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'Mrs. O'Malley, Mr.
Malone' Laugh Hit
At Capitol Theatre
There's a laugh between every
murder and a howl between every
clue in “Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Ma
lone,” M-G-M’s uproarious mystery
comedy at the Capitol Theatre,
which introduces an hilarious new
screen team in Marjorie Main, be
loved star of the “Ma Kettle" com
edies, and James (“Battleground”)
Whitmore.
Miss Main has never been funnier
than in her new role as Hattie
O'Malley, who wins a radio quiz con
test, sets out for New York to collect
her prize money, and finds herself
both a murder suspect and amateur I
detective when she becomes involved
in the affairs of James Whitmore,
playing John J. Malone, as artful,
disreputable, dame-chasing and hi
larious a criminal lawyer as has
ever been conceived in screen terms.
“Military Academy" with that
10th Ave. Gang is the companion
feature.
Congress Explodes
With Truman Bias!
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24— Ml —
President Truman’s delayed blast at
what he called the three “worst
provisions" of the new economic
controls law has touched off a series
of explosive moves in Congress.
Three Republican Senators, Ferg
uson (Mich), Nixon (Calif) and
Welker (Idaho), accepted Mr. Tru
man’s tartly-worded economic mes
sage to Congress yesterday as a
political challenge.
Expressing doubt that the Pre
sident sincerely wanted controls en
forced, they quickly introduced a
bill to repeal the three provisions
the President disliked.
The Senate Hanking committee,
after a hurriedly-called and report
edly heated closed-door meeting,
agreed to public hearings next
Thursday and Friday on the repeal
proposals.
Sfotk Quotations
NEW YORK, Aug. 24—WPI—Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2 H, American Can
115, American Tel. and Tel. 1G0',
Anaconda 46%, Douglas Aircraft 53,
General Electric 60%, General Mo
tors 49%, Goodyear 94%, Kcnnecott
78 'i, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9,
Northern Pacific 48%, Standard Oil
of California 49%, Twentieth Cen
tury Fox 19%, U. S. Steel 417«,
Pound 2.79, Canadian Exchange
94.50.
Sales today were 1,210,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 26G.30, rails 79.05, util
ities 44.40.
Tantalizing
National Sweater Week doesn’t ,
roll around until late September,
but some of the movie studio pho
tographers want to be sure Actitess
Susan Cabot (above) is nominated
for the week's queen. They de
seribe her as Hollywood's “most
tantalizing torso.” Boston-bom
Susan wants to be a ton dramatic
actress, but if she doesn’t make it
she can always make a living
modeling sweaters. Wirephote.
Two Officials
Enjoy Trip on
Yukon River
A 1 rip clown the Yukon River was
enjoyed by James Davis, Director
of Territories and Insular Posses
sions and A. F. Ghiglione, commis
sioner of the Alaska Road Commis
sion during a tour they made of
the Territory.
They boarded a commission boat
at Ncnana and went as far as Gal
ena.
Ghiglione met Davis at Anchorage
and accompanied him on an inspec
tion tour of Alaska. Davis arrived
from Washington, D. C.. about two
weeks ago but has been to the West
ward and Interior until he arrived
in Juneau yesterday with Ghiglione.
Davis said he was impressed with
the large amount of road work
which has been accomplished in
Alaska the past few years. He is on
one of his regular tours of U. S.
possessions as head of that divi
sion in the Depart,ment of Interior.
FROM NEW YORK
Jerome Skramer of New York
City is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
Wicker sham Day Today;
Alaska’s Ranking Citizen
By HENRY RODEN
On August 24, 1912 President Taft
approved the Act of Congress which
provided for the establishment of
i full territorial form of govern
ment for Alaska. The bill had been
introduced and its passage through
both Houses of Congress ably man
aged by James Wickersham, then
Alaska’s delegate to Congress. It
was on the anniversary of his birth
day that the President signed the
measure.
James Wickersham was born in
Illinois in 1857; he studied law and
in 1880 was admitted to the bar of
that state. He came west in the early
80 i and establisheed himself in
Tacoma. Soon he became that city’s
legal representative and conducted
considerable important litigation. In
1898 he was elected a member of
the Washington legislature.
It was on June 6, 1900 that Presi
dent McKinley approved the Act of
Congress which extended the civil
government in Alaska and author
ized the appointment of two addi
tional judges for the northern por
tion of the Territory.
On the recommendation of friends
as well as foes the President ap
pointed Wickersham judge of the
Third Judicial Division, an area
taking in some three hundred thou
sand square miles, practically the
same area now making up the third
and fourth divisions.
Court At Eagle
There was then no Fairbanks and
he headquarters of the court were
established at Eagle, on the Yukon
Siver about 100 miles below the
Klondike's famous mining camp
hen at the height of its boom. It
vas from this point that the vigor
ms, newly appointed district judge
et it be known that justice would
)e meted out in accordance with
aw and without regard to political
>r other influence. In that respect
he made his position particularly
:lear when he was directed by the
attorney general of the United
States to leave his own Division and
proceed to Nome in the Second Divi
sion where a corrupt and ineffect
ual judge had prostituted his office
and condoned, if not actually parti
cipated in depriving irtiners of their
rightfully acquired properties. One
morning in the late fall of 1901,
when he opened court in Nome he
addressed the assembled lawyers
thus:
i “This court is required to hold
its sessions in public and I respect
fully request that no member of
the Bar shall in my private office,
or any other place, except in the
court room or in the presence of
the opposing counsel, speak t6 me
at any time upon any matter con
nected with litigation in this
court; I will be in court publicly
every day and I earnestly request
that no member of the Bar will
presume upon my good nature by
trying to engage me in private
conversation in relation to any j
matter pending before me.”
This, was plain language and when
Wickersham spoke he meant what
he said and was ready to make his
word good.
While James Wickersham was
stern and inflexible, and never fail
ed to let others know where he stood,
he saw things in their true relation;
he was considerate of the feelings of
others. He was possessed of a strong
sense of public duty in the discharge
of which he never faltered.
For 3D years he gave all he had
to the people of the land which he
had made his home. After serving as
district judge for almost eight years
he tendered his resignation to Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt, with the
intention of engaging in the practice
of law at Fairbanks.
Delegate 7 terms
Immediately thousands of his ad
mirers urged him to run for Delegate
to Congress in 1908; he did so and
was elected to that office by an
overwhelming majority. He served
seven terms; during this period he
secured passage of numerous mea
sures, among them the act providing
for construction of the Alaska Rail
road and establishment of the Alas
ka University.
After completing his work, he set
tled in Juneau and devoted most
of his remaining years to writing Al
aska history and his memoirs, a
work he dearly loved.
From the day he first set foot on
Alaska soil in 1900 until the final
summons came to him in 1939, he
remained a citizen and inhabitant
of the Territory which he had learn
ed to love. He became and died an
Alaskan. I have not changed my
mind as to what place the historian
will assign to him in the future. Hav
ing nominated him last year as Al
aska’s foremost citizen in the first
half of the Twentieth Century I now
[ confirm that nomination.
'When Wilie Comes
Marching Home’
Opens at 20th
Great news for film fans In the
20th Century Theatre's next attrac
tion, "When Willie Comes Marching
Home," opening Saturday. With
this 20th Century-Fox picture the
master director of drama, John
Ford, turns his veteran hand to the
creation of one of the season's most
eagerly anticipated comedies.
Willie of "When Willie Comes
Marching Home" is the popular
young star Dan Dailey, and he is
the subject of one of the freshest
and most, ingeniously comic Ideas
ever to be made the basis of a mo
tion picture. For in it Dan plays a
strictly home town boy who patri
otically is the first to enlist in the
army upon the declaration of war,
tut just can't get to go overseas.
Thursday Seattle
Bound PAA Flight
Held Over
Fourteen passengers arrived here
from Seattle yesterday on Pan Am
erican World Airway.1*. The south
bound flight with 23 southbound
travelers was held over until this
morning.
From Seattle: C. Campbell, Mrs.
Clement and son, Ralph Cunning
ham, Verdun Grimes, Joe Kammar
ate, Mrs. A. Klenz, Mrs. G. Klud
ash, Mrs. Kelly Larson and son,
Mrs. Jack Lucas, Merle Rhoades,
H. D. Sammis, Lewis Sturm.
From Annette; J. Webster.
Those who expected to fly to Se
attle today were: E. A. Walsh.
Robert Larocca, S. W. Jones, Cecil
Burns, James Nelson, Jack Lillis.
Jack and Jean Doran and son, Julia
Brathing, Minna Coughlin, William
Waren, Mrs. A. L. Zumwalt, J. A.
McCann. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wildes,
H. Thornqulst, J. W. Brown and
Jack, Marily, Mabel and Dave Flatz.
To Ketchikan: C. B. Ballentine.
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