The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 19, 1931, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. MONDAY, JAN. 19, 1931 MONDAY G AP[TAL TUESDAY WHEE-EE! WHAT FUN! The Peak Spectacle of the Show World A Laugh a Minute AJTriumph in Technicolor FORENZ ZIEGFELD X SAMUEL GOLDWYN "WHOOPEE’ WINS INMANY WAYS ' Eddie Cantor Show at Capi-| tal Teems with Beau- tiful Girls “Whoopee,” which is showing at the Capital theatre, is one of those pictures which give the public its money's worth in almost any direc- tion you want to think of it. Hi- larious comedy from such experts as Eddie Cantor, the star, and Ethel | Shutta, tuneful songs of every va- WALTER D atls KAk Wi iaowr 04 TECHNICOLOR NEWS FELIX CAT CARTOONS Watch for “Africa Speaks” ANOTHER SENSATION SON Girls, Laugh, Action, I Lyrics, Fun, Romance JUST EVERYTHING { million. jcalled on to rescue the ranchma !leaves nothing | Goldwyn'’s riety, beautiful girls galore as only Ziegfeld can pick them, an affecting love-story, and a general air of catisfying lavishness make it a highly entertaining picture in a Samuel Goldwyn has here shown that the talking color reen can out-do the stage whenever it wants | to take the trouble. “Whoopee” is| a rich treat of a sort which is sel- | dom seen, | Davis' Famous Farce The story, taken from Owen Davis’ famous farce, “The Nervous Wreck,” is concerned with the ad- ventures of an imaginary invalid on a western ranch who finds himself | | daughter from an unwelcomed mar- | riage. After turning he-man and| doing a satisfactory job of getting her married to her real love, he| finds himself in the hands of a domineering nurse who wants to! marry him; but he has been an thing but an invalid for a days and refused to think him: one any longer. This plot, with Eddie Cantor the imaginary invalid, offers a mi lion cpportunities, none of which | are missed. Both in comedy and| in spectacle of which the “Invoca tion to the Sun” scene at the er is the most striking, “Whoopee”| to be de: d. Red Haired Loveliness The role of the heroine is taken by beautiful Eleanor Hunt, Samuel latest discovery, whose | red-haired loveliness and appeal| make her ideal for the part, Chief| of the beauties who adorn the spec- tacle scenes is Dorothy Knap) never more deserving of her stage title of “The most beautiful girl in the world,” Chief Caupolican’s per-! he BREAT SUCCESS| Famed Screen Star - Denies Dope Charge {Alma Rubens, famed screen star, fought the narcotic habit for years, | Recently she won out. That ‘wist- ful h:iok came bs;ck in her eyes. ;x few days ago she was a i Son Disgo and police declare she had 100 grains of dope in her pos- session. Miss Rubens is held in jail pending bail fixing, but denies the charge. LOOSE ANKLES TO SOON BE EXPOSED BY H. S. SENIORS The Seniors of the Juneall High School are going in for fhe very late: and many “Loose Ankles” will soon be revealed. This exposure 1 be right in front’ of everybody | th lights playing around, on the of the Coliseum tneatre on March 13, which is on a Friday, but who cares for Friday the 13th. “Loose Ankles,” by the way, is the name of the play to be presented by the Seniors on that date. — el Thomas J. Cox of Douglas among the guests at the Zynda. ———.——.——— NOTICE To Scottish Rite Masons: Supper at Temple at 6:00 pm. | | Monday. Degree work following (14th to 18th). WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary. —adv. Right Now! 15 | ‘INGAGT COMES TUESDAY NIGHT - TOCOLISEUM “High Society Blues” Will Be Shown! for Last | Times Tonight Africa has always seemed thc‘ home of adyenture; its secrets are i guarded and even today, |when picture makers have pene- |trated its deepest fastnesses and explorers turned the searchlight of| |investigation upon the shadowed |ccrners of the great continent,| |there still remain many unsolved | mysteries. | Strange secrets seem to dwell in the clefts of the mountains, in the dense jungle thickets, in the hearts of the natives. Dances that are weird in the ex- treme express the emotions of the| Africans and many of these dances| are shown as well as tribal cere- | ;monies, in the picture “Ingagi” that {comes to the Coliseum tneatre to-| morrow night. Story of Fantastic Legend “Ingagi” contains besides the | thrilling hunting scenes the por-| |trayal of one of the most fantastic| legends of the Congo that for a long while gained some credence among white explorers. Great writers from time imme- morial, have sought material in the Dark Continent. In the realms of | fiction, probably the late H. Rider Haggard offered the finest examples in “She,” ‘“Ayesha,” “King Solo- mon’s Mines,” etc. The travel books of Henry M. Stanley, Livingston, Alexander Powell, Carl Akeley and | many others have given intimate | pictures of the land of strange sec- | rets. | But never has there been a more | dramatic film than “Ingagi.” Town Lifc Is Seen The towns of Mombasa and Nair- obi are seen, with quaint views to) the native life; a Hindu conjurer is shown doing his tricks. The meth-' ods of transportation, the way children are taught to spear ani-| mals, the manner in which “Posho,” | la food, is made; the way animals| are trapped, the preparation of slain animals for food and so on, | give a real educational value. Bu above all it is thrilling entertain-| ment. At 50! “High | VIKING SINGERS L&t A Million Thrills from, the Heart of Africa wov COLISEU n Jungles— kd ‘THE SPECTACULAR, SENSATIONAL REAL ADVENTURE FILM | 1 MADE WITH UNTOLD DIFFICULTIES IN THE HEART. OF, ( s EQUATORIAL AFRICA? Was the Secrt of th MISSING LINK been discovered ! FARR K. ] JANET GAYNOR and CHARLES ELL in “High Society Blues” ._ Starns A JUN A A AGAIN NEXTYEAR NOl‘mannfl Chorus Concert Proves Artistic and Financial Success of the Normanna Ketchikan w a large and arpreciat n the occasion of their rance in Juneau at the Coli- seum theatre Saturday night. The Male audi- first Member: RODEN TO GIVE TALK TONIGHT IN MOOSE HALL 'Lecture Wilt Be First of Winter Under Lodge Auspices—Is Free In the Moose Hall at 8:15 o'clock tonight, the first of the series of lectures this winter under auspices of the Loyal Order of Moose, will be delivered by Henry Roden, Ju- |neau attorney. His subject will be “Important Events of Early Amer- ican History.” In it he will deal i | formance as the Indian lover who | |turns out to be a perfectly good | white man in the end is excellent. { Thornton Freeland's direction keeps | |the action at top pitch and has| Society Blues,” starring Janet Gay- inor and Charles Farrell, will be shown for the last times. > Speciaféchooling Urged singers gave a delightful program, | which included several solo num- {bers. Applause was frequent and| | well merite The concluding se- b o “:lx‘,“’f“'l“df“t‘; S¢=1 A year ago Frances |38 16 national anthems '),,q peen inside a movie studio. In 1 with the development of the United | States from the discovery of the continent in 1492 to the adoption jof the American constitution in | 1787. s “ERANCES' |DEER Dée néver Reserve These 1 | | | A Washz’ngion Bystander By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.— first Wilson Administration when the President paused beside a gate- Wandering aimlessly through theway to the White House to allow Quartermaster’s Depot recently, wela little- one-horse, closed contrap- came upon two very old fashion-tion pass out into Pennsylvania able horse carriages which former-| Avenue. ly were part of the transportation equipment of the White Hcuse. They had gathered dust for years Taft's Was First This was the carriage of the| in the stables of the Executive| White House housekeeper off for Mansion until President Hoover that day, perhaps to purchase sup- ordered them away. Henry Ford| plies—maybe for a turn around the is said to have wanted them, but| Mall for a bit of recreation. the vigilance of the Quartermaster| The other is an open affair of prevented. the barouche type. Just how many So the aged but by no means in-( Presidents and their wives have firm vehicles were transferred to|Yidden in it no one seems to know. the depot, along with the silver It was the carriage President Wil- mounted harness that goes with Son rode in when he was inaugu- them. | rated, and on many other State oc- There they will remain until some | casions plan of disposition is decided. Prob- | President Taft was the first to ably they will be retained as Gov-| bring the automobile to the White ernment souvenirs of a pre-gasoline| House. But it was quite a while age. \after that before the carriage was They have been removed from definitely discarded. the list of army surplus property.| And there are now on the Gov- And they stand there—memories of | ernment payroils, negroes who once another day. | knew the pride of White House Memoriges .of .4 day during the | livery as coachmen and footmen. ——— | They are now serving as depart- | mental messengers. One of the | most familiar of these is an old | negro named Charlie Ross, who | drove Alice Roosevelt’'s carriage | when she lived at the Executive | Mansion. Card Party TUESDAY | Private Car Now White House carriages have al- ways been Government property, | except in the days of Washington and Jefferson when Presidents ;owned and maintained their stables. January 20th AT Parish Hall | tation fleet completely motorized, | with Mrs. Hoover owning her car| and with several of the President's jown automobiles in the service of the White House, the day of pri- fvately owned transportation for the | mansion seems to be returning. | Mrs. Hoover drives her own car | about Washington, without even a | chauffeur to meet a flat tire emer- gency. However, President Hoover | doesn’t seem to go in for that sort of thing. We've never heard of him driving his own car. —o—— Given by the Ladies of the Parish Refreshments Served Mrs. Borghild Welde, proprietor “of Borghild's Women’s Wear Shop, |returned today from a trip to Petersburg. o | E R. E. Lender, who entered St. |Ann’s Hospital December 21 was discharged Saturday. He left on the Admiral Farragut yesterday for Seward. Everybody Welcome (QUAKE Now, with the Hoover transpor-{ |made the spectacular scenes mem- | ble in motion picture history. “Whoopee” is one of those thin: that no lover of sheer entertain- ment should mis: DEADIS REPORTED AT MEXICO CITY, Jan. 19.—The | death toll as the result of the carthquake last Wednesday is now 65. Thirty are reported to have been killed at Guelaposa, 12 at Oaxaca, three in Mexico City and 20 at Miahuatlen. Estimates said half of Oaxaca has been destroyed. DEATH LIST GROWS MEXICO CITY, Jan. 19.—Late | this afternoon unofficial advices placed the dead at 114 as further information was received from out- lying districts. | The advices also state Oaxaca is practically in ruins. e Walter C. Maeser, of Maeser Fur Farms, located on Tekenkof Island, | returned here Sunday on the steam- | er Admiral Farragut after a 60-day | visit to Minnesota on business. | ——— C. Olsen and O. H. Boeseth of Petersburg, are at the Gastineau. Wars On Cancer Assoclated Press Photo Dr. Charles Packard of Columbis university has been called to Pasa dena, Cal, to study the curative powers of a 650-000-volt X-ray. Dates In Your Social Calendar: Feb. 2d-3d And Arrange To That Speedy Sparkling Geo. M. Cohan Musical Comedy, “THE BEAUTY SHOP” Presented By.- Juneau B. P. O. Elks With Cast And Chorus Of Sixty-Five Local Artists Coliseum 1% Thea tre For Backward Children WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.— | Modified programs for backward children should begin in the second grades, M Clara Bassett, psych- iatric consultant for the National Education Association, says: “A large percentage of delinquent and truant children with whom | | the school has to deal definitely | come from this group of intellect- ually dull, border-line and defective | children who are unable to succeed |in the regular classes,” she says, “Little effort has been made to | arrange a greatly modified curri- | culum for these children to include trades and manual arts and other subjects more suited to their needs.” —————— New York History Dates To Be Carved on Old Log NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 19.— Important dates in New York's history will be marked on the growth rings of a giant sequoia log | received by the New York botani- cal garden. The log, 11 | feet in diameter, was sawed from the stump of a fallen sequoia tree in California. The tree was about 1,700 years old | when it fell in 1917. It was a gift to the garden from Col. Charles R. White, superin- tendent of the Sequoia National Park. It was necessary to remove a door to get the section of log| into the museum. o Gets Cafliolic Post Associated Press Photo The Rev. Thomas F. Conlon suc- ceeds the Rev. Michael J. Ripple as national director of the Holy Name society, largest body of Catholie men in the country, {concert, they were entertained at a o y and America, Which|p,nowo0q on a vacation, she de-! hlny\ml!L. ‘l zllul'l[m':' to their feet. cided to try extra work for a few ! _The visitors had a pleasant soclal g,y ang her first attempt brought time here. They expressed hope her a very small part, that they would be able to Teturn ~quer minor roles followed. Mov- next year—a hope frequently voic 10 AabllS: diar et l;w - pc;,ml_ by all that heard the concert. ? AR iy g Invited to Picture Show 1ilge, puckad: Prances O NE S On he ‘irival of the sineara Bere. e 1 whidt there, REPes Friday night, they were invited to dii geg gbie, They o LD, was to be Maurice Chevalier’s lead- | the motion picture show at the Capital Theatre by L. H. Kubley, the proprietor. Saturday, they were driven to Mendenhall Glacier and over the loop highway in automo- biles furnished gratuitously by Har ry Lucas, of the Juneau Motors Company. Saturday night, after the ing lady. Since she has been cast opposite Buddy Rogers. Frances s¢ merely lucky. | JOHN GOLDEN WINS $25.000 dinner and dance in Moose Hall,! where the festivities lasted until the visitors' hoats left early Sunday, AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico, Jan. morning for Petersburg. They gave 19.—With a thirty-mile gale whip-} a concert there yesterday afterncon. ping the flags on the greens,| Engagement Was Success |“Stocky John” Golden, California | The engagement of the chorus, business man, won the Agua Cal-| which was under auspices of a com- iente open golf tournament ves mittee of residents headed by Einar terday by stroking the extra eigh Olsen and Severin Swanson, was an teen holes in 73—three above par— artistic success, and financially it while George Von Elm, former| paid expenses which was eminently amateur champion and winner of | satisfactory to both promoters and last year's play, fell back to 79. participants. | Saturday an extra 18 holes was Before departure, the singers ex- decided on to play off the tie be-| pressed thanks to women residents tween Golden and Von Elm, and, of Juneau for the sumptous viands | to decide who would have perma- supplied for the dinner in Moose nent possession of the diamond- Hall, to Mr. Kubley for his lheatrl»]studded pin which went with the cal entertainment, to Mr. Lucas | championship. for his generous donation of auto- As they teed-off it was plainly mobile service and to Mr. Olsen |seen there would be no par-twos on and Mr. Swanson and other mem- |the long holes, the wind making i bers of the sponsoring committee | necessary to hold the flags over for their untiring efforts, given|the cups, as the players putted freely for several days, in arrang- |from the greens. Golden made the ing the multifarious details of the |90 holes of the five-match play concert, with only nine threes, the rest at —_———————— ar, while the erratic Von Elm took M. R. Cockburn, who underwent more extra strokes. a surgical operation at St. Ann's Watching him the last hole Hospital January 5, left for his|was Golden’s three-yea -old daugh- home Saturday, completely recov-|ter, upom whose breast will bel| ered. pinned the champion’s medal. | ——,—————— |Golden was handed a check for | Leroy W. Huntington of Seattle | 36,500 while George Von Elm re-| is staying at the Zynda. | ceived $3500. | at There will be musical selections. The lecture will be free and the public is cordially invited. Fumes from Gas Main Makes Over Score Ill BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 19. | —Two persons were killed, several were overcome, but were revived, and 35 are ill from fumes from a gas main in one section of the city. Firemen broke down the doors of | one .home and found the bodies of Claude Wolf and his sister, Miss Regina Wolf, in their beds. 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 NOTICE! If you have not already sent in your check or pledge card for 1931 membership in the Chamber of Commerce, we respectfully urge you to do so today By doing this immediately you will greatly aid the Finance Committee by cutting down the number of calls they will have to make. When you contribute to this fund you Boy Scouts, the City Band, aid in the 4th of assist the Chamber of Commerce in its regular automatically help the July Celebration and | program. JUNEAU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FINANCE COMMITTEE H. 1. LUCAS, W. B. KIRK, HARRY SPERLING