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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA PAGE FIVE ARLENE DAHL IS |"THE SNAKE PIT" | TORTURED IN THE | IS TONIGHT ONLY CAPITOL'S SHOW| AT 20TH CENTURY The g ever c is visited “The Dol opposite Richarc |ger’s “T! | night {night only Cast as an underground worker to | overthrow one of the cruelest ty- rannies ever devised by man, the actress, conceded to be one of the sereen’s reigning beauties, recovers | is announced for Thursday and from one punishment only to en-|Friday at the Gross 20th Century counter another, | Theatre. Top hit on the double bill [ First she is strung up on a thumb | will be “Bomba the Jungle Boy,” |rack, when an attempt is made to starring Johnny Sheffield and Peggy extract secret information from her.| Ann Garner. Sheffield scored film | The ghastly experience is followed |fam Boy” in the Tarzan screen 'by an introduction to the branding | series, and Peggy Ann Garner re- iron. Later, she is incarcerated in|ceived an Academy Award as the a dungeon in which she cannot|most promising juvenile performer stand erect, and to make the pun-|for her performance in “A Tree ATTENTION JUNEAU! SPECIAL ONE DAY SHOWING TONIGHT ONLY LCENTURY Staris Tomorrow! for 3 Days The most-read, most-beloved love adventure since “GONE WITH THE WIND"! [ ————— THE STRANGE TRIANGLE...of a Woman Who Fought a Million - Miles of Northland for the Man She I;gxgd! SHOWPLALE or CapiTiL TONIGHT ON NO POWER WAS T0O GREAT, NO LOVE TOO STRONG TO BE BROKEN BY THE IRRESISTIBLE EVIL OF "THE BLACK BOOK"! OPEN - QHUT... it can _cost your life! [} Shows 7:1 ® Features T: The management announces a | special one day showing tonight at | the Gross 20th Century Theatre, of L'E | the popular acclaimed feature, “The Snake Pit,” starring Olivia de Havil- land and co-starring Mark Step- hens. This picture was popula . claimed by record breaking in its initial run in the state is the first picture Olivia de Havil- land has starred in since her top honor Academy Award. Another dual action hit program catest variety of tortures ceived for single victim ipon flame-tressed Arlene Dahl in her starring role’ Robert Cummings and art in Walter Wan- | Black Book,” coming to- e Capitol Theatre for one Basel the sum total of all human WALTéR WANGER PICTURES, INC. presen co-starring ROBERT CUNMINGS .The BLACK BOOK" i i RICHARD BASEHART « RICHARD HART with Arnold Moss - Norman Lioyd PLUS COMEDY — SPORT REEL — NEWS Shows at 7:17—9:30 Feature at 7:56—10:09 | Snettisham district is fully war-| ranted, The Snettisham Inlet district was ([RON DEPOSIT IN J. M. KERRIGAN ANGELA CLARKE JOHN MILJAN NAN BOARDMAN A NI_ET {one of the early gold mining areas | }m the Juneau Gold Belt. The old | Department of Fisheries, attended Crystal mine was opened by B. Heins in 1895 and a 10-stamp mill | | the opening ceremonies of the new U. of W fisheries center and series i Further investigation of a large! iron deposit in Snettisham Inlet, | about 30 miles south of Juneau, will he started in the spring by the| Territorial Department of Mines, as a result oif the findings in a proliminary examination of the area last August by Howard M. Fowler, Asscciate Mining Engineer with the Department, it was re- vealed today by Leo H. Saarela, Mines Commissioner. The Mines office has already or- dered geophysic equipment adapted to the type of -deposit in prepara- tion for the work planned for next season. Saarela said the report on the preliminary examination has been taken up with the Geological Sur- vey and it is possible that agency may also do some investigation of } | known to be done on the ore body ! was operated. The property was|Of conferences. Loyd A. Royal, di-| purchased in 1903 by the ‘Alaska , rector, International Pacific Sal- | Snettisham Gold Mining Company | mon Fisheries Commission, New | which began gold mining operations Westminster, B. C., set forth the in the Inlet in 1899 and the mill |longer open season theory Wwith was expanded to 20 stamps. Mining protective closures and closed areas | in any extent was closed in that|Where needed. | area in 1905. ‘ # g There was a strong feeling that m;"hfi'l e a‘]‘;’:‘ it i"nps;‘;‘a fisheries treaty should bLe in- since prospectors first went into}coz';mr:ned into the general Jap- % st Gax fi 101b i | ancee. treaty to pr tect American #1060 L IROR Bier Was shippedln‘\hm.ws from depletion by foreign to the Treadwell mines on Gastin- | eau Channel and was found to car- | up to five percent titanium, | ch occurs with certain iron ores. | No extensive prospecting has been | fishermen. | Other sessicns weére concerned with catching, processing and marketing fish products. The Andersons joined Mr. and Mrs, Howard Wakefield in Seattle | and drove to a meeting of the Pa- cific Marine Fisheries Commission {in San Francisco, December 4 and 5. Wakefield chairman of the Alaska Fisheries Board. There, re- presentatives of California, Oregon, | until the present time. (PR TRAVEL FIIM | MAX J. KUNEY (0. LOW BIDDERS ON WESTWARD HIGHWA The Max J. Kuney Co. of Spo- | kane, Wash., was the low bidder for | road construction from Mile 50 to ' Mile 58 on the Kenai division of the Seward-Anchorage Highway, it was announced at the Bureau of Public | Roads office after opening of bids for the job today. The low estimate was for $1,358,006.80. Five bids were entered, the other four being as follows: Peter Kiewit Sc Co. of Omaha, Neb., $1495,- 339.60; Stock and Grove of An- chorage, $1,629,322.00; “C. F. Lytle | Co. and Green Construction Co., of Sioux City and Des Moines, and Engineering Co., and Osberg Construction Co., of Seattle, $1,- 992,990.00. Ia., $1,678,325.00; Manson Conslru(-lmn‘\ ishment complete, all food and| water is denied her. Miss Dahl says she didn’t mind | the assorted tortures too much, be- cause after all, “it's only a movie!” “The Black Book,” an Eagle Lion | release, was directed by Anthony | {Mann. Featured in the cast are| | Arnold Moss, Jess Barker, Beulah | | Bondi, Richard Hart and Isabella | ward. COMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY At 6:30 pm.—Couple C!"'b meets at | Nortnern Light Presbyterian | church. | At 8 pm.—Elks Lodge. | At 8 pm—VFW Auxiliary meets at home of Mrs. James Brunette, | 229 N. Franklin St. |At 8 p.m.—Turkey Shoot of Cardi- nal Club in Catholic Parish Hall. At 8 p.m.—Alaska Potters meet in AB Hall for demonstration of one | piece mold. |At' 8 pm—Rebekahs meet in Odd Fellows Hall, initiation and Past Noble Grand night. |At 8 pm. — Holy Trinity Guild | meets in Church undercroft. | December 14 | At noon—Chamber of Commerce | meets at Baranof. At 1 pm—Child Health and Well Baby Conference at Health Cen- | ter. At 7:30 pm. — Gastineau Dis',rint) Boy Scout Committee meets in City Council Chambers. {At 7:30 pm. — Juneau Rifle and I Pistol Club meets in AB Hall. {At 8 pm—Emblem Club annual | Christmas party will be held in Elks Lodge rooms. |At 8 pm—V.F.W. Post meets in | CIO Hall. |At 8 pm—Lutheran Ladies Aid in church parlors. December 15 | At 8 p.m.—Moose lodge meets. At 8 pm.—Rebekah Past Noble ‘ Grand Christmas party at home | of Mrs, George Martin, 1019 W. 10th Street. At 8 pm.—Juneau Ski Club meets | in Gold Room, Baranof. At 9 pm.—Senior Ball of.Juneau| High in High School Gym. December 16 At 7:30 pm—Rainbow Girls meet in Scottish Rite Temple. | | At 8 pm. — ANB-ANS' ceremonial | dances for Library Fund in High | School gym. | At 8:30 p.m.—Circle Eighters square | | dance. | At 10 pm—Sons of Norway dance | | in Elks Ballroom. All kinds of| Grows in Brooklyn.” | Cowboy star Jimmy Wakely de-| livers another fine performance in | his latest western, “Oklahoma | Blues,” which is the second feature | of the double bill, This new musical | outdoor drama is a thriller from | start to finish, with ample songs of the plains and comedy as a pleasant contrast. This time Jimmy takes it on his shoulders to clear Rainbow's End of outlaws, who threaten the town to prevent it from being chosen as the new county seat. GOLD MEDAL TOURNEY DATES, RULES TOLD AT MEETING MONDAY The fifth annual Gold Medal Bas- Kketball Tournament is scheduled for February 19 to February 24, 1951, inclusive, it was officially announced at a meeting of Gastineau Channel League basketball team managers Monday night. As before, participating teams will be limited to those from Southeast Alaska only. The tournament will run afternoons and evenings and will be a double elimination bracket requiring two losses before a team is out of the running for the cham- pionship. Drawing for bracket posi- tions will be held by the managers after the teams arrive in Juneau. First games will be north versus south. Ten teams will enter the tourna- ment. To be eligible, a team must emotions! JUNE HAVER - MARK STEVENS 2 BIG ACTION HITS HIT No. 1 On, You BEA have played as a unit in a city | night's meeting. | not assume ‘any responsibility in league throughout the full playing season, This is true with the ex- ception that where no league exists, the team can be the only one play- ing in town. A league team representing a community may add not more than two players from other teams in their league as part of their 10 man entry, In a town where no | league exists but more than one the season, the team coming to the tournament likewise may add not more than two players from the other team or teams in the city as part of their 10 man entry. Quarters 11 be eight minutes long. Mike’s Nite Owls of Douglas have already been invited to the tourna- it was announced at last | wi ! ment, The tournament committee can- connection with a team’s transpor- tation nor can any amount for traveling expenses be guaranteed. | PLUS IMMY team has been playing Ll\roughout‘ PETRICH T0 HEAD TR STEVENS.LED GEAN Celste Holm.-Glenn Langan poseres ANATOLE LTVAR ..s ROBERT BASSLER e o Mo by My e Word uT Fulk DOLL recnmicotoR TOMORROW AND FRIDAY! ON ONE BIG SHOW! ™ 1001 WILD AFRICAN THRILLS! SEE! Snarling killers! Savage tribes! Plague of locusts! Lion vs. man (Ui SHEFFIELD Pesst Mov GARNER to the work performed during his otfice by George Haen and atribut- ed chiefly to his personal efforts the advancement made by the local SHOWN AT ROTARY The bid calls chiefly for grading | music to be featured. the deposit next summer. and a drainage tunnel, the work to | December 17 S day th S by Washington, British Columbia and Saarela said today ere has been Federation in the past two years. NFFE; OFFICERS However, the entire net proceeds inquiries for securing iron from Al- (I.UB MEEI IUES. H aska for Japanese interests, partic- o P ularly in view of the fact that di- “Down by the Sea,” a Canadian rect shipment could be made from | pcific Railway sound-color travel the Alaska coast to Japan. |film was shown Tuesday at a Local Owners ! meeting of the Juneau Rotary Club The property is owned by Sam |in the Baranof Hotel. It depicted Pekovich, wellknown mining man, | the beauty and travel lure of the who has held mining properties in east Canadian coast. the Funter Bay and Hawk Inlet| Another well-received feature of districts for many years, and Rob- | the program were two piano num- ert Coughlin who has also been in- bers by student, Rotarian Bud terested in various mines over a Schultz who played Chopin’s “Waltz long period. Both are long time residents of Juneau. Mr. Pekovich said today that Norman C. Stines, prominent min- ing man, is representing the ‘own- ers in San Francisco in negotiating with parties interested in the Snet- | tisham iron deposit. Stines is asso- ciated with Pekovich in his Hawk Inlet property and is president and managing director of the Alaska Empire Mining Company, operators of the mine there. Roughly in the Fache Cove-Sent- |in C Sharp Minor” and Gershwin's “The Man I Love.” Carson Lawrence, in charge of | the Kids’ Party at next week’s meet- |ing, urged all members to hand in the names of their children. Keith Wildes, chairman of the members party which will be held at the meeting two weeks from to- day, presided over name drawing. President Ellis Reynolds reminded members that the Club would assist the Salvation Army in its Christ- mas Drive and said that members inel Point vicinity in Snettisham Inlet the magnetic area covers 20| Rotary helmets and badges. square miles with strong distur-| visiting Rotarians were M. J bance in an eight square mile sec- | Rlepser of Marine Supply, Kewh.' tion, Fowler’'s report states. kan, and Leonard Hopkins, ‘sporting Minable Ore Bodies {goods salesman from Anchorage. - The material at present exposed ing the report states, o, 1t pontea BIOLOGISTS TREND , there has been insufficient pro-pecting done in the area, ana| TOWARD LONGER OPEN SALMON FISH SEASON —_— prospecting done in the area, and | bearing in mind that the mineral- Longer open fishing season for sockeye salmon with longer week- participating would wear their jzed area is unusually strong over | approximately four square miles, it | is possible that a thorough inves-| tigation will disclose minable ore' bodies of iron. Further, the report comments, inasmuch as it is known jron ore supplies on the Pacific Coast will undoubtedly prove in- sufficient for future industrial needs on the coast, a more com- plete| program -of ‘prospec tiom:sof end closures to protect the dif-’ ferent runs, was advocated at two- day fisheries session at the Univer- sity of Washington, Seattle, recently C. L. Anderson said today upon his return from a series of fishery meetings. mon director of the Alaska discussed mutual problems and possible solutions. The two | fisheries affecting Alaska were the | blackcod and troll salmon fisher- | ies. Walter Herkness, biologist for | the ADF, presented the research | findings of last summer’s tagging | of salmon and was complimented | upon the material and presentation, | Anderson reported. Enroute to the San Francisco | meeting the party visited the Fish | amd Wildlife king salmon hatchery at Coleman, Calif. Upon his return to Seattle An- derson attended the International Sockeye Salmon Commission meet- ing which was taking up a study of proposed regulations for the Frazer River. A July 2 opening date was favored with a 96-hour weekend closure in the river. The Andersons reported seeing more snow in northern California than they'd see so far this year in Alaska. TWO JAP POLICE IN CUSTODY FOR -THREATENING MAC AOMORI, Japan, Dec. 13—R— Capt. John H. Caldwell of the US. Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) said tonight two Japanese reserve policemen are in custody for making threats against General MacArthur. He said both had been drinking. The pair will be tried in Provost Court on charges of making threats against the occupation. Several times in the past Japa- nese have been arrested for threat- ening the Allied Occupation Com- mander. In ‘each’ instance military police said they were cranks. be started next spring. It was the second of four bids to be called for road work on the *Kenai Peninsula section of the Seward-Anchorage Highway. Two more bids will be called some time in February, BPR officials said. The job of road construction on the first section of the highway out of Seward from Mile 5 to 12 and 14 to 17% for which bids were opened the last of November has been awarded the Manson Construc- tion and Engineer Co. and Osberg Construction Co. of Seattle, the low bidders, Work will be started on this sec- tion in the spring and is scheduled to be completed December 15, 1951. OWNERS, ALIBI (LUB, PAY FINE ON CHARGE LIQUOR VIOLATION — Charged on three counts with sell- ing liquor to minors in the Alibi {Club on the Glacier Highway, the (owners of the establishment, Evelyn Lohr, Lester Funk and Marion Funk, entered a plea of guilty in the U.S. Commissioner’s Court yes- terday and were fined $50 individu- ally on each of the three counts by Judge Gordon Gray, U.S. Commis- sioner. The defendants paid $150 each. U.S. District Attorney P. J Gilmore, Jr., represented gov= ernment in the case. TO INSPECT SCHOOLS Kenneth 8. Clem, Education Su- pervisor in the First Division for the Territorial Department of Ed- ucation, left yesterday afternoon for Haines and Skagway on his annual inspection of the school in those | citiesy |At 2 pm—Skating in AB Hall to | 5 pm. At 7 pm~—Lutheran Church Sun- day School Christmas program in Church parlors. | At 7:30 p.m.—Sunday School of NLPC will give Christmas pro- gram. At 8 p.m.—Christmas program pre- sented by First Church of God in IOOF Hall. December 18 | At noon—Lions club meets in Bara- nof. At 8 pm.—American Legion post meets in Dugout. December 19 At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof, an- nual @hristmas party for Rotary children. |At 8:15 p.m.—Community Center Night at Teen Age Club. | December 20 | At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof, | At 7:15 p.m. — Methodist Sunday | School Christmas party in church. | | ‘TOASTMASTERS MAIN . SPEAKER TO BE FRED DUNN THURSDAY NITE The regular meeting of Taku | Toastmasters will be held in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel at 6 p.m, tomorrow night, Wes Overby, | Toastmaster for the evening an- | nounced. will be divided among the travel- ling teams. It has been suggested boat travel. Each team is requested to recom- mend one man from its squad to officiate for at least one game. Names of others are to be furnished who will attend from each town and who are qualified to officiate. Other rules are: 1. Only 10 players can en each team. 2. Registration fee for each team entering will be $10. 3. Team entries and fees must reach Art Hedges, Box 471, Juneau, before February 1, 1951. 4, Team jerseys will be numbered on front and back with numbers at least four inches high in front and ‘six inches high in back. 5. A former professional player who has written proof from Ameri- can Athletic Union that he is re- stored to amateur status will be eligible. Seats at the tournament will be reserved each evening with general admission (standing room) for each evening. All admissions in the af- ternoon will be general admissions without any reserved seats. Com- plimentary season tickets will be issued each player and coach. The Gold Medal Tournament was originally started by the Boy Scouts of Juneau to further the ideal of good sportsmanship and to provide a means for tlie boys to earn money ter for Principal speaker for the evening | will be Fred Dunn who will simulate | |a radio address. Other speakers will | be Charles Burdick, Ed Chester, S. | {H. Lorain and Herb Rowland. Joe| McLean will preside over the table| topics with an introduction and| group discussion of parliamentary | procedure. Henry Green will be the grammarian and W. A, Chipperfield, | lhee*:um. ‘ e — for Scout camp through the sale of tickets. Art Hedges is the manager for the Gold Medal Tournament. LINCOLN TO ANCHORAGE E. E. Lincoln, manager of the Veterans’ Administration, was sched- uled to leave Wednesday on PNA for Anchorage to visit the VA office on business for several days. that teams may double up on gas-| NAMED FOR YEAR | With J. T Petrich of the U. 8. Customs Office named as President, of Federal Employees, Juneau lo- cal, for the next year were elect- ed at the luncheon meeting of the organization at noon today in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Retiring president is W. S. Twen- hofel of the U. 8. Geological Sur- vey. New Officers Officers for- the year were ac- cepted as named by the nominating committee cemposed of Edith Moore,, A Blackerby and Milt Fur- ness and the offices were filled as follows: President, J. T. Petrich, U. 8. Customs Office; First Vice President, Katherine Alexander, Of- fice of the Governor; Second Vice | officers for the National Federation | The presentation of an associate membership in the Federation to Miss Bess O'Neil who retired this year from government service with the Fish and Wildlife Service, was announced by the President. This honor is bestowed on members who have retired from public work and have given long and meritorious service to the Federation. W. B. Heisel, of the U. S, Cus- toms Office, was introduced by President Petrich and gave a brief summary of the activities at the National Convention of the Federa- !uon of Federal Employees in Los IAngeles last August, particularly jas they applied to legislation intro- | duced by the Alaskan deelgates for improvements in basic salary stand- ards and service ratings. Heisel ywas a delegate to the convention [from the Juneau Federation. The speaker said the Alaskan President, James Browne, Social Se- delegates were given every consid- curity Administration; Third Vice eration and the major resolutions presented by them were passed. President, Ray Nevin, Fish and Wildlife Service; Secretary-Tresur- er, Olive Montel, Alaska Road Com- mission, Trustees elected were: For a one year term C. G. Burdick, U. S. Forest Service; and for the three year term, Dr. Henry Harris, U. 8. Veterans Administration and Leonard Evans, Alaska Representa- tive, U, S. Department of Labor. Holdover trustees are Dale Belcher and Marvin Ripke, Alaska Native Service ana <. T. Petrich, Retiring President Twenhofel, and George Haen of the U. S. For- est Service, who has derved as | Secretary-Treasurer for the past |two and one half years were ap- plauded by the members and the | new officers were welcomed as they took over their posts. Efforts Applauded Twenhofel paid a special tribute The cenvention will be held next | year in Detroit, Mich. Regular meetings The meeting toaay attended by a large membership, resumed the re- gular luncheon business meetings | for the first time in several weeks and will be continued President Petrich said, to be held every se- cond Wednesday of the month in the Gold Room. % Invited guests at the meeting | included staff members from the Alaska Road Commission, the Al- aska Native Service;, U. |S. Bur- leau of Land Management, U. 9. Geological Survey and the U. S. Coast Guard. Watermelons are grown com- mercially for the most part in 23 states.