The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1943, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1943 n | Young Fopefuls search of a career. .. who take life and love on the run! RELEASED THROVGH URITED ARTISTS VESSEL ARRIVES | FROMSOUTHWITH | 31 FOR THIS (!TY‘ A vessel from the South docked | here last night with the following | passengers from Seattle — Henry | Besancon, William Garster, Lawr- ence Frank, Thomas Hellan, Laurel | Martinson, Carl Hawkins, Alex Tas- | sel, Gertrude R. Snow, Jean Potter, Marie B. Perron, Alice Van Over, Mrs. BessieR. Ward, Mrs. Jean | Hawkins, Mrs. Doria B. Hope, Ed- | ward Hope,™Jr., and Karen Hope. | From Ketchikan—Josephine Yans- | check, J. . Shepard, Harvard | Brown, Chester Carlson, John Male, | and Paul Bader ‘ | From Wrangell—Miss N. E. Couch, Miss B. MoN(‘xI and Mrs. John Brantner. From Petegburg—G. W. Keuther, P. Wesby, Wesby, Mrs. L. Sev- erson, Mrs #Gertrude W. Keuther, and Mr. and"Mrs. Peter Roberts. Taking p#&ssage for Sitka from here were Howard Wiley, John Wag- - B CITY CAFE SPECIALTIES NOW IN C E DISHES P SUEY 'W MEIN weet and Sour FRIED RICE OPEN/ALL NIGHT PHONE 377 THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! |BURLESQUE AT ~ CAPITOL SHOW FOR 3-DAY RUN i Prospective theater-goers |would like to witness a |ance of how a photoplay should INOI be acted should attend the comedy drama “Young and Willing” which opens tonight at the Capitol Theatre for a three-day run. A new picture will be shown beginning Christmas Day and continue through Tuesday. The plot of “Young and Willing” who stage aspirants, all living apartment being paid for by an| endowed girl who is one of their| number. They . find themselves about to lose their meal ticket| when she is visited by a girl friend from the home town, who becomes| shocked at the mixed occupancy of{ the flat and tips off the rich girl's| father. The group becomes desperate in their attempts to attract the atten- in one sides in the flat below. It develops that the play they have been using| to perfect their talents is of intrin- sic value to him, and watching their | performance ‘of his opus, he decides that between his poor writing and their terrible acting the play rates production as a burlesque drama. Prominent in the cast of “Young and Willing” are William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley,| Susan Hayward, and Marytha rected by Edward H. Griffith. - fSIeps Are Taken to r, Clara Dahlgren, Jackie Schmitz, H B S e e | Sireamline Congress; Mrs. N. E. Balshanin, and Ethel e T | Present System Creaks i DUFRESNE T0 CONSULT (Continued from Page One) |in tho fact the American (h"' JHMER A]’ pHERSBuRG people pay only half as much for maintaining Congress, which makes 4 all our laws and is the people’s To consult with Earl Ohmer | main check on the executive and chairman for the Commision, in | judicial branches, as they pay for regard to the coming annual meet- | maintaining the Bureau of Indian Frank | Affairs, ing of the Commissioners, o . : | The annual appropriation for Dufresne, Executive Officer of the Dufresne, Fxecy Congre including salaries, cler- Alaska Game Commission, will leave tomorrow for Petersburg. Thn is about $13,000,000. This is, Mon-|costuming and scenery costs. which will be held at Ju- roney says, is scheduled for late Jmm_‘}]uruau It’s just one fact that dem- | meeting, neau ary Mr Experimental Dufresne will also visit Fur Farm while the at Petersburg, planning to be present| ical hire and all other expenditures |onstrates there's something wrong in our government structure. Another example is the hard at the time when they are culling | WOrking House Interstate and For- out some of a brief stop at Wmngeu - TOM AND JERRY BATTER At Sully’s Bakery, Phone 577 adv. | e v —— s sy, a— BATAAN CAFE Genuine Chow Mein Chop Suey ———COME ALL! . 289 So. Franklin Street Open All Night the surplus animals. Before returning here, he will make leign Commerce Committee, that handles all our laws regulating \(lAn:.pmldlmn and trade. It has to ideal every year with thousands of |‘attorneys, yet doesn’t have one on its staff. Only rarely do the com- mittees have funds to hire ex- | perts. Whether the present bill will get anywhere remains to be seen, but| Monroney, who has been stud)mq\ the matter for a year and a half, and Senator Maloney who, Mon-| roney says, really wrote the bill, think it will, especially since its bipartisan. The authors already have antici-| pated opponents by saying that | somebody will probably dub it the! Maloney-Monroney-Baloney bill but already a lot of serious minded| members of Congress think it's far from that. & Htjthmgs Eco “FRESH EASTERN OYSTERS (Unlimited Supply) FRESH SHRIMP MEAT (Can be bought in any amount) PHONE 553 nomy Market e — HERE FROM KLAWAK FOR BRIEF VISIT Here from Klawak for the holi- days, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Roberts arrived yesterday. They will visit with their daughter, Ethel Roberts, Office of Indian Affairs employee, and son, Lester Roberts, employed by the Army Engineers. Mr. Roberts | will also seek medical attention while in Juneau. — .- ACCEPTS POSITION Believing that the public windows, Company will open the Deoors of the immediately follow wish to do so, may trees. —NO SALES WI Jumeau Phone 616 would enjoy seeing the Christmas tree, as reflected in the large show the Alaska Electric Light and Power Sales Room foxr One Hour Each Night ing the Christmas programs of the churches, on Wednes- day and Thursday nights, that all who view the reflected LL BE MADE— * ‘ Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Douglas Phone 18 Mrs. Bessie L. Ward has accepted of Indian Affairs here. Mrs. Ward| is the sister of Edgar F. Russell, Principal for the Indian School at Hoonah, Phuscee) for NYPERACID Butler-Mauro Drug Co. ] JUNEAU PLUMBING & HEATING CO. PLUMBING HEATING OIL BURNERS SHEET METAL PHONE 787 Third and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. Feero, Green 585 J. R. Clark, Red 750 perform- | concerns a mixed sextette of young| tion of a famous producer who re-/ O'Driscoll. It was produced and di- | no slap at the Indian| a position as clerk with the Office| Affairs | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—]! DOUGLAS | NEWS OES MEETING { At the regular meeting of the! |Order of Eastern Star last evening |the following officers for 1944 were Worthy Matron, Mrs. Dor-| Worthy Pmmn.; Associate Matron, | Associate Patron, Secretary, | elected : lothy Tuckett; ;‘Charlvs Tuckett; |Mrs. Helmi Bach: Mrs. Edward Bach: Bertha Goetz; Treasurer, esse K. Frazier; Conductress, |Evelyn Kronquist; Associate Con-| +| ductress, Mrs. Dora Kirkham ; Trus-| {tee for three 'year term, J. O. Kirk- | |ham. It was announced that the | | Stars are invited to attend and as- |sist in a joint installation |>olwwn, 'S, | | the St and Masons on the even- |ing of January 4. St appointed (ul ‘A in the installation prepara-| s are, Mrs. Edward Bach, Mrs. eruom‘l' Waltero, Mrs. Wm. Spain, | | Mrs. Kronquist, Mrs. J. B. Carlyle jand Miss Elizabeth Fx'\zm Follow- ing the regular business meeting the ‘riles of initiation and affiliation |were conferred upon three new |members. A delicious banquet fol-| |lowed the meeting in the Banquet |room of the Eagles hall, with tables | decorated with a Christmas effect lof small evergreens, bright tinsel and tall tapering candles. Walter | Heisel of Juneau, was elected Santa Claus for the evening and passed out the many exchanges of Christ- mas gifts which proved to be more than the White Elephants expected With many visitors from Juneau, delightful and entertaining evening | was enjoyed by all. COUNCIL MEETING A special meeting of the Douglas | City Council is called for tomorrow evening to take up matters of press- ing importance. at 7:30 o'clock. HOOL BOARD MEETING A special school board meeting will be held tomorrow evening im- | mediately following the Christmas | program. a SCHOOL PROGRAM The Annual Christmas program of the Douglas Public School is be- | |ing presented this evening in the | | School gymnasium. The exercises | will begin at 8 o'clock. An admis- sion fee will be charged to cover | | | LAST DAY OF SCHOOL | December 23, (tomorrow) is the |1ast day of school before the Christ- Imas holidays. Parties will be held in the various rooms. Christmas| vacation, begins December 24 with | school reconvening on Mondav‘ January 3, 1944, | — | } DORE SPENT HOUR HERE : Bill Dore, son of Mr. and Mrs.| {Dewey Dore stopped over to visit| ‘lu: parents for one hour while his !boat was in port yesterday. He is |stationed on a Coast Guard Cut-| {ter which was in port. ] JIMMY SEY HAS BIRTHDAY Jimmy Sey, son of Mr. and Mrs.| ’Jnmes Sey, became 11 years of age | esterday. He invited several of his| oung friends in to help eat ice cream and trimmings. | — .- — | | | 'XMASEVEDANCE | TOBE EVENT AT ' BARANOF HOTEL The Gold Room of the Baranuf| | Hotel will be the scene for another| rof its colorful holiday affairs Fri. day evening when Christmas fes |vities will be highlighted with a jdancing party from 9 until 1 §'clock. | Reservations may be secured at | the Baranof Hotel desk and music for the evening will be provided by the All-Girl Orchestra. Decorations will be in keeping with the Yuletide season and there will be a service bar for the con- venience of those attending. BB 525 0 A | | | MISS YANACHEK ENROUTE Enroute to Tana, from her former post at Klawak, Miss Josephine Yanachek, Bureau of Indian Af- fairs Nurse; is in Juneau awaiting transportation. Meeting is to start| {have built around the town, | slow lhr‘ Allied advance. |from St. Ann's Hospital yesterday EAU, ALASKA 'SAGA OF TIMBER LANDS SHOWING AT 20TH CENTURY Bringing together three of Holly- wood's brightest stars, Paulette | Goddard, Fred MacMurray and Su- san Hayward, Paramount's fiery Technicolor saga of the tall tim- berlands, “The Forest Rangers,” will | open tonight at the 20th Century, Theatre. The supporting cast in-| ®lcludes Lynne Overman, Albert| {Dekker, Regis Toomey, Eugene, Pallette and Rod Cameron. George | | arshall directed | Preview critics have acclaimed | | this swiftly moving romantic dra- ma as one of the season’s most ex- | citing films. Its locale is the scenic | wonderland of the high California M: h timber country where Rangers of the U. S. Forest Service wage cease- less battles against raging forest| fire: | “The Forest Rangers,” made with| the full cooperation of the United| States Forest Service, is based on a| Cosmopolitan Magazine story by Thelma Strabel, who authored that great sea epic, “Reap the Wild| Wind.” AMERICANS, FRENCHMEN IN ADVANCE (Continued trom rage One) Acquafondata, five miles east of Filignano, and Cardito, five miles north of Acqufondata, after occupy- ing the high powered Mt. Casole | region in the push westward on Cassino. The announcement that the French forces under Gen. Juin are participating in the Fifth's attack in this sector, is the first disclosure of the location of the French forces now fighting with the Allies. The French have been struggling for the | | past three days for possession of the | vital mountain pass and are reported [ to have taken the southern half In the assault on San Vittore, the Americans are methodically wiping | out numerous pillboxes the Germans | using | every house and natural obstacle to ! e SENIEN(ED YESTERDAY IN C(OMMISSIONER'S COURT The following were brought before the U. S. Commissioner yesterday and sentenced: Marcus Peralta, arrested last July for assault with intent to maim. The charge was reduced to assault and battery and he was sentenced |to six monthe in the Federal Jail. John A. Davis and Lois Rouse, ar- rested last July on morals charges, were given 60 days each in the Federal Jail and their charge was | reduced to adultery. B HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Richard Byrns son, Richard, Jr., from St. Ann’s Hospital on Tuesday. Baby* Alex Isturis was discharged and baby after medical treatment. Leaving St. Ann's Hospital on Tuesday was Wesley Turner, a sur- gery patient. Jimmie Jackson was admitted to the Government Hospital yesterddy. R e S FROM THE INLET Kenneth L. Kiger of Excursion Inlet is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. — e — THREE FROM EXCURSION The Alaska Coastal Airlines brought three passengers back from Excursion Inlet yesterday. They were L. L. Hudson, W. B. Alexander and Mrs. Joe Alimorong. .- JACK OLDROYD WEDS Jack Dean Oldroyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Oldroyd, of College, and Miss Frances Clark, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, were recently married in TOY CENTER CLOSES {tineau Channel were discharged | the Juneau Woman’s Club. WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES Enos STARTS TONEGHT L_? LENTORY Shows Startat7:25-9:35P. M. PLAY! Laughs. thrills. . spectacl¥ played against the magnif background of men and women Il who live with danger ... and 3 # langH ot it! 1 I I Paramount Presents i‘“ FRED PAULETTE % SUSAN MAcMUHHAY-G[lI]flAH[l-HAYW LYNNE ALBERT OVERMAN - DEKKER Directed by GEORGE MARSHALL Streen Play by Harold Shumate From a story by Thelma Strabel ottest 5019 + Parads = 1o and % With the b on Jinle. ms\ i EUGENE LATEST WORLD NLWS 'L SHOW 12:30 A. M. TONIGHT NOW— "THE BODY ITS DOORS TODAY DISAPPEARS" More 200 children of Gas-| area will have a; Merry Christmas this year thanks to the Juneau Woman's Club,| Douglas Woman's Club and num- | erous business houses and (‘l\’u‘ minded individuals. | After being open for a week, the! Toy Center, sponsored by the two | organizations, closes today. The Toy Center, next door to the Truesdell Gun Shop, was open daily, and gifts! were selcted by those interested for 200 under-privileged children, ! Although the shop closes todav,| anyone who thinks of any chud] who might be forgotten and who is! cleared by the welfare department,| may contact Mrs. D. W. Hm'run“ chairman of the Toy Center ux‘{ JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS, Inec. than MEN WANTED Six Millwrightsand Two Machinists Mrs. Jonn McCormick, president of — e RITES FOR ALICE TASSELL ARE TO BE FRIDAY AFFERNOON | The funeral for Alice Tassell, 31, who died at Tacoma on December 10, is tentatively planned for Friday afternoon. Prior to her death, the | deceased spent three years in Ari- zona and a year and a half in Tacoma. Death resulted from a ruptured appendix. She was well known here, and interment will be Must have availability certificates. MOTORSHIP PATRICIA NOW READY to resume regular freight and passenger service beiween F‘nirbanks in Douglas. A ————— G T T JUNEAU, HAINES and SKAGWAY . WEATHER REPORT . ; . (U. S. Bureau) . For Tickets and Information L] L] ® Temp.. Tuesday, Dec. 21 e CALL AT PERCY’S CAFE ® Maximum 44; Minimum 39 e Where all small packages may be left ® Rain .30 3 L] . L] L] . L SERVE Byroiled Steak and ‘Fried Chicken D ANY TIME DINR AND DANCE BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH THE DOUGLAS(IN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT T By BILLY DeBECK SINCE NOBLODM BN JEEPERSY SENT & RALE FITTIN WE'RE PASSWN' TAG-LINE FUR MN TW ARNN TRUWCKS CAMEL, HE MADE WS OWN CHOOSEMENT - QN T TAKE FUR GRANITE NE'LL BE PLEEZEDY W\-FELLERSY Elecivic Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE