The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 30, 1942, Page 3

__THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1942 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 'WELL BALANCED - TWO FEATURE BILL ON FRIDAY "Hello Sucker” and “Man | Made Monster”” Coming | i , fo Capitol Theatre George Gombert Is First| PR Blood Donor for Emer- gency Transfusion STARTS Tomorrow- Plasma Bank Is Starfed in One of the daffiest comedies to| hit the screen in recent seasons,| Universal's “Hello Sucker,” starring | H0ah Sacoact, oy F‘ridn-y L Juneau's Plasma Bank was in- e ’I‘hpa!re, SRR Or: W augurated this morning, with hilarious triumph of small-town in- George Gombert acting as the first nocents over the wolves of Broad-|qonor for the collection which St. b |Ann's Hospital is building up for Herbert, the wincing comedian emergency use In the city. with the nervous treble laugh, wa. Tom Brown-Peggy Moran REGISTRANTS OF FEB. 16 T0 BE ASSISTED Juneall TOdaYIU. 5. Employment Service B Equipped fo Aid with Questionnaires With a specialist in this particu- lar work as part of the personnel, the United States Employment Of- fice here is thoroughly equipped to assist all men who registered under the Selective Service System on February 16, fill out the four page questionnaires that are being mall- ed out this week, R. E. Barnes, Act- ing Director said today All men who registered on Feb- ! | Wt [ h ‘ with HUGH HERBERT Supplies for the bank have just never better than as Hubert Clippe,|arrived. But before the plans were an out-of-work magician turned:complete for the collection of plas- vaudeville-agency manager. He is|ma, Mr. Gombert and two other supported by Tom Brown and Peg- ! Juneau residents had already of- gy Moran | fered their blood for the bank. ‘vxr‘cuuon. Mr. Barnes said. A perfect foil for Herbert’s zany| Mr. Gombert was informed this| The questionnaires from all over gifts, the story tells of three simple morning that the needed supplies|the Territory will be sent in to the souls who find themselves owners had arrived and he promptly re-|gministrative office of the United of a dying vaudeville agency and Ported to the Hospital where Dr./gates Employment Service for with no other visible means of sup- William P. Blanton took the pint|corting into the three occupational port of blood needed. eroups. These are, critical occupa- Out of their trouble comes the Other \'olunt‘n‘y donors are now ' tions, essential occupations and {dea which revives the business and asked to help build up a sufficient| non-esential occupations finds novel and comical cmplo,\*menl‘\up!‘)l} o bluur‘l plu"miv‘ lo"la.kp care’ After being sorted, the question- Jor » Miracenters” norobate, - wrimai of any emergency "-1““~"mhm"-*‘nmrva are then to be returned to trainers, ventriloquists and m,m”_‘whwh may be needed. The plasma |the local office of the United States 4 °7 will then be used in transfusions|Employment Service in the place REpess Pecormpes. without charge to the patients, and in which the registrant lives. Also on the bill is “Man Made emergency caches of the life-giving| It is then the responsibility of Monster”, lurid shocker with Lionel piasma will be kept in the city of {the heads of the local offices of Atwill, Lon Chaney, Jr., Anne Nag-|Juneau in case of air raids or other the United States Employment Ser- el and others emergencies. |vice to call in for interview the A I Anyone who is willing to do his|various registrants to see where part toward building up the bank they can best fit into the victor: BUY DEFENSE BONDS is asked to call the Hospital to make | program & an appointment. The process of giv- ruary 16 are the questionnaires which must be returned to their local Draft Board within ten days after receipt and Prevue Tonight 1:15 A TONIGHT—— RONALD COLMAN in “MY LIFE WITH CAROLINE” Show Place of Juneau SONOTONE hearing aids for the hard of hear- ing. Audiometer readings. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Blomgren Bldg Phone 636. — e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Very Important NN 2 N ing the blood takes only about half <yt s extr ; Wit 111 4 . | axot " " It is extremely important to our E ’\\ Wy e 'f an “0‘1“' and in not harmful to any|whole victory program that all the / m h h ful e i L {information called for in tiuis oc-| N Sav C#EE WIl cheer: Juneau physicians will donate cupational census, which is being | § - | \\\\\ NS {their services for the taking of the conducted jointly by the Selective | donations and all the work will gervice and the United States Em- be done at the Hospital. Those who desire to give dona- 'tions for the bank may have their blood typed first at the Laboratories in the Juneau Public Health Center. WAR SAVINGS GROUP e WILL MEET FRIDAY o "5 "s"s" St | | |Service does not determine whether | e 7/ OLD [ ployment Service, be furnished ac- curately and promptly. This in- 3 formation will make it possible for E the Government to determine the (work every man is best qualified to !do, whether in the army or in the .plants producing war |Mr. Barnes said. 0K + BRO BOURBON WHISKEY AIIIIINNNNNNN “"CHEERFUL AS SN T required to fill out ! materials,” | 'ALICEFAY AND " BETTY GRABLE €0 - STARRED n Pan Alley’ Opens To- | ' night at 20th Century with Fine Cast The best in musical entertain-| imem is promised patrons of the 20th Century Theatre when “Tin Pan Alley,” widely heralded picture { from the 20th Century-Fox studios |opens there tonight With Alice |Faye and Betty Grable starring | i { | | of applause at previews. | Stirring with the romance, laugh- |ter, memories and melodies of the | unbelievable street that makes the nation sing, “Tin Pan Alley” has| been hailed by critics as one of the finest musicals ever produced. Its! inostalgic story, great star power | |and magnificent assembly of old| land new song hits are just some |of the elements which make “Tin |Pan Alley” a picture which should lappeal to everyone. I 1 Jack Oakie and John Payne head !the brilliant featured cast of “Tin Pan Alley” which also includes Al- len Jenkins, Esther Ralston, the | Nicholas Brothers, dusky dancing |stars, and Ben Carter. Walter Lang | directed the film and Kenneth |Macgowan was associate producer. | S e EXTEND CLEANUP | WEEK TO MAY 6; SUPPORT URGED Representatives of five Juneau public organizations met this morn- | ing and pledged their aid to assist the city in stimulating interest in! | Juneau’s Cleanup Week, a drive to | polish up the city for better health, |safety, and beauty. | ‘The representativgs are Dan | Ralston, Rotary Club; Mrs. Ray |Day, Garden Club; Mrs, R. B. Lesh- | |er,, Woman’s Club; W. C. Kennell, | Boy Scouts, and B, F. Heintzleman,| “Chamber of Commerce. | | In urging greater public support | ![or the campaign which now is in| {progress and will be cxtended,‘ through ‘and including next Wed-, |nesday, May 6, the represematlves' |called attention especially to the| great value of a thorough town cleanup as a precaution against che‘ start and spread of accidental or in- | 1cendlnry fires, and as a protecuve‘ ,at the head of a spectacular cast| of entertainment-makers, “Tin Pan | Alley” has won round after round | — N—-O-W! Evolution of Weather Bureau Wr Now Big_ Aviation Help: (Continued from Page One) portunity to maintain in peacetime the department he had organized during the Civil ‘War and'sucéeed- ed in having the work assigned (o the signal corps. However, Myer was not merely | i ITS NAME” Mrs. John L. McCormick, recent- OF NOt any man is to be deferred ly-elected chairman of the Gas-|from military service on occupa- £ | tineau Channel War Savings Com- | ‘ional grounds. The authority for e When huying mittee, announced today that an Such action rests solely with the bourlon ask for | important meeting of the committee Selective Service System, he pointed é 0ld Sunny Brook will be held Friday afternoon, May |out. “Our employment offices, how- e 1, at 4 o'clock in_the Council Cham- (ever, will inform local draft Boards é ; N.Y. o 93Proof \ | ber of the Juneau City Hall. as to which jobs are esential to é e | Plans of procedure for the launch- “"‘l: bD";t:'“rC“ 10]"; fi"? Wmfi::,ej!:?‘“‘fi WS | ing of the Voluntary Pledge Cam- (W e cult or Impossi Z7zz7Zzzzzzzr T AR \!pl:i‘tgn i thls istsiet will be qis. |if the present workers are with- Distributed by NATIONAL GROCERY COMPANY lcussed and all members are re- |drawn” lhe :,aul:l_ NS ashington que: o attend. nventory 7Soaflh.w L T - 2 “rw lf When the United States Employ- ment Service, through this inven- N tory of manpower, finds a man with | \ skills needed in war production who ho: is not engaged in work essential to! the conduct of the war or to meeti it vital civilian needs, that man will !be offered the opportunity of trans- be asked to come to the nearest U. S. Employment office for an in- terview to check his job qualifica- tions. In that interview, he may| ferring to an essential job, Mr. measure with relation to public power-hungry. The weather service health. These values are, of course,| under his direction became a real in addition to the importance of forecasting service. Its predecessoi's improving the appearance of the for lack of facilities, had had to| city as a wholé. ‘content themselves with collecting | Remove Fire Hazard |information intended to draw a “In times like these,” a statement broad picture of American weather issued by the committee stressed, 50 that westward-moving farmers,| “no city can afford to take chances for instance, would know where 'o‘ on having large fires or serious | find_suitable crop climates. | epidemics, Gradually the farm bloc in Con-| “Regarding fires, we all know mnt‘gress (they had one even then) be- materials, equipment and labor now ¢ame dissatisfied with the way the !Barnes explained. “The 1,500 local offices of the | United States Employment Services ;throughou! the country already have lists of occupations vital to war production. These lists are re- vised and kept up to date as the labor needs of war industries |change. After the information called for on the occupational | questionnaire 1s examined, there can be more effective balancing of (the available or potential supply of skilled workers with the needs of war industries. The Employment Service will also be in a position to determine more accurately the type ELKS HALL Saturday, May 2-.8, U. S. TROOPS vS. U. S. TROOPS * j 127015 FAST BOXING BOUTS 3 Rounds Each Beiween Men Weighing from 112 fo 210 Pounds * be given and which will make pos- sible a quick replacement of men called for military service,” he said. WELL KNOWN ARTISTS RETURN TO ALASKA FOR INDEFINITE STAY Mrs. Nina Crumrine and her daughter, Miss Josephine Crumrine, both artists of recognized ability, JUNEAU are planning to remain in Juneau CHILKOOT BARRACKS the Interior. Plans to go to Souh American countries were disrupted last fall when Mrs. Crumrine suffered an cisco and after her recovery, war was declared, ern Americas indefinitely. Both Mrs. Crumrine and Miss Crumrine are known throughout Al- aska for their paintings, and have spent years traveiling through the Territory, not only to the various towns but to many isolated places seldom visited. A collection of Eskimo and Indian heads, painted from life by Mrs. Crumrine, purchased by the last, Territorial Legislature, hanging in the Territorial Museum, furnish the only such collection of Alaskan native types in existance. Miss Crumrine, who specializes in dog portraits, has immortalized pets of résidents from Ketchikan to Nome with her excellent likenesses. During their stay in Juneau, Mrs. Crumrine and Miss Crumrine are staying at the Baranof Hotel. OFFICERS and CIVILIANS $1.00 ENLISTED MEN 25¢ lof vocational training which should | returned to Alaska last night and| for a month before continuing to| jautomobile accident in San Fran-; causing them to| postpone their visit to the South- are practically unavailable for re-|Weather service was faring under| Army rule—and the Army didn't; like the way the signal corps was | forgetting all about signalling. So in 1890 the service was transferred | to the Department of Agriculture, where it remained until 1940, when the importance of its work to avi-| ation brought about its transfer to/ the Department of Commerce. | H. W. STARLING BA( FROM TEN DAY TRIP H. W. Starling, Director of the Arts and Crafts Division of the De- partment of Education, Office of! Indian Affairs, returned to Juneau iast night from Ketchikan and Met- | lakatla on a general superleory} trip on which he was away about ten days. Mr. Starling contacted the var- ious merchants who handle the craftwork, taking orders and sell- ing craftwérk that he had taken with him and also made contacts building on a large scale, and thnni istocks of merchandise are hard to |replenish. It will be recalled, too, (that epidemics grow in frequency | lin war times when thousands of | people are on the move. It is im- ! perative to eliminate or prevent any |unsanitary conditions in Juneau i{that foster the spread of disease.” | The committee stated that num- {erou.s visitors will be seeing the cny: for the first time this summer, and| that it is important that these visi- tors, whether in khaki uniforms or not, be favorably impressed. Clean Your Yards Residents are urged to clean front |and back yards, vacant lots, streets, lalleys and the waterfront of old| papers, cartons, brush and weeds, |broken down wooden walks and | fences, old lumber, garbage, dis- carded household articles, junk autos and other trash. The city will send trucks to pick up all of the junk one may deposit on the curbs in front of properties frem now through May 6. Origin-| ally the campaign was scheduled w‘ end Saturday, but the lack of inter- ‘est shown at the start has necessi- |tated this extension. May 1 Proclaimed Child Health Day Through Terrifory ‘Tomorrow, May 1, is Child Health Day, designated by proclamation ¢f the President of the United States as a day on which to make plans for putting forth every effort for the conservation of child health. No special observante of the day has been schéduled by the Terri- torial Department of Health in Ju- neau, but the regular monthly bul- letin of the Department, which will be issued Monday, is devoted to the subject of the child’s health in war time. The annual Orthopedic ‘Penny Drive, an effort to raise money to help the charity children’s hos- pital in Seattle, is scheduled to be- gin on Child Health Day here. |with the Indians and gave orders for work for the department. Among the craftwork which he brought back to Juneau with him| is a fascinating collection of Indian dolls of various sizes, miniature totem poles and interesting baskets woven of red cedar in many sizes, from large baskets with handles to| small covered ones that can be util-| ized for trinkets, desk accessories and many other uese. Raymond L. Wolfe, of the Office | of Indian Affairs, who accompanied Mr. Starling to the Southern end of the Division continued to Klaw-| ock, Craig, Hydaburg and other vil- lages on the West Coast of Prince of Wales Island. ——————— CITY COUNCIL TO MEET TOMORROW | Juneau City Council will meet tomorrow night in the City Hall to take up routine matters of city administration. R Trincomalee, Ceylon, is little more than a village, but it con-| tains one of the six greatest nat-| ural harbors in the world. e The Palace of the Governors m? Santa Fe, now a museum, was built in 1610 and served as a seat of government nearly 300 years. ~_ PAGE itenUp;Is AL JOLSON MAY COME T0 ALASKA FOR SOLDIERS According to Waiter Winchell, gossip columnist for the New York Daily Mirror, Al Jolson, the burnt| screen entertainer, is to tour Alaska | cork “mammy man” and stage and to entertain the army men after| appearing for a San Francisco navy relief show. | There has been no formal an-| nouncement to date. Joe E. Brown, film funster, made the first enter-| tainment tour to Alaska last month. FORMAL BALL | SET SATURDAY BY DEMOLAYS| | Members of the Order of DeMolay | |and their friends will dance this Saturday night at the annual Spring formal ball of the Order, to be held at 9 o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple ballroom. The party is Invitational. Bob Satre’s five piece orchestra will -play for dancing. Chairmen of the affair are Griff Nordling, Master Councillor, and Harry Sperling, Senior Councillor. On the decoration committee are Skip MacKinnon, Don Daigler, and Gaylord Hansen Invitations committee members are Bob Phillips, Dayton Fleek, Lauder McVay and John Cass. Planning the entertainment are Fred Sorri, John Bavard, Alfred Brown and Ingvald Holm. e B8 Lord Ironside, British soldier, who weighs over 250 pounds, is privately called “Tiny” by the troops. Wl.wre the Better BIG Pictures Play! OHCENTURY N — 0 — W ¢ OF OUR EXCITING TIMES! ... stirring with the romance and laughter, memories and melodies, of « the street that gives the ‘ world its greatest songs! Erling Oswald, | THE MUSICAL - - ) ] ) i POPPY DAY WILL | BE ON MAY 2§ A proclamation issued today b Acting Governor E. L. Bartlett ignates May 28 as Poppy Day the Territory, on which date mem: bers of the American Legion A iliary will conduct poppy sal throughout Alaska to raise fune for child welfare work. i Ninety cents out of each doll raised will go for. this purpose .} order that “the chila of today ma: become the useful citizen of tod morrow.” / ] i RS S < BUY DEFENSE STAMPS TRIANGLE CLEANERS New Location Juneau Laundry 3 Building % * p “for better ; appearance” PHONE ] i 3 ¢ H ] + | — HEADQUARTERS TYPHOON SUITS Ideal for Hunters and Fishermen i Sizes Small, Medium, Large Extra Large All in Stock | H.S. Graves The Clothing Man FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR PARKER HERBEX TREATMENTS WILL CORRECT HA FRANCES HANSEN, Manager BARBARA GARRETT CAROLINE REYNOLDS IR PROBLEMS Sigrid’s COMMERCIAL 1891—Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M.Behrends Oldest Bank in Alaska . Bank SAVINGS