The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 12, 1943, Page 3

with JOHN HOWARD MARGUERITE CHAPMAN 2nd FEATURE FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 194 T 3 e S ——— 'COMEDY, HIGH DRAMA, 2-FILM CAPITOL BILL ’ ""Mexican Spnhre at Sea and ""Sub Raider” Featured Drama under the Igh seas and a Lupe Velez custom-built comedy | tonight supply well balanced fare lat Homer Garvin's Capitol Thea- | tre / YANK COURAGEV Dealing in hilarious fashion with / / AVENGES the further misadventures of PEARL HARBOR! [frriger gty number in the riotous comedy |series, and brings once more Lupe | | Velez and Leon Errol as the vola- tile Carmelita and Uncle Mull re- Char! is a | new spectively | Spine-chilling thrills in the ter- rifying depths of the sea an American “Submarine Raid ate game of life and death | ateful eve of Pearl Harbor! | That's “Submarine Raider” which | features John Howard and Mar- guerite Chapman, with a supporting cast which Bruce Bennett, Warren Ashe, Ei- leen O'Hearn, Larry Parks, and Roger Clark. Lew Landers dire NIPPON BASE IS HIT 2 TIMES IN ONE DAY . U. S. Planes Make Attack "WHITE EAGLE" y Matinee) L ATEST NEWS the | “The | | zasu Pitts, Elisabeth Risdon, Mar- jon Martin, Florence Bates and| Lydia Bilbrook enact the other| yincipal roles. plays | stellar | includes | at Low Levels—Anti-air- THE CAPITOL HAS craft Fire Is Severe (Continued from Page One) American fliers much treuble in the past and while r(‘l:llv\ y few planes have been lost over Kiska, many craft have returned to bases virtually riddled with shell fire. Naval officers are speculating as THE BIG PICTURES RAF BOMBERS STRIKE HARD, MARETH LINE Little Ground Exchanged in Today's Desert Fighting (Continued from Page One) Field accounts said military ob- servers agreed that Von Arnim’s only object in pressing the attack was to keep the First Army of the British occupied Our desert air forces pounded the Mareth Line with RAF Boston bombers carrying the air blow. A series of Axis attacks in both Southern and Northern Tunisia came to a halt without any signi- ficant gain. - Reorganizaton of U. §. Congress Is Possible; Defecls Pointed Out > (Continued nom Page One) Congress has te sit hearing both sides of a case in like a jury,| ” to what happened Wednesday. This AMBASSADOR'S TALK WAS NOT OFFICIAL ONE Admiral Standley Spoke Out on His Own-Noth- ing Abo»ul Recall (Continued from Page One) made early in the morning but it was discovered that extraordinarily good visibility was over the base and so reported to the Army Head- quarters in the Andreanofs. | Gocd Weather Rare Good weather conditions |fairly rare in the islands at this season of the year and the Army ‘appnrenlly decided to take full ad- dium bombers. The fact the raid | Was conducted at least part at a {low altitude is considered further | ——levidence of good visibility condi- |said without prior consultation o, | with or reference to this Govern-| mvm Welles said the Ambassador’s re- wpul did not suffer in any essential |respects to the dispatches sent Iwm | Moscow by the Associated Press. Asked if all this could be inter- preted as meaning no mnnidex'u(mn is being given to a possible recall! »’,1 the Ambassador, Welles replied | Ihe had nothing further to say of |any value at this time. | e 'PRICES OF FOOD 10 BE INCREASED OPA Execufiveg Now Meet- ing in San Francisco -Pegging Process (Continued from Page One) MOSCOW GIVES FACTS MOSCOW, March 12—Radio and! | newspapers informed the Russian | | people of Admiral Standley's declar- | |ation they were not being told the | } complete story of the aid the United | States is giving the Soviet Union. 115 percent h\gher than they were <Th'- story was broadcast and then|a year ago, are expected to be | printed under a New York dateline, steadier in the future. edited to Tass, Russian newspap-l In fact the malady of higher pric- agency. es has already stopped the run- The stbry said: “According to! ning fevers. the Moscow correspondent of the Secretary of Labor Perkins, in a recent announcement, said the re- | | |er is the first flight the planes have | are | vantage of it by sending over a| stout force of both heavy and me- | IN TERRITORIES KILL TWO BILLS THIS |this afternoon by tie votes, writ- ing finis to Senator Edward Cof- fey's bill to extend the benefits of the Unemployment Compensation |Act, and to Senator A. P. Walker's Ibill to do the same under | Workmen’s Compensation Act. The House passed a memorial by Rep. Jesse Lander urging Congress {to enact legislation for total con- cription of manpower, industrial ‘xq\n')nv nt, ma ial and money. e BETTY BAGGEN T0 WED SOON IN OKLAHOMA| Mr. and Mrs, Geolge Baggen to- day announced the engagement of | their daughter, Betty, | | Vrooman, radio technician Second 4(/1‘\ USN, now in training at | stillwater, Okla. Miss Baggen, who is at present |employed with the Territorial Leg- ;1;1amre. expects to leave as soon as the present session. is finished. { The wedding will take place | Stillwater, Okla,, probably early next month. | Miss Baggen attended high school {in Douglas and was graduated from Sitka High School, following which |she attended business school in Se- | attle. | The bridegroom-to-be is the son |of Mr. and Mrs. |of Seattle. in Alaska last July when Mr. Vroo- |man was a surveyor for the U. S. Army Engineers. He expects to be transferred to the West Coast, pro- bably California, where they will make their home FOUR MEATS | ARE GOING ON RATION WASHINGTON, March 12—Beef, |pork, lamb and mutton will be ra- tioned on an average of about two ypounds per week per person for “home consumptoin starting March 29. Rationing of butter, cheese and other edible fats and olls and canned fish will start about the same - time. Although this has been a long expected action, the Government hopes to even up civilian supplies that have been curtailed by huge diversion to the armed forces and | the lend-lease program and local |shorlages are expected to disap- ‘pem qulckly APPROPRIAIIONS BILL FOR LABOR The Senate this afternoon passed | ‘the appropriation bill for the De- wpnrtment of Labor and the House “coucuned in the Senate amend- | ments. The bill, which carried an emergency clause making it effec- tive immediately upon passage, now goes to the Governor. The total appropriation provid- ed for by the bill is $37,408.32, di- vided as follows: For salary of Commissioner, $10,- 533.32; salary of chief clerk, $6,275; THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA AFTERNOON The House killed two Senate bills | the! to James! in ‘ W. E. Vrooman ! The young peosple met | DEPT. IS OKEHED which the opponents do their best| acsociated Press, the United States' to distort facts to bring a decxsmn‘ Ambassador in Moscow, Mr. Stand- in their favor. 'ley, made the statement to Ameri- As for the problem of commit-|can correspondents announcing that tees ‘and leadership, I'm reminded he presumes information is not giv- |salary of two inspectors, $12,000; ‘office expenses, $3,000; traveling éx- penses, $3,000; rent, $2,600. Reason for the extra allotments tail prices on food had increased only 0.2 percent in continental United States from mid-December to mid-January, the lowest for any‘ fh of a speech that the late Rep.|en the Russian people of American other monthy period during 1942‘ some items is that the appro- Champ Clark, of Missouri, once iq to Russia.” At the present time the family food | Priation will cover the period from made to “new Congressmen.” | This was the first information re- bill is being affected by many fac- 1% February 1 to March 31, 1945. In urging that they not be dis-| ceived by «the Russians on the con- tors other than price changes., Funds of° the Department were couraged if their committee ap-|troversy. The Russian home radio Short supplies have forced the ‘con- used up before the end of the pointments did not make them hap- |tolq the story by a broadcast at sumer to purchase substitutes | “nnium. py, ‘he was reminded of his early days in Congress, when Maine— | with only four members—had the| chairmanships of the vitally im- portant Ways and Means commit- tee, the Navy committee and the Committee on Public Blll]dlngs and Grounds. Give that a thought and you will begin to see at least one fault | of the committee system, which op- | erates almost wholly on seniority and hardly at all on a Representa- tive’s or Senator's fitness for the post. NEW SONG IS WANTED, PLEASE. “Oo-h-h, Lieutenant” is no longer the proper form of address for erald F. McLaughlin, his wife Elaine was informed today by wire.—Hereafter the title is “Captain,” with the U. S. Infantry ‘to the ‘Westward, if you please. Jerry is| which are not currently priced. Re-| Both the Governor and the re- | night and one in the morning, then ports of black market operations| |tiring Commissioner urged that the | all newspapers carried a back page story of the 4-page editions in the for meat can not be fully reflected|salary of the Commissioner be ‘q ce allotted to foreign dispatches, in official reports. Difficulties in|raised |except those of transpendent inter- obtaining food are being reported | e e est from all over the country. A glow-, Aden, Arabia, is built in the No editorial comment was made and Standley likewise declined fur- ing example of the benefits of price crater of a vochno control is evidenced in the fact that - 'PUBLIC HONORS ALASKA BISHOP AT RECEPTION Musical Seletcions, Solos, Part of Informa Event Here Last Evening Calling last night to pay their | Juneau [ver terests and faiths but whoj| Y {were one in their demonstration of |Hiot as it’s possible for a film to friendship for Alaska's long-time |“€: 1 Bishop. | Hope's co-stay is hlux\_do. beauti- Acquicscing in the expressed ful and tefrific Madeline Carroll wishes of the Bishop, Hugh lehu proves herself a superlative | Wad mlmducin‘u the pro- commedienne. Bob sails his gags gram, confined his remarks to thgt|2CF08s and Madeline bats them back :”)l(\ S o i ““ AR with a speed that makes the au- ¥ ;}‘ T e R dience limp. Laugh piles on laugh { Children of the parochial school{gng thrill piles on thrill without [sang two \nxlvulmn.s,( fl: H‘x’s'ixbef“‘n’r | pause in_this latest, fastest and fun- ‘Thank e to God,” following | niest of the Hope pictures. lwhuh a basket of spring daffedils| Madeline, as a gorgeous British 'and ferns were presented BIshop |secret agent with a horde of Ger- |Crimont by Sue Wade and Rose- mary Doogan, who at the same ltime delivered an appropriate poem Soloists | Three spirited solos were sung |Lillian Uggen accompanying, num- bers being “Sprihg Song,” “The Spirit Flower,” and “My Johan,” {an adaptation from Grieg. Ted Keaton, local baritone, sang “Pale Hands” from the “Indian |Love Lyrics,” and “Because I Have |a Friend” He also was accompan- |1ed by Mrs. Uggen. Receiving Line Receiving with Bishop Crimont | were the Rev. Willlam G. LeVas- seur, and Sisters of St. Ann’s, in- cluding Sister M. Alfreda, Sister Superior of St. Ann’s Hospital, and Sisters M. Epiphane, M. Alena, M. Angelus, M. Rose Eva, M. Ethel, |M. Florence, and M. Magdalen. for the reception was Bishep Crimont back after his recent ,atten- dance at the Jubilee celebration in | gpnl\.mv Wash,, in honor of his ' 25th anniversary as a bishop. { Occasion to welcem to Alaska | Mrs. A. M. Geyer, Mrs. Fehx;"“”‘ the war,” he suggested. | Lronm and Miss Vivian Tice, as R |well as other members of the Junior Catholic Daughters, were in Ichnrge of arrangements for the re- {ception and the serving of re- freshments. The event was held between the hours of 8 and 10 o'- clock last evening in the Parish Hall. U.S. BOMBERS SMASH ROUEN A’T A U. S. BOMBER STATION SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, |March 12—U. S. heavy bombers with Allied Spitfire escort today scared off German fighters for the second time in a week and bombed the railroad yards and oil storage |{tanks at Rouen, 45 miles inland from the coast of France. Direct hits were seen Fortress fliers. The fire was concentrated on probably 1,000 freight cars and fires burst from nearby oil tanks. Hun- dreds of the cars are believed to have been demolished. No bombers were lost and three enemy fighters were destroyed. Giant Bill Is Approved WASHINGTON, March 12—The Senate has passed and returned to the House the $6,280,000,000 defi-| ciency appropriations bill after a coalition of Republicans and Demo- crats blocked efforts to include funds for a High School Victory Corps and care of children of working mothers. MAYBE: WASHINGTON, March 12—Sum- ner Welles, Acting Secretary of State, said the State Department has received unconfirmed reports that Hitler is suffering a complete breakdown. Welles said this does not imply the Department is attaching much| mporlsnce to the repons by respects to His Excellency, the|events, but the new Paramount Most Reverend J. B. Crimont,|comedy Cthase, “My Favorite were over a hundred residents of | Blonde,”#at the 20th Century The- i the area, representing di- |atre, is even more than that. It's | Iby Mrs. John Headland, with Mrs. | WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY nrenrugy NOW. Playmy MATINEE SATURDAY. 1:00 P. M. LAUGH FIESTA, ZOIH_(ENIURY ;Bob's "Favorite Blonde” Teamed with Comic in Daffy but Dilly Film Bob Hope pictures { HOPE'SNEWEST i are always just about as close to being a laugh |man spies on - her heels, touches joff the fun when she ducks into ‘lho stage door of New York's Par- ‘-. ount Theatre: Bob, as Larry |Haines, a ham vaudeyillian whose partner, Percy, the Penguin (more about Percy later,) gets all the applause, is just coming off stage, In a screamingly funny sequence, too devious to retail here, Bob gets |mixed up with Madeline and the |spies and starts for Hollywood with the German agents in furious pur- suit. Not Talkmg Fourth Term WASHINGTON, March 12—Pres- ident Roosevelt told inquiring re- porters today that he did not think A Paramount Picture with GALE SONDERGAARD - GEORGE ZUCCO Directed by Sidney Lanfield Screen Ploy by Don Horiman and Frank Butler ne has any views to express on two White House conferences recently when the question of a fourth ».5?‘:’ 30 MINUTES LATEST WORLD NEWS the | erm was brought up. “Let’s get on 'Nazi House Hitin Rald;m \ kel — | g Daiigprofbon gt R lfl‘;‘gn '&"'Gfl‘m in Munich, was badly damaged in Mrs. Mnrgnret Harrais, who has| | 4. J. MEHERIN !ACK FROM TEH‘ SOU?. J. J. Meherin, well known w chandise broker and business man, returned today from Seattle where the RAF raid I 1, oLy Susecay gtk | he has been on & brief trip. This is an authoritative statement and is borne out by photographs peen in Juneau for thy last two,| ks showing the damage. weeks attending the meeting of the| 40 VARIETIES OF BOOK_‘:;Y | Territorial Board of Education, ol, |which she is a member, is leaving| In 1600 when the ‘Fr 3 SMM'I' (H“'DRE" |tonight to return to her Home in|Brothers opened thelr girst. HNDERGO SURGERY anldez in what is now the state’ of: While she was in Juneau, Mrs.|more than 40 . different Two small children — Roseleen' garrais was reappointed to the Ter- | tribes, ' speaking - 40- different - hltonal Board of Education. |1ects occupied the area. Hyckenbotham and Jackie Livie, Jr., | - - of Thane, have been operated on| this week for appendicitis. Roseleen, daughter of Mrs. Emllyv Hyckenbotham and granddaughmr of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoffman of Ju- | neay, is in the First Grade and will| be seven years old tomorrow. She underwent surgery Wednesday. Jackie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. | Jack Livie of Thane, and is in the second grade. His operation was performed yesterday. Both children are at St. Hospital, where the attending phy- | |siclan, Dr. J. O. Rude, reports they | are mnklng successful recoveries i it Ann’s HEWSPAPERMAN ALSO. TEACHER HERE TODAY | ON WAY WESTWARD Aboard the Denali, bound west- ward today, are Lt. Jerry N. Rnn-' sohoff and Lt. Roy M. Laugesen, of the United States Air Corps. ! Ransohoff, before joining the |armed services, was on the repor- torial staff of the Cincinnati Enquir- |er, and Lt. Laugesen was a teacher |in San Francisco, Calif. Both men have been in training in Florida bitn e S 5. § A - ED SWEUMS ARE HERE | ON WAY TO WESTWARD In Juneau today on their way [to thelr home in Anchorage, Mr.| and Mrs. Ed Sweum and their| {small daughter called Juneau friends. | The former Juneau residents have | |been on a vacation in the States. WOULD-MAKE LAW FOR DOGS — Ie'. !acl. Bradley (R.-Mich.), who here holds his springer spaniel, Curley, has introduced a bill in Washington, D. C., for the protection ‘ don. Curley appears to be a u-mmm supporter, ther comment and told the Asso- from May 12 to December 15, 1M2.§ |ciated Press: “I have made my prices of foodstuffs increased 9.1 statement and I have nothmg more percent. Foods directly controlled by the OPA advanced 7 percent| while prices of uncontrolled foods increases were 29.8 percent.. Prentiss Brown, OPA Administra- tor recently indicated that an orderly rise of from one half to one per- cent a month or six percent a year to say at the present time.” -oe 60OD WORK | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN‘wss to be expected. | NORTH AFRICA, March 12—The‘ With the continued advance of | RAF announces its Western Air|food prices in the continental Unit- Force has destroyed 21 of Rommel's| ed States these increases will even- \ armored vehicles attacking Allied |tually be reflected in the Territories. | qround forces at Rhilane at the|It will be impossible to hold prices | west-southern end of the Mareth at the present level in face of the !Lme . ‘predxcted increases on the Main- B 0 S Jand since no funds have been made Horseshoes of Kentucky Derby‘avaflnble for direct subsidizing of winners for the past 13 years have | food prices in the Territories lnd‘ been contributed to scrap. llm.amd possessions, SAKES ALWE PAWN- FLING TTARTH WARSH KT NE'LL FAND NCRE 0L DUDS WP W T RAG BAKRREL Ne CANT GO OFF TO BFRICKY LOOKINY LIKE B RAGEN MUFEN Y GLT ONTTA HORE SOLJIER ST AN L BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUF FY SMITH = WRAL TS aem Tt RULES BN CLOTHES WA ST WHEN ME GT TO AFRICKY AW, 00 BE WEERE UL OF \WNSECTS QN BUGS AN SICH — L QEBR TELL ] PLRCE M & \S CHOCKHF UL /Qg P NORE W TH ARMY - “OWSQN&L\IER 'L\ ! 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