The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 26, 1943, Page 3

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1943 HORROR @ THRILLS @ DOUBLE :cuian:d NEW gemnon FEATURE MYSTERY THE LIVING DEAD..LUSTING DICK FORAN ELYSE KNOX . Mat.) RALPH MORGAN IRENE NERVEY BELA LUGOSI NEWS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY APITO THEATRE THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURESI! DOUGLAS NEWS D. I. W. CLUB NEWS The Douglas Island Woman’s Club is starting its annual drive for funds and the award this year will be a turkey for the winner’s Christmas dinner. The award will be made on December 18. ‘The Douglas Girl Svouts, who are sponsored by the D. I. W. Club, will begin canvassing next Monday after- noon. It is announced by the Scout Leader, Mrs. Norman Rustad, that there will be a short Scout meeting directly after school on Monday. All the Scout members should be there, as it will take the place of the regular meeting which was post- poned last Wednesday. THANKSGIVING CELEBRATED Douglas residents put on a fine spread yesterday, with many family dinners, just a few of the get- togethers are listed here: Mrs. Clar- ence Walters gave a dinner for ten, including Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ed- wards and daughter Shirley, M. Jess Edwards, Mrs. Thomas Jensen, and Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Edwards and family. The E. E. Engstroms enter- tained with a sitting of 13, including the Dewey family and some Juneau friends . Turkey was served at the Thomas Cashen home for Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Gray and Mr. and Mrs. Felix Gray. and Harry Cashen had dinnper with their mother, Mrs. Sadie Cashen. The Paul Winklemans entertained a group of twelve, which included Mrs. Winkleman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Carlson, Miss Eleanor ‘Warren, Miss Ruby McNeill, Miss Ruth Kunnas, Elspeth Douglas and four Servicemen friends. THEATRE IMPROVEMENTS Work is again being resumed on the Gross Coliseum Theatre in Douglas. Residents look on hap- pily in the hopes that the city may again have a show place, which is so necessary in a community. GUARD DANCE TOMORROW The Douglas Unit of the Terri- torial Guards are giving their first dance since its organization tomor- row evening in their Armory, known as the Nat. The dance is under the chairmanship of Fred Turpin and will start at 10 p. m. and continue until 1 a. m, with the All-Girl Orchestra in the pit. All Guard members in uniform with their in- Privates Frank ' signia on mitted free Special invitation is extended to Juneau members and the Guardsmen from out the Glac- ier Highway. DEER HUNTERS????? Henry Stragier received. the /fol- lowing news in a letter from his son, | Capt. George Stragier, who is an Army flier stationed in Georgia. His | company was on maneuvers in New York State and were returning to their home port in Georgia. He and two other {liers were flying their | planes homeward over the New York | forests when one of the planes ‘began to whird and seem out of | control. Over their radios they con- nected their compainion and asked been shot.” They landed at the st field to get medical atten- | tion. Sure enough, there was a scalp wound, where a rifle bullet hgd just | grazed the head of the pilot. After | investigation, authorities named careless deer hunters as the would- | be assassinators. How tall the deer | must grow in New York State. e 'COX BARRED FROM BASEBALL FOR LIFE CHICAGO, Nov. Z6.—In the most drastic action taken in his 22 years as Czar of Baseball, Commissioner D. Cox, President of the Philadel- phia Phillies, National League, from games in which his own club was | involved. | nently ineligible” to hold any base- leagues. The decision was reached after an investigation of three months, in- cluding several interviews with Cox himself. Robert M. Carpenter, of Wilming- ton, Delaware, has been elected President of the Phillies, succeeding Cox. —— e PLEADS TO MANSLAUGHTER Harry C. Ritchey, originally fac- ing a first degree murder count in Ketchikan, yesterday pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter, ac- by the U. S. Marshal's Office. The first charge was reduced.. Eam o o namend FROM ANCHORAGE Ernest R. Whitehead, of Anchor- age, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. It Is Important at This Time to have your Eleectric Refrig erator checked for that minor defect which might cause a complete breakdown for the duration. * Alaska Eleciric Light and Power Company Juneau Phone 616 Douglas Phone 18 the sleeve will be ad- | the trouble and the reply was, “I've | K. M. Landis has barred William | baseball for life, for gambling on | Landis ruled that Cox is “perma- | ball office, either in-minor or major | cording to a wire received in Juneau ! TWO THRILLERS " ARE FEATURED " ONCAPITOLBILL Hollywood's horror picture head- |quarters, Universal studio, has a| |new shocker ready for fans who enjoy their chills in large portions. | ‘The picture is “Night Monster” and |opens tonight at the Capitol The-! |atre. | The film, according to the im-, |posing list of top-notch players in| |its cast, promises to be shivery en—‘. {tertainment on a big scale. Bela |Lugdsi and Lionel Atwill headline | {the group which includes Leif Erik- |son, Irene Hervey and Ralph Mor-/ gan | Don Porter, Nils Asther, and| Frank Reicher, all well known cin- | jema favorites, are said to have prominent roles. | Terror stalks the countryside and | the elm-bordered streets of a peace- | |{ful New England town in Holly- | |wood's latest horror-movie, “The! |Mummy's Tomb"” which features the second half of the double bill. Lon Chaney, now quite famous |for his blood-chilling roles in “The |Ghost of Frankenstein” and the |more recent “Wolf Man," is the |star of this new shocker. The role | he plays is probably more awesome ltlmn the previous two. The actor appears in the fearsome guise of an |ancient Egyptian mummy, kept |alive a thousand years by a magic chemical brew. Parliament Opened by King George | LONDON, Nov. 26.—King George, (in opening the new session of par- {liament confidently told the House jof Commons, “In the fourth year ‘of war the forces of the United | Nations have assumed the offensive |in all theaters. “In the coming year we shall, with God's help, be able to bear lupon the enemy still greater weigh! |and attacks.” % The new session, the ninth since |the present members of the House of Commons were elected November, | 1935. The current parliament is the longest lived in British history. e All U. §. Nurses fo | Regisle(ilfebruary | WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. — Volun- | tary nationwide registration of all graduate nurses, including those re- tired from active service, will be | conducted in local hospitals and { health centers for. one week be- ginning February 7. Paul V. McNutt, Chairman of the | | War Manpower Commission, said | nearly half the country’s estimated 400,000 nurses are not now prac- ticing. | e « HERE FROM SITKA J. T. Somner, of Sitka, is register- ed at the Baranof Hotel. A it John R. Martin, of Seattle, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. ———.— Reopening of the Rush and Brown ! mine on Prince of Wales Island is | planned according to a statement made at Ketchikan by A. L. Howard, President of the Alaska Gold and Metals Company. The property pro- duced gold and copper before closed down in 1921. | —_—— e ——— MOTORBOAT “ETOLIN” Leaves for Haines, Saturday ! morning at six. Phone Red 470. ‘adv. { h‘lkew Under-arm Cream Deodorant safely Stops Perspiration 1. Does not rot dresses — does not irritate ski |ing around piano. ] Juneau in 1943!" {services of all of its very ablest men JUNEAU'S PROGRAM FRIDAY, November 26, 6:45 P. M. —Meeting of Servicemen’s Council in USO; 7:30 P. M.—Movies in USO | Lobby; 9:30 P. M.—Game party in USO Lobby, SATURDAY, November 27, 9:15 P. | M.—USO Monthly Formal Dance at Masonic Temple. SUNDAY, November 28, 1:30 P. M. | (or later at convenience of Service- men)—Trip to Mendenhall Glacier; : 5:00 P. M.—Music, coffee and cookies in USO Lobby; 9:30 P. M.—Vespers in USO Lobby; 10:00 P. M.—Sing- MONDAY, November 29, 8:00 P. M.—Forum Club meeting at private home. Get your reservation at USO desk; 8:30 P. M.—Movies in USO Lobby. N TUESDAY, November 30, 7:30 P. M.—Meeting of entire GSO at USO; 9:00 P. M.—Quiz contest in USO Lobby (broadcast over KINY); 9:45/ P. M.—Bingo games. WEDNESDAY, December 1, 7:15 P. M.—Movies in USO Lobby; 8:45 P. M.—Card Party on second floor of club; 9:00 P. M.—Old-fashioned (dances in USO Lobby. THURSDAY, December 2, 9:00 P. M.~—Dance at USO. GRATEFUL THANKS The members of the Staff of the Juneau USO-—Alida Matheson, Mary McCormack and Zach Gordon—have particular cause to give thanks dur- ing this Thanksgiving season of 1943. Through this column today they humbly acknowledge their grati- tude over the chance to be of service the men of the Armed Forces. And they acknowledge further their gratitude that Juneau is the place in which they are afforded the op- portunity to render that service. They are convinced that nowhere else would there be found so large | a percentage of generous towns- people eager to help them in their efforts They believe their USO work to be an important War project,— you, the thoughtful people of Ju- neau and Douglas, have been mak- ing it a relatively simple task and a very pleasant one! BOB PORTERFIELD The USO Forum Club has been mentioned so often in recent issues of this column that we had decided to omit any further reference to it for at least a few weeks. Last Mon- day’s session, however, had too much | news value to be ignored; so your reporter herewith evidences a change of mind: The hostess at that meet- ing was Mrs. Homer G. Nordling, | mother of popular GSO girl Betty, so of course the Servicemen were treated to the most cordial home hospitality,—but certainly that is not news. No, the news angle was in the presence that night of Soldier Bob Porterfield as our speaker. A | member of an Army outfit here on| a motion picture project, his arrival | followed closely after his appearance | locally as an actor in “Sergeant | York”; in the East and the Mid- | west he has long been widely known | and exceedingly highly regarded as an actor and director in the theatre, and especially as the founder and the director of the famous “Barter Theatre’ in Virginia. To those who on Monday heard Bob'tell the story of his adventures on the stage and of his acquaintance with many of the great men and womgn of the theatre, he will be warmly remem- bered as'a new friend who gave us a truly unforgettable evening. . And here is a suggestion: Jot tha name down now in your memory and be prepared some day to recall with a pleased thrill, “Why I met Bob Porterfield when we were in For this fellow has ideals and is full of high hopes and possesses a wide vision of vital human affairs infinitely more dram- | atic than anything the Drama has to offer. So it is that we respect- fully suggest that during the years ahead, in the attempt to rehabilitate {a world desperately needing the of good will and imagination and determination, highly profitable use might well be made of the services of one such man, Bob Porterfield, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— Interesting ltems for Everybody USO NEWS ARMY BAND Hardly a Thursday evening goes by at the Club, or a dance night on a Saturday, without some one of the fellows or girls asking us “Who is that tall Soldier that plays the sax so well?” or “That man on the trombone is really good! Who is {he?” or wanting some one of the other players to be identified. So this looks like an ideal time and place for the identification of all the members of that excellent Army orchestra. The tall, brilliant sax player is the band leader, Bob Yet- ter, who hails from Yakima, Wash.; and the soldier who handles that tromboene so effectively is Dick Gar- rison, ‘from Seattle. The other soldiers who have been playing regu- larly for some time now are: George Schnell, Stillwater, Minn,, piano; Eddie Pinelli, Bayonne, N. J, guitar; Henry Sanner, Minneapolis, Minn., guitar; Harold Hollstrom, Seattle, violin; Jack Freeman, Bothell, Wash,, trombone; Bob Thomas, Ho- quiam, Wash., trumpet; Wally Wel- lenstein, Albany, Minn., sax.; Sey- mour Standish, Seattle, bass; and Bob Anson, Kalamazoo, Mich, drums. The fellows who can be counted on for a good job whenever needed include Milton Steinhardt, of Ellensburg, Wash., violin; Jerry Nottingham, Juneau, violin; Eddie Rogers, Jamestown, N. D, drums, and Keith Wilde, Juneau, sax. To sonally), USO owes a debt of grati- tude that it cannot hope to repay. We are sure, however, that these | men already realize how very much in at least some small measure to |their playing has meant to the large , will conduct the services, and inter- number of girls and fellow service- men attending our dances. From that realization they must get a great deal of satisfaction. SHUMWAY & CO. ‘We missed those guys in blue on Tuesday night at 9 o'clock! Yes, sir, somehow the weekly Quiz Con- test just didn't seem quite right and-natural without that colorful team of Shumway & Co., the Coast Guard Champs of the USO, being at its customary place to the right of the quizmaster. That night's match between the Army teams from California and Washington was a very fast-moving battle; as a mat- ter of fact it was probably the most interesting of all to date from the listeners’-in standpoint. Neverthe- less, those Coast Guardsmen had made a lot of friends over the past two months, so it was only natural that they would be missed. On their noteworthy feat of chalking up a run of eight strajght victories (in- cluding a win over the Skagway USO champions), enabling them to retire undefeated, USO takes this oppor- tunity to congratulate Capt. Hi Shumway, of Springfield, Ill, John Sherman, of Joplin, Mo., Delbert Dixon, of Juneau, and John Gion- freddo, from Washington, D. C. Nice work, fellows! But please don't ex- pect us to take that “retirement” of yours too seriously No so-called “retired” ring champ has ever been “retired” prima donna ever has dar- ed trust herself to attend -a first night with a new heroine holding forth behind those footlights. So ring one of these days and to hear a familiar voice: “This is Hi Shum- way. Say, the other fellows and T have been listening in on that quiz team that you've had on the air for the past few weeks, and we've been taking it over, and although we don't want to sound boastful we're all of these bandsmen (good music~ i ians and a fine bunch of fellows per- permanently deaf to the roar of the | crowd; and we doubt whether any we confidently expect the phone to | inclined to believe——" At which point we will interrupt with: “Why | to match you fellows again. It's a |date for next Tuesday.” Be pre-| pared for the headline: “CAN'T ‘TAKE IT—IDLENESS GETTING |US DOWN—WE CRAVE ACTION,” ADMITS COAST GUARD; “COME |AND GET IT,” SAYS ARMY. FACES-ABOUT-THE-USQ-DE- PARTMENT: Despite the fact that | during recent weeks a lot of the fel- lows have moved off toward far- away places, there still seems to be a large number hereabouts, — at {least we continue to see many faces in our busy midst every day. For example, the wreathed-in-smiles 'face of Sergeant Harold Marx on Tuesday night as he scored another | of his series of victories in the Bingo |games at which he seems to have |become the Club’s most consistent {winner . . . . and the genial face of Axel Nielson, local Soldler, recently {home on furlough, spending a lot of {time at the USO and gaining the {warm friendship of all of us on the |Staff . . .. and the contented faces |of a great many of our men yes terday afternoon as they finished their delicious turkey sandwiches at the canteen of which the dona- tion was made possible through the joint generosity of Roald Copstead and Henry Sully, whose thoughtful- ness, needless to state, was deeply |appreciated. e, JINFANT JANET STEPETIN DIES IN GOVT. HOSPITAL Janet Stepetin, infant daughtgr of Mr. and Mrs. Alexey Stepetin of Funter Bay, died yesterday morn- ing at the Government Hospital. The child was born on November 3 at Funter. The funeral has been set for to- | morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in | the chapel of the Charles W. Carter [Mortum‘y, The Rev. M. A. Baranoff | Emem will be in Evergreen Ceme- | tery. surely, Hi, of course we'll be glad | ISTORY OF RCAF "~ NOW SHOWING, ~ 201H CENTURY James Cagney takes off on his greatest role in ‘“Captains of the Clouds” which opened Wednesday at the 20th Century Theatre. In a| career which has been studded with | brilliant performances, his role as {the daredevil flyer in the new | Technicolor picture emerges as the grandest of them. all “Captains of the story of the Royal ‘Forcf-. and it is a story of glory, a story of thousands of men who hourly risk their lives that democ- racy may survive. Clouds” is Canadian a Air | R SRR MOTORBOAT “ETOLIN" Leaves for Haines, Saturday |morning at six. Phone Red 470. % ! adv. | PO S R : YOUR BROKEN LENSES | Replaced in our own shop. Eyes { Examined. Dr. Rae Lilllan Carlson. | Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. adv, i A NEW WARNER BROS. MIT. o Dennis Morgan-Brenda Marshall oirected by MICHAEL CURTIZ - PEGINALD 06NN i BUY WAR BONDS | MOTORSHIP PATRICIA Is temporarily laid up while new motors are installed ‘and other improvements made, Watch this space for announce- ment of resumption of schedule between Juneau, Haines and Skagway. [N Raft of 400,000 ft. saw logs broken Parties logs contaet JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS OTICE up near Sumdum. -wishing to salvage i ALSQO===== CARA NOME SKIN FRESHENER After cream cleansing, ree move all traces of soiled cream with this fragrant liquid | It refres! our skin delightfully ) ECONOMY REG. SIZ& 7 ASK FOR IT AT . BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. at present a private in the Army of the United States. “The Rexall Store” 1 TELLVE TH' CANEL \S NN PROPITTY -- 2. No waiting to dry. Can be used right after shaving. 8. Instantly stops perspiration for 1 to 3 days.” Removes odor from perspiration. 4. A pure white, greaseless, stain- less vanishing cream. 6. Arrid has been awarded the Approval Seal of The American Institute of Laundering, for be- ing harmless to fabrics. Arrid is the largest selling deodorant. Try a jar todayl ARRID. 39 £ ajor Alsoin 59¢ and 10¢ jors Fried SERVED ANY TIME Broiled Steak and Chicken -TH' COPTN BONGHT T FER ME HMSEFY ORDERED ME TO PHQNE 555 And there is a Mirror - tomeet Every Taste A Size...Style...Shape _and Frame attractive to everyone. Made from Genuine Pittsburgh Plate Glass THOMAS HARDWARE CO. Fuller Mirrors . . - and Every Pockethook JUNEAU, ALASKA BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH SORRY, YARD BIRD, BUT THE CAPTAIN S0 WHWUIT 32 WAVE \T WHAR THAT CRITTER SOUR wan By BILLY DeBECK 3 WHIT TR-2 LGO Wi WE'LL BE SETTIV W WIE RIG\D MORFUS, THE DOUGLAS IN DINS AND DANCE OPEN UNTIL MIDNJGHT Electric Hammond i Organ Music DINE AND DANCE