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PAGE EIGHT CHAMBER PLANS ENTERTAINMENT OF CONGRESSMEN! At the regular weekly meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, held in the Baranof Hotel at noon much time was given to the discussion and outlining of enter- tainment for the anticipated visit of the Congressional Committtee mem- bers on Territories to this city. Charlie W. Carter, chairman of the local Entertainment Committee, presented, in summary, the tenta- tive plans for entertaining, which ed of meeting the Committee- upon their arrival, August 8 They will arrive on an incoming steamer and will be met by mem- bers of the Chamber with their cars truck for their baggage following a cocktail given in the Baranof of the today, me and a Immediately party will be Hotel to which all members Chamber are urged to attend Thursday morning the Committee will be taken on an aerial sight- geeing tour of Juneau and the after- noon and evening will be spent in private homes of various Chamber members Friday evening they will be guests of Gov. and Mrs. Ernest Gruening at the Governor's House, | Plans were also made to entertain a Congressional Committee on Roads, which will arrive August 4, preceding the main Committee group. This group will arrive by Army and Coast Guard planes and will likewise be met by various members of the Chamber. They will be entertained at the Governor’s House that even- ing, with trips taken along the roa as far out as Eagle River landing, in the afternoon. This Committee will leave the next morning. Dr H. Foster Bain, one of the AN i, | tained members of the Chamber with Northland Is OnWay South ment, the Advisor on Mines to the, The Northland arrived in Juneau| Philippine Government. During his jate yesterday afternoon’from Sitka internment, Dr. Bain fell heir toyith the following passengers: C. B.! the new profession of book-binding, Hodgins, Miss M. H. Haggart, H.| as well as acquiring patier as did Lorenzen. Kay Fletches, Beulah, the other 39,000 internees, while 1oy L. Justice, Mrs. L. Justice,| “standing in line for everything,” Mrs Nadine Corcoran, W. Hendrick- as Dr. Bain put it |son, Mrs. Bess Alexander, Mrs. Kate | He has reiurned to Alaska after|pennis, Mrs. Anita Lupin and Mrs. 23 years absence and is here as Con- Ted Kettleson. sulting Engineer for the United| Leaving for the South early last| States Bureau of Mines to find new | evening Purser Wilbur Thompson's| developments, what has developed list included the following: and what can be developed in min-| ing for Alaska. He will be in Juneau'p Gillis, W. L. Blatchford, William util next Monday or Tuesday and|Hanson, Lt. W. S. Pope, J. G. Pope,| will then leave *to visit Anchorage, Mrs. J. G. Pope, Mrs. R. F. Kron- Fairbanks and Nome quist, Aileen Kronquist, Ernest Kron-| Guests besides Dr. Bain, were as|quist, Rose Mary Kronquist, Mrs. follows: B. D. Stewart of Juneau, W.|Alberta Peterson, Erma Douglas, greatest mining engineers rated internee of the Japa- in the enter- | world |and a 1i nc,-o Concentration Camp thppmr»z santo Thomas, an interesting and vivid description, of his many months spent as a pris ‘ joner of war. [ A. Bates of Ketchikan and Sitka, E. George Ewing, Dr. Henry E. Stafford | M. Brennan of Seattle, Roy S. Jack-|and Mrs. Helen Stafford. son of Seattle, Don 8. Davis of| To Wrangell: J. Mallory. Seattle, John Herman of Seattle,!. To Ketchikan: J. M. Walker, O. C. Rolland B. Wurster of Sitka, Mrs. Ziebell, Harold M. Haeg, Benjamin Robert Thorne of Juneau, A. C.|F. Bizzaro, Leo P. Nett, Benjamin | Adams, Elliott, Robertson of Juneau,|s. Keyes, Mrs. Pearl |W. S. Wright -md Robert §. San-|Glenn. ford To Petersburg: Mrs. Dale Fleek, | Dale Fieek, Jr., Andrea Fleek, Roger | Fleek, G. 1. Igtanlac, Mrs. John Car- |ter, Johnnie Carter, Mrs. Mildred El- | kins, W. P. McCreight and W. Puette. - - MRS ELKINS ENDS VISIT Mrs. Mildred Elkins, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Wallis George, returned to her home in Petersburg yesterday on the North- land DISORDERLY, ETC. Bruce J. Timlin, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was sentenced to serve 5 days in jail, in City Police Court here this morning. e MRS. KETTLESON HERE Mrs. Theo. Kettleson, of Sitka, 5 a (,urfl. at Lhe Barnnnr Hotcl - DELL ON VISIT Mrs. Ed Dell and two children, Edward and Don, left last night on the Estebeth for Elfin Cove to visit with her sister, Mrs. Elliott Fxommlm, MRS. Vilth rationing of foods for other meals and everyone burning up energy with hard War work, the whole tamily needs a good heartv breakfast of fruit, cereal, eggs, toast and coffee. Serve a different cereal eves® morning—Your folks will enjoy a variety. Here are “SYL-DEX Floaly mWiecedy four new cereals to pep up your breakfast menu: “PEPPY KERNELS” — — “KRUSTY BRAN” — and “WHEATASOY” SOLD AT PHONE 16 " 24 Two Free Deliveries Daily To Seattle: Robert C. Guiley, T.| Cole and Ed| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE——JUNEAU ALASKA YAMASHITA 1§ TRAPPED; KEEPS ON LIVING HIGH Plays Role?_ Pompous Conqueror-Feminine Favorites with Him WITH THE U. S. SIXTH DIVIS- |ION, NORTHERN LUZON, Aug. 2.— General Yamashita, a trapped would-be hero, still plays the role of a fat, pompous conqueror, but many of his officers and men, pock- EVERGREEN BOWL | SWIMMING POOL 15 NOW OPENED | Finally, to the joy of everyone, the Evergreen pool was open all af- iterncon yesterday and today opening jhours are from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m.| In spite of the leak in the large pool, 150 boys and girls enjoyed the water| sport of swimming. The little pool| had a temperature of 60. | During the week there has been a | fair crowd, but yesterday due to the | weather many more than usual were | {to be seen using the swings, teeters| |and other activities offered at the ‘Buv\.l Field day will be held Friday at| 2 p. m. according to the weather. The 'mam attraction for boys will be the cross country race; for the girls a ‘Lr nnis accuracy test will be the main |attraction. country of North Luzon, are con- |vinced Japan has lost the war, Japanese soldiers falling into Amer- ican -hands tell that story. Yamashita, the man who rushed from earlier triumphs in Malaya| “Tomorrow lets see a crowd of|and the capture of Singapore and| boys and girls .entering in all the|boasted he would wreck General Iraces for every age. There are prizes| MacArthur’s return to the Philip- {for the lucky winners—so come on|pines, today hides with his favored ldown and try your luck,” say thel|few in comparative luxury—while! |Bowl staff members. | nis bedraggled, hungry troops and Ty hundreds of dying Japanese civil- ians pray for a general surrender, or Yamashita’s suicide. ‘This picture was pieced together from prisoners who braved the gun-/ fire of their own camrades to sur-| |render. One officer said that when he last visited Yamashita’s headquarters, ]lhe General gave him American 1:]‘;‘::)f:Lgi:i:?;;“:r;%“:'n‘]c’:z’;xo}z:v‘ugar-n,cs, whiskey and chocolate | + J2=| from plentiful supplies, and bragged |56 Tastiusisg, ;zxch&:.tzcn;:i{n about the feminine favorites he had Louis, Watts, Ditlee Didrich, Nels| iR ! 42::1;;' cf?:ms Héov:;:%:ic "P‘I:\‘g (OAS"‘Al AIR[I"ES ON MORNING FLIGHT | Pfeil, Rokert Lee, Kitty Nielsen, Amy 'PAAPLANES INAND { " OUT WEDNESDAY Pan American flew the tollowm;z 20 people to Seattle from Juneau yes- Marek, Aida McCalester and Wl]lard Gaynor. To Fairbanks: Tke Taylor, Edwdrd 1 |L0cher, David Shoemaker and Eliza- | Alaska Coastal Airiines brought the beth Shoemaker. | following incoming passengers to Incoming Seattle passengers were juneay, late yesterday afternoon: | 'as follows: Violet Eidsmor, Kenneth‘ From Hoonah: R. J. Sweeny, Mar- MacLeod, Major Carl Scheibner,! guerite Shepherd, R. B. Shepherd, Betty Snooks, Bobby Snooks, Albert | Mrs. R. B. Shepherd, N. A. McEach- | Kanga, Dilton Brunings, John Daw- | ran and E. Whithead. son, James Wilson, Charles Bar-| prom Hawk Inlet: M. Hamlin, E. nett, Juanita Burnette, Basil Sin- nr Brennar and D. S. Davis. clair, Grace Sinclair and Rita Har-| prom Ketchikan: W. B. Grant. i A From Taku Harbor: Ofto From Whitehorse: Max E. Viault, | opem. Eugene W. Hanna and Arthur Ger-| prom Lake Hasselborg: psaln. g henen, Virgil Bolton, Dee Bolton | - From F"‘"b““k“ and Virginia Korhonen. From Sitka: McCormick, Dace Belyan, Phillip Ju- |revaty and Frank J. Cooke. Today's morning flights carried {the following passengers out of Juneau: To Ketchikan: Ed Southard. To Todd: Starr Calvert, L. Calbert, and L. E. Hoods. To Wrangell: William Forbes. To Petershurg: Frank J. Cooke. To Sitka: Mrs. Karl Hahn, Mrs. Venctia Reed, Karl Hahn, Jr., Bruce Kelley, Pat Sweeney, J. R. Sawyer and Frank Marshall. To Haines: Mrs. F. McRae, Mrs. N. Gus Franz. FIRE FIGHTERS | MEET TONIGHT. This being the first Thursday of the month, the Juneau Volunteer ) Fire Department will hold its regu- | lar monthly business meeting at the Fire Hall this evening. | 'No particular high-lights "have been forecast for this evening’s ! session, but all the regular extra- curricular activities will engage the | attention of the fire laddies.’ L eted with him in the wild mountain | Mike Kor- | Sherwood Kendall, R. § - THURSDAY AUGUSTZ 1945 NEW AIR WEAPONS COMING Present American Planes Will Seem Outmoded | Within Few Months | LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2.—Lt, Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg predicts that ‘within a very few months our pres- ent planes, excellent as they are, such at the B-29 and B-32, will seem outmoded.” Gen. Vandenberg, addressing an Air Force Day gathering, said that new air weapons “will move at the Department for several years | supersonic speeds, carry more dead- and has been steadily building up a ly loads, and they may be controlléd hlgher rating wmun that grade. GEORGE BROTHERS SUPER MARKET Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P, 2 FREE Deliveries Daily—10:30 A. M., 2:30 l. M. Phones 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily SPECIALS for FRIDAY and SATURDAY Reoyal Pudding Cob_l:gl E!g(lges 13 pkos. $1.00 pk—gSZSt GreenOlives FLOUR jars$1.00 FISHER'S BLEND Deviled Meat D 1lh.sack $2.95 13 fins $%.00 !by the crew or by someone thous- | and. of miles away.” The General, who commanded the \Nmm Air Force in ruining Gen.| {von Rundstedt’s German forces in | | | | | | the Battle of the Bulge, added: i “We know now how near the Ger- man technologists were to perfecting | [types of planes and devices which | might greatly have changed the air | picture. Goering groaned: ‘If they 1had only given us a few months ‘mme"" e, JIINEAU POST OFFICE ‘ GETS HIGHER RATING NUTS ol Your Unexpected increase in the volume 4”‘”‘ of business handled during the fis- cal year just closed has resulted in a one-notch upgrade in the rating of the Juneau Post Office, it was disclosed today by Postmaster Cry- stal Jenne. The local postal agency has been rated a First Class Post Office by SALTED SPANISH PEANUTS Assorted Almonds Pecans Cashews Blanched Peanuts Swell for munching or CHEESE VELVEETA — AMERICAN CHATEAU — KRAFT Ui ————; IIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIl| : Empwe Want ads bring results! | S. Sheldon and S. Sheldon, Jr. To Skagway: Eddie Drafton and D. Storey. S e Ginger Snaps N. B. C.—1-pound package 2 Ib. bricks $1.00 Phone 767 6 PEAR No. 2% SIZE Shurfine Bartlett Libby's De Luxe PLUMS Ballcrest, Halves, Cling PEAC 6@ns$1.99 TENDER LEAF TEA KLEENEX SILK TISSUE THRIFT CO-OP FRIDAY --------SATURDAY CANS EATMORE KRAUT 1 quart jar 33« Our Mother's COCOA 11b.11¢ 6 2 HES LIMIT Pgk. 19¢ 4 rolls 29¢ TOWELS CANS No. 2 size Tastewell, Cream CORN Inland Valley PEAS Reliance, No. 2 cans CUT BEANS 6 ans$1.09 MISS CALLIN ENLISTS Word has been received by friends here that Miss Joyce Callin, of Seattle, a member of the Ju- neau unit of the American Legion Auxillary, and the daughter of Martin Callin of Haines, has en- listed in the Marine Corps Women's Regerve. 8he is at present awaiting as- signment to Camp Lejune, N. C., where she will receive six weeks’ “boot” training. e SARLE HERE Charles F. Sarle, of Washington, D. C, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. He arrived yesterday from Anchorage, via Alaska Airlines, after a short trip to the Interior. —e—— WOODS HERE L. E. Woods, of Seattle, arrived from Anchorage yesterday via Al- oska Airlines, and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. ——— J. H. Kendall, of Anchorage, ® guest at the Baranof Hotel. Phone T6'7 is OF A RACY L RASCAL WHO ROSE FROM RAGS 10 RICHES! Ib. box 4 5¢ Large Box SCOURING PADS-33¢ DIETRICH COMING SUN,, 2rolls 35¢ Two Deliveries Daily | 3 bunches 2 5¢ & RAZOR DATES CALIFORNIA 1 Ib. pkg. 49¢ Nubora Bleach 15 gallon 3¢ GRAPEFRUIT JUICE No. 2 Tins—dJnsweetened—Florida G for$1.00 Peanut Butter HOMOGENIZED 2 pound jar 7 5¢ Diced Beets Giars$1:00- C. & H.—Pure Cane C %N!SUENgt!“S ; 101b.sack 69« 8 for §1.00 EORGE BROTHER Super Market - Phones 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily Phone—Write or Wire George Brothers pkgs. $1.00 Green Onions | LARGE—LOCAL Grape Jam | MARY ELLEN 1 2poundjar 59c § Minced Clams Jtins $1.00 COFFEE CHASE & SANBORN pounds $1.00 SUGAR