The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 27, 1939, Page 2

0 4 2 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1939. Modern Warriors On Old World Battlefields DOUGLAS BAKERPASSES ¢+ | v s vtenives o Sosicubrums wharmee soneaw > - NEWS | THROUGHTOWN THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) i ON WAY ’JORTH Forecast for Juncau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Sept. 27: Partly cloudy tonight, incre Thursday, probably with | SIX NEW PUPILS ENT | Dot S PUBLIC SCHOOL Four pupils from Glacicr Highway asing cloudiness | started school in Douglas this morn- A!aska Steam Head Says showers by night; gentle to mode -ate variable winds, mostly south- | ing, and enrolled as follows: One ‘n . west and west. f the first grade, two in the third, | and one in the fifth. ‘In addition NObOdv (;an Prophesy Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy tonight. increasing the regular attendance was increased as to T|eup Threat cloudiness Thursday, probably with showers by night; gentle to mod- | to the total of 64 today with two 5 | erate variable winds mostly southwest and west, increasing Thursday !pnh(.l ))I\m:;:f‘ ‘llcl‘)tx::mspn‘fml)ml; .vll\r:. L. W. Baker, General Manager of to moderate to fresh southwesterly over Chatham Strait, Salisbury atsy 2 attle, in h 5 A4 S o, : ¢ eiehth and fourti® grades, respect-| | the Ala: Stea hip Company, Sound, and moderate southerly over Lynn Canal. tvely | spent several hours in Juneau dur- Forecast of winds along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: - | ing I';r‘ 'n‘l[htl \1[ 1 ryvv.w ith Lu )lhli)“\\ Gentle to moderate westerly winds tonight and Thursday from Dixon BASKETBALL PRACTICE ‘Cn:',,(.:p:’ ‘fll:P(‘V\‘["l;»”,“;‘;:‘,\': :’:: ”l;’ Entrance to Cape Spencer and changeable winds, mostly moderate TO BTARTOCTOBER 2:° " itic O to fresh southwesterly from Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook, in- | Basketball, most imm”m“ Doug-| Headed for guest ~ creasing Thurs v possibly strong southwesterly in vicinity of | 1as School physical education actiy- ¢ wewi e g st ST Sound, ity will begin next Monday, accord- f‘ 45 \( (F‘“” = “‘d”‘l:l' LOCAL DATA W ; £l X adio stati a s | ing to announcement made this) o= Co L ST Ty oc of Time Barometer Temo. Humidity wina Velocity Weather morning. Return to school this 8 X .3 4 friends &b thée Bock congratulating| 3:30 p.m. yesty ..'§70 50 93 sw 2 Lt. Rain morning of Datén Fleek, ‘who Had/(riends ab: the'dock, congratulating rodhained oullso’ ta? Gils Jor Baker on his recent promotion to| 3:30 am. today ... 3001 49 9% w 2 Lt Drizzle e ar this term OR ;0" present office after long years| Noon today 30.09 52 81 w 4 Cloudy account of medical attention, will &% BUEERC G B ©) . : bolster the squad for a high school | o SeTVice with the fine RADIO REPORTS i ‘Nobody can prophesy what will i TODAY B occur,” was Baker's only statement » llu\ 5v\rnm},. a t].u' nj\qtmmm in relstioi to the ‘impendifig te-up. | Lary ] j\x“u;nm Lowest 3:30am. Precip. 3:30am. { SRHEIMS the boys and girls of the high school Baker'and fils with ‘pian obly fo tation ast 24 hours temp. temp. 24 hours Weathar VEROUN @ ) will have their weekly night of l_”n‘m" h; Fairbanks ]onu‘vnmmli for Anchorage 55 45 45 04 Fog games, mostly soft ball. Grade pupils the 5 caveriony Nelobd tebwnsic Barrow 36 33 33 0 Pt. Cldy were out for play at the Nat with Jie TGO CEHRON! | Nome . S | 43 44 03 Drizzle Superintendent Pool supervising. S8 1} S & Lok | Bethel 48 44 46 01 Cloudy - | | Fairbanks 59 36 36 0 Clear FIRST BREEZE ISSUE | Dawson 52 { 3 39 02 Pt. Cldy h n is o | [arbor . aix w The '25th of next month is the 3SABLE VESSELS |~ Dutch Harbe 52 49 50 141 Rain date set for the first issue of the Kodiak 51 | 4 Ly 0 ! Cloudy 9 Gastineau Breeze this term. Stu- SE”- AT SEAI"'E Cordova 50 44 50 04 Cloudy 4 dents are already active assembling = | Juncau 53 49 49 40 Drizzle 3 material for the edition. SEATTLE, Sept. 27.—Three ves-| Sitka 54 | 47 07 < e - IR arrived in port today from the| Ketchikan a0 | 51 51 43 Cloudy [ DAUGHTER BORN TO banks with cargoes of sable,| Prince Rupert .. 55 gt o 50 - Cloudy FORMER RESIDENTS selling as follows: Edmonton 52 | 40 40 29 Drizzle ¢ L / i Maddock, 8,000 pounds, Merritt, 7-| Seattle % 53 55 0 Cloudy f”“””‘)/ 7, ’ A baby girl; Judith Ann, was born 000 pounds, both disposing of their| Portland 84 | 54 96 0 Pu. Cidy 2 on September 18 at Aberdeen, Wash., catches at 6'% a pound San Francisco .. 69 59 59 0 Cloudy First major battle on the Western Front in the second world war got | lower left French infantry and machine gunners are pictured in action | (0 Mr. and Mrs. Cliffon Tabor. The straight; Repeat, 6000 pounds, 6% | WEATHER SYNQPSIS under way as French troo ded against Germa Westwall and | under covering fire of their tanks, during maneuvers near Metz, just couple resided in Douglas last year. | cents a pound straight. into the Reich itself. Arr ws course of the main offen- | behind the Maginot Line. Top right is one of the troop carriers with sl RN | ] [ A well developed low pressure area was centered this morning sive, while (B) shows rnative course. Upper left, French|which Germany rushed additional reinforcements to the Westwall in an RETUN FROM SOUTH { RUPERT HALIBUT PRICES | Just west of Dutch Harbor and appeared to be advancing slowly soldiers use ppeumatic v f Towlands, wl t ! effort gten the FrL?cl\ adv“ce through the Saar (shaded). Home today are Mr. and Mrs. A.. At Prince Rupert today 47.000 northeastward. The lowest pressure. 29.04 inches, was reported ! 4 Wi from Dutch Harbor. Pressure w:s above normal over the Gulf of ~' 7. Balog and two children, Doris and Pounds of halibut wre sold at 14.60 Patsy, after a vacation trip to Se- and 6 cents a pound. Alaska, with a wedge of high pr:ssure 'extending ' northward into attle, e eee i the Yukon Territory. Except for a few widely scattered showers 4 ! fair weather has prevailed during the past 24 hours over most sec- Miss Vera Kirkham also returned eEi i | on'the ColHBI Tl her vacation BOSTON GE'I’S I'I' | tions of Southeast Alaska and over the Alaskan Peninsula while rain It Rained Once : For Weather Man Atianle S Inll/zMon, i debn Piew EACRAMENTO Cd: Sept. a2 _ and strong southwest winds prevailed over the Aleutian Islands. L o o Y trip south. Crimes declined in number in ¥ ifornf 1938, ‘especialiy n - the { - e [ | Juneau, Sept. 28—Sunrise, 5:55 am.; sunset, 5:44 pm. HOETS | §0 s a9ath SOV 3 ¥ GRANT TO GO SOUTH | CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 27. — The o . i3 st Half of the year. Clarence S.| 1 U 80U 1040 8 ot the arics The weather man mu: Jomesick as heck 3 1 ; Lonnie Grant has féceived his call 1940 convention of the American B e his system with him - -+ rill," chief ‘of “the Bureau of oy ; s "+ {Legion has been awarded to Bos- s ninal Idenfification, attributed to report for work at Bremerton, . Wash., as boilermaker in the gov- " Assistant Meteorologist H. W BACK FROM TRIP , I > drop ' to- inerdabed employment Hollywood Sights And Sounds {inu:m;vr..xlx;nn r;;m his de hel M a i T | ernment shops there and he expects w___ R T % A s Aleutiax g to leave on the North Sea tomorrow today to report that e one \tionin ; BAKER RETY $o $or the' havy.yard "towh: His tamily } VEAL CUTLETS - By Robbin Coons. day in September, he didn't A in C er g 1“}”"'“‘ aniing plans to remain here until the close | “PHE WOMEN.” Sreenplay by Anitos Loos and Jane Murfin |+ drop of rain fl\f!“fl'b b ¢ Nagk o 1 2 ‘,» .m bo m:l efigte of school befor€ proceeding south to | and co“niry Gravy from the play by Clare Boothe. Directed by George Cukor. Cast: montHs of vacation in the £ - — m sburg on the Aleutian ! join Mr. Grant Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, He encounteerd rain again when the st night 2 ———— - 2 2 d " BER J ) Aleutian reached Wrangell yester- RECKLESS, CHARGE : tqipuai AT T T | Baranof Tomorrow Paulette Goddard, Phyllis Povah, Joan Fontaine, Virginia Weidler, ” Chet Ellis, Glacier High resi- UNION CFFICIAL X sesvive for ABE saoapel Service Lucile Watson, Hedda Hopper, Florence Nash, Muriel Hutchison, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas and their d¢ g¢ h reckless driv-| 5 g Boyle, Union Oil man, came Attatelt witl BN el i evening int Virginia Grey, Ann Morriss, Ruth Hussey, Dennie Moore, Mary two children spent their vacation g It ined today by in from Petersburg on the steam N30 rarelick ‘4t tha Hoind ar s ahd Cecil, Mary Beth Hughes, Esther Dale, Cora Witherspoon, Mar- in Eastern Washington visiting the | the T orney's Off Aleutian last night. Mrs. H. B. Schlegel. Mr. Schlegél N E w S Jjorie Main. mothers of both at Walla Walla e ORI - - —- will speak and the Rev. Ralph Baker : S e SILVER WEDDING ; BACK L 5 of the Assembly of God in Juneau HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Sept. 27—If this is how “the women” A"(.'mAGE woMAN n H (.mn]‘ ‘”"\‘ H L. ]F‘ l“l‘ll%‘!\ll‘lu"l . will sing at thé Service. Everyone really act and talk when they're alone it’s time Us Fellas got reir silver wed- on the Aleutian last night from a is invited to attend. 4 e X e & ® g i p b gether and organized a mutual protective association. i v 3 trip” to the First PN GUARD —To tighten | =% z 5 ¥ This elaborate version of the stage hit hasn't a male on view, SEES JU N EA u ‘TE ; Panama Canal defenses, F. D. R. HERE FROM PITTSBURGI but it’s loaded with Metro's choicest feminine glamor and—as the » ¢ has placed Maj. Gen. David L. | jony mgham and Joe Hite, .f JOINT FEATURE SERVICE o & 1 Stone, canal army cemmander, Pittsburgh, Penn. are guests at exploitation department coyly suggests—it’s all about men. And v 0" IR Ip To EAST Traveling man G. E. Austin re- | in charge of both “V“};‘“d mili- e e s ON THE AIR! boy, howdy! Are WE something! T has alres I the turned on the Aleu from a trip ‘"y.&fsnI:‘l::“:it\i"i)lnsxov(;ns:y" | - - “The Women” is ultra-sophisticated, frank, daring, and quite ; Mis. Frank Reed Jr., of Ancho face of the Chrna following o Ketchikan and will remain here | Try The Empire mmnods for B The Dally Maska often, shocking. It's clever, too, the way the characters are age, passed through ¥ last ni cold spell of ather a few days. results Y introduced as the creatures of the animal world their personalities aboard the steame leutiar - B 03 B350, YRR ey gERe Em “_e and KINY suggest: Norma Shearer as the doe, Joan Crawford as the hunt- rning to he i 2.P.0. ELKS , ATT BASSETT BACK d Kl B ¥ : o i SR 5 o \\W«\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\mumunmm//////'//////////////”mm P ing tiger, Rosalind Russell as the sleek black cat, liitle Virginia A merson BaSsett, of PAA, re- Weidler as the fawn, Joan Fontaine as the lamb, and so on. OLD 6 days every week at b AT B The picture opens in a Metro conception of a beauty salon VUNNY ROOK | ied from Ketchikan on § utian, and will fly to Fairbanks E = = Mrs. Reed drove ly to take up airport manager- p duties there, 5am. 12:30 p.m. (and maybe there are some like it somewhere) which gives the 0 p.m. 9:45 p.m dear spoiled darlings of the richer crust all manner of treat- i | after two months of traveling Out side. > NTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY g “CHEERFUL AS ITS NAME” losses in potatoes and other produce owing to early cold weather and freeze. W is stepping out on Mary—and with a perfume counter girl named Crystal Allen (Crawford)—the story gets under way. GREE“ To’ Miss Shearer is Mary, a nice young wife much in love with : E MODES O/ tAe MOM ENT PUD CROP HIT BRAND % : ments—including free gossip of the backfence variety. When Fairbanks farmers have suffered g i e o Sylvia (Russell) hears from her manicurist that Stephen Haines 2 N | { by Adelaide Kerr ‘ ¥ ; —— 777777z TN MEASLES AT HOPE | “ ' r s Measles which recently reached | Ohislfa:m;"l'f%:k" 3 & CAB PHONE an epidemic stage at Nome and at « d 2 \ < l Kotzebue recently struck Hope | thaa,;:;‘f'!fv" Thcre's a rare, genial 518 s sedliia | quality in Old Sunny . BONNIFIELD DOING WELL | 3 Brook—a friendly smooth- i g Operators in the Bonnitiea ais-| | (@4 : s tht makes “chcr R " NOW trict have had a successful season ' - ful as its name.” Why not | COU?ON B KS. That's the reception but ope 4Imns are (losi(mv because 4 buy a bottle — tonight? .25 in rides for uu charming hostessess give > 0f 3 : i g h Van Duyn Candles. Ln.n‘ BU Ll)lVG HOSPITAL Bethel's new hospital, under con- | struction by ‘the Office of Indian | Affairs, should be completed wnh-! in a few weeks. | Lrmtt e Pepey’s SRS IHEREERS rrEsH b e ! ”@uyfl. exclusively ( | Try an E: s - = el 1<l — B L A i 3 - 1 VAN DUYN cuocou'r! SHOPS R # | her husband and daughter (Weidler) and the story is of her o 4 |} battle to save her marriage despite efforts of her gossiping friends to kill it. Gossip wins out, and Mary- goes to Reno. Stephen 4 t (wonder what that guy looks like!) marries Crystal, who runs i R ke 7 , true to form and annexes another boy friend in a year and a R D § [ i half, Then Mary, when she learns how badly things are going, 4 i chucks her pride and fights for the guy with the weapons of her feline friends. v 0 ¥ At the fade-out she’s rushing, arms extended, toward Stephen, % o4 who's behind the camera somewhere and has never shown his face. A ©#l 'l Thus Director Cukor completes his manless TOUR DE FORCE, & \ ;: vt generally effective but skiddy at times—such as the seduenccs of N W& ' the Stephen-Mary quarrel relayed entirely through dialogue be- o b tween maid and cook downstairs. ' YOUR SAVINGS The comedy is brittle, sometimes a little overplayed for ARE INSURED, ARE INSTA effect, but the Shearer performance evokes sympathy, which is AVAILABLE AND EARN GRE: abetted by the superb little Weidler child. FB RETUKNS WITH ’HIE The first night audience roared, chuckled, and occasionally ) gasped. Sample gasp: Miss Crawford’s line to the assembled wom- AL&SKA gwsul. i en: “There’s a name for all of you, but in high society they don't ods use it—except around kennels.” savlngs all(l Loall ASSI. The acting is exceptional, with Miss Russell’s the most flashy “Seattle Prices Are Our Prices” | | } ALASKA i ELECTRIC LlGl s * of Juneau and hence most likely to be acclaimed. Also excellent the Craw- £ 5 ! | !T ALWAYS A LIBERAL > | ford delineation of a frank wench; Joan Fontaine as a simple ? . ; ; mwz‘m TELEPHONE 3 5 romantic young wife; Goddard as a chorine with a foxy philoso- There is a Midas touch in the glittering accents worn with a number & POWER Co g Il phy; Misses Boland, Povah, Watson and Main. of ' fall frocks. Here you see evidence of it in modern gold clips . * » ® I wish they'd cut out the style show—in color, which makes clamped to the neckline of a simple black wool frock and in a great it more disturbing to the story-flow—but aside from that “The gold band bracelet set with a single sapphire. Gold hoops make the | | - m ” l 1 Women” can be heartily recommended for good fun. | earrings,