The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 8, 1938, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 8 , 1938. ow Place of Juneau EATRE LAST TIMES TONIGHT TOGETHER AGAIN! The stars of { The Great , Ziogleld' } in another g SHORTS MARCH OF TIME M-G-M News MIDNIGHT PREVIEW TOP OF THE TOWN e ARMLESS MAN DOES SURPRISE WITH HIS TOES National Officers of 5-and- 10 Club Announced— Has Lucky Number By GEORGE TUCKER NEW YORK, Feb. 8—Not the in recent days was that hombre who walked into least bizarre sight an American Express office and ordered a bunch of checks. “Certainly,” said the attendant “sign these.” He shoved the checks through the cage. At that moment the man sat down and kicked off his shoes “Kindly threw that pencil on the floor,” he requested. The dumb- founded teller did as he was bid- den. Then the man, for he was armless, seized the pencil between his toes and dashed off a flourish- ing signature. “Now,” cried the patron, “take my wallet from my coat.” In this way the teller received his money. There was a sum of small change and the armless man put this in the toe of his shoes. He had, he! said, been writing with his toes | for years. In summer he travels with a cireus! ( | It has been four dapper little man with the trim white mustaches and an open | checkbook to all struggling artists, composers, and authors died. Otto | H. Kain was always willing to back | financially any worthwhile project in the field of art. Scores of times he gave encouragement to begin- ners, and it was his check ‘for $500 that saved the Theatre Guild, in its infancy, when it was about to go under. Most of the shirt windows in New York are flashing a back-to-nature campaign. Their wares are featur- years since that | Every Month in the Year AUCTION SALES DATES 1938 July 13 August 10 September 7 October 12 February 9 March 9 April 13 May 11 November 9 June 8 December 14 Special Sales Held On Request of Shippers Advances will be made as usual when requested. Transferred by telegraph, if desired. THE SEATTLE FUR EXCHANGE 1008 Western Avenue Seattle, Wash. travelers’ POWELL FILM ENDS TODAY AT CAPITOL Luise RainerVI: Co-Starred in “The Emperor’s Candlesticks™ William Powell and Luise Rainer, {both nominated for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award for best screen performance of 1936, are united for the third |time in Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer’s “The Emperor’s Candlesticks” which fends a three day showing at the Capitol Theatre tonight Miss Rainer received nom- ination for her pertormance as Anna Held in M-G-M's “The Great |Ziegfeld,” Powell, who was teamed |with her in that picture for "My {Man Godfrey.” Miss Rainer won her first ac- {claim tollowing her screen debut |with Powell in “Escapade.” whence |she soared to stardom. “The Emperor’s Candlesticks,” based upon the best-seller novel by |Baroness Orczy, is a story of spy |intrigue that races across Europe at a madeap pace. The picture was ,directed by George kitz-maurice, who surrounded Powell Rainer with a supporting cast of ‘nutuhlp players including Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan Frank iMorgan and Henry Stephenson, | | | | her ing such colors as red oak, silver spruce, green hemlock, chestnut {brown, and other tones. The national office}s of the Five- and-Ten club are Jack Dempsey, Ted Friend, and Jim Tulley. Its members are required to have an income of at least $10 a week and they must have hoboed 5,000 miles at some time or other in their Jcareers. you know also. Friend is a column- ist for a morning tabloid. This slavey is a member too. We got in our road licks hoboing between Memphis, Teun., and Camp Mec- Clelland, Anniston, Ala., Charlottes- between New York and New Or- leans, La. Cover this route a couple of times and you easily achieve the desired 5,000 miles. Fannie Brice's lucky number seven Jim Cardwell, now readying a series of articles for a popular magazine, owns two old touring cars that were manufac- tured in 1904. Theyre two-cylinder jobs and when he drives one around {the block you ought to see people think it's a stare . . they pub- licity stunt Members of the New York, The- atrical Press Agents are bringing out a book as a memorial to Ray Henderson, who was killed in Greece st 1 months ago. Hen- derson is known to editors eve where for his fine stories work in behalf of the Katharine Cornell theatrical enterprises. This book is to include 40 or 50 of the best pieces Henderson wrote. If newspaper editors will go through their files and forward pieces writ- ten by Henderson, the committee will be grateful. They may be ad- dressed to this department or to Oliver M. Sayler, 21 East 37th St., New York City. Thanks. STUDENT FROLIC DANCE DATE IS SET FOR MARCH Sponsored by the Associated Stu- dent Body of Juneau High School, the Students’ Frolic dance will be held in the high school gymnasium on Friday evenidg, March 4. Committees appointed by Presi- dent Dave Reischl are as follows: Electricians Herman Porter, Wendell Schneider, and Gilbert De- Vault; Decorations—Frank Parsons, chairman, Phyllis Jenne, Henry Behrends, Gilbert DeVault, Bud Brown, Keith Reischl; Refresh- ments,—Bea Primavera, chairman; Lillian Kiloh, and Peter Warner; Entertainment — Mary Jean Mc- Naughton, chairman; Lolo La Paugh, Rudy Edmons, Gilbert Mon- roe; Clean-up—Keith Petrich, Ber- yil Marshall, Charles Notar, Fran- ces Newman, and Isabel Parsons Advertising—Ed Hildre, chairman; Lee Lucas, Ellen McKechnie, Hallie Rice; chairman; Ruth Kunnas; Utilities— Tom Hellan, Mike Daniloff, Gud- mund Winthers, Don Wilcox; Pat- rons and Patronesses—Jean Taylor and Elaine Housel. COLISEUM Positively Last Times Tonight GALAMOROUS! GALORIOUS! A Sweethot of a Show “Wake Up and Live” with Walter Winchell Ben Bernie Alice Faye And the rest of the Guys and Gals! THE TOPS IN SHORT FEATURES and Miss| Dempsey you know. Tully | ville, Va., and Hanover, N. H., and | nd his | Invitations — Anne Morris,|" Shirley By ROBBIN COONS AP HOLL ‘eature Service WOOD, Feb. ittle Mary d ¢ r hair parted Writer 8 Three Lou Isleib of coiffure her blonde, simply in the Mz Lou began ritual nicht before going to bed {she had her locks curled neatly {around 70 “bobbie pins,” and each !morning Mary Lou awoke with 70 neat little curls piled on her shape- Iy head Over K her ' middie. |Every a the country hundreds of ttle girls were subjected same procedure. Proud mam- | were turning out hundreds of |imitations of Shirley Temple. Of |them all, M Lou was the only one with a solid, practical reason. She was Shirley Temple's stand- {in—and still is e job ludes, to naturally, be- | MARY “INCIDENTS” AT HOLLYWOOD ARE REVIVED AGAIN | | | | Some Little ‘Insides’ About Prominent Ones Are Told by Coons HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 8. — years are so SHORT: 1. The beauty and the chivalry of Hollywood were there. The great banquet hall was crowded with “big names” all dressed up and full words. | Testimonial dinners are common lin Hollywood, but this was one of |the biggest. The diminutive chap |who was the cause of it all sat at |his honor table and heard the usual nice things said about him.| “A man who. . . . A man who. ! You all know what he has done. . . Paramount is grateful. . . . " And so on, and so on, and so— | A short time later Emanuel; Cohen, guest of honor, was no longer head of Paramount. There'd been some changes made. And just the other day, having effected peace with the studio and under-| taken some independent produc- tions for Paramount release, Cohen broke into the news again. Said he| was going to sue for breach of con-| tract, Paramount having notified him their deal was off. Well, any-| way; it was a nice testimonial din- per. . s The | {ot A Helping Hand II. She was just a plump kid who'd been brought out to Holly- wood as a talent prospect. She could dance, and somebody or other | thought she had something. But the way it looked now, somebody or other had been wrong. Her flrst; option-time was approaching and | ithe outlook wasn’t promising. She felt it pretty keenly—enough A | to cry her eyes and heart out. fellow came along, and found the tears flowing. “Don't ery, kid,” he consoled her. “I'm directing a west- ern soon, and I'll ask them for you; as the lead.” ‘ He kept his' word, and Lucille | LeSueur hurdled her first oppion.‘ Then she got into something caueclI “Sally, Irene and Mary” and was| made. The director of “westerns” | isn't famous now, and his name| eludes me. But Joan Crawford has kept on going. She Marches On, Too - III. She was as cute and pretty as a doll, walking across the studio lot to meet me for our interview. iShe was a “Follies” .beauty (in a Hollywood edition of the “Follies”) and the most winsome miss T'd| ever seen—especially when she sat | on my knee and poured out her! intimate life secrets. Later it was very difficult to present an un- | 1 | | biased account of her personality, so completely charming was she. My reputation asa prophet would be enhanced if I could truthfully s St(m:I- 1 Kneiw Her Famed Friend When- LOU | Shirley’s Stand-in Makes Friends With Some Studio Chickens In, Mary Lou, ing Shirley’s best mate. And that® is was chosen The Temples and the Isleibs have been friends some 15 years. George Temple, Shirley’s father, and Har- ry Isleib, Mary Lou’s, worked in the same bank. When Shirley need- ed a stand-in, and the Temples were very particular about the fam- ily from which she came, Mrs. Temple went to Mrs. Lsleib. Mary Lou, her, was all in favor. Today Mary Lou, years old next June, enjoys many of e advantages of film stardom with none of the disadvantages. friend and pla Mary who'll Saving Her Money earnings don't touch Shir- ley's—a stand-in makes about $50 week—but Mary allowance = of spend as she pleases, Her a I $1 weekly (Shirley isn't ISLEIB when the question was put to | | be 10 Lou gets a reg-| Lou | K when she wants she asks for it.) Shir- is being saved; so is And the little girl has the fun of studio life without the handicap of the publicity. months older than Shirley, Mary Lou also is two inches taller They are in the same grade—A-4— at the 20th Century-Fox studio wl. Like Mrs, Temple, Mrs. Isleib always is present when the children are on the set. At home in Glenc Mary Lou plays with the neighborhood children like any other little girl. Shirley has jhav bodyguard. Shy with Strangers Rather shy with strangers, Mary Lou is more aggressive among chil- on allowance | 5 hin s money ) Mary Lou’s. has of her. Like any two little girls, both are prone to get the “giggles” simultaneously on occasion, In theii infrequent childish “spats” Mary Lou stands on equal footing with the star, Mary Lou's biggest dolls are presents from Shirley. As a perfect foil for Shirley, Mary Lou should hate spinach. Disap- pointingly, she loves it. Mrs. Isleib, a pleasant little wom- an with a sense of humor, con- fesses to one lasting embarrass- ment “When Mary Lou and I walk down the street, I'm always sure people are saying: ‘There goes one of those mothers trying to make her poor little girl look like Shirley Temple!” claim that then and there I real- ized she was a million-dollar baby. To be truthful, I remember boring people briefly with accounts of “that cute kid” and then dropping the subject. Well, she didn’t remain a “Fol- lies” beauty because they changed the title of the picture to “Stand Up and Cheer.” But Shirley Tem- Thirty-Second Annual Ball JUNEAU VOLUNTEER FIRE Music by Wesley Barrett’s plé walked away with it just the {same! -se - NO NEED TO IVER Laugh at winter in a real “cold weather” outdoor garment from H S. Graves. “The Clothing Man" is |closing out a large stock of heavy winter and work garments—at bigi price reductions DEPARTMENT ELKS’ HALL February 12 Orchestra to » DOUGLAS | NEWS .4 k3 | i SCHOOL N DOUGLAC RLY COMPLETED The authorization to pay voucher No. 7 for $10,000 and No. 7B for $781.82, in favor of Peterman Con- struction Company, was voted at the weekly meeting of the Douglas City Council last evening, which action was the important one of the session. That stage in the con- struction of the building for which the money ordered paid has ad- vanced the project to 73.2 percent toward its completion, the members were told. | Practically the entire session was taken up with matters pertaining to the new school. Other issues cluded the selection of an oil burner which will perform satisfactorily, as those tried so far failed to do ac- cording to report. Careful consid- eration is to be given the problem before any burner is settled upon School equipment received also had an inning in the Council's af- fairs, one result being the rejection of 20 of the folding chairs. A communication from E. D. Col- lins, Mayor of Fairbanks, inviting |Douglas to send a queen to the Ice ICarnival to be staged there from March 10 to 13 was read but no action taken. An investigation of the water sup- ply in the city reservoir was ordered land the ice at the top was to be |from a report made that consider able water was being wasted by resi |dents leaving their taps open to| keep the water from freezing. —_——————— IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Jack Warner is receiving |treatment at St. Ann’s Hospital, having entered the institution yes- {tnrdayA | ———————— W.IW.C. MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT | The February meeting of the Douglas Island Women's Club will be held Wegnesday evening in the |government school, with Mrs. Ro! and Mrs. Robert Dupree the host- esses. Mrs. J. O. Kirkham and Miss |Mary Baker have arranged an en- tertaining program to include vocal | selections by Mrs. W. E. Cahill and | Mrs, Glen Kirkham, with Miss Mar- garet Pearce accompanying; read- ;ings. Miss Katherine Elliot, and a {talk (by Mrs. Mildred Hermann. -, | STUDENTS HEAR TALKS OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST | 3 e in- e BRI ¥ | K&séed Wrofi:g—Twm Too Oiten!, s 0517 RO wins Claiming that her husband too often shovered his kisses and at- tention on her twin sister rather than herself, Jane Swank sued for annulment of her marriage to Harry Brown Cook, III, wealthy Pennsylvanian. tng partner, whose appearance is Jane, right, is shown here with her sister and danc- so identical that the confusion I8 understandable. dren, and she has no more awe of broken today so the Fotet ""“""Svmmng organizations, here on a the child movie star than Shirley be measured. This action resulted yigiy from Seattle, and the Rev. L Kendall of Juneau, were visitors at the high school here this morn- |ing, and addressed the student body and faculty. The Rev. Kendall stressed the im- portance of “never die,” the spirit that has been so noticeable among Douglas students of former year: urging the present generation to be daunted by obstacles. “Playing the game” note of Mr. Dill's talk which had “Scouting” as the main subject. The purposes in general back of the scouting idea were explained by Mr. Dill, and according {o the teachings |there, he urged the boys and girls |that no matter what their endeavor, to play the game according to its rules. not appropriate remarks. | Tonight again, Mr. Dill will be {heard in a further talk on scout matters at the Parish hall, starting at 7:30 o'clock. He will explain the |new scouting movement to take in |the younger boys and. prepare them |to become real scouts when they be- come 12 years old. Parents are par- adv.| Robert L. Dill, Field Executive of | (icyjarly urged to attend the meet- |ing. - |GUERIN RETURNS FROM KIMSHAN COV George Guerin returned home on the Estebeth yesterday from Kim- shan Cove where he been work- |ing for the Hirst Chichagotf Min- ing Company for the pasi four tive months. > DOUGLAS AGAIN INVITED ) ENTRY TO FAIRBANKS or To the Honorable Mayor and City Council, “The Fairbanks Dog Derby and Ice Carnival extends to you and your townspeople a cordial in- vitation to join us in celebrating Value in Flavor was the key-! Richard MacDonald, sccut leader, | g introduced the speakers with a few| our 1938 Carnival festivities. held here March 10-11-12-13. “One of the main features of the celebration is the sclection of a ‘Miss Alaska,” and w2 are asking all towns in Alaska to enter con= testants.” The above message headed a lets [ter addressed here and received in ,{this morning’s mail by Mayor Kil~ burn from Don A the Carnival. Although the matter was laid on the table at last nizht's Couneil meeting, Mayor Kilburn said today |that he would be slad to see some civic orcanization the propo- |sition up, and he may turn the let- |ter over to the DIW.C. °r, manager of HOSPITAL N Mrs. Kathryn fam., who under- went a major operation recently at St. Ann's Hospital, was to be dis= missed today. —h o1Es | M John | Territorial pidemiologisi, went a major operation yesterday ternoon at St. Ann's H 1, and reported te be in a favcrable con= |dition today. Hazel O'Leary a medica! patient, admnit this morning to St. i |MPHALL FUNERAL SET FOR THURSDAY | Funeral sflxv:'e:ox- William B. |McPhail who died following the midnight fire in his home on Mon= are announced for 1:30 o'clock swoll, wite of the under- | wa {Ann’ ., | | | | The cerewiony will be conducted (from the chapel of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary, following which interment will be held in the Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. MePhail, a longshoreman, died at the age of 58. He has no known relatives. Orange Pekoe and P“kz{é_ Tea &4 Schilling Tea gives you a refresh- ing clear cup, full of fine flavor Schilling —because it's made from choice tea leaves. Kept deliciously fresh in a cellophane-sealed package, SchillingTea is a real flavor-value! AS A PAID-UP John at the box CAPITOL halt pound SUBSCRIBER TO THE DAILY ALASKA EVMPIRE Satre is invited to present this eoupon office of the THEATRE AND RECEIVE TWO FREE TICKETS TO SEE "EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS' Your Name May Appear—WATCH TS SPACE