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STARTING TONIGHT EXTRA! EXTRA! See Eye Witness Pictures of HINDENBURG CRASH! UNITED FOR THE FIRST ....INA SMASHINE TRIUMPH of TRAGEDY .. AND ROMANCE! BEST SELLER “PORTRAIT of A REBEL” ALSO SWEETHEARTS AND FLOWERS DAILY ALASKA 'MPIRE’S NEWS three some ' of vibly persons, burned Hindenhurg Crash Survivors Battle Injuries to Live Grim Aftermath of Awe- Inspiring Disaster Depict- ed in Empire News Reel ill-fated ed port to ho: Many bers the crew are pl lances for trar over the region. of every known remedy in p bring relief for their ship. The twisted, usele mass of fTutilated passengers and mem-' Hindenberg’s in speedy ambu- D itals an Crowd attending. Five Juneau Elks SUrvivor: are in critical condition, and doctors Several persons make mif-| aculous escapes from the burning! dirigible hulk lies a | smoke- THE DAILY HEPBURN FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM IN CAPITOL DRAMA Herbert Marshall Opposite Star i Indictment of | Victorian Prejudices ‘ e | Bringing together for the first time two of the screen’s top-flight| Katharine Hepburn and Marshall-RKO Radio to-| the Capitol Theatre, will pressit “A Woman Rebels,” a 1 ing drama of a young romantic idealist in search of freedom and in- dependence as against the resirict- influences of the era into | |which she had been born | | In contr the freedom en-| joyed by the modern young weman, | the story presetns a romantic and tragic tale of an intelligent young| girl who dares to demand 2| choose her own husband, that be permitted to emerge from home unchaperoned and that she go to work, a thing which no lady had| heretofore done Fog-enshrouded London, rural English estates and the Italian Riveria furnish the backzround for the resultant dra-| m i stars Herbert night, at ing to Fl in da i Also in the cast is Doris dynamic young Broadway actress, fresh from her triumph in the legi- timate theatre important roles are enacted by abeth Allen, Donald Crisp and David Manner A Woman Rebels” was adé nthony Veiller and Ernast V rom the novel, “Porirait of by Netta Syrett, Brit er. and was directed by Mark drich. D PETERSBURG NEWS NOTES Dudley 'TERSBURG, Alaska 14 »ecial Correspondence) The Seattle Chamber of Commerce Good Will Tour arrived in Petersburg Monday evening aboard the Aleu- tian. After being welcomed at the dock by local members of the Pet- ersburg Chamber of Commerce and townspeople they were entertained with a dance at the gymnasium and during the evening a delicious crab and shrimp buffet supper was served. Juue Saturday afternoon the Barring- ton Transportation Company River Boat Hazel B. No. 2 arrived from Wrangell with sixty-five members of the Wrangell Elks and friends to hold initiation ceremonies. At 6:30 o'clock the visitors were enter- tained at the Bills Club with a buf- fet supper. After supper initiation was held at the Sons of Norway Hall. Candidates were: Messrs. Sam 7 |Gauffin, Carrol Clausen, George ¢ them hof- Finholm of Petersburg and William \Darsch of Wrangell. Following this a barn dance was held at Johnny Sales’ Inn which proved very popular with the large isited Petersburg for the celebra- tion. ef- suf.| Otto Welde, well known Peters- | burg carpenter passed away June 10 at the Veterans' Hospital in Port-, land, Oregon. He was buried in the Veterans’ Cemete at Portland. | A. G. Ketcham, accompanied by ko ' Flowers Qverflow Church at Harlow Funeral Rushed te a hospital when her illness of a week became suddenly acute, Jean Harlow, platinum blonde film actress, recently died in Les Angeles at the age of 26, gall-bladder infection, was the cause of de the actress in an oxygen tent, used an inh bleod transfusions i pose. 1937 ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, win at Glen- This ce funeral of J an Harlow, screen actress, in Forest L { many of them were set up cutside the Wee Kirk O Heather where the services were held. picture shows the flowers outside the Church. “PEARL DIVERS GO ON STRIKE, ' COLISEUM FILM Fugitive’s South Sea Eden Shattered by Man He Saved © S¢ NUILercus {| Lovers of primiuive melodrama |bave a treat in store L night when “Isle of Fur brilliant Warner Bros. picturt of Somerset Maugham’s romance of the South Seas, “Three in Eden” opens at the Coliscum Theatre The hero of the thrilling story is Val Stevens, a man of primitive instincts and a refugee from the clutches of the law, who has buiit up a profitable pearl fishery on a' remote Pacific Island—but is com- pelled to do battle for his beauti- ful young bride, against a polished man of the world, Eric Blake, | whom he has rescued from a ship-' wreck and brought into his home as a friend | i The role of Val Stevens is played i lby Humphrey Bogart, remembered | i 1un his outstanding performance of | Ithe killer in “The Petrified For-| | Others in the cast besides the principles—Humphrey Bogart, Mar-| garet Lindsay and Donald Woo are George Regas, Sidney Bracy, Tetsue Komai, Housely Stevenson and Frank Lackteen. Frank Mc- \Donald directed. | il BARBERS i |Union meeting, Wednesday the 16ti, — |at 8 o'clock p.m. at Heller's Barber ‘Shup, FRANK HELLER, . Secretar, ng from 2 Physicians placed Uremie poisoning, resul th. tor, and gave her iwo a vain attempt to a from the ded death. Miss Harlow is pictured in a ouse he ur coma that pre Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations Alaska Alr ‘Transport. |many other ilustrations of the ar: Bod TARTING TODAY S St S THEATRE LOVE FINDS | HAPPINESS--- -.-IN AN ISLAND HIDEAWAY!! - BANISHED SOULS, SEEKING FREE- DOM AND LOVE IN A BATTLE FOR EX- ISTANCE---Based on a novel bv Somerset Maugham of MARGARET LINDSAY A" HUMPHREY BOGART DONALD WOODS ALSO Oh, Duchess Hill Billy Love Going Places College Capers News A Warner Anchorage, Alaska, May 17, 1937, Notice is hereby given that An« tone E. Peterson, entryman, to- gether with his witnesses Fred, Pet~ erson and Frank A. Olson, all of Juneau, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead entry An- chorage 07982, for Forest List 8-136, H.E.S. No. 236, located on the shore of Auke Bay, containing 24.11 acres. Latitude 58 degrees 20'40” N. Longi= tude 134 degrees 38'30” W. It is now in the files of the District Land Of= fice, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the district land office within the period of publi- cation or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued. GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. Date first publication May 26, 1937, Date last publication July 21, 1937, NENANA P. M. | CONFIRMED WASHINGTON, June 16. — The| Senate has confirmed the nomina- tion of Alice E. Gurtler as Post- mistress ot Nenana, Alaska. D y Recovered, Spokane River SPOKANE, Wasn, June 16— Sheriff officers report the recovery from Spokane River of the body of | Herman Snyder of Portland, who | was accidentally drowned ten days ago when he attempted a canoe trip from Spokane to Portland. TONIGHT Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. ash and ‘grim af- Hindenburg disz The flaming termath of the is an awe-inspiring feature of the issue of the Daily Alaska Empire- Universal New shown at the C Thirty-five persons die and scores of others are injured as the mighty dirigiblé explodes three hundred feet Reel now being ol Theatre. blackened girders upon the field at njs wife, were Petersburg visitors | Lakehurst, New Jeersey, where the wednesday last while the North-| ship might have landed all safe had western was in port, Mr. Ketcham ! tragedy spared her a little more operated a machine shop in Peters- | time. Offi of the United States Navy examine the wreck, prepar- ing for their investigation. Ambu- | lances in a long line carry surviv-ison Forrest Jr. left on the Yukon| ors to hospi where doctors will ‘Monday for Seattle. Mr. Fryer will! fight for lives. Meanwhile,(attend the Masonic Grand Lodge | the Department of Commerce opens [convention in Tacoma, Wash. its inquiry into the cause of the - Forrest Fryer, accompanied by his {Movie Comedian Denies |ticles it contains. | George B. Peity’s st |hunt, in which the st tells getting the gest moose trophy Itaken out of Al last year, featured with many accompanying photographs. ELDS DOES ska is tRobert W. DeArmond of Sitka, tells Civil War in Alaska by the Confed- erate cruiser Shenendoah, two of the firing of the last shots of the| cver the landing field at the end of her first voyage of the season from Europe. A terrific burst of flames cngulfs the stern of the ship and spreads with the rapidity of light- ning to the bow. The inferno of hydrogen gas cremates all beings in its path, as the twisted skeleton of the airship set- tles quickly to the ground. Rescue crews brave death to save sixty- to be given Wednesday, June honor of visiting and bows. All Eastern s, Masons and wives, and are requested to make ervations early. Call 4132 or Dinner Temple, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables HOME GROWN RADISHES, ONIONS and FRESH LOCAL EGGS DAILY California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephone 478 Prompt Delivery TAILOR MADE SUITS from $55 ALL HAND WORK SHOP FROM OUR NEW PATTERNS BEFORE JULY 4! SAM THE TAILOR PHONE 642 SAM SHABALDAK at Masonic 23, local Rain-| Stars and hus- 6801. adv. disaster, Miss Mpyrtle Cornelius, manager | of the Cornelius Mercantile Com- | pany left on the Northwestern for| Seattle on a combined pleasure and | {business trip. Mrs. Thure Swanson | is in charge of the store during Miss Cornelius’ absence. Charges in Sui tBrought by Doctor RIVERSIDE, Cal, June {Bulb nosed W. C. Fields. | cemedian, roared a denial to charg |that -he drank two qua whis- a day. Nonsene, it is a lie,” the n shouted to statements of D: |Jesse Citron, that the actor’s ex |(-1’ssi\'o drinking made his hospit se hard to handle. 'Why I never drank two quart in De- e Mrs. Dorothy Stensland who re- cently underwent an operation at the Petersburg hospital is returning | , to her home in Wrangell on the Mount McKinley. come- = al| The Campbell Church yacht West- | :Brd r’:r‘f“"’d ] Pel,e"‘“b;r%h Sull | 4ay even in the good old days and | ay atter @ cruise around this vi- n0% 3G later B e eboard are J. P. Halls MI.|gefending himself against Dr i g Hopkdns, Mrs. B T ron's $12,000 suit for medical fee 2 s "| Dr. Citron said the fee was ers who will board the Mount Me-|riyeq gt on the bass of one twel gl f;’ukse‘";,'f' ,’“‘l‘”‘g 8r-|of Pields' annual income. He FiTd op Lhe XHaeC ‘Maz 3L [fied the comedian earned $144.000 {annually and has accumulated al | surplus of $700,000. | | PICNIC TO BE HELD e \ BY MARTHA SOCIETY |PICTORIAL EDITION OF| AT REISCHLS’ HOME| AL ASKA SPORTSMAN| At the home of Mrs, Ralph |REACHES NEWSSTANDS! Reischl on the Fritz Cove Road,| members and guests of the Martha | ten full pe of Alaska| Society will assemble for a picnic|pictures and a cover showing af meeting on Friday, marking the|scene on a vessel steaming along last gathering of the organizationjAluskAm mountain-sheltered |until next September. [the All-Alaska Pictorial edition of}, | Cars will leave the Northern|the Alaska Sportsman, the most {L.igh: Presbyterian Church at 11 ambitious effort of the young mag-| la. m. |azine to date, appeared on the news; Mrs. Ray Peterman, President, |stands today. | will assist with arrangements for| The July number is the largest the affair, which is to be a no-|issued and in addition to the host gathering. lrull pages of pictures it conta Cit- | | fth | With ] seas, | s months land. {in | many | ALASKA’S after the war was over on 3 of rl N. Ob “The Future of Fur Ranching,” another interesting article. C e fish and animals are fea- tured in the pictures, but the g also mining scenes, scenic shc photos showing phases laska industries, oo — WORTH IS SHOWN UP IN PORT’S YEAR BOOK Horace P. Chapman, Seattle grain dealer, and S tary of the Seattle Port Commission, who is now ac- companying the Seattle Chamber of Commerce cruise, brought along a few of the Port of ttle’s 1937 Year Books, just coming off the press when the cruise party left Se- attle. The book, of | excellently printed, contains a mine of valuable ma- terial relative to the activities of the $13,000,000 terminal facilitles of the Port of Scattle, and also to the Northwest in general. The export tables graphically show the huge and widely varied shipments from the Port to Alaska; the Port’s ware! Pier 40 in Seattle are the large fration warehouses for mon in the world. Betw n 2,000~ 1000 and 4,000,000 cases are handled niannually at this great storage and| distributing terminal, er of Petersburg (L‘l]si |53 of e HEAR FEMMER’S TRANSFER PHONE 114 Call us for all kinds of Trans- ferring, Rock and Gravel Haul- | | ing. We also sell Cement, Coal, | Kindling, Feed, Hay and Fresh Dressed Poultry, D. B. Femmer STANFORD KINGSLEY CLAUNCH America’s famous food authority. He will reveal for the first time to the people of Juneau and vicinity how to cor- rectly feed, rejuvenate and restore health | and youth to the human body. i Rt I B0 “THE REXALL STORE” L - These great new discoveries will be presented right here in Juneau by the man who is astounding America. OTHER LECTURES ON PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOANAL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS 8:15 P. M. 117 Franklin Street, Juneau. Everybody Welcome. ELKS’ TEMPLE Admission Free. Bring Your Friends. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Washing Machines Vacuum Cleaners Flat Irons THEY SATISFY! [ ] Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Tune in on KINY—12:15 noon, 5:45 P.M. THE BEST TAP BEER IN TOWN! THE MINERS' Recreation Parlors BILL DOUGLAS

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