The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1944, Page 3

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 1944 ro- Rklyn. mcuse ADDED Disney Cartoon Human Sailboat Latest News " STARTSOON WITH ALASKA MANEUVER FOREE—Gathered from various Al- askan and Aleutian bases, soldiers of this composite force are moving into tents in a new staging area ® near Fort Richardson and drawing strange articles of arctic clothing } and equipment which will be tested ,in the forthcoming war games. Although the actual maneuvers > ,wm not get under way until the middle of this month (January), the troops will spend the remainder of their staging period in the field. “We want to get as close to trail conditions as possible,” said Lt. Col. | mechanized equipment will become | 'MANEUVERS | i TOWESTTO Wflo/ .THIS TIME WM ANDY WHO GETS WOOED! with ANN RUTHERFORD and Introducing ESTHER WILLIAMS National Swimming < Champion ke the soldiers over the rugged, snow-blanketed region between Tal- keetna and Mt. McKinley National Park. “We are hoping for cold wea- ther—the colder the better,” Colonel Walther said. “That's one reason for these maneuvers—to provide a cold-weather test. We have received reports of seven feet of snow in one of the maneuver area.” art of the Alaska Scout Combat Intelligence platoon, its members well-versed in Alaska terrain weather conditions and. veterans of real warfare in the Aleutians, will be with the maneuver force as in- structors and advisors. For maneuver purposes na will be considered the terminus of the Alaska Railroad, and the force’s rail head supply dump will be located there. A wide variety of standard and experimental trans- portation equipment, ranging up to 21-ton Caterpiliar tractors, will bé/| used. But officers in charge of the maneuvers believe that use' of ') william Walther of Juneau, com-|impracticable as the supply lines mander of the force. ‘" The six-weeks maneuvers will are extended and terrain becomes more dificult, and are laying their PLUMBING Juneau Piumbiné& Heating Co. HEATING SHEET METAL PHONE 787 NIGHT: B. E. FERRO J. R. CLARK OIL BURNERS WELDING Third and Franklin ‘| NO SUNSHINE? : DO THE NEXT BEST THING ... BUY A SUNKRAFT SUN-LAMP . s A and have the Beneficial Effects of o - 1 Sunshine! b Equipped with a quartz tube, which does not burn out. Easily portable, and has its own, neat carrying case— *1 as well as a built-in timer. \ SEE THEM NOW AT i Juneau Phone 616 Alaska Electric Light and Power Company " Douglas Phone 18 and | s, Talkeet- | IT'S MICKEY ROONEY. . LEWIS STONE CECILIA PARKER . FAY HOLDEN SUNDAY Feature Starts 2:10—4:15—6:20 8:20—10:25 MATINEE PRICES 'TIL 5 P. M. OWL SHOW TONITE 12:30 A, M. plans accordingly. i Each soldier of the assault force will be equipped with snow shoes| and will his own personal | equipment. Each squad will nnvnj have its own combination sled-to-| boggan, propelled by man-power and carrying organizational equip-! ment and supplies. Each !’l"l""‘“‘ Joseph Keller, here from Seattle, | Examined. Dr. Rae Lilllan Carlson | will be independent of the rest ol" the force in regard to mess facili- ties. | The couting element of the main |force will travel a day ahead of the force in the simulated assault,| using skis when feasible. Each |scout will have his own individual | cooking set. Dog teams will be used. | Defense of the area to be at-! ,tacked near Mt. McKinley park will be established by a somewhat smal- ler group of the maneuver troops. Ski-fitted planes of the CAA will be used for aerial supply of. the| | attacking soldiers. Aerial evacuation of the “wounded” also will be at- | tempted. | Plans call for many innovations in ‘firsl aid and medical procedure, in- icluding portable dispensaties on | sleds. The assault force will be more than 100 miles from its main sup- ply base during one stage of the maneuvers, and various new meth- ods of evacuation for “casualties” {will be attempted. { An elaborate radio communication | system will keep all units of the force in touch with each other and | with Alaskan Bepartment head- {quarters. There will be a large radio transmitter-receiver at Talkeetna, |a semi-portable set 50 miles from i there, and numerous smaller sets. The assault force will start its {“attack” about January 12, moving out from Talkeetna with its tractor train. The movement to the Mt. IMcKlnley park area is expected to |require about a month, with the maneuvers ending about March 1. — - HERE FROM PELICAN | At the Gastineau Hotel, Margaret Brown is an arrival here from Pelican. e —————— MISS COUCH HERE Miss Nell Couch, Wrangell school teacher, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. -, — PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Have a purtralt artist take your picture, Hamersley Studio. Opposite Federal Building. Phone 204. adv | cITy cAFE SPECIALTIES NOW IN ! CHINESE DISHES CHOP SUEY Sweet and Sour i FRIED RICE OPEN ALL NIGHT PHONE 377 ’American Doolittles,” he sai CHOW MEIN | 'LATEST IN ANDY " HARDY SERIES AT " CAPITOL THEATRE Andy Hardy, in the person ol |Mickey Rooney, faces numerous comical predicaments in his last hours in Carvel before he leaves for ccllege in “Andy Hardy's Double | Theatre. | He is threatened with a breach of | promise suit by a pretty psychology student who studies his mental reac: Itions. Polly Benedict, his “girl friend,” aids and abets the ‘“rib” | feeling that it will teach him a les- |son. He finally gets out of his dif- | ficulties and onto the train to dis- | cover a pretty co-ed bound for the same college, so his college career |appears auspicious for future Hardy | Family pictures. Esther Williams, beautiful swim- { ming champion, makes her debut in the picture, and swims as well as acts. George B. Seitz directed. |Parker, Sara Haden and Ann | Rutherford, the regular Hardy | favorites, are joined by William | Lundigan and Robert Pittard. ————— 'DOOLITTLE CLAN " 15 ASSOCIATION | SAN ANTONIO, Tex—The Doo- |littles are more than a family— | they are an association. This statement is made on the authority of Aviation Cadet EI- {ton Doolittle of Trenton, N. J., a |third cousin of Major |James H. Doolittle. Cadet Doolittle |is taking preflight' training here. There are approximately 11,000 Doolittles in the United States and | Canada, he reports, and they are {organized in an association which | holds biennial meetings and elects officers. General Doolittle didn't get to many of the meetings, Cadet Doo- little explained, because “he was always flying to Europe or some- thing.” “The original members of the , “came on a boat that arrived next after the Mayflower.” e R JOSEPH KELLER HERE is registered at the Baranof Hotel MOTORSHIP For Tickets an CALL AT PE THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE | Life,” latest in the popular series, | which opens today at the Capitol! Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia| General | Will leave for HAINES and SKAGWAY at 9 A. M. TUESDAY, Where all small packages may be left NEAU, ALASKA LAUREL, HARDY i | - INFILM HIT AT - 20TH CENTURY| | Sh-h! With nothing up their| | sleeves and nothing in their heads,! except laughs aplenty, Laurel and {Hardy are coming Sun to the| 20th Century Theatre in “A-Hunt-| ing We Will Go,” a rollicking film/ which, _judging from advance no-; | tices, abounds in practically all the !ingredients of solid entertainment {—magic, murder, mirth, action and, | romance. i Just when we need it most, it| seems that Stan and Ollie “have come up with their hilarious {And something new has been add- ‘ed in the person of Dante, the great {magician, who performs feats never | before seen on the screen. Ravishing Sheila Ryan and John | Shelton are teamed in the roman- tic interludes. They are just two |people happy in love, until Stan |and Ollie's misadventures inexor- | |ably encompass their lives, too. But it looks this time as if all of Stan’s and Ollie’s bungling will have to be forgiven, because it inadvert- ently brings a gang of criminals before the bar of justice and threat- ens to bring down the house. A "20th Century-Fox production, the film was produced by Sol M. Wurtzel and directed +by Alfred Werker. The screenplay was writ-! ten by Lou Breslow from an orig- inal story by Breslow and Stanley Rauh i GILDNERS HERE Here from Ketchikan, Mr. and |Mrs. Roy Gildner are guests at the } Gastineau e NORMAN STINES HERE Norman Stines, area representa- tive of the War Production Board, {arrived last evening on the north- bound steamer and is registered a the Baranof Hotel. ¥ ENROUTE TO ANCHORAGE -« | Sigveld Juliussen, with CAA |at Anchorage, is here enroute to | the We: ard. He is at the Baranof. | ————— MOVE TO GASTINEAU Evelyn Olson and Mary Morrison, | 'Juneau teachers, have moved to the Gastineau Hotel. - D Here from Los Angeles, | | Maxine | i Leonard is a guest at the Baranof. | YOUR BROKEN LENSES | Replaced in our own shop. Eyes | Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. adv, PATRICIA d Information RCY’S CAFE TwoMa Six Millwrights and JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS, Inc. Must have availability certificates. MEN WANTED chinists toncer THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR" T Vieu1111]14 | STARTS SUNDAY SHOWS AT 7:30 AND 9:30 P. M. MATINEE SUNDAY AT 2:00P. M. STAN OLIVER LAUREL- HARD Your blues do a disappearing act when Stan and Ollie get tangled up in murder, mirth...and black magic! with Sheila Ryan « John Shelton Don Costello * Elisha Cook,Jr. Executive Producer Sol M. Wurtzel + Directed by Alfred Werker + Screen Play by Lou Breslow Original Story by Lo Breslow and Staniey Ravh JOHN AHLERS COMPANY SUCCESSOR TO RICE & AHLERS CO. Plumbing and Heating Supplies | ©® il Heaters @ (il Ranges @ (Gravity Oil Burners Third and Franklin JUNEAU, ALASKA PHONE 34 P. 0. Box 2508 BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH EFried Broiled Steak and Chicken 'SERVED ANY TIME DINR AND DANCE THE DOUGLAS IN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT Electric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE

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