The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-09

investment in America today and received a handsome prize for doing it! The auctioneers Will he hoarse, but happy, long before 5 o'clock
 Of course, many of the articles will go for one bond, face value S25; but you only pay SIs.75. If you bid two bonds, maturity value $50, you pay only S37.50, etc. The bidding is to be in bonds only!
 Bob Martin, chairman of the auction stunt, wants, and looks fol a big crowd at the affair.
 An! Ladies Too
 Women are expected to be among the bidders, and they will be shrewd at it too. And goshdarn the man who butts in. It's a cinch that the first bidder for a per- manent wave will really get it. perhaps for one bond. And this is going to make the auctioneer keep his eyes peeled while he listens in three different languages for the first bidder-as there may be a chorus of T bid one bond"
 And, just pipe what is going to be auctioned off! Suits of clothes, cases of canned milk, boxes of apples, cases of all kinds of gro- cery goods, dressed turkeys, milk tickets, bakery goods, taxi script books. sweaters, shoes-for both men and women; billfolds, drug articles. smoking sets, laundry credits, barber shop credits, theatre passes, gasoline, oil meat orders. meal tickets, dinners, serva-bar, suit cleaning credits, skis, and
 Permanent waves, floor lamps. sun lamps, bathrobes, skirts, fur caps, pens, pencils, framed pictures, potted plants, coffee makers, in- fant garments, coffee tables, and
 Airplane Trips | Trip by plane to Anchorage, trip by plane Anchorage to Juneau, round trip to Sitka, plane trip to Seattle, and
 More than $1000 worth of liquors of various kinds, by the case. and,
 And, ladies !--don't forget that pre-war girdle. No men will be allowed to bid, but therell be plenty of feminine competition. And
 Lots of other things, all worth at least one bond.
 Nope, no steamer trips. You see the U. s. Army is operating the Alaska Steamship Company vessels and Northland Transportation Co. craft and the agents in Juneau can't do a thing about it. Horace Adams isn't going to let his com pany miss out in the contributions, however. Alaska Steamship Co.,, one stunt by Horace Adams" and this means something. Horace is going to pass up couple of penny ante games and few invites of "whatll you have" and the stunt" will perhaps be worth one bond perhaps several
 Now be at the auction! Bid buy your. share of America and get, in addition to the best investment ever offered, useful prize which has been made available to you by patriotic business and professional firms of Juneau. Talk out, sass the auctioneer if he gets fresh. Rough-house it if he don't get your first bid--but bid. Nobody is going to think you are a piker if you bid only one bond. There's lots of them in the same class This great country of |ours is made up of little people like you and I.
 Bob Martin will have largei staff of assistants on hand to keep tilllBo uiOFuiS dt idot ICihPO- Every bond purchase will be re- corded and every article delivered.
 Everybody be there-tomorrow- Elks Hall, 2 to 5 o'clock
 Mortgage the homestead, hook the family jewels, crack the piggy bank and come on downl Make that investment now in better America!
 Oh, yes! The auctioneers are to be all amateurs--but good. They are Thompson, Adams, Kendall and Harmon.
 Again-many articles have been contributed too late for publication. So, numerous articles and orders for various services will be put on the block.
 And, there will be numerous ar- ticles of especial attraction to ser- vicemen.