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POSTAVLWAR STRIKE AT STORY ENDING AT STRIAE Al " capmou Theatee. GEN. MOTORS the of history after the Civil War, “American Empire,” an action dra- L ma laid in the ranges of Texas, Pfodudion Siopped on En_ which is showing tonight for last time at the Capitol Theatre,! H H brings with it a heap of fast plot- gmes fOf 'flVBSIOfl cra" ting, he-man shooting, and good 2 authentic cattle-rustling bnck»‘ 3'000 workers 0“' ground { Talking of authenticity, two cam-| DETROIT, Feb. 10.—Production eramen risked their lives to get of diesel engines for lnvvaslon craft close-up shots of a cattle stam- was stopped this morning, a Gen- pede, and the onrush of those eral Motors spokesman said, in a thundering steers is one of the!Sirike affecting 3,000 employees of e corporation. the most exciting scenes ever filmed.| The gl engine divi- The stampede takes plac cross the ranch belonging - to. Paxton|sion sald that picket lines at the Bryce, played by Preston Foster, gates kept the day shift away from Dix in real life. S ee—— Mikaloff Case <7 » SECOND FEATURE and to Dan Taylor, who is Richard the plant. The dispute began yesterday, the |company said, when a small group |of employees protested the dis- 'SCHOOL KIDS PUT " ON BOND SHOW, ' CHAMBER MEET | Grade school children of the Ju- |neau Public Schools entertained { members of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce this noon with an excel- }lent program, cne of four put on at the schools to promote the sale of war bonds and stamps. | An indication of the spirit shown by the young performers is the an- nouncement by Superintendent of Schools A. B. Phillips that the kids this morning went over the $10,000 |mark in purchases—compared to a | quota of $1,600. | In the absence of Homer Garvin, President, Jack Fletcher, Vice-Presi- dent, presided at the meeting. Claude Carnegie, in charge of bond sales for the Chamber, an- ! nounced he could not make a com- plete report at this time. Guests included the Rev. John Bentley, Bishop of the Episcopal Churches for Alaska; Bruce Parker, Seattle insurance man; L. E. Steel- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASK JAPAN FLEET DEPLETED BY U. . FORCES Aircraft and Submarines Take Heavy Toll in January Associated Press Japar Iready depleted mer- chant fleet took the most punishing iblows of the war in January in their desperate effort to maintain their supply lines to the Empire’s far flung outposts. Air and undersea warfare com- bined to sink 105 Nipponese cargo ships, tankers, transports and coastal vessels. The tabulation from official reports disclosed no esti- mate of the tonnage is available. Fifty vessels were sunk in air BIG ATTACK | OF GERMANS 15 SMASHED | e | fActing Secretary of War| Gives His Version of | Beachhead Baftle | | WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. AActh\g‘ Secretary of War Robert P. Patter- son said that although the greatest weight of the German counterattack on the Allied beachhead at Anzio will probably still be felt, “our men are firmly established.” | Patterson told the newsmen at this afternoon’s conference that the Germans launched violent counter- | | | | | * PAGE THREE ACADEMY AWARD WINNER ON NOW AT 20TH CENTURY “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” which opened at the 20th Century The-| ater last night, brings to the screen | another Warner Bros. life story in film. It is the outstanding story of the career of George M. Cohan and one of the most thrilling films ever made. It is thrilling for many rea- sons but its timely patriotism is the most important one of all. James Cagney portrays the. role of George M. Cohan and it is by far his finest work. His imperson- ation of Cohan is wonderful be- cause he doesn't allow himself to become a stickler for detail. He| looks like Cagney, but talks, sings and acts like George M. Cohan| himself | “Yankee Doodle Dandy” is a| attacks which were expected and 8reat film from all angles. The pro- | added, under the first of these as- |duction numbers are done to per-| saults in force “our forces yielded fection. The singing and dancing| only a small amount of ground but are typical of a Broadway revue" they effectively warded off other and the backstage sequences are| |charge of United Automobile WOrk- 'man, in charge of all construction jers Union committeeman for what work in Alaska for the Morrison- | was described as restriction of pro- Knudsen Company; C. E. Warfield, duction. The union spokesman de- |druggist with Guy Smith Drugs action in the central, south, and ,¢tacks and have beaten back a southwest Pacific, and Allled air-| number. of German tanks and taken | craft accounted for 19 off theia number of prisoners. The enemy’s | SheOid Show Place of Juneau ‘Sly Captain Slye Puls 10,000-fon Ship Right At White House Doors (Continued from Page One) a century ago. Projects for search- {nied that the committeeman, Ed- |ward Ak |Akers was blamed by the manage- |ment when employees refused to !work overtime after Akers had tried unsuccessfully to persuade the em- ployees to do so. Another commit- teeman was discharged because he case of William Mikaloff, Was absent from his job while making a ligitimate call. The spokesman said however, that the basis of the strike was the com- panies practice of trans- ferring employees rated jobs. Goes lo Jury Early Today The charged with first degree murder, went to the jury shortly after 12 |o’cleck today. The defendent is al- leged to have murdered Dorothy Truitt, 37-year-old native woman, at Sitka last April 14. | Closing arguments in the trial! o were opened yesterday afternoon by | Robert Tollefson, Assistant District jAttorney at Juneau, and were fol- | !lowed by the defense council, How- ( 0 S IKERS recently to lower ing out strategic war minerals all ment.were made this morning by | over the country are being consid- Robert Jernberg, Assistant U. S. ered. Don't ask me how they do it. District Attorney for Ketchikan. 1 studied geology by the pick and 5 > = hammer method w The minute the name of Robert E. Hannegan, of St. Louis, in the Declares He Will Be Presi- Internal Revenue Department, was introduced as a possible successor to Posimaster General Frank Walk- er as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, political ob-| servers upped the stock of Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri as a WALKOUT Final arguments for the Govfl'n-I ‘Work to Be Resumed af | Vital War Production | ‘Rayonier Plant potential Democratic vice president- ial candidate. Althcugh Hannegan | HOQUIAM, Wash., Feb. 10—The | vital war production Rayonier Pulp |and Paper plant is scheduled to dential Candidate of | here, and John Krugness, Jr., Man- s, did so and said that ager of the Cowling-Davlin garage here. FOOD SUBSIDY BILLISKAYOED BY SENATORS WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—With- |out debate, the Senate adopted an |amendment to the food subsidy re- | peal bill to permit the existing gov- | ernment price control policy to | continue in effect until June 30. Senator Bankhead, author of the anti-subsidy measure, offered the amendment which would give ad- ministrative agencies additional time . to adjust to the Federal stablization | program. | If the subsidies are outlawed, the bill provides that no payments will be made after June $0. Administration hopes of saving the | consumer food price subsidy pro- gram faded near the vanishing point after the Senate, flaunting the pleas of President Roosevelt, voted 49 to 26 yesterday against the amendment which would have authorized a bil- | and held in jail overnight. lion and a half dollars for subsidies China coast, while subs destroyed 36. The enemy also lost 15 barges in January in the south and south- west Pacific, the largest number reported in any month. These self- propelled craft have been used n increa; numbers to transport troops and supplies. Many of the barges were loaded with troops when sunk The Japs lost 104 vessels of all types, not including warships. COLOMBIA IS i |threat is not, however, to be mini-i mized. The Germans are opposing | our brigehead with a formidable | }mrce drawn from reserves behind! | the main southern front and to a |lesser degree from the Rome area, |also partly from northern Italy.” | | e | | | | i FUNERAL IS HELD AT SEATILE FOR ' FORMER ALASKAN SEATTLE, Feb. 10—The funeral for Frank Edward Barbour, 77, for-| mer Seattle and Alaska banker who NEAR BORDER {died Monday at the. home of his| ¥ |daughter, Mrs. William Houck, was héld today. Barbour came here in 1802, and | REVOLUTION |three years later the Dexter Hor- ton bank sent him north with a | money belt of currency to organize |the first bank in the interior of | | Alaska at Fairbanks. He returned seven years later and |became State Bank Examiner, and {retired in 1920. The widow also sur- vives. BOGOTA, Feb. 10.—The govern- ment, warned of opposition which proclaimed that Colombia is “‘on the border of revolution,” is prepared to invoke martial law if any sub- versive movements develop. The warning was issued as a re- | sult of a manifesto by the con- | SKAGWAY VISITORS :::“Z:Z:n:;argasw:g:t:‘?(:r::t(f;:;:; Miss Marjorie Spencer and Miss | on a charge of contempt of court :Lm‘"” Blagggehere drom: SRagiy e ——— | | the | Scores of persons were injured in } are at the Baranof D is reputed to have White House H backing, some think it means noth- Republlffins ing so far as Truman is concerned. Nevertheless Truman's name has BAKER, Oregon, Feb. 10—Wen- been cropping up more often of late dell L. Willkie predicted flatly he as a possible second man on the Will be the Republican presidential ticket. nominee in a brief statement from .- a railroad car here last night. | Willkie is on a tour of the west- ISIand jern part of the United States and he spoke during a 12% minute stop here enrouté f the Pacifi Couple Wed Here N from e Pecite { “I am going to be nominated for Andrey Stepetin and Prascodia the Presidency on the Republican Hapoff, both residents of St. Paul ticket,” declared Willkkie and he Island, were married yesterday at made no further elaboration. the Russian Orthodox Church by - the Rev. Makary Andrew Baranoff.| AT GASTINEAU HOTEL Attendants were Gabriel SLepe-! At the Gastineau Hotel, Ed Wal- tin and Nadeska Shaisknikay. |tonen is here from Pelican. Juneau Plfimbing & Heating Co. PLUMBING HEATING ' OILBURNERS SHEET METAL WELDING PHONE 787 Third and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. FEERO .Green 585 J. R. CLARK ...Red 750 News Flash===- We have just received a large shipment of General Electric MAZDA LAMPS Standard Sizes Alaska Electric Light and Power Company JUNEAU DOUGLAS Phone No. 616 Phone No. 18 | start production today_followlng action of the striking CIO Interna- this year. e ARRIVE FROM SITKA Passengeys arriving here from Sitka via " Alaska Coastal Airlines street fighting throughout the coun- | try ' between friends and foes of | tional Woodworkers of America last night voting three to one’in favor of returning to work. The action came a day before leaders of the unions were scheduled to appear before the War Labor Board in Washington. The strikers have been out nine weeks and trouble has spread to DRUGGISTS DO THEIR BIT WINCHESTER, Va—Uncle Sam unquestionably looks out for his soldiers, but the boys still call on their druggists back home for cer- tain favorite remedies. Drug stores here have received a number of many branches of the lumber orders of this nature. One boy wrote industry. from the Aléutians for nose drops, ————-———- and a remedy for sore feet. Ml it SITKA MAN HERE E. K. Rushton is here from Sitka and has registered at the Baranof Hotel. HOME NURSING CLASS WILL MEET TOMORROW | “The Home Nursing Class will meet | tomorrow evening, February 11, at |the Douglas Government School. {Miss Mabel Morgan, Supervising (Nurse for the Office of Indian iAt‘l’ah’s, will talk on prenatal care. All members are urged to attend the class The school bus will leave the Juneau Government School at 7 el R IN FROM INTERIOR From Fairbanks, Herman Rich- mann is at the Baranof. ————— . Hgrtley are guests at the Baranof. . At Capitol at 8:10 and . l® 10:15 o'clock tonight. - They registered from Seattle. | LTI B o0 000000 o000 SKAGWAY MEN HERE Marshall 8. Snyder, C. R. Sherk- ill and R. C. Fisher, all from Skag- way, are at the Baranof. Boad AN R Y ! TAYLOR IN JUNEAU Leonard Taylor is at the Baranof Hotel having arrived from 8San Francisco. | 2 Baranof Beauty Salon Under New Management > POLAR FISHERIES CO. i « INCORPORATED HERE | The Polar Fisheries Co. filed ar- {ticles of incorporation today at the |Auditor’s Office. Incorporators in- clude R. E. Robertson, Fern Comp- son and Esther Caro. [ o'clock. MRS. FITZGERALD HE! . | mrs. C. J. Fitagerald is here from s aiat g s ‘!skagway and is at the Baranof. k3 FEATURE TIME o . At 20th Century at 7:35 e Ji sEA:T:leB “!:E | and 9:50 tonight. < ames 3 anlon and J. 9 Gomez. . - e — yesterday were Gene Craig, Donald IN FROM SITKA Breskin, Chuck De Ganahl, and Registered from Sitka, Lucille E.|Kenneth Marlow. Cafferty is a guest at the Baranof. o0 SR IS G R S S DALLAS BLACK HERE FRANK WRIGHT HERE A frequen? visitor here, Dallas Frank Wright, is at the Baranof.|Black is at the Baranof, registered He is registered from Seaitle. | from Sitka. ) 4 P e | CARRY TRAVELERS CHEQUES War-time travelers and the men and women of our armed forces always have a feeling of confident assurance when their funds are protected by American Express Travelers Cheques. | ‘These Cheques are recognizable everywhere, and you i can spend them as you do cash by just countersigning for identification. Further, if your Cheques are lost, stolen or | destroyed uncountersigned, American Express will re- | fund promptly. Yes, protect your money by changing | our cash into safe American Express Travelers Cheques %«fin you leave. g ‘American Express Travelers Cheques are blue—ths | size of a dollar gill-—and are issued in denominations of | $10, $20, $50 and $100. The cost is 3 of 1% (75¢ on | each $100 purchased), minimum 40¢. Obtainableat banks. 5 AMERICAN EXPRESS *===TRAVELERS CHEQUES _—x the most authentic ever seen in a| motion picture. - D ~ SR e “REN THREE CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL FUR TRAPPING Pleading guilty to the charge o taking fur-bearing animals illegally and falsifying report of shipment, George A. Paul, Peter Tom and| Charlie Jim were arraigned yesler-; day by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray and fined $75 each, | ‘The three trappers were brought here from Hoonah by Wildlife Agent M. L. MacSpadden of the Alaska Game Commission. mink and six marten pelts, were confiscated at Seattle. B FISHERIES VESSEL SOUTH ‘The Fisheries vessel Penguin re- turned from Funter Bay and sailed south last night with passengers aboard for Seattle and Southeast Alaska ports. B = = MRS. WADE SOUTH Mrs. Hugh J. Wade sailed for south aboard the Fisheries vessel Penguin last night to join Mr. Wade, Director of the Social Security office here, who is in the states. el MISS SKINNER LEAVES Miss Marianne Skinner, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Skinner, is enroute south for several week’s stay. She is a telephone operator at the local office. The illegal furs, amounting to 27 | S ENE THE PLITER DI PICTURES PLAY! TI0 renroRy NOW!! & t",\p USTON + RICHARD WHORF st Ml Direced by MICHAEL CURTIZ Serean Piay by Robert Buckner nd Edmand Joseph Origina Story by Robert Buchner FEATURE STARTS 7:30—9:45 _BUSSESBOAR_ V.R FARRELLON INSPECTION TRIPTO . KETCHIKAN AREA ! V. R. Farrell, Director of Educa- | tion for the Bureau of Indian Afe | fairs, left this morning on the boat | for Ketchikan and vicinity on an inspection trip. He will also call at Wrangell on the return tripy and will be absent from his office for two or three weeks. o i PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Have a portrait artist take your picture. 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