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i FRIDA{TKDECEMBER 315 1943 Tomorrow! FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR! - HARDY FAMILY ON | [CAPITOL SHOWING | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE- —JUNE/\U, ALASKA FROM REEL LOVE TO REAL THIN? 'ROYALNAVY SWITCHING HILARIOUS FILM BEING SHOWN AT- - WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! CECTIA ARy P MA PARKR, The G TURNING POINT in Andy Hardy'’s life! YHo DREAMLAND COCKTAIL BAR New Year’s Grand Opening, Jan. friends invited- to drop in and have . All free drinks frem 5 to 6 p.m. Musi 1, Brunswick'Bldg. So. Frankl and Danw. A NOME XD (REAN No need now to _ _homely handsl Keep yours soff, smeoth and dovely by épplying this adv. CA glovu or meedle work. i ASK FOR IT AT URO DRUG CO. Rexall Store” BU' O DISNEY CARTOON Human Sailboat Fiction News “Junior G Men of the A SATURDAY MATINEE THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! Maximum 41; Minimum 32 Rain .50 Wanted! Men and Women Who Are Hard of Hearing To make this simple, no risk hearing test. 1f you are temporarily deafened, bothered by ringing buzzing head noises due to hard- ened or coagulated wax (cerumen), try the Ourine Home Method test that so many say bas enabled them to hear well again. You | must hear better after making this simple test or you get your money back at once. Ask about Ourine Ear Drops todsy at Butler, Mauro Drug Co. “The Rexall Store” PLUMBING SHEET METAL TNIGHT: B. E. FERRO J. R. CLARK . JmmeauPlumbing & - Heating Co. HEATING PHONE 787 Third and Franklin OIL BURNERS WELDING Green 585 Red 750 Py Junezu Phone 616 0 THE NEXT BEST THING... BUY'A SUNKRAFT SUN-LAMP ;-d have the Benelficial Effects of ¢ Sunshine! &wped with a quartz tube, which does not burn out. \ Easily portable, and has its own, neat carrying case— i well as a built-in timer. SEE THEM NOW AT Aifika Electric Light and Power Company Douglas Phone 18 NEW YEAR'S BILL _The Hardy Family gets together again to send Mickey Rooney off to |college in “Andy Hardy's Double | Life,” opening New Year's Day at the Capitol. And Mickey gets into comical complications galore before in he’s more or less safely on the t —delighted to see that a pretty c ed from the same college is aboar The story deals with three departure for college. He sells hi: jaloppy to a pal, who damages a greenhouse with it, and Andy 1s |held responsible as the owner be- |cause the car is not paid for com- pletely. Then a pretty girl a fuss over him, and insists that | his romantic behavior means a pro- posal of marriage wants to go to college with |and introduce him to his friend the president, which Andy knows would make him an outcast with “the fel- | 1o but he hates to tell his fa- i ther this. Mickey plays his role with infec- | (tious humor and Lewis Stone as Judge Hardy is inspiring. Fay Hol- den as “Ma” Hardy, Cecilia Parker as sister Marian and Sara Haden as Aunt Milly add to the humor, jand contribute human interest. new charmer is introduced in E: | ther Williams, famous as a swim- |ming champion, who is beautiful |and an accomplished actress. Wil- lilam Lundigan is convincing as Marian’s sweetheart, and Ann | Rutherford adds piquancy as Polly | Benedict, Andy’s ‘“permanent” girl friend COUPLE T0 MARRY NEW YEAR'S NIGHT Verna M. Anderson and George A. Anderson were married yesterday [afternoon in the U. S. Commission- |er’s office, with Commissioner Felix | Gray performing the ceremony. | Witnesses were Miss Jane Blom- |gren and Robert L. Tollefsen e R | 'PUBLIC DANCE T0 | BE HELD AT ELKS' HALL ON SATURDAY | PRESBYTERIANS ARE | ARG R ¢ | At 11:30 o'clock tonight a 30- minute service of worship and med- {itation will be held in the Northern | Light Presbyterian church. The Rev. | Willis R. Booth invites the public | to attend this service. S e | DREAMLAND COCKTAIL BAR New Year’s Grand Opening, Jan. |1, Brunswick Bldg. So. Franklin. All friends invited to drop in and have |free drinks from 5 to 6 p.m. Music and Dancing. adv. CITY CAFE | SPECIALTIES NOW IN | CHINESE DISHES CHOP SUEY CHOW MEIN Sweet and Sour FRIED RICE OPEN ALL NIGHT PHONE 377 New Under-arm Cream Deodorant safely foops Perspiration 1. Does not rot dresses — does not irritate skin. 2. No waiting to dry. Can be used right after shaving. 3. Instantly stops perspiration for 1 to 3 days. Removes odor from perspiration. | @. A pure white, greaseless, stain- | less vanishing cream. | 8. Arid has been awarded the Approval Seal of The American i Institute of Laundering, for be- ing harmless to fabrics. | Amid is the largest selling deodorant. Try a jar today! ARRID: 39 Faior Al in 59¢ and 10¢ jors di- | {lemmas for Andy Hardy before his makes Also his father him | Al - L THREE YEARS AGO they played sweetheart roles in the same movie but now Mary Beth Hughes, 22, and Ted North, 27, have mude the role LEGION OF MERIT IS AWARDED T0 " M.SGT. KOPITZKE HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN DEPARTMENT—At a special for- ! mation of headquarters troops at Ithis post, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar | Buckner, Jr., presented the Legion 'of Merit to Master Sergeant Delmar | H. Kopitzke, Chief Clerk of the Adjutant General Section, Head- | quarters Aleskan Department, for | performance of outstanding service. In the early days of the Alaska | Defense Command, Sgt. Kopitzke performed an exceptional task in setting up and operating the Mail e| A New Year's Day dance will be and Records Section of the rapid- ° . . . . . . . . THER REPORT e iheld tomorrow night at the Elk's|ly expanding Headquarters, and ° Bureau) e Hall Dancing will begin at 10/this was despite lack of trained ° e (o'clock and continue until 1. Music|assistants or adequate facilities and | e Temp. Thursday Dec. 30 o |will be furnished by Bob Tew's equipment * Later, as Chief Clerk,| ® | band. Adjutant General Section, he pel |formed his duties manner, according jand was largely responsible for de- vising effective tim ing exped- ients to facilitate the efficient functioning of the headquarters. “Through his ingenuity, sound judgment and tireless ener Mas- | ter Sergeant Kopitzke made a sub- | stantial contribution to the organ- | ization of the Headquarters, Alas- kan Department,” his citation said. Sgt. Kopitzke has a brother in I the service, Veldor Kopitzke, who is | an aviation cadet. His home is in Weyauwega, Wis | in a superior to his citation, | ¥ Six permanent by becoming Mr. and Mrs. at Hollywood. They're shown as they applied for their marriage license a few davs ago. (International) 2 ALASKAN SCOUTS GIVEN SILVER STARS HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN DEPARTMENT-—At a special forma- tion of headquarters troops at this post, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Bucl ner, Jr., presented the Silver Star to Cpl. Raymond F. Conrad of the | Alaskan Scouts, who distinguished - himself in action at Attu. Cpl. Edward R. Bagby of Medfra, Alaska, received .he award on the at the Baranof Hotel. me citation but was not present for the ceremony. On the day of the action between Sarana Valley and Chichagof Har- | bor, Bagby and Conrad were scout-|Flat, Alaska. | ing ahead of an infantry unit which | had been halted by Japs entrench- ed behind a huge boulder. The two scouts, armed with Gar- ands and hand grenades, crept within a few feet of the rock and began the process of destroying the Japs one by one. When the infantry arrived, only four opt of twelve Japs remained alive, jand the ad- vance continued. Before coming into the Army in| 1940, Cpl. Conrad was ranching in Wyoming. His home is Point, Idaho. DUFRES: HPNEP &I E BACK FROM TOWNS IN' 8. E. ALASKA Frank Dufresne, Executive Officer for the Alaska Game Commission, returned yesterday from a short trip to Petersburg and Wrangell. P - 4 BUY WAR BONDS Millwrights and Two Machinists | JUNEAU LUMBER | MILLS, Inec. Must have availability certificates. at Sand ! enough strange weapons from ene- 20TH CENTURY GA: T2OMCENTORY. ~ TO PACIFIC e st — wow pLAYING — [have the title roles in Paramount’s | | hilarious comedy, “The Major and| SHEIST \ ' HH 2 the Minor,” which is now playing, ‘BfltISh Hee' TfanSfe"mg at the 20th Century Theatre, with | H H Rita Johngon, Robert Benchley from Aflantic - Air 50, “Ton" and” Gingers* own | | St H mother, Lela Rogers. AKm '"IAT { SUpe”Ofl'YGalned In their first film together the | p | r two stars are said to top anything | sno“ | LONDON, Dec. 31—The Royal either has ever done before, which,! Navy which climaxed a most suc- if past performances are any cri- n" Ym” lcessful war year with the sinking|terfon, should mean a double treat | iflr the German Battleship Scharn-|for ‘movwg()ors ! I's Ginger |horst and three destroyers in (hv‘ Ginger’s part is that of a small-; at her best! | past week, is now being employed in'town girl who, sadly disillusioned | lan increasing force in the Pacific with life in New York, tries to buy |because of the heartening turn of a ticket home to Iowa but finds |the battle in the Atlantic. Ithat she is five dollars short of mo; The British Admiralty in a re- increased railroad fare. She goes view of the year's operations, reit- into the women's lounge with her !erates that “Britain’s world wide suitcase ‘and comes out looking ex- | |commitments extend now to the actly like a half-fare twelve-\wur-l | Pacific and the strength of the old. On the train, however, she Royal Navy is being brought in- runs into difficulty. {creasingly to bear in this theatr. The situations which result when Porameunt Procents lof the war.” |“the minor” agrees to accompany GINGER | The British Admiralty also says a Major to his school in order to! the “fourth year of the war has get him out of the jam occasioned been completed without the loss of by her presence in the compartment ROGERS s RAY a capital ship or carrier of the are reported to be the funniest ever| {Royal Air Force screened. l “The Allies have achieved air, - | superioiity in every theatre of the war and more submarines have been | estroyed by the coastal command! {in 1943 than during the three pre- MCOSE LEGION FROLIC : IS EVENT TONIGHT ivious years,” says the Admiralty's ' | review | The Moose Legion Frolic, annual | —— ‘New Year's eve celebration will be ANCHORAGE MAN HERE {held .tonight at the Moose head- | Arriving from Anchorage, A. H. quarters in the Seward Building. | |McLain is a guest at the Gastineau, ' There will be dancing and re- | —— . | freshments and all planning to at- | MABEL POQUETTE HERE tend are reminded to take some- |the staff of the Baranof Coffee|thing for the grab bag. | | Miss Mabel Poquette, formerly on —— e - ijhop and now an employee of PAA,| HERE FROM HAINES C. H. Schombel and Robert Allen arrived in Juneau yesterday. Shel |is a guest at the Baranof. are here from Haines for several NEAS M ot i, e | day’s visit. 5 | RUSTON AT BARANOF | Here from Sitka, E. K Ruston is Robert Benchiey - Dissa Lym Dicosed by BILLY WiLDER Wrifton by Charles Bracken ond Bily Wikder Plus: LATEST NEWS. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY | | Have a purtralt artist take your Y | plcture. Hamersley Studio. Opposite | HERE FROM FLAT | Pederal Building. Phane 204, | Samuel Applebaum is registered et jat the Baranof Hotel. He is from| pprEAMLAND COCKTAIL BAR New Year's Grand Opening, Jan. | Sremr i 3 1, Brunswick Bldg. So. Franklin. All ON BARANOF REGISTER | friends invited to drop in and have Del Shannon and G. C. Bourn |free drinks from 5 to 6 p.m. Music are on the Baranof register, havmz}md Dancing. C e adv NOW— ‘ “CONFIRM OR DENY* \“DESERT VICTORY" (i — — = {arrived from Sitka. - LEAVES ST. ANN'S | Alicia Van Over has been dis- charged from St. Ann’s Hospital | following medical care. | g BUT NO SHILLELAHS? | [ [ adv. MOTORSHIP PATRICIA Will leave for HAINES and SKAGWAY at 9 A. M. TUESDAY, | BALTIMORE. — Police received | my aliens, following nation-wide ;nrders, to start a museum. Among ithe 1,003 articles handed in were: | | three ancient sabers; a sword cane; |a rifle carried by a German soldier | |in the Franco-Prussian war. For Tickets and Information CALL AT PERCY’S CAFE Where all small packages may be left Wbl o' IR YOUR BROKEN LENSES Replaced in our own shop. Eyes | Examined. Dr. Rae Lilllan Carlson | | Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. adv, | JomN AHLERS COMPANY SUCCESSOR TO ‘ | RICE & AHLERS CO. | Plumbing and Heating Supplies @ 0il Heaters @ (il Ranges @ Gravity Oil Burners Third and Franklin JUNEAU, ALASKA PHONE 34 P. 0. Box 2508 BARNEY GOOGLE AND VA WARKIY YA NARD BIRD - RETURN THAT BLUE-HADLED PAN BEFORE. TW SORGE FANDS O\ ARD-NECK ATE OUT OF W OR SNUFFY SMITH OUR ENE-S\GHTS, WANT 8S KEEN Broiled Steak and ed Chicken SERVED ANY TIME DINR AND DANCE THE DOUGLAS INN * OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT ectric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE