The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 18, 1937, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPlRE, St SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU SUNDAY . ARE wwzs PEOPLE ASK THE MAN WHO i him- WNS ONE! “She yanked him “back from retir ment (] nd shoved ht back i i i { 14 rig “into a triple-mu der ’/ mystery! { LM, POWELL 5y IIWHI]H Lay ALSO DIZZY DUCKS LAT EST NEWS MIDNIGHT Tonight— INDAY 2:08. P MATINEE 5 AM. MATINEE M. TUESDAY _SHE HID FROM HER O\ FROM HER OWN W[DmNG! TheManlMarrym wii DORIS NOLAN ® Michael WHALEN LAST TIMES TONIGHT and —_— " DOUGLAS CNEWS X - % CONSTITUTION DAY SERVED, DOUGLAS Sesquicentennial Constitution Day cbservance in Douglas included the following program which was ren- dered at the Labor Union Hall by the public school yesterday after- neoon: song, “America, The Bmhu— ful,” by the audience; violin selec- {ions “Estrellita” and “Largo,” by | Howard Burger; talk, “Founding of | the Constitution,” by Supt. Martin | Pedersen; song, “Star Spangled Banner,” assembly. Mrs. Elva Rice accompanied the musical numbers | on the piano. > COTTAGE RECONDITIONED The former Martin Olson house Constitution Day. Music and com- munity singing followed, with Mrs Henry Schlegel presiding at the Dl- ano. The Rhythm Orchestra of members also entertained — e BOAT BUILDING The Douglas self-help associa- tion activities which have been largely connected with the building of boats during the past year, has again started in the school shop un- | der the direction of Jacob Clark of | Juneau. Boats built this fall and winter will be placed on exhibition Charles Warner Machine Shop #nd be sold from there. S e CLOVER LEAF CLUB MEETS | The Four-Leaf Clover Club, ac- tive student organization of the school, held its first meeting of the new term on Thursday, and talked over plans for the year. Main ob- | jective of the club this year will be | | to work for the interest of the Tu- | berculosis League. It was agreed | among the members they would do- | nate the remuneration of five dol-| Jars per month for a day's janitor | BOB STEELE “CAVALRY” ACE DRUMMOND NEWS in Greasmg Palims 0f Gongressmen In Umque Way : aying Expenses of “In- | vestigatinng Trips” ‘ Has Two Sides ‘ (Continued from Page One) | railroad tors. Two score both Houses made the tour of the | Philippines 18 months ago, headed | by Vice President Garner. This| | summer a dozen or more are going to Hawaii. The Philippine govern- passes to State Legisla- ment footed the bill on the first| | trip, and in keeping with this now | established custom, the | stromberg, or more members of| Hawaiian | “Thin Man” Sequel Will ~ Show Sunday Myrna Loy and Wllllam Powell in Merry Pic- | ture at Capitol William Powell and Myrna Loy,! the merriest, maddest married cou- ple ever to come out of Hollywood, step from the last thrilling page of “The Thin Man” into the first hilarious chapter of the sequel mil- lions have demanded be written, After the Thin Man,” which opens Sunday at the Capitol Theatre. This feature will show for three days. Dashiell Hammett, dean of smart, ophisticated mystery writers, was dared to top “The Thin Man”. “Af- ter the Thin Man” is his answer Detective Nick Charles and wife, Nora, romancing again amid ri«nvy ous mirth and dramatic murder Brought to the screen by the same behnd-the-scenes combination, W. S. Van Dyke, its director. Hunt its producer. Fran and Albert Hackett, its| The s rrounded by a spark-| lling supportir of favorites, | |James Stewart, Landi, Joseph |Calleia, Je Alan Marshall, | Teddy Levene, Dorothy Zucco, Paul Fix wire-haired terrier Thin Man.” .o MAN SAVED BY S L EMMETTSBURG, Ta., Sept. 18 n, 61-year-old farmer, has had more than 200 accidents in the last 35 years He has narrowly several times, | f [ | | oodrich cast lis e Ralph {and fstar The escaped death has been on crutches 12 erent times since 1931 and recalls how he fooled the doctors who repeatedly gave him “only a slight chance to live | His more seriou. clude almost severing an axe, falling from a load of hay and breaking two arms, getting blood poisoning from a rusty 1 and getting two broken legs fractured arm and a crushed c when an auto hit him. It’s the luck of the s, accidents in-| his foot with Irish,” - Narrow Escape | VULCAN, Alta Bobby Hoga, Inine years old, escaped death when he fell from a tractor in the path a trailing disc. His body be- [came so deeply imbedded in the soft earth that the sharp discs passed over him. He sustained only a broken arm and hip in the fall. \ e Savmg Old Flags Is Woman’s Hobby | 1‘ BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 18.—Re storing the tattered shreds of old |flags that have gone through many' attles and crumbled with age is a obby with Mrs. Katherine Rich- ards. She uses a process her moth- fer invented and patented 35 years ago. Mrs. Richards is house dean of {Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the wife jof the commander. At present she is working at her \TURI).»\Y, SEPT “Creen Light” Starts Sunday At Coliseum Brrol K l\ nn and \mh\ Louise ]ll ad Fine Cast of Characters 18, | | Not stood at selling a Cosmopoli Light” which for a t Theatre step: tainctive motion Errol Flynn, romantic who won such triumph in “Captain Bloc his | very fir picture, i tar. In-| stead of washbuckling pirate, | this time Green Light” he is| a herof who sacrifices | his pi a great city| by t shoulder the| bl v 1 another | In ome way make | him to | prove irl he what he in by moun for epidemic his lif 1 Light e list of best- Now Green n the hes novel it n production tomorrow Coliseum | National release, | yank of open a into the front dis- | pict the wdsome Irish | a smashing | he in ung doctor is an operation bungled by reer in own irch of te and to by deeds honor, elf useful he o to loves canno prove obseure earches nt d acrifiee words, he goes to an laboratory and erum that will pr Almost a v adly at the ind retu profes- all of find n to he it and love, with hi cleared of any sior ind bl 1ame - Rockport’s Prettiest ‘ PR—— 'in his honor that a friend noticed ;H):H Nev i | . Julie E. Kirlin of Belmont, is shown in the scanty cos- | tume which won her first prize at the Rockport Artist’s Ball. The police acted as censors but were lib- eral in their judgment. D Radiator Cap Mustn’t Be Bigger than Car ACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. 18.—| 'he driver who delights in ultra- | fancy statuary for his radiator cap | will have to stay out of California. | Gov. Frank F. Merriam has just | signed a bill prohibiting caps that stick out beyond the body of the | uuwmolnlc - Woman, Nearing 100 Still Likes Love Stories‘ | | renamed 1937. SUNDAY COLISEUR = “TONIGHT IS YOUR NIGHT” ——and—— STARTING SUNDAY SUNDAY s IIEARTS TORN ASUNDER BY A SINGLE 5 LIPS I'HAT ONLY ANOTHER WOMAN'S “ COULD REVEAL! The magnificent story that changed a million Prevue Tonight 1:15 A. M. Matinee Sunday 2P M. readers’ lives...now tri- umphantly lights the screen tomake the whole world wake up and love! R ROk FLYNN LOUISE See the screen's newest romantic idols in Lloyd C. Douglas’ great Green Light MARGARET LINDSAY+ Sir CEDRIC HARDWICKE Walter Abel Henry O'Neill * A Frank Borzage Production by Max Stemer A R P TR AT TR K T T LAST TIMES TONIGHT DELUXE DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM BORIS KARLOIY in “THE MAN WHO LIVED AGAIN" and “GUNS OF THE PECOS” Me Liberty- Latest News —PLUS— Hal LeRoy in “Swing For Sale” Cartoon Fox Movietonews DIETS BLAMED FOR DIVORCES NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Dieting blamed in part for divorces George Rector, noted chef gourmet Commenting Gi | “Peas in a pod” | they say of Daphnee (left) and Marita is | Sylva, twins of by | and | Mme. Marguerita Sylva, opera star. Like their mother, they at a dinner given nearly everybodv was thin, Rector said: “A hungry woman, reduacing too quickly on some diet of raw vege- | tables and orang€ juice, is very likely to answer back so snappishly she will find her husband giving | her a train ticket and the address of a good Nevada lawyer out of sheer self defense.” | He suggested hors d'oeuvres bhe “mavericks” after United entative Maury Mav- in Reno, chose stage careers, Their most recent vehicle was Owen Davis’ “Two Time Mary” presented by a States Rer erick of theater group at Lakewood, Me. way of the|studio on a collection of old {l FALLS CITY, Neb. Sept. 18. Mrs. CharlesF. Krenker is almost| l(]l) years old and she on Sccond Street, which was part Work at the school each week, by |government wii pay the o of the Granberg property recently |Purchasing seals for that amount.|yicitors headed for the white s“ndsldaung from 1756. sold to Grant Logan, has been quite | Officers in the club are pl‘(’mdentflof ‘Wakikiki, e thoroughly reconditioned by Mr. Kilburn. The house which con- sists of six room, has been raised treasurer, Helen Williams; sergeant-4y,ngs ang their legislative problems. | iwo feet and new concrete posts placed throughout. The interior has been brightened with celotex fin- ishing and hardwood floors being laid. -, (.OVERN'MENT SCHOOL HAS VERY BUSY WEEK | Reversing the usual order of pro- cedure for celebration of Sesqui- centennial Constitution Day at the Government School, serving of re- freshments was first on the pro- gram held in the afternoon. Their inner satisfaction accomplished, Mrs. R. M. Davis, teacher, spoke on Douglas Church | Services Nutices for this church column | i ! | must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of sermon topics, ete. ST. 2:00 p.m 3:00 p.m.—Vesper mon. LUKE'S EPL ~Union Sunday School. service and ser- DOUGLAS PRESBYTERIAN MISSION DAVID WAGGONER, Minister Sunday services: 1:30 p.m.—Bible Schoot. 2:30 p.m.—Preaching service. All are welcome in these services. DOUGLAS CATHOLIC CHURCH St. Aloysius Church 8:45 a.m.—Mass and Sermon. are | :OPAL CHURCH | Mabel Wilson; vice president, Lucile | Willis; secretary, Clara Kinch, at-arms, Bob Willliams; chairman of the social committee, Lucy Kinch; chairman of refreshments, Mar- | garet Hubbard. L g g MUMPS EPIDEMIC SUBSIDES Attendance of pupils at the Gov- ernment School was almost normal again on Friday at 17 out of 19 were back at their desks, indicating that the sickness with mumps was nearly ended. | | e SCHLEGEL TO CONDUCT SERVICES ON SUNDAY The Alaska Evangelization Soci- lety will conduct its regular Sun- da_v school services at 1 o'clock-Sun- day afternoon at the Children’s; ‘Home. also the regular Sunday night service will be held in the Home| at 7:45 o'clock, with Henry Schlegel| giving the message. Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Peitsch of Los| Angeles, Cal, who were here in thej interest of the Alaska Evangeliza tion Society of which Dr. Peitsch president, and who recently con- ducted a Bible conference here and in Skagway, sailed for the States on the Princess Louise Thursday |morning. Mrs. Floyd Gilman, who with Mr. Gilman have been in charge of the Children’s Home here, |also sailed with Dr. and Mrs. | Peitsch. Mr. and Mrs. Gilman will spend the winter south in the in- terest of the Society’s work. Mr. Gil- ago in the boat Lady Ruth. Miss Lucy McCrary, a graduate of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, charge of the Children’s home dur- | season. man with Mr. Welch, left two weeks#f they do, why shouldn't Florida ! |canal? and also a graduate nurse, is in| At thie point it is well to men- tion items of interest about the is- When gold was revalued in 1934, the| Philippine government had about| $56,000,000 on deposit in American banl as currency reserve. The Philippines claimed the $23,000,000 profit resulting from revaluing gold, although by law the family next egg of the average American was paid back dollar for dollar. Congre: in 1935 refused to appropriate men- | ey to pay. Senator Adams of Colo-| rado tried in 1936, the year of the Philippine tour, to put through | an act repealing the Philippine claim. The Senate agreed with him, although it was in conflict with Administration wishes; but the biil was never taken up in the House, and the claim still stands. Adams won Senate approval again this last session and the bill is still pending in the House, awaiting action next The islands also are in- terested in sugar quotas and im- port taxes. . IDEA FOR STATES Hawaii has a special Interest in sugar legislation, hoping that next season Congress will give the island refiners a lift by permitting them to ship to the United States a larger quota of refined sugar. These all-expense visits may have little or no effect in obtaining a friendly vote from Congress. But . finance an all-expense trip for Con- gress in an effort to get her ship Or Maine put ’em up for two weeks at Bar Harbor in return for Passamaquoddy power? ing the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Gilman. ., Empire classifieds pay. That is an entertaining prospect. .- Lode and placer location notices aw it the Philippine way | (in 1934 and approved payment but| still likes to! Bagatelle, meaning “trifle” | French, applied to music means hort piece of pianoforte music light style. in u,ul love stories. aj “I don't see anything wrong about | in!reading a nice love story, do you?”! she asks. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables HOME GROWN RADISHES, ONIONS and FRESH LOCAL EGGS DAILY California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephone 478 Prompt Delivery The First National Bank JUNEAU ® CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100,000 [ COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 2% Paid on Savings Accounts for sale at The Empire Office, Don'’t take our word for it...Come enough to pay for the Washer... and in and learn the facts about the new in such a short time, too. You'll find G-E Washers—find out how much all the modern conveniences on these they can save you each week.” Washersand of course, every General QThe moment a General E!ectnc Elecmc is guaranteed. Come in fora starts working for you—then you free demonstrationor callus start to save and by doing your laun- and we’ll bring one to your dry at home you can save more than home. No obligation at all. See the New Model AW101 *55 Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. JUNEAU—-DOUGLAS, ALASKA .oo No more on our Easy Pay Plan.