The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1942, Page 3

-THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1942 TWO MYSTERY FEATURES T0 BE ON CAPITOL BILL ‘Lone Wolf—T;Res Chance’ and 'Dark Streets of Cairo’ on Friday The Lone Wolf can't leave crime | alone! . safes to be cracked . . . kisses to be stolen . . . the screen’s most lovable scoundrel returns to find THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! CAPITOL LU with Show Place ot juneau Roland Young, Joan Blondell FRIDAY and SATURDAY PREVUE TONITE! WARREN WILLIAM E z in: g L ‘am with June STOREY < 4 f0 | Henry WILCOXON - Eric BLORE ark Stre b ets of Cairo” pursuit in a .Pullman . . in a deserted house . . . an airplane. . With Warren Willlam again fea- Territorial Department of Health, [tured in the title role, Columbia’s with SIGRID GURIE—RALPH BYRD including a tuberculosis clinician and more public health nurses. most recent production in the ex- | At all the conferences, the pro-|citing series, opens tomorrow at gram now under way in Alaska was the Capitol Theatre, on an excit- B A ( K F R 0 approved and it was shown that the |ijng two feature bill. Eric Blore Territory is ahead of many of me}cominues in his role as Jamison, states in its blood typing and im-|ihe Lone Wolf's valet, while beau- Terriforial Health Official Returns from Nation- munization programs, Dr. Smith ey June Storey appears opposite al Conferences e William in the feminine lead. i Second Feature Described as a tery-drama of modern day Egypt, Universal's “Dark Streets of Cairo” |is also on Thursday's program, with Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd, Washington Confusing | still picking bits of red tape out | of his pocket this morning, Dr.| Smith noted that Washington today is in a highly confusing state. He 'got.in on the biggest snow storm the capital has had for 40 years and s traffic was impossible. Eddie Quillan, Katherine DeMille Government offices are scattered |and George Zucco. all over the city and some of the| 'Said to combine comédy Health offices are in old residences|suspense with whirlwind and Dr. Courtney Smith, Assistant action Commissicner of the Territorial De-| partment of Health, returned to| Juneau from the south yesterday after attending a national confer-| ence in Washington, D. C., called He left Washington March and after considerable delays in |pedition which runs into trouble train transportation because of sup- after excavating a fabulous collec- ply and troop movements, he ar-}uon of ancient jewels from a musty o |rived in Seattle by way of Port- tomb. \;};‘ Umfed States burgeun-(‘-eneral‘landv Seattle also is getting 0o | omas Parran. _ lcrowded and busy for comfort, he| Dr. Smith arrived in the nation’s ,amitted. | capital on Monday, March 23, the| "op his observation of Civillan De- | first night of the conference. The fense activities throughout the | first two days consisted of mm”'{states‘ he said that Alaska's De-| ences called annually by the State|fonse methods are working as well | and Territorial Health Officers|or petter than those of the coastal| Association, concluded on Tuesday | gtates. night. | the Sur-; * Wedm!sdayv morning, o2 | MORNING ALERT IS SUCCESSFUL Reports Mamivilian De-z Bureau held a similar conference on Maternal and Child Health and fense Men at Points in 5 Minutes —————ao————— NEW CUTS IN USE OF | East Coast, OTegon, Wash- ington Householders Given Warning WASHINGTON, April 16—Warn- !ing of new cuts in consumption of petroleum products might be or- !dered on the east coast, also Ore- gon and Washington, has been is- The Civilian Defense Board will sued by the OPA. meet in the City Hall tonight to| Householders of those areas have discuss this morning’s alert which been warned that they might | Director Frank A. Metcalf termed change back from oil to coal heat- | “very successful.” The alarm was‘mg by installing ‘l’“ buxning sounded at §:30 a.m. rousing most|grates in furnaces or boilers con- the Crippled Children’s program. Saturday, Sunday and Monday Dr.| Smith met with the Public Health Service, conferred with Gov. Ernest Gruening, the Office of Civilian Defense and with the Social Secur- ity Agency on social protection. Aware of Alaska Dr. Smith said that in all the conference, an awareness of Al- aska's health problems was evident and that all the national agencies proved to be most cooperative and assured him of help in the public health program both generally and specifically. The Office of Civilian Defense expressed itself as ready to furnish With robbers to be robbed | | himself knee-deep in robbery, homi- | cide and assorted villainy! There's| . drama| action in | “The Lone Wolf Takes A Chance," | romantic mys- | converted for the purpose, he said.|scenes, the story follows fldventuresl 30 lof an American archaeological ex-| | | ~ PETROLEUM THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Government fo (Continued from Page One) | | | | to filming was the simplest way safeguard records. of this may be gathered from the | recent survey of the Army alone. | my has about 180,000,000 inactive standard-sized four-drawer filing | cabinets. This doesn’t include all| piling up under the present war | effort. same inactive records can be con-| tained in 50 cabinets of the same | inflammable material (the micro-| film is) out of an area threatened | Moving 12,000 cabfnets would take | days. | not subject to deterioration and | any number of new prints can be eliminating the likelihood of loss. The film is also immune to mice What interests wartime government pective saving in office space and in waste paper.. Nobody has bezn of square feet in government build- ings devoted to files and records have said that the federal office space problem would be solved to- Ireduce all records to micro-film.| As for waste-paper, it already is More of it is shipped out of Wash- ington daily than out of any oth- probably could be doubled if there were no necessity for keeping pap- ! It is interesting to note that n the survey of record filing made NOT more than 20 percent of all |records filed are ever used again. | because of some litigation where | contractural or personal records |it isn't possible to tell whether a file is going to fall in the 20 percent | {kept intact. | —_——— i { | i [ Filing System; Records ArefoBe Migro-FiImed_ | against the trend of events in the |defense forces of the Island, which emergency first aid medical and surgical supplies and to provide material for a blood plasma bank in Alaska. The Public Health Ser- Juneau residents out of their slum-|yerted into oil. ber. Metcalf said he patrolled the ci shortly before the alarm was soun: Some idea of the effectiveness | In various scattered places, the Ar- records, requiring more than 12,000 | the tons of contemporary records | By micro-photographing, those| size. Moving 50 cabinets of non-| by fire is not an impossible task. In addition, the micro-film Js made from it from time to time, and paper-eating insects. officials most, however, is the pros- able to estimate yet the millions alone, but several building experts morrow if we could, by that time,! Washington's greatest by-product. er city in the land. But the amount er records. by the Army, it was reported that | Most of these are brought to lignt |are required in court. But since jor the 80, the total 100 must be| . | ~ BillLooms 'NAVAL (OMMANDER led and that the streets were de-! iserted. Five minutes after the| | alarm blasted out, he said, mem-| PES— bers of the Civilian Defense Unit| vice assured Dr. Smith that it will assist in getting personnel for the | were to be seen hurrying to their! | posts all over the city. Metcalf said, | | however, that the turnout was not| !as responsive as it has been dur- ling other alerts. | | The Civilian Defense Direct.or‘i |said that some residents reported | that they could not hear the alarm,{ .}but that arrangements are being 'made to place several auxiliary I sirens throughout the city to rem- ledy this situation. He said the THANKS MAYOR AND CITY FOR COURTESY Mayor Harry I Lucas has re-| ceived the following letter of ap- preciation to the people of Juneau the personnel of a naval vessel that was in port several weeks ago for a few days. The letter, signed by the Commanding officer of the ship follows: “My dear Mayor Lucas: for courtesy and hospitality shown! Please | accept on behalf of the officers | | WASHINGTON, April 16. — The 1 Senate Labor Committee has agreed to attempt to revise and offer to the Senate on Monday a measure by Senator Joseph H. Ball, Repub- lican of Minnesota, that will freeze jopen and closed shops and pro- | viding for stabilization of wages in | | war industries but not affecting the present 40-hour week. WAR BONDS SELL LIKE HOTCAKES ohn L. Covich! |and men their sincere appreciation | T IT for the highly successful dance | A S KA B ASE your city gave for them on our last Ivisit to Juneau. The crew had been| mpeq aver, Administrative As- {looking forward for months to that|g iane of the War Savings Staff | Alaska Coastal Airlines officials |have donated two sirens to the Civilian Defense Unit and that these are being adapted for use. The air transportation company has DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for } loaned the sirens for the duration. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | A good riding camel can cover Resident of Alaska for 30 Years | 150 miles in a day. ———v——— 1 Solicit Your Vote Subscribe to the Daily Alaska (Paid advertisement) ‘,Empire—the paper with the largest iaska newspaper. THE SALVATION ARMY Annual Drive IsOn Your Donation Will Be Greatly Appreciated. If not contacted and you would like to help remit to SALVATION ARMY, BOX 2261, JUNEAU, ALASKA. visit and we left with the same 1 warm feeling of friendship towards M , Teturned to Junesu last the people of your city. For your in- formation the names of several cities in Alaska were given me as |a possibility to take the men for | recreation and I left it up to them. |Juneau was picked unanimously. “It came to my attention while |there that you and some of the citizens were sponsoring a recrea- tion center idea and wish you the Ibest of success in its speedy ac- complishment. Most of the cities, of any size we have visited, have a center of this description and I can {assure you it is well used by service personnel.” ———.e———— The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any Al- |aska newspaper. —————.—— The Jew’s harp was originally known as the Jew's Trump. 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) {night from Sitka after laying groundwork for a Voluntary Pledge Campaign organization in the Is- land City. The drive will start there next Tuesday. Under the Voluntary Pledge plan, every person in Sitka will be asked to donate a specified amount each month towards War Savings Bonds. Ayer reported that defense em- ployes at the naval station are con- tributing as much as $5,885 a week toward War Savings Bonds under the payroll deduction plan. Pay-| master Linn Thielke is in charge of this program. Ayer said that the spirit at Sitka is magnificent | and that the War Savings Commit- tee under Chairman Russell Clith- ero is “doing a fine job.” MUSICAL EVENING PLANNED FOR OPEN HOUSE ON FRIDAY With members of the AWVS as hostesses, the open house at the Dugout tomorrow évening will be an evening of music to which all serv- ice men are invited. Informal community music will furnish entertainment for those who care to take part or have favorite tunes they would like to hear. As the highlight of the evening, Marye Berne and Ernest Ehler, radio and concert singers, will present several songs that have proved fav- | orites to their audiences. There will be no dancing tomor- row evening it was announced today but refreshments will be served and all men of the services will be warm- EPIC TALE OF WESTSHOWNAT | 201H CENTURY "Western Union,” Zan e Grey Classic Is Thrilling Technicolor Feature | Zane Grey's “Western Union” |has been made into a memorable picture by 20th Century-Fox. Filmed 'in brilliant Technicolor and pro-| duced on a breath-taking scale, it| opened last night at the 20th Cen- tury Theatre | Its. brilliant cast, headed by Rob- ert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean | Jagger and Virginia Gilmore, brings to life all the colorful characters created by the West's greatest story teller in his latest best-seller. Oth- ers featured include John Carra- dine, Chill Wills, Slim Summervilie and Barton MacLane. Romance, action, drama and| thrilling adventure are all part of | the spectacle in “Western Union,” !which opens in the roaring boom town of frontier Omaha—where the only law was a blazing six-shooter. Dean Jagger, portraying Edward Creighton the telegraph builder, Bern from Paris said that rising starts a huge wagon-train rolling unrest and violence was evident in|out across the prairies. Their job the old capital now held by the GEI‘-;LQ to build the telegraph over a mans as Parisians demonstrated | West infested by renegades and savage Indians. Teeming with action. paced at| a rapid-fire pace, Zane Grey's| “Western Union” is an eye-filling | |spectacle. Harry Joe Brown was associate producer while the fine | sereen play was by Robert Carson. e BIG TRUSTS FINED FOR RESTRAINTS| NEW YORK, April 16—The Al- uminum Corporation of America, the Magnesium Development Com-| pany and three other corporations WASHINGTON, April 16 — ’l‘helmi six individuals have been fined Japanese have extended their Phil-|a total of $140,000 in Federal Court | ippine invasion to the importantion a plea of nolo contendere inj island of Panay, a late communique|a series of anti-trust indictments from the War Department an-|alleging the restraint of trade and nounced this afternoon. | monopolization of production and; The communique reported that|gaprication of magnesium. enemy troops put ashore under g5 s i the protecting fire of warships and S R '. warplanes late in the day. The Is Announced WASHINGTON, April 16 — The Government announces that the Nation’s first sugar ration allow- ance will be half a pound a week for each person, DOUGLAS NEWS Revamp PARIS IS REVOLTING AT VICHY Reports of G_rofiwing Unrest Over Collaboration with | Germany |s Reported BERN, April 16. — Pierre Laval, | the foremost French exponent of cooperation with Hitler, has com- pleted the new government of France in Vichy, becoming chief himself under aged Marshal Henri Petain, Chief of State. Meanwhile reports filtering in to | last few days. It is said that at least 26 persons have been executed there and num- | erous reports of mass arrests of persons demonstrating against the collaboration have been made. The growing hatred of Parisians is associated with the news of a train wrcek near Caen in Nor- mandy in which 35 German soldiers were killed e — JAPS HIT PANAY IN | ISLANDS is about 150 miles south of Cor-| regidor, “are in contact with the| enemy,” but po details of the fight-, ing are available. ; DR. I. H. MOORE, FORMER ALASKAN, | DIES IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, April 16—Funeral ser- vices for Dr. Isaac H. Moore, physi- clan and surgeon, who died last Sunday, were held here Tuesday af-| KILBURN TAKES OVER | | ternoon. He was 86 and retired | CITY CLERK'S OFFICE | from active practice six years ago| H {after spending more than half a century in the practice of his pro- Douglas, successor to Charles Tuck- ‘(esslon, | ett, assumed the duties of his office After graduating from the Uni-|this morning, having given up his versity of Pennsylvania, Dr. Moore! job yesterday at the foundry. served his internship at the Block- | S ley Hospital in Philadelphia and | practiced in Des Moines, Ia., until he came west to Idaho, to become | surgeon for the Union Pacific Rail- |way. He later was superintendent of the Idaho State Asylum at Blackfoot. Going to Alaska during the gold rush, he was surgeon for the White Pass Alaska Railway and for the Alaska Juneau and Treadwell ncld“ mines when the latter was the largest gold mine in the world. »Soapy” Smith, famous outlaw, passed away in his arms. | Dr. Moore was one of the organ- izers and the first Grand Arctic Chief of the Arctic Brotherhood During the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific, Exposition in 1909 he initiated President William Howard Taft into'the order. The late Judge Al- fred 'S. Moore of Nome was a brother of Dr. Moore. | Dr. Moore was a member of the King County Medical Society, Se- attle Academy of Surgery and sev- eral other professional groups. He also was a member of the Shrine, York Rite Masonic bodies. He is survived by a daughter, Helene M. Farmer; a brother, Win- field 8. Moore of Beaver, Pa.; a granddaughter and several cousins and nephews. e OVEEREBY TO SITKA Wes Overby, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, left for Sitka this afternoon for a two-weeks’ trip on official business. His office in Juneau will be closed during his absence. B i SENIOR GUILD TO MEET TOMORROW Trinjty Senior Guild will meet tomorrow afternogn at the home of Mrs.” Sam Feldon. — .- — | | | | | i L. W. Kilburn, new City Clerk of MRS. MILLS HOME AGAIN Mrs. John Mills returned home on the Alaska after a couple of months visit with her sister, Mrs. Willlam Robertson, in Ketchikan. ——— PREPARES TO GO FISHING Everett Bliss has resigned his position at the foundry to go fish- ing and is busily engaged overhaul- ing the Massamova and trolling gear for an anticipated successful season. ———————— P. E. GIRLS SPONSOR DANCE Friday night, April 17, the Doug- las School Gymnasium will be the scene of a adnce, given by the Girls’ Physical Education Club. The danc- ing, which will be accompanied by the school radio-phonograph, will begin at 9 o'clock and continue until midnight. The public is invited to attend. e TO SITKA Alex Demos left yesterday for Sit- ka to resume his former work there. ————— SCHOOL BOARD MEETING A special meeting of the Douglas School Board will be held this eve- ning in Superintendent Pool's of- fice at the school to consider im- portant matters. Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial Commissioner of Educa- tion, will be a visitor at the meeting. | f-a i PLAY SET FRIDAY AT HIGH SCHOOL | A 25-minute, one-act play, “The Finger of God,” will be given at a | special assembly tomorrow afternoon | at 3 o'clock in the Douglas High School, it was announced this morn- ing. Taking part in the skit are Jim- mie Devon, as Benson, the valet; Elmer Savikko, as Strickland, a business man about to commit a crime; and Dorothy Langseth, as a WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! TI0"CENTURY NOW o PLAYING __NOW! COLISEYM ABOLISH PHYSICAL DIVISION Much Discu;sfiea Civilian Defense Unit Absorb- ed by McNutt WASHINGTON, April 16 — The much-discussed Division of Physical Fitness, formerly part of the Office of Civilian Defense, has been abol- ished by Federal Security Admin- istrator Paul V. McNutt and many members of the Division’s staff dismissed effective May 1. The activities of the unit have been absorbed immediately by Mc- Nutt’s Office of Defense, Health and Welfare Services. e WEATHER OFFICIAL A. E. McKenzie, Hoonah after a week's trip. Me- Kenzie has been assigned to work Bureau’s Anchorage Office. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS BACK FROM TRIP liaison officer for the U. 8. Weather Bureau, re-| turned to Juneau last night from in Southeastern Alaska from the| IDE" — “RIDE, KELLEY, R M. Noble Has ' PartyYesterday | | Mrs. Ruth Noble entertained yes- | terday afternoon in her apartment in the Baranof Hotel for a gr of Juneau friends enjoying lunc! eon and two tables of bridge. Spring flowers decorated tables at luncheon and W honors during the afternoon werg H . Elmer A. Priend and M | Wellman Holbrook. ! Those who enjoyed the party fll‘ Mrs. Holbrook, Mrs. Charles Bi |dick, Mrs. Art Glover, Mrs. H. Starling, Mrs. Raymond Wolfe, Friend, Mrs. Courtney Smith an Mrs. J. W. Malen. TRIANGLE J CLEANERS /. New Location & Juneau Laundry Building * | “for better appearance” PHONE Oldest Ban COMMERCIAL 1891—Hali a Century of Bankilg—l“l The B.M. Behrends Bank k in Alaska SAVINGS PARKER HERBEX FRANCES HANSEN, Manager BARBARA GARRETT CAROLINE REYNOLDS FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR TREATMENTS WILL CORRECT HAIR PROBLEMS Sigrid’s and the large capacity ovea wholesome, delicious)s-ooked food, Vegetables and meats retain natural Julces with their abundaace of anritious vitamins. See thef1942 General Electsic Ranges . .. O Display at Your Local G-E Dealer GENERAL @ ELECTRIC The Netherlands Indies rank first in the production of tapioca, which is obtained from the root of the girl from Strickland’s office. The public is invited to attend the ly welcomed. L cassava plant. assembly. ) " For The Heartier Meals | Defense Asks YouTo Serve, Alaska eckégoln.sgkl&?owerh.? i v i g W i