The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 19, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT "TERRY" MCGOVERN < oo oo IS VISITING JUNEAU ON BARK BUSINESS Wellknown Alaska Visifor in Former Years Back Again in New Capacity F. L. “TERRY" McGOVERN Coming to Juneau after t weeks trip to Fairbanks, Nol Anchorage, Kodiak, Seward, Cor dova and the Matanuska Valley, Fos- ter, L. “Terry” McGovern, Vice Pres- ident of the National Bank of Com- merce, Seattle, welcomed today by his many friends for the first time in four years. Mr. McGovern is making his first trip in the capacity of representative for the National Bank of Commerce having come to Juneau before as Assistant General Manager of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Manager of the Chamber’s Alaska department. He came to the Tes tory to visit the banks in Als which are co-respondents of the National Bank of Commerce and to call on people who do business with the bank, as his bank wishes to be helpful to Alaska in the era that lies ahead. He is also making a survey of business - conditions in Alaska and the probable develop- ments which will occur in the near future, When asked how he found condi- tions in the Westward, Mr. McGov- ern said: “In the towns I have t- ed T have found that business con- RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRS |a ,'a ge been slowing up re- been more notice- the Japanese oesn't apply to all li f busi I found lly to whom I glad to get back A s as far as ne ncerned. Housing con- I in t of the towns are nd when materials are avail- m will go for- ture, Mr. my con- from my Chamber of )sition with at interest in Alas- the large Territory received during war. The ple are already coming to Alaska seeking to make their homes and this movement is very What must be done is to put ual information on Alask its possibilities in the hands of these people, who will be interested in coming here. Many of those who have already come, know Alaska b e they were here as Service men during war or workers on scme of the bases. I feel definite that Alaska is going’ ahead.” McGovern ts in m bott work with th and present | ple in the a result merce the g States of the the creasc the as Mr. McGovern will stay in Juneau 1 guest at the Baranof Hotel for few days and then proceed to !Sitka and finish up his business in Pctersburg, Wrangell and Ketch- . He expressed sincere feeling when he said, “It’s really great to come back to Alaska and I'm enjoy- return to Juneau, after so long a period, more than I can say.” -+ - BUILDING PERMITS Con: house V iction of a busilding to vilbur Trving's new soft drink bottling plant here, plus warehous ing, at 42 Willoughby avenue, est mated cost $5,000, tops the list of buildi permits issued by City En- gineer L. McNamara during the past week 8 Christiansen Bros.,, were issued a $1,500 total permit for addition to age and heating system at 909 West Twelfth Street. Other permits were issued to: Thomas Hardware Company for foundation repairs at its building, $500, Hans Berg, con- tractor William Biggs for shingling residence roofs on Harris street from Fourth to Fifth streets, $500, James Larsen, contractor. ODscar Okerg, for heating system co ion at Fifth and E: streets, $325, Smith Oil Burner Service, con- tractor. - e Empire Want-ads bring results! ) /) Ace ) JONES - STEVENS SEWARD S a and! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA SKY GIANTS JUNEAUITES HOP, NIPPON | DRINKHARD, 10 CAPITAL SAYS JONES Declares Each Family | Spends $15 a Week | for Infoxicants | Headwinds Slow Superfort | Trio on 6,500 - Mile Flightto Washington (Continued jrom Page One) Every family in Juneau spends 1815 a week for liquor and there is After leaving Alaska, the planes|™more drinking in Juneau than in i i “the United States,” is the claim encountered strong head winds | : by 4 which slowed their progress and |Made by Dr. E. Stanley Jones at the rapidly exhausted their gasoline. | luncheon of the Juneau Woman's Two passed over Duluth at 11:35|Club this noon. He also stated m. (PWT) | there - was hei drinking in all 5 2 arts of the Territory, mentioning At 9 a. m. L, Gren, | P& y Larviadiant Bhids ‘fi:‘"—rl;'“do:_ of | Anchorage and Pairbanks, especially | flight, radioed that the three big | Emphasizing the part women can bombers were 120 miles south of and should take in community, na- Watson Lake, Yukon Tc-rmm'y.;“_(”‘ and world affairs, Dr. Jones Canada, cited the liquor situation in Alaska which is almost 400 miles | Al |past the midway point at White- | 25 O€ example of the need for more i horse, g | religious activities, encouraged and Canada. Army officials said here that widened by \'vlll‘ll groups as he was | then addressing the flight should have no difficulty | Immediately following Dr. Jones’ in arriving at the capital at 6 i p. m. (EWT), as Giles prcviouslv‘”d"“‘-‘*- Mrs. Hattie Peterman read There | @ petition which is to be presented an | to the Mayor and City Council, ask- ing for a new city ordinance which |n aged he expected to do. was in fact a possibility of r— ONE HEADLIGHT JAD PRINCE A0S GONG 10 e o | | There are too many autos in the traffic now with only one headlight |lighted and Chief of Police John | Monagle has instructed his force to make arrests of autoists found driv- ling in this manner “It’'s geeting dark early,” said the | Chief, “and traffic is endangered by |autos traversing the streets with only {one headlight burning. There is Inot only danger to vehicle traffic' but to pedestrians as well and as/ |the ordinance requires both head- (Associated Press Correspondent) |Ughts burning, autolsts, are warn-| .roxyo, Sept. 19.~Prince ;Naru- ed to make an inspection of their|, .. = pioachi-Kuni, Japans occupa- | ignting system as arrests will follow |} 5L e “4o1q ‘Allied correspon- FOE Miaiyion | gents that he had no advance know- & edge of Pear] Harbor, did not order xecution of Doolittle's fliers, and |mw.\ not consider Emperor Hirohito a war criminal. INTERVIEW Harbor, Atrocities, Cuddles Emperor By RUSSELL BRINES 'BETA SIGMA PHI | ference, the first ever granted by Beta Sigma Phi sorority met last ; member of the royal family and evening at the home of Dr. Berneta | (he first granted by any Premier in Block, social sponsor of the group, 'y Jong, long time to foreign news- for a combined business and cul- papermen. tural program meeting. At the busi- | The Premier said further that: ness meeting various committees re- | ge himself had protested, indirect- | ported. Mrs. Ione Williams, Vice- |y Japanese atrocities. President, reported on plans for a| He would inquire whether the progressive dinner party to be held | gmperor knew in advance of Pearl BE ROUNDER UP' | | | 1 P,_ANS 2 AFFA'RS‘ The Prince made those statements I |at a precedent smashing press con- Sunday from 5 to 9 p. m. This Harbor, and would inform the press earlier arrival, since a lightened gasoline load would step up the Superfortresses’ speed as they went |along | As the planes roared over Can- |ada, Gen. Giles kept in radio com- | munication with air force head- quarters here, relaying weather in- |formation and comments about members of the crews. Pass Over Fairbanks would close all liquor establishments |in Juneau from midnight to 8 o'clock the following morning on | week days, and a 32-hour closure | from midnight Saturday to 8 o'clock Monday morning. This petition was endorsed by the | club as a body, and later signed by I many of the members, The next meeting of the club will | be Wednesady, October 3, at a dinner is the first of a series of |jater. events planned as part of the Fall| There would not be another Pearl rushing season, with rushees as parbor because “we will see to it guests. that the Emperor won't be decei.e.l Irma Nowell, social chairman, re-|again by the militarists.” ported progress on plans for the He did not know Japan was Fall Formal, which is scheduled for | weak, “Only a few militarists knew early in November, |that. This was one of the greatcst The membership voted unani reasons for Japan's defeat.” mously to cooperate with the Gas-| Mamoru Shigemitsu, surrender tineau Channel Committee on the resigned as Foreign Min- Victory Loan Drivee which starts!ister because “he was Foreign Min- S0 The Superfortresses, which took |luncheon follwed by the business off from the Japanese mainland, |session in the Gold Room of the beginning at 4:01 p. m. (EWT) | Baranof Hotel. yesterday, passed over Fairbanks,| Other activities in the near future Alaska, at 6:10 a. m. (EWT). |include the Chinese Tea and Exhibit, | The flight is scheduled to enter |jointly sponsored by the Business the United States near Dul\llh.‘lnnd Professional Women's Club and Minn. From there the route follows |the J. W. C. to be held Octcber 10, a course near Green Bay, Wi proceeds from which will be chan- Lansing and Detroit, Mich: neled through the National War land and Pittsburgh. | Fund, and a meeting of the study A top-notch Army Air Force gen- | club October 16, in the pent house eral commanded each of the B-29|of the Alaska Electric Light and Superfortresses. The B-29's were Power Company. The subject for averaging 236 miles an hour. The | discussion at this time will be Inter- giant bombers were stripped of ar- |national Relations, and anyone in- mament and armor to lighten them |terested is cordially invited to attend. for the terrific gas load and also| Miss Dorriane Barnes very pleas- to provide for the slightly over- ingly entertained, members and sized Crews. Each plane had|8uests at today’s luncheon with two |12 men aboard to permit a rota- Piano solos, playing first Brahm's October 29. ster during the war and now we are tion of duties during the long flight The Army apparently was not attempting an official non-stop airline distance record. So far as could be learned, there were no ¢ rangements for official checkers from either the National Aeronau- tic Association or the Federation eronautique Internationale (FAD. FAI records list as the longest airline distance flight a two-plane British hop of 7,158 miles from Ismailia, Egypt, to Darwin, Aus- tralia, in November 1938. A B-29 previously had flown non- stop from Iwo Jima to Spokane, ‘Wash.—5,490 miles—in 23 hours and 33 minutes. Twice the big bombers | covered non-stop the 4,875 miles from Hawaii to Washington. | | ATOMIC BOMBER ABOARD | WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 — The bombardier who dgopped the atomic {bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, now is on his way home as a crewman of the flight of three B-20's from Japan to Washington. Forces officials identified the bom- turning to the United States for re- assignment. Behan is on the Super- was the that. he pin-pointed on Nagasaki first and only bomb dropped in combat. B n— ANCHORAGE MEN ARRIVE Virgil E. Knight and J. A. Hal- zenburg, CAA employees from An- chorage, are guests at the Gasti- neau Hotel. Army Air| bardier as Capt. Kermit Behan, of | Houston, Texas, and said he is re-| The atomic bomb that the Texan Lullaby,” followed by “If I Loved You." ‘Emblém EM) So_ciaJ - Meefing Last Night The Emblem Club had a very suc- cessful social last night with a good attendance. Mrs. William Hixson, | chairman of the entertainment com- mittee, had some snappy gamés for {everyone’s enjoyment. Mrs. LeRoy | West won first prize, second prize went to Mrs. Peggy MclIvor and the | consolation prize went to Mrs. Floyd | Fagerson. | There were also birthday drawings for all those having birthdays dur- ing the months of June, July, Aug- {ust and September. Peggy McIvor {received the birthday present for { June, Mrs. John Geyer for July, Mrs. | Arthur Hedges for August, and Mrs. |Robert Davlin for September. | Mrs. John Young won the award for war savings stamps. Mrs. Hixson was ably assisted on {her committee by the Mesdames Lou Hudson, Herb Waugh, Olav Lille- graven and LeRoy West. Mrs. B. E. Feero was chairman of the Refreshment Committee. —The | fort piloted by Brig. Gen.O'Donnell. | following were also on the commit-| tee: Mesdames Carl Hardin, Jerry | McKinley, Robert Davlin and J. !Cmmor. The committee served de- licious homemade cake and coffee. D SOUTHBOUND FOR TRIP . and Mrs. Gus George sailed south on the Steamer North Sea for a vacation in Seattle and vi- cinity. OLD FRIENDS BACK AGAIN Boy-ar-Dee Spaghetti Dinner Dried Beef . S0S Juneau Deliveries— i0 A. M. and 2.P. M. . . Crab Meat Pads Rath’s Pork Sausage Links Heinz Dry Horseradish Large Lima Beans You Can Always Find It Douglas Delivery—10 A. M. During the cultural program, di- rected by Mrs. Earl McGinty, liter- | ary spon Mrs. Ione Williams presented an interesting talk on theatre makeup, masks and clowns. She chose Eskimo masks as part of her subject, which proved pecially interesting. Viola Klausen also spoke, using modern makeup as her theme and brought out various points of com- parison between modern and the- launched on building a new Japan.” The Premier said further: “I ke lieve firmly that the Emperor is not a war criminal. He was deceived by the militarists who were close to him and wasn't told the truth. . .. according to custom here, if the cabinet decides (to start a war) the | Emperor does not veto the decision.” In Washington, Senator Russell = (D-Ga) introduced a resolution de- atre makeup. Thees talks were part' oo o thot the Emperor be ar- of the regular study course onlyecteq and tried as a war criminal Beauty, which the group is currently H conducting. | Next meeting will be held October 2 at the home of Mrs. William Carter, President. Mrs. John Mec- Cormick will be guest speaker at this meeting taking Cosmetology as her subject. e MRS. PRIMAVERA T0 ARRIVE HERE TODAY secking tyrant . . . one of the great- est ag R COASTAL AIRLINES MAKES 3 FLIGHTS Alaska Coastal Airlines flew the following to Sitka erday: A. W | Johnson, Mrs. A. W. Johnson, A.C. |Kuehl, T. C. Vent and B. C. Miller. Mrs. James Primavera, whose hus- Incoming passengers from Sitka band, member of The Empire's gcre: Clarence May, Corinne An- mechanical staff, died early yester-|gerson, Hi Anderson, Mrs. K. J. day morning at St. Ann’s Hospital, Kirkman, Jim Goddard, Bonnie is due this afternoon from Seattle Grover and Wallace Westfall. on a Pan American clipper. Funeral) Two early morning trips to arrangements will be announced Ketchikan and Wrangell were flown tomorrow. |today taking the following passen- | B 5 SRR jeers: ® @ o 0 0 0 0 0 o o o T)Ketchikan: Lt. N. A. Quinn, ® ‘l\‘h'& N. A. Quinn, Al Gonzales, Art ® | Almquist, Clarence Perdy, Abe ® | Lokke, Harold Foss and G. G. Tul- ® gincic. ®| To Wrangell: Eric Kontchak, Bil- ® |lie Polkotah, Marjorie Castle, Annie ® | Gunner, Pauline Bergamashche and ® June Jorgenson. - DAN MAHONEYS LEAVE Lt. and Mrs. Dan Mahoney left e !Juneau southbound to Seattle e aboard the Steamer North Sea. e | They have been visiting here with -"Lt. Mahoney's parents, U. S. Mar- ® [shal and Mrs. Willlam T. Mahoney. RN T POLAK ARRIVES . W. Polak, of Spokane, Wash,, is e 'a guest at the Baranof Hotel. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 0'Clock This Morniug o o o In Juneau—Maximum, minimum, 44. At Airport—Maximum, 52; e minimum, 39. . . 52; WEATHER FORE (Juncau and V o o o Decreasing cloudiness to- night. Partly cloudy Thurs- day and slightly warmer. LQ..'.....I. | AR R R s seeecoecocce GRAPEFRUIT - Dozen 95 SEEDLESS GRAPES - 2 pounds £5¢ Homney Dew MH'ONS l 5( Casaba Pound Full Shipment of FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 10:15 A. M. 2:15 P. M. DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M MINIMUM—$2.50 Cantaloupe PHONE 104 Shameless Fraud Laid Straight To Hitler . BERLIN, Sept. 19 — The news- paper Neue Zeit asserted today that {Hitler had presented Joachim von Ribbentrop $200,000 as a reward for negotiating the non-aggression pact | with Russia in 1939. | Neue Zeit, organ of the Christian Democratic Union, characterized | the deal as “the biggest and most | shameless fraud in world history land said the pact cost 5,000,000 > - Spain Accepls Terms For Iangjer Confrol | MADRID, Sept. 19—The Goverr ment of Generalissimo Francisco Franco has accepted the terms for administration of Tangier as laid {down by the recent Paris Con- 'ference, and Allied and Spanish diplomatic representatives have ar- rived in the strategic North African city opposite Gibraltar, | The Spanish reply was published 'at San Sebastian last night, notify- ing British and French representa- tives of Spanish readiness to with- draw troops from Tangier and ac- cept international administration of the Morrocan city. - Empire want-ads i \ [ | vring results! Distinguished for flavor! You'll en- joy this finer tea. " g i“r?n;,:w]’;l;r‘ !l and PekoeTea ] ] chillin OLDTIMERS TALK ATTOWNSEND CLUB . night's meeting of the Townsend Club in the Last neau " WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1945 Ju- CI10 hall was like an oldtimers’ reunion. Among the speakers who have been active for in the campaign for a more liberal pension for elderly citizens were J. A. Edwards, who founded the Juneau Townsend Club, ind is leaving tocday for a long visit with friends and relatives in Kan- Jack Wilson, former President of the Club, who for the past 18 months was on the small island of Chema, 30 miles from Attu in Aleutian Chain; and Senator Green L. R. Nunamaker, who the Joe for er two years was in Fairbanks in he employ of the was welcomed back to Juneau. Mrs. Carl C. Collen acted in ' the cre Beatr Post. Engineers as absence of Mrs. e Roseness, whose son, Sher- wood Jones, was operated on Mon- day in St. Ann’s Hospital Hans Nielsen, Treasurer, gave a ccmplete financial report for present quarter Dancing to music furnishe E. M. McIntyre, violinist, Collen, pianist, concluded cial period tre -se ARNOLD HILDR: HOME Arnold Hildre is home from Nome, where he Mrs. rory the 50~ has been with the R. J. Sommers Construc- tion Co. the past three months. arrived yesterda afternoon Pan American World Airways. e dencunced Hirohito as a “power- Super Maricet Phones 92-35—2 Free Deliveries Daily Orders for Delivery Accepied Up to 0P.M ANSOTHER LARGE SHIPMENT of RUITS ° JUST ARRIVED at EORGE BROTHERS Super Market Phone—Write or Wire George Brothers New and Different He via glea |