The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 4, 1943, Page 3

1 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1945 ||| AREIN STORY OF | ‘ A \ Lovable, Fiery Film Char- | acterization Closes To- i Packed ! with Romance There is the flavor of American tradition and a warm atmosphere of family life in “The Vanishing Virginian,” now at the Capitol The- atre, The picture is based on the best- selling biography by Rebecca Yan- cey Williams. It closely follows the! narrative, with Frank Morgan ap- pearing in the title role as Cap'n Bob Yancey, the author’s father. Morgan is completely in command of the fiery, lovable character he impersonates. FRANCES LANGFORD MORGAN, OTHERS Dost - War Economic carN Yancey, Developme For Alq Positive measures for the post-war economic development of Alaska are recommended in a report just released by the Region X office of the National Resources Planning Board. Chief among these proposals are Construction of a railroad con- necting Alaska with the continent- al railroad system. Development of an arterial high- way system in Alaska with connec- tions to important salt water ports, railroad points, airports and river ports; Encouragement of agriculture through surveys of lands best suit- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA 20TH CENTURY " PAPER BULLETS ENDS TONIGHT Story by Martin Mooney, . Famous Crime Feature . Writer, to Close Tonight marks the last perform- ance on the 20th Century screen of the thrill-packed feature ‘‘Paper Bullets,” featuring an all-star cast headed by Jack La Rue, Jon Wood- bury, John Archer and Linda Ware. Written by Martin Money, “Paper ullets” recounts the troubles a niProgram ska Given Oql Expansion sand improvement o(_ educational opportunity for young people in Alaska through suitable vocational training programs, bet- ter library service and curricula de- signed to familiarize them with Al- aska problems and opportunities. The report recommends also that 1 spacial study looking toward mod- ernization and improvement of the B Alaska governmental set-up be in- . i queen of gaggdom en- ’kf;;‘)‘r]‘:‘v'l“l‘f‘I‘“;Egg‘i‘nfl:‘y““’ih{“‘:e‘g‘;;l(cunu-r.\ when she tries to abdicate “belongs to an era that is past‘ffi“ms‘, _.h" followers < New: tametibis il tiew ..?,:.:;”“"w-n.‘ atl‘elndqm‘. upon a responsibilities can no longer be‘m;f;mur:.’:iuf:::p[‘:o( ::r:;“'““ Blue placed on the obsolete machine in i So EVERY BALLOT As the Day” and “I Know, I Know” " PAGE THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY NOW PLAYING! The story is without artificiality ed for the purpose, investigation of ! confidence that it will function | CLAIRE DODD i JOHN LITEL in plot or treatment. It is merel the fccount of Cap’n Bob Yancey for many years the State's Attorney for the City of Lynchburg, and his/| remarkable family. The “Mississippi Gambler” is the week-end bill starting Friday APPOINT MINES ENGINEER FOR NOME QUARTERS Commissioheir”Stewari An- nounces Reopening | of Office but romance won't poy the rentt ALAN MARY BAXTER - CARLISLE PREVUE TONIGHT 12:30 | of Eskil And | of engincer-assayer for the Terri- | ‘orial Department of Mines, B. D. Stewart, Commissioner of | Mines, announces the appointment ment of the living standards of lh(’;mcmhs ago. The Alaska section was son to the position imarketing and other economic pro- blems and an expanded agricultural experimentation program. Pulp Paper Industry Stimulation of increased | timber resources through contin- ued effort to induce the establish- ment of a pulp and paper industry; Continued research and pilot plan experimentation on utilization use of of fish cannery wastes and contin- annually—an amount more than| Ch (e EbTIEHOUAL SRR o e jued effort to expand and improve|three times present rgcean,s ,,,,, | necott 30%, New York Central 12'%,( the salmon spawning areas; Accelerated program of geological surveys and mineral exploration work with special attention to the possibilities of developing electro- metallur and electrochemical industries; Vigorous effort to develop travel through improvement of travel | hotel and recreational facilities in Alaska; | To Aid Natives Vigorous program for improve- al Alaska natives through increased employment in local industries, re- construction of native villages, im- provement of sanitation, and hos-| well.” For Tax System by Johnny Lange and Lew Porter ' lovely Linda Ware, written especially for the picture, ~ |If the Federal Government wishes STOCK QUOTATIONS jand sung by Citing the tax System as one ex-| seen and heard in Bing Crosby's 5 ample of outmoded law; the Yeport|.gior Maker.” | NEW YORK. Feb. 4. — Closing finds that “If' Alssks had, & taX| Others in the cast are Vince quotation of Alaska Juneau mine system equal in revenue-ralsing|p, neit genneth Harlan, and stock today is 4, American Can power to that which prevails in the, g, uin Gordon. The picture was di-(79%, Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem average state, the Territory and | ..ioq y phil Rosen and produced Steel 59':, Commonwealth and| its incorporated cities would befby Frank a ry Kozinsk collecting about ten million dollars i e | Southern 15/30, Curtiss Wright 7'4,| | Northern Pacific 8'i, United States Steel 51's, Pound $4.04. ‘ Jury Should Get Paddy Case Today to be relieved from repeated re-| quests from Alaska for special as-| sistance, it will have to remove the | financial sirait-jacket in which the| Territorial government has been dressed these many years.” | ‘The report is part of the National | Resources Planning Board’s nation- | wide report REGIONAL RESOUR- | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 125.09, rails 29.20, utilities 16.40. PRICES TUESDAY Alaska Juneau mine stock closed | | | | CES DEVELOPMENT — REPORT | | Tuesday at 4, American Can at FOR 1942 transmitted to the Con—; e 19%, Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem gress by the President some! H 1 | Steel 59%, Commonwealth and jArgumen's in Murder T”al | Southern 15/30, Curtiss Wright prepared late in 1941 by the staff | ! 7%, International Harvester 59%, of the Board's regional office with the assistance of the field officers| of Federal agencies operating in: Kennecott 31, New York Centralj Begin in U. 5. District ALL NEW SHOW TONIGHT ANN HARDING | TAKING REST TRAP LINES b FROM MOVIES Has Given lflfianching for| Duration-Movesfo | Beverly Hills By ROBBIN COONS y HENRY PEARSON 1 hate to be critical, but I think the Government's ceiling on priges lisn't working out so well. % d ] { A friend of mine walked into & |store the other day and asking for HOLLYWOOD--Miss Ann Hard-|a package of cigarettes, gave the ing, who to these eyes is the truly|girl clerk the amount shown on & beautiful woman of the movies, is'ceiling price list which was hu enjoying a well-earned rest from prominently in back of the coum: the slings and arrows of outrageous d scenario-writers. the L with THEATRE headquarters at Nome. Plans have | SHOW PLACE 0¥ JUNEAU se.n ¢ L e Sd Deld - uttiea . eatly 10 1 Jleted to reopen the Nome | Pitalization of tuberculosis cases | Alaska. 9 Encouragement and technical as-{ This office, formerly located in March. |sistance to towns and villages of [Juncau, has been transferred to Anderson’s duties will include PX_“Als.xka toward improvement of liv-|Portland, Oregon, and assigned to | | Dow, Jones averages Tuesday|®Nd Pitiless P. J. Gilmore, Jr., Assistant U.| % 4 ik . | were as follows: industrials 125.88,| | 8. Attorney, made the preliminary rails 2051, utilitles 16,62 |argument for the Government in New Personalities In Congress Make Interesting Lineup (Continued from Page One) amination of strategic mineral prospects and assay of ore samples | submitted by miners and prospec- | tors of the Seward Peninsula. In| addition, the U. S. Bureau of| Mines has indicated the need for! a Department of Mines represen-] ok tative on the Seward Peninsula to| the Oxford-Cambridge lacr 0SSe cooperate with them in the exam- | team which 17 years ago came 10 jnation and development of strate- this country to meet the handpicked gic mineral deposits. A large part l("flms from the American univer- of Anderson’s time, therefore, will sities. e S - 2 be spent in making examinations txmeane] Lomlxlr‘r,:r.niglfxrlf ‘;]dx?:\‘fd of deposits of tin, tungsten and an- 2 timony for the purpose of pr - Robinson, whose first job in the y PulBe oL arovd ing the Bureau of Mines with pre- liminary information, and in as-| saying samples submitted from var- ious Bureau of Mines projects. During March and April, while the assay office is being recondi- | United States was orking on the railroad” at $1.50 a week. The list is endless but it wouldn’t; be complete if we didn’'t mention | again young Will Rogers, jr., whose the Paddy murder trial in the U. S. ing conditions and community fac-'a project sponsored by the Joint | District Court this morning during ilities for education, health, safety ! Economic Committees of Canada and recreation; |and the United States. PRICES WEDNESDAY with her chin | “Pive cents more, please,” Miss Harding is not suflprlna!mrl stated with bored behind-the nobly, bearing her woes in silence, counter look. nor giving her all held high. She is not protecting the “Your sign there doesn't say that, weak, taking the rap for another’s|my friend rejoined, pointing to the sin, nor paying the piper proudly placard . SISTER OF TIPPET SAYS STILL HOPED “We Never Gave Up Our? Belief that Joe Was | {which he asked for an unqualified | -Alaska Juneau mine stock closed | verdict of first degree murder basediwed"“dfly at 37, American Can | jon the testimony of Governmem‘fl‘ 75 17/8, Anaconda 26'2, Bethle- witnesses and the signed statement ! hem Steel Commonwealth |chtained from Paddy three days|and Southern 15/30, Curtiss Wright | following the fatal shooting of Tony | 7%, International Harvester 59, Simin. | Kennecott 30';, New York Central | 4 During his able argument Gil-|12'%, Northern Pacific 8%, United ' more pointed out the discrepancies | States Steel 50%, Pound $4.04. between Padd testimony on the| Dow, Jones averages Wednesday |stand and the statements contained industrials 125.56, lin his signed document. He also utilities 16.49. SO l 0 M o N S |emphasized that the only witness \for tHe defense. was Paddy himself. After the conclusion of the argu- ment for the Government a ten minute recess was called by Judge George F. Alexander and at 11:10 when Court was reconvened, Freder- |ick Paul, who with H. D. Stabler is 1wer9 as follows: rails 29.24, |CAA INSPECTOR " E.5. GULL LEAVES | FOR KETCHIKAN Air, Surface Engagements| Confinue Between U. father, the great cowboy humorist, almost once got into politics be- cause the “Will-Rogers-For-Presi- dent” campaign, started in fun, be- came a write-in-threat. tioned, Anderson will conduct min- | ing short courses at Nome through a cooperative agreement with the University of Alaska Extension Ser- vice. These courses will be offered When young Will came to town the other day to take over his job of representing the sixteenth con- gressional district in California (Santa Monica, Hollywood, ete.) | he hadn’t even had time to change! his lieutenant’s uniform for ies. At election time, Rogers was in camp in Texas. He not only is the in answer to a considerable de-| mand, both by soldiers and civil-| ians, for instruction in methods of recognizing and prospecting for| strategic minerals. A large enroll- | ment is anticipated. Anderson is a graduate in min- ing and geology from the Univer- | Alive” Says Family OGDEN, Utah, Feb. 4.— Joseph Tippets’ family never gave up hope, | “remembered Joe in our prayers,” his sister, Mrs. L. R. Priddy, said when she was advised that her missing brother was rescued. “His being found alive makes us feel | Jjust like Eddie Rickenbacker’s fam- ily,” said Mrs. Priddy. Three other sisters and Tippets’ mother also live in Ogden. Other sisters of Tippets are Mrs. C. C. S. and Jap Forces (By Associated Press) American and Jap warships are reported maneuvering for a titanic showdown battle in the Solomon | representing William James Paddy, | opened the argument for the de- fense. Paul based his argument | principally on the fact that the |signed document contained the A ! E. S. Gull, Senior Aeronautical! CAA Plane Inspector, left Juneau for Ketchikan last night following a S i statement that Paddy had been the receipt of word concerning the Islands area as the U. S. Army| ii cho)y before the shooting in | recovery of survivors of the Gillam fronps ttjo(}iay :egistered new gmm\Douglas. August 13, while it was plane crash late yesterday. ¢ CAdala !bl‘ought out in his testimony on the Gull came to Juneau two weeks Flying Fortresses have smashed | : 4 f i . H th bie: i b ¢ Rabaul | stand, that all but $10 of his wages ago in connection with the CAA ) DG SR, Jave 0 02Ul |4)1d been attached. If one statement investigation of the Glass crash in while military secrecy hid critical |, A & #: is not true, the jury may take that | Gastineau Channel. developments of the sea, the Navy | siderati dging the declaring marely that operations | D0 €ODS er: 0 'm r’uuf gt poo) ol s s constitutad @~ Teconrialginte in veracity of the rest o e state- MEMBERS VOLUNTEER only member of the new Congress who has served in this war as a; private, but is reported to be the only new member who didn't make a campaign speech or even visit his dictrict during the pre-election period. RSP — BABY GIRL BORN T0 W. PETERSONS Mr. and Mrs. Walter yesterday afternoon became. the parents of a baby girl, born a(,I St. Ann’s Hospital at 4:05 p.m. | Weighing five pounds four ounc- es 'at birth, the baby is neverthe- less\a fine healthy child, Dr. J. O. Rude, attending physician, re- ported today. ! Mrs.' Peterson is the former Ran- | di Molver who was employed in}| Walter ‘Sharpe’s office here. She | was previously a resident of Pet-| ersburg. \ | Mr. Peterson is with the U. S. Engineers in Juneau. C. W. PRITCHETT, | ENGINEER, DIES DENVER, Col. Feb. 4—Carr Wal-| ler Pritchett, 79, mining engineer| who worked as a consulting engin-' eer countries during his 56-year-career, died here yesterday. | - e Peterson MRS. N. R. WALKER AND MRS. JOHN O'SHEA HERE | Mrs. N. R. Walker and her davgh- \ ter, Mrs. John O'Shea, arrived in | Juneau from Ketchikan last nightf to join their husbands, Senator | Walker and Representative O’Shea | here. | Senator and Mrs, Walker and ! Representative and Mrs. O'Shea are | staying at the Baranof Hotel dur- | ing the legislative session. | . | jof the Department of Mines, sta- {While a student at the University in Alaska and many other [manpower sity of Alaska. For the past two| years he has been in the employ tioned at College. Before coming to interior Alaska he worked at various times in the Independence | Mine at Willoy Creek, and in the| Butte and Coeur d'Alene districts. of Alaska he spent his summers in! the employ of the Fairbanks Ex-| ploration Company. H. D. HUXLEY, OF Hackett, of Montrose, Calif.,, Mrs. E. C. Fisher of Flint, Mich., Mrs.| V. A. Mahoney of Heber, Utah. Mrs. Priddy added, “We just couldn’t believe Joe could be dead in that missing plane after his coming here to see mother who is i e AIR SUPPORT WARMANPOWER COMM,, LEAVES H. D. Huxley, Executive Officer for the War Manpower Regional | office, headquartered in San Fran-| cisco, left Juneau last night to re-! turn to the south after having con- ducted War Manpower Commission meetings here. Representatives of the principal government agencies, industries and labor organizations attended the meetings in Juneau early last week {which resulted in the appointment by Mr. Huxley of Joseph T. Flakne as Acting Area Director for the War Manpower Commission in Al- aska and the appointment of an cight-man committee which will act, with Mr. Flakne, in settling problems in the Ter- ritory. NO BUSINESS IN SENATE OR HOUSE The House and Senate transacted no business this afternoon, due to the absence of members who are making an inspection of the Pio- neers’ Home at Sitka. Both Houses will be called to or- der at 2 p. m. tomorrow for roll call and adjournment. The trav- leling legislators are expected back BUY DEFENSE BONDS Saturday. | CONTINUING IN SOLOMONS MacArthur’s Airmen Brave Bad Weather to ! Raid Rabaul 5 ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Feb. 4—Braving un-, favorable weather to support the Allies in the growing battle in the Solomons, Gen. Douglas MsdcAr- thur's airmen raided New Britain Island again today, one bomber attacking a Jap warship. | The High Command announced ! that Rabaul, vital Jap base for the battle of the Solomons, was raided ' for the fifth consecutive night. Despite heavy clouds at Buin on Bougainville Island in the Solomons, fires were started at a Jap air- drome that could” be used for a| thrust at Guadalcanal. = A communique reporting the only ground activity said Allied patrols | killed another 88 Japs at Wau, be- low Salamaua on New Guinea. force,” the same term applied to the opening phases of the great battle in the Coral Sea. Speaking in terms of the utmost restraint, Washington quarters said that air and surface engagements “are continuing.” It was indicated further that the two big armadas have not yet join- ed in decisive battle. A U. 8. Naval spokesman said both 'sides “are sparring for position.” Tokyo likewise had little to say about operations in its latest re- the report fell back on the total- !ly unconfirmed clagim that the Japs | were attacking ‘“enemy naval forces.” south of Santa Isabel Is- land last Monday, which resulted 'in the alleged sinking of an Allied | ward cruiser and heavy damage to an- other cruiser, as well as the de- struction of 33 planes near Santa Isabel Island, north of Guadal- canal ment, he said. Paul talked for only fifteen min- | utes and at 11:25 o'clock turned | the defense argument over to Mr.| Stabler, who had not completed his argument when Court adjourned | at noon today. He was to resume | his argument at 2 o'clock and it is | expected that the rebuttal of the | Government will be concluded to- | day and the case given to the jury,| following instructions by Judge Al~‘ | exander. | R | port. Broadcast by German radio,(A. G. RIEFENSTAHL, | RAILWAY EXPRESS | SUPERVISOR HERE | A. G. Reifenstahl, District Super- ( visor for the Railway Express Com- | | pany, arrived here from the West- last night and is at the | Gastineau Hotel while here on | business. — Classifieds Pay! | Empire e — ,( —~ CELIES CANTEEN | - VANCE BINGHAM HERE Vance Bingham, representative ! of the Graybar Electric Company, arrived in Juneau this week on business and is staying at the Gas- | tineau Hotel while he is in the city. o, BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH OW,GEE - GOLLY % DON'T KNOW INHERE VAL PUT THEM AL SNUEFY - EVERN SEAT \S TAKEN L TARN'RE CLNBIN N THE QUNDOWS — PUSHIN BEAND TUE COUNTER AN —- D Y. Tew CELE 1 WANT 4aM ON \WRITE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HOLD MEETING TONIGHT The monthly meeting of the Ju- neau Volunteer Fire Department will be held tonight starting at 8 o'clock in the club quarters in the City Hall. B for her own | She is merely being her natural,| “Oh, I forgot to change that,” gracious self, with no burden on her came the reply, “the price went up frail, feminine shoulders other than again this morning!" ™ the smart suits, gowns and furs| oSl 4 which would have been worn by Which all adds up to the faet the wife of the former U. S. am- that wiot we need now is a cells bassador to - Russia—Mrs. Joseph |ing on the ceiling. ¥ E. Davies. i # Some day the merchants will This stroke of fortune is due, of |POW!NE for a.floor under the nru: course, to the fact that for the|Rd when they do, I hope they get first time Miss Harding is playing | °ne Jjust like the dirty old celling a real-life, living character, one €Y 8ot today. who is a frequent visitor on the = oL set where her husband’s book, “Mis- | A ¥ sion to Moscow,” is being filmed. " and we were growing things Scenarists who tested the depths “Nd loving it. But suddenly Cal of the Harding capacity for nobil-|Fendieton was right beside us. We ity and suffering in her earlier|COUld scarcely get into our road for films like “Foliday,” “Devotion,” |1 Jeeps, and bugle calls and build. and “East Lynne’ must hew to the 1§ Doises aren't exactly bird line in dealing with realities The man of our couple got a And so Miss Ann Harding |at camp for several times what her holiday from woe |could pay, and then gasoline rations Miss Harding with her classic pro-}l,mL ended our necessary commul mak- |18 The couple is living on ¢ gets file and ash-blonde hair, is TioH Yo ik 8 ing no more attempt to look llku':’dt? ‘m us, and yene bought Mrs. Davies, who is beautiful also, | '0US€ in Beverly Hitls. If all this means more Hard than Walter Huston is making to good. look like the former umlmssfldof.‘pm'"““I 1 say/dts 60 the “I think there's been a mistake AT in casting,” she says. “I think Mr, and Mrs. Davies should be playing themselves—they're both charming. But I'm playing the role as Mrs.| Davies desscribed it: an ambassador’s wife is a back-ground figure. She is pleasant and agreeable, a good hostess and a pleasant guest, I say ‘How do you do? a great many times—I'm trying to use different . DON niiiif NOW IN NAVY CAMP Now in tralning at the naval |station, Camp Benion, Idaho, fs Donald Rude, 18-year-old son of |Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Rude, who was |graduated from the Juneau High DAN H. RALSTON ON WAY TO KETCHIKAN Following completion of the Alaska Game Commission meetings which were held here over a ten- day period, Dan H. Ralston, Wild- life Agent in Ketchikan, left last night for his headquarters. —————— Despite the advent of tank war- fare on the desert, camel-borne troops are still used for some forms of fighting. i LS R BUY DEFENSE BONDS CeLe 'arrald it's a bit part, really. Mr.| THOR -THAR, ACCUMELATE NoRESEY - " \T SOME EXTR! S ARODRTIONS inflections on it.” She laughs: “I'm|gchool last June. ¢ Huston and I go through the story| Fonaic 1n. bR, . MERUR Olaf College, Minnesota, where he observing a lot of fine acting by’mnm::uhwd last fall. He listed other peope, but we ourselves don't| e BavE MGkt do.r iin the Navy at the end of the fajl 3 term and arrived at the Idaho post about January 25, Quartermaster’s training is the Miss Harding, in gay good spirits, is living close to Hollywood again.| For the duration, at least, she ha.sf“e:ld hchouen by “:e (Jumu boy, given up the idyllic ranching life *1¢ 1 rePords most of the work I she and her husband, Werner Jans- | "¢ study of navigation, which i sen, the symphony conductor und‘!“"ds especlally interesting, 4 composer, used to enjoy. { BRI o 62 It's a short, c'est la guerre tal In El Salvador voling, i ‘“é' “It was beautiful down there at|Pulsory for men but optional fdr Fall Brook on our 80 acres” she women. By BILLY DeBECK - CROW- s & WARD-PULLN | S NMLE TERN GAL - o, e, World i cesenved. {3 19 King Features Sy