The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 25, 1932, Page 3

-|IlllllIIlflllllllIlllllIIIIIIIIIIlllllIIIIIllIIIIllll]lIIlIlllII|lllllllllllllllllllllllllll|||n GAPITOL "lJHE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1932. LAST TIMES TONIGHT AND BILLIE DOVE FINISH TONIGHT Double F satured Program Will. Conclude its ALSO THE FIRST 1932 OLYM Run at Capitol Pictures of the élympic Games and the photoplay “The Age For Love,” featuring the program at the Capitol theatre, wul be shown SHOWING OF THE PIC GAMES ROSCOE ATES in “NEVER THE TWINS” — CHINA NFTE—— “The. wectecusdB STARTING TOMORROW, irimsida ? WHEELER, WOOLSEY and EDDIE QUILLAN |nations, whien . 8 in “GIRL Also HARRY LAU CRAZY” DER in “NANNY” {ment COMING—“STRICTLY DI%HO\IORABLE,” Robert Mont- “Lovers’ Courageous,” “Destiny Rides Again,” “EMMA” gomery: in R in all its thrilling” aspects, and then: are réeproduced on; the screen many;; of the competi-Charles Starrett tive events, such as the sprint and “Ladies of the Jur),” IIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIIIIIIIIl]IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII" Hellmer Hellvik dropped dead on the trail between the Nixon gold quartz mine, where he had worked a few days, and McGrath. He had | been feeling ill and was intending on reaching McGrath to take an girplane to Anchorage for hospi- tal treatment. He came to Alaska only a few weeks before his death from Chicago, Tll. where he leaves a wife and children. Fears are entertanied for Dan Segrew, who left Nebesna for Paitbanks July 3 and who has not been seen since. His dog, in a starv- ing condition, made its appearance August 4 at Harry Boynden's camp near McCarthy. Death took two old-time Alaskans when Charles Franks, 80 and Harry Buttel, 64, passed away ‘at Seward. Franks been the last survivor of the Greely Arctic expedition. Laurence Johnson, head of the mechanical force of the Alaska Road Commission for the Fair- banks district, suffered two broken ribs a cut on the back of the head an bruises when an automo- bile in which he was riding over- turned on a road 18 miles from Fairbanks. The accident happened when Clarence Burglin, assistant engineer of the Commission, who was driving, turned off the road to, avold a collision with™ a motor | truck. Flood waters of Moose Creek in the Matanuska coal district| north of Anchorage swept away several of the buildings of the Baxter coal mine and washed out about a mile of the Moose Creek branch of the Alaska Railroad. Bids to supply 2,000 spruce pil- ing, ranging in length from 20 to 50 feet have been asked for by the Alaska Railroad, tenders to be submitted to the Anchorage head- quarters of the Railroad. More than two tons of mail— to be exact, 4545 pounds—were transported from Valdez to Fair- banks by a motor truck. The mail had come from the South to Val- dez on the steamship Aleutian The postal matter was routed over the Richadson Highway because service on the Alaska Railroad bad been interrupted by floods. Oito Sandbeck, who was grad- uated from the Seward high school in 1930 ‘and who' in'‘the" course of seven years has worked in ‘all departments ‘of the Seward Gate- way, will enter the University of ‘Washington next month to take the SPORT FELTS Turbans In the mew Fall Shades AEo large henfl sizes All-Alaska News is said to have| course in journalism. C. J. Lincke Jjavelin-throwing contests. I n“The Age For Love,” Edward Everett Horton, popular performer, has a prominent part. The highest-salaried free-lance actor in motion picturess he has a habit.of “stealing the show” and grabbing off most of the laughs He does so in “The Age For Love. He keeps auditors laughing with his inimitable humor. The famous comedian is one of the busiest actors in Hollywood and one of the wealthiest. Besides presenting Horton in his most interesting portrayal ‘“The Age For Love" the United Artists release ‘brings Billie Dove back to the screen after eighteen months’ absence in one of the finest per- formances of her career. ' It fea- tures also, Charles Starrett, Lois Wilson, Mary Duncan, Adrian Morrls and others. veteran Alaska newspaperman will take the place of Associate Editor A. Faith on the Cordova Times, who is going East on an extended visit. ‘While the Metro-Goldwyn-May- er motion picture company, which came to Alaska to make “The Es- kimo,” has established its studios at Teller the schooner Nanuk is off Wrangell Island hunting whales. The whale hunting scenes will be incorporated in the motion picture. ULYMPIG GAMESCAPITOL BILLS "a.-: city glickers and wind up as| rough and ready westerners. Ed- § die Quillan carries the romantic ‘GIRL CRAZY’ FOR FRIDAY NIGHT Wheeler and Wi Woolsey Have Star Parts in Uproar- ious Farce “Girl Crazy,” a merry melange | of comedy, will headline the new | program tomorrow night at the Capitol theatre. | Heading the array of talent are} the inimitable Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey who start the film lead of a girl crazy youth who transforms a respectable cattle ranch into a whoopee dude : re- sort. Hillywood’s Child Mimie Mitzi Green, Hollywood’s child mimic, plays a ‘pestiforous little sister and the fomance and beau- ty brigade is headed by Dorothy Lee, Arline Judge, Kitty Kelly and Lita Chevret. Stanley Melds and Chrisp Pin Martin play the shoot and run wvillaths. Satire of West Besides this uproarious comedy satire of this modern dude-ranch West, and the gay buffoonery of Wheeler and Woolsey music by the Gershwin brothers, George and Ira, adds to the entertainment of the filp with such song hits as “I Got Rhythm"” and “Sam 'and Delilah.” ‘The film tells the story of a playboy, Quillan, who is'sent to supposed isolation on a ranch be- cause he is girl crazy. However, he chases the cows and bulls off the piace and substitutes a bevy of pretty girls and invites his friends. Farce Is Continuous ‘The story is farce throughout, with . an. abundance of novel com- Love On Guard Lois Moran and Edmund Lowe aré shown hére’ in' ‘one of their scenes in “Transatlan- tic,” a drama of throbbing, glit- tering mystery and romance, which will headline the new program tonight at the Coli- seum Theatre. edy episodes which rise to ex- treme heights when the inimit- able Wheeler and Woolsey, dressed as senoritas fling amorous gaunt- lets into the faces of Mexican had men. William Seiter directed. — GOING TO HOONAH Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Black after a short stay in Juneau, are leav- ing’‘today on the Estebeth for Hoonah where they will teach ISCENES LAIDON OCEAN LINER IN COLISEUM PLAY ‘Transatlanhc. with Ed mund Lowe and Lois ! Moran, Shows Tonight Anchors aweigh! Full speed ahead! Thrills and romances are sprayed with the brine of the sea and flavored wi celuxe ocean lin he luxury of a the Coliseum theatre where e Fox drama ‘“Transatlantic,” with Edmund Lowe and Lois Moran in the lead- ing roles begins sailing tonight its entertaining course Things Happen Rapidly From the moment Lowe, as a suave and debonair gambler slips aboard the S. S. Transatlantic in America ‘to escape the district at- torney's graft probe until the ocean grevhound ' docks at its European port things ‘begin to happen rap- idly, and not omly to Lowe, but to his fellow passengers who in- clude Miss Moran as the daugh- ter ‘of a German lens grinder, im- personated by Jean Hersholt and an absconding banker, played by John = Halliday, Wwhose nefarious operations have cost Hersholt his life savings. Wife and Sweetheart To add to the complications Hal- liday is accompanied by his wife, Myrna Loy, and aboard ship is also | Halliday's light o' love, a role por- trayed by Greta Nissen. { Lowe gives an exceéllent portray- al’ of his part. TLois Moran is sweet and convineing. ‘Greta Nissen lends both her tal- ent and blonde beauty to the pro- duction while Myrna Loy shows| that 'she is equally capable in a sympathetic role as she is in an exotic one. Jean Hersholt and John Halli- day display their capabilities ns! school. this season. always. Deputy United States Marshal H. 1. Staser, in charge of the mar- shal’s office at Anchorage, has en- rolled as a student in the Star Air Service flying school at An- chorage. S. Yabe, Japanese mihing en- gineer, connected with the geologi- cal institute of the South Man- churian Railway Company at Dar- ien, Manchuria visited Fairbanks to study placer mining methods there. He then flew to Nome. One hundred and twent-five tons of equippment have 'been moved from Anchorage to the Gold Top Syndicate quartz mine, in the Wil- low Creek district. This is a newly developed property, owned by W. G. Smith and associates. An addi- tional 200 tons wil be taken to the mine before October 1. Eighteen men are on the payroll. 'SCHOOLHOUSE | -~ WINDOWS OFFER : BATTERS TARGET ERIE, Pa. Aug. 25.—Across the street from right field at the Erie ballpark is a schoolhouse with a row' of windows which offer a | tempting target for batsmen. So far, however, only one batter has ever sutceefied in scoring a bullseye. He was First Baseman Prielps of Yourgsmwn OLYMPIC ROOMS ! FRONT STREET - Clean—Comfortable—Close in Phone 534 Mrs. F. Hayden. pittery but HOW YOUNG ARE YOU? You're as young as ‘you feel, If your tax " digestion. ' Lighten ' the work of the body by eating . PEERLESS WHOLE-WHEAT BREAD It's 100% whole-wheat, ‘with all its unequaled nutriment. 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They are certain to please you. hits the Rfdm/z for | | work in the islands of the Soclety;‘“@ ‘to woo her and the: dramatic |fully ‘from the azure bosom of 'of the Polynesian race—fair-skin- Athletic Events Vie With Love Dramas| TRANSATLANT PROMENADE for smart sirens’ whose sighsand eyes makeaprize of the wariest millionaire ael--N N ROR THURSDAY—=FRIDAY SOUTH SEA LOVE PUT UN SCREEN ned, black-haired people who are akin fo tne Hawallans, Two of them Matahi ‘and . Reri, a ‘handsome youth 'and @ Beautiful maiden, were selected *as the“hero and- heroine of: the -produotion’ “Tabu” ‘Means " Sabred’ “Tabu,” a story of Polynesian| ‘Tabu means “sacred”. “umtouch- |love in a South Pacific island, will |able,” - “beyond the . awr- 'be previewed at 1 o'clock Friday dinary humans” Tn night and shown regularly Satur- |Reri, .the beautiful day at the Coliseum theatre. |Iné 1s declared chieftain of her tribe clared to be ‘a Goddéss. suitor 15 ‘prevented’ from qohunn Polynesians are the principal and supporting actors in “Tabu.” This picture is the result of 14 months’ phase of the story" m. “Tabu” presents tfi hm‘nl in all "their native shows 'them fishing, ahd’ diving for pearls in the ocean, in’which they live a great part of “working lives. Other sections of the ' pic- ture ‘reveal thelr :mudana and rellmou.s rites. group, some 300 miles from Ta- hiti. Most of the film was taken on Bora Bora, a small but beautiful mountain isle which rises grace- the broad Pacific. The natives of these islands are S Su-da;, Colunlblo Coast- to-Coast work. 6 o’clock Pacific TI M"