The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 12, 1930, Page 3

“TONIGHT NEWS—In Sound 2 BIG MOVIETONE ACTS Better than a $6.60 Show! Spectacle! Musical Comedy! Laughs! Song hits! The grezt stage entcrtainers in a perfect Broadway with thrilling TECHNICOLOR | The i Duncan Sisters | | ! i3 | murder .i dialog production, | that lto epproach. o { leither i sired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ALL TALKING Picture A SAM WOOD production with LAWRENCE GRAY BENNY RUBIN 10-25-75 cents, Loges $1.00 COMING “Baby Mine” | Attrgetions At Theatres | | | AN SISTERS IN | BIG HIT AT PALACE Cinisast o ¢ a Great Life,” opening at the palace last night, would be an | intereswng story even if not en-| livened by the inimitable stars, the | Duncan Sisters. There are nearly a dozen brand new songs—all| catchy and for the most part the show songs have beaten the pho- nograph records to Juneau, for “It's 2 Great Life” wsa only reh.ascd| last month. | Technicolor scenes, with new | dances by flashily dressed chor- uses. in new sittings, add immens- urably to the eye-filling qualities «©f the production. | The Duncan Sisters are not the wiole show either. Jed Prouty is immense and Larry Gray is splen- ¢id as “Jimy.” There is a great deal of comedy i1 the picture, and just enough! pathos to make the whole stor!': well-flavored. In a way, the story | tells much of the personal Ilife SENATOR DILL | States Senator C. C. Dill of Wash- | |ington, joined in the attack against *on earth in consideration lold age. THE DAILY AIA\SK/\ LMPIRh, WE l)NLb!)AY l-LB Master@ Gl Bng Fortunes MRS. SARA BARCLAY MRS JK BO\VMAN MRS, GPVAN NAHEE EVA LA GALLIENE MAEIE, MN THERESA HELBURN dous personal triumph by her oui- standing performance. in “Thrn Different Eyes” Fox Movietone trial mystery pl opened last night at the Colise “Thru Different FEyes,” an by far greatest achievement to date Fox Movietone, and sets a mark will press future productions Not only is woman ihe fair sex, she is the fairly well off sex. For, he millions of women who y wail and grumble at the ncy of their household al- lowance and their pin money, it is ~ the ladies who have half the indi- th of the world. And c will, no doubt, many of these women are included in the aforementioned grumbiers. Authority for the amazing, facts about the personal wealth of wo- men is to be found in ti - of Federal income tax, as well lists of stockholders of great cor- tions. The lists of the Amer- n Telephone and Telegraph Co. and the Westinghouse Company re-, is Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe, well remembered for thelr munexom pe: mances in “In Old | Arizc outdoor Fox 1 tone are i Duncan and ag: nd among the I as “Valerie solves the mu ence Lake, who pi ing chorus girl; Y 50 per aent o ysis of the returns shows tha reporting person " cess of $500,000 and 123 were men. Clympian height twee $4,600.000 and there were three women one man Ifiheritance is f that adds to held by women. They are recel ing 70 per cent of the estates left by men, and 64 per cent of those left by their sex. And there is no evidence that woman makes a prac- tice of squandering her inhe nce. Woman is.adding to her wealth through the business world. This is evident from even a superfi study of the daily news. Recently an item appeared letting the world know that Mrs. George R. Van Namee, president of the House of vers, one of the greatest florist |businesses in ‘America, had signed a lease thati had an aggregate ren- \tal of $5,355,000. Mrs. Alice Foote !MacDougall, who added atmosphere | to the menu of her beautiful coffee | houses, is another woman who UPU UGHES (blithely signs leases for her res- {faurants way up in the million & iclass. Mary Dillon is the efficient WASHINGTON, Teb. 12 *U"“ed‘pxeqxdent of the Brooklyn Borough iGas Company, a $12,000,000 corpora- tion, while Mrs. Marie Ryan is an- as alw And in incomes A‘Xl‘ be- stlent of Thornt or sound pic Mr The photog the voice: The sound is e in the newspa ne, when numerous v g typewriters and clacking te]egmph keys are mingled realis- tically. “Thru Different Eyes” is a dis- tinet triumph Fox Movietone, the director, John G. Blystone, and the stage director, A. H. Buren. the for the confirmation of Charles Evans| K1 H tinas |Hughes as the debate on his con-|%" her ' Brooklyn woman who ha !firmation as Chief Justice of the made SO (SEE T % Hiiiness Supreme Court of the United States"‘hm does an annual ‘turnover of was resumed in the Senate. over $100,000. Senater Dill called attention to| .. the fact that today was the birth- Le Galliene, founder of” the Civic lday anniversary of Abraham Lin-| | Repertory Theatre is extending the coln and added: movement throughout the country “What a coincidence that the And Therese Helburn, who runs the Senate should spend the blnhda»iTh“”E Guild, has helped to built of the greatest champion of human |it into one of the greatest theatri- rights since Jesus Christ walked Cal organizations in the world. of the| Mrs. J. K. Bowman is president greatest champion of proverty of one of the largest direct mail rights as the nominee for Chief |advertising firms in the South while Justice. The masses of cur peopl e{Mrs Sarah Barclay DeForrest owns are finding it difficult to earn alone of the biggest varnish concerns livelihood and lay aside a little for jin New York. Not to speak of The views of Hughes on|the many women who own economic questions is just as 1m-‘opsrate cosmetic concerns. portant as his legal ability. The, S body of 1uw ot enaced by Con- LITTLEPAGE RETURNS gress and is going right into the TO RUSSIA FOR Two YEARS MORE WORK life of the people, /permitting cor- porations to pick the pockets of a! man on the street,” said Senator Jack Littlepage, former Juneau mining engineer, who went to Rus- fua two years ago in charge of im- DIl } ‘pnnant mining operations for a ‘Sm,' et company, recently visited Se- \ame on business and is now re-| |turning to Russia, according to |word received here. struggle of the Duncans in their | spectacular climb up the ladder of the show business, all bnck-szage‘ stuff. Song numbers include: “Following You,” “Samng on a Sunbeam.” <The Hoosier Hop,” “It Must Mz an Old Spanish Custom,” “Won't You Be My Lady Love,” and “The Sun of a May Morning.” } " MYSTERY FEATURE I8 SHOWING, COLISEUM |their two children who were placed ‘in schoel in Portland. Mr. Littlepage went™ to Ru-sia ‘under a two-year contract. His work proved so successful that he was given ahother two-year con- tract at a'substantially increased salary. His main mission in the United States was to purchase some modern milling equipment, similar“to that in successful oper- ation at the Alaska Juneau mill hera. Circulars Invitations Letterheads Folders ® Cards Statements Envelopes Billheads - Have you triea the Five o'Clock Dinner Specials at Mabry's Cale? returns | as| S |ara £5,000,000, | In the realm of the theatre, Eva | and (® He was ac-! !companied by Mrs. Littlepage and| o et A insist that | By DOROTHY HERZOG Copyright, 1930, Premier Inc. HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 12. — The weather has been so cold that handkerchiefs in Southern Califor- nia have at last realized their| |ambition They are now social necessities, preview or no preview.! i Janet Gaynor has taken { rtment in a Hollywood apart- ment-hotel. Her husband | Peck, one elsewhere. ion is said to be trial |theless, there is significance labout that word which causes con- siderable rumination, even amongst those not given to rumination. The sep- Never- tographer) Spu -haired terrier, which Mr. Wrigley, the manu jurer of jaw e€xercise, offered |800. But Bozo to part wit $1,- h him. Birth-weights: (weighed born. Jimmy Gleaso: 01 | 12 pounds when he was| | The Evening La Argentina, mous Spanish dancer, gave hux‘ final terpsichore program in L. A, the flickites turned out in large| quantities. Greta Garbo was lhe‘ innocent cause of sundry necks| running the risk of bemmmcv ked for life. Greta wore a Imink coat, a plain fitting black‘ toque, and a simple frock. She, came to applaud La Argentina and not to vie with her. The Garbo's| utter oblivion to siares was de- |lightful. Also in the audience was Dolores Del Rio and Larry Kent, the Don Alvaradez, Lilyan Tash- man and [Eddie Lowe, Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg and the Ernst Lubitsch’'s. son Hopper claims he can that goldfish cost $125 apiece n't see that we're getting any- | where. Archie Mayo has decided to pr he's a successful director. He now has a chauffeur. Sure, he had a cargo to begin with. 1 One of my readers (sure, I've got one) writes to inquire how it feels to write a daily colyum. Be- ing a lady, I can't answer truth- fully. Anyway, my boss wouldn't permit his presses to burn up in 1 an unworthy cause. But writ- | ing a daily colyum is like writingi |2 letter ditto only more of it. (male bee, if you'll forgive my| bocsting) was recruited to play a scene with Charlie Mack in “The {Two Black Crows in the A. E. F. Ms ces are less than henpecked nds. They are born to be iseless, ‘to lay around the hive |and to eat prodigiously. They can't | {even sclect & mate and set up ligh ‘huwkvpmg The queen bee doe all thr choosing and what she does to husband-for-a-flight safe gu'”d‘» the voting franchise to the female bees. | Be that as it may, a drone bee 1\2:.‘ corraled for a scene with Charlie Mack. An invisible thread was wound around his anatomy.| A propertyman held on to the| other end of the string and thus| succeded in making buzzo a good | camera hog. After dodging the bee for a few cranks of the camera. Mack siaps his hat over him and | drawls into the “mike”: “Dar you is. Now think it out in the dark The drone died shortly after it siupendous debut as a movie ac- tor, in which, of ccurse, there's a woral, | ! In pursuit of a laugh, a dronc ‘wh Syndicate, me | |8t an '’ Lydell | * Spurr is too JLLdChL‘d\lJ v (ing ! | a lil' brunette from St. Louis, Mo, is 19 and never nursed any pes whatsoever. Between 5ol vacations she used to play| her father's stock kumpny in Louis. The family West some months ago. fon didn't aspire to the flicks. John Lancaster, Mz in rer to come to the s for the lead th Eliot Nugent. M: joke, but she e udio and take in “Kempy,” ! thought | ented, and aled the part. more outloud is now se | Tiffany banner | e Hick- r the title manager, w ting under Walk Gleason I refers to Johnny as Mr. and to himself as r. Pound n Miss Shilling is in the vicin- | Jimmy (Director) Flood also| s his share of the kid-i Marion makes a swell aud-i with Johnny Jimmy {ence. Lake risking ine shekels Caliente. It really isn't isk. It's an out-and-out good- bye. | ntists are doing a land-| ness tightening bridge W hasn't been so cold in |this map spot since the earliest settlers went Rotarian and the Chamber of Commerce learned lts superlatives. Arthur Local office AND—THAT'S THAT. S LET Almquist i.es8 your Sult We call and deliver. l"hcne 28, A quality you ’would want if you knew all of the FACTS Facts 21 and 22 Creamof Tartar (madefrom luscious grapes) is the base of a fine baking powder. There are cheap substi= | tutes—but ask your doctor —ask any dietitian or any domestic science teacher which they prefer. Their expert opinion is the Schil- ling guide. Cream of Tartar and Cream of Tartar onl; e ———— 1930. A $250,000 exr announced for serv said, 25,000 s oven e e plane e constru ng an s equipment Tesi dent xplanation of an offer of | d C stock, priced at Money for stock capital offeri; purpo; for ng substa service in the F {ish Columbia an plan to purchas i {senger cabin seaplanes of the must' | modern amh. Vancou to “This will great for seven use in Alaska, des n, service I flight between Seattle, Victoria and and flying servi and the Alaska Territory. Have New passenger passer will and feeder lines on Puget Sound, to cost $20,000 each. equipment, present complement v enlarge our capacity for { ~EXPANSION ANNOUNCED BY PLANE GROUP iAlaska - \vmhington Air- ways Will Spend Quar- ter of Million Dollars 7:30——WHERE SOUND SOUNDS BEST—-9:30 COLISEUM THE PICTURE SENSATION OF THE YEAR MEET AND HEAR THEM @\ IN THE COURT ROOM at the.sensational murder trial that shocked a nation! HEAR and SEE the three startling ver: sions of the murde1Z, ion program by the Alaska- Consolidated | L. Carman, ' article in J nsion of serv- ound, British ska fields, the <teen-passenger and at least two assen; seaplanes ment of a mod- terminal a hangar 1dling the com- scene of the erime.’ presents the 100% PIALOGUE FOX “MOVIETONE NOVELPY'FEATURE THRU DIFFERENT EYES with MARY DUNCAN WARNER ‘BAXTER EDMUND LOWE Earle Foxe. Florence Lake, Donald Gal Sylvia Sidney JOHN BLY! s'rom‘. Production the wing article | state- | be ial to ‘secure extension of | Sound, Brit- laska fields. We | two sixteen-pas- costing $60,000 | in the triangular least two five seaplanes for at d to our| f seaplanes,’' both in Puget Sound | Terminal ‘We also plan to put in a mod- ern seaplane either on passenger Lake terminal, | Washington near | Madiscn Park, or on the waterfront | ‘We vey of on year, prox We do next phonograph Melody House. empire. Y the - NOTICE all “kinds re .o e Commercial Job printing 8% The .. ) traipsed |at an estimated cost of $10,000, and |’ Still Mar- | construct our own hangar for serv- w e It ficing and handl M. G. H. exek iprobably at Pr: utual friend, who persuaded ' of $50,000. contemplate vear" the experiences that additional equipme ly $145,000 fand small game may account for this, he said. The temperature in leTEHORSE REGION Whitehorse was around the 30 be- low zero mark during the entire month of January. The tempera- ture in Skagway was filve degrees oclow zero yesterday. b PR AT AT THE HOTELS Gastineau—W. E, Cahill, Spen- cer Bhotter, Mr.‘and Mrs: ‘Willigm Douglas. Alaskan—Mary Latridge. Zynda—Mr. and Mrs, Henry Holl- mann, g out equipment, SM_ALL FUR CATCH Mawr, at a cost| from a sur-‘ business, based | of the past company with Isaac Taylor, of the firm of Drvn\ & Taylor, WhiteHorse trad- its | ers, a passenger on the Prince will clear ap-!Mary, bound to SBeattle and pos sibly to San Francisco, on a com- |bined business and pleasure trip which will take 30 days. Mr. Taylor reports the smallest of first class|gus cateh on record i the Whitet work. Juneau iyorse distric He made a trip —adv. t5 Pelly Banks Post last last fall and found the same conditions The scarcity 'of rabbits .o - “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Dresses s % For Sports— Skirts are 16 inches from the ground. For Street— Skirts are 14 inches from the ground. For Afternoon— inches from the Skirts are 12 ground. For Dancing— Skirts are 5 inches from the ground. For Formal Evening— Skirts are NO inches from the ground. | That, in a nutshell, is the whole story of the new skirt lengths. These are the lengths that Paris has offered— that New York has approved’ — that foremost fashion magazines are’ spon- sering—and that we are showing now in our spring dress collections. All charming, different and direct from the Mecca of Style. Priced to Please Juneau’s Own Store