The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1942, Page 3

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942 __THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—]JUNEAU, ALASKA PAGE THREE The CAPITOL has the BIG Pictures and News that Is News NOW! APITO AT} SHORTS It Happened All Night Picture People News CRIMSON BEARS PLAY DOUGLAS FRIDAY EVENING First and Second Teams fo Meet Huskies in Island Gymnasium Juneau High's Crimson Bear bas- ketball squads will bait the Doug- las Huskies in their own kennel tomorrow night when the Southeast Alaska champs journey across the Channel to renew their series with the Islanders. The first game at 7:30 will see the two second action, with the Juneau for vengeance after the dumpins they took in their first encounter with the Douglas seconds. And the shoe will be on the other foot when the first teams meet. The Crimson gave the Purple-and- Gold a thumping in the first game, so the Douglasites will be hammer- ing for a win. Large cheering sections from both schools are expected to be on hand - D - Miss Fay Stoddard Returns from Trip Miss Fay Stoddard was a recent arrival from Anchorage where she spent her Christmas vacation with her family. During her two weeks stay in her old home Miss Stoddard was the .attendant of her sister, Miss Vivian Stoddard who was married on January 2 to. Robect Laurie, a member of the N.C. Com-~ pany staff. Miss Stoddard, who had not vis- ited her old home since before de- fense work was begun, said the city of Anchorage had so changed that she would not have recognized it o'clock teams team out L™ Show Place Times Tonight 610N ith FRANK MORGAN ANN RUTHERFORD KENT TAYLOR of Juneau Preview 1:15 a.m. Tonight “SCATTERGOOD BAINES" “PHANTOM SUBMARINE" HAAS FIRST " 10 FILE IN ~ PRIMARIES ‘Commissonré;;)f Labor Is Democratic Candidate for Post He Holds in the Territory for First filing candidacy in the primary elections, | April 28, was recorded late yester- day when Michael J. Haas, present Territorial Commissioner of Labor, appeared in the office of Territor- ial Auditor Frank A. Boyle and pungled up his filing fee as demc- cratic candidate to succeed himself in the labor post Besides the labor commission job, offices of Territorial Treasur- er and Delegate to Congress are open in this year's election. In the First Division there are also four Representatives and one Senator tn be chosen. Candidates for the three terri- torial posts must file their inten- tions in the office of Auditor Boyle on or before the closing of the of- fice at 5 p.m. January 31, he an- nounced. General election ed for September 8. Candidates for the legislative po- sitions must file their intentioas with the clerk of the court: BUS DEPOT CAFE OPENS TOMORROW The well known Bus Depot Cafe will reopen tomorrow under the management of Holly Hibler and Hazel McLeod. Both of the new |owners know their food and know how to serve it most appetizingly. is slat- Empire Classifieds Pay! g s e 'ROMANCE - MYSTERY GAY AND AMUSING SHOW AT CAPITOL | ‘ 0 | Thrills, mystery and romance ru's in “Washington Melodrama adventure laid amid in the nation’s playing at the detective to- day’'s events al, and now tol Theatre The story deals with a millionaire civic leader enmeshed in a murder and blackmail plot, from which hi socialite daughter rescues him by wirning amateur detective, aided by her newspaperman fiance capi- C i- . Frank Morgan plays a dramatic \role as the plot victim, and Ann | Rutherford, in the romantic lead | proves a beautiful and compelling heroine. Kent Taylor plays oppo- site her convincingly. Dan Dailey and Virginia Grey, as night dancers, stage a spectaculav and also figure grippingly | the plot. | | | - DRIVENEAR - FULLOUOTA | club | inj Goal for Enfire Chapfer! '\ District May Be Equaled | | [ by Juneau Alone | The $6500 quota for the er‘ |Cross war chest drive in the Ju-| Ineau chapter district will probably }bc completely subscribed in Junean | {alone, with donations from Peters-| ‘burg. Skagway and other commu- |nities in the district swelling the |sum far above ¢he goal, it was an- !nounced today at the Chamber u[' | Commerce luncheon by Allen Shat-| | tuck, chapter treasurer, and H. L.| Faulkner, central committee mem- | ber | Already, Shattuck said, the funa | | has reached $5559, which is en-| !tirely subscribed by Juneau folks, | |with the exception of $93 from | | Hoonah. A large donation expected !from employees_of the Alaska Ju- neau mine has not been counted | {in on that total, he added. > ~ HURRAH | WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Petrol- | eum Coordinator Harold L. Ickes | today assured the nation there “is Jno immediate prospect” of gasnhneJ rationing as a war measure, Here are the men, women, and horses wh A in their respective fields in the world of sports during 1941, Riggs won the men’s national singles tennis crown. T to be the best three-year-old of the year with Derby and Preakness |fifteen feet, five inches. victories to his credit. Helen Crlenkovich won the diving champion-[open golf championship, 0 were crowned champions|championship. Bill Smith broke 20 swimming records. Whirlaway proved |Cornelius Warmerdam set aGuaroies F.R. DEMANDS DEFENSE WORK INDIVIDUAL Federal Bldg. O n Warlime TRANSFERRED o ‘PRI(E_(HIEF H | WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 The B a s I s N o | House of Representatives ‘oday de- Broad Powers Should Be | cided tentatively to shift the fi |cial responsibility of the Vested in One Person, President Tells Senate |civilian defense from Mayor Guardia to the War Department WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. — Presi dent Roosevelt today asked the Sen- nation's La- The action, which will give the Department authority and con- trol over civilian defense spending, {came on a vote of 110 to 58 as the House considered legislation author- izing the expenditure of $100,000,000 fice fo Be Closed to Non- Employees at Night Going on a full wartime basis, rovide safeguards age ARARY A (he Federal Bullatig . JuneAt] qsi " SHteBUARIs Raajnsl 6Tl | 0t to - yestisBioRd Wartima :price will be completely closed between BEEY > control, JQANEE, Vin - stagle;de 6 pm. and 8 am. each night, sponaititéAndividaal ; bstarting ' early hekbaiyer - 1t whsl M In messages to l)«-nmur:\.m- Leader | Alben W. Barkley and Senator P announced today, with the .-xu-p—:‘."‘ompson WI“ M. Brown, floor manager for the tion of one fr r on Fourth o SORH P 0 Sicvt, to o the AtiL o reedti] Fly fo Seaftle |t s e e ”\"}H'N office floor, N %, “I am somewhat disturbed by re- The precautions e being car- rts g are pen SUg- ried out in line with & genernl| CPi¢f Meteorologist Howara|JOU2 CURt & TR N Bt SUtC 4 Thompson of the Weather Bureaa|S . %4 " 2. order from Postmaster General ! r et BUrewi i gividual. 1 also am disturbed by Frank Walker, governing the pro-| Alaska will fly to Seattle next|ino ciocestion that control over tection of all federal buildings in|%eek for an important conference | ggujcyltural commodities be sep- the nation. In the States, it was|€ Announced today. arated from all other articles and pointed out. buildings are being| ThomPson will meet with Army |vested in the Department of Agri- Navy, Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion, Weather Bureau and Canadi- presentatives to discuss weath- er problems of both the United States and Canada. | Also to attend locked up completely after office | culture. hours, but because in Juneau there | is no postal carrier service, the public will be allowed to reach the post office floor and pick up their mail from postal boxes. Already, 24-hour elevator service has gone into effect in the build- ing, because all floors above th post office floor are being blocked | e —— FINNTROOPS NOT ACTIVE; the conference from Alaska will be Major William H |t Neal, regional control officer of | ¢ Army Air Corps, from Anchor- off at night. Only occupants of AT the building on official husmmlBOMBER (RASHES will be allowed to go above that post office floor on elevators, and they must carry identification cards i 1 HELSINKI, Jan., 8—The official bearing their name, signature, the | | | IN RIVER; THREE spokesman today denied the wide signature of the head of that of-| quit the Russian war but admitted fice.. In a book to be carrled by} =~ == —— that troops have not been active the elevator operator, persons ws-| NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Jan. 8- o Sl offensively recently. ing the building after regular clos-|A B-18 bomber crashed early to- y . tday " . i The statement was followed a ing hours will be required to regis-|day in the James River, m]urm':lfcw hours later when Helsinki ¢tttk : e ar-|at least four and possibly killing . g ter their time of entry and depar P y "8} ewspapers announced that peace ture. | three others. A rescue party said Air raid warnings soon to go out|those believed killed were left in| to all Federal Building employees| the plane and names have not been will announce that in event of an |released. air raid, all elevators will stop. Per- | sons on the top three floors are instructed to walk calmly to corri- dors on the three lower floors,| where they must stay away from windows and remain until the all- is likely very soon. Sleinfianmlfi;d Ambassador, Turke WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. — Lau- rence A, Steinhardt, New York City property in the Mayo District Mr. Settlemier is one of the best known newsmen in the north and knows his northland, interior Al- aska ‘and the Klondike district, es- clear warning is given }Declally. lawyer, recently Ambassador to o R | “Charlie” as his friends best| Moscow, has been named Ambassa- | know him, was in Juneau yester-|qor to critical Turkey, replacing |day afternoon and left for Seattle (HARIES SEII[EMIER | this morning. He will remain in|{ The State Department has not ON HIS WAY OUISIDE; i;’oini‘.'f‘“g"‘_"“hfno"’)‘"- 80 to Call-jdisclosed who_ il H.\\lmj(-vd Stein- ou"S AS NEWSMAN! sy 6! s son Is located andihardt in Russia. He is now S | John Vanantwerp MacMurray. theh will probably go to Washing-| washington reporting to the P..si- | ton, ecoming north in the spring!dent Charles R. Settlemier, for y(,,".rland going to the Mayo district. | - ol Editor and Manager of the Fair-| T BRAAFLADT TO ENLIST banks Daily News-Miner, resigned| The armadillo is found only in! James Braafladt, former Kodiak on January 1 and is quitting the|North and South America. |school teacher sailed south from news game to take a rest and in-! B S A lJumau recently to enlist in the cidentally look after his mining BUY DEFENSE BONDS n:\\': HAMPIONS 104, Gloria Callen, |king, retained his crow after meeting ai MURDER DRAMA AT 20TH CENTURY 47 HAS MANY CHILLS Boris Karloff’s mystery-murder “Doomed To Die 20th Century latest Monogram drama, entitled which is at the Theatre, is one of a series based on Hugh Wiley's James Lee Wong detective stories taken from Collier's magazine Only the possibility of avoiding a tong war, and Bobby Logan's persuasion, make the famous Wong | enter the Wentworth case. A mil- lion and a half dollars in bonds | Mave been taken from one of Cyrus Nentworth's ships just before it is nysteriously sunk. Shortly after Nentworth is found shot Karloff again gives a ormance as the sus Nong, Grant Withers ng policeman, Aptain Street ‘ammg praise for his role opposite varjorie Reynolds, newspaper orter, whose amateur detectiv heories get in everyone's hair. - ->e Rainbow, DeMolay Will Hold Joint Installaiion_Saiurday A joint public installation of the Order of Rainbow and Order of DeMolay will be held Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock in the Scot- tish Rite Temple. Miss Betty Rice will be installed as Worthy Advisor for the Order of Rainbow and Griffith Nordling will be installed fine per- e sleuth s the dash- re- as Master Councillor for Order of DeMolay. Miss Isabel Parsons, retiring Worthy Advisor, will act as In- stalling Officer for the Rainbow Girls. Assisting her will be Past | Worthy Advisors, Miss Mary Stew=- art, Installing Marshal; Miss Ruth Allen, Installing Chaplain; Miss sician, and Miss Elizabeth Tucker, Installing Recorder. Fred Sorri,re- | tiring Master Councillor, will act |as Installing Officer for the De- | Molay. {~ All friends interested in witness- |ing these impressive ceremonies are | cordially invited to attend. Make Alcohol Is Order Now WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. — The | government today ordered approxi- | mately 60 per cent of the nation's | distilleries to turn available facilities | to the production of industrial { Katherine Torkelsen, Installing Mu-| | Where the Better Big Pictures Play O*LENTURY LAST TIMES TONIGHT —COLISEU “LADY WITH RED HAIR" ; i 4 - Mrs. W. J. Roberts Honor_eg at Bridge In honor of Mrs. Willlam J. Ro- serts, Mrs. Felix J. Toner enter- ained two tables of bridge last vening at her home in the Fifth \venue Apartments. Guests were lose friends of the honoree who vill leave next week with her small on for the south on her way {o Vicaragua to join her husband. Miss Elizabeth Terhune was win= 1er of first prize at contract and Mrs. Robert L. Duckworth won second award. Other guests were Miss Carrol Robertson, Mrs. Lu Liston, Mrs. Arthur Adams, Mrs, Wes Overby and the guest of hon= or. After the bridge game coffee, sandwiches and conversation were njoyed by the guests and hostess, Subscribe to the wvaily Alaska Empire—the paper with the largest Daid circulation. mart People Present a Smart’ Appearance Triangle Cleaners alcohol. omers. Erwin Rudolph Bobby |backstroke specialist, set nineteen new swimming marks for women. |became the pocket billiards champion. Joe DiMaggio was selected the Bill Gallon trotted to victory i ship, Sarah Palfrey Cooke captured the women’s singles tennis'tonian, the Kentucky Derby of trotting. Joe Louis, world’s heavyweight a world mark in the pole vault by clearing |outstanding baseball player of the year because of his hitting in 56 Craig Wood came back to win the national |consecutive games to give the Yankees a pennant and another world the Hamble- |series. Betty Hicks Newell captured the women's golf championship. 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