The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 13, 1936, Page 3

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. '13,:1936 " “TONIGHT is the NIGHT THAT WAS AWARDED $10,000 FOR IT'S BRILLIANCE! —ALSO— Wig Wag Top Notchers Coming Tomorrow A SUCCESSFUL News FAILURE Seenl 24l and JUSTICE OF THE THEATRE | BRHGE Coming, Father Abraham,’ were sung with frantic fervor. ROLE EMANCIPATOR PLAYED TOLD HERE (Continued Dium Fage One) Describes Conditions “There were very few secessionisis in the neighborhood and quite fortu- nately because they were treated as leperous untouchables—no children thereafter they raised a toteni with a carving in heroic size cf Linceln's statue on its summit o » dcor where Seward had entered as the friend of the free Tongass people.” Judge Wickersham showed the assemblage a picture of the Ton- 1, explaining the “statue ‘mounting the pedestal Abraham Lincoln - standing, akimbo, dressed in his long-tailec coat, wearing his well known top hat and black beard, all so plainly shown that no one acquainted with his personal appearance can mis- take the man.” The picture was certified by Harriet E. Hunt, widely known pioneer Alasha woman LéFevre Remarks In telling of Lincoln, Judge L Pevre, dean 'of Juneau barrist said: “I never heard his voice n saw him while living and my mem ories concerning him are the merc recollections of a very young chil while living through the tragic events of which Abraham Lin- coln was the storm center. “I was in the hills above Monte- cello in New York state with o mother who was visiting. her g en grand aunt. The evening was warm | Chief magistrate of our country dur- | e and the family was sitting on the front porch while every anvil in the city below was booming as fast as it could be loaded. That was in celebration of Lincoln’s election. Lat- er, at the home of my mother's people in a little Wisconsin village I saw all the men in the vicinity drilling for the front and marching away, leaving their women and chil- stirring, | to play with their children, no call- ers crossing their thresholds, none wishing them good will—objects of contempt and hatred which was ac- centuated by the return of the maim- ed and shattered men from the front. These unfortunate people. ,however, and all those engaged in the lost cause while the Unionists were shrieking for revenge found an un- expected protector in Abraham Lin- coln for the Gettysburg Address was not a campaign speech upon the state of the union. It was an epic poured from the very soul of the |grandest character of all history since the preaching of the sermon {on the Mount. While in every ham- |let above the line of struggle the people were crying for punishment and vengeance Abraham Lincoln with deistic courage confronted his |frenzied constituency as the cham- {pion of mercy, forgiveness, charity. ' |humanity—fighting and restraining his cabinet, the Congress and thz | electorate with glowing unselfish- Iness that promised forgiveness and |assuagement of the most awful ag- onies the nation has ever suffered.” Lincoln Conservative LeFevre described Lincoln | Judge as a conservative. “Had the great | Lincoln, wise, temperate and devoid of egotism as he was, been the \ing the past 20 years the United States would have had no war with |Germany, no lending of money un- {til it hurts” he said. “All our re- sources and the flower of our man- hood would not have been placed at BETTE DAVIS | HAS LEAD N CAPITOL BILL Cast as Shop Girl-in Cur-| § rent Show ““The Girl from 10th Ave.” [ § In “The Girl From 10th Avenue,”| Bette Davis is cast as a little shop girl of no particular morals who goes to a cocktail party and mar- ries the dissolute scion of an aris-| tocratic family. She quits the party | game and sticks to her husband.| Despite his drunkenness and his love for a married gold-digger who had jilted him, she makes a man; of him Ian Hunter plays the part of the husband. Colin Clive is the el | band of the gold-digger, a role -ayed by Katherine Alexander., son Skipworth is cast in a com-| edy role as a dowager ex-aciress. The cast also includes John EIl- drege, Phillip Reed, Helen Jerome Eliott, Adrian Ros-| “The Girl from 10th 1\\31\\“-"‘ shows for the last times at the| Capitol Theatre tonight | er then referred to news dispatch- es which quoted Harry Hopkins as saying there are almost as many per- sons on relief work now as a year | ago. He charged that the present policy of government had failed in its purpose and had repudiated its promise “If Abraham Lincoln couid speai to us here tonig Mr. Stabler caid, “T think he would repeat what he said in Chicago on July 10, 1858: ‘Now, I vou in all soberness, if all these things, if indulged in, if ratified, if confirmed, and endorsed, if taught to our children and re- peated to them, do not tend to rub out the sentiment of liberty in the . country 1 to transform this gov- rnment into a government of some r form ‘The often expressed New Deal answer to these serious matters is that any one 1 criticize, and that we offer nothing constructive. One weakness in such an answer lies in the fact that less than four years ago Mr. Roosevelt went from one end to the other of the country crit- icizing Mr. Hoover’s administration and, like a modern Moses, offered to lead us out of the wilderness. Now ‘Don’t ic tell me something constructive.” Well, Al Emith did both. He criticized and he told him something constructive says. Smith, Republican Alliance “I think Abraham Lincoln would the disposal of nations that used appreciate hearing the New Dealers our count: a catspaw and now charge that Al Smith, that great hold us in contempt. There would 'and mighty Democrat—at least we have been no attempt to supervise {all thought he was a Democrat—is dren behind and they were later |the conduct of all private enterpris- followed by a number of women who enlisted as nurses. Then came let- ters from the men folk that were es in the face of the fact that every attempt of our government to con- duct ‘business has resulted in de- ficits." Lincoln and New Deal read to the neighbors and wept over at packed meetings in the school opened with prayer and at which !« Mr. Stabler, widely known Juneau the patriotic songs of the day, “The |attorney, declared in his compari- Coming of the Glory of the Lord, |son of Lincoln that had the Great ‘Farewell Mother,” ‘In the Prison Emancipator lived today he would Cell, ‘Marching Through Georgia,’|say the present Administration had “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” @ JUST ARRIVED! A Beautiful Assortment of‘ Washable SILK and DRESSES Also Plain Colors In styles and sizes for both MATRON and MISS Price 36.95 3 “Juneau’s Own Store” Pl - now threatening to form an ailiance | with Republicans, for the purpose of defeating Mr. Roosevelt for a sec- ond term. “Incidentally, while men like Al Smith and John W. Davis, both of whom were nominated by the Dem- ocratic party for the office of Presi- dent, agree with Herbert Hoover, | former Republican President, that |the New Deal administration is so- ‘Rally 'Round the Flag,’ and ‘We're |[not fulfilled its promises. The speak- |cmlisnc and unAmerican; that it is | Deaf Muite Dancer Charlotte Lamberton Although a deaf mute since birth, Charlotte Lamberton has won fame on Broadway as a dancer and musical comedy beauty. Vi- brations of the music, as trans- mitted through the floor to her feet, give her the rhythm of the orchestra. TOURIST SEASO BRICHT FOR 193 WILCOX REPORTS Alaska Steamship Company Agent Tells Chamber of Visit to States (Ceatinued from Page One) the Army Engingers' Corp, is al- most compl An entertainment feature—songs by a quartette from the public school—scheduled for the luncheon today, was cancelled because of the illness of one of the singers. The Executive Board indicated support of a Golden Jubilee Cele- bration for the Juneau Public School system, which has completed its 50th year, and suggested that COLT FIREARMS DE LA ROCHE £0.15 PROBED BY NOVEL JALNA' MUNTIONS COM. AT GOLISEUM ;Lel%ers Dfscflilis:iy\g “Brihfl‘.\'v Picture Faithfully Fo“ows Appeal,” Etc., Flayed | Story of Can.adlan by Senator Nye | Farm Family of now version novel, “Jalna,” de the screen la Reche’s | WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 |files of the Colts Patent From rms | Maz Fire Cempa > Senate Munitions |showing at the Coliseum Theatre, Committee produced a letter ' follows the book with extraordinary from the Fabrique Nationale Des |faithfulness. The picture, with Kay {Armerde Guerre in Belgium urging |Johnon and Ian Hunter in the {fhe Colt Company to “get busy in |leading roles, tells the story of a ‘»hlgh places” to seek delay of ap- | Canadian farm family. Quarrels are peintment of American delegations ' frequent and regular, but the tribal to the 1925 conference for limita- bonus ui loyalty remain intact. {tion of traffic in war materials. When two sons bring two beau- Colts replied that it was “unwise 'tiful young brides into the hal- to ar h the State Depattment 'lowed precincts of Jalna, their an- fon the ject,” and said the best cestral estate, the harmony is dis- leourse was to “let sleeping dogs lie.” rupted. ‘The Belgium Company said the| Readers of the novel will remem- ltame communication had been sent per the tragic solution which brings to the Remington Arms Company. |a happy ending to the dilemma of | These developments,in the In-'the wWhiteoaks family, but the tquiry followed a brief investigation goreen dramatization affords an of the Army Ordnance Assoclation, aqqed thrill in its enactment by which produced, among other things, 'the principal players |the suggestion from a British offi-| nony Lamont, a newcomer from cer that judicious bribery appeal, South Africa and England, and a WARNER FIRST NATIONAIL PICTURE AR O Los Angeles Southern Exposure A Little Soapy Water Daily Alaska Empire News SHE FOUND JOY inthe arms of the man she rever expeciad o winll KATHARINE “fairest of fair ladies,” could be combined effectively with the sale of munitions. Senator Gerald P. Nye condemned |such munitions sales practices |“somathing more than corrupt.” MISS FRAZZIN MR, L. BEEGHLY WED TUESDAY Bride Rece;t ~/irrival from Nevada—Groom s A. J ‘Employee Miss Louise Frazzin Beeghley were married at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening by Acting U. S. Commissioner M. E. Monagle in his office. The bride is a recent arrival from Nevada. The groom is employed by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company Mr. and Mrs. Verne Saylor served {as attendants at the wedding, and ater were hosts at a celebratory din- ner party in the Gastineau Cafe. The couple will reside in the Nug- gét Apartments. and Mr. Lyle as | nine-year-old lad, Clifford Severn, are included in the cast supporting | Miss Johnson and Hunter. e {DRAMA CLUB HOLDS | WORKSHOP SECTION | Choice of a one-act play for lab- oratory work will be made this eve- ning in the session of the workshop |section of the Juneau Drama, Club, to be held promptly at 7:30 o'clock {in the mathematics room of the high school building. All members are asked to be pres- ent. - .- s o vewoesme 0 - . Al THE HOTFLS . s e 0000 00000 | | | | Gastineau Harold Knight, Juneau; Juneau; R. A. Brown, Mabel S Ju- | Jean | nea Alaskan | ‘Max Saul, City; T. Johnson, Ju- |neau; Alma Pierce, Juneau; P. H | Brennan, Juneau; J. W. Wilson, | Killisnoo. i S — | BABY BOY BORN | Mrs. Herbert Martin this morn- (ing became the mother of a baby | boy, weighing seven pounds, born in {the Government Hospital. AIR MAIL WIRES SENT BY C. OF C, TO URGE ACTION (Continued 1nom Page One) Pirst—sucn serv ouid develop additivnal revenue. Second—Popula- tion of Alaska is increasing. Third— Present service not widespread. Fourth—No present airmail con- tracts but simply star routes over some of which mail carried by air- plane. Fifth—Report states cost Ju- neau-Fairbanks route three dollars per mile and Tanana Crossing-An- chorage route two dollars per mile, whereas we are satisfied can con- tract airmail one dollar fifty cents per mile Juneau-Fairbanks route and one dollar Tanana Anchorage route. Ample Mail “We emphasize ample mail avail- able also greater proportion Alaskan mail would go by air than in other countries, and Alaskans generally would use airmail and favorably view surcharge thereon. “Encouragement of dependable commercial air lines through Alas- ka ‘by airmail coatracis will give Crossing- great ir velop! ent, d cad establishmen airports and ollcr necessary facili- ties for natior defense prog contemplated by Wilcox Bii | fording outposts and secondary | defense against attack by sea v of Pacific Northwest states or T rit long coast line, supp! ilities, equipment and fields | emergency use of Army, Navy, Coas Guard land and seaplanes, deve ») |aviators experienced in Alaska clis matic and local conditions.” Telegrams were also sent to Iu- chanan and Ludlow by the Territc: - ial Chamber of Commerce, and Ir. ters were mailed by the local Chamn ber to a number of persons interesiet! in the proposed airmail appri - | tions. \STRAIGHTS w ) 'BOYRBONG | ; WHISKEY the event be held at the gradua- tion period next spring The text of a letter to Henry R. Luce of Time, Incorporated, from the Juneau Chamber of Com- merce, complimenting him on the probable effect of a March of Time news reel concerning illegal shoot- ing and wildfowl preservation, which was shown at a local theatre re- cently, and a letter to Major Bowes soliciting a “Juneau Day” broad- | cast, were read at the meeting. | died moved eloped guilty of reckless spending, of dE-l‘ basing the currency and of repudia- | tion; and guilty of waste and extrav- | agance, and of impairing individual liberty, initiative and opportunity, their combined charges rise above | party politics; and all right lhlnking‘ American citizens, whether they be Republicans or Democras, must | agree with an American like Al Smith who plainly told his listeners | that patriotism must come before | party—and as plainly, that the New | Deal administration must be defeat- | ed for the welfare of the country.” SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST! 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