The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 13, 1944, Page 3

THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1944 e A — TONIGHT! ZANDRA TARIAN! TRIUMPHS »'avv‘"ro“,‘fl‘\‘\‘“ JUNGLE PICTURE CLOSES TONIGHT, CAPITOL THEATRE ‘When Tarzan meets a JUNEAU'S beautiful | igirl in the jungle and listens to her for This starts the plot Sol Lesser's new production, “T (zan Triumphs.” showing for last time tonight at Theatre of aid in combating a Nazi , the jungle king goes on the PROGRAM | THURSDAY, January 13. 9 p. m. ar-|—Regular Thursday night dance in the the USO. the Capuoll It follows through t0 & npeeting of Servicemen's Council in FRIDAY, January 14, 6:45 p. m.— Interesting lems for Everybody bang-up series of climaxes “‘“WUSO. 7:30 p. m—Movies in USO show star Johnny Weissmuller in lobby; 8:00 p. m.—~Meeting of Com- the title-role bringing more thrills mittee of Management on second than he has ever before produced floor of USO; 9:30 p. m.—Game in an outdoor motion picture. ! party and GSO baby picture gues: | Wild animals, cannibal fish, and|jng contest, followed by January | natural hazards seem tame fare for|pjythday party in USO. Tarzan when he meets German| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR "AU, ALASKA g 1 5.\hur(l_\' started to work for the College Entrance Examination Board GRIPPING DRAMA, at its New York neadquarters. As| " the young inen of the country be- | "WAKE IslAND IS |gan to enter military service in AT 20TH CENTURY |large numbers in 1941, Alida start- A timely, inspiring and nerve- jed in on the activity of which her | present Assistant Directorship here Itingling film, translated into grip-! ping drama from yesterday's head- is a logical developmernt It was {with the New York City Defense 'lines, opened at the 20th Century | Theatre last night where “Wake ;chmuun Commmittee in August e jof 1941, doing volunteer work: and he fire. o : [she also cerved as a Junior Hostess | One nlght) g w”kdo‘;:“o‘fmfi:;;m parties for.the servicemen. Eager XY € JREOARG st e 2 {to do more in aid of the war effort|Isiand” was shown. Produced by Paramount and bril- liantly acted by a first-rate cast, “Wake Island” immortalizes in cel- luloid the heroism of that small Coast Guardsmen coming into port| 4 b by pon b survive rning of £ s re- | their ?rax::u “ll:\‘nll‘ “Lé?fin&u ongthe}"""‘“” workers, she joined it in [Ty Straits in a fast-spreading fire S She was assigned to Ithat had completely destroyed the ‘¢ USO Club in Lebanon, Pennsyl- s % |vania, where she served as Assist- 8| E a ] e life of ;Elep :xm:ht;‘xd \f‘(‘v\\\l:‘n’“fi:'i‘pl:':\te'i nna“‘“‘ Director for a full year. There ! ' e . er mntact ore S ipa y vl | serious injury to another. Exhauxl-w’?“. contacts were principally with led as they were on their arrival (soldiers from the Indiantown Gap v B, imilitary reservs | they were too much keyed up to reservation. many men on the | They July of 1942 4 band of fighting Marines who fought on against iremendous Jap| odds. It was one of the most val- |lant stands in Marine Corps his- tory. “Wake Island” itself must be set down as one of the most compell- Seeing so | parachute troopers. They prove his | most dangerous foes to date. Frances Gifford is his new lead- |ing lady. She adds definite glam- our to the jungle, attired in an in- costume called a “Zan- after the character, “Zan- dra,” which she portrays. Other members of the cast are | Johnny Shefficld, Stanley Ridges, | 8ig Ruman, Stanley Brown, Pedro | de Cordoba, and the almost human | chimpanzee, Cheta. William Thiele |directed this RKO Radio picture |based on the popular Edgar Rice | Burroughs' character W SCHEDULES " MALE MEETING, POTLUCK DINNER “HALFWAY TO SHANGHAI" with | IRENE HERVEY | KENT TAYLOR At a meeting held this week of the executive board of the Ju- neau Woman's Club, arrangements | were made to hold the social meet- {ing planned for January on Fri- day evening, January 21. This af-| ir, which was first scheduled for, - the third Tuesday of the month,| Show Place of Juneau |was postponed on account of the! opening of the Bond Drive. The meeting, to which the hus- {bands are invited, will be held in the Presbyterian Church parlors Mrs. Fletcher Is | Named President aime: o o0 oo emponn e | Of chur(h Guild as 0 phone the club vice-presi- |dent, Mrs. Burras Smith, Blue 110, or Mrs. Frank Marshall, Blue 405, St. Margaret’s Guild of the Holy iy regard to reservations and Trinity Cathedral last night elec ar- rangements. A program which will ed Mrs. Jack Fletcher as President |y, at a combined dinner, social and| announced later is being ranged for the social hour. business meeting at the home of Mrs. W. M. Whitehead. | The executive board also com- pleted arrangements for the club’s Mrs. Elmer Benedict was elected|” ! . part in the Bond Sal pve- Vice-President, Mrs. Lucretia Bots- Sale on the eve ford, reelected Treasurer, and M ning of January 26 and discussed | Henrietta Power, Secretary. Follo plans of the Fine Arts Committee ing the success of the doll baz Preview Tonight ar- | SATURDAY, January 15, 8:30 P.|try to sleep; so, late though it was, | | move ing pieces of film entertainment y | hearted friendly person. Last night|{—S0 the whole evening seems to lection.) headed toward all points of ‘tht- compass, apparently gave Alida ideas. She decided that she too would like to be going places; and {m.—Movies in USO lobby, followed most of the fellows ate at the can- {by informal evening. (The regulariteen and talked with some of our | mid-monthly USO dance will be|girls, then played ping pong or pool postponed to Saturday, January 22,/ or just sat around listening to the |due to Rainbow Girls' dance being|juke box for a couple of hours. 80 ;‘!“ applied (mj service with the iheld on January 15.) 1" Our USO has been privileged dur- | USO Qv:-rsen.s Division. She had ! SUNDAY, January 16, 1:30 p. m.!ing the past year to extend its hos—fh“ t'ugl('v between Alaska and (or later at convenience of Service- |pitality to many servicemen under [Dulch Guiana. Fortunately for us, men) —Trip to Mendenhall Glacier; | circumstances that were unusual xn;-*"“]}h'j'. already spent’ some. Ume 5:00 p. m.—Music, coffee and cook-!one way or another. The recollec-E;:?“y“ “;I’t‘»\- ’JUIL bhad v l’\“"'“ up ies in USO lobby; 9:30 p. m.—Ves-|tion of last week's hospitality to|H -){“f‘ ‘:‘ :elll"\"l‘{k*" :;‘ asked | oorpg “Wake Island” begins its {pers in USO lobby; 10:00 p. m.— those Coast Guardsmen, we arej . 'y‘m“;‘f'k"l‘ to Alaska. She came |y jjjing story shortly before the Singing around piano. !certain, will long remain in our ' Juneau near the end of AuguSst, gttack on the mid-Pacific outpost. MONDAY, January 17, 8:00 p. memory as an occasion of specixl,p_”\”"“'”:\ to spend just a few|ye pet to know these screen char-| m.—Forum Club meeting at private | privilege to us. Not that they were Wccks learning how the local Club|,oters, counterparts of the actual | heme. Get your reservation at USO|in any respect heroes—we are sure| Wit oberated. But once all of us garjson, and to take a vital inter-| desk; 8:30 p. m.—Movies in USO they didn’t want to be regarded in had chance to become acquainted, g jn what will happen to them. | lobby. [that way. and doubtless this would |V® 53id “no” to any further ideas| " ajnougn we all know the out- TUESDAY. January 18, 8:30 p. m.| have been inappropriate. But unt‘;‘:: ;{“"“*"‘vmm“%v‘ and as a matter | ome peforehand, “Wake Island,” —Meeting of GSO Council in USO; |of the characters in “Youth” .\uld:“ act, we know that Alida really | ity its story of individual heroism, —Quiz contest in USO lobby;after their ordeal: “I did not know | T“” want to go any further and it giving planes, its roaring guns, (broadcast over KINY; 9:45 p. m./how good a man I was till then. W4 much pleased to be assigned to'pever fails to keep us in its u-nsei —Games. Let's let it go at that—they were | Juneau. | grip. WEDNESDAY, January 19, 7:15/g00d men, those young fellows we| Your reporter recalls with keen, m.—Movies in USO lhbhs’: 8:45| welcomed that night, Fred Ahni‘rt,‘plv.t.\ur(* his first meeting with thsl p. m.—Card party on second floor|and Bennett (with his burned arm) 'voung lady who was destined| of Club; 9:00 p. m—Old-fashioned! and Johnson, and Kendall, and leventually to become his assistant., dances in USO lobby | Meadows, and Morrow, and Olof- He had received a phone call from| !son, and Olstrom, and Roos, and @4 voice, saying that the voice's | Swansen, and Tegner, and Wllson.]fl“'“('l‘ was Miss Matheson and that {and Yarusinsky. Come back soon [She had just arrived in town and, . wge | Plan Adivities, | | again, you men; and safekeeping waiting at the hotel. He was' Dan(e SaiurdaW for all of you in the meantime. |further informed that she could be| , o ;t'u,rm(c(l by virtue of her black| Top officers of the Rainbow As-\l . 'hat and red coat (or maybe it was sémbly met last night with their | FRIDAY NIGHT'S PARTY a req hat and a black coat, or pos-|Mother Advisor and Assoclate | The Club will be the soene of sibly a couple of other colors, we're! Mother Advisor to plan thelr pro- what should be an exceptionally en- | not” quite sure which.) What he|gram for R sear [ joyable affair this Friday night|does remember vividly is his in- Activitie u-nmm?f .1 il (January 14th). After the showing [itial impression of the charm of| liide lhs Fath "Ry nm\neBm- of the movies there will be games. |that winning smile and those in-| o h¢ Father-Rainbow Ban- | followed by the baby picture guess- |triguing eyes. He recalls, too, his|dUel: Junior Officers' Night, Moth- | ing contest to identify the GSO|first question: That perplexing|t - Dtushter —Luncheon, Mason- | girls as babies, and ending With given name of hers—was it pro- Daughter night, obhy,m_xon Service, | the January birthday party. The nounced with the accent on the iedgc Service, Majority Service, guessing contest has aroused a lot|first syllable, like “Al" as in the ANd the Christmas Party. These | of interest; and we anticipaté hard- | phrase “Al Smith?” Or was it ac- | SPecial services will be in addition | ing with the fellows individually,|fought battles for the two very cented on the second syllable, as '© the regular initiatory work | ing informally with them in the|attractive prizes being offered (one;m the phrase “It’ Sin-to-tell- ‘which is generally put on once mess-halls, and visiting them in|for the girl and one for the man a-lie?” (Having straightened out |€ach month; the church attendance the hospitals—giving to each man making the most correct guesses.) |that important item, we may have!in a body once during each term, the biggest treat of all in the op-|At least 25 of the GSO gitls plan talked of other matters of compar- and the exemplification of the portunity to become acquainted)to be here on Friday mght—merelabu- significance; but if so, they Rainbow Degree work before the with Ingrid Bergman, the warm- | Will be refreshments, too, of course!have completely escaped our recol-| Eastern Star Chapter once during | the year. Also tentatively planned * the screen has yet given us. Among the large cast whose per- |formances will long be remembered jare Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, |Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, {Walter Abel, Barbara Britton and Willlam Bendix. Directonial hon- ors go to John Farrow. Filmed with the aid and coopera-| tion of the United States Marine AR 5 Al ) Rainbow Officers p. INGRID BERGMAN For some time now there has been a world-wide recognition of the fact that Miss Ingrid Bergman | is an actress of striking beauty and great artistic distinction. During the past several months the service- men of Alaska have come to know that these qualities of beauty and distinction belong to her also, in no less degree, as a person From men who had met her in various parts of the Territory we have been hearihg in recent weeks of the extraordinary warmth of her friendliness as she has spent a major portion of her time in talk- lfor a tea and exhibit in Februa held before Christmas, it was d‘\_jwuh the Fine Arts Chairman, M cided to continue the projectiJack Fletcher. throughout the year, and also to| outfit dolls for anyone who would like to have the work done following the performance in mg;he a definitely assured success. All local school auditorium we saw with | YOu servicemen, make certain you our own eyes the full corroboration'don’t miss it & of all those stories we'd been hear- Slo(i’\ OUOIATIONS ing. Now we believe every one of| Following the business meeting| "0 "0 Cb 0 25 Gioad them—and more. It would be hard| and dinner, the group played a » Jan. 13. — Closing| to picture anyone else as quickly game and a white elephant party 9uotation of Alaska Juneau mine|winning her way into the hearts of was held. The next meeting is Stock today is 6%, American Canscores of men who only a few min- ccheduled for February 9 at the 8% Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel|utes before had been total strangers home of Mrs. Helen Cass. 57%, Curtiss Wright 5%, Interna-| to her. It was truly a thrilling rev-gpening lines from an old familiar e | tional Harvester 71%, Kennecott|elation! poem, telling the non-biological REMAINS OF INFANT 31, New York Central 16%, North-| And the very same kind of win- story of Baby's arrival in this world SHIPPED TO H()ONAH"C‘“‘ Pacific 13%, United States ning friendliness was revealed by They represent an entirely fitting The remains of ‘Oscar Williams, ' Steel 53's, Pound $4.04. jeach of her co-troupers, Nancy quotation, too, with which to in- Native child, who died at the Gov-, Dow, Jones averages today are ns‘Bfil‘n?s. Marvelle Andre and Neil | tyoduce the subiect of today’s bio- ernment Hospital this week, will be follows: industrials 137.35, rails 34,91, Hamilton. As they depart from Ju- graphical sket our own Alida ch: shipped to Hoonah for burial. utilities 22.25. ‘ht'nu all leave behind them many|Neiss Matheson, Assistant Dirgctor new and enthusiastic well-wishers. | of the Club and no less than Co- -o- ASSISTANT DIRECTOR “Where did you come from, Baby Dear? Out of the Everywhere Here.” You probably recognize these into Now that we are on the sub)ec!‘ of what would constitute a sin or| @ lie: Whatever the morality of the matter, it would be exceedingly | inaccurate if we appraised the value of Alida’s services to the USO as anything less than extremely high. And we would lose our reputafionf for reliable reporting if we fajled to add this final note that every-| one is hoping that those services| will continue to be rendered right here in Juneau for the duration. - I)AN(‘IVG. CLASSES NOW ENROLLING Baton twirling, tap, acrobatic, toe ballet, moderne, eccentric, toe-tap, character, chorus, specialties, social dancing for beginners. Body toning and tap classes for stenographers. Studio 411 7th. Phone Red 575. adv, is an Easter Breakfast to be served by the Rainbow Girls All Rainbow Girls be installed into any position on Saturday night are requested to be present at the Temple at 7:30 o'- clock tonight for installation and initiation practice. Girls who are absent without excuse, it was an- nounced, will be penalized in that three times absence from regular‘ or practice meetings means the, forfeit of their station. Attendance | records will be kept for regular and practice meetings. | The new term officers will be in-, stalled Saturday night at public, installation services to be held at the Masonic Temple beginning vt; 8 o'clock. The service will be fol- lowed by a dance in the ball room for Rainbow Girls and their invit- ed guests. This being leap year, all who are to| " To Meet Tonight | attend. (A special separate word must. be | Director of the happiness of a host | said about Nancy Barnes. An ac- of servicemen. If she had not al- o Heating Co. PLUMBING complished player on the accordion ways been quite a widely-travelled | HEATING and piano, to this observer she also | person herself, probably we wouldn't OIL BURNERS is personally the most fascinating | have her with us today in our own SHEET METAL PHONE 787 NIGHT: B. E. FEERO J. R. CLARK Third and Franklin Green 585 Red 750 NO SUNSHINE? DO THE NEXT BEST THING ... BUY A SUNKRAFT SUN-LAMP and have the Beneficial Effecis 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 Douglas Phone 18 jgreat agency (it was the Ameri-|faring folk, of whom both her par- ito our liking: It was said to possess {the most memorable. | weary youngsters in port following ——— e |girls will pay an admission fee of Bond Premier, 18. A bond |50 cents while their guest is ad- for every seat. v. | mitted free. The All-Girl Ol'chestm‘ MOTORSHIP PATRICIA | Will leave for HAINES and SKAGWAY at9A. M. SUNDAY new entertainer whom he has met | particular world of the Overseas in a very long while. If she cares yso. to stay in the profession, she should | Alida's hobby, definitely, is travel go far, indeed. Doubtless it is no coincidence that | Once we heard the work of alshe comes from a long line of sea- Jan. can Friends Service Committee) in |ents were Nova Scotians. Her tray- | Europe described by a phrase much el have taken her far—through | Western and Southern Europe, and over much of North Africa. And| she has been to Hawaii and the | ‘West Indies, and has put in at least | one appearance in Central Amer- ica and the northern part of South | a spirit of “constructive and irre- sistible good-will.” We think it not inappropriate to borrow that beau- tiful and significant phrase and to apply it to the accomplishments of Ingrid Bergman and her fellow- America. troupers which certainly have been| Born in Keene, New Hampshir: of quite incalculable value to count- | Alida hegan her globe-trotting ac- less servicemen in Alaska. | tivities at the age of eight, by mov- | |ing to Mount Vernon (the one in| FIRE AT SEA |New York, not George's Washing- | Among the many gripping stories | ton’s old home.) In due course—i of seafaring men by Joseph Conrad we don't know whether or not she the one called “Youth” is perhaps was an infant prodigy—she grad-| It is the tale uated from Barnar¢ College, and For Tickets and Information CALL AT PERCY’S CAFE Where all small packages may be left v PAGE THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! TIAENTURY | pronyimes A Paramount Picture with BRIAN DONLEVY MACDONALD ROBERT CAREY - PRESTON Albert Dekker - William Bendix Walter Abel -:: Ay JOMN FARROW: W R Sucneh and Frans PLUS SHORT SUBJECTS AND LATEST WORLD NEWS | people of the church, the Young EPeople‘s Fellowship was organized, |and the following officers electeds; - Alton Cropley, President; Lester Roberts, Vice-President; and Mrs, Freda Fournie, Secretary. Meetin; |of the organization are held eacl Memorial Church ; | Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Missionary Group \ cioec ieaves FOR DUTY, FAIRBANKS 3 Deputy Collector M. H. Sides, U, will provide music for the dancing and refreshments will be served during a brief intermission. i The Missionary Society of lhe, X 8. Customs Service, left by plang Memorial Presbyterian Chur rhhoday for Fairbanks where he meets this cvening at 7:30 o'clock rauend to official customs business. at the manse. Since important mat- — - e — ters are to be discussed as many | BACK TO SITKA members as possible are urged to| Laurence Kerr, who has been lin Juneau, flew to Sitka today via At a recent meeting of the young Alaska Coastal Airlines. MEN WANTED Two Millwrights end Two Machinists JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS, Ine. Must have availability certificates. of young sailors suddenly becoming | men through experiencing the or- deal of the burning of a ship at sea. Especially moving is the de- scription of the arrival of these BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH _ S, C—— ‘ CITY CAFE SPECIALTIES NOW IN CHINESE DISHES CHOP SUEY CHOW MEIN Sweet and Sour FRIED RICE OPEN ALL NIGHT PHONE 377 By BILLY DeBECK JES WATLL T GIT TO 8 (N L AWNW RAGS -- \F THEWN GEARLS 'S (TCHN FUR A FN0 Broiled Sieak and Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME THE DOU DINR AND DANCE 'DNIGHT OPEN UNTIL M LAS INN * ectric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE