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-~ FRIDAY; AUGUST 4, 1944 STARTS TONIGHT Show Place of Juneau SHOW STARTS 7:15—9:15 Y gt Gun. and FUN FOR ALL... when your favorite laugh champ bungles a burglary...to prove he's not a crook! HAROLD PEARY (THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE) i Jane Freddy Namey DARWELL . MERCER . GATES 2K O 1AM v SECOND HIT! ' “THAT NAZTY NUISANCE" [ ] LATEST NEWS Thompson Optical Co. 214 Second St.—Phone 387 Lenses duplicated—Frames sold- ered—Reading Glasses $7.50 pair —Guns repaired—New Gun Parts ~Keys Made. NEW STOCK 'clric Milk Boiile Warmers ;Glass Food Containers For Use in tLECTRIC REFRIGERATORS * laska Electric Light and ' Power Company JUNEAU DOUGLAS } § H { 4 [+ PEe No. 616 Phone No. 18 | oo rrrrrrrrrree=d BETTY SHARPE, EUGENE KIRSTEN WED LAST NIGH In the Catholic Church of the DOUBLE FEATURE STARTS TONIGHT AS CAPITOL SHOW ’ One of the funniest, fastest- |moving comedies to hit the town| lin a long time is the RKO Radio | mirthfest, “Gildersleeve’s Bad Day.” It opens at the Capitol tonight. show introduces on thel some of the program’s fav- Mr. ors. Besides Harold Peary | these are Charles Arnt, Lillian | Randolph and Richard LeGrand. Movie favorites play other char- Sharpe, daughter of Mrs. Sara E. Sharpe and the late W. B. Sharpe | of Ketchikan, became the bride of | Eugene Kirsten, son of Profes- attle. The 8 o'clock ceremony was Vasseur. acters familiar on the radio show, such as Aunt Emma, played by colors were placed upon the altar | Acamedy-award-winning Jane Dar- | for the service and wedding music and Gildy's niece. Margie,| W88 Played by Mrs, Lillian Uggen, | | organist. Before the reading of the by beautiful Nancy Gates.| U U m o S0 B 3 Students of* the ancient art of el Ve ik Rt din " e Eaima” b SNE selections, “Because” and Ave are going ave alproiow when they go to see Hal s new Streamliner, “That Nuisance,” which United Art- sts brings to the Capitol as the ond feature Escorted by her brother, Mr. Wal- | ter P. Sharpe, the bride wore a gown of ivory satin fashioned with long pointed sleeves, a basque waist | and sweetheart neckline. Her full Many of the most famous of the | skirt terminated in a long train lold tricks are introduced in this | | and her fingertip veil of tulle was second of Roach’s screamingly fun- | attached to orange blossom clusters. | ny anti-Nazi comedies. he carried a shower arm bouquet EORGE BROTHER Super Market PHONES 92-95—2 DELIVERIES Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. George Brothers always have the largest, finest and freshest stock of Fresh FRUITS and VEGETABLES in the city from their lage chill room that keeps them fresh and crisp. You have no waste when you buy your FRUITS and VEGETABLES from GEORGE BROTHERS. New Potatoes - - Zucchini Squash Lettuce - - - NewOnions - - Bell Peppers - - - Pound 40c StringBeans - - - Pound29c Rufabagas - - - - 3lbs.29c Bunch Carrots - 3 bunches 35¢ Hot House Tomatoes - Pound 50c Field Tomatoes - - Pound 35¢ Green Cabbage - Cauliflower Crisp Celery - 141bs. 98¢ 1b. 25¢ Sc, 10c, 15¢ up 31bs. 29¢ . . NORTHLAND T-~-ANSPORTATION C O M P AN Y Seedless Grapes . Pound 43¢ Apricols - - - . Basket55c Plums - - . . . Basket65¢ Also Casabas, Honey Dews, Peaches, Bananas, Bartlett Pears and a' TON OF \WATERMELONS! PHONE— WRITE—WIRE US YOUR ORDER EORGE BROTHER THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR Nativity, which last evening was| crowded to capacity, Miss Betty sor and Mrs. F. K. Kirsten of Se- | performed by the Rev. W. G, Le- "Baskets of delphinium in pastel | JUNEAU, ALASKA !m’ white glodioli and Cecil Br\mxmr roses and her only piece of jewelry was a diamond necklace, a family heirloom | Miss Josephine Crumrine, as maid of ho , wore pale pink organza | | with a matching Point Venice lace {cap. Her flowers were snapdragons land delphinium in pink and blue. | | Becky Sharpe, neice of the bride, was flower girl and ‘she wore an ankle length frock of pink silk net which was complimented by a wide | blue sash and matching pink b(m- |net. Her flowers were roses in a' noseg: arrangement For her daughter's marriage Mrs. Sharpe selected black lace and her shoulder corsage was pink gladioli | Mrs Morgan, who arrived from Long Beach for her sister’s wedding, wore a gown of oy jersey with |a corsage of pink carnations. Mrs, Kirstein, mother of the bride- | groom, w purple crepe and her | shoulder corsage was white gladioli. | Both she and Professor Kirsten flew | here from Seattle early this week to be present for the wedding last | evening Mr. Rod Darnell was best man {for the bridegroom, whose ushers | were Sergeant William Smith and S(‘luvum H. M. McClellan. \ After the ceremony a large re- jception was held at the home oL ‘thr bride’s mother, where the many | | friends of the couple called to ex- tend wishes for their happiness. Miss Sharon Sharpe presided at | and the three-tier wedding cake was cut by Miss Nell McCloskey. | At the reception table, which was | covered with a lace cloth and cent- 'e «d by a lovely arrangement of | white gladioli and smilax with white tapers in crystal candelabra, were Mrs. Mae Morgan, Mrs. Helen Cass | {and Mm Pearl Peterson. during the reception were Mesdames Victor Lien, Julia Steele, Kenyon McLean, James Orme and the Misses Phyllis | Jenne, Kathryn Kennedy, Roberta Dooley and Grace Berg. Mr. and Mrs. Kirsten will make their home in Juneau and have taken an apartment at the As- sembly. The bride is well known here, several years ago from Ketchikan, where she attended school. She has as stant clerk-stenographer. ! Mr. Kirsten, who for the past two years has been an employee of the Transportation Corps at the Ju- neau Subport of Embarkation, at- and while there was affiliated with ‘lhe Beta Thata Pi Iratermty 'PETER MILLER RITES . T0 BE ON SATURDAY Funeral services for Peter Miller ‘who died at St Ann’s Hospital on ! July 29 will be Beld tomorrow after- Inoon” 4t 2 o'@Tock in thé Charles W. Carter Mortuary chapel. | Dean C. E. Rice will conduct the | services and interment will be in | the Serbian plot of the Evergreen | Cemetery, 'HYNES MAKES SURVEY " OF ICY STRAITS AREA: " RUN REPORTED LIGHT | Back from a three-day survey of i the Icy Straits area, Frank Hynes,| | Regional Director of the Fish and | wildlife Service, reports that the run of pinks this year in Southeast | Alaska is very light, but that there | are signs of improvement. There is a good chum pack, Hynes stated, and the socKeye run is more | numerous this year than in any of are reportedly almost non-existant. Hynes was accompanied by H. C. Scudder, Agent. The trip was made aboard the Fish and Wildlife vessel Bear ABSENTEE VOTING AT U. 5. COMMISSIONER'S Absentee voting is now open for the‘genernl elections September 12, Felix Gray. Any qualified voter who does not plan to be in Juneau en the elec- tion date and who wishes to cast ! his ballot may do so by calling at | the Commissioner’s office in the Federal Building between now and the evening of Saturday, Septem- ber 9. the guest book during the evening | having come to this city been employed in the Forest Service | tended the University of Washington | the recent seasons. Kings and cohoes | Fishery Management| according to U. S. Commissioner | IRVING BERLIN | PRODUCTION AT 207H_ CENTURY The screen production of Irving Berlin's “This Is the Army,” film- | ed in Technicolor by Warner Bros. for Army Emergency Relief, is now | playing at the 20th Century. Directed by Michael Curtiz, the picture presents Irving Berlin and the original company of 350 sol- diers who performed the musical for three months on Broadway and toured in the show last winter,| making two million dollars for} Army Emergency Relief. Seven Hollywood personalities ‘have been added to appear in the picture. Among them are George | Murphy, Joan Teslie, Lieut. Ronald | Regan, Kate Smith, George Tubil\.\,! Alan Hale, Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Frances Langford and |Gertrude Niesen. Sergeant Joe Louis also appears in the film. — - — DOUGLAS NEWS PUSICH-RUSSO ENGAGEMENT | Mr. and Mrs. Mike Pusich an- nounce the coming marriage of | their daughter, Miss Grace Pusich, |to Seaman First Class Guy A. Rus- so, U.S.C.G., on August 11. The wedding will be conducted in the Catholic . Chnrch of Juneau, with | the Rev. E. Budde officiating. At-| |tendants for the couple will be |the bride's sister, Mrs. Wallen For- | rest, and a Coast Guard friend,| Edward Fratrich. A reception will be held at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pusich, in ‘Douglas from 8 to, 11 0'clock on /that evening. | The bridegroom is a son of Mr. (and Mrs. Ado'ph Russo, of McKees Rock, Penn., and has been station- | {ed for some time with the U.S.C. |G. in Juneau. The bride, second |daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pusich, |was born and raised in Douglas. {She is employed with the First {National Bauk in Juneau. The | couple plan on making their home in Juneau. i STRAIGER IN Henry Straiger is in Douglas visiting with his family, having just arrived this morning from Skagway, where he had employment | / MRS. GLENN KIRKHAM VISITS | Mrs. Glenn A. Kirkham was a Douglas visitor yesterday for the first time in a number of months, having been under a doctor’s care in :!uneau after undergoing a major | operation. SHe was accompanied on her visit to see friends here by |Mrs. Albert Carlson, with whom ishe is living in Juneau. BUSINESS ANNIVERSARY OF DOUGLAS STORE In celebration of the ‘first busi- ness anniversary of the Douglas Drug Store, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Val A. Poor, and in appreciation of the fine support of the local residents during the past year, residents are invited to a matinge showing a mystery comedy at the |Douglas Coliseum, Saturday after- noon, August 5, beginning at 2 o'clock. Persons who have not re- ceived invitations by mail through oversight, are now invited. ————e—— $10 BLAZE YESTERDAY Pire, though to have been caused by defective wiring, started yes- terday afterncon at the Crescent Rooms on South Franklin Street, and did an estimated damage of $10. The alarm was from 1-7 at 4:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon, TIDES TOMORROW. High uée-—fat a. m, 191 tm Low tide—8:3¢ a. m., -3.74feet. High tide—2:53 p. m,, 17.6 feet. Low tide —8:46 p. m., 06 feet. e o 0 00 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT U. 8. Weather Bureau at airport, 9 miles from city. Temp. Thursday, Aug. 3. Maximum 64, minimum 47. ° ® & & 0 0 0 0 0 0 o WHERE THE BI:]TTER BIG PICTURES PAGE THREE PLAY IO eNTuRY NOW SHOWING This Week’s Hit Show EIMRING MEN OF THE ARMED FORCES s GEORGE MURPHY = JOAN LESLIE * GEORGE TOBIAS-ALAN HALE - CHARLES BUTTCRWORTH o KATE ST ety JAOK L WARNER e HAL B. WALLS mnanmaowk [t RONALD RNGA“ Sqre oy by Com bt o B, St 4 B0 o ot s o owcsry MICHAEL CURTIZ EMERGENCY. RELIEF FUNO After two years of Military operation Pan American thanks its Alaska friends for their patience and understanding and again resumes ... . Direct Dally Service FAIRBANKS JUNEAU > WHITEHORSE SEATTLE Connections 4x ANCHORAGE, NOME, BETHEL, and All Alaska Points No Priority Required PASSENGERS 135 So. Franklin St. . EXPRESS « AIR MAIL Phone 106 LR R W DR RASOROH RA otV R e W I | PAN AMERICAN JIRWALS HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. L. L. Caldwell gave birth to a six-pound, thirteen ounce son at 1:05 this morning at St. Ann’s Hospital. Oscar Danielson has been admit- ted to St. Ann’s for medical treat- ment. Mrs. Nelson Rowley entered St. Ann’s yesterday for surgery. Tony Steele has been discharged from St. Ann's Hospital and’ has gone to Petersburg for further medical care. Mrs. E. O. Davis has been ad- mitted to St. Ann’s for treatment. Mrs. Martin Holst, a medical pa- tient, has been discharged from St. Ann’s Hospital BUY WAR BONDS HERE FROM SKAGWAY | Here from Skagway and guests at the Baranof, are E. A. chkloa and wife. e ,————— o PLEASE NOTICE & 1 That the Electric Service Shop has been fortunate enough to get paint- ers, so that the Shop will be closed Saturday and Monday. Will, be back again Tuesday morning. Jexry McKinley. 'Wanted! Men and Women Who Are Hard of Hearing. | To make this simple, no risk If you are unponrfi deafened, by ringing buzzing Inul noises due to onod or coagulated wax (cerumen), Ourine Home Method test that so bas enabled them to hear well must hear better after making test or you get your money back st Ask about Ourine Ear Drope todey st~ Butler, Mauro Drug Co. “The Rexall Store” { Spend Your Vacation at Warm Springs gs Bay Enjoy Alaska’s Most Healthful Mineral Bat! 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 O'NEILL & FENTON ~ Baranof, Alaska PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHRY Have a portrait artist take your picture, Hamersley Studio. Opposite Federal Building, Phone 294. adv. CARA NOME FACE POWDER Instant nw loveliness is lMAG\N OVER & BATCH o} EGGQ der—superior in quality, toxture, tint ECONOMY ' and clinging §1ZE powerl REG. 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