The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1942, Page 3

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1942 in the comic classic of a loff-time! - - Cartoon Sportscope Fibber McGEE and Information MOLLY - Lucille BALL W& = Please withk an All-Star Casy Late News FEATURE SHOWS AT 8:10—10:30 setu WAR BONDS BUY A BOND AS A SALUTE TO YOUR HERO IN SERVICE THEATRE Show Place of Juneau THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! SEVERAL HUNDRED KIDS TAKE JEEP RIDE SATURDAY War Saving'sfiSiiamps Trad- ed for Thrill of Lifetime by Many Youngsters boys who drove .th Jeeps. The crowd began to gather at 3:30 p.m. and the rain took a cou- ple of hours off to make the Jeep rides more of a success. The rides scheduled to begin until the kids were clamoring, raring to go, weren't 3:45, but and the Jeeps were off they went. Following the children’s matinee at the theater, the crowd doubled and tripled, and the Jeeps kept busy until just about 5 o'clock, when after the last trip was made, the rain came back and said “This is all.” # SR Six Military Police and three Several hundred children CTOWd-| ;00 batrolmen were kept busy ed around in front of the Ameri-|, "y, comers watching the kids can Legion Dugout Saturday after- | o 0 S0 o0 noon to get the thrill of thelr lives) "o 0 ooommick, chatrman —-a ride in an Army Jeep The ride was made possible by the Juneau Women's Club War Service Committee, which had ar- ranged with the Army and civilian officials to allow each child a ride in exchange for a War Savings Stamp of any denomination. The Womap's Club collected $34.80 in stamps, both 10- and 2 cent denominations, and the hun- dred and more children who turned in the stamps whooped and hol- lered as they bounced through the city behind the grinning Army of the War Service Committce of the Woman’s Club, today expressed her thanks to the good-natured Jeep drivers, the Military Pclice, and Juneau Chief of Police B. I Manery, for their cooperation. Mrs. McCormick was assisted by her committee memb Mrs, E. L. Keithahn, and Mrs. M. Her- mann The stamps will go in%o the bond fund of the Woman’s Club. - BUY DEFENSE BONDS Don’t Give Your Iron a Chance to Go A.W.0.L.! Your electric iron is one of the most useful of all your household appli- ances . . . so keep it ironing! Don’t let worn cords cause “shorts” and blown fuses. Bring the iron and the cord in as soon as trouble starts. Electrical appliances are hard to replace! We Malke ALL Electrical Repairs!? ARTHUR HEDGES THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA "WISTFUL VISTA" SCENE OF FILM NOW AT CAPITOL Molly, Fibber, Bergen, Mc- [ Carthy, Star in “Look Who's Laughing” | What happeEthen a famous radio star, flying away on a vaca- tion trip to avoid business worries, REVENUETAX MEASURE IN CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.— Late [Saturday afternoon the Senate \passed the biggest tax bill in his- tory and sent it back to the House for adjustment on a number of | major differences including the accidentally becomes involved in!five percent Victory levy on in- the more colossal business woes o!‘d,\vmu;,;_\ a small town couple, makes for hi-| |larious complications in “Look Who's Laughing,” the feature now| WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. — Over lon at the Capitol Theatre. (bitter southern opposition the Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, | House today voted 250 to 85 to dis- Fibber McGee and Molly, as them- | charge rules committee from selves, and Lucille Ball, are co-|further jurisdiction over legisla- |starred in this bright comedy fea-|tion to outlaw the poll taxes | ture which is laid in Wistful Vista|ordered it to consideration tomor- 1of radio fame. | row. | When Bergen, as a popular ven- |triloquist on the radio, and Char- |lie, his little wooden protege, are |flying over Wistful Vista enroute to a vacation resort following their | last broadcast of the season, they | are forced to make an emergency landing on the village’s unkempt aviation field. Taken into the action is completed on the pending home of McGee, the head of the|revenue bill in the House. Action |local Chamber of Commerce, Ber-imay be completed this week, it |gen soon learns that the zealousis said. Icitizen has involved himself in a| |serious - situation through his ef-! |forts to get an airplane factory lo-| OREGON ON WAYTOWAR |ginning to end with uproarious |comedy, “Look Who's Laughmg“] PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 12. — The State of Oregon planned a fitting was directed and produced by ! |Allan Dwan, while the supporting | farewell salute to the historic old battleship Oregon, pride of the cast includes such popular radio fleet of the Spanish-American War, characters as Gildersleeve, Mrs, Uppington and Old Timer. and now doomed to the scrap pile for War Emergency. e ,—— — Pt =0 % At a recent Navy order, okayed by Oregon officials, the ship is to be broken up for the metal, which To Remain Until Perma- A nem Legal Appomiee f::rta?e. used to ease the scrap IS confirmed The helpless hulk of the dread- naught is at anchor in the river here. It was the only shell fight- Milton Thompson arrived by 4 o plane from Washington, D. C. to ing machine of its time and dashed 3 4 around. South Americ a- act as Office of Price Administra- - i e e tion lawyer in Alaska until a per- g0, Cuba, in '98 to help bottle up manent legal member of the staff ‘N¢ Spanish fleet has been appointed, confirmed and - - = taken the necessary training, it was announced today by Mrs. Mil- dred R. Hermann, OPA Director. | Mr. Thompson has been loaned to the Territorial OPA office and| :Small, New Model U-Boats BITTER OPPOSITION its SOCIAL SECURITY TAX WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. — The Treasury may recommend increas: es in the Social Security payroll levies linked with the spending tax in the new financing program to be submitted to Congress after ————— will set up an enforcement depart- ment during his stay in Alaska.| He will have charge of enforcement | of OPA regulations until the ar- rival of the permanent appointee and expects to be in Alaska for a month or six weeks. HERE TO TAKE Striking at Allied : Shipping OVER OFFICE‘ By JOSEPH MORTON (Associated Press Correspondent) | A UNITED NATIONS’ BASE, Maflagfir of U. S. Employ- |WEST AFRICA, Oct. 12. — Small N . . new model U-boats, fought to a ment Office in Kefchikan | sianastin in the Noréh Atiantic, are . |striking renewed blows against Al- IS Here Tempora”ly |lied shipping off the West Coast of A e | Africa. Arthur Hedges, who has been Th: sea raiders apparently are manager of the U.S. Employment Carrying out plans laid years in office in Ketchikan since the em- advance with the help of pro-Nazi ployment service was started in countries which technically are neu- Alaska in 1938, arrived Sunday by'"?lli\ Fap i g N plane and will be ‘Acting Director slnp:sunk ”““:eu“:;“"ffi';y”om“w o the US. Emp‘l]oymem office In | jorails, are shrouded in censorship Juneau temporarily. But the fact is not withheld that Mr. Hedges succeeds R. E.Barnes (. y-poats are active. who submitted his resignation ef- ————————— fective November 16 and is now on MRS, JENSEN RETURNS leave of absence. He will have| mMrs, W. C. Jensen has returned charge of the office here until from a visit of six weeks in the such time as a permanent Acting south. She was three weeks in se- Director is appointed. |curing her travel permit to return | Mr. Hedges is from Cleveland,|to her Juneau home. Ohio, and was employed as book- —_—————— keeper in Tacoma, Wash., for some BUY DEFENSE STAMPS time before coming to Petersburg ——— — in 1935 as athletic coach and| commercial teacher in the public| ischools. He remained there for aj '~ |vear and moved to Ketchikan to accept a position as accountant in \ [4 7 the Ketchikan Cold Storage Com- [ pany which he held until taking over the U.S. Employment office. While in Juneau Mr. Hedges is and | | WEDDING, MURDER MIX-UP INFILM DISCUSSED BY xr 20ti centuRy Michael Sl;ayne Chases| FDR TONIGHT wicheel sha, | Criminal in “Dressed fo | President May Also Take, Kill,” New Feature Up Question of Drafting | cnaer shaynes nitarios | Youths Info Service lexciting efforts to discover land get married at the 1 'were greeted with applat and | WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. — The Jaughter at the 20th Century Thea- {White House indicated this fore-!(re, where the newest noon that the President, in his‘(,( 20th Century-Fox's wisecrack- fireside chat tonight, may touch jng detective, “Drt i Kill on the is the second front opened last night | and also drafting of young Lloyd Nolan, as Shayne, give | men, 18 19, for the armed his finest performance to date fiRomee the detective who track The President murderers while he exchanges wise- |of today cracks with his bride-to-be Mary Beth Hughes, and witted inspector of detectiv Making the final arrangements for his wedding, Shayne is rupted by a scream. Rushing a room, he finds two murdered per sons First he calls a newspaper gives them the news for $100, and receives a promise of $400 more for an exclusive on the killer. Then he phones Inspector Pierson, played by William” Demarest > GARDNER SULLIVAN BURNED IN GASBOAT EXPLOSION TODAY Gardner Sullivan, of Inian Island, in St. Ann's Hospital receiving treatment for burns about the face and hands received when an ex- plosion occurred in the engine room of his 35-foot gasboat, 31A867 at 2:45 o'clock this afternoon The Juneau Voluntiver Fire de- partment was called to the Union Oil Company dock where the boat was tied up at the time the ex- plosion occurred and extinguished the fire aboard the vessel. The firmen remainesl on the scene until all danger was passed SECOND FRONT | | ! and a killer| ame time adventure 1es of the and as down is spending finishing his address most and blonde scheduled only one conference, sig- ! nificantly [ | a slow- with Paul McNutt, in charge of manpower mobilization, and Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Draft Director. Columbus Day Address The President, terming the war (conflict is'to determine “whether jthe march of progress will proceed jor be halted by a totality con- | quest,” declared that the United | Nations' victory will be a “victory aved people every- The statement is made in 5. Day release. The Presi- Our cause is not only for ourselves but liberation inter- into and {of oppressed ens ‘ where.” | liberty 1 for others.” Churchill ~Tells Scols About War is Prime Minister Opfimistic Over Allied Strength- Edinburgh Address - | EDINBURGH, Oct. 12. — Prime DIVORCES GRANTED Minister Winston Churchill pic- Tpe following divorces were tured the United States, Russia, granted in U.S. District Court Sat- China and Britain as moving yrday: Ruth M. James from Ed- “steadily onward from strength to ward D. James; Robert B. Forrest strength” while Hitler's “prospects from June Forrest. are darkened to an immeasurable - degree” in a belligerent and confi- dent speech accepting the freedom of the city. COUPLE MARRIED HERE Wilbert J. Stone, and Elizabeth Ann James were married Saturday Churchill assured Edinburgh’s ¢l gfteroon by U. 8. Commissioner tizens that “no weakness will be peliy Gray. Witnesses were Mrs. shown the Germans” in the dis-|Mavbelle Wallace and Amos Wal- |pute over chaining of war pris- lace. | | oners, SR | | He reported: i % " | 1. That August and September tg?:{géL P’,‘;E;(Mn/'['dNET:I%THU 8 were “the least bad months since =T ; versity of Maryland lacrosse team ! January” for Allied shipping losses ' and that new building outweighs completed its four-game summer sinkings " | schedule without defeat. Milt Van- 2. That the same two months|deberE, with 11 goals, and Ray| saw “the greatest tonnage of Brit | Oreleckl With 10, were the lead- |ish bombs yet dropped on Ger- |18 SCOrers. | many.” g - 3. They also marked “definite | SENTENCED TO JAIL Arrested last Saturday afternoon on a charge of drunk and disor- derly conduct, Frank Mercer was sentenced to serve five months in jail by U.S. Commissioner Felix Gray. growth of Allied air superjority.” 4. The same months converted the most numerous safe arrival of U.S. troops in the British Isles. HIGHWAY TOLLS UP — - BUY DEFENSE BONI WASHINGTON, Oct, 12. — The Supreme Court today refused w] |review a decision upholding the | | tolls established by the Secretary of Interior on freight and mer- chandise over the Richardson High- | way from Valdez to Fairbanks. | ‘ s = R TIDES TOMORROW 16.7 feet. 1.6 feet. High tide—3:52 a.m. Low tide—9:45 am., High tide—3:47 p.m. 184 feet. | Low tide—10:21 p.m. -15 feet. ' | Butler-Mauro Drug Co. 63 Calls An OWL CAB |staying at the Gastineau Hotel. His |wife and seven-year-old son are | remaining at their home in Ket- |chikan, 'NEW MANAGER IS NAMED FOR HOTEL News was received in Juneau this week of the appointment of Frank McClure as manager of the New iWashington Hotel in Seattle, suc- | ceeding Harold E. Dupar, who re- cently died. McClure has been associated with the hotel in various capacities for the last 22 years, and is well known to vsitors there. e —— BUY DEFENSE BONDS 'BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH WeN ,NARD B\RD - WNAKE 1P v AQUTENSHUN ' WHET'S T BODACIONS \DEE - PRODOW ME OWT'N & SOUND S\EEP, SARGWNY 2 1 DONE PUT CHOSEF THROWGH WS CRORES FER ?OQ?N it W URRMWT LEPT OVER g “TH' MULE SHED -TeNTS - B08 WRE FENCES - QRMED TANKS - / PAGE THREE TER BIG PICTU TIO"TENTUR Wisecracking Detective Mike Shayne meets DOUBLE MURDER oo his wedding day! ES PLAY NOW PILAYING Raid on Dieppe Raid on Germany 30 Min. Latest News JUNEAU SCOTTISH RITE MASONS ARE | BACK FROM NORTH THEATRE i3 FOR LAUGHS SEE A group of Scottish Rite Masons|f,, 5 returned by plane today from Fair- | | “"KISSES FOR BREAKFAST panks after attending a Scottish — Rite reunion there. They have been gone a week. Twenty «;.mlm..m\{“Mou) BATES LEAVES from Fairbanks and vicinity were vor: srontwivit AR e Harold Bates, City Attorney Juneau Masons who made the|gio " lett with Alaska trip were J. W. Leivers, Walter| yiyjineg today to return home after Helsel, Howard Stabler, Homer|pauio” chont’ the last several days Nordling, and Edwin Sutton n Junedu oh businiss New Coveralls for War Workers 7 crificed at the Sperry Gyroscope plant in hree of the girl workers on their way t@ mlined coveralls that are exceptionally ctical. The coveralls were the results of months of experimentation to find garments that were both attractive and fit for work. The girls made many suggestions that were chepcgq by the designers of the garment, Femininity has not been sa New York City. Here are tl their benches dressed in strea becoming and yet completely pra 10 MEN WANTED Wood Splitter Riggermen Hook Tender Signalman Bull Cook Fallers and Buckers Juneau Logging Company PHONE 358 Chockermen ——— CK .. 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