The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 4, 1934, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JAN. 4, 1934. L CAPITO in 2 mother- in-law story that is no [ JOEL MCCREA FRANCES DEE ERIC LINDEN LAURA HOPE CREWS 8ased upon the ploy by SIDNEY HOWARD es produced by The Theatre Guild, inc. Dirscted by John Cromwefl. A Pandro SBerman Production. Mer- ian C. Cooper, executive v PREVIEW TONIGHT 1:10 A. M. “EAGLE AND THE HAWK” BUILDING Tflu comprehensive uu'l:fi is'well illustrated and prove a real help in building the new home or making the present home modern and more convenient. The follow- ing list of items taken at ran- dom will give you an idea of the low prices that now pre- vail, Oce-pane] doors, 2 ft. 6 mx6ftbin . o . . $2.35 T intaag Ieommride™ 175 RTA et 3.40 6.50 7.00 glase measure, 3 lights . 1.98 Ironiag board and eabi- net, complete « + o . 3.00 Consult us regarding you building requiremen W can add convenience at an at- tractive saving. Write for free catalog. 0.B.WILLIAMS CO. Sash and Doors 1933 First Ave. Su., Seattle French doors, 15 lights, Ilr.lb.xtlaelf . doors, 4 fLx7 ft. Sapiesiias el oo Windows, 24 x M In. r e GARDEN PATCH FRESH FRUIT and VEGETABLES “Where Producc and Censumer Meut” Free Delivery PHONE 243 2 doors north of First National Bank D L UL | AR Commercial Adjust- ment & Rating Bureau Room 1, Shattuck Bldg. i (after January 1) | COLLECTIONS—RATINGS | Albert White Fred Huntress | i | | Philip Dumont, former Univer- sity of Jowa museum assistant, lists 364 species of birds as inhabitants of Iowa. FEMININE LEAD INBUCK JONES' FILM IS BRAVE {Barbara Weeks, at Coli- seum in “‘White Eagle” Is Noted for Courage Barbara Weeks has had enough | action since the beginning of 1932 to last the average girl for the rest of her life. Early in the year she was clawed by a lion; latér she had to make ‘a parachute jump from an air- plane whose motor had gone dead, and during the production of “White Eagle,” a Columbia picture, which brings Buck Jones to the Coliseum Theatre tonight in the starring role of an Indian chief, the charming brunette Miss Weeks was attacked by anether lion. All without batting an eye. | In “White Eagle" she is pursued into a cave by a ferocious puma, {a lion common - in the mountains | of the United States -and Canada that is more vicious than the bet- ter known African lion. Just as the puma is about to leap upon her, | Buck Jones rushes into the ca and after a strenuous fight, suc- ceeds in killing the animal. It is not every day that a film actress is called upon to make a scene with a real wild animal such as the one used in “White Eagle.” | Most actresses would blanche with fear, and refuse flatly to make such a scene. But not Barbara ‘Weeks. There's stern stuff in her Irish ancestry. Just to prove that the courage of this popular actress is not mere- 1y confined to braving fhe dangers of wild beasts may be c.ifed the in- stance of a forced parachute jump | that qualifies her for the famous Caterpillar Club composed of offi- cers who made jumps to _save their lives. An ardent fiend, she was making a flying pleasure jaunt over the California coastline near Holly- L Wwood with an instruetor. Just as the plane dipped down from 4,000 to 3,000 feet, the motor went com- pletely dead, and the plane fell {into a side slip that threatened its occupants with a death plunge into | the ocean. Both Miss Weeks and her pilot jumped, pulled the rings of their chutes and landed on the beach, while the plane crashed into the water and sank. No one can demand more cour- age than those three incidents in- | dicate in any woman, whether she be film star or not. And no one can demand more thrills and ac- tion than “White Eagle” offers fea- turing as it does Ward Bond, Rob- ert Ellis, Jason Robards, Russell | Simpson, Bob HEiliott and Bob Kortman in supporfing roles. MANY MEASURES INTRODUCED BY ALS. DELEGATE Dimond Introduces 11 More Bills—Seeks El- ection Date Change (Continuea trom Page One) District Court of Alaska to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. 5. Authorizes the Secretary of Treasury to bestow a gold medal on Thomas Ross, Coast Guard at Nome, for heroism and rescue work in Bering Sea, and care of sick persons during an influenza epi- demic several years ago, and ap- propriates $500. °6.°' Conveys to the city of Nome lands occupied’ by the -abandoned ceurt house. 7. Give employees of the Alaska Railroad the right to appeal in comipensation cases to the United States Employees Compensation Comimission. B. ' Gives Indians and permanent white residénts of the Yukon and Kuskokwim River valleys the right to ‘take for export king salmon commercially. 9. Would permit the sale of tim- ber and mineral products on the public school lands ef the Terri- | tory. 10. Authorizes the transfer by the United States of title in lot two block 50 at Nome for - street purposes. —teo CITY EMPLOYEES HARD AT WORK' CLEARING - OFF SNOW ¥ WITH SCRAPERS, SHOVELS In addition to the street scrap- ers, which began work clearing the streets at 3 o'clock this morning and will continue through today and tonight, removing snow and dumping it into the bay, there are twenty men, employed by the city, warking with shovels on the streets, aceording to City Clerk A. W. Hen- ning. " Every effort is being made to keep Juneau streets clear for traf- fie 'and property owners are again requested to cooperate by clearing snow from the sidewalks in front ‘business. 1IN JUNEAU Bréadfimy Stage Hits Old Stride A gain As 1933 Brought Smiles to Box Office New York theatre managers found the 1933 seascn cne of recovery for the business, with queues at bex-office windows and applauding audiences inside. Among the players at outstanding attractions as the new year approached were Helen Menken as Queen Elizabeth in Maxwell Anderson’s “Mary ef Scctland,” Pclly Walters in “She Loves Me Not,” a lively hit concerned with dormitory adventure, and Gegsrge M. Cohan in “Ah, Wilderness,” Eugene O'Neill's comedy of family life. By NOEL THORNTON NEW YORK, Jan. 4— Putting aside their despair masks, theatri- cal managers and actors ventured forth from their storm cellers dur- ing the past year to be welcomed by a bountiful and profitable har- vest of new shows. That now-be- coming-a-bore plaint of “What's wrong with the theatre?” was heard no more. Drama critics had become so us2d to writing lachrymose reviews they -were forced to outdo them- selves when a whole string of suc- cessful attractions tumbled into Broadway. Actors began to eat regularly again, and managers, un- able to belizve thefr eyes, stared in awe at lines of customers trailing | to the box office. Audiences Coming Back Audiences, after several years' absence, were returning to the flesh and blood showshops, and they found the playwrights and actors ready to receive them with an overflowing cornucopia of excel- | lent entertainment. The old master, Eugene O'Neill, was one of the first of the new season to bring in a hit. His “Ah, Wilderness,” with George M. Co-| han in the leading role, astounded its audiences not only because it was not in th: many-acts form of the usual O'Neill works, but it also showed this writer - of defeatist, neurotic themes as the author of | a homely comedy about a normal family. Satire Busy Again The trend for satiric nose- thumbing at hallowed institutions received further impetus in the Irving Berlin-Moss Hart revue. “As Thousands Cheer.” The authors mercilessly unleashed fheir barbs at Noel Coward, Herbert Hoover, King George, Barbara Hutton, Ghandi, Aimee Semple MacPher- son and many other notables. Risque humor was the keynote of the two biggest comedy hits of the year, ‘‘Sailor Beware” and “She Loves Me Not.” The first was the story of roman- tic life of seagoing gallants, from the pen of Kenyon Nicholson, a professor at Columbia. The lafter was taken from that Edward Hope | novel detailing the adventures:-of Rising Prices Follow . Crop Cuts, Debt Relief (Continued from Page One) July to $58,352,000 in November, or a total of more than $110,000,000 in the five months. Big Response in Borrowing By the end of November mort- gage loans were being made at a rate of $3,000,000 a day, and ‘eut- standing loans totaled $1.206,000,000 compared with $1,118,000,000. on June 30. Other types of loans out- standing, including those to co- operatives and production credit associations; ‘totaled $524,374,000. Meanwhile, prices of nearly all farm products advanced and Sec- retary Wallace estimated the 1933 gross farm income at $6,400,000,000 compared with $5. 148,000,000 last year. Part of the increass, however, was cancelled by increases in prices of things the farmer buys, Thus, while the index of farm ‘prices ad- vanced from 50 in Mareh (with prices of 1810-14 taken as 100), to 72 in November, the index of prices he paid also increased from 100 in March to 1175 in November. Processing Tax Alds Benefits from processing taxes in the ‘Adjustment administration’s crop curtailment campaigns will add $300,000,000 to this year's farm | income, it is estimated. { Nearly 10,400,000 acres of cotton were plowed under, and an almost record crop of 17.135,000 bales re- duced to 13,177,000, slightly under the normal. Growers received an estimated $350,000,000 from incrzas- {ed prices, plus $110,000,000 in bene- fits, and perhaps as much as $200,- 000,000 in loans to hold théir €rop) off the market. A crop only five- ninths as large as some record acreages in the past is planned this year. ‘Wheat growers signed agree- ments to cut this year's crop by about 8.000,000 acres, and checks for $102,000,000 in benefits began going out in November. A world wheat agreement respecting exports and production was negotiated. Government Buys Pork The government bought 6,200,000 pigs and 220,000 sows at a cost of | $31,000,000 -to reduce this winter's market supply, and then launched a campaign to reduce the 1934 corn crop by a fifth and the pig erop by a fourth. Maximum benefit pay- ments will approach $350,000,000. When a farm strike, led by the Farmers Holiday assoclation flared in the midwest. a commitment was anade to lend up to $150,000,000 on i v First wedding ever to be held aboard the United sumrrfl:c Constitution tock place recently at San Diego, Cal, while the - | taric ship was anchered in the harbor. The bride was Helen Lee Turner of Long Beach, Cal, and W. Tolson, aide to Captain Louis Gulliver, Comunander of the Constitution. Photo shows Licutenant and Mrs. Tolson immed- iately after the picturesque ceremony on the decks of the battie- scarred frigate. Wedding on Constitution a quartet of Princston boys who harbored a night club dancer in their dormitory rooms. It brought a new comedienne star to’ Broad- way in Polly Walters, who used %o be a dancer herself, Two Helens Star | Probably the most impressive first night of the season brought | Helen Hayes back to the stage in | Maxwell Anderson’s lyrical histori- cal drama, “Mary of ‘Scotland.” | With Miss Hayes as Mary and Hel- | en Menken as Queen Elizabeth, it ior[ered a night of stage perform- ances as exciting as when Alfred | Lunt and Lynn Fontanne first ap- | peared in Anderson's earlier his- torical play, “Elizabeth, the Queen.” Other outstanding shows includ- ed “Let 'Em Eat Cake,” a sequel to that satire on politics, “Of Thee I sing;” “Men in White,” a drama | about the trials of a young physi- !cian. “The Pursuit of Happiness,” |a risque comedy of revolutienary | times; “Double Door,” an eerie | melodrama; and “Roberta,” a mus- ical comedy, in which that veteran actress, Fay Templeton, returned to the stage. | | | the groom was Lieutenant David year than last, it is estimated, when they agreed to cut acreage this year up to 30 per cent, and manufacturers agreed to pay @ minimum of 17 cents a pound. Ben- efits will total about $17,000,000. Thirteen milkshed marketing agreements were negotiated. With 12 others nearing completion these agreements are estimated to in- crease fhe returns to producers of Class 1 milk by $30,000,000 annual- corn held on the farm. Similar trouble also threatemed es caused the closing of ml But the growers of flue-cured to- bacco received 475,000,000 more this| Several other marketing agree~| of ‘their residences and places of|in the south when low tobacco pric.: ments including fruits and rice were put inte effect. e Dally Empire Want Ads Pay! Arm Fractured When Man Leaps 3 Stories SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4—After legping from the window of a room on the third floor of a hotel during the progress of a party, Edward Stillwell, sixty-nine, thougnt he might need a little checking over. 8o he drove himself, under his own power, to a hospital, where an examination revealed he was suffering from abrasions and a fractured right arm. ‘En selfish mother who seeks to re- | excellent histrionics by Miss Dunne | with @ score of 1478 to 1377. | high man for the evening with a ATTRACTION AT CAPITOL HAS STRONG PLOT Irene Dunne Is Star of Un- usual Feature Film “Silver Cord” A heart-throb story of a bride’s triumph over a conniving mother- in-law abounds in dramatic thrills for every type of film fan who | visits the Capitol Theatre to see | “The Silver Cord,” starring Irene | Dunne. | Miss Dunne, enacting a modern wife, cohtributes a splendid per- formance agai a background of elaborate settings and splendid, photography. As Christina, she ris- | es in magnificent wrath against | the insidious tactics employed by tain her son’s love exclusivgly for herself, unconcerned with their normal impulses to live with matas | of their own choice. With her husband David, Chris- tina visits his mother's home where the insanely selfish woman loses no time in launching her campaign to wreck her son’s happiness, not| one whit deterred by Christina's forthcoming baby. Mental cruelty | is her first barrage when she forces the pair to sleep in separate rooms. Calculating lies, deceit and studi- ously inhuman methods soon drive Christina to a desperate move. Powerful Climax She throws her whole happiness into one cast of the dice of fate. With David as a witness, she tears the mother's hypoerisy asunder, She points out her envious propen- | sities in lavishing on her chil- dren the love she selfishly with- held from her husband. Christina demands, rightfully and courage- ously, that her husband choose be- tween her and his mother. The- climax—powerful, ironic. caustic— leaves an indelible impression with its tense, dramatic power. A cast of extraordinary talent Supports Miss Dunne in “The Sil- ver Cord.” Laura Hope Crews, cre- ator of the mother role in the original Theatre Guild production of the Sidney Howard play, enacts ther part masterfully. Joel McCrea, as David, is genuinely the perfect son torn between the loves of his wife and mother. Eric Linden and Frances Dee, as the younger son and his fiancee, also give brilliant characterizations. When “The Silver Cord” was produced in New York \ vera)years ago, it created a sensation among play-goers. As a film it tops the stage production by reason of its scope and sweep. Tmbued with John Cromwell's expert direction of the film from experience which he gathered while staging the play; [ and her support and a smooth adaptation by Jane Murfin of How ard's play, “The Silver Cord” un- reels mature, entertaining film fare. E. GALAO AND A. GARN MAKE HiGH SCORES Teams of City League to Play Tournament Match- es Saturday Night The Brunswick frio won from George Brothérs' team in the City League bowling matches played at the 'Brunswick alleys last night |’ E. Galgo, of the Brunswicks, was total of 518 and A. Garn, of the same team made the second high total, 5610 and rolled the high sin- gle game score for the evening with 202, Matches will be played at the Brunswick tomorrow evening on the following schedule: 7:80 o’clock, Brunswicks vs. Le- gion of the Moose. 8:30 o’clock, Pederal Building vs. Alaska-Juneau. Individual scores made night’s matches were: George Bros. 147 ‘180 159 152 150 150 in last 152—479 187448 141518 155—510 150—450 1478 ELKS’ TOUINMT TEAMS TO BOWL AT CLUB TONIGHT ADMINISTRATION LEADERS TRY FOR SHORT SESSION (Continuea 1:vm Page One) from various quarters on the Ad-E ministration’s recovery program. | Attacks on NRA Expected | Representative Beck of Pennsyl-[ | ! | vania. one of the outstanding con- | stitutional lawyers of the country, | can b2 expected to continue his aftack on the legal phases of NRA and other recovery measures. } The long parade of bankers be-; fore the Senate stock market in-| vestigation committee will furnish material for endless debates in the session. ! Any attempt to make permanent the guarantee of bank deposits by the federal government or any STARTS TONIGHT other banking legislation will find| & Senator Glass out in front Restoration of pay cuts to fed-| eral employes and any proposal| for liberalization of compensation| of veterans will loose floods of | tory in both Houses. 1‘ Tax Exemption Question | Sentiment is crystallizing in both || Houses to remove tax exemptions)” from municipal, state and federal| bonds. Ashurst of Arizona will be heard from on that. Senator Copeland of New York. a| of a pure food ‘and druzs law to supersede the one now in effect. | Semator Norris of Nebraska. en-| couraged by Tls eforts in the Ten-! nessee Valley, wants a similar prof- ect authorized for the Missouri Valley. e et DEAN C. E. RICE RETURNS FROM KETCHIKAN WHERE HE CONDUCTED sr-:nvncas; Dean C. E. Rice of Trinity Cathedral, returned on the Yukon from Ketchikan where he went a' week ago to hold services in St.!| John's Church in that eity. Due| to the extreme cold which put the heating plant in St. John's out of | commission, a change of plan was| necessitated and Dean Rice held Joint services in St. Elizabeth's Church while he was in the First | physician, will push for enactment|® City. Due to the fact that Father Mark T. Carpenter, formerly pastor of St. John's Church had ' gone East to accept a call to a Vermont church, there had been no services in the Episcopal Church in Ketchikan for some time, ————————— CONDITION OF MRS. JOHN M'CORMICK ‘IS IMPROVED Mrs. John McCormick, who has been confined to her home in the Ass:mbly Apartments by illness for over a week, is slightly improved today, dccording to information re- ceived. - ee e ——— ‘There are 3,805 negro physicians and surgeons in the United States, says the bureau of census. 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