The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 12, 1943, Page 3

'WEUNESDAY, MAY 12, 1943 AND HILA with the nati LY Gz~ FOR RHYTHM | . RITY... on’s top swing band! “TAKE IT OR LEAVE OUR GANG NE I Ws oo [ o, 4 THEATRE THE CAPITOL HAS . ONE POCKET OF FIGHTERS RESISTING Italian General Refuses fo Terms of Uncondition- THE BIG PICTURES SPIRIT OF BATTLING EBBS FAST War Corre&bé;ldeni Tells of Remarkable Exper- 5 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA RITA HAYWORTH | IS FEATURE STAR | "BUCKEROQ"| AT 20TH CENTURY 'Music Makers Take 0ver§America’s No. One Red- for Hot Jam Session head Swings It in at Capitol ‘My Gal Sal’ Among the last of the “jiving”| “Inspiration”—that's what Am- ters to come out of Holly-| rica needs today! And that's just for many months to come is|what Am is getting in the per- Private Buckeroo,” featuring the|son of the “No. 1 Red-Head,” Rita Jivin' Jacks and Jills,” the mobile | Hayworth, who is all set to inspire faced Andrew Sisters, and Harry|the fans when she makes her ap- James and his musicmakers |pearance in th Century-Fox's Neat pleats, zoot suits and cleave | Technicolor extravaganza, “My Gal sleeves are in the offing, and for|Sal” at the 20th Century Thgatre daffy jive tempo and nonsensical |tonight | tops, “Private Buckaroo” brings a| Co-starred with Victor Mature, goodly assortment of juke jive|John Sutton and Carole Landis in amusement |an up-to-the-minute treatment of |a naughty nineties story, the titian- haired Rita purve ong, dance and |beauty which make screen enter- e y u o “mnmpm with a smash! i “My Gal Sal” tells the story of {Paul Dresser who was a famous {composer, and brother of Author s o ange | Theodore Dreiser. Dresser concocted | . |hundreds of tunes which are still Yoice Now setting modern feet a-tapping, among which are “My Gal Sal,” By ROBBIN COONS |“On the Banks Of The Wabash,” HOLLYWOOD Blonde and “Mr. Volunteer,"—and they're all in the feature surrounded by a ser- boisterous Betty Hutton is in pro- cess of becoming a lady, not, she ies of lavish production numbers to delight the eyes of the fans. Director Irving Cummings has whipped the laughter, song and arefully explains, that she thinksSt0rY into what previewers have 56 ek BE Bactioulnr - knhE 168 hailed as “a grand piece of enter- it, nor because of any deep-seated !Alnment.” Producer Robert Bassler yearning for refinement or culture has spared nothing to make it a But it's been many a year since | P Production. Betty .adopted the acrobatic or The large cast vl‘llt‘]udt‘p .surh fa- oy -catch-can method of put- vorites as James Gleason, Phil Sil- ting over a song and frankly she's afraid it will permanently impair her vocal cords or maybe even un- hinge her trim chassis vers, Walter Catlett, Mona Maris Betty gained fame, as you know, and Frank Orth The producers have kept their by tackling a song like a buzz-saw tearing into hardwood log, and weather eyes peeled on the Hit Par- ade by fashioning several addition- al lilting production numbers for some experts have opined that the sound was not dissimilar. It's going to be "different now. A director the Technicolor opus - found that Betty, when the mood was upon her, can sing, even a bal- lad, much like any other singer. She can do it without the ations, . Present Time o B R A% that have characterized her past work. She can play romantic scenes, She’s getting a chance to do Success of “Food for Vic- tory” Campaign In- voles Transporfation it, and she’s very happy about it. Betty is a practical young lady. You get that way when you start SOUTH BEND, Ind, May 12.— The vital importance of the farm ruck in wartime has been obscured by the seriousness of farm man 'SWINGSTERS DO THERR STUFF IN WHERE | [ i wing - a a too. ing THE P9 LENTURY al Surrender ience on Cap Bon the potentialities beneath the madcap exterior. singing on street corners and sal- cons for a living when you're 14 power and machinery problems, ac- cording to K. B. Elliott, Vice Presi- (Continued from Page One) yesterday afternoon because of the fear of hitting friendly troops The Germans and Italians south- west of the peninsula are herded in a circular area which is only about 15 miles in diameter. Thi area is being given severe punish- ment by air forces and wells troops but the communique said that “the lack of suitable targets indicated the approaching end of the air battle over Tunisia.” While many Germans are still at large on Cap Bon's inland moun- tains, they are mostly service, re- pair and maintenance personnel who are not interested in the Tight- ing. The total of prisoners is ex- pected to pass the 100,000 mark when a completed count for the area has been made. The Second U. 8. Army Corps report for tocay shows that the Ame ans, French Free Corps and Morocean Goum- iers have taken 37,998 prisoners, of whom 33,498 were Germans. An TItalian communique said General Giovanni Messe, command- er of the First Italian «Army on Cap Bon, was reported to have been left on the peninsula. He command- ed all the Axis forces .in Tunisia. It was he who rejected the Allied demand for unconditional surrender when Lieutenant General Freyberg ' of the New Zealand army offered, to let the enemy troops lay down their arms. \i Considerable 1 I ing offered by the Germans and)] Italians in the mountains west of Bou Ficha and north of Enfidaville, the Allied communique said, but the mountain struggle no longer is| of strategical importance. . | .- | FDR'S TRADE POWERS ARE T0 DECREASE (Continued from Page one) could have outfitted a di-| riflers with the machine tillery discarded by the enemy along the 40-mile road from | he k to sthe tip of Cap Bon,| behind a| from noon cold. I vision of guns and which T drove ; of armored car on As an unarmed, non-combatant war correspondent, I had a rare experience when a captain of the famous Hermann Goering division stopped me on the road where the British were in full view. On his sleeve he wore a blue and white band with the full name of Goer- ing, the number two Nazi leader. Saluting as his Adam's apple | bobbed nervously, he said his com- pany was complete, including its field kitchen, and ready to drive its own vehicles to any destination I could name. ; “Marschieren sie weiter! (March | that way),” was all I could reply, pointing down the road back to| Tunis. | - 4 U-BOATS OR MORE | | DESTROYED — LONDON, May 12.—The British | Admiralty stated today that four| U-boats were destroyed and six| others probably destroye_d in ‘ fight with escort ships accom-| panying a recent westbound At-| lantic convoy. ‘ This is declared to have been the | greatest success yet scored in the| war against Germany's undersea fleet. i The Admiralty said “powerful”! attacks and counter-attacks ex-| tended over an eight-day period, from the latter part of April to| or so, and on the Paramount lot the other day she said she thinks dent in Charge of Sales of The Studebaker Corporation. she’s getting the biggest break of er lifetime now that she's co- starred with Bob Hope in “Let's Face It.” She gives her director, Sydney Lanfield, credit for detect- “The country has mot fully recog-! nized that it will be difficult to accomplish the desired farm pro- duction objective this year if suffi-| cient truck equipment in usable condition is not available,” Mr. El-! liott told a group of Studebaker field representatives meeting here.| ——- | “Success of ‘Food for Victory’| campaign involves transportation for harvesting and movement of footstuffs to markets or processing | | ! plants,” Mr. Elliott pointed out. “It| involves the haulage of live stock | of all kinds of farm supplies and | Allied Planes Refaliate on Rabaul - Start Fires Seen for 60 Miles equipment. ’ “In this situation, the knowledge, | HEADQUARTERS IN 12—The = Japs and the facilities| le air offensive industry, both | and dealer are into the third day Tuesday inflict- ing “damage and casualties” on “I don't expect to be a great dramatic actres: said Betty, who is just as beautiful as many actres- ses who are known as beautiful “But I do want to be a competent actress—an all-around actress.” Betty’s outlook on life is a little different than it was 10 years or so zo when she was singing on the bar-room circuit around Lansing, Mich. But those experiences influ- cnced her viewpoint, as she evi- denced when asked what she did in her spare time now that she’s up in the money. “I've never had any spare time,” she said, “and I don't seem to have any now. I don't particularly want a ranch in the valley. No, T haven't any special love interest. If you the experience, want to say something about me of the automotive personally you can say I'm a darn manufacturers good bowler, which I am.” ALLIED AUSTRALIA, May pushed a small s needed to help meet these urgent e |wartime farm transportation prob- Betty's mother shared the hard lems. With this in mind, Studebak- times with her back in Michigan, er has prepared a special booklet and when she was trying to get a|which contains data on the care .;l.al'l. in New York, and she’s shar- 'and operation of farm trucks. This ing a modest apartment with her |booklet in the near future will be a lady is something new, though. !also Certificate holders, both of . 3 juinea while But all her friends believe that|which in recent months have been‘:;‘,ll::; k;,']:,’,:;d;,om',:les ‘Rabaud on if the Hutton has made up her|made available to other truck \m-‘Mw Britain island in a heavy raid. mind to be a fine lady shell belers. Furthermore, Studebaker deal-| previous Jap thrusts have been the completest, most conscientious|ers are being urged by the company 300 miles east of darned fine lady in these parts. S e novw not so far from the studio. |offered to all farm truck owners Most every filmgoer knows about through Studebaker dealers. Any| Betty's earlier life, her travels with farm truck owner currently may Vincent Lopez's orchestra and how |obtain free of charge from Stude- she got her big chance on Broad- |baker dealers, Certificate of War City Will Be Gateway fo| Alaska and Orient way in “Panama Hattie.” This being | Necessity information booklets, and as Trade Center s against Gimbi, |to give farm truck owners prompt'pygrwin service attention, and all possible — nine Japanese bombers attacked help in securing repair parts, re-|prerauke. . | gardless of make of vehicle involved. Flying fortresses participated xn‘ “With its 91-year background of | ne “Rabaul raid and the bombs service to farm transportation,” dropped made hits starting fires concluded Mr Elliott, “and in Tecog- | inat could be seen a distance of 60 nition of its wartime responsibility, jes. Many small fires in dispersal Studebaker is endeavoring to C00p- ;ieas indicated burning aircraft. | erate in assisting the farmer in the - - solution of his transportation prob- | lems.” | Empire Classifieds Pay! BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH WOULD Mo L\KE a 8 LWTTLE MORE “:Evé\_‘\‘“, SOLDIER 2 FUST RATE, COUSIN - At GONNG EP - '™ RUGGED- T COMLD Wawe MM WNE\GHT (N WILDCATS TH\S NERY SECONT WASHINGTON, May 12. — The |early in May. House of Representatives today vot- | S SR ed 196 to 153 in favor of limiting | 7 the extension of the Administra- | When younzst_ers are not bread- tion’s reciprocal trade powers to |Mminded, try serving toast and sand- two years instead of three. How- | wiches cut in animal or other fancy ever, the action is subject to roll | SHAPes: call still . S | Natives of Yemen chew leaves of the Khat plant, parable to opium'or marijuana. -, To remove spots from varnished the | floors, rub with a cloth rinsed out com- | of soapy water. Wipe dry with a iclean cloth and polish, | SEATTLE, May 12—Gov. Arthur| |Langlie predicted today that the need for gateways to Alaska and the Orient after the war will find Seattle “sitting in the finest natur- | jal spot to become a manufacturing |and trade region of the first magni- tude.” . e Natives of Yemen use the husk G\T VP AN STRETCH W LA\GS of their famous Mocha coffee for themselves and export the bean. A 0 “THE YE < /4 ; v 4 UKE IS START FIRES AT AIRBASE AT KAHILI American Pfinés Make At- tacks on Solomon Jap Positions Amer Paciiic in WASHINGTON, May 12 can’ planes of the South Command attacked Jap position: the central and northwestern Solo- mons yesterday, the Navy reported today. Fires were started at Ka- hili airbase and a seaplane was set aflame at Rekata Bay. Boys Spurn Sports; They Are Too Busy On Airplane Paris FORT WAYNE, Ind., Two Fort Wayne boys, fifteen and twelve years old, have given up BETTER BIG | farm __|good PAGE THREE PICTURES PLAY?! STARTS TONIGHT Shows at 7:30 — 9:35 P. M. AT LIZEUM CCITELLTN hiy By NiGHT” | baseball, fishing, other such pursuits, for tion. They haven't They're too delicately tooled airplane their basement workshop. Awarded a sub-contract fourteen months ago after being investigated by the FBI, the boys, Jerry and Giles, Morrill, have not had a single rejection, though their product must be machined within two-thou- sandths.of an inch. The broth hav lem. When work pile: ther and their five-year-old piteh in. The product turned boys is a military secret - NEW OCEAN AIR ROUTE T0 EUROPE Intentions Are Announced with Proposal to Build "Seadromes” ¢ swimming and the dura- time. busy manufacturing parts in no help prob- up their mo- sister the out by WASHINGTON, May 12. — The Pennsylvania Central Airlines has notMied the Civil Aeronauties Board of its intention to seek au- thority for an air route to Europe, using three steel “seadromes,” cost~ ing $10,000,000 each. These “seadromes” will be spaced 800 miles apart and rise 70 feet above the oceon level and extend 160 feet below it. MAHWAH, N. J. —After 53 years in public life, 75-year-old Mayor James Devine has retired to his to raise flowers and vege- tables. During his career he held every elective office in the township and ral country and state positions He says now. “Public life is a fine thing for young folks, but not so for old folks - Empire Classifieds Pay! BUY WAR BONDS PSR, By BILLY DeBECK World rights reserved FNE ML LET OV \NORK OEF BALLS O FIRE 1 GOT POKEY DOTS ALl OF & SUDDENTY - o\ FUKAN TO N FRED = LASSWELLS