The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 17, 1932, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA hMPIRh. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1932. TONIGHT MEN DARED DEATH TO SCREEN STROHEIM Short Subjects TONIGHT [MARY ASTOR..JOEL McCREA tertaining HUGH 'HERBERT .. ROBERT | RMSTRONG . ERICH VON movies in Hollywood. NA NITE— PREVIEW 1 A. M. “€(AVDAL FOR SALE” CAPITOL 'Air Dangers and Glamorous Love FeatureTheaTre Programs ROMANCE AND | GAPITOL FILM} i““Lost Squadron Tells of Notunuvj Dangers Risked in Show 7", But AN AIR SHOW | IN THE MAK- | Making Movies In “The Lost Squadron” a vi- vid dramatic air thriller, the self- sacrificing brotherhood of men, air lls galore and spectacular airplane crashes are combined with a glamorous romance, Richard Dix stars with a strong supporting cast. The picture gives a. truthful, en- and always thrilling story of the making of aviation Tells Story of Dangers . Basad on the stirring adventures (of the film stunt aviators—the men vho risk their lives for the sake of injecting thrills in pic- tures--the picture: tells the story of these nerveless danger seekers in relstion to actual movie tak- |ing. | Thus “The Lost Squadron” de- | parts from the accepted and stere- otyped form of story-telling and :presen:s a double drama of strength and suspense. Charzcicrizations are Excellent seen also in the characterizations. Mary Astor plays the role of a screen actress who is married to an eccentric- director, Erich von Stroneim. The director is arch villain, a man who has no — | qualms over the tragedies of crash- |es and injuries incidental to the making of thrilling air epics. JUNEAU SAMPLE Other roles are played by Dor- . othy Jordan, ingenue; Robert Arm- SHOP strong and Joel McCrea, as film The Lit_e Store with the stunt aviators; Hugh Herbert, as J BIG VALUES a mechanic and Ralph Ince as a - s g opem AR ® | detective. [ p—p— . ——————— UNEAU-YOUNG LABOR DAY DANCE J N Dance with the Moose Sept. 5. Funeral Parlors Tifis mausle; <9 Licensed Funeral Directors e — and Embalmers ¢ The Empirs Nighit Phone 18:1 Ddy Phone13 | | 1, Papers. for saje at The Empir . . HOT NEWS Pull down your, shades! Stufl your “keyholes! Cover your transoms! Beware of the “tele- phone! Watch out for the man from “Scan- dal For Sale!” COMING SOON TO THE CAPITOL Electric: BEDS 2 THE VOSS Washing Machine $57.50 , Delivered any place 'in: Juneau. or Donglas Compare the price withi ‘that of similar articles sold by mail-order houses And remember this is a.darn. good: washer and i’s guaranteed as such Alaska Electric Light Power€o. -~ JUNEAU—Phone 6 Edison Mazda Lamps—the Standurd: of Comparison and v MA TTRESSES Beautiful 1‘ Pesign and Attractive in. Color BUILT FOR SLEEP and DOUGLAS—Phone 18 SPRENGS vare (0. PERILS UNITE IN | . The unusualness of the film is¥ the | Gaiety F ades Into Gnef Charles Bickford and Claudia Dell are depicted here in one of their tense scenes in “Scandal For Sale,” which will be pre- viewed at 1 o‘eleck tonight at the Capitol Theatre. | | { f | Nome has w, sori drink parlor| named the “Glue Pot.” Bears are so numerous in the environs of Cordova that fear for ithe safety of children is felt by pareats. The animals have been jrepo— ed from the Ocean Dock res- {idences to homes in the direction of the Tripod Trail, down back of the O'Neil residence and in Ol Town and Railroad Row. Fishing in lakes in the Chitina | district is better this summer then it "has been in Ymany years, the Cordova Times says. The lake wa- ters are said to be trout and grayling.” Two hundred and fifty pounds of lumber were dropped 50 feet from an airplane on a. mountain north of Anchorage for a pros- pector, who was aboard the plane, and pointed out to Pilot Oscar Winchell where to unload the car- go. The prospector was landed in nearvy foothills, and then the air- craft returned to Anchorage. John Tirpatk, known as “Bear- paw,” was run over by 'a gravel truck in Mount MecKinley National Park. Several ribss were broken and he suffered internal injuries. He wa: taken to the hospital in Fairhanks, where it is said, he will recovar. Amputation of the left leg just below the knee resulted to Deputy Unit2d States Marshal J. M. Re- gan of the Third Division, who is |stationed at Vaidea He under- 'wens the opergtion in the huspital at Seward. Spread of infeetion from an injured toe, necessitated the amputation. Orville Cowden was overcome by cleaning fluid fumes in B. Ray Dryson's- store in Cordova., He was taken to the hospital where it was found necessary to adminis- ter oxygen to revive him. He com- pletely recovered. — Several tons of films of silent pictures were dumped Yukon River by the Dawson Fam- ily theatre. They had accumulated over a period of years, Talking pictures are now shown in, the Klondike capital, “ww Abuncant rains in the Flat dis- triet bave provided plenty of wa- ter for mining operations, and ‘thm 15 reason to-believe the pro- DISHAW IS LOW BIDDER ON J0B Local Contractor Award- ed: Contract for Three Overhead Crossings —_ Alfred Dishaw, local building con- tractor, was today awarded the contract for constructing three over-head crossings at the Alaska Juneau for the Thane: section of Glacier Highawy. He was the low- est of five bidders, it was an- nounced by M. D. Williams, Dis- trict Engineer, United States Bu- reau of Public Roads. Dishaw’s tender was for $6858. The minimum wage to be paid will be $4 per day. Concrete Products Manufactur- ing Company, also of Jumeau, was a close second, bidding $6,925.15. Other: bidders were: R. H. Stock, 1$7.740; Warrack Construction Com- pany, $7.825; and R. J. Sommers, $9,320. The engineers’ estimates on the project totaled $8,980. ‘Work will start immediately upon approval; of the bid and signing of f‘hz contract by Washington head- jquarters of the buraeu, and is to Abe mmd within 60 days of the “alive with | into the| ‘0% TRANE ROAD SR S —— All-Alaska News i duction of placer gold for the! |summier will reach close to $350,- 1000, sccording to Dave Strandberg, 5p10n<- .: mining man, as quoted in {the Avnchorage Times. Upwards of |300 persons are in the district. | Jerry Galvin, old time mining man on Dahl Creek in the Kou- ‘garok district north of Nome and |in Southeast Alaska, went to Nome this summer, accompanied by a miniag engineer, J. J. McDonald. ' They investigated the quartz prop- erties at Bluff of Olson and. Mee- gan which have been worked. in In support of the Western A1~ aska Tair, to be held at Anchorage September 3, § and 5, the Alaska | Railroad will transport exhibits ! to and from Anchorage free and also caretakers of livestock ex- hibitors. Reduced passenger rates will be granted visitors te the fair. Alex Maclntosh, who first came North in 1897, died recently at Cand's from a two-months siege of the flu. He and Duncan Me-, Donaldl went to Candle 30 years ago and were partners ever since. Patrick. Moran, 76, Alaska pion- eer, died at Fairbanks. GEORGE KILROY ON WAY. TO KUSKOKWIM, VISITS IN JUNEAU Enroute to the Kuskokwim coun- try where he will investigate gold lode prospects, George T. Kilroy, |editor of the Alaska Weekly, pub- |lished in. Seattle, visited John W, | Troy during the Yukon's stop-qver {in Janeau last night. Mr. Kilroy first came to Alaska & quarter of a century ago *and for a numher of years was ens gaged in newspaper work and min-+ country. Various phases, of this] work took him on extensive trips throughout Alaska. and imbued him with lasting ahd kindly in- |terest in: the Teritory and. Ajas+ kans. | will be six wewks, and will visi{ Juneau upon his return. ——————— WOMAN. AGENT OF VICTOR VISITS HERE Miss Eva Black, represenuné the R. C. A.-Victor Company, makers of the famous Vietor phonographs, was a Juneau visitor for a few days- this. week: She left last night on the. westbound steamship ‘Yukoa, Miss Black is making a business tour of Alaska in the interest of the Victor Company. conferring (" with its agents, imparting advice and receiving suggestions. She has | visited the principal communities in Alaska south of Jumeau. She will make stops at coastal towns to the westward and then will go to the Interior as 'far :as Fair- banks. . While in Juneau, she made her headquarters at the Ju- nean. Melody. Shop. Miss Black is the omly woman representative of the R. C. A- Victo;- Company. BShe: has visited neacly every state in the Union in the course of her business tours. . —l INFORMATION DOMINICK HAGARTY IS REGARDING /. DESIRED. AT NEW !onxx Dominick Hagarty, formerly of Mc- Carthy, Alaska. 24x. Sweeney. states cous to Mr. Hagarty, or to his heirs should he be deceased. The amount of time Mr. Kilroy jof | spend in the Interior will{States. to raise: funds to continue | lurgely. contingent upon. the{the. work of the Alaska ‘missions rapidity. with which he can. travel fand to open the school for netives but h: expects to be gone ai least |in' Skagway. 5;‘;‘? that he has information advantag- m YELLOW PRESS IS EXPOSED IN STIRRING DRAMA “Scandal: fo:?ale Wall Be| Previewed at I' To- night at Capitol “Scandal -For Sale,” from Emile Gauvreau’s novel, “Hot News” will \be previewed at I o'clock tonight and shown regularly this week at| the Capitol theatre. The photo- play is filled with the manufdec- tured news inciden®s which have $0 umuscrupulously increased the circulations of so-called Jjournais.” Book Is Popular Many of the incidents appeared in an anonymous story which Mr. Gauvreau, editor of a New York daily newspaper, wrote for the Sat- | urday Evening Post, and his hook his been circulated through end- "less eaitions in this country and has been translated already into| seventeen different languages. A Thatchet murder, a double g beauty-contest, and a fa- o tal trans-Atlantic flight were ex-|, ploited solely for the purpose of! circulation. Newspapermen in Cast Russell Mack, its director, enlist- led a corps of Los Angeles and Hollywood newspaper men for au- | thentic atmosphere. The sets were built after plans and specifica- | tions of well-known New York \newspaper offices, though they| were built in their entirety at Uni. versal City. The cast of “Scandal for Sale’ is headed by Charles Bickford. |Rose Hobart, Pat O'Brien, Claudia \Dell, Harry Beresford, Tully Mar-| !shall, J. Farrell MacDonald, Mitch- lell Harris, Hans von Twarowski, Jack Richardson, Lew Kelly and a small way for the past 20 years. Jam"s r‘arley have supporting roles. lh‘“’e BISHOP GRIMONT RETURNS; WIEL VISIT HISSIGNS Prelate Will Be Here One| Week Before Going to Interior Right Reverenda J. R. Crimont, 8.J., Catholic Bishop of Alaska, re- turned to Juneau last night on lthe steamship Yukon after an ex- tended trip of three months, which | included visits and conferences with ecclesiastics in Montrael, New York City, Chicago and other Eastern cities. After- returning to Seattle from the East the Bishop had planned to go. East again, but numerous important matters reguired his presence. in Alaska. He will re- main in Juneau a week and then go to the Interior as far as Fair- banks and probably to Holy Cross. May Use Afrplane If it is possible to arrange air- plane transportation he will visit ing in Nome and the mmwd{m other missions, as that is the; only way the scattered missions of Alaska can be reached. Following the tour and’ imspec+ tion of - the missions the Bishop expects: to make another trip to the States. He will go to..cities| the Atlantic: Coast' ‘and Central . Father Ryan on Visit Father Timothy Ryan, a secular [ priest; aceompanied the Bishop to Juneau, and will spend some time here: - ‘The Bishop and Father Ryan were taken on an automobile trip today by Rev. William G. La- Vasseur, S.J., pastor of the Juneau Cathelie. Church; to: Shrine Island at Pear] Harbor; where a, “Shrine to. Qur Blessed Mother” and- a. re- treat; house will be. built. Preliminary work: has: been done, and it is hoped ta start comstruc- tion next month. ¢ ——————— MES. HOWARD AND TWO CHILDREN COMING HOME _ Mrs. Brice Howard, wife of the festdent agent of the . Pacific Steamship Company, will leave Se- | attle 'tomorrow afternogp on the } is learned at the Parliament Builde ‘steamship, Queen for Juneau MMWMV-:: WMWM m Howard and: tbe two i Hiave been in Seattle the several weeks the son has been vtng treatment for an PULLEN TO SPEND . VACATION IN COLORADO 'mn m‘nfim Pullen, duughw Frank P. Sweeney, 51 Chambersfof Mr. m‘ W. S. Pullen, is Street, New York City, is desirious {leaving on the Admiral Rogers to- | of establishing communication with|{morrow to spend a few weeks ifi Denver, Colo., as the guest of My. ¥ visiting in Juneau and. retwrning south on the same m-m. “yellows | T Queen of Love SHE | RULED | Constanee Bennett is shown | as she appears in “The Com- , mon Law” which will be pre- sented. for the last three times & tonlgllt at the (‘olhrum l‘heatr? ERSKINE FAGES MANNING AGAIN IN GAME TODAY Hot' Battle Expected Be- tween Elks and Vets to Break Series Tie With the Little World's Series sparled: in. a .tangle after lasy {night's victory for the Elks, to- Inight's game is expected to draw the biggest crowd of the series, It ought to be the most hotly {eontested game yet played. The Vets will send Claud Brs- kine in to check the Elks' winning stride, Jimmy Manning, who was outpitched by Claud last Sunday land finally driven from the box {by the heavy hitting ex-soldiers, | will oppose him. v The Bills/are confident Man- !ning can stop the Veterans who censistently outhit their op- ponents throughout the series. The rVL‘t: rely on“Erskine to put them out in the lead again. The Elks {hit him hard in the first inning ‘sunday but after that they could ino rothing with him. The game is billed prompl]y at 6 o'clock.s EASTERN Fish COMPANY MAY BUT IN PLANT lConunued rmm Page One) to start | depression, ‘and the low prices ‘genernlly, the firm did not make a profit on the shipments, Mr. Sherman states. The firm has its main plant at Groton, Conn, and has branches 'in many states of the Union, in- | cluding California on the Pacific coast and the Orient, England, ! Spain, and several South. Ameri- can countries. “Steaking Machine” Plant ' Mr, Sherman said that the com- pany was considering putting a “ steaking. = machine” plant @cutheaswrn Alaska. This would Lmean a . idefrable payroll prac- tically the year round. The grades |9f.fisa required would be “steaked'’ in special. machines patented by |/ |the company and then shipped to the eastern pla.ut to be wrapped ‘and placed the market. EVANSVILLE, Tnd, Aug. I7— Year-old Jeanette Ann Gray has a parakeet for, a pet. The parar keet has proyed be a.jealous coms. \panioh, riding with her on her | walker, scolding other children’and. Ipets that bother her, and aftempte ing to recover toys that the baby drops. Liquor Board. in B. C. Strikes Blow at H:C.L. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 17— Liquor prices in British Columbia, at least on Canadian products, will be reduced instead of raised, it ing. Prospects for lower prices on 0ld Country brands are good, it is stated the Provincial Liquor Board being in touch with overseas dis- tillers "and wineries. Reductions in the prices of Can- Canadian firms, W. F. Kennedy, liquor commis- w. ————— MR. AND MRS, SAUNDERS, GOVERNOR’S GUESTS, DEPART Mr. and Mrs. Sherman P: Saund- {ers, who have been the house ;guell.s of Gov. George A, Parks for the past. several weeks; will leave for their home: in. Denver, Colo., morning. The visitors have made Lmnny friends during thelr stay. ml aedian whiskies and gins was made |.) on the Admiral Rogers tomcrrow. ‘COMMON LAW TO SHOW LAST TIMES TANIGHT Constance B ennett Has Leading Role in Glam- orous Love Romance i “The Common Law,”. starring Consianee Tennett, will be shown for the last times tonight at the Colissum theatre. The romantie themfe of the story is based on the advanced ideas of love enter- tained by an artist's model and the views of a man whose opinions “|on the subject are of the conven- tional order, “Four Arts Ball” With scenes laid in Paris there is opportunity for glamorous pie- turization. Ome of the highlights of the entertainment is the repre- sentation of the “Four Arts Ball,™ sensational annual event given, by students and artists of the French capitalc famous Latin quarter. Strong Supporting Cast Miss Constance is favored with a strong cast. It includes Joel Mc- Orea, Lew: Cody, Robert Willlams, Hedda Hopking, Marion Shilling, and Paul ERis. 5 Carl Stein directed. IN “PUBLIC ENEMY’ “The Public Enemy” will be pre- view>d at 1 o'clock tonight and shown regularly tomorrow night at the Coliseum theatre. 1¢ Public Enemy,” a drama whica offers the constantly in- creasing menace of youth trained in the ways of the underworlds. was written by Kubec Glasmon and John Bright and adapted for the screen by Harvey Thew. The. cast includes James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Beryl Mercer, Donald Cook, May Clarke, Mia Marvin, Leslie Fenton, Robert Emmett O'- Connor, Murray Kinnell, Ben Hendricks Jr., Rita Flynn, Clark Burroughs, Suitz Edwards, Adele ‘Wats .n, Junior Coghlan and Fran- kie Darro. Willlam Wellman di- rected. Pemberton Files. for ‘Governor inn Washington OLYMPIA, Wash, Aug. 17— William H; Pemberton, former state supreme court justice has filed with the Seeretary of State his declaration of candidaecy for gov- ernor on+he Democratic ticket. This makes- six gubernatorial candidates in the race and several others expected to file. IAmong -other candidates to- file are Monard Walgren of Everett, forme: amateur billiard champion; seeking the Demoeratic nominar tion for Congress. from the second distrie and'Hugh C, Todd, Seattle running for Congress from thefirst district on the Democratic ticket. - e HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALS FIND WII‘II‘HJINO PAY OUT BAORA!MO Oll.. AM .= Foothal! ~officials, at Superior, Caltfornia high, school games this Fall will receive less pay for. their ‘whistl: blowing. Also, they'll have to buy their own meals. The new- scale is considerably and | previously | eaelt official was allowed traveling expenses corres: ponding to the cheapest means. of public transportation: to the game. This year they will be ut meals, unless they buy their owWn. Augusta, Kas., has been added to NEW STYLES at the NEW. PRICE $5~00 GANGLAND PICTURED: ‘ lower than paid in. former years| ¥ COLISEUM LAST TIMES “PAL NITE—2 for 1” The Secret Woman in a Great Man's Life Constance BENNETT The COMMON EAW PREVIEW TONIGHT—1 A. M. “THE PUBLIC ENEMY” with JAMES CAGNEY JEAN HARLOW HAAS Famous Candies The Cash Bazaar Open: Evenings THE NEW Hupmobile IN TRUTH A CAR FOR A NEW AGE! JAMES CARLSON Juneau Distributor { New Rubber Aprons 25¢ BUTLER MAURO DRUG CoO. EXPRESS MONEY ORDERS- ANY TIME Phene 134 Free- Delivery - I NEW FELT | HATS