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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-21
STRAND

Without being a war picture, one
Of the great pictures of the war is
"Spitfire" starring Leslie Howard
and David Niven. Here is the story
Of the first and in many ways the
greatest hero OF World War II, who
died heroic death even before the
war started. His name is r. J
Mitchell. and he is the genius who
invented the spitfire, Britain's dead
ly fighter plane which shot the Nazi
planed out of the sky at the climax
of the Battle OF Britain.
But Mitchell, portrayed by Leslie
Howard, was more than genius
he was warm, lovable human be-
ing. Howard projects this quality
admirably, especially in his rela-
tons with his beautiful wife, played
by red-haired, blue-e eyed Rosemllno
John. David Niven, on leave from
active service for his role, plays a
test pilot who will fly anything born
On Mitchells drawing board, no mat
ter how fantastic, and who has
one eye cooked always for anything
in skirts that happend to be in
the neighborhood.
On the same program is another
smash hit, 1.-The Deerslayer" featur-
ing Bruce Kellogg and Jean Parker
This bill opens tomorrow at the
Strand Theater.
Ending tonight is 1.-THE Rains
Came, starring Myrna 10y, George
Brent and Tyrone Power ard "Undel
Two Flags" with Ronald Colman
Claudette Colbert and Rosalind
Russell.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-21
STATE

If you intend to see James Gag
ney and Humphrey Bogart in THE
Oklahoma Kid" currently at War
ner's State theater you'll have to
hurry as performances Thursday
evening positively conclude its en-
gagement. Crime Doctor with
Warren William and Margaret Lind
say Is the second hit of the program.
Starting Friday the State will
usEer In a gala Christmas show
which will be headlined by the new
technicolor musical Riding High
co-starring Dorothy Lamour, Dick
Powell and Victor Moore, with Gil
Iamb, Cass Daley and Milt Britton
I'D his band.
According to ali reports, Riding
High" is one of the merriest filmu-
steals ever made, a whiz-bang of a
western, glorified with gorgeous
girls, poppy tunes, eye-filling cos
TUNES all that and technicolor
too.
The film tells the hilarious story
of Victor Moore, counterfeiter
who tries to elude Sheriff Gil Lamb
and play Cupid to Dottie and Dick
Powell at the same time. Dottie has
the role of an ex-burlesque queen
who returns to Arizona because her
father has become part owner of a
silver mine. Dick is the other own
er, but the mine hasn't been able
to operate without money. That's
where Moore and his counterfeit let
tuce come in. .
Riding High" is said to be in the
spirit of recent big-time comedy
musical like "Star Spangled Rhy-
thi..,. Happy Go Lucky and the
famous Road" pictures, which ought
to be welcome news for entertain
ment seekers.
And for your further enjoyment
the management presents lorna
do with Nancy Kelly and Chester
Morris.
Don't forget this show starts Fri
day and is a special holiday show
especially arranged for your Christ
mas entertainment, so put 1t right
-at the top of your must" list and
he sure to see it at the State.
A gala New Years Eve midnight
show will be held at the State as
usual this year and midnight revel-
ers will be treated to one Of the big
hits Of 1914. Destination Tokyo"
I with John Garfield and Cary Grant
&1u usher in the New Year and
state patrons are promised a swell
time, SO make your plans to cele-
pirate New Years Eve at the State
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-21

Faye role in Greenwich Village"
Vivian the almost forgotten girl,
went to work in the picture the
other day. Her co-star is Don
Ameche. Last year she played bit
role in one of Ameche's films, Girl
Trouble" Didn't even receive bill
ing. That's Hollywood.
BLAINE BIOGRAPHY
Vivian Blaine, one time vocalist
with Jay Mills orchestra, was discov-
cred by studio talent scout singing
at the Glass Hat in New York, sign
ed a goth Century Fox contract
early in 1912. Her real name is Wv.
ian Stapleton. She had played minor
parts in only four pictures when "a
muck gave her the starring role in
Greenwich Village"
Problem No. l right now is
keeping her weight down. She's in
clined to be chubby. Goes on fire.
quent diets of lamb chops, celery
coffee and corn soup.
She doubts that she will follow
her predecessors, Alice Faye and
Betty Cradle, into marriage with a
bandsman. There's still no man in
her life. And the studio is hoping
there will be none. Not for a while
at least.
She'll be rather busy playing all
the roles intended for Alice and eBt-
ty.
Producer Howard Hughes will
preview a cleaned-up version of his
controversial film, THE Outlaw
to the Legion of Decency within
the next few weeks. He has spent
$4,000 on re-takes and re-editing
since the films premiere in San
Francisco and is ready to release
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-21
- In
Hollywood
BY ERsKINE JOHNSON
NEA STAFF Cnrresnnnhenf

Red Haired, 22-year old viva n
Blaine Is Hollywoods newest sing
ing star because she playe' a scene
not In the script, In the office OF the
big boss. Only she wasn't kidding.
What she told that guy never
would pass the Hays office cesnors.
Vivi:n. you see, was fighting mad.
Not because she has the temper
usually associated with redheads
Shes really a blond. She had dyed
her hair on studio orders. And not
because it was the big boss fault. II
was just one e. those things.
But before we explain, we'd better
tell you that Vivian Is the unknown
young lady who was suddenly cat
apulterd into stardom at the goth
Century-FoX studio when Alice Faye
and Betty Cradle started knitting
booties.
Studio executives looked around
but they didn't see Vivian. Maybe
1t was because she had lost 80
pounds since arriving on the lot. She
was down to a sleek 100. And the
10Th Century Fox lot is as big as a
small city. Why, gal could even
get lost in that big administration
building.
Anyway, when studio executives
looked around they didn't see WV
ian. Not right away. They saw in
stead five other girls and for quite
while it looked like one of the
five would inherit the Faye Cradle
roles.
That's when Vivian got mad.
FILMTOWN FUNERAL
She and her agent and her papa,
theatrical booker visiting Hollywood
from their hone town of Newark, N.
j., talked 1t over. we murdered
and buried everybody in Hollywood"
Lillian said.
Next day she went to the office
Of the big boss, iIarryl Zanuck. She
said she was tired of doing nothing.
Only three roles in two years. She
wanted release from her contract.
She wanted to go back to Newark
and forget about motion pictures In
fact, she very neatly told off Mr.. z.
GoAAuNA ooV HuACIAy dLluoCN az Allo
desk. After all, he'd been away to
war for year and half. He'd been
busy preparing WILSON," THE Pur-
pie Heart" and Wendell WILKES
"One World" He hadn't had time
to pay much attention to the film
career of former band singer from
Newark.
But as Vivian told Zanuck that
morning what she thought of
Hollywood, he suddenly realized she
was the girl he was looking for. That
burst of temper-that fire-that-
Young lady," said zanuck
you're not going back to Newark"
zanuck dug up a test Vivian had
made for the leading feminine role
star part slated for Alice Faye
in lavish technicolor filmusical,
Greenwich Village" He looked at
it in his private projection room and
then dictated q memo to his cast
ing office: 'Vivian Blaine gets
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-21

isn't much of a play; in fact it is a
play that they no doubt have seen
under different titles and done in
better fashion several times before.
And the astute actress-manager
hasn't hurt her box office chances
by employing Raymond Massey,
Henry Daniel, Carol Goodner and
Ann Burr in the leading roles. The
story is the one about the settled
couple that suddenly comes apart
at the seams under the pressure of
new romances, only to find that the
original setup was best. A nice pro-
duction, a poor play, but - Kath-
arine Cornell.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-21
By Hal Cochran

ern, she's found a way to wear one
of those curve displaying gowns.
Makes her entrance in an old-fash-
toned musical number in a 1903
roadster.
YANK HUMOR
You can't down the American
sense of humor. During the rough
going at Attu, American soldiers.
we hear, dubbed two companion
mountain peaks. one wide and one
narrow, as Abbott and Costello e.
Carl Herzinger, dialog writer on
Kay Kyser's new film, Around the
World" will get screen credit thus
ly: "Story by Ralph Spence. Corn
on the Cob by Carl Herzinger." i.
Sad story: Several weeks ago the
Army sent Capt. Jack Hively, for
mer film director. to Alaska to
photograph a training film, How
to Operate in Cold Weather" Hive
ly is now back in the states re-
covering from very bad case of
frost bite.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-21

the picture nationally if the censors
approve Eleanor Stewart, Chi
cago beauty contest winner, will
portray William Boyd's leading lady
for the third time. She gets the
fem lead in the new Hopalong Cas-
Siday adventure, LAUNDERING
Hoofs."
When "stage Door Canteen"
reaches South America, the star
will be Xavier Cugat. For the
South American version, Cugat in
PRODUCES the film in a prolog and
acts as master of ceremonies, in
Producing all the stars in the film
Ida Lupino has turned down
national magazines offer to print
Marine Capt. Louis Hayward's let
tiers to her.
COMMAND PERFORMANCE
Highltght, until now, of Holly
woods Command Performance for
short-waving to service men over
seas, was Carole Lands fulfillment
of request to sigh over the mi
crophone. Now Corp. Casey Moore
and his squad somewhere in Eng
land have asked Warner starlet
Dolores Moran to appear in front
of the mike for one minute stand
ing perfectly still. wearing tight
sweater" Metro is planning
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
Draft DOdger
 Gets 4 Years

KETCHIKAN - In what is des- Cribed as the first case of it's kind in Alaska, Eric J. Ernquist, 35, former local painter and paper hanger, was sentenced to four years in McNeils island penitentiary for violation of the selective service training and service .act, during the recent court term which ended here last week.
 In imposing sentence on Ernquist, Judge George F. Alexander, of the Federal District Court, castigated him as lone of these smart boys. |" He told the defendant, who pleaded guilty to failure to report for phys icaI examination after he had been classified as IA. You know you were liable to be called at any time You applied for relief, an ex- tension of time, and were given two weeks. That was in January. You never reported to anybody after that until you were indicted here and ar. ested on a bench warrant in Lo Angeles in October.
 "According to my information" |, continued the judge, And before you left here you were boasting about having beaten the Swedish draft law which is similar to our own war act. You boasted that you had beaten better laws than the draft law in this country and would beat this one.
 "The court is very much of the opinion that from all evidence in this case, everything pointed to the fact that you are one of these smart boys who try to beat the act, one to whom it was not supposed to apply. You started out and used all possible means to do exactly that, exactly what you said, that you had beaten the act in Sweden and were going to show how it could be beaten in this country.
 "The sentence of the. court will be that you will serve four years at McNeil's island"
 In other cases, Charles Early was awarded $2O0O judgment in his suit against D. N. Mcdonald ot Wrangell:
 The Early suit involved a boat which he said he agreed to buy fol $500, but three days later McDon- aid sold it to Neil Grant and George Sumption, Wrangell shrimp plant operators, for $3.500 Early was awarded the difference and Stump ton and Grant retain the boat.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
Cannery Workers and
 A.SP.S.U. To Convene First Week in January

c. Don Miller, local agent for the Wrangell Cannery Workers Union. announces that he has received a communication from A. R. Hanson, Executive Secretary of the AsPSU and CWAU, which states that a con vention of seiners and cannery workers will be held in Ketchikan some time during the first week in January. No specific date can be set other than the first week of the new year, as the opening meet ing day will be dependent on steamer sailings,.
 Delegates are expected to attend from Rake, Klawock, Wrangell Petersburg, Hydaburg, Craig, Doug las and Ketchikan.
 "Wrangeu has not elected it's delegates as yet MT. Miller said, but it hopes to have some repre- sentation as important business con corning the 1914 season will be
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
American AmphibiOuS
 Forces Take Arawe In Surprise Assault On JapS

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, South west Pacific - American amphib- ious forces stormed ashore on New Britain Island crumbling one of Japan's keystone defenses of the South Pacific and won their beach, head in a few hours with only light losses. General Macarthur an nouneed today.
 Lieut. Gen Walter Kreuger's Sixth Army began it's assault a. AraWe, near the western end of the island at 7:24 a. m Wednesday and was still landing two hours la ter in a tropical rainstorm
 Virtually the only resistance en- countered was by shore guns which fired on the advance landing par ties They were promptly silenced by salvoes from American destroy CTS. The American warships stood off shore and bombarded the little port for twenty minutes before thu landing without receiving an an swering shot. and 356 tons of bombs weIe unloaded in the area by Allied planes as a softening up process on Tuesday.
 Twenty minutes after the invas- ion, after the main body of destry- CTS had started for home, a dozen Jap dive bombers attacked the d.. strOyer aboard which Rear Admire an Barbey was directing the Ian ing of the 7th amphibious fore The destroyer was not damaged.
 At the same time other parts Of the south Pacific received attention from Allied bombing planes Ns4 Ireland received a load of 92 tons of explosives and Rabaul, 250 miles west of Arawe, was raided by Am erican heavy bombers which dr,p- red load of g tons on that im- portant Jap air and naval base. Ti- nor in the Dutch East Indies was al- so raided
 Concerning the landing at Arawe. General Macarthur said it was d complete surprise to the Japs and their resistance was quickly oyer- come. We lost no planes or ships in the operation and our ground casualties were exeremely light, tie communique added.
 In New Guinea Australian fore -s on the Huon Peninsula are forgi 2 forward and inland on the islaad the enemy was driven fir a strongly defended positions norln- west of WareO.
 In mid-Pacific, the Marshall Is lands were raided for the fourth consecutive day and 40 tons of bombs dropped. Two Zeros wee shot down and eight others da ..- aged.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
AMERICAN BOMBERs RAID
 MAXI RAIL SUPPLY LINES
 BETWEEN GERMANY, ITALY

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS in AL giers = Americas powerful new striking arm, the 18th strategic air force, tangled the slender railroad thread linking Germany and the 10th Nazi Army in Italy with concentrated and accurate attack Wednesday on the rail functions in Austria and the Brenner Pass. More than 300 bombers and fighters demonstrated the great destructive range of Allied air force in the Med iterranean by hitting railroad yards at the world famous ski resort of Innsbruck in the Austrian Tyrol.
 Ground forces of the Fifth and Eighth Armies pushed ahead mak- ing gains in their battle toward Rome.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
JAP TROOPS THREATENED
 BY ADVANCING CHINESE

CHUNGKING = Chinese troops in the rice bowl area west of Tung- ting Lake are pressing their efforts to surround Japanese remnants still retreating from Changteh, which was retaken by the Chinese forces last week in one of the bloodiest fights of the Chinese war theater to date.
 The Chinese high command an- nounced that several Jap detach- ments already have been trapped near Lissien and declared that their annihilation is merely a matter of time. Severe fighting has developed in the suburbs of Ansiang and Nan shiang, two lake towns which the Chinese are attempting to recap ture If they succeed, as seems like ly at this time the Chinese would need only to close a 4O-mile gap to encircle all Jap troops south of the Lin river, the high command said.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
1000 Casualties
 Suffered By Allies In
 Nazi Surprise Attack

WASHINGTON = Lack of ade- quate aerial defenses, especially of fighter planes around the supply port of Bari in Italy is now reveal ed to have cost the Allies IT cargo ships and 1000 casualties two weeks ago, Five of the ships were American.
 The anchored vessels were blown up like sitting ducks by a handful of German bombers which made a devastating low-level attack on the harbor on December ?. Approximat- ely 1000 persons were killed or in- jured. including 37 American Navy men. If there were any losses to the 3O-odd enemy assault planes which made the attack. they could not be determined here
 Information of the defeat, includ- ing the details released by Secre- tary of War Stimson, dealt only with the United Nations losses. This gave rise to the assumption, which was unconfirmed, that the raiders probably escaped scott free after catching such defenses as Bari boasted completely by surprise.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
Pretty Wedding Last Sunday

The Samuel Cunningham home was the setting last Sunday of a pretty wedding when Miss Georgina Lorraine Gunderson daughter of Mir and Mrs. George Gunderson became the bride of Mir Vallard Leland Beals. of the Coast Guard. The bride was given in marriage by her father and the ceremony was per formed at l p, m, by the Rev. Ben F. Judd Jr, of the Presbyterian church.
 Following the ceremony a recep- ton was held from 2 to 3 o'clock, during which nearly one hundred friends of the happy young couple called to wish them happiness in their future life.
 The Cunningham home was de corated in white chrysanthemums and snapdragons and in the dining room a long table, tastefully set with silver and lace cloth was cen tered by the traditional wedding cake. During the afternoon Mrs. Frank Barnes and Miss Irene Coul- ter and Mrs. Leo Mccormack and Mrs. Van H. Fisk poured while Mrs. Bertha Christianson, aunt of the bride, served the wedding cake. Mrs. Frederick Cunningham had charge of the guest book.
 The bride was lovely in tradition al white, the waist of her dress be- ing of taffeta with deep square neckline ornamented with two rhinestone clips and the skirt of flowing marquisette. She wore veil and wreath of orange blossoms which her grandmother, Mrs. Sam uel Cunningham wore at her own wedding, and carried white chry- santhemums and baDybreath.
 Miss Phyllis MacCreary. who at tended the bride. Was dressed in pima formal and carried a bouquet Of pink snapdragOns.
 The groom. son of MT. and Mrs. H. U. Beals and member of the local Coast Guard unit had as his best man Edward Ferrero also of the Coast Guard. They were in un- iforn. and wore small boutonnieres of snapdragons.
 Following the reception, Mrs. Cunningham was hostess at. a we'd ding supper for members of the bri- dal party and immediate reativles. Mrs. Barnes and Miss Coulter were also guests.
 Many lovely gifts were received by the young couple and they are establishing their first home in Wrangell in one of the L. B. Chis- holm houses across from the City Hall.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
ST. PHILIPS CHURCH SCHOOL

Christmas service for St. Philips Church School will be at zoo p. m. Dec. 24th.
 Recitations by the Primary and Junior grades will be followed by:
 The Little Shepherd" a short dramatization of the birth of Christ.
 The entire program has been pre- pared and will be conducted by the Senior class, which includes Helen Angerman, Henrietta Bradley. Yol- anda Ferguson, Ethel Lund Sara Thomas, Freddie Angerman, Allan Bradley and Olaf Hanson and is under the supervision of Miss Elna Arola as teacher and director.
 Church members and friends are extended a cordial invitation to att tend the Christmas services.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
COURT TO JUNEAU

Federal Judge George F. Alex ander and Robert Coughlin, Clerk of the Court. returned to Juneau on the Princess boat this week follow ing the recent court term in Ketchi- kan and after holding naturalization hearings here and in Petersburg.
 While in Wrangell, the following persons were admitted to citizenship in court hearing: Dennis Barlow, Canada; Oscar Oglend, Norway; Hannah Sundberg. Norway; Bertha Hansen. Norway; Carl Stoeckel, Switzerland; zalme Prader, Esthon- ia and Carl. Jacobson, Norway.
 The petition of Harry Mates was dismissed on his own motion.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
RED ARMY PUSHING GERMAz
 BACK ON EAST FRI

LONDON-The Red army hun the Germans out of several popL ated places in the battle of the Kiey bulge today taking the offensive Il this vital sector for the secaad straight day, Moscow announced
 Striking out against massed { er- ma tank formations south of Me n and northwest of Radomysl, approx imately 55 miles west of Kiev, the Russians, aided by a powerful ar tillery concentration, made gains which improved their positions.
 The Russians reported continuing gains in the Dneiper river region of Cherkasy where several towns were taken and also to the south in the big drive toward the industrial city ,e1 Kerovogrado
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
VIM. D. GRANT BUYS
 OUT BUSINESS OF
 FORMER VANS TRANSFER

Sale of his transfer business, the former Vans Transfer, to William D. Grant was announced this week by Van H. Fisk, well known Wran- gell business man. MT. Grant took over the business on December Il.
 Mir Fisk, who has been in the business for the past eight or nine years, who has been i'll. is retiring from business for the present and intends to take a long-needed rest He expressed appreciation to the pbulic for the patronage they have given him in the years he operated the business.
 In taking over the business MT. Grant has changed the name and it will from now on be known as Grants Transfer.
 "It is my aim," the new owner said, to continue to give the same dependable and prompt service which MT. Fisk built up as a tra- dition of the business. It will be a pleasure to serve the people of Wrangell"
 MT. Grant is a local young man born and raised in Wrangell and is the son of former Postmaster and Mrs. B. Y. Grant, Wrangell piOn- eers, now living in Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-17
TRAVELLERS

Passengers northbound on the Princess boat this week for Juneau were: L. B. Chisholm, Mayor Fred G. Hanford, Judge George F. Alex ander Robert Coughlin, M. D. Will Hams, J. V. Hawkins, Harold J. An derson, Mir and Mrs. Joe Lawton, Mrs. Karl Theile and daughter Rosemary, Mrs. James Sharp, MT. and Mrs. E. M. Campbell, Brigadier and Mrs. J. IT. Gillingham, Mrs. Pearl Toft, Mrs. E. P. Churchill.
 Booked south on the return trip are: Mrs. N. M. Cool to Prince Ru- pert; Sgt. Ralph Soelter, Edward Ferrero, George Slocum Charles Nordstrom, Mrs. May Gartley, Mrs Mildred Suratt, L. D. LouderbacR all for Seattle.