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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1945 . IIIIlIIIII|||IIII|IlIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIII|IIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHI|lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"!IIIIIII “THE WHISTLER" “TAHITI MONEY" TONIGHT! * Sunday — Monday — Tuesday * "THEY LOVE TO FIGHT. . . AND FIGHT T0 LOVE! TH with JOHN WAYNE | DENNIS O'KEEFE . SUSAN HAYWARD PLUS Cartoon — News “Fraud by Mail” THE LATEST | Released by 20n Century-Fox (- UPPER BOWL 10 BE USED BY SKIERS SURDA Skiing activities of the Ski Club will be. carried into the Upper Bowl tomorrow because of lack of snow at lower elevations. Freezing temperatures prevail over 2000 feet elevation and skiers should find good skining and pos- sibly new snow at that level. Members of the Juneau Ski Club will meet at 8 a. m. at the Bar- > Juneau anof Hotel Coffee Shop tomorrow morning for breakfast (a la carte). | Those interested only in making the hike to the Upper Cabin are invited. The Juneau Ski Club met last a regular meeting in the presided over by Curt Shattuck. Plans for further in- truction of the Ski Patrol were taken up by Art Kossner, chairman "uture social activity was discussed. Harry Sperling showed a group of Alaska pictures. Dan Moller, former Juneau skier, was a visitor from mifs’r’onomow High tide—2:13 a. m., 15.6 feet. Low tide—T7:51 a. m., 2.7 feet. High tide—13:52 p. m., 185 feet. Low tide—20:28 p. m.,, -3.1 feet. night at City Hall TIDES MONDAY High tide—2:53 a. m.,, 16.1 feet. Low tide—8:35 a. m., 2.3 feet. High tide—14:36 p. m., 18.6 feet. Low tide—21:10 p. m,, -3.2 feet., WALTER J. STUTTE GENERAL CONTRACTOR New Construction and Bemodeling Phone Green 768 evenings P. 0. Box 3091 Estimates Furnished SPECIALIZI » IN PERMANENT WAV HAIR CUTTING AND GENERAL BEAUTY CULTURE THE FIGHTING SEABEES” COMES AS CAPITOL BILL! | ‘ i vane | I i \ Since John Wayne leapt into the “pbig time” in the picture “Stage- coach” he has been a veritable |fugitive from civilian clothes. He| has appeared not only as a virile |westerner, but also as an ante- {bellum southerner, mariner, an Alaskan adventurer, mountaineer, aviator, and now, in “The Fighting |Seabees,” a naval officer. | “The Fighting Seabees,” Re- public’s latest contribution to the cycle of “epic” films, will open Sunday at the Capitol for a three- 'day showing. | Susan Hayward has the femining |lead, and Dennis O'Keefe is also iprmmnently featured in a story {that graphically depicts what an| |important part the Seabees are Iplaying in this wa: |" March of Time's latest film, “Back Door To Tokyo,” which shows how American boys are 'smashing through Burma’s jungles to open up a supply route to the ‘gallam Chinese, now fighting 'gmgglly in their seventh year of war is an added attraction, and MOT's ace Victor Jurgens, known for his previous | |work in the Far East, has once {more turned in an eutstanding | a cameraman, | hotographic - scoop. | Spot 19 — e EMBLEM CLUBTO % e HAVE PARTY ON TUESDAY, JAN. 16 Mrs. Johanna Jensen, Vice-Presi- dent of the Club and chairman of | |the social evening of Tuesday, Jan-! uary 16, has appointed Mrs. Ruby| | Cashen to take charge of the en- tertainment. The committee com- posed of Mrs. Selma Vukovich, Mrs. | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA MERCHANTLEAGUE | ALLEN - ABTS MEETS ON ELKS | WEDDINGON ALLEYS ON FRIDAY! JANUARY 22 | [ Playing their second series of Announcement of the coming games in the second half of the marriage of Miss Lois Mary Allen s' bowling season, the eight com-ito Aaron Edward Abts was made ial teams took over the alleysitoday by the bride-elect's parents, with Sabin’s winning over Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Allen. Percy's, Henning'’s| The wedding will be solemnized beating Ordway’s, 1355 to 1321; Ju-/at 8 oclock in the morning of neau Drug walking over 20th Cen-|January 22 in the Church of the tury Meat, 1422 to 1133; Race’s Drug| Nativity. That evening, between taking Butler Mauro Drug, 1406 t0 the hours of 8:30 and 11 o'clock, 1336. !friends of the couple are invited High scorers were Stewart ofl'to call at the Allen home for a Sabin’s team with 496, Holmquist Of | wedding reception. Percy's, 424; Carnegie of Ordway's,| The lovely bride-elect is a popu- 546; Henning of Henning's, 569;|1ar member of the Juneau young me last night Lavenik of Juneau Drug, 565; Sm'gfliflh School and is now employed mons of Butler Mauro Drug, 463;lin the drafting department of the Hendrickson of Race’s Drug, 537. |Fm'\‘>\|‘_v Service. Mr. Abts is the Complete scores follow: |son of Mr. dnd Mrs. E. L. Abts of Sabln's |Mount Vernon, Washington and L has been with the Alaska Com- 1.“} munication System in Juneau for 134 the last two_years. ke Tora| Miss Allen has chosen as her at- ,“", 455 1264}18“([31“5 Mrs. Norman Bucy (Col- Fercy's Oate lcen Hellan) and Margaret Femmer Spot 32 32 and Mona Everetts. Tim Sullivan [f‘ HEIREE “3 - will act as the best man and Bob L ONINRE N Hopfield and Ed Walker have been 176 116 123 149 496 131 155 A. Stewart G. Waugh B. Hudson Totals 415 32 157 102 "RIDING HIGH" IS | FEATURE COMING TO20H CENTURY | Another great new Paramount musical, in Technicolor, co-starring Dorothy Lamour, Dick Powell and Victor Moore, is due at the 20th Century Theatre, starting with a 'midnight preview tonight, and also showing Sunday and Monday, with Gil Lamb, Cass Daley and Milt Britton and his band, when “Riding High” makes its local de- but. According to all reports, “Riding |High” is one of the merriest fil- 'musicals ever made, a whiz-bang of a Western, glorified with gorgeous e (Hudson of 20th Century Meat, 435;|50t She is a graduate of Juneau girls, peppy tunes, eye-filling cos- tumes . all that and Techni- color, too! It tells the hilarious story of Victor Moore, a counterfeiter, who tries to elude Sheriff Gil Lamb and play Cupid to Dottie and Dick Powell at the same time. Dottie {has the role of an ex-burlesque queen’ who returns to Arizona be- cause her father has become part (owner of a silver mine. Dick is the other owner, but the mine hasn't been able to operate without money. | That's where Moore and his coun- TONIGHT 4 PAGE THREE LENTURY James Cagney in “The Frisco Kid" | RTOON AND OTHER SHORT SUBJECTS STARTS SUNDAY CONTINUOUS SHOWS ALL DAY DOORS OPEN 1:30 P. M. MIDNIGHT PREVIEW TONIGHT! 12:30 A. M. It's the Big Techni-Color LAFF SHOW! LAST NIGHT 6&R I'S A ROARjyq \ /OF FUN, MUSIC. j} LAUGHIR, b Heap hep songs! Heap hep squaws! Heap terrific (M, Davlin M. Farness 87 86 96 365 343 387 Ordway's 269 it Totals 1095 57! 546 358 | 370| 455 423 443 1321 Henning’s | 197 209 163 129 129 129 120 130 140 455 468 432 20th Century Meat Spot 28 28 148 123 113 153 133 161 19 175 116 13 19 186 116 122 C. 185 116 135 Carnegie F. Holmquist { Totals F. Henning P, Hagerup 387/ 399 Totals 1355 84 435 384 30 28 164 118 136 L. Hudson J. Shepard 1. Wildes Florence Akervick, Mrs. Jeanette |Gould, and Mrs. Irma Johnson| promi an evening of real action| with plenty of fun. i There will be surprises and even!' a worthwhile door prize. i “Don’t rob the kiddies' piggie| banks, but do bring a few nickels! and dimes. You may find some use/ for them,” the committee says. “Let's start our New Year off with| a bang! Everyone come.’ SMITH RITES HELD ‘ AT THIS MORNING Funeral services for Richard |Smith, 16-year-old Native youth, {who died early Monday morning, |were held this morning from the | Catholic Church, the Rev. Edward Budde officiating. Interment was in | Evergreen Cemetery. Smith was from Yakutat and was a student at the Wrangell Insti-| tute. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ruth Smith. DR E. I. BUTLER " 10 DEMONSTRATE AT HOBBY SHOW Adaptation of aboriginal designs to modern usages will be ably dem- onstrated at the hobby show. being istaged by the Juneau Woman's club next Thursday afternoon and even- ing under the direction of Miss Alice Brandebury, head of the fine arts department. Dr. Evelyn I. Butler will display four media of such adaptation. A tan purse of tapestry yarn on canvas in needle point has as its| design a raven, disected view,| worked in a faithful representation of the colors used by the natlvei craftsmen, namely blue, red and| black. The raven is a typical de- sign found in the decorative art of the northwest coast and was first! used on the tom tom. The raven is again the theme for the embroidered design on a tur- quoise, rayon crepe blouse made by Dr. Butler. A Wasgo design adapted .from a| Haida blanket in tapestry yarns on canvas is used for a black needle- 422 465 446 1133 Juneau Drug | 215 160 190 565 125 153 134 412) 138 161 146 445 478 474 470 1422 Mauro Drug 136 141 186 161 136 133 143 153 147 440 430 466 1336 Race’s Drug ! Spot 3¢ 34 3¢ 102 L. Hendrckn, .. 191 169 177 537 E. Hendrckn 100 129 333, H. Barrager 155 134 434! Totals 480 466 1406, *Average—did not owl. ‘Tomorrow afternoon the Sunday | Pot Luck League will take over the! alleys at 2 o'clock and Monday night the Highheelers will meet for the| second series of games of this halt, | ELKS' BOWLERS LEAVE SUNDAY FOR KETCHIKAN The bowling teams, men and women, of the Juneau and Ketchi- kan Elks, are going to have a five matches, three games in each match, next week on the Ketchi- kan alleys. The Juneau bowlers leave tomorrow morning on the Princess Norah for the first city. The men composing the Juneau pinsters team will be Claude Car- negie, Lou Hudson, Martin Lave- nik, Howard Simmons, Lance Hen- drickson and “Butch” Blum. i The women pinsters will be Mrs, | Lavenik, Mrs. Hudson, Mrs. Sim= mons, Mrs. J. G. Shepard, Mrs, Madeline Stevenson and Mrs. Gladys Waugh. Carnegie admits the women are going to do the bowling and that is why they are being taken along. The first games will probably be bowled Monday night. e e————— ATTENTION MASONS Totals M. Lavenik E. Simmons G. Overby Totals Butler H. Simmons B. Lavenik M. Stevenson 463 430 443 Totals 460 Called Communication of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147 Monday |terfeit lettuce come in. “Riding High" is said to be in ‘Hlm spirit of recent Paramount |big-time comedy musicals like {“Star Spangled Rhythm,” “Happy |Go Lucky” and the famous “Road” pictures, which ought to be wel- come news for entertainment seekers, asked to serve as ushers. DOUGLAS NEWS MEETING DFD A regular meeting of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department was| WS £ z held Thursday evening in the Fire| chfi:{;:p:}“b:‘s:;‘";ir::)::sfi?d m«;i: Hall, with President Tauno Nflmiiordefly wiis fined $25 in the ri&y presiding. A new maintenance com- maglsu:me's court this morning mittee of Jas. Manning, Carl Lind-| 3 8 strom, Everett Martinson and Tony | Reiss was appointed. Social com- mittee appointed were Tauno Neimi Ray McCormick and Walter An- drews. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting by Everett Bliss and his committee. PROPERTY DEAL Loyde Langford and William Bohr have purchased the old Owl Cafe property in a deal with its owner Mike Pusich. The partners have a plan to industrialize the building, but at present will be busy getting moved into their new DINNER GUESTS Coliseum property. | Miss Eleanor Warren, Mrs. Lee BOUGLAS Theatre Whalin, Miss Ruby McNeill and SUNDAY NIGHT Miss Ethel McNair, all Douglas 7:30 P. M. teachers, were dinner guests of the JAMES CAGNEY Val Poors Thursday evening. —in— ""THE FRISCO D 256 FINE ASSESSED NOW PLAYING— THE BIG THRILL ACTION HIT! "THE MOON ISDOWN" with CEDRIC HARDWICKE IN SITKA Art Conley is now in Sitka, em- ployed at the sawmill there since the closing of the Juneau mill. NOTICE TO FIREMEN All Douglas Volunteer Firemen are requested to turn out at the Douglas Natatorium, Sunday after- noon at 2 o'clock to clean the floors Dine at the Bataan Cafe American-Chinese Diéhes jand assist in putting the building in shape for the coming President’s Ball which is scheduled for Janu- ary 27. The Douglas Department volunteered to do this work as part of the contribution towards the success of the ball. ; , FRESHMAN FROLIC 17 The Freshman Class of the! Douglas School held their Fresh-| man Frolic last night at the School upon returning from the' victorious Basket ball game with the Subport which was played in' Juneau. Dancing was the main! event of entertainment after which | a pie lunch was enjyed. A Subscription to “SMOKE SIGNALS” \ ¢ Your Guide to Happy Smoking % SMOKE SIGNALS is Your Magatine . .. end it Absolutely FREE! Each issue is treasure-packed % with helpful facts and fascinating fiction; hun| B deads of pictures of pipes, tobaccos, and it | %ideas. Indispensable to all smokers and FREE.! Private Earl Shortridge arrived | #send fhis coupon NOW. here yesterday from his Westward | Army base on a 30-day rurlough4| He will visit here with his sister, Mrs. Joe Stevens and his mother, Mrs. Bessie Jimmie and family. CAPITOL CAFE Southern Fried Chicken Choice Steaks DINE and DANCE You'll all be singing the reat tunes ... with Dotty and the gang! and Milt Britton AND BAND Directed by 7 GEORGE MARSHALL 4 “HUNTING THE DEVIL CAT” with Howard Hill—World’s Greatest Archer 1 v | EXTRA. MERRIE MELODY CARTOON. NEWS | BUSINESS in the STATES? fLY all THE wAY in less than a day... via Pan American FAIRBANKS & WHITEHORSE JUNEAU SEATTLE Direct Dally Service with sy from All Aloska Points —— e et INFORMATION , RESERVATIONS . TICKETS 135 So. Franklin St. Phone 106 CABINETS point purse; and the fourth article |evening. Work in E. A. Degree with LUCILLE’S BEAUTY SALON IS NOW OPEN TO SERVE HER FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS PHONE 492 WE NOW HAVE SOME . of the 750-Watt and 1000-Watt Lamps For Movie Projector Machines Alaska Electric Light and Power Company JUNEAU Phone No. 616 DOUGLAS , Phone No. 18 is a cotton towel on which the Haida mosquito is limned by use of textile paints applied with a stiff brush. This border design carries out the original color scheme of red, blue, green and black. ——ee—— SIDNEY HOOPER Sidney Hooper has died in Seattle, according to word received in Ju- neau. y Hooper was well known in Alaska, having served in various capacities on ships between Seattle and Alaska { for many years. He was captain of an Army Transport Service ship at the time of his death. The body arrived in Ketchikan today whete services will be con- ducted by the Masons. Hooper was a member of Mount Juneau Lodge, No. 147, F. and A. M, and also the B. P. O. Elks No. 420. — o FROM) ANCHORAGE Juanita J. Nelson of Anchorage is staying at the Baranof Hotel. —ro——— PECK IN TOWN DlES I" SEA"I_E and also for the many beautiful floral offerings. Special Degree Team. J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary. — e CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank everyone who was so kind and thoughtful in the illness and loss of our daughter and sister;, Elizebeth Cropley Permenter, THE CROPLEY FAMILY. DECORATING involves more than just another job of painting or papering. Remember, the important part is to be sure the decorator can give you correct color styling even _ though the scheme may be very simple. Why not have your color scheme suit your individuality ? J. S. MeCLELLAN Phone DOUGLAS 374 Box 1216 1.6.FULTON & COMPANY BUILDING CONTRACTORS REPAIRING and REMODELING ALL TYPES OF GLASS WORK Panes Replaced-New Frames Made PHONE 433 149 So. Main Street William E. Peck, CAA man from Ilmchomge, is staying at the Gas- tineau Hotel, BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH 3 PO, U] ANON ISINOAAIN WAOA A AUMNY G31R339D 3NO ANALOAINWO 335 J3INISHL00S WU3IW