The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 18, 1945, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 1945 | Rainy Weather Friends. . . Wonderfully water repellent Dura- Twill with its smooth satin finish, reversibles, gabardines, Para-Twill, in fact the most handsome raincoats nable. White, black un(l'cu]ors. 19.95 t0 39.95 Umbrellas . . . 10 and 16 rib umbrellas in satin and taffeta. ers, checks and prints. handles. Rubber Boots . . Solid colors, bord- Lucite 6.95 to 14.50 Over the stocking boot, below the knee length. 4.95 QUALITY SINCE /887 IMMUNIZATION CLINIC The regular monthly immuniza- [ tion clinic wil GCCUPATION OF JAP LAND PROCEEDING 'Ccfltmucd /rom Page One) day, Sept. 19, at 10 a. m. Dr. C. C. Carter, tions for whooping cough. menths of age tend. L b RETURN. FROM SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. nese of any industry or any busi- them to beat their plowshares into Seattle, swords.”) (Japanese captors, ne said, “de- liberately practised all the forms of cruelty they knew or heard ' on Allied prisoners regard- of rank.) Mr@qdy. however frem the Pacif with some higi jeining enlisted 1« bound transport happy to be home again. e — SITKA WOMAN DIES Miss Nellie Thompson, fricers Sitka resident, passed away yester- ne- day at the home of relatives in| |Douglas at the age of 41 years, Krollowmg a long illness. Her parents in Sitka are ex-| com- pected to arrive in Juneau to make | Eizhth | funeral arrangements. The remains reached are at d n hips. Gen. Doolittle In U. 8, Lt. Gen. James Doolittle, manding Genera! of the Air Force in the Ryukyus, the United States last night. Ad-| Mortuary., miral Halsey is scheduled to leave! - for home Thursday, with remaining units of his Third Fleet in Japa-| D BROWNS GO WEST William and Harold Brown have Juneau Health Officer, will be present to administer immuniza- smallpox, diphtheria and| Parents and all children over six are urged to at- Elroy Ninnis and ness that could make it possible for %on. Elroy, Jr, have returned from where they had gone to consult a specialist concerning El- roy Jr.'s eye, following an injury. They report the boy's eye as in perfect condition, and they are all former the Charles W. leer’ 'CRANE BRINGS SWAN IN TOW be held at the | Juneau Health Center on Wednes- A hitch-hiking voyage across the Gulf of Alaska was completed with the arrival here last night of the Fish and Wildlife Service vessel Swan—in tow of the F and WL vessel Crane. One cylinder out, the Swan, Capt. Ray Lindsley, master, was taken in tow at her Kodiak#; ion by the Crane, Capt. Dan nfilg. The | | Crane wa: eflhfi«e after com- pletion of her sumrfer’s patrol ac- tivities in the' Al -Alaska Pen- insula area. ‘s Though partially disabled, the Swan was able to furnish a part of the power to push-her across the gulf. She will remain here until she can procede south far repairs. The Crane will also remain in Southeast Alaska for some time, to cngage in stream survey work. e DR. JONES GIVES TALK TODAY, ROTARY MEET Dr. E. Stanley Jones, world's fore- | mest missionary, was the guest | TO PORT HERE Calch of Pribilof Seals This Year Largest Since 1911: 76,700 Skins By GILBERT A. MAYO (AP Correspendent) [ ST. LOUIS, Sept. 16—The once |y, almnst extinct Alaska s has | Heldfd another $4,000,000 crop of | sklns and an estimated $1,000,000] ’morc for the U. S. Treasury The 1945 expedition to the small Bering Sea islands of St. Paul and |St. George in the Pribilof group reported a catch of 00 seals, |the largest for a mnormal year's | cperation since the Department of | Commerce undertook conservation jof the vanishing herd in 191 The Fouke Fur Company of St.! pavisation Louis, which finances the expedi-| gyichak tions on behalf of the United States ciple navigation improvements; and Canadian Governments, esti- cordova Harbor, study of extent to mated the skins wil have an ypjon pavigation facilities may be average value of $50 to $55 each jp,hroved; and Valdez Harbor, to When they are prepared for tail- | getermine advisable harbor facility oting imy nent rticularly expan- sion of small facilitie Accompar Gen. Bru Conrad P. Engineer. tline, always foggy and damp, their never-changing choice for| e breeding season. - oo ARMY ENGINEER BOUND HERE ON CHANNEL WORK Page One) o3 ! 1 (Continued from Upper Pos improvements; River, to determine OV I foat ing 1 Encugh For 10,600 Coats The catch this ar will be encugh to make about 10,000 coats of current styles, said G. D. Gib- bons, vice president of Fouke. Be- tween six and seven skins are needed for each coat. Until the first h of pro- cessed skins is auctioned Oct. 8, the entire supply remains the preperty the U and Cana- dian Governments, 20 per cent be- longing to Canada and 80 per cent to the United States. Proceeds of the sales, of the expedition and {will be remitted to the two gov-|pina |ernments in proportionate shaves, | The Fouke Company handles 90| |per cent of the annual catch, and is. one of only two firms in the (werld which process the skins. The iolher is a London company. n to Hardy, Ceming Here on his ka Is- ge, Gen. Br inspection land, Excur first Ala Annette Anchora; addition to r visiting n Inlet, in of dismantiing op- cursion Inlet where ngineers are sal trans-shipment Alaska Barge Cic uton “We relieved that eviction of the Aleutians rend operation ur ent at Army giant on ttle less costs the market ncwn I ase Ter- have the ed ing 1id been Japs shipping Inlet now unnecess of this anti-Jap insurance policy for Alaska shipping still valu- | able fros andps of Iu er | 3,100,000 Seals able from the standpoint of lumber In the Philippines alone, The expedition estimated the ksl 15 aveEe orie 1945 seal census at 3,100,000. Gib- ket e ibady b7kl bons explained that is a fairly ac- ps s paon l:"“”'_ curate figure b entire n S BEany oler ’_"’“f” herd always mig Poul e a critical and St. George the 4 i breeding season. The animals are g O T!'I"'_d"‘h not found anywhere else in the g, Oh lv“'”f”'(’]f:r.",('li world between June and September. et ',’““f‘_‘) The remainder of the year they are MO T ise 20 ThCTe |at sea off the coast of California,| RS Iju 1 no difficulty with the use Until the Pelagic Treaty of 1911 |0f German prisoners of war for entered into by the United States, the Work and this was the only England, Japan and Russia, the|l2DOr available to us last July. {herd rapidly was being killed off) ¥ould like fo add that the Cit by uncontrolled slaughter at sea,| JUN€au has been of impor e |Since that agreement, the herd ;1‘;1‘-,‘“::;;;(:\“"\ {0 Srrangemsns. Jor steadily increased from a low of j{MS BIOICCh 135,000 and now is almost as large’ 3 ; 85 when the. United’ States pur. 1700 German prisoners have been SHased, the Territord ot b & tearing down the $18,000,000 ter- 2 e ol ir vage 9 ' [from Russia in 1867, acquiring title Minal to salvage 12,000,000 board to the herd in the same transac.|féet of lumber and over $3,000,000 It g worth of other critical supply items. ; -> from E at v is salvage, the J: of 12 the inve and U. & lumber short: Diemar “Disman schedule, expect 3 have St for Hardy's office, about Males Have “Iarems” | Under Commerce Department regulations, u_m I‘Xllut{lh(m m NORTH SEA DUE IN take only surplus - three-year-oft pcRI EARI_Y 'N A. M males. Each male has an av harem of 50 females, and occa- lsiom\lly as many as 200 females is scheduled found in a single harem 1 o'cleck to- Sealing expeditions are no more and passenge in the nature of a hunt than the ) o'clock while Cold Storage ails south dur- | may | packing business with pens full of ing hours from the dock. ship The s the early mor City Dock. -oo Want-ads livestock. All the crew needs to d is go to the St. Paul and St.|ing George Islands in the early the summer. The seals will be there,; Gibbons said, because the ro ky| Em vring results! ~ | work " Burr Johnson was appointed a mem- Dismantling {was spent in a general discussion oI current problems parents and teachers. It was brought | out that there still aré severdl ROUTE SURVEY SET..TO S (OMME"(E TH I S w EE K ‘ :El?l‘:;ssu‘;:;%l:?mngoéuane:s. and { — |1t is -one of the first interests ofy Chief Engincer M. D. Williams, of |the PTA to assist in every way| {the Public Roads Administration, possible in helping new teachers bas returned here from Anchorage, find pleasant homes. Mrs. Jack| where he was concerned with pre- Pcpejoy was appointed a committee | liminary arrangements for starting of one to make plans for housing | on a survey for location of T:2xt year's incoming teachers in an a portion of the highway route pro- effort to avoid the confusion this jected to connect Seward with An-jyear has brought. chorage. Small apartments seem to be the Waork on the location survey is toimoest popular choice of teachets. started this week, Mr. Williams Anyone knowing of a vacancy or of stated. Location of the highway a possible vacancy in the near fu- route is expected to involve a cross-|ture may notify Mrs. Popejoy. (ing of Turnagain Arm. An informal reception is being John MacGillivray, of the Port- planned for the teachers to which land PRA office, companied Mr.|all parents and towns people are wnhmn Anchorage a little more | invited. Mrs. Chris Wyller is the tha ago and has remained | of the committee, and here cation Engineer in charge ¢ her will be Mrs. A. B th |Phillips, Mr. Henry Harman, Mrs. Jack Popejoy and Mrs. Glen Oakes. J All teachers, parents and resigents | ‘\)[ the commuunity interested in P-TA are inviled to become a. payt ;‘l Hm «nganlzaucn R.'Jgulur méeets SEWARD TO ANCHORAGE! be nl survey o< P-TA T0 MAKE STUDY OF HOUSING PROBLEMS of involving _both | ings are held the third Monday of each month in the high school study hall begining at 8 oclock RENTAL OVEKCHARGES ‘ RESULT IN OPA ACTION Overcharges on apartment rental /to a group of servicemen brought about OPA Enforcement action against Mary Pullen Bean, mana- ger of the Pullen House, Skagway. Settlement of this recent action in- volved refunds of $240 to the six Coast Guardsmen overcharged, plus a $360 contribution to the U. S. Treasury. The total of $600 repre- sented treble damage on the $180 overcharges, The overcharges, at times amount- ing to double thelegal maximum rental, were proved'and acknowledg- ed to have occurred consistently from May 1944 to April 1945, Enforcement officials stated. The case was re- ferred to OPA only after warnings of the local War Price and Ration- ing Board were ignored. - EMBLEM CLUB Social meeting tonight 8 -o'clock. Elks Hall. Refreshments. (10,068-t1) FOR JUNEAU TEACHERS ing oi ihe Juneau Association this cason was called to order by the new President, Mrs. Ralph B. Wils liams in the high school study hall Monday evening. | Mrs. Williams announced the fol- lowing ccmmittees will serve with her during the ensuing.year: Mems| bership S A. Sturm, Chair-| man, an i i Hespitality Chairman Publicity: The [first me Farent Teache %. A. Kingsbury; nd Mrs. Helen Webster; Mrs. L. M. Dunlap. . Mr,| ber of the Program Committee and is te eelect two assjstants from the Parent Teachers Association | membership to assist him in plan-| ning programs of intersst for thei ¥ President Mrs. Williams encourag-| ed discussion from the assembly on; the type of program that would be most acceptable to the organization. | Several good suggestion were made, mong which were included lectures on Child Psychology, Health, Nu- trition and the showing fof Educa- tional films. It was suggested to the program committee that pro- grams of interest to fathers as 1 as mothers might bring a larger endance from that part of the family. All fathers are urged to take part in‘P-TA activities. The greater part of the evening! ® Welding @ Blacksmith Work For Quicl, Accurate and Work Bring Your Job to U OUR SHOP IS MANNED BY EXPERIENCED MACHINISTS and MECHANICS We Can Do YOUR Jobh NOW DR. E. STANLEY JONES World Famous Missionary September 16-21 General Mass Meeting Each Night —8:00P. M. Northern Light Presbyterian Church Auspices Juneau Ministerial- Association ENGINES OVERHAULED ® (eneral Machine Shop Work Efficient o4 nese waters assigned to the Fifth Fleet under Admiral Raymond A Spruance. Vice-Admir : Jack Fletcher, in naval | left for Anchorage and Fort Rich-|Speaker today at the regular weekly ardson to receive their discharges|mecting of the Rotary Club held frem the Army. Both will return | this noon in the Baranof Hotel. Dr. to Juneau for positions which are|Jonss has travelled extensively all CHAS. WARNER CO. forces patroliil Japan, also will leave g to his North Pacific ers in the Aleutians. Japan Militarist Foreign awaiting them. e SCOUTERS’ MEETING The District Scouters’ meeting, which was scheduled for 7:30 this evening, has been changed to 7 p. Dr. E. Stanley Jones may do so. Meeting will adjourn at 8 p. m, Distriot Chairman Ed Keithahn announced. SO headqu meanwhile, shelved Mamoru Shigemitsu as Minister, replacing him zeru Yoshida, carcer dip- Icmat who reportedly was jailed for a month early this yéar because | of his firm stand for peace. The shift presumably was made with| MacArthur’s knowledge and ap-| proval; he had conferred with! Premier Higashi-Kuni at Allied headquar!us Saturday >+ | POLICE COURT BUSY i A long list of fines was levied in police court here by City Magistrate Willilam A. Holzheimer this week. Fined on drunk charges, $25 each, | were: David Johnson, Edwin Good- rich, William O. Morrison, Arthur Johnson. Gregorio B. Sacramento was fined $25 on a charge of dis- orderly conduct Fined $25 each D CHANDLER HERE H. C. Chandler, of Anchorage, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. .- ANNA BRIM IN TOW‘\I Anna Brim, of Seattle, arrived on the Columbia and is registered at the Baranof Hotel. - BURMASTER IN JUNEAU Lee Burmaster, of Fairbanks, has arrived in Juneau and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. e SEATTLE MEN HERE John D. West and Clarence Callet, of Seattle, are guests at the Baranof Hotel. ,e MRS. STURM HOME Mrs. L. A. Sturm and little daughter, Carolyn, have returned to Juneau by PAA plane after a week’s business trip in Seattle. e MRS. NIETSEN Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Nietsen, of Wrangell, has arrived here and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. ——-———— PETERS IN TOWN for being drunk and disorderly were: John H Reinken, Eugene Dugaqua, Fred Harris, John P. Foley Also drunk and disorderly were Harold Kravik, fined $25 and sen tenced to one day in jafl; David Howard, fined $25 and given a 30- day suspended sentence on condi- tion he leave town; and George Dalton, sentenced to 30 days in jail, suspended on condition he leave the city and refrain from drinking. e e OTTS IN TOWN E. R. Otts, of Craig, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel (guest at the Gastineau Hotel. i m. Members wishing to hear| A. M. Peters, of Petersburg, is a| over the world and has used his gift of oratory in each place he has visited. In many of the Territories Dr. Jones has visited he found that the three main needs of the Territory were: 1-—More population; 2—State- , hood and 3—Religion . . . this he has | found to be true in Alaska also. Visiting Rotarians included: Sim- {eon Oliver, of Anchorage; Andrew | Hope, Clarence R. Rands and Elliott Fletcher, of Sitka; Keith Roberts, of Wilmette, Illinois and Harold F. Fredsell. { Guests including Dr. Jones were John Hoogstad, Ralph J. Rivers, J. iJ. Meherin and Charles Porter. i LUTHERAN SENIOR CHOIR TO PRACTICE WEDNESDAY The Senior Choir of the Lutheran Church will meet at 7:15 p. m. to- morrow for a half hour's practice session. The short, early practice period is being held because of the meeting to hear Dr. E. Stanley Jones at 8 p. m. All members are present and on time, urged to be { - - - OFFICER, BRID: HERE Lt. (jg) N. A. Quinn has ar- | rived here for temporary duty with the office of the Captain of the Port. He was assigned here from Coast Guard District Headquarters at Ketchikan and will complete his assignment here this week. His recent bride accompanied Lt. Quinn | to Juneau. — e EMBLEM CLUB Social meeting tonight 8 o'clock. Elks Hall. Refreshments, (10,068-t1) | | ll i Get to know your Studebaker dealer now He can give you many helpfid tips on your motoring problems &THOUGH the war has ended, you can still count on your Studebaker dealer as a trustworthy source of information on {our motoring problems. Some beautiful new Studebaker Champion motor cars in a distinctive skyway styling will be avail- able before long. But the production of these cars, for awhile at least, will be less than the demand. And so, Studebaker dealers are advising their customers that it isn’t safe yet to stop Ewm constant care to most cars and truc et the facts straight on your personal transportation outlook. Get ac- quainted with your Studebaker dealer now. THE STUDEBAKER CORPORATION SOUTH BEND 27, INDIANA, U.S. A Juneau Motor Co. « * KEEP ON BUYING U.S. BONDS E t JUNEAU PHONE 473 ‘7 | FAIRDANKS RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRARS aV\\\,\\,\\,\\\_\\\.\\\r PHONE 667 AR A AR A AR R R RS R R ARG = SEOSOOO0O000G P. 0. BOX 620 B 22 2200 2. 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