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

STARTING SUNDAY MATINEE LATEST 4 GLOOM CHASER DELUXE WITH 1000 LAUGHS 10,20, 50 cents Loges 60 cents AL NEWS EVENTS ¢ EMPIRE, SATURDAY, OCT. 19, 1929. —_— RIB-TICKLING COMEDY A SHOW THAT IS A FEAST OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE DARNED FAMILY E.J. RATH’S CUREALE ' with Harrison Ford Phyllis. Haver Chester Mack Swain and Heobart : Bosworth Conklin Attmdions At Theatres n | “CASEY AT THE BAT” AT | | COLISEUM, TONIGHT r— In this day -of baseball heroes poling home -runs, football idols making ninety yard touchdowns and pugilistic champions knocking out entire armies of villains for the mbvies, it is announced that Wal- lace Beery strikes out in the big bageball scene for “Casey at the Bdt,” which comes to the Coliseum tonight. “Numerous inquiries were re- ceived,” declares Hector Turnbull, Paramount producer, “asking whe- ther we would follow the famous poem. and have Casey strike out or if we'd adhere to motion picture regulations and have him hit a four-bagger and win the game. The firlal decision reached was to have Beery, who plays the immortal Cas- oy, strike out and disgrace himself in the eyes of the public.” ‘“Casey at the Bat,” directed by Monte Brice, js an hilarious com- edy interwoven with touches of pa- AT umnwwmlinmmwmmmm|muumuumumuuuumuuuuuuuuuummmmmnmlu»muumummmm . |fort of the star, In. addition thos . | the star, others taking part in the | photoplay are Ford Sterling, ZaSu Pitts and Sterling Holloway. | TTKEN MAYNARD IS | NOW AT PALACE || ) | From a technical and scenic point of view and for the individual ef- | in “addition to | “Code of the Scarlet,” Ken May- nard’s latest western feature which | opened at the Palace Theatre last night, has everything one could | wish for in the way of entertain- | ment—a well-knit story, rapid ac- ticn, highly colored characters and | incidents. The story, as the title implies, | takes place in the Canadian North- | west, with Ken in the role of a Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Therc are several good slam-bang fist fights that have the audi- |ence sitting on the edge of their seats. In this picture, the moun- | ;ue hasn’t such an easy time, as he | usually does—Ken has to fight for | his glory. i | ‘Others in the cast are Gladys Mc> | Connell, who has the leading fem- | inine 'role, Dot Farley, Ed Brady, Sheldon Lewis, Robert Walker, Hal Salter, .J.. P.. McGowan .and Joe Rickson. The Junéau Meiody House Owned and operated by MRS. L. A. PIGG The JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE will be located in the building, now being prepared for them, next to the Al- aska Electric Light and Power Co., and will be for- mally opened to the PUBLIC in the very near future. At this time we ARE ANNOUNCING that we have been named local agents for the complete VICTOR LINE, and until such a time as we %re able to occupy our show room THE NEW. MICRO-SYNCHRONOUS VICTOR RADIO will be demonstrated at the resi- dence of Mrs. L. A. Pigg, over the of- fice of Doctor Pigg on Main Street. It is the aim and desire of the JU- _NEAU. MELODY ‘HOUSE to give the people of Jumeau and vicinity entire, RADIO . SATISFACTION. WE GUARANTEE SERVICE on every radio set sold., " paiiag radi ; to-a complete line of radios and combination ‘radjo- phonographs being shown, we will ;also. endeavor to handle the . latest.-in phonographs, records, musical . instru- ments, accessories, sheet musie, ete. wdios WATCH FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCENENTS Tilé Juneau Melody House MRS. L. A. PIGG g I T P AU U AR UU U B UL LU U T Aside from Wallace Beery, &% A GLOOM CHASER LELUXE WITH 1000 LAUGHS A TONIGI}IT*I&I.‘I Times KEN MAYNARD in THE CODE of the SILENT “THE TELEPHONE GIRL® | AT COLISEUM SUNDAY If—to lapse into card room ver- nacular—two queens and three kings make a full house, the suc- cess of Herbert Brenon's new Para- mount feature, “The Telephone Girl,” is assured in advance. Madge Bellamy and May Allison are the “Queens” and Holbrook Blinn, War- ner Baxter and Lawrence Gray the “Kings.” Neither Miss Bellamy nor Miss Allison need any introduction. Madge heroined in “The Iron Horse,” “Sandy,” “Ankles Preferred” and a number of other films while May appeared in “Men ' of Steel” and “The Greater Glory.” As for Holbrook Blinn and his s | screen activities he acted in “The loves the her | Masked Woman™ not so long ago;|is finally captured, as for his stage roles, they've been | many, none better known that por- |intention of m: |trayals in “The Bad Man” and H> places the no “The Play’s the Thing.” ‘Warner proval as a native in “Aloma of the “The Great Gatsby” stamped him being above the average leading man. Lawrence Gray, fifth of in.two pictures, was also featured in “Love 'em and Leave 'em” and “The American Venus.” VSRR R R R R PR R L T TR R R TRIHE B BRHHRHTHT Packed from star latest comed I which is with laughs and thril nish, Al Christie’s The Nervous Wreck" jon the stage hit by ‘Owon Da The picture version, directed by Scott Sidney, with Har- “rl'on Ford and Phyllis Haver {heading a cast which includes, |among others, Chester Conklin, fol- llozvs closely the story as present- ed on the stage. In action, Harrison Ford, aided by Phyllis Haver, holds up an auto- ‘m‘;bxlv party with a monkey {wrench, to get gas for their fliv- {ver. The hero is pursued by a eriff’s posse, led by a man who and when Ford he is about to c hanged when he announces his ying Miss Haver. about his own |and Miss Haver’s neck and Conklin ional | Baxter created quite a stir of ap-|as a cowboy, stands by, a look of {horror on his face. And so the | South Seas” and his enacting of picture ends. Others in the cast of this re- | markable come: e Mack Swain, Hobart Bosworth, Paul Nicholson, |the quintet, Gloria Swanson's hcrochrfl Steadman, Clarence Burton, and several others. i ————.———— Blanche Sweet Sues |~ Blanche Sweet, film star, now adds her pame to the long list of Hollywood marriage failures. She has sued her husband Marshall Neilan, charging cruelty and neg- lect. o Buay Your Printing | Nowand Save Time Greén H bod Shirts Have you neticed the smart new patterns now on display in our windows. There is a GREEN HOOD Shirt to suit every one’s taste. SABIN’S The Store for Men 0 A A NUMBER PLEASE— = and ACTS - TORN BODY OF | BEAR' VICTIM BROUGHT HERE Admiralty Island Brown Bear Kills Forestry Of- ficer on Timber Cruise (Continued from Page One) | |a blanket and Thayer was wrapped in blankets to keep him warm. Everything possible was done to ease his pain. He was too badly hurt to be moved and at 10 o'clock he died. Thursday morning Herring and {Collen started out with the body im the anchorage of the Wepoose. They made about a half mile and |were forced to abandon the effort. Thayer was a big man and it was not possible for the two men to carry his body through the brush and windfall obstructions. Collen took the Weepoose and went to Pybus where he obtained |five men to aid him, the cannery watchman a fox farmer and three fichermen. ~They reached Thayer's body early Friday morning and spon had it on the Weepoose. They IRENE FRANKLIN FRED ARDATH TWO BIG VITAPHONE \ents, as to funeral and interment. left for Juneau yesterday after- noon, were forced into shelter dur- ing the afternoon by heavy weather Xxd came on here last night, arriv- g at 7 a.m. today. Is Véteran of War Thayer would have been 33 years old yesterday, if he had lived. He was born in New York State, Oct. 18, 1896. He resided in Oregon for many years with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Thayer who live in Rainier, Ore. He was “Tomorrow’s Syles T. Odfl'}” s The Snappy Fall Days demand a new warm Fur Trimmed Coat Either Sport or Dress Models We, offer at prices which will please $19.~7 5to $69.50 (The House of Voice and Action) MADGE BELLAMY, WARNER BAXTER, HOLEROOK BLINN, LAWRENCE GREY ‘The Telephone Girl” - COLISEUM WHAT A SHOW AND FOR ADDED PLEASURE 100 Per Cent Comedy LLOYD HAMILTON m “DON'T BE SATURDAY ONLY—WALLACE BEERY in “Casey at the Bat” A T VYOI A All Talking NERVOUS” SUNDAY MONDAY AND HOW'! CES OF ITALY Movietone Act PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS—It’'s New COMING TUESDAY “Abie’s Irish Rose” U engaged to be married to Miss R. M. Studley, Chickasha, Okla. All| of these people have been notified | of his death. The body is at the | Carter Mortuary where it will be | held pending advices from his par- The deaa man was a World War veteran, serving in the submarine branch of the United States Navy. | He first entered the United States Forest Service in Oregon in 1921, and transferred to Alaska two Thayer had made a splendid record, District Forester Charles H. Flory said today. He was a good woods- man, a fine and efficient worker and had a very likable personality that made friends for both the bu- reau and himself. His death will 1be keenly felt by the district or- ganization, he said. Wellknown tlere Mr. Thayer was weil-known in | Juncau. He made his headquar- | ters in Ketchikan. Since last May, years later. He resigned from the bureau in September, 1926, to en- | ter Oregon State College fo take a special Forestry course. After tak- ing a competitive examimation on July 1, 1927 he was reinstated in the Forest Service and given a rating of Junior Forester. He served in both the Chugach and Tongass National Forests. Had Fine Record {he and Mr. Herring have been | cruising pulp timber areas on Ad- | miralty Island. During the early |part of the season they cruised | from the vicinity of Hawk Inlet to | Kootznahoo Inlet. Several weeks | ago they moved to the east side of the island and were cruising south- ward from Seymour Canal. The areas they were covering were surveyed during the past two Since coming to this district, Mr: seasons by engineers for the Cam- A eron-Chandler syndicate of Cali- fornia, now engaged in a program of development looking toward the erection of a pulp and paper plafit here, or in this immediate vicinity. ——— CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Marjorie Janu Spell - celebrated her seventh birthday yesterday afternoon at a party given in her honor by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Snell. - ‘The greater part of the after- noon was spent in playing games. Later, a delicious luncheon wis served. 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