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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1932. CAPITOL Thursday, Fri day, Saturday WAS HE WORTH IT? WAS he worth the price , . . worth her desire to be strictly on the level? . . . worth her sacrifice of pride, or respect- ability — of everything she held so dear? Mothering a weak man was one thing; be- ing the wife of an incurable small-time gambler another. But she loved him. What could she do? What DID she do? See this amazing picture! COMEDY CHINA NITE All-Alaska News | One thousand, five hundred cut daffodils constituted the Ia chipment of flo ever to be re- ceived in - ICe a. were brought in from Seattle the Davis Phillips Company the Easter trade. by for Excursion rates for an aerial trip between Cordova and Anchor- age were recently offered by the Gillam Airways at Cordova. The same ralle W given for either a one-way or a round trip, $50 per person. R. J. De Leo hag been re-elected President of the Cordova Parent- Teacher Association. Other offi- © elected were Mrs, James Din- en, vice-president; Miss Fern Sohnson, secretary-treasurer and an executive committee of three, con- sisting of Mrs. F. A. Hansen, Mrs. Henri Maillard and Miss Lucille ‘Wolfer. Otto Sandstrom. old-time resi- ’ THEO. S. PEDERSON ALASKA HOME DECORATOR Estimates Furnished Free General Painting Contractor Shop Phone 354—Residence Phone 37—2 Rings Shop at Third and Seward S ——— KANN’S SEWARD STREET 5cTO $5.00 THE Florence Shop Permanent Waving a Specialty ! Florence Holmquist, Prop. { Triangle Bldg. | - . o | | 1 | Phone 427 You Can Save Money at Our Store SEE US FIRST rris Hardware Co. | Lower Front Street | Ha COAL ALL KINDS CALL US DIRECT PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. PHONE 412 With Ricardo CORTEZ Mae CLARKE NORMAN FOSTER, Slim Summerville, Marie Prevost. A smashing picturization of the play, “The Up and Up.” A woman's picture that men dare rot miss! CURIOSITIES dent of Cordova, died there re- cently after a protracted illness, | Thad Kunkle, or at Ya-~ kataga Beach, arriv in Ce he launch Fidelity A making one of the hardest | r trip: {ing the crossing, and reported that {the dce and weather conditions were so bad that the skiff which he towed behind his own |beat was almost worn through by |the ice and waves. [ | Cordova’s waterfront is taking |on a renewed appearance of activ- Scores of small boat owners are busy recalking their vessels and season, and others are busy straightening out nets and other gear. About 50 boats may be counted in the bay now and every day finds more and more being brought off the ways. Robert Casper, who broke his shoulder blade while skiing during the winter carnival several weeks ago at Cordova, has been dis- charged from the Cordova General Hospital and is on the rapid road to recovery. It is reported from Katalla that the Harriman Syndicate is making arrangements to settle the affairs with the Consolidated Ol Com- pany and that as soon as this is done, tne syndicate will proceed with the drilling on the oil prop- - | erty. Reindeer from Goyernment herds will be distributed among the deslitute Natives of the Hooper Bay district between the mouths of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. The deer will be delivered to the ncedy without charge. The Hooper Bay district was the scene of tidal waves a few months ago, resulting in the destruction of con- siderabl2 property, including food- stuffs, but so far as has been as- certained, no Joss of life, A Andrew Siewertsen, formerly fox rancher cn Clson Island, nerr Val- dez, who recently sold out to A. T. Thompson, hZ® received at Valdez a Halll-Scott, 60-70 horse power engine from Seaftle. He will install it on his boat, the Bainbridge, and expects to make a cruise to the Hawailan Islands and then to Oriental ports. Dick Sablatking, who suiffered from tuberculosis for several wecks past, died at his home in Valdez. He is survived by his widow and a brotner and a sister. Frank Bowman, who spent the winter trapping at Wortman, near Valdez, has returned to Valdez. He reporis that fur, as in other parts of the Territory, was rather scarce in the Wortman district, but that ptarmigan are now flock- s on record from Yakataga to| Katalla, Kunkle took 34 days mak- | power | ity again, says the Cordova Times, | overhauling them for the fishing | RACE HORSES RUN FOR FUN, CAPITOL SCREEN ‘Reckless Living' with Ex- citing Scenes Shows Tonight { | which be- | regularly toni at Capitol theattre, inte: ing folks, fantastic language and un- usual scenes make a delightfully entertaining photoplay. Mae (Clarke, who rose to re- markable heights in “Waterloo Bridge.” Ricardo Cortez, who is meking a triumphal comeback as| i la talking picture star, and Nor-| man Foster, who has one of the best roles of his career, stand out And as for the language—if any—it is a mixture &f sporiing youth, cubist-Americ: and im- pr stic Broadway. | Exciting Police There are ex police raids thrills, furnished by police- men, Robert Bmmett O'Connor and |-, | Thomas Jackson. ville and Mari¢ Prevost add the comedy and Louis Natheax, Mur- ray Kinnell, Russell Hopton, Per- ry dvins, and Brooks Benedict play the “bookie” characters. Pauline Moore, Universal's 17- -old “secret discovery” makes screen debut Dark-Eyed Actress The little dark-eyed actress we playing small rol with ‘the As |bury Park, New Jersey, stock | pany, when Univen scouts |her a for pletures and mediately presented her with {ticket to Universal City and po- tential time. Cyril Gardner was the director and Courtenay Terrett and Tom Reed adapted the screen play from the Bva K. Flint Martha Madi- {son play. In “Reckless Living," s showing the bt | | pr es: Raids h | A ye: 2 her gave im- H | |ing to the hills there in thou- sands. 28 | After 28 | Fortymile distrio gone to the States heme. He elled from Forty- mile to Fair anks by plane and | spent in the J. A. Kemp has to make his 1 Steel Creek trict. all of his holdings |in the Fortymile d P Brown Carlson, and | ¢ trader in the Lake in the Iliamna district, recently made his first visit to a so large as Seward in 31 w spending a few weeks there and then going by plane back home His ride on the Alaska Railroad was his first train ride in nearly| 50 years. He enjoyed his first |automobile and first airplane ride, |and his first talking picture. trapper & MAE cLARKE hased, by Slim Summer- |, Railroad campaign, |Warships and Airpl |flooded the newspapers with ¢ MOVIES § Stars Shine Tonight 2 | cel fl char § | Kenneth MARIE PREVOST UNIVERSAL vad. Tt has ap- Alaska ad 400,000. Rai said the now roximately Beck ved and William Rice at Creek. They , two lynx and isky coyotes. The Chicago office of the Alaska puiting on an extensive inviting America to see The Alaska Railroad. lacka via new booklet containing a two- of |eclor map has been issued. | $0,CALIFORNIA RATTLES TODAY anes to Let Loose in Battle Practice SAN PEDRO, Cal., April 12— Southern California is in for al raltitling the brunt falling on r fices, with querle: g good time today, with thquake? In t all tic guns Thi in @ i 300 Clark area|same maneuve: In the past maneuvers S. e e A golf league oI 10 teams has been organized by the Highlands | Country Club of Aberdeen, Wash. K ’Exch fteam has four members. |S: Piay In the league extends from Shepard April to July. More ithan 300 dogs along the Yukon River in Interior Alaska | have died of a sirange malady that first paralyzes itheir hind legs. Sled” dnmals have become s scarce that any sort of pooch with hair on and more than three legs has a pi¥ce on his head. The epidemic is said be similar to that which raged at Nome 25 years ago wiien several hundred dogs suc- cumbed. When A. B. Cummings, manager of the Alaska Railroad’s hotel at Curry, returned there from a two months’ sojourn in the States, most of the time in Los Angeles, he |brought back with him several specimens of strange varieties of ‘fish for his aquarium at Curry. The first shipment of ore, one carload or about 30 tons, mined by |the Eva Creek Mining Company at Ferry, Mile 371, Alaska Railroad, was loaded on a steamship at Seward recently for shipment to | {the Tacoma Smelter. Cutting ties for the Alaska Rail- road ceased April 1 and after June 1 no more ties will be pur- VOLC § One of the first pictures l' the eruption of Mt. Shishaldin on Unimak island in th ANO BELCHES SM THE FLAYOR after every, meal ... See how much betfer You will feel . . ¢ Seldovia from |, _ |the evening, 582. Mrs. Lavenik, of | |8 SWEETHEARTS SOON WILL BE SEEN IN PARADE Alice White Has Star Role| | ‘with Strong Support- | ing Cast “Sweethearts on P " wihi will be shown at the Capitol thea- |tre this week, has a cast of ox-| ptional strength. It will be pre- sented at 1 o'clock tcmorrow night and will be presented regularly Thursday night. | { Alice White plays the leading feminine role. Others in featured | zations are Lloyd Hughes Thompson, Ray Cook, Max Asher and Wilbur Mack. Marshall Neilan directed. Small Town Girl “Sweethearts on Parade,” is the ory of a small town girl who mes to the big city to marry a onaire. ‘While her ambition not exactly realized, she does encounter romance and falls in e with a dashing young United | ates marine. Sailors Make “Whoopee” The locale of the picture is| laid for a major part around oneg of the great amusement nresorts jof a large city. The gobs and the | 1!4u:llx:ix'necks come ashore to make | whoopee” and they make plenty | it. COther sequences are unfolded a palatial yacht and aboard United States cruiser. EAVERS RESUME ‘ | PIN LEADERSHIP | ‘ IN ELK TOURNEY By taking three games from the | Chipmunks last night the Beavers broke their tie with the Ante-| es for first place in the Hiks|® ng tournament and are again |’ the top of the heap. They | e lost only four games out|® 27 starts. b The Bears won their fifth and h games of the tournament by ! osing out the Wolves in two out of three games. The lose In the second game the ]3(‘3\4ln rs established a new :mn'n:mw:.[j' eam' mark of 889 pins. Captain ™ ki signalized his return to the| by chalking up 223 in this Stewart, leader of the| registered high total for | i mi is | on | { | | | scores were | { Wolves, the Chipmunks, scored 497 for to- al and 172 for high game. Tonight's schedule: Cougars vs. Tigers; Lions vs. Panthers, Beavers 169 - 173 181 144 151 169561 | 193549 | 179541 | 112—406 152—455 | 805-2512 Mrs. Worth | Mrs. McLean | ey 818 Chipmunks 178 192 189 192 130 128 86 83 167 158 . 148 753 Bears 170 . 153 142 167 185 R 1 & Wolves 189 159 119 106 . 125 Totals Lavenik | Sabin Olson pind | Mrs. McCormick Mrs, Lavenik 182—552 144523 | 179—437 | 95—244 172—497 Tclals 752-2253 Metcalf G. George Goddard Mrs. Tilden Mrs. Coughlin . 180—540 | 153-*459 145—405 91296 1533893 722-2093 98 105 Totals 664 | Stewart T. George ‘Worth Mrs. Barragar Mus. Olson 200 205 129 106 143 193—582 | 158—522 106—354 106-"318 155—423 Tolals ... 698 783 '718-2199 *—Average—Did not bowl. — e Cactus Cravath, slugging out- | tielder with the Philadelphia Na- fionals, before the war, is now Judge Clifferd Crayath, a magis- trate in San Diego, Cal IN ALEUTIAN 7 S 7 7 Associated Press Photo e Aleutian chain off Alaska. Lava was streaming down the mountainside when this was snapped from a ship 25 miles PROHIBITION Women Delegates for Na- | Charles H. Sabin, as chairman, op- | Thee National Prohibition Reform with |forth fire a | s i g Movie Stars at he Movies | | | | sk | It smacks of something Iike a busman’s holidag when celebrities of the | movie world take time out from their work st the.studios to attend a | cinema. Above are a few notables well-known to film fans, pictured | as they attended the premicre of a new movie classic in Hollywood | recently., No. 1 is Estelle Taylor, former wife of Jack Dempsey, with Paul Bern. No. 2 is Marilyn Miller, petite star of stage and sereen. No. 8, Vina Delmar, famous authoress, who writes stories that are translated into films, with her hubsand. No. 4 is pretty Svdney Fox, one of the screen’s biggest favorites. IVOLCANOES - ARE SPOUTING -~ OUTIN SOUTH | Fire and Ashes are Sent Up Spreading Over Wide /Section SANTIAGO, Chile, April 12 T ad 1S ATTAGKED AT SESSION tional Prohibition Re- form Convene ? \ WASHINGTON, April 12.—Mrs, U, 8. PR | soldiers Radna. OPOSAL AT GENEVA 1S UNDER ATTACK ‘ Abolishment,fioi Big Guns, Gases, Tanks Assailed by Tardieu GENEVA, April 12. — Premier u, of France, today assailed sarmament proposals made Hugh Gibson, American dele- aet (o the Disarmament Confer- to abolish big guns, gasses tanks. He made no mention of battle- 1ps, the most obvious aggressive apon,” detlared the French pre~ ‘h Premier further said abolition of certain agree- ums will not provide security might be disadvantageous to rat *n invaded country.” ) MORE DIE FLOOD WATERS Seven Villages Destroyed; 15,000 People Are Homeless ARAB, Rumama, April 12. — hirty ‘more victims have been ided to the death total of floods uring the past few days when thy the dam at midnight, overwhelm- ing and destroying seven villages near ¢ river Maros broke through the Hungarian border. Twenty-four of the dead were habitants of the village of Afk- ka. The other victims were six who were drowned mnear 1t is ebumated 15,000 people have been left homeless as the results the floods. g st SHOP IN JUNEAU Central Cordillera Andes apped into aclivity yesterday and U her several volcanoes belching nd ashes. ) | A dark mantle hung over ‘.'.hc‘ A panic stricken cities. This mantle | Sabin linked the Xidnap- | was g gray powder and enveloped | of Baby Lindbergh with boot- | even, Beunos Aires, Argentine, 500 | activities, saying the answer|,i.c to the westward. } 0 ‘the wselection of gangsters as| gk e o8 . ids, Hes in the Wickersham Com- P\ak‘ active were ’Pmmmmcu,l Quisape, and Descabezado, | nission’s tement that enormbous evenues aided the criminal ele-| Several eanthquakes were re- i at the southern tip of the nent to organize. | - continent but none with destroying | | intensity. ned the Third Annual Conference | ¢ f the Womans' Organization for | g claim of membership of “over | alf a million voting women.” AU | J — —Bread like mother makes —Bread is a meal in itself —Bread is healthful Large brown loaves of flaky crusted bread that have that made-at-home flavor. Slice it thick for jams, thin for teast and sandwiches, and it adds to the deliciousness of the re- past. Baked in our sanitary kitchens fresh daily, you will find Peerless Bread a treat— the kind mother used to give you. PEERLESS BREAD Richest in Vitamins AT ALL GROCERS To the Moose Hall WEDNESDAY NIGHT DANCE Harry Krane’s Arctic Players LOOK Half Price Before 10 p.m. Dancing 9:30 PEERLESS BREAD “Remember The Name”