The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 24, 1935, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 24, 1935. LAST TIMES TONITE Nation’s | By CHARLES NORMAN | (Associated Press Staff Writer) | Ethiopia, with “one foot in the ‘mddle Ages and the other in the }League of Nations,” presents a ‘vivld contrast to the rest of Africa. | ewhere cn the Dark, Continent, \Je v\‘u.e man is respected as con- | queror and modernizer; in the land | of Emperor Haile Selassie the white' man is neither conqueror nor build- , for he has been defeated there. ,‘ The history of Ethiopia, a chron- |icle of constant warfare, best ex- | plains its seemingly anomalous po- | ‘ition in the twentieth century. A country almost continuously busy | o the field of battle has found lit- | tle time for progress and moderni- | zation, Wars Were Many SHIRLEY TEMPLE in the most adorable cale of het hea breoking core TEMPLE BRARRYMORE LITTLE COLONEL Arabians, Egyptians, Turks, Der- vishes and neighboring races and tribes of every description — the Adels, Danakils, Gallas and others | —and in modern times irMlicted se- | vere defeats on the Sudanese and ) Italians. The Ethiopians have lived rounded by enemies. They have seen a combination of great European powers. take their ports and their coastline away, and have been cut SVE’:VN.V::::;: {off in this and other ways from the eir ships which centuries ago Mldnl ht P ! ploughed through the Red Sea and g review “GEORGE WHITE |the Indian Ocean with their coun- |iry’s products, are now dim mem- |ories in the minds of the people. | Glory In Battle | But they have lost nothing of their pride in their independence land nothing of their prowess as | warriors. If war comes, the bristling legions of Mussolini will find fight- 1ing men arrayed against them who = | glory in battle. “The Abyssinian army,” one Brit- ish observer wrote, “is in effect practically the Abyssinian people, {for with the exception of priests COLISEUM TONIGHT !and monks every man is an actual In “A Notorious Gentleman,” ,. notential soldier—love of fighting which opens at the Coliseum The- i in his blood.” atre tonight, the audience sees a; Today the priests have wlum&r- murder committed, but on the ed to fight. screen no one is present except the, 71t war comes this month, as some murdered man and the Killer. The pjitary experts predict, it will audience thus has the thrill of ;. at the end of the rainy sea- sitting back in possession of all the . ,n which lasts from about mid- facts and watching the battle of yyne to the end of September. The wits going forward on the screen. yaing come suddenly and in torrents, The dramatic screenplay was di- jnaking roaring streams out of rected by Edward Laemmle, and ,oagpeds, and cease with sudden- tells the story of an attempted jas5 too. “perfect crime” and its solution. The cast includes Charles Bickford, Hel- en Vinson, Dudley Digges, Sidney Blackmer, and Onslow Stevens. sy JUNEAU ROUGH WATER PREVENTS Many residents of Juneau and LANDING, HUMP ISLAND yicinity, whose lives have been made miserable through suffering Mary Joyce and two other pas- from those distressing surface mus- sengers went to Hump Island yes- cular paius which are so often mis- terday afternoon aboard the Alaska called “rheumatic,” will be glad to Air Transport Patco flown by Shel- know that an effective relief is now don Simmons, but returned on the gyajlable which is bringing joy to plane as rough water prevented many who have used it. This relief landing. prepartion is known as Williams R.UX. Compound. If you suffer HENEY GOES sSOUTH from shooting, stabbing muscular P. A. Heney, Jr., President of the pains in the shoulders, arms or legs; Alaska-Windham Gold Mining Com- if you are bothered with neuralgic pany, and Mrs. Heney, sailed on the or surface pains of the body, don't Alaska this morning for Seattle endure this agony any longer with- where they will spend the winter. out trying Williams R.U.X. Com- —— - pound. Get a bottle at Butler Mauro Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! Drug Co. today. —adv. dlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIilIIIIIIIHHIHIIHHIHI MURDER MYSTERY, GOOD NEWS FOR ! i g > s It has fought and defeated Lhc‘ sur- | Ethiopia Knows No White Conqueror Long History a Chronicle of ('umt.mt Wartare REV. HUBBARD- " SAYS ICE-CAP 18 RETREATING Explains Fallacy of Glacier;: Depths—To Prepare for New Expedition (Continued 1rum Page One) 1snd Mendenhall glaciers was Itreating and that in.all prGbability ithe next five years should see’an ‘imm»nw dissolution of the s beauty of the glaciers. “But ver ‘Hkmy in twenty. years they will all( rt advancing again,” he said ‘ *Ice ages, it would seem, go in 125- y’a cycles, and this has beemyres treating slowly since 1859." Inferviewed last “évening, Father Hubbard said that his main pur- | Pose, aside from the scientific trend of his visit, was “to show in a prac- | tical way just what Alaska could orhn tourists of a high social stand- It was to accomplish this, he t the Father Hubbard Tour § | vas inaugurated this year by the For centuries Ethiopia has fought its battles for freedom from invasicn by other African tribes or the soldiers of European nations. For c¢enturies it clung to ancient traditions, even its soldiers refusng to recognize changing meihods of warfare. But under Em- peror Haile Selassie the forces are changing. Here is a modern fighting machine, typified by the two members of Ethiopia’s air force seen above. PAA LOCKHEED 11\mo weather in the Interior, en- abled Pilot Crosson to reach Juneau. - STlX TRANSFERS HERE mship Company. Father ard, accompanied by 86 tour- | ists, this year toured Southeast Al- aska and made a special visit to the i Matanuska Valley. It was intimated by Hubbard last night that this tour under his superintendence would very likely become an an- | nual event. { Up To Transportation “If the wansportation companies really wish to cater to the same Itype of tourists as travel to Eu- |Tope, South America and the Ra- ham he said, “and ff they make [thvm feel that they are not a sec- | ondary condition to freight, it would stimulate travel for the years |Lu come. t is to be hoped that |schedules will be so arranged that | passengers will not arrive in cities re- | a d the galley proofs of RIS REWTHEoK “Cradle of the Storms,” which will: be on strn’h by Christmas ar's Exjedition Hubbard will make | plans for his next year's expedition, which will be his tenth to Alaska Very likely it. will, be to Kiny Island in the Bering'Straits,” he |said. “We are not exastly certain of but we would like to spend a year there. announced ' to fter the o eason’ ‘Which promisas by however, Juneau omplegion of a lec- ad- early cessful,” and which includes ap- pearances in. Radio City, the Phila- J Férfim. and Rockefeller Center. Tageik, Wolf, Magook, and Marga whtch “returned with him on the Alaska. While in Juneau, he re- St. Ann's Hospital - 1 “THE LlTTLE COLONEL’ i the Five-year-old Shirley Temple, co- starring with Lionel Barrymore in The Little Colonel,” which will be hown for the last times at the Capitol Theatre tonight, likes games, particularly boys' ones, yet dotes on dolls, accordin to the child-star’'s mother, Mrs George F. Temple. | *“The Little Colonel” is the story {of a bitter Kentucky family feud. | Shirley is c¢ast in the role of a tiny| tot whose childish love and laugh- | ter routs the ‘bitterness and false pride of a stern old Kentucky aris- tocrat who has turned his back on his daughter. Her featured song, “Love's Young Dream,” |based on one of the world’s oldest- known folk tunes, ‘which was pop- the pieture takes place. Hubbard had with him his dogs, | rougher is a melody | HE MURDER. ADEAD MAH! that he § in ¢ okings to be “preeminently § AND WRECKED A PERFECT ALIBI! yiiversaL picTURE LAST TIMES TO'NIGHTl | CHARLES BICKFORD 1/EL2M VINSON SIDNEY BLACKMER "/ ik ONSLOW STEVENS JOHN DARROW SELECTED M-G-M STARTS TONIGHT ular during the late '70s in which | | CARRIES EIGHT TO WHITEHORSE Fairbanks Plane, Piloted by Barrow and Hall, De- layed by Weather The second PAA Lockheed Elec- tra, piloted by W. J. Barrows and Walter Hall, on the scheduled Sun-|¢5s who has been in Juneau ror»““‘ to fly over the famous Beéar's| day flight from Fairbanks to Ju- neau, arrived yesterday afternoon in Whitehorse. The eight passen- | gers aboard the plane, G. B. Dodge, C. C. Brayton, C. B. Andrew, Wm. Barry, F. W. Leahy, A. V. Kelly, L. S. Brewster, and W. Brown board- 4 a special train at Whitehorse for Skagway, where the Princess Louise, southbound, awaited their| arrival. | The Princess Louise sailed from | Skagway at 11 oclock last night and arrived here at 3:30 o'clock this morning. The other PAA Lockheed Electra. | piloted by Joe Crosson and Bill| Knox, on the same schedule, ar- rived here Sunday evening with seven passengers. A temporary| break in the unsettled, unfavorable 011 Heaters Trapped .I . o « the heat which in ordinary heaters goes to waste up the chimney, has to stay on the job in the Thomas Hard }’hon IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIHIIIII||||||||I|||||1H||||flmm1|fifllllllfllImlflflflmlllllllmfllIlllIII|||llmlIl|||lll||||Iml|||Im|||Hl|||||||I|||II||IIII||||I|||||||||||||||I| i e 555 " Robert Stix, who arrived this| morning from the Westward on Lhe Alaska, sailed for Seattle on the | Princess Louise. SISUL GOES SOUTH John Sisul, formerly in the res- taurant business here, arrived on! the Estebeth Sunday from Tenakee and sailed for Seattle aboard the Princess Lomse i NORRIS SOUTHBOUND George Norris, Inspector of Cus- several days, returned south this | morning on the Princess Louise. ——,————— GOES OUT TO COLLEGE Roy Jackson, high school grad+ uate, sailed on the Princes$ Louise for Seattle. Jackson will attend the, University of Washington. e K. LOURING HERE K. Louring, Pacific Bottlers Sup- ply representative, arrived from the |Westward on the Alaska. e SAVE THE DATE The Pioneers' Auxiliary will hold a public card party October 11. Play starts promptly at 8:15. I. O. O. F. Hall. v. SHOP IN JUNEAU! flillflmllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIHlllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIlIllIIIIIHIIIflHHIII“Ifl filllllllflmlllllflMfllllllll“I|l|||||IIImlllllllmlllfll“lIllIlIl|III1||I|III“MMMIIIIHIIHI“IW!!|||||Hmm|fllIIIIIImHIIIIIIlImIIlIIIfl!IIIIflIlIII it "lkr Juneau in the middle of the| night, and depart as soon as the | freight is unloads Summarizing his Alaskan vistt! |this year, Father Hubbard glean- {ed his usual number of “Firsts”: Ed Levin and Ken Chisholm| climbed Pavlof Volcano for the first time," he said. “We took the first| orgapized group of tourists to Un- cle Sam’s first attempt at coloniza- | t visiting the Matanuska Val-| |ley and were very favorably im-| ‘pl"\ed with the way the project | ‘n.‘ ‘being handled. We were the NOW IS THE TIME to a mlghtv cheerful place, | Claws; which we accomplished in a | PAA plane, flown by Alex Holden." | Father Hubbard referred to thatl plane trip—a flight over the glacial ige-cap undertaken one afternoon-— {@d. “The most noteworthy achieve- ment of the summer.” Safety of Aviation “Coming so soon after theadverse publicity to Alaskan aviation in- curred by the unfortunate deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley. Post, and the further blow to aviation in the loss | 6f 'the Hines party and the crash of Percy Hubbard, we consider that we demonstrated the real safety of aviation in Alaska,” he declared. “We took a flight thoroughly haz- ardous in itself, flying over a no- man's-land of rock and ice, Where | no forced landings were possible.” Hubbard will go directly to the University of Santa Clara, where his findings will be carefully check- ! ed over before they are released for cientific information. Here, also, his new Alaskan pictures will have ' their premier showing on October 8, | “The generous use of Fred Ord- way's photographic equipment m-‘ abled us to turn out déveloped pic- tures of our own work,” said Hub- bard. “We took over 30,000 feet of motion pictures and about 2,000 stin pictures, to add to our ratWer im- pressive, total of material taken in previous years. Our fiims hnve al- ready been sent to'New York' whfle positive prints will be forwarded to | Santa Clara University and there | assembled, into lecture form.” Uncanny Swdoess The Hev. Hubbard attributed | much of the success of his expedi- | tion to his own “‘uncanny success” in | predicting weather: “Wisely predicting the rainy| season as being general over all| North America, we came to Juneau in late August merely on the gam- ble that the weather would be as T had predicted it—fair and mild . the first part of September. There . EARLY AMERICAN were only two days of ram and we . POSTER BEDS accomplished everything we had Authentic reproductions of ‘ntended.” the colonial types. Very While Hubbard ‘was here, his book sturdy and well finished. ‘100 Pictures of Little Known Al- aska,” was released and had' a ‘gratifying sale” in Juneau, where t has been on sale at the Venetian Sno‘n on Pmnl: Btueb Hubbard has Alaska Trucking Co. “Efficient and Courteous Service” ‘ “ GENERAL HAULING ' Stand at Central Beer Parlor Phone 607 el | now on display in our F [0 twi Here is a useful and at- tractive little END TABLE in walnut finish Priced at $1.35 An exeeptionally fine + SECRETARY DESK in walnut with attractive inlay decoration Priced at $36.00 o~ o i g ) E DI JUNEAU Driig Co. “Fif CORNER DRUG STORE" £ 0. Substition No. 1 ! able place to spend the' long winter evvnmg\ in. wind is howling around the corner and & ALL SHOWIN to add comfort and beauty to your home. MENT is crowded with new numbers ing seriously consider making your home a comfortable, liv- A well furnished home can be when the rain is beating on the windows and the Taku mong the many pieces of new furniture, you will find just the articles you want Our upstairs FURNITURE DEPART- and we invite you to examine them . BVERY HOME. NEEDS A BRIDGE SET mvenient for serving even- lunch. We are showing, 0 especially good numbers Priced at $14.75 and §17.50 for table and 4 chairs with steel legs. A BEAUTIFUL RUG is the foundation of your decorative scheme, for living room, dining room or bedroom .and a well-chosen pattern will do more than any one thing fo make your home livable. Our Fall display of the newest designs from such well known manufacturres as FIRTH, HUGH NELSON and BIGELOW SANFORD will be a revelation to you. Never before have you had such an opportunity to select just the right rug for your home in all’popular sizes from 27x54, 36x63, 4'6"x6'6" to 9'x12’ in color and de- signs that just can't fail to please you. The price, too, will appeal to everyone . . 9x12 sizes as low as $35.00 BEDROOM FURNITURE A number of new suites in walnut and maple in the latest styles. Three-Piece Suite, including Bed, Dresser and Chest Priced as low as $60.75 Others at $65.00, $75.00, $85.00 j} You will find an excellent variety to select from among the new ar- rivals. JUNEAU -YOUNG HARDWAREG