The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 11, 1948, Page 5

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1948 ™ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE AN ¢ APTOL THEATRE HAS 2 FEATURES DURING WEEKEND Two features are at the Capitol Theatre this weekend beginning to- night. “Millie’s Daughter,” | i | SHE’S EVERY GIRL WHO WANTS TO LIVE Donald Hen- ] derson Clarke's searing bLest-seller HE 8 EH__ER OW_N about turbulent youth, has been brought to flaming life on the |sckeen by Columbia in the picture of the same name is one .of the | features. Romance, drama and comedy have 'been mixed in just the right pro- | portions by Edward Huebsch, who 'did. the adaptation and screenplay, to provide an entertaining film Featured players are attractive Gladys George as Millie; beautiful blonde newcomer Gay Nelsoh in the title role; Paul Campbell as the male lead, and Ruth Donnelly as Millie’s {companion and confidante. | The stormy romance of two young people fleeing from both the police |and a vengetul gang of conspira-| tors motivates the dramatic action | of “Step By Step,” RKO Radio's ad- venture featuring Lawrence Tierney and Anne Jeffreys, which is the oth- er bill. The California coast near Los An- geles is the setting for the stirring events, which begin when Johnny | Christopher, just out of the Marines, meets a Senator’s pretty secretary cn the beach. Later the girl dis- appearss and “step by step” Johnny iinds himself entangled in a my- |stery, of which a brutal assault on the Senator and the murder of Ihis chief investigator are only the beginning. DOUGLAS NEWS 4TH JULY COMMITTEES | GAY NELSON - PAUL CAMPBEL RUTH DONNELLY - NORMA VARDEN € SEUUND THRILLING FEATURE @ - | shudshift; Decorations: A. J. Ba- | log; Parade: Mrs. Fred Endres and | {Mrs. M. F. Marshall; Track and | | Field Officials: Announcer, Val ! Poor; Starter, William Dore; Judge |of Races: Tony Reiss, T. Niemi and Fred Cunningham; Paymaster: | |A. J. Balog; Scorer: William Flint, | |and Alax Gair as Marshal of the ! Day. THE STARS OF "DILLINGER"™ une Lawneace 3 TIERNEY * JEFFREYS SATURDAY MATINEE—1:30 P. M. Added — "Lost City of ihe Jungle” 1st Feature 8:20-10:15—2nd Feature 7:05-9:30 7:05 i BARBED WIRE CONDEMNED meeting of the! | Douglas Volunteer Fire Depart-! ment held last evening, the De- | partment voted to form a resolu- | | tion asking the City Council to |adopt an ordinance forbidding barb- led wire fences within the city lim- its. Reason for the action was because hose gets damaged when {dragged over this type of fence, and firemen themselves suffer in- juries. The Department is to noti- {fy all residents that all property | | within barbed wire fences wiil be | | considered out of bounds to the | Fire Department and not entitled | to fire protection. Much discussion | centered around the Firemens'| sponsored Douglas baseball team, which has not made a very en- NoRTHLANn SAILINGS thusiastic showing so far this sea- son. { FROM SEATTLE Committees appointed were Main- | for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau, tenance: Val Poor, Fred Cunning- Halnes, Skagway and Sitka) ham and M. F. Jensen; Feed Com- S. S. ALASKA —— THURSDAYS, JUNE 17 and JULY 1 mittee: Mike Pusich and William UP-TOWN TICKET OFFICE Dore. (Ground Floor—Olympic Hotel Bldg.) 417 University Street—Seattle, Wash. HENRY GREEN — AGENT At a regular P S— ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Petershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 o NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION CO. SERVING SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA DEPFNDARLY Managing Director ALASEANZ FEEL AT HOMI at You'll meet your friends when you travel the Alaska Line. Relax. enjoy the magnificenr scenery and { | Mayor Mike Pusich at a called ! meeting of all persons interested in | 4 | the Fourth of July for 1948, choose | |the following committee to take R | charge of events: Finance Chair-| | men: Sante Degan and Arne Shud- | | shift; Sports Committee; Thomas | Cashen, Leonard Johnson, Arne Bob Gravett, designer of “Old Num! Soap Box Derby’s past heroes, is shown here with his wife, Jean, and three JU NEAU, ALASKA ~vag T ber 7" and first among the All-American children in their home in Dayton, Ohio. The children are: Peggy, 6; Bob, Jr., 4; and Stephen, 1. Gravett holds a scale-model of the racing car he built for the first Derby in 1933. He will be honored at Akron this August 15 in connec- tion with the eleventh annual Soap Box Derby. SEVENTEEN ARRIVE BY ALASKA COASTAL Alaska Coastal flights yesterday Lrought 17 passengers here and took out 40 as follows: From Pelican: R. A. Littletield, R. E. Dignon and T. Leahy, Vern Dick, Ole Westby and George Ha- 1gel. Fom Petersburg: Ruth Rock and Ben Y. Len; from Ketchikan: Dr. McKenzie; from Sitka: Mrs. G. Har- ’nck and Carl Forsen and Mrs. V. Rhoades; from Fish Bay: Gale Low- rie. To Sitka: Floyd Johnson and Le oy Haga; to Haines: Tom Morgan and wife and child; to Skagway: Dr. J. O. Wylie and wife. To Excursion Inlet: Frank Me- Kinley and wife and J. McKinley; to Port Althrop: R. Thaden and James Daly. To Pelican: Grace Rogers, J. Ful- gencio, E, Sanobia, E. Vosotros, A. Guino, D. Thomas, 8. Santotomas J. Comilong George Manado, D. Guaryan and family, A. Esmino Lene and Dorothy Peterson, Ramon Ecmino, Clarence Boynton, George Haegel, and Mrs. Klippent. To Hoonah: F. R. Norton and Ed { Vogel; to Sitka; Russ Beadle and | Hazel Thornton, - EDNA BAY VISITORS Mrs. Rose Hamilton and daugh- ter Karen of Edna Bay, are stay- ing at the Hotel Juneau. B FIRST SOAP BOX WINNER AT AKRON THIS YEAR Bob Gravett, designer oi “Old Number 7,” the first winner of a Soap Box Derby 156 years ago, will be honored in Akron this year as one who helped to inspire this great ! classic race for boys. Gravett is to- day the President of a metal stamp- ing company in Dayton, Ohio. His “Old Number 7" was the car that attracted the attention of My~ ron E. Scott in 1933 when Scott was lcoking for a photographic feature for his newspaper, the Dayton Daily News. Scott is today general maneger of the Soap Box Derby, and “Old Number 7' has become symbolical of all racing cars and is now the central figure of the offi- cial Derby emblem. The car will be on display at Akron during Derby weekend, e Hygiene Transferred To Territory; Bill Is On Way !q_Presidem | | | | { WASHINGTON, June }1.—®— | The Senate passed and sent to the | White House yesterday a bill to {authorize the Army to transfer | to Alaska the Army vessel Hy- | giene. 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Lynne Carter, his leading lady, is easy to look at, and turns in a neat cit of acting as the young girl beset with ranch difficultie: boy, tries to iron out Miss Carter's s UNG. L AND! gEN YO AND LER Y ranch hand atter her dad has been “oRE mysteriously murdered, her cattle stolen and one of her cowhands kid- napped Unaccountable murders for in- surance money send Charlie Chan to San Francisco for one of his most puzzling cases in “Shadows Over Chinatown,” the new Monogram de- tective drama is the other feature. Sidney Toler starts as the shrewd Orjental sleuth in a film expected to keep audiences on the edge of their seats. ALASKA TIES UP HERE THIS A, M. | 16 JUNEAU BOUND The steamer Alaska docked in Ju- neau from Skagway with 16 pas- sengers for here at 2:30 o'clock this morning and sailed south about two and one half hours later for Seattle| thanking 16 passengers from Juneau. Passengers from Sitka were: Mrs. C. H. Fritchman, Nell Fritchman, Miss D. M. Donahue, Ken Allen,} Baxter Felch, George A. Matson and | | A | Super | Western With Music! - JOHNNY MACK BROWN LYNNE CARVER - RAYMOND HATTON DOUGLAS FOWLEY - SMITH BALLEW 1T RARRETT RAILSMEN MONOGRAM PICTURE T . b Popejoy. A reception in the church wife, Richard W. Dunn, T. R. Cur- L H H f d | parlors is v " tis, L. Kann, A, M. Kessler and wife, ers, ungef Or ‘ g:rr‘:l:“;s to follow the wedding |C. A. Schonacher, O. F. Wagner and | <~———— wife and Irl Thatcher. 1 To Seattle: Mrs, Doris Connors, | Nuptials This P. M., Miss Charlotte Ann Lewis and Mr,| Sourdough Pup Tent No. 4, Mili- Donald F. Hungerford are to e/ !ary Order of The Cootie, will hold united in marriage in ceremonies | its monthly Scratch at 8 o'clock performed this afternoon at 4 o'-| tonight in'the VFW Jeep Club. A clock by the Rev. Robert Treat at| big time is promised to all attend- the Methodist Church. | ing as there will be an election of COOTIE SCRATCH TONIGHT Herbert Warner, Mrs. Jack Fargher, Jack Barefoot, Miss Kathleen Young | and Mrs. Pauline Matheny and children. To Petersburg: Stanley Reid and wife, Leona Davis and Mrs. E. Peter- son. To Ketchikan: Glenn Leach,| Aftendants are to be Miss Marion | officers and initiation of candi- PFrank Metcalf and Jack Davis. |G. Lewis of San Francisco, Calif,|dates. —————— a sister to the bride, who serves as A . i ST BOND INCREASED VISITS DAUGHT! | maid-of-honor and Mr. John Quili- | | co of Juneau, best man, Mr. Howard | C. O. Harrell, Franklin, Indiana, P. Andresen, administrative assis-|Indiana, insurance man and sports- tant with the Alaska Native Service | man, is the house guest of Mr. will give Miss Lewis in marriage. | and Mrs, John T. 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