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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA PAGE THREE RACKET EXPOSE NOW SHOWING, 20TH CENTURY "Paper Bullets” Has Good Adting and Charac- terizations WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1943 three times a week.” He maintains| that among , its many pleasarit functions, the chance to write let- ters in comfort is one of the USO's| attractions for him. Private Erick-| son is a graduate of Concordia Col- | lege, Moorhead, Minn, which is| his home town. He is a Math. ma- | \CAPITOL FILM HONORS FINE OLD CUSTOMS 'The Vanistfin} Virginian' | Stars Frank Morgan and | Kathryn Grayson Cap'n Bob Yancey has gone to WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY STARTS TONIGHT GR [0 CENTURY DRAW UP A CHAR... and join the family circle! The madcap Yonceys of Virginia . ..on unpredict- able, unrestrictable tribe of jor and taught one year in a Min- | nesota high schpol before his in- duction into the Army. He is a member of Company 8 along with | numerous other young men who| |too, favor olive drab this season.| | Their commanding ort‘\cer bears the‘ historic title of Captain John‘ Possessing far more depth in his reward, but his spirit lives on | Smith. Surely there must be a Cap- story and characterization than the In effect, the noble old American|tain Miles Standish somewhere? |average racket expose, “Paper Bul- | ST (lets” at the 20th Century Theatre, zentleman lives again on the screen | at the Capitol Theatre, where “The | NEEDED {emerges from Hollywood as a well- Vanishing Virginian” begins a two| We are in need of private homes knit package of entertainment |day engagement tonight, Wwith|where our Forum Club can meet| The film also serves to bring back ank Morgan in the title role once a week to discuss matters of |to the screen lovely Linda War , This is the screen adaptation of |interest to them. A warm parlor, Who first came to the attention he memorable biography by R“{pm'hs\ps a fireplace to gather|©f film fans in the Bing Crosby cecca Yancey Willlams, who Was|round, but most of all a friendly | Starring film, he Star Maker.” [host to chat with. Our club meets| Joan Woodbury and Jack La Rue |every Tuesday night. If someone’ f::xd the cast, as the leaders of a would volunteer their parlor for|igantic racket ring, which attempts | | | A GREAT AMERICAN COMEDY OF A GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY! |Cap'n Bob's daughter. She is ad- | mirably portrayed by Kathryn Gray- | on, the singing discovery who won | 1 leading role in her second picture. FRANK KATHRYN MORGAN - GRAYSON to secure control of a 1Arge clty, by \\ se————————— // CAPITO TRAP LINES b sranc BYINGTON —PLUS “The Land of | “The Vanishing Virginian” is no |story in the accepted sense. It is |vather a running narrative of the life of a typical American family Quints” Latest News 1 S0LO CUSTOMARY HENRY PEARSON that happens to be typically Vir- | 2in They might have existed | anywhere else in this country. They |typify the families everywhere that | form the backbone of America. They some Tuesday night we would be glad to furnish the refreshments. Won't you give us a ring? means of fraududent elections, in- |stead of rong arm actics. | Joan, duped into assuming the re- ' spensibility for a crime committed Also needed is another ty, f | by . s # lwill be having many. visiting mep|one. war peoicer Wilen she realises will aving many vis she has been played for a fool {from the Inlet on weekly furloughs.' ypon her re e from prison, she |1t has been our experfence that embarks ries of hold-ups, are the sort of people we wish to be — e USO FOR THE USA PROGRAM February 3—8 p.m. Liars Contest in the USO lobby. Don't forget to write a letter home, gang. There’s somebody wait- ing. February 4—Thursday is square dance night at 8 p.m. Buddy Rice many of these men cannot find which eventually leads her to the {rooms ‘when in town. This is due top of the crime ladder. to either not knowing where rooms! R e jare available or to the fact that| [there just are no rooms m-aimble.’DEFEND |Here at the USO we are not yet' equipped to handle a great number | STAND IODAY 'N of men overnight. We are anxious |to have on hand a register of| Paddy Testimony Differs from Signed Confession |homes that would be willing to| take a man or two into their home | to sleep at reasonable rates. Would | you kindly call us at 766 if you| |can be of assistance? | 1 If you know of a piano for sale would you kindly let us know, for| jone is needed badly at a nearby | |Army post | Introduced Tuesday gun with him to Juneau and had' it with him on the night of Aug-| ust 13 when he returned to Doug- las Island. | Defendant’s Testimony | It was also brought out in Pad-| dy's testimony today, that he had| with him $450 on the night of the gun and squeezed the trigger August 13 when he walked across again—then Tony fell down be- | |the bridge and into Douglas. He|hind the counter,” he stated in| |stated that after asking Tony Si-|his confession | min if he would call a taxicab for| The confession concluded with| two women acquaintances he had | Paddy describing taking money | |encountered in front of Simin’s|from the cash drawer and two bot- |store, he had walked to a friend's tles of whiskey from the counter home to borrow some money and and returning to Juneau by way |when the friend was not home he of the Douglas beach. On the| had walked around the Government ' beach before reaching the bridge, | | School to see if the Owl Cafe was he stated he decided to get rid of iopened and had then gone back his trench coat and hid it and then | |to Simin’s store to buy some liquor. the gun, before continuing to Ju- During the transaction, a man, neau. After reaching Juneau he |identified today as Joe Riedi, came | went to the Northern Bar and was lin the store and Paddy, discover-|dancing when police officers picked {ing that he had insufficient money | him up, it concluded. THEATRE! |for his purchases left, told Simin | |he would be back in 5 or 10 min- Paddy took the stand today as the first witness after the Gov- "TORPEDO BOAT" BASKETBALL ON TONIGHT Tonight's basketball card in the Juneau High School gym will see two local teams out against two service men's outfits, In the opener, starting at 7:30 o'clock, Juneau High School will be out after another victory, méet- ing the Bruins. The second game will find the Moose coming up against the 8t. Louis Blues. Meanwhile, Juneau - basketbali will be on hand to help Mac Mcln-f | Willilam James Paddy, who is on SITKA TRIP So many anxious motbers hav written asking me what they can do to get their daughter to give up the habit of smoking. All I can do is cite what I did to rid my- self of this loathsome obsession.! Doubtful Imy Business Will Be Transacted Meanwhile First I started chewing gum, but this got to be a greater habit than| pour Senators, four Represent- smoking, so I decided to break off [{jves and the Secretary of the gradually on the smoking and lim- | genate left by steamer this fore- ited myself to one cigar after each o605 on a trip to Sitka for the meal | —_ | Then I got to eating twelve meals a day wihch was a worse habit | than smoking all the time. Desperate, 1 started taking this tobacco cure that is sold in bottles. I got so I liked that so well that I | decided to take up smoking again | to cure myself of the cure, as it was too expensive. I wasn't licked yet. I decided to quit my job and go into solitary confinement at home. This worked. usual inspection and visit to mei Alaska Pioneers’ Home. Making the trip were: " Senators O. D. Cochran, Edward D. Coffey, Hjalmar Nordale and H. H. McCutcheon; Representatives Mrs. Alaska Linck, Jesse Lander, Wallace Porter and William Egan. Secret: Lillian Clements of the Senate also made the trip. No Quorum The absence of the four Sena- tors means that there will not be enough in Juneau for a quorum, so no business can be transacted in | the Senate until the committee re- Of course, my wife divorced me and I lost all my friends but I quit smoking. * turns from Sitka. Although there will be enough in the House, it is| believed that no important mat- @ By removing all connections with the outside world such as the tel- ephone, radio, newspaper etc., I was able to forget about tobacco. I had my groceries and other needs brought to the door once every month and then only by a non- smoker. ters will be taken up until the ab- sent members return. Hanging fire in the Senate is Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1 which calls for the establishing | of a Committee of Investigation to consider charges against former Commissioner of Labor Michael J. Haas and former employee, now tyre and Mr. A. B. Cain: “put that birdie in the cage.” USO bowling tournament begins tonight. All persons interested meet in USO lobby at 8 p.m. February 5—9 p.m. Meeting of all those interested in the men’s chor- us. USO lobby. Juke box dancing, 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. C'mon and help roll back the carpets. February 6—9 p.m. Regular USO dance at Union Hall. Duck Creek Band providing the low down blues. February 7—3 p.m. Movies in USO lobby. 9 pm. Vesper Hour. Sing your favorite hymns; sermonette and special music. 10:15 p.m. Your hit parade of songs around the piano. Informa! sing. February 8—Double or Nothin® program at 9 pm. Long promised and at last forthcoming. February 9—Forum or Discussion Club meets at 8 p.m. in private home. All congregate in USO lobby. Bingo at 8:30 pm. in the game room. | wow! Here is an untouched paragraph written by a local lad about eleven years of age for his English teacher. “The A.B. Hall’ “The first time I went up their, | I fooled around and was kicked | out. The second time I behaved and stayed 'till I wanted to go. |utes. He said he planned to borrow | ernment closed its case following Dosek, Fitzspatrick, Salvus, Cziak, |trial in the U. 8. District Court Parmenter and Bechtold are bat-|for first degree murder in connec- | the difference in money but after leaving the store remembered the the testimony of Deputy U. S. fans are anxiously awaiting the double-barreled Saturday night bill, Marshal Hellan. a special non-conference affair that ! tling Ition with the killing of Tony Simin | it out for the ping pong! hought h sell jons| is ‘1s}1n° Douglas .on August 13, 1943,|5Un 8nd fhought he could sell or championship of the USO. This is| glas .on Augus “hawk” it to Simin to make up a real scrap buddy. Incidentally if | took the witness stand in his own you don't l;hink }(,:ur Army isy a|defense at 11 o'clock this morning, | the difference. democratic melting pot—just take | Under examination by defense | Ret_urnlng to the store, with the a look at those names. We're proud | attorney H. D. Stabler, Paddy's|8un in the pocket of his trench to be able to set ’em down here, |testimony on the witness stand|coat, Paddy stated that he asked L | this morning differed in numerous|Simin to get a can of mixed fruit Holy smokes, did you get a gan- |Yespects from that contained in afjuice and pineapple from the der at all the pretty new GSO |Signed confession which was intro- |shelves and when Simin was doing lgirls at the dinner the other|duced as evidence and read in|this he decided to show him the gun. He stated that, with his $4.50 night? There’s Ilene Fisher and|Court yesterday afternoon by As- among many others, We aren’t|more, Jr, when Deputy U. S. Mar- handing out any telephone num-|shal Walter G. Hellan, last wit- [to meet you at the dance Satur-|the stand. day night. Admits Taking Gun and also in the signed confession, Re‘ail Clerks' | Paddy admitted taking the gun | from Tom Young's cabin in Doug Dan(e February6“l“ early in the morning of August have to do with his disposal of Bob Tew's orchestra will provide|the gun and his actions on the Retail Clerks' Union, to be shooting that resulted in Simin’s held in the Elks Ballroom next Sat- death occurred. An informal affair to which the| oOn the stand Paddy stated that general public is cordially invited, after taking the gun from Tom continue until 1. |rear of the Natatorium in Douglas Dance committee in charge of perore rejoining his companions to elyn Brown, Roberta Everitts, _ 5 . " Quincy Adsms, and Plorine Housel, was, he stated, to sell or “hawk' Miss Schultz and Alex Steiner |Sistant U. S. Attorney P. J. Gil- bers, gang, but they'll all be there | ness for the Government, was on s AR i In his testimony on the stand | with which Simin was later hllq‘t 11. Discrepancies in the two stories music for the dance sponsored by night of August 13, when the urday night, it is announced today. Discrepancies dancing will begin at 10 p. m. and young's cabin, he hid it in the arrangements is Velma Tew, Ev- yop to Juneau. His intention i e 7 bl the gun at some later date. the | in his left hand, he lifted the gun from the pocket of his coat and the gun went off. He stated that he did not intend to shoot Simin, but after it had gone off, he was tholding it up in his hand and |shaking so that it went off again. Paddy resumed the stand this afternoon when Attorney Stabler finished his examination and As- sistant District Attorney Gilmore !took over the cross examination ‘for the Government. Confession Story In the confession, read yester- ‘day, and obtained by two Federal |Bureau of Investigation men and Deputy U. S. Marshal Walter Hel- lan on August 17, Paddy states |that he had determined before Jeaving home on the night of Aug- |ust 13 that the gun was loaded with five cartridges and decided 'while on his way to Douglas to rob Simin’s store. He walked around town after jreaching Douglas to make up his It is expected that the case, may ibe concluded this afternoon and {be given to the jury. Repudiates Confession During cross examination this afternoon, Paddy repudiated his confession. HOLDEN RETURN; GONE 3 MONTHS Mr. and Mrs. Alex Holden re- turned to Juneau iast night after a three-months’ trip to Canada and the States, which included a visit over the Christmas holidays with their small son Sandy, enrolled in | | in Victoria, B. C. The family group went to the Harrison Hot Springs near Van- couver for the happy mid-winter vacation period, Mrs. Holden said| today. While in Canada the Holdens al- so spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lowe, formerly owners! of the Pacific International Air-| ways, who annually cdme to Alas- | ka on game hunts, and have many | friends here. Ted Lowes at Haney Mr. and Mrs. Lowe now have a| 600-acre ranch breeding farm near Haney, B. C., the Holdens rveport, where they speciaize in raising Chi- the Glen Lyon Preparatory School| Senator, A. P. Walker. The resolution was drawn up after insistence by Senator Walker that the matter be investigated. Yesterday, however, Walker intro- duced a second resolution, differ- ing from the first on several points. The second proposal asks that the Judiciary Committees of both houses be named as the investigat- ing committee and also has a pro- vision which would allow for the hiring of counsel to represent Haas and Walker at the hearing. Is On Calendar | This second resolution has been | referred to the Judiciary Commit- | tee for consideration. The first pro- | Pbosal, however, now is on the cal- |endar for second reading, having already been referred out of com- mittee. - | Walker's resolution also differs | | from the first in that it would not |provide that the Attorney General be named as counsel for the com- | mittee making the investigation. ‘ The second proposal obviously would have the effect of toning |the investigation and also is said |to infer a presumptuous attitude For fourteen years I got along all right until they changed the mail- man. Everytime I went to the door for the few letters I got, he was smok- ing a big, mellow pipe. I stood it for a week, and then went down town and bought four pounds of tobacco and five pipes. The embers have never gone out in my pipe since. R MANYRUSS NOW FREED FORACTION Stalin Sends Message of Congratulation to Forces (Continued from Page One) upon a committee for the | House. . | The first resolution left the mat- | ter of appointing members of the ;m m‘Commtwe on Investigation up to Marshal Voronov, representative of |the chair in both houses. the Supreme Command with Col.| o P S S Gen. Rokossovsky, Commander, as | LAWRENCE KERR HERE follows: Lawrence Kerr, well known former Message | resident of Juneau, arrived here last “I congratulate you and your Dight from Oregon where he has troops on the Don Front for the been employed for the last six successful achievement of the li-| months by the U. S. Navy. Mr. Kerr quidation of the enemy troops sur- went from Juneau to Sitka to take rounding Stalingrad. I hereby ex-|2 position and was transferred from press my gratjtude to all fighters, | there to the south. commanders and political workers | » on that front for the excellent bat- ® ® ® ® © ¢ o o e o He breabi.~ e WEATHER REPORT R . (U. 8. Bureau) Cabooses built for a new military ® Temp. Tuesday, Feb. 2: railroad’in Louisiana have bay win- Maximum 34, minimum 30. dows on the side, instead of the 2 inches snow on ground. e & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o | ciding traditional rooftop cupola. |on the part of the Senate in de- [ They use the basement for the mess place and the other floors for the soldiers to sleep. They have two beds one on top of the other. They have sleeping bags too. The | place is pretty crowded, mostly with sergeants.” To which we add sim- ply “Glory be—sergeants!” In the signed -confession ddy stated that he took read, BUY DEFENSE BONDS the ; Shov}ingéalf Capitol NoOT! The dinner given for the GSO | 3irls and the men who worked on ! the USO building was a grand | success. The gang enjoyed the presence of our honored guests, to- gether with the professional talent | of Herr Peters, Mr. and Mrs, Eh- | lers, plus the perpetual grin of | Buddy Rice. Deeply apprectat.edi also was the fine music presented | by our stalwart Duck Creek mu-! sicians. Do you know that under the able direction of Mrs. Fred Geeslin the ladies served 98 pleces of apple| pie in fifteen minutes at the above | mentioned dinner? Many thanks are due to the sev- | eral families cooking the food for | our USO dinner and to thé splen- | did manner in which Mrs. Harold Frank Motgan, Kathryn Grayson and Douglass Newland, a delightful trio l‘brousht out. He then ileft the store saying he would re- !mind whether or not to commit | |the robbery and deciding to go through with it entered the store | and requested Simin to get him‘| !some whiskey, the confession | |states. After they returned to the | |grocery store a man entered the store and Paddy knew he would thave to wait until he left to com- mit the robbery, the confession | stated he i nese pheasants, turke, wild Mal- lards, and wild geese, as well as hunting dogs and the now almost extinct bear dogs. Game birds are released on their own grounds, and the pheasant raising has proved so succesful that from 700 to 1,000 are released an- nually by their own station, Also highly successful was their introduction a few seasons ago of many kinds of quail and bobolink, as well as other kinds of me birds, 700 of which were brought in and released, and are reported. in the turn in a few minutes. | In the confession Paddy stated | that he returned to the store and ordered some Tom Collins mix and , [propagating satisfactorily took the gun from his pocket, hold- | new cimate. ing it low at his side so that it Bear Dogs Raised was not visible to Simin. He then In addition to a large kennel of asked Simin to get a can of pine- hunting dogs, the kennel of small apple from the top shelf, plan-| bear dogs raised by the Lowes has ning, according to the confession,| been recently recognized by the| to wait until Simin’s back was American Kennel Clubs and it will turned and then tell him to "keep | b¢ possible to sell some of the our hands up I'm gol to mb‘whelps soon, they believe. | i P song The Lowes have built thelr own| you.” “As he turned his back 1‘ . eight-mile road from the main ic:c I;::ntmoe! me a:l:ld h‘enl;dlt“o::‘mghw‘y_ haye ' their own : power poi | plant and live an ideal existence at | the Haney ranch for six months | Tony. Before I got a chance to| tell him to put his hands up I|oe ype vear the remainder being spent in California. got excited and pulled the trigger | —— e — gun went off Tony hollered a lit- | Smith supervised the whole pro- from “The Vanishing Virginian,” a comedy of 2 great American family. cedure. and the gun went off. After the | tle and then kept quiet—I raised | BUY DEFENSE BONDS will sport the four top teams of the league in twin contests which will be pyt on for the benefit of the fund for crippled children. Saturday night will obyiously of- fer Juneau fans their only, chance to see two first-class contests: Juneau High School, which after a slow start has been’ dumping their opponents over in steady suce cession, will be one of the teams on the bjll. The Cheechakos; lei leaders, a. really smooth outfit, be another. The flashy Officers’ Club five, which sports at least two ex-collpge basketball stars, and the hard-rune ning Malamutes, will be the: other [two teams. e A drawing will decide which* of the teams will take on the' other. ECLIPSE OF SUN - SHOULD BE SEEN - HERE THURSDAY If weather Is tlear tomofrow, Ju- neauites will' have an to see an eclipse of the sun; sbout three-quarteys. 'complete . .whigh should occur: just before 5 . Ma according to an announcement’ from the U. S. Weather Bureau. The first contact wil be akout 4:30 p. m. and the last phase will not be visible in Juneau as sun will be setting at 5:86. p. officials stated. i The eclipse will occur: over the northern portion of the sun, 5 Path of total eclipse runs through Ancherage, along the Alaska ‘Pen= insula; just south of the Aleutian Islands; throigh northern 'Japan, |and on into Asia. ALASKA TERR. GUARDS MEET - THURSDAY EVE Alaska Territorial Guards, Jus neau’ Company, will all meet gt 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night at the Grade School Auditorjum, it announced today by ‘Capt. F. Freeburger. i Members of Juneau company are to report promptly and have fulf equipment with them, {t Was"an. nounced. v X ) * ———eee—— TOM DYER RETURNS 3 Tom Dyer, Juneau agent for the Standard Oil, returned to Junesy last night after a business trip of We are happy to announce that | Miss Edith Berkland is now em- ployed as full time assistant to Sid Cowgill, Director of USO in Juneau, OW - (T'S FROM TW' CTE LXTTLE GAL ACROSS THE ROAD WHO RUNS Te' CANTEEN - GHE SEZ - DEAR SNUEFY -PLEASE COME GEE ME QFTER T CLOSE LP TON\GHT - S0 LONESOME To TRLK TO You — TRULY NOWRS- CEL\E “ AQL- OFFHAND - “x’. CANT THINK oF NOTUN ELSE To \DLE QWAY TR TIME, Cous\N 1 | Irvin Hagerup plies his photo- graphy hobby at the USO Club and has many interesting shots to his; credit. You'd best be careful, lads, for he's just as liable as not to snap you sitting at the canteen with a mouth full of pie or trying | to make a date with the GSO girl on duty. l BIOGRAPHY i When asked if he visited the USO club very often, Private Ralph Erickson replied, “Ahout} BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH GEEY some‘_euvs A BREAKS “TREAT, N GOOD SoRen THERE'S T5¢ DS 8Y JEEPERSY eSBY T CAN TaLK WER \WTO FERGUTTIN AT TWO-DULLER RN BILL T RUNLP SINCE SHE'S N S\CH & SOLEMNCOLY TRAME O MIND By BILLY DeBECK QANO \NHEN Yoy ;\&\S\\ ANORTH RSHNG STARING NOW (N THE FACE ‘//u.‘ & - several weeks to the States. i | AN - OF