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

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1942 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! TONIGHT— ShowTPTa'::::ln]'\.mecu IICE'CAPADES' STARTS TOMORROW - PREVUE TONITE! 2 THRILLING FEATURES 2 'S THE Grastes! "DR. CHRISTIAN" ADVENTURE, YET! OEATH RIDES EVERY TERROR-STREWN with CHARLES BICKFORD EVELYN ANKERS FRANK ALBERTSON Taft (Tuffy) Wright, slugging Chicago White Sox outfielder, and his bride, the former Marie Prevatt, relax in the hotel suite where they have started housekeeping in Chicago. Wright and his bride were childheod friends in their home town of Lumberton, N. C. They were married fecently. THE LIGHT PACK —Courtesy St. Louis Post-Dispatch 4% Our Current Rate on Savings Buy Your War Bonds Here Accounts Government Insured Up to $5,000.00 Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association of Junean -|Judges Dudley Reynolds, Mrs. Ho- | Chr |ata,” {popular ballad, “Love Is New,” and | | Show, in the Scottish Rite Templo.L | hibit, |cil will begin their work. SAVE WITH INSURED SAFETY | " BRINGING UPFATHER DOUBLE FEATURE | OPENS FRIDAY ON CAPITOL BILL "Burma C(H)y" Shares Screen with Story of | "Dr. Christian” Gripping melodrama of the hell- divers of the Burma Road, the| twisting, turning life-line of muni- tions and supplies for the em- battled army of China, “Burma | Convoy” starts tomorrow at the| Capitol Theatre, Charles Bickford tops the cast in one of the most daring, virile roles since he first scored on the| screen several years ago in smash like “Dynamite” and “Anna Chri; tie” opposite Greta Garbo. “They Met Again” is on same billfor the two-day run. Saving a child’s life and bring- | inz about the release of an inno- cent man from an unjust convic-| tion are two of Jean Hersholt's| major tasks in his portrayal cf} the starring role of the new “Dr.| ian” story, ‘“They Mee!{ Again.” | Although Hersholt is the central | character, youthful Anne Bennett.k a newcomer to the movies, is fea-| tured in the second most import- | ant part, that requires the pre-| sentation of five outstanding musi- cal numbers. According this nine-year-old soprano is des- tined to become a great singer.| She sings one of the most popular arias from the opera “La Travi- in addition to the already the | the novelty number, “In the| Make-Believe Land of Dreams.” | PROGRAM GIVEN . | FOR TOMORROW'S at 2P. M. in Scoftish | Rite Temple ' With the approach of the open- ing time for the Juneau Flower committee members today an- nounced the complete program for clude not only the showing and‘ judging of the flowers in the ex- but also musical selections | and tea. 1 Exhibits may be entered from 7| until 9 o’clock this evening, or from | 9 until 12 noon tomorrow. The| show will open to the public at 2 p. m. tomorrow. Immediately after the opening, mer Jewell and Mrs. W. W. Coun- At 3 o'clock a short musical pro- gram will be presented, with Merle Janice Pitts as vocalist and Ruth Popejoy as accompanist for three appropriate garden numbers. Be- tween 3 and 4:30 o'clock, musical transcriptions will provide back- ground music for those visiting the show. During the entire afternoon hours of the show, tea and refresh- ments will be served, with Mrs, H. L. Faulkner and Mrs. Hugh Wade pouring. The show will be closed between 5 and T o'clock. During the evening hours, be- ginning at 7 p. m., red ribbons will be awarded in the cultural division | for the best of each of the 37 varieties listed and gold ribbons for the best of each of the 15 classes listed. In the artistic divisions, white ribbons for honorable men- tion in each of the 7 classes; gold ribbons for second prize in eacn of the seven classes; blue ribbons for first of the seven classes; purple ribbon for the best of the, cultural classes; a le ribbon for the best in the artistic classes and a purple #ibbon for the grand sweepstakes exhibit will be given. | At 8 p. m,, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ehler, accompanied by Ruth Pope- joy, will give a musical program and transcriptions will be played| during the eveding hours. The show will be closed from 10 p. m. to Hollywood critics, | | FLOWER EXHIBIT - | Big Two-dameni foOpen ' the two-day event, which will in-| 'of Alaska, GREAT BRITAIN'S WAR | might be ta old fighter is a committee, wl forces, from R, A NATIVE of France, he became a member of the Royal Artillery in 1902, served through World War | and under Gen. Gort early in this war. Was one of the last to escape from Dunkirk. LIKE many other British officers, he's renowned as a sportsman, one of few men to spear a wolf from horseback. Expert photographer and marks- man—for which he was dubbed ‘'The Wizard." 8OLD strategy and innovation in warfare are ASSOC espoused by Brooke. Chief interest is the artil- lery; military men have acclaimed his barrage map for directing ariillery fire. Juneau USO fund, are on sale at the Baranof Hotel, Percy’s Cale, \FIRST COMPANY Butler-Mauro Drug Co., Juneau | Drug, Harry Race's, Imperial Pool | OF ]’ERR GUARD Hall, and Guy Smith Drug in . e | FULLY ENROLLED - e OUOIAS FOR ER( | Wwith 150 men enrolled in the Al- aska Territorial Guards Juneau unit ARE GIVEN FOR u | within twenty-four hours, the first . company of this unit is completely enrolled and no more enrollees can Prof. Howard G. Wilcox, Dex be accepted at this time, Dr. G. F. of*the School of Mines, University announced today that quotas for the University’s stud- ents in the Enlisted Reserve Corps have been set as follows: Freshmen — 28, sophomores — 20, juniors—22, seniors—21. These are the Army’s quotas and are in ad- dition to those which the Navy will take. This number of students will be allowed to take examinations to join the Enlisted Reserve Corps and if passed will be allowed to conunue’xiclmol. not subject to the draft. hey will be potential of- ficers. | today. | The response has been very grati- sibly another company can be form- ed in the near future, if and when additional = equipment can be ob- tained, he said. No further enrollees can be ac- cepted. at this time as there is not sufficient equipment on hand to supply more now. Enrollees now signed up will be equipped with rifles and ammuni- tion tonight and tomerrow night at the Shattuck Building on Seward Street, starting at 7:15 o'clock, Dr. Freeburger said. et ALERT A TTONIGHT ARMYDISCHARGE | PAPERS TAKEN | | | At 7 o'clock tonight the 1-2 alarm BY (ONIRACIORS‘W’“ sound for a practice alert and | Director of the Juneau Defense 5 | Council R. E. Robertson asks that _Ex-service men who experience | 5] members be at their places and difficulty in obtaining birth certifi- | that members of the First Aid Unit cates, as required by many em- | attend their regular stations. ployers, may now submit their mili- | pollowing the alert the Defense tary discharge papers instead, under | council will meet in the City Hall the provisions of a new Federal 1aV, | council Chambers to discuss several according to an announcement by \ important matters, R. E. Barnes, U. S. Employment Service Acting Director for Alaska ‘ “This act provides that no war . contractor shall deny employment, | Ale( Russe"s Ba(k on account of failure to produce a ! birth certificate, to any person who produce an honorable discharge cer-| Mr. and Mrs. Alec Russell have tificate from any of the military returned to Juneau after a seven establishments of the United States | weeks' stay in Seattle, where Mr. government,” Mr. Barnes pointed Russell has undergone a major op- out. eration. Veterans may obtain a certified| Mrs. Russell is back at her desk copy of their discharge papers from | in the Territorial Department of the service officer of any veterans’' Health and Mr. Russell expects to Friday until 2 p. m Saturday. Tickets for the Flower Show, whose proceeds will go toward the | organization, he added. return to his work at the Alaska ————— Juneau as soon as he is sufficiently BUY DEFENSE STAMPS recovered. IATES and men regard him as a strict disciplinarian, but admire his aggressiveness. Of possible Nazi invasion of England he said last September: "We' Freebuirger, Captain of the unit, said | fying and it is expected that pos- | is otherwise qualified and is able to 1 A"er Seaflle Stay: BRAIN - Wide World Features N civilian dress, Gen. Sir Alan Brooke ken for a conservative busi- ness man instead of chief of the British Empire's General Staff. But this 58-year veteran of two wars, a hero « of Dunkirk, and one of the ablest strategists of the war. He's head of the chief-of-staff hich bosses British armed AF to Commando. Il theow them back in the sea.” 'TRAVEL PERMITS FOR ROUND TRIPS Alaskan, residents who make round trips to the States may soon {be able to secure round trip travel | permits, thus avoiding the unneces- | sary delay in securing the return permits, it was learned today. Juneau attorney H. L. Faulkner reported at the Chamber of Com- merce meeting today that Col. Ho- bart Murphy, who is in charge of the Civilian Traffic Control office | for Alaska, informed him that such permits are now being considered jand probably will be put into effect |as soon as proper forms are made | available. 'WOODLEY PLANE . LEAVES TODAY % FOR WESTWARD ‘With eight passengers from here for the Westward, the Woodley Afr- ways plane which arrived from An- chorage Tuesday night, took off at noon today for the return flight. { Those makihg the trip m tha | plane piloted by Don Glass were: | For Yakutat—W. S. Young and A. | Wellemieyer and for Anchoragé—J. H. Anderson, Frank Marshall, J. C. Merrington, L. D. Louderbach, Mrs. | Roy F. Downing and Pastor H. L. | Wood. ' MOOSE WILL SEE PARADE PICTURES At the regular meeting of the 1 Moose Lodge, to be held at 8 p.m. | tomorrow in the club rooms in the Seward Building, a special initiation will be held. Following the business meeting, motion pictures of the Fourth of July parade will be shown by A. B. Cain. Women of the Moose are invited to attend this meeting. e — FIRE BOYS TO MEET The members of the Juneau Vol- | unteer Pire Department will hold | the monthly meeting sefsion at 8 ) o'clock tonight, meeting in the club rooms at the City Hall. ' MAY BE ISSUBD "THE OUTSIDER” ' 15 GREAT DRAMA AT TWENTIETH |New Australian Actress | Shares Honors with George Sanders | That controversial Outsider,” which caused a battle royal when it was first presented | |in London in 1923, with the Colle !of Surgeons on one side, and Ber-! nard Shaw, defending the “quac lon the other, is presented again— | this time as a motion picture. It| plece, “The| is the current attraction at the 20th Century Theatre. | “The Outsider,” a tale about a ;pr “titioner without a degree who performs cures after the great men lof medicine wagged their heads and mourned, “no hope,” has been | popular with audiences and crities, and it has always proved a splen- did acting vehicle for its stars. |~ That medical plays offer fine dramatic opportunities to players 'is generally true. Robert Donat's stock soared to a new high after his performance of Dr. Andrews in | “The Citadel.” Paul Muni is iden- tified with the immortal Pasteur, and the less famous but equally | beguiling “little doctor” in “We Are Not Alone.” Ronald Colman made i('mema history in “Arrowsmith;” as did Clark Gable in “Men In White.” In this new Alliance film, George | Sanders plays the paradoxical Ra- gatzy, and Mary Maguire, the beau- !tiful Australian actress, is seen as Lalage Sturdee. ‘GEN. BRADLEY | | Where Better BIG Pictures Play L TIME TONIGHT — LAST SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, RICH, TALENTED, YOUNG WHY WAS SHE DENIED THE RIGHT 10 I.OYE? seller ALWAYS ons Latest News WAR BOND SALES FOR ALASKA ARE BELOW QUOTA During July, Alaska residents purs chased a total of $576,506 worth of war bonds, far short of the $738,000 quota for the month, but still ahead 2 Editi 2 ISINU.S.S.R. of purchases A for A June, which amounted to $576,205. Following are the results of pur- chases by communities, compared to quotas: * | . | ON WAR JOB|"™ e, = Anchorage $132,018.75 $140,000,00° . . Sitka 63,554.50 80.000.00 P" sk Fairbanks 76,150.50 * 100,000.00 Ketchikan 7722800 , 90,000.00 | Pilots Own Plane There-| kewhikan . 300 . 9000000 Kodiak 38,968.75 80,000.00 . Takes Letter from | soamx - . Douglas 60,506.50 75,000, Rooseve" Nome 10,625.00 m.mg Cordova 17,550.00 20,000 MOSCOW, Aug. 6. — Maj. Gen. | craig 6,995.15 5,000.00 Follett Bradley, former Commander | yakutat 1,166,60 ......xs. ik of the First Air Force of the|valdez 6,245.75 8. | United States Eastern Defense | Petersburg 20,043,75 35,000.00 Command, has arrived in Moscow | Haines 3,60000 | 2, on a special mission to intensify | Skagway 5,006.25, 15, American aid to Russia, bringing a | Palmer 3,675.00 10,000.00 letter from President Roosevelt to|Fort Yukon 768.75 oot Joseph Stalin, Metlakatla 1,387.50 | Bradley reached Moscow last| Wrangell 4,518.75 night, piloting his own plane, (a | Hoonah 43125 United States B-24 bomber. The z;‘;‘e’;' it trip from Washington took 10 Hydaburg 56.25 L Klawock 16876 He said on arrival: “I'm here io " facilitate, in any possible way, aid Totals $576,506.00 $738,000,00 to Russia and to make it more ef- fective.” S EAEEN RO | GUARD UNIT WILL NOT SUPERCEDE DEFENSE GROUP The organization of the Alaska Territorial Guard in Juneau will in no way supercede the Civilian De- fense Unit or its activities, R. E. Robertson, Director of the Civilian Defense Board stated today. Each organization will have its own function and the Civillan De- fense Unit will continue as it has prewiously. Mr. Robertson said that due to a misunderstanding, many persons believe wrongly that they will lose their membership in the DOUGLAS NEWS 'FORTY REGISTER IN DOUGLAS FOR SERVICE }i+ IN TERRITORIAL GUARD ¥ A second meeting of local clthlfll to organize - Alaska Territorial Guards was held in Douglas last night and resulted in a total of 40 men that are now signed up for the service, b Captain Walter Andrews now that those who have not yet n sworn in should go'te the City this evening and receive appropriat induction. - e —— LEAVES FOR TENAKEE Mrs. John G. Johnson sailed last o - Civillan Defense Unit by joining the Territorial Guard. s MISS JOYCE LEAVES " Mary Joyce, owner of the Taku Lodge on Taku River, left yesterday afternoon for the lodge with several guests who will vacation for the next few days. Miss Joyce made two previous attempts to reach the river early yesterday in her river boat, Mary J, but was forced by rough weather to turn back. . Ancient fighting galleys had as many as 16 tlers of oarsmen. evening for Tenakee Springs to visit with her daughter, Mrs. Jack Warw ner, e CAN MAN HERE $ Oswald Thanem, Supervisor for the Continental Can Company in this district, was a visitor at the local cannery yesterday. i e o ANDERSONS MOVE W. C. Anderson and family are today transferring their domicile to the Wehren house on Third 8t ‘They have been living in the Warneg cottage on I Street. BUY DEFENSE BONDS - MRS 3 |- WONDER IF MAGGIE'S BROTHER THINKS HE KIN HORN-IN ON THE ARMY BAND-PLAYING THAT JUNK = WVOR BY (PUTTING A sTOP TO 1T/ By G EORGE McMANUS - e I T