The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 29, 1940, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1940. ‘BASK RATHBONE STARS THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES | NOW! AMERICA’S MOST LOVABLE FAMILY IS GAILY IN DUTCH AGAIN! THEATRE Vendvan Rinpaid Gireated 1 Based upon the comic strip created by CHIC YOUNG A COLUMBIA PICTURE FAKER————DARK MAGIC LATEST NEWS SIDE SHOW PLUS * | sereen LOVE'S NOT AN A C T—Though N. Y. critics didn’t enthuse about the “Romeo and Juliet” played by Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier (above), they don’t worry much. They’ll wed as soon as their respeetive divorces become final. 'BUMSTEADS ARE Daily Crossuord Puzzle BACK IN FILM ACROsw L. Youngster 4 Place of Solution of Velterdny: Puzzle 10. 1 Pay court to Eternity worship Female sheep el Exclamation Acticle of ATLOCAL SHOW 12. ighest card 16. belier &t bridge compel 1 2L Ot less than usual height . Sonnd of cattle . That which foreshadows 1§ Uncanny Kind of duck Capitol Theafre Now Fea- turing "'Blondie 23. Bxchange for mouey . Spafilsh wide- | mouthed jar . Division of a school year . Addition to a building imal's home . Consequently Brings Up Baby" 26. Open codrt 7. Peer Gynt's Chinese pagoda fp Follow closely . Take great delight Gaelie Open hostilities Brings Up Baby,” y the most hilari- imbia series based In “Blondie newest and ¢ ous the of 1dle talk By way of Abscond Uncooked | | mother | | Rare Go by agaln upon Chic taen You t Money drawer Lively dance Obstruct S newspaper car- Bum; ads and . Bearing weapons | 6. Part of a bridle Wing Mother Edible tuber That which is woven Daisy the u the family pooch continue to suburb: home only jumping off place to newer and citements, after his usual morn- 1 with the mailman, dis- has exceeded his office nd is, a result, fired r further Dagwood moreover, eventually winds up in accused of kidnapping! aby Dumpling, among other ad- goes to school for the and winds up with a which he is inordin- Baby Dumpling, more- “hookey” within a week as the hero of a cify- 58 Bast Indian S fodder plant Faint as regions 61, Timid DOWN Narrow fabrie Land measure . Rubber tree Constellation notice. first time ‘shiner” of ately proud over, plays to emerge wide police hunt! Daisy, the faithful pooch. ly follows his little master from school only to be captured by the city dog-catcher, to be cused by a crippled little girl, and to be directly responsibile for sav- ing Dagwood's job! And Blondie, the lovely young housewife, attempts to run her home and simultaneously keep a watchful eye on the erratic Da wood, the mischievous Baby Dump- ling and the faithful Daisy. Blondie finds herself unable to keep up with the Bumsteads, and the re- sult is one of the most mirth-pro- voking films of its kind ever pre- sented on the Capitol Theatre timid- to and res- 53 dER/ 3 He is 40 years a World War \'et- eran and has a wife and two chil-| dren. His family will come north | later. Adams will leave Saturday. - NEW FAIRBANKS BANK MANAGER VISITING HERE Curtis Adams Announces 2 ALASKA BILLS Institution Will | TO WHITE HOUSE Open July 1 | R for the Westward > o> WASHINGTON, May 29. — The o Senate has sent to the White House Who has been ap-|pj)s extending to Alaska and Ha- | pointed Executive Vice President of | wajj the bill providing and requir-| the new Bank of Fairbanks, is|ing the payment of the prevailing spending a few days in Juneau be-|{wages on construction of public fore proceeding to the Interior. |pyjlding and also the bill author- Adams said the bank would open |izing the Alaska Legislature to set July 1. Equipment, which is all|up special author sponsor slum Curtis Adams, to %Il Wl Ifl// e d II%IIH/// /R T L rer Prey ; E<upen Stalk Location Assists . Builder of the ark Sole Shell which failed to ex . Ruminant animal . Astray Recorg of a ship's voyage 51 Faithrul Pungent . School book Arabian chieftain plode: slang Yale Father of Joshua MEMORIAL DAY PLANS COMPLETE i City to Dedicate Monumen to Founders-Legion Program Juneau Wwill pause Memorial Day, to honor the na- tion's dead. $tores, offices anc banks will be closed for the day. | Dedication of a monument te Joseph Juneau and Richard Har- ris, founders of Juneau, will take place during the forenoon in the| vard of the Memorial Presbytetian | Church, West Eighth and E Streete, tomorrow | the site of the landing of Juneau| | by | neau, IEEREG cHBE RS AN dENEN JEE ENEE dNE | also be held at the graves of Ju- 105 ANGELES EXCURSION I§ | ~ DUESATURDAY More than 100 Chamber of Commerce Members on Aleutian More than 100 members of the Los Angeles Chamberof Commere will be visitors to Juneau next Saturday | when thé steamer Aleutian arrives with the annual tour party. The Aleutian is scheduled to arrive | here at 8 o'clock Saturday morning | Grand Igloo, | program néw and which includes modernistic | | clearing project f mahogany furniture and fluor lighting, is enroute to the West on the amer Yukon. | ent | jlies in the territory - low income fam- |and will remain in port all day. 1t| will stop again southbound after the | | party has been to the Westward. | Members of the Juneau Chamber | Describing his trip to Juneau as| “‘the most pleasant I have ever \1- ken,” Adams said he was sure was going to like Alaska. His {alhel‘ the late Burton Adams, participated in the Nome gold rush and later in- | stalled the first gold dredges on the Peace River in British Columbia. He | House has passed and sent to the was also assoclated with W. C. Weeks, | White House the bill extending op- Colonel of Engineers, U. S. Army, \erations of the Alaska Interna- retired, in Alaska mining npemuon&f icnal Highway Commission for a Adams was formerly a department | period of four years from next Fri- and district manager of the Federal | day. Land Bank in Spokane and prior to that a member of the banking de-| partment of the State of Montana. | Recently he was Executive Vice- President of the Columbia State Bank at White Salmon, Washingfon. - HIGHWAY BILL IS SENT TO FDR WASHINGTON, May 29. — The RS RN NO CHAMBER MEETING Tomorrow being a holiday, there | will be no Chamber of Commorce meeting. German lroops, Mecharuzed Forces Smash Uutcn lavade rrance Infantry smshmg rapxdly Lhrough Belg\an and Dutch delenm. the powerzul German war machine has rolled on into France itself to clash with Aliicd forces in what is expected to be the greatest battle of mod- ern times. The fast-moving vanguard of the German invasion is made up of mod.em mn&uum m- air force, upper left, and the tank battalions, wake follows the backbone of the arm infantry, lower left, accompanied by flu |of Commerce are urged to be on (hv clo(‘k to greet the visitors. o SONS OF FRENCH AIR MINISTER KILLED IN AIR Brother's Shot Down by | Nazis Within Twelve | Daysof Each Other | —— PARIS, May 29.—The two sviator; |sons of former air minister General | | Denain were killed within twelve days of each other in air battles, it | was reported here today. | Jacques was killed May 13, and| Jean on May 25 while returning| from a reconnaisarice flight. ——————— APANESE MOVES P TOKYO May 20 — All Japanese | ships in European waters have been |ordered home. This indicates, ac- | cording to observers, that Japan in- |{/ | tends closer cooperation with the Rome-Berlin axis after Italy enters BERLIN, May 29—Field Mar- }shal Hermann Goering today |launched the reprisal ecampaign | which’ the Nazis have threatened. | It is announced ‘that five French | prisoners will be shot by firing squads for every German captured | ‘by the Hench HMDA BROVTE " FROM WESTWARD The Coast Guard cutter Haida |; is reported to be enroute here from |! Seward after concluding the an- nual Court crulse in the Third Division. } The Haida will garry a number| of Government officials to Wran- | gell for the Potlatc. BACPEEM s ot g cgmameenmend | PRICES AT RUPERT At Prince Rupert today 138,000 pounds of halibut, were sold at| 9.60 to 9.90 and 7.50 cents a pound. | ;Oermnn transport columns. | week and the past two days have| and Harris 60 years ago. The monument will be unveiled | Miss Margaret Harris of Ju- neau, granddaughter of Richard| Harris, and Miss Genevieve Ju-; of Aurora, Illinois, grand-| niece of Joseph Juneau. ! Robertson to Speak A dedication address will be de- L | livered by R. E. Robertson and the | | monument presented by Charles W.| leu on behalf of Igloo No. 6, Picneers of Alaska, which érected | it. Mayor Harry I. Lucas will ac-~ cept the monument on behalf ul the City of Juneau. Carter, Past President of lhc‘ is Chairman of the Serving on the Commit-| tee William J. Markle, John| Reck and the Rev. David Waggon- er. Band to Play 2 The Juneau High School band | will furnish music”for the dedi- | cation, which will follow the Am- erican Legion memorial service in Evergreen Cemetery. At the ctemetery, services will neau and Harris, recently marked with new bronze plaques furnished by the Pioneers. ‘ Starts at 10 am. The Memorial Day program will | start at 10 o'clock with ceremonies at the Elks Hall. E. M. Polley will speak, Legionnaires are requested to be at the Dugout at 9 o'clock to take part. A parade to the Alaska Liné dock to decorate the water in honor of the sea dead will follow the Elks Hall program. Then the marchers will procéed to the cemetery, and finally to the monument site. Marchers will include the Amer- | ican Leégion, Legion Auxiliary, a color gnard and firing squad, Boy | Scouts, Girl Scouts, Sons of Le- | gion, Daughters of Legion, Spanish | American War veterans, High School and and Pioneers of Al- aska. British Planes Slra!e (o irafe Convoy WllhBombmgs | English Bombers Plun g e low Over German Armored Column By GODMY ANDERSON WITH THE BRITISH AIR FORCE IN FRANCE, May 29. Low-diving British bombers today were hitting hard and often against ‘Tanks and the armored convoy of trucks were attacked repeatedly by bombs and machine gun fire, with the planes plunging as low at 500 feet. Public, Parochial “ Schools Are Closed For SummerMonths| Report cards were received to- |- day by students at both the Pub- lic and Parochial Schools, as’ elass- e were closed for the summer | months. Examinations were taken last | been spent in selling books and cleaning out lockers and desks in readiness for September classes. Many of the students are plan- ning vacations in the south, while | others will work or play nroundx | Juneau BA | SUSPOND | IN FORECLOSURE Suit to foreclose on a mortgage |securing a promissory note of E. Pond was filed today in Dis- | trict Court by the PFirst National |Bank of Juneau, The bank seeks to callect $5,- 55147, plus interest and fees. T — { i T »move paint stains from, un- | the great detective, | Barrie | production which will be presented lat the Coliseum starting tonight. | COLISEUM OWNED AND _OPFRATED - SHERLOCK HOLMES ROLE | AT COLISEUM THEATRE | suncaus Greatest show vaiue sir Arthur conan Doyles “Thel| STARTS TONIGHT Hound of the Baskervilles,” one of literature’s most shocking, spine- cmllmg mystery stories and the | greatest of all of Sherlock Holmes’ | astounding adventures, has at last been transeribed to the screen ‘Tall, spare, hawklike Basil Rath- bom, in the perfect-fitting role of is co-featured with Richard Greene and Wendy in the 20th Century-Fox UNHOLY MONSTER FRO CENTURIES PAST « « « its hideous howl o dirge of death to all’ In this great story the master of a thousand mysteries pits his cunning against the giant unearth- y beast that roams the fog-shroud- ed English moor with biazing eyes and bared fangs, terrorzing the {countryside, striking horror into the hearts of two young lovers and leaving a trail so terrifying that only Sherlock Holmes dare follow. Nigel Bruce plays the famous Dr. Watson, the great detective's constant campion, Boswell and amazed observer. Also included in the cast are Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Barlowe Borland, Beryl Mercer, Morton Lowry and Ralph Forbes. The adventures of Sherlock Holmes on the moor! SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 5 THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLE. RICHARD. WENDY GREENE - RATHBONE BARRIE Sherlock Holmes) -JIIG(I. llIU(E LIONEL ATWILL mmmm BARLOWE BORLAND - BERYL | WERCER - MORTON LOWRY - RALPH FORBES A 20th Cm...,-r.. Picture ALso True Adventures Cartoon — News CRESCENT QUIZ > 'AGREEMENT FOR SEASON SIGNED ‘BY MILL, UNION Wage Increases Provided in Accord Reached This Aflqnoan A working agreement for the 1940 season was signed late this afternoon by the management of the Juneau Lumber Mill and officials of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Un- | ion, According to John O'Connor, Fed- eral labor conciliator, who took part | in negotiations, the new agreement | provides a $5.40 minimum daily | wage, increa: of 'lppnmmntely 5 cents an hour for all workers and improvement in working conditions. | It is expected the mill will smrt‘ opemmon.s shortly. . /ALASKA CRIMES FEW ACCORDING T0 FBI REPORT SEATTLE, May 5. — Uniform| POPPY GIRL _Ellen Crime Reports, an official FBI pub- | lication here, announces that in the | first three months of 1940, there have | Drew (above), film actress, has been named 1940 nationai buddy poppy girl by the Vete- rans of Foreign Wars of U. 8. She’ll be hostess of the V.F.W. been no murders or robberies in Al- | aska, only six cases of assault and | but eleven burglaries. | -, Today’s hews boday m The Empire, encampment scheduled for Aug. 25-30 at Los Angeles. ->-oe - — Emprre classifieds bring results. THESE THREE OF INTERIOR DECORATION Grease: Steam 0dm-s " 'STOPPEDI-—With a VEN TILATING FAN CONSULT RICE & AHLERS C0. e bt P ITS TIME TO CHANGE YOUR HEAVIER LUBRICANTS! ) CONNOBRS MOTOR LUBRICATION The prevailing price at Ket-‘washnble materials. soonge care- chikan today s 9.15 and 740cents.' fully and quickly with turpentine.