The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 19, 1941, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA /GENE AUTREY IN "CASSIDY"" FILM | 'MELODY RANCH' | TOPS IN ACTION NOW AT CAPITOL, AT 20TH CENTURY, Ann Mi||efl72ising Star, William (pra.long) Boyd| Appears in Leading | Fealure in Frontier Yarn Feminine Role | of "Santa Fe Marshal” e | According to no less an authority | than Producer Harry Sherman, | gentlemen who are devotees of mo- tion pictures made out of doors FRIPAY, DECEMBER 19, 1941 WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY TO0 [ENTUR, AND NEWS THAT IS NEWS NOW! T MATINEE SATURDAY 1 P. M. CAP l TOL TWO FEATURES TR oM CANDY FOR THE CHILDREN! i) A ROLLICKING, ROUSING RODEO OF ! - SWEET SONGS...SINGING BULLETS! THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES STARTS TONIGHT 7 o'Clock TONIGHT and _SATURDAY EXTRA??!! SHORT SUBJECTS The Magic Pencil A Football Thrills Highlights of Big Games Cartoon Autry, Republic’s “Singing | has something in the na- real life role in Repub- lic's “Melody Ranch,” which opens rel runettes to blondes, tonig} tie /GaBiltol: ‘Theatre, Tn | PrEfer JEyneves to blondes ently, while working on * - it he rays @ -Hollywood radio|, Fecendy, while orking. on “EAaD |ta Fe Marshal,” latest of the series star who is featured in a western| A & | pro; all ‘ot waich .is. reminis- which starts tonight at the 20th it i ..y |Century Theatre with William | cent his own position in real & X | ./ Boyd as “Hopalong Cassi he | life kingpin of the Melody | | |launched a survey to discover how | Ranch radio broadcast | |men—and women, too, for that | Tne‘ ux\l,v‘ difference between “‘?‘nmuer—stand on the question. {reel life Gene and the real m"'} The producer announced that the |Gene is that in “reel” life, Gene |, .4, ine gave the honors to the | Boes soft in Hollywood, and is un- |y qiec with the dark locks by bet- {RBle o hold b qun against the | cer than three to one. Motior pic- | villhinous element of Torpedo _!!nre exhibitors in more than 1,000 juntil he rides the range extensively | o5 ang towns voted in favor of jto get back into condition again. . ... ettes Gene | Cowboy | ture of a Grunters and Groaners I § | ! asslers with Sound Effects “Film the Fleet” Our Navy in Action por GENE AUTRY JIMMY DURANTE ANN MILLER PROGRAM WHO KILLED AUNT MAGGIE MELODY RANCH NEWS WHO KILLED AUNT MAGGIE MELODY RANCH 7:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 9:30 P.M. 9:40 P.M. 10:40 P.M. of as Latest News Events & SPECIAL MATINEE SATURDAY MINATION OF Hitler whom they proceeded to :me,“ Economic and thought police] swarmed everywhere. The thought "SANTA FE . NAZI DO JAPAN EVIDENT; AMOS BURG TELLS EXPERIENCE With the eyes of the world turned toward Japan and the Pacific is- lands south of the land of the Emporer, one of the most inter- esting men in Juneau these days is Amos Burg, explorer and photog- rapher, who has postponed his re- turn to the States since the advent of the war and is remaining here aboard his tiny exploration ship the Endeavor. Burg is writing an article on Alaska for the Naticnal Geographic Magazine—an article which was complete for a few brief days before It's Healthy, Too! BRUNSWICK JOIN THE FUN— BOWL BOWLING ALLEYS wit! Insured Safety h EARNINGS On Savings Accounis ® Accounts Government In- sured up to $5,000. ® Money available at any time. ® Start an account with $1 or more, l:urr_enl 4% Rale Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Assn. of Juneav Phone 8 v =, | avoid being hit by i|Japanese leaders now refer to the !iAsla and their bayonets are pelice arrested over a half million | people for thinking out of line with the government. United States where everybody can voice his thoughts and criticized his of a totalitarian regime was ap- parent in that it produces a dedaly stagnation The Japanese Who like to discuss affairs freely were compelled to accept the views of a few harried and confused men or keep still. “Two things were apparent, first, the Japanese were evidently afraid to discuss the situation of their own country, secondly, for a very practical reason they refused to dis- cuss Japanese affairs 3 Chinese To Fight “When I flew inland to Chung- | king, capitol of free China, the |Chinese were frank in discussing ‘\vhat e l?fld Srtelrhe Empl.re M'the weakness of their government, {Ba Anteryipw abgard, bis heet: the plight of being shutoff from {F M3 oestvatiohis (48 sETe A the outside world. In numerous UBpAIL Wepe made oRih pe‘?cemliconversatlons there was no sug- I mission sponsored by the Oriental gestion of quitting. Yet in this Gepartment of Columbia University. 200-year-old city not a single pane For nearly a year I worked closely Bt gla.sa remaihed. By day and | with the common people the John| bGalighe Hidhta: ot 1Does o1 both, B 2. pmdl‘cmg'sweltering heat of summer Japanese fims of Oriental home life before|\\ 0 A6 0 o) She city, Many {the rumbling tide of world war| . ihe buildings were so shaken |should break with full fury on Asia.| gy OC B IR T "ot falling They are merely observations of al, o) " on August 19th |John Doe from America whose sole two v"ni(h with. 90 bombers each lidea of military strategy Was 10|yoqiroueq three quarters of this { & boml? O | ancient city by starting fires that | S the "Wy burned for 36 hours. In one square, pgitoe: 5,000 persons had been killed by | “For the first time the Far East-|demolition and incendiary bombs. lern war is regarded as something | plasting was going on to create |more than the ‘incident’ Japanese underground shelters in the rock | militarists have always described it.|formation for the population. On the streets there was never a sign of panic. The Japs had carried total war into China for nearly five years; when they attacked Shanghai pointed desperately toward the|in 1937 the military promised the Philippines, Singapore and the japanese people China would be Pacific Islands to achieve 'heserubdued in five months. aims. As Hitler's current chief‘ “The Japanese lines extended up satellite, the Japanese have staked the Yangtze Valley to Ichang. their 47 year old empire on a des- |Mountains and- deep gorges separate perate gamble to drive the white- these forces from the rich populous jman out of Asia and create an province of Szechwan Where Gen- Asiatic co-prosperity spnere in eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek directs which as has been so far demon-|cperations covering all of China. strated, the Japanese will en]oy“rhe Japs can only bomb from sll the Drosgeniy. |Ichang. He says the Japanese have Prepare For War [stuck their fists in a gl pot. | “Month by month in Japan I The Chinese told me the loss of could see the picturesque beauty of [their cities did not matter; they its national life disappearing under‘were willing to sacrifice the mater- the regimentation of total war. As|ial for an ideal. a modern world Empire, Japan} Por Fons thiini wears a false front. Its modern| wrpat jdeal (b a e hing, 10 battle fleet rides on the backs of i o |many Chinese village schools rag- low paid factory workers, shoPigeq underfed children sang war keepers weary peasants whose tny g ,ngs announcing their determina- 2% acre farms carry an average " mortgage of a thousand yen. The‘:;::r:so ?r:‘::et;ze s.;:panese ot greater percent of the people are| .rpe Chinese anti-aircraft burst coolies in straw sandals. On a string|a¢ 7000 feet, but the Japs flew at of volcanic islands with an area|ys 000 feet, A hundred bombers less than that of California’s, 0/would come over Chungking and million Japanese are crowded. Only five or six obsolete pursuit planes Bi% wikt, maecels sor sermmte] [0 80 0 ikl e St other than silk worms, Japan em- SR 1Y . Sopen, ameien, Koix 3 leader can be knocked out it throws erged in 75 years from a feudallthe formation into confusion after hern_uz nation to become a chal-iwhich a single bomber might be lenging world power full of ex- engaged. plosive ambitious and an aggravat-! « gng knack for producing insomnia danv:;:rs;h?::fi'”:hzoné;mz in other world powers. besides being the most civilized of German Advisors all peoples have an indescribable “From the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo,|reasonableness. They always un- German technicians and advisors|derstood what I said to them. The strutted forth to Nazify the Japan-|most damning thing a Chinese can ese Empire. I remember the smug,|say about anybody is to say they gloating faces of members of thejare ‘unreasonable. The Chinese Axis combine in the Imperial lobby|say the Japanese are unreason- the day France fell. Mussolini had|able. “You cannot reason with jumped in on the kill and now the|them,” they say . . {Japanese who had successfully Rifle Range Is Control copied the world’s best sewing ma-|{ “Optimism is not cheap. The chines and the world’s best light|Chinese leaders are serious about bulbs felt they had a winner in the gravity of the situation. But the outbreak of war changed the complexion of national defense to war and affected this Territory along with the rest of the nation. Burg is now staying right here, where he can obtain first-hand in- formation for this new, vital ele- ment into his story of the way the Alaska wind is blowing. Last year, Burg was in Tokyo jand Chungking, viewing the then| undeclared Nippon-Chinese war | from both sides of the fence. Here's in jail by instead of the in East new World order customary ‘sacred order’ Coming from the | the| and 20th| CAROL SING TO BE HELD SUNDAY| government, the gigantic weakness | With the Capital City taking | real Christmas appearance, Cl zens today were planning to tura| out in a body for the annual mu- nicipal Christmas party, to be held | ‘around the big city tree at the cor ner of Front and Seward streets at 4 p.m. Sunday. Led by E. M. Polley, group sing- ing of Christmas carols will out over the snowclad city streets | The colorful ceremony is being | held under the sponsorship of the | | Juneau Woman'’s Club The tree, which has been lend- ing a holiday touch to the down- town scene for several days, was| ‘donatcd to the city by Trevor Da- | vis from his homestead land out| the Glacier Highway. Brought to| the city by the street department,| | the tree was set up and decorated |by the Alaska Light and Power Company. D HOSPITAL NOTES i Baby Janet Graves, six monlihi old, was admitted to St. Ann’s Hos- | ipital for medical treatment today. i Mrs. Robert Dunn and infant son were discharged from St. Ann's | Hospital today. | Mrs. Ruby Bennett was admitted |to surgery today at St. Ann's Hos- | pital. Eliza Williams has been dis- |charged from the Government Hos- | pital. they take the long view. They know that the Japanese in China |are outnumbered 500 to one and resistance is growing. The Japs |along the key railroads control only jas far as their rifles will shoot. In occupied China the Jap garri- sons huddle in their forts at night and by day only go out in force. |Chinese guerilla bands operate everywhere. | Chinese leaders are confident that |China will win by exhausting Japan. | {A common answer is that China is |too big and Japan is too small jand haven't enough people to con |quer China. ‘Right will triumph. | Behind this thought is 4000 years of !Chinese thought and philosophy, that mere force in the end loses. “Along with the bombs over| {Chungking phamphlets came flut-| tering down from the Japanese air raiders, carried this irrestable plea for un- derstanding. ‘Why do you resist| s0 senselessly the Imperial Japanese |army? It was never the intention hurt the people wno have no voice in the matter. But unless that vill- |ain Chiang Kai Shek sees reason land retires ihto the wilderness and | stops this senseless resistance we | | will bomb your cities until they are| leveled into parched earth. We ask the selfish generalissimo to think of his people and the thousands of people killed by our bombs.’ “The Chinese take the long view. There is another thing that gives| them confidence, They read the utterances of the Japanese leaders; and there is nothing in them that| smacks of statesmanship.” ————,— | wer Roughly interpreted they | i of the Imperial Japanese army to| {on the other hand, in “real life, Gene just as much a he-man as the roles he portrays on radio and screen. He has an extens workout program which riding herd on the cattle own San Fernando Valley is of his ranch when he is not engaged before the cameras or the microphones Ann Miller is cast opposite Gene n the leading feminine role, and provides suitry and scintillating complications in the plot. Jimmy 1Durnnu~. together "with his “‘“"m}(ion series, finds float famous “schnozzle,” carries up his|ppng g gang of outlaws who have share of the comedy interest, aid- d and abeted by Vera Vague, pop: ular comedienne of the ether wave George “Gabby” Hayes as the cantankerous local conductor, and little Mary Lee, who will be remembered enthusiastically by Autry fans for her appearances in the Autry singing westerns, car- ries off her share of the acting honors in “Melody Ranch.” The picture was directed by Jo- seph Santley under Associate Pro-| Siegel. D out FOR HOLIDAYS ducer Sol C. SCHOOL IS Juneau Grade and High Schools sed at the dismis: 2 o'clock this afternoon for days. Students will return to their classes on Monday, December 29. Classes will then be conducted for three days, New Year's Day will be another holiday, and then the regular scheduled will be resumed. P IIR SEERE, Cellophane |3 National defense needs having cur- tailed silk and other fabrics, de- signers are using substitutes. Here, black cellophane is embroidered on the full net skirt, dramatizing a flat- BUY DEFENSE STAMPS tering black satin evening gown, fashion show in New Waldorf-Astoria. _Iwas chosen for the leading femin- includes | Christmas holi- | Probably this preference accounts for the fact that Marjorie Rambeau MARSHAL' WILLIAM BOYD A Paramount Picture with RUSSELL HAYDEN MARJORIE RAMBEAU A HARRY SNERMAN PRODUCTION Directed by LESLEY SELANDER |ine role in “Santa Fe Marshal.”} She is a brunette in real life, al- though her hair has been grayed for the picture. Bernadene Hayes, second feminine lead, is on the blonde side, but she is not the very | |light type. | “santa Fe Marshal’” which | stresses romance more than any |of the earlier pictures in this ac< Boyd out (o The following are the results of bowling on the Elks Alleys last night: |stolen the payroll of a silver mine and killed the paymaster. The yarn |has a different twist in that a| |woman is the brains behind the |gang of desperadoes. | This latest of the Clarence E. | Mulford stories is said to exceed| |its predecessors in action. A medi-iM“ B A cine show serves as a “blind” for B lbavlln 4 :"Hopxly‘s" undercover plan to up-lM'n Cowling root a gang of outlaws intent m”Dx',‘Elxmlon looting the silver mine belonging to an old pal. | Also in the cast are such favor- |ites as Earl Hodgins, Britt Wood |and many others, 'TABLEAUX TO BE GIVEN BY CHURCH AS XMAS PROGRAM | The Sunday School of the North- |ern Light Presbyterian Church will present its annual Christmas pro- gram at 7 p. m. on Sunday, Decem- ber 21, in the church auditorium. The nature of the program will be that of a tableaux relating to !the Nativity of Jesus during which junior, senior and adult choirs will cing the familiar Christmas carols. All members of the Sunday School will participate in the program which is under the direction of Mrs. Willis Booth, Mrs. George Johnson, Mrs. George Schmidt, Mrs. William Paul, Mrs. Hallstrom, Mrs. Jack Findley and Mrs. Clark, Christmas Party for Mallards 127 88 77— 292 156 165 135— 456 116 87 122— 325 168 156 140— 464 567 496 474—1537 Condors 158 222 170— 550 130 124 146— 400 129 122 165— 416 100 100 100— 300 517 568 581—1666 Albatross Mrs. Senescue 144 J. Senescue 134 Mrs. Stevenson 138 R, Stevenson 171 Totals . 'Parks . Hermann . Tubbs Burford* Totals 113 135 133 195 110— 367 138— 407 126— 397 202— 568 587 576*576—11739 off for Tie Totals *Albatross won roll Game Eagles 158 119 124 123 154 195— 122 142— 137 133— 151 126— 507 383 374 400 M, Lavenik B. Levenik . Petric h H. Petrich Totals 024 Brant Mrs, Sperling 164 Mrs. F. Barragar 79 J. Halm 190 H. Sterling* 140 564*576—1664 162 136 179 140 90— 416 105— 320 140— 420 Totals . 573 Teal Mrs. J. Barragar. 117 T. Hutchings 156 M. Ugrin 161 617 516—1706 126 155 168 167— 478 168- 181— 550! 117— 360/ at 1:00 P. M. COLISEUM OAKIE—TEMPLE “YOUNG PEOPLE"” ' And Wife Arrive " For leidays Here | Happy holidays are in store for | Mayor and Mrs. Harry I. Lucas | whose son and daughter-in-law, Mg, and Mrs. Harry Lucas, Jr, have |arrived from their home in Kenai and will remain in Juneau for the winter, Harry Lucas, Juneau boy who ats tended the University of Alaska following his graduation from high school here, was married to Miss Eleanor Parrish, daughter of Mr. |and Mrs. T. N. Parrish of Kenai last May. Mrs. Lucas’ grandfa was a superintendent of schools Juneau in 1809. UELAND-ALLEN ARE MARRIED | Oscar Henry Ueland and M-vt | jorie Ellen Allen were married yes- |terday afternoon by U. S. Com= missioner Felix Gray in his office in the Federal Building. Attendants at the ceremony wefe Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas. The bride came to Juneau re< cently from Portland, Oregon,while the bridegroom is a local mi and fisherman. - e — — P There are nine daily newspapers’ in Puerto Rico. i Mrs. Morrison 114 94 102— 310 Catholic Daughters The Junior and Senior groups of the Catholic Daughters of America will hold their joint Christmas party on tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Parish Hall. ,The Junior unit is responsible for the entertaining while Mrs. Mary Rudolph is representing the Senior members in conducting their part in the preparations. VOLUNTEER WORKERS AIDING RED CROSS Members of the Minfield Guild are meeting regularly to make bandages and dressings for Red Cross First Aid use in Juneau. ‘The preparation of bandages and | dressings for the Red Cross is under the direction of Mrs. Courtney Smith, chairman of Red Cross first aid in Juneau. Volunteers to do the work re- quired are working with = Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Carter. The Min- field Guild is one of the volunteer groups assisting with the Red Cross work. | ‘Totals 548 Ospreys 155 157 140 100 552 543 Hawks 183 185 142— 510 96 135 120— 351 135 160 115— 410 100 100 100— 300 543 554—1645 L. Holmquist Mrs. Holmquist C. Lawrence* Mrs. Lawrence* 170 133 140 100 160— 485 149— 439 140— 420 100— 300 Totals 549—1644 A. Stewart ‘Waugh Mrs. A. Stewart Mrs. Waugh* Totals 514 580 477—1571 Gulls 102 122 114— 338 179 166 146— 491 105 111 132— 348 151 136 171— 458 Jean Winthers J. Barragar Mrs. Taylor M. Monagle Totals 537 535 563—1635 Pheasants Mrs. Faulkner 111 131 132— 374 Mrs. Messersc'dt® 115 115 115— 345 J. Geyer 153 146 156— 455 L. Hendrickson 136 126 167— 429 Totals. 515 518 570—1603 Quail 78 117 84— 279 120 120 201— 441 Mrs. Brindale J. Hermle Mrs. Danielson* H Messerschmidt 148 148 157— 453 ———— Florida has 35,000,000 acres, of which 2,841,600 acres are in water. t P VLLYBUT"YOUR HEAD WITH A VASE |F YOL DON'T SHUT P/ VLL BE BACK LATER--DON'T YOU DARE GO OUT WHILE M __ BRINGING UP FATHER BY GOLLY- WHEN SHE GETS BACK-I'VE GOT TO TALK TO HER - BT |CAN'T TAKE A CHANCE WITH ALL. THESE LAMPS, AN'VASES SO HANDY FOR HER TO THROW- « IKNOW WHAT ¥LL N By GEORGE McMANUS Totals 451 490 547—1488 Owls 98 111 117— 326 146 176 169— 491 113 113 113— 339 145 95 131— 371 V. Lechelt F. Barragar* J. Nelson* ! GREAT HEAVENS/ McKinley WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAMPS AND VASES-? Totals 502 495 oo 530—1527 RENEE SPENCER LEAVES Mrs. Renee Spencer, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Wil- liam Fromholtz for the past week, has rejoined her husband and left for Seattle. Mr. Spencer is with the Goodnews Bay Platinum Min- ing Company. The Spencers will 1 spend the winter in Seattle, ——— . RAYBAN goggies cut haze and ‘eliminate glare from sun, snow, water. — Dr. Carlson, Blomgren adv, J | Building. 497| 105 105 105— 315I | | | | | | | Hardeman WATER-PROOFED Hais Headquarters H. S. Graves The Clothing Man