The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 25, 1942, Page 3

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1942 DAGWOOD'S ALL- . AMERICAN , LAFF BACK NOW They Go to School to Learn New HYSTERICAL ANTICS! And also SLIGHTLY SCANDALOUS But Completely SCREWY— \ARTHUR LAKE | LARRY SIMMS “RIDERS OF DEATH VALLEY” Sat. Mat. LATEST NEWS EVENTS secu WAR BONDS BUY A BOND AS A SALUTE TO YOUR HERO IN SERVICE Show Place of Juneau THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! —=_|Serefary - 0f Navy in (anal Zone Knox Inspecting New Re- inforced Defenses—Con- fers with Officials BALBOA, Canal Zone, Sept. 25— Secretary of Navy Frank Knox has arrived in the Canal Zone for an inspection of the new reinforced defenses and to confer with Army and Navy leaders on the latest war developments. The visit is declared ‘Lo be only one of routine inspection. 7z s MUSICAL COMEDY %) with the funny | 2, PERFECT DEFENSE | BALBOA, Sept. 25.—Secretary of | Navy Knox declared after his in-| spection trip of the Canal Zone) | CANCEL TWO COMEDIES ON DOUBLE BILL T0 OPEN AT CAPITOL "'Blondie Goes to College” Here with "“Mexican Spitfire Baby” “Blondie Goes to College,” open- ing tonight at the Capitol Theatre on a double feature, will provide |film fans with another astonish- ingly hectic portrait of family life las it is lived by those fabulously |frenzied Bumsteads, America’s fav- {orite fun family! Based upon Chic | Young's cartoon strip characters, and again presenting Penny Single- ton, Arthur Lake and Larry Simms as the Bumsteads, “Blondie Goes to merits laughter and ap- plause. This latest in the laugh-packed Blondie comedies is based upon Dagwood's sudden discovery that he’'s a “moron,” and besides he |wants to play football! So Blondie {puts Baby Dumpling into a military |training school and then enrolls {with Dagwood in the nearest col- |lege. Since their married state |would interfere with Dagwood's | fullest enjoyment of college life, the Bumsteads attempt to estab- |lish a campus flirtation. But Blon- ‘dxc is promptly swept off her feet |by the school’s athletic hero, and |Dagwood blunders his way into a |sophomore love affair with a co- led! “ In the companion piece, the hi- |larious complications which arise |when a well-meaning relative im- |ports a war orphan into the home of a newly married couple and {the “orphan” turns out to be a| | beautiful young French girl, provide the laughs in “The Mexican Spit- fire’s Baby,” starring Lupe Velez |and Leon Errol for RKO Radio. D | Tt SETBETWEEN -~ LOUIS - CONN {War Secretary Rules Boys! | Must Return fo Mili- * tary Duties | | | E | | WASHINGTON, Sept. ZS—Secre-; 1LBry of War Henry Stimson has| summarily cancelled arrangements | for the scheduled October 12 heavy- | weight championship fight between Joe Louis and Billy Corn on the, | explanation that “standards and; interests of the Army don't permit the proposed contest to be carried out.” Stimson acted after a series of | | ve Ithat “we probably have a perfect defense against air attacks here jas anywhere in the world and cer- | tainly under our flag.” | Knox came here aboard a big |Naval seaplane and praised the |Army and Navy for cooperation. He said he noted a tremendous amount |of changes and improvements since |his previous visits. i IS e SR land a half years. For over a year | after she left Alaska she worked in | January she has been employed in |the office of the Army Engineers in Seattle. Since being graduated from high ischnol last June, Miss Dorothy |Lund has been visiting her sister Miss VirginiaLund And Dorothy Lund Return from South ™ e Mrs. M. P. Roark, of the Cor- Misses Virginia and Dorothy |qova Office of Price Administration, Lund, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.;conren-ed with Mrs, Mildred Her- Jack Lund, were arrivals in Ju-|mann, Territorial Head of the OPA, neau from tne south yesterday. |on official business this week while Miss Virginia Lund has been |she was passing through Juneau away from Juneau for the lasttwo'on a southbound steamer. IN WAR AS IN PEACE- owe DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED e, CONSERVATIV! management #nd strict Governmens' supervision work constantly for the protection’of our depositors. Additional security is provided through this bank's membership in Federal Deposit Insurance Corpors- tion, 8 United States Government agency which insures each depositor against los 10 8 maximum of $5,000 First National Bank _ ot JUNEAU, ALASKA MEMBER FEOERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION | Washington, D.C,, and since, last |in Beattle. Both are home to e- | conferences. Plans were to deduct | !a total of $135000 from the re- (ceipts and the remainder would go {to the Army Emergency Rellef‘ |Fund. Louis would have recelvedl 1$100,000 and Conn $35,000. Said Stimson: “I have deter- imined that Sergeant Barrow and| i Corporal Conn be returned at once| to military duties so that there will be no further reflection upon principals. “Furthermore, the Army ap- preciates the way Louls heretofore has generously contributed his ef- forts for both the Army and Navy! without return.” ' MISS LULG SMITH 10 TEACH FOR INDIAN OFFICE AT KALTAG| Miss Lulu Smith arrived in Ju-| neau from the South last night| and is in Juneau awaiting trans- portation to the Interior on her way to Kaltag where she will be a teacher for the Office of In- dian Affairs, Virgil Farrell, Di-! rector of the Educational Depart- ment announced today. Miss Smith will join her sister, Mrs. Herbert Wilson, who has been teaching for the department at Kaltag and will replace Mr. Wil- scq, who has been inducted into the armed service. Her home has been in Los Angeles. "ALASKA'S FLAG” IS PLAYED ON NATIONAL HOOKUP WEDNESDAY “Alaska’s Flag,” the words of Marie Drake’s poem with music by | Elinor Dusenbury, was presented over the National Broadcasting Company system Wednesday after- noon, according to telegraphic word received by Mrs. Drake from Mrs. Dusenbury. ‘The broadcast was made by Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians, one of the country’s big name bands. Mrs. Dusdnbury, wife of Col. Ralph W. Dusenbury, formerly in command at Chilkoot, wrote the music to Mrs. Drake's classic poem several years ago. Until this year, ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES MAKES SITKA FLIGHTS Passengers leaving for Sitka with | Alaska Coastal Airlines yesterday afternoon were Mrs. Jerry Green, Mrs. George Eliason, Orphia Hau- gen, Walter May and Mrs. Wil- liam Ott. Arriving here on the return flight of the plane from Sitka were Alfred O'Neill, E. L. Hausler, Carl Anderson, H. A. Coombs and T. A Morgan -Leaving here today for Sitka with ACA were C. J. Colligan, E. A. Belardi, Mrs. C. C. Starkey, June| Goodin, Harry Hagen, James E.| Brooke and Glen Hagen Arriving here from Sitka with| ACA today were Fred G. King, Jean Hanson, John Hotten and| F. M. Buchanan | - HALIBUT SEASON ONE OF BEST ON RECORD, CLOSES THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA [TAYLOR, LAND OFFICE PUT ON CIVIL - SERVICE HERE proves Ickes Suggestion for Alaska Offices WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—A bill to place the entire Land Office Ad- ministration of Alaska under Civil Service have been approved by the Senate Public Lands Committee. Already passed by the House, the | i | | measure is under the recommenda- Bride Came C.0.D." hilarious en- |tion of the Interior Department. | tertainment. Cagney, who had Secretary Harold Ickes wrote that |some practice in his recent hit the present system of district lapd “Strawberry Blonde,” approaches offices in Alaska is unsatisfactory. .- PARKS ARE | BACK FROM INTERIOR Ike P, T‘e\ylor. Chief Engineer, in eharge of the Alaska Road Com- After one of the best seasons on| record, the halibut season in Areas 3 and 4 close tonight at midnight.| Only three vessels of the Jun(‘nui fleet have been fishing in Area 3,| north of Cape Spencer, the Ex-| plorer, Capt. Magnus Hansen; the | Oceanic, Capt. Ole Westby and the Norland, Capt. Sivert Amlerson.f Other vessels of the fleet, which have been fishing for black cod, in Chatham Straits, which have| been held in port recently because | of extremely high tides, are now| outfitting and expect to go to the fishing grounds the first of next| week. Salmon trollers are now fishing | for king salmon and will continue | for about the next six weeks MISS G. KNIGHT HEREONWAYTO | SITKA TO TEACH. Miss Gladys Knight, who has been on leave from the Office of Indian Affairs teaching staff, re- turned last night after visiting her home in North Carolina and wiil leave soon for Sitka where she will on the teaching staff of the Indian Office day school. Miss Knight has been with the department for a number of years jand last year taught in the Office | of Indian Affairs School at Ek- lutna. Other schools in which she has taught are at Fort Yukon, Nar- vik and Yakutat. HARRY HAGEN AND SON, GLEN, RETURN 10 SITKA TODAY Harry Hagen, part owner and manager of the Silver Foam cock- tail lounge in Sitka, and his son, Glen Hagen, left today with Alaska Coastal Airlines to return home after spending the last several days in Juneau. During their stay in Juneau, Mr. Hagen was initiated into the B.P.O. Elks here. They stayed at the Baranof Hotel while in the city. DOUGLAS CAMPBELL PROMOTED T0 DESK CLERK AT BARANOF Douglas Campbell has been pro- moted to the position of afternoon desk clerk at, the Baranof Hotel, it was announced today by Dave Pat- terson, hotel manager. Mr. Campbell, who has been head bellman and relief clerk, has been with the Baranof Hotel or- ganization since shortly after the hotel was opened three years ago. —— Burmese crude oil production in 1940 was about equal to that of Germany and almost triple that of Japan. mission and George A. Parks, Ca=- dastral Engineer for the U. S. Pub- lic Survey office, returned to Ju- neau this afternoon by plane from the Interior. Mr, Parks and Mr. Taylor have been away from their Juneau head- quarters for the last month making annual inspection of the work of their departments in the Interior and Westward districts. They vis- ited Fairbanks, Anchorage, Sew- ard, Whittier and Valdez on their trip. Visiting the latter communty they made the round trip from Fairbanks to the Coast on over the Richardson Highwa .- GAMES TODAY ‘The following are scores of base- ball games played this afternoon in the two Major Leagues as re- ceived up to press time: National League Philadelphia 3; New York 6. Boston §; Brooklyn 6. American League Chicago 8; Cleveland 1. CLIFF NORDENSON IS AT COCKTAIL LOUNGE Cliff Nordenson has taken the position of manager of ‘the Baranof Hotel Cockail Lounge, replacing Jack Garrett, it was announced today by Dave Patterson, Manager of the Hotel. Harold McKinley is taking the morning shift in the cocktail lounge which was formerly held by Mr. Nordenson. JACK GARRETT RESIGNS AS MANAGER OF BARANOF HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE Jack Garrett, who has been man- ager of the Baranof Hotel Cock- tail Lounge, has resigned his po- sition and left yesterday with Al- (aska Coastal Airlines for Sitka where he has accepted a position. ——e———— JUNEAU MAN SENTENCED TO SERVE SIX MONTHS Theodore R. Kline, charged in | U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray’s |Court with drunk and disorderly | conduct, has been sentenced to serve six months in jail. The com- | plaint was signed by Chief of Po- |lice B. H. Manery. — e NEW BAKER HERE Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wiggins |have arrived in Juneau and will establish their home here. Mr. Wiggins is a baker and has taken a position at the Juneau (Sully's) Bakery. —————— The first railway locomotive| crossed the summit of the now fa- mous Raton Pass on November 30, |1878. EGGzactly the Same B ETTE DAVIS ISi s R C. 0. D. BRIDE” IN/ 55 BILL NOW SHOWING | 1 20th Century Brings Acad- | | emy Award Actress, 1 1 James Cagney J | | | Living up to the intriguing pro- | mise of its title and exciting star combination, “The Bride Came C.OD.” with James Cagney and Jette Davis, easily walks away with top comedy honors at the 20th Century Theatre. The two stars have pooled their | considerable talents to make “The AGAIN TONIGHT | his comedy role with an effortless savoir faire that is a joy to behold. As for Miss Davis, playing her first Problem of shipping and pr ing eggs, so vitally important in |light role in several years, she| the diet of Uncle Sam’s fighting |proves that comedy is just as mu"l\‘ men, has been met by science in |Ler forte as drama. a process which turns the eggs into powdered form. In Chicago powdered eggs are being turned out at the rate of 10,500 pounds a day. The girl worker, above, Mary Skupien, holds five ounces of powdered eggs—the equivalent of 12 fresh eggs. ~ BRUNETTES IN KANSAS CITY, Sept. *—Of the first nine WAAC officer-training candidates to leave for Des Moines, six were teachers. The story, adapted for the screen | by Julius. J. and Philip G. Epstein, twin scenarists responsible for some | of the screen’s wittiest output, has the supreme virtue of getting com- edy from legitimate situations, rather than trumped-up ones. Briefly outlined, the plot concerns itself with a spoiled young debu-| tante who becomes engaged to band leader. Planning to elope, they hire a taxi plane to take them to Las Vegas. The pilot, however, decides he can make more money by de- livering the bride C.O.D. and un- | married to her father, who opposes They have another tralt in com- the union, He captures the bride mon:* |and flies off with her, but they Not a single red-head or blonde are grounded in the desert, has been selected. LTRSS Reipein s e, The Bank of North America| Ficpiants are good was the first bank established in and can breathe while under water, | America, in 1782. using their trunks-like periscopes. | A NEW WARNER BROS. SUCCESS with STUART ERWIN - EUGENE PALLETTE - JACK CARSOM ‘GEORGE TOBIAS - HARRY DAVENPORT Owected by WILLIAM KEIGHLEY swimmers GET A BIGGER BAG With Better Equipment! HUNTING SEASON IS NOW OPEN BE PREPARED! £ Red Hats-Knives ~Compasses - Camp Axes- Waterproof Match Boxes- Gun QOils and Cleaning Equipment, and Hunting Accessories BARNEY GOOGLE ANB SNUFFY SMITH ARE . T 0L TaaT GAROO 0 FETCH Me REFRASHMENTS “TWO-THREE HOWR R(‘::_,u &\\\‘ - \)&\- DER HE COMES NOOW ¥, g LOPIN' BCROST » T DRI FIELD BALS O ¥ ANFUNNEL KAN SOME an annual visifor to Alaska since her husband’s transfer in 1937, Mrs. Dusenbury is now making her home in Omaha, Copr 1942, King Peatures Syndicate. Tnc.. 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