The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1934, Page 3

JOHN GILBERT [ 1S STARRED IN ‘FASTWORKERS' Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke Also in Cast of [ Comedy at Capitol A PICTURE THAT MAKES EVERY MINUTE COUNT! 70 hours of nonstop theills packed into 70 roaring minutes! You couldn’t ask more fo your money and we couldnt give you,more — even if we had all the pictures in_ Hollywood to choose from! | | The hilarious adventures of a (w’llk {couple of riveters who liked to \ & g climb high in the world so that their range of vision for the ladies would be increased provide a basis (for “Fast Workers,” which brings | John Gilbert to the Capitol The- atre screen starting tonight in a role that has all the punch and romantic bravado of his unfor- gettable part in “The Big Parade.” Robert Armstrong is seen as GUY KIBBEE HAROLD HUBER ARTHUR BYRON ROBERT BARRAT Gilbert's companion throughout & iseries of thrills on top of sky- LAST TIME TONIGHT {scrapers and amorous encounters !on the ground that lead to a smashing climax. Directed by Tod Browning The story is based on the play “Rivets,” by John McDermott, |adapted to the screen by Karl Brown and Ralph Wheelwright with dialogue by Laurence Stallings of “What Price Glory” fame. Tod Browning, director of many hits starring the late Lon Chaney and who brought the eerie thrills of “Dracula” to the screen, directed. Gilbert portrays “Gunney,” an 'ace riveter who leads all other hot metal experts on a big skyscraper in a race to completion. Arm- Warner Bros.” super-thrille with this super-<ast NEIL HAMILTON SHEILA TERRY DUDLEY DIGGES ALLEN JENKINS Valentines We are now show- ing a complete assortment at 9 strong is his “bucker” or strong- pop.uldr arm man who holds an iron ham- prices mer on the back of a rivet so that the metal may be smashed down |by the rivet gun. Mae Clarke, who . !scored in “Waterloo Bridge,” and {“The Front Page,” has the femi- ‘nine lead as a lady of shady repu- | tation. Muriel Kirkland, who won married, probably next August, it | (Associated Press Photo\ METHODISTS TO HOLD MEETING THIS EVENING There will be a very important business meeting in the Methodist | Episcopal Church parsonage to- \night at 7:30 o'clock fo which all | the friends of the church, its mem- |bers and officials are urged to at- |tend. It is necessary that there be as large an attendanec as possible. | “We would like the friends of the | chureh and those who are nof af- FILM CELEBRITIES TO W THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7, 1934. e g Veree Teasdale and Adolphe Menjou, both film players, are to be was announced in Hollywood. The couple are shown when they attended a Hollywood premiere recently, 'STUDENTS OF HigH SCHOOL ' GIVE PROGRAM Public and Eighth Grade Pupils Invited to Attend Event Friday Afternoon On Friday afternoon at . 2:30 o'clock a program will be given in the Grade School Auditorium by the students of the Juneau High Butler Mauro Drug Co. “Express Money Orders Anytime” | considerable notice on the New her York stage for performance |in “Strictly Dishonorable,” is seen| jas “Millie.” ! The strong supporting cast also |includes Vince Barnett, Virginia | Cherrill, leading woman of Charlie | Chaplin’s last picture, ‘City Lights, Muriel Evans, Sterling Holloway, Guy Usher, Warner Richmond and | Robert Burns. COAL WHOLESALE and RETAIL Pacific Coast Coal Co. Phone 412 — > o GRADUATE NURSES TO HOLD BUSINESS MEETING TONIGHT E i | | This evening at 8 o'clock there| | will be a business meeting of the ‘Gradual.e Nurses of Juneau at the | residence of Mrs, E. H. Kaser for the purpose of making final finan- cial settlement of the funds raised for the furnishing of the room in the new addition of $t. Ann's Hos- ,pital, it was announced today. | A full attendance of graduate nurses is expected io be on hand |and after the brief business meet- ing, they will discuss the plan of forming a permanent organization. — - — \ Daily Empire Want Ads Pay | filiated with another religious!School to which the public and group to feel that this meeting is|the eighth grade pupils are invited. open for them. The business to be|E. R. Erickson, English instructor, transacted this evening will be of is directing the program whieh in- interest to them as well as the|cludes several skits and musical members. It may be astonishing | numbers. George Whyte is Chair- !Lo all, said the Rev. Henry R. man. Cross. The program follows: - “Rostof Pearls,” by Mary Ross | Merritt. ARCH STARTS FOR DAN SOOTER ON ADMIRALTY| Miss Perkins, Doris Freeburger; | Celeste, Patricia Harland; Mrs. To look for Dan Sooter in the!Ransdell, Anabel Simpson; Wini- vicinity of Triangulation Point, Ad- | fred Ransdell, Shirley Dalton; Jan- miralty Island, Glen Carl left here et Ransdell, yesterday under authority of Judge|Countess Rostoff, Corrinne Jenne; J. F. Mullen of the-United States|Mrs, Ames, Aline Goldstein. Commissioner’s Court. Sooter's: An act in song and dance: Vio- friends’ said he left here sometime |linist, Marie Bussinger; pianist, ago to go trapping and was with- | Rachel Borleck; singer, Ralph Mer~ out. a boat. They feared he was rill; dancers, Lillian Anderson, Hil- in distress. yding Haglund; girls, Amy Lou —————— | Guerin, Birdie Jensen, Ada Giova- CRANE SAILS FOR SOUTH | netti, Louise Tanner, Bernice Love- AFTER 5-WEEKS WORK HERE ) joy, Sybil Godfrey. “Who Says Can’'t?” Katherine The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries McClure; directed by Dorothy boat Crane, Capt. Jorgenson, left Rutherford, under supervision of port yesterday enroute for Seattle Mr, Erickson. {after a five-weeks stay in these; Edith Wright, Emily Dalton; ;wawrs. It has been acting as Robert Wright, Hilding Haglund; itender to the boats and crews Mrs, Wright, Aline Goldstein; Mr. engaged in salmon stream improve- Wright, Bill Winn; Tommy, Tom ment work under the Civil Works Stewart; Isabel, Minnie Rogers. Administration. | ~ Daily ple and institutions. “How OTHERS See Us™ A NEW SERIES “Land of opportunity”—Uncle Shylock”—*dollar chasers”— “hope of the world”—many and varied have been the epithets by which foreigners in the past described America, its life, peo- But what of TODAY are held now by the “men in the streets” of Parlis, London, Tokyo and elsewhere? Associated. Press corresponden'ts in leading foreign countries, _experienced American newspapermen intimately familiar with the situation, will summarize popular opinions toward the United States prevailing today in other nations, with explanations of the foreign reasoning and showing typical car- toons reflecting these viewpoints. N A Daily Series—Starting Tomorrow, Feb. 8 in the Alaska ¥ R R PR ET Empire — 'GEORGE A. LINGO +e¢4¢%*s STOPS OFF ON HIS WAY TO FAIRBANKS After spending the last six weeks | in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles on business for his company, George A. Lingo, Tourist Agent for the McKinley Transportation Company, and can- didate for the nomination for Ter- | ritorial Representative from the Fourth Division, arrived in Juneau | yesterday on the Northwestern. Mr. Lingo will remain in Juneau for the next week or two before continuing to his headquarters in Fairbanks. He is a candidate for re-election to the Territorial House of Representatives from the Fourth Division, on the Democratic ticket. ————— J. J. CHISHOLM STQP OFF ON WAY TO THE INTERIOR DISTRICT ? What opinions J. J. Chisholm, one of the best known, merchandise brokers in the northland, who, has spent years in the Interior and Westward dis~ tricts, stopped off in Juneau on his way north from a two months’ combined vacation and business trip outside. - He arrived here on the Norfhwestern and is staying at the Gastineau Hotel. St | MISS NELLIE. SIMPKINS TO SPEND MONTH VISITING RELATIVES IN TACOMA Miss Nellie Simpkins took pas- sage for the seuth on the Prin- cess Norah on her way to Tacoma, Washington, where she will visit relatives for the next month or six weeks. ——ee—— GASTINEAU HOTEL REDECORATING LOBBY The lobby of the Gastineau Ho- tel is being redecorated as the forerunner of the general brighten- ing process for spring. The work is being done under the direction of C. V. Kay. ————.— MR. AND MRS. J. S. JEFFERY LEAVE FOR THE WESTWARD Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Jeffery left for the Westward on the steamer Northwestern. Mr. Jeffery is a well known merchandise broker. i MURDER BAFFLES AUDIENCES AT LOCAL THEATRE Thrilling Entertainment Is| Furnished by “Silk Ex- press” at Coliseum ! For sheer engrossing entertain- ment, for novelty of plot and locale and for cleverness of solution, “The Silk Express,” at the Coliseum The- ater, with Neil Hamilton and She- ila Terry playing the leads, proves to be one of the most engrossing pictures seen in a long, long time. It has for its sefting a fast heav- ily guarded silk train which, we are told, has the right of way even |over the Presidential Special, as it speeds from Seattle to New York laden with three mililon dollars’ worth of raw silk, brought in from the Orient. Contracts for this silk make it imperative that the train reaches. New York on time in order to break a corner in silk that hns;’ been - engineered- by unscrupulous | speculators. The methods resorted to by these gamblers to prevent the | silk reaching its destinafion include murder and arson N Afthough two armed guards are aboard the train, two men are| found murdered on the train, How or when they were killed baffles detection. You'll ;never guess the! weapon used to kill one of the tims, but youll gasp with ams: ment when the mystery is unravel- | led. | This program includes short sub- jects in talk and sound and a news | reel of late everits. | - e e ON SHORT TRIP WEST| R. L. Bernard left on the North- | western for a business trip to Seward and Anchorage on which | he expects to be away for about two weeks. e S. 8. CROWELL IS BACK FROM TRIP TO STATES S. 8. Crowell, electrician at the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany, returned on the Northwest- ern from a trip of several weeks | to the States. Tickets Juneau theatre. 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