The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 5, 1945, Page 7

\WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1945 ALASKA VICTORY LOAN SALES NOW OVER $1,000,000 With the inclusion of $55,185 in ederal payroll deductions, Alaska's ictory Loan sales mounted past the ne million dollar mark, as of the irst of this month, the War, Finance "ommiueo office here reported to- ay. Territory-wide sales of “E” onds advanced to $678,060.25. All-Alaska sales for ail categories f bonds, counted through Decem- er 1, now stand at $1,004,745.75 to- ard the $2.500,000 quota. The Jaska “E” bond quota is $1,000,000. Led by Fairbanks, which topped s “E” bond goal on the opening ay of the Victory Loan drive, seven \laska communities now have e eeded 100 per cent of their sales ‘uotas. The other towns in this elect group are: Nenana, Fort Yu- :cn, Seldovia, Unga, Ouzinkie and raig. Fairbanks 1s still Alaska’s leading ity in amount of “E” bonds pur- hases and going down the line the cmmunities stand in much the same rder as they have through the drive: Anchorage-Whittier second, Ketchi- :an third, Juneau-Douglas, fourth “airbanks’ present total is $251,906; Anchorage-Whittier, $113,512.50; and Letchikan $69,256.25. With bond issuings here on Mon- DOUBLE SERVICES FOR VICTIMS, BUS TRAGEDY, CHELAN CHELAN, Wash,, Dec. 5—More than 800 floral sprays were banked in the Masonic Temple today for funeral services for five of the fif- teen school children who drowned Nov. 26 when a school bus plunged into Lake Chelan. Following the funeral services a m:morial service for the nine young- sters, whose bodies remain in the lake, was to be held at the scene of the tragedy. Stores and schools closed for the services. Funeral rites had been held earl- ior for one of the young victims, Rcnald Ayers, 23, and for the bus driver, war veteran Jack Randle Diving operations ended Sunday aftr the bus and five bodies were rccovered. Parents of the nine children, still missing, decided it was futile to make further search COUNCIL IS 10 AT ON LIQUOR LICENSES HER In order to expedite applications | JWCIsTold of Need of iHospitalsflTerriiory There are at the present time a total of 150 hospital beds available in the Territory for the tubercular, Miss Lula Gardiner, Director, Di- vision of Public Health Nursing, Territorial Department of Health, told members of the Juneau Wo- man’s Club at their noon luncheon ,meeting today. In stressing the need for more and better facilities in Alaska, she said tliere were an estimated 340 deaths from tuber- culesis per 100,000 population, these figures being based only on avail- able figures, with many deaths probably due to the disease but un- reported, especially in outlying dis- tricts All organizations, she said, such as the Woman's Club, should make lthe fight against disease an im- portant part of their program, striving to obtain the best care pos- sible for all who need care, and |to make possible the discovery of cases in the earliest stages, when recovery is almost ceiiain if the afflicted person can be hospitalized and cared for at once. Two musical numbers, the first ‘:\ Christmas selection sung by a quintet of Juneau High School | girls, under the direction of Mrs, McDonald, and the second a lovely solo, “Oh Night Divine,” sung by Miss Frances Barlow, were much THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA BLONDIE » IT SAYS HERE THAT ~N AN ONION SANDWICH AT BEDTIME MAKES YOU SLEEP WELL / }) THIMBLE THEATRE FAR ALL WE IN ME S'’A BEAUTY | o T Ak POPEYE, WE ! A SCHOOL Y= < JOE PALOOKA PARADISE Y~ P ! 7 A VARLOR., o) c: W ’L‘\ i o] GOT ) WELL, HURRY ) [ " == uPfl'y T L s — | [ HURRYING ! ) Ol o [ \§ THE PAINT ) AINT DQU D lay totalling $78750 and Tuesday . = i 3 11250, the Juneau-Douglas total up for renewals of local liquor estab- ("HJOSde» 0 4, W e Several visitors were introduced, o last night is only $65287.50 to- including Mrs, Norah B. Chase of vard the $130,000 quota; and, that’s e ey AWFUL HARD TO DIS- \ GUISE THAT BUILD, JOE . GEE-I WISH EV'RY- - : - 3 WOULD YOU KNOW ME, Wr—’ —— . BEANYZDARN IT, TS TOUGH NOT TO BE ABLE YES...THANKS, YOURE RIGHT. 'L WEAR MY MUFFLER UP AROUND YOU'D BETTER GET A PAIR OF ORDINARY SUN-GLASSES IN PLEASE DON'T SAY I'M IN TOWN ... I DON'T WANT IT.RNOWN ... I'M lishments licenses for the year 1946, | the Juneau Common Council will vith only four more days to count sefore the Victory Loan campaign nds officially on the nation-wide yasis Saturday night. The Chan- 1el area has a long road yet to ravel. D - SCOUT TROOP 612 CHANGES MEETING . NIGHT TO MONDAY At its weekly. session last night in he Northern Light Presbyterian Church, Norlite Boy Scout Troop No. 312 elected to change its regular mneeting time from Tuesday evening 0 Mondays, commencing next week. Next Saturday morning, at 9 »'cloc, Troop 612 Scouts will leave ‘he Federal Building here under the 3uidance of Scoutmaster Joe Werner for a ski-hike up the Douglas Trail, the first of the season. Primary instruction in skiing technique will oe given the Scouts. Several mem- sers of the Troop, however, are lack- ing in equipment and it is hoped that Juneau citizens will come to heir aid by digging unused ski equip- men out of cellars and attics - e DOUGLAS VISITS Roy Douglas, of Fairbanks, rep- resentative for Schwabacher Hard- ware Co., and Carter-Rice Paper Co., is a Juneau visitor for a day or two before continuing south to Seattle. He is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. - - DRINK KING bLACK LABEL! censider all liquor licenses within the City at its regular meeting of December 21, 1945, Mayor Ernest Parsons disclosed today. Notice of this pending action for blanket con- sideration has been given to Clerk| of the U. S. District Court John | Walmer. SCHOOLMEN ARE " CHAMBER GUESTS " HERETOMORROW Sitting in as luncheon guests to- mcrrow when the Juneau Chamber of Commerce discusses means of combatting proposed increases in Alaska freight and passenger ship- ping rates will be Southeast Alaska | school superintendents and princi- als here to attend the Administra- tors’ Conference opening tomorrow. The meeting is set for the usual| time and place—noon, in the Bar- anof Hotel's Gold Room. - e - SENTENCE SUSPENDED City Magistrate William Holz- heimer today handed out a 10-day suspended jail sentence to Hilmer J. Oberg, who pleaded guilty to being drunk. Oberg had served one day. | - e e e e e s e v . . ¢ SUN RISES — SETS . ® e o December 6 1945 ® o /e Sun Rises 9:28 a. m. | Sun Sets 0 p. m. e 000000000000 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, WEATHER DATA FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT Max. temp. | last Statfon 24 hrs.* | Anchorage . 10 Barrow -1 | Bethel % 2 - Cordova ..... i 37 Dawson =1 frie Edmonton 1 16 0 -20 T, Haines 26 | 18 i Juneau s 26 01 Fairbanks 2 Juneau Airport 36 Ketchikan 3y 40 Kotzebue -4 McGrath -2 Nome .. 5 Northway -3 Petersburg .. - 36 Portland 2 64 Prince George ] Prince Rupert 38 | San Francisco . - 59 Seattle .. ;i 4 62 3] (7 RO— SO Whitehorse 9 Yakutat Wi o | Lowest 4:30a.m. 24hrs. temn. temp. -12 13 bi 8 ALASKA BULLETIN 4:30 A. M., 12TH MERIDIAN TIME TODAY Weather at 4:30a.m. Pt. Cloudy Precip. 0 8 .02 Snow Chudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Clear Pt. Cloudy T. Pt. Cloudy 01 Cloudy 6 T, 9 § 21 2 i Clear 1. Clear T. Snow a2 Clear & Pt. Cloudy 02 Cloudy Y i Snow A7 Rain 14 Rain b o4 Pt. Cloudy 02 Snow ¥ i Snow *__(4:30 a. m. yesterday to 4:30 a. m. today) WEATHER SYNOPSIS: The low pressure center in the Gulf of Alaska has continued to deepen during the past 24 hours. Another low: center located about 500 miles south of Kodiak was moving eastward about 35 miles per hour this morning. The low center which was located off the coast of Oregon yesterday vicinity of Prince George and is morning has moved inland to the continuing to move eastward this morning. Temberatures were cooler this morning over the Pacific slope of the United States and Canada with temperatures below 50 degrees ut: all points north of San Francisco. Colder temperatures were reported over the interior of Alaska and Canada this morning, minus 28 degrees recorded at Shungnak being the lowest. Rain or snow has fallen at most stations along the Pacific slope from San Diego to the Alaska Peninsula. MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports from Marine Stations at 10:30 A. M. Today Weather -Cloudy .Pt. Cloudy Cloudy ..Cloudy Snow .Cloudy Cloudy Station Cape Decision Cape Spencer Eldred Rock .. Five Finger Light Guard Island Lincoln Rock Point Retreat ... MARINE FORECAST Temp. Dir.and Vel. * WIND Height of Waves (Ses Condition) 2 feet 3 feet 2 feet 2 feet 35 E 24 3¢ ENE 39 21 N 18 34 NE 16 3% SE 16 26 SE 14 31 NW 10 1 foot 1 foot FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA: Lynn Canal, Taku Inlet—northerly winds 20 miles per hour—variable cloudiness with | brief snow flurries Thursday. ‘Thursday. and outside waters, Dixon Entrance 15 miles per hour increasing to 20 to 25 miles per hour by Thursday, de- creasing again to under 20 miles per hour Thursday afternoon—variable cloudiness with snow flurries changing to rain Thursday. Outside waters, Sitka to Yakutat and Cross Sound, efirly winds 20 to 30 miles per hour—variable cloudiness with snow flurries. Inside waters, Southeast Alaska, south of Lynn Canal and north of Sumner Strait—variable winds with snow flurries Inside waters, Southeast Alaska, south of Frederick Sound | to Sitka—southeasterly winds under Icy Strait area—easterly to south- Gustavus, Past President of the club; Mrs. Frank Oliver, Mrs. Milton Daniel, Mrs. Mabel Carter, Mrs. Edwin Heiser and Miss Ruth Coffin. Mrs. J. V. Cole, President, an- nounced there will be no luncheon meeting in January, but the busi- ness meeting will be held instead, on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 2, at 2 o'clock in the Penthouse of the Alaska Light and Power Company building. Further announcements were made regarding the Study Club meeting, which will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Penthouse, with Mrs. Harold Smith leading the discussion on the topic, “United Nations Char- ter.” Mrs. Robert Sanford, Chairman of the Victory Bond committee, re- ported the club is very close to having reached the quota of sales assigned to it, and expressed the hope of topping it soon. To date, members have reached a total of $2,725 in sales, she reported, and this does not include sales credited to » the organization which have gone through the regular payroll deduction channels. The Friday and Saturday before ' JOE PALOOKA...BY THE | GREAT HORN SPOON ”W'_a ON VERY Ve &Y A iy 12-1]) As THEY 5AY IN THE HOLLYWOOD WAR PICTURES, FRIEND TERRY, ‘I GUESS THIS IS [ Christmas are the days set for sorting, tagging and wrapping gifts for the Community Toy Center, Mrs. John McCormick, Chairman announced. This will be done at the American Legion Dugout, and as it is really a very large under- taking, any volunteer help will be greatly appreciated by those in charge of the Toy Center. Mrs. Perry Ashcraft and Miss Isabel Hartung are other committee mem- bers with Mrs. McCormick. A Christmasy atmosphere pre- “| vailed at the luncheon today, with a small table well heaped with gaily-wrapped packages, all of which were brought by members for the Community Center, while the luncheon tables were gay with Yule trees, Santa Claus and his reindeer, and streamers of tinsel, all set off with red candles. - WOODLEY AIRWAYS IN AND OUT TO WEST Joe Fitzmaurice of the Civil Aero- nautics Board at Anchorage was one of ten passengers flown from An- chorage to Juneau yesterday on the routine Woodley Airways flight be- tween these two cities. Also aboard the plane from An- chorage were George Bachner, build- ing superintendent with Morrison- Knudson Co. at Anchorage; E. E. Engstrom, local fish buyer; L. M. Puckett, Buela Goyke, Bob Young, John Hammond, G. W. Morgan, Roy Douglas and ten Coast Guard Per- sonnel. ! On the return trip, Art Hedges and Ernie Lincoln of the local War Manpower Commission, left for Cor- dova. Passengers flying to Anchorage were Ron Livingston of the Union Dil Company, Mrs. M. Sasseen, wife of Captain Sasseen of Woodley Air-_ ways; Mrs. Clarence Appleby, John Appleby, Douglas Sasseen, George iesko, Errol Taggert, Bessie Martin, Jean Cooper, Harry Johnson, Will- jam Laughlin and Wallace Tyke- ward. HOSPITAL NOTES George Mercado and Wayne ! . " DICK TRACY BUSINESS. TAKE CARE, HoTsHOT ! THE DRUG-STORE ... 10US ! EVERYBODY KNOWS BODY WANTED MY AUTOGRAPH . TO GO PLACES AS JUST MY FACE TOO. Bt A PLAIN, UNKNOWN RS CAN'T,5IR, MUD OVER. ALLQTHE IDENTIFYING SERGEANT ! GET THE NUMBERS ON THE AIRPLANE THAT. JUST BUZZED THE HE SHOULDN'T BE DOING [T, BUT I LOVE LV THAT’S A SQUAD CAR BACK THERE,” THE BOYS ARE ON OUR TRAIL. 1 WONDER IF _ITCHY HAS SEEN THEM e | WE'LL DO THE DIFFERENT | STREETS AN' CHECK VACANCIES, SKEEZIX. 2 I'VE BEEN KEEPING MY EYE PEELED. I'VE GOT AN EMPTY a3 e —— SNUFFY OR TWO SPOTTED. Sl s APPLIES THE BRAKES AND SWERVES THE CAR STRAIGHT DOWN THE TRACK . YEAH. AN’ # THEY'D WANT PLENTY OF RENT, WILMER. % 7 1 100 BIG. WE'D GET H LOST IN THERE. WAAL~-\F \T HAWT CLUOD HOOPER ! ROUNDAEOUT, M2 SMIE 0437 hang, Teatres dyadicare, Inc, GS CLUDD S COME A-COURTIN', SEELY, Buchanan, medical patients, were discharged from St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday. Those admitted were Mrs. Elsie Atchley and James Cal- houn, who will receive medical at- tention. TIDE TABLE ® e December 6, 1945 2:07a.m, 14.8 ft. Y~ FETEEN \ MINUTES >0U JWILL HEAR SLIM SKINNER" WHO WILL GVE ALECTURE ON THE PROPER waY TO DIET TO REDUCE OH--I'VE | GOT TO TAKE ALL L THIS WY ( | POV ¢ | WISH | COLLD.GIT | ASIRLON STEAK | DOWN-IAM SICK | AN TIREL OF DIETIN- ) ek O T Ih: WELL-I'M NOT GOING | TO LISTEN TO IT- & T B Vi, A\ L MUST As A DIP iN THE ROAD OBSCURES | | AS TH THE VIEW OF THE OCCUPANTS . IN THE CAR BEHIND, ITCHY SWINGS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIGHT-0F-WAY AND DROPS OUT OF SIGHT IN THE UNDERBRUSH . YES — HE SAW THEM LAND O'GOSHEN ! HE DASSENT N A UUNNERT VEARS YESTIDDV # THESE ‘\\.‘ 4 CURL PAPERS 75 1 LISTEN-VLL BE ON THE AR IN/A_ | S -NOW-DON'T_FORGET | THE MUSTARD FOR THOSE HAM SANDNICHE O IKNOW. HOW A HUNGRY | GET WHILE BROAD- W CASTING ABOUT DIETS THIS G | A\