The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1937, Page 3

e (STAR 15.BORN' HERE TONIGHT Now Playing at Capitol March nt at Da- pro- and Fredri y engager Janct Gaymor cnd their three (he Capitol Tt tonight ir vid O. Selznick’s technicolor duction, “A Star Is Born.” This glamorous story of a little country girl who went to Holly- wood, faced the odds of 100,000 to 1 and scaled the heights of stardom, mar the first up-to-the-minute story to be filmed in techmicolor. Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine and Lionel Stander are! featured in the supporting cast, which also includes Owen Moore, Peggy Wood, Elizabeth, Jenns, Ed-| gar Kennedy, J. C. Nugent, Guinn | Williams and others. i William A. Wellman directed “A| Star Is Born” from a screenplay; by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell; and Robert Carson. The original| story was by Wellman and Carson.| Beraldine Engel, Mr. John Tapper | Marriid Friday Ceremony Performed at | Messerschmidt Residence During Evening | A childhood friendship in Seattle several years ago led to the mar- Iriage ceremony of Christmas Eve in |Juneau when Miss Geraldine Joy | Engel became the bride of Mr. John Tapper at an 8-o'clock-in-the- evening service performed at the Henry Messerschmidt residence. | The bride was dressed in & gown {of creme lace and wore a corsage of gardenias and ro: She was \attended by Mrs. William Redling, and little Roperta Messerschmidt |was ring bearer. The best man was |Lynn Tucker. Mrs. Redling’s gown {was of green chiffon with which she |wore a corsage of roses. Mr. Tap- per’s father, Mr. George Tapper of Seattle, was present for the cere- {mony. Commissioner Felix Gray offic- jated at the service which was at- tended by a dozen guests. Cedar boughs and Christmas decorations formed an attractive setting for the ROberl W. Bender Stricken occasion, which was followed by a in ArizonaWhile Attempt- wedding supper at the Gastineau 2 i / Hotel. ing to Regain Health | Our Short Subjects Are the Talk of the Town! EMPIRE EDITOR SUCCUMBS TO Mr. and Mrs. Tapper are to make their home in the Klein Apartment:, Cavnor, March Production e o e S February, 1937 CONSIITUT % T BAl |l LLE bEGING EY 1} i- R % ’\. L. Lewis had some- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 27, 1937. b ] “Immeortality” in the ['il Lasts Nearlv Eichi } et > » ol ' 74 P L iC] asts [Near y Light ¥ea. 2 b v i N he was quoted By ROBBIN COONS to intention to make one washed up.” And Dec. 27. — The tion that does it rinciple : principle of Teams Grow Stale tures ab: it's diversifica- ' diversiicas more picture in Hollywood—“then am through.” She'll make pic- d, she said. HOLLYWOOD, prepared to prepared 10 o004 610 agrioultuw waves by start- 31, Presiden 10V A judge gave crop ai fication” — applied to e o dos el Bke ) e in o 1L, Mich., sitters 24 hours to "8 8 10, RRATTIMIRON | o oVins thening the life span A.Tl)mn r,mlml. i el dv k¢ | But what came to me suddenly 1 3t or be tined $16,- | P The London metal ex- i ‘1‘ ‘:“‘“ T‘f’"“ (Ul pretty s00M [was that Marlene, who probably v t, beards getting ° T d its “maddest day since - op s o v B onang erious gian't mean it, anyway, isn't neces- . D i Bep vt ‘M p“"‘ 1914.” They to suy that a movie again. Gable's unfortunate appes arily “through.” One good picture L 1 loor between CIO and A Premier Prays q‘"\(‘ it J\“' el rod: ‘\ - ;‘y( - ¢ \“‘ ‘Y E " Whets tb n which she breaks down and acts, nis - v forgotten. Parent al Motors confabs. A black storm swept America’s EERING. 2 iy not only with eyebrows but with dust bowl, but— 10. And more if you count th S |l Qg Oofier dq ¢ | vigor, could change her mind. Of owed ¢ schwol bocks to n vefore an agreement to ne- 4 Sdie o s igi e 3 S o brush up on U. 5. history for & “con- | gotiate had cleared the auto pingige, . “Mv stocks are all goinig up/again,” (Fe-slaliing period in evory SWTM tour dx foromcim The course, she didn't use “through” in stitutional crisis”* And “Nine Old 1-:\\“; “was dickering with the coal 2D ©ld lady told a Wall Street brok- life during which the spotlight, and which contrasts sharply tha aene T o Men" became a best seller industry and conferring behind the " IS that a bad th ooin, 13 almost a8 tyight, Deeds” and “The Adventures of AL R, g ndustry rring aring prices height-| Clark Gable’s been 'prominent, ' Marco Polo.” Conareskini - Rl b, TRk - SRl g o g gl Japan, soaring prices height eI S i e PERIS KIH Dl Saeits | Priction - between politicians although not always a star, nearly | There's more of the same going| CATHOLIC WOMEN W anEoss D evEn-harTiAl ar e o e Distors of the And militarists. A new premier, Seven years Constance Bennett,on in the teaming business. Sep TO BE HONORED L w\m“m\, el ;x(;» i 1' 3 @ .m‘:m ral Senjuro Hayashi, sought DOt counting her early silent ven- arating Astaire and Rogers for a AT C D A PARTY clearafice clamor, or the White! And Lewls nromised to have Chrys-|SUidance by praying to dead war-|ture, hias been & star in talkles for | time; letting Jeanette MacDonald . D. A. sstsan, 2 . ; B A e D D t eight. Rona olma. ade his els Sddy te ———— House reorganization hopes. Dem-|ler and Ford bargaining, too, by| o> SPiils. “R( it “‘ l(_“ 0 v m? ‘d ¢ o3 m\d‘ Helkcn Fr!d:v "p"?v_l‘l;, OPPOSIte |y atholic women of the parish 2 By 7 Y e 8 Y In China, harrassed by drought|first h years ago. Claudette other singing sweethear g TR ocrats sang, od Night, My Love,”| Christmas. | GotBert. & s SR S o, ‘ . 'will be honored at the Christmas e I il Bhd ¢ ¥ Nanking officials| Colbert, after two featured years, the William Powell-M s | Pty b b siveid: by the GO "D Sitrer be LGHE Mhett el ~ Labor Murder announced their 10-year war with DORan to click big in 1032. Gary | duets—that's diversification. In the Wity 18 M SEER R ERE B0 | Sitting became stylish. A Detroit| cpinese Communists was over |Cooper was already big in the si-|silents the team of Dorothy Mac- ¥ f with the President,” trumpeted Ne-|poq joined his employes in the sport ters of Ame a, tomorrow evening, {lents hieved starring status eight |kaill and Jack Mulhall was over- in the Parish Hall Pl‘l;\:‘f‘f FD§‘}11?}101‘ Burke, elected a5, New York boys squatted on & Dight-! Novi Article Reviews March | Ver 0. Carole Lombard, Ginger |worked and there isn't any Mul- ["'gie - WERE CRE 4 8 New Dealer. |ciub floor, protesting parental early- et i b |Rogers, Irene Dunne, Norma Shear- | hall-Mackaill team any more. R s i ST B haR :m'wrlo- And Montana's veteran, progres-'to-bed rules | ler, Fredric March, Wally Beery, Maybe the producers are . business meeting w e held, s L L s. WATOH RICHY SERVIGES i 3 y v,| Maybe the producers are more 2 sive, Defocratic Senator Wheeler| Even the month’s murder mystery| . Ve Warner Baxter — the majority of | discerning about such matters now- | 8 8t 8 oclock, with Mrs. Walter let it be known he could see nothing|was shrouded by labor strife; N sound, progressive or democratic mg about letting the President name| s slain after trouble with|Church a new judge every time one who;Sam Rosoff, Gotham’s millionatre ' Assem! had served a decade passed his 70ih|ditch digger, and another union birthday. Sitters Ordered Up Mad Flight From Ma But Arizon: Ex-Cowboy Ashurst, line read. Fascists ¢ Senate Judiciary Committee chair- today, Madrid tomorrow!” d, “M ga | Victory BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG TIME'S A-WASTIN, HONEY - POT W GIT VORE WUTHLESS CARCKUS EROUND WHAR (T BELONGS AN WIN THIS VERE DUNKEY DEBBY OR--- BY JEEPERS W W29 Cop. 1037, King Features Syndicate, Inc., World rights reserved Watch night services are sched- |tod Redwood, sandhogs upion ms n—! uled by nd®the Bethel Pentecostal bard, Rogers and Dunne did not hit |ceremonies will be conducted at the|real movie fans knew them seven “War's Horror Reaches Peak in'churches ga,” a head-|New Year tradition 12 President Roosevelt has no brott man, vaulted to the Roosevelt side' seemed so certain that Germany ers or sisters. By Qs EF 5 T LA 0 THE o CLEARINY LUEY ™ cutey eats 2ae® 4% 1,000 SMOKY MOUNTAIN CLASSIC -- @"WHIRLY GUST" @ "LGHTNIN' BUG” n, Grand Regent, presiding. s will assemble for the social ing at 8:30 o'clock. Peter Bond and Mrs. G. H. s stars, were stars or at least n|well known in 1930 adays. Maybe the ars ars more insistent on proper vehicles, although stars are notoriously poor as wagon- choosers. But more likely Just the talkies—opening new fields for talent and personality. Or the pub- lic, which seems to have a broader | view of Hollywood and its people Holton of Mississippi regards soy= than it used to have 1d doesn't 'beans as potentially the most val= insist on its favorites 'king in uable new crop for American farms. o o bt g - i § By BILLIE DE BECK the First Presbyt Misses Lom- o Mrs Walmsley are chairmen of the eve- for New Years' Eve. The starring stride until later, but the in keeping with annual years ago. ning. That doesn't add up to an aver- |age of eight years, but most of hose mentioned have several years to go before they can be considered Agricultural Commissioner J. C. - LOOK, SNUFEY -+ THEY'RE OFF W HEY W NO FAWR -~ NO FAR --- WE AIN'T READY --= Bz7 7 HARKY A VOLLEY OF RIFLE BALLS FILLS THE AR --- THERE'S A WILD SCRAMBLE AND THE GRERT 21,000 DONKEY DERBY, N THE HEART OF THE SNMOKY MOUNTAING \& THAR, HUNEY -POT, YO'RE GOOD AS — ORY =as ‘ ( &T AN WHAT THEY ARE ) > PORE LEETLE HONEY - POT-- HAWN'T (T (Continued from Page One! and plan to leave in April for Bris- tol Bay where 2Z#. Tapper will en- 1932, and alter a short vacation in gage in mining. Mr. Tapper’s father California with his father-in-law leaves for Bristol Bay on the Yukon he came to Juneau in March as LOIIOITOW. Editor and Manager of The Empire, | The bride, daughter of Mrs. Fred NUFFY SMITH'S “HONEY PoT* GETS A LATE START AND FLOPS AT THE FINISH 1 TELL YE,GOOGLE, PITABLE 22 PAW'LL BE PLUMB HEART—-BROKE - THERE - THERE-- KEEP YOUR the position he held at the time Schallus of Kent, Washington, has of his death. |lived for the past six years in Ju-| Mr. Bender was married to Helen |neau where she has been associat- | 'M TH MOS HUMILIRATED HWUMARN BEWN (N TH NEWNTED STATES--- CHIN UP AN DON'T BE RIDICULOVS , SNUFFY --- NOBODY'S LAFEIN' AT YOU -= WHY ---{T WAS MORE MY FAULT Troy in Everett, Washington, Qnied with the San Francisco Bakery. January 20, 1922, the culmination of a romance started when the two were students at the university and worked together on the University Daily. Beside Mrs. Bender, he| leaves his father, William Lewis | Bender, of Tacoma; his father-in- | law, Gov. Troy, and his sister-in- | law, Mrs. George A. Lingo of An- chorage. His mother passed away in Tacoma last year. Active in civic and fraternal af- fairs, Mr. Bender was a member of the Masnoic lodge, with which he became affiliated during the war; the Juneau Lodge of Elks, Alford John Bradford Post, American Le- gion, of Juneau, the Juneau Rotary Club and Juneau Chamber of Com- merce. e * e | AT THE HOTELS || — ! Gastineau 1 Herb Smith; Mr. and Mrs. H. Museth; Bill Donovan; Ralph Mil- ler; J. R. Townsend; J. W. Ford; Miss Eunice Logan, Hoonah. Alaskan Bachelor Ben Wilson, K. Lowe, Harry, Lee Rox, Jim Stone. EBER TG T JENNE ABOARD YUKON O, - M. Dr. Charles P .Jenne, who has|si been in Scattle on a brief trip, is a passenger for Juneau aboard the Yukon. COLISEUM "LAST TIMES TONIGHT See the Side of Life You've Never Known! BETTE DAVIS in “Marked 2 Woman with HUMPRHEY BOGART —Also— % isongs featured the Christmas exer- .- ”——— & ' DOYBLAS . NEWS | SUNDAY SCHOOL HOLDS CHRISTMAS EXERCISES | A fine program of recitailons and cises which were held here last eve- ning at the Episcopal Church. Prac- tically every child in the Sunday school took part to the interest of a number of the parents attending. The program opened with Christ-| mas Carols, sung by the audience; “Merry Christmas Bells” was sung by the Sunday school. Readings| were given by Shirley Ann Edwards, Solvig and Borghild Havdahl, Eve- lyn Spain, Curtis Bach, Melvin| Shudshift, Obert and Bennie Hav- dahl, Pauline and Donald Bonner, Jimmie Sey, Billy and Phoebe Ann Logan. Gary Bach sang a seng, and eight girls sang “A Shep- hard-nad.” The beginners’ class sang “The Cradle Song,” and the rogram ended with the audiencr ging “Song of Night.” Gifts, candy, fruit istributed to the children Claus. were > COUNCIL MEETING This evening at the usual hour the regular meeting of the City Coun- il is scheduled to take pl take care of any business pres KIBBYS MOVE Melvin Kibby and family have noved into the house formerly oc- cupied by the Feero family, on Fifth street. e A cornficld a thousand years old and a domed earthen council house are among the reminders of long- vanished peoplés who once occu- pied the vicinity of what is now Macon, Ga. e The first German submarine, Selected Short Subjects THAT PLEASE built at Kiel in 1906, had a carry- little | NOW SHET YORE TATER-TRAP_ AN : LET ME GO TO GLORY | &2 N PEACE--- BUT, WITH ALl NYOUR BIG TALK T _SEE YOU'VE STILL GOT TH' LITTLE FELLER T RELL ME, QOOGLE > THAR HAWN'T NO DONKEY ON TH' FACE O THIS GREEN AIRTH GONTER HUMILIRATE ME AN' MAKE ME TH' LAFEIN'-STORK O CREATION --- SNUFFY-- YOUR WMMAGINATION'S RUNNING awWAY WITH YOU --- JUST SECAUSE HONEN-POT LOST ONE RACE -YOU NMOPE » AROUND AND --- THAT'S WHAT UM AMIN' TO To, MISTOFER GOOGLE ==~ IT'S ONTELLIN' WHAT Paw MIGHT DO WHEN FROM NOW ON-- YOU BETTER ing capacity of only three torpe- does. HANGIN' AROLND-- HOWSOMEVER --\T HAWNT ALL PAW'S FAULT--"HONEY POT'S WUSSER'N A SPOILT YOUNG-UN oo RS L UE'S S0 AN' ORTER BE HONEY €OT WONDERFUL TREATED AS SICH . OUT OF RILED UP--- ERINSTANCE -- SNUEEY'S WAY. LOW\ZIE --- THAN YOURS THAT “HONEY POT" LOST THE QRBCE ==~ EVERYBODY SANS SO--- T swow ' 1 FIGGER WERE (N FER A RIP-SNORTIN' WINTER AN TH o WOMBN'S BEEN HANKERIN FER 6 MUFF NECK~PIECE -~ = | R et opr. 1937, King Features Syndicate, Inc, World rights reserved F2-2