The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 17, 1945, Page 5

SHOWPLALE ON TONIGHT AT | ‘ ¥ WERELOST ABITUL . IRt 'TOP BANDS! SIX SWELL SONGS! e Merriest of Maids and Gayest of Stars! usion of identijies on the set of Burke, Donald Woods, Elyse Knox and Robert Lowrey, W thrcughout the picture. Wood's pal,l GUAM, Aug. 17.—General Spaata | the be br who occupies the dual role combat operations resulted in the “They don’t know their beards, nounced, but they are known to be end I don't know whether to act considerable, particularly in the bilities of their planes. DoLIGLAS | Crews lost, averaging 11 men each, | numbered 297. | In addition, 106 Iwo-based long- NEWS range fighters were lost. On the other side of the ledger, pommmn the commander of the U. S. Army REALLY CELEBRATED Strategic Air Forces said, the giant Residents of Douglas, young and | aj;eraft destroyed the major indus- qld, put on their bib and tucker ;) productive capacity of 59 Japa- last evening and turned out one|pece cities and partially destroyed hundred per cent for one of the gix other: finest, most whole-heaarted cele- —_—— e — brations in many a year in honor | of the end of the European and | Japanese war. The merchants and | businessmen of Douglas, as well as other volunteers, chipped in the money and put on a free show at| the Douglas Coliseum Theatre, which was filled to capacity, even st GRENT Billie Burke f‘:fi:fl,\mm\ Donald Woods Elyse Knox “E\-‘\"‘RRBQ\(S Frank Jenks SATURDAY—1:30 P. M., He stole —so Justice could | .- s Jensen asked the Rev. Peter Nickels L EVELYN || o = 2| for a word of prayer, in whien a k 5 cm‘!s stood and participated. | S Immediately following the show,| OFF “ow o“ SOME and Her Gang ; ; all congregated at the Douglas Eagles Hall, where Johnnie Neimi wINE llouoRS unstrapped his popular accordion; y Tauno Neimi tuned hia guitar, and | with CONTESTS—GAMES PRIZES— FU R OF THE RANGE COLOR CARTOON 5 + CADETS” | A the piano and played for What«‘conu'o]s were suspended today for proved to be the most enthusiastic,’ imported wines and imported dis- well-attended dance held in Doug- | tilled spirits (except whiskies) when las in many. & year. . sold in bulk or bottled. | At midnight, the United States Price controls apply when im-' Flag was presented to the audi-|ported wines and distilled spirits, ence, members of which stood at!excent whiskey, are sold by the attention, saluted and pledged El"drink. the roof with “God Bless America.” | price control, Ladies of the Douglas Islandi OIL BURNERS = DRAFT CONTROLS HEATING |0 a1t descriptions, including cakes NOW AT FAIRBANK, |sandwiches and assortments of jof the commumity. Dancers ate|office of the Governor of Alaska, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Savikko|having arrived in Fairbanks yester-' !/ FERN'S PORTRAIT STUDIQ |-+t T i i it were honor guests, with reserved| Gruening is traveling with the & THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ®GAY MUSICAL IS 437 B-29§ THIS WILL 60 |FINE SHOW FOR | : ON PROBABLY (IO TRy 1 - KIDS! . KIDS SATURDAY | FORSOMETIME| AT 20TH CENTURY An epidemic of beards caused a | NEW YORK, Aug. 17—The Japa-| An exciting and amusing prograim REMEMBI THE BIG NAME WRITING CONTEST! O y announced Fri- is lined up for the Juneau Juniors s Your Uncle,” featuring Billie |day afternoon (Japanese time) that at the Saturday matinee at the 20th T"Nl(““'l‘ a“d SI‘TU“DAY‘!‘ 4 > » Takijiro Anishi, vice- Century Theatre this week. Heading |nese Navy | vice-Admiral ch is now Yy . | chief of the Navy general staff, had the show is “Ghosts on the showing at the Capitol Theatre. More 'han 3,000 Ame”(an | ccmmitted suicide, leaving a note comedy feature with the East Side Woods is cast in a dual role, in y 7 § which said he wanted “make Kids. It's full of laughs and thrills ’ I which he plays himself and his un- Fliers Killed Pilot- | atonement to the souls of my form-|A western featurette, “Roaring ‘i cle. For the latter portrayal he . er subordinates and to members of Gun" with Robert Shayne is added 4 dons a beard. His real uncle, played ing Supers | their bereaved families,” the Tokyo as will be a cartoon and other in- by Paul Stanton, wears a beard Sy | radio said Onishi was the originator of the| The stage show at 1:30 will fea- attack ture several new contests as well as Frank Jenks, attempts to help him | gisclosed today that the year-long |Kamikaze (suicide) com-!the special “name writing contest” out of a situation by wearing a du-| gperations of B-29s against Japan | COrps and since May 20 w the himself on a gallon jug and write s, said Onishi, form- his name without fallind off, other rds. And Director Jean Yar- | tions. |er commander-in-chief of Japanese attractions will be on the program Naval air forces in the Philippines of producer-director for the first 1oss of 437 of the Superfortressesfi“)flk his life‘at his official residenc time, mopped his brow and moaned: | Non-combat losses were not Bn_im 8 a. m, Japanese time, Thursd: ‘The broadcast, plicate of Wood's beard cost the lives of more than 3,000 mander of the Naval Wood and Jenks became confused American fliers, while more than 600 s to scenes in which they wore | others were rescued by Naval opera- | Associated Press e g e | 'RELEASE SOME like a producer or director!” carly months of the campaign when T T R the crews were learning the capa- Soviet Mamt Prisoners to Work Rebuild- ing U.S.S.R. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Russia has declined to discuss the fate of hundreds of thousands of German estrd 3 1 Oreh s to the aisles, to see the feature prisoncrs in her hands. = )to order all troops at large to sur- K1\ % and several appropriate shorts. Be- £ sclosed today by & high officlali enger jn the name of the Em- /“ R fore the showing, Mayor Marcus| MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina, this development of the Potsdamip,... LEO GORCEY HUNTZ HALL CRETIEPUS 5 Jensen was called upon and ga\'e‘AuE‘ 17—A German submarine sur- conference has disrupted attempts| JSURCRE. oo BOBBY JORDAN THE TOPS IN TUNES! ', a fine speech in honor of Douglas | rendered here today te Argentine to reach an Allied agreement for the| S ““E“ “Don't Get Around Mauch Any More' 8 | hovs who participated in the war, | Paval authorities, systematic return of capturea cer-| NO MOKE WOMEN <8 “St, Louis Blues” “Dark Eyes B 7% Be d h '| The 600-ton craft carried the mans to civil parts of| o You're Driving Me Crazy” 3 their mothers and all who con- i % A MAY j I" WA Orches! 3 8 pTARY ] > number U-977 and a complement Germany | s That's the Way it Goes iributed to the effort. He empha- % A i L h Y sined that How TRt ihe fighting of 32, including four officers, one American occupation forces have| S 2 i o e BN ity Had Aon e tHaly part so well, |Of Whom was Commander Heinz proceeded on schedule to screen and| \wASHINGTON, Aug. 17 — The w SECOND FEATURE we who stayed at home had a great | SChasser. The craft was similar to Telease prisoners not held for War|yomenss services in the armed KIDDIES' MATINEE and serious job ahead in keeping|the U-530 which surrendered to crines Bub 0 far 88 UhS COUN-|forces have halted recruiting and WITH GALLANT BANDIT! that Democracy which our boys|AT8entine authorities on July 10. lz’ylz,’np';:!:ii ']::: r:;;m _e;";‘m: {f| With the exception of the WAC's, BELA LUGOSI had so dearly paid for. In closing, tiia an A0 ' “jare not accepting any more en- AVA GARDINER any, of the men it holds. The supposition in official quart- crs here is that the Russians have| already put many of these prisoners to work in rebuilding factories and| honey was a passenger southbound CQlor car'oan i spofls e Laiesi “ews cities devastated by the German in- | p BE BACK WITHIN Norma Nelson arrived from Sitka 90 DAYS, REPORI‘Y“"”"“Y SUAME, 8 RHeRE ot g Public Accountants—Auditors—Tax Counselors I ROBIN Hoon Mrs. Esther Jacobs sat down at| WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 — Price wou“ BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Aug. 17 legience to Old Glory—then raised| imported whiskies remain under —All wounded GI's in the Pacific |area will be back in this country & s . B = > | within 90 days if the Army has its — | Womens’ Club presided at the ban- | way | auet tables on the lower floor,IIERR- (OMM"TEE ! ‘This was disclosed Thursday by Major Gen. Norman T. Kirk, Sur- geon General of the Army, during N . " " | |an inspection tour of Percy Jones Smflh 011 Burner serVIGe | pickels, all donated by the women| In advices received here by the General Hospital here. “ “We were able to do it in Europe Day Phone 711 P. 0. Box 2066 Night Phone 476 | between dances and the fun con-|the House of Representatives Com- | and that was quite a job considerl’"- tinued until 1 p. m., with all agreed | mittee on Territories, now making ing that there were over 200,000 —e——————————— | that it was just about the finestia congressional investigation of casualties in Europe on V-E Day,” - | celebration in a long time. Alaska, was today reported as Kirk declared. — e, CONDUCT GOOD : . PAGE FIVE? i f | LOOK JUNEAU JUNIORS SATURDAY MATINEE—1:30 P. M. AMATEUR STAGE SHOW—CONTESTS—PRIZ Loose,” a |teresting short subjects |where the writer has to balance also. " PRISONERS; T0 ~ ROUNDUP MORE GUAM, Aug. 17—Japanese pris- {oners of war on Guam have been | released—to hunt other Japanese lon the island. i Marine Maj. Gen. Henry L. Lar- sen, the island’s commander, an- nounced today a large group of the‘ | Japanese prisoners are free under |safe conduct passes to round up | Nipponese stragglers believed to (number more than 200. The strag- | glers have been in hiding since the Marines wrested the island from ithe Japanese a year ago. | The “free” Japanese are under leadership of a Nipponese field of- ficer who Larsen said volunteered listments Lt AP i S A New Warner Western Bros. Featurette with warsnar 70 kerommay | PLUS fobt: Shayne “ROARING GUNS” U. S. Marshal William T. Ma-' from Juneau aboard the steamer IN(u‘th Sea, escorting two patients bound for Morningside. Marshal on to the States with the patients. ! vowns seisox w rows || NEILL, CLARK and COMPANY Baranof Hotel, e | 208 Franklin Street — Telephone 757 MRS. ANSEN HERI Mrs. Ella Hansen, of Sitka, ar-' Falrbanks Office: 201-2 Lavery Bullding rived yesterday and is a guest at the Baranof. Hatal ke KIiNLOCH N. NEILL JOHN W. 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