The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 8, 1944, Page 3

|ALL-MALE CAST " INRACING FILM AT CAPITOL A new juvenile star is introduced lin M-G-M’s dramatic and moving tale of the turf, “Harrigan's Kid,” beginning tonight at the Capitol Theatre. He is Bobby Readick, sen- !sation of the Broadway stage, who plays the title role in this original screen story. The story deals with the career of a young jockey, played by Read- ick. He is taught the tricks of rid- ing by a former star jockey, played by Willilam Gargan. But Gargan is not only teaching the cocky young- ster to ride. He teaches him all the (ways and means of throwing races so that he and his unscrupulous partner, J. Carrol Naish, will reap the profits of crooked bookmaking. But the “grand old man of the turf,” Frank Craven, meets the youngster and sees through his tough exterior. He buys his contract and takes the youngster under his wing, teaching him the ideals of fair play and good sportsmanship until finally the jockey rides a good | \ ALSO— Screen Snapshots King of the 49ers Late News M-G-M Picture APPEARING NITELY ON OUR STAGE .. Katherine EBllis—-She Predicts Tomorrow's News Today! the turf classic The feature is on the screen at 8:05 and 10:20 o'clock and Kather- ine Ellis, psychic, appears in per- son on the stage at 3:25 o'clock ... Scottish Rite Temple - Scene of Card Party Members of the Masonic Order and {of the Order of Eastern Stars and | card party last night at the Scottish | Rite Temple. Bridge and pinochle were played and refreshments were served during the affair. Honors for bridge went to Mrs. | M. L. MacSpadden and Walter Having been employed as a car- | Heisel, high; Mrs. William Paul and clean race to win first place in their escorts, enjoyed an informal | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—]JUNEAU, ALASKA TOWNSENDCLUB |ERROL FLYNN IN " HOLDS MEETING | THRILL FEATURE TUESDAY NIGHT| AT 20TH CENTURY Today’s new picture at the 20th Theatre is “Desperate The Juneau Townsend Club hel its regular meeting. last night in‘Cen(u y the CIO Hall. The business meeting Journey tarring Errol Flynn and| was short and held mostly to the)Ronald Reagan in a story that reading of two weekly “Flashes”|fully lives up to its exciting title. | by the Secretary, Mrs. Beatrice|The thrill-packed film tells about| Rosness. Referring to the American [the extraordinary adventures of system of free enterprise the Sec-!five members of a British Hudson retary read the following from the bomber who are shot down while “Flash” taken from the “Catholic,0n a bombing mission over Ger- Hour”: “Fascism even had the many. trains running on time, and Com-| Other members of the crew who| munism had no more unemploy- find themselves prisoners of the ment than Sing Sing, and for Lhc!‘NRZL‘» along with Flynn and Rea-| same reason. But in killing self-|88n are Alan Hale, Arthur Kennedy | ishness the Socialistic way, these!@nd Ronaid Sinclair. Questioned in| systems killed free enterprise and detall by a Nazi Intelligence offi-| free men. Any nation that can pro-|Cer, played by Raymond Massey,| vide work in war, can provide workthe five fugitive Englishmen ‘escape| in peace. And work for all and|from the prison camp, after Ron-| security for all.” ald Reagan puts Massey to sleep | Dancing followed the business' With a hard right to the jaw. session and was enjoyed up to the! Slowly, and traveling only by usual closing hour. Out of town DiEht. they make their despetate| visitors were Mrs. Edna Glhlxtmm‘jo ruey across Germany toward the| of Silverton, Oregon, and Mrs. R,»'IH( 1d border. They get a break! Murphy and her sister, Miss Helen by overpowering some Nazi guards | CHill, both of Tenakee. 1and taking their uniforms. Now, Mrs. David Milner will entertain|dise the Club Council next Monday Stand evening in her apartment. Last 85 spies, but they have also in-| Monday the Club Council met at Creased their possibilities of escape [the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. E.| Luck, still with them, they man-| JAlmquist to honor Mrs. Carl ~C_|nge‘ to hoard a hospital train bound | |Collen, faithful pianist of the, for Berlin, only to be kicked off| ! Townsend Orchestra, who is leaving 85 the train entered the suburbs later this month for medical treat- DY some officer who was later se-| ment in the States | verely reprimanded for allowing| A e e jthe English to get away. By this| sed as German soldiers, thcyf‘ good chance of being shot | WARNER BROS! Stirring New Success. | jtime, all Germany was on the look- | t for t} : KBS an- | IHOMPSON BA(K rRoM g;)‘l‘:m or them. It was a mass man ! SHATTERING HEAVEN A One night, shortly after leaving| the train, Flynn leads the men on| mission. Then more WITH WITH PRISONERS| |a desperate slhnll: oceur. Deputy U. S. Marshal Sid Thomp- | son returned last night from Sitka with six prisoners having jail sen- tences to be.served in the Federal Jail here. Those brought to Juneau by > 'Douglas Fairbanks,Jr. TI0MENTURY DOUGLAS | penter at the Excursion Inlet con- | struction job for the past two years, | | G. R. Isaak returned to his home | Homer Nordling, low. For pinochle, Mrs. Harry Brown and William MacKenzie, high; Mrs. { Thompson include Annie and Dick Johnson, Charles Kasakan, Agnes ]Re(eives Silver Star PAGE THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY! STARTS TONIGHT J ND EARTH TO BERLINGH AND BACK! SLUGGING, GUNNING, DYNAMITING v EVERY FOOT OF THEIR HUN-HOUNDED WAY! A ONCE- IN-A-LIFETIME ADVENTURE FOR THEM-AND FOR YOU! . DRI o Welcome, Ronald W. Jamgs and fiNBY E["_.EMAN - RAYMOND MASS[Y « AU HALE « ArTHuR KENNEDY - mfifii{su . Hll. NEWS SCHOOL HONOR ROLL Miss Warren, Superintendent of Schools, has released the following list of students as placed on the School Honor Roll for the past six- week period: First Grades, Marion Glafke, Lewis Pusich; second grades, Robert John- son; third grade, John Jensen, El- ton Engstrom, Elsie Neimi, Eleanor Havdahl, and Beth Fleek: fourth grade, Mary Cuthbert, Mariyn Isaak, | and Aleda Warner; fifth grade, Rex | Herman; sixth grade! Jack Carlyle; eighth grade, Mae Cuthbert; high school, Alfreda Fleek, and Robert here yesterday. H. Berggren and Carl Blomquist, ¥ lows Ronald Search. ALASKA COASTAL TOATENDC.OFC. LUNCHEON MEETING TLR"’S fiRkE MADE Katherine Ellis, whose reputed lines made a trip with Edward Sara- psychic powers are drawing crowds bia and L. D. Burkstrom to Hoo- at the Capitol Theatre, where she is nah, and the plane brought back appearing currently, ELEANOR HAVDAHL'S PARTY About 15 friends of Miss Eleanor | Havdahl were invited to her home | last evening to celebrate her ninth | birthday. The event was spent with | | games and delicious refreshments | were served. Miss Havdahl became | nine years old. KATHERINE ELLIS D. I. W. CLUB PARTY The Douglas Island Women's Club is entertaining the Juneau Wom- an’s Club at a St. Patrick’s Day|guest of the Juneau Chamber of derson from Excursion Inlet. party this evening in the Eagles Commerce at their regular weekly Passengers on a flight to Funter Hall. The affair which begins at 8 | lJuncheon meeting tomorrow at the Bay were Audry Kochutin, Mrs. o'clock is to be strictly informal and Baranof. Hortense Krukoff and A. Krukoff. will be the Leonard E. Sohalt and Harold An-| Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., has received a silver star for excellent work dur- ing the landing at Solerno, accord- ing to official announcement made today. . | LUTHERAN MID-WEEK LENTEN SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 7 TONIGHT Tonight at 7 o'clock the Luther- an Church, corner of Main and ‘Third Streets, will hold the third of | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN | ALGIERS, March 8. — Lt. Comdr. | BEST IN SHORT SUBJECTS OWL SHOW 12:30 A. M. TONiGHT TRAVELING MAN HERE Gil Rich, wellknown traveling man, is here from Ketchikan. He e PRITCHETTS HERE Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Pritchett have |arrived here and are guests at the | Gastineau. e is registered at the Baranof Hotel. | TIRES, TUBES ISSUED IN MONTH OF FEBRUARY Tires and tubes issued under the quota during the month of Feb- ;ruary are as follows, according o Carol M. Carlson, Clerk of the War Price and Rationing Board No. 7: LATEST WORLD NEWS 'Wash}igim System of Schooling Developing Work, Study Program (Continued from Page One) to finish their educations who oth~ Savikko. TERRITORIAL GUARD NOTICE The Douglas Unit of Territorial Guard will meet at 7 o'clock sharp tomorrow, Thursday night, at the Natatorium. Dress is to be as fol- | NEW COAST GUARD lows: coveralls, leggings, rifle and | COMMANDER GIVEN ammunition belt. By meeting a half | WELCOME, KETCHIKAN hour early this week, the members | | with a good choice of committees | ‘wrving a pleasurable evening is in | store for all. Local members are:13o m m Jobs () T . Must Be Found in v World, War's End will be enabled to get in an hour's | again urged to be on hand early to 3 greet the Juneau guests. I ATAMIEL i e | i i 1 | WASHINGTON, March 8—The shooting or range practice before | Capt. G. W. Maclane 15 neW|p,iemational Labor office estimates being released to attend the Douglas | C0ast Guard Commander at Ketchi-| s il have to be found for more Fire Department’s meeting which is |Kan and he was given a welcome|iy ., "130,000,000 persons throughout also scheduled for Thursday evening | bY nw' (-omnusslonedv officers lnstzme world when the war ends and at 8 o'clock. week. At the same time, Capt. F.|popcotime economies are restored. A. Zeusler, wao is leaving, was fare- This estimate is made on a report | i setting forth the proposal for in- ternational action to supplement national measures designed to as- sure adequate postwar employment G. R. ISAAKS HOME Juneau Plumbil;g & Heating Co. PLUMBING HEATING REGULAR CHILD HEALTH CONFERENCE THURSDAY The regular weekly Child Health Conference will be held in the! Health Center of the Territorial Building between 1 and 4 o'clock, Thursday afternoon. OIL BURNERS SHEET METAL WELDING PHONE d87 Third and Franklin NIGHT: B. E. FEERO J. R. CLARK Baranof Beauty Salon General Electric MAZDA LAMPS Standard WHERE SATISFACTION and SERVICE are SYNONYMOUS We are now fully staffed: CECILIA TEW BARBARA GARRETT and 4 MARIE HAMMARLEY, Sizes Manager. AT YOUR SERVICE L] Alaska Eleciric Light and Power Company JUNEAU DOUGLAS Phone No. 616 Phone No. 18 SHOP HOURS 9A.M.TOGP. M. OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT PHONE 538 its mid-week Lenten services, The | general theme being covered is,| “Knowing Jesus,” and the topic for |y, this evening is “The Glory of TO DROP CONTEMPT | (ASE ON DANIEI-S.CTEJ'}MC is cordially invited to{ ST”_“G?MMNOF | Shesd ahevices : A guest at the Baranof, A. B. WASHINGTON, March 8—The| At 7:45 o'ciock following the ser-‘mcks i ot FROM WESTWARD From Anchorage, Lon Grover is egistered at the Gastineau. Senate Agricultural subcommittee |vice, the senior choir will hold its P has abandoned the move to cite regular weekly practice. | IS ARRIVAL HERE Presidential ~ Assistant Jonathan | | An arrival in Juneau, Daisy Lahte is registered at the Baranof from Seattle. s e Jlll?.USTS LEAVE FOR Pat On Back i Is GiVen OP AI TWO MONTHS’ VACATION Daniels for contempt of Senate. ‘ Senator Gillette made the state- ment after an executive session. ' He said Daniels had appeared and | answered satisfactorily all questions about the unsuccessful efforts to| oust Rural Electrification Adminis- trator Slattery. BB G DT To spend the next two months vacationing in Montana, Mr. and s Mrs. R. Brust sailed for the south WASHINGTON, March 8.—OPA |last night. Mr. Brust is Chief Clerk Administrator Chester Bowles cred- | {0 the Office of Indian Affairs, ited price controls as saving the' Rt 1 Nation eighty nine billion dollars| GARDEN CLUB MEET | WAI(H our "ow through last year. POSTPONED FOR WEEK | - | Bowles made the statement in an e LONDON, March 8.—A showdown address and further said he will 8o} It bl in relations between the Allies and |before Congress soon and ask for|™eeting of the Juneau Garden Club erwise would have dropped out to !nu the manpower gaps. The earn-while-you-learn prin- ciple is nothing new in education, ;buh this 1944 application of it here on a wide scale is proving to be something that may become a per- manent part of the high school program. e Passenger Size Oliver Sarnisto, one tube; Mabel | Kobbivik, two tires, two tubes; Yel- low Cab Company, three tires, three tubes; Royal Blue Cab Company, three tires, three tubes; Clifford I.| Graham, four tires, four tubes; Al- | aska Laundry, two tires, two tubes; Triangle Cleaners, two tires; Ofis Price, two tires. Truck New Tires, Tubes Sully Bakery, two tires, two tubes. " - - John Murphy has been admitted to S*t. Ann’s Hospital for medical care, KATHERINE ELLIS World's Famous Psychic will pre- sent a special Matinee for ladles oply Friday 2 p.n. at the Capitol Theatre. «i Leaving St. Ann's Hospital for their home yesterday were Mrs. for BYPERACID Eugene Hulk and baby boy. STOMACHS Mrs. Elleri Hajdeickovich of Fai A banks has been admitted St. | Ann's Hospital for surgery. to Butler-Mauro Drug Co. the Yugoslavian Government in | extension of the Price Control pro-| Scheduled for tomorrow will be post- exile appears imminent on arrival gram past June 30. poned until March 16. from Cairo of two members of King ———————— “ BT S SRR | ATTENTION REBEKAHS | EEFEEE LU, Ju. Regular meeting of Perseverance | ARRIVES FROM SITKA | dspe s i |Rebckah Lodge Wed. March 8 at 8 pm. in Odd Fellows Hall. ISABELLE JORGENSON, Secretary. L g Peter's Cabinet to discuss the pos- sibility of the latter's , cooperation | with Marshal Tito, leader of the e Yugoslav Army of Liberation. Miss Katherine Ellis, Jr., daughter | Unless the Yugoslav regime agrees of Katherine Ellis, psychic, now ap- | to bsck Tito and rid herself of |pearing on the stage of the Capitol [34V. anti-Tito elements, Allied recogni- | Theatre, arrived from Sitka and is | tion may be forfeited. |a guest at the Baranof Hotel. She RUMMAGE SALE | PRERAIRe TR s s | is accompanied by Miss Breta Yar-| At' the Lutheran Church, Thurs- POLICE COURT FINES | brough. day, March 9 at 10 a.m. | Mrs. Elizabeth Peterson was given | | T . N 110 days suspended sentence this Emornmg in City Police Court on a | disorderly conduct charge. — e — WESLY FROM SITKA From Sitka, S. E. Wesly is staying at the Baranof Hotel. RUMMAGE SALE At the Lutheran Church, Thurs- day, March 9 at 10 am. CABINETS FIXTURES Fulton & Kruse Building Contractors Repairing and Remodeling PHONE 433 So. Seward at Willoughby | BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH TH NARD BIRD WAD'EN STONDWG W) LNE AL DaN-- -*BORNEN GOOGLE MRALED NO RIOT S\R--34 RN e e T UARD YRD & LIFE-SIZE POSTER OF & MOVE STAR-- WO NOW OWGWTR €EE ((---1T~ER-R-* EXCUSE NE-S\R ) 4 © ByBILLY DeBECK s50¢ Broiled Steak and " Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME THE DOUGLAS INN * DINS AND DANCE OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT ectric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCEK