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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 7, 1939. THE CAPITGL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! DOUGLAS NEWS AND WARNER'S AT BASKETBALL first win in the series of the Douglas League to date, the High School took the Foundry team 35 to 31 at the Natatorium last night and Warner's ran | total of 74 points against » Jensen's, In the was close team showing m in their verse mig SHOW PLA Last Times Tonight up a first game the throughout, the ked improve which ~Joan CRAWFOR LewAYRES James STEWART Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictufe ® shooting re- aid of Foun- the the 119 to iron mould- Douglas Wahto n on his en made 16 14 a 1 Ger scored tear IDNIGHT “WRONG ROAD” . . and PREVIEW "WILD HORSE RODEQ” S— e ———————— : nt x STARS IN FILM AT LOCAL SHOW sided for interest team, weakened y the of two of their first line ers, was unable to stop War- "lce Follies of 1939 Ends Tonight af Capitol Theatre and the latter, scoring at apparently couldn’t miss the high in entertain- The Ice Follies of 1939, star- en the talismen couldn't with their job. In this Joan Crawford with James Lew Ayres and Lew latte riod they tallied 41 points 1t at the Capitol The while Je: nine. he Fo of 1939” contair 1d C main ev was a swell the the the victors. LGERE Al Uil iSLAND RUN WITH AMUNDSE windsen flew to the is- he aska Air Trans- ith five was too one Jensen's absence play ner’s will, Am basket pas- Thompson, Ted wartz were » 1. Zupan wa ro rnoon, Marine Air- Holden came in with W, Mar- 1 and S. Lyman terday oft D pilo Tulsenal Hilting a new ment R N Stewart Cashen 1 Empire classifieds for Tee 3 1 trava 2 1 tur 4 D. Fleek Kirkham Devon Foundry (: s Fouls about Mary : skater who, strange twists elf on the top to film fame however, leaves center: ice of Mill Edwards Guerin Cashen A. Stragier Niemi Mills RF—-G RF—-G. LF—L. C—G RG LG LG Mannin 12 of his team's points and for the winners Fe was high with markers. Lineups and scores follow High School (35) Foundry (3 High Schoel (35) Points Fouls 4 1 the happy ¢ombination of plot Fleek 6 anzas, and some of the b G. Kirkham 0 to come out of Hollywood ; Fleek 3 this son. It features Joan Craw- word in the type of role which sky- |rocketed her to screen fame, and in addition introduces her to au- diences as a new find in film song- McKay, a through 2 of fate, finds rung of the I Her quick ascent, husband Jimmi Stewart behind and the manner in which the two are finally reunited supplies plenty Krsul 4 D. Wahto 14 stress The story of punch to the dramatic action of the story. series he ider Jensen’s (33) Snow Fox Manning Ladd J. Niemi Jenen Warner's RF LF C c RG LG -+ 8 3 Moose Women Have Public Card Party Plans were made at last night's meeting of the Women of the Moose for a Christmas party to be held the latter part of the month. Fol- lowing the business session an e ing of cards was enjoyed. LG—H. Savikko Honors for whist were won by | e Mrs, Odelia Light, Robert Light, Sig ; 1 Wallstedt and William Rodenberg. CAHILL IS Bridge honors went to Mrs. John| LUNCHEON | Newman, Mrs. William Gaddi, Sam| Complimentary to Mrs. Dukor and John Newman. Prizes| Erickson of Minneapolis, Mrs. W. were awarded in pinochle to Mrs. E. Cahill entertained at her home | William Hillman and John Chapa- | Yesterday afternoon with a 1 0'- | clock luncheon, The honor guest dos. | . is the mother of Mrs. John Keyser of 2 (714) Points Fouls 2 YOUR SAVINGS 1 ARE INSURED, ARE INS' AVAILABLE AN ER RETULRNS WITH THE ALASKA FEDERAL Savings and Loan Assa. of Juneau RF—Feero LF—Erskine C—Stragier RG-—Cashel LG—Vicklund 20 18 0 5 0 1 0 1 2 MRS. HOSTESS HONE 3 - e ‘Try an Empire ad. IMPORTANT T0 YOU! TEN HIGH is America’s largest-selling whiskey ip open- state retail stores. Remember, that’s where people demand the brand of whiskey they like best B{ld ask for lt by name. Alice | 5 AN AIRGOING LIFEBOAT, FOR AIRMEN —Lives of English aviators sometimes depend on collapsible rubber boats like this, seen at a Royal Air Force station on the British coast. They're for use when the planes are forced down at sea, the boats being inflated by an ordinary air- home daughter. The ing her and ¢ which wa n. There Mr E pr for Those Mau Joe Mrs, ser and Mr hall Sellik SCHOC The Dou roll for t period is as Honor R Lorein Vier orable AABC a L Havd Mel hild T0 GETNEW EASY SEATS Local Th Movie House World with Renovation | men and to the Capitol Th most signifi stall theatre cha Theatre Juneau and is leaving soon for'announced today afternoon wa Mr Earl Wilson tion of a revolutionary type of type pup. The boats are standard equipment on the her Shearer Ci | devaloped a hnicians foam rubber arm theg hair with air eushion seat nd sp back. This new type of | theatre chair will be installed in the | Capitol Theatre Christma | the first time have by John | used in any the in the country Stocker, Mrs.| The new seat installation will in- Floyd Dryden, |volve carrying out of a broad plan | Mrs. John Key- entertained by Manager Beale to iy, |“maintain the Capitol Theatre as the | > Show Place of Juneau in comfort, L HONOR lappearance and las High he follows Robert Fleek ABBB ion Pusich aft isit with mpany te 1 have rest pent in sew: one conte won by Mrs. Earl Wil was also @ prize rickson. here wa before 1est uch chair n esent were Mrs atre Joe n, Mr ROLL accoustic honor | six-weeks'| Th | enls the ¢ oge Section Enlarged balcony loge section will be all present seats between » and the balcony rim ken out with Elmer Sa-!the new swing B BBBB; [said he will sacrifi angseth, BBBB: Borg-|seats in the balcony BBBB: Robert Sa- leg room to each seat Shudshift, Alfreda| On the ground floor, {is being laid prior to installation [of the new seats and Beale says he plans to arrange seating “so no eat in the house is behind a post.” Floating Ease | When new seating is completed, :.wnn-lnlw before Christmas, work- School second o1l AABB; eplaced chair ne to be an back 10la >; Grace of to give added ) vin a new floor - men necessarily having to work short shifts in order that nightly picture showings are not interrupted, there | will be a total of 120 of the new “floating ease” seats in the Capitol Theatre. Mans Beale also announced considerable new sound equipment will be installed by an RCA engineer in a few weeks to “bring our equip- ment up to the standards of the {most modern theatres in the coun- o The RCA engineer and a seating Ispecialist from the factory of the new chairs will arrive soon to com- plete this month's renovation pro- gram. Beale likes to call this renova- tion program his Christmas pres- i ent to Juneau theatre-goers’ com- Charles Beale fort and adds that in the near fu- that the B, F, ture “we're going to redecorate the whole house.” Big Feature Coming Probably biggest news for Juneau theatre-goers, however, was Beale's statement today that an early Jan- uary picture schedule calls for the showing at the Capitol Theatre of the year's best motion picture, now taking the country by storm, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Another picture Alaskans will likely see and appr at the Capitol Theatre is filmed as “Golden River” in Juneau and on the Taku River two years ago with considerable local talent That picture is shortly to be re- leased, according to word received by Beale from producer Norman Dawn, and the Capitol Theatre stands a good chance of getting the premiere, ger eafre Is Pacing are today getting sever- dollars in improvements atre under way, cant of which is the in- Manager -+ . EXPLOSIVES T0 BE MOVED TO YAKUTAT The Civil Aeronautics Authority has posted a bid invitation on trans- porting 60 cases of dynamite, 1,000 caps and 1,000 feet of fuse from Du- pont to Yakutat. Bids will be ac- cepted by the AACC office here up until 9 o'clock Saturday morning. - The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged. Now On Sale; $1.00. NEWS BROADCAST JOINT FEATURE SERVICE ON THE AIR! By The Daily Alaska Empire and KINY 6 days every week at 8:15 a.m. 12:30 pm. 7:00 p.m. 9:45 p.m oo —— e s s8Rt E A COLISEU OWNED. AND'" OPERATED By W.(.500SS | HELP AN ALASKAN 13 v Tert Juneau's Greatest Show Value Last Times Tonight write The Alaslk The o Employme | Telephone | | nt AVIATOR TRUCK 25, B training, and flyin: mmer and pa instructor DRIVER colleg lovely! Five times os falented! In their new feature pic- ture that's five times as entertaining! Five times s or ¢ enge yerience Ty K Availab) emp! Call for - SENIOR BALL TO BE EVENT HERE FRIDAY NIGHT Highlighting the Juneau High School social calendar will be the annual pre-holiday event, the Sen- for Ball, which will be held tomor- | row evening in the gymnasium Committees are busy working to make this year's affair one of the most colorful of school events, and a girl’s chorus, under the direction | |of Miss Merle Schroeder, is busy learning a snappy routine for the intermission number | A large attendance is - CLAIRE TREVOR STARS WITH CESAR ROMERO AT COLISEUM THEATRE The Dionne Quintuplets have graduated. Having served their reen apprenticeship, t are now revealed full-fledged entertain- ers—singing, dancing, making music |and fun-—in their third and what is heralded their best feature pic- ture, “Five of a Kind.” A 20th Century-Fox at the Coliseum Theatre a Kind” provides a striking setting for the delightful little ladi it whirls in and out of Broadway, highlighting the exciting action and drivin tion work tim wor part able wmen k - 1 Au-m] « Emalie . n " FIVE OF, - AKIND | JEAN H?RSHOIJ CLAIRE TREVOR CESAR ROMERO SLIM SUMMERVILLE A 20 Contury-Fox Picture ALSO VITAPHONE MUSICAL CARTOON---NEWS R.A.F. bombers. DAVIS, GANG L IL | anticipated, el 3 AWYER, | | | =n NOTE: Owing to numerous requests the Dionne Quintuplets in “Five of a Kind"” will be shown for the children at our regular Saturday Matinee. o and Annetre, Cecile, Marie and Em= elie emoted before the camera in a 20th Century-Fox feature, and in those two years they have “grown up.” it In addition to the amazing per- formance of the Quins, the story of “Five Of a Kind” whieh revolves romantic itement of two riv around the attempt of the two star newspaper d radio reporters, | reporters to bring the Quins fo New namely Claire Trevor and Cesar| York for a personal appearance in Romera |a Broadway auditorium, is replete It has been two yea thrills ir production Five of s since Yvonne with The Sensible Christmas Gift LAST FOR LIFE A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT GUITARS, MANDOLINS, VIOLINS, ACCORDIONS, TRUMPETS, TROMBONES. 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