SMOKED BIRD
MIAMI, Sept. 20. (/P)—Mrs. E.
M. Connell called police to trap
a snake which she said had slid
When patrolmen Marvin Mann
down the chimney of her home,
and Charles Johnson arrived, they
heard a noise in the stove. Mrs.
Connell turned the damper to shut
off the snake’s escape. Mann
armed himself with a hoe. John
son grabbed a stout stick.
They opened the stove door,
tossed in a burning paper to smoke
the snake out.
Out stalked an indignant and
SUNNY SIDE UP
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20. (/P)—
James M. Montee has a new pi
lot’s license at the age of 84.
Montee, who leased a barley
filed in 1922 and converted it into
what is the present home of Doug
las Aircraft company, had a li
cense but it lapsed during the war
after he had logged 300 hours. A
former stage coach driver, Mon
tee soloed on his 60th birthday
anniversary.
slightly sooty red bird.
Neill, Clark & Company
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AUDITORS
TAX COUNSELORS
Office in Wallace Hotel - Phone Main II
Juneau NOME Fairbanks
Polar Liquor Store
Finest Assortment of Liquors
On The Seward Peninsula
Phone Your Orders Open From 8 A.M.
Black 138 To 6:30 P.M.
“World Supports
Secy. Wallace”
BERLIN. Sept. 20. (JP) — The
Russian-controlled news paper
Night Express said today Winston
Churchill’s proposal for a “United
States of Europe” was just an
other attempt at bloc building and
“strengthening his front for a third
world war.”
The newspaper also told its Ger
man readers in a front page head
line that “Opposition against
Byrnes grows, world press sup
ports Wallace.” The article print
ed quotations from sources in
Britain and America who support
ed the views of Secretary of Com
merce Henry A. Wallace on Amer
ican foreign policy.
Portion Of Niagara
FallsWall Collapses
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Sept.
20. (/P)—A huge portion of the
brink of the American Falls col
lapsed today, shaking this city
with earthquake intensity as it
tumbled down the 168-foot face
of the cataract.
Witnesses said a section of the
rock wall 120 feet in length at the
top and about 30 feet across at the
bottom of the falls tumbled into
the gorge shortly after 11 a.m.
(EDT) with a terrific roar.
They reported that it was on
this side of the v-shaped section
which broke off in 1942.
Tony Guinta, a member of the
Niagara Falls Gazette tsaff, said
the blast “shook hell out of the
city.”
“Our building shook like a ma
ple leaf in a breeze.”
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AIRLINES
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Services
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Monday flights to Deering,
Candle, Kotzebue and return.
First and fifteenth each
month to Golovin, White Mt.
and Council.
Monday and Friday through
connections to Lake Minchu
mina, Nenana and Fairbanks.
Three times weekly to Una
lakleet, McGrath and An
chorage.
“ROUTE OF THE STARLINERS"
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Office Front Street - Phone Main 66 or Red 131
Yank Soldiers
Sentenced In
Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept.
20. (/P)—Two American air force
soldiers have been sentenced to be
hanged and three others to life
imprisonment on conviction of
raping two German women, head
quarters of U. S. Air Forces in
Europe announced today.
It listed those sentenced to die
as Cpl. Asbury L. Wells of 6 Ce
■ dar street, Walaware Shoals, B. C.,
I and Pfc. Gonzalo Salinas of Lin
coln, N. M.
Sentenced to life imprisonment
at hard labor and dishonorable
discharge from the army were:
Pfc. Willis L. Daigle, Beaumont,
Texas, Pfc. Edward H. Hayes of
Oak Forest, 111., and Pfc. Clem
McKenzie, Minneapolis, Minn.
The sentences, handed down
Sept. 13 by courts martial, will be
reviewed by the commanding gen
eral of the Ninth Air Force serv
ice command and must then be
confirmed by the war department
in Washington before they can be
executed.
Russians Take Up
Positions at Trieste
ROME, Sept. 20. (IP)—A Trieste
dispatch to II Momento said today
two Russian divisions had taken
up positions around Ljubljana, in
Yugoslavia 45 miles northeast of
Trieste.
The dispatch gave no authority
for its report, ond no confirmation
was obtainable here.
BOY SCOUTS HOLD FATHER
AND SON BANQUET
The Boy Scouts are entertaining
with a Father nad Son banquet
Saturday evening at the Home
Economics room of the Territorial
school. Director B. G. Baker states
that the preparation of the dinner
is entirely in the hands of the
boys themselves. Each member
has been assigned to some part oi
the program, from the baking of
the ham to the making of the
cakes. Members of the Girl Scouts
will assist with the serving.
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE—’41 Plymouth sedan
Inquire Reader Bros. Garage.
113-tf
FOR SALE—Pontiac 8-cyl. De
Luxe Sedan. Excellent condition.
Call Main 125. 109-tf
DREAM
THEATER
1 Show, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
"LOST ANGEL"
Margaret O'Brien* James Craig
Also “WHY DADDY”
—•—
2 Shows, Sept. 22, 7:15 and 9 p.m.
Sunday
"AT DAWN WE DIE"
John Clements. Godfrey Teerie
Also “IN WINTER QUARTERS”
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1 Show, Sept. 23 and 24, 7:30 pjn.
Monday and Tuesday
"ONCE UPON A TIME"
Garey Grane* Janet Blair
Also “MERMAIDS ON PARADE”
IDEAL
WARDROBES
Can be set up anywhere
Roomy and Spacious
Takes Little Room
Will Hold Many Gar
ments, Shoes and Hats
Perfect for those Extra
Garments needed here
Can be knocked dowr
for shipping.
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A Limited Quantity ol
BOYS SHUPACS
Sizes 12 to 5
_SH—*—
Aluminum
CLOTHES LINES
Stainless - Rustproof
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Waterproof
FLASHLIGHTS
Self-focussing
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Children's
UNION SUITS
Sizes 8 to 16
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NEW
House Dresses
Cottons, Seersuckers &
Rayon Prints
Sizes 12 to 44
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GROCERIES
Egg Noodles & Turkey
Net wt. 2%lb - 95^ can
Chili Macaroni
16 oz. - 30^ can
Pimento Chili
8 oz. - 50^ can
Spaghetti Dinner witl
Sauce
16 oz. - 501
Twist Noodles
16 oz. - 251
A. Polet