The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 24, 1944, Page 3

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1944 ENDS TONIGHT! DICK FORAN IREIE RERVEY J0AN DAVIS FUZZY KNIGHT they teach Nazi spies the stuff young America is made of! FREODIE BARTHOLOMEW . BILLY HALOP BORBY JOROAN . HUNTZ HALL New Cures Io; Tax Pains; Protests Have Been Made on Forms (Continued trom rage One) originally to catch some 10,000,000 lower bracket taxpayers who other- wise wouldn't have paid anything, but it brings in less than $400,000,- 000—a small portion of the 20 billion tax revenue, considering the work involved. This leads too to a third planned simplification—closing the normal, 'FINAL SHOWING, " THE'S MY GUY,” CAPITOL SCREEN ng in all depart- 3 Versi latest comed; with music, “He's My Guy for the last time tonight Thes Joan Davis, creen’s most talented is starred in the gay nd her portrayal of an performer will be re- 1 noteworthy event of season. e acts, past and present, ed in the new film, which i on the eolorful but com- plicated business of staging a home- talent show in a huge defense plant. Dick Foran and Irene Hervey have leading featured roles. They are splendidly teamed and sing two duets, “He’s My Guy” by Don Ray and Gene de Paul, and “On the Old Assembly Line” by Gud Green and Ray Henderson. R WESTERN NEW BRITAIN IN YANK HANDS (Continued from Page One) the h kept tankers away from Rabaul for three weeks Mitchells sank two freighter transports and an escort vessel near Kavieng, New Ireland, which made at least 27 merchantmen and es- cort vessels sunk by Allied planes north of Rabaul in eight days. | e '33 PERSONS T0 " TAKE OATH OF © ALLEGIANCE ‘\ A class of 33 individuals are being heard before the District Court to- | day and tomorrow afternoon at 2 |o'clock they will take the Oath of | Allegiance at a public program. | The program is as follows: Court opens. Color Guard — Presentation of | Colors. Opening Remarks—Judge George | F. Alexander. | Oath of Allegiance to the United | States—Robert E. Coughlin, Clerk | of Court. | Pledge of Allegiance to Flag—Ed- NEW MARS NOW BEING ~ TURNED OUT 1 | | | Will Have Carrier Capacity for 132 Men - Quick | Changes Possible WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-—The 70- ton Mars, giant plane now in the service of the United States Navy, will be dwarfed by 20 successors now in construction for the Naval Air Transport Service. The Navy Department announces the design has beeh changed mater- ially to increase cargo space ca- pacity. The new ship will have fittings to | }pcrmlt of quick conversion as a hos- ‘ pital ship, passenger transport, troop carrier or cargo carrier. As a troop carrier, the new plane will have a capacity of 132 men. - ALASKA COASTAL - PLANE FLIES TO SKAGWAY WITH 5 Flying to Skagway today wn!x‘ the Alaska Coastal Airlines were| Henry Tonkin, Oscar Olson, M. and Mrs. Fisher, and Marjorie Fisher. Clifford Holin went to| Haines. The plane returned with J.| M. Steear and Joe Green. | Mr. John Steele and Esther Hop- kins were passengers to Excursion | Inlet, the plane bringing back O.! |T. Syre. | On a flight to Sitka the passen-| Igers ‘were George Stemac, W. H.| | Mrs. Alberts, and Watson | Alberts | Sodial Meeting | | HeldLastNight | ' By Rebekahs THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Famed Hero Home fo Wed TWENTY-SIX DEAD JAPS surrounded Corporal Richard Lee Close, 22, when he was found, painfully wounded, on Tarawa! His single- handed battle with the entire Jap contingent in a pillbox was declared one of the most spectacular of the war. Corporal Close did the job with hand grenades. A veteran of Guadalcanal and Tulagi, where he saw heavy hand-to-hand fighting, Corporal Close was awarded the Purple Heart, the Presidential Citaticn and the Southwest Pacific Bar with Gold Stars. He recently returned on leave to marry his sweetheart, Miss Marcia Backstrom of Muskegon, Mich. 'DOWNWITH | 10J0, SAY JAPANESE Secret Movement Afoot in| Tokyo fo Qust War- _time Premier Sues for Divorce CHUNGKING, Feb. 24—Reports "CASABLANCA" | SHOWING NOW | AT 20TH CENTURY Casablanca, the city that flashed into the news as part of the bold and brilliant American invasion of North Africa, splashed boldly and brilliantly on to the screen of the 20th Century Theatre last night when Warner Bros.' “Casablanca” It was sound military tactics that' tcok a place name like Casablanca e geography books and put but it is thorough, nship that makes the sablanca™ a vivid and exciting adventure For oné thing, the picture move with the same » A.E.F. in Africa. And| you need a Humphrey Bogart to| set such a pace. As “Rick” he tough guy again, but a right g He can take care of himself an) iplace, any time and in any emer-| gency. While the out of it in 1 sound stars of “Casablanca”| turn in performances that lea little to be desived, it is the work of that masterly quartet of villains, {Claude Rair Conrad Veidt, Syd-, ney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre| {that rounds out the picture, making lof it a cleverly-contrived and con-| vineing production. ! |SANITARY ENGINEERIS | " BACK FROM INTERIOR, | " WESTWARD CONFABS | After an absence of 2 weeks,| {Richard Green, Sanitary Engineer| for the Territorial Department r)fi ! Health, returned yesterday after- noon from conferences at Fairbanks and Anchorage. | Grecn conferred at Fairbanks | with representatives from Black & | Veatch, consulting engineers from | Kansas who have been engaged by | the city for the contemplated new | water supply and sewage develop- | ments. Also present at the confer- ence was Garrett Sloan, enginecr from the branch office of the Health Department at Anchorage. While in the Interior and West- ward, Mr. Green also consulted with Dr. Paul Lindquist, Acting Assist-| ant Commissioner of Health at An- chorage. eed and direction, | PAGE THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY (S CENTURY NOW PLAYING! T ERGMAN HENRELD , WARRER BRoS: - /8 i ) RAINS - VEIDT - GREENSTREET - (ORRE - ovectes oy MICHAEL CURTIG Screen Play by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch « From a Play by - Murray Burnett and Joan Alison ¢ Music by Max Steiner The Topsin Short Subjects LATEST WORLD NEWS TRAVELING? ) GUARD YOUR FUNDS WITH AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVELERS CHEQUES A social meeting and business from the Shanghai Central News session was held last night at the | Agency declared “a movement to TOOF Hall by the Rebekahs, with | overthrow Premier Tojo is spreading Mrs. Lu Laughlin, Noble Grand,'throughout Japan,” where conditions POSTMASTER OF Protect your funds when traveling—by changing your cash into safe American surtax and victory tax into one|ward L. Keithahn, Commander, Ju- single rate, probably ranging from 22 to 85 per cent. Another rroposal would extend the use of the short form to persons making less than $5,000 from a single source of income. All this doesn't sound like very much, but just how much simplifi- cation would result will be ap- preciated by millions who have to | worry through the present forms before March 15. ————— YOUR BROKEN LENSES Replaced in our own shop. Eyes Examined. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. adv. neau Post, American Legion. Presentation of United States Falgs to Class—M. E. Monagle, Past d Ruler, B. P, O. Elks. on American Citizenship nest Gruening. itions to Class and Clos- -Judge George F. Alex- die Retirement of Colors. | Adjournment. - e, SONS OF NORWAY Meeting BSaturday night at 8, IOOF Hall. Social to follow with Quiz program. JULIA RIAN, adv. Secretary: Juneau Plumbing & Heating Co. PLUMBING HEATING SHEET METAL PHONE 787 NIGHT: B. E. FEERO . J. R. CLARK . OIL BUBNEBS WELDING Third and Franklin ..Green 585 .Red 750 News Flash=== We have just received a large shipment of General Electric MAZDA LAMPS Standard Sizes Alaska Eleciric Light and Power Company JUNEAU Phone No. 616 DOUGLAS Phone No. 18 Broiled Steak and Fried RVED ANY TIME Chicken nresiding. | Following the lodge work colored i:lides were shown by Trevor Davis. ! Refreshments were served with | the following committee in charge: Mesdames Irene McKinley, Odelia | Lieht, Ada Sturrock, Vera Mead, Mabel Lybeck, Adalaide Collen and are said to be growing “increasingly unstable.” The reports are attributed to Jap- anese at Shanghai, who said hand- bills carrying slogans such as “Down With Tojo and Eliminate Tojo” ar« SKAGWAY HERE M. V. Rafferty, Postmaster at Skagway, arrived in Juneau yester- Express Travelers Cheques before you leave. Then you can travel relaxed in the comforting knowledge that your funds are safe, for if your Cheques are lost, stolen or destroyed uncountersigned, American Express will refund promptly. Yes, no matter where you go, American secretly distributed in Tokyo, Osaka, and other large Japanese cities. MRS. JOHNNY WEISSMULLER, the 'day and will leave tomorrow for his former Beryl Scott of San Fran- AR <t G e post after a brief vacation trip. Rafferty says Skagway is better Express Travelers Cheques are the safe, spendable-as- cash way to carry funds. American Express Travelers Cheques are blue—the Betty McDowell. | — - | HOME NURSING CLASS | WILL MEET TOMORROW !ERRITOR'AL GUARD : The Home Nl;rslng Class will meet Io MEEI, A. B. HAI.I. | tomorrow, Friday evening, at 7 1 |o’clock at the Douglas Government | The Juneau Unit of the Alaska | School. The bus will leave the Ju- | cisco, has started suit to divorce the screen Tarzan and ex-swimming situated now than Juneau as far as champ, She charges him with mail is concerned. His office dis- cruelty. They were married at Gar- | patches thrée-cent mail évery day | fleld, N.J,, in 1939, and she is Weiss- 'and also receives letter mail daily. muller’s third wi (International) . Dispatches are made to Whitehorse s W where the mail either goes over the WITH SUNSET ELECTRIC Alaska Highway to Seattle Ly Army With the Sunset Electric Com- trucks or if space f5 available the | size of a dollar bill—and are issued in denominations of $10, $20, $50 and $100. The cost is % of 1% (75¢ on each $100 purchased), minimum 40¢; Obtainable at banks. AMERICAN EXPRESS | Territorial Guard will meet tonight | n€au kcovemment School at 7 | 'clock. in the A. B. Hall at 8 o'clock. All members should wear coveralls, and | should take .22 calibre rifles if possible. HOSPITAL NOTES Delbert Anderson has been admit- ted to St. Ann’s Hospital for sur- gery. Eli Milodragovich entered St. Ann's Hospital yesterday to undergo | surgical care. ———————— CURTIS AT GASTINEAU T. R. Curtis, salesman, is a guest at the Gastineau. 4 Baranof Beauty Salon Feather Haircut Cold Wave Permanent ® SKILLED OPERATORS COMPLETE LINE OF BEAUTY CULTURE L] SHOP HOURS, 9A.M.TOGP. M. OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT PHONE 538 MARIE HAMMARLEY | pany, Virgil Baker is here from mall goes and comes by plane to | Seattle. He is registered at the | Baranof. o’cl ———— ENROUTE TO FAIRBANKS Enroute to Fairbanks, Vera Par- | mantier is at the Baranof Hotel | while stopping off briefly in this| Arriving here from Santa Maria, city. | Calif,, Wally Baldwin is at the Baranof Hotel. R CAA MEN AT GASTINEAU At the Gastineau Hotel, Harold TSSESUC SRS ARRIVES HERE REER o5 o NO FIRE YESTERDAY The Juneau Volunteer Fire De- | partment answered a call at 3-6 iast | evening about 6 o'clock and what | pgiller, J. R. McMillan and A. H. was thought to be cause for an|pMcrain, all with the CAA, are here alarm was nothing but a bonfire | from Haines. on the hillside. | b SR NN S MG SR e e | ' HERE FROM WRANGELL ® & & o6 e o o .y John Brantner, Wrangell WEATHER REPORT ® teacher, is here and has registered (U. 8. Bureau) at the Gastineau. e HOWARD JENSONS HERE Mr. anc Mrs. Howard Jenson, here (from Petersburg, are at the Bar- ® | anof. Temp. Wednesday, Feb, 23. Maximum 42; Minimum 33 Rain .10 ® & o & & O 0 0 o sai g LESTER ELKINS HERE Lester Elkins, Petersburg pharmg | acist is at the Gastineau. Margaret L. Robert is registered a’ ———————— | the Baranof. IN FROM GUSTAVUS | ———————— In from Gustavus, Mrs. Charles | SKAGWAY MAN HERE Parker and daughter Jean are at| A.guest at the Baranof, M. V. the Baranof. Rafferty is here from Skagway. | FROM PETERSBURG At the Baranof Hotel, Mrs. C.\ Roger is here from Petersburg. e —— FROM COLORADO SPRINGS Here from Colorado Springs, Colo. MRS. FOLGER HERE From Petersburg, Mrs. Bernice Folger is at the Baranof. THORY Manager Whitehorse and then by train to Skagway. Rafferty has been Postmaster for the past six years and the office will be in the second class ranks during coming months. PIONEERS ARE GOING TO MEET TOMORROW Members of Pioneers of Alaska, | Igloo No. 6, will meet tomorrow | night at 8 o'clock in the Odd Fel- lows’ Hall. It is the monthly meet- | ing and will be followed by a social session. JOHN BISHOP BACK FROM BUYING TRIP John Bishop, Manager of the B M. Behrends Department Store, re- ,»turned this morning from an ex- tensive buying trip on which he called at all important clothing and manufacturing centers in the United States. DR. KNOWLES BACK Dr. D. W. Knowles has returned (to Juneau and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH NE GHVNE FURRKRINY SPYN ME COWD E\\@ PAST TW NEWNTED STATES ARNN EW 2 NAOW , WAND OVER 7 DINE AND DANCE THE DOUGLAS INN OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT ==—TRAVELERS CHEQUES —— 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 [i-rceh 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— By BILLY DeBECK Electiric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE