The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT 4-oun>(~lim. particular emphasis on industries|ers; expansion of the All MANpowER | which may become reconversion | services to veterans and other seek- ers who need such assistance; mak- | bottlenecks and thus delay mass re-employment throughout the coun- try as a whole 4—The full facilitics of the Unit- ed States Employment Service will ing available to all employers, labor organizations and community groups, concerned with production and em- ployment planning, current infor- I-IFTED IODAY again be made available to all em- | mation concerning the present and I ployers, including those for whom |prospective labor market situation Free Labor Marke’ De_ E were restricted because of |in the area and in other areas, as 7 W ar requirements | necessary; provision of technical H 28 5 services will be ren- | services to all individuals and or- From Now On Hu ir re-adjustments to civilian em- | 1t counseling or the hiring and ployment ng of workers, to the end that 6 —Increased emphasis will be giv- | information and techniques avail- Outlining post V-J Day activities en to job counseling and other per- able to the Employment Service may of the \\‘m Manpower Commiss sonalized services, to assist §b have the widest possible use in im- following elimination of rigid war-' seekers to adapt their wartime ex-{proving counseling and placement F. W. Hun- | parience to peacetime job u')]‘nx(\lnl-‘ activities, wherever pvrrormcd e of the WMC ties. loption of a Aid workrn er Commis- whom have nnu.uml during the be put into will be assisted in finding em- | SE'I‘ FOR REGU[AR rough the ployment in other communities | S. Em- | where civil production has ex-| yughout the panded. US! offices will give pre- (ou"(ll SESSIO ] ferential treatment to all recon-| program pro- version activities. Local surveys’of | vides_for stimulating reconversion employers' needs, which have been! Still enmeshed in the ramifica- o s the speedy re-employ- | limited to war industries in the tions of equalizing the city’s as- i workers, at the will be re-directed to civilian |sessment rolls, the Juneau Common 2 ti ir a free labor tries in cve community and Council tomorrow evening will cor ma Mr declare The t blueprint community job fine its regular semi-monthly busi- pre m include availability thus obtained will be ness meeting to a few items of Controls Lifted furnished local leaders. The WMC minor but pressing nature, it was s are to said efforts will then be made to see announced today by Mayor Ernest be in their that essential civilian industries, Parsons. place cooperativz ¢ unity action 'and industries important to the With the brief session out of the to speed reconversion will be in- national reconversion program as a way, the council will then turn its itiated whole re fully manned. attention back to taxes. A special 2 The number and type of avail- This community employment plan- | council meet is to be called the able workers, including returning ning will be based entirely on vol-!first part of next week—at which veterans { the immediate and untary activity, in order to speed time the tax mill rate is to be set. prospective job opportunities in each Teconversion and lo assure maxi-| Mayor Parsons and Council Fin- community will be determined in mum future employment. Field in- ance Committeeman Don Skuse to- cooperation with local management struction issued to regional man- day pointed out an error in in- labor and civic groups and action power directors call for immediate terpretation of the City Budget will be ta by the WMC and local Steps to be taken to provide the adopted at the recent special coun- USES offices in cooperation with following services: . cil meeting. Publicity concerning the communities, to speed recon- Preferential Service | the budget, they said, conveyed the version and re-employment “Preferential service to civilian | jmpression that short term bank 3-Maximum assistance will be |activities of key importance to re- porrowings made to carry the provided to workers and employers conversion nationally and locally; present administration until tax services to all em with ' extension of 10y- | revenues roll in—now totalling $70,- 000—would not be repaid from this year's revenues. That is not an exact picture of ining civilian industries. borrowings will be repaid as soon as tax moneys are available. How- ever, the new budget will not pro- vide—as Mayor Parsons had con- templated—for a $60,000 reserve which would have enabled the next administration to carry through without making new loans. The | present council did not feel that {it could assume that full load, Skuse said. R N 'DETROIT ALMOST HIT BY JAPANESE BALLOON DETROIT, Aug| 16.—State civilian defense authorities today disclosed that the heavily industralized De- | troit area was almost hit by a Japa- | nese halloan romb last Ma. Schllhn Garlic Salt Real garlic flavor this easy way SAVOR SALT SEASONING EORGE BROTHERS § GEORGE BROTHER Liquor Store Gpen 1o 12 Midnight Super Market Phones 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily Come In and Ask FRE Calver RicHer P Calvert Special, 5th, $4.20 Calvert Reserve, 5th, $4.65 Lord Calvert, 5th - - $5.25 WHIL Just the matter, they said. The current | KEY CHAIN AVAILABLE IN GROCERY OR LIQUOR DEPARTMENTS Thursday - Friday and Saturday | Those Extra Keys THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE~JUNEAU ALASKA COUNSELOR FOR SE INDIANS MAY | PROTEST RULING ; — { 'Haas Says Pefitioners Not Satisfied with Ickes’ Decision Declaring that, as counsel for the petitioners, he is “not at all satis- fied” with the order of Secretary, of the Interior Harold Ickes, setting | aside Indian reservations in South- | east Alaska, Theodore Haas, Chief|A ounsel for the Alaska Native Ser- |ma is now in Juneau engaged in |ihec [ BURMA JAP SURRENDER | PLAN MADE 75,000 Allied Prisoners, | BelievedtoBein Slngqpore RANGOON, Aug. lG—Southcafit a command headquarters was ing arrangement today to accept local surrenders of Japanese cmmanders of Burma, Thailand, e, a study of the Ickes opinion. i Mr. Haas is working here in con-|Malaya and the Netherlands East junction with George Folta, Interior I“g‘:: of the surrender conditions, Dcputmmt Counsel at Large. From |, \.< understood here, calls on the lheir study of the opinion it will hv‘“ panese commanders to hand over | determinca whether a motion for ; "\p tanations intact or face the re-hearing _v\:lll be entered on behalf | firing squad. of the petitioning Indian commun- | g renders of Burma and Thailand ! “‘ K”‘“ Hydaburg and Kla-| ) pe accepted at Rangoon, Burma » Mr. Haas said here today. | o,pital, and the Malayan and In- moen packers also have express-| ;oo surrenders will be handled at cd dissatisfaction with the Ickes de-| gt oo cisicn, through their spokesman, W.|~ mpo” oo ymmediate problem is C. Arnold. Both sides have alreads | ,1.. jandling of Allied prisoners, of asked for extension of the time for|, ., .. 75000 are believed to be on filing requests for re-hearing, M cingapore island. Medical person- said, and Secretary Ickes has )" anq medicines are expected to nted extension until August 31.', . parachuted to them and Red Both petitioners and protestants had |Cross and other agencies will follow asked for extension until Septem- ., pospital ships and transports as ber. o0 fast as they can be assembled | The number of Japanese remaining | in the southeast Asia command thea- since depletions of the Sumatra and Java garrisons is estimated at between 800,000 and 900,000. D HOLIDAY QUIET REIGNING HERE| " ™~ | Only sporadic activity, in spots, | gave indication today that G;xs-! ap a oo s | tineau Channel was paying any at- tention to business on this day locally proclaimed for commemora- tion of the downfall of Japan. Juneau Lumber Mills, Juneau Cold Storage, Goldstein Building, restau-} rant, bar and hotel workers are nni their jobs — but they are almost alone in their labors. In Federal and Territorial offices, only a few | | solitary workers are holding out in isclated endeavor. The Juneau Chamber of .'Com- | merce was to hold its regular meet- | ing this noon. Nearly everyone else Still Threat SEATTLE, Aug. 16—The wind- wafted, bomb carrying balioons Japan sent to America in a spirit of wartime giving n keep search- ing parties busy after the last shot is fired in the Pacific, authorities said today, observing the word of peace may be slow to reach Nip- pon's soldiers but can never reach is enjoying a holiday )these paper missionaries of death. S e ] The problem now, they said, is A SHOT OF OIL NEW YORK — An extra drop of cil the size of a pin-head can ;pml the efficiency of a $12,000 torpedo, according to Carl G. Preis, general | manager of the American Can Com- pany's Amertorp plants. The course of the torpedo is directed by gyro- scopes, so delicately adjusted they are r,xled mm hypodermic needles. to prevent injury or damage from | bombs still undiscovered. Under consideration is a plan to send search parties to the scene |(Af each bomb and have them work back over the assumed bomb route, aided by meterological data on pre- vailing winds. Approximately 230 were found during the war, scattered from Al- have fallen unnoticed, their bombs | unexploded, cannot be guessed. | A flight of hundreds was sighted off the Aleutians during the San Francisco United Nations Con- ference, but not one was known to have reached shore. ALIBI iGREEN BAY, Wisc.,—Sgt. Norbert | Rasmussen's excuse to Police for not .being able to produce his driver's license was a new one to the law. Rasmussen, who had been a pris- ‘oner of war in Germany, casually |explained that in an attempt to |conceal his identity he had eaten | his license when captured last De- for Your §:. E | EASY WINNER CHICAGO — Attorney Nicholas {ine Lowe, 21, in her suit for divorce Caruso, representing Mrs. Cather- ilrum her husband, William, 29, a jockey, told Superior Judge John A. | Sbarbaro } "I don't know whether your honor is acquainted with race track phrase- oclogy, but Mrs. Lowe was left at the post.” Well, she’s an odds-on favorite to ,win this race,” Judge Sbarbaro ob- jserved as he signed the divorce de- cree. E THEY LAST! the Thing for . AUTOGRAPH —Fleet Ad- miral C. W. Nimitz, commander« fn-chief of Pacific Ocean Areas, signs a “short snorter” on Guam, aska to Mexico. How many might \ YES — WE HAVE LOTS OF CUBE SUGAR No Strings Attached AND.... Limited amounts of Rath's Breakfast Pork Sausage in cans, Hershey and Nestle's Milk Chocolate, Corned Beef Hash, Potato Chips, Jello, Assorted Pickles .. . . ALS“.... Plenty of FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES including the following Bananas, Peaches, Grapes, Plums, Pears, Apples, Cantalopes, Casa- bas, Honeydews, Avocados, Corn-on-Cob, Bunch Beets, Cucumbers, Egg Plant, Danish Squash, Celery, Lenuce Tomatoes, Cabbage, “Green Peppers and others. Come In and See or Call 16 or 24 Phone 767 THRIFT CHOCOLATE - N CANS No. 2% SIZE OLD RANGER Slightly Sweetened PEARS SILVER-DALE Slightly Sweetened—Cling PEACHES AL—NIA hole Unpeeled APRICOTS G ans$1.67 POTATOES TEA - % pound 23 EATMORE KRAUT 1 qf. jar 3 3¢ 1 QUART N NN NEWEST 2 APPLE JUICE - 32| Grapefruit Juice 40 HERSHEY’S CENTURY 1 Gallon Jar KITCHEN FRIDAY-SATURDAY BAKER’S Unsweetened CAKE FLOUR SOFT-AS-SILK CHOCOLATE SYRUP 1 Ib.can 18 : EMPRESS—Drip or Regular Grind DILL PICKLES $1.49] COFFEE- 2 Ibs. §9¢ TOWELS 2 rolls 3 5¢| KLEENEX - pkg. 19« 4 Pounds FISHER PANCAKE FLOUR and 25 0z.can HUDSON VALLEY GOLDEN SYRUP ALL FOR 55 THURSDAY AUGUST 16, 1945 Phone T67 (0-0P 3 oz. ea. ALL FOR 3 1 CAMPRBELL’S SOUPS 8 CANS 2 ASPARAGUS 2 TOMATO 2 BEEF-NOODLE 2 MUSHROOM Qans$1.20 0 Ib. sack $2.40 SHURFINE 1 QUART < GRAPE JUICE - 52 DRIED APPPLES 2 Ibs.5 ¢ 47 OZ. CAN “h SHURFINE LIMIT LIMIT o