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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE FRIDAY DEC. 30, 1932. FRIDAY ~ SATURDAY Also—“TORCHY’S TWO TOOTS” SILVER NITE TONIGHT OUR BIG NEW YEAR'S EVE FROLIC \ \l DE\ ILLE H. B. WARNER: BETTE DAVIS\ | WALTER BYRON) REMEMBER- Ml Que.st for “Lost” Idaho Mine Comes to An End As Nonagenarian Passes PICTURES | BCISE, Ida. Dec. 30.—Uncle Billy” Martindale, . who spent large part of fourscore years hunt ing a lost gold mine on the Mid- | dlefork of the Salmon River in| Central Idaho, described to him by | with a girl awaiting him a man claiming to have stumbled | nficcouri—town unknown—he made upon it in a pre-! honeymaan daze, ‘a fling into the gold country and is dead. £ found a rich strike. Dazed by T. R. Murray, director of the bio- | is giscovery and eager to tell the logical survey of Idaho, told Of the |girl of his find, he carelessly aged man’s passing on his refurn |pmarped his claim and left. Back from a pack trip into the Salmon | |to the girl he went, only to find River country inspecting predatory | her already married. animal °A°"~"°1 work. 1 ; Disconsolate, he returned to work Dpath “ook the veteran miner @} |pi5 mine, but codld nop find ‘K. the end of his “one more season” | years later, within a few days of gend. It is the grave of Cleveland, a | described in the story as the man who found the gold lode and then lost it. Girl He Left Behind Him in |Villains And Gold ngger Feamre Cmema Plays FOUR WRITERS JOINED T0 MAKE ‘MENACE’ FILM H. B. Warner Has Progmin- ent Part in Play Show- ing at Capitol Four writers contributed their individual literary talents to the story of “The Menace,” the mys- tery thriller directed by Roy Wil- liam Neill for Columbia, showing at the Capitol theatre. Edgar Wallace, Dorothy Howell, Charles Logue and Roy Chanslor make up the quartette of promi- nent authors who contributed dif- ferent phases of the story. Wallace, famous the for his enthralling mysttery tales, is the author of the original novel. “The Feathered Serpent,” from which the screen play is adapted. Skilled in Screen Technique Miss Howell, skilled in the tech- nique of the screen,,prepared the continuity. Logue, whose forte for successfully treating original stor- ies for motion pictures is well known in film circles did the adap- tation and Chanslor, author of nu- merous punchy novels and short stories, wrote the dialogue. The cast of “Thae Menace” in- cludes H, B. Warner, Walter By- ron, Bete Davis, Natalie Moorhead, William Davidson, Murray XKin- nell, Charles Gerrard, Crauford world over Bette Davis and H. B. War- ner are shown in a sceme in “The Menace,” which headlines the program being presented at the Capitel Theatre. FUN WILL MARK PASSING OF 1932 Screen and Slage Will Be Utilized for Frolic at Capitol Fun the passing of the ing in of the New Year tomor-| will signalize Kent and Halliwell Hobbes. row night at the Capitol theatre. \ New Morals for Old™ Will Headline Program for Next Sunday New Morals for Old.” filmiza- tion of the John Van Druten Lon- n and New York stage succ: AllL” will begin showing at the Capitol theatre. rt ‘Young has the leading role with Margaret y, © of the Broadway productiol ying opposite him in her orig-| stage role. The film marks/ | the first appearance on the screen Miss Perry. Lewis Stone, Laura Hope Crewes, | and Myrna Loy, also have promi-| nent parts. The large supporting| includes David Newell, Jean Ruth Selwyn, Kathryn (‘ wford, Louise Closser Hale, chell Lewis, Elizabeth Patter-| and Lilian Harmer. Children Defy Parents The story of “New Morals for| Old” deals with the age-old strug- gle between old-fashioned parents and modern children. Hampered by constant restrictions and su-| pervision at home a brother and |a sister resolve to lead their own; lives, defying conventions and the cast Hersholt, {understand. spent in search of the “Lost Cleve- land mine” somewhere in the sev- his death, Martindale's story goes, |the dying man gave him the best eral hundred square miles of the | gjrections he had as to where to Middlefork country. He died early |fing it. That was a half century in November. Murray said, fol- |5 more ago. lowing a fight with two of his PR Tl g AR partners in a mining enterprise hunted it, and last spring said he gizzk o e i was going to make one last fling 5 into the wilderness for it. “Uncle Billy” ic Battler | Evidently he failed to find it, for Murray sald Mariindale, within|.¢ nis last quarrel he was working a year or two of 90, quarreled With |, Jittle claim anything but the rich one of his partners and, “being .y, Cleveland.” a blacksmith by trade and very ! A% b e strong, was giving him a sound | drubbing when another of the| COLLEGE STUDENTS LEAVE partners struck him in the nb,! TO RESUME THEIR STUDIES with a . shovel handle, bxeakmg‘ three of them. He was taken to| Miss Dorothy Green, daughter Salmon Qity, where he died ana}cr Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Gréen, and was buried there. Murray said | Robert Hurley, son of Mrs. Minnie there has been no arrests. Hurley, who spent the Christmas One of the strangest legends of |holidays with their respective par- this legend-haunted state hinged |ents here, left yesterday on the about the old man. On a hillside | steamer Northwestern for Seattle. above the Yellow Jacket mine, out | They are enroute to Pullman to from Challis, is the major con-|rsume their studies at crete evidence supporting the le- State College. HERE IS ‘Washington | Son of Famous Actor Warner, who has the part of a Scotland Yard inspector, is the son of Charles Warner, famous English actor. The father was determined that his son should not become an actor. One actor was enough for the Warner family, the other ‘Warner decided. H. B. Warner was ordered to pursue the study of medicine. All through * his preparatory school days, he studied to become a doc- tor. When he graduated from prep shchool, he went to a Lon- don medical college, where he stu- died for almost two years before finally deciding that he didn't want to be a doctor. Jeined Father’s Company Then he joined his father’s com- pany and became an actor. A. B. Warner is happily married |and has three children. He lives in Beverly Hills, is an enthusiastic sportsman and gardener, and fond of travel. He and his fam- ily are always taking trips to scen- ic spots of interest in the West. AR RS MRS. SIMPSON TO GO WITH HER DAUGHTER | Mrs. Robert Slmpson and daugh- ter Annabelle Simpson, will leave Princess Norah for the BStates. Simpson to Tacoma where latter will enter the Anna Wright Seminary. From Tacoma, Mrs. Simpson will go to San Francisco to visit her son Robert, who is attending col- lege there. She will visit other places in California before return- ing home. Shc expects about two months. — e ALBERT WILE DEPARTS ON BUSINESS TRIP TO SOUTH Albert Wile well known local merchandise broker, took passage western for Seattle. He will spend a few weeks there conferring with S | next year's lines. WELCOME —1933— In the year ahead, cordial, willing, helpful banking ses- vice, backed by our strength and" capacity to meet the needs of our community will assure you of lunl:iu’ sat~ isfaction. We invite you to make this bank your bank. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Fzrst National Bank - In 1930 patents were issued to cans, while 4,359,000 was the tota | for all the other nations of the world combined. Mrs. Simpson will accompany Miss | the | to be gone | Thursday on the steamer North- | manufacturers and wholesalers on | the numbsr of 1,707,380 to Ameri-| ranged by Eric Paulson, Manager of the playhouse, will include new motion picture attractions, stage father’s wallpaper business. Scerns Puritan Institutions { be shown Peril Impends § TAGE SUGGESS Gay Decowors RA['EKETEERS oF “FAIR SEX GET GOLDOFROVERS “Girls About Town™ Will Be Seen Last Times To- night at Coliseum About Town' for the last night at the Coliseum theatre, is a sparkling celuloid document of | the gay girls who ride about m‘ limousines but don't pay the chauf- | “Girls which will times to- . feurs. uly-n Tashman, et ‘and Kay Francis, are depicted here as they appear in “Girls About Town,” which will be shown | the, last times tonight at the Coliseum Theatre. UNION DEPOT' BILLED SUNDAY < Douglas Fairbanks,Jr., and Joan Blondell Coming to Coliseum “Union Depot,’ There Heading the cast are Kay Fran- | vis, Joel McCrea, Lilyan Tashman, Eugene Pallette and Allan Dine- hort. * In Contributing Roles Others who have roles are Anderson Lawler, George | Barbier, Lucile Webster Gileason, | Robert McWade, Judith Wood, Ad- rienne Ames and Claire Dodd. Miss Francis and Miss Tashman dn de the honors of the title role. s Prancis is the less hard-boil- | ed of this team of gold-diggers. She falls in love with a wealthy young man, Joel McCrea, whom she had set out to make her vic- tim, Sticks To Her Guns Miss Tashman sticks to the guns | of her pirgtical manner of living, Eugene Pallette is the fun-lov- The son longs for a career as a 'are 90 principals and 3,000 extras. ing rover who comes to the hig‘I The Frolic, which has been ar-!painter and thumbs his nose at his Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan City as a wealthy business man, | Blondell are featured, while other but suffers & near-deflation at | contributory 1 which comes to not forsaking her code of society | Old Year and the usher-|wishes of parents who refuse tc the Coliscum theatre Sunday, has racketeering until the last ditch, (& large and notable cast. prominent players are George Ros- the hands of the “Girls About | The daughter falls in love with ener, George MacFarlane formerly Town." vaudeville acts and musical selec- a married man and scorns puritan a stellar baritone of Broadway op- tions. completed for All preperations have been | the affair. “Everybody who comes to the Frol- | ic at the Capitol tomorrow night is | Mr. Paul- | “Screen and stage wl‘l'dramatic climaxes of a spectacular Mary Doran, ; Flynn, David Landau, assured of a good time,” son said. be utilized for entertainment.” | inhibitions. The result is both |leave home, the Bohemian quarter of Paris, the other for her clandestine ro-| mance. Both experiences result in | nature. HELENE LEARNS HER MOVIE LINES | tomorrow night on the steamship | Photo) Helene Madison, best known for breaking many women’s swim- ming records, has a ncw job—learning lines for a movie role. She is perusing a script with Clyde Bruckman, her director. (Associated Press RODEN ON GOES TO SEATTLE SHORT BUSINESS TRIP | Henry Roden, prominent local | attorney, left on the Northwestern | Thursday for Seattle to attend to| | legal business. He will be absent two or three weeks. Special For Saturday ALL EVENING DRESSES in dark and light shades -SPECIAL MELVIN GR]GSBY RETURNS TO JUNEAU Melvin Grigsby returned to Ju-| neau yesterday on the steamship| Northwestzrn from the Westward. | For several months he has been in | Fairbanks, connected with the Fair- banks Exploration Company. - [ e A R N AT 1HE HOTELS . Gastineau Judith Blom, Skagway; Carl Johnson Anchorage; L. Engstrom, ‘Wrangell Alaskan Mrs. Mabel Jacobson, Security Bay; D. A. Buchanan, Haines, Zynda Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Mc- Kanna, Fairbanks, MASONIC RECEPTION Masons of ail degrees are invited| to reception at Temple New Year's| Day, Bunday from 2 to 5. Informal. Visiting Masons cordially invited. —adv. e R NORCO SAILING On account of the holidays the Norco will sail from Seattie Tues- day night, January 3rd, instead of | January 2nd. Merchants please Place orders accordingly. adv. ! madmen, eretta, and Earle Foxe, tures for many years. The list also Bond, Guy Kibbee, Ralf Harolde,' John Wray, Rita Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, | Madison, Louis | Claire Dodd | Polly Walters, Ruth Hall, Mae King, Lex Lendsay, nnd Charles Syber. Rich Young Fairbank plays Robin Hood | to a pretty actress who is stranded {in “Union Depot” and in need of | victuals, dress and a ticket back In providing the delightful lady, enacted by Miss Blondell, with these necessities, he runs into - counterfeiters, gunmen, cops, sou secret service men, charmers, old and young, kid- dies, collisions, and numberless home. | other things—and does it all with boisterous, agile, youthful bravado. For this production, interior set ever built wood was put together, the struc- ture filling an entire second stage covering more than a city block. on mewly-found money, be shown tomorrow Allan Dinehart is the crafty em- who has ployer of the two girls who makes | one for a vivid life in been a conspicuous figure in pic- @ comfortable living himself out | of the “digging” activities of his| includes Lillian fair associates. ‘MOUNTED FURY’ AT COLISEUM SATURDAY| In “Mounted Fury,” which . will | only at the Coliseum theatre, the advent: life of a mounted northwestern officer of the law is described. The masculine lead is presented by John Bowers in the role of a hard-hitting, square-shooting “cop’ of the timber country; Robert El- | lis plays the part of an Easterner | who is in the woods to recuperate from prolonged night life. His wife is characterized by Blanche Mehaffey and the sinuous Lina Basquette portrays an alluring, but the largest extremely treacherous half-breed’s in Holly- | sweetheart. tdsx &2 the hz\ck- woods, mystery everywhere and ac-‘ tion at every Jjump. FOR THE HI-JINKS EW YEAR'S EVE PARTY! NECKTIES BELTS SHIRTS SILK HOSE HANDKERCHIEFS COME IN AND sl SHOP SABIN'S Everything in' Furnishings for Mén THE SANITARY-GROCERY “The Store That Pleases”PHONES $3°OR 85 COLISEUM Tonight Only It's modern and. gay. It's romance - rich and laugh-lavish, is this zestful talkie of big cify life— \GIRIS, aboul “TOWN' ‘with Kay Francis, Joel McCrea, Lilyan Tashman PREVIEW—1 A. M. “MOUNTED FURY” GET Anti-Freeze For Your Car NOW JUNEAU MOTORS 1933 TIDE TABLES BUTLER MAURO DRUG CO. EXPRESS MONEY ORDERS ANY TIME | LUDWIG NELSON JEWELER “Tomorrow’s Styles Tod: ay" Pre-Inventory Specials RACK DRESSES For.Final Clearance Only $6.95 MILLINERY CLEAN SWEI-‘.P Real Blt s at ~ $1.50 eacll B8 i i