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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
HERBERT WHITFIELD,
LONG TIME RESIDENT,
PASSES IN JUNEAU

Herbert Shorty Whitfield, about
So. long time resident OF the Terri
tory, died last night in st. AIMS
Hospital after brief illness.
Mr.. Whitfield, who was born in
Seattle, came north in the early
days during the gold rush During
the rush, he was a packer on the
Dyea Trail.
At one time in the early days,
Mr.. Whitfield was going down to
Dawson in an OLD stern wheeler,
which turned over in Lake LaBarge
with every one aboard the ship
lest except Mr.. Whitfield and one
other man. Mr.. Whitfield was
thrown over. with some cord wood
to hold on to and was picked up
SO hours later by the Mounted Po-
lice. The only other survivor of the
wreck went out of his mind from
the experience.
Mr.. Whitfield went to Skagway
after some time and was married
there. His four children were born
in Skagway. Mrs. Whitfield died
during the flu epidemic OF 1918 in
Nenana and two OF his sons also
died Whitfield was also in the Atlin
district for sometime.
He later came to Juneau, where
for 10 years he was employed by
Cash Cole in the transfer business.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
MANY TURN OUT
FOR WAR BOND
RALLY SATURDAY
10Th Century Theatre Jam
med for P dfriotic
Demonstration

HUNDREDS of residents OF the
Gastineau Channel damned the
Goth Century Theatre 10 capacity
Saturday night to witness one of
the finest patriotic rallies held in
this area. At the same time, they
showed that they were really in
terested in the sale of War Bonds
and Stamps and in their country's
war effort.
Front Street was packed with
people a good half hour before the
rally started. The Juneau High
School Band gave an open air con-
cert and entertained in the street.
Once inside the theatre. the dem
onstration started with the adj
vancement of colors down the center
aisle, and the audience sang the
national anthem. Dean C. E. Rice
then gave the invocation and Mrs.
John L. Mccormick led the flag
salute.
Entertainment was furnished hv
soldiers Tommy Russo, robert
Young, George Genovese and Or
vile Hansen, accompanied by Lii
liam Uggen, who filled in place of
Bill McDaniels who was unable to
appear Mrs. Uggen also gave sew
eral numbers.
Mrs. Mccormick, chairman of the
Gastineau Channel War Savings
committee, spoke from time to
time, explaining the necessity OF
the systematic purchasing of War
Bonds, and introduced members of
the committee.
Ernest Ehlers sang several. pat
riotic solos, and trio, made up of
Mr.. Ehlers, Mrs Janice Schroeder
Pitts and Mary Berne Ehlers also
gave several numbers.
Speakers included E L. Bartlett.
Secretary of Alaska; Mayor Harry
1. Lucas of Juneau, Mayor Erwin
Hachmeister of Douglas, B. D. Stew
art, Territorial Commissioner OF
Mines, and Fred w. Aver, Deputy
War Savings Administrator for the
Territory.
Walter Carl, manager of radio
station KINY, presented skit en-
titled 1T Can Happen Here" show
ing how war can strike home when
you least expect it. The stage was
decorated with models of warplanes
from all over the world, made by
Juneau High School students at the
request of the navy for training
civilians as "spotters," and also for
training army and navy gunners.
Rainbow Girls acted as ushers.
The rally lasted from $50 p. m.
until midnight, climaxing the first
hig week in the Voluntary Pledge
Campaign which continues until
May IS.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18

STRETCHES
TEAM LEAD
Dodgers Take Both Ends Of
DoubIeheader Sunday
Giants Get in Trim
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Twenty-Five thousand fans went
to see Jim Tobin hit a homer but
Bucky Walters stole the show by
lifting one over the fence to pace
Cincinnati to a victory over Bos-
ton on Sunday.
Brooklyn stretched the lead in
the National League on Sunday to
six and one half games by taking
both ends of doubleheader from
Chicago. Kirby Higbe tossed four
hitter in the opener, two of them
homers by Lou Stringer and Bill
Nicholson. Rookie Les Weber,
making his first start as a major
Lacquer, limited the Cubs to seven
hits in the nightcap.
With nearly $4,000 paying Gus
toners in the stands, the largest
crowd in the Polo Grounds for the
season, the New York Giants boost
ed their winning streak to four
games by turning back st. Louis,
but the Cardinals rallied to take
the second game Sunday. Veter-
an Carl Hubbell went the distance
in the opener for his first mound
victory of the season.
Philadelphia split a doubleheader
with Pittsburgh, winning the sec
ond game in an exciting eleven in
ming struggle. Vince DiMaggio
slammed out three homers for the
day
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
Yankee Ingenuity
In The Artillery

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, May 49,
American ingenuity pale Off again
when Battery H of the 246th Coast
Artillery at Fort Monroe found it
lacked equipment to test anti-air-
craft guns against ground targets.
The boys rounded up two 18-inch
lengths of pipe, a cast iron collar,
some metal rings and rubber bands.
They converted this miniature
scrap heap into sights, and covered
framework of pipe with cloth to
resemble a tank silhouette.
Using an old blow gun the gum
ners blasted the tank" towed by
a truck $50 yards away.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
SEATTLE In
SECOND
p. {. LEAGUE
Rainiers and Angels Split
Doubleheader by Same
Score on Sunday
CBY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Seattle defeated Los Angeles in
a IA inning game Sunday by a
score of to but lost the nightcap
by the same score The nightcap
was called at the end of the fifth
inning to allow the teams to catch
a train for their next stand. Kewpie
Barrett pitched Seattle to the vic
tory in the opener. The Angels
replaced the Rainiers as the Coast
League leaders in winning the SER
les, five games to one, with one
tied. A crowd of nearly 10000 fans
witnessed the doubleheader.
Sacramento and Oakland came
from behind in games to split a
twin contest on Sunday. In the
opener the Sacs overcame a four
run lead, tallying three times in
the ninth and in the nightcap the
Oaks won in the eleventh inning.
San Diego swept a twin game
with Hollywood Sunday The
Padres won the series, four games
to three.
San Francisco and Portland split
a doubleheader Sunday. 1t was the
seals best series of the season,
taking six of the seven games from
the Beavers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
BATTLE IS
RAGING ON
BURMA ROAD
Contradictory Claims Come
from China, Japan on
Active Front
Continued from Page One)

to be pouring across the Salween
River to cou.iter- attack the Jap
forces in the Yunnan province
around the towns of Lungling and
and Tengyeh, completely cancelling
the Jap threat on the Burma Road
city of Paoshan.
The dispatches today from Chung
king say that the Chinese defense
has appeared to have lapsed into
sort of guerilla warfare and the
infiltration tactics which have
served them so we'll in other sec
tors during the course OF the long
war China has been fighting.
India Preparing
British imperials retrea tin g
through Burma toward India are
credited with providing the forces
of India with five months in which
to prepare for the Japanese at
tempt at invasion.
The coming Of the monsoon, and
the rainy season in Burma may
greatly enlarge that defensive adj
vantage and further hamper the
Jap efforts in this direction.
Growing British and American
air power in India found weekend
bombings at Kalewa, lao miles
northwest of Mandalay, where the
Japs had been unopposed in seiz-
ing their footholds on the Chind-
win River.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18

marginal as the Alaska Juneau.
1T should be remembered" said
Williams, that the company must
absorb its increased costs, and that
it cannot add them to the selling
price of its product as is done in
many other lines of business. Also
that little or no profit is expected
from the chromite milling oper-
alton.
Increased Living Costs
1T is true that the cost of liv-
ing in Juneau has increased some
due principally to higher food prices
in the States, higher labor costs
in general, and higher transporta-
ton costs. Although the excessive
freight rates, which were blamed
mostly for increased food costs, We're
reduced in April, no corresponding
reduction has been noticed in re-
tail prices in Juneau.
The prices of other items in Ju-
neau that go to make UP the cost
of living on Gastineau Channel are
lower than in other Alaska COM
munitieS, so that with its many
other advantages, this community
is by far the most desirable place
in Alaska to live"
The plant here also produces a
small quantity Of lead, another
vital war metal, in addition to the
chromite processing which is ex-
pected to be begun soon.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
BLUES BEAT
J0I5EY TEAM
B. B. OPENER
Capacity Crowd Sees Tight
Contest Sunday in
Channel League
st. Louis Blues O101020O002 -6
Joisey Joiks 000040001-5

A capacity crowd assembled for
the opening game of the Gastineau
Channel Baseball League yesterday
saw eleven innings of smooth base
ball as the st. Louis Blues edged
out the Joisey Joiks to S in a
tight contest.
A double by HOWE Hellenbach
in the last half of the final in
ming put the game on ice. Bill
Pavlige, Blue Hurler who struck
out total of % men in the game,
set the stage for the victory in
the eleventh by smashing out a
double Russ Nelson struck out,
then Fowler walked. Cook, Joisey
catcher, let one by and both men
advanced base on passed ball.
Hellenbach's two-bagger settled the
game.
The Blues scored once in the Sec
ond, once in the third and twice
in the sixth. Pavlige held the Joiks
ScorelesS until the seventh when
the Joisey team came through with
a four-run rally, knotting the score
which sent the game into extra in
nings. Ryan singled and went to
second on wild pitch as Combat
aska walked. Babchak and STAFF
ford struck out. Then Mondoker
singled filling the bases, and BY
strek poled a homer over the cent
er field fence cleaning the bases.
Things were even then until the
first of the eleventh when Wade
went in as a pinch hitter for Com
balaski and singled to right field.
But he tried to stretch the hit into
double and was thrown out at
second on nice toss by Drisco.l,
Blues right fielder.
Then Bustashio batted for Bah
chak and went to first when Paw
lige nicked him with a pitched ball.
Stafford struck out, and Mondoker
singled and Bustashio went to Sec
ond. Bystrek singled, scoring Bus
tashio and advancing Stafford. Cook
struck out, retiring the side.
Pavlige, Blue hurler, collected
three hits, including a double and
homer. Cox struck out 10 of the
| Blues.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18

Yankees nosed out in the second
game after losing the first.
Chef Laabs three run homer
saved the day for veteran Eldon
Auker as Cleveland crowded New
York for top position. taking a
doubleheader from Philadelphia on
Sunday in one of the games.
Detroit used a home run to beat
cut Boston Sunday Jimmy Blood
worth made the homer during the
tenth to give the Tigers the victory.
Washington lost a twin contest
to Chicago Sunday afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
PAT. POLAND,
DEMO HOUSE.
WHIp,I5DEAD.
Pennsylvania Representa-
tive Passes Away on
Eve Of Primary

SCRANTON, Pa, May 18-United
States Representative Patrick Boil
and, sc, Democratic whip in the
House. died suddenly at his home
here today from an attack of the
heart on the eve of Pennsylvania
primary in which he was seeking
denomination for his seventh term.
Boland was elected to the Sew
enty Second Congress and served
continuously since then.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18

For the last couple of years, he has
been operating the Hiway Delivery.
HIS daughter, Betty lied year
ago and one son, Herbert, radio
operator in the Navy, survives.
No funeral arrangements have
been made. The remains are at the
Charles w. Carter Mortuary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
How About
Tank(orps!

HARRISBURG, w. Va, May 49,
Dominica Antonio Baccari, all 306
pounds of him, is back home, de-
pressed because there was too much
OF him for the army to use.
Dominica said he felt upset be-
cause two brothers, James and
Frank, are U. S. army sergeants
and third Joe, is a private.
Baccari-five feet, 10la inches tall
and with a 54-inch waistline-is the
only super-heavyweight in the
family.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
New York
Hangs On
Top Spot
Yankees Have Queer Sun
day Games Cleveland
Keeps Winning
by ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York clings precariously TO
first place in the American League
by winning one of the two games
with St. Louis Sunday. 1t was
unusual day for the champions.
without a base hit, but with 10
singles, three by Joe Gordon, the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
NO TIME FOR CEREMONY

LONDON - Usual honorS due
flag officer when he boards a war
ship were absent when an admiral
commanding a convoy was rescued
after his ship was torpedoed. Two
able seamen dragged him feet first
from the water.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
GAMES SATURDAY
Pacific Coast League

Seattle 3; Los Angeles 7.
Portland 3, l; San Francisco 10, 6.
Hollywood 4; San Diego 8.
National League
Cincinnati 2; New York 7.
Pittsburgh l; Brooklyn 8.
st. Louis Z; Boston 4.
Other game postponed.
American League
New York 6, 2; Detroit l, /.
Washington 4. 7; Cleveland S, l.
Boston 4; st. Louis g.
Philadelphia 3; Chicago q.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
LICENSES READY

Bicycle licenses are now available
at the City Clerks Office. All BIZ
cycles being used must bear 1912
plates
B. H. MANERY
Chief of Police
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
SONOTONE

hearing aids for the hard of hear
Ing. !.udiometer readings. DR.. Rae
Lillian Carlson, Blomgren Bldg
Phone 636.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18

A volcanic eruption in 1883 on
Krakatau, an island between java
and Sumatra. cut the island area
n half.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
Summary

summary
Two base hit-Pavlige, HELEN
bach. Home runs-Pavlige, Bystrek
Struck out-Pavlige, %; Cox, l3.
Bases on balls-Pavlige, S; Cox, 8.
Wild pitches-Pavlige, 2; Cox, /.
Hit by pitched ball = Bustashio,
Fowler. Passed balls-Puttin, g.;
Cook, 2.
Tomorrow night at 6 o'clock the
Dodgers and Spare Parts will strut
their stuff.
Leon Henderson, the price ad-
ministrator, plays the banjo in his
.eisure moments.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
GAMES SUNDAY
Pacific Coast League

Pacific Coast League
Hollywood 2, 8; San Diego, 3, g.
Seattle 3, l; Los Angeles l, g.
First game IA innings.
Portland S, 6; San Francisco 4,
7.
Oakland 4. 7; Sacramento 5, 6.
National League
Cincinnati 8; Boston g.
Chicago 2, 3. Brooklyn 8, A.
Pittsburgh 7, 4; Philadelphia 2, 5.
ST. Louis l, 8; New York 7, 6.
American League
New York 2, 3; st. Louis 4, 2.
Philadelphia l, 8; Cleveland 4, 9.
Washington l, 3; Chicago z, 4.
Boston 3; Detroit 4.
Gastineau Channel League
Joisey Joiks 5; st. Louis Blues 6,
eleven innings.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
MISSES HARPER,
kE0k TAKE JOBS,
INDIAN OFFICE

Miss Rebecca Keok, of Nome, and
Miss Constance Harper, of Fair
banks, have joined the clerical staff
OF the Alaska Office of Indian
Affairs, Claude M. Hirst, General
Superintendent, said today.
The Misses Keok and Harper ar
rived in Juneau by boat Saturday
after spending two years attending
Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kan
sas. where they studied secretarial
work
DANCING CLASSES
Now enrolling. Baton, tap, toe.
acrobatic. ballroom lessons for
IS. Phone SITS. All 7th st.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18

xBatted for Gombalski in eleventh
Waited for Babchak in eleventh.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18

GET 3 CENTS
HOUR RAISE
Williams Says Increase
Necessary 10 Keep
Plant Open

(Contmued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18
BOX SCORE
St. Louis Blues
JOisey JOiks

Batted for Clay in eleventh.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-18

BUY DEFENSE BONDS
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-13

NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL
 ACCOUNT AND REPORT OF ADJ
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-13

ing that which Americans have sus- tained at the hands Of Nazi submar- ines in the western Atlantic So no one will be surprised. as Rumble and Mr Limbkins were al Oliver lTwist1. if Americans speak up and say, We want some more
 Office Addition
 To take the place Of able Wilfred Goding of Skagway. whose services have been virtually "commaudeer- ed by the Board Of Economic Vel fare, Miss Frances Ross is now in the office. Miss Ross was born in Nome. the daughter Of Mir. and Mrs. Thomas A Ross. Mr Ross was for many years in command Of the T. s. Coast Guard activities at Nome.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-13
ALASKA SPRUCE
 PROGRAM UNDERWAY

KETGHIKAN - Delivery of the first raft of logs under the new Alaska spruce development program Is expected this week said Charles Burdick, general manager of the spruce logging program.
 Mir Burdick said J. NJ. Wyckoff assistant general manager of the program in Alaska who is now on the west coast, reports that logs 4re being produced at both camps n TuXekan pass in increasing vol ume. These logs will be sealed and graded by Raymond A. Kidd, for merly Iog-scaler of the Puget sound sealing and grading bureau at Port Angeles.
 The first raft will be approxi- mately quarter-million square feet.
 Surveys have been completed for a road a mile and half long al Edna bay. MT. Burdick said, and
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-13

] than cents. more than 6 cents and not more than cents. more than cents and not more than II cents more than II cents ana not more than I5 cents. more than I5 cents and not more than z0 cents, more than 20 cents and nor more than 3a cents. and more than 30 cents.
 inventory figures should be re- tained for insertion in the return form when received and for the in- formation and assistance of deputy collectors in verifying the return and the inventory.
 The law requires filing of a com plete and accurate return Of floor stocks taxes with the Collector Of Internal Revenue. Tacoma, Wash ington. by December 5l, such re- turn to be accompanied by remit tance of the floor stocks tax due.
 Tax at the rate of S10 Der year Is imposed by the 1912 Revenue Act on all eoin-operated amusement de- vices previously exempt under Fed
 
 Collector of Internal Revenue.
 The tax is effective November l and the amount due from that date to the close Of the fiscal year, June 30. is S6.67 Returns and instruc- tions are being mailed all recorded operators of such devices. the Col- lector pointed out, and any who do not receive forms should request them immediately. az returns must be filed in November.
 All taxable devices in operation after October 51 are subject to tax for the balance of the fiscal year regardless of the length of time they are used. it was explained by Mr. Squire. This amendment to the law places tax on all coin-operated mus ie machines and the many and var led types Of amusement devices. such as Skee-Ball, Baseball. Basket ball Football. Spiral Wolf. Pike's Peak, Target Skill. etc, he said. Only bona fide vending devices are exempt.
 The Revenue Act also increases the tax on coin-operated gaming de- vices from $50.00 to $1O0.0o start ing July l, 1943. There is no in crease in the tax for the current ffs- cal year which runs to June 30, 1943.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-13
New Tax On TObaCCOS,
 Liquors

The latest Federal lax on whis. key. effective in Alaska as well as in the States. amounts to 8 on each gallon of loo proof whiskey-- 50 cents a quart. And the same tax ap- plies to brandies ana other strong liquors from a strength of 24 per cent on up.
 Wines aren't exempt from the new excise taxes. Taxes which the consumer will have to pay range from 2 cents on a gallon up to 35 cents a gallon Most wines will have a 10-cent a gallon tax which ap- plies to those in the Il to 21 per cent bracket.
 The new taxes also apply to to- baeeo.
 Commissioner Of Internal Rev enue Guy T. Helvering calls atten- tion to the fact that these tax in- creases become effective November 1 under provisions of the 1922 Rev enue Act, just enacted, emphasizing the importance Of all manufactur- CTS and dealers in these products taking an actual inventory of stock on hand at the close of business October 31.
 The act imposes a floor stocks tax on these articles. which will call for payment of the difference be- tween old and new rates effeeting all large cigars and large and small cigarets in the hands Of dealers and manufacturers at the close of bus mess October S1. The Commissioner advises that an accurate inventory must be taken regardless of the quantity in stock.
 The inventory of cigars should be broken up and listed at the re- tail prices of not more than 2.5 cents and not more than 4 cents, more than 1 cents and not more
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-13

-You Saw It In The Sentinel
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-13
s e .s 2. .s .s s. ss .. .s. l. ALASKA AND THE NATION
 by
 ANTHONY J. BIMOND Alaska Delegate To Congress ss .' ss. s.. e. e. e. = ... ..- z. Continued from page two1
tCOntinued from page twol

Continued from page two)
 times hurried ones. The members of such committees and their assist ants obtain a great deal of fnfor- nation about the Territory which would not otherwise come to them. Most of the members Of such com mittees return to Washington more friendly to the legitimate aspira- tions of the Territory of Alaska than they were before. From my own Experience. I know that some Alaskans are inclined to look upon such committees as of no signifi- canoe to Alaska. but l also know from my own personal experience that such a view is a mistaken one. Members Of Congress, both House and Senate, are generally highly intelligent men with large exper- fence in public affairs. However polite they may be- they are quite able to distinguish fact from fic- tion, and usually they are anxious to get the truth on any subject. applaud the excellent editorial to the same effect that appeared some time ago in the KETCHIKAN AL ASkA CHRONICLE. IL is too bad that more members of Congress are not able to find out at first hand about the Territory
 The Aleutians
 Our recent advance in the Aleu- tians and The beating being given the enemy there is the source of all most as much Joy in the National Capitol as it can possibly be in AL aska. The people of the United States generally felt very strongly on the subject. and the demand for the expulsion of the Japanese from our own territory was well-nigh un-. iversal. The fact that our military authorities have understood the ser. iousness of the problem and are talk ing apprpriate action is most en- cOuraging and has met with wide spread acclaim. The following is quoted from an able editorial ap- bearing in the October issue of the Ot1h1o l1AN SOlENOk MONIIOh.
 This route lthrough the Aleu- tians has the advantage of being the most direct to the heart of the Japanese Empire and of being much . shorter and less exposed than routes to the south. Assuming a foothold in the Kuriles. the United States could bring to the east coast of Jap an an experience possibly surpass-