The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 12, 1945, Page 3

THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1945 1\ CYE TerE H i USO NEWS - Inferesting ltems for Everybody PROGRAM | i friends' for the Clubl, by (her serv= ing in our canteen every Monday | night. ’ } And well-liked’ Coast Guardsman | Paul Woods, from Long Beach,! California, who recently returned | from many months of combat duty in the South Pacific, who has proven copicealy zn-eresung to us in his recounting of his pre-war | Without hesitation and as a sort actjvities as a professional ice ska- 1of benediction, the three Sisters ter in carnivals and in the movies | will assure you that their Seabees while a member of Sonja Henie's were of no particular race, ereed,' company. or color—they were ‘just plain And those three talented musi- Dancing - class, second Tloor of USO yanks' for whose safety the Sis- cians and good fellows, Soldiers 9:30 pm—Dance in USO t0 MU~ ter pray daily as they follow the steve Pizzo, accordion player from Sic’ of Servicemen’s Band. FRIDAY, July 13, 6:45 p.m.—En- tertainment Committee meets for 9:45 pm.—Special team contests when it was the privilege of the aleutians, in USO. 10:30 p.m.—Special en-| pirector and & single GSO girl themselves tertainment, followed by dance. news over their radio.” powerful Seabee gap Francisco, Wolicki, violinist California, Ted from Reading, What makes this story most in-'penngylvamia, and Meredith Leh- supper in USO. 7:30 p.m.—Pre- yrjgyuing to us in a personal Way is man, guitar player from Whitehall, sentation by USO Commandos our vivid recollection of the only Montana, who attained distinction over KINY of “Small Voice,” an tjme our USO ever had contact gs runners-up in the recent Armed original script. 8: p.m.—Portrait gith any group of Seabees. It hap- Forces Alaskan Entertainment and drawing by Mary and Jean Shaw.|peneq almost exactly two years ago Tajent Contest, held out in the | (Jeanne Winther, the only thereby furloughs winning for in Juneau, one whe last night played a most en- SATURDAY, July 14, 8:30 pm.— ,ypiiable at that time in the after- joyeble jam session for us and who Movies in USO. 10:30 p.m.—Juke box dance‘in USO. SUNDAY, July ' 15 — Sightseeing trips to'Mendenhall Glacier and dther points of ‘interest all after- noon and evening. 1:30 pm.— Hiking Party leaves'*USO. 5:30 pm—Coffee with ‘waffles, Ruth Brooks at piano. 7:156 p.m.—“Sun- day Night at Seven-Fifteen” in USO. 10:15 p.m.—Special moving pictures of Alaska. MONDAY, July 16, 8:30 pm— Forum Club leaves USO for party at, private home. 9:30 p.m.—Song fest in. USO. TUESDAY, July 17, 7:30 pm. — Broadcast of quiz' contest from PSO. 9:00 p.m.—Meeting of Ser- vicemen's Council. 9:45 p.n.— Customary Tuesday night games in USO. WEDNESDAY, July 18,—7:30 pm.— —Meeting of GSO in USO. 8:00 p.m.—Movies in USO. 9:30 p.m.— Square dancing in USO. 'WE WONDER « The headlines of the War, after day, stab at thé heart. “To- kyo Raid Costs U. S. Thirty Planes” —“American Casualties Heavy On Okinawa"—"“Overdue Sub Presumed Lost.” Rarely do the items below the Alaskan headlines give the names of those who are thé War's vic- tims. We can only’ guess as to' their identity. Those headlines sound so very general—but are they, in fact? We wonder- Ever-recurring are the questions: May some of those fellows be OUR OWN BOYS? Are their names appearing in our USO Registry Book, fellows from a thousand dif- ferent cities and towns? Maybe they were in our clubhouse only a few months ago, ate in our canteen, danced with our girls, were enthu- siastic over “what a swell town Juneau is,” and said “goodbye—\ve‘ sure hope to be coming back this way before long!” Perhaps we'll never know the +nswer. One thing we do know for certain! These headlines from the far-away places of the earth are out of combat areas into which hundreds of our friends have gone from here. Throughout Europe, and in India and China and the Phil- ippines and on many islands in the Pacific, and on scores of Navy ves- sels and cargo ships, men are serv- ing who gratefully remember Ju- neau and its USO. Until we learn definitely that these friends are not victims of the horrors of com- bat. our hearts will continue to be ill at ease. 7 Word of a different kind comes our way once in awhile—just this week, for example. Its source is an article in' the Atlantic Monthly, a brief but heart-warming account of the kindness of some American boys in the wake of -the war. It’s the story of 300 young Navy Sea- bees who found three nuns and an' old French priest in a forlorn little mission on a lonely South Pacific island, and brought to them a 1945 model civilization, USA-style. It's the story of the thoughtful- ness of ‘a bunch of energetic kids whose kindness was as overwhelm- ing as was- their ingenious'Yankee ' skill in modernizing the dilapidated old mission. When the boys were finished, it contained just about every up-to-date convenience, in- cluding electric lights, a refrigera- tor and a radio. But more than these material things, . . they managed to ificorporate the Sisters in their American way of living with an al- acrity which left the Sisters gasp- ing. They were swept into a new world of laughing banter, bewilder- ing candor, and casual generosity. Before' long, the Sisters were swapping jest for jest, flying about the” island in jeeps, and enjoying their unexpected but never unex- citing life as the Sisters of the Seabees.” No mere paragraph or two can {East coast, headed for service in the Aleutians first and then in the South Pacific. They weren’t allowed Lo ashore during their brief stay |port; and they were hungry fi |ice cream and cigarettes. The Club come in or talked with those 300 boys. They a year. to a resounding chorus of cheers from 299 fellow-Seabee throats! to describe the deep phrases almost identical with many | of those used by the writer of the nocn) to go down to the dock and are play host for an hour to a whole pight's shipload of Seabees, most of them where they are sure to perform be- 18 or 19 year old boys from the fore a large and enthusiastic cx'u\vd.‘K 4 | Kuehl, | quickly met those needs. For the terday i remainder of the hour, Jeanne and coq¢t1o with another clipper return- | the Director, standing on the dock, ing to Scattle with ten. * |knew this would be their last con- itact with civilization for at least ¢, Just as the whistle blew and we fjeld, Carl Robinson, Pet iwaved goodbye, one of the bOyS Henri Valentine, Maj. Aryid Reed, | jumped from the ship and gave his jsmes Corke, Fred Kreider, Jeanette | young hostess a resounding kiss, t0 Mumford, Robert Simpson and Ma- the embarrassment of Jeanne and jor Ralph Bratt. In writing about those boys in Freeman, Eddy Elliott, Harry Har |this column at that time we tried man, be featured entertainment to on Friday program - PAN AMERICAN HAS | 15 FROM SEATTLE Pan American World Airways yes- flew 13 people to Juneau from Eeattle to Juneau passengers were: Geneva C. Logan, Mary Mec- rren, Albert Jason, Hakon Fricle, Matthew Perkins, Volney Waki r And From Juneau to Seattle: Harry Schonberger, Susan Harshman, Owen h- Pearl, Sabra Pearl, Patrick a4 impression Claudia Pearl, Homer Stockdale and ik they'd made on us. We recall using Lattie Idleman. To Ketchikan: Lionel Scatz. | To Whitehcrse: Worth Munson, article above mentioned. Certainly Madge Varner and Horace Adams, |they looked like youngsters I'would do the very sort of thought- fu! thing that story tells about. | And so, two years later, here in who Jr. To Nome: Betty Hendricks, Madge Huntley and Edna Huntley. From Whitehorse: “Mrs. Mabel Juneau many thousands of miles Simmons, Miss Margaret Lombardo, away, we keep wondering if those Gecffrey Gilbert, Maurice Towleson boys might perhaps, possibly, happen to be OUR Sea- might just and Frank Fortier. From Fairbanks: Carl Stol bees? Probably we’ll never find out. and Opa Stolberg. But we keep saying to ourselves: They could be—they very well could be! ORIGINAL RADIO SCRIPT Once again, on Friday night the Juneau USO will have the honor of presenting an original radio script ~ in its very first performance any- where. Once again, also, the author is Cpl. Richard Peter, front, Canton, Ohio, member of the local Head- quarters Company. Several, times previcusly Dick’s original scripts have been given their initial per- formance by our players. This one is a psychological drama entitled “Small Voice.” It’s said to be very well written. i Brilliant as an actor, director and P author, Dick has been of inestim- B b —— SOTiCE: Not responsible for any debts contracted only personally by our- | + selves. MR. & MRS. CHAS JOHNSON, ! Tenakee, Alaska. | Who is helpthg to wirl! additional THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA T —— 26 PASSENGERS - ARE FLOWN OUT VESTERDAY BY' COASTAL AIRLINES Alaska Coastal Airlines flew the following 26 passengers from Ju- neau yesterday: To Taku Harbor: Johnston. To Petersburg: Jon Cook and E C. Schnaidt. To Ketchikan: Charles Workman and Harold Shirk. To Hoonah: Edward Bradley, Al- bert R. Smith, A. O. Peterson, Don- ald Peterson, J. C. Lewis, E. M. Mackley and Peter Andrae. To Hawk Inlet: G. Yager, James M. Ward and Mrs. Sophie Ward. To Tenakee: Mrs. Phil Carmi- chael. To Sitka: August Swanson, Van Erman, Mrs. Jean Mills and Lee Dickson. To Excursion Inlet: D. Mowat, Gerald Marsh, Arne Sabo, K. Bry- an, H. F. Valentine and Jim Hus- ton Incoming passengers were as fol- lows: From Louis W. H Ketchikan: Ben Miller Alfred C. and Harold Shirk. From Hoonah: William Hayes, Natalia St. Clair, L. B. Housely, W. Perkins, Mrs. W. Perkins and A. O, Peterson. From Hawk Inlet: Rasmussen. From Tenakee: George Jones and William Fawcett. From Sitka: R. G. Prather and R. R. McCormick. From Excursion Inlet: say and Jim Huston. From Pelican City: Rudy Rod- riguez. | From Lake Hasselborg: A.'J. Gulle, Fred Wolfe, W. J. Hammon, L. F. Dobratz, R. W. Look and Pat Doyle. Charles H. Ed Ram- —_———————— STARLINER JUNEA BRINGS IN 5; TAKES 21 PASSENGERS WEST | The Starliner Juneau, Alaska Air- lines’ new Douglas transport plane, | piloted by Capt. Bill Lund, with | First Officer Sam Silver and Stew- ardess Katherine Anderson aboard, | brought five passengers into Juneau | vesterday and returned with ' 21 westbound passengers. | Inceming passengers from An- | chorage were: Albert Holter, Peter R. Strong and Lee Greening. From Yakutat: Mr. Foster and Mr. Watson. i Outgoing passengers to Yakutat were: Major B. E. Cuddy, Sergeant | | | | JUDY M. Special Occidental Life Insurance Co. of California It FRANK Agent | day of June, 1945. able help to our Club in its radio ,; leTlNG_ activities. Naturally we are very proud of him. i You will be in for a treat, we're confident, irf listening in to “Small | Voice” over KINY tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. TAKE-A-BOW-DEPARTMENT | | We've space for only the briefest mention of a few of the men and the girls who rate more than just a line or two in this column. But at least we can introduce them to you and ask them to take a quick bow. For example, charming Doris | Graves, one of the newest members £) _— ;‘. % SIS lof the Girls Service Organization, LIFE ACCIDENT SICKNESS GROUP ANNUITIES OFFICE...Kle Telephome 753 Gt 7 S in Building Res. Tel'epl:l‘?ne 800 VICTORY CAFE Now Open In Its New Location at ' 460 SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET Specializing in CHINESE FOOD .. . and c 3 - HICK HOME MADE PASTRY ENand STE AKS UFRIED L. E Leondtd, Lt John D: Co¢hrane ! and John E. Lawyer. 3y To Anchorage: R. R. Stryker, Ed- wih Bly, Jack Crossley,' W.'H. Row- | ell, Lecnard Reed, Mrs. Lednhard | Reed, Eric Frebock, Ralph Have- stein, Albert Jason, V. Wakefield, | Mrs. George Mumford, Haaken | Friele, Carl Robinson, Major Ralph ' Bratt, R. P. Lesh, Mrs. R. P. Lesh and Geneva Logan. e TO GROW SEEDS | Willlam L. ‘Irvine, of Dillon,| Montana, extensive grower and dlS-: tributor of seed potatoes, is nnwi a passenger aboard a steamer, en-| route to the Westward and Interior | to inspect possibilities for extend- | ing his growing activities to Alaska. | While in Juneau yesterday, he con- | ferred with the Alagka Develop- ment Board, | ——— .- ! TO KETCHIKAN | Assistant U. 8. Attorney R. L.‘ Tollefson is to leave Juneau this| week on a trip to Ketchikan to ac-! quaint himself with affairs of the District Attorney’s office there. R. L. Jernberg, Acting U. 8. Attorney, | who has been in charge of the Ketchikan office, has tendered his resignation, effective the middle of this month. NOTICE ! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN | that a hearing will be held before the undersigned Probate Judge on Saturday, - July~ 14, 1945, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., in the office of the United States Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Court for the Juneau, Alaska, Commissioner's Pre- | cinct, upon the petition of SANTE DEGAN for his appointment as ad- | ministrator of the estate of JOHN[ BATISTA MARIN, deceased, and for | the issuance of Letters of Admin- istration to him. All persons in interest are herby required at saia time and place to appear or show; cause, if any they have, why said | petition should not be granted as prayed for. WITNESS my hand and Official Seal at Juneau, Alaska, this 30th | (Seal) FELIX GRAY, I United States Commissioner and Ex- | Officio Probate Judge for Juneau,' Alaska, Comimissioner’ Precinct. | First publication, June 30, 1945. | Last publication, July 1945, He's big—The Jap now controls one of the largest empires in the world. He has 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 war-hardened soldiers—twice as many ‘as the Ger- mans had to defend the Reich in the West. He is intrenched in China, Korea, Manchuria and the homeland—we have yet to meet these major forces. He's llanl o hit—Every punch at the Jap has to travel thousands of miles. It takes three times as long to carry men, guns and food to our rear bases in the Pacific as it did to our front lines in Europe. Three times as many ships for the same amount of oWl PASSENGERS + MAIL » EXPRESS v seATE A Kerchikon Kewchikon - 4% Hours CLIPPER TIME s between KETCHIKAN and SEATTLE Moes Point FARBANKS Ar Loke Minchuming Ar MeGroth MeGrath Flar Aniok TO ALASKA TO SEATTLE e Air shutile service provided without charge «~Light refrashment served aloh b A AM indicated by g foce type P M. indicardd by bold foced 1ype Al times shavwn ore locol Pan AuERIC 7 /e Phone 106 Baranef Hotel hisiisithe Jap we haven't yet tackled JAPANESE ARMY DEFENDING JAPAN MUNITION PLANTS FaVaTat Tl il gata GERMAN ARMY DEFENDIMNG THE REICH IN THE WEST TANK FACTORIES 112 R iRinnnnookinnonnn He's strong—for 20 years the Jap has feverishly . worked to make Manchuria an immense war arse- nal. Here, out of bombing range, he has huge war " plants. He has- ample resources—in many cases greater than ours. He can build ships, tanks, guns in great numbers. And thousands of swift planes. 35,000,000 | WAR WORKERS e¥eYeYe He's a hustler—The Jap war worker works like a beaver—he is 35,000,000 strong, working 12 to 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, taking only 2 days off per month. He isn’t quitting. He isn’t wilting. He isn’t easing up—he’s hustling every muscle he’s got material—and more men in our supply lines. Says Lieutenant General Holland M, Smith, l.i. S. Marine Corps: “The Japanese fighting man may sometimes fight foolishly but he always fights furiously, savagely, ruthlessly. Any notion that such a people will wilt morally, psychalogically or eco- nomically is quite certainly wrong. Our battles with the Jap will go into Marine Corps history as the toughest of all our time. Beating him will take the best we've got.” 1S | 06 do justice to. the hem.m.,cm,.,i 'v'?le a'!so‘ serve by appoiniment Full Course ORIENTAL lity of ‘that story as it is told | . B E 5 X | DINNERS m";;:‘ennt;le“:l;ten‘ shyness has‘ : : 3 For Clean, Wholesome Home-Jike Meals Drop inat Pele m Ry sy el TH E Vi c TORY CAFE ALASKA DISTBLEHEOIS COMPANY worn away, they will ask you to| This explanation of the war ahead is published in cooperation with the Armed Forces by . NONA ROGERS—Proprietriess sign - their - guest- book™ below the |~ names of more than three hundred | Seabees. If you want to feel a warming pride in your country- men, ask about those Seabees, what | they were like, whether or not they were mostly of the same religion as