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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA RUSS ARMY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1943 "RANDOM HARVEST' ENDS TONIGHT AT Jimmy McCormick and Larry yich, have spent all their spare eve- |nings and Saturday and Sunday in | filling their Christmas tree orders | Besides filling Douglas orders, these 'GANGSTER COMEDY CLOSING TONIGHT WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! DOUGLAS NEWS l x LAST TIMES TONIGHT! [ i i | Sheer CAPITOL THEATRE A picture that has everything— ‘a best-seller story, top-flight pro- | % | Wednesday—Thursday—Friday || { wrote | nesia, | WILLIAM HOLDEN duction and direction, and two of | the greatest names in Hollywood | in the principal roles is “Random! Harvest,” showing for the last time tonight at the Capitol Theatre i Faithfully following the great story by James Hilton who also Goodbye Mr. Chips” and Horizon” the story concerns of the last war who is suffering f hell-shock and am- diffic part made to or- Ronald Colman. The sym- pathetic part of Paula, who takes care of and nurses back to health and confidence the shattered mind is played by Greer Garson Greer Garson fans have a sur-, prise in store, for the popular ac- tress is a song and dance artist at the beginning of the film and per- “Lost a vietim = der f OUGEAS PUBLIC SCHOOL 1 GIVES CHRISTMAS PROGRAM | D (Wednesday) ) Tomorrow evening | at 8 o'clock, the Douglas Public School will present, “Merry Christ- 2 a two-act operetta written by the school faculty. Act one takes place in the early morning in a toy shop when all of the toys are awake. A poor child visits them and all of the dolls dance. The characters in act one are: Trumpeter, Eddie Cochran; tin sold iers—John Jensen, Donald Conl David Hollingsworth, Donald Niemi Gilbert Bonnett, Ray Hermann, Harry Worobec, Bruce Thomas, Richard Isaak, Joseph Pike, Thomas Cochran, and Elton Engstrom. | Three little tops, Billy Andrews, Donald Barcus, Oscar Niemi; three {dolls, Judy Niemi, Donna Lee Swift, | and Maria Worobec; Donald Duck, Bobby Johnson; three ducks, Lester Henkins, Dennie Anderson and Bur- | industrious fellows have also furn- ished trees for Juneau business houses. ->oo CRUSHING BLOW HIT BIG CITY (Continued from Page One) new intensity with these additional attacks. During the past 24 hours RA® subsidiary formations attacked Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Mo- squitoes stabbed at western Ger- many and Belgium and mines were laid A heavy formation of American !forms a Scotch number that brings down the House. - >oo SUSAN HAYWARD €0oIE | BRACKEN | Ricaiadl | CASES TRIED IN DISTRICT COURT MONDAY P. M. At a session of the District Court | yesterday the following cases were " | tried: Divorces were granted to Eliza- Show Place of Juneau w}ll"hl:‘ec A e e ' Liberators and Fortresses bombed Lewis Pusich, and Lee Roy William- the U-boat ce.m.er of Bremen hga\- DutaH bk Mariigm: Tasak, ily by daylight, and American Patticia Bikker Mary Cnthber!"and‘ bombers based in the Mediterran- Louise Grant; Bambi, Larry Jensen; :‘:‘k:o:»“:cd m".}; e o x‘rce,\t poor child, Shirley Edwards; store- | . Pusted ral yards at Sofia, keeper, Phyllis Andrews; Dumbo, capital of war-weary Bulgaria and Billy Pike and Gary Bach; English Stuck at Elevsis Airfield near doll, Beth Fleek; Raggedly Ann,| Athens. American Eleanor Havdahl; dancing oll, Lynn and British medium Barcus Jackin-the-box, Jimn‘y}bcmbPl'S spread destruction on tar- Rustoula. {gets in northern France. In the second act the poor child' The Allies lost more than is weeping beause she has no toys‘plancs in all these operations. when an Angel, Peggy Cochrane, ap- | Frankfurt is now probably one 00 ADVANCES, NEVEL AREA Break Through Forti- fied German Lines LONDON, Dec. 21.—The Russian breach in the heavily fortified Ger- man line, have plunged down the east side of the Nevel-Vitebsk Rail- way and have reached Gorodok, within 20 miles of Vitebsk. A Reuters Moscow dispatch re- ported the advance of 15 miiles by Gen. Bagramian's forces which now stand barely 50 miles from the old Polish and Latvian frontiers. A German report said the Soviet pressure is increasing in the Vitebsk area, and said “Northwest of Nevel the Soviets launched attacks.” In the Dnieper bend area, the Germans said the Russians have broken through southwest of Kirovo- grad, but were dispersed or wiped out. — e \INDIAN SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR XMAS; | | \ unsuccesstul | {Northern Soviet Forced, ‘ Baltic Army, steadily expanding the | | 8 " Rl & 207 NEW BANK_—The old re- liable “First National” comes in sheer cotton mesh now, as Claire Trevor demonstrates in her cos- tume as the “woman of the town” in her new film. NO RAILROAD STRIKE, SAYS i | | | - AT 20TH CENTURY Edward G. Robinson's antics in Warner Bros.’ newest comedy, “Lar- {ceny, Inc.,” has the audience in a constant state of laughter, at the 20th Century where it is now show- ing for the last times tonight. Not | since Slight C: of Murder” | and “Brother Orchid” has he| brought so much mirth to the| screen. In his latest film, Robinson plays the role of a man who is sur- prised to learn that he can make| more money by running a luggage | Istore than by robbing a bank | In the feminine lead is lovely, chic Jane Wyman. She plays the part of Robinson’s adopted daugh- ter; a vivacious little miss who| !falls for a leather-goods salesman (Jack Carson's role) and tries her| best to see that her father follows| the straight and narrow path m: honesty > QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine [stock today is 6, American Can 83':,| Anaconda 24':, Bethlehem Steel| 156%, Curtiss Wright 5z, Interna- {tional Harvester 77%, Kennecott {804, New York Ceutral 15%, Nor-| thern Pacific 14's, United States | Steel 507%. | Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 135.86, rails, |33.09, utilities 21.71 [0 CENTURY ENDS TONIGHT! ow! WYMAN - CRAWFORD - CARSON Directed by LLOYD BACON M' Screen Play by Everst Freeman & Edwin Sased Upon a Play by LAURA & 5. 1. PERELMAN LATEST WORLD NEWS ALL NEW SHOW 'TONIGHT | | - pears and tells her that there is|of Germany's most bombed cities. Ind ndian | ]beth S. Robinette from Elmer I. | Robinette, Jr.; Robert Eugene Hub- | | bard from Betty Elizabeth Hubbard; | Alfred F. Ellenberg from Hilda A. ALASKA COASTAL TRIPS ARE MADE | TO INLET, SITKA' | Yesterday on a return flight from Sitka by the Alaska Coastal Air- lines, Paul Leska and Ruth G.| Metcalf were passengers. From Ketchikan trip the plane brought| back Charles L. Butler, Pvt. Ryer-| sen W. Gaudet, Pvt. Sidney Yoso- vitz, Solomen Brown, and Pvt. Wal- ter Rogucki. A flight to Excursion Inlet had| the following passengers: Irene Cropley, A. Steele, Anita Dennison and W. W. Vernon. The plane brought back C. L. Wingmen, M. O. Beggs, Alvaro D. Asis, and Sterl- ing F. Beethoven. Coming to Juneau from Gustavus yesterday were J. M. Farnes, Louis C. Lane, Frank P. Lindelof, Linnard Williamson, W. D. Roberts, J. M. Holmes and Richard A. Date. Flying to Hoonah today were Mr. and Mrs. Gomez Isturis. .- TOM AND JERRY BATTER At Sully’s Bakery, Phone 577 adv. Ellenberg, Forest Herbert Young, Jr., was de- declared a bankrupt. Government payment of $4,572.50 vas made for 550 acres of land in Juneau to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Kendler, Mr. and Mrs. Lee H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maier and Pan American Airways. Government payment of $188 was made for 92 acres of land at Skag- way to Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Fraser and Mr. and Mrs. H. Johnson. i BN GRS S8 HOSPITAL NOTES Hermod Waldemar was discharged | yesterday from St. Ann's Hospital following surgical care. Stephen Lekanof, of Funter Bay, | has been admitted to the Govern- ment Hospital. | Jennie Thlunault was discharged | from the Government Hospital yes- terday. AN O B TOM AND JERRY BATTER At Sully’s Bakery, Phone 577 adv. CITY CAFE SPECIALTIES NOW IN CHINESE DISHES CHOP SUEY CHOW MEIN Sweet and Sour FRIED RICE OPEN ALL NIGHT PHONE 377 TS T BATAAN CAFE Genuine Chow Mein Chop Suey COME ONE ———COME ALL! L] 289 So. Franklin Street Open All Night TRESH EASTERN OYSTERS (Unlimited Supply) ; ments. ‘,the Douglas school as well as the teachers and high school girls as- more to Christmas than toys. Shad- ows tell the Christmas story while | the boys and girls glee clubs sing | Christmas carols. The shadows were | drawn by Herbert Bonnett | The characters in act two are: Angels, Peggy Parsons, Louise Grant, | Geneva Parsons, Dorine Frary, Mary Cuthbert, Bonnie Wagner, Elsie Niemi, Gloria Anderson, Vn'gmi;\‘ Jensen, Bernice Frary, Patricia . Graber, and Marilyn Isaak. Mary, Carol Cochrane; Dick Anderson; Shepherds and Wise | Men, Bill Logan, Phillip Clark and | Herbert Bonnet. Spatter print programs have been made by Jackie Bernard and Betty Kibby, and were designed by Patricia Balog and Herbert Bonnett. Dumbo’s and Bambi's heads were made by ) the seventh and eighth graders. Leonard Harju and Mr. Dore have done the work on the stage sets, Miss McNeil coached the dancers, and Mrs. Whalin directed the shadow™ plays, Mrs. Winkelman will have the di- rection of the chorus, and Betty Bonnett will play piano accompani- Mothers of the students in Joseph, sisted with the costumes. OES PARTY TONIGHT Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order of Eastern Star, will hold their regular | meeting, combined with their an- nual Christmas party, this evening at 8 o'clock, in the Eagles’ Hall “White elephant” gifts will be ex- changed among the members. PARTY FOR MISS ISAAK Last evening a surprise birthday party was given at the home of Mr. | and Mrs. G. R. Isaak honoring their daughter, Miss Helen Isaak, ! on her fifteenth birthday. Ten of Helen’s girl friends invited includ(‘d' Lucille Goetz, Ruth Ann Anderson, Noreen Andrews, Alfreda Fleek, Betty Bonnett, Patsy Balog, Betty Kibby, Claire Dore and Peggy Coch- rane. Part of the evening was spent in the game of bingo, in which Betty Bonnett won two prizes and ! e e SOLDIER VOTE OPINION GIVEN BY ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Presi- dent Roosevelt said every soldier . should be given an opportunity to ! vote unless combat circumstances prevents. The President enunciatet this policy in response to a request to comment on the Soldier Vote Bill. The President said he had not | read the legislation and did not have ‘Lhe faintest idea whether the meas- | ure as passed by the Senate last week gives the soldiers such an op- portunity. | The Senate version, in effect, hands the problem back to the | individual States. FLU IS REACHING . PROPORTIONS OF EPIDEMIC, CALIF. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.—In- fluenza began nearing epidemic pro- | portions here, and eight of the principal shipyards are reported to be sending workers home “by car- loads.” The Grass Valley and Neveda City public schools have closed head of the usual Christmas vacation. ONE DROWNED IN LAKE WASHINGTON COLLISIONMONDAY SEATTLE, Dec. 21.—One person was drowned when an Army tug was | sunk and an Army freighter dam- FRESH SHRIMP MEAT (Can be bought in any amount) Hutchings' EconomyMarket PHONE 553 EDISON MAZDA LAMPS New Shipment Just Arrived? * Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Juneau Phone 616 Douglas Phone 18 Lucille Goetz winning the third. With two birthday cakes and lots of ice cream, the guests enjoyed a won- derful evening. Making her birth- day even more complete, Miss Isaak was favored by the arrival of her father from his Excursion Inlet work, who timed his arrival for her birthday. He will remain with his Ifamily over the Christmas holiday. | aged yesterday in a collision near the entrance of Lake Washington Ship Canal. The victim was Frank Banazak, 23, of Pittsburgh. Three others, tug master Carl An- derson of Tacoma; oiler Joe Schlitz and cook Irvin Scarf were rescued. Preliminary investigation indicated trouble with the tug’s steering ap- paratus to be the cause, The freight- er developed a bad list and was moored ashore. - YOUR BROKEN LENSES Replaced in our own shop. Eyes Examined. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. adv. DOUGLAS INDUSTRY i Three Douglas lads, Billy Logan, JUNEAU PLUMBING & HEATING CO. PLUMBING HEATING The Juneau-Douglas | | Schools will close for the holidays | | December 23, according to an an-| nouncement today by Principal George A. Morlander, and will re- {open again January 3. : A Christmas program will be giv- en on the evening of December 24 at 7:30 o'clock in the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall . The affair will Totem Club fo Hold The Totem Club will meet in the ANB club room tonight at 7:30 o'clock, according to announcement | by“the Rev. Walter A. Soboleff. It is urged that all members attend. | MEMORIAL CHOIR T0 The Memorial Church choir will rehearse in the church at 7:30 n'clock tomorrow night. Since this is the final rehearsal for the Christmas program, an event of Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, all choir members are requested to be present. A BRI MAJOR WAR RAGING IN YUGOSLAVIA LONDON, Dec. 21.—The quarter- million-man Yugoslav Partisan army of Marshal Josip Broz (Tito) has advanced into the vicinity of the Croatian capital of Zagreb, it is announced. The campaign is termed here as a major battle as the forces are de- clared to be engaging nine German and . three puppet divisions in the main fighting areas in addition to holding down three to four Nazi divisions in sporadic combats on the Istrian Peninsula bordering Italy. Army strategists in a secret meet- ing of high Unitd States and British staff officers at Alexandria “agreed fully” of plans for a military cam- paign in Yugoslavia. The Chetnik forces of Gen. Milhailovic, War Minister of King Peter, were not represented. The main fighting is near Zagreb where one column of Tito’s forces entered the town of Kopinec. — e — MRS. WENDLING IS CLERK Mrs. Ruth Wendling has accepted a position with the Office of Indian Affairs as a clerk. be a community party and all are | REHEARSE FOR XMAS U. 5. CHIEF WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-—Presi- dent Roosevelt today asserted his| |assurance there is not going to be |a transportation shortage and it will be the best Christmas present |the American people could get | The hope was expressed that | railway executives and employees representatives will get together | |and work out a formula which| lwould provide scme wage increases. | Confcrences at the White House {were resumed today designed to settle the dispute as leaders of five operating Brotherhoods returned“ |this alternoon to discuss with the | President his proposal as a supple-‘ ment to the previous 4 cents an! | hour award and additional 4 cents {for overtime compensation. 'NATURALIZATIONS ARE LISTED FROM SOUTHEAST TOWNS The following were naturalized recently at Petersburg at hearings held by Judge George F. Alexander, Judge of the District Court, and’ Robert Coughl{n, Clerk of the| Court: Jane Henrietta Thierstein New- ton, a subject of Great Britain Lise Marie Pederson Olson, sub. ject of Norway; Daardi Bolseth Loseth, subject of Norway; Molla Sivertsen Sandvik, subject of Nor- way; Emily Grace Newburg Tore- sen, subject of Great Britain; Marie Kerle Baker, subject of Germany; Emma Johnson, subject of Norway; Arthur James Blatchford, subject of Great Britain; Entilio Ganados (name changed to John Silva), subject of Mexico; Evangeline Jeanette Eglund Tate, Great Britain; Perla Kr pesen Vallestud, subject of Norway. The following were naturalized at Wrangell: Zalme Renap Prader, subject of Russia; Carl Wilhelm Stoeckel, subject of Switzerland; Bertha Emilie Hansen, subject of Norway; Honna Tomine Sundberg, subject of Norway; Oscar Ogland, subject of Norway; Carl Gustave Jacobsen, subject of Norway; Den- nis Alfred Barlow, subject of Great Britain; Tony Matos, subject of Italy. A e e DOTE IN TOWN | Richard F. Dote, with CAA at | Anchorage, is a guest at the Bar- anof. Soft Coal Operafors | Sign New Wage Pact WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, — Thl‘i northern and western soft coal pro- | ducers, joined by the Alabama op- erators formally signed a new wage contract with the United Mine Workers to become effective if and | when the War Labor Board ap- proves it. The operators get price increases they want. ——————— FROM EXCURSION Pat Cavanaugh and Grace Zuber, both of Excursion Inlet are regis- tered at the Baranof Hotel. e HERE FROM SKAGWAY Mrs. Francis L. Inghram and children of Skagway registered over the weekend at the Baranof Hotel. CANDLELIGHT CHOIR REHEARS_AUHURSDAV A final rehearsal of the Children’s Christmas Candlelight Choir will be held Thursday afternocon at 2: o'clock at the Methodist Church. Records of the carols and readings will be made at this time to be sen| to Adak. to R. R. Lister, and in tha way the choir will be sending Christe mas cheer to the many daddies at tirat outpost. Mrs. W. H. Matthews, Jr., director of the choir, requests that every boy and girl be present and that laund- ered capes be turned in for the final creck-up. PR G Ll B PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY ' Have 8 purtrait artist take your picture, Hamersley Studio. Opposite Federal Bu.ding. Phone 204. adv ——— MEN WANTED Six Millwrightsand Two Mechanics JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS, Inc. Must have availability certificates. MOTORSHIP PATRICIA NOW READY to resume regular freight and passenger service between JUNEAU, HAINES and SKAGWAY For Tickets and Information CALL AT PERCY’S CAFE Where all small packages may be left OIL BURNERS SHEET METAL PHONE 787 Third and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. Feero, Green 585 J. R. Clark, Red 750 WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE— Without Calomel — And You'll Jump Out of Bed in the Morning Rarin’ to Go The liver should pour out two pints of liquid bile into your bowels daily. 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WE'WNS ARE TRANMPOOSIY' FUR EENPT &T SUN-LP' ¥ TO TH CONTEST- SHORE = CHUICK THOSE MAWL BAGS\ T TRUST TW LACK O A\ \WON'T PUT TH TREASHIRN OUT O BUSNESSY, OEPOTNENT \ %% B3 fi_‘ Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SBERVED ANY TIME DINE AND DANCE THE DOUGLASI|IN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT Electric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE