The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1943, Page 3

?{‘ / TWO LATINS FROM MANHATTAN win JOAN DAVIS JINX FALKENBURG — AND — NO MAN EAST OF SUEZ IS SAFE FROM- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1943 FILMUSICAL, ADVENTURE ON CAPITOL FARE "Two lafinfiffo‘m Manhat- tan”’ and "'Blonde from Singapore” Tonight A lavish filmusical composed equal parts girls, gams and laughs “Two Latins from Manhattan,” and a hair-raising hither-and-yon ac- tion picture, “The Blonde From Singapore,” make up the varied Friday and Saturday double bill at the Capitol Theatre. Reported to be a breathtaking adventure story dealing with an R.AF. dare- devil and singapore siren, Col- umbia’s “The Blonde from Singa- pore’ stars Florence Rice in the title role as a beautiful fortun hunte while Leif Erikson por- trays the devil-may-care English flier. Directed by Edward Dmytryk, the film also features the talents of Gordon Jones, Don Bebboe and Adele Rowland, musical comedy star of yesteryear. Reported to be a line of laughs and rhythm, Co- lumbia’s “Two Latins from Man- hattan"” stars comedienne Joan Da- vis and beautiful Jinx Falkenburg The film is said to be a delight boasting such popular num- of has giant Conga bgrs as “Daddy,” “How You Say 1t?”, and many others. Charles Barton directed, . e CHEST DISEASES, musical | MUMPS, FLU HIGH In addition to laryngitis, bronchi- tis eases common to the winter months, the Territorial Department of Health's report of communicable f s £z ionth ending Feb- 20 shows nary influenza totaling 107 cases, 60 of them at Kodiak, 5 156, 103 of the cases veporte by the Army, and Anchorage. ontinuing highest with a to- tal of 723 cases are the Starting Saturday Matinee iccpiratory diseases, nm-i“"éif“.‘;’; A NEW SERIAL "WHITE EAGLE" with BUCK JONES reported by the Army, 379 at Ketchikan, and 81 from the Navy \er dis reported show 30 ; of pneumonia; 68 of gonorr- and 20 of tuberculosis. ine towns or settlements in the Territory reported no cases, among ASes hem being Haines, Elino, North- way and Klukwan. > - The Army Quartermaster Corps R has developed a goggle with five| MrS. Millard Carnes and baby ihterchangeable lenses: boy left St. Ann's Hospital yester- - day and returned to their home. New Under-arm Cream Deodorant safely | Pvt. Howard Stevenson, surgical patient at St. Ann's Hospital, has !been discharged and has returned to duty. - e Musicians Dance, March 6. adv. - BUY WAR BONDS 1. Does riot rot dresses — does not irritate skin 2. No waiting to dry. Gan be used right after shaving. 3. Instancly stops perspiration for 1 to 3 days. Remdves odor from perspiration. 4. A pure white, gréascless, sgin- less vanishing cream, 6. Arrid has been awarded. the Approval Seal of The American Institute of Laundering, for be- ing harmless to fabrics. Arrid is the largest selling deodorant. Try a jar today! 39¢u jor Also in 59¢ and 10¢ jars | P LA b sl d ittt 2 LAblS | caLt For PHILIP MORRIS AMERICA'S FINEST C colds and other respiratory dis- | SONS OF NORWAY Public Card Party ODD FELLOWS' HALL Saturday, February 27 8 P. M Pinochle - Refreshments — Door Prize BEVERYBODY WELCOME! Scientifically proved less irritating to the nose and throat 'BUTTER, CANNED MILK PRICES ARE ~ NOW SET BY OPA Two new specific price schedules of a proposed series of specific price schedules for cost of living com-| modities sold in the Territory of| Alaska have been issued in Wash-| THIRD CANTEEN UNIT EVOLVING Culminating the 10-hour can- teen course which has just been completed by 14 Juneau and Doug- las women and four others who took the summer canteen course but who are back for the addition- al material, was today's luncheon ington and published in the Fed- eral Register. These are for butter| and canned milk. | Under the new schedules, the | Territory is divided into five zones,| and the prices fixed for each zone are based on the various economic factors obtaining in the particular areas. Wholesala prices of both evaporated milk and butter have| been established since early in Jan-| uary. In establishing local prices| the Price Division has taken into consideration these wholesale costs plus transportation costs and in- urance to the place of sale. Prices established for zone 1, include Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, | Juneau, Douglas, Skagway, H;uno.\l‘ ind Sitka and are as follows: Butter (one pound prints): 91- score, 63; 86 and 89 6 S. cooking grade, .61; grade, 51 Add 1 cent per pound if butter old in quarter pound prints. Add 9 cents per pound if butter 90- | core, no| U sold in one pound tins. Add 5 1/2 cents per pound if |s0ld in two pound tins. | | Add 5 1/2 cents per pound for| | brine butter sold in 25 pound kegs. Add 4 cents per pound for brine {butter sold in 50 or 56 pound kegs. Add 3 1/2 cents per pound for | brine butter sold in 60 pound kegs Add 3 cents per pound for brine butfer sold in 100 pound kegs Add 2 1/2 cents per pound for brine butter sold in 112 pound kegs. Canhed .milk prices follow: 6 0z., 06°; 14 1/2 oz, .11; 8 1b,, .90.| po g gor AL ! - i 'WPB Orders Work fo : Be Stopped, Sitka Job [ WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 — The W Production Board has ordered construction of the hospital in Sit- | ka halted Plans for a hospital in Sitka, to supplement the hospital in the Pioneers' Home, now the only one in that city, had been approved by the Federal Works Agency some time ago. Contracts for the work had not been let, however. Earl McGinty, head of the FWA here, recently went to Seattle in connec- tion with the project -> oo D. JACKSON J. DIES In the death of James D. Jack- | son, elderly Juneau native who died at 7 o'clock last evening at| the Government Hospital, Juneau lost one of its most respected members of the local tribe. Prominent worker in the Mem- orial Presbyterian Church, Mr, Jackson died at the age of 73. Re- mains are at the Charles W. Car- ter rangements. Mortuary pending funeral ar- at the regular meeting place in the Northern Light Presbyterian |Church parlors. Stressing service for large groups of people under emergency condi- tions, today's problem was to pur- ck se. The finished product was suc- cessful justification of the instruc- tion received under Miss Lydia Fohn-Hansen. The well-balanced | meal consisted of salmon loaf, diced beets, spinach and highly Inutritive and palate-tickling pan- {made prune muffins. Cherry cob- bler and coffee completed the meal H Third Canteen Originally organized as Canteen Aides to complete a ten-hour rather than full course, the present group has voted to continue through the practice period and complete the additional ten hours necessary a |to receive Red Cross certificates. In addition they will thus be- come the third group of canteen women for the Gagtineau Channel, those already formed being Unit No. 1, with Mrs. Walter Hellan as chairman, and Unit No. 2, with Mrs. John McLaughlin as chair- man Mrs. McLaughlin, a graduate of THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA plan and prepare a meal for | KNITTERS URGED " 10 HURRY WITH " RED CROSS WORK Women who have yarn from the American Red Cross they are knit- {ting into garments, are urged to {complete the garments by next Fri- ;dayA March 5, Mrs. J. J. Meherin, chairman of the knitting depart- ment of the Juneau ARC, said to- day. “It is important to have the gar- yments turned in so that they can be distributed to men in the armed services while cold weather still prevails. They are needed, |urgently xious to pack boxes for the various locations | ceived req for the ‘wristlets, sawealer‘\ and other articles that are now being said. For the convenience of those hav- |ing garments to turn in, Mrs. Me- herin will be at the check uests jclock. Anyone wishing to turn in {her knitting before that day, may ! telephone Mrs, Meherin ‘at 800. | - > BILL TO ELECT COM. OF MINES - ISINTRODUCED A bill introduced in the House |the Home Economics Department ' this afternoon by Rep. William A| an elec- right now and we are an- | m which we have re- | of Franklin College, Indiana, and Egan would provide for with additional graduate work from [tion of the Territorial Commission- the University of Wisconsin, wili er of Mines | supervise the practice work for I}! the same time, the Senate Ju- the rest of the course. dgiciary Committee put the Interior Four luncheons open to the p|",,_|Deprn'lm<'m s bill to vest war pow- lic are to be featured by the”group ers in the Governor back on the during the next few weeks, times floor Wwithout recommendation. and dates to be annoubéed later,| THe:Senate slsg pasted the Ju- vs. McLaughlin said. venile bill after am(;ndmg _n to e 8 provide that the Territory will not |be obligated to provide care for SANIIARY E"GI“EER native children of one-quarter blood or more who already are be- ing cared for by the Alaska Office of Indian Affairs. The Senate had stricken from the bill an amend- ment adopted yesterday which sim- ply excluded native children from the benefits of the bill and was believed by experts to be unconsti- tutiongl. T0 LEAVE AT ONCE Expecting to leave for San Fran- cisco this week-end, Harold Pfrei- mer, sanitary engineer allocated to the Territorial Department of Health for the past several months, spoke highly of his Alaska exper- WL ience and expressed the hope that he might be able to return to the Territory after the war. ‘I. p. TAYLOR |S First coming to the Juneau office, Mr. Pfreimer was then ordered to CAllED Soul“ 'FOR CONFERENCE Anchorage. He is now on his way south where it is expected he will| receive Army orders. y Mrs. C. G. I.eWiS Here\mf P. Taylor, Chief Engineer of . | by plane this week for San Fran- From Fairbanks on = . . Way to California Mr. Taylor was called south this Mrs. Charles G. Lewis arrived week to attend an important con- this week by plane from Fairbanks ference to be held early next week in the Bay City. He expects to be away several weeks. E R and is the house guest of her sis- YEAR'S LONGEST SHOT ter, Mrs. I. P, Taylor while here awaiting transportation south. Mrs. Lewis is going outside for medical care and expects to be south for some weeks. CHICAGO.—The longest scoring- shot of the National League hockey season was a 60-footer by Art Wiebe of the Black Hawks. Admission 50 Cents ~ STUPENTS and #7L TAX INCLUDED CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TONIGHT STARTS AT 7:% OFFICERS vs. JUNEAU HIGH SCHOOL MALAMUTES vs. MOOSE SERIES CONTINUES SATURDAY Juneau High School Gymnasium USE THE SIXTH STREET ENTRANCE e WOMEN IN UNIFORM ... Wellman Holbrook " Returns from Six Weeks' Trip South Wellman Holbrook, Assistant Re- !gional Forester for the U. S. For- est Service, has returned to his Juneau headquarters after being in the south since early January Mr. Holbrook was called south in connection with the Alaska Spruce Log program and conferred with Charles G. Burdick, who heads the |program in Seattle as well as !F. Heintzleman, Regional Forester |for the Department in Alaska, who |is now in Seattle. While he was away he visited {the Portland office of the U. S Forest Service and spent some time with M. L. Merritt, formerly of Juneau, who is now in the knitted,” Mrs. M(‘hfl‘in‘Port]and office. Together they vis- experience ited one of the Kaiser shipyard and were present at the launching of one of the famous victory ships. | room | “They actually launch a ship every |41 in the lobby of the Baranof Hom};,,; hours. The Arthur Riggs, which béen woven into the scenes of | inext Friday from noon until 4 0'-|we saw launched, left the ways at Marine life at the training base. )1 o'clock one afternoon and by 3:30 | o'clock, they- were ready to lay the keel of another vessel. Most of the |welding and much of the really Ii eavy work at this shipyard is done |by women,” Mr. Holbrook said. ! During his absence, Mr. Holbrook took leave of absence to visit his! {mother, Mrs. Mary Holbrook, and a married sister, Mrs. C. E. Waldron in Walla ‘Walla, Washington, and| |to visit another married smor,! 'Mrs. Hugh F. Sheehy in western| Oregon. 3 “I hadn't been south for a couple | jof years and while it was interest- | i""z' 1 am more than glad to be home. One is constantly reminded | 10 rationing and the unusual condi- | tions prevailing on the West Coast Eb\' the difficulties in traveling and ! | obtaining accommodations as well| |as other ways.” | - - iGerman; Raze Duich Areas LONDON, Feb. 26 — A Dutch source said today that the Germans were rushing their fortifications of! the Netherlands coast, remnvim;‘I another 100,000 civilians from The Hague, Ijmuiden and other areas and razing large sections of cities| nearest the coast for the construc-| tion of forts. i This source, who would not al- |low his name to be used, said that ;v.hrcngh private letters from the | Netherlands he had learned that | “The Hague looks worse than Rot- : Alaska Road Commission, left terdam.” The heart of Rotterdam; __ was destroyed by the German air| force in 1940, His report coincided with a re-, | port in the German newspaper Na-| tional Zeitung of Essen, containing 'an alleged description of detense} | works in Holland. | { The newspaper said that “forti- | fications, mine fields and traps for | armored cars have expelled all ci-| | vilian life from the coast. All houseu; | have been demolished; the streets |are in ruins.” | Quires | withdrawal inland of “all ‘former. | U. 5. MARINES. [ 2O LENTURY “To the Shores of Tripoli”| " NOW PLAYING! Famed Technicolor Suc. | Muinee Seturday 1 P M. cess at 20th Century “From the Halls of Montezuma | to the shores of Tripoli,” the fa- ?’fi Where the Better BIG Pictures Play mous first line of “The Marines’ Hymn" will resound through the 20th Century Theatre tonight as 20th Century-Fox's Technicolor ep- ic, “To The Shores Of Tripoli” flash- ' =¥ es on the screen The story has to do with the training of the U. S. Marine Corps (at the San Diego Base, and Lieu- tenant Colonel Zanuck's war film o £ assures moviegoers of §r absolute authenticity in this new| The story of the mak~ | film. ing of Uncle Sam's ' As usual in Zanuck producuons.y toughest nephews exciting romantic story hasi —the U. S. Marines! Handling the leading roles are John Payne, Maureen O'Hara and Randolph Scott, while Nancy Kelly, Willilam Tracy, Maxie Rosenbloom, Henry Morgan, Edmund MacDon-! ald, Russell Hicks and Minor Wat- son are in featured spots. Bruce Humberstone directed the picture which was an original story of Steve Fisher, adapted by Lamar| Trotti. { At Hbmeogglurday ‘ HonorsMembers of Legislature, Wives' For members of the Lfl;isluturo‘ and their wives, Judge and Mrs.| George F. Alexander and Mr. und‘ Mrs. Alf N. Monsen are entertain- | ing Saturday afternoon between | the hours of four and six at the Al- exander home. SCOFFLAWS PHOENIX, Ariz—State law re- locomotives to sound steam whistles at grade crossings— * i Which would be fine except that ' no modern locomotive has a steam whistle. Representative W. G. Ro-| senbaum of Gila County told leg- islators. They use air whistles. He's in-|— troducing a bill to make 'em legal. Almost all- of Mexico's vanilld gl - output, one-third of the worl NOTICE i ';;npply, originates in_the Sll'fi? That I will not be responsible for'Vera Cruz. PUGHBERICHES 9. RS any debts—only those contracted by myself. adv. # YOUR BROKEN LENSES Replaced in our own shop. Eyes Examined. Dr: Rae Lillian c-rlso‘ Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636, ad R e 3 NOTICE SONS, ‘OF NORWAY: ‘( Meeting, 7:30; card party, 8 pm, members of the Belgian army. | Saturday, Feb. 27, Qdd Fellows Halk The defense zone was said to ex- | DAGNEY' RASMUSSEN, 4 tend twenty miles in from the coast.| adv. 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PHONE 95 IN BUSINESS SINCE 1908 and still doing the largest grocery business in. Juneau. By BILLY DeBECK e 1 F\GGER 't LOADED WP O T WwT QALREADN