The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 25, 1938, Page 3

e e s I THEATRE THRILLS! . . Show Place of Juneau LAST TIMES TONIGHT . SET TO MUSIC! JeanerTe MA‘DONALD PREVIEW TONIGHT——— “CARNIVAL QUEEN" COWBOY ROY ROGERS DOES | NOT LIKE .. Here Is Story of How He| Caught On in Movies, Staying There Too \ By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 2. Rogers is a fellow who liki space. He's not a guy for cities. “I doan like cities” he drawled in a voice which is just right for his cowboy duds, which are pretty magnificent in the quiet cowboy manner of Hollywood. “New York he said, like one who knows, too blamed crowd- ed. And the folks there—they turn around and look at you when you walk down the street in your cow- boy outfit.” Roy just got back from city. Tt was his first look-see, and | New York’s first look-see at Roy, who did a stretch at the Rainbow Roy his |“The folks the big|™ s EDDY Singing lovebirds in a glittering pageant of romance that thrills, music that excites! B Sk q mu\m\w wfi) 2w OF PUPEL et OF L g B SHORTS Railroad Rhythm Latest News 1:10 A. M. Roswell, N. M., where he rode herd and learned how to be nonchalant in the saddle. Next stop was Hollywood, on a visit to my sister,” he said. “Things were slim for me the first two years. T had a lot of jobs like driving a dump truck. One day I got myself a git-tar and learned how to play it. I sang at a party and then I started lookin' for some work on radio. Didn't get much, at first. But after a while I got on a program, and did some singin’ in Worked in some Autry too. Then when Gene left I was one of them that took a test to take his place. Gene's back now, but here I am too. That's what you call lucky.” Roy’s outfit was a fancy cowboy shirt, green chiffon scarf, dungarees tucked into well - worn boots with a fancy design of big |red hearts across the instep. He’s letting his hair grow to play in “Billy the Kid Returns.” York,” he said, “is funny. there turn around and you when you walk down “New look at “jest | blue | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1938. MUSICALE AT CAPITOL ENDS THIS EVENING: Naughty Marietta” in Re- turn Engagement with Famous Singing Stars “Naughty Marietta,” starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy ends tonight at the Capitol Theatre affer a return engagement of one of the finest and most beau- tiful musical spectacles ever pro- duced in Hollywood—the Victor Herbert operetta faithfully tran- scribed to the screen with outstand- ing scenic effects Nothing is lost from the delight- ful fantasy, and much is gained in backgrounds and in group scenes that was not possible in the time of Victor Herbert and the limits of the legitimate stage Jeanette MacDonald’s beautiful voice was never better than in her renditions of the Herbert melodies, of which, “Ah Sweet Mystery of Life” is the haunting theme song and Nelson Eddy is a delightful sur- is prise in that he is not only the fine| singer one had known him to be, but a delightfully personable and convincing actor as well At Smiley Burnette’s new Early American house in the valley near Republic—Roy went along—I found out how Smiley keeps his weight. Smiley’s not a s he’s just the big good-natured guy in the loud- checked shirt who adds to the mer- riment of Gene Autry's films. Smiley was having a luncheon party. “Tk he said, “is a Tom Saw- yer fence paintin’ party.” He indicated the new fence, adorned roughly with assorted libels. “Lynn Roberts Eats Onions : Rochelle Hudson Is Cross- Eyed . . . Recall Hugh Herbret, the Mayor of Studio City, the Dirty Crook . . . Roy Rogers Is a Bum June Johnston Ain't Pretty . . . The idea was to have each guest paint out the insult. It worked. - LETTERS IN MAILS 9 YEARS MARLIN, Tex.—During 1938 na- tional airmail week there were 1,820 pieces of mail dispatched from here, but 1,000 of them had been in the mails nine years. They were sent to Marlin in 1929 to be dispatched on the “first airmail plane to leave your city - e NOTICE On and after this date, August 23, I, the undersigned, will not be responsible for any debts unless authorized by me. —adv. E. R. JOHNSON. .- “Alaska” by Lester D. Henderson. Room and some personal appear- | ances at a movie house or two. | He's the boy who “got in”—and clicked—during Gene Autry’s fight with Republic. Roy made the pic- ure Autry stalled on, and first thing anybody knew they had new star who could ride and sing ame as Gene. | | He's 25, blondish, a little sh; Not“ Zf shy as he can act, though. In' New York during his stage trick | a gang of women marched on the | stage and corralled him right be- fore the rest of the audience. That was a time when shyness was def- initely called for. “What youw gals want?” said Roy, actin’ shy as could be. “Your autograph,” the gals said. Roy isn't over that yet. He isn't over his surprise, either at the way he got to be a cowboy star. He left ranch life near Cody, Wyo., when he was 10. Moved to a farm near Portsmouth, Ohio. Moved again, some years later, to a ranch near Buy A FEwW PACKAGES T “She’s Got Everything” PLUS "THE LEGION ON PARADE" HOLLYWOOD SNAP SHOTS NEWS—COUNTY HOSPITAL Sponsored by The American Legion. FRIDAY EVENING at the “SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU” APITO HEATRE Ml You’re Going to College? Here Are Classroom Tips | By BE CLARKE I AP Feature Service Writer So your're going to college? Watch your classroom chic Don't let it be just by accident | that you look your best for that eight o'clock. Make it a point to give yourself a precious few extra minutes for | Putting your make-up on cor-| rectly. Get the powder on smooth- ly, all over your face and well down under your chin. No rouge, unless you're extremely pale and think you need a faint blush. Lip- stick that’s becoming, but not hardening. (The danger lies in get- ting it too dark.) | Fixing your hair in its most be- | coming—and easy to jon. Half a dozen licks with a comb won't do this year. Youll have to brush and comb carefully to bring out the life in your hair. Wear a hat or one of the new bandanas tied peasant-fashion under your ] Brush and Comb |3 keep—fash- | § 4 t I | < Hans Floe Asks MYSTERY PLAY Escapement for | ENDS TONIGHT Early Run Fish AT COLISEUM Wants Fishing i;] Fall to Be Unlimited—Says Sal- mon Too Thick Now Hans Floe, Superintendent of the P. E. Harris cannery at Hawk let, is back in Juneau after a better pack than last year, but more de- cided than that a should be made in fishing regula- tions, with a tremendous 1 run crowding streams past their capa- city. ‘T've been in this country yea Floe “and I've seen a fish run to com one that has been in the season closed “Fish are jammed streams and tr before for 32 said never since mouths enough at the of re isn't | water for them to get up. There are chin for protection against wmd‘ damage. Then check see that both mirror to seams are isn't showing skirt are cranky on in your stockir our slip ater and Men are to- gether. those points. Don't forget to make necessar) repairs on your manicure. Take that heather-tone polish all off or put a smooth, even coat on. 1f you've a broken nail, cut it off and file it down. Then you won't start biting it when the prof gets a little stuffy. And it won't catch in your hose when you give it an in-between tug during lunch. Walk—Don’t Run When you are sure you look your best, walk don’t run to the classroom. door. Then you won't have to catch your breath when you talk to that handsome quar- terback who comes down his f Five Inifiated At Elks’ Megting . Initiation ceremonies were exem- plified last night by members of the Elks Lodge, with H. C. Redman | acting as Exalted Ruler. Following | the riding of the goat by the baby | Elks, a dutch lunch was served. The five members receiving the degree of the order included Wal- lace Simonds, Allan Johnstone, .J P. Hancock, William McClure, and Owen Hales. : —e e | BOUND FOR LEETMUTE s 1 Miss Ercell Greenlee is aboard thei| Columbia for Seward on her way F TOGETHER ART FOR PULL YOUR BEFORE YOU CLASS. ternity house steps as you pass by Once you're settled in the c room, watch your posture; sit com- fortably, but don’t slouch. Don't wind your legs around the chair, either. That’s high school stuff. CHINESE BANKERS KILLED IN CRASH Two Chinese bankers were killed when a Chinese airliner was forced down by Japanese war planes near Canton yesterday. The plane was piloted by an American, H. L. Woods, of Kays, Kansas. The bank- ers were Joe Seedok and Koh Seekhoh. Fourteen of the 17 ahoard were killed when the war planes machine gunned the plane after it was_forced down. —_————— SHEPARD RETURNING H. R. Shepard is returning to Juneau aboard the Prince Rupert due in port this evening. He has been on a short visit in Seattle with Mrs. Shepard, recently in- to Sles © e etmute. | jured in an accident. | entire early run escape. too many of them—and yet we can't fish Ter- ritory gets no tax money through fish that die in a vain attempt to climb a stream where there isn't enough water or room for them ‘Where Trouble Lies “On the other hand,” Floe con- tinued, ek of proper patrolling of fishing areas and too early a season opening kills off the early run salmon. Patrol boats come out on weekends, and seiners rob the creeks of spawning fish on week days. The run is spoiled and the can- ne gets '\a poorer quality of fish.” Floe suggests a opening for his part of the country on July 25 rather than early in the month. “Start late like that and let that season “Then let the fishermen work as long as there are fish running in the fall. The early run, going up the creeks unhamperéd and free to spawn, will keep the fall run con- stantly built up—the packer will get better fish, the fishermen will make more money and the Territory get a lot of taxes it could well use Absolute Closing Superintendent Floe also su ed the absolute closing of Tenakee inlets and Freshwater Bay to all seine fishing. “Those are the greatest spawning areas in this section,” he said, add- ing, “But it doesn’t do any good to have fine spawning streams if the seiners are not policed closely enough to prevent them from strip- ping the spawning fish from streams.” This year’s pack of 76,000 cas at Hawk Inlet, 20,000 cases over last year, was put up largely in the last two weeks of the season when the heavy fall run of fish appeared suddenly to save a “dull” situation. - ALASKANA, by Marie Drake, 50c. We've tried and tested them all! Kelvinator’s our choice...the refrig- erator we're proud to sell. .. the refrigerator you'll be proud to own! 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MAKES 7 BIG ICE CUBES FOR 1¢ ot astions snasnge hecrc roten Proof of Kelvinator's all around economy PHONE 34 In-| change | re with the | * Floe said. | | mond the | The fisherman gets no chance | to make a bit of money and the | Larry Crabbe “ | ture | “Sophie Lang Goes We Features Gertrude Michael Shie of 'the apialest venture “Sophie L mystery-ad- ories of the season, Goes West,” opened the Coliseum T} hael plays Sophie new thriller, and than ever in the part the cleverest, and certain- most beautiful of jew thieves, Sophie Lang goes to work in Hollywood, in the latest of her pictures, and the result is a tre- mendo exciting film The story is concerned with Miss Michael, who is forced by the police ve New York, and jumps d a train bound for ifor- On it she me Lee Bowmar who protects her from searching policemen; and a Sultan who has a huge diamond called “The Star of the World.” S Storms, a famous actress, and her manager re both on the train and Crabbe has plans for the thoft of the diamond himself. Miss Mi- chael does not tell Bowman that she is a gem thief, but lays plans to steal the jewel in spite of Crabbe’s plans. At a party in Hollywood the gem disappears, and suspicion is direct- ed toward Miss Michael. Crabbe has stolen the diamond and escaped, followed by Bowman. Bowman man- ages to catch up with Crabbe and Miss Michael in time to clear her name and convince her that dia- stealing is too strenuous a life work. She decides that she will go straight and go straight to Bow- man, too! A brilliant cast including C. Henry Gordon, Barlowe, Borland, Robert Cummings and Nick Lukas com- satre. lovelier Prcbably ly the wint| Pletes the fine work done by the »| principals, and the picture is ably directed by Charles Riesner. gether the blend of myster; dven- and romance make “Sophie Lang Goes West” a picture for your “must” list — e ON GOLDEN BELT Alto- TOUR Dr. Robert Furlong and Mrs. Fur- long, of San Rafael, Cal, are aboard the Columbia and will make the Golden Belt tour. - D WOMEN OF THE MOOSE Food Sale, Bert's Cash Grocery, a.m., September 3. ady. 0 Ny S COLISEUM OWNED AND OPERATED Juneaw's Greatest 'Show Value Last Times Tonight —TONIGHT — IS THE BIG NIGHT , A gay adventure in which romance gives the famous sophie @ little SoPH/ LANG GOES WEST. A Paramount Picture with GERTRUDE MICHAEL LEE BOWMAN SANDRA STORME LARRY CRABBE ROBERT CUMMINGS C. Henry Gordon ADDED Babe Ruth in “Home Run on the Keys” “Postal Union” A Vitaphone Musical Paramount Pictorial Late Movietonews CAT HAS PRIVATE BELL ARKANSAS CITY, Kas—Fritzie, a cat owned by Miss Lucille Rucker, has learned how to get what he wants. He simply rings a bell near the door whenever he’s hungry, wants to go out of the house or de- mands attention in general. bl o epsidadin Today’s News Toaay. Democratic TERRITORIAL and DIVISIONAL Oscar G. Olson Candidate for Re-election as TERRITORIAL TREASURER Anthony J. (Tony) DIMOND For Delegate to Congress For Territorial Senator: HENRY RODEN, Juneau For Territorial Representatives: JAMES V.DAVIS, Juneau A, P. WALKER, Craig J. P. ANDERSON, Juneau JOHN McCORMICK, Juneau The Democratic Ticket Is Interested in the Welfare of Both Business and Labor VOTE IT STRAIGHT! ON SEPTEMBER 13. (Paid Advertisement)