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ONDAY, MARCH 12, 1945 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE Sor———— "Starring RED SKELTON with ESTHER WILLIAMS XAVIER CUGAT FEATURE 7:50—10:15 —PLUS— ° | News—Cartoon | DEFERMENT PLAN IS EXPLAINED IN ORDER JUST MADE Details of the plan approved by the Office of War Mobilization and | Reconversion governing the proced- ure for making requests for defer- ment of a limited number of men under 30 years of age who hold key positions in war industries were |contained in a memorandum sent to local boards by National Head- [CAPITOL HAS SMASH HIT FOR FEATURE Joy is unconfined at the Capitol| Theatre, where “Bathing Beauty” opened yesterday to howls of laugh- ter and the complete approval of the first-day audience. Here, in Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer's latest musical, you will find movie entertainment at its best: fun, music, color, beautiful ;girls and everything else that goes to make a smash hit musical. quarters of Selective Service. Red Skelton is at his very best inj The new procedure calls for the “Bathing Beauty,” and he is ably filing of a new form, known as the abetted by beautiful Esther Williams porm 42A (Special Revised), for the swimming champion who reveals registrants under 30 whom occu- plenty of acting talent as well as|pational deferment is sought, and beauty; Basil Rathbone, making & for certification by agencies in the turnabout from his usual villainous| Government responsible for pro- roles to play a Broadway producer; | qurement and production of war carlos Ramirez, Bill Goodwin, Ethellgoods and those responsible for the Smith, the Hit Parade organist, and'maintenance of essential services, in the Harry James and Xavier c“x“}order 10"t -ibéal “Hoards 1h dps protk bl |termining which registrants, in the Red is a song-witer who forgets jnterest of the war effort, should about his songs when he meels o given the most serious consid- Caroline Brooks (Miss Williams) at eration for occupational deferment. a resort. Producer Rathbone frames Up To Employers rather seek her company than settle size, however, that employers may down to work, and Esther walks out| ¢ the new form with the local swimming instructor at a New Jer- ., ... qenijed by the Federal Gov- sey school. 'ernment agency having jurisdiction. hcdflzgg:e&:i:;um\lnic;oeri; COl'e“"Dlayer does not come within the Lo B L e | jurisdiction of any Federal agency. EA to grant or deny the deferment MC(ORMI(K I- VES !request as its judgment of all facts To A'IE"D MEE""G |are instructed to give the certified |requests the most serious considera- rector of Selective Service, left by ~Under the new regulations regis- plane today for Seattle enroute trants of the ages 30 through 33 to tend a conference of state and ‘necessary to and regularly engaged regional directors. Representatives an activity in war production ton and Alaska will be at the health, safety or interest. meeting. McCormick said he ex-| Previously it was cnly required a week. {to be eligible for deferment be —. e |“regularly engaged in” an activity Has returned to Juneau and will safety and interest or an activity be available for appointments for in war production. Phone 636, Blomgren Bldg. The memorandum states: T T “If all other factors are equal, him with the girl when Red would‘ Selective Service officials empha- on Skelton to return to her job 85 5514 even though certification has Nothing feazes Red, however, and r, may also be filed if the em- e |The local board will be empowered 'available dictates, but the boards John McCormick, Territorial Di- tion. to Salem, Oregon, where he will at- be eligible for deferment must be from California, Oregon, Washing- or in support of the national pected to return to Juneau within that registrants in this age group DR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON in support of the national health, eye examinations until March l'L‘ Additional Factors ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS |a father should be 'given greater dum states, will be requested to file new form 42A (Special Re- vised) to the appropriate agency of the Federal Government for cer- tification or denial of certification. The agencies have agreed to spe- cific limitations upon the total number of certifications that will; be made under the procedure by jeach agency and to definite limita- tions upon the type of persons to be certified. The list of agencies is as follows: Army Service Forces. Navy Department. Navy Air Forces. War Production Board. Maritime Commission. Petroleum Administration War, Office tion. War Food Administration. Coordinator of Fisheries. Rubber Reserve. Solid Fuels Administrptor 3 EVENTS WIN FORMICHIGAN | Wolverine Cindermen Edge lllinois by One Point in Meet CHICAGO, March 12—Any ex- perts who want to argue that well- |balanced track squad, scoring in| | most events, is better than one with | specialists concentrated in a few| events, will find Coach J. Kenneth| | Doherty, of Michigan, taking the ! negative. Doherty had reason to refute the| jold well-balanced squad argument, e, as his Wolverines rejoiced following their fifteenth Western Conference Review Committee on Deferment ! of Government Employees. ' Track Championship victory, their third in a row, Natlonal Roster of Scientific and| . Specialized Personnel. Of the 55.1 points they scored| 4 b Saturday to edge out Illinois by Office of Scientific Research md\one point, 37 were tallled in just Development. {th . i Prostifement ree events: the 880-yard run, the Service mile and the t&o-mile. Eighteen of F 2 g ° Itheir poits came from the mile The division of jurisdiction over| + the activities in war production m_[evem.. b quverlnes Sorl in the national health, safety, and el i interest will be determined by a committee of the agencies, the|pp, " memorandum explains, and the ac- loRD BYRON tivities under the jurisdiction of1 {the agencies listed are not con-| AND "juG" IN 1 tained in the memorandum. | "Gold Dust Twins” Shut| JUNIOR DAY ON SKI HILL Out Shute-Byrd Duo | at 39& Hole ' for of Defense Transporta- for and Assignment IS Bi6 TIME More than 50 Gastineau Channel ski' enthusiasts made a success of| MIAMI, Fla, March 12.—Byron| “Junior Day” activities in the Nelson and Harold “Jug” McSpaden, | Douglas Ski Area Sunday. |after they finally got the knack of | About 15 of the more venturesome | téam play, turned into a devastat-| spent Saturday night at the mp'ing combination that overwhelmed! cabin, with the intent to ride the Sammy Byrd and Danny Shute, 8 wide-open slopes of the Ski Bowl and 6, in the final match of !he: on Sunday, but were early chased $7500 International Four-ball Golf down to the packed Slalom hill byl‘ToumgmenL over the Miami Springs| the quantities of very heavy snow Municipal Course, Sunday. which made for tough going. | “The Gold Dust Twins” had never Despite the difficult snow condi- | Pefore advanced beyond the second tions, the Junior-Senior team races|Found of the Miami Four-ball, but over the slalom course were run Plaved unbeatable golf through-out| {her pajamas on. | ‘these are revealed in this feature. | Hayes, CARO TRANSFER HAULING and CRATING DIESEL, STOVE, CRUDE OIL Phone 344 Phone 344 with a turn of your *“CHEERFUL AS ITS NAME* SUNNY BROOK NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION, BOURBON WHISKEY — BLEND zzzzzrgrr T TN Bids will be received at the office lof the City Clerk, Juneau, Alaska, |until 8:00 P. M., March 16, 1945, |for the construction of a Gridiron iat the Juneau Boat Harbor, in accordance. with plans and specifi- |cations by the City Engineer. consideration for occupational de- ferment than a non-father in this are group.” Concerning registrants of the ages 34 through 37, the memoran- dum states: i “Merely the determination is re- quired that the registrant is ‘regu- Plans and Specifications may bé larly engaged in’ an activity in war iobtained at the Office of the City production or in support of the | Engineer. inational health, safety .or interest.” The*City ' reserves the-right to| The plan was worked out by a reject any or all bids and to waive committee appointed on January all informalities. {17 by James F. Byrnes, Director of Bach bid shall be accompanied War Mobilization and Reconversion. by a Certified Check, Cashier's The committee included Maj. Gen. |Check or Bid Bond payable to the Lewis B. Hershey, Director of Se- City of Juneau in an amount not Jective Service; Paul V. McNutt, less than five percent (5%) of the Chairman of the War Manpower amount of the bid. Commission; J. D. Small, Executive A. B, HAYES, Mayor, |Officer, War Production Board; City of Juneau.|Howard Bruce, Acting Director of Material, War Department, and Rear Admiral F. G. Crisp, Director of Shore Establishments and Civili- an Personnel, Navy Department. Combat Replacements Stressing the fact that the re- quirements of the armed forces for combat replacements have sharply increased, that the supply of | physically fit men in the age group !18" through 25 is practically ex- 'hnumd and that the supply of men 26 through 29 is extremely limited, the memorandum to the local boards states “the prospect for registrants 18 through 29 is that they will be inducted unless the information submitted to local boards by employers indi- cates that they are ‘necessary to and regularly engaged in’ and that | they are indispensable and irre- placeable in an activity in war production or in support of the national health, safety and in- terest.” Physically fit men in the 30- through 37-year-old group—especi- ally those under the age of 34— are confronted with the prospect of AN wrist o 49% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIIS WINDOW IDEAL PHONES . 633549 AUTO GLASS CO. Glass' Work of All Descriptions 121 MAIN STREET induction “to the extent to fill the | calls.” Séparate procedure is continued for ‘the processing of men 18 through 29 in the Merchant Ma- rine whose deferment is requested. ‘ Procedure applicable to Federal ‘Government = employees, agés - 18 through 29, will be similar to . the PLATE GLASS F. W. WENDT DON ABLE WALTER GENERAL New Construction and Remodeling Phone Green 768 evenings P. 0. Box 3091 AUDITS KINLOCH N. NEILL WE OFFER.TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF CLIENTS A COMPLETE MONTHLY ACCOUNTING AND TAX SERVICE TELEPHONE 767 SYSTEMS NEILL, CLARK and COMPANY Public Accountants—Auditors—Tax Counselors 208 Franklin Sireet — Telephone 757 Fairbanks Office: procedure for registrants in private ‘employment, provided that every deferment request must continue to be’ made in accordance with Public Law 23 end ‘must bear the prescribed ‘authorized A Government ‘Request -stamp - or notation. File New Form Certain employers, the memoran- e A A e e REGISTRATION OF VOTERS Citizens who are not registered voters must register by April 1st to qualify as electors at the Municipal election to be held in the City of Juneau April 3rd. . Persons who voted at the last municipal election need not register again as their names are on the registration lists. If you are not reglstered, do not delay in so doing at once. Registered voters who have changed their addresses since the last Municpal election must notify the City Clerk promptly so that proper record can be made of such changes as to precinct. i J. E. KEARNEY, City Clerk. Pirst_publication, March 5, 1945, - Zigst. publication, March: 26, 1945, J. STUTTE CONTRACTOR Estimates Furnished TAXES 201-2 Lavery Building JOHN W. CLARK off per schedule. The Seniors fin- ished with the faster total times, ibut had to draft a Junior to do it, 1in_order to fill out their team ranks. Thus 'twas a moral victory for the youngsters. From all sides there was nothing but praise for the way in which the Juniors handled their responsi-i bilities of the day, Plenty of food! |was provided, along with a never-| | the tourney this time and were never {in serious danger. They were 14 un- | ider par for the 30 holes needed to | conquer Shute and Byrd, who scored | the big upset of the event Satur- |day when they ousted the Sammy| 8nead-Bob Hamilton combine. | TWO DOCTORS BACK * Isuspended, but we feel that it is | |empty coffee pot. i | FROM ALEUT VILLAGE Judge and timer for the racing| events was Instructor Eric Sund-| Drs, James Smith and L. L. Pet- sten. Starter was Leon Alexander.! erson returned on the Estebeth yes- Contestants and their average terday from the Aleut village of times for two hours run' over the, Killlsnoo where they have been giv- course were: ing medical and dental examinations Pirst—Joe Werner, Sr.41 uecond&] to those Aleuts going back to the Second—Buddy Hunter, Jr., 412 islands in April. seconds. Dr. Smith said the Aleuts were in Third—Bill - Carlson, Sr., 44 sec- good shape and were inoculated onds. | against smallpox, typhoid and diph- Fourth—Lynn Forrest, 48.3 | theria. He said, at the time he left seconds. the village, it was expected some Pifth—Jim Rude, Jr., 49.2 seconds. | Army officers would arrive soon in Sixth — Iver Skerem, Sr., 49.2 Killisnoo to make final arrange- seconds, | ments for transportation of the Carlson, who placed third, was natives back to their homes. originally set to run as a Junior, ! St i but was loaned to the Seniors and | BUY WAR BONDS figured largely in their victory. Total | Senior time was 1342 seconds; 4 ot g s! | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: HOOPSTER IN BET SCANDAL NOT STUDEN LaGuardia Scores Laxity of Brooklyn College Faculfy Over Air NEW YORK, March 12.—Mayor La- Guardia said here that investigation has disclosed that one of the five| ROSCOE LAUGHLIN, Brooklyn College athletes involved Administrator. in the recent basketball betting | First publication, March 12, 1945. scandal is not a student at the|Last publication, April 2, 1945. school. | : The Mayor said in his weekly, broadcast . .that - the = information, came from the Commissioner in, charge of the investigation, Edgar | Jr., | That Roscoe Laughlin, administrator | | of the estate of Michael Fillo, also {known as Mike Fillo, deceased, has | filed his final account and report of this administration of said estate, land his petition for distribution | thereat, in the United States Com- | missiéner's Court for Juneau Pre- | cinet, at Juneau, Alaska; that 10 | o'clock A, M., May 15th, 1945, has | been fixed as the time and said court the place for hearing same; and that all persons concerned therein' are hereby notified to appear at said time and place and file their ob- | jections, if any, to said final account | | and petition for settlement and dis- | tribution thereof. | Dated: Juneau Alaska, March 10th, 1945. | VapoRub melt 20TH CENTURY HAS BEDROOM SCENE IN BILL Bedroom scenes handled delicately are quite numerous in modern Holly- wood productions. However, it is rare indeed that Bette Davis has such a scene. On the Warner Bros. set of “Old Acquaintance,! now at the 20th Century Theatre, Bette and Miriam Hopkins have one of these typical childhood-girl-friends- get-together-later in bedroom bits The camera is trained on a clothes closet from which Bette, while un. dressing, is relating her experiences| as a successful author. Her bare arms as they throw discraded clothes onto a chair are the only parts of her body visible. Miriam Hopkins sits dreamy-eyed on a chaise lounge commenting on Bette’s future—and her own, Bette then comes out dressed only in long pajama tops (of course, underneath | ar® shorts not visible to the camera). Director Vincent Sherman wants Bette to come out of the closet, dressed in both pajama tops and bottoms. He takes the scene ngaln‘ but Eette can’t make it. There isn't enough time during her talk with Miriam to get both parts of; There are only two solutions—and s pirncted 1 \ John Van O . DOLORES! AN LODER JOHNOGNCENT HER! ‘owren o FROM THE STAGE FLAY BY JOHN VAN DRUTEN; Produced by Dwight Deers Wiman, T LENTUR g GRAND LODGE OF | ELKS CANCELLED The annual B. P. O. Elks Grand Lodge Convention, scheduled to be held in New York City next July, has been cancelled in order to com- ply with the recent request of the War Mobilization Director, A. B.! Exalted Ruler of Juneau Lodge No. 420, announces. i Hayes quoted from a letter re»: ceived from Dr. Robert South Bar-| rett of Alexandria, Virginia, Grand | Exalted Ruler of the nationwide | fraternity, in which he said: “I am! advising the 700,000 members of the 1409 Elk Lodges throughout the | country that the Grand Exalted |Ruler "and the Board of Grand Trustees have ordered the suspen-| sion of the 1945 Grand Lodge ses- | sion which we planned to hold in | New York City in July. This de- cision was made in order to comply with the recent request of War Mobilization Director, James F.| Bymes, that all gatherings of more than 50 people be suspended for the duration. This is the first time | in the 77-year history of the B.P.O.| Elks that a Grand Lodge has been lour patriotic duty to cooperate with all government authorities engaged in shortening and winning the war.” Dr. Barrett also said that all State Elks Associations have been meetings that are not strictly in meetinngs that are not strictly in line with the letter and spirit of!| Mr. Byrnes’ request. 5 e e, — SAVE THE PIECES Of your broken lenses and send them to Box 468, Ketchikan, Alaska. They will be replaced promptly in our large and well-equipped labora- tory. Drs. C. M. and R. L. Cdrlson, Optometrists. 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