The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 2, 1944, Page 3

}'H? DA_ILY ALASrKAi EMPIRE WJUNE/\U,i Afilr_x‘\SKA SPITFIRE” IS [P. C. McCCORMACK, |IRVING BERLIN'S BIG FEATURE AT | ALASKA PIONEER, | "ARMY" TONIGHT CAPITOL TONIGHT ~ DIES AT wmmeflvl AT 20TH CENTURY Irving Berlin’s “This Is the Army,” WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1944 PAGE YIS WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY mgsb# rENTURY STARTS TONIGHT OWL SHOW TONIGHT --eeeeeee 12:30 A. ML | The first and certainly one of| WRANGELL, Alaska, Aug. 2. — SHOWS AT 7:30 — 9:35 P. M. |the greatest heroes of World War Funeral services were held this | which successfully stormed city after II performed his exploits and died | morning for P. C. McCormack who | city in its original stage version, a hero's death before the war died last Sunday night. The Alaska comes to the screen of the 20th started. He R. J. Mitchell, pioneer was 84 and was known C}‘”“”'.\ tonight in its Warner Bros.' whose life story is portrayed on the over the territory and the Pacific! Technicolor production. The picture 'screen by Leslie Howard in ‘Spit- Northwest. Will be happy invasion of the hearts fir n the new Samuel Goldwyn| McCormack came to Wrangell :‘_II‘A“““‘“”“ Ry Hs ‘“‘]‘”‘“ and presentation released by RKO Ra-|during the gold rush from Belling-| ' cnted sons in the service. ¢ | The Warner Bros. production for 3 re - vash., in the i dio, and the feature at the Cap- ham, Wash., and engaged i | Army 'Emergency Relief uses all itol tonight and tomorrow. h mercantile, dock, logging business,| ... yynqred and fifty of the orig- Mitchell was a designer of air-|and real estate for 46 years. inal cast plus heavyweight champioy |craft, and he began at his pro-| McCormack served five terms @S| gergeqnt joe Louls. In putting the fession in the.days of the Schnei- Mayor of Wrangell and two €IS | great show on film, the studio was der Trophy international air races./as Republican representative from|carefy) not to alter but to augment In those times, when the cumber-|the First Division in the Territor- it Thus a large cast of motion |some biplanes were considered ial Legislature, 1917 and 1929. | picture and radio stars was added |miraculpus if they achieved a speed| Surviving are his widow, s0n|as were some old and new Irving of 140 miles an hour, Mitchell had |Peter, Jr., in Seattle and a daugh- | Berlin songs. ’“ vision of planes built like b"dsim" Mrs. Robert Murphy, also re- Hollywood is richly represented with fuselage and /siding in Seattle. by, among others, George Murphy, .. True Drama Behind the Plane that Saved a Nation! n — HOWARD BARNES, ; Herald Tribune |—monoplanes wings all of a piece—which wquld‘ - eee — | Joan lé:.\liv. Lie;le:‘ant l;olnald }P{le;a— |travel with incredible speed. Over | | gan, George Tobias, Alan Hale, S T A RT I N G |a long period, and only after bitter | SIOCK ouo'A"o"S !31:}\{1\}5 Butterworth and TUna | fighting, was he able to make his| NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Closing | el rreatpi |dream a reality—in time to design | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | - & S —— TONIGHT SHOW STARTS 7:15 —9:15 | . |weeks with their daughters, Mrs. | 4575 it $ | An emergency flight was made|'™™° V<K (L. A. Sturm, Mrs, John oratt, and| N @00 Y @Ars After two years of Military operation | today by an Alaska Coastal plane iy Mrs. Jack Conright. This is their | ¥ s o ? “ !to bring Mateo Corpuz to Juneau M‘:““; Fgogu:::;";:g,le?b:em‘flrst trip to the Territory, and Mr. he”ce ! Pan American Ihonks its A'aska Fnends ¥ | for medical attention. Corpuz, a can- |, bt |{Hutson expects to do ak much fish- TLL YOUR automo- A . H / &e | |last evening from Bellingham, s, 3 n undersfqndm () S nery employee, was injured this|\,.ouovon "o is staying at the|I" 2nd prospecting as possible B o rioa comr. for their patience and g e ALS Q eemm Musical Short — “SERENADE SWING TIME” LATEST WAR NEWS F. Eastaugh and son to that city. i i e & | which you buy all your in- v a":‘luk:":t. - EXPRESS . ": .":" | s So. Franklin | e i on Ger THREE TRIPS TODAY o v e O e flight to Fairbanks today with Na- | HEATRE s P s ey | SORAUASAOASTAL) g warenen ) ' | Shattmek | L2484 ANERICAY SISRES THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES ~ ~ land perfect the fabulous Spitfire|stock today is 6%, American Can | sings the beloved hymn, “God Bless fighter plane which saved Britain |and perhaps the world from the| |Nazi menace. “Spitfire” tells the story of the| development of his valiant weapon | in glowing human terms, for Mit- chell was a sensitive being as well as a genius of aviation. LoslleE ‘Howurd is perfectly cast as Mit-| chell, and David Niven contributes geratly with manly charm and ir-| repressible gaiety in the role of a| daredevil test pilot. Rosamund |John plays Mrs. Mitchell, a wo- 'FOREST SERVICE HEADS | | LEAVE FQR WESTWARD | After conferring in Southeast Al- | aska for the past two weeks, Lyle | Assitsan Chief, both from Washing- ton, D. C, flew to Anchorage this morning. | They were accompanied by B.| Frank Heintzleman, Regional For- est, who will continue to Fairbanks | CANNERY EMPLOYEE | IS INJURED AT WORK i morning while butchering salmon | for market, a finger being ampu- H tated. 2 FLIGHTS OUT FOR | PAA PLANES TODAY A flight to Seattle today by a Pan American Airways plane took Pete Maguire, Pete Berg and Mrs. Miss Frances Byrne as passengers. Desourdie disembarked at White- | horse. — e 61, Anaconda 26%, Beech Aircraft 10, Bethlehem Steel 63'%, Curtiss- Wrignt 5%, International Harves- ter 77%, Kennecott 317%, North Am- erican Aviation 8%, New York Cen- tral 20'; Northern Pacific 16%, United States Steel 59. Dow, Jones averages today a as fol.ow industrials 146.77, ralis 41.62, utilit 24.25. B HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. William Graves became the mother of a son at 10:05 yesterday {man deeply in love who stood by morning at St. Ann's Hospital. The | tient, has been disch: Ann's Hospital. Mrs. Carl Casperson has been dismissed from St. Ann’s following surgical care. ——.———— JOHN BISHOP BACK FROM EXTENSIVE BUYING TRIP rged from St. | S 3 o F. Watts, Chief of the United States| John Bishop, buyer for the B,|k" Were R. Sunderland, Ann, ‘ % 5 {Kristiansen and Loretta Skuls. D R O T Forest Service, and C. M. Granger, M. Behrends Co,, has returned from |y " " “pois“ Dale Hughes seven weeks’ buying trip to the States, having visited wholesale houses in New York City, Chicago, St. ouis, Los Angeles and San Fran- cisco. H. Sides has sailed for Skagway) enroute to Whitehorse and Fair- banks on an official business trip. He expects to be away for about Baranof Hotel. i it POLICE COURT FINES Arraigned in twenty-five miles an hour on Wil- loughby Avenue, Orville Wagner was assesse” a fine of $20 and costs. Pleading guilty to a charge of being drunk, Eugene Dugaqua today by an Alaska Coastal plane, with E. Mehline and Jim Boyle as passengers. Today’s Ketchikan trip took Cpl. Police Court this| ({morning on a charge of speeding America,” which she introduced to | | the nation over the air waves. Fran- | ces Langford puts over the new, Berlin number “What Does He Look | Like” while Gertrude Niesen sings | | some of the composer’s World War | I tunes. | | a screen story was built around | | the show, linking together the gen- | | erations of the two world wars and | | giving the production a plot interest | | which the stage version lacked. - e TWELVE ARRIVE FROM | SITKA VIA VESSEL STARRING [Collette, George Didrickson, Edward | |Johnson, Mrs. Margaret Messmer, | {Steve Messmer, Miss Louise Olson, | 5 |Francis Smith, Mrs. Gertrude Snow,| High tide—0:26 a. m, 17.5 feet. |Joseph Snow, Hugh J. Wade, and| Low tide—7:08 a. m, -23 feet. |Mrs. Charles Wright. High tide—1:31 p. m.,, 155 feet. TIDES TOMORROW Scroen Play by Casey Rodiason and ‘Show lrwng Berka's “This i the Aoy - BEST SHOWS LOWEST PRICES MEN OF THE ARMED: FORCES .. GEORGE MURPHY « JOAN LESLIE « Lt RONALD REAGAN GEORGE TOBIAS ALAN HALE CHARLES BUTTERWORTHwa KATE SMITH sers by JACK L WARNER wo HAL B. WACLIS o MICHAEL CURTZ Produced at WARNER BROS. Studios FOR BENEFIT OF ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND Bayon Based on e Stage 4 Lyics by bring Bk land stw her husband deliberately | A x| . young - man weighed in at six [kill himselt through Overwork. Seunds and fittecs suncen. i — Plus Latest World News There is a distinguished support- 1 Arriving here irom Sitka last ling cast. . | chinid e mud _|evening by boat were the following | Sl TR S L N S T S T — j,Joan Sheppard, a surgledl Pa-|,..ono.” arthur Burke, George| — | Boarding the vessel for Ketchi-| Low tide—7:14 p. m, 24 fect. | |Glen Nore, and Sylvia Nore were listed for Petersburg. !/ Passengers for the south were:| |Mildred Muma, Jacquline Muma, Donald Muma, Robert Verrnon, H.| i Mr. and Murs. J. E. Hutsons an son Jimmy, arrived here last ewve ning from Tacoma to spend a few | |during his stay. bl SMITHS RETURN HOME pany be in business ten years from now? Will it be ready then to defend you | in a suit brought against you because of an accident that may happen today? ONSIDER carefully the financial standing and | record of the company in Mr. Joyce Smith and Mrs. Smith4 |the former Leota Russell, have re-| turned home after a trip of sev- eral weeks. in the States. They |were accompanied by Stanley | Smith. and again resumes ... | Direct Dally Service WHITEHORSE SEATTLE Connections %« ANCHORAGE, NOME, BETHEL, and All Alaska Points No Priority Required FAIRBANKS JUNEAY e Yll AMERICAN Ay S\ p with the two chiefs, before returning | DEPUTY COLLECTOR D. Perry, and Helen Beyers. | =Y VI to his headquaraers in Juneau, | STLES 15 ON. Tmam T TR '} TIRWAYS SYSTEM Yies o HUTSONS ARRIVE | Deputy Collector of Customs M. | STOMACHS Ageney DOUGLAS YOU CANNOT FIND bl:ERB WAUGH BACK Hundy, W. C. Arnold and J. A. Ras- INSURANGE-ROMNRS IN THE SAVE THE PIECES PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHRY Herbert Waugh, who has been|musson to that city and Les Elkins ]UNEAU C li Have a portrait artist take your [south on a business trip, has re-|to Petersburg. Butler-Mauro D""' Co. 0 seum ENTIRE NATION Of your broken lenses and send them to Box 468, Ketchikan, Alaska, | Picture. Hamersley Studl;{" Ovpos‘:'e They will be replaced promptly in |Federal Building, Phone 294. 3 our large and well equipped labor-[ G o e NOTICE . C. M. and R. L. Carlson. plary c__a:_.*.__ | I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by anyone but THE STAR BAKERY myself. Reopens August 2. WALTER F. REYNOLDS. FOR SALE ONE (NEW) Hot Point . TELECTRIC ; @ Alaska Electric Light and turned to Juneau. Baranof Beauty Salon WHERE SATISFACTION and SERVICE are SYNONYMOUS 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 A flight to Sitka early today carriec. A. L. Florence, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Steele, George Morgan, and George Calette to that point, and returned Richard Couston, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steber, Albert Tamaso, and Therston Everson to Juneau. —— o L e o o o o WEATHER REPORT U. 8. Weather Bureau at airport, 9 miles from city. ‘Temp. TuesGay, August 1. Maximum 66, mimimum 54. Rainfall .53. ® & o 0 0 5 0 0 0 Spend Your Vacation at Warm Springs Bay Enjoy Alaska’s Most Healthful Mineral Baths. Enjoy Trout Fishing on Beautiful Baranof Lake. Also other Sport Fishing—Hunting in Season. 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