The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 25, 1944, Page 3

LANA TURNER ROBERT YOURG il TOMORROW! ",'zo“" o \\\%% \%\m\ A GLORIA DONALD PEGGY + JEAN - O’CONNOR - RYAN twrst KNOX: goseri PAIGE JIVIN JACKS &JILLS PREVUk PREVUE TONIGHT TONIGHT. THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! Government Bull Is | his figures are too conservative. | Adm. Young and Maury Maverick, |five years ago, and since that time ‘ Several government officials are | .qjo f ganging up now with the idea of Being Goaded Now by \ Real Texan Maverick 5o, veme They soggest nat ait| | (Continued from Page One) ‘po\'m'nmcnt agencies and depart- . —_— -~ - - | ments adopt the slogan: “Get rid| that all unimportant memos hC:uf the gobbledygook language and | 'HECTIC COMEDY TOEND SHOWING i CAPITOL SCREEN Lana Turner mixes sodas blind- |folded and figures in adventures |ranging from an amnesia masquer- | |ade to a hectic romance with Rob- lert Young in M-G-M's “Slightly | Dangerous,” ending tonight at the | Capitol Theatre. The pictute, made | for laughs, will keep you well en- tertained for there is never a dull | moment. | | Miss Turner plays the part of a| soda clerk in a department store.| She tires of her humdrum existence, | leaves a suicide note, poses as an | amnesia victim and long lost daugh- ( ter of a millionaire. Young, the |new store manager, is blamed for! the “suicide.” He sets out to find (her and save his job. Complication | | follows upon complication until the | |climax finds the two principals madly in love. ,’ | Miss Turner handles comedy with fa flair that proves her talent in' imb type of role. Tt is her first' comedy performance, although {Young is quite at home in his' | favorite medium. Walter Brennan | |adds to the hilarity as the ‘“sugar| daddy” millionaire. Rotund Eu-| gene Pallette is convincing as the newspaper publisher. , e — RUTH MARIN PASSES POLis Temple wears wh ‘or a gamo of b w - » s wn s g 3 2 = » 2 S H | i AWAY THIS MORNING | Mrs. Ruth Marin, one of the best known professional pianists in the' |Channel aree, and wife of John |Marin, passed away suddenly this i’mm'ning at the Jack Hagsted resi-| |dence in Juncau. The husband, who! 'Is in Skagway on business, has been | { notified, and is expected to arrive rme o rces! |today, when arrangements will be| I {made for the funeral. | | Mrs. Marin was born and reared in Spokane, Washington, and came |to Juneau about 10 years ago, and was employed for some time by iChal'lle Miller at the Capitol Cafe. She and Mr. Marin were married Single Dept. Is Recommended WASHINGTON, April 25. — The creation of a single department for the Armed Fcrces to replace the present departments of war and navy after the present war was re-) commended to Congress by War| Secretary Stimson, who told a House Committee on postwar mili- urnished the patrons of the policy the statutory unifica- | |Mrs. Marin was well known for the tary Douglas Inn. i f mand should not be ef- Besides the husband, a sister and e Brothie X 2 fected during the present war, but are known to be survivors. gqqeq, “It is of the greatest impor- The sister is a resident of Rose- burg, O (tance that the general principle of g, Oregon, and the brother is oo colidation be determined upon 45,000 - TON BATTLESHIPS 'WITH FLEET WASHINGTON, April 25. — The super-size battleship New Jersey is {in commission, discloses Admiral E. J. King in his report of the Navy. The 45,000-ton New Jersey is among six battleships that have “joined the fleet” since Pearl Har- bor. The others are the South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts, PROGRESS MADE - BY ROTARY AR SERVICE GROUP Tom Dyer, member of a Rotary | Club committee investigating means | of securing better airport facilities and better air service for Juneau | and Southeast Alaska, reported at | the Rotary meeting today that prog- ress is being made. { Dyer read communications from both Pan American Airways and | United Airways, both expressing sin- | cere desires to improve the services | to Juneau. | The communication from PAA said it is believed three more planes will be added to those serving Ju- neau by May 15 on a direct route. | Dyer also wrote to Northwest Air- lines and expects to hear from this company very shortly. Chairman of the Rotary Commit- tee working on the problem is Gov. Ernest Gruening who, Dyer said, is offering 100 percent cooperation. ! Dyer reported that work has been started by the committee towards | securing a better airport terminal at the Juneau field, also. NLRACOVERS 'L A NEWSIES IN DECISION WASHINGTON, April 25. — The Supreme Court has -ruled that full {time newsboys selling the four Los | Angeles newspapers are employes of the papers covered by the National, | Labor Relations Act. ' The court acted on the appeal of the labor board on a decision of the Ninth Federal Circuit Court that |such _newsboys are “independent contractors.” Selling of the Even- !ing Herald, Express, Examiner and News Times are directly involved. | Justice Rutledge delivered the eight to one decision, Roberts dis- |senting. The decision said the rec- lord “sustains the board’s findings land there is ample basis in law | | MUSICAL FILM | ENDS TONIGHT, 20TH CENTURY 1 | i | | [ | A high note in music Is reached in Paramount’s salute to the arm-| ed forces, “Salute For Three" the| | melodious romantic comedy starring | | Betty Rhodes and Macdonald Carey | which ends tonight at the 20th Cen-| tury Theatre. | There are five hit songs in the picture, some of which you've prob-| | whistling by now. Written by Jule| |Styne and Kim Gannon are “Don't | Worry,” “What Do You Do When !lt Rains?,” “My Wife's a WAAC"| and “Ill Do It For You" A thrill- ling marching song, “Left-Right” |stems from the combined talents of | Jule Styne, Kim Gannon and Sol| | Meyer, i Betty Rhodes, lovely singing star| of screen and radio, warbles three, of the tunes. The others are sung by Cliff Edwards, complete with ukelele, and vivacious little Dona Drake who appears in the film as/ |the leader of an all-girl band, A role in which she is very much at |home, having conducted just such a band before *becoming a screen | star, under the name of Rio Rita.| S S | Loss of John Traub Cifed, | Truman Com. l | WASHINGTON, April 25. — The sinking of the munitions laden Li- |berty Ship John Straub in Alas- | ka waters on Wednesday with the | presumed loss of 56 lives was cited yesterday by Chairman Truman's Senate War Investigating Commit- tee as “adcitional evidence that Liberty chips channot be used as troop transports and hospital ves- sels.” Truman said sn analysis of the cause of the Straub’s breaking would be included in the overall ably heard and are humming and * TIO CENTURY — NOW PLAYING — IT'S A CANTEENFUL «.OF FUN! Five big seng hits soldier’s romanc this musical hit o servicomen's conteen! o : Dona Drake ce wer oii sons Directed by RALPH MURPHY A Paramount Picture LATEST WORLD NEWS [ THLATRE] for its conclusion.” The majority Isaid the board’s selection of collect- ive bargaining units also must be {upheld, adding: “Units chosen by the News and Herald consist of all full-time news- Alabama and Iowa. Must Remain Mrs. BEST SHOWS LOWEST PRICES Liberty ship report. Meanwhile, Coast Guardsmen are still searching in Alaska waters in the hope of finding additional sur- vivors. Fifteen survivors are recup- contributed to the scrap paper drive {win the war. rather than be put into the files.” ‘Wolf’'s memo went out on April | 1, but he wasn't more than half | since, who agree with him and | tle on a business trip. Al b i { rooks. Hantora, assstant_agent| MEMORIAL SERVICES fooling and according to govern- | in Juneau of the Northland Trans- | ment executives I have talked to | portation Company, is now in Seat- | i After\,ictory When the war is won, Pan American I Airways will pioneer new standards of service for our friends in Alaska. Meanwhile, we are 1009, engaged in the war effort — with every passenger and every ounce of cargo priorited by the Armed Forces—and we appreci- ate your patience and understanding when the accommodation you want is not available. N IV IMERICIV AITRITL}Y ' General Electric MAZDA LAMPS Standard Sizes Alaska Electric Light and Power Company . | JUNEAU DOUGLAS Phone No. 616 Phone No.'18 |now in the armed services. FOR MRS, JOHNSON | SETFOR TOMORROW. | Memorial services for Mrs. Mary | Johnson, well known Native resi-§ | dent, who passed away Saturday, will be held at the ANB Hall at 1 } o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Funeral | | rites will take place at the Memorial | Presbyterian Church at 2 o'clock, with the Rev. Walter A. Soboleff officlating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. | WOODS, MUCHMORE | OFF TO CONVENTION Pastor and Mrs. H. L. Wood, and lMiss Madge Muchmore left today |in the Mission plane for Ketchikan |to begin the series of conventions | held annually by the Seventh-Day | Adventist Churches of Alaska. They |plan to be gone for about a week, and the office of the Alaska Mission and the Alaska Bible House will be closed until their return. - HAGERTY IN TOWN Arriving last night and register- ing at the Baranof was D. W. Hag- gerty from Seattle. Baranof Beauty Salon \ ‘WHERE SATISFACTION and SERVICE are SYNONYMOUS it MEET SPRING with a it COLD WAVE A full staff of experienced operators to satisfy your every wish in hajr styling. ° SHOP HOURS | 9A.M.TOGP. M as soon as possible.” Stimson commended the voluntary cooperation among the heads of the various branches of the armed ser- vices in this war, but added, “Our experiences of the war abundantly | brought out that voluntary coopera- tion, no matter how successful, can- | not under any condition of war-! fare, particularly under triphibious | warfare, be effective in handling| the great military problems, as some | form of combiration of concen SITKA HARBOR WASHINGTON, April 25.—Alaska Delegate Anthony Dimond and Army Engineers urged the Senate Commerce Subcommittee to approve legislation authorizing the construc- ‘ tion of a breakwaters in the boat | basin to 10 feet for small fishermen in Sitka Harbor. Dimond says that most fishermen did well to earn $500 a season, and testified that Navy installations “knocked them out” of a place to| put their boats. He said, “We're not objecting to | the Navy using whatever it needs, but I'm sure the fishermen are en- | titled to another place.” l The project is dstimated to cost $385,000, and authorization for the location is now need from the Navy | Department, Dimond explained. ———————— IN FROM SKAGWAY Robert N. Cook has arrived here from Skagway and is staying at the Baranof. ————o———— SITKA PEOPLE HERE 1 Kenneth Littlefield and Everett Riggs have recently arrived from Sitka and are staying at the Juneau Hotel. i s ~ BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH WHAT'S YO'R CALLIN'- NAME 2 Until Husband Dies| BUENOS AIRES—An -Argentine court has ruled that a wife cannot dispense with her spouse's name until he dies. The decision was made in the case of Rachel Goldenberg who sought permission to use her maiden name because she and her husband were separated. The court rejected the petition, ruling that she must continue to use her husband’s name because trated authority.” divorce is not recognized in Ar- e gentina. - e o o o o o o o o BREAKWATER IS . WEATHER REPORT o . (U. 8. Bureau) o URGED "ow FOR o Temp. Monday, April 24 e ® Maximum 53; Minimum 37 e e o o o o o o oo S TEETH FOR SEA WOLVES PHOENIX, Ariz.—Four wolf teeth —sought as good luck charms—are on their way to four sailors aboard the U. S. S. Texas. E. M. Mercer of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Serv- ice extracted the molars from wolf heads in storage. boys and checkmen engaged to sell | papers in Los Angeles. Bootjackers land temporary newsboys are ex- cluded. Units designated by the Times and Examiner consist of! newsboys selling at established spots| in Los Angeles four or more hours on' five or more days per week ex- cept temporary newsboys.” In dissenting, Justice Roberts said he thought that plain newsboys were not employes within the mean- ing and intent of the National Labor Act. - eee DEPUTY COLLECTOR ' HILLARD TO SKAGWAY Deputy Collector U. 8. Customs, J. J. Hillard, who has been on temporary duty at headquarters in Juneau during the winter months, left today for Skagway where he will be stationed until the opening of navigation, at which time he will proceed_to his post of duty at Eagle for the season. — e, H. T. SAWYER IN TOWN Newly arrived from Seattle is H. T. Sawyer, now staying at the Bar- anof Hotel. Announcement | ‘TO MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS: It is with regret that I must and my friends and patrons here, necessary. announce having to leave Juneau , but domestic conditions make it ' After May lst, I shall be located with my hushand in the Com- mercial Building in Ketchikan, Al aska. ‘We shall be happy to have you call and say “hello” and cha$ awhile whenever you happen to pass thru Ketchikan. For the time being I hope to make periodic trips to Juneau. | I wish to thank you all for your patronage and good will during the eight years of my residence here. Sincerely and Cordially, DR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON. P. O. address after May 1st—Box 468, Ketchikan, Alaska erating in the hospital at Cold Bay. FISK FAMILY IN TOWN Mr. and Mrs. H W. Fisk and family are new arrivals here and are registered at the Juneau Hotel. Mr. Fisk is with the CAA. DR. SALAZAR RETURNS Dr. Louts Salazar, physicfan-in- charge at the Government Hospital, returned Sunday from a fleld trip to Wrangell and Ketchikan. Dr. Salazar was absent for about three weeks. A CAR + Cheques. identification. Furti destroyed uncountersigned, efore you leave. size of a dollar ROLLUM, JOE- T GOTCHA ROCK — SIEID_— GRAVEL Jack Crowley RY TRAVELERS CHEQUES ar-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 These Cheques are recognizable everywhere, and you can spend them as Kw do cash b er, if your fund promptly. Yes, protect our cash into safe American American Exgreu Travelers Cheques are blue— the ill—and are issued in denominations of $10, $20, $50 and $100. The cost [ each$ 106 purchased), minimum 40¢. Obtainableatbanks. AMERICAN EXPRESS s TRAVELERS CHEQUES =s~* Phone 219 just countersigning for eques are lost, stolen or American Express will re- our money by changing xpress Travelers Checues is % of 1% (75¢ on By BILLY DeBECK =3 ( THE CRITTER TALKS NEWNITED STRTES Y . 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