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DNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1942 ' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! ‘pARA(HUIBIS ., ' M i | el Burlesque fo Movies HERE TONIGHT Capitol Thréaiire Brings! "Parachute Batlalion’ AMERlCA‘?‘ {0 'Siadh ¥ OPS iils n:'., Sani spectacular ”‘,l“, ey e thrills, chills, sP - 1 of army air service, the parachute | it would |mpl¥- infantry, is seen in “Parachute Bat- | . talion,” an RKO Radio Picture op- ening tonight at the Capitol The- atre The picture boas a four tar cast—Robert Preston, Nancy gelly, Edmond O'Brien and Harry Carey, while the featured player: sre Buddy Ebsen, Paul Kelly, Rich- ard Crcmwell and Robert Barrat. | Depicting the enlistment and training of several young men from varying social strata and their thrilling adventures, fears, loves and | 1ivalries as they are moulded into | the 501st Parachute Battalion, the | picture is said to provide audiences with an entirely new and exciting| background for its story of romance nd adventure | Harry Carey is the )|.')’H-"n1i<([l but understanding Sergeant chief- ly responsible for the boys' train- ing and discipline; Nancy Kelly s his pretty daughter, for whose love . Margie Hart, one of the leading strip-tease dancers of the burlesque Robert Preston and Edmund O'- sta is now in the process of beceming a movie actress. At left, Brien eventuaily come to blows Miss Hart in her strip-tease role. Right, she wears her costume for and come near losing their lives.| the part of Monecram’s “Lure of the Islands.” Filmed with the aid of real scenes of training activities and 5 . Robert PRESTON (IR RN (' A Reaistrali Nancy KELLY J. 9 TOMORROW | egIS ration AR R | Bridal Shower o — Harry CAREY LIS B i et Ordered Here the Marine Building, it was an-| Maj. Gen. Simon “Information Please” - 2 ska . » 1 i sics it” | nounced today by the local Selec-|Commanding, U. S. Army, Alaska states employment Service, as an| b S A ALso The Musical Bandit LATE Nzws ‘ | Defense Command, has issued & Alaskan specialist to work ex-| elng "e y u doy | i iss | tive Service office. Mrs. Beth Robineite and Aasi proclamation requiring all enemy clusively on labor problems for the | Patricia Martin entertained last| This group will be made up of | yiens in Alaska to register and — - — — |night in Miss Martin’s home at a|additional selectees who registered |of Libya and the sustained, wide- | Soread submarine attacks againet|Oing Miss Hazel Pields, who will| were between the ages of 21 and |June 29 to July 3, Postmaster Al- Allied shipping G be married tomorrow evening to 35 years. bert Wile announced today. In the May registration of men| Mr. Wile said that the post- Curtin added that “Australia is Leonard F. Burkefte | Garden flowers decorated the between the ages of 45 and 65 years, masters and post office employees . irrevocably linked to the wars in ; | jes of 1 P Libve and Russls. The pews frogy|home for the bosasion a total of 1293 registered on Gas- in Alaska will cooperate with the u' s Libya is not good. Marshal Erwin| Cuests included Mrs, Charles | tineau Channel, it was announced | War Department in the registra- A Tk bursse gy instructions Aop i b % . |Bloxham, Mrs. Vernon More, Mrs.|today. tion. The forms and Rommel has made gains at great {will be issued soon from the head- o e e less sains | William Brown, Miss Borghild Hab- cost, but they are nevertheless gains adhatls St baeaba %erl |quarters of the Alaska Defense and clearly reverses to our forces,|crdahl, Miss Suse son, Sis 13 g Sylvine, Miss Liian Nietsen, Miss| THOMAS STEWART | Command It is clear that the struggle in this A letter received by Wile from theatre has reached a critieall PUCT SOt AR COMMISSIONED |First Asistant Posimaster General | stage. | |E. O. Pields, mother of the bride- (Continued from Page One) s Y — .- — of $9,000.000 ay in the re- WELL BABY CLINIC = g ek | with the | Sky Drama, Stars | {""Power Dfe," Thrilling Richard Arlen - i 1f you're looking for a safe way | lin which to test your flylng cour-| |age, here’s the answer to your search. | Set your course for the 20th Cen- !tury Theatre tonight where you can occupy a comfortable position be- hind the stick throughout every blood-pounding fight in “Power| | Dive,” Paramount’s thrilling sky | drama. ! Backed up by an excitng adven- ture in romance, with two broth- ers fighting for the love of the| same girl, “Power Dive,' contains| all the elements of throbbing sus- pense that the film's title sug- gests { Richard Arlen, lovely Jean Park-| 'er, Don Castle, laugh-provoking | | cliff Edwards, Roger Pryor, Helen! |Mack, Louis Jean Heydt, and little ! Billy “Biscuit Eater" Lee, make up |the crack cast of effective feature | players, who, according to advance | |reports, do full justice to this ep-| ic of the boundless blue. .- -— e ARLEN ... . Helen Mack - SEATTLE OFFICE AIDS EMPLOYERS | " with Administrative =g s " Office Filling Jobs | “©*"=U™ i | | Bl!d.dy EBSEN- B”de_EIe(idl the Selective Service office In sl Buckner.‘ Joseph Flakne, who went """““Magaline Diploma{y‘ several weeks ago for the United Territory and fill clearance orders;ls an Amaling Slo,y! a 8 e tiol s g nfanellaneoun” bridal " showes Hoot | daciuary, 1041 WHA?GEthRL tik) aties application for. Identifioablon for Alatkan employarsis working| aneou al & |in January, 1041, bths | certificates during the period from out of the Central Clearance office| \ for the U. S. Employment Service (Continued from Page One) in Smith Tower, Seattle. B All requests for employees by A]"Inrlty of “En Guardia” in South askan employers that are sent to!america. Although it has been sent Mr. Flakne are submitted through only to the highest officials it | the Administrative office of the constantly has been cropping up on | U. S. Employment Service In Ju-/the newsstands in South American | neau, of which R. E. Barnes, is|cities (there never has been a copy | Acting Director. |released from here for sale, and| [ File Order Lbcally the “bootleg price” is purportedly | The method used in placing re- twice that charged for the most ex- quests by employers is to file with pensive United States magazine | | Ambrose O'Connell dirécts post- the local U. S. Employment Service|sold commercially in those coun- okl |" u S ARMYmumlvrs and employees to comply office an order giving all details tries. . 1 . . | instructions of Gen. of the position to be filled. If the| There is talk now that “En | Buckner to the fullest extent, and Jocal office cannot fill the request,|Guardia”—or a little sister under i maining five of the curr T HERE TOMORBOW |STEVE MOOUTCHEON | ‘Territorial Commissioner of Mines also to instructions which may be it is placed with the Administrative another name—will be published in drive. Curtin bases his statements on{ .y peo peig from 1 to 4 o'clock to-| Steve McCutcheon, Assistant Ter- 93 has been graduated from Offi-|O'Connell in the registration. S 3 T - [ MARES SAIRA TRIE|D. D, Stewart has received word jssued by Posi Office Inspector office in Juneau. {a cheaper edition and circulated A well-baby nursing conference that his son, Thomas B. Stewart,| Melvin Northrip who will represent| Then, if the position cannot be|(still without cost) to the hund- filled from avallable labor in Al-|reds of thousands who apparently onfidential official telegrams, de- .o oy in the Juneau Public Health |ritorial Commissioner of Labor left | ser Training School at Fort Ben-| Enemy aliens, in addition to Jap-|aska, and if the emplover requests are clamoring for it. The Rocke- | llflrl':ieu‘)z;l,:.l;:” “\,"\ l"l:r(:‘llr:|-r;: Center. Only well babies should be | this morning for Sitka on business|ning Georgia, as a second lieuten- | anese, include Germans, Ruman-'it, the order is sent by the Ad-|feller office wom't comment, but T ¥ .01 3 5*5 taken to the meeting, where moth-|for the Department of Labor. Helant in the U. 8. Army. ians, Ttalians, Bulgarians and Hun- ministrative office to the Central|cff-the-record sources admit that gainst the United Nations, each of ., iy giscuss with the nurse ways | expects to return to Juneau tomor-| 1t gtewart visited relatives in garians. vital importance to Australia of keeping their children healthy. |row or Friday. [New York after graduation before A ERL The . fansio - apeTations s now R R ! R Y G e T | being assigned to active duty. proceeding, said Curtin,are the pow- — The Daily Alaska Empire has the| The U. S. flag was first hoisted | A A e e jOH" WII"HER, ]R. | | | erful German onslaught against largest paid circulation of any Al-|over Wake Island July 4. 1898, by { Russ the thrust in the deserts aska newspaper. Gen. F. V. Greene. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS ! E"“RS u- S. "Avv John Winther, Jr., well known | Juneau resident, left by plane Tues- |day for Sitka where he will enter service with the United States Navy. Mr. Winther's father, Capt. John Winther is skipper of the Little| Emma, of the halibut fleet oper- ating out of Juneau, and until he was called into the service, Mr. Winther, Jr., slso fished with the local fleet. ¢ -, - SIXTY-FOUR HUNDRED | POUNDS OF HALIBUT | IS SOLD HERE TODAY Halibut sales today totalled 6,400 pounds and was brought in by the 131-A-27, Capt. John Pademeister and the Fane, Capt. Ole Johansen. Clearance office in Seattle, vast expansion of the biggest pub- Fit Into Conditions \lishing effort of World War II is With the information sent from |under discussion. Juneau, and Mr. Flakne's wide| (Tomorrow -— What's In “En| knowledge of problems and condi-|Guardia”) ‘ tions in the Territory, he endeavors e | to fill the positions with men who| { not only are qualified to do zhuu' (' ROEHM "ow particular work, but will also fit| | | e iy 15 IN WRANGELL present shortage of |qualified workers, the workers are |often quite choosey, and require de- MIN|NG DISIRI(I |tailed information about jobs be-! R fore considering them, Mr. Barnes| J+C.Roebm, assistant mining en- sald. Por that reason, employers|@ineer for the Territory who has should furnish all possible infor-|been working in the Ketchikan arca mation in their requests for lnbor.“fl connection with the investiga- Employers should also submit their|tion of strategic mineral deposits, priority number with the request, row is working in the Wrangz2Il |as positions are filled according to district, B. D. Stewart, Commis- priority, much as materials are al- sioner of Mine sald today. lotted to manufacturers accordingl‘ The Territorial Department of to priority, he stated. !Mines is working in close cooper | vqndcr present labor market con-|ation with the U. 8. Geologic: ditions and the present transporta-|Survey in the search for vital war (tion difficulties, the filling of re-| metals in Alaska. quests for employees requires much A I s The 31-A-27 sold 2,000 pounds to|time and knowledge of the proced-| JAROLD BATES LEAVES Alaska 'Coastal Fisheries for 13.60 | and 1155 cents, and the Fane, 4,400 | pounds, sold to E E. Engstrom for e {1380 and 11.60 cents. Wt » : | e i b " | There are 10,000 farms, averaging NIGCHT SETTLES ON A CONVOY_The sun goes down behind a heavy cloud as night settles on this American naval Jabout four acres, on the island of . convoy somewhere in the Atlantic. Lookouts double their alertness. Ears sift the night sounds on a sea calm but ’rll!_lhl with danger. Malta. A < il — —~ WA 70 ‘OLD GLORY' ON THE MARCH IN AUSTRALIA_The Stars and Stripes stream in the wind as : i as a corun f A an troops marches i _country in far away Australia. More U.S. soldiers march with ‘Old Glory’ there as United Nations forces prepare to rey':;:l:l; on:'ll:\:::hl or to launch an o‘;;':;nr\?e, ¥ ure to be followed. It is because of F ST OR SITKA BY PLANE these difficulties that Mr. Flakne's| porolq Bates, former Juneau at- amiliarity with local conditions | yomey, returned Tuesday with Al and trans is| ¥, = such a ::;?:Szn:‘: l:“::(lfn:l k“‘}usku Coastal Airlines to Sitka labor situation, Mr. Barn’es ::k;“whvre he has opened law offices, Townspeople throughout Alaska | M7 Bates had spent several days should make all possible use of " Juneau on business. local labor supplies, including old YRl s AT men, women, boys and girls who BUY DEFENSE BONDS 0.5 EMPLOYMENT | IEETCTCC I AV|AI|0" F".M Where the Better BIG Pictures Play NOW PLAYING » The roaring thrill romdnce of the men who dare death in the skies...dnd the women wha love them! SHORT SUBJECTS “SOCKEROO” .30 Minutes of Fun “POP and MOM™ “PICTORI NEWS’ b AVVJEAN PARKER Roger Pryor | e Don Castle - Cliff Edwards “ACCENT ON LOV BUY DEFENSE STAMPS B’ Kenfucky straight bourbon whiskey — 106 | proof.National Distillers Products Corp., N Distributed by National Grocery Company, Seattle, Wash. Headquarters ‘Hardeman WATER-PROOFED Hats IL. S. Graves ‘The Clothing Man can often handle work it — formerly believed only husky could handle, Mr. Barnes said. Information received by Barnes states that in Seattle, other cities, people in these classe not formerly in the labor mark~ are being used extensively for many types of work. “It must be femembered we are at war and that every position that can be filled by someone not ordin- arily in the labor market, is a step in 100 per cent utilization of the working power of the United | States, which may have to be placed in use before the war can be won,” Mr. Barnes said. . SITKA YOUNGSTER y Like your own hands, it washes esch HAS APPENDECTOMY I piece separately, thoroughly, gentl; old, Buster O’Laughlin, son of Mr: G. W. O'Laughlin of Sitka can already hold his own in talking operations with the ladies. Buster underwent an appendec- :71::;:' }):::'erday in 8t. Ann's Hos- Aluka mech’ic Ligll! ol i His mother took him 0 the hospital over th ke arriving by steamer, gy & POWOI‘ c°v S Although he is only three year Tishour ungling or barmw, the Givi i closkes. £ for 4 5::-“-:::?«":-" today, GENERAI ELECTRI( ;%/w/z/( (2%