The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 30, 1941, Page 3

CAPITOL FILM IS HIT STORY OF AIR FORCE Exciting Highlights of Navy Cadet Life Told—Robert TayloLl_s Star Show Place of Juneau Last Times Tonight Laughing at every law of life! “Flight Command” takes Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey and Walter Pidgeen thrcugh a whirl of dramatic episodes on land Featuring ROBERT TAYLOR-with Walter Pidgeon - R and MIDNIGHT FREVIEW TONIGHT Wews |s oz opie g peiine “MARX BROTHERS" in "GO WEST” . | The spectacular new picture, filmed with the aid of the U. S. Navy, ends |its run at the Capitol Theatre to- it is the story of Alan Pensacola flying cadet, who crack naval air force squad- the excitement of dive- parachute jumping, crash landings, and other f the ¢ he figures in a triangle with his superior. officer and the latter's wife. Wrongly sus- pected, he is about to be forced from the navy until, after a sensational rescue at sea during maneuvres, the truth emerges to clear him and' | rejein him with loyalty to his squadron. | Players include Paul Kelly, Shep- | perd Strudwick, Nat Pendleton, Red Skelton, Dick Purcell, William Tan- S nen, William Stelling and others, . Highlights include Taylor's para- itle of Athona {chuté jump at sea, his escape pfram | entanglement with a flying target, and Pidgeon's forced crash landing. | Power dives on targets at sea, car- | tier andings, catapult take-offs tand amazing formations and ‘“dog fights” add to the aerial excitement. D ron. ACROSS Fellow on of ance eral spring ipoch Point Climb > r>] Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle 65. Large marine gastropods DOWN Kind of apple , i ear 64. At no time: contr., 1. s. inlax . Of the & address . Lightest icate w guttural sound arpened nt of the foot Kind of molding Obstruct Short jacket Part of the mouth Day's CITY'S GIFT = SHOWNHERE Weed T Prosperous times . Respona to a mulus arch ‘Silver Service for U. S. S. | Juneau on Display in DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, SEPT, 30, 1941, H. M., WARSPITE AT BREMERTON TH T 'Summer Homes Loofed, Slept in, Left in Mess— Previous Record Labor Depa?n;eni Official Praises Statement by Assistant Secrefary SEATTLE, Sept. 30—The Navy the American Federation of Labor Metal Trades Department Convention today that there is a serious discrepancy between the de- partment’s announced policy of no W es during the national The British battleship Warspite, now at the Bremerton, Wash., Nm‘y Yard for repairs after her great battles in the Medite: nean is pictured above as she lay hove (0 at the naval base in Malta. The Warspite has the battle of Crete. She also took part in the brilliant British victory off Matapan when major units of the Italian main {leet were sent either to the bottom or scurryng for cover. sticks, a flashlight, jar of mayon- NAVAL AIDE almond roca candy, oranges, pota- toes, three packages of spaghetti | Believes Loot Hidden ” A (1] 1] | The deputies said they believed he i " | neighborhood. | caught him,” Thompson declared | O'Brien admitted that two weeks knife from the Alvin Larson cabin, He said that later Larson took the beating and made him bring the rifle back. 2 O'Brien came from the Westward to A boy who has been living dur-| juneau some time ago. His record of the plunder of homes along the office, shows the following: Fritz Cove Road, eating squirre's' April 1, 1940—he entered the A. the woods, garnished with gro-|and took a bicycle and groceries. ceries from raided cupboads, was | He admitted this theft and also the been undergoing repairs for the last six weeks in the Puget Sound yard. Boy Grabbed .nam, package of rye crisp, box of and a can of syrup. | has much other loot hidden in the woods, I don't think we could have | ago he took a .22 rifle and hunting | knite away from him, gave him a | With no parents living here, ing the past several months by arrests, one file at the Marshal’s and small game he has shot in N.Lenhart home on the Loop Road heft of binoculars, gun, cigars, cig- * Her “wounds” were received at prevailing in Assistant Secretary Dan Tracy of | Local Store Window i QR ¥ &K DESTAR (OMES FROM FAIRBANKS; ELECTRA LEAVES| n American Lodestar which d at Whitehorse overnight ar- in Juneau today with pat and mail from Fairbanks 1 was scheduled to depart for Feattle as soon as weather permit- ted. A Lodestar in Seattle was to leave the north sometime this after- n, [ ibly arr ng here tomor- ro An Electra flew from Juneau o Fairbanks this morning, taking Jack Goddard and Walluf Rasmus- Indian weight Junior CDA Holds ~Inifiation Tonight the Department of Labor told the convention that “the time has come | for lakor to rise up and give its all| Hiver punih e to Hm‘ ysvvrmn_.*nl. I mm'("ml’n‘ lto be presented ';‘ the nm“mg‘“; were fighting Hitler andgless fight-| | &1 ORE 3 % s s il © ing Roosevelt our defense produc-| he US.S. Juneau when the new tion program would be greater.” N:.x\'y cruiser is christened in Oc-‘ Tracy hailed the Navy statement | | tover. as “frank and bold.” It was written On the large bowl is engraved: |especially. for the convention by | a n_umbt‘f of ne “Presented to the Cruiser Juneau Ralph Read, assistant secretary of members, the Junior Catholic from City of Juneau, Alaska.” the Navy. Read to the convention Daughters of America will meet' The traditional gift from the by Lieut Comdr. George Keller, the tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Par-|city after which the vessel is Statement bluntly questioned the ish Hall. The initiation ceremonies named, was purchased from funds ability of the Metal Trades Unions| | will be followed by a reception for| gonated by residents of the city.'to contrcl their memberships. | the new members. It includes a full punch service of The criticism was voiced just be-! Mothers of the girls as well &5|howl, ladle, serving tray, 23 cups 7€ the convention recessed to dis-| senior members of the CDA are|ang four candlesticks, all’ especially | CUsS 4 threatened walkout of weld- | 1in\'iled to attend the meeting and| desjgned. . iors here and in Tacoma Monday to enjoy the program and refresh- Mayor H. I. Lucas and Mrs Lu_'enfor(‘e demands no_t against thuxr: | ments later. Mrs. A. M. Geyer, gen- | ¢cas, who are in the States now, SRATE St MR e AT eral chairman of the councilor will attend the launching cere- Metal Trades Department. 'rheK in charge of arrangements, and|monies at Kearnéy, N. J, and Mrs ccnvention later voted to oppose| | On display toda |son’s Jewelry Store gleaming, $1,000 at Ludwig Nel- today is the To initiate new is} arraigned today before U. S.Cor missioner Felix Gray on the charge Arettes and compass from several of “burglary. Barnacle Gables homes. He is Harry O'Brien, ward of June 2, this year—he took a $75 the Child Welfare Department, and termed by Deputy U. 8. Marshal ;0. pome and went to Portland Sid Thompson, who aided in his 19,14 He also admitted these arrest last night, the Tarzan of thefts. the Frifz Cove .Road. . , ) More recently, on September 19, Aftér yepeated coniplaints of sicinner reported that O'Brien had home owners along the cove that proken in to his summer home and someone was breaking into their was living in an upstairs bunk, houses, stealing, sleeping in their making a mess of the house. beds and messing up the interior,| ——,e yoing O’Brien was caught last| . " night in the summer home of Dr ‘whllller lo's L] Hellan’s home in that neighbor- No' For Sa|e hood, where they found a window | > opened but nothing taken. Next‘ F Y : For Year Ye and bedding from the George Skin- W. M. Whitehead by Thompson | and Deputy Marshal Walter He]-‘ lan. The two went first last night to‘ they investigated a number homes in the Barnacle Gables sec- | skiff from the Frank Mallard home | sen to Fairbanks and R. W. Mc- Crary to Whitehorse. Disembarking here from the Fair- banks Lodestar were Jerry McKin- ley, Dudley Reynolds, Mike Wessner, | Robert Lee, Jack Stevens, (George Anderson and Robert Cont. Through passengers to Seattle are Mrs. Thomas McKinnon and J. L. But- rovich, * Mrs. V. L. Hoke and Mrs. George|rycas will christen the vessel. Rivard, councilors of the WOl After exhibition here, the silver troops, are assisting her. set will be sent to Mayor Lucas, 1 t BUY DEFENSE STAMPS | | BERLIN, Sept. 30—Hand to hand fbayonet fighting on the Southern | Russian front is reported in mili- tary dispatches tonight. The reports said hundreds of Russian dead litter the battlefield as the result of numerous skirm- ishes in close quarters. This is_the first report of bay- |onet combat. . — Empire Classifieds Pay! i e, 4 who will present it formally to the BAKER TO |officers of the ship after the ves- _— |sel slides down the ways. Dewey Baker of the local staff of | ————— the Standard Oil Company has | flown to Sitka to be acting agent | for the company there while R. A. | se ayone s Evanson is called to the south be- cause of the death of Mrs. Evanson. | I B l' Delivery Service in Baifling y | = Out the Highway Every Day! f‘ £ 5\ /..,.,,_’\ . 5 = BUY DFFENSE STAMPS BUY DEFENSE BONDS the welders' efforts. to become al(jon many of which appeared un-| separate international union. | touched. { i Bl . Prison Board Denies Pardon £ . }In the living room they found T |drawers had been pulled out and I |rifled, one bed had been sleptin and had a flashlight laying on | the top covers. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30—Jan| Next New Townsite \Not fo Be Opened Until Railroad lan ice chopper, which still lay on| Abou' Comple'e | the back porch. On the sink board, i Leck Jimmied H | Coming to the Whitehead house, ! however, they found a lock on the | in‘;xr door had been jimmied with the deputies found a squirrel,; No lots in the new township of leaned for eooking and still warm, | Whittier, new terminus of the Al- aska Railroad on the Seward Pen- insula, will be sold for at least a year, or until the railroad building project is well under way, it was declared here today by George | Parks, chief cadastral engineer of they went to the Victor| the Publi ffice, who has Valtin, who wrote the best sellerl\h)hnson residence, where young et ,;u‘l:.ni:w l?on? :es‘:..‘:;eex. “Out of the Night was denied O'Brien had formerly lived. Mrs. 5 gt ptnrdAu:_todny by the California| johnson showed them places whe -e‘;;:ps;i‘;zfiifl N Wavand; anqy Iithes :‘/:lun.v;?r{mder l’fls true name;mc Eoy bt Seve; Ridden ou(.i Among: things teported by Parks of Richard Krebs, was convicted in | but he was nowhere to be found. |was the Near completion of a survey 1926 as assault with a deadly" After dark, the deputies retumeil‘ox the military reservation at An- weapon in Los Angeles and un_:tu the Whitehead house. Hellanichamg& tenced to ten years. He was re- entered, leaving Thompson to| Parks said that all lots around leased in 1929 and deported to hls}gu.xrd the front of the house. Hel- |the Salchaket Lake district, 60 miles native Germany but recently re- |10 found the squirrel had bem"from Fairbanks, have now been red the United States illegally, bech moved and that there was | deeded to occupants. He also re- he board' voted two to. two @ Pilé Of groceries, two books and Ported that s number of homesites against the pardon, but Gov. Olson, the flashilght heaped in the cen-|2'® being laid out along the Alaska before whom the matter must come, ter of the room. Searching, Hel- 5:;:":“:1 dmtht:: O"t‘::“zuxfeyl:fl:; may grant the pardon or refuse it. lan finally discovered O'Brien un-'\ a0 T 0 SRR PETRE T HAULING OF Al.l. KINDS! Daily Delivery of the Daily Alaska Empire Highway Delivery PHONE 374---Juneau At the Empire Printing Company H. R. “SHORTY" WHITFIELD, Owrier Clare Boothd Luce, famous pla: Americg’s be ywright and long- known ire women, is welcomed to Honol, maid who presents her with the traditional leis and a'glass of pineapple juice. Miss Luce was en route to Manila to the Far Pacific. |der the bed, flattened against the dove, wall to avoid detection. | OBrien told the deputies that|yome® ity i o he had slept at the Sommers NouSe | reservation work, the other work- on the Fritz Cove Road for about ing on homesite surveys. a week, had broken into the Van | s Mavern and Dr. G. F. Freeburger| gubscribe to the Daily Alaska houses and stolen groceries and Empire—the paper with the largest had been staying at the White- paid circulation. head house for the past two| nights. | 3 Flees to Clifis | He said he had heard the fien | when they first came to the White- | [0 § lcad home and had fled to the cliffs | 1 . nearby, where he hid and watched | | them. After dark, he had come kack | l { < and had packed his supplies, pre- | paring to move to another of the | summer homes. | . On the way to Juneau, O'Brien | told them he had left a rifle and | two' boxes of shells at the White-! head house, which he admitted tak- I inz from the OCraries Bettinger housé, and some whisky from the | John Medika place. In his possession at the time of the arrest was a box of cigars, |# putcher knife, a pocketful of . l shells, two miere boxes of shells, package “of “shelled walnuts, twg | bocks, two packages of cigarettes, a ) can of grease, a package of bread EXGQUISITE FLAVOR s e ula by a Hawaiian (Observe developments in Tea. Compare its quality! Schilling HOPKINS PLAYS LESLIE CARTER | IN NEW DRAMA "Lady with Red Hair” fo . Close Tonight at 20th ; Century-Good Cast both ar may Mrs. Leslie Carter wa | actress and a redhead, which | be part of the reason why h | story, “Lady With Red Hair,” 1 |out to be such exciting and sat-| isfying film fare at the 20th Cen-| tury Theatre. Another, and very| good reason is that Miriam Hop-| kins is starring in the name role |of the new film, which is playing for the last times tonight | As Mrs. Carter, the internation- ally famous star, envied by {all women, adored by all men, tem- {permental darling with her many- | taceted char Miss Hopkins | reaches a dr: ture that she has never before ¢ ed on the screen Her Mrs, Carter richly measures up to all the glorvious |legend that surrounds the most | glamorous star of the gay nineties.| It David Belasco, showman | | extraordinary, to whom Mrs, Carter owed a great deal of her ‘:\n(l due tribute is given him int | the n story. He is masterfully | | portrayed by the versatile Claude | Rains f | Besides Miss Hopkins and Rains [the very able cast includes Richard |Ainley, Laura Hope Crews as Mrs Carter's mother, Mona Barrie, | Helen Westley, Helen Mallard, John Hamilton, Fritz Leiber and many more, e Iorfiedo from Plane Strikes if tu 1| | | hi | fame, { British Say—fia_lian ANackT Caused Only Slight | Damage fo Ship | LONDON, Sept. 30.—The British | Admiralty said today that an aerial torpedo which hit the British bat- tleship Nelson with the loss of a | fighter plane crew and the sinking of a motor vessel constituted the only cost of moving an important convey through the Central Medi- | terranean under a week-end running |attack by Italian planes. Thirteen of the Fascist were declared destroved. The Italians said at least three British cruisers and three mer- chantmen were sunk and that a battleship believed to be the Nelson | was damaged. The British said the slightly reduced the speed of the 16--year-old Nelson but caused no casualties among the crew of 1,360 men. The Nelson’s tonnage is 34,000. e e FALL FISHING 10 RUN EIGHT SALMON PLANTS Juneau District o Open at 6 0'Clock Tomorrow | Morning { Eight canneries in Southeast Al- aska are expected to be in operation, during the next week as the result| of opening of fall salmon fishing seasons tomorrow and on October| 5, it was announced today by the“ tisheries division of the Fish and ‘Wildlife Service. ! The Juneau district opens for fall| fishing at 6 a. m. tomorrow and)| closed at 6 p, m, on October 20. The| rest of Southeast Alaska is slated to! open at 6 a. m. October 5 and close at 6 p. m, on October 25 So far as is known, the follow- ing canneries will operate. Ketchikan: Ward Cove Packing Company, Whiz Packing Company, |New England Fish Company, An- (nette Island Packing Company. | Craig: Bugge Packing Company Wrangell: Brueger Packing Com- pany. Petersburg: Ohmer Packing Com- pany, Kayler Packing Company. Juneau: Juneau Packing Com- pany. | | You'll be proudto serve fra« - HMS.Nelson raiders TI0MCENTURY AGAIN TONIGHT e flé"/”a%%w gid o Take 8 tip from a girl RED HAIR MIRIAM HOPKINS .+CLAUDE RAINS Richard Ainlev+ LauraHope Crews COLISEUM TONIGHT “VIVA CISCO KiD” 'Motor Repair Class To Divide Info Two Sedion§ for Work With the attendance of a large number of women still continuing to the classes on motor repair work being sponsored by the American Women's Voluntary Services, the sroup decided at the meeting last night to divide into two sections, It I in this way, demonstra- fon will be facilitated. The class met last night at 7:30 he A. B. Hall, and the instructor, ar Jackson of the Connors Mot~ or Company, explained the different parts of the automobile engine. For the next session, he will hold an actual demonstration. The next meeting will be held next Monday night at the same time and ’pl:\u‘. with Mrs. I. Goldstein, unit { chairman, in charge, At this time {it will be decided when the second | section is to meet. AWV o Hold Two ! KniflirlgA Sessions The regular weekly knitting ses- | sioh of the members of the American Women’s Voluntary Services will be {held Friday night at 8 o'clock in the Governor’s Mansion, and all members are urged to attend. Wool for Red Cross kitting may be ob- tained from Mrs. J. C. Thohas, and for British War Relief from Mrs. D. L. Wallace. This week's afternoon meeting will be held next Thursday afternoon | from 1:30 to 5 o'clock in the home | of Mrs. Burrass Smith. At this time it will be decided when the next meeting will be held, - Insured Safety 4 EABNINGS On Savings Accounts ® Accounts Government In- sured up to $5,000. ® Money available at any time. ® Start an account with $1 or more. Current 4% Rate Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Assn. of Juneauw Phoite 3