The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1944, Page 3

" THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ["IT AINT HAY" e e wass waverss” | || COMES SUNDAY AS CAPITOL BILL The nation’s No. 1 box-office champions, Abbott and Costello, |come Sunday to the screen of the Capitol Theatre in Damon Runyon's [“1t Ain't Hay.” The Universal pic- { |{ture, heralded as the most comical § |/in which the two comedians have starred, has Grace McDonald, Cecil (‘{ellaway‘ Eugene Pallette, Patsy O'Connor and Richard Lane in its ast. is the appearance of Leighton Noble tand his orchestra. | Romance and music are included {in the speedy plot and are contrib- ,ed by Miss McDonald and Noble. | The talented pair sing “Glory Be,” | "omposed by Harry Revel and Paul | Francis Webster. Revel and Web- Ister also wrote the picture's other |three musical numbers, “Sunbeam Serenade,” “Old Timer” and “Hang | Your Troubles on a Rainbow.” Entertaining highlights in many sequences of the film are presented by the Vagabonds. The Hollywood ENDS TONIGHT ® and——— TOMORROW— “. '”ARE RUNNIN | GHS ING w, 13 SE-‘-AU ILDy it _PREVUE TONIGHT | N 3 Nags! Wags! Saddle-sillys and fun-filled fillies 1 ...in their NEWEST and FUNNIEST Joy-Ride! i < il i i 11, action it takes one's \ For instance, there are actual scenes, taken directly on the spot, showing American and British bombers laying daring pat- terns of death on fleeing Axis troop cclumns. More startling, still, are scenes of combat plar the Luftwaffe from the on the with GRACE MDONALD CECIL KELLAWAY EUGENE PALLETTE PATSY O'CONNOR RICHARD LANE and LEIGHTON NOBLE and His Orchestra 4 HIT TUNES by Harry Revel and Paul Francis Webster! “Sunbeam Serenade” *Old Ti Be" “Hang Your Troubles R.R. HERMANN PASSES TODAY AT ST. ANN'S Death Comes Early This | Morning for Well Known Juneau Druggist (Continued from Page One) The complete, serrahy,; first )stop; e, w o5y, % of d 1o e'w“m e, lin 1 Drug Company. In 1930 he found- |ed the Juneau Drug Company, which he operated up to the time of his illness. Mr. Hermann was a member of the Elks Lodge, and also of the Masonic Lodge for 25 years, joining at Valdez on March 12, 1919. He was a member of the Juneau School Board. ] PLUS: LATEST NEWS——Shows Continuous 2—12 P. M. Funeral Services Masonic funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock |at the Charles W. Carter Chapel, | the Rev. Wil R. Booth giving the eulogy. Ernest Ehler will sing two solos, accompanied by Ernest Oberg. GEESLINS RETUR) HERE FROM SITKA Mr. and Mrs. Fred Geeslin ve- Here from Sitka, Ralph Winter-| Active pallbearers will be Guy turned on the Penguin last night | berger is at the Baranof. Swith, T. J. Selby, Roy Noland, J. from an extended visit Oustide. Mr. | —————— |B. Burford, Floyd Fagerson, and Geeslin is associated with the Office ('@ o e o e o o o e|J. W Leivers. Honorary pallbearers will be R. E. Robertson, E. 8. Evans, Dr. J. O. { Rude, Walter Bathe, H. R. Vander- of Indian Affairs. B A T WEATHER REPORT (U. S. Bureaun) AT BARANOF HOTEL [ Mrs. R. Hadlund is here from Temp. Friday, Feb, 4 6 e Leest, Monte Grisham, T. L. Allen! Sitka and has registered at the e Maximum 37; Minimum 28+ .|1md M. O. Jo{lnsun. | Baranof Hotel. Jo @ 0 "ol a e me e, Interment will be in the Masonic | plot in Evergreen Cemetery. e WITH DEPT. OF INTERIOR Juneau Plumbing & Heating Co. PLUMBING . HEATING OIL BURNERS SHEET METAL WELDING PHONE 787 Third and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. FEERO ... : ¢ J. R. CLARK ... . With the Department of Interior, Miss G. B. Sherdan is here from Ketchikan. She is a guest at the| Baranof. ! i ——e———— GOVERNOR FLIES WEST Gov. Ernest Gruening planed to {Anchorage yesterday. Pt et Baranof Beauty Salon Under New Management New Stock Just Received . . . FLOOR STAND LAMPS Mederately Priced Alaska Electric Light and Power Skilled Operators Complete Line Of Beauty Culture SHOP HOURS 9A.M.TOGP M. OPEN EVENINGS BY Company . omapo Juneau Phone 616 Douglas Phone 18 MARIE, FAMMARLEY Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SBERVED ANY TIME Extraordinary added feature Blondes and the celebrated Step Brothers. | The dramatic new war |“The Invasion of North knocking | | : Grande and Weserland were sighted | the crew hastened to abandon, but| {loosa, accounted for the Rio Grande | 1 killed (total 36,694) for every 6 wounded (total 224,089) 1 killed (371) for every 2+ wounded (884) [ hkARA 1 killed (1,450) for every 5+ wounded (7.714) | SURVIVAL OF WORLD WAR | ARMY i % (total 13,691) of wounded died || Navy. | 7.35% (68) of wounded died \ MARINES 12% (1,007) of wounded died | UNCLE SAM'S M | i | ARMY 2% of Army’s overseas hospital coses in World War | wi | 191718 1941- 33| AP Features 2s had the wounded of World War I, the war of movement. to intensified combat methods. LADEN NAZI SHIPS SENT | 10 BOTIOM {Blockade Runners Are De- ; stroyed in Atlantic- Prisoners Taken WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. — Thres German blockade runners laden with war materials from Jap-held Pacific’' ports were sunk by Ameri- can destroyers in the South Atlan- tic early in January, the Navy an- nounced. The holds were filled to capacity with thousands of tons of rubber, tin, fats, and strategic ores. Hun- dreds of tons of baled rubber were salvaged and many prisoners taken. | Seeking to sneak through the blockade, the Burgenland, Rio and sunk within 48 hours. They; were chased down by the Cruiser' Omaha, which already has one blockade runner to its credit, the Wounded soldiers have double the chance (o recov tion in an analysis of battle casualties. But the chances of being or cracking mentally are also twice as greal. Simil. in Navy and Marine casualties. Both Army and Navy say the while incomplete, reflect definite trends. credited to improved mdical techniques. is ascribed to greater firepower and des Mentdl disorder increases are also charged 2 killed (1otal 10,448) for every 6 wounded (29,219) 2 killed (6,076) for every 2+ wounded (7,810 1 illed (1,405) for every 4 wounded (5,881) WOUNDED WORLD WAR It "3.5% (totl 1,032) of wounded die 3.16% (247) of wounded die | B 315% (175) of wounded die N NAVY 12% of Navy's World Wer | dis- o for mental disor- +. Rate today is 20%. 1917-18_1941-43) v in World War 11 of War Inferma- killed trends are shown e data, Increased recoveries are e increased ratio of kilied e force of ordnance and says the Of SIN GER—_singer Lily Pons wears a Valentina designed dress of grey rodier wool worn with black accessories. Gloves are black satin, and the bag and shoes are black suede. Hat is black, trimmed in mousseline de | ‘soire and tulle feathers.” destroyer Jouett, which bagged a German sub in the Atlantic several| months ago, and the destroyer | Somers. First contact was made by the Somers, which ren down on the Weserland in the darkness of early morning. Commander William, Hughes of Oklahoma immediately| : opened fire with the main battery| of five-inch guns. The initial salvo| battered directly into the ship and| before they leaped overside or onto' life rafts, they carried out their | orders to scuttle. Violent internal| explosions blasted the ship but it| remained afloat until sunk by the| Somers’ shells. Omaha Commander Capt. Charles ! Leffler of Miami, and Jouett Com- | mander John Parham Jr, Tusca-{ which was also shattered by dem- | olition charges. The other dest.roy-l ers also joined in sinking the third | ship. l D 2o oo qrememranad FISHERIES VESSEL IN The Fish and Wildlife Service ves- sel Penguin arrived last night from the States and left this morning for ! Funter Bay. RECOVERS—_PFC. Robert E. JLansley, USMC, Syracuse, N.“Y., (above) is recovering ‘from wounds received when he ‘wiped out two Jap machine gun aests on Bougainville island. - BUY WAR “ONDS i ber” : work on | Roy, Jr, is a mechanic on the in- |ACTION, THRILLS ARE IN FEATURE AT 20TH CENTURY Whirlwind action, skillful comedy and varming romance, in a story of the | exciting battle for America's much- noeded oil, mrake Paramount’s Wildeat” outstanding movie enter- tainment. | ve new film, which stars Rich- ard Arlen and pretty Arline Judge and features William Frawley, Lar- ry “Buster” Crabbe, Arthur Hun- nicutt and Elisha Cook, Jr., opens| lat the 20th Century Sunday. i | Richard Arlen, the hero of the |new piece, is a wildcatter who finds' |oil, buys the property it's on, and,/ | with his young tenderfoot partner,| Elisha Cook, Jr., starts drilling to| beat out a rival outfit in bringing| ;ln the first gusher, for which a big| cash money prize is offered. Sabo-| |tage by rivals causes Cook’s dealh.! Posing as Arlen’s dead partner's gister, Arline Judge turns up, aid-| ed in the scheme by a professional| gambler, Willlam Frawley, who con- |tributes many hearty’ comedy touches in his role. Arline, falling| |in love with Arlen, can't go through with her original plan to victimize she works with him in the gusher and then |eaves his life by helping him put| jout the flames when the prize-win- ning well is set on fire by the dis- |gruntled rivals. The oil firefight- ne is one of the most excit- v filmed } thrilling epi- heart- STRIKE ENDS AT | " GENERAL MOTORS | AFTER TWODAYS DETROIT, Feb. 5—General Mo-' tors today announced an unauthor- ized two-day strike of 6,500 em- ployees in 4 plants of the Chevro- let gear axle division has been settled and that a “sizeable num- of workers have returned to work on the day shift. - Whole Family Is Buildifl Bombers LONG BEACH—The Roy Brisen- dine family could go quite a way toward building a Flying Fortress single-handed. In the Douglas Long Beach plant, the Brisendines, for- merly of Amarillo, Texas, all work cn B-17s. The father and mother the fuselage assembly; ner wing assembly; his wife is a k roller press operator. Howard, now an aerial engineer on a Flying Fort- ress in the Army, used to test hy- draulic installations. | IN FROM FAIRBANKS In from Fairbanks, Earl Sparling is at the Baranof Hotel. —————— - — REGISTERED HERE Registered at the Baranof, Relfe J. Paquin is here from Billings. RN et ACHORAGE MAN HERE | Harold C. Miller, here from An- chorage, is at the Baranof. | g Ao FROM YAKUTAT Here from Yakutat, Robert M, Welsh is at the Baranof. e ENTERS HOSPITAL Gus Cazac entered St. Ann's Hos- pital Priday for medical attention.! e ————— Commodore Vanderbilt $100,000,000 to his fortune the ages of 70 and 83. .- . added between e & & & 0 o 0 o o 0o . FEATURE TIME . At the . Capitol tonight, e Rangers at 7:10 and 9:30; “How About It?” at 8:20 and 10:50 o’clock. At the Capitol on Sunday feature starts at 2:40, 4:40, 6:40, 8:40 and 10:40 o'clock. At the 20th Century OWL show starts 1:20 a.m. Sun- day. At the 20th Century Sun- e/ day, feature starts 2:50, 8:20 e | and 10:30 o'clock. e0ev 0000 cocoe \ [P | porrrr e Last Time “THE HIDDEN HAND" . . and Tonight “CYCLONE ON HORSEBACK" STARTING | - SUNDAY OWL SHO TONIGHT 12:30 A. M. MATINEE 2:00 P. M. starring N - ARUINE Th; i‘;g;s in Shortbubjects LATEST WORLD NEWS YOI R AR VT e "DANGEROUSLY . THEY LIVE" TURATRE THE SOFTEST, LOVELIEST WAVES EMERGE FROM A COLD WAVE A PERMANENT FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Cold Waves for Children at Reduced Prices SKILLED OPERATORS /G RIGLE BEAUTY sALON COOPER BUILDING Opposite Federal Building Open Evenings PHONE 318 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— UR--WOULD NE MWD RIDDLIN' OUT THIS YERE LETTER O'MINE?- ~ BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH THE DOUGLAS IN DINS AND DANCE OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT /AT T GIT (M PAWS ON THAT INFUNNEL FEMALE FUR SPREADIN FALSE POPPY-GANDER ' Electric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE \