The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 23, 1937, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, 1937 how Place of Juneau ALS BRIDAL GRIEFS L] MAJOR BOWES » PLACES | ] KRAZY KAT KARTOON and LATEST NEWS | ] GOID WILLIAM GARGAN JUDITH BARRETT WILLIAM HALL SAL PreTU PREVIEW TONIGHT 2—BIG FEATURES—2 !movie firemen are collecting their |extra’s pay checks, real firemen are 'p\ming out the fire with modern 1S REAL STUFF; ~% IS HOT AFF 41p CHAMP NOVA ~WINS MATEH “In Old Chicago” Flame| 3 Scene Is More Real |Gets Decision Over Duluth than Appears Heavyweight in Age-01d Conflicts Are Emhodied in ] Iyin g _Huslass' Tonight at Capi- tol Theatre ‘ GIANTS TAKE Trailer Honevmoon for G ypsy Story of Boy ANOTHER GAME AGAINST CUBS Yankees, in American League Have to Win Only One More Contest A film story as fast moving and | typical of the modern age as| the mighty airliners which served as its background is Universal's “Fly'ng Hostess,” which opened a two day engagement at the Capitol Theatre last night It is a picture with wide ap- peal. Besides romance, it embod- ies the additional appeal of the epic |of transportation and man's age- |old conflict with the elements, in a |modern setting. \ “Flying Hostess” is reminiscent of |the grand plays that have been| |written in the past around the cov-, {ered wagon, the railroads and, mure} recently, the automobile. | It is the story, absorbingly told,! of Ame new, modern era of| transportation — the airplane. In| highly interdsting style, it points| up the courage, the bravery, the idealism and the glamor of the men and women who operate the nation's| great airliners. SAN DIEGO AND 'PORTLAND BOTH | as | | | — | TenRounder By ROBBIN COONS | —— | | HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Sept. 23 OAKLAND, Cal, Sept. 23. — Lou The two neighboring urchins who'Nova, California’s heavyweight had climbed up the studio fence to|champion, got a decision last night sce the fun wanted to know if it/over Johnny Erjavec, of Duluth,| would be a real fire or just a fake. Minnesota. The fight went the full | 1t was real and if anybody who|ten rounds. sees “In Old Chicago” thinks n-, wasn't I'm here to testify that my whiskers felt singed even at their| usual safe distance behind the cam-| $500,000 Fire | Most people love a fire when it! isn't their own, but Darryl Zanuck| lodes a fire enough to gamble $500,000 on the hot sequenses alone of his pet production. When the movies play with fire it is :-vnous! play. Fire is one actor they can't, ORANGE, Tex., Sept. 23. — E. M. mollycoddle into more than one (Preacher) Childers, Orange city “take.” It accepts direction badly, councilman, “wouldn’t think of be- and it has more temperament than!ing president in 1940.” Dietrich, Mae West, and Garbo | He explained that it was his combined. {knowledge of past history, not his That is why Director Henry King, modesty, that made him shy from getting ready for a “take,” looks the office of chief executive. like a man who can’t decide wheth-| Childers pointed out that BT % | 20-Year Gycle | Seen as Fatal | To Presidents since er going crazy would be nicer after(1840 a President has died in office | | the all. He carries a tiny megaphone| but when he spiels orders to the| firemen and extras he uses a loud| speaker, Things seem to be going! wrong. The firemen, unaccustom- | ed as they are to fire-fighting as Chicago did in 1871, seem to be all thumbs in handling the antiquated| equipment. Rea! Panic 1 King goes to try it himself, then orders a rehearsal — without the fire. The scene becomes pande- monium but only mildly. | Just before the “take” the studio smokepots get going, belching black clouds over the scene. And then— the fire. All at once, like that, Mrs. O'Leary’s house spits fire. From neighboring roofs and windows great sheets of flame leap forth, hissing and roaring. A tree in the street, brittle and dry, joins the mad chorus of flame—and this time the panic is real—or looks it. The firemen are frantic, pouncing on their ladders while faint streams of water attack the inferno. The wo- men and children are scurrying past | the camera, fast as they can, to get | out of the heat. ! Kerosene Does It ! It's all over in two minutes. With this breeze blowing and all, I've| been backing away looking for quick exits in case the whole lot decides |was at regular twenty-year intervals. William Henry Harrison, elected in 1840, died in office. Abraham Lincoln, elected in 1860, was shot to death during his second term. James A. Garfield, elected in 1880, assassinated. William Mc Kinley, elected in 1900, was ass: sinated. Warren G. Harding, elect- ed in 1920, died in office. S e TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY To attend the University of Al- {aska, Miss Exenia Olson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arne Olson of Cor- dova, left recently for Fairbanks. Lowe ana placer wocation notices | ror sale at The Empire Office. Cockroaches To banish these pests in a hurry, just sprinkle BUHACH across their trails (following them to their burrows if possible), and in cracks and crevices. 'UHACH makes short work of in- sect pests though it is guaranteed safe for human beings and animals, to play old Chicago. But while the| | Remember!!! If your “Daily Alaska Empire” has not been delivered By 6:00 P. M. PHONE 226 A copy will be sent you IMMED- IATELY by SPECIAL CARRIER. (Do not call after 7:15 P. M.) In Handy Sifter Cans 25¢ up at all Drug, Grocery, Seed Stores, Pet Shops. WIN CONTESTS Padres, Beavers Have Ad- vantage Now in Playoff Series, P. C. League (By Associated Press) The San Diego Padres who lost 5 of the last 24 games in the Pacific Coast League schedule, and Portland Beavers, who barely squeezed into the fi division, hold a decided advantage in the Shaunghnessy playoffs. Both teams have now won the first two of the seven games to be played to pick the two teams which will meet in another seven-game series next week to decide the championship of the Pacific Coast League. The scores of the night are as follows: Portland 13; San Francisco 3 San Diego 4; Sacramento 1. Standings Won 2 games last Lost Portland San Diego San Francisco. Sacramento AKLAVIK 1S ARCTIC POST, 100 PERSONS (Fairbanks News-Miner) Aklavik, which has loomed into prominence in the world eye the last few weeks as one of the [major bases for the Arctic polar search, is described in an interest- ing way by Pilot Harold Gillam, who recently spent four days there. “I found Aklavik a town of some 400 people,” says Gillam, “lying at the head of the MacKenzie River delta, and not far from the mouth of the great stream, the place is a fur trading center, and has a large native population. The Hudson Bay Company and the Northern Trad- ers have large posts there. A large hospital and missions also are maintained there. Mounties There “The Canadian Government Eczema ltching —Here’s Quick Relief | Go to any today and get an original bottle of clean, powerful pene- trafiny few drug Moone’s Emerald Oil and apply a rops over the affected area. (By Associated Press) Hal Schumacher opposed Curt Davis yesterday as the Giants and Cubs went into the grand finale in the pennant or nothing series on Wrigley Field in Chicago. From the Giants' side of the fence, half the battle is won. This when CIliff Melton was out on six-hit pitching and put a dam- per on the Bruins. It jacked up the Terrymens’ lead back to two and one half games to a lead in the National League. In the American League, the Yan- kees have only one more victory to take to cinch the title. GAMES WEDNESDAY National League New York 6; Chicago 0. Boston 3; Pittsburgh 2. Philadelphia 3; Cincinnati 2. Brooklyn 2; St. Louis 4. American League Cleveland 4; Washington 6. Detroit 6; Boston 4. Chicago 9; Philadelphia 3. St. Louis 1, 0; New York 4, 11. G OF CLUBS nal League Won Lost Pet. 54 614 58 595 66 542 66 535 | Kt 503 83 424 86 398 86 394 | League Won Los 45 58 63 New York Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia Cincinnati American Once the strip-te; husband, Robert M back te New York from Hollywood. and their six dachshunds will go " MAUDE GETS : = CEORGE OFF 4 479 92 343 101 204 New York Detroit Chicago Cleveland Boston Washington Philadelphia St. Louis maintains a large radio station P there, manned by three members of 3 B the Canadian Signal Corps system. | Note Slipped Under Door, “A detachment of the Royal|l Then a Pretty in Pe Canadian Mounted Police com prising some’ 13 men, under Set- | son, Too Much geant Kavell, also is located in| Aklavik. The police conduct patrols far along the Arctic coast and on the MacKenzie and to interior points. By GEORG| TUCKER NEW YORK, 23.—An tended report on the contract bridge “Duri {situation in New York must be uring my stay at Aklavik I|posinoned was provided quarters by the been finessed by too many silly in- Mounted Police, and must say that |cigents in the last 24 hours to per- their hospifality was unlimited and |p;; I could not have been treated bet- ter. The boys are a splendid lot of fellows, living up to all the tra- ditions of the family force Last Steamer “While I was there the steamer Sept in a serious weighty matter. To begin with, treatise on such a| I was hurriedly shaving the other night, pausing between razor-str only long |enough to arrest an occasional.hem- Khih orrha when page rang and Distributor, operated by the Hudson |slipped an important looking tele- Bay Company, arrived from Fort gram ben h the door. Smith§ on the upper end of her| «George,” it said, “Am enroute river run. She was a month making {to Chicago. Will see you Wednes- the trip down the river, which |day or Thursday. Maude.” gives some idea of the length of | All of which was very nice except the great water course she plies.|for one thing—I don't know any-| The boat brought all kinds of sup- body named Maude. Personally, the| plies for Aklavik, including several only Maudes I ever heard of are| thousand gallons of gasoline for use (Maude Adams, who doesn't know| of the planes engaged in the search me, and a lady donkey that used for the Russian plane. This was the |to kick things around in the comic a (Steamer’s last visit of the year tostrips. Aklavik. The freeze-up at Aklavik | usually takes place about Septem- ber 15. Later, still brooding over the in- {cident, I attended a theatre and| iwas quietly smoking in the lobby Field Is Muddy when Erin O'Brien-Moore and a “While planes from Fairbanks [party of friends came in . . . “Hello| were able to land on the Aklavik George,” she called . . . This made | field, we found is narrow and with \me feel very good, being recognized | a mud surface. In rainy weather by a pretty like that. | it would be very dangerous. Far-| A moment later she turned and ther away along the river bars, seemed dumfounded at finding me| safe landings may be found on the |there . . . “Why George, darling, gravel bars, but they are too far she cried, “how are you!” . . Maybe distant for convenience.” |she didn't see me the first time, or Aklavik is an Eskimo name, and |was that another wire from Maude? | is pronounced “A-klav-ik,” with the BB | accent on the middle syllable. A note from Senor Sam Blake| e reveals a mild earthquake which| TO STAY IN CORDOVA {took place recently in the office of | Mrs, Louise Collier went to Cor- |Jack Warner, motion picture pro- | dova recently after a trip through |ducer I Circle Hot Springs, Ruby and Fair-| When Errol Flynn returned from banks. |Spain, after being allegedly struck .|by a bullet he avoided Warner un- ATTEND WASHINGTON STATE [til he had made a careful visit to ————— The stopped. There's nothing better to relieve the unbearable sorenass, of most cxternally | caused skin troubles. Moone's Emerald Oil | is greasoless, stainioss, promotes healing. | Satisfaction gueranticed or money refunde Itching torture is almost instantly | Butler-Mauro Drug Co. sells lots’ | College. Miss Vera Downing, daughter of the make-up department. The ar- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Downing, of tist quickly devised a horrible look-| Cordova, left recently for Pullman, ing scar across Flynn's face. Then,| Wash,, to attend Washington State |assuming a shell-shocked ntutudn,‘ |the actor hurried into the producer’s | office. Warner took one glance at |his star and was horrified. “You S S —— Today’s News Today.—Empirc e queen of Broadway, Gypsy Rose Lee and her will take their honeymoon in a trailer tour HIS NOODLE Your correspondent has | @ King Showing | “Nine Days a Queen” Con- \ [ cludes Local Run Here Tonight With the current interest in 1 plays based on romantic and ng events in history reaching almost a new high, it i to understand why GB Pictures under- took to film “Nine Days a Queen (The Story of Lady Jane Grey) |currently showing at the Coliseum | This picture concludes run to- | night | The story of the boy King, Ed- {ward I, and his beautiful young cousin, Lady Jane, both of whom weré mere pawns in the hands of a group of ing ministers in Tudor Eagland, is a vivid tale of king makers and court intrigue. It has as much punch and drama lin the sweep of its epochal events as is found in today's news and so- morrow's headlines. .o | DATES BIVEN FOR '36 PLAY IN MAJOR B, CHICAGO, Sept. 23. — Without waiting for the finish of the current season, President Will Harridge of jthe American League, announces |the 1938 season would open Tues- iday, April 19 and close Sunday, Oc- | tober 2. The same dates go for the Nation- al League. casy ?% } 13 YEnmanmamnmns J its sche it's b long. | enough so Gypsy's mother to be whipped,” he groaned,| him furiously for ruining|taurants in New York iures patrons his face and a lot of contracts. with the weird and unusual pictures “Oh,” said Flynn airily, “my doc-|on its walls. There is a picture of a tor has told me what to do.” With|banquet scene beneath the sea, with that he whipped out a hanky and | all of the noted ci wcters who disposed of the scar with one swipe.|were drowned telling their exper- His Imost fainted with relief.|iences and gouging themselves on 1y, he probably will never|good things to eat. Another shows again, weep of landscape, with lamb 'chops serving as clouds in the sky, One of the most picturesque res-lily pads, and cobble stones. ought beratir boss But, they be the same YMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION CONTEST BOAR “STANDARD GASOLINE IS UNSURPASSED Now, Coliseum ONIGHT YOUR NIGHT —and— Last Times Tonight Cedric HARDWICKE | Nova PILBEAM. “fy JOHN MILLS DESMOND TESTER SYBIL THORNDIKE | Directed by | ROBERT STEVENSON —ALSO— Jimmy Lunceford and Orchestra Freshies—Comedy ‘ Late Paramount News This is a small, out-of-the-way place not far from the water-front and caters to sea-faring men, who have a tooth for sea food. How- ever, the proprietor is a landlub- He has never had his foot in larger than a Hudson ber. anything river ferry. - e TAKES D'FLANIGAN'S PLACE The Rev. Leo Dufout arrived in Anchorage recently on his way to Chitina, from where he will go to Valdez, Seawrd ard Anchorage. He will take the Rev. O'Flanigan's place while the latter takes a vaca= tion in the States. D s - MOTORSHIP ESTEBETH Sailing has been cancelled again un< | til Friday evening at 6 o'clock on account of the late arrival of the steamer Yukon. adv. .o FINISH SEASON The Railroad Bearcats in An- chorage celebrated the closing of their baseball season with a ban- quet recently although in the final game of the season they were forced to eat crow at the hands of the Eklutna team. , WASHINGTON, D. C. BEARCATS | | | Here, in 44 words, is the 1937 report of this nationally recognized auto- >, You can’t do better than follow the Board : motive authority—the yardstick of gasoline performance. findings of the A.A.A. 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