The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1947, Page 3

“« | CAPITOL SHOWING COMEDY THRILLER AS TONIGHT'S BILL i “One Way To Love,” a zany com- jedy about a couple of radio writers |featuring William Parker, Mar- guerite Chapman, Chester Morris Janis Carter, Hugh Herbert is the offering at the Capitol as the New Year's bill opens tonight. | And since everyone seems to like [train-rides, and since in the state of travel today a vicarious thrill is Letter than none, it will be wel- come news to cinema fans that the greater part of the film's ac- tion takes placz on a train going from Chicago to Lso Angeles. Willard Parker and Chester Mor- ris are the two screwy scribes and our spies Inform us that they are as riotous in their love-making as they are in their ‘“gag confer- ences. Their respective ladies, Chapman and Janis Carter, who are both known to be as lovely as they are talented, also make merry with the mirth to form & foursome that is the funniest for some time. 'INFORMATION WANTED THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE —JUNEAU, ALASKA PROUD PAPA | FLAME, famous movie dog, be- came father to a litter of eleven puppies recently and is shown here as the proud papa handing out cigars to well-wishers. Norahfiére E 1 HREE oreevrony. Starts Tonight SHOWS AT 7:25 AND 9:30 FEATURE AT 7:46 and 3:51 | GINGER ROGERS IN COMEDY FEATURE AT 20TH CENTURY | Handsom» Ray Milland and |Academy Award-winner Ginger F.. ot 5” !ROSEI‘S have the title roles in Par- E lamount's hilarious comedy, “The! § ,5 |Major and the Minor,” which is at ¢ 6 ithe 2Cth Century tonight IJGhnSnn. Robert Bench |Lynn and Ginger !la Rogers In their two stars are either has eve which |if past performances are any crit- erion, should mean a double treat for moviegoers Ginger’s part is that of a small- town girl who, sadly disillusioned {with life in New York tries to buy |a ticket home to Towa, but finds jthat she is five dollars short of the |increased railroad fare. Sha goes ltnto the women's lounge with her isuttmse and comes out looking ex- |actly like a half-fare twelve-year- old. On the train, however, she runs into difficulty ‘The situations which result when “the minor” agrees to accompany a Major to his school in order to |get him out of the jam occasioned | by her presence in his compartment {are reported to be the funniest ever | screened. with Rita , Diana ar, Le- _ 02‘ ' - 2’ a?//y 60? first | IT'S THE SCREWIEST | | B, JOURIDE OF THE YEAR FOR BASKETBALL FANS—“CADET CAGERS” L] L] “Swingin’ Down the Scale”—Alvino Rey, King Sisters » L] “THE SHOOTIN’ L OF DAN McG0O” . REGARDING TWO MEN, Anyone having information con- o cerning the following missing per- sons is asked to communicate with the Governor's Office in Juneau: | \ABRAHAM PASTHOFF (simetimes goes by the name of John Post). Thirty-one years of age, approxi-| mately six feet in height and weighs 180 pounds, brown hair and eyes. Left his home in Chicago in, 1934. | HENRY CALVIN DREIER. In- formation on hand indicates Mr. Dreier was married n Juneau in 1928 to Sigrid Berglund and that 1he resided in Juneau in 1936. In- formation concerning him is desir- ed by an insurance company for |the purpose of paying him money due on insurance policies. | il 7k 6US GEORGE WILL VISIT ALL TOWNS, Gus George, former member of | rrom SOlllhiMo'w[ Canadian Pacific steamer Prin- cess Norah arrived in port fromi the south at 5:15 o'clock yesterday | ‘attemuon. leit for Skagway at! 111:30 o'clock and will return to| Juneau southbound tomorrow morn- | |ing at 8 o'cleck and leave >outh-| bound at 10 o'clock. | Passengers arriving on the Prin-| cess Norah were Miss C. Zach, A.| Zach, Mr. and Mrs. J. Crowley,, Miss Dorianne Barnes, Mrs. A. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. H. Hall, Col. T. J. Tully. Miss I Parr, Mr. and Mrs. T. Oliver, Mrs. E. Parsons, Miss G.| Harris, E. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. F. | Franklin and son, Miss F. Burns,; The studio has begun its search Mr. and Mrs. L. Blackwell, Stephen, Linda, Patricia, Lawrence and Prank Blackwell, W. Earnest. | . Leaving for Skagway were Mnl and Mrs. E. Engerbreten, Mary E.| Weatherby, Dr. F. Van Sant, Vic- ¥ paamount pictore i Rita JORASHN + Rnuar( .fin Diracted by BILLY WILDER! & Wiikien, by [Eharihs) Rigiekan and, b1y ‘Wi ""ALASKA"" IS TO BE FILMED SOON BY PARAMOUNT,INC. Skagway of Gold Rush Days to Be Background —Pictures Are Wanted Skagway o' the gold rush days is to furnish the background for a motion picture now in preparation by Paramount Pictures, Inc., ac- cording to an announcement by the Alaska Development Board. Latest News —— Short Subjects for information and material on early-day Skagway for use in the film which has been given the tentative title “Alaska.’” Regently George Sundbaorg, Gen- eral Manager of the Alaska De- NEWS VIA P. A. A. AIR EXPRESS L * | George Bros. firm here, who now|tor 1, Sparks, wife and son, Mrs. velogment Board, established con- «WE ARE VERY SORRY, BUT “THE LITTLE has returned to Jvneau as repre-|T Qlson, Jr, Louis C. Lemieux tact|with the major studios to GIANT” MISSED THE BOAT sentative for several manufacturers and C. J. Smith. offe assistance of the Territory in |and distributors in the States, in-| AR & |prepgring any motion. pictures - T | tends to leave shortly on a get- |which might be produced with an FBI SCHOOL IS TO BE HELD HERE JAN. 14, 15 Lee O. Teague, FBI »\ Agent in Charge, advised Chie! Special f o Police Leonard Williamson today [wxu be conducted by agents of the |FBI and will deal with the basic fundamentals of police work. According to Mr. Teague, several requests have been received from 1| various police departments and £ other law enforcement agencies for police training schools throughout that the FBI School scheduled for the TerTitory sponsored by the FBI. f ( on January 14 and 15. The school Straight from us to you goes our package of New Year wishes full of good luck, hap- piness and good . May your year be one fortune .. . of health and plenty, all your dreams real- and ized. Happy New Year! g last month, will be held in Juneau | Consequently schools are being held 1lin Ketchikan, Fairbanks Nome d ,iand Anchorage, as well as in Ju- | ATTEN.ION LOGGERE with logs for sale contact Juncau Lumber Mills. Will buy from 100,000 ft. to 10,000,000 feet. For further 1 | | particulars see Juneau Lumber | Mills. 433-t8. - .- | MILK BOTTLES | Urgently needed, Juneau Dairies. 463-3t. Increased Yalue N EARLY everything you buy has “gone up.” In turn, since this in- creases the value of your household - goods and equipment to an extent probably not covered by your fire insurance a fire could cause you a serious loss. Better discuss your need of increased insur- ance with _ Jones-Stevens | R L s | Shattuek | Agenecy Seward Stzreet - s YELLOW CAB CO Courteous Drivers — Dependable Service —— 24-HOUR SERVICE PHONE 22 .. neau. They are open to law en-! ‘!orcemenf, officers only. | P S T il LOGGEXS | acquainted tour of the entire Terri- tory of Alaska, which is his sales ter- ritory. Heading first for the In- terior, then the area from Nome north, he plans to visit every ac- | cessible settlement, he stated. |from armed service and the dis- ! posal of his business interest here. | George was in the Pacific North- west establishing his present con- nections. e — | OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS Arriving' yesterday from other !parts of the Territory were Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Anderson of White- | horse, Wallace Westfall of Sitka, C. P. Nevenheim of Fairbanks, Deck Borch of Ketchikan, and Mr. and Mrs. John Cushing of Sitka. —_————— Prehistoric Pueblo Indians raised pinto beans in New Mexico hun- conquerors-arrived. COLISEUM DOUGLAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND NOW TOMORROW ALAN LADD LORETTA YOUNC New — Used — Rebuilt AUTO PARTS Grilles, Shock Absorbers, Knee Action Units, Motors, Trans- missions and a MILLION OTHER PARTS We Mail and Ship Promptly Seattle Auto Wrecking Co. 1950—1st Avenue South | several months, after his release | dreds of years before the Spanish | f Communists M;ke Drive on Poaling PEIPING, Jan 1—Chinese Com- | munists gradually tightened their encirclement of Paoting, capital of Hopeh Province, today and threat- ened to capture Lieucheng in their Shantung Province offensive. Government sources conceded the Communists had captured more of| the National strong points within five miles of Paoting, where small force held out several weeks last fall against strong assaults. Paoting is 90 miles south of Peip- ing. i reported in the attacking forces. ———a—o——— ’Malson Line Not fo Ask loLAIr Roufe 1 | | SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. of assurances of government aid were cited as motivating factors to- |day in the withdrawal by Matson Navigation Company of its applica- |tion for air service between the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii. The notice, filed yesterday with jthe Civil Aeronautics Authority, stipulated that it should be “with- out prejudice to its renewal at a later date if it be so advised.” - e OUGHFEET NEW YORK, van 1—The sus-| picions of many a weary infantry- man that his foot size had increas- ed from “picking ’em up and laying ‘em down” were confirmed yester- |day by a survey of retailers and | manufacturers, | A. C. Fellman, wartime consul-| |tant to the Navy in purchase and| | design of shoes, said ex-servicemen’s afject. Sixty thousand Communists were | “Changed circumstances” and lack! | !the defendant. Alaslja background. It was realized that { good publicity for Alaska could be obtained by seeing that the matekial presented about the Terri- tory in motion pictures was authen- tie. | The Development Board is assist- ing jthe research department of Parajnount at the present time in gatheéring photographs of Skagway in the early days. Sundborg is working with Edward Keithahn, Curator of the Territorial Library and Museum, and with Mayor C. |A. Carroll of Skagway on the pro- Sundborg invites Alaskans, who maye have photographs which they think might prove informative to the studio to send them to the Alaska Development Board, P. O. Box 50, Juneau, Alaska, for for- warding to Paramount. All photo- graphs will be returned to their owners in good condition. 0ld and dear friends and patrons are never forgotten this holiday season. To one and all we extend our sincere and hearifelt wishes for a very very happy and joyous New Year! Charles W. Cadman Dies in California LOS ANGELLS, oui. 1—Charles| Wakefield Cadman, who composed | such pieces as “Land of the Sky | | Blue Waters,” “At Dawning” and, | scores of others, is dead. The 65-year-old musical director succumed yesterday at California | Hospital, four days after he was| i stricken with a heart attack. | | Cadman appeared in Juneau sev- eral years ago and gave a delight- !ful concert at Spickett's Palace theatre, featuring his own composi- UNSUITABLE ST. JOSEPH, O, Jan 1—Alton Harness complained in court that he bought a suit wjth two pairs of pants, then discovered that one pair_ of pants didn't, match the coat? y “Who expects pants to match a coat these days?” asked his tailor, Alaskans know there's only one fast, perienced pilots, efficient equipment, and |feet—or at least the shoes they | wear—had increased from a half to a full size over pre-war days. “I do,” said Justice of the Peace Tom Bruce, and awarded Harness a judgment for $14.32 trained air-freight and passenger person- nel add up to the swiftest, surest means dependable way to ship in the Territory today . . . air transport. Due to tremen- Seattle boat builders, is NOW READY TO ACCEPT ORDERS FOR NEW BOATS — Juneau P. 0. 2133 s _ Announcing -~ . The Channel Boat Works, operated by Pollack, Moser and Ross, WEST JUNEAU of transporting any commodity anywhere. Alaska Airlines offers complefe pas- senger, mail and air-freight service to city and bush. Full rate and route infor- mation is available at the nearest Alaska Airlines office. Aircraft are available for charter and special jobs. dous distances involved and lack of ade- quate surface transportation, the airline is the lifeline for the citizens and industry of America's richest territory. Alaskans also know, from experience dating back to the early days of aviation in the Territory, that Alaska Airlines’ ex- PASSENGERS »: MAIL o EXPRESS o AIR FREIGHT ALASKA RAIRLINES.. Route of the Starliners Acress from Boat. Harbor Baranof Hotel — Phone 667 {