The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 25, 1943, Page 3

MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1943 A ROMANTIC ADVENTURE! in age-old mystery- steeped Egypt! Deanett; MacDONALD ETHEL WATERS Reginald Grant OWEN - MITCHE:L Lionel ATWILL Color Cartoon sLatest News THEATRE THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! TAX QUESTIONS ARE WAYS, MEANS COM, = | come taxes and today's action left only the corporation excise levies open. Among the media the Admin- istration opened will be a channel a tax. - PAA MEN HERE W. Buckingham and R. N. Ogg, Pan American Airways employees, !are guests at the Barano{ Hotel. - INSPECTOR HERE AGAIN Back again in Juneau after a trip WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. — The House Ways and Means Committee today voted against any increase in estate and gift taxes in trimming $400,000,000 from the Administra- tion’s request for ten billion and one half dollars of new wartime revenue levies. to the Westward, is Rolfe J. Paquini of Seattle, United States Postal In- 1 | ""CAIRO" FILM NOW PLAYING, “Cairo,” the feature attraction now showing at the Capitol The-| atre, is that rare thing, an amusing | spy picture. Starring Robert Young | and Jeanette MacDonald, it re- counts the story of a small town newspaperman, assigned as a. war| correspondent, who becomes involv- | ed in the intricacies of espionage. | i On his way from America to get | | the “real”. news of the war, Young's | | boat is torpedoed and sunk. He | | finds himself on a raft in the | Mediterranean with a Nazi spy, who poses as a member of British in- telligence. Landing, they separate, |with the spy imparting certain {military information. In Cairo, ! Young contacts the Nazi agents, be- | lieving them to be Allled agents. | To get rid of Young they send him on a wild goose chase involving spy- |ing on Jeanette MacDonald. | Also in the cast are Ethel Waters, |Reginald Owen, Grant Mitchell, |Lionel Atwill, and Edward Cian- | melli. - r of Evefits In Celebration of Girl Scout Week National Girl Scout Week is be- {ing celebrated throughout the na- |tion from October 24-31, and in |Juneau the national festival will be {commemorated by the following calendar of events: Thursday, October 28—a meeting | of all Girl Scouts of Juneau and Douglas for a practice Court of! Awards at the Northern Light Pres- byterian Church. Friday, Octobey 29—packing of |candy by Council members at 10 | o'clock in the morning in prepara- | tion for the sale to be conducted Iby the girls in the afternoon. | Saturday October 30 — at 7:15] {o'clock in the evening, Girl Scout | movies and Alaskan pictures are to | be shown by Floyd Fagerson at the | | Northern Light Presbyterian Churci {for the pleasure of' Girl Scouts, | their families and friends. | Saturday evening, at 9:30 o'clock, | |a public dance at the Elks Ballroom, |sponsored by the local Scout Coun- |eil \ \Calenda i | Sunday, October 31 — at 2:15 o'clock in the afternoon, Girl Scout | Court of Awards at the Northern|yq Light Presbyterian Church. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA * Ranking Admirals Confer America’s three top Navy Commanders (left to right), Admiral ester W. Nimitz, Pacific Fleet Commander: Admiral Ernest J. King, Com- mander in Chief, U. S. Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations, and Ad- miral W. F. Halsey, Jr, Commander South Pacific Force and South Pacific Area, held a strategy conference at Pearl Harbor, recently. Associated Press photo from U. Reserve District No, 12 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE First National Bank of Juneau in the Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on October 18, 1943, published in response to call made by Comptroller of the Currency, under Section 5211, U. S. Revised Statutes. ASSETS Loans and discounts (including $3,5610.29 overdrafts) $ 305,009.12 United States Government obligations, airect and guaran- teed Obligations of States and political subdivisions Other bonds, notes, and debentures Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve ance, and cash items in process of collection Bank premises owned $45,500.00, furniture and fixtures 00.00 (Bank premises owned are subject to None liens not assumed by bank) Real estate owned other than bank premises Charter No. 5117 1 2. 2,062,162.00 86,922.86 99.325.00 bal- 1,993,570.89 51,200.00 12. TOTAL ASSETS $4,599,192.87 LIABILITIES Demand ‘deposits of individuals, partnerships, and cor- porations 13. $2,068,112.53 1,003.00 | "SONS OF THE | SEA" FEATURE, | 20TH CENTURY| | The strong bond of brotherhood |and friendship that unites England | and the United States today had its| |origin a century ago through the | courage and vision of some men,| lwho braved opposition and ridicule| to establish the first trans-Atlantic| steamship line. This the story| told in “Sons of the Sea,” which! opened yesterday at the 20th Cen-| tury Theatre, and it is a story which‘ {is fraught with thrills and excite- ments from start to finish. Michael Redgrave, in the role of| | Charles Maclver, gives an inspired | | performance of the young drrnmer: who makes his dreams come true.| One of the ranking stars of British | films, Redgrave is well known to! audiences through his| |work in outstanding British pic- | tures. Valerie Hobson is spirited and | ‘bemlurul in the role of Mary. Grlb‘, |fith Jones gives a sterling perform- tance as David. is | American 'PAA IS BUSY OVER WEEKEND' | Arrivals and departures by Pan| | American Airways over the week- | | end include the following: | D e - | | | | Leaving for Fairbanks were Mrs. | Earl Wilson and daughter, to join | | her husband there; Henrietta Power, | Acting Deputy War Savings Ad- | ministrator for the Territory, on! | official business. | Arriving here from Fairbanks was | | Norman Ebbly, Jr., associate en- | gineer for the U. S. Bureau of Mines. | | Leaving for Seattle were Frank L. | Holmes,” maintenafice and repair | man for the Juneau Cold Storage | Company, for medical attention, and Frank Molitor, accountant, return- |ing to his place of business after | a trip through the Territory. | - e PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY | | Have a purtrait artist cake your| | picture. Hamersley Studio. Opposite | | Federal Bu.lding. Phone 204. adv.| BUY WAR BON! PAGE THREE NOW PLAYING | ceamuny THRILL UPON THRILL! NOW PLAYING— "They Died With Their Boots On" Tirana, - Albania, for the second time. On the Eighth Army's front Montgomery's men poured into an enlarged bridgehead across thd Trigno River to attack German po‘ sitions beyond i The Fifth Army front flares in | counter-attacks. Four Nazi assaul | have been beaten back in 24 hour: | The captured railroad junction Sparanise is abut seven miles nort! of the Volturno River, S i - BUY WAR BONDS FIFTH ARMY DRIVENALIS INTO POCKE Eisenhower Sees Allies| Make Advances-Eighth - Army Forges Ahead (Continuea 11om Page One) The entire tempo of the wa and air, has stiffened as American {heavy bombers blasted southern Austria and raided the airfields at HELPS PREVENT coln From Developing ; . ... At the first sneeze, | sniffle or sign of nasal irritation, puta | | few drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol up each | contact any local n;assml. Its qui;k action Canadian aids nature’s defenses ! against colds. Follow VICKS . rections in folder. VA'TRO-NOL tions Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corpora- 1,492.972.85 | | spector. He is a guest at the Bar- anof Hotel. # The committee last week turned down any increase in individual in- NEW STOCK Floor Lamp Reflector Bowls ALL SIZES Floor Lamp Breakage Replacemenis * Alaska Eleciric Light and Power ~ Company Juneau Phone 616 _Douglas Phone 18 one DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED THE management of this bank is pledged to conserva- tive operation. The safety of depasitors’ funds is our primary consideration. In addition, the bank is 2 mem- - ber of Federal Deposit Igsur- ance Corporation,which in- sures each of our depositors against loss to a maximum of $5,000. iy First National Bank of JUNEAU, ALASKA MBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION S R S N S N, Broiled Steak and 3 BITTER FIGHTING BETWEEN CZECHS IN YUGOSLAVIA LONDON, Oct. 25—Rival Yugo- | slav forces of Gen. Tito Broz and Gen. Draja Mihailovic clashed in bitter battle on the hills of Mon- tenegro, Tito’s Free Yugoslav radio announces, as his partisan con- tinued to engage Germans in other parts of a war-torn Yugoslavia. Fighting between the partisans’ forces and King Peter's, the War | Minister said, was particulary heavy in the Matesevo Mont ‘Cakor area, | | where the radio declared Mihailo- {vic's Chetniks joined the Germans. R0 TAST R BUSINESS MAN HERE William Beatty, Portland, Oregon business man, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel for a few days. e TRIO FROM SEATTLE N. D. Dudley, B. U. Stewart and Dwight Henderson, all of Seattle, are guests at the Baranof Hotel. - e FROM SEATTLE Mrs. James W. Kimball and Gen- evieve Woodward, both of . Seattle, are registered at the Baranof Hotel. U.S. Ace in China - CAPTAIN Arthur W, Cruikshank of Ruston, La, a member of the 14th Air Force stationed at an advanced U. S. base in China, was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Oak Leat Cluster to the Air Medal for completing 75 com- bat missions. (International) - BUY WAR BONDS | 15. Deposits of United States Government (including postal savings) Deposits of States Deposits of banks Other deposits (certified and cashier’'s checks, etc.) 489,941.44 216,676.07 42,327.27 38,035.82 6. 17. 8. and political subdivisions TOTAL DEPOSITS $4,348,065.98 TOTAL LIABILITIES $4,348,065.98 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital stock: fc) Common stock, total par $50,000.00 Surplus Undivided pyofits Reserves (and retirement account for preferred stock) $ 50,000.00 150,000.00 43,626.89 7,500.00 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. $4,599,192.87 MEMORANDA Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value): (a) United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed, pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities 4 s1 Other assets pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities (including notes and bills rediscounted and securities sold under repurchase agree- ment) 1179,875.00 (b) 80/225'00° (e) TOTAL $1,259,900.00 32. Secured liabilities: (a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to requirements of law $ 628,080.58 (d) TOTAL Territory of Alaska, City of Juneau, ss: I, E. L. Hunter, cashier of the above-nfmed bank, do solemnly $ 628,080.58 {swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. E. L. HUNTER, Cashier. CORRECT — Attest: JOHN RECK, E. McCLEAN, A. M. MILL Directors. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23rd day of October, 1943. CHARLES WAYNOR, Notary Public. (SEAL) My commpission expires Nov. 9, 1943. $ 251,126.89 I Velvet “FIND" for Day, Night! Cuddly Velvet Jacket, in Black, Red, Purple. Steps out smartly over evening dresses. $14.95 Jones - Sievens Seward Street See Our Stock . . . B SMALL MOTORS And BLOWERS for GRAVITY OIL STOVES (A. C. ONLY) PARSONS ELECTRIC (0. MOTORSHIP PATRICIA Is temporarily laid up while new motors are installed and other improvemenis made. Watch this space for announce- ment of resumption of schedule between Juneau, Haines and Skagway. BN JEEPERSY TUE RID TS HUNP-BACKED VARMINT SO FUR ACROST TW DESERT WAL nene Mon SEEN A STUBEN LITTLE QMERICAN SOLDAER RANED By BILLY DeBECK VALS O'F\RE THAT NANME SOLNDED ORETFUL FAMLAR-- DINR AND DANCE THE DOUGLAS INN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT E lectric: Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE !