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e ey Y MONDAY, SEPTEMBER !4’,1942,,, ol T o ues. | THIN MAN' COMES e BACK IN PICTURE NOW AT CAPITOL William Mell, Myma ve.with new mysteries...and Loy Return in New, Ex- citing Detective Film hilarities! am Powell and Myrna Loy, | will long hailed as the screen’s most popular “Mr. and Mrs.” team, again | prove their right to the title in| WILLIAM POWELL LOY | and MYRNA Shadow of the Thin.Man,” newest of the “Thin Man” detective dram- | as, which is now showing at the Capitol. In this instance, Nick and Nora, as played by Powell and Miss Loy are at home in San Francisco, re-| solved to settle down to a quiet (Iu-' mestic life when a jockey Is ap- M-G-M Picture —AND— parently murdered at a race track. Mickey Mouse || Racketeers are suspected, and a| A STRANGE young reporter whom' Nick llk!’s! TESTAMENT |ltries to investigate, is found with | LATE NEWS the murdered body of a fellow re- |borter, and is arrested by the ener- getic Detective Abrams. Nick and Nora unwillingly go on the case to | save the reporter at the request of | his pretty sweetheart. They follow |clew after clew with amusing re-| sults, attend a wrestling bout that jentis with the wrestlers tumbling out of the ring into Miss Loy’ |lap, and amid this and other mi haps find the murderer and clear their young friend. YO YOUR HERO IN SERVICE WARFORCESUP | == GAS, OIL PRICEs | LARGE SALES OF IN JUNEAU AREA WAR BONDS SEEN IN BRISTOL BAY Gasoline Up_tgnl a Gallon| —Stove Oil Takes % Cent Rise Two large check: 1 ived by Deputy War ator Fred Ayer War Sav- Bonds for cannery workers and fishermen in the Bristol Bay area. A price Taice on petraleum prod-| One check for $56325 came from D i from @ quarter of a|cmployees of the Libby, McNell and cent to 2 cents a gallon, was an- Libby cannery at Ekuk, and another nounced today in Juneau. The in_'iux' $30,000 from employees of the g 0 the in-|Alaska Salmon Co. and Pacific Am- been re- wvings Ad- creases upon e it feld h ific Ar creased costs of shipping, including | ¢ “‘“ isheries canne at Dill- surcharges and marine insurance, ngham. brought about by war conditions. These sums will go towards reach- ing this month’s quota. Mr. Ayer Both the Standard Oil Company nd the Union Oil Company rep- resentatives, J Boyle and Tom contacted employees of the Bristol Bay area in connection with the sale of War Bonds during a two- Dyer, have acknowledged the fol- lowing increases: Gasoline is up one cent a gallon, stove oil is up three-quarters of a cent a gallon, all grades of lubricat- ing oil are up two cents a gallon, and all grades of grease, one- quarter cent a gallon. This will probably make the re- tail price of gasoline 23 cents a gallon at the pump for standard grade and 25 cents for premium grade. Stove oil will probably retail for eight and three-quarter cents a gallon, diesel oil at seven and three-quarter cents. day visit there in July. He predic that another $50,000 worth will be sold in this area. - D AUXILIARY NO. 34 | TO MEET TOMORROW Juneau Ladies Auxiliary No. 34 will meet at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the Union Hall. All members are urged to attend as important busi- ness is to be discussed. Joseph Johnson has filed suit in | | tive. ifln(l sub-contractors have been no-|investigation | tified of {the U. S. employment offices have |this new procedure does not relieve | been instructed to the U. S. District Court asking a - - BUY DEFENSE BONDS divorce from Catherine Johnson. | AN R 20 SAWMILL MEN WANTED at JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS JUNEAU ‘ ® Now Operating | IN WAR AS IN PEACE owt DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED CONSElVA'flVI'. management and strict Governmens' supervision work constantly for the protection of our depositors. Additional security s provided through ‘this Jbank’s membership in Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora~ tion, 3 United States Government sgency which insures each depositor against loss to 8 maximum of $5,000, First National Bank of JUNEAU, ALASEA MEMS l'lunu‘unosu"mwuncl'ee'némon B e e e R Py K et : ‘.H‘ B As a part of the training given Army Air Cadets at Mather Field, Sacramento, Calif,, is one in receiving code, such as the members of this class are doinz. This is cne of the many steps a cadet must take in becoming an Army pilot under the West Coast Army Air Forces training program. and delays in obtaining birth cer-|be as much as $10,000 fine, or five BIRIH RE(ORDS tificates. State Bureaus of Vital|years in prison, or both.” | 2 Statistics have been unable to keep - ARE NO'I‘ NEEDED up with the mounting number of that work on many urgent war Hteisl “In, many States and localities| : . birth registration was not required | Maska Auditor Receives wni recent vears 1 ot tne| (GLACIER HIGHWAY cl f . R t records have been destroyed of| i A laritying kepor lost. The result has been that| A pome recuperating from in- from M(NU" m..:n\' ‘n§x:n :{x.\<1 women whos ‘-,1 unl»'i Nuries gt :‘.Mlm SRR lies have been in this country for|ipejr truck ran into a culvert when generations have been unable 0011,“. steering rod snapped as they The following instructions, re- ain evidence of their birth 'I‘U{Au\lll(h‘d a turn, Mr. and Mrs. Karl leased on July 6, 1942, by Paul V se the situation, United States| Ashenbrenner are thanking their McNutt, Chairman of the War Census Bureau records have hw’n}lur-k_\- st it happened the way it Manpower Commission, has jus cepted in lieu of birth certifi- |did. been received by the Auditor of . However, the Bureau of the| Mr. Ashenbrenner, with Mrs Alaska Census which, prior to January | Ashenbrennen and Helen Hill, of Birth certificates to prove Am- 1040, used to get two to three|Tenakee as passengers was driving erican citizenship for persons who {housand requests a week, has been | When the accident happened, at want jobs in plants where work swamped in recent months by 16 |about 4 p. m. yesterday eight miles secret or confidential: Govern- d th nd requests a week | out on the Glacier Highway ment contracts is being done will kn 1B break: this Tou Teapil s e T BRI 08 be X ve iy ST | rounded a curve, and the truck was no longer be required, Paul V. Mc- the War and Navy Departments| o seriously damaged, although it Nutt, War Manpower Chairman, recommended that 44r!HM“10X‘v”‘m| to be towed into town. Mrs. unced today ub-contractors requirc ¥ | Ashenbrenner suffered a bad cut on new procedure developed |worker who is to be employed on|per head and was taken to the hos- itly by the Army and Navy, t ny secret, confidential, cr restrict- | pital by Fred Barrager, who hap- Manpower Commission, and'eq contract to sign a statement (0| pened Lo be driving past. After hav- the U. S. Employment Service, he the effect that he is a citizen of | ng stitches taken, Mrs. Ashenbrenner said, calls for merely a simple dec-|the United States and that he has|is now at home. The other two laration that the applicant for 2|read and understands the penal-|were shaken up ahd bruised job Is a citizen. This declaration,|ties for misrepresenting his status. | SR however, must be signed by the Such a dec ion, signed in the | worker in the presence of an Army | presence of an Army or Navy rep- Mrs Alvin Pole' or Navy District Procurement Fac- |resentative, will meet the immed- . tory or Plant Protection representa ite requirements of the War an War and Navy contractors|Navy Departments, pending further ls Visiting in City Mrs. Alvin Polet arrived in Ju- neau Saturday and is spending a week or ten days here before con- the new procedure, and| “M. McNutt made it clear that ssist employers | the employer from the duty of axid workers in carrying it out. making further investigation when tinuing her journey to her home in Infomation from the United |there is any reason to doubt the yome Mrs. Polet, who is staying Stalv§ omploymem offices tnruugh-i truth of the applicant’s declaration 4t the Gastineau Hotel while in out the country indicated, Mr. Mc- | that he is a citizen. On the other |the city, has been visiting her Nutt explained, that many valu-|hand, workers signing such a dec- | mother in Seattle for the last year. able man-hours of production were laration will be informed that the —— being lost because of difficulties for misrepresentation may BUY DEFENSE BONDS penalty *TEEN AGE PARTY FROCSSIMPLY 64 DARLING” | Left, dotted swiss pinafore frock with ‘or‘nndlc blouse; center, shirtmakeryfrock with emerald jerkin; right, sheer sand beige wool crepe afternoon frock. The indications are that the younger set will be the only girls who will ‘consistently have escorts this winter, as their beaux are still too young to be called into service. For parties, then, tie three dresses shown above are sophisticated enough to delight the heart of a sub-deb, but youthful enough to please mother and father. Dianna Lynn, left, wears a white pinafore frock with ruffled shoulder straps edged with lace, and full skirt that touches the floor. Jane Withers, center, is particularly fond of the dance frock she is wearing. It is amusingly casual, but its long skirt makes it formal enough for evening parties. It is a waite shirtmaker topped by an emerald green sleeveless jacket ‘with a gold sequin heart and arrow embroidered on the left shoulder. The afternoon frock modeled by Veron- ica Lake is charming, but slightly sophisticated. The dress is made of sheer sand beige wool crepe, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA : GREATMOVIE HIT COMING 10 THIS CITY Pre-Release Road Show of "Reap the Wild Wind' at 20th Century Product of a great story, a grea cast and a great producer-director, Cecil B. DeMille’s “Reap the Wild Wind,” spectacular Paramount sea saga in Technicolor, arrives at the 20th Century on Wednesday Preview critics have hailed “Reap the Wild Wind" as the best of the mighty DeMill films, a spectacular jewel to f into the great showman's crown of screen achievements. For DeMille it climaxes thirty years of picture- making, and represents the thir- tieth anniversary celebration offer- ing of Paramount Pictures itself For “Reap the Wild Wind,” De- Mille has chosen as stars Ray Mil- land, Paulette Goddard and John Wayne. Heading the impressive featured cast are Raymond M A Lynne Overman, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward, Charles Bickford, Walter Hampden, Martha O'Dris- coll and Janet Beecher. In the DeMille tradition, “Reap the Wild Wind” has an epic qual- ity about it in the immensity of its scope, its roaring thrill scer ‘z\nd its powerful romantic story. It takes us back to the days of 1840, |off Key West. Then, as now, Am- |erica was fighting to keep its ser lanes safe. Off the Florida coasts piratical salvagers plundered the fat carcasses of ships going fo | pieces on the reefs. America’s life- line was at stake. | Always in the foreground is Loxi |Claiborne played by Paulettp God- |dard, wild, tempestuous, loved hy two men, equally adept at wielding a fan in a drawing room flirtation or a marlin spike aboard one of her ships. already EDDIE ALBERT IS STAR OF COMEDY ¢ AT 20TH CENTURY "Thieves Fall Out,” Ro- mantic Tale of Young Love, Complications “Thieves Fall Out,” the efferves- cent, gay Warner Bros comedy hit is now showing at the 20th Cen- tury Theatre. Eddie Albert lovely Joan Leslie play the 1 roles in the heart-warming tale of two young people who are buffeted about by fate, but who manage nevertheless to find happiness and a future together, Albert, star of many comedy hits, s tast as a young man who sells a valuable legacy in order to set himself up in business Things don't pan out too well, and gang- ters step in, demanding the quick payment of a mere $75,000! In eraticn the lad turns to his grandmother, played by Jane Dar- well, who manages to straighten out things in her own unique way. A splendid cast of popular fav- orites support these players. They include: Alan Hale, Willlam T. Orr, John Litel, Minna Gombell, McDaniel Nana Bryant, Vaughan Glasi Anthony Quinn and Ed Brophy -+ BOATS MISSING AT EAGLE R. CROSSING The Admiralty Division of the U. S. Forest Service, reported this morning that two boats which have been at the Eagle River crossing have disappeared. The bridge was washed out several months ago. It is not known whether the boats were stolen or whether they were washed away. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 14 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2, American Can 67, Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 3 PAGE THREE Where Better BIG Pictures Play! O[ENTURY #01g ael:po have . bride and o' | £haby,in. 30 days, or:he'd be out $300,0007 Impostibfe Nt for “our boy Eddie’.particularly ‘When THIEVES FALLOUT EDDIE ALBERT ‘JOAN LESLIE JANE DARWELL - ALAN HALE Dirscted by RAY ENRIGHT Sereen Play by Charkes Graywon and Ben Markson From Play by loving Guamont and Jaex Sobel THEATRE NOW PLAYING “PARSON OF PANAMINT" | | ’ 53%, Commonwealth and Southern ‘WOMAN S CLUB 7/30, Curtiss Wright 7%, Interna- TION MASONS I tional Harvester 47, Kennecott 29%, Sy | '|'0 HAVE FIRST New York Central 8%, Northern 8 Communication Monday | Pacific 6, United States Steel 45%, evening at 7:30 with degree work. round $4.04. No dinner before but refreshments | DOW, JONES AVERAG J. W. LEIVERS, * | Featured by a no-host luncheon The following are today’s Dow. Secretary. and specially prepared program, the jones averages: industrials 106.14, o - social meeting of the Juneau Wo- rails 26.52, utilities 11.38. impire Classified: man’s Club for September will be held at 1 o'clock tomorrow in the Methodist Church parlors, with the | Executive Board of the Club in charge of arrangements. This will be the opening social |meeting of the current year and !reservations for the event have been heavy, the committee reports. A “Pre-vue” of Department work will be offered by the Department 5 SMASHING WEEKS AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, NEW YORK NOW DIRECT TO JUNEAU CECIL B. DeMILLE’S GREAT ROAD SHOW | Marilyn Merritt as her Worthy As- ‘muhlcian; Betty Rice as installing chairmen of the club, in a brief and informal program that will feature community singing, special musical numbers and an ambitious | offering by the executive board | members themselves, in a one act play. % | All club members are invited to this affair and may, if they wish, bring guests. Members of the Ex- lecutive Board who have planned. the program for the afternoon, are Mrs. Tom Park, President; Mrs. | Floyd Fagerson, Mrs. Kenneth Fore- man, Mrs. Robert Coughlin, Mr Henry Green and Mrs. R. B. Leshe RAINBOW GIRLS, | DeMOLAY, HAVE INSTALLATIONS Joint installation ceremonies were | held Saturday evening in the Scot- | tish Rite Temple for officers of the Order of Rainbow for girls and the | Order of DeMolay for boys. Installed as Worthy Advisor of Rainbow was Miss Grace Berg, with sociate Advisor. Master Councillor for DeMolay is Skipper MacKinnon | and his Senior Councillor is Bob Phillips. Acting as installing officer for Rainbow was Anna Lois Davis, re- tiring Worthy Advisor. Doris Mc- Eachran acted as installing mar- shal; Ruth Allen as installing chaplain and Beverly Leivers as installing recorder. During the ceremonies, Lanore Kaufmann sang two solos, one dedi- cated to the new Worthy Advisor, Grace Berg, and the other dedicated to the newly installed officers. Doris McEachran presented Anna Lois Davis her Worthy Advisor’s ring. At the close of the installation, | Anna Lois Davis introduced Mr. and | Mrs. Hans Berg, parents of the new Worthy Advisor. After the ceremonies, DeMolay members and Rainbow girls, with their guests, enjoyed an evening of dancing. e RALSTON, RENSHAW BACK TO KET(,JHIKAN wildlife Agent Dan Ralston, in charge of the Ketchikan area for the Alaska Game Commission, and flying Wildlife Agent Ray Renshaw, left Juneau today by plane for Ket- chikan. They were in Juneau over The long-torsoed bodice is trimmed in rows of red, yellow and blue hearts. The plain colored skir®! is gathered, and. the off-the-face bonnet is matching beige./ the weekend on official business. PAULETTE GODDARD RAYMOND MASSEY ROBERT PRESTON 6'0MP4,?£ / with/the greatest ast ever assembled! Starts Wednesday 20TH CENTURY THEATRE o