The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 4, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA GIOVANETTI ‘ROTARYSHOW SAYSGUILTY IS FOR BENEFIT OFCITY SCOUTS 102 COUNTS Governmen?trhén Dismiss- es Remaining 14 Charges Ju- was Edward Gibvanetti, ' former neau Post Office clerk, who charged with one count of fraudent- ly converting Post Office funds to own use and 15 counts of falsi- records, this morning in Dis- jct Court changed his plea and d guilty to two counts of falsi- g records Assistant District Attorney Robert Tollefson then told the court the menmxm dismissed the other 14 Giovanetti will be senten- ced later. The jury panel was dismissed un- til 2 o'clock this afternoon. This afternoon, a trial jury was being em to hear the case of the United States vs. Maude An- derson, of Sitka. First witnesses in the case are to be heard when Court opens tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The defendant is alleged to e violated provisions of the White Slave Traffic Act. NAVY NOW NEAR PEAK STRENGTH Draft CallsWMay, June Cut in Half - Action Re- flects Fewer Casualties WASHINGTON, April 4.-—The Navy has halved its May draft call and may ask still fewer men in June. It is expected that the Navy action will reduce overall Selective Service calls by 12 per cent or more from the current rate of about 132,000 men per monih Halving of the nav requirements Tickets for “Whole Town's g are in great demand, but ihe ar den't seem to know just where they can be secured. This was the state- ment made this morning by Brooks | of the Hanford, general chairman production on behalf of the Rotary Club, which is sponsoring the show for the benefit of the local Scouting | program. “Those who have not already se- cured their tickets for Thursday or Friday night’s performance,” said Hanford, “may buy them from any member of either the Rotary or the Lions Club. Or they may also be purchased at J. The Baranof Hotel, The Ga Parsons Electric Co., st tineau Hotel, Sanitary Meat Co., Century Meat Market. Any unsold tickets on the night of either per- formance may also be obtained at the Colesium Theatre box office.” Last night the first of the two full dress rehearsals was held. To- night's final rehearsal will mark the ) end of nearly six weeks or thorough | preparation by the cast of twelve players who are determined to give | Juneau its most entertaining thea- |trical production in many years. “Buy your tickets,” ford, “primarily because of the en- tertainment values in ‘Whole Town’s Talking’. It is being given for your enjoyment. However, at the same time, remember that the proceeds are for the benefit of the Scouting Program for the girls and boys of the community. In other words, this lis fine entertainment in a great | caust 'DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO BE C.OFC. GUESIS Members of the newly-created Alaska Development Board will be guests of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at its regular weekly many would-be purchasers who B. Burford Co.,| Juneau Drug Co., Harry Race, Drug- | or the Twentieth | urged Han-| luncheon meeting tomorrow noon in the Gold Room of the Hotel Baranof. The announgement of guests was made today by Program Chairman Rod Darnell The members of the Board in- clude: Gov. Ernest Gruening, An-| tonio Polet, of Nome; Wilbur Wes-| ter, of Anchorage; Jack Talbot, of will put its' May call at roughly 16,- 000 men. Two reasons given for the reductions are: Enlistments of 17- year-olds in the Navy at a higher rate than expected and that peak strength is being achieved more rap- idly than had been anticipated, in- dicating that casualties may not have been as numerous as calculat- ed. Peak strength for the Na about 3,600,000 men, is now e: to be reached by July 1 —_— . CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank all our friends gathered in meeting of Board, Fairbanks. Juneau for the Alaska opening today. The Juneau Chamber merce was perhaps the most active for their kind thoughts and for group in the Territory in support the beautiful flowers sent to our of creation of the Board and au- beloved wife, mother and daughter. thored the bill that was passed by | Mr. J. V. Davis and family, |the recent Legislature. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bergstrom and el family. I Empire Classifieds Pay? t They are the first Development at S COAT SPECIAL at Jones - Stevens For the large women specially we offer BIG BARGAINS OFF Sizes | ' JflNEg;Ag;!;EVENS | | i § { z ; 3 z | Ketchikan, and Leslie Nerland, of | of Com- | i | & | | | Al members of the armed ferces issue ¢f the American made yen. Calif. (AP Wirephoto from Nav) Ckinawa Invasion Money going ashore in the Okinawa in- vasion were required to exchange their American dollars for the first Ensign Ben Stanley, of Detroit, Mich., issuing invasion money to Cpl. Clayton L. Foley, of Van Nuys, 3AIRCRAFT PLANTS OF JAPS HIT Triple Altagkfelivered by Force of Three Hun- dred Superforis WASHINGTON, Apridl 4—Aircraft | factories of three Japanese cities |were plastered by Superforts yes- terday, April 4, Japanese time, in a tripie attack on the island of Honshu. the targets. The of 300 Super- on instrument clouds obscured big force possibly forts, relied chiefly bombing. However, columns of smoke, 7000 feet high were seen over the air- craft works of Tachikawa, 20 miles ‘west of Tokyo, and from other |targets. | Marianas-based bombers hit the taircraft plant at Shizukoa, 85 miles Isouth of Tokyo and the Nakajima | Aircraft plant at Koizumi, 20 miles Inorth of the capital. One Superfort ‘the raid. Little fighter opposition and only moderate anti-aircraft nrc wcrc encountered. ‘is missing iswus _ ITALIAN FRONTIER CLOSED; | LONDON, April 4.—The Swiss- (Italian frontier will be closed be- ginning today because of anticipated “important events” the Paris and‘ | Brussels radios reported. | | plained “very important events were taking shape in Northern Italy. New developments must be expected in| the very near future.” e — BUSINESS TRIP Hoffman, Juneau repre- sentative of Lomen Commercial, left this morning on a business trip to Ketchikan. The Twentieth Air Force reported it from EVENTS EXPECTED - | The Brussels radio further ex- 'SEATTLE MUST FIGHT T0 GAIN BIG AIRPORT SEATTLE, April 4—Plans for es- tablishment of Seattle as the air terminus for the Alaska-Pan-Asiatic !trade hinges largely on political pressure, civic and business leaders were told at a Seattle Port Commis- sicn meeting. Col. Bickford, Port Manager, ned that business and political in- terests in the midwest had well laid plans to win establishtent of an air terminus. He said “political pres- sure must be exerted strongly with the Civil Aeronautics Administration h is presumed to have the final | say but actually the President “has war- STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 4 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine | stock today is 6%, American Can 93%, Anaconda 31'c Kethlehem 'Steel 71%, Curtiss-Wright 57, In- ternational Harvester 76%, Kenne- | cott 37'2, New York Central 227%, Northern Pacific 217%, U. S. Steel | 63, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 155.96; 51.24; utimies‘ 27.87. Argenlma Finally Gets Info P. A. Group MEXICO CITY, April 4—Argen- tina signed acts of the Inter-Am- erican Conference, thereby rejoined e Pan-American family. Argen- wnne‘s Charge D’Affaires «Calvo signed the original document in the presence of diplomats of 21 Ameri- can Republics. e Vinson Confirmed As WMR Diredor | | WASHINGTON, April 4 — The Senate unanimously confirmed Fred Vinson as Director of War Mobi- lization Reconversion, to succeed James Byrnes who resigned the job. SOMETH ING NEW? Fresh Canned Grated ceco in ANUT Syru P Delicious in Saiads, Cookies or Candies or for Toppings on Desserts Piggly Wiggly Phone: s 16 or 24 TWO HUGE ~ AIRBLOWS HIT KIEL |British Lancasters Bomb Enemy Troop Concentra- tions at Nordhausen LONDON, April 4—A very strong |force of American heavy bombers, | estimated number, 1400, spearhead- |ed a 3000 plane assault on Germany | |that struck the submarine yards at Kiel and Hamburg and a num- ber of airfields over a wide area |of the Northern Reich, ! It is the second attack on Kiel in less than 24 hours. Before the ‘Amencan heavy bombers roared | }ovel the Reich a strong force of | British Lancasters bombed troop | concentrations at Nordhausen in | support of the U: S. Third Army. It was the second British air at- tack in 16 hours. Nordhausen is 55 imnles east of Kassel, on a direct| route to Berlin, i { During the night Mosquito bomb- lers attacked Berlin. and Plauen {near the Czechoslovak border. Ninth Air Force headquarters | disclosed that American fighter planes were now operating from bases east of the Rhine. e ' YAKOBI DAMAGED BY FIRE THIS MORNING Fire at 4:30 o'clock this morn- ing in the focs’le of the Yakobi destroyed three bunks, mattresses, bedding, life preservers and per-' sonal effects. Damage is estimated at several hundred dollars. The Juneau Volunteer Fire De- partment was at the scene of the |fire for over an hour. It is thought that the blaze was |accidentally started by a - passen- ger who shortly before the alarm| bad gone abloard the vessel and {kindled a fire in the galley stove. One other passenger was asleep aboard the craft. The ownr, Martin Feist, was not on the Yakobi when the fire was discovered. Coast Guard units assisted in ex- |tinguishing the blaze, a picket boat hrmp called to the Ferry Float where (he Yakobi and one BARUCHIN !need have worry about a job. |cier's secretary phoned him from his TALKS TO SOLDIERS Sidesteps Cfiu-r(hill fo Give Views to Star, Stripes ‘Reporter LONDON, April 4—Bernard Bar-| uch, adviser to President Roosevelt, said “one reason I'm over here is to hold the big stick over the big 'boys and make damn. sure they Te not going to foul up the peace.” Baruch, who found a park bench this time in Hyde Park to hold forth with American soldiers, mildly| brushed off a call on Churchill to| give an interview to a Stars and ! Stripes reporter. “We've got to de- |industralize Germany and Japan for at least a generation so they won’t resort to war again. Also we've got to see that those subsidized slave la- | bor countries don’t again flood the; |world with cheap products, lowering |the stanfard of living in the United | | Nations,” said Baruch in interviews | with Victor Lasky, Army newspaper reporter. Baruch predicted that there would | be such a wave of prosperity in the| United States after the war that, none of the servicemen overseas| Quring an interview, the finan- suite of rooms in the Claridge and told him the Prime Minister was| calling. “Hello Winston, this is Bernie,” Baruch said. “Look, Winston, I'm| busy this afternoon. I'l drop over later."” i Baruch spent the morning “just chewing the fat” with some soldiers jon a bench in Hyde Park and said when he returned to the United States he is going to investigate charges that rehabilitation plans !and hospitals for veterans are inade- | quate. ! Maybe He Sfarfed | Something Serious SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Everybody in| the cafe laughed derisively when Ike Heimlich proclaimed: usual in the USO headquarters. rails, | was moored, : e “Why, it's easy to get cigarets.” He walked to a wall where a doz- | en overcoats hung, delved into a| pocket or two and brought out an| junopened pack. | They didn’t know it was Ike's own | 'coat 'AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY 1S TO oo ot v aun| GVETEA TUESDAY Wingard has filed suit in Superior| The American Legion Auxiliary Court for $50,000 damages against|wiil be hostesses at a tea next Tues- |Mrs. Mary Lou Gandolfo Wingard, \day afternoon, from 2:30 o'clock to! |27, asserting the defendant broke!s:30 o'clock, at the Legion Dugout, | jup her home and stole the affec- ‘wl-uch the public is cordially invited tions of L. G. Wingard, 52. |to attend, Poppy posters which | Wingard is the chief partner of |have just been completed by Juneau an Alaskan salmon packing com- and Douglas students will be dis- pany. |played, and prize winners announ-! Judge James T. Lawler has fixed ced at this time. surety bond for the present Mrs.| Mrs, Olaf Bodding, Poppy Chair- Wingard at $5,000. man, is in charge of the tea, and p,umdsman. with gas mask and hose | went aboard the vessel. After the fire (had been put out, the Coast Guard unit stood by and pumped out the vessel's bilge. MRS. WINGARD BEING SUED BY MRS. WINGARD | | | SEED POTATOES from HAINES, ALASKA 1001bs. $8.50; 501hs. 4.50 11 Pounds $1.00 ORDER YOURS NOW. ALSO FERRY SEED SEEDS ONION SETS 2 pounds ‘7 ¢ SEE ROTARY'S *>*Whoele Town’s Talking> Thursday C 0 L I s ‘E U M Friday April 5 April 6 TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 10:15 A. M. 2:15 P. M. DQUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. MINIMUM—S$2.50 ALASKA SEED CO. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1945 will be assisted by Mrs. George Mar-l e o ® 00 0 8 s o 0 tin and Mrs. F. E. Moore in making/e WEATHER REPORT the arrangements. (U. 8. Weather Bureau) The Auxiliary will meet with the!e o o o Legion for a Joint Child Welrare‘ Temperatures for 24-Hour meeting Monday evening, April 16, e Period Ending at 7:30 o’Clock for which special plans are bemg > This Morning: jmade. I o o o In Juneau—Maximum, 38; minimum, 26. Precipitation, trace. At Airport—Maximum, 38; minimum, 30. Precipitation, trace. RIORAS ROt SQUARE DANCE HELD TONIGHT : Perhaps the last square dance of e the season in A. B. Hall will be the | ® one to start at 9 o'clock tonight and | ® to which the public is invited. ® Other square dances will be held as ® ° e o o TOMORROW’'S FORECAST Intermittent light snow to- night, Thursday and Thurs- day night. Temperatures: Lowest tonight, 28°; highest Thursday, 36°. ———.——— BUY WAR BONDS i The Whole Town's Talking about the Service YouReceive Juneau Deliveries— i0 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Delivery—10 A. M. Boat Orders Delivered Anytime SEE ROTARY'S *Whole Town’s Talking® COLISEUM fndm April 6 April 5 Thursday T EORGE BROTHER Super Market Phone—Write or Wire George Brothers 0un Everyday Prices FRESH ASPARAGUS - 1b. 3% BANANAS—Firm CRACKERS ——— Fresh, Crisp, Snoflakes, Krispies 11b. pkg.32¢ 2 1b. pk,. 53¢ Seed Potatoes, Early Rose 3 1bs- 25¢ OnionSets - - - - Pound3 Large Selection of Garden Seeds and Fertilizers Pound 35¢ 3 pounds 29¢ Tomatoes 'New Potatoes Yams 2 pounds 29¢ Cauliflower - - Pound 29¢ Green Onions - - 2bunches 25¢ GreenPeppers - - - Pound3c APPLES Apounds50c Box $4.45 THE BIGGEST BUY OF ALL I8 "WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING" Coliseum Theatre—Thursday and Friday A BARGAIN IN FUN! EORGE BROTHER Super Market BB erts CA$I'I GROCE . Phones 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M.