The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 25, 1945, Page 5

lHU[\bl)\\ ()Ll()[wl R 25, 1945 Romance! TONITE %HIDDEN SECRET Last Showings " [AUGHToN The 1 ELA Dasd ™ Worte RAINES, MUNI - OBERON (;rre) L L WILDE IN TECHNICOLOR Opening Tuesday Evening ()(‘T()BER 30TH "THE SUSPECT" IS - CRIME FEATURE AT CAPITOL THEATRE film filled \ulh suspense and rich in expertly drawn characteriza- ions opened last night at the Cap- itol and is on for final showings tonight. This is “The Suspect,” co- starring Charles Laughton and Ella Raines. Laughton is seen as a pleasant, mild-mannered man who is nagged bayond endurance by his shrewish wife, played by Rosalind Ivan Laughton's unhappiness increases when his son, Dean Harens, leaves home becausz of Ler neliness Laughton turns attractiv Ella Raines ind there develops between the two a tender friendship which is malic- icusly distorted by Laughton's wife. When she refus to give him a diverce and threatens him and the Dean Harens Henry Daniell IT'S IN TECHNICOLOQR! 2 HITS TOMORROW! "THE BIG BONANZA' —nlus— ‘RECKLESS AGE girl with ruination, Laughton kills her, making it appear as though he had accidentally fallen (|(w\n stairs. The “accident” is believed by all but detective Stanley C. Ridges and Henry Daniell, the latter Laughton’s disreputable, drunken neighbor. JERSEY CITY, N. J.,, Oct. 25—Six| Laughton and Miss Raines marry newly discharged overseas veterans and live happily together until Dan- wanted do someth; theiw iell tries his hand at blackmail. draft board, so thi them a Laughton poisons him and throws dinner last ‘night, ing K and his body into a canal. C rations. But still detective Ridges has no Later, how er, the member lence against Laughton. On a the local board 16 ate chicken and hunch he tries a trick that nets him drank champagne while the veter- a full confession | ans acted as waiters D - - - DRINK KING BLACK LABEL! fi'm A(tress Is | Deserfed by Mate; | She Asks Divorce : LOS ANGELES, Of‘!. 255—Film Actress Ann Dvorak says she was deserted by her husband, Screen Director Leslie Fenton, on Sept. 1, 1944 She filed a divorce suit to endk Let us sell yours. Swift Douglas Trad- property Real Estate Agency, Assorted SALTED ing Post, Phone 12 Almonds SPA -+ Pecans PEANUTS Classes now enrolling. Baton- Chahows Swell for twirling, tap, acrobatics, toe-ballet, Blanched munching moderne, eccentric, toe-tap, charac- Peanuts or ter and social dancing for be- Filberts cooking |ginners. Body-toning and tap iclasses for stenographers. Boys' class in acrobatics. Studio, 411 7th. I Phone Red 525 (10,,093-£2) Attention SHRINERS DINNER-DANCE (FORMAL) SATURDAY EVENING Eight o'Clock for Shriners and Their Ladies Only MASONIC TEMPLE DANCING AT TEN O’CLOCK to which Officers of the Navy Personnel Are Invited Shriners in the personnel, if any there be, are cordially invited to both dinner and dance, and they are requested to report to Frank Hermann in the Juneau Drug Store. Wear Your Fez - (Watch this ad tomerrow evening for possible change in plans) (10,097-412) | Halford’s career began with the cam- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Destroyer Halford, Now |, s nee o BRI G, AS [IWO FEATURES ON oo . . one enemy fighter, partigipating in > Gfigj At Juneau, ‘in Adtion |3 s e P NEWS and the San Fernando shipping | In Warfare on Pacific, strike at which time she destroyed , | fatian s {three small cargo ships, a landing DOUGLAS GRAY HOME AI 20"" (ENTUQY & | (Continued from Page One) |craft, and several barges Douglas Gray, Lt. Comdr., USN,, a"‘-‘, {- - Heme Again arrived hofme aboard the Columbia| o ool 0 »« er catapult and scout observation' After sixteen months of F INifor a two-weeks' visit with thel SPORER CECEE e the 20th Cen- < the Pacific, an operational - A BT ¢ feature program at the 2 plane mounted on the deck-house by In Seipe i b parents, U. 8. Commissioner and i .o"rheatre. The top feature {aft of number two stack. Because o “‘\ - "‘“ ]“f*““‘“ the |“"‘vn~ Felix Gray; his brother, lugige Town,” a movie about th lof tactical changes, the Halford re- o0 © 0 “(f ‘lm‘:"':]‘“ "“T‘:“" orden Gray and family, and other ', vioc o story of the success and turned to Mare Island, Cnhfol_mm soniths later, on May SOEh. She ek relat ) and his many nds on gajjures of young girls tryin® to in the fall of 1943 for alterations buck in the Pacific, procesding. s the Channel make good in Hollywood. Starred which replaced the catapult with & oS B B \»)1)‘ ‘;)‘NY:“;’“_“ Gray was discharged from active gve Edith Fellowes. Juhe Storey and | dual-purpose, five-inch, 38-calibre o "ol o "”‘W'mlxg “‘m “jom service Oct. 1, at North Beach, genneth Howell [gun mount and a quad-40 MM anti- po 0 T OTD Uiui\? Gatoline Md. where he was stationed for | The second feature is |aircraft gun Islands. ity the past year as executive officer weed Tra with Cowboy fA };\ Den,mbp?- 6th, with 1vncrea{s‘:’;1 in we early part of August, the at v}w N.’.ml Research Laboratories. Bjll Boyd and Art Davis T |fighting power and a new Profile, yoirorg received orders: which took | FUS Wife and two sons, who had express news completes the bi the Halford again left for South , been with him in Maryland, re - Badifio wat | her, together with a number of light 2 ‘ a}:.m]‘:l P futi, and Es lcarriers and other destroyers, to tirned to thetr, home i Eeatde | I ;:1@ )x[\:‘ 0;‘. ";;‘ahl"dl.~d"' Es- Adak, Alaska, as part of the North where they are now stopping W hile | ‘p:n'r (A a]xq 5 c\\‘ e‘|-|‘e]. fxshm“ Pacific Fleet. It was while enroute th€ir husband and father vis s as Tutulla, Samoa, were her 1OS grom Eniwetok to our Aleutian des- i his old home town | M“‘"‘ARY AWARD Ry e sequent convoy duties y;.q4i0n that the long awaited hews ay, after completing his grade \ v.l“u‘h u;rlu::::c* rths (‘m(;flmas assign- o¢ y_J day was announced school educ: fon here, was gradu- it o s:- vao: "4“1 d‘:\d (n:)lm;;‘“ On August 31, the Halford, with'ated as-Valedictorian of his class| CHICAGO, Oct. 25 Comedian | troop: };:r ur:nr ‘m\d \\1(; xd»-' a task force composed of light car-|at the Douglas High School inJjoe Brown shed his patter of ‘lcln.pn']lt:\l: »:)1‘“ nents destined fOF yjers, cruisers and destroyers, steam-| 1926 and received an appointment |laugh-provoking gags last night as 'MA: l;‘vh painille . Beachhedd ed from Ominato, Northern Honshu, 0 Annapolis Naval Academy by |the familiar role of star was thrust i \:«:/1 :Ir’“ o \”“B‘ "_“F‘; \da /JaDAN. Under the direction of Ad- the then Territorial Congressional!upon the movies' funny man at a B1a ot g )\:: “ l“‘ l"“h'_ miral Frank Jack Fletcher, this|Delegate Dan Sutherland, now |testimonial dinner to Federal Judge 15aiA ot Bowir i n ed the beach- gorce was responsible for the initial Visiting in Juneau and other parts Michael L. Igoe jhead a igainville, screening SuP- occypation of the Ominato Naval 0f Alaska Brown, who troupe cotnba |ply echelons and participating in EOWE, W ROUpREL, D GG \ i pambaca Base and surrounding areas | Gray, who entered Annapolis in|theatres to entertain thousands of oastal bo ments. Upon completion of that ign-| 1927, was graduated in 1931, an servicemen, was awarded the bron | Anti-shipping sweeps on New Ire- . i 5 Al ) hm(“ AR Battaatad by ment, the Halford, in company with'officer in the U. S. Naval Reserve Star Medal, the highest milit "mmm ';mm‘“'- l;{’: E;‘L B“k: the remaining four destroyers of |until called to active service in award for a civilian ) e 2 strover v " g eaie, made excttiihdan Ipae Demu:m Division 89, and the flag-|March, 1941, ; It was pinned on Brown, who 2l ol UL A:‘up Panamint, returned to Adak.| In 1939, Gray married Miss Mar- was master of ceremonies, after ‘a {disiig the mionttt 6 gRADATVE & :m}:‘ m;){»\mk and on to Juneau ' garet aser, third daughter of swprise announcement of the b & for Navy Day ' a 5. Robert Fraser, @ . s T " 0 TS !month which saw also, the destruc P !\;Xx” and M(, !‘”h'(”n‘- IM‘L :‘,'(E honor, by Brig. Gen. E. B. Sebree, tion by this three-ship task force, they now _m_\ln 4 WO e, ‘m| representing Gen. Jacob L. Devers, of strategic Jap facilities on Choiseul SEN"" youngest of which 1s three” and Commanding General of the ground Island one-half years of age forces and formerly commander of On being” called into service, the Si ) Gr i 0 On 14 February, 1944, as command [RAFI' OFFERED b i g Kodiak S Rh LAy O B ship, she supported the landing and BAY . Wk sent to Kodiak European theatre of operations, occupation of Green Island SiFah where he served two years; then| The medal was in recognition of | " 3 3 BlDDERS AT JUNEAU to Miami, Fla, where he com- the comedians’ “meritorious achie- day later, the Halford, in com- i shaser g " pany with DesRon 45, made an anti- s S manded a subchaser for one A‘nd vements"” in entertaining more than one-half ye: in which capacity /100,000 American soldiers in North Capt. of the Port Edward Nugent, shipping sweep through St. George | p}:,‘;]f;::'] ;‘3‘:::3:(]';2”:5&)1,5;-]:;:(’ zt Lt. (jg.) USCGR, today disclosed he visited many ports of the South |Africa, Sicily and Ttaly in 1944 which peint ancther division joined that three war-drafted vessels an-|Eacific: - the squadron to continue up the west nounced from Seattle yesterday as After his two-week scheduled | jraye yOU (ried that alluring coast of New Ireland being put up for sale in Southeast |ViSit at the home of his parents|.n.a_T.0.C-H-K-A" exclusively at Daybreak on the 24th found the Alaska by the War Shipping Ad- Dere, Gray will return to his home | yyony the nicest store in Halford at the entrance of Steffin ministration are: in the Puget Sound city. Although |yoyn; (10,095-16) Strait assisting in the sinking of a The purse seiner Sentinel, nn\x-"“'\‘h‘””"‘! from active duty, he small enemy merchant ,vessel and moored at the Small Boat Harbor |Will remain in the Naval Reserve, the ructionl of two beached pa- here; the barge CG-26114 (no OM the inactive list * COLISEUM * trol vessels. name), located at Ketchikan, and Following three days of anti-ship- the wooden fish boat Sveta Ana, SILVER TEA PLANNED TONIGHTH and FRIDAY ping sweeps south of the strong Nip moored at Sitka. Plans are now being formulated THE MYSTERY HIT "THE Full information concerning the 'to make the Silver Tea, commem- vessels and bid forms may be se- orating the thirtieth anniversary of the Douglas Island Woman's Federal Club, one of the outstanding events naval base of Truk, she returned to Purvis Bay for logistics. ring in 1944 found the Halford cured from the office of the Capt. the hm)l\ escorting supply units to the of Port, first floor, northern Solomon Islands, with op- Building. Bid closing date is Nov.|of the fall season. " Pt erations interrupted only for re- 5 1945 at 9:30 o'clock a. m. (EST), The tea is to be held at the UNIN'ITED ! fueling, taking on provisions and when all bids must have been re- les Hall, Saturday, Nov. 3, be- with § her coveted deliveries of mail ceived by the War Ship b een the I S f 2 and 4:30 # ) a ping Ad-!fween the hours of 2 and 3 i { 75 Days At Sea ministration in Washington, D. C. o'clock RAY MILLAND i ' U(z" i April's trip to Sydney, Australia,'pjds will be opened one-half hour A special invitation is extended RUTH HUSSEY N4 brought welcome relief. After eight jatey, to all Douglas women, to members TTHRIFT days of Aus! ralian hospitality, the of the Juneau Woman's Club, and ! e Halford started the longest crulse to all other women on the Channel of her cureer—commencing carly in Tyrkey for Gls fo aiand" e i June with the campaign for the (An interesting condensation of Marianas. The initial phase of the operation which kept the Halford at sea for 7 days, was the bombardment of Tin- ian’s west coast defenses, followed by night harassing fire and the screen- ing of heavy shore bombardment units. One June 19th, she joined the ing dinner for a million men ar- famed Task Force 58 to participate rived today in the holds of the re- | in the first battle of the Philippine frigerator ship Valentine. Mrs. Ernest L. Irwin, |Sea—the “Mariana Turkey Shoot”.| The turkey, chicken, lamb and has received word from Dr. L. P. It ‘was here that the Halford saw fish feasts will be served to U. S./Dawes, former Juneau physician, the destruction of 360" Nip planes tyoops ‘in China and to Navy and |that her husband has been injured the history of the Douglas Island Woman's Club, written by Mrs. Kate | Jarman, will appear soon in this column.) Phone Y67 On China Duty On Thanksgiving -; SHANGHAI, Oct. ZSfThankww- DOUGLAS MAN INJURED IN VALDEZ AUTO ACC II)LNT - - of Dml;lllx. and the routing of enemy units at- perchant Marine o] an @ rcident aldez an e personnel off-|in an auto accident at Valdez. 7 [tempting to destroy our beachheads ghore. i annouen seriousty e, @ WY A LI QIR B jon Salpan. | e {is in no immediate danger, and Covered Shore Units | Have YOU tried that alluring|will return to Douglas for a com- Rum and Br“"d.’ < While Guam footholds were being .. their married life which began in “N-A-T-O-C-H-K-A" exclusively at|plete rest when he is able to travel. Yuma, Ariz, March 17, 1932, when |Secured, the Halford covered beach| yyoNNE's, the nicest store in| S e she was a rising young actress and |d€molition units giving close bom- |y, o (10,095-t6) | DRINK KING BLACK LABEL!' he was playing on the stage mm‘hardmem support to ground forces _ & ¥ i rean jand rescuing a number of friend-| i o Yo |1y Chamaros wh_o had escaped NOTICE! }m-oll:thnl\? .‘Ijujp JL’:eSM Opera'.ion; ‘ * L \for the Halford in the Marianas an = DOUGLAS PROPERTY OWNERS (western Carolines were completed | TaSIEWEH Cllng NO. 21/2 cans Buyers are waiting for Douglas | with her support of the occup.nt)on of Anguar and Peleliu. The mcest exciting phase of the A new convenience...' whole milk that “keeps” 1 PEACHES 2 for §3¢ No. 2 cans PEAS - 3for 63 0Old Ranger No. 2% cans PEARS - 2 for §9¢ 21b. jar 73« No. 2 cans paign for the recapture of the, Philippines. October 18th found her | with the Seventh Fleet, invading| |Leyte- Gulf with the pre-bombard-‘ {ment group. Surigao Straits Battle On the night of October 24, at‘tcl |six days of shore bombardment and | {night harassing, the Halford, as a| unit of a special attack group, met| a Japanese force of battleships, cruisers, and destroyers striking up| |Surigao Straits with the intent of knocking out our newly won Leyte| beachhead. Closing to within 7800 yards of this Jap armada, the des-‘; troyers launched their torpedoes just before our larger supporting units| cpened fire on the invaders—none 01 whom escaped! A | Daily enemy air attacks harass- ed the Halford and her parent task' force throughout her Leyte Gulfv |assignments during Octoker. After a few days of operanom‘ with the Third Fleet out of Ulithi,| the Halford returned to Leyte Gulf !on December 2nd to patrol the lznd—i ing on Leyte. Four days later, she was: assigned to protect a dam-| aged merchant ship east of Dinaga'l Island. The crippled vessel was sunk | that afternoon by a torpedo from a single light Jap bomber which man- | aged to break through after three| Nip fighters had been driven off by: gun fire, Escort Troop Ships During her December 12th to 19th! operations, escorting supply ech-i elons to Ormoc Bay and troop ships| to Mindoro busied her days. Two more enemy planes were added w the Halford's score. From January 9, 1945, after deliv-! ering troop transports to the land-| ings at Lingayen Gulf, nonhern: | Philippines, the Halford as paft of a |covering force, patrolled = the en-| lmmce to the Luu When she u:tl. Shurfine Kraft Powdered Whole Milk is fine whole milk pasteurized...dehydrated a new way. It*‘keeps’’ on your pantry shelf JUST RESTORE THE WATER... have a delicious fluid milk with uniform cream richness. Bradshaw's HONEY Reliance Shurfine Orange and Grapefruit For all milk uses, including infant feeding. 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