The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 28, 1943, Page 3

!RID AY, MAY 28, 1943 ACTION! THRILLS! MUSIC! United in a new adventure with America’s most colorful cowboy siarl SUNSET WHILE BAGLE® (dourday Matinee)— LATE NEWS ® ® 00 0 0 C o ° o e . IAGE LICENSE . WEATHER REPORT ® A e license as . (U. 8. Bu zaw) . b; J Commissioner e Temp. Thursday, May . to Miss Ruth L. Miller . Maximum 50, minimum 45. e and Charles V. Morrison, both of e o @ o o o o © o o e Junecau THE THOMAS HARDWARE CO. Is Showing, With Qiker Sporting Goods Equipment THE IMPROVED WILSON FIELDERS' GLOVES— the last word in design and craftsmanship. The Glove may be used in all posi- tions — by infielders, out- fielders and pitchers. Built on large streamline pat- tern te produce a deep cup- ped pocket. * WILSON BASEBALL SHOES are popular wherever base- ball is played. From the “big leagues” to Juneau's Fireman’s Park, WILSON SHOES are in evidence. THE NEW IMPROVED SHOE WITH THE Cushioned Heel!” THE THOMAS HARDWARE (0. PHONE 555 Scarce? Sure, but I'll enjoy it that much more! SCHENLEY ROYAL RESERVE Schenley Royal Reserve, 60% grain neutral spirits. Blended whiskey, 86 proof. Scheniey Distiliers Corp., New York City ADVENTURE IN AFRICA AND WEST TONIGHT Capitol Theatre Now Offers | "Drums of the Congo” and Autry Special High adventure in a double dose | comes to the Capitol Theatre to-} night and tomorrow, with Univer-| sal's “Drums of the Congo” and| Sunset in Wpyoming,” starring Gene Autry, slated Throbbing with the beat of jungle| tom toms, Universal's new adven- ture drama of the African interior, ‘Drums of the Congo,” comes to the creen of » Capitol tonight The film, said to reveal the in- trigues of a behind-the-headlines Continent, features Ona Munson, uart Erwin, Peggy Moran, Don, Richard Lane, Jules Bled-| soe and Turhan Bey at the head of ( arge cast noted character ac- appears for the first \ romantic role. She portrays young doctor who leads a U elligence <Department operative he source of the Vioo Mezi, a high- ly carbonized meteorite substance believed to be valuable ufacture of armaments Christy Cabanne, veteran of three decades in movie-making, directed from the original screen play Paul Huston and Roy Chanslor associate producer was Henry {Rae, noted maker hundreds of |action pictures - 'ALASKA STAR . PLANE HERE, i LEAVES TODAY An Alaska Star Airlines Miss Munson tress, S. In- of plane ar- siloted by H. L. Kaesmeyer, with i "l | o . Ickite . Peteioh af Sotpllct | A delightful luncheon was served SEAR(H STILL ON { that war priority stands in the way of that | coming nhere from Anchorage ¥ James e gt “\L‘]‘)‘l:x ! trip or delays that express shipment. were George W. Polter, Joe Higgins,|1ed TLaushlin, . % § o O steatton. . Nordstrom: Bq|Bill Kilburn, Bob Keeney, Haroili FOR GROVER WINN H Hildre and from Cordova, Karl F.|Kemmer, Dawson Muggy, Lester| % | foiie, |Rink and Pete Christiansen. According to a wire from the ¥nroute to Anchorags ‘on: the | Al girls of the Drill Team Club ' A g Deputy Marshall at Sitka, the eturn trip today were the follow- |are reminded to attend the meeting FOUnd GU | | 'y W”h Ten search for Grover Winn, Juneau at- ing: Alden Whitacre, in, P. Metsala, Alberta Gallwas, 320 W. Eighth Street, and also Lo* Gaile Gallwas, Coral Ohmert and attend drill practice Wednesday, | Stewart Hall June 2 Only passenger for Cordova was > Jerry Wilson - 'PUBLIC SERVICE - MONDAY MORNING - ATELKS' HALL HERE | Under the auspices of the Am- erican Legion, a public ceremony and Memorial Day program will be {held Monday forenoon, May 31, at | {11 o'clock in the Elks hall | Secretary of Alaska, E. L. Bart- lett, will be the prineipal speaker juring the ceremony and military and naval representatives will add | zolor to the event. It is requested that all ouses display the American these flying at half staff in the wurs before 12 o'clock noon, and full staff the remainder of the day. D Jane Blomgren Flies South to flag, Attend Wedding| Miss Jane Blomgren, daughter of | Mrs. Gunnar Blomgren, flew south this morning for a month’s vac tion from her duties in the U. Attorney’s office. While in Seattle she will attend| the marriage of her brother, Gun- nar, who plans to wed Miss Helen Emme of Richmond Highlands, next month. The well known Juneau boy is now in the U. S. Army Signal Corps at Haines. He expects a furlough shortly, at which time he will go to the States for his marriage. His bride-elect is employed with the Public Library in Seattle. - ee—— BUY WAR BONDS in the man-| \Entertainment s The | Mac- | business | time in| al to by | { | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE DUNKING TIPS .FOR AFRICANS At Technical Sergeant Bonnard, of rail depot somewhere in French Featured at Meet WHILE TWO MOROCCAN SOLDIERS AND AN ARAB watch closely, U. S. correct technique of dunking. He uses a doughnut and coffee served by an American Red Cross clubmobile crew in a canteen set up at a -TUNEAU ALASKA 'NEW COMEDY HAS PLENTY OF HILARITY "Remarkablé Andrew”’ Whimsical Tale of Buck Private, 201h Century E BETTER L20"[ENTURY HE TAMES DAMES...MAIMS CROOKS...LAMES SCOUNDRELS! THE . EMARKABLE AWorREW A Parameunt Picturs with "DONLEVY - HOLDEN - DREW MONTAGU LOVE - PORTER HALL Directed by STUART HEISLER PAGE THREE BIG PICTURES PLAYI NOW Playing WILLIAM ELLEN Scraen Play by Dalton Trumbe SHORTS Well off the beaten path and |1|.le smack down the comedy alley is BRIAN The Remarkable Andrew,” the Paramount laugh hit at-the 20th Century Theatre Starring a trio of favorite film Novel and headliners, Brian Donlevy, William Holden and Ellen Drew he Re- CARTOON- markable Andrew” is a novel story told with charm, gusty humor and imagination under the direction of | Stuart Heisler, and acted brilliant- ly by the entire cast. Seldom s | e the screen presented a film more The mirthful story of “The Re- markable Andrew” concerns the i TH fabulous things that happen to a| young small-town bookkeeper work- | ing in the town's purchasing de- Burbank, Calif,, demonstrates the | o i nont o m-,u:.-m that poli- tical thieves are looting the town's treasury Morocco. (International) When he sticks by the principles of honesty and courage he believes [ in, he is framed, which puts his | romance with his sweetheart in | jeopardy. But in the midst of all | this trouble who should turn up for his rescue? None eral than Gen- fiery fron- other Andrew Jackson, ~ ON TONIGHT Of Rebekah lodge‘ tiersman of another day and for- mer President of the United States. | - To help him—Andrew Long, just offer— Perseverance Rebekah Lodge held| There will be a regular scheduled an obscure bookkeeper in an ob-'! |its regular meeting May 36, mw-m League baseball game tonight scure small town! Imagine! 1 !Which time District Deputy Ruthistarting at 6:30 o'clock. The game Being a man of direct action, the |Blake gave an account of the Girl \\m be played between the All Stars General immediately wants to cut Scout Court of Awards, and Mrs.(and the St. Louis Blues. a few heads off and solve the prob- 1.ms-e hine Spickett reported a suc-! - lem that way—but the boy he be- AR B vona sala May 22 friends, Andrew Long, is against of scheduled flying in A humorous skit put on by Har-| pRESlDENT OF that. The General also gives his| | All are at work for {old Kemmer, selections by the Ar=| young friend of this world a lot of | ! kansas Hillbillies and vocal selec- advice on how to save his fading tions by Evelyn Hollmann made up romance with his girl. - 2 issued frjved last night from the Westward, | Stanley Back- |tonight at { | | | | the entertainment of the evening the home of Irma Geyer, ATTUFIGHTS! DESCRIBED BY NAVY OFFICER - 'Veteran of Pearl Harbor, Macassar, East Indies Gives Account By EUC BURNS Associated Press War Correspondent AN ADVANCE CATALINA PATROL BOMBER BASE, May 14 { —(Delayed) —Lieut. (j.g) Curtiss M. Richardson of San Francisco told how Naval batteries protected| the Attu beach heads and softened enemy strongholds at Massacre Pass and Holtz Bay to aid (hxlp movements. He said that every time a Jnmn- AT ese gun flashes, Navy gunners would pounce on it. “A destroyer’s gunfire looks like machine V,vm fire,” Ritchie said. Veteran of Pearl Harbor, M: sar Straits and also the Dutch| East Indies, as a machine gunner Ritchie” once kept firing after lmnv Zeros had shot down his own! plane, ripping part of his gun away, ripping his left hand wounding his left knee. But he kept on firing until all his ammunition was expended, as “it made me feel| good to see those blankety blanks| in the same position I was in,"| Ritchie said of his Attu experience and| MANTLE CLUB torney and City Magistrate, is-still being conducted with no trace be- ing found of his whereabouts and no clues. Winn has been missing at Sitka | since the morning of May 18. He| flew to that city the previous day to attend to legal matters and ex- pected to return the next day. Others - Seattle Man ‘ Declared Innocent WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 28.--Hugh Monjar, of Ardmore,Pa ‘]n‘\nh(n and founder of the Mantle BYRNES 0 ©lub, claiming a membership of ‘Goomu from coast to coast, has been DIRE(T NEw convicted of charges of mail fraud | An.u violation of the Securities B'G RUBBER | | Hu jury was out 11 hours. The| ! Ten other co-defendants were | o e i 1lso convicted and three were found \Office of War Mobilization = innocent including Ephriam Clark ~ BEEN ENDED L eI | o Correlate Program {took in more than $1,300,000 m | on Home Front WASHINGTON, May 28-—Presi- dent Roosevelt has created a new to be di- Joans from club members since 1928/ and converted most of the money me Thousand Workers| to his own use, including an ex- {pensive home and aimony to nis| Respond fo Roosevelt's first wife office of War Mobilization, i Appeal and Relum rected by James F. Byrnes, who is H |now exercising virtually complete | 8 r ) r ef-| (By Associated Press) ig;)rvzsers over all home front wa ! P’es‘dfin‘ Roosevelt’s appeal 10|y, pay Office of War Mobiliza- e Akron rubber wotkers has end-| ., 4 ¢4 develop unified programs 9" the strike of 50,000 workers g,y "yo establish policies for the | [the Nation's four greatest plants . yimum use of the Nation's na- |and at Buffalo after a Navy spokes- tural industrial resources for mili-! man warned that armed forces Will\ o, ang civilian needs, and for the AXIS FIELDS, TW0 ISlAND ARE BlASIED take over unless the walkout is end- \efl'er.uv use of manpower outside " the armed forces. Rubber _strkes_were stemmed | “my, ofrice will also assume re- |from dissatisfaction with the War)g,ongipjlity for the maintenance ‘Wd ly § ted B [Labor Board's handling of Wage|,ny gtapflization of civillan econt | ey epara (] dSeS | disputes and production was vir-| lomy and adjust that economy to tually suspended warume conditions. | Byrnes' job as Economic Stabili- | zation Director will be taken by the Circuit Court of Appeals Judge, | Fred Vinson, of Columbia. Slashed Again by | peirocs (OMMITTEE OF i { ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN Byrnes will work directly INORTH, AFRICA, May 28.—Allied| |lhe President. His Mobili#ation |bombers slashed again today at lwn Commiu.ve will be comprised of |important Axis fields on Sardinia | \H(-nry L. Stimson, Secretary of Prank Knox, Secretary of \Navy. Harry Hopkins, Donald Nel- and the island of Pantelleria, two puue)v separated b 30---MINUTES LATEST NEWS---30 "“Redhead” and “Billy Untal \fictory Until Victory is won, everything we have to Pan American Airways’ experience gained by more than 165 million miles of overseas flight to 63 foreign countries and colonies and the “know how” of 10 years’ pioneering Military services of the United States. Meanwhile, we appreciate the patience and understanding of Alaskans who so often find under HELD BY MARSHAL Elmer L. Backman is being Thirteen fighter planes of the en- yemy were destroyed in combat and |many more were destroyed on the TOKILLBILL son and Fred Vinson. — e — LONDON, May 28.—The Morocco xudio said today that Mussolini met of 16 & of Canada were given money ———.——-——— Women who married at the age|imonanu airdrome: or younger in the first dd\~ re- BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH Ol ONN WRNE TWO BUCKS,SNNEEY, WE CaN 8T LEAST QO TO THE FREE CONCERTS held |ground. Enemy bombers pursued Lhei by the U. S. Marshal’s office on| nudmg bombers to within 25 miles | the charge of being a fugitive from/|of the African coast, Jjustice. WASHINGTON, May 28. — The | ceoretly with Fascist party chief- | Senate Military Affairs Committee | tqng yesterday and decided to con- bagk without a dissent on the table, Is| ¢ e the resistance in Sardinia and More than 4,000 fragmeniation|virtually killing the Kilday Bill "”smuy “to the end.” luombs were unloaded on the Dec- then turned put Selective Service on a statewide| ppe report was unconfirmed by basis by establishing induction cat-| any other source. The American loss was only one egories with fathers last and by # e 4 Warhawk, that went down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued. setting aside McNutt’s recent “work or fight” order | BUY WAR BONDS VK- DO THEY SARVE FREE NO CONSARTS FER NE,CVZ- T GOT & [OOACIONS COME 0N, 0SS BONES ¥ PAPPY NEEDS @ SusHeL O FOLOW' MONEN TO SQUANDER \N PORTY REEXY WE THEM CONSARTS, The Kid Outlawed” Alaska— the Government and i Surprise Dinner Party Honors . Mrs. Meherin In honor of his wife’s birthday, J. J. Meherin was host at a surpr bhmdny dinner party last night. Cocktails were served in the apartment in the Baranof of Mrs. H. Willilams, who, with Mrs. | Alex Holden and Mrs, Vera Clifford, assisted Mr. Meherin. Dinner in the Iris Room of the Baranof, with | places set for fourteen followed, At the cocktail party and at din- ner were Mr. and Mrs. Holden, Mr. and Mrs. Alf N. Monsen, Mrs. Wil- liams, Mrs. Vera Clifford, Col. L. B. Breachman, Lt. Col. Prederic Nichols, Lt, Jack Simmons, Al Shy- man, R. L. Bernard, Jack Kristah, Judge Raymond W. Stough and Mr, and Mrs. Meherin. JAPS (LAIM BIG DOINGS, ATTU FIGHT Propagandi—sgtlaim Many Naval Craft Been Sent Down (By Associated Press) The Japanese propagandists worke ing against the nearing deadline | of final defeat at Attu, today broad=- cast claims of the destruction of & United States battleship, two cruis- ers, one destroyer and one uniden- tified war vessel, also serious dam- age to two others since last Satur- day. The broadcasters also denied the American attack came as a sur- prise and the propagandists may rest assured” about the future of llw Attu developments. AN SFRVIN i EY i By BILLY DeBECK RECRASHMENTS N