The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 10, 1931, Page 3

CAPITOL THEATRE Last Time Tonight CAPITOL SCREEN T0 SHOW CRASH OF RAIL ENGINES { Men have pitted their )fight rings—armies have themselves at each cther trenches and battleships ha ed missiles for miles, tle of the new decade aged | recently when two giant locomo- | tives matched their power on s;t:ol‘ rails in Montana. ‘ While cameras reeled off hun- dreds of feet of film and micro- | phones recorded the unusual sounds | the huge railroad engines pushed and shoved for some of the most ed. They highl! Pictures’ all-t rails, “Danger which will | begin showing torhorrow night at the Capitol theatre. Battle to Finish | It was a reverse tug-of-war. One of the largest freight locomotives | nosed against the front of a mam- | moth passenger As Louis | thrown | from 1 . hurl- | but the bat- | rawn in| § Danger Lights! Eves! Thoe “FOLLIES OF 1930” WITH 300 “Follies of 1930" will be presente: ci as |ar m J | JEAN ARTHUR | le a belching flame from funnels and sparks flying from the drive wheel gave thrills to even the hundreds of railroad men watch: First Time in Hi Ty ! The freight locomotive finally |r | The lcompany @ jorie White. aul Nicholson are othe |who add immeasurably to the excel- work of Joseph Jon Conrad {Cliff Friend and the Coliseum theatre. lagge and Mar- Frank Richardson and Noel Fran- s handle the inm g singin: signments. Wiilia nd Miriam Seegar antic interest and sarry make a pair and charm. Yola D’Avril, as a French maid, M. Kerrigan, Huntly Gorden and rincipals nee of the production The tuneful score contains ha ozen song hits, the combine McCarthy, James and James Brockman; and Jack N Jimm Three hundred of K beautiful dancing Hanley kill, apd THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 10, 1931. BEAUTIES selection and spent weeks befor: inal decisions. Youth and Beauty , beauty, grace of form and and dancing ability were ts on which the can- judged and with so and talented girls arts of the world who come to Hoilywood seeking fame, competition was keen. \oruses are used in four spec- |t numbers, including “Movie Doing the Derby,” “Emily and the sensational finale staged the “Derby” and final numbers, Kusell pnt ‘Movietonia,” and Dare u “Fiiiy Browr © 4 hot jazz ni \ Marjorie White k Richardson are featured. — e —— S FOR CALIFORNiA Stevens, onal Bank, and M are aboard the Princ from have tonia,” Brown ber and definitely making |8 Cashier of the| 7:30 Tonight and Wednesday on g IT’S ANOTHER HIT COLISEUM EL BRENDEL’S AT THE HEAD AGAIN 9:30 cl Brendel Tonight and Wednesday takes his place among the screen’s greatest lovers engine. t Wolheim, Robert Armstrong and|won the struggle by its superior|grace, action and color to Jean Arthur, featured players, stood | power, but not until the passenger show. |for a month’s vacation. They will| by and George B. Seitz, director, |engine struggled by inches over a} Thousands of girls wers givén |visit their daughter in California. | VAN & SCHENCK |chouted for action, the Titan en-|half-mile of track. {tryouts in the course of selecting e ,e——— | Norah enroute to San Francisco| How he conquers his women is nobody’s business but everyone's laugh in this brand BESSIE LOVE —Also— Comedy Cartoon News STARTING WEDNESDAY LOUIS WOLHEIM Robt. ARMSTRONG Jean ARTHUR First Great Railroad Heart- Thriller In Blistering Talk and Heart Action! 224,000 POUNDS OF FISH TAKEN FROM STORAGE Halibut anfialmon Des- tined for Foreign and Domestic Markets Two hundred and forty-four thousand pounds of fish left stor- age here today for foreign and do- mestic ports. One bundred thousand pounds of halibut and salmon were shipped by the Marlyn Fish Company, Einar Olsen representative. Most of the stock is destined for London and will be unloadad at Prince Rupert, B. C. The rest will go to United States markets. - Cne hundred and forty-four thou- sand pounds of salmon were sent couth by the Atlantic and Pacific Packing Company, Wallis S. George, representative. One hundred and twenty thousand pounds of the consignment will go to fill Euro- pcan orders, and the remainder to American cities. All the fish was loaded by the motorship Norco, scheduled to sai for Prince Ruperf, Seattle and way ports this evening. gines thundered and “burned the steel rails for supremacy. | Unusual lighting effects for |scene which was shot at night, | up” shine mellows=— throat irritation “It’s toasted” Your © 1931, The American Tobacco Co., Mirs. Tonight, the Capitol is showing|the chorus ensembles of this big for the last times, “They Learned pr and Joe Schenck K Everyone knows that sun- that’s why the “TOASTING” process includes the use of the Ulira Violet Rays. LUCKY STRIKE=the finest cigaretie you ever smoked, made of the finest tobaccos=the Cream of the Crop=THEN-"IT'S TOASTED."” Everyone knows that heat pu- rifies and so“TOASTING’’=that extra, secret process—removes harmful irritants that cause and coughing. The advice of your physician is: Keep out of doors, in the open air, breathe deeply; take plenty of exercise in the mellow sunshine, and have a periodic check-up on the health of, Throat Protection =against irritation = roduction. the | About Women,” starring Gus Vnn;(!n'(‘c!m‘s. Max Scheck, Maurice /L. the | Three famous dance usell and Danny Dare, supar- S. M. Graff, of the Seward Elec- |tric Light and Power Company, |grected Juneau ‘friends while the | Alameda was in port today. SUNSHINE MELLOWS Heat Purifies LUCKIES are always kind to your throat TUNE IN— The LuckyStrike Dance Orches- tra, every Tues- day, Thursday and Saturday evening over N. B. C. nets works. against cough Vitaplione Acts Qa Sports Topics [ | Pathe News PRIZE HORSES ARE BURNED IN OAKLANDBLAZE Three Unidentified Men Lose Lives — Incen- darism Apparent OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 10.—Three urlidentified men and more than eighty prize horses were burned to death in a fire which swept the Oakland Horse Show this morning. The bodies of the men were too badly burned to be identified. Sev- eral hostlers have been sleeping In the tempprary quarters. | Terrified horses kicked through their stalls and dashed outside cov- ered with flames. | Officers humanely shot them. | Officials said the loss to horses " lalone will Teach ob least $500,000. It is said a fire was discovered ‘|on the opening night of the Horse Show, but was promptly quenched. Firemen said they detected the ‘| smell of gasoline at both fires and they are believed to have been of incendiary origin. ‘The heaviest losers, as a result of the fire, are Mrs. Muriel Vander- bilt Church of Newport, Rhode Island; Ben Myer, of Beverly Hills, California; Mrs. Paul O'Neill, of Woodland, California; Carnation Farms of Pomona, California; Aaron Frank Stables of Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Cecilia De Mille Cal- vin of Hollywood, California, and the California National Guard. ! i MAN SEEN RUNNING OAKLAND, Cal, Feb. 10—L. J. Goins, owner of a garage near the horse show grounds, told the police he had seen a man dart from the building shortly before the fire was discovered. Goins said the man ran across the grounds looking back at the build- ings, then crouched in a nearby doorway. Goins said within a few minutes he saw smoke coming from the buildings and telephoned the fire department. Goins said the man on seeing the fire, ran down the street shouting an alarm. | k2 e | WHO’S WHO | | AND WHERE | Paul D. Bentley, postoffice in- spector, was a passenger from the Westward this morning on the Ala- meda. He is bound for Seattle. C. L. Jones, brother-in-law of| Mrs. David Housel, left on the! Princess Norah for his home in the States after a visit of several weeks here. N. B. Lavell, federal government auditor, is on his way to the States. He was here a few weeks checking the books ot unea sies orneesOld Papers for sale at Empire O new funfest with the season's latest son~ hits and dances. €l Brendel William Collier, Jr. Frank Richardson Featuring Directed by Benjamin Stoloff Brand New Songs Brand New Laughs Brand New Girlies Brand New Dances ANNOUNCING THE Twenty-Fifth Marjorie White Noel Francis Miriam Seeger Annual Ball GIVEN BY THE Department FEBRUARY 12TH ELKS HALL Music by The Serenaders Juneau Volunteer Fire BENEFIT Masquerade Dance FEBRUARY 12TH ALASKA MEAT CO. 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