The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 10, 1938, Page 3

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1938. East-West Romance- ScoopomEsmscoop |LILYPONSIS e - NOW STARRED | HOWARD HUGHES’ WORLD FLIGHT i | ——AROUND THE GLOBE IN 91 HOURS— [ FlLM MUS!CAL STARTS TONIGHT | Edward Everett Horton and Jack Oakie Have Comic Lead in Film THEATRE SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU | | | When Hollywood transfers a bit of African jungle to one of its mo- tion picture sound stages, all is re- quires is the aid of a zoological in- stitute, a florist, a truck gardner and a bottled water dealer. With the aid of these and its own! staff of artists, carpenters and plas- te RKO Radio studio created one of the most beautiful and un- usual sets for “Hitting a New High,” showing at the Capitol Theatre to- | night, with Jesse L. Lasky’s musical starring Lily Pons, famed coloratura soprano, and Jack Oakie, inimitable comedian As a hoax to advance the talents of a little cafe singer, Miss Pons 1s called a “bird g the discovery for whom Edward Everett Horton takes the credit unaware that his publicity man, Jack Oakie, arranged | the plan. As millionaire big-game hunter and part time impressario, Horton finds Miss Pons during his | jungle hunt, only to see her blos- | | som out as a musical comedy star | in Paris and New York By carving away about 600 square | feet of flooring covering a stage,| workmen created a concrete pool | which was filled with 8000 gallons | of bottled drinking water, first heat- ed to 85-de This was a pro- tection against alkalies and to in- |sure the singer against taking cold, | since the scene required her to! spend altogether about forty hours |in the pool. | Rocky crags were built around the | background, leaving a semi-cave in| the foreground. The cave was filled |with tropical ~vegetation. Plaster | gnarled trees provided foolproof | duplicates of jungle varieties. These | were draped with long vines, some "That Girl From Paris’ Is Back In Town! —With good old Jokie Oakie and a bunch of the boys he hrotught along for fun...in he cingin', swingin’ show that packs this season’s%g Ligmest load of laughs and | X ng resmance. rees. Quincy, Ma: MOVIE WRITERS ARE CONFRONTED WITH D-0-N-T- The romance of a high Chinese official and the daughter of a prominent |Neilson, ., family was revealed when announcement was made in |land Yard, in a slew of disguises Hankow, China, of the wedding of Dr. Meng Lee Chang and Helen Curtis Demary (both pictured above). Dr, Chang Chicago and at Harvard. He met Miss Der is serving as instructor at Chefoo University. | Censor Cuts Eliminates| 0" ‘ INEW MYSTERY ~ NOW SHOWING | AT COLISEUM ‘Famous “SilI)PCl‘“ MCN llC‘ | Dramatized in “Bulldog | | Dummond ComesBack™ An adventure mystery that races | excitingly from the drop of the first clue through a series of situa- |tions alternately romantic, funny, dangerous and sinister piles up plenty of thrills for “Bulldog Drum- {mond Comes Back ramount’s | second dramatizatoin of the famous | | “Sapper” McNeile detective char- | acter, which opens tonight at the Coliseum. This picture, which is based on McNeile's original story entitled | | “The Female of the Species” and | | closely parallels the detective story’s # |plat, introduces a new riddle-and- | % |rhyme pattern that is guaranteed | to shake anyone's skeleton free of | cobwebs. It also brings you John | more in the role of Colonel police inspector from Scot- | that will completely baffle and be- | udied at the University of fuddle the most inveterate John y at the latter school. She | Barrymore fans, The mystery plot is wound about | the kidnaping of Drummond’s fiancee, lovely Louise Campbell, by 3‘" B M""’i't“i,_Ch)‘""_S:.' ": a venomous female who is out to hfl\ g I‘;"‘" ‘d l'”l“ ’L;” i "8} revenge herself for Drummond’s AR used to be that yoUfpn.eyious strategy in bringing her make com- but could your the et A oo | villainous lover to the gallows. John eft wing hOVETS | gowarg has the role of the swash- mu over Hollywood also and YOu|y,quing detective Drummond who mustn't. A Yankee 5 out of thel oo gpter his girl. With him are question. You might take a chance |Epes S5E0 R Bo W ol on an Eskimo. But who ever heard Denny, and his butler, Tenny, play- kimo heavy? got to lay off politics al- No race problems, Misce- of an You've "I Hit A New High" “This Never Hap- pened Before"— “Let’s Give Love Another Chance” " A JESSE L. ERIC BLORE iy EDWARD EVERETT HORTON | Jrodictor John Howard RAOUL WALSH Eduardo Ciannelli JUNGLE JUVENILES—STRANG! THAN FICTION—CASH AND WOMAN'S CLUB * SEE! residence is large | s, | Mrs. Geyer's | enough to accommodate all and the | day will be spent in sewing and vis- iting. Nlc FR!DAY | All members wishing to attend the 1 outing Frida re requested to con- | tact Mrs. J. M. Chase, by phoning g | Black 730, for food and bus reser- The annual Juneau Woman’s | vations. Club picnic is scheduled for Friday, | August 12, at the Tee Harbor sum- | mer home of Mrs. A. M. Geyer. Members of the orgamization are| Mrs. Henry Dahl, who recently fo meet at the bus station at 10:45, | flew from Juneau to Fairbanks by Friday morning, and arrangements |plane, was a passenger on the Aleu- have been made for the bus to re-|tian returning to her home in £ At L MRS. DAHL RETURNS of them growing orchids. erns, | bamboos, banana and rubber trees| | thickly flourished around the set- | ting. To lend additional color, fresh rhubarb plants gave effective imi- tations of equatorial vegetation BALLOON TIRES "ROLL CLINCHER ~ INTO OBLIVION AKRON, Ohio, Aug. erica’s first automobile tire, clincher,” is rolling into obli at a rate of more than 100,000 a year, according to Pete Seiler, 62-| year-old chief inspector of the B.| F. Goodrich Company, who placed the first set on a machine for Alex- jander Winton in 1896. | There still are several hundred | antiquated motor cars of the vintv} age 1924, or earlier, on the nation's | highways, Seiler said, and their remarkable staying quality has kept the “clincher” tire in the field despite the rapid development of | ilhe “balloon.” | | Last year, Seiler added, 400,000 | “clinchers” we sold, but this year | will see a 40 per cent drop with approximately 235,000 sales. Auto- mobile wheels designed for the | “clincher” tire were built last in 1924. Southern States and the South- f\vest are the principal markets for |the “clincher” tire, Seiler reported, | with a considerable quantity ship- ped to Europe each year. The “30 | by 3" size still is the most popular “clincher,” he said, although many of the “30 by 3%” type, reminiscent of the days when the rear tires 10.—Am- |the majority of nervous breakdowns | papers, Hospital {short, to turn out great pictures. | But you mustn't. It's all right in | zines, in the news- | the lecture platforms, | radio but not in the HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 10. records of the motion picture col-| ony discloses the awful fact that |books, in m: on whose [even on the occurs among the gentry function it is to provide the scripts. movies, The greatest blight on the | There are many reasons for this, |greatest of all the (-mnmnpcyrau-y‘1 but the main cause is the Hays of- larts is censorship. No great strides | fice. The common nightmare of |will ever be made until the crea- | in|tive forces unite to defeat their| (writers is a hideous dream which they run a gantlet between worst foe—the censor boards. | |two lines of malevolent censors who| If this be treason, sue me. sle}nce,‘ Is No Longer beat them with clubs labeled . Easy Escape Avenue Can’t! — Mustn’t! — Censorable! ’ A Lk )| Barred! — Violation of the code! METHODIST LADIES | By GEORGE TUCKER —Against public policy! — Offen- AID MEETS TODAY ' n~Ew YORK, Aug. 10—Long Ts- sive! Objectionable! — Politi- sainil land Sound used to be an easy ave- cally unsound! — Cut! Elim-| Members of the Methodist Ladies’ | nue of escape for thieves and fugi- inatel —. Tabool Aid held an all-day session today|tives, but it isn't any more. Too Taboo! Taboo! Taboo! That's the|in the parlors of the Methodist| much coast guard. Too many fast, principal reason for a great deal church. armed cutters on the water and of the lousy product that comes — Beginning at 10 o'clock this morn- out of Hollywood. (What a joy 10 ing, the ladies spent the day in be able to use the word “lousy” sewing for the annual bazaar. Each| without fear of red pencil!) Right from the start, when the idea for a story is germinated, the writer is faced with an infinity of prohibitions the “dont’s” are endless, fantastic. It has come to a point now where only a picture like “Snow White” has a chance to pass, unscarred, through the censor boards. And even Mr. Disney’s in- nocuous masterpiece had trouble in England. member furnished her own lunch,| coffee being arranged for by the Aid. MRS. WEISS HOSTESS | TO DORCAS SOCIETY Mrs. Lester Weiss is acting as| hostess to the members of the Dor- | cas Society this afternoon at her home on Gastineau Avenue. Following luncheon, the regular course of child training was dis-| cussed, the remainder of the after- noon being spent in sewing for the The list of censor cuts in any year of production in Hollywood prove conclusively there is practical- ly nothing you can say in a picture peeqy, any more that won't offend some- R — body and hence must be eliminated. . 3 The picture of the future, if the ‘ present gagging continues, will sim- ply have to be written without a HOsSPITAL NOTES 4 ¥ James Edmiston was admitted| Everything — Writer |gcoation is out. Nix on war. 8ay |, giscovers a phonographic record | away rom social conditions. Steer | 1 . i siving the first clue to the Kid- Shows Up Industr Tk ot e |giving the first I Y |dlear of labor problems. Exchiew the |naping. It continues along par g Ko j$pss conflict sbly, DEAR. OB HOX.| pregguve - Hunt: Tine with the (Jo Swerling, the author, now . | Avoid religion. Tn short, lay off of |yl i elues, to @ haunted writing Selznick-International's | ji(. 115 censorable ;; Y b Wi engera S “ 2, . A I house, where he ngelu oman Made For Each Other” today | Tpe producing talent is here.| s thom Wil in & room filled with | taps out an essay for Columnist |Tpere are technical experts whose |- obs ) ] is ra | polson gas. Robbin Coons, who is on vaca- |kjowledge is awe inspiring, :,plf‘n-‘v BRI o 3 I tion.) did actors and actre able and competent writers, talent galore in By JG .. —RLI |every department everything, in itl]nt half-million armed-truck rob- led by E. E. Clive. They contribute the light comedy touches in the |face of situations most sinister. The mad chase begins when How- MAKES IT HOT FOR CRIMINALS Long Island Sound, for In- too many fleet ships in the air. Until a few years ago it was a commonplace for bank and jewel robbers to race out to hidden points on the sound and make their getaway in speedy motorboats. The most classic example on record was bery in Brooklyn a few years ago. They never have solved that one. They followed the trail to a ragged point on the sound, where a boat had been cached. But there the trail ended. Now the Coast Guard has any number of ships, some as long as 300 feet, and armed with heavy guns and anti-aircraft equipment. They have crews of over 100 men and depart regularly on five-day cruises. Their range is from Ne London, Conn., to Cape May, N.J and as far as 500 miles out to se: That must be an exciting task, that job. Because you never know turn in the afternoon with the|Petersburg. Mrs. Dahl has been | were ' larger than those on the group. | visiting with her daughter and | front wheels, are in demand. Weather permitting, club mem- | son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Trgve —_——— e DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CLUB bers may take cqulf)ment for fish- |Strom. Mr. Strom is connected with ing, swimming, hiking, or berry|the Standard Oil Company in Fair- picking. If “old man weather” fails, | banks. Will meet Maonday night at 7:30. Election of officers. adv. ; In order to maintain a strictly eight-hour g working day among the salesmenry and deliv- 5 erymen, and at the same time serve the buy- i ing public to better advantage, commencing g : Monday, August 15th, the following stores will : be open from , 8A.M.TOSP.M. ErEsEn The Thomas Hardware Co. Juneau-Young Hardware Co. £ : E E g E B Sl rariannasnn Az @IRTARRRNINT heavy. If the villain happens to be a German, there is a Nazi roar of rage and threats of dire reprisal from Berlin which sends the pro- ducers scurrying frantically to their cutting rooms to adjust matte the heavy is an Italian the s of anger comes from Rome, with like results. You mustn’t have an| unpleasant. character who is South | receiving medical attention. last evening to St. Ann's Hospital for medical attention. James Lioyd entered St. Ann’s| Hospital for medical care last eve- | ning. what the next assignment will be. You may be cruising calmly off Nantucket one minute and be after rum runners the next. Narcotic runners have to be taken care of too. And the Coast Guard does a lot of rescue work. Just the other day a call came through that a robbery had taken place and they thought the rob- J. W. Meyers was discharged !rom‘ St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday after BOTTLE BABY lamb born at Tulsa 200 has warm friend in Kevin Riley, son of Jack Riley, 3 Tulsa American Association kockey star. Lamb is of rare Barbados breed. bers were making for the Sound. Within five minutes fast boats were racing to that point from New York and from Connecticut. And at that moment planes began droning over head, blanketing the Sound and ‘taking cognizance of every ship in sight. If they saw a | boat the ' couldn’t identify, no | matter how small (and that means rowboats and canoes) they made |it their business to find who they | were and where they were headed. On this particular call no pris- | oners were taken because the ban- | dits didn't take off that way. They | probably new better. One a | haven of escape, the Sound is now about as healthy, for fugitives, as a crocodile slough. Short Short: About a year ago | she won a beauty contest and went | to Hollywood to become a glamor- | ous actress. They gave her a bit, |and then another bit, and probably she would be playing bits yet if she cared for them. But this girl was smart. She realized she knew next to nothing about acting. So she came back to New York . .. And got a part-time job, and signed up in a JUUNEAU S GWNED _AND. -OPERATED B/ W.L.5ROSS Juneau’s Greatest Show Value STARTING TONIGHY n ADVEMTURE... A SIAY.CARE DR —ALSO— rky's Garden” n the House” “Queen’s Harmony” Late News cigarettes on a roofgarden at one of the hotels. She wanted to learn| all the little tricks of acting before | she went to Hollywood again. | But somotimes even an actre plans get changed. And this girl certainly ar For she fell in love with the drama teacher and mar ried him. And today she is his sistant, giving instruction to stu- dents who want to learn how to| act & .- MRS. R. HENNING i FETED YESTERDAY Mrs. Robert Henning, the for- mer Grace Johnson of Seattle, Wash., was surprised yesterday af- ternoon with a towel shower at her home on the Basin Road. A group of friends called between the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock, with Mrs. W. E. Gerwels acting as host- ess for the afternoon, assisted by her sister-in-law, Miss Louise Ger- wels. Guests present for the occasion His fiancce Londen clue! MYS putting included Mrs. George Pearce, Mrs. Burford Carmichael, Mrs. Robert Davlin, Mrs. Harold Brown, Mrs. Henry Harmon, Mrs. R. M. Aker- vick, Mrs. E. Shellworth, Mrs. Fred Henning,, Miss Elaine Housel, and Miss Sybil Godfrey. - eee - LEAVES FOR SOUTH Miss Madge Hildinger left on the Aleutian for the squth where she will spend from a rmonth to six weeks visiting. @ Every month, every week you put off buying your new G-E Refrigerator you are very likely money out. Your present refrigeration 2lmost surely costs more to maintain than the new low operating cost of a G-E. Don't put up with an in- adequate, old-fashioned refrigerator any loager. G-E, the first choice of millions s w popularly priced! Value than ever. 2—Low Curreat 3—Long Life. school of the drama. The job she had was selling JUNEAU SOLD ON CONVENIENT PAYMENT PLAN Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. ALASKA. 5 ROMANTIC AS JMMOND HIMSELF! ppears into the ariddleas ummond gitl ght, leavin it heartito sk R R @ ey Wear Your Clothes, Also Eat 'Em, Too NEW YORK, Aug. 10. — Future | scientists may discover how to make clothes which can be eaten. The beginning of this idea is already a fact—in the new synthetic wool, made from milk, in Italy. Men cannot eat this synthetic wool. But numerous kinds of bac- teria can. Furthermore they do eat it. according to tests anounced by Jan Smit and B. van der Heide of Wageningen, Holland, in the British science journal, Nature, Ttaly's artificial wool, made from the casein, or cheese part of milk, is so good that chemists are pre- dicting a great industry in this kind of textile. It occurred to Dutch scientists these clothes might be subject to unusual threats. They found many varieties bacteria which liked the wool. Scientifically the presumption is that chemists will be able to add & bad taste to the artificial wool which will keep the bacteria from eating it — if anyone lives where germs start to take the clothes off his back. AR~y SN TEBETH of :Id over until rsday ev. "i"g adv. Soiling has been T REFRIGERATOR 30| ¥ DOUGLAS