The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1937, Page 3

THEATRE EDDIE NUGENT ISABEL JEWELL A REPUBLIC. PICTURE —ALSO— American Toothache Snapshots rearaland ews DOUGLAS NEWS OLDTIMER OF DOUGLAS DIES EARLY SUNDAY T4 years died sud- while on at ‘the he has » the past ompleted his g0 Amm( h’\u men down before 8 feeling to scveral the ior the o'clock well as e aceo ho taliked to him Hc wa o v lch w n, owner of on driven Wa B. the bus line. Oscar Gudbranson, new mechanic for the I line w: with Bacon. As the bus stopped in front of Shaffer’s residence for him to get out, he made two feeble at-| tempts to arise and when the men moved to his assistance, they found him dead. He was.taken right on to Juneau and his remains placed in the C. W. Carter Mortuary. Born in Ohio, Mr. Shaffer came to Alaska from Colorado where he had been farming, about the year 1890, and went to work for the Treadwell Company. Later he pros-| pected in the Atlin country for time and on his return was ap- pointed City Marshal of Douglas, which ‘position he held for seven years. He also spent about twol years farming with John M. Wil-| liams on Shelter nd, a returned to Douglas, going at thé Alaska Juneau for a tin and then at the Treadwell Foundry. Immediate survivors are his two| sons, Wilbur and Lou, two d‘zugh-- ters, Mildred and Esther. McWilliams, oldest pioneer Island, is a cousin of Shaffer. Thc‘ alter latter is also related to Dave (‘*n—‘mp principle of free, the only | | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, CAPITOL DRAMA SHOWS HISTORY ' EQUALS FICTION lop—no!ch Tappers Display Prowess in Coliseum Musical I | ich in vivid ro- A historic tale w! mance, suspénse and matches any ficton is t land,” waich Mar REO R. io Capitol Theatre Wit Hepburn and Freder tarred. Arch of the pov seth of England, the & ty was the target of cor jue from acr her of murderous achery on »f her own nobles within turbulent as the dst tics of her co 5 life, upset by the necessit; ing between mar Darnley to ngthen on England’s crown, or the ardent courtship of the 3othwell. i Drawn from Maxwell Anderson's stage hit, the picture traces the lays when Mary wavered between | royal duties and feminine desire ‘u'm the tumultuous romantic dr'\mn‘ that came when she proved more a | woman than a monarch. Miss Hepburn as Mary s the handsom 1t-headed Bot are Fl Eldridge as Elizabeth, Dougi Walton as Darnley and Jchn C: adine as Rizzio, at the head of u| cast of forty well-known players. Produced by Pandro S. Berman,| the film was directed by John Forc Six well-known dancing appeared cn the and in night cl n in the many musical highlight the new nusical production, “Dancing Feet,” at the Coliseum Theatre. The dance acts are headlined by youthful Nick Cdhdos, who with hi brother, has appeared in New Yo revues, as well nd , Americe 2 | Jondos does two of his whirlwind ap dance numbers in the picture, ind acted as technical 1l dance routines. Other dancers in the picture are the juvenile team of Jackie Mor- ow and Jane Slater the eccentric' iance team of Sonny Lamont and Ruth Fanchon, the specialty team of Peter and Pan, Earl and Francis colored dancers, and Kathlyn Dale beautiful night club star. These features are all in addition to the many routines presented Ly Joan Marsh and Eddic Nugent, who p picture. ! Enacting the starring role. Ben Lyon, while other players in addi- tion to those previously mentioned are Purnell Pratt, Isabel Jewell, Vince Barnett, James Burke, Her bere Rawlinson, Lillan Hamm Herbert Corthell and J. C. Edwards | orchestra. | LAST RESORT kK Murch al rful I bo y of choos- 2 klin her claim yielding Earl of ying the | advisor for | | | CKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 18. — Behind an ambulance, eputy Sher- iffs Ted Foster and Al Croak raced | to a home to investigate a reported | shooting. “Sorry,” said the occupant, ‘buU there wasn't any shooting. We‘ had a sick man here and nobody | would send an ambulance because we: didn’t have any money. This | was the only thing we could think | of.” B CHlNA STARTS DRIVF. TO SPREAD LEARNING ' AMONG ILLITERATES NANKING China, Jan. 18. — By porsu'\smn if possibr, but by com= pulsion if necessary, Nanking’s thousands of adult illiterates are to {be taught to read and write a few |hundred basic characters which | even in this enlightened age are| understood by less than half of! China’s 400,000,000 people. | To wipe out illiteracy completely | Johniin six years is the ambitious plan| on the|of China's Ministry of Ed_ucatwn; Some years ago China adopted compulsory kel, former old resident here, now equcation for all children of school in Delphoa, Ohio. He was a ve‘m(mwm(, member of Lodge No. 431, 1.O.O.I'., of Fayette, Ohio. Now the government is pre- ‘paring to enforce this principle in| |a few of the larger cities for mew Funeral for the deceased will be|millions who already have pass ssed | held some time this week pending'gonool age and have been caught up | advices received from his lodge and jn the struggle for existence v\m‘.[ relatives. — e EVERYBODY URGED TO out a reading or writing knowledge | 'of their native tongue, special class-| es are being organized in Nanking| ATEND C. OF C. MEETING | and other centers. | A special meeting of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce will be held| in the City Hall this evening at 8 o'clock for the purpose of consid- ering the town's issue now before the Legislature of getting a new school building. Senator Henry Ro- den has promised that he will be present and address the.chamber: on the all-important topic. All townspeople are asked to be present. e COUNCIL MEETING ‘The regular meeting of the Doug- las City Council will be held Tues- day evening for attention to all rou- tinc matters. it Friend’s ‘ Friend? ‘ BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 18— “Big Ben” Frrena of L. S. U. feels he has a real kindred spirit in | Buford Ray of Vanderbilt. Friend a continuous scientific battle against | weighs 255 pounds, Ray 260. Both are tackles on the foothall teams of their respective schools. Both | are shot-putters in the springtime. | Both are juniors. B Pago Pago, capital of American| {Samao, has a population of 611. | tion { McC tr two of the leading roles in the |« {News Sources Are to | tor RES NS The senate and house of representatives went into joint session at the c and found, to the surprise of no one, that Franklin D. Roosevelt had bee N. Garner, vice president, by 523 to 8 On the rostrum are Garner Below on the rlth one of the ballot bbxes can be seen. (Ass 3§ wir § FISHERIES ARE DISCUSSED AT SESSION TODAY /‘(L 1 in India Has Two Sets of Teeth girl with > [Vie 2eLs NP unined, s of teeth 18.—Unit Fisheri memb Commit ¥rank T. Bell of the Fisheric tee today fronting lustry the Ame on invita i mmerce Dar > recommer ely made on by the Bi eries Bureau and tions are not imm: {lic but will be passed {reau and Secretary. E Nick Bez, both of of New York, re Angler rissioner Among com menibe B Seattle resentir Eard Pl McGovern Ford Planc 0.G.D the “Sof popula Bay ¢ 1 ported \chment e con make on t mitte would probably form of recommer of po and c Alas| some to 1 Ct i 400 popul: Bears Be Protected; Bill Is Introduced in House WASHIN to give newsy the pris vulgs sourc mationt to feder has been la LI\ by Representd | Democrat, New Yovk 'ON, Jan. 18.—A nu ser reporters and ed of refiuatie t Irs. Oakie while eighbor and red. When s disappearec and grand ed in Con ive Curley e inner.” bat dish was Merriman ches, Tex., an un heard from for 6 E rec i red winter tu ¢he Hes- discovered in Two varie wheat highly resi: sian fly have beer Indiana. Masks of Crunuwls‘H( Ip “0 W In Scientific War i gainsi Chief Howard G. Robinson of Ohio’s Bureau of Cri in moulage the features and footprints of wanted m en. LONDON, Ohio, Jan. 18.—-Aided by | breaker: its “secret 21,” the largest state of fingerprints in the United es and by masks of wanted men, Ohio's bureau of criminal identifi- cation and investigation carries on in the “sec figures of ls—face m and to presc ootprints an Cuu‘.ml is madc .‘mmivu. of v agencies dividuals Bureau Chief H(lv.‘ud G Its record of 2,000,000 criminals| son, who been in crime ranks second to the files of J. Edgar tion work 16 years, moreovi Hoover's “G men” at the Federal 'developed the use of moulage Bureau of Investigation. And al- | identification work of t v ! though the Ohio bureau has only|and is regarded as an expert three “O-men,” it has an invalua- use. ble source of. information of law-: Moulage is used to mould lil up o “Moulage, nother wall ale the aw and order.” The Ohio bur: ification and shed in 1923, the underworld: :f Robinson NDAY, JAN. unt el esident and John d plan e y night ng by the Japanes PERNIEID JROCHU BRA.D DY e L is 1 b She Jeft the door of her h she store lo: has its o tate prison farm ne ntis and L. Hollingsworth, 1937. SIMMONS HAS BIC WEEK-END; FLIES SOU AAT Plane Makes 1T Coast Flights Yesterd: \ and to Rupert Today 18, ULT wo w from Ke with terday morning Nel 1sen, and eLU £ 26 nabel nd ternoon with Miss / Tibbitts ) ng off ¢ 12 30 o'clock Chichagof, with Sorensen p: gof, Joe Gane, arles Libey on back terday n Simmons aul ctorai ballots Jim for in af- Jim all passeng- Bankhead An icha lerson of. radio engineer, was a second stopping 1 the Simmon: Chelan, Wash Vian Given $200 as an Chs o'clock this mornin flew to Wrangell an rt with five passengers d to arrive back in about § o'clock this af- rding to Harold Brown recovered from his recen and i3 ¢ again back or wgent for the AAT . Frye and Company a round trip 11 on Simmon est of Plan ) p with s and 0 pa aged ¥ ¢ (o en- ) Prince Rupert to conn amer for the South ngers from the In- y Town or of the tax hundred xperiment. | to pro- were: C. D. and Gordon Johm Lynn Wood: mb has 0 be month- - - ipien riment - 2L0ADS FOR . . T catch wp on Joneb atidHal I Pl i wple growing town Shuttle Service Between : Juneau and Whitehorse - Gobble Food, Leave Dishes Intact : Finally breaking throug ter nearl; 0 W Pacific Alaska Airwa plane, piloted by Jerry Jone Hall, arrived in Juneau this noon 0 | o'clock from horse. The plane brought' a of Interior passengers that flown to Whitchorse yesterday nother E! ra plane, mes and Hali immediately took air again, after landing here, nd returned te Whitehorse to pick p and bring to Juncau this after- noon another load of ten passengers uhe other flew Whitehors from banks rning Passengers coming to Juneau on he first plane load today were: An- Nerland, Territorial Repre- tive from the Fourth Division; len June, Barbara Winn, J. Lich- Representative from the Tolbert Scott, from the Second Di- et Scoit, Mrs. George 8. Maynard, Mildred Maynard, John F. Devine, Senator from the Sec- cnd Division, and Mrs. Devine, Coming to Juneau on:the setond cctra from Whitehorse are: D, D. amp, John Feshurg; W. J. Steph- ns, J. Peterson; Hans Tilson, Mps. M. Isaaceom, Mr. and Mrs. Ander- son, Hosea H. Ross, Elmer Ross. > Stalin Smokes Same Old Pme MOSCOW, Jap, m-flocwh v iono 1 Stalin receives many pe; from his admirers, but -he keeps on moking the-- same trusty briar. The story is that while he appre- |ciates the gpirit, he thinks the send- |ing of gifts somewhat siily; that he can't 1 ibe burn and. bite and care needed to break in a new | pipe, and so he gives them to' his - |triends, | h to Ju- u oy 18. r W >olo., Jan. and tooth handled chinaware with a 1h fter 5 to visit or two en- d they had ake, ice delicacies for “company :n made a trip to room but went bear not to se this Ouilaws " gation moulds 1 is a fairly constant pipe He doesn’t care for Amer- ican tobacco, preferring a mlxlurv of Russian and Turkish. B LITTLE BOY IS DEAD | Peter Sumdum, Jr., four and 2 half years old, died yesterday at the| Government Hospital. His Lxhhur‘ expected to arrive Wednesday | the!from Sumdum and make arrange- au|ments for the funeral. The rc-’ J.|mains are at the Charles W. Carter| Mortuary, hand: e imp “offers| criminal against | r here Bu s @ ted by E. s [ L enger | 8 ELEGTRA s The Show Place of Juneau TONIGHT istory’s ‘gettable » Story! 12 Hepburn Mf rch Kath Fredric (kLY g | o L FRYE i FLORENCE ELDRIDGE IAN KEITH Fitare ALSO DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE’S TALKING REPORTER FEATURE starts starts at 9:30. starts 7:18 P. M. SECOND SHOW 39 P. M. SHOW EY 6% i ATURE at 9:8 -RMINATION AWA , Jan John Hel- ler, Onawa mercha apparently took no chances—on living. Sheriff Grover Rasmussen an - investigation revealed that: at FE British Girl Comes Over to Study Farming " iV ON Ia LEXINGTON, Ky, Jan. 18—Com- ing from England to study scientific farming, Miss Clavia Goodman has entered the College of Agriculture Heller parked his car, removed|gay the University of Kentucky. his coat and false teeth, wmppd( Part owner of farms in Roybron Mmself in a blanket, walked out|county, Ky. Miss Goodman ex- a railroad track and shot him- | pects to assume management of the elf through the head just before |jang soon as her studies 8 a Northwestern train struck Wis|completed. body. | least 18 varieties of color- l;]mdm"m have been recognized. - said ¢ S e ee California’s Nauve Daughters of the Golden West are compiling a record of all pioneers whe entered the state by covered wagon or gail- ing ship. ——————— Fmplrv cl assifieds pay. Do Your Colds Hangonandon? To'Help END a:Cold quicker VICKS VAPORUS or the known kinds 15 species, are na- Nearly half of wild gra tive to Tex: Do You Ca'l'ch Cold Eosllq of the Plan #n each Vicks For Prompt, Safe, Efficien: PHONE Service CALL A CHECEKER CAB FRESH TENAKEE CRABS ' EVERY MONDAY " California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephene 476 Prompt Delivery :y/‘ J.C.Michaelson 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 “Mary of Scotland” As a paid-ap subscriber of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering. Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE