The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 2, 1937, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, J/ SUNDAY | MONDAY TUESDAY IE WRorfifl"B”sANG "AMERICA’S, AOST IMMORTAL SONGS TO THE NOMEN WHO 'BROKE HIS HEARY' NAT LEVINE Presents DOUGLASS MONTGOMERY | | ture.” BASED ON THE LIFE 0F STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER ADRIENNE AMES | WILLIAM FRAWLEY / EVELYN VENABLE JOSEPH CAWTHORN GILBERT EMERY LLOYD HUGHES FERDINAND MUNIER CLARENCE MUSE lome" "Ohl Susanna”’, “Old Black Joe” “'Beautiful | Dicamer”Come Where My Love Lics Dreamig | lel by | 20th-Cer poser, { tion HAIR WINS OUT Gang Demalishes NICKNAMES OVER REALISM; ' Squealer in Huge ~ HER DUCHESS, - GAPITOLDRAMA ~ Blast; Girl Flees HE IS DUKE Stephen f‘oJel Life and Former Convnct Is Arrcstt-(l\V(‘}\>|n1|»j‘wnm|\ Wins Movie Melodies Basis for —Manhunt on for | Star \\‘hn Proves to Coliseum Film Two Others Have Some Ancestors SIOUX FALLS, 8. D, Jan. 2. stick! f r T e willing | Investigating the weird s of = to admit that there is a point where |gang blasting one of its members 1 can push the passion for lit-|to death by setting off five and one- That point arrived ' half tons of high explosive, police production of 20th Cen-|Officials are conducting an intensive o “hhh‘m.\x\.lnnu for three former convicts he Capital Thea-| The explosion, which was felt fif- , Ronald Coleman,|ty miles away, blew both the gang-| gigr he telegraph- ert, Victor McLaglen | Ster and his “spot” to bits, officers |eq marriage, and Russell have the four| S8id | Ma I became Mrs. Bill | The gang also attempted to kill | yame ) Hollywood now [the victim's woman companion, |anq he nickname | Helen Seilers, 25, of Sioux City. {3, ye nds hail him as Miss Seilers, suffering from |.p ight bullet wounds, identified the | "y, 3117} victim as Harold Baker, member of | o the gang which last week staged a |, $37,000 robbery of a jewelry store at | ‘o sioux City &, he woman also named o killers as Edward Tobin, | Reeves,” 40, and William Nesbeta, | said the slaying was fo from “squawking vnmm, . 3 R i s Seilers told States Attorney 1“"' Crill that trio first beat | shot him. then left him in plosive storehouse five miles cast of here. After firing the fuse, the slayers fled. Miss Seilers de- seribed how she had also been left in the death trap, but recovered cnsciocusness and ran to a ditch 5| before the holocaust. By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, n When Bill Jam spaper reporter boarded trical troupe's train to do viewing, he spent most of h 1 the blende, statuesque whom he promp! Duchess.” Motion picture producers, who are ne ader alind Wi this story were pre the umvm- Mr wen tars of Sahara Steiger, he male the burnin; d to Ot expert, approval, one criticism They have tco much hair, “In the Legion, every his hair cropped close to head.” The o Margaret Irv a duchess— 1d transport- 1 a beauty contest Miss Irving had look up her an- cest a until that day in the run of “As vhen she met wealthy Parisian Traces Line and she no- kept staring at her before? In Still, he was he had it now! » of the portrait Navarre in the she descended from y, ves . . . and sh wguely that back in history there was ¢ for he man his iris the thre 51. Harr result wa o much excite- and commotion at the thought Ronald Coleman with a Mr. Steiger allowed ti “literary license in a pic- men of crev could be ian It wa A | ticed t1 lher. Ha | Paris. certain She w of Max | Louvre. Wa | that 1 | under {the family title, but The the It isn't e party, he admitied point. ntial to the picture, 0 we can overlook the if you follow de- results are not After too closely th iteresting r Two Fla tory from the Ouida. Thousands of us the production and red no pains ctacle- screen marital of were ONE AR SIOUX FALIL Tobir ST MADE Jan Edward one of the three accused of {the blast slaying of their fellow= Stephen Col ‘lr":\”li':; fi;ffl"lri}'l.‘-at‘xl ."."i‘, been ar- |declured itions of planta-| o S0 B eom lon ekt | wWar Old South eats nvict released | went ago from the State (o her, ther in bringing this of love and war mm ain Based on th Foster, the whose compc life in the carned him a America’s Harmony Lane,” coming tomorrov was that Mr. Levee ould investigate upon to France. Back to the Roses and beyond he ccording to his reports is no doubt that she s Lo the meaieval duke- of the have| s . permanent place in several months D .. | Penftentiary. musical hall of fame,| poice said there will be no im- The Show Place of Juneau SUN. MON. -« TUES. Midnight Preview Tonight 1:15 A. M. Sunday Matinee—2 P. M. 'FOUR GREAT STARS! CAST OF 10,000! RONALD C VICTOR starring ' McLAGLEN Gregory Ratoff e Nigel Bruce C. Henry Gordon e Herbert Mundin aDARRYL F.ZANUCK 20th Century Production Presented by Joseph M. Schenck + Directed by Frank Lioyd ALSO LAST TIMES TONIGHT A F. E. CHIEF GOES OUT ON PRNORAH ON TRIP TO EAST . All Five of Compun_\": Dredges to Operate at Full Speed at Breakup Making a business ftrip (o tern part of the United States Joseph E. Hopkins, Superintendent 6f the Fairbanks Exploration Com- pany operations, sailed for Seattle én the Princess Norah from Juneau this morning. Mr. Hopkins arrived here this week by air from Fair- banks. Mr. Hopkins stated that all min- ing operations of his company are shut down for the winter, the only activity now taking place being repair work and the moving of a dredge 17 miles from Goldstream to Ester Creek. Moving of all major parts of the dredge was completed two weeks ago, Mr. Hopkins said, and it is ex- pected that assembly of the dredge in its new location will be finished by the end of next week. Full Speed In Spring Although the company has laid off five hundred men during the | past six months, Mr. Hopkins con- tinued, with the Spring breakup, operation of all five of the com- pany’s dredges will commence at full speed and all the former em- ployees will be put back to wor# He warned, however, that the jobs will be given to the company’s re lar employees, and that there will be no room for new men. Mr. Hopkins declared the expec- tation is that preliminary work will be commenced about the middle of \lz \./ fi-._! The Pinch Singer Scuthern Hospitality NEWS | SON COMES HOME GREAT AIR MYSTERY i March, running at full capacity by the mid- | dle of May. ! Mr. Hopkins intends to pacs| through Juneau again on his way md. north about the middle of Feb- | | e | MISS KANN RETURNS TC 'TLE COLLEGE | Miss N>nc5 Ann hmm daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kann, | left for Seattle today aboard the! Princess North after spending the | holidays visiting her parents in | Juneau | Miss Kann is attending the Seat tle College where she is taking a| pre-nursing course. - o HAGEN GOES SOUTH l E. C. Hagen, sales representa- tive, who arri in Juneau from | Cordova aboard the Arctic, took | P age for the South on the Prin- cess Norah this morning. - NOME MERCHANT | Jack Seidenverg, prominent Nome‘ merchant, who arrived in Juneau | by air, was a passenger from Ju- | neau for the Outside on the Prin-| cess Norah this morning. | S e | BALL PLAYERS LEAVE | | .Tal Picinini and Shirley Luce,| who performed in the Gastineau | Channel Baseball League last sea- son, are southbound passengers |from Juneau on the steamer Prin- | |cess Norah. Picinini is the hurling | star who was largely responsible | |for the Moose championship drive. Luce was an infielder with the| Legion team, A O S BAUER TO SOUTH ! E. F. Bauer, U. S. Army resident | engineer at Nome, who arrived at | Juneau this week by air from Fair- | banks, took passage for the South d | this morning on the steamer Prin- | cess Norah. G. L. Geoghegan You are invited to present this coupon at the box office of the Capitol Theatre and receive tickets for yourself and a friend or relative to see “The Princess Comes Across” As a paid-dp stibseriber of The and that all units will be |* ! picture | Montgomery, 0 the Coliseum reer, tk md the tr: whose years, heatre, c ending ave been but whose life is but little, most noted of Foster’s mll» ‘My Old Kentucky Home, Oh! Suzanna, Old Black Joe, Weep No More '\«‘l\ Lady,” and Swanee River > featured in the the mar loved fo popularly of The odies, The cast, headed by Dougla whose performance a: is noteworthy, includes Eve {lyn Venable, Joseph Cawthorn, ar William P es one of the best rizations in the | picture. | Foster MRS. ROBERT M'PHEE GOES SOUTH TO U. W Mrs. Robert L. ]\‘[L‘th'v is a pas- er south on the Princess Norah urning to complete her senior ar at the University of Washing-| ton. Mrs. McPhee came to Juneau to visit her husband during the holi- days and to celebrate their first an- niversary. The McPhee's had l:vl' married at Wenatchee, |cember 25, 1935. After graduation Mrs. McPhee will return to Juneau where the young couple plan to make their| home. “Bob” also attended the Univer- sity of Washington where he was a {member of Phi Delta Theta frater-| nity. He majored in mining and is | now employed at the Alaska Juneau Mrs. McPhee, formerly Byrdette | Mason, is a member of Alpha Omi- corn Pi Sorority. —— e FROM GOOD N The Strandberg Brothers, E. Odin and S. R, News Bay platinum operations, were visitors in Juneau for a short time |yesterday. They arrived aboard the {PAA plane, having come out by way or Anchorage, and continued south | this morning on the Princess Norah. William, - Emplre ads are read THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE GLEAMS AGAIN portrays | ke wispicious beginning | from the Good | mediate attempt to question him. A three-inch strip of flesh has |, - been found at the scene of the ex- |, | plosion which obliterated the former convict Baker. is taking the sur-, She is waiting for pictures to go to 2 in stride off from “what to Seems person to claim, and I may, next summer. But I and they hold you respon- |sible for everything your ancestors | {did—and T to be sure there {wasn't a horse thief or two among them! | Plays Menace Role J brought to Hollywood | Million,” and got | not as comedienne, menace. In n Franc rk Gable’s underworld she mount to appear in idea,” tie no says, - e {FUR REPRESENTATIVE '| COMPLETES ALASKAN | GOODWILL CAMPAIGN i Having ('Jmph ed a good will tour, | contacting traders in the Upper Yu- region, along the Railroad belt, Gulf, and Kodiak districts, An-| hony J. Ruppel, representative ofi. Shé was mpson, Fr & Huth, New Lork for “Thanks |and London Fur Exchange, arrived |an encore Juneau from Cordova on the a teamer Arctic, and went south this|she |merning on the Princess Norah. Charlie han at the | His company is successor to Al- Op‘ld she has her first singing mm Fraser, Inc, and Frederick Huth |role. She is under contract to Mer- and Co., Fur Department, of New|vyn LeRoy, but to date has hpnm York City, and is cperating the lat-|kept busy by other producers. ter firm’s fur auctions this year for| As for being a duchess, the first time. In making the com- |laughs: pany’s innaugural bid for Alaskan; “Same as washday | trade, Mr. Ruppel was accompanied |other Monday.” as far Juneau, some weeks ago,| And the good-natured “duke?” II;\ Robert W. Fraser, president of “Why, it makes me the logi he Company, who then made a tour | butt for the rteracks of my f the Southeast Alaska district, |iriends,” he and that's about 1\\]\110 Mr. Ruppel went on into the |all.” Interior. Besides conducting the New | York auctions, the company is also | |affiliated with the c. M. Lampson, NOME MINING MAN | & Company, Ltd., London Exchange. | Although considerably delayec by transportation difficulties, Mr. Rup- | pel declared his tour to have been quite successful, and expects to re-|side on the Princess Norah leaving @5 co-pilot, was held up at Juneau {turn to Alaska before many months this morning was Fred Ku-|today by the weather, but will re- He described the fur situation as . who recently arrived from |turn to Fairbanks as soon as is pos- | promising a fine crop of mink and |Nome. He will go first to California, sible marten, while the fox will probably |then to Cleveland to visit his broth- ~ The Electra took off from Fair- {6k vepy Dok er Waltes: banks yesterday morning at 8:10 B I Mr. Kubon is a mining engineer o'¢clock and arrived here yesierday FUR FARMERS GO wduate of the University of Al- afternoon at its scheduled time of and Mrs. E. J. Buchanan, aska, and is employed at Nome by 1:30 o'clock. Nine of the passen- !uccompamed by Miss D. Buchanan, |the Hammon Consolidated Gold gers from the Interior aboard the ,rur farmers at Saginaw Bay, who Fields. He will return North in plane continued Outside on the (have not been off their lonely March and go to Nome to prepare Princess Norah this morning. |island since settling there three angd |for the next season's work. The tenth was Charles Goldstein, vne-half years ago, left Juneau for | > > ! Juneau fur dealer. Scattle this morning on the Prin-| Other passengers on the plane ces Norah for a short business|at the TERMINAL dance tonight. were: Nels Westlin, Mrs. Joe F. | —adv. | Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Holds- — R = | worth, Mrs. Joe O'Connor, Miss Jnne | Harrop, William Strandberg, T. R. j';tmndberg, E. Odin Sv.mndberg. RAY STEVENS, WIFE LEAVE FOR VACATION AND BUSINESS TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stevens left ‘.Ium‘nu on the Princess Norah on |a combined business and pli'asuxc trip. Mr. Stevens, agent for the North— land Transportation Company, is on his vacation. Mrs. Stevens whiie south will buy new merchandise for the Jones-Stevens Shop she is associated with Mrs. Wini- fred Jones. | Mr. and Mrs. Stevens will visit melr daughter, Miss Rae Stevens in | | Portland before continuing to Cali- ;Imma where they will spend a i month. | proper | you | establish away have your Last Times Tonight ELECTRA HELD HERE TODAY BY POOR WEATHER Ten Passengers from Inter- ior Arrive Here by PAA Friday | With a full loaa of passengers ouT (‘m PR NORAH booked for the return flight to the | Interior, the PAA Electra plane, pil- oted by Jerry Jones with Walt Hall she — just an-| Among the passengers going out- | Mr. Enjoy another glamorous evening REBEKAHS AND 0DD FELLOWS HAVE BIG | CHRISTMAS PARTY| in which | Associate Producer Raymond Griffith Based on the novel by Quida featuring - CLAUDETTE ALSO — Daily Alaska Empire’s Talking Reporter THE PRINCESS COMES ACROSS AUDIOSCOPIKS Anna Snow was conceded the win- ner. Trevor Davis showed some films' of the Hawaiian Islands which were loaned by Clarabelle Snyder. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing to the accordion music of by Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Polley. Of course, Santa Claus was there| and distributed stockings with pres. ents in them for everyone present.; Refreshments were served during the evening. Betty McCormack, was in charge and was assisted by Mary Kolosa, Alma Olson, and Helen Torkelson. R CHANNEL NURSES TO ELECT MONDAY Gastineau Channel Nurses are holding their first meeting of the new year on Monday night at 8 o'clock in the Nurses reception room of St. Ann’s Hospital. The election of officers for the| new year will be held at this meet- ing. PSS PR pE B Miss Jane Harrop, secretary to Carl M. Franklin, registrar and comptroller of the University of Al- aska, who arrived in Juneau yes- terday aboard the PAA Electra plane from Fairbanks, boarded the Prin- cess Norah here this morning for the States. George Trojack and a prize waltz was held which was won SNEEZES WAY ' INTO HOSPITAL | POR’!LAND, Oregon, Jan. 2, — Guy W. Lang, a carpenter, sneezed his way into a hospital. While working in true carpenter fashion ~—with a mouthful of nails, Lang sneezed. One of the nails went backward, instead of forward, and Lang had to submit to an opera- tion for removal of a mafl from his lung. e JUNEAU ARCHITECT LEAVES ° FOR CALIFORNIA VACATION Willlam A. Manley, of N. Lester Troast and Asosciates, Juneau arch- itects, left on the Princess Noran | this morning on his way to Long | Beach, Caalifornia, where he will Ispend a month's vacation. 1 —— /ONS OF NORWAY ARE TO lNS‘l'ALl.. ’l‘nN DANCE Sons of Nomy are holdl.u their | public installation and dance to- | night at the Odd Fellows' Hall. The installation starts at 8 o’clock and is to be followed by dancing and refreshments. Albert Peterson is providing the music. Empire classifieds pay. 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