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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-13
Ladies Given Big
Time Yesterday at
Duck Creek Party

A delightful time was had by
about 200 or more ESQ and other
girls from Juneau and Douglas yes
terday at Duck Creek when they
we're royalty entertained between
2 and 1880 pm.
Transportation was furnished to
and from town. and games and
dancing were enjoyed throughout
the day and evening. Preceding
chow" an awkward squad showed
how not to drill, followed by a
squad which put on fancy drill.
Fried chicken with fixings was con-
sumed in large quantities.
The floor show started at 7
o'clock and lasted an hour, and was
composed of gags, laughs, skits, and
music. Dancing to the music of an
Army orchestra lasted until IL
o'clock; then the juke box took
over.
Following are the Duck Checkers
participating: CPL John Moran,
master of ceremonies; Cpl. Moe
Martov, piano accompanist: and
Sgt Robson, Cpl. Auson, Pfc. Ross,
CPL Haas, Pfc. Gates, Pfc. Zencker,
Pfc. Williamson, Pvt. Aierstuck, Pfc.
Wyrick. Cpl. Walton, Cpl. Buckley,
and his drivers, Sgt. Trueth and
his cooks; Pvt Campion, Pvt.
Throckmorton, Pfc Ward, Pfc.
Matlack, Pfc. Doster, Pvt. Foley,
Pfc. Miastakowski Pvt. Burlington,
Pfc. Hudson, Pvt. Brandt, Sgt.
Fetchenback, Pfc. Strayer, Pfc.
Hoekstra of Special Service, and
1t. C. F. MacIsaac, s. S. Officer.
The girls declare the afternoon
and evening were highly enjoyable
and the boys know who to enter
tain and how.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-13

Those from Skagway include v. w.
penny Mulvihill, John G. Morri-
son, NJ s. Whittier, Charles E.
Hooker, j. j. Hillard and Elmer A.
Friend. These six entered the Skag-
way corral in the good old days via
Chilkoot Pass or White Pass when
the trail was treacherous and tough
going in some places
The five from Ketchikan are
James Primavera, Elwood McClain,
William Mahoney, Lisle Hebert and
Joe Green. They floated in on
boats.
Two other oldtimers are here. A.
j. Spague, Elks Lodge No. 236, and
John Newmarket of No 906, who is
now an Admiral or Lieutenant Com
mander or something anyway in the
watery branch Of the armed services.
1t is going to be big night next
Wednesday and bleachers will be
erected, if the chairs are all occu-
pied, to take care of the expected
Standing Room Only attendance.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-13
BOAT ARRIVES
FROM SkAGWAY,
Is PASSENGERS

Early this afternoon a SOUTH
bound steamer locked here with
the following passengers arriving
from Skagway-W. Anderson, r.
Andrews, H. Z. Bjedstruf, J. C.
Cook, r. Coughlin, Pvt. j bowling
Len Gould, Miss S. Godfrey, J. W.
Harris, L. Jacobs, F. Jacobs, M.
Johns Mrs. G. Leigh
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, Miss Mathe-
son, j. Marin, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Pierce, j. Reynoldson, M. Repin,
Mr. and Mrs. c. Salter, Mr.. and
Mrs Jens Smith and T. Sandborn
Hal Knutson, at the Baranof
Hotel, is here from Seattle
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and Mrs. Hugh Wade.

and Mrs. Hugh Wade.
From Ketchikan-P. A. Monroe,
Mrs. A. Carter, George Anderson,
and Otis Bobbitt.
From Wrangell--N. A. McEachran,
G. t. Barrett, and Peter Kishnick.
From Petersburg Pat Sweeney,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Cowling, Roy
Petratrovich, Felix Romero, and F.
L. Esteban.
Late yesterday afternoon the boat
left for Sitka with Fred Martinson.
Charles Marshall, N. A. Haines, Gil
Rich, E. Reynolds, Mr.. and Mrs. F..
Tillotson. Claude Rhodes. A. B. Holt,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Fenton.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-13
VESSEL ARRIVES
HERE FROM SOUTH
SUNDAY MORNING

Thirty-four persons arrived from
Seattle and wayports by boat yes
terday morning Those ON the list
from Seattle were-Charles E. Nc
Donald, Mrs. Velma Rogers, Mr. and
Mrs. c. E. Boyer, Mrs. Mabel Nuna-
maker, Mr.. and Mrs j. Pauley, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Beisemyer, Mrs. Stel-
la Bowen, Dan Cole, Halvor Knut-
son, Cecil E. Helsel, HilInan Berg,
Mrs. Gladys Lewis, Mrs. Azile Aaron,
Mrs. Edith NJ Bealle, Mrs. Lizzetta
Hillman, Jackson Marsh, and Mr.
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IS ENGAGED TO
|. 7. CAMPBELL

Mrs. A w. Stewart announces the
engagement of her daughter, Miss
Ella Lahore Kaufman, to Mr..
Leonard Terry Campbell, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest M. Campbell of
Wrangell. News of the betrothal
was revealed at a breakfast yester-
day in the Iris Room of the Bar.
anof Hotel.
Miss Kaufman is a graduate of
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the Juneau High School and has
attended the University of Wash
ington.
Mr.. Campbell also attended the
University of Washington and at
present is in the Army Transport
Service.
The wedding will be an event of
May 7, at the Northern Light Pres
byterian Church in this city.
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WITH WEATHER BUREAU

Otis C. Bobbitt, with the An
chorage Weather Bureau. is a guest
at the Hotel Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-13
REBEKAH DRILL TEAM
PRACTICE is TONIGHT

Members of the Rebekah Drill
Team are reminded of the practice
tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Odd
Fellows Hall. All are requested to
be present for tonight's session.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-13

HELSEL FROM KODIAK
Cecil E. Helsel, here from Ko-
diak, is at the Baranof.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Capital Women Win
BRIDGE Championshin

Mrs. Edward p. Cotter and Mrs.
Burton E. Palmer of Washington
scored 229 match points to beat out
the New York master champions
Mrs. Fred j. Horn and Mrs. William
E. Mckinney, by IL points and win
the women's pair championship last
night in the Cumberland Valley
contract bridge tournament at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mrs. Roy Hackett and Mrs. Marian
Barre Of Washington, who scored
215 match points, were third. The
mixed pair championships also were
conducted yesterday, but scores will
not be made known until today.
The blue ribbon event of the tour
ney, the open-pair championships,
will be run OF at 1:30 and 7:30 pm.
today.
Mrs. Herman G. White Of WASH
ington and Charles H. Goren of
Philadelphia, the leading master
point player of the country, are de-
Tending champions in the open pair
event,
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Mead Says ASF Depot
Fell Down on Job .:-.
By the Associated Press.


COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 16.-
Senator Mead, Democrat, Of New
York, asserted today the Columbus
Army Service Depot. one of the Ma
tions largest, had fallen down on
the job" when preparations for the
European invasion were in their
final stages.
Senator Mead made his statement
as the Senate War Investigating
Committee, of which he Is chair
man, opened an inquiry at the
depot.
Last spring." he asserted, when
our troops on many battlefronts
we're driving forward and the Euro
pean invasions were In the final
stages Of preparation, it became ap-
parent that the Columbus ASF
depot had fallen down on the Job.
1t was also apparent that unless
prompt action was taken the ef-
feet upon the advance of OUR troops
and upon the progress and successes
of the impending invasion might be
damaging"
1t. Col. Paul H. Startzman, who
succeeded Col. Roy d. Burdick as
engineer supply officer at the depot
in June, testified that early in April
requisitions for engineer spare parts
awaiting processing and shipment
totaled 45,o00,oo0 pounds, great
enough to normally require 4
months work, exclusive of new
daily orders.
Evening star., 1944-09-17

in the psychopathic building, where
1t was moved more than five years
ago because Of q fire. The present
arrangement, which does not allow
sufficient space for children, permits
children to see and hear violently
disturbed" psychiatric patients.
As outlined in the 1916 budget
request, the new pediatric building
would house $50 patients and would
be built so that additional 100 beds
could be added within 10 years.
Ventilation Poor.
"The building in which the pedia-
tries unit is located" the budget
statement said, "is poorly ventilated,
and in the summer Is extremely
hot. at times causing patients to
develop high fevers that are en-
tirely due to their poor environ
ment."
In a statement accompanying re-
lease OF d map of the development,
Mr.. Mason said:
"The first units Of the approved
program will be started as soon As
drawings and specifications are COM
pleted, and they will be a new
pediatric. or children's ward, a new
laboratory, new out-patient de-
partment, new incinerator, a new
pSychopathic building and q new
ice plant.
'The present investment In I'm
provements at Gallinger has q value
of approximately 100000. Some
of the physical property represented
by this figure will be removed and
be replaced by the new buildings
mentioned above.
"On the other hand, the con-
version Of the present psychopatfic
building into an ambulatory patient
building, or convalescent building
will create an entirely new addition.
The principal expansion in beds
will be in the new pediatric. and
the new psychopathic departments.
When the program Is fully con-
summated we will have a municipal
medical center comparable with the
Evening star., 1944-09-17

ridge, KY, he was sent to England
last April. He has been awarded the
Purple Heart.
.s-Corpl. Edward +. Bresnahan, 20,
husband of Mrs. Betty Jean Bresna-
han, 703 D street NE, was wounded
June IA while serving with an Army
amphibious force invading Saipan
and is now recovering in Hawaiian
hospital, his wife has been informed.
Corpl. Bresnahan, graduate of
Mckinley High School, was en-
ployed on construction work at the
Camp Springs (Md) Army Air Base
before entering service in May, 1943.
He went overseas in January, 1914.
Missing
Second 1t. Robert L. Duffy, whose
wife, Mrs. Marjorie Duffy. lives at
610 Gallatin street NV, has been
missing since flight over France
July 27, the War Department has re-
ported. A fighter pilot on a PAT,
he had % missions to his credit
through the first of July and held
the Air Medal and two Oak Leaf
Clusters.
Enlisting in the Air Forces in De-
cember. 1941, he received his COM
mission from the air base in San
Antonio, Tex. He is a native of
New Bern, N. c.. and a graduate of
Roosevelt High School. His parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Duffy, live
at 1905 Webster street NV.
Sergt. Earle E. Sullivan, jr., son of
Comdr. and Mrs Earle E. Sullivan,
1735 New Hampshire avenue NV,
has been missing since fight over
Austria June rs, according to the
War Department. Mrs. Sullivan said
the War Department recently noti-
fled her that his crew was seen bail
ing out OF the plane.
Sergt. Sullivan, who was a foot
ball player at Western High School,
joined the air forces in October.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
|Nazi Plane Launched
Robots Hf England;
|Blackouf Ends Today
~ the Associatec press,

~ tuO ASS0Cl8kSG kESb8s
LONDON, Sept. 16.-A blast Of
buzz bombs drove home to all Bri-
tons today the government warm
ing that London still Is unsafe from
the last filings Of German VEN
geance and chilled the blackness
of this last night before the lights
60 on again over most Of England.
The robot attack ~ apparently
launched from specially equipped
Heinkel 1l1's over the North Sea
smashed into Southern England
and the London area at dawn, kill
ing at least nine persons and start
ling millions out OF premature COM
placency.
About the time Allied troops were
overrunning the robot launching
sites along the Calais Coast across
the Channel. 1t. Col. Duncan San
dys, in charge Of the robot defense
system, had announced that black
out laws In effect for the last flveI
years would be relaxed tomorrow.
However, Col. Sandys warned Lon
doners that future attacks, though
less severe than the robot raids Of
this summer, could be expected.
In today's German remote con-
troll attack, the first since August
81, three flying missiles were shot
down, two Of them by Flight 1t.
B. F. Miller Of Minneapolis, serving
with an Raj Tempest squadron.
Five children and one adult were
killed, four others were seriously
injured and seven houses were
wrecked completely by one Of the
other bombs.
Robots launched from planes can
be flung against England as long
as the Nazis have airfields left
within Germany. government
spokesman pointed out.
Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve, chair
man of the War Damage Commits
sion and London's rehousing chief,
said he wanted to "get cracking" at
his job because hundreds Of thou
sands Of homes need mending and
winter will be upon us soon"
Another task facing Sir Malcolm
is caring for the thousands Of evac-
uees who are returning to the cap
ital.
This will be the last long, as well
as black. night. British double sum-
mertime ends tonight. The change
to straight summertime places Eng
lands clocks five hours ahead of
Eastern War time in the United
States, instead of six.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Admits Staying Wife
And Her Uncle; Says
She Killed Children
BY the Associated Press,

6y the Associated PresS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Assistant
District Attorney Albert Short said
tonight 43-year-old machinist had
admitted stabbing his wife to death
last night and Staying her uncle a
few hours later, but accused his wife
OF killing their two children.
Mr.. Short said Peter Demetrakou-
poulos related he committed the
double Staying after he discovered
his wife had killed their daughters,
Annie. 13, and Helen, S, by opening
jets of a kitchen gas stove.
Mr.. Short said the machinist, who
surrendered tonight, would be ar
raigned on homicide charge in
Queens Felony Court tomorrow.
The attorney said Demetrakou-
poulos gave the following account
Of the slayings:
Arriving at his home last night,
he found his wife on the steps lead
ing to the apartment, repeating,
MY babies, my babies, 1t is better
they are dead than suffer disgrace. /"
He rushed to the girls bedroom,
entering by the kitchen where he
turned of the open gas Jets. His
attempts to revive his daughters,
lying In their bed, failed. He en-
tered another bedroom where he
and his wife struggled. A pair of
scissors fell from her purse, he
seized them and stabbed her IN the
neck twice. ds4
He then went to Peter Talks
farm near New Paitz, where he
found the farmer, his wife's uncle,
In a field. Using the scissors, now
broken, he stabbed the man to
death. then returned to New York
by bus and surrendered.
Mr.. Short said Demetrakoupoulos
asserted in his statement that the
slayings resulted from long-stara-
ing family trouble which began
last January when his wife accused
Mr.. Talks Of assaulting her.
The bodies of the woman and the
girls were discovered when police
entered the apartment to arrest
D Demetrakoupoulos ON a warrant
charging him with the Staying of
Mr.. Talks.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
GoIIinger
(Continued From FIRST

COutluucO from f1rSt Page.)
ficer George G. Rutland and DR..
Daniel L. Seckinger, acting super
intendent of Gallinger. and advice
Of the committee Of three psychia-
trists, headed by DR.. Winfred Over
holser, superintendent of st. Eliza
beth's. who investigated the PSYCHE
atric ward, was followed.
In the budget estimates for the
fiscal year 1946 of the Health De-
partment. which were released last
week, DR.. G. Rutland asked for
$450,000 for a pediatrics building
and 5000, 900 for q new laboratory
building.
At present the pediatric ward Is
Evening star., 1944-09-17

best In the country" Mr.. Mason's
statement concluded. A4s
The committee that tnvestigated
the psychiatric ward this year was
composed Of DR.. Overholser and
Drs. Samuel w. Hamilton Of the
United States Public Health Service
and Frederick w. Parsons, for many
years commissioner of mental
hygiene for New York State.
Named with a view to advising
the Commissioners as to the needs
to bring the building up to accepted
standards" the doctors sharply
criticized the arrangement Of the
present pSychopathic building and
recommended that plans for an
entirely new building be made at.
an early date. The report was
filed in April. a
One Of the difficulties In obtains
ing q permanent superintendent for
the hospital to succeed Dr.. sEdxar
A. Bocock, who resigned hast De-
cember, has been the poor condition
OF the superintendent's home. Dr.
Bocock resigned after q Senate In
vestigation Of the hospital and has
since become superintendent at
Doctors Hospital. :.
The present laboratory building.
built to serve hospital with about
a third Of the present bed capacity,
was described In the 1916 budget re-
quests as "woefully dilapidated and
inadequate In every respect"
Gallinger Hospital was assailed
last year by Senate committee In
vestigating the institution. Demand
was made for the removal Of Mr.
Mason, DR.. Rutland, DR.. Bocock anG
several medical chiefs. Inadeuuacv
Of kitchen and laundry facilities
was also cited. 5-s ~
Since that time, the Commissioners
have awarded . $2S4 900 contract for
a new kitchen, with the Federal
Works Agency making grants and
loans Of about $500, 900. With the
construction of q new kitchen, 1t will
be possible to expand laundry facili-
ues, =
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Negroes and Whites Riot
In South Carolina Town
~ the Associated PresA

~ the Associated Press.
LAKE CITY, s. c., Sept. To-
Sheriff McLaurin Birch said riot
ing between Negroes and whites
broke out here tonight in a reported
area of two blocks.
Sheriff Birch reported "the sit
uation under control" In Lake City
a tobacco center, but said he feared
more trouble on the outskirts.
The sheriff said a white soldier
and a colored sailor were slashed
during the melee and were being
sent to the Florence Hospital.
A unit Of the South Carolina home
guard and a unit Of military police
from the Florence airbaSe were sent
to the scene.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Evacuation of Duvuo
Announced by Tokyo
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-The port
of Davao, on the Philippine Island
OF Mindanao, has been evacuated in
preparation for "the enemy's inva-
sion of the Philippines" the Tokyo
radio said today.
The broadcast, reported by the
Federal Communications Commits
sion, said the evacuation of the port,
often bombed by American planes
was completed September 9, despite
a terrific bombing" and that all
residents now were in the outskirts
Of town or in nearby hills.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Two Listed as Missjno
Are Now Reported Safe

Two men from the District who
previously were reported by the War
Department as missing in action
are now safe, according to word
received by their families.
First 1t. Charlton w. Doyle, n,
bombardier navigator on a B-25'
who was reported missing in action
In the Asiatic area since July II
Evening star., 1944-09-17
300 Workers Needed
To Notify Relatives
Of Army Casualties

The increased tempo Of Allied
odentves In Europe, accounting for
q major portion Of 14o,5Ss United
States Army casualties in nearly
two months Of global warfare
through August 40, has posed a
serious personnel problem for the
War Departments Casualty Branch
In the Adjutant Generals Once, 1t
was learned yesterday.
The Casualty Branch has sent
out An SOS call for 800 additional
temporary clerks, typists and super
visors to insure that the next of
kin Of men killed, wounded or
missing in action are notified
promptly. Already that work is
falling behind as casualty tolls con-
tinue to mount.
Maj. Gen. Joseph N. Dalton, di-
rector Of personnel for the Army
Service Forces, has come to the aid
Of the Casualty Branch by request
ing the temporary release Of clerks
In any Of the ASF Offices who can
be spared to engage in these essen
tial notifications, 1t was reported by
the Pentagon's of1icial newspaper,
War Times. Under the 54-hour
week schedule, transfers from one
ONCE to another can be arranged
to meet emergency needs.
Needed for Three Weeks.
The 300 additional employees are
needed, 1t was said, for the three
week period starting yesterday.
Personnel is particularly needed for
Sunday work. 1t was stated, and
those employees who are loaned to
the Casualty Branch for work to-
day. September "a and October /
may be given a compensatory day
on on another day of the week.
In connection with the appeal,
Maj. Gen. j. A. Ulio, adjutant gen.
eral, said there is no more i'm
portant work in his Office at the
present time.
The Pentagon publication failed to
mention actual casualty figures but
the increase within the period from
June 20 to August 20, as reported by
Secretary Stimson, is deeply signifl-
cant. It falls a little short of the
1903 Army combat casualties in
all theaters from the attack on Pearl
Harbor to June 20.
This tremendous increase. officials
said, has put a burden on the Cas-
ualty Branch in recent weeks which
1t is necessary to relieve. The time
element in notifying next of kin
varies widely. from 48 hours in some
cases to several weeks in others, de-
pending on conditions in the partic-
ular theater of operations.
Daily Lists Increase.
Casualty lists for newspaper pub
llcation are issued almost daily and
the increased bulk of individual lists
after the first month of the Nor
mandy invasion testifies to the in
tenstveness Of the fighting at Ger
tain stages. Usually the daily list
OF killed or wounded bore only a
few hundred names. In the past
month the daily accounting fire.
quently exceeds 1000 and 5000
names.
The War Department is operating
about one month behind in receiving
and announcing casualties from all
theaters, due primarily to conditions
overseas. Should the fighting In
Germany result in severe losses
these difficulties of reporting will
increase.