The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 7, 1945, Page 5

[HURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1945 N SHOWPLALE or ENDS Tole(;lm LIVING DANGEROUSLY AND RECKLESSLY! Women PLUS FEATURE s " with lORETTA YOUNG PHILLIP TERRY * JUNE VINCENT DIANA BARRYHORE 5 (2o PERSON ODDITY—CARTOON—NEWS STARTS 8:00—10:10 FRIDAY — SATURDAY . . LAUGHS und THRILLS HUGH HERBERT " athis W00-Wo0 WOOZIEST! INA RAY HUTTON and her orchestra ISTORY OF WAFS BEING TOLD AT CAPITOL TONIGHT Packing a tremendous emotional | punch and telling the thrilling story |of America’s Army women flyers, | Walter Wanger’'s “Ladies Courage- ous” with an all-star cast headed 'bv Loretta Young and Geraldine | Fitzgerald, opened yesterday at the | Capitol Theatre and is on for final showings tonight | The Universal Studio production | |brings to the public for the first time Air Force scenes of women fly- ers in action. Most of the scenes were filmed at a U. S. Air Force base said to be one of thte busiest lairports in the world. “Ladies Courageous” tells the story | of the WAFS—Women;s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron—a civilian unit | of the U. S. Army which was organ-i ized in 1942 with twenty-five of the Ination’s foremost young women fly-| |ers in the original group. Recently | the WAFS ‘were merged with other | Army women’s units and today are' known as the WASPS—Women's| |Airforce Service Pilots. Actually, the personal stories rt\ | three beautiful young women caught of the car on which they're sitting. electrical system had been treated with “PIB”, chemical that enabled vehicles to run ashore in amphibious landings without stalling. The demonstration was staged in New York where it was stated the chemical will be released to civilians, (Inwrnatwnal) ! i { | | ,man” | hits, 'HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN' IS FEATURE AT 20TH CENTURY To Binnie Barnes, the “other wo- in many of Hollywood's biggest | goes the unheard-of assign- {ment of heroine relief to villainy in ed on the !onica Lake | ter “The Hour Before the Dawn” which is at the 20th Century Theatre. Bas- W. Somerset Maugham best-seller, the production stars Ver as such a venomous cruel and thoroughly unsympathetic character that the “other woman" in this r instance, must supply the lush qualities of the heroine The starring role of Dora, sur- passing in vitriolic meaness even the unforgettable Mildred in Maugh- ms’ “Of Human Bondage” and the caustic, cunning Leslie in “The Let-| , represents one of the most vic- ious of fiction’s obsessed women. But the casting department at the Para mount studios knew exactly where to | {find the actress capable of the nec- | essary warmth _and charm to offset | | |Miss Lak2's bitterness. TWO PRETTY GIRLS use a big hose in an attempt to flood the purring motor They failcd completely because the | the war-developed in the web of war are mr)\enmu\l“ threaded into the well- paced plot olw © ies Courageous,” revealing an! intimate picture of the emotional|Esthonia just before we entered the onflicts with which each of the| war. Donors of the volume are girls finds herself beset. Dimitry D. Maksutov, aged 75, son —_—— e —— mf the Russian Alaska governor; Dimitry C. Maksutov, aged 37; (OASIAI- AIR['NESV&:H(] the small son of the last named, Dimitry C. Maksutov, aged ‘me great-grandson of the Alas- ‘llu' family make their home on DURING WEDNESDAY Long Island, New York. Made from fossil ivory of u)mhi\mx’lc Siberian woolly mam- Outgoing Alaska Coastal Airlines’ ,moth, the Eskimo snuff box is an planes took the following passengers| unusually fine specimen which was out of Juneau yesterday: | obtained together with three jade To Lake Hasselborg: James Rude.| i drills, used by the Eskimos for bor- To Pelican City: E. G. Wh!tehead ing holes in wood, ivory and other | and Don McGee. materials; and a specimen of blue To Hoonah: A. B. Peterson, Nellie| paint rock such as that used for Hanson and Robert Hanson. To Tenakee: P. T. Carmichael. |poses. Both of the last items came To Hawk Inlet: Hans Floe and from Nunivak Island, Mr. |Nick Jukich. | explained. | To Sitka: Mrs. E. Clemson, Syl-| Of particular local interest is the itostex Weidel, Walter Daniell, Sue “Family Brand” canned salmon \K’lmfldy‘ Virgil S. Carrier and W. R. label showing a family group of | | Peterson. !the founder, John Peratrovich, Dal- { To Haines: N. A. McEachran. |matian webmaker who Incoming planes brought the fol- what is believed to be lowing: commercial salmon From Haines: pany in the Territory, the first Mrs. Jennie Thur- which open Presenta- the | { obtaining colors for decorative pur- | Keithahn | operated | packing com- | !ant and J. B. Carlyle. ed at Klawock in 1878. BEAMESDEFER | IDENTIFIED AS BEAMESDEFER FRAMINGHAM, Mass., June 7.-- I A 27-year-old American soldier spent the “30 most harrowing days” of his |life when he was captured by his | own troops and held as a wounded | “German prisoner of war.” ! Corporal Gilberv J. Beamesderfer | {of Ephrata, Penn., a Cushing Gen- | | eral Hospital patient recently grant- | ‘ed a 90-day work furlough, was a | squad leader in the Thirty- -fifth | Division of the Third Army before, events became too confused for com- | | fort. | He remembered leading his men | | against a German machine gun nest in France and being hit in the left |arm. Then apparently he got mixed ‘up with some captured Germans and when he awoke he was in a hospital Just before they gave him ether, | a surgeon spoke to him reassuringly | —in G¢ n. Beamesderfer, who | | | Miss Barnes is one of the screen’s most versatile actreses. She can |supply comedy relief for audience | {laughs as easily as she can worry ithe star with sophisticated competi- | tion for the heart interest. Never | ' having been typed, she has little fear | now that it will ever be attempted,' for in “The Hour Before the Dawn”, Mlss Barnes breaks tradition with all | past performances and gives the pflrect portrayal of that rare kind lof woman whom all men find chumung and other women trust. | psaE e | | TIDES TOMORROW 6:30 a.m., -24 ft. e High 12:50 p.m., 159 ft. e Low 18:33 p.m., 1.2 ft. ® e 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 —————————— 4 FOUND GUILTY, COUNTERFEITING MILWAUKEE, June 7.—A Federal court jury last night found four ; men guilty of condpiracy in con- nection with. what Secret Service @ agents testified was the operation of a,big counterfeit ring in the middle |west. Judge F. Ryan Duffy deferred sentence after counsel for one of = the defendants had moved for ar-‘ll . . ® Low " PAGE FIVE: 750keNTopy TONITE! IN A DEADLY GAME WITH THE MAN SHE MARRIED . BUT HATED! The author of “The Letter” and “Of Hu- man Bondage” cre- otes another unfor- gettable female fury. PARAMOUNT'S THE HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN" Another Hit From PARAMOUNT starring VERONICA LAKE - FRANCHOT TONE «n JOHN SUTTON - BINNIE BARNES . Phlhp Menvala Nils Asther Henry Stephenson Plus-Alaska Adventure-"Snow Sentinels” COLOR CARTOON—UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS LATEST NEWS IRREIREREY FISHERMEN—BOAT OWNERS IN OUR NEW STORE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AT THE NORTH END OF THE SMALL BOAT HARBOR WE ARE NOW HANDING A MODERATELY PRICED LINE OF MARINE HARDWARE and FISHING TREEREITNSIIERRSESSEANND.! rest of judgment. g CARPENTERS FLoecal Union 2247 Regular Meeiiné of All Carpenters Will Be Held Friday Night at 8 inthe A. F. of L. Hall From Skagway: Mrs. Mildred Lee, tion was made by Roy Peratrovich,|spcflks German, grinned and an- ’ Dricilla Lee a nd Ella Mathews. |descendant of the early packer. From Tenakee: Mrs. Charles E., Other items not yet catalogued {Jdhnson, Cyril D. Hansen and Sam | nd labeled have been received, Mr. Asp. | From Hawk Inlet: Joe Hanson. ! showe { From Pelican City: E. Erickson. | From Hoonah: Andrew Johnnie, | Phillip James and Hugh Antrim. From Sitka: A. M. Anderson, B. J. | Wellman, Violet Roland, S)lvesler Wcude] Walter Daniell, Charles Pot- ' st Dunil,Chares ot GIRL SCOUT CAMP \Henry Moy and Mrs FeLc Terenco.| Mrs. Josephine Boyd, Treasurer | | of the Girl Scout Council, will be /ALASKA MUSEUM HAS soon, B PREPARATIONS FOR | Keithatin said, and will be in the | | swered in the enemy language. Hours later an American lieuten- | ant passed by, and Benmesderrer‘ asked: “What happened? Have we | been captured?” ; “Be quiet,” the i yu're all right. buddi | “Budi Hell!” Beamesderfer | |8 sereamy “Get me out of l\em‘ an ‘American!” | lieutenant said. | You're with your 1 I'm | The officer smiled and left. Ger- | mans posing as Americans wernj nothing new. After ten days in France, the prisoners, including | lacy were August (Jack) Sorcey, An-'= The men found guilty of conspir- | thony Cicerello and Dominick (Jack) |5 Rizzo, all of Milwaukee, and Martin & King of Racine, Wis. Sorcey also's was found guilty of possession and & |sale of counterfeit currency and Riz- ! (2o of the sale of the bogus money. ]H ——————— ] GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL iR MEETING ON JUNE ll ‘ A meeting of the Girl ScouL Council will be held next Monday !at 2 p.m. in the penthouse of the I SUPPLIES OUR STOCK INCLUDE Glass Floais and other Halibut Gear, Trolling Supplies, Galley Supplies, Tools, Painis, Eic. We Invite Your Inquiries and Inspection MacLEAN METAL WORKS Box 1501 Phone 703 BEREERREERESRIIFRNSE | tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 5| Beamesderfer, were transferred to .1‘Alnsku Electric Light and Power ' - | o'clock, to receive the balance of | pow camp in England. Finally he | Company, it was announced today, : | sammer camp fees from Girl Scouts | managed to nab an interrogator. | when activities in connection with - A. K. “SPIKE” MacLEAN, Owner JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. ———————————— | poerr e e e = VANITY BEAUTY SALON Cooper Bldg., Elsie Hildreth, Mgr. OPEN EVENINGS PHONE 318 Frances Ann Beauty Salon HOME OF Lanolin Creme Permanent Wave PHONE 388 195 S. Franklin Open evenings by appointment | CARO TRANSFEB || HAULING and CRATING | | { DIESEL, STOVE, CRUDE OIL Phone 344 Phone 344 . NORTHLAND ‘TRANSPORTATION C O M P AN Y | | | i !in the lobby of the Baranof Hotel | | l NEW ACQUISITIONS | | and Brownies, they were reminded Such varied items as a volume. of today. | Russian history, fossil ivory Eskimo | | With the date for opening of sum- {snuff mortar from Shaktoolik, and 'mer camp rapidly approaching and a photo-bearing label from the most preparations completed, there first brand of salmon packed in is still an urgént need for volunteers !Alaska as well as five pieces from | to go out June 14 and aid in setting | the ill-fated Will Rogers- Wiley up the camp itself, Camp Chairman | !Post plane which crashed in 1935, | Mrs. Edwin Johnson stated, adding | | have been added to the collection | that it was hoped that parents of | the Girl Scout sand Brownies would of the Alaska Territorial Museum, Curator E. L. Keithahn announces. The Russian volume, presented to the museum by the descendants of Prince Dimitry P. Maksutov, last' Russian governor of Alaska, is a| 1939 publication issued by the As-| sociation of Former Russian Naval | Officers in America, and printed in volunteer. Those who can assist in the work are requested to call Mrs. | Johnson at Douglas 283. THELMA HERMANSON HERE Thelma L. Hermanson, of Wood- burn, Oregon, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. | “T'll tell you things about PLnn—" | sylvia that no one could tell you | | unless he's actually been there,” | Beamesderfe said desperately. the Girl program will be considered. | They called in a Philadelphia | nurse. He told her about the unique | customs of the Amish, descendants | | of German settlers of eastern Penn- ! sylvania. The nurse was impressed. Camp officials cabled Washington for his fingerprints. They establish- | ed Beamesderfer as Beamesdefer. On the thirtieth day of his imprison-| | ment, an officer burst into his tent | and announced: | i “I am happy to inform you that you're an American gt last!” ———,——— Empire tht-uds trnng results! THEATRE TONIGHT and FRIDAY 2 FEATURES “LURE OF THE ISLANDS" —~PLUS— “THE _GHOST RIDER” Betesiase st sy s o) ANNOUNCEMENT It gives me great pleasure fo announce the GRAND RE-OPENING of the former Royal Cafe, now the YANSON CAFE located right in the very heart of Juneau. I take great pride in announcing that the newly renovated, smartly painted and modernly equipped YANSON CAFE is now ready to serve the public both American and Chinese dishes. Hospitality, excellent service, cleanliness and high quality foods are our greatest assets. Your patronage is desired and will be highly appreciated. by Florentine Yanson Healing Ventllahon Sheel Metal T5 9N TAYRCRRERARATE) we do a little better grade of PAINTING and PAPERING Many people have asked if we did Residence work and I wish to say we do and are taking care of these jobs as fast as we can possibly get to them. JAMES S. McCLELLAN Phone Douglas 374 P. 0. Box 1216 MEN WANTED JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS Must Have Availability Certificates AUDITS SYSTEMS NEILL, CLARK and COMPANY Public Accountants-—Auditors—Tax Counselors 208 Franklin Street — Telephone 757 Fairbanks Office: 201-2 Lavery Building KINLLOCH N. NEILL JOHN W. CLARK WE OFFER TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF CLIENTS A COMPLETE MONTHLY ACCOUNTING AND TAX SERVICE TELEPHONE 757 SEERERERERENIETATENURRIRISTUEL;