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

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 1949 GREATER MOVIE SEASON AT THE SHOWPLALE oF ABIT Opening Tonight Complete Shows 7:20 — 9:30 Feature Starts 8:00—10:08 Continuing thru Saturday DAY and DATE with Nation's Leading Theatres There’s a little of Anna in the best of women. . and more of her in the worst... COLUMBIA PICTURES presents starring PAULETTE GODDARD Willam Bishop- o rland- scar Homola ANOD BRODERICK CRAWFORD Screen Play by Philip Yordan and Arthur Laurents iased upon A SECURITY the play,"Anna Lucasta” by Philip Yordan PICTURES prooucrion Directed by IRVING RAPPER - _roducsd by PHILIP YORDAN 'LEON ERROL in an Bachelor Blues” = SPECIAL KIDDIE SHOW SATURDAY AT 1:30 “THUNDERHOOF” NEW ISSUE WARNER PATHE NEWS A powerful screen version of the stage play which created such great dramatic furore! PETE SMITH’S "ICE Ac 2 « SIDEWALK CONTRACT LET Contract for construction of a concrete sidewalk on Glacier High- way from 12th Street to Juneau ity limits has been given to the Lemdn Creek Sand and Gravel The Lemon Creek Company bid $1770 for the job. The only other bid made was by Joe M. Smith for $1892, City Clerk C. J. Popejoy an- nounced today. SQUARE DANCE SATURDAY The Married Couples Square Dance Club will get together Sat- urday night at 8:30 o'clock at Parish Hall, for another of those most enjoyable “swing your part- ner” ‘affairs. Light refreshments will be served. {FIRST POST-ELECTION COUNCIL MEETING SET | Three newly-elected city council- |men will take their seats around the council table when the City Council holds is first post-election meeting tomorrow night at 8| o'clock in the City Hall. Bert F. McDowell, Arthur H Walther and Alfred Zenger, Sr., the new members, will join hold- gensen. Among the problems facing the council will be the setting of a| millage rate for the city taxes. CALIFORNIA GUEST Odum Greenwald of Hoonah is|is registered at the Gastineau Ho- registered at the Baranof Hotel | ter over city councilmen James Larsen, . J. P. Christensen and George Jor- | Oscar A. Matson of Somita, Calif., LAND CONFERENCE HELD Rudolph A. Kotasek of Kodiak, Director of Property Administration | for ‘the 17th Naval District, has | been in Juneau the past week con- ferring with the’ Public Survey office and the Forest Service on | the release of land in the district no longer needed by the Navy. Land not needed will be returned “to the public domain or to nation- ‘| al forests. | Kotasek wil' tomorrow. | FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETS | Juneau’s Volunteer Fire Depart- ment will hold its monthly meet- lngt tonight at 8 o'clock at the \Flre Hall. \' W YORK VISITOR H. G. -Furinger of Kenmore, N. Hotel. = Il return to Kodiak | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA "ANNA LUCASTA" FEATURE TONIGHT, | CAPITOL mzmz' “Anna Lucast.a“ the celebmt,ed' hit stage play which ran for 1,000 performances on Broadway and has grossed over $6,000,000 to date in widespread engagements throughout the world, has had, per- haps, a stranger history than any | other play of modern times. Besides heading for the record of !being the most widely produced seript in modern times, the play has now been made into an excit- ing motion picture version by Co- | lumbia Pictures with Paulette Godd- iard starred in the title role. Brod- erick, William Bishop, John Ireland jand Oscar Homolka are co-starred {with Miss Goddard in the movie | holding forth as the featured attracr tion at the pitol Theatre tonight. The story of “Anna Lucasta” con- | cerns the fortunes of the Lucastas, a poverty-stricken family in a Pennsylvania steel town. Anna (Goddard), the wayward daughter, has been banished by her father (Homolka) and ekes out a make- shift existence in Brooklyn. The Lu- jcasta household is agitated by the |arrival of the son of an old friend of Lucasta’s, Rudolph (Bishop), | who comes north to farm, k:ringing 1$4000 in cash. The money-hungry | Lucastas, plotting to part him from |his money, call back Anna as & kely prospect for his wife. They {fall in love and are married but Eth:ir happiness is foiled by the malevolent old Lucasta and a poach- |ing sailor (Ireland). Separated, | Rudolf seeks out Anna in her old |haunts and finds her, an outcast, }on the skids. / !DAII(E ENJOYED BY . MARINER TROOP 10 :MARINER TROOP NO. 10 NEWS Our weekly meeting . was held at |the home of Mrs. Ray Hagerup, | Wednesday night. We had one visitor, Eckley Guerin, our Com- mittee Chairman from the Kiwanis. We are planning to sell Christ- .mns cards to help raise funds for our uniforms. Our dance held Sept. 30 was a kig success. Everyone had a good time and enjoyed the music which was played by Frances Mangan. The dance was held at the Catholic Parish Hall. The room was deco~ rated with all sorts of different colored lights. Dorothy Robards sang “Wedding | Day” accompanied at the piano by | Elizabeth Wyller, and Bud Schultz |gave us a few renditions at the piano. | The chaperones were Miss John- !son, Mr., and Mrs. Ray Hagerup. The dance ended at midnight, much to the disappointment of everyone, Gladys Uggen, Yeoman. i U.S. AT1ORNEY LEAVES United States Attorney P. G. Gil- more, Jr., returned to Ketchikan this morning for the remainder of the court session there. e o 0 0 0 0 0 o o0 WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 55; midimum, 42. At Airport—Maximum, 54; minimum, 37. FORECAST (Junead and Vieinity) Fair tonight and Friday with occasionally gusty nor- theasterly wind. Low tonight about 40; high Friday near 55 degrees. 00000000000 00000000000s00 000 e90e®0 000000, oo PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 &.m. toda. City of Juneau — _None; since Oct. 1, 128 inches; since July 1, 2255 inches. At the Airport — None; since Oct. 1, 48 inches; since July 1, 15.76 inches. e 0o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o | RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED (Continued from Page 1) is a puppet controlled by the West- ern allies occupation statute. To gain support of East Germans it was announced that the Russians will only exercise “administrative supervision™ over the new East Ger- man government. | | | NATIONALIST VICTORY At Canton, the Chinese Nation- alists claimed their armies are do- ing better in the field. They an- nounced a sizeable victory over the Communists in Hunan Province, and said it would stabilize the sit- | uation in Central China. PUBLIC CARD PARTY SPONSORED BY AWVS | TO BENEFIT NURSERY ! The committee for the AWVS Nursery Benefit met yesterday af- ternoon at the home of Mrs. Alexander Young, and made plans, to hold a public card party at the Scottish Rite Temple, Friday, Oc-| tober 21. New toys and equxpmen!. for the Nursery will be purchased | with the funds derived from this| project, Committee Chairman Mrs: EIMO| grasher, Jr., Bittle announced tickets will be distributed early next week, and they may also be obtained by call- ing Mrs. Frank Stejer at Green 845. MRS. CHESTER IS ACTING PRESIDENT OF WOMAN'S (LUB| The resignation of Mrs. John! Brillhart as vice president of the Juneau Woman's Club was regret- fully accepted at the monthly busi- | ness meeting held at the pent house of the Alaska Light and Power Company building yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Brillhart has done an excellent job of pinch-hitting for several presidents with whom she has served when they have un- avoidably been absent from the city, and feels that she does not have the time to continue these duties. Until the return of Mrs. Wm. Paul, Sr, Mrs. E. P. Chester, officer-at-large and former presi- dent, will act as president, and the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. Brillhart will be filled next month. A nominating committee | consisting of Mesdames J. D. Alex- ander, D. E. Herron and J. V. Cole was appointed to report at that time. The vacancy in the office of re- cording secretary, left by the de- parture of Mrs. Charles Evitts for Rochester, N. Y., was filled yester- day by the election of Mrs. Donald Burrus. Hostesses for the social- program meeting to be held Wed- nesday afternoon, October 19, at| the Governor’s House, will be Mrs. J. V. Cole, chairman, Mrs. Don Burrus, Mrs, John Brillhart, Mrs. C. E. Albrecht and Miss Anne Cole- man. The International Relations Department of the club, Mrs. Gruening, chairman, will have charge of the program. Activities and programs for the coming months were briefly discuss- | ed and Mrs. Gordon Gray, radio chairman, reported on the Ameri- can Home Radio programs during | September and the International Relations programs which will be heard each Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. durfng October. Eight names were presented for membership, and the corresponding secretary will send out the member- ship notifications. Members were reminded that the annual dues were payable September 1. The next business meeting will be held No- vember 2. le— @nd simllar communities, priority with those who Y. is stopping at the Gutlnelul IIUISK%% ulgS,’mfieutdm o the States on Pan American, ond Jhen to any spot on the globel And for you who buy tickets In Shka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Skagway, Haines ACA reserves a speciol block of seats so that its passengers share equal buy tickets in Juneoul @« % ,PREMl[R § |TWO-FEATURE BILL | editor, Steve Wilson, | press —and | lion” the story of a horse and it is OPENING TONIGHT AT 20TH (ENIURY Two features are on the. bill nt‘ the 20th Century tonight. New and even more exciting nd- ventures for radio's famous fighting | are reported | to be jam-packed into the Pine- Thomas production of Paramount’s “I Cover Big Town,” one of the features. This is the second in the ‘Big Town" series based on the radio program which has been thrilling Americans for over a de- cade. Once again it is Philip Reed in i the role of the battling newspaper- man who uses the power his fists —to combat crime in Big Town. And, as in their first picture, Hillary Brooke plays Lorelei Kilbourne, Wilson's lovely right hand and ace reporter. | | Co-star Robert Lowery makes the only switch as Pete Ryan, top news- | gatherer now working for a rival| paper. The other feature is “Silver Stal- of the said to be a good one. Miss Patty Paisley Honored Last Night | With Bridal Shower| A lovely bridal shower honoring Miss Patty Paisley was given last evening at the home of Mrs. R. w.i in the Fosbee Apart-; ments. Mrs. Elizabeth Stevenson | was co-hostess with Mrs. Brasher. i A novel idea was used for the’ centerpiece of the lsuftet lunch| table, being a fishing scene depict- ing the catching of Wesley Mac- | Donald, fiance of the honor guest. The other guests were Mesdames | C. L. Robards, John Parmenter, Ray Westfall, Jack Thompson and Joe Tricano, and the Misses Pauline Whitaker, Donna Foland, Luluj Davis, Laurel Goodell and Jane| English. i MORRIS SHAPIRO | HERE FOR PIANO ! CONCERT O(T. 13 Morris Shapiro, famous pianist, arrived via Alaska Coastal from Ketchikan this afternoon and will leave for Sitka tomorrow. After giving a_cancert in Prince Rupert | last night Shapiro came to Ket-! chikan on the steamer Prince! George. After a “musical visit” at| the Sheldon Jackson school, the pianist will return here Oct. 9 for a five day visit which will culmi- nate in his concert next Thurs-| day, Oct. 13, sponsored by thel Business and Professional Women. Entering the Baranof hotel, Shapiro said one of the first things he saw was signs advertising “Shapiro, the eminent Russian pianist.” He declared he resented | this titling as he considers himself an American pianist, with his life in Russia a thing many years in! the dim past. 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