The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 9, 1943, Page 3

MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1943 well what has that to do THE WEART-WALLOPING STORY OF A AN WHO JUST COULDN'T BE £D .. UNTIL HER FAMILY 1NVOLVED! T WAR Z.iir MRS. HADLEY with | Eiward i < Fay. ARNOLD . BAINTER ‘Richard NEY . Jean ROGERS Spring BYINGTON FEATURE STARTS 8:05—10:10 MARCH ‘ of TIME 3 STOCK QUOTATIONS STURM IS BACK NEW YORK, Aug. 9 quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock Today is 5%, American Can 85, Anaconda Bethlehem Steel 59, Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 7, International Harvester 652, Kennecott 30%, New York Central 157, Notthern Pacifig 14', Republic Steel 1T'4, United! Sfates Steel 53 Dowy'Jones averages today fullowst industrials 35.18, ?Jlll‘h"s 20.46 Closing Following a six weeks’ vacation and business trip States, L. E. Sturm, the Alaska Meat Company, turned here on Saturday Mr. Sturm visited Mrs. W. Mason, in his Portland, in Tacoma. Also in called on Mrs. Sturm’s paren and Mrs. J. E. Hutson, e as rails 4.19, We Appréciate Pan American Airways appreciates the patience and understanding of our friends in Alaska at this time when every passenger and every ounce of cargo is subject to military priority. After Victory, Pan American will pioneer new standards of service for Alaska. ‘THENEW CANADA' FROM TRIP SOUTH combined to proprietor mothe with his sister, Mrs. Stella Givens, Tacoma WARTIMEDRAMA NOW SHOWING, CAPITOL SCREEN Laughter and romance in the | face of emergency, in bustling war- time Washington, enliven what “The War Against now playing at the and presenting man’s soul in Mrs. Hadley,” Capitol Theatre, Fay Bainter as the prototype of many American women who tried vainly to avoid being enmeshed in war conditions until their awaken-| ing came. The story revolves about Mrs.! Hadley, wealthy socialite, who, when the war starts, tries, although | she is not unpatriotic, to live her life as before, amid changing con- |ditions. Her friends go into war {work, her daughter marries a sol- against her wishes, her son is |dier drafted, and when he is sent over-| seas she blames her suitor, a gov-|lines in in self defense but Brooks. | ernment official and they are es-| tranged. Even her butler becomes an air raid warden. Then, in a dramatic climax, her awakening comes, and like millions of other| American women, she casts her whole being into the conflict. " -ee | DOUGLAS WATER CONDEMNED BY | HEALTH DEPT Warning that the water supply of | Jouglas is dangerous was issued to- day by Dr. W. W. Council, Com- missioner of Health. The warning followed repeated but unsuccessful efforts on the part of the e-ngmeers‘ of the Health Department to obtain | cooperation in the operation of the ! chlorinator, a part of the water em 1 According to the recommendatior Council stated, the Douglas water supply has a source that is certainly | as hazardious as any in the Terri- tory. It therefore is necessary that the water be chlorinated at all times, | The chlorinating machirie, when properly operated, will give protection to the people of Douglas and Juneau patrons of the Douglas food and other establishments | Sanitary Engineer Richard S Green and others 8f the sanitary staff of the Health Department, have collected many samples of the water and made repeated efforts t the chlorinating machine. Accord- ing to Mr. Green, when the machine is operated properly the laboratory | Fletcher “allurp of all time | that Hank Harmon had an ambition | {but Hank Hank Green's Fish Story on One That Got Away Hank Green is spreading around one of the craziest fishing stories that has ever been perpetrated upon the general public. It seems that he was the guest, manager of the Baranof, of FErnie Parsons and Brooks Hanford in the latter’s fine cabin cruis ing the fishing grounds (location & deep secret) a pool was put up for the first persons who landed a fish. There was a mad scramble to get lines into the water and a few sec- onds after casting his line into the water Hank let out a scream that could be heard 'way back in Juneau Something was on the end of his line. He started a mad dash around and around the deck of the boat, ducking under the other lines that were by that time in the water. Parsons and Fletcher pulled their just as he was about to concede the pool to Hank, got a bite that started him off in the ovposite direction. With both fellows running and yelling around and around the boat decided that taking pic- tures would be safer than fishine and climbed on the top of the deck house and got out his camera. Enrie was ready with the net to land whichever fish came to the surface first. After a long and heroic struggle it looked as if it was going to be a dead-heat and that the pool would have to be split Then Ernie pulled what will go down in history as the most magnificent He had heard to land two fish in one net at the same time. This looked like the time that Ernie was going to scope |Hank Harmon. Both fish were just about on their ,last legs, if fish could be said to have legs, and both men were yelling for the net. Ernie |veached under Hank's fish and got | of the Health Department, Dr.|him in the net but instead of pulling | )., contacted Dept. Adjutant Tom |it out he swung the net to “'“"“Puhch Brooks' fish was gasping its last. Both fish were large, about 25 pounds or better and both of them had enough fight left to make two in a net most uncomfortable. The | away, hook, line and sinker. That {one was Hank Green’s Recriminations and blame should not be cast where a sport is involved felt that perhaps this partnership of Parsons and Hanford was a little too tough for an outsider o and hinted that hosts had certain ‘ for , bring about the proper operation of | Obligations towards —their guests, |ypjon Hall, Saturday evening. Aug- | even on fishing trips. | course, was claimed by Hanford but | | Green is sure that there will be a | av for the The pool, of JUNEAU ALASKA Lafayelfe Refloated NEW YORK, Aug 39 —The USS.| Lafayette, formerly & the Fn‘nch‘ | super-liner Normandie, has been literally the cross section of & wo-|along with Jack Fletcher, the new refloated after being on her side 1942, of since The February, refloating the craft is r. On reach- one of the preatest salvage jobs| lever completed in the world. | — oo | LEGIONNAIRES VISIT HAINES AND SKAGWAY Twelve Legionnaires from Juneau nd Sitka visited Haines and Skag- way over the weekend, making the ! trip by chartered boat. The trip | was arranged by Juneau Command- er Alfred Zenger, and those going included the following: Post Commander and First Vice | Department Commander Russell | Clithero and ‘Vi¢ LaMoe of Sitka; Second Vice Commander Waino | Hendrickson, Homer Nordling, John McCormick, O.'Ordway, Charles R. Smith. Ralph Martin, D. W. Herron, | Steve Vukovich'and Edward Keith- jahn of Juneau. At Haines the group inspected the new highway and contacted a num- | ber of Legionnaires, all of whom were | delighted with; prospects of more Legion activity during the coming | year. All agreed that Haines would | be a fine after the war. With housingi at a premium, the | delegation had to sleep in the old | barracks at the Army post, where | several on the trip had started their Army careers back in i%18. On Sunday, the party continued gway on their boat, the Vin- cedore, Capt. G. G. Brown. There {to and other Legionnaires now in Skagway. { The trip was | district convention | held during the war. e the nes that est to a could be good (inevitable happened. One fish got | Officers” Club Plans Dance Here Aug. 21 Tentative plans are being made an Officers’ Club dance at | ust 21 The Duck Creek Orchestra will affair and admittance analysis of the water indicates that | division of this later. There is 10|, the dance will be by invitation it is safe. But a large number of | samples have been taken and visits | made. to.th& equipment and it has frequently been found neglected | “We know,” Dr. Council said, “that | the water can be made safe. It is | only a matter of the Douglas author- ities arranging with some persoon to | doubt that Hank did get the first bite and was in a fair way to win |the pool but you never know your luck until the ball stops rolling. If you asked Hank the size of the fish that got away, providing the same ratio is maintained, it would be several hundreds of pounds be- "only. - THREE FINED IN | POLICE COURT HERE | Three were fined $25 each and | given 10-day suspended sentences in City Police Court this morning be responsible for the operation of | duse it was increasing at the rate | on charges of drunkeness. They the chlorinating machine. At times the machine has been found with | no chlorine feeding through the | machine although it is a compara- | tively simple matter to keep the mechjne filled with the proper chemical and operating properly. { “We are considering posting a | large sign as a further warning, so that no one will have his health | endangered by reason of their ignor- ance of the situation. “Our engineers are ready to in-| struct and help, and our laboratory will continue to analyze specimens of the Douglas water. We cannot, ! however, detail someone to operate the chlorinating machine, which re- | quires only the daily attention of some interested and responsible person.” | e | (C. 6. AUXILIARY MEETS | TOMORROW EVENING | of about 20 pounds an hour before night overtook the party. Although the bag that day was one of the best that any fishermen could hope for, Green refused to catch another fish and finished the day with nothing but a memory— and a bitter one at that. ARREST MAN HERE ON ASSAULT COUNT Don McCammon, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in the person of Jack Jadoff, Ju- neau bartender, is being held in the Federal jail on a bond of $1,000. Jadoff accuses McCammon of threatening him with a knife. S e, MAJOR HUNT HERE ENROUTE, WESTWAR jare Cyrus H, Ivanoff, Tom Case and Jim Berkley. OLDTIMER DIES Topi Pekoni, native of Finland, died early Sunday morning at St. Ann’s Hospital. He was 62 years of place to hold a convention | "PRIVATE NURSE’ IS ATTRACTION AT 20TH CENTURY The strange adventures of a pri- vate nurse with gunmen, wolves, rats and right guys are thrillingly [told in 20th Century-Fox's “Private Nurse,” now playing at the 20th Century. Blonde and beautiful Brenda | | Joyce is excellent as the young |nurse who is alone in the big city. As the older woman who befriends Brenda, Academy Award Wifiner |Jane Darwell gives another ster- |ling performance Sheldon Leon: 's portrayal of the gangster father surpasses even his work in “Tail Dark and Hand- some.” Robert Lowery as a pesty |patent, Ann Todd as the daughter and Kay Linaker the mother round out the fine cast | David Burton did an excellent| job of directing from the exciting | original screen play by Samuel G.| | Engel Sol M. Wurtzel was the | executive producer. - 'ALASKA COASTAL PLANES ARE BUSY ‘ OVER WEEKEND)‘ Alaska Coastal Airlines took the following persons to Excursion Inlet over the weekend: E. J. Camden, |R. |Harrison,, Gladys Harrison, | Frankie Harrison, John Schmit, T. | W. Shaw, George D. Roberts, S. J. | | Taylor, H. R. Illiott, Carl Stafford, Albert Ellis, Clare Tesdale, Ed Lin- coln, Lester Belue, Carl J. Iverson, R. O. Decker, Ted Hardison, C. E. Reeder, J. J. Cunningham, ' Leo Brecelen, Leo DeMones, Clarence | Doberstein, A. J. Sandahl, James D. McCabe, R. J. Murphy, and O. E. Paulson. } Coming to Juneau from the Inlet were M. F. Waftaz, John Morrison, |Joseph Clan, C. S. Ripley, Carl A |G her, John Headland, David Perrin, Jr., E. W. Saxl, G. A. Bel- ford, Andrew Muller, W. L. Growus, C. 1. Ivanoff, Robert C. Reynolds, K. M. McKee, J. Gilmartin, V. C. Gilmartin, Thomas O. Gillis, Don Brandenberry, Major K. T. Klock, Ray H. Northcutt, R. G. Rofelty, William B. Alexander, Charles S Brown, N. C. Smith, C. Brande- berry, George W. Carlson, B. Ryn- |dak, and Carl N. Johnson. Passengers | to Sitka were Mar- | garet Close, Mildredd McCann, J. A |Hall, B, E. Lynch, M. Jorgens, F. Coalbaugh, William Paul, Mike Mc- | Kelleck, and Gertrude Hill. | Return passengers from Sitka were Melvin B. Hunt, Albert Floyd, +Frank Marshall, Leo W. Schweers, {Mrs. E. S. Jewell, Myrna Savage, iand J. C. McElhaney: - |""A flight to Haines took Ray Tuck- er, Frances Bandy, Ruth Marin, and John Marin. Returning were O. W. Nelson, E. T. Marion, and S. Haw- kins. G. Hansen, Gene Anderson, and V. ! Anderson flew to Tenakee, and Mrs. Dorothy Jack and James. Gonett to iHawk Inlet, and Mr. and Mrs. S. | Pallenger to Gustavus. Returning to Juneau were Chris Erickson, G. Hansen, G. Anderson and V. Ander- | son. | A flight to Hasselborg took Joseph age and was unmarried. The re- A, Norris, Royal A. Sawyer, Frank mains are at the Charles W. Car-| P, Cerini, and L. A. McIntyre, Jr. ter Mortuary awaiting funeral ar-| Returning were Aaron E. Abts,' rangements | Leonard Burkette, William B. Green, | and William Streatmen. Nick Moses |and O. Bergseth were passengers to R - ADAM ORAVA DIES Adau;, Orasius BICRIE. 0f lhcic}";ft:‘r‘:{lowing were passengers to Martin Apartmen was found e dead in hig room yesterday after- | Skagway: M. Goding, Ea;’l Lin{ivgre;;,‘- 3 " "|F. A. Blom, Frances Blom, W. R. noot;; Death wasi due_ t0 nafural/ Churchman. P. E. Shannos was the | | causes. | : . | e, body. intets tha. Charles’ Vol S SRIUSNS PRsEOEEh Carter Mortuary pending funeral ' arrangements. i (JOHN REED HERE HAZEL KIRMSE THROUGH i Mrs. Hazel Kirmse of Skagway | | was here over the weekend and reg- | istered at the Baranof Hotel. She | ON SURVEY VESSEL John Reed, representative of the i According to announcement there |will be an important meeting of | Flotilla 2100, Coast Guard Auxili- |ary, tomorrow night at the City| ‘Council chambers. The session will ‘start at 8 o'clock. i THREE SPEEDERS Major M. Briggs Hunt, Provostglm last night for Sitka. | Marshal for the Alaska Defense| - > 5 Command, is in Juneau enroute tol! HAROLD BATES HERE the Westward. | Harold Bates, Sitka lawyer, is in Major Hunt is formerly wrestling town and a guest at the Baranof. and boxing coach for UCLA and| Lo e o | was at one time Pacific Coast| FROM CHICAGO wrestling champion. | Irving A. Sacks, with the Lake- B v U. S. Geological Survey in charge of the strategic mineral develop- ment for the department in South- east Alaska, arrived here aboard| the Syllph, Geological Survey boat.! Reed is examining strategic min- | |eral resources throughout this part of the country. WHERE THE BETTER IO [ENTURY PLAYING! She meets all kinds . . . gunmen, wolves, right guys +..and she learns plenty that isn't in the training manvall PLUS- “The finest f Aic o fo pi / crire 0 come out of the War” QUENTIN REYNOLDS o * the worst about the best people. best about the worst! A $ ACTUALLY FILMED UNDER FIRE! BIG PICTURES PLAY and the She’s smart . .. . but she never knows when a L high fever will turn out to be justaplaincase of lovel with JANE DARWELLS BRENDA JOYCE HELDON LEONARD OBERT LOWERY ANN TODD KAY LINAKER Execulive Producer Sol M. Warlzel Directed by David Burton * Original Screen Play by Samuel G. Engel | A 20th CENTURY-FOX PICTURE Dinner, Dancmg | Enjoyed Sunday At chk Creek; . | The dinner and tea dance, held | yesterday affernoon at Duck Creek, | was hailed as an all around suc-| cess in spite of the rain. Major Jo- | seph E. Hartl, Commanding Offi- cer of the camp at Duck Creek during Col. Riegle’s absence, an- nounced today that 65 young ladies Major Hartl said, there was an in- vited chaperon in each dining room. After dinner from 2 to 5 Vo'~ clock dancing was enjoyed in the newly furnished and recently dec- orated Post Auditorium. Music was furnished by the Post Orchestra, R g TIRES, TUBES ALLOTED FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST Certificates for tires and tube were issued to the following during the first week in August: Harry E. Lindegaard, 2 tires; Ji ) SKILLED LOGGERS “Logging Truck Road Builders T Wanted for TIMPORTANT WAR WORK - Certificate of Availability Required . see U. S. Employment Service 124 Marine Way, Juneau IR Lynn L. Crosby . at the Gastineau Hotel, Juneau ARE FINED HERE Three speeders were fined in U. 1 S. Commissioner Felix Gray’s Court .over the weekend as law enforce- ment officers continued a drive; against violators of the wartime | 35-mile-an-hour speed limit. | Ben Phillips was fined $30 this mornings. Fred Sorri was fined $30 jon Saturday, and Dale Drulander was fined $50 for his second of- fense. Traffic Officer John. Mc- Daniels made all three arrests. SIMON KIRBY DIE HERE ON SATURDAY ‘ Simon Kirby, old time pioneer of Alaska, died Saturday at his home {in Roberts Row. He had been ill| {for some time, and had heen at |8t. Ann’s Hospital, but had asked to be returned home. The deceased was about 87 years {old, and had worked in the in- |terior for 40 years before coming | to Juneau. | He had no known relatives. Fun- eral arrangements have net yet been made. The body is at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. ENROUTE TO ANCHORAGE Mrs. R. C. Loufiermilch arrived in Jyneau from the south and is at the Gastineau. home in Anchorage. MONAGLE TO SKAGWAY M. E. Monagle, attorney, went to Skagway Saturday on a professional and business trip and returns from there today. She is enroute to her | :g;j: Fishl and"cg:;e; es:mgl?i; ;rzl —t—— from Juneau and Douglas were| p, Monagle, 2 tires, 2 tubes; J. o cszo. m;' al 3 | MES RERREBILL TN !entertaixled by the soldiers with| Hickey, 4 tires, 5 tubes; Juneau Po- e Baranof. { 7 . ’ |dinner and dancing. e — ! HERE FROM PELICAN Mr. and Mrs. J. Oshorn of Pelican, | are in Juneau and registered at the Gastineau Hotel. i Cases of evaporated milk in stor- age must be turned over every 30 to 60 days to prevent the milk |from turning to clabber. JUNEAU ENROUTE TO | WESTWARD ON VISIT | Mrs. Porter Berryhill, formerly of Anchorage, is in Juneau awalling transportation to the Westward. She grrived from her home in Seattle over the weekend and during her stay here she is the guest of Mrs. Shortly before noon y(-aterdnyi sufficient transportation was at| the USO club to take the guests | out to the camp. | Each mes hall was tastefully, if masculinely, decorated, and the menu was the usual excellent Sun- day dinner, augmented as each Esther Metzgar. BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH SOMEWHERE \N BRAZIL. & MESSAGE FOR oW, GENERAL QR ME @ PERUAPS (T's A CHANGE N OUR GLOBAL SIRMTEGY. Cupr. 1943, King Feu s, T, Wil suslits iescived mess sergeant saw| fit. In addition, DO Mow WSy 1o ! SEND @ | REPLY SR 2 | lice Department, 1 tire, 1 tube. - >, PATRONESSES TO MEET The USO patronesses are to meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the USO Building. Purpose of the meeting will be a discussion problems which are to be presen to the club. R By BILLY DeBECK | UH - TELL GOOGLE Y ! . TOTRY THE * BEACHCOMBERS TAVERN"Y B —— S ——————