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

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1942 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA PAGE THREE THE BIG PICTURES! TODAY You'll Never Forgive Your- self. IF YOU MISS IT! THE CAPITOL HA Show Frace of Juneau and laughing out loud! M-G-M ’ sharring WALLACE BEERY with Marjorie Main WALLACE BEERY | COMFORTABLE SHOES ESSENTIAL FOR WAR WORK IS WATERFRONT ' HERO AT CAPITOL ‘Barnacle Bill" Brings Com- edy and Romance to Local Screen “Barnacle Bill,” starring Wallace Beery in his first waterfront adven- ture since “Min and Bill,” and plunging him into the most hilar- ious romance of his screen career, is the attraction now at the Capi- tol Theatre. | Beery plays a waterfront rousta- bout who suddenly finds himself in love with a domineering sweetheart | _ Virginia Weidler 7 PLUS -— Late News Wash. State—Cartoon | who makes him go to work, and at | the same time is faced with the care |of a small. daughter he hasn’t seen | since she was a baby. | Getting a job on a fishing boat, | he gets into a dispute with the com- bine controlling the refrigerator am—. | FAKNE IRANSFERRED T0 CALIFORNIA' Hugh J. Wade, Director of the Social Security Board Office for| Alaska, announced today that Jo-| seph T. Flakne, Director of lhl'i United States Employment Service, will leave the last of this week for Region XII Office of the Emply ment Service, located in San Fran- cisco, Califcrnia. He will be assigned to that office | for an indefinite period, to work with the Alaska employers whose main offices are in Washington, | Oregon and California in recruiting cmployees for the seasonal indust- | ries of the Territory and to “sell”| these™ emplovers on the policy of | first exhausting the supply of labor | in Alaska before shipping in other | workers, and then to assist them in recruiting of labor in the States.| Special Assignment | While working out of the San, Francisco office, Mr. Flakne will| act as the list” on employ- |ment in Alaska and will work with the United States Employment Ser- | vice offices on the West Coast in an| effort to direct generally the orderly | tlow of labor supply to Alaska. At the present time, many em- Andy Gunderson Candidate For Representative on Democratic Ticket Primaries April 28 35 Years Resident of Southeastern Alaska For the Growth and Development of Our Alaska boats, figures in a sensational fight | and becomes a waterfront hero. Marjorie Main, who appeared with him in “Wyoming,” plays the sweet- heart in the story. She and Beery figure in many hilarious episodes, | such as their comical duet, and | Miss Main and Connie Gilchrist | stage a hair-pulling battle over him. | There are tender moments with lit tle Virginia Weidler, playing the daughter, and Beery and Leo car- | rillo figure in numerous comical | scrapes and adventures along the | waterfront. | Players include Donald Meek as a | former sea captain and ship chand- | ler, Barton MacLane as head of the | refrigerator combine, Sara Haden and others. ————— DOUGLAS NEWS DANCE FOR ENLISTED MEN IS PLANNED BY EASTERN STAR CHAPTER : Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order of | Eastern Star, will entertain with a | dance for the soldiers tomorrow | (Tuesday) night from 9 to 11 o'clock in FEagles' Hall after the regular | meeting of the Chapter. Mrs. Elton | Engstrom is General Chairman of | arrangements for the affair. Bob Satre with a two-piece orchestra will play for the affair. Members of the Junior Hostesses Left, flag blue calfskin oxford; center, crushed leather oxford; right, motor corp oxford & If you have voluntee fortable feet. shown above. 1y fitting heels. The shoe, a super-snug fit, NUNIVAK IS. ESKIMOS ARE UNIQUE FOLK Happy, Ch;?ful, Indus- | trious People Live Busy There is now a complete war-time At the left is an AWVS shoe in smooth flag blue calfskin ford that harmonizes with all the uniforms designed for the distaff side of the Civilian Defense drmy. It is welt-made, with an inner and outer sole for greater comfort and protection. air raid warden is wearing a crushed leather oxford for comfort during hours of patrol duty. It has only three eyelets to facilitate dressing in a hurry, extra breadth across the ball of the foot, and snug- right, is for work in the motor corps and all automobile driving. It is a sturdy oxford with a ventilated vamp made of crushed calfskin with an extra eyelet at the ankle for These shoes were designed by Julius Grossman, noted shoe designer, red for any of the patriotic services, you'll find it very important to have com- ! shoe wardrobe, three of the models from whith are |the Nunivakers make baskets for the curio trade that are among tlie most attractive native work in Ai- aska. They make, howe far | fewer than could be sold, as their | continuous activities in obtaining the necessities of life keep them | constantly busy. Move In Cycle Their lives move in a regular cycle with each activity being done at a certain time, from walrus hunt- ing in the spring, fishing in the summer, gathering berries, wild vegetables and greens, to the gath- ering of marsh grasses after the first frost, the reindeer round-up ployers in the Territory have found|eroup in Juneau, the Dmeolas Rain- | it impossible to recruit labor this bow and high school girls and all year in the communities and Flakne | other young women in town are in- will be able to service these cmp]oy‘lvited to the dance. ers, making certain that request| Mrs. Leonard Johnson is handling for men that are placed in the Al-|invitations and heads the following aska offices of the United States|committee of hostesses, Mrs. Charles Employment Service and sent to| Whyte, Mrs. Alex Sey, Mrs. Arthur the States because the labor is not|Bringdale, Mrs. Louis Delebecque, available in the Territory, are fillea| Mrs. Jerry Williams, Mrs. Alice with qualified men of the type that|Coughlin, Mrs. A. J. Balog, Mrs will like Alaska. | Sam Bassett and Miss Mary Ellen Mrs. Flakne To Go Spain. Mr. Wade announced today that| On the dining room committee are Earl Barnes of the Ketchikan office, Mrs. Sam Devon, Chaimman; Miss will be transferred to the Juneuu‘Ermh ,BOMSR‘EI' MR, - By |central administration office as an | Konduist, Mrs. Edward Bach, Mrs | Accountant, and during Mr. P’lak-’Glen Hirkian, Mra. W, R, Speto {ne's indefinite assignment in the|2nd Mrs. J. R. Guerin. | | A nominal charge will be made | States, will act as Director of the| John L. Covich United States Employment Service | DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for i, alaska. I HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | Mrs. Flakne plans to accompany for civilian men to help defray the cost of the music. Refreshments of sandwiches, cake and coffee will be served during Lives, Stewarts Aver and trapping in the winter. Life is always interesting to the | Some people might |three years on an island in the constant motion at a pace that | Bering Sea with 225 Eskimos for 'seems’ unbelievable. During what {the only companions except oc-)spare time they have their amuse- |casional visitors, exactly the ideal ments consist of attending night |way in which to begin married life. ! sessions at school, school programs, | But that is exactly what Mr. and attending the Arts and Crafts class Stewart, teachers for the Mr. and Mrs. Stewart started, | Mrs. Dale | |Office of Indian Affairs did. And church work, games and sports.| They are invariably they enjoyed it. cheerful and ' Thédy had been married six love a joke. | months when they boarded the About five years before the ar- | Boxer in Seattle on September 21, rival of the Stewarts, a minister 11939 and a month later arrived at 'had visited the island and most of the treeless island, approximately‘me Eskimos were converted to seventy five miles by one hundred Christianity. . They retain, from Imiles in size, where they planned their tribal customs the great re- not think | Nunivakers and they are in almost | | | | It is an ankle-fitting ox- Center, the young their pockets. They have impro- vised skates by shaping boards and | inserting a sharpened edge of steel. On these they skate over lhv.‘l frozen lakes like experts. H “Where they learned to makcl their skates, I do not know, for there wasn’t a pair of skates on the island,” Mr. Stewart said. Underground Houses The Nunivak Islanders live in underground houses, ventilated by holes in the roof and heated with| stoves made from oil drums. They| make a door in an oil drum, at- tach a chimney and fill the bot- tom with sand. The fire is built on top of the sand and the sand | and drum remain hot for hours after the fire has gone out. This is most practical in a country where fuel is non-existent and the winds occasionally reach a sixty mile an hour velocity. “In fact it is a much more practical way to live than in the nice new frame home that we had,” Mrs. Stewart said. Mr, and Mrs. Stewart took pride in their home, which was com- pleted several months after lheu‘l arrival and were pleased when visi~ tors told them it was most at- tractive. “We kept it clean and painted | Teatured Where Better BIG Pictures Play - TO0"CENTURY NOW PLAYING CARNIVAL LIF 1S DEPICTED AT 20TH CENTURY "The Wagons Roll at Night’ Stars Humphrey Bogart and Sylvia Sidney | | | | Circus and carnival life is vividly |depicted in “The Wagons Roll at Night,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Sylvia Sidney, which is now | featured at the 20th Century Thea- tre. | Eddie Albert and Joan Leslie are players in the exciting tale of behind-the-scer life in the carnival and circus world Bogart as the hard boiled owner of the carnival turns in a splendid performance in the type of role that has made him famous and Sylvia Sidney is at her best as the fortune-teller of the outfit who, though hard boiled on the surface, has a warm and sympathetic heart. Though Bogart considers Sylvia Sidney ‘his girl’ she falls deeply in love with Eddie Albert, who is pro- pelled into the tough carnival life 'when he captures an escaped lion in the grocery store in which he ~lerks. Bogart offers him a job as lion tamer and he joins the outiit| on which he exerts a great mrlucnco‘ with his quiet, kind-hearted nature.| Joan Leslie, little sister of Bo- gart who has been kept free from the hard side of the carnival life, also falls in love with Albert and the outcome of the three sided love affair is touchingly and enter- taining worked out in a surprising climax. BOGART SYLVIA SIDNEY DDIE ALBERT | JOAN LESLIE RAY ENRIGHT . & SEUM — " ] —COLI1 D P iy Catholic Church ‘Masons Schedule - Will Enferfain ' Dinner Party in - ForEnlistedMen ~ Temple Tonight Henry Harmon, chairman of ““"som w‘:l']":"‘\:‘ Lodge No. 147, M&- committe | a dinner party in the e from the Catholic Church goqi4ic, Rite Temple this evenitig of the Nativity for the entertain- i i for Masons and their wives W| ment of enlisted men, announced | jave made reservations for the :}f today that on Wednesday evening | puir p par v at 8 o'clock, in the Parish HnI]..(,v(l-mc;(rm party. Wil 2P AT A. B. Cain, editor of the Alaska | After the dinner, motion pictures Catholic, will present a group of|and colored slides will be shoill colored motion pictures, |and cards will be played. Chairman Included in the scenes will be!in charge of the a photographs of southeast, south- Hoke. western and Interior Alaska as far! |as the Yukon River and also views taken along the Richardson High- way. Enlisted men and their friends are invited. | TH e - At your Drug Store. LERIKA dutler-Mauro Drug Co. ’ In Douglas by Guy's Drug Store The Dally Alaska Empire has the | largest paid circulation ef any Al-| aska newspaper. 1891—Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M.Behrends and had our books, pictures, rugs and a few personal belongings that | {to remain for three years. | In spite of the isolation, six | spect for old age, and in every ac- tivity the older Eskimos have the last word. Resident of Alaska for 30 Years 1 Solicit Your Vote (Paid advertisement) <_Empxre Classifieds ray! |her husband to the south | The Flaknes have resided in Jun- eau for the last four years, coming here from Fairbanks and Anchor- age, where they had lived for about leight years. They came to Alaska from Minneapolis. | the evening in the Eagles banquet room. — e — | EAGLES TO NOMINATE { Annual nomination of officers for | the term beginning the first of June |is the all-important business sched- Citizens Servant for Utopia Alaska || G. A. DOELKER For House of Representatives Democratic "‘Golden Rule” Platform | ACTION instead of PROMISES ! P. WALKER CANDIDATE FOR TERRITORIAL SENATE Subject to the April 28th Primary Election “YOU WORK FOR ME AND I'LL WORK FOR YOU!" (Paid advertisement) | uled for the regular meeting tonight of Douglas Aerie No. 117, F. O. E. | A large turnout of the members is expected. - SCOUT MEETING There will be a meeting of the first aid group of Douglas Girl Scouts at the home of Mrs. Glen | Kirkham tonight, beginning at 7:30 | o'clock. .- — JACK MILLS VISITS Taking advantage of a brief fur- lough granted him, Jack Mills ar- rived here Saturday afternoon and visited with his parents over the weekend. - ————— NEW FOUNDRYMAN William C. Anderson, who has been employed at Sitka for the past | couple of months, is back in Doug- las again and has gone to work at | the Treadwell foundry. e Subscribe to the Daily Alaska Empire—the paper with the largest |aska newspaper. —————— | The Dally Alaska Empire nas the largest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper. (Paid Advertisement) WALTER P. SHARPE Candidate for COMMISSIONER OF LABOR BORN IN NOME, ALASKA Resident of Territory—36 Years " “Committed o Efficient Administration in Public Office.” PROVEN RECORD AS COMPETENT ADMINISTRATOR YOUR VOTE WILL BE APPRECIATED (Paid Advertisement) Democratic Primary—April 28, 1942 | months’ mail and magazines arriv- highest place and the ing at one time, the lack of the They take great pride in their treat- iso-called diversions of ‘civilized’ life, ment of the aged. | both Mr. and Mrs. Stewart thor-| When asked how the Eskimos re- oughly enjoyed their experience acted to the war, Mr. and Mrs. land are enthusiastic boosters for Stewart said that when Ger- {the Nunivak Island Eskimos. |many was mentioned as the en- During the summer months they e€my with which we were at war, had numerous visitors from the it had no meaning for them. |U. 8. Coast Guard vessels and the, “But when they learned we were | North Star and Boxer but during at war with Japan, nearly everyone the long winter months only an oc- Of them was ready to fight. ‘Don’t casional plane arrived to break the|let the little men come here,’ they isolation of life on the island., Dr.| said. And each was ready to fight Margaret Lantis, anthropologist | to keep the Japs off Nunivak ‘Is- | from the University of California|land. ! had arrived at Nunivak shortly be-| “It seems a Jap vessel was ship- fore the Stewarts and remained wrecked on the island about twenty- there a year. Another noted vis-|five years ago. While none of them | itor during their sojourn was Amos| said much about what happened, Berg from the National Geograph- | they hate the Japs without excep- | ic, who took many motion pictures | tion. This seems most unusual in of the life among the Nunivakers. & people as kindly, happy and hos- Nunivak Eskimos Unique | pitable as the Nunivak Eskimos un- “Nunivak Island Eskimos are ut- less they were given good reason to terly unique, unspoiled by civili- hate their winter visitors,” Mr. zation and as bright, busy and|Stewart said. happy a people as could be found| Prosperous People anywhere in the world. They have Previous to the arrival of Mr. perfect teeth and splendid health and Mrs. Stewart, teachers at the that amazed the three dentists school had been native and the Es- and several doctors who came to|kimos had little contact with the’ Nunivak while we were there,” Mr. outside world, though they are well Stewart said. off and in addition to their ky- “Qur first difficulty was in talk-|aks and umiaks have many boats ing to them as there were only With outboard motors and several two girls who could speak English!good sized gasboats in which oc- and one of these was too bashful | casional trips are made to the to talk in English for fear she|mainland forty-five miles away and would be laughed at. However they |even up to Bethel. Quite a few learn quickly and long before wo}have good looking trunks and lug- left, we could converse freely with gage in their underground houses all of them, children and adultsin which they store articles, the alike,” declared Mr. Stewart. Stewarts said. School was held for the 55 chil- Adept at Sports dren during the day, with Mr.| Utterly fearless, the Nunivak Es- Stewart teaching the older group|kimos are expert boatmen and take and his wife instructing the smaller | their small and large skin boats, children. as well as the motor propelled ones, Set Own Pace Ifar out at sea. Though only the “They set their own pace and at|younger ones swim, all of them times it was difficult to keep up|are ahble to perform rescues and with them. . They are interested handle themselves at sea on oc- in everything and, a most trusting |casions when a walrus might drag people, they accept nearly every-their boats underwater. They are thing that is told them,” Mr. Stew- expert skiers, some using commer- art Said. cially make skis and others mak- Quick to learn and adept at the ing their own from boards. On crafts necessary to their livelihood, ' these they are able to ski down preparing their food, clothing, boats | a twenty-five foot runway and off and other essentials to their lives, a forty-foot jump with hands in made it look homelike and, . of| course, it was home to us for three years,” Mrs. Stewart sald, Now, with a three year collec- tion of motion pictures, which they have had no chance to have de- veloped, and a store of fascinat- ing memories, Mr. and Mrs. Stew- art are bound for the States on an indefinite vacation. Among the places they will visit is their old home in Arkansas. Aside from that they have no immediate plans. ——et——— Auxiliary Sales Saturday Prove Great Success Members of the Americen Legion Auxiliary were more than pleased last Saturday at the success of the combined sales, luncheon and tea held in the Dugout during the day. Mrs. Waino Hendrickson, acting as spokesman for the group.today, said they wish to thank all Juneau residents who turned out to make the sales so successful. Most of the goodies and gift articles displayed were chosen by buyers during the day and the luncheon proved to be highly suc- cessful, attended by between 50 and 60 guests. The Juniors of the Aux- iliary did well with their gift table and %besides the large crowd at the luncheon, many others dropped in throughout the day and the tea was well attended. Poppies, traditional decoration for the American Legion groups, were used in the Dugout for centerpieces. Hard working committee members were on the job from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m. on Saturday and, accord- ing to Mrs. Hendrickson, “deserve equal credit.” S as) LSS ATTEENTION ODD FELLOWS Regular meeting Odd FPellows, Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. Work will be conferred in the First Deg All members are urged to attend. —JOHN McLAUGHLIN, | Noble Grand ——————— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR PARKER HERBEX TREATMENTS WILL CORRECT HAIR PROBLEMS FRANCES HANSEN, Manager E BARBARA GARRETT S i g f M i d Ly S CAROLINE REYNOLDS Defense Asks YouTo Serve Every Housewife Can Serve Her Country Best By Serving Her Family More Healthful, Nutritious Meals HERE'S A FACT ASOUT NUTRITION YOU SHOULD KNow Loss of food value in cooking vegetables is caused by the dissolving of sugars, min- erals and vitamins in the liquid in which the food is cooked. 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