The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 21, 1942, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1942 [ ——— ODAY!...IT WILL DOUBLE YOU UP wir» LAFFS! | She Went Out fora Walk and Came Home with a Baby! . Then the Trouble Began...Here is the Wildest Merry-go-round of Laughter that Ever Made Two Outstanding Stars At Their Very ] You Roar Your Breath Away! Best. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA LADY IS WILLING OPENING TONIGHT | ON CAPITOL BILL, Fred MacMurray, Marlene' Deitrich Stars of Screw- | ball Comedy As Broadway's greatest star, and its dizziest, lovely Marlene Dietrich returns to the Capitol Theatre to-| night in what has beep hailed as the funfests of the Columbia’s “The Lady Is Produced and directed by Leise and co-starring Mur ‘The Lady Is is Hollywood's pet candi- the in current en- ne of gayest ason, Willing Mitchell Fred M Willing” date for tertainment The Columbia comedy reveal a tops s said to Dietrich, who plays her first screwball comedy role strictly for laughs. As an actress who is “all heart and no head,” Marlene “kidnaps’ abandoned infant from under noses of the police. This, her w thinking, automatically makes her a mother. When the news finally penetrates that a more lawful method of procedure might be bet- ter, but that she would have to be married in order to adopt the youngster legally, she promptly proposes to a young medico, bull- dozes him into marriage and then —happy in possession of her baby -—ignores him as completely as she can, As baby new an the to the doctor who reports health is perfect the and pre- |scribes psychiatry for the “mother,’ MacMurray is said to be liant partner in the comic of things. a bril- schem 2 - PATRONS NAMED FOR SCHOOL HOP SET FOR FRIDAY One of the biggest events of the Introduc most bless year for Juneau High School stu- dents and alumni is the Publica- tions’ Hop, which is scheduled this year for Friday night, to be held in the high school gymnasium The affair is strictly invitational. Students and their parents are in- vited, and all alumni of the school also are welcome and are asked to call the high school office in advance to reserve invitations. Named this week as patrons and patronesses for the affair are Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Glasse, Mrs. J. S. MacKinnon, Cahiil, ritt, | Mr ing the screen’ ed event Mr. and Mrs, Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Mer- Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Feero, and Mrs. F. M. Hungerford, Mr. and Mrts. Richard H. Byrns, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Olson, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Garland Boggan. .. HOSPITAL NOTES Howard Skipper went home in an W. E. ambulance from St. Ann’s Hospital, THEATRE THE SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU- TENAKEE MEN ARE GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCES TODAY James Trail and Charles Hart- man, of Tenakee; charged in U.S. Commissioner Felix Gray's Court Fisheries at Tenakee. with destroying a pipe line, today ) , #HERMITAGE BRAND KENTUCKY BOURBON WHISKEY For Generations—A Great Kentucky Whiskey Narional Distillers Products Corp., N. Distributed by National Grocery Company, Seattle, Wmhinqtofl Greet your guests with these welcome words.. were given suspended sentences of | Hartman should have taken legal six months in jail. action through the court for the| | The charge was brought after removal of the pipe line. | the two elderly men had taken the WA B A law into their own hands and MRS RAY DAY | smashed a water pipe line which | . was constructed across their pro- RESIGNS FROM | ALA PRESIDENCY perty by Sam Asp of the Salt Sea ol Mrs. Ray G. Day, president of| the American Legion Auxiliary, last | night handed in her resignation dur- ;mg the social meeting of the group, | announcing that she plans to leave | soon to join Mr. Day, whose ap-| | pointment as Deputy Collector of | Customs in Skagway is for the dur- ation. Mrs. Day has been an active mem- | | The Court said that Trail and | s | R and her leadership will be missed.} Election of a new president will| be held at the next business meet- ing, to be November 3. During the social hour last night, Mrs. Day, Mrs. John MecCormick and Mrs. Alfred Zenger served re- freshments. Also - honored at last| night's meeting was Mrs. Bert Ly- beck, who is planning to leave for the south soon to visit her mother, who is in ill health. A visitor at the meeting was Mrs. May Ramsey Wright of Ketchikan, former Juneau resident. Fourteen members were present. e EFENSE BONDS STRAIGHT Y. »90.4 Proof BUY D L ber of the Auxiliary for many years |, where he operation. recently underwent an Rosena Greenwald has been dis- | charged from St. Ann’s Hospital where she was under medical care. Pvt. Joseph LeBlanc has been dis- charged from St. Ann’s Hospital Mrs. Katherine Bloxham has en- tered St. Ann’s Hospital for sur- gical treatment. Ernest Shearer has entered St Ann’s Hospital for medical care. Matilda Brown became the mother of a daughter last night in the Government Hospital. CUSTOMS MAN HERE ON WAY T0 NORTH Deputy Collector of Customs Jo- seph A. McCann, from Taku, now is in Juneau on his way to a new assignment at Skagway, Collector of Customs James J. Connors an- nounces. The Taku office has been closed for the duration of the war. BIRTH OF BLUES, NEW CROSBY FILM AT 20TH (ENIURYi History of 7Swring Told By! Bing and Mary Martin In Tuneful Show That historic, happy time in American music when the scent of lavendar was crowded out by the hot, peppery swing of blues rhy- thms forms the dynamic and melo- dic background of “Birth of the Blues,” Paramount’s tribute to a form of music that America took to its heart and promptly sent to its feet. The melodic newcomer, whose cast scintillates with such stars as Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Lee, Jack Tea- garden, opens tonight at the 20th Century Theatre,, after being her- alded by preview critics as a mas- terpiece among film musicals. Directed by Victor Schertzinger, who had previously shown his di- rectorial mettle with such success- es as “Road to Singapore” and “Road to Zanzibar,” two previous Bing Crosby starrers, “Birth of the Blues” sends out with a raft of 15 song numbers, including one new one, the already-popular, “The Waiter and the Porter and the Up- stairs Maid.” In this chronicle of how the first white bands took those blue melodies born on the levees and the plantations and hurled them across the nation through the scalding-hot saxes, the clarinets and the throbbing trom- bones, Paramount has hit on subject that's surefire for screen ORE MONEY 15 OKEHED FOR ALASKA ROAD Senate Apfii&es $500,- 000 for Palmer-Rich- ardson Highway WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. — The The Senate has approved an ad- ditional outlay of $500,000 for con- struction of the road from Palmer to the Richardson Highway in Al- aska. The Senate also has confirmed the appointment of Hollis Henrich as postmaster at Cordova. NEW ALASKA DRUGS COMPANY IS FORMED Incorporation privileges have been granted by Territorial Audi- tor Frank A. Boyle to the Corner Drug Co., Inc., of Fairbanks which will have a capitalization of $50,000. Incorporators and directors are listed as William Walker, John W. Clark and Fred Pearson, all of Fairbanks. USO DIRECTOR WILL BE IN JUNEAU SOON John 8. Cowgill, former Director of the USO Club at Ketchikan, who ha§ been assigned to Juneau, has informed Mayor Harry I. Lu- cas by letter that he plans to ar- rive here about November 1. Mr. Cowgill's wife and child will ac- company him. — . JUDGE ALEXANDER LEAVES FOR KETCHIKAN COURT U.S. District Court Judge George F. Alexander, and Mrs. Alexander left by steamer last night for Ket- chikan where he will preside over a term of court. Scheduled to con- vene yesterday afternoon, the open- ing session will be delayed until Judge Alexander reaches Ketchi- kan, a MORE PAGE THR Where the Better BIG Pictures Play?!! TIO'NTURY STARTS TONIGHT THE GREATEST MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT SINCE THE Carolyn Lee Rochester J. CARROL NAISH - pirected by victor sm « A Paramount Fiture NOVEL SHORTS OFFICIAL CAR FOR GOVERNOR Gov. Ernest Gruening today be- came the first Governor of Alaska to have an official auto, furnished by the Department of the Interior. It's a 1942 Buick two-toned model. WA e s 0 0 0 s oo 00 WEATHER REPORT (U. S. Bureau) Temp. Tuesday, Oct. 20 Maximum 50, minimum 40 Rain—43 inch ! e e o 000000 00 - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 21. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2, American Can 3%, Anaconda 27%, Bethlehem eel 57%, Commonwealth and Southern 11/30, Curtiss Wright 9, International Harvester 52', Ken- I‘XIEUOIL 32%, New York Central 11’%, Northern Pacific 7%, United States Steel 497, Pound $4.04. | 66 St DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today’s Dow, | Jones averages: industrials 115.09, rails 28.49, utilities 13.38. SMITH LEAVES FOR VISIT, FRUIT RANCH J. E. Smith, on the staff of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, is southbound on a steamer on a trip of two weeks, during which time he will go to his fruit ranch on Palmer Lake, in the Okanogan country, state of | washington. KARL S. CATE LEAVES | FOR SEATTLE TUESDAY Karl 8. Cate, Boston business man, left last night for Seattle after spending a week in the vi- cinity of Juneau. During his visit here he spoke both at the Cham- ber of Commerce and at the Ro-| tary Club on European conditions | as studied by him during 20 years’ residence in France. Mr, Cate re- mained in Europe.for six months after the outbreak of war. | e FOSS TO KETCHIKAN H. B. Foss, Juneau architect, left Tuesday evening for a busi- |ness trip to Ketchikan, 20 MINJTES LATEST NEWS EVENTS THEATRE ‘Robbers of the Range’ NEWS—2nd FEATURE = EYES EXAMINED 2 and BROKEN LENSES replaced {n our own shop. Dr. Rae Lillian Carison, Blomgren Bldg. 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