The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 25, 1939, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY. JAN.:25, 1939. INEW THRILLER * OPENS TONIGHT, CAPITOL SHOW {""Saint in New York” Ex- poses Immunity of STARTS TONIGHT Nat. Guards America's singing sweetheart and her | Local Union Passes Reso- two rollicking Romeos} Gangs from Police SHORTS Harris in the Spring City of the Golden Gate Cleaning House News Captures Eurglar fal At 70 NIRMINGHAM, England, Jan. 25. —A woman of 70 who struggled with an intruder while her son went for heip was commended at the inquest into the burglar's death. The cor- one returned a ver ju ble hemicide in the Wiliam G. Hart, 36, who died from te when shot in the leg by he Mrs. Harre>. Winmill testified Hart struck her three or four times on the top of her head with a poker and she broke her walking stick on him. Her son came to her help and was hit over the face while the intruder held the eiderly lady by the thros “There was blood streaming down my son’s face, and I shouted, ‘Shoot, Jack, or he'll do us both in.’ Then I heard the shot.” Mrs. Winmill said her son then went for help while she held down Hart. - Catholic Women Se Tomorrow Afte A dessert luncheon will be served |€steC I at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon operation. Street residence of |to permit road to operate. (2) Gov- Mrs. A. M. Geyer for members of the ernment take over the road entirely. at the Dixon i The immunity of racketeer barons from punishment, and the helpless- ness of the police in dealing with them by legal methods, forms the background of RKO Radio’s dra- matic thriller, “The Saint in New York,” opening at the Capitol Thea- tre tonight. By bribery, intimidation and the tactics of their lawyers, the racket- eers laugh at the law. But in the picture this laughter changes to ter- ror when a civic leader, wearied of the situation, secretly calls “The Saint” to mend matters. This elusive adventurer, who has | dedicated his life to fighting crime by his own lawless but efficient | methods, sets about wiping out the | _ city most prominent gang- sters, one by one. Battling the frightened crooks on the one hand | and the police, who are not aware | of his sponsorship, on the other, lu-l soon finds himself in difficulties. | The results make “The Saint m{ New York” a brand new | crime-adventure melodrama. Louis Hayward has the rol¢ of “The Saint,” with Kay Sutton as the | girl, and a cast of noted character | players that includes Sig Rumann, { Paul Guilfoyle, Jonathan Hale, Frederic Burton, Ben Weldon and Cliff Bragdon. Ben Holmes direct- ed, the production by William Sis- ! trom. type of Chamber of Commerce of Cordova, | offered testimony claiming losses to trade and commerce by the closure; George Scott, representing Trans- | portation Workers Union from Cor- |dova, appealed in the interests of the 250 men thrown out of work by the action; John Rosswog appeared in behalf of the town of Cordo Mining men who hold leases along the Copper River route pleaded need for transportation for | —__ their ores. The mining men appear- | - ing were: Asa Baldwin of the Yel- low Band Mining Co. C. H. Kroem- ler of the Chititu Mining Co., | |Joshua Green of the Dan Creek |Mining Co., and one woman, Mrs. | Nils Tjosvieg, owner of copper ! ANTI-CLOSURES Gkoup REI“RNS properties in the section. | For the abandonment was F. A. FROM SESSIONS\H:maen. Superintendent of the Railroad, WITH CO appearing with his at- |torneys, Lawrence Bogle of Seat- | {tle and Tom Donohoe of Cordova. | ngfam for Conhnuahon 'llhcu pleading dealt entirely with WAR OR PEACE! In this room—the state department’s telegraph room at Washington-—<areé received the diplomatic code messages reflecting Europe's frantic struggle to avert war, VETOUS EYES—say some observers—has Hitler been watching Rumania’s ime portant oil industry of which this shipment from Brazi, near Ploesti, is a vital part. | ing no opposition to th - MISSION GROUP HOLDS MEETING AT S. A. HALL| Mrs. Barlowfils"Speaker for. Interdenominafional ! Mission Society lution-New Officars Are Elected At the 1ast meeting of Machinists | Union, Local 514, a resolution claim- | proposed National Guard Unit in Alaska was | introduced and passed i Further business of the meeting| was concerned with the election of | new officers for the coming year.| New president is Lyman Tuck Vice-President, Lloyd Capp; Finan- cial Seeretary, Lars Larsson; Si tary, J. C. Michaelson; Trea: Alfred Fleek. The meeting I.O.O.F. Hall. was held in the FILM BEAUTIES WEAR BANTON COSTUMES IN "ROMANCE IN DARK™ Paramount fashion designer Tra- vis Banton had a heyday during the production of the new comedy, “Ro- mance in the Dark,” at the Coliseum | tonight. His job was to create gowns for the woman who has been called America’'s best-dressed singer, Gladys Swarthout, and for another young actress who stands in the front rank of Hollywood’s most fash- ionable, vivacious Claire Dodd. Miss Swarthout plays the role of a housemaid whom John Boles turns into a bogus celebrity in order to divert the attentions of his rival, John Barrymore, from the alluring Miss Dodd. Miss Swarthout's role as | a “Persian princess” and Budapest opera star and Miss Dodd's as a gay continental countess give them op- portunities to wear some of the most striking gowns Banton has pro- duced. Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbia Cooms HOLLYWOOD, Cal,, Jan. 25.—Life in Hollywood is just one steeplechase of merriment after another., So gay, so gay, heh- heh. . .. Especially when it rains. Now when there's a high fog over Los Angeles there's only one thing any sane person can do. That's to shut all the windows, pray the roof doesn't collapse under the weight of the mist, and settle down to a cozy, shivering huddle v igures _indic:\ting the rmancial‘i of copper Rlver R. R_ | impossibility of conducting opera- Route Sought tions without revenue accruing W. A. Hodge, Cordova attorney, from the ore hauling from the | |now closed properties at Kenne- cott, Alaska. | ,ee - arrived in Juneau last night from | Seattle where he attended the Cop- | per River Railroad abandonment hearing before the ICC representa- | tive last January 16. He will be| B'Emkl DA'I'A here for one week, leaving on the| Using a fable of the Natives for illustration, Mrs. Frank Barow spoke on “Long Suffering, Gentleness and Goodness” yesterday afternoon at a | meeting of the Interdenominational | Mission Society in the Salvation | Army Hall. After a business session, Mrs. | Stanley Jackson led devotions, using | as her text, “The Disciple Is Not| Above His Ma: . A song was of- | next Westward bound boat. In regard to the hearing Mr. Hodges emphasized the stand of the protesting parties to the aban- donment. The group appearing at the session recognize the diffi- culty of operating the Copper River Railroad without revenue from mine operations. Ore tonnage |of the road when mines were open represented a total of 44,500 tons as. compared to a figure of 1,800 tons from all other sources. Non- company haulage on the road amounted to approximately 5% per- rnoon !cent of total amount transparted. Three proposals are concurred in by the various Alaska groups inter- sted in some form of continuing (1) Government subsidy sewing group of the Catholic Daugh- | (3) Adequate highway facilities pro- Jvided on the present grade. ters of America. Following the refreshments the| Contingent of Alaska people who afternoon will be spent in sewing presented testimony at the hearing and all members are invited to be!were: Mr. Hodge, appearing as an present. ) attorney and as a witness for the On her 80th birthday, receives a-‘present from Carrie Chapman Catt, B-yur-%ld Jeanne Adele Mochi, 80 zmd S&li] a Crusader famed lecturer and feminist, in her New Rochelle, N. Y., home. After more than half a century of eruuding,.un,’ Catt is still fighting,-but nwm:; peace, convinced- there is no A WAL, i| future. |additions to personnel, new equip- {lment, new radio waether forecast- 7| stations. | sonnel, | supervisor’s office in Juneau, $12,000 ‘| for operation personnel, $55,200 for ;| personnel of radio stations at Nome, :| Juneau, |:| For operation of these stations $28,- “F\nrm Tenant act. ~ INNEWREPORT | Aeronautics Com m i ssion Seeks $150,000 for Projects An appropdiation request for $150,000 is contained in the first| biennal report of the Alaska Aero-| nautics and Communications Com- | mission. 1 The document was drawn up by | Commission members Sheldon Sim- | mons, Secretary of the body, M. D. Kirkpatrick, Joé Crosson, and John Cross in cooperation with Terri-| torial Supervisor for the Commis- sion, G. E. Goudie. A summary of developments pro- viding Alaska with its first broad | program of flying aids is contained | in the report. Radio stations at Ju- neau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage gre now in operation. Stations will soon be installed and in operation at Ketchikan, Cordova and Nome. Ra- dio beams at Ralston Island and Gravina Island near Juneau and Ketchikan, respectively, will be| functioning in a few weeks. onn: will be installed at Fairbanks in the | A host of further plans call for ng stations and new radio beam A breakdown of the budget re- quests shows $81,000 asked for per- divided into $25800 for Fairbanks, Rainy Pass, Ralston Island, Gravira Island, An- chorage, Cordova, and Ketchikan. 000 is asked. For maintenance $12,- 00. For construction and travel costs, $28,800. The commission report signed by Secretary Sheldon Simmons out- ines a farflung attempt to render adequate facilities for flyers in Al- | aska. ., More than 1,885 farm tenants, sharecroppers and laborers obtain- ed government loans to buy farms of their own during the first year's HELD LAST NIGHT Last night at the Parish Hall the first in a series of four card parties sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of America was held, with approxi- mately sixty persons attending. Prizes were awarded last evening, similar awards being made at each party until March 17, when a grand prize will be given. Those winners for pinochle in- cluded: For women, Mrs. A. J. Good- man, high; Mrs. J. J. Klein, con- solation. Men’s high, Joe Thibodeau; consolation, B. Linken, Prize awards in bridge went to Mrs. Edward Herron, women’s high; Mrs. Leo Rogge, consolation. For men, H. J. Thompson, high; W. J. Doywd, consolation. Prizes for whist were awarded Mrs. Charles Devlin, first; Miss TIsabell Cashen, consolation. Preceding .thé card party a shorl meeting wa$ held at which Mrs Mary Giovanetti was elected sen- tinel to replace Mrs. A. J. Good- man, who recently resigned. i o g BROADCAST MADE AT WOMEN'S P. C. The Fourteenth Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense i in session in Washington, D. C., and tox’ight from 8:30'to 9 alclock, Easl- ern Standard time, Senator Henry Cabol Lodge, Jr, of Massachusetls will speak. The program will be bréadcast from the annual’ Confer- enge dinner in the ballroom of the Mayflower hotel. Local Legion mem- operation of the Bankhead-Jones ber are requested to tune in at the lpropelf Juneau” hour, A TOWEL BY DAY and a lantern by night==these are the | fluttering signals of Miss Florence Martus, 70, Savannah harbor’s famous “waving girl,” For 44 years she's waved to the ships, and the ships always whistle an answering signal. OF CARD PARTIES | fered by Mrs. Valloria and Mrs. | Dick. Mrs. Robert Rice read a paper hristianity in the United Mrs. David Waggoner closed {the meeting with a prayer, Refreshments were served later at :the home of Mrs. Stanley Jackson. MOTORSHIP DART “SAILS IN MORNING! Motorship Dart, skipper Einar Haugen, will leave for Petersburg and way ports tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock with a general cargo, mail and passengers aboard. Stormy weather prevented depar- ture on scheduled time this morn- ing, YOU,T00, SHOULD T! CREOMULSION For Coughs or Chest Colds e Today’s News ‘roday.—Empire. 'BASKETBALL Tomorrow Evening 25¢ Students HIGH SCY00L GYMNASIUM Use Sixth Sne.'| Entrance ONLY HENNING vs. KRAUSE HAIDA vs. ELKS « over whatever heat the house affords. If one is extreme, one can put on slippers and robe and peruse the old family book. (Some of our most humble people have a book, so there!) Ah, but need I point qut that this is Hollywood! That when merriment, calls Hollywood's well-established sanity takes a nap? ‘When merriment, plus duty calls—why, what can anyone do? A picture to see, and a party to go to—what a night of terror to be faced bravely! But the mail must go through, and so— There were times in that. memorable journey of ours from Glendale to the Carthay Circle theatre when only indomitable courage carried us on. .What carried the family vehicle through I shall never know, unless somewhere under its hood beats an amphibian heart. There were times when we plowed, in low gear, through mist that was piled curb-high over the valley roads. (For the record, please understand it was at Her suggestion— She being Family Traffic Director—that we took the “short cut.”) “Is this, Madam, your first crossing?,” the Pilot inquired merrily. The Traffic Director looked grim. She was keen-eyed for the rolling waves that dashed against our bow, Besides, she is strictly abigmeal,inall but the price — only 40¢ - That's the merchant's plate lunch- eon served every day at — PERCY’S a HIGHWAY Traffic Director. Besides, she was feeling rather unglamorcus. In reaching the boat, both Pilot and T. D. had been drenched in a foghurst. We proceeded cautious, in strained silence now. 1 Now this is what I want to know. Why is it that movie stars never look ruffled or drenched, no matter wha the weather? (Oh, yes, we got there finally, miserable but game.) And in a little while we were outside again, seeing all the lovelies in jewels and furs, each as perfectly assembled as though the high fog had picked on us alone. . . . but it was all worthwhile when I saw Claudette Colbért—ermine, I think, but it was the ermine mitténs that did the trick. Not every foggy night does one look inno- cently about and come face to mitt with ermine mittens. The party was nice, too, even if Dick Barthelmess's chauf- feur did annoy the Traffic Director no end by nosing the Pilot out of his rightful place in the lane toward the Trocadero parkery. | There is that about Glamor and Lobster and. Champagne which warms the heart. There is that about Governor A. B. “Happy” Chandler (he was guest of honor) which also’ warms the heart. (When “Happy” wisecracked and sang. “My Old Kentucky Home” I could see Host Darryl Zanuck’s contract- signing finger twitch.) = There is that about Gracle Pields’ per- sonality and songs that makes you wish her pictures were as good as she is. ¥ g And to see the Glamor Girls and Boys ol-oi-ing in the Lambeth Walk—to see the languid beauteous Dietrich truckin’ like a jitterbug. . .. Ah! . ¢