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The Show Place of Juneau \ ¥ F ¢ Dick Powell Joan Blondell Warren William Frank McHugh STUDENTSTO HOLD CONCERT THIS EVENING New Program Is Scheduled *Many Attend Last Night's Event Marked by notable selections by the Boys’ Glee Club and by the band, the spring concert of the Juneau school music departments was presented before an apprecia- tive audience last night in the Ju- neau High School Gymnasium, with Miss Ruth Coffin, Miss Helen Par- ONE MAN WHO LOVED HER SAID: +.) “No man who kisses you once will ever be content” (CAPITOL THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SUN. MON. Midnight Pre Tonight Matiree Sunday—2 P.M. TUES. W JOAN CRAWFORD ROBERT TAYLOR Lionel. BARRYMORE Fran ot TONE Melvyfi DOUGLAS James STEWART iN Clarence Brown’s PRODUCTION An M.G-M PICTURE Alias St. Nick Daily Alaska Empire News LAST TIME3 TONIGHT " STAGE STRUCK rott, and Mr. Byron Miller, direc- tors in charge. The affair, proceeds from which are to be used to assist in sending 31 students to the music festival in Ketchikan next week, assembled a large audience. In view of the en- thusiasm expressed at the initial concert, an even larger audience is expected tonight when a different program is to be presented by the music groups. Among outstanding numbers on tonight’s program are the “William Tell Overture” by the band, and “Stars of the Summer Night” by the A Capella Choir. One of the most popular selec- tions of last evening was “The Drum,” sung by members of the Boys’ Glee Club, who also were outstanding in presentation of | “Sleepest Thou Still.” “Day is Dy- ing in the West” was an outstand-| DO YOU KNOW? RAY DIESEL and FUEL OIL BURNERS are leaders throughout the WORLD. SEE THE NEW AUTOMATIC DIESEL 1937 FULL BURNER FOR HOMES AT Rice & Ahlers Company The First National Bank TUNEAU CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$75.000 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 29, Paid on Savings Accounts “We vote to hear two evenings of good music at the Festival Concerts.” BOOKKEEP{NG SE RVI CE A y TRAINED ACCOUNTANTS Tax and System Service JAMES C. COOPER COMPANY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Phone 182 Juneau, Alaska 205 Seward “See you at the Music Festival Concerts.” | ALSO GORGEOUSHUSSY HAS QUINTET OF i {Romance of Jackson Era Shows Miss Crawford as Inn-Keeper's Daughter Five distinguished actors of pe- culiarly contrasting characteristics four of them lovers, were re: quired to imp nate the men who |figured in the life of glamorous O'Neal in “The Gorgeous which opens an engagement |of three days nt the Capitol The- ‘L\(“ Sunday. Joan Crawford, in the title role of this historical romance from Metro- Gold r, por ly daughter of a Washington tav- ern keeper during the administra- tion of President Andrew Jackson. Jackson himself, shielded her from vage attacks of Washington society. War, eventually married her, but jher first love was for “Bow” Timber- (lake, the gay young naval officer ‘who married her and sailed away to be killed. John Randolph of Vir- ginia loved her from childhood but lost her, A newspaper man was her friend and loyal aide. President Jackson i$ impersonat- ed by Lionel Barrymore, the veter- an star whose engaging perscnality has captured millions through the years of his brilliant career. Robert Taylor, Hollywood's most lar young star of the cur- , plays the part of Tim- berlake, the dashing seamon who made swift love to Peggy O'Neal and swept her off her feet Franchot portrays Eaton, the suave € 'y of War, who married the little spitfire and was sent away as Ambassador to Spain when Washington revolted against her. | | | Tone Melvyn Douglas portrays the trag- ic Senator from Virginia, John Ran- dolph, who loved the girl more deep-| ly than all the othe: vet lost her when he remained true to his own ideals. James Stewart appears as the Capitol Hill newspaper man, in love with Peggy O'Neal himself, but ve- maining a constant friend long af- " ter he knew the futility of his emo- |ing number sung by the A Cappella Choir. A feature of the even tuba solo by Jack Pomposo,” with th accompaniment. Ou band selections was “Semper Fidelis” and Double Eagle.” The Girls Glee Club sang four numbers, and the orchestra pre- sented five selections by Tschaikow- sky in addition to Kamenoi Os- trow and Bayaderes. The selected students who are to aitend the music festival in Ket- chikan n week, leave aboard the Alaska on Monday. Six addi- tional students, bringing the total| to 31, were announced last night by Mr. Miller, and include: Mar-| garet Harris, Peter Warner, Althea Rands, Phillip Harland, Catherine Campbell, and John Krugness. e, “Solo playing sse, band The Trouper,” “Under the | | “Alaska” by Lester D. Henderson. NOTICE TO PAx SCHOOL TAX ‘ All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years, who are not iect Will be, “The Proposed Change | “sailors in the United States Navy| or Revenue Cutter Service, volun-| teer firemen, paupers or insane per- sons,” are required to pay an annual| School Tax of $5. This tax is due and payable after | Monday in April and shalli be paid before May 1, providing you date; if not, the tax is due within| 30 days after your arrival in Alaska | or within 10 days after written or oral demand is made upon you by the School Tax Collector. Taxes not paid in accordance with the fore- going requirements shall become de- linquent, and each person delin- quent shall be subject to a fine of $2. All persons subject to, and refus- ing or neglecting to pay said tax, are subject to a fine of $25 or im- prisonment in jail for a period of one month. A. W. HENNING, City Clerk, School Tax Collector adv. for Juneau. Ciguri Cigarettes Candy Cards THE NEW ARCTIC Pabst Famous Draught Beer On Tap “JIMMY" CARLSON tion. | “The Gorgeous Hussy” is the first with As four the romantic leading travern-keeper's men. daughter, inding among Miss Crawford makes good use of |tion of a . . NORLITEMEN " ARE TO MEET Special, Interesting Pro- gram Has Been Arrang- ed for Affair A Norlitemen dinner will be held next Tuesday evening at €:30 o'- clock at the Northern Light Presby- terian Church. An interesting program has been arranged for the occasion. H. L. Faulkner will give a talk. His sub- in the Supreme Court.” George Schmitz will sing a group of tenor solos. The Rev. John A. Glasse will be astmaster. Any men in the community inter- ested in attending will be welcome tos |but are requested to telephone their| are in the Territory on said first|'eServations to 373, by Monday night| at the latest, >oe - — DART DUE TOMORROW The -M.S. Dart, now on new sched- ule, is due to arrive back in Ju- neau from Petersburg, Chatham Strait and way ports tomorrow af- ternoon. The motorship will sail again for Petersburg at 7 a.m. Wed- nesday. HARRY RACK, Druggist “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” YOUR EYES are your most priceless possession. Only One Pair to Last a Lifetime If you suffer from headaches, blurred vision, visual dis- comfort, have them exam- ined for refractive errors, old sight (presbyopia) Or possible muscular imbalances. Call Today for an Apyolntmem! Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry Shop Phone 331 rrrrrrrrrrrrcrrend STAR MEN LEADS the love- | John Eaton, Secretary of | SATURIr)AYW APRIL 17 Blue Fox Skins Seatile Auction Eight Hundred Skins Are Sold — Other Offerings Go at Average Prices SEATTLE, April 17. — Blue fox kins were in big demand at the |second consecutive monthly auction [of the Seattle Fur Exchange and it is announced that buyers took 90 percent of the fine skins offered Jat top prices of $65 to $90 for Aleu- |tian ones and twos, $60 for Alas- kan and Arctics. Northwestern |(ranched brought $17, minimum, un- {changed from March. Blue fox offerings were 800 skins. Red Fox declined slightly. Sev= fenty-two pelts of red fox were of- fered and went for $10 to $20. ,White fox, 725 pelts, went for §14 to $30. Eighty-two hundred mink were |offered at $8 to $30. | Muskrats went for $1.10 to $1.70; silver fox, $15 to $140; lynx, $24 to $34; marten, twenty-three hundred P $16 to $70; otter, $16 to $22; | badger, $4 to $18; beaver, $4 to wolves, $4 to $12; ermine, 60 1s to $1.60; cross fox, $25 to $75. 'TRINITY GUILD TO | HOLD RUMMAGE SALE elts Members of the met in regular session when final preparations we for the presentation of “A Mid- summer Night's Dream,” to |shown at the Coliseum tomorrow {and Monday. | Discussion was also held on the rummage sale of April 28, for which {all membeers are to donate clothing and hol hold articles. Among those in charge of the affair are Mrs. John Jones, Mrs. Frank A. Boyle, |Mrs, Mary Crewson, Mrs. Harry Lea, Mrs. Maurice Reaber and Mrs |C. E. Rice. All who have donations are asked to telephone Mrs. C. E {Rice Trinity Guild yesierday made (Advertisement) | SEALED BIDS will be received at [the office of E. D. WEBB, CITY CLERK, SEWARD, ALASKA, not later than 8:00 pm. on June 7, g was the picture to provide a reigning star 1937, and then publicly opened and |read for furnishing all labor and material nect MUNICIPAL DIESEL ELEC- TRIC PLANT AND DISTRIBU- TION SYSTEM FOR THE TOWN OF SEWARD, ALAS- BA Glago; |in accordance with plans and spec |fications on file in the office of E. D. WEBB, CITY CLERK, SEWARD, ALASKA or the ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS, ARC- TIC BLDG., SEATTLE, WASHING- TON where they may be examined ,and copies obtained. A deposit of $10.00 will be required to insure the safe return of plans and specifica- tions, this amount to be refunded !when they are returned. All b | | furnished by a Surety Company au thorized to do business in Alaska, for five (5% ) percent of the amount {bid. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into a contract and furnish satisfactory performance bond within the time stated in the proposal, the deposit shall be for- feited as liquidated damages. The successful bidder shall be re- quired to file a performance bond in the full amount of the contract price, which bond shall be furnished by a Surety Company acceptable to the Public Works Administration. the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids for 60 days. This project is being financed in part with funds provided by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and shall be con- structed under rules and regulations of the Public Works Administration as approved by the Administration, by executive orders of the President, and as amended for Alaska. ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THE FACT that no less than the minimum wage rates as shown in the Construction Regulations in- cluded in the contract must be paid on this project. If any person contemplating sub- mitting a bid for the proposed con- tract is in doubt as to the meaning of any part of the plans and speci- fications, or other contract docu- ‘mems, he may submit to the CITY {ENGINEER, SEWARD, ALASKA a written request for an interpreta- tion thereof. The person submitting the request will be responsible for its prompt delivery. Any interpreta- tions of the proposed documents will be made only by addendum duly issued and a copy of such addendum will be mailed or delivered to each person receiving a set of such docu- ments. The TOWN OF SEWARD, ALASKA will not be responsible for any other explanations or interpre- tations of the proposed documents. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any infor- mality in the bids received. There is gvailable the sum of ahout $90,000 for this project. TOWN OF SEWARD, By E. D. WEBB, City Clerk. First publication April 10, 1937. Second Publication April 17, 1937 sary for the construc- | shall be accompanied by | cash, certified check or a bid bond, | No bid may be withdrawn, after! “DREAM” OPENS ' in Good Demand, HERE TOMORROW { AT COLISEUM Shakespeari;fi élay toHave Two-Day Showing Here— Trinity Guild, Sponsor The super production of Shakes- peare’s comedy, “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” comes to the Coli- seum for Sunday and Monday nights, opening with a Sunday mat- ince The production handled here under the sponsorship of the Trinity Guild of Holy Trinity Ca- thedral. Max Reinhardt, long acknow- ledged to be Europe’s greatest stage producer, consented to present spectacle in film form after it had met with tremendous success at {the Hollywood Bowl and in San Francisco. James Cagney heads the all star |cast with Joe E. Brown, Hugh Herbert, Frank McHugh, Otis Har- lan, Dewey Robinson and Arthur Treacher playing with him as the artisan mummers who present a play before the Duke of Athens on the occasion of his wedding to the Queen of the Amazons. The leading romantic roles are played by Dick Powell, Jean Muir, Ross Alexander and Olivia de Hav- iland, whose mixed up love affairs lead to some strange pranks by the elf of mischief, Puck, portrayed by Mickey Rooney. Others include Victor Jory, Ver- ree Teasdale, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Hobart Cavanaugh and Grant Mitchell. of beautiful dancing girls in the fairy spectacles, the dances being created and di- rected by the two famous European hallerinas, Bronislawa Nijinska and Nina Theilade. The spectacle is set to the beau- tiful music by Mendelssohn, ang- ed by the noted Viennese composer, Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The play was arranged by Charles Kenyon nd Mary McCall, Jr., and directed by Max Reinbardt in assoclation with William Dieterle. B bl TR R BUSINESS AND PROFES WOMEN'S CLUB {Will hold a social meeting at the Juneau Ice Cream Parlors Monday evening at 6:30. adv, ONAL LOOSE PLATES RELINED AT HOME VERY SIMPLE TO APPLY One of the Many Letters Received: After using “"Line-it”” three months ago, 1have found that my plates are easicr to. clean and T have no need for pow- lers.Italsoleaves my mouth cooler. one who has trouble with loose A\ plates and a sore mouth will great- ly profic by applying “'Lineat” to their pia incerely yours, 1. D. Not a Plate Powder LINE-IT CO. 2053 MERIDIAN STREET SOUTH PASADENA, CALIF, POST-PAID $1.00 For Every Purse and Every Purpose PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. PHONE 412 S N e ) ; - Juneau Radio Service For Your RADIO Troubles 122 Second St.—Next door to San Francisco bukery THE BEST TAP BEER IN TOWNI THE MINERS' Recreation Farlors @ BILL. DOUGLAS his} SUNDAY MONDAY SPECIAL MATINEE THEATRE SUNDAY—2 P. M. THE LADIES’ GUILD OF THE EPISCOPAL TRINITY CHURCH PRESENT CENTURIES IN THE MAKING! An immortal’ literary clas- sic becomes a screen triumph of the ages! Max Reinhardt’'s By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Music by FELIX MENDELSSOHN with JAMES CACGNEY JOE. E BROWN DICK POWELL JEAN MUIR VICTOR JORY | By oy and others . A Warner Bros. Prod. | | DON'T FORGET SPECIAL MATINEE SUNDAY 2P.M. Last Times Today: “FOR THE SERVICE” “Adventures of Flash Gordon” ALSO Hill Tillies Great Humpty Dumpty is to be brought up before the or- CHAP! EI"AD lEs w"‘[‘ ganization, and all members of the MEET WEDNESDAY!ChapeILBdles are requested to be present. ——————— o Mrs. Tom Bereksten will be hostess to the Chapeladies at 7:30 o'clock SHRINE DANCE 3 Wednesday evening, when members| Last of the Season. Invitational, will assemble at her home for the Masonic Temple. Dancing 10 oclock regular gathering. |sharp. Go to School Concert first. A matter of community interest adv. HHHHHHHIHHHH R GET THAT S$10! GET THOSE DESIGNS READY ———— ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT TO DESIGN A LABEL FOR GLOVER’S OVENIZED POTATO CHIPS! Contest Closes April 21 ASK 0. K. HOW MAY I WIN $10? 0. K. LUNCH MRS. GLOVER PHONE 324 il

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