The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1937, Page 3

THE SHOW oFr .!I'NJAF PLACE TONITE CAPITOL | FIRST SHOW STARTS 7:00 P. M. 4 . L seethearts | The Singing Sweettet oAl TheWorlde e Marietta”~and now the finest of thejr screen tri- | umphs! Glorious Sigmund | Romberg melody . . . soul- .stabbing romance...cast of 2,000, .. director of “Great Ziegfeld”! TONITE + hi BARRYMORE Herman BING + Tom BROWN A Robert Z. Leonard Production Produced by Hunt Stromberg A Goldwyn-Mayer n SHORT Ca RE Mickey’s Amateurs Universal News NOTICE! JANET GAYNOR—FREDERICK MARCH in “A STAR IS BORN” will open at this theatre CHRISTMAS DAY-—Satur- day, Dec. 25 with a MATINEE AT 2 P. M.—Also the usual SATURDAY NIGHT PREVIEW. FREE KIDDIES’ MATINEES — Thursday MAYTIMEIS . W.C.Meni-l - MUSIC FILM Party Will Be AT GAPITOL Held Tomorrow Jeanette MacDonald andehrislmas Toys Are to Nelson Eddy Star in Wrapped—Party Is Noted Play Scheduled “Maytime,” based on the unfor-{ The Mend-It party, sponsored an- gettable Broadway play by Ridaly,.p5 by the Juneau Woman's Club, Johnson Young, came to the Capi- tol Theatre yesterday enhanced ten- SHORTS | i | | lat its December social meeting, will fold by the vaster resources of Hol- 'k reld tomorrow alfernoon at 2 o'~ lywood and the artistry of Metre- clock at tbhe home of Mrs. R. B. Goldwyn-Mayer workmen. | Lesher on Willoughby Avenue, 1t Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Was announced today by Mrs. Ray Eddy are the stars and John Bar-|G. Day, president of the club. rymore appears in his first role The meeting tomorrow will com- since “Romeo and Juliet.” nne bine the duty of wrapping and Carver, a screen newcomer, has the, y Christmas presents for the juvenile feminine romantic part|children in the tubercular ward with Tom Brown. lat the Government hospital, and a Noel Langley adapted the pi !Christmas party for club members and the songs were written by |themselves. It 15 expected that a| mund Romberg, composer of the or-|large number will be out this year | iginal Broadway score, with Herbert|lo participate in the event. Stohart, who composed the first It was announced today that due screen operetta, “Czaritza,” which to conméributions offered voluntarily occupies a meledious sequence. by certain citizens of the town, the ta toys and gifts to each of AL club will th FEDERAL EMPLOYEES |70 tthe all patients, and most of the PLAN YULE PARTY Itime ordinarily devoted to repairing |and mending toys, can be given over A Christmas program is svh':dulrd‘xo #he task of wrapping. at the meeting of the Federal Em-| For the Christmas party for mem- ployees Association Wednesday noon bers, each member is requested to at Percy’s Cafe, according to offi- bring a small gift—with all joke pres cers. Special numbers descriptive of ents strictly barred—and the com- the season are being arranged. mittee in charge will devise & sys- AS A PAID-UF SUBSCR{BER TO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE W. E. Buits is invited to present this coupon at the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE AND RECEIVE TWO FREE TICKETS 10 SEE “MAYTIME" Your Name May “Appear—-WATCH THIS SPACE THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 20, 1937. : p January, 1937 l \ atic year was 1 and a sirange onee. Scanning the headlines it made, the news review editor of the AP Feature Service has jotted down the things you'l want to remember about it. Here is the first of his 12 fast-moving tabloid reviews. By VOLTA TORREY News Review Editor of The AP Feature Service Like an overture, last January re- vealed the theme of news to come in 37 “Democracy 1s sana driven by the 11 Duce declaimed, while se- shoving soldiers into the {bloody Spanish conflict. | | 1 N |wind |cretly is seriously threaten- {ed by the bolshevization of China, (which may ex ;huatil es against Japan.” America’s vital need, Roosevelt found, was an President ‘increas: stitution. To Roger Babson, 1937 looked like the “first year of real pmsperny" since 1929.” Andrew Mellon was/ giving his art ($10,000,000 worth) to country. New Year's revelers ng “Pennies From Hes " And “The New Yorke said “nobody had a thing to worry about except a war scare, a strike wave, a bale of Christmas bills, a new Congress and a bad cold.” ! Lewis Demands Aid But AFL statistictians figured 10,~ 000,000 Americans still needed jobs. And CIO’s rookies were sitting down; 30,000 auto workers were idle Januvary 1, more than 100,000 by January 31. Secretary Perkins scolded. There were sporadic conferences, sporadic fights. “Economic royalists now have their fangs in labor!” said John L. Lewis, demanding presidential help “in every legal way” for his sit- ters. it West, a dry winter scared drought-accustomed farmers. But in the Ohio, valley, rains were from ) to six times normal. The river rose like a flash, Congressmen, convicts, Chinese, verybody answered the inlanders' SOS. The Red Cross raised $10,000- 000 while the water ran wild through 10 states. The flood toll was more than 400 lives and $400,000,000. Table Talk Netherlands Princess wedding, Glenn Frank's 51 from Wisconsin University, Martin Johnson’s death in an air crash and a Townsend plan experiment were being discussed at dinner tables. So was Henry Ford's patent on .« « The Month When Rivers, Tempers Rose | IBOL, GERMAN WORLD WAR ARMY, PASSES | RoadtoRecovery, Sud- d(‘nl)‘ Collap:?(‘s | } Is 1 (Continuea from Page One) Foreign Minister Arita|dendorff by written and spoken word iated at the service, a candle-light ed Jews, Freemasons, Chatho- ceremon; |atta {lics, Protestants and Nazis in terms of ite the Chinese to|that gave rise to a stream of libel dre: lactions and acrimonious polemics. He ‘with is guns on Hondenburg, Shi old army comrades, turned h es- ranging Ludendortf’s “imperishable| ordering flags flown in his| nor and offering him the title of Marshal, he coldiy declined' rank and told friends that the regime was using him merely | as a show pice and soon would for- get him again. But meanwhile Ludendor{f's rela~ tions with the House of Hohenzol- lern had in become “correct.” On his 70th birthday the ex-Kaiser sent him a hand-written letter of con- gratulations and the Prince made a personal call upon' the stubborn old soldier Liege Exploit \ Ludendorff was born April 9, 1865, | near Schwersenz, a town east of Posen, then in Pruss now a part of Poland. He went through the military academy at Grosslichterfelde, was commissioned | a Lieutenant in 1882, a Staff C tain in 1895, a Colonel in 191 Commander of a Brigade at Strass-| § burg in April, 1914, le than four months before the outbreak of the World War. When the conflict started, he was appointed Quarter- master General of the Second Army. | Liege was stormed the night of |August 5, General von Wussow, |commander of the 14th infantry di- {vision, was killed and Ludendorff |assumed command. He led the {troops through the outlying forti-|f fications, became separted from k arrived before the citadel /accompanied only by a Brigade Ad- | jutant. | Ludendorff boldly demanded sur- |render of the stronghold. The huge {doors slowly swung open and sev- laudir me I ng th son re and Mrs ingly enlightened view” of the con-|{when Hitler tried to make peace who with him on his 70th birthday by, — e VANDERWALLS VISIT EFLY. IN JUNEAU Q Brson-Glean Place Sai REPUBLICANS HAVE TAKEN . for Skagway when the Wb passed through Ju- last trip north I Prince s 1 South Aboard Haida on Dec. 26 s Martha Pet- nn, yeoman neau on its . Vanc ptember \' 3 south last an kKastern L as rep- chapter rwall wen to attend ar convention in the entative of the Skagw of the organization Mr, Vanderwall, who Collector of Customs ¢ joined Mrs. Vanderwall in Seattle ago and they journeyed nia, visiting in Portland, enroute, with Mrs. Fred ister of Mr. Vanderwall Juneau, the Vanderwall with Mr. and Mrs. M. S. and family Juneau to Be Scene of Jan. 15-16 uty Republicans, called tc Juneau to form a par will hold a Territorial convention here January in Union Hall Territorial Committee strom announced conven Haida, was R Williar Wl visited Whittier k when relativ athered at ce for the Ander sremony. Cent E th Republican Chairman Elton The T John L ible offic- earlier ' that the best man lding, a recep- > to 50 guests n home. Mr. sail south Reed was ing the we Frank of platform whic Repub! the 1938 elc ]t tand before Offices which will be ind for which the Republican pa Territory up san candidates in A Ka electorate “adopting a for 1 the Peterson, daughter rs. A own of yellow yellow Mr tatfeta white and Mrs. G aboard the H in Seattle, nn will da for nth leaving here day after Christmas. f of two the he Pote e nd by (Irene . in year party e A HART SCHAFFNER & MARX UNION HALL gathering would be for the purpose will open next pec to Territorial Senator vision and four members ritorial House of R from each Division R PAROCHIAL SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PLAY TO BE STAGED TONIGHT G Pupils of St. Ann's be staged, beginning at 8 o'clock. The affair, for have been underway for the chool auditorium ng- | duction, the > oo - HAUTAL. THROUGH rty | Harvey and Bill Hautala, bon in | Juneau over the Princess Norah south. They arrived by PAA plane from the Interior Saturday and stopped 'x- |at the Gastineau Hotel SUIT OR OVERCOAT WILL MAKE ANY MAN SWING HIGH. He, or she who gives a Hart Sc wisest. A qift of greatest value manship for which these clothe ex-Crown | A ‘haffner & Marx gives , true style and work- are famous. Exclusive in Juneau with us—as are also FLORSHEIM SHOES—a big stride along the gift high- way. AND— More other attractive gifts than you can count. See Them All! A Rabhor Robe will be most appreciated. $7.00 to $22.50 Parochial School will present their traditional Christmas program this year, when The Magi’s Gift,” an operefta, will which rehearsals past few weeks, will be presented in the All students of the school will take part in the pro- young men from Fairbanks, passed through the weekend, taking a new car with the engine placed eral hundred Belgians capitulated. ' sidewise in the rear, and American Two weeks later their captor was P P ¢ plans for a dirigible like the Hin-|made a General and sent to Hin- X3 denburg (the summer fare to Eu- rope on the latter was to be only $450.) In Texas, a school board cut ex- penses, $1,500 a year by tapping a gasoline company’s waste line. The headlined crime of the month was the kidnaping of Charles Matt- ison, 10, of Tacoma; his body was found in snow-covered brushland. Clemency for a communist kid- |naper was being arranged, mean- iwhile, by China’s Caesar, Chiang |Kai-Shek, but he was starting to {have heads chopped off opium ad- diets. Russia, already having killed 16 men for Trotskyism heard eminent- Jjournalist Karl Radek confess all charges —“even the ones I don't know about.” And Red G-men scurried after evidence that was to |doom fully 1,000 more. [ Goering Dances | Herr Hitler, winding up his first four years in power, promised no| more “Saturday surprises.” i But to the astonishment of many foreign affairs commentators and despite a new Anglo-Italian pact, Chief ‘Der Alte” |denburg as the latte of |Staff. Thereafter he and Russians out of Prussia, transfer- ring later to the Western front and ally becoming the two top offi- ers of all the Imperial armies. Ludendoff married twice, but was childless. In August, 1909, he wa wed to Frau Margarethe Pernet, x\‘ 4 divorcee to whom the courts had § granted custody of her four children. | f8 Two of her sons, aviators, died in| the World War. “It was a love match,” wrote Frau Margarethe in beginning her mem- | oirs, publication of which in 1929 the General vainly tried to prevent. But the union ended unhappily with husband. On September 14 Ludendorff mar-| ried a widow, Dr. Mathilde VvO) !'Kemnitz, a noted nerve specialist, who had been one of Ludendorff’s ardent followers in his post-war | controversies. He was her third hus. band. R o e a Munich divorce on July 9, 1926,| [, the courts, placing the blame on the | Bm=d taveled together, sweeping the ‘0 o SHIRTS Like These Top All Other Gifts $z.00 They're popular wich men who get them, because another shirt or two, especially ones like these, are more than welcome. Popular with women who buy them, because it's a simple matter to buy the kind he’s sure to like! Collar attached in plain white MOST STYLES Give Gloves for Men. Lined and unlined. In leather, pigskin, mo- cha. $3.50 to $6.50 Tie and Handkerhief Sets $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 Pure silk or linen. a Rome-Berlin axis was starting to} ppe average rent in New York! and patterned. Fabriecs of unusually ar be able to supply| |twirl. Hitler's understudy, General |Hermann Goering, was in Rome last ‘January figuratively and literally dancing through a fencing exhibi- tion with Mussolini. | A Jersey City arms broker shipped la flock of planes to Spain and neu- |trality was uppermost in Congres- sional minds while Franklin D. {Roosevelt outlined his second New | Deal. | Madrid’s newspapers last January 1 confidently predicted a loyalist victory within 12 months, but shells already were falling on the city. | “Some say the world is going to |the dogs,” Mrs. Carrie Chapman |Catt, 78, observed, “but the dogs |aren’t even in sight.” Next article will be on February. ytem of present exchange to add to |the enjoyment of the occasion. No |present may cost more tham 25 cents, and its identity must be con- cealed by the Christmas wrappings, |Mrs. Day stated today. A social the afternoon meeting. } Assisting Mrs. Lesher with ar- | rangements for this affair is a large committee which includes the fol- lowing prominent club women of ithe town Mrs. H. S. Graves, Mrs. John Chappel, Mrs. J. E. Marshall, Mrs. David Waggoner, Mrs. John Rogers, Mrs. C. C. Rulaford and Mrs. |J. E. Neate. ———— The Christmas poinsettia produc- es small quantities of latex from which rubber is made but not enough to warrant hopes of com- mercial rubber production, the De- partment of Agriculture reports, hour over the teacups will conclude | City is $3¢ per month. Manhattan shows the largest percentage of those paying both maximum and minimum rentals. ORDER AND CITATI IN THE UNITED STATES COM- MISSIONER'S (EX OFFICIO| PROBATE) COURT FOR THE| TERRITORY OF ALASKA, JU- NEAU COMMISSIONER'S PRE- CINCT. In the Matter of the Estate of GUSTAF LANART, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN| that the Juneau Chapter of the| Amercian Red Cross and all other persons interested in or claimin |under that certain document he “toforc admitted to probate ]Auv.n‘ jon August 10, 1937, as the last wi |and testament of GUSTAF LAN-!| |ART deceased, and all heirs of said |decedent and other persons inter- | sted in said estate, are hereby re- quired to appear before me, in the above-entitled * court, at 10:00 o'- clock am. Monday, January 31, 1938, and to then and there show whether said document is valid or invalid as the last will and testa- ment of said decedent and, if valid, who is the beneficiary and entitled !to take under said purported docu- ment, and, if invalid, who are the heirs of said decedent and entitled to receive his estate. WITNESS my hand and official seal at Juneau, Alaska, this 17th day of December, 1937. FELIX GRAY, U. 8. Commissioner and ex-official Probate Judge. 15 (SEAL) First publication, December 20, 1937. 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