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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. MOND:“..‘JAN? 23, 1939 AMUSING WAR OF YOUR SCREEN TEST ~ |COLISEUM HiT z g 47 SOCIAL PLANES e | NOW STARRING LISE W If you follow the‘movies, you should be able to answer at least CIDERATED Y . W. N0 ! average; 80, excellent; 100, colossal. Answ on page 6. T G A l You've Never Known Till Now! s PR . ! % 7 HI IJA : — Gmger Rogers and James ], Name twoor B i Happy Landing Is Thrill- {JA HENIE " DON AMECHE oy ® three women @ R Stewart Seen in ""Viva- | now piaying teaa- ing Ice Drama Play- “HAPPY LANDING" H e H ing roles, who, a H | 10US I.ady, Caplfol Hiitle shane Bhan & Ing at l.O(aI House | AN HERSHOLT—ETHEL MERMAN—CESAR ROMERO vy year ago, could | R g SO~-Vi - i A night-club entertainer accus-| y.¢ cpeak English | A whole new world of joy-laden | ALEO~Vitaphone Novelty—Fox Movietonews » cay i by g 5 vonder comes Wi g from the e Erovdwsy, s suddenly oafapultea] SHificlently o get | Bhow-aitveren Nurselgnd: Wit Afha| oo . prag) into the quiet dignity of a small col-| €Ven minor paits. erica's newest and sweetest sweet:| Thflnlis f()[‘ SaVlng My L € ; lege community where her presence| (One shown at | heart, Sonja Henie—radinnt’ beyond | is unwelcome to the puritanical na- right.) | imagining, in “Happy Landing," the | tives. Such is the predicament | 20th Century-Fox production which | faced by Ginger Rogers who plays The large | opened at the Coliseum Theatre| the title role in RKO Radio's ro-| ®* cast of what | yesterday mantic comedy, “Vivacious Lady,”| picture recently ; Cesar Romero, cast as an egocen- 1101\:; plal.vma_ at the Capitol Theatre.| (rqyeled about 1.- :('n‘«-":mlr»n‘\ Iv:l“)h'r v’:)\(x ‘;n'lh”h? night-club bm)nl\‘x‘!u\fm;nl:; & tudious| Hollywood to musical of superlative splendor oh botany instructor (James Stewart,| Wake location u fast moving pace. An ocean fog which starts in New York, progresses | Shots? puts the fliers off their course and through a whirlwind courtship and {they ‘land in Norway where Jean is climaxed with marriage. What athie Hersholt's five daughters (one of The couple return to the groom's o {ler an- them :om:n are happily engaged Where he serves as o professor in 5| Douncements have b ol chatols Viel" s Ve university presided over by his| Peen made about [man who dances twice with a girl father, a man of high ideals and| (@) Charlie Chap- is proposing to her gets Romero in- strict morale. Afraid to admit he is| lin, (b) Al Jolson, volved in a love affair which is married to the pretty singer, the| (¢) Richard Bar- all hero-worship on the part of a young pedagogue arranges with his| thelmess? { lovelorn Sor and all basking in romantic wife that they live apart "lw ever-satisfying warmth of ego- :::\le‘]iglu:l;r:n break (:w news gently | Where, out- ‘l'L\ll;lml:\';:\xnlrm_ o g s austere parent. Ameche, sincere in his inter- SHORTS ‘From this novel situation stomis| T side of Hol- sat. tid to keen things ofi gh bven » the picture’s hilarious action with| 1YWood but in the keel, but there is the matter of an- the groom’s ex-fiancee, his prudish| United States, other girl of Romero’s back in the How to Figure father, an ineffectual mother and a, have two feature- | Btates. Your Income playboy cousin himself fond of the length pictures | The two fliers swing from Nor- Tax secret bride, all contributing to tho; just been com- way (o Paris, Miami and New » ’Iflfld series of events. | pleted? York in the course of the sl,m'y.‘ 7 FOX | ' | yudivad | How Romero finally is snagged by i Waltham, M. thanks Ski) i Jthel v i : -year-old Dickie Morrison, safe in bed at Waltham, Mass,, it . : | What Eng- | Ethel Merman—and how the “One | He¥eRFeRrOe, RO 05 *For his heroie rescue. Dickie had crashed N Flash "E I“DUSIRY | 9 lish actor jE s iilon fiwm\“""‘"“ Sonja through the ice on the Charles River. While spectators gasped, Bobbie ews llashes vv | 8 and Don, are reunited—is a silvery, | erawled out over the perilous ice and pulled Dick to safety, . | and hfs wife sumptuous, superlative musical from — : BEI“G mEA“D ! share leading | Hit-Creator Darryl F. Zanuck. — -~ e s » y 4 |of friends from both sides of the | roles in a current- . M . " BOUGLAS o v e voc and s IN SOUTHLAND 1 zoc== » | : Seen Here in Movie | Elizabeth Fraser poured with Mrs | ture? Hard_TlmeS Pan " NEWS Thomas Cashen, Mrs. Jack Fowler, (e | ) 4 + = | y Mrs. Leonard: Johnson and Miss al . I A' E S 2k Btoiin coulter swsistng win e | Famous Sweet Potatoes In Star Roles at Capito astern Star serving. 5 ’ The newlyweds are leaving this| May Be Basis of Starch | 'I' E el MISS M. FRASER, . | vy, are envine wis) - May , | omorrow Evening| ington, D. C., where Mr. Gray will Enfel’pnse | b | : DOUGLAS GRAY |:cnd cume commision” con- md | Tumomow s e inee Bigh ot | ference, returning in about two By PAUL SIM NS 1 the Scottish Rite Temple when of-! I WED o" SUNDAY {months by way of the Southern ko Lam::‘scmxow;“" i ficers of the Order of Eastern Star| , ‘\:lul'c,s and California. | [ | entertain the members. Following a T - D & Mo | business session, during which time | - _— ‘R LAUREL, Miss.—Before the in-| " g i Marri Ceremon Per.ll()”lll";r:‘;g:;r; Fok maLLy dustrial chemist went to work on | ::l::xe;.; hirrbolom g b coiatyrinal .arriage y ! T it, the chief claim fo fame of the ! (e . d | r & Meeting now twice a week, the| uthern t fo Biaciic A All Eastern Star members and [’)rmed in Do uglas- Douglas Scout troop is' being put | 1€ u”’"f it ol | visiting members, with their escorts, & through intensive practice for the “T;l i A SR £ } | are invited to be present, the meet- Many Attend Re(ephon scout rally to be held next month.| The table varieties are just as |ing starting at 8 o'clock, with the | | The. troop has eight members, Bill | !asty as ever, but other kinds— | | social to follow at 9:30 o'clock, 5 5 ; L % Osborn having joined, and all were‘”h%“' lower in sugar and higher in | Harry Krane wil play for the| e ’\"I.\r\ . M",'“”L., FI.1<TI:'. present at the last get-to-gether starch content—give promise of a) event, and all are urged to dress da - of Mr. and Mrs Robert | peld saturday night at the home of | €W industry that may put a el | according to the fashion depicting Fr ser, became the bride of MY.|g.qnt jeader Robert Dupree. jextra million dollars into the | | “hard-times.” Hvh Douglas last evening S A e e pockets of farmers. GRS R ) at 8 »I,'LIUCk at the -home of the LEAVING FOR KETCHIKAN That hope is the manufacture of s ¢ F‘ e N{:mlt:. Mr. and Mrs. Fe-| s William Robertson is re-|SWeet potato starch by a process | CDl;um.l;, (,,::;D’I:A:;ZJ e : ; i ix Gray in Douglas turning on the Baranof tonight to developed at a cooperative plant | i ol < - site Sonja b nding” ‘Whie g . | he appea: te Sonja Henie in “Happy Lau which ¢ “he Rev. John A. Glasse read 'her home in Ketchikan after a |eStablished here in 193¢ by the | uary 24, 8 p.m, Parish Hall, First !’"::IM:.:-;"M c':uwm‘ e i the marr coremony in the | month’s wvisit with relatives and|U. S. Bureau of Chemistry and | of a series. BRY.L i o L L. ¢ > of immediate relatives and | friends. Soils with $150,000 of FERA funds. ey S A S B B ) PR a few close friends. | — - — Half Billion Tons Imported by Preceding the ceremony, Mis. | COUNCIL MEETS Cotton mills, laundries and man- Frenk Dufresne played a violin Regular meeting of the City Coun- |ufacturers of glue, candy, food ’ ° P 3 $0l0, Dawning,” accompanied | cil is scheduled for this evening at|products, adhesive and other ar- by Mrs. Harry Sperling at the pi- the city hall ticles in the United States use “ as a’s z es a as anc, and Mrs. Jack Fowler sang LS DR G, AT several hundred million pounds of e 2 (et R ¥ & o “Vivacl- s " “I Tove You Truly,” with violin| PAUL JONES RECUPERATING |starch each year. About 500,000,- G'““"“f,‘m"“"-!’”““ Btewart, ""f"':;’_“.:"h'"' ::1“: s \‘lll‘.'(lhl obbligato by Mrs. Dufresne and pi| Paul Jones, well known fisherman, {000 pounds was imported for use| S Lady.” She, I8 a;sophisticated night-club ‘entertainer ‘and ‘he | ans accompaniment by Miss Els- | is recuperating at St. Ann's Hospital |in 1937. a naive young professor from a small town college. The (:umplh'r an ompaniment by Miss Eliza- | and expressed a wish to see many| Chemists say domestic manufac-| tions that follew a one-night courtship and sudden marriage lend beth Dou: | friends at any time. ture of as much starch as is now| drama, poignancy and merriment to the comedy, The bride, who was given away 9 L s R AY imported should provide a valu- —— = 3 " + o o . by her father, wore a gown of able new southern industry if n.i 'l M white taffeta and net, and car- o“E plA"E Hops- can be sold at a profit. riedd a bouguet of white roses. She (] The average cost of starch im- ere s ever a u venlng was attended by her sister, Miss P ported in 1937—largely from the Jessie. F r, wearing a dress of Iw OIHERSARE Dutch Indies in the form of tapi- p> Jo i " pale green marquisette and carry- | b oca flour—was placed by the De- % N B ¢ ing a bouquet” of yellow roses. FOR(ED REIURN partment of Commerce at approxi- The bride's mother wore hell (] mately two cents a pound. The per | » N pink ' lace dress and the groom’s | pound cost of corn, white potato mother sa blie velyet. Lon Cope Marine Airways pilot|and other domestically - produced 3 ] 8 o i Bt ; Gordon Gray, hrother of the |took off thid afternoon in the whee) | Starchi, with ‘which the sweet po-| BOSTON, Mass, Jan. 23.—Felix| Frankfurter has said: “The Judges Wae bes | ronitened " Biaahi tato starch is said to o e fa-|Frankfurter, the newly confirmed of the Supreme Court, are in fac y greom, was best man. |equipped Fairchild from the PAA |tato starch is s 0. compare! fa- 00 L e o of the. Bupreme|atiatars of social poliey.” i 5 At the reception following, which |airpert in Juneau with four pas-|vorably in quality, was considerably SEICIAY ustice of he Supreme aqcis s ; v A i 4 | D pe Court, is a little man with a big, Of democracy, he said: “It is the #7% 2, | was attended by 'a large number |sengers for the Polaris-Taku mine greater. s ofie o€t ke in@ . only way, Tough as that may be, to ,//;a/ % r inear Tulsequah, Lon Evans, Bob Production Cests Slashed {1"11: n.a:)icfl mnn; mc;:‘ist I a ;YMh};.m,. that adequately re- %é % Zl’//// i ® & * | Thompson, H. Biggers, C. Chrysler.| Sweet potato starch cost 13 cents | ™5 B 5! g L i i ,/g/ Z ;/ as as Ine, Two other flights from local hang- |a pound to make the first year of e has spotted for high posts in the richness of human diversity. . . %/ H % Nies Fas. Filler says: Gas on my stam | 85" were: forced to ‘turn back by |production but last year it was cut| the Federal government such bright | “Xo B0 S8 L o o O andunt %% 7 /. E ah wan 5o bad §oulhrs aat or Si4eh. | squally weather. to 3 cents, and experts hope to drop |YOUNE' men as James M. Landis,|® ; //4 %1%%% b Sk e 2 ; - 5 3 Th c d Dean Ache. | upon knowledge and wisdom beyond Z / g 2 / / brought me guick relief. Now, I eat as 1 | Shell Simmons AAT pilot returned |it -even ‘lower. ¥ omas CORCOIAD ang Dean Ache-| ., "0 ng of government.” %/; , /% wish. sleep fine. never felt bette |to Juneau on'a projected jaunt to| Since the starch turns to sugar |Son. But a friend says he has never 4 ity // . /// L | T W QLY Chichagof and Alex Holden in the|in stared sweet potatoes, the yéar- asked a job favor in behalf of any- % / i '/% ‘Marine Airways ship ~was forced|ly operation of the unique starch |oPe—that he kmows how to put the // ///// Matro Drug Go.—in Dougtas yy | PY. like conditions to forego a pas- |plant has been limited to a season |FiEht man in the right job when 7 7% Guy’s Drug Stage, . ady. ' senger hop fo Sitka. of 100 days. Pressing juice from caHed 02' i o d e newly-gathered potatoes and fur-| *° 20 V0 M fmer Mar- | g ther dehydrating the starch-bear- |l0n A. Denman, of Springfield, Mass. | ing pulp by drying, however, Is have no children, but every- week cxgect,ed % Yoika 'osslble ‘ear groups of his brightest students have | Ledes S ey ypa gathered at their home to match | "~ | wits with a0 ses- tato pulp.. Crushing -and dehydrat- :i;nss"?” AR AR bl s ! g inig 'stations would be set up In| {gpugents either like him tremen potato-growing" communities 0| qoucly or heartily dislike him. In| ‘ rcc?lvmg an}d preparing the pota- classes, he seems to be a student i FRE o5 o 2 than the rest. Sometimes he turns| " - Engineers estimate that similar | (he lecture over to a student, then | ) [."!, plants can be erected for between |siands in the back of the room and Bt i $75,000 and $100,000 each. On a|helps heckle, | 7 7 year round ‘program, about" 80 !A former student said of him: “He 77 /// 47 » How much fire insurcE;nce dohyou have? How much ,plantsw;ould produce starch now i’snlways thinking. He finds is very “ ; : pen i imported. ifficult ts 1: e like SHOULD you have? Do you have enough? Too little? 3 | di o relax. Many people like 5 , v Too much? Are you unprotected against hazards that || The flocal plant i 310938 t’:'d to spend a nice dull gvening. and EVERY FAMILY IN ALASKA is supported wholly or in part w v ious financial loss? |farmers an average of cents a|no evening with Professor Frank- & may cause you seriou: bushed for their potatoes, and |furter is ever dull” the Canned Salmon Industry brings here. It pays the wages of oyer i & 4 some farmers realized $150 an| !/ The new Justice is an ommiverous P ) R il L You should Yeow the angwers 19 Jhose questions. We'l |facre. The average payment per [reader. His walks with. friends arc 11,000 local workers and fishermen. Its purchases of coal, lumber, wire, : be glad to help you. Come in, write or telephone. acre was $60. liis! onl oy A TS R L X i 4 3 . 5 ly exercise. He will take a ll! B : AT One of ‘the ‘problem$ is the pro- | cocktail, and he smokes moderately TANY. YRS products help other industries to Eneet tbeu_pay’lo Is duction of a high-yielding potato| ! He aids hundreds of causes fin- ! R terrltou'i eax payments help to provule salaries for Alaska’s school of high starch content. Much has |ancially and is ‘prodigal of his time -~ =7 s Y c’x Tk SRy s K been done in' this direction. in helping friends THREATS nave followed teachers and government officials. In other words, the Canned Salmen - 0 other Justices who came from | % - 1 g 1 i 5 . activit r 5 3 9 PHONE 249 Forest service nurseries in Kan-|Harvard Law School have been his | (Shane), mewomomey conmmniat Industry is actually the Territory’s biggest pay master. N 5 2 sas produced.. 7,575,800 trees for|ftiends, the late Oliver Wendell| and wife of Novelist Sinclair : . Office————New York Life planting dring 1938, officials esti- | Holmes, and Louis D, Brandeis. His| Lewis, on behalf of political and. : : mate. racial refugees. views follow theirs in many respects. |