The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT SOCIALISM (OMING UP INENGLAND First Move Called for s M operator, Hénry Hibbeln and Zeke ment that this day and tomorrow | State Ownership Turn are legal holidays and explained | George Moody, operator of a store |that President Truman merely: in- of Bank at Caldc ix miles west of Herrick, ' tended to excuse government em- was quoted by Sheriff Archie Mc-/ployees for this period. \ail as sayiug that a man “ran, Press Secretary Aug. 15.—Brita W phepcerk” with a .30-.30 rifle about said that last night's statement| LONDON "~ " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ST W VYT Y \WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1945 RIFLEMAN RUNS 'NO LEGAL BERSERK; KILLS 3 IN IDAHO TOWN WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 15.- Three people were Killed early today | in @ at Herrick, a logging t. Joe River, 18 miles SET Y hooti town on the —_— | west of Avery WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—The| The dead were Al Temmel, tavern | White House today retracted a state- | ment called a beer parlor. - t 7a.m. in vo legal holidays morrow. As the President ADDRESS CHAMBER HOLIDAYS which held the import of creating ment of munitions and supplies was| for purposes of yesterday ‘the proclamation of V-J|grams Reconversion Machinery Is In Operation ET {Huge Cut-Backs Hit Army- Navy Contractors’ : Plants Charles G. Rms" WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—A $23.- 500,000,000-a-year cut in procure- | announced today by the War Depart- overtime pay was issued in error./ment, GOLDSTEIN WILL Ross said in a statement: The Department said that as soon e b y is not V-J Day nor is'to-|as President Truman announced the stated | Japanese surrender last night, tele- ent out to prime contractors [e} ing the Laior governmen | 5 program, the Kir 1 peacetime Ty Juneau Chamber of Com- | D&Yy must wait upon the formal|nctifying them of cut-backs reduc- fegiiative powsia: would. e . sou e e e lay. weekly | SiEning of the surrender terms by|ing army procurement from $2,400.- M Ticine i t s oo, merce will hold its regular Weeklyl .t " therefore the executive or-|000000 a month to $435000,000 a o insure the right use of our sday noon luncheon meeting °F | el RAGELHE] - Yesou ; : der dees not apply in any way tolmonth commercial and industrial resour- w in the Baranof Hotel, it 2 g a anwhi red ces and ¢ distribution and fair P . 1 today by President August 15 and 16. The Navy, meanwhile, announced s Tt :“ ”““\L’;"‘l "l"»‘ R 3 & > {it is cancelling nearly $6,000,000,000 CES. W 1] /hitehead. in prime contracts. . As Britain return of Highlighting tomorrow's program 4 i lighting f RS This is in addition to a recently peace amid of unprecedented, will be a speech by Charles Gold- | announced $1,200,000,000 cut in the tumultuous elation, her hersditary stein on the end of the war and shiphuilding program. ruler declared that “Bringing relief Juneau's role in the future from a THe cancellations wers | brdbred to those who e suffered under business man’s point of view. Japanese tyranny and control of the enemy will con- tinue to impose heavy my forces." Although t the King Prime precedent rules s P parliament and the King presents it Minister Distinguished for and disarmament > > MR., MRS LARSEN :ERE demands on Mr., and Mrs. A. A on, of Salem, Oregon, arrived on the S. S. —_— e voice was that of aska last week and are spending The Northland arrived at words were those of a few weeks v ing with their dock yesterday in the Clement Attlee, for daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and 'ing enrouté to Sitka from the t the Premier pre- Myrs. Ed Lewis fwith 19 incoming passenge! speech for the opening of - - which the following 13 were Empire Want-ads bring results! |Scattle: Mary DiCoccco, Mayo, Mis. I Pinkle; er, Mrs. J. Walker garet Q. Wolf, Mrs. H. E. Mayo, G. R. Nunamaker, Mrs. ‘ and Pekoe Tea | e sitka: J. W. White, | White and Hershel A. Wilke ———————— CHASE HERE T8 rived yesterda; ways, and is a guest at the Hotel. Schilhing — see—— is a guest at NO ONE KNOWS BETTER THAN THEY WHAT'S STILL TO BE DONE Generals “"Tke" Eisenhower and Douglas Mac- Arthur brought our troops through to Victory over nazism, fascism and fanaticism and know the cost to this nation in human life and dollars. They still have a jobtodoin “Peace in Victory” early morn- George, Eugene Burgess, Harold E. Miss Pinkley, Jack Walk- and Mrs. the following three people going to Mrs. J. of Anchorage, ar-j| via Woodley Ail'-.'l‘\)(lO‘OO(] men in the armed forces Baranof | will be returned to civilian life with- MARGARET WOLF HERE aret T. Wolf, of Kanakansk, | Alaska, has arrived in Juneau and next several months the demobiliza- the Baranof Hotel. et rarmeeifof] ‘lh(‘ Navy said, to bring production {into line with requirements of the | postwar Navy, and to free men, ma- |terials and productive capacity for manufacture of civilian goods. Reconversion Director John W Snyder said that sudden ending of most of the nation’s war contracts ill caus2 “an immediate and large dislocation of our economy” with sharp but temporary unemployment “But we are not going back to long periods of m unemployment,” Snyder declared in a 31-page state- ment laying down general policy for the vast changeover from war their| South of from Frank Kunz, Mary Mar- to flavor! You'll en- From an Alaskan Interport: Lee peace REchEton. ; 5 joy shis finer tea. Lucas, Mrs. Eleanor Lucas, Mrs. ra Davis, Mrs. Margaret Jones, wul RELEASE gy Guy Jones and Vernon Harris. |Orange Peko Leaving later that evening were 7,000,000 MEN FROM SERVICES ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. w. —At least {in the next 12 months, Reconver- cion Director John W. Snyder said | today Snyder predicted that within the tion rate will be stepped up to 500,- 1C00 men a month. The current rate is 170,000 a month. His estimate of 7,000,000 men to be discharged during the next year ap- parently applied to both the Army and the Navy. Army demobilization, Snyder said in a report titled “From War To Peace — A Challenge,” will be on the same b: as formerly. This means men released first will be (thcse with longest combat servige and the greatest number of depen- dents. “The Navy plans to demobilize |scme of its personnel almost immed- iately,” Snyder said. " BRITAIN AGREE " ON SURRENDER WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Britain, Russia and China agreed with the United States to accept Japan’s sur- |render note — without ever seeing it. | The agreement was worked out {verbally by Secretary of State Byrn- les in a worldwide telephone hookup. | He talked with officials in London, |Moscow and Chungking, told them |cf a report of the enemy message which he had received by telephone ! from American Minister Leland Har- Irison in Bern, Switzerland. He assured them that he consid- ered the note a complete acceptance of the Potsdam ultimatum for un- conditional surrender, and they agreed. | MRS. ROOSEVELT GIVEN V-J (AL FROM PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Presi- dent Truman called Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt last night, it was disclosed today, to express a wish that the late Franklin D. Roosevelt could have been here to witness the end of the Pacific war. Mr. Truman’s telephone call to the widow of the former President was one of his last acts before retiring, Mus. Roosevelt was in New Yerk. - eee BYRD HERE William E. Byrd, of Ketchikan, has arrived in town and is regis- tered at the Gastineau oHtel. .- MR. AND MRS. WALKER HERE Mr. and Mrs. Jack Walker, of Hollywood, are guests at the Bar- anof Hotel. B TACOMA GIRLS HERE Florence Sevin and Kathryn Murphy, of Tacoma, are guests at the Gastineau Hotel. | - e DANIELS IN TOW Sam Daniels, of Hoonah, has a; AP INTERNEES itior NO DISORDERS 'SENATOR WALKER - | " INTOYKO SAYS "IN CHALLENGE ON " ROONEY REMARKS KETCHIKAN, Aiaska, Aug. 15— r, took exception to what he said|of the war, by absentee owners of the fishing'm jand mining industries. | JAPBROADCAST SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15—Tokyo Norman R. Walker, Territorial Sena- | newspapers “banner-lined t_hc end of Miss Wilma radio Tokyo said today was a charge made in San Fran-|in a broadcast reporting there were cisco by Rep. Rooney (D-NY) that|«no disorders” in the city after the the Alaska legislature is controlled | surrender announcement up to 4 p. (3 a. m. Eastern War Time). evening at the home of M Uggen. Monday evening, August 27, a re- ception will be held honoring Miss Zimmerman and other visiting club members. —_—ee——— MR., MRS. WIRZ HERE B.&P.W.Club ~ Plans for Visit OIN_atI. Officer A . 2 Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Wirz, of Plans for the forthcoming visit Seattle, are guests at the Baranof Zimmerman, Na- Hotel. tional Membership Chairman of the TN e National Federation of Business and | Professional Women's Clubs, were made last evening at a meeting of the Executive committee of the local PETERSON ARRIVES Ernest E. Peterson, of Denver, Colo., is a guest at il Gastineau . “Invariably the imperial rescript|B. and P. W. club, at the home of Walker, yesterday, said. he chal-| o, ender announcement) topped | the President, Miss Catherine O'Con- | Hotel. lenged Roqncy to vname one man iy, ot page, while the cabinet nor. o3 jor woman in the Alaska legislature i, ctions and text of the Potsdam | Miss Zimmerman will arrive from PEGGY NOVAH HERE {who is controlled by mining, fish-| geclaration were published in full,” Fairbanks, Friday, August 24, and a Peggy Novah, of Los Angeles, ing or any other interest. | - 1 said the broadcast. HAVE SERVICES OF SORROW NOW TULE LAKE, Calif., Aug. 15— Some of the 16,000 Japanese inter- nees in the Tule Lake camp held ervices of sorrow” at the news of their homeland’s surrender, camp cificials said today. The services were held in private apartments by individual families intensely loyal to Japan, many of whom had relatives in areas hit by atomic bombs. War Relocation officials said there were no group demonstrations. A large increase r relocation was reported among persons eligible to I e the camp. The Tule Lake center has two tions: a segregation camp for those loyal to Japan, and a relocation camp for those who have declared loyalty to this country. ——————— NO VISITORS 70 PAY HOMAGET0 LATE PRESIDENT in applications meeting of the club will be held that is a guest at the Ga: ineau Hotel. HYDE PARK, N. ¥, Aug. 15—The| The DOVE OF PEACE is with us once Hudson Valley grave of Franklin D. Roosevelt lay in stillness punctuated only by footsteps of a lone sentry as the complete victory for which the late President worked to hard and long finally came. There were no tors at the grave, but, in the nearby village res- idents had not forgotten their neighbor who had led them through most of the wa Supervisor Elmer Van Wagener d at a community church service, We are all happy that it's all over, but we all regret that the late President Roosevelt couldn't have lived to be with us in this celebra- Super Market Phones 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily Calvert Reserve, 5th, $4.65 = Calvert Special, 5th, $4.20 Lord Calvert, 5th - - $5.25 rived in Juneau and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. more . . . . We honor those who brought this Peace and let us not for- get them in the days that are to come. EORGE BROTHER Liguor Store Open 1o 12 Midnight Come In and Ask for Your FREE Culvert KEY CHAIN AVAILABLE IN GROCERY OR LIQUOR DEPARTMENTS Thursday - Friday and Saturday FREE! 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