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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
FILM TALE OF EARLY
 RAILR0ADERS PLAYS
 AT COLISEUM SHOW

The sweeping drama of the building of the nations first trans continental railroad and the link ing of two oceans is brought to the screen by that master of spec tacle and romance, Cecil B. De Mile, in his latest production. Union Pacific The picture, which impressed filmgoers at the Coliseum Theater last night. when it was given it's first local showing, is a thrilling story of human titans who clamped a continent together with bands of steel.
 Union Pacific's' two stars are Barbara Stanwyck and Joel Mo Crea, giving the outstanding per formances of their careers Miss Stanwyck, in role different from any she has previously played, is Mollie Monahan, lusty girl of the frontier: daughter of the Union Pacific's' first engineer, postmis- tress of end of track" and little sister of the men building the railroad. McCrea plays Jeff But Ter, the sturdy and handsome troubles shooter, whom the Wash ington government sends out 10 quell disturbances.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
Triple Play
 Is Revealed

NEW YORK, Feb. 29 Jack Sturm, first baseman purchased from Kansas City by the Yankees probably is the only player who ever made all three putouts in a triple play with each put out being made at a different base.
 Sturm was playing first for Jop- lin in 1886. Gray of Muskogee was on third with Mele on second when Summers hit to short Sturm took the throw at first, retiring Summers and then threw home to head off Gray.
 The latter tried to regain third while Mele raced back toward sec- ond Gray was headed off at third, also tried to score and was tagged by Sturm who covered the plate. Sturm then dashed to third and tagged Mele for the third out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
SPANISH TRAIL IS NOT A PLACE
 FOR ANY 5I5SIEi

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, Feb. 29. A day in the saddle, studying western history, is worth 365 in an armchair.
 That's the conclusion of pr. George P. Hammond, adventur- ous chairman of the University of New Mexico history department, who led a party across southwest ern deserts, re-tracing part of the trail taken 150 years ago by the friar explorer Escalante. Escalante made a valiant attempt to find a way from Santa Fe to Califor- nia
 No arm chair historian could possibly have the slightest con- cept of the hardships faced by the early Spanish explorers" said Dr. afterwards.
 Deserts without water holes, torturing thirst, slopes so rocky and precipitous they skin the rumps of horses sliding down them, and tantalizing hunger sim ply are words between commas and periods in the history books until you try living history, Dr. Hammond learned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
Hollywood Sights And Souuds
By Robbln Cooni

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb 29Im not quite sure there an Ingrid Bergman.
 talking to hef but I'm still not quite She There aren't movie stars like that in Holly wooS
 just it. maybe Shes here and she is real and she everything else than slightly phoney
 a pleasant shock the months in That her first Hollywood movie addition arresng talent personal eyebrows As have remarked at the time sensational The girls around here don't they aside what nature em and completely They eyebrows fresh assembly line Not Ingrid Ingrid
 
 girshly slim friend yet little bewndered she talks and bushesyesso that the natural in her spread white forehead neck There isn't like hers Hollywood And there isn't either such disa1mng Hollywood all about
 really met Hollywood called Wiltshire suite where she merely few days before hurrying back to previous first she had time only All the excitement her work and per
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
JUNIOR PROM kT HIGH SCHOOL GYM
 FRIDAY EVENING
Senior Girl Will Reign Over Festivities at An
 nudI Affair

With the election of a Prom Queen, whose name has not yet been reveal ed, plans for the Juniors annual dance in honor of the Class of 1940 will be an event tomorrow evening in the Juneau High School gym aasium
 A crowded floor is expected and music will be furnished by Wesley Barrett and his orchestra. Special intermission numbers will be pre- sented during the evening and the gymnasium will be decorated for the occasion.
 All committees are busy and work about completed. The very import ant decorations committee is headed by Lee Lucas, assisted by John Clau- son and Jim Glasse. All members of the class have been helping to transform the gym, however. Excit- ing entertainment in keeping with 1.-the theme will be provided by Alex ander Miller, with Bob Scott and Dorothy Larsen helping. Beatrice Mead heads the food and punch committee" assisted by Gloria White and Dorothy Tors. Taking charge of patrons is Marjorie Shell and Lila Sinclair. Doris McEachran, Mil dred Kendler and Bettye Kemmer have charge of the invitations, while Isabel Parsons, Maydelle George and Marian Dobson are on the program committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
COMEDY DRAMA,
 CAPITOL SHOW,
 ENDING TONIGHT
Unexpected Father Stars Baby Sandy : Two
 Others Featured

When you try to combine babies and comedy anything might hap pen-and usually does.
 Charles Lamont discovered that while directing Universal's "Un- expected Father" now at the Capi- tol and for the last times tonight.
 This picture brings baby Sandy to the screen for the second time, her initial bow having been made in East Side of Heaven" And it teams her for the second time with Mischa Auer, one of Holly woods foremost comedians.
 When they get together there's a riot-tempered with a cuteness that belongs only to Sandy. And when they aren't together a dozen other players keep things moving along at break-neck speed. In other words, there's always something happening
 Dennis O'Keefe and Shirley Ross who are featured with Sandy and Mischa, supply the romance. They're so much in love they can't get along at all
 Supporting those four person. alities is a group of hand picked players, among them Joy Hodges, Donald Briggs, M ayo Methot, Richard Lane, Dorothy Arnold, Anne Nagel. Anne Gwynne, Spen- cer Charters and Jane Darwen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29

Scranton critic declared, As an actress and also for the great beauty and richness of her voice, Ellen Repp as the gypsy Azucena, fairly out shone all her colleagues, making a living scene out of Stride La Yam pa and her farewell duel with Manrico, Home to Our Mountains.
 Another event of importance will be a Finnish Relief Concert in New York March 3, when Miss Repp will share honors with Jussi Bjorling Karin Branzell and Lauritz Melchoir all Metropolitan opera stars"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
v
t.~ NISCCOLHf So VAN Cufh CHOCOLATE SHOPS

sonay after she departed quietly with her husband Dr. Peter Lndsrom their 15-mont old daughter Pia.
 picture of Pa little blonde beauty, the mantel New York with her Ingrid wanted hurry she explained hastily wouldn't fool anybody When Ingrid Hollywood Arc"-a role. incidentally which Hepburn Colbert and other will bring Pia. f sa F
 Ingrid Hollywood is place to work She knows few found little to doexcept workthat prefers York walk the local practice of taking blocks She walks rain shine which o Swedish custom Garbo does too. In Stockholm said walks and it rains about nine months year, everyone walks in the rain
 The girl is completely natural and so naive about star dom misunderstood perhaps of aping Garbo
 first visit to market which purchases cecream powder packages guma to send to her husband of star might relate her purchase of a diamond tiara chinchila wrap
 hope that Ingrid Bergman will re- main unspoiled is but for betting on it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
ELLEN RGpp iS HEARD IN OPERA
 DEBUT IN EAST

Mics Ellen Repp, known in Juneau fer hec rich contralto voice that has been keard here in concert, recently ma 1e her operatic debut in the East.
 Following is a comment from a See tic rapcr about Miss Repp's lat es et' ical endeavor:
 "Pra isc Of the critics was won by lri~s Ellen Repp, Northwest con- rrl l.o fer her interpretation of the rCle 0f Azucena ill Verdi's Il Trova- ,cre' presented by the Scarnton Civic opera Guild in Scarnton. Pa, Fri fav. February ?, according to word received by friends from the East The occasion marked Miss Repp's 1eba, q opsia although she is fam ,l.a ausio lovers of the East as a corCer5 singer.
 "IIc,iewing her performance, the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
OLD SLIDES or CITY TO
 BE RUN OFF tfff-4e H nf 4r,
Lusty Juneau of Pre- -Klon- dike Days Comes to
 Capitol Theatre

Theatre-goers will get rare treat at the Capitol Theatre Sunday, Monday and Tuesday when Man aager Charles Beale runs off a ser ies of Winter and Pond photo slides that show the raw heart of a Ju- neau that has been buried in his tory and progress.
 The slides, made from early pie lures taken for the most part by Lloyd Winter, are dedicated to a hope that happy memories will be recalled by these old inspiring pie lures, strengthening the courage and optimism of our community. "
 40 Year Stride
 And seeing the strides Juneau has made in forty years and more makes the speed of the city's de- velopment an amazing reality.
 The slides show the first photos of Juneau in 1886, rambling ca- bin village strung out on rocky beach adjoining great mud flat at the mouth of Gold Creek.
 There are pictures of Juneau's first log church, the first fire de- partment-"fire chief" Dan Ken nedy, the patrolman who rang a bell and called volunteers to shed housing a Yukon sled and buckets.
 "Swiftwater" Bill
 There is a slide of "Swiftwater Bill Gates, famed Klondiker who cornered the two-dozen eggs on the Dawson market at $l00 an egg.
 Other slides show gambling halls, amusement houses and early day business houses of Juneau. Winters himself is in a photograph taken in 1893 before his photography and curios store.
 First Dairy
 Louis Lunds first dairy is depict ed at Lemon Creek, from where Ju- neau milk deliveries came-if the tide was right. Another picture shows Mendenhall Glacier covering the present rifle range, and still another slide shows the iceberg clut- tered beach of Juneau-which was also Franklin Street, the icebergs flooding in from once-more-lusty Taku Glacier.
 But prize winning picture of the collection is of a lovely native girl from Aux Village, wearing corset on the outside of her dress-"so the people know I got one'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
Man Kills 5isier,
 Commits Suicide

LAS CRUCES, N. M., Feb 29.- Pedro Murga, 36, shot and killed his sister, Consuelo, 32, and then killed himself before mortified wit nesses in what authorities termed murder and suicide because of the sisters efforts to make her broth CT tidy up"
 Murga shot his sister, a school teacher, through the heart as she stood on the street, and then, be- fore bystanders could interfere put bullet through his head.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
DOLLAR JUDGMENT AWARDED BY JURY
 IN TRAFFIC CASE

A verdict awarding Sam Konoff a $1 judgment in damage suit arising out of an automobile acci- dent on the Glacier Highway last fall was returned by jury in the court of U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray yesterday. Tony Campus will pay the $1 and costs.
 Members of the jury were J. S. MacKinnon, Mrs. Arthur Adams, Sigrid Walther, Jack B. Dalton, Mike Seston, L. Kann, Ida P. Bathe, Mona Orme, Trygve Hager- up, Mrs. O. E. Rice, Mrs. Robert Bender and Mrs. John Rogers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
Mdrthds 10 EIeCt
 Officers Tomorrow

Election of officers will be held tomorrow afternoon by the Martha Society and all members are urged to be present
 Prior to the business session a 1 30 o'clock dessert luncheon will be served in the parlors of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. Host esses for the occasion will be Mrs. Charles Sey and Mrs. A. F. Knight.
 Plans will also be furthered dur ing the afternoon for the food sale which will be held the day before Easter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
Trinity Guild Plan
 Food Sale Saturday

Members. of the Trinity Guild will meet at 2::30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Seventh Street residence of Mrs. Wellman Hol- brook.
 Plans will be perfected for the food sale to be held on Saturday at Bert's Cash Grocery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
BURGLAR FAILS
 TO TAKE TIP

FULTON, Ky, Feb. 29 ! When Harold Owen awoke to find negro ransacking his bedroom, he told the intruder politely he had no money but offered him watch.
 Get your head under the cover before I kill you,' the burglar re- piled
 He continued his search. found no money, refused the watch and left without any loot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
Business Meet for
 Juneau uLadies' Aux.

All members of the Juneau Ladies .Auxiliay are requested to be present at tomorrow nights meeting which will be held in the Union Hall.
 The session will start at 8 o'clock and regular business will be dis cussed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29

looking at you through the bars oi his teller's cage is G. E. Mergen. thaler, acting manager of suburs ban Baltimore bank. When a bandit showed the business end of a pistol between the bars and demanded cash, Mergenthaler handed over s1,500, but managed to withaoD
 S10.00O also on hand.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29

An example of industrial wastes put to commercial use is slag wool. It is made from iron, copper or lead blast furnace slag, alone or mixed with Aux materials.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
HELP AN
 ALASKAN
Telephone 713 or write The Alaska Territorial Endowment Service

CLERK K-LABORER-Yo man, single, age g. Two years of col lege; has worked in sawmills, drove trucks, clerked in grocery stores Call for ES 59
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
HEADS WRANGELL co.

Leo Mccormack has been elect ed President of the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce for this year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29

The carp is one of the oldest fish known. A description of it was printed in 1496.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
LIKES HANDS

Priscilla Lanes favorite camera subject is the human hand.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29

Empire ciassirleds bring results
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-29
MEDICAL ADMISSION

Paul Jenson is at St. Ann's Hos- pital receiving medical care. He was admitted today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
Redskins Top Pro Loop
In Seven Departments

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-REWash-
ington Redskins have the last laugh
on the Chicago Bears, although it
isn't a very loud n Final team
statistics issued today by the serv-
ice bureau of the National Football
league show that the Redskins led
the league in seven different de-
partments during the 1910 season,
supplanting the champion Bears,
who we're the leading all-around
performers in 1889.
Washington was first in yards
gained passing, 1887; passing eff
~ficiency, SO per cent, punting, As
yard average, runback Of punts,
SOL yards total; points after touch
downs, %, and total scoring, 245
points, and tied with Green Bay
for first with ten touchdown passes.
The Green Bay Packers led in
four departments in addition to
their tie with the Redskins-first
downs, 154; total yards gained g.
400; pass interruptions, 40, a n d
field goals, 10. The Bears led in
yards gained rushing, 1918; touch
down runs, %, and penalties, COS
yards. The Philadelphia Eagles
attempted 1862. forward passes.
completed 152 of them, were pc.
nalized the least, 215 yards, and
made the fewest fumbles, IA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
Stanford Players Not
To TAKE HOLIDAY Paw

PALO ALTO, Calf, Dec. '15.-B
Stanford university will not avail
itself Of the new Pacific coast con.
ference rule which permits compensa-
ton to Rose Bowl football players
for the time lost from regular Jobs.
DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, university
president, said today.
The rule was adopted at the re.
cent conference meeting. Commits
sioner Edwin N. Atherton, defended
the rule which would permit not
more than $50 reimbursement to each
player for the two weeks preceding
January 1.
stamford will not avail itself of
the provisions of the rule for the few
men in the coming Rose Bowl am
who might have come under it," said
DR.. Wilbur in a statement released
through Prof. w. B. Owens, Stanford
faculty representative on the confer
ence. e.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
HEAFNER SECOND
WITH 272 SCORE
Nelson Gets $4,000 Top
Check; Hogan Is Third; Snead
Is Fourth In Tourney
BY r ROLLINS

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 15.-R)-Lord
Byron Nelson, conceded by most OF
his fellow professionals to be the
worlds greatest golfer, won the $10,-
900 Miami Open today with a 271,
nine strokes under par for the 72-hole
distance.
Nelson, affectionately dubbed
Lord Byron" because of his rhyth'
mic style, closed with a par 70 to
squeeze under the wire with a single
shot to spare over Clayton Heather,
the big blonde better from Linville,
N. C.
Heafner had finished his round
with a final 60 and stood in the gal
lery applauding with the other spec
tators when Nelson made his payoff
shot.
Under terrific pressure and in
trouble when his drive hit a trap on
the final hole, Nelson barely got out
Of the sand to the top Of a hillock
with his second shot. With thou
sands pressing closer for a good
look, he calmly whipped the ball Is
yards to the green, then putted up
for a sure fire victory and the $1,000
top check.
Ben Hogan of White Plains, N. Y.
the years money-winning champion,
finished with a So for 275 and third
place. Sam Snead of Hot Springs,
Va, slipped to II today for 277 and
a fourth place tie with Willie Goggin
Of Miami, who had a final 68.
Heather, Hogan and Snead started
the day with a chance to overtake
Nelson. but Lord Byron wasn't to be
caught.
"A fellow can't feel tough finish
ing second to a golfer like that"
commented Heather. He is the best
in the world, hits the ball so straight
that he seldom, is in trouble"
Heather had the peculiar expert
ence Of %shattering par on four con
secutive rounds and still losing. He
opened with a IS, tackled On rounds
of 81 and SO, and scored his second
GO today.
Nelson really sewed up the tourna-
ment with a second round IS, a single
stroke off, the course record. He had
ia first round 50, a 81 yesterday and
equalled par today.
Jim Ferrier, Australian open
champion, tied with Earl Christian
sen, Miami policeman, at 287 for the
amateur honors, necessitating an 1e-
hole playoff tomorrow. Both scored
1873 today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
Louis May Help Pastor
Build New N. Y. Church

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 15.-RA
Don't be surprised if champion Joe
Louis dons his gloves too help DR.:
Burris jenkins build a new church.
The idea, was launched in New
York several days ago when the
widely known pastor of the Com
munity church walked in to Pro
moter Mike Jacobs office a n d
asked for a $40, 900 contribution to-
ward the building fund.
The. minister didn't get the forty
thousand, but he accepted Jacobs
proposal that Louis meet some
.mid-western heavyweight contend
er at Kansas City, in February or
March. The proceeds, less ex-
penses, will go: toward erecting the
edifice which will have such inno-
vations as windowless walls, air
conditioning, light beam steeples
and a basement parking lot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
new ORLEANS HAS
HOUSING PROBLEM
Hotels Already Filled And
Taking Orders For Sugar
Bowl Game In 1912

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 15.-RN
Since way back yonder, New Or
leans most pressing peacetime
problems have had to do with the
stage of the river, prices of sugar
and cotton, and what to do with
huge crowds of visitors. And the
Sugar bowl has brought the last
named to a presently critical state.
Hotel executives predicted today
the influx of visitors for the Boston
college Tennessee football game
and preceding events would prob
ably surpass last years 40, 900 WIS.,
itors.
Never before has the set-up been
so conducive to attracting folks
from far away. with both teams
from outside the state.
Last year the record number of
visitors came despite the fact one
of the teams. Tulane. was a New
Orleans institution playing in its
own stadium, with seating capacity
for $4,000.
The hotels, or all the larger ones
at least, have been sold out for
weeks-they have even begun to
receive reservations for next years
bowl game, many with cash more
than IL months in advance.
William C. Zetzmann, chairman
of the convention and visitors bu-
reau of the Association of Com
merce, declared a shortage of
space was imminent if people with
rooms to rent did not make them
Immediately available.
"We have fewer rooms in our
files than last year and indica-
tons are We'll need even more"
he said.
The problem for the Sugar bowl
season has been increased because
of a general upturn in hotel bust
ness here, despite discontinuance
of horse racing. Some hotel man.
ayers said this was caused by sew
eral large conventions and in
creased tourist trade.
Hotels housing the 1000 dele
gates for the American Economic
association convention here open
ing Dec. q have required tn e
rooms be surrendered Dec. 80 for
Sugar bowl guests. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
BEAVER TO MEET
HILL in MATCH
Reeder To Battle Dick Lever
In Opening Bout At Legion
Stadium Tonight

Chief Little Beaver, the husky In
dian from Cherokee, N. c., will risk
his claims to having never been
beaten in Wilmington at Legion
stadium tonight when he tangles
with sailor Hill, a newcomer here
with a record of being rough and
tough.
In the semi-finals Jack Reeder
will meet Dick Lever, the Tennessee
Terror, in a Commute time limit,
best two out Of three falls match.
The main bout will be for 80 min
utes, best two out of three falls.
The wrestling card tonight will be
for the benefit of the American
Legion Christmas basket fund.
Doors to the exhibit building will
open at 7:3O o'clock and the first
match will get under way at $3.50
o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
Negro Grid Teams Hold
Practice For Game Here
Hogan Is Top Money.
Winner Among Pros

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 15-Re
Ben Hogan, the long hitting
little Texan now playing out of
White Plains, N. Y, clinched
both the Vardon trophy and the
years incorporating title to-
day when he finished third in
the Miami open.
Hogan's $1,000 check here
ran his 1910 total to $10,655.
Byron Nelson of Toledo, O.,
winner of the $4,000 top money
here, finished second with a
$9,653 total. Sam Snead of Hot
Springs, Va, was third with
S9,206, and Jimmy DeMaret of
Houston, Tex, fourth with S.
652.
Hogan, winner of four tour
naments this year, scored 423
points on the Vardon trophy,
emblematic of professional golf
ing consistency. Snead was sec
ond with 1893 points, Nelson
third with 1877 and DeMaret
fourth with 292. DeMaret won
six tournaments throughout the
year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
AXIS MAY CARRY
WARFARE TO SEA
Continued from Page One)

NOOAl0AA1uCu HULL age Ollc)
"capable of meeting and defeating
the corresponding British c~olossi."
: But the Italian navy too remains
e strong and ready and on the in
crease" Gayda wrote. "Italy's two
; great battleships which the hasty
and facile Churchill prime Minister
Churchill of Brittany wanted. to pass
off as lost soon will be in perfect
+ shape again to go against similar
i British battleships. Other Italian
.warships, among them not a few sub
marines, are also ready to speak
their piece in conflict"
(The authoritative James fighting
ships says Germany launched he-
first two 35,000-ton battleships, the
Bismarck and Tirpitz, last year and
two others are under construction,
Presumably n of the pair will be
called Deutschland since that name
was taken last January from the
Sraiding pocket b%attleship and reserv.
f1ed, the Germans said, for a mightier
Fighting ship.
J '(Prime Minister Churchill an.
1nounced to the British house of com
on Nov. Is a British naval
bomber attack on the main Italian
naval base at laramie and said 'only
three of the italian battleships now
1!remain effective" g.
(The British admiralty said on.
s~dbattleship of the new Littorio class,
$500 tons, was left badly down by
the bows, another battleship of the
1852 ton Conte Di Cavour class was
beached and it appeared a second
battleship Of that class was damaged.
Two cruisers and two fleet auxiliaries
also were hit, the British said.
(Premier Mussolini acknowledged
three ships were hit but said only
one was so badly damaged that its
repair would take some time.)