The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1936, Page 3

M. G. M. proudly presents thelovable,laughable pals of **'THE CHAMP'' and ““TREASURE ISLAND'’ together n the greatest screen show on earth..! Bird Scouts Hollywoed Gadabout v Alaska Empire AT GARD PARTY | Mrs. W. 8. Jessup called on friend: LAST SATURBAY in Juneau while the North Sea ws | for a month with her son-in-lay !and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. P. S Mrs. R R Bl’OWn afld Mrs. Ganty, in Sitka. Mrs. A. W. Wilson the last Northland to return to her A 5 home in London, England. Mrs. Jes- sup plans to return north for a NORTH SEA; ON HER |in port, Mus. Jessup is on her | home in Bremerton after visitin i ’ : another daughter of Mrs. Jessu; Carson Lawrence Giv- ¢ =00t CRELET M ke, toft on en Baby Shower longer stay during the summer e A surprise party in the form of a baby shower was given Saturday night for Mrs. R. R. Brown and m‘ M(E:x;:x;]o: d!‘\)llrinrllle;(l\g(;nnt(t‘t- CLEAN UP AT ANNEX; Y my L «r| DAM IS TO BE BUILT and Mrs. Harry Lea. The affair A crew of four men has been was held at the home of Mrs Brown. Tables of bridge and pinochle sent to clean up the camp at the were in play during the evening. | Annex Creek power plant, owned hose winning prizes were: Mrs. by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Alvin Anderson, first prize in pin- Company. and Mrs. Lawrence, second When the camp is in order a ze. Mrs. Earl Watkins wormr first crew of men will be sent out, prob- bridge prize, and Mrs. George Hall, ably some time next week, to build secend. a new dam at the power plant, it Refreshments were served. Those |was learned today from L. H. Metz- ettending the affair were Mesdames 'gar, General Superintendent of the John W. Jones, George Hall, Alvin Alaska Juneau. Anderson, C. N, Crone, Clyde Mc- - - Donald, Ted Laughlin, Alice Laugh- WALLIS GEORGE OFF | ON TRIP TO NEW YORK lin, Earl Watkins and Miss Marian Cramer. Wallis S. George, of the Juneau |Cold Storage Company and the Al- Ordinance Number 229 now being aska Coast Fisheries, sailed for in effect, notice is hereby given Seattle on the Alaska. Mr. George that building permits must be ob- will visit New York City on an an- tained at the City Engineer’s office 'nual business trip to the States, before starting any construction and will return to Juneau in about work, excepting for repairs. Plumb-'a month. ing, electric wiring work and oil burner installations are included. M. A LAGERGREN, City Engineer. e — SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST! > BUILDING PERMITS D - JOHNSON TO PETERSBURG —adv. Chet Johnson, National Grocery | Company representative, sailed for! fPe‘ersburg on the North Sea. | e WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 485 THE TERMINAL “Deliciously Different: Fools” « ': Catering to Banquets and Private Dinner Parties Pl?ONE 226 if your Daily Alaske Zmpire has not reached you PHONE 226 and a copy will ‘be seniby ' 'SPECIAL CARRIER to you GRACIE ALLEN, GEORGE BURNS STAR IN FILM |*“Here Comes Cookie” Now |’ Playing at Coliseum Theatre A laugh creating, amusing bit of nonsense entitled “Here Comes seum Theatre. Starring Gracie Al-| len and George Burns the film measures up as a first rate giggle entertainment s Gracie’s mania for dumb bell re- marks is given full swing in this| fun fest that is crammed with belly | laughs galore from the moment her | wealthy father, Barbier, decides to deed his millions over to Gracie to | handle so as to safeguard his other | tdaughter, Betty Furness, from the | attentions of a fortune hunting gig- olo, and goes off on a fishing trip, and puts Burns, his s ary, in| charge as legal advisor Gracie immediately disinherits her father, and begins to feed and house a | group of starving actors in her Pal Avenue home. Spritely, sparkling and rollicking, “Here Comes Cookie” is enjoyable film fare, dedicated to the host of Burns and Allen admirers. MAYOR MNAIR " OF PITTSBURGH UNDER ARRES |Spends One Hour in Jai Before Released on Habeas Wit PITTSBURGH, Pa. April 20. - Mayor William McNair was re- leased last Saturday afternopn on a writ of habeas corpus after spend- ng more than one hour in jail on | an embezzlement charge. | Judge Thomas Marshall signed | the writ after a private hearing and | ordered Mayor McNair to appear | today. | exciting episode of more than one hour during which the Mayor, ac-| companied a constable to the jail | and ate an apple behind the bars then signed the petition for a writ Charges of embezzlement and non-feasance were hrought. against | Mayor McNair by Attorney Warren H. Van Kirk in behalf of Sam Col- linger. McNair had refused to sign a warrant to refund a $100 fine to | Collinger after being ordered to do | so by the court, - | SEVEN PASSENGERS ON PRINCESS NORAH "COMING TO JUNEAU| Canadian 'Pacific stedmer Prin- | cess Norah is scheduled to arrive in port’ this evening at 6:30 o'clock from Vancouver, | The following passengers are | aboard the steamer booked for Ju- neau: C. A. Knight and wife, J. G. | Wenzel and wife, Mrs. T. M. Reed, | N. B. Neiding, G. Larrson. PP Ty ATTENTION There will be a special meeting of the Juneau Women's Club Tues- day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Juneau Coffee Shoppe. All mem- bers requested to be present. NORA B. CHASE, —adv. President. Soft Water Washing b Your ALASKA LAUNDRY “PHONE 15 | | Alaska Arrives from Westward | HEAD CAST AT Great Plans for Seatfle CAPITOL SHOW His Organization On wfl, Ten Passengers for Juneau —19 Take Passage for Seattle Steameér Alaski from the West- ard arrived at Pacific Coast Dack two hours later for Seattle H Passengers for Juneau were: G. T Rich, M. Odom. R. A. Gridley, J.'S Barnett, Mts.: Barnett, J. Olson, 8. Zuern, F.'Seully, P. L. Fiske, J. Morris Cutbound passengers from’ Juneau W To Seattle—A. V. - Roff, Gretchen De Leo, Harry Watson. Mrs. Watsen, M. Anderson, H. Gruel, Charles Goldstein, Margaret Lind- say. Russell Walker, H. L. Redling- shafer, Ted Hellenthal. Mrs. Hellen- , Wm. Murphy, Wallis George, R. E. Robertson, A. R k, W. E ;Johnslonr‘. Wm. Gustafson, Mrs James Peterson. To Petersburg—Lucille Hernandez, Elizabeth Talago. To Wrangell—W. D. Williams, Van Mavern, Ted Lowman. To Ketchikan—H. G. McCain, R Blankenshop, William Caswell, Fred J. Hotes. - MRS. VCLARENCE RHODE WILL SPEND SUMMER /IN WASHINGTON STATE | el o M Ir. and Mrs. Clarence Rhode are taking passage on the North Sea, Mr. Rhode, Deputy Game Warden for the Alaska Game Commission, stopping off at Petersburg and Mrs, Rhode continuing on south where she expects to spend the remainder of the spring and summer with friends and relatives around Spo- kane and Colville. Warden Rhode will pick up the game commission vessel Seal at Petersburg and take up patrol work around the islands of the South- east, being out around two weeks. D Al MRS. ANDERSON ON WAY TO JOIN HUSBAND } Mrs. Dorothy Anderson and infant | The Mayor's release came after an |son Neill Wakefield are passengers' the steamer North Sea, stated to- | on the North Sea enroute from Sitka to Seattle, where Mrs. Anderson will join her husband, Neill Anderson, Sitka merchant, who recently under- went an operation at the Mayo clin- ic in Rochester, Minn. sens will visit relatives in Seattle and Portland and expect to remain in the States indefinitely. The Ander-! BEERY, COOPER- . Dr. Townsend Has | 1 O'shaughnessy’s Boy” b Now Billed at Local Theatre For the first time the spirit of the circus with all its thrills, excite- Cookie” is now playing at the Coli- |at 4 o'clock’ this mornihg and sailed ment and color has been brought to the screen in the film “O’Shaugh- nessy's Boy,” now playing at the Capitol Theatre, Comedy, pathos, spectacle and a dramatically powerful story ave deft- ly blended jnto a picture that wins new honors for its co-stars—Wallace | Beery and Jackie Cooper. | The picture is a fitting successor | “The Champ,” and “Treasure Island,” which so firmly established Bet and Cooper as one of the screen‘s greatest partnerships. Not| only is it a fitting successor, but it | sury both in the eloquence of its human heart interest story | and the brilliance of its circus set- | ting, While the picture is Beery and | Cooper from start to finish, a splen- | did cast supports the co-stars. A rew face is presented in Leona Mar- icle, who was brought from the Broadway stage to make her debut as Beery's wife, Cora. She turns in an excellent performance. So do anky McFarland, who plays Stubby,” as a child; Sarah Haden, | as Martha, Cora’s Spiteful sist Henry Stephenson, as Valkenbu Willard Robertson, as the circus boss; Clarence Muse, as the colored | circus roustabout, and Ben Hen- dricks, as the ringmaster. bl R4 R B. P. W. C. TO MEET AT DOUGLAS TONIGHT Members of the Business and Pro- fessional Women'’s Club will be the | guests of Mrs. Rose Davis, this ev- | ening in Douglas. | Dr. W. W. Council, Commissioner | of Health, will be the speaker of the evening and will talk on the subject of “Disease Prevention.” Club members plan to meet at the | bus terminal at 7:45 o'clock. - NOT TO CALL AT CRAIG Capt, A, W. Nickerson, master of | to f | | | 54 o day that contrary to a rumor in| circulation the North Sea will not | call at Craig on the current trip or ’any succeeding voyage. Capt. Nick- erson requested The Empire to an- nounce that the North Sea does not | »80 ;to. Craig. - SHOUP IN JUuncAUD! {said Di | Mesdames Harold Would Bring End to Bulh‘j Major Political Par- ties in U.S. WILMINGTON, - Delaware. April 20.—Dr. Francis E. Townsend said in an address here Sunday that one of the major aims of the Townsend Old Age Pension organization is to and both major political parties “Vote this’Administration out and then vote @at the next Adminis- tration umtil we get enoughf strength to put the plan in effect,” | Townsend. Di. Townsénd prédicted that the | November election will place the or- | ganization in control of the House of Repri niatives. GRETCHEN DE LEO GIVEN FAREWELL PARTY SKTURDAY Honoring Miss Gretchen Deleo, who left on the Alaska for a month's visit in California, a farewell party was given Saturday night by a num- ber of her intimate friends at the home of Mrs. Stella Young in the Gastineau Hotel, Three tables of bridge were in play and delicious refreshments were served. First prize for the ladies was won by Miss Margaret McFadden and Mr. Alex Dunham won high honors among the men. Guests attending the affair were: Gallwas, Arthur | Adams, Stella Young, Misses Elma | Olson, Margaret McFadden, Gret- | chen Deleo; Mess Norman Ban- | field, Harold Gallwas, Arthur Ad- ams, Alex Dunham, E. R. Erickson, and Douglas Gray. ! | RECK RESIGNS JOI \ AT ALASKA MEAT CO. William Reck, for years Manager of the Alaska Meat Company, today | announced his intention of resign- ing his posntion. He plans to re-| main until a new man can be em- ployed by the company, he stated, | but expects to leave the company | by the end of the month | Mr. Reck did not disclose what | his future plans are. | PENING! TUESDAY APRIL 21 :zl S d June Radiator, “and Body Works COMPLETE WELDING Acetyleqe 441 Across from Pacific Coast Coal Co. ART NYQUIST | JACK McDANIEL Fender SERVICE Welding 3] IGHT TON screen’s funniest family ...and you'll never doubt Darwin's theoryl The nuttiest comedy wow of the season! —ALSO— Mickey's Gala Premier Popular Science Bring 'Em Back a Lie News TO BRING UP PLANE |on the Alaska. He will spend two o three weeks in Seattle, where he ex v v | pects to acquire some flying time on wheel equipped airplanes. Mr. Roff, who was taught to fly by Pilot Sheldon Simmons, and who soloed in the Juneau Flying Club Klem | “Skylark” has had flying time oniy Practieally every “cabin” on the |in pontoon-equipped pla highway was occupied for the first| Mr. Roff will return to Juneau ¢ time Sunday, many owners going |the controls of the Monocoupe pline out during Saturday afternoon and | purchased for him on the East Coast remaining over night to enjoy a fuil|and flown to Seattle by Pilol Sim- Sunday in the country. mons last winter. Those who did not go out the ’ > # highway to cabins or on auto trips| OUT FOR HOSPITALIZATION spent nu: day hiking on the various Nels Sandwick, Sitka fish an, trials or in cleaning up around their | s enroute from Sitka to the States homes. Rakes were brought out and | apoard the North Sea for hospital- garden patches given the once over. | jzation. - SHOP ¥~ JUNEAU. FIRST! the State remarkable April aring early and e in the evening s balmy and Juneau Sunday was day, the sun ap remaining to la The weather wa went outdoors > SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST! ANDREW JAMES BARLOW who was known to have been in Alaska in 1921 and whose address was then care of Post Office, METLAKATLA, Alaska, communicate with Messrs. Couves & Spain, Solicitors of 48, 49 and 50, Windmill Street, Gravesend, ENGLAND. Estab! 1898 : ¥ Alaska ¢ LG ] . % " Juneau Cash Grocery 10817 GASH'GROCERS /' '/ Cerner, Second and Sew. Free Delivery PHONE' " THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS I Services fmflg Our™ ng:i& : Gang Plank of Every Passenger-Carrying Boat