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

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25 1943 ® e e LAST TIMES TONIGHT- THEATRE Show Place of Juneau AET YOURSELF GO.... ¢ and howl! JOAN DAVIS JINX = FALKENBURG Joan WOODBURY DON BEDDOE A Columbia P and worry about things. But titles are among the least of them. The toughest thing, according to Wallis, is the preparation for nching a production: first, find- story, then getting it into then casting and co- arious departments I ing screen shape, ordinating the on the job so that all the elements The Army” Filming By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD — A picture with a headstart in good-will and fame mesh. After this, there’s nothing to worry about ept the things that don't go according to sched- ule and plan—as they usually don’t Director Force,” for instance, Howard Hawks on “Air had Jacific Is- like “This Is the Army” may not iand scencs to shoot in Tampa, Fla need it but the fact that Hal Wol- T7" 1~"°tion department had found lis will be its producer should be @ Dice jungle for the shots, but it counted a good omen. W out practically. The This is no discussion of Mr. Wal- jungle was marshy, and couldn't lis as a production genius, What I take the weight of bombers. They report today has merely to do with had to transport the jungle and Wallis luck, admitting that this too St it up at one end of a regular may be part of genius. airport This was one item in the $300,- 000 cost of the location for the picture. I imagine there were a few telephone calls exchanged be- tween Tampa and Hollywood, and that Wallis exceeded his worry quota for the day, unless things like that are minor when you're toy- ing with a “rolossal.” k< over-all worry, of course, is how the picture is going to turn Wallis got hold of a story called “Everybody Comes to Rick He put it into production. He didn't like the title. Nobody liked the title. Wallis said they'd changed it, but meanwhile they'd use the name of the city which was locale of the yarn. Nobody liked that title either. Some said it didn't mean anything —who'd ever heard of that city, anyway? Wallis didn't care at first, but as the picture progressed he be- came fonder of the title. He'd been ©ut in the emd. Wallis hasn't any reading the papers, and he had a more on that score. “Air Force” is hunch. I almost said “terrific.” By the time the film was fin- T ished, the papers were full of that title—on the front page. I can't re-| BILL CLEARS UP APPROPRIATIONS A Dbill introduced in the House this morning by Rep. R. E. Hard- ,castle, would set for which appropriations for var- ious Territorial departments are made, thus eliminating any ques- tion of deubt as to how long ap- propriations should last. The measure provides that start- ing April 1, 1943, all appropriations shall cover the period April 1, 1943 to December 31, 1944. And every \two years following, the appro- priations shall be made on a 24- month balsis, - CLITHERO TO SITKA Russ Clithero, manager of the Sitka Hotel, is returning to his home town after a business and pleasure trip to Seattle. call an instance in all film history of a movies release hitting the news closer than did “Casablanca.” Titles, you know, are one of the! things producers worry about. They get paid nicely to sit in nice offices Some day youll thank a GE Sunlamp for your fine strong legs " BUBRERIL AR .| Alaska; definite = periods | CAPITOL THEATRE FRIDAY, SATURDAY How's your rhythm? Is your Conga all it should be? Do you have wham? Columbia’s board of experts, consisting principally of Jinx Falkenberg, Joan Davis and Joan Woodbury, will help you find the answers on Friday and Satur- day when “Two Latins from Man- hattan,” new filmusical. makes | its local bow at the Capitol Theatre | 1s one of the double bill features Directed by Charles Barton, the musical hit is regorted to be a tropical heat wave of mirth, with two Broadway cuties impersonat- ing a South American dancing n ghts of *adventure, days of thrills and moments of daring in- trigue furnish the dramatic back- cround for Columbia's exciting melodrama, “The Blonde from| Singapore.” Set in the mysterious midst of the terror-teeming East, 'lu new film, the other feature on| double bill, tells the breath- taking story of an R.AF. dare- devil on the loose in Singapore and beautiful blonde fortune-hunter out to get a man! Lief Erikson, is the flyer and Florence Rice, is the blonde bundle of dynamite. THIRTY-SEVEN CALLED TODAY FOR INDUCTION Selectees to report here for in- duction into the U. S. Army today | are Juneau: Morris Raymond Berg, | James Wilton Hanna, Hans Jacob Gunderson, Isiah Merculief, Ernest Erwin F-tersen, Ermogen Lekanof, William Billy Davis, Robert Thom- as Huines, Edward Christian Niel- son, (leorge Charles Martin, John Kasku, Roy Chester Brown, Duane Richard Haffner, William August Goodman, James Robert Murphy, Jack Kenneth Frazier, Charlie Pete Sumdum, Andrew Stonewall Jack- son, Frank Wright, William Nels Mork. Funter: Vikenty thur Hapoff, Victor Wrangell: Bob Willis. Port Alexander: M. Tetoff, Ar- Kochergin. Bert Clayton McCay, Stanley Gordon Laing Hoonah: Leo L. Houston, Kelly Frank St. Clear. Sitka: Clflord Byron Anderson Transferred from the local Draft| Board to other locations for induc- tion today were: William Franklin Barnett, Salmon City, Idaho; Paul Edward Fernley, Winslow, Wash- ington; Owen Elmo Rye, College, Robert Irvin Crosswhite, Fairbanks, Alaska; Richard Lavern Vislisel, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Richard Lloyd Thompson, Cherokee,; Towa; Delbert Ernest Carson, Fair-| tield, Utah, and Clifford Furuness,| Seattle. >oo STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 25. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4's, American Can | 80'2, Anaconda 28, Bethelhem Steel 61'c, Commonwealth and Southern 13 16 Curtiss Wright 8%, General Motors 48% , International Harvester 62%, Kennecott 32, New York Cen- tral 14, Northern Pacific 10%, Unit- ed States Steel 53's, Pound $4.04. 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BeTransacled, Is gible for Exemption | Prediction WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 — The| The joint lfl,lslnmv committee Selective Service Commission to- m\vsummm_ the operation of tlw |day disclosed that several positions | Territorial Department of Labor in the commercial fishing industry|under former Commissioner Michael 7 o'clock in | carrying eligibility draft de-|this evening at ferment. {Senate Chamber | Those benefited will be “fisher-| 1'"-‘\ attend. Imen capable of performing all fish-| It is believed that no action will |ing operations who can perform re- |be taken in the investigation this quisite construction, repmr and | evening and that the committeemen maintenance of fishing gear.” will merely meet and adjourn. The 1 Captains, mates, chief and sec-|Probable reason for this is that Haas ond engineers, cooks for fishing |15 Dot in the Territory at present. | vessels, artificial breeding techni-| The committee is to determine, | clans and oyster cuturists, those; the resolution setting it up says, | who handle barges, operate pile | whether Haas destroyed or carried {drivers on the West Coast and only 8Way any records of the office and foremen of rigging scows and barg- also whether Haas or Senator A. P. es operated by pile drivers, are in- Walker, former employee of Haas, cluded BILL TO REFUND MONEY TO TOWN 'S INTRODUCED A Dbill introduced in the Sen- (ate this afternoon by the Finance Committee would reimburse the | town of Unalaska $2,010 as a refund | for licenses issued to sell liquor in| that town The Committee on Territorial of- | fices reported the House Bill to pro- | WA':.HINGTON “Feb. 25 — The| vide $2500 for auditing accounts out | House of Representatives today of committee with a recommenda- passed and sent to the Senate a tion against the bill’s passage. bill authorizing a $2,000 payment to The Senate passed a bill raising | supt. Been of McKinley Park for the salary of the Director of the gamages sustained in a fire which Department of Public Welfare t0 gestroyed his residence in 1939 $5,000. Other bills raising salaries |y, Department of the Interior of like officials have been intro- report said it was impossible to Suceey !determine the exact reason for the |fire but in reviewing the possible !causes it was indicated that a de- SS m ls wHAI ‘lncuvv pipe in the furnace chim- 4 ney was the probable cause. JU“EAU MARKED | The report stated, “It doesn't |definitely appear that the fire ori- !ginated as the result of negligence 1of any officer employee of the gov- Entire Juneau Cha pter. Must, However, Raise . Quota of $13,000 ‘mnm(-nl The quota for Juneau, Douglas,| | Thane and the Gastineau Channel| larea for the 1943 American Red| JONDON — “You can't loop a |Cross War Fund Drive is $5000,/hegyy homber” is a longtime axiom (according to word received here iy flying circles, but a British Lan- {by John Newmarker, Chairman of caster, one of the heaviest planes ‘Lhe Juneau Chapter of the Ameri-|n the air, recently did a complete can Red Cross. The for | further political ambitions. HOUSE WOULD AWARD $2,000 FOR 1939 FIRE McKinley Park May Get Blaze Sum > Brit. Bomber Does Loop | |loop during a raid over Germany | e quota for the entire Juneau gng did it with a full load of many Chapter, which includes all near- yong of bombs. by communities, Skagway, Haines,| 1t wasn't an intentional loop, |Excursion Inlet, Tenakee, Funter py; happened while the four-en- ‘B'n Hoonah and Pelican, is $13,000. gined plane was in a steep climb | War Fund drive for the Red anq g large shell exploded just {Cross will get underway March 1|peneath it, tossing it over on its and continue throughout the paok month. | The pilot retained control and All funds collected ‘in the drive|carried it on through the loop, {willl be divided between the Na- }Monal organization and local Chap- |ter, with sixty-three percent going to the National organization and | thirty-seven percent remaining in the local Chapter, Mrs. Newmarker | was informed. EXTENSION OF ,coming out of it in a dive that pro- bably shot the ship's speed past 400 m.p.h. The plane was not only un- harmed, but flew on to its objec- tive and dropped its bombs. After its return to base it was examined carefully from prop to rudder. No structural damnge was found. > HENRY A. PEEL BACK FROM TRIP TO SITKA Peel, Senior Economist, for Lhe Office of Price Administra- LEND - LEASE | ls APPROVED tion in Juneau, returned Wednesday from Sitka where he has been for WAsmNGTON, Feb. 25 — The, the last few days. House Foreign Affairs Committee| Mr. Peel made the trip to Sitka to this afternoon unanimously ap- hold meetings with various mer- proved a measure extending one, chants regarding local problems in year the Lend-Lease Act to main- connection with' OPA regulations. tain the mutual aid supply l{ne‘ . | between its war pnrt.ners ! Emplre Classl[ieds Pay! have been added to the list of jobs;J. Haas will hold a getsure meeting | the | which the public | used the facilities of the office to| Superintenae_rfi Been of| SICTITER 816G PICTURES PLIAY WHIRE AT AGAIN [ZDMIENTURY * Yonrmr Hit Show of the Weelk! TRIPOL" IS U. 5. MARINES AT 20TH CENTURY The smashing story of the U. S Marine Corps and what it takes t turn out a fighting “leatherneck” has been brilliantly brought to the screen in 20th Century-Fox's Tech- ni-color epic, “To The Shores Of | Tripoli,” which opened at the 20th Century Theatre yesterday The Darryl F. Zanuck production |is made to order for every patriotic { American, and is a credit to those 1mvn who fought their way to glor- ious posterity at Wake Island There is nothing more heroically traditional than the spirit of the Marines, and “To The Shores Of Tripoli” shows us what makes them |that way. Most of the action takes {place at the San Diego Marine Base, and it is there that John Payne, a raw recruit, is turned into 1 first class fighting man by Ser- lgeant Randolph Scott. For the ro-) | mantic interest, which no Marine {would be without, Maureen O'Hara has been placed in the role of a lovely Navy nurse. D 'Canadian Railroad | Here's the inside, on- the-scene of the making of Star: | " MAUREEN ' (Cooks vmh Steam pfi\l\‘. .O'NARA - ; | 7 4 | . WASHINGTON — War traffic RACY » Maxie Ififlm demands have led the C: ELLY .‘ll,ul‘ “ M“““ National Railroad to add NANCY K mucfi [shop” cars. The kitchen and pantry| M""" D”\fl‘fl. F. ,M ) {are in the middle of the car, with " ke e ; |space for 20 diners at each end.| Directed bsy ".'"L._- Vegetables are cooked with steam Sparting * ST from the locomotive. The cars, re- A 200 ¢ et |scribed in the Commerce Depart-/ ment's publication “Foreign Com-| merce,” are said to serve patrons faster than rogulur (hmn;. cars. LMEAT SHORTAGE - IS BROKEN HERE meats, THEATRE! which 1. e miny el Naval Air Station where it is being |past severswi duys wvecwne scarce,| | submitted to minute tests. The plane !then secarcer, tnen “au ouy,” was re- | was salvaged in the Aleutians. lieved by large smpments during ! The machihe &icwsnb: oan;prmn {the night. Practically every meat It tected market in Juneau received usual . % | armor and the Zero's pilot knows! SITKA WEDNESDAY | timer o, e Zeras stk | there is no alternative for him in o 1 | battle but to kill or be killed. In§ this instance he was killed. 4 This is the only Zero fighter t!m’ the Navy has ever announced caps§és turing. i o consignments and the shortage, for the present, is over > | — | Arrivals here from Sitka with Al- jaska Coastal Airlines yesterday afternoon were: C. S. Bailey, Lea Dealh Sen|ente “ow Fitzgerald, Lou Taylor, Mrs. Lou h. , Sough' 'or S'arlings Taylor, and Ptl Juric»_— | LONDON—The fate of munum (APTURED lERo {of pigeons, sparrows and starlin, |in Britain is in the balance. ! YIE[DS SE(REI’S A jury of farmers and agricultur- al experts is expected to recom- |mend death by dope for most of them, particularly starlings, named WASHINOTON. Feb. 25—A cap- | The Zero can travel Iround 4 tured Japanese Zero fighting plane | miles an, hour but a single tracer i . is yielding many secrets of Nippon- | bullet can set its gas.tank. afin ese psychology and technic to Unit- | Bullets can pierce the plme whers" {as partially responsible for the spread of hoof and mouth disease ed States experw nL the Anacoma ever they hlt it. It is a light, swift, maneuverable,§* land efficient machine meant f | merial jui jitsu. In the air “it is % agile as a jeep” is on the ground. is armed with two machine that shoot between its three bladed | propeller, and 22 millimeter |nons that fire from the fo | edge of either wing. among cattle. > Musicians l)nncc 1rch 6. :ulv. _..1____._‘. Big Jap Transporl Sunk by Wahoo | f i 8. submarine Wahoo unk this big Jap transport north of New Guinea. It was This view was made through the ° Torpedoes from the U. one of four ships of a convoy that were among the Wahoo's victims. periscope as the transport went down. (U 8. Navy photu} BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH WEY SNUEFY - SIWCE MOWRE GETTW READN TO, GO ACRASS T THOWGWT \\g)(x t&\:(e&\\ée\é\ge TO KNOW TR PER CENT E%Tm QNERSERS PAY 5 AATh A AN TR ANIT & UNNTE NARD BIRD ™ ENUSTED me& LIKE SERGEANTS BY JEEPERS " "'CORDIN TO Y CRCULATIONS, T ORT! GEY ‘“\\;m THUTTY-E T ANT FANSHED NET — D CORPORALS GET ’WENW PER CENT %