The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1933, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESD AY. AU(,UbT IS 1933. CAPITOL LAST SHNW ING TOIGHT LESSED even with LEE TRACY MARY BRIAN DICK POWELL and 1000 others THE GIA ROCKI LAUG Bros. NT SCREEN HIT THAT'S NG THE TOWN WITH AND CHEERS! Warner million dollar production of the sensationtal Broadway stage suc- cess, It gives you the low-down on columnists, racketeers, crooners, love, night clubs, radio . . . everything you can think of ! MIDNIGHT PREVIEW TONIGHT KING 1 a.m. KONG 1a.m. The Strangest Story Ever Conceived by Man SPECIAL MATIN EE WEDNESD 2 P. M. Adults 25¢ Children 20c BLESSED EVENT HELD OVER FOR ANOTHER NEHT Capitol WI“ Show Good Production for Last Times, 2 Shows That sadly over-exercised arm! of coincidence has been replaced, in the picture “Blessed Event,"! held over for one more night at| the Capitol theatre, at least, by the long nose of cur ‘ The Warner Bros. screen version| of this popular stage play, fea- turing Lee Tracy and Mary Brian,| makes frank use of all the known | methods gossiping news and ru-/ mors and lets the public in on all their secrets. | ‘There is enough excitement in the life of the average chatter| writer to supply the foundations for a dozen comedies and dramas, but it has all been crowded into one fast moving, thrill packed hour in the screen version of “Blessed Event.” The “hows” and the “ ' be- hind the gathering of a column of “tattle,” the risks that are runm, ;lhe hearts and heads that are | broken, the skeletons which are | uncloseted, all of these figurs in| |this amusing expose of the wise- ’crackxpg big-time columnist in “Blessed Event.” Max Baer and his wife (left) | appearances. Baer will scon mal , who were recently recenciled and are on a second honeymcon, and Jack Dempsey and his bride (right), the former Hannah Willlams Kahn, Broadway beauty, en- joy a chat with Walter Winchell (center), the columnist. was taken at a Los Angeles theatre, where the trio gave personal Fighters’ Wives in Hollywood 1P Rl s ON STU RY OPENS TONIGHT; COLISEUM BILL “Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing” from Famous Book | Actual prison life is unfoldad | | with a thrill and surprise in the| First ‘National picture, ‘‘Twenty| | Thousand Years. in Sing 8ing,”| | which (opens tonight at the Coli-| eum Theatre. The pic | ‘| starés where most pictu ing with lawless ‘men leave off, The story, taken from the sen- sational book of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, Warden of Sing Sing Pris- on at Ossining, New York, gives an accurate picture of that insti-| tution, of the human side of con-| vict life, with its humor, its trag- edies, its pathos and touching 103.'—‘ alty of a thousand men without| pwomen and a thousand women without, who wait for their men to come out. Despite privileges and conven- iences enjoyed at no other jail, the prison houses men desperate- 1y hungry for the outside, for their wives and sweethearts, men who are willing to risk their lives, though they haven't one chance in a million to be suc- cessful, to escape. The warden sits on a voleapo of human passions, |ready forisuch an outbreak that | | | | Photo ke his movie debut. ! Supporting Tracy and Miss Brian lin the cast are Ned Sparks, Frank { McHugh, Dick Powell, Emma Dunn iAllen Jenkins and Ruth Donnelly. ;Roy Del Ruth directed | At the midnight prevue at 1 | o'clock tonight, King Kong, one | of the strangest stories ever con- | ceived by man, will be shown. There will also be a special mat-' inee tomorrow at 2 o'clock. aciurally. g oy My Beaj.l_ty Hm_t_ , Comedy By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. Cutting-room bits: It's suck o simpie matter to cre- ate a story for the it's a wonder anybody Skeptics who like. sense in film | fare perhaps havi wondered whether anybody has bothered. The 15— bothers. 5 DELEGATES VISIT THE Salmon Creek Roadhouse ANTON REISS AUSE profesllonal methods are vastly gen- tler and more cleansing than any home method. Because it gives the housewife more time fer practical home management, leisure and so- cial activities. Because the clothes are always mare thoroughly - and. - sanitarily washed, ‘fresher, sweeter and better in appearance when dohe at a modern laundry like this one. Alaska Laundry T WE DO OUR PART | California Grocery ~ WILL ATTEND | Legion Will Work for Next Convention Alford John Bradfora Post No. 4 of Juneau will be by five delegates to Legion in Cordova August 17 and 18. Delegates elected to attend son, Robert G. Kaufmann, E. M. Polley and Earl H. Clifford. Alter- nates in cases of absences will be appointed by those attending from other. members of the Juneau post who are present. The local group will join other delegations from points south aboard the Aleutian tomor- row and will proceed to Cordova. uninstructed,” said Capt. J. M. Clark, Commander of the Juneau Fost, tempt to get the Department Con- vention for Juneau in 1934.” Capt. Clark is in possession of a letter from the White House lution recently sent the President by the Post pledging support for tion. letter framed and hung Dugout. {ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BUDGET REVEALED BY TOMB RECORD CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 15.—The tomb of the:controller of finances of Pharoah Khefu, builder of the s:cond pyramid, about 3,000 B. C, has been found by Professor Se- lim Hassan near the Iourth py- ramid. Inscriptions on the walls uvenl— ed that the Egyptian budget of that period totalled about $10,000,- 000. in the ‘The tomb was 15 feet below the surface. On top of a large sar- cophagus in the burial chamber was a4 small casket containing face powder with a large scarab on one side and an alabaster head- rest on the other. Besides the sarcophagus was a small offering-table, holding nu- merous daggers and . pieces of pottery. The mummy was in a poor state of preservation. A heavy gold bracelet was on the left wrist, a massive “gold circle on the left ankle and & string of semi-prec- jous stones around the neck. ——-—-o“-w g HONOK GUEST AT TEA Mlu uralee w» was hutess at a tea given at her home yes- terday aftermoon in honor of Miss Dana DeVighne who is leaving for the south (OMOTFOW. . The guests were Dana DeVighne, | Ether Jackson, Galle Stedman, AL SESSION Juneau Post of American| represented | the Depart-| ment Convention of the American are Charles P. Seelye, I. R. Ander-| farther “Our representatives are leaving: “except that they will m-‘1 expressing appreciation for a reso-| and confidence in the Administra- | It is planned to have the| to such questions is has been deeply t so much nonsense happen That seems to be the secret of all—it does just happen. They sit around, four Mz a director, half a dozen writers, a speedy secrets and they talk, Now, of cou there are five Marxes, since came west to manage his , €. ]bul. reformed. | usual answer that somebody concerned, that Wrong again. it f‘ll()W THEY START | 'The family and professional con- i clave is occasioned by the acut2 a new story idea. It's IARJORIE HOTHORNE | Nothing discounts charm as' need for much as a poor complexion. Noth-| amazing how big ideas spring from ing is more important in main-'.icual remarks. For insta taining a lovely complexion than somebody in the conference o skin cleanliness. Bathe your face gig, and threat twice daily With & something funny about gangsters, mild soap in water barely v\arm-‘and that started “Monkey Busi- ed, and rinse with cool \nlflr‘ Avoid extreme contrasts of tem- \ perature. At night before retir- !ing a cold cream massage is very | beneficial. Duck Soup,” current delirium is blamed on Groucho's chance ob- servation that there ought to something funny about a d They all went on from t& “We could have a war, Chico. “Sure,” Harpo agreed dictator is a mutinous sa on the side.” Zeppo cont “There are lots of gags spies.” And it all went on and on tor. -— caid {Roman Theatre Revealed In Old Israelite Capital JERUSALEM, Aug. 15.—Founda- tions and many rows of seats of a Roman outdoor theatre, as well {as the pavement of the pit, have been uncovered at Sebastia,¢an- cient capital of Israel. The theatre is a bit east of the Augustian Temple, built by | King Merod to appease Rome. Excavations also show the lim- its of the Israelite city wall on | the desert all arqund them | the east side. Foundations for| It was fine—until they disc three towers of the Herodian per-|ed that the hotel clerk really r iod - also nave been found. ]er had heard of them, tha about’ ESCAPE AT LAST Two actors wantzd to get from it all for a week- sought out a place Wwhe wouldn’t be known, where would be no more plagued fo tographs than the cactus plants 1 no- Even War Is a Gflg to the Marx boys | Gummd'| broth- | Gummo used to be in the AIC‘“.-‘ “We ought to be able to d;‘ b2t | | takes place in the picture. The characters in the picture are portrayed by an exceptional cast which includes Sper Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot, Grant Mitchell, Warren Hymer, kouis Calhern, Edward J. ‘Mill’ of Marxes body took the slightest notice of |yr.Namara and Sheila Terry. The them. That was pretty dull. 80| p,iciure was directed by Michael that was how that little hostelry |~ .ti, with some of the scenes | DSRKEIaL | ADKS - IOV actually taken at Sing Sing and| u:hm'» in a replica of the prison | at the Warner Bros. First Na- Stan Laurel uses a pink make- | up—because his eyes are light blue, | land the lighter the makeup, \hp‘ darker the eyes show. That ac-| | tional Hullywood <L\1dioi counts for the pale and wan ap- | pearance on the sereen, | S WL EALFA BILLY | Film Contract 0.K.’d GUES SHOELESS" 'HOLES IN SOCKS | OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 15.— Gov. “Alfalfa” Bill Murray, after two and one-half years in office, stifl * believes there’s nothing like | comfort, He came back to his office re- cently, tired from a 10-hour mo- tor trip, and a few minutes lat-| er was informed that a delega- tion of rural friends was calling. | The Governor left his desk and | walked, shoeless, into the waiting | room to shake hands. Four toes of one foot were exposed as he! exchanged greetings. e Long Love Lane Turns for English Couple ‘ | | | | STANHOPE, England, Aug. 15.—| ’A pact made 35 years ago ha‘s\I been fulfilled by the marriage here of a €7-year-old widow to Johm! Weatherald, 79. It was in 1898 that Mrs. Mary | Barker, then 32, went to keep house for Weatherald and his twin brother, James. Arrangements | were made for her to wed John.| This meant, however, that John would be separated from James| | and the wedding was postponed | with the - understanding that she \wnd marry the twin who surviv- ed. James lived until early this| year. Florence McKinney, 20 year old actress, signed a contract with a Hollywood studio and then had it approved by a Los Angeles court, | 8he starts her film career at a sal- ary of $125 a week, (Associated Press Photo) Seventeen of approximately 50 | | kerosene and gasoline inspectors appointed by Governor Hill Mc- A.Ihstex' of Tennessee are women. 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Cof- fee and doughnuts were the re- freshments, and a surprise movie show ‘“Lizzie” was put on for T. and Floyd Mill, their instructors. Operators of the pic- ture machine were Bobby Davis, Eckley Guerin, and Richard Dam- loff. Smith Flectrie Co. Gastinean Building EVERYTHING e — LUTHERAN LADIES AID Exclusive Fecd Sale August 26. 3 Agency KABO adv, ONE, EQUALS TWO! CARRY your pen in your pocket, &r rest it in the stand. Either way! Parker makes a converti- ble desk set that does double duty! Why spend money for two pens, when one Parker does the job of bath? Beantiful colors. Leak-preof, non-break- able barrel. everywhere. PARKER DUOFOLD e e THE EASY-WRITING P Juneau Ice Cream Parlors Exclusive Dealers HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM . At good stores McCAUL MOTOR CONMPANY —_— . RIS . I o The Empire will show Jou Whe best way to save and imvest what cash you have. 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