The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1943, Page 3

MONDAY, I get the thrill of your life! Kb~ . Looma. TAVLOR - TURNER Ooluumy Cager W, Edward Van ARNOLD - HEFLIN MAIN REPAIRED laborious hours dig round in W attempt to locate the shut-off valve to the main supply line t. Ann’s Ave- nue so tha br 1 e pi could of water Saturday and on Sunda in the main was welded - BALOG BREAKS A. J. Balog suffered a injury while at his work on Satur- day when heavy weight fell on his foot br ing two bones in the big toe and badly smashing well. He will likely be up for some WATER After many ging in the seemed to frozen be a vain be sto late eve TOE it as most laid time e RO HERE ived on the chan- Friday evening attention for a which he has suf- year or house guest d r, Edwards FE W. E. Feero nel from to - seek chronic ailment fered from for | two. While here of 1 Mr. his and Mrs. Orrin TON X BUS M TING About 30 residents of Douglas at- tended the public meeting held here Saturday night to discuss the bus situation without any defin- ite action resulting. Willingness to st in some financing scheme whereby busses may be seeured to keep the service going was readily manifested among those present and that more money might be se- cured locally was evidenced in their opinion. Attorney for the present hold- ing’ company, M. E. Monagle, re- ported to the meeting his inten- tion to discontinue the service at an early date unless change in control of the line takes place and the new management continues it. - e, WELL BABY CONFERENCE Well Baby Conferences will be held Tuesday afternoon in the health activities room of the pub- lic school, Stephenie Bogdon, pub- lic health nurse, said today. Following school inspections and the Well Baby Conference, home visits will also be made ,,—— — R 'L BUY DEFENSE BONDS - Searchlights EBRUARY 1, 1943 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA MUSSOLINI BOMBASTING FOR YOUTHS Makes Speéch on Anniver- sary of Fascist Milifia from Somewhgre LONDON, Feb. 1.-—Premier Mus- JURY IN PADDY AMUSING FILM, CASE COMPLETED ~ STRONG CAST, THIS AFTERNOON 20TH CENTURY ! Nine women and three men Dramatizing for the first time |make up the jury completed at the worth-while work of the na- 12:20 o'clock this afternoon to try|tion-wide 4-H Clubs, Jane Withe “Jmnos Paddy, who is charged with'is at her best in “Young America,” !first degree murder in connection how playing at the 20th Century |with the killing of Tony Simon | Theatre. lin Douglas last summer. The young star's newest and| | Selection of the jury began at happiest hit, Jane plays an import-{ 10 o'clock this morning, when 37 ant role in the story of 4-H Clubs, lof the additional venire of 75 @n organization consisting of mil-| jurors called on Saturday, ons of rural boys and girls, young 3 ~"_ PAGE THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY OHENTURY N | PLAYING M Enlisted from the farmlands of the nation pledged to * make the best in' Robert Taylor, for the first time the first rank in “Johnny Eager,” I " { ntroduce’ Resolution for tinet departure from anytRing he| realization that in Lana Turner he ster bullets eer a: [ TAYLOR-TURNER |MOVING TO | playing a villainous role unrelieved lABoR DEPT. by sentiment or sentimentality, proves himself a dramatic star of _— with Lana Turner as his co-star now at the Capitol Theatre. (1 S ) Ror s seke wnion s « x| Appointing Special shown as a flinty-eyed killer with (Continued from Page One) but one redeeming quality, the final has met the one great and exciting love of his life, a love for which he down his life in a hgil of gang- Miss Turner, as the debutante aaughter of a district attorney, reaches the peak of her young car- ster. pe life. and for whom he eventually forms the only decent act of his s Say "Cheese’ the girl who loves the gang- | the resolution to the Judiciary Com- mittee which went into session im- mediately after the Senate adjourn- ed shortly before 3 o'clock The committee would consist of five members, two appointed by the President of the Senate from that body, and three to be appointed by the Speaker of the House from the ower body. The committee will have the power, under the resolu- tion, to administer oath, to sub- poenae witnesses, and shall give due and timely notice” of the time and pace of hearings, indicat- ing that the hearings will be public. The committee will report on: Charges 1--Organization and method and manner in which the Department of Labor has been carried on since were ex- | i {amined and qualified. men and young women, engaged in In selection of the jury the de- fense attorneys, H. D. Stabler and! war will go to the side “able t0|prederick Paul, exercised eight of | hold out a quarter of an hour‘m," 20 peremptory challenges and longer than the enemy. It is theip ;5 Gilmore, Jr, Assistant U. S.| last battle that brings victory.” |attorney, exercised five of the ! Mussolini spoke somewhere in|Government's allotted ten chal-| Central Ttaly in observance of lhe.lenggs_ ‘) { twentieth anniversary of the Fas-| garving on the jury that will de-| cist militia. This is according 0| ide Paddy's fate are Mrs. Josm' a radio broadcast from Rome and|\white, Mrs. M. S. Whittier, H. v,‘ picked up here, |Callow, Mrs. Hector McLean, H.| | Referring to the loss of Libya, pester Rink, Margaret Ann Wil-| Mussolini said it has taken Italy’s|jjams Robert G. Rice, Alice M.! ichief enemy, Great Britain, 32!mycker, Edna Liston, Clarabel Mes- | {months to register ‘its first success. | sarschmidt, Amy Rude and Elsie | He declared Italy will return to{simmons 1 | North Africa. | Those on the regular petit jury| | P —— ipnnel not serving on this case {were excused until 10 o'clock the solini told an audience of Fascist today that victory in this youth agricultural . pursuits. As the wealthy ahd spoiled young lady from the city who disrupts life on the farm by her attitude of| superiority until she is brought to realize true friendship and right-~ eous living, Jane Withers gives a superb performance. | British Execufe ; 13th German Spy LONDON, Feb. 1 — Franciscus Johannes Winter, a forty-year-old German spy who came to Britain in the guise of a refugee, was ex- ecuted in Wandsworth Prison, the home office announces. Y0 wvih JANE DARW William Tracy - Robert America better! Join their fun! UNG AMERICA ELL - Lynne Roberts Cornell - Roman B For Smiling For Piclure it began to function July 1, 1941, 2—Whether Haas carried away, secreted or destroyed apy records belonging to the office or refused to or neglected to turn over to Sharpe il of the records. GOVERNOR ~ GETS TWO T, who was born in Ant- morning of February 15, while) Wintel {members of the special venire were | werp, Belgium, was stated to have |excused by Judge George F. Alex-|been sent to Britain by the Ger- lander until 10 o'clock the morning man secret service to obtain em- {of March 15 | ployment on a ship and then report completion of A TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX PICTURE Plus 2 EDITIONS LATE NEWS d | pleasant painful || By ROEBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD—Now here’s some- thing worth knowing. It's a formula| for smiling when you have your picture taken. It comes from for- mer Ambassador Joseph E. Davies and is garanteed to make you look no matter what you're thinking. 2 isclosed the formula while baving his own picture taken on the set of his “Mission to Mos- simple: say “Cheese.” It's an auto- .mile 1 learned politi- | “An urse, | that from a tian,” Mr. Davies chuckled, stute politician. But, of c I cannot tell you who he was. Recommended film fare: Spangled Rhythm.” A | pourri of names—Hope. by, La- mour, everybody at Paramount—| in tuneful and funny variety show strung along a plot about a Paramount gateman (Victor Moore) his sailor son (Eddie Bracken) who believes his pa’s the studio boss, and a telephone operator (Betty ~Hut- ton) “The Immortal Sergeant.” Hu- man and suspenseful yarn about a male doormat (Henry Fonda) who could never quite get up nerve for life until he had to do the impos- sible in a Libyan War adventure., From John Brophy's novel, the film “Star y pot- ap) teresting direction by John M. Stahl. The gitl is beauteous Maureen | O'Hara. Also: Thomas Mitchell,’ Reginald Gardiner, Morton Lowry, Allyn Joslyn, Melville Cooper . . . She was a pretty girl, with baby rat crawling up the front of' ner dress. She cupped it in the| palm of her hand, and fondled it.| “It’s just a few days old,” said; Mary MacBride. “Cute?” | Miss MacBride thinks all mice,! including the cupboard variety, are “cute.” She'd rather have a dog, of course, but she can't keep one in; her apartment. i Miss MacBride is cited here be-i cause she may have an important influence on a big new movie, “Jane Eyre.” Miss MacBride, a script sec-| retary assigned to Orson Welles,| gave Orson one of her rodent pets.' He keeps it ih a bird cage in his office ‘and lets it wander over his desk and scripts. ) There is never any telling what Orson will do. With a pet rat roam- ing freely through his unpredicta- bility, there is even less telling. . . . 3—Whether Haas used the facil- ities, supplies or funds of the office | for his personal use or to further political interests. 4—Whether the “former employe” of the Department, Senator A. P. Walker, his campaign for election to the Territorial Senate. The resolution calls for the ap- pointment of Attorney General Henry Roden as counsel for the committee and carries an appro- priation of $2500 for expenses The investigation came as a re- sult of demands made on the floor of the Senate last week by Sen- ator A. P. Walker. b s JAPS REPORT SEA BATILE, 50. PACIFIC Tokyo Radfieporfs Say Two Enemy Battleships, Three Cruisers Sunk LONDON, Feb. 1.—The Japanese the Southern Solomons. A broadcast picked up here from Tokyo declares Navy Minister Ad- miral Shimanda said Japanese .'planes sank two enemy battleshlpsiju"EAu Bov "ow | and three cruisers and damaged another battleship and cruiser. There is no confirmation from (any other source. . The Navy Minister said the en- gagement took place Friday and Saturday west of Rannell Island, less than 100 miles south of Gua- dalcanal. The Japanese version acknow- ledged the loss of ten Japanese planes . but made no mention of any Japanese surface forces being involved. P A NIRRT HEALTH COUNCIL TONIGHT = e e Meeting tonight wo consider mat- ters of improving community sani- tation, the Juneau Health Council will convene at 8 o'clock in the Public Health Center of the Terri- torial Building. Representatives from all civic or- ganizations are invited to attend. Probe the Sky Above Gibralfar Gibraltar presented this appearance guring a night air raid, with searchlights probing the sky about “The Rock and tracer bullets following when an enemy plane was revealed. Official British photo. used the office to further | Following the |the movement of any seagoing con- 4 voy in which he sailed. He was the thirteenth spy to die in Britain since the start of the war. GROUNDHOGDAY 1S TOMORROW Tomorrow, February 2, is Ground- {hog Day, on which according to' {rural tradition, if the ground-hog,! for woodchuck, sees his shadow he iretreats to his hole for six weeks, |which is a sign of a late spring, land if he does not see his shadow |there will be an early spring, as he’ | will stay out. ! So, everyone who has been com- !plaining of the long, cold winter |this year, should cross his fingers 'nnd hope for more snow tomorrow! 1jury, Court recessed for 10 min- { utes. | | Trial of Paddy began this after-! { | noon. | e ! House Bill No. 2, to authorize a, NEW C. OF C. HEAD i |deficiency appropriation of $1,500/ E. R. Sharnbroich has been; (to pay U. S. Commissioner: for[elecled President of the Chamber Ifiling vital statistics records, passed|of Commerce at Wrangell. i |the Senate this afternoon and was; e sent to the Governor. The House today passed Senate ASSOC. Joint Resolution No. 1, to provide| Establishing the regular meeting $600 additional funds for supplies|date for the newly organized Par- and additional clerical help, and ent-Teacher Association of the |this measure also was sent to the | Governmient School, the group will Governor. meet Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in The Senate adjourned until 2 o'-|the school building. clock tomorrow afternoon, as did| Those attending are requested to the House |take either questions or suggestions As soon as transportation is!'for discussion topics in' whichthey available, members of both Hous- are interested, to be placed in'the los will make the regular i MEETS WED. | PARENE-TEACHER i %peuuon:question box for answering at sub- trip to the Alaska Pioneers’ Home sequent meetings.*® ‘at Sitka, it was announced. R R vacoactal | SOUND OFF” /ALASKA COASTAL BOYS HEARD . MAKES FLIGHTS, J ‘ A group of soldiers will “Sound SlTKA' TE“AKE !Ofl." musically speaking, tonight :flt 8:30 p. m. in the third of a specially arranged series of radio Alaska Coastal Alrlines made a | beoaly god. g round trip flight to Sitka and | broadcasts, when music by an Ozark | Tenakee toda; | y with the following |}y corn, and baritone solos by Tony 'is distinguished by excellent char- radio is conjuring up a one-sided outgoing passengers: for Tenakee, gpineo, will be heard. acterization, superior script, and in-|story on a new air sea battle off | Mr. and Mrs. Dermott O'Toole and | Audience reactions will decide for Sitka, Larry Freeburn and Clff | whether the program is to continue, Anderson | Richard Peter, arranger of most of | the broadcasts, said today. 1 PRISONER OF JAPS DOUGLAS BOY 1S | Nineteen-year-old Tonoy Serdar, NOW LIEUTENANT who attended the Parochial School !in Juneau, is now a prisoner of the . Japanese, taken with the Marines | Aloeth Yourg jman, is now a Lieutenant in the when Wake Island was mp"“md.Engxmers. U. 5. Army, at head- by the Nippons. This is according|, ,iers ‘in March Field, River- to advices received in Juneau in me"slde, Calif.; according to advices re- last mail. |ceived here. He graduated from the ranks on December 23, and ob- SERVICES TUESDAY Wabto. who gradustea st _the fon A. ‘"I‘o“siu University of Alaska last year, went south last iAugust and joined the Funeral services for Axel Anton-! (Army. sen, 46 years of age, who died Jan- uary 25 at St. Ann’s Hospital, will| SPRAINS ANKLE AT be held Tuesday, February 2 at| SKIING SLALOM COURS! 2 p. m. in the chapel of the Chnrles, W. Carter Mortuary, it is an-, nounced. |ter employee and skiing enthusiast, The Rev. G. H. Hillerman willjis at home today treating conduct the services and interment !sprained ankle suffered yesterday will be in Evergreen Cemetery. |when she took a spill on the sla- Pallbearers will be John Brand- lom course. vik, George Clemens, Carl Graves,; Skiing condi‘ions in the wet snow | Donald Hanebury, Ben Lowell and were reported tricky, and many Martin Rian. |others good skiers took spills dur- Mr. Antonsen leaves no known jng the day. # relatives in America, although there ——————— may be survivors in Norway, land of his birth. — Wahto, Douglas S S BUY DEFENSE BONDS |“string ensemble,” guaranteed strict- | Zora Dragich, Public Health cen- | e | Great Attack OLIJEV PRESDENT BACKFROM | LONG TRIIP Roosevelt Plunges in Im-| it | mediafely fo Carry Out IN SONTAL | Conference Plans Mrs. John Cross is in Anchorage, | a guest at the Westward Hotel, but | dividing her time there by going! R P e o S ito the Providence Hospital as the (ne Atlantic Natal, Brazil, where |result of a broken leg suffered aboard a United States destroyer,! iseveral weeks ago at Nome. The he talked with President Getulio leg is in a cast so she crutches or Vargas, about the western Hem-: taxicabs to the hospital daily for isphere defenses and the Casa [ treatment. blanca conference. | | M5 5 R R 2 On Saturday he arrived at Trin-| | SKATING PARTY OFF |idad, British West Indies oulpos'.‘i | Because of slush underfoot ren- where the United States has a base | dering skating impracticable, the to guard the eastern approaches to | outdoor: party of the Juneau Ski Panama Canal. He was cheered by Club planned for this evening has the populace. The President was been postponed, Ernie Parsons, so- rejoined there by Admiral Wimam’ cial committee chairman, an- D. Leahy, Chief of Staff, who had| ’nounced today. | recovered from an attack of in-| | e . gill;e‘:za. rty made the trip from/| e pal Il | YAKUTAT";:: “(',E( DS.::URDAY Trinidad to Miami by air and was | © Linda Beam Jackson of Ylkutae,"‘"mumd to a special train for at the Government Hospital for | ::et:)a:t leg of the:Journey fo Witliz} the past 4 months, died of natu- s |ral causes at 11:15 am., January 30. Other relatives have been noti- fied by the husband, Henry Jack- {son, and remains are at the Charles | W. Carter Mortuary pending final |plans for burial. ————e — | JUNIOR GUILD TO MEET TOMORROW A meeting of the Junior Guild |of Holy Trinity Cathedral will be held Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Lucretia Bots- ford in the Feldon Apartments, it is announced today. All members are invited to at- (Continued from Page One) ——eto——— (RACK NAZI | ARMIES GET- | FATALBLOW |Soviefs Capiu—ré Field Mar-| shal, 16 Generalsin | —————— NOTICE (! Dr. Carlson has returned to her EG SR i Juneau practice. Eyes examined | mand of Field Marshal Friedrich and broken lenses replaced in our Paulus, long encircled in the Stalin- own shop. Blomgren Bldg. Phone |8rad area, “has been overwhelmed 636. ady. after more than two months heroic defense against superior forces.” (Continued from Page One) PLRPL T The communique broadcast from Empire Clmi(lz‘ds Pay! JAMES CAGNEY “Strawherry Blonde™. in the northern part of the Staling grad sector still holds out. The communique —asserted that “fighting continues with undimins ished violence. In a later broadcast from Berlim, it is announced that Paulus has been severely wounded, but no men= tion is made of his capture, for certain. Flynn Asks Withdrawal | Nomination |Wants fo E&d Partisaqf Polifical - Squabble in U. E_S_enate (Continued from Page One) today or tomorrow, As ever yours, Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Formal withdrawal was received by the Senate a few minutes The action came in_ the face mounting Senate opposition ening the nomination and & the Administration’s first major buff of the new Congréss. Flynn announced last night was asking the President to draw his nomination to avoid tisan - political squabbling in th’ Senate. ¥ Bizerte Bom - i ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Feb. lLi— fighters and bombers again the Axis-held key port of Bigzerte, hitting ship targets and the area. % 5 The bombers also bombed the airfield at Tunis and attacked & heavily escorted Axis convoy tween - Siéily and Tunisia, direct hits on two ships. ———————— Cahokia Mound, in Iljinols, the largest prehistoric earthi L Berlin said another German group |in America. — QARTAWN WTCUE! 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