The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 26, 1945, Page 3

THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1945 JUNEAU'S USO NEWS Inferesting Iltems lor Everybody THURSDAY, July 26, 8 p. m.— Meeting of Cm‘mme(‘ on Manage- ment in USO. 9:30 p. m, Dance in USO to music of Servicemen's Band. wN FRIDAY. July 27, 6:45 p. m— Entertainment Committee meets for supper in USO. 17:30 p. m, Presentation by USO Commandos of “Linda,” over KINY. 8 p. m, Portrait drawing by Mary and Jean Shaw. 9:45 p. m., Special team contests in USO. 10:30 p. m., Special entertainment and July Birthday Party, followed by dance. . w SATURDAY, July 28, 10 p. m.— Juke box dance in USO. .8 SUNDAY, July 29 — Sightseeing trips to Mendenhall Glacier and cther points of interest all after- noon and evening. 1:15 p. m, Bicycle party leaves USO. 1:30 p. m., Hiking party leaves USO. 5:30 p. m, Coffee hour with waffles. Ruth Brooks at piano. 10:15 p. m., Special moving pictures of Alaska. P MONDAY, July 30, 8:30 p. m—— Forum Club leaves USO for party at private home. 9:30 p. m., Movies in USO. TUESDAY, July 31, 7:30 p. m. Broadecast of Quiz Contest from USO. 9 p. m., Meeting of Service- men’s Council. 9:45 p. m. Custo- mary Tuesday night games in USO. s o+ o WEDNESDAY, August 1, 7:30 p. m.—Meeting of GSO Council in USO. 7:45 p. m., Movies in USO. 9:30 p. m., Square dancing in USO. MARINE SERGEANT It was £:45> ociock last Friday morning. The USO director was about to call it a day. (The “day” referred to was the day before be- cause he’d been on the job throughout Thursday night.) He was alone in the clubhouse. He glanced up to see somebody at the window. He was looking into the smiling face of a tall, hand- some sergeant of the U. S. Marine Corps. He didn't need to notice the st on the combat ribbons to realize that here was a soldier freshly back from the wars. They were shaking hands a mo- ment later. “I'm John Thompson. T used to live back East. But now my home is in Haines.” Yes, he'd just returned from the Southwest Pacific. He'd fought at Bougain- ville, Tarawa and Iwo Jima. Now Evangelistic Group of the CHURCH OF CHRIST CAN WE FIND CHRIST'S CHURCH IN A WORLD OF DENOMINATIONALISM? HOW DO WE IDENTIFY IT? 34 he was headed after months, home. There was a five-year-old girl awaiting a reunion with him. And there was a son nearly three whom he had never seen. wondered if the sergeant had hap- pened to see the pictures in the latest “Life,” showing GI car- toonist, Bill Mauldin, meeting his own son for the first time. “Yes. His boy is younger than mine. My boy must be a lot bigger.” The men talked of the fighting cn Tarawa and Iwo Jima. It had been just as savage and terrible, he said, as people seemed to be- lieve. He had lost many of his closest friends on those islands; he himself hadn't been hit, hadn't suffered even a scratch. How he'd happened to escape, he didn't kncw. He guessed it was a sort of miracle,—like his getting to come back to America was a miracle. Now, here he was in Juneau— within an hour or two of his ar- rival home, and the moment of the meeting with that son of his At a quarter past seven he said gocdby. He'd been here scarcely a half-hour. That is the whole story of what happened early on Friday morning when Sgt. John Thomp- son, of the United States Marines, so briefly visited the USO Club in Juneau. And yet, odd to you, though it might seem the director could not recall any other half-hour period spent within the USO that had been so full of significance. For he had been granted the extra- ordinary privilege of sharing with a man whom he had just met the most triumphant moments of Lha\‘ man’s life,—these moments when, the beach-heads of death far hind him, he found himself only ‘last Friday The director | be- | guage is very general. It speaks ofl a man walking “through the valley of the shadow of death,"—those are general words, surely, and modern also (certainly as up-to- date as 1945.) But it speaks, also,' of a man's cup of happiness run- | ning uver and of “goodness and /| mercy” following him the rest of his life. That poem might well served as our prayer for Thompson, here at the USO early morning. As a matter it did just that. “HANK"” HENRY It's great to meet so many very likeable servicemen from day to day at the USO. For the staff and the GSO Girls this is their reward, exceeding by far such time and efforts as they may have been able to spend on the men's behalf. The tough part is when you have to say goodby—especially to a friend you've become strongly at- tached to over months. What we're trying to say in this roundabout fashion is that we're exceedingly sorry to bid goodby to Ernie “Hank” Henry, genial Coast Guardsman from Seattle. Most everyone seems to know Hank. Either they are personally acquainted or at least have seen him in action as a member of the Servicemen's Band. He's the best drummer that outfit has ever had, no doubt about that. And he is sure to be missed not only as a friend but also as a most helpful musician. It is hard to know which char- acteristic of Hank’s has made its deepest mark on us. Certainly it's a fact that Hank has a very genial and exceptionally pleasant dispo- sition,—by which we mean to cover a lot of territory. Of no old friend who has left here in a long while can we say have of fact, 'more earnestly: Goed luck to you ulways and safe-keeping! DEPARTMENT OF GRATEFUL APPRECIATION And now, once again, ihe USO takes the opportunity to say thank a few short miles and a few brief [you to a few of its many good minutes away from the place and the moment when he would come ! friends for helpfulness cf one variety or another during recent face to face with his little boy for | wecks. For example, to Gloria Gul- the very first time! As the s eant swung down the street toward the plane that would take him home, the director found himself thinking of some phrases from a very ancient poem. He had not mentioned the poem to his new voung friend; but he wouldn't have doubted that the sergeant was fa- ' tand also for the most interesting miliar with it, too. For a lot of people happen to know the poem by heart. It does not mention beach-heads specifi- cally, ndr does it deal in so many words with soldiers going home to small meet their Its sons. “The Identily of the New Testament Church” CHURCH 0f CHRIST lufscp, one of the newest members of its GSO, for her helpfulness in putting over the successful game parties of recent Friday nights . . . and to Edward L. Keithahn, Cu- rator of the Territorial Museum, for his hoespitality on Sunday night when he opened the Museum specially f&r the USO party there, talk he gave us. And to Heather Lane, newest singer in town, for spending parts of two recent evenings with us, "delighting our felloys with her lan— uovely voice, in the dual roles of CIO0 Union Hall Ist and Gold Sts. 3:00 P.M. Tonight Meeting Closes SUNDAY Set.' a period of many! around Juneau ', Virginia HEAR THIS SUBJECT TONIGHT! Leaifn How the Bible Pictures the Church Friday's Topic: , ORIGIN OF DENOMINATIONS Was Your Church Started by Christ or Man? Public Cordially Invited < | snngstrm and of comestnm in the USO quiz program. And to our good friend Sgt. “Buck” Davidson for the maay nice things he wrote about our club in that article in the July issue of the “Alaska Life Maga- zine” . and to Dotis Clark, up from Ketchikan for a brief visit, whose coming to our club auto- matically insures its being a much more attractive spot than it was| while she was away from us. | | And, particularly, to the members of the Navy gun crew and the| 5members of the Merchant Marine | !of that ship (which we are not supposed to identify further in| this column but whose identity will be perfectly clear to those men| who will read this item) to whom we are especially grateful for the enthusiasm with which they have | entered into the life of the Uso, making it a very pleasant and easy task to make them feel at home here in Juneau. DR.ECKENER IS GLOOMY OVER FUTURE Germ‘any Has Been Wreck- I ed by ""Fool with Crim- inal Instincts” CONSTANCE, Germany, July 26 —Dr. Hugo Eckener, the Zeppelin| builder, takes a gloomy view of the future of Germany-—which he says was wrecked by “that fool with criminal instincts,” Adolf Hitlel‘— bup still clings firmly to his per- sonal dream of international air transport by dirigible. | Eckener was interviewed at his villa near the bomb-scarred Freid-| richshafen Zeppelin plant, where French occupation forces have al- lowed him to live unmolested since the surrender. UARANTE] He disclosed that the outbreak| oo urog h“:’f)‘:up‘“fl” of the war in 1939 halted construc- bum' Mat- Snio Phone m‘: tion of his biggest and fastest( it UGS SHOR: i lighter-than-air ship, a Zeppelin i designed to travel from Frankfurt- on-the-Main to the United States and back in 90 hours flying time. The Nazi Air Ministry forced him to destroy the big Zeppelin and to reconvert the Friedrichshafen plant, of which he has been managing director for many years, to making eluminum castings for the German Ford Motor plant at Cologne and light metal parts for other fac- tories. “The Air Ministry people,” said, “did not like us.” However, his own dream always/ was in his mind. When the war ended he was working with an aviation group from Occupied France on designs for postwar air-| jcraft with a range of about 2,000 . miles carrying 30 to 40 passengers. NORTH SEA OFF ON SITKA TRIP = he |. The North Sea left early this mor- ning with the following passengers: | C. M. Green, Miss M. H. Water- man, M. L. Nelson, Adjt. H. Loren- |zen, N. E. Wentz, T, R. Curtis, Les- ter Justice, Mrs. L. Justice, Mrs. Paul Morgan, Baby Constance, Mrs. | {Rhea McFarland, Alida Matheson,| |Ted Richardson, Jene Haas, Mrs.| Newmarker, Camerlne" G'Connor, Mrs. John Blackwell, Es-| !telle Eller, Mary Lu Westfall, Mrs.' !Lydia Tilson, R. B. Shepard, Mrs. i | \ | | i | R. B. Shepard, Marguriete Shepard |and Mrs. Henry Green and son| | Denny. . STEAMER LEAVES ~ PORT LAST NIGHT { A steamship left last night with |the following outgoing passengers: 'John Prowl, R. J. Wasmak, Mrs. R. {J. Wasmak, A. M. Carver, John V.| {Sullivan, George Sakool, Oscar J. | Carlson, Victor E. Richard, Jack B. | Dalbow, Ruth Rock, Alma Everson, Joyce Huseling, M. L, Lehmon, T. W. Walicki, Steve Pizzo, James N. Thompson, R. C. Cook, John Ahlers, Harold B. Skaag, Margaret A. Piel- age and Victor E. Troono. | MARSHAL SEEKING GARDEN VANDALS U. 8. Marshal William T. Mahoney revealed here this morning that his |office is pressing a search for van- ’dnls who destroyed the garden plot |belonging to Ohris Huber, in the vicmity of the Waynor Tract. One definite suspect is belng investigat- edhesald PIGGLY WIEG ’0 (IR PR OD UCE NEA DQUJR’&’&S! @) PIIGNE lfl..l' 24 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRh JUNEAU, ALASKA .| Haberman, WANT ADS WANTED HAVE YOU a Ukulele \ou want to sell? Call 631. WANTE! D—V—House or two bedloom Apt. Call Thomas Hardware WANTED—To buy Model 70 Winchester 30-30 or 25-35 carbine. in good condition. after 6 p.m. 30.06; Must be Phone 476 MANGLE-FOLDER wanted, Apply at the Alaska Laundry. Juneau Lumber Mills have s thousand feet of logs on Douglas Island beach near Douglas Bridge. Will pay reasonable sum to par- ties delivering logs to sawmill. Any one cylinder gaeoline engine including washing machine. Phone Green 759. MACHINIST WANTED — Steady year around work. Machine Shop. WANTED — Talented young lady for part-time work in connection with Tourist Guide.;, Steady po- sition of responsiml‘t‘ ‘ater for party qualifying. Phone 10, ask for Mr. Jacobin. WANTED—Used furniture. 306 Wil- l()ughby, Phone 788. MISCELLANEQUS " FISH—Cutthroat trout unlimited| in Baranof Lake. Boats for hire, mineral baths, groceries, liquors, furnished cabins. O’'Neill & Fenton, Warm Springs Bay, Baranof, Alaska. —Adv. PAIN‘“N(: AND PAPERHAN(J- ING, reasonable. Phone 476. REMEMBER — We buy. ‘sell un(l also 5k Warner's | { FOR SALE FOR SALETwo bedroom furnished. For information, Chris Huber, Glacier Highw see B FLAT Lavella Clarinet, ebonite, $60. Green 734. RAC Radio x\dfi)hmn;gx:nph com- bination. Makes recordings. Phone 336. CABIN CRUISER—26 ft., in good condition. Phone 777 FOR SALE — Tenor banjo, $40. Thorndsen House, Norway Point evenings. | KIMBALL PIANO, 1937 Willys sedan, 6 tires; good condition Inquire Mile 12, or write Empire 5913. , MANGLE FOR SALE—Phone Blue 0. {HP REGAL ENGINE with clutch;” shaft, propeller, stuffing box and stern bearing, $100. See Lee Rox, Empife. |FOR SALE Man's grey suit, size 40, good condition, $25. Man’s black over- coat, size 40, like new, $40. Ask for Una at Percy’s Cafe, or call at 125 Gastineau Ave.; before 11 p. m,, or after 7 p. m. New 22 h.p. . “outbo new . 17-ft. boat. “Johnson outboard; Call 11 before | SA 3 chine. Wheeler & Wilson, $35.00. Call Red 662. NOTl("‘ MARSHAL'S SALE 1941 Ford sedan 9:30 a. m. 27th, 1945, at Juneau Motors | highest bidder, to house, | Max. temp. TODAY last Lowest 4:30 a.m. 24 hrs. Staticn 24 hrs.* | temp. temp. Precip. Anchorag? 51 51 Barrow 53 28 a3 T Bethel 66 51 51 Cordova 62 49 19 Dawson 41 43 Edmonton 2 Fairbanks 44 Haines 51 A3 Juneau 31 Juneau Airport 52 21 Ketchikan | 55 15 Kotzebue 52 McGrath LY Nome 48 Northway 50 Petersburg 54 Pertland 81 Prince George 46 46 Prince Rupert | 52 56 San Francisco 49 Seattle ' 8| 6l Sitka 65 | 50 58 | Whitehorse | 45 50 Wrangell | Yakutat 55 48 51 52 - Trumpet,’ $25. | sewing ma- | July | trade second-hand merchandise. ‘Slmpflm\ resicence, Gold Belt Ave. | Phone Douglas 25, Douglas de-[ Apply Nugget Shop. ing Post. PIANOS RENTED—1unea. Ander- son Shop. F you have empty xoum.:s or apts. for desirable people. Gastineau totel. BOB MACHINE SIOP West 11th & F St. GENERATOR WORK and MACHINE WORK " LOST AND FOUND ,_OST—Ladys “Bulova wrist watch. Finder please return to cashier, Baranof Coffee Shop. Reward. LOST—R,ose go!d dinner ring, 3-/ diamond center stone, 6 rubies on each side. Liberal reward. Gas- tineau Hotel, 326. ~ FOR RENT FOR RENT—Furnished 4-room lower flat; oil range. Phone Blue !75 between 5 p.m, and 8 p.m, | SEAVIEW APT. one block from Federal Bldg. TWENTY FLOWN T0 SOUTH YESTERDAY BY PAN AMERICAN An outgoing Pan American World Airways Clipper flew the following 20 people to Seattle from Juneau " 'yesterday: Dave Shropshire, Eliu-‘ beth Shropshire, William Austin, Le- jona Carnes, Henry Haberman, Lila Darlene | John Bvans, Kristie Brosseau, Peter Brosseau, Roy Cedarwahl, Schwalge, Clifford Johnson, Arthur Lyons, Arthur Johnson, Mel Padilla, Celeste Harques and Lavania Hen- derson. Raymond Stough flew to White- horse and Esther Bock flew to Nome 1 yesterday. To Fairbanks: Henry Soike, Doro- thy Solke and Laura Johnson. Incoming passengers from Seattled were as follows: Mary Lou West- | fall; lihlle Eller, Mrs. Lucille Link, } John Roseene, Marie Herrick, Mrs. { Irene Wi r, Leonard Evans, Orin Scovill, . Clara Neal, Betty Downing, Joseph Jarvis, Mrs. Lydia Tilson, Dohald Graham and Virzinla «| VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL 10 CLOSE | WITH LUNCH, FRIDAY The Diily Vacation Church School at the Methodist Church closes to- morrow with & lunch at noon. If weather permits, there will be an outing on the Douglas beach; other- wise the certifieates will be given at the closé of thé morning session and! the entife group will eat in the church social room and finish with games. Parents with children in the school are asked not to expect thefr chil-! dren home at luncheon time, and to send sandwiches with the chil- dren in the morping. Hot dishes will Le provided. e — Bebty: in-the. Middle Ages, was, the chief drink for breakfast. l inform the' Haberman, | | Henry Haberman, Jr., Clara Gagnon.[ Walter | | Point Louisa; 110-volt Delco lights, water, basement, furnace; fully farnished. Write P. O. Box 3031. FOR SALE—Several good Toggen- burg and Saanen grade milk goats; also some pure blooded stock; also young bucks. P. 0 Box 2321, Juneau, Alaska. | TWO BEDROOM beach home on - | Zenith radio sluu: nutumatlc record-, changer free. Green 734. B flat Lavella clarinet, $60. Green 734. WHING DING Phone 519 ebonite, | DATA FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A, M, PAGE THREE. WEATHER BULLETIN *—(4:30 am. yesterday to 4:30 am. today) MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU. ALASKA 12TH MERIDIAN TIME Weather at 4:30 a.m. Cloudy Drizzle Cloudy Rain Clear Clear Rain Rain Rain Rain Rain Clear’ Showers Rain Pt. Cloudy Raining Rain Rain Rain Reports trom Marine Stations at 10:30 A. M. Today Station Weather Cape Decision Drizzle Cape Spencer Rain Eldred Rock Rain Five Finger Light Drizzle Guard Lsland Rain Lincoln Rock Rain Peint Retreat Rain MARINE F¢ ‘Temp. WIND Dir. and Vel. B 20 ENE 25 NE 5 SSE 25 SSE 15 SSE 14 NNW 2 Height of Waves (Sea Condition), 2 feet 3 feet Zero 4 feet 1 foot Zero 2 feet || } | ECAST: Southeast Alaska next 36 hours—Southerly to southeasterly winds 25 to 30 miles per hour decreasing to 15 to 20 miles per: hour by Friday morning. Rain. Just Received A Large Shipment of COFFEEMAKERS CORY GLASS Four, Eight and Twelve-Cap Sizes ALSO SPARE BOWLS Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Phone 616 FIGHTERS FIRST! Millions of battle-weary veterans must get home for furloughs, then move back to camps for pre-Pacific training. For them these trips ARE necessary. And, just as necessary to the country for which they are fighting! No. 1 job of Great Northern’s passenger service is moving fighting men first. civilian travel now is at a minimum. The Office of Defense Transportation order that over-night sl siderably less space for civilian travelers. Great Northern is confident that it can continue to successfully meet its obli- gation to the men in uniform if everyone will think, “Fighters First!” H. F. (“Nick”) CARTER 1400 4th Ave. at Union St., Seneca 0400 Seattle 1, Washington route of the EMPIRE BUILDER On the Empire Builder and the railway’s many other trains, space for eeping car service on runs of 450 miles or less be discontinued on July 15 will mean con- —~—H [ e W Between: PORTLAND @ TACOMA e SEATTLE SPOKANF @ MINNEAPOLIS ¢ ST. PAUL ¢ CHICAGO