The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 5, 1932, Page 8

e KELLER— MAKES }The ‘Ann Hardings’ F rank About Divorce ’ INSPECTION OF | Their Letters to Press Jolt Hollywood WORK TO START + ON FAIRBANKS' MANY SCHOOLS v = ~ FEDERAL BLDG. In Schools In Southern fri, N :Contractor R. E. Mac- End of District | Donald and P. J. Gor- | don On Way North towns " i - By the end of the current year, the new Federal building at Fair- banks will have been erected, ac- | cording to R, E. MacDonald of the | William MacDonald = Construction ! Company, which has the contract for building the structure. It will School condi with & o voing onarss the southern end of the Division according o W. K. Keller, Comniissioner of Educa- jon, who returned Sunday from cost approximately $400,000. three-weeks' official inspection R. E. MacDonald and P. J. Gor- rip to that sectlon, don, also associated with the Mac- He v Wrangell, P surz Donald Company, are passengers on the steamship Alaska, which Kebchikan, Charcoal Point, Hyder, called here today enroute from Se- Shakan and Craig, and conferred with the teacher, Miss Margaret attle to Seward. They are on their Metzgar, at Tree Point. All of way to Fairbanks to start building | these schools are having a won- and attached grounds was recently consummated on “I expect to remain in Fairbanks| |Cal, that Rudy Vallee, famous radio croomer, an «Two dignified and simple letters to the press were the means chosen by Ann Harding and Harry Ban- ahout three months, by which time | \his wife, the former Fay Webb, will call their little nister to inform the public they were contemplating divorce. The announcements received by The Associ- the building will be well under| 8T8y home in the west. Purchase of the residence ated Press at Los Angeles are shown above with the actress and her husband. |way,” declared Mr, MacDonald. | “And I, assertzd Mr. Gordon, | “expect to remain in the lnterlor‘B- M. BEHRENDS' STORE ‘until T am a sourdough.” WILL HAVE MARQUEE PR TR T O behalf of the singer. The house is said to b of the show places of Beverly Hills and cost Ei?fi:!‘c $100,000. Inset is a recent ghoto of Rudy and Fay. derful year and making good rec- ords, he said. The most noticeable improvement was at Wrangell which has a fine new building equipped with the most modern school fixtures and is doing better work from every standpoint than wes possible in the old schoolhouse. Tnterest is much keener in the student body, activities at once. fThis is the modest little shack in Beverly Hills, ALASKA LECION s struction to take the place of can- vas awnings. The marquee will| ROME—A film showing the “new* extend across the entire front of |Ttaly” envisioned by Mussolin’, the building and will project well |particularly the physical and men- over the Seward Street sidewalk. |tal development of youth, has been The work of erecting the im- made by the Duce's orders for HOLLYWOOD, Cal, DUCE FILMS FASCISM After a divorce, what? That is the question Hollywood ponders following the unexpected | announcements that Ann Harding | April 5.— At tne front of the B. M. Beh- rends Department Store on the PLACED WELL IN BCYR SHRINE DANCE i“::]:“g‘; ;’;“e; lz‘f‘gmwi‘gdzg‘nfi e ,:‘:;‘;;yasda‘"::;zz"‘:% W’:’:e“cz‘:x’l‘t;v corner of Seward and Third Streets provement is being done by Con- |exhibition in schools and movie rom the efforts of the teaching ablish himself in the profes- | a4 marquee is in course of con-'tractor J. Jackson. theaters, ¢taff. This interest is evidenced sion.” NATIUNAL RAGE WII.I- BE leEN | - by a boys' cooking class that is No parting of the ways in Hol~l | conducted between 4 and 5 p. m., lywood ever caused so much dis-| i after the regular school hours, cussion as did those dignified an- | and a cooking and sewing class for women that is a feature in the home economic department. The teacher at Shakan, Miss Ethel Barrett, and the one at Hy- der, Miss Isabel Thoma, have sign- ed contracts to return there next year, At Craig, Mr. Keller visited with Mr. and Mrs. Z. M. Bradford and family, former local residents. Mr Bradford is Standard Oil agent there. CLAIM CAPONE nouncements of the film star and her husband to the press. Per- sons who know them well may have suspected that Bannister was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with nis position as “Arn Hard- ing's husband”—as the actress put it in her statement. But probably no one believed such drastic action as divorce would be the outcome. | Speculation about the futures {of Ann and her husband was in- evitable. Many believe that if | Bannister should achieve outstand- ing success, either on the screen or the stage, a reconciliation is probable. Some feel Ann and Harry acted | HnuDLUMs ARE iim.smy—dwpne their carefully worded announcements—and that USING THREAT Charges Made by Political Leaders; Special Grand Jury Called CHICAGO, I, April 5. — The figure of “Scarface” Al Capone ‘has risen from within the walls of a jail to blgiht the hopes of a; poaceful primary election one week | from today. | It is charged by political lead-, ers that Capone's hoodlums are| cmploying terrorist factics to con-| trol the election in attempting to| force candidates to withdraw. Circuit Judge Feinberg has or- dered a special grand jury to make | an investigation. President Sargent. of the Chi- cago and Northwestern Raflroad, raid Capone has a candidate for| committeeman in every ward in Chicago. Politiclans and others seid there is seen in this an at- tempt by Capone to win freedom from his eleven-year sentence fol-| lowing conviction of evasion of payment of income taxes. -, PETREL LEAVES TODAY FOR KETCHIKAN TRIP The Bureau of Fisheries patrol ¢hip Petrel, Capt. Greg’ Mangan, cailed at 4 a. m. today for Ketchi- ' kan after having spent several days in port here on official busi- ness. It will proceed from Ket- chikan in a short time to its homeport at Craig. e ,———— Ohio State University rifle team has two members who have com- peted in international rifle match- sober consideration might have op- ened another avenue of escape from their “intenable” situation. | That belief is supported by the |fact that only a month ago Ban- nister said he and Ann definitely had made up their minds to quit pictures when their contracts ex- |pired late in 1933, By that time {they would have enough money to be comfortable and then they ihoped to spend a few months each year fouring in a play and the rest in travel and fun. Coincidentally, Miss Harding is currently engaged in playing her first role as m divorcee. It is the story “Westward Pass- age” in which the central char- acter divorces one man to marry another weaithier man. The first husband becomes fa- mous but despite her love for him, she remains married and true to her second husband. Nearfly all of her roles hereto- fore have reflected the type of character she was known to be |in real life. 'FORMER JUNEAU CABLE MEN ON WAY WESTWARD Two former members o fthe Ju- neau staff of the U. S. Signal ‘Corps office are passengers aboard |tihe Alaska for points to the west- |ward. Tke \A. Beal, accompanied by his wife and son, are to be stationed at Anchorage. TFor the past eight years he has been in the cashier's office at the Seattle station. W. A. Stewart, who has been in the Seattle office for the past year and a half, is going to Cor- dova where he has been transfer- red for a two-year hitch. - SHOP IN JUNEAU €3, WORTH A 5 rolls of i Tel. 9295 "YOUR PENNY IS NICKEL AT GEORGE BROTHERS CURTIS BABY RUTH CANDY Life Saver Style We Deliver 'Portland, Ore., next summer. Priz-| Departments Throughout Country Are in Mem- bership Contest In the membership race in which the 57 American Legion depart- ments of the nation are partici- pating, the Department of Alaska ! is taking a conspicuous part. The| event ds preliminary to the na-! tional convention of the Americm\f World War veterans to be held in| be awarded the winners es will then. For the purposes of the race, the National Headquarters of the American Legion has assigned to every department a membership quota that it should attain before the holding of the convention, When 75 per cent of the quota is reported by a Department, then it is regarded as having left the starting point. Independence, Mo, The route of the race is supposed- ly over the Old Cregon Trail, and the Departments are represented by covered wagons and 4x teams Advance In Percentage Every advance in percentage of quota attained sends the covered wagon and ox team of a State or Territorial department that much further along the trail. Portland, the formal goal, 100 per cent. of the quota. ‘The Alaska Department with a present membership of 857 has at- tained a percentage of 84.4. Ju-l neau is helping advance the Ter- ritorial Department in the race. The membership of the Juneau Post is 182, It truly is a race for gold, as in the days of old, because there are three sets of cash prizes to be awarded to the winners. The departments having a 1931 membership of 35,000 to 86,000 have a chance for a first prize of $75. The winning department must be the first of its class to reach Portland, or 100 per ovent. of the 1932 membership quota. The second department to arrive will be awarded $50. Similar Cash Prizes Similar cash prizes will be awarded to departments having a 1931 membership of from 10,000 to 35,000; and similar cash prizes to the class of departments hav- ing 1931 mombership under 10, 000. The American Legion Auxiliary also is taking part in the race, gnd with the national orgamiza- tion of the Legion has a stake of ¢ $100, the Legion agreeing it must arrive at least a month ahead of the Auxiliary with at least 10 per cent in excess of percentage Of| quota as compared with the Aux- iliary percentage. ZAPORA TO BE KEPT ON HER PRESENT RUN Contrary - to recent reports, the motorship Zapora of the Wills Nav- igation Company, will not be char- tered to the International Fisheries is other time. In the future, as in to .operate regularly between Se- attle and Juneau by way of the Island. “The Zapora of the Wills Navi- gation Company was mistakingly confused i with the Zapora of a Canadian steamship company, I am informed,” said O. J. Weber, Ju- neau agent of the Wills Navigation Company. “In any event,” he add- ed, “the Zapora of the Wills com- pany will continue on her present run without interruption.” e | ATTENTION, FIREMEN! | Juneau Fire Department will hold a meeting Thursday night at 8 o'clock for the purpose of electing officers for the coming term. All are requested to be present. J. A. DAVIS, Commission late in May or at any| the past, the vessel will continue| West Coast of Prince of Wales| ON APRIL 14TH, ! Invitations Issued Last Fall Will Be Good Next Week, Too i Amangements are being made | for ancther dance to be given un-| der the auspices of members of | } I | the Order of the Mystic Shrine. {The affair will be held Thursday | evening, April 14, in the ball room of the Scottish Rite Temple. Old Invitations Are Good | Invitations which were issued last Fall for the first Shrine dance of the season and which have | |served as invitations to all Shrine ! |dances since, are to be regarded |as invitations to next week's af-| fair. | Music for the approaching damce 3 will be ‘furnished by the Berenad- | Alaskan stations ards Onihashe i Refreshments will be served | A new dance committee has been appointed to represent Shrine bod- | ies. It consists of H. I Lucas, W. P. Scott and E. Gastonguay. | Nome 40 inches. | S R | R i RS | Powell McWhirter, of Neshville, ' Approximaltely 4,000,000 pounds Tenn., is next year's football cap- of wool will be sheared in Indiana tain of the University of Tennes- this year. see, It rained all night the day I left The weather it was dry, The sun so hot I froze to death, | Susannah, don’t you cry. | —On Oregon Trail. | e RS b ALASKA SNOW COVER ‘The following amounts of snow in dinches, were reported on. t ground Monday afternoon, Ap 4, at various Barrow 12, Cordova 18, Bagle 21, Fairbanks 19, Fort Yukon 20, an Nome 82. u ! Ice at Chena Slough at Fair- banks was 535 inches in thick- ness and on Snake River at ANOTHER BIG SHIPMENT OF SUGAR 100-pound bags, $5.35 J GARNICK’S—Phone 174 $7.50 No* Two Suits Alike Spring Colors | and Trims SHOP WITH US FIRST | The Leader Department Store GEORGE BROTHERS = '« ' “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” ‘Tomorrow - Attend This Important SALES EVENT NEW MERCHANDISE You'll remember the smartness anl quality of these dresses long after you've forgoten the price $6.95 or 2 for $12.50 It isn’t often that one has the oppor- An opportunity to purchase the dress (or tunity such as this sale presents. dresses) you've been wanting at a price much less than you expected to pay. Youw'll be thrilled when you see the many smart new styles. In prints and Coats April 9th, -NO APPROYAIS 2 for $12.50 Your Choice ONE RACK OF SPRING COATS $10.00 Dresses Really odds and ends worth much more than we are asking Now $2 a Garment Money Saving Values Sale starts Wednesday at 9 a.m. and continues until Saturday, | plain colors and a full range of sizes. You'll Remember the Values | { { | Skirts Hlyorens NO EXCHANGES NO REFUNDS