The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1931, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 28, 1931. 3 CAPITOLFAIRBANKS PLAY LAST TIMES TONIGHT First Show starts at 7 oclock sharp Second Show at 9:30 The “Doug” you have asked for- - a Fairbanks of { Today—with Wall Street his battle- ground and ro- mance showing him the way to greater triumphs! Free Admission for Children Only MIDNIGHT SHOW TONIGHT 1A M What This Country Needs Is Laughter! Do Not Forget Our NEW YEAR’S NITE FROLIC ] | | PLAY BILLIARDS BURFORD’S o TaE Juneau LAUNDRY Franklin Street, between Front and Second Streets PHONE 359 IN SEATTLE The Hotel Roosevelt At 7th and Pine Moderate Weekly and Monthly Rates Courtesy and Service Coffee Shop in Connection Supervision of WESTERN HOTELS, Inc. New Shipment EN’S QUALITY Flannel Shirts $3.00 SABIN’S American Beauty Parlor Mrs. Jack Wilson Telephone 397 BLACK CAT CANDY SHOPPE HENRY L. BAHRT, Prop. Dinner from 5:30 to 7 p.m. {|but he is tierd of them and hopes T0 GIVE WAY T0 LANGDON FARCE Tomorrow’s New Program to Be Shown at | o'Clock Tonight “Reaching For the Moon,” with Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels and Edward Everett Horton in the leading roles, will be shown at the Capitol theatre for the last times tonight. “See America Thirst,” starring Harry Langdon, Slim Sum- merville and Bessie Love, will head the new program tomorrow night, and ‘this new program will be pre- viewed at the 1 o'clock matinee to- night. Beginning at 7 o'clock this eve- ning, the Elks Christmas Tree party for little boys and little girls on Gastineau Channel will be held in the theatre, and all children will be admitted free. Adults, how- ever, will be charged the custom- ary admission prices. Styles for Shipboard In “Reaching For The Moon,” hundreds of men, women and chil- dren, dressed in the height of fashion participated in scenes aboard an ocean liner. The latest travelling costumes for society on the high seas is shown in this pic- ture, also fitting wardrobes for every moment in the social envir- onment of a floating sea palace. “See America Thirst,” is a satire on gang life in America. The story deals with an exciting adventure in the lives of two “knights of the rcad” who take leave from a side- door Pullman and are swept up| by a storm of circumstances which |involves them in a whirlwind suc- cession of events. Affiliated With Racketeers They become unavoidably affilia- ted with a gang of rum racketeers, and the most hilarious incidents| that migh be imagined follow in| rapid succession. Langdon and Summerville make a comical team. Miss Love, who plays the part of an aide to the district attor- ney's office by posing as a cabaret dancer, is a lively factor in the| picture. { e | JAMES CAGNEY, | 'RACKETEER OF FILMS, MODEST | Does Not Smoke, Does Not | Drink—Tells of ‘ Ambitions By William Gaines NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Some ido- | lators of a ruthless young racketeer | of the screen may be in for disil- lusion every time he returns to New York, where he got his start inthe chorus. James Cagney won't| [drink their drinks, smoke !hexr‘: cigarets or smear grapefruit in the/ faces of their girl friends. In the light of assertions that| gangster films are contaminating, a | man who plays in many of them be- comes an interesting exhibit. And a fascinating one he appears to be, to his public. The other day I had an appoint- ment for my first meeting with Cag- ney. As I approached our meeting place, I noticed a familiar figure, small to the point of bantam pro- portions, walking ahead of me. Three men, standing on the cor- ner observed the figure as he passed. They were excited. One of them dashed into the traffic of a crowded avenue to follow and peer again at the small man’s face. Dodg- ing taxis, he hurried back tohistwo companians, all a-grin. “Sure, dat's James Cagney.” he informed them. For the balance of the short walk Cagney was a factor in obstructing the sidewalk. Femmes especially stopped to stare. ‘The red hairec young man (he is 27) looks little like a conventional gangster or actor type as he walks the streets. He is nowise sleek in the slightly odious sense of that word. He is neat, of pleasant man- ner and you grant him his sin- cerity. Cagney assures me his private life is happy and conventional. He has been mairied seven years to the former Frances Vernon, dancer, with whom he worked in vaude- ville. He has an aversion to the reality his films have reflected, and ean't understand why those who witness them should have any other reac- tion. But he has no evangelical streak. He dosen't smoke because he just doesn't care to, and he doesn’t drink, he says, because it doesn't fit in with his ideas of self-improvement. As for others, they may souse themselves to their heart’s content and smoke until they char. Cagney is ambitious. Gangter roles were fun for awhile, hesays, {know for something else. He doesn't want to be typed and eventually pigeenholed. Versatility is going to be his escape from that. James Cagney, the tough boid, is studying singing. If nothing else, why, big things in musical comedy! Environment could not put Jim- | Ex-Film * Stars. Happy in Retirement | Sad Case of Lillian Walker Illustrates Fickleness nvf Film Fame—Her Experience Recalls Other Screen Queens on Whom Fortune NiTa NayDi Wuen Lillian Walker, whose dimpled beauty and talent were the toast of movie enthusiasts back Smiled More Kindly. CORINNE GRIFFITH LILLIAN WALKER.' n th old Vitagraph days, recently appeared in the divorce court spotlight, many a film fon asked himself the ques. tion, “What has become of the s been as unfortunate as Lillian. disclosed that she has been fighting poverty for years on her dairy farm at Saratoga, N. Y. we used to know?” Not all of the abdicated screen queens have e made an unhappy marriage and in her recent suit for divorce it was In contrast to her fate there are the happy endings of Corinne Griffith, the “Orchid Lady,” now living happily with her hucband in her beautiful French chateau; Alice Terry, who also lives in the eternal sunshine of Southern France with her film director husband, Rex Ingram, and Anita Stewart, who is now the wife of multi-mil- lionaire George Peabody Converse. Then there is Pearl White, whose adventures made our spines tingle, running a gambling palace at Biarritz; and Ruth Roland, another stunt serial queen, who piled up a huge fortune in real estate. Nita Naldi has also found happiness in retirement and is living in Paris. way be seen that although glory in the films is short-lived, the harvest is bountiful while fame is height and the majority of bygone stars looked well to the harvest and have no cause for regret now. my Cagney on the spot. As a boy who lived in a tough section of New York he saw something of the hard- boiled side of life. Two of his child- hood pals went into rackets. One was killed. The other is booked for life at Dannemora. } Young Jimmy had to learn to use his fists. He used to train with pugs in the gyms, but never boxed professionally. He did, howev stage a boxing act in vaudeville and his screen punching shows he how. His father, Irish-Am: came a saloon kepper. What Jim- my saw of drinking in the old steered him away from it, he What he sees of drinking now keeps him off it. While pals were being fashioned by environment, Cagney was pre- paring himself o escape it. Cagney stepped from Columbia can, be- | university into the chorus of “Pit- ter Patter.” He smashed through small time vaudeville lines to attain his goal, success on the Broadway legitimate stage. '[hen the movies. — . TWO UNDERGO OPERATIONS Mrs. Ingwald Sunderland of Ju- neau and Mrs. Vena L. Crane of Thane successfully underwent sur- gical operations yesterday at St. Ann's hospital. R Begging In Havana Under Ban HAVANA—Having arranged to care fo rHavana's indigent in the old Purisima market, where un- employed Spaniards were quartered before their reparation, the interior department has issued strict orders against begging. Ll 2 DT Final citizenship papers have been granted by the United States District Court at Fairbanks to Wil- liam Wallace Stapleton, Linda The- resa Hassel, George John Hemates and Robert Wesley Gilmour, of Fanrbanks, and to Moses Henry Greep of Circle City. FIRE ALARM CALLS Third and Franklin. Front and Franklin. Front, near Ferry Way. Front, near Gross Apts. 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With a small force of Car bineers looking on, less than 300 attended. Inflammatory speeches were not permitted by the carabineers as the Thus, it its | officials are determined there would | be no repetition of disorders which resulted in 36 deaths in Northern Chile last Friday. ———— { MOOSE SOCIA LTONIGHT Foliowing a short business meet- ing of Juneau Lodge No. 700, Loyal | Order of Moose, the members will be hosts at a social for all Moose and ‘their families and Legion- naires and their families at Moose | Hall tonight. This is the usual | monthly social session of the lodge. - HUSS RELIC AT CHAPEL HARFORD, Conn.—A stone which tradition said was used by John Huss, a leader in the Protestant reformation, has been sent by the town of Tabor, Czechoslovakia, to | Trinity college chapel. On this stone Huss preached after he had been banned in 1413 by Prague | | authorities. Dail&‘fiC ross- ACROSS Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle wor;l Puzzle 10. Highways 11 Open . Withs! AlC . 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English col- lege New Eng- landers Mercantile establish« ment Small ox- plosions Unclose; poet. Long abusive harangue 8. Shaft of a feather Silkworm Edges . Percolate Japanese statesman | tures “CHARLIE CHAN" SHOWS FOR LAST | TIMES TONIGHT ‘Slightly Scarlet’ at Coli- seum Tomorrow—Pre- views at | A. M. With “Charlie Chan Carries On,” showing at the Coliseum theatre for the last times tonight, “Slight- ly Scarlet,” will be presented to-| morrow night, and is phctopjlay | will be previewed at the 1 o'clock | matinee tonight | Rex Parrott will play .\'.(‘ILK‘LAO!\S‘ on the organ at to s regular performance. 5 “Charlie Chan Carries On” | Warner Oland in the title| role of a smiling Chinese detective, with John Garrick and Margurite | Churchill in the romantic leads. “Slightly Scarlet” is an adven-| turous romance. The tensenass of | the situations makes for unusual suspense. Evelyn Brent and Clive| Brook have the leading parts CLOSING DOWN OF EXPERIMENT WORK SERIOUS Means End of Federal Co-‘ operation in Local Ag- ricultural Development (Continued 1rom Page One) library now being maintained in the Federal Building at Juneau. He stated that the Sitka and Mat- anuska Stations would probably be placed in the hands of caretakers, but that no intimation was given of what disposition would be made of seeds, plants, trees and other ex- perimental stock developed by the Stations through their period of existence. End Cooperauve Program Declaring he was not in position to make a statement as to what| effect the closing of the Experi-| ment Stations will have on the de- | velopment of agriculture in Alaska, he admitted it would terminate co-| operative projects with the Alaska | Railroad now in progress to aid| the Railroad in their effort to set- tle the agricultural lands in the Matanuska and Tanana Valleys.| LISEUM co 3 LAST TIMES 9:30 "CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON He baffled Scotland Yard, mysti- fied the French Police —Selected Shorts— MIDNIGHT MATINEE TONIGHT LIGETLY SCARLET” VERY NLW Smart Lounging Pajamas FOR LEISURE HOURS Many New Patterns—All Sizes Crepe de Chine Gowns Dainty Dance Sets SPECIAL! WINTER SEASON RADIO SERVICE OFFER In order to insure our customers getting the best out of their radio sets we will make a complete exam- ination of your radio, test the tubes and inspect the ground and aerial for only 50¢c This is a speecial offer, good for a limited time only. By taking advantage of it NOW you will be assured of uninterrupted radio enjoyment. Don’t run the risk of missing the big programs! Juneau Radio Service Co. PHONE 218 Also that in large measure the! | value of agricultural research car- ried on for the past years will be lost. In the opinion of Dr. Alberts the future of agriculture in Alaska has never been more promising. A number of new settlers have re- cently come into the country, par- ticularly to the Matanuska Val- ley, and located homesteads. The| hard times apparently has started | a movement of people toward| places like Alaska where it is pos-| sible to begin wifh limited capital| to build a home and gain a living, | Work Is Prospering At the present time a number of |farmers are sending cream to the creamery at Curry to be made |into butter and the establishment of a substantial dairy industry in| the Matanuska Valley is an im mediate possibility. From the pre- liminary experitfients carried out| at the Matanuska Experiment Sta- tion it is apparent that the produc- tion of pork and mutton for Alas- ka has a promising outlook. Ex- periments are now being conducted with a view of promoting the growing of centified potato seed| stock in Alaska to supply growers | in the States with a superior pro-{ duct that can be produced under more favorable Alaskan climatic conditions. A pea viner has re- cently been purchased with a view to definitely determining that pea canning can be financially success- ful in Interior Alaska. | In Southeastern Alaska there has been a marked improvement lately teward the establishment of small but permanent homesites. A con-| siderable increase has also been made in the quantity of vegetables, and small fruits raised by market | gardeners for local consumption. Are Issued The Alaska Stations have during their tenure of existence published | an annual report each year sxncei 1898, and a number of circulars and bulletins containing informa-| tion of value to the settler in Alas- ka. There is now in the course of preparation the annual report for 1931 and bulletins on land clearing, dairy management, crop rotation, raspberry culture and others. | | Whether these publications will be issued if the Stations are closed Dr. Alberts did not know. HOTEL ZYNDA ELZVATOR SERVICE e — ) Does Not Burn, Buckle or Warp s P P EN you remodel e your house, be sure you use Sheetrock. It gives you the safety, privacy and comfort that good walls must provide . .. solid, durable wallsthat take any decoration and preserve it. 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