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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1948 SHQWPLALE oF APIT TRUE LOVE ..and her name ‘wss Muriel Steinbeck John Tate - Joy Nichols Han Taylor - Aldp. Kellaway and a cast of hundreds Directed by KEN G. HALL \ COLUMBIA PICTURE ";SKI HOLIDAY"-"BROOKLYN, U. S. A.” CARTOON LATEST NEWS FEATURE AT 8:10—10:10 NORTHLAND SAILINGS Steamers tied up at Seattle by present Longshore coastwise strike. HENRY GREEN, AGENT—TELEPHONE 109 NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION 0. SURVING SOUTHEAST AlisKa OIPINDARLY ARE SAFE BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS : "‘nn management of this p.nkhpudzedwconurv-- tive operation. The safety IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED FIRST NATIONAL BANK of JUNEAU, ALASKA MEMEBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION There Is No Substitute for Newspaper Advertising! " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE--JUNEAU, ALASKA AIR STORY WITH PACIFIC WALLOP, BILL AT CAPITOL The world-girdling adventures of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, aerial conqueror of continents and the seven seas, are thrillingly brought to the screen in Columbia's “Pacific Adventure,” coming to the Capitol © tonight. Said to be the true y of Australia’s greatest peace- hero, it is one of the most stirring sagas of daring and danger lever lived by one man . . . and {the woman he loved. | A huge cast was assembled, in-: cluding some of the original per- sonalities who crossed the path of |Kingsford Smith, or Smithy, as the intrepid airman was known to the world. Smithy’s story is the stirring saga \of one man's ambition to athieve a goal, no matter what the obstacles. Smithy wanted to be’ the first man to fly the Pacific. Handicapped by! a support of his own government by starting on the first of a number ot record-breaking flights which brought him fame and fortune. In the famed “Southern Cross” he leaped the Pacific, crossing from America to Australia. Spectacular flight after flight followed, his fame spreading even wider. M'ss Steinbeck, who enacts the part of Mary Powell (later Lady Kingsford Smith), had a brilliant career on the sbage and screen, DOU(-LAS NEWS MARSHALLS RETURN Mr. and Mrs, Frank Marshall re- turned to' their home here this week aiter a three month trip throughout the Interior and west- ward Alaska. The couple ferried their car to Haines and have been traveling by auto to all points connected by highways, with Mar- shall making business calls on un- ion matters enroute. Marshall is an AFL union official. TO ANCHORAGE Gerald M. Ferguson, Veteran's Administration is away from his home here again this week, making business calls at Anchorage and other Alaska cities. AT SEATTLE Mrs. Alfred Bonnett, on return- ing to the - states on vacation, stated tha{ - her ,.daughter, Bonnett, returned with them !rom Oakland to Seattle. Betty intends to seeck employment there, where she can see her Alaska friends more frequently. While in the states the Bonnetts visited Idaho, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and California. HOME Mrs. H. D. Smith, Sr., returned yesterday via PAA from a two- week trip to Portland, Ore., where she was called by the serious ill- ness of Rer two-year-old grand- daughter. She reports the little Miss much improved. EMERGENCY OPERATION Mrs. Leonard Johnson underwent an emergency operation for ap- pendicitis yesterday morning at St. Ann's Hospital. At last report her conditiou was satisfactory. .- 5 ELECTS OFFICERS Girl Scout Troop 5 met at the Methodist Church. At a business meeting the following officers were elected: President—Donna Dee Buckner; Vice-President, Alice Ann Johnson; Secretary, Margaret Ann Pyle, and Treasurer, Yvonne Guy. We voted to make fudge at our next meeting, Nancy Leege, Reporter. WANT ADS BRING RESULTS! Juneau Janitor Service Home and Commercial Cleaning Earl J. Conkle Phone 806 HOME AND INDUSTRIAL INSULATION ROCK WOOL—ALUMINUM WEATHER STRIPPING Warde A. Johnson—Phone 344 Dewey Metadorf Vice-Pres. and Managing Director ALASMANT FEEL AT HOME . Pt Vs neTon "ouu SCOUT TROOP | Paris lack of funds, he aroused the| Betty { CHALLENGE | ISSUED BY PRESIDENT (continued trom page one) | yesterday in Spokane, and Missoula, Mont. | s a united people,” he said,| “we stand shoulder to shoulder” with American representatives at |the United Nations meeting in “laboring mightily 'igaiust |gren odds to bring about a peace-x Iful settlement even at this late' hour.” “Peace today would be on firmer ground,” Dewey said, “if those who lmay be recklessly planning war| knew that—when there's a big job to be done—there is only one kind| yof American.” Can Resist Communism Mr. Truman told his Oklahoma | listeners that “th¢ country & strong enough to resist and ove I"ome all forces of Communism. ‘So long as the FBI and other security agencies can do their job| without having the ground cut; from under them by committees | of Congress, we have little to| fear from spies and subversives,” the President said. Wallace Makes Attacks Henry A. Wallace, the Progressive party's Presidential candidate, con-| jtinued his attacks on U. S. foreign \policy. In a speech in Dallas last night he urged that a fact-finding commission be set up to investigate 1“lhese recurrent war scares,” speeches Wash The No. 2 Republican candidate, Gov. Earl Warren, carrled his “unity” theme into New Jersey to- day. 'He told a Hartford, Conn,, | (rally last night that Americans could stave oif a -“formidable” | threat of economic disaster by re- turning to the fundamentals of industry, thrift and unity. Senator Alben W. Barkley, the Democratic Vice Presidential nom- ‘mee, pressed his “get-out-the-! {vote” drive in New York state| {with two speeches scheduled to-; iday. | { ICONCERT SINGER TO APPEAR HERE NOVEMBER THIRD| Rosa Page Welch, a mezzo so- lpmno concert singer of great note! throughout the nation, will be pre- ’semed in concert in Juneau at the 20th Century “Theatre, Wednesday, November ‘3, by the Presbytery of Alaska and the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Those who have heard this Ne- gro artist sing have only the great- | est praise for her rich and appeal- ing voice and compare her favor- ably with Marion Anderson. , Mrs. Weéleh gave up her career on the concert stage to tour the world in the interest of “racial good will,” hence her concerts have a popular priced admission so that all may aflard to attend. s 'rheres hlg news in Empxr» ads. ‘ALBEIT FARBER* has switched to Calvert because Calvert Reserve makes smoother drinks. 'd 384—14th S¢., Oakland, Calif. i Army |las. X-ray techniclan. 'cal ARC chapter "STALLION ROAD' AT 20TH CENTURY 1S EXCITING TALE, “Stallion Road,” a dramatic story of horse breeders and ranch life, opened at the 20th| Century Theatre last night ! The film, which co-stars Ron-| ald Reagan, Alexis Smith and! Zachary Scott, also features an ex-| cellent cast of supporti: including Peggy Knud: Brady and Angela Greene. screenplay, street’s best MOBILE UNIT OF HEALTH SERVICE ON X-RAY TOUR Thmeen Hundred Taken During Past Two Months on Alaskan Highways Thirteen hundred X-rays were taken by the Alaska Department of |Health's mobile unit during the past two months, Dr. Frederick Swanson, Field Physician of the S Control Division, re- . He added that about three per cent of those examined \Showed X-ray evidence of tuber: cu-f losis. The X-rays were part of a |generalized public health program conducted in the Interior by thisi unit Warner Bros. selling novel has been warmth. The of breeders story tells who rangle that set the range bLreeders “.u//mg with gossip. The mobile unit, a truck, started its 2500 mile | journey from Anchorage in July. After stops at four boarding homes |T2D82, owns Stallion Road ranch, in the Matanuska Valley, it con- Where he breeds horses. He invites inued along the Glenn Highway| giving medical care to CAA and|3FY Scott), a famous novelist to Road Commission employres. “nacntlan at his ranch. When Lar- travelled down the Richardson |ty and Steve pay a visit to the |Highway to Copper Center and! then went to Big Delta. People tmm‘ the Yukon River area received the! Larry Hanrahan gan), ed to Rory (Alexis Smith). Steve declares his interest in the Steese Highway. ishaken with jealousy when she 'discovers that Daisy Otis (Peggy Knudsen) attractive wife of the uwn kanker, is going to ride Lar- ry's horse in the Range show. Rory's tion to Big Timter. Lorse, after winning the jumping The unit's medical team consisted '2ce, becomes ill and Rory phones of Dr. Swanson, Mrs. Fern Ballard Larty for help. The thrilling part of Anchorage, Public Health Nurse, Of the story then develops. The unit then travelled along the Alcan highway from Big Delta to the Canadian border. The final lap of the journey was from Tok Junc- Talbitzer, Public Fairbanks, made arrangements for stops and follow-up visits. e and Mrs. William Durance of Doug- Mrs. Naomi and in 1942 was awarded a Red Health Nurse of Cross scholarship. Upon completion of her gradu- 'ate work ska served two years as {a home service director of | Fresno chapter of ARC. RED (Ross HEI-D | Prior to coming to Alaska on her OFFI(ER MAKB AR( | present assignment, she served as thome service field representative BUSI"ESS "‘RI for Wastern Washington on the (staff of the Pacific Area office. ! In her present capacity she visits Miss Helen Cass, general field the 11 Red Cross chapters in Alaska representative for the American Red to assist in the overall Rad Cmss Cross, is in Juneau to visit the lo- Program in the Territory. She leaves Sun-| The 11 Alaska ARC chapters are day for San Francisco to attend a located at Anchorage, Cordova, Ju- fle]d staff conference at Pacific|neau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Neme, Area Office ARC. Seward, Sitka, Tanana Valley ARG general field representative | (Fairbanks), Valdez and Wrangell. Alaska since 1946, Miss Ca.csf SRS R |brings to her position an interest- | DIVORCE FILED ing and well-prepared background | for her work. A graduate of Kansas! Mrs. Bunice ‘Irene Luoma: has State College with a B.S. degree in | filed for a divorce from Arne Eu- Home Economics and nursing be- |gene Luoma on the grounds of director of tuberculosis prflventor«.l.rentment and non-support. jum of the Santa Barbara, Calif., Junior League. In 1941 she re- signed to do graduate work at the University of Southern California C., in 1841. | - Theres big news in Empire ads. ROUTE OF THE VE Blended Whiskey -“J l’wd—‘l* Grain Neutral Spirits. ivert Distillers Corp., New York City, the good times every night at ROSS’ Drive over to Douglas. Visit the “JReussmpus Room,” and tune in KINY at 5:45 for your favorite dance tunes OASIS and popular melodies. Ihis old friend, Steve Purcell (Zach-| i Teller ranch they both are attract- unit's public health services ‘“‘Rory. but she has fallen in love, Circle, Clrcle City and Center on {with’ Larry. Her love, however, is, the fore joining the Red Cross she was | | incompatibility, cruel and inhul’t;‘:ni e | couple married in Port Alberni, B.' based on Stephen Long- | adapted into a love story of great the horse | raise their blooded | mounts on the slopes of California’s| Madre range, and of a romantic u-x-( " { bk cd? (Ronald Ren-! the test veterinarian on the! 1 i [ PAGE FIVE GR UEATURY 7oNicHT SHOWS at 7:20. .. 9:30 0; or- Mlfl/mmg Stgryo/ i OW’r Ponering ove’ ccron JAMES V.KERN e X XY P lus oo CARTOON — Miniature — NEWS Douglas Coliseum “PURSUED”? with Robert Ml‘t_gh‘ug ’lfgresa Wright harbor slnca e TO FISH BLACK (0D IN CHATHAM STRAIT The Defiance, Frank Olson, black cod Strait, at the small Saturday. STEAMER MOVEME MOVEMEHIS All American steamers tfed up by coastwide strike. set out today for| Princess Loulse, from Vancouver; fishing in Chatham | scheduled to arrive Priday mm The craft has been docked | ncon or evening. H C.J EHRENDREICH —C.P.A. BUSINESS COUNSELLOR... Accounting Systems Taxes Phone 351 Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. EYES EXAMINED LENSES PB!}SCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT it fsiln OPTOMETRIST PHONE. 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS weal skippered by ! For Health... ForViger... For Appearance... 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