The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 13, 1945, Page 2

PAGE TWO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1945 Alaska Lumber ' Fashion Wizard, § it s Fighting Fro Black with Toast . . . . Dress from our v Collection) o | | Nation’s enemies in all parts |of the world, that Alaska’s shores ’have furnished bases from which I he Japs were chased off the North i Pacific, that Alaska’s air routes have {cut by many weary miles the com- munication lines of global conflict— |these are widely recognized phases Alaska's war effort. s well known is the part that Alaska’s forests have played in the taming of the enemy—especially in !the Pacific. Yet, the Alaskan De- {partment Command of the Army of the United States has expressed the view that the availability of Alaska |lumber meant a very great deal to the dzvelopment of Aleutian Islands 1t a time when speed was vital campaign to check the far- 3 ? y reaching grasp of our Pacific enemy. S oy X 3 3 | In later phases of the Pacific campaign, Alaska lumber on Okin- awa aided in chinching the noose about the neck of Nippon. One hundred and forty-eight mil- |lion board feet of that lumber—or more than sufficient one by 12 boards to circle the world—from the green-clad slopes of Southeast Alas- our ka's isles and fiords flowed to the battlefronts through the port of Juneau, dispatched by the facilities f the Juneau Subport of Embarka- > tion The vital part played by the Juneau installation in erecting our .9 Pacific battlements is now revealed in p James W. Huston, Area Engineer in charge of Army Engin- eer activities in and about Juneau, teday made public figures regarding Southeast Alaska’s wartime lumber shipments. From a peacetime normal of ap- proximately 28'% million feet, five lumber mills in this region stepped up their production to a current pace of 85 million board feet per year. In 1044, with a Prince Rupert, B. C, mill operated by the Army and using mostly Alaska logs adding its pro- duction to the total, approximately 73 million board feet were cut in this arca. The Prince Rupert mill since has been eliminated from the picture by fire. The five mills‘which Mr. Huston commends for their ef- New Silhouette, new look by Capri in the young wool suit ... gentle curves, climaxed at the basque waist ... the lighter jacket braid-edged. Size 14 RBM Behrends Ca fective war help are at Metlakatla aafl[,ry s/nee ,557 Ketchikan, Wrangell, Sitka and l ’ i Juneau. ! During the two years that th T ; = B Alaska lumber program was oOper- MRS. HAWKESWORTH LEAVES ANNUAL MEETING OF ated, 90 per cent of the lumber RUSSIAN. GREEK CHURCH needs for construction of Alaskan bases was met from within the Terri- Fabricated trusses and mill- Mrs, Ruth Hawkesworth, who has . ol s The annual meeting of the Rus- tory. i b.(on iigy (ROlg. , PHESE o‘t ALY, = Greek otu gnx Catholic Work requirements were almost all flar in durability. At the begin- ence. Only the wings are unar- Gunnar Blomgren the past two Slan eel rtho 8 5 Y vhen airplane met- mored. O5ILD RANGER SR D tenmer Aloutian | thurch of St. Nicholas will be held that had to be shipped in from the ning of the war, when alrpiane mel | MOrec. e S o i et O e e | ohday. evening.at 7 o'hibdk States. Of the total Alaska produc- als were scarce, Alaska furnished > Slightly Sweetened g ©on her return to her. home in Monday evening at 7 o'clock, Sept. FHICh © re O B LIPS 10,000,000 feet of highest grade Sitka i ekt ae ring resuitel Eicins. Orex 17, 1045. New officers will be elected tion for military needs, the largest 40,000,000 feet of highest grade SItks N : PEARS Many social affaits were given |IUring this i < in her honor by ing her e A o B g iy ANCHORAGE VET OFFICE SILVER-DALE R TS Anthony E. Karnes, Alaska Rep- y % Slightly Sweetened—Cling resentative of the. Veterans' Ad-| THE HE" SPECIALIZES fiwfi - o 5 ® o o o & 0 0 0 ¢ o o nministration, headquarters in Ju- PPAALI E s ® neau, is now in Anchorage estab- PINK WEATHER REPORT ¢ lishing an office of administration 3 5 (U5, WEATHER BUREAU) @ | there, IN LAYING EGGS CAL—NIA Temperatures fo Period | S SR R Whele Unpecled ® Ending 7:30 o'Clock Tuis Slurning @ CHIEF WASHAKIE HERE » S A L M 0 N . o o . TO LOAD LUMBER CARGO 1 APRICOT S B 3 ® In Juneau—Maximum, 55; e | © minimum, 46. e Here to load 2,000,000 board feet i ® At Airport—Maxin ; ® of lumber and general cargo for | n 1 (ans ‘ e minimum, 41, ® Scward Peninsula, the Liberty Ship | ¥ . . o | Chief Washakie docked yesterday i b © e 0 0o e v 2 o o o o e aftcrnoon at the Juneau Subport. ¢ . ® | Master of the Chief Washakie is BORDEN’S EAGLE BRAND ® WEATHER FORECAST e Capt. A. Karbbe, son of a former wals . (Juneav and Vicinity) e prominent Juneau family. The K3 LRI ® The Washakie is under charter to ~ ” an ( ® Rain tonight and Friday. e the Northland Transportation Com- : ® Not much change in tem- e pai ® Dperature. . —_ - - ~ 3 3 s SN SO RELIANCE—ALL GREEN SPEAR © @ o o o 0 0 0 0 & o 0g guest at the Baranof Hotel. & P TP RIS BB PP PP EGIEG fi S p i‘ R A G U S S0 o Gn 2 ‘ap { ( @ st g [ v ~ @ e : TWO CONCERTS & TASTEWELL—CREAM £ . / (ORN---No.2cans - - - SIMEON OLIVER WELL-KNOWN PIANIST and Author of “Son of the Smoky Sea" For Benefit of Minfield Home Under Auspices of American Women's Voluntary Services, Juneau Unit PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sept. 13and 14, 1945—ai 8P, M. Admission $1.00 plus 20c tax - (Different Program Each Evening) Tickets For Sale at Barancf - Juneau - Gastineau “because I lay nothing and packing the finest RRRRRRRRFRRRARRRRRRRRRARR RERRRRR RRRRRRRRERRRS That Alaska’s men have battled “Eggspert! That’s what I anv” cackled the hen, are coffee experts because they devote their en}ire energies and skills to buying, blending, roasting, sense this expertness when you use Hills Bro,s. 2 Coffee. Every sip will make you say—"Now that’s what I call good coffee!” Regular Setvice from Seale and Tacoma FREIGHT ALASKA TRANSPORATION CO. Temporary Office—Gastineau THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASK Flowslo =i . . . l0URClOSNG sourmooe nis Through TOMORROW HERE Mrs. Lingo, Mrs. Troy Are Here _or_l_-rAIeutian Mrs. George A. Lingo arrived on the Aleutian today from her home gate the fine produces of their for- ests to a secondary role, now that its worth has been soundly demon- | strated, Engineer Huston feels. Northern ij Troop No. 612, Boy Scouts America, held its first meeting of the fall season at [ | The Area Engineer also disclosed e ther g resbyter N sHorage. . &b '] Area Enginee 0GB Junisaw's Olty Couneil will ‘aeet the Northern Light Presbyterian|in Anchorage, accompanying her ase In uneau s ar or that the Juneau Subport owes its au's Cit o Church here Tuesday evening, with | mother, Mrs. M. E. Troy as far as being to the need for a base in this in :,l;(‘('l:ll N“‘“Il’”]\l tomorrow ‘(“““"‘Ii Acting Scoutmasier Joe Werner in| Juneau on her return to her home larea to plug the gap while the at the city hall—meeting time 8/ opapge in Port Aj 1 - - " Palock-to” hes pece foh : ngeles. e Army's immense $18,000,000 Excur- o'clock—to hear "“ DIoa and cons| «pe patrol was organized and a| Mrs, v spent the summer visit- share went to construction within gion Inlet tranfer base project was of extending closing hours for local program of activities for the winter | ing her n-in-law and daughter -3 rritor; vever, 26 million pe c ctes jor establishments another two' i . .4 coouti 7 ol son=il=aw & aug] s vt.:hv‘. .;rc;n‘xltm J ]IXO;» 3 -nt‘ e being completed :ju\ :I i’\‘“' b : l/”‘]“ aleiite 9 planned. Scouting practice consisted | Comdr. and Mrs. Lingo in Anchor- oard feet was loaded at Juneau Though designed mainly for tran- HOUrs into arly mOrming. = jof puilding matchless fi by | age and with them made the trip by shipment direct to Okinawa during ; use, the relatively minor in-| Operators of cocktail bars and, gciion automobile to Fairbanks to witness the present year. tion here was built to the needs retail stores, who have petitioned i L gt L the midnight sun. An artist, Mrs. for the later cl o Deliveries outside Alaska are still o boonare, re, are to pre with thous MARINE MOVEMENTS to her home with Troy is returning i e e rmy ar al o " ’ pirt arguments @ P cou being made on direct Army and Navy c..q¢ of rock poured on Juneau's their argumer ind the cour S Bk CiRadada o . e tchbook THlldd. with Alasican orders. » flats to give footing to towering men will likewise listen to those’ - R s e i sce While in Juneau she visited All-out cooperation has been re-!j 08 UM 10 B 1000 HK ehart and who have something to say on the Ve from Skagway tomorrow mom- | 5¢encs, Whie in duneau (AIIIJ-N ceived from the Al:'uk.m mnll\, ln- main warehouse units are of pers OPPOsite ide of question ‘-“]" 6 o'clock, sails south at 9 Wk sy & > xS, y gineer Huston emph: y declar-) . ent construction Temporary Council action 1is expected after ©¢ L ed. Disregar e anufa ructire was foregone BHecause it uments have been prescnted,| North Sea, scheduled to arrive! Tt B © ,M,; L turing r(:.~,L~,] ml mm;;"z. case: Ih(-)l' was felt that the Juneau port could evening the City Fathers bnnlnlny or Sunday ' from the ' =anavi g have cut as high at 82 per cent of |y, yseq a5 an auxiligry to Excursion tideflats north of the SOUth. their production into boards and|qniot even after the latter was com- d Creck with ders| Columbia, from Seattle, west- ,..0” OMERY GIRLS HERE other small dimension Iuml:m-,j“1 ted who has proposed exten- bound, scheduled to arrive Monday. ihelma and Mary Monigomery, whereas mills in the Pacific North- ™"/ " . o o0 e qunea and filing th that >eo of Long Beach, Calif., have arrived west lumber industry normally turnj oS0 S T G ched \cil's decision 15 ex- | Virgil Baker, of Seattle, is a guest | here and are guests at the: Hotel oht only sbout 35 percent in such|SULPOrt was so solidly established.) ' G- C it Tl S medting, | At the Baranof Hotel Juneau. smaller cuts, the bulk of sawlogs go-|For its glant brother at Excursion il T A gt ks datuet shructral Bt Inlet was never used. The full load - B T | was borne by the subport here—and ELLIOTT IN TOWN Nearly all the Alaska mill produc- | ably, as events have proved. G. ti,+ of tland, tion was channeled by the operators to military needs, Mr, Huston point- | s R Development Board Wire /.. arrived in der and is Juneau on a a guest at th the | Hunters - Attention! ed out. Only about 15 per cent, of . Alaska lumber products since April| au “*“‘loo | P iy o4 when e program went nto |5 Spurned by Seatle, Bul vaien T wows Motorship Messenger available 9 effect, has been released to civil i N : i i Hbm, A Shyman ved yesterday from " 3 b g PR Mayor Parsons Note Read Seatie, via Pan pmerica, 4341 PM Saiurday 10 Monday mornlng t ) stoply military needs. The = a guest at the Baranof Hote Sirent progtam is expected to be| (Continued from Page One) |\ e Will Go Anywhere contihued through this year Mr ME, MRS. JOHNSON UNERE - Studitions on Hiand ‘which Wl 16 na i bl G PIHIONE GREEN 715 i quire mills to fulfill their current mus i I Beck proposed bscription to office in 50,000 by stablish a permane contracts. Throught its magnificent war-| time cooperation, Southeast Alaska's Washington, D. C., to fight for the lumber industry has also done gateway position much for itself, Mr. Huston pointed T'me Magazine’s Map . out. It turns again to filling peace-| Howard Costigan, executive s Phflllt’ time needs of the civilian popula-|tary of the Governor's Advis v tion on a much firmer basis. i cmmission, declared that the cur- > Before the war, Alaska’s pills|rent Time Magazine has a map that 7 () 7 found their major outlet in the pro-| “10Ws Chicago, Edmonton, “some aska 1 San F duction of fish boxes. Through their | cities ir “But the ws that 1cisco. along THRIFT CO-OP .= wartime experience they have now map ¢ . grown up and war uses have estab-|the whole Pacific Coast from San = lished the worth of Alaska forest|Francisco to Alaska there is no lz R l D Y S A T U R ]) Y products. Juneau and Ketchikan|city,” he said } {Q o Q mills now have retail distribution| Seattle’s Mayor William Devin yards in many of the cities of the|said the East t! s the West is a ; Territory, as far inland as Fairbanks. | back where g2 cans must HUDSON VALLEY Worldwide shipment of Alaska lum-|be kept and urged action to show = B s being conahisred B 's/the East the West is the front L)) ber is being considered by Alaska 0 20 0Z. ean e l e new confidence. |door to the great Pacific put forward by| The result of the meeting was to in Alaska have place the Pacific Northwest squa Sitka |1y on record as desirous of elimin- proved, | ating ¢ ly A rect line to Chicago and replacing it with a lumbermen in their Contentions long the Forest Service b confirmed in practice, Spruce lumber has been through use in actual construction GOLDEN SYRU 4 Ibh. 8 0z. can 49¢ WHITE STAR ANS ; on a large scale, to compare fayor- | line through Seattle which would 1bly with the Douglas Fir for which|not ne 1 to touch any Toarritorial in pre-war days it was snubbed.|8irport except in the Aleutians Alaska’s spruce lumber has 80 per- e No. 2% ri\ M N A Stormovik” is the most - the structural strength of the! R cific Northwest’s fir and is sim- he SIZE vily armored war plane i exist- 3lor £9c -1 quart jar 33¢ pound box 25¢ EMPRESS—Drip or Regular Grind 15,0 5. - 35¢ |COFFEE- 2 Ibs. 69c KITCHEN SILK g TOWELS 2 rolls 35 [TISSUE - 4 rolls 28 BUTTER EGGS ) pounds 99c | 2 dozen §1.39 TWO DELIVERIES : but eggs.” And Hills Bros. EATMOR RAUT - - - LARGE PACKAGE coffees obtainable. You’ll fsio s PASSENGERS ' REFRIGERATION Hotel J. F. (Jim) CHURCH, Agent Phone - - 879 b 9000000000000 00000000000000¢ -==10:30 and 2:30 e “<om " Al “t Al