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

JUNEAU, ALASKA PAGE. THREE " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ("JUNEAU'S USO NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1944 "THIS IS THE ARMY" NOW AT N1 (ENTURYW version of "SPITFIRE” NOW BEING SCREENED ATCAPITOL SHOW ‘Without being a war picture, one |of the great pictures of the war is -~ |“Spitfire,” starring Leslie Howard PROGRAM land David Niven, now at the Cap-| THURSDAY, August 3, 9:30 p.m. itol. Here is the story of the first|—Regular Thursday night dance in| land in many ways the greatest USO. A “word to the wise,” according hero of World War II, who died| FRIDAY, August 4, 7:00 p.m— to the old adage, is “sufficient.” a heroic death even before the war|Meeting of Servicemen's Council in We are hopeful that a whole para- |started. His name is R. J. Mit-|{TJSO; 7:30 p.m.—Technicolor mov- graph, if not a mere word, Wil lchell, and he is the genius wholies of Alaska Fish and Wildlife suffice in the case of the ignor- linvented the Spitfire, Britain's|Service in USO; 8:30 p. m.—Radio ant |deadly fighter plane which shot broadcast by USO Commandos| Almost every serviceman from the the Nazi planes out of the sky at from KINY studio; 9:30 p.m.-— States is interested in Alaska fish lthe climax of the Battle of Brit- Anniversary party in USO in honor and game. Few possess more than ain. |of servicemen of Duck Creek.'a hazy knowledge about them. On | But Mitchell, portrayed by Leslie Everyone invited |Friday night of this week, at 7:30 hank.” Howard, was more than a genius—| SATURDAY, August 5, 10:00 p.|o'clock, the USO Will sponsor the| Irving Berlin makes his |he was a warm, lovable humax\im.— -Jukebox dance at USO. |showing of some especially fln(“dt‘bul in “This Is the Army,” sm[.:-‘I Leing. Howard projects this quality SUNDAY, August 6, 1:00 p.m.'movies in technicolor concerning|ing his famed lament, “Oh, How admirably, especially in his rela- (or later at convenience of service- |fish, game and birds of the Ter-|I Hate to Get Up in the Morning,” tions with his beautiful wife, play- men)—Trip to Mendenhall Glacier; ritory. And a double treat is in as he did in the stage version. ed by red-haired, blue-eyed Rosa-|5:00 p.m.—Coffee and waffles with store for us because the pictures} Also included in the cast, for {mund John. David Niven, on leave /music in USO; 10:00 p. m.—Sing- will be presented by a man who is 'purposes of a slight story content, from active service for his role,|ing around piano. an authority in the field—Mr. Chas.!are George Murphy, Joan Leslie, |plays a test pilot who will fly any- MONDAY, August 7, 9:00 p.m. tojJohn O'Connor, Game Management Lieut. Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale, {thing born on Mitchell’s drawing idnight—Meeting and buffet party |Supervisor of the Fish and Wild-‘Geurge Tobias, Charles Butter- board, no matter how fantastic, and 'at American Legion Dugout for all|life Service. |worth, Una Merkel and Sgt. Joe |who has one eye cocked always Iorjservicemen. This is something exn-a-specinl_;lnoum. anything in skirts that happens to| TUESDAY, August 8, 8:30 p.m. Don't miss it! | In addition, it is in “This Is the be in the neighborhood. | —“Teacher’s Pet,” quiz contest, Army” that Kate Smith makes her A dramatic sequence is shown |broadcast from USO; 9:30 p.m.—| ’rn'st screen appearance in ten years when Mitchell visits Germany in Customary Tuesday night games in and new Berlin songs are sung by pre-war days, and becomes aware USO. Langford and Gertrude of the evil Nazi spirit behind the| WEDNESDAY, August 9, 7:30 p. |elaborate hospitality with which he {mm.—Movies in USO; 9:15 p.m.— is entertained. Old fashioned dancing in USO. WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY NOW SHOWING This Week’s Hit Show e T WTECHNICOLOR | e JOAN LESLIE * Lt RUNMD&E_AE&!I Sonen oy b o i 40t Ben B oo o By 1 e Ay e s s by g B LAST TIMES TONIGHT SAMUEL GOLDWYN | | | Inferesting ltems for Everybody : | The motion picture "(ht" all-soldier musical, Irving Ber- |our guests than anything else, nollin's “This Is the Army,” produced |doubt about that! by Warner Bros. for Army Emer- ’ \gency Relief, opened last night at| |the 20th Century Theatre. The entire company of 350 sols diers, who appeared in the musical on Broadway and during its cross- country tour, appears here with the soldiers in their original roles in the picture, which includes the en-| tire stage production of “This Is| the Army” as well as THE DRAMA BEHIND THE § FIGHTER .qaf PLANE. % THAT SAVED, A 'NATION! Starring SOMETHING NOT TO MISS LESLIE HOWARD-NIVEN PILOTS AND OTHER PERSONNEL OF THE RAF. FIGHTER COMMAND A LESLIE HOWARD Production « Released by RKO Ragio Pictures Ar additional | material from Irving Berlin's World | War I soldier show, “Yip, Yip Yap-| . FRIDAY — SATURDAY STARRING MEN OF THE ARMED FORCES s GEORGE MURPHY - GEORGE TOBIAS - ALAN HALE- CHARLES BUTTERWORTH < KATE SMITH sty JACK'L WARNER o HAL B WALLIS * ey NICHAEL CURTIZ Produced at WARNER BROS. Studios FOR lENEF_Il O{MMV EMERGENCY. l:uEFf\!NO LATEST WORLD NEWS picture | A crook can crack a safe...but it takes your favorite funster to crack a crook! “Salute for Three” CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR He was one of three Marines who | Frances |dropped into the USO on an after- | Niesen. Inoon in June last year. Their ship | was in port here only briefly. They |Honor. He had become one of only {were at the Club not more than|two living enlisted members of the jun hour or two. There was time|Corps to receive in this war this THE FUTURE for something to eat at our can-|highest of all the American dec- People keep asking us: “How|teen, followed by a few games of grations for outstanding gallantry. |much longer will the USO remainipool. Jeanne Winther, we recall, | His name was Richard Sorensen;! |here? Is there any truth in the|had taken up the game shortly be~ims home was in a small town in! rumor it will close before 1ong7;forv: and she joined them at the Minnesota. |We've heard that at least several table. Scon they had to leave.| This award was front-page news,| lof the other Clubs in Alaska are There was time only for a couple needless to say. One of the Seat-| to be discontinued—we hope this of pictures with Jeanne to be snap- tle. papers carried a particularly jisn't the plan for' Juneau.” ped, then they signed our registry|winning picture of the modest,| ; % e wore.| This is a natural concern, inas- —and headed back for the ship. smiling young hero. A copy of it| i thxslu; o d?fo‘:‘n:legoc:) wtl;e much as the war appears mmdlyl These Marines were among the|found its w:y into the hl;};lds of | (’;‘a"l‘;‘yofic °Chuichp§1 e Nativity by |t© be moving farther and farther|very few we'd seen at the USO.|the Director of the Jurieau USO.| the Rev. W. G. LeVasseur. |from here Never‘theless the answer Partly for !1\1:% ~Teason they made fl;He happened not to be in the club- | Miss .Shai"pe s the daughter of|to the question is this: So long Pfll‘ll('l!lm'b‘. vivid impression on us.|house at the time; but he could SEvh 'Sflm E. Sharpe and the late |25 our local Club ren'_mins as busyThat wasn't the only reason, how-_hamly wait to get down there. w. 'G. Sharpe of Ketchikan, Mr, |28 it is now, and continues to serve ever; for each of these young fel- Because the face of that Marine | Ki‘rslen 18 the son of Professor and |88 many men, it. will stay open. lows seemed especially If-h-ndly, avud looked so FAMILIAR—and Richard Sooe ¥ . Wiriten of Seattle,| This is the present plan of the {when we said goodbye it was with|Sorensen certainly was a name that | e qqanonal Headquarters. Necessarily a feeling of nmr'e than ordhmryt‘bmugm back MEMOR!ES-—wasn'LE Mr. Walter P. Sharpe will give:"* plans for all its op?rutmns regret. They didn't say where they |that the name of one of those| his sister in marriage, and’ Miss everywhere :Tre kept flexible iniwere headed, u.f course; we ju§t\y‘oung Marines who came through[ I faeoning. . Griine” will> ba the order that USO may serve as many assumed that ingsmuch as me"‘iJuneau early last summer, and, | bride’s only attendant. The flowex"or the men and women ‘of the uhlp» "southbound and they were wasn’t he from some little place | girl will be Becky Sharpe, niece of armed forces in as many different Marines (i would not be long be-inear Minneanolis? Fairly sure, but | ‘lhe bride. places as practicable. Hence no-!fore they'd be seeing violent action|not quite positive, the Director hur- Mr. Rod Darnell will attend the!P0dy can do more than hazard a on the road toward Japan. ried to the club. He quickly turn-| {bridegroom as best man, and ushers| BUess as lq what 'exbem chsngfngu (Since that June afternoon lasted the pages of the Servicemens'| will include Sergeant H. M. |local conditions in the coming year several hundred more mem-|Registry. There it was: Under| {Clellan and Sergeant wxmam'“‘“‘"h“ might require changes in‘bel‘s of the Corps have paid uidaw of Jm“mml. Smith. |plans. For the present, however,visits, then moved on to the south.|signatures of three members of the |” Wedding music will ‘be played it is obvious that the USO is Invariably they have impressed us|Marine Corps appeared the name lby Mrs. Lillian Uggen, organist, and ‘needed in Juneau and will continue'as exceedingly likeable fellows and of “Richard Sorensen, Clark’s ;N{rs_ e Hnrnfigu o 1llgsingy due 0 the immediate future to becxceedingly tough fighting men;|Grove, Minnesota.” ke Rervive: needed by the servicemen here,(and invariably during the months| After all these months our USO | Accordingly it will stay on the job. that have followed as we've learn- has indeed receivéd word as to deg of the dreadful casualty lists what has become of at least one ONE YEAR OLD |among the Marines at Tarawa, at%gf s BOYS! A reception will be held at thej Our Club has celebrated a lot of Kwajalein, and at Saipan, we have \TWO LEAVE TODAY ON {home of the bride’s brother, Mr.| |Walter Sharpe, between 9 and 11 birthdays during the past year. been sick at heart, wondering about Each month, in fact, we've had a|the fate of these lads of our ac- | PAN AMERICAN PLANE Philip Busse and Helen Kirkman o'clock. party for all the servicemen and:quaintanoe. Although their lives GSO girls with birthdays falling land ours had touched for no more in that particular month. !than an afternoon or an evening, On Friday night of this week at we have claimed them ever since 9:30 o'clock the club will give its as OUR BOYS. We have realized, | were flown to Whitehorse today on MOST IMPORTANT BIRTHDAY however, that it was unlikely we|a PAA plane plloted by Capt. George PARTY, a first anniversary. The ever would learn what had become | Wilson and Bruce Giesy. Incoming yesterday from Seattle {were Ruth Lofgren, Thomas Jud- son, Marguerite Shepard and August Buschmann. Herbert J. Lusson boarded the ship at Whitehorse. occasion to be celebrated is the ar- of any of them.) From Fairbanks came Irma Now- Kirsten-Sharp Marriage Will Be This Evening Miss Betty Sharpe this evening | will become the bride of Mr. Eu- PRESENT PLANS FOR \ | [ | | | HAROLD PEARY (The Great Gildersleeve) After two years of Military operation Pan American thanks its Alaska friends for their patience and understanding and again resumes . . . Direct Daily Service FAIRBANKS pon WHITEHORSE JUNEAU SEATTLE Connections < ANCHORAGE, NOME, BETHEL, and All Alaska Points No Priority Required ¢ PASSENGERS . EXPRESS . AIR MAIL 135 So. Franklin St. Phone 106 PAN AMERICAN AIRWALS Ly < Rove into a Trap! | BOBBY WATSON JOE DEVLIN JOHNNY ARTHUR JEAN PORTER The first recorded time tea wag referred to by an Englishman was in a letter written in 1615. is on the city dock in front of the town and the cther is in the inncr harbor for additional pro- tection in the event of bad weather. These facili‘les are greatly apprec- iated by those who fly seaplanes. e — IN FROM GUSTAVUS e ———— IN FROM GUSTAVUS Mr. and Mrs. Floyd R. Gorman | {have arrived from Gustavus and | are guests the Juneau Hotel. — - LUSSON IN TOWN H. J. Lusson has arrived here from Whitehorse and is registered at the Juneau Hotel. e Albert N. Tomaso, of the ACC, is in town and staying at the Juneau | Hotel. | YOU CANNOT FIND IN THE ENTIRE NATION Such perfect spot for a Glen Neitzert, of the CAA, has arrived here from Gustavus and is staying at the Gastineau Hotel. > NOTICE I will not be responsible for any debts , contracted by anyone but myself. * . | | ALSO — NEWS SHOW STARTS 7:15 — 9:15 PREVUE Tonight 12:30 a. m. | rival in Juneau on August 4, 1943, Most unlikely, yes — but, still, | of some of the best friends this there was always that remote pos- Club has ever had, viz., the M. P. sibility, wasn't there? outfit now stationed at Duck Creek.| During the morning of February oo WALTER F. REYNOLDS. ~ FOSTER & MARSHALL Members NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE (Associate) Underwriters of Municipal and Corporation Bonds We Invite Your Inquiries Statistical Service Available Upon Request DIRECT PRIVATE WIRE TO NEW YORK 1411 FOURTH AVENUE BUILDING—SEATTLF 1 | NEW STOC K Eleciric Milk Bottle Warmers NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—Republican National Committee Chairman Her- bert Brownell, Jr., made the pre- | diction today that Thomas E. Dewey will carry at least 25 States with 311 electoral votes as against Roosevelt. The victor needs but 266 electoral votes. Baranof Beauty Salon That evening the friendship will be |1st of this year, in the -desper- just one year old. We distinctly ate fighting for Kwajalein, six remember that night last Auxust‘young Marines lay in a shell hole, when, within a féw hours, we saw defending an American machine some hundred new faces around gun nest nearby. Suddenly a Jap the clubhouse and found those hand grenade fell a few feet from faces much to our lking. Through- one of them, He instantly threw out the twelve months that have himself on top of the grenade. A followed we have no doubt that|second later it exploded, inflicting these fellows have had repeated | horrible woun;? in his body but demonstrations of how very much saving the live§ of all his buddies. this friendship has meant to all By some miracle, though the whole our staff members. Friday night's force of the explosion had spent party will give us the chance to|itself against his body, he also| let them know, all over again, that“llved. He lived not only through WE LIKE THEM A LOT! ‘xhat agonizing day. Just two weeks The affair is exclusively in honor |ago he was still living; on the of this one outfit. But all other afternoon of July 19th at the Seat- servicemen are invited to serve tle Naval Hospital he stood very with the staff members as hosts. straight and he looked very hand- Of paramount importance, of some an dtried not to appear self- ell, Norman Stines, Lester Dawson, and Howard Hughes. {PASTOR WOOD, WIFE RETURN HERE AFTER BRIEF FLYING TRIP Pastor and Mrs, H. L. Wood of the Seventh Day Adventist Mission returned to Juneau yesterday after- noon after a week’s trip visiting the Mission interests in Southeast Alaska, traveling in the Mission Fairchild airplane. Pastor Wood states that the greatest hazard to flying in the, coastal Alaska district is the lack | of mooring facilities for the air- [T f BELL ISLAND, ALASKA NEAR KETCHIKAN So Come Now and Enjoy a Delightful Vacation! ToTAs on 10 L 1 ects omen’s AppaReL 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. THE HOME OF THE BROWN BEAR GENERAL MERCHANDISE LIQUORS CLEAN FURNISHED CABINS course: All GSO girls are expect- ed to be with us, since we know their presence will mean more to conscious while a major general of the Marinc Corps decorated him with the Congressional Medal of plane after landing. The town of Wrangell has built and installed two airplane ramps recently. One O'NEILL & FENTON Baranof, Alaska BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH WEY T WHAR VE GOWN' WIF MV OL'. CORN _coBBY P\PE ? Glass Food Containers By BILLY DeBECK For Use in ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS * Alaska Eleciric Light and - Power Company JUNEAU DOUGLAS Phone No. 616 Phone No. 18 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 9A.M.TOEP. M. The Derby Inn DINE AND DANCE BAR DINE AND DANCE WP 1SEZ-YORE WIFE IS SETTIN'ON A/, NEST FULL O' &k HATCHIN' AIGS , Y HAWKY -TAWKY I} Located at SKAGWAY SKAGWAY'S ONLY DINE AND.DANCE Fried Chicken PLACE SINCE THE GOLD RUSH! SERV:: 1) ANY TIME e