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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949 ENDS TON'GHT: Sure-Fire Entertain- t for All Who C lete Shows 7:256—9:30 s OPl‘r;gture mUa:\lzmm:fe Enjoy a Good Story. Here Tomorrow! A Rousing Return Showing of One of The Great Classics of the Screen! |scheduled for | Forman. Other key | taken by THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA "SUPERMAN' NEW SERIAL IS COMING, CAPITOL THEATRE The Capitol Theatre is to have a! new serial with the regular feature | for the weekend bill starting Fri- | day and continuing Saturday. | The serial is C: ncia's "Super-! man,” the first chapter which pitsI the fabulous man of tomorrow against his most sinister foe, the! exotic Epider Lady, as he battles| to save the world from destruc- | tion. Succeeding episodes are| each weekend until| the serial is ended. | Cast in the important featured ! roles are Superman, Kirk Al;n.f Noel Neill, Tommy Bond and Carol | assignments are | George Meeker, Plerre | Watkin and Charles Quigley. | The serial was adapted by George H. Plympton and Joseph F. Poland | and the screenplay was done by | Arthur Hoerl, Lewis Clay Royal Cole r Bennett and | | | Melons Aid California Lad Thomas Cart Sam Katzman ted for producer R B wonn ] | J0E PALOOKA, ONE | " OF TWO FEATURES, AT 207H CENTURY | | | Followers of Joe Palooka, the 1((:1'[((\1\ strip appearing daily in | the Empire, will have an oppor- | tunity of seeing the famous charac- ters brought to life in “Joe | Palocka, Champion,” on the screen | tonight and Friday at the 20th | Century theatre. The cast s | ceaded by Leon Errol. The filmi- zotion has its humor, fast action and suspense. Errol plays Knobby Walsh, the urisk, good-natured manager, who | finds Joe Palooka in a small town and nurses him into a world's J‘d:umph hip, in spite of the vil- |lainous maneuvers of gangster: | Eduardo Ciannelli and his hench-| |men. Joe Kirkwood, winner of| Moncgram's national talent search, was chosen for the role of lovable, kind but naive Palooka, who startles | he boxing world with his prize- | | ring ability. Elsye Knox is seen as Anne | PAGE FIVE LENTUR STARTS SHows | & TONITE 7:05 and BOUBLE 9:30 BBIEA Feaiuwre No. I HE'S IN THE MOVIES NOW. , | THE ACTION, FUN AND ROMA ___THRILLS 40. MILLION READ 20 || DOORS OPEN the charming society girl, Howe, who meets Palooka in his| | home town and falls in love with BRUCE CABOT - HEATHER ANGEL Re-Released by PRODUCERS RELEASING CORPORATION anaPlUg=== The FIRST Thrilling Chapter in a Sensationally NEW Type of Serial. Copyright 1948 Nagonal Comiey Publications, Tac. .. it's always a pleasure bottled in bond LW.HARPER Aime J872 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY, BOTTLED IN BOND, 100 PROOF, CERNHEIM DISTILLING €O., JI'C., LOUJSVILLE, KY, CARRIES 56 ON | - WEDNESDAY TRIPS| | W th 35 passengers departing and | |21 arriving, Alaska Coastal carried | a total of 56 passengers on flights | yesterday. | For Eitka, passengers wi Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edwards, Jack| Klumb, H. S. Gilbert, Julia Milton, For Angoon: Sylvia Johnson,| Katherine Johnson, Thelman John- | son. For Skagway: G. H. Simmons,| Rev. 8. A. McPhetres, David Mc- Phetres, M. Berget, R. Pullen, Mn,[ Kapanski, Felix Toner. For Haines: Daub, G. E. Carter, E. B. Lowman; Tor Petersburg: Mrs. W. A. Ander- son, Eddie Neilson, Mrs. Anna Gil- Ronnie Calvert, 4, Richmond, Calif., child suffering from leukemia, |Jjoe Louis, Henry Armstrong, takes a big bite out of a watermelon delivered to him by the crew of an Air Force B-29 bomber which flew them from Florida while on an operational flight. The crew heard about the boy's need for the melqns which are not yet in season in California. They procured some from a grower at Tampa who donated them. (® Wirephoto. i | | him, | | . /ALASKA COASTAL | X | strip. QUESTION-ANSWER MEET LAST NIGHT “Variations can be worked on Lynn Fales, W. H.|the basic design given in the speci- fication chart for the Soap Box Derby raeers,” said Don Skuse, com- mittee member for this year's race, ton, Dick Frank, J. R. Akey, Jim|last night at the first question | Knudsen. iund answer session for the ap- For Taku Lodge: Royal O'Reilly, | proaching Derby. “Red” Holloway; for Tulsequah: K} The date of the race has been Smith; for Tenakee: Bob Akervick, |changed to July 10 to remove a Agnes Kubbe; for Chatham: Gus|cenflict with another event, ac- Kubbe; from Baranof: Mrs. F. Bo-|cording to Dr. William Blanton, 20vic. | committee chairman. He also said From Taku Lodge: “Red” Hollo-|that the official racer wheels may way, Royal O'Reilly; from Hoonah:|now be obtained from Connors !1Jjohn M. Olson, Dan Daniels, Robert | Motors, race co-sponsor, for $10.95 Pinkard; from Tulsequah: Charles|per set. P. Morley; from Petersburg: Dick Official entry blanks were pa: Frank, Rocert Lindblom. . {ed out at the end of last night's From Ketchikan: G. D. Jermain,|session with the announcement that George Schmidt, Ron Mayo, Nor-‘thl-y must be signed by a parent. ton Young; from Sitka: F. Romas,|The two copies of the entry blanks Mrs. Ray Tressler, Judy Tressler; | must be completely filled out and from Angoon: Miriana Jackson. | may be turned in to Dr. Blanton, | Don Skuse or the Harry Race Drug store. The entry banks are to be turned "in within 10 days or two sy WARNING IS GIVEN TO AUTO OWNERS BY | 11ic"l aciend 1t mishis meeting POLICE DEPARTMENT e Drac sicre. The race course has been short- If you have left your car on a;ened this year but will be held on public street or city property, and|the Twelfth Street hill as last year. it until Tuesday, it will ke just too|is the same length as the course bad, according to Police Chief Ber-|at the National Finals held at Ak- rie Hulk. . «All abandoned cars must be|Of the race coursc is as usual, on picked up by Monday,” he says, “or E Street at the Juneau Dairies. they will be towed to the car dump‘gc‘lmer- on the rock fill.” | Each car is to have a sponsor. Sounds as though the Juneaul" a boy can not get a sponsor, he the. committee and do not get around to looking for | The course is 975 feet long which| | ron, Ohio, on August 14. The end | The Triangle Cleaners . " April Showers Bring . the budding of nature; an urge to go places . . . hiking . . . fishing . . . parties. To make outdoor wearables water-repel- lent, and for prompt service, it’s TRIANGLE, of Course! For better Appearance CALL e Trollers Atiention! Stop at Madsen’s today for your supplies. Spoons, plugs, sinkers, etc., at re- duced prices. 176 tf e, PIONEERS AUXILIARY Will meet Friday, April 29, 8 p. m, IOOF Hall. Initiation, pinochle, refreshments. 81 1t MAY 7th and everybody ig sure to ISS GOOT! i «~swwe BARBARA BEL GEDDES OSCAR ROMOLYA - PHILIP DORN i SR CEDRIC BARBWICKE - EDGAR BERSEN | BUBY VALLEE » BASBARA SWERL A SHOWBLALE or {fisnea ABITHL: Police Department means business! |15 to contact {| s | one will be furnished. Each spon-! sor has one duty and one pnvl-! lege. The duty is to pay the $10 | fee to the race committee while the [pnvilege is to place advertising on the car. If he is'willing, the spon- sor can advise in the construction | of the car 1 The boys can arrange with their sponors to work for them to earn the cost of car materials and) wheels. SALMON DERBY BIGGEST EVER Full support of the Third An-| nual Salmon Derby to be held in‘ Juneau July 29-30-31, was prom- ised by the Chamber of Commerce this noon. The Chamber pledged itself to build up the derby into a number’ one tourist attraction and merchandising stunt. Chamber President F. O. Eas- taugh said a special committee will be appointed to handle the Cham- ber's part in the derby. i Two guests were called on to| speak before the noon Chamter meeting today at the Baranof. | J; H. Waketield, member of the| newly created Fisheries Board, spoke briefly to the group giving Lackground on the board’s choice| 1or tisheries director, announced to- day as Clarence L. Anderson of| | Seattle. ; | Anderson is no cheechako, Wake- | field said, adding that he felt sure the new director would quickly |8ain the general respect of all who' |know and work with him. William J. Wagner, owner and general manager of the Alaska| Broadcasting Co., here for a con- | ,ference with his radio station man- |agers, gave a short talk on ABC iactlvilies, past and present. Under communications, a letter from ‘Lt. Cmdr. Ed Chester regard- ng housing for Coast Guard per- sonnel was read to the group by {Herb Rowland, secretary. Fifty-six persons will be attached to the Coast Guard unit, Chester informed the group. In the complement will be 13 officers, 4 warrant officers, 7 civil service employees and 32 en- listed men, necessitating a mini- mum of 40 housing units, of which half should be three bedroom units. Chester asked the Chamber to inform him as to how he, or Gov- ernor Gruening, could assist in| providing the housing. Rowland also read a communica- tion from aBrtlett indicating his intention of offering an amend- ment to the bill llowing Canadian “If a boy cannot find a place to build his car, he can come to the committee and we will try to find | him space for car constmcuon,"l said Dr. Blanton. Present at the meeting were 21‘ highly interested boys. Dr. Ralph Bunche Being Considered For State l)epl.,l (By Associated Press) i Informed officials in w:shlngton’ say Dr. Ralph Bunche is being | considered -~ for nomination as an | Assistant Secretary of State, Dr. |Bunche has attained world-wide nction as acting mediator for |the United Nations in Palestine, He is regarded as well qualified for post as Assistant Secretary of: state for Near Eastern Affairs, or; ited Nations Affairs. It is not known whether Dr. Bunche has been approached on the subject. If he were appointed and con- firmed by the Senate, Dr. Bunche | 'would have achieved one of the highest posts ever attained by an American Negro. He is 44 yearu] old—a former University prolessor.j and he has held a post .as Asso-" ciate Chief of the’State Depart-: ments Division of Dependent A!-% He is the grandson of l‘ vessels to give service in Southeast Alaska. “The Alaska K Steamship Com- rany will agree to a bill providing transportation of passengers on Canadian vessels to and from Skag- way. Under the circumstances, I think it test to accept the com- promise,” Bartlett informed the Chamber. Guests at the meeting included Bob Nichols, chief engineer, Alaska Broadcasting Co., Dick Peter, KINY, Ken Laughlin, com- mercial manager, Alaska Biroad- casting Co., Claude Carnegie, Port- land and Alfred L. Ransome, super- vising engineer, Metal Economics branch, U.S. Bureau of Mines. ' e GIVES RESULTS ON BLACK (0D LIVERS Washington Laboratories an- nounces the results of five deliv- eries of black cod livers this month. Earl Hawkins, chemist, reports the following prices for boat loads: Jeanette, $3.18 a pound; Norland, $2.63 a pound; Solar, $2.04 a pound; anonymous, $2.80 a pound. Analysis on the boat Queen was not com- pleted at press time. i S SRS Trollers Attention! Stop at Mad- sen’s today for your supplies. Spoons, plugs, sinkers, etc., at re- SR TR gopp gy pensy punTomaxe CONDITIONS | Kotzehue Joe Sawyer, Elisha Cook, Jr., Warren Hymer, Rocert Kent, Sam McDaniel, Sarah Padden and Dave ;‘"Tul;w('ll“ Willock are among those |cast as characters in the comic In addition, champions ot the prize ring are seen, including Ce- ferino Garcia, Manuel Ortiz and Jimmy McLarnin, The other feature is Renfrew of the Mounties in “Sky Bandits.” OF WEATHER ALASKA 77§, ‘Weatne conations and temper- atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 | a. m, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau, | Juneau. follow: | Anchorage . 9—Snow Barrow 21—Clear | Bethel 10—Partly Cloudy Cordova 1—Partly Cloudy Dawson ... — o) [T Edmonton 0—Partly Cloudy | Fairbanks 6—Cloudy Haines 40—Cloudy ! Havre 45—Clear ‘Juneau Airport 42—Rawmn Annette Island . 41—Cloudy Kodiak . 9—Snow 5—Snow 1—Clear 12—Snow | . 0—Cloudy | 7—Fog 4—Cloudy - 3—Fog «.. 3—Cloudy . C—Cloudy “~—Fog McGrath Nome Northway ... Petersburg ... Portland .... Prince George Seattle Whitehorse Yakutat o JAYCEES CHANGE MEETING DATE 10 MONDAY EVENING Meeting dates for the Junior Chamber of Commerce have changed from Friday noon to Mon- day evening, with the organization Lolding sessions at the Jeep Club, Jaycee officers announced today. The weekly Jaycee meeting to- morrow noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof has been cancelled. R TUGS REPAIRED IN ENGINEER DRYDOCK The LT 132 has come out of dry general overhaul and repairs. The LT 452 has been put intd drydock for cleaning and painting ol’ hull and repair of bow stem, rudder and propeller. Lumbermens MUTUAL. CASUALTY COMPANY announces the appointment of R. W. COWLING ——and —— HENRY M. HOGUE fo serve the needs of this commu: nity in all lines of casualty in- surance. Lumbermens has always paid divi- dends to policyholders at the end oi the policy period. For security, service and savings, call NORTHERN INSURANCE AGENCY Cowling Motor Building Phone 57 Juneau” duced prices. 179 ! to St. Ann’s hospital yesterday for medical care. I_ ON ERROL 45 KNOBBY WALSH JOE KIRKWOOD = o< ro0xa 55 3 M M EDUARDO CIANELLI - 10f SAWYER - FUISHA COOK, | Makug, A MONOGRAM PICTURE , JAMES NEWILL . LOUISE STANLEY Wi A CRITERION PICTURE . PLUS—Selected Sh LATE NEWS by AIR EXPRESS M [ “S APPLY FOR LICENSE hosp"Al “0 Donna Jean Olds and George Daniel B, Neeley was admitted | Henry Hanna, 21, who gave his oc- ! cupation as logging, applied yester- day for a marriage license {rqm Discharged yesterday from st. Acting U, 8. Commissioner Gor- Ann’s were Rodger Allman and don Gray. Felix Hakkinen. 2 Mrs, Harry Olds signed the ap- David Clark of Mt. mgecumbe‘!pmauon glving her daughter p?r- was discharged from the Govern- | mission to wed. — dock at the Engineer Dock after 8| ment hospital. 3 g FOOD SALE FROM PETERSBURG | By Lutheran Laides Aid at Sears R. Lundblom of Petersburg is at| Order Office, Friday, April 29. be- the Baranof. ginning 11 a. m. 81 2t PASSENGER SAILING SCHEDULE ALSO FREQUENT FREIGHTER SERVICE For further information contact H. E. GREEN, Agent — Phone 2 SOUTHBOUND NORTHBOUND S.8. Alaska | S.S.Baranof | S.S. Denali | S.S. Baranof May 2 May 8 May 1 May 3 for for Petersburg Haines Ketchikan Skagway Ssattle Sitka Kodiak Seldovia Seward for Seward for Wrangell Ketchikan Seattle ALASKA