The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 11, 1947, Page 5

i 1 | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1947 SHOWPLALE or Cfustecds APITUL LAST TIMES TONIGHT! 2 -FEATURES -2 'WILD BEAUTY' and 'SHADOWED' Starting %L 3 1 Are you ready for ‘The Beginning or the End"? SUNDAY—FEATURE AT 2:20-4:20-6:20- “LOOKING DOWN ON HOLLYWOOD” LATEST Air Express NEWS 0-10:20 HUGE JADE NUGGET IS 'Shower Given for - MissPat Nelson | | | { | \ "SECRET HEART" IS ROMANTIC FEATURE Carla 'Car'ter Has THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ! | | | | | (JUKEAU SPRUCE 0 EXPAND EDNA Party, ?jfl Birthday| T COMEDY-ROMANCE FEATURE SHOWING ’ { | AT CAPITOL THEATRE c... con i o ol BAY FACILITIES| AT 20TH CENTURY, AL and Mis. C. C. Carter celebrated | | - her ninth birthday yesterday. Mrs. NS | AT A powerful drama, “The Secret| . ... Two men, two wome and a Walter Pidgeon, and June Ally-| .. ‘(”"m; oy d-w’ml By T k 0 F C ported to be a laugh-packed, tive- von “operte 3t the Capitol Theatre. cndance. Games were plaved by| Takes Qver Former (8mp |ea macrimontai metce n para-. Sunday for a 3-day run. oyl i i C mount’s modern comedy-romance, The immortal waltz, “Pa e Of A‘Ummum COI’p. “The Bride Wore Bools,” due to- Quzle Lente” is. not only the theme A T G night at the 20th Century Theatre {melody but is a psychological factox p ! '[ i The Juneau Sprucé Corporation with Barbara Stanwyes, Robert in the film story | !'Opel‘ y ransiers lis keeping its pru‘ml.\n of expanding [Cummings and Diana Lynn. These Through this musical classic, the| —ll lits facilities and activities in South- [three, plus Patric Knowles and an ]('l\arac(m of June son unfolds.| Deeds for transfer of the follow- |east Alaska. E. S. Hawkins, General intelligent equine alled Albert, {She portrays ar scant whoseling property have been registered | Manager of the company in Ju- |complete a delirious design for neurotic personali s botlh ex-iin the ofi t U. 8. Commissioner {neau, has just completed arrange- living which is said to be enough pressed and explained by the mu- Felix Gray dur the past week:|ments to take over camp buildings|to make a horse laugh. sic, 4 House and lot at 1ith and D,|and other facilities at Edna Bay| The plot revolves avour this When the a of this partic-'ggld to E. Edward Whitesel to Ken-|on Kosciusko Island from the Alu- |frustrated five. Cummings loves ular melody are heard, t aud- neth Millard minum Corporation of America. fonly his wife, Barbara; she love: lence reali another ter| FHouse and lot in Douglas, sold| He said the buildings there will {him, too, but is wild about horse: has st on the screen by the Alaska Federal Savings and |be renovated and that his company | Which, in turn, drive him wild; Di- acter wields str Loan Assn. to Wesley Adelbert Mil- |will install a store building, bath|ana Lynn, a flirtatious Southern fluence on Miss 15 Jer facilities and erect enough cottages belle, sets her cap for Bob; and an influence far ¢ than the| Fouse and lot in Waynor Addi-|to house 100 families. These fam- Pat Knowles, Barbara's partner in one exerted by Claudette Colbert, tion sold by LeRoy Haughtaling|ilies will represent employees of the hOrses, has more than a business who enacts the stepmotl or by, Earl D. M‘.U““_' | ccmpany at the Edna Bay site. |interest in Bob's wife Walter Pidgeon with'whom Miss' House andlot at 6th and East,| Hawkins declared that when his| Bob and Barbara face more Allyson fancies herself in love sold by Robert H. Seecrist to M w.}prm-m Army contracts for lum- hurdles in their marital affairs ® - Goding [ber are withdrawn by the War De-“‘l“”‘ il Ye < Tound "B SKE GOVERNOR 'I'o TAKE House and lot at 6th and Ken- |partment, Juneau Spruce hopes Lo:fl (::2 (: g _]‘"T the hilarious redy, sold by John Raymond Hope |continae its expected increase out- “‘w“_"l,”'““‘ 1 ey oD e LEAVE OF ABSEN(E to Arnold Hage {put. He explained that Juneau! i CHHETCHCCD ]’““k‘-‘ what pre= ! Property and buildings above In- |Spruce, along with other affiliated (¥ e ABY0 JMAlIE,one ol e The Governor ci Aiaska willleave gian Village and below Distin Ave,|lumber concerns, owns a fleet of |B3est farces of the year via PAA temorrcw o a leave & gold by M. S. Whittier to R. W.|29 vessels which can transport the he SLiRl SGLEICE . e ROpUR absence fer several wesks in the Cowling. sompany's products anywhere, aven|iiue ribbon tugt classio In which states.’ He announced today that he .- for export to other countries. EBOE' l;nv\-m.g. LNV Sud don; will k in various parts of the .o N gor| He also expressed the possibility ff;:_‘f iml)mng mr\up__her. back, U. S. on the subject of istatehood , QY SIX Percent of all passenger| o .\ Spruce eventually oper- gt S llive from, A fob Afadkh: Bbutraplily sodiive et o acionips, TERiRved in' ther Un k tualy Obel” slue factory, is reputed to be the e ional loctures t6d States {n 1046 were les than|ating the Edna Bay limestone pnniact ten minutes in motion erdl general GrtGRERRBL OIS Dbl elralin {mines for ALCOA which has tem- piciyreg in quite some time. wbout the Territory. s e | porarily abandoned its mining|" Bopl e 4™ 0. i . _The Governor will address the| copnecticut boasts the greatest | Plans there because of the failure ik ,“ Herald-Tribune forum, 'y, assortment of dinosaur|of plans for a big mill in Washing- | GlA(IER SIREAM Oct. 20, on the subject of state- tracks, uncounted millions of yem's‘l'/!\ State. He expressed confidence hood. His talk will be broadcast .. {that the Edna Bay settlement will over a national network a permanent community. | (HANGES COURSE He also intends to visit with var ious Federal oificials in Washing- ten, D. C. before returning to Ju- A linen shower in honor of MisS peqy, | Pat Nelson was given last evening s R = d 1 by Mrs. Jerry McCarthy at her SPATTLE VISITOR [/ncine. “Miss” ‘Nelson, ‘who 15 thel o o o ot e o onping | bride-elect of David Andrus, will , “pp o % O SE RREN | be married the latter part of No- i vember. | RES7R SR e A NCHORAGE. - Aliske-ooiscovery| Cootle Was " played during. the _Sell it with an Empire Wantad.. of a 600-pound pure jade nugget evening and Mrs. Frank Kay won| g i1 the Shungnak river area 500 high honors. The guest of honor | air miles northwest of here was|Was presented with many lovely | reported by George E. Van Hagen | gifts. ! and Harry M. Coleman, both of Those in attendance were Mes- Chicago, returning from an eight dames Joe Mathisen, John Olson, | day prospecting trip in the storied | Clifi Anderson, Ernest Page, Dean “jade mountair Gcodwin, Bud Cantillon, John | The nugget, signtad Van Ha,‘}‘v‘cumio. Howe Vance, Robert Dav- gen in a creek tributary of the in, B. F. Glass, Ludwig Nelson, Kobuk river, is approximately four|James Rollison, Matt Gormiey, feet long and 20 inches in dia-|J2mes Wood, Wiliam Jones, Ken meter. .It is believed to consist| Junge, Frank Kay and the Misses entirely of gem quality jade. Ar- Esther George,. Betty Bonnett and rangements have been made by Suzy Winn. Coleman and Van Hagen to fly! the nugget intact to Chicago for! appraisal. It is reputedly the larg- est single find of jade in Alaska. Both men reported finding| numerous smaller jade fragments -, Caral McKenzie s | k beds and at the base of Honored at Shower‘ several nearby mountains. They' A linen shower in honor of | also reported seeing several large!Miss Caral McKenzie, bride-elect | nuggets of undetermined quality/of Mr. Robert Prueher was given | on Eskimo claimed land. In ad-|this afterncon by Mrs. William ditien to the number of jade frag- Boehl and Mrs. Lee Hunsaker at ments the men brought with them'the home of the latter. Miss Mc- a 42-pound nugget purchased from Kenzie will become the bride of natives at the Shungnak settle-|Mr. Prueher on Saturday, October ment. |18 at the Catholic Church of the Thae country in which the ¢ Nativity. | ery was made, according to Eski-| A luncheon was served by the mo tradition, has been the only hostesses and places were set for | source of jade in Alaska for cen- eleven. The centerpiece was com- turies. - Archeologists have found|Fosed of miniature chrysanthemums jade implements made by Eski-|{and Cecil Brunner roses. The guest| mos ‘as far north at Point Bar- of honor was presented with many| row and south of Nome. Shung-|lovely presents. During the after—! nak is Eskimo for jade. |noon, guests monogrammed tea Although the existance of jade | towels for Miss McKenzie. in northwest Alaska ‘has been| Those in attendance were Mes-| known and reported for 50 yeqrs,‘dumes Daniel Ross, D. G. Taylur,i no successful effort has been made|Flovd Dryden, L. B. Avrit, Albert| to recover it for commercial use. Tickell and the Misses Monica| This has been due in part to the Farley, Esther Lindenmeyer, Ger- | inaccessibility of the jade regions|aldine de Spiegelacre and Ethel and also to the questionable qual-jMurphy. ity of the mineral. Another de-| b terrent has been the similarity of jade to serpentine or ‘“green swns”l‘BIRl’H EG'SIM"O"S in which the Shul’.lgnnk area | ARE "ow AVAIMBLE abounds. | Last. year an Alaskan mining| company Treputedly recoversd :mdi Birth Registration Records for; shipped several tons of jade-bear-lthe following children have been| ing rock from the “jade mountain”!received at the Public Health Cen~! district. Assays reportedly proved!ter, 318 Main Street. Parents may | most of this to be below gem qual-!call for these certificates on Thurs- jty. A small quantity, howeverlday afternoons from 1 to 4 o'clock assayed high quality jade. As alwhen, the regular Child Health result the United States Assayi Conferences are held. Office reports that Alaskan jade| Thomas Franklin Allain, Edgar of superior quality is now in|Harcld Bailey, Ronald Gudmund greater demand among certain|Baxter, Christina Caroline Bjorge, jewelers than Chinese jade, which | Frances Jean Cole, Donald Robert hertofore has Been accepted as the!Cowling. standard of quality. | Vivian May Cropley, Sylvia Renie {DeMers, James Allan Drawe, Rol- and Richard Eames, Michael Mart- The Governor of Alaska has in- {land Eddy, Diana Marie Eller. vited citizens of the Territory to | George Robert Flint, Edward John Giovanetti; "Leslie Ann Gor- anson, Shirley Ann Hawkins, Vin- icent Andrew Hensey, Marjorie La- participate in the national food- | verne Howard, Kathleen Marie saving program now being con-|Jack. | Evelyn Jean Joseph, Yvonne ducted. He issued a proclamation today requesting citizens not to use meat on Tuesday nor eggs and poultry on Thursday of each week |June LaMoore, Linda Gene Lock- \ridge, Martin John Madsen, Janea |Gwynne Murphy. Ronald William Nielsen, Sandra and to save one slice o‘ bread | daily. | Louise North, Edward Scott Rey- The Governor modified his pro-|unoldson, John Thomas Roberts, Jr., clamation for Thanksgiving and|Diane May Rosenberger, Sally Vir- Christmas weeks by naming Mon- |ginia Shattuck, Damon Joseph days as the day for poultry andSnow, Patricia Lee Wright. B — egg saving during those weeks. He also requested that public eating places do not seérve bread and but- ter except by demand. CANADIAN GUEST W. G. Ewen of Montreal is stop- ipmg at the Baranof. % ——— e —_—————— - FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. FROM SITKA o S. Jeftries of Washington, D. C.,| Frank Wright of Sitka is staying is registered at the Baranof Hotel.'at the Baranof Hotel. PICTURESQUE PRAGUE_ anartist on Karl's bridge from which to paint a scene of old Prague, whera communism and capitalism now ruh chaulders. h The growth rings on a fish scale \indicate the age of a fish much gon, ccnferring with other officials at the rings indicate the agelof the c of a tree | s cows fed on good in the milk of ccws fed on poor ! timothy hay. - is now in Portland, Ore- ‘ be | Hawkin ompany. -ee — Vitamin A milk of hay much in the alfalfa times been found as m?Shower Surprises * Mrs. James Gleaton 2 I A surp: stork shower was giv- = '! {en for Mrs. James Gleaton last [evening by Mrs. James DeMers. | The honoree was completely sur- |prised by a large gathering of |friends at her home, who went |laden with appropriate gifts, and | no duplications. | Pirst prize winner in the pinochle lgume was Mrs. Jack Langseth, who | received “a bud vase. Mrs. Doug |Wnl\lo won a bottle of hand lotion | for* excellence in Chinese checkers, | tand a handkerchief for cutting the | winning card. | I Refreshments were appetizers, {salad, and bacon biscuits, and a | special cake decorated with pink land blue footprints, and the ques- | tions b or girl? Guests present were Mrs. Bernice { Johnson, Mrs. Dick McCormick, { Mrs. Guy Russo, Mrs. Doug Wuhlu.‘ | Mrs. Earl Miller, Mrs. Kay Hulk, | Mrs. Bob Pasquan, Miss Betty Bon- | nett Mrs. James Devon, Mrs. Wil- | liam Dore, Mrs. Dayton Fleek, Mrs. | Jack Langseth, the honoree and the | | hostess Mrs. James DeMer: ) 'PERRY LANDGRENS | " PARENTS, BOY BABY ; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Landgren are | the proud parents of a baby boy {born early this morning in St.! | Ann’s Hospital. The baby, who tip- | ped the scales at seven pounds ten ounces joins a young sister Cherryl FANCY ook like bi PICEO LOFTS — From a distance they ice eream cones, but actually they're swanky pigeon “apartments” in Cairo, Egypt. Table dishes made from pigeons are highly regarded by Egyptians. ~|Mr. Landgren is a meteorologist fand has been stationed® with the | U S. Weather Bureau in Juneau ior the past year. - 'Tom George Irls Honored, Birthday In honor of the 21st birthday of Tom George Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Tom George gave a gala birthday party last evening at the Salmon Creek Country Club. Dancing was enjoyed by the guests and a gigantic birth- day cake was cut by the guest-of- honor. Guests at the party were the Misses Charlotte Mason, Mary Av- nian, Betty Allen Janet Stevenson, Sarah Linehan, Mary Lou Mix, Mary Atkinson, Lynn Hynes, Es- ther George, and Charles Winstad, Jim Trueblood, Terry Magorty, Ter- ry Lennon, Lester Carlson, Rich- ard Davis, Bud Edwards, Jack O'Connor Jr., Harry Aase, Red Jackson, Richard Asvido and George Chismen. - MARRIAGE LICENSE A marriage license ‘was issued to- day by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray to Harold O. Westman and Elizabeth Ward, both of Juneau. Both persons gave their ages as legal. They will be married late today at Douglas by Commissioner Gray. ——-— — HERE FROM FUNTER BAY Mrs. H. F. Hargrave of Funter Bay is staying at the Gastineau. AND DISAPPEARS The River has changed its course according to the U. S. Forest Service. A. W. Black- erby, Division Supervisor, an- nounced today that the river is no longer visible in its former course from the Mendenhall Glacier to Mendenhall Lake. He said that it now runs under the Glacier in- stead of in front. Blackerby and Larry Zach, Dis- trict Ranger, attribute the change of the river's course to the re- cent heavy rains and high waters. They said that persons may now | walk right up to the face of the Glacier without difficulty now that the river's former bed is com- pletely dry. The portion affected represented a onz mile stretch of the 1iy The new course is a half mile shorter. The remainder of the river still follows its regular course from Mendenhall Lake to the Gas- tineau Channel. - -+ HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday for medical attention were Glenn Neal and Mrs. Archie Betts. Discharged from were Mrs. Kath the Hospital erine Mikaloff and Mrs. John Curtis, | A son weighing eight pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Will- iam Davis in the Government Hospital last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are from Hoonah, where he is a fisherman. ,oe— - BPW CLUB MEETING Monday noon, Hotel Baranof. For reservation Ph. 547 or 833. —ady. 705-t1 e b | Plan it now LET US plan a com- plete program of in- surance which will pro- tect all your property and possessions against loss from every insurable cause. A few moments of your time now may save you hundreds of dollars some day! Don’t neglect your insurance protec- tion- Shattuck Agency Seward Street Juncau Phone 249 | ! | | | EYES EXAMINED OPTOM Second and Franklin DR. D. D. MARQUARDT PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS LENSES PRESCRIBED ] ETRIST Juneau | I| 5 [ENTURY %o N1 R T Matinee Sunday at 2 P. M. Evening Shows at 7:25 and 9:30 He wore a halter to the altar ... but you'll die lavghing when Bob catches Babs with her boots off. Paramount presents Puteria of}/////(pyg,{ ’ L%)fl/fi/ Cornmings- Dretnee Lynre in Diana Lynn is play- ing with fire, and burning with romance, in the maddest, merriest matrimonial mix-up you've ever seen! PATRIC KNOWLES PEGGY WOOD PLUS Hawaiian Melodies PLU S Merrie Melody Carioon—"Eager Beaver" Fox Mevietone News BRINGS YOU WORLD SERIES HIGHLIGHT PLAYS OF MOST EXCITING BASEBALIL SERIES IN MANY YEARS i i f e NEW WINTER SCHEDULES! Effective: October 1st to April 1st Passenger and Express DAILY Juneau—Ketchikan SOUTHBOUND NORTHBOUND 10:30A Lv. JUNEAU Ar. 4:10P 11:30A Lv. PETERSBURG Lv. 3:20P 12:00N Lv. WRANGELL Lv. 2:50P 12:40P Ar. KETCHIKAN Lv. 2:00P Juneau—Sitka 9:00A Lv. JUNEAU Ar. 11:50°A *10:20A Ar. SITKA Lv. 10:30A (* or earlier) TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS Juneau—Haines—Skagway 2:00P Lv. JUNEAU Ar. 4:40P 2:55P Lv. HAINES Lv. 3:55P 3:10P Ar. SKAGWAY Lv. 3:30P Ali Times PST (120") JUNEAU to— Mon. Wed. Fri. JUNEAU to— Mon. Wed. Fri. Angoon ol 2K Hawk Inlet X Baranof X Hood Bay .. X . 7 Chatham X . Hoonah ... X X X Chichagof X Kimshan R ¢ Cobol . X Peican . oo X B e Elfin Cove X Port Althorp.. X Excursion In. X Superior .. o Funter X Tenakee .. X X X Gustavus X Todd X-—departure and arrival times and sequence of stops variable. PHONE 612 mns“%fl&’% cfwing “ W o» Ingncs Sloutheastern JUNEAU R JUKEAU PLUMBING & HEATING C0. PLUMBING—HEATING—OIL BURNERS—SHEET METAL PHONE 787 Third and Franklin EAU MARINE CO. MARINE WAYS and JUN Marine Hardware "“Coxernueriox = Boat Sales Rubber Boats oot west mienn s, Appraisals PHONE 29 JUNEAU, ALASKA BOX 2719 Have Your Boat Steam Cleaned While on Our Ways 'There is no substitute for newspaper advertising!