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WEDN SHOWPLALE or L/u SDAY, APRIL 3, 1946 NOW PLAYING! Complete Show 7:15—5:35 Feature at 8:10—10:40 UNHOLY DESIRES GERALDINE FivZ IIYZGIIMD RALD. & ELLA RAINES EXTRA! ™ -Y 0Of Brother and Sister! UAUL‘A\"I rFrKUM OUR STAGE AT 9:30 P. M. l’rescn(s “Teucher’s Pet” A RADIO QUIZ CONTEST WITH PRIZES FOR ALL CONTESTANTS! LOTS OF FUN FUR EVERYBODY! Promenade PIans Completed; Style Show, Tea, April 13 cmonade,” purade scheduled for Saturday, April arrangements for the fashion show has been scheduled for next Wed- nesday night, April 10, in the apartment of Mrs. Ken Alexander | at the Baranof. New Committees Further committees for “Promen- | ade” named last night include Joyce | | Williams and Laurene Knowles, tea pre-Easter fashion arrangements; Ione Williams, \\md-im‘fly to the film's vitality. Mrs robe mistress and programs; THI [UNIQUE MURDER SH||)|)|NG BILL DRAMA SHOWING | AT CAPITOL NOW “Uncle Harry” is a gripping sus- pense story, superbly told, and an exceptional motion picture from every audience angle. The fea- ture is now at the Capitol Theatre. A disquieting bond of affecticn between a brother and sister is a ibasis for the absorbing plot. George : Sanders, co-starred with Geraldine Are Achieved Fitzgerald and Ella Raines, deliv- \€rs to the fullest as the brother,| The extraordinary session of the Harry, displaying unsuspected ver- Seventeenth Alaska Territorial Leg- isatilit . ‘islature passed into history at 9:50 Miss Fitzgerald is equally force-|o'clock last evening when Senate All Major Purposes of' Special Legislature \ter, Lettie, whose adoration ba- el fell to proclaim adjournment sine {comes an obsession. Miss Raines die. The House adjourned 10 min- matches the performances of her utes earlier. co-stars as the third corner of Lhe‘ Forty laws, six memorials and| :lri'mgle She appears as the at- [five resolutions were enacted dur- !rflcuve New York fashion author-/ing the 30 days of lawmaking. ‘nv who falls in love with the broth-| That mark was hit by Senate | bk | passage, of 11 bills on the final day; | The consequent rivalry with itS of the session. Though they did not wcrashmg climax, is screen drama of by any means clean up their calen- ‘bremmakmz calibre and amplified dar, the Senators were satisfied that ,hy the somber locale, a quaint New the purpose of the special session |Hampshire township. ihad been achieved. { Other outstanding talent in the Highlight of the closing mesting {film “includes Moyna Macgill, seen | [last evening was consideration of las an older sister., Sara Allgood,' SB. 35 the “super-emergency”| |H'xrry Von Zell, Judy Clark and shipping bill wired from Washing- | |Samuel S. Hinds all deliver gener- ton for jntroduction on the next- to-last-day of the session. ‘The “Uncle Harry” is strong, worth- g ions opened their evening ses- 13, was the topic of discussion at william Carter, assisted by Mys, |While entertainment that will re-igjon by voting to put that bill on the regular business Beta Sigma Phi sorority, held last night in' the apartment of Mrs. J H. Williams. An affair which promises to be the biggest event of the season for Juneau women, the fashion show will feature luncheon and tea hours in the Gold Room of the Baranof| Hotel, The luncheon is scheduled fer 12:30 o'clock with a group ol piom- inent Junsau women modeling meeting of peggy Landaas, Mrs. L. M. Dunlap, {¢éive Widespread approval. Mrs. Vernon More and Elise Coom- es, hostess committee; Mrs. Dunlflp, |decorations; and Mary Jane Lyman, Peggy Landaas, Elise Coomes and Ruth Dulap, secretarial; Dorianne Barnes and Mrs. D. C. Langdon, music. During a five minute recess pre- ceding the cultural program to the sorority by Miss Margaret Welsh, member who announced her last | night, a box of chocolates was sem‘ {top of the calendar and act on it alone. During Second Reading, two {amendments were made to the !measure: One set the starting ap- 'Force of Tidal Wave | (0mp|e|e|y Spen' Is propnaucn at $7,500; the other re- i e mped the membership of the | S'a'emenl, Danger ovef {shipping Authority, supplanting the Governor and Secretary of Alaska with the Auditor and Highway En- gineer — who, with the Attorney ol : ; " |General, would make up an all- missing; Kauai, 12 and six; Maui,|Territorial board. (Continued from Panc DMI DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE DIES AS EXTRA SESSION ENDS ful in the difficult role of the sis-!President Edward D. Coffey's gsv-} -JUNEAU, ALASKA ing with only a minor committee| r amendment at the opening of the IHE wAY AHEAD afternoon mesting. At that time A' 20'“ (E“IURY it failed to sustain a two-thirds vote for advancement; which seem- | ed to spell deteat. How.i'er, Sen-| ator Joe Green conducted a con-| icerted campaign to revive -the| Imeusux-v Ruled out of order on a |repeat request for suspension of| “The the rules, Green ed his col- |Opening leag\lm of being fraid” to vote on | night. “The Way Ahead” is not the bill Finally a McCutcheon '® war film in the accepted sense. stratgem brought the bill back on It carries no message; it does not the floor to gain passage by an 11|cxhort. It is a simple story of to 5 majority. Iseven men who, like free men since { " Other Measures Valley Forge and Concord, answer- Other measures passed in the af- €d the call to arms. Despite their |terncon meeting were: uniforms, despite their battle rec- | HB. 54, which survived an in- Ords, they aro not “regulars” They !detinite postponement attempt to donned a uniform to do a job. carry 9 to 7. The bill authorizes| “The Way Ahead” has more hu- Terrforial Assay Offices mor than argument, more human- Alaska-originating ores, 1 [ty than heroics. It shows the icharge, for non-resident prospect-|Seven men who are its main char- ors. acters from their days as awkward l, HB. 53, providing for pm\m‘mvklm\ to their final great test |grading rules; passed 10 to 5. jof combat. It takes them through H.B. 55, setting criminal and m_‘uwu last moments with their wives Vu penalties for law enforcement of.\nnd sweethearts and families :ticers not bringing arrested persons | through experiences that will thrill !betore a magistrate within 24 hours {€very human heart. It shows them ar refusing visits to prisoners. by & you know they are. attorneys or relatives. Carried un-| ‘‘The Way Ahead” is not a story animously. {of supermen. Its star, David Nivin, H.B. 56, changing the law regfl,d.‘and its cast headed by Raymond ing inheritance of real property, Huntley, Billy Hartnell and Stanley { providing that widows receive on&}HU“UW“) play the roles of plain half. Passed 14 to 2. people and from that fact comes H.B. 16, revamping the procedure“he film’s wonderful quality. |for vadmission to the practice of | Pea? i lot “some aiscuseion. " 1t was” sa-| WARNING IS GIVEN PESELLERS OF GOVT.. Way Ahead” is-the feature at the 20th Century to- vanced at the request of Senats 0r{ {0. D. Cochran after having been| }lccelvcd by the Senate only lhc, same afternoon. 1 Called to explain the bill, Attor-| iney General Ralph J. Rivers stated its main purpose is to avoid pen-l alizing World War II veterans be- Ment surplus property was sounded cause of time absent from law prac- |today by Mildred R. Hermann, Alas- tice while in service. The bill also k2 Directcr of the Office of Price rewrites the entire procedure for|Administration. “Instances of dras- par examinations snd admittances. [ticovercharges by Tesollars are It also stiffens the requirement for |Féaching our attention,” Mrs. Her- {applicants seeking to qualify by | mann stated, “and it is assentml‘ {“reading” law in offices of attor-|that all persons buying surplus IS SIMPLE STORY SURPLUS PROPERTY A warning to resellers of govern- STARTS TONIGHT o e wir FEATURE AT 740 P, M. usually comes five vears after a war! and of men who win 9040]’ M wars ! el e ® L ® It goes deeper THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF ORDINARY.GUYS than violence and heroics—into the hearts and minds Y. . . And what a story they tell! IJAVII] NIVEN RETURNS TO THE SCREEN IN G.C.F.' e ™ tareword by Quentin Reynolds Oicected by Carol Reed + A Twe Cities Pilm Today's News Highlites in Fast Fox News LENTURY fashions ~ ranging from e:ClUSWC engagement to Gil Bixby last Sat- <€ven and five, and Oahu five and| However, the measure was doom- |Re€ys rather than attending xnwlPFOPmy. for purposes of resale, models frem the most famous de- signers, through bud; and | costumes. Tea will be cer durin a second showing of the styles, scheduled for 3 p. m. Commentary on the fashions will be given by John Doyle Bishop, who is arranging the costumes in| co-operation with the sorority. Irma Purington is general chairman of the affair. ‘Tickets for both the luncheon and tea hours were distributed to so- rority members last night. Tickets will also be available at the Hotel and other downtown locations, arday noon. Laurcne Knowles led the cultural program, which was a discussion of | cne. All bodies had been identi- fied. | Added to these were 10 presumed ed to die as far as the special ses- schools. slon was concerned. A motion to 'suspend the rules and advance Rivers Explains Rivers further explained that it beauty in thought, with Mrs. Cart- |deaths in the Aleutians and one '8B. 35 to passage stage failed by<had not been intended to have to! |er and Mrs. Alexander as speakers. | Following the program, Mrs. Will- | iams, assisted by Dorianne Barnes and Elise Coomes, served dessert and coffee. e 'TWENTY-FOUR FLOWN BY ALASKA AIRLINE to, ‘each in California and Peru. An estimated 4,000 Hawaiians were ‘homeless. | Pacific Fleet Headquarters re- ported it was in contact with all Facific Islands on which there! |were U. S. Naval installations and wthat it had no reports of any loss of life. a single vote of securing the need- Fush the bill through during the| ed two-thirds majority. Senator !ast moments. He had, he said, Howard Lyng, a presumed sup- {glven it to Stanley McCutcheon to porter of the bill arrived just too introduce in the House during the' late to cast his vote. first week of the session. Because Confirmations the bill might make it easier for After notitying the Governor and|tWO or three more attorneys who use of readiness to adjourn, the|3F® veterans to start in practice in Ho! should understand that all such sales are covered by OPA regula- {tions, whether or not the sellers are authorized dealers.” Resales of commodities under price control are regulated by Sup- | plementary Order 121, issued by the |OPA. “If specific prices are not provided by OPA regulations, no |resales may be made without first making ‘application,” the Director said. “Our investigators” will check i The Army sl hiad no ‘re- |Benate was delayed from closing | by Lyng, who argued that the Legis- |lature should stand by to act on iconfirmation of appointments iports of deaths. { The Navy's Alaska Sea Frontier Command at Kodiak last night! | Anchorage, Rivers continued, Mc- |9ispositions of all surplus property |Cutcheon had “sat on” the bill in bY resellers” she added. House committee, then finally suc-| Sellers are urged to contact OPA ‘ceeded in tabling it. Becauss he ©Offices for informatfon before nego- e tiating sales, to forestall possibility L20% OIL BURNERS PLUMBING JHEATING Smith 0il Burner Service PHONE 476 Location—214 Sécond Street be announced later. Because lunch- | eon tickets will be. limited, .it (is suggested that anyone not contacted by sorority members before the end of this week telephone Red 643 to Arriving yesterday on the Alaska said no further effects or recur- 'does not approve of “such tactics”, Airlines Starliner Fairbanks, with|rence of the wave was expected,| ¢ Veterans Board, On motion by oy o ionid” he had at the last Senator N. R. Walker, 4 commit- Captain Al Peterson, Flight Officer criticizing in the same smtemem‘we was dispatched to ascertain if ‘gone to other attorneys in the Ed Courtemanche and Stewardess “groundless, panic-breeding rumor,’ the . Governor Mad 'signed the |House, with the result that the bill M ie Stevens werte vi: v i o argie Stevens were the following | widely disseminated with - such W0 o0 o oo cno brought back 'had been jerked from the table and of making sales which might con- stitute violations of existing ceiling prices. Buyers too are warned to check legal ceilings on articles they You won't believe your eyes when you see the new make sure tickets are available. Siz Pledged Other discussions at the sorority meeting last night included a re-, port from Mrs. R. B. Williams, membership chairman, on the pledging of six new members of the sorority.. Girls who accepted membership bids given at the pref- erential tea held last Sunday are Mrs. Walter Conrad, Mrs. Robert Ohman, Jean Shaw, Mary Shaw, Mrs. Ruth Shuman and Mrs. Louise B. Kizer. A special meeting preceding final ipassuxgexs from Anchorage: Ed- \ith Burnette, Marie Breaudige, Ray- Imond Anderson, Dr. R Wagner, Mrs. R. Wagner, W. J. Baker, Lt. Col. M. S. Mitchell, Capt. Goss, George Patterson, Bill O'Shea, and | Peter Wagner. On the City: H. D. Ellinger, Henry Ben- n, Dr. F. R. Sims, Mrs. Chase and infant, Merle Chase, Jef- frey Chase, C. Copeland, H. A. lONeil J. R. Ball, Evelyn Williford ,and Louis Williford. Trollers REGULAR Trollers MEETING TONIGHT C.I.0. HALL TROLLERS Please Attend UNITED TROLLERS of ALASKA LOCAL NO. 56 Attention===- PAINTERS '® IMPORTANT MEE TING APRIL 3RD AT 7:30 A F.of L. HALL Local 1504 ALBET H. GOD DARD, Secretary return flight the fol-|q lowing departed for the Westward |q Mary | harmful effect both in Alaska and the continental United States.” JAR8 a0y 1journed President Coffey evoked the big)| laugh of the evening by naming | Walker to head the committee; for| |in his motion the Ketchikan Sena- whereupon the Senate a |® WEATHER REPORT ¢/ (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Perjod Ending 6:30 0'Clock This Morning e o o 1 In Juneau—Maximum, 37; !'e minimum, 30. | At Airport—Maximum, minimum, 32. ® prised of those Senators who are ? \"not personnae non grata with the ® |Governor.” (Walker was author of ¢ 'Senate Memorial No. .1, asking a @ ispeedy exit for Gov. Ernest Gruen- ing). ® | The afternoon session was a busy ® time, during which six House ® imeasures were passed by the Sen-| ate and a seventh was indefinitely ® | postponed. " Climaxing the afternoon with a » flreworks display was House Bill 1, the highly controversial measurz in- ! 'Jcrenslng unemployment compensa- ®!tion benefits from $16 to $25 and @ extending the payoff period from! 116 to 25 weeks. . The measure passed Second Rl-ad- 1. 8. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN DATA FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A. M, 120TH MERIDIAN T. Max. temp. TODAY last Lowest 4:30a.m. 24 hrs. 24 hrs.* temp. temp. Precip. 30 19 .01 32 -19 35 12 24 -9 52 30 15 -15 39 27 37 30 37 32 44 34 -11 -20 15 -12 14 -20 24 2 30 42 37; e le e WEATHER FORECANT (Juneau ana Vicinity) Partly cloudy tonight, in- creasing cloudiness Thursday with snow or rain by after- noon. Lowest temperature tonight below freezing warmer Thursday night. Ioo.c.o‘.oo | Station | Anchorage ... Bethel. .. | Cordova | Dawson | Edmonton ! Fairbanks !Haines ... Juneau ... | Juneau Alrport 3 Ketchikan . Kotzebue .. 4:30 a.m. Snow 22 0 0 Fog Pt. Cloudy | Clear Clear Clear Clear Snow Snow Showers Pt. C!oudy Clear Snow Snow, Cloudy Snow Rain Northway . Petersburg . Portland .. Prince Rupert Prince George San Francisco Seattle .. Sitka .. Whitehorse .. 30 4 4 Yakutat ... 40 24 24 *—(4:30 a. m. yesterday to 4:30 a. m. today* WEATHER SYNOPSIS: Light snow flurries have fallen over most of Southeast and Interior Alaska and Canada with heavier snow over the western portion of Alaska as the result of a storm moving northward in the western Bering Sea. There has been very little change in tem- perature conditions generally except for considerable warming in South- west Alaska. MARINE WEATHER: BULLETIN Reports from Marine Stations at 12:30 P. M. Today WIND Helght of Waves Weather Temp. Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) Clear 3 N 24 1 foot w 12 Calm Calm Calm Calm Calm Calm u 2 55 56 39 2 29 44 32 Rain Pt. Cloudy Clear Trace Fog Station Cape Decision ... Cape Spencer ........ Eldred Rock .. Five Finger Light . Guard Island .. i34 $ ! Lincoln Rock .. Pt. Cloudy NW 7 Zero Point Retreat .....Pt. Cloudy 8W 5 Calm MARINE PORECABT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING THURSDAY EVENING: Protected waters of Southeast Alaska and outside waters, Dixon Entrance to Yakutat—variable winds under 15 miles per hour gen- erally tonight becoming southerly 15 to 20 miles per hour Thursday after- noon. Partly cloudy tonight, increasing cloudiness Thursday with light rain or snow by Thursday evening. _Cloudy Pt. Cloudy ..Pt. Cloudy Pt. Cloudy d- i ® tor had specified that it be com-| Weather at , | OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY | “| WITH BIRTHDAY PARTY ‘at Warners Machine Shop. I passed along to the Senate. ‘mmemplale purchasing, to avoid Final vote on passage of H.B. 16 Peing overcharged. e, BARTENDERS TO MEET lin the Senate was 14 to 2, Whaley! jand Rogge in the negative. Senator {Frank Whaley stated he considered ithe measure too complicated to be ‘passed without more study. | Baxt tenders’ Unfon, Local 869, wm Senator Cochran again brought be held tonight at 12:30 o'clock, in ‘up the matter of the two guberna- the AFL Hall, it has been announc- A very important meeting of the ' AUTOMAGIC THOR GLADIRON! Itorial appointments not confirm-| {ed. All members are urged to Rt"l by the Senate: Mrs. Louise tend. Weaver Miller to the Alaska Hous- ing Authority and M. P. Mnl‘nwy' — DOUGLAS 'as Tax Commissioner. On his mo- tion, a communication was dispatch- |ed to ask the Governor to submit !two. more names for ratification. No reply was ever received. c o L l SE u “ into the law regarding registration Ymow |of motor vehicles. - i Indefinitely postponed by the cA“ARY {Senate was House Bill 42, by a !9 to 7 vote. The bill was intended! " RGN or one ‘year in jail—which Senator !Cochran termed “vicious.” Shattuck agreed, stating that most often owners are at fault in such BEARINGS -- MACHINING, {cases for leaving their cars unlock- made by ‘Senator Leo Rogge and secon by Grenold Collins, was 0ppo! by Brownell, Gundersen, Lynz and McCutcheon. | MILLING and WELDING West 11th and F St., Phone 876 l One other . Senate action last inight was concurrence in House amendments to Senate Bill No. 30, passed Tuesday morning. The ‘amendments put a penalty clause ito increase penalties for using un’ {automobile without the permission of the owner but without intent to LSW!I. The revision would have in- unnnon mcnm creased the penalty to $1,000 fine snop 'ed—-cnd anyway, there’s insurance tlaugh from floor and galleries). Even on their motion to adjourn sine die, ¢he Senators were unable compmely to agree. The motion, New—Used—Rebuilt AUTO PARTS Motors, Transmissions, Gener- ators, Starters, Carburators, Shock Absorbers, Chev. Knee Action Units, and a million other parts—1925 to 1945. We Mail and Ship Promptly Seattle Auto Wrecking Co. 1950—1st Avenue South Seattle, Wash. The Lutheran Ladies Aid So-} ciety will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the church auditor- ium for its regular meeting. Fol- lowing . the business session, the meeting will adjourn to the social parlor to participate in celebnum;6 their twentieth birthday anniver- e Seattle Honor guests will include Char- Close to shopping, business, “"'rt mem:e:; of ";" l:c)ialedAfur?no-i iheatres — away from noise. ciety, an n § ’ A g Daily Only the year 1926. All members and| friends are cordially invited to at- Apartment Hotel tend. Third at Blanchard EL 2888 i g GASTINEAU GUESTS The following guests registered at Hotel Gastineau yesterday: Gor- don Blanchard, Skagway; John Herman, Ketchikan; and Fabian Peterson, Fairbanks. MOTOR REBUILD and S MARINE SERVICE JUST IN ! MACHINE WORK—WELDING Eight and 20-ton hydraulic jacks | Engine Rebuilding—Hardware 1012 West 10th Phone 863 1 (231-41) MOTORS REBUILT — STERN }' Women said the Thor Glad- iron couldn’t be improved ~but wait 'till you see the new Automagic Gladiron! _ It takes even the handwork out of ironing —you'll use your hands only for guid- ing clothes through the famous Gladiron roll. Com- ing soon—watch for it! How to get a Gladiran soonest! Thor Automagic Gladirons will be distributed by us in the exact order in which our Priority Register is signed. Make sure your name is on our list| Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. | Alaska - Electronics JIM LANGDON-Manager Box 2165 217 Seward St. Phone 62 Anytime MARINE RADIO TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS — BENDIX DEPTH RE- CORDERS — HALLICRAFTER RECEIV- | ERS — BENDIX HOME RADIOS AND COMBINATIONS LARGE STOCK DRY BATTERIES AND RADIO TUBES Mail Orders Promptly Filled Complete Radio Repair Service Performed by Government Licensed Experienced Technician WRITE FOR INFORMATION Baranof Turkish Bath and Massage - Hours 9 A. M. te 6 P. M.—Open Evenings by Appointment BARANOF HOTEL—Lower Level PHONE 753 | f l | | | g : DOUGLAS BOAT SHOP New Consiruction and Repairs Jobs Free Estimate Phone Dougln 192

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