The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 24, 1937, Page 3

THE WEDNESDAY——and——THURSDAY BOTH ARE TONIGHT is the NIGHT Show Place of Juneau First Fearless Expose of the Merciless Loan . turn, 1 CRIME BILL T0 BE SEEN AT CAPITOL Chester Morris in *‘I Prom- ise to Pay” Starts This Evening Columbia’s drama, Pay,” the smashing man’s fedrless war shark racketeers, screcn attraction The (re starting in the cast are Helen Ma Leo Thomas Mitchell. Eddie Lang, carefree young clerk, played by Morris, expects a bonus | from his employers shortly and| wanting to take his wife, Mary,| played by Miss Mack, and their| youngsters on a vacation, he borrows money from an agent of the loan‘ shark racket boss. Upon their re- the bonus is not xmthmmlm, and Eddie plans to pay off his debt in small ckly amounts from | his salary. e racketeers, how-| ever, do not agree with this plan and Eddie is waylaid and stripped “I Promise to story one | against the loan will be the new! at the Capitol | tonight. Featured' Chester Morris, | Carrrillo and| of § of most of his weekly earnings. SHORTS—— REUNION IN I\HYTHVI—(:]] LS' BEST YEARS GOING PLACES Dactor Invents Shaving Alibi . COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 24. — Dr. Perrin T. Wilson of Ty | Schilling Baking Powder # M NEWS Boston, is full of ideas for the bet- terment of mankind. His most recent contribution is in the form of an alibi that men can offer their sweethearts and wives when they don’t like to shave. All they have to do is say “tic doul-| oureaux according to Wilson. Dr. Wilson, American Osteopathic Association, and principal speaker at the Rocky Mountain Osteopathic Conferenae, told his listeners that “tic doulou- reaux” is a very distressing condi- tion of spasmodic facial neuralgia or twitching which often follows the pulling of a tooth. The pain is so great that the pa-» tient cannot even wash his face| without initiating a spasm. i g SAILING PUT OVER Sailing of the motorship Estebeth |for Sitka and way ports has been delayed until Friday evening instead ‘of Wednesday evening. ¢ adv.’ past president of the, The climax is crammed with sur- prises and thrills, the picture end- ing on a happy note with justice being done and peace coming at last to Eddie and his family. The supporting cast includes Pat- sy O'Connor, John Gallaudet and Thurston Hall. The film was di- rected by D. Ross Lederman from the sereen play of Mary C. McCall. Jr. and Lionel Houser. SERVANTS ARE SCARCE IN GR. BRITAIN NOW Government Taking Step to Find Household Help for Mrs. John Bull By WILLIAM McGAFFLIN AP Feature Service Writer LONDON, Nov. 24 domestic servants has rea grave proportions in the Isles that the government itself is tackling the problem of finding household help for Mrs. John Bull. Roly-poly, black-mustached Min- ister of Labor Ernest Brown is con- sidering organization of a 2 of good household mistresse tract more girls into servants’ jobs |One London newspaper even credits him with a proposal of a marriage |dowry for servant girls—but he de- nies that. One reason why so few English |girls choose to be maids nowadays s the poor chance for marriage in jobs where there is neither time nor place to meet or entertain a boy friend. Not only that, but the eligible young men of modern England re- portedly look upon servant girls 1as beneath them. League Badges i The dowry idea is an old one. The latest suggestion would have {government and employer contrib- lute a few cents a week toward a |$150 dowry which the servant, if she wishes to marry, would be e titled to after seven years. The league of good Household mis- itresses would be a voluntary organi- zation open to all employers of servants who would accept a charter of good conditions for maids. Each member would get a badge to dis- play in her house, proving to . — Scarcity of ched such British { flIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIINIIlIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIfl 0000000000 A T LKS Thanksgiving Eve BALL DANCING AT 10:00 P. M. ADMISSION $1.00 llllIIIHIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIII O " mushrooms. DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24, 1937. ! lis |t ly | granite I mong tured lan |t army, the TOMB, UNKNOWN, SOLDIER, MOST SOLEMN PLACE B(‘hlhd lhe Seenes, How- 1t recalls ever, Gllal (Jh Hfl\(‘ Their Troubles By PRESTO WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—One of most solmn spo in America the tomb of the Unknown Sol- er. Behind the scenes not all is GROVER | solemn Many a soldier marching patient- up and down before that historic block has preserved his tic calm while his feet him unmercifully and flies| nd mosquitoes pestered him. The job of keeping guard nwr 1t tomb is a sacred job in the| but it is no Sunday School | picnic land | cers, Here is how it is done. Nine men three non-commissioned offi~ a sergeant and two corporals, take over the job for 15-day tricks.| In a quiet, cathedral atmosphere| they march hundreds of miles back {and forth in those 15 days. | la |hours and is off four |pe ‘H One man at a time marches over 30-yard course. He marches two hours. That arading goes on from sunrise un-| 1 Arlington cemetery closes at night. prospective servants that the house was a good one to work in Badged houses would offer leisure for b li ditions and ocial Domestic isie {inds tom of it will be, “ quota of laughs, with good mus | sequences: ecially the “Swing Here to Sway” number which aided the hefty Peters sister and a huge and colorful production. Change From Epics ![ you're a THREE MOVIES, JUST PRODUGED, ARE REVIEWED Garbo's "(‘(mquvsl lighted—Eddie Cantor Is in blg Feature es more con- mfort. labor min- very bot- preferred ould even rather be factory workers than domestics. As a rule t earn only about $6.25 a week in the factory, cc the $5-a-week aver and room, in a house rnoon maids, tte greate servi ik th the jobs. in on onme of the Jones Family's adventures in celluloid. Espe A board But ve Sat- and Sundays free would get onl E: ay off each week, with alf Sunc free milies Closing Houses wo, a domestic often has to work in the coun where movies are scarce. Thousands of new industries cluding the lighter work in the armament drive—are providing girls opportunities for jobs didn't have in the old days Many English families have thrown up their ands and scld or shut down the large, old-fashioned hous- which require a huge staif of servants, . Families flats which job. nings, ful. | The latest of this series is rowing Trouble,” in which and family get into a dickens of ¢ — A mess through big-brothering factor e half d By HOLIL G ROBBIN COONS /OOD, picture and “Conquest melighted than o For one thing en’s greatest hi For another, it ilm within Swedish star” not dominate. For a larg of the footage, Garbo pla i d adoring second wrles Boyer’'s Napoleon. Director Clarence Brown, onsidering ~the love story: of ish Marie Walewska and the le great man of Europe, has set agains brilliant and almost Imi background of the It is his triumph \ director n leven m wrbo 1o be rer of her rates with torical spec- is the first memory in role does portion a sen- fiddle to a youngster named Marvin Steph-| ~in- re- the they h the a downtown intérsection. |le: - e Wife Clinches i Argument b With Scissors ARKANSAS CITY, Kas, Nov. 24.| —Add tips on how to keep vour hn.~~| ,band in evenings: An Arkansas City man brought| three pairs of trousers into a tailor ‘l shop and sadly asked if they could | ‘ repaired. He said he and his| he has managed ceep helgwite had had an argument over story shining clear before the 'gpeiher he should go out one eve-| weep and surge of armie nis litical intrigue She won by taking the scissors Boyer's Napoleon is a masterly \ung snipping off the legs of all of his performance, his best in any film.|grac oo oo Aided by plastic make-up, he| ncigentally the man lost his job {achieves a remarkable resemblance . not checking up the next morm- [to the character, but his great 8¢-(ino until late, having to borrow complishment in humanizing a gysers to wear, and the wife start-|, -gend and portraying the emperov's|eq guit for divorce but was informea | X trom ideal POWET- by 4n attorney that the local judge| Against such alywouig give it to the husband, in view played, it s a credit of the circumstances, so she went/ to Garbo that her patented brs and |y ey s avatties: of movie gic 1s er (‘nLn('lv‘ lost to view mul frequently shines| brilliantly i It’s Never Too Late Cantor’s New Deal Cantor's “anniversary IJ“-{ MILWAUKEE, Wis.—You're never s been in the public eye too old to learn, says Mr. Lewis E. 25 years now—is “Ali Baba Goes t0 Draks, and he can prove it. From Town.” Directed by David Butler,|tests made with 1,000 adults at the it takes up the case of a movie ex-|University of Wisconsin extension tra (Cantor) who in a dream H’(*idnbmn here, he found that per- to ancient Bagdad and inauguratesisons from 40 to 49 years of age werel New Deal, Roose ; {better students than youths of 15 to 119, The older students received 24 {A’s and three D’s in college cours- |es, compared to 17 A’s and 12 D's 1or the younger group. e, SAILING PUT OVER Sailing of the motorship Estebeth |for Sitka and way ports has been |delayed until Friday evening instead lof Wednesday evening. adv. WORLD’S FINEST PEN ‘ R e ST | The American naval air force, The white dot identifies the world’s finest pen iwhich for years has been rated the —Sheaffer's Lifetime Feathertouch. Through finest in the world, is now com- school, in business and throughout life's prised of 1,027 modern planes. 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The heat of the sun, especially the air in the top of the tank and forces a couple of drops of water through the tube to the plant. —— a to w'v 50 m)l\, Eddie ur Never quite as funny as you hope goldier may speak to no one. hater of double-fea-!spectators , forget it some time and drop smile. ly | soldier Lime- |if you are a sufferer from too many|day stint and was glad to be through| epics, you're likely to find it delight- with it. town'’s bad boy, played without act- day. ing but with superb naturalness by|they burn him up. ens who until recently peddled pa-|hour land the |ite. for them to walk on so it wouldn't| be so hard on the feet. can shoulder carry rest. QUEEN two-hour’ During his two hours as guard the He Ali Baba” still has its| qyoids meeting the eyes of anyone. He Is| people. e peor learns to look right through He never smiles. eiyie GIRLS BOTHER GUARDS | The annoying part of it is that Dog Will Be ¢ ueemg tky to get the soldier m‘L “Girls the worst,” had finished are who said one | one 15- “Girls,” he said, “stand right be- “Bor-side the path and smile and try to Jones | catch The watching corporal is you. your over eye. ht there the |Sometimes so is the officer of the If they catch a guy smiling' The watch is maintained on a 24- basis, but after the crowds ave e soldiers don't forth. They sit tomb and smoke. For the first few years the sol- ers marched along the bare gran- Then a rubber carpet was laid around near The rubber "helps some, our sol-| Idier said. But two hours of pounding over | the same short course makes a sold foot bones creak. He has carry a gun on his shoulder. He change the gun from one to another, it in his hand, even for a . . 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She had a guard posted to protect it, then forgot bout it. For years a guard was maintained ov the spot—although the violet had long been gone afd the reason for the guard forgotten. | The Unknown Soldier's tomb 'is not likely to be forgotten, howevgr, |The number of persons visiting it |increases vear. Tt has beén |there s 1921 e High Hm*la Only Made Her Wobble NEW YORK, Nu\ 22.—Not cock= \mns but high heels made her wob- |ble across a chalk line, declared |Carolyn Elanchard, a student at Colby Junior College in New Lon- |don, N. H, when arraigned in a |New York City trafic court. | Charged with leaving the scene lof an accident, Carolyn indignantly |denied she was the least bit spliffli- ;caltd . | Magistrate Curran, eyeing the ‘up(‘n-work sandals, agreed the heels were more like stilts then supports. |'The charge was dismissed. } > l Eye” for Blind Gfl . 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