The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 31, 1941, Page 3

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY | SHOW PLAGE OF JUNEAU We are provd to bring to ovr patrons THE GREATEST MOTION PICTURE OF ALL TIME! ... See it now] Perhaps never again such an opportunity! The immortal romantic droma with more thrills than any ten pictures! Unchanged! Nothing cut but the price! New Low Prices MATINEES Gen. Adm. 45¢ 5¢ tax 50e Loges . 9¢ 6c tax Children ¢ 3c tax EVENING PRICES n\ Gen. Adm. 59¢ 6¢ tax 65¢ Loges 75¢ 8c tax 83c “THE AWFUL TRUTH” LAAT TIMES “WOMEN IN WAR” TONIGHT Prescott, Ariz; for another Hollywood || x: Sights And Sounds By Robbin Coons. before Tom suede jacket, left, all done up in sombrero, time k e, ‘lhrou;,h the scenery before Holly-| HOLLYWOOD, Cal, May 31 -—| wood’s hills became standard | Keene missing a bet, m‘bfl(‘kgrcund possibly balmy opinion, in not, Tom, ing on his New York back- he hits the trail in producer iom is P ground as he discovered i [Z0]0 [><Im] (> = H(m=] Jol™[>ml 41 42 44 46. A home Acaaen Ar cerican In- I\udlwr) organ =]> @] [0 |m | dian Biblical king Prehistoric in- habitant of Britain West Indian tree Bravery Cooking formu: [F>[-0] e 4. 50. 52 | | o> Sedateness iindu queen . Comparative ending . Malt liquor . American au- (x| [m] [Z/m[e|mir] WEIEE Seoo Representative Type measure Smoll fish RQEEW 5o Y IORIEW] EIE_ Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle English letter 61. Waterfall . Keep from loss or injury . Male deer glish musical mposer . Gaclic form 6. Ignited 7. Animal whose fur is called nutria 8. Kitchen im- plements 9. Southern con- stellation 10. Built up chem- ically 11. Passage out 16. Deep gorge 21. Mountain nymph 24. Exist 25. Fowl 26. Literary frag- ments 28. Crew ‘ 30. Dispatched 31. Excited with anticipation 2. Motherhood 34. Traditional tale 38, Fast 40. Point In an orbit farthest from the earth 43 Number 45. Salutation A1, Anger ‘49. Frostings 51. Fell into dis- o 53. N 55. Pzrlllnlnl to ships of war !nclinnlun 59 El’l l|lh queen . No: Scoteh “ Metal-bearing rock 65. River: Spanish OWN i Aruu s stand Worship . Steal . Labored . Opposite of aweather Southern state: of John abbr. 69. Organs of sight Sea cagle 0. 3 Require . Feminine name 71. Antique I%§=n“% 'fllfi% a- il i1 ) IHI al’/ II%HII’//// Ill//flll e By Popular Demand General Electric ANNOUNCES the NEW “M 9 MODEL CLEANER These features indicate the great value built into this cleaner— ® High Speed Motor ® Dustproof Bag Spotlight ® Requires No Oiling ® Motor Driven Brush PRICE ONLY 39.9 5 “west-| good on a horse, We were talking about it just His who was George Duryea | !of the stage and screen before a|stand for it looked THE DAILY NO PREVIEW TONIGHT Starts Sunday 1 ) A. M. 30 P. M. and 7:30 P. M. EACH SHOW 4 HOURS MONDAY, TUESDAY WEDNESDAY MATINEES Start 1:30 P. M. EVENING SHOW 7:30P. M. Constance Bennett’s Cosmetics FREE to EVERY LADY attending tonight! | two things to put his series over: confidence that n| cowboy is fading doesn’t want, to put He even ward as a ]yn" or a 100.” “The kld'»." i ‘ “metropolitan he whispers, But if a city slicker can do the| says I, good | cowboy stuff, kids—and a competition besides. ‘luugh as. old two-gun Bil] Hart, who hailed from Newburgh, N. Y., lm\d yet ruled the movie western roost for years. Tom Keene would rather let it be known that he ran away from the eastern bailiwick when he was 10, and knocked around ‘Tcxas ranches in his youth. be he’s right. But only four of the name cowboys can lay claim to ’westem birth, whatever their sub-| / sequent cowboy training may have, been. Gene Autry, Ken Maynard, Tex Ritter are from Texas, and Roy Rogers is from Wyoming. | The first movie cowboy, Broncho | Billy Anderson, knew only the plains of Fort Lee, N. J., and Chi- | cago before his movie debut. Tom ‘M:x had real cowboy experience, !but look at the rest: from Iowa, | John Wayne, Bob Baker; from In-| diana, Buck Jones; from Kansas City, Mo, Bill Elliott; from Ala-| | bama, Johnny Mack Brown; from | Ohio, Bill Boyd; from Massachu-; | setts, Charles Starrett; from San | Francisco, George O'Brien; from { Hollywood, Tim Holt. | And the “kids” don’t seem to mind, laugh on the Sonja Henie, who wanted black ice for a number, has it now, thanks to a dye used in the frozen water. But Sonja and the girlies, in their- white costumes, have to be | careful. One spill means a change iof costume, for the dye comes off. | They've dubbed it the “Black Bot- tom” number. Sonja has been trying, ever since 1936 when she featured it in her tour, to work her swan dance into! a movie. Several times she almost succeeded, to the point of having| costumes readied and the routine rehearsed. For one reason or an- other the swan never got to die on the screen. Now the number is “in” at last. Itll be in “Sun Valley Ser- enade”—done as & burlesque by comedienne Joan Davis! Mlss Phillips ls Honored at Tea Complimentary to Miss Eleanor Phillips of Cordova, Miss Roberta Dooley and Miss Pat Dooley will entertain with an informal tea this afternoon at their apartment in the Baranof. Guests have been asked between 2 and 5 o'clock. Miss Phillps, an employee in the Forest Service office at Cordova, 15 with the gffice in Juneau at present. e More than 5500 miles of brown paper, 18 inches wide, were used as protective wrap- for used in construe- zurng-mmé oil line. is counting on the singing before straight | scarf tie,| action stuff, and the erleOV(‘rl‘d | tight pants and boots, for the old-| scenery. haunt of the movie shoot-| ‘em-ups, where they used to chase|novelty of 1L for the| himself for- “cowboy from Brook-| bucka- | “wouldn’t he's got the As good a vesterday noon in Gold Creek aH May-| current | ALASKA EMPIRE; SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1941. "GONE WITH WIND? STEFFI DUNA, OPENS SUNDAY All EXOTIC DANCER, CAPITOL THEATRE AT 20TH CENTORY Matinee Tomorrow - One Talented Girl Appears with| Show Nightly for Brian Donlevy in ‘Down Four Nights Went McGinty’ Sunday i “Gone th thu wind” opens' Not so long ago a motion picture Sunday morning with an 11 o'clock writer—who was also a director— matinee. This is a return engage- \ | \ | | WHERE LA TONIGHT Sunda) Monday Tuesday THE SURPRISE wrote a featured part into his serip| ment of the picture at the Capitol which called for “a talented dancer, Theatre. dark, beautiful, exotic and able to It is the most faithful filmization act; to portray the role of Latin- of a novel the screen has ever at-| American dance hall girl” The| tempted. Every word, character and | writer-director was Preston Sturg-| event in Margaret Mitchell's dra-|es and the girl he selected with-| matic story lives on the screen. Itjout hesitation for the role was contains undoubtedly the most|Steffi Duna, who answered his beautiful and breath-taking Tech-| every requirement. The picture i nicolor photography conceivable. |“Down Went McGinty,” the Para-| Clark Gable, is naturally, a per- mount comedy-drama which opens fect Rhett Butler. That much was Sunday at the 20th Century. to be expected and it's the greatest| While the general belief has been' acting job he's ever done. Vivien|that Miss Duna is a native of Leigh is wholly Scarlett. She is the| Mexico, she was really born in| greatest find in a decade, definitely | Budapest, Hunfary, and the Mexi- an overnight star. Leslie Howard is!can idea originated largely because outstanding and Olivia de Havilland of the roles she has most often surpasses anything she’s ever done.! plqwd upon the screen. As a dfin-‘ Those are the stars; for the others,| cer she has appeared in most of | one phrase will cover their per ‘th:‘ principal capitals of the world formance—ideal casting and bril-| —London, Paris, Brussels, Warsaw,! liant acting.. Among the featured Vienna, Leningrad, New York and players who shine brilliantly are many others. Thomas Mitchell, Hattie McDaniel,| The opening scenes of “Down Barbara O'Neil, Ona Munson, Laura|Went McGintry” are set in a cafe Hope Crews, Carroll Nye, Harry| in a banana port town in South Davenport, Alicia Rhett, Rand|America, ‘where Steffi is working Brooks, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Ruther s a dancer. She is interested in ford, Butterfly McQueen, Oscarjan absconding American bank Polk, Victory Jory, Eddie Anderson,|cashier, who is bent on suicide, Fred Crane, George Reeves, Jane|but is prevented by Dan McGintry,! Darwell and Everett Brown. once the Governor of a great Playing tonight for the last times|State, but now the cafe's barten- is the double feature, “Women in'der. It is the life story of Mc- War” and a return showing Ginty which forms the basis of the “The Awful ’I‘ruth e picture— tale that is, in the = main, treendously funny, but MICEK DIED Of FALL, HIS BODY BEARS WITNESS {Inquest Planned Today in Death of Man Found in Gold Creek P i e o, acor Tea Today Honors . Mrs. Case Prior To Her Departure - « g : To c(,mphmvn! Mrs Howard Case, | ki comm““m‘:' F;“’;d_(";y'hmi.um former Margaret McFadden, who | ound Micek had) i ng g, leave for Platinum, Alaska,| W. P. Blanton | died of a broken neck. Severei,norroy on the steamer Aleutian,| bruises about the shoulders showed | 5 " 3 a tea is being given this afternoon | e _had fallen from a conslderable )}y Mrs. Hugh 4 Wads s hier oo of | ! matic situations in the development lof its plot. | An outstanding | was assembled for this picture headed by Brian Donlevy as Dan McGinty; Akim Tamiroff as the all-powerful boss of a ring; and Muriel Angelus as Cath- erine McGinty, Dan's wife. Other featured players are William marest, Allyn Joslyn and Miss Du- | na. | the entrance to the mine =immo died from a fall and not by drown- ing, it was determined today at d post mortem, Examining the body on orders of political De- ! He's storm . . LAUGHTER. the surprise character the year, lands in town the HIT since pore. taking the country A storm “Road to Sin, which includes several tensely dra-| cast of players, THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY "THE LAST ALARM" and "STAGE COACH WAR" sunday Monday Tuesday TI0 CENTURY PREVIEW TONIGHT 1:15A.M. MATINEE SUNDAY 2:00 P. M. THE, SHOW T#? HAD THE f‘mT'Cs ROLLING IIi THE AISLES! :»w by of McGINTY, of in BIGGEST COMEDY ga- THE GREAT McGINTY MURIEL ANGELUS - AKIN\TAMIROFF - "“ORCHIDS TO THE 2 EDITION Ba. {on the Basin Road. An inquest was to be held at| Approximately one hundred guPsls‘ 1:30 o’'clock this afternoon in Com-lpave been asked between 2 and 5/ | missioner Gray's court. o'clock. Micek's hat and coat were found| Pouring during the afternoon wiu‘ May 12 at the head of a falls on!pe Mesdames Ray G. Day, Walter P. | Gold Creek. It is believed the man|gcott, Tke P. Taylor, W. S. Pullen, A.| either jumped or fell down the|B, Phillips, Jack Finlay, Helen Web- cliff into the stream below. At-|ster and Miss Elma Olson. tempts to find his body in the| Those assisting will include Mes- deep pools of the creek proved un-!dames W. L. Grisham, W. M. White- successful. The body has been un-|head, V. Blackwell, E. J. Blake, Dav- der the cold water of the creek|id Ramsey, E. L. Bartlett, D. W. and is well preserved, Commis-|Hagerty, Helen Cass, W. W. Coun- sioner Gray said. (11, Gertrude Naylor, Charles Sabin, It was dislodged from some deep J. G. Shepard and Miss Nell Mc- hole by the high water of the last|Closkey. |few days and floated down to the N o e R et Sy gl Luncheon Today for Mrs. M. J. Whittier Ludwig. Micek had arrived in Juneau in search of work about 10 days be- fore his disappearance. L b AT For Mrs. M. J. Whittier, an in- DAWSON AREIVES formal lunchéon is being given this Gene Dawson, publisher of the|afternoon at the home of Mrs. Wil- Kodiak Mirror, arrived in Juneau|liam Hixson on the Douglas High- way. Co-hostess is Miss Clara Wal- ther. Dr, and Mrs. Whittfer, accompan- ied by their young daughter, will on the southbound Baranof and sail south early next month for a will be in Juneau for several days on business. He is staying at the Baranof Hotel. i m——" visit to the states. Dr. Whittier plans to return in July and Mrs, Whit- tier and her daughter will spend the remainder of the summer visiting MRS. SELBY SAILS Mrs. Tom Selby salled south on with relatives at Hollywood, Cali~ fornia. the steamer Princess Louise for a Guests at the luncheon inéTude three months’ vacation trip to the Middle West. Mrs, Selby will visit relatives in Virginia, Minnesota, and attend teachers’ summer school. ——— BOUND FOR ANCHORAGE Donald Hayes, well known Juneau youth and son of Mr. and Mrs. James Carlson, sailed for Anchorage on the northbound steamer Denali last night. Young Hayes will make his headquarters in the air base town. Nasi, Mrs. Harold Brown, Miss Betty Haviland and Miss Sybil Godfrey. HOSPITAL NOTES Dawson Mugzy was a medical dis- missal today from St. Ann’s Hos- pital, ————— GENERAL'S WIFE HERE Mrs. 8. B. Buckner, wife of the Commanding General of the Alas- ka Defense Command, arrived in Juneau on the southbound Alaska after a trip to Lynn Canal ports. With Mrs. Buckner is Lillian Mil- ler. After receiving medical care, W. P. Kleweno was dismissed from 8t. Ann’s today. Admitted for medical care Mrs. John Williams of Sitka, is a patient at the Government Hospital. About nine-tenths of the Can- adian population ‘lives within 200 miles of the United States. Mrs, Lorena Young entered the Government Hospital today for sur- o Tw Mrs. Curtis Shittuck, Mrs. Kaarlo pounds eseh were landed on Tex on — - Industry’s first steam-driven ma- chine was made for spinning cot- ton. L S RIS area than any other state. The population density of Maine is less than 27 to the square mile. s e, S Automobile’ Club The York gical attention. A baby girl weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces, was born at the Government Hospital this morning to Mr. and Mrs. B, Willard. After recelying surg\cal care, Rich- ard Dick was from the of New 2,000 trailers are With wonderful weather beam-, ing down on Juneau and the Gas- tineau Channel area, hundreds of Juneau fishermen are preparing to- day for trips into the creeks, lakes | and bays near here. King runs at both Marmion Is- land and Pt. Bishop are reported‘ good and one large salmon, run- ning over 40 pounds was reported caught by a woman sports fisher- man at Tee Harbor. Jordan Creek is jam-packed with| small dollies and baby salmon, but the only trouble is their size. Some | of them run even smaller than six inches, a size that no real fisher- man will bother to put in his creel. It is well to remember to wel thé hands before taking small fish off the hook or the scales will come off and the fish will die after being liberated. Seven boats were at Marmion Island yesterday, all with flashing .n and out of the water. 0 kings weighing about 30 catches a chicken Lovett’s boat. Other Lovett’s eraft included halibut. chartar Marmion Island’s own vessel is on the ways at the small| boat harbor today, not prepared for a trip tomorrow. Auk Lake is reported good dately with one party bringing out 67 trout in only a few hours. They were using eggs and fishing early | in the morning. Tonight's evening rise should be very good, rspccmlly at the outlet. A party that dashed over w Moose Creek during the warm spell reported the fishing good, with the trout biting as fast as they could throw in the line. They brought back all they could pack, they claim, f A fast, fighting run of kings is known to be betweén Point Bishop and Grindstore. Several boats haye already neted the spot and hooked on, butithe area 1s | 3k y h for lines What the Critics Say == "A Masterpiece. Don't let it slip by."” Jimmie Fidler. Walter Winchell. GREAT McGINTY." "Starts like a five-alarm fire and never slackens pace for one mo- ment until its unexpected conclusion.” McCalls Magazine. S OF LATE WORLD NEWS QQl'lAs£um | TONIGHT, SUNDAY, MONDAY SONJA HEINE in | “Everything EE at Night” Deluxe Letfuce Exists Bills of Large Denomina- tions Plentiful, Buf They Do Not Get Around AP Feature Service CHICAGO, May 31 — If you should reach into your wallet some happy day and pull out a Nfl‘m ing the portrait of Samuel !do you know what you ‘would have? Ten thousand dollars, Did you know that the lkeness James Madison adorns CONFIRMED SUNDAY |, AT LUTHERAN CHURCH 53500, ™% o™ sivinten . she Tomorrow morning at the 11 $500; Benjamin Frankln, the $100; {o'clock service at the Lutheran and U. S. Gran, the $50?; 5 Church the rite of Confirmation will | There’s plenty of = this de luxe be administered to the following lettuce in existence—$2,489,000,000 young people who have been given worth, in fact—but it doesn’t get training in Christian education and 'around enough for most mortals to prepartion for church membership: 'see, Nor, strangely enough, for all Viola Lenor Westrom, Shirley Lee pankers to see. Tripp, Katherine Marie Varness,| oOffica BW' and Leonard Sigard Olsen. Leonard Bankw o:’. gugl.:oh::;law ,that on the hook! the Taku River, are feeding in the spot today, may be gone tomorrow. They were striking in the middie | of the day yesterday, something very unusual, Commendation 's certainly due| to the pseudo-sports fishermen who in a good sporting sense take out commercial licenses so that they can sell their catches of kings. Carrying almost a half-dozen rods in a small boat with a kicker, they troll the salmon areas, pull out | the fish, sell them for commercial | catches. Perfectly legal, and VERY sportsmanlike. e e FOUR ARE 10 BE Olsen will receive adult baptism. }sl 200,000,000 in notes of ‘w “— |nomination and up have gone vel BI . |into hiding since 1933. ma oom WI“ & This idleness was attributed, in !part, to low interest rates on say- 'ea(h in Sla'es Lr:shaccounm. hesitancy of some nks to accept savings .deposits Miss Velma Bioom, who sailed unless suitable investment out- mmlh today on the Princess Louise, lets are in prospect, and purdhp has accepted an exchange teaching of American dollars by foreigners. position and will instruct next year! The biggest bill of all is the at Newton, Mass, Miss Bloom has non-negotiable $100,000 goid cer- been teaching the second grade at tificate. A total of $2,800,000,000 the Juneau Public School. worth was printed when the ——— ’Unned States went off the gold IN ON DENALI ;mnd&rd in 1934, They were giv- Former employee of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, neau on the northbound Denaii. Christy will be in Juneau for sev- eral days before returning to Ket- e - SAM BAKER HERE rived in Juneau from the West- muwwxcnum Myron M. Christy, arrived in Ju-| Traveling man Sam Baker ar- en to the Federal Reserye banks by the Treasury Department s receipts for surrendered gold, These bills picture Waoodrow ‘Wu.son. and are the same size as ordinary $1 bills. But there the i similarity ends. — - Dutch East num M ". ers now Are nlhekcwphm