The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 1, 1942, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA PAGE THREE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1942 v "TIGHT SHOES" CAPITOL | [T | Show Place of Juneau | TONITE—THURSDAY fFamous Damon Runyon | Short Story Comes fo ~ Screen-Fine Cast this. When he calls at Grogan's place to put it up to him to open up a nice, refined little game of craps, this Grogan is guzzling old- fashioneds and other delicacies of this nature, and he says to Speedy like this, as follows “Get out, you bum.” So naturally Speedy is forced to take steps as he does not wish to be called names of this A FILMUSICAL vulgar nature “INFORMATION PL Such is the thumbnail description {of the centre-figure of Damon GOING PLAC | Runyon’s short-short story classic, | “Tight Shoes,” the Universal com- ,edy which opens tonight at the | Capitol Theatre And in these weighted days Speedy and hi friends are very welcome visitors lmdved Speedy Miller, as portrayed on JOIN METHODISTS WORSHIP SERVI(E the screen by Brod Crawford, may LML |be a personality more than some- held | what A worship service will be | on the crude side, as Pro- tonight in the Northern Light Pres- | fessor Runyon might have it. He byterian Church at 8 o'clock. The is, however, far from being a lunk, sermon, cn the subject, “The Tri- and he is altogether diverting, and umph of the Cross over Suffering.,” you can say that furthermore. will be delivered by the Rev. Wil-| In fact, Director Albert S. Rogell liam H. Mathews, pastor of the|has managed to bring this story Methodist Church. |and each of the characters to the A solo will be sung by Mrs. Dud-|screen in all the ingenious Broad- ley Reynolds. | way lore that Runyon writes about The public is cordially invited|so fascinatingly. to attend these joint services given —_— o — by the two churches. LADIES’ AID MEET R T Z POSTPONED FOR WEEK EYES EXAMINED and BROKEN LENSES replaced in our own shop. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. - D STAMPS TEST NEWS EV PRESBYTERIANS the Lutheran Ladies’ had been scheduled for 2, April BUY DEFENSE and will be held April 9. 'ATTENTION ELKS Installation of Officer: WEDNESDAY April First Special Seafood Lunch 1891—Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS CAPITOL FILM With Speedy Miller, it is like The regular monthly meeting u(: Aid, which has been postponed for one week Will be installed at the regular| Suez Drive | By Germans | Is E_xpetledf ENETHNESE — MOREMEN |SEE FAILURE | | Cavsavice CALLEDUP, FOR BRITISH AUSTRALIA INDIA OFFER ormer Alaskan Pilot Kill- ed While Taking Bomb- 58 ‘ A ers, Miami fo Africa |Land Forces Are Ordered Sikhs Give Flat Rejection g Brought fo Full War ' to Proposal for Post- Strength War Dominion Status Kenneth Neese, pilot for many SYDNEY, April 1.—The Austral- | | | years for Star Airways in Anchor- ,age and one-time manager of the company, was killed about two weeks ago while on bomber ferry service | NEW DELHI, India, April 1 fan Government has ordered all of | The Sikh All-Parties Committee, the Commonwealth’s land forces one of India’s many minority brought up to full war strength by | groups, issued the first flat rejec- calling up additional personnel. ‘More Planes Needed by British to Check Thrust fo Middle East LONDON, April 1 — American- made bombers and fighters are|between Miami, Florida, and Africa urgently needed by the Royal Air|for Pan American Airways, accol‘d-‘ Force to check an expected Ger-|ing to word received here. Mrs. Neese and her daughter, Bet- | man drive in Egypt toward the| 4 5 |tion to Britain’s offer of post-war Suez Canal this spring, a British |ty: have been living in Miami since The order issued today requires “}l deminion status for India as the aviation source said today. ;Mr. Neese joined the ferry service |unmarried men between 18 and 45, | All-India Congress now being held He stressed the “tremendops im-| 200Ut & year ago & as well as married men from 18, ..o went into its second day g " | In writing to friends in Alaska, | to 35 to report immediately for mili- (. % s portance of building up air Mrs. Neese said that the trip on | tary service The Sikhs, who are the Hindu strength there, saying that after|yiion he lost his life was to have 3 i N kel warrior caste, famed for their the “reshuffle” caused by the out-|peen the final ferry flight Mr. Neese | fierce fighting ability, rejected the break of war in East Asia, Hitler|was to have made. Following his S |plan submitted by Sir Stafford “must try to advance into the|return he was to have been made URPRISE Cripps, British Emissary, on the Middle East this spring.” | chief.check pilot with mmiquurmrsJ ounds that it would leave them | His statement reveals the Allies in Miami. to the mercy of the Moslem major- fear the Axis plan includes a con- Kenneth Neese came to Alaska as ity in the Punjab province verging attack on India from both a flier many yvears ago and prior to| As a result, the Sikhs expected East and West, which might even- that did flying in and around Seat- [to make a common cause agree- tually mean the loss of the entire tle. He was the pilot who carried | ment against the Moslems witn Asiatic battle by the Allies. the first airmail out of Seattle for | the Mahasabha organization of | Varney Airlines when that service | was inaugurated between Seattle | |and Portland, Oregon. He had be- tween 10,000 and 12,000 hours of flying time to his credit and was | considered one of the best pilots in | Alaska. Hindu extremiSts, whose rejection (offer already appears certain. The chief stumbling block to In- {dia’s acceptance of the proposal |for Dominion grant following the |war is saild to be in Britain’s in- The continuing aerial assault on Malta is described as a prelude to the coming drive Elksto Install Officers New officers of the B. P. O. Elks JAPANESE Heavy Damage Done by American-Filipino Forces While details of how he met his !sistence on retaining control of | death were not known, it was _Sulu Un“ Also Helps |India’s defense during the war | erisi: { specifically stated that he was not | killed while in Pan American equip- ment. Cripps, who is offering the pro- WASHINGTON, April 1—In tW0 posal as a special emissary, has spectacular raids on the island of |stated that Britain will not revise Mindanao, American and Pillpmni“'s decision to retain control dur- | troops destroyed 22 warehouses and |jng the war. So intense is the a Japanese supply base near Digos. feeling that the conference is jthen penetrated to the heart of|qoomed to failure that it is said the occupied city of Zamboanga;!even Cripps is depressed and pessi- destroying machine gun nests and|pistic, ‘olher military installations there. The War Department _announccd utterea any casmandes ot ne| SENATORS OK SMALL PLANT AID FOR WAR Government Loan Fund for Japanese losses are heavy. The foray on Zamboanga, said Small Business May Be Set Up Soon | - CHINESE SENT TOKILL, DOIT | | | | | | | | meeting tonight and all members | are requested to be on hand at 8 | gelock, | CHUNGKING, April 1. — Gen Sallielie: therlodgn sesion 1) 18 | Taianlan whoselchmese t;—oops km; announced that a special seafood d e g lunch will be served. | ed more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers | - e in bloody fighting around Toungoo, has reported to Generalissino MAUNDY IHURSDAY ‘ Chiang Kai Shek as follows: (EREMONIES ARE SET | . BY SCOTTISH RITE, “We were sent here to kill and | | that is what we are doing.” Traditional annual Maundy | New Sub Atfack the communique this afternoon, was a complete surprise on the Japanese and was instigated mosi- ly by native Sulu unit troopers. CHAMBER CANCELS MEET TOMORROW Because of the “alert” scheduled | tomorrow forenoon at 11:30 o'clock Where Better BIG Pictures Play "THE LADY EVE" : Is COMEDY KIT, | 75T ENTURY 20TH CENTURY Henry Fonda}'nd Barbara Stanwyck Star in Hilar- LAST TIMES TONIGHT The Laff Hit! “The Lady T . oo ious Farce-Last Times Eve 1t icture _showed b ever a picture showed prom- lise of being the comedy hit of the HENRY {year it is Paramount’s new ex-| {cursion into the laugh field, “The ro“nA Lady Eve,” written and directed by BARBARA Preston Sturges and starring Bar- bara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda in the chief comedy roles. Fea- tured in the brilliant cast of the picture, which is playing at the 20th Century Theatre, are such al- ways-welcome players as Charles iCoburn. Eugene Pallette, William | Demarest, Eric Blore, Martha O'- Driscoll and Luis Alberni “The Lady Eve” is about a rich young man, an expert on snakes, a naive fellow, not worldly, who becomes the target for a gang of slick international cnrdshnrps.; as he is returning aboard ship‘ i"““" an Amazonian expedition. | The beautiful leader of the sharp- |sters is Barbara Stanwyck, who| 1didn'| plan to let love take a hand. {when she marked the rich young man, Henry Fonda, as a card vie-! tim, When Fonda learns she's a' double-dealer at cards, he's sure she's a doublecrosser about being in love with him, and he quits her. But Barbara can't be brushed off that easilyand then the story begins to develop. DOUGLAS NEWS | FIRST TICKET TO FILE FOR DOUGLAS CITY ELECTION STANWYCK o COLISEUM “MURDER OVER NEW YORK” and RPRISE PICTURE” Headquarters Hardeman WATER-PROOFED Hats | H. S. Graves ‘fhe Clothing Man ‘ PACIFICWAR | i Named the Citizens' Ticket, the following filed their candidacies for the respective offices to be filled at the annual city election on April 7. For Mayor, Erwin Hachmeister; for Council, 2-year term, H. L. Cochrane, Elton Engstrom and W. B. Cuthbert; 1l-year term, Alex Gair, Jr. Mr. Hachmeister who heads the ticket is present incumbent in the| office of mayor, having succeeded | Robert Bonner, Jr., who resigned to go south during the winter. COUNCILHAS | \ CONFERENCE a8 te T " rs- | {eoming so near the meeting time of WASHINGTON, April 1 — The :;'I:v ,,Cv(:."::':::: o R | (ommissioned |the ‘Chamber of Commerce, the|Senate today passed a measure e ’Chamln'r has cancelled its meet- |intended for aid in bringing thous- Services will be preceded by a supper to be served at 6:30 o'clock. All Scottish Rite Masons of the Eighteenth Degree are obligated to attend, whether resident or sojoturn- ing members. ELIZABETH CITY, North Cm‘n-;‘ [lina, April 1—Rear Admiral Thom- | as Simons, Commandant df the| Fifth Naval District, said activity | Tt was also announced today that (Of Axis subs on the Atlantic sca-| the Easter Day services of Relight- |board is “hitting a very vital spot”! ing the Lights will be open to the |but he further declared the Axis! Riblic on Sunday afternoon in the [has “pald a terrible price in boLht lodge room of the temple at 2|submarines and men.” | o'clock Speaking at the commissioning | A musical program will be furn- of the United States Navy's new ished by the Presbyterian Church |jjppte than air base from which to| Choir under the direction of MIss | opeate anti-sub craft, the Admiral| Merle Janice Schroeder, according |, covteq the new base means more | to Homer G. Nordling, Master of the ‘Hllan the “average citizen can pos- | Alaska Chapter of Rose Croix. o %) sibly appeciate. i e e e ——— FEW HAVE SIGNED 'THIRD SERVICE IN 10 VOTE SO FAR| ~ pASSION WEEK'S With the City Election less than SERV'(E IS “Eln a week away, only 1,049 persons have registered to vote, City Clerk Robert At noon today, the third in a series of Passion Week services| G. Rice said today. The r trati books will S at l:)‘orx‘eg:]s )S:!l\?:}day blsxtwllhc c(l:?.ts‘? was held in the Capitol Theatre. Clerk's office will be open in the [ The Rev. w““"‘ R Booth df“": evenings from 6 to 8 o'clock from ered tl‘m sermon: The »Betra;al, now through Friday night to facili- |mdicnung that betrayal is a com- tate late registration. {men sin. Men of our time are i PROVEN RECORD AS COMPETENT ADMINISTRATOR YOUR VOTE WILL BE APPRECIATED (Paid Advertisement) WALTER P. SHARPE Candidate for COMMISSIONER OF LABOR BORN IN NOME, ALASKA Resident of Territory—36 Years “Commitied to Efficient Administration in Public Office.” Democratic Primary—April 28, 1942 PR re easily led into the attitude of trifling with circumstances we do not see plainly. This tendency | leads us to destruction. Sin betrays and will lead you| to betray the best in life, he said; | it is apparent that the cross of Jesus Christ is the way of re-| demption for all men. The public is urged to attend these services, being held from noon | until 12:30 each day this week | the theatre, with a different speak- | er each day. e NOTICE AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv .- ——— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS e BUY DEFENSE BONDS J | | friction between Prime Minister ing for this week. There will be no luncheon, either, since this is Holy Week and the Ministerial Association has a noon day service scheduled to be held in the Capitol Theatre tomorrow. The Chamber urges all members to at- tend this service, Tiff Over Him ands of small plants apd factories into the War"Pfofuction” Program through government loans, with a vote of 81 to 0. Approved and sent to the House was legislation authorizing the ap- | pointment of a special depuly. for small business on the War Pro- duction Board, and for establishing for smaller war plants and corpor- atfons, a hundred million capital fund in the Treasury. - e 150 REGISTER FOR FIRST AID WORK AT MASS MEETING About 150 persons gathered last night in the Elks Hall for a short, mass meeting of everyone in Jun- eau interested in First Ald work, with the idea of registration and re- organization of First Aid posts for hetter efficiency. Those atending the meeting signed cards with their names, ad- dresses, work and experience, sig- nifying their willingness to take positions at the stations or to assist with stenographic work. It is hoped that wit hthese cards, stations may | be reassigned so that persons will | report to places near their own homes. Following the mass meeting, which ended at 8 o'clock, First Aid chiefs met in the City Hall to talk over the organization work. | Discussion of ambulance owners and the locations of their stations with the i1dea of perfecting that or- | ganization, was held. No actual problems will be set up for the alert tomorrow, accord- ing to W. C. Kennell, who acted |as chairman last night in the ab- sence of Holgar Larsen. First Aid workers will report to their sta- tions as previously assigned, sign in with the time, so that chairmen can judge how long it takes for each worker to report to his sta- tion. Richard G. Casey Unprecedented appointment of Richard G. Casey, Australian min- ister to Washington, as a member of the British war cabinet, caused , Winston Churchill of Britain and ' Prime Minister John Curtin of | Australia, according to a disclos- 'ure in Canberra, the Australian ! capital. Curtin told newsmen that Churchill had cabled, asking per- mission to name Casey minister of state in the Middle East on the war' cabinet. Curtin requested Churchill not to approach Casey, feeling, he said, that Casey should remain in Washington. After an- other exchange of cables, Curtin told Churchill he believed the de- |cision should be left to Casey. t... BRINGING UP FATHER M SO ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW MY BROTHER 1S GETTING ALONG N THE MARINES ~-WHATEVER HE TAKES UP HE DOES THOROUGHLY — YEA- AN' HE NN 703 BROTHER- WAKE g v =] 1 WISH YO WOUILLD WAKE HIM UP- THE CAPTAIN LEFT ME HERE TO GET HIM UP-THE REGIMENT LEFT-HE SNORES SO LOUD | CAN'T EVEN HEAR MY BUGLE ‘WHEN | BLOW IT- ¥ uP- dollar Of the men with him for Council, Cochrane served for several terms during former administrations, Eng- strom is finishing out the term of Carl Lindstrom who resigned shortly after being elected last year, and Cuthbert is running for his first term as a councilman. Gair, candidate for the one year term to be filled will have completed a two year term. e — FACULTY CRUISE A meeting of the Douglas school faculty scheduled to be held yes- terday, and in the school as usual became the occasion for a yacht ing party, to combine business with pleasure and take advantage of the fine warm weather prevailing. Ar- thur Ladd, owner and captain of the Cheechako, had his boat all ready for the trip and a pleasant run was made to Marmion Island at the close of school. VARLEN TO FOUNDRY Frank Varlen started work at the Treadwell foundry this morning succeeding one of the men recent- ly inducted into military service. W AR LEAVING FOR SOUTH Planning to leave Sunday are !Mrs. Ed Cashel and daughter M Margaret Lindsay who are goin; south for a few months’ the States. Marin, proprietor of the Douglas Inn, to enjoy a few weeks’ vacation. ———— G. D. McDONALD LEAVES G. D. McDonald, logging man from - Pick Cove, headquarters today by plane after spending the last few days in Juneau on business. g e S EXPLORER BRINGS FISH Thirty thousand pounds of sable fish were brought to Juneau on the Explorer, Capt. Magnus Hansen, and’ sold this morning to E. E. [Enzstmm for seven cents a pound. —— e DISMISS CHARGE The case of reckless driving against Dayton Fleek was dismissed |this morning after a hearing in U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray's Court. > | STOCK QUOTATIONS | o | NEW YORK, April 1—Closing |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine “sbock today is 1%, American Can |59%, Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 59'%%, Commonwealth and Southern !, Curtiss Wright 7%, International Harvester 43%, Ken- necott 32, New York Central 8, | Northern Pacific 5%, United States Steel 49%, Pound $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: rails 25.03, utilities 1145, visit in’ Also going is John, returned to his; Seven United Nations Re resented af Vital White ¥ “House Meeting WASHINGTON, April 1. — The new Pacific War Council, represent- ing the seven United Natlons are actively fighting in the Pacific theatre of war, met for the first time | today in what members said after- wards was a tremendously valuable | conference. Seated around the White House Cabinet table were the President and officials of Australla, New Zege land, China, the Netherlands, cw ada and Great Britain, Y Dr. T. V. Soong, Chinese Foreign Minister, told reporters: “We Wil be getting grips on the whole sif uation more and more.” g To the question as to whether g¢ not he had received any znemmfi ment regarding China’s problems | replied that the emphasis was on {overall war effort rather than the | interests of any single nation. 1 Participants indicated that Prest dent Roosevelt acted as presiding officer and did a large portion 1 | the talking. 25 AXISSUBS SENT DOWN BY - ARMY AND NAVY WASHINGTON, April 1—The. United States' Army and N"y; forces have destroyed a total of 25 Axis submarines to date. The Navy Department this afternoon reported three new sinkings of undersea craft but did ‘not give the location. MARRIAGE RULE OF NAVY IS OFF WASHINGTON, April 1 — The Navy has abandoned the rule that officers of the Navy and Marine |Corps may not marry the first two years after they have received thelp commissions. The groups affected are chiefly graduates of the United States Nav- al Academy and Junior aviation officers. AR b SIX ARRIVE TODAY FROM SITKA BY AIR Passengers arriving in Juneag Itoduy on Alaska Coastal Airlin from Sitka today were, Ster] | Anderson, 8, Veseth, F. W. liamson, Charles G. Burdic, Alice Sherwood and Ernest Parsons, Another round trip flight was industrials 99.95,/ made to Sitka this afternoon witly passengers and air mail,