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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1942 TOMORROW! Those “Buck Privates” are buckin’ “Lou & COSTELLO t\\‘\\“ 0 §§f in Their Neweost Universal Picture They'd make a horse LAUGH! \ THE DICK FORAN Johnny Mack Brown OO0 y ——ALSO—— "SNOW EAGLES SUNDAY CONTINUOUS FROM 2 P. M. Matinee Prices 'Till 5 P. M. Vance or the United States Em- Because of the demand for COMMUNICATORS qualified eligibles, applications will be accepted wously uptil further notice and setion of eli- i of the service requires While the filing of application i For the purpose of training suit- |, € (1° T g T able personnel in the technique of | v ohiooment pplicants select~ operating its comn ation sta- ed for the training course will re- tions through the Territory of Al- ioiue ne title of Junior Aircraft SRER, 0 DAyl Asronaniie - | Gommunicator, salary $1440 per istration is carrying out a training | co..onca 95 percent Alaskan dif- program at Anchorage, a Out of a recent class of fifty ferential, total $1800 per year, or| . ¥11$150 a month who signed up for the cowrse, fif~ | " memgle applicants are accepted teen have passed, 2 10| hroviding they are wives of per- Vance Hawley, CAA representalive | g nner now occupying Aircraft who is now at the Gastineau Ho- | gommunicator positions, or wives P REVUE TONIGHT!? ! TN AR THEY’RE WILD...WOOLY...AND WACKY! . The Merry Macs are truckin’! MERRY MACS FEATURE AT ~-TONIGHT - ‘JAIL HOUSE BLUES' and "TUXEDO JUNCTICN' WEAVER BROS. and ELVIRY “FROM NUTS TO SOUP” LATEST NEWS 1 -6 USO Club Is Being Built | Juneau Resriid‘énls Invifed | ' at Old Parsons Building | fo See Prograss The Old Parsons Electric Build- ing is the scene of great activity these days. It is being “blitzed” by Uncle Sam’s boys under USO officials soon be the | details of ithe supervision of | This building wil! tel. Tt was found that husband and : ot L : t busband and | o male applicants. Applications scene of much leisure time activity o Comuingy “l’[ “; ‘“( ¥ € | from single female applicants will|by service men as it will hence- course were particularly satisfac- é 4 o s satlstac i noy be considered forth be known as the Juneau USO tory, Mr. Hawley said 1o | (B Club. All servicemen working on} Additional courses will begin on RELs sialect - fre headln wisey. ot November 30, December 15 and Nearly 70,000,000 sick persons in | ! % B a ) |fort to open the club by Decem- January 1 and anyone interested in the United States lose over one bil- |} "o from work or normal ac- obtatning informafion regarding | lion day them may do so either from Mr. tivities annually 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 Make ALL Electrical Repairs!? Alaska Electric Lighi and Power Co. ELECTRICAL REPAIR The Juneau public is invited to stop in for a moment and watch the work progress. In this manner they will get a “before and after” impression. One section of the build- niture conducive to restful leisure. A second downstairs. section now under repair will house a splendid snack bar, pool table, ping pong table, card tables and other games. This rocm will be done in colo: commensurate with the military theme. The upstairs section now being used temporarily as a hospital will later house a dormitory for over- night guests, a dark room for the teaching of photography, a craft shop for the development of hob- bies and a “roughhouse” room for boxing, wrestling, and other indoor sports. The Juneau USO Club will be guided in its efforts to meet the needs of the service men by a Men's Committee of Management, a Woman's Patroness Organization and a Service Men's Council. These guiding committees will be putinto operation during the coming week. During the next two weeks there will also be organized in the Juneau:Douglas area, a Girl's Serv- ice Organization. The purpose of this latter group will be to assist the Director in planning dances, hikes and other wholesome recrea- tion for servicemen. The young ladies who have voluntarily acted as hostesses for AWVS dances to {date are requested to watch for {further information on this score. 0 WILFRED DECISION In the smoker events at the A B. Hall Thursday night Roy Wil- fast three-rounder. | e BUY DEFENSE BONDS ing is rapidly nearing completion. This section will house the office, writing desk, magazine section, symphony music albums, wrapping | service, many other minor services | plus the type of o tuffed fur- fred got the decision over Swede Stutrou. It was erroneously stated | that Swede got the nod after the | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA |"GREAT GUNS' STARS| ABBOIT, COSTELLO SHOW WILL OPEN ON CAPITOL BILL 'Ride "Em Cowboy’ Hailed as Slapstick Comedians Funniest Show Yet Hailed as the most elaborate as well as the funniest of the Abbott and Costello starring comedies, Uni- versal's “Ride 'Em Cowboy” takes over tomorrow at the Capitol The- atre. Headliners in the large sup- porting cast are Dick Foran, Gwynne, Johnny Mack Brown. uel S. Hinds, The Merry Macs and Ella Fitzgerald. Featured mus and dancing aggregatiohs 'include the Hi-Hatters, the Buckaroo Band and the Rangers Chorus of 40 Backgrounded against an Arizona dude ranch, “Ride 'Em Cowboy” is | said to contain everything necessary in the way of parade grounds fc the antics of the two stellar zanies. | including Indians, rodeo aces, buck | ing broncos, wild steers and femin- |ine pulchritude. Among the players are a bevy of bathing beauti d the seven most beautiful cowgirls in the world. | Two of the most picturesque dude rances in Southern California the B-Bar A near Newhall and Rancho Chihuahua in Solemint Canyon— were among the four location sites |used by Director Arthur Lubin in the production of the offerine. A | third spot was Ravenna, a whistle stop 60 miles from Hollywood, where Universal built a tepee vills — e SILVER TEA IS BEING GIVEN BY B. P. W. TODAY and Professional Women’s Club will lend its Dollie Sewing Contest and will award prizes to the girls of the Gastineau Channel area who have made the most attractive cos- tumes for their favorite dolls. Awards are the pretty dolls which [have been on display in the win- {dow of Garnick's Grocery for the past few weeks. During the afternoon, the dolls will be on display, as well as an lattractive exhibit of the dolls owned by Miss N Tillotson The tea is being from 2 to o'clock and program of dancing by young pupils of Doro- thy Stearns Roff will be given dur- ing the afternoon, as well as piano selections by youngsters. a 5 Rainbow Girls Initiate Tonight The Order of Rainbow for Girls tonight will initiate candidates in a special meeting to which all Ma- sons of the Gastineau Channel area are invited On- this Masons' Night, no spe- cial program other than initiation is planned. Refreshments will be served following the ceremonies, which begin at 7:30 o'clock. Eastern Star members are also invited. Betty Nordling is chairman of the affair. A Silver Tea and program will attract many Juneau women this afternoon to the Methodist Church | social rooms, where the Business J.BARRAGARS " HIGH BOWLER |LAUREL, HARDY AT FRIDAY NIGH T TWENTIETH CENTURY J. Barragar, of the 20th Centwiy’| | Meat Market team, rolled higa | | single score in games bowled by | | the erchants’ League on the Elks Club alleys last night when he | rolled 224 in his third game. With || a score of 210 in the first game and 179 in the second, Barmgm“ |also made the high total for the | evening with 613. Comic Pair Refurns fo Screen fo Bring Belly } Laughs in Picture i In their first picture in over a| year, top comedians Stan Laurel | Hardy are starred in! the new 20th Cen-) slated to open | 20th Century | liwd Oliver | Laura Taylor, of Sabin's team,| Creat Guns. | made second high total when she | T9IY-FOX comect | rolled up 559 in three games. Others { foeoire who topped the 500 mark were C.| 1 the past, the Laurel and Hardy | Carnegie, of Per team, with| . .viedies have never had a story | }44; M. Lavenik, of the Juneau| nstead they worked from day to Drug team with 538; Dr. A Wv‘(m;, and when the filming com-| Stew irt of Butler-Mauro Drug | memced, no one could tell how the | Company with 533 and Dollie Stew- | story would end up. Under their art, of Butler-Mauro with 531, and | new «contract, signed with 20th Cen- | B. Duckworth of Sabin’s with 5 | tury-Fox just prior to the filming Scores in last night's tourna- | of “Cireat Guns,” they have a clause | ment games were: which permits them to O. K. the| | 20th Century Meat | seript before they work on the pic- | L. Senescu 149 188 490 | ture. | J. 210 179 613! Accosding to preview critics, this C. Me: V't 133 147 406 | system ‘has worked out much better . for all concerned. There was plenty Totals 496 475 5381509 | Of room for the comics to improvise w1l | —and they did insert several spon- (Spot) 21 921 21 B ‘l:\n:‘Ous ;mg; wmfl\ l';nt”th(;m o;: Lh(t-‘ o A | spot—an roug! elly laughs at | :I }::‘:::g:'h :;3 i:_ i’;}: :{:zill‘e preview. But the hnpormm‘ & g : foo V% | point is tinat “Great Guns,” unlike | E. Hendrickson 104 70 81— 255 | yogt of the Laurel and Hardy com- edies that have gone before, has a | Totals 447 391 4251263 definite beginning, middle and end- | | ing. Leota’s ! A MRS Sl J. Senescu 140 180 164 484 | M. Stevenson . 145 121 144— 410 ‘[n Lavenik 131 128 149 438fj u N ‘\ I i | Totals 416 450 4571332 4 | abi | spot) 24 24 24— TZl\ MAlAMUTES | | L. Taylor 190 189 180— 559 | |B. Duckworth .. 171 171 171— 513 | |G. Oberby 138 125 122— 385 | v I (T(‘Rlous | 2 Totals 523 509 4971529, | Butler-Mauro Drug Co. “ Before the largest crowd yet| !Dr. Stewart 176 189 168— 533 |this season, Juneau High School {G. Waugh 114 124 19— 357|last night trounced the Douglas Dollie Stewart . 192 147 192— 531 | Alumni basketball teazn by a score | ot — ,—|of 38 to 19 in the Juneau High Totals 482 460 479—1421|gymnasium i Ordway's | In the second game, the best | (Spot) 40 40 40— 120 basketball seen here yet this sea- | L. Hendrickson 135 144 171— 450|son, the Malamutes, as yet un-| {H. Waugh 136 123 179— 438 beaten, edged out the WAACS by | H. Barragar 160 153 158— 471 8 34 to 32 victory in a five-minute | s _lovertime period. The score was | Totals 471 460 548—1479 | tied up at 32-all at the end of the irnaulur playing time. | Juneau Drug Co. i During the halves, the Juneau I spot) 8 8 8 24|High School band, under the baton E. Simmons 152 132 138— 422|of Director Art Uggen, made its | M. Lavenik 206 175 157— 538 first appearance of this school C. Batragar 168 155 156— 479 | year and entertained the customers : e | with selections, all highly appre- Totals 534 470 4591463 | clated. } Percy's e gy 71 H. Petrich 141 178 145— 464 i C. Carnegie 158 211 1% su:MANY ATTEND M. Sperling 126 143 177— 446‘; Totals 425 532 497~1454 I0,0F DlNNER e BoaToFcascoe | TRIDAY NmHTJ AIDS (!‘FI o“ RO(Ksiflall last evening for the Thanks- | giving turkey dinner of the Odd| Instead of Cash Cole’s boat going | Fellows and Rebekah odge, were 140' on the rocks off Marmion Island |lodge members. during the recent storm, as reported | Following the dinner, the mem- yesterday from government author-‘bers enjoyed an informal program, ity, the boat aided another. The | with Albert Peterson and Karl Lind “pescued” craft was patched up and | playing accordion duets. Violin, | floated at high tide after the Cash |saxophone and trumpet music also Cole boat gave needed aid. | was heard and the orchestra played - for dancing following the program. "M Kingdom For a Horse, his side-kick Bud Abbott in their At Capitol quotes Lou Costello to the Merry Macs and Charles W. Carter acted as master (of ceremonies and Mel Martin was | chairman for the dinner and pro- |gram arrangements. ‘ - ee— Girl Scout Troop | Has Party Friday 1 The Juneau Brownie Troop of Girl Seouts, led by Mrs. H. J. Pow- |ers, enjoyed a Thanksgiving party | Friday afternoon in the social par- lors of the Methodist Church. | Most of the 25 children who at- | tended participated in the program, ,recmng poems and playing games | under the direction of Betty Nord- | | ling, pack leader. Prizes were award- led in the competitive games. ., EYES EXAMINED |and BROKEN LENSES replaced in our own shop. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. - MUSICIANS’ BALL NOVEMBER 28 adv. newest picture “Ride ‘em Cowboy. | Empire Classineas ray’ SUNm A LIOMENTORY | | Laurelerd Hardyin | The Army (" =5 veille! : rget practice! they're the pain i the Sergeant’s neck PREVIEW TONIGHT 1:15 a.m. MATINEE SUNDAY 2:00 p.m. "They’re the revel in re 're the target in They 3 ces QN ‘Sheila Ryan » Dick Nelson Edmund MacDonald Directed by Monty Bonks .., Original Scroen Ploy by Lov Breslow ‘A 20th Contury-Fox Pictvre - -, . s 0 wTane BARNEY TS 'S TW REAL DOPE, NARDBIRD -1 JUST SN | GOOGLE ANB SNUFFY SMITH WHEN CHOSEF WMAKES QN SPIN TH DANLGHTS OWT'H W FER MWW QA RAGELE “TAGO\LE » 0 DWE FER TH\S CORROY AL NAR I LKE A COWBON 20 MINUTES NEWS . _7:30 9id§ GREAT GUNS ....8:20 10:88 SPECIAL ATTRACTION 0 ARt VR S N LAST TIME TONIGHT ¢ GARY COOPER——BARBARA STANWYCK | S“MEET JOHN DOE” g R NOW PLAYING— COLISEUM REE STy OWNED AND ODERATED- -3/ W.D.0ROSS Missouri®® , b L) o L] S 4 Pl e R ¥ Stan Laurel is the sad faced soldier boy who just won’t listen to pal Oliver Hardy's explanation. The two comedians can be seen in 20th [y Century-Fox's “Great Guns,” the feature at the 20th Century. By BILLY DeBECK Y, ‘

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