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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1949 SHOWPLALE oF LEAVES To“rz‘z' Complete Shows 7:20— ® Feature Starts 7:50—1 MURDER STORY IS THRILLINGLY TOLD, | CAPITOL THEATRE Barry Fitzgerald is starred in| The Naked C current attrac- tion at the Capitol Theatre. Filmed mostly in New York City, the fas- THE DAILY BUSINESS TAX LICENSE COMES UP IN HOUSE (Continued from Page One) Speaker Stanley McCutcheon lett the chair to challenge their conten- ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA IMONDAY NIGHT " BOWLERS WORK INTO BIG JAM The Monday Night Women's League turned out in full force on the Elks alleys last night and when the dust had cleared away there "UP GOES MAISIE” OPENING TONIGHT AT 20TH CENTURY That incorrigible Maisie is hn(‘k‘ again in a new adventure designed | to win more friends—and probably | influence people in an acceptance | I J0"ENTURY STARTS TONIGHT Complete Shows at 7:27 - 9:30 MAISIE ES lon that it is a sales tax. up 60 HIIG““ “I wouldn't want the sales tax 10 label put on this bill,” McCutcheon following the crime declared. “This only makes the li- { 1 | The late Mark Hellinger produced | “€nse tax more equitable. The gross | 1o i 1 was a three-wa tie for first spot M. Behrends, Gus George Grocery and the Lamjab (form- erly Team No. 1) with 3 wins and 1 loss apiece. Juneau’ Young Hardware and H and Q were tied for second spot land City Cleaners and Ludwig Nel- of that mysterious new mode of | W travel, the helicopter. | NE “.A"fll “Up Goes Maisie,” starring Ann of M Sothern, with George Murphy as her | It's Maisle flying newest romantic interest, opens m-L . 2 figh fall. night at the 20th Century Theatre. > o | e, ...fighting...fall- The helicopter, making its first | "Ny ing-for a guy! serious cinematic bow, promises to You'll h creater unparalleled interest on the I:“] OVOI' elicopter of a time! murder of a glamorous girl model NGER : cinating new picture deals with the | — land a successful police investigation e Naked City,” which is a Uni-|income is the only way of measur- al-Internatios release ing what the license tax should be.” | Seen in conspicuous roles are CORRECT INEQUITIES iHoward Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don! IN seeking to cut to one quarter|son for the cellar. Taylor and a galaxy of well known {Of one per cent, Owen argued: | The high woman bowler in the radio and Broadway e favorites,| “Iunderstand this is not primarily | 7 o'clock games was B. Mill with Jules Dassin who won recent ac-|@ revenue measure, but to correct!442 and R. Breitkreutz was high in | claim for his handl'ng of Hellinger's | inequities. Too high a level might{the 9 oclock games with 466, “Brute Force,” directed'“The Naked|Wcrk hardships.” mm and individual bowling City.” Owen said it amounted to a gross nightis as follows: | - > e (income tax and said: Lamjab | “It's a bum way of raising taxes.|Spot 19513 ! D”UhLAS |A man could lose his shirt and still L. Blanton 143 138 rhm‘e to pay the taxes. It also might M. Applegate 124 136 ' NEWS upset the cities' revenue programs.” + Taylor pointed out that the kill | UGS part of the scientific m'nded and to give others in the audience al new variety of thrill. [ | | in our air express news— i EXTBA 29¢ FT. RECORD SKI JUMP!!! TOMORROW YOU WILL SEE THAT There's Only One Thing Funnier Than Senator Ashton Ashton! 1! “Up Goes Maisie,” packed with the usual Maisie wittic sms, plys a new and timely plot concerning the manufacture of a helicopter that | “even a baby could fly.” The story is set against a Los Angeles tack- ground with such points of inter-| est as the local City Hall and the | far-famed Rose Bowl figuring prom- | inently in the plot % CONDITIONS - OFWEATHER Spot Lt L S 51 J. Baxter 142 129 123 394 R. Winthers 138 125 114 377 gyyres at various Alaska points, M. L. Nielson 140 902 119 351 415 on the Pacific Coast, av 4:30 | Totals 437 373 1178 ;. m, 120th Meridian Time, and ' released by the Weather Rureau, funeau, follow: ! 48 Anchorage 316 Barrow 363 Bethel 364 cordova Dawson Edmonton Fairbanks Haines Havre Juneau Annette Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath ONA SKY-CYCLE BUILT FOR W00/, last AN ricTuRe 36 425 371 A. Johnson 121 100 353 Totals 400 . 386 1185 would not take effect until after — Congress repeals the present busi- City Cleaners ness license tax schedules, which|A. Dalziel 115 113 man, makes the following announ- have been described by supporters|T. Ratallick 130 126 cement: Scout Troop 610 wishes to {Of the new bill as “hodge podge.” M. Burke 139 159 | heartily thank Bill Dore and Wally Tavlor said it would be a year, Totals 384 308 {Cady for their kindness taking |POssibly two, before it could take us, with our parents and friends, | effect, and “no one would be hurt.” to the Court of Honor Sunday, TO MAKE UNIVERSAL H. Rolison February 6, where we were: rein- Three members of the House who|B. Mill | stated into scouting. (are in merchandising businesses—|B. Peterson The Troop will take over the |Reps. Essie Dale of Fairbanks, Wil-| Totals .. | citk government Thursday, Feb. 10, | iam Egan of Valdez and Jack Con- [from 1 to 6 p. m. The following ;©'8ht, of Anchorage—all said they boys were elected to office: Mayor, |already are paying one-half of one {Pat Wellington; Fire Chief, Richard | Percent and they favored making it i1saak; City Clerk, Tom Cashen; |universal for all businesses. Chief of Police, Jay Maker; Patrol-| Conright tried to get in an |men, John Hoisington and Louis |amendment to cut the levy to one- { Pusich; Suprintendent of Schools, { quarter percent above $100,000 in- ‘David Clem; City Magistrate, Bill |come, on the contention it would | \ Fleek; Councilmen, John Jensen tend to make merchants try to re-|Spot {and Jerry Smith. duce prices to increase their sales.‘P- Garrison His proposal lost,on a 16-8 vote. | E. Hastings ... An amendment to exempt manu-|B. Haynes | Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Clem held | facturing processes which do not| Totals ja reception at their home Sunday produce for sale to consumers also| [a(ternoon from the hours of 4:30 |was defeated. It was considered to| to 6:30, honoring Representative |be a concession to the proposed Ket- | B Bonnett Clarence P. Keating, of Seward, |chikan pulp mill, which would pro-|J: Stringer land Mrs. Keating. The Keatings |duce pulp for further processing into M. Hagerup with their five children, are mak- rayon in the states. Totals ing their home in Douglas for the REFUNDS | ! present session of the Territorial The House amended the section ! | Legislature. During the hours of |on refunds to cities and school dis- |®- Breikreutz | the reception the couple met resi- tricts to give them a larger share,|F: McGill !dents and were made welcome for | their stay here. Many House memters cautioned that | L.T ant interests of cities had to be con-), TOtals e i sidered carefully because of the reva ‘enue they now get from business li= Afier February 10, no telephone ‘u?mf til.\((‘.?'. T!\o ‘efum% to cities and lflixwv districts was raised from 50 tg 60 £ {rentals for the month of February (., .ne'or the amount collected un- | & SMith will he accepted at a discount. All P 2 % Biggs | vemiflances imust bear postmark of ;der the bill in such cities or districts. ¥ Wilson not later than discount date. Pleas: | AL Boontime recess the Fouse Was| o) g scalby considering the wording o i e amendment to guarantee to cities! and districts that their “take” would be at least equal to what they have Ireceived on an average during the | past three years from the existing| | business license taxes. ! Mrs. Dale, who owns a retail store {in Fairbanks, told the House during {discussion of the proposed cut to 5 one-fourth per cent: | ; ! “Such a cut would save me sev- | J.D.HAYWOOD* eral hundred dollars a year, but we - 1 3 i SCOUTS TAKE OVER CITY Joe Maker, Boy Scout publicity H and Q 125 128 157 137 84 122 366 387 138 148 96 382 301 The studig tht bre You“The gg zng t:y'ghr oW gives yoy the Picture that iy be the laugh time o . Weather conditions and temper- ' your life time Universal-International Ppresents A NUNNALLY JOHNSON production Starring ANN GEORGE o SOTHERN - MURPRY . HILLARY BROOKE - HORACE McNALLY RAY COLLINS « JEFF YORK Story and Screen Ploy by THELMA ROBINSON Based on 'the character created by WILSON COLLISON Directed by HARRY BEAUMONT Produced by GEORGE HAIGHT For Your Added Enjoyment ""Musical Masterpieces” 50 wear oo CARTOON an¢ AIR EXPRESS NEWS 1331 petersburg < 19—Snowing £ J z Y | Shailds Portland 36—Raining JUNEAU YACHT CLUB Will meet in the City Couneil Prince George . 1—Snowing ) Chambers, Thursday, Feb. 10 at 8 | @@Gds A p. m. Important discussion, Cap- X Seattle 37—Rain = Snow ital to Capital Yacht Race; also | To velieve miseries vs without dosing, rur on Va -5—Foggy Missing -33—Clear -9—Clear -26—Snowing -23—Foggry ~21—FoBgy . Missing ~16—Clear 14—Cloudy 25—Snowing 16—Cloudy -26—Pt. Cloudy -0—Clear 102 101 RECEPTION 117 336 Ludwig Nelson 143 124 107 83 109 104 359 311 129 116 153 398 and please pardon our indiscretion if we step on someone’s toes with this one! Gus George Grocery 123 167 176 149 138 143 141 159 135 413 464 454 S and T Clothing 34 3¢ 34 117 131 136 142 161 150 130 102 130 423 428 450 -oe HOUSE MEASURES 15TH DAY, FEB. 7 (Measures Introduced) None, (Measures Passed) None. | NOTICE i 102 384 453 362 1301 Sitka 17—Pt. Cloudy ‘Whitehorse -24—Pt. Cloudy election officers. 13 4t Kakutat 12—Pt. Cloudy RUGS and FURNITURE Cleaned in Your Home by Modern Methods and : Experienced Operators IN JUNEAU FOR A LIMITED TIME —— ONLY Contact C. R. BATES or E. L. HOOVER BARANOF HOTEL Local References GAMES INWEST Final scores ol basketball games played in the west last night are as follows: Utah 61; Utah State 42. Washington State 47; Oregon State 41. ” Pacific Lutheran 49; St. Martin's 141, | Western Washington 174; Seattle, iU, 50. | I Pacific U 58; Linfield 39. | Southern Oregon 65; California Agriculture 53. | Trmeexans l REBEKAHS Meet Wednesday, Feb. 9th, at 8 p. m. in IOOF Hall 1t | - D ! Plembing @ H:aling Qil Burners lelephone-313 Nights-Red 730 A Spinog g Harri Machine Shop. Inc. " Rome, Roy G. Haaga ang : JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS | TELEPHONE C. —adv. \ g v FROM GUSTAVUS are P. E. Rome, Roy G. Haaga anq | Mr. and Mrs. James Vrooman. 1 | skould leave 1t as it is. It's much| easier to cut back on a tax if it is| !too high than to raise it later.” A 1k r { . Marcus Jensén, Douglas; ~-FISHERMEN- |/ W ool ALASKA FROM WEST, Chesc'lIiAYgIlég 'RTA,gIésl ?nd ‘| :)hl?sl ;:ie until we see if other tux‘cv’?%c ::id“:‘x{%}i}g;;fl;fi; :::n i‘:{::u /::;::.;:% Ns‘,)mm P4 estward disembarking at Juneau YOU need replacements- . A Dallas photographer WE have a large stock of Americas best-looking and finest new trucks! REVOLUTIONARY STUDEBAKER 49ERS e { KEN LAWRENCE ENLISTS ‘a:’g took nine from Jumeau to Se- | ¥ recruit- | 20416, and six to Ketchikan. | has joined nation-wide switch to Calvert’s HEAVY GALVANIZED Order NOW for Early Delivery First Come . . . 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