The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 30, 1950, Page 3

MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1950 @ IT'S A PEACH OF A SHOW “uw. FOR EVERYONE! SHOWPLALE or APITUL Shows 7:256—9:30 Feature 7:55—10:00 el Lo ad sk Jeanette MacDONALD Claude JARMAN, Jr. « Lioyd NOLAN i M. G. M’s “THE SEARCH” IS A WONDERFUL MOTION PICTURE! It will be here Wednesday and Thu ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Petershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:00 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 "SUN COMES UP" ON SCREEN AT CAPITOL Jeanette MacDonald, whose pre- Vious screen work has been confined to romantic singing roles, is given opportunity not only to sing but to yessay the first dramatic role of her j career in her newest M-G-M offer- ing, now on view at the Cupitol The- fatre. It is “The Sun Comes Up,” a poignant and moving drama based on a novel by Marjorie Kinnan | Rawlings Miss MacDonald is seen as Helen | Winter, a concert singer embittered by a double tragedy. She has lost her husband in the war and now ‘ysh(‘ loses her young son when he is jkilled in an automobile accident. Renouncing her singing career, Helen seeks solitude in a mountain ; retreat, reluctantly taking with her ‘thc collie dog (Lassie) who had in- nocently been the cause of her son's death. Embittered against all child- ren, Helen rebuffs the friendly over- j tures of young Jerry (Claude Jar- man, Jr.), a boy from a nearby orphanage who reports daily to do her chores. It is only after Jerry 'is narrowly saved from death by the courageous collie when the orphanage is set on fire (a spectac- | ularly realistic sequence) that Helen realizes what the boy means to her. Ask for it cither way. .. both | posed Washington Huskies have nn' | opportunity to get back where they THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 'Hockey Games COUGARSAT TOP; HUSKIES (By the Associated Press) The Washington State Cougars are finally atop the Pacific Coast Conferente Northern Division bas-j ketball standings today, but the de-| were a week ago. The Huskies hook up with third place Oregon State for two games starting Friday night, while thel Staters remain idle. Which means that if the Huskies can get by the Beavers, they'll be able to sit back and pick their teeth for a week while the Cougars try to catch up. To the vastly improved oregnnl Webfoots goes the credit for un-| horsing the high riding Huskies. Oregon slipped in a semi-zone de- fense and a guy named Jack Keller last weekend to sweep both games from Washington, 57 to 49 and 63 to 60. Washington State, meanwhile, breezed through last place Idaho, 63 to 40. In the Southern Division, UCLA, which ran up its 22nd consecutive triumph on the home floor last Saturday, will try to keep the string} unbroken in two encounters with Fresno State. The Bruins trounced Santa Barbara, 67 to 43, and Cal Poly by 69 to 38. Bullseye Bill Sharman, ace for- ward for the USC Trojans, couldn’t connect against University of San Francisco Friday and Troy bowed, 55 to 41. USC beat St. Mary's, 46 to 41 the next night, though. California upset USF, 56 to 44, in the other half of the double header. LAST DAY TOMORROW H TO SECURE LICENGES HTomorrow is the last day that 1949 automobile license plates are legal. The next day Alaska Highway Patrolmen will begin tagging all cars without 1950 license plates, Frank A. Metcalf, chief of the Highway Patrol, said today. APOLOGY The Empire extends profound apologies to the brides of two prom- inent Juneau men. A feminine re- porter got the romances mixed up. a reporter should not. DROP DOWN: STARTS PLAY | Charles —JUNEAU, ALASKA (By the Associated Press) Seattle broke the deadlock for fourth place in the Pacific Coast Hockey League standings by tieing Portland and beating San Francisco 1 weekend games. Seattle and Portland battled to a 3-3 tie Saturday but last night the from Seattle shaded the Francisco Shamrocks, 3-2, idle Portland into fifth place. | Los Angeles’ Monarchs seored ul} each period to soundly trounce San L 5-1, in the only other Sun- game. The night before San €0 won, 3-1. On Saturday, the league leading New Westminster Royals went on | scoring rampage and swamped the Victoria Cougars, 11-1. Tacoma jammed across s in the first period but was| mable to stop Vancouver's third period drive and the contest ended 1 4-4 deadlock. nmen Sar dropping three AMER. LEAGUE ON APRIL 18 CHICAGO, Jan. 30 — (® The | 1950 American League baseball sea- | on will have a full-scale start | April 18, with all teams in action for the first time in several ons. The traditional opener at Wash- ington with the President tossing the first ball will coincide with the tart of all A. L. clubs instead of being the lone game of the day. | The 154-game schedule for each | club includes four swings from home during the season and 204 night games, an increase of two. ‘The April 18 launching sends St. Louis to Chicago, Philadelphia to Washington, New York to Boston and Detroit to Cleveland. The 5% month season ends Oct. 1. MRS. TRUMP, SON ARRIVE FROM S PAA Home 1n Juneau after an absence | of a year, Mrs. Jeane Parker-Trump and her small son, Allen Chris, ar- rived on Pan American from Seattle Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Trump have been living in Spokane where Mr. Trump | miss DEMARET 1S WINNER OF HOGAN OPEN PHOENIX, Ariz, Jan Jimmy Demaret, with his wardrobe and the pot gold he won in the $10,000 Ben Hogan Open, leads the golfing clan to Tueson this week. Jaunty Jimmy beat out Sam Snead by a single stroke yesterday | to win with a 15 under par 269 for the 72-hole round. 30— rainbow As he came to the 18th and final | tee, with the rain that fell all day| still coming down, the pro from Ojai, Calif., knew he needed a par five to win. Sam had finished by Demaret got his par. STROEBE HERE FIRST MRS. TOM VISITS TIME IN 12 YEARS In Juneau on her first Alaska in thirteen years, Mrs. ] Stroebe is visiting Mr. and M Hooker in the Spickett Apartments and her mother, Mr athérine Hooker, who is St Ann's hospital recovering injury received in a fall weeks ago. Mrs. Stroebe is the former Mild- red Hooker and her husband was formerly with the Du Pont Com- pany here. They now live at East Stanwood, Wash. Tom, Jr, is back in Alaska, an aerial photographer at Ladd Field. in several HEMLOCK ON WAY HERE The Coast Guard cutter Hemlock departed from Ketchikan today bound for Juneau. The cufter will probably arrive here late tomorrow or early Wednesday, after servicing aids to navigation en route. Genuine Nancy Ann Story Book Dolls for Valentine’s Day at Alas- ka’s finest Hardware and Furniture Store.—adv. sing an eight-foot putt and tak- | ; 270 after a 66 for one round. | trip to om | from an 'THE YEARLING' NOW 20TH CENTURY'S BILL “Slewfoot,” a 600-pound bear gives such I an actors as Gregor Jane Wyman and Claude Jarman, | Jr., some tough acting competition in the suspense-packed bear-hunt sequence of “The Yearling,” filmiza- {tion of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Pulitzer e-winning novel, which is at the 20th Century Theatre. | The sequence has the marauding bear lead Peck Penny Bexter jand little Jarman, Jr., cast as Jody | a thrilling chase through the wild- of the Florida scrub country before Peck catches up with him to | fire a shot which misses when his un backfires. as | erne 0DD FEllOWS WILL INITIATE TUESDAY | Members of Silver Bow Lodge, | A-2, Odd Fellows, are requested to be at the session Tuesday night at 8 o'clock as there will be a large | class in TRY STORE at the ht.—adv. EYES EXAMINED Second and Franklin 1 | ARE DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS [} PAGE THREE [ 20" [ENTURY LAST TIMES TONITE - W YEARLING GREGORY JANE PECK-WIMAN CLAUDEIQEMAN, I DOORS OPEN 7:00 SHOW STARTS 7:05 and 9:30 MRS. BESSIE SAWA DIES Mrs. Bessie Sawa of iougias died yesterday afternoon at the Govern- ment Hospital. She was 70, LENSES PRESCRIBED Juneau BT Your Deposits SAFE BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONI | THE management of this bank is pledged to conserva- tive operation. The safety of depositors’ funds is our primary consideration. In addition the bank is a mem- ber of Federal Deposit Insur- ance Corporation, which in- sures each of our depositors against loss to a maximum of $5,000. DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE Of course, anyone can do that, but trade-marks mean the same thing. | BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COC&COIA COMPANY BY JUNEAU COLD STORAGE COMPANY © 1950, The Coca-Colo Company Donald Rude, son of Dr, and Mrs. | is a telegraph operator with the Joseph O. Rude, is the brldegroomlunlon Pacific Railroad. Mrs. Trump of the former Olive Olson, whlle|&s the daughter of the A. F. (Bert) the former Ellen Johnston is the|Parkers of Gustavus. bride of Dr. D. D. Marquardt. “Coke’ ANSURED FIRST NATIONAL BANK of JUNEAU, ALASKA MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION THE MARCH OF DIMES H PLAY COUNTRY STORE at the IOWA CITY—Dr. Eddie Anderson I Snake Pit tonight.—adv. resigned as head football coach at University of Towa after failing to agree to terms of new contract. Plan to Attend the arch of Dimes BENEFIT DANCE Autumn leaves usually begin to change their color before frost. L) i ! 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