The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 6, 1949, Page 5

T A e (T A A ST SO S35 AR IRIDAY, MAY 6, 1949 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRL ~JUNEAU, ALASKA MT. EDGEC UMBE | CHORAL ENSEMBLE - CAPITOL THEATRE CONCERT TONIGHT Hailed as one of the most enker-l Unusually fine music is promised | |taining motion pictures of the sea- at tonight's concert at the 2°lhi MOTHER'S STORY OPENS SATURDAY, TONIGHT SHOWPLALE or at 8:00 o'Clock at the APITUL A TIMELY STORY OF TEEN-AGE SCANDALS! P on, the George Stevens' groduc- Century Theater. on, “I Remember Mama,” co-stars| The Mt. Edgecumbe Boys En»1 - sym He“r o i - ! Dorn, in the cheerful and inspiring|sented in a program of a—capella_: S T A R I s START story of a Norwegian mother in|mu which is almost sure to te| ‘ | [ at |the economic troutles of a low-| Seventeen boys made the trip| A (Ap E llA (H I R 700 income household. The production one member of the| * ‘hoir being unable to join the| Directed by |Irene Dunne with Barbara Bel semble, under the direction of | DOORS early-day San Francisco and her | enjoyed by all éoncert goers. Eight | 7.25 d | | 149 an from Sitka, s presented by Dore Schary and is sroup. They arrived here yester-| am—— 11111101 | Geddes, Oscar Homolka and Philip| Father A. Ossorgin, will be pre- |efforts to pilot her family through o'clock is the hour. > be shown at the Capitol Theatre | l Jean Porter . Jimmy Lydon {1 Al Donahwe awo ws orcHestRA I“Termr Trail” at 7:15-9:30 @ oweet tienevieve i at 8:20-10:30 Charfes Smiley STARRETT- BURNETTE as The The West's Durango Kid Mo, 1 Comic DURAKED AN SHILEY [N A ROARING GOR-AND-FUN THRILLER! e \ Openin TOMORROW! Continuous Performances SATURDAY and SUNDAY heginning at 1:30 p. m. We sincerely invite all mothers over 60 to be our guests on Sunday, Mother’s Day—Please call 144 and we shall send a YELLOW CAB to bring you to the theatre. Millions remem- ber “Mama” as the beloved heroine of the nation-wide stage hit that cheered millions of hearts! Now, Mama'’s on the screen— with her heartwarming family—in the same delightful story—twice as wonderful and memorable .as ever! DORE SCHARY pres IRENE DUNNE in GEORGE STEVENS‘prod«c'ion of “I REMEMBER MAMA" co-starring BARBARA BEL GEDDES 0SCAR HOMOLKA - PHILIP DORN ith SIR CEDRIC HAROWICKE - EOGAR BERGEN - RUDY VALLEE - BARBARA ONEIL e | starting Saturday. Miss Dunne has the central role |of “Mama,” and Miss Be! Gedde: portrays the oldest daughter, K: | with Homolka as the fierce but | kind-hearted Uncle Chris, and iD(.rn as the easy-going father. Sir Cedric Hardwicke as a penniless ‘nctmz Edgar Bergen as a timid | undertaker and Rudy Vallee as the family doctor, and Barbara O’Neill| 1s the heart interest of Uncle Chris, wre featured. The Hanson’s modest home on the slopes of San Francisco's Rus- ian Hill shortly atter the turn of he century is the setting for most »f the action. The family’'s expe- siences with their worthless board- r, an aunt’s shy romance with her ndertaker frisnd, Katrin's to beccme a writer, family | ms of illness and schooling, | are all surmounted by their knowl- | :dge of a “Bahk Account” of which | Mama always speaks proudly, but | which eventually turns out to have | seen a myth she created to bolster ‘, 1ip family morale in times of | stress. 'ADB ISSUES FOLDER ON "SEEING ALASKA" | To answer a flood of inquiries-on i ow to get to Alaska and what to | | ee and do in America's Land of the | Midnight Sun, the Alaska Develop- sent Board has issued a special | ‘ravel publication, “Seeing Alaska.” | Copies are now available for dis- | ricution at Room 117, Federal Building. The folder is packed with des- criptive material and pictures from ‘lll parts of the Territory. One ot | the pictures is of Taku Lodge. and | another shows skiing in the Ju- neau vicinity. Brief descriptions ot |the 25 principal municipalities in | Alaska are given. In addition, the folder contains |2 map of Alaska showing access | roads from the United States lead- ng to the Alaska Highway as well as the entire highway network | within the Territory. To accompany |this is a highway guide showing| cabins, meal the location of hotels, | store: filling stations and points alonz the highway. | . The Development Board has al- ready received orders for several | thousand of the folders from all | parts of the world. | e ‘WILL JOIN STAFF i OF JUNEAU CLINIC A pedjatrics and anesthesia | specialist will join the staff of the | Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic July 1. He is Dr. J. W. Gibson of Port- lland, Ore, a graduate of Creigh- ton Medical School. Dr. Gibscn 1s at present, finishing his training |at Providence hospital in Port- | land. SCHWINN SEN’S. KIDS! DON'T MISS CHAPTER TWO- "Depths of the Earth” of "SUPERMAN' at the CAPITOL TOMORROW AFTERNOON ONLY AT 1:30P. M. PLUS— CARTOON and first showing of "I Remember Mama” %fl/flu: 1] B b SHOWPLALE o CapiT ambi- | day morning aboard the M.S. Mt.| cumbe spending the day see- | the town before and after prac- | lice sessions during the afternoon |at the theater, Alaskan folk songs sung in na- |tive tongue are to be included m" | the program sung by the boys from | the Alaska Native Service Mt. Edge- cumbe School. The full program | includes a wide variety of secular ind sacred music. Lions Club, sponsoring organiza- tion for the concert, to the glacier for the bo; dur- ing their weekend stay here. | The choral group will. ke heard| over KINY tomorrow evening be- | tween 7 and 7:30 and will also| appear at the Memorial Presby- ‘erian Church at Sunday evening | services. | don Simmons of Juneau, William Lavery of Fairbanks and Neal Foster of Nome. Acting Governor Lew M. Wil- presided in the absence of Ernest Gruening, Chairman i the Board. | liam: e 8 | Gov MEI(ALF NAMED | ACTING DIRECTOR | D FOOTBALL WILL BE Faced with the task of finding a; FAIRBANKS, May 6-— (®— The man qualified technically in avia- | only thing missing to make campus 'tion and in aeronautics experience |life at the University of Alaska who would be interested in a $7,000- i just like going to college anywhere -year salary, the Alaska Aero-| ise—is not missing any more. autics and Communications Com-| The first regular schedule of | mission could only arrive at a tem- | cotball games in the history of orary solution of the problem. | \merica’s fartherest north insti- Meeting Wednesday, the Commis- | ution of higher learning is slated sion appointed Highway Engineer | his fall. Frank A. Metcalf to serve as acting ! Spring training—in the gymna- director of the new Division of[:ium until the practice field thaws Aeronautics, pending selection of a| -already is under way, and first permanent director. | rall workouts are slated Sept. 10. For two years, money from motol‘: The University Polar Bears open and aviation fuel taxes have been | (heir scason Sept. 256 against an as | sdministered through his offm.",-ex unspecified opponent from the being used as combined funds for | ,umber of air force and army :ruads, trails, harbors and airfields. | -levens in the Territory. | Now, Metcalf will supervise their Football as a regular Far North | expenditure in scparate categories|sport proved feasible when the | —aviation gas tax funds being used | University and Ladd Air Force |only for airfields. | hase played a scoreless tie in 25 [ NAMES ‘CONSIDERED . he Commission said it consid- ‘red several names but that, due to the new Territorial salary act | which fixed the salary for the posi- | tion at $7,000 per year, it was un- able to obtain the services of a qualified man in competition with the high levels of pay in the avia- OUT AS FINAL GONG | the matter of salary largely to the| i;i):sm'el:unv of th Commlssi‘on,. bf"] TACOMA, May 6—(P—A heart |the salary act fixed the figure at|gat¢ack rang the final gong for Joe [$7.000 and Attorney General J.|waterman, nationally known box- iGeml:] Williams, has ruled thuv.:mg manager and fight promoter, |the Salary Act applies. | yesterday afternoon. The Commission said it waul” His death preceded by just a ;mak‘e further effort to obtain & week his invasion of the Seattle ;qualgneq man and mmou_nced that | hromotion field as matchmaker tor |applications for the position might |tne newly-organized Dave Miller i.:e addressed to the Commission | poying Club of Tacoma. at Junean, | Waterman, 51, had been a TO HIRE' ASSISTANT | matchmaker also at Portland, Los Highway Engineer Metcalf was | Angeles and numerous other points. authorized by the Commission to —t hire an assistant and such other| |belp as necessary in carrying out the provisions of the act. The | assistant will be located in Anchor- | age, where the act provides, the below zero weather in the New Year Day “Ice Bowl". - JOE WATERMAN IS PLANS TRIP SOUTH FOR NEW ANS MEDICAL MEN Dr. James Googe, Alaska Native loffice of the director shall be|Service medical director, will go to maintained. | Portland and Seattle next week to Commissioner Jack Carr of An-|secure new doctors and dentisis chorage was named secretary of | for service with the ANS. He plans the board, and William Hixson of | to be gone a week or ten days. Juneau was retained as Supervisor | —————————— of Communications, a position he| RUMMAGE SALE bhas held since June 1944. saturday, May 7, 10 am. in All members of the Commission|former H and M Grocery Bidg. by were present, including Carr, Shel- | Emblem Club. 90 1t ANNUAL ELKS’ SERVICE Sunday, May 8th, 1949 1:30 P. M. in the ELKS' AUDITORIUM Public Invited OF AERONAUTICS | PLAYED, U ALASKA THE REV. A. OSSORGIN yr ADMISSION Adults §1.00 - bian s top| at the Box Office Students 50c 'HIGH SCHOOL BAND FOR SITKA; LEAVES TONIGHT, 3 BOATS Juneau High School's 42-piece ! and, with its director, Joseph Shofner, and chaperones Mrs. Eid-i win C. Clark, Miss Beatrice Mec- | Neeley, Mrs. Rose McMullen, andi | Mrs. Charles O. Sabin, leave this ev ng at 6:30 o'clock for Sitka azoard the Donjac, the Messenger, | and the Yakobi. The group is ex- pected to arrive in Sitka sometime | carly Saturday afternoon. Purpose of the trip is an ex-| change' of concerts with the Sitka high school band, this latter orga- nization having performed in Ju-| neau to a capacity audience last month. The Sitka concert wil' be given Monday evening in the Sitka high | gymnasium. According to intorma- |tion received in Juneau ticket sales | for the event have been exceedingly good and it is expected that the Capital's young musicians will play to a large and responsive crowd. The band returns to Juneau Tues- | day. | Students making as follows: Darlene Adsero, Catalino Barril,| Katherine Bavard, Mildred Brown,| Belinda Clark, Marilyn Crooks, | Sylvia Davis, Edward Dull, Don- ald Dull. Clair Dunlap, Shirley Elstead, 1i:lltcn Engstrom, Adah Friesen, iShen‘y Grey, Gary Hedges, Ann Henning. | Jack Hermle, Joyce Hope, Clyde Jensen, Kenneth Kadow, Virgil Klinkhammer, Esther Lavold, Lois Lawrence, Norman Lister, Sylvia Lister, Cafol Jean McDonald. Ari McKinnon, George Messerschmidt, Messerschmidt, Lee Nance, Osterman, Terry Pegues. Ernest Polley, Dorothy Robards, Joanne Sabin, Bobby Secrist. Bob Sommers, Bill Sperling, Carl, Weidman, Joan Williamson, Fred Wyller. the trip are Sue McMullen, Roberta Dale ———ee——— More than 300 Gillion cigarettes | are made every year in the United | States. i BUTLER-HAUBd ; DRUG CO. Climaxing the Greatest Acclaim i ACAD EMY - RAWARD for BEST PICTURE OF THE ELIA KAZAN n Screen History! Jane Wyatt « Dean Stockwell Sam Jafle Produced by Screen Play by DARRYL F ZANUCK * MOSS HART, HERS' DAY MATINEE SUNDAY THE FIRST FIFTY MOTHERS fo aitend our Sunday Afterncon Matinee on Mother's Day, Ma y 8, will receive a Vel pocr l_/ o o L Show Siaris 2:15 BCGYS AND GEIRLS | (Fifteen Years or Under) SATURDAY IS BIiCYCILE PAY with Greetings from Juneau-Young Hardware Co. Carceons - Cartoons “Wild Fire” Plus Feature - SATURDAY MORNING KIDS' MATINEE BIG AWARDS DOORS OPEN AT 8:30 CARTOONS and FEATURE at 10:00 For Each Dollar Spent ai the Stores listed helow you will receive an Award Voucher to turn in ai The 20th Century SATURDAY MORNING "KIDS MATINEE” Juneau-Young Hardware Co. Tot-to-Teen Shop Gus George Grocery Nance 5-10-25 Store Fred Henning-Complete Quifitter Warfield-Drug Juneau Marine Supply, “I. Goldstein" Sugar Bowl Cafe TO ALL MOTHERS Gastineau Channel Area The YOUNGEST MOTHER and the OLDEST MOTHER and, the GRANDMOTHER who has the largest number of living Grandchildren will be guests of the 20th Century Theatre Alaskan Cab Salmon Creek Country Club This entry must be in before NOON—SATURDAY, MAY 7th 20th Ce ntury Theatre Mother's Day Regisiration Coupon NAME: Address ... Phone Our Grandmether has. Grandmother’s Eniry ..oo......Grandchildren I A