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i | Juneau . Airport 4 1 _man. PAGE TWO THE DAILY ALASKA FMPIRL»JUNEAU ALASKA 3de‘lnsing creams — DRY-SKIN CLEANSER (CREAM 683) = Lubricating dry-skin cleanser. SALON COLD CREAM — Bland, fluffy. For medium-dry skin. LIQUEFYING CLEANSING CREAM — Thorough cleansing for normal or oily skin. B. (/’/( Bsé'zsrchi Co QGALITY SINCE /887 $10,000; Hills Bros. Coffee, $5,- Libby, McNeill $150,000; General Petroleum poration, $7,500; P. E. Harris dividual purclmwr $150,000. e $24,000 VALUE PUT ON FAIR BUILDIN A valuation of $24,000 has been! put on the Southeast Alaska Fair Associntion properties here by thg | three Commissioners designated by | the District Court to evaluate the' ground and fair building ‘which | were taken over for U, S. Army wartime use. The report LAST RITES HELD FOR FRANK BOTELHO TODAY Cor- (In- eral services were held this ing: for Frank Botelho, vet- efan of World War I, member of the American Legion, and resident of, Juneau for many years, who passed away at his home early Monday morning after a long ill- ness. He is survived by Emmett Botelho, Highway one brother, | Patrol- said at the followed by Plot, Requiem Mass was Church of the Nativity, interment in the Catholic Evergreen Cemetery. Pallbearers were Steve Vukovich, Frank Hungerford, Joe Thibodeau, 2£lbert Forrest, John Monagle and R. Gilligan. Funeral arrangements were by Charles W. Carter Mor- tuary of the Commission was made to the Court yesterday following two days of Hearings here. The amount established re- presents an intermediate figure be- tween the $50,000 asked by the Fair Association and the $15,000 top price offered by the Govern- ment The Commission {of Charles Naghel, J. J. Fargher land A. M. Mill. The Commission’s mpm( is to be sent to Washington, D C. for final Government appro- | val, or rejection. R. E. Robertson, attorney for the Fair Association, stated that it has not yet been decided whether an appeal will be taken by his group. .- Mlbb SHERMAN HERE Sundi Sherman arrived in Ju- neau yesterday on a yvacation trip from Los Angeles, California, where she is employed a dress designer, This is Miss Sherman’s first trip to Alaska and she is enjoying her- - AI.ASKA HELPED BY ORGANIZATIONS IN SEVENTH WAR LOAN The War F‘mance Commmee here today expressed its apprecia- tion of corporations and organiza-| tions located in the States who, furthered the successful conclusion of the Seventh War Loan in Alas-| ka by allocating credit to the Ter-| ritory for securities purchased dur- ing the drive. The organizations and the ounts allocated to Alaska are: Pacific American Fisheries, $242,- 500; Alaska Packers Association, $100,000; Meost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma- sons of the State of Washington, $20,000; Union Oil Company, $50,- 000; Standard Oil Company of Cal- ifcrnia, $100,000; Continental Can’ Company, $50,000. | MRS. CARBON IN TOWN American Can Co., $10,000; As-| Mrs. C. O. Carbon, of Bremerton, teria and Puget Sound Canning'is a guest at the Gastineau Ho!el am- ther, She plans to remain in Juneau | for one or two weeks, then visit Skagway, Anchorage and Fairbanks. She is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel durmg her stay here. > S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN DATA FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A. M,, 12TH MERIDIAN TIME Max. temp. TODAY last Lowest 4:30 a.m. 24 hrs. 24 hrs.* | temp. temp. Precip 45 47 ¢ Weather at %:30a.m. Cloudy Station Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cordova Dawson Edmenton Fairbanks Haines 57 45 0 .19 Cldy Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Rain Rain Rain Rain Cloudy Ketchikan Kotzebue ! McGrath i i i Nome Northway Petersburg Prince George Prince Rupert Seattle Pt. Cloudy | Sitka i i § ': Cape Spencer 4 Eldred Rock Whitehorse Yakutat 48 —(4:30 a.m. yesterday to 4:30 a.m. today) MARINE WEATHER BULLET Repcn\ from Marine Stations at 10:30 A. M. Today WIND Height of Waves Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) SE14 . ENE25 NNE7 SSE28 S03 .08 Station Cape Decision Weather Temp. Rain 55 Rain 51 Rain 51 Rain 55 Rain 56 Rain 53 SSE32 Rain 51 NNW15 MARINE FORECA! Lynn Canal area northerly winds 15 MPH g to southerly 15 MPH afternoon, decreasing tomorrow morning to 15 MPH. Rost of Southe Alaska southeasterly around 20 MPE morning veering to southerly around 15 MPH this afternoon. Winds tonight to southeasterly 15 to 20 MPH in the more open channels changing to southerly Friday morning 15 MPH. Rain and low ess today becoming showery Friday morning. Five Finger Light Guard Island Lincoln Rock Poeint Retreat and " Libby, | WLB POLICIES BE SOFTENED FOR ALASKANS ILASTBOMBER INBRITAIN HOMEBOUND LONDON, July 12.—The last U. S Eighth Air Force bomber took off from England yesterday—not for Germany which collected most of its daylight poundings from the Eighth, but for home. | The take-off of the B-24 Libera- | SEATTLE, July 12. — Assurance | tor piloted by Lt. Gene Williams of ! that War Labor Board enforcement|San Bruno, Calif., completed 51 | work in Alaska will be conductod|days of departures by 2,118 bombers | with due regard ior any mtenudlm” at the rate of one every 20 minutes, circumstances which a | redeploying a total of 41,500 Am- under the wage stabilization po]h s | erican Air Force personnel to the jof the WLB was received here by| United States. |John W. Clark of Neill Clark and| They were part of more than Company, public accountants, Fair-|60,000 troops tlown home since the banks, Alaska | third week of May, with 20,000 Extenuating Circumstances Will Be Considered Is | Assurance Given 2. MYSTERYSHROUDS - YAMASHITA EXIT Clark, repres:nting business firms| more scheduled to fly this month. (‘-( crge Bernard Noble, Chairman of Pl P | the 12th Regional Board, Harold A. | Seering Vice-Chairman, and other AppkovAl GWEN | board officials. Pointing out to members of the lEGISlATIO“ To | bringing their programs into line EASE (oRp TAX with the WLB wage stabilization | . policies, Clark declared that many' of the firms find themselves in-un-| WASHINGTON, July 12. —The, intentional violation of WLB volicies i ESonate Finance Committee today ap- and forms to be followed. | funds to corporations. \ Dr. Nchle assured Clark that all! The measure, already passed by‘ such factors would be taken into ll'c Housz, is designed to improve | consideration and advised that nl] the cash position of corporations by | | Alaskans firms which have not al-p\br,ul, $5,500,000,000 to speed recon- “This voluntary filing in itself will |last week, would: be evidence of the firm’s good faith| 1. Increase tho excess-profits ex- and will be taken into account in|emption from $10,000 to $25,000 ef- lany resulting action,” Dr. Noble!fective with the 1946 tax year. said | 2. Allow corpoerations to tak2 cur- jcase is felt to be unfair, the firm| 3. Advance to Jan. ! may appeal the decision, Dr. Noble,' maturity date of outstanding post- pointed out. -'\\\al refund bonds. | ——— Provide for speed-up of refunds wA(S (H I E F du3 as a result of previous operat- Oveta Culp Hobby resigned ll]ddy\ FROM lulo“ lSlE as director of the Women's Army| Corps (WACS). MANILA, July 12.—Belief that the The announcement was made at a ' Japanese Commander in the Phil- news conference by Under-Secretary | iPpines, Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, | in Fairbanks, received this assurance | But the Eighth’s part in the Euro- ‘m an informal conference with Dr.! pean job is done. | board the difficulties and pxohlemsl | faced by many Alaska firms m' because of lack of knowladge in the wr«,wd legislation to ease the ex-| Territory of the proper procedures|cess profits tax and speed up re-| | ready done so file voluntary forms |version. |for wage adjustments immediately.| The measure, passed by the House If the initial ruling or enforce-h'ontly the post ment action in any wage adjustment | cent of the ex ling losses or unused excess-profits mpcms WASHINGTON, July 12.—Colone! | of War Patterson. Col, Hobby is go_’lofi the islands by plane several ing on leave immediately and will | months ago was expressed today by was composed go on an inactive status September, ! Secratary of Labor Marcelo Addury, FOR RENT — Modern, 3. Col. Westray Battle Boyce, 43, or\who defied the invading Nippon-+ i FOR SALE—Six-room pfi;tlyfiux FOR ‘SALE—Several good Toggen- B. and P. Women's Club to Be Visited WANT ADS | FOR SALE | By Natl. Chairman FOR SALE — Home on Glacier | WANTED TO RENT»Typewrmr | The Business and Professional Wo- Highway 3% miles out. It is only Ph. 72 Alaska Construction Co. |men’s Club Committee Chairman for 1 question as to whether you; - the coming year were announced last | want a place out of town, If you“’v““\”":D — Stenographer—full or |night by the president, Miss Cath-' do we are sure you will come in| Ppart time. Must clear the U. S.\erine O'Connor, at a meeting of the {0 learn of the many favorable| employment service. Ph. 72 Alas-|gxecutive Board at her home. | catures this place has. $6,000.! ka Construction Co. | The following appointments were { easy terms. Shattuck! e {made:: Education Committee Chair- {WARTED 20 Pig‘i_g‘r‘ézlf:f’g O Friicad Pail; PUiacs May —_—— e — g Husted; Health, Margaret Welsh; In- FOR ‘\ALE—VB Flat Lavella Clar-)yoUNG WOMAN wants office, | ternational Relations, Crystal Jenne; net, Ebonite $60. Ph. Green 734| counter, clerical or s“nchboflrd{lbegislative, Lillian Uggen; Member- skip, Rogene Moorz; Public Rela- work after 5 in the evening. Callis! b Ext. 93 Federal Bldg. | tiens, Betty McCormick; Program | Coordination, Eleanor Warren. Anncuncement was made of the weekend trip to Tracy Arm,|expacted arrival of Miss Wilma Zim- where Glaciers are Glaciers, leav- | merman, National =~ Membership ing Juneau Sat. 14 at midmgm‘;chairmum the latter part of this returning Sun. evening to Juneau,|month or the first part of August, $15 (including tax). min passeng-|and tentative plans were made for er 10, max. 14. Booking deadline | her entertainment while on her visit Sat. noon. Tickets available on|here. Miss Zimmerman plans to go, Patricia at Ferry Float. | frcm Juneau to the westward, as far as Anchorage ‘on her visits to the | various B. and P. W. Clubs. | — .- | | McCORMICK RITES | TO BE ON SATURDAY O A N A | MANGLE-FOLDER wanted. Apply | at the Alaska Laundry. - | THE PATRICIA will leave on a ss;::fs?; PEANUTS' Assorted Almonds Pecans Cashews Blanched | "~ Peanuts | Filberts FOR SALE — 1930 Cadillac, ruus good $50. 198 Gastineau. Swell for - munching or cooking FOR SALE Doubledavs Ency kjp-l edia practically good as new $20. Phone 269. FOR SALE—Mangle $50. Phone 037 | 2 rings between 7:30 and 9 p.m. WANTED—Experlcnced }oung hdy for full time Kodak finishing work. Pleasant surroundings. Ad- dress 5842 Empire. nished house in Douglas; con- crete foundation and furnace in| basement, $3000. Call Douglas WHING DING Phone 519 WANTED Experienced Beauty | Operators. Write Box 631 Fair-| banks, Alaska. Funeral services for Waiter Mc- Cormick of Douglas who died Tues- day in Petersburg will be held in the Catholic Church in Douglas Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. ‘ Burial will be in the family plot ‘ in Douglas Cemetery. |8 The remains are at the Charles w ‘W. Caretr Mortuary. — e — JOHNSON, WIFE HERE 55705 the ‘Nicest Store in Town” - J. 8. Johnson and wife, of Seattle Baranof Hotel Building | are guests at the Baranof Hotel. ATRCSARNEAAIRRARL) , g quire 142 Gastineau Ave. i -1 I { | REWARD The undersigned will promptly pay $100.00 cash reward for in- formation leading to arrest and conviction of anyone wilfully trespassing upon, or defacing or removing any equipment, material, location notices or boundary monuments from the Winter & Pond lode claims and/or mill sites at Echo Cove, Berners Bay, Alaska. FRANCIS J. HARRISON, Winter & Pond Co., Inc., Juneau. FOR SALE—26" troller, beam 6 ft, depth 3'. Chevrolet truck engine. | Write No. 5805, Empire. BENIEERZN 55 " Women's Apoanes ; "5 iker Piano, good condition, Phone| Green 705, after 5 p.m. Modern five-room house, central i location; oil burner. Phone 800, Apt. 607. I'WO BEDROOM beach home on Point Louisa; 110-volt Delco lights, water, basement, furnace; fully ifarnished. Write P. O. Box 3031 g FERN'S PORTRAIT STUDIO A photograph captures forever the beauty of the bride on her wed- ding day. We will take all your wedding pictures. PHONE 567 SECOND STREET | e FOR SALE — Light-wetgnt, 4-cyl-| der Buda Diesel, 63 H. 1940 model. Swanson Grocery. WANTED~Hou5Lxeeprr for Pullen| { House, Skagway. Write P. O.} L Box 929. i . WANTED TO BUY—Boy's bike. burg and Saanen grade milk] Phone Red 213. goats; also some pure blooded | stock; also young bucks. P. O.Any one cylmder casolme engine Box 2321, Juneau, Alaska. including washing machine. Phone ™ e - Green 759. LOST AND FOUND FOUND—Key for Yalc lnck owner may have same by paying for this adv. AUDITS TAXES NEILL, CLARK and COMPANY Public Accountants—Auditors—Tax Counselors MACHINIST WANTED - Stc'\dy‘ oot apd ok Wamers | 909 Pranklin Street — Telephone 757 Mnchine Shop. Falrbanks Office: 201-2 Lavery Building kan.OCH N./NEILL JOHN W. CLARK WE OFFER TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF CLIENTS A COMPLETE MONTHLY ACCOUNTING AND TAX SERVICE TELEPHONE 757 WANTED — Talented young . lady| for part-time work in connection with Tourist Guide. Steady po-| sition of responsibilit; ‘'ater for, party qualifying. Phone 10, ask| for Mr. Jacobin. LOST—Parkersl, black with silver | cap, name Ada Burns faintly on pen; reward. Return to Empire. FOK RENT 3 ROOM furnished apt. oil range, bath 513 Willoughby Ave. ,WANTED—Used furniture. 306 Wil- Wfl- loughby Phone 788. MISCELLANEOUS REMEMBER — We buy, sell. and furnished house: 4 miles “out on Glacier self immensely in spite of the wea- Rocky Mount, N. C., succeeds Col. Hchby as director. ————— CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WILL BE GIVEN BOOST WASHINGTON, July 12.—Fred M. Vinson shortly will create a new committee to give the nearly dorm- ant construction industry a bomt toward reconversion. ‘The Inter - Government Agency | Group, under a chairman to be in- stalled in Vinson's Offics of War | Mobilization and Reconversion, will - | guide a concerted effort to help the | industry in matters of materials, prices and relaxation of Federal | controls. : Vinson holds that building activ- | ity, now stripped down to a wartime ' |low of about $4,000,000,000 a year, should reach a $15,000,000,000 level in order to fill a postwar role in stabilizing the economy and provid- }mg jobs. This would be about 15 | per cent higher than any previous | volume of construction. | e (CASUALTY REPORT WASHINGTON, July 12.—A heavy increase in casualties reported by the Navy today raised losses of the armed forces since the beginning of the war to 1,949,104, This was 12,167 more than reported a week ago. of 133,386, accounted for 7,846 of the week’s increase. The Army total on the basis of names received here through July 7, was 915,718—a rise of 4,321, Paratroopers fo Engage in Fight On Forest Blazes SEATTLE, July 12.—Army Para- o fight forest fires in Washington ind Oregon and have already been < as ground forces, transported to ire areas by truck, Col. Victor G. Schmidt, commanding officer of he Nortbery District, Ninth Service Z“ommand, .umounced today. >ee —— PERKINS ARRIVES Mathew Perkins, of Palmer, irrived in Juneau and is a guest at «he Gastineau Hotel, ' MADE, ARMY, NAVY The Navy, listing total casualties |, recpers are now held in readiness|’ has ese. | Adduru, | available | conqueror wl,hel high | ficials. The most prevalent belief among | both Filipinos and American mili- | tary men, however, is that Yamashita held on until the end and then was | spirited out in a Japanese plane that | landed at night after the Ammnmn 37th Division had started its dri through the Cagayan Valley. — .- 'UNION OFFICIALS, MEMBERS INDICTED said meager indicated the blustering of Singapore fled with ranking Japanese of- evidence PATTERSON, N. J| July 12—A Passaic county grand jury has hand- ed up to Common Pleas Judge Alex- ander M. MacLeod, 209 indictments {! charging a total of 3¢ members and ! former officers of Local 669, United Automobile Workers ((fiO), embezzlement and aiding and abet- ting in false preterses. George Tremper, former financial secretary of the Local, whose 30,0001 member are employed at the Wright Aercnautical Corporation’s plants in this area, and Albert Capone, for- mer local president, were charged in a joint indictment with em- bezzlement of $32,659 up to Septem- ber 20, 1944. All 3¢ were ousted from the UAW by the Union’s International Board after a Union investigation of the Local's financial affairs. ARREST MADE ON ASSAULT CHARGE Charles Heat, negro operator of a rooming house here, has been ar- rested by City Police and arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. He is alleged to have thrown an iron rod—a part of a bedstead—at a soldier, Kenneth Croft. He is being held in the Fed- eral Jail here in default of $1,500 bond. No time for hearing has yet been set. JOHN - .- S HavVe FROM GUESTS SOUTH Misses Edna and Clara Carlson. sisters of Mrs. John Young, and Miss Marie Scott, recently arrived in Juneau from Los Angeles and are the house guests of Mr, Mrs, Young. Miss Scott, who is gaining a re- utation as an artist, is much in- sted in Juneau and its sur- unding scenery, and hopes during her three-week stay here to paint ome of its beanties,; and ONTHREE CHARGES with |; Highway. Call at property up to Sunday. SFAV!EW APT Federal Bldg. o — | LOSTA ady's Bulova wrist watch. | i Finder please: return to cashier, Baranof Coffee Slmp Reward. FEDERALPAY (UT - ORDER GETS STAY | PENDING HEARING Hepes for a reprieve from the ex- | .ecutive order pending, which would | ‘wipe out wage differentials for resi- jdent Alaskans hired into graded positions in the Federal service, came today with a wire received here from “one block from | trade second-hand merchandise. Phone Douglas 25, Douglas Trad- mflfl,@:"’fl"“_—" ."J:?‘i':!.':(fl!:(‘—’ ing Post. g ELLIS AIR LINES ] Al PTANOS RENTED—1unea. Ander- son Shop. ARANTEED _Realisuc Perma- | ment, $7.00. Paper Curls, $1 up.| via Petersburg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Kiawock, Hydaburg and gt s el ) steamers for Prince Rupert, Vancouver and Seattle 315 Decker Way | FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 / you have emmy_;ocms or apfs, ’r— —— for desirable people. inform the Gastineau Hotel. DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN DRAM CONTROLS Smith Qil Burner Service Day Phone 711 P. O. Box 2066 Night Phone 476 OIL BURNERS HEATID HARBOR MACHINE SHOP West 11th & F St. GENERATOR WORK and MACHINE WORK iJack Fahy, Assistant Director of the |Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the In- ‘terior. | Mr. Fahy's wire stated: “We are ‘assured by an administrative assist- ant to the President that no action wlll be taken on the proposed ex- cutive order regarding differential | ay without complete discussion and letailed representation of territorial views by this and other executive | idepartments.” I IS UL it ! MRS. HINES HERE Mrs. Wilma J. Hines, of San Francisco, has arrived in Juneau and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. FLORENCE'S BARBECUE CAFE 2nd door from Winter & Pond P. M. to 2 A. M. 4 Barbecue Chicken, Turkey, Rabbit and all ether meats served TAKE THEM HOME! For parties, dinners, etc., Phene 172 before 2:30 p. m. ALASKA'S FINEST ~ HOTEL Eat in the Famous Gold Room It Costs No More Phoqe 800 Serving the Cause of Victory > Courteous and Dependable '” PeaceOOO Service to Alaska ALASKA TRANSPORATION CO. Pier 58 Seattle, Wash. Main 7479 Fasest and Shortest Route to Westward Alaska > WOODLEY AIRWAYS CITY TICKET OFFICE BARANOF HOTEL Phone 716

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