The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1935, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JAN. 31, Based on the great American novel by GLADYS HASTY CARROLL 600 SEATS BURFORD CORNE LEASED T0 DAVIS AND CRAVINOLI First National Bank Prep- erty to Become Trans- portation Headquarters A five-year lease on the old Natiopal Bank property and Front Streets, Burford's Co: f has been taken by Tony Cravinoli of the Gastineau Cafe and C. J. Davis, Chief of Police, subje 17 the approval of the Board of Di- rectors of the bank. The agreement is to become ef- fective on March 1 and. Cravinoli and Davis plan to be re for opening by April 1. They will re- model the interior, according to present plans, and it is understood the Channel Bus Line, Pacific-Al- aska Airways and Yellow Cab prob- e headquarters there. said today he was not yet prepared to give full details on their plans as hadn't decided entirely themselves. He plans to go south on the Yukon in connection with the deal to look over possible equipment. at Se AND SEALED Good-bye to noisy worn out motors...to oil seepage on the floor. The new 1935 line of G-E Washers are perma- nently oiled—then sealed— at the factory. It’s a thrill to ownone...no er...no trouble...no attention. G-E’s latest Washer is as silent as the purr of a kitten, PEAL GENERAL ELECTRIC WASHER INVESTIGATE TODAY Let’s tell you how easy it is to own a G-E Silent Washer. effort . .. and clothes. 25° they | ANY [ J={ TIME 25 DINNER GIVEN HERE FOR CATHOLIC CHOIR A most delicious dinner was en- joyed Wednesday evening by the members of the choir of the Church of the Nativity. The guests of honor Rev. Bishop J. R. Crimont W, G seur, Rev. E Budde, Mr E. Krause Mr. Monte Snow. Mrs. A. M. Geyer, Mr J Fol d Mrs. G. Goodman pre most enjoyable enter- tainm Mrs. Cornforth was in ct » dinner was was very ably as- d by Mrs. J. Klein, Mrs. M. , Miss Helen Nolan and . Johnson. sent at Bishop G. Le were: the Rev iward and arge of the J. dinner R. O ur, Rev Mrs. G. E, Krause, Mrs. G. Goodman, on, Mrs. P. Pasquin Mr: A. Geyer, Miss Betty Goodman, Miss Ada Giovanetti, Miss Ruth Geyer, Mrs. A. J. For- T M Yvonne Forrest, Ed- Giovanetti, M. Mutter, Ed- ward Rodenburg, A. M. Geyer, G. E. Krause, G. Goodman and M. Pasquin. LN RO HOMERITE HOME Andrew Sholin, Homer oldtimer, has returned to his spending a year outside. He is get- ting ready to ship part of his ‘foxes out. Rev. ward Bud Monte Sr M. C mont w. Pound \ '\ Capacity \ $9.50 Down Balance Monthly Compare These Features ® SILENT Gears © ACTIVATOR washing action @ NEW.PUMP, quick-acting ® NEW, -“ONE-CONTROL” WRINGER ® PERMANENT Lubrication © G-E Trouble-Free Motor © G-E GUARANTEE Call or Phone for a FREE Home Washing . . . Do It—NOW Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. JUNEAU—Phone 6 DOUGLAS—Phone 18 home after | NEW ENGLAND ROMANCE ON AT COLISEUM Gladys Garmlls Story of Rural Life Was Among Best Sellers s The Earth Turns,” the War- Bros. picture based on Gladys y Carroll's gromance of New and rural life, is the new fea- ture attraction at the Coliseum theatre today. ‘The picture deals with the lives and loves, the joys and tribula- of a small community armer folk which Miss Carroll painted so vividly and pic- 5 in her novel which best selling book of the . Though she' has dealt with a simple people living compara- tively quiet lives she has made them live and breathe. The home- ly events have been brought out with a realism that makes them lifelike. The E of picture is said to have caught the exact spirit of the novel and to have brought the many unusual characterizations to the screen with a sincerity and ad- herence to realty that makes the players seem not as actors but as real flesh and blood human be- ings, each going through his or her part as naturally as though they were actually living on a New England farm. MORE DETAILS, "PLANE CRASH, * NEAR SKAGWAY Crflft Hit Cliff and then Rolled Down Moun- tainside—4 Dead The Dawson-bound plane from Skagway, which left the latter city for the interior at 11:30 o'clock yesterday forenoon and crashed into a mountain cliff during a snow storm, rolled down the mountain side and landed on the top of a White Pass Route snowshed. The pilot and his |t e passengers were killed. It is d, according to advices received n Juneau, that the landing on the now shed, was fortunate in one | way as the disaster might not have been discovered until much later or a drop 20 feef away would have plunged the plane into a | gulch, perhaps unnoticed, owing | to the dense snow storm. Bodies Recovered | The crash of the plane on the | top of the snow shed caused the workmen to The bodies ‘ demonished ‘Skagway on | Pass. | The dead, as announced yester- | day, are Pilot Lawrence Muehlei- | sen, C. €. Larsen, Archie King and | John R. Muralt. The three pas- sengers were bound for Dawson. | The first two arrived at Skagway on the last trip of the Princess Norah and Muralt was a passenger on the steamer Yukon. Known In Interior Larsen and King were both known in Dawson and Mayo as mining engineers. Larsen was going to Dawson to continue gold dredging operations, | according to advices received from J. W. Larsen, a brother residing in San Francisco. Larsen is sur- | vived by his widow and two chil- | dren. | Nothing is known regarding Mur- ‘aln. ‘ Helped Lindbergh were taken from the plane and sent to a rotary of the White Pilol Muchleisen went to Skag- | way last fall from Glendale, Cali-| | fornia, to become an associate with |Clyde G. Wann, of the Interna- | tional Airways. A widow and ¢hil- | | dren survive. Muehleisen was train- | ed in California and was also s.n: | aviation mechanic. He worked for | | many hours helping to build thef | Spirit of St. Louis in which Col.| | Charles A. Lindbergh flew to| | Paris. His father and mother reo-| side in San Diego where the father | | W. H. Muehleisen is a contractor. | | | \German Wills Outdated; | Saxony Orders Revisions DRESDEN, Germany, Jan. 31.—| The Saxony government has asked 18,000 testators to revise ' wills/ dated prior to January 1, 1924. The order states that most of | | these documents contain provis- ions which the World War, the in- | flation of the nazi revolution has | | made impossible of fulfillment. | ‘Thus they are likely' ‘to burden | | the courts with litigation. The wills are on deposit with | the Dresden record bureau. Citi- |zens who are custodians of their |own last testaments were also ad- | | vised to check up and make sure 1lhaL their legacies are “in tune | with the times | | - YOUTHS' O! | | | ANCHORAGE N TRIP | Deac Brown and Osky Weedn.‘ Anchorage youths, are spending two months in Seattle on a vaca- | tion. | | and Yukon discover the accident. | cess Story | | Dorothy Sanders of Cincinnati, is the newest Cinderella of the screen. | George White, stage producer, saw her in Cincinnati and induced her | to join a revue. Now she’s in Holly- |~ wood, chosen for beauty rqles. FEMMER SAYS NORTHLAND TO LEAVE FREIGHT Boat Will Be Unloaded Here Friday by Non- UniOll M(’Il {Continuea rrom Page Oue) mer said last night. If there no interference with our work, the | Northland will be unloaded 2% promptly as possible. A slight de- lay of a few hours may take plé but the freight will be unloaded.” | Jitney Permanent Furthermor: Femmer said that the jitney would be a permanent acquisition. It was diclosed thaf, on the last few trips made to Ju- neau by Northland ansnortation |Company vessels, a jitney always has been in the hold, ready for any |longshore emergency. However, use of the machine has not been necesssary until now. But, Femmer said, even though Juneau | International ‘Longshoremen’s As |ciation local should decide to con- tinue work at the present scale of wages, the jitney will be used. | —_———— | DAWSON MERCHANT PAS Elvin James Edwards, for ny years & merchant in Dawson, died January 16 in the Odd Fellows Hall in that city while preparing for a lodge banquet at which he was to be installed as Noble C d |of the order for the second time. He was one of the early residen |of Dawson, and formerly d lived |in Seattle. He was a e of | Australia. e, 0= nat | ISR | DAUGHTER Mr. dnd Mrs. G. E. Means Cordova, announce the birth of |daughter January 10. BORN of a Thatmuch overworked term, Count W. J. B. Sobieski, European portrait paint ] in Holl 3 Garbo (left), who has the most “Symmetri v A r"u:Ae’:\l e e lene Dietrich (right), possessor of “that intangible aur is WIECK, BRA C0-STARRED IN CAPITOL FILM Q’fi Kidnap Picture, “Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen,” Highly Dramatic Play amount, is with Alice by 13 to hit ruthless co-starring “Miss Fane” the ‘first pist center in K xander Hall, Runert Yo 1$ha Johns. ss Fane, 'famous. etress, finds her Her atchs fuzhe world an- ol terror and an- means at her, prehending the it remains for, cing ‘woman, the farmer, to bring fe return. And in which she cap- child, outwits the kid- and returns him to his ws to the screen ling dramatic climax. < - RUSH D, HOLT KEEPS RIGHT the entire every s the 1apers UP ON DUTIES Senator-klect Studies 'Leg- islation Until e | Reaches Majority By HERBERT WASHINGTON Virginia's senator 29-year- old Rush D. Holt—had all sorts of advice as to what he should do un- til he reached his senatorial ma- jority of 30. ’ PLUMMER n. 31— West Ham” Lewis of suggested ssioner” for nia unt m example, we The ve Nebraska Norris was represented as be- lieving that young Mr. Holt could take his seat regardless of his enatorial minority. ‘When the present Congress open- ed, however, Senator-elect Holt merely presented his credentials as duly elected, sat in the rear of the Senate Chamber while other ‘“‘duly elected” Senators were be- ing sworn in, then caught a train for Charleston, W. Va. where ‘Um State slature was meet- 1ing in biennial ‘session. Keeping in Practice Reports drifting back to Wash- {ington are to the effect thai | while Holt was deprived of exer- | cising his talents as a legislator in {the United States Senate he is | keeping in practice back home. | He has no official connection | with the West Virginia state leg- jislature but he has made one. | As a member of that body (he {left it to run for the Senate) Holt wa# Chairman of a Committee to | investigate the public utilities of | the state. He credits that assign- | ment as being a major factor in | his successful contest for a seal in the Senate. He now is engaged in assimilat- of | {ir | gathered and whipping i hape for presentation to the Leg- islature. There's no hurry— As a matter of fact he has un- xotic,” :‘ ies fo but three women e the oTeaThiy a 1935. ) | ® Would YOU tell ., | PREVIEW TONITE 1:10 A. M. ‘ WHEELER and I WOOLSEY in “COCKEYED CAVALIERS” til June 19, 1935—the date when he will have reached the age of 30 and the constitutional age re- quirement for taking his oath as a membper of the United States Sen- ate, | Birthday Gifts Certain When June 19 does roll around for Mr. Holt he will find that al- | though absent the Senate hasn't | forgotten him. His “official residence on Capitol affair on the second floor of “the Senate ‘office building. But for a birthday present he'll get: { () The suite of offices now | occupied by the .Senior Senator from Pennsylvania, James J. Davis, (“Puddler Jim” he is known as ng the information his committee on Capitol Hill), a cabinet mem-|a native of New ¥York s:ate, being | ber under three presidents; and | (2) A check drawn on the Unit- |ed ‘States Treasury for back ‘pay from January 3. (:-ALLEb THE SCREEN’S ‘ONLY’ EXOTIC WOMEN in motion pictures, according to hey are;he says, Greta Mare Sten (center), “thie most beautiful,” ‘and mystery.” (Associated Press Photos) Hill at the present is a one-reom | . tohelp save other " mothers’ babies . . . even at the risk of never seeing your own baby again? DOROTHEA WIECK < ALICE B in RUPERT HUGHES' STORY WITH BABY Le ROV A Paromount Picture , 'Former Ambassadar ., ! Are~Given Smukes\_ to Italy Passes Away LEIPZIG, Germany, Jan. 31.—To| NEW YORK, Jan. 81—Richard | brovide this city’s Jobless with ci-| Washburn Child, aged 54 years, at- gars and cigarettes, the local nazi| torney, ‘writer and ‘United States winter relief committee has asked Ambassador to Italy under /Presi- for “one smoke-stick out of each | dent Harding, is dead here as the package.” Smokers are told that|result of pneumonia, |'this sacrifice “won't hurt you, and, | - moreover, you'll be making a poor-| FAIRBANKS P.-T. A. DANCE er fellow cftizen happier.” Mrs, James Barrack, Mrs. Forbes - Baker, Mrs. Jack Ferguson, Miss FIONEER MATRON DIES Williams and ‘Mrs, Rustghld of the annual Parent‘Téacher As- soclation dance held in Fairbanks January 7. It was the ‘first *big |#on, occurred January 13 in that | dance of 1035, and all ‘money taken city, -according st6 report of the|in was used for seh { ’ 00! improve= Dawson News. Mrs, McCown Wwas | ments. |Leipzig Jobless A Death of Mrs; Emma Jean Mc- Cown, pioneer -resident of Daw- - e——— ROAD KEPY OPEN ' The Seward-Kenal Lake road is being kept open for traffic by the ' Bureau of Public , Snowplow. T IIIIIIHIMIIIW —~UPTOWN born there in 1872. She had re- | tided in Dawson sinee 1902 and was widely known tohundreds of :oldtlmers. LAST TIME TONIGHT “THE LAST MILE”