The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 15, 1942, Page 3

W DNLSD AY jULY 15, 1942 IT'S GAY! IT’S GOOFY ADOLPHE MENJOU GLORIA SWANSON DESI ARKAZ one2 RICE —ALSO— The 3 Stooges Latest News Infcrmation Please ——NOW SHOWING— Show Place of Juneau TIDES TOMORROW 16.3 -14 feet. feet. feet. feet. High tide 3:19 am,, Low tide 9:47 am., High tide 4:07 p.m., 154 Low tide 10:00 p.m., 27 e, Enjoy His Furlough ovely Jeanette MacDonald and her Jhusband Gene Raymond are pic- "FATHER TAKES - WIFE" FEATURES CAPITOL SCREEN 1Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Swanson Play Star- ring Roles Revesing the usual theme of par- ental objections to the marriage of | {their children, “Father Takes a | Wife” deals with a very convention- |al son’s horrified opposition to his | playboy father's wedding plans. This | feature is now at the Capitol The- ’utre Adolphe Menjou plays the role of | the father and Gloria Swanson | imakes a spectacular return to the screen as the wife—a glamorous ac- tress who yields to the persuasions {of a wealthy shipping magnate to | become his bride. j But the magnate’s very matter- ‘ol—!acv. son and daughter-in-law are | | shocked at the idea, and only to | prevent a scandal do they help the | ;pmr to get married. The actress’| | flair for staying in the limelight im- | perils her domestic bliss, and the disturbance created in both house- | ;rolds by a young singer whom she | sponsors leads to many of the hilar- ious complications of the story as well as to the riotous climax. | John Howard and Florence Rl"e! {portray the younger couple, with | Desi Arnaz as the singer and Helen | Broderick as a romantic maiden | aunt. Jack Hively directed the gay comedy offering for RKO Radio |from the original screen play by Dorothy and Herbert Fields. .- |Girl Scouts Are fo Plan Big Program At a combmed meeung to be held tomorrow at 2 p. m. in the social room of the Northern Light Pres- byterian Church, Girl Scouts oU both Juneau Intermediate tl‘o()p.s will meet to lay plans for a pmgrum1 | to be given during Girl Scout Week, | scheduled for the last of October. Scout Leaders Mrs. Floyd Fugelu‘ son and her lieutenant, Mrs. Pat! Gilmore, Jr., will direct work for| their troop, while that_ of Mns, James Barras, leader of the sec-| ond intermediate troop, will pro-‘ ceed under her direction. Most immediate in interest for| First Aid course, for which they| may register tomorrow. Those and any other girls from 10 to 14 years lof age wishing to take the work,! {should either bring the family copy of the standard First Aid textbook jor bring funds for purchase of one from the scout leaders, as its pos- the Intermediate girls is the Junior | Those high-flying Brooklyn Dodgers, racing blithely along in first place in the National League, owe much of their success to this quartet of hit-producers. Reiser and Ml(‘kev Owen, valth r(‘spt‘cll\e batting alerag(m of . From left to right: 330, .3 NAVY ISSUES NEW ACCOUNT IN FULL DETAIL Cites Many lnsiances of Heroism by U. S. | Fighting Men (Continued from Page One) | {riers sunk and three battleships hit. friends in Oregon and Washington. | Fourtn of July and led the parade. |1 were transmitted A total of 275 enemy planes de-| stroyed. A tremendous loss of 4,800 Ju;;x killed or drowned. The American losses, meam\hflel mcludcd the 19,000-ton aircraft car- r Yorktown put out of action, lne! stroyer Hammann sunk and an, undisclosed number of planes de- stroyed. Deaths included 92 offi-; cers and 215 enlisted men. The lcss of the destroyer and the '| damaging of the Yorktown were an- ! nounced previously, but this is the first time the names have been giv- en. |long-range land-based aircraft Thus the Navy made it clear that fighting forces under the command of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz were | ready when tho next blow fell. Joe Medwick, Dixle Walker, .363 and IDOUBLE FEATURE OPENS TONIGHT | AT TWENTIETH "Murder Amgl;g Friends,’| | | open |and thrills, | teresting | alive. | again | trap the killer. 'Kid from Santa Fe’ Share Bill “Murder Among Friends,” the slickest mystery yarns to come to the screen in a long time, will tonight at the 20th Centuiy Blending romance, laughs it’'s enjoyable and in- all the way through Here's the story. Ten people sign a strange insurance pact with $200,- 000 going to the one who stays That starts a red hot m) as an unseen Killer strikes and ggain in an effort to eliminate the beneficiaries. | But the wholesale homicide has its moments of hilarious romance when pretty Marjorie Weaver and handsome John Hubbard set out to It's grand fun and for you by re- one of Theatre. tery we won't spoil it vealing the details of the climax S Pete .310. ELFIN COVE HAS FINE CELEBRATION of {double bill, Cobina Wright, Jr. Douglas Dumbrille and many ers are featured in the fine cast| “Murder Among Friends.” “The Kid From Santa Fe,” ring Jack Randall, sharing is a fast-moving story f a young cowboy handy with his , Mona Barrie, oth- | six-shooters who aids the sheriff rid | | the countr of smugglers who run the border. | D i material as i Mrs. Elliott Fren;mmg of Elfin NObOdy loves a (ensor i Mrs. L. Clayborn Here Westbound Clayborn arrived in night from the south Mrs. Leila Juneau last rand is staying at the Baranof Hotel awaiting plane transportation from | here to Anchorage. Mrs. Clayborn has been on leave from an army office in Anchorage and during her vacation visited her family in Hollywood, California, and | Cove, |about 14 children taking part. Alaska, arrived in Juneau last night to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Davis here At the same time, Mrs. Ermie Lynch, who has been visiting Mrs. Marguerite Butts at Elfin Cove, returned -o| Juneau en route to her home in Sitka. Mrs, Fremming describes the | Fourth of July celebration at Elfin |Cove as a great success. In the morning a parade was held wuh" M named M Marilyn Pride was |sor,” |fellow who addre | afternoon were Children wore costumes, fancy hats, and displayed the American flag. | i After the parade, I.he (‘hlldl'('ll | - 'ALASKA COASTAL A“D pASSENGERS were held ,md l\m dngx and eam were served. Mr. and M -nvsl O. Swanson donated thz prizes for the races and Mrs. Frem- ming and Mrs. Joe Pride arranged the parade, Passengers for Haines with Al- aska Coastal Airlines yesterday | Norman Heimdahl, | Carl A. Anderson and Clarence Pet - ers; for Hoonah, Mike Daniloff and | for Todd, Willis King. In/the evening, a community pic- nic was held, with about 200 per- Those who took passage this |sons present. They enjoyed sing- morning for Sitka with Alaska |ing and Mrs. William Esterada gave Coastal Airlines were A. W. Alvey, | several numbers on her steel guitar. !to do about |initials on tlie back of the letter Who Has a Tough Life; | Then That Is Not All xcnnnnucd 11um Page One) {cpened saying please send me my certificate. But census from | weren't as far off as the ed his query to| birth censor “The Office of Senator Ship.” That vlr‘p‘mnnne memory re- calls that messages in World W|| by numerals and initials (that's why the uv('x-l seas boys and their at-home girls| use XXX's for Kisses nnyl but what are you going! the soldier in the Pacific who wrote: ‘Those can't more), South that the censor cut out were: P. P.! RLH, which meant Postman,| Postman, Run Like Hell; and B.O. L.T.O.P, which meant Better On Your Lips Than On Paper. The old bloodhound’s nose gets a-twitching at the wrong time every once in a while, also. For instance, all letters addressed to Axis officials and dignatories are| | [ [ - | | [l | {The \Mrs. Emily Erickson BIG PICTURES Now (2O ENTURY. B oy v g TWO GOOD FEATURE PICTURES G000000000000000000000000000 WHERE THE BETTER ~ KID ron TANTA TE A MONOGRAM PICTURE 0000000000000 0000000000000 AND It's wholesale homicide and hilarious romance when these two find them- selves knee-deep in mystery...and over their heads in love! 2000009000000 * FRIENDS with MARJORIE WEAVER JOHN HUBBARD { Mona Barrie (1 Douglas Dumbrille SidneyBlackmer A 201h Century-Fox Picture censor unfolaea a large sheet | kDEMONSTRMION OF INCENDIARY BOMBS TOMORROW Juneauites May See Civ- ilian Defense Ex- hibition Free Unless heavy rains or exception- |ally stormy weather prevails, after |the practice alert which will be held tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock, to be greeted by the printed smarty: “Hello Nosey.” All in all, though, I don't think | Ihu cen: ever were quite sow abashed as when they opened llu*‘ letter from the private in Hawai | to his parents. ‘Dear’ Mom and |Pop: (it said) I can't tell you '|nv~ [thing about life in the army | That's because these letters are by censors and some of '.hu may be spies.” | it i 7% & censors Is Honor Guest at | Mrs. |cently to join her 17:30 o'clock to A farewell parly az the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Nurmi honored Emily Erickson who left ve- daughtler, Mrs. Frank Chinella, in Seattle. About thirty-five friends of Mrs. Erickson were present and presented her with a wrist watch as a going- away gift. Cards were played ning and refreshments Nurmi was assisted Pentnien. X . eee eve- Mus. duriug the served by Mrs. H. | |the Juneau Civilian Defense Board Bon Yqyage Party | will be held at the baseball park &t announces that a demonstration show the proper manner of handiing incendiary bombs. 3 The -demonstration will be com= ducted by experts, and the Defense Board hopes that a large number of persons will plan to witness the action so that they may learn how to effectively destroy the effect- iveness of incendiary bombs. There will be no charge. Both thgrmite and magnesium bombs will be used in the demons stration. A short meeting of the Delense The immediate result of the bat- g4 winjam 5. Young, A. Wellen- | - very suspect and come in for a bit| The ban on W““PPmS paper for Board will be held in the City Hall |tle is that the safety of the vital yejter and Betty L. Pickering. At least two-thirds of all motor of special investigation. Once in a over-the-counter sales in Great at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. {Hawaiian area, the American West | | vehicles in the world are in the while there’s one like that ad-|Britain has contributed to shop- - lCm:( L“nd the lpflnflma dCfl"fl‘ Is at United States. |dressed to “Admiral Yamamoto. ";lilung BUY DEFENSE BONDS east temporarily secure | Heroism Cited The Navy issued the first story of “superb acts of devotion” which | |were mentioned by Churchill to| the English Parliament on July 2| |when it was reported that “from| some successful attacks on the Jap- |anese carriers. ohly one aircraft out | {of 10 returned.” | In one action, the Navy cited a Navy torpedo squadron by number. ‘ln this action, 30 men in 15 planes led by Lieut. Comdr. John Charles| | Waldron, 41, of Fort Pierre, Soutn | | Dakota, successfully attacked the| enemy’s main battle force withbut Buy Your War Bonds Here | fighter support, in spite of blister-| SETTES NS ing antiaircraft fire and fighter op-! | position, Only one man All 15 planes were lost.| in the squadron,| Ensign G. H. Gay, survived. Another deed of valor was at-| tributed to Maj. Lofton Henderson who during the Marine’s first at-| tack on the Jaj fleet June 4, h: his scout bomber hit and set afire.| |Henderson was last seen diving his blazing craft at the smokestack of| a Japanese carrier. Anticipated Move After the Coral Sea victory, May 4 to 8, the Navy said the High Command had decided that the en- emy’s next move would be directed against some other section of the American Pacific defenses—Hawaui, Alaska, the Panama Canal or the Pacific Coast. Consequently, U. 8. Navy forces were deployed along the 1,700-mile front between Midway and the Al- eutians. -Throughout the danger area, bases were reinforced with red at the Waldorf-Astoria in [New York during a furlough he re- eived from his army duties. Ray- jmond is a lieutenant in the air corps. session is essential for taking the course. .- BUY Dl‘l'l‘\l'sl-, BONDS How To Get Wet — It's Almost Painless Wide World Features Of course, it's nice if you have & Hollywood pool and a lot of Do you shiver and shudder when you think of that first dip of spare time, but maybe you can manage anyway. Veteran first- the season? No need to worry further—here are some ways to dippers say these pictures cover all 'heiasf methods, and there's brave i, prescribed by |7-year-old Delores Moran, movie starlet. always flus soluhon‘ Chuck ‘em all and take a sun bath instead. 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