The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1950, Page 5

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1950 Home of the Brave The First Hollywood Motion Picture of Its Kind ... with no punches pulled, no words left unsaid, this is the suspense-packed, dramatic, action story of five men on a top-secret, danger-filled mission in the Pacific war—five men . . . one of them a Negro. All Men and Women Know There’s No Place for Prejudice in the ‘‘Home of the Brave”’ You can't afford to miss it! Staris Tomorrow! (SUNDAY) DOORS OPEN 1:30 p. m. Shows at 1:356—3:11—5:15 7:24—9:33 Feature 1:45—3 —5:53 8:02—10:11 EXTBA! “BARNYARD SKIING” “A WEE BIT OF SCOTLAND” M. G. M. CARTOON And LATE NEWS Einch In his book poi 2 -.The word “suren- der” was missing... the word for him was "Guis"| The Major Twenty- five years old by the calendar...three times that old by grace of the war! * The hate- illed Corporal with two stripes on his sleeve...and one down his back! Mossy He carried more than his own weight . .. and the burden of a skin that was black ! Hurry! Ends Tonite The true-to-life BEST SELLER BLAZES ON THE SCREEN! FENHE = ” "HHHE [BRAVE DOUGLAS DICK - FRANK LOVEJOY JAMES EDWARDS - STEVE BRODIE JEFF COREY * LLOYD BRIDGES Released thry UNITED ARTISTS One of the 10 BEST “pictures of the year! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA "HOME OF BRAVE" OPiiNG SUNDAY, CAPITOL THEATRE GI Peter Moss (James Edwards) is a battle casualty, paralyzed from the waist down, suffering from the shock of his experience on a small South Pacific atoll, aggravated by his deep-rooted sense of persecu- tion because he is a Negro. | In the sympathetic hands of ar Army psychiatrist (Jeff Corey Mossy begins to relive the hatefu incidents of his past. This feature, “Home of the Brave,” {opens Sunday at the Capitol The- | atre. | It begins on the day he reports |to young Major Dennis E. Robin- son, Jr. (Douglas Dick) who was setting out on a dangerous map- making mission with four men to aid him. They included Tech Ser- zeant Carl Mingo, 30, Finch (Lloyd Bridges), Mossy ge, and Corpol T. J. Everitt, or “T.J.” as he w known in the Army (Steve Brodie), in his late thirties, and Mossy. The five men set out for the don’t care about Mossy's being a Negro. Finch because Mossy was an old school friend.” Mingo becat the thought never occurred to him, and the Major because the Colonel | (Cliff Clark) had s ned Peter Moss, a surveying specialist in the Cnr]!& of Engineers, to the job. But to T.J, Negroes were inherently “yellow-bellied Niggers.” The men spend four days on the island, during which they map the terrain, indicate appropriate land- ing beaches, key artillery posts and defense positions. Jap snipers, the dripping growth of the jungle, the mosquitoes, the heat and the immi- nence of danger begin to work on all the men. T.J. is the first to break The situation becomes tense and there are thrills as the story de- velops. GIRL BORN TO JAMES Mr. and Mrs. Willis James are the parents of a girl baby, Wanda Jane, born at noon yesterday. She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and joins three sisters and a brother. They are Mary Kay, 8; Robert, 4; Jessica, 3; and Susan, 1. James is a construction man here. They have lived in Juneau for the past atchee, Wash. AT MIKE'S PLACE TONITL ian Music will be at Mike's in Douglas following tonite’s dgnce in the Elks Hall. 685 1t land. Finch, Mingo and the Major; year and are originally from Wen-; Albert Peterson and his Norweg- ! PAGE FIVE "THE MESSIAH" BE SCORES OF BASKHBAll' Here are final scores of basketball 1ames played last night: Columbia Lumber 71, Arctics 39. Imperials 48, Mikes Nite Owls 46. 3outhern Cal. 72, San Diego State 40. Nashington 57, California 52, t. Mary’s (Calif) 61, San Francisco State 51. lastern Washington 69, Gonzaga 42. ttle 102, Linfield 61. . Wash. 65, Carroll (Mont) 42. lu’\'hll\\'nrlh 61, Mont. State Col. 51. Colo. A. and M. 58, Colo. Col. 56. Pacific Lutheran 54, Mont e 50. Snow (Utah) 48, Southern Idaho 43 Idaho State 59, Ricks 57. Pomona 68, La Verne 54 Southern Oregon 36, Oregon Tech 34 '\JCLA 71, Santa Clara 48 |Cmco State 73, Pasadena Nazarene | 61 | col. of Pacific+78, Fresno State 44 Yortland 59, Nevada 49. Western State 62, Adams State 52. San Jose State 45, Santa Barbara College 38. College of Idaho 48, Northern Idaho y College of Education 41. [l wis & Clark 68, Seattle Pacific 64 t Texas 56, Lamar 40. Ih racuse 65, John Carroll 63. { Beloit 73, Carleton 59. | Colo. State 81, Neb. Wesleyan 51. ! Okla. City 60, Indiana & 58. I New Mexico A. & M. 61, Wichita 57. DePauw 172, Lal j Tulane 72, Mis Rice 78, Centenary 66, Miss, State 94, La. State 69. La. Col. 68, Northdéast La. 53. Wake Forest 73, Was| East. Kentucky 172, Dayton 66. Geo. Washington 58, Virginia 56. Duke 86, Virginia Mtlitary 66. Richmond 69, Davidson 61. Colby 61, Brown 58. Princeton 59, Colgate 54. Penn State 61, R. I. State 55. Marshall 74, Pepperdlm 1. ANCHORAGE LARGER; LIGHT VOTE IS CAST * ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 16— (M—Anchorage is six blocks bigger today. The area in the east Chester district was annexed after ‘voters approved the move in a special , election Friday that created little interest, The vote within the city was| {97 for an 7 against. Within the ah- nexation area it was 36 for and 7 against. An estimated 3,000-plus 'pruperty owners were eligible to panlclpabe in the election. PRESENTED SUNDAY AT 20TH CENTURY The Juneau Singers under the direction of Jane McMullin will pre- sent “The Messiah” tomorrow af- ternoon at 2:30 at the Twentieth Century Theatre. Soloists are Ernest Ehler, tenor; Harold Salisbury, bass; Lois H. Reedy, alto; Richard Newton, bass; Frances Paul, soprano; Mildred Lister, alto; Lilla Mae Baskin, soprano. Charlotte Elkins is ac- companist. The chorus is composed of sixty voices Richard Freer is president of the Juneau Singers and he has been assisted in the presentation of this program by Larry Parker, produc- tion manager; Harold Salisbury, publicity chairman; Harriet Pen- well, program chairman and Mil- dred Harshburger, robe chairman. 'lh( organization of the Juneau ingers was the outcome of the presentation of “The Messiah” last year by the Methodist Church Music Committee. They invited all persons who wanted to sing to join with them and Juneau joined with people throughout the world to hear the wonderful Christmas story set to music by Handel. 'RED ALERT' NOW ACTUALLY UNDER CIVILUAN DEFENSE In iine with the Federal govern- jment's announcement Friday con- cerning the uniform system of air raild warning signals, Col. Joseph D. Alexander, Territorial Director of Civil Defense, has sent out in- structions to all tepritorial local civil defense directors and Governor Ernest Gruening on the “red alert” warning procedure to be used. The radiograms read: or a series of short blasts by horns or whistles denote a ‘red alert’ for imminent attack, The all clear will by three one minute blasts separated by two minute silent periods. “Institute fully publicized full scale practice alerts to familiarize the public with this procedure, All personnel seek cover in prepared shelters or modern buildings as des- ignated by the booklet: ‘Survival |Under Atomic Attack.’ “Do not use the ‘red alert’ as a signal . -to - mobilize --eivil defense forces if no other warning has been received. Wait until the attack to mobilize in order to minimize casu- alties among defense personnel.” Ao fipannenfipnensnfis GOOD NEWS FOR MOVIE-GOERS! 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