The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 18, 1943, Page 3

THRILLING Spook Features!!! MYSTERVY! GHOSTS! FUN! “Lrze ot her fire-eat LUPE VELEZ - LEON ERROL CHARLES "Buddy'' ROGERS IN EDGAR ALLEN POE'S J “DON WINSLOW” Sat LATEST NEWS ALASKA STAR PLANE ARRIVES FROM WEST With four passengers from the Alaska Star Airlines L. Kaesmeyer as Rheingold last evening were Walter H. Oja , W. C. Arnold and SAY TURKEY BREAKS WITH VICHY GOVT. Enemy Claims British Mz2: Along Southern Turk Border (Continued from Page one) Westward plane viti \lfred as co- d i5 he Mobele Irwin passage for the Westward Cordova, D. Sher- Trene Sasse; for Mrs. Emma 1 Nicolet, Mrs. K. Butkovich Butkovich, Ada Latham Maydelle George; for Anchorage and Naknek, R. E. Bennett Passengers {rom ka to Juneau with AC this afternoon were Dallas Black, E. J. Buchanan, Jo- eph A. Goared, Frank Metcalf, R B. Forrest On an afternoon flight to fon Inlet today passengers were A. H. Rolf, L. Lazzanu, K. B. Stu- : arf, Gerald Bolster, Tom Brother- But at the fwz\lll(‘ time, a dispatch ik v Cotterimh. « 5. Ciraasbuer Bern, Switzerland, said Am-|p ) ping from Excursion were J for Erkin of Turkey has been| ur'{Cd 0 B W 70 nea Jobm Ankara from Vichy Honey, C mith, J. E. Painter, ainst the recent A. W. Lenhart, Carl Stafford, Raly restrictions against| powgy Charles H. Kramer. - ZIMMERMAN BACK FROM HAINES Mrs. Hazel Zimmerman, of the Home Extension Department of the University of Alaska, returned to Juneau today from Haines where she went a short time ago in con- nection with her. work. Mrs. Zimmerman has been visit- ing various communities in this area recently, including Sitka and Petersburg. man Starr and let, of may Caroiine is Sicily sxpected Algiers radio that Turkey has relations plan—the conquest come sooner than Meanwhile, the a report off diplomatic the sovérnment of recalled its Am- Nazi-dominated no di- broadcast broken with France bassad from French capital rect confirmation Quote Diplomat v i chy has the s ur- There was from bas: recalled a protest vere Gestapo his embassy A “Turkish was quoted in A broadcast up in London, said “large forces are concentrating along southern Turkey frontier.” REOPEN BORDER ANKARA, June 18. — Dispatches said the Syrian-Turkish frontier was reopened yesterday by the British who for 48 hours stopped all traffic except Allied diplomatic and military personnel. " PLAN VICTORY GARDEN CLOTHES to se- source” diplomatic ; LA MRS, this report from Mome H. picked British the A% e pwen FEE 3 5 Left, overall with side button closing; center, smock and slacks costume; right, farmerette uniform. 3 No matter where you live, Victory Garden planting will be an important part of your spring schedule’ of patriotic duties, so it's time to plan the making of some comfortable and sturdy utility clothes. Cotton fabrics are thrifty, like ginghams, muslins, chambrays and to investigate is shown left. It is a practical and flattering overall squared neckline and wide shoulder straps. There’'s an und:rarm 'down to the middle of the hipline. costume, center, is a good choice. For both litchen and garden requirements the smock and slacks The smqck's gathered guilness fits smoothly into the smocth shoul- der yoke, the sleeves are long and the slacks are in a cor:trasting color and material. The farmerette. costyme. right, is sponsored by the homc economics bureau of the department of agriculture. The THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE . Show Girls Learn fo Knil SPGOKY COMEDY OF LUPE VELEZ AS "SPITFIRE" "Mexican Spitfire Sees @ | Ghost”” Opens Tonight at Captiol Theatre adven- Carme and varsatile Uncle Matt, RKO Radios newest offering in the series Mexican Spitfire Sees Ghost opening tonight at the Capitol The- to be the most enter- the hil us Continuing tures of the fiery ta said to date. loom mansion is for much of the story’s action nging to the eccentric Lord the supposedly empty house by his young partner Aunt Della to enter- of Epping's wealthy iends friends start to leave urt that their host t there to reet them, but Uncle Matt and {Carmelita come to the reséue with Uncle Matt impersonating Epping n convincing fashion Lupe Valez and Leon yain co-starred, respe melita and Uncle Mat ng, with Charles “Buddy and Elisabeth Risdon once more portraying Dennis and Aunt Della. Donald MacBride and Minna Gom- | |bell, as the wealthy visitors, arel while Don' latre taining ol the set- | ting Bel Epping and some s Errol are tively, as Lord Ep-| Rogers |newcomers to the series Barclay, John Maguire and Marten | Lamont and Lil- |tian Randolph’and Mantan More- | {land, as a pair of frightened {vants, add merriment to the ture. | Leslie | production by ¥ sl Dubbed by the Red Cr as the saboteurs ; e fornia, Mrs. Elise Meyl n ser-| and Mary Landa the intri pic- a M the day impar New Style ~ In Villains Shown Now ROBBIN COONS Goodwins CIliff - directed this | Reid Bath Tubs Are Safe, | ~ Air Raids LONDON—Want a nice safe spot| By in an air raid? Try the bafh tub., HOLLYWOOD Edward Dmy- Thi tion comes from Lon- |tryk, the young director who in don hou ders who e been|“Hitler's Children” gave a film dis- reinves the safe spots in'!course on life under the Nazi swas- their homes. They say the I na- |tika, is doing the same job on life tural shelter is the tub. So they under the Son of Heaven are making their baths as bed-like| The pict is called “Behind as possible the Rising Sun,” with title and a They point out that the bath is|few incidents borrowed from practically the only spot in a house |porter James R. Young's book. The that almost always out of the'screenplay concerns boy (Tom direct line of the windows. It also|Neal) and girl (Margo) plus Tojo's s a dugout against “side at- way of life. You can guess where and stray pleces of flying that ends glass. Some advocates of bath “shel-| 1 asked Dmytryk if he were ters” have even made wooden roofs|showing the Japs as real grade-A for their tubs as further protection.|villains. His reply: o T his isn't a hate attempt to show really are—the kind of hu- beings they are, influenced ¥ they are by the militaristic re- duct a medical and dental clinic|gime We're taking this Japanese there, were Dr. Louis Salazar, head oy who goes to Harvard and gets of the Government Hospital, Miss|an American point of view. Then Elizabeth Nelson and Dr. T. J./we take him back to Japan where Pyle. the army gets him. We show how With Nurse sting, Dr. ‘ tep by step, he becomes brutalized Sala will perform veral ton-!It isn't a quick process. At first he sillectomies as well as medical|is horrified, but silent, over the work, while Dr. Pyle will provide|things he sees done in China. Then dental services for natives of the|he becomes less horrified, becomes locality | accustomed to terrorism. Finally -——— he is completely changed—becomes AND MAKE 'EM. ] sugge J ha acts tacl picture. It's bRl s ;‘;.1.»\ the Japs as FOR CLINICS | to con-| INDIAN AFFA TO HAINE! Flying to Haines today Nelson @ Ithe one who gives the orders. But {he is never a stock villain. He's a | person.” | at is one notable manner in which this war’s movie villains dif- fer from World War I's. In those |days a* film heavy was generally la big bruiser (all our villains then were Huns) and he swaggered and snarled and growled like the cur he was, Wallace Beery played him often—a bestial, domineering brute in his more polite moments, a drooling lascivious blackguard when be forced his attentions on our Nell. Kurt Kreuger, playing & Nazi flier in “Somewhere in Sahar: typifies the new approach to vil- lainy. He’s a killer, all right, but he lets a curled lip, a scornful smile an air of egotism suggest his basic character—and it’s enough. A veteran villain of two wars is Erick Von Stroheim, who made great strides toward becoming “the man you love to hate” when he ap- peared in “Hearts of the World,” an old propaganda piece in which virtue was white and villains were black—and “Von” was the blackest of all. Von Stroheim has carried his villainy into World War II, but in “Five Graves to Cairo” his delivery credible and infinitely more men- HEN W WHERE TW' HECK ORE NOU PULLIN NE, o ONUEFY 22 denims. A design that you'll want with built-up bodice fron:, deep side button closing that extends outfit includes sunshade hat, jacket and ankle-tight trousers. AR are practicai and easily madey oss the champion knitt 76, teaches film chorines Joy Barlow (left) T JES' FLEECED SOME \GORANT NATWE, QS Ne aN' PERCISE QS JUNEAU ALASKA N i 1 N ? | Little | for er of Southern Cali- ics of knitting sweaters and other gar- ments between takes of the Ziegfeld number in “This Is the Arm . Meylan, who has knitted over 400 sweaters in record time, spent ©g her scerets to members of the chorus. ng Marshal Rommel, life-like character. |acing. Play 'he projects a example of realistic villainy in Sir Cedric | Hardwicke's Nazi officer in “The Moon Is Down.” Here's a Prussian 'a Hun, of the old school. He's ruth- less, pitiless, hard. Yet he is not unaware of the human currents surg against his villainy, nor is he such a poor student of psy: ogy t he cannot predict exact the results of each calculated crime he commits in the name of h. superior viilain, the Nazi state politeness and suavity, his cultured manner, make him no less a fellow you would prefer to meet with gun handy find a worthy - JAPS STILL HAVEHUGE AIRPOWER Even AHer‘Erxtensive Bombings, Many Planes Seen ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, June 18.-—Despite the destruction caused by 209 tons of Allied bombs in eight recent the Japanese are persistently build- ing their air might at Rabaul and Wewak. This was disclosed from a study of aerial photographs taken by Al- lied reconpaissance planes of the Rabaul airdromes. Particularly the was pounded as some 135 tons of explosives were dumped on the field in four raids starting a week ago. Returning pilots said large fires, some apparently from burn- ing planes, were visible after Tues- day's foray. But reconnaissance fliers came back saying they noted repair work apd activity, and the photos showed more concentrations of Jap planes. - MORE MONEY ~FOR ALASKA WASHINGTON, June 18. — The enate Appropriations Committee included in an amended Interior Department bill $198,365 for inwi tigation of Alaskan mineral re- sources, an increase of $124,365 over the last such appropriation. - RUUY WAR BONDS Lakunai field BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH FOLLER ME, GOOGLE - NE CLEASE NeW | | THEME OF FILM, raids, | 0' DOLLARS \WUTH OF PORTY REEWN MONEY AN' T ONLY COST thE “TWO DOLLBRS LAST MAN" IS Buy Mor Sta - 10TH CENTURY “They Died with Their! | Boots On"" Dramatiza- ;‘ tion of Custer Battle ng Olivia deHaviland and| ynn, the Indian-fighting 0 Gen. George Custer and his! fanious “last stand” is now showing » 20th Century Theatre Gallant and adventurous, Gen-| eral George Custer won an eternal | |place in the history of his country | when he and his army regiment| perished to a man in the battle of | Big Horn. They knew as rode forth into battle that death awaited them, but they knew that they would be holding off the enemy until re- |enforcements ¢ould be brought. It this courageous but hopeless Ibattle which makes the climax of They Died With Their Boots On,” las turbulently exciting as anything the screen has ever done. | Raoul Walsh has directed “They Died With Their Boots On" with |epic sweep. The battle scenes are realistically portrayed that {vou can almost taste the acrid dust kicked up by the cavalcades of sol- diers and Indians. But he has not one minute lost sight of the !great human interest story. ,ee DIES GROU ~WILL VISIT ~ JAPS' CAMP | {Civil Liberties Union De- | mands Nips Return | to Coast LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 18 —The Dies sub - committee en- trained for Poston, Arizona's Jap- iese relocation camp last night |after ending hearings here. ’ The last day of the session heard American Civil Liberties Union | spokesman-attorney A. L. Wirin | demanding immediate return to the | Pacific Coast of loyal, American- |born Japanese. ‘ Wirin said Gen. John L. De- | Witt's evacuation orders were actu- {ated by racial prejudice. The attor- {ney also demanded Congress inves-! |tigate American Legion activities {in connection with fanning race prejudice unions in Southern Cali-| fornia. Director Linton Taft of the Civil Liberties Union urged that Japa- {nese have access to coastal beaches! |if loyal. Fe Errol they | certain also 50 séa-Bé OAKL. A thou here fro | Fourth | leave an | a year's | They piercing TP P Diver NEWSPRINT CUTOF 5% FOR PAPERS was sav The sta is the mc WASHINGTON, June 18. — The newspaper industry advisory com- mjittee has recommended to the War Production Board a further five percent cut in the consumption of newsprint by American newspa- pers, although some exceptions a suggested to benefit small papers. H. M. Bitner, director of the WBB’s newsprint section, said the | recommended cut would be effec-| tive July 1. | The committee at the same time suggested newspaper inventories be reduced from the present 75 days to 50 days. | e LEAVES FOR | J. W. Gueker, merchandise brok- |er and businessman, left yesterday | with Alaska Coastal Airlines for a | short business trip to Sitka | D | LEAVES FOR CORDOVA | | D. Sherman Starr, Agent for Alaska Star Airlines in Cordova, left this morning by plane to re- sume his duties there after a trip to the States. D The famous Bottomless pit in| the Big Room of Carlsbad Cav-| erns National park in southeastern | New Mexico is 700 feet deep. i | | “THEN USE V.S, MONEY CERE ' NTED STETES ¥ N MATINEE SATURDAY- Like Alaska Cold Or Harbor (Elupus tians last night, comprising the ! the work but 10-foot octopus gripping him on the Dutch still bears the tent: PAGE THREE > BETTER BIG PICT Buy More Jonds WHERE e - 1I0"[ENTURY OW PLAYING! thrillingly teamed again with OLIVIA in the new Warner Bros. succ “They Di with Their With ARTHUR KENNEDY CHARLEY GRAPEWIN GENE LOCKHART Directed by RAOUL WALSH dginal Screen Ploy by Wally Kline and Aeneas MocKenzie + Music by Max Steiner A Warner Bros.First Notional Picture - 2 1:00 P. M. "MR. BUG GOES TO TOWN" SHINGLE FIRE IN INDIAN VILLAGE es Don'f ‘ Ansvering a call at 9:15 o'clock this morning, the Juneau Fire De- | partment put out a small shingle (fire at house number 8 in the In- dian village. There was no damage. CARA NOME E nd AND, Calif., June 18.— sand See-Bees arrived m Alaska and the Aleu- Battalion—the first to nd the st to complete work. said they didn't mind did mind the HASQU yourself“a party- ck-up or a d [ and make your skin 2' alow.GET IT TODAY AT BUTLER-MAURQ DRUG CO, “The Rexall Store” | cold. Philip Henley told of a tion, to ApGE smooth Y . JAR Harbor bottom. He strain lines s ed by other divers but e bruises. - te flower of Pennsylvania | | { untain laurel. d Until \7ictory Until Victory is won, everything we have to offer— 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 of scheduled flying in Alaska— All are at work for the Government and Military services of the United States. Meanwhile, we appreciate the patience and understanding of Alaskans who so often find that war priority stands in the way of that trip or delays that express shipment. By BILLY DeBECK QF aLL Td' LOW -DOWN SWINDLIN %A@ N CONTROL NOWRSELF, SNUEEY © THOSE ARE