The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 27, 1939, Page 3

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Are you unprotected against hazards that may cause you serious financial loss? You should know the answers to those questions. We'll be glad to help you. Come in, write or telephone. SHATTUCK AGENCY PHONE 249 Office—New York Life THE DAILY ALl\b}\A l:MPIRl; MONDAY CRIME FILM IS SHOWING NOW AT | (APITOL %Edward G. Robinson Stars ‘| Am the law" at Local Theatre Presenting Edward G. Robinson in an entirely new characterization, far removed from his famous gangster “I Am the Law” is now playing at the Capitol Thea- |tre. The film, a sweeping expose of | cenditions which grip more than one large American city, was directed by Alexander Hall from an original story and screenplay by Jo Swers ling. In the cast, beside the star, are such wellknown players as Wendy Barrie, John Beal, Otto Kruger and Barbara O'Neil. Robinson is seen in “I Am the Law” as a mild-mannered college professor who overnight becomes & two-fisted whirlwind when drafted to wipe out a racketeering ring. As a fighting prosecutor, it is his task | to destroy the octopus of crime hose tentacles have spread into every walk of life in a city where the police and the distriet attorney are absolutely powerless because ter- rorized victims refuse to testify. Kruger is seen as the civic leader who, while encouraging and advis- ing the fighting special prosecutc suavely directs the crime ring Robinson is seeking to destroy. Miss Barrie appears as an ex-reporter turned gun-girl, and John Beal is cast as the prosecutor's assistant and the crime czar’'s son. Miss O'- Neil, who scored so sensationally in “Stella Dallas,” portrays the law NEWS ITEMS FROM SITKA SITKA, Alaska, cial Correspondence)—Mr, and M Donald McGraw with their ¢ children, Bernadine and Donald, Jr. have returned to their home here from a visit of several weeks in the states. Among other places of inter- est they attended the exposition at San Francisco during their absence, W. Lawrence Freeburn left on the North Coast for Seattle after a business visit here. Mr. Freeburn was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs, P. 8. Ganty while in Sitka. Mrs. M. L. Mazurette arrived on the North Coast from Seattle to a cept a position at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Conway. John Hollywood has left for Ket- chikan where he was called by ne of the accidental death of his broth-* er, Pat Hollywood. Mrs. Jack Cameron and infant son, Peter Raymond, who was born at the home of Mrs, Marie C. Bright- | man, March 14, left the Brightman home Friday and will spend a short time at the home of Mr, Cameron’s mothre, Mrs. Pete Moore, before re- turning to their home at Sawmill Creek. Clarence Krug of Enfimclaw has arrived in Sitka to accept employ- ment with the Beach Plumbing Co. Mr. Krug is a brother of Mrs. Arthur Franklin ‘of this city. ¥ James Dunnegan, former resident here, who has been spending the past year in Pensylvania and other eastern commiguunities, has return- éd to Sitka, and is making his home with his brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. James Bright- man, The Sixth annual silver tea to be given by the Sitka Girl Scout Coun- cil for the benefit of the local Girl Scout group' was held on the aft- ernoon of March 21 at the home of Mrs. J. J. Conway, ong, of the coun- 3 { helped March 26—(Spe- | | Dick Merrill, trans-Atlantic fi { reported awaiting arrival of the marriage in Mexico last June. | cil members. The atiractive rooms of the new Conway home were taste- |fully decorated with brightly col- ored spring flowers and blueberry foliage. Presiding at the be: arranged tea table were N lfam C. Charteris, Mrs. Jack Calvin, Mrs, Joseph C. Cronin and Mrs, | W. Leslie Yaw. Assisting the scout | members in serving were the leaders, | Miss Esther Oilsen, Miss Louise | Brighman and Mrs. Lloyd 'l‘xlsun.} Members of the Council, Mrs. Har- | ry J. Hodgins, Mrs. Thomas Tilson, Jr., Mrs. Rudolph Carvela, Mrs. R. W. D'Armand and Mrs. Foster Mills Mrs. Conway receive the guests, about a hundred of whom salled during the afternoon. Proceeds from the affair will be used for the fund to maintain the Girl Scout camp at Neva Point Since the theld here tly political caucus was | y, Mrs. Earl Shen- nett and Clarence Rands have filed | {to run for school board members | and John Strand has signified his intention of running for the uw’ council, according to J. H. Gilpat-| rick, City Cierk. D. W. Such, who | was nominated to run for council member at the caucus has with-| | drawn from the race i Priends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. John Willard, prominent na- tive couple of Sitka, entertained in honor of their fiftieth wedding ap- niversa the auditorium of the Shelden Jackson school Monday ev- ening, March 13. About a hundred | dressed in costumes of fifty 0 enjoyed the evening of games, music and refreshments. Mr, | and Mrs, Willard both attended the! Sheldon Jackson school in their youth and their marriage took place there. i The T. T. O. Department of the| Sitka Women's Friendly club, form- | erly known as the knitting group,| met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. J. Wittmeyer. \ Clark B. Kennedy of Rampart and Arthur Clayton Thomas of Ju- neau arrived here March 15 to es-| tablish their residence at the Ter- | ritorial Pioneers’ Home, | { | T. J. Pitzimmons, credjt agent for | the Indian Reorganization Act of | the Office of Indian Affairs, with headquarters in Juneau left on the North Coast for Ketchikan after a weeks stay here. At a meeting of the Sitka Community native or- ganization held last Friday evening it was voted to accept $60,000 to be used for individual loans to local natives. Peter Walz, clerk in ‘the Juneau office of the Office of Ind- fan Affairs is remaining in Sitka an additional week to transact business in connection with the loan, A 360 Horespower Diesel engine,| recently purchased by the Sitka | Whart and Power Company arrived fere on the North Coast and is be-| and Toby Wing, blonde film star, are Forest Hills, N. | ereasing b a reserve supply for the United | Gll‘l Scouts Cut a Birthday Cake MARCH 27, 1939. ing revelation of their secret | Jacgness Sey, | Westfall, Mr. ROBINSON SEEN IN ~COMEDY NOW AT COLISEUM THEATRE | The pumm o Bllght Case ‘of Murder,” now at the Coliseum Thea- tre, is an adaptation of the success- | ful stage play of the same name by Damon Runyon and Howard Lind- say, and the characters” of the nether-world are ways funny, | whether they're g g the races or being rubbed out by their ene- mies Eddie Robinson plays a beer baron dry days, who when Repeal con alon: turns “legitimate” brewer, His rum-running, hi=jacking henchmen become his salesmen They have to lay ide their gats, wear elean shirts and go in for the daily shave. But the course of honest business doesn’t run smoothly. Eddie, teeto- taler hiniself, doesn’t know that his beer is very bad stuff. His gunless salesmen t force it upon the tavern-keepe And nobody dares tell him the truth. Later there are satisfying developments. of Martin Pedersen, Jack and Mrs. Jack Sey .o aking their home in suburban ing installed at the Sitka Cold | Storage Plant. This engine will bring the total amount of power available Iocally to 600 horsepower greatly in- production and will “fur- States Navy Fleet Air Base on Jap- onski Island The officers and cadets of Squad- ron 20, Patrol Wing 4, Aircraft Scouting Force, United States Navy, now on duty at the Fleet Air Base on Japonski Island entertained their 8ita friends informally at’ the Bat- chelor Officers Quarters at the Base Saturday evening, March 25, The Rev. and Mrs. Jackson ‘Webster, Ralph Young, Sr., and w Leslie Yaw, Superintendent of the Sheldon son School here, re- turned to Sitka Friday from Hoonah | where they attended the Annual Presbytery of “‘the 'Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterial of the Missionary Society which convéned from March 19 to 22. The trip was made on the school boat S.J.8 and Ernest Johnson, Sheldon Jackson student, made the trip as engineer. Mrs. Maggie Kadanaha, who teaches native arts and crafts at the M sion school was also a passenger for Hoonah, where she visited with relatives news Thursday of the death of his fagher, C. V. Lockridge . Aul s Washington. Word arrived here too late for Mr. Lockridge to obtain passage on the North Coast, making it impossible for him to attend the funeral. Matt Matson, native of Norway, | who resided at the Pioneers’ Home here, died at the Home Hospital March 15. Matson has resided in laska since 1902 TUCKETTS ENTERTAIN Mr. and Mrs, arles Tuckett en- tertained at their home Saturday with an evening of contract for two tables. High scorers were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cashen. Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cahill ,and Mr. and Mrs, Guy L. Smith. | - f LAST REGULAR MEETING | DOUGLAS CITY COUNCIL ] | Douglas city dnds will meet -u the City Hall tonight in the last regular session to wind up unfin- ished business before turning the affairs of the city over to a neéw Council — e — IGOSPEL MISSION IS L.| | TO MEET THURSDAY The Women'’s Circle of the Doug- las Gospel Mission is scheduled to meet on Thursday afternoon of this week at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. H. B. Schlegel, It is the regu- lar bi-monthly gathering for worship and sewing and everyone is invited to attend. D MRS. COOLEY AND CHILDREN SAIL SOUTHBOUND, ALASKA Leaving last night on the Alaska were Mrs. J. E. Cooley and two young daughters, Bonita and Beite, lenroute to Springrlgld, Ore., where E5 |they formerly r Harry Lockridge of Sitka received | R ided D SCOUTS PRACTICE SHOOTING Six Douglas Scouts accompanied by Robert Dupree, Scoutmaster, hik- ed to Thane Saturday evening for a weekend outing They spent the night camping in one of the vacant cabins and practiceq target-shooting | Sunday. . AL ISR S B 125 EDWARD-BENDER- Hagae trom Jum.;""' @R (ROSS PLANE WAITS _DOUGLAS REWS COMPLETE TICKET FOR DOUGLAS COUNCIL FILED Mayar: L W.Kilburn this mpm- | ing filed for re-election as Mayor of | Douglds and'a list of tiree candi-| dates for ‘Council to complete his ticket as follows: A. J. Balog, Elton Engstrom d@nd Erwin Hachméister. The last named is filing for thvl first timae while the former two are members of the present Council. AR TR MRS, SEY HOS Mrs. J. R. Langseth’s birthday was the occasion of a party given in her honor by Mrs. Jack Sey Sathr-|4D |day ‘evening. Pinochle was played and refreshments served. ' Those present were Mrs. Lang- seth, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Kirkham, Mr, and Mrs. Arthur McBride, Miss i —_— | Major Paul Edwards and Mr. i Mrs. John Cross, was to fly to Fair- KOYOKUK WEATHER On the Koyukuk last night, a plane bearing Mrs. Helen Bender, and banks today, weather permitting. The party is headed back to Ju- |neau after flying to Point Barrow. | Major Edwards is head of the U. 8. Army Signal Corps System in Al-| aska. e ~ The old Stiewalt house near Con- | cord, U. C. built in 1820 and still | pipe organ made in America. DON'T SLEEP WHEN GAS PRESSES HEART If you can't eat'or sleep b-nun n' bloats . you up fry Adlerika, usually relleves stomach gas sl ,nnl heaxt ‘ Adlerika cleans out BOTH uj lgqer bowels, Butler-Mauro uglas by Guy's Drug Store. ;,&“: Juneau's Greatest Show V*‘t OLISEUM B 7%: Litis Caesqr Goes High-hat On Us- WHAT A LAUGH RIOT! EUWARD G. ROBINSON in A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER" with Jane Byran—Allen Iankins—-flulh Donnolly ORIAL-~CABIN KIDS—CARTOON--NEWS Hollywood Sights And Sozmd.r 8y Robbis Cooss Wi song of Unstinted woman who isn't “important” HOLLYWOOD, Cal ation i March 27. ated to a little Tod: Admi dedic Unless you were a movie fan eight or nine or ten years ago, you won't even recognize her name. It's Evelyn Brent. Remembef? I saw her walking across the RKQ lot the other day, and & lot of other people saw her too, but nobody looked twice. People look twice only at “important” people. Stardust gets in the eyes, and they don't see gameness when it walks by in a plain gray suit and plain hat with its chin high. That was Brenl—-Betty Brent, as het friends call her ‘Ten years ago I drove out to see Betty for the first time. Sha lived at Malibu then, in a big house right on the sand, a big house where Hollywood trooped in and out, paying homage to success. Brent was “big" weaithy, famous. Big : One day it ended. She wasn't a star any longer. She was broke, She had thought everything was safe. It wasn't. She had to start all over again, just as if she hadn’t had a heart-breaking tough time getting to the top. She went on “personal appear- ance” tours, she made her own way, she kept her chin up. " ° It's not & new story. What makes it different is that Betty Brent, with every human right to be bitter and sour, isn’t. She's doing a picture again. She has a better part in “Second Shot” than she’s had in years. Dance hall entertainer, tougher than tough, a real “character”—the sort of hard-boiled femuie she did 5o well in “Underworld” and her other hits. It may mean bigger things, it may not. P She’s talking today in a little canvas shack of a dressing PO star, we’re modest ... but we still have to admit that we serve the finest plate luncheon in all Juneau — for only forty cents — Percy’s room on the set. Once she had a rcom in Star Row, but she herself is no more conscious of suxrnundlnzs than she was then. A queen doesn’t need a palace. . “Bitter?” she laughs. "Why should I be? I'm happler now than I ever was. I'm not sorry for anything that happened Once I had things, now I haven't—and that’s all. It's trite T know, but the simple things are best. “The most valuable thing my experience taught me is—I know people now. I don’t mean I'm suspicious of people, or distrust them, but I evaluate them more carefully now. I've learned who my real friends are. “Funny,” she says, “how little it hurt when the crowds d away. It happened as soon as I gave up my house and took a mt' apartment. I was stunned at first, but ‘then I laughed. After all I'd never been esble to do anything for them, unless it was m give them a drink and a sandwich. . “And in those days I was Iorever bot.herlnz. ‘When you have things, you bother about them. Now I don't worry. I have iy friends—mostly outside pictures—and I read and practice my wood-carving, and I knit. It's very peaceful, and fun. I'm enjoying life again. . . .” She’s smiling, but suddenly she frowns, remembering some- thing. “There was one thing, and just one, that did hurt,” she s4ys. “There was a little girl—a star now—who always uem’d to be my friend. Always came around with the others. One evening, in a Derby booth next to hers, I overheard someone ask her why she hadn't been around to see me. She said, ‘They tell me never to associate with failures — only with successes’ . . . And that REALLY hurt!” G 4 " 'And it must have. Because Betty Brent, thinking of 1, is crysnx But she laughs through fiw '.ean‘ “Silly q( mp-‘lm many years, isn't it? I'm SOfTY. . WRA REAB FOR MAILING APPED! 25¢ at drugstores and newsstands and The Empire office —mailed FREE if left at Empire or drugstore. Exira Mrs. Robert P, Taft (center); wife of ‘the United States Senator from Ohio, helps Dorothy Hawes (left) | and ’ 27" .aniversary at W. ry ‘Wiedman, Girl Scouts, blow out the candles on a birthday cake as the organization observed its . The eelebration took place at the National Girl Scout “Little House.” chu@ ior return address— flu; complete story of Alaska in 1938 Told in pictures and the words of the men and women best-informed on things Alaskan a wealth of facts . . . About this great Northern Territory THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 5o Development Edition