The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 17, 1942, Page 3

MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1942 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA "LADIES MEET" IS * CONTINUING AT CAPITOL THEATRE Greer Garson, Joan Craw- | ford, Robert Taylor and Herbert Marshall Star “When Ladies Meet" brings to the screen one of the notable all- star casts of the season in a lilting | comedy romance based on the Ra- chel Crothers' stage hit. With| Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor,| ALL PLATOONS | o s, DA All platoons of the Alaska Terri-| torial Guards will meet this even-| ing at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced | by Capt. G. F. Freeburger. These‘ will be the second regular meet»J ings of the separate platoons and | all members are urged to attend.| Members need not bring their rifles or other equipment to the | meetings tonight except for those | | who have resigned or intend to re- | |sign. Some of those who have reJTlME | signed have not yet returned their When THESE twe ladies meet THESE two gents...The eternal triangle gets a braud new side! : US So!cfie{ s Back Ilome A NOW | PLAYING e S Bacic Home Aft_gg _Fighting Rommel | | LUCILE FA KEITH D PAUL CAVANAGH * RICHARD AINLEY « MARJORIE GATESON + Directed by D. ROSS LEDERMAN A WARNER BROS. - First Notional Picture + Screen ey by fred Niblo, . + From @ Sty by Burt Dure Biggon Vitegroph, Ine. 30 MINUTES PICTORIAL NEWS...7:30 9 3 PASSAGE FROM HONGKONG ... 8:30 10:3 MICKEY MOUSE LATEST NEWS DROP CHARGE, STEEL BLACK MARKET HERE War Production Board Says Evidence Showed No Case WASHINGTON, Aug. 17—Inves- tigation of charges of Higgins In- dustries, Inc., New Orleans ship-| in} builders, of a “black market” Greer Garson and Herbert Mar- shal, it continues its engagement at the Capitol Theatre. | In the comedy of scrambled| loves, Miss Crawford turns !romj her drama of “A Woman's Face” to gay modern gayety. She plays | an authoress, loved by Taylor, and | becomes infatuated with her pub- lisher, a suave character played by !Marshall. Tayor gets her to meet | !Miss Garson, playing Marshn]l'sl wife. Not knowing this fact, Miss | Crawford becomes Miss Garson’s |close friend and eventually confides | her romance with the publisher. ‘Then comical complications pile one on another as the pubusher‘ discovers that his wife is the| woman he really loves. | Robert Z. Leonard and Orville| 0. Dull produced the picture, which | Leonard directed. Spring Byington | plays the comical Bridget, the role she created on the New York| stage. | Elaborately costumed and staged, the picture features an a_mnz.mg{ | home, supposedly rebuilt ffom an! |old mill dating back to Colonial lllmes. | SHIPMENTS OFLIQUOR (ONDEMNED ! L n ! ‘IAIaska Delegate Dimond Says Allegations Are | "Scandalous” i \ | J i i WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 — Al-' steel has developed no evidence of aska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond black market operations “as term is commonly understood this. country and England,” the the | today in | transportation to Alaska of termed as “scandalous” the large :quantilms of liquor while food and War Production Board announces | other necessities are left lying on today. After a summarizing of the find- ings and a hasty investigation, the WPB said Andrew of the firm, “presented no evidence that the scarce material was diver- ted from the war program. “All deliveries cited by Higgins were made pursuant to highrated wrb indicate, detense orders, e The inquiry did quota regulations, the WPB said. —eto——— 'FEAR JAPAN ~ MAY THRUST AT SIBERIA (Continued from Page One) possibilities of one, a full-scale in- vasion through Norway to establish a common front with Russia across northern Finland; two, a series of smaller diversions through Norway to Maly, or three, a stepped up air Higgins, head ! how- ever, that some of the steel ware- houses may have violated the WPB jthe docks and indicated that he }Ls hopeful steps will be taken to | stop it. A recent report has come to his | attention, he told reporters, which showed that requests have been ,made for allotment space of 16 tons of freight on one vessel and that space of only one and one- half tons was granted. The same ship, he said, carried beer and wine valued at $60,000. { e | WAGESARE UPPED FOR THOUSANDS Textile Workers Gef In-| erase in Pay-No Raise | for 32,000 Others WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. — The| War Labor Board announces it has granted an increase of 7% cents an | | | | | | | | Hitting the chow Iine at Fort Kno | | | | | ' U. 8. Army Signal Corps Phote %, Ky., are these members of three tank crews which just returned from Libya where they fought the Nazis in American-built M-3 medium tanks. Left to right, they are: Corp. William H. Norman, Hosston, L: 2.; Staff Sergt. William Fralish, Ariton} Ala.; and Sergt. Roy Clough, Chelmsford, Mass. The men will be sent around the country to the various armored divisions to give officers and men the benefit of their experiences under fire, "aésl fo Be Dimmed 0~uI |INQUEST IN | SIMIN CASE | A WHATCOM S L SKAGIT CLALLAM EoN ! SNOHOMISH JEFFERSON w“ WASHINGTON i, c.» MASON “—' i KIN CRAYS HARBOR ‘ ! ‘a;[ncc[ PACIFIC - THURSTON WAHKIAKUM J RN fing 1. 4 CLATSOP e R i i i T ) [ coane Jury Finds Paddy Fired WASHINGTON — e} MULTNOMAN . . POLK L 7 MARION oo —1) 7 Douglas Man LANE ] y - DOUGLAS 4 OREGON { A coroner’s jury, assembled by €00s ¢ Coroner Felix Gray this morning H for an inquest on the body ‘of Tony i Simin, Douglas storekeeper who CURRY i iled in Juneau last Friday, issued DEL NORTE i """""""" [{ioaR i e 1 verdict stating that Simin met | ‘eath from the effects of a gun- 1 shot wound in the back with a HU'MBOLDT s P ’ ‘ T SHASTA sullet through the lungs from a ‘ ! ki i sun‘in the hands of William Paddy. a{;;?sA Paddy, 3l-year-old native ar- MENDOCINO “ CLENN ested shortly after midnight Vi e fé R Chursday night after Simin was pedif o X =t Ly hot down in his store and ap- YOLO i\bh e €L DORADO »arently left for dead, is being ;‘o’;:SMA »“a l;r o ifi:&;’;‘mo oeld in the Federal jail pending » SOLANO 'i“~a: — SAN JOAQUIN _ (he filing of a charge. Late today, Myl 1 X SCALAVERAS oo umne | | we still had denied any connection SAN N B CONTRA COSTA ; ALAMEDAEO “ A STANISCAUS - with the shooting. T MNT:Q[‘A;"A‘ " A MEARC“E,SG:. Simin, accorang to officers in- SANTA GRUZ i MADERA Y vestigating the case and accord- SAN BENITO s‘ TULARE . mg to the testimony of witnesses, :firmfl 1 KINGS L identified Paddy as the person who MRS OREO fi %ok accosted him in his store Thurs- n day evening, shot him down, 3’}':,13,?:““" P CALIFORNIA A cleaned out the cash drawer, turned P 3 off the lights and left. LOS ANCELES <z T 7 SAN BERNARDING f-" Iy Ray McCormick, Douglas resident gg/fzélg)f ” , who found Simin wounded shortly SAN DIECO \} aftet the shooting, told the jury Here are the States on the Pacific regulations going into effect Augu voluntary dimout. The counties in SEWING SERVICE OF RED SHIELD IS APPRECIATED The Red Shield Reading Room is ‘a busy center each Wednesday from 9 a. m. on until the work of mending and alterations for service men in this vicinity is completed for the day. attack on Germany to knock out|hour to 61,000 workers in 40 New| puring the seven weeks since her war industries while the. Allies supplies to Russia be increased on all possible routes. e BUY DEFENSE BONDS | England textile mills and to 11,000 in southern textile mills. The board denied a $1 a day in- | crease demanded by 32,000 employees |in ten plants of the Aluminum | Company. IN WAR AS IN PEACE CONSEKVATIVE management and strict Governmens, | supervision work constandy for the protection of our depositors. Additional security is provided through this bank’s membership in Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora- tion, 3 United States Government agency which insures each depositor against loss _ First AL DEPOSI DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED National Bank of JUNEAU, ALASEA to s maximum of $5,000 “INSURANCE CORPORATION this service began, about 250 articles have been handled in the sewing room. iy & = The women of Juneau are coop- erative in coming to help with the work, Red Shield Officials report. Some women come for an hour and others bring their lunches in the | morning and remain there until the work is completed. The work includes everything from sewing on of buttons and | darning socks to adding and sub- tracting inches from sleeves and hems.’ Recently it was suggested that the men bring mending in themselves to point out needed al- | that 8imin told him Paddy had| |shot him. McCormick also stated that as he was approaching the darkened store that night he | thought he saw a man leave the |shop and walk rapidly away but | did not get a good look at him. Dr, W. W. Council, who attended terations, and that idea continues Simin after the shooting, testified to grow in popularity. The men|that Simin had told him Pdddy continually express their apprecia-|had been his assailant and de- tion for the work thus done. |scribed the damage done by the Men who before have enjoyed shots. Dr. Council also said’ that |the Reading Room as a place to Simin stated Paddy was sober at write letters, play ping pong, wash, the time, ‘read, or nap, now bring their mend-| Deputy United States Marshal ing and clothing for alterations at| walter Hellan, who investigated the the same time. This is made pos-|case along with Federal Bureau. of sible by the cooperation of women|investigation agents, gave testi- of Juneau and Douglas. mony which coinclded with the other witnesses as did one FBI agent. Coast to be affected by new dimout st 20, by order of Lieut. Gen. J. L. DeWitt, commanding Western Defenses. The army order supplants a the States affected are listed above. | A — E. E. MURRAY, PAF OFFICIAL LEAVES FOR PETERSBURG E. E. Murray, Production Man ager for the Pacific American Fish 1eries, left Saturday with Alaska Agent Testifies The Federal officer told of how Paddy was brought to the hospital for Simin to identify and how the officers and tMe alleged murderer had to wait outside of the hospi- tal room while the last rites of Simin’s religious organization were | administered. Simin, apparently in | |ium; platoon No. 3 at the Odd Fel-| | rifies and other equipment and this must be done at once, it was an- nounced. Meetings of the platoons will be held at the following places; pla- toon No. 1, at the ball park; platoon No. 2 at the grade school auditor- TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY \ WANTED — CLERK-STENOGRA- PHER, SALARY $155.00. MUST | HAVE THREE YEARS EXPER- IENCE WITHIN PAST SEVEN YEARS, MUST BE ABLE TO, TAKE DICTATION. ALSO| of Juneau is up to full strength and ‘:LERK’TYHST‘ SALARY ’"0‘. the members are urged to attend all SHORTHAND NOT REQUIRED. meetings and drills. APPLY ROOM 206, TERRITOR-‘ et IAL BUILDING. NICELY Furnished apartment, 3 rooms private washroom. lows Hall and Platoon No. 4 at Elks’ Hall, The Alaska Territorial Guard unit HANS FLOE IS JUNEAU VISITOR ON SATURDAY steam heated | and bath, Phone 452. i i | Cheap. Hans Floe, superintendent of the P. E. Harris cannery at Hawk In- let, was a visitor in Juneau for a short time on Saturday. Mr. Floe was in on company business for his plant, FOR SALE—Small radio. Phone Red 510. R TS0 Y VPN Elizabeth King has returned home H home from St. Ann's Hospital after til being under medical care. SESRSOIY™ e e RN BUY DEFENSE STAMPS HELDTODAY Personal and Business SHOULD BE ORDERED We Have a Beautiful Assortment to Order From ... All Reason- ably Priced. Orders should be placed early thi the States and in the Territory. & selections. ! ness. Greeting Cards to assure arrival in plenty of time for mailing cards to friends and relatives in Comeinsoon and place your order... We will be pleased to assist you in making your THEATRE LAST TIME TONIGHT" { Jack Alice OAKIE FAYE “TIN PAN ALLEY' Late News—Cartoon } DRI R L WRIGHT, JR. H RETURNS TO HOONAR RANK Frank Wright, Jr., superlnundenz of the Icy Straits Packing Coms pany, left by Alaska Coastal Al |lines on Saturday for the plant oonah. Mr, Wright spent a sh me in Juneau on company busi: NOW!? S year Coastal Airlines for Petersburg where the company have a plant operating. Mr. Murray was in Juneau for ten days upon his return from an complete control of his faculties, then identified Paddy. Members of the jury were Wil- liam R. Garster, Clarence Gove, John G. Morrison, Morgan H, Daily Alaska Empir Phone 374 extended trip to all PAF plants to Truesdell, Thomas J. Ryan and the Westward. | Egbert Loomis. OUT AN’ RINGING UP FATHER BY GOLLY =V LEAVE TH' GATE » OPEN-SQ THAT MUTT KIN GET AWAY -IIM '52 R o3 ICK OF SEEIN' HIM— LL | DON'T KNOW_WHY MAGGIE EVER BOUGHT HIM - WOW/ WHAT’S ALL. THAT NCISE GOIN' ON IN THE YARD ? 17/ i - By GEORGE McMANUS | ] 2 S ax = B -