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MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1947 QUTLAW'S periLS .. an OUTLAW’S KissEs . .. IN ONE OF TRE MOST POWERFULLY EXCITING OF ALL Y, OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SPECTACLES! -FIRST AND ONLY TECHNICOLOR SCENES OF THE LATE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT! in Pete Smith’s “FALA AT HYDE PARK” FRANCES BERG POPULAR PIANO Keyboard Harmony and Arranging FREE INTRCDUCTORY LESSON PHONE 1 "HERE'S HOW YOU CAN BE LIGHTHEARTED ABOUT HEAVY EQUIPMENT" Brother, you can put worry away in moth balls when you use RPM Heavy Duty Motor Oil. From the moment it flows into your heavy-duty engines, heavy-duty trouble in the shape of carbon and gum gradually gets cleaned out. Patented compounds in this oil keep a rugged oil film on hot spots, cut corrosion, prevent air bubbles. Relax with RPM Heavy Duty Motor Oil—it’s designed to protect motors with high horsepower! 7. H. DYER Branch Manager Telephone 2&¢ ¥0r0n 0% A STANDARD OF CALIFORNIA PRODUCT YELLOW CAB CO PHONE 22 Courtecus Drivers — Dependable Service 24-HOUR SERVICE THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA “RENEGADES" IS THRILLING FILM Columtia Uictures’ which had a stirring opening at |the Capitol Theatre yesterday, is in the best tradition of one of the most pcpular forms, the epic Westarn, Further enhanced by vivid Technicolor, boasting a large and talented cast headed by Evelyn Keyes, Willard Perker, Larry Parks and Edgar Buchanan, and enjoying original story trea nt, it brough the audience goo: citing film entertainment Action and romance are smooth- and effoctively blended in “Renegades. It the story frontler girl, Han- (Bvelyn Keyes), cngaged to a per- doctor-crusader falls desperately honest mem- Dembrow Renegad:-s” seresn’s tells Parker), in love with the one ber of the mnotorious family, Ben (Larry Parks) Ben tried hard to stay abreast of the but public sentiment against his name forc him to join his marauding father (Edzar Buchanan), and his two brother (Jim Bannon and Forrest Tucker). Hann too, joins the tand, when she gives up >verything to marry Ben whole West rings wit 1 the Dembrows!" . y sweep acr the pl g, looting, killing. It's a bang- thriller all the 4 bullet-riddled finish that satisfy everyone. Technicolor does things to Eve- lyn Keyes . . . she’s really radiant in her newest role. Willard Park- er and Larry Parks are spendid. As a Bible-reading desperado, Edgar Buchanan rates plenty of raves, as do the other members of the cast who help to make “Rene- gades” a spirited motion picture. il SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL WILL BE GIVEN APR. 25 The wuakespearean Festival which the Soroptomist Club will sponsor for the Memorial Library Fund, in the Methodist Church, Friday eve- ning April 25 will celebrate the an- niversary of the birth and death of the Bard with a program of speech- es irom his plays; and music based upon his lyrics or otherwise inspir- ed by his work. The musical portion of the pro- gram will consist of such selections as “Blew, Blow Thou Winter Wind,” “Who Is Sylvia,” “Under the Greenwood Tree,” “O Mistress Mine,” “When That I Was a Little Lad,” “Sigh No More Ladies,” “Where the Bee Sucks,” and other familiar airs, as well as themes from “Romeo and Juliet” and ss Midsummer Night's Dream,” over- tures, Artists to be heard in these songs are Ernest Ehler, James Maher, Claire Folta, Claire Olson, Irene McKinley, Juanita Diaz and the Singing Debs; Cordelia Keppinger, violinist; and Dorianne Barnes and Josephine Hared providing the piano accompaniment. Three musical numbers will be interspersed with speeches from four great Shakespearean dramas interpreted by Richard Peter. He - |will be heard in groups of solilo- |quies from “Hamlet,” ‘“Macbeth” | “Henry the Fifth” and “Romeo and | Juliet.” | Tickets . for the Shakespearean | Festival are on sale by members |of the Soroptomist group, as well as at the Juneau Public Library, jand Darnell’s Sports Shop. e 'BABY GIRL FOR | ROY MULVIHILLS A new stenographer for the off- ice of the Railway Express arrived in Juneau last evening. She is the |taby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'William¢ Roy Mulvihill, born at St. Anne's Hospital, and weighing 5 pound, 4 ounces. | She is the first child for the ‘populsr couple, and both mother and baby are dcing nicely, and the proud father also is reported re- covering nicely. LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS TUES. NIGHT The regular social meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held tomorrow evening at 8 c'clock in the Legion Dugout, with Mrs. Ray Peterman, Pan-American committee chairman, in charge of the entertainment. A good attendance is anticipated. Any member still tickets out is asked to turn them in and make their report at this time. —————————— NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY Is to be published and forms will close May 1, for space, listings and { changes please call The Juneau and Douglas Telephone Co. Phone 420 before closing date —ady. 553-t9 ety G SPRING CLAS NOW ENROLLING All forms of dancing and ball- —adv. with a| should having dance| A il . = > - ceretary of State George C. Seviet Fereign at the first form “No-kill-Jac ' one of tha iast of the oldtime northwest stock-| men dicd a few weeks ago at his| tiny ranch on Clearwater River in the Cassier District of northern British Columbia. Born under a lucky star in Virginia 83 years ago, he started lifzs as a cowhand on the western and became prosperous—out re luck, he always claimed. one of the first herds s through Yellowhead Pass when the railroads were ‘prospect-, ing for routes, performed miracles in the Boer War as master of! transport and came home with medals and citations to locate the famous “Groundhog” anthracite | claims in the Cassiar. | of | It was while he was in Soutn| Africa that the cobriguet, “No-kill- | Jackson” was fastened onto him, by certain friend Rocky Moun- tain tribesmen who respected Jack- son for his jovial outlook on life, his square dealing, his even tem- per and his intercession in their bebalf with the government. When Jackson went to war they hailed sim as a chizf and made fre- quent inquiries at the railway sta- tion. One day the agent told them of the first serious reverses. “Big fight far off. Plenty kill. Queen she cry.” ‘Kill Jackson?” “No kill Jackson,” the iciegraph- er reportcd. At intervals thereafter an Indian would ridz up to the station, lend an ear to the clicking ruments ments and lock inquiringly at the! agent. . “No kill Jackson?” A just and generous man, Jack son never claimed the distinction of discovering the Groundhog coal fields. “The Indians told me abou the outcrop and brought samples They climb the mountain to hunt groundhogs.” Engineers investigated the coal ‘It was fivsi. rate anthracite, but a long way from a railhead. The came a telegram offering him quarter of a million for all interests. He bought drinks the multitude in the Iittle of Hazelton, B. C, and answere that he would sell a half interest for $50,000; he wanted to gamble with coal. In Toronto he received th $50,000, married Ethel, a pretty trown-haired waitress who was his junior by some "25 years. They toured the States, blew the §50,000 end returned to Groundhog Moun- tain where Jackson directed the transport of supplies. One pack animal with a reputation for serenity always carried cham- pagne. Simon Gunanoot, the Indian out- law, received some of “these sup- plies surreptitiously—food and am- munition—from the Indians in |Jackson’s employ when the Prov- incial Police were camping on his trail, but Jackson could have sworn that he never saw the out- law, and -knew nothing of his re- celving aid. A man can Tread sign, though—and it was justifiable homicide, involving a woman The years passed, and no shining steel rails gleamed on Groundhog Mountain. Enought development work was done to secure a Crown| grant for the property, then the! packtrains were laid off. The mar-, mots came out of their holes and whistled derisively at the retreat-| ing miners. | The Jacksons left ‘the mountain of their dreams and settled at Grand Rapids on the Stikine Riv- er, where gardens flourish and] fish and game is plentiful. A few years ago a grizzly made a pass| at Jackson while he was removing| a beaver from a trap, but “No-kill’ rolled into the slough and got away. He arrived home in tat- tered clothing, minus his Stetson Of late years Ethel did the man his for town room for beginners. Phone Red 575. trapping for her aging husband | PHo“E 781 553-tf He tried desperately to get into Marshall EXpIains Point 1 dinner held in conne | Fereign Ministers conference in Moscow, iy Marshall (left) gestures during a Minister . M. Molotov h the Big Four . (P Wireph 'Discoverer of Groundhog Anthradite (laims Dies By RICHARD SURATT World War II, but his letters’ and citations were returned with the advice that this was a me ized war. Iliness caused him to fly to Wrangell last fall with bush-pilot Delzell—his first aerial and hc loved it. He returned Creek, and then to kept alive by brandy with a cpoon. He the brandy ws X- hausted. Wiil ‘No-kiill-Pack on’s” ghost haunt the Mountain of the Groundhc the Indians wonder? S P 3 ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES FLIES 38 ON WEEKEND Al Coastal Alrlines a total of 11 flig the weekend, carrying Planes touched at Sitka Hoonah, « Pelican, Skagway, quah, = Hawk Inlet ka Sitka days were C. White, C and Mrs. T. W. Rot Dr. Marquardt, L derson, Paul Edwards, William Perry, G. Fitzgibbon, Loren Dun- 1, N. A. Bodahle, L. M. Berlin, Barson, Mr. Rigling, Hezel Ivy Mr. anc Mrs Risto. H. and from Sitka Tom Morgan, D, llwell, C. Rhoades, D. Townsend. L. R. Wafer, Dr. J. Jackman, Dr. M. Dauber Murchic and Sophie Laube Outbound to Tenakee was H. J Floresco; to Hoonah, L. Chutuk and Dorothy Fawcett; to Skagway, Ly- dia Fohn-Hansen and a ow; from Sk to Juneau ger Gallant; frem Pelican, T. C. Whiteside and Fred Wolf Southkound ssengers to Ket- chikan were Frank Paul and Mar- hall Crutcher; to Petersburg, Mrs. O. Swenson; from Ketchikan to Juneau, E. C. Creed; from Wran- gell to Juneau, George Wiseman and D. Fawcett Passengers to Tulsequah, B. C. were C. E. Scott, C. Cummings, R. G. Scott, J. Lenchan, R. Hamil- ton, J. Klemo: J. Chagnon, P. Doyles, E. Luoma, Mrs. McPherson, E. Turnbull, C, Isakson, M. Vade- tick and L. Watkins. Returning to Juneau from Tul- sequah were W. Barne, C. Dinsdale, L. Turnbull, H. Simpson, J. Gard- Inooming passe: vere Dan Mo MgGes, W. St kurda, A. Lehto, Mr, w. Malaff, H. MocDonald, H. Ingram, H. Egii and H. Lipstick. Petersburg, | MUSIC, ROMANCE | ~ NOW IN FEATURE - AT20TH CENTURY wance, stirring blend in one of screen productior Naughty Mal Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer” drama of playing at the 20th music of the great by Jeanette play- picture thundering The settle- trug- Day Girls sung ing the leading rol 1s heard against tackbround of drama |ment of Lou a, pioneer igles, ®he “Marriag> Auction iSt. Louis the old Creole |the capture of th2 Casquette by pirates, their T e, and dramatic detalls are woven y that ,aside from mu- provides an epic recital of ithe founding of one of America's most romantic cities. | Amid the drama and with it such great song as “Ah, Bweet Mystery of L “I'm Falling in Love with Soi one, d other of Herbert's mortal airs . e, 'PICKET TROUBLE 1S DEVELOPING, HELL STRIKE IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Aprn 14—® ] vem, field organizer for the Na- tien, Federation of Telephone Workers, said he would protest to officials of an oil company which delivered a truckload of heating oil to the main office of the Pacitic Telephene & Telegraph Company yesterday and precipitated the first clash between pickets and phone cempany supervisory employees. Gravem said the pickets were “pushed and shoved” by the su- pervis workers, and “if this sort thing continues, peaceful pick- eting in the Seattle strike may be- come a thing of the past.” Telephone company officials de- clined comment. Beck, nt Union, said of other romanc hit runs International Viee the AFL Teamsters last night he knew nothing of the incident but had given orders that teamsters were to “carry out deliveries under exis! ing contracts. A. Mc-, For {f{ especially Kayser is creating enchanting new fab- ric gloves, hosiery, underthings, lingerie. Ksysie HOSIERY « UNDERTHINGS + c,\o/js pr—— MAGAZINE SERVICE Subseriptions taken for all Publications ON REQUEST Spectal Rates for World War II Veterans MAGAZINE SERVICE LB 21 Merchandise Mart Station Chicago 54, Iilineis Meedlecraff and Junior Shop 111'z SEWARD ST. 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