The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 3, 1943, Page 3

SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1943 : THE DAILY ALASKA IRE—JUNEAU ALASKA® ~~ °© : EMP. ] "~ PAGE THREE DON'T FORGET--NURSES’ AIDES BALL--ELK’S HALL TONIGHT DANCING AT 10 O'CLOCK “TEE GP” P LATE NEWS TONIGET 12:30 a.m. PREVUE I '.\\., laugh | able / >in a1, music he tropics: Maritine a “au('\c cruise Ot A Merry Hit! SYUNDAY—:" "o Zoas o5 - 10s TONIGHT . . . "Escape from Hongkong” —and— ""Tough as They Come” The Capitol Has the BIG Pictures!? Arifiy Sefs Gp S:hso!r For Postmen; Value Of Mail Is Outlined (Continued from Page One) way to their destinations. [ Originals of V-mail letters are | never destroyed until word has been recelved they have reached their| destination. Thus, for the first time there’s a method of assuring de- | livery, despite sinkings, bombings, | fire and high water. Every convoy that goes out of the U. .S carries tons of mail. If there is anything to the U-boat menace at all, some tons of that mail must be at the bottom of the | ter school and possibly other schools seven seas. Still millions of those letters are going thorugh under conditions arined a few years ago. on, a large proportion | ilmen who deliver them aduates of the West Ches- ALASKA COASTAL BRINGS PASSENGERS I will to be opened. They'll be fighting| Passeng riving here yesterday men as well, for there will be none | afternoon with Alaska Coastal Air- who gets in there who hasn't had | lines from Excursion Inlet were H. his basic training—and knows how | B. Elliott, Roy W. Leibsle, Sidney to handle his rifle as well as he does | Jennette, F. Johnson and Scott H. his scales and cancellation machine. | Cross. Arrivals with Alaska Coastal yes- terday afternoon from Sitka were H. S. Date, N. A, McEachran, Louise Grabbe and Virginia Christman. - e WEATHER REPORT (U. S. Bureau) Temp. Friday, April 2: Maximum 46, minimum 33. Snow on ground, trace. * e 0 00 0 0 0 ¢ Neil Moore and Albert B. Dixon were admitted yesterday to St. Ann’s Hospital for surgery. BOB TEW'S ORCHESTRA i " 'ORDINATION RITES ? fl%&:OJERIOAI | FOR GENORGE BETTS (APII(_)UHEMRE: SUNDAY EVENING Betts, candidate for the ministry, was examined and passed | Iby the Committee of Christian Ed- Carrying on his successful cureerium“m\ at yesterday's meeting of s a top comic and also & roman-the Presbytery, with committee tic hero, Red Skelton sings and members the Rev. A. G. Rotenberry, wins the girl in M-G-M's musical,|w, Leslic Yaw, and the Rev. Wal- Ship Ahoy,” which opens Sunday |ter A. Soboleff adting at the Capitol Theatre. Eleanor| At the Sunday evening servic Powell, Skelton and the Tommy |t bhe held in the Memorial Pr Dorsey swing band head the stel- eygterian Church beginning at 7:30 lar cast. |o'clock, Mr. Betts will receive or- Miss Powell is seen as a G-Blrl|gination. Rites will be conducted in the musical, with Skelton as hm-\m. the Rev. Willis R. Booth, hypochondriac sweetheart. Both|3ey E B Bromley, the Rev. Wal- become involved with foreign agents, {ter A Soboleff, and the Rev. Al- cangerous plots and hilarious miX-|fred D. Swogger. ps. The action takes place on 2| germon of the evening will be boat bound for southern Wwa-|gelivered by Mr. Betts, preaching Interspersed between the plotion the subject, “The Call of the maneuvers are four elaborate pro- oy " Singing will be by the choir duction numbers in which the lancing star is featured in a Span- ish bullfight number, a Morse code tap, a novel soft shoe dance, and an Hawailan War Chant Music is provided by the Dorsey swingsters, with Skelton singing both “Poor You" and “T'll Take Tal-|text: “Be steadfast always abound- lulah.” In addition to the Starsiing in the work of the Lord.” are Bert Lahr and Virginia O'Bri-1 At (he same service the whurch en with 27 of Hollywood's most|enoir of Kake will sing and the glamorous chorus girls heading the | communion of the Lord's Supper dance ensemble. {will be celebrated, with the Rev. S E. E. Bromley and the Rev. B. F. Judd administering the sacra- DOUG. A ments, assisted by Elders John NEWS Bean, Andrew Gamble, Roy Pera- SWIFT IS NOW NEW trovich and Ralph Young. The public is cordially invited to DOUGLAS HOME OWNER Wade Lacey has reported the both morning and evening services. sale of his residence property on ————— 'NORTHERN LIGHT Second Street to Lee Swifi and| (0“ family of Juneau, the deal hnvln[,;} been completed yesterday through | (HUR(H MEEII“G the firm of Allen Shattuck and | Son. Mr. Lacey and family have The annual meeting of the con- of the Northern Light | been residents of Douglas for near- | g ly a year, and during the past |Bregation summer purchased the residence | Fresbyterian Church was held last | Thursday evening, preceded by a covered-dish dinner served by the they have sold from Grant Logan. Mr. Swift, who is employed by | A r. Swift, who Is employed BY fyppin, Society and World Service | | Circle. George Church. Benediction will pronounced by Mr. Betts. The 11 o'clock Sunday morning service, also at the Memorial Church, will have Walter A. Sobo- leff delivering the sermon on also be the Guy T. Atkinson Company,ex- pects to move to Douglas with his | wife and two children on April 10.|ere recaived from all departments {and all reported excellent condition. | William Robert Nichols was elect- | ed to the Board of Trustees suc- | ;ceeflhux Dudley Reynolds, resigned, ! and who is now located in An- chorage ! Mrs. Stella Young was elected | Treasurer, succeeding R. E. Robert- son, resigned. Mr. Robertson has been Treasurer for many years and | resigned owing to pressure of busi- | ness affairs, and family new residents of Douglas, occupy- ing the home of Mrs. Anna Kron- quist on Bradley Streel. NANCE COMMITTEE TO BE ON JOB SUNDAY An active session of the Doug- las Fire Department Maintenance | Committee has been scheduled for | | MAD the | of the Northern Light Presbyterian | the | | anof Book Shop, | At the, business meeting, reports | ——— 'SECRET AGENT OF JAPAN' THRILLER AT 20TH CENTURY Preston Foster got a great deal |of vicarious pleasure out of his| role in 20th Century-Fox's "Sm-n-'! Agent of Japan” which is scheduled | {to open at the 20th Century Thea- | tre Sunday. | The script calls for Foster to inave altercations with characters | portraying Japanese spies just be- | {fore the attack on Pearl Harbor. | { Statistically-minded Foster made a list of the following symbolic blows against the land of the set- |ting sun which were none-the-less |vealistic in the movie | 1. One sock to a Jap's jaw. } 2. One direct hit at a Jap by | |using another Jap as a missile. ! 3. One bang on a Jap's head | |with a monkey wrench. 4. Two Japs shot down | 5. One Jap drop-kicked through the glass door of an office ! When Foster got through with | each scene the ‘victims” com- ‘plmut‘(i of his ardor, but Director {Irving Pichel was mniore than| pleased with the realism which Preston applied to his acting ! Co-featured in the film is Lynn | Bari, who has one of the best| roles of her career. | Also featured in the outstanding | film is a cast headed by Noel Mad- | ison, Sen Yung, Janis Carter, Steve Geray, Kurt Katch and Addison Richards. e 'MRS. JAMES HUSTON ' IS MANAGING BOOK Mrs. James Huston, whose hus- band is resident engineer for the U. 8. Army Engineers, has taken | over the management of the Bar replacing Mus, | Molly Sharp, who left a short time ago for the south. Mrs. Huston and her young son | arrived from the south last week. | TOO LATE TO CLA! FOR SALE | 5 50-gal. barrels full of base oil, $4 | each; 1 medium sized roller top | desk; 1 60-90 medium duty ma- | rine gas engine, ready and rar- ing to go; propellers, bronze shafts, steering wheel, bell apd | other boat accessories. See L. F. | Morris, Salmon Creek, three miles out. No phone. P.O. Box 103, Ju- neau, Alaska. Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock, in the fire hall, according to Dale Fleek, truck driver. PERCY’S REOPENS TODAY; RECOVERED FROM FIRE DAMAGE Closed less than two weeks as a result of the two-alarm fire whick. |caused serious damage to the cafe jon the night of March 23, Percy’s will be open at 5 p.m. today. Completely renovated, all traces lof the fire damage removed, the |cafe, a favorite eating spot in Ju- neau for many years, is ready again to offer all of its usual service— good meals, quick service, an ex- cellent fountain, after-theatre spec- ials. WILL g NEXT SIGRID’S BE AT WEEK PROCEEDS TO AMERICAN RED CROSS LAST TIME TONIGHT HOP-A-LONG CASSIDY in “IN OLD COLORADO" ALL NEW SHOW SUNDAY OWL SHOW TONIGHT 12:30 A. M. MATINEE SUNDAY 2:00 P. M. WHY are the British and “"E Secret Service looking for him? NOW! The first, in- side story behind the “Stab in the Back”! PRESTON FOSTER - LYNN BARI Noel Madison - Sen Yung - Janis Carter Steve Geray - Kurt Katch - Addison Richards Executive Producer Sol M. Wurlzel * Directed by Irving Pichel + Original Scraen Play by John Larkin A 20th CENTURY-FOX PICTURE ON THE SAME PROGRAM "MARCH ON AMERICA™ . 30 — MINUTES WORLD NEWS — 30 Special Aitraction 9:30 P. M. BOB HOPE in YA & BEAUTY saLon || ‘Louisiana Purchase’ PHONE 318 Open Evenings by Appointment. THEATRE A new feature at Percy's, Percy |Reynolds, owner, " has announced, {will be the opening of the banquet room for dinner service nightly and for luncheon daily except on 1 Tuesdays and Saturdays — Rotary and Bar Association luncheon days. Closes Midnight TONIGHT Nenana Ice Movements — q When two shelves in the oven that they are not directly under |are used for baking food at one €ach other. This allows the hot air to circulate and do the baky ing. COOPER BUILDING Opposite Federal Building | time, shift the pans around so i 1917—April 30............11:30 A M. 1918—May 11... 1919—May 3. 1920—May 11 1921—May 11........ .. 1922—May 12 . 2:00 P.M. 1923—May 9 1924—May 1925—May 7 1926—April 26...._. 1927—May 13. 1928—May 6 1929—May Broiled Fried SERVED ANY TIME . 4:03 P.M. e T:03 PM. . 9:23 AM. 10115 AM. 7:30 P.M. 2:07 P.M. 1930—May 8. 1931—May 10 1932—May 1. 1933—May 8. 1934—April 30............. 1935—May 15 .. 1:32 PM. 1936—April 30............12:58 P.M. 1937—May 12 .. 8:04 P.M. 1938—May 1939—April 29........... 1:26 P.M. 1940—April 20.......... 3.27 P.M. 1941—May ... 1:50 AM. 1942—April 30 8 P.M. 9:33 AM. 2:33 P.M. 6:42 A.M. 1:20 P.M. 10 P.M. 6:32 P.M. 5:42 AM. 4:25 P.M. 3:41 P.M. 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