The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 14, 1940, Page 3

THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES TONIGHT OWEN * George BARBIER —ALSO CHARM BRACELET GOING PLACES LAST SERVICES FOR ‘ PIONEER PRESIDENT arers. Thomas C. They were Karl Price, George and Thomas M, Donohoe, R e Funera! services tor Arthur G Thompson, President of the Grand BA".EYS sEll Igloo of Pioneers, were recently held at Anchorag The late sourdough Alaskan and AUK BAY HOME attorney was a prominent member of both the Elks and Pioneers and Roger Bailey has sold his home at funeral ervices were conducted Auk Bay to John Wagner, it was by the former lodge while the Pio- disclosed today neers held committal services at Mrs. Bailey has just returned here the cemetery. will take up Colleagues. of Mr, were Thompson at selected as pall They Thane. Anchorage Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Coons. HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. 14.—The Andrews Sisters aren't different from movie stars who fight against their roles. Maxir Andrews in the middle, younger than La- Verne, older than Patty) admits their agent had to work on 'em two months before they'd do a number they considered “too The agent won, and the record the@ made was their big- seller — “The Beer Barrel Polka.” (At the height of the Beer Barrel craze there were people who wished the sisters had been a little more obstinate.) Preston Foster hasn't been the ladies’ man him go now! In “Northwest Mounted Police” leine Carroll from Gary Cooper, and in “Moon takes D. Lamour from Bob Preston Remember when the voiceless stars used to break into song, courtesy of vocal doubles? Occasionally they still do — but “There’s Magic in Music” taking no chances on audience sus- picion. It'll carry a foreword that “The voices and music heard in this photoplay are actually the efforts of those artists who appear on the screen.” Reason: Besides Susanna Foster and Allan Jones, there are six child musical prodigies — Heimo Haitto, 15, Scandinavia violinist; Patricia Travers, 12, American ditto; Kayne Connor, 14, singer and fiddler; Dolly Loehr, 12, pianist; William Chapman, 17, singer; and Mary Ruth Kizziar, 7, pianist.. .. (she's the for corny gest type ‘but look at he takes Mede- Over Burma” he Vincent Price, dropping in from the air for tests for “Hudson’s ay Company,” flew east again immediately. He'’s been doing the PERCY’S CAFE OPEN ALL NIGHT sToP at PERCY’'S ANY. TIME for Dinners ‘or Light Lunches that all Juneau is talking about. .. TRY OUR FOUN- TAIN, TOO! straw-hat circuit after a fling at St. Louis. . Price has been commuting by air — wanted to take the stratoliner this time but, was stopped by Edith Barrett, his wife. . .. Miss Barrett said flying was fine but — “Whom do you'know up there? Who'll you talk to — eagles or angels?” The day after the Jane Clayton-Russell Hayden daughter Paramount presented Hayden (the “Lucky” of the idy moves) with a four-figure check for his story, “Cattle Train,” in which Bill Boyd plays the lead and “Lucky” has a part . The story money is in trust for the new baby. . . These baby trusts do mount up Eddy Duchin made an album of recordings when his child was born, and assigned the nickel-a-copy royalties to the baby. . . . The other day he checked up on the account and had cause to whistle was born, Hopalong C: Bulletin from the east: Instrumental students at the Ernest Williams Music camp, Saugerties, N. Y., have named Alma Adams, bass tuba-ist with Phil Spitalny's all-girl erchestra, as .their “ideal Oom-pha Girl” ... And from the west: Jim Davies, Para- munt gym instructor, named these as possessors of the screen’s “10 best bodies” — Paulette Goddard, Carole Landis, Lana Tur- ner, Betty Grable, Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Robert Preston, Errel Flynn, Johnny Weissmuller and Joan Hall. ... . They're telling it on Raymond Massey (“Abe Lincoln in Illi- . nois"™ that he's now licing the role so thoroughly that he won't sit in a theatre box — and on’ his Mast trip to New "York went down to Harlem and freed all the waiters. . . . D e A e B B W * SHQW: PLACE.OFJUNEAU STARTS { LATEST NEWS of the DAY Drager, Grigsby, Almer J. Peterson, W. W. Renfrew,|of from a vacation trip to the States. residence at RN ET OMANTIC COMEDY OPENING TONIGHT AS CAPITOL BILL "Remembe?" Stars Greer Garson, Robert Taylor : and Lew Ayres Tie a string around your finger a5 a reminder if you must, . but don’t forget to see “Remember?” starring Robert Taylor and Greer Garson, with Lew Ayres, which opens tonight at the Capitol The- atre It's a tonic for every member of the family, one of the gayest ro- mantic comedies of modern married life that has come to the screen in many a month, with a hundred smiles, chuckles and laughs in every res Taylor tops past perform- ance in the action role of a young advertising executive who falls in love with his pal's fiancee at first sight, married her after a whirl- | wind elopement, and then has to | eall for help. In the role of Linda, | Miss Garson the charming Kathie of “Goodbye, Mr. Chips,” proves that she is every bit as versatile and appealing in comedy as she is in drama, Completing the happy threesome is Ayres as Sky Ames who loses his best gal to his best pal and then brings them back together when their marriage fails through misunderstandings - A i Ticket Sale Starts For Play Sponsored By Cai@li( Women A detailed report on the progress the “Second Childhood” -cast, |a three-act comedy sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of America, was made at last evening’s meet- ing in the Parish Hall by Miss Mary VanderLeest, business mana- ger for the production The members of the cast are working hard on their parts and the play will be presented assched- uled, August 26, 27. Tickets are now on sale and may be purchased from a Catholic Daughter member. Also of interest in the matter of business last evening was the announcement of September 24 as the date for the annual anniver- sary banquet, In charge of the affair will be Mrs. Peter Bond, who will be as- sisted by Mrs. Arthur White, Mrs. H., C. Redman, Mrs. Jack Fowler, Mrs. B. R. McDonnell, Mrs. M. E any | Monagle and Miss Mary Vander- Leest. After the business session last night a social hour was held with Mrs. A. M. Geyer and Mrs. William | Franks as hostesses. ALASKA'S FLAG WILL BE SUNG ~ OVER KINY “Alaska’s Flag,” with the musical accompaniment that has been com- | posed for Marie Drakes poem by | Mrs, Ralph Wayne Dusenbury, will be sung over KINY at 8:15 Thurs- day night by Mrs. Lola Mae Alex- ander. | Mrs. Dusenbury, an accomplished pianist, will play the accompani- | ment. “Alaska’'s Flag,” which has sup- jport for adoption as Alaska‘'s of- | ficial song, has been sung during {the summer aboard all of the tour- ist ships enroute to the north and | has met with acclaim from those | who have heard it. Its presentation over KINY by |Mrs.. Alexander’ and its .composer |will be welcomed by Juneau radio | listeners. | PEERERRIE ST Try a classified ad in The Empire, [ Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 31. Edged tool 1. Knock 33, And: Latin 4. Fellows 39, Medicinal herb 9. Obstinate 40. Declare 12. Tree 41. Canceled Y 43. Stand for 13. Black bird Bric-a-bras 14. Soft’ murmur . Again 15. Size of coal 7. Uniform 16. Plant used 8. Mastery as soap . Borders 17. Was a can- . Antique drdate 65. Mohammedan 18. Medieval play- noble ing car 67. Old cloth . Grying ncasure 2. Mountaln goat §8. Turn to the Snateh right In 2ddition 59. Companles of Gum resin plavers Dillseed 60. Long narrow Approaches inlet Exists 38 35, Feminfhe name 62. 6. Frusirates 63. Carpenter's 1 2. On the ocean Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 3. One of an ancient Jewish sect 4. Packed for shipment 5. Kind of meat 6. Acknowledge openty 1. Masculine name tool DOWN . Engrossed aining to the dawn o secret ty socie 19, Death notice Satkos Make Progress On AlaskaHome Everett Man Wanis o Buy Ark — Another Sug- gesfs If Stay Here Life for Paul Satko, captain of his Ark, immigrant from Virginia, and 1940 pioneer, is beginning to take more definite shape in the land he has chosen For the past several days, armed with an old Springfield Army rifle, his axe, crosscut saw, and the econ- omie box comy which rested for- ward of the Ark’s steering wheel on ' the journey north, Satko has been driving his $50 Studebaker sedan to the end of the Herbert River road. | There, “Where the Government| forgot to reserve some land,” Satko | § is hacking a hole in the forest, clear- ing land and cutting trees to build a cabin. Two Children Working Two of Satko’s seven children, ' the two oldest boys, are working at the Juneau Lumber Mills while fa-| ther faithfully works on the home- | | stead The old Studebaker “works pretty well,” Satko , and working steadily with axe and saw, he has “cleared quite a hole in the trees.” The Springfield is for protection against bears, which fortunately,| enough, have in Satko's words, “So| far seen me first.” The compass Satko uses to lo- cate his homestead corners over- grown and forgotten in dense tim- ber and brush. Piles of Letters | Coming home at night, Satko| reads and chuckles over piles of | Jetters he receives from persons all | over the country who have followed | the tale of his northward journey | | and _envy him. | |, Bome, like a man in Everett, Washington, want to buy Satko’s boat. | Chamber of Commerce should buy | it and. set: it up as a monument! sa éon:rexnt\an of the Rev. Joseph Bridget'’s Roman..Catholic church N.. Y., on the Canadian border, began dropping away because of the new regulations requiring C. Heslin of .St. at. Trout River, white line is the left is the 7. 5 the U. 8. So B‘;;a;;m Difficulty Solved -‘ Chums of the alr Large net Device for stirring together French river . Winged . Unite in & ieague 31. Those who exact satlse faction 39. Caused to go 40, Advanced in 9. 20, years 42. Went ashore 44. Unwillin 46. Grown girls 48. Teeth 49. Butter eub- stitute 50. Metal 52. Lamb’s pen name . Cabbagze salad 6. Australian bird an historic picneer Spirit are known letters bear Alaska Out- to tc definitely country and their ness that the lure of side, every day beccmes call to the inhibited The Satkos, very all over a THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14,-1940 event and a tribute the wit- louder dwellers of cities and towns in the States where the ruts wagon have long the refuse of progress And if you're worl of pioneer wheels since been covered with ing about that addition to the Satka family, Mrs. Satko “feels fine” and the little one is due about the first of the month - e — Five Life Terms! L) p Verlin Spencer layer of five persons in a shoot- ing . outburst at. & . California school, Verlin Spencer, former junior high school principal, is pictured as he heard 2 Los An- geles judge sentence him to five life terms, one for each person he killed. He was given another sentence to prison for not more than 20 years for the wounding of a sixth person. Subscribe to Tns Dally Alasks Empire—the paper with the largea Otlers think the Juneau | paid circulation. ARG e Subseribeé for The Bmpire. the prieat solved the matter by moving his ehurch to this building, once a saloon, which straddles the border ‘and now he holds mass there. ‘The broad international boundary. On the | restor_of the Fish and wildlite | | Servicg, BRITAIN CALLS . SUBJECTS HERE 10 VOLUNTEER Consulate 0>u'.1Alri‘nes Quali- fications for Nation's Armed Services Man, snquiries having been re-| ceived by the British Consular cfficers throughout the United States as to the position of Brit- ish subjects who wish to volunteer rvice with the British armed , the British Consulate at Se- has sent The Empire the notice attle following British subjects United King- the United States who are both physically fit and qualified as below, are invited to vclunteer for vice with the pied forees of Great Britain, Qualifications are as follows Royal Navy All yolunteers must. be physically fit and be British-born subjects and sons of British-born parents. 1.—For employment as officers: (a) Men with experience as mer- cantile marine officers up to the age of 52, or experienced yachts- men up to the age of 45, and capa- ble of navigating a ship as deck officers. (b) Qualified mechanical or elec- trical enginegrs up to the age of 4y who elthér possess university cngineering degrees or are mem- bers of institutions of mechanical or electrical engineering. 2—For employment as ratings: (a) Ex-naval ratings of all branches of the service up to the age of 55. (b) Skilled tradesmen such as fitters, turners, boiler makers, en- gincer-smiths, copper-smiths, in- strument makers, and motor me- chanics, between the ages of 18 and 41 (c) Electricians between the ages of 18 and 41. (d) Wireless operators the ages of 18 and 4l. (e) Signalmen between the ages of 18 and 41, (f) Shipwrights (not joiners) and | blacksmiths between the ages of 18 and 41. Apart ‘from ex-naval ratings, there are no vacancies for unskilled men, and persons applying for em- ‘ploymom as skilled ratings will be | expected to be able to pass an ap- Jpropnam trade test. British Army All - volunteers must be between the ages of 20 and 45 and must be physically fit. They must reach a reasonable standard of skill in one of the fol- | lowing trades: Electrician, signals (wireless me- | chanic), engineer artificer, fitter, | fitter (motor = vehicle), instrument mechanie, millwright, tool maker | turner, armourer, blacksmith, boiles~ | maker, copper-smith, grinder (pre- | eision), ‘machinist (metal), motor mechanic, moulder, operator - sig- nals (wireless and line), operator signals (teleprinter), maker, welder | (acetylene .or electric), | Royal Air . Force All volunteers must be physically fit. | 1—For employment as officers: |~ (a) Experienced pilots - with over | 250 hours ‘solo flying :on aireraft | of over '400-500 h.p. and in good flying practice on such types, be- i tween the ages of 18 and 28 for | cperational (flying duties, and be- | tween the ages of 18 and 48 for nen-operational flying and instruc- tor duties. (b) Men between the ages of 21 and 50 with-technical qualifica- tions such as members of engineer- ing institutions, practical engineers, and more particularly those exper- ienced .in tele-communications en- gineering, especially in connection | with radio telegraphy. 2—For etployment ranks: Semi-trained or untrained men sutable for training as pilots, ob- servers, wireless operators, and air gunners. Such. persons should be | between the ages of 18 and 28 for training &s pilots and between the ages of 18 and 32 for training for other purposes. Any British subjects resident in the United :States wio possess any of dom origin, in as between in other wish to volunteer for service in'the | approprigte branch, of . the - British tighting forods should apply to'the néardst, British Consular. Officer for | any fyrther information they may require and for advictk how to travel. s h o % LAy DR. GABRIELSON RETURNS AFTER His three-month investigation of | Alaska fish and game problems| about over, Dr. Ira Gahrielson, Di- | of ‘the : forégoing qualifications and | LOOK - SEE TRIP| G\qvem’or’s Son Working, Health Lab Young Peter Gruening, son of the Governor, has a job—and not the most distinguished white collar work in town In the Territorial Health Depart- ment, Laboratory, young Gruening has taken over the job of washing test tubes, and other things tech- nicians dirty. And every day he cleans the guinea pig pens Lab employees say young Gruen- ing, hired through the Employment Oftice, is “doihg a good job - CHARLES JOINS STAFF AT SIGRID'S SALON OWNED AND OLISEUM OPFRATED &Y Juneau's Greatest Show Value! STARTS TONIGET e ¥ o Of important announcement to ladies of Juneau this week, is the addition to Sigrids Beaut; Salon, of Mr. Charles, recently of Reno and' San_Francisco. Mr. Charles specializes in hair styling and during his 17 years ex- perience has developed a technique of hair styling and permanent wav- \ing. that will insure his patrons a coiffure par excellence Mr. Charles is now ready to aid 8 BLORE patrons of Sigrid's Beauty Salon: - 'IIIC _ SUSAN HAYWARD SOHN HARTLEY Olrected by Jomes Hogan DOUGLAS NEWS | SPECIAL MEE DOUGLAS CITY COUNCIL Douglas City Council called |into special session by Mayor Kil- I'burn, meeting to start at 7 p. m | Friday, the latter announced this | morning. Purpose of the meeting |is to consider plumbing contract for | | the new School Gym | R |CHILD'S BIRTHDAY | IS CELEBRATED HERE ALSO: Declaration of Independence Cartoon—News MARTHA RAYE STARS WITH JOE E. BROWN IN COLISEUM COMEDY The picture for which millions of Joe E. Brown and Martha Raye » OF is | Little Beth Fleek was five years | fans .hu\‘o been waiting—Para- old yesterday which event was the | mount’s m!m'xonf new rmn‘)‘,m com- o doke Several of: tha. nelghc'| B0y, SRLI0G & ARECENOWORIES Bl ohildten’ With, thele' pht. |its first local showing: tonight 8 ents being entertained by Mrs. El- the Coliseum Theatre, mum;. A rov ek, mothas. of sHe Titela;gifrsy AN, gt suote. fof ehest. MPAK Y 4 g SRR Followers of the large-mouthed MRS. BALOG TO REPRESENT pair had always hoped that Joe and Martha would be starred to- DOUGLAS IN Mrs. A. J. Balog will on represent | Bether, and they have good Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order of the | ' be pleased with the r¢ Eastern Star, at the triennial as- | From the moment when Joe and sembly of Star members from all | Martha meet, to the hilarious cli- over the United States which is to| M8X in & thrilling and whacky football game, the picture speaks be held next month in San Francis- mammoth mouthfuls for the laugh- co, Calif. She plans to leave on September 2 provoking ability of the comedians. " i susr: At the outset—or is it the k PETTYGROVE MOVES off in a college comedy? Joe jo | up with Martha because he can't Prank's Cabin has again become his own residence, as Frank Petty- grove once more resumed his bach- | become an actor. It seems that he | loses his voice when more than ter elor headquarters there. people are in the audience! 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