The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1930, Page 3

UGUST 16, 1930. Talking Reporter Movietone Act “Lady of the Lions” All Talking Comedy THEN There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight when Alice White and Louise Fazenda make wild whoopee at the Palace. CTUEF|: 8 MUSIC——COMEDY —PEP—— “HOT STUFF” will warm the cockles of your heart—and make you say—you’ve sure been ENTERTAINED——— TALKING 10—25—50—Loges 75¢ ——WATCH FOR— “HIT THE DECK” Musical Comedy Masterpiece -‘MONDAY ONLY—— FATHER HUBBARD LECTURE ON “VALLEY OF TEN THOUSAND SMOK Latest film of Alaska’s wonders will be shown and léctured on 0Old Papers for sale at Empire Office | I ! { spiendid | seen. MURDER MYSTERY IS | AT COLISEUM SUNDAY Attractions At Theatres - — - . .Mystex'y is stalking in Juneau. ‘Who Killed the Canary?” is the cry of the hour. “The Canary Mur- der Case,” one of the most baffling detective stories ever written, now made into an exciting moving pic- ture by Paramount will open at the Coliseum Sunday. i Six men are suspected of thej murder of the flashing Broadwa.\'l chorus queen, “The Canary.” One person killed her but clrcumstancesl and motives are established during the investigation of the crime that point to each of the six men as the murderer. Then the mystery seems clear when “The Canary's chorus 3irl friend is accused of the murder, | motive established and clues incovered to prove her connection with the murder. “Who Killed the Canary?” Po- lice are baffled at the daring crime. | Detectives scurry hither and yon,| reer. Meanwhile his son is born, and | duestioning, accusing, arresting.| years 'after the youngster brings | Then Philo Vance enters }he case. about a happy reunion of the fam-|Here is the amateur sleuthi created) {ly when the father and mother|by S. S. Van Dine, the famous au-| meet by aceident in a Hollywood |thor hiding behind a pen name, | motion picture studio. for his series of popular detective| Kenneth Hawks directed and stories. Philo Vance, played by| Daphne Pollard with Stepin Fetchit, | Willlam Powell, discovers the true inimitable colored comedian, pro-| sriminal in a unique manner. vide the comedy, and it is of thej side splitting kind. . “BIG TIME” IS NOW SHOWING COLISEUM Lee Tracy and Mae Clarke, both >f whom have had their names in rical electric lights on New Broadway, enact the with Josephine Dunn Big Time,” all talking Fox Mov- ictone comedy-drama of backstage and studio life which is playing at the Coliseum for the last two times tonight. he story concerns a small time hoofer whose ambition and ego lead him to forsake his wife for the other woman' ruining his ca- GLACIER PRIEST | OUGHT TO HAVE ' CROWDEDHOUSE | Hot Stuff.” {Father Hubbard to Lecture iss White, who will be remem- | d Sh M A | d for her striking work in “The | and ow oving 1 Pictures Monday “HOT STUFF” OPENS AT PALACE TONIGHT Alice White, one of the newest s in the film heavens, comes the Palace Theatre starting to- t opus of jazzy sta Tiger,” “The Private Life of| of Troy” “Harold Teen,” . and “Show Girl," has now attained full-fledged star- | lom, and “Hot Stuff” is an ideal|o,eatest volcanic wonders and lear. | vehicle for her talents. about their remote and recent ac- 1t is a story of college life, ad-jtjyities, The Rev. Father' B. N pted from the romance “Bluffe bert S. Carr. Miss White po le country girl who go nd proceeds to become t" with the students th LeRoy, the director n ment of Geology at the University Santa Clara, Cal,: famous ex-| of the Katmai district m will show still and motion pictur in connection with a lec- andled the megaphone on!ture that he will deliver at 8 Teen,” also dirccted “Hot o'clock Monday evening at villiam Bakewell, anot Falace er who scored in “Harold |ia the Teen,” is the leading man. Louis Fazenda has a comedy role, and a| Father Hubbard, widely know: supporting cast, headed |@5 the “Glacier Priest,” is visitin the charming Doris Dawson is|in Juneau on his way to California |from the Alaska Peninsula, where los plorer Alaska “Harold uff.” least inhabitated and most by e recently concluded a two months’ In his lecture said to be ideal | D! trip of exploration. e else Bigger, Faster, Sturdier and more economical CHEVROL Six=Cylinder Trucks “Hot Stuff” is entertainment for the tired business | AT here, man or any ot Miss White's pep and pérsonality vmesung pxc(gres that he took last are now well known, and' it seems [Y63r in the “Valley of Ten Thou- S5 oie FlRE |sand Smokes,” but he will also as if the success of this versa 5 5 | i SUh {exhibit 5,000 feet of motion pictute young actress is well assured. | gjim depicting scenes relating to /Ziniakchak and Veniaminof, near Chignik, the two largest volcanic |craters on earth, which he visited ithis year, Excelled by None No man excels, perhaps none |€quals, Father Hubbard in either jpractical or scientic knowledge oi | Alaska’s volcanoes and glaciers. Cer- |tainly no one at all familiar witn| these Northern wonders can rival |him as an entertaining, instructive lecturer. He is famed for his lec- tures in the States. Next year Ye will go to Europe to meet the d2- riand that has been made for his Iectures there, and to consult witih Dr. A. Heim, famous geologist wita the University of Zurich, Switzer- land, and the Rev. Father G. Fiches, 8. J., also famous geologist with the University of Fledkirch, | Austria, both of whom Father Hub- kard knows. personally. He desires to consult them about the " things in his Alaska discoveries end have them check up on his work before he gives it to the pub- 3 Being on leave of absence from his university for a year, be expects to spend next winter, or a part of it, in the Alaska In- terior. Looks the Part Father Hubbard looks his part. He has a rugged frame, capable of quick movement. His strong facial caging smiles. His expression be- tokens his keen intellect. warvelous part of the North. i not only will he show jn-‘ features are wont to relax in en-bengineer, while Earl will be cap- WHO DID IT? SUNDAY COLISEUM WHO KILLED T§E CANARY? “The Canary - Murder Case” with Wm. Powell—James Hall CAN YOU SOLVE IT? 2—SHOWS—2 7:30 and 9:30 MONDAY Louise Brooks—Jean Arthur LAST TIMES TONIGHT “BIG TIME” o WOMAN 1S CREW’S DOCTOR AND COOK tire coal seam is recovered. Mechanical appliances which ON SHIP’'S THREE-YEAR WORLD TOl R | ke possible efficient burning of In safety and comfort, residents | Juneau may view the worlds/ Tiubbard, S. J; head of the Depart-| the| Theatre on his adventures; apove) 1s shown at wheel of schooner “Sword- on its world cruise. Mrs. Lenore Cook ( fish” (inset) which will take three yeal CHICAGO.—Mrs. Lenore Cook, :II bright-eyed young woman only n‘says Half Coal Wasted few years out of the University ox’i In Mlnes 0‘ “lmms Wisconsin, will be ship’s doctor to & crew of four men on a three-year | cruise of the seven seas. Her hus-‘ band is one of the crew. Their schooner, a 40-foot master, the “Swordfish,” will return to this country until when the Chicago centennial URBANA, Ill, Aug. 16.—For every |ton of coai shipped from under- |ground mines in Illinois at least W0 one other ton is lost in the process DOCLof mining, John A. Garcia, consult- 1989 ing engineer of Chicago, told the on. ©X=Tllinois Geological Survey here Position, will be under way, | Only the best veins capable of The proposed intinerary m“u‘l”fi‘pruducmg' high-grade . coal, are Bermuda, the Panama Canal, New, he sald, and intervening i i | sought, Zealand, Australia, the Malay r-|c.umg are usually entirely wasted. chipelago, Suez canal, Greece, Gi-|y, panngylyania and West Virginia, braltar, Italy, Spain, France, Bra- e Z he said, 75 t r cent of ¢ - zil, the cast coast of the United| . ° il B2 4R g0 \Tulane university, low grade coal are being used in these territories more and more each year, he said. . ——— CLEVELAND HOMER RECORD WITHIN MORGAN'S GRASP CLEVELAND, Aug. 16.—After Ed- | die Morgan hit nis 18th homer of the year here in a game with the New York Yankees, he needed but one more to break the all-time record for Cleveland players. The present record is held by an- other late comer to the team. Earl Averill, the former Coast leagué flash, hit 17 homers last year, his first in the majors. Morgan, former football star with is playing his third season with the Indians. SR e e, TWO GIRL SWIMMERS SEEN AS FRENCH OLYMPIC STARS PARIS, Aug. 16. — France's 1932 |' Olympic games futute apparently is on the water. Mlles. Irene Godard and Solita Salgado, two trim feminine crafts, (carry a large share of the hopes here that the tricolor will rest at the top of the Los Angeles Olympic mast Both girls are showing vast im- provement over their 1929 form. Mademoiselle Godard has been clocked regularly around 1.12 for the 100 metre swim, and recently Mlle. Salgado, not yet 16, negotiated 500 metres in 7.25. b o i ELECTRICITY OFF NOTICE Electricity will be off on Front Street South from I Goldstein’s store from 7 to 9 a. m. Sunday morning. ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT adv. AND POWER COMPANY MAEAYANS LIKE PERFUMES WASHINGTON — There is no bear market on perfumes and cos- metics in British Malaya. Exporis of these products this year may eclipse the high record of last year when the Malayans doubled their 1928 exports from the United States. e Italy had only 5840 farm trac- tors in 1924 and 20,000 now. -~ “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” PURE SILK Umbrellas A nice assortment at States and down the St. Lawrence and through the Great Lakes to Chicago. } Cook and his wife organized the trip to obtain material for books Mrs. Cook is a painter and her husband, a graduate of the North-! western university’s school of jour- nalism, is an amateur photographer. Besides the Cooks, the “Sword- fish” crew includes Earl Evans, who played football- at Harvard; Paul, his brother, who played at Drake university; and Donald Dickinson, just 21, the radio operator, only a| short time out of St. John's Mili- tary academy. Paul Evans will act as the ship's tain, Mrs. Cook, as ship doctor, will A world champion in almost any line of endeavor is worth secing. 4Anyy man that can do‘anything of merit better than any other living creature rightly eommands tion. Father Hubbard is a champion. He is champion i field of dction that calls for tiring energy and" unusual in even the poorest of par ing competitors. He ought to a crowded housa —— In size, speed and durability, the Chevrolet Six-Cylinder Truck is superior to any haulage unit ever built by Chevrolet. Yet, for all these decidedadvantages, it shows (according to many prominent fleet users) a lower maintenance cost than any other low-priced ‘truck of similar capacity! 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