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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1944 A THOUSAND THRILLS BEFORE YOUR EYES...Gayer...Grander than ever! % ELLEN DREW % RICHARD DENNING JERRY COLONNA 3 p THE ICE CAPADES COMPANY with VERA HRUBA MEGAN TAYLOR LOIS DWORSHAK Donna ATWOOD and many others | | —PLUS— “CANVAS CUTUPS”’ LATEST NEWS lnh-hth*lnlml.h.h. O 302 routes open scross the werkd) THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURESI FOREST SERVI(E MEN LEAVE TODAY Charles Burdick, General Man-q ager of the Alaska Spruce Log | Program for the U. S. Forest Serv- : ice, and A. E. Glover, Regional En- y*lo‘ gineer, were to leave today enroute | ¢ south in connection with busmes»\d« matters. I Mr. Burdick will go to Seattle for about three weeks, returning to | Edna Bay, where he wi until late in February. tion ON BUSINESS TRIPS > .ll‘bbll‘ Mr. Glover will go to’ Ketchikan and then to Edna Bay, spending out three weeks there in connec- | with the road construction -ee McCRARY TO SITKA ON BUSINESS/ McCrary, manager of the! Roebuck and Company left for Sitka by boat yester- ; for a business trip of several e - AVES FOR SITKA 5. Frank Metcalf was a passen- Sitka on the boat that left| _'cslPl'dHy Juneau Plumbmg& Heating Co. PLUMBING HEATING SHEET METAL OIL BURNERS WELDING PHONE 787 Thxrd and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. FERRO J. R. CLARK .. ..Green 585 .Red 750 NO SUNSHINE? DO THE NEXT BEST THING ... BUY A SUNKRAFT SUN-LAMP and have the Beneficial Effects of Sunshine! Equipped with a qua~tz tube, which does not burn out. Easily portable, and has its own, neat carrying case— as well as a built-in timer. SEE THEM NOW AT Alaska Electric Lighl and Power Company Juneau Phone 616 : Douglas Phone 18 ICE CAPADES" OPENS TONIGHT, CAPITOL SHOW “ Lavish and colorful entermlnment of the highest order is promised | {patrons of the Capitol Theatre, ‘where Republic's “Ice Capades Re-| {vue” will open tonight for a two- | |day showing. The film is a tribute to the amaz- ing success the ‘ice show has en- joyed since its formation less than ‘three years ago. In that space of !time the Ice-Capades company, | featuring what is undoubtedly the/ |greatest array of skating champions | |ever assembled in one show, has | piled up one box office record after }nnothcr in the course of its trans- | continental tours. The personnel of |Revue” features a destinguished | group of skating champions. There Iis the lovely dancing Vera Hruba, |Joe Jackson, Jr., the tramp with \Lhe collapsible bicycle, Jackson and |Lynam, comedians extraordinaire, | |Red McCarthy, the. “Nijinski of the 'Ire " and Lois Dworshak, the prin- |cess of rhythm. In addition, | Capades Revu “Ice Capades the cast of “Ice includes top names {from the film world, including Elien | Richard Denning, Vera| | Drew, | Vague, Jerry Calonna, | Hare and Bill Shuley Marilyn | | | | | (GOING TO RUN FOURTH TERM PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 5— United States Senator Joseph Guf- fey drew heavy applause from sev- eral hundred Democrats last night when he told them Roosevelt will run for President for a fourth term, ‘will be elected and will also carry the state of Pennsylvania. AR RAIDS ARE MADE, | can bombers battering Jap positions in the Marshells hit Jaluit twice on January 3 and January 4, says the communique issued by Admiral | Chester W. Nimitz. One enemy cargo transport was struck twice by bombs at Jaluit. (downed by antiaircraft fire at Mili. The communique also said raids | |have been made by Jap planes,| without success, on the American positions at Tarawa, Makin and| | They did not reach Angoon and no word has been receivd from them since they left here. i !|Abemama in the Gilbert Islands. — . CHRIS BAILEY TO SITKA “Chris Bailey left last night tor Sitka on a business trip. e - REYNOLDS TO SITKA to Sitka on the steamer that left for there last night. —e— BOUND FOR SITKA Tom A. Morgan and Mrs. Morgan visit. ————— H. W. TAYLOR HERE Here from Gustavus, Harold W. Taylor is registered at the Baranof. HERE FROM FAIRBANKS H. G. Skagmo is a guest at the Baranof. He is registered from Fair- banks. e PEROZZOS HERE Mr. and Mrs. H. Perozzo and son, enroute to their home in Anchorage, are guests at the Gastineau Hotel while in Juneau. - - HERE FROM KETCHIKAN Here from Ketchikan, Miss Mamie Baumgartner is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. - e ARRIVE FROM STATES Miss Jessie Leask and Miss Sally Barnes, new Office of Indian Affairs employees, have just arrived from the States and are staying at the Hotel Juneau. .- MRS. PARKER HERE Mrs. F. A. Parker of Gustavus is a guest at the Baranof. — - . . . . . WEATHER REPORT (U: 8. Bureau) Temp. Tuesday, Jan. 4 Maximum 34; Minimum 30 Rain .02 4% in. snow on ground e o o o o o _Brbiled Steak and Fried Chicken SAYSE.D.R.IS. MARSHALLS WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Ameri-| and Mili once in a series of attacks | One American Fighter plane was | Ellis Reynolds is a round tripper | and Harold B. Foss and wife left | hlast. night for Sitka for a short) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE CHANGES IN 'COMMANDS GIVENTODAY WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—Secre- | tary of Navy Frank Knox announced this afternoon the retirement of Vice - Admiral John Greenslade, {Commander of the Western Sea Frontier and Commandant of the Twelfth Naval District, effective on January 11. i Greenslade will be succeeded as | Commander of the Western Sea | Frontier by Rear-Admiral Bagley, {now Commandant of the Eleventh | Naval District at San Diego and the new Commandant of the Twelfth | | Naval District will be Rear-Admiral | Carleton Wright who reports at San Francisco from a command at sea. LEESENAMED ' COMMANDER EIGHTH ARMY ALLIED HEADQARTERS IN ALGIERS, Jan. 5—Lt. Gen. Sir Ol- liver Leese, 49, has been named Commander for the British Eighth Army fighting in Italy, succeeding General Sir Bernard Law Mont- gomery. Leese formerly commanded a corpse in the Eighth Army during| the march from EI Alamein in Egypt to Tunis when they drove the | Germans from North Africa. Mont- JOE GREEN S FIRST 10 FLE FOR SENATE Joe Green, former Legislator and for rs connected with the Terri- torial Treasurer's office here, has filed for the Alaska Territorial Senate on the Democratic ticket, subject to the April primaries. Well known here, Green was at one time Speaker of the House. This, is the first time that he d his hat into the Sen- atorial ring 13 PASSENGERS LEAVE HERE FOR SITKA TUESDAY Departing for Sitka late last night by boat were C."B. Hedges, E. K. Rushton, F. Riendeau, Mrs. Owen Butcher, A. Zitz, Mrs. Frank Met- calf, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Foss, E. Connor, Ellis Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Morgan, Alice John- stone, C. Williams. R. Shortridge, Charles Goldstein, A. Kasala, Chris Bailey, Harold Bates, Jennie Homethko, John Leinonen, R. J. Schoettler, and Jes- | sie McCrary. i EVACUATION ORDERGIVEN BESSARABIA |gomery is now in London as Com- mander of the British Ground Forces under General Dwight D. Eisenhower. | ese, a tank expert, is a six- footer. He was formerly Battalion Commander of the Coldstream {Guards who served in the World |War and was wounded 3 times in| that conflict. He was educated at|® Eton and Oxford and during the! battle for France he was Depu'y} |Chief of Staff. | | Viscount Gort will be in charge jof the British forces on the contin- lent. SR 5 T S SEARCH BEING MADE FORTWO Missing since December 16, a |search is being made for Peter | Guerrero, 24, and Andrew Ebona, 23, both of Juneau, according to ad- vices from the U. S. Commissioner’s ! office. The two men left here enroute to Angoon on the 31-A-47, a small trol- ling boat, and were supposed to i return to Juneau before Christmas. | JUNEAU MEN : LONDON, Jan. 5—A radio broad- cast picked up here from the sta- !tion at Brazzaville, French West Africa, says the Rumanian Govern- ‘ment has orders evacuating all in- habitants at Bessarabia. This information is credited to information from a Turkish source. Bessarabia lies between the Dnie- ster and Prut Rivers, claimed by both Rumania and Russia. The Red Army forces are now less than 100 miles from Dniester. e FlbllEBlES VESSEL IS IN FROM FUNTER BAY The Fish and Wildlife Service | vessel Bluewing, in from Funter | Bay, arrived yesterday with pas- sengers from the evacuation colony. oo JERNBERGS AT JUNEAU Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Jernberg are registered as guests at the Hotel Juneau. Mr. Jernberg is Assistant U. S. District Attorney at Ket- chikan. Two Millwrights and Two Machinists JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS, Ine. Must have availability certificates. PIED PIPER" IN RETURN SHOWING AT 20TH CENTURY Hailed as one of the best films of the year, 20th Century-Fox's film- zation of Nevil Shute's great novel, ‘The Pled Piper,” is due to begin |a four-day engagement tonight at the 20th Century. Monty Woolley, {Roddy McDowall and Anne Baxter | |are featured in the enthralling story | of the Englishman who led a band | of helpless children across embattled | |France to England and safety. | The novel, which first appeared serially in Collier's magazine and | later in condensed form in Read- ers’ Digest has won the highest kind of praise from the book review- ers. And the film is said to have faithfully reproduced all the original \ warmth, tenderness and humor of | the book, while adding a few touches only the screen can give Under the direction aegis of Trv. ing Pichel, the film tells in graphic detail the difficulties encountered in | their perilous journey. Starting in |the South of France as the gigantic | German attack avas launched in'the tragic month of June, 1940, the Eng- lishman manages to make his halt- ing way home, shepherding ¥ | straggling ¢roup of youngsters right under the very nose of the dreaded Gestapo. | - Former Juneauites | Parents of Daughter| The stork flew over Anchorage De- | cember 27 to drop a bundle of joy into the Frank Pauls’ household, according to reports received here from the proud papa. The new arrival, a daughter, has | been named Catherine Elizabeth. Well known here, Mr. Pauls was | formerly Acting Director of the Public Health Laboratory in Juneau, and Mrs. Pauls, the former | Adelhyde Gunther, was with the | Public Welfare Service. Mr. Pauls | is now Acting Director of the Ter- ritorial Health Department Lab- oratory at Anchorage. e e AT BARANOF HOTEL James Hurlock, here from Seattle, is registered at the Baranof Hotel. D IMPORTANT NOTICE The Alaska Laundry office and| plant will remain closed for re- mainder of this week to finish work | now in plant. No personal laundry or dry cleaning will be called for or, ACCEPTED IN THE PLANT dur- ing this period. " | adv. CITY CAFE SPECIALTIES NOW IN CHINESE DISHES CHOP SUEY CHOW MEIN Sweet and Sour FRIED RICE : OPEN ALL NIGHT JOHN A Third and Franklin JUNEAU, ALASKA It Starts Tonight! (9 CENTURY WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY NEVIL SHUTE'S MONUMENTAL STORY OF A DAUNTLESS MAN, FIVE LITTLE CHILDREN AND A GIRL IN LOVE— FLEEING FROM NAZI TERROR! i PIED PWE 20ih Cantury-Fox's. tiumph! C ANNE BAXTER =~ 2= Otto Preminger ). Carrol Naish Praducod and Wiitien fos the Sareen by NUNNALLY JONNSON oisred oy IRVING PICHEL “The Mon Whe Came To Dinner The “Gresn Voiley" boy IT'S ALL HEART AND THRILLS! THE PICTURE OF THE YEAR! PLUS 20 MINUTES LATE WORLD NEWS OWL SHOW TONIGHT 12:30 A. M. THE TRINITY GUILD Will meet at the home of Mrs, J. A, Willams, 7th and Gold Sts. Friday evening at 7:30. MOTORSHIP PATRICIA Will leave for HAINES and SKAGWAY al9A. M. SUNDAY PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Have & portralt artist take your picture. Hamersley Studio. Qpposite Federal Building. Phone 304. adv For Tickets and Information CALL AT PERCY’S CAFE Where all small packages may be left HLERS COMPANY SUCCESSOR TO RICE & AHLERS CO. Plumbing and Heating Supplies 0il Heaters 0il Ranges Gravity Oil Burners PHONE 34 P. 0. Box 2508 BARNEY GOOGLE e A BB SN e | TMEMARD BIRD,S\R NS BACK ONTOP OF Tve PNRANND LAS WGWY, 1 i { THE LAST ANNONE SN OF AND SNUFFY SMITH T\ CONSIDER T & SPeClaL FONOR, \ST@W | & NOW CHASE BACK -~ N0 TELLING \NWT MNGHT HAPPENF Ve 1943, King Peatares Synd :m- Inc., THE DOUGLAS IN Electric Organ Music BERVED ANY TIME DINB AND DANCE OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT Dll‘l AND DANCE