The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 20, 1942, Page 3

FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 194 2 — THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA THE CAPITOL HAS CAPITOL THEATRE S with JOEL McCRE. More timely tr you'll never forg adventures of th you the news! "~ Showing & BANG! BANG! Out —as melodies soa. Showirg at LOGGING ENGINEER RETURNS T0 EAST James W. Gerard, Chief Log- ging Engineer for the Forest Ser- .vice in Washington, D. C, left Ju- neau today to return to the na- tion’s capital city. Mr. Gerard had been here in connection with an investigation of Alaska's spruce forests regarding the possibility of spruce lumber g CARA NOME CLEANSING CREAM This high-quality liquefy- ing cream quickly softens fresh. ECONOMY REG. SIZE " $2, sl. Giisaas: ASK FOR IT AT BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. “The Rexall Store™ A—LARAINE DAY han ever! Thrill to i HUNDERING FRONTIER" with CHARLES STARRETT EXCITEMENT THUNDERS TO ROARING SONGS! THE BIG PICTURES! TONIGHT— SATURDAY! & Scenes The daring ho bring t again! { 7—10 P. M. et! e men Wi laws drop in their t racks r to the western skies. 9:10 P. M. Only 4,000 MEN, BOYS ARE SLAUGHTERED BY NAZI GUNNERS LONDON, March 20—Yugoslavian | Government sources reported that | 4000 men and boys were executed e pogtesses tomorrow afternoon at | by German machine gunners at Kragujeva last November 21 in a bloody mass reprisal for a Servian JOELMcCREA " LARAINE DAY HERE IN BIG HIT fi"Foreign Correspondent,” | Exciting Tale of Europe, at Capitol Tonight “Foreign Correspondent,” about the most exciting picture of Eur- ope immediately preceding the pres- |ent war to come out of any studio comes to the Capitol Theatre to- night in a return engagement. With Joe McCrea as the Ameri- can reporter, sent unexpectedly to Europe to “get the news" and giv- len the supreme title of “foreign correspondent” and Laraine Day as the feminine lead, there isn't a dull noment in this fast moving story. It is a tale of intrigue among the opposing forces of Europe, those working for peace and those for war, politics among the real rul- ers of the world. Also on the program is a thrilling Western, “Thundering Frontier”, | with Charles Sterratt.. Groucho, Chico and Harpo, the inimitable Marx Brothers, come to the Capitol in “The Big Store,” said to be their funniest feature to date. Marx Brothers fans will rejoice when they see their favorite funnymen cavorting in this hilar- ious comedy. Also on Sunday's big program vill be The March of Time, en- titled “Sailors With Wings”, show- ing U. S. Navy fliers brilliant rec- ord in the air and in action with the fleet today. -ee - — Mrs. Sally Shafer Will Be Honored At Tea Tomorrow Honoring Mrs. Sally Shafer, Helen | Smith Cass and Pear] Peterson will | | | | | | a tea in the home of Mrs. Cass. Mrs. Shafer, draftsman in the | United States Forest Service, is guerilla attack on a German patrol. | planning -to leave Alaska soon to | LT. COM. JACOB BRITT REPORTED | T0 BE MISSING (Continued rrom Page One) | | versity of Washington where he af- filiated with Delta Kappa Epsilon {national fraternity. After completing a year's work at the University of Washington, he | returned to his home in Juneau and thc following January, 1925, he re- | ceived his appointment to the United | States Naval Academy. Heattended preparatory school in the East for a few months prior to taking his | examinations for the naval academy and in the spring entered the class which was graduated in 1929. Mrs. Britt went from Juneau to | Annapolis to attend the graduation of her son in June, 1929, and met at that time, Miss Louise Zimmerman of Baltimore, to whom Jacob was | married in May, 1930, at her home |in Baltimore, Maryland. Euthused Over Navy In selecting the navy as his ca- { reer, Jacob followed a family trend |toward patriotic service as his two | cousins, sons of Mrs. Britt's sister in | Norway, both served in the military branches of that country. Oivinn Of, |four years older than Jacob, was |a Captain in the Norwegian Army and was killed in Oslo by the Nazis |at 9 o'clock the night that city was !invaded. The younger son, Helge Oi, |a Lieutenant in the Royal Norweg- ian Navy, fought the Nazis until he |was forced to surrender after losing |all but a handful of his men. He | was placed in a concentration camp |for several months and his present | whereabouts are unknown, by Mrs. Britt. Lt. Commander Brittt's last visit |to his home in Juneau was in 1932 | when he obtained leave to come here following the death of his father, | prominent business man and sev- |eral times a member of the Al- aska Territorial Legislature, as| the result of an automobile accident. Mrs. Britt accompanied her son south at that time and lived with | him and his wife in California until | shortly after the birth of their son |in April, 1833. | Those who survive Lieut. Com- | mander Britt, Juneau's first war | casualty, are his mother, his wife }and his young son, Dicky Britt. These sources said the informa- tion reached them from witnesses who said the victims were selected after a house to house search. All male residents of the town | were assembled, bewildered and un-: awaré of their fate. They were | marched out and in groups of 40 were mowed down by machine guns. iThe slaughter lasted all day. 1 - | The harmonica was invented by | Benjamin Franklin. P S S BUY DEFENSE STAM make her home in Seattle. Many | | friends of the honor guest have been | invited to call during the hours of | |3 and 5 o'clock tomorrow after- "noon. | The hostesses have asked Mrs.' Charles G. Burdick, Mrs. Wellman | Hclbrook, Mrs. J. C. Thomas and | MISS M. WAITETO BE TRANSFERRED T0 CALIFORNIA Mrs. L. Botsford to assist with the pouring. Invited to serve are Betty Sharpe, ! Henrietta Blackwell, Gladys Forrest and Dalma Hansen. e e < AR There is a named Lingo. LILLY'S FLOWER a;1d VEGETABE SEEDS GARDEN TOOLS and FERTILIZERS— (Morcrop - Blood and Bone - Virgo - New Life) Thomas Hardware Co. Phone 553 New Mexico town Miss Marjorie N. Waite, auditor with the Forest Service here for the past eight years, plans to leave Juneau Sunday for Salinas, Cali- fornia, where she has been trans- ferred and where the Forest Ser- vice is opening a new office. Miss Waite was honored today at a luncheon in the Singing Tea Kettle and was presented with a going away gift from her fellow employes. The Forest Service is conducting a4 huge experiment the Federal Government is making in con- nection with the growing of the guayule plant for rubber produc- tion. Salinas lies approximately 100 miles south of San Francisco. Congress recently appropriated $5,000000 to start work on the| project. The guayule plant grows naturally in Mexico, and in the past 10 years, much experimental work has been done to improve the strains and to produce the best quality plant. The Federal Gov- | ernment is now experimenting with | growing the plant commercially. | ALASKA COASTAL | PLANES FLY WITH PASSENGERS, MAIL Passengers returning on Alaska Coastal * Airlines from Ketchikan yesterday were Ellis Elkins, Joseph H. Tibbitts, and Charles G. Waryne. G. Rolie made the trip from Ket-‘ chikan to Petersburg and Chnrles‘ R.’ Griffin came from Petersburg to Juneau. .'This morning an Alaska Cous!nl: to Sitka taking Mrs. Charles Airlines plane made a round trip Schramm, Ted Reynolds, E. E. Ed-| wards, Joseph Holifield and C. R.| Griffin. Returning on tils morning's plane were Robert Bryan, James Boyle, John Ebing, H. W. Wyckoff, D. Delphold. Mail was carried both ways. the schedule for this afternoon. —_ BRINGING UPFATHER 'M SO GLAD OUIR SON HAS DECIDED TO GO IN THE ARMY -HE IS SO ENTHUSIASTIC ~HE'S FIXED UP HIS TENT AND EVERYTHING NUST THE WAY HE IS GOING TO LIVE IN THE ARMY CAMP- WELL-HE'S SEEN ENOLI I Feuues Syndicate, lpc., Warld nglss teserved ILL JUST TAKE A LOOK AT HIS WAR GLAD HE'S &OT THE SPIRIT OF FIGHTIN'~— HUH - | WONDER IE HE'S GONNA TAKE HIS TAILOR ALSO- PAGE THREE - FOUR MEN FILE FOR OFFICES IN CITY ELECTION Mayor Lucas, Councilmen Lea, Fagerson and | Beistline Sign ‘ Four city officials whose terms| expire next month today filed for | re-election. They are Mayor Harry | I. Lucas, and Councilmen Harry | Lea, Ralph Beistline and N. Floyd | Fagerson. Councilmen are to be elected for two-year terms, the| mayor for one year. | There have been no filings vel‘ for the position of School Board | Director. The term of R. E. Rob-| ertson, present holder of that po-} sition, expires this year. | So far, approximately 750 per- | sons have registered for the elec- | tion which will be held on April 7. The books will be closed at noon on April 4. Only persons who register this year are en- titled to vote, regardless of pre-| vious registration, | The City Clerk's office is open | for the purpose of registration from | 8:30 am. until 4:30 p.m. daily, in-| cluding the noon hour, and from| 8:30 a.m. until noon on Saturdays.! ASK BIDS FOR WATER SYSTEM | FOR KODIAK; Bids are now being asked by the Defense Public Works Division | of the Federal Works Agency for the building of a new water sys-! tem for the city of Kodiak, ac-| cording to notice received here| from the Regional Office in Se-| attle, The system will include a 30,-! 000 gallon and 100,000 gallon wood | stave tank, a complete water dam and a distribution system for the| city. Sealed bids, in triplicate, giving| details on the furnishing of all| labor, materials, and performance of the work required according to specifications, should be mailed to| the Defense Public Works Region- | al Office at 511 Alaska Building | in Seattle, before April 7. Specifications may be obtained here in the office of Defense Pub- | lic Works in the Juneau Hotel| Building. JOE WERNERS RETURN AFTER YEAR'S ABSENCE Trahsferred back to Juneau to be in the Admiralty division of the| Forest Bervice, Joe Werner arrived | on a’recent boat from the West- ward accompanied by Mrs, Werner | and - their small daughter. Werner, formerly with the For- | est Service here, to Seward about a year ago. A participant in skiing and other sports activities, Werner is glad to be back in time for Juneau's annual ski races. The Werners ‘have taken one of | | the Henning apartments on Dixon | € Street. | JAPS DON'T WORRY PETERSBURG PACKER! Robert Coughlin, United States District Court Clerk has received the following patriotic communica- tion from Earl N. Ohmer, who runs the Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Company . in Petersburg. “Regardless of existing condi- tions, I am préparing for another busy season this year, and there- for, please send me the proper forms for application as Fish Buy-| er, and possibly, Crab and Clam Packer, “Regardless of conditions, we'll| smooth off the rough spots and pack plenty of grub to help knock out our enemies, “If. I knew that some of them (the Japs) werg liable to gét my canned productions, I believe I would put ground glass in them.” “Sincerely Yours,” —————————— AIRPLANE SPOTTERS Petersburg has started an air- was _transferred ! RVICE ME 10 ENTERTAIN ~ CIVILIANS S00N | Orchestra Instruments Will Help Boys While Away Time Since Juneau citizens have been doing such a good job of enter- taining service men, the men them- selves have worked up a good old-| fashioned hankering to reciprocate in some way A good many of the boys boast musical talent and have a yen (o work up an orchestra of their own so that they can furnish music some night for dancing, besides having a little jam session once! in a while for recreation them- selves. The only drawback to this fine plan is the fact that none of the boys have instruments to play. Need Instruments If Juneau residents could scrape up the four necessary items for dn orchestra, such as a saxophone, drums, trombone, and guitar, the boys could get in the groove for | some plain and fancy hot lcks.| They have brought their idea to the Juneau Service League and Mrs. Michael Haas, rgpresentative ;SE |from the American Legion Auxil- iary, has volunteéered to take the matter with the citizenry. Anybody who has one of these musical instruments named, or odd | pieces such as violin, trumpet, clar- inet or accordion to fill into the band as extras, would be doing a| great service to the enlisted men by donating the instruments for their use. The extra pieces would | come in handy for the fellows to pick up and play during any 'of | the nightly open houses being held | in the American Legion Dugout} and might turn out some good pro- | grams there. | Kept In Dugout The musical pieces may be left| at the Dugout any time, according to Mrs. Haas. The instruments will be cared for there by a respon- | sible person so the owners don't; have to worry about where they are. Making music helps immensely in whiling away. the evenings when you get off duty and don't have anything particular to do. Juneau residents will find that generosity in this respect will pay dividends in some good entertainment once | the boys get their orchestra workedil up. | Remember, the instruments need- ed are saxophone, drums, trom- bone and guitar, as well as vio- lin, trumpet, clarinet or ugcordlon. if avallable, and should be left at| the American Legion Dugout. | ———— VonPapenLleaves | Turkey to Visit | Hitler at East Front| ANKARA, March 20—Franz von | Papen, German Ambassador to Tur- kéy, disregarding orders of doctors, has left here to report at Hitler's, astern headquarters. Von Papen is still suffering from the effects of a'bomb which explod- ed near him several weeks ago. o up i SEWARD REBUILDING Elwyn Swetman, of the Seward Drug Company, has started con- struction of a 30 by 90, foot build- ing, to replace his store destroyed by the fire of last November. This is the first actual building opera- tion that has been advanced in the burned over area. 'Other firms are now making arrangements for rebuilding. ———e—-———— WEDS AT SEWARD Mrs. Sidney Mintzer, formerly of Juneau, and Walter Johnson were recently married at Seward by United States Commissioner A. H. Bryant. - e — DIVORCE ASKED Henry C. Houck has filed suit for divorce in. United States District Court against Helen Jane Houck on the grounds of incompatability. i LOVE IN AR RAIDS BRINGS FUN TO FANS "One Nighlmisbon' Now at 20th Century Is Merry, Mad Feature When Hollywood turns its eyes| toward the war—anything can hap- pen. . And something interesting | certainly did happen in “One Night | in Lisbon,” Paramount's streamlined up-to-the-minute romance co-star- ring Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray, which is now playing at the 20th Century Theatre. ‘The picture opens in blacked-out London. A Yankee pilot who has just ferried a bomber across the Atlantic to the RAF picks his way through the street debris of a re-| cent blitz. An air-raid warden peddles up on a bicycle. “You must take shelter, sir!” hsf orders. ‘“Just follow the arrow.” At which the flier ducks into a nearby ~ underground tunnel for safety, All right. So far so good. It's what you'd expect. .Then it happens! What starts out to be a grim film reminder of war-torn Europe and marching men sudden- | turns into a rollicking comedy at captures the first laugh out of Europe today. A moment before, the whole audi- ence sat tense on the edge of their' seats. In a flash—everyone re- laxed and roared with laughter. The story deals with an English girl, beautiful Madeleine Carroll, who leads’ the American flier, Fred MacMurray, on a me¢ry, mad chiise over half the continent into Lisbon—Ilast eyisting playground of all Europe. . Here, in this ove erowded city of escaping refugees, bright lights and dangerous fifth columnists, Madeleine is kidnapped by treacherous Nazi agents. In thrilling melodramatic style, Fred manages :to save the life of the pretty English decoy and what be- gan as a blitz ends up in bliss. el 81 DOUGLAS CHILDREN J:'wnm the Better Big Pictures Play TIOMENTURY . NOW fiiqm; ~—————— COLI CALLING ALL HUSBANDS” oy Subscribe to the Dally Empire—the paper with the larg aska newspaper. BA ' 3Y'S COLDS Relieve misery fast —externally. Rub om ICKS VAroRUS |of immunization clinics being giv- IMMUNIZED IN CLINIC Douglas Schoo] was the scene this forenoon of another in the series en under the supervsion of the Phblic Health Service of the Ter- ritorial Department of Health. Dr. W. W. Council gave 81 im- munigations at the clinic, 12 to preschool children and 69 to school children. Among these, 69 took inoculations against typhoid, five against whooping cough, six against small pox and one, diphtheria. Mrs. Kathleen Andrews, a regis- tered nurse, volunteered her ser- vices to help Dr. Council and Miss Jane Hibbard, public health nurse. ! Hardeman WATER-PROOFED Hats H. S. Graves ‘The Clothing Man . STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 20—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 1%, American Can| 69%, Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem Steel 60%, Commonwealth and Southern 7/30, Curtiss Wright 7%, International Harvester 42, Ken-| necott’ 32, New York Central 8%, Northern Pacific 5%, United States | Steel 50%, Pound $4.04. . | | | 1 DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones . averages: industrials 100,75, rails 25.98, utilities 11.82. . - MRS. BLOMGREN, JANE A PLAN TO GO SOUTH| and Power Co. . Mrs. Gunnar Blomgren and! Phone 616 > daughter Jane are planning to leave Juneau next week for a visit in the south. Mrs. Blomgren will remain outside for about a week, ! and her daughter plans to stay in Seattle for six months to work. e o CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT The City Council will meet to- night in the Council Chambers at 8 oclock. In addition to routine| business, the matter of appointing| election officials will be taken up.| I i - A l BUY DEFENSE STAMPS ? WHYWAIT 2 Call STAR Cabs Go Where You Please with Your Mind at Ease Ao 1 Ride STAR Cabs DON LOZZIE—Owner - Charles R. Griffin, representatiye of Trick and Murray, arrived here plane spotter station and men and two-hour shifts. yesterday by plane from Peters- Another Sitka trip was on women are now signing up for burg and flew today to Sitka on business for his company. By GEORGE MMANTS YOU in yourself . . . . A lovely girl is an accident; a beautiful woman is an achievement. ) There isn't a woman in the world who can afford to be OVER- | WEIGHT or too old or too plain or too busy or too pretty to bother about being beautiful. The proper care of face and hair and FIGURE will transform you into the vital person that is yourself. Make your headquarters at SIGRID'S BEAUTY SALON, Phone 318 .,