The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 23, 1940, Page 3

LUCAS APPOINTED c . BIG PICTURES and LATEST NEWS are at the CAPITOL LAST TIMES TONIGHT SHOW PLAC L OF IUNE}‘U (A lamonk a/a/yz%x e/ o 4 WALTER WANGER'S * WINTER CARNIVAL starring ANIN SHERIDAN RIC‘la!d CARLSON - Helen PARRISH & - Released thru Unitd A:tists ADDED: PREVUE TONIGHT—1:15 & WILLIAM POWELL and STORY OF DR. [ENNER GINGER ROGERS in DOGS "Star of Midnight" | | j AT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MAY 23, I940 Gay, Fast Film Seen At (apllol "Winter Carmval SIory 0f College Life, Stars | Ann Sheridan One of the gayest and fastest college romances to reach the screen | :m many months was unreeled at | the Capitol Theatre last night when | Walter Wanger’s “Winter Carnival,” |co-starring Ann Sheridan, Amieri-| ca's oomph girl, and Richard Carl- son, was presented to local audi-| ences. The exciting tale of an Am-| erican-born Duchess who is taking (HAIRMAN OF FI-AG HELP AN | life on the run and returns to| | Dartmouth College and the arms| DAY (EI_EBRA'HON ALASKAN of her first love just when carnival | e By e time is at its height kept last| pointed Elks Flag Day Chairman at Telepnr-e 713 or write night’s audience laughing heartily ihe meeting of the lodge last night, The Alaska Territorial | The story of “Winter Carnival, June 14 is Flag Day. An appropriate :mployment Service | penned by Budd Schulberg, M‘““"_‘“ lebration is being planned here. | | for this qualified worker, ) e and Lester Cole, opens with Serving with Lucas on the Commit- . - Jill Baxter, played by Miss Sheri- {66 o rmnan Banfield and Gecrge 3 . dan, on the college special bound G oropg BentieiC A Hiporey LABORER-PAINTER — Married,| ro) " tho carnival, The tempera- age f‘ Exper ‘:’““’d b “f’“_:l"‘;;"““ mental young lady is running away laborer, jack-hammer work. Has|gom pher yecently divorced Duke worked in placer muvnns: ”""“";,w)m wants to win her Back A .l EN ALL airplane drills, panning ”"““'"p;Tlmunh a series of complications man, Formerly followed painting| 2% & FEUES OF COMEH Pm_\ W!GHT' trade. Good all-around man cm]}rmm Wit e kAl kel ° for ES 110. | once going to marry when she was | e i Queen of the Carnival. They are| Hollywood Sights And Saund; By Robbin Coons. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., May 23.—“THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE.” Screenplay by George Seaton, Ken Englund from story by Aleen Leslie. Directed by Alexander Hall, Principals: Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick, Edmund venn, Frank Sully, Gordon Jones, Georges Metaxa, Charles Haiton. ! There's a bachelor girl whose glorification of her state in a tome entitled “Spinsters Aren't Spinach” is a hot-cakes seller. There’s a young doctor who would like to get married but can't on his pittance as an instructor. The two meet, quarrelsomely, when the girl invites herself into his car for a quick ride from a mountain resort into New York. Through happenstance, theyarrive at her apartment with a “Just Married” sign on the car. With the quarreling proceeding to add to the effect, in no time at all reporters are knocking at the door. The boy, to collect damages for injury to Chester, his anatomyical plaster head, has taken it out in Ecotch and passed out in her bedroom. That's why, to save the girl's publisher-boy friend who would be ruined if the autthor of “Spinsters Aren't pinach” didnt immediately write a sequel called “Marriage Ain't Measles,” they have to pretend to be really married until she can finish the book, and so— Well, it goes on like this, and all the complications that can ensue in a situation like this do their best ensuing. There’s his hovering papa, and his career, and his outraged. baby-talking fiancee (Gail Patrick, trying omething new for her) and the couple’s neighbors, and the visiting doctors, and it adds up to a good, bright, amusing piece of entertainment. Part farce, part screwball comedy, frequently thin in situation, the picture pro- vides Miss Young and Milland with better lines than they've had recently, and suggests that both could prafit by equally good treatment in future, Next best role is Gardner’s as the publisher. “IF 1 HAD MY WAY.” and James V. Vern, Screenplay by William Conselman Principals: Directed by David Butler. NN . NOW mtrs{ reception - AT charming hestessess give thoughtful guests who bring gifts of deliciows Van Duyn Candies. I.u.l.l. utunuml -n em- =1t b m 1y PMc,,’s @“I" <« exclusively VAN DUYN Today's news today in The Embire, | | I!E|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIHIIHiIIHllIII — Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Charles Winninger, EI Brendel, Allyn Joslyn, Claire Dodd, Moroni Olsen, Nana Bryant, Don- ald Woods, Blanche Ring, Eddie Leonard, Trixie Friganza, Julian Eltinge, Grace LaRue, Paul Gordon, § Hits and a Miss, There's an ingratiating air of informality about this musical teaming of throaty Bing and lyric Gloria in a tale that seldom asks to be taken seriously. ere’s not much new in the yarn itself—the orphaned girl taken in tow by her late father’s best pals. They bring her to her relatives in the big city, where they're turned down; but an- other set of relatives, pcor in purse but rich in heart, opens up gladly. “The boys (Bing and Brendel) are about to leave her there, but the Swede gets convivial with a fellow ex-Minnesotan and buys a dying restaurant, so there's the business of reviving the trade (via an old-timers’. revue) and stalling off the outraged, unwilling “angel” until the show is a click. Still, Butler and crew have injected fresh angels into the telling. Bing is a surer actor than he used to be, and he puts comedy into his tune-deliveries. Gloria is a honey, with a voice that is clear as a bell. Brendel, making something of a come- back, provides frequent laughs. Joslyn and Dodd, as the snooty relatives, are amusing. Winninger and Bryant, as the good ones, are appropriately hearty. The tunes—“Time to Be a Millionaire,” “April Played the Fiddle,” and the title number—have hit poten- tialities. In the final sequences the oldtimers—LaRue, Friganza, Eltinge —appear briefly, and Miss Ring and Leonard do the numbers they made famous and vice versa in the old days, while Gordon does a stint on his high-wheeled bike. Finally, to cap the informalities, the picture’'s meanies turn into goodies by request, and everybody's happy. ¥ Most audiences should be happy about it, too. | still both in love—but Jill is still afraid of life on a college campus. | The story is unfolded against the vivid background of the great out- doors in its winter setting, and‘ highlights the majesty of thrilling| winter sports on the snowbound hills, the excitement and color of the gay festival, the prom dances, | the selection and crowning of the new Quun of Carnival, = | | - - Texans Pool | 132,000 Acres ~New Scheme i Biggest So—iI_Experimen!: For Cotton Crops Is Undertaken TEMPLE, Texas, May 23.—Wind, | sun, rain and the things of the earth |are mingling in a huge “test tube” |near here, working out an experi- {ment that holds important implica- | tions for the entire cotton South. | For it is in the North Elm Creek ‘watenhed that the U. 8. Soil Con- | servation Service has located the | |largest of its 170 demonstration | | projects. The biggest contiguous [block of conservation-treated land | in the country, 32,000 acres, has been | formed out of 167 farms. Four hun- dred and fifty other farmers with 151,000 acres are cooperating in the experiment. And the results are suf- |ficient to make the Soil Conserva- tion Service point with pride. Plowed U»n the Grass | Beginning in 1836, when Texas {became 'a republic, thousands of | farmers flocked to the 9,000,000~ -acre | | Texas Blacklands to raise cotton. They rooted out the native grasses "\nd plowed the land in up-and- ‘downmll furrows. As rains washed jzl“a'» whole sheets of topsoil, the ‘l‘otwn vield declined. Then, in 1933, | {a conservation project was started un the Elm Creek district, where 75 | per cent of the land was in cotton. | Now, the soil conservation reports: 1. The acreage devoted to cotton | has been reduced to 38 per cent of the cultivated land. 3. There has been an increase of 15 per ‘cent’ in livestock—cat- | tle and sheep — because now there is feed and forage. Almost, 6,000 erodefl aces, for- | merly in clean-tilled ¢rops or | lylng ldle have been converted WE'VE THROWN E Eroded land has been placed | under a protective grass cover. | | iseen the success of the project, are D(uly CrOstor(I Puzzle Acngs‘s Sclutlon of Vnhrday't Puzzle 8. ucr;;:kwlno L Fur-beari 6. Thing games 13, E‘urkflllh court ll?. gl;opml?‘llc wood i in theozophy. ;‘.; Bordered . Family. o o whiitie,, [E[UTIRIEENTIRIE EINER | | el brow s e GO rzat-x@lufiu B Ger e, ormerly "a constel- sed Tatfon 18 gg":fism““fl AIL1 INIE DIDIE INISIEIR! . eeetgreen 2w Cok:'muvdw!“llf'ml" fl[l HB A ']Dfl fi; t!:lr‘}-::‘nn:r:;a ory 5% IKIEIG] ggHfi _Eg " pptleaer >ronoun O AT Dicha a . St V. Suen? ROV ENCALRE AN u;vfig,r,nuou boetic i B, VERRSHYACHOOE | i Bowed or Q Scene of action 3t sulieh Sgain 49, Legai action oowN 3 ‘Zl’r‘d”' date" 3 JIBRNd een S0, Blke mythlcal tesiste 5 12 Corded elotk bira folent_ strenm Thdian 4. Make lnto Anunnl’'s nose —, la 18" 650. Female sand- leather 3. Beseech . Voleano piper 45, Metrie land Frighten 5. Extend 52 Propeller for a measures Slices uf bacon 6. Have small boat 46. Oriental inn Having ambitions 54. Right hand: 48 Thus of hearing Foriiy abbr ol II”/// f:1 1] COlONIZATION BILL MAY PASS SENATE, VIEW Delegate Dimond Says Non-quofa Immigrant Plan Doomed The bill for colonization of Alaska with nonquota immigrants may be reported out favorably to the Senate by the Committee now considering it, and may even be passed by the Sen- ate, Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- |mond has notified the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. But there is no chance, in Di- mond’s opinion, for the bill to pass in the House and very little Iikli- hood that it will even be reported |out in the House. ‘ The Delegate said the Alaska land: leasing bill is “as good as dead for | this session.” From 1935 through 1939, engineers and geologists found and developed new oil reserves amounting to more than 12 billion barrels. into pasture. | 5. Over 1,000 acres of permanent grass meadows or meadow buf- | fer strips protect 4,000 acres of cultivated' ldnd. They Follow “Round” Farming And, ‘'most “important; " “round” ‘farmmg has displaced ‘“square’ farming, in’ which" furrows corre- spond to boundary ‘Tines ho' matter (how the land sloped. Today, on 32,000 acres, the rows wind around the slope on the contéur or level, | regardless 6f boundary lines. Be- | tween the "intervals of open-row |crops lie strips of fibrous - rooted |plants such as ‘smdll ' grain, sor- |ghums, or sudan grass. Thus, run- | off water from the' clean-tilled rows lis firtered of any soil it may be | carrying. ‘The pastures are contour-furrow- |ed’and contour-ridged to held back the water. While boundary ‘mark- |ings are retained, the furrows and |strips move from field to field as \required by good conservation prlc- | tice. | 'The Soil Conservation Service at |Fort Worth reports that farmers Aoutslde the Elm Creek area, having | now petitioning for the formation of | a district covering 750,000 acres. It says that, with modifications, the | pattern established at Elm Oreek is | |applicable to the whole cotton South. ) HOW’S If you are working lg RICE. & A ~— m..—m-,—"-“,m“mm—v—- Grease Steam Odors | lehuaxphlnhw-:::canbeellmhnhd ’Ventilatlng Fan YOUR TCHEN FOG” of & # &% LERS CO. | IIII"//III,I HER/auN vaRaNN AlEEE Sdde BT TR N 48 HE ANSEE SEEN JEEARN EEEEEE JRNEE (10 HEd N GOVERNOR NAMED T0 ADMINISTER CREDIT FREEZING Report Must: Be Made by Those With Property ‘of |nvadii Lands The Governor of Alaska has been designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to administer the (Execulfve Order and the Regula- tions designed to “freeze” credits which may be held in Alaska by Norway, Denmark, The Nether- lands,” Belgium or Luxembourg or nationals thereof: 4 The regulation provides as fol- lows: “Every person in the Territory, direcfly or indirectly holding, or having title to, or custody, control of any property valued at $250 or more, owned by the countries named above or by nationals there- of, must make report forthwith to the Governor of Alaska upon a form which will be provided upon application. The word “person” as used above applies to. every part- nership, association and corporation under the laws of the United States, or having its pfincipal place of business in the United States, in the shares of whose stock or whose debentures, notes, bonds, coupon, or other obligations and securities of Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium or Luxem- bourg or any national thereof, has at any time on or since April, 1940, had any interest of any na- ture whatsoever, direct or indi- rect. It is also required that re- port shall be made to the Gov- ernor by every agent or representa- tive in the Territory for Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands, Bel- gium or Luxembourg having any information with respect to such|g property. “Application for license also must be made to the Governor before there may be 'effected ‘foreign ex- change transactions, transfers of credit, ‘payments or thie export or|=E withdrawal from the United States or the earmarking of gold or sil- ver bullion or currency, involving property ' in which the nations named above or thelr nationals have had any interest or any ni- ture whatsoever on or since Aprll 8, 1940, “Willful violation of these re- quirements may ‘be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment of not more than years or ‘both such fine and imprisonment.” PO e, FAIRBANKS WiLL RAISE TAX LEVY Municipa} wus will have to: be increased to meet the higher fixed expenditures of the growing city, Mayor William N. Gowden and members of the Council concluded at a recent meeting, according to the Fairbanks News-Miner, The time for the next levy will be in Ocjpber this year, and then, the Mayor said, an increase of about 3 !mills in the present rate is lkely. The present rate is' 12% mills. REICH FLAG FLYING NOW ATBOULOGNE U-Boats, Speetsters Wait- ing for Orders fo Rush On fo England | (Continued from Page One) | this coastal fighting may be, but evidently it carries implications of a serious character.” French reports yesterday said the| Ger had been chased out of » but something must have | ed during the night that has e given out The German break again on the ;d:-.h- to the English Channel has jonce more imperilled communica- | tions between 530,000 Allied troops |in Northern France and 1,000,000 | soldiers to the south | | The British military spokesman | | admitted “there is a gap between | | the two armies'and the ‘Allied situ-| lation on the Western Front is| ain extremely grave.” The German High Command re- ports that harbor facilities in Do- | ves England, ahd Dunkerque, France, have been ‘“effectively i‘bombcd." This report met a quick | denial by the British spokesman. | erlin advices said British troops are falling back toward the chan- |nel and “embarking from several French coastal ‘points and English |bound transports have b e e n hombed.” The German High Command says the mechanized troops are Slowly ‘wimling a terrific fight in Flanders |and along the Scheldt River line. akiling. g b A check of remesemamve news- papers made by the University of Toledo showed that 2.2 percent of the daily stories dealt with crime, 5.3 percent with foreign news, 5.3 percent with society and 85 with Sports. ‘The suggested higher rate would be 15 mills, Under Territorial law, a muncipality can levy a rate as high as 20 mills on the dollar. School Budget Is Higher One of the increased itéms nec- essitating a higher tax rate is $11,- \000 in the school budget for the next | scholastic year. The present state of municipal finances is so low the Mayor and Council at their' meeting decided to undeftake no riew fixed' expenditures | this year. \ Accordingly, the recent proposal | to increase police force salaries from $200 to $225 for the ehief'and from $175 to $200 for patrolmen was dis- | approved. Regular Workers Dismissed The “disiissal from regular em- ployment of street and sewer main- tenance workers was ordered. In | the future such workers will be em- ployed by the day as needed. The budget for the'current year | has been upset by the high cost of | sewer maintenance. ' About $13,000 not anticipated when the budget was | made, has been required for Keeping the sewér system'open. } sewer trouble wis caused by | freezing, frost being conducted dur- | ing the winter through soil that had been filled in and settled with water last fall, just before the beglnntnq\ |and Billy COLISEUM HAS "BOY - TROUBLE" JUST FOR SHOWING ONE NIGHT Hilarious happenings in a typi- cal American family, when the par- ents absent-mindedly adopt two orphan boys, move the plot of { Paramount’s new Mary Boland-| {Charlie Ruggles comedy, “Boy| | Trouble,” which is at the Coliseum ' for tonight only. Donald O'Connor Lee play the youngsters in a large cast of film favorites “Boy Trouble,” as its title sug- gests, deals with the high jinx that ensue in a middle-class home when the father, Ruggles, a harassed de- partment store c¢lerk, arrives back from work to find that his wife. Miss Boland, has adopted an or- | phan boy in a moment of abandon. In his efforts to get rid of the boy, Ruggles merely acquires an extra | one, ard settles down to try to live junder the same roof with his two foster-sons. - Game Tonight Late this afternoon it was announced that because of the general exodus of the Doug- las team to the fishing spots, the Elks will play the Moose instead of the absent Islanders. Because of grounds work being done on the Firemen's , Ball Park last night, the scheduled postponed ball game between the Moose and the Douglas has been set over to to- night at 6:30 o'clock. ‘Tonight's game is the third on the postponeéd slate and the first to be played since Monday. Tomorrow night the Elks will play their third game of the season and their second against the Moose, all other of their scheduled games be- ing postponed because of rain. - - San Bernardino County, Californ- ia, is the largest county in the coun- try. Its area is 20 175 miles. 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