The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1941, Page 2

PAGL TWO \lec Wilder is Musician With Talent He Does Evén,)thing from Jazz 1o Opera-Also Arranger SELBY Arts Editor By JOHN iated Press YORK, Der If . pill on Ga enwich Villag shy its new e com- Alec home wa lose cne, and the bill to his N.Y. T and mar the musician Roche he had ello concerto, a string ome less ambitious did found abled to go bac n of Rochester late 20 who 1} the and Writing Career Fizzled Out Alec once wanted to be a writer Some kind friend told him could be a writer until he a three-foot stack and Alec took it He wrote the three-foot and decided he had nothing And then he found the $20 t in time, and turned no- 1ad turned ont manuseript to Alec’s g an al bum of jazz recorded by Colum- bia in which he wuses the oddest mbination of instruments in jazz to date, to wit, the clarinet, flute bass, bassoon, bass harpsichord and drums. Thel pieces, the titles of mean nothir at all. “Bull in a Ching p" is one 1m has ntest - venture s oboe wre which Fiddle cells k’s is headed who says most charm- written by Spaeth uff is “the nd original music American since George Gersh- cell” members are God 5] Jr and hi Gershwin'’s turned out those eight pssful ballet for Lincoln Kir- | He may do an opera, and as talked to Fritz Reiner about piece for the Pittsburgh Sym- ny he wrote a Juke Box" Too been record (“Soft & James and Peaceful of hi “Three’s among filght An Arranger, Meanwhile he ha nie. . Goodman ) and by Harry Spi (It Cox ) A uff has gone into show Crowd” and “Thumbs Up’ them. He's made some top arrangements, too. The important thing to those who take jazz seriously is that Alec is the musical Dutch boy “1(,)1 his thumb in the dyke. For there’s a great lag in jazz There are a lot of performers who can, and do, play anything. But nost of their mprovisation because posers don't as a rule the musicians admirers i Wilder piece Charlie S0 n the lot the com- write as play. Alec ist. Every is writter £—3 ket Giberson-Graner Married Safurday | M. Giberson, a, and Joseph al clerk day evening Graner of North Da Antone Graner weie married Satur- mad icense briae ar t about the but on the Bar the time the cit clothed in darknes: the 1 not made use of unti blackout STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 29 — Cl qu of Alaska Juneau n Can Bethlehem Steel €5 and Southern Wright 8, Internationa Kennecott 37';, New 7 Northern Pacif Steel 52, Poun application for narriage i inee th the ation ronwealth Curtiss AVERAGES Dow 107.53 foll g are today's verages: industrials utilities 13.62 BARNEY GOOGLE 24.80 real stuff has to be| " HNine Kifled, 21 Hurl in Bus Accident THE DAILY ALASK PRESIDENT 900 some- Augmented by administrators charged with special war-time duties, the Cabinet met with President Rog wise around the table, starting at lower left corner, are: Lease-Lend A dm General Philip B. Fleming, Federal Work Administrator; Vice-Presiden t Henr istrator Paul V. Mc tary of War Henry I General Francis Biddie Security Adm ; Secretary | €. walker; Secr \ Jr.; Atorney Stimson; led to the for- Hundreds of Ja for panese nationalists wers interment. the interment camp lided in St. Louis, the bus ¢ passengers were returning from a midnight mass, AND'SNUFFY SMITH of Commerce Jesse Seeretary of State Cordell Hull; the Secretary of Navy Frank Knox, Panama (anallonelnterns Japanese Nahonal clarinet, | ccently rounded up by Pana This Soundphoto shows a group under heavy U. reening into an unoceupied bedrcom of a house and exploding. Jenes; Secreta and Secretary of Ag manian and Canal Zone authorities §. guard, being led from the train into Most of the " ANTS - N -PRANTS " \S ON Twy' WAR-PATH, SNUFFY N@ QETTER KEEP QUTTA \S \N&Y NE MEAN To WNSWWNERETE, HE'S NAD BT NE 2 BRLLS O FIRE Y T WIZ O STRINGWY WA QLONG 8BOUT SWRPPIY A WOON STWLEER Q5 OKLRKOMY PROPIT N — T WA NE T ; Q ;_v“\L \?\ {3 velt at a rczular conference. jor Harold L. resident, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, ulture Claude Wickard. g Wahio and Mackey $, hone EMPIRE-— JUNEAU, ALASKA EVELT MEE‘ES WITH RIS WAR-TIME (ABINH‘ EIGHT ARRIVE FROM UNALASKA Unalaska 1 They are| Mr from Juneau Eight persons arrived in Anderson, M. Boyd, Edgar Clausen, | S. Sullivan, Gordon Winegar-| ner, Jesse Bouchard and the Rev.| { | h have met and G. Edward Knight R PAA GETS NEW Clock abor Frances Perkins, Brig.- ctor F. H. LaGuardia; Federal Postmaster General Frank Are Wed Saturday Methodist Church the wedding of Mackey and Arvo ) Saturday evening o'cleek reading The the of De- ahto ember Rev. W the vows » is the daught H. Mackey of Ab- Washington, wore an in gown with browr corsage was of and white Mr erdeer Id crepe Her hemums formal g wce eliow jonquil Mrs. R. E. Ru were @ maroor hite chrysan matren of ensemble with a chrysan- themum; Mother of th Mrs. G. A attired in violet velvet f yellow chrysan-! corsage of om BHAHTE wa with a cor themums E. Ru ell w the g the party att best man the wed- 'nded a dinner in e Barancf Hotel the Baranof eave for Pelican Wahto teaches. home in Pel- of the erem is rocin at th couple will be at until they end ) is a graduate of ington College of | taught in the| Aberdee) on, schools. Mr. Wa ttended the Univer-| sity of Alaska and the University of Washington, where he obtained| | his teaching ce ruln au‘ { Educatio YULE CANTATA IS SUCCESSFUL Christmas Can 1 Holy Trinity CA ay afterncon, per a large and appre- by a well bal- chorus Juneau Ernest Ehler’s fore leiative audience tanced mall singer: Ehler both rected the credit to enthusiastic w the musical drar repeating it af being considered \ .o ‘BABY CONFEREN(E MEETING TUESDAY The we Well Baby Confer- jence will be held tomorrew, De- cember 30, in the Health Center be- | tween the hours of 1 and 4 p. m | The purpose this gathering| is to help mothers keep babies and| n in good health. | of ! di- s a So | to for are composed and and it genius sponse plans date cantata artistic the that a future ion .lnd immun; Allon\ sed with mothers. A (!Il‘(k‘ is made of the children’s growth | by careful weighing and measur- By HOWSOMENER — T SETTER SLEEP W T Q8N LOFE TONGHT — AN RN NEVER HAD » N0 FQO\.\SK\ | Special Rates to Permanent Guests | i NEW WASHINGTON OFFICE WORKER | Miss Hed Humm, formerly at- the Pan American opera- it Boeing Field in Se: attle, has joined the Jumeau PAA | office staff. She is stayjng at the | Baranof Hotel ! Miss Humm replaces Fred East- ough, transferred to the Seattle | office. She has been with Pan Am-; n for the past four tached to tions office hav New York u“ ce 18 months ago. leglonnalres and l Auxiliary Meeting Members of the American Leqmn‘ and their ladies will get together at the Dugout here tonight to per- | fect their plans for civilian defense | activity, it was announced today by ude Carnegie, Legion *Com-| mander. 1 ‘The joint meeting vr the Alford john Bradford Post and the post auxiliary will get under way at| 8 p. m., Carnegie said TIDES (Sun time, December 30) Low tide—4:38 a.m. 4.5 feet High tide—10:48 am., 16.0 feet Low tide—5:23 pm., 03 feet High tide—11:45 pm., 13.7 feet. 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