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DUMBO 8:25-10:55
YANK 7:15-9:40
If you people reading this v.i,’.
kindly divert yourselves frcm 'hi
column momentarily by reading the
advertising. I will attempt to make
an excuse to the Editor of the Daily
Alaska Empire for not handing this
copy in on time.
Well, Mr. Editor, I could say
that my dear old grandmother died
and I had to attend the funeral,
but that wouldn't be the truth. Be
sides you know my grandmother
has died twice already.
I have been convalescing from
a severe case Of Nervous Prostra
tion and you, yourself know there
is nothing worse than nerves com
pletely, out and out prostrated.
It all happened at my scheduled
lecture on the Evils of Alcoholism
at the Ladies’ True Blue Guild and
Bowling Club last Thursday night.
—
I was so engrossed in what I was
about to say that I paid scant heed
into which door I was blundering.
I was half way through my lec- J
ture when someone told me that I!
was addressing Local 49 of the
Longshoreman's Union.
I expect to be well again soon at
I which time this column will again
appear regularly.
New OPA Chief Going
To Enforce Contro! of
Prices and Rationing
(Continued from Page One)
pressed it: “It has only been in the
last few months that we really
knew how badly we were hit.” It
took that long for stocks and mar
kets to dry up.
That no matter what action is
taken on pay-as-you-go tax plans,
taxpayers will have to file their j
1942 returns March 15 and pay their'
first quarter tax. Pending legis,la- j
tion ignores the March 15 pay-!
ment altogether, but consensus now!
is that nothing will be done to(
forestall the March 15 payment, j
Even if legislation is passed before j
that date, provision might be in-1
corporated in the bill to force the;
first quarter payment.
Exceptions Are
To Be Made in
48-Hour Week
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 — War
Manpower Director Paul V. Mc
Nutt today promised he will pro
vide exceptions to the 48 hour min
imum work week to protect those
unable to meet such a schedule be
cause of circumstances.
McNutt declined to reveal what
the exceptions would be but said he
will issue regulations within the
next two or three days.
DIVORCES GRANTED
Divorces were granted on Satur
day in the U. S. District Court to
Ruth Martin from Herbert Martin
and to Mamie Wesley from Silves
ter Elmo Wesley.
BCY WAR BONDS
EGAN FAMILY OF
FAIRBANKS HAS
SAD REUNION HERE
A sad circucstance caused a re
i:;;xn ’.ii Juneau today of the Egan
family of Fairbanks. Dan Egan.
United States Deputy Marshal and
1 Dan. Jr., are in Juneau on
“ way to the States and Miss
Mary Egan, daughter and sister is
traveling from her home in Se
attle to Fairbanks with the re
mains of her brother Jack Egan,
who was killed in the recent crash
near Ukish, California, of a navy
transport bound from Pearl Har
bor to San Francisco.
Young Jack Egan, born and
raised in Fairbanks, was flight en
gineer aboard the clipper which was
wrecked with a passenger list of
high ranking naval officers aboard,
among them Rear Admiral Robert
H. English.
Accompanied by his sister, his
body is being taken to the home ]
of his boyhood for burial.
Just 28 years old, Jack Egan
started his training as an aviation j
engineer with Pan American Air
ways more than ten years ago. He
was flight engineer on the PAA
clipper which operated between
Seattle and Juneau in 1940. On
Wake Island with Pan American on
December 7, 1941 when it was first
bombed by the Japanese, he es- j
caped with other PAA personnel
aboard a plane, arrived at Midway
just as Midway was being attacked
and reached Pearl Harbor while
the Japanese were still attacking
the Hawaiian naval base.
He has flown all over the world
as an engineering officer for Pan
American. It was while in Miami
for the company that he met and
married his wife, the former Mar
garet Hayes, who is now living
with her father in Columbus, Ohio,
a prominent attorney and great
grandson of President Rutherford
B. Hayes. i
WALTER EiNDSEiL
DIED SATURDAY !
AFTER SICKNESS;
— i
Walter Bindseil, well-known re-j
sident of Juneau for many years,
passed away at St. Ann’s Hospital
at 2:50 o’clock Saturday after a,
serious illness of more than a year.;
Mr. Bindseil was born in Ger-!
many, May 2, 1886 and came to
Alaska as a young man more than
thirty years ago. He is survived by
his widow and two step-sons, Fred
and Jack Sorri, all of whom reside
here. i
Mr. Bindseil operated the Ser
vice Transfer company here until’
illner; caused him to dispose of it
more than a year ago, and he also
owned considerable residential pro
perty in Juneau. He underwent an
operation at the Mayo Brothers’
Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota a
year ago and further surgery was
performed after his return to Al
aska.
A member of Mt. Juneau Blue
Lodge No. 147 and also of the Scot
tish Rite, funeral services are to be
held at 2 o’clock Thursday at the
Chapel of the C. W. Carter Mor
tuary, and will be in charge of the;
Masonic Lodge.
TIRES, TUBES GIVEN j
, OUTJN ONE WEEK
The Juneau Rationing Board,
during the second week in Febru
: ary, g^ve certificates to the Terri
torial Board of Road Commission
three tires and thrfee tubes.
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BUY WAR BONDS
DOUBLE FEATURE
PROVES BIG BILL,
CAPITOL THEATRE
The double feature bill at the
Capitol proves a highly entertain
ing couple of hours. The kids enjoy
Walt Disney's "Dumbo'’ and the
adults approve; the adults enjoy
'A Yank on the Burma Road" and
[the kids approve—with lusty yells
when the hero says something
about "and now on to Tokyo and
lick the Japs.”
In the Disney feature is shy
little Dumbo himself, the elephant
baby with ears so large that he
can fly: his side-kick and trainer,
; Timothy Mouse; five raucous Black,
j Crows; a hilarious new Disney j
jcomedy team: the haugty dowa-|
' ger elephants, who do nothing but j
gossip: and especially Casey Jun- |
ior,« the brisk little locomotive!
Which pulls the circus train !
They're all rough-and-tumble, and
; make "Dumbo” really a three-ring |
; i ampage from start to finish,
j Laraine Day and Barry Nelson
: have the leads in M-G-M's timely
idrama, "A Yank on the Burma
Road." Nelson portrays a New York
) taxi driver who accepts an offer to
lead a fleet of trucks over the
! Burma Road. At Rangoon he meets
1 Miss Day, who tricks him into
taking her to Chungking. As their
trucks roll over the road, they find
i romance and high adventure.
Plunge of the truck convoy over a
500-foot precipice and a battle with
enemy troops are two of the thrill
; highlights. Keye Luke, well-known
1 Chinese actor, has a prominent
; role in the picture.
TEXAS FLIER
DECORATED FOR
ACTION AT KISKA
Lieul. C. A. Hood Given
Navy Flying Cross
Posthumously
WASHINGTON, Fob. 15—Lieut.
Clark A. flood, Jr., 30 years old, of
Nocona, Texas, was given official
Navy recognition of heroism for
delivering the first bomb attack
against Jap ships at Kiska, Aleu- j
tian Group, Alaska.
Hood received the Flying Cross \
posthumously. He was one of twen-!
! ty-six fliers who have been report- i
i ed decorated for North Pacific
■ fighting “with utter disregard for
I his own personal safety he carried
; on tirelessly and courageously until
i he was shot down.”
I Armstrong
Ys. Larkin
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 15—Henry j
Armstrong, minus his ailing tonsils, j
will meet Tippy Larkin of Gar- ;
field, N. J., in a ten-round bout at
San Francisco’s Civic Auditorium
March 8.
Signing of the match is an- ;
nounced by Henry's manager.
George Moore, who said the bull- j
shouldered little Negro is gaining j
strength rapidly after his operation
and will start training at once for
his scrap with Larkin, which frill be
at eatcl^-weights. Henry will come
in at about 141, Moore said.
Henry, former triple world’s
champion, has fought fifteen bouts
in his amazing comeback effort, j
winning fourteen of them. His lat-:
est victim was Jimmy McDaniels,'
whom he decisioned here last:
month. Moore believes Henry with
out his tonsils, will do even better.
VALENTINE SALE HERE
IS REGULAR SELL-OUT
Juneau residents, both civilian
and enlisted personnel, are roman
tically inclined—if the number of
valentines sold is a true indication.
The slow pokes who tried to buy
tender missives at the last minute
were out of luck. Most stores re
ported that their stocks of valen
tines were cleaned out completely
early last week.
Pay First Quarter
Of 1942 Income
Tax by March 15
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Secre
tary of Treasury Henry Morgen
jthau addressed the nation over the
I CBS this afternoon on the neces
! sity of the income tax payers pay
| ing not less than the first install
i ment of the 1942 income taxes by
j March 15.
ON OFFICIAL TRIP
M. S. Whittier, .Assistant United
States Collector of Customs, left
for Petersburg on official business.
MAKES BUSINESS TRIP
N. A. McEachran, merchandise
broker, left Saturday for Peters
burg on business.
Bachelors Should Be Interested
IMRESiCNTING Stephanie Bachelor;, who has gained a screen role
through a mistake. Miss Bachelor, former artist’s model, went into
the wrong casting office in a Hollywood studio and wound up with a
role as a burlesque dancer in a movie starring Barbara gtanwyck.
OLD SONGS
COMEBACK
IN MOVIES
By BOBBIN COONS
HOLLYWOOD.—Finale of “When
Johnny Comes Marching Home" is
•sung by Allan Jones to big preview
applause.
It’s “The Yanks Are Coming
Again," that Harry Seymour song
mentioned here a year ago when
Harry first wrote it.
It has taken that long for the
catchy piece to make the screen,
which frequently means making
the grade. Harry's lyrics and
M. K. Jerome’s music are teamed
in a new one, “My Boy.” You'll
be hearing it—I'm as sure of that
as they are—but how soon no
body can say.
A lot of people have the notion
that song-writing, once you’re In
in Hollywood, is a cinch. The
writing may be, but the publish
ing isn’t. Songs ordered for a par
ticular spot in a film are one
tiling. Songs written just for them
selves are a couple of others.
“It's no good to send a song by
mail to the publishers,” says
Jerome. “They’re always getting
swamped with stuff that way and
it doesn't make any impression.
They’ve got to be shown, and.
they've got to know a song has
gone over before they’ll be inter
ested. So all you can do is try to
get a name band or a name singer
to introduce it for you.”
"And hope it goes,” puts in Sey
mour. “You never can tell.”
If music publishers have to be
shown, there’s plenty of current
evidence that the movie companies
are equally skeptical.
The evidence is In the plethora
of nostalgic musicals now on the
stages or already screening. We
have Alice Paye, one of the best
song-pluggers around, putting over
songs that were plugged to success
In Grandma’s day. In "Hello, Fris
co, Hello,” (the one about the mu
sical boy and girl who love, quarrel,
part, and make up in the finale,
that one again), there are 14 or
15 old-time songs and just one
new tune, "You’ll Never Know.”
Among the sure-fire hits, time
tested, are "Bedelia,” “Bird in a
Gilded Cage,” “Strike Up the
Band,” “Anybody Here Seen Kel
ly?” and “Pony Boy.”
“My Gal Sal” took advantage of
the old Paul Dresser songs, and
“Coney Island" with Betty Grable
is putting forth more old-timers of
similar period. Alice Faye goes into
another Gay Nineties film after
this one, and Betty does “Sweet
] Rosie O’Grady,” while Ann Sheri
! dan’s venture Into Tony Pastor’s
; time will call for much the same
1 music.
All of this is tough on today’s
| song-writers, though it’s mighty
nice for us old folks who like it—
even when it's surrounded by that
one about the musical boy and girl
who love, quarrel, part and make i
up in the finale.
BATTLESHIP i
RICHELIEU
HEADS LIST
Cruiser,Several Destroyers!
Are Also Docked on
East Coast
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| eastern ports a few days ago.”
The contingent of Fl ench war I
vi f sols, under orders from General
Giraud, will undergo necessary re-j
pairs at different Navy yards where j
they have been cordially received ■
, nd treated like all other United |
Nations ships.
Fernard said the ships are of thei
■ most modern type and constitute
'a valuable addition to the forces of
the United Nations. The crews are
j glad to be in the United States
! which most of them are visiting
for the first time. Their hearts are
’ set on speeding up the refitting of
| the ship."
At Dakar Two Years
The Richelieu was anchored at
; Dakar for more than two years.
\ U. S. destroyers escorted her all
! the way, safeguarding against any
I attempt by Germany or Italy to
| sink the sure prize. She was able
; to move only at a slow speed,
j Capt. Marcel Desmond, skipper
of the French ship, said on arrival,!
“our coming is to show the Ameri
can people that France still has a
navy and our sailors are anxious
and eager to fight."
GSO WILL MEET
The monthly meeting of the GSO
will be held in the lobby of the
USO Hall at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow
night.
NO HANDS" IS
GAY THRILLER,
20TH CENTURY
If you want to keep an eye on the
trend of the times, there's no bet-.
ter way of doing it than by ob
serving the public's taste in movies.;
Today there's definite call for gay,
light-hearted films; films that fall
in a category of “escapist” enter-'
tainment. For the few hours they
spend at the movies, people want,
to get away from war worries and
problems. So pictures are now, for
the most part, comedies, mysteries,
adventures
A film that, combines all three
requisites of today's entertainment
nteds arrived yesterday at the 20th
Century Theatre. It is •Paramount’s
"No Hands on the Clock," with a
tcpnotch cast of players including:
Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose
Hobart, Dick Purcell, Astrid Allwyn,
Rod Cameron and James Kirkwood.
This "who-done-it," the title of i
which is alone enough to bring on
a flourishing case of goose- pimples, i
concerns the interrupted honey- 1
moon of a private detective and the
involvement of the bridal pair in
as gory a mess of murdering as
anyone with a yen for excitement ;
would want.
The son of the richest man in j
Nevada is kidnapped and Morris,!
in looking for him, comes upon the I
corpse of a beautiful murdered girl. ]
That starts things and they go on
at a great pace, from there.
The lovers, played by Chester
Morris and Jean Parker, do a won
derful job of detecting, in spite of
the handicap of jealousy which al
most blinds the beautiful bride to
clues. However, Morris convinces
her that the blonde involved as sus
pect is just “Exhibit A" to him, so
all goes well.
SURVIVOR OF
PLANECRASH
IS IN JUNEAU
Joseph Tippits, one of four sur
vivors of the Harold Gillam plane
crash, is In Juneau this afternoon
on his way to his home in An
chorage where his wife and two
year-old son, John, arc awaiting
his arrival.
Though he is still weak, and
feet aching from frostbite, and he
requires the use of a walking stick,
Tippits looks surprisingly well for
ionc who suffered 30 days of being
lost In the Alaska wilderness with
out food or shelter, during some
of the most severe weather exper- |
ienced this year.
"AH of us lost between 45 and i
60 pounds during the weeks we!
were waiting for rescue but we
have gained some of it back since
being found, said Tippits.
"Our feeling when we boarded
the Coast Guard vessel which res
cued us was simply indescribable
though we never once gave up hope
of being found. It made us real
ize, all of us, that a power greater 1
than man was taking care of us.
"When you face death from star
vation or freezing day by day' for |
a month, you realize forcibly the
unimportance of the material
things in the world. I am so glad
to be alive and feel that an hour I
with my family will do more to
erase the horrors of our experl-;
ence than anything else. When one j
is in such a situation, one cannot |
help resolving earnestly and sin
cerely to be a better person and
do more good than one has ever
done before," Tippits said.
Tippits and Percy Cutting were
taken to Ketchikan on February 3
after having been missing since
the Gillam plane crashed in the
mountains south of there on Janu
ary 5. Dewey Metzdorf and Robert
Gebo, the other two survivors of
the crash, were taken down the
mountain and into Ketchikan a:
few days later. Harold Gillam, the ,
pilot of the ill-fated craft, was
found dead from exposure and
starvation on the beach and the j
other plane passenger, Susan Bal- j
zer, died from loss of blood from
a badly crushed hand.
Others Going South
Mr. Cutting left Ketchikan for
the south yesterday and Mr. Metz
dorf and Mr. Gebo expect to leave
for Seattle within a short time, Mr.
Tippits said. Gebo is suffering from ,
badly frozen feet but physicians |
expect to be able to save them, he j
said. )
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One of the most disappointing
experiences recounted by Mr. Tip
pits was when a five-foot dory,
[ found by himself and Cutting
Uvhen they were on the beach,
Lswamped as they tried to row it
from Boca de Quadra Peninsula
toward what they thought was An
nette Island.
"We were thrown into the water
and had to swim back to shore. It
was disheartening but we did not
give up trying as both of us were
worried about Metzdorf and Gcbo
who were in pretty bad shape when
we left them at the improvised
camp.
"Hunger can be a terrible thing
and it seemed to me that I could
see my wife taking a crisp loaf
of home made bread from the oven.
I could imagine taking the loaf,
still hot, putting a pound of but
ter in it and eating it like a sand
wich,” Mr. Tippits said.
During the days the two, Cutting
and Tippitts, were seeking rescue,
their only food consisted of three
crows, shot with a 23 “We were
so hungry we cut them right in
two, heart and all, dividing them
exactly and ate every bit. Anyone
who believes there is anything they
can’t eat, should experience real
hunger and then even a crow tastes
like turkey," Tippits said.
During four days, when Cutting
went by himself to look for help
and Tippits remained with Metz
dorf and Gebo, Tippits read aloud
from one of the books he had with
him, "Under The Hills” by R. L.
Evans. It helped us a lot, he said.
Two other books he kept with
him were the Bible and the Book
of Morman. "It made me feel good
to have them with me, though we
didn't read them," he said.
"I can't say too much about the
Coast Guard and the wonderful
care they gave us. I have always
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germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
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flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way It
quickly allays the cough or you are
,o have your money back.
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said.
RYTI REELECTED
BY FINLAND AS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
British Radio Reports Hel
sinki Bombed Dur
ing Last Night
i
(By Associated Press)
President Ryti has been reelect
ed head of the warring Finland
government by a vote of 269 of
the Electoral College With 300 votes.
The vote took place at Helsinki.
The British radio said this af
ternoon that Helsinki was bombed
last night, presumably by Russian
planes.
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ULTRA-VIOLET
From the time your baby is
born, be sure she gets hec
daily sunbath—Summer and
Winter. The ultra-violet in
sunshine will help to grow
sturdy, straight bones. In
these months, when Summer
sun is lacking, it's wise to
use a G-E Sunlamp. A Gener
al Electric Sunlamp is handy
—a short exposure, every
day, is all you need.
THIS HANDSOME MODEL
Actually G-E Sunlamns are
priced at almost half what
they cost a lew years ago.
The new, popular LM-4 lamp,
illustrated, is only
$37.50
Come in and see tnc
latest models and we will explain
to you how simple and easy they are
to use. See them today. Give your
baby the daily ultra-violet she neede.
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beneficial eflect to tbc ulna-violet radiatioa
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