The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 1, 1948, Page 5

al Office here today rejected a bid V¥ by the Columbia Lumber Co., for timber offered in' a sale at Goose Bay. logs in the water, this office con- | C.J. EHRENDREICH — C. P. A. BUSINESS COUNSELLOR Systems Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1948 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Last Times Tonight! “BOSTON BLACKIE AND THE LAW” AND "UNDERCOVER WOMAN" Sund P One oflered the young composer true love, but had to fight for her man! The other made a play- thing of him . . . but he could not resist her charms! aiy : Mohday = Tiiesday SHE HID A GUN IN HER PURSE! When a pretty girl is fighting mad—watch M-G-M re-introduces THE GREAT WALT g Husice! wirn mgm/ Starring LUISE " FERNAND MILIZA RAINER - GRAVET - KORJUS with HUGH HERBERT « LIONEL ATWILL Screen Play by SAMUEL HOFFENSTEIN and WALTER REISCH Directed by JULIEN DUVIVIER —PLUS — “GOOFY GOLF” LATEST, NEWS TIMBER BID REJECTED The U. S. Forest Service Region- The The Forest Service declar- “with the present volume of Accounting Phone 351 JUNEAU MARINE CO., INC. SUNDAY-Feature STARTS at 2:20— 4:20—6:20—8:15—10:15 ked out.” - - templates no further timber sales until a disposal system has bLeen number of one-room U. S. Taxes Railways—New Consiruction—Repairs WE WILL CONTRACT YOUR JOB P. 0. Box 2719 Phone 29 schools declined at the rate of about 4000 a year during the 1920s and 3,600 a year during the 1930s. | ELLIS AIR DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Pelersburg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 LINES Your Depeosits ARE SAFE BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS HE management of this bank is pledged to conserva- tive operation. The safety of depositors’ funds is our consideration. In addition the bank is a mem- ber of Federal Deposit In- surance Corporation, which ‘insures each of our deposit- ors against loss to a maxi- mum of $5,000. IN THIS BANK INSURED POSITS ARE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of JUNEAU, ALASKA MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION "GREATWALTZ" IS |'STORYLAND REVUE', FEATURE COMING, (BY GRADERS, GIVEN CAPITOL SUNDAY BEFORE BIG CROWD “The Great Waltz,” glamorous mu-| “Storyland Revue" a May Fete, |sical drama btased on the life of was presented by the Juneau Grade Johann Strauss, recreates the ro-|School last night in the High School {mance of dld Vienna at the Capitol | Gym. Theatre where it opens Sunday It is sald there were 500 taking | with Louise Rainer, Fernand Gravet | part—there certainly was. and Miliza Korjus heading an elab- And was there a crowd—well, bro- orate cast. ther or sister, you could not jam This M-G-M musical masterpiece | another adult or child in the gym reprint deals with the life and loves | Every place was packed—even the of Strauss, played by Gravet, his|windows were parking places. | wife, Poldi, played by Miss Rainer, Did the show go over? Judging| {and the opera singer with whom he | from the applause given all numbers, | was infatuated, cnacted by Miliza it did and was thoroughly enjoyed.| Korjus, who sings “Tales of the Vi-) And here's to the little pcriarxxxets§ |enna Woods” and other haunting|who worked hours and hours, you| Strauss songs in spectacular presen- did a good job. | tations | And was it costumed? Here's to| | The Imperial Opera, the palace of | the teachers, mothers, aunts and Emperor Franz Josef, Vienna during | grandmothers who also worked hours the Metternich Revolution, the Vi-|in making those costumes. It was enna Woods, are elaborate details|a brilliant and colorful affair and in the pieture. A 90-piece orchestrato the uninitiated, one never lmng—! inccompanlcs the beautiful Viennese | ined there were so many different singer in opera and other musicalicrepe paper designs in this little sequences. { world of ours. Of course, all costumes | Julien Duvivier directed the p\c~1were not made of crepe paper as| ture with his brilliant Continental anyone in that bumper audience will technique and human touches. Miss | attest. Costuming was excellent Rainer is tremendously appealing! Must give praise to the teachers and rises to great dramatic he)gms'who thought up that program of| |in scenes with her rival for the com- | storyland and spent hours in reheas- | poser's love. 'ing. Also, by the way, there was & that promise in a couple of ye: to comprise several glee clubs. AlD So(lEn WIll And just to prove the revue was ngven by the Grade School, here is | HAVE SAI'E TEA(the bulk of the performance with i sz Ispecial parts taken by students in The Lutheran Ladies Ald S0- Grade 6, 7 and 8 and all teachers in ciety will hold their annual May |(he grade school participated in die] { Mrs. O. Bodding, chairman of|Queen's Court (and the large audi-| | the Sewing Committee reports that|ence) with, Janu McConnel as May articles appropriate for Mothel's Queen and her attendants were Syl- Day gifts and graduation gifts will|yja Lister, Connie Grisham, FElsa | Tuesday evening, if possible. Mrs.|Frank Deland as Robin Goodfellow | Bodding will be assisted by Mrs.\Johnny Kito and David Fletcher,! Hans Berg and Mrs. Howard Saw- |train bearers, Dean Johnson snd} yer. INormm Lister as trympeters. 1 B ge | chorus of graders in the balcony fiv- [] (ing their musical bit to the revue| \LUTHERAN LADIES" | | |the dope, as taken from the pro- |gram-—Grade 1 through 5, carried Sale Sale and Tea on Wednesday, |rection, May 5, in the church social room.| mhe revue was put on before a be on sale. Any sewing that is | Johnson and Darlene Adsero. still out should be turned in by| Leroy West was the Queen's jester. During the afternoon tea and| The order of the program follows: | coffee will be served beginning at| Coronationof May Queen. i 1:30 o'clock. Mrs. Frank Olson is| “Joys of Spring”, sung by chorus.! the chairman with Mrs. Jack Bur-| Mistress Mary ...Grade 1, ford, Mrs. William Elsner, and| Old Woman in the Shoe .. Grade 1, Mrs. Robert Pollock also serving on| Farmer in the Dell, Thorn Rosa— this committee. | Grade 1. Mrs. John Sunderland, chairman, Little Bo Beep . Mrs. Darwin Hoel and Mrs. Edward| “The Swing” Dick will be in charge of the| The Shoemaker goodie tables where all kinds of Grade 2. o delicious foods will be on sale, in-| “Forth to the Meadows"—Sung by | cluding home-baked cakes, cook- |the Chorus, ies, pies and breads. Foods do-{ Robin Hood and His Merry Men-— { nated for this booth should be at Grade 3. Grade 2.| Grade 2. and the Elves| | the church by 1 o'clock. | Raggedy. Ann's Playmates —| Mrs. Chris Wyller will be the!Grade 3. gt i hostess for the aftermoon. An| Mickeys and Minnies Grade 3. jwomen are cordially invited to| Westward Ho! Grade ©.| fattend this affair. | Hansel and Gretel Grade 4.| L | “April, April”, Sung by Chorus.| | May Pole Dance Grade 8. | Recessional. i The roster of the Grade school | | would have to be given to add the! NATIONAL MUSIC ' MARINER SCOUTS TO MAKE AWARD TODAY The Mariner Scouts met a{ the | home of Miss Arleen Godkin Thurs- | May 2 to May 9 is National Music Week. This is the time that the whole nation renews its spirit with special concerts ot song, brass | bands, string quartets, large and | small symphonic groups, and har- | monica duets. Many towns are |and the persistent, but fruitless, This Job {ble. In 19 years on lfoughL through every kind of bad | weather except a wEEK STARTI“GInflmeS of all those in the various| | numbers. | b BLUE SKIES" IN TECHNICOLOR 1S AT 20TH CENTURY| Three n ars worth of mu- sical entertainment, fashioned by| America’s master of melody, arrives tonight at the 20th Century Theatre | with Paramount’s Technicolor pro- duction of Irving Berlin's “Blue| Skies,” starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and Joan Caulfield, Billy De | Wolfe and Olga San Juan, the| bombshell from Puerto Rico, vial Brooklyn { “Blue Skies" is the biggest Berlin| extravaganza ever containing more| of the music of America's foremost LENT: v M P B > IRVING s songwriter than any other picture| Hollywood has ever made. Berlin| wrote four new songs; and new lyricsy for an cld time favorite, to make a total of thirty-two hit tunes of the past and present which are heard | {in' the movie, | Against this melodic background | a love story involving Bing, Fred| and Joan is unfolded, beginning ter the first world war and carrying of Crosby and Caulfield, their kreak- up over his inability to settle down, pur- suit of Joan by Astaire. Only after Fred has been crippled in a fall while dancing, and is tellipg the story on the air in his role of a com- mentator, are the lovers re-united, end their skies blue forevermore. All the principals double in brass, doing both their specialities, and teaming up with each other in im- portant production numbers. Bing dances, Fred sings, and the lovely Miss Caulfield, heretofore acclaimed for her dramatic ability adone, sings and dances. Even the comical Billy De Wolfe joins in the singing, and the peppery Latin from across the bridge from Manhattan, sings with | Bing and dances with Fred in some of the film's biggest production numbers , - e All Wet CODORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —AP‘ —When it rains and snows, pity tho} poor guy who has to go out and al'C‘ what's happening. He's the water inspector, or water commissioner as he's known in western communities. | It’s his job to protect the vital life- | line of the drylands—the dams and and reservoirs and irrigation ditches. | In El Paso county, he's J. M, Prit the job, he's typhoon. When there's a flash flood, Pribble has to see that the runoff doesn't run off! with the gates along the ditches He must make weekly measurements of all available water—and énow.| He must find out how fast it's dis-| appearing and advise farmers and/ water compaines accordingly. | Wet weather doesn’t bother Prib-| le as much as the late summer droughts. He's the policeman expect- | ed to enforce precious water rights| and priorities as the supply dwind-} les. It a farmer is sneaking a little| extra water from the ditch for his| parched fields, Pribble has to .uwp" him—and still remain his friends His area covers a mountain and| plains region which would make with "Billlye]fe Olga 8 Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin ‘Xx X A Paramount Picture 3 THIS IS THE ARMY, MR. JONES GETTING NOWHERE (new) SOME SUNNY DAY A SERENADE TO AN OLD-FASHIONED I'lL SEE YOU IN CUBA YOU KEEP COMING BACK GIRL (new) : PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ LIKE A SONG (new) BLUE SKIES HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN. A PRETTY GIRL IS UKE A, YOUD BE SURPRISED RUSSIAN LULLABY MELODY " PAGE FIVE Starts TONIGHT Shows at 7:25-9:30 MATINEE SUNDAY - an Juan Produced by Sol C. Siegel - Directed by Stuart Heisler NG 32 OF IRVING BERLIN'S GREATEST SONGS including I'VE GOT MY CAPTAIN WORKING FOR ME NOW at2P. M. [fs He akafef/ ;6{/27; L Porky Pig CARTOON and Air Express NEWS featuring music lectures during | this time. The radio programs | are planned to give special Ameri- can folk-music to the listening mil- lions. So great has grown the| music-interest in America that there is scarcely a town in which a fun-making orchestra cannot be formed from trained local musi-| cians. BUILDING PERMITS | /The following building permits have been issued recently by City Engineer James L. McNamara. new bathroom, $200, Douglas Plumb~ ing and Heating. C. L. Skuse, 605 Franklin, hot air heating and air conditioning plant, $1,000. $ Mrs. Bert Alstedt, 6th and Ken- day evening and during the busi- s P # i’ a nice-sized little nation in crowde ness discussion it was decided that g, ne 'y jpclyges eight reservoirs, NEWRUSTLER AND EUNICE HEAD FOR FISH GROUNDS to defend their alliance against at- |a permanent minary organization .been on display for the past Junean Foot Clinic theil £ huin 0 | ;2;’;_;’;:‘;:‘;”::;‘1 ;rmkl‘lzhjfi_ with a capacity of nearly 3000000 | Tne Newrustier :rom Kake letttack. The action came as diplomats nesu-Hifdiware Store: Where it has 000 gallons. From them run miles|for fishing grounds last night af- reported the United States and the Rm. 14, Shattuck Bldg. two and miles of ditches, carrying the| |ments were served bl hostesses Ar- Ralph A. Treffero, 12th and A,[. farming arna.‘,! life blood to rich which once were dry, desolate e HOSPITAL NOTES leen Godkin and Alice-Jean Davis.| Mrs, Dorothy Eggleston of Se- In honor of the services of treasur- ' attle was admitted to St. Ann's er, Henriette Burgh, the troop pre- | yesterday for medical treatment. sented her with a gift to remember | Discharged yesterday were Alfred weeks. ‘The Mariner Scouts wish to thank all those who have helped to make this award a succcess. After the meeting was adjourned, refresh-| them by when she leaves, and de- Paulson and Mrs. Jake Cropley, noting their thanks. | Jr. JEANETTE DOUCETTE,Reporter.| At the Government Hospitaf, ST |John Thompson of Haines; Sam- MRS. W. L. JONES TRAVELS |my, Rita and Henry Jr, Adams Mrs. Willard L. Jones will leave from Kake; and Natalie St. Clair| the fitst of the week for a two- of Hconah were admitted yester- month vacation with her two|day. storage. two days and is skippered by Wiil- | tember with broad control over do- |lam Dugaqua. scheduled to leave today, accord- | ing to skipper Ronald Bean. e ———— EYES EXAMINE ter taking bait at the local v:ld}nllmncu have agreed to establish a She had been here for|western German government in Sep- ; mestic affairs The Eunice, also from Kake, was | e - - JOINS CITY ENGINEER Robert Jackson, formerly of Wis- - consin, has joined the office of LONDON-—Great Britain, France | City Engineer James L. McNamara and the low countries set up today|as a draughtsman LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D: D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Becond and Yranklin PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS daughters, Mrs. James Luse and) D Miss Margaret Jones in Belmont, edy, new roof, $200. Mass. | J. P. Christiansen, 1138 F. Street, improve foundation and extend - - - | building, $1,000, N. J. Nicholson, con- VISITORS FROM SITKA | tractor. W. C. Bradshaw, Mrs. Thomas| George Dadzoff, 108 First Street, Tilson, Mrs. Donald McGraw, Mrs. repair roof, $100. John Osbakken, Mrs. Charles Nick Rocovich, Main, betwteen|Peterson and Mrs. Elvin Rattluff, Front and Second, construct ware-|all from Sitka, are at the Baranof | house, $1,000. APPRECIATION I can’t see each of you personally, so this message is sent to you as an expression of appreciation for the fine support given my candidacy in the Gastineau Channel area. For your fine vote for me, my sincere thanks. DORIS M. (Mrs. Frank) BARNES BIKE STOLEN City Police are investigating the | report today of a stolen bicycle, taken from the alley near the W. P. Johnson store on South Frank-| lin. The bike was discovered miss-| ing on Thursday night. 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