The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1936, Page 3

. g —ALSO— € “l»ll»d\ Magic” [ Experience” “Poor Little Me” | Alaska Empire News Daily MIDNIGHT PREVIEW ‘LOVES OF A DICTATOR’ THEATRE I TOUE ST UL SEL R 4 DOUGLA! NEWS [ e s REPUBLICANS OF | DOUGLAS ELECT : FIVE DELEGATES Preparations for Entertam- |’ ing Up to Chamber of Commerce A meeting of the prominent Re- publicans of Douglas was held in the City Hall last night for the purpose of effecting organization and naming representatives for the Territorial Republican Convention to be held here April 9. L. W. Kilburn officiated as Chairman- SPEED UP f your ironing SAVE your energy @ Why do your ironing with a 6 ound iron when a 3 pound, full size | iron will do the work faster, bem: and save you lots of energy? ‘ @See the new HOTPOINT, “FEATHER WEIGHT” IRON! LIFT IT! You will be amazed at its .ightness. Only half the weight of t ordinary uon The General El Hotpoint “FEATHER WEIGH has the famous CALROD heati unit, is FULLY AUTOMATIC l:! the choice of a complete range of ironing temperatures each accuratels maintained. Strength-saving THUM! REST, bunon s-vm TTON- NOOKS, HEE] and with all these features is casts about $6.95 | $1.00 allowance for your old iron K ) | ALASKA ELECTRIC | LIGHT & POWER CO.| Juneau 6 Phones Douglas ISi Crackers in My Soup” Makes Movne Debut “CURLY TOP” ENDS TONIGHT AT CAPITOL | Shirley Temple in Story of Lovable Orphan Child Plays for Last Times Shirley Temple sings “Animal in her new icture, “Curly Top,” playing at the Japitol Theatre for the last times onight. Shirley's role in “Curly Top” is hat of a lovable orphan child who ewards her benefactor by helping um to win the girl he loves. John 3oles is the benefactor. Finding Shir- oy in an orphanage, he adopts the child to get the benefit of her charm nd happiness. But in getting her e also h: “opt her pet pony | nd duck. a cr lovely grown sis- | °r. Rochelle Hudson | 5 The littie child, transported to so- ty’s haunts at Souths hrough the frosty ] of blue bloods with her facile charms. - And when the romance of her sister o nd John Boles is threatened with lisaster, Shirley comes to the S :ue and manages to effect a happy climax Irving Cummings directed the pic- i ture, which features Jane Dar & and Esther Dale in the chief sup- | porting roles. Lovely Henrietta Leaver (above), who won the title of “Miss Amer- ica of 1935” and also a professional models’ contest, will make her screen debut in a picture with Shir- ley Temple. (Associated Press Photo) CHAPLIN LEADS AS MOVIE STAR elect and Elton Engstrom acted as Secretary pro-tem The selection of d es to the convention resulted in e follow- ing being named: F. A. J. Gallwas, L. W. Kilburn, C. H. Bowman, E E. Engstrom and W. E. Feero. It was voted at the conclusior of the meeting that the delegates be bound by the unit ru'e in their representation Entertainment of visiti sates to the convention fr dele- other parts of the Territory is in the A : ZER Boes ' HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb. 25.—No ands of a committee from the - e VIR S8 TES SRS puglas Chamber of Commerce, or SUSUDE Sir s Shpnte » few pictures as Charlie Chap- lin. Only four of his pictures have been seven reels, feature length, or longer. He was in 34 two-reel comedies, for Essanay, Keystone and Mutual, between 1914 and 1917. The pictures he has made since then, the num- ber of reels and the year of re- D SCOUT DANCE T FOR APRIL ELEVEN At the regular meeting of Doug- y Scouts last night arrar were made for a public lance to be n under the spon- sorship of Douglas Aerie No. 117, loace follow: O. E, for the benefit of the A poese Life, 3 recls, 1918, hization. April 11 is the ghoulder Arms, 3 reels, 1918, late set for the event which Wil gunnviide 3 reels, 1919, se held in the Natatorium. A big A Day's Pleasure, 2 reels, 1919. ra is to be secured for the The Kid, 5 reels, 1920. Pay Day, 2 reels, 1921. The Idle Class, 3 reels, 1921. lance and other attractions seing planned, it was reported Almost entirely lacking in needed are e The Pilgrim, 5 reels, 1922, equipment for outings, the purpose The Gold Rush, 8 reels, 1925. of the affair planned is to secure The Circus, 7 reels, 1928. funds for the purchase of such City Lights, 8 reels, 1931 paraphernalia before the season i 4 ¥ ! Modern Times, 3 reels, 1936, arrives when it will be used by the Scouts. - - PREPARATIONS FOR PLAY With the Junior play “Three Corn- ered Moon” a coming attraction at the Douglas Coliseum for next Friday night, considerable activity VOCATIONAL TRAINING ARE SET FOR DOUGLAS Four lectures on gardening, in con- nection with vocational training, will be given in Douglas by J. P. Ander- Is noticeable in school and in son, Juneau Florist. The first lec- Douglas generally, preparing for|ture will be given on the evening of the event. Stage Manager Joe Rxedlearch 4, and crew composed of Bob Feem: Tomorrow evening, Miss Pepoon property man; Albert Brown, elec-l’will preside at the sewing class trician, and Gerald Cashen, adver- |starting at 7:30 o’clock. tising man, all under Martin Peder- | e R sen, instructor, are doing their stuff BILL TO REIMBURSE at the theatre making suitable KANAKANAK MAN IS sreparations. H REPORTED FAVORABLY Pupils are canvassing the town| The bill to reimburse Thomas F. with tickets to insure a large at-|Gardiner, of Kanatanak, for ex- tendance on the night of the play.iPenses incurred in fulfilling a con- - tract with the Government in 1931, HILLERY RETURNS HOME jhas been reported favorably by the A. R. Hillery, conductor ‘on the/House Committee on Claims. An White Pass and Yukon Route, is|identical bill has been introduced a passenger on the Princess Norah|in the Senate at Delegate Dimond's returning from a vacation in the |request by Senator Schwellenbach States to his home in Skagway. of Washington. i — BETTER TIMES CONTEST STANDING OF CONTESTANTS (Votes counted to Monday Noon—Only) TUESDAY—FEBRUARY 25 All ballots MUST be stamped or signed by firm issuing them. BALLOTS MUST BE TURNED IN DAILY. Contestants Please Cooperate. 1. RUTH LUNDELL 1,092,450 2. THAIS BAYERS . 998,775 3. ANITA GARNICK 900,450 4. BESSIE POWERS 863,150 5. IDA ROLLER 852,325 6. ESTHER DAVIS 800,575 7. ELEANOR GRUBER 766,225 8. ROSA DANNER .. . 672,675 9. ELISABETH KASER 612,525 10. BETTY WHITFIELD 607,600 11. CATHERINE YORK 534,275 12. ROSELLEN MONAGLE 485,575 13. LINDA FURUNESS ... 428,400 14. MARGARET NELSON .. 397,500 15. LUCILE FOX ... 318,500 16. HARRIET BARRAGAR 286,225 17. EUNICE ANDERSON . 277,025 18. INGA LINDSTROM 205,300 19. DOROTHY GREEN 202,425 20. BERNICE RIEDLE 202,400 21. RHODA MINZGOHR ... 197,050 22, MILDRED SHAFER ... 148,700 23. MARY NORDNES .. 129,350 24. ROSIE AFRICH . 122,125 25. MARY PEARCE . 98,975 26. GERTRUDE CONKLIN 69,400 27. LUCILLE LYNCH . : 61,025 MARGARET L!NDSTROM 18,675 dogs Mcgmk Wolf, and Katmai GI.AGIER PRIEST Margie, of the book follows closely, trend with elaborations, the gener LI HES NEw |of the illustrated lectures presented by lh( ulacim Priest rl\uln” his AI.ASKAV(]I.[IME' SEVENTH-D AY Father Hubbard's Latest Book ‘Cradle of Storms’ ADVENT|ST Tu Reaches Juneau ) BU"-U MISS|0N “Cradle of the Storms,” by Fathor i | | Bernard R. Hubbard, “The Glacier | } Priest,” has recently been 1eleascd,school and (,hu C}] mn Alc | by Dodd, Mead & Co., a compli-| { tic Announced by Pas- | mentary copy having been sent the| Catholic Church of the Nativity in tor H. L. Wood Juneau, according to ment today. A new Se\enth Da\ Adventist mis- The book, copiously illustrated with |Sion and school in the Arctic was the well-known adventurer's own announced today by Pastor H. L take of photographs, deals with the} Wood. Superintendent for Alaska of Alaska Peninsula and the adjacent the church. Aleutian TIslands, covering such! P"‘"“ Wood returned on the as The. Valles of TenPrincess Norah last night ater at- d “Smokes, the Ghost Mor- he annual meeting in Wal- la Walla, Wash,, of the Executive Committee of the church’s North Pacific Union Conference. The com- (mittee formulated policies for the Supplementing the fine Photo-:coming year, and voted to add a mis- graphic work, drypoint sketehes bY sionary to the Alaska staff for work D( uglas Chisholm, young geologist jexclusively among the Eskimos accompanied him on his ex-| Due to the favorable financial ions, add to its artistic value.!palance of the church, Pastor Wood 1e sketches, admirably done, are said,a full fledged mission and schaol of four of Lhe famous Hubbmd in the Arctic was also npplmed The The Moon Glacier, and other est, famous though little-known eccen- | tricities of nature. ,churchman will leave next July for | school and church are a part of the {IS WORKING FOR announce- | ‘ | an air tour of the north, fo inspect various sites where the Seventh Day Adventists have been invited to lo- cate. Construction of the mission will be started in the spring of 1937 he said, and later another mission will be established. “The addition of a missionary to our staff and the building of the “GIRL FRIEND" IS MUSICALE COMEDY FILM | Ann Solhern, Jack Haley, Co-Star in Riotous Story of Summer Theatre progress of the church all over the world,” he added. The Seventh Day Adventist con- \enhon for Southeast Alaska will be l\eld in Ketchikan from March 2% to 29, and the church’s motorship Messenger will leave Juneau March 22 to pick up delegates from way ports, “The Girl Friend,” starring Ann Sothern and Jack Haley, plays for the last times tonight at the Coli-, ' seum Theatre. With Miss Sothern as a demure untry miss, “The Girl Fri concerns itself with the hilarious complications that beset Roger Pryor | as an out-of-work actor, when he | pretends to be a theatrical producer Just to secure a summer’s lodging for himself and his two colleagues, Vie- | l tor Kilian and Ray Walker, Jack Haley portrays Miss Sothern's ployees of the Alaska Railroad in|Prother, as an aspiring playwright | . trying to crash fame with a play | cooperating with Delegate Dimond | and the National Legislative Rep- ;"’0‘(;‘“’;“"3"’““- When the trio, resentatives of the Railroad Broth-| eEC BV PRYOT, COIEES e ““(’1 i erhoods in securing the enactment Smfim:"" “’r" e‘od aery “:‘ i :\ of the bill introduced by the Dele- a great dea of Interest is | | 5 L shown in the Napoleonic tragedy. To gate during the first session for the e G0t ‘Giaibrens af Lha ALd them the whole thing is just a com- “'k"“;e"‘l‘ d“ }‘1’ Ve i ae ¢ |edy stunt, but the situation becomes aska B rg“ S“ 0, ‘“e_m:‘ ‘zf)?;ls Ol acute when Haley mortgages the old ! the Unite tafes. C‘d’ i for | POmestead to raise enough money to| modeled on the act providing for|¢onyert the barn into a little theatre retirement of Fedcyrnl employees in |y lry-om of his plm' the ©anal Zone: | - - RETIREMENT BILL ALASKA R.R. MEN John J. C. Moore, of Anchorage, accompanied by Mrs. Moore arriv- ed in Washington, D. C., recently. Mr. Moore is representing the em- HERE’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOUSANDS OF CONTEST VOTES! Empire Office. 250 Votes for Every 3 1 .zs Paid-in-Advance Subscription value on Annual and O AR The Empire will give DOUBLE VOTES for All Subscriptions Paid in ADVANCE at The And proportionate donble Annual Subscriptions! Take Advantage of This Opportunity And Help Your Favorite Win The Trip to Mexico! 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