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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1945 June Vincent - Jerome Cowan - ""l""' Gus Schilling and The Kllfs (1} . The Four Society Girls T E=====5 f @ FRONTIER BADMEN: 7:00—9:35 SING A JINGLE: 8:15—10:50 Special Kiddies’ Matinee SATURDAY—1:30 P. M. EVELYN AND HER GANG WITH ALL NEW GAMES . ..CONTESTS...PRIZES Come===Join the Fun! SEECILAL TRLP to HOLE IN THE WALL GLACIER Most rapid advancing since Black Rapids Overnight at Taku Lodge. Special “for Scenic Photography Boat leaves Ferry Dock SATURDAY — 1 P. M. Round Trip - - $15 Call Mary Joyce, - Baranof Hotel - || CARO TRANSFER '| HAULING and CRATING DIESEL, STOVE, CRUDE OIL Phone 344 Phone 344 SERVICE Christenson Bros. Garage 909 Twelfth St. PHONE 659 0000000000000000000000000000000000000 CATERPILLAR EG.U. 8. PAT. OFF. DIESEL MARINE ENGINES GENUINE PARTS SALES SERVICE NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO. “Caterpillar” and Allied Equipment Distributor in ALASKA and YUKON TERRITORY JUNEAU BRANCH—227 Admiral Way FARMING EQUIPMENT MINING MACHINERY WE CARRY IN STOCK Onan Electric Sets Doran Electric Air Whistles 12 and 32 volt D.C. in 6-12-32 Volt —_— HARRI MACHINE SHOP Plumbing — Heating — 0il Burners HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES s PHONE 319 CAPITOL SHOWS TUNEFUL MOVIE, WEST THRILLER | Tuneful and fast-moving, Univer- sal's “Sing A Jingle” with the pop- ular singing star, Allan Jones opens tonight at the Capitol Theatre, and |promises an extra portion of enter- |tainment for filmgoers. Seen for the first time as Jones’ {leading lady will be petite, blonde {June Vincent, a relative newcomer Ito the Universal roster of top screen | personalitie | Allan Jones, who in real life {climbed to screen stardom from the \coal pits of his native Scranton, JPmmu. reverses that pattern in |“sing A Jingle”. He plays the role {of a popular singer who, when re- {jected for service in the Army, labandons his great career to be- come a humble defense worker in a plant THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA ‘COLLABORATORS' IN PARIS COURT | | | Factually, Jones completed a three menths’ of training personal camps in eastern and appearance tour | couthern states just before starting | production of his latest starring mu- |sical film. | Companion feature is |Badmen.” | 2 ‘Frontier e 181 ENEMY PLANES ARE DESTROYED GUAM, Aug. 10.—American car- rier based planes knocked out 181 Japanese planes and a number of small ships in the renewal of ‘their strikes at Japan yesterday morning, Admiral Nimitz announced today. Returns were not available from later strikes during the day and from continued attacks today, which hit largely at airfields from which the Japanese might strike at Soviet Russian troops invading Korea, Sak- halin and Manchuria. Almost the entire toll of enemy planes was taken on the ground. U. S. Carrier planes accounted for 181, of which 124 were definitely destroyed. The British bag was 24 planes and 11 gliders destroyed and 19 damaged. Thirteen others were accounted for over or near Admiral Halsey’s unstoppable Third Fleet. CHINESE IN ~ ASSAULT ON RIVER PORT CHUNGKING, Aug. 10.—Chinese troops have laid siege to the great inland river port of Tsangwu (Wu- chow), 115 miles west of Canton, the Chinese command said tonight amid indications the Japanese were rush- ing five divisions from China to Manchuria. Smashing along the Si (west) Riv- er in Kwangsi Province, General- issimo Chiang Kai?shek's troops reached the border city of Tsangwu and hurled assault columns against that former treaty port, a com- munique said. The threat to the important Japa- nese supply base came as an Army spokesman said the Japanese were preparing to move back to Man- churia five crack "divisions of the Kwantung Army which had been !sent south to strengthen north Jchina's coastal invasion defenses. /NORAH HERE " GOING SOUTH ‘The Princess Norah returned to ' {Juneau from Skagway early this morning and stopped at the Alaska Steamship Dock to unload the fol- lowing 11 passengers before con- tinuing Southbound: J. H. Sadler, M. Surrow, Mr. Wilcox, Mrs. C. B. Lindsay, C. Lindsay, Mrs. W. Jockola, 'W. Jockola, T. A. Heyden, H. Childs, J. A. Graves and Col. E. W. Morris. Outgoing passefigers ta Seattle were as follows: Henry Lorenzen, Margaret Haggart, Mrs. Bess Alex- ander, G. Heikes, Mrs. G. Heikes, Wilma Hines, Mrs. G. Samuelsen. To Vancouver: R. W. Wilson, Katherine Verdon, Madeline Stev- enson and Miss Frances Akers. To Prince Rupert: G. Winther. ‘To Ketchikan: Lena Friend and W. J. Hunt. To Wrangell: Mrs. L. Justice, The Rev. L. Justice, the Rev. Wm. Forbes and Dorrianne Barnes. — et REPLACES BELLAMY G. A. Belford has been appointed representative for the West Coast Liquor Distributors for the'towns of Skagway, Haines, Douglas, Sitka and Juneau, upon the retirement of Ben Bellamy, who recently left the Territory. Juneau from a trip to Seattle to confer with officials and accept his appointment. it K A e )| Ees Wankadd iy remitar Mildred Hines and/ Mr. Belford has just returned to, ACCUSED OF VARIOUS DEGREES of collaboration with the Nazi invaders, French civilians fill the prisoners’ box as their trial begins in the Paris Court of Justice. Behind them are their gendarme guards; in front, their lawyers—appointed by the court. Standing in the box is Helene de Franzee, 19, charged with activities in the notorious Odicharia gang used by the Germans as betrayers and torturers. (International) Say French Maska Road In Germany Gefs Support Raped_Womenf 0fMagnuson Senalor from Washington fo Take Matter Up with Truman | ON, Aug. 10 Plans for the Alaska Highway top an agenda which Senator Magnuson (D-Wash.) expects to discuss with President Truman. Magnuson told a reporter he hoped the President would ask the Canadian Government to name a yepresentative who could meet a representative of the United States and settle the mechanics of a building agreement he said, “would to get the Rumors Are Persistent in Industrial City of Stuttgart STUTTGART, Germany, Aug. 10 —With the Americans in control, everything is outwardly quiet in this once-famous industrial city, but a welter of rumors arising out of German charges that more than 1,000 women were raped during the first few days of French occu- pation in April still is growing. Since the® Americans took over the city July 13, not a single au- thenticated rape case has been r ported. Arnulf Klett, burgomaster, said he had heard of one case, but that he did not believe the girl's story. | Magnuson also | A lieutenant colonel who heads|cuss the tariff the 100th Division’s intelligence ! min products, asserting branch said, “we have had no|interested in maintaining trouble with the civilian popula-|anced” trade with Canada tion.” | He contends it is unfair to the Stories on just what did occur|Nerthwest to permit Canadian during the first two or three days|lumber and other raw materials to of the French occupation conflict.|enter duty-free and compete with One American officer who wWas| Northwest industry while eastern here at the time termed the be- manufactured articles are allowed havior of French Moroccan troops|to enter Canada without payment a “disgrace”; another American|of a tariff. “Such an arrangement,” challenged the German version as|he declared, “puts too heavy a an “exaggeration.” burden on the raw materials pro- | In view of the row over the sit- ' duced in the Northwes uvation—especially since the asser- Magnuson also plans to digcuss tion of Sen. Eastland (D-Miss.) in|with the President the establish- congress that 5,000 Stuttgart wo-: ment of a Veterans' Hospital at men and girls were held in a sub- Seattle and to talk over a forth-| way and raped—U. S. Army men coming appointment to the Ma here are reluctant to comment of-|time Commission. ficially. The polici of the Maritime| There is no subway in Stuttgart,| Commission,” he said, “will be \imll but there is a huge tunnel known | to the Northwest in the post-war | as the Wagenburg. It was designed | era.” to run clear across the city, but | b never was compieted. BICKEL The German police chief, Karl| | Weber, said most of the women! | were attacked in their homes by | turbaned Moroccan troops who WASHIN be the simpl project , under way ny.” dis- and he is “bal- intends to on lumber a - ARRIVES C. L. Bickel, of Bellingham, Qas arrived in Juneau and is a guest | at the Hotel Juneau. |arrived in Juneau and is THRILLLING STORY ON THIS EVENING AT 20TH CENTURY A thrilling story of a counterfeit gang, and the campaign of the F.B.I to circumvent its activities is told in “No Escape,” the melodrama which opens an engagement at the 20th Century Theatre tonig Dean Jagger, John Carradine and Mary Brian play the featured roles in this exciting film play, and their supporting cast includes many other such outstanding player: Bill Henry, Ian Keith, Sidney Blackmer, and Spanky McFarland As the story opens a counterfeiter is mysteriously spirited out of the penitentiary where he is serving a sentence and immediately made' a prisoner by gang leaders who wish te benefit frem his peculiar talents. The forger, in a revulsion of feel- ing, lays plans for escape, and hair- raising developments follow in swift succession as he matches wits with his captors. The story gathers tre- mendous speed as the F.BI. enters th and the story reaches its climax in a rush of furious action. Toe second feature is “Western Mail” with Tom Keene. D ENGLISH TRACTOR | HOPES GET BOOST ase NEW YORK Harry Ferguson, Irish inventor of the Ferguson sys- tem tractor-implement units, wants to make England a world- center for mass production and sell British-built tractors to every farm- er in the eastern hemisphere. If he doesn’t build tractors in Eng- land, he plans to build them in In- dia, France, Canada or Australia Ferg slight, intense ma with an ascetic face, belives his tors can revolutionize farming, His goal is mass production on the scale of the assembly lines of De- troit and other American centers. Ferguson spent several years in the United States, working with Hefry Ford. Ford's factories have turned out some 200,000 of the Fer- guscn-style tractors and will contin- u2 to supply the western hemi- sphere. . e Trish inventor plans two mod- els, one capable of hauling a three- ton load 25 miles an hour, the other powerful encugh to haul five tons at that pace. of - Domei Agency Is Controlled By Jap Govt. Domei, which broadcast word of Japan’s readiness to surrender if the emperor remains, is a govern- ment-sponsored, government - con- trolled news agency which served as Tokyo's mouthpiece. The full name is Domei Tsushin, Alliance News Agency. | - LOGAN HERE . ! L. Logan, of Anchorage, has a guest V. at the Baranof Hotel. Yc COLISEUM v LAST TIMES TONIGHT JAMES CAGNEY HUMPRHEY BOGART “The OKLAHOMA KID” (DOUGLAS - COLISEUM THEATRE TONIGHT ONLY “TOP SGT. MULLIGAN” “The Corpse Vanishes’ | broke down the doors in looting forays. i CARROLL HERE ‘ C. A. Carroll, mayor of Skagway, | jarrived in Juneau yesterday on an | Alaska Coastal plane and is a ‘gues! at the Baranof Hotel. HAIR STYLED by Experis || WE SPECIALIZE n C O M Waving Permanents Styling Shaping Hours 9 A. M. to 6 P. M | Baranof | Beauty Salon| OPEN EVENINGS BY PHONE 538 SERVING NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION P A NY \ ALASKA GA: ! [ANTYRY HEE KIS JUNERY SATURDAY MATINEE JUNIORS PRIZES! AMATEUR STAGE SHOW —— CONTESTS ———FUN FOR ALL——— CARTOON —SHOW STARTS 1:30 P. M. Lhavinag died Tonight and Saturday — 2 HITS! HE KNOWS WHAT TERROR MEANS! § You'll tremble as the screen reveals shock after shock in this story of a man who discov- ered the secret of a ruthless crime ring! " i AGGER o CARRADINE we BRIAN BILL HENRY SIDNEY sre%fi Al 3 WITH HIS FAMOUS HORSE < 1omKE | There is no substitute for newspaper advertising! 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