The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 7, 1932, Page 3

T T R T R HOLD ON TO YOUR GOLD TEETH! J. Rufus Wallingford and his city slickers are in town and will appear SUNDAY and MONDAY NIGHTS at CAPITOL THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1932. SUNDAY MATINEE (2 P. M.) with WILLIAM HAINES (Great as Wallingford) JIMMY DURANTE (Madcap Idol of Broadway) ERNEST TORRENCE LEILA HYAMS SAM WOoOoD production SPECIALLY SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS Last Times Tonight-—“PARDON US” | little town of Aurillac, Province of | Auvergne, March 22, 1857, the son| |of Jean and Victorine France Al-| | endrine Doumer. His father, had started as a railway track worker, was boss of a section 1 his son was born and cents a day. The " PAUL DOUMER PASSES AWAY EARLY TODAY Death Comes 12 Hours | After He Is Shot by Russian Fanatic ang. W earned 50 ed room whe! the light was rented for $1 a month, Soon afterward the family move ed! to Paris and seitl in an old}| hcusge, now torn down, on the hill {of Montmarte. Though that re- on may connote noctural ga; y to to , ito the Doumer: — |it meant nothing but hard work |and penury. (Continued 1rom Page One) The siricken father was busy all through the war with minor gov- ernment posts, although he held F. When Pau ther Dics s Fainleve Cabinet of 1917, which | was overthrown to make way for Clemenceau. | boy Doumer was in eclipse then un- | til 1921, when Briand, as Premier, made him Minister of Finance. He held the same office in another which in those days enabled him Briand government in 1925 and |[to spare his aging parent much in 1927 'was made President of |worry. the Senafe. | The boy was ambitious. After Joseph Athanse Doumer, to give his ten hours a day in the shop| him the baptismal name which he attended a technical night soon was (Lsurded for the more er, earning two cents an hour won his school diploma, first cf his class, and at 14 went to ork as apprentice to an engrav- His job paid him $10 2 month, T SHERWIN-WILLIAMS' INT HEADQUAR TERS -y FOR OLD Floors need color, too, You have often admired beautiful, coforful enamel finishes on woodwork. Now it's possible for you to have a fine enamel finish for your floort and linoleum. Sherwin-Williams Floor Enamel transforms discolored hard and soft wood floors with an attractive coat of color. Put a coat on in the moming, use the rcom for dinner. FLOOR ENAMEL, USE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS QUALITY BRUSHES FOR BEST PAINTING RESULTS Transform Your Walls| FLAT-TONE brings to your walls a soft, restful and colorful finish, that is last- ingly beautiful. Finger marks and soil can be removed quickly with soap and water. Let us show you the many tapestry effects possible with Flat-Tone. Intriguing colors, r Thomas Hardware Co. [cmn'cment Paul, was born in the who | father died his mo-| a ministry without portfolio in the |ther became a day household help-| v of mathematics in the little *own ing, cleaning and mending. The | Then he took up chem-: Wallingford and Blackie Daw and “Schnozzle”— what a trio of riotous rascals! They flim flam their merry way in a series of escapades that will make vou helpless with laugh- ter! + Watch your watch —BUT DON'T MISS THEM! - A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE IRufus Wallin?&rd Comedy | story POCKET -PICKING DOESN'T BRING RICHES QUICKLY Begins Showing To- morrow at Capitol Picking a pocket for screen pur- boses is the hardest job in the world, according to Jimmy (Schno- zzle) Durante, and he claims his only experience in this practice has been before the camera. He | had to tell Guy Kibbee a funny and meanwhile “dip"” him during a comedy sequence in “New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick 'Wal- lingford,” which begins showing at the Capitol theatre tomorrow, the | first presentation being at the af-| ternoon matinee. Must Be Done Properly “If you do it as it ought to be done, unobtrusively, the camera doesnt ‘show the audience what you've done,” says Schnozzle. “And | if you do it too ‘openly it doesn't| look right. So I ups to him and picks his pocket with the hand nearest the camera but furthest from him. It took a day to get it just right.” The pocket picking scene is a comedy highlight where Schnozzle lifts the detective's evidence and caves Willlam Haines, who plays Wallingford, from going to _jail. Based on Magazine Stories The picture, based on the Wal- lingford stories, published in the Ccsmopolitan ~ Magazine, is an amusing romance of a bunko man who falls in love, and after var- jous exciting adventures, goes | straight and becomes a business man. Sam Wood directed. A notable cast appears. Ernest | Torrence plays Blackle Daw, Leila Ziry in his few spare hours and studied Latin and Greek, for he hed to acquire a University de- | | gree. The reason for that was, perhaps, inot far to seek. A classmate of his, Anthenor Richel, at whose home he used to study, had three the eldest of whom was tractive. Young Dou- | for her hand | ective fa- | mer ventur 1in th v tion “If only you were sighed Pape Richel. “All right, I will be!” |young man in love. laid great stress on educa- | a professor,” replied the | Wins Degree A few months later he won his | degre2. In 1877, when just over 20, he obtained a post as teacher of Mende at $360 a vear, The impecunious young wooer (used to walk 28 milés to the near- t railway station in order to go to Paris and see his fiancee. As soon @s he bad passed to a higher grade in the teaching hie-| larchy they were mfarried. They lived in Mende two years, the young professor using ‘his spare| time in studying law. He knew that was the real gateway to a | political career in Franhce. | Although named to the college |r: {at Remtremont, in the Vosbes, in ‘1879, Doumer, { ther-in-law, obtained an introduc- jtion to the historian Henri Mar- icin and was made by him editor- |in-chief of a party newspaper in jthe Department of WAisne, which |Martin represented in the Senate. \01 the death of his sponsor two ,o'her Senators from the same re- gion tried to make the ymm,, coun- iy editor modify his radical views. IHe refused and was discharged. Stars Newspaper Thereupon he founded a rival }sheet the Tribune of the Aisne. iHe was his own ¢irculation and |business manager and principal |writer. So hard did he work for his political ideals that the can- didates he backed made a clean sweep in The 1885 Legislative elec- tions, beating those patronized by his former paper. came .ou' of the melee an and |Assistant Mayor of Anizy-le-Cha- teau. | ‘Three years later, at 31, he {was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, where he wsdon distin- |guished himself by his grasp of |financial affairs. One of his ear- |Hest successes was engineering, a teform in France’s treasury sys- |tem that saved the nation $400,- 000,000 a year. He was beaten for re-election ,ta the Chamber in 1889 by a sup- | porter of that picturesque figure, ,Gen Boulanger. Doumer found & ‘berth' as pflndm.l secretary to |Charles Floquet, theri Speaker of the lower house, and in it com- pleted his political edueation. He found time to write articles for several papegs, notably the then budding Petit Parisien, which later boasted the largest cifculation in France. Doumer was returned to the Chamber at a_ bye-eléction in the |re-elected in 1893, |ter, |the energetic young minister’s push- ired school teach- | |China thanks %o his fa-| Hyams has the feminine lead and supporting players include Guy | Kibbee, Hale Hamilton; Robert Mc- | Wade, Clara Blandick and Walter Walker. Two_ years la- at only 38, he was Minister of Finance in Leon Bourgeois' all-radical Cabinet. It was in largé measure due 0 ing for the adoption of the income tax, always abhorent to the French, tr the Bourgeoise ministry was de’ 1 in 1895. Meline, at Ji “the father of French agriculture,” succeeded rgeoise and, although Doumer vas a bitter opponent, offered him he Governor-Generalship of Indo- In that way the new Pre- mier thought he would shelve a dangerous adversary. Rules Seven Years Doumer ruled Indo-China for | seven years, re-organizing the | great Colony's administration and finances, quelling local uprisings and introducing labor-saving farm machinery. On his return to| France his old Department of the | ‘Aisne sent him back to the Cham- ber. In a schort time he was! Chairméan of the Budgef Commit- tee. Three years later, in 1905, he was elected President—or Speaker | —of the lower house. The Presidential election of 1906 saw Doumer pitted against Fall- ieres, then President of the Sen- ate. The latter beat him by 449 votes to 371. Thereafter his poli- | tical career was rather in the de-| scendant. In 1912 he forsook the| Chamber, being elected Senator tu represent Corsica. Militarist Already an acknowledged exper: on financial questions, Doumer be- gan at that time the serious con- sideration of military affairs. He| did much to fortify France's pre- war ‘army, supporting ‘the three| years' service bill, ‘the -one crei ihg an extra army corps and that | providing for new infantry and ar-| tillery regiments. ‘The outbreak of the World War fo him acting as a sort of unofficial government commisary with Gen. Gallieni, who | was, as Militray. Governor of Paris one of the principal artisans of the victory cn the Marne, Doumer proved to be one of the ! most democratic of French Presi- dents, having an abhorence of the | formalities of the office. He was | the first to emancipate himself | from red tape and to go and some | as he pleased without official es- cort or outward honors. Despite his reputation as @ frugal Ui and a rigid economist in Stats affairs, he entertained amply and well and did all that was require of him as official host of the Re- public. —e UNKNOWN IN MOSCOwW MOSCOW, May 7.—Newspapers published without comment dis- pateh from Paris .telling of the assassination of President Pau Doumer but no one could be foun who knew anything of the assassin POISON IS FOUND MCNTE CARLO, May 1. A deadly poison, of sufficient quan tity to wipe out the whole popu- lation of Monaco was found by the police in a search of the apart- ment of Dr. Paul Gorguloy. Th assassin’s wife was: arrested. The police said they believed she had no part in her husbands plot, but she is in custody never- | Yonne Department in 1890, being theless, {Cuba, where he supervised the De- | General |down their . Judge Advocate General's office. He .| Was made chief of this department BESIDES ENGLISH William Haines, as the star player in the “New Adventures of Get- Rich-Quick Wallingford,” is trying te comvince Leila Hyams, who has the part of the leading feminine role in the play that he loves her. He seems to be making some headway. The pleasing comedy will be shown at the Capitol Theatre tomorrow, the first presentation at the afternoon matinee. MAJOR GENERAL CROWDER IS ON LAST COMMAND . IDIETZEL IS WITH SEMI-PRO OUTFIT SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 7.— Adolph (Too Tall) Dietzel, since his withdraw, ago, has playing se |With a San Anfonio team. Diet ‘fiet a Southwest basketball con- ference scoring record last winter \wnch l91 pom',s Soldier and Diplomat Pass-| es Away After Dis- tinguished Career (Continued 1rom Pnge Onm 1 Zm’ds (ONDE R Wi = z? 5 N ENOCH . CROWDE Called back to the Atlantic di- vision to become Chief of Staff in | 1006, Crowder was transferred to |partment of State and Justice |under the Provisional Government |headed by Governor General Wood. It was here that Crowder estab- lished a reputation for legal prow- ess_ in delicate negotiations en- meshed in turbulent affairs. When he reached the palace Hayana the revolutionists led by | Gomez had barely laid| arms. He diagnosed | |the chief difficulty of Preside Palma as a lack of laws to c into effect the new constitution. With an advisory commission Crowder set about supplying the |need. He helped draft Cuba’s sta- tutes setting up her executive de- partments and her judiciary sys- |tem,. and the laws for her pro- |vincial governments. He finally brought about. the electoral law. After an absence of nearly three years Crowder returned to the Think of ft—the quickest and slickest, closest and smoothest “shave” you ever had—without using a razor! 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Between scenes foreign versions Laurel and personally supervised the cutting and changing of the Eng- lish version, and when necessary stopped production of the foreign comedies to make additional scenes | for 2 English. “Pardon Us” is a riotous satire |of the currently popular prison melodramas, everything being typi- cal of actual penitentiary condi- tions except the madeap activities of Laurel and Hardy. Variety of Cenditions The comic pair adjust themselves 0 a variely of conditions in their usual inimitable manner and man- age to get into all sorts of diffi- culties and complications. 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The dance #self offers one of \the finest evening’'s entertainments ‘of its kind that will be available in many months to come. Best jof music is promised by the Sere- Inaders who have been engaged to | play. A large number of Juneauites will attend the island affair to- night. French Fear Goobers as Petil to Olive Oil NICE, France, May 7—When Joseph E. Wesson of Detroit afi- nounced plans for starting a. pea- nut farm here lacal. farmers waved olive branches at him. But not with any peaceful in- tent. They whittled their olive {limbs, figuratively speaking, into clubs and made him sign a sol- |emn agreement. not to press oil from his goobers. They thought it might peril the olive growing - industry. even introduce a side-splitfing song and dance episode as a novelty. James Parrott directed the pro- duction. Featured supporting roles are played by Wilfred Lucas, Wal- ter Long, June Marlowe and James Finlayson. [ No Razors! No Cuts! No Scap! No Walts Ing at Barbers! 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