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Whitehorse Daily Star from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada • 5

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Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
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5
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PAL'1. FIVP FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1944 THE WIUTEIIOKSE STAR, WIHTEIIOHSE, YUKON MHiHMHaMHMHMnBHBHMIHiMBt, nHMHWMBMMMAH (SSiBdailQDD iniV(Bg)tfF(B THE HOME. OF CAPITOL ENTERTAINMENT roster. "What's Your State?" iuu, formed a new type of get-acquainted Some people make their beds anc then lie in them, but Sgt. Walter A.

Tempel, of Milwaukee, Wiscon- NEWS Showing Daily at P. M. sin, makes his own barracks and SATURDAY and MONDAY March 4-6 Northwest Service Command Pat. O'Brien Brian Donlevy in 2 YANKS IN TRINIDAD News Shorts Cartoons then sleeps in it. Temple has in the Yukon and parts of Alaska for fifteen months with the Northwest Service Command alons ihe Alaska Military Highway.

"In that time I've seen plenty oi changes," says Temple with a re-flectve grin. "Nothing is the same TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY March 7-8 DOUBLE FEATURE FALCON TAKES OVER with GEO SANDERS ARMY SURGEON and with JAMES ELLISOiV THURSDAY and FRIDAY March 9-10 i as it was in November of '42." I And Sgt. Tempel should know, for he has been in charge of the con- struction work in the headquarters i company 'area. Even the barracks 1 the men sleep in were constructed by his crew. "There wasn't much of an army camp here then" he continues, "jusi cold, trees, tents and a few sh ks.

That was a bad winter, 42; worst i in years but the: work had to be done And it was, somehow. Office I buildings, barracks and mess hall (took forrn there weren't very many 1 carpenters or construction men in Rosalin Russell and Brian Aherne HIRED WIFE Shorts CFWH, the first Army Expeditionary Forces radio station in the Northwest Service Command, went on the air. Thursday, February 24, at seven o'clock The station is operated by and for the soldiers of this district, under the direction or the Special Service Branch. Station CFWH operates on 1240 kilocycles, standard operating band. Programs will be on the air waves weekday nights Monday to Friday, inclusive, from seven until ten o'clock.

Saturdays fjrom seven m. until eleven o'clock. Sunday afternoon the station will go on the air at two o'clock and broadcast until ten. SiSgt William O. King is the program director.

Cpi. Reynold Van Gelder and Signal Corps and Special Services personnel compose ine remainder of the staff. News while it is news, and swing music, soldier shows, and transcrbed versions of the favorite programs of the networks are ail a part of the daily presentation. The transcriptions, de-commercialized, are furnished by Special Services Division of the War Department of the United States. -SATURDAY and MONDAY March 11-13 the gang either." Robert Taylor Lana Turner in JOHNNY EAGER -and News j- ALL TWO-HOUR PROGRAMS Tempers pride and joy is ti-e Headquarters Company Recreation Hall, complete with hardwood floor for dance parties.

Movies are in the hall three times a week, and a fine stage makes possible personal appearances of USO troupes and active as a football and basebaJl player in addition to his music. After school he played with the White Horse pro footballers for on: season. In civilian life Cpi Weman his time princpally to muse, playing with a number, of good bands in the east. He also workod for Westinghouse Electric in Bloomfield for a time. William T.

Wieman, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wieman, 68 BerkeJey Bloomfield, New Jersey, the Northwest Service Command announced today. Cpi. Wieman has already won both the American Defense and American Theatre campaign ribbons.

He has, 'been in foreign service along the-' Alaska Military Highway for thirteen months Music is his greatest inter.est Even in the Yukon he has joined a soldier shows. In civilian" life he was employed by the Harley Davidson Motor for seven years, then by the City ot Milwaukee in a civil service job just prior to his entering the armed forces. His father, Herman Tempel, lives in Wausau, Wisconsin. Sgt. Tempel makes his home with a brother, William Tempel, at 3301 North HVa street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

A "What's Your Stater bulletin board is a popular feature of the American Cross Recreation Center. Pads of paper are mounted on a trio of large boards having the names of all the states, the District of Columbia and Alaska Soldier. visiting the Red Cross- may thus find another "native son" from his favorite town. Miss Jeanette Samuels, recreation center director, reports that many soldiers ask how to contact people whose names are listed on the Willson E. Knowlton OPTOMETRIST 823 Birks Building Vancouver, B.

C. The Good Conduct Medal for "efficiency, filelity and exemplary be-havour" has been awarded to Cpi. dance band, Ihe "Northern a GI band which plays for dances for officers and enlisted men He is leaving his post shortly for a tour of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands with a USO troupe Wieman attended Sacred Heart and Park Grammar schools and the Bloomfield High school, being graduated in 1939. In school he 1 THEATRE Replacements Repairs MONDAY and TUESDAY Sunday, March 5th, at the WHITEHORSE THEATRE THE CHILDREN'S HOUR AT 3.0Q P. M.

Boys and Girls! You will want to be at this happy hour of stcry Pictures and Song. DEVIL WITH HITLER (A Comedy) ALAN MOWBRAY BOBBY WATSON MARJORIE WOODSWORTH and A HAUNTING WE WILL GO LAUREL HARDY WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY THE GOSPEL HOUR 8.00 P. M. Please note the new time for the Gospel Hour. All are heartily and freely invited.

WE SING THE OLD HYMNS THE MESSAGE THAT MOODY PREACHED TEN GENTLEMEN FROM WEST POINT GEORGE MONTGOMERY MOREEN O'HARA JOHN SUTTON FRIDAY and SATURDAY That the hearer may know Christ as Persond OUR PRAYER Saviour, "As many as receive Him to them gave He power (authority) to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name." John 1:12 Every Friday, 8 p. at M-H-KCB Camp No. I. McCrae Mess Hall No, 4 interesting Bible Study on Paul's Immortal Roman Letter: YOU ARE WELCOME AMERICAN EMPIRE RICHARD DIX LEO CARRILLO PRESTON LESTER FRANCIS GIFFORD SHOWS 2 7 9.15 P. M.

Don't Forget to save an evening next week to see Janes Cagney in SPECTACULAR MUSICAL COMEDY YANKEE DOODLE DANDY AT WHTTEHORSE THEATRE.

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