The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1942, Page 3

SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1942 7 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ™™ JRES TONIGHT— THE CAPITOL has the BIG PI( —LAST TIMES ‘Friendly Neighhors' || ‘Repent ai Leisure’ ITOL COMING SUNDAY AS CAPITOL BILL ‘Bud Abbott and Lou Cos-| tello Headliners in Hilar- ous Farce of Army Life Five new songs and one old one are featured in “Buck Privates,” the new Universal hit starring Abbott land Costello, coming Sunday to the Capitol Theatre. Lee Bowman, Alan Curtis, Jane Frazee and The Andrews Sisters are other head- |liners in the film. The eight-beats-to-the-bar CAP SHOW PLACE OF JUNE!/ STARTS SUNDAY! PREVUE TONIGHT 1:15 A. M. THE ARMY GOES BOOGIE WOOGIE! ¢ \ A\ - | V] o \ tunes introduced in the comedy about aud lhe army camp life are “I Wish You ISTERS Were Here,” “Boogie-Woogie Bugle ANDREWS S Boy,” “You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith,” “Bounce Me, Brother With a Solid Four” and “When Private Brown Becomes a Captain.” They are written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince, writers of “Rhumboogie,” “Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar” and a score of other top hits. Vic Schoen, musical director for The Andrews Sisters, collaborated. The old hit sung by The Andrews Sisters is “I'll Be With You at Ap-| ple Blossom Time,” first popular' right after the last war. Tonight for the last times at the Capitol Theatre will be the double feature program, “Friendly Neigh- bors” with the Weaver Brothers and with LEE BOWMAN - ALAN: CURTIS { BucK PRIVATES, and a Jumpin’, Jivin’ Gang of Guys and Gals! ME SONG HITS MARCH OF TI Cal‘toon Late News Elviry, and “Repent at Leisure” with Kent Taylor and Wendy Barrie. LR S e Sl | BASKETBALL THRILLER ON IN DOUGLAS TONIGHT, DH VERSUS SKAGWAY | sSkagway High School basket- | ballers are coming to Douglas to-! |night to give the Huskies a fling |and likewise allow local fans who {were unable to attend the first two| |games on the channel in Juneau 1to see them play. | Starting at 7:30 o'clock a prelim- inary game will be played between |Douglas freshmen and Juneau |eighth grade. Each of the teams (has won one from the other ard ‘lheir play tonight will determine ‘championshxp between the two. Following that game the Douglas thigh and Skagway will play and it | should prove to be a real game | e GIRL ¢ UTS AT FOUNDRY Accompanied by their leader, | s ] | The Andrews Sisters and Abbott and Costello in Universal's “Buck | Privates.” (Left to right) Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Lou Cos- tello, La Verne Andrews and Bud Abbott. This feature opens at the Capitol Sunday. T T SO | Scouts made a trip to the Tread- well foundry this morning to wi S ——————————————— 'BUCK PRIVATES' | Helps War Efort |ASTAIRE AND Mrs. Oswald Jacoby Wife of the world-famous bridge expert and a tennis star and bridge expert in her own right, Mrs. Os- wald Jacoby got a factory job at the Dallas, Texas, plant of North American Aviation as her contribu- tion to America’s war effort. She is employed in the hydraulics sub- assembly department. ness pouring of the hot metal, one of the industry’s principal sights to interest visitors there. D SEMESTER HONOR ROLL DOUGLAS PUBLIC SCHOOL First grade—Eleanor Havdahl, El- ton Engstrom, John Jensen. Second grade — Aleda Warner, Marilyn Isaaks, Mary Cuthbert. Third grade — Pauline Bonner, Catherine Valison. Fourth grade—James Sey. Fifth grade—Jeannine Greinor. Sixth grade—Donald Bonner. Seventh grade—Peggy Cochrane. Ninth grade—Melvin Shudshift, Robert Savikko. Twelfth grade—Elmer . Savikko, Frank Cashen, Harry Cashen. e, — GRID STAR TO ' GODDARD FORM ~ NEW DANCETEAM| |"Second Chorus’ Coming fo | 20th Century Sunday Also Features Shaw's Band The Second Chorus,” comes| |Sunday to the 20th Century The-| atre, when Fred Astaire, as a trumpet player with frolicsome feet, crosses horns with trumpet player Burgess Meredith for the love of beautiful Paulette Goddard. | Not only are they rivals for Paul-' |ette, but they also are aspirants ‘Hor places in Artie Shaw's swing {band, which is featured in the ‘ex- uberant story. Shaw, in the picture, and, from all | reports | before his vacation from the jitter- | bugs ! In the picture, Astaire is the' trumpet-playing leader of the Ivy| | College Perenials and Meredith a| trumpet-tooter who tries to mis-| (lead. The swing crew is held to- | gether year after year only be-| | cause Astaire and Meredith are very smart — in deliberately flunk- | {ing their courses so they could stay, lin school and in the band business. | | Just when' everything is going swell | {With Paulette Goddard as the| | band’s business manager, disaster | strikes. Astaire and Meredith are | graduated. The band breaks up and Pflulette! |gets a job managing Artie Shaw's! | aggregation. Then there is a sudden | and unexpected development. | For the last times tonight aud-| iences will enjoy “Arise My Love,”| romantic adventure with Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland. i [FOREST SERVICE OFFICIALS PLAN | SPRUCE SURVEY Possible increases in the produc- tion of high grade spruce from| Alaskan forests will be studied by | a United States Forest Service com- mittee which left Juneau for Ket-! chikan today. In the group were James Gerard,| | chief logging engineer for the U. S. F. 8., Charles Burdick. assistant re eional forester for Alaska; J. M. | Wycoff and C. H. Forward. |ship Company, December, has been issued, stating | Preview Tonight 1:15 A. M. ) 5 o LAST TIME TONIGHT “Arise TO0CENTURY st HIT! PAULE, s REXG 0, ROMANCING 700 HaAr! of My Life," “Poor Mr. Chisholm,” “1 Ain's Hop to Thet Step.” $881 Fréd and Pavlette do the dance thet WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY STARTS SUNDAY 8¢, L) 0[ S, \REZ90D, Matinee Sunday 2:00 P. M. weeping the country, “Dig WL .. Fred's greatest novelty number, “The: Dancing Conducter.” ALASKA TRAVELGRAPH IS OUT, LAST ISSUE; WAR GIVEN AS CAUSE The Alaska Travelgraph, official publication of the Alaska Steam- dated belately as that the Travelgraph was unfortu- nately delayed because of the war and the many questions and prob- 'Axe Murder ~ Case First On (alendar Kitka Trial Is to Lead Off .. - tion in Apr BE FILM STAR Calif., Jan. 24 —|tour. F - America Stanford’s Indians| is slated to star in PALO ALTO, Frankie Albert, quarterback for in 1940 and 1941, another field. He signed All ford,” scheduled to play the hero'sPitd Miss Ruby McNeil, Douglas Girl role in a movie, “Spirit of Stan-|Patient. to start produc-' Tt The Forest Service offi B admitted to the Government Hos- pital on Friday. He is a medical P S DO B Empire Classifieds Pay! Ilems arising with the advent of 5 plan| hostilitles. The leading article then to make a three-week inspection!ggyg. |, “At present this is the situation with reference to Alaska traffic sam Jackson of Skagway wus and to the Alaska Steamship Com- pany operations: | “Until further notice, no sched- | ules will be printed and no infor- | mation as to sailing dates will be | issued in advance. { “Travel agents who have clients | who want to go to Alaska are ad- i vised to notify K. A. Cross, Assis- | tant General Passenger Agent, Al- aska Steamship Company, Seattle, and to supply information as to i when they want to leave. Then, when, as and if there is a sailing at that time, Mr, Cross will let you know when we will be able to ac- commodate them and will offer you reservations for immediate accep- { tance. “It is apparent that, under pres- ent war conditions, no tourists, either as individuals or in parties, will visit Alaska, ’ | “It is expected that this will be | the last issue of The Travelgraph until after the war.” . Coal deposits, estimated to yield from 6 to 12 million tons, have just 5 been discovered in Sweden. DESERT WINGSPREAD: SOLDIERS AND TWO CARS—_“She has no vices,” said one R.AF. pilot after he'd flown a glant four-engined Boeing AR R bolinzer like this one in the Middle East campaign. Britons fighting in the desert say planes carry a bomb io;ti of Ifqofili-.':!e'r 2,000 bmuu can climb to 41,000 feet. Subscribe to The Emplre. JGGS PHONED THIS MORNING HE'S HOME ALREADY- THAT HE GOT_MY FATHER A AMBROSE-LET || HE SAID HIS FEET JOB IN THE ADVERTISING ME KNOW JUST BUSINESS-NOW =~ ISN‘T, AS SOON AS MY FATHER SO HE WENT TO BED- o COMES HOME- || HE'S IN HIS ROOM NOW- RN T Wz S0 LATE -1 HOPE THAT DEALT BY COMING I & THIS MAGGIE'S ASLEEP- HOUR? WHAT WILL MY AT THIS LATE HOUR? HEY- MAGGIE ~ ME DAUGHTER- COME _DOWN AN’ LET ME IN- . Court Session-Johnson 1 Case Postponed As the result of a change in the jcriminal court calendar, the mur- ‘der case against Nick Kitka, Sitka native, will go on trial first, with jurors to be drawn starting at 10 a. m. Monday, it was announced today. Originally, the first-degree mur- der case against Samuel Johnson, {Douglas native, was scheduled to stand first on the calendar. The change was made when Mrs. Mil-} dred Hermann, attorney for John-| |son, asked that the case not be| { brought to trial so soon. Kitka also faces a first-degree |furder indictment, charged with the axe slaying of his wife. Follow- | ing the Kitka case the court will try the morals case against James| Sullivan, of Skagway, then the al-! leged attempt to bribe an officer| | charged against Mrs. E. H. Harvie,‘ of Sitka, then the rape indictment !aaalnst Dan Henry of Yakutat, next | ithe alleged securing of property |under false pretenses charged| lagainst Floyd Cromwell, then the| ’appealed case from Pet,ersburgi which charges H. R. Rutherford,| local tughboat captain, with dump—" ing oil on harbor waters. S .,———— | NAME CHANGED ./ Clarence Wiitien was authorized | |to change the spelling of his last| |name to Wittenen in Federal Dis- | | trict Court here today. H — e | NESS RETURNS HOME Erick Ness, foreman of the re- cent grand jury in Juneau, left today for his home in Petersburg.! mount swing comedy, “Second Ch Paulette Goddard indicates here that a girl must be both coy eautious with a man as dangerous as “Mr, Chisholm,” whe is in Comedian Charles Butterworth. The scene is from the new Fred Astaire which opens at the 20th Century Sunday, LAST TIME TONIGHT “Arise My Love” SOVIET DRIVE CONTINUES 10 ADVANCEFAST NEW YORK, Jan, 24—The Brite radio today declared ' *" is completely encircled and Sm lensk almost encircled” by westwi | driving Russian troops. o | | Smolenck is 230 .miles west of |Moscow and is the site of Hitler’s |field headquarters. a% The Russians were reported to have advanced within 120" miles, of {the Latvian frontier in a 65: sweep through the Valdai hills. | A Russian communique said that in the past two months Red forces have recaptured 2,000 towns. B o o s oo HOSPITAL NOTES - —_— fit 'k Mrs. Walter, McKinnon was ade mitted Friday evening to St. Ann's Hospital for medical treatment, , Mrs. Joseph Graner entered’ 86 Ann’s Hospital on Saturday ing as a medical patient. J. A. Anderson of the Polarq Taku Mining Company was diss missed Friday from St. Ann's Hoss pital. e i The following patients were dis+ charged from the Government Hog* pital here and are on their way to Seattle for further hospitaliza tion: Alex James, James Th@ii Verna Bolton, Prances Laut Peter Fawcett. : Recently discharged from, thé Governient Hospital and on IIQ way to Ketchikan is Frank Peres. Aifred Cropley was dhehlrlfl‘ from the Government this morning. He had been there for medical treatment, 7 s - o DI S, T an i 2 orus,” starring Miss Goddard R | P T