The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 23, 1944, Page 3

PAGE THREE THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE —JUNEAU, ALASKA ILIGHTS ARE |"CASABLANCA" WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1944 STARTS TONIGHT? WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! . STARTS TONIGHT SOYENTURY | Shows t7:30and8:0P. 1. OWL SHOW TONIGHT 12:30 A. M. "HE'S MY GUY" OPENS TONIGHT, CAPITOL THEATRE Joan Davis, Hollywood's popular dancing comedienne, is rred in‘ HUMP"REy : oy with / Dick FORAN Irene HERVEY Joan DAVIS \ Specialties by the MILLS BROS. Also: “FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE” APITO HEATRE THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURESI Rug.‘ns . LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 23— Clearing skies today promised a! termination of the storm whlch‘ | JAM Y HOME i SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23—Leo Yesterday was friends and th upon his arr here. Mr. Sey was injured in a mill accident nearly a month ago and until lately has been in a most HIL B WALLS PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY MICHAEL CURTIZ LATEST WORLD NEWS Until Vi ntic Victory Until Victory is won, everything we have to offer— Pan American Airways’ experience gained by more than 165 million miles of overseas flight to 63 foreign countries and colonies and the “know how” of 10 years’ pionecering of scheduled flying in Alaska— All ars at work for the Government and Milicary services of the United States. { | I | , ON AGAIN 'N ' AT 20TH CENTURY| | { | besurs - los ANGE[ESiinfEs!N( section of Casablanca, will Universal's zestful musical romm\ce.‘ jsoon be as familiar to American “He's My Guy.” coming tonight to —— | picture audiences as the Casba, the, criminal quarters of Algiers | has long been a No. 1 favorite with'ing employees of the Municipal De- " v movie audiences and her role in partment Power & Light, returned|in “Casablanca,” the nmew Warner “He's My Guy” is declared to be to their jobs today after the Army,|Bros. film, starring Humphrey Bo- the most entertaining in her screen by order of the President, took over |88t Ingrid Bergman (recently in Juneaw) and Paul Henreid, which Dick Foran and Irene Hervey are| At a gathered mass meeting by| B s i ” teamed romantically and vocally in|the strikers it was voted quickly to| (OVEN | That section was recreated the new film. They sing end the walkout after hearing read Sapervision of Robert Eisner; French i zzy Knight is > 5 sohil Jatunet, GO F" Py the Army Engineers which said I gjaw go0n after the fall of France, featured and Gertrude Niesen, well 't, “th 5 o i -y ek hreeantd Hiaas part, “there is not a person in the|ang went to Casablanca, where he Umzwn ;"’Egj vbfiilgrc " |United States who wouldn’t folloW)remained several months before he A s 2 £y [the dictates of the President ™ obtained a passport to Lisbon and i T rothers and the cele- ;‘r’:!g;*‘m‘;f el il | Bert Hoffman, Vice President of | La Medina, located in the north- 2 R |the AFL Electrical Workers Union, | west section of Casablanca, Morocco, Action of the film, described as e % i g SolBRcE A Thmkly, dealk vl fos told strikers that Mayor Fletcher is enclosed by a high wall, with its P 2 A |Bowron asked the War Department back to the Atlantic. It is tfie old S:::l:-h‘;})lf-lr;fiot51::;?;1xn;m:e::;‘:‘mw" and water system and put bec;mv the refuge for underground bs. , f stri leaders, political fugitiv S exciting and humorous interludes, 2" end to the § day strike over |.u ,“‘ e 'es nd o is said to be unusually divertin, |wages which caused the shutdown Cbed French, Czech and Polish & 5 lof about 160 war feeder plants and| army officers. mentioned, are incorporated in the anca C prosis g |homes and business establishments | 1 ablanca, Wikh & HAShOEEE B (4] in dérkises ‘:Plns just prior to the German oc- e e 5 cupation, which tells of the love DOUGLAS | between Bogart and Bergman. | ‘ ' SYONEY brought over seven inches of rain in four days, caused four deaths, | TERRITORIAL GUARD NOTICE | The Douglas Unit of the Terri- | their homes and caused widespread torial Guards will meet tomorrow |98mage in Southern California. | | e evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Na- | ' ——————————— ammunition belt and rifles. There | ! { will be further instructions in range ’ \ shooting and range practice. ! ; SENSATIONAL STORY OF THE a happy day for| F. Genther, OPA Regional Director, amily of James Sey predicted a possible cut in the P: STOCKHOLM, Feb. 23. — Judu lafter the arrest of four persons here ", ' i Paasikivi, former Finnish Cabinet|on the discovery they had gaso- . member, whose arrival here on Feb- | s good for | % critical condition at St. Ann’s Hos- | ruary 12 led to rumors his govern- f couptng ghad. S0 8000,000 KAl 1 B . ital, | e wil oo plsts hig ot . 4 {lons of gas, and coupons were gone pital. s ment was trying to contact MosCOW ¢r0 one ration board for 7,000 with a view of negotiating peace, i ¢ LS 5 * gallons. Investigation of the black i spring and summer. returned to Helsinki without any gttt TR i \ - | S ter e | indications Finland is any nearer to 3 : | . f 5 | | getting out of the present war than ! | V 4 ALASKA TERRITORIAL [5ciive ; ; i : FEDERATION OF LABOR S | ‘ "l TO HAVE CONVENTION S. E. ALASKAT0 TAINTED NOW ‘Ten delegates are leaving for Ket- | HAVE EXIENSION { oFFI('AlS Now' WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. — The La Medina, the mysterious vice- the Capitol Theatre. Miss Davis/ LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23.—Strik- For La Medina figures importantly career. |management of the system. 1opens at the 20th Century Theatre Guy,” and “On the Old mbly rder g ! y Asse the order of Col. Rufus Putnam of {grmy orricer. who escaped the Nazi Other notables in the cast mcludv‘Umes like these.” |thence to the United States. mer vaudeville performers who stage last night to take over the city's Moorish part of the city and later Five tunes, in addition to the ones which has thrown some 125000 The action of the story takes place T | Edre\ve more than 300 persons from ! i tatorium. Dress will be coveralls, \ W R BR . CITY THAT ROCKED THE WORLD / back to his home |eific Coast gas ration by April 1,| valesensce at his home during this chikan from the Juneau area next | Allies have tossed a new economic Screen Play by Julivs ) & Phiip G Epstein and Howard Xoch + From a Play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison ~ Music by Max Steiner TOPS IN SHORTS week to attend the second annual | i convention of the Alaska Territorial | Federation of Labor, some of them TIDES TOMORROW Meanwhile, we appreciate the patience and understarding of Alaskans who so often find that war priority stands in the way of that trip or delays that express shipment. JuneauPlumbing & Heating Co. PLUMBING HEATING OIL BURNERS SHEET METAL WELDING PHONE 787 Third and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. FEERO s J. R. CLARK News Flash==- We have just received a large shipment of General Electrie MAZDA LAMPS Standard Sizes Alaska Eleciric Light and Power Company JUNEAU DOUGLAS Phone No. 616 Phone No. 18 * ThereIsNo Substitute for Newspaper Advertising! | carrying several proxies, according | to Frank Marshall, Acting General | President of Alaska’s “State” Fed- | | eration of Labor. | Marshall has been requested to |attend hearings of the Twelfth Re- gional War Labor Board, February 28 to March 2 in Seattle and plans to leave for Seattle soon, returning to Ketchikan to conduct the con- vention which convenes March 6. | Marshall asks all delegates making ' the trip to Ketchikan to contact the ;omce of the Canadian Pacific Rail- | way in the Baranof Hotel to secure their tickets some time this week. | Reservations have been made but | must be picked up within a reason- | able time. 4 ————— | MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 23—Chair- man Robert Hannegan, of the Democratic National Committee, termed Republican candidates for president as “untested pretenders” ibefore a Washington Day dinner jcrowd. Hannegan said: “Today as never before a united front is demanded |against a field of untried competi tors for national leadership.” Baranof Beauty Salon Feather Haircut \_ Cold Wave Permanent L] SKILLED OPERATORS COMPLETE LINE OF BEAUTY CULTURE ] SHOP HOURS 9A.M.TO6P. M. OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT PHONE 538 MARIE HAMMARLEY Manager FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 23.— |W. R. (Ted) Carter, formerly of Sitka, will be in charge of the De- partment of Agriculture Extension | Service campaign to increase food production and conservation for Southeast Alaska. Carter's headquarters will be in ]‘Juneau. He will work with Exten- |sion Agent Mae Stevenson. Carter expects to arrive in Juneau by the latter part of this week. Naska Coal Ad Amendment Goes ToF.D.R. fo Sign | WASHINGTON, Feb, 23—Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed the bill amending the Alaska Coal Act to | permit persons, associations or cor- porations to hold more than one coal lease but with the same maxi- | present law. Is Missing WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. — The War Department announces that care of W. G. Wikstrom, Box 877, Ketchikan, Alaska, is missing in action in the Mediterranean area. Empire Classifieds Pay! {mum of 2,560 acres contained in the | ~ In Adion First Lt. Robert L. Elliott, whose|® wife is Mrs. Florence P. Elliott, | woose around the neck of Germany, Japan and satellites, decreeing they will not hereafter accept Axis-taint- ed gold from neutral countries. The United States Treasury, act- | ing in concert with England and | Russia, announced refusal to take | such gold from any nation. | | Treasury Secretary Morgenthau ! said this government will refuse to recognize sales paid for by gold | looted by the Nazis. Sitka fo Gef that . Water Reserve Now | WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. — The | bill to set aside Alaskan lands as a | water supply reserve for the town | of Sitka has been unanimously ap- | proved by the Senate Lands Com- mittee, The bill has already passed the House. It provides that reserved | lands be administered by the Secre- { tary of Agriculture. Land used for | military purposes in the Tongass | | National Forest is exempted from the provisions until an Executive Order establishing a military reser- | vation becomes inoperative. | ————————— E LONDON, Feb. 23—British For- |eign Minister Anthony Eden an- nounced today that Britain and the United States have made a series of requests on Spain to take a stricter view of her obligations on neutral- |ity and “conversations are now pro- | ceeding in Madrid.” ® ® o o 0 o 0 o o FEATURE TIME At Capitol tonight at 8:25 and 10:25 o'clock . At the 20th Century at e 7:30 and 8:30 o'clock. ® © & o 0 0 0o 0 0 0 3.01 PERCENT 1§ BOMBER LOSS IN EIGHTH AIR FORCE LONDON, Feb. 23. — The Eighth Army Air Force announces it has been able to hold battle losses of bombers to three and ohe-tenth per- cent since the American air war against Germany began in August, 1942, B ST0CK OUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 23. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6, American Can 82%, Anaconda 25'%, Beech Aircraft 10%, Bethlehem Steel 59, Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 57, International Harvester 11, Kenne- cott 307%, North American Aviation | 9%, New York Central 19, Northern | Pacific 17';, United States Steel 524, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 136.51; rails, 38.90; utilities, 23.11. | { ! [/ TABLETS 7 HYPERACID STOMACHS f§ MONEY BACK SUARMITER sizs Butler-Mauro Drug Co. High tide—2:10 a. m., 18.2 feet. Low tide—8:05 a. m., -0.5 feet. High tide—2:10 p. m., 19.7 feet. Low tide—8:33 p. m .8 feet. - - HAROLD SMITH BACK [ THEATRE] "YQU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW”" Harold Smith, Administrative As- | sistance for thé Forest Service, re- | turned by plane yesterday after a | trip to Edna Bay and Ketchikan. tls He was away for several weeks. | Here from Seattle, B. C. Balernd at the Gastineau. CABINETS FIXTURES Fulton & Kruse Building Contractors Repairing and Remodeling PHONE 433 So. Seward at Willoughby MOTORSHIP PATRICIA Leaves for Haines, Skagway, 7 A. M. Sunday All freight and parcels must be delivered to boat Saturday between noon and 5 P. M. For TICKETS and INFORM- ATION call at PERCY’S CAFE —SPECIAL CHARTER TRIPS AVAILABLE— BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH WOW-NOW SURE MOW WHOW NOUR DUTIES WHEN NOW SPOT THE ENENN PLANES 2 Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SE ED ANY TIME o DINS AND DANCE THE DOUGLAS INN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT Electric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE