The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1932, Page 3

THE DAIL‘Y ALASKA HVIPIRE FREDAY JAN I 1932 A CAPITOL FRIDAY SATURDAY The Comedy of Comedics! CHARLIE CHAPLIN UNITED § ARTISTS _PICTURE WRITTEN DIRECTED ¥ PRODUCED You cant know what fun is till you've howled and rocked at this major mirthquake of the marahaja of merriment. It's Charlie’s su- preme - funfest! NEWS and Educational Comedy “Queen’ of Hollywood” Terry Toon Cartoon “SILVER NITE” Mickey Mouse Club : Members This picture will bs shown Sat-|; urday afternoon. Also—Election of Officers T San Dlego Legion Post fiany Officers SAN DIEGO, Cal, Jan. 1—So! numerous are commissioned Offi- | cers of Post No. 6, American Le- | mansion. glon, suggests the makeup of the old-time Mexican army. ! Included are one general, twov major generals, three brigadier gen-'trayed by Virginia Cherrill and the | erals, eight lieutenant-colonels and | lieutenant - commanders, 27 majors, 46 captains, 31 first lieutenants, 20| second. lieutenants, three ; ensigns, | four warrant officers, 20 chief petty lionaire’s butler, Allan Garcia, and | |a prizefgihtef, Hank Mann. i e officers, 78 sergeants, 30 corporals, 14 nurses and 233 privates. — e — HOW TO RESTORE HONEY | Pure honey is liable to granu-| late during cold weather and it can be restored to its former liquid | econdition without injuring its fla- vor in any way by placing the con-! tainer in a vessel of warm water | and never allowing the tempera- | ture to go above 120 degrzes. The ‘honey will then become liquid and retain its delightful aroma. PG G S— Daily Empire Want Ads Pay. New ‘Shipment MEN’S QUALITY Flannel Shirts $3.00 SABIN’S [CAPITOL SHOWS CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN ‘CITY LIGHTS’ Every Woman at Tonight's Performances to Re- ceive Silverware Charlie Chaplin in “City Lights” will b ethe headline attraction on the new program tonight at the Capitol theatre. Tonight is “Silver Night.” Every woman attending either of to- night's performances will receive a piece of table silverware. There will be no midnight mati- nee at the Capitol tonight. “City Lights” is absolutely de- void of dialogue, byt it has fascin- ating musical synchronization and sound effects. Two Years To Make More than two years in the making and with an expenditure of close to '$1,500,000 the photoplay is an original idea and was writ- ten by Chaplin. It is a simple story of everyday life in any large city, with a human treatment in the style for which the producer is noted. A majority of all the music used throughout the action is original and was created by Chaplin and arranged by Arthur Johnston, as- sociated with the Irving Berlin Company. City Was Constructed An entire city was constructed within the Chaplin plant in Holly- wood for “City Lights.” This was made necessary, although at tre- mendous cost, because it was found impossible for the comedian to work in the streets while garbed in his famous attire. Ten thousand or more persons weré employed to portray the inhabitants of the city. More than any production Chap- lin has ever offered “City Lights” |is the most extensive. Some Massive Settings Some* of the massive settings in- clude the business district; slums, theatrical section; a prizefight sta- dium; a river and its embankment; 'a huge and gay cafe and the ex- |quisite rooms of a millionaire’s | fraudulent use of the mails in a| B. D. Stewart,| The action represents that which goes on in any large citly anywhere. There are three characters vital to the story. One is a tramp, as enacted by Chaplin; another a flower girl who is blind and por- other an ecpentric millionaire, by Harry Myery. And of importance to these t mother, Flodence Lee; the mil- Will Hays Scores “Straitjacketing” in Movie Industry BOSTONI, Mass, Jan..1.—Wil | Hays is denouncing what he called legislative “straightjackets” threat- ening to dwarf and distort “many of the soundest and most essential of our industries.” The president ot the motion plc- ture producers and distributors urged revision of the Sherman anti |trust law and the Clayton act, “to cause the result to coincide with the intent.” “The modification of inconsider- ate law to permit th eorderly de- velopment of business,” he said in a speech before the Boston Cham- ber of Commerce, “is a first and essential step toward the restora- tion of permanent prosperity in the United States. This modification affects every American. “We have had to effect much of the progress of business in face of and sometimes in conflict with a body of archaic law, enacted into statute when the problems of in- dustry were naively simple com- pared to economic conditions in 1930-1931. “It is the appointed province of legislation to regulate traffic and barter. But no bill of rights con- fers upon the government the au- thority to confine the processes of business in permanent straight- Jjackets.” — et Senti-pfo winter baseball finds as many as 45 games each week-end THIS IS OUR SINCERE WISH TO ALL J uneau Lumber Mills, Inc. ¥ o83 the girl's grand- | Has Eye On Opera ‘|at the American Association for Associated Press Photo Roberta Robinson is the newest Park avenue debutante to go on the stage. She is a feature singer in a Broadway revue, and has ambitions of singing in opera. STEWART T0 GO T0 SEATTLE AS |Called to Testify in Alleged Fraudulent Stock Sales Scheme ‘To appear as a witness for the {Government in a suit charging mining scheme, | Federal Mining Supervisor in Alas- ka, will leave here tomorrow on the steamer Victoria for Seattle. "He probably will return about the | end of the month. ‘The case arose in the promotion of the Cantu mining property in ‘the Hyder district. Conrad Wolfley {is charged with misuse of the mails in a stock selling program. | Federal Judge Cushman will try the case. ———————— PETER WARNER'S LEG BROKEN AND Injured Coasting Down Steep Streets Of several coasting accidents that happened yesterday, the most seri- ous was experienced by Peter War- ner, aged 6 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. 'Warner. His right leg was fractured above the knee and his right knee-cap was shoved out of place about an inch. At St.| Ann’s hospital, he was treated by Dr. W. W. Pigg. The littlte lad is doing nicely today. He suffered while he was coasting down Gold Street and crashed into a telephone pole. ‘The boy's .chief regret last even- ing was that his mishap prevented him from attending the Legion Smoker in A. B. Hall Enthusiastic Over Boxing He is an enthusiast over boxing | and he had arranged with Dr. Pigg to see the bouts. The patient was informeéd this morning by his physician of the details of last night's matches. Besides Erwin Gubser, Thomas G. Hall and Chester Shank who were hurt yesterday afternoon, and who are recovering from their injuries today, seven other boys suffered bruises and lacerations in Gold Street accidents yesterday. How- ever, none remained in St. Ann's hospital longer than to receive dressings for their wounds: One lad, Warren Landen, who was hurt in coasting down Ninth Street, was treated at the Govern- ment hospital and then was-taken home. ey and Steep The ficy surface and steepness of Gold Hill make the absolute con- trol of sleds almost impossible. There are long, steep stretches of |; sheer ice on which sleds skid and leap in dangerous fashion, even f WANT ADS PAY GOVT. WITNESS KNEE CAP HURT Several Other Boys Are| his injuries when his sled skidded | GUNMEN OF B¢ CITIES LOSING IN REPUTATION More Crime Committed in Smaller Cities, Sta- tistics Reveal NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 1— ‘The reputation of the big city gunmen as a killer is rubbed out Advancement of Science, now in session here. Chicago ranks 40th and New York 78th among the 174 American cities inkillings per 100,000 of popu- lation. The grading is arrived at by fig- ures presemted to the Association today by Kenneth B. Barnhart, of Birmingham, Alabama, Southern College. Memphis In First Place Big cities have the largesttotal killings due to a greater popula- tion but for every 100,000 popula- tion, Chicago kills 144 persons, New York 7.1 persons, compared with 58.8 for Memphis, Tennesses. None of the ten largest cities| in the list of 30 cities are the most murderous cities, Barnhart said. Atlanta, Georgia rates second {with 52.6; Lexington, Kentucky, |third with 524: None of the highest rate cities| are in the Bast. There is one in | the ‘West and five in the Middle ‘West, 24 in ‘the South, Barnhart | said. Establishes Cause Explaining the 24 cities in the South, Barnhart said authorities be- lieve the explanation is in the distribution found by the large percentage of negroes, but the race is not the primary cause. Searching for a cause for top | killings, Barnhart finds the proof 'lies in illiteracy, deducting this (from Birmingham statistics where !the killing rate decreased with a |drop in the illiteracy rate. |JUNEAU GREETS | NEW YEAR WITH GREAT ACCLAIM i (Continuea It Fage One) | oy, AT | This afternoon, the Masons, in | Scottish Rite Temple, are holding |a reception for members of the order. Several musical numbers have been arranged for the occa- | sion and refreshments are being | served. | The pringipal event this evening | will be the dance under auspices | of the Moose in Moose Hall. Music | will be provided by the Moose or- | chestra under direction of Harry | Brandt. Good Radio Reception Good radio reception, except where interference from the Signal Corps’ wireless transmitter marred it, added to the enjoyment of the occasion in hundreds of homes. A feature program over a network qf stations from New York to Honolu- lu brought New Year greetings from New York, Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, San-Francisco, Los An- geles, Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Honolulu and ended at 2 a. m. |at San Francisco. | Perfect weather marked the local celebration which® was the noisest in years, The temperature was mild, the skies clear and there {was no wind to bother about. | FOUR KILLED, ~ PARTY BOUND PHILADELPHIA, Penn, Jan. 1 —Two young men and two girls were killed and one girl was in- jured on thelr way to a New Year's Eve party to Delaware. {Their car was struckeby a train, ‘The dead are: Oscar Davis, grad- uate of the Pennsylvania law school {last June, who was driving; Charles Danenberg, senior of the Univer- sity Veterinary school; Linette La- cheen and Regina Hood. ' Michigan Town Declares “Taxpayers’ Vacation” ULEY, Mich.,, Jan. 1.—Thi svil- lage is so well off that no village tax was levied- last year and the office of assessor has been suspended. ! Walter C. Schrader, village pres- ident, announced that through economical administration ' during the past five years a surplus of $3,000 had been accumuleted and that no tax would be necessary. At the same time a program of improvements in sidewalks, sewers and waterworks was carried on. — e —— HOW BEE FINDS ITS WAY The bee finds its way home by its sense of direction. When it leaves the hive it circles around and then flies off. Each hive has its own odor, which helps the bee fo identify its hive. —pel— ROYALTY “We ought to get a new cook. ‘The old one is impossible.” “I know. But who's going to get her to abdicate?” —eeo—— ©Old papers at The Empire. FLATBUSH LAB fany film factory out {match the quantity of shorts pro- .| examination than a frumped up " | pression in a marketable short he But a second after this picture younger screen ride of the season. bottom) enjoyed the first snow in th TURNING OUT MOVIE SHORTS Plant Is Vieing in Film Cir- cles with Hollywood Concerns By WILLIAM GAINES NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—Holly- wood is the movie capital, all right enough, but it is doubtful whether there can duced at a plant in Flatbush It’s worth the long and tedious trip on the Brooklyn subway to visit this studio and the big film | laboratory operated in conne with it. Incidentany, many feature pic- ‘tures shot on the west coast are printed in the Flatbush lab. Years before the infant movies learned to talk, the pioneering Vi- tagraph company held forth on this site. Some of the old-fashioned | stages, roofed with glass-like hot- houses, still stand. They serve as| storage space now and the plan 1:1 to replace them eventually with modern studio units. Broadway stage folk pick up many an extra dollar making shorts for the Warners at Flatbush. Usu- ally they are cast for a single one or two reeler. There are a few | players under contract for a series of program, fillers. Maybe I shouldn't call them pro- gram “fillers.” Sam Sax, head of | the studio, will argue about that. Such prominent artists are enzaged for these shorts these days that they frequently are billed on thea- tre marquees along with the fea- ture picture. Door To Hollywood ] A number of legitimate stage ac- tors and vaudevillians viewed as possible feature film performers| have been engaged for a fling in a short at Flatbush. ‘Work under actual studio condi- tions is a much more satisfactory screen test which sets the prospect at a disadvantage in many ways. If the stage thespian's voice and | appearance make a favorable im- is not such a gamble when he m, west for the feature roles. | Herb Hayman, the casting direc- | § tor, tells me 3,000 or more extras of all types and nationalities are carded in his index system. Not a one of them, however, can get work frequently enough at this one studio to depend upon it for a living. An average of more than 100 stars and extras are used each week. Generally it is the musical shorts which require the largest numbers, and usually chorus girls from the revues in Manhattan get the call. ‘Trained dancers, they can pick up the film dance rou- tines easily and the work does not interfere with their stage appear-’ ances, Camera’s Grind Fast ‘The average weekly output of the plant is one two-reeler and one single-reeler, or three one-reclers.| The current demand is for the| series of similar shorts. There are| about 15 series in this year's pro- gram. ‘Three directors take care of prac- | tically all of the product. They are Alf Goulding, Roy Mack and! Joseph Henabery. There are a half| dozen staff writers and the per-| centage of scripts accepted from_ outsiders is negligble. It seems to be more difficult to find @& writer with a knack for short subject treatment than it is to get authors of good full length plays. Many of the feature men who Associated Press Ph was snapped three of Hollywood' ctresses were moving—rapidly—un their first toboggan Polly Walters, Mae Madison and Ruth Hall (top to e mountains at Big Pine, Cal. turn to shorts have a lot of diffi- culty with timing and pdce and| JOEE. BROWNIS comsm:z j 7:30 LAST TIMES | | "IN “TOP SPEED AT COLISEUM Famous a);edian Tells What He Deems His Secret of Success Joe E. Brown in “Top Speed,” features the new program that be- gins showing tonight at the Coli- seum theatre. Brown credils whaiéver success he has nadasacomedian, to a for= mula of fun-making he created when he first embarked on his career as a stage comedian twenty- six years ago. Underplay Everything It is simply this: Underplay ev- erything. Restraint is the element responsible for the success of any- thing involving suspense, which is, in the main, the foundation of a laugh. You hear a joke, you find it funny, you guffaw; but to the professional comedian these ele- mental steps have no value. His interpretation of a joke something else, Tells Number of Incidents He tells you a number of inci- dents, these create a certain con- tinuity and suspense, preferably a ridiculous, or outlandish one, and thén he springs the joke-line, the single remark that links together what he has said in such fashion (as to be funny. Now, the briefer and more subtle | that last joke-line can be the fun- nier the joke strikes the audience. il L ) D g with JOE BROWN- BERNICE CLAIRE | Oh Boy, I | What Joy! | | | Some Pep! | | | Come on and| | get your {68 share! 1 Selected Short Subjects Always MIDNIGHT MATINEE “SUNDOWN TRAIL” is can't fit their material to the lim- | ited footage. The -entire plant, including the |laboratory, gives regular employ- ment to around’ 400 persons. Denver Business Men Have Active Art Club DENVER, Col, Jan. 1.—A chance meeting of two Denver business men interested in the study and creation of art has grown into the | Denver Business Men's Art club, with a membership of 31. More than 40 canvasses painted and sketched by members of the 4-year-old organization have been placed on display. Several have been shown at the Chicago Art In- stitute, and the Milwaukee Journal gallery. The business the parks or mountain canyons sketching or painting from nature. gl L CHIMNEY FIRE AT HALEY RESIDENCE YESTERDAY P.M. ney at the residence of Don 8. Haley, on Sixth Street, endangered brzofly nearby residences late yes- terday afternoon, but the fire, which was confined to a chimney, was soon extinguished by the Fire Department, and’ the ‘danger re- moved. No damage was done by the blaze. o men, artists pro-| tem, spent Saturday afternoons in' Flames and spa:xs from a chim- | | JUNEAU GIRL IS i IN COLLEGE PLAY Miss Marv RutnSimpkins, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Simp- kins of Juneau, is a freshman at Marylhurst College, Oswego, Oregon. She very creditably sustained a role {in the Christmas offering of the College’s Dramatic Club on De- cember 17, in the college auditor- ium, according to advices received from the college. { Miss Simpkins is spending the holidays with relatives in Tacoma. | Marylhurst College, which is only one year old, was accredited by the Northwest Association of Col- leges and Secondary Schools at the annual meeting in Spokane last Spring, and grants a bachelor de-| gree. | 1932 1S OUR WISH T0 YOU HARRIS it Hardware Co. e —— — Lincoln high school of Tneoma Wash., won the Washington state prep football championship by de| | feating Clarkston, 19 to 0, in Se-|— {attle. | Quartz and places location no- jtices at The Empire. — e Daily Empire Want Ads Pay. TURKEYS AND CHICKENS The COLISEUM THEATRE will award two chickens and a turkey THURSDAY NIGHT to three of its patrons. These will be award- ed between the first and second show. The feature will be William Powell and Evelyn Brent th LADIES MAN. Your assurafice of a perfect evening’s entertainment. We thank our friends and customers for their Good Will and patronage the past year and sincerely wish YOU - A Happy and Prosperous New Year