The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 30, 1932, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, bATURDAY JULY 30, 1932. TONIGHT CAPITOL w.».RAI.I’I-I INCE SALLY BLANE WILLIAM FARNUM EVE SOUTHERN- REX BELL PRISCILLA DEAN A story of the broken code born of perilous life amidst the ocean’s dangers . ... a shipwreck in mountainous waters . .. a miracvlous rescue . .. a sea beast's lust and love’s vengeance that lived through twenty years to wreak the justice of the brave. An 1.E. CHADWICK Production Directedly O¥T0 BROWER “MELLON DRAYN Comedy “MICKEY’S HOLIDAY”—Mickey McGuire Comedy CAPITOL SUNDAY MATINEE—2 P. M. MONDAY SUNDAY HER NAME RINGS ROUND THE WORLD AGAIN| NEGRI .. Cani® Yoou Geitid's Supeth lecd ‘At La THE EVENT OF THE HOUR!. %] in drama of fire and spectacle A WOMAN COMMADRDS BASIL RATHBONE. : ROLAND YOUNG . . . H. B. WARNER | Dirécted by PAUL L. STEIN CHARLES R. ROGERS . Prodiction #@RKO RADIO PICTURE "ELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS ALWAYS “A Woman Commands” Previews at 1 0’Clock Tonight ADDED ATTRACTION—MONDAY NIGHT ONLY AT 8 Q'CLOCK — “THE ADMIRAL ROGERS” ARTIST TRIO—Featuring M. Wingerter on the “VIBRA HARP" an instrument never heard in Juneau before s, LOVE ENTWINED WITH PERILS IN Sally Blaine and William Farnum Star in Play at Capitol “The Law of the Sea,” with Sal-| ly Blaine and William Farnum in the feature roles, will headline the new program to be shown tonight only at the Capitol theatre. “The Law of the Sea” is replete with “thrills. It vividly portrays a shipwreck thai ofturs during a| storm of hurricane proportions.' Bercides the dangers and perils, there are also born of them deeds of bravery and courage. Through the breath-taking action of the picture runs a love romance | of fascinating character. The , supporting cast includes Eve Southern, Rex Bell and Pris- cilla Dean. Otto Brower direcu?d LARGER MINING ACTIVITIES IN INTERIOR SEEN (Continuea iruin rage ©ne) ! grade crude :ore and concentrates| daily over a short road to the rail- road. In addition to the Ferry property he is also managing two dredging operations—one on Fish! reck in the Fairbanks section | and the other on American Creek | at Hot Springs. (About 20 men| are employed at Eagle Creek. Dunkle Mine Progressing The Willow Creek Gold Mines, under W. E. Dunkle, continues to progress substantially. Mr. Stew- | art was not able to visit the dis- trict but met Mr. Dunkle. The| company is now employing 106 men! and its production is said to be on a gratifying basis. W. G. Smith, representing c(m-] adian operators, is in the district| now preparing to launch devel- | opment program on the Kempf| properties which adjoins the Lucky Shot and War Baby groups on the east. The ground is on the north side of Craigle Creek. Smith is transporting 150 tons of equlpmen’ and supplies by truck from Wa-| silla to the property. The season in the Willow Oreek | country has been abnormally lats,| Mr. Stewart said. There was an; unusually Heavy snowfall last win- | ter and some of it still rema\nsf in the high passes. This has han-| dicapped transportation material- ly. Other properties in the district: on which work is being done in-) cludes the Gold Cord, Gold Mint, “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Special ALL Washable Silk’ DRESSES AT A BIG REDUCTION f i | ish Peerage, but she also has the distinction of the BACK ON SCREEN INROYAL ROLE | three {no§ detract from her perfect co {mand of English and adds a dis- i tinetly interesting note to hgr per- Mountain near Cordova. STAGE FAILURES 'LEAD T0 HONORS IN SCREEN WORK Peggy dhubidon 14 Fealur ed with Richard Arlen at Coliseum Peérle Peeress Roles in 15 successive stage fail- ures were instrumental in bringing (about Peggy Shannon's selecmon as the girl to pldy the part left | vacant in “The’ Secret' Call” by |the suddeén illness of Clara Bow. | “The Secrst Call” | tonight only at the Coliseum thea- | tre. | The red-haired Miss Shannon had been Iwhen she received the first offer Not only is Lady Vietor Warrender |of a role on Broadway. The show (above), wife of the eighth Bar-|was a “flop” and tan less than | onet of Lochen { regarded as the a ‘week. beautial woman in th-‘Bri‘~| Longest Run Was 2 Weeks In two full seasons Mis§ Shan- 48 non appéared in 15 shows, the big- A most gest “hit™ of ' them all ‘having run the’ distourdging time of tWo weeks, On évery ‘show she rehearsed fiom C_l % 0L three to four weeks before it op- ened. Yet in these many failures Miss Shannon stood out as a personal success. As an actress, she was displaying “the stuff”' that ‘counts for ‘success. "Almost “ every show she was n was seén by important theatrical producers. Long-Term Contract | Paramouht officials 'saw several 'of ‘the “flops,” liked the flaming- Pre- hajred girl and gave her a screen 1 [ test which resulted in a long-term views a‘“' and S.hOWS |contract ‘and a trip to, Ho?lgy\wud Sunday at Capitol = | 8he had just amived in Holly- | ===== {wood when Miss Bow, who was re- kearsing the stellar role in “The Secret Call” was taken il Two days later, Miss Shannon was sub- stituted for the Brooklyn Bonfire, and co-featured with Richard Ar- len in her first screen part. POLA NEGRI IS *“Woman Commands “A - Woman |ring Pola Negri, Commands,” star- will be previewed 1 o'clock tonight and be shown regularly tomorrow at the Cabi- tol theatre, This RKO Radio picture marks |the return to the screen of Miss |Negri, one of the greatest faver- ites in the era of silent pictures. Three years ago, when she was a’, the very peak of her fame, Miss Negri deserted the screen to re- Property at Healy, the Eyan Jones and Premier mines in the Chick- aloon fields. Capt. A. E. Lathrop, President of the Healy Company, has just turn to Europe. Tiring of idle-|started the constriction of a $45,- ness she finally accepted the Qffer!0p0 coal bunker at Fairbanks. It to reappear on the talking scregn. \will be modern in 'every respect, Perfected ier English |having all tre necessary facilities Miss Negri has devoted a great for economical unloading and load- deal ‘ot *ime to perfecting her ing of coal, and will lower the cost command of English. To make of handling. certain of its adequacy she stipu- Drilling in Progress (lated that she would not sign al The Government's exploratory talking picture contract until she program in the Chickaloon region had prefaced it with a' London s moving ahead satisfactorily. On |stage engagement, Anthracite Ridge, Lynch Brothers In this she scored a triumph. A |have completed one hole, going weeks' engagement prolong-!to a depth of 1,000 feet, and" has ed itself into a run of three months |started its second one. Two holes, before the PBritish would permit!are being sunk on Moose Creek {her to take a farewell bow and, by the Pennsylvania Drilling Com- sail for America. Adds to Personality The piquant Negri accent does‘; pany.. The gperauons are being carried on by ' Christofferson Brothers, The results of the drilling oper- | ations have not yet been released for 'publication This program 1§ part of thé Government's ‘program | to develop’ tonnage for the “Aldskat |Rallroad and was launched last’ |year. sonality. Paul L. Stein, who directed Miss Negri in' sfléft films, also direct- ed “A Woman Commands,” Hor-~ ace Jackson adapted ‘the story for | the scréen from 'Thilde Forster's original which was inspired by the tragic drama of the late Queen Draga of Serbia. May Curtail Work Reduced appropriations from Congréss make it necessary for! th¢ Bureau of Mines to curtail {scme of “its cperations in Alaska, | Mr. Stewart said. One of the main ‘1easons for his trip to the I'm,erwt “confer with ?resid;m dhafles E. Burnell of thé Alaska lege, about the co- operative Uicatlon of Fern, and” probably one or other groups, Nuka Bay Unvisited Mr. Stewart was unable to visit ¢ the Nuka Bay district where Bab- cock and Downey were recently s ‘heén carried on by Paul reported to have made an import- ‘Hoéklns of ‘that institufion under ant discovery of high grade gold th Bureau of Mines, ore. Neither did he see the of funds made it impossi- | ported quartz discovery on G r the Bureau to continue two He was informed ‘dt Cordova‘ tl)at the discovery was the result’ |of some float picked up from de- bris leff by the breaking of &' lake from an arm of Miles Glac= ier,” A minéralized dyke ‘was found ' near the glacier and many claims have been staked. It js under- stood that an engineer of the Ken- necott Copper <Corporation has |made an examination of the dyké but his Teport has not been made public. Coal Industry Normal The coal mining industry of the is one of t part:s%.d to the Territory of any that is now carried on. Mr.” Hop~ ng will Be kept’ as Tong s funis rinit, possivly a month or two ,:'%‘yeer In that time,” 1t .15 “hopest system "¢dn be worked out whezeb; : on at thé college. | the work cén ‘be ‘carried, —e—— ‘GOING SOUTH" Mrs, Charles E. Harland has |booked passage on the Northland | will be Shown | in stock in Brooklyn| { Ivmh' PREVIEW 1:00 A. M. New Popular Admis 10 cents—Adults Thomas MEIGHAN Hordio ALBRIGHT MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN PQNALD DILLAWAY { MYRNA LOY Hungex .and Hope and heart-ache in a city of canyons. TONIGHT ON THE STAGE Good Atitracitnons Are Co P44 - ALSO bUNDAY AND MONDAY SPECIAL ATTRACTION GOLDIE PARACK — (Late of Fanchon Marco) Presenting the Buck and Wing and Tap Dancing —TONIGHT ONLY——— “ THE SECRET CALL” with-RICHARD ARLEN--PEGGY. SHANNON FREE CANDY BARS TO THE KIDDIES 5w Qe mmg WBRO HARP! T WILL BE PLAYED ' 'MONDAY NIGHT ISteamship Admiral Rogers’ Oxchestra Is Engaged by Capitol Theatre Ever hear sn electro-vibro harp? You ought ‘o, urges Eric Paulson, manager of the Capitol theatre. A neW instriment which has been fntroduced into the musical world, will ‘be’ heard ‘at the Capitol thea- 1tre Mondj\y night. The three -plece orchestra, whlch has been voyaging with the steam« ship Admiral Rogers during the! present tourist season, ' has been nzage;i for an appearance at the Capitol. ‘Martin ‘Wingirter is the lead‘er e has attained pmfic- ency on the vibro harp, and will {entertain. with "selections on this latest of music-producing crea- ations. A Other; members of the ship's orchestra are Harold Roberts, who | specializes on the piano and Bar- rett Lindman, who excels on the | violin. m ‘Be_Versatile “Pime WS wnen a professional musician could qualify if he played only ong instrumeént” " commentéd Mz. Paulson, “but no longer ' “Now ' | ¥ minerals ' work | fie ‘milst" Have double or treble steamship Admiral Rogers, n The Admiral | | accomplishments. meet modern Rogers’ musicians }mqu‘ ments. ° figirter not only entices ;melody from ‘the electric vibro ctivity which,” Mr. St.ewa.rt‘hflTb but ‘also performs on the cl nwst im- | 7ylophone, the piano and the drums \Drums! Dont smile. Leaders of | Vorchestras ¢ quite often handle the drum sets these days. Mr, Win- | girter knows' Bis bigle, too, He 1§ |n member oI the WUniversity st of the Aferican Legion in Sea le and instriichof of its drum and b wcorpx, the best in the Puget “Por two years he wab Natlorial ~Broadcasting |Company. ip its radio studio in 'Cmcago ! “l,y- Plano Accordion a’ “SI(YLINE" HAS | SIS MANY THAIELS I8 ) ," {Play Prewews at | A M. . ’ and Shows Tomorrow at Coliseum With an etherical loye story, an outstanding cast, a noted and sets of magnitude and uty, “Skyline,” the Fox plotu be previewed at 1 o'clock tomgm and shown regularly ~tomorrow At the Coliseum theatre. | “Skyline” does not depénd upon romance alone to furnish . enter- | taimment. ‘Tt embraces thrills,” ad- venture, intrigue and ac- tion. It tells the story of a youth- ful dreamer, brought up on a river harge, who when “he dis- ,coyers . the brutal and 'dissipated wcspznmlsnotms father, escapes by l Iswlmlmng to shore where be,ob- paper, whmh roueuled Jtains work on a New Yor; CM:! | erimi loun x building site. tte the wnfo nf Lor Lonls Mountba! ) second cousin of Kiflt Geomc. Befriended by Rich Builder ¥ He is befriended by the weahhy | builder, after the .latters has idis~ |the- violin, likes to sing, top, and covered the plucky youth .is. his ean. son. The boy has known | “The trio’s presence on the stage' ithe rav,her ag:lm m;“;.:u)n is: so lof the Capitol’ Monday night, is bmerly prejudiced and when his made possible by the fact that Lhei]:l?el:;?r;; rz:?;ued as 1?11:; p.f;; bound from ‘Seattle to' BkagWay, |his’ past, branding :fis with the will be in Juneaw on. her 'localfgna; that he deserted call then, The musicians will mr::r i the -boy 'play in the first show only, be-! Eventually, however, |ing scheduled to appear at 8 o'~ ‘cumes close to Ccommitting the same sin of which he accuses his father, precipitating a - startling .climax. Appearing in & erow London court room to test;,gf n_ her suit against a metropolil weekly that had made scurrilous attacks upon her character, hinting -t - Humm with ‘a colored. mai Mountbatten (above marriage to th fin l ily, won an -pa ul; (g g interior is on a normal basis! Mr. Stewart said. He inspected all for Seattle. She will visit in nye‘ Robect, besides being a | PABIIC "NoFthwest for several weeks. | pmnlst of unysual talent, likewise ——leeo—— {1 a skillful playor of the piano, Seven of the eight clubs in the | Texas League "pitt into 'effect at three operating properties — thel Healy River Coal Corgorauons Office. Old papers for sale at !lnnll’!i accordion. “Mr, l,indman. while preferrm'v M . ‘Mother of Thirteen 5 f e 4 ' Romance in Plot i Gives Her Experience| An euchintiig romanice thredds d it ¥ nished by Hardie Albright, Kansas City, Mo. — Mrs. T. B.lenacts the role of fhe son, Widely known resident of this city, as Meighan enacts the role of sajd: “sargon &nd Sargon ' Soft wealch;'z builder. 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