The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 17, 1936, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1936. el THEATRER TONIGHT IS THE NIG L HT DESERT DRAMA IS ACCLAIMED BY FILMGOERS “Bad Boy” by Vina Delmar Is Attraction Now at Coliseum Most of the action in “The Pet- rified Forest” which is playing its second night at the, Capitol to- night takes place in a barbecue stand and gas station in the center of the Arizona desert. Starring in the drama, which played a whole season on Broadway last year, are two of Hollywoed's outstanding dramatic artists, Bette Davis and Leslie Howard. A tender heart-tugging story of a pair of small youngsters in love, their problems, and their strivings for happiness is now at the Coli- seum theatre. The picture is “Bad Boy,” featuring James Dunn and written by Vina Delmar. Co-featured with Dorothy Wilson, who enacts the role of the girl whom he loves and marries, Dunn gives the most colorful perform- IF reddi;e Barthl;lbmetv Wins | Fist Fight; “Americanized” Now in the E yes of the Gang FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW, little English actor, who is joining his pal at the accordion, Mickey Rooney, in a duet, has proved to {1 police caught him — burgling the {|victim in this case was Lord Glen New Hopes Are Now Spurring Lea, Advocates RAFFLES IS 'CHIVALROUS 600D BURGLAR LONDON, Sept. 17.—“Raffles,” a By PRESTON GROVER real-life counterpart of the fa- WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. — Sev- mous character in fiction, is backeral occurrences in world affairs, in prison once more—eand his chi-|including one or two directly con- valrous confession has saved a maid|cerning the United es, have in distress. ¢ given encouragement to those The maid, a domestic servant in|American peace ocates who 2 country house, had her good name | consider the best approach to peace restored when “Raffles” cheeriully|is through machinery such as the admitted burgling her house along League of Nations with a whole series’ of other rob-| Among the first was the seem- !ingly timid policy of Great Bri- tain in dealing with the Italio-Eth- iopian situation. As one Senate Foregn Rela s Committee mem- ber phrased England “pulled in on her neck and swallowed her pride” for the sake of peace. He suggested that in years past, Eng- land might not have pulled in her neck nor swallowed her pride. ously she had been dismissed, spicion of theft. Now she is back in her old job. “Raffles,” otherwise Anthony St. George, alias Arthur James Wilkin- | son. was up to his old tricks when! | country homes of aristocrats. The dyne. | St. George is getting a little grey U. S.. TOO, SEEN TIMID {now. He's been at it a long time,| Other reasons have been advanc- | running around from one fashion-led for the British policy, that the able country estate to anotk -|country was not prepared for a | one of the most sought-after men in | war and was fearful some of her ALSO Edgar Kennedy in “Bric a Brac” “Accent on Girls” Daily Alaska Empire TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT at the SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU NIGHT | ance since he appeared in the male Elead in “Bad Girl,” which catapult-| | ed him into stardom and which Miss! Delmar_ also authored. | — e — By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Sept. 17.— After two years of Hollywood, Fred- | die Bartholomew has become. com- | pletely one of the gang, and as nearly “Americanized” as an Eng- lish boy_could be. Some say it was working with | that young “toughie,” Mickey Roon- ! ey, and that equally audacious fel- RINK HERE ON BUSINESS !low. Jackie Cooper, in a picture Lester Rink. Strawberry Point called “The Devil Is a Sissy.” farmer, was a visitor in Douglas; Others insist, like his Aunt Myl-, | yesterday, having just arrived in'licent and his teacher, Miss Mary' {town from Glacier Bay where he is!Murphy, that it is merely the re- [in charge of a crew doing develop- sult of Freddie's gptitude for quick ment work on some mining claims |adjustments. of the Wolf Creek Gold Miningz! Fight Made Him “Boosting Dad” “Hunters’ Paradise” “Babes in Hollywood” Paramount News R VISITOR WILL the Hollywood youngér set ‘that he's no sissy—despite the angelic expression he occasionally achieves. | taunts ov England—since 1924. xro]nnws. notably India. would get But he’s just as dapper, just asjout of hand | {polished and pleasant-voiced as These other reasons are accepted |ever. He stood at the dock with his|as contributing factors by those er youngsters, Freddie was a ring-|Smart-cut lounge suit faultlesslypeace-minded persons who favor an| leader in the goings-on. |pressed, his hair brushed sleek d | organized peace, but only as factors | By then he had been around qu,tc‘gmssy «nd an old-school tie—the They insist that an entirely new a bit—had gone to soccer and ice- badge of a gentleman in England— | philosophy of avoidance of war isi hockey games, gone on the school- Perfectly knotted. |an increasingly important influ-l room tours to “points of interest”! And when the judge sentenced|ence i met Shirley Temple, Jane Withers, #im to twelve months. “Raffles”| When the first efforts were made Jackie Sear] and other film juv- dipped him a bow with the punc- to bring Americans out of the dan-| eniles and was quite a fellow. His tilious grace of an Elizabethian!|ger zcne, the State Depar(mmt! teachei used English and American, courtier. jurged Americans to accept trans- | textbooks side by side giving him| St. George won his soubriquet of portation out quickly, because the the new point of view while re-!“Raffles of the River” years ago|time might come when the United taining the old. And Freddy was, When he robbed a luxurious hou: States could not assure a' way out | as Aunt Myllicent says, very quick boat and played host at gay p:\r-‘m’ any glvvr_x moment. | at adjustments. | ties attended by actresses, cele-, To some it sounded like telling| But then came the fight. It seems! brities and smart society. |the Americans remaining in Spain | there was a boy who used to yell! Between times. “Raffles” mnd‘}l':mt they were staying at their own the Bartholomew wall,|Docturnal prowls around the coun-|risk, and could not expect protec- “Youre a sap!” Fred-|(ryside in search of loot to buy|tion that Talking Reporter Father Time Sneaks Up on Hartnett, But Cal 1 i Co e e——.— HOME VOCATIONAL WORK IS CONTINUED TOMORROW The second of the series of dem- onstrations in Home Vocational Training work will be held tomor- Rev. Mickelson and Mr. row afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Sararisen Will Go | Government School. Last week i canning methods were demonstrat- South Monday will give the ladies attending some The Rev. A. Mickelson, of Clo- of her prize recipes for pastries quet, Minnesota, will preach the and other foods. morning service at the Resurrection R e Lutheran Church on Sunday, ac- cording to announcement made t0- pave heen busy this week getting day. the Public Library books moved Special music will be furnished from the City Hall to the school by the choir, under the direction building where they are being ar- of Lola- Mae Alexander, and with ranged and placed ready for use. Emmet Thompson, soloist. It was decided early in the year The Rev. Mickelson and C. J, that the school could have the li- Sararisen, of the Finnish Apostolic Prary and the vacant room on the Lutheran Church, have been trav- 8round floor, used last year dy eling in Alaska contacting Finnish Miss Summers. will be used for that residents and preaching services in PUrpose. that language. The two men, who arrived here Monday on the Yukon, will leave for Ketchikan on the Alaska next Monday. In the First City they will hold meetings sim- ilar to those held here. The Douglas School officials —ee—— SOCIAL SESSION WOMAN'S CLUB, | i WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE— o'Clock Is to Open Current Season The first social session for the current season to be held by Juneau {Women’s Club will be next Wed- SCHOOL TAKES OVER LIBRARY | ON WEDNESDAY No-Host Luncheon at One| GARBAGE HAULED | Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 212 Phonr 753 nesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at |the Juneau Cotfee Shop. The af- fair will be in the nature of a no- host luncheon. A prominent speaker will be pres- ent at the social and definite an- nouncement will be made by the committee in charge which consists |of the following members of the Executive Committee, Mrs. J. M. jcnme, Mrs. Ray G. Day, Mrs. J, E. McKinley, Mrs. H. L. Wood and Mrs. John Kline. H..finm' SPARTANBURG, 8. C—W. L. Padgett daily has offers to buy a rare eight-dollar bill he owns, but he doesn't intend to part with it. The note has been handed down in his family for 100 years. e —— |‘ But mostly the completition cf! including: this Americanzation process is at-|die felt a fight coming on—and com- tributed to Preddie’s famous fistibat was arranged for next day. fight, his first in Hollywood—and! Hero After Five Rounds | his last of record. | Miss Murphy thought a fight | When Freddie came here to make would do him good, would “get it | “David Copperfield” he was the pro-; out of his system,” and so did Aunt {verbial stranger in a strange land| Millicent. They raised no objec- {—and he was 10 years old besides|| tions. | . {He came with a scholarly back-! At the appointed nour, Freddie | ti-syllable words in his clipped Eng-, cant lot. The carnage lasted 25 |lish accent, to talk like a grown-up minutes, or five three-minute rounds when occasion arose, or to play like| with two-minute rest intervals, be- a kid at every opportunity. | fore the enemy decided Freddie was i He was decidedly “cricket ‘—but no longer a sap. They are friends |he was different. He was a little now, but— !gentleman in an Elton collar, a| Ray Sperry, who was referee icurly-haired tyke entirely surround- ' lost no time in getting back to the jed by American slang, American! studio to spread the word around the skyscrapers, ange American sports set. Freddie was a hero when he |and numerous other American phe-!arrived in person. |nomena, including children. f “Well, you see,” as Freddie told | Quick On Pickup I'his erstwhile opponent, “you should Ray Sperry, his stand-in, took have known that I've been taking care of initiating the newcomer into| boxing lessons every day from | baseball, football and chewing gum.!Jackie Fields. Jackie’s the former | And on the set with Mickey Roonsy,;world's welterweight champion, you |Jackie Cooper, and a hundred oth-'know.” ‘New Orleans Man Rises ' from Clerk to Mayor o Robert Sidney Maestri, New Orleans Mayor, was one of Huey Long’s trusted political advisers. (a fri;ndship probably closer than NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 17.—There |,y 00n Long and any of his other is no Horatio Alger touch to the ,coo.iates champagne for the next party | World Conference On Peace Is Urged ed and this week Mrs. C. N. Crone ' 8round and an ability to sling mul-| gyq aqversary repaired to the va-| By Church Gl‘fl"p MONTREUX, Switzerland, Sept. 17—A world conference to deal with outstanding problems which e, | imperil world peace has been rec-cat {'ommended here by the management committee of the World Alliance for International Friendship | Through the Churches. | A resolution adopted by delegates from 24 countries says a way must {be found to bring under impartial {survey the economic grievances jand other iniquities from which |the anxieties and fears of nations |grow “and which account in large _ |measure for the fatefu] race in armaments.” The resolution urges the League of Nations in collaboration with | non-member countries to convene an international conference which would discuss protective traiffs and financial obstacles to world trade, inability to obtain raw materials, an outlet for excess populations and the future of colonial possessions and mandated territories. - mmnbw GIRLS TO INSTALL OFFICERS The order of the Rainbow Girls | might involve conflict. | STRONGER LINE SEEN NOW Reaction was prompt. Protests! ‘Lumsp at such a policy, and the | State Department followed it up| govern- | | with a warning that this relieving [ment in no sense was ‘ISp:\m of responsibility for safety of Americans in the revolt area. But the gesture had been made. The refusal of major nations to halt Japan's strides into China and Britain’s calming and acquis- | jcent hand in dealing with the Ger-| i man armament situation also were ilooked upon by these peace advo- s as evidence that a new spirit (was influencing world nations. | Then came the unconfirmed re- |port that President Roosevlt was |contemplating a conference of world rulers to preserve peace. | When the President did not deny it at once, many suspected he had |sent up a “trial balloon” to test national and world sentiment. Regardless of any further devel- opments in the matter, it lent en- |couragement to those peace-hope- { ful minds that after 20 years some- | thing might yet be salvaged from | the horror of “war to end all wars.” s B ‘DAWSOFN DOCTOR On at least three f DIES SUDDENLY year it appearca GABBY H By EARL HILLIGAN CHICAGO, Sept. 17. — Fiftecen ye nder major league baseball's “big top” and Gabby Hartnett still is putting on a great show. occasions this that injuries would force him to remain perma- The unexpected death of Dr. H. nently on the sideli Each time J. Nunn, Medical Officer of Health the grinning, florid, puffing Gabby and Physician to the Royal Can- delighted the legion of admirers by {adian Mounted Police and the De- bouncing out of the dugout to smash partment of Indian Affairs at game-winning hits and continue his |Dawson, came a sad severe shock great play behind the plate {to the Canadian community re-| Before the campaign started Gab- | cently. by was the key man of the Chicago Dr. in Essex, Cubs. He still is—the sparkplug Nunn was born will hold a public installation in England, almost 40 years ago and that keeps the Bruins humming ' P 4 ¥ ARTNE TT but in the end that big Irish grin of his breaks through to smooth things over. He has a bubbling vitality and husky good nature that makes the fans love him, and he seldom lets them down, be it signing a pro=- gram for a fan or getting a hit “in |the clutch! He comes of hardy tock—he's the oldest of 14 children, ven boys and seven girls. d at 50 his father looks almost us young as Gabby. Hartnett carrie | insurance business he on, but baseball ve and he says he game as lon keeping ir success story of New Oreans’ new Mayor. Although Robert Sidney Maestri| became a wealthy property owner before he was 30, it was no effort- less, overnight result blit a product of years of hard work, thrift and an uncommon judgment of land values. | DECLARED INDEPENDENCE ‘Walter Pippel, a Matanuska farm- er who has turned his farming aciivities into a business under the iname “Matanuska Gardens” has become the third member of the valley project to declare his in- dependence from the Government commissary. Pippel, who was a — | GUNS Ammunition See—BIG Van When a decision was to be made, | “Colonel Bob” sat in the background at the conference of Long’s lieu- tenants, appraised the situation from every angle and quietly passed his advice to “the Kingfish.” Long respected Maestri’s palitical judg-|" ment. Long's death elevated Maestri Temple, Friday evening at8o'clock.|for five years. Besides his years * Refreshments will be served fol- \in Dawson, Dr. Nunn, had spent lowing the installation. |many others years in the north- s S i |land, marrying a Klondike girl, COUNCIL MEETING |Miss Phyllis Lee, soon after the 7 | World War. The regular meeting of the City | Council will be held tomorrow night | DOROTHY TUCKETT COMING in the City Hall at 8 oclock.| Mrs. Dorothy Tuckett, wife of Scheduled business includes the| Manager Tuckett of the Coliseum |oening of bids for repairs to the |Theatre in Douglas, is a passenger city jail, aboard the Victoria sailing early ————e—-—— this morning for Juneau. Mrs. MRS. SELBY RETURNING Tuckett is a former resident here | and has many friends who will| Mrs. T. J. Selby, who has been |welcome her return. visiting relatives in Minnesota — e for the past several weeks, is re-| A nine-pound two-ounce baby boy furning to her Juneau home|was born to Mr. and Mrs. John aboard the Victoria. Andresen of Anchorage recently. | Ceee- the lodge room of the Scottish Rite |had held his position in Dawson along in the thick of the N‘\twn.-l‘ when explainis League pennant battle. il een able to go o Gabby's long career with Chicag ot Gakr 6F aniihdes speeded up at the start b afi (e, Hia Kl e wse of the backing of Scout Jack| | ever di was to ge Doyle, an old catcher himself, Who ,oon o petter ball play dug Hartnett out of the A vvied five s earlier chusetts brush. | see a ball player who's Gets Three Hits |and saving his money you Back in 1922 when Hartnett I‘N‘p.,mi ball player. When they blow was taken to a Cub training camp,!in their money they get to worry~ Bill Killifer had decided to send|ing and that ruins ’em.” him to Los Angeles. But Doyle| insisted the club shouldn't farm him | u:m }§u.rlml(~nc h;;zll > c,lq u.n(gt-!‘tsicat Saves Birds’ Lives show what he could So Gabby| Y & en Young Wings Fail was assigned to catch Grover Cleve- land Alexander in an, exhibition| game at Los Angeles. The night/| ATCHISON, Kas., Sept. 17— before the game Doyle taiked L.'l‘V-’Yi‘.DEN Perslan cat owned by Gabby, telling him just what kind Mrs. Floyd Van Liew, has saved of balls they were going to throw|the lives of nine roban and one at him and how to handle them. |bPluejay this year, the récord kept If Gabby was nervous the next|by Mrs. Van Liew shows. day he didn't show it. He peeled orw The cat has taken the role of a single, a triple and a home run|protector for fledgling birds which and after the game Alexander|bave fallen to the ground in at- came in with the verdict—"he'll do.”| to fly. He guards the Hartnett opened the season catch- chasing away other cats and ing Alexander in Cincinnati h the| dogs, until his mistress arrives and tirst big league game he ever places the birds in a place of safety, and the first time he ever'was in|She said. a big league park. He still has| T Pt 1 & W73 SOUTH FRANKLIN Phone 479 ; Pay’n Takit PHONES 92 or 95 Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, Liquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for LESS Because We sell for CASH Leader Dept. Store truck gardener in Minnesota, launched his farming enterprise in Alaska along the same lines. He was the first colonist to get his vegetables on the Anchorage mar- ket, and has since made weekly trips there with produce. ———o—— — FINNISH SERVICE HELD Another Pinnish service will be held in the Resurrection Lutheran Church on Friday night under the direction of the Rev. A. Mickelson and Mr. C. J. Sacarisen. The serv- ice will begin promptly at 8:00 Twenty-eight years ago Maestri, to leadership of the powerful Louis- 19, was earning $7.50 a week keep-'mm machine. He is credited with ing books. He sold furniture on the | making young Dick Leche Gover-, side and put his earnings into real | nor and with jroning out differenc- estate. Today he is considered the|es that threatened the organiza- city’s largest property owner. tion. Entered Politics As Favor Under Leche peace was made be- He entered politics 12 years ago| tween New Orleans and the eity ad- as a favor to a friend—Martin ministration. The legislature re- Behrman, who had been Mayor|turned to the city self-governing from 1904 to 1920 and in 1924 wns‘nnd taxing powers taken from it attempting a comeback. With Maes- | when Long was punishing his ene- tri directing his campaign, Behr- my Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley. man was elected. Walmsley, in accordince with his Four years later a fiery young|promise to resign as Mayor when- lawyér named Huey P. Long hadever the city's local authority had just been elected Govermor. Be-|been restored, stepped out. Maes- o i e | % i i NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORP. + Executise Offices: New York the baseball with the 5-3 score on it | Gabby's A Handshaker | Gabby went hitless that day in four trips but he didn't get dis- courged. In the next series with St. Louis he got his first hit im the majors—a healthy triple, with! the count 3 and 2—reaching tmrd! base in spite of tripping over first and falling flat in the dust! Fans at Wrigley Field really go for him. He’s forever shaking hands with friends before the game. He's a great hero to the kids. The um- pires like him—even when he’s “on” one of the arbiters. He's likely to rant and rave over some decision,! Try an Empire ad. Schillin more I ZES(@RY A o /7 F