The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 16, 1938, Page 3

T R . O T e e N A T Dy T i : THE DAILY. ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1938_ 3 E ‘Fe an a r; ds Gravet dM}iiking ¥ ‘ 1 & CHORUS k ood, dupported by / / | ) (] p Joan Blondell |8 (/] § ; & GIRI The unusual procedure of launch- ing ashewcomer to American films ¢ with & starring role is followed in “The, Kihg and the Chorus Girl,” “YCAPITOL HAS (et LI/ R NOW: 16 CITY" AS . * : an B Sy of Singhs Slice of 1 with Luise Rainer and Spencer Iracy £ rena N o 0 So much of happiness “Big City,” an original story writ- Edw. Everett HORTON 4 and heart-break ten and produced by Norman Kras- - : . drama and romance... i f|na, brilliant young New York play- set to the tune of a big §f || wright now devoting his talents to . : e § city...glorified by two & §| he screen, is at the Capitol with ke g overs o et o ’ xeyatgstars W il B [/ Lutce Rainér and Spencer Tracy, co- the Spitited comedy romance pro- o . ¥ Sy ; Starien, | duded by Mervyn LeRoy for Warner ring glowing memo ¥ Bros,, which is the current feature “ Here is no crude attempt to re- veal the machinery of a metropolis as a whole. On the contrary, it is |a cunning unique story of a single slice of life in a great city and the adventures of a taxi driver in a ruggle to survive. The story is powerful and the |acting is equal to it. An excellent supporting cast includes Charley bill at the Coliseum ‘| The player in this case is Fer- nand Gravet, famous Continent hw wanted to know WHO. It seems Joan really has a voice, and if you screen star, who makes his Amer- P R it B il ican bow in this picture it F Lt b A e . adesd lly, it may amount to seven Norman K n and Groucho ears becatise Joan has th ight, Marx fashioned a swift-paced, laugh WA i vl et to appear in three stage plays and crammed story for the new star. In spendthrift ex-king who fails head i % So ound 1943, at the soonest, ries for years to come! § BY THE AUTHOR OF “FURV"! - FERE ¥ Luise ) | Grapewir, Janct Beecher, Eddie P SPENEER | | Quian Vietor Varconi, Oscar O™ St bl e : Joan will leave the M-G-M fold, L Shea, Helen Troy, William Demar- : e ks o isn't impressed . pEh o reo it e oy Dt Saunders (Ieft) and Miss Bert Lane, both 21, are pictured in Los | by rovalty. The chorine in this case Movie Actress Also Reveals| ™ & recatd of at least 76 years Guinn Williams and Regls Toomey.| Afigeles County. Jail following. their. reent arrest in the film colony. . |is Joan Blondell ‘ & ok Shis SHas TH8E izetgiy st e = oo Authorities said the girls held “reefer” partics in a Hollywood apart- Two experts in comedy Ed Sinoino Vor dbt” I’ Sour TSN ittt - H1H ment, where, police said, men allegedly connected with the motion | ward Everett Horton and Mary Jingmg voice ne ToTIy Wi it i Five Million Dollar picttte Tadusiry suhed iasigbans chgaFetic {Nash — are the ever-worried rela- . 58 o METyWS Son e CHARLEY GRAPEWIN Peace Insurance Plan ; SN e e atrell Vi and By ROBBIN COONS blonde star of “Ponfola” and other A . 3 T ¥ JANET BEECHER & : T others in the cast include Alan Wi wie Tate T EDDIE QUILLAN To Cover Northland (., uoricuitural experiment station Movbray, Luis Alberni and Jane| HOLLYWOOD. Cal. May 16 L as Lo L e 3 > VICTOR VA : o i R el R | wy enny Baker. adio There's a story behind Joan Craw- | * glory. - , o FRANK BORZAGE ; 3 work and extension service in the Wymagpgsanily. Raker, of radlo) Lo 0 o stralght fivé-year: cons |fured e hip in'a horsebick aocidst, Y (Continued from Fage One) arritor v restor o oot fame, is the solo singer in the num- '0rds i Talght e-year oon: R Z . \ o N Production &' Territory be restored to the budget | g TR v spent five years as a cripple, and 4 P Directed Ly FRANK BORZAGE . sdilinates permitted for the biL | bers which show the “can can”|tract With Metro—straight” mean-| et M YR B0 0 B0 B0 Aokl Myt weume wise preserving of fish. The bill as b | dance in the gay Folies Bergere in, ing Without options—signed the A . ke i & - introduced by the Delegate omitl- VISIT WASHINGTON (] 'l 3 Paris other day in New Yor Money Enough oot o it o e e s rrr e e meeeeew | ted that particular provision of npoand Mrs. George Marsh, long- | ——tam—e- Joan has been taking singing Met her again on the set of EXTRA!—MARCH OF TIME—EXTRA! existing law, but the department'gme residents of Marshall where | - lessons for several years, more or “Prison Farm” the other day—her insisted upon its being eXpressty \nrr. Marsh s In the “Mm"w“! FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 16.— H less on the quiet first picture since the aceident. She = retained in the law. bu\mv-»; \lw‘m Liverar. ‘A l}fg in | Eighteen will graduate at the Uni- lss ay “r s Well, the matter of Joan's new has a small role, that of a prison Vitginia Worley, Ruth Allen, Ber-| An identical bill was introduced washington last week. His trip to | versity of Alaska at the commence-| contract has been in the air for matron, but she is contented, alive : RAlNBuw GIRI_S nice Mead, and Elizabeth Tucker, |10 the Senate April 20 at the re-|ine States this winter marks the | mesiyins trs dislomae. to & ke P L L Mo bt o S i a2 . ¥ e (o Gt oed of Atthea|quest of the Delegate by Senator |first time Mr. Marsh had been | cooriné their diplomas, to be pre- | unum a ea of rumors that she might leave “Ten years make a difference,” R et %4 Rutn | Copeland, Chairman of the Benate |«ouside” for 38 years. They left sented by President Charles E. Bun- Metro, where she'd been on the she smiled, “and I couldn't expect ; ? 38 years. A payroll continuously since 1925 to play the youthful roles I once ;n(‘l] are girls | -~ | when as Lucille LeSueur she got had. But one can't live in Holly- ympanied at the piano | Committee on Commerce, to Which yashington May first en route to In honor of Miss Donnie Taylor, v, $75 a week. wood, having once been a part of Allen, @ 4 pd DEMULAYS HULD by Mrs. Clarence Rands, sang “Gone |1 referred all measures in the (. Wwest Coast 1 The Wit P . .y Senate pertaining to fisheries. v ! save shortly for olul Ns AL N hetween service: WITH NLRB i come the bride of " gjons in mind we don’t know, but T've enough. T had a good manager Installing Worthy Advisor for the| BILLS REPORTED Miss Edna Scheibal, formerly of nen Hanson, a tea and hankerchicl o, quy joan arranged with the who invested my earhings WiSely Rainbow Girls was Edithbell Heller, Favorable report was made by the jyneqy, arrived in Washington last | 8 1 shower was given last Saturday af- . a0 ‘music department to make My health is fine. I'm taking oA and Peter Melscth was the installing Senate Committee on Territories week to commence work for the 3 fima Is u s ternoon at the home of Mrs. J. P. " osiding with full orchestra of golf”—she chuckled—“that’ goo% fol: A A 1 d officer for the DeMolays and Insular Affairs April 20 on the ‘Nptional Labor Relations Board. | Williams in the Seatter an operatic aria and a couple of reducing hips. People still inquire » Katherine Torkelsen an £ i following bils Introduced by Dele iy Scheibal has been working oA | “spring flowers served : Sopihe M st et A L o - gate Dimond which have passed e regiona b MEXICO City, May 16 sveral | tionis for the affair, and musical R g ¢ i . , 3 Charles Jenne Inducted the House: t ‘gtnxlm:n% i Orn‘lmsb u(l persons were wounded in o clazti|seldetiAtls were: frdered by Mrs g anank Agls scent surprised that . no e ; 4 - at Portland, Oregon, and e, | Persons v b 8. Were S Joan's agent, Mike Levee, heard an invalid. Horseback-riding? Well, ll'ltO Thelr OfllCeS JUNEAU ANB A»blll providing that upon com- \yashington, for nearly a year o between students and several hun- Edith Reiley Rowe, and Mrs. Walter 1. yocord and went to see Louis I haven't been on a horse sgince my Y — piction. of the new Pederal bulld- |ner move to Washington is in the | dred, members of.an organisgiion Helsel B. Mayer, the Metro boss. Just as accident, and I can’t say I'd go out Ofticers of the Order of Rain- ing at Ketchikan, title to the Site (e of a transfer. known as “Socialist Youths” The Sixteen guests called during the 5 gayor, would Mr. Mayer listen to|of my way to meet one — but I pow Girls, and DeMolays were in- R Ve Ol gamrthouss Wil e con- SRy organization had occupied several afternoon. a voice he'd discovered? Mr. May- wouldn't be afraid to ride if T had stalled at a public service which veyed to the city of Ketchikan for pmpire classifieds pay bulldfngs of the University of Me P TAEREEY er would and did—and at the end!it to do!” i use as a public school building site ico. Today's News Today.—Empire. s held at 8 o'clock Saturday even- wi ing at the Scottish Rite Temple. Following, thesinstallation a dance was held"in the bdll Foom Katherine Torkelson w: as Worthy Advisor and Charles Jen- To amend the laws of Alaska The Juneau City Band, under the relating to taxes on business and baton of Art Uggen, made its first trade so that a schedule of license installeq 1938 appearance at the opening taxes will be set up for electric- | game of the Gastineau Channel light plants in accord with the ne, Master Councellor Baseball League on Sunday. business that each does, instead of Miss Edithbell Heller, retiring The fourteen members in uni- the flat rate of $300 per year now * ' Worthy Advisor, was presented with form, gave a short snappy concert charged. a Past Worthy Advisor’s ring by M. at Triangle Place and then went| To authorize public-utility dis- * 3. Whittier, a member of the advis- t0 the ball grounds, played the Star tricts in Alaska to incur bonded ory board. Spangled Banner at the annual flag indebtedness for the purpose of ’ g raising and then selections between acquiring or constructing public High spot of the evening was the ! ween py the halves of the first five innings. utilities. The band was taken to the ball| To amend the law relating to grounds in a coach furnished by mining on tide lands on the shores the Channel Bus Lines and re- adjacent to the Bering Sea so as to turned to headquarters in a coach extend the law to all tide lands supplied by the Gray Lines. in the Territory, and transferring T v RN full contyrol of mining on all shores, MARTHA SOCIETY SOCIAL bays, and inlets of Alaska from the | try vamrd Secretary of War to the Secretary May 20, Presbyterian Church of the Interior. s. Luncheon from 11 to 1./ A bill to amend the so-called Ice cream and cake throughout the Nelson school funds law under afternoon. Luncheon: adults 50c. which Rederal funds are made children 35c. Ice cream and cake gyajlable for certain schools in ntation of Merit BaBdges Harold Smith, Mother Advisor of the Rainbow Girls. The honor given every four months to girls having earned 500 points, which points are given for performing var- » lous duties. The following girls re- ceived ,the awards: Beatrice Both- v well, Doris McEachran, Dorothy Fors, and Bonnie Erickson. ] Girls receiving honorable mention include: Jane Blomgren, Maydell George, Lanore Kauffmann, Mild- red Kendler, Alberta Porter, Betty Rice, Ruth Kunnas, Marjory Sneli, 27¢ 84V Alaska, so that final payment of Lila Sihclair, Katherine Torkelson, R U |teachers’ salaries and other school | Try an Empire ad. obligations paid under this law e | Will be made from Juneau instead lof from Washington as is now |done, and to extend the school| iterm of these schools from 5 to 9 'months, and employ more than one teacher in such schools. A companion bill to one intro-| duced in the House by Delegate ! Dimond to convey title fo certain land near Petersburg to the Uni- versity of Alaska for the site of a fur farm experiment station was introduced in the Senate for the Delegate through the courtesy of Senator Tydings of Maryland, and 'this was also reported favorably on April 29 by the Senate Com- mittee on Territories and Insular | Affairs. The House bill was re- | ported out by the House Committee | on the Territories April 25. | INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION MAY 17 | TUESDAY. Sons bof Norway Meeting at I. O. O. F. HALL at 7:30 p. m., sharp, followed by Games—Refreshments—Dancing | NEW LEGISLATION PROPOSED | | Two bills were introduced in the |House during the past week by | Delegate Dimond. One of these |would provide that every judge of | | the District Court of the Territory lof Alaska who shall retire after |attaining the age of 70, who has |served 8 or more years as judge |shall receive a retirement compen- Wi i ... waiting right around the corner...in nearly a million sation, graduated in amount ac- cording o the total years of Serv- stores where cigarettes are sold ot SeRl I . you'll éind that friendly white case to exceed the amount of com- | pensation earned prior to retire- Chesterfield package. | ment. The other bill introduced is one | : [to increase the pay of post office Chesterfields are made of the best in- employees n the Territory o that gredients a cigarette can have...mild : ’ ¢ E |they shall receive a salary of 25 4 - AS A PAID-UP SUBSCRIBER TO per cent greater than that paid ripe home-grown tobaccos, aromatic i ; ¥ employees of the Post Office De- : i tte paper. The Daily Alaska Enpire |, e amie posc . Foriig R corecis pop A 7 h tions and with similar duties in A s invited (o ‘prédent this coupon ‘at the bBox office of the States. Chesterfield’s milder better taste EXPER. STATION SERVICE will give you more pleasure than mé MQWE"£€£E4“TRE ] mdmwgingn%xmzfiedin::m:;' any cigzil;ette you ever smoked. “THE BIG CITY" cihe’ Bevisg. charte o e’ Do Y-"y-'#rhm—w;rcnrmsrbdl tion bill to appear before it wl .