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

b » {" SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER | | STARTS SUNDAY! - o . N STANWICK B8 with PREVUE # TONITE fi"“ . . 12:30 s ¥ | SUSPENSE FILLED | FEATURE COMING, ers in urgent need of relaxation, it is pleasant to be able to recom- mend a film that offers temporary escape at least from all our prob- ) lems. It is “Lady of Burlesque,” due for its local premiere at the ! Capitol for three days beginning Sunday, and is as gay and tuneful Hunt Stromberg BARBARA Michael O'Shea J. Edward Bromberg «« and a large zast of Fun M kerx and Gorgeous Girls! ', CAPITOL THEATRE With “the war headlines getting| us down daily, and tired war work- '’ 2, 1944 MURDER Set to Music! Lurking backstage, death strikes twice in the midst of fun, laughs and songs you will remember! ADDED “TRUMPET SERENADE” Harry James and His Band FALA, OF THE WHITE HOUSE CARTOON NEWS "SUNDAY CONTINUGUS 2 fo 12—Feature ai 2:55 - 5:15.- 7:55- 10:30 -"TONIGHT- ”SHEBLOCK HOLMES able to build up a poppy fundj through the last several years that| FACES DEATH" ——AND—— "“HI YA SAILOR" "IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIII|I1IIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIlIlIIIII|l|ll||lI|I|IIIIIIIIII|lIlIII,IIIIIIIlIlIl" our bloca pressure up to. quota, | ordered The famcus strip tease artist, String Murders,” ning from the zaniest farce to tense, suspense-filled drama, was adapted. Barbara Stanwyck plays the star- role, that of Dixie Daisy, a mall town burlesque performer who suddenly gets her big chance at The Old Opera House on Broad- |way. . Barbara sings and dances | her way to instant success on open- {ing night. There are some gay land tantalizing songs which Miss Stanwyck sings in her sauciest man- |tap to jitterbug to splits and cart- }; and mirth-provoking as the doctor | ) SMAILY TR Open24H Serving American OPPOSITE JUNEA OPICS CAFE oursaDay and Chinese Dishes U COLD STORAGE DINE and DANCE Pll/ AME RICAN ner, an abundance of dancing from | Some of Pleasures of Be- Gypsy Rose Lee, authored the story, |worn by the beautiful chorus, X from which |ging from Amazonian six foot show | | this brittle, streamlined. story.run- [girl .to the cutest dancing ponies, | | | | | | | 1 \Kh(’(‘h As for the fetching costumes ran- well, seeing is believing, and you will have to see these to realize how eye-filling such an ensemble can really be. ————— MABEL SPEAKS RIGHT OUT ON OFFICE THRILLS ing President of A. L. Auxiliary Are Told | By MABEL LYBECK |President of Alford John Bradford Unit No. 4 First, I take pleasure in extend- |ing a cordial invitation to all the| |Posts and Units of this depart- /ment to join with the Alford John |Bradford Post and Unit No. 4,| |Juneau, in putting on a real de-| | the freigter was attacked in Suri- partment convention. | I have taken much pleasure,| during my years as president, in the knowledge that I had the sup- port of an organization with the| size and strength of the American THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE——JUNEAU ALASKA i o ,AlASKA HIGHWAY IS SUNDAY BILL ' AT20TH CENTURY. eadline writers pmb- Newspaper I ably didn't realize it at the time,| |but they were giving Hollywood n story idea when they s(‘reamcd | news One producing unit in the cinem capital in particular, headed b ‘\Vllllilnl Pine and William Thoma; of basing movie stories on headline news. “Alaska Highway,” the Para- mount picture starring Richard Ar- len and Jean Parker, which comes [lu the 20th Century for the Sunday | and holiday bill, is the direct re- | [linking 1 cord-br laska with Canada, in re- king time accomplishment in high-power | excitement and many breath-tal |ing moments. Led Japs. our Alaska outposts from t same girl, Jean Parker. Her pres- ence at the construction camp in-| flames them against each other and is the cause of tense and \mxmg action The cast also includes Ralph Sanford, Joe Sawyer and Eddie |Quillan, all excellent performers. the most ardent workers in child | welfare in this whole community. The need for the rehabilitation of veterans will increase as the service men return, and I am pleased that this Unit has been will help in that work as the need arises. Members blood of any organization, has been slipping a little, so I hope the con- \mnon being in Juneau will give the needed shot-in-the-arm to mN\ land over And last (but not least) is lho pleasure that will be mine when 1 hand the gavel over to my suc-| ceflsor and heave a huge sight and\ |retire to Lhc ranks of “Has-Beens.”| 'ALEUTIAN BASED ' BOMBERS ATTACK _ KURILE ISLANDS By NORMAN BELL | ALEUTIAN HEADQUARTERS, ELEVENTH AIR FORCE, Sept. 2.| —(Delayed)—For the second con- | secutive day, Army and Navy raids on Japan’s Kurile Islands, back door to Japan, were carried out. Navy Ventura crews reported a 7,000-ton Japanese oil tanker was Ieit in' ‘flflmus from a direct hit amidships ; and a damaged freigher exploded | after a strafing attack. Raids against the northern Japa- nese shipping in the Kurile Islands | and also on installations were made by Army and Navy bombers in a combined aerial task force, com- | | manded by Majg Gen. Davenport Johnson - and Commodore Leslie | | Gehres. | Venturas, operating from the out- i er Aleutian base, caught the Jap oil | tanker off Onnekotan Island and bachi Bay, Paramushiro. | Army Mitchells attacked 10 or 12| small Jap patrol vessels between Paramushiro and Shimshu islands. One was definitely sunk and an- other was left dead in the water in about the Alaska Highway.! makes a pretty consistent practice [sult of public interest in that great-| est of all wartime engineering feats | -the construction of a highwuy‘ According to| |all reports, the film matches the The picture is a tribute to the| | United States Engineer Corps, par-/ |ticularly the ten thousand officers! and men who slashed the Alaskal | Highway through in time to pro-| It is also the dramatic fimry, of two brothers — Richard Arlen | and Bill Henry—both crackerjack engineers, both in love with the ip, which is the life-! 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