The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 18, 1942, Page 3

WEDNESDAY 1942 GET HEP! Get in Step with FREDDIE MARTIN " ORCHESTRA HIS AS HE FEATURES HIS FAMOUS “Piano Concerto” AND FOUR NEW SONG HITS IN THIS ROMANCE-DRAMA OF A HOOFER WHO BECOMES w MAYOR « 44 ST. STARRING GEORGE ANN MURPHY SHIRLEY “A MILLION MILES FROM MANHATTAN" H E A B “Breeze on Lake Louise” — “Heavenly, Isn't It” APITO THEATRE THE BIG PICTURES! OUR GANG in “HELPING HANDS" TRAVEL — CARTOON — NEWS CAPIT JAPS ADMIT HEAVY LOSS INSEA FIGHT et ; ALASKA TERR. GUARDS MEET THURSDAY P.M. OL HAS choosing.” Upward of have been killed on Pearl Harbor, These include yof Coral Sea 60,000 Japs alreddy since the attack a survey disclosed in the battle more than 10,000 at | Midway and between 20,000 And 40,000 in the latest sea battle of -'I""'\‘r‘nn.ll as well as m()r('i)mn 5,000 Acknowledrg;%Sinking 0 Battleship, Destroyer— | Downing of 41 Planes (Continued from Page One) All members of the Alaska Ters ritorial Guard are urged to make an especial effort o be present at the grade school building Thursy day night at 7:15 o'clock, it was announced today Arms and equipment are not required at this meeting as it will' begin a series of lectures. These lectures should be heard by all members as they will furnish the foundation for spring training, it was stressed The meeting the Italians reported the sinking of the Idaho, 33 miles off the coast of West Africa As a prelude to the Jap commu- nique today, the Tokyo radio de- clared that its Headquarters would tell the world of “a Jap naval vie- toryu:so:s overwhelming that any United States attempt at a counter- offensive in the south Pacific is a thing of the past tz Statement contrast, informed quarters in Pearl Harbor pointed out the comment of Admiral Chester Ni- mitz, who said that future action in the south seas theater “may be of our choosing and not of their i¢ peing held at such an early hour in order that those who wisn may attend the service men’s smoker to be held in the A.B. Hall Promptness of all Guards is ur- gently requested oilua plae . or extra tank, or extra gun, or extra ship {an THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR JUNEAU, ALASKA FREDDY MARTINS | JUNEAU BOYS JEANBART ORCHESTRA STARS | IN CAPITOL FILM "'Mayor of 44th Street” | Musical with Gang- land Twist Torn between his admiring of a hardened criminal and grati- | tude toward the man who has given |him a chance in life, the career of |a tough young leader of a juvenile |gang in midtown Manhattan pro- ;‘ld(‘\ the basis of a starkly excit- | ing modern melodrama in the Capi- | tol Theatre’s new film oflmlm, The Mayor of 44th Street.” George Murphy, for the first ! time, giving full rein to his fast- | developing histrionic talents, pla they romantic lead in %this picture | teamed with Anne Shirley Rex Downing plays the budding gang chieftain. Other top support- ing parts a enacted by William | Gargan, Richard Barthelmess and Joan Merrill Murphy, an ex-hoofer |to a dance band Barthelmess, | gangster, | down as his awe falls heir which as a scheming has turned into a shake- racket. With Miss Shirley confidential aide, Murphy is making a legitimate success of the business, when young Downing threatens to muscle, in . with his |predatory street gamins. - .. 'PARACHUTERS BEING USED IN NORTH AFRICA British Are AA'I;éady Taking Ports by New Mili- tary Methods (Continuea from Page One) Squeezed Into Strip The use of the word “captured” seemed to refute the Naz prapa- ganda line that they moved in to defénd 'their 'French in Tunisia,” and met only: coopera- tion from the French The Germans are squeezed 820-mile strip of the north Afri 1 coast and Allied armies | are closing in from either side; However, the Germans choose to | regard the occupation of Bizerte as a victory and said “following occupation of Bizerte, the initia- tive is now in the hands of Ger- mans and Italians in Tunisia.” s - into The highest point in the Western Hemisphere is at Mount Aconcagua in Argentine, level completed tomorrow may, in & few months, turn the tide on some distant battlefield; it may make the difference between life and death for some of our fighting men.'* —PresiDENT RooseverT, February 23, 1942, Would yox be the one who failed to help buy that plane, tank, or ship—by failing to buy your share of Bonds? Could you sl can boys were being “put off” doing your eep nights knowing that Ameri- killed because you and others part? booking agency | compatriots | the ! 22,834 feet above sea’ NOW IN ARMY Lucas, Paul Coke and Alex University boys who arrived few days ago, enlisted in Army yesterday and received -=ir uniforms today Lee of Mayor and Mrs. H I. Lucas, and Paul Coke, whose | father at one time an official the Alaska-Juneau Mine, have attendance at UCLA. Alex, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of Juneau, was registdréd at' the University of Washington All!'the boys entéred the . Air Corps,' Lee and Alex being accept- ed for ground crew training ALASKA COASTAL MAKES FLIGHTS 10 SITKA TODAY Passengers leaving | Alaska Coastal Albert Brotherton Donnely, D. Shrewsbury Cannon, B. Gomes mond, Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Reece and William C. Jarig Arrivals from Sitka were following: Frank H. Y J. Sweeney and C. V. Kay harter flight to Hoonah ing passengers were Robert Katherine Grant and Mrs Goodwin. ITROOP ONE OF 6IRL SCOUTS ~ HAS ELECTION Girl Scoutseof Juneau Troop 1 held election of officers last week, | according to an announcement by their acting leader, Mrs. Earl Mc- Ginty. | New officers are Sharon Sharpe, Secretary; Katherine Bavard, Trea- | surer, and Flag-Bearers Helen Dap- | cevich, Donna Olds, Lois Fossum and Jean Boddy Patrol leaders will be Mae Dap- | cevich, Peggy Forward, Jacquelinie ‘M(\Hln Alice Jean Davis and Jean | Boddy The troop's regular leader,. Mrs J."Gilimore, is still i Keétehikan | with, (the courf' party - ! 'DR. POWERS LEAVING -SOON FOR SOUTH 10 | | ENLIST, WAR SERVICE Lee Miller here a he son was | of been in for Airlines Sitka with today were Kenneth H Charles Lee Rich- Short Murray Limpr Peter E eat Shannon, G. R Jack H the 2 On a return- Grant, Dean not | | Dr. H. J. Powers, in_chayge of | the Government Hospitai Hete for | the past several months, plans to |leave with his wife for Los An-‘ | geles the first week of December, where he will wind up his busi- | ness affairs prior to going into ;nruw service in the Army Medi- | cal Corps. | - e i | ' FORMER JUNEAUITE : ' INJURED IN SEATTLE | wiliam Wakeham, 70, of 2652 | | West 57th Street in Seattle, was | |injured recently when he was struck by a car driven by former | Seattle fire chief Claude W. Corn- |ing, it was reported” in a recent| | Post-Intelligencer réceived here. | [ Mr. Wakeham, who is thought |to be the William Wakeham who | ‘(ormerly resided in Juneau and for | years was with the Alaska Meat Company here, suffered a fractured | left ankle when the ex-fire chief’s | car ran over his foot. He was| treated at the emergency hospi- tal. Corning was arrested on a | charge of reckless driving. | | Mr. Wakeham left here about | three years ago to make his home lin Seattle. - i FOOD SALE Catholic Daughters will hold a Remember, they are OUR boys now—from jowr |food sale at Bert’s Grocery Satur- State, your town, perhaps your very home. They’re out there risking their lives—giving their lives—so that America, your free America, can live. And just as you are counting upon them to give everything they've got, so they are counting upon you to give everything you've got—by working harder than you ever have before and by investing in Bonds to the very limit of your powers! Can they count on you? Make your answer ring clear and true—let our boy. and child in America your local post office, WE WAR .- /{Vt/‘f;/‘;llll’é ;WVEK you SAVE k s know that every man, womaa, is behind them 100%! Go to bank, savings and loan associa- tion, or other official sales agency today. Pledge yourself to buy all the Bonds you can—regularly, every pay day until this war is woa! you buy, the more planes will fly. The more Bonds sy us.savives Bonds & Stamp§ This Message for Victory Is Sponsored by . Alaska Steamship Com any day, November 21, 9 am. adv. une wan wo an o | of SHATTERED IN BATTLE HAROLD V. BOYLE | 12— th]\\»} battleship | | [ By CASABLANCA, Nov ed)—The great French Jean Bart, stricken by American | naval might, lies at her pier here like a discarded tomato can blown open at both ends. A tour of the Casablanca harbor showed that the three-day bom- bardment of the fort by United States' Navy planes and light and heavy fleet units wrought fearful havoc to the outgunned French navy. Mass of Wreckage The aft starboard section of the giant yellow-topped battlewagon had been blown into- a mass of twisted wreckage. Her great steel| deck plates were buckled like card- board and severed steel communi- cations cables trailed like vines in the water eddying into her shattered side. Beginning fifty feet from the star- bomd bow another great hole seven- feet long extended clear through the ship, which had been struck ten times by sixteen-inch American naval shells and aerial torpedoes. A sailor, helping to clear the wreckage of the Jean Bart, said the greatést damage was suffered when twenty-four ‘United States navy! planes dive-bombed her Tuesday in | a continous attack Twenty sailors manning the anti- aircraft guns on the Jean Bart were killed during the .dive-bombing, he added, saying these were pracsically the only casualties among theiship’s personnel which otherwise was well protected by steel chambers in the central structure of the ship. French Bravery Praised Rear Admiral H. K. Hewitt, com- mander of the amphibious forces of the Atlantic Fleet, praised the brav- ery and skill of the French agajnst a superior force. They made very effective use of smokescreens in making dayiight escapes, he said in an interview, Hewitt said the Jean Bart, which reopened fire several times in the long '‘battle after ' she " hdd been thought silenced, at one point shot entirely too close for comfort Shelts' AR Around The Jean 'Bart .dropped fifteen- inch shells all around us and got near misses. Im fact, I got splashed when a shell landed in the water alongside the bridge while I was watching: our shellfire. We all were drenched when the shell shot up a column, of water high into the air. Although (several warehouses and sheds were blasted by the heavy fire and shell holes pitted the piers, the main facilities of the port were left in working order. e | DRAFT BOARD MEETS The local Draft Board held its (regular Tuesday evening meeting in the Krafft Building last night in preparation for the compilation an induction list for November 27 e BUY DE"EN‘!E STA\MPE BARNEY GOOGLE ANB SNUFFY SMITH | International Harvester | necott "MEET JOHN DOE" BRINGS G. COOPER TO 20TH CENTURY Moving, Human Story of Man in Street Will Open Tonight “Meet John Doe human story of Mr. Everyman the United States, will night at the 20th Century being hailed by critics a ture of the year Gary Cooper takes the part of John Doe, a forgotten man, with a great soul and high ideals, \\’hn‘ is buffeted around by the cynicisme of the public. Standing him | to ward off a few of the is Barbara Stanwyck Cooper, as John Doe, is a man who has lost his means of liveli hood and is classified as a migrant Frank Capra directs the portrayal of Cooper in the role, making this man, who is the essence mity, unforgettable The picture is a worthy succes sor to Capra's direction of “Mr Smith Goes to Washington al though the story is entirely dif- ferent Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan Spring Byington, James Gleason and Gene Lockhart are among the great players who support STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 18, Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today s 2%, American Can 70'., Anaéonda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 56%, Commonwealth and Southern 9/30, Curti Wright 8% 53%, Ken- 29%, New York Central 11! Northern Pacific 7%, United Sta Steel 48%, Pound $4.04 JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow,. Jones averages: industrials 114.64, rails 27.80, utilities 13.85. MR. AND MRS. DEAN GOODWIN BACK FROM the moving in open to. Theatre the pic- beside blows of anony Cooper Dpow, SUCCESSFUL HUNT| Reporting, a, most successful hunt in the Mud Bay district, Mr. and| Mrs. Dean Goodwin returned to| Juneau today after an absence of | a week. Mr. Goodwin, pilot with Alaska Coastal Airlines, que of the largest deer ever ported in the Mud Bay vicinity. TIDES IOMORROW 22 feet 172 feet 0.7 feet | re-1 Low tide—5:13 am., High tide- 11 36 a.m., Low tide 55 pm., - EYES EXAMINED | and BROKEN LENSES replaced in our own shop. Dr. Rae Lillian; Carlson, Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. | e BUY DEFENSE BONDS QUICK SRUFEN — GRAB TW' ‘PHONE INTW RECREATION HALL — SOMEBOOM. (N TOWN SANS HE SAW CHOSEF AOPPIN' BEEN LOOKIN' FOR AWM I DOWN CANAL STREET RIGHT 1N TH THICK OF A\.L'\'H‘ brought in | STARTS TONIGHT COLISI OWNED- AND be mighty happy to meet you. You see, it remem- bers “Mr. Deeds” and “Me. Smith”, those other Spring BYINGTON - James GLEASON Gene LOCKHART WORE CRUTCH! and “TUMBLEDOWN RANCH IN ARIZONA" “BRIDE OPLAATED Keep Your Coffee Maker “Perking” the Duration! What a comfort that cup of coffee is before and after a long day of war work! Your’easy-working electric cof- - fee maker is a boon you'd hate to do without! Keep it clean, take care of it (new ones are hard to get). and let us make any needed repairs! We Malk:e ALL Electrical Repairs? Light and Power Co. | # 63 Calls An OWL CAB NEP! 1RECKON THAT WUZ WM ALL RIGHT — T JES' WOPE TH' CRITTER HAS BRANS _ENUEF 1O STAY UNOER 35, ON'Y LQOW SO HE W 3} ) RSN ’ Y : SUY .)(l-Minuws Latest News-30 |