The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1943, Page 3

Fl RIDAY JANUARY 8, 1943 Swing She Sings “IHAVEN'T A THING TO WEAR" —and looks it! e —————— 4 LL g f‘ » —FROM CLASSIC TO CORN - with ng hepcats _and their blonde iy, of the blues! of a four-boy band's Xslruul. for a job. JUNE HAVOC DESI ARNAZ JACK DURANT EDDIE FOY, JR. FRITZ FELD HENRY DANIELL F .. o 7S Gayery i THE O THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! Meal Dealers, OPA Shll Hashing Over Chrisimas Turkey Prices in Juneau (Continued fmm Page One) The Director said that the prin- cipal complaint of the dealers is that the weight breakdow on which graduated ceiling prices were established under the regulation had not been observed by whole- salers making shipments to Alaskan dealers. “We are taking that matter up with the Seattle OPA office,” she said. “If the Seattle wholesalers have failed to graduate their prices according to the weight of turk they are violat: of Regulation 269 which establishes ceilings for Pa- cific Coast wholesalers . and will be required to adjust their . local retailers will (therefore) suffer no appreciable squeeze the prices set by Regulation 288." D India exports abunt 86 per cent of her cashew nut crop to the United States. Enlisted Men Get Air Combat Crew Badg&:fi prices | on | Saturday Matinee " Jungle Girl” chkard Is Food (zar In Name Only; Many Obsfacles fo Be Met Now, does it become apparent why Mr. Wickard is “czar” by name, but mostly still just the hard-work- ing Secretary of Agriculture? There is one important difference important only to that extent to whic Mr. Wickard can get co- operation. Under his new orders as food administrator, he is war- time cqual of all these men and, being a cabinet member, may be able to a more sympathetic ear at the White House than most f them As a matter Roosevelt took of fact President cognizance of the plight of Mr. Wickard by issuing a vial order that in any contro- ersy between Wickard and other wartime ars,” Byrnes would act as the President’s agent and have final Actually, that may strengthen the agriculture secre- tary’s hand, but actually also it might make Byrnes the food czar, not Wickard. |ing from the family home, I TWO COMEDIES " FOR CAPITOL'S | DOUBLE BILL HllanousTwaddleCoupIed ? with Gay Musical Com- ' edy for Local Theatre ‘ A dangerous gleam in the be ful brown eyes of Anne Gwy touches the match to the hilarious hocus-pocus ~of “Youre Telling Me,” one of two pictures coming [to the Capitol Theatre tonight for la two-day run. Robert Paige, Huzh | Herbert and Edward Ashley romp through the mirthful romantic comedy to a whirlwind and daffy finish Second picture featured is “Four Jacks and a Jill.” Weaving it’s tuneful plot around the hec- adventures of a struggling wing-band 'leader who becomes en- tangled with two pretty girl sing- ers with hilarious results, “Four Jacks and a Jill” unites Ray Bol- er and Anne Shirley for the first time. Other notable players in the | ast are June Havoc, Desi Arnaz nd Jack Durant. PRODUCTION OF RUBBER IS IN JAM [Jeffers Says Go-Ahead: Needed for Plant Construction WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 Director Jeffers said today the synthetic rubber program needs a clear priority go-ahead for at least 65 to 70 percent of its plant con-! for | struction to avoid “a disaster” military and industrial transport Right now the delayed program is hanging in such p us bal- ance, he said, that a “few b‘\(l breaks would spell catastrophe.” Nevertheless Jeffers said he didn’t believe the new East Coast ban on pleasure driving necessitat- ed by the petroleum shortage should | be extended to the rest of the| country to save tires. | > 'HARRY SPERLING, JR. HAS BAD ACCIDENT On his way to school this morn- Sperling, Jr., decided to take | shortcut through the Bowl—a decision that almost proved fatal for the lad, who slipped on the icy trail as he climbed out of the Bowl, fell, rolled down the hill and struck his head with great force against a tree. Unconscious, the boy lay there for over two hours, finally regain- ing his senses but still too dizzy and weak to move for over an hour longer. At last he was able to get up and stagger home, where he arrived at about noon. The attending phy- sician states that apparently there is no concussion, but he is keep- Rubber’| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE —JUNEAU ALASKA ~ \CHARLIE CHAN - 15 10 BE SEEN AT 20TH CENTURY 1 | Famous Defective Arrives fo Arrest Suspect- Killer Is Killed Chan arri Janeiro to make an beforé he can reach she is murdered! | From this exciting beginning, ‘Charlie Chan in Rio,” 20th Cen- 2 tury-Fox's latest picture about the I ¥ . 3 | famed Oriental detective y 3 |by Earl Derr Biggers, which fea- { tures Sidney Toler in the title role and opens at the 20th Century | tonight, plunges into a series startling developments. In the gay tropical playground, Chan happens upon his most dead- adversary 15 4 woman—a beautiful at that! Amidst the splendor sun-kissed Rio, Charlie play his newest weapon, g “truth” cigarette, the murder in an unusual manner Charlie’s “No. 2" son i snoop- ing around as usual. He “catches” a suspiciously aeting butler, but | before Jimmie cap make him uflk to identify the killer, the lights go ! 2 out and Jimmie’s suspect is shot g . and Jimmie nenrly dies of fright. RITA LEADS CONGA LINE_rilm Actress Rita Hay- . worth leads a congz line at New York’s Stage Door canteen. Being | Prior to that, his Trinidad, Color- & professional dancer as well as actress, Rita gave the service men e 4 and their friends some fine points on the corga. ““3‘ 12‘525 SOl bugers” won 188 an : Miller replaces Athletic Direc- | points per game. tor Al Baggett, who developed the TALI.EST IEAM They had a possible starting line- | tall teams for which West Texas - IN WORLD IN | | CAGE CONTEST up averaging 6 feet, 6'4 inches in| State is famous. Baggett now Iis height. That’s -three-quarters of nn\, the Third air Corps District, with 'West Texas State Lineup Is| Now Brewing New inch taller than boasted this time.| headquarters at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Maglc 10 Show Charlie arrest, but his an amaz- But the team this year, whfle‘ Gone, too, are All - American it may not be quite so lofty, and| Price Brookfield, 'Frank Stock- may lack the finesse which took the| man, Jack Marrox and Charles tall Texans to basketball promin-| Halbert, who measured 6 feet 10. ence nationally, will have better ' Boys Are Big reserves and plenty of boys WhO| Byt don't get the idea that West can hit the ring regular] | Texas State's team was wrecked. Cutting. Down oh Travel The boys are big, averaging 183.3 They are cutting down some on pounds to the man; the shortest travel this time but the giants of| plaver is 6 feet 1 and the tallest— | the painted court will do some| Ray Ellefson of Minneapolis—is 6 playing in the east, appearing in' feet 9. And there's plenty of bas- Madison Square Garden, in Phil-| gethall experience in the group. adelphia, and in Buffalo, before| veterans returning going to the All-College tourna- Groom, Ledru Jacobs | ment at Oklahoma City. Jahnson, forwards, and Charlds Miller Johnson, Norman Trimble top boys, but certainly not Willlam Stockman, guards. magic to confound the teams of the new to basketball in the South- The Johnson brothers and Ja- great Southwest west. He came to West Texas cobs, Trimble and Groom consti- Last year, West Texas had its State from Texas Wesleyan at Fort tute a high-scoring team with a ‘l;f-sz season, winning 29 games and Worth, where his teams won 101 background of big ‘h\mvv 6, and averaging around 70 games and lost obly 12 in six years. experience. | 1 2MAL Y I | Jap Plane Hits U. S. Shlp in Solomon Battle By HAROLD V. RATLIFF CANYON, Tex. — They don't reach quite so high into the ozone as last season but they still claim Ithe title of “the tallest team in the| werld” out at West State where Gus | | Miller is brewing more basketball | tree is new as coach of the Harry | al Evergreen | ing Harry in bed to ward off the danger of pneumonia after hours of exposure in is feeling little pain as a of his experience. HERE FROM FAIRBANKS R. N. Ogg, from Fairbanks, is in Juneau for a few days. guest at the Baranof. He is a| Along with ninety other enlisted men, Master Sergt. Ernest J. Barker, bombardier from Berlin, New Hampshire, receives his Aviation Combat Crew Badge, commonly called “Enlisted Men’s Wings,” at March Field. Cal. The presentation is made by Maj. Gen. Barney M. Giles, commanding general of thie Fourth Air Force. Many of the men who received the badges had been in action in the Solomons or Aleutian Islands, the! the beating | rain. He is resting easily now and| result | This spectacular picture, an official U. S. Navy photo, shows a Japanese plane, which struck the U. S. cruiser San Francisco on its downward course, leaving a dense column of smoke, center, from the spot where it crashed. The San Francisco, now back in the U, 8., can be seen beneath the smoke cloud while a U. S. cargo vessel stands by at left. U. S. fighter planes and anti-aircraft fire accounted for 32 of 33 Jap planes that attacked the U. S. convoy that day. (L L N. rhonenhom DONT \LEYT W& CATOH NOU HANGIN' AROUND \LOTT\E'S PLACE CON\E WERE, NQ SAWED-OFF WMILL-BILLN ves in Rio de| suspect, | brings into | are Douglas and Clark tournament \F MA \NERE MM SIZE AN MM WEIGHT - \'D KNOCK NER BLOCK OFF Y. WHERE R THE created | of He finds his quarry | creature | | of which solves | | | | BETTE LENTURY PAGE THREE R BIG PICTURES PLAY! ALL NEW SHOW STARTS TONIGHT Matinee Saturday 1 P. M. In gay Rio.. Charlie Chan traps a beau- tiful murde er'smurderer! SIDNEY TOLER and MARY BETH HUGHES COBINA WRIGHT, JR.. TED NORTH VICTOR JORY AND “Land of 6 Guns” Latest News "DRESSED TO KILL" Coach Miller also expects much‘ from a freshman squad now available under Border Conference rules. He calls it the greatest first- year outfit he has seen anywhere. Nope, the boys are still big and fast and know how to shoot. Ev- s0 West Texas State little in in the height department. >-oo FACE FIXER | DENVER.-Nancy Campbell bet fshc could ride her bicycle down a (hill while using both hands to fix |her face. A car hit the bicycle and tossed 14-year-old Nancy in front of a trolley bus. The bus stopped in | time. and | so many cuts and bruises a doctor was called to help fix her face. D | | VISITOR FROM SITKA | Chester M. Noble from Sitka is a Juneau visitor who registered | yesterday at the Baranof Hotel. D s MRS. PARSONS GOES SOUTH Mrs. Ernest Parsons has left Ju- ‘neau for the south and will visit in the Pacific Northwest and pos- sibly in. California for the next two months before returning home D TIDES TOMORROW High tide—4:04 am., Low tide—9:54 a.m.,, High tide—3:54 pm,, Low tide—10:25 p.m., i e LENSES REPLACED 17.1 feet. 13 feet. 181 feet. -2.3 feet. | Dr. Rae Lillian Gasison's office {in the Blomgren Bldg. will be | open for repairs and replacements |of broken lenses on Monday, Wed- |nesday and ‘Friday evenings only, from 7 to 10:30 pm. No eye ex- amination until Jan. 15. adv. W. L. SCARLETT HERE William L. Scarlett from Hermis- ’wn, Ore., once famous for its fire- weed honey and now taken over’ | by war activities, is a Juneau visi- ‘tor who arrived in town yesterday. erything else is rationed, however, is taking a; Nancy lost the bet. But she had| TRAP LINES HENRY PEARSON Statistics. Someone 1s always get~ ting up statistics. If such and such were laid end to end they'd reach 50 many times around the world and what not. Eighty-seven per= cent of the population of Hoonah prefer Smello cigarettes to any Inther brand. And did you know that the Unit- {ed States has 95 percent of the | world’s bathtubs? Not 91, percent mind you, or 97 percent but exacts ly 95 percent. How did they find jout? Did they 1] (a) Send field men to each eclty and hamlet on a nation-wide baf tube search? (b) Send cards in the mail ask- )ing the addressee to check in the proper column whether he had & bathtub, whether it was in use jand what was ils capacny on Sate jurday night? | (c) Ask all European travelu‘l to report on any questionable bath- |tub that might be found in Syris |or Afghanistan? (d) Check on all bathtub sales since the days of John Smith and Pocohantas? When one looks at all the prob- lems involved at reathing an accu- rate figure, it is wonderful how they do it. Consider for instance, ;‘“" they have, to, take into con- sideration the number of tubs that jare obsolete and are no longer ito hold the recumbent body of § bath enthusiast. And then let us not forget that there are numers ous places that have only showers which by no figment of the ima- gination can be called bathtubs. But the most amazing thing of all is that after all this data has tinally been gathered, who cares? - e, 3 BUY DEFENSE BOND‘ By BILLY DeBECK S\C "W - SARGY, WE'S GOT NORE