The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 16, 1950, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PAGE THREE J.M. WYCKOFF, RETIRED FOREST SERVICE MAN, DIES IN CALIFORNIA JUNEAU, ALASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1950 AN ]RING LARDNER SHOW LET’S GO - EVERYBODY |PLEASES AUDIENCE ta a Movie T“”ig'tt.' RAVES! iSUNDAv AI (APITOl J. M. Wyckotf, for many years in; am | the F i It’sa | The much-talked-about _film arest Sorviee At | | adaptation of Ring Lardner's classi a Lo Mesa Community Hospital, Champion! "ENTERTAINMENT WEEK" CONTINUES . AT 20TH CENTURY Rolling along in high gear in the ifornia, October 7, it was ,m,mdnmrd day since it's inception, is the urday by his f‘«io“ds in Juneau “\rmt week of entertainment being |offered by the Gross 20th Century IT'S HERE THIS WEEK! 4 of the GRANDEST ENTERTAINMENTS Ever SHOWPLALE or Assembled ALL in ONE WEEK! | short story, “Champion,” arrived on | g | the screen of the Capitol Theatre AS RUTHLESS = .AND HEARTLESS - Kirk DOUGLAS co-starring MARILYN MAXWELL ARTHUR KENNEDY with LOLA ALBRIGHT RUTH ROMAN PAUL STEWART ME EARLY! DOORS OPEN Shows at 7:15~ Feature at 7: Hitiy 7:00 eSS A e "A Screen Master- || piece” —LIFE | "Brilliant” —TIME "Fascinating to Watch” —NEWSWEEK ""So rugged and real- istic it will leave spectators limp!” —BOX OFFICE "SAVAGE and REALISTIC! A STAGGERING CLIMAX!" —RED BOOK Only once every couple of years do you get a chance to see a film like this! — Plus— “CHEATING IN GAMBLING” Fascinating expose of cheating in cards !IIlmllllllllllllIIII||IIIII||IIIIlIliIIIIlIIIIIIII|II|III|III"' ‘ The Betier to Serve You sees Twice Daily Flights - Every Day to HAINES and SKAGWAY LEAVES JUNEAU 10 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. RETURNS JUNEAU 12:40 p.m. and 5:25 p.m. ALASK ilor %%mum ewing Southeas PASSENGERS EXPRESS FREIGHT MAIL For the 3rd time in 5 years Pan American JUNEAU CITY BAND | | PRACTICES TONIGHT The Juneau City Band will hn‘d‘ | the second practice of the Iallw season tonight at 7:30 o'clock in| the Grade School Auditorium. Last Monday night, there were 35 mus- icians who reported for the snappy practice and a larger number may be expected tonight. | Director Lyle C. Manson has plans for an early public appear- ance of the band and wants all mu- sicians in Juneau, provided they read at sight, to become affiliated jwilh the organization. | | SECOND GRADE BROWNIE TROOP ELECTS ()l-‘l“lCERS1 | Last Sa‘turday morning the se- {cond grade Brownie Troop elected | officers for the coming month, They are Joanne Lynch, president nnd‘ Charlene Armstrong, vice president. | Plans were made for the Hallo-( we'en party to be held October 28.| Mothers of troop members are, in- vited to the party. Patsy Popejoy, Sturm, Reporters. and Kathleen | ATTENTION A class in photographic oil paint- ing (landscape and portrait) will be held Saturday from 9 am. to 10:30 am. starting Oct. 21. Fee $1.50 per lesson. Call Blue 306 af- ter 5 p.m. for enrollment and fur- ther information. 32-6t | featured honors. | toyed with the idea of filming the | bruised men and women who hadj oy, aided him. | Jeague fighter, Johnny Dunne (John | friend, Grace Diamond i Palmer Harris (Lola Albight), | socialite wife of Jerome Harris (Luis | contract, | inspecting party. or to his retirement from the Service five years ago, Wy- had spent thirty years in the| rvice in Alaska, He was field man charge of the Alaska Spruce am during the war and prev- v was fiscal agent at Ketchikan | ranger at Petersburg. and Mrs. Wyckoff had just sed a home at Descanso, Sunday with Kirk Douglas giving a | magnificent performance in the| title role. Co-starring with Doug: h< are Marilyn Maxwell and Arthur | ;,, Kennedy, with Ruth Roman, Loh‘],, Albright and Paul Stewart sharifg | o In the past many producers have | | story of Midge Kelly, handsome, | cyjjf utterly ruthless contender for fight|yenon Grove, and had been in honors, who climbed to fame 1eaving | their new home eight days when a trail behind strewn with the wnr wyckoff's death, due to a cor- ry thrombosis, occurred. Surviving are Mrs. Wyckoff, se address is Descanso, and a 1 Richard, who is a civilian em- A humorist of the sardonic school, | | Ring Lardner knew his fight char- acters better perhaps than any|ployee at an airbase on Whidby writer of his time, and few changes | Islanq near Seattle. A Masonic have been made in his originall uncral at Descanso and burial at | story. We first meet Midge Kelly|sun Diego were planned, according | (Kirk Douglas) with his crippled|to word from Mrs. Wyckoff. brother Connie (Arthur Kennedy) The ckoffs have many friends on their way by boxecar to Los An-[in southeast Alaska who will regret geles where Midge expects to take|news of Mr. Wyckoff's passing. over an interest he has purchased' PSR S from a friend in a roadside eaterly Sidetracked at Kansas City, deze'pollo Is 'I'oplc A-I' engages in a professiona] fight for| a small sum. Hopelessly out-fought, ! Midge nevertheless captures the in- terest of Tommy Haley (Paul Stew- art), a fight manager who offers to train him. He also meets a big- Polio will be the topic for dis- ssion at the monthly meeting of Juneau Parent-Teacher Asso- Iu.mnn at 8 p.m. today in the high school study hall. Dr. C. E. Albrecht, will be the Day) and his flashy blonde girl- (Marilyn 3 | Health Commissioner, speaker, A film on mental health will be Maxwell). Midge champion. He then throws Grace over for the becomes ~ world ! finally I'shown by Lloyd Coe of the Health Department. Special music includes three b: solos by Harold Salisbury. Van Rooten), a famous fight pro- : " Lt with iam Be has signsd a | With Mrs, Robert Lajoie, chairman. cancelling out all his x former coletions t Tomes | T AFFIC OBSTRUCTS FIRE At the end, in a climax th'\t is more exciting than any ever be- | feated champion of the world—pay- | (HIEF HuI.K S WAR'""G ing a price for it so staggeringly high | | that audiences yesterday left the| vVolunteer firemen answering a the intensity and realism of thei47); South Franklin were blocked story they had just seen come t0;and delayed by unnecessary traffic, | life on the screen. Police Chief Bernard Hulk said to- ! Capitol tonight and Tuesday. | “City ordinance provides that the sound of the sirens is the signal | SIx‘EE“ Bovs A]-IE“D for regular auto traffic to stop and | ANNU Al ROll ( All OF get through to the scehe of the fire with the least possible delay. We | don’t have to do it, but may be —_ traffic in cases like this,” he warned. Annual roll call and inspection:“Another thing, children on bicycles for the Methodist Church Troop 609 [ should also get out of the way. Thursday evening, with scoutmaster Ihut are a hazard to firemen enroute Tom Brown in charge. sixteen 'to a fire.” boys were present for the scoring| The fire Sunday at 5:40 p.m. was pearance, and Pprogress. Al!hO\lgh'D. Swan and caused no damage, | the troop is only one year old!firemen reported |it has made an excellent record,| | Hostesses will be first grade mothers, former obligations to Tommy Haley. fore filmed, Midge is still unde-l ME" SUNDAY AI.ARM Lheatre emotionally exhausted from|fire alarm yesterday afternoon to “Champion” will be shown at the|day. pull aside in order that firemen may MHHODIST BOY S(OUIS 'forced to arrest persons obstructing was conducted at their meeting | They not only endanger themselves on correct uniform, personal ap- an overheated stove in the rooms of according to scout executive Mau— rice Powers, who was one of the where they had moved from | P-TA MEET TONIGHT | Theatre. Today will be the last time |to see the first of these four big |1m actions as “Fighter Squadron,” | the Technicolor Air Force spectacle | starring Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack and John Rodney will close l(\ run to make way for another grand Technicolor production on Tuesday and Wednesday. Second in the series of four hit | entertainments and starting tomor- |row is “The Unfinished Dance,” | which is rivaled only by “The Red | Shoes” for thrilling drama . . . spec- | tacular dances . . . intoxicating mu- (sw . . . glorious Technicolor. And | never equaled in sheer magnificence | The picture was filmed by M-G-M in lavish style and features the All-American Ballet. The choice of Cyd Charisse, former member of {the Ballet Russe for the part of {the premiere danseuse was perfect. Miss Charisse, who recently re- v!"\k‘d her dancing prowess -in “Fl(’~l"| executes several difficult dance numbers in the picture which | takes the spectator backstage in the ballet world. Cyd was born in Ama- | rillo, Texas, and started dancing at the age of eight. | Third hit of the week is the pre- sentation by the Juneau-Douglas | Concert Association on Thursday night only of the world famous cel- list Luigi Silva, a musical event of great importance to Juneau. Fourth and final presentation of the week for a one day special book- ing, is the great film, “Carnegie Hall,” featuring 15 of the most famous musical artists in the worid HELEN PRICE COMING HERE AS H. D. AGENT Miss Helen Pncn has been ap- | pointed to the position of District Home Demonstration Agent at Ju- neau, according to Director L. T. Oldroyd of the Extension Servic the University of Alaska. Mi has had experience as Home Agent in Wyoming, Colorado and Missouri. For several years she was Associate State Director of Farm Security in ‘Wyoming. During the war she did Army hospital recreation work for the Red Cross. She was one of the two Missouri agents to win national recognition at the national meeting |in Chicago in November. She has recently directed 25 Homemakers Clubs and 14 4-H Clubs in her county in Missouri and has done recreational work with youths and adults. She will arrive in Juneau about November 1. As District Agent, Miss Price will serve not only Juneau, but adjacent towns as well including Skagway, Haines, Sitka, Mount Edgecumbe, Hoonah, Douglas and Thane. HOSPITAL NOTES At Your NEWEST and LARGEST Theatre! (Y CENTURY Hurry It Ends Tonight! : BN FiGiiier Souapion FOMOND O'BRIEN - ROBERT S o OO @ Tecnmcow&fi W OANORE HENRY e Y SETON 1. MILLER HIT NO. 2 UNEQUALED! | Since "'The Red Shoes” For Thrilling Drama. .. speciacular dances . . . infoxicaling music . . . glorious Technicolor. Kever its equal in sheer magnificence! HIT NO. 1! Tomorrnw and Wed.! and featuring THE ALL-AMERICAN U"Fl “|SflED BALLET DANcE CYD CHARISSE FROM THE BALLET RUSSE Karin Booth—Danny Thomas—Margaret O’Brien HIT NO.3 Thursday Only! Juneau Douglas Concert Association Presents ON STAGE IN PERSON! LUIGI SILVA World Famed-GELLIST HIT NO.4 Special Engagement Fri. Only GREATEST MUSIC PICTURE OF ALL TIME! "CARNEGIE HALL" <% | 15 OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS IN THE WORLD i 130 NEW MEMBERS JOIN |NO MEETING TONIGHT (HAMBER OF (OMMERCE FOR CIVIL DEFENSE In addition to scoutmaster Brown the troop’s two assistant scoul-; masters, Walter Ebbett and Gerald, Miller were in attendance. The inspection was conducted by Troop 609's committee. Henry Leege, chairman, and Harry DeLand, Les! turm, Arthur Walker, and Paul} Burnett. E. C. McCann is also; a member, but he is residing tem- porarily at.Ketchikan, Boy Scouts who answered thel roll call were: patrol leaders Frankie Deland and Michael Walk-, - IS BEING HElD HERE | Eight were admitted and ten were | dismissed from St. Ann's hospiial The last hearing in Alaska on |over the weekend. suggestions for 1951 commercial| Admitted: Mrs. George Reynolds, fishing regulations opened at 2 Joseph George, Baby Martin Smith, o’clock this afternoon in the Sen-| | Rachel Jimmie, Deway Long, Mrs. ate Chambers, Federal Building. As at the other meetings held | Kianda. throughout Alaska coast districts,| Dismissed: Master Roland Som- Fish and Wildlife Service officials | mers, Mrs. Jack Warner, Mrs. Jerry are conducting the Juneau hearing. | Powers, G. Gentry, Donald Beck, Alaska Assistant Director Howard Raymond Brown, W. Jackson, Mrs. Baltzo presided today. | Rachel Jimmie and Harry Meggitt. G S. Clark, Lorna Louery and Emil | Fishermen, canners and other in- CUTS FARES?® TRIP ’GB —ONEW \EPLUlbal‘A‘:{;)U“D Ame flcan.hll georn ':oonatantly imp P ® fiown the : For 17 Alaska gkyway! Baranof Hotel, Juneat Phone 108 oo ONLY THE FARE IS CUT! When you fly Pan American, you still get all the Clipper® extras: Big dependable 4-engine planes...the most experienced crews... fine, free food...and stewardess hospitality, 7O SEATTLE * HAWAII * ROUND-THE-WORLD * KETCHIKAN JUNEAU * WHITEHORSE * FAIRBANKS * NOME HOME CAFE—DOUGLAS Closed Every Monday. 615-tf New FALSE PLATE| Save Money—Order By Mail! 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Name | years of age or older who are in- er scribe Leslie Sturm, and Don- ald Dapcevich, Peter Hocson, Jim- my Long, Richard Burnet!, Donald Leege, David Argetsinger, Bill Mor- gan, Fritz Barracklow, Ronald Stel- nig, Bud Steinig, John Nielsen, Beach and Richard Newton. Fr Hulse was not able to be present Brown reports that, the troop i meéts regularly in the basement o! he Methodist Chirch on Thursday | juag. ;a:“:f;;’yl b ey TI:X] evenings at 7:15, and he extends 4| empers yoted \inahimonsly. to pre- welcome to other Juneau boys 1!|seng the United Nations Flag to the [ Juneau Public School on United Na- tions Day, October 24. _Each member will take part in explaining what the United Na- tions stands for, some of the great feats it has already accomplished and that this flag, displayed at the left of the United States flag, !l shouts encouraging messages of strength and freedom to all the world—that this world under God !shall have a new birth of freedom. 615-tf l Henry Allen Jenkins, Reporter terested parties were invited to participate. Among those aucndmg‘ today were Taku and Chilkat gill- | netters and Carl Wiedeman, repre- | senting trollers. MENDENHALL 4-H CLUBS PLAN EVENT terested in joining the troop. Trc 609 is sponsored by the Method Church, Rev. A. B. Morgan, min- ister. RUMMAGE SALE Trinity Church basement, 10 a.am. Friday, October 20. | HOME CAFE—DOUGLAS Closea Every Monday. Thank You _Citizens of the First Division, for your fine vote of confidence . . . i Address DORIS BARNES Wesley Beaver of Bethel and Jen- nifer Kochergin of St. Paul Island were admitted to the Government hospital. SKINNER’S GUN SHOP Now in new location at 211 Se- cond Street. “Alaska’s Compljte Gunsmith Service.” 32-5¢ WANT ADS BRING RESULTS Thirty new Chamber of Commerce members have been brought into the organization within the past two weeks, Fred Eastaugh, secre- tary, said today. This makes 30 new businesses not ‘previously repre- sented before. There are still 160 potential members to be contacted in the current membership drive, Eastaugh said. * “The larger and more active the | Chamber membership, the stonger: the organization. Membership glvu\ each person a chance to be heard, | The Civil Defense Council meet- ing scheduled for this evening is canceled because of a special meet= ing of the City Council in the Coun- cil Chambers. District captains will be notified of the next meeting time and place. You'll scon meet to make constructive suggestions toi make a better Juneau,” Eastaugh | stated. “The minimum membership | fee of $15 is not excessive. Anything | G 0 0 n that helps Juneau, helps all the businesses in one way or another.” k Plastic oil gauges again available. Call Bl.wk 370. 633-3t A Weleomc B e DRINK Castely TRADE-MAGn © host to workers... in offices and shops refresh at the familiar red cooler Ask for it cither way . .. both trade-marks mean the same thing. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY JUNEAU COLD STORAGE CO. © 1950, The Coca-Cola Company