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MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1943 THERE' Howhoy Zusiross. GOING ON/ Lookout Army, watchout Navy, America’s No. 1 comics have deserted..%tl they're Rummios! "SENORITA. .. *HE'S CRAZY IM CRAZY with ALRIGHT. . BUT LOVE FOR YOU” I'm Your DAISY’ -Lov -8UD BBOIT-COSTELL RAOARITA; Kathryn GRAYSON John CARROLL and EROS VOLUSIA and her PAN-AMERICAN DANCERS! Mowrn —Pui 1or Pro Nostradamus” LATE NEWS THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES CELEBRATE AT BREAKFAST ON EASTER SUNDAY M It was a festive Easter Sunday in Juneau, with parties celebrat- ing the day planned from break- fast through dinner. Much of the Easter entertaining was in the Gold Room of the Bas Jane Blomgren, Mrs. Wendell Ca- thill, Miss Doris Cahill, Mrs. Ken- |neth Junge, Mrs. Alice Coughlin jand Mrs. Laurel McKechnie. - ASONS T0 HAVE PAST MASTER' NIGHT THIS EVE Mt. Juneau lodge of Masons are - s b celebrating tonight, what is known anof Hotel where two large break- s Night,” according fast parties were held. {to announcement made by officers Miss Dalma “Hanson and Miss (o the Jodge today. N Pearl Peterson were hos with | At one meetingvin each Masonic breakfast_honoring forty guests. At veay the different stations in the the long tables, centered Withijoqge are occupied by Past Masters, spring flowers, places were set for |instead of the regular officers, and the following: a candidate is given the Third de- Mesdames A. B. Phillips, Alice gree. This will be the procedure at Warner, M. D. Williams, Chris Wyl- | tonight’s meeting, beginning at 7:30 ler, Leonard Berlin, Helen S. Cass, o'clock according to the announce- Carmen Yates, Elmer Friend, Scot- ment, and Past Master Forrest ty Adams, John Young, J. P. Bates will be in charge. Williams, Joe Williams, Julia Ter- | Mt. Juneau lodge was established hune, Roy Rutherford, Howard in 1803 and its list of Past Masters D. Stabler, Wellman ‘Holbrook, Her- represents -a number of its charter bert Faulkner, J. S. Jeffrey, W. S. members, who are still living in Pullen, Helen Webster, E. J. Blake, Juneau and therefore Past Masters Josephine White, Josephine Boyd, Night is always looked forward to Peter Bond, John McLaughlin, Er- With a great deal of interest. nest Ehler, T. J. Pyle, Dewey Bak- _ Following initiation special re- er, Sophia Britt, R. J. Sommers, {reshments will be served, and the Ike Taylor. |officers urge a full attendance. Cor- Misses Elma Olsen, son, Velma Bloom, AlWson Swan- | son, Margaret Maland, Bess O'Neill, | son. and muntee otan DR, LINDQUIST GOES ON TRIP TO INTERIOR MRS. NAYLOR'S AFFAIR | Mrs. Gertrude Naylor, a fréquent Dr. Paul A. Linquist of the Terri- torial Department of Health left this morning by plane for a field Easter hostess, had 23 guests at breakfast in the Gold Room in the Baranof Hotel. They were Mrs. Er- nest Gruening, Mrs. George F. Al- trip to Anchorage, Palmer, Seward, Valdez and Cordova. ‘The trip, which is expected to last about two weeks, is being made for exander, Mrs. Eugene Nelson, Mrs. Rose McMullen, Mrs. Andrew Gun- the purpose of discussing with hos- authorities and health offi- visiting Masons in the city. - dersen, Mrs. Keith Wildes, Mrs. Lance Henderson, Mrs. Alf N. Mon- son, Mrs. Joseph Ganahl, Mrs, | Pital Howard Simmons, Mrs. Russell Cers contracts which may be en- Maynard, Miss Mildred Maynard, tered into by Territorial Health Commissioner, Dr. W. W. Council. Mrs. Alex Holden, Mrs. M: E. Mon- | agle, Mrs. Vera Clifford, Mrs, Horace O. Adams, Mrs. Flotine Housel, Mrs. Gerald McLaughlin, Mrs. James Primavera, Mrs. Carl| Hupp, Mrs. W. T. Mahoney, Mrs. Provisions of the contracts will concern hospital care for the de- pendants of certain service men. whose wives and babies are eligible for care under federal provisions. Dr. Lindquist will also observe Mable Mon- |dial invitation is also extended to) "RIO RITA" WITH ABBOTT AND COSTELLO| ‘Capilol Theatre Show Is Comedy-with-Music- New Version When Abbott and Costello get turned loose in the middle of a mu- ical spectacle such as the returned new version of “Rio Rita’ now at| the Capitol Theatre, the results are bound to be sidesplitting | Funniest yet—is the version on| the new team production, where- in a well-known singer is the tar- get for a group of fifth columnists who plan to insert a nation-wide | code message to fellow-saboteurs in his broadcast. But when “A and C" arrive on| the scene and get marked for li- quidation, do they surprise the cul- prits by a series of happenstance incidents that are climaxed when | Costello slips a bomb into one of the spy's pockets. Anything can happen in an’ Abbott-Costello film, and it all takes place in this latest and funniest of the popular pair's cell-out comedies. FOOD RESERVE DIRECTOR FOR ALASKA IS HERE Don HageriT “Says Emer-| gency Caches Are in Good Shape Don Hagerty, Alaska Director for the Civilian Food Reserve program of the Department of the Interior, and George S. Talbot, field repre- | \ | | sentative for Ketchikan, now are in Juneau in connection with a trip throughout Southeast Alaska for the purpose of checking up on food supplies for civilians. Hagenty said replacements and stock renewals will be made where necessary, but that an inspection of the situation in Juneau, made in conjunction with city officials, here. Mayor Harry I. Lucas is the local custodian. Hagerty, whose headquarters are in Seattle, is having other cities throughout Alaska checked through other representatives including Wal- er J. Dowd at Nocme and Ray H Wrede at Fairbanks, both field rep- esentatives. ‘The Alaska Director reports that he project of placing emergency upplies throughout Alaska will be | | continued for the duration, and hat preliminary reports show most ommunities in good shape in this i respect. Hagerty expects to return to Se- ittle after the inspection has been completed. e Ketchikan Couple Married Saturday Winifred Dorothy Williams and George Ellwood Mather, both of! Ketchikan, were married here Sat- urday in Holy Trinity Cathedral, with the Rev. C. E. Rice performing the ceremony. Witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Fawcett. The bridegroom, who is in the U. S. Army, is the son of the late Paul Mather, pastor of the St. Eliz- abeth Episcopalian Church in {Ketchikan who was the only na- tive priest in Alask: H.R. Vafi&e:@sts | Are Again at Home i | | | | Inearly two months, Mr. and Mrs. |H. R. VanderLeest arrived late Sat- urday by steamer. { Mrs. VanderLeest accompenled'\ |her daughter Jeanne to Memphis, | Tenn., where she was married. Mr. | VanderLeest joined his wife later and conducted business for his drugstore while south. D ICE HOLDS FIRM -INNENANA RIVER| According to advices received by the Empire, the ice in the Nenana River was holding tight on April 17 and conditions did not warrant prediction of any time as to the breakup. Returning to their Juneau home and business after an absence of | ——————— MUNTER ARRIVES shows everything is in fine shape| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASK STATELY CHURCH |ANTI - AIRCRAFF RITES JOIN TWO | WEAPONS GIVEN | 'MILTON BERLE PICTURE IS AT 20TH CENTURY SATURDAY NIGHT BOMBING, MUNDA fean bombers and fighters have at-| tacked the Japanese air base at| : Frank Terrell, Wed jn /M. Cencral Solomons, siencins| Feature Now Showing e ’ | antiaircraft weapons and setting | Brenda JOY(e S'ar H fire hre rounded enemy e Beauhfu' ceremony ‘p;;lm\u three grounde u\(‘m‘\‘ |" Other successful raids have been| “Whispering Ghosts” is the title carried out against Vila Hahila and|of the feature now being shown at In a stately ceremony held Sat-| urday evening in the Metropolitan Methodist Church, Miss Helen the seaplane base on Santa Isable|the 20th Century Theatre. It is an Island ‘miklnnl story by Philip MacDonald BT s . and produced by 20th Century-Fox. Murphy and Prank Terrell bosicst ! Milton Berle is featured and | Seattle, were united in marriage by plEASE RETURN {8 aila T I Athrren the Rev. William H. Matthews, Jr. | e Wearing a trim navy blue suit| with white accessories and a white; rose corsage, the bride carried a family heirloom handkerchief which had been carried by her mother at her own wedding, and by an older QUESTIONNAIRES | HALIBUT PRICE - GOES UP, JUNEAU Day nursery and pre-school kin- | dergarten questionnaires which | sister at her wedding rites, have been distributed are ‘to be re- ) Mrs. Max Rodgers, matron of turned if possible by Wednes: ay, | Last Saturday halibut sold for honor, wore a brown suit with ajeither at the Day Nursery Com-|the highest price paid in Juneau ft corsage Of pink. tulips. The|mittce meeting to be held at the|so far this yéar. Five boats brought gf‘lde »\a:g given pin mm’x::ge by|home of Mrs. Ernest Gruening at|in 58500 pounds of fish from the William Fletcher, while Max Rodg-|3 p.n. on that day, or to the wiv ‘:}:«lllilb\m banks. The boats were as ers acted as best man. of the pastors where the question- A Schubert’s “Ave Maria® and the/narics were secured. This is the| 31B3, Capt. Andrew Brensdahl traditional wedding marches were |request of the Day Nu Com: | With /4,000 Bondds sold 1o K. S played by the Methodist church|mittce of the AWVS, states Mrs, |Engstrom for 1430 and 1220 cen organist, Major Victor Nutley. Mrs. Grucning. ,T""dr“' s SR W, Matthew, S Ir G W sl P {15,000 pounds sold to Booth Fish- cause” and “I Love Thee” adding BACK TO EAGLE ;unu.\ for 14.30 and 1220 cents. " X Louhelen, Capt. Andrew Hildre much to the beauty of the services.| J. J Millard left yesterday for with 13,000 pounds sold to E. E Serving as ushers for the eventinis regular station at Eagle, on|pnoctrom for 1430 and 1220 cents were Odes Wilkening and Edwin| Peyton. Candelabra, ferns and East- er lillies adorned the altar. Daughter of Mrs. Ethel Murphy| of Manhattan, Kansas, the bride| attended the University of Wash-| the Yukon River, where he is Unit- | ed States Customs official. - NURSES' AIDES MEET TOMORROW NIGHT, 7:30 meeting of the Nurses' Aide Merrimde, Capt. Geo. Davis with 110,500 pounds sold to New England ! Fish Co; for 14.30 and 12.20 cents, | Hyperian, Capt. Oscar Oberg, “\\wh 16,000 pounds sold to Alaska A Coast Fisheries for 14.30 and 12.20 ‘Zfi'lf’_" "“‘“*:‘50 was “‘1"" ‘;'f“i':‘ff‘:cla» will be held tomorrow eve- 'cents. 3“‘y St S €I ning at 7:30 o'clock in room 108 of | ———————— hiaian ¢ .. 2 Tel rial ith Cer . Mr. Temell, son o Mis. Sarab|oit (IR, e O s | JUNEAU FRIENDS ARE Terrell of Lawrence, Kansas, was! o . Ly i e employed by the General Elevmc\em' company for 16 years following attendance at Northwest University. He was sales and service manager for Zenith Radio Corporation and did general electric contracting un-| ® til three y s ago when he went e into defense work. He is now em- e ployed with “ | > THANKED BY KASERS In a letter from Seattle, Miss . WEATHER REPORT ol ’ & (U. S, Du‘:vumn o (Elizabeth Kaser dsked The Empire ol AR e ALl {to “please thank our friends in Ju N Cdlriitirh 44 mathimtin -85 > ;m-nu for the gorgeous cross of gar- o i AT denias sent to Mother's funeral. Temp. Sunday, April 25: : | The cross was as tall as T am, over the U. S. Engineers e aximum 44, minimum 37. five feet, and solid gardenias. It and has been in Juneau since last @ ' Rain—.10 ir stood at the head of L:;, coffin. We February. * o 0 oo e 4 e Following the impressive rites a| et el el e wedding supper was held in Doug- | o ! las av the Douglas Inn, with 90| ! W AR g T guests attending. A three-tiered | |MRS- louls DELEBE(OUE HERE TO VISIT FAMILY wedding cake topped by & wee bride | Called to Juneau by the illness of ind groom was cut and served by |her mother, Mrs. F. A, J. Gallwas, Mrs. H. C. Varner, after the tra-| ditional first slices were taken by |Mrs. Louis Delebecque arrived by plane from Seattle the last of the the bride and bridegroom. | Guests who attended the supper | were: Mr. and Mrs. Max Rodge Mr. and Mrs, James Houston, Wi liam Fletcher, Odes | Wilkening, | | - | MISS ARNOLD IS NOW | IN UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE r. and Mrs. E. A. Peyton, Mr.‘I and Mrs. James Parson, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Wicks, Ivan Tomlinson, | Mary West, Mr. and Vic Powers, |V Ty SN |week. With her is her daughter (] ~ * PAGE THREE NOW Playing | TO0 ENTURY ve 6’[4 one R 74, | 27 e Oh, no you haven't...’cause there’s never been any- thing like these goings-on! «+. Berle's a dippy dick on a murder ship . . . and what happens to him shouldn’t happen to a dogfish! The love Intorest , (not Borle's!) | | | Claudette Colbert SKYLARK NAZIS FLEE - BEFORE U. §. ARMY UNITS Bl THEATRE ANNUAL BANQUET - JUNEAU SKI CLUB NEXT SATURDAY Club rhembers and who wish to attend Banquet and dance Juneau Ski their gu the Annual next Saturday evening, must make e their reservations not later than € {pm., tomorrow, the club’s Social | Committee has announced. Reservations may. be made with «Continued' from Page One) has won five mountains withoul 1opposition te ameunt to mueh: -nfl wiped out a German salient whic Dorothy Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. H. Katie. | Ernest’ Parsons, Mrs. W. P. Blan- C. Varner, Mr. Vacura, Helen Mil-‘w . Martin Gallwas, who is now in‘f‘or.;":r 1\;::0'3(')" Abel. The affair had poked dangerously into the ler, Mr. and Mrs. Schanafelt, Mr.| | Seattle and Harold Gallwas, sons‘wm bégtn M 7 pm wl;(’n el i Allied lines. ¥ and Mrs. Ja S r. @ | |of the family, will arrive in Juneau ' A military spokesman saild tha g ack Wilson, Mr. and | arRT ey e i and their guests will gather in the Voil At ik i defe . Kodak, Mr. and Mrs. Grant s aikaliions A Baranof Hotel lobby before going ol e, 8 { ini into the banquet room. initely committed most of his armor | During the course of the dinner, iawards of trophies will be made to iskiers who won in the ' various {to “fight it out” against British itanks which have penetrated the narrow plain east of Goubellat, be~ tween the French and Americah :RC[OX'S. “This is a vital area,” the spokes~ man pointed out, and there is & Feist, R. T. Harris, Lilliam Clem- | ) ents, Mr. and Mrs. Mutch, Mr. and Mrs. L. Loyd, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Shaffer. Mr. and Mrs. D. McKhy, D. Wag- ner, J. Alvrod, Vic Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Poole, My. and Mrs. Wright, Allen Raby, Mr. and Mrs. George Bavard, Mr. and Mrs. Clif Robard, Lieut. Lagle, May George, Floyd Herin, Mildred #fcCann, Les- ter Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. David Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Nygard, Mr. and Mrs. Duke Hornberger, Dave Lefton, Ruth Berthold, Mr. and it is announced. + convoy of 22 ships. At Capitol Theatre Mrs. Alfred Bonnett. Warren Kiflg, Mr. and Mrs. Ger- ald Green, Mr. 4nfl Mrs. Leroy West, Mr. and Mrs. McCulioch, Mr. | and Mrs. Frank Claric, Mr. and Mrs Roger McCormick. et CHARLES SABIN BACT: IN CITY Charles Sabin, wof Sabin’s Store, has returned to' Juneau feeling fine after a trip /to the States. He also announces tk.at he has a good stock of goods fca- his store ordered part of which are now on the way. ~ BA/ANEY GOOGLE WS TIME Lou Costello, for the moment receives the attention of charming Patric Dage, while Bud Abbott looks on, in their fatest picture, “Rio Rita.” BA AND SNUFFY SMITH GO0D HEAVENS Y ’\OM()R!.{O\N NGHT T AT THOSE. RED AND WELL /3E ON THE N 80 tH00D TO CL\PPE/R NARD B\RD, QRGY ,GEN'R\L, GREEN L\GUTS COMING THAS \WEN - TuosE R-ROARNG NOTORS % BUT \'D SWAR TERMWMGEHT \WWZ T NAGHT TAKI[AG OFF FOR NOL K /30 WRERE | Miss Charliéne Arnold, well- | competitions during the past sea- Capt. harles 9 i Pozers CM':”::W ‘;3"5 CLMI: SLS;:’Q'?‘ COMMANDER—Lt Gen, (known Juneau girl, has taken{son. The remainder of the evening wmmn} Mowre Mn;rgzx-el Cmfl"1 George C. Kenney (above) Is, |employment as clerk-typist with will be spent in dancing to the Paula Hoal, Evelyn Cocnttl Haro| commander of the Allied Al |the Alaska Territorial Unemploy- music of Lillian Uggen's Orchestra. pvelyn Cecnttl, Harold | Forces in the Southwest Pacific. |0 compensation Commission, | ———————— L. Skoag, Mr. and Mrs. Martin| His airmen wiped out the Jap P ( " Mrs. Marfin Leaves Fred Ayer, and Miss Jane Alex- facilities ,for the hospitalization of ander. tubercular patients who will receive | i | further care as a result of the act| MRS. STRA! BREAKFAST Mrs. Allen Strand was hostess ture. for a party of eight. He‘r guests were Mrs, Birdie Blomgren, Miss M. P. Munter, who has the con- | passed by the Territorial legisla-|tract on the Glacier Highway, ar- | |rived Saturday night, accompanied /by Mrs. Munter. They are from | | Seattle. — e — BUY WAR BONDS Broiled Fried SERVED ANY TIME Steak and Chicken THE DOUGLAS IN DINE AN D DANCE o OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT Electric Hammond possibility of a break-through from {the Goubellat sector which will |slash a path between Tunis and Bizerte, & The Axis secondary southern de- fense line, based at Pont du Fahs, FOI' Family Reunion |Zaghouan and Bou Richa north of |Enfidaville, may be influenced by To attend a family reunion in!Von Arnim's withdrawals. 74 | Ketchikan, Mrs. Ralph B. Martin| Latest reports ifrom the north is leaving tomorrow for the first Put the Americans of tHe city. . =Second United States Army Corps Today is the 76th birthday of Mrs.'about 10 miles from Mateur, june- | Peter Gravrock, mother of Mrs. tion from which highway lead te Martin and the birthday eelehrn-](’ilhor Tunis or Bizerte. | tion will be delayed until Mrs. Mar- | -> | tin's arrival. Two sons of Mrs. | | Gravrock, living in Ketchikan will be present for the reunion, Law-| 'yj.. ! rence and Carl chksun. Another fml, l;;(::w:y :::::rh:;’;fl{em{ |son, Leonarq Gravrock is with the ployed for the summer months, oy [ ARG fomoes. BACK FROM WRANGELL % | The family lived on Gastineau Channel and have many friends N. A. McEachran, Juneau broky GOES TO SKAGWAY tade. er, arrived Saturday night f A B Gy Wrangell where he called on trade. Previously he visited Kets BUY WAR ‘BONDS 'chikan and Petersburg. i By s - el AR - * L A. MACHINISTS Meels 20d & &th l LOCAL 51 IN THE A. F, OF L. Mondays 8 p.m. 4 HALL ByBI JEEPERS " 1 TO\ONESO, GENRW. - TS THAT | \FLANEL LN AMERCHINE % Organ Music DINE AND DANCE