The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 2, 1939, Page 3

SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU | | | . | NOW! | | ) | allenged xolessior | LOU AMBERS vs. HENRY ARMSTRONG FIGHT PICTURES _ LATEST NEWS OF EUROPE'S WAR SUGAR HOARDING JUST WAR FRENZY Oue) Cuba, the world’s big supplier, was allowed to send 1932343 tons. Her 1938 production was 3}79.884 tons, and she has several hundred thousand tons uncut in the fields, to be hervested when a market devel- ops. . Incidentally, her productive capacity s at least. 6,000,000. tons. She virtually reached that figure in 1924 and could hit it again in a trifle over a year by using more fertilizer and by planting ground now idle or in other crops. (Continued from. Pag and protect the domestic industry from low-cost island production, a quota system was adopted in 1934 For 1939, U. 8. consumption was es- timated at 6,755,386 tons. Of. this total, Puerto Rico was per- mitted to supply 806,642 tons. That HOME-GROWN ¢ United States beet. sugar producers THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, OCT. 2, 1939. LewAyresin | Lead in Film Show, Capitol ‘Drama and Romance in Life of Doctor, Theme of New Feature Drama and romance in the lifc blended in which is the present 5ill at the Capitol. The characters n 41l such stories e read;/-mac for the theatre because there is al- ways the pulse-beat of human emo- tions in the atmosphere. The atmosphere of life in the walls | of a great general hospital is brought | 'p the screen with effective power. This is the inside that is kncwn only | o the staff surgeons, the nurses, internes and the police reporters, It is a side with which even the patients never become familiar. Lew Ayres as the eager young Doc- tor Kildare is human and natural in a role which he plays with ar- tistic restraint. Lynn Carver han- dles the romantic lead with tech- nique that indicates beyond ques- tion her early rise to stardom. Lio- nel Barrymore as the grizzled sur- geon who knows that his days are numbered gives a performance that is entirely in accord with the Bar- rymore tradition. Jo Ann Sayers who enacts the tragic role of a rich man’s daugh- ter, weary of life and all that it means, reveals a rare talent with remarkable depth of understanding "MODELMAN" OF ALASKA LEAVING DEFINED "TRAIL" (Fairbanks News-Miner) Alaska’s “model man” still has| “no time for vice.” Now in his forty-second year in| the Territory, N. J. “Nick” Nichol- son claims neither tobacco nor liquor not the taste of beer. Daily Crossword Puzzle ACROSS Imposing en- trance | | Solution of Saturday’'s Puzzle 8. Beautifull 1 7. 2 Forerunner of the piano Kcite to action Profuse . Exclamation Musical fu- strument Appellution of a fornier president oM GIFIo] | = 3 » Cl™ im{m wickiam The milkfish Got the letta 23. String Seditiou . American hu- morist . Odd: Scotch 7. Mission < @Ol [»] o Light brown Day of th week: a Deslgin Symbol for samarium Gaseous hy- drocarbon Ate sparingly More expen- sive Lances Simple minute dian chief Send forth Ripple against ave man 3. Dry . Walked with measured steps Symbol for tantalum BB EEEEE o has tainted his lips and he knows| MARTHA RAYE'S LEGS GLORIFIED ON SCREEN AT OLISEUM THEATRE It took Martha' Raye more than years and ten hit pictures to Holywood realize that she hos a pair of tb t beautiful log 1 filmdom! Credit for, making which, premise . to re carcer of the goes to Pro- ducer Jeff Lazarus, who cript of ‘his latest ‘preduction, Me rewritten =0 that the extremit'>s would how up tc advantage. In this comedy of sailors’ high jinx, whigh, is now at the Coliseum, Martha has (he unaccustomzd role f a glamor girl! The story ccneerns houschcld drudge' who comes out the kitchen with a bang naticnal beautiful le 5t=10-t s “ten-gallon mouth,” | which m her famous in a long In> of films, is temporarily out of he picture, as fhe Star shows how n thig discovery hange, the en- a Sailpr, da rity EAU S OWNED AN® OPERATED 7 MARTHA MAKES A DIVE FOR THI SHORE-LEAVE Eartha R: Juneav's Greatest: Show Value NOW!? NAVY: A RIOT OF ROMANCE! c—Rab Hope in “GEIVE ME A SAILOR” with BETTY GRABLI VITAPHONE PORI ALS far beautiful legs Will take a girl | [ - FAIRBANKS | Dedicatory WCVeflre monies Are Elaborate in Interior City (Continued from .wge One} States and from every city, town | and hanilet in Alaska. Today the station went air in daily broadcasts. | saturday afternoon, the Fairbanks | Daily News-Miner appeared on the | streets . with the regular edition on the | supplemented with an 8-page snappy | a special for KFAR de- | edition | tailing the station’s equipment and personnel. In this edition were many congratulations and also mes- John W, Troy: aptain A. E. Lathrop, “Fairbanks, Alaska. 30V es, including the following from | would Jeave her with 309,009 tons of unsold surplus on hand and 300~ 000 tons left in the cane. Hawaii was allowed to ship 948,- )¢ 218 tons here. . The Philippine islands could ship | have a quota of 1,56€.719. .Until 1938 they rarely filled it, 'They have con- sistently fallen nearly 200,000 tons ort. Last year, however, they ex- ceeded the quota by mearly 500,000 tons and will slightly exceed it again this year. That provides another It was this claim which, several | years, ago, earned for Nicholson, | builder of more churches, missions, | and Territorial schools in Alaska | than any man alive, the: title of “Alaska’s model man” by Associated Press. 1,041,023 tons, but as the islands| ship only the 800,000 tons which can come in duty free, there would/ have béen a big surplus, as her pro- duction’ is above a million tons. squrce of surplus sugar. U, S. cane sugar producers, with quota of 424,727 tons, -produced 580,000 tons last year and probably will exceed the quota this.year. While the potential surpluses of | other food supplies are.not as great |a sthat of sugar, | | department of Agriculture found adequate or surplus supplies of 17 ther major food sources—all with- in this count And production could be incre in any group within a year. However, the department expects that scads of families will stop by the grocery store to pack in a few| more pounds of this and that—just in case. Figures won't upset a war scare. DUFRESNE LEAVES FOR MEETING OF WILDLIFE AGENTS Executive Officer Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game Commission left, this morning on the vessel Bear for Petersburg for a meeting of South- east Alaska Wildlife agents. He will later visit Wrangell. SAN FRANCISCO'S Finest Moderately Priced Hotel | ey 0 YO P35y, 290 250 300 12, 23039 350 PE} o corrie sHOP & CocxtalLLOUNGE MASON at MARKET ST. d Anytime ' You're Hungry | Day or Night | s THE ' Is the Place fo Eat! I'STIME TO CHANGE YOUR THINNED - OUT LUBRICANTS! CONNORS MOTOR COMPANY Oldest Bank in Alaska Commercial Savings Safe Deposit Banking by Mail Department The B. . Behrends Bank nevertheless the | Arriving here by plane from Ju- | neau after a trip Outside, Nicholson said, “T' looked at Seattle for seven days, and that was all I wanted—I turned around and came back to Alaska.” American Citizen A naturalized citizen of the Unit- | |ed States, Nicholson was born on | Prince Edward Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia. His first job was fishing for lobsters in eastern wat- ers. After a period of logging in Maine and working for the railroad in New Hampshire and Vermont, he came to Alaska before the turn of the century, and has been an Al- askan singe. Nicholson has left a “trail” of churches, missions and schools from Kiana to Ketchikan. At present he calls Fort Yukon | “home.” | In 1898 he was foreman of con-! struction of the barracks at St. Mi- chaels, which stood until 1936. The materials. were then given . to the natives of Golovin Bay, and roofs| whichi once housed American sol- | diers are now over the heads of | Indians. | Fairbanks, Landmark | From 1899 yntil 1909 he lived in | Nome, with the exception of a year | he spent in Fairbanks, 1904-05. Dur- | ing that time, as a contractor with | Steve Raymond and Roy Ruther- | ford as partmers, he built the old Century: Club. ‘The Century Club still stands,to- day now known as the Eagles Hall. Nicholson. recalls placing a cor- rugated metal roof on the building | in December, with the temperature at 40 below zero. | At Valdez this summer Nicholsori erected a new and modern rectory for the Rev. Mervin L. Wanner of the Episcopal Church, and directed other construction work at the church’s club room and library. He is now on his way to Fort Yu- kon where he will build a log! church . for Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe, head of Alaska Episcopalian- ism. The reason he never became a “family man,” Nicholson explains, is that he “never Stayed put long enough.” e, FROM INTERIOR G. E. Parmenter, of Fairbanks, who arrived by PAA plane from the Interior Saturday, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. Spend ONLY §1 and Make This Test Have Your iClothes Cleaned the TRIPLEX WAY We apply Hold Crease to your clothes! See how much longer they 'stay pressed and Hold their shape. LADIES' DRESSES—You can_ trust i % your finest fabrics to TRIPLEX CLEANERS—Ph. 642 Hiifiériail Goulash i B Uncensored is this photograph showing the stern of a British freighter in Southampton, England. Made from the deck of the United States lines Washington as it sailed for New York, it reveals two guns mounted aff bad news for German submarines trying to attack the merchantman, HARRY WATSON \ Progressive Club Meeting Tonight A meeting ‘of the Young Men's Progressive Club will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the clubhouse on the Fritz Cove Road and all interested are requested to be present. Those who have no way of obtain- ing transportation to the meeting place are requested to call Charles Conti at 789 before 6:15 o'clock to- night. Harry Watson, Secretary to the Governor, Fairbanks to Nome, according to word received at his office here. Mrs. Watson remains in Fairbanks. They expect to be home in Juneau on Octaber. 9. FISHERIES VESSEL s EIDER STOPS HERE WEST RETURNS % 7 Headed from Kodiak to Seattle, Harry West, Sergeant-at-Arms for | the Bureau of Fisheries vessel Eider the recent Legislative session here, touched here {oday, coming in early returned to Juneau on the Taku|and leaving shortly after noon. Capt. yesterday and is a guest at the Gas- | George Skarbo is master of the tineau Hotel. | Eider. Opposes Rgéeal of Embargo I. I, N. Phonephoto Senator Gerald Nye (right), North Dakota Republican, famed isoiation FLESTO NOME was to fly today from “Dear Captain Lathrop: “Because I am unable to at- tend the opening of KFAR, T am sending Helen as my represen- tative. She will tell you how sorry I am not to be with you. “You are making a wonderful gift to the Territory, one that will be appreeiated by every Al- askan, “Sheuld it fit in with your plans for your opening, I would deem it an honor to be able to make my official farewell to the Territory. At the same time I would like to assure our friends in Alaska that I am not leav- ing the Territory, my home will continue to be in Juneau. Here 1 will be happy to meet the Alaskans who pass through Ju- neau on their travels. Their plans and problems will always be close to my heart, and if there is ever anything I may be able to do to help in any way, I hope they will let me | hear from them, “With personal regards to you | and Miriam and best luck to | KFAR.” A Reception Poor Here | Practically every radio fan in Ju- |neau dialed last night at 8 o'clock for KFAR. Reception however, was poor last night for both long and short waves, no long wave being re- ceived from the powerful stations |in the States and short wave re- ception almost equally as poor. | B. D. Stewart, Commissioner of Mines, as near as can be ascertained by the Empire, was the only person in Junéau to “get” KFAR. He picked up the start'of the dedicatory cere- mohy but then ‘there was & fade- out. shortly after Capt. Lathrop was | introduced and ‘todk ‘his place at the 1 Irene Herbert J..Lenz Harris, daughtér of Mr. and Mys. Dick ‘Harrls, and Mf. Her- bert J. Lenz wete martied’ Satur- day evening at'theoffice’ ‘of " the U. 8 'Commissioner, M. E.'Monagle. Atteridants for the couple were Misd | | MPg] Elsie 'Pasquan ‘dnd 'Mr." Albért Pasquan, | The bride fs well kKhown hete and | attended 'the Juneatt Publie Scétool. | M¥. Lens % an ‘employee’ of the| | Alddka ' Juneau ' Gold Mining Co. }l' The newlyweds Plén to make their | Q‘M’S 5 3 T3 A o4 " CENTURY §5 PRIZE The “Twentieth ' Cen won' &85 prize at the Moo Market | basket | | social fdst Friday night'snd, as pre- | arranged, the $5 went right into. the Moose fufid,” donated by the market. } NI S MARRIAGE. LICENSE { —JACK WHITING ALSO The Soviel fighting ships, { | Puerto Rico, at a cost of $100,000, value of NAU to DUCK HUNTERS ON GAS BOATS C Out of town, most duck and goose gunners fared better than their brother sportsmen who remained at home fo the highly competitive shooting on the local flats. Parties who went to Sumdum and | Sweetheart Flats, Admiralty Cove and St. James Bay, all reported good bags, in most cases, limits being secured. Few geese were taken, although three or four lucky sportsmen re- ported bringing the bigger birds down. Two or three out-of-town hunt- ers reported some poor sport or sports had “shot out” their pet flats ahead of the legal season, but the opening day itself, even far from town and away from game wardens, the CaribLea was marked by a’ pleasing observ- Fliers of Russia’s vast air force study their course just before taking offs invasion of Poland was marked by immediate use of t&le Red which brought down seven Polish fighting planes and three heavy bombers in the opening air battle, | EARS FOR UNCLE SAM_Good reception is reported for above naval radio station NAU, recently ~cbuilt at San Juan, Nav' s* aegists point out the ~fense plan, ance of the 7 o'qlock shooting deadline that gave every hunter an even break. FAIRBANKS MAN 0. J. Leland, who registers from Fairbanks, is a guest at ‘the Bar- anof Hotel. hs COUPON BOO! 96.25 in rides for $5.90 $3.00 in rides for $2.50 BUY GREEN TOP g?: po: you need Residenc Fire never destrays a house without buming up what's inside of it. tects the building.: To protest your household »saigns against loss or damage by five, Contents Insurance. cests surprisingly little. Fire insurance pro- It SHATTUCK AGENCY VT Ty BRAISED NOODLS | Baranot Tomorrow ist and war-profits investigator, is picfured talking to Washingto reporters after joining.the isolationist bloc headed by Senator Williaz E. Borah, of Idaho. The bloc plans to fight repeal of the arms embargc if necessary by filibuster, at the impending special session of Congres: A . marridge ' license was ' issued | | today by Uhited 'States Commis- ' sioner M. E. Monagle to Andrew £ ) Holes and Irene Marie Huben, a * Juneau, Alask TELEPHONE 24 Office—New York Life Ao mamine