The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 5, 1944, Page 3

MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1944 —_— meBIGsrory in Europel * Charles LAUGHTON Maureen 0'HARA "THIS LAND OF MINE” SHOWS AT CAPITOL How patriotism turns a timid school teacher into a fearless hero who signs his own death warrant in order to set an example for his fellow-townsmen, is the stirring basis of “This Land Is Mine” the new Jean Renoir-Dudley Nichols production for RKO Radio with| Charles Laughton and Maureen O’Hara starred. The ‘film opened Sunday at the Capitol Theatre. Laughton enacts the part of the teacher in a little village some- Seattle Girl Is | Unharmed in Kidnap Case SEATTLE, June 5. — Florence | Marks, five-year-old daughter of a Navy doctor, was the victim of a thwarted kidnaping, according to police, who believe the abducfor was | a degenerate alley prowler who became frightened after he carried | |the child down a 16-foot ladder | | from her bedroom window, and THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ATROCITY HOAX IS UNCOVERED AT ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 5.— Stephen O. Whitman was termed a faker today in an announcement from the headquarters of the Al- askan Department, which disclosed that Whitman admitted to military intelligence officers of the depart- ment that his stories of Jap atroc- ities while he was held prisoner in the Philippines were pure fabrica- tion. The announcement said: “Stephen O. Whitman, who recently appeared 'MORE SHIDS |ALAN LADD SEEN MORE SHIPS - AL e SENTDOWN, | s z0m ctuny .U. S. su BS Dedicated to the proposition that American gangsters are gentlemen| with hearts of gold in contrast to Sy the mobsters of Nazi Germany,| Paramount’s swift and furious spy |drama, “Lucky Jordan,” opened at| (the 20th Century Theatre yester-| |day. | Lucky Jordan” is Alan Ladd's Navy Includes Large Jap Transpon first starring picture and in this| |superduper thriller he shows why WASHINGTON, June 5.—United pargmount catapulted him to cine- | States submarines have dcslroxod‘m““c heights with rare haste. | |Latest Bag Announced by WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY TI0"ENTURY NOW PLAYING more the Whefe in" ‘murope. Iike ‘many M;abandoned her on a doorstep a mile [at several public gatherings in An- his friends he is afraid of the Nagi| "y 5 P |chorage and who represented thatifleet of merchant ships, the Navy|young newcomer, blonde and gor-| o y X e A | Dr. R. F. Ballard, King County 'he was held prisoner by Japs in the |reported today, bringing the total seous Helen Walker. Helen, late| invaders who take over he ared,|pogpita] interne, reported later that | Philippines, and related atrocousiof enemy ships sunk by AMErican|or tpe Broadway stage, is . sure S B el commander, en. | stories about various acts committed | submarines to 589, [bet for stardom herself. | deavors to main peaceful |by the Japs to civilians, has ad- | . nine of Jap dwindling 1,44 is supported by a brilliant | Florence had not been harmed. re- | lations with the villagers, and per- |suades” some of them to The bag included a large trans-| port, large cargo vessel and seven g medium cargo vessels. | mitted to military intelligence of- iflcers of the Alaskan Department | Ladd plays a gangster who tries 0 put the “fix” on the U. S. Army — ALSO — MARCH OF TIME “The Naval Log of Victory” LATE NEWS CARTOON Show Place of Juneau NEW ANB CAMP FOR UNALAKLEET PEOPLE Roy Peratrovich announced that the native people of Unalakleet or- ganized an Alaska Native Brother- hood on May 24. The Grand Camp of the ANB issued a charter today and it is being sent to them on the first available transportation The new organization is the 22nd | camp in the Second Division and is | located near Nome. } Officers are: President, Frank | Degnan; Vice-President, Pete Kot- ognan; Treasurer, Henry Nasho- look; Councilman, John Aylie. i “collabor- | ate" with Germany. IANNUA[ MEEI'“G' Undercover resistance against the | |Nazis grows, and inevitably leads| FIRST (HUR(H OF to conflicts and reprisals, and a thrilling story develops. | e CHRIST, IS HELD [ I AMSKA (OA“M- HAS | BOSTON, Mass, June 5—While BUSY DAY on SUNDAYEhonmg military might essential to “(the victory of Allied nations over {the anti-Christ claims of injusticeé An Alaska Coastal plane, ieaving and intolerance, The Christian here yesterday without passengers.fsdence Board of Directors today ?rought back from lHoonah the fol- /told the annual meeting of The | lowing persons: Lily White, J. E. Mother Church, The First Church Johnson, Jimmy John and Jacob of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mas- White. Louis Karsten boarded the |gachusetts, that- freedom is essen- plane at Hawk Inlet, |tially a spiritual gift “to be realized A trip to Skagway carried Al on1y through spiritual understand- Lubcke and Betty Fitzgerald to (hat‘ing and attainment.” |city and B, W. Schombel, MIs.| wpe pirectors' statement high- | George Katzeel and Margaret Fen- |lighted reports to the third annual }ton to Haines. Gharles Ennis, B. C. meeting of The Mother Church | Stewart, Miss Fitzgerald .and Mr. i 3 | Lubcke returned to Juneau with the heid uflder i wamvmc (fondmons plane. | Which cited increasing e\jldence of | A flight to Sitka on the same day church growth and_ activity, and | carried Walter 'Walsh, Charles ““P‘:ECC;*P&M ki e il Workman, Evelyn Graham, John Works of Mary Baker /B & Backman, and Juanita Lopez to Christian Science Monitor. | that point and returned Frank of Mrs. Eddy’s works were said to Wrigus and Edwin Heisel to Juneau. have risen to twice the volume of The daily trip to Ketchikan took the last pre-war year, indicating Mrs. Rachel Shows to the southern 'the increasing desire for spiritual city and Tom Elswick to Wrangell. progress in the wartime emergency. Mrs. L. L. Curtis, L. C. Berg, and, Announcement was made by the Amos J. Alter were returned to Ju- Directors - of the appointment of | neau from Wrangell. {Paul Stark Seeley, of Cambridge, Sales | | stationed at Fairbanks that he has never been in the Philippines, and ,lhat the entire story of his capture is a fabrication.” { Whitman represented himself here 1as a Baptist missionary, and ad- | dressed the Rotary Club, the Am- erican Legion, the Presbyterian |Church and the Church of the | Open Door. He carried” credentials |from high places in Washington | which look bonafide. He said the Japs pulled his finger |and toe nails out, but local resi- dents noted that they were not deformed. A military investigation launched |here followed him to Fairbanks | where his confession was obtained. | L e ‘Ambassador Winant Back in London; Was U S. @1 17 Days LONDON, June 5. — American | Ambassador Winant has returned to Britain after a 17-day visit in the United States where he conferred with President Roosevelt andd Sec- retary of State Cordell Hull. g STONEMAN IN TOWN H. B. Stoneman, of Tenakee, is when his draft number comes up. RISy T |When he finally lands in uniform| BY YOUR LEAVE, SIR {he promptly goes AWOL, kidnaps| ST. LOUIS—This is the chant of 4 canteen hostess, steals an auto- a weary St. Louis bus driver:|popile and heads for the” big city. “Kindly push each other to the|ppen things happen aplenty. : o COALMINES ARE TURNED BACKTO PRIVATE OWNERS WASHINGTON, June 5—Secre- tary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes returned to private ownership the coal mines producing 60 percent of the nation’s bituminous coal. He declared that management and le- bor are “now on trial to prove to STINES 10 FA'RBA"KS VIA pM:the nation they can fulfill their SRV wartime responsibilities under thexr_{ A Pan American Airways plane, er.” in from Seattle on Sunday, brought el | to Juneau Howard Roelofs. Norman | NATIONAL DEBT PRSP L INDIAN SERVICE EMPLOYEE Gus Adams, local student, was! added to the staff of the Indian | Service today in the capacity of messenger D FROM CHILKOOT BARRACKS Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Wiley and Veitai Porter are here from Chil- koot Barracks and are guests at the : Baranof | | NORMAN § Caswell Stines made a flight to Fairbanks on the same day. On Saturday Harold Weivade and | Eli Ray were flown to Seattle and HELEN WALKER | As danger in her way... as Alan is in his! Jo A Paramount Picture with HELEN WALKER MABEL PAIGE - SHELDON LEONARD * MARIE McDONALD Directed by FRANK TUTTLE - Screen Flay by Darrell Ware and Karl Tunderg = LATEST WORLD NEWS Plus the Tops in Short Subjects Dorothy Green to Fairbanks, M0 S 1 LEONARD ALLEN BACK | Leonard Allen, Supervisor of So-| cial Welfare for the Indian Bu-| reau, returned today from Wran- gell, completing a routine business LIMIT BOOSTED WASHINGTON, June 5. — The Senate has passed the bill raising the national debt limit from 210 billion dollars to 260 billion dollars after adopting an amendment re- ducing the cabaret tax from 30 to BEST SHOWS LOWEST PRICES FOR CHARTER Boat “Messenger” available for fishing or cruising anywhere in 8. THEATR TIDES TOMORROW William Pege, Bob Tichner, and Massachusetts, as President of The O. F. Benecke were passengers on Mother Church for the ensuing | HERE FROM SKAGWAY the flight to Pelican and O. E. yeqr gsucceeding Mrs. Daisette D.| Mrs. E. Fall is in Juneau and |Johansen and Pete Terencio came g’ negenzie. " registered at the Baranof Hotel. back to this city on the return trip.‘ Paul Stark Seeley, Associate i3 388 Editor of the Christian Science periodicals, other than The Chris- | tian Science Monitor, a native of | Poughkeepsie, New York, became a | |member of The Mother Church in | 11909, while a student at Harvard | Law School. He holds the degrees | of A. B. from Princeton and LL.B. |from Harvard. Reports from the field and from \the various departments of the | Christian Science movement indi- ‘,cared § sharp turn to religion as the mainstay of a war-torn world. The report of the camp welfare | activities showed that 2,000 war T <3 in Juneau and is registered at the|trip to that city. Juneau Hotel. - - - eee TEACHER ENROUTE Victor Hill, Indian Affairs teacher HERE FROM CORDOVA at Pimute, is here enroute to the regil:v;er’::d at‘r:fieflal;;{infsfiec:\f: Niuts an & JeReRoD He i the’ weexand e BorAav guest at the Baranof Hotel. 4 - - BOAT IN OVER WEEKEND » CAA MAN HERE An incoming boat from the south _ Gilbert F. Krenzke, of the CAA, | arrjved over the weekend with Jerry | is in from Anchorage and a guest | Gucker as the sole passenger for | at the Baranof. Juneau. ST R Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Millan board- POLICE COURT FINE ed the vessel here. The following were fined in City — e —— Police Court this morning: Peter IN FROM PELICAN Edward Hansen, $25, drunk and| W. J. Pege ando Bob Tichner ar- disorderly; Maxwell A. R. Hiltonen, | rived here from Pelcan over the $25 and $20, damage to the police[weekend and are registered at the cell, drunk and disorderly. Baranof Hotel. E. Alaska. Clean and comfortable accommodations for up to sixteen passengers for day trips. Berths for nine. Phone Blue 139. | | | High tide—1:13 a. my, 17.7 feet. 46 a. m,, -22 feet. 7 p. m, 1565 feet. Low tide —7:48 p. m,, 25 feet. 4 AR FOSTER & MARSHALL Members NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE (Associate) i 20 per cent and exempting uni- formed service people from payment of the levy. The measure now goes | back to the House. REBEKAH DRILL TEAM | MEETS THIS EVENING AT ODD FELLOWS HALL A meeting of the Rebekah drill| team has been called for 7:30 o'clock tonight at the IOOF Hall. | All members are requested to ate tend. PR Underwriters of Municipal and Corporation Bonds We TInvite Your Inquiries Statistical Service Available Upon Request DIRECT PRIVATE WIRE TO NEW YORK 1411 FOURTH AVENUE BUILDING—SEATTLE 1 NOTICE May 16, 1944, on and after this date I will not be responsible for any bills unless contracted for by myself. adv. After\’ictory When the war is won, Pan American Airways will pioneer new standards {velief committees in Christian Sci- HOWARD E. MOSHER. ence branch churches and societies in the United States and Canada are sending clothing in consider- able quantities to Great Britain, Russia, Malta and Greece, and that 145 wartime officiating ministers are at work in the field for the movement, along with 428 volun- teer Christian Science wartime workers. — e, — 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. > IV AMERICIN TAILOR MADE BLUES 'Exoertly tailored and care- tully made to order or fit- ted from stock. We use first quality fabrics of serge, whipcord or gabardine in any desired weight i $37.00 CARR IN FROM ANCHORAGE Burton E. Carr, of the CAA, is in from Anchorage and is a guest at the Juneau Hotel. 2 R S B HERE FROM WINDHAM John F. Gotch registered at the Juneau Hotel over the week-end from Windham, Alaska. Dedicated to Victory The Alaska Transportation Company is proud of the part its fleet and its personnel are taking in the winning of the war . . . the needs of the armed forces will continue to have first call on our facilities and 100 per cent of our cooperation. We are not unmindful of the friendships built through the years of serving Alaska . . . are bending every effort toward maintaining a dependable service for these old friends . . . and looking toward the days of peace when an augmented fleet and a highly trained organization will render service to the Alaska of tomorrow in a bigger and better way. ALASKA TRANSPORTATION CO. D. B. 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