The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 10, 1942, Page 3

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1942 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 1 THE CAPITOL HAS THE Bic PICTURES || BACK STREET" DRAWS (ROWDS ENDS TODAY! "BACK STREET" 10 CAPITOL jCharles Bo;ér- and Mar- l'll:\RLr‘l”‘B()YEE garet Sullavan Please Audiences in Roles SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU .« MARGARET LAVAN PREVIE STARTS TOMORROW TONITE! I Two of the screen's most gla- ‘ $'°|'Y °f youfll S I morot stars, Charles Boyer and first fling at love! Margaret Sullavan, have at last, @ i o Jln"vn teamed in the starring roles |of a picture. | B | | The picture is Universal's “Back a picturization of Fannic | Street,” | Hurst's sensational and famous novel. It will play for the last time ! tonight at the Capitol Theatre. | “Back Street” first appeared in |serial form in the Cosmopolitan ‘Magz\zmo and aroused a storm of comment from all literary quar- | ters. The boldness of its theme, its| candid handling of the situations,' ’:,: and above all, the excellence of e | the writing, made it one of the e | most-talked-cf stories of the day ” It was published as a novel and immediately soared into best-selier \\' iprcpornons. Translated into every civilized language, the sales of the |book ran into the hundreds of thousands. It enjoyed a greater reader audience than any popular novel published up to the time of its appearance. Miss Sullavan will be seen as the igirl, with Charles Boyer as the man. Others in-the cast are Rich- rard Carlson, Frank McHugh, Tim Holt, Samuel S. Hinds and Frank Jenks. DEFENDERS, - GREAT BASE RETREATING Imperial Forces Withdraw- ing Info Heart of Brit- ish Stronghold (Continued from Page One) ALSO EL BRENDEL Comedy e | Boegie Woogie | | —_— | Columbia Picture N | i | | WAKE UP YOUR|S! CASESOF | LIVER BILE— | ~ MUMPS LISTED Without Calomel—And You'll Jump Out of | in the Morning Rarin’ to Go Jiver, should paur ot two pints of Thy liquid bile into your bos I bile is not flowin not dizest, Tt may Gas bloats up you pated, You feel sou looks punk. Fifty-one cases of mumps were ___ s reported in the weekly bulletin of | The British headquarters admit- the Territorial Department of teq at 10 oclock last night that Health today for the week ending fighting raged only 10 miles away February 9. There are 26 cases of mumps at King Cove, 16 at Kodiak, 7 at food may v in the bowela. You get consti- and the world from the city. Surrender Demanded those good, ef e Cart this The Berlin broadcast admitted | Mrs. Rowland Bingham and her that bloody fighting still continued, baby, Ross Roland, were discharged however, and the hard-pressed Aus- ! /from St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday.!tralian, British and Indian Imper- o i e ials were exacting a terrible toll| Peter Lawrence has left the Gov-|of the invaders. ernment Hospital where he under-| A Domei dispatch said Japanese went a surgical operation. engineers have repaired the 3,000-| foot Johore Strait causeway the British destroyed and the Japa- nese troops and supply trains are pouring over the span from the mainland of the Malayan Pen- insula. i Pills to gzet these two pint . | A Berlin broadcast early fred u Anchorage and onc each at Fair- up.t’. Arbasit Banks ‘Apdr-Junes | forencon said Japanese Comman- Ask for Cart P der Lieut. Gen. Yamashita sent a Stubbornly re - | ! : © | message this morning to the Brit-| e 3 ;nsh Commander of Singapore de- | | Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing — Ofl Burnere Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal Marlene St. Clair is in the Gov- |ernment Hospital for medical care.| FOR Rachel Albert was admitted to! | the Government Hospital for med- | |ical treatment. 1 i e — CH ER CARLSON TO VISIT IN CALIFORNIA | Mrs. Chester Carlson, whose| home is on the Douglas Highway, is | leaving for California where she will visit her mother at Concord. Mr. Carlson is employed on the base at Sitka. —oe— % Cary Grant did his first enter- ~ taining in® this country on stilts: Subscribe to the vally Alaska he stomped up and down the| Empire—the paper with the largest Coney Island Boardwalk, adver- paid circulation. tising an amusement concession. WALL PAPER Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 i i | Fred W. Wendt MRS. PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 16—24 = 1881—Hall a Century of Banking—1941 The . .Behrends_ Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS ~ U.S. Lend-Lease Planes at Sinéapore SWEATERS GO EVERYWHERE, FROM GOLF TO DANCING Left, short-sleeved cardigan; right, duo-set of French spun zephyr; below, baby pink cardigan. The days are gone when ‘a sweater was in style as long as it lasted. There now are many new styles, and they are worn for everything, from golf to dinner dancing. The three shown are worn by the prize winners, in “Sweater Girl of 1941” contest. Left above is Mrs, Lorraine Beaubien, who placed third, wearing a short-sleeved cardigan of camel heather with pussycat bow at neck. Right is the winner, Margaret Landry, who chose a duo-set of French spun zephyr, short-sleeved cardigan and slipover with deep V neck. Pris- cilla Perry, 16, below, was second, and is modeling a baby pink cardigan of soft pebbly yarn. . Mrs. Fa'gemn And M. S. Leath Married Monday Mrs. Mary Ann Fagerson became the bride of Melville S. Leath at a quiet ceremony performed by United States Commissioner Felix Gray at the Gray residence in Douglas last evening at 9 o’clock. Witnesses to the ceremony were Miss Doris Guilian, Carl D. Hupp' and Malcolm E. Morrison. Both Mr. and Mrs. Leath well known in Juneau and many friends in the city. paign for Negofiated Economic Truce are have! LONDON, Feb. 10— An e e tional cartel of French and Ger-|ing, and four members of the Coun- | man industrialists today is reliably cil present, further business of CONIRA(IS FOR | reported to have started organizing|the meeting consisted mainly of {a new campaign for a negotiated|discussions and plans for later peace: between Germany and the action. Disposal of the insurance United Nations on business MAIL AWARDED According to advices received by Postmaster Albert Wile, mail con- tracts for the Sitka Route and the Juneau - Petersburg and wayports route have been awarded. Capt. James V. Davis, operating if the western powers persist the Estebeth has again been award- | {ighting the war to an end. ed the Sitka mail contract for the| The industrialists are reported next four years. | be pointing their campaign partic Japanese conguests in the T and acquisition already of territo ies rich in natural resources a raw materials will put Japan in J. J. Stocker has been given the|larly at the United States with em- supply of the town to be okey was contract to carry mail from Juneau ' phasis on the dangers ot to Petersburg via wayports, also for |access to raw materials to Japan’s addi four years. cheap labor supply. PS BUY DEFENSE STAMPS BUY DEFENSE e March of Time United States-made Brewster planes sent to the Far East under the lend-lease program, are shown on the starting line at a Singapore aerodrome. Since this picture was made, the planes have gone aloft to engage Japanese bombers and have given a good account of themselves. . BRINGING UP FATHER (" J SOLID COMFORT- THIS IS THE LIFE - NOTHING TO WORRY ME - WHO (S IT THAT MAGGIE 1S TALKING TO ON T TR (TS WHY-YES-GIRLS - YOU CAN COME OVER AND PLAY BRIDGE ALL AFTERNOON ~VYOU SAY EIGHT TABLES WILL BE ENOUGH? FRENCH - NAZI [ DoUGLAS CARTEL URGES WORLD PEACE Indusirialis?s—Stari Cam- interna- grounds. These international industrialists, |a qualified source sald, argued that!'layed until next meeting and in the | position to dominate world markets! — jguest of honor at a dinner party| By GEORGE McMANUS | vt T2y 20TH CENTURY "You're the One” Brings [l tAst Melody and Rollicking Comedy fo Screen | Add Bonnie Baker and Orrin | Tucker, to the list of Radio’s top | favorites, who've gone into movies |and conquered in a big way! After years of melody-making on | | | | Where the Better B Pictures Play | {the airwaves, Bonnie and Orrin | succumbed to the lure of Hollywood jand are to be seen in their first film roles in Paramocunt’s latest eanan - Rz | Stk nshic. “Youth Bhe ALSO—A Variety of Short mow playing the 20th Subjects Century Theatre, featuring Jerry o | cotonna, Litian cornell, Albert COLISEUM Starting Tonight | Dekker, Edward Everett Horton " and Teddy Hart An Angel from Texa' Ingeniously, the plot of the pic- TCE e PRSI [ture first presents Bonnie as a [ brunette, and then later, ns i6 un- S M A l‘ T Bonnis's brunette locks are changed to blonde. The story has a job warbling * with Albert Dek- ker's orchestra. Dekker, in his com- Present edy role, likes only blondes and ; A glamorous” ones at that. To get ) the job, Bonnie goes blonde gla- Smar! mour girl—and then meets Orrin . Tucker. This raises complicatians, Appearance | because Bonnie is in love with Orrin and would much rather sing with his orchestra. Incidentally, most of the plot unfolds in the | lunatic surroundings of a weight- reducing sanitarium, run like a country resort and night club, ny | Jerry Colonna, as a doctor, and I his pretty nurse, Lillian Cornell - 04 Triangle . Cleaners Phone 507 Kelly—Days Are as Grass; O'Briep —The Best Short Stories of 1941; NEW BOOKS RECEIVED AT pUB"( l'BRARY Lf)l'\ns; ~Stars in Yr.mr Eyes; Bot- Among new books now on the Companion Pieces; Carrick — Con- shelves, the Juneau Public Library sider the Daisies; Lanham—Thundér has the following: in the Earth; Cloete—The Hill of g | Leacock — Too Much College; Doves; Gregory—The Red Law.: DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS | jonnson—Four Years in Paradise; There are also twelve new mystery | BANNED WITHIN CITY LIMITS Gunther — Inside Latin America; stories that have been received ‘at | An ordinance probibiting the Cobb — Exit Laughing; Fitz—Lady the library. | shooting of firearms within the Sourdough; Lincoln—The New Hope. — lcity limits of Douglas and specify- Baldwin—The Heart Remembers; ing penalty for such offense, upon ‘—— |conviction, became a law by action {of the City Council following the | {third and final reading ' of the {measure, last night at the regular| |meeting. | | With Mayor Hachmeister presid- - NEWS R BUY DEFEN! STAMPS, I:o;-eignNBorn—_Figvlrltr for in regards to renewal of pol- icy on the school building was de~ fic meantime the Mayor and City Clerk | or- | will investigate, further, terms of| ndlrmlm;tlm\ in premium for 80 per| aleent coverage. | Agreement was reached to order | in|a quantity of fire extinguisher sup-| iplies for use of the Fire Depart- to/ment. Report from the Territorial | |Board of Health showing the water | ng | read. - }BON VOYAGE DINNER FOR MISS FRASER Miss Elizabeth Fraser will be the in the Baranof Hotel arranged for| {this evening and to be attended by | the Douglas School Faculty, mem-' bers of the, School Board and their escorts. The affair will represent | the farewell event of her ten years |association with the Douglas ESLhouls as primary grades teacher |which ended® today at noon. | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That on February 10th, 1942, in | the Commissioner’s Court for Ju- {neau Precinct, at Juneau, Alaska, | Gertrude Helgesen Boggan was ap- | peinted executrix of the will and estate of Joseph F. Kaher, de- ceased. All persons having claims ’against said estate are required to ipresent them, with verified vouch- ;ers as required by law, to said ex- |ecutrix at the office of her attor- ney, Howard D. Stabler, Shattuck Building, Juneau, Alaska, within six months from the date of the | first publication of this notice. i GERTRUDE HELGESEN BOGGAN, (Executrix. First publication, Feb. 10, 1942. Last publication, March 3, 1942. ady, Seven enlisted men at the air corps advanced flying school in Victoris, Tex., who were born in foreign lands, are shown above, all in the war against the Axis. Left to right, are Sergt. H. L. Franke, Germany; Pvk Al Fouquart, Belgium; Sergt. John Cervenek, Czechoslovakia; Sergt. ' M. Grundfossen, Sweden, and Pvt. P, Apostolos, Greece. On wing are - Pvt, MArio Peretti, Italv and Seret. Peter Jensen, Denmark, i D | BUY DEFENS BONDS FHISUNSEALED,UNGLUED ~ENVELOPE CONTAINING TWO ONE DOLLAR BILLS, TRAVELED 3000 MILES WITH CONTENTS INTACT — TRIBUTE T0 THE HONESTY AND EFFICIENCY POSTAL EMPLOYES, n.;u.xuolums“.mmm'nu“um-u - Contributors: Mary E. Lynch and Ellen C. Donoghue. Although ~ left-handed men and women are employed by the Post Office Depart- ment all mail is distributed right handed fashion. Mail is dfln w worked into letter cases stamp up and pointing towards the rig! & band, Stamp illustrated abovg was issued by Greece, b HE RAN OUT THE UNITED STATES SAVINGS