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MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1937 GEORGES RETURN SOUTH AFTER VISIT IN JUNEAU Mike George, Matilda, Virginia and Dim George, who have been visit- ing her Gus, Tom and George, in Juneau for the past few weeks, returned to the States on the Mount McKinley Saturday night In Seattle they will join Mr.| George before returning to their| home in Los Angeles. Mr. George, who formerly was a mecrhant in| Juneau, is now retired oo ORRIN KIMBALL E ROUTE TO SEATTLE ONC.G. TALLAPOOSA! Orrin Kimball, associated B. Burford and Company aoard the U.S.C.G. Tallapoosa, Sun- day morning, enroute to Seattle where he will visit for some time with his father. Mr. Kimball will travel to Spokane on a short business trip and is scheduled to return to Juneau in about five weeks. PHILLIPS FUNERAL IS THIS AFTERNOON | Funeral services for Andrew Phil- {lips, who met a tragic death last week in Tyee, have been scheduled {for 5 pm. today in the chapel of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary The Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff willjand a crew of five officiate. Interment is to be held in|snag dragging out of |the Evergreen Cemetery tomorrow.!the lower Stikine. ELECT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE _lflaily Sports Cartoon THE SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU TONIGHT LEADING MAN IS FASHION PLATE, COLISEUMSHOW “God’s Country and Wom- an” Has Beverly Roberts | as Lady Timber Boss COLISEUM NOW SHOWING— 1007, Color | | Mrs and her chil- tdren itri SHE FOUGHT WITH FURY AGAINST MEN WHO RULED WiTH BRAWN sons, Joe JOAN CRAWFORD CLARK GABLE Love ON THE RUN' with & FRANCHOT TONE [ ITSEETHS WITH ACTION In stre by most motion pictures the s is placed upon the gowns worn the leadmg lady, but in “God's Country and the Woman," now howing at the Coliseum Theatre, the leading man is the fashion plate. Beverly Roberts, who has the principal feminine role in this War- with J.[ner Bros. Technicolor production, left|demonstrates what the well dressed lady-timber boss will wear in con=-| vincing fashion; but she has a' chance to wear only one dinner gown and tailored street suit which might appeal to those who llook for a style show when they g0 to a movie. || Latest Fox Movietonews Her outfits fof the Big Tree Country, where most of the stirring|—— - action takes place, consist of over-| Gold mines are often found by alls, slacks, culottes, leather jack-|tracing “float,” or pieces of ore ets and knee-high boots—designed |broken from veins and washed on for practical wear in the woods ra- downstream. tner than for style. e el THE VOGUE .- SNAGGING OPERATIONS = Correctly Styled Clothes For Women - 7wE ORCHIDC MAN HAD A WORL D OF COLOR. GEORGE BREN RUGGED BEVERLY ROBERTS BARTON MacLANE AULINO covLD TAKE IT UNTIL. THE cows caAme x0ing Places—Plane Devils Going Places e e Latest News " “Blue Blazes” “Little Beau Porky” two exhilarating and colorful per- sonalities, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, in a dashing tale of modern | doings by ultra-modern people the ;new picture provides excitement and laughter In an entertainment melange of an heiress, a fortune- hunting nobléman, two American correspondents and a brace of Eu- ropean crooks. As a contract to her recent his- torical role of “The Gorgeous Hus sy” the versatile Miss Crawford this time appears as a distinctly 1936 streamlined-model girl dressed in those dazzling creations that only she can wear so well. She is supposed to be Sally Parker, daugh- ter of an American millionaire be-{ T T sieged by the nobility of the foreign | capitals, and she looks every inch' i BASES; RYAN FIRPO HAD A CLUB-LIKE ROMANCEHAS ITS FLING IN CAPITOL SHOW Gable and Crawford Form Delightful Team in ‘Love on Run’ | | J. W. Sandusky, U. 8. Engineer, men, are now Wrangell —MOS7 FORE/GA IMPORTATIONS AL SOMETHING TO OFFER ~~+ BUT WHAT DOES THE GABBY WELS?HMAN HAVE" . E i 101 SEWARD ST. in | { i\ Romance runs rampant, adven- il ture has its fling and love conquers, all in the delightful new M-G-M comedy melodrama. “Love on the Run,” which is the feature at the Capitol Theatre. Teaming those X Righta Reverved by GENERAL These 2 Pitchers - Had Very Busy Day Sport Slants A GER” { MISSION YACHT “"MESSEN! 4‘ better than a heavyweight | o . o : | TOPEKA, Kas. Aug. 16—It was a| sunws THEM The late Tex Rickard liked noth- |, % e Bl 0 T B | NEW YORK, Aug. 16. — John (Blondy) Ryan has returned to the New York Giants, leaving at Mil- waukee the memory of one of the! most unorthodox plays ever pullcd' in baseball. Shortly before Ryan left Mil- waukee, he played in a game at| ing an inter- championship bout with national flavor Tex could al see a wealth of material to publicize in the foreign heavyweigh That they lacked ring ability disturbed Rickard not in the least They had “color.” That was what made the turnstiles click Johnson league. Holmes, Chanute tosser, 20 men while pitching 20 innings of base 1. He blankes the Eureka club, 13-0, in the first half of a twin bill, but dropped the night-cap, 6-4, after 11 innings Holmes was the first pitcher in the history of the league to work more | George struck out Minneapolis. Opening the fifth ln-| That he could take Georges Car-| ning with a sharp hit to center,|pentier, little more than a middle- than 18 innings in one day. { Minnie Horn, Topeka hurler, stole | the show when he shut out Kansas During this week the Alaska Mission of Seventh-day Adventists is putting cn its annual drive for funds for Mission and Welfare work. Ryan tried to stretch it into a dou- weight, surround him with an air ble. {of mystery, and sell some 90,000 cash | Red Kress, Minneapolis short-|customers the idea that the French| ¢ 1 2 3 The “Messenger” found more in need of first aid this year than | stop, received the throw from the|fighter had a fine chance of de-(P'o°S and hit a home run with all ever before. outfield in ample time to tag out|feating Jack Dempsey, was a “-i_(‘_b“““ ogaupie e ——————— T 1 T LT L IR L stop-|bute to his genius as a promoter 3 e ping a few feet short of the bag,| And how Tex went for Luis An- efefeeforferfentertecforter] turning, and starting for third. Af-|gel Firpo, his rubber collar, iron| ter three or four steps he “l'(‘sc‘l'V(‘fl“hul and all! That the Wild Bull nl\ his field” and started back for|the Pampas happened to have a H | second. But he did not touch the|ponderous right-hand punch made By Bl" cr"sh bag, cutting inside of it and dush-ium buildup just so much easier ing back to Yirst. Firpo carried his color into the — Kx'e_ s was too befuddled to do|ring, and his hectic bout with Mr “ SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 16.—Bing | anything. Dempsey still stands at the top injcrosby, crooning race track tycoon, Umpire Jim Tobin called Ryan|fight thrillers |is planning a memorial. :mehatifirbt‘rf;p:;ax::mti hifhad not| There were plenty of vlsitmz; The memorial, he recently advis " 3 g M oNghed secol erefore was|heayyweights who had color. Old|ed the American Legion Post her The New G-E TRIPL-OVEN If your DCIIIY Alaska Emplre has not guilty of running the bases in paylino Uzeudun’s proud boast was|will be in the form of a trophy to| | is actually “three-ovens-in- not been delivered . reverse order. Ithat no man could knock him off/be competed for annually by the| one.” Faster! Chtapfrl ISPIIDOVIN‘“P er-section | his feet. He carried on as a chop- Legion Drum and Bugle Corps of | - ingle-shelf jobs. 102 By 6:00 P. M. Tor single-shelf j - |ping block for years until he was/the Department of Washington. why Texas Grlddersltroued out for Joe Louis. The Brow n| The trophy will memorialize Ray- | :gzsgisf:::::;:-e- Whay |Bomber was building up a reputa- mond Harrigan, Crosby’s cousin, | \ GI’ Bi a“ d T[m h‘“m Paulino was tossed in as a|who lost his life in the World War. | 4 MASTER OVIN-_20% greatas 0WBIE g A copy will be sent you IMMED- sacrifi capacity than other ovens. sacrifice. Tom Heaney was another o > | Accommodates two 15(lb; durable foreign fighter. Tom earned JOHNNY HARRIS ls TO I ABILENE, Tex., Aug. 16. — This is where the “toughest” football IATELY by SPECIAL CARRIER. (Do not call after 7:15 P. M.) City, 8-0. During the course of the | afternoon he fanned 12, issued no - Trophy Hung U YOUR NEXT RANGE SHOULD BE Remember!!! | See the New Automatic with the new exclusive TRIPL-QVEN EE THE NEW 1937 General Electric Range with the exclusive TRIPL-OVEN—the range that will be still modern tomorrow. Brilliantly beauti- ful and equipped with the new flattened, ribbon- type Hi-Speed Calrod cooking units that make electric cookery faster and cheaper thaa ever. . turkeys at one time. a title bout with Gene Tunney but| | players are produced. | GUIDE MELLON PARTY[ 3 SUPER BROILER —greater | The reason: Jobs the gridders made a poor showing against the| flexibility in speed and former marine. capacity. Sliding rack easily Primo Carnera had little but his| Johnny Harris, veteran Juneau| lifted out. 3 immense hulk. They taught himguide, is leaving on the Yukon for| npou something about boxing and he'Petersburg to join the Mellon party G-E SPEIDS'ER 42 hold during the summer. went on to win the heavyweight|aboard the charter yacht Alician. | (ilegirangd) A checkup of players from four|title primo was a manufactured| Richard King Melloh, President Texas colleges showed the follow-{gighter, pure and simple. When/of the Mellon National Bank, and | ing were to forsake their “profes- the going got rough he forgot his other members of the party, will at- | slons” to follow the pigskin. lessons. tempt to get certain animal groups Two icemen. Of all the foreign heavies to show | —bear, deer and goat — as spec Fifteen oil field employees. here in recent years Max Schmel- mens to be exhibited in the Car- Five members of pipe line and jng was, perhaps, the best. Not that negie Museum at Pittsburgh of | refinery crews. Max was any world beater when he which Mr. Mellon is trustee. Twelve farmers. won the title on the floor, or later| The party will be in Southeast | One cowboy. when he lost to Max Baer. But!Alaska for four to five weeks. Two grain elevator workers. Schmeling earned his spurs when he| ., One Sl Vuck ditwer,. stopped the supposedly invincible] CONSIDINE WITH BERLIN Eight laborers engaged in build- \ing construction. One telephone lineman. Joe Louis. Lee Considine, of Wrangell, who Now we have Tommy Farr with|came to Juneau early last week, | 64 COLLEGE GRID STARS TRAINING us. What does the Welshman have? | joined Irving Berlin, balladist, when e, |the latter was in Juneau Friday, | CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 16. — Sixty-' SAVE THE DATE Considine will act as Berlin’s hunt- |four strong, and all of them head- Card party by Women of the|ing guide. Moose, 1.0.O.F. Hall, Wednesday, o liners, the Chicago allstar grid squad which is to oppose the Green Bay August 18. adv.| Empire classifieds pay. Packers, pro champs, have swung into vigorous training for their Sep- The First National Bank JUNEAU M’CORMICK GRABS ® NAT. PUBLIC LINKS | CAPITAL—$50.000 TITLE IN CLOSE WIN SURPLUS—$100,000 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, Aug. 16. [ |\ —Bruce McCormick, of Los Angeles,’ COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS Tinks.ehampionship, delcabing Do ACCOUNTS Erickson, of Alhambra, Cal., one-up, S APE DEPOSIT BOXES in the 36-hole final. | U.S. RATES ONLY 2ND - PAN-AMERICAN RING WARS, URUGUAY WINS DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 16.—Argen- tina captured five bouts, the Unit- ed States three, and Uruguay one, in the finals of the Pan-American boxing tournament here. | s | . $185.00 Other General Electric = ow 25 $110,00 as low as SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER- During the month of AUGUST we will give a set of “Wear-Ever” Aluminum Cooking Utensils (value $17.10) with EACH ELECTRIC RANGE PURCHASED. Sixteenth Annual Fair——Sept. 8, 9, 10, 11, 1937——Juneau, Alaska Alaska Electric Light & Power Company —AEAANE - DOUAAS = S Yon are invited to present .ais coupon at the box office of the Capitol Theatre und receive tickets for your- self and a friend or relative to see A “Love On the Run” As a pald-up subscriber of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering. Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE ALASKA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN. Save and Earn, and Better Return Under the Alaska Federal Plan OUR CURRENT BATE ON SAVINGS 4% Accounts Insured Up to $5,000.00 Post Office Box 2718, Juneau, Alaska Temporary Office: Columbia Lumber Co. Telephone 3 2% Paid on Savings Accounts WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 485