The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 25, 1943, Page 3

MONDA\ j/\NU/\RY 74 1943 A GREAT STAGE HIT BECOMES A GREATER SCREEN HIT! GEORGE RAFT PAT O'BRIEN —ALSO— March of Time “F.B.I Front” NEWS Nazi Rout in with JANET BLAIR BROD CRAWFORD Ana Marjoria GWYNNE - RAMBEAU S.Z. Sakall - Edward Brophy TRAP LINES HENRY PEARSON | o —————. It had been a particularly har- rowing de The wind sweeping off the glittering glaciers seemed liter- ally to carry the ice with it. The dry snow that covered the frozen cround swirled into the air with each gust of wind. Normally no one would work in weather like that, but these were not normal times—the enemy was never far off and the job had to be done, I sat at a table at the far end of the mess hall as one by one, the workers filed in, faces red & cyes watery from the intense Eagerly they headed for their at the table and reached out steaming plates of food for As the rough, tough, bewhiskered bunch crowded around me joshing each other and yelling loudly for food, I mentally wished that I could have some of the arm-chair critics and some of the business-as-usual {E CAPITOL HAS Tt HE BIG PICTURES! ploletarivis there at the table with me. 11 introduce them to the 12 of our democracy. Far nnm the Emily Post era of the so- cial clientele, these men were rough devil-may-care, raw and. yes, one hundred percent American As I sat there I noticed an el- derly, grey-haired man opposite me. He was eating slowly and avidly butl occasionally he would stop and in his eyes appeared a far away lock. As 1 watched him, tears ap- peared in his eyes and he quickly put his head in his hands to keep the others from noticing it Here was a man really too old for that kind of a job, but a man who not only had his family at heart, but his country as well. This part to be display of emotion on his only showed how brave he had to go on with it At this writing hl’ is still working on the same job and doing a fine job, too. Our soldiers fine job at the battlefront but are plenty of unsung heroes at home who are doing their part and are not -asking' for glory but are working to preserve their kind of life in their kind of a country. > are doing a RUY DEFENSE RONDS | A nostalgic musical feast store for current audiences of the | Capitol Theatre with the showing there \SONGS OF '20s - RECALLED IN - "BROADWAY" ' Capitol Theatre Includes 0ld Songs in Raft- 0'Brien Story is in icf ' “Broadway,” a thrilling movie drama of New York in the rousing da of the “roaring twenties.” Co-starring George Raft and Pat O'Brien, the plot provided the mood for such perenially popular num- bers as “Sweet Georgia Brown,” ‘Dinah,” “Three O'Clock in the Morning,” “When Irish Eyes are ! Smiling,” “Sidewalks of New York"” nd “Some of These Days.” Raft enacts the role of a hoofer and O'Brien is cast as the “tough- | Additional | 2adliners are Janet Blair as Raft’s| est cop on Broadway.” tancing partner and acute angle of 2 romantic triangle between him and Brod Crawford as a gang- leader. Anne Gwynne as a lethal chorine, Marjorie Rambeku and others augment the cast - WARMANPOWER " DELEGATION IS " MEETING HER I THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE UNEAU ALASKA | U. . Soldiers on Leave on Excursion | | | meet the American launch, which flew the Stars and Stripes. The natives put out in vanagis A group of American soldiers, on leave from the thtlnx front in New Guinea, made a sight-: seelnx trip down a river and arrived at a native village. (small native boats) to Mills Joseph T. Flakne, ployment Specialist. Lawrence Freeburn, Sitka Can-| nery, representing Alaska Salmon Industry Dr. Herbert C. Hansen, Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Michael J. Haas. — A. A. Hedges, Acting Director, U. With the arrival today of H. G.|S. Employment Service. Huxley, Assistant to Willlam K. Chris Henning, CIO. Hopkir Director of the Twelfth| Marshall Hoppin, Civil Aeron- Region for the War Manpower autics Administration. Commission, the meeting for the Major Hutchinson. purpose of establishing an Alaska! Martin Hegeberg, Copper River Area of the War Manpower Com- |mission, got underway at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel Gov. Ernest Gruening, invitation representatives of the Army, Federal Government, indus- ry. labor, territory and others in- terasted in employment were invited to Juneau, Following a brief introduction of the ‘purpose of the meeting, Gov. Gruening requested those present to. rise and introduce themselves. tating their name and department or organization which they repre- sent. Mr. Huxley took over sion following the introduction members and explained the at whose the ses- of im- portance of the War Manpower Commission and the great need of it ‘in Alaska and other strategic areas. He outlined the program which will soon be put into ef-! fect by the Commission and the set-up as it exists in areas where lit is now organized. | The meetings will continue here this week and it is expected that organization of an Alaska Area will be completed soon The delegation to the War Man- | power meetings is composed of the following : Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, Presi- dent, University of Alaska. Col. Kenneth Bush, Chief of Staff, Northwest Service Command . Whitehorse. | Davis Chamberlin, Guy F. At- 1 kinson Co. ! Elton Daly, Ketchikan Spruce HOLDS NO TERRORS N OW British troops inspect a captured German 88 mm. anti- tank gun abandoned by retreating Axis forces near coast road west of Alamein, FRENCH CALL IT FORTRESS—_Italian colonists in French Tunisia build “farmhouses” like this one. French said they were built to be converted into fortresses. opened the meeting. | and Prince William Sound Fisher- men’s Union. Charles Johnson, Platinum, Min- ing Industries. Major K. T. Klock, U. S. Engin- eers. J. F. Krause, PFishing Industry, AFL Major T. Lang, U. 8. Engineers. Frank Marshall, CIO. J. A. Martin, CIO. Tom Morgan, Columbia Lumber Co. F. Moriarty, Col. Green & Lytle. O. F. Ohlson, Alaska Rail- road. Col. A. Page, Alaska Defense Command. C. G. Polk, Public Works Ad- ministration, Whitehorse Kalle Raatikainen, Pelican Cl!y J. 8. Ramstad, Bergstrom Ramstad. Glenn Robinson, Construction Industry, AFL. George Schmidt, Juneau Logging Industry Walter Sharpe, Commissioner Labor. Jack Shepard, struction Co. of Sommers Con- H. E. Smith, vice. Rev. Walter Soboleff. Hawley Sterling, Alaska Commission. W. T. Stuart, Public Utilities. Col. Swift, Alaska Defense Com- mand. | Col. Talley, U. S. Engineers. Ike Taylor, Alaska Road Com- mission. | howard Thompson, U.S. Weather Bureau. Roa { Jack Turner, Oman Smith Con- | struction Co. | Hugh J. Wade. i Max Wells, E. W. Elliott Con- struction Co. M. D. Willlams, Public Roads Administration. 3 C. F. Wyller, Public Roads Ad- ministration. i Anthony Zorich, Longshore- | !men's & Warehouse Union, cIo. | & | - - You can easily clean silverware —especially the encrusted kind— with ‘a sponge dipped in silver polish. Rinse off the silver with hot water and then wash in hot| after each ‘using. S e—— | BUY DEFENSE BON’Db e C. R. Shinn, Morrison Knudsen. | U. S. Forest Ser-| e = COCHRANIS PRESIDENT House Call;d Io Order at 2 0'Clock - Senators at 3P. M. (Continued from Page One) nominated by Jenne; Davis House, Kehoe was Mrs. Crystal Snow by Andy Gunderson, and Leo Rogge by Jesse Lander. On motion of Frank Whaley the nominations were closed and the House then edjourned until 10 o'clock Tus morning. All members of the present at roll call with the excep- tion of R. E. Hardcastle of Keichi- kan, due here late this afterncon or evening FIGHTING FRENCH IN BIG MOVE | LONDON, Jan. 25—The Fight- ng French forces under Brig. Gen. Jacques LeClerc are now opuat.ing 4| west of Tripoli and only have 50 miles more to go to reach the Mer- iterranean fighting French, a spec- |ial communique announced late lu- | | day. | suds and wipe at once with a soft|the le cloth. The silver will be “as bright |the coat and added as new.” Wash and dry the sponge | Londoners an ‘Many Thanks For 0Id Coat NOGALES, Ariz. Jan. 25‘Bntbh appreciation of American assistance was personified in a letter received | here from Kathleen Collins, a 14 ar-old London girl whose home as leveled by Nazi bombers. The létter was addressed to Max- tha Matiella, Nogales high school | girl, who several months ago 1n- serted a note with her name and address in the sleeve of a coat do- nated to Bundles for Britain. Addressed to “My. dear Martha,” “Most of us others who have been bombed out cannot thank the | Americans enough for what they have done and are doing for all of us h(re d TURNK MOW BN FOR EMERNTWNG MR, SMTH - \NORDS Qh(s\\' TE\. NOU WOW T —- < BKRNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH LEETLE CACKIS OFF T COMP GROVWNDS - NO FEMALES GLTTIN GWORE,SWORE - NAOW, GIT MORE WE DOWT CRENE QNDERFOOT ROUND HERE sday House were, ENGAGED? E |she is. | | The Los Angeles Times said that | Ginger Rogers (top) is engaged to i Private Jack Briggs (below) of | the U. 8. Marine Corps. Briggs | was a tilm actor until he joined the Leathernecks. He met Miss m"rs only recently, the paper 18 Nazi Soldiers . Execufed, Charges Conlading Enemy A GENTLEMAN AT HEART" 1§ FUN ROMANCE | (Cesar Romero and Carole Landis ’ | Not since “Tall Dark and Hand- | some” has the screen provided such jsallsfymg entertainment as thlh sparkling romantic comedy mm | rocking audiences at the 20th Oen- |tury Theatre. And It's a top-nowh |cast headed by that frolicsome trio, | Cesar Romero, Carole Landis .md | Milton Berle. | The fun starts when Militon B(ll('w lums pay off his gambling debt to | Cesar Romero. But just as Milt [learns of his impending doom, he | !inherits an art gallery operated by Carole Landls and two assistants. Romero can't see any “dough” in| art, but he can see lovely Carole. lwnen Cesar is made to realize that | ‘nrl can be a ‘racket’ as well as race- | track bookmaking, ‘tall, dark and ihandsomt-' takes over, which carries ‘lhe film to a climax of unsurpassed | excitement and hunrny Gee Whiz! Where TIOMCENTURY the Better BIG Pictures Play Bettyls ! Real Whiz Yep, Belfy Grable, Right | Here in Close-Up, by ' v Robbin Coons By h("“ll\ COONS HOLLYWOOD You may nol think Betty Grable is ‘the greatest actress in -town, but you've got to lika Betty because s the first one to say what kind of an actr It's hard to see Betty these days Betty is making a movie called |“Coney Island" and she’s up to her | golden hair in work. When she isn't | working, she's sgying howdy to the" | uniformed visitors who are always _nklng to see “the Betty Grable set.”| | I caught Betty between scenes| and between howdys. “I'm tired,” she said, “But . I can't kick—the| more T work the better I feel. Musv,‘ be someéthing wrong with me.” | “Coney Island” has been golnm on for umpteen weeks now. “It’s pretty hard,” sald Betty, | “because I'm really tired, but if I| weren't working I'd be bored stiff.! With me it's not the same as it is with thé good actresses. When they get a day off, it's theirs. When I get one, it's more rehearsal for dancing, or fittings for wardrobe—I've got 28/ different costumes in this picture. The good actresses. The way Betty said it, and the way Betty went up on that stage to rehearse a compli- cated dance routine with full chor- | us behind her, made you wonder | whether being a “good actress"” de- | (serve all the unconscious reverence Betty Grable, the song-and-dance | girl, put into the expression. Betty, as you know if you follow the Hollywood gossip, is the girl \friend of George Raft. Betty and ‘Georae were supposed to do a movie | together. “Sweet Rosie O'Grady,” |it was called. But they won't. George, who is Jonc of Hollywood's champion turn- |er-downers, turned it down. | “He was right,” said Betty. “The \pan wasn't right for him, The part was a fast- -talking newspaper man ‘and you know George isn't a fast| {talker. You know what we'd like to, ‘do together? That play ‘Burlesque.’| Th t, would be right for George, iand I could go into my dance. with ). Carrol Naish Richard Derr Rose Hobart - rome Cowan ligha Cook, Jr. raucls Pii A 20th CENTURY PICTUR B -FOX * THEATRE "“Birth of lhe_ Blues’ he say e Step up, boys, -and. maybe Betty'll glve you an: auxogra::s. And Beily, turning white ' tHe lensman aside and says, “Don't VER do that Lo me again, plew‘!' “Do WHAT to you?” he asks jabout. giving my eutograRDYY i sgglty “How do ;I now body WANTS my autograph? m- p"sv they DON'T want it, thel what?" SKI PLANE LANDS nm P Aboard a :kl plane, which wa8 |landed on the ige out-the |on Saturday after a flight of | miles, Wildlife Agents OW Rhodes and Jack O’Connor aré to- day attending the Alaska Commission” annual meeting. P Glaser, predatory animal expert, also came to Juneau aboard the 4-anm ! INDIAN PRINCESS BECOMES WAAC FORT DES Ta, ~— A green-eyed Indian princess, whose men-rolk have fought in three of tam’e wars, is learning to serve the army in this one. vintv-two-vear-old Rnbertl Clark, granddanghter of Quannah parker, famed Comanche Indian STOCKHOLM, Jan. 25.—Eighteeh | Grop Ratoff 15 looking into geting chiet, s an uxilary (privae) [ | German soldiers were executed at! |it for us, and I hope he does. . . last WPl‘k,‘ tter acknowledged receipt of after a courtmartial in nnwmb»r “in contact'on & U. 8. O. Camp Show tour Oklahoma City home, made a Kristiansand, Norway, on charges thcy were with the enemy.” ‘The report is made by the ish-American Ne further stated severhl officer in the executed group. ANELL - \F Now EVER GET WUNGRY, JuST COME ONER TO THE SMACK SNACK - th THE NEW COOK Bureau and |grapher wants a picture. were out to a bunch of sallors— Betty's the kind of gal who goes! between pictures. She’s in a train Swed- (8t a station, and a movie photo- cut her coal-black hair for the fi He calls -he wants some goba in the picture too—and 63 Calls An OWL CAB % | the Women's Army Auxiliary cu' | training school here. . The black-haired nurse, who time. Previously she wore it mdun style to her shoulders. Now it's in an attractive bob. 4 sacrifice in joining the service. RS 4 \NARL. - BLESS ORE BONESY LEU thE FETCH MORE SUITS CASE, MSSY