The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1929, Page 3

ununu’muu|m|||m|||||muuu|nu|fi||nifimmuuu|m||u||||||u|||'|'u'|'|uu'u | PALAC TONIGHT AND SATURDAY 7:15——9:15 Now Under New Management 10,000,000 READERS. CAN’T BE WRONG WHEN THEY SAY “THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS” is the most tender love story of the backwoods ever writ- ten and it took months of ef- fort and enormous expendi- tures to bring this story to the screen as Harold Bell Wright’s best-selling novel de- scribed it. TR, R Hu e STARRING MOLLY O’DAY—ALEC" FRANCIS JOHN BOLES and MATTHEW BETZ NEWS As Mighty as the Ozarks—And as Beautiful! CARTOON COMEDY — 10—20—50—Loges 60 cents ilIllll_ll"llllIIlllmlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIlIIIIlIIIIII!IIIIlIIIII 1 { g land composition like that of the old master's paintings. There is also a news and cartoon | comedy making an ‘enjoyablz eve ining’s entertainment. T Attractions At Theatres “SINGING FOOL" AL T JOLSON TRIUMPH Johnny Hines has discovered that | inventors have their troubles just the same as other people, as can be Iseen at the Palace Theatre next| claiming Al Jolson’s second motion Sg.nd;xy e L.m wn,‘,l,'d“"” g picture, “The Singing Fool,” as the:Fusv.“l\Iauon.al picture, “The »wm:m. greatest of all the vehicles which | 1dca” produced by C. C: Burr, is the | the world’s most famous entertain- |PI¢ laugh feature. { Practically all of Johnny Hines er has had in hi acular ca- reer. kT e s gl | pictures have . depicted the life of | 3 i ” {the average American young man In “The Singing Fool” he plays i > } the part of a “!r;nitir M & Broagw;y ho is ambitious and, who wishes to | cabarét—a song writer Who helps‘rise above his mediocre surround- the woman he ‘lovés ta & filace flS!ings. Johnny has characterized the | a revue star and marties her only |COURUY boy, the salesman, clerk, | to be left with a small son, whcn{automoblle mechanic, tourist guide, | the faithless woman deserts him|20d even the plumber. —But now for a richef man. he has become an inventor. i “The Singing Fool” is a hedrt] Louise Lorraine is the girl in thé story providing a thousand oppor-! case, and other prominent play: tunities for Jolson to display his}"s seen include Edmund Breese, genius for moving us all to tears | Fred Kelsey, Walter James, George of laughter. { Irving, Henry Barrows, Henry Her: And he has an all-star support- {bert, Betty Egan, Charles Giblyn ing cast which includes Betty Bron- and many others, Charles Hines son, Josephine Dunn, Reed Howes, directed the picture. Ed Martindel, Arthur Housman. David Lee and Robert Emmett O'Connor. Leslie S. Barrows did the story which was scenarized by C. Graham Baker and directed by Lloyd Bacon. “The Singing Fool” is Al Jolson at his glorious best. It is at the Coliseum for the last two times tonight. Enthusiastic- t heongs .are ac- 10ld Soak’s Arrival Starts Parrot Fad WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. — Old Soak, the pet parrot of Secretary Stimson, which has arrived from Honolulu, has started an influx of parrots from foreign ports. |, The Stimson parrot came back on *lan army transport and now. wives GOOD FEATURE IS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, AUG. 16, 1929. vey becausc of the topography, t climate and the vast timber-covered areas which made pro; cult, Mr. Sargent said. Oblique Photographs ddition to the mapping pho- ALASKA SURVEY| PARTY HOSTS AT DINNER PARTY R. H. Sargent Entertains with Lecture, Accom- panied by Slides About fifty Juneau people were entcrtained at dinner aboard 'the barge of the Alaska Aerial Sturvey Dectachment, under the command of Licut.-Commander A. W. Radford, last evening as the guests of the officers of the detachment and R. H. S nt, representative of the Department of the Interior with the detachment, Feature of Evening The feature of the evening was| a most interesting, though too short, lecture by Mr. Sargent, in Panied by beautifully tinted slides which he explained the work being made from photographs ‘taken by done by the detachment, its tre- Mr. Sargent himself, during the mendous value to the Geological | time he has spent with the Geologi- Survey Department and otherical Survey in that work, and others branches of the Government, the|made from the oblique photographs method in which the Aerial Survey!teken by the Aerial Suryey De- photographers work, and eompare tachment, showing the various, lakes, it to the tedious methods of ob_;u‘nmenduus mountain ranges and taining surveys for maps used be-|glaciers in the Southeast Alaska fore airplanes were available for jdistrict. the work. Preceding Mr. Sargent’s talk three In the 30 years during which the |recls of moving pictures taken by Geological Survey has been working | Licut. C. F. Greber, since the de- in Alaska, men have been kept in|tachment left the souih, were shown the field practically all year round,|and cxplained by Lieut. Greber. ring the ground by dog|The reels included photographs tak- en of the planes in flight, of them these slow means of trans-|getting under way at Petersburg tion, approximately 40 pe,«‘zmd some splendid ones of Taku cent of the vast Territory has been Glacier, with a huge pinnacle of accurately surveyed by men of this|ice falling from it, and the Gannet department and maps which cun!fl'méim" by the glacier with the be obtained by the public have been ]huge icebergs in the foreground. completed, he declared. ! Hosts For Evening The use of the Naval planes has| The hosts for the evening were greatly facilitated the mapping of{Lleut,-Commander and Mrs. A. W Southeast Alaska, which was always | Radford, Lieut. and Mrs. E. F. 2 bugabear to the Geological Sur-|Burkett, Mr, Sargent, Capt. '0. ticular places for the Lighthouse the Bureau of Public Roads, U. S. Army, the Internationa Boundary Commission, and departments which are particularly interested in obtaining photograp! of various parts of Southeast Alas- ka, he said. Mr. Sargent began his talk by been to him to have the opportun ity of spending the time he has ith the men and officers of the U. S. Navy who make up the Aerial Detachment and the admiration he has for | work they have done. | Accompanied by ' Slides His interesting talk was accom- tremendous the splendid ss diffix taken by the Aerial Sur- hment many oblique pho- tographs have been taken of par- Service, the U. §. Forest Service | the other telling of the great pieasure it has, Macklin, Lieut. R. F. Whitehead, Licut. C. F. Greber, Lieut. L. P. likowski, Lieut. Commander A. C. Smith, Lieut. E. F. Carr, J. D. | Glick, F. Dowd, and J. O. Hoey. e ' ALASKA-WASHINGTON | AIRWAYS CONTEST COMMENCES TODAY Boys and girls of Juneau who cligible to enter the Alas | Washington Airways contest begin- ning today, may look in tonigh Empire for the coupon on which tc | write their first guess as to the | number of miles flown and the hmmbcr of passengers carried by the Iseaplanes Juncau and Ketchikan Alaskan waters from April 15 to August 15, which was announced by Anscel C. Eckmann, Alaska rep- | rese: ative of the company, in yes- | te paper. | The contest will continue untli | Soptember = after which the free rides to Taku and Mendenhall Gla- ciers will be given to the lucky ten. | A ride to Taku Glacier will be given to the five who guess closest to the correct number of miles flown aund a trip to Mendenhall to the five who come nearest to the correct number of passengers carried. Any girl or boy of Juneau under 18 years of age is eligible to enter the contest and providing he or she uses separate coupons for each answer, may make as many guesses as is desired. The replies may be sent either to The Empire office or the Alas- ka-Washington = Airways. ay We do but one kind of printing — GOOD PRINTING 3IIlIIIIIliIIIIliIIIITIflIIII|IIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlmTIIIiII;IIIlfilIllliiil'llilllllllllIIIII ALL OVER THE [ eat an alpple a day and healthy you will stay. EAT MORE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. The doctor says Y AKIMA CANTALOUPES, Jumbo size, WORLD 20¢ . . - . TR R A [ | SHOWING AT PALACE B2 3 The magic touch of movie tech- nicians has brought the . canvases of the old painters to life! At least, that is the conclusion of anyone who sees the retrospect of “The Shepherd of the Hills,” First Na- tional Pictures’” version of the Har- ¥ of army officers stationed in Pana- ma and the Philippines dre be- sieging the quartermaster general, B. F. Cheatham for permission to bring their feathered pets home in such fashion. One or two “parrot permits” have been granted, and the news traveled fast among other owners of birds. There is one restriction the army insists upon. The birds must bc This entire sequence is set apart *ept out of staterooms and in a from ‘the rest of the action by soft | part of the ship where they cannot foeus; ~ canvas-effect-~photography, [ disturb passengers. v NOTICE TO.SHIPPER TO TAKU RIVER POINTS All freight for points on Taku River must be delivered to the Alaska Juneau Wharf accompanied by all ship- ping and Customs papers as follows: 4 copies of Bills of Lading. 3 Copies of Canadian Customs Forms. .2 copies of American Customs Forms. All: Freight -Charges Must Be Fully Prepaid Unless Credit Has Previously Been Arranged No freight accepted aftér 3:15 P. M. No fl:e_ight ex- cept perishables acceptéd on date of sailing. old Bell Wright novel of that title, at the Palace Theatre. 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A, = | local COLISEUM LAST TIME TONIGHT———7:30-9:27° “Folks, You Aint Seen Nothing Yet” q SEE and HEAR AL JoLson The Singing Fool A VITAPHONE ACT and MOVIETONE NEWS et Prices—10c; 50¢; $1.00, Loges $1.25 A COMPLETE SERVICE FOR SIX PEOPLE SPECIAL $11.95 We offer as a 1929 SPECIAL while they last this ENSEMBLE for $11.95 YOU RECEIVE 32-Piece Set Linnton Ivory Body Dinnerware—6 Pie or Salad Plates, 6 Dinner Plates, 6 Sauce Dishes, 6 Cups, 6 Saucers, 1 Platter, 1 Vegetable Dish. 26-Piece Set Monterey Nickle Silver—6 Teaspoons, 6 Soup Spoons, 6 Medium Knives, 6 Medium Forks, 1 Butter Knife, 1 Sugar Shell. And in addition to this you receive a beautiful set of 6 Emerald Green or Pink Optic Goblets | Juneau Young Hardware Co. “If I's Hardware We Have It” ] 'For €l “Long: USE *NANAIMO SCREENED Pacific Coast Coal Company H. G. WALMSLEY, Agent. PHONE 412 Come in an Now Here! The New 1929 BRUNSWICK PANATROPE ' ¥ ' i dlet us démonstrate this newest BRUNSWICK achievement. 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