The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1942, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Adamsls OPA DIRECTOR RETURNS FROM Backfrom 20TH CENTURY : OFFICIAL TRIP E"(s' Mee' Regulations Explained at, “Kiss the Boys Goodbye” | Public Meetings in Ket- | Adapted from Qay chikan and Wrangell | Broadway Hit of the year's gayest film: " 'PAGE THREE MARY MARTINS LOVELY STAR AT COMEDY TEAM IS AMUSING CAPITOL AUDIENCES HERE {Bud Abbott, Lou Costello| . Featured in "“Keep "Em Flying” Uproarious comedy, fast-moving romance, lilting tunes and thrilling |aviation scenes combine to make Universal's new laughfilm, “Keep 'Em Flying,” which opened yester- day at the Capitol Theatre, one of the prize screen packages of (hv: season. Starring Bud Abbott and|Alaska at the convention and they Lou Costello, and featuring mad- were given a round of applause | cap Martha Raye, lovely Carol when they arose in the convention|each city By the “local Rationing potent reaction was Paramount’s Bruce, William Gargan and Dick hall reporting their presence and!Boards and presided over by Mayor | version of the hilarious Broadway Foran, the picture surpasses any-|they also took honors in the big|Harry G. McCain in Ketchikan and hit, “Kiss the Boys Goodbye,” which thing in the guffaw category tojparade. Mayor Lew Williams in Wrangell. | arrived on the screen last night | lcome from Hollywood in many| Walter P. Scott, who also at-|rn aqdition to the meetings for re- | starring Don Ameche and Mary | moons. !lend(\d the convention as Disu'xct{‘mm,l\ and others concerned wm‘anrrin, and featuring Oscar Le- Although each successive Abbott|Deputy of the Grand Exalted Ruler.\opA regulations, separate gather—“'“’l‘ annlc Boswell and Rocheste and Costello screen vehicle has set also returned Sunday morning, reA;mE5 were held for the women ““m addition to many other entertain- new boxoffice marks, “Keep 'Em|porting a hot time the same as' . °~ .. I ment notables. Flying,” which is background against| Adams. y the cities at which Mrs. Hermann| ", 00 o cpinul and playful di-| Uncle Sam’s drive for world air| No date nor city was set for the "“"’?“‘“’__”“’,'re*‘p‘”‘s‘b"l“y (;"’]l“‘i"‘_"‘x-ocnnnn of Victor Schertzinger, Who supremacy, appears destined tolnext convention as this will be left|SOnSUmer regarding price adminis-|nigentaly, wrote the music for the establish still higher attendance|to the Executive Committee in view tration ) |film, “Kiss the Boys Goodbye” figures. In addition to the array of [of transportation problems and also| Reaction in both Ketchikan and |, a1k from beginning to end. The stellar personalities, it boasts of a|depending on the war situation, | Wrangeil was excellent and fine|gjglogue is racy, the action skims| o | cooperation was received from the|ajong, and the players behave as| banner supporting cast including > ~yeea | merc in both places, Mrs. Her- | though they know they've got a| | Charles Lang and William David- Al‘ son. |I.A ERVI E |mann said. (good show and are enjoying them-| Abbott and Costello portray air| | Held Conferences selves. Yes, it's that kind of picture. | - HELD ONSUNDAY FOR MRS. SHARPE school ‘“grease monkeys,” while | 'In addition to conducting the ex-| Skipping along at a merry and| Misses Raye and Bruce seen as planatory meetings, Mrs. Hermann|melodic clip, the story is about a | USO clubhouse hostess Held insividual conferences with|Southern girl with stage ambitior Carrying greater story values and {various merchants concerning Mm_'wlm can’t get a break on Brm\dwu‘ a far more elaborate mounting { clal probiems connected with U“,“Bul when a handsome stage m-‘ than any of the earlier Ahboll_and “_ew”““”m which go into C“e‘_,“‘rec(m‘ begins a search for the most Costello films, “Keep 'Em Flying”| ;.. ,ies were held yesterday |afternoon in the Northern Light | Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Walt- er Sharpe, 36, who died Friday eve- ning in her home after an illness of years. Katheiine Torkelson was organ- August 1 beautiful girl in the Southland to i sensation: : | s |play the lead in his new show, she is highlighted by‘.srn.sntmn.nl ‘nerml While in Wrangell and Kchhx-‘?,"\‘ v 7 o s » sequences that will have audiences Mn. Mre Heimauh Wikds: & survey returns down South, and schemes holding onto their seats. t ke 2 i |ist for the services, and Mrs. Dud-| ley Reynolds sang “Crossing the |Bar” and “Abide With Me.” | things so that she is “discovered” of rents in both communities and .. The Rev. Willis R. Booth gave| by the dizector. The hoax becomes | obtained the reduction of some|even more hilarious when she is HAMBURG IS rénts which had been raised sinceprought to New York. A !March, Prices of the dairy in Ket- R A I D E D B Y the eulozy. | Mrs. Sharpe was the wife of]| Walter Sharpe, well known Juneau g . ; susiness man and candidate for the | i 55 el A i — = chikan which had been raised since with OSCAR LEVANT - CONNIE BOSWELL rch, were also I d during H RAYMOND WALBURN * VIRGINIA DALE March, were also lowered during| Forest SerVI(e MATILDA JOHNSON arrived here over the weekend . | position of Territorial Commission- | WILL BE BURIED | his hoat the Morning Star. Buria er of Lahor on the Democratic tick- | Mrs. Hermann's stay there, she said. | BARBARA ALLEN - ELIZA PATTERSON Girls Enfertain ! The body of Matilda Johnson, 12- |et for next September’s eleclmn';,} Calvin Pool, Assistant OPA Direc- | JEROME COWAN and R%BHESTEH For Myra Tise year-old native girl who died last - {mopposed. She was the masher of) tor, left yesterday for Skagway| Digocted by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER + A Parc | i COLISEUM 3 |two daughters, Sharon Sarah and week in the Mark Williams where he will hold similar meetings | and following his stay there, wxl]f Merchants Reminded A gro\{p of Forest Svrvlce'nm-1 ! . . ployes Saturday afternoon enter- AI.ASKA (oASTAl Offensive Being Prepared : for Parhupahon of Vililin: Riloabetb.. « Also aurviving aceluist he' wallsiss o S the s .ol Lo (GO, WD 1k MAKESS(HEDU[E, here, is to be taken to Haines by entered the Government |her father, Hector McKenzie, and|date, Mrs. Hermann said. for medical treatment. « Il " Contingeddxitn bage One) 'sharpe, and his sister, Betty Sharpe, able at the OPA offices in the Val-|by her sister, Miss Vivian Tise, | Weather was perfect, and Ham- | £r + 2 st ir SAVE WITH l“sun:n SAFETY i, | Pallbecrers were Peter Gilmorc,lurged to call at the office for a|Bernard Stanley in Skagway. from Sltka with Alaska Coastal Alr-| O motif was carried out in the decor. |Dassenger with ACA from Tenakee ARRIVE 0 ations, with white and gold flowers|to Sitka on Saturday. NOW PLAYING TO0"ENTURY All But Rolled in the Aisles! | Arthur Adams, Exalted Ruler of |the Juneau Lodge of Elks, returned Sunday morning from Omaha | where he attended the Grand Lodge 1 Session of the Elks as a delegate.| Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann, Office | omped into the 20th Century The- He is brown as a berry, reporting|of Price Administration Director atre last night, and was greeted by a hot time in Omaha, where it|for Alaska returned yesterday morn-|an audience whose enthusiasm registered 107 degrees during the|ing from a trip covering Wrangell| seemed to indicate that this was | convention days |and Ketchikan where she outlined the picture they had been waiting There were five delegates from|the regulations and provisions of|for all their lives. To put it bluntly, OPA at meetings held in each city.|they were wowed. Public meetings were called in; The picture which produced this MARTHA ™" CAROL RAYE BRUCE WILLIAM DICK GARGAN FORAN CHARLES LANG SIX HITS -ADDED FUN- “INFORMATION PLEASE" THEATRE DONALD DUCK—NEWS SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU Feature: 8:05—10:20 * THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! / . "Sand In My Shogs~ l!l Never Let A pay Pass By Find Yourself A Meioqy" “THE GREAT LIE” CONNOR ON TRIP \ Emmeti Connor, traveling man, left for a business trip to Peters- :’uurg by cteamer today. ’ will be in Haines - Government Hospital of Hoonah has Hospital her fatkcr, Thomas B. Johnson, who visit both Sitka and Petersburg for the same purpose. ml‘m:m)::“;‘m: :;mm‘?;‘:i L::nt::xl: tained at a surprise luncheon and | 8 1 @ * o y 8- |)inen shower honoring Miss Myra| U S Aifmen chosen August 1 as her wedding day. | . | H Miss Tise, whose engagement was ( | {four brothers, all in North Dakota.| Mimeographed lists covering all Bag y (HARIER FLIG“IS 7 {Mr. Sharpe’s mother, Mrs. W. P.|cst-of-lving commodities are avail-|an attractive tea party given here | " 'are in Juneau entine Duilding and merchants are|will be marrjed on Saturday to| Return'ng passengers to Juneau i burg was bathed in moonlight to 3 Rk 3 e > i make a perfect target. The Germans Patrick Gilmore, Kenyon McLean, cppy, Mrs. Hermann said. Individual shower gifts were|!ines Saturday were R. Cezhu, l‘i | James Orme, Carl Hupp and W. DU given the bride-elect after the|Jorimer, P. J. Sweeney and C. R.| | Toronto Flight Lieut. J. D. pm_v‘lu'lk:» plot of the Evergreen Ceme- tison nursed his Wellington bomber | tery. | o home for about 400 miles with one - -oe | | decorating the tables. | Passengers arriving here with ACA | of its two engines knocked out and | | crash landed withont casualty. ust 1 and cost of living reports made known several months ago uti | fought back more fiercely than o7 - 3 | ' L. Grisham. Interment was in Lh(uM GE o luncheon on Saturday. A wedding|Krause. Larry Freeburn was a 29 Planes Lost | Miss Tise has resided in Jmm,rm:sundu,v morning from Ketchikan| since last August and is in the Ad- were Gordon H. Davis, Lt. W. L. miralty Division of the Forest Ser-|{White, John A. Davis and Stephen Our Current Rate on Savings | Buy Your War Bonds Here Accounts Government Insured Up to $5,000.00 Without disclosing the number of | bombers participating in the sixth |raid on Hamburg this year, the| communique announced that 29 of | the raiders failed to return. | The commuique said: “A very| | strong” force attacked this city of ! 11,700,000 population, whose Blohm | Voss shipyards alone are said at | capacity to build 25 U-boats at a 'USO SLAMBOREE vice. Her sister is in the Office of |Kaimmer, from Hoonah, Peter How- | Miss Madge Muchmore, teacher or the past three years in the Seventh-Day Adventist Junior Acad- emy at Aleknagik, Alaska, arrived in Juneau Sunday to make her home. Miss Muchmore has been Juneau Rotary Club’s Gastinead |4pnointed by Postor H. L.sWood, Channel USO slamboree took the'pfisgion Superintendent, as office spotlight in Juneau over the week- ) .oratary for the Alaska Bible House end as a capacity crowd attended operated by the Seventh-Day Ad- DANCE, SMOKER WELL ATTENDED Indian Affairs. They are the daugh- ters of Mx. and Mrs. George Tise of | North Dakota. Mr. Stanley is the| son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Stan- ley of Santa Clara, California, .- |SCOUT TROOP 612 i HAS HIKING TRIP ard, Ruth Howard, Mort Willlams, Cal Robertson and Bessie See. Leaving -Juneau for Sitka with| ACA today were R. J. Lynch, M. L. Adair, G. J. Wood, Glaude Jones, Robert Schehlein, S, P. Hull, J C. Gilker and R. N. McGregor. A.| N. Dunlap was an outgoing pas-| senger ‘or Hoonah. | Returning to Juneau this after- time and whose war industries, ok h " ( working day and night, include oil | d;_l:;n mert::: LETK:M}I{:’T s:{‘:r;::; | ventist Mission, corner Second and | refineries, explosive works and a big | night. The three-event affair wound | Main Streets. Alaska Federal Savings noon from Sitka were Jane Ward, Eight members of Boy Scout,C. D. Buchanan, C. F. Troutee, Lyie HAVE LEISURE and Loan Association of Juneaun | seaplane factory. The German command reported “fairly heavy civilian casualties,” in the raid on Hamburg and added “a number of buildings, almost all in the residential quarters, were de- stroyed or damaged.” The Germans claimed that 37 British planes were downed. e 'HELEN JEPSON, OPERA SINGER, | up yesterday with a baseball game. | Al profits for the affair will be turned over to the USO fund, but Don Skuse, Chairman of the Slam- | | boree, announces that final tabula- | tions of the profits have not yet been completed. Indications were, | however, that the $2,022 quota was not quite reached. All persons wish- | ing to make donations to the fund | may turn in donations at the May- | or's Office, City Hall. | Service men provided the talent for the boxing bouts Saturday night and a service men's orchestra play- ed for the dance. Juneau Lodge of This work of the Bible House has been cared for by Mrs. Wood for the past fourteen years when the Bible House was fotinded in Alaska. The rapid growth of the work in the mission has made 1t necessary to have additional heip in the local office. Miss Muchmore is a sister of Mrs, M. L. Miles of Wrangell known ‘m many in Juneau. — e HOSPITAL NOTES Troop 612 enjoyed an overnight hike to Salmon Creek Dam Saturday| night and Sunday. Camping and fishing were the| purposes of the trip and the boys report fishing to be fairly good, the group having caught 10 trout, all| 12 inches or longer. i Upon making camp Snturday, night and as the tired Scouts lay| around the campfire, Scoutmaster Dudley Reynolds, as a surprise, dug | out of his pack hot dogs and| marshmallows for all. The party left the powerhouse on | the highway at 7:30 o’'clock Satur-| Reed, Vera Crone, Mr, and Mrs.| George A. Simpson, George H. Simpson and Geraldine M. Fergus-| on. Two m)ured people were brought to Juneau from Hoonah this after- noon, William David, Jr., suffering with a hbadly crushed foot, and the mnfant son of Frank See, suffering with a severely cut foot. Frank See accompanied his son to Ju- neau and S. W. Este was also a passengcr. A flight to Tulsequah was made early this afternoon by ACA with WEARPRUF SLIPS Tearose, White, Navy, Black in satin and crepe. VAN RAALTE UNDIES: Panties—Slips—Pajamas—Gowns Mrs. .Frank Anderson as a pas- | senger. y Elks donated their hall for the in a variety of colors, dance. The baseball game Sunday day night, returning there at 8 A. Pinkerton was discharged from|p. m, Sunday. was also staged by soldiers and the |Sl.. Ann’s Hospital over the week-| Two visitors were Scout Eddie| Juneau Volunteer Fire Department |end after receiving medical care. 'Heisel of Troop 613 and Darrell | BRIT, donated the use of the field. - Reynolds. ¢ Speaking in behalf of the Rotary | W. Wagner, a medical patient in 4 e Club, Skuse issued a statement |St. Ann's Hospital, has been dis- thanking all persons and organiza- : charged. tions who cooperated in putting the USO Slamboree over. | rrisin it NP BECOMES BRIDE Blonde Soprano of Metro- politan Married to En- gineer in Mexico EL PASO, Texas, July 27—Blonde Helen Jepson, 35, soprano for the New York Metropolitan Opera, was married here Saturday to Walter ON WASHDAY > IN EGYPT TAKE THE OFFENSIVE Carl Hall returned home from St.| CAIRO, July 27—The full action Ann’s Hospital yesterday after be-|of ground armies on the El Ala- ing under medical treatment. {mein front is being broken tonight |as British forces launch a limited H. Manderfield entered St. Ann’s attack in the northern sectors. Hospital this morning for medical, Some prisoners were taken in care. action resumed today as the Brit- {ish renewed offensive tactics when Martin Itjen, of Skagway, has both sides are rushing preparations been discharged from St. Ann's in expectation of big scale ucnonsl Hospital after being under medical which may break out any moment.| treatment. ] MARORMD 2 o Tom Girl Pajamas: Prints and stripes in broadcloth, seersucker and dimity, Electric Washer Save Your Energy, Time, and Money YOU "LL be pleased with the amazing efficiency of this new Hotpoint Electric Washer ‘with 3-zone Thriftivator washe ing Thriftivator will safely cleanse the sheerest lingerie, yet is positive enough to thoroughly wash play suits and work clothes. 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