The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 14, 1939, Page 3

The Show Place of Jamcas | THEATRE Last Tim’es Tonight LATEST NEWS! 3 MIDNIGHT PREVIEW “The Girl Downstairs MONITOR SEES IMPORTANT ERA FOR TERRITORY Appomtmnni of Gruening Opporturie for Devel- opment Is View ilding the appoint- cst Gruening as a as of great im- development of the iblished recenly in| Science Monitor. | Author of (e feature is Royall Arch” Gunhisc, former Juneauite now living in £an Francisco. Since he wrote it, Dr. Griening has de- layed his departure from Washing ton and President Roosevelt has re-| tracted his acceptance of Gov John 'W. Troy's resignation. The Monitor article is as follows: “Appointment of Dr.. Ernest, H Gruening as the new Governor Of Alaska at a time when Uncle Sam’ northernmost Territ sition to take a mo in the nationa lecoriomy a positive and progre the Territory. ‘Well Qualified i “Dr, Gruening’s preparation this post—recently beccme prticu- larly important due to a u"htenmg‘ of all outlying territorial strings om the-unsettled world condition—has | An article 1 ment of Dr Governor of / portance in the ‘Territory we flie Christian aciive part| is seen ds 'Kipling StorTHas Final figured in the world’s eyes as the "GUNGA DIN" ENDS TONIGHT | AT LOCAL SHOW, Showing on Screen of Capitol Theatre From time immemorial India lmsE and of mystery, of high adventure, ‘évered romances and strange re-| ligious beliefs, a land, where as globe-trotting travelers tell you “most anything can happen, and generaily does!™ These truths ate brought vividly | home to the spectator in the motion picture, “Gungs Din,” a melodrama | of British army life in the Far East, adapted from Rudyard Kipling poem of the same title, which has its final showing tonight at the Capi- | tol. It offers as its hero Gunga Din, a bhisti, or water carrier in the service of the English army, who, | despite his low caste, a tremendous handicap, the full significance of ) which can only be fully uriderstood by those who know what the social divisions of the Orient mean to its inhabitants, rises from his humble | estate to become a valiant fighting man. With his three sergeant comrades the bhisti passes through a series of wild adventures, borne on swift- ly-moving currents of blazing ac- tion that furnish a never-ceasing suctession of amazing thrills. There | is fighting galore, the dull boom of artillery mingling with the sharp crack of rifles, moments of| red-blooded suspense when the bay- onets swing down to the charging | level, and fierce tribesmen meet lhei onset with all the savage valor of | their réce. | There dre interludes of comedy, | the humor of virile men who can| laugh in the presence of impend-|~— thg doom, and pathos that will new THE DAIL\ ALAbKA EMPIRE; l'UESDt\\ NOV. 1939. Will leand Resist Russmn Mflnuv and Economic Demands? | Dr. Juhu Paasakivi Fanni Luukkonen While Finland’s envoy, Dr. Juhu Paasakivi, discusses terms with the Soviet in Moscow, Finland, the tiny Baltic nation, prepares for re- sistance. General Hugo Osterman, commander of all the armed forces of Finland, conferred with military leaders. A non-combatant interest acts like welcome oil is in a po-|Washington, for | linger long in the observers’ mem- ories, sactifices his life i blowing up the treasure-filled temple which is the headquarters of the Thugs. his official and unofficial attention. | “Governor Gruening's opportunity with Alaska is probably unique in the history of Alaskan Governors since 1867-68 when the United States took over froth thé Russians. Here- | tofore Goverhors have gone North | with a coghizancé of the magnitude of the job in trying to develop Al- aska and gear it more perfectly in- to the national, social and. econo- mic mechanism. W Bifwtheirs. has, been a difficult nd thankless task. Their greatest| rcblem has been to get official 4,000 miles away from | Alaska, to see and understand the | situation, the possibilities, and needs ve step for ;—vand what was moré important, to do something about 1f. Support of Officialdom “Governor Gruening—taking over the blué-carpéted Governor's office | at the Juneau Federal Building af- ter the sincere and effective admni- istration of resigning Gov. John W. been thorough and over a period of years. He was formerly Dirzctor of the Division of Territories and In- sular Possessions of the United States with headquarters in the| Department of Interior. As chief of that division, Alaska was his Jargest charge and received much of Troy—-has the unusual support of a | newly awakened national offictaldom from the White House to the War and Navy Departments. “Where Alaska was one of the cylinders in the national machine that has beén knotking from lack of proper atténtion, evidence of this | Daily Crossword Puzzle ACROSS Partake 5. Discolor Solution of Yestarday’s Puzzle Distant: prefix . Bxist . Young demon . Broad sco Win e P handle Biting or sharg . Propel one's . Entertainment and fair . Interlaced Sy‘rum D!‘é)zd- o hnges “04 o 7 Civil injury 0. Jumbled t; Bmall Take °° . Make amends .- Drink of the self in wate) 1§ Bening party cross 9. Tear apart . Princely Ital- Mt °é‘“ chandjse . Male cl : Makes inio teather eary . ¢l FhES8 T run away to Marcy . Spanish. hers 33. Discharge . Play on words ut of date . Wears away 4. Food fish . Author of “Uncle Tom's Cabin” Fllh fo!‘ cer- . Dillseed . Feminine name . Go by again . Gets up !nd of lhreld . Dirgction ‘aithful | Cooking vessel 50. Stitch Ault: ysel st 3 er over E ?u:?.mn 3 lish lett, i llll %lflll// //// il AN N when Gunga Din risks and /in a dry crankcase. In the past year the Department of Interior has made two searching reports on po- | tentialities for development of this | vast northern empire of nearly 590,- {000 square miles rich in fish, fur, | minerals, timber and all their by-| ‘prodncus | “These two reports have been | positive and have included the chal- | lenging possibility of increasing the population of Alaska, which (at near | 75,000) is little more than the cities of Wichita, Kansas, or Springfield, | Ohio, and less than will occupy the | grandstands at some college fosthall stadia this approaching gridiron sea- | son. | Delegate’s Efforts [ “Several ‘factors Have contributed | awakening on Al- aska. Probably foremost has been the steady hammer-hammer on the | hard ground of the nation’s capital | {by Alaska’s untiring Delegate to | Congress. Notable among these are | |former Delegate Judge James Wick- | lersham (now an elder statesman) | and present Delegate Anthony J. | Dimond, who never misses an oppor- | | tunity to focus attention on Alaska | |and 1its place in the American life i “Second is the afrplane, which | I brings northerly Nome within 36 hours of New York City and which | knits an otherwise far-flung, in- adequately populated territory into a working social, economic and po- litical unit that cannot be mnul"edv; The airplane is to Alaskans what| ‘the taxicab is to the New Yorker | 'hnd Washingtonian, and just as| necessary to their daily business ap- ‘poimment.s | “Third, the sudden universal real- lization of the growing smaliness of |the world and thereby conversely | North America’s increased proximity | to an unsettled Asia. The Navy and | ‘War Departments are acutel {scious of Alaska’s vulnerability; s {much so in fact that this year they | impressed Congress of this danger | | to the amount of nearly $15,000,000 | appropriation for Army and Navy‘ | défense outpuosts. | Washington Interest ! “Fourth, increased intere: | social and economic possibilities Alaska by Secretary of Interior Har- old L. Iekes, under whose adminis- tration most of Alaska falls. Sec- retary Ickes, who made a trip to Alaska last summer, has had at his elbow Under-Secretary of Interior Henry Slattery, Governor Gruening, Paul Gordon, of the Alaska Section of the Territories and Island Pos-| sessions Division, former Governor Troy, and of course Delegate Dimond and many citizens in private life. “So it appears Governor Gruening has stepped into the Alaska scene opportunely. His background as an administrator and former newspa- perman and editor should be val- uable to him and the Territory. i “Alaska is ripe for planned de- velopment along the path of region- |al unfoldment of resources. This is | not to be confused with regimenta- tion. Wise planning under the com- bined supervision, administration, and cooperation of experienced Al- askans, and understanding outsiders should bring Alaska into its own. “Instead of the ‘last frontier’ Al- | aska now becomes the first frontier!” JACK ROEHM BRINGS BACK MOUNTAIN GOAT Jack Roehm, mining engineer of the Territorial Department of Mines, shot a mountain goat Sun- day “somewhere up in the hills” in a place that Roehm doesn't care | to advertise. | {to this gradual | ‘ Enterlainment for Barano Ready to Defend Finlanc Here are two typical mesh naval men, pictured aboard a Finnish man- | of-war, one of the fighting ships which the little Baltic vepublic massed | th Russia. Sweden has expressed hen| innish-Swedish armada would approxi- at Abo in preparation for war wi sympathy with Finland. A joint ¥ mate the Soviet fleet 'ROTARY PLANS DINNER DANCE NEXT TUESDAY Affair Prepared by Rofary Anns A Rotary Club dinner dance, seC- | Dugout. ond in a fall and winter series, will in strength and, observers believe, Russian bluff. ; SON Aaland islands, strategic center in Baltic led by Fanni Luukkonen, was ready to assist the homeland, Helsinki (Helsingfors), the capital, was alert and prac- ticed blackouts. Thousands of tiny islands make up the Baltic archl- pelago that shows on the map as the Aaland islahds, a strategic spot Republicans Are fo Meel women’s auxi Elton E. Engstrom, chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Alaska, has issued a call to mem- bers of the commitiee for the an- nual meeting, to be held in Juneau on December 1i, The purpose of the meeting is to | consider any business pertinent to the Republican Party and to select |a convention city for the Republi- | can Territorial convention of 1940, Howard D. Stabler, Juneau at- ! torney, is Republican committeeman \for the First Divisoin, might call the | new High School representative. He was introduced by his father, Ern- est Parsons, a member of the club. Other visitors were Marshall Hop- pin and J. C. Beardslee of the Civil Auonauncs Authority. >+ S OF LEGION INSTALL TONIGHT Sons of the Legion will hold their installation of officers at a meeting tonight in the American Legion The service will start at 7:30 be held next Tuesday evening at the | grelock and all members are invit- Baranof Hotel. Rotary Anns are preparing enter- | tainment for the affair, which will be held in both the Gold and Iris Rooms so that dancing and cards may be enjoyed. Dinner will be served at 7:30 o'clock. At today’s Rotary luncheon color motion pictures of the Rotary Con- ference ' reception here last M were shown by Trevor Davis. Other views on the same ree] showed Men- denhall ‘Glacler, the arrival of the |cruise ship Diichess of Richmond and a trip up Tracy Arm. Frank Parsons attendéd as the | ed 'to be prefiem 'MDONALD HERE _ FROM WRANGELL NARROWS CITY ‘Wrangell-Petersburg flier Jimmy Rinehart flew up from Petersburg yesterday with one passenger, Gor- don McDonald, Petersburg logging man. Rinehart said he would be in Ju- neau until McDonald finished busi- ness with the Forest Servi | History § CONNORS MOTOR LUBRICATION IT'STIME TO CHANGE YOUR THINNED - OUT LUBRICANTS! This Book Seeks to P COMPANY COLl OWNED AND _OPERATED ISEUM y 1.GROSS Junead's Greateset Show Value Last Times Tonight The Foot-brawl Hit of the Season! “Hold That Co-ed” wit JOHN BARRYMORE MARJORIE WEAVER ALSO: Color Cartoon HILARIOUS (OMEDY | HAS FINAL SHOWING ' AS COLISEUM HIT When Jolks see what hilarious fun campaigning for election can be, the | whole town will be running for office !on John Barrymore's formula, which he uses with convulsing results in | “Hold That Co-ed,” the 20th Cen-| ‘lury -Fox comedy which ends to- | night at the Coliseum Theatre. As a |co-ed - chasing, budget - bouncing| | governor in the film, Barrymore im- | | proves upon the medicine-show elec- | tioneeting tacties and ties up his | senatorial campaign with the fall| season’s biggest mass attraction football Joan Davis enlivens the gridiron sequences of the comedy, as the | world’s only girl football player. | George Murphy, Marjorie Weaver, |and Jack Haley are splendid in fea- tured roles. Although the film fis not strietly a musical, the producers have liberally punctuated the hiflar | ous proceedings with many lively | | new song hits, - Couple Club Holds | " Work Meeting Here Mefiibets of the Couple Club spent | last evening sorting toys to be re- paired for distribution at Christ- mds time. Prior to their work hour | leaves h GEORGE MURPHY JOAN DAVIS News——nPictorial ceived today from Frank Marshall, Business Agent of the Carpenters’ l'nl«"n at Kodiak Marshall asked the assistance of the Alaska Terzitorial Employment | Office in curtailing the importa- tion of men from Seattle. He said that nearly 500 are registered for work at Kodiak, where 400 are still jobless and housing facilities poor - PWA MEN lEAVING FOR FIELD TRIPS Gordon L. Wildes, PWA Office Engineer, left on the Yukon today for Ketchikan. K. N. Neill of the same office today on the Alaska for Seldovia. 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