The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 31, 1939, Page 3

THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! THEATRE with The Show Place of Juneau Last Times Tonight "DGAR BERGEN Charlie McCARTHY aod “MORTIMER"' UNIVERSAL-PICTURE SHORTS SILLY SYMPHONY ROBERT B PETE SMITH NEWS OF THE DAY o r e News Noles From Sitka | - MIDNIGHT PREVIEW "The Lady and the Mobh" al men were registered during ' g. Only a few of ndicated their desire to work project were brush and timber two lacal concerns, First Bank of Sitka and the Colum- Alaska granted contracts for services bia Lumber Company of 25, SITKA, Alaska, Oct Correspondence) —G tendent O. I. Hail a Dredging Comp: companies immed rangements upon Wednesday morning to paratory work on the Si Air Station on Japonski I Employment aj cation Spec Supe 1 1 Personne ficer R. L. Dyer of the Puget affilia k made arrival begin Nav land Na from lo- and The materials by the bank had bemn itor payroll lesignated for funds eral million feet of lumber for 1se within the next year. 400,000 feet being the next 60 ¢ required Election of officers of the tive Sisterhood was held ‘Those who know their tea and want exquisite flavor and clearness, take pride in serving Schilling Tea. Compare its fragrant, refreshing goodness! Compare it for everything you want in a cup of tea! Enjoy the best— insist on Schilling Tea. Schilling THE TEA OF FLAVOR \ ™ DEL MONTE ( { SANTA BARBARA LOS ANGELES HOLLYWOOD £ PALM SPRINGS * ARIZONA GUEST RANCHES Here’s a real way to escape winter! Swing south on Southern Pacific’s spectacular Shasta Route to Cali- fornia, to the desert oasis of Palm Springs or Southern Arizona’s friendly guest ranches. Southern Pacific is the main line to sunshine. If you're going East, Southern Pacific offets you a choice of two sunny southern routes through California—Golden State Route via El Pago (Carlshad Cav- erns National Park) and Sunset Route through New Orleans ard the Old South. Here are ‘examples of our low fares to California: From Seattle 10: One way Round trip SAN FRANCISCO . *14.50 *24.25 LOS ANGELES. .. 19.50 34.00 —in comfortable chair cars and coaches. Southern Pacific For folders, reservations, additional infor- mation, write to B. C. TAYLOR, Gen. Agt., 1405 Fourth Ave., Seawle, Wash.; or C. G. ALTON, Canadian Gen. Agt., 619 Howe St Vancouver, B.C., or J. A, ORMANDY, Gea. Pass. Agt., 622 Pacific Bldg,, Portland. the the 250 who put to work clear- Wednesday the contractors and company will supply sev- the first within Alaska ive Brotherhood and Alaska Na- Monday | gymnasium. D | LUBRICATION I'STIME TO CHANGE YOUR THINNED - OUT LUBRICANTS! ¢ CONNORS MOTOR COMPANY THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, OCT. 31, 1939 COMEDY HIT T0 END AT CAPHTOL THIS EVENING "You Can't Cheat an Hon-| est Man" Has Final Showing Here W. C. Fields'now has a new weap- on with which to ca on his feud with Charlie McCarthy. Tired of | the insults Charlie had been hurling t him, Fields finally decided fight wood with wood.” So he igned a dummy, Oliver, who made »ublic debut in ' P an't Cheat An Hor ng at the Capitol tonight | | | i to| Oliver, a funny looking chap with 1 typical Fields nose, high cheek | black hair and bushy black :yebrows, was madé in the Univer- al carpentry shop. Then Fields fig- ured out a very funny sequence in | which he could use Oliver in “You Can't Cheat An Honest Man.” Of ourse, Fields isn't a ventriloquist, so he wore a big false mustache when perating his dummy. Supporting Fields, Bergen and McCarthy in “You Can’t Cheat an| Honest Man,” are Mortimer Snerd, Constance Moore, Mary Forbes, Thurston Hall, Princess Baba, John Arledge, Charles Coleman, Edward Brophy, Arthur Hohl, Blacaman the hypnotist and radio’s “Ro- | Eddie Anderson he picture was produced by Les- | ter Cowan and directed by Holly- | wood’s ace comedy maker, George | Marshall | & | ANB. Hall. Three officers of the ANB. President David Howard, Financial-Secre David Davis, and Treasurer Thomas | Sanders Sr., were reelected. Other | officers for the Brotherhood are as follows: Vice-President, Frank Price; Recording Secretary, Robert | Martin; Corresponding Secretary, | Lawrence Midmark; Councilmen, Frank Paul, Billy Williams, and Peter John; Sergeants-at-Arms, Ar- thur Littlefield and Peter James. | Officers for the AN.S. are: Presi- Mrs Williams; Vice- Rudolph Walton: | g Secretary, Mrs. Flors, | Cock; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. |Flora Hamre; Financial Secrotary Mrs. Martha Young; Treasurer, Mrs. | Julia Widmark; Councilwomen, Mrs Frank Paul, Mrs. Peter Sing, and Mrs. David Howard; Sergeants-at- Arms, Mrs. Lottie Dick and Mrs Esther Simpson evening in the | dent Cyrus Sitka firemen sponsored a Fire- men's ‘Ball Saturday night, October 128, in the High School auditorium- Proceeds from the dance will go into a fund to replace old equipment and to buy needed new equipment, The committee in charge is rnm-‘ posed of Lloyd Tilson, T. C. Strom, | Charley Peterson, and Jim Bright- man. i Bud Carmichael, former bmk»‘ keeper for the Columbia Lumber Company in Sitka, has been replaced | by Frank Richards, who came over | from Juneau on an Alaska Air Transport plane Monday afternoon with Tom Morgan, a Columbia Lum- ber Company official. Carmichael | returned to his former position with | the company in Juneau. | The council meeting, postponed last week, was held Thursday eve- ning. Acting Mayor Leslie Yaw of-| ficiated in the absence of Mayor | Tom Tilson who left recently for| an extended vacation in Seattle. | e ( A Chamber of Commerce commit- | tee, composed of N. E. Bolshanin, A.| B. Holt, and. Leslie. W. Yaw, is co- | operating ‘with the Trollers’ Associ | ation in preparing a brief, presenting ' the facts in regard to obtaining . a | Coast Guard cutter for: Sitka. The | brief is expected to be finished soon and will be sent to authorities in Ketchikan and Washington, D. C. Mrs. Harriet Anderson, .about (85, You're Hungry ¥ ! Day or Night 'ROMANTIC - COMEDY ON SCREEN TONIGHT ENDING AT COLISEUM The gay outdoors season brings out all the splendor of light flower and wispy finery in fashions -~ and Loretta Young, Hollywood's fore- most ambassadress of thrilling cos- tume, arrives just in time to regale he feminine contingent of Juneau s with several of the most gorgeous Congealed cr ns she ever has lavished upon N sl her thousands of fans Troned “Three Blind Mice,” which ends Ly in store f01 tonight, at the Coliseum Theatre Indians i y. romaneing story, and a/ Tt af vehicle for Loretta's gos- -glamour type of dram art. | tory of a gh'l who determine: 1 millionaire is from the The screen Daily Crossword Puzzle ACROSS solution of Yesterday's Puzzle Timid animal Droop Table-land Open court Dutch city 1 dis- Kind of fried meat ball Ovules South Amer- n monkey Table dishes Rubber Springy . Having a saw- like . Small ¢ stro ter Indefinite amount mall sounds Playing card Al imaxes bending i Trianguinr in- e o ket 4 The 52. Skip erin Tennysonis to marry Rather than 3 pen of Stephen Powys Wicked - version of this as yet unproduced Urchlas epdeq 5 T i st play was prepared for the Rushy clump Close tightly sereen by Brown Holmes and Lynn Starling Animals alli to the mink 1. Flat parts of s 4. Cauterized 18, Hindu queen 19, Distress call > > — Pl E DOUGLAS .. NEWS MISS FRASER HOSTESS Monday night Sewing Club meet- ing was held last night at the home of Miss Elizabeth Fraser in the form of a Hallowe'en party. A col- orful ‘decorative scheme carried out the Hallowe'en motif in the rooms and on the table. There were two centests, and the winners were Mrs Lecnard Johnson and Mrs. Dale Fleek. For the next meeting November | 13 Mrs. Tom Cashen will be the hos- ress. ‘o | Wkl .. /DOUGLAS PRANKSTER CAUTIONED FOR TONIGHT | Douglas City officials this morn- ing issued the warning that anyone 1g or destroying property will be prosecuted to the full extent of \the law. There will be no mediat- | native resident of Sitka, was lnund!vr\mn'u. and Henry W. Strafuss, Ju- ing influence of Hallowe'en to in-| dead in her room Thursday evening, | neau, arrived in Sitka last weck to|terfere, they say. “ afier she had been reported missing |start an interior decorating and | p - for two days. Her death, according |paperhanging business. Both men CINATION AT DOUGLAS ! camining physician, Dr. W. O.|have lived in the Territory for more Vaccination against smallpox will | i was due to natural|than 20 years, and both are mem-/be given fres tomorrow afternoon | bers of the Master Decorators and 'from 1 to 3 6'clock at the Health | old | Painters’ Association. |Center in the Douglas City Hall. | {Dr. Palmer Congdon and Public| Health Nurse Oygard will do the vaccinating. Both children and | adults are urged to take advantage | of this opportunity | — .o P. T. A. PROGRAM one xactly how Anderson was at the time o(‘ her death, but it is said that she was| Mrs. F. Syverud of the Home Ex- thirteen at the time of the purchase{tension Department of the Unive of the Territory from Russia. She sity of Alaska, is conducting a series was one of the first girls to take|of home demonstration meetings ir up school work in the Training| sitiz caring this and next week School, as Sheldon Jackson Mission; - L i tetiowi IS el WAS S, xhoRn DR. STEVFS, CHIROPODI arranged for ll;xepbsmg. P’m‘en‘t-‘ ev. J. L. Webster read the fun- | Makes Arch Appliances tO measuré— rpeqeher Association meeting sched- eral service and intermesnt was in | office, 10 Valentine Bldg. Phone sm\mm to be held tomorrow evening the Presbyterian Cemetery. - > - 1m the school assembly room. | Donald Stickney, formerly of Pet-| Today's News Today—Empire. ‘ Songs, “Sailing,’ “Dixie,” and | No knows e CHRISTM ORDER EARLY AND GET YOURS T grade Address |—Arne Shudshift School Board Response Songs Kenneth Ru days™—Herbert Lesli Rirkham COLISEU OWNED AND ODERATED w.i .m = in Juneau's Greatest Show Value Last Times Tonight JOEL McCREA ND MICE” David Niven—Marjorie Weaver—Stuart Erwin ALSO: Popeye- Thanksgiving pupils Pox 10 Solo nest Walecome to Supt ell, Man and President of Calvin Poole, “our by Mr Ye Garden,” Teachers the “Sextette from Lucia” Oberg shments will be served by the Board - o> INJURES EYE Grant L enforced weel been having o acation due to get- SEWING CLUB MEET | (ing devil club thorns in one of his | eyes while out hunting recently, Sur- All Sizes, Shapes, These cards are designed with the sole purpose of making if possible for you o select a Christmas Greefitlg Card that will express your personality e:éaefly as though it had been created for your exclusive use. SEE THEM AT THE Colors..... an -Musical——News by the intermediate gical care was made necessary by th ident MOVING and M... L. B. Nelson are ferring their residence from Africh heme to cne of the I~ burn cottages on Fourth Street. - HERE FOR VISIT Miss Phyliis Lundell arrived here by plane yesterday for a short visit with her mother before leaving for Ekagway to look after health condi- | tions in the school. - - M | If your vacuum cleaner has sev- eral attachments, make the best use of them. They come in handy for cleaning behind the radiators, book cases and the refrigerator. 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