The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 11, 1935, Page 3

e Y ‘LONG lUUKEU “bhnu‘ Place of J uneau” Tomght and Tomorrow i i 1 i {1 - LT 1} {1 e e IimgerIlEERS Fred ASTAIRE GayD PLUS “Buddy’s Trolley Trouble” Latest News IVORCEE with ALICE BRADY EDW LVERETT HflRTON 4 2 il Newsman’s Y ears of Service Lead to Trip Arouml World GLITTERS WITH NEW YORK, March 11.—On the high seas a veteran newspaperman, William J. G. Myers, is bound for | a trip around the 1d, murlcmui the conclusion of his 49 years of activity in The Associa‘ed Press. Retiring at the age of 67, after | serving 32 years as chief of the| Connecticut bureau at New Haven, Myers was honored at a farewell; dinner at which the 28 Connecticut member newspapers announced that a world cruise would be their v\ay of showing recognition. Myers' story is one of years of struggle to cover an entire state so well that the newspapers would feel they could not do without the service he represented. He entered the employ of The Associated Press in January, 1895, two years after it had been or-| ganized in Chicago as the Western Associated Press. When he went to New Haven in 1903, only a hand-| ful of papers depended on him for news. When he left the bureau| New Years day, all but five papers had become members. Stretched cut in a deck chair aboard the President Wilson, Myers may recall that blustery winter day on Cape Cod when he covered the sinking of the steamer Portland in 1898 and got his story back to Bos- ton although all wires were downed by the storm. Or he may remember his tours with Admiral Dewey, af- ter the battle of Manila; with Theodore Roosevelt, before his nomination for the presidency; and —_— WILLIAM J. G.MYERS \Bride Has Perfect Right to |Defend Her Hubby CHICAGO, March 11.—What a ride does on her wedding night— such ‘as fighting gangsters or re- cisting the police—is quite all right if she does it in defense of her husband. with William McKinley. After visiting the far east, Mediterranean, Paris and England, Myers will return to, the United States next autumn. His hobby is horticulture. When he gets back to New Haven, he says, his most serious concern is going to be the raising of flowers. e l Parents of students at the Uni- the versity of Michigan are engaged inwjust fuddled—because he had been‘ more than 160 different occupa-, tions, ranging from mining to avia- | tion. l | week—appeared That was Judge Frank M. Pad- den’s ruling when John Krzywonos !and his bride, Mary—still blushing | although she has been married a in safety court. John was charged with driving vhile intoxicated and Mary was accused of “being abusive” to the | arresting officer, Fred Deff. Said| Mary: “John wasn’t intoxicated. He was | | hit on the head by three gangsters who interrupted the wedding party. | I (ought them and they tore my “READER’S FATIGUE” 1| was’ wdapted | Jewels, If you are bothered from eye-strain, headache and that “morning after” feeling from reading a good book you need Better Light . . . Better Sight We have just received a new shipment of approved Study Lamps. Let us check your lighting with the new PORCANDLE METER. Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. JUNEAU—Phone 6 DOUGLAS—Phone 18 THE DAILY ALAQKA EMPIRE MOVDA\ MARCH 11, FOR HIT NOW | AT CAPITOL — i “The Gay Divorcee” with' Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire Pleases sensational | For sheer novelty, spectacles and peals of laughter,| ‘The Gay Divorcee,” rates the gratitude of all moviegoers. It is the current attraction at the Capx-i ‘0l Theatre. | | Many a day has passed since| | Hollywood producers have releassd ‘auch a thoroughly hilarious st,oryr |of romantic complications} and | many a year has gone into oblivion| ince movieland has produced, as| | this picture does, musical spectacles | so intriguing and interesting. It ts a new triumph for Fred Astaire' and Ginger Rogers, while the com-| edy work of Alice Brady, challeng- Ing that of Edward Everett Horton,| who plays opposite her is a revela- tion. | This RKO-Radio comedy, a chal- | |lenge to the immensely popular | former Astaire and Roger vehicle,| “Flying Down to Rio,” has every, audience appeal imaginable. Astaire again proves himself to be a welcome new screen type, a | romantic light comedian with | boundless charm, nonchalance and | whimsicality. Miss Rogers is excel- lent, even amazing, in her dances with Astaire, in which she rivals the grace of this man who danced his way into the hearts of New | Yorkers and Londoners. They introduce a new dance, called “The Continental” that is seemingly more provocative thanl their 'former success, “The Cari- oca.” Others in the cast include Erik| Rhodes and Eric Blore who repeat | the same roles they enacted in the| stage success from which the film! B ;' \ LONDON SOCIETY PASTE JEWELS LONDON, March 11.—Glittering diamonds ablaze at the throats of Mayfair socialites, these days, more often than not are paste. Hard times, a wave of gem thefts and the high cost of insurance | have combined to banish many of | the world’s most famous jewels to! 'the dark security of bank vaults, while their owners — not always | consciously—display ingenious imi- | tations. | “I think it is safe to say that most of the wold's great stones |have now been copied,” said one |of the leading jewelers of London.| “When they are worn, only the, | owners know which is which—and Inot always then. | Insignia of Garter Copied | | “The extraordinary improvement imade in the last few years in the reproduction of gems has brought | 2bout this situation. Today there is no jewel which cannot be copled\ | so faithfully that even experts are| | deceived.” | A London firm now makes fac- | similes of the highest honor within | the gift of the King—the insignia of the Most Noble Order of the| Garter—for $150. The genuine in- | signia, made of gold set with dia- monds and fine emeralds, costs at least $22,500. A rcproduction of one of the world’s most famous ropes of pearls, recently completed, cost ‘5300 By contrast, the original was | Insured for $85,000. | Husband Fools Wife | | Onme London hostess who travels extensively and always ‘takes her | was paying premiums; | amounting to $40,000. She still | | flashes jewels at Biarritz, Cannes .zmd Monte Carlo. i As far as she knows, they are ;worth tens of thousands of pounds. But, her husband no longer pays that $40,000 infurance a year. He and a certain jeweler ulone know | dress and ruined my slippers and blacked both my eyes. We were running away from them,"or rath- er driving away, when the police~ man stopped us.” So John was placed on proba- tion and Mary was released. Extra Ribs Found in Woman’s Neck' SYDNEY, March 11.—A woman who had two ribs in her neck, is in Parramatta Hospital, New South Wazles, where surgeons succeeded in removing one of them. She has the usual twelve ribs on each side up to the chest bone and two “ex- tras” at the back and sides of her neck. She had never been troubled | by the extra ribs, but paralysis sud- | denly began in the arms and hands, ‘and an X-ray picture revealed the abnormality. p —————— Every week the members of the Careful Kids Safety club, Missouri | Valley, Ia., are treated to an out- an or a movie—if taey keep the r:m:ty sules. | | | | tune hits, | Great Magoo," | cafe, BEAUTY'S In a beauty contest for girls wh parts of the country, Hollywood Denver, Col, and Lois Lindsay of Gulfport, Miss., as the fairest. (Asso- cla.zd Press Pholo:) HLAUTY{ CONTEST WINNERS ./ 1935. MYSTERY FILM AT UPTOWN HAS MANY THRILLS [ “The Vamp_i:Bat" Stars Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray in Leading Roles Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray re- turned to the local screen again yesterday in ome of their typical mystery thrillers, “The Vampire | Bat,” a new Majestic picture, which is the featured attraction at the Uptown Theatze. “The Vampire Bat” presents a! rather different though no less har- rowing version of the vampire leg- end that has provided the theme | for such gruesome novels as Bram‘ Stoker’s “Dracula.” The mysLerious1 menace—it is undead man or bcast] —in this story has long terrorized | the middle European village of | Kleinschloss before the opening ol‘. this drama. A dozen victims of “The Vampire Bat” have been| found dead in their beds, two tell- tale fang marks in their throats, the blood drained from their life- | less es. | Karl, 'the local police inspector, | admirable played by Melvyn Doug- | las, scouts the vampire theory, con- | vinced that some human fiend is responsible for the murders. Dr. | von Neimann, physician and experi- | mental biologist, providing one of | Lionel Atwill's most compelling | characterizations, assists fn the in- | vestigation, have won beauty awards in various | Death follows death;and all clues udges chose Ruth Moody (left) of |t until the smashing orgy of ‘murder which threatens the lives JAGK OAKIE AND ARLINE JUDGE HEAD FINE CAST *“Shoot the Works” lightfull Feature at the Coliseum Paramount’s newest mirth-quake, ‘Shoat the Works,” opened at the Coliseum Theatre yesterday, with a gala comedy cast headed by Jack Oakie, Arline Judge, Alison Skip- worth, Roscoe Karns, and music-by Ben Bernie and his, “lad: | who make their ture. Few nt screen comedies have excelled this lively, pace-setting film for speed action and fun. With a medley of six brand new the plot revolves about the joint and individual efforts of a group of colorful show peoplé in search of fame and fortune. Adapted from Ben Hecht's and® Gene Fowler's Broadway play, “The the film features | Jack Oakie as the head of the Nicky Nelson Enterprises, a side- | show troupe, whose two principal assets are a moth-eaten stuffed whale and a slightly dazed flag- pole sitter. When fortune frowns on their efforts, the troupe disintegrates and Ben Bernie, as Joe Davis, hies him- self and his orchestra to a Chinese while ©Oakie prepares .to launch a vaudeville act with a | they are paste. | artistic senses. brown texture of Celotex mirrors, ete. Celotex is economical saving. Celotex Tempered Ha Let us show you this sizes. Juneau Is De-| film debut in this) pfe-1 Attractive and Livable To be attractive a room must have beauty and charm — and appeal to the While Celotex ean be decor: tional charming rooms have been created with only the natural finish. The soft A livable room should be warm in winter unnecessary noises and echoes. As a non-conductor of heat and noise it is unszurpassed. ——|of Karl and Ruth, his sweetheart. | The story plunges to an amazing | conclusion, that will Oakie's penchant for the 1adies | gtortle and will most p:’;,:'f;eco,'f and misfortune with the galloping | vince.you, even though it may leave cubes de: all chanwes for his you a bit w‘ak at the ki act, and almost write {inish to his # "’cfirr»]ees n romange. But, with Ben Bernie's| aid, everything turns out all right PA R Is DUELIST [lxs some blues-singer, whom he loves. | | in the end. Although Oakie furnishes most | | of the comic interludes in his own,| ,beculiarly ingratiating style, there are guffaws aplenty 1 Ben Ber-| | nie’s feud with a “famous column- ley, and several highly diverting | scenes in which ' Arline Judge, the flagpole sitter's two-timing sweetie, is featured. Directed by Wesley Ruggles, the film features five brand new song 50-Year-01fiawyer Not Seriously Hurt in Snow- bits by Gordon and Revel and| storm Sword Play Rainger and Robin, including: | “With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm | PARIS, France, March 11.—A 50- | seariOlfi Prench. duelist was twice | wounded in the arm here today by |en advcrsarys sword as they fought ‘sn “honor engagement” in a blind- ing snowstorm. The duel continued until phy- LOS ANGELES, March 11.— The | sicians intervened and stopped it. district court of appeals has af-| Both combatants, Felix Kanoui firmed a $20,000 judgment award-|and Plerre Meriat, are lawyers. ed Estelle Taylor, screen BCLX‘ES_»\ They fought in an effort to set- and former wife of Jack Dempsey, |tle a dispute in which Kanoui con- for injuries received in an auto- | sidered his professional dignity had mobile accident last Christmas.| been injured. The judgment was obtained against | Kanoui, the only one hurt, is Frank Joyce, motion picture busi- not seriously wounded. representative, and his chauf- | Ho, Hum—More Spinach SACRAMENTO, Cal.—California’s 1935 acreage of spinach for can- ning will be about 1,000 acres more Fall, of Abilene, a freshman at|than that of 1934, according to Texas Christian university, is the'cgr] M. Sshiller of the state crop 35th member of the house of Mc- | reporting service. Tall to attend.the institution since e —— “Do I Love You?” e Estelle Taylor’s Judgment Is Upheld Dreaming,"” ISP S Hangs Up Record | FORT WORTii, Tex.—Rex Me- JAPAN HEADED “|has reached nearly ten billion yen. THEATRE SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU TONIGHT ONLY Preview Tonight SYLVIA SIDNEY m “30 - DAY PRINCESS” FOR FASCISM, EXPERT AVERS Crisis in N:E;n, Linked with Military Acts, Chief Cause WASHINGTON, March 11.—Fi- nancial, economic, and agricultural crises, linked with the rising pow-| er of military elements, are lead-; ing Japan inevitably toward a Fas- | oist dictatorship, the Foreign Policy Assoclation reports. ! a report by T. A. Bisson, n expert of the assoclation, reminded that military and elements are already pow-| erful in many branches of Japanese national life. Bisson said: | e T In DEPENDABLE QUALIT\Y! Full strength . . . Finer flavor , . . “Given the position already oc- cupied by the army lcaders and| These are characteristies the ccnnections they have formed | of Reliance Coffee! with the big finanecial interest would be strong pressure to-| of an outright Sk ¥ there ward establishment Fascist regime. Agricultural Cri‘is “The acute agricuitural crisis has| BLENDED] ROASTED, AND VACUUM SEALED BY FINATIONAL GROCERY P in no way been relieved. Certain aspects of the industrial revival,! 0% moreover, raise questions as to lis) s permanence, “Furthermore, Japan's public debt “With the mounting military- naval expenditures, it becomes a question how long Japan can con- tinue to avert disastrous inflation.” | RESLITR o il DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY! . ° " e i KRAFFT’S General Cabinet and Millwork Contractors Estimates furnished. Glass—Plyboard 2nd and Pranklin | | Plate | | Phone 62 | | pArLy EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY! | | | | [ . ‘ FaNe Th 7 ot 1 1887, DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PA].,! 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