The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 11, 1932, Page 3

em— i S[EST WA CAPITOL LAST TIMES TONIGHT THE YEAR’S LRAMATIC SENSATION! THE EASIEST WAY with Constance Bennett and Adolphe Menjou Rebert Montgomery Anita Page Marjorie Rambeaa MIDNIGHT SHOW Tonight—1 a. m. LEW AYERS in Up for Murder TONIGHT ENDS CAPITOL RUN ‘Up for Murder’ Billed for 1 o'Clock Tonight and Tomorrow With “The Easiest Way," star- ring Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou and Robert Montgomery showing for the last times tonight at the Capitol Theatre, “Up For Murder,” with Lew Ayres in the leading role, will headline the new bill tomorrow night and will be presented at the 1 o'clock matinee tonight. “The Easlest Way” “The Easiest Way” enjoys such popularity as a stage play that it ‘has been presented every season in this country and Great Britain ever since its introduction in 1900 with Frances Starr in the principal role. The screen version retains all the successful elements of the stage offering. “Up For Murder” “Up For Murder” is told against the background of a metropolitan newspaper, and presents “The eternal triangle.” By HARRISON CARROLL HOLLYWOOD, Cal. — Though ‘Wall Street pounds at their gates, Hollywood producers may take a lesson in courage from that de- termined band of men who were ground - breaking for the industry back in Christmas, 1913. Cecil B. De Mille recalls mem- ories of that December when “The Squaw Man” was just about to be produced at the Famous Lasky barn. Over at Sunset and Gorwer, Uncle Carl Laemmle had just es- A cub reporter falls in love with a beautiful society editor, only to discover that the paper's owner is infatuated with her.. The events which follow this discovery make for strong dramatic effects. that both Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo are definitely set for the pic- ture. Yet this is my information, | and from excellent, though unof- ficial, source. Greta will play the dancer of course, and Joan the stenographer. Both have been men- tioned for the parts, but the mat-} ter has never been settled. Now, I understand, Director Edmund Goulding definitely expects to start in the middle of this month. Did You Know— | That Paul Lukas once competed | in the Olympic Games as a mem- ber of the Hungarian wrestling| team? ———.——— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN 11, 19320 Has America a New Film ‘Sweetheart’? LN B k. ok oW * * * Or Is It Still True to Mary Pickford, Despite Her Absence from Screen? Poll of Male Movie Fans Fails to Reveal Successor to Title of “America’s Sweetheart.” MARTIAL LAW Charies FARRELL ara JANET GAYNOR., name a successor to Mary Pickford as “America’s Sw eetheart.” Mary Pickforo, ® LoreTTa YOUNG. That the male movie fan is still strong for the innocent; unsophisti i L n f 4 phisticated t: £ Hard-Bailed agy 1ty which we'live, 1s avidacied Hy & §ocunt. coll thkan ar ols igioenth Jafpits. cin Though the Bennett sisters, Joan and' Constance, were prominently mentioned for their beauty and talent, their most rabid supporters confessed that they werqumrdl,‘-;the type to fill the coveted role. porary stars, Janet Gaynor emerges as the one who approaches Miss Pickford i int her work with Charles Farrell, Janet won millions o f admirers, not only Lbyc'l:er‘:nlp;:: b:u‘l ll:‘;”h‘olr un- doubted apueal to the protective instinct latent in the male of the species. - is charming Loretta Young, From out of the great constellation of contem- ti n > 1 Next in line to Miss Gaynor whose air of sweet simplicity also awakens the sympathies of the most cynical and hard-boiled fan. But the old guard, devoted followers of th fos (hat sl a¥ll Bobd the affectisnats tille which she won whes she plaped tav vllr v oty tooat IS DECLARED | IN GUBAN CITY ‘clamped down lu workmen held demonstrations on the third anniversary of the slaying in Mexico City, of Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban Communist student, One bomb and threw her Other bombs and the postof! A st cen p has been and also at k Senora Stenger t her home. truck a theatre ct [ = EARTH SHOGK AT FARBANK - ATRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. ROGERS WILL 'FOLLOW OAKIE AT COLISSUM “Sea Legs” Will Be Suc- ceeded by “Along PIGELY WIGBLY PAYS DIVIDEND OF 8 PER GENT |Local Stockholders Receive Dividend Checks for Last of 1931 Came Youth” Local holders of Piggly Wiggly| “Sea Legs,” starring Jack Oakie | preferred stock on the Juneau store {will be shown for the last times on the last mail from the south|tonight at.the Coliseum theatre. received checks for dividends earn- | “Along Came Youth,” with Charles ed by the business for the last six [Rogers in the leading role, will months of 1931, it was made known I today. | The rate of payment was equiva- lent to eight per cent on the pre- lrerred stock. This is regarded by | the company as an outstanding | showing in view of all the circums | | stances, particularly the conditions { prevailing throughout the country. ’ The rate was the same as that ‘])Rld for the first half of 1931 and for the year 1930, it was said. LIBRARY LENDS 3,009 BOOKS " INDECEMBER Small Cash_—E;.l‘ance n i Revenue Is Given to | City Clerk Three thousand and nine books and periodicals were circulated by the Juneau Public’ Library in De- cember, as shown by the report for the month submitted to the City Couneil, by Miss A. B. Cole- man, librarian. Adult circulation censisted of' 1,- 765 fiction books, 270 non-fiction: books and 128 magazines. Juvenile cireulation consisted of 761 fiction books, 56 non-fiction books and 29 magazines. e Receipts from fines and deposlts\ rihquake was felt here gmounted o $35.85. Expenditures| headline the new program tomor- row night, and will be previewed at the 1 o'clock matinee tonight. Oakie in “Sea Legs” In “Sea Legs,” Oakie, a dough- |ty gob on one of Uncle Sam’s bat- tle cruisers, goes to sleep, the pride of the fleet, and wakes up to find himself substituting aboard a strange battleship of a country he never heard of, for a wealthy young millionaire. “Along Came Youth” In “Along Came Youth,” a. ro- mantie comedy, a steeplechase. fur- nishes the climactic thrill. Rogers, with five other riders, engages in the race for high stakes and the hand of Frances Dee, his leading lady. | —et—— BEATHSUMMONS DB GODDARD AT HOME SKTURDAY Pioneer : juneau ‘Physidan Dies Following Stroke Late Last Week (Continued from Page One) | | | I D, Goddard's |physician at the Sitka Pioneers Home. professional standing was of the highest., He k‘la\: Saturday morn- ¢ . miceellaneous items, the largest served as President of the First MIDNIGHT PREVIEW TONIGHT Show—1:00. A. M. “ALONG CAME YOUTH® Watch and Jewelry REPAIRING at very reasonable rates WRIGHT SHOPPE PAUL BLOEDHORN Controlled by & lever.ap the in- strument bpard of an automobile, & new- device enables a. driver. to-suit the actions of shoek absorbers to road. conditions. evt fvs oo : { " Real Values ALE RACK €OATS at $500 ’each about five SeCOnds. or wnich was for . years renttof | Teritorial Board of Medical Ex- on was from south 0 . yosoffice box, totaled $12.50. The |@miners and was twice President e quake was preceded DY po1aico $9335 was turned over by Of the Territorial Medical Associa- mbling. No damage was b : 3 tion. b iz the Librarian to the City Clerk. 3 but objects in houses ___“,__‘y, “Throughout his years of prac- out freely and the wire- tice he was a Fellow of the Ameri- tablished himself on the coast. “On the day before Christmas, 1913,” says De Mille, “we had a conference at the studio. I re- member Dustin Farnum, Winifred |Five Bombs Are Exploded‘1 —Woman Probably Fatally Wounded Havana. - > | FLORY GOES TO FIRST CITY FOR WEER'S STAY IS SHOT BY CLEAN UP ON HATS: . Kingston, Fred Kley (now in the jewelry business), and Wilfred Backland, the art director, were in on it. Christmas morning we show- ed up again and did some more work. “The talking piéture version of ‘The Squaw Man’ cost $680,000, But when I started that first film I had only $20,000 to rent the studio, build the sets, pay salaries and produce the picture.” At that time, De Mille was living alone in a little house on Lexing- ton Avenue. His family had not come on from the East. Uncle Carl Laemmle was stopping at the Hol- lywood Hotel. Junior Laemmle was 8 babe. These men faced tougher times than the present crisis. But they persevered, and the motion picture colony stands as a monument to their courage and industry. Hollywood Fable— They are telling the, story about the film leading man who was up- stage to the heavy in one of his pictures. Finally the heavy backed him up in a corner. L “Listen,” he warned, ‘either you treat me differently, or when we come to that big fight scene, I'll have my double whale the tar out of your double.” Latest Gossip— Universal distributed more than 200 Christmas baskets to former employees: now out of work . . John Barrymore’s crest is a crown- ed king-snake. It goes back to Ire- land. Just what was that story about St. Patrick? . . . Uncle Carl Laemmle, one of Hollywood’s most respected producers, has been el- ected President of the Los Angeles Breakfast Club, where the prin- ciple dish is ham and eggs. Now those 30,000 hens on his Calabassas | chicken ranch can expect to get husy . . . James Dupn is leaving for his personal appearance tour. He will do a song and dance and will repeat that scéne in the doc- tor’s office from. “Bad Girl” . . , Frank Borzage gave a Japanese party. the ofher evening, supflying guests with silk kimonos and chop- sticks. During dinner, Johnny Mack Brown was thrown for a loss . . An ambitious gent tried to per- suade . the Orpheum Theatre here to pay him $1,000 to go up in an airplane and give a mental telep- athy broadcast. $ Rochelle Stevs In— They say that Dorothy Lee reg- istered objections to her role in R-K-O's “Girl Crazy.” Now, Ro- cheile Hudson, the promising new- comer who was in “Are These Our Children?” is stepping into the paft. She just had her contract taken up. Dorothy’s next option is due ip Apgil., She's talked for some time of returning to the stage. In the News— ) So'many. wild guesses have been BANDIT, DIES FROM WOUND Newspaper Cashier ‘Held-! up—Iwo Arrested— —Money Found LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 11.—James Chapple, aged 55 years, cashier of the Arkansas Gazette, died today as the result of a bullet | wound received last Saturday when a bandit held him up and securcd the newspaper’s payroll of $4,600. Charles and Don Pearce, broth- ers, were arrested an hour after the crime and charged with first de- gree murder. Officers said they have a con- fession from Charles who has been linotype operator on the Gazette for the past 12 years.- Charles took the officers to a cache and’ the money was found intact. Charles_ asserted his brother did the hold-up while he waited {n an automobile' a block away from the newspaper office. (OFFICIAL PUBLICATION) (Bank With Branches) Report of the Financial Condition of the BANK OF ALASKA, Jocated at Skagway, Territory of *|Alaska, at the close of business on |the 31st day of December, 1931. RESOURCES 89,338.97 5,625.00 NONE Loans and discounts Loans on real estate . Overdrafts . United States bonds own- o .. 6,850.00 Other "bonds and war- ranis owned house, and fixtures .. b | Due from banks and cash § on hand e Capital assigned t ez 10890000 furniture 28,000.09 - 34,551.51 LIABILITIES Capital stock pald in ....$140,000.00 Surplus fund 5,000.00 7,171.37 12,450.46 ' IUndivided profits less ex: .. 175,817.81 1, H. B. Thomguist, Csshier of thy SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 11. Martial law was declared here to day’ after an explos! bombs one of which pi ally wounded the w D Ralael Stenger, Presecuting Attor- | ney. The bomb explosions followed | scattered firing throughout the | suburbs last night as students and Charles H. for ire, Flory, Ala the * | the steamer N chikan. He will rem: x looking after official busi- B S e An electrically heated knife been invented to remove hairs and feathers {rom gamé. has | excep ta coast S m wies program...Every night Zolumbio Network, coast f.“Music that Satisfies,” NAT SHILKRET, Nofed Director © 1932, Liccatr-& Myzas Tosacco Co, swaying. WE CAN GIVE YOU what you wang IN PRINTING when you want it! Try us out with your next job KLAWOCK WOMAN TO SERVE 30-DAY JAIL TERM, CRAIG‘ Josie: Soares, arrested last week at Klawock, Saturday entered a plea of guilty to violating the Alas- ka Bone Dry Law and was sent- enced by United States Commis- sioner Bagley to serve a 30-day sentence in the Craig jail : Here‘ish‘radiohigh pot! i Directed by Nat Shilkret, one of radio’s foremost musicians, the' 35-piece Chesterfield Orchestra gives you a sparkling program of popular music’ beautifully played. Shrrmg sengs, too, in the rich l;a;'ifi;ne of Alex Gray, 1(’Zlieswrfle'!d soloist. Here’s something o turn 1o, six nights a week . .. something " always worth hearing. Light up and listen to “Musie L that_Satisfies.” |can Medical Association.” End Not Unexpected The end was not entirely unex- pected. He had suffered several | strokes, similar to the one that | caused. death, during the past few ‘years. One such occurred last at $1.00 “Tomorrow’s styles ! month, but he quickly recovered ‘hm usual health, i | | SUSPENSION OF BOLDSTANDARD. CAUSES ACTION Norway. Experiences Ex- change Difficulties— Control System OSLO, Norway, Jan. 1.—Sus- pension of the gold. standard in Norway has resulted in exchange difficulties but so far the Govern- ment has net.found it necessary to adopt measures to regulate the market. ‘There has been however, a mild |form of control organization. by banks in cooperation with import- ers. and exporters. The system seems to. be working satisfactorily. Unless affaiys take a very defi- nite turn fer the worse it is not likely: the Government will be call< ed. upen to take any- further stepe. The Pederation of -Norwegian In- dustries and the Federation of Norwegian Commercial Associations each appointed a council to cooper- Gommittee appointed by the banks and between them have established a--method of control for business houses and persons using foreign their bank.con- exchange: nections and they have been placed FOR COOKING Does not lose its strength or flavor 16 oz. bottle for $1.00 . Juneau Mg Company Free Delivery Phone 83 ate ,with the Foreign Exchange |- “Juneaw’s Own Store” ASTHMA POWDER 75¢ Butler Mauro Drug €o: Phone 134 'Qm' Post Office Substation No. l. . -