The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 13, 1941, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 13, 1941, ) | [l o] o] DRAMATIC STORY NCW ON SCREEN . OF LOCAL SHOW “Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullef’ Is at 20th Century Theatre No one who had read the book when it was first published, ever expected to see John Steinbéck’s Of Mice and Men" appear as a film. It was too daring a subject, treated with a stark reality that was unheard of in films. And yet a film version, true to the very spirit of Steinbeck’s finest novel, cpened last night at the Capitol| Theatre and proved once again| that the screen is more powerful than the printed word. “Pewerful” described “Of Mice and Men"” accurately, Directed by L>wis Milestone with his genius of ectting the most out of his ma- terial, “Of Mice and Men” brings with it a cast that is, without ex- ception, unusually excellent. Bur- gess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney, Jr., Charles' Bickford, Ri 1 Bohnen are the top names in this cast. “Of Mice and Men" was con- idered dangerous film material be- cause it treats of an aspect of life that is known 10| lives of the “bindle; or migratory ranch hands, nder from ranch to ranch doinz seasonal work, always hoping that ccme day they will have/ ranches of their own | Specifically, the story is of an| abiding friendship between two of| these homeless, friendless men Lennie, huge, hulking and not too brizht, and George, small, alert, a the protector of his large com-| panion. Their fellow ranch hands are a motley crew, cast with a con-| summate skill by Milestone. Charles‘ Bickford as the und(-rsmndmg‘ leader upon whose wisdom the| | others depend; Roman Bohnen as the one-armed oldster with a pa-| thetic wish to live on his own, away from the ranch; these are| | just two of the many unusually| excellent lesser performances .n‘ “Of Mice and Men." | ACROSS | . Occupy & chair ber ~ plant [ First man . Room in & harem . Medley 4. . Masculine name . Liand held in fee simple: nt o s/ma) ) o . Small Iride: Roguish 1. Walked slowly 18 | o . Enlarged by inner prossure . Alack 20. Oil of rose joai > [miZ[=gim ) = o0 Last Night Hundreds of People Saw This | Marvelous Portrayal of Dr. Erlich . . .. The comments on this per- formance were gathered from Government officials, from lawyers, doctors and from people in the ordinary walks of life . . . The con- sensus of npmmn was that here is a motion picture that should not be over- looked by anybody. It's True! It's Human! Do not he one fo say . . "I MISSED IT!" Pictures Show to Capacity Audience Saturday- Sunday Sessions st Saturday night, um cf Bethel Mission trecet was packed, many ind many turned away tc view the pictures shown by Lester F. Sum- all, The crowd was the largest that ver attended the Bethel Mission here. Sumrall showed ures of vol- nos in Java, opium fields in China, heathen temples, and Eurcpean bat- | 1o fields. Many left thc meeting :cmmenting upen the interest cf the pictures. Sunday the auditorium was filled again. The speaker =xplained that in urcpe men are wershipping MAN an GOD. He said the dicta- or salute was a form of wership, | md was a forecast of the dreadful k of the Beast. He states the to- rian economics was fore told the Seriptures, and prophecied be in the final terminaticn of | he Gentile Age. Sumrall’s sayin, d the following: no need of a baldheaded | r trying to sell hair grower, hippocrite Lrying to get the itner ccnverted.” “The kick ycu get out of life is n preporticn to the punch that you put inte it." Town in Ohlo Tumultuous 2% Cluster of fibers in ”.‘\v\l.m Solution Of Saturday's Puzzje i DOWN 1. Couch 2. Pagar 3. Lively Neapolitin X aance Se 4. Scuttle Illlfllfll%lfll T % an - E £ Lamb's pen name Rains lightly lible tuber eard of graim itic ne of action right red pottery . Loug narras tive pocins . Chiafo or the auditor- god on Main standing, Colonista Hawaiian food e common peple Priestly caste THE STORY OfF DxEHRLICHS MAGIC BULLET LAST TIMES TONIGHT SONJA IIEINE TYRONE POWER in “SECOND FIDDLE" SHORTS: Walt Dlsney Cartoon— News | 1ma \ Walking stick Vehicle for snow travel 3 organiza- tion: abbr. 2. Tally Copy 6. Lifts by a mechanical appliance Canfronted Worship . Sum . East Indian money 56. Distant: prefix . Belonging to me . Sliced cabbuge senber . Condensed atmospherio molsture Baby Son Joins Pekovich Family t ther in s last night includ- Cathollc Women | To Hold Meeting | All members are requested to be pre- sent, — eee FURRIER HAND ON ALASKA John" Hand, Ah¢horage furrier, is aboard the Alaska for ‘Seattle on a An important business meeting business’trip to purchase frésh'fur | will be held tomorrow evening at the | Pelta’ neetled tn @ié mahufastitte of Parish Hall by the Catholic Daugh- | "®% C08ts and other fur accessories. e i ters of America. The length of one degree of With Mrs, A. M. Geyer presiding, | longitudé along the squator is the session will start at 8 o%lock. | 69.2 miles. i the principal towns, to Merit System mpson was not like most men. Monitors throughout the Territory cculd kill a lion and not tell and to Alaska Territorial Employ- e about it. If we Kkill a rabbit ment Service offices in Juneau, we tell the whole neighborhood.” Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kodiak and | “Tha entire world would be chang- | Ketchikan, | ~d if 1 could get Turee men to Application lbanks may be ohtnin-‘ A baby son was born Saturday | cept Cl\‘rm If I could shp into an ed at the Alaska Territorial Employ- |at St. Ann's Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. electrenic body and travel with ment Service offices or from the | gam Pekoyich of Hawk Inlet |light at 186,000 miles per second in|Alaska Merit System Supervisor,| mThe new arrival weighed 6 pounds an “Electrenmobile,” before you Post Office box 2661, Juneau, Al- |19 guncesat birth. This is the second could half blink your eye I wo:lld aska. child for the lamily, the first being te in Berlin, and get Hitler saved.!| The Alaska Merit System office lq girl. ‘l"hnn before you could wink T would ln Juneau is at Room 201, Terri-| el known here, Mr. Pekovich is | travel to Moscow and convert Stalin. torial Building. Office hours are manager of the Hawk Inlet mine. What would Europe be tomorrow? It from 3 to 5 o'clock daily. The tele- |§ - - | would be peace, joy, and happiness. phone number is 736. DAHL PATIENT What the world needs is JESUS - | 3 NOTICE | CHRIST." The Daily Alaska Empire has the| Mrs. Chris Dahl was udmitted to| AIRMAIL ENVELOPKS, showing “Mussolini consults the stars injargest paid circulation of any Alf|St. Ann's today and is receiving s route from Seattle to Nome, an his military campaigns. But the!gaska newspaper. medical attention. 'sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv,| Greeks are surely knocking him to| —— — 8 TR SR the moon.” Topic for Tuesday evening will be He Hollywood Stglm And Sounds eny HoLLonOD. Cal, Jan. l!.—"lfl'fl'Y FOYLE.” Screen- play by Dalton Trumbo from Christopher Morley’s novel. Di- rected by Sam Wood. Principals: ' Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Eduardo Ciannelli, Ernest Cossart. ] | Screen Player and Laurence Ohver, Brilisu c.c..ens and now man zln«l fe, dl( shown in New York as they led for Lurope. They plan to go to London despite the war. Leigh This worthy filming of the best-selling story of a white-col~ sCo Al _an A(Au(mv A\\Jld h ROBINSON PLAYS TITLE ROLE IN BiG FEATURE HERE "0f Mice and Men’ Superh- ly Screened at Capi- fol Theatre the advent of talking s such a radical depavr- u technique been made us Warner Bros. film “The Story of i Magic Bullet,” now Century Theatre, Ever the public’s demand for al, this company has pioneered nearly everysnew enter- tainment trend in the Now they hawve shattered FAT MORE Little girl, it's GOOD for you! every N JUNEAU DAIRIES and DEAI.ERS Of course if it's made f 1 cream, it's good for 1 and if you insist | JUNEAU DAIRIES ICE CREAM it's the best on industry. AL m "OOX‘AL \’Vfl.h Lhe (paecedent for, dramatic frankness in’ telling the true story of 'n(lnkm"k strangest weapon. It is a ten completely absorbing picture, flaw- lessly produced “The St of Dr. Ehrlich’s ic Bullet,” which opened yes- terday, marks a turning point in Edward G. Robinson's career. In| a role ut nt from any- thing he has done before, he ;:iv(h[ performance so superb that it with the finest portraits in Ser'e history. He -lives role in a thoroughly impressive perform- ance covering the span of years young manhood to gray olr‘l‘ age in a constant battle for the| nities. His makeup through-| out the picture a triumph m‘ tself and his interpretation of the| Ehrlich character leaves nothing to| be desired. It is a portrait that grows!| steadily and surely as the drama| of his life and work are unfolded | upon the screen, His early strug-| gles and doubts are as completely| believable as the later sureness with which he attacks the problem |of finding the “magic bullet,” which | (when shot into the blood stream will kill the dread germs of hu- | manity’s most deadly scuurgv | - JOHN PALM GOES hOlTll Jehn Palm, 75-year-old pioneer of the Circle City district, is a pas- | senger aboard the Alaska going south on a combined business and | vacation trip. from is S The oldest agricultural college in the United States is Michigan | State, established in 1853, > The Lauy Alaska Empire guaran- tees the largest daily circulation ot iy Alaska newspaper. THE WASHER ‘v WHICH Faves vou' | ! ALL THESE i FEATURES % Massive Deluxe One-Control Wi % Quist Washing Action * Permadrive Mech- onism * No Oiling ™ & External Adjustments % G-E Guarantes. ONLY $5.00 DOWN- GENERAL 3 ELECTRIC WASHERS - Alaska Electric Light & Power Co./ |\ February 5 Is Closing | plan, similar to the U, 8. Civil Serv- | eral Social Security Act amendment |Clerk-Stenographer, 18140 to $155; Fiscal Accountant, $185 |countant and Office Manger, $245 |to $290; Research and Information | Benefits, $245 to $200; Director, Em- |ever in' Alaska applications warrant. | involved, their how to apply, ‘minimum qualifica- |tions for each position and other - |“Weman Slave of the Orient.’ .- 'MERIT EXAMS ANNOUNCED FOR | TERRITORY JOBS Date for Receipt of Applications Merit examinations for positions with the Territorial Department of Health, Territorial Department of Public Welfare and Alaska Unem- ployment Compensat’pn Commission were announced today by George Sundborg, Supervisor of the Alaska Merit System. The Merit System jis a personnel ice, set up by the three Territorial agencies in compliance with a ¥Fed- adopted by Congress August 10, 1939. Positions for which examinations are announced are as follows: Sen- ior Clerk, $155 to $185 per month; $155 to $185; Clerk-Typist, $140 to $155; Clerk, | to $215; Chief Field Auditor and Ac- countant, $215 to $245; Chief Ac- Represéntative $245 to $290; Chief of | polyment Service Division, $290 to $335; Manager, $185 to $215; Senior Interviewer, $155 to $185. How to Apply Applications for these positions must be made on a standard form provided by the Alaska Merit Sys- tem and must be received by the Merit System or postmarked before midnight of February 25. Certain minimum qualifications are nreseribed for each position and |unless the applicanit meets these qualifications ‘He is not eligible to take the examination. Only United States citizens with at least one year’s residence in Al- aska are eligible to apply. : Examinations will be given wher- Most of ‘the 'positions covered by the ‘present “announcement are at Juneau, but some are at Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kodiak' and Ketchikan Applications from all parts of the Territory dre ifivited. Further ' Information Copies ‘of the official examination announeement, limng the positions locality in*which ‘th done, the subjects to be covered' in the examination ‘and the ‘weight jto be accorded “each,information oh pertinent ‘information, have been furnished by tHe' Merit System to ASSEMBLY LINE THE HOPE OF U.S.A. Our Ability to Produce Cars, Planes, Tanks, Guns in Mass Production Makes Us Impregnable to Attack HOW THE BODY DROPS TO THE CHASSIS ON A 1041 ASSEMBLY. LINE Ever since German machin- ery and organization knocked out France in the late spring| of 1940, everybody in America has become mass - production minded. Qur whole - defense program is built on the great- est output in the shortest time. In the phenomenon of quan- | tity output, which is another way of saying mass produc- tion,” the American automobile industry showed the way. And what made mass pro- duction possible? Several factors, .but most of all the assembly line. Without the assembly line quantity out- put in automobiles could never have been possible. This de- vice, now, used by all automo- bile manufacturers, airplane | factories, and many other lines of manutacturmg, began thh Henry-Ford. While other early automo- bile makers were thinking only of building a few cars for wealthy people, Henry Ford’s head was filled with the idea of giving all the people an opportunity to ride in automo- biles. Far a long time he had the hard fight that most pio- every newspaper in Alaska, all radio stations, to the Postamsters in ‘all neers have who are far ahead of the times. But when he developed the assembly line he began rapidly transforming and enriching the lives of the whole American people. There has been a good deal of popular misunderstanding of assembly lines. This is due in part to a kind of writer who temperamentally loathes fac- tories anyway, and who has portrayed “mass production” and “assembly lines” as mod- ern evils which crush ouf the worker’s individuality and use up his energies in short time. This is decidedly untrue. All you have to do is'talk with the men who've been longest on the assembly lines of the big automobile com- panies to learn that the oppo- site is the fact. Take Leo Schulz, for ex- ample. He probably kpows as much about assembly lines from first-hand experience as any man in the world. He'’s been with the Ford Motor Com- pany 31 years and with the line since its beginning. His health is excellent ‘and he certainly shows not the slightest sign of frazzled nerves, When reporters asked him, in connection with the line and mass production, how today compares with yesterday in the motor industry, he answered with conviction, “There’s no comparison. I'll give you ;‘.our ways nght off the bat why today is better than yesterday. “First, we don’t work near- ly so hard. “Second, we don’t work near- ly so long. “Third, we have the satis- faction of accomplishing a great deal more. “Fourth, we have much bet- ter tools to work with and a | greatly improved system.” Then in a philosophical way, he added, “This fourth differ- | ence redlly makes the other | three possible.” The practical benefits of mass production to all of us is that we can huy a car for less than $1,000 which would cost | $17,000 to make by hand fool | methods. Only a few cars at these high 'prices could be made. And instead of 6,500,000 workers in the auto industry and industries which supply it with. materials, only a few | thousand. would be emp]oyed ) making cars. lar girl marks a new step in Ginger’s progress toward recognition as an actress. She's Kitty, first and last, in close-up and'long- shot, in her 'teens when she argues with Pop about Oinderélfas and Princes, in her twenties when she carries on pluckily while carrying the torch for her prince Wyn Strafford, the charming weakling from Philadelphia’s Main Line. Seeing Ginger now. it's hard to believe she's the same girl' we used to know oni§ as an ingenue, and later as the light-footed partner of a hoolel ntllltd Astaire, She's'an actress. Kitty (if you haven't read the book) was a game kid with a crush on handsomé Wyn, who had a Family, She ldved Him no matter what, and he loved her too, but not enough. After a brief-lived marriage (a movie sop to meet cmaonhlp) Kltty went right on working, and was about to marry a ‘good guy (Craig) when Wyn showed up again, ready to leave his wife and child and inviting Kitty to come along. The picture opens and closes with this development, tells its tale in retrospective sequences. Although there is little doubt as to Kitty’s ultimate choice, the picture carries llon( moof.hly and interestingly, constitutes as sound and moving a plcture of a Kitty Foyle's mind and heart' as did the book, and scores a ten- strike for humanness. Morgan (as Strafford) is the same handsome lad who was released by Metro, to its present chagrin, for want of udn: abll- PERCY’S CAFE ® ity. Cralg, a comparative newcomer, shows Cary Grant-ish promise, “FLIGHT OOMMAFD el y w Wells Root and Commander Harvey Hailip lran by Halalip and’ Johin Sutherland. Directed by Frank Borsage. Prinipals: Rabe Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Kelly.” ¥ Interesting for its scenes of pilot life and derring do at a U. S. naval aviation base, this one departs from the established formula for ‘“service” pictures by working in an thlt triangle which gives the leading lady something to do besides stand on the ground and wave at heroes taking off. Miss Hussey (“Susan and God,” “The Philadelphia Story”) again commands a hand for her portrayal of Commander Pid- geon’s pretty wife, so often neg‘lected for duty’s sake that she finds herself falling for the zympat.heuc new recrulf.” That the wife behaves nobly makes no difference to the byds, who fakeé it out on a newcomer they have, resented in the bes| !udiddll of Hollywood’s “service” flickers. “FOUR MOTHERS.” Priscilla Lane, Claude Rasins, May Robson, Jeifry Lynn, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Gale Page, Eddie Albert, Frank McHugh, Dbk an. m‘reohd iy wflh— Keighley. prid Bt The musical Lemps go on and on, getting involved this tllno in an un-Lempishly limp plot. Good for Lemp lovers (“Pnu.r Daughters,” “Four Wives.") “LOVE THY NEIGHBOR* 'Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin, Directed yb Mark Sandrich. Just what you expect — lpd"myh‘a funnnier.