The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 11, 1934, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 11, 1934. Americans Who Made Good Abroad 3 _|—Ili||—|IIIIIIIlll!IIIIIHI!IIIl!I|III|Ill|IIIIIIIl|||I|III|III||IIIIIIIHIlIIIllllllll'flllllllllll Time Tonight \ SAuaskas FINEST © \‘Wrtammevt PREVIEW TONIGHT JOHN BOLES—GLORIA STUART “BEL()VED” MINNIE AT THE FAIR SAME OLD STAND—Serving Folger'’s Tea and Coffee (the best) from J. B. Caro & Co., the Peerless Bakery’s famous Buns, the San Francisco Bakery’s marvelous Bread and Cup Cakes. Virginia Baked Ham Sandwiches. All kinds of Cheese and Cold Meat Sandwiches and Hot Dogs. ®GET YOUR TICKET ON THE ELECTRIC RANGE! SEE THE FAIR AND MINNIE Service With A Smile GOMIC FEATURE M, Beouty it ATCAPITOLTO GLOSE TONIGHT Wheeler and Woolsey, in “Hips, Hips, Hoeray,” to Get Last Showing Bert Whee:er and Robert Wools2y, | supported by Thelma Todd and Dorothy Lee, are closing tonight | ¥ at the Capitol Theatre in “Hips,l % oo Hips, Hooray,” a title which has no connection whatever with the film. Miss. Todd's business, Maiden orange wood ‘stick America, the efforts of i store windows Miss Lee, one of the girls, finds| # oo her sales ruined by two lipstick-| SHOP IN JUNE" celling fakirs. Wheeler and Wolsey, | — d when Wheeler falls in love with her, she persuaded them, | thinking them big business men, | to aid Miss Todd. Woolsey falls! with amusing force for Miss Todd, } who does what she can to assist | his descent. George Meeker, Miss Todd’s man- | E is robbing her to aid her | competitor, with whom he is work- irg. When Wheeler and Woolsey rnieet Miss Todd and Miss Lee, they ¢ecoy a security broker out of his cifice and take it over. When he 1éturns they make a hasty exit,; L KAN_GRAY - and the BUS asor, to the one they brought, but con- tiining $100,000 in securities. Two camb detectives go on their trail, znd when things become warm, they depart. Miss Todd has entered a car in a cross-country race hop- g to gain by the publicity if it vins. The pair discover the car when the drivers, hired by Meeker, apandon it, and continue the race, with obstacles overcome by maneuv- s utterly ridiculous, but equally entertaining. e~ ——— VOTE—VOTE—VOTE Not Because We Are Cheaper BUT BETTER RICE & AHLERS CO. PLUMBING = HEATING SHEET METAL “We tell you in advance what Job will cost” After washing the hands, dip an into zinc ox- is doing poorly, despite ide powder and apply it under thfi( scantily clad girls nails. It is a splendid bleach, heals! like. .tmy cuts, and keeps the nails neat. The pclls close at 7 o'clock fonight. If you have not voted —vcte. Requirements are that ycu have been a resident of Alaska for ome year and your precinet for 30 days. No regis- tration is necessary. Vote be- ~fere 7 c'clock tonight, PHONE 36 For very prompt LIQUOR DELIVERY 1.—*“Merchant Prince” B and Lady Astor Head London List H. Gerdon Selfridge ceasful in England. The Almcit every familiar Ameri- . concerns a made good in country. But there is a list ¢f Americans or per- with American training, have achieved prominence theough ther work in f fields. Thic is the first in a riec of seven daily articles using these persons. this By OSCAR LEIDING LONDON, Sept.' 11.—A host of Amgzricans—with one woman, Lady the most famous among , like Dick Wi n London tof ievement of the first Mother of born hus- who, she off on this home to Viseount Astor, “started me career—from | band, !has said, | downward | House. her, many who have ved success under the Br lag, have done so as a direct e of careers launched in the Umm1 States among them are H. Gordon , the Wistonsin boy, who ‘merghant prince”; Ashfleld, cne-time De t r who is the metropolis's Wilson Cross, prom- 3 tive, and guining maznate { Launched New Careers | T\xo of them—Selfridge and 1 tty—retired after making for- | in America, found retire- disagrezable, and launched o an ocean away from | :m:cs | ment W It was 2§ yea 20 that Self- founded the English by doors of a massive de- tore run on American 1 -—an act of sheer im- many thought. hant was sure of his which he had learned e from a $10-a-week stock- 2ld’s basement in Chicago p in the firm, London (was as sure that this enterprising i\'an}:ce was riding for a fall. H Like Flying Blind | But Selfridge prospered. He did inot show his misgivings in the | first two or three lean years, but today he sa “To come to this great place—London—was almost |like flying blind in an airplane. “My g,reatest difficulty,” he con- | tinued, “was my absence of knowl- ‘Pd"" of the psychology of the peo- (Ple of these islands. I was totally wunacquamlcd with the mentality \_ |of the English people.” The esteem he has gained among | the shall shopkeepers of his early |days who, he says, “were ready |to shoot meé or commit suicide,” | was shown recently when 1500 of | them banded together to give him ‘a cunncr of ccngraculatwn on the nd Lady Astor | capitalized on Or, underground twenty-fifth anniversary of his en. terprise. Utilized U: S. Training Lord Ashfield, who has been called “the outstanding business brain in this country,” likewise American tminéng Born in Derby, he emigrated: as | th his parents to Detroit, a messenger for a street | and spent his spare time at was 21, he was the Detroit United Railways. Later he became general manager of the Public Service Railways of New Jersey. His transport that London, just railways, He came visit—and fame was developing her summoned on a stric never went him in 1908, ly limited back. Heads Trancport Board As a transportation executive, he held one important post, after an-| other, was knighted in 1914, became of parliament and of the in 1916, chairman .umH ing director of the \mdm- sround group of companies in 1919, | and o year later a peer of the realm. ear ,ago’ his ‘organizatioly sr; n’s transport was climaxed h the welding of 89 bus, under- round railway and tram undes takings with a capital of $600,- Chester ( Third and Franklm. Front and Franklin. Front, near Ferry Way. Front, near Gross Apts. Front, opp. City Wharf. Front, near Sawmill. Front at A. J. Office. Willoughby at Totem Grocery. ‘Willoughby, opp. Cash Cole’s Garage. Front and Seward. Front and Main. Second and Main. Fifth and Seward. Seventh and Main. Fire Hall. Home Boarding House. Gastineau and Rawn Way. Second and Gold. Fourth and Harris Fifth andd Gold. Fifth and Fast. Seventh and Gold. Fifth and Kennedy Ninth, back of power house. Calhoun, opp. Seaview Apts. Distin and Indian. Ninth and Calhoun Tenth and C. Twelfth, BP.R. garage. Twelfth and Willoughby. Home Grocery. R T SRR SR CR e Lbodbaada ot o w Moo adh e aeow PR SNy e BUSY U ni)acking New Goods LEADER DEPT. STORE GEORGE BROS. ONE 478 LOCAL CABBAGE Pound, 6¢ CAL H{ORN!A GROCERY Prompt Delivery , months. are out anding among the Americans who have been suc- ¢ woman to sit in Farliament was born in Virginia, and the great de- partment store owner began his career as a stc:'lbr,y in Marshall Field’s basement in Chlcazo. 000,000 into a unit under the con- trol of a single board—and as first | chairman of that board sits Lord Ashfield. Wilson Cross was just a young man about town in his home city of Cincinnati when, at the tag end cf the st century, he jokingly ac- cepted a job as an cil salesman. Cress Sticks to Oil pt for a period of service in! anish-American war he has ever since and today holus lm' posi(iun of chairman of the Vacuum Oil company. In 1902 he was sent to “to stay,” he says, “possibly six| But, except for annual Tngland Ice@cmam must be delicate in flavor \Thats where true Vanilla counts. That's ~where Schilling Vanilla counts. Schilling - Nanilla ‘NOEL COWARD'S ' VERSATILITY 1S DEMONSTRATED “Bitter Sweet,” with Cast of New Players, Opens at Coliseum Tonight at Noel Cow- theatre's most versatile dces not show off by it is his versatility yWsediim' off. fcund, him sophisti- rical- "and farcical in Lives' and powerful, dram- and. evochal in “Cavalcade.” Now in “Bitter Sweet,” a United Artists release showing tonight at the Coli ) Theatre, he is frank- 1y s 1 “Bitter Sweet" was originally an operetta. Florenz Ziegfeld presented it elaborat on the New York stage several seasons ago with Ev elyn Laye in the leading role, Peg Wood played | 1t has been said t ard, the playwright Ris which y it for two years in London. This picture, incidentally. is the first thing that over b Mr. Ziegfeld's name to appear bo«' | fore the public, in any form, smcc 'hm dedth over a year ago. " Anna Neagle, who has been iin an American film only !Jack Buchanan in “Magic Night” jand is comparatively unknown here, is an English girl. “Bitter Sweet \ls a vehicle designed to display her charms. | Opposite Miss Neagle is Fernand Graavey, handsome young idol of | Paris, who has turned down many Hollywood offers because he is hap- {py where he is. Others in the| lcast are Ivy St. Helier a favorite | {Miles Mander, Stuart Robertson, | Clifford Heatherley and Esme Per- icy. Herbert Wilcox directed . trips to ‘America, he has been here | ever since. Chester Beatty, mining mugnnw ccllector of rare illuminated manu- seripts and friend of ex-President | Herbert Hoover, became a natural- \lzed British subject last year. ; He explained at the time that after some 25 years in tbis coun- try he had “taken root” here. S TAXES NOW DUE | S | Taxes for 1934 will become de- | {linquent after September 15th wi} subject to a penalty of 12% interest | per annum, unless at least ome| half of the amount due is paid by | that date. Two per cent discount | allowed on taxes paid in full. l » A. W. HENNING, | | | +—adv. City Clerk. Thirteenth Annual Southeastern Alaska FAI Sepbember 12, 13,14 and 15 ‘OPENS TOMORROW'! PROGRAM W ednesday Afternoon AWARDING OF PRIZES—DIVL: SION E, Agricultural and Floral Divisions, Home Cooking and Bread, Wednesday Evening 8P.M.to 9 PM—Band Concert, 9P.M. to 10 P.M.—Spanish: Dance Numbers, Grace Naghel. Juneau City Band. Piano accompanist, Miss Iris Gray. Moran.) Songs—Miss Mathilda Holst. Piano—Miss I Native Hawaii ris Gray. an Band. 10P.M. to 12 P.M.—Free Dance, Mandarin Gaftden Orchestra. ADMI Adults .. Children—Afternoons Children—Evenings SSION CHILDR’.EN FREE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON DOORS OPEN Afternoons—1 to 5 P. M. It’s Y our Fair! Evenings—7 P. M. Visit It! LOTS TO SEE AND DO of New York, London and+ Paris,|§ Starts Tonight Bittet Memoties Sweet Memories She Loved Them Alll The play Florenz Ziegfeld so successfully presented on Broadway for two big years now takes its triumphant place on the screen, with Noel Coward’s “Cavalcade™ and “Private Lives”,...and in your heart with “Smilin’ Through'’. Featuring the song hit, “I'll Sec You Again". UNITED ARTISTS RELEASE IlllllIIHIIHN!IIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIII|I|||IIIIII|I|||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllll Connen THlRD E'\SENECA (OSSPSR S PETER PAN Beauty Shoppe $ Featuring a guaranteed PERMANENT WAVE for as low as Sce-nd Floor Triangle Bldg. Poaone 221 for appoinment WOODLAND GARDENS FRANKIE MACK’S MELODY BOYS = ° BEER LUNCHES DANCING BRUNSWICK BOWLING ALLEYS NOW OPEN After a Complete Overahuling Old Papers for Sale at Empire Office e