The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 24, 1936, Page 12

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1936 Legs never have been tabu in film musicals, as is demonstrated by these chorines from “Follow the Fleet.” Marlene Dietrich (right) e (left) exhibits a pair of satisfactory substitutes. announced she is taking her By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, April 24.—Legs— whisp softly—are coming back Marlene Dietrich, whose shapely calves are almost as well known as her famous face, has announced still will be legs in Hollywood In pictures, too. Legs, in musical pictures, never were tabu When Clara Bow recently, sur- veying her abandoned film career i that no film of hers was her without “strip a one scene of Clara t of thing went out with the production code, in most in- stances There is 1o be a good reason, nowad: for filming an actress in a but conven- tional attire. None but the strong- est dramatic reason will suffice. a state of undres: necessary, the “prop- er” s e of undress is well nigh mathematically decreed Leg Art Never Died But legs? Even when Hollywood rushed back to costume pictureés for fety in the censor stampede, you er heard mention of a “limb” or appendage.” Leg art— the exploitation depar ne a “nether which ment's name for a favorite photo- is graphic art—was still leg art. Even if the censors didn't like it, scarcely a Hollywood beauty could be snapped at sport without producing a masterpiece. Shorts for | tennis, badminton, golfing, archery and other outdoor recreations are an accepted fashion . In pictures, costumes uncover a multitude of legs just as other cos- | tumes swathe the feminine form in yards and bolts of heavy velvets and brocades. the chorus 1 who makes good must look like a chorus girl, and chorus girls, beyond all doubt, have legs star plays in backstage there will be at least one more sequences in which music and wing for London, but there ! The star who plays | shapely calves to London, but Ali s All Undress Be “Proper” But There’re Still Plenty of Legs in Filmland | BIC ISSUE FOR | HITLER'S ARMY |tne fact tnat she is well supported on her own becomes beautifully ap- parent Popular in 1906 In “San Francisco,” in which {Jeanette MacDonald’s singing is featured, the slim and stately red- haired star wears one costume which, although the period is 1906, might have come from a Bushby Berkeley chorus of today. At th time, doubtless, it was quite star tling Hollywood’s attitude toward legs brushing up a set despite obstacles He was painting on ¢ cores of chorus beauties, in scanty rehearsal costumes, were practicing He worked steadily placidiy dodg- ing flying, kicking, tapping feet Asked what he thought of hi job, the man grunted | A leg,” he said tersely Just | something to paint around.” e TAX ONWAISTS * DEBATED, REICH BERLIN, April 24 S Wil 100 wuch girth around the waist should be taxed according to size, the news- paper Judenkenner proposes in all ‘riousness Fulminating against butter-hoard- | ing housewives, the paper says “this |crazy cry for fat usually comes from folks who are too fat already; t continues: “We are in thorough agreement |with proposals made by economic | experts to introduce a ‘Bauchsteuer (stomach tax) for rotund citizens. { The paper finally observes: “Shakespeare’s hackneyed phrase Let me have men about mte that are fat’ may be disregarded, for Shakes- peare himself w spare-built.” RN SRR, | SHOP IN JUNLAU, TYRST! 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New bomb have a speed of 215 miles ar hour, contrasted with the 1060 anc {110 miles of the old ones, anc a cruising range of 950 miles, witl 1 carrying 00 pound: The 1t planes have ¢ peed of h an hour againsi 95 for outmoded ones. They gn cli and ar¢ armed with and ever five machine guns firing at a angles. The new reconnaissance planes speed of 210 miles an hou 110 and open models by cabin jobs with as are repla tion instruments. For the present Italy continues to use the hydro-airplane bombers of t type used by General Balbc in his flight to America. But the 1930 and 1931 land bombers were sent to Africa, leaving the morc up-to-date planes at home for thr sterner eventualties of possible Eur opean war. - Bones in Cave Held Clue to Lost Texas Officers SAN ANGELO, Texas, April 24 —The reported dis 15 skeletons in a cavern, zon, Tex., may unveil the myster- ious disappearance many years ago of a group of officers on a search for outlaws. Chester Hunter and Hubert Wil- liams made the discovery while ex- ploring the cavern on, a ranch. They brought back two skulls. They reported the cave was hed from a flat rock on which was dimly carved, “B. E. Garrett, 1883." Within was found also a hair lariat and a piece of an old- fashioned lantern. N Wit Farmer Dies, Leaving Fortune in Jars, Cans ALBANY, Ore., April 24—Some iime ago M. H. Donnelly, 76-year-old {armer confined in a hospital, con- lided to attendants that he was un- :asy about his home, but he did not ay why. Donnelly died recently and ap- praisers of his estate said $46,292 was feund hidden in cans, jars and other receptacles in the house. He had an- other $25,000 in a bank and invested in securities and property. ~ TWO NATURALS A Straight Whiskey B the latest observation and na»ign-‘ "You dont have to be 2ic/ to enjoy 2ick whiskey!” | (Continued from Page One) the thorny problems which those : of the four thousand candidates elected to the 618 seats in the Cham- ber of Deputies will have to face when they assemble in June. Money Problems Acute Besides the war menace they must deal with an empty treasury, the devoluation problem and bitter nternal discord Parliament will be under pressure from the military-minded to build up national defense and negotiate h reaties that won't be torn up lik2 Lorcano with nothing more effec- ‘ive than speeches as a result. ‘The empty treasury is a sore spot. “inancial writers, long accustomed o supporting national credit, make iting observations. They recail that rance had to bo $200,000.000 n England and that the country’s »ank account recently has been 2nough for only a day’s expenses » Government bonds, at 85 a year ¥, go, are down around 67 and Bank ) of France stock has lost seven- - ‘enths of its 1930 prosperity value 1, e o uu The “balanced budget” ran a def- cit the first month and the na- ional debt is approaching 350,000,- ° 00.000 franc, cquivalent to $21.000,- ln eve 00.000. @ — sl - . Old Quaker sticks to every rule of fine % a" n" nemles distilling, in spite of its friendly price ricndly o your H“ne Legls'at“re i 3 .71-25 ... 50 long as you get Old Quaker p straight whiskey, you’re going to get . ' . whiskey made according to every rule of fine "“gs 'm "e i distilling! Old Quaker respects those old rules, and knows you do, too. You just can’t get (Continued from Page One) Old Quaker richness in whiskey made any " __.f & 2 ST TET : other way. Evidently you agree, judging k. sidents o e Village | ke nothing better than to see him by the w. . ’ €Sl S at g orced into the postiion of having ). S Why yosate all buymg 0id Q"ak"' Once Wealthy from | o deal with a special session rignt 38 Harvesking Seals now. They see in it an opportunity, 1eretofore skillfully denied them . % One of the interesting historie |°Y the Kansan h”“"“}[‘ for “put- EB Um 3 % woor hat some day be written abou | D8 him on the spot t i} et A Lt ¥ WHISKEY itie" Enown ki communitie: | Landon’s steadfast refusal to en- 90 PROOF erspring THE OLD G, ncert e pate vilage of Bel. | €F Presdential primaries has STRAIGHT WHISKEY ofsky, near the end of the lower | 2ut disgusted his opponents for the 3 fae of the Alaska peninsula. Witl | Republican nomination. In the case A‘syeuprehnnBouRBoNerRYE It bears the Schenley Mark of Merit 5 \e exception of the government|d)f Senator Borah, who is taking Copr. 1936, The Old Quaker Co., Lawrenceburg, Ind. Div. of Schenley Products Co., Tnc chool teacher and an occasiona |>n all comers, Landon’s position is N ¥ isitor that gets ashore when the |irritating almost to the point of Jaska Steamship Company’'s mai | (renzy ¢ s oat Starr goes by each month, nont Landon’s refusal to enter any at | i FUIL HOUSE 1t natives ever see the village ill, even in those States where he | B “You ca~. get a FULL HOUS he natives are Aic and « [is conceded to be strong, has | for a dollar o1 less — and It's me time were probably the rich- | orompted Borah's supporters to a Winr Ask youi liquor dealer. st tribe in the country. due to thei: | sharacterize him as the choice of | —adv, wnnual harvest of sea otter skinc | he Republican “Old Guard.” | e — ven to this they fare quite : S ell with their 3, A coopera- | LEGISLATURES “DANGEROU ve fish trap the protective There is all sorts of speculation upervision of wneir Russian churct | among politicians as to probable nder Father D. Hotovitsky, Wh¢ |ways of embarrassing Landon in —— elf owns and operates severa | went he is forced into calling a BERLIN, April 24.—More German |G r Achieves Anotl ; A : enator Achieves Another yurse-seine salmon boats and ar |snecia]l session of the Legislature. books must be sold abroad, the nazis . y 9k DRY L AN N anges work for all of the tribe & | “gich things are always danger. have decided, so they cut the pricc | Success in Spite of CLEANING he cannery in False Pass. i A f publications destined for foreign | fi didat e of publications destined for foreign Tells History e e B iy 28 rarient, Thewlile afiGer: Retrenchment Accarding Ly TR AL b, Waah |05 lesti sugh’ as. Landon, Khortly, iy e aG [ g e . A, P. S 5 o~ Mman book exports has dropped one- varoff, the Russians established | T ré'gsve‘a“gf Lf*f:‘;::f;;: e | half since 1931, | (Ceatinued from Page Orie) rading post there to obtain sea ot- | 7L FFNVERC L (OB SN IR an Books abroad stther are! ¢ (T2 T S Soft and when America bought the A slibhlest rovocation.|t00 dear, a call for contributions tion with the charge that -Presi- 0 & erritory, the Alaska Commercial e sy P B i i o ¥ : e Wat e loalin oSt e There’s danger, too, in what the Says, or are written by “Jews and dent Roosevelt was personally re- ater e E 3 ides Marxists who have fled from Ger- | sponsible for the Government's re- Washi Belkofsky post until the sale of sea | -“€gislature decides to do in the & g PO i asining otter skins was probibited in the | %Y Of cooperating with the Fed-|many. Theretore It is ecessary UaL, quest for dismissal of its appeals | 0's. Dilking the Tast Years pf | fhe | 81 Government on ity \Soclal g @ Eere hational socialism are because the President and his aides ° pen season, Father Kashevaroff | *urity program. Landon eas i ORI i ; ituti 'vs the natives were so rich from | night have to accept or reject preferred, the call says, “but not old feared defeat of the constitution- heir sea otter harvests that the|’lans which might result in criti- :):gc‘;m)su don't want. Make a real i]rl:fn of the low-cost housing pro- our vomen engaged in cleaning salmon | ‘ism from both sides later on. 5 ? e 7 . . s s ‘The fall in the value of book ex- Democratic spokesmen ignored or drying would perform their| There is also the possibility that : . 7 H “ s = s 1 xpenive Sl drts | sand on th. lgor quesion POTS 10 51020010 0150 10 s (e Flethr merpreaton, wvn | 4F 4 QI 4 es. If they became too soiled and| vill arise to plague him. Kansas sl n..'. 1.' or" i 15seen By Bcre] a'§ .c, S f)prenously bad e others to replace them. s bone dry and Landon has gone Germznm: ;t as 2'\ serious blow ro§stouty }:nslsted that the Govern- 7 had to be thrown away, there were | long with the dry From the| ik ;f:i’d"' usné):rldj;n;c:\ig mr com‘:lemr: LA. l}NDRl When a marriage of any impor- | tandpoint of a candidate for na- o= “I'm' e 7 g s s ance was to be performed, a path- | sional honors this might be made| - HoF IN "U: F_'_“s'n,_ sowaltl, hopefully. ‘embraged.. the PHONE 15 ¥ way carpeted with sea otter skins|an embarrassing issue. 1,., P ', PR i p'.)hcy .M. vlm.m.g i _housmg vas made from the shore to th¢ - U Y | authorities initiate the projects. ichurch, upon which the bridal party . v | and guests were to tread, and the POIlce Chle‘_s Cmsade Wheti in Kbed of kins then would be presented to Costs Himself $1 Fine { breseL on—uram coaw the Priest for his services. }:\fle{h t(l;emfldussig R}?VOfluson ST. JOSEPH, Mo. April 24— BENERAY BAULING when the Orthodox Church of Rus-|“But I parked only 35 minutes,” | sia was deprived of support, Bel-|said Mrs. Charles A. Enos to her | SENRAGE and QRATING kofsky was one of the few com-|husband, the Chief of Police who | CALL US munities in A_lask}a w{xere thelhad just started a crusade against . ’ church was maintained independ- | sverparking. | ently without difficulty. Father| «rhe law says only 30 mi ” l”N TRAN +y Hotovitsky with his activity in com- | replied the b:ave o!;-flce,m;::ig ' EAU erR mercial fishing, has kept the na-|into his pocket for the ;1' compro- Phone 48 Night Phone ‘4703 tives busy. In one other respect, his| mpise fine. activities have kept Belkofsky un- A ique. It is said that there is prac- tically no liquor used in the viilage e — Dr. Townsend Subpoenaed in VOTE FOR PLANE LEAVING FOR ' Senate Probe WASHINGTGN, April 24, — 3 F A l R B A Dr. Francis E. Townsend, found- F R A N K A B o Y L er of the Townsend Old Age L} Pension Plan, has been sub- 1 < H ' e e s : A comfortable nine-passenger airliner will be the House Committee - | 1 i $ha Hooae' Smumiitse jarel: | R leaving for Fairbanks soon. Two or three more Townsend. aitorney for Town- || ' passengers are required to make up a load. At- send, said. .4 o The Bkben o it AU”"OR of ALASKA tractive rates will be offered to those making . a Washington hotel. I N Dr. Townsend has insisted he the ROUND TRIP. be permitted to testify as soon . 4 s an opportunity presentca i ON Further information may be obtained by calling self. 1 Democratic Ticket Primary Election—April 28 s . - gl | GARLAND BOGGAN | | | Hardwood Floors | Waxing Polishing | | '1 Sandil:g - 1 PHONE i L. F. BARR at the Gastineau Hotel NORTH CANADA AIR EXPRESS TELEPHONE 10