The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 28, 1940, Page 3

THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES i ¢ R T0SALIND RUSSEN Pt ES i PREVUE TONIGHT—1:15 Blondie Brings Up Baby Will Next Blitzkrieg Be Hit at Switzerland? M:G:M PICTURE 150-mile valley offers strategic Franch au!e to France counter- Bernard Pass: - Col de ;enaa' > Pass NICE® Mediterranean LFGHO'KNV Sea While France fights for her life on the northern part of the western front, she must keep thousands of troops on the southern part, far frem the scene of batttle. That’s because Germany might try to flank the Maginot line along the routes indicated by arrows. Its also be- cause Italy might suddenly decide to become Germany's fighting ally and try to break through the mountain passes into France. TAKU LODGE OPEN FOR GUESTS UNTIL JUNE TWENTIETH Back to the Taku River after bringing eight weekend guests to Juneau yesterday, Miss Mary Joyce 40 Lo MILES left today on the Mary J. for her Taku Lodge. Known for the fine fishing avail- able at Moose and Johnson creeks and at Moose Lake, and the scen- (ery at TFwin Glacier Lake, Miss Joyce's lodge will be open for guests until June 20. e THRIFT CO0-0P 767-PHONE-767 Retailers of Famous SHURFINE and TASTEWELL Producis—O0ffers Shurfine Grapefruit | “sanwa Jlor CLARA PRUNES 19¢ TASTEWELL up 21bs.23¢ TOMATOPUREE 3 cans 39« NEW SPUDS S Ibs. 23¢ ROYAL ARMS TISSUE - - - 4for23c SHURFINE—LIGHT MEAT TUNA FISH - an19c HOME STYLE—LIGHT SYRUP PEACHES - - 2lor45c ALWAYS FRESH FRUIT and VEGETABLES The General Public is invited to trade at our store. Con- trary to the general belief stock purchase is NOT COM- PULSORY to participate in the savings offered through the .|| SHURFINE and TASTEWELL PRODUCTS. A ler Early ly! i the | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1940. COMEDY FILM | SCHEDULEDTO END TONIGHT |""The Womén'j Has Final Showing at Capitol Theatre; 3 Stars Skilfully blended as to comedy, drama and pathos, “The Women," | starring Norma Shearer, Joan | Crawford and Rosalind Russell, ends | | tenight at the Coliseum Theatre. The role of Mary Haines was a happy choice for Norma Shearet Not since the days of “Riptide” land “Private Lives” has she ap- | peared in a characterization of this type, and her return to the draw- g-room comedy will be heralded by her many fans. Her performance is outstanding for its brilliance and versatility, particularly in the in-| | stance of her transformation from the hurt and humiliated wife into a vampire. | Equally interesting is the per- | formance turned in by Joan Craw- | ford who assumes the role of a| definite “heavy” for the first time | in her screen career. As the siren, | Miss Crawford does an outstanding piece of work. Her scenes are {marked with fire and determina- | tion Sure-fire for comedy honors, Ros- | alind Russell as the gossipy Sylvia | Fowler, brightens every moment in | which she appears on the screen with her running mate, Phyllis Po- vah, drafted from the original stage | production for the role, and a wel- come add®ion to Hollywood's line- | up. Mary Boland and Paulette God- dard provide another top comedy | river under the guidance of Louis De Florian | Miss Joyce suggests that parties wishing to spend a weekend at the | | Lodge, wire her through the Sig- Inal Corps a day or two ahead of |time, so that she can arrange | transportation in her own boat or { by plane: | Information about the lodge may | be obtained through the local air- | | ways, Miss Joyce advises. TEXAS MAYORS " CLASH IN FIGHT AT CONVENTION {Miller Accuses Maverick of | ! Insulting Remark- "So | Hif Him” | WACO, Texas, May 28.—Mayor | Maury Maverick of San Antonio, ardent advocate of a third term, | |and Mayor Tom Miller of Austin | clashed physically outside the hall | where the Texas Democratic Con- !vmmon was meeting to decide | whether to pledge the state's 48 delegates to Garner or Roosevell] Maverick said Miller struck at’ him. “He started it,” he said. Mil- ler said he made an insulting re- | mark, so “I hit him." | e gn ol SATHO AND ARK LEAVE NANAIMO ON WAY NORTH Skipper, Homemade Boat, | Says Next Stop Depends On Where He Is NANAIMO, B. C., May 28.—The Satko family sailed out of Nanaimo | harbor here today with Skipper | Paul Satko saying his next stop;l would be, “where he was at noon.” He said he planned the stop to {be at the head of the Powell River, | but the actual route “depends very much on the winds.” | Speaking about the attempt of | Seattle courts to prevent his sailing | in his allegedly unseaworthy Ark, | Satko said he did not think he was | violating the Seattle court order.| “I sat there in the court and list- | ened fo the arguments. I think the only question was whether I could reach Everett all right. The whole suit was just an attempt to med- dle in my affairs anyway.” Mrs. McKenzie Guest | Of Sister in Juneau Mrs. Kenneth McKenzie, whose home is in Clarksville near Vic- toria, B. C. will arrive on the| Princess Louise today to visit her | sister, Mrs. Frank A. Boyle. | — - | MABEL JIM SA YES, SHE DID IT. Mabel Stoltz alias Mabel Jim| pleaded guilty before U. 8. Com-{ missioner Felix Gray today to charges of indecent exposure and disorderly conduet. Cliff Mathews, accused similarly, | has not yet entered a plea, | Daily Crossword Puzzle ACKHUSS . Pleces of miflinery ¢ . Bugle call . That from which maple sirup is made. . Ardor . Fish sauce . Relieve . Flowering, water plant Declares Saucy Growa boy Peel Withered Insects Grassland etalliferous rocks . 1n this place Requests Solution 8t vestereay s Fuzz By Climb Slashed Member of an Indigenous Japuneso race Wooden pins 6 Coars. tile fluman trunk Oriental nurs Wind Indicatw ‘harms ummit Alack Action at lav Raise Princely Italian family Take solid 'o0d 2. Metric land . Sjamese coins measure . Priest or monk 63. One eighth of . Diyisfon of a a quart long poem Support Made a praliminary 66. mititary survey 57, 55. Genus of the cow American cen« tury plant Lateral et s i 4. City in Nevada . On the side away from the wind account Finish MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM READY FOR THURSDAY fo Be Unveiled as Special Feature A Memorial Day program In which numerous Juneau organiza- tions will participate was planned last night at a | \Juneau-Harris Monument/ meeting of Alford A new John Bradford Post of the Am- erican Legion A Legion ceremony at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at the Elks Hall| will start the observance, E. M. Polley will speak. From the Elks Hall, marchers will parade to the dock to shoot a volley and decorate the waters in honor of the nation’s sea dead. Cemetery Services After a parade 1o the cemetery, a ceremony will be held at the graves of Joseph Juneau and Rich- ard Harris, recently marked with new bronze plaques provided by the Pioneers of Alaska, Services then will be conducted at the Legion plot, Juneau-Harris monument 2 “HIGHER and HIGHER"! }/' That describes Chesterfield's in- creasing popularity and the new. Broodwaoy hit of the same name which features Marta Eggert, Leif Erickson, e Worth, Lee Dixon, and (as you will notice) CHESTERFIELD CIGARETTES. 'VIVID DRAMA NOW AT COLISEUM FOR FINAL SHOW INGS Bob Burns, who ranks as Amer- ica’s favorite native humorist, turns to drama in his new film, “Our Leading Citizen,” Paramount’s vivid picturization of a problem of con- temporary America which has its final showing tonight at the Coli- seum Theatre | But Bob has not shed the home- spun ways which endeared him to the hearts of moviegoers when he as the “traveler” in “The Travel and . as the shrewd Missouri ‘“mule-trader” in I'm From Missouri.” In this pic- ture, Bob is cast as a lawyer who has practiced law in a thriving Am- erican city for many years. As a ult of a problem which arises in community, Bob has to bring practical American to kear on it. And Bob rele as only he could picture, Bob is ably y a large cast, includ- | Cusan Hayward, Joseph Allen| Jv h Patterson, Gene Lock- hart and Charles Bickford. It 1s Allen and Lockhart, cast as Bob's partner, and a local indus- respectively, who make it ary for Bob to solve a big problem 1ppo:ted b ng « neces local yard of the siemorial Pres- | Church, at the spet where o founders first landed, will unveiled by Miss Genevieve Ju- indniece of Joseph Juneau. rtson will be the princi- | r at this ceremony. to the Dugout will comp; the program In case of rain Robertson's talk will be delivered at the Elks Hall Taking part in the parade will be a color guard, firing squad, Am- | erican Legion, Legion Auxiliary, Sons cof Legion, Daughters of Le-| gion, Coast Guard if the Haida is in port, school band, Pioneers of| Alaska, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and Spanish-American War vet- erans, J >ee STOCKER BUILDING | WILL BE ALTERED parade A permit for altering the front of the Stocker Building was issued | today by City Building Inspector Frank Metcalf to Berg and Dalziel, contractors. The work will cost $2500. Another recent permit will allow Hildre and Son to do $1,325 worth of garage, work. | - - Empire classifieds bring results. Do you smoke the cigarette that’s COOLER, that’s MILDER, that TASTES BETTER... Are you getting all the pleasure that Chester- field’s RIGHT COMBINATION of thé world’s best cigarette tobaccos gives millions of smokers every day...the pleasure of a milder, cooler, better-tasting cigarette? The Chesterfield combination really satisfies. ' plumbing and heating VUNEA U S OWNEE AND _OPIRATEC 3 w.1.6ROSS Juneaw's Greatest Show Value Last Times Tonight BOB BURNS in “Qur Leading Citizen” with SUSAN HAYWARD—JOSEPH ALLEN, JR. L 0 JARTOON—PICTORIAL NEWS Am How Armies (onibare i MILITARY STRENGT Army 3,750,000 Reserves 2,000,000 BRITAIN Army 1,700,000 Reserves 300,000 The relative shown in i sources, a s pictograf. GERMANY Army 3,500,000 Reserves 3,350,000 A S ittt el = zes of the armies battling for supremacy in Europe are The figures, from best available American as of January 1, 1940, have become part of the active armies. Army 700,000 Reserves 114,000 ITALY Army 1500,000 Reserves 6,000,000 Since then, more of the reserves . . . Because Germany has had universal military training for less than a decade, military observ- ers helieve her trained reserves are inferior to those of France. . . . Italy is not a belligerent, but she is allied with Germany. stead of m near the Ita n frontier. . . . before she was invaded. Stores Closed Thursday; Warning To Housewives Juneau stores will be closed on Thursday, Memorial Day, and housewives are warned about purchasing tomorrow so as not to be caught short in needed commodities, -o> Today's news today in The Empire, So France, ng all her forces against Germany, must keep some The Netherlands' forces totafled 650,000 'MINNIE GOLDSTEIN ON LOUISE TONIGHT Miss Minnic Goldstein is to arrive on the steamer Princess Louise early this evening after a two and one- half months visit in the States. Ac- companied by her niece, Miss Gold- stein motored along the coast as far | south as the Mexican border. — e - | The ' United States produces about three-quarters of the world ‘outpuz of sulphur. BETTER SMOKING | Every Chesterfield must conform 1o the one right standard of size and shape for a codler, Betér tasting, definitely milder smoke. Chesterfields are made in every detail to give you the ciga- rette that really satisfies. 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