The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 3, 1933, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMP IRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 3, 1933 LITERATURE IS ELEVATED DURING 193 Book Worlg_—c—uts Titles— General Improvement Noted Last Year ‘ By JOHN SELBY NEW YORK, Jan. 3. — There have been no spectacular fortunes wininthe book world in 1932, either by writers or pu hers. But ma- jor casualties have been refresh-( ingly few as well E Of major interest has been the general reduction of titles accept- ed for publication, a reduction estimated at 15 per cent in gen- eral. The result has not been the elimination of all the books no-/ body can love, but certainly it has been to eleyate the artistic stand- ard of the product. | U, S. Books Favored Abroad Less important directly, but full | of promise, is the greater vogue| ahroad of two types of Am‘:ricnn‘ fiction. | This year in particular has seen | a wide interest abroad in such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, John dos and Willlam Faulkner Writers of definitely “popular” | fiction also have been taken wup/| in Europe, sometimes to a qunvél‘ remarkable degree. Among them | may be mentioned Vina Telmar, Ursula Parrott, William Wood- | ward and Emile Gauvrean. Most talked about among the| prize awards has been (because | it is largest) Jokn Galsworth recently achieved Nobel prize o.1 some $30,000. | Galswerthy Tops List | The impact of the award, addad | to the natural attraction of a new | Galsworthy novel enabled “Flow- ering Wilderness” to displace Mrs. Pearl S. Buck's “Sons” from its place at the head of the best seller lists in November, and tof hold first place up to the end of‘\ the year. Likewise largely discussed was the Atlantic prize of $10,000, which went to Mrs. Owen 8. O'Malley an Englishwoman, who wrote 2 novel of Chinese life under the pseudonym Ann Bridge, entitled “Peking Picnic.” Among novels that have held their own against the current that swesps away the mojority of books are Ellen Glasgow's “The Sheltersd Bife,” P. 8. Stribling’s “The Charles Morgan’s “The Fountain,” and Willlam Faulkner's “Light in (August,” Elizabeth Madox Rob- ers’ “The Haunted Mirror” and Willa Cather’s “Obscure Destini2s” hold equivalent positi among collections of shorter pieces. Other Selections Biographies generally attractive | arée Mary Austin’s “Earth Hori-| zon,” Octave Aubrey’s “The King of Rome,” and (although it is mot exclusively blographical) semnrdi De Voto's “Mark Twain’s Amer- ica.” s Oollection of essays would in- clude Van Wyck Brooks' “Sketch- es in Criticism” and Virginia ‘Woolf's “Second Common Reader.” Among the poets (unusually silent thig year) would be found Edwin Arlington Robinson's “Nioodemus"' and Willlam Rose Benet’s “Rip| Tide” Arm chair travelers have been interested in Cornelia Strat- ton Parker'’s “German Summer.” Miscellaneous works of moment to many also include Stuart! Chase’s “A New Deal” the Let- ters of the late D. H. Lawrence, the closing volume of the late Marcel Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past,” called “The Past Recaptured,” and Hans Carossa’s “Boyhood and Youth.” BOND MARKET RECOVERS IN PASSING YEAR Demoralized in June, Clos- es Year Higher than at Start (Continued from Page One.) in fact it did not really start until wide-spread banking trouble ap- peared in the summer of 1931, re- sulting* in hasty dumping of bank investments to raise cash. The hope that banking difficuities were sabout over with the formation of thé National Credit Corporation and the Reconstrutcion Finance Corporation was apparent in a fair recovery in bonds srcund the start of 1032 A sweeping decline started in the Spring, however, and gained momentum as Congress tussled with the budget and inflation talk was heard. Gold flowed out of the , and banks continued to investments to raise funds to pay nervous depositors. Inaug- uration of the Federal Reserve System's program of heavy U. S. Government security purchases in * April brought only a brief rally. ¢ Rally Gets Under Way Finally, concerted action was tak- Passos | jto a t Katharine By ROBBIN COONS ! HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 3. — An ar- ray of brand-new personalities made the big splash that means stardom with their dives into the movie pool during 1932, and sev- eral others not so new to the fans chose this year to top preliminary | attempts with equally spectacular plunges. The year brought to the screen for the first time the feminine| find of the year, Katharine Hep- burn, in “A Bill of Divorcement,” the picture that made her the talk of film circles overnight. It brought sénsatio with Lee Tracy in “Blessed Event” and Paul Muni “Scarface”—two successes that were the more spectacular because both Tracy and Muni previously had been tried by Hol- Iywood and found wanting. It sent the little known Ann Dvorak from a movie chorus to a role in “Scarface” that meant stardom in a rapid succession of f , terminated, however, by her marriage to Leslie Fenton and de- sertion of Hollywood for the Euro- pean studios. W It took three stage stars from the footlights and made them screen-famous in their first ap- pearances—Charles Laughton, Mae West and Herbert Marshall — and zed Johnny Weissmuller, whose lous plaudits had all been won from civilian rant his to e physique in “Tar- zan” make him an instant success The year brought too, long-await- ed opportunities to a former box- er and dancer, George Raft, and ed character actress m the stage, Alison Skipworth. Raft, after several years of bits and parts in Hollywood, came hrough in “Scarface” and Miss Skipworth, after a few fairly goed parts on the screen, reachzd stellar billing with “Madame Racketeer.” Jean Harlow, who made a sensa- tional debut in “Hell's Angels,” found 1932 her yea ity, achiz 1 status with “The Red-Headed Wo- man,” and Warren William clinch- ed his stellar hold with “The nd “The Dark Horse.” rs as Leslie d, March, Helen Hayes, James Oagney, Jimmy Du- rante, Joan Blondell, and other who only added new laurels to those gained last year, there wers several outstanding belonging exclusivel ude George Brent, Cary t Aline Macmahon, Tom Brown, Dorothy Wilson, Lyle Tal- bot, and Preston-Foster. Several potential screen favor ites await judgment on important features not vet generally released. Ethel Barrymore's talkie debut in “Rasputin” is awaited along with those of Ruby Keeler in “Forty- nd Street,” Diana Wynyard in putin” and “Cavalcade,” and Boots Mallory in “Walking Down Broadwa ests, which formed the $100,000,- 000 American Securities Investing Corporation for the announced pur- pose of buying bonds. It was well- timed, coming just before the out- flow of gold ended, and a Federal tax measure was finally enacted. Bank troubles soon began to dwin- dle, and prices surged up swiftly until September, when the trend began to level off. All listed bonds on the Stock Ex- change had a total quoted value of $39,512,000,000 on December 1, 1931. By June 1 last this had fallen to $36,856,000,000. It bounded up to | $40,072,000,000 on September 1, and on December 1, 1932, stood at $38,- 095,000,000 .o — Read the ads as carefully as you read the news articles. i i Read the classilied afe. burn Is Year’s Film Find NO DOUBLES L FOR BEATTY; HE IS SAFE No Competition for Film | Star in His Danger- w ous Roles By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 3. — Clyd: Beatty will be one film star who| never uses a double and probably couldn't if he wished. \ | One of the flims in the current 200 cycle is “The Big Cage,” based upon the life story of this 27-| year-old Ohioan who has thrillad | hundreds with his daring in exhi- bitions with lions, tigers, leop- ards and other wild beasts. | Beatty himself is starred, and after watching him demonstrate ihis act recently I dare say none | of Hollywood's would swap places with him even (for an instant. blank cartridges, Beatty presents 140 pounds of sheer courage and | determination as he stands alone The year 1932 gave film fans a galaxy of new stars, Katharine Hepburn lcoming ameng the brightest. the talk of movic circles after her first film. George Raft (right) | ang Jehnny Weissmuller (left) are ameng others who stood out in | the year's films. BANKER SEES MORE TROUBLE ONECONOMICS inflation Proposals May Be Chief Worries of Na- tion in 1933 Sontinued from Page On2) result that business has been put under economical and keen man- agement, Gold Standard I predict that the o threat to » the maintenance of our gold mone- standard will originate from So far as for- a ncerned we al- tood th and the rnational’ balance probably will er than reduce our gold tary test if not of liquidating domestic indebtedr at the pres- price level there will be serious empts to bring about a devalua- of the dollar by some form of inflatfon. I predict therefore that the most crious worry of the coming year will be concerned with the various proposals for liquidating indebted- ent ness through some form of dollar, devaluatio; e e - Old Indian War Hero Dies in Buffalo, N. Y. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 3.—Maj- Thaddeous B. Glover, 81, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for vaior in the Indian Wars of the prairie states more than half a century ago, is dead. During the World War he saw active service at an embarkation point. Major Glover was retired several years ago and became activ in veterans’ work. He was chaplain of the Disabled Veterans. Old Papers fer sate at Empire. HOLD THAT WAI STLINE, KRAUSE! In a Hollywood studio after their defeat at the hands of Southern jen by the leading banking inter- 5 T S ST G California, two of Notre Dame’ gridders showed how they would put over a dramatic moment in the movies. Ed Kosky, star end, swings a blunt instrument as Ed Krause, tackle, holds Marion Nixon while Sam Hardy (right) looks on. (Associdted Press Photo) |in the cage surrounded by two lor three dozen snarling animals, lany of which may leap at him from behind at any moment. | Shown above, she became i NO SOFT JOB | ———=| Aside from being constantly on |the alert, muscles taut, Beatty; | doesn't look nervous in the least,| and it's no tame, toothless aggre-| gation of movie animals he has SOVIET UNION around him. He cracks his whip, infuriates them, and they charge. He fends MOSCOW, Jan. 3.—It is unof- them off with his chair, and just ficially learned that the Japanese in case they get too mean he fires Government has communicated t0 his pistol in the air, cowing them. the Soviet Union a formal refusal But his mastery of the beasts to sign a non-aggression pact with seems more ‘mental than physical, the Soviet Government which was and an onlooker would suspect that proposed by the Soviet a year ago. this young man never enjoys him- The main reason for refusal to self more than when he is in the sign such a pact is reported to cage, in a lather of perspiration' be the inability of the two coun- from his exortions. tries to reconcile opposing view- Yes, even in Hollywoed, where poi jobs are as scarce as the next ts. NOW “Mr. Jones” We'll Get That New Rug! an Empire Want Ad OF COURSE she did! every day. And so Just Call ing for things they ford in the stores. intrepid doubles' 1 | Armed only with a chair, a long| | whip and & pistol loaded with only | I Sold the Old | One Today Through a rug or an automobile, a house or a pet canary. There are people everywhere, look- place, I don't think Mr. Beatty| will have any competition 4n his particular art. NEEDED: A SONG BIRD In the early days of the talkies much confusion was caused on sound stages by the intrusion of | insects, birds, bats and other wing- ed creatures difficult to locate and put cut. Their noise interfered with recording, of course. But now here is a studio actual- ly in trouble because it can't find a bird to “sing its heart out” on a limb near the scene of an airplane crash—one of those dramatic con- trasts, you know. (PSRRI /1 32 Prohibition Repeal Subcommittee Will Act on Wednesday WASHINGTON, Jan, 3. A ng of the Prohibition Repeal -committee of the Senate is led for tomorrow with the pre- ca diction that the resolution will be agre ed upon. ————lea Turkey Project Pays Girl TAYLORSVILLE, N. C,, Jan. 3.~ Earning pin money on the farm is no trouble for Ruby Travis, member of a 4-H Club. Ruby de- cided upon turkey raising for her club project, and with four hens and a start she began her sum- mer's work. This fall she sold 102 turkeys and pocketed a profit of $205.84. e RUSTGARDS COMPLIMENTED AT NEW YEAR'S PARTY Complimenting Mr. and Mrs. John Rustgard, who are soon to leave for Europe, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ross entertained twenty guests at a delightful New Year's Eve party ldst Saturday night at their home on Glacier Highway. Not only were the rooms heau- | tifully decorated in keeping with the holiday season, but the grounds presented a most attractive ap- pearance with the lighted Chri mas tree and other illumination: The evening was spent playing games and in dancing, followed by the serving of a delicious sup- per. | Dozens of people do, can you—whether it’s can’t find or can’t af- The classified columns of The Empire are filled with opportunities for everyone, and in 374 excelied outlet for the disposal of anything and everything that any one. Use them! Daily Alaska Empire turn they offer an un- may be of interest to | marvelous little work-saver " DoUcLAS | NEWS RS, CAHILL'S MOTHER PASSES IN CALIFORNIA Death Comes to Former; Visitor in Douglas, ! After Long Illness | At 4 o'clock on the morning of December 28, just two days before Christmas, Mrs. Elizabeth Aitken, mother of Mrs. W. E. Cahill of Treadwell, passed away after al long illness. Mrs. Cahill left here| about the middle of the month to; be at the bedside of her mother| in Oakland, Californla, upon ve-| ceipt of a cable conveying news' of her condition, and she reached| theré just in time to see her! mother alive. \ Mrs. Aitken was well known here | having “visited her daughter six| years ago. She made many friends | during her stay on the Island, who| wlil grieve over her passing. | Besides Mrs. Cahill, another daugher, Mrs. Fred Carnduff, of| Oakland, survives, Mrs. Cahill expected to remain! with her sister in Oakland for a short time before returning| home. | B SR 30 08 Food Crisis Eased As Chile Imports Argentine Grains SANTIAGO, Chili, Jan. 3. Scareity of ptime nécessities has begun to lessen, and seizures of wheat and other foodstuffs in private warehouses and stores are diminishing, government officials say. | The improvement is due largely to purchases of wheat in Argen- | tina, licensing of firms to bring in forelgn sugar and an increase | in Chile's own garden truck. Officials believe that the re- sumption of good trade relations with Argentina will be the chief factor in solving food problems here, and in ending hoarding. —— Walnut Cooperation Grows SAN JOSE, Cal—Walnut grow- ers of Central California were or- ganized into a co-operative asso- ciation in 1912, with 1,100 members producing 500 fons. This season the members number 6500 and their total harvest was 38,000 tons. " DON'T BE TOO LIBERAL supbly to draying service Phone 114 @ WE HAVE IT st the Right Price Harris Hardware Co. er Pront Street Salbum’s Seward Street, mear Second INSURE YOUR HOME Your Furnishings in SAFE COMPANIES AT LOWER RATES H. ]J. 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