The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 30, 1942, Page 3

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1942 e | Gir ’SCfl"iBenPM “TONIGHT | 21 EOURS—FUN and HUSIC' W. C. FIELDS TUNE- STRUCK! » JANE FRAZEE » THE MERRY MACS +» LEON ERROL * » MISCHA AUER * Schedule Fields 8:20—10:50 'LATE NEWS Hawaii 7:1 nt 10 days the west coast of Prince of Wales Island on the way up, irnspecting the progress of the project, and 1so intends to stop off for an- other 10 days on the trip back. on BURDICK BACK IN JUKEAU, REPORTS ONSPRUCE WORK Forester When under full steam, a minimum of AS S T R will be hauled out of the woods and shipped south for milling. Ap- proxmately 500 men will be em- ployed on the project in eight camps. Some of the camps already have been set up, he said, and two Charles G. Burdick, who has been in the States for the last six months, returned to Juneau last night for a brief visit before re- turning to Seattle where he heads the Aiaska Spruce Program as gen- eral manager. CHANNEL BUS LINE, INC. |turns to the screen in his the program is operatingi . "ertort The wood will be used| |in airplane c¢ 10 million feet of spruce a month | ¥ s | DOUBLE FEATURE IS SHOWING AT CAPITOL TONIGHT W. C. Fields Comedy Is On| Bill With "Moonlight In Hawaii"" Here Comic capers move at a fast clip in Universal’s tuneful comedy feature, “Moonlight in Hawaii,” now playing on a double feature an | at the Capitol Theatre with imposing cast of comedians in im- portant roles. Inimitable Mischa Auer, “Rubberlegs” Errol, Richard Carle, the veteran comedian with the “laryngitis” voice and bald pate, and comedienne Marjorie Gateson head the comedy side of the cast. “Surprise” comedy hits are The Merry Macs, best known as singing stars of radio, stage and record- ings, who play their first starring roles. The inimitable W. C. Fields re- latest Universal comedy, “Never Give a Sucker an Even Break,” sharing the double bill. Fields has one of his strongest supporting casts in the new pic- ture, including such well known layers as Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Butch and Buddy, Susan Mxller Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Scouts are| tonight as observance Girl show jonal Week R mmo individual contractors, one from Puget Sound and the other | 1 Seaside, Ore., are awaiting men and equip- ¢ of Wales Island. ed and logrers vorking on the d fown 0 Better t} Twg, camps, the Walker and Spiering camps, are almost com- pleted and are operating. The Buol camp is progressing rapidly and the Nelson-Deierleine camp has been started. The spruce project is being de-| veloped in ' connection with the| .- LEAVES HOSPITAL Mrs. Elmer Howerter and infant! son have gone home from St. Ann’s Hospital. B BUY DEFENSE BONDS New Schedule Effective November 1, 1942 Schedule from Douglas to Juneau and Return LEAVE DOUGLAS P 7:15 AM.—Wi 7:40 AM.— 8:40 AM.— 10:40 AM.— 11:40 AM.— 1:40 P.M.—Twelfth 3:10 PM.—Wil 4:40 P.M.—Willoughby 5:40 P.M.—Wil 7:00 P.M.—Twelfth—Show 8:30 P.M.—Willoughby 10:50 P.M.—~Willoughby 1:00 AM.—Wi LEAVE JUNEAU 7:00 AM.—Wji 7:15 AM.—Willoughby—Foundry 8:15 A.M.—Willoughby 10:15 A.M.—Willoughby 11:15 A.M.—Willoughby 1:15 P.M.—Willoughby 2:30 P.M.—Willoughby 4:15 P.M.—Willoughby—Foundry 5:15 P.M.—Twelfth 6:15 P.M.—Willoughby 7:45 P.M.—Wil 10:15 P.M.—Wil 12:45 AM.—Wi loughby—Mine oughby oughby loughby NEW RATES Juneau-Douglas Route 30-Ride Book 34-Ride Ticket Juneau-Douglas—Straight Monthly Ticket—Douglx dry . Douglas High\n}ay Rates awson Creek to Juneau—Monthly Ticket ....... 1 1o Juneau—Monthly Ticket . to Juneau—Monthly Ticket . 34-Ride Ticket—Two-Mile Post 34-Ride Ticket—Ski Trail Thirty-Ride Book—Lawson Creek Thirty-Ride Book—Two-Mile Post Thirty-Ride Book—Ski Trail ........ City Rotae . i i Round Trip Ticket along Douglas quhway loughby Twelfth Twelfth i Willoughby | Willoughby | oughby-—Mine oughby loughby Leon| | we'en pranks as has been promxsedi |both likely and reasonable to ex- | pect, !exerted by the town’s public offi- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—]JUNEAU, ALASKA iCrossword Puzzle ACROSS Pertaining to love . Puts new soles on Disprove 40. Cotton fabrie 42, Salt 3. Device for transmitting power ter vapor oward Endeavors Harmonizes Small South American rabbit, L w sleepy . Note of the Acted out of sorts Put on \21 ! 2 24 26. Str Ourselves . Fuss Peacock butterfiies 6. Word of refusal 7. Purloined 69. Pertaining certain mountains Isa doctrine to DOUGLAS NEWS FORMER DODGLAb RESIDE! T J. WILLIAMSON, PA AWAY IN SEATTLE RECENTLY News of the passing of John Wil- liamson in Seattle early this month was told in a news clipping re- ceived here in the last mail. A plumber by trade, Williamson, with his family, lived in Douglas for a number of years, being employed as pipe-fitter at the Treadwell mine His death, due to a heart attack, occurred while he was at work. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 64 years ago, Williamson went to | Seattle with his parenfs when only year old. He is survived by his wldow two daughters, Mrs. Marie Samson of Bremerton, and Mrs Lillian Giertz of Seattle, two grand- | children an a sister, Mrs. Anne| Greenwood, of Oklahoma City. He was a member of the Seattle Plumbers’ Union, Local No. 32, and of the First Presbyterian Church. - HALLOWE'EN IN DOUGLAS Probabilities for the same relief in Douglas this year from Hallo- by the youth in Juneau and many other parts of the country seems according to sentiment ex- pressed from different sources. Without any pressure having been cials, expression of such intent| was heard from pupils at school, | during the week and a speaker to| |talk on the subject was promxsed them for this afternoon. | And so, with due faith in the| same patriotism of children here} | S ammumamuan Dumont. | food " between as elsewhere that has been aroused iby the exigencies of war and re- business men, | sultant conditions, car and other property owners,| school authorities and town offi-| cials, and all residents at large may be spared the burden of extra | work and interference with ‘the| regular routine this year. } e e WILL BE GOOD Mayor Hachmeister visited the period as above stated, in Alaska | the retailer may add his maximum mark-up to that frozen price to get his selling price “Retail Squeeze” “This will compl&ely the ‘retail squeeze’ rzu generally throughout the country,” Mrs. Her- | \mnnn stated. She made it clear, | however, that the price levels used ‘m the present temporary ceilings jare not necessarily those which will be carried into the permanent | regulation now being drafted to cover the commodities listed in the | freeze order. | “None of us are satisfied with 5. Entry In an | the prices generally prevailing dur account ¢ o 6. Dwellors in & ing the freeze period,” Mrs. Her- convent or mann stated. “Prices of uncon- i sk trolled commodities have been run- Ining wild these last few weeks. eliminate Solution Of DOWN . Goddess of discord City in Nevada 3. About . Falling welght of a pile driver Yesterday's Puzzle . Spread for drying . Article . Outdoor game Aquatic bird "aint | erful ruler s of force tempts to recoup reduced profits mark-ups on uncontrolled ones. Price Ceiling | “We now have these prices con- trolled,” she added. “Fully 90 per- cent of all food commodities are now under price ceilings. We shall now look into the matter of set- ting some of the previously un- | controlled commodity prices back to a more normal relationship to the rest of the food field. When | that is accomplished we may ex- pect to find a fuller market basket for the same dollar than we were able to have a few weeks ago. e Grape preserve reek seaport 36. Nutrition expert . The pick . Border for a picture . Beverage . Drinking vessel . Garden implements N 7 ub rincely Italian house . Only . English_queen . Dutch South African . Malt liquor . City in Belglura . Alternative . Player at children’s games Midway Island is only about a mile and a quarter long and three qumtcn of a mile wide. patrol the city and see that no member of their organization goes wrong. | This was due to many retailers’ at- | on controlled items by upping their | of PAGE THREE STRAWB'RY BLONDE 'DRAWS CROWDS AT 'TWENTIETH CENTURY Jimmy Cagney, Rita Hay- worth, Olivia DeHavil land Star in Film From the way folks have flocking to the 20th Century to see | “The Strawberry Blonde,” which opened there yesterday, she's a lass | with plenty of appeal for all. The new film comedy starring James Cagney, Olivia deHaxilland, Rita| Hayworth (the lady with the straw- | be tresses), is a gay melange f barber shop quartettes, peg- topped trousers, pompadours, gay ‘blu(k's, bustled lassies and such nosmlmc airs as “After the Ball | Was Over” and “The Band Played | On.” It's a delightful bow to the jJi moustached cup era, | ! Miss Hayworth, who was bor-{ rowed by Warners from Columbia | to become an oomph girl opposite Cagney, was clapped into gay nine- ties garb. . | Where the Better BIG Pictures Play | " AGAIN TONIGHT i Matinee Tomorrow 1:00 P. M. | been In one of her first scenes in the picture, she walks by the town | barber shop while the local sports chant, “Two, four, six, eight, whom do we appreciate,” “Oh you kid, |and “Goin’ my way, baby?” That's the kind of red-hot sports the, fellers were in 1890. | ‘ ““‘ RITA HAYW(]RTH JACK CARSON GEORGE TOHAS Directed by RAOUL WALSH A WARNER BROS.-First‘Nat1 Picturs L e - S COMBAT FOOD PRICES T0 DROP GRADUALLY SAYS 0.P.A. HEAD Alaska housewives who are look- | ing for an immediate decrease ini their food bill, as a result of the freeze order on foods, are apt to be disappointed, according to Mil- dred R. Hermann, Alaska Director | of the Office of Price Administra- | tion, in a statement issued today. While the freeze order gvn(»rnlly‘ throughout the United States holds | prices at the highest level | September 28 and Octo- |ber 2, in Alaska these prices are subject to computation under| Maximum Price Regulation 194, | which permits the retailer his re-| placement costs, his transportation | charges to his place of business, | and his maximum mark-up of the' month preceding ~Pearl Harbor. | Thus, while prices at wholesale are frozen to their highest point in the Combat the drying effects cold weather . . . and keep HAND LOTION, 1.00 AND 1.75 Harry Race Druggist hands. Every time you wash them, and before going out, apply Miss Arden's luxurious non-sticky HAND LoTION. Every night, soothe with emollient HAND cream (if possible, leave on overnight, i protected by soft NiGHT GLOVES ) NIGHT GLOVES, 200 ARDENA MAND SOAP, 1.00; BOX OF 3, 2.50 RS “winter hands” THE ELIZABETH ARDE Last Time Tonight "The Old Swimming Hole" EYES EXAMINED ) and BROKEN LENSES replaced in our own shop. Dr. Rae Lilliafi Carlson, Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636 " )" PR SRR ik nddd - E U your "'gentlewoman's 2 CARA NOME HAND CREAN No need now fo homely handsi yours soft, smooth and fovely by epplying this. | daintycream many times LARGE each day. It will not soil gloves or needle work. ASK FOR IT AT BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO, “The Rexall Store” + of steam heat and HAND CREAM, 1.00 Deliveries Weekly Effective Monday, November 2, we will deliver ONLY TWO DAYS EACH WEEK—Wednesdays, November 4, 11, 18, 25 and Salurdays, November 7, 14, 21 28. This has become necessary because we are unable to make arrange- ments otherwise We ask your indulgence during this emergency. Douglas Schools shortly before the | noon hour today and had a talk| |with the pupils of all grades re- | garding Hallowe’en. He explalned‘ what pranks would mean to the| | citizens, etc., and received a whole- | | sale promise that everything would be conducted in conformity with law and order tonight. Further- more the students said they will THRIFT CO-OP Seward Street