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READ FOR FUN,
PROFESSOR URGES
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EVANSTON, 111. (UP>—More
people should read for pleasure
:nsteari of for practical purposes,
says Jean H. Hagstrum. assistant
professor of English at Northwes
tern University.
Hagstrum said there was an in
crease of 10 to 15 per cent in the
nation's reading during 1947, but
a decrease in the reading of fic
tion.
"If present trends continue, the
art of reading for pleasure is like,
lv to die out in America," he
said.
“The danger is that people look
upon reading more and more as
a utilitarian function,” Hagstrum
said. "Practical reasons, such as
reading about Russian relations,
the housing shortage or psycholo
gy. are all right, but they should
not choke out reading for pure
pleasure."
Around Hollywood
AROUND TOWN LAST WEEK—
A young man returning home
was the first to sight the wreck
age of an auto . . . he quickly
drove to a filling station, report
ed his discovery and returned to
the scene . . . in the wreckage
lie found the dead bodies of a
woman and a 2-year-old baby
g:rl his mother and sister. A
Texas oil man arrived in town
. . . and met a pretty girl in a !
hotel lounge . . . she admired a
$1000 ring he was wearing and
asked if she could slip it on her
finger . . . then excused herself
to go to the ladies' room . . . but:
ttie oil man was no fool . . .he
immediately notified the house
detective who caught the girl
slipping out the back way. A
worker returning home found a
burglar going through his bureau
. . . the burglar ran, but the
worker, after a quick look in the
bureau, gave chase and caught
him a block away . . . the work
er wasn’t so much interested in
tire rings and camera the culprit
had stolen hut in a $2'»0 set of
false tooth.
Joan Fontaine has quite a hit in
her first independent venture,
“Letter from an Unknown Wom
an." It's a wiman's picture, the |
sort that gives them a good cry. j
Usually whatever they like their j
boy friends have to see anyway i
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Vote For
Frank A. Metcalf
REGISTERED ENGINEER
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
For
TERRITORIAL
HIGHWAY ENGINEER
.KAILS ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE IN ALASKA
PRIMARY FLECTION APRIL 27
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IF IT'S BEER OR LIQUOR YOU WANT
TRY OUR
NORTHERN
COCKTAIL BAR OR LIQUOR STORE
THE YELLOW CAB THAT IS PARKED
AT OUR DOOR IS AT YOUR SERVICE
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<4 l * ft, .1 P 3 -
'" A Gentlemans Place of Recreation "
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V/hHo You Travel
Vv ‘( r» y ui po by steamer, you c ::i ri 1: ir t.' ■ luxuri
ous comfort of staterooms, Ioun;:e» au-1 decks ... *;l
back and enjoy the scenery ns you sail.
tat tho Best food — r?o Ex?-a Chvrge
I bn Alri^ka lane is famed f< r ‘.be ex .... ,.f ;•,*
cuisine. Vou will mar. el at tli~ drib •• v .• ■. i '1
meals, fhe ro-t of a!, mealy is i • i • ...
Your berth, too!
S&i!mr*s t Fret uenf
SS Barnnof April Ifi cabs ;it .Tuneau Kcti'h
k;m. and Sent tin
SS Aleutian April 22nd calls nl Valdez. Cordi
va, .Tuneau. Ketchikan, and Seattle
I BliHSKH STEBRISKIP COmPBM v
so it should ho terrific at the
hoxoffiec.
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Every kid likes a circus. That
goes for most of the grown-ups,
too. Comedians Jack Carson, Red
Skelton and htoers have been
having a great time with the
Clyde Beatty Circus by putting
on clown make-up and appearing
with the regular circus clowns.
THE SPRAWLING CITY—An
“emergency test" will be tried
here soon to see whether or not.
L. A. (ran meet a major disaster
. . . international situation is the
i cause ... a fiend loose around
I Vermont and Western Avenues
. . . ten dogs have been poisoned
in that section ... a (JO foot
whale washed ashore at Newport
Beach presented quite a problem
... no one knew what to do
with it . . . so the health depart
ment moved bulldozers in and
scooped out a grave right on the
beach . . . automobile liability in
surance rates have increased as
much as 30 percent, in Calif. . . .
because of higher hospital and
garage hills and not more oc'i
Vote for
FRANK A. BOYLE
Territorial Auditor
IF YOUR DEALER CANT SUPPLY YOU.
LET GEORGE DO IT
ENGINES. POWER TOOLS. MACHINERY
G. H. Everitf
Merchandising Service
Box 4 1 G Seward Madison 5 8
KEM-TONE JCC
QUARTS Most All Colors * ^
ANDKKWS
ARMY SURPLUS STORE
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"I became judge of the Juvenile
and Domestic Relations Court cn
June 1, 1939. Since that time I have tried ap
proximately 8,000 boys and girls under 17 years
of age for violating the law. Of that number,
on|y 42 were regular in attendance in Sunday
col or Church. Of course others of the chil
dren had at one time or another gone to Sunday
^shcol, bet many of them had not. A; > , m un
i sir; 1 fact is that of these chil
dren there has not been a child i ’
gu[■ t whose father or mother / V ‘
r ' sMK! '
c i ay school regu-* ^
larly."
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Flowers For Sole \
and
CUT
FLOWERS
GARDENAS
CAMELIAS
ORCHIDS
ROSES
CINNERIA -
AZALIAS f
CARNATIONS -
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Mrs. Gibbons telephone adams ui ;
is
dents . . . people enjoying base
ball batting practice with robot,
pitchers over on Crenshaw . . .
the first of its kind in the conn- 1
try . . . one million home food
gardens are being planned n this
airca ... a self-serve gasoline
: filling station going up in the
! valley ... it will occupy nearly
a full city block . . . when a 2
j year-old baby girl began to cry
! and scream, its mother put tape
! on her iips . . . and the mothei
I
■ claimed: “I love iny children."
I. . . but the law thought other
wise and they are now checking
on the extent of her ‘‘love.”
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Lilli Palmer (Mrs. Rex Harri
son believes in making hay while
the sun shines. After finishing
assignments here, she planned to
go to England for a vacation and
to be with her husband, Rex.
Seeing that he was going to be
busy on a picture, she decided
she might just as well be busy
too, so signed with J. Arthur
Rank to star in “A Warning to
Wantons.”
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The ancient Egyptians were
first rate beauty parlor experts
and probably originated Hie first
“hair-do” fashions in our civiliza
tion.
LUNCH AND BOWL
AT
JIMMEY’S
Bowling Alley
IT'S NECESSARY
HEALTHY
run
OPEN 1 TO 1
If any of you are in a mental
condition requiring the aid of a
psychiatrist plan on coming to
' the- high school gym April 29.
SLOGAN
WANTED
s5.°° Cash Prize
to the person who writes the
slogan for the reorganized SewaM
Chamber of Commerce. Mail your
entries to—
Father Turner, Secretary
£::* m m
41 S* r * m
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(form *|y in Old U.S.O. Bldg.)
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X.-.-.N is the t■ ;o have the
Cabinet work you have promised
vonr self, out in. Call us.
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Sow • rd Carpenter's Union 2004
Affiliated With A C. of I.
Meetings 2nd 3iir 4th Tuesdays
— OLD USO BUILDING —
Jus. McCracken, President
A. C. McRae, Financed Secretary
In ter nation* 1 Longshoremen’s
and Warehousemen’s Union
Local BO
Meets First and Third Tuesday at
7 pin. Union Hall
President — L. Rogers
Secret arv — L. Diet