The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 21, 1936, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE,'SA'IURDAY, NOV. 21, 1936. MON. TUES. Midnight Preview Tonight—1:15 A.M. Matinee Sunday—2 P.M. The Show Place of Juneau VW hhat Romance WHAT MYSTERY! WHAT SUSPENSE! when a crime doctor like Powell matches wits with a fiendish kiIIer!y POWEI.I. "THE £X-MRS., BRADFORD JEAN ARTH UR JOHNNY ARTHUR Robert ARMSTRONG AN RKO RADIO PICTURE MARCH OF TIME The News Behind the News! It’s Vital—It’s the Truth and It’s Uncensored! LAST TIMES TONIGHT America’s 8th Wonder of the World “HOLD THAT RIVER™ “AND SUDDEN DEATH” EDISON MAZDA LAMPS They Stay Brighter Longer 10-15-25-40-50-60 Watt inside frost ....15¢ 75-100 watt inside frest 100 watt clear ... 150. watt clear or frosted . 200 watt clear ... 200 watt frosted . ; 300 watt clear medium base 300 watt clear mogul base ... Ask about the Light Meter MAKE SURE THE LIGHT YOU ARE USING IS CORRECT Alaska Electric nght & Puwer Go. | uneau oug as DOUGLAS NEWS MEETINGS TO BE HELD ONC( the regular meeting Douglas Volunteer Fire ment Thur: evening, quency of r meeting lly voted upon, the vot favor of one a month two as has been the many ars. Lack of |due to the other many activities going one most of the time has prevented good attendance at meet- ngs. With only one meeting a month, to which will be added a lit- tle feed and other entertainment, good turnouts are assured. Discussion of two or three other of interest to the depart- t, with proper action resulting, cccupied the balance of the meet- ‘mg. D.F.D. MONTHL At of the Depart- the fre- was fi- being in instead custom for attendance 55¢ 90c .75¢ lar — -, GIRLS STAGE PARTY e girl's party it was, that Douglas High School girls, about leight of them in short dresses, with their dolls and other juvenile| accoutrements, held in the school! | building last night. | Miss Harriet Sweetland and Miss | Florence - Ryan represented the teaching staff at the “Kid"” games were the order of en- H. Read the Class1fied Ads in THE EMPIRE“ REMEMBER! IT COSTS NO MORE TO ENJOY THE NEW: also enjoyed. il BGPTSR The birthday of Frank M. Hub- bard, American caricaturist who died in 1930, is not known. was author of “Abe Martin’s Say- ings.” e L TS Empire classifieds pay. - ED ROLLER Empire you are entitled to 2 free tickets to the motion pic- | ture showing tonight at the DOUGLAS COLISEUM funetion. | as a paid-up subscribed to The | | | [ | { ! [ tertainment and refreshments were| He| POWELL FINDS - JUNEAU LEADS CUPID MIXED | TERRITORY IN WITHMYSTERY AUTOS, TRUCKS, Gleason Has New Co-Sleuth Suhxtanllal Incneascm 1936 in Murder Puzzle Com- ing to Coliseum Murder mystery proves a romance wrecker and cupid combined new co-starring Mrs| Bradford,” itol Theatre tomorrow. Miss Arthur appears as an ex- wife of Powell, a detective tale authoress who gave hiw. the picture, “The Ex- at life as a continuous mystery thriller—seeing poison in every cup of coffee and a murderer under every bed. But it's murder and mystery that breaks down Powell's determination | never to ruin his nerves by \uldmg is. accepted throughout to her charm again. For while pur: suing him to lead him back to the' per altar, the lovely Miss Arthur allows her passion for solving crime in. voive them both in a series of weird murders, and the intimacy demand- ed by their united stand against the killer soon spices dangerous ,venture with roman The comedy with and, Miss Arthur which highlight injer nur William Powell and Jean Arthur’s other coming to the Cap-| Jit- [ and ters all through marriage by looking | chorage is ad- | increase Poweli | year their| issued exciting adventures is added to con-| siderably by Eric tles” as he did in “Top Hat.” Gleason, Robert Armstrong, O'Brien Moore, Lucille Gle: Lee, Frankie Darro and Frank M. Thomas appear in support, Coming to the Colis row there's a new Hildegarde With- er Blore who James mystery, Path.” Helen Broderick, who made her ‘Murder on a |screen debut in “Top Hat,” has re- placed Edna May Oliver in the w cracking, old maid amateur teamer with James Gleason's spector Oscar Piper in solving, pre- vious mysteries. The large cast includes Latimer, Owen Davis, Jr., ledge, John Carroll, Sheila Terry, Willie Miltern, Harry Jans, James lan, Gustav Von Seyfferi Reicher and Spencer C TS, e i Louise Best, Joh: ' ROSES BLOOMING, ‘ Frank | “but- |t Erin | d son, Lila|in um tomor- | tance in the latest RKO Radio film|of on of a Stuart Palmer murder | Bridle transp - | year by ti sleuth | way linkir In- jmuch publicized Matanusk John Ar-| Leslie Fenton, | Livengood Don- | connecting Over 1935—Olson’s Annual Report June list with a larg- There 215 truc pleasure registered Fairbanks comes trucks and 408 plea chikan is third w 377 pleasure cars re cars. Ket- 126 truc and An- h cars, and pleasure cars. This is cording to the annual report automobile licen: just issued |Oscar’ G. Olson, Territorial urer. by increased sale of automo ion of returning ng that as a would indicate that ot “just around the cor " but is actually here. Substantial In has been of 502 automobile and pleasure cars in A 1936. In 1935 lic for 877 ‘trucks re rs, and in 1936 for and 5 pleasure cars long time Fairbanks, , and u ka it Ales P plea For Val- laska connected by automobile highws the longest drive from Fairbanks to Valdez, a dis- of 370 miles over the Rich Highway. The completion Douglas Birdge in Septem- now gives automobile n between Juneau and ardson the ber, 19 ouglas. Additional automobile highway was provided during the prese completion of the hig Palmer in Uncle Sam Valley, with Anchorage, distance of roughly forty miles. ngood Celebration celebration was held in last September when highway, 86 miles long, Fairbanks and Liven- cod, was finished, which greatly facilitated travel and commerce be- tween the two towns Livengood was once scene of intensive in- | dividual placer mining. During a A he new he FORRESTS’S YARD boom days it had over one thousa N the Albert Forrest, Glacier Highway, bloomed rose in her yard yesterday Other bushes of fragrant flowers are in bud. residing on i The first waterworks system in picked a fuil|tures are idents, and many of buiidings and other struc- still in use. With pros- pects of new mining activity in the distriet, the town's rejuvenation is the histo | expected. Editor of which is George E. Zuisenberry, the American Automobile, Georgia was one in Van Wirt, Polk |conducting a world motor_census, County. e " Douglas Ghurch Services ,. Notices for this church column must be received by The Empirc‘ not later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change 01‘ sermon topics, ete. | | ST. LUKE'S EPTSCOPAL Clfl:RCllI 1:30 p.m.—Sunday School. | 7:30 p.m.—Evening Prayer nnd‘K sermon. | DOUGLAS CATHOLIC CHURCH | St. Aloysius Church | No services. | DOUGLAS COMMUNITY CHURCH 1. W. RISVOLD, Pastor. 11:00 a.m.—Sunday School and | services. | & | Everybody welcome. | | | DOUGLAS . PRESBYTERIAN ! MISSION | DAVID WAGGONER, Minister | Sunday services: | 1:30 p.m.—Bible School. 2:30 p.m.—Preaching service. | All are invited to these servxcmi 4 |and to worship with us. NO OTHER THING . .. JUST SEND ONE SUIT OR DRESS . any material, the softer and more dif- ficult to press the better . . . to ALASKA LAUNDRY and SEE FOR YOURSELF how much longer it HOLDS ITS PRESS! This is the "“Test Proof” that brings you back to tracted. it “TREAT ‘IGUR C A SAC BED PHONE 15 Juneau Juneauw’s Exclusive STA-PRESS Agency! There is no other thing that will show up a man's true character so surely.and correctly as the manner in which he takes care of his credit. Credit is confidence in you to make an honest effort to redeem your word of honor given at the time the bill is con- PHONE 28 First National Bank Bldg. (Ground Floor) Charles Waynor, Manager |and is now engaged in the compila- tion of statistics for wrote to Mr. Olson for the infor- mation. The publication will ac- i[\minl many readers in the States \\llh the fact that there are more | automobiles in Alaska than is gen- erally known, and the highway mileage is being steadily increased and improved. Registration The total number of cars for 1936 in the Territory of Alaska follows Town Trucks Others Inl«\l Juneau 215 557 2 Fairbanks 166 408 574 Ketchikan 126 311 503 Anchorage 332 440 Seward 154 Nome 162 Wasilla 107 Petersburg . 94 Cordova 91 Skagway 65 Wrangell 65 Haines 60 Valdez 52 Chitina 47 Douglas Sitka Flat Office Hyder McCarthy Dillingham Ruby Circle Springs Kodiak Nenana Eagle . its 1937 issue, \cmsuow COLLINS AT POINT LAY ON LONG ARCTICTREK Warden Grenoid C: Alaska Game Commission is now at Point Lay at the mouth of the Ko- buk river, according to word to the Commission office here and ex- pects to spend Thanksgiving at Wainwright and Christmas probab- ly at the top of the world, at Point Barrow. With dog team Warden Collins is beginning a survey of the Far North which may take him along the Arc- tic rim as far east as the Demar- cation Point in connection with effort to ascertain the food situa- tion for the natives of that area nd, what may be done to remedy it. He is studying the inroads or re- parted, wolf, rayages on reindeer and other conditions bearing on the lives of, the: Eskimos as well as the wild life the vast region. He will fol- low..the Aretic through the tough- est part of the winter and will not come out before next spring. Har- lan Gubser, predatory animal ex- pert who, is making a special in- vestigation of wolf conditions, is still in the Kotzebue area, ollins of the automobiles than any| ! gram fourth with 108 trucks|PIaving on|¥ the nation| pros- | 7 | Glee ! Southern songs 1 |ern and Circle were the only towns| being | | Bvro: ler. second with 165’ Byron Miller, SCHOOL CONCERT SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Excellent Program Given l)y V()Cal ('ind Instl'U' mental Groups A beautiful giri murdered and her slayer exposed by an amateur sleuth who ceuldn’t be fooled by the phony facts An enthusiastic audience assem- bled last night in the Grade School Auditorium to oy the concert given by Vocal and Instrumen- tal - departments of the Juneau Under the guidance of popular directors Ruth Coffin, Miss Helen and the students put on entertainmer opened the pro- schaol orchestra Overture,” fol-| of the Dusk to} March.” | Club, led by Ruth| Coffin, sang the “Caisson Som Stars of the Summer Night" and| ‘Sidewalks of New York." tring Ensemble Those Tears" Waiting for rendered by directed by Parrott, A | fine evening: Byron Miller with his “Pestival by “Out and “Hope The Boys' Glee RO RADIO llm' ed Zon,” “The sun-! String P and the the Miss , Dry » and “Two) were sung by the Girls'\} Club. Miss Parrott then play well received violin solo, ac-| cmpanied Mrs. Trevor Davis.! The A. Capella Chorus, composed the pick of voices from );UH\I Clubs presented a group ofl ade up of : “South- Memories,” “I Want To Be Ready,” and. “I Ain't Gwine Study War No Mc Band and Soloists “The Old Oaken Bucket” and “Dynamic Overtur was played by the Orchestra. Jack Glasse gave a sousaphone solo assisted by the band playing the “Samsonian Polka.” A stunt number was then put on in which “Jingle Bells” and “The Old Grey Mare” were played at the same time. A tribute to “J” High Band, By- ron Miller's composition, was played and sung enthusiastica the udents, bringing the enjoy ev-, ning {Grand Jury Probe Is Requested on King County Departments featuring HELEN BRODERICK JAMES GLEASON LESLIE FENTON ALSO — Sport on Plugger; Bird Stuffer of th L e Ranc Song and Pathe Topics LAST TIMES TONIGHT "HEROES OF THE RANGE" and “BLACKMAILER" able PARTY GIVEN TODAY . entertained to- neau Coffee Shon at given by Miss Ann Roh- er, Miss Pearl Peterson and Miss Dalma Hanson The twenty-five around the table rated in the Thanks; Yellow flowers and dominated and place accordance with the motif BANK OF HYDER | PAY CREDITORS - - FULL PAYN‘FNT : ir Insolvent Inslllutlun m Square with Depositors The Bank of Hyder, into receivership in 19: out dollar for dollar. This was \ll(' information revealed in the U. District Court today when final p pers were approved closing the case. In July of 1932, John Rustgard, then Territorial Attorney General petitioned the Court on behalf of the Territorial Banking Board, for his appointment of a receiver for the bank. E. D. Haddon, owner of the bank, was appointed by the court with R. E. Robertson of Ju- neau as attorney for the receiver. In the intervening time since that action, Receiver Haddon has liquidated the assets of the bank and paid off every creditor 100 cents on the dollar, according to the final accounting. Receipts totaled $51,045 and disbursements $50,992, leaving a balance of $53.50 which is now on deposit in the B. M. Behrends Bank here. PP S COLUMBUS, O, Nov. 21. knife came sailing through the air and stabbed Mary Jenkins in the leg. No knife thrower was found. Police theorized the knife was picked up from the street by tires of a passing automobile. guests gathered ch was deco- giving theme. candles pre- rds were in Thanksgiving Nov Allen Prosecuting to complete the end of the of four Seattle v grand jury be King County SEATTLE, urt. Judge pected Ws rt before on request 21 Superior said today he Attorney B. his re- month or- d to depart- - tigate The mean temperatures at the South Pole is estimated to be cold- er than that at the North Pole. - Today’s News Today-—Emplre, —— WIN the FRIGIDAIRE at the THANKSGIVING BENEFIT DANCE THANKSGIVING NIGHT NOVEMBER 26 ELKS’ HALL Sponsored by the MEN OF THE MOOSE Admission $1.00 It is not necessary to be present which went , has paid at time of drawing. Douglas nn DANCE TONIGHT TO THE MUSIC OF GLEN EDWARDS and His Orchestra Admission 50c BEER and WINE . . . DOWNSTAIRS