Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, DI Our Christmas Present to You! The First Modern Story Filmed ICOLOR! OR 24, 1937. — a5 DOUEGLAS FRIDAY, DEC six little \ 4' o - Sy Bidie BB EE8 OF JUNEAU ONLY (e un«mud"fi%flfi?afi ¢ SHOW. PLACE TONIGHT Photoplay's Critic Says This Picture Is a "“MUST SEE!" r! a 1d autiful been col aston by Mr the CCC l | | and five of — boy camp fi ) n?“ 3 ( ATHOLIC DO 3 children were | Yoy 7 "2}2{‘2& ANNOUNCED will be I t Dou service ¢ Chure accordin, F nil Ope will 5y the Rev. Edward Budde,|at the school until Russ vowv: GOT SOMETUNG THERE ... .. =T oo e \\> L Two against a world of crime! eld in t Ik t entation of gif house will be ubl > ELECTRICITY OFF NOTICE Electricity will be off in Douglas, om 9 am. to 11 am. A.E. L & P. CO. >-re ENT SCHOOL 4 LEBH S CHRISTMAS |+ l - e LICENSES APPROVED BY CITY “You may be only a waitress now, but you're movie-star stuff, baby — with proper training, of coursel” COUNCIL A e ‘\ [ A ting of GIRLS, has anybody ever handed = , you this line? How many times have you heard it? Did you fall for it? Did you doubt it? And then what happened? ... Oh! s that so? Then “A STAR IS BQRN". g " s and C :H Jash- | | //CONSTANCE WORTH y 3 s X rlsc bsent |/ VINTON HAWORTH . [{ LESLIE FENTON { GORDON JONES \ was the fol an rnoon a ¢ ved in { the school for: the 28 children enjoyed a chick upstairs. Apprc place cards and all t ngs were in eviden event and after ev the children made | BROKEN WATER PIPE; Thursday aftern HUNT FOR SHUTOFF|| am Starting off ! { \ VSELZNICK INTER’NATION'M' A PP >mmunity { A gripping story of a \girl customs agent | who dared to match {M'lf! and bullets | yagainst a dan- ner ons, \ gerous gang of i { smugglers! ~ALSO— Ninth ('h:lg';'v'x — I{(ll{l\.\'(),\ CRUSOE” g, t e busy af le A f ¢ Blue g a SHORTS Liitle Hiawatha Universal News lowed IIIIII|IIIIIIIIHII!IIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIN‘HlllIIIII!IIIHHMHIHIII IlllllllII!!IIIIIIII COLISEUM TONIGHT ONLY Sponsored by Moose Lodge, No. 700 “Everything Is Thunder” with wit-off in water line to Front Street to pre vent further loss of water that aping from a broken ection in front of the | Jensen store was ESTEBETH OUT UN ISLAND RUN GUSTAVUS TR[P motorship Estebeth, Capt. ; (vu CGiustafson and Purser Dave | Ram left last night for Sitka hopped off at|with a heavy load of Christmas mail 10 o'clock this morning for Gustavus and supplie: with two passen in the Alaska ee passcngerd aboard are head= Transport Lockheed ed for Tenakee. They are Tom Rap= Jack Siermala and Albert Nor= The Show Place of Juneau o Wishes You All a Very Merry Christmas! ANBY, uwfiu SAIONELSTANDER IN:TE(HN'I(OLOR Produged hy DAVID 0 SELZNICK Djrected: hy WllllAM A WEHMAN ki\ulifl THRY DR ED ARYSTS STARTING TOMORBOW Matinee Saturday Evening Midnight Preview Sunday Matinee .Sunday Evening Monday Evening - | SIMMONS MAKES Sheldon Simmons THEATRE » were Charles Parker, and Al HOLIDAY BILLS ARE OFFERED ON CAPITOL SCREEN Double Featunes Showing| Tonight — Technicolor Is on for Christmas come together in RKO Radio’s new the huge interest in the production mystery thriller, “China Passage,”| in"which the theft and eventual re-/ covery of a priceless diamond forms the stirring theme. CHRISTMAS BILL A motion picture within a motion picture was made on a sound stage | within a sound stage on a film lot within a film lot at Selznick Inter- national studios recentl Furthermore, it wa in a story, with a cameraman being hotographed by another Stolen in a surprise k on a Jjewelry store in Shang the gem is smuggled aboard a San Fran- cisco-bound steamer, and most of the exciting story action deals with |the efforts of a pretty under-cove customs agent and of an Ameri- can adventurer to recover the prec- ious object. Constance Worth, attractive young | Australian actress and Vinton Ha- led by a second prop crew, on a set within a set. 1t was all part of David O. Selz- nick's technicolor film, “A Star Is s an, and a prop crew being assist- Clear, Cold, Green Christmas Forecast Here cold and green Christmas v for Juneau by the U. S Weather Bureau. The temperature stood at 18 above zero at noon to- day, the mercury having gone down dily sinceé yestérday, and the erman predicted continued fair and probably colder with fresh to strong northeast and east winds There was no indication for snow, according to the weather experts A clea wa CONSTANCE BENNETT DOUGLASS MONTGOMERY PLAYING SATURDAY—-SUNDAY—MONDAY BETTE DAVISin Chenard, who wiil trap this On the return (trip, \Im'“ it in Miss Sue White, |teacher at Hoonah, | - > o I Today’s News Today.- { | | Empire. winter. Simmons school man, & i e UNDERGOES TONSILECTOMY Thomas Monroe underwent & tonsilectomy thiz morning at the Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinie, "FORGET THE REST— AND DRINK THE BEST” CANADIAN CLUB Born, ring Janet Gaynor an g t Gaynor and g4y was probable that Juneau would enjoy one of its rare green Christmases. The Capitol Theatre is giving Worth have the romantic roles, with myegeric March at the Capitol for patrons a run for their money for Leslie Fenton and Golduu *'”"“‘lho holiday feature. WHISKEY Made and Bottled in Canada by HIRAM WALKER & SONS. SOLD IN 87 COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTED 3Y ALASKA DISTRIBUTORS, INC. SATISFACTION IN FOOD QUALITY AT UNITED FOOD CO. TELEPHONE—16 | | I ‘ John Weil of Anchorage sustained W\r'n burns recently when he awoke | |to find his home in flames. F‘xremen‘ [ fought the blaze for 45 minutes in | | ian attempt to save the residonco.' but the fire was beyond control. ! Everything was destroyed but $160 which Weil had under his pillow. |/, GARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS ‘ TELEPHONE 212 Phone 4753 SANTA CLAUS 1 FLOOR YOUR HOME WITH | OAK—Nature’s Gift Everlasting GARLAND BOGGAN PHONE 582 | Buy Your Floors with a only and opening tomorrow after-|days, the Republic film, “The Gun!npor fighting her way up the lad- MATINEE SUNDAY ALASKA AIR EMPLOYEES day nights is another bit feature.|long career in the picture, which isled as the girl making Tier debut' Mr. and Mrs. Russel Clithero en- According to the poets, East and | Stewart, beautiful young college girl,|the sequence a prop set, on a prop, at their home on the Basin Roa ) ; Ew I|IlllllllllllI||l|IIllllII||I|I|llIIIIIIII||IIIHIIHIlIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'I | Director William A. Wellman,' | |Star is Born,” and the film portray- | " _ Own Gift | “A Star is Born” features Adolphe | Thomas Hughes, 2330, . e Home of Hart Schaffner and be Christmas with- . nor would it be Whitman's Favorite - Sampler— GUARANTEE “MARKED WOMAN” g Bl Lol e i B LT U g MIDNIGHT PREVIEW SATURDAY night there is a double bill, tonight A stirring tale in its old lawless lywood's de,” shows Miss Gay- X 7 SROS ENTERTAIN noon at the matinee, shown again Ranger,” stars Bob Steele. lder of screen fame. In the “within tomorrow night, Sunday and Mon-| He has one of the best roles of his a, within a, etc.” scenes, she is film- AT | —-Plus-— Tonight there is “China Passage” | replete with hard riding, hard fight- | before e cameras tertained this afternoon for em- |} Selected Shorts That | and “The Gun Range ing and colorful action. Eleanor| It was necessary to construct for Piovees of the Alaska Air Tmn»lmll‘« at Pleasel West can never meet. But they dola newcomer to Hollywood, provndes\\ound stage, with a prop crew, and | Ll:"'e:l‘” “lf'r" B;dl Bmldmg — S |in it Miss Gaynor goes through lines' Sc!"e, Tony Schwamm, W exactly as if she were starring tn DUCan Jack Mulling and sheidon W%WWW’%’%’%%”W@@ W%%m?&m T F - ’ G - f t another picture entirely. - o "e a m ' ' |therefore, had the unique task of l s k lts y |directing two pictures at once—“A t pea s led within it, titled “The Enchanted Hour." ! Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine “f\‘ ' \Lionel Stander and other: M the $50, but he was not there last| | H. S. GRAVES ght. “The Clothing Man” {fisp J\ J Christmas wouldn't ANCHORAGE FIRE i Mare Olottiing out a tinseled ever- green in the corner Christmas without a delicious box of Chocolates. The Whitman the PERFECT GIFT. B for years to come. THE VOGUE Correctly Styled Clothes For Women Dust . . Litter . . Grit . . theyre all the same to the New-General Electric . . . It gets them all — and leaves your room clean and fresh as new. + SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. JUNEAU—DOUGLAS Commencing Saturday, we are OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS 101 SEWARD ST. ; i . A variety pack | ;jf World Famous ‘Whitman Candies. Whitman and Augustine & Kyer Candies sold in Uacka Federal Savigs | nly b | Alaska Federal Savings Juneéau only by and Loan Association DRUG co, Butler-Mauro. | | Accounts Insured Up to $5.000 i ie S : | P. O 3———Phone 3 ; R ;8 “The Rexall Store"” COLUMEIA LUMBER CO. | Juneau this prefers to leave a worthwhile gift. A : i NOTICE . . | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN | General Electric | That JOHN H. WALMER, as ad-) | 3 £ | ministrator with the will annexed Cleaner will fill |of the estate of JOHN SISUL, de- | % 3 ‘ceased, made and filed on Decem- ' the bill now and .—~& Iber 23rd, 1937, in the United States )4 | Commissioner’s (ex-officio Probate) y Court, for the Juneau, Alaska, Com- sioner’s Precinct, his final account and report and petition for.distri- | butmn and that on said day said !Court made its order appointing February 26th, 1938, at the hour of [10:00 o'clock AM. before said| | Court, in the Federal and Terri- | | torial Building in Juneau, Alaska, |as the time and place for the hear- gt ing of objections upon said final | ] |account and the settlement thereof, |at which time and place all per- 5}1:2‘]!?1!‘ g:&gf gflltfi:‘ sons are required to appear and | AND OTHER DIETETIC make their objections thereto and FOODS |to the distribution of said estate 230 Franklin St. |to Nina Sisul Ban, Mima Sisul Telephone 62 | Kiselic and Anastasia Sisul, all of | 2 | Susak, Draga, Jugoslavia, sole heirs, | devisees and legatees of said de- | | | cedent. | Dated at Juneau, Alaska, |23rd day of December, 1337. JOHN H. WALMER, | Administrator w.w.a. First publication, Dec. 24, 1937. l'u'sl publication, Jan. 14, 1938, R