The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 23, 1943, Page 3

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1943 P ———————————————————————————————————— LAST TIMES T()NIGIIT— == BEERY IN THE ARMY! HE BUGLE THEATRE "o MARJORIE MAIN Show Place of Juneau N PREVUE TOMORROW! vo~icnv SPELL-BINDING TAHITI! . UE... 12:0 ere design for liviag 45 LOVING! JON HALL PEGGY DRAKE By the authors of UTINY ON THE BOUNTY” and "BEACHCOMBER” —ADDED — THE THREE 00 DezciZ2t 2223 LATEST NEWS |SOUTH SEAS LOVE ' ALSO FINANCE IN TUTTLES-TAHITI |Comedy Feature Scheduled " for Showing at Capi- tol Tomorrow What happens when the sailor {son of a carefree Tahitian family| to make them all rich, | the amusing theme Laughton's new stary “The Tuttles of Tahiti | | out of | tilm, com- son, Chester, who brings from dis- tant San Francisco a fighting cock that he hopes will redeem the Tut e fortunes. these part-Polynesian de- cendants of an old-time Yankee ea-captain find themselves penni- as a result of their bird's tim- dity. The havoc this m in Chester’s romantic hopes, as well family finances, leads to e ng reversal when the uttle b vaging a rich cargo from an aban- doned vessel Peggy Drake, Florence Bates, Vic- tor Francen, Gene Reynolds and noted players have prominent roles in the offering. - EKLE FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY Arranged for 2 o'clock tomor- row afternoon from the chapel of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary, funeral services for Fred Elke, Al- aska pioneer, will be conducted by the Rev. G. H. Hillerman, with in- terment in the Pioneers’ Plot of Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Ekle died February 17 at St Ann’s Hospital, where the septagen- wrian had been receiving care for ome time. Native son of Norway, Mr. Ekle came to Alaska about 35 years ago ag —— S and has lived in Juneau the past el bRl el Three Million 10 years. He was a blacksmith by e DSt eain: h TIEdar 4 3 trade, but also worked in mines meetir February 23, Tuesday, $ Bables Born m of the Territory. o'clogk. : Hefreflimenty Surviving are two nephews, Jack U. S. Last Year Fkle and Charles Jacobson, whose adv present whereabouts are not known. A S - - > d iR WASHINGTON, Feb. — any debs_only these contracted | Mated that three million babies | ad v 3 were born in the United States ,',’yl,m"”*“ S iR last year. This is the largest | High tide—4:17 am. 164 feet e e p T R number of births in any year , Low tide—10:35 am., 12 feet ; ey T in the Nation's history. High tide—4:30 p.m. 14.7 feet.s | > Low tide—10:44 pm, 12 feet. By Lutheran Ladies' Aid, Thurs- Bl day, Feb. 25, Church Parlors, st Tooth decay is the most common ing 10 am disease of mankind. Musicians Dance, March 6. adv, |spoke 1 sTock HAVE YOU TASTED SCHENLEY Gwcee AND SCHENLEY .%/fl/ Siseeve” Pemmsylvania. It's' The Taste it Takes 4 States to Make! kBlended with Grain Neutral Spirits ENRICHED by whiskies from theworld’s largest reserve! Schenley Reserve — a prized formula! Light. .. delicate ... distinctive! Schenley Royal Reserve —a blending achievement. Rich, luxurious . . . America’s finest. Both blend the best from Ken- Drink al v /!\ . TWO BILLS ARE PASSED BY HOUSE passed two measures this morning including a bill which will place the power to t members of the Board of Trustees for the Kodiak Hospital in the hands of the Kodiak Common Coun- cil instead of the Governor of Al- The House Knox Marshall, citizen of Kodiak, ke on the bill at the request of ling tomorrow at the Capitol ton portrays the lazy but|the House. He said that he believed ik . head of the family, Jonas|the change would serve the people uttle, and Jon Hall is t as the |0f Kodiak better. He said that un- der the present em only one |doctor is allowed use of the hos- pital and also stated that the hos- ipital has been without water during the winter. | At the time the hospital was built, |Kodiak was not an incorpdrated |city and the present arrangement {was made then. The bill sponsored by Rep. Stan- ley McCutcheon. It passed unan- | imously “ihe other bill approved by the | ys win a fortune in sal-lgoyse would repeal the laws rela-| tive to flood control, relieving the Territory of liability for any fu- ture flood control measures which may be carried out by the Federal government. Author of the bill is Rep. John J. O'Shea. The bill passed unanimous Both measures emergency clauses which would make them effective upon p: ge. They must go to the Senate for consider- T now ation Mrs. John M. Cross Was Hostess at Dinneyon Monday Mrs. John M. Cross, who is in Juneau from the Interior was hostess at a dinner party in the Iris Room of the Baranof Hotel last evening for a group of friends. Preceding dinner, cocktails were served in ghe penthouse apartment of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Council The table, charmingly decorated with spring flowers and candles, was set for twenty. Guests of Mrs Cross were Dr. and Mrs. Council, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Olson, Capt. and Mrs. A. N. Monsen, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Holden, Mrs. J. W. Ma- len, Dr. Ruth Gruber, Mis. G. A.| |Lingo, Miss Jane Alexander, Col. W. A. Swift, Lieut. Col. Roy W. Riegle, Lieut. Col. M. E. Mollett, Commander A. P. Storrs, Major M. Marston, Lieut. Robert J. | Schoettler and Ensign A. Walter, ' D QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 23. — Closing |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4, American Can 81%, Anaconda 27%, Bethlehem |Steel 81, Commonwealth and |Southern #, Curtiss Wright 8, General Motors 477%, International Harvester 61}z, Kennecott 317%, New York Central 13%, Northern Pacific 10%, United States Steel 52%, Pound $4.04. The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 128.78, |rails 30.54, utilities 17.12. > OOD CARD PARTIES OF C.DA. &verything is in readiness for the neighborhood card party of the Catholic Daughters of America, the committee announces, and guests are reminded that playing will be- gin at 8 o'clock this evening in the various homes previously desig- nated. NEIGHBORH:! > M. D. WILLIAMS RETURNS FROM KETCHIKAN TRIP M. D. Williams, District Engineer of the Public Roads Administra- tioh, returned today by plane from !Ketchlkan where he has been for business. k on official - D LEONARD R. HALL ON WAY TO PR, RUPERT Leonard R. Hall, director of the USO in Juneau, left last night for the last weel | Prince Rupert to spend some time in ‘connection with USO work there. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SESSION ELECTS H. RODEN HEAD J. TAYLOR IS HIGH BOWLER JUNEAU ALASKA . ALASKA PIONEERS \ Garrett, of the Baranof, made | high single game score in the High- {would change the residence require- phael tournament games on the Elks ment “l‘_ 21 vears Wmcl? .wou!d Club alleys last night when she mean that anyone who was borni gneq 171 in the second frame here and has attained his twenty- (Continued from Page One) v v z Taylor made high total for the first birthday would be eligible, as|y, o0 games with a score of 434 would anyone who has resided in Scores made last night were the Territory for the past 21 years.| —o° F dl 1 » b The measure will be submitted to Taylor . :.:; qlm 143— 434 . s To 4 rship ! 12 | !}m various Igloos for a mcmbmsmpiManu:l\lon 153 92 126— 371 ! Of special interest to oldllmersi{(emmdy % l%”» ?09 is the plan recommended by Cash|SMith WSy 1005 308 Cole of Juneau, whereby all Pio- SRRVIGIE aan 3 neers in nced of old-age assistance| Totals e or desitous of gaining admission to| Dolls the Pionqrs Home would clear | (Spot) §0 e 40 6D through the Juneau Igloo, whichSharpe 84 112 74— 270 Iwould specialize in rendering Lhis‘smw“" 120 156 146— 422 service for all Pioneers of the Ter- Dooley 124 124 124— 372 ritory ‘Terhune 8 131 354 i 9 Igloos Represented Y ‘ g ! Either by delegate or by proxy,“ Totals 434 543 5011478 21 delegates representing nine Ig- 0 lloos were seated for the session. Baranof Igloos of Kgq.chikan, Nome and Haviland 133 141 112— 386 Juneau were represented with Adams 148 144 104 396 jfour votes each; Fairbanks, Dilling- 'La Fleur 120 108 82— 310 tham and Anchorage with two each; Garrett 104 171 137— 412 land Hyder, Flat and Valdez with| R AT - fone vote apiece, 1" Potala 505 564 435—1504 In addition Pioneer Auxiliaries | Teachers were represented with six votes, | (gpot) 42 42 42— 125 there being three for Juneau, WO ' Conner 120 93 116— 338 |for Ketchikan, and one for Anchor- Sturges 94 94 94— 282 age. | e | Reports of the Retiring Grand i‘::x?sm; l"; ‘;; ‘;7‘ o | Secretary and Treasurer were T o v i o4 and found in order, s was the re-| B06. <00 4921456 port of the Auditing Committee. The convention was greatly han- | - dicapped because books and min- utes of the Grand Secretary did MEMORIAl URGES not arrive in time, necessitating. : thé omission of reading of the past minutes and the secretary's report of activities for the past two years. Dora Sweeney, Past President of the Juneau Auxiliary, kindly served 13.«; Acting Grand Secretary for the | convention, } REAPPORTIONMENT “LAW BE DELAYED \Congress Urged fo Wait Until After War on Measure > !.\'EV!}N ARRIVE HERE BY PLANE FROM KETCHIKAN Brihging seven passengers from ' Ketcikan, an Ellis Air Transport plane piloted by Hugh Ramsdall, ! arrived this afternoon from the First| City and left shortly after A memorial introduced in the House this morning by Rep. Har- for h\l‘ return flight with “W\\'v,\ J. B.mm‘) urges Congress to i (cnact legislation which would keep passengers. { the Congressional law enlarging the Arivmg on the plane were Lance | Hendrickson, Harry Merriman, M_;Trrrimrlnl House and Senate from into effect until after the D. Williams, Gene Gull, Mrs. E. L. 80 Bartlett and daughters Doris Ann'%8™ and Busan, { The memorial further requests Taking passage for Kelcmkunl'hm action in_carrying out the ! purposes of the law be delayed un- Itil its approval by a majority of /the voters of Alaska at the first ‘uenvrul election after the war. Congress passed the bill amend- A e ing the Organic Act last fall It \Tw‘rmsoml:fi;"rg}hgé‘:: would go into effect in 1944, in- Mg ¥ i3 reasi he Territorial Hous Wednesday, February 24, at 2 p.m‘.cxeas B S DAsTOri). Houke, bz 2 /the present 16 to 24 members, en- :," L}:et;l:en:;zu H;anh (feutfl.]rlhe"&]urging the Senate from eight to o i N D 16 members. Senators would be heard, and pictures on “Growth and iy !elected four frem each division, but Develgpment of the Baby” will be |p.yrocentatives would be elected given, A running commentary by a were’ Jack Bryan, Desmond Coul- ton, Grant H. Gibson, Leslie: C Haines and A. E. Baxter. U PICTURES AND TALK | the basis ot | ALDRICH & (0. AT ELKS' CLUB. Jimmy Lydon is again that un- | fortunate, surprised victim of un- . |{pleasant circumstances, Henry Al- drich, and Charles Smith his faith- {ful but confused pal, Diz To- gether with Mary Anderson they form a delizhtful trio whose . FORTY-FOUR ON PAGE. THREE Where the Better BIG Pictures Ph’ [0 [ENTURY LAST TIMES TONITE! SCORES AGAIN IN GAY FILM “Henry and Dizy” Con- tinue Comedy Series at 20th Century Youth is having its fling at the 20th Century Theatre where Para- mount’s laugh lowdown on Holly- wood's most misunderstood boy {Henry Aldrich—is panicking audi- |ences. His newest ecapade is sim- ply tagged “Henry and Dizzy.” What happens to the two boys, however, is anything® but simple! | Complications develop practically immediately, and go on from there to the final fade-out. | JlMMYA‘Sle‘ON HENRY ALDRICH Mary Anderson - Charles Smith John Litel - Olive Blakeney Vaughan Glaser scrapes represent a hilarious hour and a half of anyone's time. | This particular episode in the |life of Henry Aldrich has to do with the borrowing of a boat, the i:u'cldvulul destruction of it, and {the necessity of raising enough |money to pay for it. 'TWELVE ARRIVE, Original Screen Play by Val Burt 2 EDITIONS LATE NEW.\{ 'WAY T0 SOUTH Arrivals from Skagway last night were C. Brown, C. Campbell, B. C. Hayden, N. L. Hand, D. Jefferies, G. J. King, George Moylander, John Nyman, Capt. H. Pfreimer, W. Otchel, G. Ward, and S. Whelan. | Taking passage from Juneau for | Wrangell were—Leo Osterman and |Richard L. Stokes. For Ketchikan—Mrs. Christiane - 2 : M. Hansen, Alberta M. Roady, YOUR BROKEN LENSES | y § rast. Replaced in our own shop. Eyes fi:";:d.g",vrfflfi;h,&?'&,fl;,?%_ Examined. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson. Kuliehor, Peter T. O. Larsen, June Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. adv. { Anderson, Mavis ‘E. Nikula, Prank SR b TR ‘f}‘m‘l}“’]‘:’*“, Frank R B o mw"| Musicians Dance, March 6. adv. lins, Edgar Kerr, Jesse L. Johnston B A = (and Roy Parnell. For Prince Rupert—Fred W. \Johnson, Albert B. Haakma, Lewis iA. Jenes; J. E. Wildebush, Leonard }R. Hall. f & { For Vancouver-=Michael “E. Hil-iq burn. | For Seattle—Harold E. Sullivan, {Neil A. Buckmaster, James W. Van Derpool, Myles Philbin, Theodora' | Lundquist, Harvey T. Mabhaffey, Charles F. Jeys, Charles W. Hilburn, | Ervin D. Wright, Ed C. Schultz,| Keith Van Bevers, Albert E. Dee- |gan, Thomas D. Russell, Ray H. | Northcutt, Mrs. Charles Waynor,! Agnes C. Ronning, Alfred C. Ad-| ams and F. J. Wertmann. | S i | LAST TIME TONIG! “THE FLEETS IN” E——————— BUY WAR BONDS physician will flluminate the illus- ‘;fi:lag;‘n“m“ b | trations. 1 § Mothers and friends “Sn;mh':‘ men‘l_orlnl lcoTlel\?s ;;‘:4" 14 | P he location of population in % M ' to attend. when the act will become effec- HOIdS ee Ing 2 " tive, will not be the true indication; A good attendance marked the |LEO OSTERMAN LEAVES ,of population distribution on ac- Saturday-evening meeting of the FOR HOME IN WRANGELL |count of various factors attribut- | Women of the Moose, when a bus- ‘l Leo Osterman, Deputy Collector |able to the war. | iness, meeting was followed by lof U.S. Customs at Wrangell, left | e - games and refreshments. | |last night to return to his home | The month of March will be de-| fnnm- spending the last few daysl | voted to Social Service, it was | in Juneau on business. ANOIHER JIGGS announced, and Phyllis Lesher wlll; 5 { R S A be chairman for the special com- | . -4 mittee in charge. Aleen Smith and 4.9 ME“';,RA':S:(:?F‘:OR souT | DI""ER IS SEI ‘Ltda Museth will act on the spec- | ness man of Juneau, left last nlght_‘ Bv AM' lEGIo“ | ;:;n;"fom“:: .c;zl;rmt;l:trhmef:a! for Ketchikan. He expects to be Sanborn, assisted by Esther Com-l out of the city about two weeks| A large attendance was noted at| ya¢ ang Nadja Sheeper. } and may continue to Seattle for a the American Legion meeting last| ¢ .the March meeting, it was an- - I made for another Jiggs Dinner to for the evening. Gertie Olsen will WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—Under be held in March and movies Were | pe cpajrman on that occasion. Roll Secretary of States Sumner Welles shown of Canada and local scenes.| qay gor wWomen of the Moose will| ltoday reiterated the hope of the| A committee was named to at- po helg April 3 and should be in- | American government that Finland tend to plans for the Jiggs Dinner| oresting to all members. “It is a ’Moofié Auxiliary | e invited J. J. Meherin, wellknown busi- | lal committee, while the refresh- ‘,shon business trip before returning. night during which plans were| nounded; the- offioers WL take over will soon withdraw from the war &nd the membership committee re- pig pnight for the Auxiliary, and | - against Russia. ported progress, g every member should try to be ¥ When he was asked at a press Alex Sonchic, of the Silver BOW progent» the chairman urges. | Model LM4 @'w at $37.50 conference whether he thought the Post, Butte, Montana, joined the * mojjowing Jast night's business |time was approaching when Fin-|Juneau Post at last night’s meel- meeting, prizes were given to the| land would disassociate itself from |Ing. winners of the games played, and {the German war against Russia,| Refreshments were served after g fine lunch was served by Virginia | Welles replied that the position of thé business session. Putzel and Billy Jaegel. Viola Eske- | the United States has been made PARYRT L 3 sen' was general chairman for the | vepy clear Juring the past month. ' BUY WAR BONDS successful evening. Alaska Eluctric Light and Powsr Co. Pieye.» | DESTINAT! WLITRRY " SCHI v/, 1 5 est tucky, Indiana, Maryland and SCHENLEY RESERVE. The straight whiskies in this product are 5 yrs. or more old; 35% straight whiskey, 65% Grain Neutrel spirits. 5% straight whiskey, 5 yrs. old. 15% straight whiskey, 6 yrs. old. 15% straight whiskey, 7 yrs. old. SCHENLEY ROYAL RESERVE. The straight whiskies in this product are 6% or more yrs. eld; 40% straight whiskey, 60% Grain Neutral Spirits, 23% _avaight whiskey, 6 yrs. old. 17% straight whiskey, 7 yrs. old. Both BLENDED WHISKEY, 86 proof. Schonley Ditiliers Corp., N. ¥..C. NO, T CANT GIVE MOU ANN DEFINITE RMETION 85 MET, YARD BIRD SMWTH- m;fé’wwm-me THING \S CERTaP\S\\‘\’— 0\'& %n“és \h? C_‘R“\L&B NOU ARE GO\NG ONERSERS % STl e OF DEPARTURE QND oty 1\«\‘&\ MUST RENAN @ By BILLY DeBECK AL - T MNGHT v:fi: WELL GNE T! BEEN PATIENT CONRTINY MANS RNE] TaEN /©a W JES' A5 \GORBNT NOW * 06 T WIZ \WHEN T COME N,