The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 20, 1939, Page 3

I #KO-RADIO PICTURE A Pandro S. Berman Production. Directed by Alfred Santell. Adapted from the New York Stage success as produced by Mare Connelly. 3 M ‘lusical——Our Gang Comedy Czechoslovakia—Late News L MG i lars, on a single roll of the dice. I n’t think it is a crime. But it is al. And where one finds so many lun avory elements as are in New | Yo »s of chance are always NEW YORK CTLY | HOLDS NOTHING |::vc.ris o . and lotteries, plus back- and penthouse crap games Newest Ofishoot Is Death than Arnold Rothstein ever Pool — Writer Tells How it Works Out ought about, and Rothstein was King of the Gamblers untll some- bedy shot him in the back early cne morning in a big New York hotel. Rothstein died laughing at the cops who begged him to name nd that shooting is ger of “Unfinished n police court. Officially y knows who shot Roths but there are pesple who know. Rumc Iways spring up after eny vague killing, and one of those clinging to the Rothstein case is that it would be impossible to name the actual killer because top many pecple in high places would be in- volved. Such exposure would under- mine public confidence and over- falance any good that would come from bringing one man to justice. That, as I say, is sheer specula- | tion. You hear a hundred such tales : there | around the bars and the hack stands. cge of | But this is a thought; most scandals Is. Each Car given plew over in time. but the Rothstein r ard those numbers Were case, as a topic of conversation, has sold. If you had a dollar sweepstakes | never died. You walk around town you paid $1, drew a name, and then |and start talking with people, and sat back to the election of 2 out of nowhere somebody suddenly new Pope. The man took the|cays “Arnold Rothstein! I wonder ~pot. who killed him!™ It isn’t a question Some of ) ran ! you don't’ ask questions, like that into real money cnew of two that) 1t is simply an involutary thought, were $20 a rame, and one that was| bhecause that case has always intr $35. The wir of these wer: ved and has always held the fascin- warded wiih sizeable sums. But most | ation of a secret adventure. When of the pools were of the dollar var-|you hear such a detached query you fety, and it is a conservative esti-|<hould always look closely at the mate to say that in New York a|man who voices it and at everyone thousand of them were in oper leese present, because it is ten to tion. {one the man talking has a hunch scmebody in' the crowd knows. - 5 TUCKER K, March 20—If there | s a caste systel suntry, {o dine at the se nrd for some thir v crude at times. The the death pool widesproad sweeps- hy were such a among citic York would have cond table. We that are pre newest, offshe is an examp! takes tha the death « There wt the city and « dicted on tl College of Cardinal found them in offic lepartment store Th motiol the pstakes i The origin | da d ni 3 ght, works v select & 1 oot i VINCENT SOBOLEFF | 1O VISIT IN EAST: ‘These names are tossed into a hat and sold. Ycu pay your money m)(l‘ S R EMPIRE 10 FOLLOW d waits for s to die. 1 win, | Vincent Solobeff, merchant at el Jacob Ruppert|Kootznahoo Inlef, is going on a adorned many such*lists. Pope Pius | Visit to the States. himself w: ther. A taxi driver| Soboleff, writing to The Empire told me his son-in-law twice held says that he does not want to miss | the name of the late John D. Rocke- | any issues of The Empire, to which | feller and gave it up in disgust { he has been a steady subscriber for “when a dark horse beat him out.” | about 30 years, and wants the news- | That’s the way the cabby phrased it. } paper to follow him to Leonard Gambling is at high tide in New | Town, Maryland, until he makes ar- York, despite crusades "and anti- | rangements for returning West and vice campaigns. Many people hold |then North again. that it is no crime to wager a friend- > ly dollar, or even 5,000 friendly dol-" Toaiays News "10CaY. Program " goes fi late Col -Empire. | [:auds U. S. ?I"radé 'ED SHELLWORTH . HEDALY VACATION CAMP SCENE. OF RIOT, . CAPITOL SHOW "Having Wonderful Time' Is Now Playing at Local Theatre A summer flirtation at an adult vacation camp, and the hectic ro- mance that follows it, forms the very human theme of RRO Radio's “Having Wonderful Time,” co- starring Ginger Rogers ant Doug- las Fairbanks, Jr., now playing at the Capitol Theatre. Ginger Rog is ed stencgrapher who, unwill- to wait longer for her kneed f to marry her, s the mor has saved for her trousseau and blows it in on a much néeded two-weeks' vacation in the wmountains . She meets under adverse circum- stances Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, a penniless law student working as a waiter. Their initial hostility soon blccsoms into a turbulent romance Played against the atmospheric background of this typical vacation camp with its group of working people out for their annual recrea- tion, the film's human qualities are convincingly emphasized. Alfred Bantell directed “Having Wonderful Time,” which was adap- ted to the screen by Arthur Kober, the author of the Broadway stage hit of the same name. Pandro S. Berman handled the production reins and the supporting cast in- !cludes more than two score players, among whom are Peggy Conklin, Richard “Red” ' Skelton, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller and Donald Meek. ATLIN GIRL IS TO MARRY POPULAR AVIATOR 500N Les Cook and Lillian Mur- ray Will Wed on March 30 Les Cook, popuar Northern Air- way flier, is to be married March 30, to Miss Lillian Murray, attractive Atlin girl, it was learned here today. Miss Murray is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. I Murray, well known Atlin residents. She is also t as an over- any hoe ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1939. Your Screen Test A clue like this should be @ % i £ starter toward a good score oh Y this week’s questions testing 3 your knowledge of film stars— on and off the screen. ‘ What comedienne (most of @ her shown at right) got her movie start as a loud - mouthed skat singer and now is being cast in roles which show her as a sex- appeal lady with a glamorous fig- ure? | Name five film players (not * more than one of the same family) whose mother or father is or was famous on thé screen. What Hollywood actresses ® have won the Motion Picture Academy’s “best performance” | | award twice? . In what picture was cach of ® the following dances fea- tured: (a) the Yam; (b) the Bo- lero; (¢) the Carioca; (d) the Con- tinental? 5 What stars spent their pre- * professional life answering to thése names: (a) Muni Weisen- freund; (b) Lucille Langhanke; (c) Claire Wemlinger; (d) Fred- erick McIntyre Bickel? A score of 60 is good; 80 is excellent, and 90 colossal. Al low yourself 20 points for each question, five poinis for each purt of questions 4 and 5. ‘Answers oh Page Aid China’s Children a niece of Mr. and Mrs J. E. Neate of Juneau. The ceremony will be performed by Commissionery Glas at the Murray residence at 4:30 in the afternoon. 1t is believed the couple will make a honeymoon trip Outside and upon their return will make their home at Atlin. -+ SHOWER HONORS RECENT BRIDE For Mrs. J. E. Barraeon, Jr., a recent bride, Mrs. Eli Tanner and Mrs Hanna Kattainen entertained with a luncheon and miscellaneous shower yesterday afternoon at the Gold Street residence of Mrs. Kat- tainen. Many lovely gifts were received by the honoree, and the afternoon was spent in playing games. Twenty guests were present for the occasion. HosriTaL NoTES Stanley Hughes was a surgical dis- missal yesterday from St. Ann’s Hos- pital. Erling Onsoerin was 'admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital today for medi- cal treatment. William Goebel has been dismiss- ed from St. Ann’s Hospital where he has been receiving medical care. W. McCasslin was dismissed from medical care at St. Ann’s Hospital last night. y Mrs. T. Sakamoto was admitted this morning for medical attention at St.'Ann’s Hospital. Evelyn Edenson underwent a ma- ior operation this morning at the Gevernment Hospital. Lillian Kester was dismissed from the Government Hospital yesterday afternocn after receiving medical supervision. § VISITING HERE Ed Shellworth, father of Mrs, Bob Davlin, arrived in Juneau oOn |northern wate: Highlights of “A Cantonese Night’s Entertainment,” which launched the drive of the newly-formed Committee to Aid China’s Children at an elabo- rate banquet in New York’s Chinatown, were the appeals made by Chinese youngsters to a distinguished audience representing all walks of the city’s life. In the picture Mrs, Grace Hillyer, chairman of the executive com- mittee of the Committee to, Save China’s Children, is shown with Gloria Lee and Mrs. Li Quon Chee. Money raised by the committee will be used for relief of China’s needy children and will' be sent direct to Mme. { Chiang Kai Shek. Jelly Fish Warns of Hurricane Wife Knows Answer To Razor's Longevity VAN ALSTYNE, Tex., March 20 —J. M. Neathery, retired druggist, can't give any special re: 15 why his razor has lasted 60 years, but his wife has an answer. “I didn’t use it to rip seams, sharpen pencils and perform some of the other household chores that many women find a razor will ac- complish handily,” says Mrs. Neatherly. It is the only razor Neathery ever has used. S Texas has approximately miles of highway By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE AP Science Editor NEW YORK, March 20. — Page the jelly fish next time a tropical hurricane threatens New England and he will tell whether it is going ashore . Discovery of the jelly fish fore- |cast is reported in the Progress Re- ports of the Iishcrics~ Research 22,500 MISS SIMPKINS | 10 BF BRIDE OF E. H. METZGA® Engagement Revealed at Announcement Break- fast on Sunday J The engagement of Miss Mary » Simpkins, daughter of Mr. and Mus. George M. Simpkins of b 3 to Edward H. Metzgar, son of Mrs, Frances Metzgar of Kellogg, Idaho,| was Trevealed at a 1230 o'cloek breakfast given yesterday at the Simpkins' residence on Fifth Street Unique announcements were found at each of the individual places, and the breakfast table was attractively centered for the ocassion with spring flower: Miss Simpkins, a popular member of Juneau’s young set, is a graduate of the Juneau High School. Follow- ing her graduation here she at- tended the University of Washing- ton, where she is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. She is at! present in the disbursing office of the United States Treasury Depart- ment. { Mr. Metzgar, well known Juneau advertising man, has attended both the University of University of Washington. He is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. The wedding of the popular couple will take place in the Catholic Church of the Nativity in this city on April 11, which is the wedding ‘nmversnry of Mr. and Mrs. Simp- Kkins. - EYEWITHESS OF "SOAPY" SMITH - DEATH IN TOWN Mrs. Harnei Pullen, “First Lady’ of Alaska, Guest at Baranof Hotel . Reed, both dead, with guns smoking in their hands!” Harriet 8. Pullen, one of the mest coiorful figures in Alaska’s history, who loves to recount the story of the death of Alaska’s “bad- est bad” man, was teiling her fa- vorite stcry to friends today in the Baranof Hotel. Arriving on the Yukon yesterday from her Skagway home where she operates the Pullen House, Mrs, Pullen plans to spend a few days in Juneau. She is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. It is perhaps more to Mrs. Pul- len’s' credit than to any other per- son in Alaska, that the colorful history of “Soapy” Smith has re- mained alive in Alaska to the im- mense entertainment of every tour- ist that visits Skagway and the old stamping grounds of thé notori- ous gambler-racketeer. Mrs. Pullen knew “‘Soapy” well, and remembers with remarkable clarity, the day that Skagway de- cided to rid itself of Smith's iron heel and mob rule—when Frank Reed faced Soapy Smith and shot him dead though he paid in return with his own life, taken by the bul- lets of Soapy's ready guns, and how the rest of “Soapy's’ gang was run out of town to bring new peace and new order to the booming camp that used to be. For those who have never heard the story, first hand, ask Mrs. Pul- len to tell you, The story is an Alaska classic, and its buxom and genial raconteur is Alaska's “First Lady,” loved and remembered by | tourists from every corner of the earth, ! |Board of Canada. “The weather men,” the report states, “will have to doff their hats to the lowly jelly fish, for it was |Salpa, a jelly-like invertebrate, and not the weather man that f |casted the hurricane that did |much damage on September 21. In |justice to the weather man, the hurricane was just one of those |storms which did not happen to [travel across the usual shipping routes.” The facts are, the report ex- | plains, that for several days before the hurricane jelly fish swarmed in Halifax Harbor, a place where they ar? rare. The immediate reason was la rise of 10 to 15 degrees in the |temperature of the harbors usu- |ally cold water—10 degrees at the !curface and 15 degrees deeper down. | The water warmed bocause for more than three days before the 'hutricane, winds blew the warm | Atlantic Ocean waters shoreward. It is concluded that- these water | conditions, and the jelly fish that {g0 with them, are good warning |cf a tropical hurricane in the TS, R o = - ATTENTION MASONS There will be called Communicas Idaho and the .| COLISEUM THEATRE HAS "JEZEREL" AS WAI ATTRACTION wasa't But it might } story of a fatally fascinating woman. vho 1 and loved reck- lessly. A woman whose beauty was equalled cnly her devastating chaim. Few =actrysces d dare | to p.ay su Bette Davis FROE A UY e OWNED AND 5 W S | Juneau's Greatest Show Value NOWL. OPERATED “Jestbel Da i liv Bette Davis The greatest actress of the sereen in the greatest romance of the South! JEZEBEL A WARNER BROS. 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