THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
Dedicated to the Building
of the “Kenai Empire”
1 iidependent
United Press Service
. Published Semi-weekly
by
H. W. and N. M. Hunt
Scw.'ir 1, Alaska
< bscriplion Kate $8.00 per year
We went to the show at. the
High School last Saturday night
nrd saw the play put on hv the
jot- Women of Seward.
\.!ually it was one of the
b -i plays we have ever seen,
amateur or professional. It was
.1 r i ma with a capita I 1).
W e had no idea of what would
h; ,• a• n until near the end of
Um secon,i act—-there were two
parts each to the second and
i hiril arts, and to set' a local
matron nonchalantly turn “kil
ler "—and all of all things to
happen when it did-—just at
that point the curtain rope jumped
th>' pulley and the audience saw
the whole “job” when only a
glimpse was intended.
At any rate it was fine each
actress wsa superb in her part,
and on,, of the most remarkable
points v as that absence of the
•■sing-song'', "learned by heart",
rendition of speech.
We were amazed that the pro
duction by the Junior Women's
Club failed to show a profit,
of only twenty three dollars.
To speak of a ivy one of the
ladies as better than anothei
would he (besides courting dis
aster i uttering something un
t rif.
It was a grand et'.ort and not
the fault of any of those who
took part that it was not finan
cially a success. Rather was it
a lack of the required publicity
and. you know, a good show is
always worth $2.20
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Why do all women whose slips
show, wear washed-out ones with
a plain hem instead of those pink
satin and lace affairs we see in
the shop windows?
I Around Hollywood
I If you need rain, write to the
Woath-Air, Iue. They’re in the
rain making business. Last week
a movie stunt flyer and three
Arizona men organized the firm
and they're now selling rain to
Arizona ranchers at 2 cents
(that’s right) an act-'
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FOIl THF. NOT SO-OLD TIMM U
1!C5 7-1 lyears ago Orela Car
ho taking (lancing lesson-' from
Albertina ttasch . . . slrn’ll do a
little catling up hi "Madame
Walewska." newcomer John
| King scores as tip, h ading char
acter in "Tile lt(Tad Rack", Lv
ieh Kemargue's post-war story
. John faces a promising Vu
lture. Kuhinoff and In's violin lilt
ing featured in "Von Can't Have
Everything." 2otli Century Fox’s
latest musical. Claudette Col
bert's new home cost her $200 -
ooO . . . and she may now sell
because she doesn't like it Al
fred Hitchcock in London to di
rect his new mystery film star
ring John Loder an<] seventeen
year-old Nova Pi 1 beam. Lana
Turner, new discovery in Warn
er's "They Won’t Forget," has
what they used to call "sex ap
peal."
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“The Life of A1 Smith" is be
ing considered by studio. as a
possible film product ion. Al
made the brown derb\ famous
and was one of the most co|o>'
fn 1 figures in our time. As prob
ably most of you remember lie
lost the 1 it 2 S presidential elec
tion to Herbert Hoover. Then
when F.H.R. became tin parly
favorite. Ai dropped out of pol
ities.
i The other day a shabbily dies
sed old man house shopping
with a real estate agent- stopped
before a beautiful home. Rut
when the snooty owner saw the
destitute-looking man. she said
it wasn't for rent. The old boy.
knowing why, barked back:
"For two cents I'd buy this
place and throw you all out,” It.
seems he had just struck oil in
Oklahoma and was now a mil
lionire.
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■' Ceilings Are freguert !
SS Baranof April lti calls at Juneau. Ketchi
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SS Aleutian April 22nd calls at Valdez. Cordo
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I ODDS ANI) ENDS Mae Mnr
! ray should have plenty of inside
j st.u f in her book “What I’riee
I Glamour”, coming out this fall.
] Arthur Lake will take a cast
[and crew to Alta, Utah, in a
■few weeks . . . they’ll shoot the
| scenes for his second production
I “White Devils". East wet k Ruth
Brennan made her movie d‘but
as slant rider in RKO’s “Blood
on ih' Moon.” She's Waller
Brennan's atlra.tive daughter.
Anna S|eu return* to the screen
ill "Let's Live A Little”, tie'
lledy Lamarr comedy. Robert
Mitchum is the latest star to
leave for Sweden . . . he’ll co
s'ar with Dorothy MacGuire in
•'The Doll’s Douse.” Hollywood
stars talking of going to Europe
before another war. While Ilka
Chase is doing a film assign-|
nunt. Gloria Swanson will pinch
hit in "There Goes the Bride" a
play now on tour. Corinne Grif
jfith. top actress of the silent
screen, may star in “My Life
I With the Redskins,” her own
i hook to he made into a movie.
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1 The elderly chorus line, ages
from tin to 72, in Ken Murray's
“Blackouts” will make their
screen dehut in Paramount’s
; “Isn't It Romantic?" They start
ed in the stage revue six years
| ago and only two of the original
'group at'e in the chorus. Two
have died and five have retired.
' The housing shortage must he
lover An ad in a local paper re
cently j’ead: "For lent — three
room furnished apartment, cry
. baby welcome."
: THE SPRAWLING CITY
More than H!Of> persons must
find new homes . they're on
the path of a new freeway be
ing constructed . poor spell
ing put a youngster in jail
for attempting to extort S4s-">
from his father . . . his mis
spelled words were recognized.
Population "f Glendale, right
next to L A is now over 100.
000 . vivisection maniac? . .
a cute wire-haired terrier toumi
wanderng around butnpng into
walls . . .both eyes had been
put out . . and a young wom
an faces court action for tying
two (aits together with a cord,
then heating them to death with
a hammer because the cats an
noyed her pigeons . the City
Health Department has ordered
doctors and nurses to visit hun
dreds of homes in an effort to
trace the spread of a mysterious
malady.
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AKOl'X!) TOWN LAST WKKK
For years an eldertyy man had
!u i n harassed by his nagging
wife the other dry he went
i i emir’ on a minor charge and
pleaded guilty immediately
his wifi- hustled up the aisle and
•old him to plead not guilty
so I o told tl'm judge that the
1 ii f 11■ woman was his wife and
lie wisln d to change his plea
. the man was only trying to
it himself sentenced ... so lie
could get some peace anl rset.
Fast month a young man landed
i u . min for dr A ing without a
1:i .• 11: ■ • . a; ter list' ning to
i sad 1 orv. the 1 udgo said he
mild he hnimt. this time . . .
hut warned him •’don't make a
fool out of me because I'm let
ting you go free.1' ... a few
i'nv ago, the same young man
was hack on the same charge
. . . before the same judge . . .
and received a ISO-day sentence
. tlie judge said: “but I'm
going to give you a suspended
sentence- of one day. That’s
inakig a fool out of you."
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One thing about “Command [
Decision," the Chirk Cable pic-,
ture, it really will iiave an till-!
star cast. In addition to Gable,
there are John Hodiak, Van I
Johnson, Edward Arnold, Tom
Drake and Walter I’idgeon. It's
till till male picture. Right now,
“Command Decision" is a smash
Proadway hit.
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According to an expert. South-j
ern ralifornia is a sour market
for husband-hunting grls. There
just aren't enough males to go
around. In fact, in E. A. there
are nearly lon.oOO more women
tli ;in men.
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Leon Errol, who proved so
popular as Knobby Walsh in the
Joe Palooka films, may have to ,
drop the series due to illness. |
Errol usually carried the picture:
and he’ll surely be missed. In-!
cidentally, Stanley Clements will
be Palooka's protege in the next
film.
Hollywood is very much inter
ested in the Italian elections.
April isth. Several companies I
are ready to go to Italiy hut will
cancel if the commies win. N'o
one will tkae the risk of getting
stuck over there.
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Kent control seems to he
more of a farce than anything
else. Average homes here are
renting for $150, $200 and $300
a month. In one case, a home
was offered at $150 a month on
a two-year lease. And the owner
wanted the second year's rent—
$1x00 in advance before mov
ing in.
I'm; T11 H XoT-SO-OI.I) TI M
KKS 102H-0 years ago-—Alice j
White, o f the screen so long, is!
now a rtidio actress doing ‘‘Aunt.
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.Jenny" storie, . . she hopes to ;
do a pi ture comeback Greer
Garson unknown and unnoticed
;is she attends the premiere of
er first picture, "Goodbye, dr.
(“hips " Kranchot Tone has de
i ided to quit Hollywood for the
X"W Vork stage . . . six years
of rinetna life has been enough.
I in-o by Vmold. night club sing
t j ■ 11 n 11 s < ’ s hopping a found town
. her husband :li .Toe PiMac
rin Francis T.deeror, now an A
mi'i'ican itizen. getting raves
for his work in ‘‘Gonfes.-inns of
a Nazi Sni." a warning of the
Hitler threat. Hornth^ Sebastian
re. arns to the screen in MGM’s
"The Women" Harry T.arfcdon
-irr comedian of the -Kent films
■.bo b.as been down on hi, luck
for many years, lias been team
id with Oliver Hardy in feature
< ouiedies.
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FORT RICHARDSON-- The
United States Army has announ
ced that, due to a shortage of
second lieutenants in the Regu
lar Army, a system of competi
tive tours have been set, up for
their procurement.
In order to fill this particular
need the Department of the
Army has stated that reserve
officers of all grades on inac
tive duty may request, extended
active service for the purpose
of competing for Regular Army
commissions. They can accomp
lish this hy applying for a Com
petitive Tour of Active Duty.
In order to he eligible, the ap
plicant must have attained his
twenty-first birthday. hut not
have reached his twenty-seventh
hirthdtfy on June 1st. 19 48. Ho
must have completed at least
two years of college or the
equivalent as determined by the
General educational Test and
must he physically qualified.
The first competitive tour will
begin on June 15th, 1 948. The
officer will be assigned in an ac
tive duty status and will he un
der observation for one year.
On the successful completion of
liis active duty tour he will he
awarded a Regular Army com
mission. In the event that his
rating is not sufficiently high
to merit a commission he may
apply for another tour or return
to his reserve status.
This competitive tour does
not include the Medical Corps,
Dental Corps. Judge Advocate
General's Department, or the US
Air Force.
Any interested applicant may
receive additional information
and the necessary forms bty con
tacting Headquarters, United
States Army, Alaska, G-l Sec
tion. APO 942. c/o Postmaster.
Seattle, Washington.
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