The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 9, 1930, Page 3

"THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 9, 1930. e IIlflmllllllllllllImllllllllIllllllllIIIIIIII_IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIWI!I[IIQIIIIIHIIIIII < —PALACE- LAST TIMES TONIGHT Elermelyrmrenflpronfyrnenypon onight COLISEUM Tonight 7:30—9:30 name of Mack has played an im- portant part in the career of Nella | Walker, who portrays the role of |Mrs. Reynolds in “Tanned Legs,” Radio Pictures' musical comedy, showing at the Palace theatre, the {last times tonight. It was through the persuasion of Wilbur Mack that she left school in | Chicago ‘and joined him in a light flirtation skit in vaudeville. They opened on the same bill with Della Fox, and other such celebrities of the time. Miss Walker has had singular | success in the varieties, and ten years ago she retired into private life. Following thé exodus of many* stage people from New York, she arrived in California a short time| ago and encoutered an old ac-| quaintance in Russell Mack, dia-| logue director of the RKO Studios.! He urged her to “break” into) talking pictures—and she laughed. But Mack is a persistent sort of fellow and Miss Walker finally agreed to make a test with Allen Kearns, Broadway star of many “hits.” Both were immediately signed for featured parts in “Tan- ned Legs.” 7:30—9:30 (W here Sound Sound Best) ! SUNNY JIM COMEDY TALKING NEWS « e iR . %4y YouMike It? Movietone Laugh Producer. GEM SPANGLED GIRL SHOW/ {pNNED wXELEQS H 5 ALL SONG -~ HEAR——— AND DIALOG- Arthur Lake, June Clyde, Ann Pgmington, Allen Kearns singing five contagious new -hits “With : You, With Me”—*“You're Responsible”—*“Come on ! In”"—“Tanned Legs”—“Love to Take a Lesson ¢ from You” HHHIHTTTTHIII ¥ JRCK ORKIES 1l ' The lovable “Fast Company” wise- cracker will wow you with his up- roarious take - off with “Alma Mam- my.” # N : KANE Hear the “Boop - Boo- pa-Doop” girl coo “He's So Unusual” “and “T Think You'll Like It.” She's a riot in the new- est dance craze, “The Prep Step.” i — e | KEN MAYNARD SINGS | IN TWO LANGUAGES OISR SR SR e .Ken Maynard, whose latest Uni- \} versal picture, “Senor Americano,” comes to the Palace Theatre soon, sings in both Spanish and English now. Between rides and fights during the filming of this picture, May- nard learned the words of several| Women motorists are becoming Spanish songs, to be played to gui-|just as shrewd buyers of tires as|{ Y 218 tar accompaniment. [of other merchandise, declares J.|vestment but that the tires she Maynard already was expert on|J. Connors, the local Firestone :’“ysm‘””rl g‘ive her the maximum of the guitar. Ever since childhood,|dealer. No longer, he says, aré | trouble-free service. he had been at home with that in-|they making their purchases on a “The new patented goublo»cordw strument and the “fiddle,” for the basis of exterior appearance, butreaker developed by Firestone 1s playing of old cowboy songs, con- |Want information on features of | proving particularly m_lel'eSUllK to cerning which he is an authority. |construction. 5 i|yomen motorists as this execlusive REPRbE HE 2% S “It is really remarkable the num-'|Firestone feature practically elimi- ber of women who have come to nates punctures and blowouts un- GORDON’S our store and’asked to see cross-'der normal conditions. sections of tires,” says the Fire-| “It is quite evident that more| makes For your accommodation, this stone dealer. “The average woman|and more men are leaving the re-| store, will be .open the evening or|0.odfly wants to get the inside facts.|sponsibility of selecting tires for| September 10th until 9 p: m. adv She wants to make sure that she the family motor - car to' their a national craze. It's the screen’s poenerflpresenfipreronflprmsenflp T ] 1 greatest musical comedy hit, A “ swell show to see and hear. Don't miss it! EXTRA FEATURES — 2 VITAPHONE ACTS — 2 TALKIE NEWS “SONG OF THE WEST” with JOHN BOLES, VIVENNE SEGAL and JOE E. BROWN J. J. Connors, of the Connors Motar Company, the local Firestone | | dealer, declares that women no loriger purchase tires on a basis of | exterior appearance but are insisting on secing the inside construction as revealed by cross sections. @—25— cents; Loges $1.00 1 WATCH FOR— Ken Maynard in “HELL’S “Senior Americano” HEROES”"" II!IIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIlIIIHfi |grand hit in “Nothing But the ‘Truth” with Richard Dix. She is |seen and heard to even greater ad- vantage in this big New Show World smash hit. ¢ COMING— |is not only obtaining the greatest |dollars-and-cents value for her in-| CARROLL HHHIHIBH ISR T T HI R M Attractions i At Theatres Paramount’s ginger- AD, musical merriment! Gay, puthful whoopee! Co-ed cut- fes and rah-rah boys in a medley of song, dance and romance that will lift you to the seventh heav- en. Youwll hum the melodies for months. The dances are already | and-tabasco red - head | whoopee and . “TANNED LEGS” AT her PALACE LAST TIMES Hear love. . 1 | sing | | L 7 She may not be Scéteh but tl'tz:‘ the catchy heart-throb n “Sweeter Than Sweet.” | {“SWEETIE” 1S FEATURE '} | * AT COLISEUM TONIGHF | . Nancy Carroll, ‘Paramount’s To- mantic singing-dancing actress, is cothing to the Coliseum Theatre in the-big attraction tonight—“Sweet- fe,” in which she plays the title role. “Sweetie” is a play-revue of youth and pep, stage and “prep"— it has been referred to by showmen as “the ‘Good News' of the talking scteen.” Miss Carroll is the chor- us!girl performer who falls in love wifh a prep school boy and later falls heiress to the very school whicre he is a student. With this combination of school- Coming these and other experiments will be ‘EXPERIMENT TU conducted. He will return there. 3 . shortly to install the,lahoratery. Next Spring at the time of the annual migration of the salmon fry | wives, judging from the number of women who are making tire pur- chases. this year.” - MOST sphit and stage-atmosphere back- ground Paramount has superim- poged an array of lavish entertain- ment which will likely break the box office records at the Coliseym. here are songs galore, dancing girls and boys by the score in this big extravaganza. Song numbers| thit all will be whistling are “Sweeter Than Sweet,” “He's So Ugusual,” “Alma’ Mammy,” ‘and COMPLETE . DOUGLAS NEWS IFLEEK BRINGS IN MOO: OTHERS OUT FOR GAME |CHECK UP HOME - STREAMTHEORY Experiments tending to check up on the homing instinct theory re- lating to pink salmon will be launched early next year by the United States Bureau of Fisheries at Olive Cove, it was made known to the ocean, Dr. Davidson wiil |collect them in large humbers and mark them so they can be ‘idefiti- fied when, and if, they return to the stream from which they mi- grate. In marking the fish the dorsal and adipose fins will' be cut off even with the back. This will be the means of identification if the fish return to the stream. The work will have to be done at the very beginning of Spring as the humpies are the earllest’of the migrating fish. In fact, it has been said they go out of the lakes before the ice leaves tk‘lem, - eee—— — AT PIGGLY WIGGLY ELBERTA CANNING ' PEACH- ES, $1.35 per crate. ITALIAN PRUNI 15-pound box, $L.10,: adv here today. They will be con- ducted by Dr. Fred A. Davidson, biologist of the bureau, who has "?ar Down.” N ack Oakie, graduate of the stage ! W. A. Fleek and son Albert re-| and vodvil who has become a great g i " (& 4 | tugned home Monday morning from | fayorite after three big roles in | Moose Creek where they secured a talkking pictures, puts over a rib- | fine big moose. Joe Riedi accom-|peen making a study of pink sal- breaking, srhart-cracking characteri- |panied by Mike Gaveril and H.!mon in Southeast Alaska for the zation—that of “Tap-Tap” Thomp- Savikko, who left about the same lpast two years. sof, the big-time hoofer and song- time, are expected home today with| He arrived here Sunday to pur- pl¥gger. He sings “Alm& Mam- | game. chase materials’ to construct a m; in’' a burlesque graduation | Another party composed of Glen |japhoratory at Olive Cove in whici scene. It is a vest-bursting num- |Kirkham, Sam McGee and Art ber, unparalleled for rollicking sa- | Berggren, was taken out for a moose tire. | hunt Sunday evening by O. F. Rol- Helen Kane, the tiny-voiced girl |lins. They are expected back hy with the big brown eyes, sings three Thursday. big numbers written to order for | her world-famous *“boopa-doopa- 3 i doop” singing style. She made a { | s | [ T A X A ~~HARRIS Hardware Company Now located next : ’ CONNORS GrATHR: ¢ i1 | CLUB MEETING POSTPONED GARAGE WE H A VE EVER. SHO N it S e e ws tl E IS NOW READY REBEKAH CARD PARTY In celebration of the 79th year lof the founding of their Order, Northern Light Rebekah Lodge No. |1, will give a ‘card party here Sat- |urday night, September 20, to which the public is invited. Quality Is Always a Matter of Degree have been held this week, has been postponed until a later date. SENIORS ELECT OFFICERS At a meeting yesterday noon, Douglas high school seniors elected class officers and advisor. Vieno | Wahto is president for the coming |term; Alma Savikko, vice-presi- dent; Isabelle Cashen, secretary- treasurer, and Supt. DeBolt was chosen advisor. Seniors plan to order their class rings soon. “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” . Quality is always a matter of de- gree, 7 Chlldre“ S | We suggest you make your selection early. The Dresses charge will not @ppear on your statement until Shown in wool crepe, jer- Janual’y ISt, 1931 sey covert, velvet and challis. Its integrity consists in being as represented. ggge EEECEEEEE STUDENT BODY MEETS Douglas high school students met yesterday afternoon to select the astineau Breeze officers. Alma Savikko was elected editor in chief and Vieno Wahto, business mana- ger. Mrs. Engstrom will again act as faculty advisor. At the same meeting Superinten-, dent DeBolt was chosen A.'S. 'x}.1 advisor. If it lives up to this requirement, there is a market for all degree of quality, just as there is a need for all kinds of honest workmanship. =I=3I=2 Eggegeeesese Our job is to classify the quality of everything that goes into the making of eyeglasses . ... the material, eraft- manship, the styling, the utility; to se- leet those articles which show the best all around balance of quality, and to represent our choice to you, as it is. Dr.R. E. Southweli OPTOMETRIST-OPTICIAN !Also wash materials— | dressy and suitable for i school wear. ““Popularly priced and ~made in sizes 3 to 14 ! years. Open Until 9. P. M. - Tomorrow P A ¢ ¥ 2 i Z %) p SCHOOL TO HAVE ORCHESTRA A combined grade and high school orchestra will begin practice soon. Miss Pimperton, music teach- er, plans to meet the orchestra members Wednesday afternoons and also one evening each week. Girls' chorus, which met yester- day afternoon, will practice every Monday and Thursday afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock. The boys' chorus | meets Tuesdays and Fridays. i EEEE Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 7, Valentine Building Office phone 484, residence phone 328. Office :30 to 12; 1:00 to 5.30 RIIITIIZIIZIR=I=Z 2 =