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MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1950 Letvs GoTo A Movie Tonight!? A SUPER-WESTERN THATS A REAL THRILL! THE MOST DREADED CRY IN I W THE A COLWMBIA PCTURE EXTRA! SHOWPLALE or Return Engagement WALT DISNEY’S TRUE GANG STORY OF EARLY DAYS IS AT CAPITOL SHOW Out of the dramatic pages of the breakup of the great Western range- | lands, doomed by the opening of the Oklahoma Territory, has been | | fashioned a raw and raging film,; crowded with dramatic incident and violent action, in Columbia’s “The Doolins of Oklahoma.” The James Boys and the Dalton Brothers have been pictured in films; now the true, | unvarnished story of the Doolin Gang has been brought to the screen, opening yesterday at the Capitol Theatre. | Randolph Scott is starred in this | super-Western as Wild Bill Doolin, while capable assists are rendered by George Macready, Louise All- britton, John Ireland, Virginia Hus- ton and Charles Kemper. Doolin be- |came an outlaw when his friends, |the Daltons, were betrayed to the U.S. marshals. He gathered around _him as desperate a crew of buckos las ever put saddle to horse. Riding hard and shooting straight, they robbed banks, way-land stagecoaches |and even looted a train. ST/ e law, makes a vigorous leader of the gang. Macready, as his antagonist, delivers an assured portrayal of the steely, determined marshal; Mi Allbritton makes an attractive dance hall girl in love with Ireland, one of the Doolins; Miss Huston is s properly wistful as Scott's wife, Scott, as the cowboy turned out- | s about a year ago, entitled “One Bite THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 'BOOTHS BUILT TUES. 'FOR ANNUALBAZAAR SCHEDULED FRE, SAT. An army of construction worl:ers, | armed with hammers and sa will invade the Parish Hall Tuesday eve- ning and under the direction of Hank” Harmon construct the booths and in general prepare the hall for the annual Catholic Ba-| hd Allen Hasselborg Says Bear Stories Don't Need Dressing Bewhiskered, black-hatted, red- booted, twinkle-eyed Allen Hassel- borg was in Juneau yesterday on one of his rare trips in for winter supplie: nd he couldn’t get out of wn fast enough. He has lived at Mole Harbor on Admiralty Island for the past 33 years. Some say he is 90 or 100 years old. He admits to 75. “Not that it matters much,” he said. Allen ggrived about the same time that Inez Gregg of the Baranof Book Shop received a book shipment containing a number of copies of “Hunting American Bears” by Frank C. Hibben, which is dedicated “To Allen Hasselborg, of Admiralty Island, the one human who has come the closest to knowing all there | is to know about bears, .t'hls book x.s)‘mm at all” affectionately dedicated. | The Bazaar will be this weekend When your reporter stalked and | “po400 and Saturday evening cornered the old bear hunter, he . ., g 44 mignight, and Saturday apologized for not removing his hat |, ;0000 from 2 to 5 for the child- | saying, “If I take it off, I mighc‘““ i forget it and I don’t want to lose it. | T've had it since 1913 and T like is.” | Hibben's book contains four chap- ters on Hasselborg's bear adven- tures, one of which appeared in a nationally popular man’s magazine Many hands will make ligh work,” says Harmon in urging all who possibly can to meet at the Parish Hall promptly at 7:00 p.m It is hoped that the job can be| completed in one evening. Those who can should bring hammers anc | ws. The materials are already there. “All that is needed,” said Harmon, “are the willing hands. If we have a large turnout, I'm sure the work will be finished in just no Large Number of Persons Have Blood is Enough.” This particular story re- Llyped Th““day Evelung ‘ferred to a bear as “must be 16 feet, | perhaps a record.” As a result thc} old Alaskan received and is still re-| Business is picking up for the | coming rare, Don L. Burrus, man- [the warp and all the weaving CHILKAT BLANKETS ARE BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO GET IMUSICAL SHOW | PLAYS TONIGHT | | special one day showing of the pop- |ular musical show, “You Were | Meant For Me,” at the Gross 20th Century Theatre for tonight only. | Tuesday and Wednesday, ‘“The Arnelo Affair,” starring John Ho- diak, George Murphy and Frances Gifford has been scheduled for the 20th Century. Beginning on a note of terror, this unique story maintains a mood of |suspense that will have audiences tting on the edge of their seats | throughout every second of its |thrilling and terrifying action. How a young housewife, lonely and bored with her humdrum exist- ence, is strangely attracted to the three to ten goats is needed in mysterious underworld leader Tony the making of one blanket. Arnelo, forms the basis for the in- The warp of the blanket is never | triguing adventure. colored, ‘The three colors used for | The conflict between Tony Arnelo the woof are black, yellow and and the woman’s husband; the bluish green. The colors are al-Struggle of the wife to overcome this ways soft. Black is prepared from strange and awesome fascination; hemlock bark or black mud from |the breathtaking climax when the certain springs, boiled with hemlock |husband takes the law into his own bark, Yellow comes from sehony hands—these combine to insure one moss, a lichen, and the blue-green ’of the most exciting motion pictures is made by the use of copper ore. |to come out of Hollywood in a long The design is always conventional | time. and the weaving is done according | to a pattern board which has heen‘ kept in the family for generations. ‘Su“o“ APPOINTED (H'EF Rare Chilkat blankets are be- ager of the Alaska Native Arts and Crafts clearing house here, revealed today. There are only four carfts- men who still make them. The old- er women of Klukwan Village near Haines—Mary Willard, Jenni Thlunaut, Mrs. Annie Klaney and Laura Hotch. “If some members of the younger generation do not learn the art soon, it will disappear entirely,” Burrus said. The blanket is made of moun- tain goat wool, inner part of yel- low cedar bark and sinew. The barke covered with goat wool is is done by hand. The wool from The figures are similar to those found on their carved boxes, masks, | S“SEAL ISLAND>” in color by Technicolor Filmed in the PRIBILOF ISLANDS by Alfred and Elma Milotte while Kemper makes a colorful out- law. Gordon Douglas’ direction stresses the action in the taut and crackling script by Kenneth Gamet. Harry Joe | Brown productd the Producers Ac- }wrs Production for Columbia re- lease. “Seal Island” at 7:18-9:34 ® “Doolins” at 7:55-10:11 Tagg, and Mrs. Hans Hebert. | During the pregram Miss Edith ceiving much mail, most of which | “Isn't that an awfully big, | says, | bear?” R this Hasselborg answers, “Take | a nine-foot bear, that is nine feet | lfrom nose to tail. That’s a lot of | !bear, and when he stands up and Ilooks down at you, you gotta figure |he has at least four-foot hind legs he’s standing on . . . and that’s a lot I more bear, especially close to you.” American Red Cross blood-typing program now under way at the high school on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7:30 to 9:30. Nearly 150, almost twice as many showed up Thursday as on last Tuesday. Doc- tors J. O. Rude and James Stewart took blood samples which are sent to the Alaska Department of Health laboratories. A check at the lab this morning showed that all samples and on the great doors they used | to place before their homes. The central part of the blanket bears' | the totemic figure. Eyes, nose, | mouth and sometimes the feet,! occupy their proper places, whlle.‘ the rest of the body is often not seen. Many of the figures on the! sides have no meaning but are| placed to give design and richness | |in color effect. UNDERWRITER FHA HERE Word has recently been received here by Clinton C. Staples, Alaska Director for the Federal Housing Authority that F. Paul Sutton has been appointed chief underwriter of FHA for Alaska by Zone Com- PAGE FIVE | NOW? 1 DAY ONLY! (IO TRy ANOTHER GRAND MUSICAL FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY! DAN DAILEY JEANKE CRAIN WERE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. . . IN ‘'YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME' STARTING TOMCRROW! SHE FOUGHT AGAINST HIS futeinatin, ( AND FAILED missioner M. Joseph Cassidy, Wash- | ington, D. C. Sutton, who has been on temp- | | i | | i | Happenings At Haines Correspondence) HAINLS, Alaska, Sept. 23—Mrs. E. C. Koenig Jr. has resigned her position as Clerk in the P. O. and moved to Fairbanks to be with Mr. Koenig, (Spec 1 i | * + 43 Several parties have left Hainesi on the Annual Moose Hunt. Sev- eral moose have been killed, and the meat stofed in the lucky hunters’ deep freezers. Recently Mr. William Jahn with} Mrs, Jahn and their two daughters, Sharon Kay and Marilyn spent the weekend in Juneau. While in Ju- neau Marilyn underwent a tonsil- | ectomy. Mrs. Johnny Fox Jr., Mrs. O, I. Lewis, and Mrs. Al Lubcke are spending the weekend across the korder in one of the “wayside huts.” The Executive Committee of the PTA met at Haines House to com- plete the plans for the reception of the teachers which is to be the main feature of the first meeting. The first meeting of the new year| is scheduled September 26 in the school, Mr. Gorddn Gray and wife re- turned to Juneau via Haines. They reported a very nice time on their vacation, ""Missing"” .Soldiers Found in Stafes; Never Reached Korea Aldrich reviewed the life of the Rev. Robert Thomas. The hostesses for the desert lun- cheon were the Haines House wo- men. It is the hope of the Society | that the next meeting will feature | a report to be given by Mrs. Willis | Boeoth, the Northern Light Pl’L‘Sb}'-’ 2 y terian Church in Juneau, on her |the second time in as many day trip to the meeting in Forest|® Sservice veteran reported by the Grove, New Jersey | Department of Defense to be “miss- (ing in action” in Korea has been |found in the Fort Lewis-Tacoma area. Neither had ever been in Korea; one had an honorable discharge and is working as a civilian, The latest to be “found” is Pfc | FORT LEWIS, Oct. 2—®—For The Haines Women’s Club held | their first meeting of the year in| e Parish Hall of the Presbyter- ian Church with Mrs, Frank Young | presiding as the new President.;VanCe L. Matthews of Webb City, The new Committees Were ap-|no pe's a patient in Madigan pointed and are—Christmas Candy | ame hospital where he was ad- Committee, Mrs. Ross Hevel, MIS. | nipaq staff members said, on July Earl Lammers and Mrs. Alton Nel- |94 pefore his division sailed over- son; Library Committee, MIS. ¢55 The Defense Department re- Forest Young Mrs. Willlam, Jahn, | ioi'teq him “missing” Sept. Mrs. Dorothy Callecod and Mrs. ™ pospital staff members declined Frank Young; Program Committee, |, gicclosg the nature of Mat- Mrs. F. F. Hakkinen, Mrs. W“““"‘imews' hospitalization but said his Jahn; Bazaar Committee, Mrs. Ted | oondition was “not serious.” Gregg, Mrs. Geo. Everest, Mlssi Wednesday, a Defense Depart- Edith Auldridge; Visiting Clom-iment casualty list carried the name mittee, Mrs. Elsie Mellotte undloi Cpl. Lee Briley, son of Mrs. Dor- Mrs. B. Barnett; Youth Committee, | othy Briley of Elkhart, Ind., as Mrs. Karl Comstock; Crippled Chil- | migsing, The parents, however, al- dren Committee, Miss D°”’“‘y;ready had heard from their son Callecod; Membership Commlr,tee.:mree weeks earlier. He had been Mrs, Marge Aidexy, Mrs. R““"“Ldischarged July 12, married and Lapham and Mrs. I. B. Howser; s working in Tacoma as a civilian. Ways and Means Committee, Mrs. AR Ethel Powel, Mrs. Bea Farlow and | ,yes of " Hail and Farewell Luncheon Last Week Miss Isabel Miller; Cemetery Com- mittee, Mrs, O. I. Lewis and For- est Young. The secretary was asked to write a letter to the Church Committee | asking permission to use the Parish | Hall for future meetings, And at the same time to write the Univer- Three new associates and twof 21, For AssociaiesiHospitaI:Babyox “What's wrong with bear stories, |taken Tuesday have been completed | Mr. Hasselborg?” |and are awaiting Red Cross volun- ! “Everything! But they tell me teer typists to make out the cards jthey have to dress 'em up to make |which will be sent to the individuals. !them interesting—as if the truth | Assisting the doctors were Mflrianl !isn‘t interesting enough!” he snorted | Nicholson and Mrs. Ida McCaskill |thmugh his beard. |of the Juneau Clinic. Receptionists Continuing with a mellow gleam |were Mrs. C. V. Rudolph, Mrs. F. J. {in once-hard eyes he continued, Statts, and Mrs. B. D. Stewart. | “Because writers wrote such crazy |Typists: Mrs. D. D. Marquardt, Mrs. |stuff about me, I didn't give any William Barron, Mrs. E. L. Mallory {interviews for 20 years and was|and Kay Kenredy. - pretty critical of the things I read | While no blood is being given at | labout bears. But it doesn’t matter |this time, most of those being typed | any more. Anything goes. I'm just | indicated their willingness to be getting too old to be critical any‘donors at a future date. more.” i for Beh- e e e eattitiea tor|T0ASIMasHers ‘Enterfain Wives ; |At Thursday Dinner years, not before imparting the in- Members of Taku Toastmasters’| formation that he first came to | Alaska about 1898, aboard a cod Club were hosts Thursday evening to their wives and other guests at fishing vessel on which the rest of ithe crew had been shanghied out of Isan Francisco. “I was too dumb to be shanghied,” he confided, “because their semi-annual ladies’ night. The program ranged from short talks onl | serious subjects to an exposition on | “How to be Deliriously Happy” by I wanted to come to Alaska.” After two years in the cod fish~ Dr. Ted Oberman, whose speech was the evening’s longest. eries he landed in Juneau about 11900. He explored Admiralty Island, After introduction of guests, | President Gene Vuille turned thej| !liked the place and in 1917 settled | meeting over to Charles Oldham, there. Today he left in his 16-foot skiff | table topics chairman, who required | the ladies to vow not to commit with an outboard motor and hopes he won’t have as much trouble going back as he had coming over. It's only a long daylight run—if everything goes all right. mayhem against their husbands, either at the banquet or later, then called on all members not appearing on the regular program to confess the biggest lie they had told their Stork Wins 57-Mile Race fo Valdez wives and got away with. | The remainder of the program | was introduced by Toastmaster R. 'ping at the Baranof Hotel. VALDEZ, Alaska, Oct. 2 — [/ — sity Extension Department for in-| R i 5 retu‘?x’wfag;; with k;“s ;S;O“ Phil, { ¢ormation concerning weaving | rom a hunting tripjoacses and material. The Club| through Haines. They had a very § is to have available for their use successful trip ‘in that they got . three or four looms and some have a moose and a caribou. It is e i 4 Slexpressed their interest in weaving quite certain that this family "’m'it the classes can be started. It have to buy little meat this winter. . e departing ones were guests at a luncheon given on Thursday by women employees of the U. S. Veterans Administration. The party was at the Mirror Cafe. New VA employees are Margaret the honor)The stork won a 57- mile automobile race on the Richardson Highway yesterday. A 3%-pound daughter was born to Mrs. Stanley W. Kolb as her hus= band raced the family car toward the Valdez Hospital. The doctor re- 1 W. Cowling, and speakers included | Urban Nelson, Linn Forrest, Bill| Ellis, Comm. Ed Chester, Dr. Ted Oberman. Comm. Donald M. Morrison served as general critic. Critics for indi- vidual speakers were J. A. McLean, | ‘W. A. Chipperfield, William Hughes, | |orary duty in Juneau for the past six weeks will be stationed here monial dances and at funerals.| permanently. He came here from When a blanket was used in a|the Spokane FHA office. Previously dance, it became the property of he had spent four and a half the clan. The Tsimpsian Indians of Brlt- ish Columbia were the first makers of this type of blanket, but today the four Chilkat women at Kluk- The blanket was used in cere- |fore that he had been with the (ilood control section of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. He originally comes from'Midvale, Idaho. years in the Army Air Corps. Be- | | | DEAN STOCKWELL - EVE ARDEN Screen Play by Arch Oboler o Directed by ARCH OBOLER » Produced by JERRY BRESLER A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture wan are the only makers of i*. The Chilkats are a tribe of the Tlingets. FROM SKAGWAY Kent L. Fuller of Skagway is stop- | FROM PORT WALTER — DOOGAN JANITOR SERVICE Windows washed, storm windows removed, Venetian blinds, overstuffed furniture, walls, woodwork, floors cleaned, waxed and polished. Rugs shamppoed. Harold Arentsen of Big Port Walter is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. EYES EXAMINED FROM MONTEREY R. Bartell of Monterey, Calif., is staying at the Baranof Hotel. Second and Franklin PHONE 506 FOR af TN FROM ANCHORAGE Mr. and Mrs. B. Kirk of Anchor- age are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM HAINES Gus Jurgeliet of Haines is stop- ping at the Juneau Hotel. announces DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST GENERAL CONTRACTORS Glacier Construction Co. New Building — Remodeling — Cabinet Work Plastering — Concrete Pouriag Sand and Gravel Hauling LENSES | PRESCRIBED Juneau APPOINTMENTS PHONE 857 Alaska Coastal Airlines 1350-51 WINTER FLIGHT SCHEDULES Effective October Ist . HAINES and SKAGWAY .. 2 FLIGHTS DAILY The Haines Women’s Missionary Society held their first meeting of the Fall in the Parish Hall of the Presbyterian Church and - made plans for future meetings. A Rummage and Food Sale to be held in Parish Hall October 6, and a Parcel Post Sale December 3. The women appointed to the Food Committee are—Mrs. Dick Aucker- man, Mrs, Elsie Mellotte, and Mrs. Bob Thompson. Thoese on the rum- mage committee are Mrs, O. I. Lewis, Mrs. Ross Hevel, Mrs. Karl Miller, Mary Winstead and Lillian Uggen. & Bon voyage wishes were given Mildred Montgomery, who is mov- ing to the states to make her home, and Ruby Swanson. She has re- signed her position, planning to take an extended stateside trip. was also decided that the Ceme- | tery Committee should see if they could get some one to clean the Cemetery and_repair the fence. Rain this past week brought a lot | of water to Haines after a summer | |Bill Manthey, Ellis Reynolds. Ed Peyton filled the grammarian’s role for the evening. ports mother and daughter doing fine, thank you. WALLY PEARSON HERE Wally Pearson of Excursion Inlet is spending a few days in Juneau. He is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. VOTE at the City Election Tues- day for Dewey Baker for Director School Board.—Adv. of drouth. In fact there was so much that the approach to the| bridge at 35-mile was under water and trucking and cars over the highway were stopped for a few days. However, at the time the road is again passable and a load of lumber left Haines. 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