The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 26, 1945, Page 5

DAY, DECEMBER 26, 1945 ne! Delighting Happy Holiday Crowds' THE LOVE- AND-LAUGH LIFE OF A PERFECTLY NICE GUY, WHO JusT HAD A NAUGHTY NAME! * GARY COOPER FRANK MORGAN Anita LOUISE - COLLINGE - BREON SHOWBLALE br.Clusn CapiTii DOUGLAS NEWS FIREMEN HOLD OPEN HOUSE ‘The Douglas Volunteer Fire De- partment held open house yester- day afternoon in the Fire Hall between the hows of 2 and 5 o'clock. Refreshments of all kinds were built to suit the personal tastes of the hundreds of guests who called on the fire laddies. Music was provided for dancing with John Neimi on the accordion The affair was like those of the “Good Old Days,” with many local boys on hand just returned from war service. With everyone present, it was ‘“‘a Merry Christmas to you,’ and-“a Happy New Year to you,” making the party a great,success and Christmas Day a merry one, thanks to the D. V. F. D. DOUGLAS CALLERS Mr. and Mrs. John Solon and young daughter, Ann, Nome resi- dents, called on Douglas friends last weekend. Mrs. Solon, the former Hazel Johnson, was on the Douglas Grade School faculty sev- eral years ago. CASHEN TWINS HOME Frank and Harry Cashen, twin sons of Mrs. Sadie Cashen, arrived by plane the day before Christmas to spend the holidays at their home here. With Christmas leave extend- | ing through the New Year's holi-‘ F “JERKEY TURKEY"—incolor—and FRANKIE MASTERS and His Orch. NEWS OF THE DAY by Air Express LAUGH FEATURE IS SHOWING AS | CAPITOL'S BILL Laughter 1s given priority rating |In Nunnally Johnson’s production. Casanova Brown,” starring Garn oper and Teresa Wright, now at \vhc apitol Theatre Gary Coopar has the hole of Casa- |nova Brown, a literary professor {who, on the eve of his wedding to !Madge Ferris learns that he is the! ather of a child of a previous m'u- iage to Isabel Drury (Teresa’ |Wright). The baby arrived after | Isabel’s parents had had the mar- |riage annullad; they never had liked ' |Casanova, after be- put | cigarette in his po: and accident- {ally burned down their mansion! { Casanova dashes off to the ma- ternity h ital in Chicago to see his child, and learns that its mother | propeses to offer it for adoption. He (refuses to hear of this, and, in des- | peration, seizes the child and takes |it to a cheap hotel. Here he looks {after it as best he can. He tele- |graphs his fiancee to postpone the ‘w“ddmg but.he is finally traced to {the hotel and is confronted by Mr. {and Mrs. Ferris and Madge and Mr and Mrs. Drury and Isabel. How he {is extricated from these somewhat |amazing complications is told in the hllauo\|~ (hmax Ador Falls Te His Death NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Sgt. Ru,«sell Gleason, 36-year-old actor son of screen star James Gleason, fell to Ihis death last night from the fourth Patricia Edmond FEATURE START! 7:55 -——'10:10 OR ADDED FUN floor of the Hotel Sutton, used by| the army as barracks for men sta- | FOOD HOARDED IN JAPAN; DEMAND | MADE FOR RELEAS Privileged Class Charged with Storing While Others Go Hungry tioned here. Gleason, who had appeared in “All{ Quiet on the Western Front” and many other films, landed on a second floor extension, police said H2> had teen attached to the Army ngna) Corps Photo Center. He had been in good spirits shortly before | his death, police said they were told | by his friends. DIED AS SOLDIER HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26.—M was a soldier, and of that I um proud. He died a soldier and that TOKYO, Dec. 26.—The new To- js what his mother and I will always| kyo daily, Mimpo, asserted today ysmember.’ that large stocks of foodstuffs were That was the sad reaction today being “hoarded” by 3 “is try- goldier for 15 years, to the death of ing to give the impression that the his son Russell, in New York only way to tide over the food crisis S in this country lies in importing foreign rice." l Ia I a He e The paper demandad distribution the “hoarded” stocks. Under terms of a directive issued by Allied headquarters today, 20,000,- €00 kilograms (44,080,000 pounds) of and 3,130,000 pieces of cloth- taken from the Japanese mili-' tary stores, will be distributed among the people. The total represents ap- Steamer Alaska arrived from Sew- proximately 30 per cent of all ard yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock Japanese army and navy food, and and sailed- shortly before 6 for the all navy clothing. Very little army South. clothing is available Arriving here from S of Seward were, ‘The Supreme Allied Commander the following passengers: Homer Ac- [ also granted Japan’s minister of ton, Al Johnson. Wesley Jones, Finance permission to transfer 10,- Douglas Keating, Stanley E. Kiler, 000,000 yen ($666,667), in imperial Barbara Kiler, Vera Longergan, Roy | houszhold bonds to “the Association Williams, William Geary, John La; for 1°1|cl of War Calamity Suffer- Haie and Mike J. Pavlik. John hed lived a lighted | the privileged of actor James Gleason, himself a| |class, while the government - e - JUNIOR CHOIR, YOUTH QUINTETTE ON AIR The Junior Choir and Youth Quintette of the Methodist Church sang over the radio at 9:30 o'clock this morning for the regular Women’s Club program. The quintette sang a special ar- rangement of “Silent Night,” by | Gruber, with a soprano obligato. Julian Rivers, Hayes Miller, Rich- quartette, the current 4 ’ ) o4 ’ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA MAKE CITY HIS HOME NAVAL HERO, in Juneau for several DIES’ loNDoN years prior to the war, returned Sergeant Gombert is a former | LONDON, Dec. 26.—Admiral of the |members of the Alaska National|Fleet Lord Keyes, one of Britain's in 1942 in the Medical Detachment, | f the spectacular Zeebrugge raid 2nd Bn. 138th Infantry. He was|in the first world war, died in his !to Fort Custer, Michigan, where he had been ill three weeks ‘gr.\d\m:\d from the P. M. G. Military | Adm. Keyes yas credited with eral months in England on M. P. batting the German submarine men- duty and landed at Rouen, France. ace in World War One, and as lrenm to Liege, Belgium, where he organized the famous St. George's was put in charge of German prison- Day operation which sealed up the He participated in the first battle of | Retired in 1935, he returned to the Rhineland and the Battle of the active service in 1940 after serving 555th Quartermaster group at Reims liament. As director of combined op- and Troyes operating Supply depot erations in 1940 and 1941, he was transferred to Reims where the mando: A 555th Q. M. group organized the| Son of the late Gen. Sir Charles Headquarters for Assembly area apg of Dover. He entered the navy command in 1885 at the age of 13, became a Gocd Conduct Medal, Asiatic Pacific rank of Admiral of the Fleet in 1930 Theatre ribbon, European Theatre| ‘.\:mn and the Victory medal He was discharged in October at Cavalry Reconnaiss lcn Sgt. Gombert is a guest of Lt. |expects to make his home in Juneau. ->> | Patricia Waugh sang | Henry Cropley, Sr., and Mrs, Mar- obligato. Mrs. Don McMullen di- | Thursday at Memorial Presbyterian directed the Junior choir which |Church. Rev. Walter A. Soboleff, sang Christmas carols. nesses for the ceremony were Mr. CHUNGKING Leaders of the |and Mrs. Jake Cropley. | Democratic League, third largest {home to their friends at 926 West sented to Gen. George C. Marshall, | Tth St . American Presidential Envoy, their China. | Empire Want-ads bring results' IS CONVICTED OF SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26—The same jury of six men and six | Trene Mansfeldt of manslaughter for the jealousy-inspired shooting + hearing the second phase of her dunl plea of innocent by reason of | - Despite reports Mrs. Mansfeldt wanted to withdraw the plea and being confined in a mental insti- | tution, her attorneys brought the | Pl B3 BT | WASHINGTON—Federal depart- | ments concerned with the Coast up final plans for its return from the Navy to the Treasury. One SERGEANT GOMBERT | ORD KEVES, 5 Eergeant Gemgt' H Gombert, who here Monday via PAA. - Guard 297th Infantry and enlisted | outstanding naval hi and leader sent from Alaska in December, 1943, | todav at the age of 73. He .tmwmmonl School. He served sev- | large part of the success’ of com- Sgt. Gombert was later trans-!commander of the Dover patrol, he ers working in Service of Supply. Bruges canal in 1918 Bulge. He was transferred to the as a conservative member of par-, {for 15th U. S. Army and was later lone of the sponsors of the Com- quartermaster sections of General Keyes, he was Baron of Zeebrugge * Sgt. Gombert was awarded the commander in 1900 and rose to the | Operation ribbon with two battle ‘(‘Amp Atterbury, Indiana, with the Colonel and Mrs. J. P. Williams and | Henry Cropley, Sr son compose the boy's garet Wanamaker were married last rected the group. Mrs. Robert Treat pastor, officiated.at the service. Wit- e i | The newly-married couple are at political group in China, today pre- views on situation in i MRS. MANSFELDT o MANSLAUGHTER | women which convicted Mrs. Annie ,of Nurse Vada Martin today began i nsanity. serve a prison term instead of hearing to trial. Guard service today were drawing source reported that the change | ard Keithahn and Donald Winger- | the soprano | President Is To Broadcast KANSAS CIiY, Dec. 26-Presi- dent Truman revealed today that he will aadress the country by radio shortly ufter his return to Wash- ington on the overall legislative pro- gram and the state of the nation The address, he said, will include not only an explanation to the peo- ple of his legiglative proposal - for ending strikes, but will review his entire legislative program, much of which has beem stalemated in Con-| gress The President made his disclosure to an informal news conference to- day shortly after his arrival in his offices at the Kansas City Federhl building from a trip to nearby Grandview, Mo., where he paid his second holiday visit in two days to his n\nlh(‘l’ Mrs. Martha E. Truman. - 5 Kiddies Trapped By Fire; Lose Lives F‘A‘\YI-TT‘E‘VILLF W. Va, Dec. 26 —Five of the 10 children of Mr. and Mrs. George Sodder were burned to - death yesterday when a Christmas' Day fire destroyed their !frame house two miles | Fayetteville, State Trooper Springer reported. The victims, ranging in age hum six to 15 years, were trapped on 'h(" top floor of their home despite the frantic efforts of their parents and other brothers and sisters to rescue/ them 100 VETS STAGE DEMONSTRATION' DENVER, Dec. 26.—More than 100 veterans carrying signs reading “We can't live in foxholes here” and “What about those wartime prom- ises” picketed Denver's city. hall yes- terday in a demonstration against the housing shortage. | ‘The demonstration was sponsored by the American Veterans Commit- ! tee. Several of the veterans were accompanied by their wives nnd children. two-story | north of i | i ’1h1e¢~ ifths of Bollvm is !roplcul lowlands Plleasure (lhead | American tub a | mony. | Mrs, PAGE FIVE 20TH CENTURY SHOWING "SIGN OF THE CROSS” The extravagant, epicurean way of life prevalent in ancient Rome days is best typified in “The Sign of the Crods,” now playing at the 20th Century, during the milk bath scene in which Claudette Colbert is fea- tured. Portraying the lovely but wicked' Empress Poppaea in Paramount's modernized production of the Cecil B. DeMille spectacle, Claudette re- clines in a shimmering pool of milk as slaves and attendants hover by to await her slightest command. The particular pool used in “The Sign of the Cross” was constructed frgm blueprints and charts of baths un- covered in excavations in Rome. The elaborhite Roman bath is three times as large as the mgst pretentious NOW PLAYING Magnificent? Mightiest Y Drama of a Deathless DeMille, famous for bath tub cenes, uses not ony this ornament n the stirring drama in which Claudette is starred with Frederic March, Elissa Landi and Charles Laughton. There's the huge Circus | Maximus, sports arena where the Cmisti(ms were unmercifully led to slaughter for the amusement of pa- tricians, also interior settings, dup- es of Nero's famed Palace of Gold Cecil B. DeMilles .SIGN OF THE Cross- mdrie March Elissa Landi Claudette Colbert Charles Laughton A Paremeunt flm TAABL Ik e ADDED— LATEST FOX NEWS D CHRISTM! At his Douglas home last eve- ning, U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray read the marriage vows that united Porfirio Tabernilla and Pauline Glover, both of Juneau, in simple Christmas evening cere- Witnesses were Mr, and Sam. Constantino. i S WEDDING Dl THEATRE NOW PLAYING! 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Kronquist.; i Properties of Allied nationals were For Petersburg: John Carter, Mrs.| 'placed in custody of 100 Japanese John Carter, John Carter, Jr. Fon |administrators in late December, Wrangell: J. P. Harvey, Mrs. J. P 11941, Harvey. New York, U. S. A. GORDON MILLS CIVILIAN s Gordon Mills arrived home yes- terday in time to spend Christmas Day with his parents; here, Mr. and Mrs, John Mills. He is now a civilian, having been discharged | at Fort Richardson with more than three years of service in the Army. Announcing “FIRST IN ALASKA” 3 & v | ! Many soldiers were aboard Lhe OES: INETALLATROY | |steamer bound for the states. No. 2, Order of Easter Star, who FOUR AMERI(A“S , e are to be installed Saturday eve- | ning, Dec. 29, will practice in the | 7 oclock, according to an an-| NEW YORK, Dec. 26 — Honors nouncement by Helmi Bach, the] have come to four living Americnns, y 'l | Worthy Mulmn ! who have been marked for eleva- | The Alaska Airlines Starliner Roman Catholic Church. They are i | Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis, Fairbanks with Captain Lund, Flight| O er arrived in Juneau with the fol-| 0" XMAS HOUDAYS :;ghglf;:);s::;llg:;xzcgfoyeg;“;:: lowing passengers from Anchorage: Harper, | This means that for the first time, 5 " Requad HUshes, o0 p"¢ All officers of Nugget Chapter, Eagles' Hall Thursday evening at, To BE (ARDINAlS AlASKA AIR[INB tion to the rank of Cardinal in the FouR DEAIHS HERE { Archbishop Mooney of - Detroit, Officer Currie and Stewardess Stiv-| [in Distory the Untied States witl! or DATPen ORIiel Beekine 802 Deaths of four persons, three men| and one infant, cccurred over the| Christmas holidays. James Hay and George Beck died at St. Ann’s Hospital Monday, John Grabitz, at St. Ann’s Christmas Day and Pat- rick Jimmy Johnnie, two months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles John- nie of Hoonah at Government Hos- pital shortly after 1 oclock this morning. James Hay, 56, formerly employed| by the P. E. Harris Co., at Fun- ter Bay, was a native of Scotland. He died at 3:15 p. m. George Beck, 61, expired at 6:30 p. m. He was a native of Denmark and was last em- ployed as a guard in the Federal| jail here. He is known to be sur-| .vived by a son, Major Al Beck, wn.h' the Signal Corps. John Grabitz, a 67-year-old Lutheran native of Ger-, many, dled at midnight. - WAh!IlNG'l'ON - Inclement weather, gloomy, snow-laden skies in the East and rain and sleet in much of the nation failed to spou Christmas Day for those rnnuljes reunited after four- years of war. 4 The worst traffic jam in history is reported. | | ihave five cardinals. The nation {now has one—Dennis Cardinal Do- | drew Awe, Charles Awe, M. Haines, W. F. Stuart, Gladys' Honeycuft, T.| MNO_ BAC ICE" registered at the Gastineau. herty of Philadelphia. |H. Lubke, N. A. West, B. D. wuk-i The four American churchmen 'er, Helen Toppelman and R. T. i Haines. I will be summoned to a consistory| o the return flight were the fol- | to be held at Vatican OCity on'jowing for Anchorage: “mw Feb. 18. Twenty-eight other prel- nogole Walter McClennon, Louis| ates from all over the world also ggsather, Mrs. John Bollwegg, Will-! have been summoned. There Will'jgm K. Gorder, George R. Jones.! be 32 new cardinals all told. |Stanley Parsons, George T. Williams, As a result, the new College of gqihryn Summers, Russell Johnson, | Cardinals will have 70 members— | mogene Scavenious, Lowell Puckett,' the full limit allowed. Twenty-|a] peterson, Mrs. Al Peterson, Allen eight of them will be Italians. The Opp and Beverly Sabrowski and in-| 42 others will be non-Italians—the fan¢. highest number in the modern} EXCELLENT HOSTS' LT. PETERSON HERE Lt. L. W. Peterson of Sitka is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. v | TR A T Members of the Juneau Volun- wlLLlAM GEARY ARRIVES teer Fite Department proved to be William Geary, Fairbanks resi-|excellent hosts at the annual! dent, has arrived here and is|christmas Day open house yester- | stopping at the (mslmeau Hotel. day afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock. o | Nearly 300 of Juneau's prominent ! KILERS IN JUNEAU citizens attended the affair and| Barbara Kiler and Stanley E. pronounced it one of the most 'Kiler, Fairbanks, are in town, successful events of the season. (BRI e DRINK KING lLACK mu. 'l NO-BACTERIA uneau Ice & Cold Storage Co. of JUNEAU, ALASKA FISHERMEN . . . We Are Pleased o Announce that the Juneau Ice & Cold Storage Co., of Juneau, Alaska, Is the “First in Alaska” to Handle No-Bac Ice . AT ALL TIMES! Quantities of No-Bac Ice, Ready 1o Load, Will Be Carried