The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 15, 1945, Page 5

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1945 'MERRY MONAHANS' MUSICAL COMEDY, ! IS CAPITOL'S BiLL| An actress who takes pride in her| {resemblance to another actress is a; phenomenon in Hollywood where | even the slightest suggestion of a| remote likeness to another player is | usually anathema to one of both per-| sonalitie: | | Blue-eyed, dark-haired Ann Blyth,| however, not only thinks she re-j sembles Merle Oberon, but will call} |your attention to the situation with| obvious delight, since she is devoted |admirer of Miss Oberon. ¢ } At the moment Ann has a starring | |role in “The Merry Monahans,” Uni-| | versal’'s grand musical at the Cnp-i |itcl for the last times tonight, which !affords her opportunity to display | both her acting talent and her love- ly singing voice. The film, in which she is co-star- red with Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan and Jack Oakie. is her second | since she was signed by Universal | Studios early in 1943. In it, as in| | her initial camera appearance in| | “Chip Off the Old Block,” Ann is the | i youthful object of O'Connor's al-l ections. | | Ann arrived in Hollywood via the | |stage, attracting widespread atter | {tion in the role of “Babette” in| | “Watchon the Rhine.” Touring the {country with the original cast, Ann/! \was praised by critics everywhere. { When the show came to Los Angeles, |a Universal director persuaded the {young actress to leave the cast in {favor of motion pictures. Dy s WONDERFUL! THE MEMORABLE KIND OF MOTION PICTURE THAT DOLS THINGS TO YOUR HEART ... TO YOUR HEAD ... YOUR HUMOR . .. AND TINGLES YOU FROM TOP TO TOE Ry J Rt " IS YOUR LAST h ‘a r‘ l fi' Ii CHANCE TO SEE IT! | S EX 'i'n—A_! THE LATEST MARCH OF TIME “The WEST COAST QUESTION" | william Hugh, and S/Sgt. and NEW CLOTHING " (AMPAIGNFOR BOUGLAS O OVRSEAS ST NEEWS PHILP MARY GLORIA DORN « ASTOR - GRAHAME United Effort fo Be Asked £ e brciont ot e e (| of WempnisOrgenite- DI 00 i i et Hons i“ Juneau week-end that the Department's fall dance will be held next Satur- day evening, Oct. 20, in the Nata- Requested by President Harry torium Hall. Through an error in | Truman and Henry J Kaiser to|Friday’s paper, the event Wi set iserve as the local chairman of the for Oct. 30, which caused some to United National Clothing Collec- | wonder if the date had been post- {tion for overseas relief, MIs. poned {Ernest Gruening, who served in | president Miller says everything {that capacity for the drive here js in readiness, with the final last spring, today expressed her decorating being done this evening |desire to enlist the united support|u¢ g o'clock, at which time firemen |of women’s organizations in this gre requested to turn out with larea for the collection campaign. hammers to complete the arrange- Mrs. Gruening declared her in-' ments | tention to ask ail such groups each The Department’s Fall Dance, to name a clothing collection given annually to raise funds, this | chairman, all of whom could then year is to partially provide finances meet to elect a local chairman for 'for the Douglas Boy Scout Troop, Good beer | Juneau. which the Department is sponsor- J President Truman, Mrs. Gruening | jng. The Scouts have just been The happiest days are pointed out, has stated the need newly organized and need much for this collection as “imperative.” | equipment to carry on their train- The campaign, to be known as the jhg program, now well started, Vietory Clothing Collection, i5|under the leadership of Scout- scheduled for Jan. 7, 1946, through ' macter Robert Wagner. picnic days. Be cool and refreshed with a glass of light OLYMPIA. v Jan. 31. The national goal is 100,- | Fb ) ¥ 000,000 garments, with additional 0.E.S. MEETING . shoes and bedding. A regular meeting of Nuggett Local collection chairmen of the chapter No. 2, Order of drive conducted this spring have gtay will be held in the been informed by UNRRA that! ga)l Tuesday evening, Oct. every pound of the clothing con-|g g'clock. tributed in the nation-wide collec-| tion at that time will be in the | DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIRAN || oo o v veims pvress b i via Petershurg and Wrangell ‘ 1 With connections to Craig, Klawock, Hydaburg and brought many more millions of pegin at 7:30. i war victims within range of our| . I Eastern Eagles 16, at OLYMPIA'BREWING COMPANY, OLYMPIA, WASH LODGE MEETING Gastineau Lodge, No. 124, will hold a special meeting this evening tional head of the collection, has't, confer degree work on an out- emphasized that “total victory hasiof-town candidate. Meeting will ELLIS AIR LINES steamers for Prince Rupert, Vancouver, and Seattle I s assistance.” REV. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 f— — Mr. Kaiser’s letter to Mrs. Grucn-‘* NIGRELS JETURNS | The Rev. Peter Nicke pastor ing also revealed that each con-|of the Douglas Bible Church, tributor in the new drive will be {ymed Saturday from a six- invited to enclose in garment gifts weeks' trip to his church head- a “good will letter” to the unknown guarters in Chicggo, Tl On his recipient. “I think it is & Won-|return he stopped over in several derful idea to have this expression states to visit relatives, including of international friendship,” she those in his hometown of Moun- lauded. [tain View, Minn. Mrs. Nickels was S in charge of the local church dur-| TALK BY EISENHOWER | BABY GIRL ‘ | Mrs. Gust Wahto has received Io BE RE-BROAD(ASI:nn announcement that she is now : - grandmother to a new baby girl, wl“ F';h" d‘g’."“' ;” “‘cflNL“”}‘:““l born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Frank- Ahort et st ovee ln of Fairbanks, on Oct. 10. The KINY the talk made by General baby »welghed 6 1)0I:I|ld.s. 10 (tflnt(‘a 4 § lat birth and has been named Eisenhower at the opening of the; ‘ arive. | Glenna Marie. | The re-broadcast will be heard wn’::s' F.r_a"kl;"' "Ihf fo;;ne;d Vlj:‘: here tomorrow during the noon hour, ! M:s "oc‘h:; flw:x:‘t‘::] e.:lthougl:. th‘xc at 12:45, immediatel, 1 x X ately SUlovinE the is the Wahto's first granddaughte news. lit is their fourth grandchild. ‘NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION C O M P ANYY RIENKKA FAMILY HERE 1’ Mrs. Ida Rienkka and daughter, Mrs. Clyde Bolyon, Mr. Bolyon and their two children arrived over the weekend to visit friends and rela- tives here. Mrs. Rienkka was a Douglas home owner until 1943, when she. sold out and moved to | Santa Monica, Calif, with her daughter and family. Mrs. Rienkka Iwill be a house guest of Mrs. Ida |Neimi for three weeks, while Mr |and Mrs. Bolyon and sons, Arthur and Clyde, will visit at Cobal, Chichagof Island, with Mr. Bolyon's parents, and then they will all go to Anchorage, where they will join Arthur Rienkka, who resides SAMPLER || ; " .n':o'd‘w sssortment of BORDSONS RETURN Ln-l' coofections 5 ; ; here Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Bordson ar- disect fron the makers 8190 ! | ived on the Princess Louise from e 87.50: Everett, Wash., after a year's re: dence Ouside. They are former BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. | | Douglas residents, and are glad to “The Rexall Store’ { SERVING ALASKA . There Is No Substitute for be back. They plan to make their ermmm home - on G;puuuuul k K Newspaper Advertising! : THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ' C-B-1 VETS MARRIED IN INDIA SOME OF THE 2,735 veterans returning from the China-Burma-India theater on the General Greeley, brought back wives from across the Pacific. Both these couples met at New Delhi, India, and are now en route to their respective homes. Left to right, M/Sgt. and Mrs. William E. Abel of Philadelphia, Pa., and their six-months-old baby, Antonio, Tex., with their ten-months-old Marlyn. PAGE FIVE (O CENTURY JUST ARRIVED! LATEST FOX MOVIETONE NEW DETROIT TIGERS — WORLD CHAMPS! " ADVENTURES OF | MARK TWAIN" IS AT 20TH CENTURY “The Adventures of Mark Twain | | warner Bros. colorful and inspiring film of one of America’s most be- loved literary genius, is now at the th Century starring Fredric March and Alexis Smith : The production shows March as | Mark Twain in four hundred and B N b . cmnalt & Derion See the Deciding Games of World Series—ALLIES PREPARE the DRtk Gt (0e Mlssissiopt in 1855 TRIALS OF NAZI “BIG SHOTS"—RODEO AT MADISON GARDEN—OTE R NEWS adventurous boyhood SQUARE | through his and adult life, through the Civil it g diiaie st | CROWDS ACCLAIMIT “GREAT” | when death wrote finis to a brilliant | career Alexis Smith is cast a - " | Olivia Langdon, the feminine lead 3 "'aa | Irving Rapper, whose sympathetic AP |guidance was responsible for “Dark 8 | Victory,” is also the director of this {film. Featured on the imposing list |of supporting players are Donald |Crisp, Alan Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, | Walter Hampden, John Carradine, | Bill Henry, Rokert Barrat and Joyce | Reynolds. -se LAVALPAY WITH LIFE | - FOR CRIME from the Mississippi to the ends b, of the \_earth! Mrs. William F. Baker of San (International) | (Continued jrom Page One) It was not the first time Laval 271 had felt the steel of a bullet. While Channel. At present, they house guests f Mr. and Mrs. i .th‘"m 2 3 leading the Vichy Government, he d {was wounded and almost killed by CHURCH MEETING TONIGHT |@ youthful assassin. Laval testified 1 of Marshal Pe- Metho- | during the tr o 12 The Douglas Community dist Church members and all others | 12i0 that the wounds from attempt still bothered him. interested will hold meeting this ALEX1S bon i Oy vt e § bk Refused To Testify S, “",‘””M'Ii]"‘NK‘"_‘]‘x‘m')“‘m’x: om®| The trial of Laval was cut short SMIT Actiori oti the city's proposal of uPY., Lavels iown® alt-down strike ; ~» DONALD CRISP different building site for the pro-|®midst the proceedings, which he baiy f ALAN HALE posed church building will bejtermed a “udicial crime.” * sy 1 IR g taken | After his second ejection from 3 RSSEY if the trial, Laval was confined in a courtroom, out- | dungeon beneath the |He wrote some brief |lining his defense. A coffin lay near the spot where |Laval had pitched forward in Louise In [death. The body was placed in it rom ou | swiftly and loaded into a hearse. | Three official cars bearing the | Prefect of Police, the Attorney General and the local police com- issioner accompanied the hearse notes Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Louise arrived from the south Sun-|_ . | from the gates of the Prison. fternoon at 5 o'clock, left for| oM the Fihe Skagway at 11:45 and will return to| The little procession went to Juneau on the southbound trip Wed- [Dearby Thiais Cemetery and there | coffin was lowered into RS nesday morning. | Laval's Passengers for Juneau aboard the|!De ground, close to the grave of Louise from Seattle and Vancouver|Darnand. . | were as follows: Elsie M. Baldigan, | Next to Laval’s plot was a grave Vernone . Bordsen, Elmer M. Bord- | marked: 1 cen, Shirley K. Burt, Mary E. Blan-| “Here lies an unknown collab- ton, Raymond, Delma and Steven|orator.” | Brown, Gust Brusulis, Darmar Dole,! o James V. Hickey. SUPPOSED LAST NOTE | James L. Hemingway, Marion and| PARIS, Oct. 15.—Shortly before Neal Lance, Harold and Patricia|his abortive suicide attempt and his Mayo, Merritt Peterson, Nancy, Ber- | execution, Pierre Laval write a note, | tha and William Robertson, Doreen | his attorneys said, in which he de- Ryan, Dora Sweeney, Lydia Sin-|clare | clair, Margaret Sverdrup, Gmm.‘ “To save French soldiers from the ' Wright. | dishonor of carrying this (the ex- | Cecil, Wilma, Allan, David, Marion' €cution) out, T prefer to die as a and Ronald McClain, Kenneth | Roman—by taking poison.” | Vuille, Leonard Needham. ! Laval wrote that he was the victim From Ketchikan: Miss L. Miller, 0f a “veritable murder” and said George Russon, T. Karner, H. Glass- | that he had kept the poison for “a ier, E. McGinty. | very long time.” The message was From Wrangell: P. J. Sweeney, w.| addressed “to my counsel to inform C. McDonald, Norman Reinhart and | them, and to my executioners to an~ | Herman Kiel. | swer them.” Passengers leaving for Skagway | b S e e 2 ey Jackson H. Ralston Roymay Edenshaw, Violet Aubert,| D. K ( ” gt Col. E. W. Norris, F. L. Phelps, V.| |es In Laniornia Morrison, FEugene Smith, Brooks! i Hanford and A. Van Mavern. i 3 e PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 15—Jack- | PRE-NATAL CLINIC {son H. Ralston, 88, international |jurist and arbitrator of many 1mer-‘ i Inational questions, died Saturday at A pre-natal clinic 3 {national ques 5, a ay af 4 it e held”m home here. at the Government Hospital to-| . roti 5 i morrow afternoon from 1 to 3 Jeggi R(ullsl.on‘ xle;id from active o'clock, and all expectant mothers’prm ibe ar law in 1994 And RS to; ey S oidA Palo Alto. He lectured for four are invited to attend. |years at Stanford U arath . Dr. H. F. 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