The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 22, 1928, Page 3

PICKETT' PALAC SUNDAY MATINEE NIGHT and MONDAY PICTORIAL NEWS Somethmg New in Hot Dogs “The Girl From Rw” A Yankee Youth and blazing Romance a Brazilian Belle in a on the Amazon. 'STARRING CARMEL and a star WALTER MYERS east with PIDGEON Directed by TOM TERRIS Richard Tucker... Hernry Herbert.. Mildred Harris.. 3 Edouard Raquello,..,,, .. Antonio Santos . Rafael Fuentes . Helen Graham Raoul, the dancer S. ; PUPILS OF MISS HARRIET HOLMAN Spanish Dance Gavotte . Hindu Solo . ......Linea Johansen Lenore Andersen Lenore Anderson In appropriate ¢ostumes 'as a prelude to “The Girl from Rio,” Sunday an(i Monday. » ¥ ——INTERESTING— “Hello Hollywood” 10—25—40—Loges 50 cents LAST 2 TIMES TONIGHT The Picture PETER B. That Pleases KYNE!S eriers of the Wilderness Chl]dren FREE if accompamed hg pnntq tomxht ! tures. " Attr aciuons By ¥ At Theat;'éi; “TOM AND HIS PALS” ‘COLISEUM, TONIGHT | l)or_.——_——__—r: ith.a fight for lite up the face| i )oy depenilant on his efforts, as of ".the ‘hig highlights of the :ég; TOm Tyler's latest FBO re. € Tom and His Pals,” is Y at liseum tonight. 1O heme that of the com- wlcnuo'n‘h ‘caused by the arrival of a movie conipany at a West- ern rlnch, is the basis of the plot, and pléfity of thrilling inncidents nd delightful romance are mixed yith ‘frequent bits of clever com. bqy to make ‘a well-rounded pro- uction.” Tyler proves his acting \ lqlmy ‘a wéll as hig superb rid- | Ing and: fighting qualifications inl fs 243 and Doris Hill is charm- nd. effective ,as the ranch ress. Little. Frankie Darro does his usual outstanding work a8 Tom's “pal” and the rast of the cuo! includlng Le Roy Mason, Dick. Brandon jand Sitting Bull fur- nish exce)lem s\mpflrt Bod De Latey directed’ the picture with telling effect, and’ builds up the interest to the fast and exciting climax. .a frowning cliff, with the life of | &I The first six months she spent as an extra girl but in the last year and a half she has been featured in halt a dozen big M. G.-M. productions. As'a reward for her good work she was giyen the feminine lead opposite” Tim McCoy in this pice ture/ and her contract remewed ab a hugeé advance in dalary 43 iy ioa S I P ‘; DOUBLE FEATURE SHOW | AT COLISEUM SUNDAY | 3 Marie Prevost in “The Girl i‘z: the Pullman” ahd Harold Lloyd in “Never Weaken" will be the fed: itures at the Coliseum Sunday. “Laughs, chnckles, grins, smuef flifllls—theae Are the main m, gredients of Marie Prevost's new star comedy, " “THe Girl in thig Pullman.” Harrison Ford, Kath: ryn McGuire, Franklin Pangbori, and Harry Myers are featured h one of the most brilljant Lurcg domedies of the seéagon. ~“From the opening scene of * “The Girl in the Pullman,” _Jaughs mbound. The' fun begfns wh ‘Dr. Burton ,a nerve specialists pla? ed by M, Ford Dpractices his aft on a ticklish patient whose uervfl are all shot to pieces. skyscrapers are the playlnlng; of Harold Lloyd in “Never Wea!. en.” “Skyscrapérs 'are beghives ql”r' mance and “Never Weaken " ; the amusing and amazing tale of 4 youth who beligves his girl 18 They worked Cn ndjommg offices,, Her . 'a doctor without any patients= i I L AU R HISTORICAL FEATURE | ;vumll Harold undertook to, delivy t LAST TIMES, PALACE L‘hqm o cusnitie i his 1 t _Joan Crawtord, "featured teminined! fad “of “Winners of the Wilde ness,” the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer historical Western at the Palace “Theatre, for thé last two times to- night, zg,h into Harry, qu Qsaocinte studio ex.] gcutlve 6f the producing plant, was shie; do; HeF ‘Wor {ed the, qttenuon of ive the movies by ! Bu as thriving until iold dlscuvamd the girl ‘Who ‘wore his diamond ring in the arms pf another. He smiled upon deathi he welcomed it with open arms< ntil he hound himself sitting ah. iron girder,/ twelve stories fn the air and hothing to grab hofs but the iron skeldton of a sk; li’:rnper in the making! i ‘THE GIAL FROM_ RIO a&lfi‘&&"fi"‘;&; # |ing cafe. | [but’ it would be, he sald. all the elements that make for real entertainment, drame, ro. mance, a colorful atmosphere and a cast of screen favorites. . The story is one usually strong in dramatic value, combining a number of tensely dramatic situa- tions bringing out the colorful and| luxurious background of Rio’s lead- | Paul Sinclair, the English repre. sentative of a large coffee concern, engaged to a girl in England, meets Lola “The Girl From Rio” in the Cafe del Rio and falls mad- ly in love with her, Senor Santos a wealthy and powerful Brazilian very much {n love with her is in- furiated at the progress the Eng- lishman makes in Lola's affections and tries to ruin Sinclair in g busi- ness way. Failing in this he de. cides to do away with him alto- gether | Lola warns him. of the plot and things are worked up to a thiilling climax. The sur- prise ending, would do justice an_0. Henry. Pupils of Harriet Holman will appear in appropriate dances in a, prologue to the feature picture,! MAY BE SCENE OF WAR GAME euvets Planned for Nexl Year to to quu Bmli with Gets Idea from China W histles;. Carricr pigeons of the ’Inim State Army will literdlly whistle when'they fly. They aré to wul'}‘v attached to the Chinese p\geon nfive to ward off hawks. tles like the bamboo tubes WASHINGTON, Sept. 32—Unite States army carrier will fly with two Kini official and musical. SEATTLE, S_eDl 22 ~—Get ready for the Battie of Puget Sound! A further step toward perlecli(m[ of plans for a giant military and naval concentration in the Puget Sound. area next year was taken when an investigation of the plan’s practicability was ordered. by Maj. To protect their winged mefiefi gers from hawks the war depgrt- ment proposes to attach whigiles to its military flock of 1,251 pirds. Whistles for pigeons may be an exporiment in the United /St but their use I8 a Eustoh Gen. John L. Hines, 9th Corps Area commander, under instructions of the War Department. The investigation will determin principally, according to Lieut. Col F. L. Dengler of General Hines staff, whether the mobilization wowld necessitate a greater expen- ditare than has been allotted for the training of Pacific Coast units in 1929, 4 Decision Not Made ‘WJoint maneuvers of the Army and Navy are contemplated,” Col. Dengler anounced, “but whethe: thé plan is practical has not beecn determiped.” The test would not be the first of ‘its kind in the Puget Sound dis- trigt, Colonel Dengler asserted, the first to e held in many yedrs. g The plan, as so far devised, wotlld call for the mobilization of all (National Guard, Organized Re, serve, Reserve Officers Traini Cox‘hs and Citizens Military Trap. ing . Corps mien fog, one fiftedn fly petlod. These.men would be Jon- cenfrated at Camp Murr ort. Lewis, Fort Lawton am points; which in war time, naturally be used as conc centers. g/ ]‘Inervu Would, Mar Ships eanwhile the Navsl Roserve andi the Naval Resérve Officers Training Corps would be called in. to action to man all the vessels of the United States Jattle tleet and its auxillaries. = Thése ships then would take the hgh nen to meet an ‘assumed en¢my, Long and slmrt range pru'lce would be a feature of this “engagement.” 3 A5 the seanten busy themselves afidat the weu on land Would be’ gartisoning, thie . coast daleppes would tration of|ereeting rifle pits and ‘armamen to prevml/flw landing of “enemy’ forces and preparing for the de of the major cities, rail ter- fense mhuls nding flelds and steam. -awlu You : You, :l!:n honored among the (‘h!n Music in the air has for cén rles deen one ‘of, the many ies. of life 1 Peipink (torugfly, Peking). A visitor may be aj proa ching old ’eiping temple whéh suddenly a flock of pigeons wheels off with af whir of wings #d a medley of sweet notes. , A'he. music’ floated: on the wind by a flock of Chipese pigeons soundé like the strumniing | of many harps in the heavens. Very lighy whistlas are attached to the tyls of the birds soon| fter they leave the nest. Fine copper_ wire is used. Two kinds of pigeon Ahistles are used; one con- gists of bamboo tubes placad si by sde; the other consists of tubef attached to a small gourd. Thy' former may have two, three! of/five tubes. ~ The latter gourd ! pe sometimes carriées as high % 13 tubes, each with a different note, thus concerting a modest, shy pigeon into A flying calliope. In every case the pigeon :pipes e heavily lacquerelt to pre weathering and .probably to‘decg- rate thé birds, betause the whistles are painted yellow, brown, red or' black. ‘ The care Wwhi¢h the Chinese lav: ish on their pigeon whistles sug- gests that fear Of hawk attacks| on the birds is only half the story.| It protection alope was. thg ob- Ject, one whistle ‘ought to*do the job. But the Chinese like thelr| aerial music, so the hawks, it is thought, morely!nrovme a happy excuse for the elahorate, brilliant pipes on Peiping pigeons . —_———————— Rovert Livie sajled tils morn- ing on the Princess Louise for Seattle. - From there he will go to Portland to attend the North Pacific Dental College. who the first| Miss Chariotie has heen visiting sine of July with her ' sister, Mhm: 1 OLDEST CAR 1S NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE FRta B PARIS, Aug. 22.—The old- est autompbile. in France, born in 1889 but still full of ginger and able to click along at 11 miles per hour, is now chugging toward Berlin on a good will tour. Rechristgned | “Locarno,” the old bus was given a send off from the Plage .de 1'0p- era by city officials and the president of the Chamber of deputies. A Frenchman Plerre Yron- dy, and a German, Doctor Duisberg, are alternating at the steering wheel. There is also a mechanic who will [} fix wheezes as they develop. | - to Vancouver on the Princess Louise. From Vancouver she will *{proceed to her home in New York gl Firemhns Death Fall Inspires Safety Device | PORTLAND, Twe firemen's Ore., Sept. 22 recent. ‘falls to death. when the snap.on (heir safety. belts e, caused the Pnrtlung!‘h"qu to de- vise an improved Nelt, for fire-| fighters’ use. Around the untnlde of the widé leather girdle mna a cable, which passes through th rlng by which a hlg ghap 18 at- tactied o the bolt, ‘With this! added , safety devicé around his walst, a firemati ‘scaling a bufid- ing with a burden on his back can attach the big snap to any solid projection and safely free both hands for any service. The belt as improved by the Bureau should save lives, Chief Edward Grenfell says. nmmmmufiuumimmnm mummmmnmmw:mmmmmlumfimmmmmmuuummuu||||unmuumunullmns\um»mummmuu | ADAPTATION ans CONTINUITY g F.MCGREW WILLIS SHOP H. B, MAYINQ Front Street P. O Box 218 for Mall Orders 0 A S SO A, OH GOSH! Sundc‘l y and Monday A girl in a. Pullman is worth two on the hen that girl is Marie Prevost, maltiply the station contingent by six that will tell only half the story — WHAT A SHOW’ wirn - HARRISON FORD FRANKLIN PANGBORN - KATHRYN McGUIRE 2~z HARRY MYERS < PERVISED v F. MCcGREW WILLIS raou “Tue Giar i Unoen C* ov WILLSON COLEISON *+ station platforin, - but AND LOOK ‘WHAT'S -ADDED HAROLD LLOYD - in “NEVER WEAKEN" WE'LL SAY IT'S SOME SHOW oebiti " fiw‘ Tohes" CoRpoRation’ —_——— g JAPANESE TOY TONIGHT—8 P. M. Business and Professional Womai's Club EVALYN DAVIS The Mind: that bronze | | Succeeds LAST FREE LECTURE Every person should hear these inspiring lectures EVERYBODY INVITED Silver Offering Vocational Advice — Marital Problems - Adjusted. analyzed at half price, Children Call Mrs. Davls, Zynda Hotel. A few. days only : THE ARCADE CAFE Special Dinnets on Sundays and Week Days Soda Foumttatn in connection. Come in and-listen to' the radlo. 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