The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 23, 1945, Page 5

TULSD/\\ OCTOBF HELD OVER TONIGH ONLY! RBecause Everyone in Juneau Wants to See It? Juy GARLAND MEET ME ST, 1OUIS win Margaret O'BRIEN Al TROLBEY. . SONG™ "+ PICTUREY' ! “Tender Delighiful! g i e "A METRO. GOLOWYN- MAYER PICTURE FEATURE STARTS AT 7:35 and 10:05 AND THE ALL-TECHNICOLOR SHORT SUBJECTS THAT ARE THE TALK OF THE TOWN! TOM 2nd JERRY in “MOUSE TROUBLE" “CITY OF BRIGHAM YOUNG" ANOTHER OF THE FAMOUS M. G. M. TRAVELTALKS IN THE LATEST M. G. M. F-L-A-S-H!UI S0 DEATH FOR LAVAL! DEF!NITELY OPENS TOMORROW! Charles lMIGHmN Suspense ... Sensatirali Ela RAINES ¢ Lovable... Sinister! THE PICTURE YOU ARE DESTINED NOT TO FORGET!!!! IBurned A‘Iivvé: Another Jap o |TortureTale cov o I HANKOW, China, Oct. 23.—Amer- | |ican intelligence officers today re- lated a story of Japanese torture of {three B-29 crewmen who were sub- | jmitted to such humilities that their names never may be revealed—for the sake of their relatives. One of the fliers, almost naked, |was forced to=walk through Han- !kow's wintry streets. One eye w: | virtually gouged out and he was i }\'hower:‘d with icy water. At the end NOTICE 1O CREDITORS of his miles long ordeal, he was In the Commissioner’s Court for the |showered with gasoline and burned| Territory of Alaska, Division Num- | alive, on crders of a Japanese mil-| ber One. Before FELIX GRAY, \Atary schoolmaster. Commissioner and Ex-officio Pro- | fells B-29 crewmen also bate Judge, Juneau Precinct. {. TR0 el . g | were cremated, but whether they n u:mg;"ng‘: ;{’:‘L ‘B‘a“‘ "lf | were alive when the fires were light- o5 & eceased. | o4 has not been determined. They, NOTICE I8, BERERE GIVLN‘!UO were forced to make the same that I, the undersigned, was duly,| appointed Administratrix with Will | Annexed of the estate of Charles E. Naghel, deceased. | All persons having claims against | the estate are required to present them to the undersigned, with proper | vouchers attached, within six months | from the date of this notice. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, October 8th, 1945, GRACE E. KNUDSON, | Administratrix with Will Annexed| The incident was well remembered of the estate of Charles E. Naghel, | by scores of Chinese in Hankow be- deceased. cause the city received its worst raid First publication, Oct. 9, 1945, Last publication, Oct. 30, 1945. fire blackened bodies of all three " have been recovered. A fourth flier, who survived the crash of the Chengtu-based B-29 |50 miles north of Hankow, was in- | jured so seriously he was taken to a| hospital and thus escaped the fate| of his buddies. He was transferred | to Shanghai and is believed to have |been liberated. public torture of the Americans. Many believed the heavy bombing was a reprisal. Those who saw the death march Save Your Money | BUY A MEAL TICKET AT Frank's Quick Lunch | BEST FOOD TO EAT | | ese-sponsored “model youth corps” ordered the hideous tortures because he wanted to make an impression og his charges as a strong taskmaster. > | DRINK KING BLACK LABEL! Public Accountant-Stenographic-Tax Returns MURPHY and MURPHY ROOM 3—First National Bank Building PHONE 676 SPECIALIZING IN FERMANENT WAVING HAIR CUTTING AND GENERAL BEAUTY CULTURE A FULL LINE IN DERMETICS CREAMS LUCILLE’S BEAUTY SALON PHONE 492 OIL BURNERS DRAFT CONTROLS HEATING Smith 0il Burner Service Day Phone 711 P. O. Box 2066 Night Phone 476 rrrrrrrrrrrrrrres e e FEATURE "MEET ME AT ST. LOUIS™ | BILL AT CAPITOL Owing to demands, the manage-, Imrnt of the Capitol Theatre is hold-‘ |ing over for showing tonight “Meet |Me In St. Louis,” which has made a‘ i ‘ big hit among movie patrons. | Tomorrow night, the local lodge There is a good cast, headed by of Eiks will receive an official visit |Judy Garland, the plot is excellent,!from District Deputy Grand Exalted | land all characters are splendidly, Ruler Fred West of Ketchikan and| portrayed. 'u big turnout of Elkdom is expected There is also an assortment of | a[ this important event | shorts that will please both young| There will be an initiation by the and old. |lodge officers following which there Tomorrow night “The Suspect” will be an extra assortment of Dutch will be the feature starring Charles|lunch: | Leighton, supported by Ella Rflmes‘ The affair is in the hands of the {and a good cast. |Past Exalted Rulers including Ar-| - | thur Adans, va\ M(xwmnmmt‘ IS BRIDE OF iAuuum FELOWSHP DOUG WAHTO DINNER, N.. CHURCH 15 TOMORROW NIGHT The annual l’-‘el]m\\lnp Dinner for| the church members and the m(‘m-‘ bers of the congregation of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church will be served in the Church parlors on Wednesday evening, this week, at 6:30 o'clock. Each person is re- quested to take a covered dish for the menu. The Martha S y and the World Eervice Circle are spon-| soring the menu. Any person desir- ing to attend and who have not been contacted by the committee should telephone Mrs. A. H. Kingsbury, phone Green 150, regarding the menu. Those persons who will receive special recognition at this dinner meeting are those who have been re- ceived into the Church membership since October, 1944; also service men who are at home either as discharg- ed from the service or on furlough. thing blue” idea. . ; . ; * I1¢ is hoped a capacity crowd will be Miss Patsy Balog, sister of the p o brid: and only attendant, wore a bouffant organza gown of pale blue, with Juliet cap and blue net face AIR MA“. lETTER veil. She wore a corsage of white Those of us who still chafe at the carnations. Cox. Gerald Cashen, U 1944’s 8 cent airmail stamp, should feel a trifle better after hearing of ,was best man. Following the ceremony, a recep- Sam Pekovich, a mining operator on Hawk Inlet, who this morning ‘tmn was held at which Mrs. Ed- received—or should have received a rElKS 10 BE VISITED BY | FRED WEST .- Miss Doris Balm. became the bride {of Douglas Wahto Monday evening wm 8 o'clock at the home of thc bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. |Balog in Douglas. The candlelight |ceremony was performed by U. S. | Commissioner Felix Gray, with ap- proximately 40 friends and relatives attending. Immedizately preceding the cere- mony, the M s Patsy Balog, Shir- ley Edwards and Noreen Andrews sang “Till the End of Time.” The bride wore a white satin dress with scalloped neckline embroidered in pearls, and carried her Rainbow Bible with white carnations. Her white cordé Juliet cap had a should- er length veil finished with a lover's knot of white satin. The “old” touch was supplied by a lace handker- chief made for her by an cld friend on her first birthday. A necklace be- longing to anogher friend carried out the “something borrowed, some- s cal ward Bach poured. The table was {centered with a large bridal cake, |flanked with tapers and white cry- |santhemums. Both the bride and groom were |born in Douglas and attended the ! Douglas schools. The bride is at pre- |sent employed by the' Alaska Native |in the | Murphy, THE DAILY ALASKA FMPIRE——JUNBAU ALASKA "CANDLELIGHT OF ALGIERS” COMES T0 26TH CENTURY Casbah wlu;,v of thieves and spies, rendezvous of adventurers and lovers, serves the setting for “Candlelight in Algeria,” one of the| most amazing stories of adventure to| !come out of this war. A 20th Century-Fox release, thel| action-packed hit which opens to- night at the 20th Century Theatre, is based on one of the war's most dramatic exploits—the sccret sub- marine landing of a group of Allied| officers on the coast of Algeria th: ]“I\ni the way for the North A lcan invasic Carla Lehmann and James Mason are starred in the George King production. | There is also an added feature, a| | technicolor rt, “To The Shores| ol Iwo Jim as > 'USO Dance Tomorrow| Night fo Honor Sgt. Blackwell and Slster‘ Tomorrow evening Sergeant Fran- cis«Blackwell of the local Sub-Port, will be complimented at a square dance in the USO. Blackwell is a consistent and congenial participant USO dances, and has won many friends there and among Ju- neau residents in gener: In the event of an audience be- yond the capacity of the USO, the dancers and spectators will go to the CIO Hall to continue dancing. Sharing with Francis in the hon- ors of the occasion will be his equal- ly popular sister, Eileen, who are leaving soon to visit their parents in Kimball, South Dakota. Best wishes of numerous Juneau and Douglas friends accompany them. Henry Goddard, chairman, Lester Linehan and John Oberg, the same civilian committee which made such an outstanding success of the fare- |well party tendered Sergeant Buddy Rice, will be in charge. Enlisted men elegated to secure good attendance of the square dancing fraternity are Bob Phillips, Corporal Jim ’Vl eler and Pfc. Homer Schwingle, od by local young ladies Pat Joy Roberts and Evelyn Bladholm. Lead couples will be Private Tom Kent and Miss Marian Kniffen and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Glover. An invitation is extended the pub- lic to join in the dancing, and say good-bye to Francis and Eileen, who return to the States boosters for Alaska. The same lively music that gives JJuneau’s USO square dances [-5 | Service, and the groom, son of Mr. |and Mrs. Gust Wahto, r(‘(‘"nLIy re- uniquely delivered “airmail” letter A zest and distinction will be furnish- that cost somebody (either him or ed by E. M. McIntyre, violinist and ) to mail jan out-of-town guest for the wed- his lawy eight dellars from Juneau. The letter, containing a note fr()m Mr. Pekovich’s lawyer requesting the former’s return to town for import- ant business, started out in the Coastal Airlines office this morning on its first lap to the recipient-pros- pect. After some consultation on the ‘fml-r points of how to “mail” a let- iter from the air, Joe Whiting of the wACA office and Clarence Rhode, !pilot of this morning’s passenger T'MERS lEAvE ]'0 ’plane going to Hoonah, decided to | “parachute” the letter down. A pre- GA'“ DIS(HARGES‘vmu:ly-dxscumd theory of tying a rock to the letter was scrapped when Rhode pointed out that a rock drop- Two oldtimers of the Captain of ping out of the sky would descend the Port organization here, Coast too rapidly to be of the dramatic, Guardsmen Alexander . B. Geiger,'and therefore, eye-catching import. paratroopers. He is now An employee Mrs. Dale Fleek of Petersburg was ding. Congratulations and greetings were received by telephone from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bonner and Mrs. Clarence John, Seattle, aunts and uhcle of the bride. (OAST GU Mn Cnxl C. Collen pmnm GREYHOUND BUSSES ARE ROLLING AGAIN SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23. — usands of Pacific Greyhound rixe-bound for 18 days, be- gan rolling throughout seven west- ern states today. Agreement on wage terms was reached last night between company officials and representatives of the AFL Amalgamated Street Railway and Motor Coach Employees of Am- erica Union, whose 2,700 bus drivers and station employee members in tortuous walk through Hankow. The| of the war only two, days after the; said the superintendent of a Japan-' 'MoMM 1-c, and Kerwin L. Phillips, | ng.‘ Specialist (PS) 3-c, have de- iparted for Ketchikan to be dis- charged. Both have served here |since June, 1942. | A third dischargee assigned to| Ketchikan pending separation from | the service is J. F. Kopkey, heaman{ |1-c. All three sailed on the North| | Sea. Bion E. Graham, Seaman 1-c, \bas been transferred from here to |duty at Seattle. One newcomer, Louis R. Syah, | Yeoman 1-c, has reported for duty | ’wnh the COP here, from Ketchi- | kan. | e | | |ACA FLIES FIVE ON ‘ FLIGHT THIS MORNING On its outgoing flight to Hoonah and Tenakee this morning, Alaska Coastal Airlines flew the following five passengers: To Hoonah, Charlie Sundum, Frank Wright Lila Dalton, and Mrs. George Dalton; to Tenakee, Sam Asp. .- IN POLICE COURT Lina Brown and Jacob Mollan, both charged with being drunk and disorderly, have each been fined $50 by City Magistrate William A. Holzheimer in Police Court here. Frank MclIntosh, drunk, was fined $25, and Bobby Sipin, $15, on a disorderly conduct count. e — STEAMER MOVEMENTS Steamer Columbia, from the south, scheduled to arrive at 11:30 o'clock tonight. Steamer Aleutian, from the west, southbound to Seattle, scheduled to arrive at 1 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing. Steamer Princess Louise sched- uled to arrive Thursday afternoon or evening from the south. PG L BTSN Have YOU tried that alluring “N-A-T-O-C-H-K-A" exclusively at YVONNE'S, the nicest store in town? (10,005:16) | :from Whiting, wrapped the letter the Pacific Greyhound systems have been on strike since midnight Oct. 4. - NAVY DISCHARGE SCORES ARE CUT WASHINGTON Oc'. 23, — The Navy announced today a further cut in discharge scores for Naval Reserve aviators on flying duty. The change is effective November 1. | For fliers above the rank of en- | | sign the discharge score will be cut | | from 44 to 39. For ensigns, ihe cut will be from 36 to 20. The cut was made possible by surplus of that class of personnel, | the Navy said. ‘The score will be again cut for, 'ufllcers above the rank of ensign, | to 34 on December 1 and to 30 on Instead he borrowed a red kerchief in a gay bow-knot and with the ends flapping for “floating power,” mark- ed it for delivery 18 flying miles out. Now it could be that this news of Pekovich and his letter is not of vi- tal concern to the Empire's Big News fans. But to a reporter it seems | ilike an important issue. Will Peko- vich get his letter or won't he? And if he doesn’t who owes who a red kerchief? Besides, the possibility of setting a precedent with an 8 dollar mailing charge for 28 miles worries one. LARGE PART OF NAVY'S RESERVE | FLEET FOR COAST £ WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 — The| critical score rrqulred for release of largest part of the Navy's restrve | members of the Navy Nurse Corps fleet on the Pacific Coast is to be iy be cut from 35 to 32. berthed in Puget Sound, Rep. De‘,,, d Lacy (D.-Wash.) announced today (0 l I S E u M The biggest battleships, he sald NOW PLAYING will be berthed at Sinclair Inlflt.‘ SIMONE SIMON just beyond Bremerton. Tacoma will | | —in— get a share of the airplane carriers. \ ‘The real meaning of this decision, | “JOHNNY DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE” he said, is in the amount of repair | and maintenance work that will be necessary on these big ships. R SPECIAL MEETING OF 650 T0 BE TONIGHT The Girls Service Organization of the USO is to meet tonight at 8:15 o'clock at the USO Club Rooms, to make plans for their part in the Navy Week celebration, accordmg to an announcement by Zack Go don, USO Director. A complete at- ‘ tendance of all girls belonging to the, GSO is hoped for at tonight's mm't- ing. EAT IN THE Baranof Hotel's BUBBLE ROOM Special Dinner 510 8 P. M. $1.65 >~ — KETCHIKAN VISITOR R. N. Haster of Ketchikan registered at the Baranol Hotel is mo“mooon«w A submarine steals through the Mediterranean carrying an American general...and vpen a candle’s flickering light the whole Allied offensive wailts! Here is the background for one of the most amazing adven- s’{gp ture stories of this war! 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