The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1950, Page 5

SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1950 Arer Y our Best =" ENDS TODAY CONTINUOUS SHOWINGS A GUSHER OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT! /" RD - Robert PRESTON, Ui Being as Easter wa Time of Joy we happily present what is unquestionably the finest program the CAPITOL has ever offered for your enjoyment! So... TOMORROW comes the FUNNIEST FAMILY IN FILMS! “Anybody can bea landlord ...but it takes brains a tenant!” it 470y (The world's most succ fo be essful failure) WiLLiaM BENDIX N RADIO’ 1EYS.: An IRVING BRECHER Production protous ¥ THE WII““ w “l“.‘ w TN Bill Goodwin Beulah Bondi- Meg Randall Richard Long and “DIGGER OYDELL"(M" Brown) win JAMES GLEASON * Rosemary DeCamp 2 Wiitten and Directed w[uhy&wéa + A UNIVERSALINTERNATIONAL PICTURE Based on the hit radio show,"THE LIFE OF RILEY* And ======= Here’s Something REALLY WONDERFUL!? * l * Old-timers will be ENCHANTED fo see again the great M. G. M. hits of the past! Today’s movie fans will be THRILLED 1o see how wonderful the movies were in the past 25 years — and EXCITED to see what's coming! YOU'LL AGREE with us — that MOVIES ARE BETTER THAN EVER! Movie FanstSea the * * 4 )" uost uaustal film o it K] 100 STARS IN ACTION! . 40 Minutes of FILM FAME H - with MORE STARS than there are in the heavens! GILBERT — GARBO — CHANEY — DRESSLER — BEERY — HARLOW— RAINER — ADOREE — NOVAROO — CAREY — BARRYMORE — LAUGHTON — BUSHMAN — CRAWFORD — MUNI — FIELDS and so many more! HOLD ON! That isn't all - TOM and JERRY are here too, in their ACADEMY AWARD CARTOON “THE LITTLE ORPHAN” The BEST eartoon OF THE YEAR! X “LIFE OF PLEASE COME EARLY! DOORS OPEN 1:30 “SOME OF THE BEST” on at 2:10 — 4:40 — 7:10 — 9:40 RILEY” on at 3:00 — 5:30 — 8:00 — 10:30 HILDRE SAND & GRAVEL Formerly R. J. Sommers Construction Co, Lemon Creek Plant Washed Lemon Creek Aggregale and Sand Plaster and Mortar Sand * WE DELIVER EXCAVATION OF ALL KINDS Juneau Office Phone 129; Residence Phone Blue 540 P. O. Box 2837 A 500-pound “live” bomb appar- ently dropped by American planes in a wartime raid on Japan was unearthed today just 100 yards from General MacArthur's headquarters. Workmen found the homb while clearing ground for a new building in the heart of Tokyo. The bomb was four feet below ground. FROM PETERSSURG Thomas Dawson is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel, registered from Petersburg. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-JUNEAU, ALASKA TWO DIFFERENT BILLS COME T0 CAPITOL THEATRE, There is a sort of a double bill opening at the Capitol Theatre Sun- | day for a three day run. “Just Like the Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad,” has her place in M-G-M’s cavalcade of stars who pa- | rade acros sthe screen in “Some of the Best,” a compilation got together | by the studio to celebrate its silver | | anniversary. The girls who return | | to delight Dad include Mae Murray, Rene Adoree, Eleanor Boardman, | Eessie Love and Anita Page. There are matinee idols for Mom, too, in- cluding John Gilbert, Francis X.| Bushman, William Haines, John Barrymore, Charles King and Ra- i mon Novarro. ! Laughs and pathos are intermin- gled in “The Life of Riley,” which itells an honest story of the tribula- tions and spirited struggles of an | American family living in the $60- a week income bracket. Riley, a riveter in an aircrait | plant, brands himself a complete failure when he cannot pay his house rent. When his landlady de- cides to sell the house in which the | Rileys live, things looks black in- deed for the riveter’s family. Riley’s | daughter plans to'marry the wealthy 1 and ne’er-do-well son of Riley’s em- ployer instead of the boy she loves, {in order to help her father out of the predicament. | The Riley girl's sacrifice almost | occurs at a brilliant wedding when i Riley’s son, Junior, helps his father uncover some skullduggery which saves Miss Riley from a bad match, rewards Riley with substantial fi- nancial help. t "ALASKA US.A.” MOVIE T0 SHOW HERE APRIL 12 Juneauites will have their first! {chance to see the world premiere of the Alaska Development Board’s | color motion picture “Alaska, U.S.- A” at 8 pm. April 12 in the Ju-| {neau High School auditorium, it |was announced today by Ralph Browne, assistant manager of the ;bcard. | The film will be shown to all |children in the public schools here | throughout the following few days, he said. i Simultaneous showings have been scheduled for Ketchikan, Anchor- age, Fairbanks and Nome from April 12 to 16. The movie was produced for the | board to stimulate interest through- lout the nation in Alaska business and industrial opportunities. It ls‘ designed to show other Americans | what modern Alaska is really like, | and to picture the Territory’s re- sources and recreational attractions. | “Alaska, U.S.A.” was produced by Machetanz Productions. Fred and| Sara Machetanz, widely known in Alaska, spent most of the last year taking shots from which the film was made. Script for the sound track was written by George Sund- | borg, board consultant, who also| did the narration. Following the premier showings, prints of the film will be available | for showing elsewhere in Alaska, | Browne said. It later will be sent on a circuit of showings in all 48 states. | Former U. of W. Proi,‘ Avowed Red, Denied Debalefllvilege1 ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 8—® | —An avowed Communist was denied | today the privilege of debating “Communism versus Capitalism” on the University of Michigan campus. ‘The university’s lecture commit- tee refused to clear a dehate set for April 25 between Dr. Herbert J.! Phillips, dismissed University ot Washington Professor and a Com- munist, and Dr. Phillip Wernette, of the University of Washington. « Carl Brandt, chairman of the lec- ture committee, cited a rule of thé board of regents barring ‘“subver- sive talks” on the university campus in denying permission for the de- bate. He did not comment further. NOTICE TO MARINERS WRANGELL NARROWS — Rock Point temporary buoy 24-A, nun buoy, has been discontinued. Rock Point temporary lighted buoy 24-A, flashing red every 4 seconds, established 590 yards 343 degrees true from North Green Rocks daybeacon 29. The Dredge Ajax is operating near Scuth Green Rocks Light 27. Mariners are advised to use proper whistle signals for passing and travel at slow speeds near dredge.| PERIL STRAIT—Rose Channel Rock Daybeacon has been rebuilt in charted position. FROM SITKA Fred and Pat Upton, of Sitka, are staying at the Baranof. FROM SEATTLE M. P. Totten, of Seatle, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. GAMS DISPLAYED BY BETTY GRABLE AT 20TH CENTURY| Latest in the long line of well- | balanced screen menus from Twen- tieth Century-Fox is the new Tech- nicolor comedy, “The Beautiful Blonde n Bashful Bend,” which stars the nation's number one fem- inine star, Betty Grable, in the title role and opens tonight at the 20th Century Theatre. Mixing elements of a musical, a| western and a comedy in generous portions, the film casts Betty as a| temperamental, trigger-happy her- oine who gets herself in and out of trouble of all kinds with the great- est of ease. Betty “sell's” two sings in the patented Grable manner and dispays those famed Grable gams in | gorgeous outfits especially created for the picture. Cast as a cafe en- tertainer who, because of her pro- ficiency with her six-shooters, has to switch her identity to that of an innocent school teacher, Betty manages to elude the long arm ol the law. But the guise of the school-marm doesn’t last and Betty | ends up in the thick of one of the| most suspenseful—and hllnrlous—; gunfights ever brought to the screen. ! OFFICERS ELECTED BY SOROPTIMISTS, LUNCHEON, FRIDAY Election of officers was the main business of the Soroptimist club ! at the Friday luncheon meeting in the Baranof Hotel. Tables were decorated in Easter motif with cleverly humorous faces painted onto Easter eggs. The little figures had real hair, fluted, col- orful Easter bonnets and gay lit- tle dresses of crepe paper. The cre- ator of these clever decorations| was Ilah Parmenter, chairman of the hospitality committee, The recommendatjons of the nominating committee were unan- imously accepted, and the follow- ing officers were elected for the new year: President, Gertrude Wet- zel; Vice President, Bernice Mor- gan; | Recording Secretary, Alice Schnée; Corresponding Secretary, Grace Field; Treasurer, Mublei Rouse. | Anita Garnick was elected to a three year term on the board of directors. After the election, speeches were made by the incoming officers. Bernice Morgan gave a report on the Youth Commission that was set up in the city council cham- bers Thursday evening. The new officers will take over their duties the first of July which is the beginning of the fiscal year. POACHING DENUDES GLACIER BAY, OTHER PARKS, IS CHARGE WASHINGTON, April 8 — (® — Poaching and over-fishing—especi- | ™ PAGE FIVP (S CENTURY STARTS TONIGHT Matinee Sunday 2:00P. M. CESAR ROMERD - RUDY VALLEE e RESTON STURGES 52z ALSO SOAP BOX DERBY Sky Thrills Evening Shows 7:25 and 9:30 Here's the West as it never was...but should and wonderfull o [ ALSO NEWS ——— Color Cartoon 400 AMERICANS ARE STILL HELD UP IN SHANGHAI (By Associated Press) The evacuation of 1600 foreigners from Communist-held Shanghai seems just as far away as ever. In Hong Kong, ship agents have again postponed the departure of a little passenger ship which orig- inally was scheduled to sail for Shanghai on Wednesday. Last month Shangh#i officials reneged on another proposal to free the 1600 people, 400 of whom are Americans. ally in the Florida Everglades—are a menace to resources of the Na- tional Parks, Newton B. Drury, di- rector of the Park Service, said to- day. Although some of the rare species of wildlife are increasing, Drury said’ in his annual report, illegal destruction of wildlife “continues to be serious in a number of areas.” He said poaching has helped re- duce the antelope of Wind Care National Park, 8.D, to the lowest number in 10 years and has resulted in a “marked scarcity of goats, deer and hair seals in Glacier Bay Na-! tional Monument, Alaska, where the Service has no protective staff.” Drury said encouraging develop- ments among park wildlife include. The apparent increase of certain rare species, including Dall sheep in Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska, Traffic Increases Over Ridlardsol Highway VALDEZ, Alaska, April 8—®— More than three times as many motor vehicle licenses have been sold in Valdez as there were at this time last year, Mrs. Margaret Har- rais, U.S. Commissioner, reported. This year's license total is 106, while last year’s figure was only 31. She credits it to the keeping open of the Richardson Highway. | In Kansas City, hundreds of per- sons have filed past the caskets of the slain political boss, Charles Bi- naggio, and his ex-convict aide, Charles Gargotta. Police continue to question friends of the slain men. But apparently no progress has been made in solving the double murder. THOMAS TILSON HERE ‘Thomas Tilson is registered at the Baranof from Sitka. FROM ANCHORAGE Gordon MacKenzie, of Anchorage, is registered at the Baranof. FROM HAINES M. E. Riley, a resident of Haines, is a guest at the Baranof. SON BORN TO MEEKS Mr. snd Mrs. Robert Meek of Juneau became the parents of a son yesterday at St. Ann’s hospital. The child, born at 7:62 p.m. weighed eight pounds three ounces. Legion of fhie MOOSE *|” EASTER BREAKFAST 9a.m.tolp.m. Sunday Legionnaires and their families Moose Lodge Room OSSR S daiivtest e Grand Opening Lyle and “Swede’s” ALIBI CLUB 2% miles out Glacier Highway The 01d Gun Club Saturday S p. m. Dancing ----- Refreshments Open All Night—Every Night