The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 21, 1943, Page 3

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1943 TONIGHT “WINGS AND THE WOMAN" The Life Story of A Johnson The Famous M Beauty Joins Radio’s “Mad Russian” 0?:"0"7 lomnwvmh Music! FRIDAY and SATURDAY PREVUE TONIGHT THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! STONER AT BARANOF Charles D. Stoner is registered at SlO(K OUOTATIONS fes . NEW YORK, 0([ 21. — Closing - - quotation of v‘Aln'skn Jun.nau mine | KODIAK WOMAN HERE stock today is 6%, American Can| prs Ruth Jones of Kodiak is a ! lived and died for and what is the THE BETTY GRABLE IS NOW HOUSE HUNTING MAMA By ROBB! COONS HOLLYWOOD — The local hous- ing situation being what it is, the expected Betty Grable-Harr heir (or heiress) may have to be satisfied with a nursery as tempor- ary as mama and papa’s current REAL-LIFE DRAMA ENDING TONIGHT, CAPITOL SCREEN Co-operation of Great Britain's Air Ministry, Ministry of Aircraft Production, Army and Navy has| enabled Herbert Wilcox to film one | of the most extraordinary - and | moving sequences ever taken—noth- | |ing less than the saga of the war, | effort of British and Allied women |establishment. today. Equally ecstatic expectant parents | 1Lue scenes make a fitting climax ' in the pre-war movie days used to| to “Wings and the Woman,” his pend hours planning how they'd new film for RKO Radio in which tear out the side of the house to Anna Neagle and Robert Newton add a wing for Junior, or how they'd | re-enact the amazing ‘careers of build a special annex for the young. | the record-breaking flyers Amy Now they figure how they'll trans- | Jobnson Mollison and Jim Mollison. | form the room set aside for a non- \ Waafs, A.T.S. girls, Wrens, ferry existent maid into a pink-and-blue Ipilabs and women from all over the baven, or how they'll “do over” the English-speaking world were among library, den, or spare bedroom—if 'those released to take their part|they have a house to call their own. in this cavalcade of women at war.| The Harry Jameses haven't, Some of their work is commonplace | though between them they have now in the Allied war effort. Othorilwa. Betty's, which she bought a activities are as spectacular as they | year ago, is being occupied by her are little known. |mother and father These scenes sum up in thrilling| “And they like it so much I form what Amy Johnson Mollison wouldn't think of disturbing them,” she says with characteristic gen- |erosity. “So for the time being, (we're living in the house Harry leased long before our marriage. {But it's not for us—much too big and definitely m: underlying theme of “Wings and the Woman” —a greater freedom for women to take their part in the fight for the new world. The film is showing for the last time tonight at the Capitol Theatre. > | | $o the house-hunt is on. Week- ends and nights after work and 2ND FR sometimes during lunch l\ouh Uu‘ blonde glamor girl and the | born-tooter have been plowhng Lho |environs of Beverly Hills, searching, B E l I E v E D | following up clues. They want csomething “neat and simple,” says Betty. Théy want to rent a fur- nished place but sometimes they DIS(USSED think they'll have to buy. | Aside from the housing worry, this new and much spotlighted E — imani:«ge is getting along famously. H H Batty wsuhes with enthusiasm Military Advisers Are at |2 s uencse sess o 1 H {been on dmlv work call rm “Pin U Tripartite Conference &Lt meak. it s % 3 ‘11 5:30 a. m. and o!l to the studio. n MOS(OW Now |Some dozen or 14 hours later she oo Oct 21 s ,can call her life her own and Harry —The Tripar-|James's again. But Har tite conference dug at its agenda | just abuu!gthc same. Hersyast lfiiu’i in a four-hour harmonious session !all day. He has an added three ‘de:terda&. the longest meeting to | nights of work a week when he u’l'ehc presence of American and;5;02352:;;4::;1;3:: "’I?:cax:e:hc';?:z British military advisers suggested ione night a week when they go lo‘- a land attack in western Europeigegher to entertain at the Holly- might have been the topic discussed |wood Canteen. although all official representatives | 87. Anaconda 26, Bethlehem Steel 59%, Curtiss Wright 7'i, Interna-, tional HarVester 69'c, Kennecott | 31%., New York Central 17%, North- ern Pacific 15, United States Stm‘l‘ 58 Dow, Jones averages today are as | follow: Indu: 137.98; rai Baranof Hotel. R guest at the FEET HURT? If so, see Dr. D. W. Knowles, latest scientific methods. Osteopath and Chiropodist. stuck to the rule that nothing about | actual conversations are to be made | public until the windup of the con- ference. l Secretary of State Cordell Hull, British Foreign Minister Anthony | Eden and Soviet Russia represen- | tative Molotov, did relax sufficiently | “It's working out swell," Betty. “You see we like all the same things and as long as Harry's working in pictures, too, everghing works out smoothly.” One of those “same things” they like is music. Betty confesses she Office 387 Lower Lobby, Baranof Hotel Home, Red 669 34.94; utilities, 21.65, | e | wsidered the tall- | Bamboo is to say a cordial atmosphere pre- |hasn’t even seen all the rooms in vailed throughout the second formal {the house the Jameses live in, but get-together. \shes certain every one of them has In DAILY ALASKA [-.MPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA [BETTY GRABLE, - VICMATURE AT ’ 20TH CENTURY Take Betty Grable's blonde love- liness, Vic Mature's appeal, Jack Oakie’s inimitable brand of humor and set them in technicolor against + background of South Sea romance ind heaps of tip-top music, and you have the kind of grand screen entertainment to be found in 20th Century-Fox's “Song of the Is- lands,” which opened at the 20th Century Theatre yesterday. Assisting in the romantic doings we such stalwarts as Thomas Mit- hell tangling cinematically with George Barbier; Billy Gilbert, in he hilarious role of an erstwhile ‘annibal; Hilo Hattie, major ex- ponent of Hula ‘jive’; and Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians, ace interpreters of islands music. Tre story is fraught with roman- tie possibilities and paced for grand fun. You can be sure that Miss Grable and Mr. Mature make the most of their opportunities The plot tells the story of Vic's arrival on a Polynesian isle to run his father's cattle ranch with the assistance of Jack Oakie. . > Snake Cause 0f Big Fire PORTSMOUTH, Va—A snake in- | directly was blamed for a wood fire that burned over six acres of tim- I)exlund in Princess Anne County. According to Thomas S. Turner, | district forester, three men were cutting timber when a rattlesnake (crawled into view. So, the woodcutters started a fire in the brush where the reptile dis- military experts are predicting the |appeared. The blaze got out of next big Russian offensive will strike 'hand and the three forgot all about in the Leningrad sector. Swedish | the snake in their efforts to ex- correspondents report from Berlin. |tinguish the flames. - e | One of the men pleaded guilty in jcourt and was fined $10 and costs Pa51 NObIe Grands ‘rml‘;:::lm:’l‘:;v:.ll::;dk!’ POINT Honor Mrs. Webber: JACKET—Ann Savage, svelte screen actress, gives a preview of a fashionable fur jacket for the :omlnl season. NEXT RUSSIAN ACTION SLATED | AT LENINGRAD STOCKHOLM, Oct. 21.—German | Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wewell of | Strawberry Point are guests at the | Baranof Hotel. The Past Nable Grnndh Club of | —————— the Rebekah Lodge surprised Mrs“ THOMPSONS HERE Lydia Webber yesterday when mem-| Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Thompson of bers called at her home on Glacier | Hoonah are guests at the Baranof Highway to present her with a bon Hotel. voyage gift. Refreshments were W EPIN TN served and an informal afternoon RlVbb!,LL IN JUNEAU was enjoyed. Edgar F. Russell of Hoonah Mrs. Webber plans to:lgave for | registered at the Baranof Hotel. the south next week to make her > home in the New England States. She ‘Wil be accompanied south by | Mrs. Andrew Rosness. e i A GUEST AT BARANOF A guest at the Baranof Hotel,| | | IN TOWN TODAY Clifford M. Holm today regmcred at the Baranof Hotel g T e HERE FROM EUGENE A, J. McNeese and M. I. Stacy, | is here " PAGE THREE! WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! (S LN TURY NOW PLAYING! VICTOR GRABLE - MATURE JACK OAKIE in TECHNICOLOR! Thosias Mitchell « Goorge Barbier < Billy Gilbert Wil Hatte - HARRY OWENS & His Rayal Nawaiaes Directed by WALTER LANG + Produced by WILLIAN A 20th CENTURY-FOX PICTURE "MALTESE" FALCON" House Voles Repeal ' Of Chinese Exclusion on a voice vote, The legislation was introduced b} Representative Magnuson, of ‘ti State of Washington. The legisla- tion also amends the naturalizatio laws to permit Chinese to becom American citizens. ~ Ad; Goes fo Senafe WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. The FROM HOONAH The bill now goeh to the Sen.h Ralph H. Hardin Seattle. “Chief |a radio. Task of the Moment,” the Moscow | “We're both simply crazy about News, English language newspaper, | { musie,” she says, “and with a dozen declared yesterday that “if the Hit- \lOCfll stations to choose from we lerite Army has not yet been de- lcnn get plenty.” If that spells bed- » feated it is only because there is | lam in the James menage, it seems not yet a second front in the west.” 1 that Betty and Harry are still all | |for it. HOUSE GETS wppox Tro00s ‘ LT w— motorsHip PATRICIA |ABOUT WAR | CHUNGKING, Oct. 21.—Japanese | Itroops still barred from crossing the Gen. Marsha" Te”S What,sa]w”“ river on the Yunnan Bur- n;a front, thrust north and soulh | falong the west bank of that stra- | are installed and other improvements | Has'Been Done, Now | Doing, Future Plans tegic water barrier in Scuthwest made. Waich this space for announce- i . WASHINGTON, Oct. 21—House | an editorial entitled from | both of Eugene, Oregon, are regist- ered at the Baranof Hotel. est growing grass in the world. i House has voted to repeal the Chi- nese Exclusion Act to permit im- | migration of 105 Chinese annually. ‘ The quota basis action was taken Mrs. Prank Ross ‘- Denney, daughter and. Patricia Kane, Hoonah, are guests at the Bnrlnot Hotel. | f FOR SALE BEADS FOR BEADWORK ® GGood Range of Colors. ® (Can Fill Large Orders. MOUNTAIN VIEW STORE EAST ANCHORAGE ALASKA IN WAR % AS IN PEAC @ I EEE R E SRS RS Eleven years... A tribute TO THE FLYING PUBLIC SURPASSED NOWHERE else in the world has been Alaska’s reception of air transport. Underwrit- ten by the patronage of Alaskan travellérs and shippers, Pan American has for the past eleven years pioneered a progressively improved serv- ice linking many of the Territory’s major cities and connecting Alaska to the Pacific Northwest. | | | [ i Is temporarily laid up while new motors DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED China, engaging in a bank artil- lery duel and close quarter fight-| | ing. | % The Chinese Com meni Of resumpilon Of SChEdule bElWeen Emembers got a “convincing” first|in a communique th':: nz‘:-fled:il:ari‘f‘ < 'hand progress report on the wariese column previously reported Juneau‘ Halnes and Skagway_ |from Gen. George Marshall and!routed from its position opposite |Secretary of War Henry L. Stim-|Luku on the east bank, was divided ! ;son and other topflight leaders in|into two forces, one going north ! !a half hour talk behind closed‘and one south. { | doors. The cmmunique Monday said lht"\ | Some of the members described:.!upanese were routed opposite Luku | Marshall's talk as “straight from|Saturday. | | the shoulder, what we have done,/ iwhat is going on now and what 1we are planning to do on the fight- ing fronts.” The session also included an ex- clusive showing of war action films. A B — e BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUF 'CRITICAL PERIOD UFFY SMITH . | B Y WemMy \© T con - COMING ONTRUCKS | R S S r.cb, . 2l MUST TR WoRNTS NEW STOCK Floor Lamp Reflector Bowls ALL SIZES An announcement from Stillwell’s | AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS headquarter’s yesterday told of Am-l erican plane attacks on enemy troops at Luku.Sunday, indlcanng| the crossing was forced. PA) First National Bank of JUNEAU, AL"SE~ Floor Lamp Bfeakage Replacements * Alaska Eleciric Light and Power Company Juneau Phone 616 Douglas Phone 18 CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—Joseph B.| Eastman, Director of Defense| Transportation said the next six months “will be an even more cri- | tical period for trucks” than rail- roads, “but no informed person re- gards conditions as serious for the trucks, anyway permanently,” he added in a speech before the Am- erican Truckers Association. ———o—— SAVE OCTOBER 23 Douglas Firemen’s DANCE adv. THE DOUGLAS INN DINE AND DANCE OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT Electric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME