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

" WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1944 “THE RENEGADES ARE RIDING!" Words that spread terror over half a nation . . as the most cold-blooded desperados in history strike again! | “FRONTIER | BADMEN" | with ROBERT PAIGE ANNE GWYNNE Noah BEERY, Jr. Diana BARRYMORE LEOCARRILLO ANDY DEVINE TEX RITTER THOMAS GOMEZ WILLIAM FARNUM and LON CHANEY—IS Chango, the mad killer! INVASION of FRANCE PI(TURES “| PLUS — “WINGS UP” — LATE NEWS HEATRE THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! | Janice Erskine. Thirty-yard, boys, 4 years, Joe | Poor and Howard Hayes; girls, Diana Burnham, Peggy Burnham; 40-yard, | boys, 8 years, Tony McCormick and " DOUGLAS | i‘ Beery, | ' NEWS DOUGLAS CELEBRATES N Douglas residents participated nearly 100 per cent yesterday in the ¢ fine parade and in the field of sports. g Approximately 150 persons took part in the parade which was pro- v claimed better costumed than in past years. The Douglas Fire De- partment led the parade with the fire truck, followed by Capt. W. E. Cahill and the Territorial Guards- men parading with fixed bayonets. v Scores of youngsters of all ages followed on bicycles, tricycles, bug- ¢ gles, wagons and on foot, dressed in all sorts of costumes. Parade prizes were as follows: Best decorated bicycle, Tommy Cashen, Bobby Johnson; girls’ bicycle, Gen- eva Ann Parsons, Carol Routsala; best tricycle, Neil and Larry Wagner; best doll buggy, Mary Lee Cashen and Stuart Johnson and Ann Pus- ich; best wagon, Jimmy Cuthbert; patriotic boy, Billy Andrews and Denny Anderson. Patriotic girl, Leona Lindstrom and Patsy and Lucille Isaak; or- " ¢ iginal boy, Billy Logan, Larry Pusich h and Billy Fleek; most original girl, ¥ Kay Graber, Louise Grant; most amusing boy, Joe Poor, Herbie Bonnett and Mort Mortinson; most amusing girl, Phillis Andrews; na- ¥ tional costume, boys, Gary Bach Elton Engstrom, Jr.; national cos- tume girls, Phoebe Ann Logan, Mae Cuthbert. Best character costume, Ben Hav- dahl and Harry Worobec, Johnny Jensen and Donald Niemi; best character, girls, Diana Burnham, Jimmy Rousala.| Soft Ball A lively fast soft ball game was played off on the ball diamond be- tween the Douglas Dodgers and the Army Wildcats, with ‘the Wildcats taking the honors by a score of 13 to 8. It was damp weather, but the spectator benches were crowded for the big prize event. Sports Complete sports contest was held | immediately following the ball game » with the following prize winners: 16- year-old 60-yard dash, boys, Billy Logan, Richard McCormick; girls, Patsy Balog, Mae Cuthbert; boys’ 40-yard, 9 years, Gilbert and Elton Engstrom; girls, Mary Cuthbert and Eleanor Havdahl; 50-yard, boys, 5 years, Skipper Rustad and Johnny .., Cashen; girls, Marie Worobec and . | Donald Conelly; girls, Bernice La- {vigne and Beth Fleek; wheelbarrow | race, free for all, Herbert Bonnett 'and Ben Havdahl, and Jimmy Mc- | Cormick and Billy Logan. | Husband calling, Mrs. Bach first, Mrs. Andrew second; wife calling, Val Poor first and Norman Rustad second. Sixty-yard, boys, 14, Billy Logan, Herbert Bonnett; 50-yard, boys, 10 years, Elton Engstrom, Gilbert Bon- nett; girls, Eleanor Havdahl, Mari- lyn Isaak; 40-yard, boys 7, Tony | McCormick, Bobby Johnson; girls, Maria Worobec, Donna Swift; 50- yard, girls, 14, Patsy Balog, Mae Cuthbert; 80-yard, men's free for { all, Paul T. Jakubec, Johnny Moran; | 50-yard, women, Florence Jensen {and Mrs. Richard McCormick; 40- yard, men over 45, Arne Shudshift, | Tony Reisse. Scrambled shoe race, boys, 16, Larry Pusich, Ben Havdahl; girls, | Betty Kibby, Mae Cuthbert; boys, 110 years, Bobby McCormick, Elton | Engstrom; girls, Bernice Lavigne, Beth Fleek; 40-yard, 3-legged race, boys, Bobby McCormick and Johnny | Jensen, Elton Engstrom and Gary | Bach; girls, Marilyn Isaak and | Gloria Anderson, Mary Cuthbert | | and Eleanor Havdahl; boys, 16, Bil- 'ly Logan and Jimmy McCormick, | Benny Havdahl and Herbert Bon- I nett; girls, 11-16, Patsy Balog and Noreen Andrews, Eva Frary and | Phyllis Andrews; single women, 3-/ | legged, Eva Frary and Phyllis An- drews, Patsy Balog and Noreen An- ldrews; married women, Mrs. Rich- | ard McCormick and Mrs. W. An- drews, Mrs. Carl Lindstrom and Mrs. ‘Tauno Niemi. Tug of war winners: Men—Mark | Jensen, Leonard Johnson, Grant | Logan, William Cuthbert, Norman Rustad; women—Margaret Post, Ef- | tie Lindstrom, Helen Bach, Kather- ine McCormick and Katherine An- drews. Nail driving contest, Mrs. Walter Andrews, Mrs, Eli Post. | TERRITORIAL GUARD NOTICE The Douglas Unit of the Alaska Territorial Guard will meet tomor- row, Thursday, evening, at the Treadwell rifle range for practice at 7 o'clock. Dress will be coveralls, leggings, ammunition belts and rifles. — e MRS. ALSTEAD HERE | Mrs. Olaf Alstead, of Cordava, is | | registered at the Baranof Hotel. L3 L3 LAMP j The Standard Eye Comfort Lamp Alaska Eleclric Light and N Power Company [ JUNEAU Phone No. 616 Verd-A-Ray | BULBS DOUGLAS Phone No. 18 WESTERN DRAMA OPENS TONIGHT, CAPITOL SCREEN Vigorous action melodrama is promised in Universal's “Frontier Badmen” coming tonight to the Capitol Theatre. Produced on a large scale and featuring many well known screen performers in its cast, the exciting new picture is said to be one of the major movie thrillers of the current season. Robert Paige, Anne Gwynne, Noah Jr, and Diana Barrymore appear in the colorful roles of old- west characters while other notables in the picture include Leo Carrillo and Andy Devine, Tex Ritter and Thomas Gomez. The celebrated William Farnum has one of the important parts and | Lon Chaney, departing from horror characterizations, is seen as a prai- rie gunman. Chaney, it is reported, dominates many sequences of the | picturesque film. N “Frontier Badmen,” which is an original screen play by Gerald Ger- aghty and Morgan B. Cox, delves THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA BETTY NORDLING RECEIVES CROWN AS MISS LIBERTY Capacity Crowd Present at Coronation Ceremonies Held Monday Night Undeterred by a light rain which fell throughout the ceremonies, the grandstand at Firemen's Park was jammed on Monday evening to wit- ness the crowning of Miss Liberty and the Four Freedoms. The Four * Freedoms were Lois Allen, Betty Mill, Ruth Kunnas and Mary McCormack. The float on which the ceremonies took place was decorated with spirea, studded with lupin and iris, and stood before the grandstand. Following the playing of the National Anthem, the invocation was given by the Rev. Walter A. Soboleff of the Memorial Presbyterian Church, and a mixed chorus sang, “America the Beau- | tiful.” "STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM' TO OPEN AT 20TH CENTURY More than forty top ranking stars in one picture is something of a record, even for fabulous Hollywood but that is the score Paramount runs up with its show of shows, “Star Spangled Rhythm,” which is due to entertain Juneau beginning tonight at the 20th Century De ely the field day of field days for movie fans, “Star Spangled Rhythm" boasts among its playe: | Bing Crosby, Hope Hope, Fred Mac- | | Murray, Franchot Tone, Ray Mil- land, Victor Moore, Dorothy La- | mour, Paulette Goddard, Vera Zor- ina, Mary Martin, Dick Powell, Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Veroni Lake, Alan Ladd, and Rochester, | with William Bendix, Jerry Colonna, { Macdonald Carey, Walter Abel, Susan Hayward, Marjorie Reynolds, Betty Rhodes, Dona Drake, Lynne | Overman, Gary Crosby, Johnnie Johuston, Gil Lamb, Cass Daley, | Ernest Truex, Katherine Dunham, | Arthur Treacher, Walter Catlett, Sterling Hollo , the Golden Gate into that roaring period of western history when Texas cattlemen drove vast herds overland along the Chis- holm Trail to the markets at Abi- lene, Kansas. In the story, as en acted on the screen, Paige, port has been preying on the cattlemen Devine and Beery, Jr., are seen as his associates in the enterprise. FUNERAL OF FRANK REED ON SATURDAY SEATTLE, July 5-—Funeral serv- ices will be held Saturday for Frank Reed, who went to Nome in the businessmen, especially in Anchor- |age where he owned the Anchorage | Light and Power Company, before he sold it to the city, and the An- chorage Hotel. Interment will be in Acacia Memorial Cemetery here. Reed died in San Francisco June from Anchorage a year ago because of failing health. With Reed at the time of his passing in San Francisco was his widow. Two sons are Lieut Frank Reed in the Navy, and Paul Reed in Anchorage. e STOCK OUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 5. - Closing 92, Anaconda 27%, Beech Aircraft 9, Bethlehem Steel 65%, Curtiss Wright 5%, International Harvester 787%, Kennecott 33%, North Amer- ican Aviation 9%, New York Central 19, Northern Pacific 18, United States Steel 62%. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 149.66; rails, 41.72; utilities, 24.24 e ARRIVAL FROM FAIRBANKS Margaret Coutcher has arrived ed at the Baranof. TROPEA IN TOWN James Tropea, from Skagway, is in Juneau and a guest at the Gas- tineau Hotel. e - e - NEW YORKER HERE Johan Ehrensvard, of New York City, is a guest at the Baranof. Rl L o 55 3 ul SITKA PEOPLE HERE Mr. and Mrs. John Hollywood are here from Sitka and are registered at the Baranof. Baranof Beauty Salon WHERE SATISFACTION and SERVICE are SYNONYMOUS SMART HAIRDOS Reap Compliments A full staff of experienced operators to satisfy your every wish in hair styling. o SHOP HOURS 9AMTOGP. M OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT PHONE 538 | Lt. Warren Caro, Captain of the }Port, presided as master of cere- { monies. He thanked all nine con- ; testants in the Miss Liberty contest, pointing out that all were winners - lin the sense that they had assisted |ed actors for the occasion | ing a stalwart Texan, encounters and | in putting over the Fifth War Loan | DeMille | destroys a gang of swindlers which | Drive, the main object of the cam- Murphy! paign. Runners-up Introduced | test were introduced by their spon- ! sors and presented with corsages, | and Mrs. John McCormick, on be- half of the Gastineau Channel War | Finauce Committee, gave each a $25 war bond. Betty Bonnett, Douglas contestant, was unable to attend, | The four runners-up in the con- | Quartette, Walter Dare Wahl and | Company And it that weren't | enoush to amaze and delight movie- | goers, they will also be able to see ! | three top Paramount directors turn- | Cecil B. | Ralph | Preston Sturges, | With a lineup of talent such as| | that listed above, it is easy to be- | lieve reports that ar Spangled Rhythm” is the greatest, truly all- star musical comedy ever produced WHERE | by any movie studio. . In seeing “Star Spangled Rhy- | thm” fans will not only be treated | to what promises to be a really sen- | sational show, but will enjoy what " PAGE THREE 3 THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY STARTS TONIGHT Shows at 7:30-9:35 P. M. P 1 i /W/’&/ Big, Y V. IS KA ) S @ SSSUS N ¢RED MacMURRAY ¢RANCHOT TONE RAY MILLAND A gleesome threosome! 77 7 \ N\ W\ Alaska gold rush and remained to | become one of Alaska’s pmmmemj 28 at the age of 72. He came South | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 67, American Can | here from Fairbanks and is register- | | | | Want, Preedom trom ear, Freedom | WARNING ISSUED TO i munity singing of “America.” |fell to the Allies. |first coal supply to reach the city and her corsage and war bond were i agounts to a personal tour of the to be presented to her by Mayor Paramount studio, and in these da James Parsons of Douglas. The run- | of travel curtailment, it's a great ners-up, in addition to Miss Bon- | convenience to be able to visit Hol- nett, were Kathleen McAlister, Lila | lywood by simply buying a ticket to Sinclair and Joyce Smith. | the 20th Century ‘Theatre. | Lt. Caro then enumerated the | 3t 1 Freedom from | of Religion and Freedom of Speech | —and the girls representing these freedoms, dressed charmingly in long pastel gow) received their crowns of laurel from the hands of Mayor James Parsons. any youngster who is seen shoot- Mrs, George F. Alexander then led ing a gun promizcuously, nu- the chorus in the singing of “Keep 1perous complaints have been made the Home Fires Burning” accom- |that shots are being taken at the panied by the USO orchestra |windows of both those Lt. Caro then quoted from the |which are occupied as well as the inscription on the Liberty Bell, |vacant buildings | “Proclaim Liberty Unto All the Land | The glass insulators on the tele- KIDS SHOOTING GUNS Citizens have been requested by the U. S. Marshal’s office to report as houses, and Unto All the Inhabitants phone and light poles are being Thereof,” and asserted that Ame ot at and broken so fast that icans must fight to preserve their it is a'most impossible to replace own liberties, and to hasten the day |them, especially around the Basin| when all other nations will also be 'Road area | free. He said, “We must be with Marsha) William T. Mahoney is- | our boys in spirit on the occasion of | 65 a warning that any youth who' O\I}r{ F‘f::rlh M’July obsi‘;\‘/fn"'(’;' is caught with a gun and who is o+ oy “{""“C"‘: Miss Liberty | responsible for any of the ek PR O y Nord- | yontioned misdemeanors, ling, clad in a white gown, who was dealtiwith by his offi then crowned by Juneau's Mayor, | e 2 DA OF WAR WITH | JAPAN TO COME SEATTLE, July 5-—The toughest! oFFI(IAl IRIP‘““”‘PS of the war against Japan' |are still to come, said Lt. Gen. A. | A. Vandergrift, Marine Corps Com- mandant, at a Fourth of July rally in the University of Washington stadium. Vandergrift urged greater efforts to “keep up the flow of materials” | and predicted the battles ahead will | |be fought with “weapons which we do not yet possess, despite the fact harder battles are ahead.” The Marine Commandant urged “continued rolling out of Super- ad Fortresses to keep bombs raining “" /down on bastions in Japan.” afore- | will be ended with STIMSON RIDES ROME, July 5—Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson entered Rome on an official visit, swinging his cane aboard the first train to run into the Italian Capital City since it With Stimson on the train yes- terday came another bringing the since long before it “fell to the Allies. The Seacretary of War today h an audience with the Pope. — D ; ! TABLETS t Announcement DR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON | OPTOMETRIST ECONOMY Will visit Juneau for two weeks, beginning | i ~—9 | . Juysm | | o NYPERACID STOMACHS Butler-Mauro Drug Co. Office in Blomgren Bldg. TOPS IN SHORTS OWL SHOW 12:30 A. M. TO! REGULAR THURSDAY | CHILD HEALTH CONF.| The reguiar weekly Child Health | Conference will be held tomorrow | afternoon between 1 and 4 o'clock | in the Health Center of the Te ritorial Building PRSI AT TION MASONS Called Communication this eve- ring with work in the E. A. Degree. By order of the W. M. J. W. LEIVERS, Secretar (rrrrrr oo / o) V) oL A Women's Appaney Safely belps Stop Perspiration a 1. Does notirritateskin. Does not rot dresses and men'’s shirts. Prevents under-arm odor. Helps stop perspiration safely. A pure, white, antiseptic, stain- less vanishing cream. No waiting_to dry. Can be used right after shaving Awarded Approval Seal of AmericanInsticute of Launder- ing—harmless to fabric. Use Arid regularly. tus Tax Also 59¢ jars 239 TRANS _And that’s not all! More stars tomorrow!] LATEST WORLD NEWS iy, LOWEST PRICES NORTHLAND PORTATION AR GOOD SHOWS There is no sqhsiitule for newspaper advertising! 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