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TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1944 LAST TIME TONIGHT BEST OF THEM ALL! | r . | As timely as a military commu- Uproarious com- edy! Rip-roarious _. actioni Rousing = & romancel «» FAY BAINTER REGINALD OWEN Wednesday-Thursday E— T —— THE GRIPPING STORY 0;“ A MAN NOBODY KNEW! || MARINE COLOR | FILM ENDS AS | CAPITOL SHOW ‘nique. M-G-M's “Salute to the Marines,” Wallace Beery Techni- color starrer, is a tender, inspiring| story of American heroes and at the Capitol for the last time to- | night. A dramatic picturization of the | U. S. Marine Corps, “Salute to the Marines” marks Beery's thirtieth year in pictures and one of the most colorful roles of his career. beloved ;and renowned stage and screen actress, and Beery together on the screen for the first time Beery portrays a hard-bitten, lusty | and garrulous Marine sergeant, |veteran of 30 years' service. Miss |Bainter is his peace-loving wife |who persudes him to retire to a so- | |called “peace settlement.” « Action-packed, two-fisted and re- |plete with Beery humor, “Salute |the Marines” shows the leather- |necks in the Philippines. story centers about Marine ser- | geant Beery, but it also pictures! |the typical Marine fighting his| country’s battles. It was filmed in cooperation with the U. S, Marine | | Corps. — e — ARGENTINA CALLS HOME AMBASSADOR | South American Nation| | Doesn't Like U. S. Statements | BUENOS AIRES, July 25.— The | |Argentine Government announced | |l1ast night it has recalled Ambas- sador to Washington Adrian Es- | cobar. | The communique said the de-| cision has been taken “in view of | statements regarding Argentina’s | position, attributed to the United | |States Secretary of State and dis- | patches coming out of Washington.” | The announcement said if these| |statements were confirmed they | |“would constitute expressions which | |the government and the people of | | Argentina could not accept without | is| The film also brings Fay Balnt(‘r,i The | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA UMBRELLA DAY—In this photo, infantrymen who already had swept ashore gathered to watch Amer- ican paratroopers soar down from two huge transpor t planes (top) toward the beach of Noemfoor Island, off the north coast of New Guinea, in their march to Tokyo. Note men and equipment on the beach and wrecked plane at lower left. In the distance at left can be seen another transport plane heading back to its base after discharging other paratroopers. JAPS 10 FIGHT HARD DESPITE 1010 DOWNFALL Admirals Kfiand Halsey iecepfionfi tAoVBe A —éfo Measure Tonight Honoring | - AnneLI.pis Davis: Beel' Fm“‘ | Under the direction of the Order! of Eastern Star, a reception willl 25.—An in- Spector for the B.C. Hotelmen's as- |EXCITING FiLM | OF FRANCE AT | 20TH CENTURY| | Several persons who witnessed the Nazi invasion of France acted | as technical advisers to Director| {John Brahm in filming the 20th | Century-Fox action-hit, *“Tonight !We Raid Calais,” which features | Annabella and John Sutton and is |showing at the 20th Century | | In order to keep the story tech-| nically perfect, several things had to be known concerning the action of the Nazi invaders. From these French patriots, who must remain anonymous to pro- | tect members of their families |who are still in Naz-occupied |France, it was learned that the | Germans fly the Nazi swastika flag |and, unlike other countries, do not |lower the flag at night. Also, that | German soldiers do not use the “hefl” form of salute but rather the regular army greeting. The “goose step” is the customary ca- dence of marching and the selec- tion of a method of execution de- |pends entirely on the command- ing officer and his mood at the moment,. % ¥ W D STIMSON TO REPORT ON WAR TOUR WASHINGTON, July 25-—Secre- tary of War Henry C. stlmson,' who returned last week from a trip to combat fronts in Italy and Nor- mandy, will report his observations in a radio address tonight, start- ing at 10:15 pm. Eastern War Time over the Mutual and Blue networks. g 20 Tops in Shorts DESTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY MATERIAL 15 AGAIN REPORTED VANCOUVER, B. C, July 25- ;an reports on the “destruction of | |a huge quantity of unusued articles, 7 |imported in connection with the pREDl(TloN {construction of the Alaska High- | \way, were published by the Van- (couver News-Herald last night. The newspaper stated that resi- DENVER, Colo., July 25. — Sen- jator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado, | Democrat, predicts the nomination dents in the Peace River district, who have been combing United | States Army dumps to recover | |stores allegedly discarded, face| | threat of prosecution by the United States FBL.” Two have been start- | ed, but dropped because of lack of | evidence. | PAGE. THREE (S CENTURY LAST TIMES TONIGHT! o \ TONIGHT ERAID CALAL ABELLA-JOHN S ANN ITTON LATEST WORLD NEWS NOW PLAYING— “AIR FORCE" SCRAMBLED EGGS DIGHTON, Kas.—Bill Briscoe was driving to town when he stopped, lifted the hood of the car and found scrambled eggs. Hens had laid three eggs on the engine. Vibra- tion' cracked them and the engine’s heat did the rest. ee- WOODLEY MAKES TRIP A Woodley Airlines plane arrived in Juneau today and departed with sociation is to travel through the 'province measuring the foam on a glass of beer in every beer parlor| | a group of militar; 3 Similar reports by another Van-| b v 7‘7*’3/.|:frsonnel couver newspaper recently brought | ¢ g of Senator Truman in place of impairment to their dignity.” Wallace as Roosevelt’s running The communique failed to specify Give Viewpoints with ;bv held at the Scottish Rite Temple |this evening between the hours of THEATRE Show Place of Juneau YOU CANNOT FIND IN THE ENTIRE NATION Such perfect spot for a carefree recreation as Alaska’s foremost resort THE HEALTH SPRINGS BELL ISLAND, ALASKA NEAR KETCHIKAN So Come Now and Enjoy a Delightful -Vacation! Baranof Beauty Salon - S i s/ |ROTARIANS HEAR the statements and apparently re- ferred to dispatches which said | Secretary of State Cordell Hull dis- Secrefary Forrestal ‘D:\\'ls. Grand Worthy Advisor |8 and 10 oclock for Anna Lois| | of in the length and breadth of Brit- ish Columbia. Such was the an- WASHINGTON, July 25. — Ad- [the Order of Rainbow Girls. Miss \\; ncement made to.the Vancouver |closed at a press conference that| .o Kin, 5 e- |Davis arrived 1 last week-end | g has declared that, re- s arrived home last week-end . e Tl 11 the State Department had sent a|gardless of any change in the Jap |and is a guest of Grace Berg. All “wlms L v L Councl. last |report to all Latin American na-|capinet, the enemy “will continue | friends are cordially invited to at- [tions ~ setting forth ~Washington|to wage war with all the power it [tend the reception this evening. | views on Argentina. possesses.” | PSS, CACRNE R o2 | Hull said the United States was| Admiral Halsey also told thcf |making known the basic policies|newsmen today that obviously the |which separate the attitude of the|Tojo Cabinet did not fall unless "OI“S (OI‘UMBIA | American nations supporting the | there was dissatisfaction on the part Allied cause and the attitude of |of the military leaders as to the American nations supporting an-|conduct of the war and stated that | |other cause. it is certain that there will be The recall of Escobar followed by Harold Sverdrup, formerly Cabinet, but whether that means|ine Columbia Lumber Company. they will go more nearly on the | defensive or rather become more aggressive remains to be seen.” Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal also attended the con-| ference with King and Halsey and ! declared: “The Japs are still like rats and | will fight until exterminated. We | are perfectly willing to exterminate | them.” | DEFENSES OF NAZIS BEING BEATEN DOWN |Ambassador Norman Armour, and British Ambassador Sir David Kelly | from Argentina. }her husband later this week. .- TWO FLIGHTS TODAY FOR ALASKA COASTAL A trip to Hawk Inlet was made today by Alaska Coastal. Passengers were J. G. Ellson, Artemi Tucay, Jugnita Nelson, R. L. Nelson, and Clifford Holme. A flight to Sitka was made with Tom Morgan, Capt. Hintzman, Earl McGinty, Jack Dunn, Myrtle Dunn, and Ann DeWair. —e——— WAR MANPOWER OFFICIAL TODAY Arthur Hedges, War Manpower Commissioner for Alaska, was guest speaker at the Juneau Rotary Club meeting this noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel, out- lining the functions of the office and explaining its aims and ob- jectives. Visiting Rotarians were Austin McManus of Palm Springs, Cali- fornia, and Mitchell Spaeth of Ket- chikan. BUS DEPOT COUNTER CHANGES MANAGERSHIP ‘The Bus Depot Lunch Counter, LUMBER COMPANY of “some changes in the methods of | yakima, Washington, has arrived several weeks the recall of U. S.|Waging war, because of the newin juneau to take employment with Mrs. Sverdrup will arrive to join | However, two things interest the Council more. One is not the amount of froth, but the amount of beer under the froth. The sec- ond is whether the capacity of the inspector will permit such an ex- haustive inspection. - e 4 - H Baking Club Has Demonstration Layer Cake Making Eight members of the 4-H Bak- ing Club met at the home of Mrs. Burass Smith last night and Mary Nordale and Doris Ann Bartlett gavé @ demonstration on layer cake making. The next meeting, Monday, July 31, will be held at the home of Doris Ann Bartlett, 911 Calhoun Avenue, and gingerbread making will be demonstrated by Mary Dar- off and Betty Steele. | Al girls wishing to join the club 'must attend the next meeting and they will be voted in. ——————— REV. RAILSBACK AND FAMILY TO KETCHIKAN Guests included the Rev. G. Ed- ward Knight of Seward, Herb Ver- heek of Seattle and Ted Carter. Plans for investigating a lunch program for Juneau school child- ren were discussed, but no action taken. formerly operated by James Par- sons, is now under the new man-| The Rev. Charles Railsback and agement of Skipper Bordsen. Miss family have left for Ketchikan after Bordsen has been serving the estab- | a series of meetings which the lishment for the past year and has minister eonducted at the Church made many friends. 'of Christ on E Street. Germans, in—fialy Giving Ground-Tempo of Bat- mate will mean 10,000 additional votes for the Democratic ticket in Colorado. e BI'PARTISAN TICKET J).MDALE, Kas. — Democrat George T. Dawson was hurrying to town to file his party’s ticket before the deadline. His car broke down. He had only a few minutes to reach the county seat. T. R. Wells; a Re- publican, came to the rescue. He rushed Dawson and the Democratic petitions to town just in time. ——————— CALIFORNIANS HERE ' Mr. and Mrs. A. G. McManus have registered at the Baranof from Palm Springs, California. - DIVORCE GRANTED . In the United States District Court yesterday, Charles Moore was granted a divorce from Jessie Moore. Both are of Wrangell. - - “STITCH AND GHATTER”, MEETS ON AUGUST 3 The net Sebsion of the 4-H “Stitch and’ Chatter Club” will be held Thursday, August 3, at the home of Lois Hared. All members are requested to take their dress patterns as work on them will begin soon. ——e e EMMETT CONNOR LEAVES Emmett Connor, Juneau broker, is a southbound passenger on a steamer leaving here today. His des- tination is Seattle. ————— GOES TO WRANGELL Lenore Campbell has left for ‘Wrangell to join her husband who is in business there. prompt denial by military officers. WEATHER REPORT 5335 Y R 1 (U. 8. Bureau) Temp. Monday, July 24. Maximum 57, minimum 50. e o o o o o o The Rev. E. G. Zorn, Executive | Secretary of the Independent Fund- | amentalist Churches of America and |of the Alaska Evangelization ‘So- ciety, left today for Ketchikan to give a series of lectures in the First | City. He was accompanied by his family. ! | TO KETCHIKAN ToTAs 3 . . e Women's AppareL Baltimore has more than miles of waterfront. 100 FOR SALE ONE (NEW) Hot Point ELECTRIC RANGE o Alaska Electric Light and Power Company JUNEAU Phone No. 616 DOUGLAS Phone No. 18 fle Diminishing ROME, July 25—Steadily driving By BILLY DeBECK BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH NEW SITKA SCHOOL . ool T0 HAVE COURSE ' WHERE SATISFACTION and SERVICE are SYNONYMOUS HERE, GAL, VE WONT PULL YORE BOTTOM CHIN ONDER WIF the Germans from one defensive position to another, the Allied ar- mies pushed within 10 miles of B8ALLS O' FIRE! g ANNOUNCEMENT: Miss Jane Wells has rejoined our staff after an absence of 6 months in the States. Her old friends are invited to ask for her in phoning for appoint- ments. . SHOP HOURS 9A. M. TO 6 P. M. OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT PHONE 538 BUY WAR BONDS IN HORTICULTURE Ted Carter, agent for the Univer- sity of Alaska’s agricultural ex- tension service, reported today that the new Sheldon-Jackson Junior College at Sitka will include among its courses one in horticulture, in- cluding chemical gardening. Mrs. Carter will be in charge of the study, with assistance from Mr. Carter. The Carters have long practiced chemical gardening at Sitka. Florence and have made limited gains elsewhere. The official report said the tempo of the fighting dwindled as the Germans gradually gave ground while preparing defenses along the north bank of the Arno River be- tween Florence and the west coast. — e FLIGHT BY ELLIS LINES A flight to Ketchikan was made today by Ellis Airlines, ecarrying Bennett Askwith, A. M. Spaeth, George Brink to that city, and Harold Lee to Petersburg. QUICK , SNUFFY, ! GERALDINE'S FIXIN'TO DROWN HERSELF, 'CAUSE YOU.GAVE HER THE' JiLT! SHE'S DESPRIT, SHORE ENUFF p THAT LEETLE PEBBLE ! Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME - The Derbyl DINE AND DANCE BAR DINE A L ND DANCE ocated at SKAGWAY SKAGWAY'S ONLY DINE AND DANCE . PLACE SINCE THE GOLD RUSH!

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