The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 10, 1944, Page 3

SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1944 MILES FROM ALCATRAZ HE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE” | ToN1GHT: TOMORROW! Flere’s A Thrill NEW and GAY!? IT'S A DANCE-FILLED HOLIDAY! Prevue Tonight Joan Leslie red Astaire "THE SKY'S THE LIMIT" with ROBERT BENCHLEY FREDDIE SLACK AND HIS ORCHESTRA -— ADDED ENTERTAINMENT: COLOR CARTOON LATE N SUNDAY—FEATURE. AT 2:30—1:30—6:30—8:30—10:30 THE BOND PREMIE Due to inability to have the FEATURE previously advertised here by Thursday, a change was necessary. CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! RUSSELL” MxcMURR 7#¢ ws FREEDOM S HERBERT MARSHALL EDUARDO CIANNELLI CAPITOL THEATRE THURSDAY—JUNE 15TH 9:00 P. M. Admission by Bond Ticket Only! [Cunningam, Field Nurse for the MISS ‘ROWER I'EAVES | Indian Scrvice_, who Will accompany e, | | HERE FROM WHITEHORSE | Miss Olive Trower, Administrative i R " Assistant with the Office of Indian | Harris E. Teague and Willard A. ‘Affairs, left by plane today for the | Woodhan, have registered a o Westward on a field trip of several Baranof from Whitehorse. weeks. O R o Miss Trower plans to visit Kan- akanak, Eklutna, Tanana, Chitina, Copper Center, Fairbanks and Val-’ Mrs. Jeanette ker is in town dez before returning here. She will | from Strawberry Point and is a be joined at Eklutna by Miss Clara | guest at the Gastineau Hotel, A t MRS. PARKER IN TOWN ~ OPPOSITION T0 ‘ "THE SKY'S THE LIMIT" OPENS AT CAPITOL SUNDAY Giving tha egile Fred A most likeable role in years, RKO {Radio’s “The Sk the Limit” teams him for the first time with Joan Leslie in a tuneful romantic offering which deals with an A. V. G. pilot's adventures during a brief leave in New York City. 1ne| picture opens Sunday at the Cap- itol Thcatre | I rt Benchley heads the sup- |porting cast as a millionaire pub- lisher and Miss Leslie’s employer, |the heroine being a roving photo- lu.ljwlu»r for one of Benchle |magazines Astaire, wearing civil- ian clothes to avoid notoriety dur- ing his few days of leave in the| metropolis, falls hard for the girl| aire his and tries his best to intrigue her.| He does so, successfully dodging all her efforts to find him a job, but he discovers that Benchley also is in love with her. Feeling that| a flier in wartime has no busi-| asking a girl to wait for him, re tries to further Benchley’s suit. The heroine doesn't see it that wey, and things build up to a gay climax of cross-purposes and | misunderstandings. | | Two striking dance routines by the two stars, two solo dances by |Fred himself and four new hit |tunes by Johnny Mercer and Har- lold Arlen are featured in the pic- {ture. “My Shining Hour,” “I've {Got a Lot in Common With You” jand “One For My Baby and One For the Road” are the hit song numbers, the music being that ot |Freddic Slack and his orchestra. \ > - | ne Astai ATHTERM CAUSE, FARLEY'S MOVE (By Associated Press) resig tion of James A. Farley as New York State Demo- cratic Chairman is regarded by Washington politicians as an in- evitable consequence of his known | opposition to a fourth term for any | president and his apparent belief the President will run again. Roosevelt today declined to com- ment on Farley's action and said he had just gotten the news of the resignation, and gave the same | answer to a question on the threat- ened anti-fourth term split "among | Mississippi Democrats. | | Farley still plans to go to the! {Chicago convention as a delegale. On the Republican side, presi- \dential nomination headquarters for | !Gov. John W. Bricker said that| |“Bricker for President Clubs” have | been formed in 20 states. | In Nebraska, Gov. Griswold re- leased six convention delegates Ipledged to him and urged them to 'support Dewey. — e NIGHT CLUB TAX IS REDUCED TO 20 PER CENT | i | WASHINGTON, June 10— Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed the leg- islation reducing night club tax| from 30 to 20 percent, effective {July 1, and boosting the national (debt limit to 260,000,000,000. FIFTH WARLOAN | DRIVE MONDAY; | MANY WORKERS | | WASHINGTON dune 10. — Mil- |lions of volunteer bond sellers are [lined up for the $16000,000,000 |Fifth War Loan Drive which' i ‘staring on Monday. | Five million employes of retail ;‘swrl's will tackle a bond sale quota jof a billion and a half. There is ia]ready evidence that the invasion| ;has stepped up sales. JIMMY STEWART GETS PROMOTION 10 LT. COLONEL U. S. LIBERATOR STATION IN {ENGLAND, June 10.— Jimmy Stew- art, former movie star, has been promoted from the rank of Major to Lieutenant Colonel, Brigadier General James Hodges, Command- ing General of the heavy bombard- |ment division, announced today. B AT L RS FAIRBANKS FLIGHT MADE | In from Fairbanks last evening,| via Pan American Airlines, were Joseph J. Meherin, Miss Mary Bak- er, Miss Katherine Keevers and Harris Teague. The i | | Henderson, Ky., escaped death | improved on the invasion front and THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA COMEDY ANDWAR | FILM ON SUNDAY AT 20TH CENTURY Fell 19,000 Feet " | Putting her best foot forward, 1Amem.x‘~ sweetheart of the cbmic| steps out of the funnies and| in 20th Century-| her first mo- screen Dixie Dugan,” tion picture adventure. In the rollicking comedy coming f [Sunday to the 20th Century The- latre, Lois Andrews, a pert and| jpretty newcomer from the Broad-| way beauty parade, plays the title| role. as well as Dixie’s,! - | first escapade and, from all| reports, she makes the most of the| hilarious occasion | | All the beloved Dugan clan | are on hand. Pa is played by Char- | {lie Ruggless, Ma by Charlotte| |Greenwood, and they have their | |hands full as Dixie goes gallivant- ling in wartime Washington, sabo- \taging saboteurs and foiling fifth columnist Ann Todd appears as |Infogéne, Dixie’s michievous little | sister. “ Eight Russian Army cameramen i\verr killed in making “The City | | | | | Lois’, of TAIL GUNNER Sgt. James A. Raley, when he fell 19,000 feet to earth in the severed tail section of a Flying Fort over Italy and landed in a tree. He received an injured back and cut chin, (International) WALLACE GETS INVASION NEW That Stopped Hitler——Heroic Stal- lingrad,” Paramount’s thrilling true picturization of the world's great- est battle film which is an added TR dis- Bttraction on the 20th Century bill MOSCOW, June 10.—A T 5= N % Brian Donlevy speaks the narra- patch dated June 8 from Irkutsk,, . tion from continuity by John south central Siberia, said American Wexl A ley Vice President Henry A. Wallace,f"'si v | 0 os the enroute to China ‘“received thel Oy, MLl LHEy EAL e A el ) turning point in the titanic war on news of the invasion on June G‘thc Eastern Eun front, the from the Chairman of the Kha-| PR CA P8 P 7 A, i ibattle for the strategic Volga city barovsk Provincial Executive Com- resulted in Hitler’s first d ost mittee, wtih deep emotion.” R W0 TN SHUET RS Sty TIN0H D FINAL AGREEMENT | mar (1 REACHED ON 61'S BILL OF RIGHTS WASHINGTON, June 10.—A final ! agreement has been reached by the | Senate and House Conference Com- | mittee on the GI Bill of Rights, set- ting up broad program benefits for the men and women who come back | from World War II. Passage early | next week appeared probable. Senator Clark said: “I think we've got a good bill.” BIG CLAIM BEING MADE BY GERMANS Fighting In(;égsing in In-| tensity Along Coast | of Normandy 1 June 10.—Fighting “continually increas- | ' with both sides forces into th | | | - i { “ LONDON Normandy ing in intensity" |-} throwing ] ' ] 1 The German High Command said | a new landing attempt at Trouville, immediately south of the i“collapsed under the fire of our BERLIN, June 10.—Weather has is fresh coastal batterie: with a warship sunk and others forced to withdraw. | The communique asserted “mop- ping up operations on the eastern bank of the Orne are making good progress” and said that within the first tnree days “more than 200 . B, 2 ehemy tanks were destroyed, sev- ENROUTE TO WRANGELL | cral thousand prisoners taken, and Mrs, Martha Harto is a guest at tWo enemy cruisers, three destroy- the Juneau Hotel while waiting for €rs, six transports, 12 tank landing transportation to her home in Wran- | vessels were sunk by the navy, gell. ‘Lurtwaffe, and coastal batteries.” e CELING SLAPPED ON USED CARS IN QUICK MOVE,0PA WASHINGTON, June 10. — The Office of Price Administration has slapped a ceiling on all used pas- senger cars, whether sold to deal- ers or private owners at levels pre- vailing in January, 1944, and has set forth specific dollars and cents prices on 23 makes and about 6,000 models. The action was a surprise. e ATTENTION MASONS Stated Communication of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147 Monday eve- ning at 7:30, Work in E. A, Degree. J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary. ————— e o o o o WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. Bureau) Temp. for Friday, June 9, Maximum 55, minimum 49. Rain, 1.04. e o 0o 0 0 it is officially ported that over 50 German planes flew over the battle area. - CHICAGO MAN HERE Frank Alfred I.:.delof, of Chicago, is in town and is staying at the Juneau Hotel. SISTER HERE Helen Beyer, sister of Mrs. Brooks Hanford, is in Juneau, having ar- rived here recently from Seattle. She plans to visit until the last of | July, when she will return to her home. ASHE L S TD N, Lois Vincent is a guest at the Juneau Hotel, having registered there from Seattle. i Registering at the Gastineau Hotel from Vancouver are M. J. Russell, M. Fudel, and Patrick Perry. ANTI-AIRCRAFT o e o 0 Seine | ERROL FLYNN and ANN SHERIDAN in STHE EDGE OF BDARKNES! STARTS SUNDAY MATINEEat2:00P. M. LAST TIMES TONIGHT.. TOO CENTURY Owl Show Tonight-12:30 A. M. \\4 N\ And it's love at first sight. .. hilarity the first moment you meet Dixie! What a gal and whata family ...and what goings- on in wartime Wash- ington when the Dugans take over! | ot centuRy-rox PicTum and The City That Stopped Hitier AT LAST ... The Whole Amazing Story of the City with Its Back to the Volga . .. Its Defiant Battle Against Crushing Odds. PLUS LATE WORLD NEWS FOR CHARTER 1 | Boat “Mi fishing or E. Alaska. enger” avallable for | ng here in 8. THLATRE Clean ¢ hle for engers for day tips. Phone Plue 139, FOR SALE 3-YARD INTERNATIONAL TRUCK CAN GIVE BUYER 2 MONTHS WORK Inquire on Boat Gambier at City Float., mmedations teer LOWEST PRICES A ROCKET GUN SPEAKS PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Have a portrait artist take your picture. Hamersley Studio. Opposite Pederal Building, Phone 294. adv. 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