The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 9, 1944, Page 3

TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1944 LAST TIMES TONIGHT! Red SKELTON Lucille BALL Gene KELLY Zero Mo"[l n:myn.mum, Preview 'l'onigll! “INTERCEPT THE APPROACHING ENEMY... » /| G A dlfhrem Kind of THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— |COLOR COMEDY ENDS TONIGHT, | CAPITOL SHOW 1 ! Red Skelton, Lucille Ball and‘ Gene Kelly head the all-star cast !of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's musicali |extravaganza, filmed in gorgeous |technicolor, ending at the Capitol | Theatre. cruitment drive has been ecxtended | The film, based on the famed to the Arctic ecircle and enlisted | Broadway hit of a few seasons ago, the Aleutian Island Natives forced ALEUTS WILL BE ENLISTED, FISH SEASON WASHINGTON, May 9.—The re- hua»Ls a brimming quota of hit by the war to the mainland, and | tunes, including Cole Porter’s lllt-‘hm helped te provide the Army [ing “Do I Love You?" and the ,with 12,000 workers in handling the Inovelty tune featured in the finale| |year’s Alaska salmon run. number, Also in the; “Friendship.” The War Manpower Commission {film are several new songs. Rediyeported that tne total number em- | Skelton sings the hilarious “Ma- d ", ployed would be 4,700 residents of {dame, I Like Your Crepe Suzettes,”|sjoqka Many Alaskans, WMC said, 'u?dbh'miizresl hg wl:y lhro\ixglh x“ b:;"y were brought to the salmon country ‘“x LZ:: P Es‘;u":"élfi,,’ ieq’l‘mnc: by river boats, airplanes, and can- |which culminates in Lana Turners "€ tenders, and a large number | wink. {of the Natives were never employed Red plays a faintl ydim-witted Pefore: 1hnl check boy terribly in love with 'the glamorous night club enter- | tainer, May Daly, otherwise known | IDENIIIY woMA“ {8s Lucille Ball. U IN TRUNK, IS STILL | Produced by Arthur Freed and di- |rected by Roy Del Ruth, “Du Barry | w | ' . . at Watrous, New Mexico on Octo- | ——————————— PN GV LOS ANGELES, May 9.—The De-|000 Alaska Military Highway as a ber 19, and investigation followed | |YOUNG LEW WILLIAMS Inves"ga'.'on Of Gambhng partment of Justice indicated be-| gross failure “as a mlllgtary ysupply' the publication of pictures show- | AT CAMP LIVINGSTON at M““ary Posfs s et today the indictments against|road to Alaska and the Highway, in » ing the men prisoners embracing | Young Lew Williams, former Em- Charlie Chaplin and three others|effect, does not exist at all.” Franchot TONE Marsha HUNT AN [ he still believes her to be Mrs. Fight Nazism." plus Gene KELLY PycIURE BASE IN ENGLAND, May 9.—Capt. Louise Villages, 24, who disappeared 'tary of Sta‘e Cordell Hull said zhafll The lecture will be in English, a ¥ o { BASE IN ENGLAND, May 8 —Capt. | from a small downtown hotel here |despite impouring of comments ang |language in which Miss Roed is as “ 2 9 { Robert Johnston, of Lawton, Okla- (on April 28. inquiries from nearly every contin-|eloquent as in her native tongue, ecret "em.es APITO air drama! HEATRE THE CAPITOL HAS THE' BIG PICTURES! TREASON IS CHARGED TO 3 JAP WOMEN DENVER, May 9. — The gmnd take up the controversial measure hat would ban the payment of state poll taxes as a prerequisite to vnlm" in the federal elections, thus setting the stage for a streamlined filibuster by southern Senators. The Senate disclosed it would al- low the antipoll tax bill to be called up, with the view of setting a test to the vote on the cloture rule to ]lmlL the debate, on Monday. e Little Negro Girl Is " | three times, thinks Nazi pilots are “no better or worse than Amer- ! of the finest musicals to come out e 'DOWNS 27 PLANES 0 BREAK RECORD - OF RICKENBACKER homa, Thunderbolt pilot, shot down {two enemy planes today, boosting i(he total to 27, all bagged in the |air. He became the first American 1at a base in the European theatre | to break Rickenbacker's combat rec- jord of 26 in the first World War and to tie the Southwest Pacific |record of Major Richard Bong. | In the European theatre, Capt. | Don Gentile bagged 37 planes which were on the ground. Johnston, who has been shot up | icans” but believes they lack in- itiative. AIRMEN BAIL |Wes a Lady” is unquestionably one | “0]. ESIAB[ISHED of Hollywood this year. OUT; LOST IN HEAVY SMOKE CHICAGO, May 9.-—Fingerprints | taken from the body of the woman shipped in a salt-packed trunk to Los Angeles are too smeared to be capable of establishing their iden- tity. | Detective Lieut. |said he seeks new clues, but that Philip Breitzke Nais (reale New Gestapo - For Invasion LONDON, May 9. — Germans| anticipating invasion within three weeks have created an elaborate super-Gestapo in western Europe which lists political unreliables and prominent individuals who are marked for a summary seizure. An informant with underground connections with Germany said that Hitler personally selected to com- (mand this vast force, Gen. Von Woyrschson, & commander in the | last. war and one of the Nazis’ most | | prayers for evangelist Aimee Mc- TORTURES | BY JAPS ~ ARE TOLD Man in Chamber for Eight Days Comes Out Raving Maniac LOS ANGELES, May 9—Tortures the Japs inflicted on captives in the Shanghai - Haiphtng internment camp have been described by Dr. Thomas Dunn, of Oakland, who, himself was held a prisoner. One man spent eight days in the torture chamber and came out a “raving maniac.” His body was punctured in scores of places. He told members at a conference of the California Medical Associfttion, that the punctures were needled in- scriptions on his body. He died 36 hours later. The water cure, when a prisoner is forced to lie on his back and have water poured down his nos- trils, was also a common torture. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER IS REPORTED ISSUE| | i WASHINGTON, May 9. — Secre-| ent, he has heard of no change in the U. S. policy of adhering to the unconditional surrender of the Axis nations. He was asked specifically at to- day’s confererice with the newsmen about London’s report that the for- mula has been dropped for satellite countries at the insistence of the Soviet Union. —————— PRAYERS ARE OFFERED-FOR EVANGELIST LOS ANGELES, May 9. — Daily Pherson, who is ill, are being offered ! from dawn till night by followers, in | shifts at the Angelus Temple, her son Rolph said. She is said to be suffering from ture are destined for aid to Sea-| osophy and literature at Oslo Uni-| ELSE ROED WILL LECTURE TONIGHT AT 20TH CENTURY| Else Margrete Roed, Norwegiau; |lecturer and writer, is appearing to- | night at the 20th Century Thosme. to tell of Norway under the Nx\zx, {occupation. Sponsored by the Sons| of Norway, proceeds from the lec-| men's Relief, and for Little Nor-| way, training station for Norwegian | pilots in Canada | Miss Roed last fall escaped from | her native land, with the Gflalapo at her heels, after having traded sugar, sardines, potatoes and car-| rots for a second-hand pair of low heeled shoes. For four days she walked across and over Norwaya‘ mountains, some times wading| streams waist deep, until she finally reached Sweden and safety. | Miss Roed was born in Halden,! Norway, in 1907. She studied phil-| versity and later spent four and a' half years doing graduate work in Germany, France and England. She was graduated from Oxford, having studiéd economics and political sci- ence there. She then returned to Norway and became a journalist, rising to become the editor of the leading woman's magazine in Nor- way, and held this position until she was forced to flee the country. Phases of current Norwegian life to be discussed at tonight's lecture will be “How Women Are Resisting Hitler,” “Personal Experiences from Nazi-Occupied Norway,” and “How Norwegian Schools and Education and will start at 8 o'clock. The movie feature is Warner Brothers “Secret Enemies,” with Craig Stevens and Faye Emerson in the leading role, a story regard- ing the breaking up of a Nazi spy ring. R \Employees of M-W Voting Today Over (10 Representation | CHICAGO, May 9.—Whether !he} employees of Montgomery, Ward | want the CIO union to represent them on a collective bargaining ba- sis, the issue in the labor dispute jpreceding the Federal seizure of | the. mail order house, is being an- | swered today by 5,000 workers. The | results 'will- be' announced tonight. | Federal Judge Holly is scheduled ' PAGE THRPI WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY Ty LENTURY THE SONS OF NORWAY present TONIGHT ONLY ELSE ROED inperson She Escape(} the Gestapo NORWAY Thrilling Lecture On “The Underground in Norway” Show Staris 8:00 P. M. ALL PROCEEDS ARE DONATED TO NORWEGIAN RELIEF FUND Tonight Only! JORDANS IN TOWN Mr. and Mrs O. M. Jordan and son are here from Butte, Montana, and are guests at the Gastineau Hotel. .- HERE FROM CHICAGO LeRoy D. Arnold has arrived here from Chicago and is a guest at the | Baranof. He is connected with the BEST SHOWS LOWEST PRICES | " ik 3 ! notorious disciplinarians. infection caused by the aftermath jury has indicted three r-hmnese s mmuwpthm the Allles set|Of & tropical fever which was in-[t0 rule tomorrow on the Govern- Merchandise Mart in that city. WALTER HODGE HERE women on a charge of treason curred on a trip to Mexico. ment’s injunction procedure. ‘\ >~ —_ growing out of the escape of two German prisoners of war from the Trinidad, Colorado camp on October i A The women gave their names as| Tsuruko Wallace, Florence Otani, | and Billie Tanigoshi, residents of the Amache Relocation Center in Southern Coiorado, and are accused of aiding, ccmforting, and helping in the escape of Cpls. Heinrich Haider and Herman Loescher, both | 30. One of the prisoners was captured | the Jap women, who were employed | at a farm near Trinidad. The womeu: are accused of fur- | nishing the prisoners with money, | flashlights, clothing, road maps,| railroad timetable and an automo- bile. | sought by Senator Styles Bridges Wh i ail gi g pbsod] i Comary Akt o o | N Mg, |POL G Wk Dispute, Now Moving ||z =i Tiurig tedtomateck We o i CHUNGKING, May 9—Chinese > ' s ebrics of serge HUBUS'I'ER IS ay e e to| Bridges said he has asked th ' e queiipy o A ) EXPECTED, ANTI WASHINGTON, May 9. — The| Senate agreed by a voice vote io| yang, through which the Japs have | He said he has been informed that CARD GAMES o" and Southern Idaho began to move Pr ludes tallor-made poll IAx B'll e H Y i . r f “ownership and control of the .-naf as union workers returned to their [ 4 l:: 5 ] e Barane SEATTLE FERRY [ ioioins cxo weas of mter e s Ietct Sha sk the, shamy Beauty Salon transport stoppoge. moncy sladly refunded. Stabbed to Death by ‘Masked Schocimates | wounding her. NEW YORK, May 9.—Two mask- ed Negro school girls walked into the gymnasium of a Harlem Public School today, one seized Margaret| Fenton, nine, a Negro, and the sec- ond girl pluiged a letter opener into the seized girl's chest, fatally The two girls, both 12, were arrested. EASED NEAR HONAN CITY troops today launched a successl’ul counteroffensive south of the an- cient Honan Province eity of Lo- has been driven back across the Yi River field. —————— |23 men in a surprise raid on the|lines, signed an agreement to place H 8 | Seattle-Winslow ferry and brought disputes in the hands of an arbiter. m & r or lhal G“'l scouI: ° RSB b om0 e {to an abrupt halt card games in| The dispute involved union refu- 2 WEATHER REPORT ® | which war plant workers were be-|sal to pick up freight at a. non- Since 1911 . > AR (U. 8. Burean) o ing fleeced. union depot in Boise. 1312 2nd An.. SEATTLE | WhY n01 glve hel' one Of lhose ¢ aodp. Monday, May § ‘e| The Seattle Times asserted gamb- s oo 59 S = imum 46; Minimum 37 ling has been rampant on all fer-| The speckled trout is really a ® ® o o o o ories. charr. nice, plastic case FLASH- LIGHTS on display in our window? Alaska Electric Light and Power Company JUNEAU DOUGLAS |Pa., to bail out of their plane at |service and is at Camp Livingston, EDMONTON, Alberta, May 9.— Brush fires caused the deaths of two youths trapped in fighting the fires and also sent one man to the hospital with burns, also forced two U. 8. Airmen, Second Lt, Richard Anderson of Willmette, Ill, and Corp. Francis Conway of Scranton, 11,000 feet when they became lost, and with fuel low, because of the heavy smoke at their altiture. They landed safely 16 miles from here. pire carrier, is now in the armed Louisiana, in the famed Sunny South. Like many other former Em- pire carriers, scattered to the four winds, he wants the war to get over quickly so he can return home. | Isles. foot in Europe the Germans will begin their great mass roundup. Prospects are that the firing squads | will have their hands full. SLOT MACHINES | TAKE SOLDIERS' PAY IS CLAIM Now Sought WASHINGTON, May 9.—Investi- gation of reports that some soldier: are losing a large part of their pay | in army camp slot machines is War Department whether any one has been given permission to instali the slot machines at military posts. The War Department spokes mun\ said regulations forbid any gamb- ling devices at Post Exchanges. MOTHER'S DAY Of course your children are proud of you — but you will make them even prouder if you're perfectly groomed . on Mother’s Day (and every day!) Entrust yourself to our beauty care. |Carr declarec tue Federal Court .| ARREST 23 MEN, sap county deputy sheriffs arrested CASE AGAINST CHAPLIN MAY BE DISMISSED charging conspiracy to deprive Joan Berry of her civil rights, should be dismissed. United States Attorney Charles arguments on motions to squash the indictments, have been post- SEATTLE, May 9.—King and Kit- Teamsters Unions and operators of eight intermountain motor freight ——————— Magnuson Declares Alaska Highway Is | Just Gross Failure SEATTLE, May 9.—Congressman Warren G. Magnuson, Democrat of | Washington and Chairman of the! Alaskan Intetnational Highway| Commission, describes the $130,000,- Freight, Tied Up for Two Weeks by Labor SALT LAKE CITY, May §—Civ- ilian freight stacked high in Utah Representatives of the AFL {in connection with the Alaska Air \and while here is registered at the FAULKNER IN TOWN Stewart Faulkner has arrived here lines. He is stationed in Anchorage Baranof. 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