The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 11, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT BRUTALITIES INSPIREWAR FUND GIVING Local Drive Is Spurred by Atrocity Tales from Jap Prison Camps Added impetus was given t Natienal War nd drive locally, when yesterday’s new stories of Japanese atrc One of the principal benefici of the Fund is the War Prisoners Ald, used for the relief of sufferers of enemy barbarities Solicitors for the campaign were Aboard the U document for W busy all over town today calling contributors. Progress has been re- Laft ‘ake Island. ported by substantially all of them, ~Yohima; Colonel Shiegehard Chi but of course it is still too early to| Japanese Paymaster Licutenant F report more than a fine beginning La nderson, of Santa wson I M. § 4 cepled the surren in the drive Before it has been completed it is hopad that contribu- tions will have been received from just about every person in the Gas- 2, who K. Harrill; tineau Channel area. b “If ever I felt it was a real pleasure to give to a cause,” said in development and prosperity one contributor this afternoon to The interior is going to see a his . solicitor, “It was when I substantial expansion of gold mining learned of what General Wainwright 'country,” said Delegate Bartlett had to-tell about the horrors that|“Here in Southeast Alaska, there | our men have been enduring in the will be a greater development of prison camps over there I don't forestry and though the pulp mills know all the different ways that the aren't here yet, they will be.” War Prisoners Aid will use the funds Bartlett also pointed out the mnp to help these fellows, but I'm sure culties and work which lies ahead | the money is needed. That’s all of Alaskans in the coming tourist I have to be told. and migratory travel which will “I feel the horror of this espec- ially right now, because just last week I learned the fate of a close friend who was starved to death in one of the Jap camps. In his mém- ory, and to help the thousands of our American boys who seem to have managed somehow to survive every form of torture, I'm giving more this year than I gave a year ago. | “How can anybody say ‘th war’s over' in answer to an appeal of this kind? To be honest, I can't claim I've suffered at all from the war. I've been perfectly comfortable here in Juneau the whole time. For the greater part of the coming year a'(ji jJocated in lot of men still in the service will \here to hold cls need War Fund help. They'r 2lin Girl Scout work, spoke briefly to get it from me to the full e of the Girl Scout activities in the of my ability.” | Territory and left the thought of a D A cout Group Camp for South- | FUTURE I-IES Alaska as a future project to BRIGHT, SAYS the Territory and will have to be ployment. There is still another ing and keeping open the roads, es- pecially the Haines road, which |should be kept open all the year round “In all this,” Bartlett said, must lock to the Government aid in finances and to Congress fo e than we have had before.” from the New York, s of who is work on. J. B. Burford, who will be mxu'n(‘(l this evening at 7:30 o'clock was honored by his fellow Rotarians BoB BARILEIT with the song “Our Boys Will Shine Tonight"—the word boys in the A, title w left out and in its place 2 was substituted the word Jack. Delegate to Congress Gives “¥..iiine otarians were: & 5. 2 \l!l‘uk of Kansas City; Frank Met- Rotarians Low Down on |2 o sitka: Marshai crateher, of | Ketchikan; Dan T. Moller, of Sitka; |Wilbur ~ Wester, of Anchorage; | George M. Gasser of Fairbanks and Alaska’s Development Delegate to Congr E. L. Bart- P. A. Haugen of Sitka. lett addressed the Juneau Rotary, Guests including Delegate Bartlett Club today at their regular weekly and Mrs. Crittenden wer D. E. Hatto of Seattle; Al Crittenden of Pittsburgh, New iel W. Mahoney. meeting held in the Baranof Hotel, and brought to the members furth- er proof of Alaska's bright future Super Market Phones 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily Orders for Delivery Accepied Up to 2:30 P, M. A large shipment of WATERMELONS that just hit the Spot! Also Pleniy of FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES EORGE BROTHERS | Super Market Phone—Write or Wire George Brothers Jap Army Serge official interpreter, and Colonel T. Standing, center, holding pipe, is Colonel John J. Baylor. bring a heavy influx of settlers to| met with housing facilities and em- | problem to overcome, the maintain- | for | | more centrol over our own destinies Mrs. Eve Critteuuen, repl‘chnta(n'(“ National Girl Scout Coun- | instruction | ersey and Lt. Dan- | Wake Island Surrender . Levy, destroyer escort, the Japs sign the surrender to right, Jap Army Majer Mas kamori; Rear Admiral Sakaibara; fisao H to; Brigadier General B f., Fuorth Marine Air n the name of Rear Admiral nt Larry Watanabe, of Honolulu, J. Walker, Jr., Sanderson's chief | | WAKE HERO HOME | | | A long and trying vigil came to an | end as Commander Winfield Scott | Cunningham, U. S. N, who was | the commanding officer at Wake | Island’s American garrison when it fell, embraced his wife at Na- | tional Aitport, Washington, D. C,, September 7. He was a Jap pris- oner for four years. AMERI(AN lEGION NAMES DELEGATES FOR CONVENTION With the assurance that a De- partment Convention of the Amer- ican Legion will be held in Seward in October, Alford John Bradford Post No. 4 attheir regular meeting last night, elected the following | delegates: J. A. Thibodeau, L. A. | Sturm, H. G. Nordling, Ernie Lin- | ccln, John McCormick, Waino Hend- rickson, Leo J. Jewett and Edw. L. Keithahn. Alternates named were Fred Cam. eron, Bob Thrach, A. E. Karn John McLaughlin, C. C. Carnegie, |Ralph Martin, Alfred Zenger and |Frank Hungerford. | One new member, {was initiated last night, and the committee is working on a large linitiation class for Monday, Sept. 24. | New members will include George | Lee Morrison and Wm. Burger, both | veterans- of this war, and the fol- |lowing Juneau boys who are still in {the service: Don Hungerford, Ho- mer G. Nordling, Jr., Chas. Rod- ney: Nordling, Keith Petrich, Alfred |L. Zenger, Jr, Harold H. Zenger, | Nedford H. Zenger and Chester E. ! Zenger. Bob Thrach, i | - - H SALT LAKE GIRLS HERE | Zella and” Ruth Marshall and, | Ruth Page, of Salt Lake City, | Utah, are guests at the Hotcll Juneau THE DAILY ALASKA EMP 'AUGUST WAS DRIER, THAN NORMAL, SAYS, WEATHER BUREAU the city of Ju- August, ]!N" in | neau proved to be apphoximately normal as to temperature but con- |siderably drier than normal in the mount of precipitation which mx | during the month Sunshine at the airport i recorded | which was slightly more than that ecorded in August, 1944. There| | were four days with 100 per cent | sunshine- and three days with over | 50 per cent. There were four clea | four partly cloudy, and 23 cloudy | days during the month Maximum wind velocity at the airport was 18 miles per hour from the southeast, and the average hourly velocity was 6.5 miles per | hour, The prevailing wind direction | for the month was from the north. Light fog occurred on four days, auroras on three days, ara | halos twice during the month. | Comparative data is as follows: Exertme or highest temperature: 87: Juneau, 1945—76; Airport—76. Mean maximum 161.6; Juneau, 1945—61.1; 61.5. Mean temperatur Airport— 1945—55.1; Airport—53.5. : | Mean minimum temperature: [494; Juneau, 1945—49.1; Airport— 45.7 Extreme or lowest temperature 136; Juneau, 1945—43; Airport—37. Total precipitation: 7.38 inches; Juneau, 1945—4.46 inches; Airport —4.17 inches Maximum wind velocity: 29 miles per hour; Airport—18 miles per { hours. -o - 'VOCATIONAL FILMS BE SHOWN AT USO TOMORROW NIGHT Postwar job opportunities will be the subject at the USO Club to- morrow night at 8 o'clock, when a series of films will be presented relating to openings in the oil industry, in communications, and in railroading. A discussion, with an opportunity for questions, will follow each film. This will be the first of three sessions at the USO presenting vocational movies. The dates of the others in the series will be an- nounced shortly. All interested servicemen, whether active duty or already dis- charged, are invited to be present special invitation is extended also to all members of the senior classes of the Douglas and Juneau High Schools. DEVELOPMENT BD. AWAITS MEMBERS A preliminary meeting of the Alaska Development Board was held here this morning, at which the three members present decided to ait the arrival of their two col- leagues before continuing with the Board’s business. Members already hers are Gov. Ernest Gruening, Jack A. Talbot, Ketchikan, and Wilbur Webster, An- chorage. Lester Nerland, Fairbanks, is expected to arrive today and An- tonio Polet, Nome, is due here to- MOrrow. on > e . LOUISE DUE AT 4 P. M. | Princess Louise, northbound, is due to arrive at 4 o'clock this after- noon, enroute to Skagway. HERMAN INEAU H R. A. Herman arrived here yes- | terday from Anchorage via Alaska Airlines, and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. ! - -——— | ATTENTION O. E. S. Regular meeting Tuesday, Sept.! 11, 1945. Special business. Lynna Holland, W. M.| |10062 t1) Helen Webster Sec 129 per cent of the possible amount, | seiar - temperature: | 55.4; Juneau, IRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA l ICE DOLL | | | i P e | Eight-year-old Namey Hammer shows promise of a brilliant ice carecr as she offers spread-eagle. Nancy is a member of the big cast of the fourth annual Ice Festival | at tae Berkeley, Calif., Iceland. ‘Rude-Thompson Wedding Is Held Mongaj Evening The marriage of Miss Lorraine Rude, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.' Joseph O. Rude, to S-Sgt. Thomas E. Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Knut Thompson of Petersbur: Alaska, was solemnized last evening at Resurrection Lutheran Church by the Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman. Preceding the wedding ceremony Mr. Ernest Ehler gave a beautiful rendition of the “Wedding Song” and “This Day Appointed.” The wedding march was played by Mrs. Raymond Nevin. In lovely fiowers flanked setting ‘of seasonal by tall candelabra the bride, given in marriage by her father, quisette with a fingertip veil, carried wore a gown of white mar- and a colonial with tin streamers. Joseph W. Alexander, the bride’s only attendant, was attired in a gown of aqua chiffon and carried a colonial bouquet with yellow streamer Mr. best Rude, bouquet ph W. Alexander served as an for the groom. James brother of the bride, served as usher. At the close of the ser- vice Mr. Ehler sang “Crowned With Thy Benediction. A wedding supper for the bridal atter its and immediate families was given at the home of the bride’s following the ceremony. of town guests included the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Knut Mrs. Doyle Sisney of Petersburg, and Mrs. George Naze of Portland, sisters of the groom, and Mrs. Emily Martins and Mrs. Walter Peterson, both of Petersburg, Alaska. After a short honeymoon the bride will resume her teaching posi- tion with the Petersburg Public Scheol and the groom will return to the Aleutians where he is based with the Army Emergency Boat _squadron. - - - CERTIFICATED Certificate has been filed with the loffice of the United States Com- | missioner here, registering the wedding of Edwin Adams Ramsey of Hoonah, to Ardeth Rogers Gillis of Hoonah, to Ardath Rogers Gillis mony, which took place on Sept 8, in Juneau, were Louise Kane and A. B. Hicks. - - FITZGERALD IN TOWN Clyde J. Fitzgerald, of Edmonton, Atlanta, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. PHONE 16 or 24 TWO DE]JVERIES DAILY sl fprrelf i oreeifsoreeifof] S IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Another shipment of those Delicious, Thin Rind WATERMELONS at 2 0 phi son. wer | Len of 60 passengers f chorage and Juneau These @ Nome were: Stryker, Edward Low C. Anden, Walter Keser, Rolley Those flying to Juneau on the Starliner Anchorage | George, r, Lt. Col. Frank, Burr Webber, Richard Harrison, on, Wallace Johnsten, |R. A. Herman, Lt. Parry, Mrs. Jesse Welch and Lillian Fuson. Returning were the following: Fred Newburn and | John Her To Gustavus; " TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1945 3 STARLINERS IN WITH SIXTY FROM WESTERN ALASK Tiving ne Miner, Walte e: Mrs. Rogene Reynolds, and Lydia R John Van G 2 Verness, man Pe! {A. J. Stern. { To Anchorage: Art Lein. | Starliner Fairbanks arriving from | Anc | Mr, | Thomas McDonald, Leonard Y kel, horage Winston, brought Ralpl Charles Yogg, R s Goldie, Mr. 's. Irene Steward, and Gary. noon on Sundi Sherman, Smith, Thomas Weir, Janie Archer,'sengers this morning were | Ralph Thomas, Florence Bruce, Jose- nam, George Victor Rowe, Mrs. Jean Mayfield, Betty Mayfield, Alice Weathers, and Mrs. Alaska Airlines Ilm\ three planes to Juneau yesterday, having a total'y H. Johnson, ing between An- Harold S. Roth. the Starliner Louise Howard Floyd, Betty lick, Dr. | Kelley, Chet Weborg, John Kapalsa,'Cramer and Mrs. R. L. Tollefson. Carl Roberts, Law, Leslie Traweek, Lt. Col. Webb, Carl Robinson and Ray Burk. From Cordova: Clyde Stetson and Mrs. Clyde Stet- r Lund, T. N. Harry Pettit, On the return flight, passengers, Stryker, R. R. B. Viloria, Cecil olley. were: inhoven, Gus Victor the followin h Whitela oscoe L. Fu Ko R. J. Somniers LG 728 COASTAL AIRLINES ON MANY FLIGHTS Alaska Ccastal Airlines late after- trips yesterday brought the following incoming passengers from Sitka; M ter, Mrs. Brooks Hanford, Henry Moy, J. M. Hutcheson, B. Burnett, Ernie Car- Dr. Dwight Cramer, Pete Hangen, Paul Edwards, Mrs. D. P. V. Dixon, P. Pearl. From Excursion Inlet Mrs. O. S. Syre. From Tenakee: James Paddock.. Fr old Foss, W. R. Booth, C. O. Ta)lcr, Dorruh) Roley, Illllllllllllll|I|||IlllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIlllI||Illlllm|HlIIIIIIIIlIlllllflllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH(IIHIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIllII| om Hoonah: A, O. CANNING TOMATOES 30 Pound Lug . . THESE TOMATOES ARE RIPE CANNING. .. V. Dixon, Mrs. Cramer, Betty Ward and C. E Mr. and Peterson, Har- Sid Thomp- 0 {M. M. Keeps and Mary Harolims. Passengers flying to Hoonah were: Jim Herbert, Ed Ramsay, M Ed Ramsay, Nick Johnson, Mrs. L. ‘Kum W. R. Booth, A. O. Peterson, Taylor, Harold Foss, Mrs. Don Underwood, Jim Herbert, Sid Ho\\ ||d Erickson, George Anderson, | Thompson. To Excursion Inlet: G. D. Marsh, J. J. Bentman and ‘To Tenakee: Kurt Wahto, M. Mal- achoff and Sam Asp. Outgoing Ketchikan-bound — pas- B. Put- Wm. Spratling, R. M. Red- D. L. Cramer, Mrs. D. L. - MR., MRS. IMPSON HERE Mr and Mrs. W. F. Impson, of Seattle, are guests at the Baranof Hotel. CARTE IN TOWN E. L. Carter, of Sitka, has ar- rived in town and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. HOSPITAL NOTES Ralph Young has entered St. Ann’s Hospital for medieal atten- tion. R. S. Hough was admitted yester- day to St. Ann's Hospital for med- ical care. John W. Wilson, at St. Ann's Hospital, to his home. Evans Gunyah was discharged from St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday, following medical attention. Lee Blackman has gone home from St. Ann’s Hospital after undergoing an appendectomy. - MRS. ARCHER HFKF J. A. Archer, of Portland, is a guest at the Gastineau medical patient has returned Mrs Ore., Hotel. e BOB ATWOOD FLIES SOUTH Bob Atwood, publisher of the Anchorage Times, left for the south yesterday on a PAA plane on a business and pleasure trip. Bonr’t Be Sorry Order Your CANNING PEACHES for Delivery THIS WEEK 10 Ibs. = - = 79¢ 25 Ibs. SUGAR TWO JUNEAUSDELIVERIES 10:15 A. M. DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. MINIMUM—$2.50 DHONE Be,'fs DHONc $1.98 2:15 P. M. CA$I'I GROCERY ' 4. Get Your Order in for: CANNING PEACHES—PEARS—PRUNES To arrive on the Northland CASE Juneau Deliveries—10 A. M. and PHONE 704 2 P. Douglas Delivery—10 A, M. Roat Orders Delivered Anytime! JUST RIGHT FOR WE GUARANTEE THE QUALITY! b 47 "llllIIIIIHIIIIllllIIIIIIIHIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIHH.{IIIIIIlIIIIlllhlllllll IIiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIII"5 50 Illllllllflllllllllllllllllll!ifllllllllllllifllillfllflIIIilIHIIIlHHiI!flIiIIIIiIIIIlIlIlllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIII|||IlIIIIIIIIIIIiIlIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIllIiillllllllliillilliillllllilm < al 8