The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 17, 1948, Page 3

PAGE THREF The man of 1000 faces (all funny) learns movie- acting by mail—and love; making by female! RED SKELTON IN COMEDY BILL AT CAPITOL THEATRE Red Skeltton is given an opportu- nity to run the gamut of his comedy {tricks in his latest starring vehicle, “Merton of the Movies,” which opens y run. Based on the novel by Harry Leon Wilson and the play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly, which proved one of Broadwa: cig hits, made-to-order characterization as a country bumpkin lost in the hurly- burly of the raucous, bustling pioneer Hollywood of the silent-film era The plot of “Merton of the Movies” pivots around a movie-struck, small- at the Capitol Theatre for; the new picture casts Skelton in aj DODGERS WIN GAME UNDER BURTSHOTTON By RALPH RODEN Burt Shotton, who came out of nowhere to lead the Brooklyn Dodg- ers to the 1947 National League pennant, got off to a good start in his 1948 debut Shotton managed the Dodgers to fa 4-2 victory over the Cincinnnati Reds yesterday after assuming com- mand in the greatest managerial shakeup in baseball history The soft-spoken Shotton replaced Liopy Leo Durocher at the Dodger IN M-G-M's HOWLARIOUS HIT ABOUT HOLLYWOOD town theatre usher who comes to helm with the flamboyant Durochiér Hollywood to find fame and fortune moving across the river to take over in silent pictures. He is a natural for ithe helm of the New York Giants. BETTE DAVIS IS STARRED IN BILL AT 20TH CENTURY In “Deception,” Warner Bros.' new romantic drama which arrri night at the 20th Century Theatre, Bette Davis is cast in a modern, sophisticated role as Christine Rad- cliffe, lovely young pianist who weaves a fateful web of deceit around the lives of the two men she loves. With stellar aid from Paul Henreid and Claude Rains, in addition to Bette Davis, the film depicts the highly dramatic situation resulting when Karel Novak (Paul Henreid), Czech cellist, supposedly long dead, returns to marry Christine who is t now emotionally involved with the unpredictable Alexander Hollenius (Claude Rains), great and erratic composer-conductor How Christine attempts MERTON OF THE MOVIES VIRGINIA O’BRIEN LEON AMES - GLORIA GRAHAME ALAN MOWBRAY MARCH OF TIME “End of An Empire?> “BOTTLE BEETLE" LATEST WORLD NEWS VIA AIR ™ SCHEDULE— 35——6:356—8:35—10:35 FEATURE at mJIMMY TONIGHT—"1t's a Wonderful Life” ;.\ a1 SRS RO FROM WRANGELL | it F. G. Hanford of Wrangell is Ap SPORIS ying at the Baranof Hotel By HUGH FULLERTON, JR NEW YORK, July 17.—#—Four of America’s most interesting goif [ELKS WIN FORFEIT AS /MOOSE BULWARKS N SICK LIST SHOW 0 When the Moose were unable 1 take the field last night of a bad cold suffered by second- because | tournaments will take place within sacker Forsythe and a bum leg on |comedy but he dreams of himself as 1a great tragedian. Duped into ap- Ipearing in a comedy-farce, h thinks |he 1s starring in a passionate drama Imovie makes him an overnight suc- |cess as the greatest low-comedian in the busing Virginia O’'Brein makes her sev- ienth appearance opposite Skelton in |the new M-G-M comedy, and the |Gral |by Robert Alton. OAKS LOSE: PADRES GO UP IN LIST (By The Associated Press) Casey Stengel and his Oakland jclub are beginning to feel the presgure that goes with leading tight pennant race. The Osaks lost again to Holly- |wood last night and the persistent iPadres of San Diego climbed to | within one game of first place by 'downing Sacramento. San Diego was only nine points behind Oak- land. San Francisco, by beating Los ! Angeles, moved into third place by {one percentage point over the | Angels. Lefty | Joe Kragauskas went the :route for the first time this sea son as Hollywood trimmed Oakland i5 to 2 Two home runs by Dain Clay helped San Diego shut out Sac- ramento, 4 to 0. Bob Kerrigan allowed only three hits. Jack Tobin drove in the winning {run in the ninth as San Francisco of love and adventure, Instead, the| Durccher replaced Mel Ott, who resigned. Ott, however, will remain in the Giant organization probably as an aid to Carl Hubbell, Giant farm director. In the other managerial change, Allen (Dusty) Cooke was named temporary manager of the Phila- delphia Phillies, replacing Ben Chap- man Cooke, i however, didn't fare !game at St. Louis. i Durocher's debut was delayed un- til today as the Giants' scheduled night game with the Pirates in | Pittsburgh was postponed because jof rain The Dodgers drove Blackwell to ‘cover in the eighth and won the game with a three-run rally. Cooke's Phils were in the game jwith the Cards for five innings. (Leading, 3-2, going into the sixth, !the Cards broke the game wide open, | scoring four runs. Meanwhile, the league-leading Boston Braves moved six-and-one- {half games ahead of the Pirates by the Cubs in Chicago. a day encounter at ;ner-up Philadelphia Athletics |trounced the front-running Cleve- |land Indians, 10-5 in a night game lat Philadelphia to shave the In- dians’ margin to one-and-one-half ,games. | The triumph enabled the A’s to move two games ahead of the third Iplace New York Yankees who were |upset, 10-4 by the St. Louis Browns at the Yankee Stadium The rising Boston Red Sox down- ied the Detroit Tigers, 5-3 in Boston | to move to within two-and-one-half igames of the Yanks. In a pight game at Washington, the last place Chicago White Sox edged the Senators, 3-2. as jcast also features Leon Ames, Gloria well as Shotton as the Cardinals ame and Alan Mowbry, directed ; thumped the Phils, 8-2, in a night | taking a wild 12-10 decision from | al In the American League, the run- | FIFTY-SIX_ ARRIVE |edged Los Angeles, 2 to 1. the problen according to her h ctate and how she is finally and cably caught up in the web of her own long-practiced decep- ticns, makes an exciting motion pic- iture experience which leads to a |most unusual denouement 1 - > 'HENRY SULLY ON VACATION AND BUSINESS TRIP | | | Among those leaving Juneau via | Pan American World Airways today is Henry Sully, manager of the furn- titure department, and a co-owner of the Juneau Young Hardware Com- Ip.m_v He is embarking on an ex- in\ndcd vacation and business trip |of several weeks through the Pacific Coast states, and while enroute, he hopes to make contact with some ools of tish” in Eastern Oregon. “ But actualiy. one of his primary objectives is that of attending school at Los Angeles Sully was cne o: ten men chosen from all s of the United States and Alaska for special training in a jrug school in that city. It is part of Ithe public service program of the Mohawk Carpet Mills of Amsterdam, |New York. The class is limited to ten tative from Alaska. This course embraces deailed in- | strucion in the science of rug and| carpet manufacture and floor cov- ering service, including practical field demonstrations of skill in prop- | erly laying floor coverings of all types. Both theory and actual prac- tice are included in the course Owners -of exclusive homes in the | Los Angeles and Hollywood area who have bought floor coverings from Mohawk dealers in the movie metro- polis arranged to have their rugs and carpets installed during the progress {men, and Sully is the only ruprvson-{ BA STARTS bfl[”””y TONIGHT Matinee Sunday at 2 P. M. Evening Shows at 7:20 — 3:30 | She dace WARNER ACHIEVEMENT pinEcTED WY prODUCED BY IRVING RAPPER:-HENRY BLANKE @CATRN PLAY 81 JONN COLLIER AND JOREPH THAM - BASED ON A PLAY BY LOUIS VERNEUM MUSIC 87 KRICH WOLFGANG KOANGOLS. "~ World News Via Air Express he Music Department at the Wapato | SPECIAL wEETING ALL WEEK High. | The bride-to-be has been with the | | Territorial Health Department and {ACS, of the U. S. Army in Juneau Mission, 270 C Salva- Gloriou Cnurei South anklin, Evangelist Davis and workers, message and Mr. Ventur has been instructor tion from Sin and Sicknes the next six weeks. |the part of team manager In order, they are the Nationai|catcher Red Holloway, chief umpire Public Links Tournament at At-|Erbland declared the Elks winner: lanta, the Western open at Buffalo,' by a 9-0 forfeit game. This was the National Junior Amateur Cham- : m accordance with Rule 24, Section Rionship at Ann Harbor, Mich, |1, of the Gastineau Channel Lea- &nd the National Caddie Champion- | gue regulations. ship at Columbus, Ohio. . . . Following the forfeit, the two The Public Links tourney invol-| teams played an exhibition game | ves butchers, bakers, brewery truck ' which the Elks won 7-3, but to drivers and bassinet makers—the} mogt spectators it was a little hard |guys who can't afford to telong to ¢, determine who was playing | swanky clubs or who'd rather Ee!‘wnh which team, as Tyvol and out and rub shoulders with the gnow saw action with the Moose. mob. ‘they play good golt! pe first serious mishap of the (sometimes) and have a lot of fun.jgaacon came about when Jim ! Sunny Jim Fitzsi T | Vuille broke a finger in the fourth | y Jim Fitzsimmons, veteran|ypije catching for the Moose. He | horse trainer, professes to be be-|g.q veplaced at the backstop berth | wildered by the complexities that , e ihu\'c entered the hoss racing game R semer lin his time, but he admits it was| i even simpler in his father’s day. . .| “Pop took some horses to Saratoga | on year” says Mr. PFitz. “They| Mrs. Ernest Gruening will be | shipped to Albany by boat and then | hostess to the Juneau Garden Club walked to Saratoga.” | at its meeting at 1:30 o'clock Tues- > day aiternoon. Mrs. William By- LYBECKS HAVE VISITORS |ington will demonstrate how to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lybeck have | | {make corsages. All members and | as their houseguests, Mr. Lybeck's‘mher persons interested are wel- mother and sister, who are spend- | come to attend the meeting. ing a few weeks here. His mother, | Mrs. Lena Lybeck, is from Kent,!| Wash.,, and his sister, Mrs. Ann Ramsey, is a resident of Ballard. \ You'll meet your friends when you travel the Alaska Line. Relax.. enjoy the magnificenr scenery and comfortable accommodations as you sail “outside” THE FINEST FOOD Elegantly prepared and expertly served ro com- pletely satisfy your fancy. SAILINGS ARE FREQUENT Sailings EVERY SUNDAY for KETCHIKAN and SEATTLE §. S. ALEUTIAN DUE SOUTH JULY 18 Sailings EVERY TUESDAY for CORDOVA. VALDEZ and SEWARD S. BARANOF — JULY 20 ———ee ——— i GARDEN CLUB MEETS { £ BREWING ATTLE — e TWO FROM SAN FRANCISCO Lee Hamilton and N. L. Weber jof San Francisco are stopping at !!he Baranof Hotel. Distributed throughout Alaska by ODOM COMPANY <L Juneau Foot Clinic Rm. 14, Shattuck Bldg. PHONE: BLUE 379 By Appointment Only ," 1771/ L HIZGERALD & KENTUCKY'S/ 1 pe BOURBON) s SOUR MASH - Kentucky Straight Bourbon_Whiskey? 8OTTLED IN BOND ‘l.o '.%'O;.' ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY Serving All Alaska i o0 WC. « L0oUISVILE, RY. & > \ and | 1a 2 to 0 win over Seattle. STANDING OF CLUBS National League | Team: L | Boston | Pittsburgh St. Louis Brooklyn New York Cincinnati Philadelphia Chicago Pct. .608 526 519 500 493 468 463 423 Amvrivan League Team: | Cleveland Philadelphia New York | Boston Detroit Washington St. Louis Chicago Pct. 618 517 545 494 449 387 324 Pacific Coast League Team: Oakland Ban Diego San Francisco Los Angeles . Seattle Hollywood Portland Sacramento Channel League Team: Moose .. Legion Elks Douglas LEADERS IN B. B. Leaders in the American and Na- tional leagues, through games of yesterday, are as follows: American League Batting—Williams, Boston, Boudreau, Cleveland, .366. Runs Batted In—Stephens, Bos- ton, 77; DiMaggio, New York, 74. Home Runs—Keltner, Cleveland, 22 DiMaggio, New York, 19. Pitching — Fowler, Philadelphia, 8-2, .800. National League Batting—Musial, St. Louis, Pafko, Chicago, .351. Runs Batted In — Kiner, Pitts- burgh and Musial, St. Louis, 65. Home Runs — Kiner, Pittsburgh | and Sauer, Cincinnati, 24. .388; | .395; Roy Helser pitched Portland to| 590 | ;| F. A. Carson and A. B. Carson. rand Royal O'Reilly. of this special school Sully remarked that learn many a new wrinkle, or rather, how to avoid wrinkles. Prior to attendance he will spend a few days in Seattle, where he plans to attend the Northwest Furniture Market July 19 to 23rd. This ex- hibition will be held in the civic auditorium and in the Seattle Ar- mory of the National Guard. BY ALASKA COASTAL | Forty-six persons arrived and| [twenty-eight departed with Alaska |Coastal flights yesterday as follows: From Haines: Wiiliam Maxey and {C. Knipple. : From Skagway: G. D. Jermain,’ .;:Tl‘l""or:f““;'i;h n‘t’" "ME?;'J";‘:"&” According to Sully, this exhibition i ¢ . on such an extensive scale is evidence Flynn, Glenn Mapes and R. K. Tap-{of the shift of population in the | penden, | -« Continental United States, and a From Todd: Joseph Bennett and demonstration of America’s changing Mrs. A Bennett ; { economy. From Tenakee: Maria Ostertach | ity wood-working industries fol- and Fada Murphy. | lowing electric power of such works HF‘rcm Hood Bay: Albert Seely and |4 the Grand. Coulee and the Bonne- | Henry Salstad. |ville Dams, and with the heavy mi- From Petersburg: Charles Diven, |gyation of population from the East, Whiteside and Jack Sukinaw. ja production and manufacturing From Wrangell: Fred Hanford.!eq,nomy is rapidly replacing a con- From Ketchikan: L. Forrest and oty s Bud Abbott. ! From Sitka: Lester Green, Nelson, Bill Nelson, Ed Vogel, Hogue, Frank Marshall, O. L. Thlan, k3 {sumer and buyinig clared Sully. | Following his stop at the furniture H. | exhiLition and attendance at the “Moha\\'k Rug and Carpet School at 'Los Angelgs he contemplates de- voting some time to visiting the mar- kets and factories in San Francisco (and the Bay areas. After that, says |Sully, will come time for the fishing |in Eastern Oregon. It remains to be seen to what extent participants of the Juneau Salmon Derby exceed his piscatorial achievements, - BERNICE JOHNSON, ALFRED VENTUR T0 GO SOUTH TO MARRY Bernice Johnson and Alfred Ven-! To Taku Lodge: Lennie Lempke tur leave on the Aleutian for San| | Diego, Calif.,, where they will be married July 30 at the home of Mr. Ventur's mother Following the cere-| mony, the couple will auto to Apple- | ton, Wis., for a visit with Mr. Ven- To Skagway: J. Harris, Ethel We-|tur's sister and family. The honey- mack and Herbert Oliver. mooners will then return west to To Hajnes. R. Loim and O. Mal-{Wapato, Wash,, where Mr. Ventur colm, will be assistant to the head of| Gene From Taku Lodge: Ted Bacon Bill Stevens and Dorothy Stafford. From Pelican: Tom R, Matheny and William Smith. From Iyoukeen Cove: Jim Peebles. From Funter Bay: Ted Childe and Sid Thompson. From Sitka: Roy W. Johnson, S. Semol, Herbert Oliver, C. M. Kirsch- ner, E. E. Enramann and G. Blan- chard, To Sitka: Bill Wilson, Gene Nel-| son, H. B. Crewson and Prank Car- | son, Frank Carson, Martin Jamcs.: Ernie Carter, Henry Moy and Johui Holic. To Funter Bay: Sid Thompson. To Hoonah: Joseph James. To, Superior Packing: Bob Ellis. To Ketchikan: Bert Proctor and wife, Mr. Cooley, R. N. Ashby and E. J. Ryan, NORTHLAND SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Junesua, Haines, Skagway and Sitks) 8. S. ALASKA — THURSDAYS, JULY 15 and 29 UP-TOWN TICKET OFFICE Pitching — Poat, New York, 9-2, 818 e SEATTLEITES HERE Several Seattle visitors are stay- | ing at the Baranof Hotel. They include Roy W. Johnson, Karl | | (Ground Floor—Olympic Hotel Bldg.) 417 University Street—Seattle, Wash. HENRY GREEN-—JUNEAU, ALASKA, AGENT SIEYING SOUTHIASTERN he hopes to ! of the various bands of the Juneau Hizh and Grade Schools and 2lso | Director of the Juneau City Band \ > | PAA CLIPPERS BRING 12 NORTH; TAKE 27 SOUTH Bringing 1z norin, #AaA Clippers took 27 passengers to Seattle yes- terday. Arrivals were sus’ Name. Pastor Ward. | —within easy reach by fast 4-engine Clipper Samantha Dear- mand, Louise Robison, Mr. and Mrs N. L. Wright, Art Wolfe, Wilford | Esswein, Robert Ellis, Frank Nor- deen, Archie Wood, Marie Kohler, Raymond Flora and Nancy Peters. Leaving were Camilla Laughlin, Gertrude and Karen Boggan, Bob Helgeson, Bonnie Bell, Elvira Spain, Margaret Hammerstein, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Orme and infant Joey, Walter Sinn, Cy Wykoff and wife. Marion Peterson, Thomas Frew and son, Clara and Willlam Frew, Fay McKinney, Grace Fisher, Con- nie McCauley, Robert Johnson, Wayne Beatty, Elmer Ness, Nel Rapp, Carl Sandaker Jr. and Rose Sandaker. Lee Hamilton and Elizabeth Mar- tel arrived here from Annette. WESTERN LEAGUE Scores of games played last night in the Western International League are as follows: Bremerton 6; Tacoma 5. Wenatchee 10; Salem 6. Vancouver 7; Victoria 4 Spokane Yakima 4. Fly in swift comfunt sboard the big, 4-mile- minute Clippers serving Alaske on frequent schedules. Enroute, settle back in r comfortable lounge bcs world- seat and enjoy 8 famous service...including delicious hot meals, as part of your Flying Clipper fare. Consult Pan American . s BARANOF HOTEL Telephone 106 AN puw Auemictt Your Deposits ARE SAFE BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS m HE management of this bank is pledged to conserva- tive operation. The safety of depositors’ funds is our primary consideration. 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