The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 20, 1944, Page 3

LAST TIMES TONIGHT! I cm"r BE /ffil’/ /fllllfifl{/ v <ln Which it er Serve” TEST NEWS STARTS Tomorrow! DARRELL - EBGAR BUCHANAN %‘m DUANE - GLENDA FARRELL PREVIEW TONIGHT 12:30 A. M. HOPE GIVEN TO END BIG AFL STRIKE WlB May Hold VHeanng on Wage Dispute Involv- ing Coasi Workers Show Place of Juneau ‘Martha Society Will Hold Food ern Light Presbyterian Church ‘mecls in the church parlors at 1:30 . m,, Friday, January 21. Hostesses ‘fm the afternoon will be Mrs. Chris Bailey and Mrs. Tom Morgan. Plans for the food sale to be held the next day will be discussed. The | \sale will take place at the Piggly | | Wiggly Store. At the close of the meeting vol- | unteers will be called for to assist vofemow:‘lfxe J::;;lel) tosT:;l;“;;t; lin clearing the storage room in the brought new hope of a possible jfaisey speegy end to the strike of 6000 be in order at this mcetmg foundry workers in Washington and Oregon war vital industries. SE(RE]’ MEETI“G A negotiation committee of the Moulders and Foundry Workers | Union agreed last night at a fwe-‘ hour conference with govemmenL MONTEVIDEO, Jan. 20—A secret conference at the Buenos Aires home | of Count Karl Von Luxburg, former and military officials to call the unions and locals together at 10 a. m. tomorrow for a decision on the War Department offer to ask the | National War Labor Board to hold a public hearing on the wage dispute. —— German Minister to Argentina, was "‘ » '_ 248 % ® ® ® aid to have preceded the December FEATURE TIME » {20 revolution in Bolivia, At Capitol tonight at 7:35 ®| pe authority making the report, and 9:50 o'clock. . ‘ whose identity must remain a secret, At 20th Century tonight ‘ at 8:15 and 10:20 o'clock. e e 0o 0 0 0 0 0 0 e RUY WAR BONDS | conference came through Nazi ac- o | tivities in Latin America. e - Empire Classmeds Pay! Junea'u Plumbing & Heating Co. PLUMBING HEATING OIL BURNERS SHEET METAL WELDING PHONE 787 Thlrd and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. FEERO ....Green 585 J. R. CLARK . ...Red 750 WHY NOT? AGIFTNOW ... FOR THE HOME Vision-Aide Adapier Fixiures Using the Silver Bowl Lamps for indirect lighting. Easily installed, and a nice addition to any room. See Them Today Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Juneau Phone 616 Dougas Phone 18 There is no substitute fg_r newspaper adver!isinj! Sale Saturday The Martha Society of the North- | 'IHE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JU AU, ALASKA 'ROYALNAVY FILM ENDING TONIGHT, CAPITOL THEATRE In “In Which We Serve” hlfi story of a destroyer dedicated Lu‘ the Royal Navy, which is- showing | tonight for the last time at the) Capitol Theatre, Noel Coward bor- rows the method of the theatre,| using the screen as if it were a| revolving stage. The film is of epic scope, covering the fate of| the H.M.S. Torrin from her, launching to her torpedoing, and | with that fate are bound up the| lives not only of the men who sail | | her, but the women who stand be-' Ihind these men in their homes. [ 'one ship. The threads are separ- |ate, but all interwoven by the de- | ivice.of the survivors of the Torrin | recalling past events as they cling | for life to a float in mid-sea. And| they are not only woven together, | |but illumined by the particular | !mood which Mr. Coward has in-| jected into his script—a q\mllly‘ which makes o feel that these are bits of real life which shine with truth and vitality. MARINE FIGURES HIS CHANCES IN FOXHOLE AT FRONT | BOUGAINVILLE—Following the | thoughts of a mathematically mind- | |ed Marine lying in his Bougainville | foxhole at night when the siren| | screams out the shrill notes indi- |cating a “condition red.” | “Here they come again. Full| moen again, too. Guess they’ll drop isome on us tonight. “I wonder just what the odds are | | against my getting hit. I'll see if I| can figure out here in my head. “I've got a pretty good foxhole here, well sand-bagged, and to hurt me a bomb would probably have to| ‘fall within the 20-square-foot area | | surrounding me. vealed to the public for the first HELLDIVER GIVES NAVY FAST MATE OF FIGHTER SHIPS STREBIG Editor BY JAMES J. Associated Press Avijation “I don't know the extent of our| \wASHINGTON — The beachhead tonight, but ;'ll assUme | toammate of carrier-based killer | the Jap bombers are going t0 V! crews, the Helldiver, has been in- |to lay their eggs within an area i.,quced with an official tip that! RECOGNIZE HER‘-‘ IT'S MERLE OBERON HITHERTO CONCEALED but shapely legs of Merle Oberon will be re- which she plays the role of a London music hall star. In private life, Lady Alexander Korda, the actress is shown above leading one of the chorus numbers from the forthcoming movie. newest| time in a forthcoming picture in (International) Officer 'Rescues” AnMP HELENA, Mont.—Like a couple of playful boys, two young soldiers| Consequently, old clothes will ‘ said the information concerning the ‘ stretching 2 miles along the beach| and a mile inland. That's logxcal‘ “That’d be about 10,000 feet along one side of their target and 5,000 | feet along the other. Twenty feet |into 10,000 goes—let’s see . . . . 500; | and 20 into 5,000 goes . . . . uh .../ (250 . . . Multiply those 2 figures and I'll have the number of 20-foot | plots within their target area. “Five-hundred times 250 is . . .uh} . uh . .. 125,000. One hundred twenty -five thousand 20 foot plots their eggs can fall in “Now, our ack-ack is pretty ef-| fective, and they're going to have a tough time coming in. But say| they are really on the ball tonight, | land say they drop 10 bombs within | | this target. That's 10 of the 125,000 20-foot plots that are goin' to bhe hit. “Ten to 125,000. That's 1 to 12,- 500 against one of those bombs| ifallmg in my 20-foot plot and hurt-| jing me. “One odds.” Whereupon marine turns over in his foxhole and goes to sleep. PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEER ILEAVES; INSPECTION TRIP to 12,500. That's good John Hall, Public Health En-| i gineer, is scheduled to leave today ion a routine inspection trip to Skagway and Haines. Hall will conduct an inspection | of food handling establishments and |2 will look into the sanitation prob- | lems of the schools in that district. .| Water and sewer improvements will also be inspected. —————— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 20. — Closing quotation of American Can today is 86, Anaconda 25%, Beach Aircraft 10%, Bethlehem Steel 587%, Curtiss Wright 5%, Kennecott 31, Interna- tional Harvester 77%, New York { Central 17%, North American Avia- tion 9, Northern Pacific 14%, United i States Steel 53% Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 138.16; rails, 36.03; utilities, 22.27. CITY CAFE SPECIALTIES NOW IN CHINESE DISHES CHOP SUEY CHOW MEIN Sweet and Sour FRIED RICE OPEN ALL NIGHT PHONE 377 {in {St. Louis an Army version of the| | undeterined origin Jmacticm with business affairs. it “gives the Navy the speed and reach it has been seeking for its aerial Sunday punch—the dive- ' a Helena street. bomber.” They spotted a doorway handy An old name, but a brand spank- 'to dash into after their shots were in every detail. Its official desig-|fired, and they moved toward it. nation is the SB2C. 1 Just then an officer stepped from Performance and striking power the door. The privates had to drop still are secrets. !their ~ammunition’ and salute. Diving Flap Fast ‘Mennume, the MP got away. The diving flap mechanism oper-| ates three times faster than on the; original model, an important item combat flying. The flaps are| split-—that is ,four flaps on each |wing insteal of two—to imrensm |braking control in power dives. The wings fold—something new in dive-bombers, which must b«- built for tremendous stresses — so| snugly that two planes can be load- ed on one elevator. Curtiss-Wright is began rolling snowballs when they saw an MP coming toward them on Japs Preparing Nice New Cells for Nazis If Germany Folds Up| CHUNGKING—The editor of the | |Shanghai Evening Post-Mercury lquotes a ‘“recent arrival” from | Shanghai as saying that Japanese authorities there already have pre- pared internment camps' into which to put G ans when Adolph Hite 'lcr is defeated. Nazis in Shanghai were said to be sollm" much of their property. When Italy capitulated, the Jap- ORD"A"(E SHoP anese interned all Italians, but later | | released those who swore alleglance‘ | to Benito Mussolini. of| R producing at| SB2C known as the A25. i — e — | | FIRE OF UNKNOWN ATLANTA, Jan. | regulations, 20—A fire the BUY WAR BONDS "ICELAND" IS NOW PLAYING, 20TH CENTURY One of the 20th Century-Fox's| merriest musicals, “Iceland,” made| its local debut at the 20th Century| Theatre last night. The picture| was not only an entertainment gem, in its own right, but added more aurels to those already amassed by scintillating Sonja Henie, who just! seems to skate with even more en- | chanting grace than she has in her previous films. The film is high-lighted with ro-{ mance and comedy. Sonja Henie; turns in an excellent performance| with John Payne, her handsome (‘,o-l star, who looks even more romantic | in his uniform as corporal in the| U. S. Marines. Jack Oakie, that hilarious zany as usual adds the| belly-laughs that climax the com-| bined efforts of a virtual monopoly of Hollywood comedy talent —| Oakie, Sterling, Holloway, Felix ! Bres! and Fritz Feld M Henie and Payne receive other excellent support, particularly from Osa Massen, the pretty Danish screen star, and Joan Merrill, the' singing delight who has proved a' surprisingly good actress. Finally,| but certainly not the least import- | ant, an integral part of “Iceland's” success is due to the music of Sammy Kaye and his orchestra. ‘ s e | NEPTUNE'S BREW , IS MIGHTY TASTY. LONDON— Briflsh soldiers fund‘ on Japanese bombers with extra- ordinary vigor during a raid n Ceylon. | They feared not for themselves| but for a British ship in the har- bor with a precious cargo—beer. Alas, the ship received a direct. As the thousands of bottles of beer| went to the bottom, the spirits of these thirsty Tommies sank too. But Royal Navy divers came to the rescue and salvaged the cargo. The Tommies had to wait a long| rt time for their “Neptune's brew,” as! they called it. But it tasted mighty good. | - SONS OF NORWAY | Will hold their meeting at 8 p. m. | Saturday in IOOF Hall, also in-! stallation of officers. Dance, which is open to the public, will follow the | well dressed.” There is no appar- PAGE THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY TI0 CENTURY NOW PLAYING! MAKE WAY {_ FOR THE MARINES... /" AND SONJA AND JOHN! They're cutting capers on ice as Sammy*Swing and Sway"” Kaye heats up the frozen North! SOIA JOHN JACH ORKIE o <SAMMY Kave Directed by BRUCE HUMBERSTONE Produced by WILLIAM LeBARON Original Screen Play by Robert Ellis & Helen gun Plus Short Subjecis—Latest World News lJa‘ps on Pacific Coast Senf Out Signals fo Subs Before Evacuated AR (Continued from Page One) 'WOMAN SHOT IN MYSTERY ATTACK INCHICAGO HOTEL CHICAGO, Jnn, 20 —Mrs, ank‘the enemy lcgnrdlng west coast Star Willlams, 55, wealthy and so- | shore defenses and all attacks were cially prominent wife of an attache | made at a time and place which of the State Department in Wash-“could not be reached by guns or in- ington, is near death following a | tercepted aircraft warning devices. mysterious shooting at her Drake Hotel apartment last night. The victim was shot in the head I'DES IOMORROW by an unidentified woman, who 's described as “middle aged,” and Low tide— 3:57 a. m., 4.9 feet. High tide—10:11 a. m., 15.3 feet. | Low tide— 5:00 p. m., 1.0 feet. High tide—11:20 p. m., 12.8 feet. gl e PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Have a portrait artist take your picture, Hamersley Studio. Opposite ent motive for the attack. Mrs. Willlams' daughter, Mrs. Patricia Goodbody, 28, also was wounded. - i abaies OSSR RS tineau Hotel. SCHARPENBERGS HERE Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Scharpenbesg, 'here from Sitka, are at the Gas- Federal Bu.lding. Phune 204. adv — e — At the Baranof Hotel, Margaret L. Claire is here from Sitka. meeting. ——ee——— ARRIVES FROM SITKA Arriving this morning from Sltkfl.‘ A. B. Hicks is at the Baranof Hotel. e —— AT BARANOF HOTEL —,———— HERE FROM WHITEHORSE Here from Whitehorse, Roy E.| Caffey is a guest at the Gastinea.. — - — adv. | KNIGHT AT GASTINEAU William W. Knight of Sitka is/ a guest at the Gastineau. . OPERATOR OF GASBOAT HAS LICENSE SUSPENDED Henry Besancon, owner-operator of the gasboat 31-D-473, Whitecap, has had his operator's license sus- pended for a period of 30 days for | violation of Coast Guard reporting according to Coast Guard authorities in Juneau. | — o~ WRANGELL C. C. HEAD H. B. Thornquist has been chosen President of the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce for the third time. Leo McCormack was elected Vice- President. i Fourth Service Comand Ordnance | base shop werehouse today at |Iw Atlanta Ordnance Depot. The loss was estimated between 2 and 2% million dollars. There were no casualties. .- — MRS. DAY HERE Mrs. Ray G. Day, former Juneau resident, arrived from Skagway and will be here for a few days in con- destroyed | il AL G SKAGWAY USO HEAD HERE Mrs. Jane Whitney, newly ap-' pointed USO head at Skagway, ar-' rived today and will return tohight after attending to business matters here. | —SPECIAL CHARTER PATRICIA LEAVES for HAINES and SKAGWAY 8 A. M. SUNDAY All freight and parcels must be delivered to boat Saturday afternoon between noon and 5 P. M. For Tickets and Information CALL AT PERCY’S CAFE TRIPS AVAILABLE— DANCIN EVERY NIGHT —Except Wednesday DREAMLAND COCKTAIL BAR STARTING AT 8 0'CLOCK Music by JOE, AL and MERV 229 South Franklin Street MEN WANTED Two Millwrights and Two Machinists JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS, Ine¢. BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH TAKE 1T EASN Y ~NMEBBE THAT RENARD NOTICE ON T BULLETIN 5:\\/ BOARD WL TAL KICK TW BONES WEN NARD B\RD - T CUEF FOUND ARDO NECK AS\EEP N WS POTRTO-BWL T ANLNOER W LEETLE WE- \NS'\L | GEX WER OUTTA WERE QUICKY TO SHOW NN AN HERE'S TWO PES APPREC\ATION Y Electriec Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SBERVED ANY TIME THE DOUGLAS IN DINS AND DANCE OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT e T S