The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 7, 1943, Page 3

- RIDAY, MAY 7, 1943 777\ MEET THE o . BABE = FROM BROOKLYN N She’s a knock-out of a gal! COMPANION FEATURE RONTIERS w BILL ELLIOTY TEX THE CAPITOL HA T0 CONTINUE PAPER SERIES Favorable Reception fo Service Men Tributes Proves Worthwhile A doctor caring for his patients, a farmer tending to his crops and a storekeeper waiting on his cus- tomers—all are serving their coun- try in the ne fine spirit that's bound to beat the enem the key-note of Chestes bute campaign which has been run- ning since the first of the year in newspapers all over the coun It has won so much favorable com- ment from the Government, var- jous trade groups and the general public that the Liggett & Myers To- bacco Company, makers of Chester- field Cigarettes, will continue it. The first ad in the current series pays tribute to the men and wo- men of medicine. American doctor: are making medical history: - ing on all the fighting fronts and doing double duty at home, caring for their own patients and those of doctors who have gonk into the Service. Never before has the doc- tors’ pledge meant so much, to ferve humanity faithfully where- ever the need may be. As Chester- field says, “They're True To Their Pledge.” Another ad in this series pays coLMBA CTURE RITTER o PLUS— "5 'HE BIG PICTURESI a well=deserved tribute to the small cepers of America. Their work is not spectacular, little publicised yet, day in and day out they're doing their best “to supply cas food, clothing, furnishings and the friendly white Chesterfield package that gives smokers what they want.” In this series Chesterfield pays tribute to the farmer, to WAACS, warworkers and WAVES and to the men and women of radio Each ad will again carry the seal urging readers to “Back up the Man in Uniform—Buy War Bonds— Write Letters.” Copywise, Chester- field again stresses the importance of “the right combination of the werld's best cigarette tobaccos” in making a blend that gives smokers s milder, cooler, better taste they - GOSPEL SERVICES WELL ATTENDED AT EXCURSION INLET Mr. and Mrs. Glen Parker hav returned from Excursion Inlet af. ter taking the Rev. Ralph E. Bak- er, Mrs. Baker, and Evangelist Don Mallough and Mrs. Maliough there for a gospel service. They report a wonderful response, many being turned away from the services because of lack of standing room. The Rev.Baker says the boys at Excursion Inlet generally have a five crop of whiskers, they may look roug but behind all they have big rts and certainly like to sing th ood old gospel hymns. THOMAS HARDWARE CO0. Announces A complete showing of Novelty Glasses, Water Sets, Cookie Jars, Mirrors, Dinner- ware, Glassware, Gift Items of Glass and Crockery, Occasional Tables and Smokers’ Stands suitable for your Spring and Summer needs. THE THOMAS HARDWARE (0. PHONE 555 Ameri- | FISTICUFES AT CAPITOL, ALSO WESTERN | ing Frontiers’ Are Fri- day, Saturday Billings Two prize fighters and a lady provide a thrilling as well as hilar- the new attraction ing Frontier: )f the two-day double bill screen makes his s a Rogers. | tight with Dan Daily, t of an expert, discovery leading man and stages a gripping prize Jr., in the all-comedian story deals with a stable of the landlad as or, also smitten, decides he fer. inday” punch or sure-fire maker books him knockouts. | “Roaring Frontiers,” new {door action drama co-starring Bill lliott and Tex Ritter, has Ford in the leading feminine role. Two of the screen's most popular Elliott and Ritter re- { cowboy Cit; first of the | venture dramas. | NEWS ERGENCY HOSPITAL THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— EAU ALASKA OUTSKIRTS OFU. §. SUB TWO TUNISIAN' COMMANDER | (Continued from Page one) Army is reported only 12 miles from the western suburbs of Tunis. | In a dramatic order of the day, jous plot for “Sunday Punch in Gen at the Capitol|Field Commander, sald: Theatre tonight, along with “Roar-| " as second attraction|of ighters in a boarding house. Lun-| S Tunis, nicce, and Dailey, playing the jani-on the Plain of Tunis, fell to the | b i CAN I @ritish at 3 o'clock yesterday after- win her if he becomes a prize fight- |, .o A manager discovers that Daily | | and Daily | |scores in a series of sensational ring | out- | iccm]y were seen in “King of Dodg':[ DOUGLAS Sir Arnold Alexander, Allied “We have reached the last phase this Tunisian campaign. We are going to drive the enemy into In the first, Willlam Lundigan, new |the sea.’ bow | opposite Jean | Ferryville to Fall A radio broadcast from Algiers also says American troops have reached the suburbs of Ferryville, eight miles south of Bizerte after |breaking through the Axis hill de- fense below Lake Achkel Ferryville is on the lake. Massicault, 17 miles southwest of the strons Axis position st Tunis and Bizerte are this after- {noon reported within range of the Allied big guns and bombardment |is expected momentarily | The Allied forces have driven |the enemy aircraft out of the skies Ruth at the opening of the Allied of- fensive toward Tunis, according to |a late official communique. Wide Advance Path a Planes blasted the Germans who | were found feverishly throwing up : efenses in front of the capital |site of ancient Carthage. | Axis positions are collapsing all |along the front and during the night Bizerte was almost cut off. There is a probability that von Armin might retreat with his bat- IS BEING ESTABLISHED tercd forces into the rugged hills The Episcopal Church in Doug- ¢n the Cap Bon Peninsula and at- las is now beinz equipped with empt perhaps to Z P emulate Gen beds and supplics for use in case Douglas MacArthur's stand at Bat of emergency, according hift, local Director of Civilian several boxes of essenti: for hospital use were (moved from the City Hall where they have been stored since ar- rival here about a month ago, to the church and opened preparatory |to sorting and arranging. Shelving i ded before the continued and further help is needed Accommodations for twelve beds are available in the building and will be supplied in due time, Shudshift stated. al materials last night SHIRLEY ANN HONORED ON ELEVENTH BIRTHDAY Shirley Ann Edwards was eleven |years old yesterday and a surprise birthday party for her at the home of Mr. and Mrs., Orrin Edwards |celebrated the event as a happy |climax for the day. Mrs. G. Ed- |wards and Mrs. Helen Miller were |the party hostesses and guests in- cluded, besides many of- Shirley’s oung friends, several near rela- | tives, | Bingo was one game played with |Ruth Anderson prize winner. An- {other was won by Marilyn Isaaks. } Table decorations for the affair |proved particularly pleasing. A |large basket of gifts was the cen- |ter piece and to each gift was at- tached a pink and white ribbon extending to a guest’s place. Indi- |vidual small pink baskets with names were placecards. And not |to be overlooked was a large | birthday cake. Refreshments served |included pink and white ice cream, |sandwiches and Coco Cola. | For the guest of honor there |were many lovely gifts. | Those present included Patsy and Phyllis Andrews, Carol and Peggy Cochrane, Patsy Balog, Mari- {lyn Isaaks, Phoebe Ann Logan, Ruth Ann and Gloria Anderson, Lucile Goetz, Mary Cuthbert, Er- lene Miller, Annabelle Edwards, Wilma Jensen, Bernice Johnson, Laina Aalto, Mrs. A. R. Edwards, |Mrs. Edward Bach, and Mrs. Aug- ust Aalto. SR SONS CF NORWAY MEET TOMORROW Initiation of new members will occur at the regular meeting of the Sons of Norway, to be held tomor- row night at 8 o'clock in the Odd Fellows Hall. Members will enjoy a social hour following the meeting, with danc- ing scheduled and, later a lunch. Committees for the evening are, Kitchen: Mrs. O. Westby and Mrs. H. Aase and entertainment Bert Mork and George Jorgensen. A good turnout is expected and all mem- bers are urged to be present. - e NOTICE After May 10, no telephone rentals for the month of May will be accepted at a dis- count. All remittances must bear postmark of not later than discount day. Please be prompt. JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS adv. TELEPHONE CO. e Lady . . . are you in a jam? . .. Watch this space Saturday. adv. job can be | volunteer morning with Alaska Coastal were: to Arne 'tan. Allied planes carried out 2,000 |sorties during today, shot down 20 | With a group of willing workers, more Axis planes and sank a to- tal of 11 ships off the coast. - [FLIGHTS MADE BY ; ALASKA COASTAL | |return Passengers flying to Haines this Joe Adamson Kelley. A trip to Sitka was made with' the following: Walt Adams, Pat/ Brun, A. McHenry, Jennie Hometh- ko and Mrs. J. Homethko. On the| trip were: Bud Burns,' Clinton Rhodes and Don Westoner. | A plane flew to Excursion Inlet| today taking passengers Lyle Dun-| can, Mrs. Harold Wheaton, C. Van- derholl, Harvey C. Luke, Joe Har-| ris and N. S. Wiggs. Those coming | back were: A. M. Rice, John J.| Schmidt, David Howard, Robert E.| Doyle, A. W. Foster and L. E. Love. Yesterday on a return flight from | Pelican City passengers were: W.j J. Page and Frank Yarnot. Those coming back frim Excur-! sion yesterday afternoon were: Wil-| and Mrs. Ward liam McNobb, William Hume, K“"]Ennd will work out of the Chicago | Ashbrenner and James Wilson. { Another plane went out to the| Inlet late yesterday with the fol-i lowing: T. Pergerson, Roy Baier,| J. C. Wright, Bill O'Brun, W. E.| Pollard and H. Brotherton. No pas- | sengers returned with the plane. | ——————— STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, May 7. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 5%, American Can 84%, Anaconda 29%, Bethlehem | Seel 647, Commonwealth and| Southern 7/8, Curtiss Wright 9,| International Harvester 65%, Ken- necott 32%, New York Central 18%, Northern Pacific 17%, B,epub-f lic Steel 17%, United States Steel 557%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 137.27, rails 36.95, utilities 19.90. PRICES THURSDAY 1 Alaska Juneau mine stock closed Thursday at 5%, American Can at 84%, Anaconda 30%, Bethlehem Steel 64%, Commonwealth and Southern 7%, Curtiss Wright 9%,| International Harvester 67%, Ken- ‘The American First Army, infan- | new Columbia|try and tanks, advanced along \.\enes of double-barreled range ad-|Path 1,000 yards wide. ]day for the South, returning to 'Sends Craft in Dive While ; Wounded on Bridge ! in Fight | WASHINGTON, May 7. — A |submarme skipper Wi o last gai- lant order, “take her down,"sealed |his own death sentence, is credited {with successful attacks on three {Jap ships, the last of which the ) rammed in a dramatic fight for its life somewhere in the | distant Pacific early this year N | The commander, Howard Gil- 40, of New Orleans, was inded by fire of a Jap gunboat a few minutes would be {required to get him safely into {the submarine from the bridge and |it might mean the sub’s destruc- | tion | So he ordered the ship to sub- | merge | He has been a fously the Congress Honor. The Navy told the story partly in a communique and partly in an accompanying account of the fight, which listed three ships attacked successfully-—-a medium cargo ship He knew ional Medal of Ial;l_\ sunk, a medium cargo ship damaged. | The gunboat attempted to ram the sub but was unsuccessful. The sub maneuvereq about skillfully and rammed the Jap boat. Gilmore was wounded and sent the bridge, going to certain death. He was the first submarine offi- cer to win the medal in this war. Previously his craft was credited with sinking a total of 25946 tons of enemy shipping, also striking boldly at an enemy harbor where it sunk two destroyers and dam- aged another. Officers” Dance at ‘ ‘Sunday Punch’ and 'Roar-t(mfs ENTEREDE GIVES LIFE rwentien Century fo Have arded posthum- | stops him unk, a gunboat damaged and prob- | his sub to safety while standing on | CHAN RETURNS IN MYSTERY THRILLER | "CASTLE IN DESERT' Play Crammed with Action, Suspense Charliec Chan is on the trail again in 20th Century-Fox's lat- est film, “Castle in the Desert,” which is slated to open at the 20th Century Theatre tonight for the weekend feature. Sidney Toler portrays the suave Oriental sleuth in the thrill-packed mystery drama which is laid in the arid wastes of the Mojave Desert Crammed full of suspense and almost unsolvable situations, nd unsolvable situations, in the Desert” unfolds the nge story of an eccentric mil- lionaire and his nobly born wife, descendant of the famous 14th Cen- tury Borgias, notorious for their poison murders. When two house guests suddenly are stricken and the finger of suspicion points to poison, things begin to happen. The ingenious detective is called in to solve a mystery so strange it almost An excellent supporting cast in- cludes Arleen Whelan, Richard Derr, Douglas Dumbrille, Henry Daniell and Edmund MacDonald. Sen Yung as Chan's “No. 2 Son" provides the comic relief in the tense action-packed mystery. Di- rected by Harry Lachman, “Castle in the Desert” was produced by Ralph Dietrich. LIBERTY SHIP KNUTE ROCKNE IS LAUNCHED Daughter of Former Famed Notre Dame Tackle Christens Vessel Temple This Evening | A formal dance will be held evening in the ballroom of Scottish Rite Temple under auspices of the Officers’ Club, been extended an invitation. Dancing will be from 10 until 1 o'clock and music will be pro- vided by Bob Tew and his orch- estra. GILLHAMS LEAVING ‘ JUNEAU FOR STATES Charles E. Gillham, biologist for the Fish and Wildlife Service, Mrs. Gillham and thelr two children Eddie and Susan, were to legve to- their home in Edwardsville, Illin- ois. Gillham has been on assignment with the Alaska Game Commis- sion for the last several months Fish and Wildlife Service head- quarters office in the future. SEEK WHEREABOUTS HARALD WINNERGREN Any person knowing of the whereabouts of Harold Wennergren, former Alaska trapper and pros- pector, is asked to write to Mrs, this Liberty ship Knute Rockne the | Christened at the launching here Lhc;b-" Joan Shaw, 17-year-old daugh- and|ter of Buck Shaw, Santa Clara all officers and thelr guests have coach, and former famed Notre be inclined tow | RICHMOND, Calif., May 7.—Tho’i was Dame tackle under Rockne. Shaw | released the launching trigger. | 50 BOMBERS ARE TURNED | OUT DAILY TULSA, Okla, May 7.—Lieuten- | ant General William S. Knudsen | said the problem of absenteeism in ' war plants has been overrated in the nation. Knudsen said during last month | more than 600 four-motored bomb- | ers were produced, the largest| number since the start of the war. | Heavy bomber production is now | more than 50 per day, said Knud- sen. | MARSHAL MAHONEY BACK U. 8. Marshal William T. Maho- ney returned last night from Ket- | chikan where he had taken several | prisoners on their way to the| A. Miller Berg, 403 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. Mrs. Berg has news for him from Sweden which she visited recently. She says he spent about 20 years in Alaska, and she is sure that if he still is alive he is writing to friends in Alaska. ——————— PRIMARY CHILDREN EXHIBIT PROJECT ON INDIANS TODAY Pupils of the Juneau Grade School today viewed with delight a primary grade project on Am- erican Indians, worked out by children of the first and second grades. Part of the school visited the necott 33%, New York Central 19%, Northern Pacific 18%, Republic Steel 17%, United States Steel 56%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages Thursday were as follows: industrials 138.83, rails 36.89, utilities 20.04. detailed display this morning, while | the remainder was to view it this | afternoon and also hear Mrs. Roy Peratrovich tell a legend of a local tribe which explains many |of their customs, and which has | never been written. States for confinement. C e CHEST OF SILVER GOES TO SUZANNE McMULLEN WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAYI S CENTUR STARTS TONIGHT! PAGE THREE DESERY SIDNEY TOLER Arleen Whelen « Richard Derr Douglas Dumbrille « Henry Daniell * Edmund MocDonold * Sen Yung MATINEE SATURDAY. OLIZEV TAX PLANIS DISCUSSEDBY SENATE (OM. (Continued from Page One) | ard the latter course. | The House - approved measure would eliminate entirely the 1942 tax liability of single persons with fncomes up to $2,500 and married persons with incomes up to $3,200. Others with higher incomes would | have their liabilities cut substan- tially, but would pay regular levies| on all’ income above that in the | first two tax brackets. | Both this and the modified Ruml | plan would impose a 20 percent! withholding tax on taxable puruousi of salaries and wages to effect cur-‘ rent collection of income and Vic- | tory levies. b Under the Ruml method, as: re-| drafted by Representative Carlson, ! Republican, of Kansas, the 1942 lia- | bility would be wiped out for all persons with incomes up to $5,000. | On income above that amount, the 1941 or 1942 tax, whichever wi lower, would be excused, with tain windfoll provisions e S S MISS POULIN RETURNS; | FATHER MUCH IMPROVED | Miss Phyllis Poulin, an employee of the office of Price Administra- tion, returned last evening from a visit with her parents in Nevada. Called south a month ago because A chest of silver has been award- |Of the illness of her father, Miss ed to Miss Suzanne McMullen by Poulin today reports that he is St. Angn's Parochial School as the |reatly improved. result of a recent contest held, it S gt St was announced today. Lady . . . are you in a jam? . .. RIS - Al SRR Watch this space Saturday. adv. Save the date, Sat, May 15:] — o Annual DFD Dance with Bob/ Tew's Orchestra. adv. e YOUR BROKEN LENSES Replaced in our own shop. Eyes Examined. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson. Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. adv. ———————— SONS OF NORWAY Meeting Saturday, May 8, 8 pm,, L.O.OF. Hall. Social after mEEling.“ adv. | -, | Lady . . . are you in a jam? . .. adv. Watch this space Saturday. A 20th Contury-Fox Picture PLUS: “WAGON TRAINS“——LATE NEWS NOW ... "“YOUNG AMERICA" - |hourly. 1:00 P. M. 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