The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 1, 1937, Page 3

SHOW PLACE OoF JUNEAU " MARCH OF TIME—The News Behind the News HOOKY SPOOKY—NEWS : Our Short Subjects Are the Talk of the Town! Geva Hides D(;rwing Legs To Make Her Film Debut By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov. 1. For Tamara Geva, for a while, a leg will be something to stand on.| She stands on two of the pret-| tiest the Broadway stage or Holly- wood ever saw. But Hollywood—| meaning the cameras—won't use | them. Tamara, Russian-born dan- cer-actress, is hiding them as she makes her film debut. Besides being something to stand on, a leg to Tamara is also some- thing one prefers not to discuss. “I don't mind,” she says, “but anything one says is so likely to be' misunderstood. At present I wish/| to forget dancing for a while—to be seen as an actress—but if I said so, that, too, might be miscon- strued.” Did Ballet Burlesque Born on St. Patrick’s Day, the daughter of a Tartar father and a Swedish mother, Tamara was train- j ed in the Russian Imperial bnllet‘ schoci and came to America in “Chauve Souris.” Ziegfeld her for “Whoopee,” and her other without success. musicals on the stage included; She was formerly married “Three’s a Crowd,” “Flying Colors” George Balanchine, now in Holly and “On Your Toes.” In the I wood on the “Goldwyn Follies." named she added acting to danc-|They are divorced, but friendly. ing, and presented a burlesque of Both were pupils of the famed Diag- ballet—in a way a revenge for the hileff. weary hours of gruelling practice| e ASSEMBLES LARGE role in an unsuccessful play, “The; Divine Bridge”, and this opened the| dramatic field to her. Recently she! did ‘Idiot’s Delight’ in summer stock | In pictures she wants to continue| Brightly colored Hallowe’en hats as a dramatic actress—and forget and horns provided ¢ colorful at- the dancing, and the legs. In appearance a sort of Margartt Sullavan, Tamara from film offers until she one she considered suitable. She the Elks’ Ballroom. plays a temperamental opera star—| but doesn’t sing—in “Manhattan;also present for the occasion, of "Merry-Go-Round.” | | | | TAMARA GEVA exotic'educational fund ball, given by the shied Business and Professional Wo- found men’s Club, Saturday evening, man. Hates Onions and Liavor | Orange and black decorations She herself 15 not too tempera- added to the Halloween motif of the mental. She loses her temper sel-'affair which was preceded by a dom, but when she does—youre number of before-the-dance par- supposed to duck. She never diets, ties. except to eschew hard liquor. She! As a special feature of the eve- likes a glass of sherry, has a lew:mng. award was made of an appli- superstitions, loves to have her head qued quilt, with Walstein G. Smith scratched. She makes elaborate|holding the first ticket; George plans, usually abandons them for a|Parks, second; and John McLaugh- spur-of-the-moment idea. lin, third. She hates to pack clothes, writ,e: An annual event sponsored by the letters, cook, give parties, sew, or;Business and Professional Women's eat onions, Off the screen she wears.Club, the dance was given to aug- little or no makeup. She has few ment funds of the Club to assist close friends, but makes acquain-{local students in attending college. tances easily. She is a good story- The affair, Saturday, was pro- teller, a good listener, and a good’nounced one of the most successful nversationalist. Her accent is |yet to be held by the club. slight. e — She has a lock of hair (light brown) on her forehead which nev- swimming, are so small.that it has er gets a chance to grow. She con-|to take a running start on water tinually twists it while thinking.'to get into the air. signed she has tried to break the habit to CROWD SATURDAY mosphere for the annual Hallowe'en in Scores of Douglas residents were, ,which Mrs. Lisle Hebert was chair-| The loon’s tiny wings, fine for THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JEAN HARLOW, ROBERT TAYLOR - STARRING HERE “Personal Property” Now | Playing at Capitol Theatre Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor form the thrilling new star com- bination presented by Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer in the new comedy-ro- | man-e, “Personal Property,” which | oper:>d yesterday at the Capitol Theauie. ' Tayolr, current idol of the screén, comes from the arms of Garbo in “Camille’ to his romance with Miss Harlow in the present photoplay | which is based on the H. M. Har-| wood stage success, “Man in Pos- ' i session.’ Miss Harlow was last seen in the four-star hit, “Libeled Lady.” “Personal Property” comes from the hands of W. S. Van Dyke who has achieved the unique record of| never having turned out a failure. Among Van Dyke’s recent hits were “After the Thin Man,” “San Fran- cisco,” and “Rose Marie. SECURITY ACT REVISIONS T0 BE CONSIDERED Advisory Council Plans| i Conference to Be Held This Week (Continued from Page One) Mme. Lou Pon-su, unofficially Jay Iglauer, Cleveland; M. Albert Linton, Philadelphia; E. R. Stet-; tinius Jr, New York, and Gerard Swope, New Yerk, will represent employers. The public’s representatives \vlll\ be J. Douglas Brown of Princeton Univers! Henry Druere, New, York banker; Paul Douglas, Uni-| versity of Chicago; William Habe Lansing, Mich.; Alvin H. Han: University of Minnesota; Lucy Mason of New York City; The McMahon, University of Washing- | ton; A. L. Mowbray, University of| California; T. L. Norton, Univer- sity of Buffalo; George L. Stock- | ines and news columns of the daily ing, University of Texas; Eliza- Papers of a few months ago is the beth Wisner, New Orleans, and Ed-|thrilling melodrama “Black Legion® win E. Witte, University of Wis-|whbich opened yesterday at the Col- consin, |iseum Theatre. - The Warner Bros. production was {begun a few days after the pre irevealed that such a secret organi- NOVEL HALLOWE'EN e |and BY BERYL MARSHALL‘sludm officials, on the very day a Detroit Judge sentenced the hood- led order’s officials to life impris- oriment. NOW PLAYING AT COLISEUM Secret Organization Expos- ed in Dramatic Picture SRt sa | Lifted directly from the banner- One of the most realistic of the many Halloween parties given in Juneau over the week-end took| The story concerns a young au- place Saturday evening, when Beryl {tomobile mechanic, played by Hum- Marshall entertained at her home|Phrey Bogart, who joins the Black on the Basin road, gathering a Legion—purportedly a national or- r—in a fit of bitterness.over los- large group of guests for the eve-|d¢r—In 2 ; b b e |ling the foremanship of his shop to a foreign-born fellow-worker. The Ining. Upon arrival the guests were met| by a witch, who directed them to! follow a rope which wound in and| k svormit thepehnuse by “ghost cay-| The young mechanic takes part erns and dead men’s caves.” Fi-|in house-burnings, floggings, tor- nally reaching the front door again, {tures—all vividly shown and Tally the initiated arrivals were admn-‘,:‘]‘a“_st"‘ftlfjj‘“}i"fll‘-r?‘Ck Crimi [ted for an evening of Hallowe'en| Hetdale s S0 IprCer. games, and the affair was climflxed; st Iy the serving of special refresh-| DAUGHTER IS BORN TO ESKE ESKESENS ments including sandwiches bearing sealed fortunte notes. Invited to be present for the oc- casion were Bernice Mead, Fran-)| Mr. and Mrs. Eske Eskesen (Vio- ces Paul, Dorothy Fors, Doris Mc-ila Riendeau) are receiving the con- Eachran, Lillian Olson, Betty Rice,|gratuldtions of their many friend Marian Dobson, Laura Jean Clith-|today upon the birth this morning era, Dorothy Larson, Marjorie{of a daughter, Bodile Marie Eske- !Snell, Jerdith = Winthers, Cecelia sen, who weighs six pounds and two |Thibodeau, Sylvia Davis, Lila Sin- and one-half ounces. |clair, Martha Harris, Kathleen Mc-| The child was born at St. Ann’s ?Alisl,er, Isabel Parsons, Patricia Hospital at 1:45 a. m. She is the | Gullufsen, and Lenore Kaufmann. (great grand-daughter of Mrs. Nels Miss Kaufmann was the prize- Lee of Juneau, and the grand- winner during the evening. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Assisting Mrs. R. W. Marshall at |Riendeau. the affair were Mr. and Mrs. O. R. —————— In England, it is customary to place checkers on white squares of the board. Hatch, Mrs. Forrest Bates and son, |Forest; Arlene Hatch, and Boyd Marshall. .tthtEletodAstK ':ENNIES FOR DEATH, e twi streets of New York’s Chinatown, collecting f 5 fens: ei a street. Sponsored by the Chinese Women’s Patriof e OLEAE fatia e BLACK LEGION DRI I5 LIKE RMONSTER. known as the angel of Chir League, it was made up of Chi town, the league B ol A COLDRLOODED Misr) chanting “Every penny kills a Japaunese,” ced nearly $12,000 § home where numerous Chinatown men are already fightive. Back to the stage will go Mrs. Jack Dempsey, the former Hannah Williams, | who has not stepped out before floodlights since she sang “Cheerful Little Earful.” Her current vehicle will be a musical comedy entitled, “Hooray for What!” Her last appearance was before marriage. FORMER ‘GASTINEAU CHANNEL GIRL WILL APPEAR, NEW YORK Viola Wasterlain, former girl of Channel and now a young Seattle violinist, will realize a life-long ambition on November | 9, when she is heard in concert in New York City's famous Town Hall. Miss Wasterlain has make a New York debut,, and want- ed to appear in Town Hall. The {concert has been arranged by Rich- ard Copley, now of New York City. Miss Wasterlain has won high |praise from professional music crit- ics, who have heard her play in Se- attle, San Diego, Vancouver and Victoria, and in the East. She has won five music scholariships. e Enrollments in vocational educa- tion classes in public high schools will be higher this year than last when 1,382,000 youths and adults |were enrolled to study trades and| industries, home economics and vo- |cational agriculture. — e, Window Rock, ariz., 1200, is capital of the 16,000,000-acre iNavajo Indian reservation Not Forgetting HAPPY NEW YEAR! with GREETING CARDS NOW IS THE TIME—and as always the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY has a large assortment, including the finest lines of Holiday Greeting Cards—your old favorites—as well as the newest. An Empire represen- tative will be pleased to call on you—MAKE YOUR SELECTION EARLY! wanted to| population | or I care. } Mr FEDERAL POWER COMMIS- SION, Washingon, D. C. Public no- tice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Power | Act (16 U.S.C. 791-825r) that Buch- an & Heinen Packing Company, a corporation, organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Washington and hav-| ing its office and principal place of | business at 2106 L. C. Smith Build- | ing, Seattle, Washington, has made | application for a license for a project, No. 1426, located on an un- | named stream on the southerly end| of Baranof Island, Alaska, consist- ing of a dam and reservoir, a water | conduit and a power’ plant, used to supply power for the corporation’s | fish packing plant, located on Bar- ‘nnor Island. Any protest against| | the approval of this application or | request for hearing thereon, with the reasons for such protest or re- quest and the name and address of the party or parties so protesting or requesting, should be submitted before November 29, 1937, to the Federal Power Commission, at| Washington, D. C. By order of the Commission: Leon M. Fuquay, Sec- retary. | First publication, Nov. 1, 1937. | Last publication, Nov. 22, 1937. Ancient Greeks thought ducks | hatched from b A, COLISEUM ‘ LAST TIMES TONIGHT | THE FILM THAT DEFIES THE "BLACK LEGION HUMPHREY BOGART The Kl of Peibed Forest” DELIGHTFUL SHORT FEATURES Starting Tomorrow Kay Francis—Wm. Powell “ONE WAY PASSAGE” derwent a major operation at the Government Hospital this morning. May Wallace of Hydaburg, a sur- gical patient, has been dismissed from the Government Hospital, Anna Charles of Petersburg has been dismissed from the Govern- ment hospital following Surgical care. D | CLEMENTS LEAVES | SOUTH TO ATTEND SEMilJAR CN MILK ! through i Mott 0l ciion of ! i 4 E. F. Clements, Territorial sani- efugees in their ancestral tarian, was a southbound passenger ' aboard the Alaska, leaving Juneau ——& |this affernoon for Portland where HoOsPITAL NOTES | |he will attend a seminar on Public d & Health control of milk supplies. i The seminar is conducted by the Tony Chap, Alaska Juneau min-|United States Public Health ser- er, was dismussed loday from St. vice and will take place from No- Ann’s Hospital following medical vember 8 to 13. | - >oe ‘ Poor Timing | | | | | | Gordon Boyd O baby son of Mrs. Glenn Oa VIENNA. from St. Ann’s Hospilal phone system arranged a ser following medical care. ‘lul' glving subscribers the correct o |time. Wanted to promote business. Mrs. Henning Berggren was dis-|But the Vienna Association of missed yesterday from St. Ann's Watchmakers killed it at the start. Hospital. “Thc association believes everyone |should carry a watch—and remem-= of Kluckwan un- ber to wind it. TWO THINGS that add immeasureable charm and elegance to any home are beautiful mons and attractive and sed esterday The government tele= Mary Whittake The home that is well lighted has a cheerful atmosphere and well distributed LAMPS and MIRRORS do more to brighten your dark corners than anything else. Seldom will you find such an attractive display of these two essential articles of beauty as now being shown in our FURNITURE department. The new numbers in TABLE and BOUDOIR LAMPS are so DIFFERENT, with their hand carved ITALIAN MARBLE and ALABASTER bases in soft pastel colors, as well as white, with silk shades. These are exceptional values. Priced as low as $4.95 BOUDOIR LAMPS priced from $1.50 Among the new MIRRORS you will find almost every shape and size, CIRCULAR, SQUARE and OBLONG, both framed and VENETIAN STYLE, PLAIN and DECORATED. Priced from Sixty Cents to $27.50 Juneau-Young Hardware Co. Just Telephone 374 or call at theyDAlLY ALASKA EMPIRE Office.