The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 10, 1944, Page 3

MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1944 'smnx REALISM FEATURES FILM NOW AT CAPITOL : To David L. Loew. gnd: Abert AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 10.—Dr. Lewin belongs a rousing cheer from | George Otis Smith, 72, Chairman of moviegoers everywhere for their the Federal Power {brilliant film (x.nululmn of a great| Hoover's Administration, died sud- jand famous book—Somerset Md“[-’.-‘donlx this afternoon shortly after {ham’s “The Moon and Sixpence.” | Their film production of this ex- |eiting yarn opened last night at {the Capitol Theatre thru United | Artists and was rated as extremely | ‘p\'elcomv by the audience. ! Not one line of this hardy classic has been deleted or softened to |spare the feelings of sereen audi-| lences. The script, which blends {stark realism with vivid drama and| romance, is liberally salted with di-| |alogue of the sort that may cause/ A steamer from the Westward |the ladies to rise and shake their|docked here this afternoon with the fists; but they are not likely to ig-|following passengers from Seward-- Inore it |Frank J. H: Albert Lewin, who wrote the Straser, Carl M. Anderson, Johi screenplay for “The Moon and Six- A. Didrickson, Elery G. Gromoff {pence” and also directed the pro-|and Roy V. Abrams. {duc(mn has indeed earned himself From Cordova—Capt. George D. jmany new laurels. This film is a/Rowe and C. D. Parkinson. rich, down-to-earth picture that! prom Yakutat—Emma M. |vings the bell on all entertainment man and infant, Kitty Dixon, and| hesgy Martha Frank Trinity Guild Wil DR.G.0.SMITH PASSES AWAY Unbelievable Romance! He does what everyman dares to dream of! heart. -o 13 ARRIVE HERE BY BOATTODAY Geotge SANDERS Herbert MARSHALL wits DORIS DUDLEY Reloaied thrs United Antisls PLUS \ { J Hosm?AT NOTES Bert Hnrold. a medical patient, has been discharged from St. Ann's THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— Lensmen’s Favorite 'BOGART V“.I.MN Commission in | being stricken with an attack of the | FROM WEST sand- | JUNEAU, ALASKA 3 § o , Edith Johnson, Fred | § | F | TR | U. S. ARMY Air Forces photogra- MARCH of TIME Bill Jack vs. Adolf Hitler | Hospital. Howard Skipper charged from St. | after undergoing Mrs. Char has been dis- | g - Ann's surgery. Lesher Hospital | jate for the annual St. Valentine | Tea sponsored by the Holy Trinity Guild of the Episcopal Church. Plans for the affair were made at a meeting of the guild last Fri- ]NUI‘F B time rtinse. '"”“”PM |day. The tea will be held at Trin-| | there will appear an article which we hope ‘ny Hall between 2 and 6 o'clock will be of interest to our fellow Americans. | in the afternoon. | This is number seven of a series. - ‘ TR AT GOVT. HOSPITAL ™ LATEST NEWS TART———8:00—10:00 | and baby :gnl left St. Ann’s Hospital on Sun- | {day and returned home. | | — i SEE IT FROM. THE S H. THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! IStory T | Eva Lucy Mevcoroff, 24, died at| Maybe a lot of our readers arelike |the Government Hospital this Bargain sale on suits and dresses ~ | some friends of ours who, during a ,monun-» Survivors are her hus- this week at Jones-Stevens! adv. /\ baby daughter was born at| recent discussion, were equally di- 'band and father who are in Juneau. .- 10:15 yesterday morning at | vided on one point. \ | The deceased was an evacuee from ' Empire Classifieds Pay! Ann’s Hospital to Mrs. Bdward M.| (Ope preferred Bourbon, and the | Umnak in the Aleutians. Howell. The newcomer tipped the ipor Rve. But, neither Nbisw how | Services have been scales at six pounds and five ounces. | g oCh L Tt L T ekies got their | {OMOITOW afternoon in the Chapel | start—Bourbon in the South, and ‘ot the Charles W. Carter Mortu- . = ¢ ary at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Rye in Pennsylvania and Maryland. | | Baranoff officlating, | When the first settlers came to | PR 217 e SO Virginia they were initiated into the use of a new food product—maize. CONGRESSMEN | Maize, or corn, was grown by the | Indians as a provender crop in the | v neighborhood of the first Virginia | (A" I DouBlE colonies. They introduced it to the | } colonists; who made-it one of thair Up |" SERVI(E staples. When the land was cleared, con- VVASHVNGTON Y A | siderable corn was raised and a sur- | pogiqent has instructed the Secre- plus developed in possession of the | (;ries of War and Navy that mem- millers who were paid with part of Lbers of Congress “may mnot serve| ;he C"g’ f°‘;§;fi“d";lg th;gmrnm ‘;m in active components of the Armed our. Event y these lers dis- | gorvices.” | covered that their surplus corncould | Roosevelt said a formal smmnenu be more easily stored in liquid form { by Attorney General Biddle advised | than in the grain, so they distilled it. | nim the constitution forbids simul- | They made whiskey. taneous service with the armed Later on, in the days of Daniel | forces and Congress. Boone and Henderson, when the | b o vhat e o knomaskers | LEARING S PUT OFFTO THURSDAY continued their early Virginia prac- | tices. Then Bourbon County in Ken- : r',ucky was born, and it became fa- | | mous for its distilleries. The whiskey, — made from corn, became known as | WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. — The Bourbon whiskey. It is still famous. |special Presidential Board appoint- Pennsylvania became a favorite |¢d 10 recommend a solution in the territory for early German immi- |railroad wage dispute involving fif- | grants. Rye was their favorite bread. | téen non-operating unions post- poned the, hearing today unfil Thursday. This was because of the | absence from the city of the Union’s chief counsel, Donald Richberg. | So, when they came to the new CITY CAFE | world, they brought rye with them. | It was planted and milled, like corn SPECIALTIES NOW IN CHINESE DISHES |in Virginia, and the .surplus was CHOP SUEY made into whiskey. Maryland, too, became a producer CHOW MEIN Sweet and Sour of this type of alcoholic beverage, FRIED RICE and then followed a preference for OPEN ALL NIGHT rye in the central and northeastern PHONE 377 John L. Hodgson was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital Sunday for med- ical care. Farnan h: Hospital for Frank Ann’s ment entered St. medical treat- 111 the famous assortme: best-liked confections ; i ; here direct from the makess-$1.50 | 0 $7.50; BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. “The Rexall Store” Juneau lenbmg& Heating Co. PLUMBING 3 HEATING Contact any local airlines office or Canadian Pacific Air Lines, Fairbanks WORLD'. OIL BURNERS SHEET METAL WELDING PHONE 787 Thlrd and Franklin * NIGHT: B. E. FERRO J. R. CLARK ... colonies. { Cornmade the trek westward with | the Virginians, and it became a | ?mple food crop throughout the | | South and Southwest and far West. }Thue became known as Bourbon territories. & But, during the past few years, NO SUNSHINE? DO THE NEXT BEST THING.... Sponsor Tea Feb. 12 ‘ | February 12 has been set as the| arranged for' | Lewis, phers have chosen Tee Matthews, 17, of Winter Haven, Fla,, as Flor- | ida’s most photogenic girl Shc won the crown from sixteen rival | | beauties. The lensmen-judges came from twelve different air- fields in Florida. (International) 'GOP LEADERSHIP - IN SENATE MUST | - BESETILED NOW | WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Repub- lican leadership of the Senate is| |among the questions set for cmh sideration at the conference of min- | ority members called for Thursday by Acting Leader Wallace H. White, | Jr There is no question of a move ‘o | depose Senator McNary, but rather a question of stop-gap nn'lngpmenn u-m\ms from his illness. —————— OlDTIME RESIDENT PASSES IN SEAfllE‘ #fford hus been received n Ju= neau of the death of Carl Eng- | strom, oldtimer of this district, at llw Firlands Sanatarium near Seat- tle last Wednesday. Mr. Engstrom wm a well known carpenter here and worked on the Auk Bay can- nery. He went Outside seven years {ago. R STUART RIPLEY IN In Juneau from Seattle, Stuart C. Ripley is a Baranof guest. R DAVE FENTON HERE Dave Fenton is here from Sitka He is enroute to Haines on b\le-[ ness. - PRIVATE CIVILIAN WILLOW LAKE 8. D.—It had to happen, in an Army that has already discovered “Sergeant Sar- gents” and “Corporal Generals” in| its ranks. 'Now it has a “Private Civilian” — Pvt. Civilian Forde of | Willow Lake, stationed at Fort Wash. § |in the least A ‘plus her &ting ability as AGAIN IN DRAMA AT 20TH CENTURY Bogart returned to his, robberies yesterday inj Bros.' thrilling gangster | {film, “The Big Shot,” which open- jed the 20th Century Theatre. {The temporary reform he under- went for “The Maltese Falcon” and {“All Through the Night” has not softened him for his| i‘luws( role. All the old ('uld»hlnod-“ {ed terseness, ruthless action and| sharp-tongued retorts still make Bo- | Lul( the screen’s number one tough y no matter which side of the IL\V\ he’s on. Appearing Bad guy rods and warner at opposite Bogart is| ‘Ircne Manning, who makes her Hlm“ {debut in “The Big Shot.” Her charm ures this young lady of successful | screen career. | “The Big Shot” is loaded with ac- |tion and suspense, coupled with Bo- |gart’s fine characterization of a {three-time loser who is over-cau-| |tious against any future acts which | will send him up for life. MORE YOUNG MENTOBE - CALLED UP l 0 a very ’ | | | ccupation Deiermems§ Now Off to Those 18 to A Years of Age WASHINGTON, Jan.,10.—The Se-, 1eruvr= Service has put a ban on! loccuation deferments of draft |gistrants 18 through 21 years prrec- |tive on February 1 The action is designed to make at least 150,000 more non-fathers (eligible to military duty. Director Hershey warned however, that the move will not long bhe; | jpostponed of drafting of mewnr‘ | fathers. re- S A M [to remain in effect until he fully| BPWCLUBWILL | i MEET TONIGHT | The Business and Professional | Women's Club will meet tonight at |8 o'clock in Trinity Cathedral Hall and all members are urged to be present as many important matters are to be discussed. There will be voting on a number of new petitions and plans will be made for the club’s participation in the Fourth War Loan Drive. An executive board meeting at 1 7:30 o'clock will precede the regular club session GRS St. Margaref's Guild| Social on Wednesday St. Margaret’s Guild, formerly the | Trinity Junior Guild, will hold its annual “white elephant” party and election of officers Wednesday eve- ning at the home of Mrs. Willlain | M. Whiteead. | The business session will be pre- | ceded by a dinner at 6:30 o'clock and | | all members planning to attend al"t requested to phone Mrs. Whitehead |at 441 before Tuesday noon. MOTORSHIP Will leave for HAINES and SKAGWAY at9A. M. For Tickets and Information CALL AT PERCY'’S CAFE Where all small pa | great progress has been made in the | field of blended whiskies. Many of BUY A SUNKRAFT SUN-LAMP PATRICIA | SUNDAY ckages may be left - PAGE, THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY (5 CENTURY NOW PLAYING! THE SAGA OF THE RISE AND FA OF A GANG LORD AND WIS LADY A % ranos.mr |RENE fiANN'NG She’s new, and wenderfulf ! e e P T O ST K aen T AT Bt RICHARD TRAVIS - SUSAN PETERS - STANLEY RIDGES - Directed by Orgioe v Pay by eriiam Mieuser, Ao Fnbel wd Duri 1+ A Warir Bros st Natisnol Pt LEWS SEILER Eflfi 30 — MINUTES LATEST NEWS —30 MARGARET CLARK ELECTED TO HEAD RAINBOW GIRLS Regular meeting of the Juneau | Rainbow Assembly was held Satur- day afternoon with election of of- ficers and balloting on new candi- dates as the main business of the meeting. The following girls were elected and appointed to serve the assembly during the new term: Worthy Advisor, Margaret Clark; Associate Worthy Advisor, Beverly Leivers; Charity, Betty Bonnett: Hope, Alfreda Fleek; Faith, Evelyn Spum Chaplain, Mary Margaret Wt-ndllng Drill Leader, Mary Sperling; Love, Helen Isaak; Religion, Thelma Mc~ Corkle; Nature, Ada Burns; Immor- | tality, Rosie Maier; Fidelity, Lucille Goetz; Patriotism, Dawn Chapman; Service, Connie Davis. Confidential Observer,Claire Olsen; | Outer Obhserver, Joyce Smith; Mus- | ician, Dorothea Hendrickson; Chojr Director, Bertha Ling; Flag Bearer, Ann Neilsen; Standard Bearer, Ann Thompson; Keepers of Parapher- | nalia, Roma Fargher and Pat Sey; Keeper of Jewels, Bonnie McNabb; Page, Sheila MacSpadden, Choir—Carolyn Hynes, Pat Balog, Phyllis Turner, Jane Bailey, Doris Graves, Marilyn Jewett, Hariett Stonehouse, Lois: Hared, Lorene Kraute, and Nathalia Bailey. | Installation of officers, which is open to all parents and friends of Rainbow Girls, will take place Janu- ary 15 at 8 o'clock, with Miss Norma Burford as Installing Officer. Miss Marilyn Merritt will be Installing | Chaplain and Miss Adrianne Olul‘ Installing Marshal. The following committees have been named for the evening: ¥ Refreshment Committee — Ema Meier, Bertha Ling, Nathalie Bailey, Ann Neilsen, Ann Thonipson, and Pat Davis. 4 Entertainment during installation ~—Lois Hared, Roma l"nrghur and Hariet Stonehouse. v Cleanup Committee—Clairé Folta, Jane Balley, Jean Butts, Phyllis ;Turner, and Lousanne Krause, | Following the installation of Rain: bow officers the members of i Advisory Board will be introds and installed, as -will the Mother Advisor, Mrs. Dora Sweeney, and the Associate Mother Advisor, Miss Marguerite Shaw. There will be a dance in the blll room for Rainbow Girls and their invited guests following the installas (tion, Dancing will start at 9:00 jo'clock, or shortly thereafter, and will continue until 12 midnight, with the All-Girl Orchestra furnishing the music, It is hoped that as many as can will plan to attend the installation ceremonies. ——— MEN WANTED Two Millwrights and Tweo Machinists at JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS, Inec. Must have availability certificates. | these whiskies have no definite Rye | or Bourbon characteristics, and yet | . are very popular with those who have preferred Rye or Bourbon. ‘The skillful blender is responsible for what appears to be an unmistak- able trend to the lighter blends. He has discovered that people today eat lighter food, wear lighter cloth- | ing, prefer lighter tobaccos. So, he strives skillfully to create light, pal- atable blended whiskies which have a universal appeal. The next time you enjoy your | drink of fine blended whiskey, re- member that a lot of pains have been taken to please your very mod- ern, sensitive tastebuds. MARK MERIT and have the Beneficial Effects of Sunshine! | Equipped with a guartz tube, which does not burn out. ; Easily portable, and has its own, neat carrying case— ¥ as well as a built-in timer. ! 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