The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 24, 1943, Page 3

3 ) ‘ lendlh of TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1943 ENDS TONIGHT! Diana Robert BARRYMORE CUMMINGS TOMORROW! THRILLING! RE THE TEXAS RANGERS AND THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED ALL ROLLED INTO ONE. ALSO Community Victory Quiz Late News against a background of war. The love, story is there, and the war is there, but both take second place to the parade of characters, re- vealed in living detail as the story unfolds. Ernst Hemingway's novel dealt in these at length —at such length that some of us, reading it, were fearful that the blowing up of the bridge (the business at hand for Le Ler 1 never be achieved. Movie Is g p But these characters added to the book's vitality, and the movie “For Whom the Bells Toli™ 2.0\ "2 Gl s et Reponed 10 RUH Paxinou is a magnificent Pilar, Three Hours dominating the picture, and Akim | Tamiroff’s Pablo is equally some- thing to remember. By ROBBIN COONS The controversy over the film's HOLLYWOOD —Our town is off political aspects has already begun again on one of its sillier dithers, Neither Director Wood nor Scenar- this one springing from a teapot- ist Dudley Nichols was out to fight tempest over the length of one of the Spanish civil war again, but its newer epics the picture leaves no doubt that it, The boys and girls in New York like the book, is anti-Fascist, re- ook a look at the long-ballyhooed gardless of what neutral Franco For Whom the Bell Tolls” and might think. Tt and its hero are on ome of them said it was too long the side of an earthy group of Immediately: the dithers set in here, Loyalists confronted with over- and there was great concern at whelming force. Paramount. The picture, as pre-! If it shows, in some of the most viewed here, ran three hours, in- prutal scenes ever filmed, the blood- ¢luding a ten-minute intermission. :thirsty tactics of a mob of Loyalists, Whether they decided to snip ten jt also tells through the lips of minutes or so from the picture will heroine Ingrid Bergman of Fascist be apparent when it hits your local atrocities. That makes it a fairly pcreen. But what I never can rounded picture of man's inhuman- inderstand is the seeming import- ity to man, whch is the story’s ance of a few minutes more or less. underlying theme, political issues to 1f an individual movie-goer is 10 the side. pet fidgety over sitting three hours, ~ nhe will doubtless get equally jumpy i HOSPITAL NOTES over sitting two hours and 50 min- Charles Hulburt, a medical pa- utes. In either instance his sitting tient, has been discharged from St. Ann’s Hospital on Monday. - weariness will spring from the fact that he is not interested nor amused nor excited. If the picture captivates him, he won't notice the time. If it doesn’t, the time will seem longer than it is. simple as that. Mrs. Richard Harris and baby It's as girl were discharged from St. Ann's |Hospital yesterday and returned 'home. As an old hardened sitter from 'way back, I found the “Bell” well| o), zapata, who had been in worth the sitting. I have sal g anng Hospital for surgery, was through some short movies thal ji.niceeq to his home on Monday. seemed longer, and through count- less two-hour movies that seemed unable to find an ending. It seems to me that quibbling over the run- ning-time of a movie is like judging a painting by the size of its canvas . rarher Lhin yby what the artist put Was admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital there. | yesterday. The “Bell” is a big canvas, and I| £ i think an important one. Sam Wood,! Mrs. Diron Petoss was admitted who directed it, said he was inter-'to the Government Hospital on ested in making “a great love story” Monday. Jobn Grabitz entered St. Ann's yesterday for medical care. Herbert Yates, a medical patient, FOR SALE PRE-WARPRICES Electric Refrigerator Food Containers One 8-Piece Set . . . $2.75 One 8-Piece Sel . 4.00 One 7-Piece Set . . . 3.50 CLOSING OUT THIS STOCK IT WON'T BE LONG NOW Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Juneau—Telephone No. 616 e i i il GAY COMEDY T0 | A oNGH %y CHUNGKING, OUT, CLAIMS World rights for the use of the noted musical composition, “Pomp and Circumstances,” were acquired | by Charles Previn, Universal's musi- cal director, for the Henry Koster | production “Between Us Girls.” The historic work, written Queen Victoris opens the picture’s score as back- | ground music for the Queen Vuu: toria sequence in which 21-year-old Diana Barrymore plays the 82-year- old monarch Robert Cummings co-stars with | Miss Barrymore in the modern| comedy which is showing for the' last times tonight at the Capitol Theatre. Kay Francis, John Boles, Andy Devine, Walter Catlett, Ethel Griffies and Guinn Williams have outstanding roles. Phillip P. Karl-; stein was the associate producer. i | - - REORGANIZED | WP-RB_ MEETS MONDAY NIGHT New Line-ufi Compleled—E Assignment of Duties | Designated | The first meeting of Juneau’s re- | céntly reorganized War Price and| Rationing Board was held Monday | evening at the OPA offices in the| Valentine Building. Present were John A. Martin, Ralph Wright, A.| B. Cain, and the Rev. Ralph A. Baker, the present members of the Board, and Mildred R. Hermann, Alaska Director of the Office of Price Administration; Mrs. Helene G. Johnson, Territorial Rationing Administrator; Mrs. Carol Carlson, who has assumed the duties of Board Clerk, and Stanley C. Ross, Regional Price Executive who is in Alaska on temporary assignment| from thg Price Division of the Ninth Region. The Rev. Ralph elected Chairman of the Board. | The resignation of Bert Lybeck | as Tire Inspector was accepted and | the appointment of Lloyd Reed as his successor was approved. . The second and fourth Thursdays each month were selected as meet- | ing dates for the Board, and all' applicants for tires and tubes will be instructed to have their applica- | tions in on these dates. Except under conditions of extreme emer- gency, applications cannot be con- | sidered except at regular meetings, ' it was pointed out. | Mr. Ross gave an interesting talk | to the Board members, pointing out | the overall picture of the price con- | trol program and the importance of the local boards in the general set- up of OPA. Under the new plan of | panelization, each board member | will have one specific. phase of the | price control program under his di- rection. Rationing was assigned to| Mr. Martin, Price Control to M. Wright, and Community Service Activities to Mr. Cain. The creation | of a volunteer price panel to assist Mr. Wright will be a feature of the | Board's work. | The first regular meeting of the | {Board will be held Thursday even- | ling in the OPA office at the Val-| entine Building at which time ap- | plications for tires and tubes will !be considered. | Appreciation of the services of Harry I. Lucas, Chairman of the {Board since its inception in Jan- juary 1942; Mrs, Helen Friend, Board Member, and Bert Lybeck, Tire Inspector for the past eighteen months, all of whom resigned re- cently because of the pressure of | other duties, was expressed by the! | PPA officials in attendance at the | {meeting. Appreciation was also voiced for the excellent service ren- | dered by Mrs. Minnie E. Lea as| Board Clerk during the past few months, Mr. Reed, the new Tire Inspector, it was pointed out, is the owner of the Channel Bus Line and is read- | ily accessible at the bus station to| applicants whose tires must be in-| spected before certificates to pur- ,chase new ones may be issued. | Mrs. Carlson, who took over the | duties of Board Clerk at the meet- ing, has had a great deal of exper- ience in Board work, having been for several months Executive Secre- | tary of the War Price and Ration- ing Board at Ladysmith, Wisconsin. She will discharge the duties as clerk-stenographer in the Adminis- trative Division of the Office of| Price Administration. e | | | A. Baker was i GSO GIRLS TO MEET The GSO Girls will hold a meet- ing tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the! USO headquarters. All members of the Girl Service Organization are asked to attend. of JAPS RAID ° WANHSIEN CHUNGKIN China, More than 60 Jap bombe over Szechwan Province Aug. 24— swarmed in two for | waves, one of which attacked targets | submited his resignation as Under man whose past dogged 'her king, and the other stabbed at ‘Wanhsien, important Yantgze River trading center, 145 miles northwest of Chungking. Muifled explosions were audible in Chungking, but the city iself, last bombed August 31, 1941, was untouched i The Chungking government re- ported slight damage was suffered in the raid and the planes dropped their bombs aimlessly in the out- skirts, S e SOMEDADS ARE T0 BE CALLED UP WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—Seven out of every one hundred men hith- | erto in the draft-proof pool of fath= ers may expect to be in uniform by Christmas, Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey id today. Draft boards will call 466,000 pre= | Pearl Harbor fathers dn an order | effective October 1, Hershey said, and 907,000 men will be inducted between October and January Inductions from July 1 to October 1 will total 966,000 Rome K&epled As "Open (ify” Says Vafican BERN, Aug. 24¢. — A Rome dis- patch to the Basler Nachrichten newspaper quoted Vatican circles as saying British and United States replies agreeing in principle to the declaration of Rome as an open city, have been received by the Papaly Secretary of State The Anglo-American replies, thel dispatch said, listed conditions] chiefly that the Vatican guaranteel to move for the establishments of a Swiss commission and execution} of demilitarization measure q The dispatch said the Italian gov-§ ernment authorities reported they knew nothing of the replies which! were unmentioned in the Italian press. ] All Rome papers today reported! Allied fliers were again over Rome | dropping leaflets and fla but did not mention any Italian reac-| tion. | D DOLORES BOECKER WITH INDIAN OFFICE Miss Dolores Boecker began work today with the Alaska Office of In-| dian Affairs as secretary to Chief: Clerk R. Brust. R Russell Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, left for Sitka yesterday | for a brief vacation before school} | i RUSSELL CLARK TO SITKA J starts. While there he will visit with his father who is employed on a project. j Russell has been working all sum- mer at Evergreen Bowl until thel cessation of activities there last Friday. ‘ FSER T Ta HERE FROM ANCHORAGE 1 Mrs. E. M. Barker and Mrs. John S. (Jessie) Patterson are visiting] here from Anchorage. They are; guests at the Baranof Hotel. e © o 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 3 WEATHER REPORT . (U. 8. Bureau) ® Temp. Monday, August 23 . . . Maximum 57, minimum 53 7~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA TROPICS FILM ENDS TONIGHT, | 20TH CENTURY An exciting film of love and ad-l venture on a South American rub- ber plantation is seen here in War- Law of the Tropics” at 0th Century. Set in the seeth- atmosphere of the tropics, the has film tells a gripping story of a wo WELLES IS NEWSPAPER WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 — The|the Washington Evening Star this af- ing ternoon Sumner Welles ner Bros. says con- s diamond jubilee,| in the immediate vicinity of Chung- " gecretary of State after ten years stantly and Jeffrey have the starring roles with Toomey, Mona Maris and Bosworth in the supporting in the State Department. | C Bennett The article is written by Con-|Lyn stantine Brown, the newspaper's Regis writer on foreign affairs. Hobart Brown says Welles' resignation is cast now on President Roosevelt’s desk! Law of the Tropics” was adapt- and will be acted upon soon after ed for the screen by Charles Gray- the President returns from Canada from a book by Alice Tisdale The State Department, according Hobart. Ray Enright directed the to the article, reports that Welles dramatic film ance is at Bar Harbor, Maine, on a brief - > > vacation but is expected to return to his desk the latter part of this Former German t Bar Harbor, Welles said he “absblutely had no comment to Army (ommander make on the Star’s story.” | 3 P & Friends of Welles said he re- Dies, Poisoning Roosevelt after Secretary of State Hlase g Cordell Hull said either he of [ONDON, Aug. 24—A report by | Welles would have to go Tass says Field Marshal von Brach- The Star's article also says deep jtsche, former Commander-in-Chief differences regarding postwar plan- of the German Army, has died as the result of poisoning. | ning has developed between Hull and Welles. Tass gave Berlin military circles as the source of information. ® - One of lfaly's Air Aces Repqr}ed Dead - SHIFT MADE OF KEY MEN, FIRST ARMY Lt. Gen. Hugh Drum As- sumes New Duties— Other Promotions WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. — The War Department announced that Lt. Gen. Hugh Drum has become Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board in addition to his present duties as Commander of the PFirst Army of the Eastern Defense Command Simultaneously Maj. Gen. George Gruenrt is assigned to New York as Deputy Commander of the East- ern Defense Command and First Army. 'Meantime Lt. Gen. Stanley Em- bick, former Chairman of the In- ter-American Board, is assigned to an unidenfied post, the War De- partment described as “of key im- portance.” LONDON, Aug. 24. — A Stefani broadeast recorded by Reuters, re- ports the death of Lt. Col. Ettore Muti, offe of Italy’s air aces and former Secretary of the Fascist Par- | ty. No details were given in the broadcast. JOHN COLLIER IS SEEKING DIVORCE RENO, Nevada, Aug. 24.—John Collier, 59, United States Commis- | sioner of Indian Affairs, has filed suit for divorce in the District Court here, charging his wife with extreme cruelty. | The couple married in 1906 and are the parents of three sons | R STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 24. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stoek today American Can 814, Anaconda 26, Bethlhem Steel | 58%, Commonwealth and Southern 11/16, Curtiss Wright 7%, Interna- tional Harvester 677, Kennecott 31, | New York Central 15'%, Northern Pacific 137%, Republic Steel 16%, United States Steel 51%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 135.57; rails, | 33.99; utilities, 20.46. ———,———— RETURNS TO SITKA { C. E. Wortman, prominent busi- ness man of Sitka who has been in Juneau for several days, returned | to his home yesterday. - - TILLMAN IN JUNEAU H. J. Tillman of the San Juan Packing Co, is in Juneau and is staying at the Baranof. - - HERE FROM SITKA Miriam Troutman and Mildred Tilson, both of Sitka, are guests at the Baranof. - R AT BARANOF HOTEL Mrs. W. C. Waters and her daughter Glenora, both of Wrangell, are at the Baranof Hotel. RETAIL CLERKS UNION Meeting—Moose Club Rooms—August 25 AT 7:30 P. M. SKILLED LOGGERS Wanted for IMPORTANT WAR WORK Certificate of Availability Required U.S. Emplo;;nent Service 124 Marine Way, Juneau or Lynn L. Crosby at the Gastineau Hotel, Juneau BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH QT WAy CROM ME WF THEM \WUITHLESS BRAZ\L BEADS, NE SHIF'LESS SKONK AQUILO & BARKTO, POIS NRO €' 2 \ TW' BRAZEN-FACED DT LO#Kx TRUWN TO SELL ME S\CH N0 COUNT TRINKETS FER " PAGE THREE' WHERE TER BIG PICTURES PLAY TIOMCENTURY NOW PL Buy More Bonds Buy More Bonds —— AYING!? A WARNER BROS. 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