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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1950 ——— TONIGHT and THURSDAY SHOCK-DRAMA of Today’s WAYWARD YOUTH! THE STUDIO THAT GAVE YOU "THE NAKED CITY" THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA JUDGES ANNOUNCED | | " FOR COSTUME PARTY - RIVER,” FEATURE | "oy banish HawL CAPITOL THEATRE| .. . oo o o 3 {tume ball to be given by the Am- The production unit for Univer- Legion and VFW Friday | erican ::11‘:::‘&""“‘;)"”‘: ‘Cri:y Ai;"&cme‘levemng at 9 o'clock at Parish Hall T fhopten ng r:sh- at fk D" | for their queen candidate, Nella ‘BO kl eatre, spent tl l;’” ‘:e’elds M| Jermain, were announced today. | ;oo‘yn streets an uildings | They are: Capt. H. N. Haugen, s gzt ;}z sc?’:;S f;r flfi flla' _|B. D. Stewart and John Durnay. aling with a Brooklyn boy gang, capt. Haugen is an officer of the | the picture features Stephen Mc-|j5cq] Coast Guard unit, B. D. Stew= leal;y Bnga : b::sl \;;x:lzw fsficeesi: IN- | art, retired Commissioner of Mines uding a ing, Sue ENZ-|angq Durnay is with the B. M. Beh- land, Peter Fernandez, Joshua Shel- | .onds Bank. ley, Al Ramsen and Anthony Cur-| Ajthough costumes will be a fea- ‘us, Radio and newspaper commen-|tyre of the party, it is emphasized | tator Drew Pearson delivers a Pm-;ma( those not wishing to dress in ;logpuri;:cnel:nsflzg-r R i i | costume will be welcome guests. 2 ane s ‘ v ‘ S e ane| W. Reedy, wellknown for his abil | soughu orporate the excite- |jty to call square dances, will pre- {ment and drama of the city mw‘\sxde over the squares and Lillian ihis film, which is adapted from|uUggen's orchestra will furnish lively "ESCAPE” COMES HERE THURSDAY S AT 20TH CENTURY DAMASCUS, Syria, June 28—1,’“]‘ John Galsworthy's great suspense e The Syrisn government an-|drama, “Escape,” emerges as a truly | nounced today that 60 persons were | exciting and memorable motion pic- | killed and 93 badly hurt in an ex- | ture experience as the screen ver- | plosion yesterday at a fuel depot|sion of the celebrated stage play | in Homs, 100 miles to the north. | opens tomorrow at the 20th Cen- The official announcement con-|tury Theatre. Starring Rex Har- siderably reduces unofficial figures,|rison and Peggy Cummins, the which listed more than 200 dead | powerfully dramatic and swift mov and 300 injured. |ing film hits a top score on evi The Duke of Edinburgh, husband | count of suspense, romance and ad- of Britain's Princess Elizabeth, left | venture. Homs only 25 minutes before the| Rarely does a film achieve so suc- | blast. He is on a tour of the Middle | cessful a blend of these qualities as East. { does this story of a man who, em- - ‘bmered by the injustice of having 'HREE wEsIBou“D ‘ been sent to prison by circumstance, [ breaks away and plunges himselt iinto a desperate and ill-fated ad- BLAST VICTIMS FIGURES LOWERED; DUKE JUST MISSES | Irving Shulman’s sénsational novel | about juvenile crime in Brooklyn's | | tenement | Dukes.” | With the aid of New York police, | Shane and his troupe traveled to (many tough areas of the city, as | well as some of the nice sections, to ;record his story for filmgoers. | ANNUAL PICNIC OF CATHOLIC PARISH IS SCHEDULED SUNDAY areas, “The Amboy | The annual parish picnic for the| | Catholic Church will be held at the | | Shrine of St. Terese next Sunday, July 2. All those planning to at- !tend are requested to leave their |names at the Catholic Church in ! Juneau, or call the parish house, ;Red 178. This is necessary so that | the committee in charge may plan | accorcing to the number expected |to atfend. It is especially necessary for any who do not have their own | transportation to call Red 178 be- fore Thursday evening so that provision may be made for them. A chartered bus will leave the Church in Juneau at 1:15 p.m. Sun- day for the Shrine. There will be games, contests, and prizes for young and old. COMMUNITY EVENTS | TODAY At 8 pm.—EIlks Lodge. At 8 pm—VFW Auxiliary, Hall. At 8 pm—Rebekahs meet in final CIO | music. | For those not dancing, a prograin jof games and entertainment is scheduled. Festivities start at § p.m., and will continue until it is time for votes to be counted in the Fourth of July Queen Contest at Juneau Drug at midnight. '34 ARRIVE, 44 LEAVE WITH ALASKA COASTAL ‘Tuesday's flights of Alaska Coastal Airlines took 44 persons from Juneau to points in Southeast Alaska and brought 34 to Juneau. Here from Petersburg was S. Po- lacek; from Ketchikan: Mr. Ream and Mr. Tillingsworth; from Sitka: J. Cushing, Martin Holm, Margi¢ Maloney, R. Freer, Dick McKirchir, Ben Miller and Helen Mary Novre. From Haines: Mr. and Mrs. Don- !ald Adams, Wayne Adams, Mr. | Bowers, S. M. Don, William H. Don, Frank Binschus, George Leadbetter. Ed Whipple, Gomer Hilsinger, Dor- |othy Willard; from Hawk Inlet: Vern Nelson and Tom Conrad. Arriving here from Skagway were | Mrs. D. Morgan, Donna Morgan and Helen McBride; from Gusta- {vus: Sam Buoy and S. C. Little; from Hoonah: Frank See, D. B. Pettingill, Mrs. D. B. Pettingill; from Pelican: Mrs. Joe Sadlier, D. { Simson; from Funter Bay: S. H. Lorain; from Tenakee: D. O'Toole. Outbound yesterday were to An- nex Creek: B. T. Marlow; to Has- selborg: Mrs. Beach, J. McNallen, | Mrs. J. McNallen, Lyle Lohr; to | Petersburg: A. Johnson, Nels Cam- | dvik, Mr. Ted Johnson, Mrs. Ted | Johnson. i 38 HERE ON BARANOF | The Baranof arrived last night at 10:45 pm. bringing 38 persons | from the south. | Here from Seattle were Gordon and Mrs. Allen, William Allen, Mrs. Dollie | Arthur, M. L. DeMartin, Carol Kay Martin, Lester and Mrs. i Frick, Loren Frick, Laverne Frlck,l Clarence Green Jr., Janet Harman, | Mrs. Paul Henry, Frederick Henry, | Duane Jacobs, Mrs. Jessie ng'i A. C. Leonhart, Kathleen Lewis. | Katherine Mack, H. R. and Mrs.| Pullnck.: McLeod, C. E. and Mrs. | Anna J. Pollock, Mrs. Ralph Rosen- | Lydia and Marian Panamarkotf. From Wrangell, Fritz and Mrs. Angerman and Loretta Hibner. | On board when she sailed au 8:20 am. today were three passengers for Seward, Paul A. Black, Kawka and M. L. Marksbury. Also on board as roundtrippers | were the Seattle Old Woudentace champion, George Kritsonis, Jr., his father and Robert L. Twiss of the | Seattle Times. LUTHERAN AID TO i SEW ON TH Y The afternoon sewing group of‘ the Lutheran Ladies Aid are re- minded of their meeting to be held Thursday afternoon at the home 1669 Ever- members are of Mrs. Edward Dick, green Avenue, All urged to be present. 500 LBS. SALMON LANDED | venture. To the high tension thrills of the manhunt that inevitably follows, is added—naturally and solidly—a love story whose interest keeps step by step pace with the excitement of Harrison’s hectic flight through the fog bound moors. “Escape” is also the drama of a girl who finds herself faced with the problem of having fallen In love with a fugitive from justice. JOHN GEYER, JR., IS HONORED AT PARTY ON THIRD RIRTHDAY All the youngsters at a birthday party yesterday had presents to take home, thanks to one of the games—a clever “fish pond” which had souvenirs and trinkets galore. John Geyer, Jr, son of Dr. and Mrs. Johp Geyer, celebrated his third birthday at an afternoon party attended by 17 children and 10 adults. Refreshments for the youngsters were ice cream cones and individual cakes, and both gen- erations shared the birthday cake, which had gay circus decorations. Mrs. Geyer was assisted by her husband’s mother, Mrs. A. M. Geyer, who is here from Portland jon a summer visit, and by Mrs. John Kilein, ONE T0 JUNEAU, TEN LEAVE ON KATHLEEN The Princess Kathleen docked here yesterday at 3:20 p.m., bring- ing one passenger to Juneau. When Ty PAGE FIVR! Complete Shows at 7:20-9:30 Features at 7:50 and 10:00 ENDS TONIGHT? James Humphrey Ann Pat CAGNEY BOGART HERIDAN O’BRIEN in “ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES" PIONEER OF ALASKA SHOW BUSINESS! (5 CENTURY Tfl“fllflmw: FROM THE GREAT STAGE SUCCESS! DESTINED TO PURSUE YOUR EMOTIONS... COMPLETE SHOWS at 7:056—9:25 “ESCAPE” STARTS AT 8:056—10:40 PLUS 2nd FEATURE * * * * * . em— YOUR FAVORITE WESTERN STAR! TiM HOLT! TOUGHER THAN EVER in ZANE GREY'S “THUNDER MOUNTAIN" l MOVIES ARE BETTER THAN EVER! wnu? dimm GROSS 20th CENTURY! i SOON! Bnn“n FL““ in ‘‘The New Adventures of , .. session before summer vacation in | To Ketchikan: Mrs. M. Johnson, | LO.OF. Hall R. Brown, W. A. Wood, R. R. Gor- | At 8 pm.—~WSOS at home of Mrs.|tinger; to Sitka: Emmet Soldin, she left at 11:30 for Skagway tn\ persons from Juneau were aboard. | Getting off here was Ralph Wil- } Two boats brought a total of 500 pounds of troll-caught salmon to wn STEPHEN McNALLY SUE ENGLAND - BARBARA WHITING and introducing. "THE DUKES™ PETER FERNANDEZ * AL RAMSEN - JOSHUA SHELLEY ANTHONY CURTIS * MICKEY KNOX * RICHARD JAECKEL Screenplay by Maxwell Shane and Dennis Cooper Produced and Directed by MAXWELL SHANE A UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL PICTURE — Also — “LET’S SING AND BE HAPPY” SPORT REEL LATE NEWS DOORS OPEN 7:00 Shows start at 7:25—9:30 Feature Begins 7:55—10:00 X DR. TED OBERMAN Optometrist ' EYES EXAMINED ViSUAL TRAINING TELEPHONE 266 SiMPSON BLDWL.. JUNEAU GENERAL CONTRACTORS " PHONE 357 Glacier Construction Co. New Building — Remodeling — Cabinet Work Plastering — Concrete Pouring Sand and Gravel Hauling Alaska Coastal offers you a mew service—to speed you on your way, Through your local ACA agent you can reserve your seat on Pan American to the States . . . and then to any spot on the globe! And now, for its patrons in Sitka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Skagway, Haines and similar communities ACA holds a special block of seats on Pan Am. . . . giving them equal priorities with those who buy their tickets in Juneaul fllflSK%ta/* e A ES | B. M. Manthey, Glacier Highway. ! June 29 At noon—Chamber of Commerce, Baranof. | At 1:30 p.m—Lutheran Ladies Aid | sewing group at home of Mrs,‘ At 6:30 p.m. — Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club at Mendenhall range. At 6:30 p.n.—Baseball game be- tween Coast Guard and Elks. At 7:30 pm.—Juneau City Band practice for Fourth | school auditorium. | June 30 | At 9 p.m.—Veterans dance for queen candidate Nella Jermain in Parish Hall. | ‘ Edward Dick, 1669 Evergreen Ave. \ | | | | in grade | July 1 At 8:30 p.m.—Square Dance Asso- ciation summer dance in Parisn Hall. THREE YACHTS ViE UP AT SMALL BOAT HARBOR A pleasure cruiser from Tacoma, the Mitlite, tied up at the smalt boat harbor Wednesday morning. ‘The 58 foot ship is on a pleasure cruise of Southeast Alaska. The cruiser came to Juneau through the inside passage and will probably travel to South Indian Point. From there is will return to the States via outside waters. The ship will leave Juneau tonight. Two other cruisers, the Winifred | IIT of Olympia and the Northwind of Portland are also docked here. Both boats are over 60 feet in length. ¥ TARRANT TO NAKNEK Although in Juneau only -a few hours today, Stanley G. Tarrant ot Bellingham managed to see a num- ber of old friends at the Baranot Hotel during the luncheon hour. He came in today from Petersburg, en- route to Naknek. Tarrant is gen- eral manager of Pacific American Fisheries. KILLINGSWORTH HERE U. W. Killingsworth, vice presi- dent of the Ketchikan Wharf Com- pany, arrived yesterday for a visit' of several days. He is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. arriving from New York City July 4th FOR TUNING or SERVICE please call or leave your name at the Alaska Music Supply PHONE 206 | Mrs. Soldin, Mr. L. Hames, Mrs. L. | Hames, Miss Fontas, J. R. Ahey, Gladys Whitmore, W. R. Mesland, Nowal Peterson, Leonard Lowell, Marion Andrick, Mrs. Millard, Mi- chael Millard, Mabel Copley. To Haines were Frank Schnable Mrs. Clayton, Nellie Clayton, Mrs. Koenig; to Chichagof: Ole B. Twedt and Howard Hayes; to Tenakee: Dermott O'Toole; to Pelican: A. R. Lobo. Going to Hoonah were R. M. Pet- tingill, Mrs. R. B. Pettingill, A. Mc- Kinley, Mrs. H. Douglass, Willlam Johnson, Edwin Lindoff; to Tulse- quah: C. McLain. D. E. SKINNER WILL SPEAK AT € OF C MEET Chamber of Commerce speaker tomorrow at luncheon at the Bara- nof will be D. E. Skinner, vice presi- dent and general manager of the Alaska Steamship Co., who arrives this afternoon from Ketchikan. Problems that pertain to trans- portation in Alaska will be discus- sed by Mr. Skinner. 2 Accompanying the general man- ager from Ketchikan will be G. Schuyler (Cowboy) Duryea, general freight and passenger agent of the company who headquarters in the first city. SPECIAL—1 WEEK ONLY PABCO Exterior Gloss White House Paint—$3.95 a gallon. Juneau- ‘Young Hardware Co., Inc. 41-4t Juneau today. Unloading salmon were the 3. 908, skippered by Kell Larsson, aid the Ford, commanded by Ole Bran- | dall, FISHING VESSEL DISABLED The 54-foot fishing vessel Coral Sea called for assistance late last night after it was disabled by en- gine failure 30 miles northeast of Kodiak. The U.S. Navy tug Mohopac was! ordered to depart from Kodiag to| assist the vessel, according to mes- suges reaching Coast Guard hezd- quarters here. LIONS CLUB BOARD Card Rusher, acting president of | the Lions Club, has called an ime portant meeting of the executive board for 8 o'clock tonight in the Baranof Hotel “doghouse.” He urges all members to attend. SAM COLLINS IS TOURIST Sam L. Collins, Speaker of the| California House of Representa- tives, and Mrs. Collins, of Sacra-| mento are round trippers on the' Baranof. burg, Mrs. Elizabeth Vincent, Mrs. Ole Westby, Darlene and Sharon ‘Westby, Dean Wiedower. From Ketchikan, Jerry Gucker, John and Mrs. Panamarkoff, and FROM SEATTLE Stephen Polacek of Seattle is a i.lunesu visitor, stopping at the Bar- anof Hotel. I Throw that measwring stick away ! —get a Plactic oil gauge today. Call Black 370. 38-3t ! FIREPLACE W0OOD—$20.00 a cord delivered. Phone 333. 29-1mo ‘Your Deposi ARE | BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS ts SAFE ot DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED coxen, Jr. Departing for Skagway were C. J. Rogers, Jr., L. E. DuBois, Miss {Lolita DuBois, Otto C. Schalleres, George H. Deike, Mrs. Anne Deike, Mrs. Mary Snyder, H. Sawyer, Mr. Ralph A. Wilcoxen and Mr. Jack Lighten. The Kathleen carries 285 round trip passengers and nearly all made the glacier sight-seeing trip. SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S DON JUAN” é EYES EXAMINED LENSLS PRESCRIBED £ DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and Pranklin PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS A l Lovely new arrivals in . . . Chambrays, Tissue Gingham, Combed Cotton, Picolay and Eyelet Embroidery.