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PAGE FIVE KA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 'FILM "OBJECTIVE BURMA™ COMING 10 20TH CENTURY| H{I DAILY ALA SATURD:! ’\Y, M/\RLH 16, |94() THERE’S SOMETHING SCREWY GOING ON HERE!? .’ COME ON DOWN TO THE CAPITOL AND SEE A ====- ! [ l M:fi\(‘l‘ “""\‘::“ ‘\‘:h‘:‘“;“‘l\““"“”"‘ “';‘[\ NOTE: Owing to the length of this picture it will show twice each evening at |upon themselves to be the shock| G738 Eo M &30 e AN | troops, to those men who are nol BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 6:45 P. M. < B~ § e T T e 8 & | [ |more than clay pigeons as they s YOUS Shows ALL DAY! e B g B VTR RILRER o A% ket M ’the parachute battalions-—Warner R, ULy {Bros. have dedicated their dra AN YOU'RE IN FOR f0i0ic picture, "Objective - Burm [") TO-THE-MINUTE A MERRY TIME {which ‘comes to the 20th Century ICTURE OF WHAT HERE'S THEIR : BRIt o siimatecast it sink % fl? EJ i‘fi, Lageat .- HERES - AT !Errol Flynn and features William : EIR LOONIEST . s | Prince, George Tobias, Dick Erd- UNPREDICTABLE ;’E'ngs ?IIEIR Dn, VAN LOON s man and Henry Hu', “Objective, YOUNGSTE RE |Burma” is the saga of the para- Dudniest! MELODY CLINIC ;chu\ battalions which were drop- THINKING! ped into Burma long before foot VT a OLSEN WHERE MUSIC | soldiers slogged forward. It is a v I | - Yodl (sweet and hot) tale of valor and courage that has " s equaled only by the brave men JOHNSON | been who performed against the IS USED INSTEAD Jap OF PILLS The ner Bros. studio record in a W Bllly G]lber! B e ok i S individual scenes were photograph- savage GlLs” THF NEW wction-packed picture claims ed, compared- with a normal pic- i ON AT . fifty. This total does not include shr-xfi how .she like::v to Afan: . Noai, . Grace 8:20-—1 E '7F L) setups by added cameras, ne- live and have a gjm(vi‘flme CURTIS:BEERY Ir.-McDONALD tl_mu a n.\,\lnf_vA as l\xxlvl)(-m‘s, e —What She “GOES AND—THE SHOW WORLD'S TOP SONG AND gttt 5 TOPS 'AIR FORCE'S FOR DANCE STARTS | i Lo " TOPS ‘DESTINATION TOKYO'I ERROL FANN starring in the most important of all his pictures JANES BROWN | Wondertul n Ale wait'it you e nimin this one! HEAR hat She FROWNS =AY HEAR THESE GREAT SONGS { / —Her CLOTHES, B s - “DON'T LET YOUR Produciion of GOId e HOBBIES, CUSTOMS CRUSHES ... ONE OF LOVE GO WRONG™ AND OTHER SWELL TUNES y Wuz an on the Little White Keys” “It’s Circus Time” ake It Away” “We're Makin’ “Fuz ~ Copper Off in Jan. WASHINGTON, March 16.—Gold and copper production declined in January while that of silver show- ed little change from the preced- ing month. ‘The Bureau of Mines reported to- tal January output of the three metals, compared with the Decem- ber production, was Gold—79,645 fine ounces vs. . A a Mililon” B SRR TH Today's News NOW ON OUR SCREEN A A MA NO NOTHING Wik WILLIAM PRINCE JAMES BROWN AIR TIKKY TAMEBO” EXPRESS SERVICE copy 398 short tons DICK ERDMAN - GEORGE TOBIAS - HENRY HULs. GREAT LIFE” and OTHERS! silver 2416 fine ounces /ARNER ANDERSON - Dirvsntdy Racul Walsh 14,040 e Bureau said the 15 percent decline in gold production was sty chiefly in South Dakota, where the Gur Swell Double Feature LEAVES TO lG]lT' Targest. sdvanoés took. piace, In b = & v S v " latter half of '45 and in Utah where ROY in 6 6 ®9® ONAT LEE in ll “ M ONA e ot 3 e [ 5 ROGERS U 8:05—10:35 TRACY e the Wor 7:00-9:35 piction, ke aHysTeely” RENNEN ¥ oo e an Oviginal Siory by Alvah Bessie « Music by Fran: Waxman by a labor strike California lead the gold produc- ing states, with 17,500 fine ounces. F(BX FflST NEWS o i S R e T T TS e PREPARATIONS MADE FOR ' FRANKIE “SUGAR CHILE" "SEE My lAWYER i et Tor WRtran s DO I v ts mUBIGHA U ot A-BOMB TESTS OFF { i ROBINSON — 7-Year-Old o bear hu "““S | forms will close March 25, for space, BIKINI ATOLL R Prodigy Boogie Woogie VETERANS' GUIDE Scouts }muun during the Au'utmn S DOUGLAS v -ser e ver CUSS: Ve Y an; ef0; J - " Film version of ne stoge pluy | TWO ex-servicemen were discuss- tivate fhe land beforo he can 8¢ |compaign as “Castner's Cutthre AR dwig augh- | ing thei e. cle se | tually g e to rom the gov- thaf rocked Broadway with laugh-| "0 BT, B hrmane | o t Cultivati M 1e 69%"| cenator Gren Collins, fiyer and . Lawyer,” is about in|Was going to get some government |ernmen ultivation means break- tormer agent for the Aldska Gatne teseend on our fair town. It ar- land and settle down on it. The|ing the soil, planting, and tillage.| < Liatl e T ; The entryman must live on the ammission, ' 18, -yice-president - dpc other wanted to now, “How about| that homesteading stuff I've heard i Theatre Sun- ight to warn rives at the field manager. Other company of- (S5 CENTURY TONIGHT oroperty for at least seven months day and it and William ficials include Henry fans to take out funny bone insur-|about?” cach year for three years and heio o oot "o e % o 11e el 2 y of Anchor- ance (if there is such a thing) and| “Oh, you can get over 300 & must have a habitable house buill pris "“usic in to protect, as far as possible, ribs of land — free,” said tho first | on it. The second year, at least 2 g " i oo Tekkleantl O Hhak eree . Rie 1, o, CHpERIERgNEY, R B o thet will ache from laughter a long time to come. | Olson and Chic Johnson are rs of the film and are seen as tie aselves. They are owaers of the oeet unignz night coo in ‘he “I'm for that,” said the second. | They went to a table to sit down | and talk it over. Since they had been discharged from the Navy, both apparently found it difficult to shake loose from a certain unrest 2 s - many hunting and fishing parties e _L'""aud' and the third Year|.,eracted for this summer.p there must be cultivation of at LTS oy g least one eighth of the area, S0/ poyny KNG RIACK LABEL! if the lands now open aren't good | z , ” A (and the government says most of | Manhattan” SHORTS st veyld, whers anvihing can Dappen. ' i “tyeir plood. them aren’t) there can be little == [ ] -] ] certainl” does. e j a4 & | suceessful cultivation. In support o Olsn aug John-| “Sure” said the firsi, when they, px-service men, who want to be- l “E 0ASIS CAFE sch are Alna Gunis, Giace M- Were seated. 920 acves of 'ANC|come entrymen, geb some credit for ; | Donald, Noah Searv, Jr, Franklin Most homesteaders have 1o Ve 9% |the time served in the armed | and - 5 Pangborn, Edward 8. Brophy, ‘he land for three -‘g”* before | forces, So next time Tl try out- [ among others. There are contri- they get to own it. But we €€l jining veterans’ homestead rights. [} ea n buting performan by radio song- credit for our time is the Navy. LRI MU H The second one said, “What do you think about it?” | Th both were looking at stress Yvette, ya and her cc Carmen Ama- the King Cole dancer any, NEW INDUSTRY BEING IN DOUGLAS me. about this homesteading stuff?” “Well,” I said, toda) youngsters of are thinking about—their hobbies, customs, fash- Trio, and ma ther headliners. H ioin Al TE o Mareh of T stirred mysell. “Me?” I asked.| f 4 i i I | “from what little | TO BE G|VEN ASSISTAN(E 10 Percent Reduction On All Round Trip Tickets. STEAKS. .. jons, etc, is an added feature I know about it, I don’t want any| A S0t L0 dieve ab’ it miekent. PAT of it.” | Al?nmpnung a great demand for CHICK N | % time, The feature is packed with' “Why not?” they both demand-|tourist accommodations in Alaska: |y E | l d bright scenes that goes into the 'f‘; i i dm'?“g lhc COMRDE MR, another i CHOw MEIN | G ncrease aggage owance ] teen age girl’s home “with their| “I think it's a good way to goinew ' Alaskan industry is in tk e .. hair down,” how {hey earn pin broke fast” was all I could offer. making. A group of Anchorage 40 Pounds Free On All Tickets. money, how they talk, how they As they say I was going to be /men, two now in Juneau, have FBESH FBIED OYSTER DINNERS 55 Pounds Free On Through Flights to Seattle b of no help, they ignored me and formed the Alaska Vacations, Inc. kept on arguing. It was one-sided,|both to provide a nceded service because all they were doing were |for Alaska visitors and to promote |} Yessing themselves. ‘Alaska industry. H But I decided I'd better find oull The company, with headquarte: something about the homestead in Anchorage and offices planned laws as they apply to ‘veterans. |for Scutheast Alaska and Seattle, And this is it. {is hiring guides, horse wranglers. It seems that President meg;n‘plane: and pilots and establishing approved the first homestead law |Strategic camps for game hunters, | in 1862, Soldiers have been using|!ishermen, photographers and tour- — the provisions of this and similar r homesteading laws for more than keep dates and in short tells just what they go for. ALASKA PACKERS T0 ., USE SEATTLE AREA DISPATCHING SHIPS SAN FRANCIECO, Matca 16— The Alaska Packers, Ine., which has AFTER 6 P. M. Private Dining Room for Parties ® Douglas 21-Passenger Transporis The First All-New Transports in Alaska Service. Phone Douglas 42 for Reservations BOB CHURCHILL, Owner and Manager BOB CAPSTICK, Chef TTTT T IT L L Tl T Crz ® Stewardess Service Expertly trained stewardesses 10 make your GREEN 559 BOX 2315 headquarters here, announces it i p : b e 1./80 years. Many veterans ‘always A F F trip completely pleasant and to serve you re- 2 ¥ {‘i;’;"fi, 3‘};‘,;;,’:3&,“;“,; ‘:;:]‘nm;yp{lif,( have tried homrste:adinsM on gov- llllOllncement R E n R b w 0 L freshments aloft with the compliments of the and employces from Puget Sound “”;’;‘l:;‘ ]:x’l'::nf‘igf’ Sy LA LE DR SV ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR company. ] ports instead of from the bay area. Fishing operations begin next month. Before the war the firm, a sub- sidiary of the California Packing Corp., based its fleet of four steam- ers here, and annually hired some 2000 California workers for the salmon canning season. A. K. Tichenor,: company presi- dent, explained that during the war its ships were put in war service and the company was forced tn hire and transport from the Seattle| area, where other transport service to Alaska was available. Since only one ships, the S. S. Bering, returned by the government, the firm must continue for another year its Puget Sound base. ‘The change may be permanent. Alaska Packers normally is the largest single salmon packer in the industry. In 1944 it canned 404,713 cases, valued at $6.472,565. of the packers’| has been Global War already are interested and undoubtedly many more will be—as they get out of the armed fore Civilians who are not vet- erans have also used the home- steading laws. As a result “generally -speaking, the vacant land remaining in Fed- eral ownership today consists of tracts which were passed by as un- satisfactory during all those years of intense homestead demands.” Those quoted words are from an\ official publication of the U. s.| | General Land Office. With very few exceptions, tracts of government lands now avail- able wouldn't provide agricultural | livelihood. And that is just what | is required if they are to be ob-! tained under our present home- stead laws. That's because the general rule is that an entryman (which is what 2 homesteader is called) must cui- “HOUSE WIRING OUE SPECIALTY” GRADELLE LEIGH REALTY CO. 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