The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 2, 1941, Page 3

. ! HORTS: GOOFY’'S GLIDER NEWS 0f the DAY Lord Mountbatten with wife, Lady Edwiaa 2ord Louls Mountbatten, cousin of Britain's King George, tured with his wife, Lady Edwina, Clipper at New York’s LaGuardia airport after a flight from Lisbon, Portugal. It is reported that the lord is en route to the South Pacific |of Mrs. Lucas. From New York where he will assume command of a British warship. During the they will go to Washington, D. C., carly stages of the war, Lord Mountbatten was commander of two for a few, days, then to Wichita| e h) s H\«Al were MAYOR ANDMRS. LUCAS TO TAKE EXTENDED TRIP Council fo Meet Tonight| and Select Tempor- ary Mayor The Juneau city council will hold a short special meeting tonight to select a temporary mayor of the city during the absence of Mayor Harry I. Lucas, it was announced today. May and Mrs. Lucas will leave Preview 1:15 a.m. Tonight "NO, NO, NANETTE" ‘King’s Cousin Clippér Arrival (via PAA prace Thursday for Seattle | on | the country. | will be the christening of the NeW (he University of California, Last 'l'imes 'l'omgllt SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU TAYLOR STAR IN "ESCAPE" ¥ |E1hel Vance s Best Seller Is | [ G'M PRESEN Gripping Adventure at Capitol } At least 11 gems of characteriea- tion from an all “name” cast, head- |ed .by, Norma Shearer and Robert | Taylor, make the picturization of |Ethel Vance's |the last times tonight at the Capi- tol Theatre, an even more assured best-seller than was the novel. With Miss Shearer as the Coun- tess von Tk, world-weary head of a Continental finishing school, und Robert Taylor as young Amer- ican artist Mark Preysing, desper- |ately seeking word of his mother, ex-actress Emmy Ritter, doomed to execution in a concentration camp, “Escape” becomes one of the | most gripping romantic-adventure | stories ever brought to the screen. {Both stars achieve new peaks of | performance. | The nine who complete the mem- | erable featured cast are Conrad | Veidt as the General, lover of the | Countess; Nazimova, /films, carving a new niche for her- |self as Emmy Ritter; Felix Bres- sart as the old family retainec, | Fritz; Albert and Elsa Bassermann |as the crushed attorney and his wife; Philip Dorn as the concen- | tration camp physician, Dr. Ditten; Edgar Barriar as the sadistic Police ‘Ccmxm\sionu Bonita Granville as | |the schoolgir], Ursula, and Blanche {Yulka as the brutal prison nurse. Ve e | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to visit his sisters. Mrs. Lucas will meet him there and they will go together to Detroit, where they ivery on a new Packard {s pic- | From Detroit the Lucases as they stepped off the Atlantic |drive to Boston, will sunk by the Axis. Falls, Texas, Lucas’ brother. Next they will drive to Los An- up throughoul geles for a visit with their son| Highlights of the WP pee Lycas, now attending school at Los U. S. 8. Juneau, cruiser now under| angeles branch. From there they| construction at Kearny, N. J., and i)l come north and leave from a radio broadcast over Tedd Hunt- geattle for Juneau, via boat. er's regular Columbia Broadcasting an extended System program from Chicago, which will feature Mayor TLucas. Mrs. Lucas is scheduled to break! a bottle of champagne cver the prow* of the U. S. S. Juneau-on S(Hools opm October 7 o date has been set for the Chicago broadcast, but Mayor Lucas is to appear on the| IHIS MoRm"G program along with Mayor Edward J. Kelly ,of Chicago, with the sub- ject national defense. ‘From Seattle, Mrs. Lucas will go| to Manhatten, Kansas, to visit an aunt, while Mayor Lucas goes to Teachers’ mfings Pre- cede Short First Delivery Service Out the Highway Every Day! HAULING OF Highway PHONE 374---Juneaun At the Empire Printing Company H. R. "SHORTY"* WHITFIELD, Owner Puta Covic Diesel in Your Boat If You Wan! MORE ROOM IN Low ne.cad zull Dflfl 20000300000 c-nlokfihflflnnn I8 1| mms dz WABNER co. More Miles for Your Money. A Comfortable, Quiet Ride A Broad Range of and Day Classes to students this morning at 10 a. m. with 10-minute classes during the morning hours, The opening was preceded by several teachers’ meet- | ings conducted by Superintendent of Schools A. B. Phillips. A general teachers’ meeting was | held at 8 o'clock this morning, fol- lowed by a meeting of Superintend- ,ent Phillips with the new teachers. ' Grade school teachers met with T. F. Dryden, Principal of the grade 1 school, and high school teachers met ‘with Mr. Phillips. Aonother teachers’ meeting was held this afternoon at 1 o'clock, and at 1:30 students again entered the buildings for: 15-minute classes. | Regular classes in the high school will start fomorrow at 8:45, with hour class periods. This morning’s incomplete. enroli- high school, and more expected: The grade -school enrollment is given at 487 for the opening day. Last year on the opening day the high school had 247 and the grade school 512: | - | COURT CLERK BACK jing on ‘the Baranof, , following. a | six weeks’ vacation in the States. | Coughlin spent mgst of his time visiting in Seattle and Portland, he said. " .- Al.l. KINDS! Daily Delivery of the Daily Alaska Empire current fiscal year, mostly fur dg fense. Delivery St { PROTECT : YOUR BOAT Smooth Speeds atey “BEscape,” playing for i star of silent| “/ When the defense boom is over will take del-| then down to New| York City, for a visit with a sister | for a visit with Mrs.] The Juneau Public Schools opened | ment showed 202 registered in the Robert Coughlin, wife and daugh- | |ter, returned to Juneau this morn- |- The United States expects tc spend $22,000,000,000 during the 28. Me Bfleflflwfl I History— RamSlom Next After keeping the skies glear to chalk up new record for "a rainless; August, then con- tinuing the sumshine over Labor Day and teday, the Weather Bureau Staff here has a rain storm ordeved for scmetime to- morrow. Tctal rainfall during August was cnly 1.31 inches, it was re- ported by the Weather Bureau tedoy, This sets a new all- time reccrd for dry weather in Avgust. Former low. rainfall 15 JUNEA._ BECOMIN GHOST (ITY! Transfer of‘Ca_pitaI fo An-. chorage in Ten Years Is Predicted Unless residents of Jureau wake up, the capital of Alaska will br'_ reccrd for the month was in transferred to Anchorage within| 1910, when a tcial of 1.55 inches the next 10 years, Herb Hilscher,! was recerded. The average Aug- magazine writer, told members of uct rainfall is 7.38 inches here. the Rotary club this noon, Temorrcw’s rain - storm s In his prephecy that Juneau i, sweeping in from the ocean, is “in danger of becoming a ghost was reperted, although the ex- town,” Hilscher poineed to the lo- cating of the Coast Guard base at Ketchikan, with its accompanying payrcll of 400 men, and the move- ment of the Civil Aeronautics Ad=} ministration headquarters to An- act time it may be expected here and the intensity of the rainfall could not be determined because of repeated radio fade- outs in repcrts from weather statichs from the Westward. chorage. e - e “I am not on anybody's payroll. her; : |50 [pere o Junesa” wioher decired. SHIP DELAYS BLAMED were circulating around the city. | Two Payrolls Juneau has just two big payrolls supporting the town, Hilscher sakl, —The Alaska Juneau Gold Mine |and the government. FOR LATE OPENING OF ALASKAN SCHOOLS Because delays in steamer sched- ules have held up the arrival of “The A-J isn't going to get amy, . | larger,” he pointed out, “and .vu%-:“““""’ Sefukin. I e ' EETEEEN leau has already many territorial schools originally lost some of ifs biggest government payroils, both in |Federal and Territorial offices. scheduled to open today will be de- layed a week or more in opening their doors, it was announced today by Dr. Jamres Ryan, Commissioner of Education, For one thing, the jurisdictional and Anchorage has a large populg~ |tion .and net so much industry to |suppert its residents, the people of wAnchoxa;.c are going to make raids strike between stewards and fire- {on our federal and territorial offices, WeR aboard the Baranof here today Hilscher claimed. It was at thisWas delaying the arrival in Cor- juncture in his talk that Hilscher{d0V& Of tWo teachers for ¢ity schools predicted the transfer of the capital €re, Ryan declared. of the Territory to Anchorage in The Juneau city schools opened |10 years unless the city wakes up. (t0day. but Douglas schools will not Recreational Needs start until next week, he stated, One of the most crying needs of Teachers for the Unalaska school > v hav ol i I' the city is for more recreational N2'° DOt arrived there yet, nor facilities for both children and The teacher for Wiseman will not government personnel, Hilscher reach his destination for another claimed. week. i “Isn’t there enough civic pride B digilghig . i |in Juneau to put a roof over the )’:‘veluccn swimming ‘'pool and a heater in the building, so the kids |can use it the year around?” he \dcmandcd to }'n«m “I'm surprised Nances Returning e e On Princess Louise |quency in Juneau, with nothing for| Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Nance are !the kids to do most of the year ex- |passengers arriving in Juneau on {eept run around the streets.” {the Canadian Pacific steamer As an example of what can. be | Princess Louise due in tonight at ! done to liven up a dying town, Hil- {10 o'clock. Nance is owner of the | scher told the stcry of Elma, Wash- .S and N 5 & 10 cent store on Sew- lington, which he said had been ard street, which is moving to the asleep for 20 years. Then five busi- | |location formerly occupied by Hal- | ness men of the Jittle city, who drank | V°T5€“5 coffee every afternoon together, | began wondering what could be done | to revive the community, | Earl D. McGinty, supervising con- Survey Made struction engineer of the Bureau Through the Elma Chronicle, local | ¢f Indian Affairs, returned to Jun- | newspaper, a campaign was started (eau last night by plane, following 1to interest people in bringing new a trip to Point Barrow, inspecting industries into the eity. A study school and hospital buildings of !he { was made and it was found that the bureau. 'large percent of furniture, clothes |and automobiles required by Elma, RETURNS TO GO TO SCHOOL | citizens - were being bought outslde; Roma Fargher, daughter of J. J. | the city. They also found that most | Fargher, arrived on the North Sea ‘or the dental and medical services | | and reentered school in Juneau to- needed were being sought in larger‘day after spending several months neighboring cities. \1n the South As a result of a two years’ study, | the Elma citizens have brought new | industries and payrolls to the city ‘a.nd it is on the upgrade, he de- clared. Electra Sunday for a trip into the | A guest introduced at the Rotary |Interior and the Westward to visit \)luncheon was Prof. Everett R. Erick- | churches there. He plans to be son, former Juneau man and now|gone about two months. professor of education at the Uni-| While north, Pastor Wood will | versity of Alaska, 2 stop at - Pairbanks, Nome, Anchor- | A TN age, Palmer, and Bristol Bay. At the BILLY WRIGHT HERE latter, he will oversee the building William C. Wright, Juneau prop-i0f a church for the Eskimos at lerty owner, arrived on the Nort,h Sea Pilot Point, the lumber for which Qfl‘h Was prepared in Portland and shipped there. ' [ElL|FRNSIHOIATINSTAP] IPIAIRIL 010 [GIEREHII IE| [OINIEJE]L D/EIR JHAIDIA] EIE]DEJBL!LJ DR AR [PIATI L] ENTIP ——.ee McGINTY RETURNS —————— —_———— PASTOR WOOD LEAVES Pastor H. L. Wood of the Seventh Day Adventist Church left on an 47. vA!Mfle: X 48. e fish };l‘h 55. Ardor. 6. Bnmcl;n!: e c 8. Wiiting tiuple- ment 8. Crazy: south- western 59. Communists 60. Olden times Measures of length DOWN £ Rebuft 2. Tramp. . Bolution Of Yestcrday’s Puzzle 3. Afresh 6. Stuptd 4. Measures A m:fu:.g on . Topaz hum- the surface ming bird of water . Egyptian sing- ing girl Dude . Wandering . Puts into type | again . Piece out . Musica) shows 3 s"»"hls vio- meteor . Saluutlon ozt for a £a 29. Domesticated . American Indians 3 guu 4. City In Nevada - Eaat Indisn “"RANGERS OF " FORTUNE" AT Fred MacMurray and Pa- | fricia Morison Star in Western Epic A trio of cactus cavaliers with a roar of flying hoofs and shrill “Yi- yipees,” ecarrying with them charm, the chivalry and the ex- |p!<\iw drama of the old Southwest |nnmll on the sereen in Paramount’s “Rangers of Fortune,” eclosing to- 20TH CENTURY| the {night at the 20th Century Theatre. Into a drama that is | quality, scope and action, | mount |and imaginative directing of Sam | Wood. Already famed for his hand- {ling of “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” and {“Our Town,” Mr. Wood here re- vea hitherto unsuspected talents, particularly a flair for furious, smashing action. epic in Para- | of desert marauders, played by Fred | MacMurray, Albert Dekker and Gil- kert Roland is the high spot of this delightful film. They are a combin- ation, of Robin Hood's gang and The Thyee . Musketeers—thieves, rogues, scoundrels,. or knights on horseback as the occasion demands. i As the leading characters of the ison are both impressive and con- vincing. In addition to young Miss Brewer's performance, that of Al- bert Dekker as the punch drunk cowboy who uses fight-ring tac- tics to subdue his enemies, is a ‘Helen Balderston is Wed in Seaitle fo Miss Helen Baiderston was mar- ried August 2 in Seattle to Mr. Gordon James Ervin, according to in the last,mail. | Miss Baiderston ds the daughter | of Henry R. Balderston, of the Bank of Seward, and has many friends in Juneau who wish her happiness. ‘Alice Coughlin Off On Trip of 2 Months Alice Coughlin, of the Unemploy- ment Compensation Commission, left on the Prince Rupert Sunday morning for the States on a va- |cation of two months. She will go to Seattle, then east, visiting New York City, Washington, D. C.,south to Florida, then an air trip to Cuba, back again, then west and home to Juneau. Many Visit Taku Lodge on Weekend Mrs. ‘Ruth ‘Noble, Miss Kay Ken- nedy and Miss Elizabeth Terhune took advantage of the Labor Day weekend to visit Mary Joyce’s Lodge on the Taku River from Saturday afternoon to Monday night. The three went up by boat and returned by plane, spending their time hiking in the vicinity of the lodge. Also visiting the lodge for the Labor Day weekend was .a party composed of Mrs. Howard Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Crouch, and Mr. and Mrs Lance Hendrickson. 2 Juneauites Go fo Sitka on Labor Day On a Labor Day week-end vaoa- tion, two Juneau girls, Miss Mary Jean McNaughton and: Miss Jean Taylor, flew to Sitka. Saturday af- ternoon to be the house guests of Mr. and. Mrs. Jack Conway. The two returned yesterday afternoon after thoroughly” enjoying .. .their stay in Sitka. —————,-—————— TYONEK TEACHER HERE In Juneau.today while the Bar- Walter . Ashworth, who . will: teach in the Bureau of Indian Affairs Mr. Ashworth visited the Weather Bureau office nere for instructions in taking. weather observations, as he will do work of that nature at Tyonek in cooperation with the Weather Bureau. - e BISHOP CRIMONT RETURNING Bishop J. R. Crimont is a pass- enger aboard - the -Princess Louise due in Juneau tonight. He has been south for several weeks. st A St PORTERS ON LOUISE Herman Porter and Mrs. Porter are aboard the Princess Louise after a visiting trip ol several weeks in the states. - BILL RAMSEY VACATIONS Bill Ramsey, well known Juneau young man and driver for the Pire Department, safled for the south on the Prince Rupert Sunday, |bound for & short trip to the States before returning to Juneau for the September 15 induction of the Alaska National -Guard, " Gordon James Ervin have the teachers for Dutch Harbar, | has introduced the charm The characterization of the trio | drama, Maeyray and Miss Mor- | | announcements received in Juneau‘ President | | | | ] anof is in pori are Mr. and. Mrs. |’ school at Tyonek, near-Anchorage.| Where ihe Better BIG Pictures Play’ mfblé [[lfl/fly LAST TIMES TONIGHT of love and action! ramount Pictyrs with mun.mmy Patricia Morison - Albert Dekker Gilbert Roland - Joseph Schildkraut Oick Foran ne Betty Browsr Oirecred by SAM WOOD PREVIEW TONIGHT l:15a.m (01 ISEU -—-;“Fatal Hour” —— “Smashing Money Rlng” She’s Bride of “The Kid” VO WN ARGENTINE WAY” Mrs. Jackie Coogan For the second time, Jackie Coogan, once one of Hollywood's m €8t stars, becomes a bridegroom. Coogan’s second wife is Parry of Hollywood, whom he married at Gardnerville, Nev. Coegan now is:'an army private. He is 26 and his bride is 19. His former ! wife is Betty Grable of the movies. Returning to Ford Ord, {I‘r Monterey, Cal., where he is stationed, Coogan was B 4uty for ovent,nymg his week-end leave, Juneau Visitor Leaves Yesterday WEK[Y REPORT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT LISTS ONE TYPHOID One case of typhoid fever has| wr K. C. Brownjohn, who has been reported from Ketchikan 0| peen visiting her daughter, Mrs. the Territorial Department °f\h'ed R. Geeslin in Juneau for the Health this wgek. An investigation past several weeks, left last night is being carried on by health of-|gapoard the North Sea for her home ficials to determine the source of|in the South. Mrs. Brownjohn was the infection and its possible‘ widely éntertained while here, spread. | —— - Other cases listed in the weekly| i report of the Department include| BUY DEFENSE STAMPS a low of three cases of tuberculosis, | 23 of gonorrhea, five of syphms.‘ one of flu, one of measles,o16 of German measles, and one of pneu-‘ monia for the towns reporting throughout the Territory. } - eee ‘ MARIE STONER LEAVES , | Marie Stoner, of the /Unemploy-| ment Compensation Commission, left on the Princé Rupert Sunday | morning for the States on a vaca- tion for the next four. weeks. e Lycaon, in Greek -legend a klngL of Arcadia, was turned Into aj wolf because he offered human 4 flesh to Zeus when the god came to visit ' him. Mork of American Distilling Co. 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