‘S, experts to Addis Ababa to ad- vise and assist the Emperor. Haile | Selassie showed -his appreciation by sending his personal Bible as a present to the National thedral,I SNUFF BOXES AND TREATIES Venerable Senator (Continued on Page Four)™ | Girl Scouts, dressed in uniform,|yrgay dealing recorded in a long ‘Theodore | are requested to meet at the Fed- eral Building at 3:45 o'clock. From| this point they will proceed to the community tree, where they will be| joined by members of the Juneuuf |Woman's Club, sponsors of the| Ia!tsir. v - VISITOR FROM KODIAK Mrs. Vera Pierce, from Kodiak, is registered at the Baranof Hotel, time. CRAIGS ENTERTAIN Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Craig enter- tained friends last night at their home in the Hilicrest Apartments. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Her- bert Arlow, Mrs. T. Smith and Miss Jeannette Nourse. Following the dinner, cards were enjoyed, IN POLITICAL DRAWING | Procedure of the drawing at Nome on December 6 to settle the | tie between Bess Cross, Deering Democrat, and B. G. Baker, Nome | Republican, for election to the Territorial House of Representa- tives, was revealed here today in| a message sent to Acting Gover- nor Lew Williams. The drawing took place in the office of Clerk of the Court Almer Nydeen, with Ben F. Gillette, ap- pointed by Baker as proxy, and G. R. Jackson, acting as proxy for Mrs. Cross, present Two cards, identical in size and tainer by Gillette and Jackson,| with each card bearing the name of one of' the contestants. | The proxys signed written agree- ments to settle the question by the drawing method. Thereupon, the! container was thoroughly shaken, and Loretta Snyder, 14 years of age, drew out one card, bearing; the name of Bess Cross, who is| now Representative from the Sec- ond Division, The two candidates were dead- locked at 492 votes each. — e PAA PLANES SOUTH ‘Two PAA planes left this morning for Seattle with the following pas- | sengers: Alfred Cyre, James Wagner, Mike Gustitis, Roy Snyder, Dave Burnett, Ruth Shuman, ’I‘homs.d Myall, Ruth Dubos, and Raymond Dubos. | ————————— BUY WAR BONDS |Paul Swendson and Ardeth Roge Avenue viaduct. This was ordered | done. ! Maycr A. B, Hayes announced the| Northland Dock needed new piling again and he also read the list of | the judges and clerks for the coming| special election. COASTAL AIRLINES | ON TWO FLIGHTS Alaska Coastal Airlines made qul flights yesterday, carrying the fol-| lowing passengers to their v;u-inus’ destinations: | Juneau to Hoonah — Ruth M Rose, Fred Geeslin and Pat Kum'vl Sitka to Juneau—Sam Torum, James C. Cooper, Earl D. McGinty and Pete Kersovia. Excursion Tnlet to Juneau — Mrs. | | | Gillis. Juneau to Ketchikan--George F.l‘ Tilnington and William A, Bates. Ketchikan to Juneau — Ralph| Brown and Peter J. Bond. | Ketchikan to Petersburg — Gil- | more Rubie, | Ketchikan to Wrangell—Mrs. Carl | Green. Wrangell to Petersburg — Leon- ard Peterson. Wrangell to Juneau — William L. Paul, Jr. Petersburg to Juneau—Margaret Nelson and Rutli Arnot. - e - PETERSBURG VISITORS Mrs. Ruth Arnst and Mrs. Mar- gret Nilson are here from Peters- |the Resurrection Lutheran Church |a year ago, during the.absence of ladies are invited as guests of the Emblem Club. Emblemites are to take their escorts—providing, they too, are members of the Elks lodge. General chairman for the eve- ning’s festivities fs Mrs. Louise Fiest | with Mrs., Hulda Carroll in charge | of refreshments. Those assisting are Mesdames Thelma George, Margaret | George, Berthele Elison, Eva Clark, | May Lundstrom and Lena Alfors. - - ALBERT ALSOP WILL BE COMMISSIONED AS FOREIGN MISSIONARY Albert Alsop, who officiated at G. Herbert Hillerman, who was temporarily filling the pastorate at Sitka, will be com- missioned as @ foreign missionary | on Christmas eve at Hollywood Lutheran Church in Hollywood, | salifornia, where the ordination | will take pl i Soon after the first of the year, Alsop will leave for Argentina, South America, to enter on his| duties as foreign missionary, and| the coming Christmas may be his last in the good old U. S. A. for sometime. i In writing to friends in Juneau, Alsop sald he wanted to be re-| membered to the “gang” up here |and wished them all showers of | blessings. Alsop made many friends |during his assignment here. sends Christmas greetings from the Western Seminary, Fremont, Ne- the Rev He| Waite emphasized the easy land- ings, saying one sergeant, moving inland with his company, halted only when a native woman selzed and embraced bim. Jim Hutcheson, another Assoc- |jated Press War Correspondent, re- ported the only persons encountered on one beach were waving Filipinos with their water buffalo. e FORMER JUNEAU GIRL MOTHER OF BABY GIRL Mr. and Mrs. Herman M. Porter are grandparents, a haby girl having been born Thursday, De- cember 14, at Little Rock Arkan- |sas, to Sgt. and Mrs, Leon Harri- on, according to a radlogram re- ceived here. The mother is the well-known Alberta. Porter, and the father,is in the armed services. D FROM EXCURSION INLET Mrs. Paul 8. Swensson and Miss Ardeth Rogers Gillis are registered at the Baranof Hotel from Ex- cursion Inlet. 14 |braska, which he has been at- tending. ————————— burg and are staying at the Bar- anof Hotel, BUY WAR BONDS Shopping Bays