The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1934, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, I934 THEATR TARTS T THE MYSTERY .OF THE i ALL iN TECHNIC with LIONEL AT FAY WRAY GLENDA FARRELL || , | FRANK McHUGH ' GHT GORGEOUS Revealed in Every Amaz- ing, Nerve-Shattering Detail . . . THE lOVE RIDDLE THEY WERE AFRAID TO SOLVE! Even Warner Bros. who challenged theunderworld with “Public Enemy,” shocked America with “I Am a Fugitive,” upset a smug social sys- tem with “‘Life Begins,”” bolted the doors of the studio while they made this picture! Gne Giimpse Will Tell You Why! | ! Also THELMA TODD ZASU FITTS IN THE SOLDIERS AND AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHT MINUTES [ ] | WILL , ' 1 OLOR LATE NEWS EVENTS i | shocked, hushed voices, ‘Tommy‘ a young rotter, she is be- HERE’S WHY ’WIVES SAY THEY SEPARATED FROM JOHN GILBERT l TEMPERAMENTAL' Hollywood is puzzied. Why have the four marri: ex-wives and the one he now has separated from offer some of the rea irritable and moody,” says Ina Claire (s 'NOTHING TO es of John Gilbert, one of the screen’s most noted lovers, ended in failure? Two of his ns. “He was too temperamental,” say: ond from left), “He is a victim of his own driving ambition,” says Virginia Bruce (third from left), his latest wife. And to these comments Gilbert replies, “There isn't anything for me to lay" (Associated Press Photos) HE Dll 1 'KNOW THERE \WERE TOO KINDS OF 'LOVE— < atrice Joy (left). “He was YOUTH SHOWN IN FILM HERE | \Mar]onc V. Baker thinks her mar-‘ ‘What Pnce Innocence’ at the Coliseum Presents Problem of Today ! A human, moving photodrama that treats of a subject hitherto greeted with lifted eyebrows and is now on view at the Coliseum Theatre un- \ der the pertinent title, ‘*“What Price Tnnocence?” It's a story of modern, pseudo- | sophisticated youth. The theme | centers about pretty Rufh Harper, 17, and “blessedly innocent” as her, doting mother puts it. In love wibh" | wildered by the strange, overwhelm- SYMPA]’HY FOR Bnde Sues for Failure to Make Her Wait at Altar| AGMN IN DANGER OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 24.—Be- causé bhe bridegroom appeared at the church for her wedding, Mrs. riage should be annulled. She asserted in the annulment smt filed here against Charles Ru- | fus Baker that he so “surprised and shocked her” by appearing at the church that she went through | the ceremony in a daze. Mrs. Baker charged that Baker, NORTHWESTERN IS IN STORM Steamer Northwestern sailed from Seward at 2 o'clock yester- ‘ing sensation. Eager to learn, to day aiternoon but a short distance SPINE CHILLING THRILLEROPENS HERE TONIGHT ‘Mystery of Max Museum’ in Technicolor Exciting | Capitol Feature 1gest and most! ‘The Mystery 0[‘ the Wax Museum,” will open at the Capitol Theatre today, Lionel Atwill, Glenda Farrell, Fay, Wray and Frank McHugh heading a large cast of sterling players. The story, taken from the play by Charles S. Belden, deals with a series of mysterious disappearances of both living persons and human bodies One of the exciting thrille about a wax museum which has on display excepfionally life-like fiz- e ures of personages of history and| notorigus criminals. Important roles are enacted by Allen Vincent, Gavin Gordon, Ed- win Maxwell, Holmes Herbert, Ar-! thur Edmund Carewe, Thomas E. _ Jackson and Monica Bannister. The picture is photographed en-| tirely in Technicolor with unusual lighting effects used to hei; "'hven the fascination and mystery that dominates the production, The di-| rection has been handled by Mich- ael Curtiz, who is universally ac cepted as a past master in direct- | ing mystery thrillers. Curtiz, it will| be remembered, handled the mega-‘ phone for the recent Warner Bros.| picture. “Doctor X.” which was a tremendous sensation last year. In addition to its excitement and | suspense there is a romantic love | angle with no end of humor sup-, plied by smart, witty dialogue be-| tween; Glenda Farrell, the hard-| boiled wisecracking reporter who is on the trail of the mystery, and her managing editor, a part played by Frank McHugh, | The screen play is by Don Mull- ally and Carl Erickson. NEWCOMBE AND BOOTH! BACK FROM TRIP SOUTH Thomas Newcombe and Frank Pooth, United States Deputy Mar- shals, reported for duty at the| United States Marshal's office this morning, after returning last* mght on the Victoria from a trip South | with prisoners. Deputy Marshnl _W. E. Feero will leave on the | Northwestern with another group | of prisoners at the end of this| week. | DETROIT IS ADDED TO W. S. C.’S GRID | LIST DURING 1934 PULLMAN, Wash, Jan. 24—| University, of Detroit was added to Washington State College's 1934 football schedule today. The teams | will meet in a post-season game at Detroit December 1, according to announcement here. Detroit is coached by Gus Dorais, former mentor at Gonzaga University. | with | £ | \ | | and the appearance of ajj terrifying monster. The plot centers | § | many’s ASpLurns- Fame fér Moiherl;ood offers to return to the screen in stellar ' roles, Mrs, Shirley Lanfield, the former Shirley Mason, once a film favorite, prefers the role she plays bere to flicker fame. She’s-shown with her baby daughter, Sheila Mary Lanfield, at play during sojourn &t Palm Sprmgs. California’s famous desert resort, INSULL MUST " LEAVE GREECE; FINAL ORDERS Supreme Slate Council Puts’ Stamp of Approv- al on “Get Out” ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 24— The Supreme State Council has reject- | Although she has received man PRINGE WILL GREET BRIDE | IN YflKflHAMA‘ Alexia Mdlvam Permltted to Land ' After Guar- antees Are Given YOKOHAMA, Japan, Jan. 24— The, reunion of Prince Alexis Mdivani and his Princess, the for-|ed Samuel Insull's appeal to re- mer Barbara Hutton, will occur as| main jin this country and thus planped. | placed the official stamp of legal- Late yesterday the Japanese au- | ity upon the Government’s order thirities denied permission for the | he must seek another refuge by the | Prince to land when he arrived |end of this month. here on the Hikawa Maru, because | The Council also ordered Insull he presenied @ passport not ac-|to pay the costs of the proceedings. ceptable to Japan. It is not known where Insull, Today, the French Consul gave | former ity Hed™ of Chicago, Ill., the required guarantees and the | whose various corporations col- Prince came ashore to await his|lapsed, will seek refuge from the | bride now crossing the Pacific| American Government, bent on re- Ocean aboard the Tatsuta Maru, | turning him to the United States |from San Francisco. - | for trial on alleged embezzlement charges. Einstein Predicts ] End of Nazi Reglme PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24. — The Phun.delphla Evening Bulletin quotes Prof. Albert Einstein, the scientist, as predicting that Ger- “government under such crazy people cannot last.”” The pro- fessor came to Philadelphia to re- ceive a silver loving cup presented by the boys of Northeast High Scheol. Dlily_gn;;m'e Wan[ Alh Pay FINE i Watch and Jewelry Repairing ' at very reasonable rates WRIGHT SHOPPE PAUL BLOEDHORN' 1 | l z .. ol | NOW OPEN Commercial Adjust- Cooperating with White Service Bureau Room 1—Shattuck Bldg. We have 5,000 local ratings on file i) i | | i ment&Rating Burean ’ | | | | by Lodge No. 208 of the Serbian | National Federation, | nounced today by e committee. | discover what to do, she is re- pulsed by a self-contained Puritani—‘ cal mother who just knows that “no daughter of mine would ever | do wrong.” But tragedy does stalk | linto little Ruth's life. 1 Jean Parker, lovely little bru- | nette, is excellent in the role of | | the tragic little heroine. Minna Gombell is no less impressive in the unsympathetic role of the mother, and Willard Mack, the picture’s author and director, is truly splendid as the gracious and {gentle old family physician. The theme has been handled with such understanding delicacy | and tact that it emerges.as power-| ful entertainment with no obtru- sive preachment or crudely han-| dled situation to mar its quality. | Ben Alexander is the handsome young scoundrel who deceives| Ruth Parker. Others in the splen- | did cast are Bryant Washburn, | Beatrice Banyard, Betty Grable andl Maurice Murphy. | | ST. SAVA’S DAY TO BE CELEBRATED BY SERBS, {GASTINEAU CHANNEL: | All Slavs of the Gastineau Chan- | nel communities are invited to aL-\‘ tend the St. Sava’s Day celebra- | tion to be held in the I O. O. F.| Hall, beginning at 7:45 o'clock on | the evening of Friday, January 26, | it was an- There will be an entertaining | program followed by a social gath- ering and refreshments and the celebration will be performed in the Serbian language and costumes. Only Slav people are invited to th2 entertainment to honor St. Sava, who is the patron saint of Serbian churches and schools. He is looked up to by Serbians as a great edu- cator, and St. Sava’s Day is a Serbian national holiday. —————— Shop in Juneau TIME TO EAT AT ANY TIME—break- fast, lunch or dinner— you'll find at this Res- taurant a great variety of tasty dishes. You'll like our special busi- ness men’s lunch. BAILEY’S from port ran into a gale and re- turned. The steamer remained at the S8eward dock all night and left there at 6 o'clock this morning en- |route to Juneau via the regular ports of call —e e MERCHANDISE BROKERS ARRIVE ON VICTORIA FROM S.E. ALASKA TOWNS Among the merchandise brokers E here from Southeast Al- ports on the Victoria last | ve! were L. F. Hebert, N. A. (—Be- |to whom she was married Febru-‘ ary 29, 1932, understood she did not ‘love him and promised not to| show up for the ceremony. She declared she entered the church where the guests were gath- | red confidently expecting to be left waiting at the altar. Then, the bridegroom appeared. The marriage | was performed but Mrs. Baker in-| sisted in her suit she was too | amazed to realize what was hap- | pémng |McEachran, J. P. Morgan, H. B. | Crewson and K. B. Edwards. Most | \oi them are making their first| visit to Alaska cities of this year following vacations and business/ conferences in the States. | - e S. M. GRAFF, PROMINENT SEWARD BUSINESS MAN | ARRIVES HERE ON “VIC”| 8. M. Graff, prominent Sewardite | and owner of the light and power company and the telephone com- pany of that city, arrived in Ju- neau on the steamer Victoria last evening from Seattle. He is stay- ing at the Gastineau Hotel while in town. e i e H. L. COLEMAN RETURNS | FROM KETCHIKAN TRIP H. L. Coleman, Juneau merchant, ‘r returned to Juneau from Ketch'kan aboard the S. 8. Victoria last night. i BYRD'S FLAGSHIP \result of the death of his father, | ANTARCTICA, Jan. 24—Spring- | ing up suddenly, a wind today| blew the flagship of Admiral Byrd's Expedition from its berth to along a low shelf of crumbling ice so| that none of those aboard could| go ashore. Twenty men of the ex- pedition are now housed on shore.| Last week floating ice caused the flagship to drift but it was| again brought back to a safe an-| chorage. ———————— MARTIN S. JORGENSEN RETURNS ON VICTORIA FROM TRIP TO SOUTH Martin S. Jorgensen, Manager of the Standard Oil Company in Ju- neau, returned on the steamer Victoria from Seattle where he was called a short time ago .as the C. M. Jargensen, neau. formerly of Ju- — e, MOTHER OF JOE CRUSSON IS ON WAY TO FAIRBANKS TO JOIN SON AND HUSBAND Mrs. E. E. Crosscn, is aboard hte steamer Victoria on her way to Fairbanks where she will join her husband and their son, Joe Crosson; famous flier of the In- terior with the Pacific Alaska Airways. | - e Daily Empire Wnnt Ads Pay until too late! It hurls a thundering answer te the burning question of the day— HALL WE TELL OUR CHILDREN?” | LAST TIME TONIGHT BOWLING Nothing like the thrill of a ten-strike! Develop your game on the finest alleys you ever played on. Brunswick Bowling Lower Pront Street, opposite Winter and Pond JANUARY Is a Moanth of Bargains the towel had 3 great idea. The man (or perhaps it was a woman!) who invented And an equally great benefactor was the man (or more likely woman) who conceived the scheme of making towels as colorfully attractive as they are bathingly serviceable. Along about this time of the year, towels also haye their plan of moving from bargam counters to thrifty closets, Lmen, handkerch;efs and blanke{ts alsq beckon the eye and prlces soothe the pucketbaok. January is a glorious month for har- gains ! The advertisements in your newspaper are important news of the shopping world and they tell an interesting story of quality and price—of things that are new. pense these advertisements save you? decisions in your own home. Did you ever pause to (.Onaldcl’ how much time .md ex- You make your own 'You figure the cost to a penny. Then, with the help of these daily messages of economy in your newspaper, you go forth on an adventure of buying and return with exactly what you intended to get.