The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 14, 1948, Page 5

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1948~ E====———DANCING STARIN 1{}"/{%5 SHOWPLALE or "GOODNEWS” AT | CAPITOL THEATRE Film fans at last have a chance Im see Broadway's dancing sensa-| tien, Joan McCracken, who plays| a featured role in the néw M-G-M | Technicolor musical jambor ee,| “Good News,” at the Capitol Thea- {tre tonight for the final showing| with June Allyson and Peter Lang-| ford co-starred. | Young Miss McCracken hailed as the theatre's top dancing come- dienne, first won fame as member lof the Agnes De Mille kallet in| {~oklahoma,” followed with another | ismash success in “Bloomer Girl" ‘and reached ‘stardom in “Billion | Dollar Baby.” In “Good News" Miss McCracken sings what promises to be a new Hit Parade eandidate, “Pass That Peace Pipe.” JUNE ALLYSON Also featured in the stellar cast 45 PETER LAWFORD \is Patricia Marshall, making her C";}or by TECHNICOLOR ;st_'reen debut following her starsing S———— """ 'hit in the Broadway musical, “Day ! PLUS * iR Before Spring.” In other roles are “PHOTO FRENZY dancing Ray McDonald, singing Mel LATEST NEWS Torme and beauty-prize winner Yeature 7:55—10:00 {Marllyn (Miss America) Buferd. Wednesday-Thursday with ¥ — e {SCANDINAVIAN NIGHT FEATURED THURSDAY BY SALVATION ARMY A Scandinavian evening will be |featured at the Salvation Army or | Willoughby Avenue Thursday eve- ning, September 16 at 7:30 o'clock.| Colorful movie film will be shown by George Langaker of cities he visited during his recent trip to! Norway. A community sing will be featured when old sacred hymns {from Norway and Sweden will be 'resurrected and sung. !~ captain J. S. Johanson, the Corps Officer, invites all Scandinavians to attend and enjoy this unique eve- ning at The Salvation Army. ————————— (PAN_AMERICAN { EXECUTIVES DUE HERE WEDNESDAY Pan American World Airways executives due to arrive in Juneau from Whitehorse Wednesday are Harvey Hancock, Divisional Traf- fic Manager; Capt. Harold Gray, Division Manager, and Capt. “Brick” Maxwell, Division Opera- tions Manager. | The men.from tMe San Frandis- 'co headquarters of the Pacific { Alaska Division of Pan American jare making an inspection trip of Ilhe Alaska area.’ '! She's SLEEK... he's SMART.. . and mixed vp in | | | I ’C ¢ Y ' HIZGERALD ! ] i KENTUCKY'S, BOURgON' ANNUAL BENEFIT - SHOW FOR THE JUNEAU FIRE DEPT. .“Regular Prices EVACUATION TAKES SOUR MASH Kentucky Straight’ Seuvrben_Whiskey PLACE IN FOREST| 350ns) FIRE ZONE IN CALIF| *5o= (By The Associated Press) Women and children have been evacuated from two communities in the fire-blackened Ojai Valley resort area in Southern California. The * blaze is under contrcl, but still burning,” and 12,000 acres of | . brush and forest have been con- “ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-JUNEAU, ALASKA Annual Benefit Show of JFD On Capitol Theatre Screen Two Nights, Wednesday, Thursday HIGHWAY PATROL ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OPENS TOMORROW The first Annual Assembly of the Alaska Highway Patrol will hold its opening session tomorrow morn- ing at 10 o'clock in the Senate Chambers of the Federal Building. Here to attend the session are 14) members of the Highway Patrol and Lee M. Bown, Deputy Superin- tendent of State Police of Oregon, and John F. McLeod, Assistant Chief of State Police in Washing- ton, At tomorrow’s session, which is open to the public, Chief Frank A. Metcalf will call the roll and make introductions, and Gov. Gruening will give the address of welcome. Mayor Waino Hendrickson of Ju- neau, Mayor Mike Pusich of Doug- las, and Mayor R. E. Ellis of Ket- chikan will present greetings from their towns. The session will con- clude with an address on law en- forcement problems by Judge George W. Folta. In the afternoon, at 2 o'clock,; general ‘sessions, which will be, closed to the public, will be held. In the evening, the Highway Pa-l trolmen and their wives will be guests at. a dihner party at the! Governor's House. EDITH FIELDS TAK LONGEST WAY SOUTH ON HER HOLIDAY TRIP. Taking a plane trip to Nome | and back for a holiday, Edith Fields, whose job is flying the Alaska run as a Pan American Air- ways purser, was in Juneau Mon-; day and left for Fairbanks today,' enroute to Seattle. | With Miss Fields was her fath- er, James 8. Fields and, to vary the Pan Am holiday, they flew to Lemesuir Island a week ago by Alaska Coastal to visit Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ibach, both of whom had been passengers on trips with Miss Fields. The Ibachs,” Joe ‘and Muz,' sent their good wishes to their many friends in Juneau. Mr. Fields, whose first trip to Alaska, this is, is delighted with his journey. He and his daugh- ter especially enjoyed the visit with the Ibachs. “They are the most gracious people I ever met,” said Mr. Fields. Both Mr. Fields and his pretty daughter were impressed by the Ibach's garden. “Their fruits and vegetables surpass anything we've ever seen,” and the trophy room at the Ibach's home, full of me- mentos of friends throughout the world, was equally impressive. Quickest way to reach Seattle was by way of Fairbanks, the Fields decideti so they flew north this morning, southbound. ————————— FRED DUNN BACK FROM KETCHIKAN CONFERENCE i B. Fred Dunn, Pan American Airways Distrfet Traffic Mana- ger, who because of full PAA planes south, had to take Alaska Coastal to Ketchikan Saturday for a company business trip, returned to Juneau Monday after a PAA conference in Ketchikan. sumetiin the valley in Los Padres National Forest. town of Ojai itself with 350 persons living in it felt the fringe of the flames. But a wind shift last night enabled hundreds of fire-fighters to gain the upper hand over destruction. ‘The wo- men and children were removed from Ojai and also from Meiners Oaks—a community of 150 popula- tion! ; Chief Pete Little of the Ventura fire department says that around 3§ homes, including summer dwell- ings of wealthy Californians, were destroyed in Ojai. But the fire was halted two blocks short of the business district. Damage estimates 80 higher than $1,000,000. . We think that the Vol- unteer Fire Department of Juneau .is an excep- tionally fine ‘organiza- tion . . . We urge you to patronize its show . . . “I LOVE TROUBLE” to be ufiu]nted September 15 Por COMFORT and SERVICE Dewey w. Ot the NEW | Metsdorf wrgEINGTON Vice-Pres. ¢ and Habit! Managing Director ALASKANZ FEEL AT HOMI, ‘as |ganization that is purely volun- fcus novel, “The Double Take.” Senafor Taft |general counsel, to the meeting to I pressure them.into citing the ITU Members of the Juneau Volun- teer Fire Department will stage their annual movie show at the Capitol Theatre tomorrow and Thursddy nights. This is the or- teer and the members are ready for call day or nlght, rain or shine, winter or summer. Another thing, the members of the department re- ceive only a small sum for turn- outs. The sum realized from the bene- fit goes into the recreation fund, such as maintenance of the ball park, playground equipment, etc. Manager Homer Garvin of the Capitol theatre is otfering a good program for the Fire Department show, including “Smoke Eaters,” ol the “This Is America” series, a dramatic punch of a 3-alarm. The main feature is “I Love Trou- ble,” a. girl filled niystery. Five lovelies leave a trail of perfume— and murder in this absorbing melo- drama. ' Franchot Tone and Janet Blair are starred in this mystery hit; which from all advance reports ranks with the best of the hard- hitting, suspenseful dramas. Featured roles are taken by Janis Carter, Adele Jergens, Glenda Far- rell, Steven Geray and Tom Pow< ers. Lynn Merrick, John Ireland, Donald Curtis, Eduardo Ciannelli and Robert H. Barrat are also seen in key parts. The screenplay was written by Roy Huggins from his fast and furi- Is Attacked By President Accused of-Tr_ying fo "Put the Heat On"" Execu- five Depariment WASHINGTON, Sept, 14—(®-y Présidént Trumah has accused Senator Taft (R-Ohio) of an “ens tirely improper” attempt to “put the heat on" :the national labor relations board to act against the AFL international Typographical union. The letter was written by Mr. Truman on August 20 to David R, Findling, NLRB associate general counsel, It was-made putlic by the White House today. The President wrote in reply to a letter from Findling, reporting on a meeting of NLRB officials and representatives. of several news- papers with Taft at the Capitol on July 28. Since then, the union has called on Mr. Truman to investigate re- ports that (Taft had summoned the aides of Robert N. Denham, NLRB for contempt of court. Mr. Truman-in his letter to Find- ling, acknowledged he had read the NLRB official's report of the meet- ing “with a lot. of interest.” “It seems to.me that it is en- tirely improper for any senator, no matter what his politics or his rank in the senate may be, to at- tempt to put the heat on one of the executive departments,” Mr. Truman wrote. R S DA CDA TO MEET The * Catholic Daughters of America will resume their regular business . meetings, starting this evening in the Catholic Parish Hall at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Willlam Biggs, Grand Regent, requests all mem- bers. to attend tonight’s meeting. ———.———— INCORPORATIONS Seafarers, Inc., a non-profit or- ganization, has filed incorporation papers in the. Territorial Auditor’s office. The organization was form- ed in Ketchikan and incorporators are Charles E. Mills, O, C. John-; son, and Daisy Johnson. Steamers tied up at Ty ELLIS AIR LINES 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 NORTHLAND SAILINGS Longshore coastwise strike. HENRY GREEN, AGENT—TELEPHONE 109 Seattle by present .| force advancing from Sholapur m,’ The Couple Club of the Northern 1jasur, 90 miles west of Hyderabad Wednesday evening at 6:30 o'clock TO TEXAS 1O CLINCH "OW- AUK BAY AREA | During the past six weeks, a sur-| szo ooo BEI MADE vey has been made by postal card r to determine the number of chil- by P |dren from infancy to age 18 who| (SEAWLE. Sept. 14 —(P—A Texas | resided between Tee Harbor and pilot came here today to pick UP|the Airport. The results of this three young Eskimo women 10 survey are given as follows clinch the $20,000 wager of his Age Number Cumulative| 2oss. Under Children Total Pilot Lew Leach landed at the 1 » n Renton airport, south of Seattle." 1 8 15 this morning and disappeared | 2 10 25 promptly with -the newspaper re-! 3 5 30 Jorter who had assured delivery of ! 4 8 38 the three. | 5 9 4 Later he returned and took off| 6 6 53 ¥ith three women for Portland. L] 5 58 There was no indication as to how 8 6 64 ong it had been since the “Eski- 9 1 65 mos” had seen their homeland. | 10 4 69 Leach’s unique mission developed 11 3 72 rom Texas oil millionaire L. L.| 12 1 73 Horne's $20,000 bet with friends! 13 3 % that he could produce the “memen- 14 4 80 tos” of his Alaska adventures. 15 2 Leach also was to include twu| 16 2 slack bear cubs and a non-Arctic: 11 2 Jenguin from Oregon in his Dallas- | 18 2 dound cargo. He is to pick them| e juneau school board, in con-, up in Portland from where he flew gigering the number of children; to Renton N_)dIY- ywho would be in grades 1, 2 and 3' Tomorrow is the deadline for the’m the school year 1949-50, found | arrival of the “Eskimos” in Dallas.!that the number would be 20.' ! These pupils are those shown in lhe! '"DIA" FoR(B I" {figures above as currently being} : [ A v 5, 6 and 7 years of age. On thel school house in the Auk Bay area: during the coming school year ol} d dis-' tance to it capnal from the wes: COUPLE CLUB MEETS Lasis of this report, the Juneau ¥ | HYDERABAD SECTOR 1949-50. H | i today and scored major advances ' |school board does not feel justified in planning for the provision of a (By The Associated Press) | Swift Indian. columns invading in the northwest, east and south., 'oMonRow EVENI"G, The Indian communique said a' i a “lightning" drive captured Ra- Light Presbyterian church will meet City and midway to its goal. \in the church parlors for the first Another column drove 70 miles fall gathering. north of Sholapur to Yermana| Hostesses will be Mr. and Mrs. while troops from the northwest cnp-ICarlos Holland and the Rev. and tured Daulatabad and the impor-{Mrs. Willis R. Booth. The enter- tant rail town of Jalna, 250 miles tainment will be in charge of Mrs. northwest of Hyderabad. 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