Around Hollywood
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Hollywood A local eatery of
fering “The Moo Look” the great
est steaks in town ... so they
say . . . there arc eleven theat
ers showing imported’ Spanish
language films here . . . nearly
300,000 Spanish speaking screen
fans are in this area . . . the rush
of new buildings going up on
Wilshire Blvd., the Fifth Avenue J
of the West . . . and all earth
quake proof . . . but a Stanford
University expert says there are
no quake-proof buildings . . .
and another expert says that
short skirts are coming back . . .
which means wind-swept corners
will be popular again . . . over 18
tons of paint and enamgl being
used to dress up the new Mutual
Lon Lee studios on Vine . . .
movie-struck girls, wha failed to
crash the movies, working as
waitresses ano* car-hops . . . and
consider themselves lucky.
Los Angeles is proud, too. and
Frank A. Metcalf
Candidate for
TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER
Frank A. Mtcalf of Junaau who is seeking the Demo
cratic nomination of Territorial Highway Engineer has
been a resident of the Territory continuously since 1913.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering and
has License No. 1 of the Territory registered engineers.
Upon coming to Alaska he worked for the Bradley
interests until the First World War when he was com
missioned in the 20th Engineers. In the summer of 1919
Mr. Metcalf went into business for himself following
General Engineering and making mineral ant? non'
mineral patent surveys. He served four times as City
Engineer of Juneau. At the outbreak of World War II
he was appointed Director of Civilian Defense and Sec
retary Local Draft Board. In 1942 Mr. Metcalf joined
the engineering staff of Siems-Drake and had charge of
the dredging of Sitka’s harbor. In 1945 he went to Adak
as Chief of Party. In the fall of 1947 he was appointee?
to fill out the term of the late Leonard Smith as Terri
torial Highway Engineer, the office he now seek". Few
men in the Territory are better equipped by education,
experience and professional ability to handle the work
of Territorial Highway Engineer and Superintendent of
Public Works. PD ADV.
doesn’t like to be ridiculed not
' oven in pictures. The film, “In
i
Old Los Angeles”, caused a mild
stir among natives and created
ill feeling. Now one supervisor
wants the County Board to see
that hereafter pictures contain
nothing that may belittle our
fair city.
FOR THE NOT-SO-OLD-TIM
ERS—1936-12 years ago—Jackie
Coogan’s picture, "The Kid", is
still being shown in China and
Russia ... it was made 16 years
ago. MGM’s latest discovery, Jas.
Stewart, makes his appearance
in “The Gorgeous Hussy,” star
ring Joan Crawford and Robert
Taylor. Lew Ayers’ first director
ial assignment, "Hearts in Bond
age," winning praise. Walter Win
ched in Hollywood for the sum
mer . . . and just as anxious to
see celebrities as any other visi
tor. Many screen idols in the days
gone by will be seen in "Holly
wood Boulevard” including Maur
ice Costello, Francis X. Bushman.
Betty Compson, Theda Bara Chas.
Ray and others. Amos and Andy
are now living in Beverly Hills
and doing their broadcasting from
the Film City. Monopoly is the
big game in Hollywood now. Si
mone Simon is being hailed as
the star discovery of 1936 . . .
she has an important role in
"Girl's Dormitory.”
A recent campaign killed over
60.000 rats in the L. A. Harbor
Area. According to a city health
officer each rat eats about $1.00
worth of food annually, but de
stroys nearly 10 times that much.
So that means a saving of around
$900,000 each year. The little fel
lows are mighty expensive pests.
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SCHOOL BOARD RULES
S£
ATLANTA. Ga. OJP1—'The At
lanta school department is con
it’s the way lhat you say it.
vinced that it’s not what you say
School officials are now revis
ing the application for teachers,
which used to ask simply: “Do
you smoke?” That question they
figure, did not always inspire a
correct answer because it implied
that if an applicant smoked, he
was out of luck.
Now the form will make it
; clear only that it's against boarc?
1 rules for teachers to smoke dur
ing school hours or on school
grounds.
The
Seward Light & Power
SERVING SEWARD SINCE 1905
Light - Power - Telephone
Telephone Main 0
O. T. WELCH
General Mgr.
WATER FOWL DECREASING
IN NORTH AMERICA
*
STILLWATER, Okla. (UP)—The
number of water fowl on the
North American continent has de
creased considerably since 1945,
according to Dr. F. M. Baumgart
ner, wild life specialist at Okla
homa A. and M. College.
Baumgartner said surveys made
o'uring the past summer in Cana
da and Alaska indicated fewer
birds were nesting compared to
the range available.
Hunters during the past few
years have been “killing the
goose that laid the golden egg”
the specialist said.
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SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES
PLANNED FOR HOLY WEEK
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Nightly services will be con
ducted in the Seward Memorial
Church during Holy Week begin
ning Monday, March 22 at 7:30
P.M. The general theme for the
week of worship will be “The
Cross and Great Living” with
messages delivered by Reverend ;
Skidmore ana* special music by
the church choir.
Communion will be held on the
night of Good Friday.
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11 In Your Interest I
C. S. FULLER, Vice
l President, The Foxboro
| Company, Foxboro, Mas
sachusetts, says:
x Uur Payroll Savings
Plan has been in effect since De
cember 3, 1941. Nearly six years
of experience in handling this plan,
in which so many of our emp' s
continue to participate, co
us that it is a most convenici
successful way to encourage ti
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RAINBOW NEWS
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A regular meeting was held on
March 18, at Masonic Temple.
There were 16 Masonic and East
ern Stars present at our meeting
and we were very glad to have
them and hope they will come
again.
An Easter Ceremony entitled:
‘‘Over the Rainbow” was present
ed by Jean Brattain and Beverly
Seater. The songs “Over the Rain
bow” and' “The Old Rugged
Cross” were played by Sharon
Dyer and sung by all. Jean and
Beverly attached red roses to the
White Cross in the East during
the singing of “The Old Rugged
Cross.”
Seward Assembly, No. 6 is plan
ning a party April 10. to raise
money for the School Library
Fund. Candy, cookies and other
baked* goods will be sold. There
will also be dancing, cards and
other games. Everyone is invited
and we hope you will come.
After our meeting refreshments
were served by Gail Jacobs, El
eanor Salit, Margaret Ann Lind
sey and Evelyn Gilbert.
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Joe Lanier
SHOH RKPAIItlXG or
it; RXITUR K It KPA m I NG
! nt Hfna r ioir* i I ,ongshore men s
ami Warehousemen's* Union
l,nr:iI
Meets First and Third Tuesday at
7 i>.tii Union Hat)
Piesident — L. Rogers
Viee-Pres. —- A. Loring
Secretary — I,. Dick
Marshal — J. Ohilleago
Dispatcter — D. McMillan
Dispatcher — L. Rogers
United Brotherhood of
Carpenters ami Joiners
Seward Carpenter's Union 2304
Affiliated With A F, of L
Meetings 2nd anr 4th Tuesdays
— OLD USO BUILDING —
Jas. McCracken. President
A. Cf. McRae, Financial Secretary
Last day for filing for a city
office is March 27, or 7 days, ac
cording to ordinance, before the
, City Election.
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