The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1944, Page 1

"‘HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” o ~= VOL. LXIV., NO. 9839 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS . B . J s " . -y A * | D NEW SCHOOL CONCERT |SUNDAY MIDNIGHT STIMSON SAYS ¢ PRESIDENT FOR REPEATED TONIGHT| SONG SERVICE AT | NAZI OFFENSIVE i | A | JUNEAU ( oF ( | The vocal groups of the Juneau | [ | . 8l Public Schools last night presented | b | ber i |a diversified concert, “Through ?h; Christmas Eve will be celebrated | WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—Secte- | Members of the Juneau Chamber |Christmas Window,” in the High |, "0 "1 ineran Church with al | "tary of War Henry L. Stimson to- | of Commerce have selected Dr. “l’:fl- |School gym to a near-capacity { .1 musical service beginning | day said if the German counter- | i g?:;wfi;;fi?fifi?:& ‘:exbtc)s:l‘m:uel: — I“‘.‘g"’::"' ‘“’“’l ;h"‘ b ':i‘;f{;::w: midnight, to which the public —_— offensive fails it will definitely e r » wi e repeated tonight, s {is cordially invited. H H i |shorten the war. He coupled this . .o ] v i TVi e v g ‘cloc! ' | 25! Mo Rev. Wil sy SHORR oY o6 Two Planes Lost and 11 |promptty at s oclock and 1a8UNE| 1y, oongregation will unite in Reds Make Blg Gams IN|wieh the assertion, however, that Counler-offenSIve Drivin again as Secretary-Treasurer. = Er- |one hour. The concert is free 0|y, .0 the favorite Christmas South Slovaki the German’s ability to launch a Y : : rsons Wi First Vice-Presi- i i | pinging 8. EVr 5 - 3 Sy ‘ o Yamashita Line Is An- o e vt o i be seei Damaged in Raid on e pustic. T o whie e Christmas story ou emOffova 18- |Nie ottensive 1 swmcant | On-=Imporfant Roads y i Ry i . rs. Forres s, din ' appear throug Scri S 1 Stimson also said the Nazis pene- | : . ond Vice-President. ! Rt 3 will appear through the Scripture v i nounced by MacArthur Members gave a rising vote of | Alfp|dne FadOrY ':‘d,;‘;‘:\i “p‘l‘:‘\“’ l“’:"““(-l‘v““;:‘p‘;“::a:: lessons and the special music by Launch Offensive Itrated Allied territory a distance | Bemg Cul retiri reside r | tableaus ayed a ver) the Ju: and Senior Choirs. |ranging five to 20 miles. In his s e thanks to retiring President Homer| S0 o oo part in the various numbers given| .o o e O ol 4i.| MOSCOW, Dec. 21 — The Red|yeekly review of the war at a| By JIM JICTCRESON G lo othier oftoers ¥ % k ] ireraft |by the Girls' Glee Club, Mixed 0 SIS e Army pushed the Germans back on | pews conference, he sald the “Ger-| FARIS, Dec. 31 — The German (A. P. War Correspondent) Robert Sanford of the U. S. Bu-(forts hit the J;Da“e:e _. mrlm;‘ |Ghorus, Boys' Glee Ciub, singing[rection of Mrs, Katherine Alexan-|, ©yo5 pije ront in southern Slo- :P o ; e e ‘,Lu'?“,';( o3 :r’_lcounter-nflenslvc has driven 37 GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD- |réiu of Mines showed color slides|plant at Mukden, Manchuria, today Ohorus, Boys Glee Club SUEHR8|der, will sing “Christmas Night" | "0 "piiied battered Nzt |mison e loosels held on ot e into Belgium beyond Mal- ,'y QUARTERS IN THE PHILIP-|of development work carried on by|With “good results although two 0% Y00 WRRE VL GVC gy by Pitcher, and will alio unite| .o on tne outskirts of the which was loosely held on hoth|yaqy cutting the Liege, Bastogna PINES, Dec. 21—The battle for|the Bureau of Mines. |B-20's were lost. : Vventh - anas EMERER “Cibai boys‘mm the Senior Choir in singing|j o010 " or Kassa and lens-'fim,\. X6 SN fotrRin which ““d "‘?‘ Arlon road at a point about 14 . Leyte Island is “rapidly drawing to| Charles W. Carter urged all mem-| Fifteen enemy planes were de- i airls‘Bexore i ot “This Night,” by Christiansen. | Zombat: offer to lu;v Allies mluch ;;:renmc miles south of Liege, a fortress, an end,” Gen. Douglas MacArthur [bers to do everything possible to stir|stroyed and seven probably de- | o 25 The Senior Choir, under the di-|™ 5 R for exploitation.” The Cretary | g nreme Headquarters disclosed to- . said in announcing the complete U interest in the special election |stroyed. the tableaux, special numbers WeF€ yootjon of Mrs. Eunice Nevin, will lh"f"““_" d“{'““;";;“:’ t’l“gm Poss o |commented. that the. Nes didn't|g,, " destruction of the once-powerful | Which will be held next Wednesday,| Eleven U. S. planes were dam- sung by the nearly 300 in the iy . no following: o siges ol th thesc heavily- naye o great deal to lose In risking | Noov marshal von Rundstedt's b Yamashita Line on the northwest|and said that the lack of interest to|aged in combat with the enemy | Singing group, who were dressed i | .\ oo is Born in Bethlehem,” defended southeastern Slovakian |pe offensive and it might gain for | oo shish Su;w (:he All:‘eds “m: shoulder of the island. [date in the election Is a serious|aiforce. which the Twentieth Air-|White blouses or shirts and black{y, ~ \oimin: “Norwegian Cradle|!OWDS Which control highways and|ihem a few months time before |oe oommunication developed two 5, defy 's of thing. force said put up “moderate to Skirts or trousers. Song.” by Luvaas: “Gesu Bambino” [T8IIWBYS connecting direct routes tney must account for “the misery Scattered enemy defenders of the| i T 1 I > 2" by Li S5 S |to Bratislava, Vienna and Prague | deep wedges as a formation of from last ground supply route were lost| Capt. Vance Blackwell of the U, S-‘strong" opposition. | he ta_b caux, with impersona- |, v, antique de Noel” by % ral ) nn: BUE | they have inflicted on the world.” 0k o, sk arincradediviont et i 2 | Army Engineers was an honor guest| The Manchurian airplane factory | tons by little girls and boys of the |, . " .n4q “Sighing Soul,” “Angel to the wes Discussing the power of the Nazi when the Yanks came surging'’ 3 = ! SE AT 5 5 am, a ghing , 8e| ~ 1o ad nad. to fivi iles, the . ’ eight to nine infantry divisions ? : WP - and spoke briefly. Capt. Blackwell,|was the target, and the Superforts lower grades, were as follows: Bright,” “Vigil” and “in Heaven | n advances up to five miles, the [¢hryst Stimson said despite the O e c.m“‘;?:, road: L1 G on leave to the Army from vy ey nosbing, the come| The Carollers=Kennetn Biidrethill =0 | "on o in Heaven | communique said, the RUSSIANs ogses suffered by the Germans in |ourc Into the wide breach under 1lom. lr;]noc. m,; fo\f;rlal;r : ox;‘gno;ms position with the Public R0adS | njque said. The planes hit Donna Olds, Bill Converse, John | (o 'li‘n.hcms‘ “l e selected not|cAPtured 13 towns in the Rimas-|jang and air attacks in recent concealment of & fog cloud. where the road forks off to NIp=) pgministration office headquartersiyryqen “in substantial force” in-|Monroe, Joann Sabin 1556, Aatiiats ~Chae O Zombat area. The drive i aimed |monihe “they have been ables to Second Deep Wedge ponese Palompon, a supply port. |paie s h s meva) len 8 . s % e jonly to tell the hristmas story T " 1 S, e be A second deep wedge was pene- iz : 2 ere, is home on furlough after sev-; ... that up to 60 craft parti-| The Christmas Story SYIVIa |t e Gk . rairh ,|at the key citadel of Losonc, 17 phyjlg up on the west wall a very| The enemy’s ‘“cohesion is NOW ora1 vears leatinns. licating P aft 1 B , g st jOUL also to represent a fairly wide | B A ST | * i 7 |trated three-fourths of the way % i y in the Aleutians. Hel . ted. Brensdal, Helen Claire Lister,{ . .. . . (AN miles westward. The chief of them | neantial force for this attack. completely broken,” the communi-|prajsed the work the young men|“Pated: < ¥ Vo g range of national groups so as to|; . FOgNLE . Feig g g . i across Luxembourg. This drive ! young | i Jimmy Isturis, Roseileen Hicken-| . .. . ifi (18 Tornala, 13 miles east of Rimas-| ynterpreting the enemy offensive de 88id; "and ha-ls niow:no 1oner | frgre’ Alteks Sha allf aver’ Atueris] — ., b {Indicate the world-wide slgnifi- |y o0 e sirongpolnt of for- |y g ¥ lleont effort to halt the|(®Fther south appeared to be di- capable of integrated defense.” are doing in the Aleutians and said | | The vyule Log—Gary Hedgesll oy ot the sk, 3 |midable enemy defenses on Lhcw;hvfi;lgc ':)n the Cc,,k, m‘um\ah n; rected toward Sedan, scene of the Small remnants of Japanese forces that the people in Juneau have a, o e e Br| Mrs. Katherine Alexander will be |y "yor"or the glana River. |Saar Bagin” he added: T haye|1240 break-through. The drive have been broken into isolated right to be very proud of their men | {gene OARESE, . Tom: Moaar B 2 po SHE Slor Wil e TR | ‘”M uu: t (.5‘ gitarion 13 :lm carried 14 miles from the frontier groups able to resist only tempbr- in the service. ! The Sk Bead Bl Porekl by Mrs. Evelyn Hollmann, Mrs, NEW OFFENSIVE K““:d P "‘:“:‘ m;rrl A 0::;"‘“ "x:c qivw town of Vianden to just east of arily at isolated points. Scattered| Dave Scott, CPR agent who is lo-| Jnck Livis s Badtiy: Rlanton *|Esther Kassner and Mrs. Eunice| yoNnon ™ pec. 21—The Berlin lfighting isennony and. is abie | Wilts 10 miles enst of Bastogne Japanese forces are rleen.n(z Lo“grdf‘nt d ll:l Juneau »\h%lc Harry God.son: THE u A’ i S Olistross Diarinle. - ke Nevin, =4 radio today reported that ‘“the jeagers” and 48 miles northeast of Sedan, Palompon, the only port remain- is on \ac:um;. was welcomed as a L chiban 1 £ - e Russians have launched their long | Wiltz is 28 miles north of the city ing in enemy hands. guest, and Clyde Lockhart of the| i | ¥ ! of Luxembourg, rallel tc ‘he The Christmas Tree—Judy Foss, |expected offensive between Balaton | » Pl The destruction of the Yama- Royal Blue Cab Co. was welcomed — | Elizabeth Wvlle: S R (HAPE['BY'I“E'MK |Lake and the Danube.” | |German column in the vicin © shita Line was accomplished when,as 2 new member. | gl e {Ann Bartlett, Jack Rhode. | | The broadcast declared that 10 Clervaus, seven miles northe the 77th Division advanced four| The following Bureau of Mines| THURSDAY, December 21, 9:30 ", =, éai:wReggiec.chweno’ SUHDAY S(HOOI. XMAS | vasing tH bMiots ‘hake been Wiltz. miles north from Valencia, whose MeD were also guests: | m—Dance to muslc of. Service-1 o 4o ihs Mistletoe — Verna| IN |thrown into the attack, but the| These were the positions T’ : obert L. Thorne, F. A. Rutledge,| men's Band in USO. { | Do GS 0" SAT“RDAY | e {noon, but Supreme Headq: ] seizure was announced yesterday.{ Taking the road junction at the same time, the First Cavalry Divi- sion drove south from Lonoy, seized . Kenango and approached i i to within a mile of the 77th, com- | 1y |by pleting the deadly squeeze play 0“:"‘" ‘RRESIED, T‘KE" | party the Japanese. |mas tree after party. ——-—— > ber 23, 8:30 Gemmill Indicied ' OFF BOAT AT KETCHIKAN . sicvis s w0, | mm' ndld T r In an apparent attempt to reach p. m—Movies in USO. 10:30—Juke| Mrs. Alice Johnson and Miss|PY Jane Jekill, and the song) L TR | FGdefal Grand JIII'Y the States, Charles A. Thompson |Trip to Mendenhall Glacier. | |Germans launched a strong coun- 4 Gaily We Dance—Mary Grish- | teroffensive with tanks and artil- f;g‘_mé“‘;fmswfg?f’;:flfifig orilam, Ann Johnson, Heather Holl-f Next Saturday evening at 7:30,\jery which “forced the Russians to by Mory Shaw. 7:30-Radio show MAND, Jane Adams, Virginia wmm-@‘-‘ Sunday Sehool of the -Chapel-{zegroup.” i, 3 B B hogths ; {By-The-Lake will have a Coristmas| Such a drive will apparently be ia) head, Lorena Schuttpeltz. USO Commandos. 10—Special i |program, opened by the singing of ajme io USO: trimming of Christ-| The Nativity—Margita Maier, Bob“ 1 0P y ging aimed at completing the encircle- |Carter, Bob Lesher, Tom Bums,| 0 to the World” a prayer by|ment of Budapest by thrusting up iy MAgary: |the Rev. Willis R. Booth, greetingslwssl of the city. Adams, Jok son. Came __ |Adams, John Nielson HONOLULU—American bombers, lon Monday, struck Iwo Jima and Marcus islands, chief Jap bases, ldropping 100 tons“of bombs: “The Liberators were accompanied by | Lightning fighters. All of the at- tackers returned safely to bases. Joel M. Moss, W. S. Wright, A. W. Tolonen, S. P, Holt, Marvin L. Nel-| fon, G. A. Apell, Earl L, Fosser, J. Hulbert. still didn’t permit up to the pin-pointing of German pot . ¢ Field dispatches quoted a authority” on’ the First Army as saying the German drive A likely to be checked this we = ithough the northernmost pr attack has been stemmed. Reinforcements First Army reinforcements, ed to the scene Saturday wh:: German offensive unlimberec ' succeeded in stopping any ward push from the line raaning FRIDAY, December 22, 7 p. m. ATHENS—Lt. Gen. Scobie reports progress in clearing insurgent forces | from Athens. Prisoners and weapons are being taken. SUNDAY, December 24, 2 p. n::::::;fngmm Hank Harmon did llu-vfls’l‘rhocuorir::aindcr of the program “MlDNIGH' SERVI(E A"' ‘ HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY | Accompanists during the concert, ‘“Earth’s Great Festival,” by Olga e e |Ruth Holbrook produced the tab- | “Hosanna,” by the school. { was taken off the Aleutian at|Children's party at USO. 5:30— ' Bo bt 0 T b wiite and |Kobbivick, Elizabeth Pederson and| ROME-—German forces are throw- {Ketchikan by Federal Agents yes-|Coffee hour; Ruth Brooks at the| 5 | Elai “Our s %) & I ; . s |H s {Elaine ~ Arnold. “Our Christmas| |ing in heavy tank spearhead counter- SEATTLE, Dec. 21—Lynii James terday. A telegraphic warrant, is-|piano. 9:30—Christmas carols. 10:15| arriet Stonehouse Gift" by Sandra DeHart, Pat| OO Sunday at midnight, et ngfl{nst bt hr::m_ through the American-held towns Gemmill, U. S. District Attorney sued at Anchorage, asked that;—Presentation of gifts at Christmas - |Donohue, Judy Trambitas, Patsy | Church of the Holy Trinity will o7 cross the canals at Naviglio, |0f Monschau, Butgenbach, Mal- from Juneau and former Wenatchee ' Thompson be detained on a forgery |tree. 10 to midnight—Buffet supper lawyer, was indicted for soliciting and accepting a bribe. ! The indictment was one of 43' true bills returned by a Federal Grand Jury at the conclusion of | a three-day session. | Gemmill, who was arrested here November 4 and had been at liberty on bond, was charged on two' counts, that he solicited a $3,000 bribe from Cleo Patricia Wilkins in | return for a suspended sentence in! connection with a larceny case; pending against the woman in an| Alaska court, and that he accepted $1,500 as a payment on the bribe. At the time of his arrest Gem- charge. >ro CHAPELADIES HAVE * CHRISTMAS PARTY Mrs. Stanley Jekill was hostess at her home Tuesday night to the Chapeladies Christmas party. Those attending were: Mesdames Jenny |Peterson, Howard Day, Earl Bland, Max Mielke, Harry Arnold, H. Bates, Rabert Marks, Dora Spauld- Jng, Charles Dobbins, Everett Bu- chanan, James DeHart, Ray West- | ety | METHODIST CHURCH IS TO PRESENT PROGRAM gL R W B {quiz program, from USO. 9:30—| with 50 voices in the Junior |served by patronesses. | MONDAY, December 25, 9:30 p.| im.Alnlormal party at USO. USO. 10:30—Juke box dance. and a lad in the simple poetic WEDNESDAY, December 27, 7:30| gramatization of ~the Christmas ip. m—Movies in USO. 9:30—|gry the annual Christmas pro- Square Dancing in USO. Public|yyam of the Methodist Church cordially invited. |promises to be an evening of the THURSDAY, December 28, 9:30‘"331 Christmas spirit. p. m—Dance in USO in honor of | Tpe program, to be held as usual Customary Tuesday night games in|Ghojr, and nine men, one woman | |Kelly and Johnny Day. “My Christ. |mas Dolls,” by Rose Lee Jekill |“Holly and Mistletoe,” by Jimmy | Buchanan. “Luther’s Cradle Song,” iby Primary Classes. “O Little Town |of Bethlehem,” by Sunday School. |“Message of the Wise Men,” by Ann Reischl. “Star of the East,” by Sun- Iday School. “Little Messengers,” by Sharon Day, Jane Jekill, Mary Ann {Buchanan, Arnold Maeir, Charlie Dobbins, Frederick Wittanen. “The King's Birthday,” by Vicky ‘Johnson, Jerry McNeven. “If I Had {Been a Shepherd Boy,” by Bobby before |Hammer. “While Shepherds Watch- | |ed Their Flocks by Night.” “Glad- |begin the celebration of Christmas‘ with a Festival Procession, followed | |by a Choral Eucharist. For several | northeast of Faenza, but the Canad- ians are holding fast. !High thuol girls of June'au al\flon the Sunday evening ‘:’30‘;‘41“5' music by Servicemen’s!cnristmas, is at 7:30 o'clock, and |band. |includes recitations, group presen- 'dest Thought of Christmas,” by fall, Miss Elizabeth Pederson, Santa AlL” ',wceks the choir of the church has been planning special music for this occasion that will be both im- pressive and reverent. Traditional |variou$ points in the service. The music for the Communion will be that of John Merbecke, written in the middle of the sixteenth century. Solo parts are to be sung by Ernest Ehler, tenor, and Miss Joafine Nowell, soprano. The choir is under the direction of Mrs. Crystal Jenne. Miss Marguerite Shaw is the or- ganis| The church will be appropriately Christmas carols will be sung at| | LONDON — Lord Farington, as- ‘safllng Britain’s intervention in Greece, declares mutiny might arise among British troops detailed to quell civil strife and who may re- fuse to throw bombs at the Grecians. WASHINGTON — The President has signed legislation extending through 1945 extraordinary power voted him by Congress at the out- | break of the war. | LONDON—RAF Lancasters today | hammered the German west front garrison and rail town of Trier, 26| |miles northeast of Luxembourg,| medy and Satvelot, frontline re- ports said, but the German drive is reported to be turning south and west of St. Vith, Farther south is the most potent threat. American tank destroyers, going to attack in the fog with visibility limited to 50 yards, fought a great engagement today outside Stave- lot and smashed efforts of the German armor to break through and rescue remnants of 60 Nazi tanks which were trapped near the embattled village. Hit Back At Nazis Blazing round after round, the Yanks destroyed five American Sherman tanks and a tank de- stroyer which had beén captured mill asserted he had accepted the 5 | tations d numbers by the Girl’s, |Ileta Kel “Bringing Our Claus and the hostess. PROGRAM POSTSCRIPT b wllicec gy hringing > |decorated for the Christmas season | and manned by the Germans. money to return to the owner in Alaska. - — (By Associated Press) A large section of the nation) shivered today with the season’s coldest weather, needing no re- minder that winter starts officially with the beginning of the winter solstice on this shortest day of the year when the sun reaches farthest south. The mercury dived to 25 below zero at Bemidji, Minnesota. This was the coldest reported by the Chicago Weather Bureau. o OBERG TO LEAVE i SOON ON VISIT TO SO * John Oberg, pioneer shoe repair- man, is leaving on the first avail- able transportation for Fairbanks JOHN where he will spend the holidays visiting his son, Ernest, who is with the Office of Price Administration in that city. Mr. Oberg plans to 10. return' here about January members to her home for the next meeting, which will be held on January 16. iEap VeI = DIVORCES GRANTED The following divorces have been granted in the Federal Court: Maggie Adams vs. John Adams. Arthur R. Ramberg vs. Luella M. Ramberg. Mary Erig vs. Peter Erig Atlanta E. King vs. Clyde King. Ida Nordenson vs. Carl C. Nord- {enson. R B S ot NO NEW LICENSES At a special meeting of the City Council held at 1 o'clock this after- noon the Council decided to issue no new ligiior licenses this year. Tne Ask rading Company was aj tor 1 -issue of a wholesale lic e Gastineau Liquor St * of ownership to F Council listened to a do2y the rat infestation 0 wo members of the tiloa. voartment of Health. 2 shopping Bays ~Aill Christmas B e +UB MEETING Lue ieouer weekly luncheon n 2 Juneau Ski Club is t ¢ omorrow at noon in the Boopor Hotel Gold Room., Mrs. Howard Day has invited the | Mildred McKinnon vs. Walter McKinnon. Verena C. Murphy vs. Merle V. Murphy. Helen M. Lynch vs. Martin J.} Lynch. Frances Smith vs. Eanner A. Smith. Ida B. Frank vs. Oscar A. Frank.| \ Sunderland was ap- | ieeting Mayor A. B.| | Boy's and Primary Choruses, which | That's all the space alloted us to- | a6 up the Junior Choir of the {day—just enough for.a pOStSCIipt|chyrch, Mrs. Ronald Lister is the ["’ the program. |choir accompanist, and Harold Bell Next Sunday afternoon and that .4 s Treat are directing the night (Christmas Eve) Will beonoirg Mrs. Claude V. Brown is in featured by two parties.. At 4 charge of the program. |o'clock our fellows will be playing, mpe play, “That Most Precious hosts to the children of Juneau|gygy» will re-tell the familiar and Douglas,—as many of them as|cpiistmas story in a new way. our clubhouse will accommodate |pipyy Hedges will be Joseph; Miss and still leave a little space for the Mary Hougendobler will take the men. So all you parents of children part of the Biblical Mary. Donald from 10 days of age to 10 Years,igpogter Jjohn Felthouse and Robert bring them to the USO on Sunday|gjjewich are to be the wise men, at 4 o'clock. We believe the young-|,,4q Rollo Emil, Jack Popejoy and sters will have fun; we're certain|ciavence Anderson are to be the the menwil ¢ |shepherds. Walter Woodal will play The singing of our chnstmnslme part of the beggar, and Robert |carols will begin at 9:30 D. M. \wgugh will be the little lad of {Ernest Ehler is to be our special|ine play. Cortis Wingerson will |soloist. At 10:15, Santa Claus, 50 p,ue charge of lighting. we're informed, will pay us a visit. oo 23 And, thanks tc him and th - ' s community, | TEEN AGE C(LUB TO HAVE PARTY FRIDAY erous friends of this community, it The Teen-age Club will hold a iseems there’ll be gifts for all our servicemen. From then on, the USO| Christmas party tomorrow night at 10 o'clock in the Elks Hall, it was | patronesses will take over. They're {announced today. planning a buffet supper, — and knowing these ladies we are sure Instead of the usual admission charge everyone is to take an inex- the occasion will be something to be remembered, both for its de- licious food and its very lovely hos- pitality. | ents for the boys and vice-versa. There will be dancing, refresh- ments, entertainment and a Christ- mas tree, and all parents are in- vited to attend and lock in on the fun. The party is starting late, it is an- nounced, because of the basketball game in Douglas. .- - 'ROM SITK. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pickner are here from Sitka, and are registered Jat the Gastineau Hotel. | And here'’s a special postscript for jall the Juneau and Douglas High zSchool girls: You are inyned to a :dmce at the USO on Thursday, December 28, at 9:30. The GSO girls are invited too. However, this |dance is in your honor. We've long {wanted to have you with us. At last the date is set: Thursday of next week. Be sure to come. >-oo - BUY WAR BONDS pensive gift; the girls taking pres-| Iduét, by Ann Reischl and Elaine |Arnold. “God’s Grace to Men,” by |Freda Greenwald. “Winter , Brings |Us Christmas,” by Darlene Buch- anan. “Silent Night” and “Oh (Come All Ye Faithful.” | - — /ANNUAL CHRISTMA " PARTY IS HELD HERE | The Baranof Hotel employees held their annual Christmas party yesterday in Breakfast was served at 9 o'clock to about 100 employees and their families. Jack Fletcher, master of | ceremonies, made a short speech. Greetings were received from J. J. Meherin and Wallis George, wish- ing all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. | Ernest Ehler sang a solo, “White iChrmmas,“ and also led the group in singing Christmas carols. R. E. | Schoppert played Santa Claus and handed out the gifts after break {fast. - eee - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 21 |quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine | stock today is 6, American Can [91%, Beech Aircrafy 13%, Bethle- |hem Steel 63%, Curtis: |International Harvester 81%, Ken- Inecott 36%, North American Avia- |tion 9%, Mew York Central 22% | Northern Pacific 20z, U. S. Steel 158%, Pound $4.04. } Dow, Jones averages today are ]u follows: Industrials, 150.28; rails, 14721; utilities, 25.82, iwuh boughs of hemlock and spruce. {The altar will be decorated with (white and red carnations. | At the midnight service, elec- |tricity will be used sparingly, as |candles are to be placed in appro- |priate places in order to give an offective candle-light setting. |main supply center supporting the | present German winter counter- offensive. LONDON—U. 8. Ninth Air Force fighters today escorted U. S. Fif- teenth Air Force heavies fhat struck | rail targets at Rosenheim, 35 miles | southenst of Munich. This midnight Christmas service | is a traditional feature and it is| MOSCOW-—Joseph Vissarianovich, expected that many persons will Djugashvili, better known to the plan to attend. {world as Premier Josef Stalin, the Gold Room.| There will be an additional cele- bration of the Holy Communion at 10 a. m. on Christmas Day for the |celebrated his 65th birthday with complete absence of fanfare today. Although the Soviet Union took | — Closing | |benefit of any who are not able to'no formal notice of the occasion, attend the midnight service ‘telegrams from all over the nation B as well as from many foreign capi- ROY BARBER, EVELYN | "ot mio e semin | RIDLEY WED LAST NIGHT JENNIE CORRIGAL LEAVES | At a simple ceremony performed Jennie Corrigal, Clerk-Stenogra- | /last evening at the Douglas home pher with the Indian Service, left today for Ketchikan where will spend the holidays with Mrs, Carl success was | German “We destroyed approximately 30 of their 60 tanks and knocked out about 50 of 200 supply vehicles along with them,” the American commander reported. The new German attack was made for the fourth successive day. They attempted to rescue a trapped tank outfit, It was launch- ed less than two miles southeast of Malmedy, the funnel through which the Kaiser poured armies toward Liege in August, 1914. Important Yank Drive At the same time, other veteran American unils swung into posi- tion along the northern flank of the Nazi sallent and an important reported from the strengthened north wall along U salient. Americans who have already wen back Monschau inside Germany, drove nine miles southward and captured Roche- rath and several uearby villages. lof U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray,|Benson. The attack cut the neck of the ay LeRoy Barber, USCG, and e —— | German salient down to 46 miles (Evelyn Mary Ridley, of Juneau,/e. @ o » © e o o o o o from 55 miles. Nevertheless, the |were united in marriage. . WEATHER REPORT o German drive by Tuesday noon The bride was gowned in ale (U. 8. Weather Bureau) e had proceeded westward and had powder-blue dressmaker suit, ac-|e ee e o reached Hoyemont, 14 miles west |cented by a single strand of pearls|® Temperature, December 20 -;of Malmedy and 10 miles beyond jand a corsage of fall blossoms. . In Juneau—Maximum, 33; e Stavelot. | Jennie Corrigal, of the U. S. In-|{e minimum, 27. . e |dian Service, acted as bridesmaid,|e At Airport—Maximum, 30; ®lgca yoHN GROVE HERE ii:‘:) David M. Haddock, as best : r.nin:mu.m, 23.. ghee . :i ON 15-DAY FURLOUGH %,| Following the wedding," a recep-|s TOMORROW'S FORECAST | ot JOmR Perry ‘:“;;f“';“k:e {tion was held at the home of thele oo ®|io visit his wie, the former Pa- ibride on Fifth and Kennedy|e Cold, gusfy wind. Sunny e | Streets. ® Friday, with cloudiness in- o Mrs. Barber is in charge of the|e® creasing during afternoon. ® File and Mail Department for the|® Coldest temperature Thurs- e |Office of Indian Affairs, and after|® day night, 17; warmest Fri- o {a short vacation, will resume her e day, 28. .l duties there, ® 0 0 0 0 00 00 00