The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1934, Page 3

STARTS TONIGHT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY EER.: 21 ATHRILL FANS 1934, ABIG MOMENT FOR THIS ‘BLACKIE’ Prices | ENJOY ‘FLAMES' | - AT COLISEUM Big Double Bnll Offered to Patrons of Local Theatre | on Tonight's Program f | | $2 “ Revealing an intimate picture o e every day life of the fire- ngm- s of a great city, and pointing out the perils to which these bravo men must subject themselves in| hel ine of duty, “Flames,” m picture, starring Johm- Mack Brown, opehed last night the Coliseum Theatre. Tr plot concerns itself with th(- ce of the b(’\llnflll of a \U'luh\ an ambitio y the eveniual nd her employer i spectacular y relief is con tnblh(l by a new laugh-getting team in the form of George Coop- | and Marjorie Beebe, while Noel Francis, former Follies star, ably upholds her role as Johnny Mack | Brown's leading woman. | Thrill fans will find plenty of action from the opening sequence throughout the entire picture. Not one, but two large buildings are de- stroyed by fire to add punch to the action high-points, while the collapse of the parapet of the fac- tory structure, when it is und mined by fire, provides moments of breathless suspense, such have not been seen in any local presentation for some time. | Others who play important parts | in the well “selected cast include| Richard Tucker, past master of| heavy roles, Kit Guard, former star | of a series of prize fight pictures, and Russell Simpson, well known character actor. Metrg- ! Goldwyn- Flames” heads a big double bill at the Coliseum Theat: Mayer i i m\ Durante in an EXCLDUDH al cast Picture FORMER JUNEAUITE |and a RETURNS WESTWARD :ca as its background, “Hell Be- {low,” Metro-Goldwyn- I thrilling drama of submaririe fare, opens tonight at the Capi (A.soc-ated Preu Phuto) ‘HELL BELOW’ IS CAPITOL as See Jimmy Durante fight a kangareoo A of Submarine Warfare With Robert Montgomery, r Huston, Madge Evans and Jim- P. D. “Paddy C‘nroAl, Master Painter of The Alaska Railroad, and whose arrival in Juneau dated back as far as 1887, visited friends while the Alaska was in port last night. Mr. Carroll is enroute to his headquart in Anchorage after ading four months on a vaca- tion trip covering California, Ore- gon, Idaho and Washington. While in Seattle he visited his daughger, Miss Carroll, who has been attend- ing school in Victoria, B. ©C., but who is mow located with Seattle friends. On his trip Carroll met Magnificent Climax many former Alaskans and, with-| Montgomery and Huston, as the out exception, they all voiced the | tWo officers, provide the dramatic greatest praise for the administra- | conflict, with Madge Evans as the tions of Gov. John W. Troy ‘and |heroine who causes plenty of ex- Dnlegaw A. J. Dimond. ;ci:vmsm and in the final climax TRRTEENE R | precipitates a stirring heroic ,ges- |ture. Jimmy Durante and Eugene NO CUT TO BE | Pallette provide a running fire of comedy relief against such thrills MADE IN ALI}SKA 'fls torpedoing enemy destroyers, COLLEGES FUND fighting off enemy aireraft, and jthe hair- x'axsing episode in which President Charles E. Bunnell of Montgomery rams a fort with an GIVES PRUGRAM | the Alaska Agricultural College| explosive-laden submarine in order ‘anl School of Mines has rmcne(ho’ blow it up and thus buttle up tainment which combines ture, romance and comed, Based on the novel, by Commander and filmed with na cooperation and with actual submarines, picture uses the naval action in the Mediterranean during the World War as a thunderous background for the central romance, much. as was the case in “The Big Parade.” FEATURE FILM Exceptional Cast Takes Part in Striking Picture | the ?TRINITY PARISH It's not often that visiting celebrities pause to get a shine from rov- ing bootblacks in City Hall park, New York—but Mary Pickford did so before visiting Mayor F. H. LaGuardia. It was a big moment for Joe “Fat” Barbera, who is shown on the job with plenty of spectators. ANNUAL DINNER Holy ! sung O, P. Wal- sides the community About eighty pe WELL ATTENDED Trinity Parish and their friends, attended the annual parish | dinner Holy Trinity Cathedral last 'and heard reports of the steward- | ship of the vestry and the church. | During the evening in the basement of the night officers of songs by Mrs. T. Danielson, Jenne and M. A. Snow, singing wel M be- led by Mrs. Jenne. E. M. Polley was toastm: striking panorama of war AL the evening and reports were made by B. 's brook, - town, 1 of the Woman’s Guild, Mrs. John Theatre to provide a talkie enter-; W. Jones, secretary-treasurer of the adven- Guild, and by Dean C. E. Rice of Cathedral. | the “Pighoats,” | Edward Ellsberg,| The party be Cards body welcome. given Thursday ary 22, ter of D. Stewart for Wellman Hol- treasurer, who is out of Mrs. A. E. Snow, president ——————— REBEKAH CARD PARTY second bridge and whist of the Rebekah's series will night, Febru- Odd Fellows' Hall, Douglas. and refreshments. Every- —adv. ———————— FIRE ALARM CALLS 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-17 Third and Franklin. Front and Franklin. Front, near Ferry Way. Front, near @ross Apta. Front, opp. City Whart. Front, near Saw Mill. Front at A. J. Office. wmmmu & Totem Grocery. Willoughby, opp. Ossh Cole’s Garage. sons, members m" A Wflsnm"mn DJ) program was a wire from Dr. R. A. Pearson.| given this afternoon by the grade |Chairman of the Executive Com-| enemy vessels in a harbor. Montgomery, Huston, Miss Evans, Pallette and TRobert IDIMOND KEEPS [ WORKING FOR “=r=ere! APPROPRIATION Sucks More. Money for Ed- ucation, Relief for Alaska Natives (Continued from Page One) lam; two p.l])“r> m one pamphlet is “Mineral Deposits of the Ram- part and Hot Springs Districts, Al- aska,” and “Placer Concentrates of the Rampart and Hot Springs Dis- tricts.” Dr. and Mrs. H. C. DeVighne of Juneau, were in Washington for | part of the week and then depart- ed for Florida. On a leisurely va- cation trip, they were in Boston two weeks before coming to the Capital. AIRBANKS, ‘Parachule Judge Louis K. Pratt, of Fair- bahks, dean of the ska bar, vis- iting Washington for the first time 2, finds many changes| "as last here. From here tlo judge will go to Little Rock, Arkansas, where he will remain with his daughter for a month be- fore returning home. He came east via the Panama Canal. The latest report of the Foderal Radio Commission shows that Al- aska is 20 per cent over its quota gnment of broadcasting fac ties. Three recent licenses have !been granted in Alaska, two being for the Northern Commercial Com- pany at Fort Yukon and Circle and the third for Arthur M. Cham- berlin at Deering. Varner Bros. Picture \\‘",/ 0 CARRILLO 2 ANK McHUGH N LAST TIME TONIGHT “GHOST VALLEY” —and— “FLAMES” | | Fruits and Vegetables ALWAYS CALIFORNIA GROCERY TELEPHONE 478 PROMPT DELIVERY Store Closed Washington’s Birthday | Dance Music TONIGHT Capital Beer Parlors school students in the Auditorium | mittee of the Association of Lanu'DuranLe, fas follows: | Grant Colleges. stating that Prcsx-’Young are uniformly excellent in | 1. Star Spangled Banner—En- dent Roosevelt has issued an Exec- [the principal roles and the fine | tire school; Jack Glasse, accompan- |utive order revoking Section 18 of | | supporting cast includes Edwin BEER LUNCHES DANCING Washington— ; Miss Aplands’ ss Taylor's (best ist. | his Executive Order on federal re- styles. John Lee Mahin, David ! [ l 2. Songs about organization. Section 18 provided Itwell, Sterling Holloway and COATS SUITS Miss Hanson’s C for 25 per cent cuts in appmpua-wcharles Irwin. Jack Conway has @® Direct from our New @) in costume; M York Buyer workers). om White. n—Song; Soldier 7. Drum and Bugle Corps. Both the Grade and High schools | will observe a holiday tomorrow. — .- — Shop in Juneau Margaret tions for land grant colleges during the preseni fiscal year. The tgle- gram receivéd by Dr, Bunnell is | interpreted to mean that the land “gram colleges like the Aiaska Ag- | ricultural College, are now to re- ceive the full amount of appro- | priations for the current year. i L2 R il ‘William M. Boehmer eauma es he | walked 50,000 miles in the 30 years he was employed as a mail carrier | in Alameda, Cal. LEADER Dept. Store March; Minuet. 5. Girls’ Glee Club. GEORGE BROS. STORE CLOSED ALL DAY THURSDAY 6. Xylophone Solo— Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc. | Principals in what Dallas, T triangle.” Top right, Mrs, ear?o WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 485 | after she had been accused of t to death. Boome’s wife, M) e connecti d taken to the residence of L. by two women an B o ir e n'V, In Trlangle Fatality lice say is & all who was lured from her home Wirt Boone (left), whex«d him, she wag ry Boone (lower right), is held io on with the crime, of the "et.ernll i done a brilliant piece of direction. | e eee | Small sawmills for farmers as a |means of earning money in off- seasons are being urged by Texas 1A, and M. college. TONEER CAFE K. Panl Nick Novak “THE HOME OF GOOD EATS” ' | i ADMISSION $1.00 SPECIAL W ashington Birthday DANCE TONIGHT Mandarin Ball Room LADIES FREE “REVELERS” ® Pull with us and we win! .m'vw INSURANLE Allen Shattuck, Inc. Established 1898 Junean, Alaska 40 OUT OF 100 An investigation shows that 40 college students out of one hundred have defective \lSLOl’l. Among people over college age the condition is even worse. Don’t gamble with YOUR eyes! 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