The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 12, 1944, Page 3

WED ESDAY JANUARY \ Z2A Lures TARZAN from “Private Smith, U. Screen mupshm PLUS THE CAPITOL HAS —-———-——-m- NDRA... Pagan Princess 1944 12, LATE NEWS THE BIG PICTURES! "West (oasl Plan’ Now Solving Woes On Needed Manpowen By WALTER WARREN SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.—Wes Coast war work is picking up speed with the help of a thousand and one manpower control experiments that have been loosely lumped under the name “West Coast Plan.” No one can tell you quickly what that plan is. It has as many colors as Joseph’s coat. It is a green light to one employer, a red one to an- other, and a spotlight to a third. It is one thing to Seattle and an- - other in San Diego. In general it is a broad system of varying measures designed to put the all-too-few workers where they can do most to win the war. William K. Hopkins, Pacific re- gion War Manpower Commission di- rector, says the plan is an extension Butler-Mauro Drug Co. [tray Nazi soldiers of policie ,\‘Arcud; in use. Guides Workers to Jobs It involves guiding workers to ur- gent jobs, stabilizing employment by restricting transfers, discouraging quitting, controlling employment | and stimulating community-wide in- terest in output. Although Leo Werts of Washing- ton, D. C., assistant WMC executive still too early to say how the plan is working, here's cne indication. A few weeks ago, when the plan was taking shape, the WMC estimated the West Coast would need some 285,000 more work- ers soon. Now it has cut that down to 230,000. | going on, because the plan gets more | workers on essential jobs, draws from less essential work, adds , che absences arouses communities by pleas, hints and even threats. In Portland, L. C. Stoll, Oregon’s manpower commissioner, said with the plan in effect only 10 days, “Al- rady there is a definite lessening in labor turnover.” Seattle and Los Angeles reported | hiring on the upswing. Labor Utilization The plan covers many features for better labor utilization. Many em- ployers have found out how to get more work done with fewer Juneau Plumbing & Heating Co. PLUMBING HEATING OIL BURNERS | ganization | shipyards at Portland And production keeps | and turn- | em- | | | | economy. ‘ | | SHEET METAL WELDING PHONE 787 Third and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. FEERO J. R. CLARK .. Green 585 ...Red 750 NO SUNSHINE? DO THE NEXT BEST THING. .. NAZIS IN LATEST FILM AT CAPITOL | Combining the thrils of modern| |warfare and the hazardous exist- jence of the jungle into one film, ‘prndurm Sol Lesser introduces an |explosive story as the basis of the 'nu\\ film, starring Johnny Weiss- muller, “Tarzan Triumphs,” which tonight at the Capitol The- 'TARZAN BATTLES | Iy Th(' famous Edgar roughs' character has added worries when he encounters for the first time the complexities of the pres- lent day war. German parachutists !invade the jungle to startle Tarzan, | who is a peace-loving man, and he |is slow until appeasement doesn’t work |with the Nazis. It is then that he | makes bringing a rousing story |of many climaxes to the screen | For the first time in many years, Weissmuller is provided with a new leading lady with the assignment of the beauteous Frances Gifford. Her eppointment to the part came about as no’ mere incident. Pro- ducer Lesser spent weeks searching for an actress to portray the role of “Zandra, a jungle princess, whose people arc enslaved by in- ; Sheffield, who has been seen before as Tarzan, Jr., resumes his role again along with the fa- mous chimpanzee, Cheta, that part of the inseparable Tarzan family. & Villains is “Tarzan picture men of are many in Triumphs,” RKO Radio Some of the most hated filmdom including Stanley Rex Williams, and Sig Ruman por- Stanley Brown and Pedro de Cordoba play sym- pnthcn" members of the cast. | more to some communities’ labor ployees. The WMC officials said this h(lS cut down labor-hoarding, improved worker morale, improved plant or- and boosted man-hour The Kaiser Swan Island which has been putting out four tankers a month, expects to add 50 per cent to that soon with no other employees than on July 1. The plan has one common element along the whole coast—"controlled referral of workers.” That means putting all hiring into the hands of the United States Employment Serv- ice, or such labor, government or employer agents as the USES ap- output stem channels workers to high priority jobs. Priority com- | mittees determine where workers | are to be sent. The committees are |headed by WMC officials, include representatives of the Selective Serv- ice, War Production Board, Army, Navy, Maritime Commission, War Foods Administration and Commit- tee for Congested Production Areas The Office of Defense Transporta- tion is invited when needed. Priorities committees recommend to the WMC that it direct workers to jobs selected as most urgent by urgency committees headed by the WPB. In Portland and Seattle the priorities commitees are employment | ceilings on individual firms, as of July 1 and August 31. Both divided | employers into three groups: 1 | Those authorized to increase em- | ployment; 2, those allowed to main- tain existing forces, and 3, those who might be called upon to give up | | workers. Hopkins said the plan could havi a big place in the nation’s war - eee 'FINAL RITES FOR MARY GEORGE AT f CHAPEL TOMORROW ' Funeral services for Mary T. | Geoxge will be held tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock in the Chapel of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. The Rev. Edward Budde will offi- ciate at the services and interment will be in the family plot at Ever- )greeu Cemetery. | — | NATIVE BABY DIES | Oscar Williams, - four-month-old | Native infant, died last night at the Government Hospital. The father at | Hoonah has been notified, and the | remains are at the Charles W. Car- | Rice Bur- to realize their intentions' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA BERLIN CLEANS up AFl'ER BI.ITZ i3 \ S IF YOU NOVE any confusion on the faces of these Nazi soldiers in this photo, blame it all on Marshal Goering. They're cleaning up Berlin ofter “no bombings.” L :clusive radiophoto from Stockholm. (International) Ridges, | ~ the recent PAF raids. Hitler’s Hermann, they recall, had promised A HORACE S.SLOAN cAUGHT GEORGE WILSON A BANDIT, WITH A MOUSE TRAP/ SLOAN IS A FORMER INVESTIGATOR OF THE U.S.POST OFFICE THE PoST OFFICE AT BiLLs PLACE.PA., HOUSES THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THAT CITY. IT IS OPERATED: SOLELY FOR TOURISTS “USE V-MAIL/ /fiw SEAER U. . Pat, Office 334-566, May 5, 1936, by National Federation of Post Ofice Clerks -+ Sloan, investigating a stage hold-up discovered that a mouse trap was the trap snapped in his finger. Wilson directed attention to himself when Subsequent investigations led to his one of the mail items. arrest and prison bars. DIAMOND DEALER ) Chase Nat}onal Bank of New York City Also WASHINGTON, Jan. assistance of Bank “contrived the | tional by CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL TRAFFIC wartime laws e, H. J. BROWN HERE H. James Brown here Sitka and is at the Baranof. is | | | | 1 | and his various companies, through the Chase Na- illegal means to trade in industrial dia- monds in contravention to various freezing the funds of certain foreign nationals, and pro- hibiting the l'x])()xl of certain stra- from | | "WAKE ISLAND" | OPENS TONIGHT AT 20TH CENTURY ok | The dramatization of one of the| ! most spectacular battles of this war | will be cn view when Paramount's | “Wake Island” tonight reaches the| ! screen of the 20th Century Theatre. The gripping reenactment of the epic stand of a handful of cour- | ageous Marines who staved off Jap invasion for fourteen days, features | a great cast headed by Brian Don- | | levy, Robert Preston and Macdonald | Carey. Also included in the roster | of players are Albert Dekker, Walter | \I\b(‘l Barbara Britton and Wlllh\nl Bendix. Insuring authenticity of det .u],l “Wake Island” was filmed with the | | cooperation of the United States Marine Corps. John Farrow, dis- | | tinguished Hollywood director and )\un\(‘l! a Licutenant Commander in |the British Navy until recently in- | ‘\uhde(l out of service, directed the | inew film drama. \ | It is throbbing, vital drama that | the new picture promises as enter- tainment, plus the essential mean- ing of this war and what it entails. The subject should never be forgot- | ten, and “Wake Island,” telling, as | it does, the story in terms of human, | dramatic events will help see to it | | that it never shall happen again. ‘Wake Island” recapitulates in its y the whole stand, the sinking | of a Jap cruiser by our aircraft, the ! many times invasion attempts were | repelled, the emotions experienced by Marines and civilians as the bat- tle was being fought. Pl -0 Tt ,Rep Gavagan Quits House | DemosDrop ‘Takes Seat New York Su-| preme Court - Party Is | Now Without Majority ‘ WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Demo- cratic strength in the House amounts to only a numerical su- periority as the resignation of Rep- resentative Joseph A. Gavagan of New York left the party without - 8 majority seats for the first time since 1931, Representative Gavagan resigned * | | | »’\ State Supreme Court which he was ! "elected to last November. | His resignation left a lineup of | 217 Democrats, 208 Republicans, 4| John | minor party representatives and 6| vacancies. The House majority is| 218, | e BRITISH FARMERS FACE LONG STRAIN LONDON — Britain will continue | H0tel 190" CENTURY HAROLD BEAN HERE Here from Ancomge Harold R. to take the seat on the New York Bean is at the Baranof. HERE FROM ANCHORAGE guest from Anchorage. MRS. POOLE ARRIVES | Mrs. W. E. Poole arrived here yes~ terday by plane from Anchorage. She is at the Baranof Hotel. AR HERE FROM NOME Mrs. Kirk D. Jackson and Lillian Reyba are guests at the Baranof | ‘They are from Nome. PAGE THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAYI STARTS TONIGHT X k K KX Kk * * * Kk * \ast gun! 1he Vost plane/ the lasf man ! A Paramount Picture with BRIAN DONLEVY MACDONALD ROBERT CAREY - PRESTON Albert llekker Wllham Bendlx Walter Abel- PLUS SHORT SUBJECTS AND LATEST WORLD NEWS OWL SHOW TONIGHT 12:30 A. M. HERE FROM SKAGWAY | Here from Skagway, Frank Hanil- mn_is registered at the Baranof. — e — MARY BEAN IN JUNEAU e - H. Sterling Bean is a guest at the She registered from Baranof | Mary P. | Baranof Hotel, Skagway. S e KINCAID HERE BY PLANE is a ———————— | Flying here from Anchorage via Alaska Airlines, Harrison R. Kincaid | Is at the Baranof. —— . Bond Premier, Jan. 18. A bomid I for every seat. adv. to make heavy demands on her far- mers until at least 1947, even if vic-| tory is won before then, R. S. Hud- | son, Minister of Agriculture, said in a speech. “Last autumn,” he said, “I asked for an additional 600,000 acres of wheat, and it has been achieved. I |now confidently expect to get well over half as much again.” Britain’s 1943 wheat acreage was |more than double the 1930 figure. | Involved in Case 12 The MEN WANTED Two Millwrights and Two Machinists land Leonard J. A. Smit, Federal Grand Jury of New York today returned two indictments charging the Chase National Bank dealer in industrial diamonds, for “conspir- ing and engaging” in the illegal sale of industrial diamonds in vo- lation of the Trading with the En- emy Act Attorney General Francis Biddle said the other defendents indicted on the same charge include two corporations controlled by Smit, | Anton Smit and Company and El-| fantum, Inc. | Biddle said the indictments col-| MOTORSHIP PATRICIA | Will leave for HAINES and SKAGWAY at9A. M. SUNDAY Ior Tickets and Information CALL AT PERCY’S CAFE Where “all smali packages may be left JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS, In¢ Must have availability certificates. lectively charged that Leonard Smn BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH BUY A SUNKRAFT SUN-LAMP and have the Beneficial Effects of Sunshine! Equipped with a quartz 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 Light and Power Company Juneau Phone 616 ter Mortuary. | ————— ANDERSON IN CITY Arriving yesterday afternoon on an Alaska Airlines plane from An- chorage, I. W. C. Anderson is at the Baranof. CITY CAFE SPECIALTIES NOW IN CHINESE DISHES CHOP SUEY CHOW MEIN Sweet and Sour FRIED RICE OPEN ALL NIGHT PHONE 377 THE. DOUGLAS INN * DINR AND DANCE OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT By BILLY DeBECK ” O NOU CALLED e AN ARID-NECK EIRST-HOU--NOW Douglas Phone 18 Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME ectriec Hammo Organ Music DINE AND DANCE