The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 6, 1942, Page 3

SATURDAY, JUNE 6, R M-G:M presents SPENCER TRACY Two-time Acadeny/Award Winner in Robert-Loui§ Steverison’s BDirecred by VICTOR FLEMING ‘who gave you "Gone With the Wind" Color Cartoon Latest News Prevue Tonight—1:15 . ’Vl — TONIGHT — “ELLERY QUEEN AND THE PERFECT CRIME" Show Place of Juneau “MEET THE CHUMP” THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! CIVIL SERVICE _ CLOSING DATES GET EXTENSION The United States Civil Service Commission has extended the clos-| ing dates for applications for radio inspector, technical assistant in engineering, and junior engineering positions. Applica must be filed with the Commission’s| Tootell's Rhode Island State track Washington office by July 30, 1942, (team completed its season by run- but will be accepted for the other|ning its string to 25 straight dual positions until the needs of the| meet victories over a period of six service have been met. Persons|years. otherwise qualified who are en-| rolled in engineering defense train- ing courses and expect to complete 4;%7 the within 4 months may | apply for Junior Engineer including Al branches of engineering except aeronautical and naval architecture and marine engineering Full information as to the re- quirements for these examinations, and application forms, may be ob- tained at 311 Federal Building, Ju- neau. course = &~ S o RN VICTORY STRING - BUY DEFENSE BONDS Wide World Features THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA "DR. JEKYLL" OPENS SUNDAY AT CAPITOL Spencer Trac; Scores in Famed Stevenson Horror Story interest surrounds “Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” opening Sunday at the Capitol Theatre, as the first picture directed by Victor Fleming “Gone With the Wind.” Prior to the latter, Flem- ing won acclaim for his “Captains Courageous” and “Test Pilot,” both made with the star of the Robert Louis Stevenson thriller, Spencer Tracy. Sharing honors with Tracy wre Ingrid Bergmen and Lana Turner. | Tracy promfSes an interesting| and surprising characterization as| the good Dr. Jekyll and evil Mr.| Hyde. The star studied the character ‘ from every angle and worked out his impersonation of Hyde in an| individual manner, keeping the| make-up and delineation of it as a| surprise for the general public. | Another surprise promised by the| M-G-M film are the two feminine | characters portrayed by Miss Berg- | man and Miss Turner. Contrary to| expectations, the Swedish star will | be seen as Ivy Peterson, bar mmi entertainer, her first “bad girl” role,! while Miss Turner, noted for her| typical Hollywood glamour girl| characterizations, plays the straight dramatic role of Beatrix Emer fiancee of Dr. Jekyll. i The double bilk bringing “Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime"” and| “Meet the Chump,” will be on for| the last times tonight. - J. B. WARRACK HERE ON WAY T0 ANCHORAGE J. B, Warrack, of the J. B. War- rack Contracting Company, and Ju- neau property owner, arrived late yesterday afternoon from Ketchi- kan with Bud Bodding of the El- lis Air Transport Company. Mr. Warrack has spent the last week in Ketchikan in connection | with construction projects of i Unusual since | company there and will continue | his cdnstruction the Alaska to Anchorage where has the contract for of the new depot for Railroad company | | - oo Martha Sodiety Has Picnic at Pt. Louisa, Martha Society had its Spring icnic yesterday afternoon, the last neeting of the season. Held at Mrs. Fred Henning’s home at Point | Louisa, the picnic lunch was eat- en indoors because of the rain. ] Following the lunch, a snort bu.i- ness meeting was held winding vp ](,]u' year's affairs and making plans yfor the summer. Mrs. E. L. Po ( piano numbers. | —_———— | The word telegraph dates back |to 300 B. C. It is a combination and graph, “tc write,” or literally, to write afar off. Drawing Gas ‘Line’ in New York These pictures show how New York dish out gas. If you are on the side of Wayne (top) you need a ration- | | { | | | | | CHARLES RUGGLES IN SERIOUS PART AT 20TH CENTURY “Parson of Panamint,” Pefer B. Kyne Story, fo Open Here When Peter B. Kyne penned the stirring story of a two-fisted \frocked westerner, “The Parson of | Panamint,” which opens tomorrow at the 20th Century Theatre, he created a never-to-be-forgotten tale that is about to be thrice-told. Recalling the glory of the old West with its goldrush saints and sinners, “The Parson of Panamint” tirst made its appearance in the form of a novel. Later it thrilled millions of Saturday Evening Post readers. Now it comes to the screen, in magic movie manner. Charlie Ruggles plays his first wholly serious role as “Chucka- walla Bill,” bewhiskered Mayor of Panamint, first to discover ine gold in “them thar hills.” Ellen Drew, PAGE THREE Where the Better BIG Pictures Play Last Time "RIDE ON VAQUERO" — and TONIGHT "PHANTOM OF CHINATOWN" |20 cen TRy SUNDAY — MONDAY PREVIEW TONIGHT A, M. MATINEE SUNDAY 2:00 P. M. — TUESDAY 1 PETER B. KYN: S: lled - times more exciting on the screen! { Phillip Terry, Joseph Schildkraut,! state’s Wayne and Monroe Counties | ing card. The young lady holding a card is waiting to get her share of gas. While on the Monroe (bottom gas you need as no ration cards are required. The smiling operator filling the happy motorist’s car ha ground is the cou TOURIST TRADE 1§ QUESTION Wide World Features The men who make a business of catering to America’s tourists don’t know whether to disregard Sherman’s classic remark on war or shout a hearty amen Possibilities for the 1942 peak ceason are all mixed up with fa tors that cancel each other out all the way down the line Heavy pay envelopes run into in- creased living costs, and even full pocketbook can’t buy transpor- tation facilities or tires that aren’t wailable at any price; the pressure {of war-time work built up |heavy “paid vacation due" list, but that same pressure much time for vacations Other equally conflicting factors add up to a pretty uncertain out- lcok but a nation-wide survey of tourist and recreational areas indi- cates that there's an air of general optimism despite the confused pic- ture. i Advertising and promotion bud- igets have been hiked by almost all states and agencies. All but M wchusetts of the New yland st have boosted their advertising e: a AS a doesn't allow | 2 fur radio inspector| KINGSTON, R. I, June 6—Fred|joy was a guest and played several penditures, Pennsylvania has |aside $200,000 and a Pacific Coast {promotional group has put its fig- ure at the highest mark since 1929. May Help Hotels Men in the tourist business are | of two Greek words: tele, “afar off” pretty generally agreed on some of situation. IThey think that Jarge hotel owners, the results of the war re Have | Seen That Suit Before? UR picture librarian, who talks to himself, said: "Now whom besides Mary Mar- #in have | seen wearing that swimming suit?" Then he said: “Whom haven't | seen wearing that suit?" That made it easier. And look what he found in the pic- ture files! (But he's going to make four actresses and one beauty queen awful mad!) SALLY DONNA REED -4 WADSWORTH s, JIN FALKENBURG . happy tourist trade leaders see a ) side of the line you can get all the | s a one pump station. In the back- nty line boundary, | once they get tourist guesis, keep them longer than usual since | limited transportation facilities don’'t encourage hopping around; | trom one spot to another . | Roadside stands, overnight cab- ins—both used widely by one-night- stand tourists—and beaches near| coastal defences are likely to suffer most. fany think that the tire short-| age won't show up disastrously this | | year. They point hopefully to a re- lcent New England survey which showed 78 per cent of questioned had “good tires,” cent “fair”, and 6 per cent good.” Several plans to relieve the trans- | portation tie-up have been offered in various sections, among them the use of trains m the “off-peak” hoyrs to accomodate recreation- seeking workers whose shifts end| at midnight or other odd hours, as well as workers whose “weekends” come in mid-week. Another gest.n is the use of school buses, normally in storage during the sum- ni@ry for general transportation pur- 16 per| Tourist men see a hoom youngste: camps in areas safe |from possible bombings, but fear that a swing to year-'round college |programs and increased summer employment possibilities will elim-| |inate many potential vacationers. Jersey Hopeful Along the New Jersey coast and that state's lake rescrt area in 300 per cent increase over last year's | business— but concede that they’ll be satisfied with a 20 per cent jump. |Reason for Jersey's superoptimism |is that 20 per cent of the nation’s | war expenditure is going into plants |of the metropolitan area within 200 miles of her resorts. In Wisconsin, a ‘“near season is in prospect unless | this |tions) gasoline is rationed. Michi- gan holds to that same opinion but a move is on there for mass hikes land trips as part of the morale and physical fitness program—with the| travelers ending up at state parks. Minnesota’s big fish and wild backwoods may not attract as many visitors &s usual, unless that state’s plans to use women guides arouses |new interest. | | The Carolinas are going after | tourist trade with vigor and re-| | sourcefulness in an effort to meet conditions that have cut transient 'auto traffic on main hignways by ‘as much as 40 per cent. One enter- | prising hotel has entered into the | spirit of the thing by meeting the |trains with horses and buggies. | Conditions may not be parallel but Florida's winter season exper- normal (and sug- | is a big bugaboo in most sec-| Porter Hall, Henry Kolker, Janet Beecher and Paul Hurst round out the excellent cast of feature players. | They characterize the adventurous souls of the gay nineties who sought gold, action, romance in the wild, wooly west. “The Cisco Kid” and the “Phan- tom of Chinatown” are on the screen tonight for the last time in a double bill. NEWS MRS. DEMYTT, PIONEER OF DOUGLAS, PASSES AWAY IN PORTLAND HOSPITAL | Word of the passing of Mrs. Leo Demytt, aged 60, former of Douglas Island and resident for twenty years, has been received here by her brother Emil Geubelle. pioneer motorists | Victim of an ailment for about a vear the seriousness of her con- “no ! dition did not become apparent un- | til early in May and she cied May 126. Interment took place May 29 at Portland. Born in Liege, Belgium, Mrs .;Dom_vu came to Douglas in 1904, one,year after arriving in America from her native land. After visit- ing for a time with a brother in Wichita, Kansas, she went to Se- attle where she was married to Mr. Demytt who returned to Doug- las with his bride. During the de- ceased’s residence here she was {prominent as a member of the | | for|Ladies’ Sodality and in social :ir-|_ cles, She left the north with her family to establish their home in Salem, Oregon in 1924. Surviving Mrs. Demytt are her husband, and two daughters, Mrs. !Lfllian Kropp and Mrs, Marcell? Roth in Salem; two sons, Louis and Warren, the former attending a Minneapolis school and the Ilat- ter in the Army, and another daughter, Jeanne, still in high school, e — |ED. HURLBUT, JR., IS Edmund, son of Mr, and Mrs. Ed Hurlbut, former residents of the Channel some twenty years ago, graduated on May 30 from Santa Clara University according to news received in the last mail from the the family. nection with his college career, is the fact ‘that he was president of the Student Body as well as head of the Philalethic Senate, debating society of the University. The young man went into the Army two days after his gradua- tion. . ELLSON COMING Joe Ellson, son of L. R. Ellsor, manager of Douglas Fisheries, and bookkeeper for the cannery here is expected to arrive early next we-k. BRI e The “bell” with which moose are equipped serves no known pur- pose. It is a fleshy growth that hangs from the neck, varying in 'iences aren't exactly encouraging to the summer trade. The semi-tropi- | cal mecca had prepared for its big- |gest season, and December 7 was ‘mo late to pull back. So business men held their breath and hoped. Business was normal after the first shock of Pearl Har- |bor but Far East reverses cut it (down to estimates as low as 30 per | cent off normal. | At ceason’s end Floride resorts | turned their attention openly to | belstering their hard-hit economy by heavier participation in the war ef- fort. Five small Miami Beach hotels were turned over to an air training school as one result. ikommel Tank ~ Loss Now 340 LONDON, June 6—Dispatches re- ceived here late today state that Rommel has lost 340 tanks in the 12-day Libya battle. This is ap- | proximately one half of his ar- | mored force, size from a mere bulge to a dang- ling, bell-like growth that may be as much as 12 inches long. UNIVERSITY GRADUACE Noteworthy in cor-| | - DOUGLAS | O win CHARLIE ELLEN PHILLIP RUGGLES - DREW - TERRY Joseph Schildkraut - Porter Hall - Henry Kolker Janet Beecher - Paul Hurst « oirected by willam Mcgann A Harry Sherman Production « A Paramount Picture | k | e | COLIS! 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