The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 10, 1934, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE,WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, 1934. PICTURES MARY CARLISLE| BUSTER CRABBE[ CHARLES STARRETTE! FLORENCE LAKE 2 AND TED FI0-RITO AND ENTERTAINERS. . Directed by EDWIN MARIN LA W.T. LACKEY PRODUCTION] FROLICKING FRESHMEN! SENTIMENTAL SOPHOMOPES! TANTALIZING TUNES! DASHING DIALOGUE! LOVE AND LAUGHTER! LAST TIME TONIGHT CREW RACE IS Flirting at Frat Dance |EAST-MOVING RFC REQUESTS FEATURED IN % o HEBEPBRL MELODRAMA FURTHER TIME COLLEGE FILM | s AT GOLISEUM ~ FOR BUSINESS . . . D Sweoel];fi?;t %{)rfilifl?a tChl -+ I'Devil Is Driving’ Features Report of Organization P é’; ilolg ) Edmund Lowe, Wynne Made to Congress— | p Gibson, Dickie Moore Ask More Funds ‘ | “The Devil Is " the' film | which opened night at the WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—ioans' Coliseum Theatrz, is a finely con- extending five billion dollars of | {structed melodrama which fully Government credit to business| lives up to its unusual title and to along the up-curve are listed by, ithe quality of iis cast, headed by | the Reconstruction Finance Cor-| sueh players as° Edmund Lowe, | poration in asking Congress for | Wynne Gibson, Lois Wilson and, longer life and still greater lending | 4 Allan Dinehar power. | | It is a story of the “hot car”| The officers of the Reconstruc- | racket in New York, and most of | tion Finance Corporation asked | ‘_ns scencs are laid in the Metro- | from one to three years additional | CORDOVA FROM TRIP SOUTll‘politun Garage, which serves as a |time for making loans toward re- cache for stolen cars. a speak-|turning prosperity and requested R. J. De Leo, Assistant Superin-|easy and a hideaway for the head’ from a half billion to one billion | ket. The business of the more dollars to do it with. { i < | MUND LOWE HELL HID BEHIND A college story saturated with' love, life and laughter; a college story brimming with music, but! !not a musical; a college story that | for the first time in molion pic- ture history does not coneern itself {With football, baseball, basketball, cross-country or track meet con-| | tests—but features, for the first| time on the talking screen an eight | (oared shell race, enacted by 32 | | youths of brain and brawn, as its| McIntosh, Purnell Pratt, Franklin| R. J. DE LEO RETURNS TO | smashing climax. | Parker, Tommy Dugan, Grady Sut- | That, in brief, describes “Sweet- |ton and Major Goodsell. The musi- | | heart of Sigma Chi,” Monogram's' ¢al embellishments presented by | | most recent production which opens | Ted Fio-Rito and his orchestra tendent of the Copper River and of the [ ASgsE SR - ] Friendly rivalry ameng principals of “Sigma Chi’ at ‘the ‘Capitol. |8t the Capitol Theatre tonight. , and staff of vocal favorites, add|Northwestern Railway, is a w garage moves along at its steady, | Although somewhat submerged Much to the entertainment vnluc‘bound passenger abpa!‘cl the A dangerous pace until one day the Gll’on | by the production’s entertainment ©Of the production. i ka on his way to his headquarters child of the manager is run down Harry Race 1SON DICIE WOOM features, - the. plot is cohesive and —————————— in Cordova from a trip south. by one of the stolen cars and the & o DINENART | holds interest throughout. Bri = | manager sets out for revenge. i w@m 3”.‘/4.n..-.’me-c'"‘(‘llARL |it coficerns Vivian, flirtatious co- | o AT THE HNOTELS {ed,. known at Rawley University!q o g o v 60 06600 08 ® |as “the sweetheart of Sigma Chis."| {Admired by all members of this| | fraternity Vivian centers her Alaskan DRUGGIST P. WARNER BACK The film movss at a terrific pace FROM SOUTH, FEELING FINE to a thrilling climax, and mingles Charles P. Warner, owner of|ribald comedy with its melodrama. the Warner Machine Shop here, It is distinguished. further by bril-|— | returned home on the steamer Al- liant performances, especially by | g—. { tentions upon Bob North. Shy, he| George B. Spaulding, Basml“*k“ rrom Semm‘ where he has Lowe as the wisecracking Gabby, | evades her at first but is eventu- | Camp; F. Park, Garden vac.‘blf"“‘ receiving medical care at thewho finally tracks down the racke- I jally enslaved. Believing himself California; H. W. Kinney, Tacoma; | Virginia Mason clinic for the last, teers, and by Wynne Gibson as ““ | jilted in favor of a rival, he slumps C. A. Jones, Tacoma; William J.| tWo months, |lady of his heart. l i i 11 The Squibb Store ALLAMAE SCOTT | ‘Expert Beauty Specialist | PERMANENT WAVING | | | {In his crew work and is sent to' Murray, U. S. S. Tallapoosa; Ford| Mr. Warner says he just feels i | the J. V. boat. Urged by his friend, Runmer, Madras, Oregon; Elmer | fine now and is glad to be home YUKON DUE TOMORROW {Harry, he finally bucks up, helps | Peterson, City. |in Juneau again. Phone 218 for Appointment Entrance Pioneer Barber Shup Daily Empirc Want Ads Pay. FRESH Fruits and Veget ARRIVED ON ALASKA TODAY BLATZ Quarts or Pints, case $2.95 CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE 478 (._)ld P_aPers'foirW Sale at Empire Offici ables BEER | GROCERY PROMPT DELIVERY i Buster | North, manage | ounce of charm and humor out of | C. F. Lane; Lee M. Thoma, Doug- = The pleasing impres- las; Lucile Pepoon, Douglas; Eliza-| sion they make is augmented by beth Feusi, Douglas; William T, | the excellent work of the support- | Mahoney, Ketchikan; Mr. and Mrs. | {ing principles Starrett and Florence Lake—fea- Pimperton, Douglas. | tured members of the cast—and | Sally Starr, Edwin Tamblyn, Burr/ Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! | their roles. Crabbe, who plays Bob to extract every including Charles L F. T Zynda W. R. Seavers, Juneau; Margaret Ladies Free DANCE TONIGHT Mandarin Ball Room 50 cents -+ Revelers | during which the mercury dropped port until after midnight, before to 12 degrees below zero. SHOE , CHAPT VULTURI BLOND GODDESS . x v.- Seciol 1y RERBERT JENSEN ER ONE INE FACE ITH an odd alertness Grahame arose from the deeply cushioned chair. Some jungle- bred instine t stirred within him. His 'un- ease was curiously at variance with the formal surr room. oundings of this studio ante- The ornamental stenographer - secre- tary paused with her typing and looked up with polite inquiry. “I am sure Mr. Myberg will see you in just a few minutes, Mr. Grahame,” ‘she i murmured as if placating his impatience. Grahame shook his head slightly and looked slowly abeut the huge low-ceilinged room. 1t was paneled at both ends in silvered ebony. The windows done in frosted, ang palm frotids from the adjoin: patterns upon the glass. His gaze -examined each object within the room with a studied care, Ther® Wwere but three other chairs like the one fn which he had been seated. ‘Except tor the girl at the desk, e was alone. His sense of unease persisted but not so strongly now. The typist's - quiring gaze still held his own. He smiled slightly at bis thought that it was like Myberg, Holiywood's greatest executive, to have thfs platinam ‘blond tel behind an ebony desk in his eelebrated ebony and silver. offices. He wondered If she were ficient as she was un- doubtedly decorative, and conclud- ed that she was. He recalled some- thing-of Myberg's requirements. “‘The door to the inner ofiices. SWuDg open. A naze of tobacco smoke ‘eddied. outward. Volces, blended {n & mild- confusion of sound; them one voice predom)- wated. “——no better man for the jungle. He's outside mow. Shall we have BLim in? Our picture=—" H G 7Another voie rumbled an inter- satd, “But. Ortega, you ‘can’t: do, everything, y'understand.” The rum-| oitny’ ‘voice made some reply. Whereupdn, as clear and deeply Hil: 2s.a 'cello, a feminine voice sides were solid with French ular, leaded glass. Shadows of ing patio made queer modern " “Goodness, but it’s gelting dark. I must be going. Gentlemen, can't ‘we discuss this tomorrow? . .'. Thank you, Mr. Ortega. I'm so awk- ward', orever losing gloves—=" The door swung slowly stut, cut- ting off the sounds of the breaking- up of the meeting. Grabame picked @p his light camel’s hair coat and put it ove. his arm. He took up his hat and stood with a slight uncer talnty. The door to Myberg's otfice | clicked. Abruptly that former sense of disgulet ook hold of him: He taced ‘the glassed side-wall. The shadows palms lay against the frosted surfaces 1 if they had.been stained in the glass. Whereupon his glance focused upon ‘the one in- congruous shadow.: * “ He telt a faint tingling at the base of his scalp. ‘There was a shadow ‘Of a face between the leaves. It Was an odd face—a vulturind out- Mne with a predatory mose that seemed but a prolongation-of an | excessively slanting' forehead. It ‘was as if a man stood behind a palm trunk, waiting, 1 RAHAME walked toward the outer door. A buzzer hitmmed oftly. “‘The girl at the desk said, in a startled : volce, *Mr. -My- berg wilt see you now. The others are. leaving.” Half turning, Grahame replied, “Tomorrow. It's late now.” The clostng” door blanketed the girl’s confused protest. Outside the Lullding he strode along the cement walk toward the palms, whicly threw shadowy pat- terns about his feet. Beams from street lamps sprouted. A thin, dia phanous drizzle began to fall and glisten upon the surrounding shrub- bery. One swift glance assured him that there was no human figure among the patms. He stepped upon: the E33, RArs B A tree that might have betrayed the shadowed face he'd seen from with- in‘the office. He glaneed at the grass at his feet. Behind the smooth trunk it seemed compressed as if & man had recently been standing upon it. ‘Grahame paused, frowning. The fact that someone had stood in this place ¥as not especially siguiticant. It‘was-impartiant, however, that. fie had ‘experienced. that sense of. gn: ease within the oflce and bad loeg) ized it as'a strange shadow upos 3. trosted window. His years fn remote places Lad taught him not to disregard bis fal and atavistic sensibilities howéver baseless they secmed He pushed the tips of his fingers upward over his forehead and glanced with a emi-wariness above. It was if he 8tood dn some jungly spot and had tilted back his helmet the better to survey the upper branches. Heariog voices from the far side of the wing that jutted into the patio, he walked over the cushiony lawn toward the sidewalk, While it 'was pot yet dark enough to ob- Soure a view of the street, Deverthe- less defalls wero hazed. As 'ne stepped upon the cement, & black Mmousine o expensive make drew Lup to the curb a few yards beyond i 3 TRLS s Continues The LEADER Dept. George Brothers STORE OPEN TONIGHT proceeding south. SALE Store . and is scheduled to reach here m-! 1 i | .. Thomas Hardware Co. | Open 7:30 am. to 9 pm. | HELEN MOPER | : | ; Steamer Yukon, om thé west- PEVEEDTRTENENTRAE | [ DR -2 {win the race for Rawley and per- | Gastinean | R ward, is creeping up ahead of time | P ST .| e | manently captures the affections| Harry Nixon, Ketchikan; Jack ~PETERSBURG COLD SNAP | PAINTS—OILS ; Jgp':::g nggn;nSAl;&P | of the girl he loves. Clifford, Seattle; Paul H. Abbott,| Betersburg 1s recovering from morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. The ! Builder#’ and Bhel Breakfast, Luncheon Disner | Mary Carlisie as Vivian and Seattle; W. C. Johnson, Juneau; a cold snap lasting four weeks | steamer will probably remain in| HARDWARE l | | | A man made a remark in a deep voice. A woman replied and laughed. They were the voices he had heard through the open door Into Myberg offices. Two figures—the owners of the voices, he guessed<moved to- ward the cirb from a doorway. The man heiped the woman into the car. A door clicked and the vehicle moved forward. For an Instant the man remained bareheaded facing the' vanishing automobile; then crushing his hat upon his head he moved swiltly across the street. Grabame watched, and began to FREE DELIVERY he became consclous of the tan car at the other curb, His mind noted and registered several facts in one instant, ‘The tan car faced in the wrong directlon. Meoreover, it was parked in a street in which'he remembered that parking was prohfbited by po lice regulatiom—ur Mr, Myberg’s In- the totinsau was open. The man who had crossed the stréet reached the car. He opened a rear door and climbed within. ‘Grahame had a brief glimpse of his outlined figuse betore be seated him- seif. He was a hugé man with heavy shoulders and short, thick neck. ‘Two men approached the car from opposite ends of the street. Une got into the car and behind the wheel. The other—a small man—seated ‘himsell beside the large Man 11 the tonneau. Their combined actions were all very regular and conven- tional,—~but very precise. Grahame had a pecuilar sense that this little scene had been rebearsed. The/e was fo lost motion. The starter growled, and the car moved down the street without perceptible hesitation,—almost as if timed with the sounding of the door shutting after the sma!l man in the rear seat. Grabame s'eppéd onto the pave ment. Seeral blodks ahead he saw the tafl light ‘of the' fArst car held stationary by the red signal of the next arterial crossing. The rear light «f the second ear diminished toward it He heard the sound of a metor' behind him, turned to- ward the curb. A taxicab hesitated, slowed, and stopped. “Cab, sii?” RAHAME entered. The driver asked him where he wanted to be driven. Grahame's lips parted to give the man his address; where- upon with sudden decision he sald, “Follow that tan cap you see iwo bloeks aliead.” As the gears meshed, Grahame chuckled %o bimselt. He had acted entirely upon impulse since he stood up from his chair in Myberg’s ante- feel a slight discomfort. He put on room. There was nothing feasonable fluence. -Although” it was ralning, | GARDEN PATCH FRUITS — VEGETABLES APPLES 75¢c up BY THE BOX PHONE US YOUR WANTS light cvercoat. At-which. poiot | or excusable about his pertoraiangs |\ Jomeriow. PHONE 243 except that insilactive uneass that had been the mainspring of his al- most automatic actions thereafter. He lay back in his seat, and con- sidered. He bad broken an appoint- ment with a man he hoped would eémploy him. He had noted a spot In the grass where someone had stood. A woman had entered a car and he had watched ber be driven off. Another car which contained three men had gone in the same direction as the other. Certainly they were not a very significant combination of unrelated facts. = ;. Yet, he told himselt, he was now engaged in the somewhat idfotfc business ot following an automobile containing three men who were en- gaged on an errand of their own doubtlessly no more serious than that of getting to a place where they could enjoy their cocktalls’ ners, which he should be doing. Ak most he rapped upon the window peé fore him, to redirect the driver. They entered the stream of traffii¢ that flows out Sunset. Recalll that they were going in the gen direction of his apartment ho Grahame decided to wait a little be | fore telling his driver his destina- tion. He became mildly interested to gee if his chauffeur eould k-v‘s bis eab withia th: same trafic grou as the tan car. It was dark now. It seemed a difeuit job to avold blocked at oue of the many inl sections. 2 A tew blocks west of Gower, driver lost the tan car. He slo to the curb, and turned a chagrin face toward his passenger. hame smilad “It's all right . . . really; it lsn important, Just driye me————" " “1 thina I know where they went, You see, tLere's a jog at————" “I tell you: it doesn't————" 4§ “The party’s on me, boss,” driver interrupted him. He pus| up the flag on bis meter. The growled. - Over shoulder called, “It takes up Laurel way and down into the Boulevard, cuts out a lot of trafic. ... (Copyright, 1934, by Horbers Jamsen) | Srmnmnp