BIG BUILDUP
OF CHINESE I
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could supply a sustained offensive.
One 8th Ar.'. y . v stated:
“They have n;or- tank1', rrtero ar
tillery. more rr-erves, and most im
portant. more airplanes — based in
North Korea than at any time
since they entered the war last
winter '
Other officers contended Hint tor
Allied Air Force has so disrupted
the enemy's apply routes that “they
haven’t got the means to bring fo r
and equipment from Manchuria to
make their offentive effective.
To install new officers, members
of the Juneau Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club met in the
Gold Room of ti'.'s Baranof hotel
Monday night for a program and
refreshments.
Mis. Luciile T. Stine, retirin'
president, pre idea as the meetin ■
was called to order, introduced
Mayor Waino Hendrickson, wli -
praised the BPW Club as one of
the most active and most cooper
ative civic groups in Juneau and
gave a report of the club’s activi
ties for the Inst year:
Membership in 19"C-51 increased
by 33 members and the club now
has a membership of 94, Mrs. Stine
said.
Club projects for the year in
cluded a refreshment stand at the
city's two day Fourth nf July cele
bration which earned $150 for the
club and $152.82 for the city. The
BPW Club also shared in spon
soring Roberta Messerschmidt in
the Queen’s Contest and was re
warded by crowning of Queen Ro
berta the night of July 4.
The BPW eo-sponsored the city
wide dinner in celebration of Uni
ted Nations Day and was hostess
again last fall for the annual re
ception for school teachers.
B. I*. W. Projects
For the past two years the BPW
Club members had sponsored a
young woman dental student in
Leipsig, sent her clothing and food.
She has finished her training and
is now practicing her profession
and the club has now “adopted”
tw?o girls in Greece, contacted
through Mrs. Thelma En: strom.
Mrs. Stine reported that the
BPW had completed payment of
its library pledge of $250; had
made donations to a Chinese nurs
ing project, Boy and Girl Scouts;
Red Cross; Cancer Association;
Tag Day for Minnie Field’s Home
in conjunction with Teen Age
Club; the Alaska Crippled Child
ren’s Association and provided gifts
for November birthdays at the Mt.
Edgecumbe Orthopedic hospital.
Instead of a Christmas party,
the club gave presents at Christ
mas to the permanent patients at
St. Ann’s and the Government
i. capita is.
Money faisiny projects during
the last year included a rummage
sale, a food sale, a smorgasbord
He was kind to his Wife, but
cruel to his widow. That is
what thev said about him.
While he ws.s still living, he
gave his wife all the comforts
of a good home. He didn't
think about the future. When
he was gone, the income he
earned for his family stopped.
He had failed to buy hie insur
ance.
That sort of thin'r happens
every day. Do you want it to
happen to your widow? Do you
want people to say about you:
"He was kind to his wife, but
cruel to his widow." Of course
not.
Call, telephone or write
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-riven In the Masonic Temple. And
plans have been completed for a
ish dinner to be given in the
Masonic Temple next Friday night
between 5:30 and 7:30, Mrs. Stini
•eported.
New Officers
With her report concluded, Mrs.
Stine dismissed her committees and
urned the meeting over to Mrs.
felon Ehrendrewh, as installing
fficer, and Mrs. Betty McCormick,
nstalling marshal, who conducted
hese new officers to their places
or the form; 1 candle lighting
eremony: Agnes Peyton, treasurer;
iere Becker, :eeodin; secretary;
hdma Osborne! corresponding
-rretary; Vera Knickerbocker
ocond vice president; Vera Mor
an, first vise president and Ilal
ene Price, president, who took ovet
he chair for the remainder of the
-vening.
In tribute to Mrs. Stine as re
aring club leader, she was pre
-ented a past president's pin and
at the suggestion of Mrs. Edna
Heaton Lomen, a rising vote ol
■hanks recognized the work Mrs.
line had accomplished for the
BPW dining her term of office.
Miss Price, who is in charge o',
extension work for the University
if Alaska in Southeast Alaska, in
roduced herself to the club mem
ers with a graceful speech.
Music during Hie evening was
r ovided by Dorothy Ebhett on her
narimba, with Jane McMullen cc
iompanying her, and Mrs. Mildred
_ister who sang “Thine Alone" and
■I'll Walk Beside You,” also ac
:ompani‘si by Mr . McMullen. Ed
th M< ore led community singin:;,
i companicd by Ethel Finlayson,
ind the songs included a "Happy
Birthday to You" for Vera Mor
an, new first vice president ol
be club.
At the head table were: Mrs
'tine, Mayor and Mrs. Hendrickson
ind retiring officers of the club:
Opal Sharman, Virginia Post. Nat
ilie Gustafson and Edith Moore.
Ice cream, cake and coffee were
-erved from • the flower-decorated
buffet, table by the retiring club
officers.
Gue :s at the installation meet
ins were Irene Rasmussen, Irene
William". Jc-- ie McCrary, Angie
Long, Me:-. Hoisington, Mildred
Simpson, Pauline McCahill, Jean
Drawe, Viola Edwards. Mrs. Leigh
Grant, Ruby Dobler, Lucille Bur
sow. . Mrs. Li. ter, Mrs McMullen,
Dorothy Ebbet and Jean Marsli
and Theresa, who represented Beta
Bigma Phi at the ceremony. With
Mayor Hendrickson, only other
man present wa Edward Peyton,
whose wife was installed as new
feasurer of the group.
Mrs. Frances Paul, convention
chairman reported the completion
J plans for the BPW territorial
convention in Juneau May 27 and
28. National guest will be Mrs.
Cecelia Galey, national legislative
president, who will be the speaker
at the club banquet in the Bar
anof, Saturday, May 26. Other con
vention events scheduled include
luncheons Sunday and Monday, a
:c option in the Masonic Temple
Sunday afternoon and installation
oanquet at the Country Club Mon
day night, with daily business
meetings to engage the club dele
gates.
BPW DINNER FRIDAY
The Business and Professional
Women’s club will hold a seafood
dinner Friday lrom 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
at the Scottish Rite Temple for the
purpose of raising funds for the
coming convention. It will be a buf
of dinner.
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SGT. FRIEND IS
DOING HIS BIT,
mm FRONT
WITH IX CORPS. US ARMY IN
KOREA—Sgt. William W. Friend
i t Juneau, Alaska is now serving as
clerk-typist with the G-2 (In
'(IMgence) section of IX Corps on
the central Korean front.
Vital information of enemy activ
ities provided by Sgt. Friend's sec
tion has greatly facilitated the
succor; ful operation of Maj. Gen.
William M. Hoge’s combat forces
through the mountainous heart of
Korea.
Friend was promoted to the rank
of Sergeant in December for his
outstanding performance of duties
while serving with IX Corps.
He enlisted in the Army in De
cember, 1941, and was sent to Air
aska where he was stationed until
his separation from the service in
November, 1948.
He re-enlisted the same month,
and was assigned to the Office of
the Illinois Senior Army Instructor
of th§ Organized Reserve Corps.
For the next 12 months, he was as
-igned to a dental detachment at
Ft. Sheridan, 111., where he joined
X Corps in September.
Sgt. Friend is a member of the
Benevolent and Protective Order
in Elks, No. 420, Juneau. He is the
on of Elmer A. Friend, of Juneau.
TAX TO BE UPPED
ON CIGARETTES,
AUTOS, GASOLINE
WASHINGTON. May 15 — I* —
Tile House Ways and Means com
mittee voted today to slap higher
Federal taxes on cigarettes, auto
mobiles and gasoline.
In tentative decisions reached at
a closed session, the tax-dra fling
group called for the following in
creases:
Cigarettes, from seven cents a
package to eight. The treasury had
recommended a 10-cent rate.
Gasoline, from l1- cents a gallon
to two cents, the administration
asked for a three-cent tax.
Passenger automobiles and motor
cycles, up from 7 per cent at the
manufacturers’ level to 10 per cent.
The treasury had sought 20 per cent.
In the absence of official esti
mates, it appeared that by these
and other proposed changes in the
excise schedules the committee had
picked up well over half a billion
dollars additional revenue today,
running the prospective total of the
bill above six billion dollars.
WSCS SEWING MEETING
The WSCS of the Methodist
church will meet Wednesday after
noon at 1:30 o'clock in the parson
age for sewing. All members are
asked to attend.
COMDR. CHESTER
TRANSFERRED TO
EASTERNSEA DUTY
The many friends,of Command :r
and Mrs. Edward P. Chester will re
gret to learn of orders of transfer
j which will take the Chester famil>
from Juneau to the East coas
Commander Chester, of the U. f
Coast Guard, has been aide to Go'
i Gruening since May 1946.
Both Commander and Mrs. Che
ter have taken an active and in:
portant part in civic and social lift
of tlie community and in churci
work.
Mrs. Chester and their sen, Fred
die, are already in Connecticut, hav
ins gone south to meet Commandei
Chester several weeks ago when h<
accompanied Gov. Gruening V
Washington on business. They art
visiting Mrs. Chester's parents ii
New London.
Commander Chester expects tc
report aboard the USCG vessel Dex
ter (WAVP 385) operating out o
Boston. He will be in command ol
the ship. He left that area in Au
gust of 1942 for war duty in the Pa
cific. Chester served first aboari
the USS Arthur Middleton, an at
j tack transport, as first lieutenan
l damage control officer which oper
ated in the Pacific and made out
! trip to Alaska. He then went to tht
i Coast Guard Receiving Unit at Ala
meda, Calif., where he was execu
| tive officer and acting commandim
! officer of that base which trainee
' crews for frigate vessels, forwaro
area replacement details. Then h(
was transferred to the staff of com
mander of fleet operational training
command, Pacific, shaking dowi.
Naval vessels of all classes; from
that assignment he took command*
of the USS Pueblo operating in the
Pacific war theater. In May, 194C
he was assigned aide to Gov. Gruen
ing.
Chester wears the ribbons of the
Asiatic-Pacific, European and
American theaters of war.
The new home will be established
near Boston, home port of the Dex
ter, and Commander Chester ex
pressed the hope that any Juneau
friends who are in the vicinity at
any time will stop and pay a call.
FASHION SHOW
IS EXTRA FEATURE
AT HOSPITAL TEA
_ ) I
One of the extra features of St.
Ann's Hospital Day Tea, Friday,
May 18, will be a Fashion Show,
sponsored by Behrends, The Clothes
Closet, Leota's, Stevens, and the
Tot-to-Teen Shop. Mrs. John Dur
ney, member of the Guild, is serv
ing as chairman for this activity.
The following women will model
the latest fashions: Mesdames Ar
thur Adams, Kenneth Albertson,
Cecil easier, Patrick Gilmore, Pete
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ander Young.
Ef.orts are being made to con
n;v several members of Juneau's
•e-school group to join this par
ue of fashions. Two showings will
]C heid, the first at 3 o'clock, and
second at 5 o clock to aecom
nedate office workers.
It is hoped that residents of
Jouglas and Juneau will take this
jpportunity to visit and inspect St.
inn's Hospital.
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i OVER WEEKEND WITH
51 IH; 36 DEPART
Eighty-seven passengers were
tarried by Pan American World
Airways over the weekend with 21
arrivals from Seattle, 28 out to Se
attle, three to Fairbanks and five
o Whitehorse, while 30 made con
:ections with PNA through to Cor
iova.
From Seattle: Dan Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. R. J. Sommers, Amity
Porter, Ken Kadow, Leila Grunden,
l. M. Curry, Elmer Edwards, Har
ald Hanson, C. H. Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. M. Layne, Donald Mac
Gregor, R. Vanhueman, Doug Sin
;el, Robert Starry, Julia Stewart,
VI. Thomas, Albert Van Kaugnen,
V. C. Weber, Bob Pickering-.
To Annette: George Luetkehans,
3. F. Hichok. Mr. Thorne.
To Ketchikan: Barlow Brown.
To Seattle: E. P. Dick, H. Hiller -
nan, Joseph Morgan, James Fen
.aell, Edna Nauska, Roy Race, A.
N. Bolay, Howard Bryandt, Esther
Otto, M. Rasmusen, Georgia Bry
m, Pat Lane, Jean Romerian, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Snyder, Fred Smith,
4rs. Oliver Colby, Jeane Welsh,
P. D. Peterson, Ken Foresman, Jane
Furst, Arlene and Kathy Whittier,
P. K. Cowan, David and Anna
Rhodes, Walter Hodge, Don Arel.
To Fairbanks: Mrs. E. Swandon,
-j, Disehner, M. Holerman.
To Whitehorse: Billie Morrison,
3. Morrison, J. Doers, M. Mitchell,
vfrs. T. Jacobsen.
JUNEAU YOUNG
MAN IN THICK,
AMBUSH FORAY
WITH THE 1ST CAVALRY DI
VISION, U. S. ARMY, IN KOREA
-(Delayed)—A 23-year old Juneau
Army youth, wielder of an auto
matic rifle, was one of some 30
First Cavalry Division warriors who
ambushed a force of Chinese on
he central Korean front, killing
75 oi the Communists.
Private First Class Joe Rogers,
son of Mrs. Chris Nelson, Juneau,
took part, In the foray that was de
scribed 11s bring "like knocking off
clay pigeons in a shooting gallery.”
Rogers' platoon was ordered out
of a rest area to go around a Chi
nese-held hill to outflank the de
fending force.
Once behind the main enemy
contingent, the Cavalry platoon
discovered several large groups of
Chinese sitting around fires eating
supper, completely unaware of the
ambushing American force.
In one great volley, Rogers and
his compatriots opened fire on the
enemy. Surprised and confused, the
enemy soldiers were peppered with
murderous Cavalry cross-fire.
Overturning pots' of cooked rice,
the Chinese scurried for a nearby
ridgeline where their silhouettes
were perfect targets for whining
Cavalry bullets.
Though the Communists counter
ed with rifle fire, not a single Am
erican soldier was wounded in the
melee that badly flayed the Reds.
American troops regained the
vital ground and counted 75 enemy
dead.
TOKYO, May 15 —(J1— An Alaska
totem pole was accepted officially
by Tokyo at a public ceremony here
yesterday.
The pole, carved at Wrangell in
1922, was presented by Seattle
sponsors of the Japanese Trade
Fair. The event will be held in
Seattle this summer.
The pole will be placed in a Tokyo
park, where 50 fir seedlings from
Seattle are planted.
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