The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 17, 1931, Page 3

‘, : 5 E : | | Where Sunday-Monday 7:30 Sound Sounds Best THE DAILY ALASKA EMPlRé SATURDAY, JAN. 17, 1931. “THE TRIO WHO ! ~COLISEUM~- 1ADE SUNNY SIDE UP” -- AT ANEW NOTE IN LOVE BY THE SCREEN'S MOST DEIL IGHTFLI L()\ ERS JANET GAYNOR, CHARLPSFARREL BRH.LIANT STARS GLITTER SUNDAY AT COLISEUM “High Souety Blues” Brings Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell The audible screen’s popular pair of sweethearts, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, are co-starred in “High Society Blues,” Fox Moxie- tone musical romance, coming to the Ccliseum theatre for tomorr night and Monday night. “High Society Blues” is adapted from a short story by Dana Bur- | net, which recently appeared in the | Saturday Evening Post and details 2 fashionable the troubles of a wholesale grocer 2fter graduation went heme to from a small Iowa town, who sells | Bowling Green, Ky, to tell her his’ business to a chain store cor- |Parents she was going on the stage. poration for several millions and| She was allowed to go to New | llII"I.IE S’IOIIIES Sittle Staws D10 wmwnm- LOTTICE HOWELL, girls’ school and then tries to crash the exclusive so-. York—because her parents believed | o set of Westchester County,|she would be unsuccessful and that disccuragement soon would drive Rich Man’s Daughter |er _home. Miss Gaynor is the daughter of, Although without professional ex- the socially prominent and wealthy Perience when she tried out for a family which controls the chain theatre prolog, she got the job. store system, while Farrell is the Musical shows and vaudeville came son of the Iowa grocer, addicted DNext. Now Miss Howell earns her to the ukelele, .llwng singing in the talkies. The Iowans buy an estate rlgh' across the road from Janet's family Clrarles, makes one of the most in- and try to be neighborly, but Jan-lxen g productions of this type et’s. mother, who has arranged an yet turhed out for the audible engagement between her daughter screen. and a foreign count, snubs the out- Unusually Strong Cast landers. The young stars are surrounded How the Towa grocer, With his yy a cast of unusual strength, in- dander aroused by an insult to °"'~\cludmg William Collier, Sr., Joyce of his wife's pies, finally brings|compton, Hedda Hopper, Louise “high hatted” soclety to its knees| pagenda, Lucien Littlefield and while meapiime . an . ,absorbing . r0-| grandon Hurst. mance blossoms {)etwaen Janes and! payid Butler, who guided Miss v e ———— ey ' Gaynor and Farrell so successfully to new fame in their first musical ccmedy on the screen, “Sunny Side Up,” also directed this delighiful comedy romance. Both Miss Gaynor and Farrell cing in this production, five tune- ful melo having been provided by Joseph MsCarthy and James Hanley. cial New York. Card Party | TUESDAY ———— GUB'S SPRING OPENING SET LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 17— The Chicago Cubs will arrive at Santa Catalina Island on February 117 for their spring training chores, according to announcement of Wil- liam L. Veeck, president, who has arrived in Los Angeles for a month’s vacation. Varying their usual custom, the Cubs will remain on the island un- til March 13, and then invade Los Angeles, to stay until time to go back home for the season’s play. | The first exhibition game is -Ever-ybo‘ly scheduled here against the Angels cn March 13. ‘A ten-day stay in Welcome January 20th AT Parish Hall Given by the Ladies of the Parish Refreshments Served San Francisco is also on schedule, as are local games featuring Detroit ,and Pittsburgh. - Play 1naoor Goir atv The Alaskan | Lottice Howell studied singing at | | Peter Peterson, and the McKinley, In the Fox Movietone Romance ITH William Collier, Sr., Hedda Hopper, Louise Fazenda, Li.cien Littlefield It will drive away any low down blues sing their way through this most delightful romance ever brought to ey “I'm in the Market For You,” “Just Like a Story “I Don’t Know You Well Enough “High Society Blues,” “Eleanor” Prices 10c, 20c, 50c, Loges 75 ¢ Book,” ‘1 cause THE SONG HITS That,’ “Prices That Fits TO SIN Members of the Normanna Male | Chorus of Ketchikan are in Ju- | neau for their concert tonight, be- ginning at 8 o'clock, in the Coli-, seum Theatre. Like Vikings of old | they sajled in small craft from home port to this city, and as the vessels voyaged their way these men of the sea, and women folk, too, sang some of the songs| that inspired intrepid ancestry | ages ago to 'venture forth from | friendly shores to distant lands. | | When the singers first arranged { for tonight’s concert, they reserved P ge on the motorship North- | land, which was due to stop at Ketchikan last Thursday and to| | arrive here yesterday morning. Commandeered Fishing Craft | On learning of the stranding of | ‘th(’ Northland on Vancouver Island | | last Wednesday, and realizing that other passenger vessel was! routed from Ketchikan to Juneau this week, they commandeered two craft of the halibut fleet winter- ing at Ketchikan—the Attu, Capt. Capt. Barney Hanson. They made a record voyage for small boats for this time of the year. Leaving Ketchikan at 8:30 Thursday night, they were at Petersburg for break- fast yesterday morning and reach-| ed this city at 9:30 last night. ‘The appearance of the vocalists in this city is under auspices of a committee headed by Severin Swan- son of Swanson Brothers, grocers, and Einar Olsen, resident repre-| sentative of the Marlyn Fish Com- pany. No Profits in Venture The undertaking will not return| any profit to the promoters. They will be entirely satistied if Teceipts| are sufficient to pay expenses. In summer the Normannga vocal- ists 'sall the sea in search of| Alaska’s wealth of food-fish, or through their various occupations in store, cold storage or banking| institutions, back the men who do, the fishing, Round Out Year In winter they lend their voices in song that wealth in music may be provided. In this way do mem- bers of the chorus round out their year. | It is due to the fact that the| winter season provides these men of the fishing industry with the time to devote themselves to the more aesthetic occupation of music | that residents of Juneau will be enabled tonight to hear what prom-| ises to be one of the most inter-| esting concerts ever presented in| this city. | Members of Organization | Members of the chorus orgamza‘I tion here for tonight’s concert are: Officers—Charles Holman, direc- tor; Hjalmar Hansen, assistant dt—; rector; John A. Johnson, president; | Leif A. Berglund, Vice-President;| Gust Olsen, secretary; John Berg-; lund, treasurer; Pete Bringsli, mar-! shal, and Fred Strom, librarian. First Tenors — Ed Sande, Pem} Bringsli, L. Erwik, Ole Nelson, Ar-‘ nold Strand, Ole Gjenddm, Thor- | leif Thorsen, L. Soholt, Jr., R. Ham- | mer and Ben Olsen. Second Tenors—J. A. Johnson, | Gust Olsen, | dening purposes and garden furni- NORMANNA CHORUS COMES LIKE VIKINGS G TONIGHT, Ole Sater, H. Gxu\aa | Paul Hanson, P. Sater, L. Lind, H. P. Hansen, A. Wold, R. Strand. First Basses—Fred Stromy Ken- neth Carlson, John Berglund, Julm‘ Erwik, J. Aus, Lars Blendheim. ! Second Basses—Einar Olsen, Leif Berglund, Ed Johnson, L. Wick, | H. P. Peterson, Con-‘y rad Hansen, and L. Kildal. The singers today were taken in automcbiles to Mendenhall Glacier and enjoyed the spectacle of the natural wonder and the drive along the highway and arcund the loop.| This evening they will be enter-' tained by friends at a dinner in Moose Hall, at which Mayor Thom- | as B. Judson will be present as' representative of the municipality. | The chorus will leave tomorrow | morning for Petersburg, where it is scheduled to give a concert. Timber 'mmboo Urged As Florida Farm Crop PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan. 17— Florida farmers may find in timber bamboo & new squrce of revenue. | Timber bamboo has been pl ed in various sections of the State by the United States Department} of Agriculture for 28 years, and | the results have been such that farmers are urged to develop the product commercially. Some of the uses for the timber varieties include poles for orua- mental fences, trellises, flower stakes, clothes poles, poles for gar- ture. It grows rapidly and pro- vides a good shade. Answering that Question— What Shall We ‘Do This Evening? Bring HER to the Mid- get Indoor Golf Course— where all the young crowd is to be found. Fun and keen competi- tion—and ‘with ‘a prize list for various events which makes the win- ning worth while. Keep up your putting and short-shot game. Our course is true and ac- curate. JUNEAU MIDGET COURSE Entire Second Floor Goldstein Building |large s Pocket” Everyone’s GLACIER PRIEST T0 COVER YUKON : JESUIT TRAILS : |Leo Osleman (;oes to Cha—‘ tham Straits to Gath- er Statistics To hear an iliusirated lecture on “The Volcanic Wonders of the Alas- ka Peninsula,” by the Rev. B. R. Hubbard, S. J., glacier priest, a and appreciative audience last night filled the Catholic Parish Hall, The speaker held the rapt at- tention of his auditors. Frequently, he was interrupted by applause. Father Hubbard is scheduled to leave for the Westward on the 1steamship Admiral Farragut, due in Juneau early tomorrow morning. In presenting today an outline of his future plans Father Hubbard said mac he v.ould disembark from Janet Gayor and Charle > and e VITAPHONE ACTS MOVIETO! NEWS the Fartagut at Seward and from | there travel by the Alaska Railroad [to Nenana, where he will be met | ‘b\' Father McElmeill, of Tanana.| er Hubbard will be a busy man, for hey wravel by dog|he has been assigned the task of team to the mission At Tanana, | writing a history of the Jesuit mis- |where the glacier priest will take|sionaries in Alaska pictures portraying the life of the| It is the intention of the famed ‘.‘nnmfl missionary Father Je eologist and eéxplorer to return d on the Yukon some |here in August, when he will lec- ture and show newly made films. WOMEN LESS INVENTIVE resume his explorations in Aniak- chak crater. Throughout his entire tour, Fath- wiil years From Tanana will journey by dog team to the| | various stations of the interior, |and upon completing this Interior| CANBERRA, Ax.,mu... Are wom- {work ne will visit the mi ns cn |en less inventive than men? Sta- the Bering Sea. The latter includes |tistics of the Australian Post an ‘KOtl.L!)uL‘ where Father Philip 1. | Telegraph department indicate th Delon was killed in an airplane are, When the department offere crash, St. Michael, Hooper Be ,[n-\wnls for plans for new devices, King's Island, and Nome. 16 per eent of the men offered ideas | while only 1.2 per cent of the wom- Father Hubbard | Motion Pictures on Yukon en made suggestions. While he is on the Yukon, Fath- | o ‘er Hubbard may make a movins | NEW CRIME PROBLEM picture of the work of Father Ru-| gypNEY.—Australian police have pert, Who froze 0 death while on |, new erime problem. In seversl Lis way to Pligrim Springs, 1o car-|gang snogtings there was no de- ry Christmas cheer to the orphan ".( nation and it is believed a new children, ;lypc of air pistol was used After visiting the many mis- wounds were similar to those made sions, the glacial priest will go to hy bullets of small calibre but no the Aleutian ‘l’s]ands‘ where he will [bullets were found. The | ‘arrell combine and ] CUSTOMSMAN TO AID FISHERMEN ‘To help fishermen In the Cha- tham Straits district compile infor- | mation for the Federal Tariff Board is the mission of Deputy United © States ' Cusforits |Collector Leo Osterman. He left Juneau this morning on the Widgeon, craft of |the Fisheries Bureau, and his task | will require about 10 days of his time. Information from fishermen about | fishery activities is wanted by the | Tariff board and in collecting it |the Customs service is cooperating, | reports being made to the Customs House here. ‘Blank forms are furnished by the | federal government, but in many “»Hnstnnccs the returns from fisher- men are very incomplete. Mr. Os- terman will aid them in making | adequate responses. — e Lincoln’s tomb at Springfield, IIl., after being rebuilt, will be rededi- cated Feb. 12 1931, Q TONIGHT LOVERS OF MUSIC ATTEND THE ONCERT OF THE Normanna Male Chorus OF KETCHIKAN HEAR---Edwin Sande, Tenor; Florence Tobin, Violin; Lilly Berglund, Piano Coliseum Theatre ADMISSION $1.00 CHILDREN 50 CENTS