The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 12, 1942, Page 3

FULL LENGTH CARTOON SHOW AT CAPITOL "The Reluctant Dragon” | S THE BIG PICTURES! THE CAPITOL HA! TONIGHT SATURDAY @ 2—Big Features—2 Show Place of .funeau WALT DISNEY'S “The Reluctant Dragon® with ROBERT BENCHLY A THREE-RING CIRCUS OF LAFFS IN THIS NEW FEATURE PRODUCTION — ALSO — “Raiders of the Desert™ with RICHARD ARLEN—— “RED RYDER"—(Saturday Matinee) | BETTY GOODMAN WILL BEWEDTO yesterday afternoon for Valdez wcrvj MR NOTTINGHAM | Alfred Barbon, Wayne R. Miller, E.| ny and Mrs. A. J. Goodman an- W. Van Horn, Malfred” Soley, Ar-|,,nce the engagement of their den B. Bloom, James Miller, JosePh o040 Betty, to Private Gerald Lupney, James Hunter and Frank Nottingham of Juneau. Rotter. P Eal Ritter took passage for Whit-| Mr. Nottingham is the son Mrs. Bonnie Cain of Mattoon, tier and Mrs. Selma Pakhala and T. P. Gilmore for Seward. The wedding will be - sometime this month. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS TRIANGLE CLEANERS New Location Juneau Laundry Building o* Desert Feature Film | Because of mounting requests to' know exactly what his studio is ilike, Walt Disney has used his |new streamlined Hollywood plant as the background of action in his current full-length production, “The Reluctant Dragon,” coming to the Capitol Theatre tonight on a double bill | The picture brings something Inew to screen entertainment _com-l bining, as it does, two great med- iums: actual motion picture pho- tography and animation Robert Benchley is featured in the hilar- Jlous new-type of film comedy. Benchley, playing himself, is shin] {es a henpecked husband whose wife | 'rends him to Walt Disney to sell! |the cartoon master an idea for a story. | Mystery and adventure in the| desert wastelands of Arabia pro-| vide the keynote of “Raiders of the | Desert,” new Universal action| !drama sharing the program, with! Richard Arlen and Andy Devine| |in the co-starring roles. i Intrigue and stealthy violence run, “f | yampant in Libertahd, a unigue| _’1!““'alled American city in the heart| solemnized | o¢ the Arabian badlands, to fur-! nish Arlen and Devine, soldiers cf| fortune, with plenty of exciting ad-| ventures. e JUNEAU ELKS T0 HAVE FLAG DAY PROGRAM SUNDAY All Residen?s~Urged fo At- | ANDY DEVINE LATE NEWS TWELVE LEAVE FOR WESTWARD | Passengers leaving Juneau late Miss Goodman went through pre- paratory school here and to b ness college in Seattle. She is re- ceptionist in the Department of| Public Welfare Office in Juneau and plans to continue her work there after her marriage. ‘The bride-elect is prominent in club activities, being Grand Regent of the Catholic Daughters of Am- erica, elected recently for a new term after serving out an unex- pired term. She also is a mem-| | ber of the Business and Profes- sional Women's Club. | 1 l | “for better appearance” PHONE Shares Bill Tonight with | 4 S —— 3 Smiling happily in her home in Q Summers as she reads a cable she ju in Australia. The 24-year-old girl, twenty-two nurses safely evacuated Japs captured those strongholds. frame on the table to t FOUR JAP CARRIERS ARE SUNK Latest Rep?;ri from Navy/ Indicates Enemy Losses Heavier ueens, New York, is Mrs. John V. st received from her daughter Helen , a U. S. Army nurse, was one of from Bataan and Corregidor when Helen'’s picture ean be seen in the he right of her mother. Role Wins Steady | HEALTH EXAMS TOBACCO ROAD DRAWS MANY T0 20TH CENTURY Famed Siaa;PIay Is Tri- umph in Excellent Motion Picture Stirring, forceful, human and| packed with dramatic dynamite,| “Tobacco Road” comes to life viv- idly on the 20th Century Theatre's screen. Filmed with striking real- ism, and blending tragedy with lu ty humor, this 20th Century-Fox production is a jolting, not to be missed entertainment experience for all, including those who saw it on the stage. All of the characters in Jack Kirkland’s famed and much dis-; cussed play, who stirred the imag- ination of the theatrical world with their warmth, vitality and rugged| humor, come to life under John Ford's brilliant direction. Heading| a superb featured cast are Charley | Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene | Tierney and William Tracy. For delicate shading of a diffi- cult character role, veteran Charley Grapewin’s Jeeter Lester far sur- s anything ever seen on the| This tragic, lusty figure of |the dispossessed is the personfica-| tion of everything that is “Tobacco } Road.” | Many are already familiar with| the thrilling drama depicted n “To- |bacco Road.” Essentially it is the i story of hungry people, their trag- |edy and comedy, all brought to-| | gether in a superb script by Nun- inull_\' Johnson. | .- FOR SCHOOLS T0 START SOON Territorial law of Alaska requires that all school children must be TIO*TENTUR NOW PLAYING The Picture You've Been Waiting For “TOBACCO ROAD” with A Great Cast Headed by Charley Grapewin- Marjorie Rambeau Gene Tierney-Slim Summerville ATURDAY MATINEE DOORS OPEN 12:30 P. M. SHOW STARTS 1:00 P. M. held every fourth Wednesday the Public Health Center from to 4 p. m. Clinic dates for the sum- mer are June 24, July 22 and Aug- ust 19, Parents are urged to accompany their children when the inspections by the nurse and examinations by the family physician are made and avail themselves of this service at an early date to allow time for the correction of physical defects and handicaps before the opening of school. JACK KEARNEY, JR. MAKES SURPRISE VISIT ON FAMILY Jack Kearney was surprised this mcrning when he received a visit from his son, Jack Kearney, Jr, who w in Juneau at an early hour and is acting as purser on a at 1 | vessel. During the time he was in port Jack Kearney also visited with his ‘OPA CHIEF IS 70 MAKE TRIP INS. E. ALASKA Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann, Alaska Director of OPA. will leave next week for a trip covering the south- ern end of the First Division. She will hold public meetings and pri= vate conferences with merchants covering price control matters in Ketchikan, Wrangell, and Peters- burg before returning to Juneau. This will be the first of a series of such meetings which will be held in all the larger towns in the Territory for the purpose of .get- ting price regulaticns under way. in Alaska. The meetings in each town 1 be held under the auspices of loey War Price and Rationing Boards. They will be open to the | public generally and both consum- |ers and sellers, wholesale as well as retall, will be urged to attend grandmother, Mrs. Willlam Franks | and to present any individual prob- and only regretted that lack of |jems that they may have. time prevented him from looking Mrs, Hermann expects to be away | given a physical examination every year. The program for physical exam- 5 — e 0 ? | PEARL HARBOR, June 12 Four Japanese aircraft carriers were | tend Pafriofic Cere- MOOSE LODGE WILL up his many friends in town. monies Here HAVE MEET TONIGHT | | Flag Day services will be ob-l served in Juneau Sunday in a pub- | lic ceremony held in the Elks' Hall and conducted under the supervis-| ion of officers of Juneau Lodge No.| 120. ! Speakers, in addition to the offi- | cers, include Col. C. F. Baish, com- | mander of troops, and Harry Sper- | ling. Col. Baish will give the main address following a speech on The' History of the Flag, given by Mr.' Sperling. Flag Day is observed in accord- ance with the American custom of | setting aside one day in honor of | the Flag, the emblem of our free- ‘dom, our strength, and our unity |as an independent nation under God. In a proclamation, President | Roosevelt has asked that on Sun- (day we honor not only our own 'Flag‘ but also the flags of the United Nations, and has ordered | |all Federal agencies, and urges all | people to display these emblems on | | Sunday. The ceremony in the Elks’ Hall will begin at 2 p.m. All pfltriotlc’ {residents are invited to attend. —— GAMES TODAY There was only one game played this afternoon in either league, and that was in the National as fol- lows: The regular meeting of the Moose Lodge will be held in the clubrooms |in the Seward Building at 8 o'clock tonight. It's prompt . . . efficient . . . courteous, it will help you particularly if your time is budgeted to defense activities, and you want a hurried, but tasty luncheon. The Baranof Coffee Shop LES TEAGLE, Catering Manager destroyed in the battle of Midway Island, it is indicated on the basis of battle reports thus far received, Navy sources said today. The carriers carried a ment of 1500 men each. ther report states that at leas three transports have been tor- pedoed, carrying some 6,000 troops and the Navy ys that the loss of life to the Japanese must have been heavy. comple- D Dessert Luncheon Set Tomorrow for | Victory Stamps| For the purpose of raising funds | for the pledged monthly purchase of Victory stamps, the National De-| fense Committee of the Juneau Wo- men’s Club will hold a dessert| luncheon and bridge party of five tables at the home of the Com-j| mittee chairman, Mrs. John Mc- Cormick, at 436 W. Twelfth Street, beginning at 1:30 tomorrow after- noon. i Tally cards, decorations and table arrangements will carry Americs flag decorations in honor of Fli Day, Sunday. Assisting M Me-| Cormick are Mrs. Carl E Mrs. E. L. Keithahn, If sufficient addressed to all three at the county their demand is evidenced, other brid¢ 3| parties may be arranged for remaining summer months. - e — the | BUY DEFENSE BONDS LUCKY DAY! It’s your “Lucky Day"when you land that prize beauty — you'll feel extra lucky when you add to your enjoy- ment with CREAM OF KENTUCKY! %MMW STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY | 86 PROOF. COPR. 1942, SCHENLEY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, NEW YORK CITY A fur-| When pretty Joy Hodges, singing screen star, went east recently she encountered a run of tough luck, An engagement at a night club fell through and a musical comedy in which she had rehearsed for weeks flopped before it reached Broad- way. Just as she was about to re- | turn to Hollywood, Rosemary Lane got lonesome for her husband on the west coast, so Joy took over the role she vacated in “Best Foot For- ward.” Now she’s set for a long New York run, A. B. PHILLIPS ON WAY SOUTH TODAY A. B. Phillips, ‘Superintendent of today for the south on a short business trip|quested to telephone the nurse at Schools in Juneau, left to Seattle. Mr. Phillips will join Mrs. Phil- lips who went south several weeks ago to spend the summer with her parents in Seattle. He first left |early in the week but was delayed|mary grades for the purpose of de- because of unfavorable weather. .- — OF MICE AND WOMEN NOWATA, Okla. — Dorothy Mc- Gee, Fran Deen and Mrs. Marie p and|Liston received a small package!have the opportunity of having agent’s office, where they work. They opened it. Three mice .eaped out | inatiohs of school children will be| | carried out the same this year as| , it has been decided by local | cians, Juneau and Douglas| schools and health officials. The program is familiar to most parents of children on the L;a.slm-‘ |eau Channel. Preceding the family physician’s . physical examination, the children are given inspection by !the Public Health Nurse. This in- | cludes checking height and weight, |vision and teeth, and recording the history of any illnesses or unusual habits. | Mailing Cards Appointment cards are being | mailed to parents of children giv- |ing the date for their preliminary (inspection. If the appointment |given the child cannot be kept, par- wnlt are asked to notify the Public Health Nurse so that the time can |be given to some one else. | Parents of children entering {school for the first time are re- 1218 for an appointment, or to stop (in the Public Health Center, room 1108, Territorial Building. This pro- |gram is especially important for children in kindergarten and pri- tecting any defects which might be corrected before the opening of 1achool in the Fall. | Immunization Clinics | Also, parents will continue to children protected against diphtheria and smallpox before |school opens. Monthly immuniza- tion and vaccination clinics will be . Grees letter . Large sheet of floating Ice Cover looking 2. English letter 3. Press for pay= ment. . Fish Expression of inquiry . Conciliatory High mountaln 0 be it ACROSS . Public vehicle . Three-banded armadillo Character In “Peer Gynt! . Exist 3. Cap . Circuit . Speak slight- ingly of . Chill Faucet Flower 57. Meadow 58. Fine Philip- pine cloth . Conjunction Plunder: ar= chalc Clamor . Pigpen Small island Wild animal ce Countenance f mound Exclamation Salutation 3 Always: poetic 61 By Embellishment 62 Unrefined 63, metal 4. $6. Wading bird 5. 124 wlud//dilld o B A /anus = i 7-n <am/a JEE/«EEER EEE AN Zand/dudau 71 T T Y I /il ma7d B EdN [PIR]9] Z]>Ir] H>z[-[x[o[z(m] (x[clo[offiolo] R ER>H] [®(v) = BEREE jn>] 4. Arablan gar- ment 5. South American country . Babylonian abode of the dead . Reform com= pletely . Devoured 9. Assumed name . Cane or beet sugar . Fencing_sword . Songs of joy or praise . Distant . Biblical king . Shelter . . Nimble Attire . Eons Cogs . Free . American In- dian 35, Palm leaf . Snap with the finger . Play on words . Beverage . Snug room Prepared . Artificial waters DOWN 1. Mohammedan Judge . Dry 3. Assall W, Z way . That which koes before & fall . Alack . Cover with bard sur 55. Pacific I timber tre 56. Kitchen ap- purtenanca 58, Three: prefix 59, Convened Fcr the last five years Jack Kear- ney, Jr. has lived in Seattle and for the last three, he has been connected with the Alaska Steam- ship Company. He spent most of his life in Juneau and attended the | Juneau High School until he left for the south, The distinctly American inven- \tion, the catapult, was designed at the Naval Gun Factory In 1912, | frem Juneau for about two weeks. | During her absence the local OPA | Office will be in charge of Calvin | B Pool, Assistant Director. - | JUNEAU COUPLE WED George Wilson and Miss Jessie ier, both of Juneau, were mar- ried yesterday by U. 8. Commis= sioner Felix Ay. Witnesses were |Mr. and Mrs. Willilam 8. 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