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

‘WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1942 She had to ¢ a modern model and a model wife.. and thal aind eady! with CharlieRUGGLES Lee BOWMAN D\ Lucile WATSON Ruth DONNELLY —-Also. STRANGEH THAN FICTION CARTOON LATE NEWS SHOW PLACE I'HE PITOL OF HAS THE JUNEATUY 3IG PICTURES! LICENS READY at the City Cle Office. All bi- cycles being used must bear 1942 plates. —B. H. MANERY Chief of Police BUY Ubl‘[;\sb the International ion show that for The records of Fisheries Commiss ! the period from April 16 to April FOOTFREE, 30, 1942, the following amounts of ¢ _ halibut have been landed in the various ports on the Pacific Coast: | Area 2 Area 3 U. S. Fleet 1,169,991 552,158 Canadian Fleet 670,141 Total 1,840,132 552,158 These figures have been correct- 2,577,503 Total 4,900,423 * Figured Foxing Attention is drawn lt‘u the ‘Iac( that in 1941 the halibut fishing ‘ g Gypsy Seam Vamp .on opened. on April 1 and in ¢ Full Breathing Uppers * Washable * "Pull-Proof” Eyelets 1942 on April 16. Acknowledgement is made of the assistance given by the Department | of Fisheries, Canada, United States BUY DEFENSE BOND3 | Fish and Wiidlife Service, and the Canadian and United States Cus- . toms in the compilation of these totals Sewua G’r:)a[; (;f CDA Will Meet OKeds CHILD'S SIZES—7 to 12 $1.50 MISSES’ SIZES—12V; 103 | $1.65 Family Shoe Stor Seward Street at 1:30 of the a will J On o'clock Catholic meet at the e McAlister The afternoon will begin with a | dessert luncheon, it was announced. | All members are urged to be pres- ent. Friday afternoon the sewing group Daughters of Amer! residence of Mrs. sHERMITAGE BRAND ) KENTUCKY STRAIGIHT \ BOURBON WHISKEY /ll?/ Jfor Generations-AGreat &/llarlj ////Ikég' Distributed by NATIONAL GROCERY COMPANY Seattle, Washington CAPITAL SURPLUS $ 50,000 150,000 COMMEECIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS 2 SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA HAlIBUT TAKE At 1:30 on Friday | JOAN BLONDELL STARRING HERE IN"MODEL WIFE Dick Poweii,_liusband of Glamorous Joan, Co-star in Capitol Comedy | If ever the old lhmtrl(n\] adage of | “born and bred in a trouper’s trunk” 1“1',9(!, the tag belongs to Joan Blon- dell, opening tonight at the Capitol Theatre for Universal in the title | role of “Model Wife.” When she was a two-weeks-old infant, she sailed to Europe with her father, Eddie Blondell, then an international comedy star of the variety stage. Except for the odd-job interludes which happen in |the best actor families when the igoing gets tough, she has been behind the footlights or in front iuf the cameras ever since. Joan's big turning point when she won a beauty contest down south, and was able to pay off all the back debts and get the family to New York for a fresh tart. She got job as a chorus eirl, and Jimmy Cagney, just then anotber redheaded kid with a lot of enthusiasm, got her an audition | with George C. Kelly, the famous playwright She and Jimmy subsequently ap- | peared together in several plays, and they were both signed for | Hollywood after their hit in “Pcnn_\': Arcade.” It wasn't long before they both| became ranking stars, and both, of | course, have appeared in scores of | | pictures, Joan's most recent one | b(‘lnzz “I Want a Divorce,” in which, | | | came a she plays| flppo.slt(‘ her real-life husband Dick | povell - INSTALLATION DRAWS MANY - Intereshng Talk by E L Keithahn Enjoyed at Dinner - DOUGLAS NEWS SIX STUDENTS GRADUA’}ED | FROM DOUGLAS HI SCHOOL Six seniors were graduated Mon- | day night in the 32nd Commence- ment of Douglas High School. El- mer Savikko, Frank Cashen, Har-| At a banquet held last evening ry Cashen, Dorothy Langseth, Glen- |in Percy’ sented a class gift to the Associat- the Alaska Federation and President ! ed Student Body which was ac- of the Past Presidents’ Club. cepted by Kenneth Shudshift, A. S.} Introduced by the toastmistress B. president. A surprise feature Mrs. J. P. Williams, Mr. |of the evening was the presenta-\outlinm the scope and u tion of an athletic sweater to each of the Territorial Libr of the Seniors, Dorothy Langseth having earned hers by outstanding | local residents make use of its fund | Girls' Club work. {of Alaskan lore. Volumes by ear | Supt .Calvin Pool announced that !ly explorers from England, France, | valedictorian Elmer Savikko had Spain and Russia are present in also won the coveted honor as|rare and little-known editions, he “Outstanding Senior” and that his said, and spoke of the excitement name would be engraved on Lho;OI Dr. John Harrington, head of plaque. |the Smithsonian Institute, upon be- Commencement address,|ing shown some notes of the late Is My Day.,” by the Rev. | Judge Wickersham’s made in 1892 R. Booth, in an informal {on a linguistically isolated remnant effectively presented the |of the Athapascan tribe in the state problems of life as hurdles to be|of Washington leaped. . He told what some of Has Many Maps those problems were, and how they Maps and charts of early explor- {might be solved. ers are complete, he said, and even Special music by Orville Hanson |include one first printed in Jona- and Robert Young added greatly|than Swift’s 1827 edition of Gul- ulness and | | i | sitver The “This Willis | manner to the pleasure of the evening.|liver’s travels. All the high school | Benediction and “Now the Day is|annuals from earliest days, as well |Over,” sung by the Girls' Glee Club |as pictures of first students and {early pioneers are also on file and could be highly useful. Anthropo- ’;cumplclcd the evenin - eee | ON SICK LIST logical, ethnological and archaeco- | Mrs. Arne Shudshift has been|logical source materials are very |under the doctor’s care the past}comp)elc. he said, stating that as | few days on account of an acute illness, | e CHILD SERVICES ‘an exampe reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs are complete since 11849 In carrying out the ceremony of The sympathy of Douglas folks|installation, Mrs. A. E. Glover ad- igoes out to Mr. and Mrs. Val Poor ministered the oath of affirmation for the loss of their eleven-months- |of responsibility to each entrant, old daughter, Della, who passed! — away yesterday morning from the! effects and causes of whooping' cough. The child had been acute- | ly ill for little more than one! week. Burial services followed by ! interment in Evergreen Cemetery | |were held tnis aftrnoon, in Ju- neau. e DISEASE REPORT IS GIVEN BY DEPARTMENT the majority in Anchorage and Kodiak, according to the regular report of the Territorial Depart- ment of Health. Other communicable diseases prevalent include mumps, of which 10 are known to be in Nome and 10 in Seward and other cases in the Territory totalling 32 altogeth- er. In Anchorage, scarlet fever has broken out among 8 persons, the only cases reported in the terri- tory. e EYES EXAMINED and BROKEN LENSES replaced in our own shop. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Blomgren'Bldg. Phone 636. e Fmpire Classifieds Pay! Keithahn | descried the infrequency with which | which in addition m the Presx(le\m included Mrs. Custodian; Corresponding Sex Green, Mus. mr\'; M Mrs. Large; | cording Fagersor ing the pledged to their iden v\orkhw Paxke gave the motto of the Gen- Parke, Matthews, C. Kennell, Mrs. Jr., rs. Henry g \\ The smashed remains lil' airplanes are scattered about the shattered buildings of the Heinkel aircraft plant at Rostock, after a series of Royal Air Force raids on the German Baltic port. cable from London to New York, was made from a British observa- tion plane which flew over the bombed area to check up on damage. This photo, sent by R. B. Lesher, Secretary n, Vice their new President Speaks Lesher, spoke of her pleasure in the club during the Cafe, the Juneau Wom-|past year, saying she felt the or- ward Kirkham, and James Devon|an’s Club held its installation of |ganization had R. B t, for Robert Coughlin, and Mrs. installation support President. members in an effec- tive candlelight ceremony dedicated officers. “summer fallowed” \‘Vl” RE T I’F BETTER ANNE SHIRLEY ~ STARS TONIGHT 20T CENTURY West Point Widow” and "Rainbow Over Range” | Head Midweek Bill The gay \lm\' of a girl who mis- m\dmsloml her own heart is told in the new Paramount comedy, | “West Point Widow,” which comes tonight to the screen of the 20th | Century Theatre Star of the new film is winsome Anne Shirley, who appears in the role of a nurse whose heart is sought by a handsome young in- i terne, who believes that it belongs to a football hero at West Point. That's her bellef, at least, until the young medico X-r her romantic feelings and prov she doesn't | know her own heart as well as she | thought she did. How he does this forms the nucleus of the diverting story The | picture Richard Pointer |ning, who ha Starts Tonight AND ON THE SAME PROGRAM PLUS LATEST WORLD NEWS young interne of the new is good-looking, capable Carlson, and the West is played by Richard Den- been seen recently TIO CENTURY SHE LEARNED ABOUT LOVE FROM HIMI PAGE THREE BIG "‘l‘ oT! URFb PLAY! Staris Tonight A Parg, RICH mham mount p; HARD ¢4 icture wiyp Cecil Kejy, Diracteq py ,,,,:"'7 COLISEUM — NOW! Hollywood Feels Pinch in Wardrobe cellent performances. | “West Point Widow" in several Director ! of |is Robert Siodmak, veteran director :m many outstanding European pic- tures Tex Ritter stars in the Range” in the sccond fea-| “Rainbow Ov- | ler ture on the bill. | LEGION LADIES w. Mrs. H. W By ROBBIN COONS | \ " T0 DISTRIBUTE gl POPPIES HERE Re- | Floyd Follow- | HOLLYWOOD, May 20 — Holly- wood and the Biggest Show battle dead will be hon- Let's see how the wardrobe de- Saturday by the wearing partment fares today. Is it feelng the memorial flower of the pinch as it makes the glamgals since feel the pinch of skimpier styles? | Here we are, surrounded V| Warner wardrobe. And what's she ! doing over there? Oh, that's Elsa Seelig, busy at a new assignment She’s picking up pins from the floor. She is, in fact, the department’s new official pin-picker-upper “and that’s no joke,” she says. Americ ored here of poppies, the English-speaking world the first World War. | Poppies will be distributed on the |streets by women of the American Retiring Legion Auxiliary, who will at the same time receive contributions for the Legion and Auxiliary work mong the war disabled and fam- s left in need by the results of N . |were those receiving diplomas. |officers with Mrs. Thomas Parke well in beginning much needed im- Wwar. | ed to date but are subject to fur-|Vere U [ 4 h Tt abeeitipn ” | President Arne Shudshift of the|as incoming president provements for the city and with-' The custom of wearing poppies in' gpe phas already discovered that ’VI::':':“;".:::‘":":;::: In 1941 the landings from April Douglas Board of Education made| Forty club .members and their|in the scope of the organization tribute to the dead sprang up 5 p.p.y must be just that. Since 144 - ADH 90 Jammoantad o> |the presentation. Dorothy Lang- friends attended the event, where|itself. Presenting the President's SPontaneously in the United States, most common pins are made of . tint ECONOMY Area 2 Avea 3 Seth as saluatorian gave a short E. L. Keithahn of the Territorial pin to Mrs. Parke, she expressed England and the British Domin- prag tin-coated, no ordinary mag- nd clinging §|ZE 5. S ; 2.674.5¢ €% % yelcoming speech in which she al- ! Library was principal speaker. fol-|her happiness in placing the club iChS at the close of the last War, pey will gather them. She has to powerl s U. S. Fleet 2,674,398 2,541,572 : P | explaivied Mrs, Ray.G. Day, Poppy o 5 REG. e Canadian Fleet 2,226, 35,931 | 50 told something of the history lowed by Mrs. M. O. Johnson of in capable hands. Chatr : y push or sweep them into piles, then GET YOUR $IZE % DrEe ’ of the class. The Senior Class pre- | Wrangell, Publicity Chairman for In her speech of acceptance, Mrs. airman of the local Unit of the picked them up by hand. Then she TINT TODAY' s R =l f Auxiliary. The custom was ipspired washes them, becauss reclaimed Al o cral Federation of Women's Clubs, Ly, i, POeI: m?‘::]:s‘:“ Flelds” pins may have gathered dust or thought to be the largest in the S Manders' ‘Pelds the. poppiss dirt that would soil fine materials country with its membership of blow, " " :‘;’;e;‘l‘lfie‘fim;;::g l(:; l\:';rrllr;:::l more than 2 million. - “Unity in Between the crosses, row on Tashinitng thidwe el m{’rmfi Diversity” is the aim of this or- row—" vy s g febdlas thb ganization, she said, and has been Poppies were first worn in Am- ghe could use a magnet there, but well lived up to, while that of the erica “Victory béen the Reading | Juneau | service” activities. file paper Ago” col fact tha which children’s club, has in the lumn, at it had wad begun from “Twenty she breught out been this the work playground which ly resulted in the present Evergreen in New York City on No- Through vember 10, 1918, the day before the aim of its Armistice. They were adopted as news- the official memorial flewer of The Years American Legion in 1920, and one the of the first acts of the American group Legion Auxiliary when it was or- for a 8anized in 1921 was to name the final- Poppy as its memorial flower. Poppy Day is observed in the United States on the Saturday be- needles aren't dropped in quantities like pins, Many fine sewing néedles come from England and they're be- ing conserved carefully Helen Halsey, workroom super- intendent in the ladies’ wardrobe, is staging a campaign to save on materials that are already rationed under priorities or soon may be The rubber situation has cut out a jowl. Members in the Ic club Sora Namorial: B i e much of the ordinary dressmaking number 102, she said, with about 75 o o000 n"‘-"-uw‘" 1731,-m;"g uses of elastic. Whale bone is still {of them association members as goo s SO RO T * ted plentiful and Miss Halsey expects well ; flowers are worn by patriotic citi- it to continue so—at least no order Mrs, M. Of Jobnsonywho attend-' ZcnS: The poppies are made of vet affects the multiplication of crepe paper by disabled war vet- whales, Lead welghts for suits and ed the national convention in Ab- erans working in government hos- ottt Ay Lo " '.[ 5 lantic City last year, described her pitals and in poppy workrooms fm(.‘-m- are m};,; ,,5,.";, I T‘.‘]‘ ‘ experiences and spoke of the par- maintained by the Auxiliary. More iyt m“‘ 20l ;'v;;':m-d ;\ "l,v ’.llh-' ticularly impressive tableau given than $1,0000%0 is contributed an- mater l", ey 1'1“, 'm'm-l:dsnu- with a cast of 700, among them nually to the welfare of the wars zipper problem. herself in a native parka (living vietims by the wearers of the Vocal selesetions were given I)\'ipuppv. E Large felt hats will not be popu- Mrs. Henty Harmon, accompar ZT e, (dar for the duration—felt is getting by Mrs. White. M led the closing song. ing C. P. Jenne BOY SCOUT DIRECTOR Table | ations of graceful tulips and trail-| strands of wandering jew were Scouts for Alaska, scarce. But rubber heels, LEAVES FOR SITKA reclaimed rubber, s Amby Frederick, Director of Boy plentiful left Juneau to-; And the made of deco: apparently most serious shortage on each cf the tables for this clos- day by Alaska Coastal Airlines plane to date? In this department it's the ing meeting of the club year The game of handball originated —— e for Sitka. {lack of white materials. Bleaches, — e ichlorine in particular, are scarce.| The Daily Alaska Empire has the They had the devil's own time find- in Ireland more than a thousand{largest paid circulation of any Al- ing enough white chiffon to cover years ago. 1 Many cases of influenza and com- | mon respiratory diseases were re-| ported last week in the Territory, Juneau Lumber Mills ‘those chorines in “The Hard Way.” aska newspaper. 20 at After {from the pure white goods. “CHARTER PILOT" this it'll be unbleached, nat- ural color materials which will photograph white and spare the cameraman those difficult hilationy It's an ill wind, etc. There's no priority on white materials, even so—it's just the bleach that's short. You know where else they're sav- ing, even as you and you? They're mu. ; their electric irons like the precious jewels they are. In a movie wardrobe department the pressing problem is constant, and irons wear out in proportion .to use. There’'s no more forgetting tQ disconnect the moment the ironing is done. So glamor carries on, . (department of dress) eee BUY DEFENSE STAMPS CARA NOME FACE POWDER Instant new loveliness is Butler-Mauro Drug Co. “The Rexall Store” ¢ oo oo oot THE NEW GASTINEAU CAFE REYNOLDS & PATTEREON You'll Enjey Our “GOOD FOOD, WELL SERVED” Gastineau Hotel Building To Busy Cooks THREE BEATER ACTION Beuts » Mixes » Whipe Follow the trend of all wies ° cooks and invest in this sew G-E Triple-whip Mimb“ It fluffs up eggs, s wp batters, mashes potatoes and tue nips quicker, easier, better tham you can do them by hand. Mixer ! <omrletc with large and small $23.75 Complete — with JUICE EXTRACTOR! Alaska Electric | Light & Power Co. SRAELECIRIC 3 GENERAI TRIPLE-WHIP MIXEF