The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 15, 1939, Page 3

THE "IN LD (HICAGD” | DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JULY. 15,.1939. "DARK RAPTURE" [LEGION PICNIC IS SUNDAY MIDNIGHT PREVIEW | Juneau's N R Show MONDAY o visn | NEW CAPITOL HIT | SLATED SUNDAY | " SGRVRSE f Grectesr KSSARIATIIN value MATINEE Sunday—2 P. M. (OLFEUM SUNDAY with all} OPENING SUNDAY| TUESDAY AI ME"DENH | Superb screen spectacle | the elements that go into the mak- Members and Families fo ing of st eotertainment wi be Have Holiday, Fair | Theatre, as Darryl F. Zanuck's awe- Weather or Foul |some “In Old Chicago” comes to Matinee Sunday 2:00 P. M. Preview Tonight Secret JungIeM‘Ecstacy Re- 1:15 A. M. corded for First Time in Film Here | a breath-taking conclusion ‘ Up to now, Hollywood seemed to| have made the most of all of the PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR LIFE — AND . UNIMAGINABLE! Sunda_v—omla—’l‘uesday SEE! SECRET RITUALS ! gnaling manhood of * hoyst MEN WELCOMING FLOGGING ! ting themselves to female ésteém | ‘BRONCO-BUSTING’ ELEPHANTS | Bare-handed capture ahd of wild African:! 440 WIVES PER MAN! See Wife No. 1 and Wife N 440 ... and their tord and master ! TOWERING. GIANT DANCERS ! s LONG-HEADED PEOPLE! HEAR! The actual sounds of the jungle ... shrieks, delirious music, shouts of ecstasy { FEEL! Your senses go dizzy" 13 Original Swing in'the raw! A NEW UNIVERSAL RELEASE '} LOU FIGHT Yet it's happening today! UNBELIEVABLE! Yet.it's filmed from real life! P SUS——————————— ——————— EXTRA!? Exclusive Official Motion Pictures MAX NOVA vs. BAER See Nova Win in the 11th Round By a Technical Knockout! THE LAST HISTORY TIME IN THE OF THE WORLD! PRODUCED BY ARMAND DENIS of “GOONA GOONA" and Filmed and Recorded on ‘WILD CARGO'" Fame. the DENIS-ROOSEVELT BELGIAN CONGO EXPEDITION L. G.-PHELPS, Assistant 'R FLASH CiviL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations for the positions named below. Applications must be on file in the commission’s office, Washington, D. C., not later than the dates indicated. The closing dates for the first three examinations are September 2, 1939. SUIT FILED AGAINST NICKEL CORPORATION A suit against the Nickel Corpora- | tion of America for collection of a | $3,670 judgment obtained by John Borden in municipal court in Chi- cago was filed here today on behalf of Borden. The suit w lief thta this is the home of V. H. Vevelstad and Carl Vevelstad, mem- | | bers of the corporation which owns | the nickel property on Yakobi Is- | 'land. Producer. LAST TIMES TONIGHT Irene Dunne—Ginger Rogers—Fred Astaire in OBERTA'’ and VICTOR McLAGLEN in "THE DEVIL'S PARTY" Also: GORDON and NEWS TWO STEAMBOAT INSPECTORS BACK FROM BRISTOL BAY Juneau's two Bureau of Naviga- tion and Steamboat Inspection men, Thursday by a falling bank of a John M. Clark, Local Inspector of Hulls, and John Newmarker, Lo- last night from trip to on the Baranof their annual = inspection Bristol Bay. The voyage, which was made from ard on the motorship Fern, was — Hundred Dollar Display | filed heve in the be-| o0) nspector of Boilers, returned | The American Legion of Juneau under the jungle moon of mysteri-|{ will hold forth in picnic tomorrow, ous Africa, “Dark Rapture” a Uni-|“rain or shine,” at the skaters' cabin versal releace, comes to the Capitol | >n Mendenhall Lake near the rifle Theatre on Sunday With weird tom toms thumping | range This film is a motion picture re-| The picnic will be a salmon bake cord cf scenes never before photo-| with hot dogs, rolls and “all the graphed and seldom seen by the|trimmings,” committee members eyes of the white man. For cen- | announced turies the natives of the Congo| Cars will leave the dugout at1:30 have used all the craft in their|tomorrow afternoon and transpor- power to keep secret their mystic|taticn will be available for all who rites by which the boys of the tribe|do not have cars. Legionnaires, become men. Every obstacle of | Auxiliary members and families jungle diplomacy and craft is|only will attend Many athletic events are planned, with softball games, horseshoe pitching contests, race tug of war and other contests. Waino Hendrickson is chairman of the committee in charge of ar- rangements. Other committee mem- bers are Mrs. Hendrickson, E. M Polley, Esther Gullefsen and Mr. and Mrs. Al Johnstone. - breught into play to sidetrack the would be observer. Finally Armand Denis, noted Belgian explorer and | his wife Leila Roosevelt Denis were able to get through and shoot| scenes of these thrilling ceremonies. | The wild dancing which shows plainly the barbaric origin of mod- ern swing and Big Apple gyrations, hypnotic music tapped out on huge drums, the pygmy women who are €0 desirable as wives and workers | to their normal sized neighbors that | (ruiser Jim they are kidnapped from their| tribes are all features of tnis tum| [ Harbor from Petersburg of inscrutable Africa, the continent Mr. and Mrs, Carl Armstrong, of of surprises. Ending tonight at the Petersburg, are visiting Juneau for a few days while a radio telephone Theatre is ‘The Devil's starring Victor McLaglen, {is being instalied in their cruiser Jim - Armstrong, who has a " " FREN(H pEIE ways in Petersburg, said he “de- cided to get away from the job THROUGH 'I'ODAv,tor a while,” and he and his wife | will spend a few weeks in the vi- 1"“,“‘” of Tyee, pgt.ro]_ling traps. Her Father Staked Tread- | cuier Gome: powerea with o so0- well Mine - Sold It for 5 Dollars | horsepower Hall Scott that logs the Jim along at sixteen miles. The daughter of a famous old Alaskan passed through Juneau to-| Capitol | Party,” | | marine Japanese police statistics show | that most crimes are committed by unemployed men. | classic struggles between man and |the elements, but not since the “Birth of a Nation” has such com- pletely overwhelming grandeur| | graced a motion picture screen | | That The grandeur in this 20th Century-Fox production is derived from the relentless fury of an un- restrained holocaust which wiped | out a middle-Western metropolis | of a rougher and tougher era in our history, is only part of the film. The story leading up to the "burning of the ecity on the night of October 9, 1871, is lusty, power- ful and authentic to an infinitesi- | mal point of careful research and scenic detail. Tonight the double bill, “Hunted | Men” and ' “Sundown on the| Prairie” has its final showing at | tiie Coliseum. R R VL PR Mrs. John McCormick| Anxiously Awaiting, Washingiorn_ Guests Mrs. John McCormick is looking forward to the visit next month of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Alfred McVay, wife of the Secretary-Man- ager of the Chamber of Commerce in Walla Walla, Wash, Mrs. McVay, accompanied by her two children, Nancy, age 5, and Jer- ry, age 1, will arrive in Juneau Aug- ust 8, on the steamer Columbia. Dur- nig their two weeks' sojourn in the city they will be guests of the John McCormicks, Making the trip with Mrs. McVay and her children, will also be Mrs Frank Bruce, wife of the manager of the Marcus-Whitman hotel in Walla Walla. Mrs. Bruce ™'l con- tinue to the Westward, stopping off in Juneau for a few days before returning south. vl g L day on the Mount McKinley bound for her home at Katalla. She is Mrs. Rex Hancock, whose father was Pierre Errusand DeVille, the “French Pete” who staked the Treadwell mine and later sold it to his friend Treadwell for $5. | Mrs, Hancock is one of seven children reared by “French Petfe” at Katalla where he settled down as a merchant after wanderings| over the Territory. Mrs. Hancock’s | mother still lives there. Her father| died on the Fourth of July, 1911, Married in England | DevVille's wife was an English girl, some 40 years younger than!' himself. He married her in England during a period of travel after he had made and lost more than one fortune in Alaska. | “French Pete” was born in France, not in Canada as most Alaskans ' supposed, Mrs. Hancock said. | Recognizing a picture of former Governor Strong on the wall of the | Territorial Museum here today, Mrs. Hancock recalled that Governor | Strong was her godfather. H i | Juneau Florisls Send | the saddest of the year—for exhi eral. wailing wall. Broadway shudde soda pop. The San Francisco thank you, and the New York stampeded. exhibitors, and Hollywood which usual to—each other. exhibitors’ list of “box-office pol is “washed up.”) It's about time, too, for H of production, too little profit. much is too little? What about annual pep sessions known as For Funeral at Atlin i | The Marine Airways plane, piloted | by Alex Holden, flew to Atlin this morning with $102.50 worth of floral | displays from the Juneau Florists for the funeral of twenty-four-year- old Jim Acheson, who was killed, hydraulic pit on Pine Creek. Working all night on the order, the Juneau Florists had ready for shipment this morning six weaths, five sprays and one cross. The dis- | play is one of the most beaumul; ever arranged by the well known| Tasty food, effic night club owners in Hollywood as on Broadway cry into their The fairs are looking to summer tourist travel, not yet at its height, to bolster their until now disappointing takes. The movie It’s about time, in the order of things, for another outraged recently put forth his opinion that Shirley Temple, of all people, plaint about insufficient revenue from theatres, mounting costs The various picture companies have been indulging in the on which bigwigs prate about the super-supers that are coming “Come and Get It”° Has a Special Meaning . . atmosphere truly home-like sound the old call of “Come and Get It" ... Hollywood Sights Axd Sounds 8y Bobbin Coven HOLLYWOOD, Cal., July 15—The melancholy days are come, ibitors and show business in gen- From coast to coast, from north to south, the entertainment world (if you can believe reports) has been leaning heavily on its rs as most of its plays collapse, Exposition isn't feeling so well, World's' Fair isn't being exactly depends on them, are looking as ison” stars. (Hint: one exhibitor ollywood to set up its perennial (Voice from the balcony: “How Louiebee’s salary?”) sales conventions, gala occasions ient service and an o] Tweniieth Century-Fox presents DARRYL F. ZANUCK'S supreme production achievement o Their love was as tem- pestuous as old Chicago itselfl Hot-headed Dion O'Leéary, boss of the city. and fiery Belle Fawecett, its cabaret queen . . . loving, hating, fighting, and for- giving in the colorful, spectacular city that van- ished in towering flames! DON TYRONE ALICE POWER - FAYE - AMECHE \ Alice Andy Brian BRADY: DEVINE - DONLEVY ADDED Phyllis Brooks * Tom Brown * Sidney Blackmer A ONS Berton Churchill * June Storey * Paul Hurst TTRACTI Directed by HENRY KING Assoclate Producer Kenneth Macgowan Screen 'é““'l "cm' ipl-y by Lamar Troiti and Sonya Levien. Based olor .ll'm bo lby Gordon and Re ~—-————LAST TIMES TONIGHT DELUXE TWIN-HIT PROGRAM! 'Hunted Man' and 'Sundown on the Prairie’ tory by Nivea Busch. Music and Lyrics 1, Rollack and Mitchell, Fox Movietonews The New Senior inspector, $2,600 a year, in- he“}:"g‘gz; “:Lfi“fi? lg,gfig”&f&?&;merely routine, both men said to- spector, $2000 a year (optional for collection of a small debt from | ay. They left Juneau June 6. branches are ship construction, and ;R. J. Peratovch. TR 8 A N STt engineering materials), also junior | AN SIS PLATINUM FOXES inspector, aircraft, $1,620 a yealfi’ SUILDING PERMIT | Employment is in the Navy De-| CHIPMAN, N. B.—Local fox| partment, for duty in the field. Ap-| 4 pyjiding permit has been grant- | breeders believe that two pups in| plicants for the junior grade must og o j, M. Willilams to build a|a litter born here are platinum| not, have passed their 35th, and for | yarquee and remodel a building | foes, a rare type of great value.| the other grades they must not have 54 114 Second Street at a cost of The litter comprised three foxes, passed their 53rd birthday. $100. one being the ordinary silver type. Farm agent, $1,800 a year, Indian 3 e i Field Service, Department of the n- terior. Applicants must not have g TR 7 passed their 48th birthday | i > Say-Mak ay—Make Mine Cream! ciate meteorologist, $3200 a year,| and assistant meteorologist, $2,600 a year, Weather Bureau, Department —and enjoy Kentucky’s “Double-Rich’’straight Bourbon! flower shop. -w WBl SONS OF NORWAY!! | meersse.m. | TONIGHT | LO.0.F.Hall | o i QOQuaker 0il Range Designed for Modern Housewives, with: 8 LOW COST OPERATION—Designed by experienced engineers—to give you the utmost in economy. B CONVENIENCE — No modern range could be more convenient. Nothing has been forgotten. BEAUTY-It's white porcelain enamel finish give it an ultra modern appear- " OnDisplay RICE & AHLERS.C('“. FRANKLIN AT THIRD PHONE “PERCY’S up from the home lot to lift the dear exhibitor's mortgage come October. ¢ A The blamers are at work—overtime. Ohe blamer says it’s double-features that are “running” the business. The Warner outfit makes a statement about how naughty the Fox-West Coast theatre gang is to double-bill the Warner supers with low-grade B's or with supers from other lots. And the target booms back with a statement about how the Warner theatres double-bill their own supers. And then there's the school that insists the business won’t pick up until the general average of admission prices is lowered. They hold (and rightly) that a working family man will take more kindly to the movie habits of old—attendanee at least once a week—when he can pass the box-office without being relieved of half or more of a $6 bill (if he has a wife and three children). On the other hand, there are a lot of 10-cent theatres where that family man can go for a half buck—if the family feels like it, and doesn’t mind “old” *pictures. of Agriculture. Applicants for the assist grade must not have passed their 45th, and for the other grades they must not have passed their 53rd birthday. | Junior bank examiner, $2,000 a | year, Federal Deposit Insurance Cor- | poration. Certain education or bank- | ing experience is required. Apph-[ cants must have reached their 23rd but must not have passed their 35th birthday. The closing date is Aug-‘ ust 26, 1939, | Full information may be obtained | at 311 Federal Building. - Dancing at 10:00 The old cry—"good pictures will cure bad box-office"—is raised constantly. Lately the crop of outstandingly good pictures has been poor. You hear about the “epics” coming up, but the pre- view screen (where the summer's releases are dress-rehearsing) has seen little compelling fare. The run of picturs is light, sum- mery stuff of varying dullness or interest. And there are seasoned showmen (who don't talk much and seldom view with alarm) who aren't even worried ahout condi- tions. They point to one year after another in which, at this time, the movie business wails and groans, in which the out- standing new attraction is rare, in which the fans seem to have forgotten their duty to Hcllywood. | RUDY EDMAN'S ORCHESTRA Kentucky Straight Bour- bon Whiskey. 90 Proof. | REFRESHMENTS!H 1| Public Invited fo Dance Sam Shucklin, well known trave]-' ing man, came in from the West-' ward on the Baranof and will be in Juneau for a few days, a guest at cop the Gastineau Hotel, YRIGHT PHONE CONNORS MOTOR COMPANY 939, SCHENLEY DISTILE