The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 19, 1942, Page 3

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1942 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ___PAGE THREE —————————————— THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES THEATRE SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU PREVUE STARTS TONITE! JCHESTER MORRIS-HUDSON Make the Capitol a Habit? ROCHELLE ENDS TONIGHT — "They Dare Not Love’ witt : ]M/\RTHA SCOTT GEOR BRENT TOMORROW The Inside Headline Story Ol Bombsight Smuggling! Gary Cooper n “The Westerner” It's Good Enough to See Again! World Diy : Of Prayer Tomorrow With the theme for the day “I Am The Way”, World Day of Prayer will be observed in Juneau tomor- row afternoon and evening with special programs at Holy Trinity Cathedral. Everyone is urged to attend at least part of the meet- ing, afternoon or evening, and join with Christians throughout the world in the observance of this day. The afternoon program will begin at 2 o'clock and that in the evening 't 8 o'clock. Both afternoon and evening there will be a program of hymns and prayers with talks on different ap- propriate topics presented by sey- eral people as well as special music. In the afternoon a solo entitled “The Lord is My Shepherd will be sung by Mrs. W. H. Matth- ews, with Mrs. Charles L. Popejoy playing the accompaniment. Special music on the evening pro- gram will include “Lift Thine Eyes,” Mendelssohn's lovely selec- tion, sung by a trio composed of Merle Janice Schroeder, Katherine Green and Ruth Allen, with Ernest | Oberg as accompanist; “Ave Maria” a cello solo by Shirley Davis, with| her mother, Mrs. Carol Beery Davis| as -accompanist and = an anthem, “God So Loved The World”, sung by a combined choir. History of Day of Prayer Observance of the World Day of Prayer came about gradually and was first observed generally on the first Friday of Lent in 1927. In 1936 Christians of more than fifty countries. kept the day together and in America alone millions observed the day. As far back as 1887, Presbyterian women in the United States went together to pray for Home Mis- sions. Interest in this day of Praver increased until the Foreign Mis- sion forces. chose a day for united prayer in the early nineties and in 1920, both in Canada and the Unit- ed States, church women of all de- When [ Ameriea’s famous brand is so moderately ing bourbon ask for 0ld Crow by name = National D Distributed by NATIONAL GROCERY COMPANY Seattle. Washington AMERICAS Those in the know... ask for =~ GREAT WHISKIES lers Prod. Corp., N. Y, * 100 Proof 1891—Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS IPOIGNANT LOVE | " STORY IS NOW AT CAPITOL George Brefimartha Scott! Co-star in ‘They Dare Not | | - Love’ - Good Support ' poignant love story, pln,\-od: the breathlessness of to- events, brings sweeping . brilliant acting and superb direction to the Capitol Theatre, | where Columbia’s “They Dare Not | Love” opened last night. with | | George Brent and Martha Scott co- starred, “They Dare Not Love” is one of the most stirring humnn; documents to emerge from Holly- | wood this season. The stellar sup- | porting cast includes Paul Lukas, | Roman Bohnen, Kay Linaker, Ed- gar Barrier and Erwin Kalser, and | James Whale, maker of such mast- erful hits as “Show Boat" and |“Journey’s End,” directed the |splendid new film with sympathy and understanding. “They Dare Not Love” |story of an Austrian prince |blood, forced to flee from a |of terror which suddenly sweeps down upon him and his people, tells the story of an attractive |young woman refugee who finds heroic romance with him in the| eight days before he sacrifices him- | lgelf in order to win freedom and | |hope for others. l o & | | | A against tells the of the regime | nominations united in prayer, the | ¥irst Friday in Lent being selected | as the Day of Prayer for Missions. | In numberless places around the | world, from missionaries returning | from the homeland, the thought of | ~ _SmaII, SIiIIBig PAUL MUNI HAS " FINE ROLE IN - . | 'HUDSON'SBAY" %Gripping Feature at 20th Century Shows Famous J Star as ‘First Canadian’ Movie-goers at last have an op-| | portunity to see .Paul Muni in thv‘ |kind of a role they've always want- ed him to play, in “Hudson's Bay," | 20th Century-Fox adventure film which opened last night at the 20th | Century Theatre. Portraying Pierre | | Radisson, the colorful, reckless | “First Canadian,” Muni turns in a superb performance which is sure| to put him in the running for an-| | other Academy Award. | Muni’s latest role is distinétly dif-| | ferent from the austere types of | roles he made famous in recent| ”vnr:‘, taking him away from the‘i ‘s'nmbrv sackgrounds with which he| has been associate: nto an at-| | mosphere of romantic adventure. Beautifully filmed, enacted and| dirgcted, “Hudson’s Bay” depicts a | turbulent story of roaring action in the north's frozen wilderness. Although it is essentially the dra-| matic story of the founding of a great commercial empire in- Can- | ada, the film is also a powerful and | |eloquent story of courage. | Woven into the story is a grip- | ping romance between John Sut-| ton and lovely Gene Tierney. It lsf one of the motivating elements of! the picture. Virginia Field and Nigel Bruce are also seen in the| | brilliant featured cast. | | -oe | it between nd the noote-* TI0 [ENTORY Where the Better BIG Pictures Play! 1 q\“‘k w on V““ neck a PAUL <+« heading straight for anothes Academy Award ... Pierre Radisson, the First Canadianm, in with GENE TIERNEY LAIRD CREGAR + JOHN SUTTON « VIRGINIA FIELD VINCENT PRICE NIGEL BRUCE Directed by Irving Pichel Awociste Prodvcer Kennoth Original Screen Play by Lamer Troll A 20th Century-Fox Picture the national association, belh:vea;couuszm Starts T?,flb‘ The Great Profile” this will be the association’s great-| est year ! B “There is increased correspond- la day of prayer spread until at the | request of many far-away friends,! the first World Day of Prayer was observed in 1927. SHRINECLUBIS Perhaps the smallest man in the U. S. Army, Private Willie Dockray (left), 23-year-old cowboy from Capitan, N. M., is convinced he’s big | Dockray, nicknamed “Almost” mustered | some help to make his 4 feet 11 inches, stand even with Corp. Durrel Davis at Camp Callan near San Diego, Cal. enough to beat the Japs. Too short to qualify for (BASKETBALL . | T0 OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY| Stage Set Ifig Tourneys| ence in regard to association act-| ivities and inquiries concerning the/ tournament,” he explained. “I be- lieve there are far more outstand- ing basketball teams in the U. 8. today than there have been in| any recent year.” The N.C.AA. (National Collegiate Athletic Associalion) tournament 1-ACLASSIFICATION LOOMS FOR MENWHO © FAILTO MAKE REPORT, Every married man subject L the Juneau Local Draft Board wi now has a Class III-A rating mi | Shrine 0 ENTERTAIN ON SATURDAY | JUNEAU WOMAN SEES HENDERSON Annual Washington's; | Birthday Dance Will Be | IN WASHINGTON | | for Club and Guests | 1 a recent special washington| | Merry-Go-Round by Drew Pearson | Members of the Shrine Club willland Robert S. Allen, the following |entertain with the second of their appear |current ceries of dancing parties| “Leon Henderson is guarded by at the Scottish Rite Temple on'so many secretaries and function- |Saturday evening from 10 o'clock aries that even members of con- until 1 a. m. (gress have a hard time getting to | The affair is the annual Wash- him. Officials of Alaska, bothered ington Birthday dance of the by a serious price problem in the |Shrine Club and in addition to| Territory, tried for days to get an and their ladies, invita- 2udience with the price czar. tions have heen mailed to guests ny\ Finally, a little gray-haired lady the club. |found the answer. Music for the occasion ‘will be{ Mrs. John McCormack, wife of | furnished by the five plece nrches-;'/\lnsk:\'s selective service head, at-| |tra of Lillian Uggen and during the |tended a woman’s club function in | | intermission refreshments will be|Washington, at which Henderson | |served in the banquet room under |Submitted himselt to questioning. the direction of Mrs. Katherine| Mrs. McCormack put the Alaskan | | Hooker. |price problem to Henderson on the | Lance Hendrickson, President of|floor of the club meeting, and he| the Club, is also dance chairman. |Promptly invited her to call at his| the draft, Willie got recruiting officers to accept him b& arguing: “Those Japs aren’t any bigger than L.” of that “"Peach Bas- ket Game”’ By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN AP Feature Service | KANSAS CITY, Feb. 19 — Folks out this way are getting ready for the Peach Basket championships, climax of the 50th anniversary structions. She saw Henderson,| ¢80 for the game, now called and came away with a promise Dlibaskelbalh which. Graws (99 millik sdtion. spectators a. year. Just a half century ago Dr. James | {A. Naismith hung a couple of ibaskets on the wall of a small Springfield, Mass., gymnasium. Two nine-man teams bounced a big round ball across the floor and with awkward contortions tossed it | | | l office the next day for a detailed| explanation. “The people around the office,” said Henderson, “will try to ' keep you out, but pay no attention to them. You ust march straight in- to my office.” Mrs, McCormack followed in- Coffee Ration Cu By Swedish Board STOCKHOLM, Feb. 19—In an ef- fort to conserve Sweden's llmiu’d|'oy“afguu‘c:l:ju‘fei;sk“b 1" said! supply of coffee, the Food Commis- iy, "o <8 all,” asid sion has cut the ration to 250 ¥ ) grammes (a little more than eight | and a half ounces) for adults for | the next three months. In addition, | no coffee will be issued to house- | holders or to resturants during the spring and summer months, in order that a limited ration may be avail- | able for the ensuing fall and winter | months. 2 | Today, quintets garbed in colorful, flashy uniforms are drilled into precision ma- chines with intricate offensive and defensive patterns. Players flick in points with amazing regularity and handle the ball | like magicians. | | — e | | KLONDIKE GOLD . HEIRESS LEAVES NIECE FORTUNE Will of George Carmack’s i Widow Admitfed fo | Probate in Seaftle SEATTLE, Feb. 19—The will of | Mrs. Marguerite Carmack, 66, wid- | |ow of George Carmack, who dis- covered the Klondike gold field in 1897, was filed for probate today. Mrs. Carmack died January 27 and left an estate estimated by George Olson, her attorney, between | $50,000 and $75,000. | The bulk of the estate was left to a niece, Mrs. A. E. Lee of ,Seattle. ——————— | NOTICE TO BICYCLE OWNERS The 1942 Bicycle licenses are now available and on sale at the office of the City Clerk. The City of Juneau Ordinance requires all bicycles to be licensed. Signed: R. G. RICE, City Clerk. ___ BRINGING UP FATHER First publication, Feb. 18, 1942. Last publication, Feb. 27, 1942. A TRIPLE PLAY [ Basketball's half century of pru-“ jgress will be exhibited at Kansas City and St. Joseph this year in| three of the nation's biggest tourn-| | aments: 1. The National Intercollegiate :buketbnll championship, March 9- | 14, inclusive, at Kansas City. | 2. The National Collegiate basket- ball championship, March 28, Kan sas City. 3. The National A.A.U. women’s| basketball championship, March 23- 27, at St. Joseph, Mo. | Under the auspices of the Na- tional Association of Intercollegiate Basketball, 32 teams representing !distrlct.s in all parts of the country 'will compete for the intercollegiate |title — the ultimate for smaller schools, although participants dis- like to be called “smaller schools.” It’s a big tournament and the cal- iber of basketball is outstanding. To the winner goes the James A.{ Naismith memorial trophy, a mem- orial to Maude Naismith, wife of the game's originator. | San- Diego, Calif., State college defeated Murray, Ky. State col- {lege for the fourth annual champ- ionship last year. The two schools | 'automaucauy qualify this season.! | Other schools enter by application through district chairmen. E. 8. Liston, athletic director of Baker university, Baldwin, Kas.,' and executive secretary-treasurer of | | PLAN FOR. LWSE YOUR ROOM 2 YOU KNOW HE JUST CAN'T STAND THE COLD AND THERE 1S A FIREPLACE IN YOUR ILL GIT NY CLOTHES OUT OF THAT ROOM WHAT'S THE IDEA BEFORE HE STARTS OF THROWIN' _ME WEARIN'EM - CLOTHES OUT IN THE HALL ? By GEORGE McHANUS is regarded the world series of basketball and by a process of elim- ination brings together the two top larger college teams in the nation. | A committee in eight sections| selects the teams for competition. | Four sectiohs west of the Mississ- ippi river comprise the western di- vision; four east make up the east-| ern division. earns, was issued several The eastern division tournament|®80, McCormick recalled, but mang will be |married men, whose only depens staged at New Orleans| March 20 and 21. On the same dents are their wives, ‘hnv: fal days, the western playoffs will be|to answer the request. conducted at Kansas City. The two| “This applies, of course, only winners meet in Kansas City's huge | married men who have no municipal auditorium March 28 for reason for exemption than the national title. | wives,” McCormick said, “Men The two divisional playoffs |dependent children or other and the national championship | pendents are not concerned. game drew 45,000 fans last year | the local board will place the and clicked $32,000 into the till. |with only a wife dependent, For two years, the Big Ten |Class I-A, unless the regis conference has placed a na- * submits proof in writing that his tional champion. Indiana won |Wife actually is dependent upom the honor in 1940 and Wiscon- |bhim.” sin defeated Washington State | WELFARE EXPERT immediately report the employment status of his wife | writing to the board or face arbis. trary reclassification into I-A, Selective Service Director Ji McCormick warned today. The warning to report the wife! employment, whether full time o part time, and the amount - to | 39-34 before a crowd of 8,000 | 4 » last year. | i ot s, o anecior of| 10 ARRIVE FROM & the western and national tourna-| 6 'D s ments, and H. G. Olsen, Ohio State | wmm 'o" nq university coach, is general chair-| —_— man of the NCAA. Mrs. Edna .Wright, a represe: Both Olsen and Liston said their|tive of the Bureau of Public respective college tournaments 'sistance of the Social P would be held despite the war.!Board in Washington, D. C, They look for a better brand of jarrive in Juneau this week to wol basketball and larger attendance with the Alaska Department for the golden jubilee celebration, iPubl\c Welfare on old age assisl The women's National A.AU. ance. brings together the best teams from! While Mrs. Wright is in June: 41 AAU. districts, The towrney she will make an administrati has been at St. Joseph, Mo., the!study of the old age payments ti past two years and prior to that have been made from the Ju had been held at Witchita 11 years. office of the Public w:u‘arenq The Little Rock, Ark, Flyers de-|partment, according to Hugh fend their championship in this Wade, Director of the Social S’ year’s 14th annual meeting. curity office here. Ed ¥ POSHS SR SPECIAL at the Hollywood Shoe Parlor WHY PAY MORE FOR YOUR SHOE REPAIRING WHEN YOU CAN HAVE THEM FIXED AT HALF THE PRICE? Ladies’ Soles and Heels .. Men's Soles and Heels ... Miners' Tire Soles and Heels When' the SHOE SPECIALIST fixes yo GOOD at the HOLLYWOOD SHOE PARLOR .. 150 and shoes they HAVE BE Call STAR Cabs GO WHERE YOU PLEASE WITH YOUR MIND AT EASE * 0 N | ) gPHONEg Ride STAR Cabs DON LOZZIE—Owner * *