The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 14, 1932, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EVlPIRE WLD\IhSDAY DEC. 14, 1932. CAPITOL LAST TIMES TONIGHT BARBARA STANWYCK in Mexicali Rose —CHINA NITE— STARTING THURSDAY Jean Crawford and Robert Montgomery in “LETTY LYNTON* —COMING SOON— “Arrowsmith” “Congress Dances” “Rear of the Dragon” FILMACTOR 1S GOING BACK T0 SPEAKING STAGE Robert Mon—t;mei'y Hopes Movie Contract Will Not Be Renewed By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. 14— “T'm not long for this world,” an- nounced Robert Montgomery smil- ingly, attacking a heavy slice of apP®e pie whick 1d been preced- n sandwiches ind a boitle of i his noon- This remark aad application not to say dis- astrous results that might beex- expected from his greedy surround- ing. of the repast, ROBERT WONTEO! “out to the world wnat is uouywood and its studios ~—and a world, Montgomery in- ferred, which he daily finds more stale and flat if not unprofitable. After four years in pictures, the last two as a star or co-star with the outstanding feminine lights at M-G-M, Montgomery wants to get back to the stage, the sooner the better. “You may not believe it,” he said, “but I'm reztually hoping my contract won't be renewed next spring time. In fact, I'm praying it won't.” STILL HAS HIS GRIN The well known Montgomery grin was there as he talked about, his objections to pictures, making it apparent h> isn’t losing his sense..of humor. “I can find what I want on the stage,” he said, “and I don’t think 1 ever shall in pictures.” Helen Hayes has a plan to offer. Bob with herself in a New York production or two in the spring. and Montgomery is banking his hopes, on his fruition of the scheme. His part in it will depend on a vacation from the studio and its permission, ‘He seems to be sincere in his stage urge. From another source Tt learned that when the salary cuts of 25 per cent were going in- to effect Montgomery offered to take one of 50 per cent., provided he would be given half his time to use in the laeatre. The studio refused. ONLY ONE LON CHANEY Incidentally, Montgomery told me an anecdote he plans to relay to Freddy Mareh, academy award winner, at the first opportunity. A chatty manicurist on the LUDWIG A STOREFUL To Meet Every Purse Come in and Shop MEXICALIROSE TOCLOSE WITH JUNGLE SERIAL Barbara Sl—;n—wyck and ‘ Sam Hardy Star in Fea- ture at Capitol | 1 “Mexicaii Rose,” with Barbara Stanwych and Sam Hardy in the leading roles, and ‘the twelfth and (final episode of “Jungle Mystery”, stiring serial photoplay, will be shown the last times tonight at the Capitol theatre. In “Mexicali Rose,’ the plot is| built around ‘Happy” Manning, ! owner of a gay gambling dive. He! lcads a double life. Affections Are Divided | | | Bnght Stars swnflfls GLASH IN DRAMA WITH “Honor of Famlly Shows Last Times Tonight at Coliseum “The Honor of the Family,” hi- us sword-clashing drama, 8 ng Bebe Daniels and Warren | William, will be presented the last | times tonight at the Coliseum the- atre. In “The Honor of the Family” coqueitish and daring Mlle’ Laura companion and “nurse” to the r.\ged and absurdly risque Hungar- ‘:an nobleman Paul Barony. . 1 \ | | I | | “Happy's” affections are divided tween brother Bob and his sweetheart, “Mexicall Rose.” Bob knows no-| thing of the existence of Rose,| but Rose knows all about Bob and | [‘Happy‘ " devotion to him. Girl Is Driven Away The outcome of this is that the gambler, catching the girl in an infidelity, drives her from the re- | sort one night. She avenges her-| self by spreading her net for Bob | and luring him into marriage. Miss Stanwyck plays the part| of “Mexicali Rose.” Hardy enacts the role of the gambling house owner. The twtlfth episode ends “Jungle Mystery.” The ivory is found in spite of all difficulties, SLETTY LYNTON' HAS FINE CAST Rompntic Drags Will Head Thursday's Program at Capitol Theatre “Letty Lynton,” having Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery i the leading roles, will be the featured attraction on the new rogram tomorrow night at the Capito? theatre. The picture ds a filmization of the Marie Belloc Lewndes novel, dealing with the reckless morals | of the modern generation in a| spectacular romance which has its locales in South America, New York, and aboard a trans-oceanic Liner, The supporting cast is notable. It includes Nils Asther, Lewis Stone, May Robson, Louise Closer Hale, Emma Dunn, Walter Walker and William Pawley. Clarence Brown directed. th homeward boat from Honolulu, where Montgomery went on loca- tion for his current- “Pigboats,” was telling him her preferences in pictures as she trimmed his nails. s “I don’'t see many films,” she sald, “but I'm critical. I saw ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’' the last time I was in 'Frisco. This Frederic f-March is good all right—but T don’t think anybodyll ever take Lon Chaney’s place.” COSMIC RAYS T0 AID RADIC s WASHINGTON, " Dec, . ia.—How can the cosmic ray be used io aid radio and medicine? Scientists at the Unifed States Bureau of Standards are attempt- ing to solve this gafiling problem, it was revealed today. No one knows anything of the mysterious rays at present, and the government scientists have be- gun an intensive study to deter- {mine how they can best be used Jto aid mankind. One group is studying the ef- eet -of the rays on weather and radio transmission with a view of improving radio service. An- other is seeking fo determine whether the rays have biologieal properties such as the X-ray. 400,000 Families Reported Destitute — ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. — Ap- proximately 400,000 Pennsylvania families azre destitute, Eric H. Bid- flle, member %f the state relief commission, declared, when he ap- plied to the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation for $8,000,000 to tide them over until February 1. . His application was made in the face of a warning that the R. F. C. will “hestitate” to grant further relief loans to Pennsylvania until the state acts to meet its own emergency needs. This warning was issued in November when Pennsylvania last asked for help. ——————— J Classified ads pay. 1 | Has Seeret Affair | Wooed by her amorous employer, BEBE DANIELS| What! now Start your winter vacation, the: swim- of i, 190. as spon as you board your train oute w Fl Here is a photo of the latest innovation in ravel; an amusement car that No Beach Umbrellas 3 and dance floor where one may disport as the traip speeds to the Southland. The car, known as the Florida Year Round Club Special. will be on the run from Pennsylvania Station in New York to Miami, COLISEUM LAST TIMES TONIGHT PAL . NITE 2-for-1 HONOR OF THE FAMILY BEBE DANIELS WARREN WILLIAMS PREVIEW TONIGHT—1 A. M. | MAY HAYES Modiste 423 Beward Street PHONE 129 .-—*A SEE YUBMAN New Fur Garments ia _.—-__.—-. two persons—his young | |Laura has her own secret affair with Tony, whos poverty is a | drawback to marriage. Then comes | the dashing young officer, Boris, phew of the amorous nobleman. sees the danger of losing the s millions to Laura, sets freeing his relative {rom fights several duels in the dO— and ends by falling for her| undoubted charms himself, Melodrama and Comedy “The Honor of the Family” is ‘mel,..ram:n and light comedy and E s the mood of romance | Daniels enacts the role of Laura. Warren William plays the part the dashing Captain Boris. THRILLS FOLLOW DOUBLE MURDER | Shivers Ale Impaxted by Play Coming Thurs- day to Coliseum £ of | Creeps and shivers will be ex- perienced by persons who see and hear “Murder by the Clock” Para- mount’s mystery-thriller, which will | be the headline attraction on the new program tomorrow night at| the Coliseum theatre. The play, based on the mystery | novel of the same name, by Rufus Ring, tells the story of the un-'; happy marriage of a young man who is murdered twice in a single evening. Several hours after he is found dead in his home he is alive again, | due to the reviving effects of ad- renalin freatments given by thé family doctor. Some minutes af-| ter he has regained life—and just | | not |nected with the Government rein- ries @ swimming pool. movies. gymnasium, buffet All-Alaska News —— Fire, presumably caused by an, overheated stove, ruined the build- ing and destroyed a great deal oi‘ the stock of the S.F. Rhodes Hard-l ware Store at Anchorage. The loss is estimated at $6.000. It is|ing generally accepted. expected that the building of the sale totaled $489. will be rebuilt. Forty-two lots in Seldovia were sold by J. A. Ramsey, townsite trustee, at public auction. There was very little competitive bidding, the minimum appraised price be- Fifty tons of coal were taken Fur-bearing animals are scarce in the Upper Tanana River region, |mine near Unalakleet this year and trappers are giving attention|and sihpped by him to Nome where to getting wolves and coyotes, be-|it found ready sale. It is de- cause of the Territorial boufity on | scribed as good lignite. them. Classes in first-aid methods were rganized and instructed at An- which are so numerous in An- chorage by George H. MTler, fore- chorage that they have become a'man miner of the United States nuisance, a poundmaster will be | Safety Service. hired by the city, Mayor C. M. Eckmann announced. To get rid of unlicensed dogs, Anchorage Post of the American {Legion has enrolled as a member |Vance Hitt on transfer from the |Juneau Post of the Legion. | Reindeer in the Unalakleet area total about 25,000 and the number will not be increased in the future because of a lack of any more suitable grazing ground, E. L. Neely is quoted as saying in the Anchorage Times. He was con-| W. J. Barrows, of Anchorage, | Pacific Alaska Airways pilot, has been flying in Alaska three years, has been transferred by the "Pz\n American Airways, holding company of the Pacific Alaska ‘Auwaw to New York. He will be| j2ccompanied to the East by Mrs.| |Barrows and their two children. Rxfle Club of Anchorage has re- Mrs. Barrows is the first woman ceived from the National Rifle As-|to qualify as a flier in Alaska and sociation of America a silver medal to receive a license in the Terri- in recognition of her marksman-|tory. deer service in the Unalakleet district. Mrs. J. S. Wood of the Denali Florida twice each week. Receipts : by Joseph McArthur from his coal| who | Z A ELEVATOR SERVICE OO {ried at Anchorage. The bride has lived there several years with. her parents. The bridegroom has been pastor of the Lutheran church at |Anchorage two years. Six sons and two daughters, wnging in age from one year |to fourteen years mourn the death of their mother, Mrs. John Kraft, 36, who succumbed at Anchorage after a lingeripg illnes. Mr. Kraft ‘iz a Federal employee at Anchor-! age. Miss Ruth Mooney, of the fac- ulty of the Alaska Agrieultural College and School of Mines, died | | CHRISTMA.S CIFT! recently. The remains were senb FOUNTAIN PEN |to her former home at St. Helena, SETS Calif. Mrs. Florence R. Thomp- | son has been appointed to M.lss | Mooney’s position at the College.! \ ¥ $1.95 to $2.50 (those of George Tanaka, plmnfl ALSO restaurant man of Nenana, Who, {ent 0 Ancborage las) Suase More Expensive Sets | $5.00 to $10.00 {for treatment for a liver allment, jand Emil Olson, 52, who suc- DESK SETS $2.00 to $12.50 JUNEAU DRUG CO. UNITED STATES IIHMHIIIWHHINIHHHIIHIIH“IIIII Jacob N. Vollmer, 56, an old- | timer in the North, died at Deer- ing of heart distase. He was in- |terested in a dredge that. aper- | |ates on the Imnachuck River. Recent deaths at Anchorage were. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE DISTRICT LAND OFFICE Anchorage, Aluka,‘ October 10, 1932. Notice is hereby given that me Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation has filed an application for a sol- diers’ additional homestead Anchor-| J as he is about to tell who Kkilled | him, he is slain for the secondv and final time. The web of events | woyen around this spine-tingling | double demise forms an hour'’s entertajnment that never lets in- terest lack, MR S N 0 PURDUE 1933 HOME GRID SLATE LIGHT MIAMI, Fla. Dec.; 14.—Miami's| tennis program the coming win- ter presents a card full of action, with the Pan-American tourna- ment, February 22 for high spot. Ten major fournaments are s”heduled‘ but the third annual Pan-American will attract more outstanding players than any of the others. Negotiations are un- Barbara Stanwyck and Sam Hardy, sketches of whom ap- pear at the top and center of the above illustration, have the leading roles in“Mexicali Rose,” which will be shown the last times tonight at the Capitol Theatre. Warren William, pie- tured at the bottom is Yfeatured with Bebe Daniels in “The Honor of the Family,” which will end its run this evening at the Coliseum. | Nicaragua Will Commission Cadets WASHINGTON, Dec. 14— The Nicaraguan Military Academy bas just graduated seventy-four cadets|der way to bring to Florida such who are to be commissioned im- |stars as Ellsworth Vines, Wilmer| mediately as second lieutenants in|Allison, Keith Gledhill and John- the guards, the State Depariment{ny Van Ryn, as well as the lead- was advised hy American Minister|ing netmen of Canada, Mexico, Matthew E. Hanna. Porto Rico and Cuba. "ACTRESS IN MOTHER ROLE NOW | lage 07469, for a tract of land em- braced in U. S. Survey No. 1985, from which corner No. 1 of said (survey U.SLM. No. 209 bears N. |86° 18" 20" E. 96.53 chains, situate |on the north shore of Tenakee iInlet, east coast of Chh:hlqofl (Island, containing 23.92 acres. Any and all persons claiming (adversely any of the above mency of Odd Fellows at Seward ol ‘ioned land should ile thelr A J. Urie was named Vice Grand;!' jverse claims in the Ancharage Lan ) | Office within the period of publica- | Ludwig Larsson, Secretary, and ition or thirty days . theren!ter or) Peter N. Anderson, Treasurer, The they will be b "by ‘the P”‘ Rebekah Lodge No. 6-A at Seward | - £ visions of the Statutes, chose Grace Neville, Noble Grand;, J. LINDLEY GREEN, Registel ship with a .22 caliber rifle. The| medal is inscribed, “Distinguished; Sponsored by the Fairbanks Small Bore Expert.’ (lodge of Elsk, a movement is in! .p*ogres: to reorganize the Fair- Reorganization of the Alaska | banks Boy < Scout troop. Railroad to transform it into “a| more efficient instrumentality for the development of Alaska,” and its transfer from the Interior to the War Department are advocat- ed in resolutions adopted by the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce. | Gustave R. Manthy was chosen Noble Grand at the annual elec-! ition of officers by Resurrection | ;Lodge No. A-7, Independent Order| Anchorage’s new caterpillar’ snow plow proved its effectiveness in a recent heavy fall of snow. Wilma Urle, Vice-Grand; Ludwig ' Larsson, Secretary; Margaret Still, Treasurer and Sol J. Urie, Trustee. Going over the embankment of the Lake Spenard road near An- chorage, an automobile that James Kennedy was driving rolled over three times. He was not hurt. First publication, Nov, 30, 1982. ‘Lasl publication, Jan. 25, 1933. and‘“_ e Classifled ads pay Miss Gwendolyn Cannon, Rev. Rudolph FLemng were mar-" “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” SILK LINGERIE An offering of the daintiest satin and flat crepe lingerie packed in heautiful gift packages. Ideal Tor a petfect Christmas Gift. EE THESE AT Helen Twelvetrees of the films, In private life Mrs. Frank L. Woody, | displays her baby son, Jack BryAn Woody, who is only a few weeks old. 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