The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 4, 1943, Page 3

v [ TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1943 ENDS TONITE! “Flight Lieutenant” with PAT O'BRIEN TOMORROW! MURDER...BY PROXY! The year's surprise mystery! BAsil LARAING RATHBONE - DAY LEW ATRES PREVUE TONITE—12:30 A, M. THEATRE SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU ~ BOWLING Bowling last Friday night at the Elks found the Twentieth Century Meat team in the lead over Ord- way's with totals 1330 and 1268 re- spectively. Two ladies’ teams, Leota's Percy's, pounded the alleys for al- most a tie. With a five-point lead however, Percy’s pinsters rolled up a score of 1418, to Lecta’s 1413. and | {Five Men Die in Attempts to Rescue Stranded Airmen (Continued from Page One) 20th Century Meat J. Barragar 182 185 152 1. Wildes 123 119 1 C. Messerschm’t*142 “142 Totals 447 447 435133 Ordway’ E. L. Commons E. Hendrickson 128 85 107— 320 H. Sterling “144 144 *144— 432 Totals 454 411 433—1298 Leota’s F. Holmquist 163 145 146— 454 Bess Lavenik 175 163 134— 472 L. Holmquist 135 162 178— 475 Totals 477 474 4621413 Perey’s O. Carnegie 179 150 161— 490 Hazel Petrich °147 °147 “147— 441 Mamie Sperling*129 *129 ©129— 487 Totals 455 426 4371418 *—Average, did not bowl > — 2 Hom_é-Fronl Issues. Cause of Discussion; Pros and Cons Stated (Continued from Page One) they couldn’t get any more fuel oil. Everything was chattering teeth | and goose pimples until one cop- | per discovered 700 gallons of low- grade oil ear-marked for misquito eradication. It burned beautifully and, according to the police, it| won’'t mean any more scratching | in the District this summer either. “Mosquito oil,” it seems, doesn't take any ration book. Best guess now is that a woman’s| land army here, comparable to the; one in England, to help out in the| farm-labor shortage won't amount| to ‘much. | Best reason given is that too few available women have any Kknow- | ledge of farm work and the nec- | essary training would be costly and | take more time than the emergency may exist. D DOUGLAS NEWS GUARD MEETING TONIGHT Douglas Unit of Territorial Guards will meet tonight as usual at the Nat, time, 7:30 o'clock. Regu- | lation dress for the evening will be regular uniform without blouse, coveralls without leggings, Walter Andrews, captain of the local unit announces. AGE REGULATIONS FOR DOUGLAS 1ST GRADERS Announcement was recently given by Douglas School Board. to the effect that prospective first graders next, term would be eligible to enter school only if they are six years old on the opening day of school. This has now been corrected and the rule is as before, pupils may be enrolled next term for the first time if they are to become six years of age in February, 1944. RETURN FROM TENAKEE Arvo Wahto returned to his home here yesterday from Tenakee Springs where he taught school during the past term, which for- mally ended last week. He was accompanied here by his mother who has been vacationing at the "FLIGHT" TALE STARS HUSKY PAT 0'BRIEN Capitol Theatre Closes Run of "Flight Lieuten- ant” Tonight Pat O'Brien, Glenn Ford and Eve- lyn Keyes are now at the Capitol Theatre in a splendid new drama of America’s power-diving pilots | Columbia’s thrilling “Flight Lieu- | tenant.” An exciting, “heart”-packed ad- | venture story of a forgotten man of the air, who gives his all for a hero of tomorrow, “Flight Lieuten- t” presents O'Brien as a hero of World War I, who, because of one tragic mistake, is ignored by the | American eagles of today's war | Ford appears as his eager young |<on, determined to wipe from the | <kies all memory of his father’s un- happy record. “Flight Lieutenant” was directed {with smooth, thundering speed by Sidney Salkow. Michael Blankfort {penned the hard-hitting screen play. GREENLAND " TRAGEDY IS ~ DISCLOSED “avy and Coast Guard. the fifteenth day, Balchen Aim o :Ilev\ over and dropped supplies. At 176 “176 176— 528 {the same time, Staff Sgt. Don Tet- (ley of Fort Sam Houston, and Lieut. |Max Demorest of Flint, Mich., set |out from a weather station with | motor sleds. { Demorest’s sled fell into a cre- {vasse within less than 100 yards {{rom the plane. Then Lieut. John Pritchard, Jr., Burbank, Calif., Coast Guard |of — [flier, landed a Gruman near the | wreck and flew back to the catter |Northland with Sgt. Alexander | Tucciarone, of the Bronx, and |Staff Sgt. Lloyd Puryear, of Le- | manon, Ky. Plane Crashes the succeeding flight, his plane crashed on On ever, how- the |Coast Guard Radioman Benjamin | takeoff, killing Pritchard, Howarth, | pROMOTED To | h | | | Botoms, of Salem, Mass. Lieut. William F. O'Hara, of Scranton, Penn., his feet frozen and gangrenous, was put on Tet- | |lety’s sled, which had reached the | . " |scene, by Monteverde, accompanied \by Lieut. Harry Spencer, of Dallas, | | Texas, Pvt. Clarence Wedel, of Canton [Kansas, leaving Monte- verde at the plane camp. A mile and a half from the wreck, Wedel dropped into a cre- vasse and was lost. Four miles farther along, the sled broke down and the survivors were stranded in two camps in foul weather and on a virtually impassable terrain which frustrated rescuers. But supplies were dropped in ]| February and then Balchen landed | at the sled camp to rescue all, in- | cluding O’'Hara, who lost his feet. Bad weather prevented another flight until April when Balchen flew in a dog team and experi- enced mushers who took Monte- | verde to the sled camp wherps Balchen again landed a PBY and | took out the remainder of the sur- vivors, including Tech. Sgt. Alfred Best, of Waco, Texas. | LEGIONNAIRES ENJOY MOVIES | - LAST EVENING Mrs. Gerald McLaughlin enter- tained members of the American | Legion last night by showing films on Little Norway and Norway in revolt, movies that were greatly enjoyed by the Legionnaires and will be shown elsewhere in Juneau. At the American Legion meeting next Monday evening, Territorial Museum Curator E. L. Keithahn | will talk on the discovery of gold and the early history of Juneau,| and J. H. Skinner will serve one of his famous chop suey dinners, Commander Alfred Zenger - an- nounces. . it WSCS MEETS AT 8 TOMORROW NIGHT Methodist ladies and their friends are invited to attend the regular meeting of the Woman'’s Society of Christian Service, to be held tomorrow, Wednesday night, at 8 o'clock in the parsonage. Mrs. Norman Rustad will present a study of Madam Chiang Kai- Springs. Mrs. Hilda Runquist ‘was another arrival from Tenakee, returning home after a month’s stay there. Shek and her recent visit to the United States. Hostesses are Mrs. Willlam Rechin and Mrs. Orlando Godfrey. | eisco. SEA FIGHT - TOLD ABOUT |enemy cruisers and one light cruis- NAZI PRISONERS CAPTURED BY YUG | | | | | | | MORE ISLES 'MOREDOPE OCCUPIEDBY ~ ONJUNEAU | U.S.FORCES BASEBALL | Officials of the City Baseball |League at a meeting last night set {up a three-man Board of Arbitra- |tion to settle all disputes that may Navy Releases Report of Taking Possession of | SO|0m0n Group |arise during the coming season, | |Stan Grummett, manager of the | 7 |City Team, announced today. Mem- | WASHINGTON, May 4.—Ameri- pers are Fred Henning, Robert can Forces exiending their hold'coughlin and Lonnie MacIntosh. on the Solomons have occupied' The season will open Sunday Russell Islands which lie immed-|afternoon at 2 o'clock with various | dately northwest of Guadalcanal, officials participating in the open- the: Navy reports ling ceremony and the first game The Russell group includes WO wi pe an exhibition between the main islands that lie only 18 miles| (o 1ine and the Beavers. Details from the northwestrn tip of Guad-| e " obe o day will be alcanal at its nearest point. | notiiosd “soon The Navy declines to state when| ; g 4 Official opening of the season the occupation was carried out but . g ut bult il be next Tuesday at 6:30 p.n it s believed to have been in Feb-| %" 2¢ & e T ruary when enemy resistahce ceased | HUNSSE [REDEg Wh 0 SRRy EC : and Tuesday on Guadalcanal [SBTHER o' 8, D, ; {and Friday games at 6:30 p.m e ee——— | | There will be six teams, in the league, five service teams and the |City bunch. The City team will | practice this evening at 6 o'clock, Grummett said, and all players in- an- terested in a suit are urged to turn out at the Firemen's Field | - .- - " oA STANFORD IS ' BACKAGAIN, jcommands was disclosed with the SEATTLE, May 4—Coach Al Ul- nomination of Lieut, Gen. John L.|piickson said today the University DeWitt to the same rank but for|or washington has approved Stan- a new and as yet unannounced as-|ford’'s entry in this year's Pacific signment. Dewitt now commands|Coast rowing regatta, making it a {the Fourth Army from San Fran-|three-boat affair for the first time |in more than 20 years. . | The regattas have been Wash- |ington and California affairs since Stanford dropped out in 1919. This ear the races will be May 15 on |the Oakland estuary. The Huskies iaren't sending the Jayvees down— {just the Varsity and Frosh. WASHINGTON, May 4. — The { President sent to the Senate nom- {inations promoting 63 Army offi- | |cers, including the rank of Lieu- |tenant General for Maj. Gen. Sx-; |mon B. Buckner, Jr, Alaska De-| !fense Commander. | OFF ALASKA WASHINGTON, May 4. — The American light naval force was out- numbered two to one when it re- pelled a Jap supply expedition west of the Aleutians on March 26, the Navy reported today, but the Am- - - '\ FROM WESTWARD TRIP | After an absence of over a 3 itumed to Juneau last night via lsfieamer. Among other places vist- Our Forces Outnumbered | family’s former home town of Cor- dova. 1 26 Flghl | Territorial Department of Health offices in Juneau and was taking e TWO ARRESTED HERE R. Blancard have been arrested on charges of drunk and disorderly ericans damaged at least two heavy jail, U. S. Deputy Marshal Walter | Hellan announced today. | PATTY DOOLEY BACK {month, Miss Patricia Dooley re- ed while to the Westward was the Two fo One in March Miss Dooley is employed at the her vacation. Charles G. Gallagher and James conduct and are in the Federal er to suffer only minor damage and personnel casualties, themselves. The Navy said the battle startet shortly after dawn and lasted three and a half hours, ending when our daring destroyers made a torpedo attack and the enemy withdrew. | - | REGIONAL FORESTER IN TRIP TO FIRST CITY | MLES FROM LAND — Regional Forester B. Frank| | 8O FOOD- N0 \NRTER - Heintzleman left by plane this morning for Ketchikan where he will spend a week 'in connection with business concerning the Al- aska Spruce Log Airplane Project. - - SERVICES AT PENTICOSTAL MISSION Special services were held Sun- | day morning at the Juneau City | Penticostal Mission for the benefit | of 16 infants and children. i 'BARNEY G OW DEAR ™ FILE DENS SPECIAL THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE g JUNEAU ALASK LAV MYSTERY AT 20TH CENTURY IS FUNNY, T00 | ‘Albert Dekker, Patricial | Morison, Preston Fos- | | fterin Fun Mystery | e How good are your powers of de-| duction? Paramount’s murder mys-| Jtery, “Night in New Orleans” at the 20th Century Theatre will keep you| busy spotting the killer of two men| at Mardi Gras time. It is a job fo experts and even movie experts Preston Foster and Patricia Mori-| |son have a time doing it. | The picture is a biffling thriller| with a laugh for every thrill. It’s a| |smoothly plotted mystery and the chances are you won't be able to! call the killer before the film is' | three-quarters over. In the mean- time youwll have a lot of fun be- jcause “Night in New Orleans” | {seems to have been designed to smuse as well as to'excite movie fans. | In addition to Preston Foster and Patricia Morison, the excellent cast| includes Albert Dekker, Charles| OS CHETNIKS A I3 i WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAYI TI0"CENTURY LAST TIME TONIGHT? ALSO: PORK THE PIG—-MEN OF THE FLEET 30---MINUTES LATEST NEWS--30 WOODEN BOXES ALL NEW SHOW TONIGHT SMUGGLED OUT OF YUGOSLAVIA, this remarkable photo gives evidence that the Chetnik guerilla fighters are still making it tough for the Nazis who occupy their coumry.}This large group of captured | Nazis is being led through a village toward the stronghold of Gen. Mihailovich. 3 (International) CALIFONIAIS RATED TOPS, TRACK TEAM | elected as follows: LS | LOS ANGELES, May 4. — The University of Southern California which has dominated the national Butterworth and Cecil Kellaway. | ML SR BECOME SCARCE | p“Bl|( HEAlIH | WASHINGTON, May 4-—Wood- |en boxes, fresh fruit containers and (ou"(ll Holos legg ca. are now on the scarcity list as far as the War Food Admin- istration is concerned, and every ef- {fort must be exerted to conserve on [ their use. The Gastineau Public Health| Council met last night at the Health Center in the Territorial Building with George Jorgenson, Vice-President, presiding. Officers for the year 1943-44 were George Jorgen- | ing manufactured, officials point ‘out that military and government shipping of foods has increased and | manufacture of containers has been taxed to the limit. Priority rulings on lumber, nails son, Vice-President; and Mrs, M. and wire make it hard also to pro- O. Johnson, Secretary; President duce any more than is now being of the organization will be an- made. Therefore, re-use of all such | nounced later. containers is being urged to the ex- | Though these articles are still be- OOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH AND WE WONENT S\GHTED ONE SH\P - \WE ST BE track championships for eight! Members of the Council present years, and has not been defeated in were Mrs. Lottie Spickett, Rebekahs a dual meet for 10 years, has reach-'and Pioneer's Auxiliary; Mrs. M. ed the end of its reign, according O. Johnson, Woman's Club; Floyd to the dope from the University of Fagerson, Elks' Lodge; .Mrs. B. E. | California. Feero, Lutheran Ladies; Mrs. Earl | The Golden Bears are all set to McGinty, Girl Scouts; Capt. T. J. defeat the USC boys when they Dyck,- Salvation Army; Isabelle meet Saturday, because Southern Hartung, Police Department; Mrs. Cal has only one man, Capt. Cliff C. B. Ransopher, World Service Bowlana, national quartermile Circle and Martha Society; George champ, who figures to capture a Jorgensen, Odd Fellows; Alice first. Brandbury, Department of Public California looks like the National Welfare; Helen Johnson and Miss Collegiate Champ this year. Dortha Jackson, Public Health A ‘ Nurses. 4 The next meeting of the Gastin- AlASKA COAS'I’AI. eau Health Council will be held the first Monday in June. PLANES. MAKING i " nourng Fugtrs VAR Passengers leaving Juneau this Skagway with Don Brady as pilot | included: Herman Braswell, Bob | ., i § i Kellewick, A. volk, H. sprague and | Sifuation Still Same—Min- R. C. Copstead. Making the return " wip were Elis E.Reynolas rom| @rs Back for Fif- Skagway, and G. E. Bierhans, How- ard Smith and Ole Scarbo from | feen Days Haines. | PR Alex Holden made a trip to Sitka early today with the following pas- Axfl?figflgroflmfiai "Ic;esF““ff sengers: Merle Enloc, Nick Kase |day said the deadlock between coal kan, Dave Brown, R. E. Capsticl sis |and George G. Meyer. Returning :'}‘l‘:es::";":s“x‘f mr“;:::"’e';‘::’["i were Beatrice M. Porter, M. H. i J Sides, Al Seeleger, Marian Wood that the miners have gone back to and Mrs. John Winther. work now for another 15 days, | A trip to Excursion Inlet was Ickes, who had earlier ordered a !made by Shell Simmons this morn- | 5iX-day work week throughout the ing with passengers Len Coe, O, coal mining industry, said, con- M. Wilkenning and Max Roger. cerning the negotiations settlement IThose returning with him to Ju- between the miners and operators: au were L. W. Underwood and “It is subject to approval of the Clinton H. Bessac. War . Labor Board.” He further Two passengers went to Ketchi- stated that he had no authority kan with Don Brady this morning. by law or any executive order to They were B. Frank Heintzleman settle the dispute. and James Huston. Ickes told the reporters flatly This afternoon pilot took four to Excursion. Making the lmeans by-passing War Labor Board trip to the Inlet were C. M. John- pnegotiations which must be car- son, W. F. Garetson, A. O. Steph-|rieq out by representatives of the ens and Ray W. Liebele. Coming | operators and miners, subject. to back with Brady were T. L. Young- approval by the War Labor Board.” ust, Hosmer Bales, Willilam Hen-| ‘yopes said he knew of no ar- 3;;::‘;‘“21“ Rogers and 1.0, " rangements in resumption of nego- Tote y(_‘i‘m day D. H Goodwin|tiations and that he had no com- 1 9 S | munication with either since his flew in from Excursion Inlet with . : conversation with John L. Lewis the following passengers for Ju- 4 neau: Jennings B. Sevney, Mike last Sunday. Flanagan, Harry E. Rosenburg, -k John Austine, Ray A. Hairis and | ® © ® ® ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ & ¢ o Paul Galong. . WEATHER REPORT e . (U: 8. Burcau) | o % ® Temp. Monday, May 3: ARCHETECT THROUGE e Maximum 49, minimum 38. Dave Brown, formerly architect | g poin 34 jnch with H. B. Foss, came in from thz | o o o o) o TR Westward last night and flew to Sitka this morning. He was reg- istered at the Gastineau Hotel. e BUY WAR BONDS 1 OON'T \NDWLGE, QA5 & RULE - HOWENER - WHOER The CRCUMSTANCES GO\P GU\® S GUNP CWRM 1P, GEN'RW. - TOKE & LEETLE SNORT O 0N C(ORN-SONEETNS- (UL MAKE NE CA'tY £ QN PERCERBLE QS SN LK Don Brady that “there was no way out if it | {treme. | Retailers, hotels, restaurants, in- stitutions, wholesale distributions,' shippers and producers are espec- ially being asked to cooperate in |this campaign as they are consid- ered the heaviest users of this; equipment. | Special care is being requested in opening containers to prevent! | breakage. Containers which are in' shape to be re-used may be given or sold back to concerns having ‘need for them | D \Quints fo Christe ~ Ships with Water | NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, May 4. |—When the Dionne quints ehristen |five ships at Superior, Mich., this iw@ekcnd‘ they will be provided with' | five champagne bottles—all con- |taining aqua pura from the Niag-, |ara River. | In a special ceremony tomorrow, {the mayors of Niagara Falls, Ont., }nnd Niagara Falls, N. Y. will pro-| ceed to a previously selected spot jon the Niagara River where they |will scoop up the water and pour it | |into the five empty champagne bot- | {tles. MAN CONFESSES | " SEX MURDER OF THREE-YEAR-OLD ST. LOUIS, May 4. — Detective | Chief Egan Reither said today that | James Franklin, 21, confessed or- |ally to the stab-slaying of three- | year-old Mary Jane Tankersley, a ;nelghhor tot, whose slashed, raped, | seminude body was found in a ped- estrian- underpass several miles from her home early yesterday Detective Captain Martin Cliffe| | sald the youth was involved in an- other sex offense in the same tunnel recently. > - | Misses Death by | 'Misses Death by ' Just Windshield TRUCKEE, Calim., - Death from an unusual source missed Floyd Clark and Ellis Cog- gins, deer hunters, by inches. A falling tree smashed the front of! | their auto to the ground, leaving | them sitting shaken but alive in a | decapitated front seat. ' | { | SRS G & Save the date, Sat, May 15:] Annual DFD Dance with Bob| Tew's Orchestra. adv. | RAID KISKA . EIGHT TIMES - ON MAY 2 WASHINGTON, May 4. The Navy issued a communique this afternoon stating that “on May 2 a formation of Army planes car- ried out eight attacks on Kiska, | “Mitchell medium bombers, Wags hawks and Lightning fighters page ticipated in these raids and hits were scored on the North and South heads at Gertrude Cove, fires were started and one building was seen to be in flames.” DUTCHNAZ - HAS CHILD ABDUCTED LONDON, May 4.—Reuters News Agency quotes the Istanbul corréss pondent of a Frenth independs news agency as saying Dutch patri- ots have kidnaped the daughter of Arthur S. Inquart, German high commissioner for the Netherlands, T0 JAILFOR NOTSAVING CANS RIGHT NEWARK, N. J, May 4. — Ih the first sentence under a new ordinance, Miss Evelyn Jacques, president of the Italian Kitchen, Inc, was sentenced to serve time in jail by Police Judge Masini Day for failure to prepare discarded cans for salvage. by PULITZER AWARDS ARE MADE PUBLIC 3 i NEW YORK, May 4—The Om- aha World-Herald has been a |ed the Pulitzer Prize for the “ disinterested and meritorious ) lic servige rendered by Amerigan newspapers” in 1942. 4.4 Hanson Baldwin, of the New York Times, received a prize for a “distinguished correspondent” his report on his tour of the Souths west Pacific. The award for distinguished edi- torial writing went to Forrest W. Seymour of the Des Moines Regis- ter-Tribune, Prizes were also awarded to Up- ton Sinclair for his novel, “The Dragon's Teeth;” to Thornton Wils der for “outstanding example news photography” a photograg entitled “Water." The World-Herald award was made because of the originality in planning a statewide campaign ‘for the collection of scrap metal. OINT By BILLY DeBECK . COME BRACK KERE, NE SODAC\0NS —