The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 4, 1943, Page 3

MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1943 Tondelaya! Woman of Fire no man ever found o cure! PLUS— "0 i e THE CAPIICL H{AS THE BIG PICTURES! FUNERAL FOR (HILD TUESDAY AFTERNOON The funeral for Elizabeth Peters, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. Willie Peters of Juneau, who died on September 30 at the Gov- |will be no more sessions this week | attle, during which he was able to' ernment Hospital, will be held to- morrow, Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o’clock in the chapel of the Charles | W. Carter Mortuary. The Rev. A. M. Baranof will read the service and interment will follow | school, in Evergreen Cemetery. . | health officials deemed it wise to PUTS CLASS INTO NEW FALL WARDROBES! She starts with a fine fabric . She catches the spirit of the mo- ment in new colors . . . She de- tails, tailors, and nc; meac class- ics with the finest that is a from whom HEDY LAMARR IN STARRING ROLE, CAPITOL THEATRE | | Hedy Lamarr and Walter Pidgeon ‘pmudo a dynamic combination in “White Cargo,” film version of this ‘Iamou.\ stage play, now showing at | the Capitol Theatre with Miss La- |marr as the glamorous Tondelayo, native charmer, and Pidgeon as the two-fisted driving rubber plantation! supervisor Witzel. The story of the African rubber jungles is one or= | stark, elemental drama, played by |a faultless cast and directed with deft skill by Richard Thorpe. | Miss Lamarr wearing a lurong, a new version of a sarong, is gripping as the sultry native beauty, and Pidgeon plays his two-fisted role | with conviction. Frank Morgan is | “onvincing as the bibulous but kind- \ly old settlement doctor, and Henry | O'Neill as the missionary of the dis- [trict. Reginald Owen and Clyde| Cuok extract comedy from their| Ivoles as captaln and first mate of | the river steamer calling at the set- | llrmcn! SPY SUSPECT | HUNTEDFOR BY FBI MEN Made Rounfiip from Se- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE——JUNEAU ALASKA RUSSIAU . ACCORD IS PROPOSED Soviet Ambassador Ex-| presses Desire Maintain, Develop Friendship WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—-Newl appointed Soviet Ambassador Gro- | { | myko told President Roosevelt that | the Soviet Union had full confidence ! in the United States and that Russia would be able to continue to strengthen friendly relations after the war. Gromyko, who made his rvmarkxl when his ¢redentials were presented ‘ to Roosevelt, said the Russian Gov- | ernment has an “Unswerving desire | and aspiration” to maintain and chlop “friendly relations and clos- | est collaboration” with this country. | The Allied military campaigns in | Italy and North Africa “created a favorable military and political sit- uation for inflicting decisive mili- | tary blows on the hated enemy,” | Gromyko told the President. S SRR S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 4—Alaska Ju- neau mine stock closed at 6% on the New York Exchange, American Can at 86%, Anaconda 26%, Beth- lehem Steel 59%, Curtiss Wright International Harvester 171, atile to Alaska Ob- serving Adtivities WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—The FBI |has ordered a wide search for | Guenther Gustav Maria Rumrich, |who completed a sentence for es. pionage activities in 1940 and is now wanted on other charges. FBI Chief Edgar Hoover sald that Rumrich served nineteen| months of a two year term imposed in New York City. Since July 10, 1940, Hoover said, the man hns\ worked in a West Coast shipyard, land was on a vessel which made| a round trip to Alaska from Se-! \ i | | i | l ; | | | NO SCHOOL NOW FOR KINDERGARTEN, ALSO THREE GRADES | Until next Friday mommg, there ! | for membérs *of the kindergarten, | first, second and third grades of the Juneau elementary school, ac- cording to A. B. Phillips. Of the 155 absentees in the grade observe activities in connection with {the United States war program. He said Rumrich gave an assumed |name while employed on the West | Coast. 112 are in the first three! pRumrich was indicted by a Fed- grades. The school authorities and!eral Grand Jury in Seattle a week |ago on three fraud counts, charging | |failure to give his criminal record when applying for a Coast Guard | pass, giving false name when ap-| ‘plymg for the pass, and giving a| ifalse name of his father when ap- “plym;: for the pass. | | ,Legion, Auxiliéfy | To Install Officers close scHool rather than keep classes open for the small number in at- tendance. The same clas were dismissed | | last week Im'au\o u( measles. ;ANDERSON S FIRSI | PART OF FLORA OF T, ‘| Kennecott 31%, New York Central son, returned to Juneau over the |18%, Northern Pacific 15%, United weekend here Saturday. lin Evergreen Cemetery. Smle; Steel 53'%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as Iollows industrials 139.60, rails 34.98, utilities 21.73. HAROI.D SMITHS SOUIH ALLENS PURCHASE HOME | Harold Smflh with the U. S. For- lest Service here, and Mrs. Smith, will sail south enroute to Mayo Brothers. Both are to receive medi- |cal attention. They plan to be away for at least two months. Their home on Sixth Street was sold recently to Leonard Allen,' formerly of Ketchikan. Mr. Allen | |is with the Bureau of Indian Af- | fairs. - INFANT DIES Richard Dick,’Jr, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dick of Ju-| neau died on Saturday night at the Government Hospital. The child was {about a year and a half of dge. | Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at two o'clock in the ! interment will be Mortuary, and ——— MRS. JOE SNOW HERE Mrs. Gertrude Snow is in Juneau for a short visit with her mother, 1 1 (" | Lutz | tlefield VARIED WEEKEND TRIPS ARE MADE, ALASKA COASTAL On Saturday the Alaska Coastal Airlines made a trip to Sitka with |the following passengers: The Rev. {Zoblin, Jack D. Butler, Terry Con-| way, F. E. Fennet. Returning here were P. J. Sweeney, Hugh: B. An- trim and Mrs. Hugh B. Antrim. A flight to Excursion Inlet took C. P. Darly, Stanley Mushuriz, O Martin and L. O. Risem. return trip brought L. A. Wheeler, A. Ledlowe, R. O. Shumate, Ivan arnell and Daniel Young. Today a flight was made Dx Pety with and Lee Swift, James R. Pettit, and William Milker. ngers to Excursion Inlet were Lawrence Carlson, George Hurley, Sophie Sulberg, Ed Ground and R.| A. Gemmill, The return trip brought | A. R. Galbraith, R. O. Schmidt and Pete Carlson Flying to |'Tropea, J. returning Raymond | 5 were James Mrs. McVey, Skagway L. McVey, ‘Leu C. Schweers and Frank Ham-| ilton Flying to Sitka were W. E. Burns, Dave Fenton and G. I. Newill, and return passengers were Ginty, Hugh Wade, Ottar Johnson .and F. E. Finnesty. S R 15 DEPUTY MARSHAL BRINGS PRISONER TO JUNEAU Deputy U. S. Marshal Sid Thomp- from Ketchikan and Hyder, where he had been on of- ficial business. At Wrangell, Thompson took Verne Cool into custody and brought the prisoner to Juneau.' Cool was arrested on a warrant !issued at Sitka for contributing to resented a price in excess of the the delmquency of a minor. ROOSEVELT ON SUNDAY VISIT ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—White House officials said President Roosevelt visited the Civil War bat- of Gettysburg yesterday, but mcy had no detafls of his tour.| AFL CHIEF KEYNOTER AT |chapel of the Charles W. Carter . CONVENTION BOSTON, Oct. 4—Keynoting the he | to Haines with T. W. Wheat, Louis C,| | Robert ! Johnson, A. VanMavern, Earl Mc-| 5.000-TON BRAZILIAN SHIP SUNK U-Boats Return fo South| | Aflantic After Being | Inactive for Weeks | | RIO DE | boats, South JANEIRO, Oct. 4.—U-| inactive for weeks in the| Atlantic, returned on Sep-| tember 26 to sink the 5,000-ton| Brazilian motorship Ttapage, the! twenty-third of this nation's \hlpm to be lost in 19 months. Six passengers and 19 members of | |the crew are missing. e S TREBLE DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST | LOMEN COMPANY The Lomen Commercial Cnmpany. a domestic corporation, was made |defendant in an Administrator’s | | Treble Damage suit filed in the | District Court at Fairbanks last week | by Lynn J. Gemmill, Chief Enforce- ment Attorney of the Office of Price | ‘Adnumstratlon in the name of | Prentiss Brown, Price Admimsuntor, | {who has just returned from the | Interior Mr. Gemmill rrtul’nofl | | | | | | I | | g | The complaint alleges that on or |about July 7, 1943, the defendant | s0ld electrical and plumbing supplies | to Bechtel-Price-Callahan, a con-| struction firm, in the amount of $30.751.85; that the amount charged | and received by the defendant rep- |ordinary retail market price by at! least five per cent. The complaint | further alleges that at the time of | the sale Bechtel-Price-Callahan was | engaged in performing a contract | for the United States Government | |and that by the provisions of Maxi- | mum Price Regulation any vendor I making a sale to such a concern is ,necc&mrlly required to sell at a | wholesale price. It is further al- {leged that the amount of actual overcharge on the transaction of 1$30.751.85 is at least the sum of | $1,537.59. A judgment in the amount of $4.612.77 is asked against the | defendant. This is an amount equal | to treble the alleged actual over- ! chage for the tranaction. “Whenever any person, firm or corporation selling a commodity violates a regulation, order or price schedule and the purchase is made for use or consumption in the course of trade or business, the right to bring a Treble Damage Action be- ilongs to the Administrator of the Office of Price Administration,” stated Gemmill, who signed and fil- ed the complaint for the Admin- istrator. Mr. Gemmill further ex- new Warner ¢ Bros. opened yesterday at the 20th Cen- |} tury Theatre, | comedy and Phil Silvers, |they're a | top-notch story that is geared for | | munication to the Senate that it| jon. ALASKA PUBLISHED| | Of interest Ln Lhe many Inends‘ lof J. P. Anderson throughout the | Urmrmuv s the news that the first | | part of his “Flora of Alaska” will be published this month. The second | part, on grasses, will be published} | sometime after the first of the year. | He is now working on the third part. | \Mr Anderson is connected with t.he | Botany Department of the Iowa | State Collegg at Ames, Iowa. This news is of especial interest to the members of the Juneau Botanical Club who are starting the | winter season with a review of Al- aska flora. His work is their guide on this study, and tq receive thel first part of his flora at this time | is most fortunate. Anyone interested in learning | more about his work could contact Miss Ann Coleman, Librarian of the Juneau Public Library, who is Presi- ,dent of the Botanical Club. B i { BACK FROM TRIP | | Ernest Parsons, owner of Par-! Ison’s Electric Shop, returned Satur- day night from a combined busi~ ness and pleasure trip to Seattle and Portland. While there he con- ferred with the War Production Board in connection with the elec- tric supply busines. He was gone for about six ‘weeks on the trip. | | 1 Mrs. George Jorgensen, arriving on |the northbound steamer Saturday night with her small son, Joe. Her hushand, well known in Juneau, 15 Tonight at Dugout| The American Legion and Legion| sixty-third annual convention of the plained that in cases of overcharge; American Federation of Labor, |on consumer purchases, that s, pur- President William Green told the |chases other than in course of trade | delegates the United States must or business, that this right to treble | abandon its isolationism forever and damages belongs to the individual | health service. | Auxiliary will hold a joint instal- lation this evening at 8 o'clock in the Dugout. | Mrs. John McCormick, Past Presi- dent of the Auxiliary, and Waino Hendrickson, Past Legion Com- mander, will be the installing offi-| cers, A social has been planned to fol-| {low the ceremonies. | A MARY NEILL HERE Mrs. Mary Neill, of Fairbanks, advisory nurse in Alaska, is in Ju- neau for a few days, where she will confer with Miss Mary Forbes, of San Francisco, public health nurs- ing consultant for the U. S. public HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Ellen Strand and baby son were discharged from St. Ann’s Hospital on Sunday and returned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Larry McKecknie. Bert Bierly from the Minfield home was admitted to the Govern- ment Hospital on Saturday. Johnny Jackson, Jr., was admitted to the Government Hospital Satur- | day. | Mrs. Elsie John from Angoon entered the Government Hospital yesterday. - AIRPORT MANAGER HERE Emerson Bassett; manager of the now employed at the shipyards in Bremerton. SAMPLER 343 the famous assortment of ed here BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Jjoin the world family of nations. consumer. | NEW STOCK Floor Lamp Reflector Bowls ALL SIZES Floor Lamp Breakage Replacements * Alaska Eleciric Light and Power Company Juneau Phone 616 Douglas Phone 18 T SWOW 4 (15 S0 THIS \& AFRICKY 22 QN PEACERBLE AS SKI MWK a@am SOLD\ER SHORT-\WAFE TWO COMEDIANS IN ARMY DRAMA AT 20TH CENTURY “You're in zhc Army Now," the | picture which | launches the new | of Jimmy Durante | and as a team | Add to this a| team seream laughs throughout, Jane and Regis Toomey as the young ro- mantic pair, the beauteous Navy Blues Sextette for eye appeal, and the music of Matty Malneck’s or- chestra, and you have a picture which stacks up as one of the tas- | tiest entertainment dishes of the | current film season. It was pure inspiration to team jup Durante and Silvers, each ace comedians in their own right, put them in khaki, and pit them against |the army. For that is what it comes right down to in the final analysis Durante and Silvers, rugged in- dividualists, vs. the Manual of Arms. They try, but they just can’t doI inything right. 1 As the colonel's daughter, blonde Jnm- Wyman: is charmingly viva- cious and Regis Toomey does a good job as hcr officer sweetheart, | FIGHTONTO HAlTDRAFT OF FATHERS WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—Senator Lister Hill told the Senate Navy needs may force the drafting of a great many more pre-Pearl Harbor fathers than 446,000 estimated ne-| cessary to meet the armed service, !quotas for the remainder of this ear. The Army disclosed Wyman | | in a com“: men in the| has 1,766,000 enlisted moére than a| United States with year's training. Senator Hill opened the adminis- tration's fight for legislation to halt | drafting of Iathers SUNRISES The duck hunting season 15 now Shooting starts half an hour before sunrise and ends at sunset. Following the sunrises for sev-| eral days: October October October October October October October October " PAGE THREE IS owectos by LEWIS SENLER _ MATIY MALMICH & WS ORCHESTAA o e o Pt b B - B B S LATEST NEWS NOW PEAYING— “TOMBSTONE—THE 'I’OWI b4 TOO TOUGH TO DIE” The compass plant which on Texas and Arizona prairies two leaves; one. of which north, the other south. PAN AMERICAN AirwAYs’ Alaska Service. ob- serves its eleventh birthday in the spirit of om wartime slogan: Torautya T WAR leton A PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS 2222222222220 WA\ DERE 1S5 DE YONKEE WOt ETS BOZAR'S DESCRI\PT G TWATEEY By BILLY DeBECK {Pan American Airways airport at Kodiak, spent the weekend in Ju- neau. He was a guest at the Gas- tineau Hotel. e ——-— MRS. LESHER RETURNS Mrs. R. B. Lesher returned Satur- day from a five-week visit in the States, most of which was spent visiting ‘' relatives in Seattle, Port- land, Port Orchard and Tacoma. 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