The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 2, 1946, Page 5

| | | | % i g | The thrilling, romantic drama of a couple of today's young sweet- hearts, fighting to keep . away the future! GARLAND Robert Luc MARSHALL THOM GLEASON 'JUDY GARLAND, BOB 'WALKER STARRED IN capow’ | A new screen team is presented in “The Clock”, colorful romance by | Paul and Pauline Gallico, which M- G-M presents starting Sunday at the Capitol Theatre. Judy Garland is teamed with Rob- ert Walker, sensational young lead- ing man who scored in the title role of “See Here, Private Hargrove,” in the film which was produced by Arthur Freed. ’ The story tells of the last 48 hours spent by a soldier about to Le shipped overseas. Watching loving families and |sweethearts in Pennsylvania Station, he realiz how lonely , when a pretty young typist s a shoe. He finds it for her, here starts a whirlwind 48 hours together which culminates in a hectic wedding Miss Garland previously com- pleted “Meet Me In St. Louis” and Walker appeared in “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.” The story, a dramatic romance, is Miss Garland’s first real drama- tic role, and the first drama that Freed has produced at M-G-M. As an added feature there will 2 “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” a vorite dramatic recitation that receives some modern treatment in a cartoon. The Malamute Saloon is the scene of the brawl and the - PSON RUTH * BRADY g b ILE ] EATURE $920000000000000000000009000000000930909000000009096000000000000400900000000000000000000000920009 PSS B et EXPERTYT SERVICE Generaiors Fiotors === Starters FISEERMAN GVERHAUL YOUR ELECTRICAL EQUIPHMENT NOW! We are equipped o give you reliable service at reason- able prices. Kohler Ligln_ Plants PARSONS ELECTRIC COMPANY JUNEAU ALASKA BNDAY. . o EXTRA! EXTR: Ofd Fricnd “Red Hot Riding Mood” in Disguise ] ! § § § § N { N § j N § { \ § 4 4\ I § { { § { J { % $ \ “Lady Known as Lu” is our old friend, Red Hot Riding Hood in dis- guise and she is the cause of it all DRILLING OFFICE T0 OPEN; PETERSON IS LOCATING HERE The Alaska Drilling Co., is going to establish an office in Juneau, Walford Peterson arriving here for that purpose. | Peterson, formerly of Minneapo- Jis and the Iron Range, in Min- nesota, also of Ketchikan, has just been discharged from the Navy af- ter two years in the service. The Company will engage in all of drilling, according to D SAD SACKS BOISE, Idaho — This may or may not be good news to some GIs, re turning to this city — but any rate, | they aren’t going to be homesick for the Army. About 75 barracks at Gowen Field, army air base, have been declared surplus and are available for occu- pancy by veterans. AT 2:10—1:1 6:15—8:20—1 OO0TING OF DAN McGOO” IN TECHNICOLOR loon in Coldernell, Alaska! ENDS TONIGHT! SSIDAHO®® ON AT 8:20—10:45 S“MANTRAP> ON AT 7:00—9:30 % | Groundhiog * Prediction ‘Where were you early this morn- ing? From where we were, (we is me), we 'spotted that groundhog and he isn't going back, which means, ac- cording to the aforesaid ground- - e hog, winter is waning. He did: DRINK KING BLACK LABEL! § FEATURE | WAVES" TONIGHT | AT 20TH CENTURY The maddest, merriest mixup of |of comedy, songs and romance ar- {rives tonight at the 20th Century Theatre when Paramount’s “Here Comes the Waves” rolls in with the | tide. d the tip-off on' its sure | fire success is the name cast whic |brings Bing Crosby, Sonny Tufts |and Betty Hutton together doing a {bang-up job | Preview audiences have been lav- ish in their praise of filmdom’ est epic in the line of mu | Actually, “Here Come the We is a tribute to the Nav; service- women. It's the entertainment, though, that brings the houss down from the opening reel on, 'tis said | Irrepressible Betty, the Hutton-tot kid, is twice as potent in a dual role She plays herself and her twin, red- | head and blonde, respectively, thus | causing double the fun and double the commotion. Things get compli- cated when Bing falls for one sister while the twins both fall for Bing In the meantime, poor Sonny hangs around trying to decide which one of the girls he’s in love with. The grapevine tells us that Bing's performance will rate the same kind of orchids that his “Going My Way" role although the picture is the re- verse kind of story. Bing aban- don’s his priest's garb for a Navy uniform, but the same warm, human quality pers previewers claim Better than that, he's the idol of the bobby socks brigade in the pic- ture causing a flood of laughs from every side. The picture is chock full of musi- cal numbers giving Bing and Betty ample opportunities to display their versatilities. - WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 6:30 0’Clock This Morning e o o In Juneau—Maximum, 31; minimum, 26. At Airport—Maximum, 31 minimum, 24. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) e o 0 Fair and continued cold this afternoon and Sunday. Lowest temperature tonight near 20. Gusty Northeaster- ly winds. o e 0 000 00 00 D Fredrich von Fiotow (1612-83), a German composer, was educated for the diplomatic service. see his shadow. Perhaps you were elsewhere and | vour groundhog forvecast different- {ly. But winter isn't over elsewhere. Just read this Associated Press | dispatch from Punxsutawney, Pa.,| ;'vhxch says the Punxsutawney | | Groundhog Club reported today | that precisely at 7:52 am, the groundhog emerged from his canoe ridge weather works at Gobbler's Knob and saw. his shadow. | In accordance with an old tra-!pgmonton ition the groundhog thus forecast mairpanks WEATHER DATA FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT Max. temp. | last 24 hrs* 16 Station ten Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cordova Dawson -3 17 34 -6 9 4 -1 -1 -1 | Lowest 4:30am. 24 hrs. -21 U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF COMSIERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, ALASKA BULLETIN 4:30 A, M,, 120TH MERIDIAN TODAY TIME Weather at 4:30 am. Snow temp. 11 nn. Precip. 6 4 Clear Clear Cloudy Smoky Pt. Cloudy -21 6 -12 -12 -10 5 7 4 9 s twims—borh the Roves of the Wavest Afomic Bomb [s Proposed fo Be Used Prospecting | NEW YORK, Feb. 2—Capt. Ed- | die Rickenbagker says he had pro- posed to the Army, Navy and Coast | Guard that the atom bomb be used to “prospect” for gold and other minerals in the ice-covered South Polar region. Briefly, he said his idea was that PAGE FIVE IT STARTS ONIGHT! NTINUOUS SHOWS DAY from 1:30 P. M. %% When SONNY shines, " You'l Love A Soldier” 1 P S £ come THE WAVES K SANDRICH /o ANN DORAN + GWEN CRAWFORD * NOEL NEILL CATHERINE CRAIG * MARJORIE HENSHAW, Original Screen Ploy by Alon Scot, Ken and Zion Myers| ouecied by MARK SANDRICH i Fourth in Series of Card Parties Given by MEN and WOMEN of MOOSE AT §P. M. SATURDAY NIGHT Seward Building Proceeds to March of Dimes | | 1 I | I | | | { Cloudy DONATED BY MAURSTAD ROOMS Clear Cloudy Clear Clear 24 26 21 28 to the world that winter weather | gaineg will continue for six more weeks. | y,neay A representative of the club said: | yuneau Airport “The verdict is six more weeks of | gatohikan . winter, I needn't enlarde on the goiehue !the explosive force of the bomb | could be used to blast the ice cap 11mo fragments and “unlock the icy ! docrs that withhold from human 31 31 38 9 PR R 26 24 28 The Erwin l_?(;éd Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 AY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE 15 2 -1 . 48 28 37 56 45 | shadow’s meaning. It stands for, as weGiath jvou well know, six more weeks of nome | rain, sleet, wind, cold, ice and|Northway | snow.t Petersburg | So What? Portland | Pririce George Prince Rupert San Francisco Seattle Sitka ‘Whitehorse . U Yakutat 20 | #—(4:30 . m. yesterday to 4:30 a. PROSPECTORS' AID BILL IN CONGRESS WASHINGTOL:, Feb, 2—A bill expected by one of its sponsors to | result in the discovery of new min- eral lodes and oil pools “to bolster | the nation’s dwindling reserves,” | was prepared for introduction to- | day by eight western Senators. Hopes for such results was ex- pressed by Senator Carville (D- | Nev.), who prepared the measure northwestern Washington this morni WEATHER SYNOPSIS: The low pressure area has deepened over westward from this low info the Gulf of Alaska. trated in the western portion of Alaska with temperatures as low as minus 21 degrees which was reported at Bethel. colder this morning over Southeast Alaska. Rain or snow has fallen over the northwestern portion of the United States, the Aleutian Islands and at scattered points over western Canada and the interior of Alasl Snow Clear Snow | Clear Rain Clear Clear Pt. Cloudy Rain Clear Snow Clear 0 02 0 40 0 03 0 12 . m. today) i ing and & low trough extends north- Cold air has penes The temperatures are ka. | knowledge the potential riches of | 1 the antarctic continent.” Speaking at a luncheon, Ricken- backer, President of Eastern Air | Lines conceded the suggestion “at | first flush sounds like a fantastic story from the pen of Jules Verne." “But I believe,” he said, “that it is well within execution.” |DOUGLAS | SUNDAY ONLY "Our Hearis Were Young and Gay” | which would enable land grant col- leges throughout the country to ob-| | tain rare new scientific equipment. | Under the measure, which Sena- | | tor Gossett (D-Idaho) plans to in-| | troduce in the absence of Carville,' | the Bureau of Mines would be au- thorized to establish geophysical sub-stations at land grant colleges | which offer accredited courses in | mining engineering. | Students taking the course in | prospecting would be assured of vacation employment with Bureau | U ENaIion s Network, i Air Routes Expand WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. — The ' nation’s network of air routes in- creased 4,042 miles in 1945 com- pared with 8435 in 1944. !" Announcing this today, the Air Transport Association said domestic | airlines now are authorized to fly a record high of 66,979 route miles. | The international route miles | certified at the end of 1945 totaled /106,197 for U. S. carriers. : — et — | Water filled with decaying vege- 'tables is the best incubator of mos- Lquito engs { BARANOF wenZ y LEADERSHIP... E L T H O TELEPHONE ———— THROUGHOUT 14 YEARS IN ALASKA " Pensts” © Mulii-engined airoraft © Multiple crews © Stewardess service © Hot meals aloft © To link Alaska with Seattle © Two-way radio communication © One-day service—Sedttle to Nome certificatod for night and y instrument operation 106 reach of potenliall CIRCULATING HEATERS OIL BURNING | Ulira Modern in Design —Deautiful grained porcelain enamel finish —waist-high value control —contsant level oil valve, —heating capacity : 30,000 cu. ft. 50,000 cu. ft. 65,000 cu. ft. THOMAS HARDWARE (0. PHONE 555 | Needlecraft Shop WILL BE CLOSED Friday and Saturday