The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 12, 1936, Page 3

SHE WAS 74 FOR A BANKROLL! family used her as atool to pay their bills 2 ...and nearly wrecked her happiness!! OPKINS lendox | with JOEL McREA PAUL CAVANAGH STARTING TONIGHT “KEYSTONE HELEN WESTLEY BILLIE BURKE United Artist Picture EXTRA! | BEN TURPIN—FORD STERLING CHESTER CONKLIN—HANK MANN—MARIE PREVOST Here is a Load of Stellar Comics in a Grand Short HOTEL" —ALSO—— Stranger Than Fiction Universal News “SPLENDOR” OPENS HERE AT CAPITOL Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea Star in Drama of Decayed Grand Family What_happens when a spirited Southern beauty marries into one of New York's first families and is ruthlessly sacrificed in the battle to preserve their crumbling grandeur is depicted in dramatic fashion in “Splendor,” which brings Miriam Hopkins to the Capitol theatre. Joel McCrea, last seen with her in “Barbary Coast,” again appears op- posite the star in the story. All that remains of the once- great House of Larrimore is its Fifth Avenue mansion, dominated by the imperious and embittered old Mrs. Lerrimore, whose scheme to recover the family fortunes by marrying her son to an heiress are shattered when he brings home his pretty but penniless Southern bride,’ Phyllis Manning. The story reaches its climax when the selfish dowager wrecks the mar- riage between her son and Phylis. But love ‘comes to the rescue and brings ‘the young' husband to his senses, S e COURT OF HONO AT LEGION DUGOUT | AT 8 THIS EVENING All arrangements have been made for holding the Boy Scouts Court of Honor at the American Legion' Dugout tonight at 8 o'clock. It is| planned to make this event out- standing in the Scout program for the year. All boy scouts of all troops should be present, as well as their parents and all others who are interested in scout work. The Board of Review met last week, and held an examination, and the following named boys success- fully passed their tes! and will come up before the Court of Honor tonight: Richard Jackson, Lee Lucas, 1st class scout; Nordling, 2nd class scout; Turner, 2nd class scout Merit Badges Richard Jackson, Lee Lucas and Hallie Rice received merit badges for civics; Richard Jackson and Hallie Rice for pathfinding, Hallie Rice for personal health; Lee Lu- cas for photography. R MRS. SPAULDING HONORS DAUGHTER ON HER BIRTHDAY Nine guesis from the Auk Bay and Auk Lake districts were en 1st class cout; Griffith Harley tertained yesterday afternoon by being inconvenienced on later en- | and embraced in U. S. Survey No. Kennecott 47%, Mrs. Victor Spaulding on the oc- casion of the eighteenth birthday of her daughter, Edith, at the Spaulding home on the Eagle Riv Highway. Refreshments, with a huge birth- day cake as the focal point, were served during the afternoon, and the honoree was the recipient of many lovely birthday gifts. | Guests of the affair were: Mrs, Fred Campen, Mrs. Harold Cam-| pen, Mrs. Clarence Wiitanen, Mrs.| Andy Johnson, Miss Dorothy Jones, Miss Mary Jones, Miss Han- sina Campen, and Miss Eleanor| Jahnke. | .- NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY | To be issued September 1 and | forms close August 22. For space or listings please call Juneau and | Douglas Telephone Company. adv. | M. Carter You are invited to present this coupon at the box office of the "Mbvie ForaUet Uooldl Chance 'As Filmland Courts Sta ge Personal Appearances sty Hollywood goes to court: top, Ruth Chatterton (right) chatting left bottom, Ann Harding; right bottom, James Ca iney and his siste By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. 11— The real autograph hound this year cannot afford to neglect the local court rooms, where the movie play- ers have been enacting an unpre- cedented number of starring roles. Clashes in domestic or studio life have brought to the witness chair, in more or less sensational roles, {half a dozen of the screen’s best | known people and these aside from the routine procedures of hav- ing contracts approved, getting di- vorces, and settling suits by agents and landlords With Mary Astor and her ex-hus- band, Dr. Franklyn Thorpe, battling over custody of their 4-year-old daughter, Marilyn, Hollywood still occasionally hears echoes of the strife between Ann Harding and her former spouse, Harry Bannister,| "~ over the keeping of their daughter, | FREIGHT must be Jane. Miss Harding and Jane are DY noon Thursday. in England now, with Bannister | DAVIS f““NS?QRTA‘ preparing the next move, if any, in |3dV- TION COMPANY. - the East. i Pl Rt | Lode and placer location notices antor Battle Seen for sale at The Empire office. 1 er, to regain custody from another relative, Edith's grandmother. Cagney's Victory Gene Autry, a “western” star popular in the smaller towns if not s0 well known in the cities, won an argument with his studio, Re- public, over his right to do other rk than pictures. For him the y was significant, if less pub- liczed, than that of James Cagney over Warner Brothers — a court | skirmish that ended in triumph| for the rebellious actor and gave| other actors—and producers—some- | thing to think about | - BETH SAILS T - | URSDAY ng to the delay in arrival of E O m. instead of tonight. en the dock Regarded as a prooability in tne way of courtroom scenes is the | o : oo Gty UNITED STATES present disagreement between Ed-| pnppsprMENT OF THE INTERIOR die Canton and his employer, Sam- | SENE] LAND OFFICE uel Goldwyn. Cantor has his at- CENERSY LAND B! e alk thing 3 th | District Land Office torneys talking things over wi e R Goldwyn's, with a view to dropping | June 8, 1936 | his contract which calls for ! WO | Notice is hereby given that Rob- | | more pictures; one this year and |one in 1927. ert Greenwald, entryman, together | Cantor disapproves of what he with his witnesses William Douglas, | = “;dnd Jemes T. Burnet’, has made calls unnecessary delays in getting | his picture to work, claiming he is {final proof on his homestead entry, | Anchorage 05970, for a tract of gagements for stage and radio.| g0 g B s No. 187, situated on Also, he does nat like the vehicle )y, ‘wosterly shores of SpasskaiBay, | selected for him, “Never Say Die." pjoqra and it is now in the files Goldwyn, il OCantor sues for re-|gp ihe'vr"8, Land 'Office, Anchor- case, will have two legal Worres.| o0 Alacka, and if no protest is The other is Paramount's $5.000000 fiieq in the local land office within {suit over the alleged “stealing” of | the period of publication or thirty Gary Copper. ’days thereafter, said final proof | ThcL Tr;ddle Bart)ht:lor;ew Wfa;s:llfli will be accepted and final’ certifi~ s settled now, bul e custody | cate issued. fight over Edith Fellows, a child GEORGE A. LINGO. Register. actress, continues, As in the Bar- tholomew case, this is an aection| Rirst publication, July 1, 1936 on the part of a parent, her moth- | Last publication, August 26, 1936. Tleyemsenlypemenliprrmenfyreenfymenllyo: with Mary Astor during recess; r-in-law, Boots Mallory. STOCK PRICES SPURTING UP FOR EARNING Steels and Carriers Take Leadership Today for Set Purpose NEW YORK, Aug took 12, Steels and carriers the . 8. YUKON the M.'S. ESTE. #0d drove ahead on wide Ironts are two members of this year's BETH will ¢ail Thursday at 6 p.|#t'today's session of the Stock EX- graduating class of the Douglas ALL|change in hopes for good second quarter earnings shortly to be re- leased. The drive brought brisk buying bf International Nickel which lost a point on the heaviest turnover of the session. Today’s close was firm Transactions were 1,350,000 shares CLGSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14, American Can 122%, American Power and Light 13%, Anaconda 44, Bethlehem Steel 61%, Calumet and Hecla 11%, Com- monwealth and Southern 3%, Cur- tiss-Wright 67, International Har- vester 83, General Motors 67%, United States Steel 68%, United Corporation 8%, Cities Service 4%, Bremner bid 13, Pound $5.02 17/16, Simmons 38, Columbia Gas and Electric 22%, S. 8. Kresge 27%. DOW, JONES AVERAG The following are toda Jones averages: Industrials 169.05, up 1.19; rails 55.36, up .45; utilities 35.45, up .10. ‘Lode and ‘piacer :svation fibtices for sale at The Empire office. Attention Dog Owners! Apparently the dog question is to be reopened. At any rate we hear that the city dads have sent to Ketchikan for a copy of the dog ordinance in that |,comedy, which traces the adventures - Gr the leadership ‘1o Eye Their Idols|TIBBETT-SINGS. . ‘A wealth of golden melody from the world’s most gifted voicc...;.' INNEWBILL FOR COLISEUM FANS “Metropolitan” Opens at Local Theatre with Vir- ginia Bruce, Alice Brady | America's favorite baritone, Law- | rence Tibbett, returns to the screen in “Metropolitan,” as the star of a;’ picture that sets new high stand- ards in musicals, opening at t]m Coliseurn tonight. | In the course of the dramatic of a young singer in pursuit of fame | and romance, Tibbett sings selections) from ‘the opéras “Carmen,” “Pag- liacci,” and “The Barber of Seville’| as well as a duo of popular num- bers. Romantic complications beset | Tibbett’s path in “Metropolitan.” In love with Virginia Bruce, he can- not reveal his inclinations because | Alice Brady loves him. She is a temperamental prima donna, and | Tibbet's fate, and that of his com- pany, hang on her good will. When Tibbett decides that he can- not pretend for Miss Brady's sake any longer, the company faces a crisis, without money or support- ers e i ERNEST TRUEX in "THE LIGHT FANTASTIC’ "Going Places” "Can It Be Done" NEW DOUGLAS NEWS TWO NEW TEACHERS HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP FOR DOUGLAS Starts Tonight | | 1 | HI | | Miss Florence I. Ryan of Soattle.\ ,:uul Miss Harriet M. Sweetland of and Forks, North Dakota, will} {be the new teachers for next term lin the Douglas High School, ac- jcording to announcement made by the School Board. Their signed contracts were received in the last [mail by Clerk Robert Dupree. | Coming with the finest of recom- mendations, Miss Ryan will teach Latin, history and home economics; Miss Sweetland will have mathe- |matics, English I, science and girls’ athletics. They pldn to leave Seat- tle on August 28, arriving here lS<‘}'7lcmbl’r 1. who plan to attend | HOME REPAIRS FINISHED the Univer of Alaska in the| Remodeling and alterations to fall. Their credentials have been |the new Mills residence have been forwarded to the university to pre- |completed and the painting and pare for their enrollment there. |calsomining is now being done in - final preparation before they move RETURNING ON NORTHLAND | there Mrs. Burr Johnson and daughter, and Robert Fraser, are home- coming passengers due to arrive | Saturday on the Northland. ‘ High School - ese MR. AND MRS. K. A. HAHN HERE ON BRIEF VISIT B 2 Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Hahn arrived on the Princess Louise and will | visit Mrs. Hahn's mother, Mrs. | T. H. Reed, for a week before pro- ceeding to Skagway. The arrivals Glen Rice and family, to be built| are from Spafford, Arizona, and on Third Street, corner of I Street, | are going to Skagway to locate per- was started this week with prepara- | manently. tion of the ground for the founda- | -, —— —— tion. | Try an Empire ad. FOUNDATION STARTED FOR RICE RESIDENCE - — | |D. H. S. GRADS WILL ] ATTEND U. OF ALASKA Olavi Wahto and Frank Cashel Work on the new residence for ] B e e e i R “Alaska’; Its Scenic Features, Geography, History and Government... | \ By : LESTER D. HENDERSON Newly Revised Third Edition NOW ON SALE AT ALL | DEALERS OR CALL AT city, with a view to adopting a similar iniquitous measure here. The Chief of Police says he has stacks of letters against the dogs. Why don't you write one for the dog? Everyone, man, woman and child that owns a dog in Juneau should do that for his pooch. Write a letter today, protesting against the injustice toward the dog. And leave it with Mr. Hermann, at the Juneau Drug Company, who will deliver it per- sonally with a hundred or two others to the City Council. COME ON FOLKS, LET'S FIGHT FOR OUR _ Capitol Theatre and receive tickets for your- self and a friend or relative to see “Splendor” As a paid-up subseriber of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering . Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE THE EMPIRE OFFICE Price $1.00 LET’S GO!