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ly FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1949 Schedule .. . “Assigned to Danger” 7:14 — 9:33 “In This Corner” 25 — 10:44 P fl“% DOUBLE-CROSS * ...when the fight mob tries for a big killing! B SCOTT BRADY | ANABEL SHAW - JIMMY MILLICAN - MARY MEADE 'LIFE BEHIND IRON " CURTAIN BEYOND ANY IMAGINATION PARIS, Feb. 18.—®— The United | States Minister to Hungary is en | route to Washington to report on |ure that March or April will tell | the case of Josef Cardinal Minds- |the story whether we're going to zenty. Seldin Chapin has declared |have continued prosperity—or a de- [ that life in Communist-controlled | pression. | Hungary is “beyond imagination.” | According to egovernment figures, Chapin adds that it “defies des- |there are now about three million | | eription.” | workers idle. In March and April, | Continues the American diplomat: | the main building and manufactur- | No onz, except the blind and the ing companies normally begin hir- | twisted, can fall to see that the ‘inz on a large scale after the win- ;Hunqanan people are under the |ter cutbacks. | complete, total domination of a| If the number of jobless workers | | group of Moscow-trained Commun- | continues to grow then—well, the| | ists whos2 sole allegiance is to the !employmem experts celieve the gov- | | Kremlin.” {ernment will have to do something | b | Chapin goes on to say that a | then to spur production. i el | person actually must live in Hun-; The Administration already has| (The QU B S leamxe) | gary before he or she can “possibly | given Congress just such a plan. | will not be shown | conceive what life is like” there.| This is the bill which would let _PLUS_ [And the American diplomat says the Government clamp controls on | that goes for any of the Iron Cur- prices, wages and the allocation of | | tain countries. materials. As a last resort, the bill 9 | - | would also let the government go SPORT REEL | .. .. oo iinto the business of making scarce items—like steel, for example. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bleckert R of Metlakatla are registered at the Wholesome entertainment Baranof Hotel. for the children while mama’s out shopping. I PROSPERITY OR | DEPRESSION 10 BEKNOWN SOON (By The Associated Press) Federal employment experts fig- SHAWREALE or O CamiTai | LOOK KIDS! | Another Outstanding Prevue of a Thrilling Adventure Show! SATURDAY AT 2:00P. M. A UNIVERSALINTERNATIONAL RELEASE DEMURRER FILED IN e | > ! Lauson Air-cooled Ouumoards, | new medels at Madsen's C and CASE GF HOLZWORTH - V5. THREE OFFICIALS i A demurrer has been filed in Dis- trict Court in the case of John Holzworth vs. Gov. Ernest Gruen- ing, Treasurer Oscar Olson and | Highway Engineer Frank A. Metcalf. Holzworth’s action sues for re- turn of certain public funds to the Territorial Treasury, his complaint | stating they were used to build 75 feet of road leading only to the! Governor’s /private property near | Eagle River. Attorney General Ralph J. Rivers | Alaska Coastal offers you a new service—to and J. Gerald Williaths of his stafi, speed you on your way. Through your local ACA agent you can reserve your seat on Pan American fo the States . . . and then fo any spot on the globel And now, for its patrons in Sitka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Skagway, Haines and similar communities ACA holds a special block of seats on Pan Am. .. . giving them equal priorities with those who buy their tickets in Junéaul filflSK%%‘ i 2 ot SURES filed the demurger, saying ‘“the complaint- does not state facts suf ficient to a cause of action.” ALASKA'S ARC HEAD IS HERE FOR VISIT Miss Helen Cass, American Red Cross Field Supervisor for Alaska, arrived in Juneau on a chapter visit. Miss Cass, who main- tains headquarters in Anchorage, has completed her call upon the Ketchikan Red Cross Chapter, and will remain in Juneau Livie, in charge of the Juneau Red | Cross office. - ’ Even in the hottest season, snow AIR EXPRESS TONIGHT and SATURDAY (Evenings Only) Inireducing SCOTT BRADY . . . sensational star of “CANON CITY" in | experienced in navigating Alaskan | | Comdr. George Skarbo, well known as attorneys for the defendants, R routine | i | for two || weeks in conference with Mrs. Dan | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA LATEST NEWS IN PICTURES VIA "In This Corner” wnderworld | methods & battle underwoild TWO FEATURES AT | | { CAPITOL THEATRE | FOR THIS WEEKEND Starting tonight, the Capitol The- atre offers two features for this weekend “In This Corner” is the story the ring starring Scott Brad; “In This Corner” describes Brady's triumphs and defects in and out! of the ring, and traces his tempes- | tuous relationship with his girl, | played by lovely Anabel Shaw : Both the good and evil in hangers-on wko are attrac the glamor, money and notoriety of the iared cirele are shown as they o t Brady, who plays a young up-and-coming to: “Assigned to Danger” is the ot feature rring Gene Raymond in a new type of tough guy role. Raymond is a revelation as the detective round obbers, He give | | nl‘l | | who ates that he should ! been cast in a hard-boiled role lon: ago. ‘The villains in “Assigned to Dan- ger” are really villains. They're on the wrong side of the law and the only way to stop them is to knock pot 'em dead. | sh gives another good performance: as the heroine, who defies the bullying mobsters to aid Raymond. e THREE GIRLS WILL BE INITIATED INTO RAIKBOW 07 ‘The reguiar meeting of the Order {of Rainbow for Girls will be held 12 NAVY VESSELS DUE HERE TONIGHT FROM MANEUVERS Ten salty Naval Reserve officers, waters arrived here by plane last night from Seattle to meet 12 ships due to put in at Juneau to- night as 7:30. The vessels returning from taking part in cold weather maneuvers in Aleutian waters have 1,348 Navy and Marine officers and enlisted men aboard. Naval Reserve officers here to go on board the ships as pilots in Southeast Alaskan waters are un- | der the command of Comdr. J. J. O'Donnell, Sr., of Seattle. Also in the group are Lt.Comdr. Richard Stackpcie of Ketchikan and Lt. i 1 skipper in northern waters. Skarbo was the only survivor of the ill- fated Skarstone barge disaster last fall in the Gulf of Alaska. Other Naval Reserve men are Lt. Comdrs. W. W. Mitchell, A, W. | Wilde, J. J. O'Donnell, Jr.,, Berg- | er Christianson, E. Allen Loew, H. . Swanson, Jr., and Lt. F. Bruun. Mayor Waino Hendrickson will go pard - the flag ship to extend etings of the City of Juneau to the officers and men, and to Capt. M. M. Riker, unit command- er aboard LST 1123. No cpecial entertainment has been planned for visiting naval men, according to the Mayor, but | invitations will be extended to the men to see the town. The naval unit to dock here in- cludes four T, six LSM type ships, one ARL and one ATF. 100 PROOF Bottled inBond KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON MITZEL-WELLER DISTILLERY, INC. * 4O G stays on the mountains bf Peru ne A umbing © Hzafin | A4 i above the 17,000-foot level. i Oil Burners Teiephone-319 Nights-Red 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU T0 KETCHIKAN via Petershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg, Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple, to in'tiat three girls. Refreshments will te after! the initiation. All members of the Order of East- ern Star, Masons end Rainbow Girls are invited to attend — e = GOODIE SALE Sat. noon at Sears Order Office by Juneau Woman's Club. 23 1t Elizabeth Peratrovich, Sec'y. to do’ TEN MILL TAX LEYY 0D 12- (Coutinved tinm Puxe Cne) NO APOLOGIES “1 Fopa t this time we back home without the necess apologizing for nol having what the people sent us down ! Sen Biz com} held 1 tha is now at a low ¢bb but a that the ipdustry bad it lod during the depre > low and the biennium will be less doliar. also passed this morning, bot vote, One nes, seeks investig ility of openiny chann mouth of the Unalak River and tha construction of 1oad fro: Jnalakleet to Kaltag, er on the Yu The othe by Senators Peratro- vich end MacKenzle, s t struction of a road from H the cast side of Prince of Island, to Klawock, on the by S fon of Wales west Bill 1, to increass old age Len v reported the F ittee this morning with the recommendation that the citize > and residence cla The Senate wen 2 o'clock this afternoon. done five-year back into session ™™ PAGE F. vely Your Last Chance o See EIDIE CANTOR vhere- AIR NEWS TRTY It's Always “‘Clear Weather”” with Radarz Evex at nicaT in fog so thick you cannot see your hand before your face, radar can “see” -as though it were a bright and sunny day. Radar equipment on Alaska Steam- ship Company ships makes it possible for captains to know their exact posi- tions in all kinds of weather. The radar screen gives a clear picture of the coast line and ‘any other ships in the area, as- suring maximum Sflf{?ty. Before radar was installed, fog and other thick weather materially delayed Fiime & ¢ ALASKEA Sexns STEAMSHI g AU 5 ships and sometimes kept them tied up in port. These delays added to the costs of operation. Now radar is helping to eliminate such costs. This equipment — coupled with the know-how of Alaska Line captains with years of experience in northern waters — means fewer expen- sive delays . . . more reliable and econom= ical service. This is just one of a number of things the Alaska Steamship Com- pany is doing to make its service more dependable and to keep its rates at the most reasonable level possible. COMPANY gy (1 [~ 3 AL LN i