The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 11, 1943, Page 3

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1943 TCMORROW! PREVUE TONIGHT 12:30 THEATRE BATTLING JAP TREACHERY ON THE EVE OF PEARL MARGUERITE CHAPMAN STFIRE AT SEA TONIGHT! Van Heflin in “Kid Glove Killed!’ THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES IHIELS TALKS - oMW PROGRAM i T0 TANGLE; | ‘ror cANNERIES B I G G A M E Ketchikan Baskeball Team Guests at C. of C. Meeting hie Shiels, of Pacific Ameri- told members of the mber of Commerce to- there seems to be a mis- wding about the program concentration for canneries. He said the new program would net make difference in the size of the pack or in employment Crimson Bears vs. Polar Bears-Waacs vs. Officers on Boards Tonight Raising the curtain tonight on|ynderst the first of the three-game series|qf between Ketchikan and Juneau High Schools for the Southeast Al- aska championship, will be a pre- can Junes any - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA PADDY T0 DIE SELECTEES ARE MAY 21 FOR | RECLASSIFIED SIMIN MURDER ACTION FILM HEADS DOUBLE CAPITOL BILL |Prisoner Impassive as Selectees sult the the of reclassified last meeting as re- of the Two Features, ‘Submarine Raider’ and 'Mexican Death Senfence |5k S Attwocd. mutine O. Abrahamsen, Earl L. Koppen, Spitfire at Sea’ Friday Pronounced | Twenty-four hours before Pearl| William James Paddy was today Harbor, a pleasure yacht cruising|sentenced to death by hanging ior/ Richard C. Erbe, Richard A. Slagle, {Burr Anthony Hagerty, Sam Mar- tin, Matthew J. Fred. Ivar E. Conn Alexy J Merculief, Sigurd L. Ed- That, in essence, is the dramatic of Columbia’s sentence iroom at the time was pronounced. sen, Robert M. Akervick, Dennis A. story “‘Submarine | Raider,” action-flaming tale of Shepperd, Alva W. Blackerby, Em- slowing heroism against great odds, When asked by Judge Alexander |mett C. Anderson. ) a game of breathless bluff, of|if he had anything to say before| 4-F—James Arthur White, Mel- | | sentence was imposed, Paddy mum- bled, almost indistinguishably, that he had always told the truth. Paddy was found guilty of first degree murder, without qualifica- ition by a jury composed of nine jwomen and three men during the vin A. Erickson, Francis E. Doyle. BUFFET SUPPER AT GRUENINGS nide-and-seek where one false !move meant disaster and death, | which heads a double feature bill at the Capitol Theatre Friday and Saturday. John Howard and Marguerite featured members of | | Chapman are |the cast, the former as the de-|current term of Court and, ac- | ermined undersea captain Wwho|cording to the laws of Alaska, the HONORS Solo“s wvenges Pearl Harbor, the latter|death sentence was mandatory. The s Une heroic young wom#n who de- law also provides that the judg- i ‘ies death to arouse a nation to iLsfml.m be executed by the United veril . : |States Marshal or one of his dep- | “Mexican Spitfire at Sea”, st ties and that such execution take ving Lupe Velez and Leon Errol, is|yjace in the presence of twelve | he second big feature at the Cap-{pong fide inhabitants of the Ter-| tol tomorrow night and Saturday Iritory, to be selected by the U. S.| e, IS l“ ('TY was Assistant U. S. Attorney P. J. noon “at home” Governor and Mrs. | Gilmore, and other court officials. | Ernest Gruening will entertain with | Paddy is the second person to|the special evening supper. iveceive the death sentence in the At the afternoon musicale from Step Jake,” is in Juneau renewing|First Division for more than’ 20(8'to 7 o'clock, Mrs. Willlam A. Egan acquaintances with the oldtimers|vears, the other being Nelson |{rom Valdez will sing, her presenta- |and also making new friends. Jake Charles who was hanged in Juneay [tions being planned for 5 o'clock. larrived two days ago from Oceanicseveral years ago after being con- |AS has been the custom, the public Creek, three miles from Tenakee,|victed of the murder of his mother- is cordially invited tn‘ attend the Sunday afternoon musicale. Sunday Afternoon Mus- icale to Be Followed by Evening Supper | Marshal not less than 60 or more! Teyitorial legislators and their {than 90 days from the time of |wives will be guests at a musicale | Judgment. ‘and buffet supper at the Governor's | H.D. Stabler, who with Frederick \mansion this coming Sunday after- {Paul, represented the defendant,/noon and evening, when in addi- 'was in the John Hurst, better known as 2- | where he is prospecting for coal.|in-law in Ketchikan. | i e There is a small ledge he is work-| Mr. Stabler said today, thau| Y ing on but he expects to return to' while plans for an appeal o(l (AN'I'EE N HAS SECOND LUNCH SERVED TODA About 50 were served at the | Canteen Unit luncheon given today {in the social rooms of the Northern | | the property within the next couple'Paddy’s case to the Circuit Court »f weeks and attempt to reach the'of Appeals are not yet definite, it big body of coal with which he may |is his belief that an appeal will| | supply the adjacent area with fuel. pe made. | The section around Tenakee has| |been coalless during the cold wea-| |ther and Jake hopes to open a new| ! fleld giving plenty of ecoal for the | Tenakee section. | | Jake is one of the best known D U.5. MARSHAL W.1. MAHONEY LEAVES i 'y reel e Was | characters still remaining i he | N lminaxy Pout .hetween the Waacsiqs goryers, that it is a program | characters ;nll : g,.ll? e WIIH pRISONERS‘“gm Erekby(eritn | Clipels « wien and the Officers, set for 7:30 p. m./ . .- e ¥ i .| great Northland. In the early days b £ i s i the. High :solal . gvm; - Patroni worked out in cooperaticn with the |t =0 70 ugiviie with his feet in| ,chili, hot French bread, raw vege- are teminded to use the Sixtn VOr effort. that operators Willlihe Kiondike and won the name | Taking six prisoners to the sum»x}‘,“b;‘;n i .m"det W;"f et henefit because the overhead eX-|.t «pwo.Step Jake” by his profi-|to /e sentences, U. S. Marshal | "™ Tessing, 'spoch SRHTEINE Street entrance. Kayhites doing their stuff in the second game of the evening, come tall this season, giving them the advantage over the tough small J-Hi team on that account. Heights of Ketchikan's first squad are 6 feet 4 inches for John Bussanich, center; 6 feet 2 inches for Del Fier- ro, top scoring forward who aver- Rpense will be cut down Members of the Ketchikan High School basketball squad were gues 2long with Ketchikan Coach Ray Gunesch and Assistant Coach Law- also was | Coach Tommy Powers present Both cbaches spoke briefly but| rence Scharer. Juneau High School | William T. Mahoney left Juneau | this morning. While he is sou(h! he will make a trip to Washington, D. C., on official business and will also stop for a brief visit with his and coffee were on the bill of fare. Verdict of those attending: “De- licious.” From the subtle flavor of the special-recipe chili, to the fluf- fy tapioca pudding dessert, no fault could be found with the high- |ciency at that art. He would dance his partner down and musicians/ would get tired playing, but Jake, danced on. He was a good spender! and was incidentally a “divil” with 9 i BY DRAFT BD. follows: | court room today as tion to their weekly Sunday after-; v | COMICS KING SCORES AGAIN IN FAST FILM "My Favorite Blonde™ Is Hope-Carroll Hit at 20th Century | Bob Hope, king of the comics, |needs every gag he’s got to get him out of trouble in his latest and WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY NOW!!! The Hit Show of the Weele! TIO0MENTURY n Southern waters was shelled by|the killing last August of Tonywards a Japanese aircraft carrier, bombed |Simin, Douglas merchant. Execu-| 1-C—Ove Graveson, Anders E.|fastest Paramount film, “My Fa-| and destroyed. One survivor, an at-tion of sentence is to take place Engberg. Frank Voll, Jack Noel|VOrite Blonde”. the riotous spy ractive young woman, was rescued |in Juneau, on Friday, May 21, of {Leary (enlisted), William B. Davis, | #1ase opus that opened last night )y an American submarine; its |this year, according to the Ppro-|Lander T. McVey .~ tat the 20th Century Theatre. Un- commander, hearing the girl's story, |, ouncement by Judge George F.| 9.A Edwin G. Hash, Raymond|duestionably the funniest film in mmediatly attempted to notify his|ajexander. R, Nevin, Royil Arch ‘Sfaith; | the long line of Hope hits, the pic- | base of the treacherous attack. Un-| Paddy remained impassive dur-| 2.B_Otto Woods. ture owes much of its hilarity to ible to do so, because of Japanese|y,, the pronouncement of judgment| 3-A—vVolta F.. Williams blonde and beautiful Madeleine | ”vu‘mmmg” of thet:ir\;uf‘_(’-‘- o SeNt| nd sentence which took place in| 3-B—Maynard L. Wahlstrom,{C®IT0ll not to mention the part his craft Into HBUer e ino|the U. S. District Court at 3 o'-|Daniel S. Stanworth, Robert E.|P!8yed by a penguin named Per Pt terrifying silences of the| ), " his afternoon. About two|McCully, Stephen J. Kanzlarich,| OPening in the fog-shrouded New | st |dozen spectators were in the court|Lester L. Linehan, Hans I. Johan-| YOIk harbor where Madeleine, as a British secret agent, is involved | in a murder, the picture wastes no time in popping the ubiquitous Bob | Hope inte the frying pan. ‘ Madeleine, with a gang of Nazi! spies hot on her trail, seeks refuge | |in the New York Paramount Thea- ner, the penguin. From there starts ture after another, Bob and the ! In the end Madeleine manages {the British Government and, un- i“sn for supper. |tre where Bob, as a ham vaude- villian, is appearing with his part- (& transcontinental chase that is |erammed with one furious adven- penguin being in the middle of all of them. {to conclude her secret mission suc- cessfully, Bob gets decorated by |less there is no justice in the world, Percy, the penguin, gets an extra | [EDUCATION BOARD | A Paremount Picty GALE SONDERGAARD - GEORGE ZUCCO Directed by Sidney Lanfield Screen Play by Don Hortman and Frank Butler Members of the Territorial Board iof Education are winding up their (ten-day session in the office of | the Territorial Commissioner of | i Education this afternoon when all | i business will be concluded. | 30 MINUTES LATEST WORLD NEWS The Board has been in session, ALASKA COASTAL {for the first time in two ycar.‘i.‘A S S {since March 1 with meetings each | |morning and afternoon. | MAKE NUMEROUS -~ Elma Bilodeau, E. E. Bilodeau, Mrs. Annie Jones, Josephine Jones, | Daniel T. O'Connor, Clittis Groves, | Marshall Barlow, Clarence Egerer, i(ius Kloney, .Clarence Troutte, | Glenn Ciood, Martha Martin, Wes- “ Yesterday the Board passed un-| janimously a motion to leave the | matter of the purchase of the Holm {18y Bdweits, ¥, & Farrell, Mrs. | roadhouse at Fort Yukon forschool | With numerous flights to Sitka Hattie Piicrman. e | purposes, to the judgment and dis- and Excursion Inlet today, Alaska| Mrs. Waller Reynolds, Walter (cretion of the Commissioner of Ed- | Coastal Airlines planes took fif-|Reynolds, Mrs. C. Groves, Ralph | ucation. teen passengers from Juneau and | Nesmith, Mrs. E. I. Notar, Harfy | brought in ten. Naiforiov, Glenn Bush, Nick Ro- Leaving here for Sitka were F. J. | manoff, Edward Littlefield. Anderson, E. L. Long, F. P. Knapp,| Margaret Norville, Jack Weimer. John Hacker, Olaf Johanson, L. George L. Ward, Jack Garrett, Vie- B. Brossman, Dennis Sheppard, D. tor H. Reeder, John Slagle, Mrs. H. H. McGraw, Mrs. William Ott, STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 11. Closing |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine a d 15 | THRSOR. . |stock today is 4%, American Can [~An“;illsk'nmv\‘o‘-]"“\’;":‘np;‘nll:anAr?;,? Leave for South {76%, Anaconda 28'%, Bethlehem | ‘oM Sitka IR T8 B 1" paking passage for the ' south Raymond Atnioguia, Mrs. Antioquia, Jack Howard, Lawrence Bricken- |ITOM" Juneau were, for Petersbuig, steisi, Charles Shrewsbury. Wilhelmine Svedesen, Hilda Run- Taking passage to Excursion Inlet Quist, Robert Rice. Por Ketchikan, | Charles Sellers, J. G. Shepard. Steel 63%, Commonwealth and | |Southern %, Curtiss Wright 8%, General Motors 48%, International | Harvester 64'¢, Kennecott 321, New the women in the Dawson dance! halls. He made his money mining| and with “Swiftwater Bill" Gates,| spent it as easily as he made it.! son, Dan, who is taking tank train- ing in Virginia. Prisoners who are being taken nutritious meal, and all who | were present look forward to the| next, they aver. Fresh white cloths | Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are Those arriving here froj sion Inlet were V. V. Smith, Jack MeGlochlin, ¢ were R. C. Taylor, Julian Beakley, York Central 14%, Northern Pa-pobert Jamestown, Peter Salheim, For Seattle, outgoing passengers cific 11%¢, United States Steel 54'%, | w. 7 Williams, G. A. Gelford. |were H. H. Green, Antonio Forgo- M. Johnston, Wilmf Dorothy Kemmag, m Excur- ha, Esther ages 20 points a game; 6 feet even up for Dick Bussanich, .guard; 5 feet 10 1/2 inches for guard Mort- onson; and a “mere” 5 feet 10 inches for Captain Ked Hannah, speedy forward. Additional boys on the Kayhi team stack up to impressive heights, too, with Erickson at 5 feet 10 inches, Olsen at 6 feet, Bray at 5 feet 10 inches. Sig Olson, 5 feet 9 inches, Gregersen at 5 feet 11 in- ches. Juneau Team Coach Tommy Powers reports the Juneau boys are in excellent shape and well rested after ghe gruelling pace set by the final play-offs of the City League champion matches. Enthusiasm is high and J-Birds are anxious for tonight’s clash, when both teams will have a chance to measure their opponents and seek out weaknesses—if any. Re- ferees for tonight's games will be Sgt. Rogers and Commissioner of Education, James Ryan. One set of bleachers, properly la-i beled, will be reserved for all Ketch- | the U. S. Signal Corps in Juneau: |for the Lenten season, the Metho- | ikan rooters who may be in Juneau, Sam Morris, new assistant agent|dist Church is featuring a musical Supt. A. B. Phillips announces. Friday night’s preliminary will be played between the Malamutes and the winner of tonight's game, it is announced. The Ketchikan team and two coaches were guests of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at today’s luncheon with Powers also present. “So far as Juneau is concerned this series with Ketchikan will de- finitely close the basketball sea- son,” Supt. Phillips stated. DEFERMENT OF FARM WORKERS IS BROADENED WASHINGTON, March 11.—The Senate has turned down by a vote of 49 to 32 the proposal of Sena- tor O'Mahoney to broaden the pres- ent system of draft deferment of farm workers but in so doing ap- parently cleared the way for the early passage of an even broader legislation which will airect de- ferment of workers “employed sub- |city of Mosul where it was first spectively, were discharged yester- | stantially full time” on farms, Juneau €oach Tom | declined to predict the outcome of | tonight's game which starts Lunigh!: in the High School gym i Mayor Harry G. McCain of Ket-| chikan was also a guest and nu-| merous Ketchikan rooters werc present. Mayor McCain spoke on| the value of such intercity tourna- | ments as the one being played this week in developing friendship and sportsmanship and said that the | important thing was not whxcbi | team wins the games, but the de- | | velopment of good sportsmanship. | Superintendent of Schools A. B.| Phillips explained the process ot! exchanging trophies, pointing ouf | | that the winner of this tournament | | will carry off the rotating trophy | [to keep for a year and will also| get for permanent keeping one of |the five trophies made available | by Mr. Shiels of PAF several years | |ago. | Other guests included Art Hicks, | Sitka contractor; Maj. Gordon L. Beach, new - Officer-in-Charge of | for the Alaska Steamship Company in Juneau. LSRR AT DAY OF PRAYER 15 WORLDWIDE | Peoples of every race and reli- gious conviction will pause to- | morrow, March 12, to meditate | humbly on the theme, “Father, I pray'that they may all be one.” Everyone everywhere — religious or irreligious—is urged to join in the world-wide community of spirit which in Juneau has been observed, | for the past 16 years with special | prayer meets. ‘Tomorrow’s observances are sched- uled for 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. in the Resurrection Lutheran Church. Brief talks by women of various denominations will be featured at| the afternoon meeting. During the evening observance, a service of participation and re- | sponse will afford everyone present |an individual interest. at the Alaskan Hotel. Jake says he lost a good friend in the death of Ed Snyder at Ten- akee, but says “Ed has just gone, to Eternity to find a location for a new Tenakee.” I IS iment Hospital, show steadily in- |creasing attendance, reports Dr. Lenten Musica | Sunday Event at (i b o i At Methodist Church Those applying for treatment To provide inspirational worship | Ce Cross. CHARLIE SWITZER IS EIGHTY-EIGHT TODAY It is “Happy birthday to you” for Charlie Switzer today and he is pretty proud of it. After all, he is 88 years old and hale and hearty in spite of his age and his illness of a few years ago that required the amputation of a leg. Pioneer of the north, Switzer was in the dairy business at his farm on the Glacier Highway for many cates, awarded by the Red Clinic Increasing The recently initiated outpatient clinics, held Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week from 1:15 to 3:30 p. m. at the Govern- numbered 32 at yesterday’s clinic and involved general ,medical and surgical attention. Included were men, women and older children. A pre-Natal clinic will be held at the Government Hospital at 10:30 a. m. next Tuesday, March 16, Dr. Eberhardt states. hour on Sunday, March 14, at 8 p.m. Captain Victor Nutley, or- It was not always “soft” in the|s0Uth ate Wallace Pecora, Hughes|, ;" e, . {as follows: Industrials 13048, rails | B, Joseph, John M. Hegstad and Betty McGlochlin, Oral K. Dowds, i Pt Yout he worked | ROFers, Tim Paul, J. J. Eubank and mflgglenf: Mg ried Ziptf;;’l‘l’:‘az.xs. utilities 17.61. | Harold Hofr. Jack P. Berry, Lester Oatlett; ard at the game and always “came|Fred Buchanan, all of whom will| o oopive 3 - - | O. F. Benecke and Vernon H. James Dubols, Rowland McNally, through” with the nuggets. serve sentences at McNeil's Island, The lunch was the second in a|¥: F: KNAPP, USO HEAD | Tomlin made a round trip flight|Violet S. Harper, Charles York, Jake started many enterprises injand Mary Watson, who will be planned serles of _quantity-pre- AT SITKA, VISITS HERE |[to the North Sea this morning Grady McCoy, Theodore Kline, {the northland during his life, sup-|taken to Shakope, Minnesota, "O}pared meals served by the currenti Frank P. Knapp, USO represen- |With an emergency package to be;,]ohn L. Arnold. plying the capital to his friends to|serve herrsencence. |Canteen Class under the l.uwring"’“"e in Sitka, arrived in Juneau taken to Ketchikan. ! Rudolph Dehler, Rudolph N start up business. He does not ask i of Mrs, John McLaughlin, home|PY Alaska’ Coastal Airlines Satur- Mail and EAp T Was carried ON| y vt Charles E. Watters, Walter E. for a cent and is going “on his| ¢ £ o |day afternoon to visit his daugh- |all Sitka flights. |Eby. Floya 0. Simpson, Mesle . e Gl Nal"e ou'-pa“en' Upon completion of the course ;;"' ‘:’"& Howard G. Romig: OPA | " Erickson, Ralph T. Gabrielsen, Jo- tle-in Juneau, 5 SLOPPING | members will be awarded Canteen|DIstrict Manager at Anchorage, seph, E. Kearney, John L. Farrow, | FORTY-SIX IN; who is here on official business. Mr. Knapp organized the USO work in Anchorage over a year ago and several months ago was trans- |ferred to his present post. He re- turned to Sitka yesterday. | - | SCIENTIFIC BUZZERS | Many sound signals used in in- | dustrial plants, such as bells, | C. R. Sanford, J. E. DeRosier, Bill G. Lofholm, Willilam M. Skivner, Vernon Hutchinson, H. W. Martinsen, Arthur J. Thomas, A. |J. Wilkas, Nels K. Nelsen, Russell SEVENTY-FOUR LEAVE JUNEA |Bemanck X Sty AR Forty-six passengers arrived in |Espedal, Abe Brown, Knut V. Carle Juneau from Sitka during the 1;""@"&" Ferles, W. J. Ost, Charles | 5 night and 74 took passage from ¥ e. ‘::z:‘h: :na:hh:;::, ;rem(::;‘:"c‘:::f:1Junegu_sout,h this morning. ‘ Edward W. Greenway, R. H. | ternate: lnt yolume -the character of | Arriving here were M. O'Lomil- | George, Helen Craig, Mary E. Rey- 'noise in the part of the plan',;ler' William Peck, Julian Beakley, nolds, Glen Robbins, Carlton J. where the signal is used. Mrs. M. L. Leath, M. L. Leath, Robbins, Harold Frarer, Jr., Cyril [ ‘Carol Leath, William VanKleeck, L. Solace, Roman R. Paduyas, Jean- {Mrs. Willilami VanKleeck, Adolph ette Shepard, A. E. Winter, Kath- ‘ Mrs. William Franks, medical pa- Riefenstahl, Mrs. M. Barlow, Mrs.|erine Bloxham, Alma Sully, L. Jd. fnent at St. Ann's Hospital, | been discharged. | ganist of the University Baptist Church, Seattle, now stationed in Juneau, will preside at the organ in a program of organ and piano duets with Mrs. Ruth M. Popejoy. The works of Rubenstein, Handel, Nevin, Tchaikowski, and the Largo from the New World Symphony by Dvorak will be represented. “The Voice in the Wilderness” by Scott will be sung by Mesdames Moore, * Lister and Matthews. Er- nest Ehler will sing “How Beauti- ful Upon the Mountains” by Har- ker and “If With All Your Heart” by Mendelssohn. - Pastor W. H. Matthews, Jr., will give a sermoneite. “All friends of 'music are invited to this unique !service of worship that gives lift {and love to living,” it is an- nounced. WAL STRICK CONFIDENT'AL AW - AFTER MY FURLOVGH TIWNE \S WSED UP, Uth HERDWN FER AFRICKY, BUT DON'T V& Tewe QRN A BLESSET SOUL ™ | ———————— Mrs. Harold Smith, at St. Ann’s Hospital recovering from a severe 'attack of pleurisy, is gradually im- proving and rested easily last night. DEPENT ON WE,PAWN - W\ SE SHLT-MOUE B5) | . | Muslin is so named after the | made Theodore Kline and Ingar Nore, medical and surgical patients re- ,day from St. Ann’s Hospital. 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