The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 15, 1945, Page 3

THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1945 " JUNEAU'S USO NEWS Inferesting Hems for Everybody PROGRAM | sainted gentleman called Patrick, vhose last name momentarily slips | our recollection but of whose claim to being Irish there seems to be no| whatever. e o o LET GEORGE DO IT And if you let George do it, you may be sure it will be well done,! whatever it is. Ever since (Week of March 15 to March 21) o o o e THURSDAY, March 15—9:30 p. possible doubt m,, Dance in USO to music of Ser- vicemen's Band. e o o ® FRIDAY, March 16—7:30 p. m, Radio Show over KINY, “The Last ‘Word,” by USO Commados. 8 p. m.,, Portrait drawing by Mary and Jean 8haw. 10 p. m., Friday Night Party, With refreshments and special en- he came to late in 1942 as a member of the| Headquarters Detachment, George R. Schnell, soldier from Stillwater, Qerlammem followed by dancing to Minnesota, has been in the matter |, of “extra icular activities, of the busiest and one of the acccmplished of all the men stationed here When the USO formed its orig- inal Servicemen's Council George was one of the first three “se- lectees”; and he has held that post thout interruption. It's been more than two years also that Cpl Schnell has played the piano in the Servicemen's Band. The replace- ments in that outfit over that period have been many, but there has been no replacement at the |piano. Indeed, only a few weeks ago when the occasion arose to select a new leader, it was George who was thus honored by his mates. The Subport ketball team won the city championship last Friday night, taking the play-off final in a | close contest. Playing guard for the hampions that night was this ver-| ile, exceedingly likeable lad from | Minnesota. It certainly has pleased his host of warm friends to see such con- spicuous success attend the efforts 3 e o o :u‘ so modest and so deserving a & WEDNESDAY, March 21—7:30 fellow as George Schnell! P m., Movies in USO. 9:30 p. m,, A Square dancing at A B Hall under | SOLDIER ARTIST joint auspices of AWVS and USO., Scores of friends among the Public cardially invited. vicemen have long been capturi: © o o o o |in their cameras the beauty that is MARCH 17TH Alaska. Many have had sider Though We are partly Irish our- able luck with black-and-white sélf, we venture to guess that the Shots; a few have achleved re general celebration of St. Patrick’s cXquisite resuits with color filns. Day in 1945 makes less sense than Only 2 single serviceman among the observance of any other special known to us has “@ay” in the calendar. Nevertheless, been strikingly successful in cap- our UBO is always looking around turing the loveliness of the country for an excuse for a festive occasion; On canvas. That man is Soldier and we certainly don't intend to Leonard Dobratz, whose home is averlook March 17, especialiy when I Redfield, South Dakota. it falls on a Saturday. Especially interesting is “Doby So we've scheduled a St. Patrick’s handling of his blue paints in his y dance at the club for Saturday landscapes. Indeed, we wonder if| night at 9:30. All the girls are some day he may perbaps become asked t0 Wear something green. famous for his “Alaskan blue.” The | The USO will have something suit- effects he obtains ,with it are able for each serviceman attending. Striking and very pleasing. ,Undoubtedly, the evening will in- | We'll feel flattered if “Doby” will volve daneing to American jazz, 8llow us at some time to exhibit German. waltzes and Scandinavian Dhis paintings at the USO. We lack | one most | ever the juke box. : e o o ® SATURDAY, March 17—8:30 p. m., Movies in the USO. 9:30 p. m,, St. Patrick’s Day dance in USO. Music by Servicemen's Band. e o o $ SUNDAY, March 18—1:30 p. m, Trip to Mendenhall Glacier. M, Coffee Hour with cake gookies. Ruth Breoks dat the piano. 0 p. m, Songfest, Margaret Fem- mer at the piano. (Note: Juneau ki Club welcemes in it in all-day skiing.) & e o o 4 MONDAY, March 19- . m., Meecting of Servicemen’s Council. 7 to 10 p. m, Juneau Badminten Club meets for play in High School gym; servicemen welcome. 8:30 p.! m., Forum Club leaves USO for party in private home. 8:45 p. m., lovies.m USO. e o o ' TUESDAY, March 20—7 p. m, Meeting of GSO. 7:30 p. m., Broad- éast of Quiz Contest. 9:45 p. m, Customary Tuesday night games in U=L0. d [right to get his rights Juneau || | hold of {it cl .| you can qualify wit | cialized Training sehottisches,—and we'll be eating confidence, however, that he will Swedish cookies. However, in all at any time have a sufficient num- | dther respects we will try to keep ber on hand for a representative | the party strictly GI (Glorifying showing. The fact is that already Ireland).Thus therell be prizes for ‘he has been in Juneau only a few | every serviceman whose first name Weeks) he has won something of a| is Patrick. And there’ll be a special reputation; and his pictures seem THE DAILY AL (et rir e o SKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 'SENATE CAMPAIGN 2 MORE SMALL VETERANS' GUIDE By MAJOR THOMAS M. NIAL that I'm tut- place like hen I mentign that -service e GE sions, while eskly are under Don't get the idea tut-tutting in old admi here are nen Pyl 1cat ver 17,000 vet yawing unemy 1 me bill's p I don't care. It's every veteran's ir But it d make nt spends for loyment pay i as: ment, at spent for education training is an investment, The more training our young > can get—the better the future cur land. And, no fooling, this ice educ program is something ¢ you to take for your e, If you meet the eligibility ve- quirements I mentioned, you aet- ¢ tually can pick your own course— the one you always wanted to fol- low or hoped you could follow. And you can pick the place of study or training from a long list of approv- ed schools and institutions, I've mentioned that the law seems to allow any veteran with at least 90 days' service who isn't burd d 2 with a dishonorable discharge to be eligibla for up to at least ar of i free education. The law n't read exactly that way. It creates a distinction be- tween men who en't over 25 rs old on entrance to the service nd those over that age. Also it divides the ov nto And this caused ion, but I hope to make ar to you go alon; | I thing officials of the V. A, must have had many quiet and perhaps eated a ments among them- 2lves on question of whether, irrespective trance > the service ans are entitled > some educa The arguments might have i off all dir- ections over of one word — ‘“retrair s used in the GI Bill of R But t quite seem to s ney the governi in co ¥o v tl 1 wh th v does her wo cla scme conf as we this of ¢ Jil th 4,0 hts t and final T thy 't edu- % for bar up to or cation more than a year. Oh, yes a —there is one to the required service of ninety day xception i tir 1| sorvice-incurred injury or disa ‘,1 out a total OI 80 days service. | But in counting length of service, you can't include, under certain con- diticns, time spent in an Army Spe- Program or a Navy Training Program, or as a €y College ! cadet or midshipman al one of the service academi Don't y too mucht about this unless your ASTP or NCTP training b C! IWO miral R Anchora be D Lm civil life iplete the cour: can count the time spent when you figure your « aid you n select your school f:om L of stituti T t 1, W u lonal *cf\il‘n of the won't mux[mv — but it will help you | your sel D ct you're you wa w, it's OK wi Of cours2, y u carry ree. ves n apy at any of three different | the Regional Office of the| e Regional ore c heol, chaol, herities ferward your applieation | You mu stitution’s standards' (mrlwt for other vou're likely to be kicked out.| can pic approved schools and {ator Green told the Senate today he Vete ) administers this ed-lyeen collected and § ion, if ble nt and ith the V can’ abjact ou ply for the school is located, If you students. was a continuation of a course you Even then, if you > in the length of sc 'k your cours rans’ Admir GI B you ask I If the schoel you pick out L«-‘m“.,l,(,”, tHat P eli to start tk will ad A t continue and of study ar this educatia file is locate in the st or appl he Regional Office of the V ame state e e And right now, TOLL OF MARINES ON IWO JIMA 1S ESTIMATED 4,000 ABOARD ADMIRAL TURNER'S | EXPEDITIONARY FLAGSHIP,! —Vice-Ad- | JIMA ma were cse of the The indi 000 rines th uner said e number low. March ichmond Kelly American Ml.umc deaths on IWO|charpe ess Japs. than re that t a lc: i w it - o> 1 Turner sali one-fifth arour lives A heir nd. HMAMILTONS VISIT Mr. and M neau City. DR. RAE L e J P n while R TLLIAN in Hamilton, g at the Ga the Cap! CARLSON drag | p up to the in-| If you | to lh(" ot make sure that the school,PreV¢ miral | s unbelieveable | of Marine deaths Was|ihe job h tal lat the ISLADS TAKEN N PIILIPDINES - COMMITTEE GIVES f { N i \ 5 EXPENSE REPORT Stated Federal Law Little Complete&., Aid in Preventing Landings Make Loss ; Comnbutmns es ""Minor” YATE Jerres, r- se MceDANIEL ndent By C. AP W WASHINGTON, l\ ar MANILA, March e Twenl Fourth Infantry Division mad - prise night lafdings on Romblon ind Simara Islands in the central Philipp Tuesday night, at light rost, to str the American hold on the shipping lane from the Ur to Manila. ast 000,000 had - 000,000 spent mpaien of the Senate fon Committ been ineffective in pre- expenditur The nded mina that approximately L al in 12 The OF | Campai t year's politi airman Investig €5 ren main ited ! State 1€ tions hs ¢ forees ‘“seized control gmall islands east Mindoro after noc- tained complete Gen. Douglas in his communique ibed as The c it two of underlying the 0 jean-held were founded on | iction that the amount of is not but th butions miner are the recc 1 ¢he \the |the ant matte e s of these cont and the manner in which they expended . more importa committee reported. The investigators split over the Republican propo nt, in_ the future, political \\])(.lhl”)“ by unions. Th agreed it A ‘v.a‘ “no cle ut vielation” of the iCorrup: Practices Act the part the ‘CIO Political Action Committee pl in the 1944 campaign, but a revision of ‘the act. proposed by Senators Fe and Ball, the Democratic dissenting. The Republican prohibition against “expen- diture: well as contributions made in connecticn with any Fed- c"nl clection by a corporation, ba lor labor organization.” ire t2| at| On fightin in the bitt Watershed area pulsed a series of inflicting heavy 1o First Division t the Ior nued to hee, sty Luzch, the Sixth Divisi y enst of captured Antipolo, contested Marikina | east of Manila, counter-attacks, s on the Japa- re- oops and elements con- ¥ oty from | imbuline. - 18 REFINERY S FORTS' TA Il. oy Allied important ta Ruhland ithwest of o~ DECORATOR IN TOWN i) id ! Jii ay Malcolm, decarator in of the renovations now ing started on the Baranof Hotcl |store section for the Walter N Ballard Ccmpany of New York |City, arrived in town by plane |yesterday He witl m of nd in tack on what termed the in Europe,” Oil Refinery work 1, until it upervise the s been compl jannounced ! round trip the deep- Airforce has Reich thus far {lighy from itali from est the Filt a guest penetrated into the in the war. off A | Bellingham, Baranof, ng hington, is | Has returned to Juneau and will ailable RUM By the Mal arch 23, in 1e Northern hurch examinations Phone 638, Blomgren Bldg. for - MAGE rtha the b Light IGHET? award for the fellow having the full name that is the most typically Irish. (Advisedly we say “full name”’ because a lot of the soldiers sta- tioned here now happen to be a couple of fellows named Pat and Mike. But most of these Pats and Mikes hail from Chicago and they to be selling as quickly as he can! | complete them. If you are not yet acqunmtc([‘ with this artist or with his work, | make a mental note of that name— | Leonard Dobratz. You will find both the man and his paintings to your liking right now. Further- | BASKET BALL 8:00 o’clock DOUGLAS H. KETCHIKAN H. § S. are just about as “Irish” as Joe | more, it’s not beyond the realms DiMaggio or Primo Carnera. So| | of possibility that someday in the they’ll not be 'eligible for that‘POStWE"‘ future you may be saying: | award unless they're able to dig up |“Yes, I met him while he was in a family-tree with some great»‘ the service. He was a very promls— grandfathers namer ullivan or|ing artist even then. That was Callahan or some such.) ‘!.;while he was in the Arpy Post Here and now, we p.omise these | Office in Juneau, Alaska in 1945 Pats and Mikes to put on a big! e affair next October 12. But in the PHIL ALM HERE meantime, this Saturday night's| Phil Alm, of Fairbanks, is a guest party will be designed to glorify a‘at the Baranc? Hotel. ATTENTION —— JUNEAU SHIPPERS Alaska Transporiation Company will receive freight at the Ataska Dock and Storage Com- pany in Junedu, until noon Saturday, for Hoonah, Haines, Skagway and Hawk Inlet For More Pa_rticulars See D. B. Femmer, Juneau Agent Attention--- CARPENTERS Local Union 2247 Begfilar Meeting of All Carpenters Will Be Held Friday Night at 8 inthe A. F. of L. Hall —dt DOUGLAS H IGH GYM First Game of Series for the CHAMPIONSHIP of S. E. Alaska Free Transportation from Juneau Admissan-— Adults Students 50 cent 30 cent s s SALE ety, Frida asement Pr appointments for until March 17. ay, S and the miracle of a new spring comes early to your wardrobe. Right now you must plan for a costume as refreshingly new as an April breeze Topped with the gayest, giddiest, most wonderful hat i existence K. o ey s RGET Statement Made Regard- ing Those from 1810 20 ~Other Servi WASHINGTON, montl Y brtween but few for the A excep it stat i AR swé.;nfium' | wnTenoRse M 1 LYt Baranof Hotel Building c,é{i”' INDUCTIONS EARMARKED, | prise of Night fi&% QANKS M >ment aic 1t ok 0l &8 So. 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