The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1945, Page 5

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, BIRTHDAY OF USO IS OBSERVED Over 100 guests attended the ban- | quet in the Gold Room of the Bar- anof Hotel last Saturday evening at the fourth birthday anniversary of! the USO (United Service Organiza- | ticn) It proved to be an evening of good entertainment, fast moving sparkling repartee, clever quips. It also had its sericus moments. Jack Fletcher was toastmas.er and from the moment he took over the| evening, it was off to a good start and moved merrily along to the grand finale when all stood and| sang Auld Lang Syne. There was not | a dull moment, Fletcher saw to that. | The GSO, the Girls Service Or- ganization, came in for much praise in recognition of the wonderful work they are performing at the loca USO. This work was explaine briefly by one of the co-presidents,| Miss Margaret Clark. | Miss Clark gave a clever little talk on the work of the younger set in making the USO homey and cheerful for the servicemen. That/ this was appreciated was shown in letters from the boys who have been located here and who have gone on to other areas, declaring the hospit- ality of the GSO was extended by the “snappiest and prettiest girls in| Alaska.” | Hi shhmmny of jhe Coast Guard, and Leslis Swanson for the other branches of the armed service, gave | their unstintzd praise to the USO in deep appreciation, showing that men | of the air, se and land forces were/ made to feel at home here as no-| where elst in this Northern field of action. | Mitéi R. E. Robertson, one of the! mothers who have sens at the front,! and who is head of the Patronesses/ crganization, which has done and is| doing s0 much to make the USO| the complete success it is in provid-' ing little comforts and giving advice, spoke feelingly of the time when she hoped the great world conflict would end and all our boys could return to their homes and normalcy. | dr 1945 60LD PRODUCTION 1S OFF 93 PERCENT IN THREE YEARS But $1,779,400 Worth of Metal Mined in Ter- ritory in 1944 The value of the Alaska gold pro- duction in 1944 was only $1,779,400; a 93 percent decrease from 1941 pro- duction of $24,341,345. | The War's impact on gold mining, |jn condition to operate in 1945. The gcr, ~ Lee Alaska’s second most important in- dust is clearly illustrated in the gold production figures just releas- ed by Robert: S. Sanford, District Engineer for the Federal Bureau of Mines in Alaska. The output of recoverable gold in the Territory of Alaska in 1944 was 50,840 fine oun- ces, a 49 percent decrease from the 11943 production of 99,583 ounces val-|co,, at Nyac in the Kuskokwim val- d ued at $3,485,405. Placer mines pro- jey, * duced about 73 per cent of this tot The Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands and the threat of continued enemy action prompted the expenditure of hundreds of mil- lions of dollars for Naval bases, Ar- my cantonments, air fields, high- ways, pipelines, and other construc- tion necessary not only to defend the Territory, but also to provide an outpost of defense for the, North American Continent. The high wages offered on thesz defense projects lured many men from their positions at the niines and resulted in an acute labor short- age. In 1942, several lotie mines were closed, the number of operat- ing gold dredges was reduced from 47 to 31 and all mining operations were formed to work short-handed ‘The gold production in 1942 amount- ed to $17,066,735. The War Production Board Gold| Mining Limitation Order L-208, ef- fective Octoker 8, 1942, b-d little effect on the 1942 placer mining season in Alaska, as most of the mines hag already shut down for the winter. The full effect of the war was felt in 1943, when only 7 floating dredges, 8 lode mine, one land dredge, 46 hydraulic plac- THE DAILY ALAS as well as a greater number of hsrm\ll mines, to resume operations. NORIHlAND IS IN | Permits to operate have been is- So |sued ta about 70 placer mine opera- FROM UTH ovER | tors and 10 lode mine operators. All| v !;:rums and permits specified that WEEKEND' Io S'IKA jonly men pot needed in essential - [war industries could be employed,| The Northiand arrived in Juneau { / those critical materials al-{synday with the following passen- |ready available or that could begers from Seattle ~disembarking | purchased second-hand might ""\Im'e Ed Hibler, Mrs. Ed. Hibler, |used. ~ There were 9 floating con-|fouis Burkston, Sid Thompson, Ted | nected-bucket dredges in operation’gchmaltz, Staley Furman, Dr. G. V i 1944 as compared with 7in 1943 Igeorebrand, Mrs. Ted Schmaltz, Su- | The United States Smelting, Refin-'gq; Schmaltz. |ing & Mining Co., the largest pros| Ajonzo Malone, Bernard Westbo iducer of gold in Alaska prior to 1943,/ osmund Stople, L. C. McKenna, obtainéd a permit to operate two of preq J. Weir, Sven Staveland, John its dredges in the Fairbanks dis- panning. trict. One of the dredges at Nome| s Prances Warring, Edward owned by this company is being put|gyitpor, Elsie Ward, Mary Marcu- Blackman Mrs. Lee | Arctic Circle Exploration Co., op- |erated one of its two dredges at| prom Ketchikan: Mrs. Ray Hend- | Candle in the Seward Peninsula ”‘.f“ Robert Jernberg R. Jern- {gion throughout the summer andiperg John Williams, Mrs. John shipped buillion to the Government ywijjiams. | Assay Office in Seattle. Other large| prom petersburg: Tom Scott, Pet- dredging operations in 1944 were the [er Ogwald, Robt. L. Crews, M {North -American Dredging Co., at|Baumberger, J. E. Longworth, Olof Flat, and the New York Dredging wikan, Mrs. Gertrude Hennes. Leaving for Sitka were the follow- iny assengers: Pat Sweeney, N. A. The Alaska Juneau Gold Mln!ng}MZEfl“chl.u: Ben Bellamy, Mrs. Ben | Cempany, largest individual produc- Bellamy, M. Monagal, E, Anderson, ler of gold in Alaska in 1944, operat- a1 E. Anderson. |ed its lode mine and mill at Ju-| wmys p. Monell, Fred C. Lockwood, neau at a greatly reduced capacity a pp agge Winifred Oberg, |until April 9, 1944, when !_hfl ProP- | Merie Wittmeyer, Mrs. Wittmeyer. jerty was shut down indefinitely as g AWVS Hostesses to a War Labor Board decision to |award a 14-cent wage increase to all Meet Tonight at 8; Important Session company employees. Oher lode mine operations in 1944 dusing regions in 1944 in order of Hostesses of the AWVS are call- importance were the Seward Penin- ed to a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock Silver is recovered only as a by- meeting and tell of the servicemen product of gold mining in Alaska passing through Juneau or remain- ,and placer mines 31 per cent. The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- were the Cleary Mill Mines Com-| sula region, Yukon River Basin re- 8t the Governoi’s House for the In 1944 the output of recoverable sil- h:s_ here on furlough ,",nfi b pany produced 65 per cent of the iBl:\ckmah pany in the Fairbanks district and' the Alaska Pacific Consolidated Mining Company . in, the Willow Creek district. The major gold-pro- gion, Southeastern 'Alaska region, Purpose of discussing improvement and the Cook Inlet, Kuskokwim, of their service as regards visiting 'Kenai Peninsula, Copper River, and Servicemen. Ne-thwestern Alaska regions. Jack Fletcher will attend the ver was 14,506 fine ounces, a de- PR crease of 66 per cent from the 1843 output. Lode mines recovered 69 per cent of the total silver output KA EMPIRE- JUNEAU, ALASKA U TUBERCULOSIS CONSULTANRT IS selliy plain more f Savir of tamps t n the Baranof tair by AWVS - Moose Women Meet Saturday Evening of the Moose held onthly business session last evening in the lodge s in the Seward building adjournment of the busi- meeting re shments were i by Sue Kennedy, assisted by Frances Nore and Mrs. C. Barou- mes. Entertainment was furnished |by Odelia Light, Olive Westby and Florence Manery This month is ritual month and Odelia Light is in charge. The next meeting will be held on Saturday February 17 at 8 o'clock. —e,—— DR. BLOCK RETURNS FROM OFFICIAL TRIP Dr. Berneta Block, director of the division of material and child health and crippled children, has returned from a trip to Seattle land Portland where she arranged for facilities for hospitalization and treatment of crippled children from the Territory | - >-oo NOTICE RETAIL CLERKS! Hotel the ly of Cleveland, Now Located in Juneau Dr. Rudolph Haas, senior ant surgeon of the U. S, Health Service, now in where he has been Women Alter ser is assigned | our cooperation. Attention members of the Retail Clerks Union! Important meeting will be held February 5, at 7:30 in |the Moose Hall. Initiation to be| held. All new members are cor-| | dially invited, whether applications lare ready or not. This promises lo be a full meeting. All old business is to be cleared and all new ace tivities for the year to be out- lined. Please be prompt. | e ARRIVES FROM PALMER Einar F. Olson, of Palmer, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. e ———— assis Public Juneau STATIONED HERE Dr. Rudolph H;as, Former- Dedicated to Victory The Alaska Transportation Company is proud of the part its fleet and its personnel are taking in the winning of the war . .. the needs of the armed forces wiil continue to have first call on our facilities and 100 per cent of SEATTLE 1, WASH,, Pier 7, MAin 7477 _ PAGEFIVE "' FORMER JUNEAU RESIDENT GIVEN PROMOTION, ARMY ALEUTIAN BASE--T/4 Eu- A. Marks, former resident of has recently been promoted jto T/3 grade. T/3 Marks is a to member of an engineer unit serv< ing in the Aleutians Before entering the service Marks ay Hos- was employed by a construction ), have 'tompany that worked all over Al admission ¢ He came to Alaska from Oregon in 1931 y I I by District announced in in the it wa Norris office Dr. Haas has signment at the in his new advisory Department Alaska Indian s consultant duty office E. W just finished at Cleveland Off position, capacity of Service as will serv and in Territorial and the tuberculc an 0 Health AN gene 2 8.3 = Juneau NORRIS A¢ SKAGWAY W. Norris, USPHS, s today for € where will spend next work started on the pital. It he the hospital of patients by agway w the ek getting | hoped open April 1 We are not unmindful of the friendships built through the years of serving Alaska . . . are bending every effort toward inaintaining a dependable service for these old friends . . . and looking toward the days of peace when an augmented fleet and a highly trained organization will render service to the Alaska of tomorrow in a bigger and better way. ALASKA TRANSPORTATION CO. D. B. FEMMER, Agent, JUNEAU TACOMA, WASH,, Perkins Bldg., MAin 0840 Hi, Bill! Its’ Feb. 7 jers and 60 placers were operating {and producting gold valued at total silver output of the Territory | 83,485,405, jand 95 per cent of the total silver| Jarts | The outlook for gold mining was produced at lode mines. pm'a_lleD%noarl;i G‘_'e'_‘:i::fl:;s'u:é T::E,mnsxdemblc bnghtsx' by the f[i:ll or?p - > - H awa. Tinian and Saipan campaigns, | 1944 a5 the number of new: Govern-| Get right for e Spring and| home G furlongh. Before the quiz. |Ment construction projects has de-| summer Season. The Mineral Baths | zing, Mi%. J. P. Williams, mother onunuscd. A large amount'of surplus at warm Springs Bay will put you the Junéat young man; was intro- | machinery and material is now be-|in Tip-Top Shape. Clean, Furnished | One of the high points of the ev- ening was the quizzing given by USO Director Zach Gordon to Cor- duc, Carp, Williams was able wlin; sold by the Fairbanks office (’r‘;CBbms, Groceries, Liquors and To- | give intimate details of life at the front, In combat, etc., without di- vulging ~any military secrets, and | this proved highly interesting. The musical part of the affair was & ‘sole by Lois Hared, in fine veice; a: solo by Sgt. William Weav- er, who has become a popular vo- valist in Juneau: also a duet by Miss Hared and Sgt, Weaver, which was excellently given and appreciated. Accéompanist was Cpl. George Snell.. Lieut.-Warren M. Caro entertained | witha pianologue, 'piofessionally given” and demonstrating his com- plete mastery of the ivories. At various times during the evening Director Zach Gordon spoke of the many salient features of the USO, its history, etc., and Miss Alida Ma- theson, his efficient Assistant Dir- ector of the USO, was introduced. Capt. William Day of the Juneau Subport was introduced by Toast- master Fletcher during the evening, as was also Elmer A. Friend, Chair- man of the Committee of Manage-| ment, and Miss Emma Nelson, co- President, of the GSO. _The finale of the banquet came, when in a hushed moment, Richard Peter read the list of Juneau boys who went into the world conflict| and will not return, having paid thei supreme sacrifice. With Corporal George Snell at the piano, the banqueters sang Auld| Lang Syne. The tables were quick- | ly eleared from the Gold Room and | the Servicemen’s band tuned up and; dancing was enjoyed until long after| midnight. The evening was a success due to the excellent arrangements made by Director Gordon, his charming assistant, Miss Matheson, Toastmas- ter Jack Fletcher and those taking part. An Alaskan dtmosphere was given the setting with Alaska cotton| and totem poies around the Gold| Room and on the tables, donated by Dr. and Mrs. Rolert Simpson of the Nugget Shop. | Reconstruction Finance Corporation!paccos. These factors | to the Alaska miners. have induced the War Production Board to permit several of the larger gold mining companies in Alaska, O'NEILL & FENTON, | Baranof, Alaska.; R TR Hi, Bill! Its’ Feb, 7 WeBring Back Lost Beautyto Clothes THE TRIA CLEA NGLE NERS . We Pick Up and Deliver “For 4 Better Appearance” " ‘Phone 307 Blasted out of KELVIE’S ANIMAL HOSPITAL NOW OPEN 24 HOURS DAILY Office: 914 Calhoun Ave. Ambulance Service BOARDING KENNELS Phone: Re Dr.W.A. ly they’ll find the fight. Are they still v d 115 Kelvie, Velerinary for the Philippines, he waits in shark- infested waters—alone. Surely they’ll send out rescue planes—sure- wouldn’t give for another crack at those Japs! For the chance to finish Heknows the war isn’t over yet— not by a long shot. But do the folks back home know that, he wonders? vorking hard for vic- tory—still buying bonds, and hang- the sky in the battle” ing onto the bonds they buy? Hanging on for dear life, as he is now? Ask yourself these questions before you tell him not to worry—that of him! Boy, what he course America won’t let him down. Ask them again when you start to cash in a War Bond you don’t abso- lutely need to redeem—when more and more equipment is needed to finish the fight. Ships, tanks, planes— lots of planes. Like B-29's, costing $600,000 in War Bonds each. Of like rescue planes, O%MERICA WON'T LET YOU DOWN KEEP FAITH WITH OUR FIGHTERS—Buy War Bonds for Keeps TODD PACKING COMPANY