The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 22, 1943, Page 3

MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1943 wiN [2dlim, Hubby finds a pair of shoes under Wifey's bed...and they ‘re filled with a Romantic Russian! TN B35 IS GAY FARCE SHOWING HERE Great Comedy Cast Cavoris at Capitol in Film Ver- sion of Stage Favorite A cast of funmakers such as is| rarely brought together for one! SAYS ATTACK T0 BE MADE, AUSTRALIA Army Minister Does Not Like Jap Concentra: tions in North | IN A BOUDOIR! i closely that of the original play "‘I Margaret Mayo and Salisbury Field| which was rated one of the clev-/ erest farces of a period when farce was brought to pexfection on the| fringe the continent. “It can only be assumed,” Forde said further,” that when they are ready, the Japanese will launch an American stage. The story concerns|2!2ck on Australia that will be Y a beautiful bride whose penchant|MOr® ferocious than any yet ex- for being an individualist leads to/Perienced in the Pacific area - «#MISCHA AUER UNA MERKEL - GLENDA FARRELL - ERNEST TRUEX Relecsed thnu United Artists ALSO— “AQUA ANTICS"—PAS! FEATURE STARTS AT 8:05—10:10 THEATRE THE CAPITOL HAS JAPS BEING POUNDED IN BURMA LAND NEW DELHI, March 22.—United States bombers and fighter planes are continuing fhe attacks against the Japs in northern Burma while the British keep pounding them in the. south. Enemy installations have been a score of high, wide and hand- some complications. “Twin Beds” must be rated as top- flight comedy from all angles. “‘\ was brilliantly directed by Tim Whelan, moves with speed and pace and its dialogue flows along at laugh-a-minute tempo. Miss B?n—I nett turns in a capital performance as a farce comic and Mr. Brent is/ tops as the harrassed husband. Su-| perb supporting poriraya e con-| |tributed by Mischa Auer, as a mad | Russian, Glenda Farrell, as his| screwy wife, and Una Merkel who . chalks up another unforgettable per- formance as a zany funster. (OFFICIAL MEET T0 WORK OUT WAGE PROBLEMS Nominafion Of Allred Is Turned Down WASHINGTON, SING PARADE—NEWS March 22.—The |declined by a vote of 9-9 tie, to re- |port favorably on the President's nomination of James Allred, form-| {er Texas Governor, to be Judge of (the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. | Chairman Van Nuys said: “So far jas the committee is concerned, the {nomination is dead, however, it jcould be revlved by a motion of any member.” Alaska Railroad Blamed for Loss THE BIG PICTURES £ SATURDAY NlGHT BIG EVENT‘ For the purpose of attempting to |work out some wage stabilization| The fourth annual dance of the problems affecting Alaska and that| Hotel and Restaurant Employ(’%‘mn of Canada served by the Local 871, in the Elks Ballroom Northwest Service Command, a! . . Saturday night, drew a capacity group of officials are méeting to-| |n FI,e ln Holel crowd and dancing was enjoyed un- \day in offices of the War Labor til 2 o'clock Sunday morning. Mu- |Board here. i Those meeting today are Irving sic was furnished by Bob Tew's WASHINGTON, March 22.—The | orchestra. Delicious punch Was Mangers, Divisional Engineer for /House has passed and sent to the served during the evening. |the Northwest Service Command;|Senate a bill authorizing the gov- Bill Wong, was chairman of the|Chester Ross, of the Labor Rem. jernment to pay $271 to James W. dance committee also the decora- tions Department of the Army En-|Kelly for loss of personal effects tions committee and he did him-| l.gmer‘h in the Seattle district; Wal-|in a fire that destroyed the Alaska ,vamlr Judiciary Committee today THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRF JUNEAU ALASKA picture is responsible for the gay- |in 1941 [the doctor: ordered in the way of ety and hilarity of Edward Small's |Sales totaled $3,377,000 in 1942 as|entertainment. It has fast-flowing, “Twin Beds” the film version of MELBORNE, March 22.—Austra-|compared to $6,718,000 in 1941. The|exciting action, it's quick on the up- the famous stage farce which|lian Army Minister Forde declared |decli s attributed to wartime [take as to'dialogue and it's got a opened to enthusiastic audiences |today that Japan is more than ever Curtailment of the Bristol Bay pack.|[good cast which takes maximum Sunday at the Capitol Theatre.|pefore determined to attack Aus-| > advantage of the crisp, colorful George Brent and Joan Bennett top|{yalia ; | story. the cast which also includes such| rhis Forde said, is indicated by JAP I.ANES Macdonald Carey, who scored im- comic luminaries as Mischa Auer. |, reports of MacArthur's long- wessively ‘as Fred MacMurr Una Merkel, Glenda Farrell, Ernest |y, 00 bombing attacks and empha- S(ORED Bv much-married romantic rival in Truex, and Margaret Hamilton. |g,ine growing concentration of “Take a Letter, Darling,” turns in The plot of “Twin Beds” follows|e,amy power in the islands which |a ‘performance that boosts his { | | | were $1027,000, with earnings per | share of $6.87 as compared to $17.93 |the 20th Century Theatre, is what | iroute between Japan and China by ishort and comparatively safe sea |who knows all the angle: DIVE BOMBERS self proud according to the Union'ter Neubert, representative of the|Railroad. hotel at Healy in May, ' officers and those attending the|y, s. Department of Labor for the|1942. affair. Wage and Hour Division and lho‘, The House Committee on claims | ‘ 'DR. BROADWAY" APA Profis IS COLORFUL Dropping Off “movie brama 20th Centurv Play Has Fast | SAN FRANCISCO, March 22—/ The Alaska Packers Association to- day reported $390,000 cumuhdnlcd‘ net profit for 1942, after provision | A("on and OUI(k for the $26509) federal income | & ‘ Dialogue Net profits for the preceding year | Paramount’s “Dr. Broadway” at U. S. SUBS CHUNGKING, ‘stock sky high. {is beautiful to 5 ! plenty of talent, AMRIOD, S Amed"job with her combination romance- Jean Phillips, look at and has subs have inflicted great losses on f the Jap shipping lanes betweenldmm"'wm"dy as.slgnmenL Shanghai and Nagasaki, Chinese| ID important featured spots, J. Carrol Naish is both sinister and dispatches said today. Ships sunk are reported to in- clude the Nagasaki Maru, 5200 tons, the Yokohama Maru, 6,100 tons, and the Kobe Maru. The report said that with ship- ping between Nagasaki and Shang- hal so seriously endangered the | Japs, the now preferred the longer {comic as a gangster; Richard Lane \is shrewd and convincing as a de- tective, and Edward Ciannelli is gripping as a rackets’ boss with lonly a few weeks to live. . Against the background of Broadway, “Dr. Broadway" pre- ‘sents the story of Macdonald Carey, a young doctor, who is known up way of Korea, which entailed onlya jand down the street as a fellow | . That is, | Journey although it necessitated a he does—until he meets and falls long haul by "“l {in love with Jean Phillips and gets BUTTER IN STA"‘ES mself charged with the murder u]'nl‘ Edward Clanrlli BANNED ONE WEEK AMERCAK Liion WASHINGTON‘ March 22.———-Th(“ TO MEET TONIGHT OPA today banned in the states' The American Legion will meet for one week the retail sale of but- tonight in the Dugout. A report on ter, margarine, lard and other ed- the recent Jiggs dinner will be ible fats and oils which go under made, new members will be taken point rationing March 20 when |in and a lunch wul be served. they will be rationed along wlth !meat, cheese and canned fish. s SLome gy, EDGAR GAllANT | IS JUNEAU VISITOR The Rev. Edgax Gnllnm. is vis- Hung in Juneau from his heudqunr- ters in Skagway for several days. He expects to return to his home | Skagway on Thursday or P‘rlduy' of this week. SMASH MUNDA WA‘KHIN(‘TON March 22—Am- jerican dive bombers raiding Munda ! j,, for the 98th time struck' the Jup‘ supply area and enemy gun posl—‘ A TOBIRE PG tions, the Navy announced communique this afternoon. i E"S FLEI(HER Bnow“ the The communique also tells of t who | does a top-notch | 'ANB, ANS MEHINGS' blasted and great fires have been set at Mogaung. The American communique said no planes have been lost in the attacks. e - War Labor Board; M. J. Haas, of {the U. S. Department of Labor for the War Labor Board; Major Rob- rt Hutchinson, Service of Supply, lo. S. Army and Joseph T. Flakne, MOLLER TROPHY said it appeared that “officials of the Alaska Railroad were negligent in that they failed to maintain this hotel building free from fire haz- ards and failed to maintain ade- WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY [SOMENTURY. Dreying MURDER WALKS INTO HIS OFFICE, AND ‘THE DOC TAKES A POWDER! Solving the Main Stom's most baffling mending a broken hoort ... s all in MACDONAI.D CAREY PHILLIPS J. Garrol Naish » Richard Lang MARETHLINE IS ATTACKED- TONIGHT CALLED OFF Owing to prevalence of mnash bombing raids on Vila, central Sol- | HRSI AMER'(‘" To in the city, the meeting of the omons and Kahili, in the Short-| : ANB and ANS scheduled for to-| land: Island area. LAND AT FEDALHA nient at 7:30 oclock, has veen e icimaia: | e " called off. MARRIAGE LICENSE ! By - ISSUED THIS MoanN(.‘.'w:‘::]'mzd F“:f'g:;:n:vwfi:o::pg: CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS TO Acting U. S. Commissioner M. E. | HOLD SOCIAL MEETING RACETOBEHELD | NEXT SUNDAY ; Mrs, Molly Sharp Are| to cause any wom the race was tentatively xeversed\on Thelr Way SOUih due to unusually good snow condi- MOOSE WOMEN Acting Director of the War Man- power Commission for Alaska. Tkl et o POPE ILL ness. The attending doctors said/neau Ski Club. his ' condition however is not such| An earlier decision not to hold| City said the Pope has cancelled all 28, were announced today by Lhe‘ audiences because of a slight ill- Tournament Committee of the Ju- |tions this late in the season, and| Mr. Lhe 1ace scheduled for Sunday ls‘Ml and Mrs. Fred Sharp, and| Sharp’s mother, Mrs. Molly , upon favorable trail, Sharp left for the south on Sat- HOLD MEETING oonditions | urday. Plans will proceed to hold the| Mr. Sharp, who has been assist- | ‘IICE. and final decision as to the ant agent for the Alaska Steamship | competition will be made by P‘nday‘Company since last dummer, plans meeting ‘last Saturday night, im_}of this week, Ski Club officials said | to enter the armed forces upon his tiated Hazel Burkette. this afternoon. The presence of|arrival in the States and his wife| Phyllis Lesher, Chairman of So- iDan Moller, donor of the trophy, m"wfll join her family in Seattle. cial Service and her assistants fur-|Juneau has acted as an incentive | Mrs. Sharp Sr., will return to her nished the entertainment of me'to hold the race this year. home on Vashon Island. evening. \ Contrary to expectations, condi-' ~Mr. and Mrs. Sharp, Jr., were Theressa Sandborn, Madja Sheep-1“°“‘ over the entire Douglas g.,married recently in Juneau, short- er and Esther Commit were in|land ski area were excellent Overlly after her arrival from the south. charge of the tasty lunch served. the weekend. The quick freeze Sat-! For the last several months Mrs.! April is Home Making Month of 'urday night resulted in a last min- ! Molly Sharp has been in charge| which Anna Jackson is chairman ute improvement in snow condi- Of the book shop in the Baranof| ‘The Women of the Moose, at the quale fire fighting equipmem.“ Monagle issued a marriage license | this morning to Jacob White and ents, Commander and Mrs. Fletcher | Brown, when Commander Brown | sign Cornelius Warmerdam, peting for the first time as a nav: man, Saturday night in the Chicago “{ternoon, relays, drew a tremendous ovation ¢hapel of the Charles W. Carter from the crowd of 14,000 by soaring | Mortuary rather than in the Mem- 15 feet, eight and one half inches, |Orial Presbyterian Church, bettering his indoor mark of 15 been announced. Pole Jum Jump Record Set CHICAGO, Il | March 22—En- com- feet seven and one quarter inches and his outdoor ceiling of 15 feet, seven and thret quarter inches. Both were accepted as world re- cords last year PRESIDENT G GIVES UP DRINKING ANY was in command of the U. S.| {Coast Guard cutter Haida, was the I first American to set foot at Fe- ‘]&]:_gb:g';‘"se bo“? M:-.dV{lxlte imd]dalhu in the recent occupation of | % nson are under age, AN |norh ‘Atrica, according to 8 late | affidavit of consent from their Christian Sclence Monitor whlch’ Paren(s’ yss ncessary. |contained a photograph of the — ., — S| young officer. JOSEPHT?) 3; 1;1::':: Ell:":j“ APEL Ensign Brown was assistant gun- o i 3 nery officer aboard a Coast Guard Funeral services for Joseph Scott, transport and commanded the flrst! to be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow wave of landing barges to land| will be held ‘in the . pegaina, and as he leaped ashore from the first landing vessel w reach the beach, he scooped up a| handful of sand to save as a sou- | venir of the occasion, Lilly Johnson, both of Hoonah. The license was applied for in February it has| and she will be assisted by Gertie | Olson and Iva Lingard. | The April lunch committee will be composed of Viola Eskesen, Belle | Campbell and Ruth Tate. Audit Committee will consist Phyllis Lesher, Martha Schmidt and Odelia Light. The Audit Com-[ mittee will meet April 2 at 8 p. m. All members are requested to be present at the roll call meeting on April 3. Past Regent Hattie Peterman was at the meeting Saturday. She is visiting in Juneau for two weeks and is the house guest of Mrs. Fred Newman. ARTHUR 6. FICKLIN, BROTHER-IN-LAW OF JUDGE ALEXANDER, DIES News was received today by Judge George F, Alexander of the death in King City, Mo., of his brother- in-law, Arthur G. PFicklin on Sat- urday, March 20. Mr. and Mrs. Ficklin visited in Juneau two years ago, were widely entertain and kept up corres- pondence With their Juneau friends after their return from the trip they enjoyed so much. Death was from a heart attack. D The | Private hospitals in Great Bri- tain receive government grants for special services, such as the treat- ment of certain types of disease. | - ALASKA COASTAL tions, and skiers in all sections re-| Hotel. Since her departure, Mrs. ported good skhng everywhere A. Van Mavern is temporarily in charge until the new manager for the shop arrives later this week. | R COFFEE, SAYS WIFE WASHINGTON, March 22.—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told newswomen at a conference today MAKE FLIGHTS FIRST AID CLASS T0 EXCURSION WILL BE STARTED | HERE TOMORROW | 7 mioay oovve A new First Aid Class ‘will be Alexnnder. celebrated '.he b!rthda started tomorrow night according|of Corp. George Alexander Friday ito John Newmarker. The instructor then said: “The Presidem has giv- en up drinking coffe S CORP. GEORGE ALEXANDER HAS STAG BIRTHDAY DINNER Passengers who left here by Al- aska Coastal Airlines for Excursion | Inlet Sunday were A. Collignon, | William Soderholm, C. E. Gallagh- | er, Bill L. Schneider, * Returning to Juneau from Excur- sion Inlet were Charles Viland,' John Headland, J. Rockhill, Jack A. McClung and Capt. H. E. Petti- john. Today's Flights Those leaving Juneau today with ACA for Excursion Inlet were Wal- ter Hellan, Laurence Carlson, Leonard Johnson and O. M. Wil- kenning. Arriving here this afternoon from Excursion Inlet were William Y. McPhee, Burdette Williams, Willie | L. Jack, Mrs. Albert Judson, David Paddy and Waldo Fulldor - Scientists in India who worked on the problem of warm clothing for the growing Indian Army dis- covered a process of treating cot- ton cloth with the seeds of two, native trees, and have produced a | finished product that is warm, soft, and durable. night. A group of friends from Duck Creek were guests to share the din- ner party and blnhdny cake. {will be Miss Helen Johnson, Pub- lic Health Nurse. Those desiring to attend the class the serve 60 days in jail. the President now drinks milk in- | Aquino resides in Juneau and stead of coffee at breakfast and vmplO\'Ed in the Clty \ Interment of the 28-year-old Ju- neau native man will be in the Evergreen Cemetery. The Rev. Walter A. Soboleff will hold the services, - B SENTENCED TO 60 DAYS Julian Aquino, recently arrived in Juneau, who was arrested early | this morning on a charge of as- sault and battery, pleaded guilty | |to word received by friends here the story states. | Since the landing on African soil, Ensign Brown has been in the South Pacific and was recently back with his parents in New England ! on a ten-day furlough, according from his mother. He was graduat- ed from the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut, last | June, in the U. 8. Commissioner’s Counu Commander Brown, who was re- and was sehtenced by Acting U. S, Jm‘ed from active duty, was called Commissioner M. E. Monagle w\.mk into the service upon declara- |tion of war and is now Captain of | |the Port at Portland, Maine. P S S It is said that another Julian is LONDON, March 22—The Brit-| Been Ma 6@' ish Foreign Office announces that | That Iwo lhousand | | arrangements have been completed to exchange 862 Axis naval and civ- ilian prisoners of war for an equnl WASHINGTON, March 22—The| number of British naval personnel.|Senate Claims Committee has re- | Most of the Axis prisoners of war commended the payment of $2,000 | | are Italian, {to Frank Been, Park Superintend- The exchange will take place at ¢nt of the Interior Department for | Mersin, Turkey. BUY WAB PONDS the loss of personal property when | his dwelling in the Mount McKin- ley National Park was destroyed‘ by fire October 23, 1939. British, Amentans Move A social meeting for the Catho-‘ lic Daughters of America will be » held tomorrow, Tuesday evening, at? FOI’VIafd Oll NO"h 8 o'clock in the Parish Hall. Mem- 3 bers are urged to attend. ‘ Affl(flfl FI'OM 3 B i« i 4 i : MARTHA RUMMAGE SALE (Continued from Page One) 4 March. 26 is the date .lor a Mar- tncked T the Italll positions ;i tha Society rummage .sale., to b“‘nr central Tunisia, held in the church parlors. Rum—; Heretofore, Rommel has -alwayd mage may be either left at the |jor 1ialians as a rearguard 'Iht’ church or will be called for if| | beginning a yetreat. . ATTACK REPORTED @ donors get in touch with Mrs. Tom | Morgan, phone 349. ‘ - | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN | NORTH AFRICA, March 22— Ay | British Eighth Army is reported | have attacked the Axis forces om | the 6-mile line at the north ei |the Mareth Pront between. the |and the Medenlne-Mureth road. e e TERRITORIAL GUARD NON-(OMS GOING 10" | IMMUNIZATION CLINIC SET FOR WED! Smallpox and diphtheria immu- | nizations will be given at the clin- ic to be held in room 108 of the Juneau Health Center at 10 am,| March 24, it was stated today by the public health nurse, Stephenie Bogdon. é Pl > ® 0 00 0000 0 0 0 00 L WEATHER REPORT MEH “ rm . (U. S, Bureau) & e Temp. Saturday, March 20: Non-Coms o‘ the 'Alaska ® Maximum 35, minimum 31. torial Guards. are called to a Melted snow, .76. Snow on ground, trace. Temp. Sunday, March 21: Maximum 32, minimum 24. Melted snow .19. @Snow on ground 14. ing tomorrow night in the Elks hall at 8 o'clock. The Non-Coims are ye» quested to take rmu nnd ahooum Jackets. | . 19T MININNE 8.8 8 Ak A The maternal death’ rate’in Great Britain has fallen since 1806 from 427 to less than 3 pfi Ehmm bm.hu, 8 BUY WAR BONDS PIANO TUNING H. J. BAKER GASTINEAU HOTEL or ALASKA MUSIC SHOP iare requested to meet in the Health Center in the Territorial Building, |Seward and Third at 7 o'clock to- morrow night. Mrs. Alex Holden Is lu_nih Hostess Mrs, Alex Holden was hostess at iuncheon today in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel when she en- tertained a few friends in honor of Mrs. A. N. Monsen, whose birthday it is. Those at luncheon were Mrs. Hol- den Mys. Monsen, Mrs. Vera Clif- 'ford, Mrs. J. J. Meherin, Miss Jane Alexander and Mrs. G. A. Lingoy now iy WEY,COUSIN - WHACH- B WY CAN T GIT OWT TO NOTH BEACH ARPORT T QU\CKEST 2 BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH NOU CHN GRES A LIMOWSINE OVER AT TH ARLINE'S TERMINRAL FOR @ SUCK,S0LDIER ~ OR TRKE TTax