The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 17, 1939, Page 2

- Amazing New 1940 PHILCO FARM RADIO. VES Y of pattery cost and oA Never Before Such Tone and Performancc for tery Block 50 Extra e almos it ne-th PHILCO 100T (Abore)—AN tho feat. 5T hear H—NOW ! $21.45 Battery Block $5.50 Extra JOHNSON 211 SO. FRANKLIN $5.50 Extra w. P. TELEPHONE 17 qulywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Ceons SHOTLYWOOD, €al., Aug. 17--Those screen literature, Gene Towne and Graham Baker, caused Holly- wood to blink when they announced titles of the epics with which they would launch their new production company ‘Exrt'[ll for one new, original subject, “African Intrigue * the boys had pulled from the dusty shelves a parcel of stale goods. stuff that “Hollywood hadn't thought of touching. “The Deer- slayer,” for one. A venerable old yarn written by a verbose chap nu;nl‘d James Fenimore Cooper, who died a long time ago “The Swiss Family Robinson,” for another—a thing off the children’s book shelves. What else could you expect of Towne and Baker, court jesters? Hadn't also announced that their would be known as “The Play's the Thing productions; every picture they made would be “one two foxy playboys of the town’s company So that, those they inevitably, of Things? sene and Graham, a Their monke everyone should know by now, are crazy the pictures you see of them like Solomon busines: in shorts and no composing frantically in shorts and shirt, shirt, the pictures showing them wildly enacting for each other their latest seripting br zood business. It gives them color, even glamour of a sort. And it has paid handsomely starve, Graham and Baker get more seripting or storms—is In a business where many writers assignments than they can fulfill gely, by a very simple scheme They chose their productions, s: They asked the public librar: which few in Hollywood consider a question, to wit: Which of the old books have been read mc B e v s s“Come and Get It” Has a Special Meaning . . Tasty food, efficient service and an atmosphere truly home-like sound the old call of “Come and Get It” . . . aPERCY’S CONEtR g NN LT L \ in and out, by the largest number of consistently, year people? “The Deerslayer were high on the list Have I told you It was {ypically Towney, to its last detail. to catch a' night plane for New York one day veloped a tummyache. He called his doctor. “Your appendix,” said the doctor, “You can't go. 3 “T'll' buy ‘another ticket, take you along’” countered who can’t abide obstacles to activity. Then Il be all ‘“You can't take me, and you can’t go. You've got to have an operation—right now.” Stumped, Gene changed his flight to a later plane, cailed in ten more doctors. They all agreed. Gene was on the operating table when his plane took off year " and “The Swiss Family Robinson,” of course, Towne and Baker grabbed them both about Gene's operation Gene was all set when he de- incidentally Gene, right.” got a call from the the hospital desk clerk Two days later “Order me an ambulance—I'm going home,” convalescent floor. said Gene Towne. Next day he was propped up in bed, at home, surrounded by studio associates, going over scripts, reading them aloud Five s after his appendix dropped on the cutting-room floor, Towne was having lunch at thé RKO commissary with Lillie Messinger, the studio story Immediately after lunch he was climbing stairs to a projection room to look at a movie. I saw him the next day, chipper as ever Loretta Young with the details, acting out his operation the y he does Appendicitis, too, is just “one of those Things"” editor. a screen story There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising | Battery Block | | | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1939. PHOTO MEMO. You Can Turn Your Hom’e Into A Gym {ngr AThe Kids| | . A Ry This energetic little girl is wearing her mothet’s nerves to a fraz- zle. Come a rainy day, and she gets right to work scaling all the furniture in the living room rned to ¢limb on the jun- gle gym outdoors, and now transfers her ability to the inside of the house, where it's likely to do more harm than good. Even if she doesn't fall off, she mars the furniture, But mother has an idea. She has discovered that'ohly an equally strenuous activity will keep youtig daughter happy indoors. No paper dolls for her. So she thinks up schemes like this. Here the voungster satisfies her yearning for heights, and gets in some much needed water play too. Another time she’ll get in her oathing suit and practice swimming in the tub. f | | | | | | lm [ | | Company of Juneau was low bidder ' ported to the Bureau of F on building a Juneau equipment de-| by canneries of the Westward dis- pot for the Public Roads Adminis- | trict, several sections of which are tration, its bid of $88,91348 being | al the best of three opened today at the local office. Company, $92,406, and A. W. Quist, | $11,3¢5. The engineer’s estimate!and south sides of the Alaska Pen-| was $82,873. | |summer and fall on Highway just outside the city lim- | its. SOMMERS BID IS |SALMON PACK ° LOW ONP.R.A. = IN WESTWARD WAREHOUSE JOB | | local Office Recommends| Alaska Peninsula, Copp River Seasons Close- tract | Contract Go fo Loca Chignik Thrives Builder for $88,913 The R. J. Sommers Construction fourths that of last year i er eady closed for the season. Total pack to August 12 was | 065,412 cases as compared to QUARTER OFF er | A salmon pack just about three- re- ries 8- Other bids were J. B. Warrack ' 998,729 last year at the same date. ‘The season on both the no: in Bristol Bay and season at the Copper Ri | insula, The local office has recommend-| summer ed that the contract be awarded to| are closed. the Sommers Company. | The warehouse will be built this| districts and spec the Glacier | Chignik Deing Well Chignik—353 kings, 131,018 re 116 cohoes, 11,414 pinks, Tomorrow the PR.A. iS 0pening| chums, 148709 tatal, 51,566 bid.fi on the Salmon' Creek 'cutoff ' yeqr project. | Alaska Peninsula—South (final) —4,458 kings, 3 9,807 cohoes, Calles’ Son Weds 120, | year. Alaska Peninsula [ (final)—443 kings, 56 pink, 6,006 chums, 62 923 last year Cook Inlet—15573 kings, reds, 13982 toh 21,565 chums, 248 | last year. | Prince William Sound--246 kin | 10,289 reds, 3,025 cohoes | pinks, 26,500 chums, 164,589 tot 506,822 last year North Si 181 tota,l 288, Copper River (final summer)—2,- {\ 1185 Kings, 52,091 reds, 54,216 to 66,795 last year. Resurrection Bay pinks, 1,893 total | Kodiak—451 kings, 13493 cohoes, 514271 chums, 675450 total, year. | Bristol Bay—4,682 kings, 1,043, ! reds, one coho, 86,085 chums, 33952 total, 1,809,223 Totals — 28,391 kings, | 1,627 reds, 1182 last y 110,373 e 46, 1,735, 312916 chums, 3065412 total, | 998,720 last_year. F e o SRR A prehistoric trade route been traced by geographers, dus'iuvé"’(‘)_a‘p nfd bride Son' of the former president of Mexico, Gustavo Calles, above, is| shown with his bride, Gabriela Pelaez De La Vega, in Mexico City, where the ceremony was Hves h the Mesican capital, ‘ig| Federal Bureau of Investigati father, Gen. Pultarco Blias Calles,| 53Ys “criminal forces of Amer is living in exile in California. lexmrt and collect a daily tax northern Italy. J. Edgar Hoover, to more than $41,000,000. . . )" 5, last | 066 reds, one | 16 total, 79, | 1587 15517 pinks, | 735 124, ast year. reds, 30424 cohoes, 958208 pinks, has run- ning across Europe from Denmark rth the ver The pack in the Westward, by i is as follows: eds, 808 Side reds, | 090 lchums. 575,793 totdl, 574,096 last de 550 taly | tal, f 266 eds, 862 184 1~ 473 B, chief of the on, ica of | Ro Princess Margaret Rose Crown Princess Elizabeth swimming meet at the t Britain and 1 ng the medals irls by their mother, Victors in a recent women’s and children London Bath club, Crown Princes her sister, Pi aret Ro they won. The medal e presented to tI Queen Elizabet! AIRPLANE ADVICE_From Italy comes Gen. Umberto Nobile (right), airplane desizner who twice skippered diri- gibles across the North Pole, to teach American student-pilots. This fall he'll teach aerodynamics and mathematics at the Lewis Holy Name School of Aeronautics in Lockport, Ill, where he’s shown. His only close relative, a daughter, 21, will join him soon. yal Princesses Good Swimmers | MODES of the MOMENT, by Adelaide Kerr 5 shion spice for summer evenings? Francevrament Want a new bit of I Try a brace- let muff splashed with flowers. made this one of pearl gray safin to mat¢h the costume with which it's worn and fronted it with mauve and yellow orchids, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF' AGRICULTURE, WEA {ER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicin Rain tonight and Friday; t for Southe: herly winds, except Canal and becoming Forecast of winds alon From Dixon Entrance ly winds tonight, in Cape Spencer to Cape night, becoming strong moder Lynn of asing southe he beginning at 3:30 p.m., Aug. 17: winds ind Friday; moder- b fresh over norther iday over Dixon Entra coast of the Gulf of Spencer—moderate to fres! Friday, becoming fresh to s Hinchinbrook—Increasin it southeas t Friday LOCAL DATA Time 3:30 p.m 3:30 am. to Noon faday parometer Temn, . 20.86 53 30.03 3018 53 RADIO | Max. tempt. Station last 24 1 Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle ancisco WEATHE »w barometric pressure northwestern Canada, the Ocean, and over most of Alask Scutheast A southea bei 9.00 inch short 3044 inches over the Pacific tude 138 degrees. This gener tended by preeipitation over nd by generally fair we distar Juneau, August 18-—Sunrise, 4:27 am.; Lowest con! northe: Oce 1 Humidity wina Velocity 82 ESE 15 82 ESE 17 84 SE 12 REPORTS Weather Rain Rain Rain TODAY 3:30a.m. Precip. temp. 24 hours 44 0 36 04 43 T 14 0 47 44 49 47 3:30 a.m. Weather Pt. 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