The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 19, 1929, Page 3

PICKETT’ S S A TONIGHT PALACE NEWS UP TO DATE A MASTERPIECE PHOTOPLAY ‘THE COUNTRY DOCTOR’ WITH THAT STERLING ACTOR RUDOLPH SCHILDKRAUT WITH JUNIOR COGHLAN Virginia Bradford and Sam De Grasse ‘and NEELY EDWARDS in LOVE ON A WEEK STOMACH” PRICES—10-25-40—Loges 50 cents COMING THURSDAY “Rose of the Golden W est” (D B P P i e et e N ) 3 {l'nmanl days before the gum-} rush when it was under Spanish | Attractions | " At Theatres 3,500 persons appear | in the scenes of this story, com-! ing to the Palace Thursday, tell-| ing of the love affair that turned ,the tide in the battle of intrigus; [ s G «» 'between several world powers for | “S0'S YOUR OLD MAN” | possession of California. Five lo-| | AT COLISEUM, TONIGHT | ication trips were led by Director S~ 3| Fiizmaurice from.the First Na-| The O. Henry Memorial Prize tjona] studio in Burbank, Califor- ey Comm. Richard E. Byrd has begun his exploration of Antarctica. £dward VIl land he discovered a new island and 14 peaks. Is typical of the territory over which he flgw. Below is the plane used in his exploration flights. In a recent flight over King Upper picture taken near the south pole Short Story of 1925, Julian Street’s | pja, to various historical spots | “Mr. Bisbee’s Princess,” provides|iproughout the State. i a fine vehicle for W. C. Fields,| The featured players in “Rose of Paramount comedy star. the Golden West” include Mary N For screen purposes, the titlei Astor as the heroine, Gilbert Ro-| lias bheen changed and is NOW—ijand as the hot-blooded youthful| “So's Your Old Man.” It traces|pero, Montague Love, Gustay von| the life of Samuel Bisbee from the | Seyffertitz and Flora Finch. day he invents an unbreakable | windshield, through his troubles while demonstrating it, in his en- Movie Star I11. deavors to sell it, how he meets < a beautiful Princess, what she; does on landing in his home town, u and finally, the social and finan- cial success which comes tc him [ later. Imagine Fields, he of the ridi- la culous mustache and checked cut- to Latin American countri awsy in' a series of ridiculous sit- House passed the Kelly bill an uations. Thing of him as he pulls |thorizing the Postmaster General the famous golf gag Which won |to enter into contracts wilh the him so much applause in the Zieg-. feld Follies. To this—add the histrionic efforts of beautiful Alice Joyce, a tender love affair between Charles Rogers, one of the Para- mount Junior Stars; and Kittens Reichert, the strife between the two social factors of the village, | . and the continual hen-pecking - . which Fields receives from his har- NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Alaska assed wife, Marcia Harris. Juneau mine stock is quoted today “So’s Your Old Man,” is at the lat 714, American Smelting 113 Lew Cody, screen s! 7 22 A e $96; Coliseum tonight. - Iywlll “"In"u"m iy Chesapeake Corporation 8 = - Cudahy 591, General Motors, new o5 i “w T “ {issue 79%, Gold Dust 6814, Inter- | “THE COUNTRY DocTOR" || T Byild Skyscraper national- Paper A 31%, 'C 1434 | 1S AT PALACE TONIGHT Neands B s P kN g B . ound a Restaurant| .. . vower and Light “The Country Doctor,” which g T ' | Packard Motors 129%, Postum 70, 4 Photoplay magazine says is a work| CHICAGO, Feb. 19. — Michigan | mgyag Corporation 57%, Standard of art and fine entertainment with |Avenue is to have a mew sky-|gy of New Jersey 40%, . Rudolph Schildkraut’s performance [#¢raper built around a little res-|yq. g1 Westinghouse Blectric of the doctor being a masterpiece, [‘aurant whose owners refuse to|y505 piactric Bond 265, Standard will be the feature attraction at|7Move until the expiration of their} op " 0o 1/ diana 86%, 90%, U. S. Steel 17 Can 112%, Canada Dr the Palace tonight and tomorrow. |lease which has three years to “The Country Doctor,” according | “yyyen o gyndicate purchased to critics, has three good reasons|,. ionerty at Michigan and for being a success: these are the|opi, the new owners found a =tory, of direct elemental zppeal: | ogtaurant occupying 25 front the direction, and tae unobtrusive-|geet The owners would seil but - ly powerful performance of the|at u figure the syndicate thought central character. Schildkraut|too high. The sky-scraper is to » er, M. D., whole-souled and whole-|cost $22,000,000. performs splendidly as Amos Rink-| At the end of three years the hearted “doc” who, when the calllyestaurant will be razed and the comes, goes forth and gives ‘his|larger building eompleted. best regardless of personal sacri- —————————— fice and hardship. WRITES STORY OF TREES 4 Schildkraut is ably supporied by IN CHILDREN’S LANGUAGE Junior Coghlan, Virginia Bradford, Frank Marion and others. APPLETON, Wis., Feb. 19.—A sleet storm inspired Ben Rohan, T GUARTERBAGK s F|superintendent of schools, to in- §TPHERARENEACE: 19 | terest children of Appleto;l in re- " B}' (RIS TCRNNEUM | | forestation, and finally to write Fielding H. Yost, L. L. B., Direc-|a textbook on forestry. tor of Intercollegiate Athletics,| Rohan’s Sunday school class met Instructor in Football. Those—|®#t his home the night atter ine are the formal titles of the Uni:|hail storm damaged the trees of versity of® Michigan's famous foot-|Appleton. The discussion led to ball coach, familiarly known as|the formation of a forestry class. : “Hurry Up” Yost. Rohan introduced the elass in for- “The nickname was conferred on|estry into the schools. . Yost by sports writers some years But here, the teacher said, he ago. The veteran mentor’s re-|was halted, for he could not find » iterated “Hurry, hurry, hurry up,”|a forestry texthook adaptable to largely instrumental in developing |'children. He determined upon a fast game which has placed | writing one. Now, after five years Michigan on the -athletic map, also[he has his text, intended for use provided him with a name destined |in either junior high schools, or to ghine in the annals of collegiate [the seventh and eighth grades of 4 activities. £ rural schools. ‘The same vigorous tactics which ———————— : won“Hurry Up” his popular “aom | RUSSIA WANTS TO FIND - defootball,” were employed byl NORTHERN AID ROUTE himf it preparing. opposing teams| - ‘ A of players, who do: their stuff in| MOSCOW, Feb. 19.—The avia- Richard Dix’s latest Paramount|tion and chemical defense society picture, “The Quarterback.” It{of Soviet Russia has decided to you see the film.on. its arrival at|Make further flights into the the Coliseum Thursday, a stadium-|Arctic for the purpose of study- rocking game’s in store for you. |8 and mapping the northern air route. o " B ve ; | The last aerial expedition was i‘ “ROSE OF GOLDEN WEST” | |forced down at the Bay of Koliu- | . 1S COMING TO PALACE |[chin. It is planned to establish b z i " @ number of bases, particularly| | One of the largést casts in re-|at Petropavlovsk, the mouth of governments, HURRIES BILL [Gets Quick Action from House on Air Mail Service Contracts WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Short- ly after Col. Charles A, Lindbergh told the House leaders the need for legislation to make available vice the United States air mail ————-,o—— STOCK QUOTATIONS A 915, Dame Nellie Melba, famouti rima donna, is suffering a sevep ttack of influenza in London. NEW ENCUSH MINE COMPANY ENTERING FAIRBANKS - FIELD Recommends More Money for Enforcing Of Prohibition Laut WASHIN G TON, sident Coolidge has d banks disiriet was revealed today supplemental budget es “ o 3 Jommending an additional 000 to be appropriated hibition Enforcement for cal year ending June 30, 1930, LEGION MIXER WILL BE GIVEN MARCH 2, AT WAGNER’S PLACE Saturday evening, March 2, been set by the Alford John F ation of the Alaska Gold | Dredging Company, Ltd., of Lon- laws of Great The company is capitalized for . Clark, prominent Territorial of. individuals and cor- porations for handling-air mail 10 land* from Central and Southern American countries and insular po- | sessions. certain gold mining properties ac Lemons, promoter the Leglonnaires and members of [ quired by G. G will be held at Wagner roadhouse now operated creck by the Whitworth interests (RPN FRANK WILSON RETURNS Frank S. Wilson, who has been on duty with the U. S. Marshal's | cffice at Ketchikan and Craig for Dancing and games will be the order of the evening. will be served. Menftbers of the Legion who -ha vill furnish part of the trans- portation and, if necessary, tional machines will be hi He will resume his posi- tion in a short time as guard at the local Federal jail. Alaska Historical Association The annual meeting of the Alaska Historical Association will be held Thursday evening, Feb. 21, at 8 p. m., at the Council Chambers. All' members are requested to be present. Subscribe to The Empire. . S. Rub- Bethlehem , American A. P. KASHEVAROFF, i = ] TR RSN CRARRA OO cent years used in a motion pic-{the Lena River, and at. Dixon| ture not dealing with the war was | Cape, drafted for the filming of “Rose| =~ ——eooeo—{o of the Golden West,” George Fitz:| Commercial job printing at The Maurice's‘epic of California in the Empire; - & Old papers for sal BERMUDANS ARE COLD TOWARD U AIRLINE i HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. 19.— The recently published announcement that a United | States concern planned to build a sea-drome midway between New York and Ber- muda failed to cause much excitement here. Bermuda officials see two reasons operating against such a project. In the’ first place, they say, airplanes can- not fly between Bermuda and the United States with- out the consent of the Im- perial Airways of London. Moreover, weather condi- tions are held to /be too un- certain for the establishment of a regular flying route. e b g Al@ys Graves” L AR YOU “AUTO” SEE TH ONE 7:30 — CITY OFFICIAL 1S THREATENED Chicago Coroner’s Activity in Gang Massacre Cause of Threats CHICAGO, I, Feb. 19.—Cor- oner Herman Bundesen revealed | today that his life has been| threatened twice during the past| three. days which he attributed | to his activity in investigating | the St. Valentine's day massacre | of gangmen in a garage. Sunday Bundesen received an| anonymous telephone call in| which he was told, “You will be the next to die if you don't wateh | out.” He said he received an anony- | mous letter today asking him how he would “like to, kick the| bucket.” At least wuex rriend’ wife gets into an evening gown friend hus- and doesn't have to waste any time buttoning her up the neck. n- B e e o P : Second edition, revised and enlarged, now ready for distribution. Its S'ge‘rl‘ic Features, Geog tory and Government. 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