The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 13, 1939, Page 3

JOHN BARRYMORE STARS IN FILM HIT, CAPITOL SCREEN "The Great Man Voles” Opens at Local The- atre Tonight John Barrymore, member of Amer- fca’s leading theatrical family and today one of the most widely known actors in the world, has one of the finest roles of his colorful career in the new film, “The Great Man Votes,” in which he is featured at the Capitol Theatre beginning to- night. The brilliant actor plays the role of a shiftless, drink-loving scholar gone to seed, but who is led to be- come a “great man” again through |the hero-worshipping and clever scheming of his two loyal children THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURES! SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU STARTS TONIGHT THEATRE way discove! who recently scored in “On Borrowed Time,” and little Virginia Wheeler, eleven-year-old | screen veteran, play the faithful | youngsters. |ances have been equally divided be- tween the stage and screen, early rose to fame because of his work “Peter Ibbet- For “The Great Man Votes” RKO Radio has assembled an exceptional {cast that includes, in addition to | those mentioned, Donald MacBride. | Katharine. Alexander, Luis Alberni, Granville Bates, J. M. Kerrigan, | Elisabeth Risdon and Brandon Ty- |nan. Carson Kanin directed, and Cliff Reid acted as company pro- ducer. Stage Fright—The Great Heart—Football Romeo N E w S M|Idred Hermann " COMING SATURDAY: s 81 [0y Judge Alaska P SHORT Mickey Mouse Matinee and Talking Santa Confest Entri Claus Doll on the Stage 1 oniest tniries # | Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann, of Ju- PRACTICAL FURRIER, opposite 1 " [l neau, as President of the Alaska Goldstein, Fishermen's Bldg SwEll Federation of Women's Clubs, will Phone 436, or I may call, lact as a judge of the Territory's entries in the fourth annual press . LA JUNTA, Col, Dec. 12—High anq publicity contest to be spon- 4 B‘V 0 e Ieve school home economics students |sored by the General Federation of wanted to “go goldfish gulpers one|women’s Clubs, in cooperation with gy better” so they caught a rattlesnake | the ‘New York Herald Tribune. Bronchltls and ate 1t Announcement of plans for the Three high school teachers, one Dronchitis, acute or chronic, is an | 2 Inflammatory condition of the mu- cous membranes lining the bronchial tubes. Creomulsion goes right to the woman, joined the class in a “snake steak” meal after the rattler was skinned and cooked. They said } by Mrs rector of the Herald Tribune Bu- reau for Club Women, and Mrs. Fred seat f the trouble' 10 loasen germ the meat “tasted swell.” laden phlegm, increase secretion and - nid nature to soothe and heal raw, SRR S SR ment of press and’ publicity of the tender, inflamed bronchial mucous | o, = HPICKS R NOME General Federation. The contest is membranes. Tell your druggist to sell harles G. Burdick and Mrs. | open to press reporters and publicity you a bottle of Creomulsion with t| understanding that you are to lil the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds. Bronchitis Burdick are passengers aboard the Mount McKinley enroute to Nome where he will take charge of buy- ing of reindeer for the -+ Empire Want Ads Bring Results chairmen of districts and of indivi ual Federation clubs. Last year’s competition, the largest ever held, kimos. Alaska. The Alaska winners then, | were Mrs. M. O. Johnson, of the — | Wrangell club and Mrs. Joe A. Ken- dler, of the Juneau Woman’s Club, A news story such as would be |acceptable to a local newspaper, is |the basis for entries this year. The | news-worthy event may be a club | meeting or lecture, a social event, or some special campaign. Pirst |and second prize winners will be | eligible to compete nationally for three cash prizes to be presented by |the Herald Tribune at the council | meeting of the General Pederation to be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin [next May. | Entries for Alaska must, be in the hands of M Hermann by March 1, 1940. She will then “select ‘the R e e HOW ABOUT WHAT'S ISiE? RS O 1N 0. M. & D0 5 a house without burning r 1 of it. Fire insurance pro- six best and forward them for final ¢ To protect your household judging. The first and second best agair ge by fire, will receive appropriately lettered| W ihe: Contatis dGeitaiba. blue or zed silk ribbons with the ® ATTUCK AGENCY TELEPHONE 249 Office—New York Life LONDON, De¢. 13—The Bwedish freighter Algol is repotrted to have Denmark this afternoon and gone down. Ships ar¢ rushing { fira,ssist- ance., ;. #r i Eh 1L ,.mw,.”.,-m.m,wm---mmw ot s R B s S S b S B SEY '.:llllIIIIHIIHIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIHI!IIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIlIIIIIHIIIIiHIlIIIIIIIIIIIIII|||IIlIIIII||IHIIIllHflllIIIIl|||IIII“HIIIIIIIHIIIh;. ELKS TURKEY SHOOT at the ELKS HALL e | ANNUAL .. .. . | | Peter Holden, seven-year-old Broad- | Barrymore, whose superb perform- | struck & mine betweén Sweden and | Mail Em 'And Also | Get "Em | | S ' It is nearing Christmas time and there are two things that are trou- aff at the Juneau Post- office—early mailing of packages and also “come and get 'em.” | For instance — there are three steamers southbound in the next five days and unless packages get on them there will be no Saanta for some people until after Christ- mas. Then—packages are arriving in the mail for local people and these packages are taking up lots of room so Postmaster Wile “come and get 'em.” Therefore, the parcel post window will remain open until iblmtz the s says 8 oclock tonight for delivery as well as receipt of packages And all mail for the Northland | tomorrow night must be in the post- office by 5:30 o'clock tomorrow af- | ternoon | As a last warning, mail for the East, for delivery before Christmas go out on the Northland tomorrow | and the Princess Norah Sunday with | just a bare possibility mail on the | Mount McKinley may get into the East before the Yule Tide. Sunday’s and Monday's mail will get delivery on the Coast and West- | ern states surely So it is “mail 'em and get D CHRISTMAS SEA ~ SALE INCREASING | - OVER LAST YEAR |Extrads from Lefters Re- i em | ceived by Reck Show Inferest Taken The returns, at the end of the sec- ond week of the Christmas Seal sale of the Alaska Tuberculosis Asso-| | clation, again show a slight increase | lover the total of the same period | |1ast year. Many letters, some hu-| | morous, some pathetic and some |simply expressing gratitude for the | | opportunity of giving, are reaching| | Christmas Seal headquarters Extracts from some of these let- contest was made in New York City | ters, as given out today by Jmm}cr‘l]anmm Shower kA0 b Grace Allen Bangs, di-|Reck, chairman of the Juneau com- |, | mittee, follow: | | father aroun | Company | Washington State College for her|to Director Hugh Wade of the Al- | “We've been on relief for a year, | fight on tuberculosis. I wish we could | buy more stamps.” | “My daughter died of losis. Our home was darkened by the tragedy for so long, but when we buy Christmas Seals we feel| tubercu- | drew entries from 39 states and|some satisfaction that perhaps We|nricc Myrtle Hollywood, Miss Kath- are helping save other ple from her fate.” | “We have purchased Seals ever |since the sale was started in Al- aska but are Tinancially unable to help this year. We hope that next year will be different.” | “I'm not working now and money is rather scarce but I would like to make some contribution. If the en- closed dime will help, you are c tainly welcome to it. I am return- ing the remaining seals.” | e e HeGels ~ Orchids Perilous Climb Made by Experimenter-"Two | | . Bits Wholesale” | <A | DENVER, Col,, Dec. 13.--Orchids for everybody is the goal of Stuart Mace, young college student. And if experiments in domesticating a| | native American mountain orchid | |are successful he hopes they will! sell “for avound two-bits whole- sale. Mace, a horticulture student at Grinnell College in Iowa, climbs Colorado mountains in the sum- mer “just for fun.” It was on one young peo- | il A 1 UNITED STATES ] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | GENERAL LAND OFFICE r District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska. 1‘ October 16, 1939. Notice is hereby given that Ru- dolph ‘Sarvela, entryman, together with his witnesses, Guy Edgar Ban- | vard, and Nicholas Trierschield, all | clude THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13, 1939. of these trips he found his moun-! tain orchids at 8,000 to 10,000 feet altitud Now he has experi- mental plots with 8000 plants, | Thice Advantages He clain th advanta for the mountain orchic They better shipping quali- ties than present orchids and re main {x longer They are ‘“perfect in size” for corsages; there is a smaller siz for the hair for wrist corsages and for flower necklaces They are a perfect orchid color. The price of the usual orchid is high because most of the original plants come from India and South America a huge investment is required tc W them “The Colorado orchids are pro- lific seed producers i we have grown plants from them .under natural conditions Mace says. “We are trying now to find a way to raise them in commercial quan- tities, pref v altitudes. “We have been working on it three years, Perhaps this winte we will have succe The pr m is to find a me- dium in which the seeds will sprout. Cclorado mountain orchids are parasite living on aspen trees. Some substitute is being sought R BEISTLINES WILL .‘ HAVE HAPPY TREE IVl be a good Christmas for Mr. and Mrs. R 1 Beistline at their home in the Seattre Tract with [their two children traveling hun- |dreds of miles to join mother and | the Yuletide tree. Son Earl Beistline, who wa uated last spring from the Univer- sity of Alaska, arrived here on the Yukon, while hi recently grad- sister, completing a course at the Seattle Secretarial school, will board the Yukon Saturday to come up from the Queen City for the holidays. Both children will visit for a few eks with their pare Earl will eturn to the Interior and his work Fairbank: while Helen with the Exploration will go to Sophomore year, - Fortuna Hunter fo Be Shower Honoree For M marriage to Mr be an event of next Saturday Fortuna Hunter, whos William O'Dell will a mis- evening at the Peter residence on Tenth and B Streets, by, Mrs. Oswald and Miss Helen R. Lufkin, chairman of the depart- but we'd like to do our part in the|po i Those asked for the oc Mrs. Victor Johnson, Mrs. Arthur Peterson, Mrs. Olaf Floberg, Mrs. Trygve Hagerup, Mrs. Wayne C. Johnson, Mrs. Frank Olson, Miss Helen Ritter, Miss Jean Graham, asion n- erine Gh Mi. Miss Margaret arie Pelton and Tis. SCHENLEY’S Light-Bodied RED LABEL e 1. The Right Flavor 2. The Right Lightness 3. The Right Strength 4. The Right Pri tral spi opr. 1939, Distillers Corporation, New "OFF THE RECORD" COLISEUM COMEDY OPENING TONIGHT Shower Honors Recent Bride Last Evenin W.D.GROSS Tonight farfing G ly have those ty iable Complimentary to Mr Harvey P O'B 1 an atest Show Value Thibeau, the former Blanche Thor k t er adva son, a surprise shower was given 1 their latest last evening by Mrs. Joe Werner ng vehicle for Warner Bros., and Miss Cheda Paul at the latter Off the Record,” which op- residence on Main Street € 1 1 ( m T Games were played and refresh-;tre. A y newspaper yarn with ments served by candlelight late in @ ! i it i the evening. The honoree was pre he wi sented W a lovely coffee tabl v and a guest prize 1 Asked for the affair were M Harold Brown, Mrs, William Hixson wi Mrs. Harry Sperling, Mrs. Johi. B. wacter m that Halm, Mrs. Elsie Blythe, Mrs. Pearl he two fine Everett, Mrs. Rose Marie Brook r oy the sta hart, Mrs. Robert Duckw Mr ‘ typical ur Daniel R Mrs. Elsie nons, derpr 1 yo t im Mrs. Senna Powers, My roldie ! Johnsory Mrs. Milton Lagergren, | ¢4 i ! 1 ir | {WE OThgp Mrs. H. A, Fowler, Miss Heler ceing that he L squat t MAN) Miss Randi Molver and M t rld or learns what i 4 garet Kiloh nd what is wrong. That there - is no one until the reporter playec by Joan meets him —>o—— UNDULANT FEVER STRIKES AGAIN AT KETCHIKAN Another case of undulant fever in addition to the four previousl diagnosed, has been discovered a Ketchikan, according word re- coived by the Territorial Depart- ment, of Health The outbreak of the fever caused the Ketchi >ity Council last week to require that all milk sold there be pastuerized, The fever was contracted in each case by the drinking of raw milk from infected herds. ILLINOIS EDITOR WINS PRIZE FOR | ALASKA ARTICLE Woodstock Senfinel Story | &5 on NEA Trip Judged Best in Nation $300 offered y t First the b prize of story on Alaska written by LT Directed by JAMES FLOOD A WARNER BROS. Picture 2 BB editors who visited the Territory last | _ ___ P S T——— summer on the National Editorial Socul SE(UR"Y ’/\.\\«(\limtlluu ;nulr )m\] been ):x\\:;mul ——ALSO— 0 Charles F. Renich of the Daily I3 Tl ~ S(HOO[ ATTE“DED | Sentinel of Woodstock, Illinois MUSIC ‘M: (‘OMF‘PY Other winners were: Second, W. PARAGRAPHIC F. Twombly, Chronicle, Reac SCENIC BY MRS. WRIGHT Mass., $150; third, Elisha Warner,|—. i l-r Press, Spanish Fork, Utah, $75; Mrs. Josephine Wright, Secretary | fourth, G. 6. Speck, Leader, Pember- | T a3 4 ville, Ohio, $50; fifth, Mrs. Lee J IIEI;P 4 | aska Social Security Board, returned | Rountree, Daily Eagle, Bryan, Tex- 3 on the steamer Mt. McKinley from |as, $25. Seattle where she attended a “claim S /’ L l. chool” conducted by the U. S. So- cial Security officers with amend- ments t othe act and with new pro- ledure which will go into effect the first of the year. Telephone 713 or write The Alaska Territorial Employment Service Norman Davis Is | | - Reappointed Head | | Following the claim school's ad- s s it sournment,, wrs. wrish enjoved O Red Cross Again WATOHIA T 5 wesk's lokve nish nationality, old time Alaskan B 3 i miner. Good hoistman, handy with WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Presi-|tools, repair work. Has done bar- DR. STEVEX, CHIROPODIST, |dent Roosevelt today reappointed | tending. Good as watchman around | Makes Arch Appliances to measure— | Norman Davis chairman of the|plant, boats, mine, cte, Call for ES | office, 10 Valentine Bldg. Phone 648 ' American Red Cross. 28, A genuine General Electric Refrigerator with 11.7 sq. ft. of shelf area, 5 years performance protection. ¥ FLASH Sturdy all-steel cabinet Never Before Has G. E. Offered. - Wednesday Night—Dee. 13 9:00 P. M. Public Invited Come and Win a Free Turkey! lllllllllllllllllIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIlIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllIllllllllllllllIlll‘l“llllllllllfl"‘ | of Sitka, Alaska, has submitted fin- } {al proof on his homestead, '‘Anchor- | SHARIRERGE | I} age serial 08402, for a tract of land | |embraced in U. 8. Survey No. 2274, | |situated about two miles easterly | | PO ) Today and Everyday the Better | Foods Are Served at the |from Sitka, latitude 57° 02’ 20" N. |longitude 135° 16 W. containing 36.33 acres, and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the District Land Office within the | period ‘of publication or thirty days | thereafter, the final proof will be | accepted and final certificate issued. GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. Pirst publication, Nov. 1% 1939. Last publication, Jan, 10, 1940, i 2 ’ Chinese and American Dishes ) | Special Breakfasts, Lunches, s Dinners | rrrrererrrererrrrrrered | AGILG.E. ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO with INTERIOR LIGHT, VEGETABLE PAN, WIRE FRUIT BASKET. a SET of COLORFUL STORAGE DISHESI -~ S SR