The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 18, 1935, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. THURSDAY, JULY 18 While Courts, Congress Battle Over TV A BLAMES me]NG NANCY CARRULL Threo M ]or‘am Pro]e(t.sTulw Shape G(]LUMSTS FOR STAH, COLISEUM romemr | MYSTERY BILL DR | IS AT CAPITOL The narrative of Paramount's mystery drama, “The . President 1 Vanishes,” now showing at the Capitol Theatre, is carried through many stirring and thought-provok- {ing sequences to a logical and sat- isfying conclusion. Arthur Byron, cast as President Stanley, is starred in the title role. Paul Kelly plays the part of a Sec- | ret Service operative whose romance with Peggy Conklin forms an inte- !gral part of the plot. The support- ing cast includes Janet Beecher, Rosalind Russell, Angdy Devine, Charles Grapewin and Edward El- lis. The, film was directed by Wil- {liam Wellman. The story was adapted by Lynn Starling from the anonymous “best seller” novel “The President Vams ishes.” TONIGHT I8 THE NIGHT . Hon monce aadmine b’ Too beaur Too bitter to endur al Too precious to losel young mar waves of, finan- city ru ch opens at| interest ) You Alway um olumbia’s Love the C l Georg Indmduallshc Spml Clash- es with Cooperative Plan, Says Writer ) v Theatre t I wphy as 1 Brent,{ egotistical, ambitious ung turned out € record in engineering Nancy Carroll, an actre enthusiastic surmisal that whip the world in six month tér a series of financial Miss Carroll beéomes B taxi dancer and Murphy drives & moving van Murphy, findiflg that his wile about to-leavé hith, steals somie money to give her one last good! time. There is a surprise ending Two of the chief contribwting, factors responsible for reports of adverse conditions at Matanuska are incompatibility of individualis- tic pioneer spirit with the cooper- ative features of the ctolonization scheme, and unconfirmed and un- verified newspaper stories released by inexperienced journalist-farm- ers in the opinifon of Elsie Mc- Cormick, cotrespondent for Vogue and the New York Times, who re- cently spent a week at the Matan- uska colony gathering material for |special articles. ‘The Matanuska McCormick said, the true pioneer to make their own decisions. colonist refused to take the word of "Government experithent farm authgrities but prefers to conduct his own exper!nents. Very little in- g terest is aisplayed in the cooper- Juneau before returning te Nv\vv ative cannery, creamery and othe:| ' | D St WOMAN'S BUUY < 'WHAT A PICTURE! re is Her most vivid lmpr&\xon of (be‘ cannery is the absolute cleanlines§| of fish packing methotls and ma=| chinery | Miss McCormick arfved “in Ju- veau Sunday on the PAA Lock- need Electra from Fairbanks, after an extended trip by air, rail’ andi water through the Territory. Shed expects spend several days inf ROSENBLOOM'S RING VICTORY IS UNPOPULAR Former Lightweight Cham-| pion Decisions Ari- zona Contender colonists, Miss are largely of type who choose One cnn. tny,' CheR 'mm (m ANKL iy 4 e f \. News s —ADDED— In the Dog House llu i) A recent view of Nerris Dam, on the Jlinch River, shews. (he huge TVA project more than three- fourths ccmpleted. 1t wm back the rlvcr up 50 quhs, create a Jake 'with a shoreline of 'mearly 800 miles. In the bu:knouml may be\ seen the reseryoir clearance line, to which hl'lgh( the lake will'rise. By ROY E. HUTLHI:NS s e | T CREATION While the Tennessee Valley Authop; ity battles for broadened .powers | and more money from Congress, to NANCY CARROLL GEORGE MURPHY RAYMOND WALBURN A COLUMBIA PICTUM Snapshots . Midnight Preview “We Live \IF EIGHT QUALIFY TONIGHT, SCOUTS Act as Correspondents | Many of the colonists act as cor- respondents for newspapers in the | States, Miss McCormick stated, and because of lack of training have Again” CAPITOL B AN THEATRE Bl | ee e 00000000 AT THE HOTELS 3| e s 0o 0Cc e e e > OAKLAND, Cal Rosenbloom, champion, cision July 18.—Maxie former lightweight scored a ten-reund de- over. John Henry Lewis, | strong contender for' the title from | Arizona, here last night. It was a rough bout, and the de- cision was unpopular with the fans. They felt that Lewis’ clean-cut punching should have earned him at least a draw. Thé victory was No. 19 chalked more than 16,000 workers toil daily to carry out its program of dam- building apd social and economic development throughout the Ten- | nessee river basin—an area of 40~ 000 square miles containing 2,000,000 people. From high in the mountains of east Tennessee, where construction of Norris dam is nearing comple- tion, to the flat country of Ala- Tnbun l Rul-es G’ivg%?&dcral Agency Sufficient Power ;gress MAY GET DRILLS least eight poys qualify for itice rank at the meet {ing of the Sea Scout Ship Baranoff | | tonight, plans will be made to fise | one the Coast Guard cutter ‘TAxllAmnu\.u whaleboats for drill infsaid to have remarked that the rowing, Sea Scout Leader Robert|Matanuska pioneers could be either Hall announced. | colonists or correspondents, but not Passing the Apprentice tests is|both. |released many exaggerated reports, False rumors included in personal correspondence of the colonijsts have also found their way into (Public print. Miss McCormick said that Eugene Carr, Government of “trouble shooter” at the colony, is |up by Rosenbloom since he drop- |ped the crown to Bob Olin several Mr. and Mrs. L. W. McMurray, | months ago. New York City; N. L. p,m\mdu | Lewis checked in at an even 180 Prince Rupert, B. C.; Mrs. A. Erick- | pounds last night, while the win- son; A. H. Nordale. ]nex was two pounds heavier. Zynda | e E. Coke Hill and Mrs. Hill. ! HOSPITAL NOTES Alaskan ! Mrs. Ward McAlister was admit- John Sargent, Douglas; K. K.|ted to St. Ann's Hospital yesterday Kyle, Ketchikan; Franklin Kopp,|for medical treutment. Mendenhall; Margaret Zuboff, Men-| MIS. John Meyers eutered the denhall; Duke Jurgeleit, Local. hospital yesterday for :.irgical treat- el ment. NOTICE | Ernest Berggren, Alaska Juneau | The Channel Barbers' Association| Miner, was admitted yesterday for declare themselves meutral in the|medical treatment at St. Ann's present labor troubles. Hospital ROBERT LIGHT, e President MAKES TWO V. F. WILLIAMS, TRIPS TO FUNTER B Secretary. — et Gastineau IM ~—adv. Pilot Sheldon Simmons made two ’ruunci trips to Funter ‘toddy carry- {ing the following passengers: Mr. » and Mrs. G. J. Balzer, Sam Peko- Seattle ' attorney, is vacm)onmg[‘mh and wife, and Mrs. Nick aboard the Prince Robert as flu)uklchv round-trip passenger from Van-| couver, B. C. EWING FROM SEATTLE Edwin C. Ewing, a prominent BT | You can’t Kid Millions. being built xiwr tiny the scheduled of project. The one of the It is across juncture with is now 75 percent complete. to be finished by first of 1936. More than 65 percent the 1,000,000 cubic yards of con- crete have been poured 1,500 men still are employed on the wor 1d's bama, where two other dams are the Tennessee | there is a buzz of activity. | The $34,U50.000 Norris dam across | Clinch river 80 miles above| the Tennessee, dam will be 253 feet and 2,000 feet long. It will create| largest voirs, inundating parts of five coun- ties and creating a lake 800-mile shoreline. at Norris dam that with NEW ORLEANS, July 18—An act | creating the Tennessee Valley Au- thority was held constitutional in the fifth Circuit‘Court of Appeals Wednesday. It sustained the gov- | ernment’s right to sell electric POW- | er in competition, with private utili- ties. The holding reversed the decision of Judge W, I. Grubb of the North- ern District of Alabama, annulling contracts between the TVA and the ‘Aluhumn Power company for sale of igh | EOVErnment power in seven Ala- = | bama counties. The decision did not hold the A constitutional but ruled Con- | gress had conferred the necessary statutory power on the gigantic federal ‘agency. the first at tonight's rank It is the 7:30 o'clock Meanwhile, Around | place for However, ent beach location. RAEER. & A ki reser- | Pyramid. an/! | young | SV gL Empire Classified Ads Pay. step toward becoming a | Sea Scout, and efforts will be made |the colony, Miss McCormick said session to have the that she believes the colonists to minimum number of boys pass that The meeting will be held in the store next to the Frock Shoppe on Lower Front Street, starting at difficulties have been encountered in the moving of the mall boat Pacific for a permanent the new Sea Scout ship; plans still are being made to move the Pacific from her pres-| The Pyramids Laugh. The Laughs adv. Regarding the probable future of be much better off than at home in the States. Nine out of ten of the ‘colonists are satisfied with the opportunity afforded at Matanuska of achieving a Miss McCormick said, but the ques- tion is whether they will continue to be satisfied when conditions in |the States return to a ‘state more favorable to agriculturists. Flew to Sitka Miss McCormick flew to Sitka Tuesday morning aboard the PAA Fairchild and returned on a later | flight that evening. A large part of her time in Sitka was spent in the Pyramid Packing Company plant. rich subsistence,; . | $20,000,000 John Roosevelt, son of the Presi-| dent, plans to spend the summer, | working (without pay) on the huge project, and living at Norris, four miles from the ‘dam site. | Joe Wheeler dam, being bullt' across the Tennessee river 18 miles above Muscle Shoals, is about 35! percent complete. The dam, costing! is to be 50 feet high, one mile long and will create a reservoir of 100 square miles in area. | Work Starts at Pickwick Lahding Work is just getting under way jon the Pickwick Landing dam on : |the Tennessee river in southwest Tennessee with 1500 men at work. ~ [The $32,000000 dam will be built TWO STAR - FIVE STAR 5 SKEY EVEN STARsune T STARS Jur I | GE YO V SPECIAL CANADI "RICE & AHLERS CO. Plumbing Sheet Metal Work PHONE 34 Heating For Every Purse and Every Pl;ri)ose PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. PHONE 412 THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS The Gastineau OQur Services to You Begin and End at the Gang Plank of Every Passenger-Carrying Beat without a power plant, but this may be added later. It will be 103 feet high and almost a mile and a half long. .1t will have the largest sin- gle lift lock in the world. Wilson .dam, which was built during the World War at a cost of abaut $150,000,000 is serving electric- ity to 30 communities in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, despite litigation partly blocking the TVA power program. These communi- ties have fincreased their pesiden- tial ‘clistomers from 6510 to 8,023 under rates which TVA c:aims to Be 45 percent less than formerly paid private companies.: OIL MAN ABOARD One of the interesting passengers aboard the Prince. Robert for her round-trip cruise from Vancouver, B. C., is' Richard "C. Yarnell. He |is a prominent oil company ex- ecutive - from Redondo Beach, Cal. He Is adcompanied by his wife ard two children. FISH MAN VISITS N. L. Freeman, connected with the Canadian - Government's fish- eries agency, arrived here from Prince Rupert, B. °C, as a pas- senger on the Prince ‘Robert. (KEEP YOUR GARBAGE CAN SWEET — CLEAN No matter how hot the weather you ean kzep that smelly, disgusf- ing garbage' can free from maggots and offepsive odprs. Here's all you do—simply sprinkle Bu-hach over thecpntents occasion- |ally. You'll be pleasantly surprised at the telling: effect of this magic protective powder. Bu-hach is safe~—costs but little .and has no disagreeable odor of its ~own. 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JResults practically are sured. because The Empire. reaches everybody ip& Juneau. HANDS TIED, IS Clue to "S\Tv;l;;p Murder” Being Hunted Down by Chicago Police an unidentified woman, with hands tied, has been found in and police began an investiia to ‘“determine whether the vi is the missing Mrs. Evelyn © former burlesque dancer connection with the “swemp mur- der” of Ervin Lang, 2 Mrs. Smith, with her husband, vanished on July same day that police Lang's mother-in-law, Dunkel, 43, who admitted, inves- tigators said, that she had hired Mrs. Smith to murder Lang $500. Lang'’s legless body was found in a swamp at Hammond, Indiana ... m im ou 10, the arrested Mrs. Blanche 0 000 v o STOCK. QUOTATIONS LU B vd'e 0w o NEW YORK, July quotation of ‘Alaska stock today is '18'% Juneau . American Can | Anaconda 16, Bethlehem Steel 32% General Motors 37, Ink tional Harvester 49%, Kennecott 19%, United States Steel 38'¢, Pound $495%, Bremner bid 40 asked 62, Nabesna bid 55 asked -65, Black Pine Silver bid 33'. asked 36. .- IPIRF WAN; e You can’'t Kid Mill DAILY adv. ORDERED HIM TO FOUND, SEWEF ¥ CHICAGO, July 18.—The body of Chinese ! for 142, American Power and Light 3%, ADS PAY! | ~-~ADDED—— One Horse Farmers ¢ Pasty Town Wedding Himber and Orchestra M-G-M News .nuuumnnmnnn_u MEW FEATURE FOR UPTOWN The vl that screens rovalty from the world is removed in the Gau- mont British melody-rich romance, Princess Charming,” which will come to the Uptown tonight for a two-day run, with Evelyn Laye and Henry Wilcoxon co-starring. “Prin s Charming” reveals | through its dramatic story the fore- | es that make a member of royalty | digregard all tlmdmons in order to | 1ind omande 474051 1180BA | In " the supporting chist 'afe 18.—Closing | yyonne Arnaud, Henry Grossmith, mine | anq Max Miller. The diréction is by | Maurice Eivey - - - MAKES LONG JOURNEY James O'Grady, a resident of | Lakewood, Nova Scotia, made a |long journey to board the Prince |Robert in' Vancouver, B. C, for |that ship’s current round-trip cruise |to Alaska. The Pyramids Laugh. 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