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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 1936 __.BETTE DAVIS 1]0(111, Blondell Takes Normie on Vacation; Loses Pound a g‘ e < {WHAT IF THAT OLD HOLUISE -~ COULD TALK? » i o, 2 Y Live the stirring hours when it does talk = 14 .. to tell the story of two wives under “The Girl from 10th Ave- | . | nue” to Be Shown for | First Time Tonight | “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” a First National picture with Bette Davis in the stellar role, opens to- night at the Capitol Theatre. She portrays a 10th Avenue shop girl who marries a drunken society man | following a champagne party. He had gone to the dogs when jilted & a gold digger. Bette ms of him and is smart enough to sep- arate him from the woman he for-| merly loved, and who had married a rich relic for his money, thinking | that she could centinue to {lirt witl the man of her choice. The picture is a tense drama with some rare touches of humor. It has | an all-star cast to support Mi Dav! including lan Hunter, W)m‘ plays opposite Bette, and Colin Clive, long known on both stage and the screen Others in the cast a: worth, Katharine Alexander. Eddy, Gordon Elliott, Adrian R: Andre Cheron and Edward McWse Split lfiay Seem : | Inevitable; Both | Parties Are Firm {Continued from Page One) Mazo de la Roche's $10,000 prize novel on the screen! re Alison Skip- | John Eldrege, Phillip Reed Helen Jerome sle KAY JOHNSON.,.........as Adlayne IAN HUNTER.............as Renny C. AUBREY SMITH......as Nicholas NIGEL BRUCE..... ..as Maurice DAVID MANNER was Eden earlier decades of this century that the Theodore Roosevelt liberal bolt PEGGY WOOD.... Yo uan as Meg in 1912 did not interfere with a re- JE CSIE RALPH............. as Gran ¥ sight years later, leading to a dozen years of Republican rule MOLLY LAMONT...... Pheasant Premature 1alk . course every year makes ils PLLU political precedents, yet it is STARTS TONIGHT Lo Gt for. poltient otmers fo see how either great party can be TOP NOTCHERS " NEWS By Paramount identity in 1936 It is hard for them to visualize a situation where Mr. Roosevelt and THEATRE Mr. Borah would be in the same i ST AR party, and Mr. Smith and Mr Hoover, for instance, in the other d now enroute East to new achieve- In fact there is visible evidence j‘ SR to the contrary. Mr. Borah is at- The following musicians partci-'yooying Mr, Roosevelt, and Mr. pated in the program ith says he expects to die “a ENUCORCENT ™ rain. memhamese ke Trumpets: Bill Kiloh, Richard that even if he “takes a walk” with Jackson, Lyman Snow, George Al- Hanson, Wendell inets, Walter Scott, cia Harland, Cor- the Republicans this y he means to come back later to his empty chair at the Democratic fireside The mere physical and mechani- GREAT SUCCESS % : g inne Duncan, Helen Campbell, BY- ca] difficulties of organizing a new Capacity Audience Enjoys ron Personeus, Mary Stewart, Gril- party are far greater than anyone . .~ .77 |fith Nordling, ,Audrey Click, SUe|would suppose until he has pur- Evening of Music in |siewart, Josepnine Campbeir, Ann o the ramifications of parts School Auditorium Campbell, Barbara Hermann; trom- gjignment down into the wards and o bone, David Reischl, Jimmie Gl 8 A horns, Elizabeth Stewart, Wand Ry Some members of the Liberty A band concert that combined all | Wood, June Lynch, Peter Warner, e B i League thought a year ago that a| the spirit and color of experienced |Burton Walker; bass, Jack Glasse expected to give up its continuing ** Taking care of Little Normie s Joan Blendell's big idea f Now che admires the =2 | By ROBBIN COONS ! HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb. 1 n Blondell doffs her hat ites the “average mother Although Norman Scott Barnes is 14 months old, only now does Joan realize to the full the joys of motherhood. She has taken her son on a vacation — just the two of them When Normie was born was determined to combine career and motherhood, with phasis on the latter. hired a nurse, but there were many things about Normie's sched- ule that needed, she felt, her per- sonal supervision. She must plan his food, select his clothes, be sure he gets plenty of everything a baby needs for health and happi- ess. When she wo she gets up. early to have her “playtime” with him, and gets home early for their “romp” together. During the day telephones home frequently Joan's Big Idea came vacation and Joan her em- she Well, time, and 4 S % tr “conservative” party, recruit-:Joan’s big idea. She wanted to take| playing with the infectious pride of | Charles Tuvbhs‘ drums, A{u_} Mortis, o tom both old parties, could be little Normie, all alone, without student accomplishment was pre- |Philip Harland, Robert Satre, Bert . . o ' o ok oF. Satelk wil. sl d in 1936 to oppose Mr Roosevelt's reelection. ‘They seldom mention such a possibility now. It has been a dream of the Farmer- Laborites for years to organize on national basis as a truly “lib- eral” party, but not much has come of it During all this time there has been much premature talk about ng the Republican and Demo- tic parties. So far as can be sented last night to a large and ap- | Bertholl; baritone, Alfred Zenger preciative audience in the Grade ‘alxo saxophone, Arnold Swansol School Auditori by the Juneau|flutes, Mildred Webster, Virg Public School Band, directed by By- |Wood, Dorothy Fors, Maydelle ron Miller, talented instructor and |George. nstay of the organization. | Dance orchestra: Byron Miller, di- Bert Bertholl, Arnold Swa rector: son, Walter Scott, Bill Kiloh, Kath- Miss Ruth Coilz, vocal directer, hared honors with Mr. Miller in|orine Torkelson. the »preavn'anun of a vxel]»tramed‘ Boys' Quartet: Stanley Heisel, Ly- boys' orchestra and in leading the |man snow, John Krugness, Lewis community singing among the au- | Taylor. Directed by Miss Ruth Cof- dience, ¢ j fin. carned at this writing, neither has Smooth production, good rhythm, L eee [made any appointment with the and fine interpretation marked the | coroner. entire program, with the Dance Or- INSTALL RADIO STATION | - >-oo— - VALENTINE LUNCHEON Members of the Martha Society | will hold a valentine luncheon at| the Presbyterian Church Parlors Friday, Feb. 14, from 11:30 a.m. to chestra, special development of this | year, deserving particular (-ommcn»‘ dation. { During the program, the snare drum played by Winfield Pullen dur- Old Crow, Yukon Territory, has been in daily communication with the outside world since the recent installation of an amateur radio ing his association with the school |station by Corporal E. A. Kirk in|1:30 p.m. Adults 50c and children band was presented to the organiza- |charge of the RCMP detachment under 12, 25c —adv. tion by Mr. Byron Miller, who re- |at that station. His call number is ———— - { ported it had been placed in his | VE5 QB. | LADIES’ TRINITY GUILD | hands by Mr. W. S. Pullen at the | special request of Winfield, who is | e = Valentine Contract Bridge, Trin-| SHOP IN JUNEAV! 'ity Hall, Saturday afternoon. adv. BORAH DECLARES PRESlDENTIAL CANDIDACY The formulation of plans to enter his name on the Ohio Republican primary ticket for president led Senator Borah to declare his candidacy for the nomination. He is pictured conferring with a group of Ohio Republicans on primary plans. Left to right: seated—former Senator Roscoe McCulloch, Borah and Daniel Morgan of Cleveland; standing—John S. Knight, Akron; Max Myerovich, Youngstown, and C. N, Sparks, Akron. (Associated Press Photo) * | | lows, ,Behrends Bank in Juneau, Alaska nurse be an “average mother.” They went to a resort near Nor- co, Cal, and Joan settled down for a nice long stay. She stayed four days, lost four pounds, and came back to Hollywood to give| the nurse a raise. | Little Normie is at the age when babies “get into everything.” His toddling feet wandered uncertainly down a hill, Joan gave chase, fell and skinned her knees (Little Nor-| mie toddled back, unharmed). | Little Normie left toys around for Joan to trip over, which Joan| did. Litle Normie likes to kick—! Joan, taking off his shoes, got one on the chin She didn't sleep much at night, | either, because little Normie might | get uncovered. | And then there was the game of | “watching Normie” — just waiting | for whatever is coming next. The average mother knows this game. CALL FOR PAYMENT OF ALL | BONDS AND INTEREST DUE | AND OUTSTANDING AGAINST THE McKINNON INVESTMENT | COMPANY, JUNEAU, ALASKL[ PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to all persons holding unpaid bonds and interest outstanding against | the McKinnon Investment Com- pany, Juneau, Alaska, that in pur- suance to the reservation made by the Company in its Deed of Trust and mortgage given to its bond- hollers on Sept. 1st, 1925, as fol- “And the McKinnon In- vestment Company reserves the right to any interest bearing per- iod or periods, after the interest payment date of Sept. 1, 1929, to pay the principal and interest due of all or any part of the said bonds then issued and outstanding, and cancel and retire the bond or bonds so paid without prior notice to the holder or holders . thereof.”—That the McKinnon Investment Com- pany hereby calls all bonds and interest outstanding and the same will be paid in full at the B. M. on March 1st, 1936, and no further principal or interest as provided in sald Deed of Trust and Mortgage will be paid to present holders on said outstanding bonds after that date. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, 28th day of January, 1936. McKINNON INVESTMENT CO. By LOCKIE McKINNON, President. First publication, Jan. 29, 1936. Last publication, Feb. 26, 1936. this (aged 14 months) without or her vacation. She stuck it cut “average mother.” any She sits down gets up again, gets up. “No, sits down, says no, dear, not the ant paste!” or “Yes, darling, those mother’s scissors but you mustn't play with them,” etc But Joan Blondell is undaunted and intends to try again—after she has gene in trainin, IT'S CONTAGIOUS June Lang's mother helped June study her scripts. She would read the other parts and give the cues, at home in the evenings. Acting is contagious. They do it now even when there are no lines to learn. June says she will put her mother in ures Walter Conn v rewarded a stu- O AD GUTS AND. SAVER; EROM THE GUTTERL *JALNA' OPENS - AT COLISEUM Coliseum Theatre. Miss Johnson ha the preminent rolé of Alayne, the bride who comes to “Jaina,” ame Whiteoakes e te of the i i i Kay Johnson and lan Hunt- % er Have Leading : Roles in Picture f Kay Johnson and Ian Hunter h ave the leading zeatured roies in .) Jalua,” screen presentation of Mazo ! le la Roche’s prize-winning best- | seller, which opens tonight at the H ! i { o million precepts of life harbored hrough the decades by the prim s. Her marriage to E w1 o and her efforts to dod able romance with Renr by IIunter, is a tramatic ht s Johnson former New stage favorite who won recog- nition as one of the screen’s fore- most dramatic actresses with her characterizations in “This' Man Is Mine,” “Of Human Bondage,” “Vil- lage Tale.,” and other pictures. Hun- ter was imported to Hollywood to play the part of the Duke of The- seus in Max Reinhardt's “A Mid- summer Night's Dream.” In London, Hunter appeared in several notable stage and screen productions, among which are “Loyalties,” and “A Bill of Divorcement.” With Miss Johnson and Hunter is seen a brilliant cast of internation- al favorites. including Peggy Wood. David Manners, Molly Lamont, The- odore Newton, Jessie Ralph, C. Aub- rey Smith and Nigel Bruce. RIS IMIND CIGIRL THAT ‘BETTE DAVIS is a PAN HUNTER COLN-CLIVE Alisan SKIPWORTH NN dio messenger who had returned a small lot banknote. He asked the messenger if he (Connolly) could bet on a horse at the races foré him. The messenger gave him “Odd, Blue” without hesitation | Connolly bet, and Odd Blue won. Connolly thought he had a tipster here. But no— “My cousin rode him,” the boy explained, pocketing his winnings. “Odd Blue was the only horse I knew.” ! AND:— Los Angeles Southern Exposure A Little Soapy Water When Men Fight Daily Alaska Empire News, - - S # NOTICE PIONEERS AUXILIARY STARTS TODAY Owing to inclement weather and sickness among members, there will be mno. meeting of the Ploneers'| - UL 0 RN Ve VAR e S Sl e e Auxiliary Friday, February 14 b7 GERTRUDE LAUGHLIN, | adv. Igloo No. 6 | pres, Plomeers. awitiry, Qld papers for sale at Empire Office F You Have | died moved eloped sold out been shot ; been born had a baby caught heen :fobbed been gypped been married been arrested gone grazy bought a car been visiting had company been courting been in a fight stole anything gone to church cut a new tooth sold your house had an operation been snake bitten or dong anything at all CALL 602