The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1937, Page 3

NDAY MONDAY TUESDAY T A R H TR R A, SMASH TUNES/ ton Your Shos” Sk in the EXT PENNIES FROM I-IEAWEN MADGE EVANS Edith FELLOWS LOUIS ARMSTRONG .40y - and His Famous Swing Band Story by Katharine Leslie Moore Directed by Norman Z. McLeod An Emanuel Cohen Production RA! **MERCH -OF TIME'’ "The New ; 2% BLIND MUS s Behind the News" U. S. Unemployment Irish Republic, 1937 3. Puzzle Prizes ,\ KETEERS DOUGLAS VISITORS COMPLIME In honor of her sister Mrs. Wil- liam Robertson, and her niece Mrs. | Charles Graham, who are vis here, Mrs. John Mills enter last evening with a bridge par her home. Two tahles of contract were played with Mrs. E. E. Engstrom winning high honors and Mrs arles Gra- ham consolation. Additional guests were Mrs. W. E. Cahill, Mrs. C. A. Fox Mrs. Guy Smith and Mrs. Joe Riedi. - e HOLD ,OPEN AIOU | | To extend to them their congrai- | ulations. and best: wishes seores of friends of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Hach- meister who were wed last Thurs y night, attended the open house | vhich was held last evening at the | home of the newlyweds. The Douglas Fire Department, of which Hachmeister is chief, ten- dered its congratulations to the| couple by several blasts of the siren, der, Alaska, was disclosed today. | here on the Dart on September 1 en- | ville |an emergency appendicitis following which the crashed the reception, entering the house with their hoses, and forced | the bride and groom into accepting | an escorted ride around town in the new fire.engine. - TEACHING ArrOINTME News of the appointment of Wal-| ter A. Savikko, to teach the coming| term in the school at Port Alexan-| Mr. Savikko, wife and two children, accompanied by his will leave route to his post. RS LEAVE To spend a day deer hunting, a party composed of Evert Bliss, Or- Gulhaugen Gordon Mills, Al- bert Stragier, and Joe Riedi, Jr. | 1eft here yesterday on the Riedi boat for an unnamed destination. The hunters are scheduled to re- turn here this evening. ol At UNDERGOES APPENDECTOMY According to a telegraphic report received here, Bob Feero underwent opera- tion last Thursday evening at Skag- way. If accommodations are available, | Mrs. W. E. Feero will leave for Skag- CREDITORS” OFFER FOR AT ‘A SACR THE COFFEE SHOP Opposite MacKinnon Apartments SEE ALASKA CREDIT BUREAU CHARLES WAYNOR, Manager SALE GREAT IFICE MIDNIGH 1:15 MATINEE 2 P PREVIEW A M. SUNDAY M. | traubadour who falls when Louh A atrong and py, 9 ban 1o town dwf:: blazin’ trumpgyg) CCLUMBIA PICTURE TTHETHREE | MESQUITEERS » ROBERT LIVINGSTON RAY CORRIGAN Jir 3 ACE liRl'MM()Nl) i |by’s latest picture, Ci her { when Patrick Wedel, |must be |not later ) | morning ILY ALASKA EMPIR! SATURDA ', AUGUST 21, | 93 'PENNIES FROM | HEAVEN' BRINGS JOY TO FAMILY Rma, Cso\h\ Slm in Cin- ema bldllmg,, Sun- day at Capitol ahead at Bing umbia's “Pen- is opening Sun- includes Madge Donald Meek famed king with There's Capitol happiness Theatre wher nies From Heaven,” day. A c Evans, E and Louis of swing in the film Crosby's thym' on t cored last little old work i Evans was een in “Picgdilly Jim,” and Edith Fellow thirteen-year- , will be remembered for performance “She Married Her Boss” and ) They Were Married and films Arm- trong’s celebrated swing band ap- pears with him in “Pennie From a in nd othe Heave vagabend a little The story concerns a in with improvident to take patehed-up thout to be oAl her proceed omew! and and n orpi Home troubadour upon enough money for ¢ o0 liv m to an Old Peoy he hits plan to make three of them > on - DOCTORS FIGHT FOR BOY'S LIFE Seattle, Critically Hurt When Hit, ]l(l”lll Train SEATTLE, 21 tled with blood t usions the life of Patrick Wedel, knoc down and fr train in the Aug Sur day to ba save who dragg yards His pelvic three places Patrick and his son, 16, who gave ing in the railroad yards started to run from the train, and fell. Dnuglas Church Senuces h by re hone was broken in cousin, Jack were Ty- play- Patrick slipped blood, Notices received by The Empire, than 10 o'clock Saturday to guarantee change of = |sermon topics, etc. membets’ way Monday on the Dorothy Alex-|gp pykr ander to visit with her son. D s EVANGELISTIC SERVICES | Augmeniing the radio broadcast program of the Alaska Evangeliza- | tion Society tomorrow morning wlll‘ be two special musical numbers by‘ a mixed quartet composed of Mrs. | Floyd Gilman, Miss Grace Pietsch, | Mr. Henry Schiegel, and Robert Welch. The sermon will be delivered by Robert Welch. | Sunday school clases will com-| mence at 1 o'clock in the afternoon| and will feature the regular Bible chalk talk. To the boy or girl bring- | ing the most new members to the classes a prize will be given. In the evening at 7:30 o'clock an | informal hour with gospel and songs | will be held at the AES. Home, | - GERARD IN WITH PRODUC Joe Gerard arrived in town last| night from his ranch at Horse I land, bringing in his second luad‘ of cabbages, and other vegetables, for this season. Due to the extremely wet weather, Gerard said most of his vegetable| 7:30 pm service and s mon. Vesper DOUG MISSION DAVID WAGGONER, Minister Sunday services: 1:30 p.m.—Bible School. 2:30 p.m.—Preaching service. All are welcome in these services. DOUGLAS CATHOLIC CHURCIH St. Aloysivs Church 8:45 a.m.—Holy Mass. o g G | d placer meation notices Office. e at The Empi Fll‘St in India Lode for crop this year will not mature as! j it should. He reports that 200 crates of his strawberries rotted on the vines. LS e R ENJOY MONOPOLY PARTY Miss Virginia Langseth enter- tained last evening at her home with a “Monopoly” party for a group of her young friends. Guests were An- nabelle Edwards, Helen Edwards, Grace Pusich, Jacynth Sey, and Dorothy Langseth. T VIS FRIENDS Raymond Ruzich, former las resident, arrived here last eve-| ning from Kimshan Cove, Alaska, | and is visiting with his friends in Douglas today. He plans to return tomorrow by plane. e - MUSSER REMAINS TO BE SHIPPED SOUTH The body of Melvin J. Musser is to be shipped south tonight aboard the Prince George for burial in Ocean Park, Southern California. Mrs. Goldie Dodds, daughter of the late Mr. Musser, will also sail south on the Prince George. Mr. Musser died in Juneau on July 30. Friends wishing to call be- fore the body is shipped south may do so between 7 and 9 o'clock tonight at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary | t Doug-| # Although her classic features are good enough to give most movie stars a run for their money, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pundit (above), of Bombay, registers for fame with her brain. She is the first woman in India to win a seat in the U. P. Cab- inet Congress, which roughly cor- responds to England’s parliament, Bing ' grand- them | T i I l | Prince to Wed \é‘ Prince Mdivani Here is a new picture of pretty Muriel Johnson, New York so- cialite, who, rumor has it, will be the next Princess David Mdivani. David, below, is the last of the three Georgian princes noted for their marriages to American heiresses, his two broth- having been killed in acci- dents, :“Su Yer Siding | yor Uhis cnurch column | | tieing | | i|one side and I passed on, | |could feel his eyes following. | ter not. side wid de |scious all the while that our | were | York Wid de Japs” Is Ticklish Query Throw Days Sends Quivers Up Man’s Spine By GEORGE TUCKE] NEW YORK, Aug. 21. through 14th street after ¢ burned in the hits, runs, and errors column of an early street edition I was weeping softly over the lach- R Idling rk, ymose details of another defeat for S nd- | the N. Y. Giants, when a pink bill was thrust rude “Read dis, pal. Well, you knn\\' hmv it is Whe.1 you're preoccupied you shake those things off without half no- I never even looked up anthropoid-like figure nto my face. uintil some EPISCOPAL CHU m i [Planted himself squarely in front. So, yer sidin’ narled. wid de Japs!” lu' He was a throw-back to the nl'im« ordial days of knotted clubs and ape- | like creatures squatting in front nr caves . His voice was a sinister | guttural. “Well, y’are, ain'tcha?” “What?” T ejaculated. “Yer sidin’ wid de Japs!” “Who? Me? Goodness No!” “Den read dis,” he growled. gracious, I took it quickly and thanked him | for it and told him I was very anxi- ous to read it. “What does it say, “It sez—it sez . . . friend?” well, yer bet: Japs, dat’s all!” “I haven't the remotest idea of siding with the Japs,” I told him. But even then his features didf'c relax . . . He sort of backed off to but I I opened the polemic. . . a coral-shaded hand-out, with a glowering oriental war-lord in front, armed to the teeth, Across the top, in bold, rugged type, ran the scare-head: Hands Off China! . It was PR T read the treatise carefully, con- ape- like friend was still interested in my behavior. He held to the pace about 15 feet astern. . . . I began to know a vague sense of panic. . , , True, people were everywhere and there probably cops within hailing distance. . . . But sometimes in New people get awfully mayhem- minded. I'm too young to figure in anything like that. There was a Chinese restaurant Jjust across from where I was pass- ing. The Gorilla was gaining ground. I turned into the Chinese res: taurant. As the waiter shuffled up I could see the ape-man standing at the door. He seemed to be listening. “Velly fine Amelican food this place,” the Chinese gibbered. “Velly fine steak, flench-fly, a little lice on side!” I took a deep breath. In firm, clear tones I ordered a big bowl of chop suey! - eee "lTTh IN ANCHORAGE Mr. and Mrs. Vance Hitt and chil- dren have returned to Anchorage following a stay of several months at their mine at Stuyahok. I)'d(?k to P]'()HlOl’(]ial: nose | ‘|Sam Feldon and G. E. Krause on WOMAN FACES DISHONOR T0 SELF OR JAIL “Valient Is the Name for Carrie,” at Coliseum, —~COLISEUM — SUNDAY—“TONITE IS YOUR NITE"—SUNDAY ———STARTING SUNDAY: MATINEE SUNDAY PREVIEW TONIGHT 2P M 15 A. M. ‘97 “Get out of town in three days! ...BECAUSE SHE DARED BEFRIEND and PROTECT A HOMELESS CHILD! ALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CARRIE 4 WITH GLADYS GEORGE ARLINE JUDGE JOHN HOWARD DUDLEY DIGGES HARRY CAREY A PARAMOUNT ICTURE A dilemma faced by a woman jail on the one hand or dishonor in the eyes of two children ywhom she adopted and brought up as her own {on the other — is the basis of the (tensely dramatic and gripping mo- tion picture “Valiant Is The Word For Carrie,” which begins Sunday at the Coliseum Theatre. Taken from Barry elling novel and introducing George famous stage ac- (tress, to the screen Valiant Is The Word For Carrie” is a powerful story of a woman's resurrection {through mother-love and the great |sacrifice she is willing to undergo {in payment for the borrowed happi- ness which was hers in bringing jup the children, Carrie Snyder played by Miss | George, is a woman of dubious back- round who adopts two waifs as her jown. Through them she finds love and because of them she gives up her former life ‘ D Sunday May Be | Wmdup,nlamnnd Channel Loop Champlon-\ will witness on stage or screen | ship Games Set Tonight a“d lOmOrl’Ow With two days of good weather apparently on tap, the 1937 Flag-| | Winners for the Gustineau Channel all League may be decided {this week-end [ SN e Benefield's You're going to fall in love with Carrie without mon friends, whe fought for the or read about. ——PLUS— lected Shorts Latest Fox Movietonews ——LAST TIMES TONITE—— THE JONES FAMILY in “Little World Series” battles be- | “BACK TO NATURE” {tween the Islanders and Moose are' slated for both tonight and ! SELECTED SHORTS—LATE NEWS Sun-| day, and if either team should take ‘l)()(h contests, Juneau's baseball sea- | son would be roped and lmg.m,d"JUDGE I-ISTS ing played at Firemen's Park in MARRIED L Juneau. Tonight's fracas is set for| en innings, to start promptly at| . {Pick Your Mate with Care, | Their receiving last evening’s igame on forfeit, put the Douglas !Islanders right up on even terms 6 cclock. Tomorrow's battle is over the nine-inning route and is = = . scheduled for 5:30 o'clock. | Warns Jurist Who Has Heard 3,327 Cases | | | tion,” he announces, “There has been no improvement on the old- fashioned idea of marriage, an in- stitution df permanence and grav- ity. “If young people would select their mates with the same care and thought they use in choosing’ their careers, or even their hats, the di- vorce rate would fall. The judge has another sygges- tion for the reduction of divorce, a return of religious training in the home. He said: “Young people brought up with some religion, any religion, take & more serious view of the responsis bilities of marriage, and they make a greater success of it, and hesitate far longer over seeking divorce’ as a remedy for their mistakes.” Trouble Causes Judge Lewe, though not setting himself us as an authority on'what he calls “this country’s gravest so- cial problem,” speaks from experi= ence when he lists the causes of divorce in what he has found to be the order of their importance: 1, Big city life; 2, drink; 3, gam- bling; 4, the depression; 5, divorced celebrities; 6, revenge. ' e, AL PROVISIONS Edward F. Medley, Seattle attor- ney and former Alaskan resident, has ended a stay of several days in Anchorage where he advised coal operators on provisions of the Guffy Bituminous Act, which went into effect on June 21. ithe possible three remaining games of the series considerably more vi- tal All the title series games are be- h the Moose, and makes each of r | Should events so develop that the title will be decided by the game| Sunday—What a finale that would! be! CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—~The book- ends in Judge John C. Lewe's cham- bers in superior court are a pair of grinning bronze gnomes inscribed FAIR BUILDING “yu:x:x Between they | pactly they hold "com- the sad records of broken |homes, severed families, and in- |nocent children set adrift. The |merry little men are todians of the divorce decrees that wait for | Proposal Calls for Swim- ming Pool, Rifle Range —Other Activities the judge’s signature. Already Judge Lewe (Continued from Paze One) | | has auto- |graphed a record number of 3,327 of the sorry documents in the {nine months and ten days he has {been hearing divorce cases. Offers Remedy But the judge, who has listened to the troubles and squabbles of 17,000 couples during this period, has |a remedy. “Better stricter than solu- rather are the marriages, the past years, stressing particular- | divorce laws, ly his disfavor of the method of | demanding deposits in vogue by the company. After the Council had approv- |ed a motion to have a committee call upon the Alaska Electric Light | and Power Company to request the | annual statement of the comnany,{ Mayor Tom Judson appointed| Councilmen Henry Messerschmidt, | Sixteenth Annual FAIR Juneau Fair Building September 8. 9. 10. 11 [ ] WONDERFUL EXHIBITS [ J EXCELLENT ENTERTAINMENT [ ] SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA FAIR ASSOCIATION [ Premium Books can be obtained R. B. Martin, Juneau the committee. City Attorney Frank Foster said | the city has the right to demand an annual statement from all util- | ities, but that although requests had been mailed since April to the water, electric and telephone com- panis only the water company had complied with the request. Mayor's Stand Mr. Gross reminded the Council that some of its members had been elected on a platform to look into the utility situation, but May- or Judson declared let the plat- form called only for looking into rates—and not ftor the establish- ment of a municipal plant or the purchase of the present one by the city. Councilman Krause, after hear- ing the discussion, declared that “I'm in favor of municipal owner- ship of utilities. He sai “We can do like they do in Ketchikan.” STREET WASHING NOTICE No parking of automobil that will interfere with street cleaning operations will be allowed on paved | streets after 2 a.m. Sunday. DAN RALSTON, Chief of Police. 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