The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 22, 1942, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1942 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ; "THE PENALTY,” GRIPPING DRAMA OPENS TONIGHT| Capitol Thealre Featare! Stars Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore Romance, thrills, and drama min- in a powerful dramatic story in “The Penalty,” vivid deplction of the regeneration of a child of the underworld, opening tonight at the Capitol Theatre, with Edward Arnold and Lionel Barrymore teamed again as in “You Cant , Take It With You," and Gene Rey- [nolds, boy actor of “Edison, The Man,” “Boys Town,” and “Gallant |Scns,” in the most dramatic role LAT EWS EVENTS his carecer. 3 —_NOW SHOWING——— || Based on a New York stage play A Greater Strength then Force. .. A Greater Weapon than Bullets! A droma of two men who get what # an they want! gle EDWARD ARNOLD LIONEL BARRYMORE Marsha Hust - Rebt.Stirling - Gene Reynolds “Rhythm Revels"—"Sports” of |by Martin Berkeley, “The Penalty’ ! | tells the story of the son of a gang- | ster, who, arrested while aiding his | tather in an escape from G-men, ! sent to a New England farm,, | where, under the influence of sim- | ple, lovable farm people, he for-} {gets the savage code taught him 'in the underworld and finds re- | generation and a new life, TER TRACT RESIDE J | Reynolds’ role runs the entire mut of human emotion from a PLAN PETITION TO COUNCIL | youngster taught “the racket” To complete plans for petition- ing the City Council for sidewalks|his gangster father, to a loyal] - | American boy ‘The young actor Show Place of Juneau 9:30 S SHOWS AT 7:30 in the Seater Tract, a short me ing of residents of the Seater Tract | is grippingly convincing. The main will be held at the A. B. Holden |contlict is between Arnold, as the home at 7:15 tonight | gangster overlord, whose only hu- All residents arc at-|man feeling is for the boy, and tend. | Barrymore as an old farmer whom | | the boy learns to love. The final A ST '\\-ll:nux sees the boy faced with the choice between the two great in- asked to GLAMOROUS FURS DESIGNED FOR BALMY SEASONS Top left, blue fox reefer; right, mink finger-tip coat; below, white- necked silver fox jacket. Glamor for the approaching balmy seasons hit a new: high in a recent fashion show, Long-haired furs such as white Ru n lynx, Nor- wegian blue fox, platina and sil- ver fox, as well as sable, mink and Metara seal in jackets and capes for daytime and evening were shown. These models, while Andy Gunderson Candidate For Represeniative on Democratic Ticket Primaries April 28 35 Years Resident of Southeastern Alaska For the Growth and Development of Our Alaska i f P John L. Covich | DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | Resident of Alaska for 30 Years 1 Solicit Your Vote (Paid advertisement) A. (Paid advertisement) | |they come up,” he said. . i ]pluyml‘nl Office will have a repre- ! | Flakne stated. | I have an accurate picture of pres- | P. WALKER CANDIDATE FOR TERRITORIAL SENATE Subject to the April 28th i Primary Election “YOU WORK FOR ME AND I'LL WORK FOR YOU!” they may be in the luxury cla really are good investments. The reefer pictured here, top left, is made of natural blue fox trimmed with corduroy revers and V- shaped pockets with reversible flaps that form cuffs. The mink, right, is worked in wide stripes resembling sable, with roped col- lar and cuffs with unusual detail. The jacket is finger-tip length. The parachute-cuffed model, be- low, is fashioned of white-necked silver fox, with the white clever- ly worked into becoming spots about the face and cuffs. | fluences in his life. i T PR iFlAKNE TOHELP | - EMPLOYERSFIND | LABOR SUPPLY, ?Expeds Emp—loymem 0f- ' fice in States fo Assist in Solving Problems ! parts Flakne. After reporting to the Reglon In Constant Touch “)5(11 lomwtoéertv}}e :’::“:;; i":::s “I will keep in constant touch | [Saploymente £e with labor problems in the Terri- |cisco, to which he was transferred 5 A . tory by means of reports from al |this week, Joseph T. Flakne, Direc- . 0 ! f the U. S. Employment offices {tor of the U. S. Employment Ser- | 50 that I can always know when |vice in Alaska, expects to Work out oo To TSty of @ sur- |of towns and cities of the North-|¢Y°" D AR, P y s | /plus of labor and $o can'stop any t with a main office, probably,| f | | excessive migration of workers. 1| iwill also make periodical trips o] Alaska in order to keep in personal touch as conditions change time to time,” he said. { jects throughout the Territory,” Mr,| MI: Flakne has lived in |for a number of years and | Flakne said. ey x . e | “Through the establishment of an‘i;“’cm‘p"':z:";m'lfl:mf‘k”\“‘;'(‘)“f S:l"::“ Alaska agency in the Northwest, 1t! < a) h is our hope that we will be able| to select the type of person who will want to stay in the Territory jand cut down the migration of | workers who come north and are, | disappointed because they did not know the conditions beforehand. We _ J will be able to represent Alaska in the University Extension Service for which he was Agricultural Agent {any labor recruiting problems as | o (in Matanuska Valley. He also| !served as superintendent of the | University farm at College for a| number of years. Accompanied by his wife, Mr.| Flakne will ieave this week for San Prancisco. “Mrs. Flakne and I have greatly enjoyed living in the var-!| ious communities of Alaska and do| not feel that we are permanently | leaving the Territory,” he said. - — HUSSEY-DURIE WEDDING SET FOR THURSDAY | Scheduled for tomorrow night in || the home of Oscar Hegstad is the|' wedding of his niece, Miss Florence | Durie of Atlin, to Jack Hussey of | Juneau. | The wedding will be solemnized by the Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman | at 8 o'clock before a small group of | friends. Mr. Hegstad has been asked to serve as Mr. Hussey's best man. Miss Durie is the. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Durie of Atlin, B. C., and has been visiting Mr. Heg, stad since her arrival here by plane | a week ago. Mr. Hussey is a former Coast Guard member and is now with a construction company here. ol o sl ol | Alaska,” Mr. of declared | wes |in Seattle, he sald today. | "It is my hope to recruit workers [for the various private industries lin Alaska, principally mines and }v-annonos. as well as defense pro- Alaska prior his time. He attended the University of Al- aska and during vacations worked for the Wildlife Experimental Sta- tion at College, Alaska. He was for a time with the transportation department of the Fairbanks Ex- ploration Company and later joined | | Knows of Needs | “In other words, the U. S. Em- [sentative in the States, familiar | with conditions and the particular Ineeds of industries in Alaska,” Mr. “On my recent trip through the Territory, I made an especial study of the needs of employers and talked with them regarding their employment needs. Last week of- ficials of the Alaska Juneau took me through the mine and the mill so as to familiarize me with the| working conditions and employment needs of the mine and I feel that in an' ent needs and conditions 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 7 YOUR VOTE WILL BE APPRECIATED (Paid Advertisement) | Democratic*®rimary—April 28, 1942 i ! e B A St S aateessy from | . ! government ;(ommuniéaiiom of SLICK MYSTERY COMES TONIGHT, 207H CENTURY "Scotland Yard” Set in| Present Day London Has Powerful Cast | Slick screen mystery at its best is | blended with romance and comedy | in “Scotland Yard,” 20th Century- Fox's fast-moving {hrill drama which opens tonight at the 20th Century Theatre with Nancy Kelly, | Edmund Gwenn and John Loder heading a powerful featured cast. | Bomb-wracked, blacked-out Lon- | don is the pulse-pounding back- ground for the mystery challenging the world's famous detective svstem. | A missing banker's face is stolen by a charming gentleman-bank rob- ber who plots the greatest robbery in history “ | Here's the perplexing but inter- esting situation. Plastic surgeons unwittingly reconstruct the face of o soldier-bank robber and recon- struet it according to a photograph of banker in a locket he had stolen. Thus, on his return to Eng- land the charming bank robber cis- | covers among his newly found pos- | sessions a lovely and charming | wife, Nancy Kelly, and an honor- | able and very tempting position as ' { head of Britain’s greatest bank! | Fast pace, clever dialogue, mount- | ing suspense and expert direction | by Norman Foster make all of ihe | tense situations and thrilling action in “Scotland Yard” ring true. DOUGLAS NEWS EASTERN STARS ARE HOSTS TO ARMY MEN | With about 35 enlisted men and about twice as many civilians pres- 'ent the Eastern Star dance planned | | for the boys ih uniform was well inuondcd last night. Dancing to | music by Bob Satre’s two piece or- | | chestra lasted from 9 to 11 o'clock | and then refreshments were served. | The Lodge Committee in charge | expressed their appreciation to the |young women who turned out m |such large number for the event,! |and regretting that last minute exigencies prevented more men from | being there. ! il HAVE DAUGHTER a Governn‘en' Roasled' | A baby girl arrived at St. Ann’s| 7 | Hospital shortly before midnight | “Federalese” Ohscure (Continued rrom Page One) abstract nouns; superabundance of prepositional phrases; too many ex- pletiv from the school of para- o the government's shop talk—was scored as often ob- scure to the layman. Finally, the investigators found the too frequent tendency to make ideas rather than people and things the heroes of gov- ernment sentences. The indictment was timely. pronouncements, re- ports, memos, communiques, press releases and such are being ground out now than ever before Boutwell says: “Constant com- munication between the government and its citizens—most of which must be by the written word—is essential to our way of life. If channels of communication are bogged down in the people are not only confused but begin to lose touch with their government.” To which the President probably 7 WSeaArchinrg for More \ { A huge crane is being used to lift portions of the Remington Arms plant debris in an effort to find | the bodies of six missing employees following a series of explosions. A fire, of undetermined origin, set off a train of explosions with hundreds of boxes containing cartridges blowing up in rapid succession. The affected one story brick building was used to pack cartridges for shipment. Besides those mi ¢ight persons were injured; twenty-five i | last night for Mr. and Mrs. Raino| | Williamson. The infant tipped the | scales at 8 pounds. Mrs. Willlam- | {son who resides with her husband | |in Tenakee has been visiting with |her mother, Mrs. Brundige, at the {home of her sister Mrs. Sam Nel-| for the past month, | HOME FOR VISI Arrivals in town yesterday in-/ clude Tom Jensen and Urho Kron-| quist who have been working at| Sitka for the past two or three| months, Length of their stay is indefinite, they said. B L STUDI 5 | 5TH SIX WEEKS' PERIOD Honor roll students for next to |the last six weeks’ period of the school term have been named as follows: 'WPB SETS A-10RATE FOR IRON WASHINGTON, April 22. — The | War Production Board announced today that iron products may be delivered only on an A-10 prefer- ence rating or higher after May 15. son | | | Grade School | 1st Grade—Beth'Fleek, John Jen- sen, Eleanor Havdahl, Elsie Niemi; 2nd Grade—Marilyn Isaak, Mary Cuthbert. 3rd Grade—Catherine Valison 4th Grade—Carol Cochrane, )Jamos Sey. Tth Grade—Margaret Cochrane. 8th Grade—Louis Bonnett. High School | Freshmen—Billy Devon A-A-A-B, said: “And how,” for it was the President himself in a press confer- | ence the other day who edited an | obscure polysyllabic letter of black- out, instructions from OCD Director James M Landis. It included such rhrases as “terminate the illumina- tion.” I'he President explained that Dean - Landis' Harvardese really meant | turn out the lights Bodies After Arms Plant Blast S i - ing, forty- he injured were cut by flying glase, . WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! TIOMENTURY Dy Ay 1N e PLAYING T_N;ither blackouts nor bombings . sandbags nor “'sy- reens’’...can slow up the world’s most famous de- tective system!. .. Short Subjects ‘Carnival of Rhythm’ In Technicolor “Women” Govt. Defense Picture “A Dog Is Born” Sportlite test News"” NANCY KELLY EDMUND GWENN JOHN LODER COLISEUM — “TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME" — COLISEUM — 2 Robert Savikko A-A-B-B, Melvin|record—78% inches across. The Shudshift A-B-B-B. | horns now are in the American Mu- Honorable Mention—Claire Dore.|seum of Natural History, New York. Seniors—Elmer Savikko A-A-A-A, | g Harry Cashen B-B-B-B, Frank NOTICE Cashen B-B-B-B. | AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing —~ | air route from Seattle to Nome. 'm | sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv, GUIDETOM ODALE | VISTS IN JUNEAU | ogvmpmmpeery F PORTUGUESE of Kenai Peninsula | since 1901, one of the oldest regis- | tered big game guides in the Ter- | ritory, was in Juneau today visit- | ing with Executive Officer Frank | Dufresne and Assistant Executiv Officer Homer Jewell, of the Alas Game Commission ODale is his way north after trip in States. O'Dale the larg 25 on a the is credited set of with finding Waihingion" moose horns on Teporied by Farr 0 1891—Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M.Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR PARKER HERBEX TREATMENTS WILL CORRECT HAIR PROBLEMS FRANCES HANSEN, Manager e o ’ BARBARA GARRETT CAROLINE REYNOLDS S . g r . d s ' BE SURE IT’S MODERN TOMORROW, TOO! Don’t Invest Your Dollars Ina Range Just Because It's New! Be Sure It’s Modern, Too! Yes, it has all the latest conveniences you've always wanted, It'sclean, fast, cool, and economical. Accurately con- trolled heat in the Clean Speed Cal- rod uaits, the Thrift Cooker, and the large capacity oven give the same good results every time. And no more sooty pots and pans to scrub. Don’t put up any longer with old-fashioned cooking methods. Cook the modern way — electrically with a General Electric Range. 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