The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 14, 1942, Page 3

T Show Pluce ol Juneau FRIDAY - SATURDAY PREVUE TONITE ANN SOTHERN GEORGE MURPHY ROBERT STERLING. with Edward Everett Horton - Donald Woods Raymond Walburn and Baby Sandy and “LUCKY DEVILS" "™ THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURBI ANDY DEVI lllCllARD ARLEN CAPITAL SURPLUS $ 50,000 150,000 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA PoLLFARRozs NEVER TAKE A VACATION...! #Counters, Insol b~~~y They are Made to Wear Longer and Fit Better School days may be over for that boy or girl of yours...but not for Poll-Parrots! For these smartly styled shoes...made with Jeather in vital hidden parts*...work the year ‘round. They are made to give proper support...to hold their shape...to take the hard knocks of active play...to wear longer. Prices are most reasonable. [ s | $2.2510 §5.95 Family Shoe Store SEWARD STREET ==~ wvaid ch‘culntinn RIGHT— Let the scene be camp, tavern, or mansion—your choice of OLD SCHENLEY will give you the luxury of enjoyment of the finest whiskey money can buy. | | Woods, Raymond Walburn, Frank- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA TWO FEATURE ~ BILLONFRIDAY AT CAPITOL, ."BatheloTfiaddy" and "Lucky Devils"” Good Entertainment Surrounded by what is described as the most competent cast ever assembled in her support, Baby Sandy stars in Universal's “Bach- |elor Daddy,” billed to cpen Friday |at the Capitol Theatre cn a two- | feature bill. | With the three-year-old are Ed- jward Everett Horton, Donald |lin Pangborn, Jed Prouty, Evelyn Ankers, Kathryn Adams, Bert Roach, George Meader and Hardie Albright | Portraying the roles of daredevil | newsreel cameraman, Richard Arlen | and Andy Devine come to the Capital Theatre on Friday in their |newest co-starring film," “Lucky Devils” as the second feature on {the program. Described as a rollicking comodyI drama, the Universal production |involves Dick and Andy in a series | j of both perilous and humerous ad- | ventures. A wild, hilarious climax in which the two stars overpowels foreign saboteurs with the aid of | | model airplanes is said to mgh‘ [light the film. from Texas. SENATE DEBATES ON GAS {Shelve Proposal to Waive | Solons’ Unlimited ' Time Waits | On No Man, But Priority Visitors in Juneau High School| who are perturbed at the clock in| the entrance hall which perpetually | registers the hour of 9:30, whether! |a. m. or p. m,, are wearying Superin- tendent of Schools A. B. Phillips, who explains that the clock has not | “just stopped.” As a matter of fact, Phillips wiil explain, there are six clocks in the . building which register 9:30 at all! H . Rights The reason is this. In Juneau e High School are 31 clocks, all work-; WASHINGTON, May |ing from a master clock in the objection by Senator George W. office. But the master clock can Norris today blocked Senate con- only handle 25 subsidiaries at one|sideration of a resolution backed by time and if 26 are connected up, the | Senator Sheridan Downey for sen- whole ticker system of the school ators to waive their rights to pur- | gets crossed up. chase unlimited amounts of gaso- | Al that is needed to vepair the line, which is to be rationed in the situation is a gadget known as a East starting tomorrow. relay panel. But when the Schooll g0 oo T T e e led & | Board ftried to buy a new relay ..,.,.ous protest against the consid- panel, it ran into old Priority, and only with a rating of A-5 or better ‘mauon sgeerting It was offeret be a “teapot explosion” caused the School Board was told that ‘L;"“’ ot eanle can a new relay panel be purchased. {the issuance of cards to some mem- \ A letter is now in the hands of|Pers of Congress entitling them to | the Government inquiring about |unlimited access of rationed gas. getting this priority, but until such| Senator Norris’ objection auto- }time as it is acted upon, the six|matically prevented immediate ac- | clocks in Juneau High School will [tion on the proposal which was | continue to rest their hands at|placed on the calendar for later 9:30. | cunsulemlion 'ALERT DRILL I8 SCHEDULED ! When The Empire went to pl’ess! this afternoon, the alarm for the air raid drill scheduled for today had not yet sounded but was ex-| | pected momentariy. All members of th: Civilian De- fense Unit are requested to report to their stations, and all civilians are to seek shelter indoors. All | traffic except that essential and 14 An COAST IS INDANGER OF RAIDS WASHINGTON, May 14 — War Department Secretary Henry Stimson said today that the possi- bility of air raids on the West Senator Connally Weds Widow of Late Colleague | The Rev. J. D. Grey, J. A. Beuhana, Mrs. N. P. Sanderson, Senator Connall U. S. Senator Tom Connally of Texas, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, is shown as he was married in New Orleans to the former Mrs. Morris Sheppard, widow of the late U. S. senator J. A. Beuhana was best man. Mrs. N. P. Sande Asvival fecud Tadin. | A “lost” American Ifher which sailed with blazing lights into the Pacific war zone, unaware of the at- tack on Pearl Harbor, arrived in New York with 1756 passengers. Aboard the ship, twice reported sunk by the Japanese, was Sally Flo Fulton (above). IS R LS FOUR AMERICANS ARE KILLED IN ECUADOR QUAKE GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, May 14— At least 10 persons were killed in- cluding four Americans in a quake last night and more than 100 per- sons weré missing up to late this | | afternoon, The quake struck at 9:07 o'clock Isat night wrecking several of the | Jarge modern buildings. The largest | | of these buildings was the Clnm, and many patients are feared v.o“ have died. | RS S IS KILLED | which members of a foreign service:| THRILLINGTALE | ' OF ARMY FLIERS | ISPLAYINGNOW !'| Wanted Vms' Is Excit- ing Story of Air Corps at 20th Century Combining a story of adventure |and romance with the exciting and | fascinating chronicle of how Am- erica is training its young men for defense in the air, "I Wanted ings,” Paramount’s new aviation spectacle, is now playing at the 20th Century Theatre. Hardly ever has a motion picture caused S0 | much excited talk among movie- goers, and there is plenty of good reason for it For instance, “I Wanted ngs"‘ presents the details of what might happen if a city such as Los An- geles were to be raided from the air and blacked out in defense. In- formation hurtling back to this desk from the Coast heralds this! scene as one of the most gripping ever filmed. And well it might be,| too. ‘ While the picture stars such| ybrlllan players as Ray Milland,| William Holden, Wayne Morris and | Brian Donlevy, there is one player in “I Wanted Wings" to whom considerable attention must be eiven—and she is Veronica Lake.| who has been stirring up as much comment as has been given to any movie actress in the past decade. ——————— rson is the bride’s mother, GRAND JURY 6ETS AFTER ~ PANHAS NEW BIG FIRMS BUISlHI;[I’lSlG‘ Eight Corporations, 20 Of- | P ficers Indicled, World- | Naval Annual in England wide Conspiracy Lists Five Baftleships WAQHINGTO_N ]S.IIBV 14 The in cons'rUCiion : Department of Justice announces LONDON, May 14—Japan has that a Federal Grand Jury at Tren- huj)i or has under construction five ton, New Jersey, has indicted eight |paftleships of more than 40,000 tons orporations and 20 of their of-|y5 cpnose the main British and ficials on a charge of “'r’"’d'w“““Umwd States fleets, according to conspiracy to monopolize the manu- | (he new edition of the James Fight- facture and sale of db*“l““* ing Ships, authoritative naval an- Takamatu, listed in the previous ‘The year book also said that modeled on Germany’s pocket bat- nual, i u S ENVOY |edition, the new book names three Japan is building a new class of tleships. In. addition to the Nissin and |more, the Kii, Owari and Tosa. | 12 to 15,000 ton ships apparently } - e | arziviane | | riven | | In Iteland‘ IN QUAKE Vice-Consul John Slaught- er, Wife Lose Lives in Ecuador WASHINGTON, May 14 — The death in an Ecuadorean quake last night of American Vice-Consul John Slaughter and Mrs. Slaughter at Guayaquil was announced today by the State Department. | Said Secretary of State Cordell Hull: “This is another instance in | Fire Chases Big their lives for Bomber Away family has given PAGE THREE Where Better Big Pictures Play}, 120 Ny, NOW PLAYING , SUPER-CHARGED‘ THRILLS! [ WAN‘I‘!D WINGS® RAY MILLAND: WILLIAM HOLDEN WAYNE MORRIS: BRIAN DONLEYY ‘witn Constance Moore « Veronica Lake COLISEUM “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” Many Enjoy Last Elks Open House Following a routine meetlnc of the Elks' last evening, the final Ladies Night and Open House of the year was held in the club. A large crowd spent the evening dancing to the excellent music of the 8 piece soldier orchestra Re- freshments were served during :the affair, ¥ . TRIANGLE CLEANERS New Location Juneau Laundry Building +* “for better appearance’ PHONE U.s. Army Anti - amrafl| authorized to operate by the Civil- ian Defense Board must stop dur- 'BRUSH FIRE IS Coast of the United States presents “a real danger.” | the service of their country in as | REYKJAVIK, Iceland, May 14— ing such a drill. )uue a sense as if they had been The United States Army announced When asked during a press con-! ———e———— Subscribe w the Daily Alaska frequent air raid alarms and black- Empire—the paper with the largest outs on the Pacific Coast as a re- sult of the activities of friendly planec. Stimson replied that he was “unable to make that assumption.” much on the alert.” S TR IS JUNEAU VISITOR Mrs. George McCulloch, of Ten- rived yesterday. lat the Baranof Hotel. 1 b ADD ANOTH!I _Portemouth, N. H., following ference to comment on reports of REPORTED RAGIN Autoists commg ln town at 3:30 | o'clock this afternoon report a grass | and brush fire is raging near the| Annex Creek power house and “They are very much on their flames are shooting high in the air. | toes out there,” he said, “and very They report that the fire was al- ber to discuss and take up routine leged started when clearing was underway. — et | Paper was invented about 100 A.D. akee, is a Juneau visitor who ar- and soon came into common use Board will meet tonight in the| She is a guest as a cheap substitute for silk in Cocuncil Chamber of the City Hall. serolls. SUIMAIINI 1‘0 ‘|’Hl Ll!‘l’—umh ‘ceremony. lmuuwu! recent ‘todny that a German long range | bomber has been sighted off East- COUNCILMEN WILL | ern Iceland and was driven off hy MEET. TOMORROW | heavy anti-aircraft fire. | No bombs were dropped, the army morrow night in the Council Cham- said. The extent. of damage, if The City Council will meet to- any, to the bomber is undetermined. This incident was conclusive evi- dence to the report that German planes are prowling in the Nortn | Atlantic sea lanes. R e killed on the battlefield.” —— e affairs of city administration. ——— P DEFENSE BOARD Juneau Civilian Tuie Defense npeagh ’versmes in the Americas, founded in 1728. ;The meetmg will start at s o'clock. e new U.S. submarine Kingfish in Piscatagus river Mrs, Hasry A, Stuart, wife of Rear Admiral Stuart. Cuba has one of the oldest uni-| To Busy Cooks THREE BEATER ACTION Beuts ¢ Mixes » Whips | | Follow the trend of all wise | cooks and invest in this mew . | G-E Triple-whip Mlxtrb.. | It flufis L ts up | bauers, nnhdup pn!::'ou and ture | nips qux:ker, easier, better than | | you can do them by hand. Mixer | complete with large and small bowls, ~ $23.75 Complete — with JUICE EXTRACTOR! Alaska Eleciric Light & Power Co. GFNERAL &t FLE( TRIPLE WHIP M