The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 29, 1939, Page 3

LAST ™™g TIMES TONIGHT MEN WHO FIGHT FOR EMPIRE = WOMEN WHO FIGHT FOR LOVE A cavalcade of conquest in the Iperilouslandbeyond theKhyber Pass. Vivid in Technicolor! /M?/ PRESENTS P, i DRUMSY4 | IN GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOR i with i3 SABU « RAYMOND MASSEY @nd a cast of 3,000 EXTRA! \ i "MARCH OF TlME Laiest News of the Day NOTICE Fourth annual meeting of the stockholders and’ board of dlrectmsw of the Jack Wade Dredging Co. will | be held Tuesday, June 8, 1939, in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. CHAS. A. WHITNEY, Secretary. First publication, May 8, 1939. | Last publication, May 29, 1939. | by constmated2 \ » “For 30 years I liad constipation, awful + bloating, headaclies and - back” paics; dlerika helped right away, Now, sausage, bananas, pie, anything I want. | Never felt better” Mrs. Mabel Schott. ADLERIKA Butler-Matro Drug Co.—in Douglas by Guy’s Drug Store. adv. MARINE Sheet Metal Work Boat Tankcs MacLEAN METAL WORKS SOUTH SEWARD ST. Telephone 703 Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Rebbia Cusas HOLLYWOOD, Cal., May 29.—Cutting-room stuff: Olympe Bradna, the cufest little Frenchie, has a demon chap- erone in Nana, her French maid Nana even watches Olympe's film scenes to be sure that movie heroes don't work up more en- thusiasm than romantic scenes require. . . . “In Heaven on a Shoe- string” Olympe played a scene at the piano with Pat O'Brien, her father in the piece. . Pat’s hand closed over Olympe’s, as in the script, and Nana's eyes grew. . And then there are Bradna mere et pere, themselves very efficient at chaperonage at home. . Olympe, who couldn’t speak English when she came, still listens to the radio, goes to movies, and reads the “best English books” aloud | these: {castes are herded at a farthing | mile. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1939. COMPLEX CASTE SYSTEM PROBLEM IN INDIA PICTURE One Class M;Not Eat with Other for Fear of Equality Whatever other advantages or disadvantages it may boast, Indin‘si complex caste system is not condu- | cive to the production of motion pictures. This discovery was made by the location unit which invaded In- dia’s treacherous Khyber Pass to film scenes for “Drums,” Alexander Korda's thrilling technicolor pro-| duction, showing now at the Capi- | tol Theatre, with Sabu, Raymond | Roger Livesey, Desmond and Valerie Hobson in fea-| lmed roles. | Among the regulations which had to be observed in dealing with the Indians engaged to play fierce na- tive tribesmen in the film were| A Brahmin may eat sweetmeats| or wheat with a man of the Kehat- | riyas caste, but not rice, for that ,would be an admission of equality Whenever money passes from a| high caste to a low caste man, it is| thrown on the ground to avoid de-| filement. They may not stand on the wmm carpet or enter the same room. | Caste is even respected in jail,| where prisoners of high caste are provided with their own cooks and water carriers. The only place where caste is ever | dropped in India is in the Third| Class railroad carriage, where all| al But it is instantly resumed at the allghting station! Quints Return Home After Seeing King, Queen Here’s the end of the most unusual day in the lives of the world’s wonder children, the Pionne quin- tuplets, shown as they peered from the windows of their special train after their 19-minute visit with the King and Queen of England. They were hurriedly returned home crowds who threnged ’l’nronto for the royal visit. SITKA, KODIAK AIR BASE BIDS BE ASKED SOON DOUGLAS | NEWS SAVIKKO ELECTED TO TEACH IN DOU(‘LA\‘ a meeting of the Douglas School Board held ‘Saturday night Walter Savikko was elected to teach | the fourth, fifth and sixth grades| succeeding Miss Grace Naghel, re- signed. A graduate of the Douglas high school, also the University of Wash- | ington, Mr. Savikko has already had | several years of teaching experience in other Southeast Alaska towns and in addition, he will bring to the school certain advantages of his spe- cialized training in decorative art work. Next month he plans to go south for a short summer course of study. Another job filled by the Board was that of janitor which was award- ed to H. B. Schlegel. The latter, one of three applicants, will begin “', Officials omvy Depart- ment Announce Plans for Work (Continuea rrom Page One) effective national preparedness ma | be sensed in following the legislative of the measure, Introduced and reported in the House on Ma 4, it passed the House May 8, was reported in the Senate May 17, ])u\\-I ed the Senate the 18th, and on the 19th the House agreed to the Senate | amendmeats and sent the bill w‘ the President. | When asked about the plans for‘ the Alaska air bases, an official in| the Navy Department said that| final plans are now being drawn| for construction at both Sitka and| Kodiak and that proposals for bldd for the work will be put on the ! market soon. Substantial construc- ItsaF. amily for Mary, Buddy without being seen by crushing | ture now at the Ccl YOUNG ACTOR GIVEN -CHANCE THROUGH AID OF 2 FAMOUS SFARS For his qui to film fame Jeffrey - Lynn can think three people a casting director, Errol Flynn and Bette Davis. Jeffrey; ac- claimed by the critics as the year's star dic~overy, owes his present fe tured piace in the cast of “Four Daughters,” the Warner Bros. pic- seum, to a com- bination of happenings revolving around these tk » people, The casting official spotted Lynn abcut a year ago when he was play- inz in “Brother Rat" in Los An- geles and gave him a screen test. When Bette Davis and some of the | studio heads were looking through a batch of screen tests to find the 1t young man to play a featured in “Jezebel,” up popped Mr, Lynn, and Bette spotted him as Jjust what the script ordered. But by the time he had gone to Chicago with the “Brother Rat” company and by the time he arrived in Hol- lywood, “Jezebel” was finished. Then came “Four Daughters,” with Errol Flynn slated for the romantic lead But Errol chose that time to get more interested in fishing. They gave Jeffrey the role and gave Hol- lywood a brand new star - re Shower Saturday Is Complimentary To Miss Apland h o Kaser, cut Ccmplimentary l() Miss Mildred ;A])I:\nd. bride-elect of Lester Elkins, {Mrs, E. F. Clements, Mrs. Jack Jef- |frey, and Miss Mary VanderLeest 1ean‘Lmnod with a bridge-luncheon {in the Iris Room of the Baranof" | Hotel. | | Yellow daffodils carried out colorful table centerpiece depicting | the Spring season and twenty-four , |guests were present for the occasion, i Honors for cards were won dur- |ing the afternoon by Mrs. 'W. w.'! | Council, first; Mrs. George W. Pear- | I son, second; and Miss Elisabeth prize. OWNED AND OPERATED * Junean’s Gréatest Show: Value Here is a picture so thie-to-life it will give you the most heart- warming hour you've ever speat in the theatre!" SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS \»--—--o-.-”m,.m !' N ) ! N N N \ ) \ ) SteakS.c.. ARE JUICIER at the ROYAL CAFE they're cut from finest steers. a ) You FEEL BETTER if You LOOK Your BE'ST& LE RS RIAN CLEAN PHONE 507 A LOT OF PROTECTION FOR A LITTLE More and more home-owners are coming to realize that fire is not the only hazard they have to worry about. Thet's - why so many are taking advantage of the “whole- sale” protection afforded by the Extended Coverage En- dorsement, which covers damage by windstorm, hail, el L T R |tion will commence on the Sitka | Payment of all bills due was also, | base in July if present schedules can | eiteoted(ny the TyEVK |be maintained, he said. At Kodiak | AT |it is expected that most of the time | ARE ON WAY SOUYH remaining this year will be used in | Salling today for the south on the | greqging and filling so that build- Yukon were Mrs. Wallen Forrest, | o construction will be commenced | Grace and Louis Pusich for a vaca- | early mext year. tion trip. They expect to be gone! Sl | | | explosion, falling aircraft, “wild” vehicles, riot and smoke. You'll be amazed to learn how litile it costs. Office—New York Life SHATTUCK AGENCY Telephone 249 to fight her accent, which is scarcely noticeable any more. “But still,” she says, “sometimes I get me all mixed up. Kay Francis (who was going to quit movies a WhllE back but isn't) is playing a devilish meanie in “Memory of Love"—which ought to be just the antidote for those sticky, eternally sacrificial mamma roles she nearly skidded out of pictures on. Blonde Sheila Bromley, sitting under the pom it of Marion Davies that still hangs on the Warner commissary wall (though Marion is gone) looks like Marion’s twin . . . who never looked lovelier. . » 4 most of the summer and will visit SATION BOOST ’ in the px:lncipal sound cities. FOR COMMISSIONER | Legislation proposed by Delegate | OR OPERATION | . To unti‘erlgto a mlno? operation Dimond in the House on May 18\ Mrs. Jos. Wehren entered St, Ann's | Wi 1f enacted, provide a guaran-! Hospital yesterday. She expects to teed compensation of not less than be out in a very few days however. $150 per month for United stateu LS80 S R N | Commissioners in Alaska. Long dissatisfied with the present D ? OUGL:IS'J%(;YSg%%'{{,SOU“NG system whereby commlsslnners are | id entirely on a fee ba . Di- pal recommendations for improvements Sc?fi‘tfrtalt;:?;zi ;ngm‘;c?r Bwor: %“‘0"“ drafted the bill so as m con-| to the nation’s rivers .md lmxlmrs | tinue the fee compensation as the and for flood control woi ‘ln;:;'iero: t:::t S;sk:'en:ga{h:)r;lfi‘rso;‘]"w now provides, but “if the fees|of Engineers has ~ubmnu-d a fiuue which were nil. Ho'wever the. day. for any quarter year shall average ment containing the projects for | |was enjoyably spent as a generallle"’s than $160 per month, the com- | which funds will be allocated if the | outirig. ‘Some of the Boys saw their | Missioner shall be entitled to re-| appropriation is maintained. In- ceive frori the United States a sum | cluded on the allocation list is the COMPE | Mary Pickford wants to adopt a girl. Her band leader husband, Buddy Rogers, wants a boy, so they'll ccmpromise, she said recently in Chi- cago. They expect to take two children from Evanston's famed Cradle Nursery when they return from a month’s cruise in the West Indies. Reeent photo of the pair at their IIOUywond estate is shown above. ARMY OFFICER FROM COLLEGE MAKING TRIP, Jed Prouty, the Jones Family man, was listening to the grous- ing of a Broadway actor whose four leading movie roles had left him still in the also-run division. . “They just haven't given me the right vehicle,” said the ham. . “If that's the way you feel about it,” Jed put in, “the right vehicle for you is a streamliner ~—heading east. Futility nate F'ol his role in “Golden Boy"” young Bill Holden itdoesn’tmatter.... s | was given a chest razorjng—because he plays a young. pugxhst,‘ for almost any role Bob Taylor is madeé!to bare his chest and show the fur thereon—to emphasize his pugnacious qualities. . . . Another futility note: Lee Cobb, 27, who played ailing Mr. Karp in New York’s “Golden Boy,” is playing the aged father in Holly- wood’s “Golden Boy". . But' this is really a versatility note: Cobb played his present screen role on the local stage, inspiring the choice. . .. “Dark Victory” will have a sequel—in title only. . .. It's “Bright Victory” (isn't that a wow?) featuring Freddie Baltholomew and | Jackie Cooper. . i Most ticklish dialogue in “Stanley and Livingstone” wasn't of the censorable kind. . It was Spencer Tracy’s line, “Dr. Liv- ingstone, I presume?”. . .. Thev shot it nine times and inflections in an effort to forestall audience' laughter. . Jane Withers has won her Gi4rl Scout ‘Hostess Badge”—to her own joy and mother’s relief. . . . yJJane had been practicing all the social stunts—tea-serving, sandwl(’:h making, conversation-steering, ete.—on the Withers' grownup friends. Add nominal crimes: Ellen 'Clancy, who looks like Ellen , still bearing her movie-givenn moniker of Janet Shaw. . ———————————————————— . —————————) here is-no substitute for } Mewspaper Advertising | first swans, also deer and a whale. ; Takue Glacier Sunday. |in the historic city this evening. | will start tomorrow mornnig and end which side of the bed you get ! out . . ..after a breakfast at Percy's you're sure to be sel for a big, glorious day . . ; " PERCY’S || T ———— PARTY VISITS GLACIER Tree from here, Mrs. Glen Rice, | and daughter Arline, and Glen Ed- wards made an outing trip aboardv the missionary boat Messenger to| — eto—— Eleven Leave for | Conference, Sitka Leaving; for . Sitka . last. evening dhoard the Mission boat Princeton, | eleven young people from the Nor-| thern Light Presbyterian Church | and Chapel-by-the-Lake will arrive The conference of the Presbyterian Church, held annually on the cam- pus of the Sheldon-Jackson School, next Sunday night. Those making the trip, accompan- | ied by Mrs. John A. Glasse, include: | Ruth Allen, Marian Skinner, Sylvia | Idabellg Davis, Barbara Hermann, | Dobson, Laura Jean Clithero, Char- | mence work on his new assignment. lene Arnold, Mildred Kendler, Ter-| » esa Andianoff, Maxine Bersch and | | Marie Jean Glasse. | R TFA(‘HFR WIFE LEAVE Leaving on the steamer Denali, C. | to visit the Fair at San Francisco. | Mr. White, instrumental music in-| |structor for the Junean Public! | School, will also take an education | course during the summer at the University of Washington. ——ee———— HELLER’S BARBER SHOP 1 Open for busraess at the old loca- tion, 116 Seward St. Old and new customers welcome. adv. | which when added to the fees | Timothy’s make the total compensation of the| bor and seaplane basin heretofore commission $150 per month for the | authorized at Valdez Flood control quarter.” jointly authorized at Skagway, and CALLS ON DELEGATE | at the recommendation of the Chief ev. E. A. McIntosh, vicar of St ’o( Engineers the project for both Mission at Tanacros purposes has been put in the har-| | who came to the States in January, | bor improvement classification 50| called at the Delegate's office May | that the work will be undertaken | 20 while in Washington. Mr. MC-‘with funds set up for that particular Intosh said that he is recovering | purpose. rapidly from the effects of the op-| eration which he had in St. Luke's| 1o PROTECT Hospital in New York. He expecw\ KETCHIKAN WATER | 19 lbave (onas F}*ancLsc.o ne?(t wef' Favorable report was made by the whers e Wil Jow B, Mool | House Committee on the Territories | They plan torelumsto Tanacro !un May 15 on Delegate Dimond’s shorliyihssmber [ bill forthe protection of the water | | supply of the city of Ketchikan. Enactment of the measure will withdraw from entry and set aside as a municipal water supply reserve for the use and benefit of the peo- ple of Ketehikan all of the land now forming the watershed for the ‘syfitem This will prevent contam- ination of the water, such as would probably occur if extensive mining or milling operations were under- taken in the area, or if dairy farm- ing were attempted. It is also be- lieved necessary to maintain the | present stand of forest cover to pre- vent pollution of the water from | erosion resulting from unrestricted | logging operations. As pointed out WELLING COMING WEST Lt. Alvin C. Welling of the En- gineer Corps, who will undertake river and harbor flood control sur-' veys under the District Engineer in Alaska this summer, called on Dele- gate Dimond on May 20 with refer-| ence to the work planned in the ‘Territory. Lieutenant Welling plans | to leave shortly for Seattle to com- FIVE ALASKA PROJECTS ARE GIVEN APPROVAL| Approval was given by the House on May 18 to the omnibus river and harbor bill, containing five Alaska | Robert White, and Mrs. White plan ' projects. Enactment of the measure | in" the Committee report, none of | will authorize improvements tO/iya 1ang within the draina; ge area Wrangell Narrows at an estimated i sujtaple for agricultural purposes, cost of $2,731,000, to Metlakatla Har-| o timber thereon is of compara- bor at $160,000, and to Meyers chuckkuve,y small value, and no known Harbor at $25,000. Authorization is' minera] values are present. The | provided for the Army Engineers ‘°,crenuon of the relatively small re- | make examinations with a view ‘°¢serve will, therefore, have no ad- the improvement of Gastineau Chan-’ yarse effect on potential industries, nel, and Neva and Olga Straits. | but -will remove an invitation to hsuppomn;g the increases vol'.ed by ! | make entry of any kind on the land the House last week amounting 0| for the purpose of selling uot to the $50,000,000 more than the Budzetju,’y (m.p. E?:ulsa.nce yjue e shall | construction of the small boat har-| and harbor improvement have been | Capfain Hu[we_rls fo Attend Convention at Puer- fo Rico capt. C. R. Huber, Reserve officer from the University of Alaska who combmes engineering classes with | supervision of the University |R.O.T.C. unit, passed south through Jum-au on the Yukon this morn- ing. Capt. Huber will represent Alaska at the National Reserve Officers’ Convention in Puerto Rico, leaving from New York June 17 on the convention ship Iriquois and return- ing June 28. | .Approximately 425 officers - will make the trip, and Capt. Huber | hopes it will be appreciated enough so that he will be able to convince the group that a convention cruise to Alaska will be placed on the schedule. Mrs. Huber and the three Huber | children are also aboard the Yu- | kon. In Seattle the family will pur- refrigerator she has always * wanted . . ; a big, roomy General Electric with all the wvery newest features. New 1938 G-E models are more beautifal . . . more conve- nient . . . more thrifty than ever| See them soon and you will happily solve this year’s gift problem. America’s finest and thriftiest refriger- ator—first choice of millions ~is now. populasly. peiced! THE BEAUTIFUL NE |chase a ‘car and drive to Iowa ‘where the family will visit friends |and relatives while Capt. Huber at- tends the convention. He hopes to |be able to stop over in Juneau on [lus yeturn trip to shoot a goat and catch a few salmon. e JOLLIE OUT ON VISIT George Jollle is a passenger aboard the Denali from Haines for the south and he will visit his old home in Ellenville, New York, for the next two months, He said it took, him 11 days to come to Alaska but 22 years to go.