The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 7, 1928, Page 7

DOUGLAS NEWS, D. 1. W. C. EVENTS TO START NEXT MONTH The Faculty members of the Douglas Island Women’s Club en- tertained the Club Wednesday, their home. Plans of the A. I. W. C. to assist in changing the probate code and providing relief for ploneer women in need, were heartfly indorsed. The minstrel show, planned for this month will be given on April 12, it was decided. Preparations are under way for a mask ball on February 14. Mesdames Glen Kirkham and Edwards, and the Misses Sey and, Flemming are in arge. The proceeds will be used for the erection of a grand- stand and Improvement of the 1a; ound. ° b .’u‘;final Gallwas and Charles Sey, were appointed on’the sick visiting committee. Among the numbers on the progtam for the evening were 2 yocal solo, “Lassie Q' Mine,” by|t% Mrs. Glen Kirkham, and a vocal trio, “Side By Side,” by Misses Flemming, Daily and Manke. Lunch was served by the hos- tesses. The Club will meet ne at the home of Mrs. L. D. Ham- mock. VISITORS FROM TEE HARBOR Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith and young son, from Tee Harbor, are visiting in Douglas this week as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Michelson. — - — “FOUR IMPERATIVES” Mr. L. D. Hammock, Lay-Pastor of the Congregational church, has announced as his subject for his Sunday morning’s sermon, “Four Imperatives” whichi everyone |is invited to hear. There will also he some special music for the services, which begin at 11:30. ——————— “MILLIONAIRES” 1S AT LIBERTY SUNDAY The Liberty Theatre will fea- ture a Warner Bros. production when “Millionaires,” directed by Herman Raymaker, opens on Sun- day ‘with George Sidney, Louise Fazéenda and Vera’ Gordon in the featured roles. + “Millforiaires,” suggested by the wellgknown novel, “The Inevitab'e Millionaires,” written by E. Phil- lps_ Oppenheim, is the story of a simply family on the East Side transformed into millionaires over night. trying to break into society, bor- der on tragedy when the-wife s convinced she must divorce her husband if she is to enter the magic circle. However, their mu- tual affection and common sense mave the day, and together they réturp to the little tailoring shop on Hester Street. George 'Sidney, noted for his “Potash and Perlmutter” charac- terizations, plays the kindly but blundering father. Miss Fazenda, whose reputation as a comedienne is an enviable one, plays the styl- ish and superior sister-inlaw; and Wera Gordop, who came into fame with her mother rgle in ‘“Humor- Jesque,” the wife. @ supporting cast' includes Nat Carr as the suave and crook- d brotherin-law, Helene Costello ‘as 'm young seamstress in love with Arther Lubin, the son, and Jape Winten as a beautiful be- guiler who falls to entice the tatlor. : —r—— Popular Actress e B cadian Town| 1 (Continuea rrom Page One.) — grow old gracefully ultm; with their husbands? Middle age and old age each has a beauty all its own. I think it would be horrible 10 be: efernally young with all your friends and thosé you love ‘growing bld around you. " “How do I keep slim? I don’t .~ I'm - just living = along. bat's all I am doing.” “Living along” with “Miss Mar- te” means a beautiful gar- en in which she spends many 1,500 prize-winning . chick- ‘ens, 14 tine hunting dogs, blooded ‘cows and a great mansion that is the show place of St. Mary's par- t month | Their amusing “diftfcultiés |' Douglas Church Services Notices for this church column must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Satur- day morning to guarantee change #f sermon topics, etc. Sunday Schoor Sermen at 3:15 p. m. 7:00 p. m.— Thursday—Mid- week prayer service. All are cordially weicome to these services. i RS Douglas Catholic Church Catholic services in the tem- porary chapel in the new resi- dence adjoining the old hank building. 9:00 a. m.—Low Mass and Ser- mon, General Communion for all. No Sunday School. 130 o'clock ConEré;Eatmnal Community Church & oy IIAMM()CK Lay Pastor Sunday School 10:30 to 11:30 . m, Regular Sunday services ¥1:30 . m, to 12:30 p. m. _ Dissanant Colors men. | {cursions to the dissonant coll Iuwi Fary o B ;:kmm&umwhflew (international Illustrated News) AR, - o vt RS A selected the children personally for aptness amd’ willingness to study. — e PRINCE'S DUMMY LIBRARY TO SERVE FOR BILLIARDS LONDON, Jan. 7—lurlbom‘h House, the new Londan residence f the Prince of Wales, has an odd library. One side of the room, including Ji the door, is entirely covered with shelves filled with mock book among the titles are: aynes Dentistry,” “Boyle on “The Male Coach,” “A [} Life at Hades, “Lady Godiva oh.a “Nine Tales, by a Ca “Curfew Notes,” “Warm Recgp- tions, by Burns.” The space Jeft for real booh i .]an alcove where there are now \ few empty shelves, with curtained 1 bookeases running along another | . ide of the room. The Prince in- ~|tends to use this room for bil- Hards, NUW‘B = After nulq l’ tals || the Pamplona !1teurs from all classes of society, || from GET THEIR HOOKS Ol ME IMa GONE N Forecast for Jumean and vicinity, begtaning 4 p. m. today: Rain tonight and Sunday; fresh Southeasterly winds. LpCAL DATA Time— 29.76 41 ..29.46 41 ..28.91 43 4 p. m. yest'y Burom, Tems, Hamidity Wind Velocity Weather 77 SE {2 90 8 0 84 SE 10 CABLE AND EADIO REPORTS T YESTERDAY B4 " Highest 3 p.m. | Btationa— temp. _temp. Nome = ] 0 Bethel ... 22 12 Fort Yukon ... -2 -2 Tanana ... 0 Eagle ... 20 st. Paul 26 Dutch Harbor.. 3 36 Kodiak Cordova Juneau ... Ketchikan . Prince Rupert. Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco.. Note.—Observations at Du Princ Rupert, Edmonton, Seattle, ich Harbor, DTT_———' ow Ba 8am. wmn Vel:xmz '& Wenther =T Clear s 08 Snow 0 0 Clay 4 08 Clay 4 Clay 16 Clly 34 Rain| 38 Rain 38 J Rain 41 K Rain ¥ 2 . Rain Rain Clear Cldy Cldy Clear *—Less than 10 mies. Rodlak, Juneau, Portland and San Francisco are made at 4 a. m. and 4 p. m., Juneau time. 7 " \F BARNEY GOOGLE 1S IN ST PETERSBURG \WE RE GONNA FIND HIM SOME ONE TpPED OFF / I JU‘* SAW SOME ONE CRAMLING ‘WmcmGu THE SAM QARY THEN SPEYTED BORNEN CUT WeERE AN TE SUNGLE R s -G tensen of Blanchard, champions at International Live Antrum is five, feet, five and a q uarter j124. Christensen is five feet, ten, # * m—— Marie Antrum (left) of Kin gman, Kansas, and J. Fred €hris- Iowa, won the titie of national health Stock exhibition in Chicago. Miss inches tall and welghs and weigh 152, much also under actions for fraud and overcharge. There were a million and a ha!t one of these for a halt million The, pressure is unusually low throughout Alaska and far gated to see if it was regularly southward in the North Pacific -Ocean with the lowest point south of Kodiak, and is high in the Western States. Rain has fallen in Southern Alaska and snow in most portions of the Interior. Gales are reported in lgtitude 40 degrees north., degrees west and strong winds in The temperature has_fallen decidadlly in and British Columbia. Western Alaska. longitude 176@ extreme '|Spanish Choristers 1 Achieving Success PAMPLONA, Spain, Jan. 7.— Success every time more trium-) phal attends the performances nl‘ Choral Society, perhaps the oldest and most ar- tistic of the many bodies of local singers in Spain. All musieal Madrid turned out to hear the 250 singers — men, women and children—on their latest visit. The Pamplona Choral Society existed in some form as far back as 1862. The members are ama- factory hands and farm laborers to titled aristocrats and including clergy as well as lay- The choristers make many ex- big towns ef Spain. and rarely abroad, and they have won a large number of prizes. They have taken part in nine international competi- tions. Competition, however, is not their chief aim. After the encouragegent of singing for its own sake, they devote themselves to beneficent work and to par- ticipation in the interpretation of great musical workers by the best composers. —ae——— AIR MAIL EXPANDS WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. — A trading area having a population of more than 60,000,000 persone will be served by 25 air-mail routes using 79 station teen routes now in operation cov-! er 7,997 miles, but with the ex-! pansion the daily airplane mile- age will he greater, even with only cne plane a day each v‘ny than the circumference of globe. —————— FOUR ARRESTED Four persons were arrested yes- terday charged with violation of the Alaska Bone Dry Law. They were Jim Mobley, Ed McCormick, William Brown and John Bystroff. The first thre¢ were arrested for heing drunk and disorderly by Chiet of Police George Getchell and Deputy U. 8 .Marshal Willam Noble. They were fined $25 and costs in the U. S. Commissioner's court. Bystroff was arrested by T. L. Chidester and Warren Harding, prohibition ageats. FRENCH W. OFITEERS ARE STILL UNDER FIRE PARIS, Jan. 7-—The war is only just beginning for’ French prof! teers. Ten billion francs have been .re- covered from those who supplied the war materials, much of it in | ER FOR SUNDAY NIGH'I‘ “MILLIONAIRES” ' GEQRGE SIDNEY—IDUISE FAZENDA VERA GORDON Pa’s rich and ma’s rich—so mama kiss Papa' ‘They put on a lot of dog and—@0j! Vay Iss Mihr—How that dog bit t.lmn Picture Full of Laug’u stoph | within a sirort time; ‘the Depart{’, iment of Commerce estimates. Fif ,nnd honestly executed. Probably 1 it will be several years before thiz is finished and those who sold goods to the government can fi- Southeastern Alaska!&ally feel that they are out from under fire. by o Court Values Highly PARIS, Jan, 7—Lost kisges were appraisad at 40,000 francs recent- {1y. by French courts. Such dam- 12ges were awarded Madame Mario [l.npauerle, a writer of note, upon @ showing that she was unable 1tor months to kiss her children because her lip, injured in an au- ‘mmahlle accident, pained her too much when she tried. to bestow the maternal iss. Madame Laparcerie. lost her suit in the lower courts when her claim was based on a scar on her breast that she felt would pre- vent her from wearing low cut evening gowns. The “kiss” plea, on her appeal, moved the couct and she won her case. ——————— J1d papers for sale at The Emnlrl STy ol Rl 1 RS war supply contracts and every: francs or more is to be investi-|* i flofllfr’s Lost Kisses! riot, Red Tape Is Called ] Frengli Eatron Saint PARIS, Jan, 7—"Red Tape,” the Patron Saint of France,” has a new charge laid against her and “all Frenchmen who have not lost their sense of humor” are asked to laugh. A watchman at the govern. ment's Mazarin Library . was changed and to approve his in- | stallation in the little living quar- ters in the building, Edouard Her- Minister of Public Instt tion, drafted a 300 ‘word' decree, citing “all proper, legal referenccs and arguments which required | hours of work, had Premier Poin- care consider and approve it and finally had it signed by President Gaston Doumergue. This decree then was published in the Journal Officiel, recordedf in the law. archives and distribu-{ ted to two ministries and the I brary authorities. “Before revising the Constitu- tion,” exclaims one editor, ‘det's unsnarl some red tape so !h‘l when a library watchman changes]] his lodging the President of the’ Republic won't have to be dis: turbed.” Advertising aiways pays. Use the columns of The Rmpire ALASKA MEAT CO. 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