The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1932, Page 3

THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JAN. 8, 1932. DANIEL BOONE DRAMA AGAIN ON CAPITOL SCREEN “The Great Meadow,” with John Mack Brown and Eleanor Board- man, in leading roles, as the fea- ture, and “Knights™~in Khaki,” as the added attraction, will be re- peated at the Capitol theatre to- night, and will be presented at the Mickey Mouse Club matinee-meet- ing tomorrow afternoon. “The Easiest Way,” with Con- stance Bennettt, Adolphe Menjou and Robert Montgomery, will be shown at the 1 o'clock matinee to- night. “The Great Meadow” depicts the emigration of Virginians under Daniel Boone into Kentucky. “Knights in Khaki” is a Boy Scout play. “The Easiest Way” has as its theme the single standard for men and women. —_————— Old papers at The Empire CAPITOL FRIDAY SATURDAY The picture that took a year to make “The Great Meadow” with JOHN MACK BROWN ELEANOR BOARDMAN —ALSO— KNIGHTS IN KHAKI A Boy Scout Picture NEWS—SILLY SYMPHONY CARTOON MIDNIGHT SHOW TONIGHT—1 A M. ‘THE EASIEST WAY’ Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, Robert Montgomery ENTERTAIN AT ANNUAL EVENT Mr. and M;;—(—:harles Mill- er Are Hosts to Large Number of Friends Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller en- tertained a very large number of their friends at their home on Gastineau Avenue last night on the occasion of the celebration of the Russian Christmas. A sumptuous repast, and refresh- ments on a lavish scale was served. During the evening hours, danc- ing was enjoyed and between the numbers several of the guests con- tributed songs and recitations. It was long after midnight before the joyous affair ended all guests declaring Mr. and Mrs. Miller to be excellent hosts. 27 LETTERS ARE GIVEN BY LIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 8. — Twenty varsity football players and seven harriers were awarded the major “C” by Columbia following a meet- ing of the insignia committee. Letters were also awarded for freshman football, and freshman rowing, in addition to the letters to the other members of the foot- ball squad. Eight of the Lion “C” gridders have played their final game. They are Captain Ralph Hewitt, Ed FEdling, Ed Hall, Bill McDuffee, Don Mosser, Frank Nobiletti, Stu- art Van Voorhees and Edward ‘Weinstock, Yacht Mayflower to Be U. S. Relic NEW YORK, Jan. 8—The form- er presidential yacht Mayflower will be preserved as a national relic, Henry J. Gielow, Inc., naval architects, announces. The Mayflower was sold in Oc- tober for $16,105 after having been ident Hoover. Her nominal pur- chaser was Leo P. Coe, of Chicago, but he 1§ said to have acted for Frank P. Parish, of that city. Mr. Parish and Col. E. H. R. Green of Round Hills, Mass, will bear Jjointly the expense of recondition- ing the craft, it was understood. discarded as t0o expensive by Pres- | ‘816 MONEY’ TO BE SHOWN LAST TIMES TONIGHT “Big Money” again headlines the bill at the Coliseum theatre to- night, “Sundown Trail,” which will feature the new program for to- morrow, will be previewed at the 1 o'clock matinee tonight. “Big Money” deals with Wall Street and the underworld and when a messenger boy is entrust- ed with $50,000 which he is to de- posit in a bank but doesn't, the action is swift-moving and drama- tic. “Sundown Trail” is a western play. Tom Keene has the leading role. Other prominent members of the cast include Marion Shilling and Nick Stuart. - Jerusalem has been destroyed and rebuilt sixteen times. COLISEUM | LAST MIDNIGHT MATINEE SUNDOWN TRAIL Doors Open 12:30 Show 1:00 That Give You Fine 8 “Jtmeau’s Pi GAY CHRISTMAN Open House in Afternoon, | Banquet in Evening Mark Festivities Russian Orthodox Church in cele- bration of their Christmas. The open house feseivities were enjoyed white persons who adhere to the Russian faith. They exchanged | calls and visits. In all the homes sumptuous repasts were spread. Banquer #n A. N. B. Hall | The banquet in the evening took | | Place in the Alaska Native Brother- hood Hall and was under the di- |rection of the St. Nicholas Society {of the Russian Orthodox church. MEMBERS HAVE| Open house was held yesterday | afternoon and a banquet was held | last evening by members of the | generally by the many | By C. E. BUTTERFIELD (Associated Press Radio Editor) NEW YORK, Jan. 8. — Radio greeted the new year with high hopes for greater progress in the development of television. Still looking upon sight as con- siderably experimental, the indus- | John Wilson, famous Indian chef, | was in charge of the cuisine. Mem- bers of the Russian Church choir were the waitresses. About 150 In- | dian parishioners of the church | were present. | Several Make Speeches After the banquet, there were several speeches. Among those who spoke were Rev. A. P. Kashervaroff pastor of the Russian Orthodox church; James Rudolph, President (of the Alaska Mztive Brotherhood and Seward Kunz. Delightful vocal music—Christ- mas hymns and Christma scarols— was rendered by the choir after the service of the banquet. try believes cient progr warrant business | smaller amount of sales. RUSSIAN CHURCH Radio Trade Eyes Television As Hope for Progress in 1932 a conditions Increase In Business s has been made t0 |work on cathode ray tubes, electri- favorable outlook. Broadcasting continued to show | formed by Dr. Viadimar Zworykin a tendency to maintain leadershipfm Camden, N. J, and Philo T. in the radio field, while the manu- | Farnsworth at Philadelphia. facturing industry reflected general | through a Bond P. Geddes, executive sales president of the Radio Manufa: ‘Broadcmmg Company on top of experiments on high frequencies with the idea in mind that the ul- tra-short waves will be the practi- cal place to put picture transmis- |f sion. Work On New Tubes In that connection also was the | cal scanning receiving devices, per- Engineers hoped to be able to | prove the value of this picture re- | search with the start of work on | the installation of a high frequen- cy transmitter by the National turers’ An association, estimated th: the total business would be appro- | York. ximately $235,000,000, compared to twice that amount in 1930. increase in the number of countries from which radio pro- |[New York to those already operat- | & grams were broadcast came during ing in Chicago and several other the year, including the addition of Japan and Siam to the list. ticularly outstanding was the open- ing of station HVJ, Vatican City, in which Pope Pius made his first | world-wide radio talk. | In the laboratories television re- |dled by the short wave station search went on apace, including | W2XE. Par- the Empire State Building New | ’ Otherwise sound and sight ex- | periments went forward with the | addition of two such stations in | Associated Press Phot |oem,ex~3. Schuyler Schenck, film writ Picture station W2XCR began ind June MacCloy; return; o Hollywood fo: ime their re- ipective duti€s In. filmiand after thelr recent marrlage:in Yuma, Arily transmitting in conjuction with WGBS, while W2XAB of the col- umbia Broadcasting system was | started with the sound being hna- DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAX £ T Oppesite Alaskan Hotel The Capital Electric O 7 S YR . We have many electrical appliances that we will not carry over. All marked at a price that will move them quick. SEE US FIRST Second at Seward . T T E YOU MON ensible Goods and Make You Happy Cash Bazaar %5 oneer Cash Department Store” Store Open Evenings