The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1942, Page 3

RN W TR 'HURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1942 'STIRRING DRAMA OPENS FRIDAY AS CAPITOL FEATURE DAMON RUNYON'S "A Man Be'-':ay_ed' Starring |__TicHT SHOES” [I| Dee and Wayne Has TOMORROW— | Good Plot Just how far should loyalty bel carried when a girl knows hel father is a crook and a killer— in effect if not in actual deed—Is the problem faced by Frances Dee | in Republic’s “A Man Betrayed,”| ! which opens Friday at the Capitol Theatre, Daughter of a powerful and ruth- less political boss, she knows her father is indirectly responsible for wholesale murders. She knows his empire has been built upon unsav- | Show Place of Juneau ENDS TONIGHT I 10N WAYNE FRANCES DEE EDWARD £LLIS ':wmu ory graft—and yet, realizing the factors that have made his life better, she cleaves to him with a ——AND— “Hurry, Charlie, Hurry” | with LEON ERROL fanatical devotion. ! This devotion is put to a gruel- | ling test with the advent of young Lynn Hollister—played by John| Wayne in the film. An awkward,] gangling country lawyer, he single- handedly brings to light and wipes out the vast political machine and‘ sends Cameron, the father of the girl he has come to love, to the penitentiary. The manner in which Wayne and Miss Dee work out their love prob- | BE SENT HERE FOR LABOR DEPT. | lem promises to be one of the! most dramatic treats of the sea-| received | son. by M. J. Haas, Territorial Commis- ¥ . Y i cioner of Labor, from Director of | Edward Ellis has the difficult role the U. S. Concilation Department, ©f Boss Cameron, and other sup- that a Federal Concilator will be POrting roles are carried by Har-| dispatched to Juneau within the 0ld Huber, Alexander Granach, next few days Ward Bond and Barnett Parker. — - — - - eee——— i Garden Club Has | Interesting Meet | Here YesterdayE An interesting meeting was en PREVUE TONIGHT 1:15 A. M. C(ONCILIATOR TO Information been American imports of wool for ap- parel purposes in 1941 were larger than in any or the past 20 years. uut punch. PEOPLE Present A Smart Appearance TRIANGLE Cleaners joyed yesterday afternoon by mem- (Joe Flakne gave a talk on insecti-| |cides and fertilizers of great inter-| NEw OFFICERS IMatthews gave an inspiring tribute | wITH (ER (to flowe! | {discussions, with Mrs. William O, Carlson talking on delphinium cul-| (bers of Juneau Garden Club, .nElKS INSIAll est to members and Mrs. W. H.| | several members took part in the | iture, and Baby Blue Eyes. Mrs. B. Elks, No. 420, their annual Juneau Lodge of !last night carried out |F. Millard discussed the culture!installation of new officers in im- |{of lichens. | pressive ceremonies held in the Tea was served following the|Elks Hall. Installing officer was imeeting, with Mrs C. E. Rice as- Henry Messerschmidt. Arthur sisting Mrs. Eugene Nelson, host-|Adams was installed as Exalted s for the day. TRHI“I. succeeding Earl Hunter. Fol- PR PR SRS 7';;7'7”7””‘":7*”.';"4““1“”‘“ are the other new officers that SPRING MEANS EASTER s i :‘LK’I‘I‘]‘“{:" = that EASTFR MEANS NEW CLOTHES Floyd Fagerson, Esteemed Loyal that NEW CLOTHES MEAN SMART HAIR STYLES that SMART HAIR STYLES MEAN EXTRA HAIR DRESSING that EXTRA HAIR DRESSING MEANS SIGRID'S BEAUTY SALON OUR SPECIAL—Shampoo and Fingerwave—$1.25 FRANCES HANSON, Manager BARBARA GARRETT |Knight A. B. Hayes, Esteemed Lec-| turing Knight, L. J. Holmquist, Sec- ry. M. H. Sides, Treasurer, Will- ‘mm Franks, Tiler, George Shaw, | Trustee, M. E. Monagle, Alternate | Delegate George F. Freeburger. | The new Exalted Ruler appointed the following officers: Esquire, Les Teagle, Chaplain, Inner Guard, T. N. Cashen Organist J. W. McNaughton. The outgoing Exalted Ruler was presented with a wrist watch by R. | E. Robertson on behalf of the lodge Arwx the meeting a sea food dinner | was served buffet style. In charge (of this affair were W. K. Burford, | Bert Bertholl and Ed Shaffer. | SN and 1891—Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL VAARA GOING WESTWARD | | } George Vaara, prominent business | man and former mayor of Anchor- age, is homeward bound after an extended business trip to the States. WALTER P. SHARPE Candidate for COMMISSIONER OF LABOR BORN IN NOME, ALASKA Resident of Territory—36 Years “Committed to Efficient Administration in Public Office.” PROVEN RECORD AS COMPETENT ADMINISTRATOR YOUR VOTE WILL BE APPRECIATED Democratic Primary—April 28, 1942 (Paid Advertisement) R. C. Copstead, y THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA NEWS | HEALTH CENTER AT SCHOOL CONTINUED Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, | Public Health officials will again | be on hand at Douglas Public| School to continue with immuniza- tion treatment of pupils and other children in town. Any children who haven't yet been innocuiated | may be treated and further treat- ments and observations in cases previously treated. — .- LEAVING FOR NORTH made Bennie Mohs expects to leave in also in a few days for Fairbanks where' DOWN GOES ABE SIMON Challenger Abe Simon slides to the canvas after being battered down by the champion, Joe Louis, in the second round of their scheduled 15-round bout at Madison Square Garden last Friday night. down again in the fifth round and in the sixth round, he did not get up after he received the knock- DOUGLAS | WILLAMPARKE Simon went IS TRANSFERRED T0 OREGON JOB William N. Parke, employe of the | Service in Juneau since Oc- | tober, 1939, is being transferred to the Forest Service headquarters in Portland, Oregon, Regional Forest- r B. F.Heintzleman said today. Parke has been employed largely in the design and construction of Forest recreational facilities which the Forest Service has been installing lin the vicinity of Alaska coastal |towns as far west as Seward and the back country for the use of hunters and recreationists Parke 'specialized in this field of a job with one of the construction companies awaits him, ALERT STAGED AT SCHOOL An air raid alert practice was staged in Douglas public schools sterday about noon and with scme changes made another alert was scheduled for today Mrs. J. W. Kehoe On Way to Seward Home Mrs. J. W. Kehoe paseed through Juneau on her way to her home in Seward after spending the last two months in Seattle for medical care Mr. Kehoe, the former United States Attorney of the Third Divi- sion, preceded Mrs. Kehoe home by several weeks. Mr. Kehoe resigned his official position some time ago and expects to open a law office in Seward where they have been liv- ing for the last eight years. While Mrs, Kehoe was in Juneau she visited with Dr. and Mrs. E. H Kaser and their family here. e J. ). MEHERIN LEAVES ON BUSINESS. TRIP J. J. Meherin, prominent Juneau business man and Alaska represen- tative for Hills Brother's Coffee and other well known products, left today for a trip of several weeks on which he will visit communities in the Interior and to the Westward on business. —.————— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS ! worked for the Forest Service while attending school at Oregon State College, and the Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest for a num- ber of years before coming to Jun- eau. In Region Six, in Oregon, Parke will be employed in the large co- operative field project for national defense which the Forest Service is carrying on in cooperation with the army. rke plans to leave for the States at¢ the first opportunity. His wife and infant son will accom-; pany him. - > School Cantafa Is Posiponed Week Juneau Junior High School can- tata, ‘The Legend of S'leepy Hol- low,” has been postponed for one week, because of the many Good| Friday observances which will be held tomorrow night, according to Miss Merle Janice Schroeder, school vocal music director. The cantata will be held at 8 o'clock on Friday, April 10, in the grade school auditorium and will|" be open to the public at no charge. e CANNERY OFFICIALS ARRIVE IN JUNEAU Adolph Floe and T. Conrad, of- ficials of the P. E. Harris cannery at Hawk Inlet, arrived in Juneau last night and left by plane today for the cannery. e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS "HIGH SIERRA™ IS DRAMA AT 20TH CENTURY| kHumphrey Bogarl and Ida Lupino Star in anplng Melodrama Tonight ductions, “High Sierra,” co-star- |ring Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino will be the feature attrac- tion at | opening tonight. R. Burnett who authored “Little Caesar,” “High Sierra” was pro- duced by Warner Bros, the same| Written by W. lier film. Headed by Bogart Lupino, the cast of “High Sierra” also includes such notable as Alan Curtis, Henry Hull, Hen- ry Travers, Barton MacLane, Ar- thur Kennedy ‘remember him as quest”?) and Joan Leslie, 16-year- ::cld making her film debut, and hailed by preview audiences as a | sensational discovery. A small | wire-haired terrier called “Pard” |is also said to walk off with more (than his share of the picture's honors. | Roy Earl, |as “the last of the Dillinger gang.' | It is the sensational tale of a man who is overtaken by his inexorable doom just as he finds happiness for the first time in his sordid life.| SKIRMISHES "REPORTEDIN - BATAN AREA/ X 1 (Continued on Page Three) !an positions, a Japanese broadcast |from Tokyo quoted the Japanese |Imperial Headquarters as saying ‘thnt anti-aircraft batteries, airfield |barracks and other military estab- {lishments on Corregidor have been | damaged beyond repair by repeated ! Japanese naval and air attacks on |the American bastion between March 20 and 31. e — {And Son Arrive Here From Visit in South Mrs. John Amundsen and her {son, David, arrived in Juneau from the south and are staying at the Baranof Hotel. Mr. Amundsen is a pllot with Pan American Alr- ways Alaska Division and has been transferred to the Juneau-Fair- tbanks schedule. Mr. and Mrs. Amundsen formerly made their home in Juneau: QR VS Martha Society fo | Have Meet Friday Members of the Martha Society will enjoy a special luncheon to- |morrow at 1 o'clock in the church jas installation of officers is held during the regular meeting. Hostesses will be Mrs. Hbmer Nordling and Mrs. Ralph Martin. Plans will be completed for the pre- | Easter goodie sale to be held Sat- urday, beginning at 10:30 a. m. at the Piggly-Wiggly Store. ——————— HOSPITAL NOTES | Bert Miller was admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital this morning for surgical treatment. | Mrs. Maty Benson entered St. | Ann’s Hospital yesterday afternoon (for medical care. | Baby Roy Trout was taken home from St. Ann's Hospital yesterday. Baby Ronald Sison has been dis- missed from St. Ann’s Hospital. ST P by The Department of Commerce j keeps service records of about 400,- 000 seamen. * __ BRINGING UP FATHER . HERE'S A PACKAGE FOR MRS. JIGGS- LEFT BY HER BROTHER - HE SAID IT WAS A PRESENT ~ - A PRESENT ? T CAN'T BE FROM HER BROTHER- OH-MAGGIE ~ THERE'S A PACKAGE YOUR BROTHER LEFT FOR YOU - SHAL L I OPEN 1T? By GEORGE McMANUS OH-THE DEAR BOY - ALWAYS TELL ME WHAT e SUGAR CUBES FROM EVERY CAFE-HOTEL- RESTAURANT AND One of the most outstanding pao- | the 20th Century Thcn(rc‘ company which presented the enr-i | and Miss names | | Cagney’s brother in “City For Con-| | “High Sierra” tells the story of| termed by the authors| Mrs. John Amundsen I WHERE THE BETTER THURSDAY — FRIDAY — SATURDAY A speck against the sky...on Sierra’s topmost crag! That's ‘Mad Dog’ Earle, killer, farmer, and, ¢ fn his heart, poet! He waits for death on... COLlSEUM NOWI \720"CeNTURY = Directed by lAOUI. WALS® BIG PICTURES PLAY! NOW DAYS 3 - T "TWO FOR THE ZOO" a cartoon AND TWO EDITIONS WORLD NEWS "DOOMED 10 Dll" New System Is Planned | (Continued from Page One) mail is carried on lightly armed supply ships, the safety factor in flying “V-mail” is one of its most important. . The Army posv.ul service now has 100 officers and 1,000 men, nearly all formerly postoffice em- ployes. And right now, | handling 1,000,000 pieces of mail a {as the South Pacific, Alaska, Ha- waii, the Atlantic bases. The men on ! Bataan Peninsula are the only men in our armed forces who are not getting mail from home. When “V-mail” deliveries really get under making an isolated stand, simply by dropping it by parachute. Even if more mail-carrying ships | are sunk, says General Rose, the loss of mail won't come up to the total that now is lost by misdirec- tion. In spite of the Army's cam- paign to inform relatives and friends exactly how to address let- ters and parcels, practically all of| the complaints about letters not; having been received can be trnc»d to improper addressing. % The address should carry the| name and grade of the soldier; his identification of his military unit (for example, Company A, 301st Infantry); and moest important of all, his Army postoffice number. Mail for overseas must be ad- dressed to the Army Postoffice Of- fice in care of the postmaster at New York, Seattle, San Francisco, etc., depending on the location of the soldier’s unit station. It should never be addressed to any foreign| city. Letters so addressed would inform anyone who sees them of the location of the units, a closely suarded m)man secret. NEW RATE | RULES ARE (Continued from Page One) | Hit Joint Rates | The Commission also said that {the record discloses general Alaskan | dissatisfaction with the joint rates| by the Alaska Steamship Compacy | and the Alaska Railroad, and said that despite the Commission’s pre- | | viously expressed opposition to the Jjoint rates, action was deferred at | this time at the request of the De-| | partment of the Interior Regarding special rates charged the Navy Department and navy contractors by the Alaska Steam- ship Company, the commission held such rates to be unduly prejudicial and preferential, and ordered these | rates to be cancelled by next Mon- BUY' DEFENSE BONDS Mail Must Go fo Army; - they are| |day to and from such distant spots | Iceland, Great Britain and, way, it will be posslble: even to keep up deliveries to troops | serial number, if known; compleue, ~ EXPLAINED 1 For Special Speedy Move INEWTACKS SEEN FOR INDIAPLAN Congress Leader Néfini’ May Confer on Defense : - with Gen. Wavell * (Conunued from rage One) | | possibility of a new tack ln | Stafford ~Cripp's attempts to {Indla to agree on the dehyed minion plan, which now appears Incar defeat, as the Sikh party hu flatly rejected the proposal and | indications are that the Mahasaliha element of the extremist Hindus will join in the rejection. Demand Own Defense ¥ Stumbling-block to agreement an the delayed Dominion status plan seems to be demands by Indiaws \mnr. they be allowed to ha! charge of defense during the w; {but Britain . refuses to allow w strings of defense qut of her han | Peeling in Britain ig divided ) {the wisdom of the plan that |Cr1pps, as Special Emissary | Winston , Churchill, is offering. Many feel that granting immediate dominion status to India is the om= ly solution for stirring up a vigers ‘ous anti-aggression front among the ! discordant groups in the country.* | Fear Chaos Result | Others feel that immediate grant {of the independent state would throw the country into worse chaos ’and open the doors to the Japan- i 'rhe Sikh party has rejected use plan because, they say, it will put them at the mercy of the vMoslems in the Punjab province. Sikhs supply the background of tHe Indian Army, but among the Mog+ ilema are many terrorists who amg ready to fan civil war. A e | CONSTRUCTION (0, BRINGS SUIT T0 ° COLLECT ACCOUNT | — | Suit has been filed in U. 8. {trict Court by the Palmer G. | Construction Company to $602 from the James Cons! |Company in connection with furnishing of materials for the struction of two Territorial sch at Homer and Ninilchik. Funds to build the schools provided for’by the Legislature, and ja writ of attachment against the (money left in this fund has been granted the Lewis company by the court, The writ has been servgd on Territorial Commissioner of Bd- ucation Dr. James C, Ryan. H. L. Faulkner and N. C. Ban- field are attorneys for the plaing= iff. i tl RO ST UL B L President Benjamin Harrison an enthusiasti¢ stamp collector, &