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

= - TUFSDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1944 .|!llIIIIlIIIIJIlI!IIMIIlIllmlllllllllllfllllllIIIIIIl|IIIII|IIIII"iIIVIIIVIiIIIHIIlIIIIIIIIh. NOW SHOWING! FOR THE SWINGTIME 0'f Your LIFETIME) P vtf'fi the “scréen’s newest swgdpst Sweethe drts o f. Be%% song.and Fomance! Lynn MERRICK The VAGABONDS CARTER ——ADDED SHORT FEATURES—— THIS AMERICA—“LIEUTENANT SMITH" Cartoon—"PLENTY BELOW ZERO” NEWS R It smooths on with your fingertips.... Lucien Lelongs new liquid “cake” makeup « tints your skin in glorious look-alive shades ’- gives your skin a naturally flawless look o stays picture-pretty day-long without retouching ’o and it's non-drying! WARFIELD'S DRUG STORE Successor to 'SWING OUT THE BLUES” SHOWING AS CAPITOL BILL| re v e o | meeting tomorrow evening at 8 {o'clock in the parsonage. MIs. Nor- man Rustad, Program Chairman, announces that Mrs. A. Ross will speak on conditions in Labrador. Final plans for the annual bazaar to be held on November 3 will be made. THE DAILY ALASKA EM MSCS Meeting fo Be Held Wednesday We're singing out the news that a picture reported to be sweet and hot entertainment is coming to the Capitol tonigh. It is Columbia’s new musical film, “Swing Out the Blues,” featuring Lynn Merrick and Bob Haymes as the screen’s newest singing sweethearts, and they| All members are urged to attend handle the romance and melody of |the meeting and friends are also the picture, while the comedy |cordially invited. — .- "GLOOMY GUS™ O'BRIEN, g woes ot s screwes uareie | OWNS UKIAH NEWSPAPER musicians and a handsome young| crooner. The boys, on the brink of | starvation, bring their problem to, {the Benevolent Bench radio pro- {gram. The picture then flashes into the enactment of their story, start- ing with a hand-to-mouth exist- | ence in a hallway apartment. AIJ= “Well, sounds solid in the hands of that quartette of musical buffoons. The Vagabonds. A stranger walked into the Em- pire office today and asked if any- one \remembered “Gloomy Gus” ‘O'Brien, formerly a newspaperman of Juneau. “You bet,” two members of the staff replied. he is now editor of the for one and one for all, is thelf o Republican Press in Ukiah, o |California, and one of the best Then comes the day when a |known and most influential men of woman enters the picture—in iam"Northem California.” two women—and a series of hectic | % s | strangs S| he question incidents occur which, according to| ikhe, ?uangcl.' semng e 9 " was Frank L Driscoll, of Ukiah, |the sorrowful victims, knocked all b0 has beeri making & $tip sleng |their chances of getting a good job! 1 a8 ot g | |the Alaska Coast. |into the proverbial cocked hat. Mg | r 'S ago, was | | A. R. O'Brien, years ago, | Editor of the Juneau Record, after- 1!\001\ daily. It is true he was known INazi Peace Feelers |as “Gloomy Gus,” but why, the | Ge' (old 'I'urn Dow“ j\\rllcr never knew for his associa- | tions with O'Brien were of the | F’om A"ied “afions best and most pleasant. O'Brien was a good newspaperman and a | . forceful writer as several old | (continued from Page One) |timers, now in Juneau, remember, ; - He disposed of his newspaper here | Wilson that negotiations would be and went south, married and for by a people’s government, “in years published a newspaper at |whose hands rest . .. the power of |Marshfield, Oregon. He's getting along in years now but here’s to| his continued success in Ukiah and | long life. DOUGLAS NEWS E. E. ENGSTROMS MOVE The Elton Engstrom family moved | to their newly purchased home in making deciding conclusions.” On November 5, U. S. Secretary ‘oi State Lansing notified the Ger- | mans that the Allies would make !peace on the basis of the 14 points. German emissaries met an Allied | delegation headed by Marshal Foch in the famous railroad car in {the Compeigne Forest November 8. {Foch gave them no room to doubt {that they were in no position to ask anything of the Allies. | “What is it that you desire, gen- tlemen?” Foch asked. Juneau over the weekend and are Erzberger, spokesman for the now partially settled there. Both German delegation, replied they Mr. and Mrs. Engstrom have been genuinely interested and most active in all Douglas civic affairs and in | = A |its fraternal organizations for manyl| The Urgent M’ed_ _ |years. Mrs. Engstrom, having just ! Fochv told them Ll.m vAums weren’t completed a term as Worthy Matron proposing any armistice, that they | ot tne Jocal chapter, Order of East- had just as soon finish the WAar|em; Star, and being Clerk of the had come to receive Allied pro- posals for an armistice. PIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Lutheran Ladies” Aid, To Meet on Thursday BOMBERS KEEP HITTING AT JAP {hold the regular social and will busi- ness meeting at the home of Mrs, 'Chris Wyller on Sixth and Gold at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon Mrs. W. A. Rasmussen will be |co-hostess for the afternoon. Mem- bers and friends are cordially in- Two Small Freighters Are Reported Sunk Near Mmdanoa 'Sland vited to the meeting ey .- ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN fliers sank or damaged nine small| freighters and pounded seven| (F ROTARIANS AT enemy air bases from the Moluccas es from the Molucca NOON lUN(HEO" to the Philippines invasion route 5 { Headquarters announced two BN LR small freighters were sunk near| moachers of the Juneau Public Mindanao, four damaged near Schools and the Government Zamboanga and three mnear the ghools were guests of the Juneau Island of Amboina. Meanwhile, Rotary Club this noon at its heavy bombers were punishing the yy;cheon in the Gold Room of the Celebes and Moluccas with 134 tons of bombs. R airdromes Baranof Hotel. | Guest speaker was Ray L. Eck- {mann, Shrine official, who spoke |on the benefit of extra-curricular |activities in schools. Eckmann was |formerly Director of Athletics and COASTAL, ELLIS AIR“NES MAKE |Student Activities at the Univer- !'sity of Washington. ‘I‘Rlps MONDAY Other guests included Allen | Johnson of Seattle; Howard Mahler, |of Seattle; Brig. C. W. Taylor of | Alaska Coastal Airlines made five the Salvation Army's Juneau head- trips yesterday, carryihg the fol- quarters, Hal McDowell of Seattle lowing passengers to Sitka on the and Frank Rogers, Iulher»in-law‘ first trip: George Morgan, Clarence of Rotarian Ernie Parsons of Ju-| Rands, Mrs. Rands, Mae Fenton, neau. | Ollie Brookman, C. B. Hodgins. e 'INSTALLATION OF Sitka to Juneau—T. Dyer, Ted Johnstone, Lena Wheeler, Holly | Irene Reynolds, A. P. Franklin,| HE'_D u“ N'GH]' Charles Wortman, Don Vent, }larris; Atkinson i i "y Sitka to Juneau — Ada Smith, | A joint installation of new offi- Andy Malachoff. cers was held last evening at the! Juneau to Edna Bay— Harry Dugout by the Alford John Brad- Sperling. i ‘ford Post of the American Legion | Juneau to Petersburg—Dan Ral- and the Legion Auxiliary. Among ston. those installed were Leslie A. Edna Bay to Juneau—Mr. and Sturm, Commander, and Dorothy Mrs. Robert M. Cowling, Mrs. J. L, Manthey, President. Mahler, Howard D. Mahler. | A turkey ‘dinner followed the Juneau to Haines—Clyde Schom- business ion, and according to reports, was hugely enjoyed by all bel, Laurence Sorrels. Juneau to Skagway—Peter J.|2ttending. Lundy, Ruth Allee. filgl]llgl)t of the evening was the Skagway to Juneau — Ray G. serving of a wedding cake, topped Daniels, Clyde Moore, Mildred with a miniature bride and groom, Steen, Golden Waltman, Ray i honor of the marriage of Allen Adams. " land Esther Johnstone. Haines to Juneau—Blanche EI- p SR lingen, Harold V. Carlsen '"RES lsSuED DURING Yesterday ‘afternoon, Ellis Air-| lines made a flight to K(‘lchik;\n: PERIOD IN SEp‘l‘EMBER on the battlefield. The GermanS\Doug]as School Board for the past JW"‘" non-plussed. | six years, just recently resigning| |" They mumbled something about upén purchasing Juneau property.| { their urgent need of ending the|Mr. Engstrom has served on the| war. | Douglas City Council for many | “Ah,” said Foch, “I understand |terms and completed a year's term | —you have come to seek an armis- as Mayor of Douglas in the spring.| | tice!” Both will be missed and it is hoped | i The Germans admitted that it they will continue in Douglas ac-| was indeed they who wanted to|tivities although living on the Ju-| | quit. Three days later the armis-|neau side. They have two boys, tice was signed. Germany could |Elton, Jr., and Allan, who are at-| {get it modified only slightly. The |tending the Juneau Public Schools | number of guns, trucks and other this year. |items of equipment which she was | to turn over to the Allies were re- duced in some cases. Germany . LODGE MEETING There will be a regular meeting | Lot 3 |of Gastineaux Lodge No. 124, F.| i:;d?ht lfl;:sm'::"gt PE Mhess Jems | and A. M., this evening in the Eflgles‘l | > o | Hall. ‘There will be work in the "(ash Room" Doles 0u| ‘Eilfibieifiififixf]‘weféifif ik Hundreds of Thousands Of Dollars for Checks {Continued from Page One) MILLER HERE Earl Miller arrived at his home| here yesterday from a westward de- | fense job where he has been em- ployed. Miller, a Douglas City Councilman, plans on remaining on the Channel and will accept local employment here. Joseph E. Webb, one of the tellers, | who is responsible for most of this information, are “beau dollars,” the silver cartwheels which are so |common in the west but as scarce as $2 bills in the east. Being human, and thus capable NATATORIUM COMPLETED The Douglas Natatorium has been | under repairs during the past week with James Manning and William | Cuthbert doing the work. The taking the following passengers: Henry Hogue, Mrs. Simms, Ivar| 4! Koger. Following is a list. of the recepi- i, Juneau to Petersburg—Joe Me- ents of rationed commodities, per herin. | certificates issued by the Juneau Juneau to Wrangell—E. A. Ras- War “Price and Rationing B(‘mrd’ musson. for the period from September llr |to September 30. 14 PASSENGERS HERE | company. suck mits * akutatr | William E. Nigh (Haines), Royal FROM FA'RBA"KS, MR Blue Cab, Frank L. Holmes, Joseph | 2 | Peloza, City of Juneau (John P. An Alaska Airliner, in from Monagle), Alaskan Cab, Eugene B. Fairbanks, brought to Juneau the Lowman (Haines). following persons yesterday after-| Tractor tires: noon: Joe Peters, Charles Taylor, | Mills. Hazel Taytor, Mrs. F. W. William- son, E. J. King, Arthur Meyer, Art Wellman, Ivan Farrell, Mrs. Evelyn Mahan, Paul Oudrejckik, Phyllis Powell, Harold Smith, Vern Hall and George Foy. Leaving here for Anchorage yes- terday were Mrs. Matt Walton, R. L. Bernard, Mrs. Fred Sorri and | infant, Mrs. Jack Klingberg and infant, George Pennington and James Reed. Felix Gray was a pas- senger for Yakutat. R FILES FOR DIVORCE A divorce has been filed at the | office of the Clerk of the U. S. District Court by Carmen Norton from Neal C. Norton. Juneau Lumber | e | HERE FROM WRANGELL I Nick Simsirs, of Wrangell, has arrived here and is now a guest | at the Gastineau Hotel. e CARO TRANSFER | | i Has moved their offices to the| J. B. Burford & Co. Anyone wish- | ing to contact same, please call at| J. B, Burford & Co., or Phone 344." CARO TRANSFER HAULING and CRATING DIESEL, STOVE, CRUDE OIL Phone 344 Phone 344 GUY L. SMITH DRUGS CORY COFFEE MAKERS of errors, the tellers sometimes do make mistakes but far less than you would expect in view of the amount of money handled. Accord- ing to Webb, the cash room has a system whereby any person short- changed will always get the amount that is due him. They haven't been able to figure out a system yet that will make all those who get foundation has been strengthened, windows enclosed and the furnace moved to the south end of the hall. | It is now ready to withstand the winter weather. RETURN FROM TAKU TRIP Joe Reidi, Jr., and Clancey Hen- | kins returned Sunday evening from a ten-day hunt in the Taku country. Although seeing many cows, year- JUNEAU EMBLEM CLUB NO. 90 INITIATION TONIGHT 80'Clock Elks Hall Table Lamps Asbestos Electric Range TOP MATS MIXER BOWLS For General Electric, Mixmaster and Hamilton Beach Models Alaska Electric Light and Power Company ' JUNEAU DOUGLAS Phone No. 616 Phone No. 18 overpaid bring back the pickup. Many think that it comes out of Uncle Sam, who can well afford it. As a matter of fact, it comes out lings and calves, no bulls were seen and the party came back empty handed. (FORMAL) i PAGE THREE TOP CAST IS IN : : MUSICAL FEATURE Last Time Tonight AT 20TH CENTURY 5% ENTURY One of the greatest casts of top ranking entertainers ever assembled for any one motion picture is to be seen in 20th Century-Fox's song and dance filled musical “Stormy Weather.” Lena Horne, Bill Robinson and Cab Calloway lead the list of the hit picture which is now at the 20th Century. In addition to these three great entertainers the picture also includes Katherine Dunham and her international ballet group, Fats Waller and the Nichols Bro- thers. A host of other .outstanding personalities are included in lesser roles in the picture which is set to a tempo of swiftly changing musical backgrounds that tell the history of modern American music in a cavalcade from ragtime to| swing. 3 Ul disicisi MRS. WILLIAMSON HERE Mrs. F. W. Williamson, wife of a wellknown civil engineer, arrived in Juneau yesterday by plane from Fairbanks and will be at home in the Hillcrest Apartments. Mr Wll-| liamson is now cngaged in work in | Southeast Alaska and will soon re- | join his wife DON'T FORGET—A GOOD SHOW AT COLISEUM — e GRAY TO YAKUTAT U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray flew to Yakutat yesterday after- noon to hear fish cases. CARO TRANSFER Has moved their offices to the J. B. Burford & Co. Anyone wish~ ing to contact same, please call at J. B. Burford & Co, or Phone 344. \/ Ul e way in less than a day! ’S EATTLE Direct Dally Service & JUNEAU & WHITEHORSE & FAIRBANKS Connections 1 ANCHORAGE, NOME, BETHEL, and AN Alaska Points No Priority Required INFORMATION . RESERVATIONS . TICKETS : 135 So. Franklin St. Phone 106 L ot U U ) N AMERICAN AIRWALS vsvem CABINETS FIXTURES L. G.FULTON & COMPANY BUILDING CONTRACTORS REPAIRING and REMODELING PAINTING ALL TYPES OF GLASS WORK Panes Replaced-New Frames Made PHONE 433 149 So. Main Streei._‘ AUDITS SYSTEMS NEILL, CLARK and COMPANY Public Accountants—Auditors—Tax Counselors * 208 Franklin Street — Telephone 757 Fairbanks Office: 201-2 Lavery Building KINLOCH N. NEILL JOHN W. CLARK TAXES WE OFFER TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF CLIENTS A COMPLETE MONTHLY ACCOUNTING AND TAX SERVICE TELEPHONE 757 of the pockets of the tellers, who can't afford it so well. Few patrons of the cash room " realize ‘hat they line up in what | was ouce the most beautiful room any Washington building. Its walls are lined with marble from Vermont, Tennessee and Italy. Soon after the building was com- pleted, President Grant held his | first inaugural ball there March 4, | 1869, and there’s a story that at night one can ‘still hear music echo through the chamber. I've never talked to any one who has been in there at night. Those who inhabit the place in the daytime say they can't hear anything but the jangle of coins and the rustle of folding i money. in Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME DINE AND DANCE The Derby Inn BAR BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH DINE AND DANCE Located at SKAGWAY SKAGWAY'S ONLY DINE AND DANCE ‘By BILLY DeBECK . SHRR----= I THE SPR\T JUS GOT KW, SNODGRASS ! PLACE SINCE THE GOLD RUSH!