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-~ - S SHOWPLALE orF TONIGHT and THURSDAY You'll be kept guessing to the very end of this MYSTERY-THRILLER! 2nd Feature— Slick anx Smooth ... Deceitful and Dangerous! WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 ,1950 1r’s Robert Scott Mariorie LORD * Robflt SHAYNE Warner-Pathe 4 NEWS Air Express “MRS. CRANE”"— “EXPOSED”—! el EXPLOSIVE EXCITEMENT! Robert Armstrong 7:18-9:33 8:27-10:42 Your Depeosits ARE SAFE BUY M HE imanagement of chis bank is pledged to conserva- tive operation. The safety of depositors® funds is our imary consideration. [n prima addition, the bank ber of Federal Deposit Insur- ance Corporation ,which in- sures each of our against loss to & of $5,000. FIRST NATIONAL BANK MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION and HOLD UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS 2 mem- depositors maximum ARE of JUNEAU, ALASKA DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK INSURED i | | | White or Brown 5.95 ‘Connies’’ as seen in GLAMOUR HUDSON'S South Franklin Street Gray or Rust Suede 7.95 ,:hud first aid procedures to con- iranged by Capt. COMING FOR 2 DA SHOWPLALE or " EVery Girl \ i S Aoy S o imvadscng BETSY o Ders Schary prosontotion: " S Cary Grant in DON HARTMAN'S production \ Be Married FRANAOT TONE: DAMA LY vl - S o e s e CONTINUOUS FROM 1:30 SATURDAY WITH LATE SHOW starting at 12:00 p. m. THE DAILY AULASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA FRIDAY!? YS ONLY! liustead e = . The hide-and- N seek, tongue- _in-cheek tale of a marriage. Y shy baby- { doctor. .and a misbehavin{ I Bm;:'nunlln al / Should WL o SeRp— 14 ARRIVE, 17 6O BY PAN AMERI(AN Besides through passengers xrcm‘ Seattle to Whitehorse and Fair- banks, Pan American World Air- ways yesterday brought 14 persons here, and carried 17 on outbound flights. Arriving from Seattle were Lucile Converse, J. H. Conway, Louis | Coonen, Harold Cramer, George Eicher, George Gray, R. C. John- son, George Miscovich, Frank and Barbara Opperman, Biene Schnei- der, Wayne Short, Lawrence sm)do and Ed Scott. Southbound, James Huston went to Ketchikan and these persons to Seattle: Mr. and Mrs. Don Miller and Jean Ann; L. W. Petrie, Harry Carpenter, Ethel Wanser, Hubert Cain, Claribel Messerschmidt, S. Steinberg and Martin Victor. Mr. and Mrs. W. A, Cyr were pas- gengers to Whitehorse and C. D. Tandy, A. J. Alter, William Bryon and Edward Burgar, to Fairbanks. CAP SQUADRONTO STUDY FIRST AID AT APR. 5 MEETING This being the fifth Wednesday of the month, members of the Ju- neau Civil Air Patrol Squadron and Cadet Corps are reminded that the groups meet on first and third| every | Wednesdays, rather than {other week. There will be no meet- ing tonight. The two CAP units will gather April 5 to 7:30 in the Engineer's Office, army dock, for regular instruction periods and program. Henry Leege, chairman of Ju- neau Chapter, American Red Cross, will continue his instruction to Squadron members, adopting stan- ditions likely to be encountered on CAP search-rescue missions. Further details are being ar- Milton J. Fur- ness, Sjuadron executive officer, and Lt. Stanley Tyler, training of- ficer. Furness is acting commander of the Juneau organization in the absence of Maj. Allan G. Marcum. EMBLEM CLUB Regular meeting Thursday March 30 at 8:00 p.m. Will officers please be at Elks Hall promptly at 7:30. USE EASTER SEALS Little Judy shows this giant Peter Rabbit how to paste an Easter Seal on the back of an envelope. You can help the thousands of crippled chil- dre@ throughout the nation just like Judy by putting an Easter Seal onr every letter you write. If you haven't received your supply of 1950 Easter Seals through the mail, contact the Juneau-Douglas Chapter ACCA, c/o Mrs. John McCormick. Phone 547. ANNUAL MEETING OF | WOMEN VOTERS AT GOVERNOR'S HOUSE | The Juneau Provisional League of Women Voters, which met yes- terday in the Baranof Terrace ROUm, will not hold the semi- monthly meeting scheduled for Ap- {ril 11, as there will be a special | affair later that week. Mrs. Ernest Gruening is inviting members to a luncheon at 12:30 o'clock Saturday, April 15 in the Governor’s House. This will be fol- lowed by the annual mecting. l The luncheon program yesterday contmucd the study of the federal budget, with Miss Virginia McLean leading the discussion. Out-of-town guests were Mrs, Amelia Gundersen of Ketchikan and Mrs. Sylvia Ringstad, Fair- banks, SGT. LOUIS RICHARDSON WILL BE ACS CASHIER Sgt. 1/cl Louis K. Richardson is a new arrival in Juneau, coming yesterday on the Denali. He has been teaching cashiering and bookkeeping in the Alaska Communications System school in Eeattie for the past year. Previously, his duty was at Adak. Sgt. 1/cl James F. Beard, an ACS associate of those days, was at the boat to | meet him, Richardson will replace Sgt. 1/ci Jimmie Meyers as cashier of the Juneau ACS station next month, when Meyers' transfer will take hiln to Eeattle. ( | RICHARD McDONNELL JOINS PACIFIC NORTHERN Louis Delebecque, Pacific North- ern Airlines sales manager with Leadqguarters at Anchorage, announ- ces the addition of a new statf member to the Juneau station. He is Richard McDonnell, and he arted his new duties today in the downtown PNA office in the Bara- nof Hotel. For five months, McDon- nell has managed the Spudnut Shop here, and he operated similar shops for two years in Fairbanks and Anchorage. McDonnell succeeds Miss Marian Jensen, who was with Pacific Northern for 4% years before re- signing March 21. Miss Jensen now | is traffic control clerk in the ac- OUBLE BILL AT CAPITOL THEATRE OPENING TONIGHT The Capitol Theatre will present a midweek double bill starting to- night. Even the most rabid of “who- dunit” fans will be kept guessing to the very end when they see Re- public’s latest mystery-thriller, “Ex- posed,” one of the features. Pretty Adele Mara has the lead as a private eye with a good nose for murder. She is hired by a| wealthy Colonel, played by Russell| Hicks, to investigate his stepson and heir, Robert Scott. The Colonel ex- plains that Scott has been with- drawing large sums of money from his account, has rented an apart- | ment in the city, and steadfastly | has refused to explain his actions. Before the lady detective has had a chance to more than scratch the surface, the Colonel is murdered— and Adele is off on a merry chase. | In the tension-packed scenes thai| follow, she discovers several sus- picious characters with convineing | motives and tense action takes | $250 FOR LIBRARY | 'STAGE STRUCK' IS BY ANB 10 BE RAISED BY NATIVE DANCES A series of Indian dances—the | largest every seen in the Gastineau Channel area—are being scheduled by the Alaska Native Brotherhood for this October, it was announced today by William F. Paul, Sr. ‘The ANB yesterday announced a pledge of $250 to the Juneau Me- morial Library building fund, after meeting in their Willoughby Ave- nue headquarters, and it was de- cided to raise the money by gath- ering men and women from throughout Southeast Alaska for the largest song and dance festival | ever held here. The occasion will probably mark the last appearance in such ac- | tivities by Jack Gamble, now in his 70's, and one of the few remaining old-timers who remember the an- cient songs and dances hande down from generation to generation by those of the Thlingit tribe. Gamble is a member of the Eagl> Clan side of the tribe. From the Raven Clan, the other large divi- place. {sion of the Thlingits, will be Henry “The Strange Mrs. Crane,” story of a ruthlessly ambitious woman | who commits a murder and then| plots to have a young girl executed for the crime, is the other feature. | Marjorie Lord, Robert Shayne, James Seay and Pierre Watkin play the top roles and the large featured | cast includes many well known| character actors such as Ruth| Brady, Pierre Watkin, James Seay, | Clair Whitney, Chester Clute and Minerva Urecal. MRS. CHESTERIS | ELECTED HEAD OF VEW AUXILIARY The Ladies Auxiliary of Tak: Post No. 5559, Veterans of Foreign Wars, held a business meeting in CIO hall, Tuesday evening, March 28, at which time three new candi- dates were initiated and officers|: elected. Mrs. E. P. Chester was elected| president, Mrs. James Brunetter, Sr., vice president, Mrs. J. C. Cahatl Jr. vice president, Mrs. Florence Hibbard, treasurer, Mrs. Lorraine Mix, conductress, Mrs. George Taylor, chaplain, Mrs. Joseph Akagi, guard and Mrs. Natalie Gustafson, 3-year trustee. Appointive officers were Mrs. John McCormick, secretary; Mrs. Henry Cropley, historian; Mrs. Dan Mahoney, patriotic instructor; Mrs. H. F. Lougher, Mrs. L. W. Tidbets, | Mrs. Pat Moore and Miss Mona Ja- cebsen, color bearers. Installation of these officers will be held April 6, at a joint affair with the post, Mrs. Dan Mahoney acting as installing officer. Mus.| Chester will be installed on her re-| turn to Juneau. The Auxiliary voted (‘ontnhunons to the Alaska Crippled Ch\ldren' Association, purchased Easter se and ordered a subscription of a magazine for the chronic disease| ward at St. Ann’s hospital. The hospital committee reported each veteran at Walla Walla hos- pital had been remembered ai| Easter by individual members an1| that the veterans at St. Ann’s woulu also be remembered. Miss Jacobsen and Mrs. Akagi were named as the hospital com-| mittee for April and May. Refresh- | ments were served by Mrs. Brunette | and Mrs. O'Loughlin. i Mrs. Andy Gundersen, a mem-| ber of the Ketchikan Auxiliary, was | a visitor. Members were reminded | of the silver tea and sale to be held | April 1. ! PROPRIETOR OF FAMILY CLEANERS ON TENAKEE VACATION Mrs. Olga Kletzing, pmpflcturi of the Family Cleaners, is leaving | tonight on the Forester for Ten- counting department of Alaska | Coastal Airlines. ! STORY BOOK DOLLS A new shipment of famous Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls has just ar-| rived at “Alaska’s Finest Hardware | and Furniture Store, su-zr | establishment_ will be closed for akee Hot Springs where she wul‘ spend a month’s vacation. Durnig her absence, her cleaning repairs and renovation. Mrs, Kletz- ing expects to return about May 1. | | | | | SCHWINN BIKES AT MADS ] They’re Red, Pink, Yellow, Or: and Climbers. cartons — rose plant damp moss waterproof Oregon Two-Year-0ld Field-Grown Roses ALL VARIETIES in Bi-Colors, White, Floribundas Packed in easy to handle Nance 5-10-25 Store ere! ange, roots of each wrapped in and heavy paper. el Anderson. . Jake Cropley, ANB president, is busy making arrangements already for the affair, with practice to be- gin this coming Monday in thewr Juneau hall. Paul said the longest practice must be held on songs, because hey are harder to render than | even the most difficult dances—and many have been forgotten by the oldest men among ‘Thlinglits. Wrangell and Hoonah will send men and women to the affair, who will bring their costumes and join with the Juneau group in making the festival the most unusual ever to be presented here. Indian dances have been held occasionally here, the last only a few weeks ago, but at no specific intervals. The $250 pledge thumps the lib- rary drive down almost to the half- way mark between $4,000 and $5,000, according to B. D. Stewart, acting drive chairman. The sum will be exactly $4,520.24 to be collected, he said. even the " PAGE FTVR FMENTURY LAST TIMES TONIGHT MISSING GIRLS! Thrill-hengry kids risking all for famel EXCITING FEATURE | AT 20TH (ENTURY! Four stars combine their t.nlcmsl in Monogram’s “Stage Struck” wf make it an exciting film melodrama. The dramatic screenplay had its local opening yesterday at the 20th! Century Theatre, with co-stars Kane Richmond, Andrey Long, Conrad Nagel and Ralph Byrd in a story that carries an unusual quality of | suspense. The action finds a beauti- || ful girl matching wits with racke-|| teers who prey on “missing” g and have murdered her sister. This dramatic production exposes the dangers faced by girls who run away from home for the glamour ot the big city and its theatrical life. Kane Richmond and John Gallau- det, cast as racketeers, portray the unscrupulous individuals who lurk in the path of ambitious girls. Gal- laudet murders one of his hostesses at his Bluejay night club because she knows too much about his rac- kets, then more exciting develop- ments follow. COLD STORAGE FAIRBANKS JUNEAU FILES SUIT, ‘ FAIRBANKS-—Juneau Cold Stor-| ge company, has filed suit in Dis- ict court asking judgment ot $6,067.50 against Jesse Lander andi Charles A. Hendricksen, partner- owners of the Arctic Fish company. The petition alleges the amount is due for-goods delivered to the Arctic i Fish company on October 18, 1949, and asks court costs and dttorney’s fee of $1,000. Attorney for the Juneau cDmpnn"' is Maurice T. Johnson. ! elected SHORT SUBJECTS LATE NEWS Meeting at C. L. O. Hall V.F. W. Thursday, 8 P. M. Easter Portion of HANDEL'S Messiah by the Juneau Singers Sunday, April 2 2p.m. ADMISSION FREE Collection will be taken EMBLEM CLUB Regular mesting Thursday March 30 at 8:00 p.m. Will officers please se at Elks Hall promptly at s sere PAINTING AND DECORATING Priced to Meet Your Budget PHONE 996 Ralph Treffers HOSPITAL NOTES Albert Adams of Tulsequah and Earl Watkins were admitted to St. Ann's Hospital yesterday. James Horgan, F. J. Nowell, and Selma | Sarnislo were dismissed. V F W AUX. April 1. Methodist Church Par- lors. Silver tea—homemade ples— aprons—dolls—Alaska Crippled Children items. 3 to 5 p.m.—adv. Plumbing ® Healmg Oil Burners Telephone-319 Nights-Hed 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. She selects the gown ihat causes guests to remark, “isn’t she o lovely bride!” Perhaps, ivery satin with a lovely flowing rain—one gown from our beautiful collection. Lovely veils for the Easter Bride.