The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1942, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1942 —__THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Galaxy of gorgeous girls! 7 swell new song hits! Laughs galore...you'll Allen JENKINS - Joan MERRILL - Richard LANE 3 Stooges - Brenda ond Cobina - Six Hits and o Miss EDDIE DURANT'S Rhumba Orchestra and GLEN GRAY casa Stranger Than Fiction and LATEST LUMA BAND NE SHOWS at 7:30 and 9:30 P. M. Show Place of Juneau "THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES FreshAir Does Nof Taste Fresh By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE NEW YORK, Mar. 18—When you say the fresh air tasies good, it's probably not the air. Fresh air tastes bad, any taste. ered by British scientists while making compressed air experiments with apparatus for savnig men from sunken submarines. The discovery is reported in Nature, Britain'’s official science journal The taste is described as harsh, metal\ d indefinable. It shows up when air is compressed to 8 to 10 times normal density. The flavor is ascribed to nitro- gen, the gas which forms 79 per cent of air. Oxygen, 20 per cent DR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON Local optometrist has returned to Juneau. Eyes examined, broken lenses replaced. Blomgren Bldg., Phone 636. - The largest denim mills in world are in Greensboro, N. C. the if it has SCHENLEY You Get the BEST from “OUR Great Whiskey States of the air, and the only other com-| ponent which seems large enough to have a taste, probably does not account for the air flavor. When oxygen in pure compressed, it too has a taste. Some people say it is sweet, other acid. It is described as like dilute gin- ger ale and like dilute ink with a little sugar. This oxygen taste shows up at 6 to 7 times &ir den- sity. Gases like oxygen and nitrogen had been supposed to be tasteless. Sleep Easy; Just Relax CHICAGO, March 18 Ten “tricks” listed in Tne journal of the American Medical Association as helpful in relaxing: 1. Cut down on the intensity of gives'it SMOOTH- NESS retiring. (Think of pleasant things.) 2. Take plenty of time to get ready for bed. 3. If you like to read in bed choose non-fiction. Force your mind to grapple with cumbersome facts, | bore it into unconditional surrender to sleep. 4. Transplant your mind from fears or hates to a field which has interest without excitement. (A new wardrobe, possibly.) 5. Make your mind hop from one idea to another. Just as the mind loses consciousness and sleep comes, thoughts become disjointed and scattered. 6. To quiet the body, get rid of any pressure or pain. (Lighten the | weight of covers.) *Blended with Specially Distilled Neutral Grain Give You Perfect MILDNESS without a rub- - | showman-like direction This has been @iscov-| form is your thinking half an hour before | (OMEDY, ROMANCE i e | MUSICMAKEHITON !E_ree Children, 4 Hits CAPITOL PROGRAM AT "“Time Out for Rhythm"” ; W | with Rudy Vallee, Ann : e e . - | Miller, Rosemary Lane | \ ; A score of well-known entertain- ers, seven soft angd sizzling hit * tunes, a wealth of comedy gnd ro- mance, of thrills and excitement,' @ 1 |provide the entertainment staples § § ¢ § | jof Columbia’s “Time Out For : | Rhythm,” hectic, hilarious, happy S 2 | new hit opening tonight at the ! - | | Capitol Theatre. | | Rudy Vallee, Ann Miller and . . | | Resemary Lane head the long list ! " 3 e ! | of top-flight performers from radio, | % . : | |stage and screen. Surrounding '_ 3 % > ¢ 3 < : B | |them are such other" celebrities as % 3 § Allen Jenkins,*Joan Merrill, Brenda ” S | and Cobina, Richard Lane, the, R d 3 | | Three Stooges, Six Hits and a Mtss.‘ o . ¥ s | | Eddie Durant’s Rhumba Orchestra | o |and Glen Gray and His Casa Loma | | Band. A down-to-earth, but realistically | |true story of how stars are made | and careers are broken, “Time Out | For Rhythm” is a back-stage swry; | which expertly blends music and | zany comedy, romance and hean—i throbs and spectacle. Under. the| of Sidney| Salkow, with the dance routines| staged by LeRoy Prinz, the new film possesses a delightful wallop, of the kind which comes only when | |every element of a film just right. Cast as a theatrical booking ag- | ent dvsfx‘ramly seeking to obtain NEW YORK--The a “break” for his newest discov-|Fields left more than . u-ddltion:Brmd“yV but it lasted -‘only 10 ery, Vallee gives the screen his for the American theater. He.lpnlweeks and they went back to Hol- greatest performance to date — a|two sons and a daughter, gifted | oo " Lo ™ a0 ine cmiled on | characterization which mingles mu- and stage-wise, who have accom-| v “qitor Fileen,” however, sic, mirth and romance in bril-|Plished the next to 1mpn.ssiblv—rnur. A \liant proportions. Petite Ann ;?f:‘[!&f’l“" running at one time ON| Lyo400 43 and close to being 1Mxll.erj lc.)vel_\ tv\mkl.etcod .stm.‘ Joseph Flelds, in collaboration the lipl.ul. }well—dleas:"d Ne; :!orl‘; | proves herself not only a gorgeous | . Ty ome Chodorov, wrote “My bachelor, teamed with ichare |dancer, but an equally talented! & yoar on Broadwny‘no‘jg”" and Lorenz Hart on such successes as “Dearest Enemy"” and Vet " § G . Sister Eileen,’ singer and dramatic actress in her|pn.. 96 and “Junior Miss,” new SBekry Anh" Me ved s Hubd'in | “Thes Connecticut Yankee,” “Hit ;PE"""‘:“"‘I'C 25 V:!]ze's]prolleg;:ndl”"_.; fall and, like its predecessor, romantic lead. A S€-a comedy of family life based on ; 3 A | ack’ L illion mary Lane, abandoning her heroine gpetches from the New Yorker. A;.':l:fich[r);\ls: " :‘:?tlng“fglrra’\l‘ sue- roles for the nonce, is seen as an | dhetide alone ; wrote “Panama | g ree U sl lnt!rac(ive singing star determined| Herbert Fields |to advance her career in spite of Hattie” with B. G. (Buddy) De- |any obstacles in her way. €ylva, and Herbert and Dmmhy‘ DR JOHN GEYER Loty . MISS DEIDRICK, MEMORIES of Lew Fields are revived by the exploits of his playwrit- ing children, Herbert, Dorothy and Joseph By RAY PEACOCK AP Feature Service Writer o writing and his meeting with Chor- |orov started a long collaboration in screen plays. late Lew | ™ "1037 they tried out a play on ! -ee Fields wrote “Let’s Face It,” which raised Danny Kaye to stardom. Both MenAre | ere musical comedies, and “Pan-, ama Hattie,” too, has been on !Brcadway more than a year. Dorobtuy's 57th Street kitchen| X door is inst across the hall from Enlisted men are invited tonight Rosie’s kitchen door, which makes | {to attend an open house in the it nice because the widowed Rosie,| American Legion Dugout for which Once the “prettiest girl on the east | members of Rebekah Lodge will side,” is the mother of these three. be the . hosteasta: . | Dorothy, a tall slender brownette, dise 1 is one of those rare hostesses who Solemnized in the Church by the An orchestra has been secured for can make a stranger feel he is|Rev: Wiliam G. LeVasseur uhited dancing . tonight :m(‘( i_‘“ service paying a return visit at the home in marriage Dr. John Hawkswori men in the area are invited. Dur- of - $riendy; Geyer and Miss Irma Lucile Deid- ing the rest of this week, hostesses | rick; tboth of this city.. for the nightly open house include Joseph, 46, is the first of Lew| Dr. Geyer, who is a well known jJunior Trinity Guild, who will serve | ang Rosie's four children. = He's' Juneau dentist, tomorrow night, and Senior Trin-|ta)]l and wide-shouldered, bears a|here for the last four years, is the ity Guild, set for Friday evening.|strong resemblance to his father.|son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. S iy |His first business venture was in Geyer.. His bride is the daughter Empire Classifieds fay! Ipertumes, but he soon turned '.Oiof Mrs. Irma L. Deidrick of St. R H — | Petersburg, Florida, but has resided Enlisted ; Invited fo Party terday morning, a quiet wedding in Juneau for the last year, re- n (reen |cently having been employed in |Dr. Geyer’s office. . oy ; The bride wore an aqua green : | afternoon dress with a corsage of | | pink rosebuds. i i 2 . ‘ Miss Chede Paul, her only at- | : : ; |tendant, wore an afternoon dress {of gold with talisman roses in her !corsage. Robert Geyer, brother of | the bridegroom, acted as his best ' man. ‘ The ceremony was followed by a Ibreakfast in the Geyer home for ! close friends of the couple. ‘Y Dr. Geyer, who was graduated |from Juneau High School and North 4 £ | Pacific College of Dentistry in Port- | b, ‘ 3 ‘land. has many friends in Juneau. 'His bride is a graduate of St. : | Petersburg Junior College in Flor- 1‘ ¢ b |ida. Temporarily, the couple will 2 be at home in the Baranof Hotel, | until their home on Eighth Avenue | West is completed. e BIlIl BELLES BALTIMORE, Mar. 18—Meet the | “Blitz Belles.” A volunteer chauffeur to a British Foreign Office Minister is the role Following the eight o'clock mass | | First Series Mafch-Ju- |« in the Church of the Nativity yes-| having ~practiced LOVE, LAUGHTER VIE IN COMEDY | AT 20TH CENTURY| “One Night in Lisbon" | Brings Gaity, Romance | from War-torn Europe | An up-to-the-minute streamlined comedy of a love blitz that startst in London and wings its way south| to Lisbon, opens tonight at the 20th Century Theatre, when Juneau | moviegoers will view Pan\moun!'sl “One Night in Lisbon."” | Here's a fast and funny film| that crams all the romance, song| and bright lights left in Europe, in - the escape-valve (-lLy~Llsbon,‘ This last remaining continental! playground is a refuge for king and | beggar alike. Amid thrilling mys- tery and spy intrigue, everyone is| engaged in a scramble for last-| minute laughter and love while| |there’s still a chance to enjoy life. | The team of stars responsible for | | this smart farcical romance have | |become a well-traveled couple. }Theh' screen romance started in | New York when beautiful Madeleine Carroll and handsome Fred Mac- |Murray met in “Cafe Society.” Ev- leryone who saw them together pi | dicted the perfect film couple’s suc- | |cess. After their “Honeymoon in Bali”, they trekked across the states to “Virginia.” Leaving the old South, Hollywood'’s outstanding ro- mantic team began to look the map |over for new fields to conquer. -« | | “One Night In Lisbon” was the | answer. | Sparkling with witty lines against 'a background of exciting adventure and mysterious spies; the stellar | Carroll-MacMurray combination op-' |ens in “One Night in Lisbon” sup- ported by a brillant cast that in- cludes Patricia Morrison, Billie Burke, John Loder, Dame May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Denny and a “Mr. Popopopopoulos” played by Billy Gilbert. PIN TOURNEY, ELKS LODGES, 1S UNDERWAY Kelchikan Women Win | nean Men Victorous | | Before an enthusiastic gallery the | {first three-game bowling matches | | bétween the men's and women's Elk teams of Ketchikan and Juneau were played off on the Elks' Club alleys last night with the Ketchi- (kan women and the Juneau men |victors for the evening. - | @Getting off to a good start, the | | Ketchikan women won the first | 8ame 779 to 626; in the second game ! the Juneau women made a spurt and | third, from Ketchikan again took the lead 1698, bringing their total to 2184 | |to the Juneau team’s 2070. May Pedersen and Mrs Cort | Howard, on the Ketchikan team were high améng the women pin | ball stars with 493 each for the three games and Mrs. J. T. Petrich rolled | !the high total on the Juneau wom- | (en’s team, making a total of 456. Men’s Match All three games .n the men’s match were won easily by the Ju- {neau team with all members rolling |well over 500 for the three games. {The first.game was 491 to 878; the second game, while closer, increased {the lead of Juneau’s pin ball experts | with a score of 834 to 811, and in | the third, Juneau won decl.sively[ with a score of 903 to 760 bringing | the total for the three games to 2674 {for Juneau, to 2449 for the visitors | from Ketchikan. Frank Metcalf had little competi- tion as high man for the evening | with a total of 591, with 8. Daniels from Ketchikan, second high with 565 for his total score. Rooters Enthusiastic Rooters crowded the side lines and |00k the game 746 to 664 but in the | b’ Coygyy the smooth women's team | {and won by a wide margin, 741 to jp_ Howard | Totals | F. Metcalf WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! o [T0MHIRY o o4 DAY SHOWING TONITE Anything Can Happen in a Loveblitz 5 ‘ND EYERYTHING DOES! W O wGHT w lYSBON win PATRICIA MORISON - BILLIE BURKE - JOHN LODER DAME MAY WHITTY - EDMUND GWENN - REGINALD DENNY BILLY GILBERT « Produced and oirected by EDWARD M. GRIFFITH Screen Play by Virgila Van Upp + A Paramount Picture AND—Two Editions—LATEST NEWS EVENTS “CRACKPOT QUAIL” “BITS AND PIECES” Cartoon U. 8. Defense Pictures USEUM”. LENTEN SERVICES AT LUTHERAN CHURCH 1:30 THIS EVENING A special Lenten devotional ser- vice will be held this evening &t 7:30 o'clock in Resurrection Luth- eran Church, corner of Main and Third Streets. This is the fifth ¢ of these mid-week Lenten mle. and continuing the general theme, “Challenges From the Catechism,” the Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman wijl speak on “The Challenge To Fel- lowship With God.” Preceding the Lenten service Junior Choir will meet at 6:30 pz.. jand the Senior Choir will meet 192— 493 | mmediately following the Lenten 122— 351 Service at 8:15 p.m. 129— 403 > 126 443 BUY DEFENSE STAMPS : ? WHYWAIT 2 Call STAR Cabs Go Where You Please wlll:‘ Your Mind at Ease 1 rone Il Ride STAR Cabs DON LOZZIE—Owner COLISEUM NOW —— “CHAN AT WAX M ceded by lodge, initiation and elec- tion, the match scheduled for today began at 3 o'clock this afternoon, with some changes in the line-up. | Tomorrow night and Friday night H the games will be played in the evening and, skipping Saturday, the | ind-up will come Sunday after- | noon with doubles and singles sched- | uled for Sunday evening. Last Night's Scores ‘The following are scores of games last night: Juneau Ladies B. Lavenik 120 157 H. Petrich 145 160 F. Holmquist 108 134 D. Stewart 127 159 C-Messerschmidt 126 136 626 746 Ketchikan Ladies M. Pedersen 185 116 109 120 154 120 150 168 181 140 719 664 741—2184 Juneau Men | 236 165 190— 591 | 179 177 169— 525 183 155 187— 525 | 175 149 189— 513 168 183 168— 524 | 941 834 Ketchikan Men 128 146 210 195 182 153 144 149 214 168 811 7602449 | -ee 138— 415 151— 456 152— 394 109— 395 148 410 | 6982070 Totals 'R. Stump L. Castle M. Lavenik J. Barragar M. Ugrin Dr. Stewart Totals 903—2674 | 150— 424 160— 565 146— 481 | 1556— 448 149 531 R. Roady S. Daniels J. Maloca K. Brice C. Howard Totals | ANNUAL FANFARE OF THIRTY | YEAR OLD CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL IS OUT THIS YEA’I | (Continued from Page One) tion of the trees. The first ship- ment, in 1909, arrived here and was found to be full of insect pests, root Schenley Black Lobel 65% Grain Neutral Spirits, 86.8 Proof. Schenley Red Label, 72%% Grain Neutral Spirits, 86 Proof. Blended Whiskey. Copyright 1941, Schenley Distillers Corporation, New York City. l 7. Tepid bath Madeleine Carroll plays in “One Night in Lisbon,” Paramount’s down. 1 8. Imitate the slow, deep rhyth-| mic breathing of sleep. { 9. Relax the muscles completely. | 10. Get rested before trying to sleep (by getting into bed an hoeur | or more before your regular timei for retiring.) romantic comedy drama coming to the 20th Century Theatre. Above she is shown with Dame May Whitty, distinguished English actress. Against today’s bomb-battered London and peaceful, romantic Lisbon, Fred MacMurray, an American flier, and John Loder, a British Navy captain, campaign for the heart cf the blonde beauty. It's a merrily played comedy with no holds barred. It's the name—more formally, Baltimore Blitz Belles — soldiers|gheéring and booing was equally gave to. several hundred women enthusiastic and good-natured when taking orders from the Army’s Air-'favorites made strikes and spares or craft Warning Service filter center missed with a split or blow- |here. Soldiers weren't content until Play Today they coined a nickname for the Due to the open house taking | gals. place at the Elks’ Club tonight, pre- s BRINGING UR FATHEH & | WONDER IF THESE HELME TS KIN TAKE TH PUNISHMENT. THEY SAY-I'LL TRY T-OH- MAG-GIE/ By GEORGE McMANU> gall worm, and fungus diseases. The trees had to be destroyed. The Japs |said “So sorry, please.” Three years later a ship arrived with the trees | that finally were planted. | A government official who hasn't | been around so long says: “We | |should have gotten the Japs' ‘good- | {will' idea from those trees years | |ago, They bloom all right, but they never bear any fruit.” | Alaska Eleciric Light and Power Co. Phone 616 1891—Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M.Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS