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TONIGHT ] Show Place of Juneau E—— ONE ANOTHER’S SACRIFICE! RAE AJn,'séph 'W?‘“ia m ‘GARGAN SHORTS What Price Safety Community Singing Snapshots Late News Flashes .FORBIDDEN VALLEY Midnigint Pr CoPR.., 1886, VICK CHEMICAL €O Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Cooms WORLD’'S MOST WIDELY USED MEDICATIC! HOLLYWOGD, Cal., Feb. 9.—It's an open secret and the laugh of the day at Paramount that several of the 20 beauties selected by Artist George Petty for the harem scenes in “Man About Town’ had improved their figures by padding. Petty, a mere male, even if does draw those gorgeous cuties, was taken in by the fake but Paramount Dress Designer Edith Head detected them and now some of the girls probably will be changed. c lance The Paul Munis are afraid that Hollywood will misinterpret the fact that they are living under separate roofs and want it known there is no rift in their happy marriage. The Munis are going to put their Palos Verdes place up for sale (it'’s too big for two people) and temporarily, he has taken an apartment closer to the studio and to his daily assignment in “Juarez.” When preparations for moving are completed, Mrs. Muni will join him. Bill Gargan thinks it’s ironic and so do we . . . In the lean days on Broadway, Bill used to peddle neckties to fellow players. Now, when pay-checks are regular and big, he gets an offer to be presi- dent of a necktie manufacturing concern. His great uncle, Elijah william Gargar, wants to retire from business at 88 . . . and he has offered to make Bill his successor. More news from Maureen O‘Sullivan’s brother, Jack. He and a detachment of British troops captured a whole band of Arab ma- Yauders in Palestine. Of course, you know that Maureen will play in “Tarzan in Exile” after all. The fans raised a row about any other mate for Tarzan, Nancy Kelly, who's only 17 herself, will have a protege in Hollywood. She’s sending for Mary Jane Smedley, a girl she met while on location with the *“Jesse James” company in Missouri. B e AR ¢ your favorite-=-- Perhaps the greatest test of any product is: “Do the people who use it like it?" Where PERCY'S ICE CREAM is con- cerned, the answer is overwhelmingly YES! tryitnow at Peprcy’s e e st et iy Mary Jane is 19 and is a blue-eyed blonde. She will live with the Kellys and won't accept any screen offers for the first three months. > Most camera shy couple in Hollywood are Marlene Dietrich and Howard Hughes. He asks the night clubs not to give out publicity, and the other night, when a news photographer spotted at Earl Carroll's restaurant, Marlene refused to pose the pair In days gone by, no Hollywood star was more amiable. for pictures. It’s all off between Phyllis Fraser and Henry Froelich, the Co- Jumbia cameraman. They were to have been married this month, but it was Billie Bakewell on whom Phyllis was smiling the other midnight at the Seven Seas . . . Understand Kay Griffith is telling friends that there's nothing to the John Howard rumors, t0o . . . Rita Kaufman and Ed Lowe are celebrating their reconciliation by taking a new house in Beverly Hi . Bernie Feins, of the Warner theatres publicity staff, has sold a story tq Universal . . . Dick English, who used to be Rudy Vallee's right-hand man on the coast, has signed an exclusive writing contract with Collier’s . . . Hollywood won't see Norman Kerry after all. He has given up plans to rush here from Paris to attend the wedding of his step- daughter, Peggy Greppin, to Scenarist Stuart Palmer . . . Bruce Cabot will follow Tyrone Power's example and make a personal appearance tour in South America . . . Will be gone for five weeks. NS OF THEIR KIND 'DRAMA FILMED ON AUTHENTIC | JUNGLE SETS |""The Crime of Dr. Hallet” | Ends Tonight at Capitol Universal produced this film tri- | bute to science in the same spiriti lof fidelity and painstaking re- | ;\lfl rch as that exhibited by the | characters in the story, “The Crime | | of Dr. Hallet,” now at the Capitol | | Theatre, last showings tonight. The | entire picture was photographed in a Sumatran jungle built within the bigeest sound stage at the studio. | Director S. Sylvan Simon had to keep a vast quantity of tropical fauna and flora at its natural fever heat. A prop man went around every hour with a watering can,| spraying the greenery to keep it! from drying up. It was so warm and {damp on the set, that Ralph Bel- | lamy as Dr. Hallet, Josephine Hut- !vlnnmn as Dr. Mary Reynolds, Wil- !liam Bargan as Dr. Murray, John King as Dr. Saunders and Barbara Read as Claire, and the rest of the | cast, scarcely needed the mixture of witch hazel and glycerine which is usually sprayed on the faces of players in tropical films to stimulate perspiration Think You've Got I You're Wrong CHICAGO, Feb. 9—So you think| you've got personality, eh? ! Well, that proves you haven't according to John C. Schroeder, pro- essor of homiletics at Yale Uni-| ersity Paradoxically,” he told the Sun- day Evening Club at Orchestra Hall “you have a personality only when | vou do not know it. | “You become a person only when | vou forget you are a person. ‘He only is good who is good and ! does not know it. “She only is lovely who is not self-conscious about her beauty.” D SERVICES TOMORROW FOR HARRY BIGG5 Services for Harry Biggs, who passed away here last Saturday morning, will be held in the Chapel >oo —— | | if |v | | | | | | | | | | ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 1939. Starrmg in “Hearts Aflutter” | The hearts of these autograph fans skipped a beat as Dick Powell, singing movie star, arrived in New York from West Coast and smilingly obliged their pleas for his signature. He's using an admirer's back as a desk. DOUGLAS RADOSTATON NEWS 1055 IN FIRE CLUB MEETING HELD, 'NEW STAR MATCH CAMICOBTANG SEEN IN PICTURE OFFICE SPACE AT PAST SITE Will Remove fo Quarters Above Bloedhorn Jewel- ry Store on Franklin Plans are announced by the Ju neau Medical and Dental Olinic tc set up offices in the upper stor of the Jaeger Bufflding located above Bloedhor Jewelry Store on South Franklin, | These offices, formerly the loca- »f Dr. W. W. Council, present Clinic 1, when in private prac- ce, will be equipped as soon as nec- | L essary apparatus can be recelved In the cast that from the states. | Franeis and Mr O'B Sailing on the Princess Norah for notables gs Ralph F the South Sunday will be Clinic| v Th member Dr. W. P, Blanton on a buy- Mitchell and ¥ ing trip for the medical conter. While utside. Dr. Blanton new x-ray equipment, violet equipment and various other g, ; essary appliances in connection with an allegad beat- Clinic offices now are located in jno of Mrs, Louice Glover om 103 in the Territorial Build-|eq today in U. § Comm : ing at the corner of Seward ‘“‘d\CourL on motion of Sam Duker de Third. Essential artieles such 85/ fonse pttorney. Ayres was bound | desks and examining tables Will be over to the Grand Jury in lieu of | received shortly, the equipment be- ¢1500 hond. ’ | | ing requested by wire from Seattle. | - —ee MISSIONARY HERE FROM TANACROS: While the movie, “Women Are Like That,” now at the Coliseum Theatre, is by no means a fashion how, the producers say that Miss | Francis (always listed among the | en best dressed women of the vorld) wears no less than thirty- five different costumes, created by the Warner stylist, Orry-Kelly. The original story was by A, H Carr and was printed in a na- onal magazine under the title of ‘Return f 1 L'mbo.” It was made into a screenplay by Hora Jack- and the ¢ was direoted by 1 p 7 et tanley o= jon v or - ING WA HEAT ray n } nec- iy, e | THE MOTORSHIP ESTEBETH |Starts loading at 10:00 tomorrow !morning (Friday) and sails for COLISE um F LA'WARNER. BROS ? STANLEY LOC with RALPH FORBES+ MELVILLE COOPER THURSTON HALL.GRANT MITCHELL HERBERT RAWLINSON ¢ Screen Play by Horace Jacksoa o From the Saturday Evening Post Story by Albert 1. Z Care + A First Notional Pieswe ADDED FLOYD GIBBONS CARTOON——OOMEDY TONIGHT IS THE BIG NIGHT /Sitka and way ports Saturday morning at 8 o'clock. adv. Rev. E. A. McIntesh of 8t. Tim- othy’s, Tanacross, is in Juneau be- GOVERNMENT SCHOOL Attendance of members of the Douglas Island Women's Club was unusually limited at the regular meeting held last night, due to the cold weather, and little busi- ness was transacted Money-making for their activit was an issue of discus- sion and disposed of by placing the burden upon the members individu- ally. Mrs. C. A. Wilder gave a re- port for the American Homes Com- mittee Some s program numbers were omitted but those present were en- | Mrs. the with a review by wilder of the book, “Life of Eskimo,” by Stephenson Mesdames J. P. Hopgood and C A. Wilder were hostesses for meetihg which was held Government School - —— SAVIKKOS ARE ENJOYING tertained the various | the | PROVES SMALL %KINY Operaflg as Usual | from New Studio on Rock Dump Loss to radio svauon KINY in | vesterday's fire was comparatively | | small, C. B. Arpoid, Manager, said | today, the staticn having most of |its valuable equpment at its new studio on the ro:x dump. SRR SPETOEEN | Destroyed wish the ~Goldstein| e peak of the albatross is as| Building studio were thx've_ go"d\long as the head. | microphones, a remote amplifier, a| | new piano, offi:e furniture, three| | typewriters and a valuable kit of | | radio tools. All were insured. Loss which w/il be hardest to re- place is the inJex to the statio) | music, Arnold said. This will re- | quire many weeks of work to tabu- tween boats on his way to seame.J At today's Chamber of Commerce luncheon he spoke briefly in regard | to missionary work among the In-] dians. Four members of the Juneau} Chamber of Commerce have sug-| gested by the Chamber Board of | Directors for appointment to the| Board of Managers of the Territor-) tal Chamber. N | They are George Folta, Allen Shattuck, Wellman Holbrook and the Rev. John A. Glasse ....FREEZE-UP? . . .. Our Electric Thawing Machine offers you faste-t, safest service — it will clear vour pipe in a hurry. Cash payment is required at completion of thawing Jobs; except from our regular patrons and property owners. RICE & AHLERS CO. Third and Franklin Streets. —PHONE 34 Th 33RD ANNUAL FIREMEN’S BALL of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with | all arrangements being under the| Undoubtedly a wonde: auspices of the Elks Lodge. Inter-|for them, Mr. and Mrs. Herman ment will follow in the Elks plot of | Savikko are now in New Castle, the Evergreen Cemetery Cal, according to the last word William Biggs, only surviving rel- received from them. After their ative of Mr. Biggs, arrived from more than thirty years of Alaska Kimshan Cove yesterday afternoon |winters without interruption the on the Alaska Air Transport plane.|couple are far from the cold and ‘Pallbearers will be H. M. Holl- \howl of Takus. mann, R. B. Martin, R. E. Coughlin, | jyst a month ago the Savikkos M. E. Monagle, L. W. Turoff and N. sajled south for their first trip - ihantisk; Outside since 1906 to visit their Y ul change A S T T 5 T ot DID YOU SAY: COLD? Here’s Your Answer! Mrs. Jennie Brotani. The former |lives in New Castle and the lat- ter is there also from San Fran- Imst;o to be with her parents. The | Gebharts have a car in which their visitors are seeing neighboring sec- tions of California. e MRS. ARMSTRONG IS GUEST NOW AT GUERIN HOME Mrs. Caroline Armstrong is a house guest of Mrs. J. R. Guerin for a few days while she recovers from the effects of yesterday's fire in Juneau. Mrs. ‘Armstrong was a | tenant in the Goldstein building and lost everything. e S IMMUNIZATIONS ARE DELAYED, HEALTH CENTER | BT | The seeond dose of toxoid Tor diph- theria immunizations planned for | Thursday and Friday at the Health Center have been postponed due to | the cold weather and difficulty in | transporting children to the Health | Center. These immunizations will | be continued at a later date. Watch The Empire for further announce- iments. New Man's Fur-Lined and Trimmed OVERCOAT Tailored entirely of finest materials—we have made a sacrifice purchase of this coat and offer it now At Only $60.00 CHANNEL APPAREL SHOP Front at Main R CALIFORNIA NOW/| daughters, Mrs. Alma Gebhart and | . JAMES C. COOPER,C.P.A. announces temporary offices in the SHATTUCK BUILDING ROOM ONE (located with Howard Stabler, Attorney) !lat(' anew. [ Arnold has opened temporary of- fices in Ted Cowling’s studio in the | First National Bank building. | KINY’s service on the air was not interrupted by the fire except for about half a nhour it took studio | about half an hour it took studio new studio. Rebekah Lodge Plans White Elephant Party Plans were formulated last night at a meeting of the Rebekah Lodge for the white elephant dessert-lun- cheon and bridge party which will be a public event on February 25. It was also decided that the annu- al dance will be given March 25 in | will be in charge of arrangements for the evening. | Members of the Lodge last night voted to extend financial aid to were in the Goldstein Building fire. oo R VOTE POSPTONED ges of Alaska to form a State Asso- ciation has been postponed until | next week’s meefing in order to al- low members better to formulate an opinion on the matter, Secre- tary M. H. Sides announced to- day. —————— { ANNOUNCEMENT George Grigsby wishes to an- nounce that he will be glad to re- ceive his clients at the office, of | 8am Duker, 213 Seward, where he | will be temporarily located. adv. the Elks’ ballroom. Mrs. Nadja Vestal | members of the organization who| Vote on a proposal for Elks lod- | Saturday Feb. 11 | S Elks’ Hall Lillian Uggen’s @rches JUNEAU VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. ira ADMISSION $1.00————Proceeds are devoted to improvement of Junecu's playgrounds in the INCOME TAX RETURN PREPARED! Put your For Rent sign UP “RENT ADS” in the Classified Ads and you can take it DOWN from your window. Many seeking rooms, flats and houses are NOW watching The Daily Alaska Empire b, ere is no suhrstifut'eflfor fievggpgpgr }_d_vgrtiifii