The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 31, 1937, Page 3

IO INJR{ N TONIGHT MR THE A THE SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU Harry Passer and Band—Barnyard Five ALS Daily Alaska Empire News SRRSO OO Conventions Are Headache to Busy Workers in Movies By ROBBIN COONS so interested—can clutter up a set HOLLYWOOD, Cal, May 31. — like a sit-down strike. The young man was in & quandary.| The usual procedure, when stu- He represented an organization dio courtesies are in order, is to holding its national convention in|conduct a bus tour through the lot, Los Angeles. Somebody had sent out | denying the stages to the badze- invitations, and then appointed the wearers. Because the latter want young man as the ‘“entertainment to see movies in the raw, they committee.” rarely are content with this. Nor The invitations had invited con- are they satisfied generally (and a ventioneers specifically (1) to meet hardbitten veteran of many exper- and play with movie stars and (2) jences is my authority) with a to dance with Ginger Rogers. All ]ook-see on a set or two. What they THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1937. NEW FILM TEAM | HEAVY SCORER, CAPITOL DRAMA Romance Reaches Climax as Brother’s Wife Follows | Lover Into Jungles i { “His Brother's Wife” is the title of the picture which came to the Capitol Theatre yesterday with the attract ive o ara Stanw. Caylor. The plsy of human emotions inder tremendcus strain. has sel- jom been more powerfully drawn on the een. Taylor, ncw the most popular| ycung star in Hollywood, appears | in the scle of a venturesome | tist about to embark on an expe-| dition into the pical jungle. On | his final fling in New York he en- counters a red-headed girl and .alls in love with her instantly. He considers quitting the pro- posed expedition but his brother, played by John Eldredge, persuades him to carry on. In her bitter reaction of anger and disappoint- ment the girl marries the brother |at home. This is the situation to| | which the young explorer returns.| Her love for him is just as reck-| less and they go back into the| jungle together, renouncing th e world. - HENEY FAMILY HEADS TOURIST | Scene from Coronation WINSOME MISS, Y b CROONER, SING, PIRATE COMEDY Songs Especially Composed for Sybil Jason and | l:l‘(‘d La\Nl'(‘H«'l‘ | | Music tailored to measure. Such of the music depart- major studio. songs for the Wa the were ome is the work written | and Jack Scholl, the Warr Bros. mu staff. | e two SC writers had many scesions with Sybil Jason and Fred Lawr bofera putting a r They M. K. Je ) spe by of is diffi Scholl a child and for declared Jercme speak as well as wrile to- gether, “We have to know the| exact limits of the child's vocal | range. And the words must be| unscphisticated, and yet not too, sery, or rhymish. But after we| w how Sybil Jason handled flk" rongs we wrote for her in ‘Chang- | ing of the Guard’ we felt inspired ing something special for | e Captains’ Kid' “We had a far different problem' with the picture's other song. Fred Lawrence new to pictu but | he has won much popularity as a| | different sort of radio crooner. So| | we wrote ‘Drifting Along,’' taking | fullest advantage of his special | menner of crooning. | “The Captain’s Kid” combines rollicking comedy with dynamic thrills, pathos and romance, and is \live by catchy airs.” Besides il and Lawrence, the cast in- | udes May Robson, cult, who is LAST TIMES TONIGHT ROARING! ey SO Al Twin Triplets Turkey Dinner Foothall Flashes News Guy Kibbee, | LIST, MKINLEY § Byarn, Dick Purcell, Mary the young man had to do was (1) to assemble movie stars for the con- seem to want is to ogle a Dietrich love scene or one of Garbo's inti- ventioneers to meet and play with mate moments. and (2) to get Ginger Rogers. Diplomacy Called For Now movie stars are notoriously | mgjling to achieve:this, not a few not fond of meeting and playing | wonventioneers have left the with strangers, and Miss ROBC™S. gjos jn a pout. On one occasion, after dancing all day with Fred ywyen giplomacy dictated some sort Astaire, might be justified in turn- or eoncession, a studio assembled ing down an invitation to dance geyers) stars for lunch in its din- with several hundred howling, rip- jng room, had Al Jolson and other snorting convention visitor: entertainers perform, and thought The last I saw of the young man js gyests would be happy. But they he was still in a quandary didn’t get on the sound stages Conventions a Problem and some of them spoke their minds Hollywood (meaning the movie ghout that. That's how frying to studios) is not so fond of conven- pe nice makes enemies. tions as it might be. It deals vith For “important” organizations them as tactfully and considerate- which can pull strings, exceptions ly as expediency permits, but it are made, and the studio resigns more frequently turns thumbs jtself to being over-run a day or down cold.. Conyention delegateés two. But Hollywood ‘makes no ex- themselves, with a little reflection, ceptions — officially at least—for weuld understand why this is so. gne rule..It will not, emphatically Making pictures is an industry, not, supply feminine beauty to con- and two or three hundred visitors al yention parties. a time—each goggle-eyed and, oh, - eee —— MAN’S HEART SKIPS BEATS_DUE TO GAS of .Jack Wade Dredging Company will be held Tuesday, June 8th, in W. L. Adams was bloated so with Dawson Yukon Territory, Canada. gas that his heart often missed (signed) CHARLES A. WHITNEY, beats after eating. Adlerika rid him adv. Secretary of all gas, and now he eats any- —_—— .t — thing and feels fine. 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LOW FARES on completely air-con- ditioned trains! Here are examples of our bargain East-thru-California summer roundtrips, on sale until Oct. 15, from Seattle or Vancouver to: First Class Tourist Coach CHICAGO..... #8600 ¢68.80 #57.35 NEW YORK 13450 101.20* 89.75 *Coach between Chicago and New York. Por folders, reservations, additional information, write to B. C. TAYLOR, Gen. Agt., 1405 4th Ave., Seattle, Wash.; or C. G. ALTON, Canadian Gen. Agt., 619 Howe St., Vancouver, B.C.; or J. A.ORMANDY, Gen. Pass. Agt., 622 Pacific Bldg., Portland, Ore. Southern Pacific e Angeles. Piay at beaches on the sun-warmed Pacific. . |ever saw.” Lynn H. McCurdy is also {Fifty -seven Roundtrippers in Early Seasons | Largest Group ; | Among the 57 tourlsts making the | reundlrip to Southeast Alaska ports | aboard the steamer Mcuat McEin- | {ley are Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Heney | Mr, aud Mrz. P. A. Heney, Jr., and | |tiny Mi-r. Baibara Ann Heney. The _ |older Mr. Heney is the brother of |the late Michael J. Heney, famous | | builder cf the White Pass Route and ; |the “fron Trail” the Copper River land Northwestern Railway. Mr. P. A, Heney and his son are interested in the mining develop- ment ncar here at Windham B: {but Mr. Heney, Jr., stated that the present voyage north is primarily just a pleasure trip and was ranged to celebrate the birth of nine-months-old daughter Barbara {Ann | Other tourists aboard the McKin- daughter of the late J. D, Coleman and Mrs. Coleman, who is makinz her first summer cruise to Alaska land geeatly enjoying her voyage. “Cutest Thing” Another of the young lady tour- ists is Miss Helen Bryant, whom other passengers aboard the steamer described as “the cutest thing you making his first Alaskan cruise. He is an industrial refrigeration en- gineer, connected with the York Re- frigerator Company, of York Penn- sylvania. Mr. McCurdy declared his {voyage to be for no other reason than pleasure, “Even though I un- derstand that Alaska does use quite a few electric refrigerators, in spite of her famed glaciers.” Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Farrell are tourisis from Beverly Hills, Califor- viiere he is in the insurance ss, while two other vacation- ers are Miss Gladys and Miss Eva- lyne Walden, from Glendale, Cali- fornia. Winnei of ghe grand prize Friday evening in the ship’s “Amateur Hour” was Mrs. L. C. Brazleton, who, with her husband, is catching a first glimpse of Alaska. Awarded, as Chief Steward and Master of Ceremonies Herb Walters put it, ley are: Miss Patricia Coleman, pop-|, ular member of Seattle’s younger set|, {Treen and Gus Shy. £ - IR SERVICE BILL KILLED | Shuttle Service to Connect with Juneau-Fairbanks Dies, Conference First actual pictures of the coronation were flown to America by Dick Merrill in his epochal round-trip transatlantic hop to London and re turn. This is one of them, and shows wearing the imperial crown and carrying orb and scepter, walking to the West door of Westminster Abbey, to be driven in state to Bucking- ham Palace. Mrs. Bra- a yard- fire” 1t of by the y avow service under zleton was the recipi «croll, de which to one. For entitled free of ct trip from Juneau Mendenhall Glacier aboard the Farthest North Gray Lines bus. Most of the tour- ist passengers aboard the ship made the Mendenhall trip while the Mc- Kinley was in port here Saturday morning. The dramatic reading which took first prize for Mrs. Brazleton wa admitted by competent observers to be comparable to the work of Ruth Raeber. to ‘Minute Pool” Winuer of the “minute pool” to name the time of the ship’s north- bound arrival at Ketchikan on the McKinley's current voyage was John Mulkey. Other roundtrip passenzer aboard the Mount McKinley L. W. Rowles, Len: son, N and Mrs. D. W. it bell, M. L. Clark, K. Cornwell, Mrs Ellen Cornwell, Miss Burtice Cross, Miss Lois Fentress, D. H. Fickling Miss Edith Grigg, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hall, Mrs. R. R. Hagelbarger. Miss Mary E. Kelly, Mrs. G. Knoll, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Lewis, Miss Sar- ah Mae Isaac, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. McDonaid, Miss Laura Mensel, Miss Dorothy Muesel, Miss Menonah Niles, Miss Anna Peukert, Mr. and A Cand ] Australia’s Sir Hubert Wil- kins, planning another sub- marine dash to the Arctic, fore- sees “spiritual gain” in getting data for long-range weather forecasts, “We haven't begun to touch the economic possibilities of the polar regions,” he says. id Talk: “Long-range forecasting would help human comfort. When I was a boy in Australia, saw hundreds of thousands of cattle perish in drought. Every- body was ruined. Had we known at was coming, we could have ~en precautions, .., WILKINS, ‘Not The Explorer Type,’ Seeks Spiritual Gain With Submarine The mail Ig | Beward item for the proposed service for Cordova, Valdez | rge VI after his coronation and Anchorage, to connect | :l'()ull‘ at Tanacre ate i lost in conference | Dr This amount of $72, and Mrs salisbury, Elizabeth Miss Post o Ibeen included in the ite Zelda Timm, Willlam C. Uh-|FOute service in Alaska” Mrs, George F. White, brought the total of “the estimate | Robert Yeager, Miss 10 $250,000 which was the figure and E. V. Zed- contained in the bill when it passed {the Senate | i Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di-| mond had strongly urged the inclu- sion of this item when the bill was 99! being formed in the House subcom- | to Replace “Slum Gums” | nyitice on Appropriations, but the | s ' |subcommittee had refused to accept | WASHINGTON, May 24. — The|it. Later, when the bill was read army wants Congress to give it mod- for amendment on the floor of the | ern rolling kitchens in place of the|House, the Delegate proposed an| slum gums” of World War days. |amendment to increase the esti-| Stew was about the only dish \hl-‘mam for star route service in the! slum could produce, officers explain. Territory from $207,245, which the Furthermore, the officers them-| House subcommittee had approved, | selves nave a complaint. The slum|to $280.000 and thus provide for this gum burned wood, and sent up a|service to augment the Juneau- smoke that had a fatal attraction|Fairbanks route and make its bene- for enemy guns. The modern field | fits available to the towns mén- kitchens bur soling tioned, However, the House rejected NEIEED GO S '}lh(‘ 1:cendment. When the Delegate . y land others interested in the pro- Car Thieves Heaven |posed service appeared before the :smntv subcommittee in charge of the bill, it was amended to include the additional service. When the bill was sent to confer- ience, after passing the Senate, the item was one of those reduced in the compromises effected to work out the differences between the House and the Senate on the bill.| When the conference report on the | Ryan 2 5, which had Mr. and and Mrs, Zobelein, Mr. Zemul dies. e —— Rolling Kitchens Sought ARKANSAS CITY, Kas. — Police are beginning to ha an idea why s0 many automobiles are stolen here. In a brief check over three down- town blocks, they found keys that trusting motorists had left in the igniticns of 22 cars. Today's News Toaay—Empire. “Why the submarine? Well, it’s not possible to occupy one' of our bases in any other way.| No surface boat has ever gotten within 50 miles of it. And be- ) sides it's 90 degrees warmer un-' der the water than in the open 3 “I'm not the explorer type. I don’t go out for adventure. I came to exploring as an econ- omist. When humanity is as- sured of its physical require- ments, then I can see the rapid development of the spiritual pir | B {with the Juneau-Fairbanks air mail | which had been | |inserted in the Post Office Depart- | ment Aopropriation Bill in the Sen- | 'm for “star | ¢ had | Gladys MacKnight, 17-year-old high school girl, and her erstwhile sweetheart, Donald Wightman, shown above, have been found guilty by a jury in Jersey City of second degree murder of the hatchet slay- ing of Mrs. Helen MacKnight, the girl's mother. The state charged the young people killed Mrs. MacKnight when she interferred with a projected tennis match and other liberties of the two. bill was made public on May 3 and | it was learned that the Senate con- New Shp for Jew’ ferees had acceded to the demands of the House conferees, Delegate | MUNICH — Woe to the naxi |Dimond said he was “greatly dis-|Party member who sticks to his appointed” at the outcome. However, | Jewish attorney on the grounds that he commented that the action Of ine 5 familiar with the entire case! {Congress in rejecting this was strik- | i taiat {ingly similar to its rejection of the |SUsPension from the party is sweh |estimate in last year's appropria- (@ member’s fatc, according to “The tion bill when it was sought to pro- | Party Judge,” official organ of the vide for the Juneau-Fairbanks air mnazis' supreme party court. |delivery of mall, but which has been | - approved by both houses of Con-| [ N/ ing FLAVOR / gress this year. He said he expected | to do what he could to make cer- tain “that history repeats itself”| | will prove out in this instance. Widest Main Street VAN ALSTYNE, Tex., — This town boasts the widest Main Street of any municipality of 1,500 in the country. The street, more than 250 feet across, contains a double rail- road track, a railroad station, two large grain elevators, and an oil storage tank. | ELECTRIC SERVICE Expert repairmen for all electrical appliances available at all times. Call us for service on ELECTRIC APPLIANCES RANGES of any make REFRIGERATORS - MOTORS WASHING MACHINES VACUUM CLEANERS PHONE 6-2 RINGS—JUNEAU Alaska Electric Light and Power Company side, , o ™ air,”