The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 15, 1946, Page 2

PAGE TWO JANU ARY CLEARANCE rther reductions in our already feature priced January Clearance ingly save low and great Not all size prices a runs are c 22 DRESSES, Street and Afternoon . . . ; Regularly 22.95 - - - 12 BETTER DRESSES, Dressy Models . . . Regularly 39.35-35 - - 30NLY REVERSIBLE RAINCOATS. .. Regularly 22.95 - - - 7 ALL-WOOL THREE-PIECE SUITS. .. Regularly90 - 5 BLACK FAILLE EVENING SKIRTS ... Regularly 14.95 6 EVENING AND DINNER DRESSES . Regularly “5 and 45 150 CHILDREN'S WASHABLE DRESSES . . . Regularly £.95-11.95 - opportunity These are outstand- to omplete. 59.00 15.00¢ 53.00 $30.00 $3.00 15.00 $3-83-87 SPECIAL GROUP OF BLTTER MILLINERY . .. Regularly 5.93-22.95 - S]-S3 ,B.d/l/(. Bzé’zsm/i ea QUALITY SINCE /887 DOUGLAS S CI’I‘Y bmlntmb Navwb A regular meeting of the Doug- las City Council was held last eve- ning in the City Council Chambers, Five Councilmen, Johnson, Cashe Anderson, Walters and Miller were in their chairs, as well as Mayor Jensen and City Clerk Balog. An unusually large group of spectators composed - of local committees and | property holders were showing an inereased City “affairs. A delegation from the Douglas on hand, interest in Island Woman’s Club, Mrs. Robert | Wagner and Mrs. Frank McIlhardy, requested from . the Council that the City take some definite action on: playground facilities this sum- mér. The :Club statéd it would taky over. the project and supervise it, b\nm?efled ‘the city to help fi-| na ‘the costs and secure plays: ground space. A committee from the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department, offered to supply the labor in redecorating the City Hall and do the necessary a part of | | the cosf providing the City would The project in- cludes a new floor in the Council Chambers, preferably “tile, and cenerete floor in the equipment gar agé. The City Fathers, nodded Lhur hmds at’ the firemen, 'and told them to go ahead, with full city support . pay the 'balance. A request was entered by Gordon Cray, that several properties on St Ann’s Avenue which are not quite | clear in title, be given a clear title by the City, with the owners to' stand cost of legal papers. Under business, the Council, prompted by safety minded Clar- ence Walters, took out additional property damage insurance on their | equipment. The City truck will now | carry full coverage on personal | liabili and $5,000 on property | damage. It was also voted that the sale of gular meeting this evening -at 8‘ lot 8 block 7, which the City sold | to Val Poor, be put on the spring election ballot, for the voters con-‘ sent, thereby making the sale legal, and’ property- title -elear. Councilman Ed Johnson, was ap- pointed chairman of the committec on Federal Works projects. Also ap- | pointed as an active committee | were Cashen, Johnson and Jim ‘Wellington, to work on the neces- | ‘CH RE-OPENING | / | QR OUR | sary data to secure a small boat harbor for Douglas. ALLENS MOVE Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Allen and' two boys haye moved from their Second - street residence to the apartment over the Peusi and Jen- sen store, formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John Krugne: GAME TONIGHT Two interesting games of basket- ball will be played this evening in the Juneau Gym. First game will {be the Douglas Huskies vs. thc Subport which will be followed by the Douglas Fire Department vs. the Juneau Crimson Bears. O.ES. TONIGHT The Nugget Chapter No. 2 Order of Eastern Star are holding a re-| o'clock in the Eagles Hall. This will {be the first initiation ceremonies conducted by the new 1946 officers. 12 DEAD IN COAL MINE EXPLOSION iN W. VIRGINIA WELCH, W. Va., Jan. 15.—General Manager River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company 'said today that all of the 267 men in the Havaco Min2| No. 9 had been accounted for. Twelve !were known to be dead. ‘The mine was shaken by a terrific !blast at 9:30 a. m. The force was to terrific that ne- ‘gre pupils in a school house and Women's AppAReL BARANOF HOTEL BUILDING “It's the Nicest Store in Town” COOEIPEP90000040000000000000000000v000000000000000 | workers in the store and office of the New River and Pocahontas Con- | solidated Coal Company, from 500 to Y1000 feet away, were injured by shattered glass and flying debris. Unofficial estimates said that from a third to one-half of those who eseaped from the mipe alive walked up the shaft steps, Which somehow {remained intact, although the tip- ple appeared to be a total wreck. he shaft is about 400 feet deep. Kegular Service from Seattle and Tacoma FREIGHT REFRIGERATION PASSENGERS ALASKA TRANSPORATION CO. Gastineau Hotel Phone 879 J. F. (Jim) CHURCH, Agent P. P. Kerr of the New| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIREWJUNEAU ALASKA ISNYDER DISCUSSES ' SURPLUS PROPERTY ~ ATROTARY SESSION | Melvin C. Snyder Territorial | Surplus Property Officer, spoke on the processing of surplus property | in Alaska before members of the | ization’s regular luncheon-meeting this noon in the Baranof Gold Room. | Mr. Snyder explained that prices | into consideration current prices of the article new, its condition in- {cludmg necessary repair or missing | parts, transportation costs, obso- | leteness or age—in short, the actual , | intrinsic value of each article. Sup- ply and demand is not consideration All material not sold in Alaska | | will be shipped to other markets, such as those in the States, in China, and in Russia | Mr. Snyder said that surplus property is so designated by the | following process: Army posts, gar- | risons, etc., send into Washington | ia list of all their excess property.| The War Department takes IromJ‘ this list any items the Army may | ! need, and the remainder is clas- | sified as surplus property. He asked that the Rotary Club | and other civic organizations help | the Surplus Property Department a serious | tity of items needed in Southeast | Alaska. i It is the desire of the Surplus ! Property office here in Juneau to| supply Southeast Alaska with ma- | terial necessary for its development { and industry operation, the speaker | | said. Particularly are surplus prop- erty authorities atempting to get heavy mining equipment into the | hands of mining companies, ang fishing material to the fishing in- dustry by next Spring Other visitors at tod meeting were: Carl C. Marcy, head |of the Juneau office of Surplu\“ | Property; Joseph P. Bird of Ketch- {ikan; Lt. Harry Mandell of Seattle, | | and Henry M. Hugu: of Ketchikan. | ;TRANSPORIAIION 10 BE FURNISHED ~ GI'S DEPENDENIS HEADQUAMER , Alaska I)rpl)!v_ ment, Jan. 14.—Travel to. any Jiea in the Territory of Alaska at’gov-| ernment expense is now authotized for dependents of commissioned of- | | fic yarrant officers, non-commis- \mnc(l officers of the first ee |grades and all permanent War e~ partment civilian employel a spokesman for Lt. Gen. Del C.i | Emmons, Commanding General m[ the Alaskan Department, states.| This privilege, however, is subject to' a number of condition: important of which ar | 1. That the travel is for the pur- Ipose of establishing residence &nd Inot visiting the person concernefd) . | 2. That suitable housing and gde- ‘quatc medical and other facilities be available. 3. That no government transpor-' | tation will be furnished except that which will not interefere with mili-| | tary needs. 4. That the applicant be willing| to remain at his overseas st'mun for a minimum of one year. i 5. That applications be approv-| }ed prior to notifications of de- | p2ndents to proceed to Alaska | Dependents will not depart from \the continent of the United States |for Alaska until the Commanding General of the Alaskan Department bhas approved their request for trav- el. Dependents utilizing gu\cmmemi transportation from the port or aer-' jal port of embarkation to Alaska will await receipt of invitatipnal travel orders from the Adjufant| General, Washington, D. C., before departing from their homes, De-' pendents electing to travei by com- mercial transportation at their own expense from the United States to) Alaska may depart for Alaska upon advice that application for travel )was‘ been appmved s Rotary in | LIFE BEGINS AT--- KANSAS CITY—Police Officer | Frank Hoover wished “Rookie” Tom Morrison a happy 80th birthday. Morrison has been on the Kansas City force since 1897. But Hoover, a pollceman since 1887, is 85 NO IIME 10 aun ! TRENTON, Tenn. — W. E. Seat, fice for the first time old-timers [can remember. He recently was swept out of his mayor’s office, which he keld for 20 years. Recog- nized for several years as the na- tion's oldest mayor, he had been ! in politics almost from the time | | he was old enaugm to vote, DOUBLE REWARD | HINSDALE, N. H. — This lish | story is told by John Royce ! When he was fishing through the |ice of Pisgah pond one of his flags | went up, indicating a fish was on the line. ! He hauled in a 13-inch pickerel and hanging onto its tail was an- cther 2l1-incher. | men vouched for the truth of m%c-] POPF00000000000000000000000200000000000000 000000000 0¢ ' coit | Juneau Rotary Club at that organ- . attached to surplus property take !, | British said today they had completed in- | jin determining the type and quan- |f | trial | trials | office of Justice Rok | lied under j made the most ’mm selves (breke 94, is out of a trenton political of-|: BUllETINS | WASHINGTON — The White Holide announces that President Truman has named Petrick J. Gil- more, Jr., of Alaska as U |torney for Division One, | Gilmore would succeed Lynn Gem- mill, resigned i 2l SPOKANE, Wash—W. H. Cowlcs publisher of the Spokane Spokesman-Review since 1893 and a director of the Associated Press 33 years, died today. He had been ill SAN DIEGO—Vice Admiral Fred- erick C. Sherman announced today that the Fifth Fleet will return to the United States from Japan | within three months. He made the disclosure before he left by to assume command of the at Tokyo. plane Fleet —The Australian mili- court which sentenced Jap- anese Admiral Hamanm to be shot for ordering the execution of Aus- tralian prisoners has recommended merey. The court accepted Haman- aka’s plea that he acted on orders from a superior authority. BRUNSWICK Germany — The War Crime investigators vestigating the methodical murder of 462 infants on two Nazi ‘“baby arms.” Sixteen'men and three wo- men have been arrested for the MOSCOW—The Russian gsvern- ment extended today to foreign crrespondents in the Soyiet Union invitation to attend War Crimes of Germans to be held in Minsk and Kiev, v NUERK a day NBER of conf more than between the ert H. Jackson authorities, an s today confirmed the suicide three months ago of wzi health leader Dr. Leona Conti while an American prisoner the Nuernberg jail. Conti clared in a suicide note was taking his life becs Am an inter 1t and U. S. Army ficial statement SEATTLE—Northern Pacific Rail- way is planning t passenger train service to Chicago with new deisel-electric locomotives pulling lighweight streamliners 80 mile n hour. This disclosure was by the western lines Gen- eral Man r, Frederick R. Bartles He says that as much as 12 hours may be slashed from the pres running 70 to NUERNBERG—An affidavit by Grand Adm. Karl Doenitz, intro- { duced Before the International Mil- itary Tribunal today exploded the German myth that the British lin- er Athenia was sunk by the British in 1939 in plot to push the United Stat nto tho war. Thirty Americans were amony 113 passengers lost. The affidavit, signed by Doenitz on Nov. 17, 1945, said the Athenia was sunk by the German submarine U-30 on the i day Britain entered the war. - @ e e 00 90000 00 WEA U.'S: W Temperatures for Ending 6:30 o'Clock This Morning ° o o In Juneau—Maximum, minimumn, 30, At Airport—Maximum, minimum, 28 THER REPORT ER BUREAU) 4-Hour Period 35; 36; WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) e o o Rain or snow tonight and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature with lowest |, temperature near freezing. . ° ° ° ° o ° ° . ° . . . ° . . ° . ° . e e e 00000000 > CRIME DOESN'T PAY ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. — Police reported a burglar (1) scaled a 15- fcot " fence, (2) bent ‘window bars, (3) cut heavy wire netting and (4) a window to enter Simon Goldman'’s store. His loot: One traveling bag and one pair of suspenders. Six fellow figher- !’ TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1946 Dow, Jones averages today are BARTLETT FILING as follows: industrials 20297, rails ‘60.14, utilities 40.30. e STOCK GuOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 15—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mirs | stock today is 9%, American Can | 106, American Power and Light 15'., Anaconda 48%, Curtiss- Wright "81%, International Harvest-|peen filed here with the 100, Jones-Laughlin Steel 47%,!the U. S. District Court. Desertion necott 54'z, New York Central|s charged as cause of action. No . Northern Pacific 35%, U. S. property is involved and the cougle, Steel 89%, Pound $4.03'2 { married at Tacoma, Washingtor, on Sales today were 2,700,000 shares. Jmuarvl 1943, has no chndren DIVORCE eleetien Alaska’s Congress, primary, as Lydia Js today was divorce, bas Cletk of Alfrad G. Grant vs ne Grant, an action in is disclosed by Boyle. Yesterday, in Washington, ¢ Delegate Bartlett signified his in« tention to file for re-election. Declaration of candidacy for r Delegate in the April Democratic officially ceived here and transmitted to the office cf the Territorial Auditor, Auditor IS RECEIVED HERE e- in re- i Frank’ D. Cyf 1945-Pioneers’ Christmas Fund-1945 Denations 1o the Pioneers’ Christmas fund for the old Pioneers of Alaska at the Pioneers’ Home in Sitka as collecied hy W. D. Gross for the year 1945 follows: Ideal Curio Shop Ideal Paint Store Imperial Cafe Isaacs Cabinet Shop $10.00 10.00 5.00 15.00 ska Juneau Gold Mining Co. 15.00 aska Laundry, Inc. 5.00 askan Liquor Store 10.00 ska Meat Co. 10.00 a Musie Store, Inc. 10.00 Alaska Press 5.00 aska Steamship Co. 10.00 E. Almquist 5.00 Algtrom’s News Stand 2.00 American Meat Co. 5.00 Anderson Music Shop 5.00 \shenbrenne 3.00 aska Coastal Airlines g Dock and Storage Co. Alaska Electronics askan Hotel W. P. Johnson Jorgenson Motors Juneau Cold Storage Co. Juneau Dairies, Inc. Juncau Drug Store Juneau Florists Junean Hotel Juneau Linoleum Co. Juneau Lumber Mills Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic Juneau Motor Co. Juneau Plumbing Co. Juneau and Douglas Telvphnnc Co. Juneau Transfer Juneau Upholstery Juneau-Young Hardware Co. Jones-Stevens G. 1.00 25.00 10.00 25.00 3.00 L()‘J 2.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 Baranof Book S Baranof Hotel Baranof Liquor Store B. M. Behrends Bank and Store s Cash Grocery Bills’ Barber Shop Bodding Transfer Bon Marche Brownic’s Liquor Store Butler-Mauro Drug Co. J. B. Burford & Co. Dave Burnett Store Kann's Dr. E. H. Kaser alia Lundell Metcalfe Sheet Metal We Miner Publishing Co. M. E. Monagle Jerry McKinley $ 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 na ulmn Pacific Steamship Co. w.r.l Bar 1 Theatre son’s Bakery s W. Carter 4 _4111 Grocery Channel Apparel Channel Bus Lines City Cleaners City Float Liquor Store C. C. Collins Columbia Lumber Co. Jim Connors James Cooper Corbett’s Bar Cowling-Davlin Co. Crystal Baths Nance'’s Variety Store Needlecraft Shop Nelsens New York Tavern Northland Transportation Co. Nugget Shop s Electric Co. Liquor Store ¢y’s Restaurant Piggly Wiggly Pioncer Jewelry Peterson Refuse Co. 5.00 5.00 20.00 5.00 2.00 R. E. Robertson Royal Blue Cab Dr. Rude Devlin's 5 5.00 3.00 1.00 Economy G Elite Studio Jim Ellen 2.00 Empire 20.00 E. E. Engstrom 5.00 San Francisco Bakery Sewing Basket . Shattuck Agency . George Simpkins Smith Oil Burner ber\lce Snapshot Shop Snow White Laundry Sommers Construction Co. Sportsman’s Barber Shop ... Standard Oil Co. ... : Sully’s Bakery . Sugar Bowl N. Floyd Fagerson $ 2.50 Tack Fargher 2.00 Faulkner & Banfield 10.00 Federal Savings & Loan, Alaska . 5.00 Femmer Transfer 5.00 Iirst National Bahk . 20.00 H. B. Foss 5.00 _$ 2.00 - 15.00 5.00 10.00 2.00 1.00 5.00 ~ 10,00 ©10.00 5.00 Gastineau Grocery . Gastineau Hotel . z Gastineau Liquor Store ....... George Brothers . Dr. Geyer Gever Sheet Metal . Gift Shop H. S. 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