The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 16, 1939, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 16, 1939. PORTRAYEDIN | CAPITOL FILM N P | "Judge Hardy’s Children"| Is Comedy-Drama | Playing Here | Lewis Stone, Mickey Reoney, Ce- | cilia Parker and Fay Holden agnhw {unite as the interesting family for | the third of the “Judge Hardy Fam- | ‘ll_v" series, now playing at the Capi- | tol Theatre. This one is “Judge Har- |dy's Children,” a sequel to “You're |Only Young Once,” which takes the| | family from the little country town | of Carvel to Washington where the | {Jjudge is named on a power com- | mission. | | Mickey Rooney as the young snn" flirts with a girl from the French legation, Cecilia Parker as | the| & | daughter goes to gay parties with a, Shorts MARCH OF TIME Moth and the Flame Swinging Mallets News | engaged in coal mining in Katalla | and has many friends in the Terri- | tory. He was a lead and silver mine cperator at Katalla also. C. CUNNINGHAM, opERAToR' DIES fields controversy of 20 years ago. Besides Mrs. Héllenthal, he is sur- | vived by a brother, Dr. John' G. Bro'her 0' Mrs_ He”en-ifi;’x‘x‘ming)mm of Spokane, Washing- Thal - Bering River Coal Figure ‘ - e | L | Andrew Nerland, who flew here Clarence Cunningham, 68, brother | 1o Fairbanks last Friday, [eft of Mrs. Simon Hellenthal of Juneay, | ©°F the south -V;;‘r""’;;g’mz"; :;‘fi . § | Princess Norah. died yesterday at his home in Alamo, | | . 3 B. B4 ncobeding 4 word Picaived | Join his wife in Seattle, and will be Here (‘Udflv_ A |in the States for the next ‘two Mr. Cunningham was ‘ fnonths in connection with his bus- ines: —_ T kPO S R b . esS. Baby'’s Cold . @dk:oqumreueved figure in- the NERLAND ON PRINCESS formerly “My Skin Was Fall or Pimples says Verna Schlepp: “Since using Adlerika the pimples are gone. and glows with health.”” Adlerika Washel BOTH bowels, and relieves constipation that 5o often ageravates a bad complex- ion. Butler-Mauro Drug Co., by Guy's Drug Store, Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Coons without dosing—use VIGHS 5 y skin is smooth HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Jan. 16.—The screen owes much of its early prosperity to slapstick comedy, and yet no form of acting has treated its stars so shabbily, taken together, as has slapstick. Of a score or so of the town’s famous funny men, who made another generation roar and roll in the aisles, only Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd can be considered stars today—and even these are but periodically active, These two alone have come through their long careers with sizable fortunes, and it may be significant that, of them all, only €haplin and Lloyd were astute enough to add other qualities to their slapstick. With Lloyd this extra some- thing was clever situation; with Chaplin it was situation and an approach which critics hailed as “artistic.” 5 The sagas of slapstick are filled with tragic tales, which might explain why practically all movie funny men carry the faces (when off guard) of men who expect to lose their last friend and dollar simultaneously. Early in the Chaplin career a potent rival was the French comic, Max Linder. Brought to America, Linder was given a production far exceeding in cost anything that had beén done for Chaplin, but his expensive movie failed to impress—Chaplin’s baggy pants and big shoes went on to fame, Linder chose suicide. Famous as Chaplin was Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, driven from the screen and from wealth by scandal, later to die ‘while at- tempting a comeback, as a director, under an assumed name, Bobby Vernon, once a hero of the flickering two-reelers, must have been a prophet, and a wise one. He got out, in time, and is now a successful gag-writer—for other comedians. Buster Keaton, e et e et IUSUSSSSISS S S USSP when and where = - - Percy's private party room is just the place for your ‘enterfaining— and, it is available for private affairs every evening . . . -=-ut Percy’s el ten years ago a comedy star, hit the skids and looked destined for oblivion. But he turned to writing and. directing, and launched on his new career. « Harry Langdon is another—but hels an exception, too. :Re- signed to the obscurity of a minor writer’s. job, Harry has made a comeback. Tt must be a success because: Hal Roach has re- newed ‘his contract. And if ever a comedian was “washed up’’ in the minds of producers, it was, Langdon. y While its devotees have fared variously, but mostly badly, at its hands, slapstick itself has undergone a major- change on' the screen. Except for last year, when the town’s biggest dramatic stars went on an orgy of slapstick in the “zany” cycle, the old screen standby has lost its potency. And the King of Slapstick—the same Mack Sennett who once parted company with. D. W, Giffith because he thought he'd like to make funny pictures about funny cops—is around' town. ‘The originator of the Keystone Kops, the daddy of the movie bathing beauty and hence of all present-day “leg art” in the rotogravure sections, is around' town looking-fer-a producing connection, Mr. Cunningham was the central | Bering River coal| | | L |and Blemishes from Constipation” | | State Department employee, lul)b_v--'i |ists try to use her as a “leak” on 'her father's decisions, but the wise old judge nimbly outwits them, daughter learns about men and re- turns to her real sweetheart and |again all is tranquil in the family. | Kay Van Riper's intimate screen‘ play of family lifé, with its touches | |of comedy and heart interest, was| | deftly directed by George Seitz who | has piloted the series since its be-| |ginning with “A Family Affair.” Among the comedy highlights are Mickey’s first tuxedo and his dis- missal from dancing .school for | teaching Jacqueline Laurent “The lBlg Apple.” { Miss Laurent, who signed in Paris, makes her screen debut as does Ro- bert Whitney from the New York stage, playing Miss Parker’s sweet- heart. Players adequately cast in- | clude Betty Ross Clarke, Anne Ru- therford, Ruth Hussey, Jonathan | Hale, Janet Beecher and Leonard | Penn. The photography by Lester White includes many scenes filmed in Washington. — - —— HOUSE GIVEN NEWBILLON LIQUOR SALE e | :Terrifory Would Be Set Up as Wholesaler of Alcoholics (Continuea frum rage One) | other than through the Alaska Al- | cohol Administration which would be set up. ‘The new unit would be part of the office of the Territorial Treasurer, and the Administrator of the unit to || be appointed by the Treasurer to serve under a $25,000 bond for a four year term. ‘This Administration would be em- ]powered to charge a prot to make | enough monies to defray expenses | of operation and make an additional | }"reasonable" profit which may seem i right and proper. A sum of $50,000 in appropriation | | is asked in the bill, to set up and in- | |itiate the work of the new unit, the | | money to eome from the General | Fund and be replaced in that fund | through receipts within a year after the unit begins its work. Violation by wholesalers, selling to | retailers outside the pale of the | Administration would eall for $500 | to $1000 fine and or six months im- | prisonment, while a retailer, not lpurchnsing through the Territorial wholesale house, will lose his license. The act is labeled as an “emergen o " Representative Smith, in com- menting on the bill, said the impe}- ling factor im its introduétion is fo “curb certain monopolistic ' influ- ences that are operating to the det- riment of Territorial wholesalers and retgilegs;” and: t6 make liquor tax in Alaska more fool proof.” —————— DRAMATIC(LUBTO INITIATE TONIGHT At 6:30 o'clock tonjght in the banquet rooim of Percy’s Cafe mem- bers of the’ Mummers Club of the Juneau High School will gather for [ dinner and’ initiation. Guests at the affdir will be Mr. and Mrs. John Keyser, the latter be- ing the former advisor of the group; ! Mr. Kenneth Furguson, present ad- | visor of the club, Mrs. Ferguson, and | A. B. Phillips, ‘Superintendent of { the Juneau Public Schools, who will be speaker for the evening. | Following dinner a special init- [ iation’ cerémiony, assembled by Miss ‘Lola La Paugh, will' be' exemplified. Trials were held January 6, and those qualifying for the initiatory i work include: Paul Coke, Isabell | Parsons, Richard Jackson, Jim Glasse, Virginia Worley and Mary Stewart. S D (A IN FROM MINE Alaska Air Transport brought in four from the Hirst-Chichagof mine yesterday. Passengers were: W. A. Gallemore, Mr. and Mrs. F. A, Clark, and William Garn. l FAMILY LEES . | SHE'S IN THE NAVY NOW_she” being above 246-foot-long dirigible, the K:#, which since the Jsunching at Akron, Ohio, has bzen sfationed at Lakehurst, N. J., naval air station, MORRISON DECORATED, HEROIC ACT Juneauy En Receives Honors Before Comrades, Fort Lawfon Garrison SEATTLE, Jan. 16. — Sergeant Malcolmn E. Morrison was decorated with the Soldiers Medal yesterday | on the parade ground at Fort Law- | ton while his comrades of the Unit- | ed States Signal Corps and the en- tire garrison at the Fort looked on. | Morrison, while a private atiached | to the Juneau office of the Signal Corps, jumped into icy Taku Inlet,| near Juneau, last June and saved a civilian, Ed Sweum from drown- ing and dragged him 75 yards to safety, This display of heroism won Pri- vate Morrison the citation of Ser- geant and the Soldiers Medal, the highest medal to be awarded a soldier: Governors Resume Ofhce. PSR G TROLLERS' GROUP URGES MEMORIAL ON TREATY LAW Two communications were receiv- ed in the House of Representatives today from the Alaska Troller’s As- sociation, one referring to the re- cently enacted International Labor Treaty and the other urging ap- pointment of an Alaskan for Fish| Commissioner. | ‘The complaint with regards to the International Labor Treaty and a clause requiring fishing vessels to of Michigan D. Fitzgerald (top right) takes oath as governor p :;:::l:)hief Jus%iece Henry M Butzel of the state mpremep:::‘nnr: ;‘t Ln:. ing. Previously beaten 1 b1 (o8 ey General, Goverpor Herbert ewly appointed U. . EQTK::;:“O;” right) of New York takes oath from retiring Secre- u}y of State Edward J Flynn at Albany as he starts his fourth term, this oue fur four years, first in the state’s hstory. MLMKINEPARK METEORLOGICAL ROAD ENGINEER IN SET IN JUNEAU JUNEAU FOR VISIT NOW OPERATING 1 % 0 Work on improving the recently | have a licensed captain, mate, first| 7 _ e 1a to ! 3 and second. ‘englfeets; ‘HNked -Bn completed road from boundary to Complehon of New S'a"o" . Part of Extensive in exemptions or exceptions. | Superintendent for the Alaska Road The Association wrote, enrm'ce—;c(’mm‘mmn.S Anchorage district, | . = 5 rating in Alaska with ing boats in' Alaska tohcomply wlth | mers. The work there is being done | zliug:fnp(;mon og a fully equipped e ’at‘;’\e'eg;‘éz‘r"gc;,‘:fun;afl'::‘ fe. | With Pavk ervice funds and has | set-up which completed s first'day b L P i ., hangar, is the third of nothing of conditions and problems | gravel surface was begun and will |port, Inc, ) ik in Alaska. He' costantly refused an|be continued in 1939. |such sets to be put into' operation ear to our protests until public senti-| Ghiglione will be at the Road|in Alaska in recent months. The amendment to exclude definitely,| boundary of Mount McKll\lt'¥ Na- | vessel's under 200 tons gross, thetional Park is now about half way Flying Aids | ment of such a law would paralyze | 3 | i | sai sit to Juneau and shut down the entire fishing | s2id today on a visi ! S industry in Alaska—it would be out| GCthiglione has been stationed in| Juneau has joined the chaih ‘of questing support of the I..egislav.um‘resuMd m a road 90 milcs long from | on bbehz air on scheduled broadcasts for appointment of an Alaskan to|the railroad to the Kantishna min- | vesterday. ks Fish Commissioner; the letter said, |ing district. Last year work of im-| This station, sitbated in the sec- ment and pressure was so great he | Commission office here for a week, was forced to. We want an Alaskan.” | going outside next Monday on Lhe( ® N5 ST | Baranof for a vacation until April, | | other two are located at Anchorage and Fairbanks. ‘ This is part of a system of fiyirg ids which the Alaska Aéronautics 'S DRAMA OF PIRATE KING { Fredric MafiPlays Title Role in DeMille Play at Coliseum Theatre A crucial but little-known chap= | ter of American history 'is brought to life by Cecil B. DeMille in “The | Buccaneer,” playing now at the Coliseum Theatre. It is the story of | famous pirate king who was s6 | notoricus that the government put | a price cn his head, but who became |ofie ‘of the nation’s outstanding |héroes when he came to America's reéscue in her darkest hour and helped JackSon turn the British away from the gates of New Or- leans, Fredric March is seen in the role of the pirate chief, Jean Lafitte, one |of the most colorful characters who lever walked across the pages of American histoty. Lafitte was born in' Bordeaux, ' France, at some un- known' date before the French Rev- olution. His birthday has never been established, although the late Huey Long of Louisiana declared one for him and made it 4 state holiday. After serving for a time in Na- poleon’s armies, Lafitte moved to . the New World to try his fortune. Gathering about him a band of fero- clous outlaws from every corner of the world, he set up a pirate king- dom on the shores of the Guilf of Mexico not far from the thriving cfty of New Orleans. From his port of “Barataria” he carried on piracy in d gentlemanly manner, preying mostly upon Spanish vessels and es- tablishing 'a set rule that American ships go unmolested at all times. Although the customs officials of the “United ' States, irked by the superior bargains he offered New Orleans shoppers, put a price on his head, Lafitte, as can be so clearly seen in “The Buccaneer,” always maintained a deep affection for this, his adopted country. T e 'BONNET WANTS ALL VOLUNTEERS 10 QUIT SPAIN French Fofeign Minister Makes Statement fo Council of League GENEVA, Jan. 18.-French Min- | ister Bonnet told the Council of the | League of Nations today that com- | plete evacuation of foreign volun- | teers from the Spanish Government territory must be followed by com- plete evacuation of foreign fighters }in "Insurgent Spain. Foreign Mmiseer Bonneét spoke im- mediately after thé Counofl's' com- mittee sent to Spain reported it was “morally convinced” that all foreigners should be withdrawn from both the Spanish Government and Insurgent lines” and following this the Prench volunteers will be with- drawn. Bonnet ‘sald many volunteers are already in concentration camps from | the' Government forces. — e MACKINNONS LEAVE *'Mr, and Mrs. Lockle MacKinnon, well known Juneau residents are southbound' passengers on the pect to visit' in California for an| indefinite length of time. e —— MISS ALLEN VACATIONS Miss Helen Allen, former employee | of the Columbia Lumber Co., left o the - Princess Norah for a three steamer Mount McKinley. They ex-} treaty as it stands, ‘only implying| along, A. F. Ghiglione, Assistant | of the question for at least 3,000 fish- | McKinley Park the past three radio broadcasting meteofological was a political appointee who knew | proving the road with a crushed ond story of the Alaska Aflr Texas has more cattle than any | when he will return to Mt. McKiriley. | 8 other state. In 1936 it had 7222 i 3 engi | ications Comitnission is Ghiglione was resident engineer here | and Communi ‘at the time of the building of the|developing in Alaska’ in co-opeartion head to Iowa’s 4,570, which was in| | second place. j Douglas bridge. | | | | | | | j o : Herbert Satterlee, president of the Life Saving Benevolent Association, presents a medal to- Captain Alfred M. Moore (left}, master of the ‘American Banker, who directed rescue of five persons from the blazing schooner Pioneer last October. The ceremony was aboard the American Banker at its New York pier. It was the third occasion on which Captain Moore had been decorated for heroism at sea. | with the Civil Aeronautics Author- ity. 4 In addition to the metéorologieal stations which broadcast hourly weather reports to pilots throughout the Territory, the program includes erection and maintenance of radio beam stations which are scheduled to begun functioning in the near future, ; : Cost of installation of these met- erological stations runs into ap- proximately $100,000.Two more will be setup, one in n and one in Nome and arei within 30 days. G 4% 1 PAA ELECTRA INTERIOR TRIP PAA Electra, with pilots Al Mun- | son and Bert Lein'at the controls, is being held at Whitehorse by un- favorable weather. ‘The ship with only a cargo of mail and noe pas- sengers aboard, 1eft' Juneau at 10 o'clock Sunday miorning. Flight from Fairbanks to: Juneau is also held at the Fairbanks air- port by bad weather. * ————— MRS. STEVENS TO COAST Mrs. Ray Stevens, of the Jones- Stevens Shop, is' a southbound pas- senger on the steamer Princess Norsh. She will the next month on the coast in connection with business, completed | weeks vacation trip to Bremerton to visit her parents. COLI HWNED AND [ ADOLPN Z0KOR PRESEATS » Cecil B. De Mille PRODUCTION 3 A Pasamqutl Plcturs with FRANCISKA GAAL AKIM TAMIROFF MARGOT GRAHAME WALTER BRENNAN wirectes oy CECIL 8. DeMILLE ALSO Lew Lehr Fox Movietonews FUND BROUGHT CHRISTMAS 10 PIONEERS’ HOME Tofal $2,087.57 Confribut- ed-Pioneers Send Thanks Alaskans who contributed $2,087.57 from all parts of the Territory ta make Christmas a brighter day at the Pioneefs’ Home'at Sitka made it possible for 185 ploneers there to be given $11 a piece, Eiler Hansen, EBuperintendent, reports. Collections were made through W. D. Gross of Juneau. “The pioneers have asked me to thank all the people that so kindly contributed to their Christmas fund,” | Harigen writes to The Empire. “To them it is not only a matter of the money théy recélve but the remembrance through the year that they have not been forgotten by their friends.” Money reecived and distributed was as follows: iy g Collections through W. D. Gross: Juneau' ... 800.00 Ketchikan Petersburg . | Sttica .. Wrangell Nome Igloo No. 1 ... Pairbanks Igloo No. 4 Anchorage Igloo No. 15 . Nenana Igloo No. 17 Cordova Igloo No. 19 Craig Igloo No. 30 . Anchorage Igloo Aux. Ne. 4. Aug. Igloo No. 3, Ploneers of Alaska ... The Alaska Weekly Pelican City .. Other Contributions Left over from last year. $2,087.57 2,035.00 52.57 T P A - x5 S REE A Some of the sequola trees found on the western slopes 'of the Sférra Nevada were in existence 2,000 years before Christ. 185 Pioneers at $11 each . Carried over to netx year . | Guide Republicans in House Republican congressmen elected these three men to direct the of the minority party in the House. Left to right: Representati Woodruf?, of Michigan: Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr.. sachusetts, minority leader; and %mu’- it Harry L. - w ive