The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 15, 1942, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1942 TOPPER AND HIS (AL B CHARMING GHOST Show Place of Juneau NOW AT CAPITOL TODAY THURSDAY ) | "Topper Returns’ Bringing s GHUSTLY. Laughs and Chuckles to Juneauites IT'S GOOFY! IT’S GAY! Roar with this tip-top cast of funsters in the 7TOPPER bit that fops them alll famous Topper series is the bril- liantly produced and directed mys- first performance last night at the | turns,” which was unveiled at its gala premiere last night at the | Capitol Theatre under the auspices | | of United Artsts. This latest Roach offering, which is based on an or- iigina.l story by Jonathan Latim carries the famous characters cre- HAL ROACH poetants & PPE ' ruk,!l»‘ * ¥ % BLONDELL otand, YOUNG . TANDI® — PLUS — Leon Errol Comedy Late News v | to further laugh-packed channels jo( fun and hilarity. | blend of mystery and comedy, with | crackling dialogue, eerie situations | and spell-binding acton. It was | smartly directed by Roy Del Ruth and keeps the audience nailed to its seats with suspense that gallops and is interspersed with punchy humor. Roland Young and Billie Burke are back as Cosmo Topper and his not-so-bright wife, the roles in which they scored in the ALLNURSES ASKED o o i 0 MEET TONIGHT £ Vs e, s “Tove Other top-notch portrayals are « AR contributed by lovely Joan Blondell 11 nurses on the astineau yn, is seen as the lovely and Channel are to meet at 8 0'clock to-{),gpely spirit which haunts Cosmo nlgh‘t Am :‘hp l‘;lf“ea,".“?“b“; H;lax:‘h Topper and gets him into many fie: el:‘ln:r:xl:ncvl.x\leéh::‘;nsér v iace hilarious situations. Carole Landis, it 1o didkuas - RAignments: tor| ST, uscious, Lipake, (B B, 80 defense duty. excellent performance as the ro- % 1 ite i Dr. Blanton asks that all regist- ;’l‘i’:,";‘nc d‘:g;_;;‘:‘; ;fm ‘;,;Z:!; ered nurses in the city attend the the hero of the plece. meeting. s iy B Empire Classifieds fay! BUY DEFENSE STAMPS | ated by the late Thorne Smith In-| “Topper Returns” is an excellent| NOTICE!!! You Can Pay Your ' JOHN TANAKA " GETS DIPLOMA " TODAY AT JH \ cise Held for Honor Student af School | A graduation exercise was held Hal Roach's third picture In 0IS "y ney migh School this after- ference agreements approved bYgon, Inoon. Only one student took part, but to the others it might have |served as an object lesson in tol- ierancc. The student was John Tanaka, who, although he was born in Ju- neau and has attended school for 13 years with the same group of senfors with whom he had expected | to be graduated next month, is a| Japanese, and thus must be evacu- ated with others of his family and| race by April 20, | April 20 will be John's eighteenth birthday. But he isn't bitter about his| birthday present. He says it is| right and falr that he should go| with the others, although he hates | to leave the school chums who have been his closest friends for years. Presented Diploma There was no overdue sentiment about the commencement exercise. |ALASKA SHi | Special Graduation Exer-‘ b 1 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA P ALASKA COASTAL | KEPT BUSY WITH MANY FLIGHTS. | T| Leaving here for Sitka on Alaska1 ICcasml Airlines yesterday afternoon | |were Rev. W. A. Soboleff, Mr. and | | Mrs. James Reed, Guy Graham, WASHINGTON, April 15—Three J. C. Martensen. steamship lines operating between| Making the flight to Juneau from | Puget Sound and Alaska have gjtka vesterday were Walter Hel-| formed passenger and freight con-ljan Henry Barnes, Henry Ander-| Theodore R. Kline, Alex John,| - COMPANIES the Maritime Commission, it was 3 John J. Eubank, Jr., Ethel W.! announced today. They are the Al- roar stanley Aubert, C. F. Thur- aska Transportation Company, l.hefnees b 8 e H Alaska Steamship Company and 4 : Making a flight to Hawk Inlet| the Northland Transportation Com- pflf,y_ it OM-learly this morning the Alaska The passenger conference agree-|CO®Stal Alrlines took as passengers ment covers the establishment and|Hans Floe, Gust Hagevik, E. H.| maintenance of agreed fares and|Dupont, Axel C. Carlson and Mrs. rates charges and practices in con-|G. Moore. nection with the transportation of| On two flights to Sitka, pas- passengers between ports in Alaska. |sengers were H. B. Foss, Tom Mor- Also announced are agreements|gan, Ray Peterman, L. F. Blake,| on freight transportation between|Jern A. Holm, Charles Gaboury.' ports in British Columbia and|Don O'Leary, H. H, Bates and T. Southeast Alaska. {C. Whiteside. Returning from Sit- | The latter conference is known|ka were, W. A. Hesse, W. J. Walk- as the Southeast Alaska Freight|er, pat Sweeney and Capt. Paul| Conference and will have functions g faDue. i :“:gflr‘;nx those of the passenger| George Baggan and Louie Bag- i e |gan took the plane to Chichagof | |and Bert S. Wake was a Tenakee | passenger. Another passengers and | this | flight with mail is scheduled for R. R. Hermann, member of the| school board, presented the diploma | to John and one of his close friends took a picture of the pres-| entation. | Chances are that John would/ have been valedictorian of Juneau| High School if he had been able| to remain until the end of the| semester. His grade point average| is 3.63, but the final A's and B's of his closest rivals haven't yet been registered. ! A tall, slim and studious look-! ing boy, John has only had 5 ¢! grades through his grade school| and high school career. But he, has had time to take part in many| extra-curricular, activities. Many Activities When he was in the eighth grade, John was president of the| Junior Chamber of Commerce, which was an active urgnniufion‘y ('he Ruhr Valley. RAFMAKING - MORE RAIDS sy mvunizarions GIVEN TODAY DURING | PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC | S | LONDON, April 15—The hard| bitting RAF last night began al second 24-hour nonstop air offen- | sive over the continent, making | raids against the strongly en-j During the preschool and infant| trenched occupled coast after leav- |children’s immunization clinic held | ing “very large” fires burning in|this morning in the Juneau Public| {Health Center, Dr. W. M. White- Daylight attacks were made in|head gave 56 inoculations, 19 for the wake of the blasting raids on|typhoid, 21 for whooping cough, 9 the Ruhr Valley also against oc-|for diphtheria and 7 for smallpox. cupied sections of Europe. | Assisting with the clinic were The Ruhr Valley attacks were Miss Jane Hibbard, public health| directed against the industries nurse, Mrs. Dick Delziel, RN, nnd“ their services. Tomorrow morning, another of - the clinics for school children will be held in Juneau Public. School. located. |and plain where death strik |ly and silently as the arrows of BEST- SELLER BY ZANE GREY | HERE ON SCREEN Western Union’ with Rob- | ert Young as Star Opens | on 20th Century Screen Latest best-seller brought thrill- ingly to life on the screen by 20th Century-Fox is Zane Grey's “West- ern Union,” Technicolor production | which opens tonight at the 20th Century Theatre. A trigger-fast action film of the roaring West, it depicts the building of the tele- graph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City. Produced on a spectacular scale,| ’ | “Wwestern Union” has a superb cast | headed by Robert Young, Randolph | Scott, Dean Jagger and Virginia| Gilmore. | “Western Union” opens in the' boomn days of Omaha. Answering| the East’s plea for a rapid means| of communication with the West, Western Union caravan under | Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) | is headed Westward across prairie| wift- ! the savage Sioux. Drama and romance are deftly combined with the thrilling adven- ture as Robert Young and Ran- dolph Scott vie for the affections| of Virginia Gilmore. Told by the| incomparable Zane Grey, this great- | est story of the West has been! filmed with compelling realism and is recommended entertainment for| i 11 | | | | DEAETH OF JOHN STOFT REPORTED FROM CALIFORNIA' John W. Stoft, former oldtime —————— DOUGLAS | where most of the large plants are;Mrs. Tom Park, who volunteered yegident of Douglas, died yesterday imorning in Escondido, California, |nis home town for the past 20/ 'years, according to word recelved‘ PAGE THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! TIOMLENTORY o 1 A i 6 PLAYING LAIN . . . WHERE ACROSS PRAIR DEATH STRUCK SWIFTLY AND SILENTLY AS N SO W R S AN INDIAN ARROW ... THESE MEN FOUGHT I 503 o ST 6 ONWARD FOR THE WOMEN THEY LOVED! IE AND P N TECHNICOLOR g The greatest story of the West . . . by the West’s great story-teller! b ‘ ROBERT YOUNG - RANDOLPH SCO DEAN JAGGER - VIRGINIA GILMORE John Carradine - Slim Summerville Chill Wills « Barton Maclane RELEASE PRISONE {in a radiogram to his son Robert, Directsd by FRITZ LANG | Smallpox vaccinations will be given to all who haven't yet been im_‘buslness man of Sitka who passed at that time. He has been on the| through by plane yesterday to be;~ TO ARMY OFFICIAL JUNEAU LAUNDRY BILLS at the Office of the TRIANGLE CLEANERS Please take care of your bill this week. publications staff of the Jaybird and Totem all of his four years, in high school and this year is| editor. » Also he has found time to belong | to the Photo Club, the Mathemat-, jcs Club, Student Council, and has)| been a member of the Honor So- clety for four years. He is also in Quill and Scroll, high school journ- alism honorary, and is an ardent supporter of all school athletics, as well as taking part in the ac-| tivities of the Ski Club. | mlmue‘wd and " typhoid, dlph\herln‘ X |and ‘whooping cough immunizations Floyd @. Buris, alias Alvin Hall, | will he ¢ontinued. The clinic starts| deserter from the U. 8. Army, has!at 9 a. m | been turned over to military au-| thorities, the U. . Marshal’s Oftice | announced today. { Burris has been held in the Fed- eral jail pending investigation and Mr. and Mrs. McCaul | o e o ke Home from Vacation, pended sentence and released to Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McCaul re-' military authol S. { b :_ _,%.___ |turned to Juneau this week after a i vacation of over five months in the ->-oo - | with his mother at the funeral. | Aged .63 years, the deceased had | been i1l a comparatively short time. Advices recelved stated he was be- ing kept in an oxygen tent, indi- | cating perhaps .pneumonia.. | Immediate survivors are his wid- ow, who was formerly Miss Min-| nie Museth, an early resident of | the Island for a number of years,| and their son Robert. It is about 25 years since the Stofts left Douglas to go to Peters- COLISEUM — “3 MEN FROM TEXAS” — COLISEUM. WILLIAM A. HESS) willam A Hes:M: T':::Lxrm\smu& They spent most of their| burg where the deceased was en- Highway Emflneer r‘e iR Oth‘ |time yisiting in Southern California|gaged in business for about fiv , e 5 |and Arizona. |years when they left there to go| | These are the reasons that Ju- neau High School fellow students and teachers held a special gradu-! 1891—Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M.Behrend Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS ation exercise for John Tanaka. e COL. ANDREWS IN NORTH | Col. Pred Andrews, Signal Corps, | United States Army, came north! on a recent steamer as far as Ket-| chikan, on an annual inspection. He is expected in Juneau shortly| previous to going to the westward afternoon from a short trip to Sit- | In Arizona they visited Mrs. Mc-| fround trip by plane. ka on official business, making the | caul's “daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Young. Mr.| LR T Young moved to San Diego while NORFOLK, Virginia, April 15— they were south and Mrs. Young' Enemy submarines have sent wr-‘ldrove to California with Mr. and pedoes smashing into two Amerl-| Mrs. McCaul. can merchantmen off the Atlnmici Clodet oarioAGE L B and!MRS‘ RUTH ROCK | | and interior. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Financial Statemeni—Juneau Salvation Army Corps YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 26, 1341 EXPENDITURE INCOME SALVATION ARMY CORPS Sunday School : $ Scout and Guard Troops, Cub Pack Bible Class Offerings Offering Services 5 Envelope Offerings, Officers and Members Special Donations Salary received as Secre- tary, Juneau Chamber of Commerce Money received as c! Northland Transpo: Co. Property, Bui and Repair: Relief (cash) 32.10 99.56 6421 115.69 Heat ... Donation Charter ... 257.65 29.50 Printing and Sick Benefit Divisional Tr: Postage and Telephone ‘Water hecker, rtation $ 71871 PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS Missionary Grant Reading Room .. Salary Allowance (Two Of! roop" No. Divisonal Super\‘ri;sion il Drive Expenses Saturday Offerings Sales — rummage, sales, etc. Christmas Appeal (cash Refunds Reading Room Annual Drive Donation Scout Council— Camp coffee TOTAL INCOME ACTIVITIES OF CORPS OFFICERS Temporary Relief Program. Strangers in town aided and advised. Hospital visitation. Regular family visitation. All activities done in Christ’s name regardless of class; creed or color, with the one desire to be of spiritual blessing. Sunday Services conducted. Sunday School conducted. Week days: Adult Bible Class. Public Meeting. Young People’s Meeting. Home League. ‘Young Pecple’s Program: Boy Scout Troop. Girl Guard Troop (Full program, camp). Cub Pack. Reading Room operated and Salvage Depot operated in in Search for missing persons. supervised. terest of war effort. $ 62454 268.73 272,55 58.75 545.00 871.70 Scout and equipment, 90.00 273121 TOTAL $3,509.98 Job seekers advised and aided in finding em- including ployment. Jail. Car Expenses e Congress Expenses .. Sunday School Supplies ... Bible Servicemen leaving Juneau Miscellaneous ... Balanee on hand, all departments Jail Service conducted each Sunday at Federal Private interviews with prisoners. Assistance rendered any prisoner to be re-estab- lished upon discharge if such assistance de- ilding Scout Camp and s, Hall and Quarters $ 29488 550.32 217.50 45.35 . 51250 1,026.25 74.00 ficers) , B. S. A. . s 12.20 169.68 7.03 21.60 52.00 11.00 18.00 24.00 21.00 61.37 46.25 29.05 64.21 Stationery Fund avelling . Box Rent Guard Troops Camp, 165.12 63.55 3.486.86 23.12 ENTERTAINS HERE and partly submerged. Sixty three of the 66 aboard the Mrs. Ruth Rock, who has been visiting with Judge and Mrs. G. F. | Alexander in Juneau since last| | weekend, entertained last night in | the Baranof Hotel at an informal | dinner for six friends as a farewell | | before she left this morning for aer | | home in Seattle. | Mrs. Rock has been in Sitka visit- | ing her son and on her way back | I'to her home in the south :topped | off to renew acquaintances with | | Juneau friends. 'MRS. ANNA SNOW T0 BE HONORED 7 A Factory Tangle | In honor of the eighty-first birth- | day today of her mother, Mrs. Anna | 8now, Mrs. C. P. Jenne is entertain- | | ing this evening at a dinner party | | for four in the Baranof Hotel. Two ;' Irived home yesterday from Grants EN GOOD men might plan and design the housing and equipment of a factory but unless one mas- ter designer supervised the job the factory would be a misfit — it wouldn’t “pro- duce.” Ten good agents can supply your insurance but unless one of them plans it your protection may be a misfit. Consult w Shattuck Ageney INSURANCE—BONDS close friends of Mrs. Snow, Mrs. | | Lottie Spigett and Mrs. Anna | Winn, will be the other guests. | —— .- JUNEAU AND KETCHIKAN OFFICERS GET RAISE IN RANK, CHILKOOT BARRACKS Myron Christie, formerly an em- ployee of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company in Juneau, Has been raised from Second Lieuten- | jant to First Lieutenant and is act- | ing adjutant at Chilkoot Barracks, it was learned in Juneau today. Also advanced in rank from Sec- ond to First Lieutenant is Walter Cochran of Ketchikan. | . C. OF .C. TOMORROW Dr. W. M. Whitehead, President of Juneau Chamber of Commerce will be welcomed back to the Chamber at tomorrow’s noon meet- {Ing in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Dr. Whitehead will talk on his recent trip through the United States. ——-— HALIBUT SEASON OPENS to Escondido. Y FOCHR RS RACSS FAMILY RETURNS Mrs. Willam Wagner and two children, Bonnie and Dently ar- | i | Pass, Oregon, where they have been visiting relatives for the past thre: months. { —————————— TO WORK AT FOUNDRY George Willlams has signed up as a member of the Treadwell Found- ry crew and expects to go to work there in a day or two. Williams has been a resident of the Island for the past couple of years and owns his own home here. —e—— JAMES DANIEL DIES SUDDENLY | IN TACOMA James Daniel died suddenly this | morning at his home, 1211 North Oak Street, Tacoma, Washington, according to a radiogram received this morning by his son, Milton | Daniel, of this city. Mr. Daniel was 70 years of age at | the time of his death and was active | until the end. He had many friends | on Gastineau Channel as he lived in Treadwell, where he was foreman of the Mexican Mine for nearly ten years. Twenty-five years ago Mr. and Mrs. Daniel moved from | Treadwell to Tacoma where they | have made their home since. | Survivors are the widow, a sister, Mrs. Bess Ninnis, and a daughter, Miss Dorothy Daniel, all of Tacoma; a son, Albert Daniel, of Clayton, Missourl, and his son, Milton and | nephew, Elroy Ninnis, of Juneau. Mr. Daniel was & member of the Masonic Lodge in Juneau, Past Master of the Douglas Lodge, and a member of the Willlam P. Dough- erty. Chapter of the Masonic Lodge, in Tacoma. Milton Daniel expects to leave Juneau by plane to attend the fun- eral ' services, arrangements for which have not yet been completed. e ——— ELKS BOWLING ALLEYS CLOSED TO THURSDAY Flks Club bowling alleys will be closed until tomorrow noon ac- cording to an announcement to- day. - Private motor vehicle ownership gt FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR PARKER HERBEX TREATMENTS WILL CORRECT HAIR PROBLEMS FRANCES HANSEN, Manager ° o, BARBARA GARRETT S.grid’s § CAROLINE REYNOLDS I - For The Heartier Meals | Defense Asks YouTo Serve; Every Housewife Can Serve Her Country Best By Serving Her Family More Healthful, Nutritious Meals HERE'S A FACT ABOUT NUTRITION YOU SHOULD KNOW Loss of food value in cooking vegetables caused by the dissolviog of sugars, mia- erals and vicamins in the liquid in which the food is cooked. Therefore, vegetables Should be cooked in the smallest possible amount of watet. 1¢'s aBeausy! THE 1942 GENERAL ELEC- TRIC RANGE has beea scieatifically de- and controlled heat of the fast heatiog Clean Speed Calrod Units, the economical assure Vegecables and meats ret juices with their abundance of anitious «+ - On Display at Your Local G-E Dealer GENERAL @ ELECTRIC Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. PHONE 616 The halibut season qpens at mid-|in the United States has risen 20 night. tonight and .the majority of [percent in the past decade while Juneau's fishing vessels, first di-'government ownership of motor ve- vision, are now on the banks. hicles has increased 146 percent. ' sired Juneau, Alaska Man May Be Down, But He’s Never Out.” Christmas Cheer Program. Slogan of The Salvation Army e : There is no substitute for newspaper advertisingE $