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Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13

AM and 2 o'clock P M. of said 1; day, on the proposition of an. nexatIon of the following terri tory to the City of Kodiak, ! Alaska:
 The East Addition, as effic-
 ially surveyed under United
 States Survey No. 2538B,
 and
 The Ieite Addition, as of-
 hcially surveyed under Un-
 ited States Survey No. 1881, all of which territory lies adjac- ent and contiguous to the said City of Kodiak, Alaska
 All persons, over the age of 2lI years, residing in the City of Kodiak, or in the East addition and Leite Addition, and who are owners of substantial property interests in iand, buildings or improvements on land or tide lands within the City of koolak or within the East Addition or Leite Addition, are hereby invit- ed to vote upon the proposition of such annexation by means of a printed ballet upon which shall be printed:
 For the annexation of the
 East Addition and the Leite Addition to the City of Kodiak
 Against the annexation of the East Addition and the Leite Addition to the City of Kodiak
 The polling place for the elec- tors residing within the City of
 Kodiak, Alaska is hereby desig-
 hated as the City Hall in said City of Kodiak, and Charles Skinner, Esther Magnusen, and | Oscar A. Nelson, three qualified electors of the City of Kodiak are hereby designated as judges of said election, and Justine Hinckel and William E. Worth, two qualified electors of the City of Kodiak are hereby designated as clerks of election, who shall, before entering upon their duties as such judges and clerks, take the oath of office as required by law.
 The polling place for the cleo tors residing within the East Addition and within the Leite Addition is hereby designated as the John c. Hughes residence on Mission Road, Ko 1iak, Alas ka, and A. M. Vokacek, Elvin E Foster and John c. Hughes, three qualified electors residing within the areas sought to be. annexed are hereby designated as judges of saId election, and Chester V. Clark and Margaret Gibbons, two qualified electors residing within she areas sought to be annexed are hereby desig- hated as clerks of said election, who shall, before entering upon their duties as such judges and clerks, take the oath of office as required by law.
 uyrD,D.S WuEp EOE
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13

Chuck Johnson, who sold Chuck's & Lill's and his prop erty on Mission road, left this week for Oakland, Calif., to be with Mrs. Johnson, who is quite i'll and is to undergo an opera ton.
 He said he expects to come back to Kodiak later.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10
"But Mr. Abercr0mbie...
ron don't stay on Ae blane 2I days!"

That Abercrombc! Always giving our gals bad time! But he knows good thing when he takes Pan Amencans special Winter Excursion 1wentyone full days make your bargain Clipper trip almost any ma city in Alaska
 and You sght-see transact business and make side trips visit friends and relatives = all for least 259o les han ycguar roundhib fares. Just remember you have only until April ls get your bargain excursion tickets from.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10

King Sargon of Akkad set up the first Semitic kingdom known to history about 250O B. c.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10
Days of '9S DrawsCrowd,
 SweIIs Fund

An immense throng turned the clock back a half century Saturday night and cut loose at the Days oi '98 to swell the growing Juneau Memorial Library Fund by more than S1,000, less expenses.
 The benefit, held by the Juneau Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska and the Pioneers Auxiliary at the Elks Hall, drew a packed house from early in the evening until near a. m. Sunday morning. The Gold Rush atmosphere of the evening was authenticated by sheafs of bogus paper money which changed hands over two roulette tables and two wheels of fortune and in blackjack and four -five-six games. Admission to the affair was $l, and each person received a bundle of the fiat currency. Cash fer Bill Biggs reported, however, that many returned again and again to purchase more funds after hav- blown the roll" in the various games
 Prizes were given for the most successful gamblers, Charles Porter heading the list among the men and Miss Marjory Malcolm taking the women's prize.
 Miss Malcolm. l2 years of age, cashed in $4l00 in fiat money, hav- ing won the greater part of 1t on one spin Of the roulette wheel when she put Il chips on the num- Der II at II o'clock. Porter's win nings amounted to more than $6,0o0, Confederate.
 Many Costumes
 Many people appeared in cos tune, some of them with Gold Rush atmosphere, others more reminiscent of the Bowery. Mrs. Gudman Winthers, who took first prize as dance hall girl, might have stepped right out of the old Northern Light in Dawson.
 Henry Harmon drew the prize as the best sustained character and John Manders was judged to have the finest set of whiskers to ap- pear during the evening. Judges of the costumes were Mrs. Lottie Spic- kett, Mrs. Earle Hunter, Sr., John Beck and Harry Lea.
 Food and refreshments were serv- ed during the evening and there was dancing to old time music. Re- ceiptS for the Library Fund were reported by Cash Cole, Chairman of the Committee in charge of the affair, to have been more than $1 900 taken in at the door.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10

ATTENTION EASTERN STAR Regular business meeting, Juneau Chapter No. T Tuesday February II, 8 o'clock.
 ALICE BROWN, Secy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10
10 LEADING FILM SEARS
 ARE NAMED

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 10.-The en- try list for the annual race to film dom's highest peak, the Oscar Der by" was complete today it's lC nominees for leading actor and ac- tress awards including three former winners.
 Best actor-Frederic March, "The Best Years of Our Lives" Lau- renee Oliver Henry "" Larry Parks, The Jolson Story" Gre gory Peck, The Yearling" and James Stewart, Its Wonderful Life"
 Best actress Olivia De Havil- land, ITO Each His Own" Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter" Jen- infer Jones, Duel In the Sum- Rosalind Russell, Sister Kenny and Jane Wyman, The Yearling.
 Best picture-"The Best Years of Our Lives Henry v," Its a Wonderful Life,' The Razor's Edge" and The Yearling."
 The nominations selected 65 can didates in l8 classifications, includ- ing also:
 Best director William Wyler "The Best Years of Our Lives - David Lean, Brief Encounter, Frank Capra, Its a Wonderful Life Robert Siodmak, "The Kill lers;" and Clarence Brown, "The Yearling."
 Best supporting actor-Charles Coburn, The Green Years" Will liam Demarest, The Jolson Story Claude Rains, Notorious" Harold Russell, The Best Years of Oul Lives" and Clifton Webb, "The Ro- zor's Edge"
 Best supporting actress - Ethe Barrymore, The Spiral Staircase; Anne Baxter, The Razor's Edge; Lillian Gish, Duel In the Sun; Flora Robson, Saratoga Trunk; and Gale Sondergaard, Anna Ane the King of Siam"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10
10TH CENTURY i5 SHOWING TYPICAL
 STORY OF TODAY

"Too Young To Know" is now at the goth Century and it is War ner Bros. latest and brightest film romance. Co-starring Joan Leslie and Robert Hutton and featuring such capable supporting players as Dolores Moran. Rosemary DeCamp and Harry Davenport, the film marks Hollywood's first attempt to handle the timely problem of kiss and-run marriages with intelligence, understanding and humor. But more than that-more than merely resting on it's lamels after posing an arresting problem-the film also contains neat and cheerfully en- gazing object lesson for thousands of today's youngsters who jump feet first into marriage and do their thinking afterwards.
 In typical American fashion, af- ter nasty courtship, Sally Saw yer (Joan Leslie) and Ira Enright Robert Hutton), two youngsters, very uluCll III lONC, oSSSAN NS"AA w being man and wife. But their youth is disadvantage. Sally, who had planned theatricial career long before she fell in love, sees no reason why her former friends, group of conceited, self centered pseudo sophisticates' should not meet with her husbands approval.
 Ira, in turn, sees in Sally's asso- citation with this clique threat to the stability of their marriage. It remains for a kindly judge (played by Harry Davenport to unravel tte remnants of their tangled lives and to bring the youngsters to- gether again, after months of sep aration and heartache.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10
ABILENE TOWN"
 IS THRILL STORY
 NOW AT CAPITOL

The colorful pages of one of the most stirring and romantic phases of American history are brought to pulsating life as the story ot Abilene Town" unfolds on the screen at the Capitol Theatre through United Artists release. This dramatic films concerns the vio- lent conflict between the cattle barons and the hometeaders who settled on the great plains of Kan sas during the turbulent decade af- ter the Civil War
 Playing co-starring roles are Ann Dvorak and Randolph Scott. Ann is cast as Rita, the glamorous song and dance queen of the towns gay est tavern, and has never looked lovelier or played better The song writing team of Goell and Speilman have provided her with three of the catchiest hit tunes of tl,e season.
 Scott is cast as Dan Mitchell, the first marshal of Abilene, who tries desperately to effect truce, with the minimum of bloodshed, be- tween the opposing factions as rep resented by Texas Street one side of which is ruled by the owner of the saloon. the gambling den and the music hall, the other side by the law-abiding chief merchant of ete town.
 The story reaches smash climax when the homestoaders, led by the ardent Bridges, Big Ann, and Miss Fleming, march straight down Tex as street into the very guns of the stalking enemy With both sides lined up for a death-dealing fight, Scott walks out alone into the mo- mans land between them, determ- ined to settl, this feud for once and for all. How he does this furnishes the film with a breath taking climax.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10
FULL LEGISLATURE
 MEMBERSH HERE

The Eighteenth Alaska Legisla- ture had it's full membership pre- sent for the first time Saturday morning when Fourth Divisioner Leo Rogge tok his place in the Sem ate after arriving here from Se- attle the previous evening on the steamer Princess Norah.
 Senator Rogge had been receiv- ing medical care in Seattle which delayed his attendance upon the Legislative session. Mrs. Rogge ar rived here with him.
 Senator E. B. Collins, also of Fairbanks, who had been indisposed on Friday, also was back at his Senate desk on Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10
HOUSE BANK" IS
 UNDER INDICTMENT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Ken- meth Romney, former House Ser geant- t-Arms, was indicted by a Federal grand jury on charges re- lating to a s124,000 shortage in &C., counts of that office.
 The indictment charged Romney with knowingly and willfully fal- sifying" figures in the accounts with intent of cheating, swindling and defrauding the government"
 The Sergeant -at-Arms serves as a House bank" where Congress men may make deposits and cash checks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10
SEE N A T E MEASURES
THIRTEENTH DAY, Feb. 8
 Bills Introduced)

s. B. 2l, by Walker Directing expenditure of $150oO of First Di- vision road funds for construction of float for small boats in Thomas Basin, Ketchikan. To Transporta- ton.
 (Defeated)
 s. B. IS. by Walker-Appropriat- ing Sl5,000 for construction of float for small boats in Thomas Basin, Ketchikan; yeas, II nays.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10
WA(HUSEn DELAYED
 IN ARRIVING; DANCE
 FEB. 12 POSTPONED

A dance which was to have been held by the AWVS at the Govern ors House on February l2 has been postponed The dance is plan ned in honor of the Coast Guard Cutter Wachusett, which was due here this week, but has been de- layed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10
EMBLEM CLUB MEMBERS

Calling the attention of Emblem Club members to make reservations for 1 o'clock luncheon on Satur- day at Mrs. Charmaine Gross by calling Mrs Marion Hedges at 1l2 not later than Thursday. 499-t2
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-10
INVITATION TO ALL

You are invited to the Lincoln Day Dinner, Salmon Creek Country Club, Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12. Tickets at Garnick's Grocery
 adv 494-t7
Evening star., 1947-04-13
By sheioh Grohom

gest. Maybe" she comedies, but, :
she adds, Il played my first grownup
picture in Bob, Son Of Battle and
/ was supposed to look II in that. !"
In this picture, Peggy Ann received
her first screen kiSs-from Lon Nc
Callister. when I saw it on the
screen" she tells me, Il was disap-
pointed, because q kiss in real life
would be much longer!"
Her mother smiles-as far as she
is concerned, her famous daughter
is still child. There will be no
solo dates with boys" says mama,
until Peggy Ann is 49,"
Eva LIE Gallienne recently put in
a strong bid to have Peggy Ann
play Alice in her New York pro-
duction of ''Alice in Wonderland. !"
"She offered her $500 and a per-
centage of the take" says Mrs. Gar
ner. But it would keep Peggy Ann
in New York during the hot months.
and I think it would have been too
much for her" That's pity, be-
cause she would have been the per-
feet Alice.
Peggy Ann and her mother first
came to Hollywood in 1888. The
then 6-year-old girl was given a
break by John Farrow. who gave
her bit in Little Miss Thorough
bred" Then Carole Lombard
agreed to have her in bigger part
In ain Name Onlvn
Looks to College.
They waited for offers to food
them, but two years passed before
Peggy Ann had her next role-in
1.-THE Pied Piper" The critics raved
about her. but again nothing hap
kpened. Mrs. Garner was SO dis
couraged that they went East again
and staged a personal appearance
that was also a big hit. But again
Hollywood ignored them. She had
Just about decided that pictures
were not for them when Orson
Welles wired them to come back
for his production. Jane Eyre.
And she was here to stay-with an
Academy Award in 1945 for the
child star of the year and a prize
winning performance in "A Tree
Grows in Brooklyn"
"When I'm 49," says Peggy Ann
"I1l go to Northwestern for three
years This is the university at
tended by her mother. But" says
Evening star., 1947-04-13
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
A gal who can walk away and
leave you wishing she hadn't-thats
Alice Faye.
After all these years and two
babies, the lovely Alice is as lovely
as ever. Still possessor Of the best
figure in Hollywood-broad-sh
dered, slim -hipped and full-bosomed
Alice lives on hillside at nearby
Encino with none to appreciate her
beauty but her bandsman-cutup
husband, Phil Harris.
Twentieth Century Fox, to whom
Alice owes two movies, thinks she
ought to get back In pictures.
Twentieth is so certain the public
would like to see Alice again 1t is
re-releasing "Alexander's Ragtime
Band" But Alice can't quite make
up her mind.
The money no longer is impor-
tant. she made quite chunk IN
the movies. and kept 1t. Phil is one
of Jack Benny's headliners tat
about $50. 900 a year., and Phil and
Alice have their own radio program,
The Faye-Harris show, less than
Q year old, enjoys Hooperating
around 20.4, compared with Jack
Benny's 20 and Edgar Bergen's 24.6,
Some critics wonder. however, If the
rating would be so high If the Faye
Harris show were not sandwiched In
between Benny and Bergen-one OF
radios best Sunday spots.
Amateur Gardener.
Even so, Alice is not satisfied with
the rating. but she isn't unduly con-
cerned. Her greatest interest these
days is her family-5-year-old Alice,
jr., and 3-year -old Phyllis-and
"jut keeping Phil ian ex-man-
about-town) happy"
Phil, apparently, is happy. His
home life bears about as much re-
semhlance to his hard-drinking,
lame radio roles as quart
Of milk does TO nItn OF BOURBON.
During his spare time, Harris is
q pretty fair amateur gardener.
Every tree and shrub on his once
barren eight acres was planted by
the maestro himself.
The Harrises currently are hav-
ing swimming pool trouble. Some
how or other, one of the drain pipes
clogged.
Now we gotta drill down through
three feet Of concrete" moans Har-
fis, "and listen to them guys chutta-
chutta -chutting with drills and
swinging picks all day long"
Phil will do anything for q laugh.
He's been that way ever since he
was a drummer in Nashville, Tenn,
in the early '2os. It was this love
for a gag that first put him out in
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Today's Schedules

CAPITOL-"The Red House.
1850, Abs, tbs and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows, los, 1855. 6:35
and 9:15 pm.
COLUMBIA-'My Favorite
Brunette" 1870, $3.50, $50.
7:30 and 9::35 pm.
EARLE-"Pursued," l, $40,
5:25, 7::30 and GAS pm.
HIPPODROME-"They Were
Sisters" 2:10, 4:05, s, 8 and
9:55 pm. ,.
KEITH'S-"The Best Years Of
Our Lives 1920, 3:25, $50
and 9::35 pm.
LITTLE" Henry the Fifth
8 and $3.50 pm.
METROPOLITAN - "Bedelia,"
1:15, $40, 5:25, TBS and
GAS pm.
PALACE-"The Yearling," lis,
4. 6:45 and $50 pm.
PIx-"Bring on the Girls"
1870, 4:20. tbs and 9:55 pm.
TRANS-LUx-News and shorts.
Continuous from pm.
Evening star., 1947-04-13
HOLLYWOOD.

Having Just finished reading the
galley proofs of a new murder
thriller, Mine More Lives" by
Michael Morgan, which Random
House is bringing out in May, we've
been recalling great many inter-
esting and thrilling contacts with
movie stunt men during our dozen
year residence in Hollywood.
There is no more fascinating
group of workers contributing to the
success of the motion picture, no
group that so holds itself apart from
the others, and certainly none that
takes such great pride in its ac-
complishments. An extra is an ex-
ira. So is a character actor. They
meet and mix. But stunt man is
one who belongs and associates
only with his own select group.
Why thorough-going recital OF
the stunt man and his foibles hasn't
been written before Is great mys-
terry to us. It's a natural subject.
These hazard experts are among
the truly unsung heroes OF the
screen because, for the most part,
their jobs are done while doubling
for Hollywood's herman stars. Hor-
ace Nottingham takes the bows and
fans unconsciously breathe, What
man" The stunt man risks his
neck, collects his stipend, and not
even the corner grocer gives him a
| second glance. Studios choose tc
hush-hush news about vdoI1bies
when 1t is obvious to any one that
none would dare gamble the life Of
highly paid star whose injury
would cost 100 times his salary tr
delay to a production schedule.
| Three In a Day.
The number of stunt men at
tached to studio rolls varies from
year to year, but the average runs
about 200 at all times. They carr
from 5000 year to the SIS, 900 te
$25, 900 crossed by the so or go mos'
proficient men. They are paid by
the stunt, and big day can net
sizable sum. Yakima Canut, two
times national rodeo riding champ
is said to have made $1,75o In a
single day. Harvey Parry, one OF the
best known and most daring OF the
contingent, has had several $1,000
days within the past year.
Jimmie Dundee-now director OF
stunts at Paramount-has one.
day top of 81 ,666.67, earned when he
rolled a station wagon downhll
while doubling for Olivia de Havil-
land and followed up before dusk
with a nasty automobile spill fol
| Charles Boyer and a motorcycle spill
as a policeman-all for Hold Back
| the Dawn"
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Broadway:
Back in the Play
Which Got Him
Movie Start
BY the Associuted Press

The movies William Bendix re-
ceiyed initial Hollywood attention
by his splendid acting on Broadway
as the policeman in William Saroy-
ans '"The Time of Your Life" After
the plays recent purchase by Gag
|ney Productions for imminent shoot
ing as a movie, Bill Bendix again
was signed for part, but not that
of the policeman which brought him
his first fame and cash. He'll play
the role Of Nick, owner Of the San
Francisco saloon in which the major
activity of the play occurred.
Broadway Director H. G. Hank"
Potter win direct the fllm.
Greek Actress Vasso Manolidou
will play the role Patricia Kirkland
originated when Ruth Gordon's
Years Ago" is produced shortly in
Greece. .. There's been no doubt
all along that it is a hit, but 'Fin-
ian's Rainbow" passed its Tooth per-
formance the other day. That's
the traditional milestone which Of
ficially establishes a Broadway play
as a success. Lady Winder-
mere's Fan" is in It's last weeks after
a successful revival. Irene
Bordoni will have the leading role in
Hall Shelton's new musical, ''Louisi-
ANA. =.
Ambitious new producing firm of
Harold Kraus, Charles German and
associates is putting good many
eggs in one writing basket, having
announced it will produce two plays
and 4 musical by the prolific Bene
Russell. The first on the as
semhly line will be three-charac-
ter drama, my Best Friends" fol-
lowed by a satire on Hollywood
with an internationally lethal title
"The Whole World Can Drop
Dead" The lads last production
bears a title of less homicidal sug-
gestion, a musical for which Russell
has supplied the book, lyrics and
music.
Evening star., 1947-04-13
These Hazard Experts
Hollywood's Stunt Men. Are Truly the
Unsung Heroes of the Screen
BY Harold Heffernon

Old-time stunt men are the ones
invariably sought by studios when
q big crackup is scheduled. The vet
erans-a large number Of whom
have come up from extra ranks-are
reliable, understand camera angles,
have imagination and know how to
improve scenes beyond script de-
mands. Every ace stuntman has
come to pictures from a field OF
sports-the ring, wrestling, circus,
football, swimming and diving, jock
eying, rodeos or auto and motorcycle
racing.
Names Not Familiar.
It Is surprising, but "A OF the
stllntmen who recently staged rough
house fights in wild Harvest" for
Director Tay Garnett had made
those all-time famous fight scenes
in Garnett's "Her Man" 1S years
ago. There are stunters still bounc-
ing cars down mountainsides, jump
ing of bridges and tumbling from
racing horses, who started doing
those tricks 80 years ago. In the old
days the stuntman got IS day, and
in doing a fight scene they son1e-
times were offered q SIS bonus for
actually knocking out foe. The
victims got nothing extra.
In Hollywood, names OF those
daredeyils bring awe; yet few OF
those names register on the ears OF
the public. Billy Jones and Bobby
Rose, Founders who cailsdo any
thing 200 -pounders can, often dou-
BILE for glamorous feminine stars
There are also Stubby Kruger, for
mer champion diver and swimmer;
Dale Van Sickle. ex-Alabama foot
ball great; Sailor Billy Vincent, for
mer lightweight champ Of the Navy;
Kermit Maynard, brother of Ken
the Western star; Ted Manjean
famed tumbler; Harvey Parry, who's
stunted in more than 1900 pictures
and Matt and Fred Gilman, broth.
ers of the former Mrs. Wallace
Beery.
There are also Otto and Vic Met
zetti, with their brother, Richard
Talnadge - of screen fame - once
made up the circus acrobatic team
the Metzettis. Glen Fuller and Cliff
Lyons are among the tops in the
Western field. Garland Lincoln
flying colonel in this war: Maj
Frank Clark, still In the Air Force;
Herb White and the late Tex Ran
kin are the stunt flying greats oi
all time. AL emerged from World
War I. And there's Gordon Carveth
who is taking q little rest The day
after he smashed truck into ar
auto a few weeks ago, the report Of
a physical examination came in, re-
veahng he'd developed a bad heart
He didn't know 1t until then.
Ironic Mishap.
Why don't they get hurt2 They
often do. A few have been killed
But q recent survey, made to con-
vince insurance companies thai
stunt men aren't outlandish risks
showed that these death -defiers drew
less accident compensation than the
average studio workman.
Usually unforeseen events cause
injuries. Some happen with irony
Harvey Parry once leaped safely into
a fire net go feet below. He hao
clearance of about foot on each
side, and had b leg or arm struck
the iron edge, it would have been
broken. Had his head hit the rim
that would have been all, 'brother
An hour later, he slipped OF a 3
inch curbing, cracked his back and
spent six months in a hospital.
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