The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 21, 1944, Page 3

'DOUBLE BILLON CAPITOL SCREEN FOR WEEKEND Primarily devoted to the explo- sive drama of a woman's heart, with its wild longings storming into hair- raising action as she refuses to wait alone with her memories, Columbia’s ‘City Without Men"” opens tonight at the Capitol Theatre. “City Without Men” is set in a small town, outside a prison, to which come those wives and sweet- hearts—and mothers!—who wait for visiting day so that they might see their beloved ones briefly, who live for that day in the knowledge (]\.’\L{ they are as close to their men as they can possibly be { Featuring Linda Darnell in he first motion picture off her “home” | the Columbia film possesses a 'st-rate cast, ably directed by Sid- ney Salkow. Miss Darnell appears | as a young school teacher, about| to be married, whose fiancee is' falsely accused of smuggling Jap-| anese aliens into America She works for his release, fails, and then comes to the “City Without Men" in order to be near him The second feature on the double bill an action thriller entitled “Tornado in the Saddle,” a rip- roaring drama of the old west,| starring James Ellison - MANY MOVED BY PAN AMERICAN | PULSE-POUNDING! HEART-STABBING! Saturday Matinee Only "JUNIOR G MEN OF THE AIR” SATURDAY MATINEE +..d rip-roaring bullet-blasting action thriller THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA PARACHUTE SOMJA HENIE IN " "ICELAND" NOW . AT207H CENTURY | One of the tests of a truly great musical screen hit is the successful |introduction of a combined new |song and dance. This almost Her-| (culean task was amazingly perform-| led—and how successfully!—in 20th| | Century-Fox’s new musical, “Ice-| land,” starring lovely Sonja Henie| |and handsome John Payne, now ;u‘ WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY [ihearny| 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! SOMA JoHN WHITE {the 20th Century Theatre. The song chefs, Mack Gordon| and Harry Warren, one of Holly-| 'wood's greatest song composing | teams, bent over backwards when | they worked on “Iceland." producing | list of song hits including “You / No to a Soldier,” “Lovers’ Let's Bring New Glory to » “There'll Never Be An- er You,” and “I Like a Military Tune.” | It was “Lovers’ Knot." {that not only established [hit, but also a dance craze Working with Dance Director | |Hermes Pan of 20th Century-Fox, ! Gordon and ren created the |“Lovers' Kuot Polka,” which not however, a song JACK ORHIE 8 \SAmMyY kave Directed by BRUCE HUMBERSTONE Produced by WILLIAM LeBARON Original Ploy by Robert Ellis & Helen Logan Plus Short Subjecis—Latest World News only has the potentialities of be- {coming as popular as the “Lam- beth Walk” of a few years ago, |but is already pointing toward such | success CEN e TRAL Capt. Chet Otnes made a 26 point during the game and Del Ketchikan center, trailed spree \PETERSBURG FIVE - PRESSING BUSINESS STARTS 1 P. M. PLANES TODAY Three Pan American Airways planes arrived in Juneau from ‘Whitehorse today—one left for Se- attle and two went back to White-| horse. Territorial Treasurer Oscar G. Olson returned after a business trip to the States. Regional Forester B. Frank Heintzleman left for Seattle on a business trip. | Pasengers to Whitehorse includ- ed Glenn Jackson, David Cassidy, | Ruth L. Havens, Emma L. Schultz, 3 SWIM SUIT OF 1944: Crisp white cotton twill, in laced shorts and bra, designed by Cole of California. OWITALKS ABOUT WAR SPECULATION BY DOROTHY ROE AP Fashion Editor | Brightest star in the resort wear }flrmnmem this season is parachute | white, shown in a series of swim suits and play outfits done in crisp | white cotton twill, to dramatize |sun-tanned skin. | The company which shows this inew collection of sportswear is en-? |gaged principally in the manufac- Airfields Near Rome Hit| Again for Second Day in Succession ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN‘ ALGIERS, Jan. 21.—Heavy medium bombers again concentrated full power on German airfields and TEACHER ILL, NO SCHOOL }Mrs. Mildred A. Pruitt, L. T. Old- Sister Mary Jean, teacher in the | royd, Director of the University of of the Yukon Consolidated in the Catholic School at Dawson, was| Alaska Extension Service, Ike Tav- Bear Creek machine shops, has recently taken ill and as a result lor .of the Alaska Road Commis- gone into the cleaning and pressing | the pupils had a forced vacation|sion and War Manpower Commis- business at Whitehorse and is kept | period. sion, Donna E. Brandeis, Ruth L. busy day and night. Albro Durie, ‘Whitehill, Chester A. Carlson and former Dawson tailor, is associated Robert W. Gorman. Beb Sheardown, former employee ——,————— ture of parachutes for the Army| Air Forces. Only three numbers are |included in their apparel line this WASHINGTON, Jan, 21, — Thc\commumcauon systems in Ccntral' Office of War Information, with 3" the approval of other war agency ying Fortresses and Liberators |year—a swim suit, skirt and sun- heads, has laid down a news policy Dit airfields near Rome for the |back dress, all of the same white to keep government officials from Second day in succession. {cotton, all designed to be worn to- “gether or separately. | Lacking lastex, zippers and many speculating as to when the war will | nd, The OWI suggests that they dis- ITALY IS ears Kerchan =" == KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 21.— | u ATTA(KED}TM Petersburg Cagers rallied last Inight winning 45 to 41 over Ketch- ikan. | POLICE COURT FINES Charles E. Flor was fined $25 on a drunkenness charge this morning in City Police Court and Marg Erig was fined $25 for being drunk and disorderly. MOTORSHIP 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 —SPECIAL CHARTER TRIPS AVAILABLE— OLDTIMER DIES | SITKA MAY GET | with Sheardown. From Whitehorse, Taylor will go! = | to Seattle on business for the War | Manpower Commission. Oldroyd is returning to College after a survey trip to Juneau and e — - HICKS FROM SITKA A. B. Hicks, here from Sitka, is at the Baranof Hotel. Dave Swanson, former merchant |at Fortymile in the early days, | passed away recently at St. Mary's Hospital in Dawson as the result |of a long illness. of the other hitherto necessary in- €uss only “with great care” the |gredients of swim suits, this ingen- Probabilities connected with post-| |icus designer uses fabric manipula- WAr €conomic developments and | tion and lacings to achieve the im- that public discussion be encour- portant stretchability and fit. 1aged along this line. Sitka. Gorman and Carlson are on their | The clothes are functional, prac- The OWI said that the talk should be on “what we know, not what we 600D WATER NOW WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. — The House Public Lands Committee has approved of a bill, HR 2958, which| DANCIN EVERY NIGHT —Except Wednesday ~CARA NOME |tical and as 'w as th rach B! Gy o Mbses DI s new as the parachutes Wanted! Men and Women Who Are Hard of Hearing SKIN LoTIO r softening and smoothing and protect- | | ing the skin of your face Axe fifi?&érs after which they are named. They |are designed for easy laundering hope or fear,” such as an economic collapse or a great era of prosperity |and long wear and are destined to dlfer. e war |see service many seaso) e | ARRAIGNED TODAY reserves lands in the Tongass Na- tional Forest as a source of water supply for Sitka. e LESTER WICKE HERE | DREAMLAND COCKTAIL BAR To make this simple, no risk hearing test. 1£ you are temporarily deafened, bothered by ringing buzzing head noises due to hard- ened or coagulated wax (cerumen), try the Ourine Home Method test that so many say has enabled them to hear well You | must hear better after making this simple | | test or you get your money back at once. Ask about Ourine Ear Drops today at Butler, Mauro Drug Co. he Rexall Store” and- hands, try this fra- grant, non- ECONOMY sticky lo- tiont An ok | ASK FOR IT AT . BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. | effective “The Rexall Store” | Juneau Plfihibinbgz Heating Co. PLUMBING HEATING U.S. RADERS - CRUSH PLANTS | IN REICHLAND Attack on January 11 Great Confessed by Spokane Man SPOKANE, Wash, Jan. 21 — Prosecutor Leslie Carroll said today that Woodrow Clark, 27, has con-| |fessed he killed three persons andf Vidtory - Ifalian | critically injured another in an axe| . ‘attack on Saturday in the livin;," caSUG"IeS { quarters attached to an East Side | {Stgn shop. | WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—In The confession was made in a making repert on the war sit- signed statement following Cartoll’s|yation retary of War Henry L return from Portland with results) Stimson said .the most recent re- of a laboratory examination of the|ports indicated that the Eighth Air Istained clothing Clark wore. He ad- | Force i on Germany on January mitted attending the Friday night;ll was a greater victory than first | | party when T. P. Dillon, shop own-|announced. The Focke-Wulf plant | er, his wife and Mrs. Jane Staples| at Ischersleban and the Messer- were killed. A fourth man, Frank|schmitt plant at Brunswick, were!| Winnett, is reported in a critical almost totally demolished, and the | condition. Junkers factory at Helberstadt was| T damaged from 40 to 70 percent. | e, CELEBRATES 92ND BIRTHDAY | Secretary Stimson also said "'Uh.i George Morlock, veteran Klon- | Stantial progress has been made in | diker, recently celebrated his 92nd |Southern Italy. Since the landing birthday at Dawson. at Salerno, the total Amencani 1 losses have been 2905 killed, 12,504 | wounded and 3721 missing. | 0.9 .l-‘E.ATUR.E .TI‘MI; b The War Secretary singled out | the 100th infantry battalion, citizens At "}f 20th "Century to- of Jap ancestry, for special mention night, “Iceland” is on the in the Italian campaign as having scr]eerll‘ at 8:15 and 10:20 a “very creditable record,” 96 killed, o'clock. g OIL BURNERS SHEET METAL WELDING PHONE 987 Third and Franklin Green 585 J.R. CLARK ... WHY NOT? AGIFTNOW ... 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Easily installed, and a nice - addition to any room. See Them Today Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Juneau Phone 616 Douglas Phone 18 ¥ 221 wounded and 17 missing. At the Capitol tonight -39 “Tornado in the Saddle” will start at 7 and 9:30 o'clock and “City Without Men” at 8:15 and 10:45 o'clock. e ® o 0 o 0 0 o 0 o Sweet and Sour FRIED RICE OPEN ALL NIGHT PHONE 377 There is no substitute for newspaper advertising! * BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH WURRY NARD BIRD™ TH SERGEANT \S NELLW' By BILLY DeBECK T OONT CORE WHETHER | BTN TS GOOGLES BED OR NOTY WE'S NOUR GUEST=---% NELL MAKE WS BED TVER MORNW', HE'S TETCHED AN TH HADY Broiled Steak and Eried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME DINR AND DANCE THE DOUGLAS I ectric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT