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Juneau’s Greatest Shaw Vialue PREVIEW TONIGHT 1:15 A. M. MATINEE SUNDAY 2:00 P. M. SUNDAY ® MONDAY © TUESDAY iy i Al \\\5\}111;‘;; :urmu.nded bynnc'“?:: 9 singings v.l«ncm,;‘mn‘;eop‘e . X COLISEU OWNED AND OPERATED #v _W.C.5ROSS irst Show Starts =2 AR A fun-making show > ti t LITTLE MISS BROADWAY A 20th Century-Fox Musical with {EVERY EMOTION THE SCREEN CAN EVER GIVE YOU .. ALL IN ONE MAGNIFICENT PICTURE! ¥ ...the blood-pounding story of a coward, his three friends and the girl he loved. ... four white feathers that sent him into a thousand perils to seek redemption. «..Lord Kitchener's roaring victory at Obdurman phol_ogmphed in actual locations with flaming realism. GEORGE MURPHY Jimmy DURANTE PHYLUS BROOKS EDNA MAE OLIVER George Barbier Edward Elli Jane Darwell El Brendel Donald Meek Patricia Wilder Claude (Billingwater, Sr. Directed by Irving Cummings Asoclate Producer David Hempstead Oxiginal Sereen Play by Harey Tugend and Jack Yellen — ADDED ATTRACTIONS — SCREEN SONG S THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1939. 0000 s \PREMIER SHOWING | 'MITILE MISS BROADWAY' SUNDAY MIDNIGHT PREVIEWS. HERE AT CAPITOLOF §oyiseum. SuNoat oiL MONDAY Toisht LISA X8 o000 FEATHERS” @ “ A T IN E E u ! Shirley Temple always turns in a |} T u E s n A Y e 5 | fine ‘petformance — as milhmw-nr‘: THEATRE Sunday-2 P. M. New Karda Film Seom in i, o o 3 \ g She’s a Shirley of surprises sim- i e D % echnicolor Startin wgitic's kgt el [ tctos Nows ot ho Bov | ™+ 4z 8HOW PLACE OF JUNEAU i o S R T P . P n y people. And if you're thrillable, “Lit- . ; | tle Miss Broadws vt s Pacific Coast Premiere R I ey il R | vou do a good book, as first-rate en- | the musical thing to thrill to | | tertainment and relaxation, then.top | The grand group of troupers which | your ‘movie list with “Four Feath-|ajds and abets Miss Temple is head- |ers,” Alexander Korda's stirring| ed by that scintillating stepper, drama of adventure and romance | George Murphy; the irrepressible || |in the Sudan, filmed entirely in/Jimmy Durante; gorgeous blonde | beautiful Technicolor which will be Phyllis Brooks and Edna Mae Qliver, | | presented ata gala premiere Sun-|the popular, prim and prudish day at the Capitol Theatre under |grande dame of filmdom. | the auspices of United Artists. This| A two-bill attraction which ends |is . “first run” picture secured by | tonight at the Coliseum includes Manager Charles D. Beale. “When Were You Born” and “Roll- “Four Feathers” is packed with ac|in' Westward.” jon, thrills, melodrama and spec- | acle from the opening scene to the | inal fadeout. Its story centers upon a young man, Harry Fa\'ershnm,\wa'(mu who resigns his commission on the |eve of his regiment’s departure for| | the Sudan to join Lord Kitchener's v -y 0 Army. Faversham is dubbed a cu\\'~| w a" 'ng jard by his closest frinds who send ’ him three white feathers; he . gets | \ | the fourth from the: .girl he loves.| l" w Id | Determined to retrieve his reputa- or | tion, he sets out or Egypt where he | Tension Unrevealed-Brif-| ish People Do Not Want Another Munich is disguised as a Sepgali native.| | Thus he is able to reach Kitchener's lArmy and his comrades, and| through daredevil undeptakings and | bold adventures to redeem himself | and return the four feathers. | | had been requisitioned by the gov- Ending tonight is :a double fea- tur attraction, “Tarnished Angel” | ernment. The French officials desig- and “Ladies in Distress.” BiRuPai l ‘nm.ed stations to which they were | told to take their vehicles. At this point they were signed for by an A‘l 8'm;EEI | army officer and then:turned over (Continued from Pgg: One’ "“Notice Every little girl attending Sun- day's Matinee will receive a beautifully col- ored SHIRLEY TEMPLE COUT- OUT DOLL, «+. 8,000 savage Dervishes filmed for the first time with every detail of their cruel warfare. ... Kipling’s famous Fuzzy Wuzzies, fiercest of Afri- cqg warriors, fighting on a battlefield ten miles wide. «+. 1,800 camels in a frenzied stampede on the white man’s stronghold. ««. the horrors of the fanatical Mahdi's hideous tor- ture chambers never before revealed. ALEXANDER KORDA presents SPORTLIGHT MOVIETONEWS f LAST TIMES ° “WHEN WERE YOU BORN" TONIGHT and “ROLLIN' WESTWARD" n TECHNICOLOR oinaed 9 ZOLTAN KORDA with RALPH RICHARDSON +C. AUBREY SMITH JOMN CLEMENTS « JUNE DUPREZ Adopted by R. C.SHERRIFF < From the novel by A. £. W. MASON ! to the troops. German ship which apparently be- A test for oil will be made within loading cargo for . Ganadian mer- | Gompany, AL was. Tavesled (ere b= | o o cor ok sronriie WHISH already | Younkin said the drill is now:down | Speech Uancelled “ ANNIVERSARY 1S HARBOR TODAY Drlllmg (Ompany 'Lawyer‘ Ship Technically Held ey At Ottawa it is reported that Repoflslndum]om | Canadian officials have seized a PO"“ '0 we" | came ‘confused at the mouth of the it o thoy | 8t. Laurence River and started to surn back. The boat had been un- the next few weeks in the drill hole being driven at Chinitna Bay by |chant. They received their orders ] crews of the Iniskin il Dyilling | ' return to a German port. In their aste to leave they forget to unload day by Paul Younkin, legal adviser | ; e R AR 1 13 of the company, who passed south- |had been pald for. Hence the ar-/ . | bound through here. on,the Baranof, Test on technical criminal charges. anEN WEWI"G \WESTwm m a little,aver 8500 feet, still pu:.sim:‘ The fact that Chancellor Hitler through alternate beds of shale and | cancelled his Tannenburg speech for oil sands | Sunday is ‘believed by some diplo- | President of the Iniskin com- mats to indicate that he did not| we pany, R. E. Havenstrite, is on the | want to issue the ultimatum that he | estward, of the The yacht Associate Producer—IRVING ASHER LAST TIMES “TARNISHED TONIGHT— “LADIES IN S ONE WATCHMAN, | (Boblarlr’ FIRM GUILTY I | ogie Girs FISHTRAP CASE “To the girls of the Alaska Game Commission office, v’l’ith my best Jury Acquifs Atone Thom- | “Frm reads an au sen of Fishing During - Closed Period | Thus reads an autographed in- | A. J. Bebean, trap watchman, scription on a photograph received and hung up proudly today by Ger- | and the Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation were found guilty and = = = i | Robert ‘ with ‘\ | OO | ing. Contrads for Radio © Released thry UNITED ARTISTS 11th Exciting Chapter “FLASH GORDON" NEWS ANGEL” and DISTRESS” | OQutboard Craft Btings Four \From Skagway Four Skagway residents are visit- | ing Juneau friends and relatives af- | ter a rough trin here in an eighteen | foot outboard craft. Those making tae trip are Wal- ter Sipprell, Canadian Pacific | Railway agent in Skagway; Francis | Vanderwall, Skagway store owner; Dr. Clayton Polley, dentist, and Vio- Equipment for Army - ., {la Rinell, Skagway nurse. Alrpianes Awm | The quartet strted yesterday morn- R A . | ELKS DANCE The public dance given by the Elks in their ballrbom, starts at 10:30 o'clock tonight and conlinue.s‘ until 1:30 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing at two o'clock from Skagway, in Sipprell's cabin boat, powered 0 00000 00000000000 O 000 R RSO O A == Chinitna Bay with Mr. Youpkin £ iz aldine Feero, Valerie Pierce, Elsie| Blythe and Margaret Kiloh. The photograph shows Antone Thomsen, another watch- man, innocent by a District Court jury which returned a sealed ver- after they presented him with a| bottle of seasick pills on his last visit to Juneau, it being rumored | WASHINGTON, Aug: 26. — Two contracts for .radio -equipment for army airplanes were awarded today. | with a 22 horsepower outboard, but were caught by a heavy following sea and were forced to put in for Taylor examining a script hardly-less-handsome Corey Ford dict at 10 o'clock this morning in the case in which the three were It replaces a fake autographad photo which ‘Corey sent the girls| accused of fishing illegally. The jury received the case at| lat that time that Ford's stomach was just a wee bit upset when he came across the Gulf. The girls are hoping pretty .well convinced) that new photo was signed by Taylor. il o PN FOUR LEAVE FOR LEGION CONCLAVE (and the | 4:50 o'clock last night and arrived at its decision at 6:20. Bebean and tne Corporation will be sentenced by Judge George F.| Alexander at 2 o'clock Monday Their offense is a misdemeanor. Testimony at the trial was lhfil‘} their Funter Bay trap was fishing 'm"m too early on Monday morning. Wit- vu b b UTE ne: said they saw Bebean mov-| Bound for the American [ggiong ing about on the trap, apparently | convéntion at Fairbanks by way | in a hurry and dressed only in ajof the Yukon River, Circle City and pair of trousers, as the Bureau of the Steese Highway, four Juneau- | Fisheries speedboat approached,but|ites left last night for Skagway | that Thomsen stayed in the trap!on the steamer Yukon. house. | They are Trevor Davis, Mrs. Os- The jury consisted of F. A. J.icar Olson, Mys. Bert Lybeck and Gallwas, Daniel Ross, Mrs. Gor-'Mrs. John McCormick with a dangerous weapon, Assistant War Secretary Johnson,|four hours .at Cemet, continuing announced the award of contracts|on to Juneau to make ithe run to totaling more than two and a half Eagle River Landing in about 7 million dollars to the General Elec- | hours. tric Company for military radio‘out-| If weather conditiens are favor- fits. labls‘. the four will return to Skag- | way ‘tomorrow -afternoon. ‘In the | meantime, Sipprell ‘will visit his ter, Winifred Sipprell, Public | Welfare Offjce employge, and Dr. (10 ORGANIZER'S BOND 15 REDUCED roues v vict o catney and Bond far Lee Christie, said to be! - a CIO organizer, was reduced in CrdVioliniS South Ry OISR District Court today from $2,500 to | $1,000 on motion of his attorney,| Thomas B. Drayton of Ketchikan,| 0 St B f who thereupon posted the bond. | “ - eamer arano Christie is accused of assault| Enroute south after spendingthe being | summer with their uncle, ~Tony alleged to have brandished an auto- ‘ Craviolini, formerly of Juneau, now matic pistol at Petersburg August residing at Anchorage, Josephine 7. and Lena Craviolini and their don Clithero, Stella Young, Mrs.| J. F. Worley, Mrs. L. Delebecque, E. E. Ninnis, Mrs. Dolly Larsson, Mrs. H. J. Turner, L. A. Hudson,| Thomas Thomsen and Mrs. Chra-‘r belle Messerschmidt. i [ — J Empire Want Ads Bring, Results. - | WILLIAMS AT SKAGWAY | District Engineer M. D. Williams | of the Public Roads Administration left on the Yukon last night for a brief trip to Skagway. He will be back in Juneau tomorrow. - CUSTOMS MEN TO SKAGW. | through the CapitalCity this morn-| with the Congressional .and Terri- cousin, Mario Craviolini, passed Collector of Customs J. J. Con-|ing on the steameér Baranof. nors and Deputy Collector Mervin Mario will return to Paris soon Sides left on the Yukon for Skag-|after his arrival in the States, and way for a routine inspection of | will resume his studies in the in- the ;port. ternational city. ground and will superintend the test scheduled for around the mid- dle of next month. All zones from 7900 feet on down will be tested, Younkin said, add- not found yet, but we have run through so many layers of thin beds, a well are definitely great.” come through, is now on the ground, and preparations are made for handling anything that the hole produces. Accompanying Younkin .on the Baranof were his wife and three | children, who spent a few weeks at | while he ingluded a vacation with a business trip.” | o eee —— JUNEAU GIRL PYTS | . OFF FUROPE TRIP; HEIDELBERG BOOKS Margit Hanson, popular young Jupean girl who .recently .won, gne of two highly prized scholarships | offered in competitive examinations to American students for the Uni- | versity of Heidelberg in Germany, | was perhaps more cognizant today | of trouble in Europe than any oth- er Juneauite. Miss Hanson was to have sailed south on the Baranof today en- route to Europe for her studies, but her mother, Mrs. Magnus Han- | son, worried aver war conditions, successfully postponed Margit's trip | for at least a week. The following as- scores .of games played this afternoen in the two| Major Leagues: National League Pittsburgh 2, 0; New York 6, 8 Cincinnati 5, 1; Erooklyn 2, 6. Chicago .8, ,8; /Besten, T, 1. 8t. Louis 5, 11; Philadelphia 0, 5. American League Washington 3; Detroit 6. Boston 4; Chicago 5. Philadejphia. 5; Cleveland 7. New York 6; St. Louisi1. SETON THOMPSON WITH COMMITTEE | Assistant Chief Seton H, Thomp- | son, of the Division of Alaska Fish-| eries Jeft today for the Westward | | torjal Pisheries Commitiee aboard | the Coast Guard cutter Ingham. The Bureau of Pisherfes vessel | Brant is remaining for patrol work! in the Juneau district. was expected to give out on that occasion. German preparations for war con- tinued as more and more school houses near the border were emptied ing, “We had hoped to contact a!of their school desks and hospital | large body of sand, which we have | cots were moved in preparation Ior; whatever might ' happen. One meove | which attracted attention in the that the possibilities of bringing in | neighborhood took place in a little | two of Juneau's | town just a few miles back of the Younkin further said .that all|border where fire trueks were maved | wedding anniversary Monday equipment necessary for handling |out of a fire station and into the | gheir home at 1100 D Street the oil, should the expected we]l street so that the fire station could | the Casey-Shattuck Addition, with | be made into a food depot. Longdon ;Lghts Out In London people went about | | way Oftentimes :people would stop and gaze with mild curiesity at.men who were busily painting curbstones white so that they could be more of the night that:is no longer pene- | trated hy cheering lights. “The few | Street lights that are still in opera- | tion .are shielded so that their rays cannot e spotted from above. Sehool officials in England have been drilling the children verbally in processes of evacuation and emer- gency rations have been issued to the various schools to facilitate the Extra Precautions cathedrals which are reputed to be of inestimable value .have been re- moved and buried in secret hiding places. All the art galleries and most of .the finer jpublic buildings have been ¢losed (and their belong- ings removed for safeguarding. As these steps .continued .Brime Min- ister Chamberlain and his aides held last minate conferences as to what they could do if Chancellor Hitler was opposed to a conference. Speculation was high as to whether he would reiterate his demands or take some other course. The Japanese Ambassador to Ber- lin left last night after presenting his protest against Germany sign- ing the nonaggression pact with Russia. His protest was presented just ‘as ordered hy the Japanese Government. TR S S THEILE IN TOWN (ON WAY TO MINE Karl cannery man who this summer re- turned to his first love, the min- ing game, arrived in Juneau on the Yukon, returning to his diggings in the Seward Peninsula country, flying to the Interior by PAA plane With Theile was Herb Kittleshy, who for many years has been as- sociated with Theile in the cannery business. The two will spend the remainder of the season developing their placers. —_———- Enlarged, Now On Sale; 91,00, easily distinguished in the darkness caring for the ¢hildren if and when. | All the windows from the several | Thelle; ‘former = prominent | CELEBRATED HERE Mr. and Mr; Warwick, Ju- neau Pioneers, Meet Milestone Monday and Mrs W. A. Warwick, most prominent | pioneers, celebrated their golden in in Mr. I'many friends the | evening. | ‘The well known couple came calling during to their business in much the usual| Alaska first in '98, when Warwick | | went into the Klondike, Mrs. War- wick joining him a year later. After a short sojourn in the | States the Warwicks returned to | Juneau where they have resided for the past 26 years without leav- | ing. | The Warwicks have two daugh- | ters, both married, Mrs. George | Jorgenson, of Juneau, and Mrs | Noel Baker, of Missoula, Mont. | — - e 'GASBOAT ESTELLA BURNS AT WARD'S (OVE; TWO SAVED Burning of tne gaspoat Rstella in a small cove immediately north | of Ward’s Cove s desgribed if |'Customs report forwarded here to- [Ketehilan. An ‘explosion last Tuesday morn- ing, which threw Claude Yeistley of ‘Ketchikan, master and owner, and Charles Kennedy out of the cabin set the boat afire. The ex- plosion was caused by the engine backfiring. ‘Both men escaped but the ‘boat was a total loss. The Estella, official No. 201,127, was 35 years old, 13 gross tons, ‘valued at $3,500 and insured for $2,000. - |ENGINEER COMES ... INWITH BARANOF It Harry Townsend, mining engin- eer, well known through the North, |arrived in Juneau this morning on | the Baranof. | Townsend said he planned to stop off here for but a few days | visiting. He is a guest at the Bar- ‘day from the Deputy Collector flLI | Campbell Chureh charter crulses, came in to Juneau last eveping for supplies and to pick up an addi- tionai member of the party aboard. | Aboard the Westward are Mrs. }J D. C. Bradley, her son Mont- gomery Bradley, and Dr. 8, W. Mc- Connell, collecting marine and other specimens for the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cam- bridge. The party ‘has been spending (the last two weeks cirulsing Juneau area waters, collecting shrimp and crab specimens, and doing a little | poat hunting, young ‘Bradley and Dr. McConnell both getting boat in Tracy and Endicott Arm. Coming in on the Mount :Mc- | Kinley tonight, is Frank ' Streeter, | Harvard student who will spend | several days with the party. Guiding on the cruise are Red Williams, Oscar Oberg, and Ralph (CASH COLE SUES DOWELL CONCERN Cash Cole filea a sult jn Dis- trict Court today agsinst L. J, Dowell, Inc., Seattle construction firm, for alleged non-payment of a bill Ifor services. Cole's complaint says that Cole's Transfer in April, 1938, rendered services valued at $157.50 for the Dowell coucerh .and that only $108.13 of -this amount--has been paid. | RSSO RETURNING HOME Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ro- bert Kaufmann, Miss Lanore Kaut- mann, will disembark ‘here - week when the steamer Ahum arrives in port. She has spent summer months on vacation in States and attended the ¢ Girls Assembly in Tacoma during her stay. ,—ee JOINS HUSBAND Mrs. Howard Hayes came. in en the Yukon from Seattle to join her husband here, who is book- keeper for the General Construc- tion Company, dredging the Junesu small boat harbor. The couple is at the Gastineau Hotel. PRSI e FROM POLARIS Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Holloway, of ‘Tulsequah, are guests at the Bar- anof Hotel. - - 1 anof Hotel and has been to the Westward and Interior for the past several weeks. DIVORCE GRANTED A divorce was granted today in District Court to Clarence Withrow from Irene Bell Withrow, 1 FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Glazler, of Peterborough, New Hampshire, flgw to Juneau from Skagway yes with Marine Airways spend a few days visiting sin the Juneau area taking in W sights. ;bey are guests at the Barangt otel. e —

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