The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1942, Page 3

and Mums AR RO R AR R R AR ARG RN F RPN AR AR R R RS AR R R R R AR R R R AR R R R R R AR RN AR 24, 1942 ]“bRbl)‘ \Y, DECEMB To Help Malce Yours a MERRY CHRISTMAS 7 $7,000,608 to Produce! 2 Years to Film! Exciting Adveniure! Rudyard Kipling’s Classic JUNGLE BOOK in Magnificent Technicolor - wz SABU JOSEPH CALLEIA - FRANK PUGLIA - PATRICIA O'ROURKE i, the rm-z. ya) Man €U han: |he SEE 5"“”’ ,. na Tigar, SEE Mowg minor rrnneal\ S aewelshs d.ghere &1 - an 1o Death!” D GEE thesubtS L SEE o walht SEE Mo right Khan in ADDED GLORIA JEAN in “A WINTER SERENADE" Cartoon News “JUNGLE GIRL" 2 Chapters (Saturday Matinee) PREVUE TONuGulT SHOWS CHRISTMA TONIGHT! “MEET THE STEWARTS" A Ladies' Home Journal Story NOW ON THE SCREEN 7:00 9:30 Mrs. P. the Rebekahs last night at their Christmas party held in the Odd Fellows Hall MERRY CHRISTMAS Surprise smpment of Poinsettias Forget-Me-Nct Shop DR. GEORGE L. BARTON SENDS GREETINGS T0 FRIENDS IN JUNEAU 5 Ciaus was in attendance Wd gifts for the girls, who cooperated with St. Nick by helping distribute presents to the other guests. Bingo, singing, danc- ing and refreshments’ were enjoyed | by those present, and a big tree, £ decorated, dominated the Christmas femvuv FREE SHOW FOR KIDDIES SATURDAY Next Sa!urdu) afternoon, start- ing at 1 o'clock, there will be a| | free show for all of the children of Gastineau Channel at the Coli- seum Theatre This big event .s sponsored by Santa f// ) / with candy ¢ Dr. George L. Barton, who left Juneau six years ago after many | years of residence here, to retire and live with his family in Edmon- ton, Canada, sent the following (‘hximnms greetings to his friends “Christmas, 1942—Greetings to all peoples of Juneau. May the year now dawning bring to each and everyone of you steadfastness, courage, hope and to the world, sanity.” | e Girl Scouts Are Wishing J. Gilmore, were guests of | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE--JUNEAU ALASKA " JUNGLE BOOK" Mildred Edna Hill Is ~ LAVISH DISPLAY Wedto W.H. Barron STARRING SABU Here Last Evening Mildred Edna Hill of Juneau, and Rich Sp'endor Of Orlem n imn sgt. Willlam Hugh Barron of ransus Pa Xas, Kipling's Classic here Iast evenlng 1A & quiet cere- at Capitol 'mony performed by the Rev. Willis R. Booth in the Northern Light | After months of painstaking pre- | paration and research, Alexander Presbyterian Church |Korda has transferred to the screen Ithe thrilling adventure classic, lxi\id\'i(ld Kipling’s “Jungle Book,” | which was filmed in ml\an?(icenl in the Fisheties Office. | Technicolor and stars Sabu in the | np prederick J. Wennemer {role of Mowgli, a creature that iS|¢he bridegroom’s best man. ‘lhulf-ljn\ and half-wolf. Kipling’s Previous to the ceremony, | ‘Jungle Book™ directed by 'Ruth Perry played “Becau | Zoltan Korda and is slated for its Lohengrin's “Recessional” |local premiere at the Capitol Thea- | the ceremony. ire on Christmas Day. The couple will make their home Korda budgeted his massive |in Juneau in the Assembly Apart- Technicolor picturization of "the ments. famous masterpiece at more than a million dollars. Props alone for ! Kipling’s “Jungle Book” cost $60,- 200, while items used to embellish ithe film account of the exploits of {the young boy who was raised by jungle wild animals and returned [to his native village alter twelve years to learn again the ways ot |man, were valued at $150,000. ! having been’ connected with the U 8. Pisheries Office here for the past five years. Her attendant at the wedding was Miss Ruth H. Halter- man, with whom she is assoclated was during - > Mrs. Scott Bone Sends Greetings From Cahforma | Appreciated b} everyone on the I The backgl‘om‘zd of Kipling's Empire staff is the Christmas ‘Jungle Book” is picturesque | greeting received from Mrs. Bone, | Northern India during the last cen- | whose husband, the late Scott C. tury and entailed scenes of authen- | Bone, was Governor of Alaska from tic jungle beauty, filled with wild|1920 until 1925. animals and tropic bird life, as, ¢ A & “Heartfelt appreciation, dear b ook e Splen= | triends of the Juneau Bmpire. How Consequently there were no props LY 8 xnder of ove ¥ou- SVEUAPINS 4 "$H8 -vast' storeh derful years up there. Every golden ? Orehouses | wich from Mrs. Scott Bone,” was of movieland and nearly all had o, greeting from California where |to be manufa y C Bttt dm;’:“‘;‘:p ‘l"‘d "’“'“”“ the family of Gov. Bone has lived | z oy by art {gince Ieaving Alnskn director Vincent Kr)rdn wunmonsz ARMy Formal Dance for DOCTOR PROMOTED Service Men Given e Saturday by GSO Capt. Mendel Silverman Is Now Major-Tells of . His Work with the first formal dance given. The girls will wear long dresses | WHI'IEHORSE YT Dec. 24-5 and uniforms will he formal attire | The veteran commanding officer 'for the men of the Whitehorse Army Hospital The Duck Creek orchestra will | Captain Mendel Silverman today provide music for dancing from 9 | was promoted to the rank of major.!to 12:30, the USO patronesses an- Under the direction of Major 8il- 'nounce. Punch will be served. verman, whose home is in Ruther- Mrs. Tom Parke will act as Pa- {ford, N.J., men constructing the |troness chairman for the evening, Alcan International Highway have and Miss Marjorie Snell, president been given medical care and treat- of the GSO, will be representative ment, ifor that organization “Despite the intense cold at many perones will be present, and all points along the road,” Major Sil- girls from 17 to 18 years old will verman said today, “the soldiers be chaperoned home n):(- in good health. It is believed All GSO girls are urged to ! that !undertaking are unique in military men is expected. | medicine. At no time in our his- —————— GBSO girls will be hostesses e December 26, in the Elks Ballroom, {tory have we been called upon to| i"em and evacuate large numbers RESP'R‘IORY USES of troops over such terrain with | . . ARE REPORTED LARGE; tion and over such distances, in| the climatic conditions which | EplnEMI( or MEAS[B characterize the Yukon Territory.” result’ of the experience gained CA5es among the armed forces scat- ! from treating these soldiers under | tered throughout the Territory, with {Arctic weather conditions, a defin- | 307 listed at Kodiak, for the month both military and civilian medicine, | DePartment of ppcalit's | repaft Many of the Army doctors have | | stiqom: p |kept detailed notes and observa- Measles epidemics are prevalent in such tenuous lines of communica- Dr. Silverman declared: “As a | Respiratory @s totaled 505 lite contribution will be made to! €hding December 21, the Territorial | tions.” some sections, totaling 68 cases at were married | The bride is well known in Juneau, | vice men next Saturday evening, | Several cha- | at- | the medical aspects of this tend, as a large group of service | 'BOB HOPE IN TECHNICOLOR, 20TH CENTURY| "Louisiana Purchase” Is Smash Comedy Musical for Holiday Feature formidable | | Bringing together the |starring combination of Bob ‘Hope. Vera Zorina and Victor Moore, Paramount's Technicolor production of the Broadway smash comedy musical. “Louisiana Pur- chase,” now on the screen at the 20th Century Theatre, with all the fanfare that rightfully accompanies a film of this importance As a long-run stage show it daz- zled audiences on Broadway and all over this country with its spec- tacle of beauty on parade, its| music imbued with the genius of Irving Berlin and its hilarious story of political naughtiness in New| Orleans. The incomparable Zorina, |a dancer of breathtaking loveline: |and an actress of equally agile ac- | complishment, and Victor Moore, who stirs audiences to howls of |laughter when his timidity gives way to sudden lion-like courage, were in the original stage version, and occupy their same roles in tk film version. paw for a ring of tricky politicians, Bob Hope could hardly be seen to better advantage. Three of the leading Berlin melodies are “You're Lonely and I'm Lonel ‘Tomor- row Is a Lovely Day” and “Louisi- ana Purchase.” NAVY, COAST " GUARD ENJOY DINNER DANCE In a setting bright with Christ- |mas decorations and patriotic em- plems, 75 attended a formal dinner {dance in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel last evening, given Jointly by the United States Navy and Coast Guard units stationed in Juneau, Small tables, (the dance floor, |with evergreens, minjature rein- {deer and attractive place cards. | The cards were designed and made |by Miss Adrienne Glass for the occasion. Walls of the Gold Room were decorated with a large Am- erican flag and a Coast Guard en- sign. ! “Between cotirses of the dinner, | (which was scrveq at 8 o'clock, dancing was enjoyed and an in-/ teresting mogram was presented by several of the talented members of the Coast Guard units. Seaman | 2nd Cluss Hiram Shumway gave a short address of welcome early in the evening and taking part in| the program of songs and solos accompanied on the accordian and piano, were Lieut Warren M. Caro, | Captain of the Port, who accompan- | ied the singing end gave several pi- | ano selections, Mr. Shumway, Ga: pere Perrone, Frank Hill, Ji Wheeler, Eldor Lee and Ted Se- crettie. Lou Levy, of the Coast Guard, was chairman of the decoration committee and also acted as mas- ter of ceremonies for the evening. | Dancing continued until 1 o'-' clock to piano, accordian and phonograph music, and both officers | | arranged around were - decorated As the guileless cats- T rrttrT e rrrrre T v L e ey You All the Joys of the Season. GOOD HEALTH. GOOD FRIENDS... GOOD CHEER ¥ Alaska Musie Supply “ N CCLLLEELEETEOTTE NS o o NN NN VoV oNoN oo o oo YoV oo NNt NNV NNV oNoVoNoN NN oo NN OO0 oN SECEEERREN Rebekah Guests The Rebekah-sponsored troop of Intermediate Girl Scouts, led by . Large tub . Spanish cofn . Watch narrowly 7. Harpoon Nothing . Manage . Observe care- ACROSS . Moccasins . Above . Kind of ape . American cen- tury plant . Manufactured . Congealed water . Dispatched Dismounted . Luzon native . Diplomacy Gave back . Eternity . Shabby . Siurred over In pronouncing Three-l anded armadiilo . Short for a musical instrument ). Knacl - Unadulterated 63. Cape or head- . Kind of cheese . Recline . Halts Female sheep . Boys Sufficient: land 64. Biblical char- acter 5. Urchin 66. Waste allow- ance . Paradise 71| | /] "///HII///// Be dulAmm /7)) wind @ /fl et l/ A Wy fi%fllflfl II%HIII 0 e | the Juneau Miners Union, Local| Major Silverman added that the 203, and every youngster is asked|men were in sound condition, men- 1o attend the affair. ‘mlly as well as physically. He and | his staff recently took over a mod- ]ern. new 125-bed hospital built }hr‘rc under the supervision of Col iH' A. Montgomery of the North- | west Service Command. —————— ARE “RESTING” AT HOME El { Juneau residents at present staying |in their homes, Lorz with flu, and ] Goodwin with laryngitis. BURNING YULE LOG! The custom of burning the Yule log on Christmas Eve is not pre- valent in England.” The custom is ;suu followed in some of the rural | sections. It is more prevalent in the Scandinuvmn countries. Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle 5. Persian poet 6. Valley . Superv! e etication | . Having a rounded and notched apex . Any climbing plant DOWN . By . Title of Athena Agreed or Short vigorous contest Behaved . Prepared . Interpret: archaic . Clusters of wool fiber . Grow uninter- esting . Silkworm 0ld musical instruments ‘Aromatic prin- ciple of violet | root 9. Station . Bvolved or DA ,IF NE W BT T B(\O& L\ GNE ME & DECKORATIONY AMVGWT EFF\R WMAME NE & Measure . Aquatic bird . Small guarrel . Wandering for koightly adventure . Reconnoiter . Kind of dance hed | Vi Roman road . Flower con- tainer Formerly . Allowance for the weight of a contalner . Ireland | | i Fred Lorz and Dean Goodwin are | Wrangell, 55 at Nenana, 24 at Chit- |and enlisted men wno aizended, ina, and 21 at Ketchikan. Noatak | a5 well as their guests, had a reports 36 cases of whooping cough, | thoroughly enjoyable time. c o - DOUGLAS Sons of Méy_io | Give Dance Saturday NEWS ‘The Sons of Norway will have two | CHRISTMAS A‘l‘ 10 am.| events next Saturday night in the| ne Rev. Edward C. Budde wil At 8 o'clock there will be a meet- | 58Y mass at the Douglas Catholic ing and following this session a | Church of Saint Aloysius at 10‘ dance will be given at which there ‘°°l°°k tomorrow (Christmas Day) will be plenty of Scandinavian | forenoon instead of 11 o'clock, er-! music. The public is invited to the | Foneously announced on Wednes- dance and & good time is promised |day. by those in charge. - BUY DI!FENBE BONDS RS m'\f\w\mr\—\ D o o TOM AND JERRY BATTER JM Sully's Bnkery Phone 577 adv PAGE THREE WHERE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! “ES@%[[WI/HY NOW PLAYING! ‘i\‘ Poramount Picture with DONA RAYMOND - ’ Bonnom' DRAKE - WALBURN “MAN AT LARGE” THEATRE GREETINGS TO ALL OF OUR FRIEND XS IDA FOSS and ANNA JENSON Former Owners of Snow White Laundry To 0ur Many FRIENDS and SUPPORTERS WE WISH THE BLESSINGS OF A HAPPY CHRISTMAS! THE SALVATION ARMY CAPTAINT. J. AND MRS. DYCK o o N N NN NN ooV N NN SO OOOCCNOOOONNNNNN (e @ P RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG HOOOSOOE }