The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 3, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1945 LIGHT VOTE BEING CAST INELECTION Ballofing forCi?y Jobs Run-| ‘ ’ ningBehind 1944 | & Mark l S A cipal election appeared to be lag- ging at 3 o'clock afternoon, compared to voting figures for last vear’s electior howed that 200 less votes were cast this year at the same time Precinct One ir City Hall, | the largest, had a f only 234 up to 3 o'clock year [11; number wa 4 Precinct in the Pan Ameri- | can Airway Ce howed 90 bal- | lots cast this year at 3 o'clock,| compared to 137 at the same time | last year, and Precinct Three in| i the Juneau Di building showed 98 votes cast up to 3 o'clock com- i pared with 148 at the same time | last year | . ele also showed | two ce s yor, but only | one complete ticket in the field,| Marianas based B-29's, hi the same as this year | mainland where, in two fire raids, the Superfortresses wreaked havoc Many voters appeared to bel naucivial cities. More than 3 puzzled when handed two ballots | o¢ jcendiary bembs. (AP Wire photo from 21st Bomber Command) the extra one listing a number of Sy propositions for getting the voter’s the reaction t quest 5 ANTHIAP Nazi Stooge PETITJURY ~ MEETING Assassinaled PANELNOW IS HELD Near Berlini SWORN !N Several Hundred People Austrian Gauletier Dles— Gather Near Seattle Gestapo Aide Wound- to Ask Exclusion ed in Aftack The Petit Jury panel for the 1945 term of the First District Court was sworn in at 2 o'clock this AR | afternoon. The panel now consists gEATTLE, April 3—Organizers of LONDON, April 3.—The Luxem- of 47 members, two being excused tho japanese Exclusion League at bourg Radio reported today, without upon making representations t0 pejjevue, near . last night told stating its source of information, Judge George F. Alexander. opponents among the 500 attending that Baldur Von Schirfach, Gaule- After the jury was sworn in and e meeting to e a hall” to tier of Austria, had been assassin- qualified Judge Alexander gave yoice their convictions. The heck- ated. them instructions as to their duties jo.c were tl ned with evictidn end the proper methods to be used gpeeches were made by Attor Kaltenbrunner, Himmler's chief in reaching a verdict. George Crandall and A. E Gestapo aide, had been severely The panel was excused -at the league’s o'clock and ordered to report h.uh‘m»u of Seattle. 2:45 1oy . wounded The suggestion was made the two exec at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. All but about 100 raised their Men were victims of a ‘March 31 - eee hands in answer to McCroske shooting on the highway just out of e e o o0 o s « - o olinyitation to express favor of ex- Berin. e WEATHER REPORT @ cluding from the United States all ERAE T (U. S. Weather Bureau) ® American-born Japanese. Ushers K e o 0 ° pa ssed through the audience invit- ® Temperatures for 24-Hour @ |ing $10 contributions, ® Period Ending at 7:30 o'Clock ®| A bust of Gen. MacArthur was . This Morning: ©awarded as a door prize to those . e o o ® who gave their names and ad- . In Juneau-~Maximum, 39; @ dresses for follow-up visits by ox- FOR(ES MAKE e minimum, 31. Precipitation, © ganizers. ® .06 of an inch. . e . At Airport—Maximum, 40; e M VE ITALY e minimum, 31. Precipitation, e lASI puRGE OF ® .05 of an inch. (3 @ o o 0 0 0 s 0 0 0 o ¢ TOMORROW'S FORECAST e HII[ER SPRUNG 2 -+ * "Rain or mov. with vind o] ‘Land Behind GermanLine ® 20 to 25 miles per hour to- e| R — Sodie | N e night; intermittent rain or e| STOCKHOLM, April 3—The Free on Sll’lp—Take 200 e snow Wednesday and Wed- e German Press Agency said, without A o nesday night. Temperatures: e |confirmation from any source, and PrlSOflerS e Lowest tonight highest e without giving u\llhnnl, for its ® e 0 0 0 0 00 00 0, (r‘cuwivd"w|*d~ ek lionm have landed behmd German o~ e remaining Jews if his “last propo- lines on a narrow strip of land be- ANCHORAGE COUFLE als for a humane peace” are -re-|tWeen Valli iD Comacchio and the! MARRIED IN JUNEAU ?d.‘\,lu i s #1771 Adriatic, and have captured more Wm. E. Hunt and Mws Lo Berylected 0 0 than 200 of the enemy, Allied Head- Schluter, both of Anchorage, we quarters said. married at the home of U. 8. Com- CAA MAN HERE | The action was officially de- missioner Felix Gray last evening| ; ¢ Hooper, of the Anchorage scribed as a “successful local opera- in a simple ceremony. Attendants|caa office, is a guest at the Gas- tion.” It comprised a three pronged were Mrs. Felix Gray and Mr. Jack tineau Hotel. |thrust up a spit of land sepmatmg | comacchio Lagoon from the sea, }15 landings were made between the| |sea and Poi Primaro River on the astern shore of the lagoon itself. | — ., EMBLEM CLUB | Business meeting, Tuesday April O'Connor COGNAC ARRIVES. FROM FRANCE of Juneau. 3 at 8 P. M. in the Elks Hall. —————— — ‘, BLACKS HERE ; Mr. and M D. E. Black, of| Seame are s:avmg at the Baranof. e BUY WAR BONDS B-29'sin Sub Stratosphere Head for Nippon ) above the clouds in the sub stratcpshere, head for a target on the Japanese upon Tokyo and Nagoya, two top 300 Superforts participated in each of the raids dropping more than 1,500 tons HARBOR AT LEGASPI 1S TAKEN OVER Sixth Army Veterans Make Invasion on "Tail” of Luzon Sunday By JAMES HUTCHESON (AP War Corresaondent) MANILA, April 3.—Sixth Army veterans, spearheaded by Brigadier General Hanford MacNiZer’s 158th were that he said no suggestion had Legion Medal. It was also reported that Ernest 'Regimental Combat, team, invaded been made and no consideration important Legaspi Harbor on the southeastern “tail” of Luzon Sunday. Here they quickly secured Legaspi, a city of 75,000 inhabitants, and near- by airfields. The landing, which was the first NO EXTRA VOTES, WORLDASSEMBLY, BE ASKED BY U. S. ‘ | Secrefary of State Stetfin-| ius Makes Important Announcement | U.S. Bombers Making Raids Four Important Railroad WASHINGTON, April 3—Presi- |dent Roosevelt has decided that | Ithe United States will not requc:tw |any additional votes in the World: embly to be proposed at the | |san Francisco Conference. This is| |announced by Secretary of State| Edward R. Stettinius, who said it did not-in any way alter the Presi- dent’s promise during the Big Three| Yalta meeting, to support the Rus- sian request for two additional votes through seating the Ukrainian and White Russian Soviets. | Dramatic Reversal is a dramatic reversal of the Am- erican position as disclosed by the it said the United States had the agreement of Britain and Russia to support two additional votes for this government. At his news conference on the world organization, Stettinius said |he presumed President Roosevelt, |Premier Stalin and Prime Minister | | Churchill were working directly tu {iron out some of the difficulties | which recently threatened the unm |of the United Nations. | The Secretary of State also said ‘mo speedy pace of the war makes “increasingly necessar; that plans for the San Francisco Con- llumce be carried out promptly. | That Secret Decision | | A third high spot of the news! ‘cunfclcncc was that Stettinius said ‘v\hen the secret United States- | Russian decision to ask for three votes each in the proposed Assem- (bly was made at Yalta, he and |attacking Russians. Yards in Southern Austria Hit ROME, April 3.—Strong forces 0{1 the U. S. Fifteenth Airforce heavy bombers scrambled German com- munications at four important rail- road yards in southern Austria yes- |terday, and sealed off two bridges !south of Graz, in their third conse-l cutive day of raids in support of the| The tactical airforce threw 1300 planes into the assaults against the‘ Nazi Centers emy planes near Verona. Mustangs and Lightnings strafed | far north as Munich thirty-five lecomotiv and miscellaneous German vehicles. e s s | ix oil cars FORMER ALASKA DEFENSE COMMAND | INVADED OKINAWA |Brigadier Generals Post, i Schick Are with Lt. % Gen. Buckner ' GUAM, April 3—Two officers who served with Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar | Buckner, Jr, in the Alaska De- fense Command now hold key staff some other members of the Ameri- positions in Buckner's new Tenth |can delegation were fully informed at all times. When told by newsmen that the |government-sponsored movie deal- |ing with the Dumbarton Oaks plan lis giving the public the idea each tion in the Assembly would have une vote, Stettinius said the film {would be reviewed and modified if found to be misleading. No Big Meeting Other highspots in the conference given to any idea of a Big Five meeting, preliminary to the San Francisco Conference, and also that diplomatic negotiations over Polish | representation at San Francisco were evidently still going on, add- Army invading Okinawa. Gen. Buckner’s Chief of Staff is Brig. Gen. Elwyn Post, 46, who was awarded the Legion of Merit for his work as Service Operations Officer with the Alaska Defense Command. Brig. Gen. Lawrence Schick, Deputy Chief of Staff, served at the‘ same post in the Alaska Defense Command, from 1941 to June, 1944, for which he was also awarded the FOUR IN RACE FOR MAYOR AT ANCHORAGE At the close of candidates filings lon Luzon’s east coast, was preceded ing that this government still hopes for city offices in Anchorage there effective naval and air bombard- the new Polish Administration can!were four names entered for the mentg General MacArthur's com- be set up in time to represent that race for mayor, Moritz Andresen, Ed- munique reported American losses | were light, as the enemy’s extensive | defense system was all but wiped out {in ten days of concentrated aerial \bombm(z capped by warship bom- | bardment The landing came as the Yanks {advanced on a dozen ground (rontfi in the Philippines, while American | |bombers sank or damaged twenty- \mx'n freighters in the China Sea. he new move {forces on southern Luzon, | Arthur reported the | Corps as already driving east and l\cuthuas(. and to complete the en- | i circlement are not attacking north- west along Bicol Peninsula with a m W column. —_——eo— - THOUSANDS OF MINERS ~ QUITWORK WASHINGTON, April 3. !than 80,000 of the nation’s soft coal ! miners are reported absent today' from pits despite the union-manage- | {ment agreement to temporarily ex-! |tend the now expired contract until \May 1. } Estimates of the mines closed by werkers’ absences ranged as high as ’9.) per cent in the Alabama area. )Mere than 30,000 miners were re- purle'! idle in Pennsylvania fields. coco Delicicus in S Candies or fi CQGNAC FROM FRANCE has arrived in the United States for the first time in four years. Photo above shows longshoremen and customs officials injpecting some of the 9000 cases of cognae in the ship- ment which #lso includes four cases of perfume. ® (International) | \ | SOMETHING NEW? Fresh Canned Grated ANUT in Syrup ala Cookies or or Toppings on Desserts | Piggly Wiggly ‘ Phones 16 or 24 enveloped enemy as Mac- | Fourteenth¥ | —More, nation at the conference. - ROBERTb HERE | Mr. and Mrs. Keith Roberts, of | Ketchikan, are registered at the Gastineau. | ————— | LIVIE OUT Capt. Robert Livie, U. S. Army | Medical Corps, left on the North! Sea for Seattle. {ward Coffey, |Ray Wolfe, John E. Mandeyrs and incumbent. Competition also exists for the other city offices, with three filing for the Utilities Board, of Which one will be elected; two for the one place to be filled on the school board and eleven on the list for {councilmen of which three will be | chosen. | SR i i | Empire Classifieds Pay! i - | | i || GEORGE BROTHER Tomatoes New Potatoes - Cauliflower - - Green Onions - Green Peppers - 4 pounds 50c Super Market | Phone—Write or Wire George Brothers APPLES THE BIGGEST BUY OF ALL IS "WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING" Coliseum Theatre—Thursday and Friday A BARGAIN IN FUN! EQRGE BROTHER Super Market Phones 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. SPECIALS e | Thursday - Friday - Saturday = | | ] Pound 35¢ -3 pounds 29¢ - 2 pounds 29¢ Pound 29¢ - 2 bunches 25¢ Pound 39¢ Box $4.45 . '\\7\’7‘50\\» ARRRIRCERRRRRRRIRRRRRRRRIRRRRN Ice in Tanana River at Nenana 41 Inches Thick; Ma_y-SIay for Long Time D-Day Cigareties Are on House NENANA, Alaska, April 3—The ice in the Tanana River here is 41 inches which is the maximum for the season. Snow had settled slightly but is not thawing. The temperature was three de- A COAST GUARD - MA‘fNED grees below zero Monday morning. SHIP IN THE PACIFIC—Free cig- arets aren't important says Chaplain James J. Carberry,|the shore The wire is stretched from the on D-Day,|tripod on the ice to the tower on ready to register the who provides them for the personnel break. of this ship just before a landing.‘ in Southern France, and again in Lhis In landings Normany, The ice might stay for in | time. a long theatre, the chaplain set out cases of smokes on the mess deck where | they were easily available and in- The announcement by Stettinius Germans, and downed thirteen en-|vited everyone to come and get| them. Few nen took more than one pack. | White House only last week, when targets in Yugoslavia and Austria as | he reported, although there were no Dan A. Noonan, E I — RUY WAR BONDS 'PAN AMERICAN IN | WITH FARES TODAY destroying | restrictions and no supervision. Arriving in Juneau yesterday PRI S G— aboard a Pan American Airways |plane from Seattle were Antonio HUNT HERE Polet, Mrs. Mary Polet and Robert Bernard F. Hunt, of San Fran- Zimmers. cisco, is staying at the Paranof | Leaving today on a Pan American | Hotel. | Airways plane for Seattle were the following passengers: Herbert L. OONAN HERE Faulkner, Arthur Kunz, Mrs. Carol veteran Alaska |Davis, Dwight L. Spracher, Charles \bdlesman is staying at the Baranof Bailey, Harold C. Nelson, Hotel. 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