The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 24, 1948, Page 5

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1948 j I and FINAL ‘ DAY! IT'S TOO GOOD M.- TO MISS! I ‘eature at TOMORROW OUR Tt iy TREAT IS THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF X SPECTACLE THAT DWARFS YOU'VE EVER SEE¥! Robert YOUNG - Marguerite cuumn J /?fng XY PICTURE ¢Mn Amazing Pair of Brothers, thelr Souls so bound that One feels the Other's Pain, his Jous 4 ...imdcvenhxéfl Edwand Small presents Alexander Dumas’ Thrilling Immortal Classic The CORSICAN BROTHCERS starring % Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ) wib Ruth Warrick Akim Tamiroff DOORS OPEN 7:00 P. M. FEATURE STARTS 7 SHOWPLALE oF Cfustealds APITUL; The Great Slfi’f Way g’ay Sngmms and be Slll'e e o ff Soe- o7 Qm@ : SEAGRAM'S 7 CROWN. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86.8 Proof. 65% Grain Neutral Spirits. Seagram-Distillers Corporation, Chrysler Building, New York THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA iI:AIRBA!IKS JR.IS | JUNEAU BAND SWASHBUCKLING, ~ GIVE: ROUSING H * b B | Y iVae ~INY ' CAPITOL THEATRE FALL CONCERT | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. one of the ’ : . |screonts. most popuins persanaities,|M€N's Chorus Assists in is the swashbuckling hero of Ed- ward Small's lavish production of | Program Well Attend- “The Corsican Brothers,” which will ng Corporation, and at the Capi-| — ol Theatre Thanksziving Day. | Weeks of arduous rehearsals prov- Based on Alexandre Dumas’ im- ed well worth the effort last night, nortal classfc, “The Corsica < when the Juneau City Band gave | rs” was directed by Gregory s first concert of the season ff, with the screen adaptation done| Assis rtists, members of the y Howard Estabrook. Doug Jr., who | Ji 1 Men’s Chorus, provided ex- ays a dual role in this spectacular |cellent balance to a weil-planned wdventureqromance, has Ruth War- program | ck as his leading lady, and oth i _ 3 | | who are featured in the supportin The lage, enthusiastic audience cast include Akim Tamiroff, Henry | Wilcoxon, J. Carrol Naish, Johnthe tall' concert exactly to its lk- mery, H. B. Warner and Glorta |2 a§ shown by vigorous applause, 1Tolden, whistling and calls of “More Briefly, the story of “The COr-| gENSITIVE CONDUCTOR ican Brothers” involves a vendetta Joseph M. Shofner, conductor, di-| | etween two powerful Corsican fam- | . ;04" with sensitiveness and pre-| s. The feud is carried on to the | ,igon yyt—pless him!—no llowing generation, when the twin ated physical mann rothers of the destroyed Pranchi|..s ;eminded of Harold amilvy decide to avenge the mur- }a!'ml planist, known for hi der of their parents by Baron Col- |on the concert stage. Asked na. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. POrtrays | yis jack of mannerism, Bai he twin brothers of Corsica \t\.ho\m“,d 1.t 48, lat we emotionally and temperamental- | o iy music—I'm not |ly so close in sprit that when they | ) . . |are separated, each experiences the| apucy g the hundreds of men, | same thoughts and reactions as the women ang children in the audi- | other. nce enjoyed the concert, many G | listeners envied the performers the 'EOM RA(KESH OF | thrill that comes only with partici- pecially in an ensembl band numbers ‘were “The Voice ¢ AI wAllA wAllA Freedom,” difficult but well con- trolled;: “The Three Trumpeters, Particularly notable amen: with feature parts exactly done by Tom Rackich, a longtime resi- gy sperling, Nathaniel Moore and dent of Douglas, passed away oOn|vyirgil Klinkhammer: “The Mouse November 9 in the Veterans’ HOs- |and the Clock,” a snappy, catch pital at Walla Walla, Wash,, and |nymber that many wanted to hear wus buried November 16 in the again, and two numbers reminiscent Mount View Cemetery of that city. |of John Philip Sousa in their defi- from Yugoslavia in 1908 to work in|clear-toned brass: rican Pa- | the old Treadwell mines. His first | trol” and “Marcho pp“, work was that of general labor, but | scon he was placed in the foundry | Clear enunciation and good at- of the Treadwell Mine Company, | tack were noted in the more varied | where he served for ten years. “D‘“"” g Overture” a e | * Mo feft ‘iere th ‘esrly’ 1918 ‘to[Urasmatio "in'a Persian Market.! | enter service in World War I, and | “A_mvru- n Patrol” was ded cated iad an enlistment of elghmun‘t"‘\ Sgt. Jimmy Mor 0, who, Di- | months duration after military | Fector Shofner Hloves | assignments in the United States. fie was a member of The Ameri- | n Legion and The Odd Feuows; FINE CHORAL SINGING Lodge. | Genuinely musical, in both inter- The funeral services at Walla | pretation and performance, were the Walla were conducted by the Le=|four numbers of the 25-voice Men’s gion Post of that community, Post|Chorus: “Home on the Range” | Chaplain L. E. Cousins officiating, A Mendelssohn’s “On Wings of Song; ind the graveside commital wag|“Swing Low. Sweet Chariot,” and onducted + by the Odd Fellows | the rhythmical, collicking, all-too- odge of Walla Walla. |5 ort “What Shell We Do With a Attending the final arrangements | Drynken Sailor.” Congratulations ind funeral services was his first {to Ernest Ehler, director, and Miss cousin, Nick Rocovich of the Jufinonannn Barnes, accompanist. | neau Linoleum Store, who has boen‘ 12artily applauded the band pm- in Juneau since March 4, 1905, |ed three encores after its cl | when he came here from Cleve- |group—"Boogie-Woogic Band | land, Ohio. | Donkey Serenade, and a stirring This is Nick’s® first trip “Out-/imarch, “Our Director.” side” since his first arrival in| ‘Alaska. After labout forty-four| ROTARY CLUB, SPONSOR vears of residence in Alaska, Nick Civic-minded, the Juneau Rol.ar)l' said that the features in East-‘m"b spunsuu‘*:l .!he concert, intent ern Washington which impressed on hnvmg xfm.(?xms rrlerb:md mem- him particularly were the intense ters in time for (319 Spring concert. { agricultural development in the bNu ?;’";;‘lm."(rlc nrrcolar ’;‘ms. | vakima River Valley and Eastern Peen selected for the uniforms. The Washington’s great industrial po- | 0stUmes worn last Bepl while eI : with black ties—were in excellent fential, stemming from the Vast|. e ‘hyy would have been more amount of electrical power avail- LEg i Y ible. However, he remarked, it | seemed good to get back to verdant | Alaska. else.” B, coop DAY NURSERY 10 CLOSE WEEKEND, MOTHERS' MEETING PLUMBIKG Brass Geods in the 20th Century Tneatre found | Rackich came to Douglas direct | nite rhythm and the excitement of |the band almost better than anyone film by Bing C is slated for t atre tonight This deligl seen and hea stage and radi record run of m formances on surpassed Rose” has been s author into a sps two young 1 of paren Prod uthe wo newcomers for Richard Norrls ¢ Eeauteous Joann |mes in real life Rosemary ler who has head ner Iu{-‘ INIFORM? Any sugges Juneauites, for | a practical, attractive uniform? Col- | orful, perhaps? No capes—they're awkward-—except for parading. | BAND PERSONNEL Players in the Juneau City Bana re Joan Vy.lliamson, Fred Wiyller, Yo Commers, Roberta Messer- | midt, Gle Leach, Dolores Mat- | Bil { | “Davie, perlng, Jot lihart, Walter So- Loleft, Moor Klinknam- | PAGE £IVE E‘W’E GRY 04[[/”'””,/ .fl NAY i | #, D \ih ?l" 1 Complete ‘?m‘rr:‘ Bing Crosby Producers inc presents ANNE NICHOLS' "ABIE’S IRISH, ROSE’ ¢ with MICHAEL CHEKHOV redueing JOANNE DRU* | and RICHARD NORRIS 4 Produced and Directed by A. EDWARD SUTHERLAND Screenplay by Anne Nichols 7S THE ALL-TIME Sommers, Bill Ma- ison, Hi Loren- | Bost, Dr.| Washburn, | LeRoy W MeDonald, | and Eimer Friend therine Ba-| vard is librarian | Members of the Men's chorus are John R. Noyes, Lauris S, Parker, | m L. Paul, Jr., Cliff Swap, C., Clelland, H. F sury, Ken- | d A William Passey, Walter A. Sobol Conr R. Wolf, € s, Harold ward Dick, Bill ENlis, Dan- iel W. Morris, Mackay Malcolm, Stew lburn, ‘Dan Noyes, A. J. Buckingham, Charles R. Mount- ! Robert Carl D"un, and Keith Mountjoy. Clayton Parish D inner af Holy Trinity Chur A special parish dinner for all church members and their friends will be held Friday, Decembe the undercroft of the E| Church. The dinner is to be in conjunc- tion with the annual Every-Member canvass | The committee in charge of the dinner is Mrs, Wallis George, chair- man; Mrs. A. L. Ghiglione, Mrs. Clay Scudder, Mr argaret Shep- ard, Mrs. Keith Wilde: SUPPLIES Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fitiings Saniiary China The Cooperative Day Nursery will not be open Thursday or Friday of this week, but will resume next Shipment from West Coast TWO0 OCEANS TRADING CORP. 92 Liberty Street ——— New York 6, N. Y. (Cables — “Twotra,” New York) Monday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock. There will be a meeting of moth~ ers. Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Stanley Baskin. Anyone planning to attend is asked | to call Mrs. Kenneth Axelson at| 932. U. 5. ARMY SMASHES CZECH RING OF SPIES | FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov.| 24—(®— The U. S. Army said to- day it has smashed a Czechoslo- vak spy ring which had been get- ting data on American troops and installations. “Approximately 20 persons were arrested,” the announcement said. All those arrested, except one who | claimed Czech nationality, were either from the Sudentenland of | Czechoslsovakia or were native | Germans, | | The Army said they were j'up-i erating in the United States zone of Germany on behalf of Czech| intelligance.” | ———————— SON IS NAMED FOR HIS GRANDFATHER A son, John Angus, has been |born t¢ Mr. and Mrs. Douglas | | Keating in Seward. Mrs. Kenunzi’ |is the former Minnie Rogers of P Juncau. The baby has been nam- | L n s K n | ed after -his grandfather, John n Rogers of Juneau. The Keatings | {v | have one other son, Dennis, age - five i i .4 PR AIRLINES. Released thry UNITED ARTISTS by orrangement with Howard Hawks AUGH HIT... STREAMLINED FOR NOW! 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