The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 26, 1937, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMP]RE, FRIDAY, NOV. THE SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU MAY ROBSON IS STARRING AT CAPITOL Double Bill Includes “Woman in Distress” and “‘Lawless Land” With the theft of the warld-fa- mous “Mona Bella” of Rembrandt as its motivating theme, Colum- bia’s “Woman in Distr " a fast- pac:d omedy melodrama featur- ing May Robeson, Irene Hervey and Dean Jagger, will open its local run at the Capitol Theatre tonight Supporiing the three leads is an exceptionaily strong cast Douglas Dumbrille, George Gene Morgan, Arthur Loft, Charles Wilson and Paul Fix. Edwin Olm- stead wrote the original story, which Alcert DeMond adapted to the screen. Lynn Shores directed. The daring robbery of the Rem- brandt painting from the Maine home of Miss Robson sets in motion a series of exciting e minate in a hair- Involved with Miss DUAL FEA'ILI"JMRES " ighter when mk :hl: ‘tracklng MURDE ke) down prairierats! But a master- minded mob meets 1ts match in a grand old lady ! 1 talk s(ungh! and | shoot MAY ROBSON \_ IRENE HERVEY |DEAN JAGGER Douglass Dumbrilie raising clima Robs wise - cracking newspaper played by Dean Jagger, and a beau- tiful young sob-si: A REPUBLIC RELEASE ———ALSO—— 5th Episode—“ROBINSON CRUSOE” “Qur Short Subjects Are the Talk of the Town” e NBWS ' e MICKEY MOUSE MATINEE SATURDAY—1 P. M. _ : “LAWLESS LANDS" ! i i 5th Episcde—“ROBINSON CRUSOE” CARTOON COMEDY CANDY ADDED——STAGE SHOW Special Entertainment DOROTHY STEARNS ROFF PRESENTS ALL IN COSTU Mary Lou Tonkin Betty Lou Hared Lois Hared Barbara Reid Sonia Sheeper Joan Hared Annabelle Hagerup Alice Jean Davis SONGS and DANCES ® MRS. HARRY SPERLING at the Piano rival. When assigned to check the ru mor that Miss Robson has been robbed of the valuable painting, ng believed to have been destroy- ed, Jageer finds the girl already on the ground and on her way to scoop” him again. Determined to et the story at any price, the reporter falls into the hands of the rival the mystery But the (‘Hln it of in nl and tomorrow. George K. Dudley w: e award Thurs net present. RACKETEERING BEING WORKED ON FILM LAND Little Schemes Formulating Now that Christmas Approaches s cailed for lay night but was Bg ROBBIN .COONS HOLLYWOOD, Nov. [ ] Note: Mary Lou Tonkin will be accompanied by her father. eers who prey on the movie colony especially when Hollywood's eyes one passenger from Tenakee and three from Sitka. Outbound to Sitka this morning |were Willlam Markle, Mrs. Pete Hoolif, and Joe Young, while A, Phoney pprfume \p“gon flew to Tenakee. \ing colored water in fancy bottles On |SLANB TRIP the return trip, Markle —8t bargain; the usual furtive deals \brought back two prisoners from ib shining white fox furs that turn | Marine Airways Pilot Alex Holden, | gitka, William B. James, and m“_\xnto rabbit skin the first heavy rain. with Flight Mechanic Lloyd Jar- jse Daniels, while Charles Walter| Many Thrcals‘by Mail man, flew to Sitka this morning was brought in from Tenakee by This film community has become ‘lwmz three passengers and to Tena- | Holden. accustomed to all sorts of badger a.m with, one. Holden returned with‘ Weather permitting, two trips will Igames and petty rackets; it knows e e !be made to the Polaris-Taku mine about burglary—the Gary Coopers M‘ | tomorrow. iand Hal Roach, of the jewelry store, that annually clouds Santa Claus Lane. There'll be the usual number of | Upon his return from a flight to can give fresh- hand information; Sitka today, Alex Holden flew two Mae West is the colony’s leading au- passengers to Wrangell in the Bel- thority on the hold-up (recelving lanca of the Marine Airways. end); but the major fear in these The two passengers making the|Parts in the crime line remains charter trip were Capt. William the kidnaper. | Strong and D. C. Sharpstone. | More than 20 screen celebrities | e, have received threatening letters or {phone calls in the past year. In CAFE MANAGER DUE levery case police guards have been | Mitchell Dabo, manager of the!a.ssiened, and usually—when ex- Gastineau Cafe, is a passenger,tortlon was attempted through the "HUNG A RIAN UAPR l KA * aboard the Princess Norah return- mails—the federal men have stepped ing to Juneau following a month’s in. 'M_ business trip in the States. These precautions m: WILLIAM RUDOLPH WON the Turkey Dinner First Prize as holder of the lucky ticket 1976——while MRS. J. E. BARRAGAR HELD ticket number 3186 to win the Second Prize Goose Dinner in Our Annual Thanksgiving Award California Grocery “THE PURE FOODS STORE" PHONE 478 ‘small-town including | McKay, | modest n in the strange events are a | reporter, | , portrayed by | Irene Hervey who is Jagger's chief | are blurred by the artificial snow | salesmen—offer- | 26, 1937. oo PARAI.LELS U IN SPAIN IN CHIN < g Sp ance in {ime t A 1 e A 5 RS WSS An old Spanish woeman and a little girl await rescue on a heap of ughter An old Chinese woman and her grandda wreckage following an air raid cn Madrid. E street followi aid on Shanghai. 26.—Christ- | mas is coming, and so are the nifty little schemes of the petty racket- | A woman sniper, firing from behind a barricade, picks off Spanish | \ Insurgents during the siege of the Alcazar. attackers during the Chinese defense of Lotien. | Lespits In a Valencia hospital, a friend writes a lelter hame mr a wounded A% Spanish Loyalist soldier. 2 wounded Chinese soldier. Shang ) @ On the front at Shanghai, a fallen C! by his retreating comrades. On the front before Madrid, an unidentified victim lays unclaimed by his unknown comrades. no cjepartment devoted to'by the movies. There has been too | napings. In fact, as police statis-|those Jured here by movie glamour, much publicity about the futility ticians point out in their 1936-37 unless these would come under “ad- of coming m Hollywood and trying report, there have been no kidnap- | venture-seekers.” 1 this category,|to break in’ ings for ransom in the entire Los among 644 juvenile girls, were list- —ee Angeles community in the period ed only 14. Among older women CARD PARTY ‘The Smail-Town Girl Mylh rounded up here the big cause for|By the Women of the Moose, These city statistics, :w.«.n;l,‘w. landing in Los Angeles or Holly- Fellows Hall, December 1. by Mrs. Rhoda Cross, official st wood is “mental unbalance”—which >eo istician, would seem to blow down might not have some connection Izaak Walton's “The Cmnp'mt another flolly“'ood legent — t with the movies. | Angler,” the n Hollywood is the mecca of missin “It's just a myth,” Mrs. Cross|written on f girls. The statistics says, “about girls being lured here in 1653, | | | why there have been no actual kid- | have Me: | neau, Odd MESSERSC] George Messerschmidt and Amey erschmidt are passengers aboard the Princess Norah for Ju- They have been south for several weeks, VVLAAIN ¢ ibsmisitsi await rescue in the Woman snipers, firing from behind barricades, pick off Japanese Hed Cross nurse writes a lef HMIDTS COMING R ATTENTION LEGIONNAIRES se trooper lays unclaimed Legionnaires are asked fo meet t famous book ever at the Dugout at 1:45 p.m. tomorrow ng, was published for the funeral of Wilbur Storey. adv. el i 'rrfi MRS, ROWE T0. ' BE PRESENTED, CONGERT HERE |Four Artistsfil Take P;rt in Event ot De- cember 3 i1 | | | Formally introducing Edith Relly |Rowe, ‘cellist, ahd John Borino, flutist, a concert is to be given at |the Northern Light Presbyterian Church on the evening of December |3 with Lola Mae Alexander as vocal |soloist, and Carol ‘Beery Davis, ac= companist | Mrs. Kuwe, pupil of Elsa Ruegger |and Alwin Schroeder, was prize |graduaté of the Royal Conserva= tory, Brussels, Belgium and was sel= ected by Cesar Thomson for pre- gentation. She has appeared as a soloist with Mme. Schumann-Heink. Arriving here a few weeks ago, Mrs. Rowe has been heard at several |private parties in Juneau, but the |concert will mark her first public appearance. She was to have ap- ‘pmrvd this week in the world pre- | miere of the new Charles Wakefield Cadman piano quintat, but was fore- ed to chage her plans when her nd was transterred to Juneau. J. Borino, who has been pre- sente in several musical events in ates, is amother i u Aricio by Prager), wert L by Popper hie Silenee of Rachmanin- knwskt natureS. Aml - Bummumst Pact, Is Indicated 'Hungary, Austria May Join { Germany, Italy and Japan BERLIN, Nov. 26.—Informed po- litical circles interpreted the state- ment of Hungarian Premier Kolo- man Daranyi, after a visit here with Hitler, as indicating Hungary and Austria will join Berlin, Romeé and Tokyo in an anti-Communist pact. Daranyi and Minister Koloman von Kanya had several hours of confidential chat with Hitler and in a statement, the Hungarian Pre- mier said Hungary was ready to co- operate in a policy based on friend- ship with Germany and with Rome on protocols. 0. B. WILLIAMS CO. SASH AND DOORS BELIEVE IT or NOT It's time for Storm Sash. Order now and be prepared to laugh at Old Man Winter. 4 Lt. 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