The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 26, 1930, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1930. I=I|IIlIIIlflIIIIIIIlIiIIIIllllillllllllllillllllll PALACE T JUNEAU WILL NEVER FORGET The glorious beauty of the Divine Lady— The kiss that swayed the fate of an Empire— The spectacle of thousands of men swooping over the decks of enemy ships in the Battle of Trafalgar— The immortal romance of one of history's mest beau- tiful wemen— The Divine Lady Will Live as Long As Your Memory of Motion Pictures METROTONE NEW in Sound and Aectic 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 TIRE CHANGE TONIGHT 3. Great Stars THE BIGGEST MOTION PICTURE SPECTACLE EVER PRODUCED FOR THE SILENT SCREEN LT T L e T T T T O —The World Pictured on Opens the Show , | T cents—Loges 75 cents Coming HOOT GIBSON in Hi £ FIRST TALKIE OGO ERRERR R Attractions | | Wheel of Life,” came to the Coli-|runners were too low to the ground. | At Theatres | seum last night, and it brings Dix| This defect was remedied for the | [ “THE DIVINE LADY” AT PALACE TONIGHT One of the greatest and most ro-‘ mantic loves of history is the| theme of “The Divine Lady,” First National's epic production starring | Corinne Griffith, which opens jits local engagement at the Palace Theatre tonight. Lady Hamilton, the role played by Miss Griffith, rose from obscure birth—her father was a blacksmith —+to become a world famous beauty, the wife of a great diplomat, and| a real power to be reckoned with in international affairs. Lord Nelson at the same time,| was becoming England’s great naval hero, the savior of his nation and the first man to defeat Napoleon in any sort of engagement. The meeting of the two in Naples began an idealistic romance entire- ly sanctioned by the aged Lord Hamilton, which the world did not| understand. “The Divine Lady,” from the his-! torical novel by E. Barrington, is| the biggest production First Na- tional plans this year, and under the direction of Frank Lloyd, tells a pictorial story of those dramatic days that is epic in its sweep. H. B. Warner, Victor Varconi, Ian Keith, Marie Dresslér, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cummings and others of equal renown are in the cast. ! RICHARD DIX IS IN | THRILLER, COLISEUM l “ ‘With the coming of sound to the screen drama there were many who foretold the climax in the careers of silent screen favorites. But if| they included Richard Dix in the category of those who would decline in popularity when sound became a fixture in the movie theatre, they were wrong, all wrong. For Dix proved that he is a re- markable find for the talkies, in his first picture, “Nothing But the {vi Watch For “WEARY RIVER” and “THE TRON MASK” AR (UL Truth,” which gained him immeas- urably great renown as an audible actor almost overnight. His second film, the 100 percent talking Paramount production, “The forward in an even stronger light as one of the great actors of the| speaking silver-screen. The Wheel of Life” is dashing, d romance and Dix, as the cen- tral figure is the personification of vigorous, soldierly manhood. The plot is woven about life in a mili- | tary outpost of the British govern- meat in India. It concerns the love which develops between Dix and Esther Ralston, who plays the role of the young and unhappy ¢ wife of the elderly O. P. Heggie, | commanding officer of the military | post. Dix rescues Esther and a party of friends when they are be- set by hostile native tribesmen, who surround the monastery of the Buddhist priests where the East- erners have taken refuge. The climax is an amazing and breath- taking one. " HOOT GIBSON COMING || | IN WESTERN TALKIE | [4 e 32| Humor is an essential part of al]i‘ good western pictures, according to | Hoot Gibson, who's latest thriller | “The Long, Long Trail” somes to the Palace Theatre Friday. Gibson has created his own type of western picture, which is always | well spiced with humor and free| from melodramic exaggeration. “The Old West had its,own par- ticular brand of humor,” said Gib- son, “and we are merely serving the interests of reality when we inject it into pictures. Western humor | as a rule was of a dry nature, well illustrated, for instance, in Owen ‘Winster's ‘Virginian.’ “Horseplay also had its part in » (cowboy life, the jests being boister- ous but harmless. Many of them may sound childish, when enumer- ated,” said Gibson, “but they all go to make up the general atmos- phere.” ; In addition to the humor, there is plenty of action in “The Long, Long Trail.” Gibson is at his hard-riding best in this picture. On the romantic side there is charming Sally Eilers, and the strong cast in- cludes Kathryn McGuire, James | Several members of the crew grow | KEHOE RUNNING Mason, Archie Ricks, Walter Bren- nan and Howard Truesdell. The picture was directed by Ar- thur Rosson. It is Hoot's first talking picture. RANGE CARGO,” AT COLISEUM, TOMORROW | X 'Inmgmc a party of wealthy Eng': lish people crossing the Equator in a princely yacht, miles from land and out of the path of other ves- sels. Strange things begin to hap- pen. Lights flicker and go up and down. The compass acts strangely. rebeliious. And suddenly, in the ship’s salon filled with guests, the‘ owner is mysteriously murdered. That's a mystery that would stump Sherlock Holmes and all the other detectives of fact and fiction com- bined! “Strange Cargo,” at the Coliseum tomorrow, is not a bloodthirsty, “knock 'em down and drag ‘em out” entertainment. There is not a single pistol nor a shot fired; there are no roughneck comedy detectives and no overdone third degree. Its people represent: British nobility and move in a luxurious atmos- phere. The women wear smart mod- ern clothes, the men are garbed in evening clothes—and yet they are shifted about in an exciting game of life and death like pawns in a| monster game of chess. FOR KETCHIKAN MAYORALTY JOB J. W. Kehoe Enters Four- Cornered Race for May- | or of First City J. W. Kehoe, former Juneau resi- dent and later United States Com- missioner at Ketchikan, is seeking | the mayoralty of Ketchikan, accord- ing to advices received here today.! Three others are contesting for the same position, the others being N'i R. Walker, Axel Osherg and Carl Foss. Only three candidates had filed | up to last Saturday for places on | the City Council of the First City— | William Boos, H. P. Hansen and G. E. Paup. There were three candidates for the one vacancy on the School‘ Board—Stanley Oaksmith, J. A Talbot, jr., and Mrs. Willlam L. Paul. | MKINNON TRANSFER MOVES BIG BOILERS One of the biggest “moves” on {foot in Juneau for some times was |the transfer of two 10-ton boilers! = |from the City Dock to the corner of |Fourth and Main for installation in ithe Territorial and Federal Build- ing. These boilers were hauled by the | McKinnon Transfer, and required | the combined power of two loaded oil trucks. The first was moved| Sunday and the second yesterday morning. It was necessary to construct spe- cial drags on which to place the boilers. Difficulty was experi- enced with the first operation be- | {cause the crossbeams on the drag| second part of the job and it woki about ten minutes only to take the| boiler from the City Dock to the| corner of Third and Main streets. The McKinnon Transfer also has the contract for the hauling or‘ three large transformers from the | City Dock to Second and Gold streets, These arrived on the| Northwestern for the Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power Company. | New Shoe Arrivals for LADIES MISSES and CHILDREN ICELAND BIDS ALL-WORLD T‘:Q’ HER 1,000TH BIRTHDAY SRS - T SRR T Reykjavik, ocean liners thi: government. Near the city is Thingville, where the first parliaments used to meet. The statue is of Ingolf Arnarsen, founder of Reykjavik. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, March 26. —Iceland, one of the smallest of nations, but the greatest per capita exporting country, is making ready to entertain this summer in honor of the 1000th birthday of her par- liament, the first national legisla- ture of the civilized world. King Christian of Denmark, who is alsp head of this independent monarchy, will be chief figure at| the celebration, but all other lead- ing nations, including the United States, will also be represented of: ficially. King Christian will trave! here on a Danish cruiser and will be accompanied by Queen Alexan- drine, Crown Prince Frederick, Prince Knud, and other members of the royal household. . Teeland being considered one of| Stall Talkies There the Scandinavian sisterhood, most of the non-official visitors are ex-| Additions of a theatre at Wran- pected to come from Denmark, Nor-{gell to his string in Southeast way, Sweden and Finland. But |Alaska has been made by W. D. special parti®® are also being or-|Gross, local business man, accord- ganized in the United States, Can-ling to word just received here. Last ada, Great Britain, Germany and|week he purchased the Dreamland the Netherlands. ithere from Samuel Cunningham. These visitors will be housed’on] The name of the place will be their ships while here, neither thelchanged to Coliseum, the same as hotel nor private accommodations |the theatres operated by Mr. Gr of the island—there are only about | here, at Douglas, Petersburg and at 100,000 inhabitants in the kingdom |Ketchikan. His plans for improv- capital of Xceland, expects to see its harbor full of Gulf Stream continues to send its modify the otherwise natural se- verity of the winters. WRANGELL SHOW W. D. Gross Buys Wrangell Theatre and Will In- —being adequate for such an influx |ing the plant were revealed in an | of guests. The capital itself has a population of only 25,000. While the Icelandic parliament, or Althing, first gathered on Thing-| “I am going to install a Vita- villir, or “place of assembly” in;phone which is the only system of the year 930, the history of the|producing talking pictures that is country goes almost two centuries|recognized by the picture industry. back of that. Irish hermits rnmhctll‘Berm-n installing Vitaphone equip- Iceland in 795 and found it unin-;ment in Wrangell the building will habited. About 860 A. D., a Nor-|be completely remodeled and a con- wegian viking, Naddod, rediscov-|siderable sum of money will be ex- ered the country, and Gardar Sva-|pended for new equipment. varsson, a Swede, was driven by{ “A steam heating plant will be storms to its shores. installed with a fan system for The first permanent settler was|changing the air frequently. An Ingolf Arnarson, a Norwegian, Ap-lmmrc new front will be built which proaching the coast in the year 874, {will provide for a 14-foot foyer. he cast overboard his high seat Ladies' rest rooms will be provided pillars and vowed to make his home | The balcony will be remoceled and where those sympols of permanency {loges placed in front. New soft- were washed ashore. He found!cushioned seats will be installed them on the beach of what is now | throughout. ‘The stage will be the harbor of Reykjavik and a|made wider so that persons sitting statue to his memory by Ejnarion either side of the theatre can Jonoson, foremost Icelandic scuip-|see the whole picture. tor, has been erected here. “The operating room will be re- The country owes its commercial modeled and will be made fire- eminence to the fish in its \\.xLPl‘S!prOOI and large enough to accom- and the sheep in its valleys. ‘To- ‘modate the Vitaphone equipment. gether they make up five-six of ‘' The walls will earry six pillars and the exports, the only other ble between the pillars will be double item being fimber from the hills.|French windows which will carry The total is around $13,500,000 lights during intermission. The yearly, something in the neighbor- ceiling will carry five cluster lights interview given to the Wrangell Sentinel in which he is quoted as follows: hood of $100 a month for each man and there will also be aisle lights.| woman and child in the country. |It is my intention to make the new There is no army or navy to sup- Coliseum a playhouse that will be port, but there are plenty of schools as comfortable as can be found any- and a very low rate of illiteracy. where. The budget balances easily, the na-| “I am leaving on the Alaska for tional debt is diminishing and the the States to buy the new equip- summer when it celebrates 1,000 years of parliamentary | warm waters near the coast and | HOUSE BOUGHT BY LOCAL MAN Smart and Handsome Coliseum *: WHERE SOUND SOUNDS BEST 2—SHOWS—2 :30—9:30 LAST TIMES TONIGHT Tectric SYSTEM este LAST TIMES TONIGHT AT HIS BEST 1009 Dix as you love him! he loves! ting: Danger! terpiece with Dix! woman, captivating in a powerul role. Another Victor Schertzinger mas- RICHARD DIX AT EVERY TURN OF THIS ALL TALKING PRODUCTION “THE WHEEIL OF LIFE” Talking! The daring soldier! The impetuous lover!® Facing death for the woman Gorgeous Esther Ralton, Dix’s beautiful Brilliant set- AND—OH, BOY! Louise Fazenda, Johnny Arthur Walter Hiers in ‘[ The removal of Mabel Brummitt of Valparaiso, Ind., teacher in a | Manila high school, was demanded |by striking students who said she insulted the Filipino race. |ment that will be necessary. It will probably be about the first of May before the Coliseum of Wran- |gell will open but the people of the town will not be left without a show during the meantim®. I have rented the Redmen’s hall and will run silent pictures there until such WOMEN’S CLUB ON AIR THIS AFTERNOON The program broadcast by KFIU at noon today, was presented by the Alaska Federation of Women's clubs from the President, Mrs. Willie Ab- bert, who was home bound on the Admiral Watson. ‘The program was directed by Mrs. Louise Mor- ton, custodian of the A. F. O. W. C,, Jewelry Store and KFIU. follows: cated to Gov. George A. Parks, To the Pioneers of Alaska: “For- get Your Yesterdays.” To the twelve clubs of the Feder- ation: Anchorage, Seward, Kodiak,! Skagway, Haines, McCarthy, Ket- | chikan, Wrangell, Klawock, Doug- las, Juneau Business and Profes- COMING THURSDAY “STRANGE CARGO” with 14 STAGE STARS through the courtesy of the Nelson,MOZEG, Nome; Mr. and Mrs. P. J. The program scheduled was as!cny; Ed Ridley, Ketchikan; Chris| |Sorenson; Soren Thomgi; H. Greg- | “National Emblem March,” dedi- | €rson; Jim Hotchprins, Seattle; B. “HOT LEMONADE” 100 Per Cent All Talking Comedy VITAPHONE ACTS FOX MOVIETONEWS NEW 1930 MODELS ELTO ENGINES NOW IN STOCK Ask to see the new 14 h.p. Senior Speedster JUNEAU YOUNG HARDWARE CO. sional Club and Juneau Woman's Club. To the Chambers of Commerce of Alaska: “Sunny Side Up.” To the Missionary Ministry of Alaska: “Abide With Me.” All fraternal orders of Alaska: “Repasz March.” | To the fishermen: “Scandinavian ‘Whoopee.” To the ranchers: “La Rosita.” | To the businessmen: “Get Hap- py.” To the miners: “Wouldn't It Be ‘Wonderful.” To the thirty thousand whose homes are in Alaska, the Land of | Glory and of Gold, Greetings! “The Perfect Song."” ! AT THE HOTELS Gastineau Hans Floe, Hawk Inlet; Lillian White; L. M. Carrigan; Mr. and; Mrs. Eldred Ireland, Seattle; S. C. Barrington, Wrangell; E. Reld, Wrangell; W. A. Allen, Los Angeles; George R. Chamberlin, Tacoma; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kochis; B. B. Grover, Portland; George. Kochis, | Stryker, New York; Frank C. Davis and H. Biglow. Zynda George Mandroeis, Dell E. Snerdt, sunuesws piano| uner. Hotel Gastineau. —adv. } CONNIE MACK’S CHAMPIONS AT T L FORT MYERS 3 COCHRANE - SCHANG - PERKINS)° the veterans rounding into shape at the Athletics’ Assoolated Press Photo tralning camp at Fort Myers, Fla, onc ) o (5 You control | as you beat the cream= puff mix-| ture « . o §| you add the K741 NNy ¥ at a time, Hiurs Bros. control the flavor of their rare blend of coffee— only a few pounds at a time pass through their roasters. Never in bulk! This process — Controlled Roasting — pro- duces a flavor no other coffee has. Fresh from the original vacuum pack. Easily opened with the key. ANOTHER SHIPMENT ARROW TRUMP SHIRTS In Colors $2.15 W hite $1.95 AMERICAN LEGION ARENA Next Smoker APRIL 12TH JUST RECEIVED! Shipment of SHOE PACS RUBBER BOOTS DUXBAK PAINTERS’ COATS and OVERALLS CORDUROY PANTS CANVAS GLOVES And a fine selection of MEN'S WORK SHIRTS THE HUB | MIKE -PUSICH, ‘Prép. Opposite Coliseum Theat: